Chapter 2: Rebuilding the World
After the funeral, Kylar and Vi started to be in close proximity of each other at all times of the day. To outside people, it seemed as if the two of them could not get enough of each other and some of those outside people had been threatened with bodily harm if they were to try and separate them. Logan, the high king who could be recognized by the green dragon 'tattoo' on his arm, had expressed his personal opinion of the two to his wife, Jenine, on multiple occasions that she was starting to get sick of.
"You know that they want to build their own house instead of simply living in one of the existing ones or to come live in the castle with us as I have so very generously offered?" Logan expressed in a tone that one can only be described as confused. He could understand that Kylar needed something to do, but Logan could offer him better things than building a house.
"Yes, you have mentioned this predicament multiple times Logan." Jenine was starting to worry for her husband. He seemed to forget that he had already spoken to Jenine multiple times on the same subject. Then again he must be extremely worried for Kylar because he had lost Elene. Really it was sweet of him to do so, but from her perspective Kylar seemed to be enjoying himself.
"Oh, I guess I may have mentioned it once or twice before of course. It's just that I am concern that Kylar will not be himself anymore, with Elene being gone and everything." Logan always found the time to be compassionate for the people who were involved in his life, even if they were not in need of the compassion at the moment. This was exact what it was this time.
"Logan have you seen Kylar now? He spends all of his free time with Vi now a days. And stop all this nonsense worrying. It may affect the children. They can be very sensitive during the early development stages. It could produce a rather harsh reaction that may cause them to contract some sort of disease." Jenine had been pregnant now for only a couple weeks, but she always found a way to indirectly express her joy of the prospect of having children and use it as a way to get to Logan, though Logan only seemed to notice when she was using it as an excuse to either get out of work or to get him to
stop doing what it was he was doing at the time.
"Alright, but you can stop using the children to control how I act. It is getting old quickly; you can't use your pregnancy as an excuse for nearly everything that you have to do. The only problem will be when the two of them are old enough to realize they cannot both be heir to the throne. I would hate to see my child start a war that would be caused only be the need for power." Logan was deeply concerned about this issue. He hoped that it would somehow work so only one of his children were in line for the throne. Now do not take Logan the wrong way. He would never hurt or kill one of his children just so his choice would be easier, no if it came down to choosing, he would have to make the choice that would be the best help to the kingdom. And after that choice was made he could only hope that he had chosen correctly.
"Well back to Kylar, do you think they would reconsider moving into the castle? I would hate to put the stress of finding materials and supplies on top of how much he already has to deal with. Then he will have to find all of the furnishings, like tables, chair, and beds, to be able to fully equip to the house to give it that home like quality." Logan thought that it was extremely doubtful that Kylar would not lapse into a deep depression, even though it looked like things had been going his way. He had to witness the
destruction of his home town, then travel across the country in search of his love, watch her die because of the greed in the world, and now he must live on without her.
"Logan, I know that you are deeply concerned for him but he must make his own choices in life. It seems that you feel the obligation, the need, to somehow repay him for going into the pit for you and then bring you safely back out all the while fighting that gigantic beast you told me about, but trust me he very capable of making his own decisions. Most of which have been the right one to make for the current situation." Jenine knew that Logan just wanted to keep his childhood friend safe, but Kylar was more than capable of taking care of himself. He had already killed not only the second best but also the best wetboy, who happened to be his mentor and that took a great amount of mental detachment. Kylar then fought through the entire battle with Logan and had personally taken down the Titan when that had arisen (though more or less he had to kill the Titan because Vi had commanded him to he was helpless to stop himself).
"Alright, I will stop being so self conscious about it and let it go. I just wonder what sort of thing he could be discussing at this very moment." As coincidental as it may be, Kylar and Vi were actually talking about the same thing
that Logan and Jenine were talking about. They were discussing the possibilities of their future and housing at the exact moment Logan had mentioned Kylar wanting to build a house to Jenine for nearly the fourth time.
"Logan wants me to move into the castle with them. I believe his exact words were 'You know Kylar it's too quiet in the castle with just Jenine, the staff and me, why don't you pick out a room for yourself and I will get the servants to rearrange it so it fits to your specifications. " Kylar had trouble looking directly at Vi. Logan had actually mentioned both him and Vi moving in together, but he was not certain as to where their relationship was at this current time and place.
"Jenine had mentioned nearly the same thing to me, though she left out the part about the castle being too quiet. She did mention something about the need for some female companionship as well. I guess it can get pretty lonely if the only females you have to talk to are the ones who do all of your house work for you. " She stopped when she noticed the blush that had started to creep onto Kylar's face. "But I am guessing you already knew as much about that as I did. Well maybe not the part about needing another female
to converse with."
"What makes you say that obscene lie? I knew nothing that you had been asked to move
in with them." Kylar said, all the while trying to hide his quite obvious blush. He forgot to heed his earlier advice and looked down, only to give Vi a better view once again.
"Oh ok then mister. Well now that you know the first piece of information that I received, did you also manage to look over the fact that both sides of the story suggested we not only share a room, but one of the rooms that only have one bed in them? They must feel that our relationship needs to be taken to the level." The blush on Kylar's face that had gone from a cherry red to a red mage red gave her the only answer that she needed.
"I do not know if I will accept the offer though, to be truthful. I wanted to build my own home; you know get a clean slate, a new start. Plus it would keep me occupied for a while." Kylar hadn't noticed that Vi's face had fallen from the excitement that had shown on it previously until he looked up.
"I mean unless you were desperately begging to have a roommate in the room which you had agreed upon." At that point Kylar's voice trailed off to try and cover his lack
of courage with the advancing of their relationship. Vi had to strain to hear the rest of the sentence as he became quieter.
"What was that you said? Because to me it sounded an awful lot like you were asking me
move in with you and I don't know possibly start an official relationship with me." She had closed her eyes briefly to bask in the warmth of the thought and when she opened her eyes, Kylar was gone. "Don't think that that little ka'kari of your will solve all of your problems mister. It certainly won't solve this one, because at this point I won't take no for an answer."
"Tell you what" a voice replied from where Kylar had been seated "if you can catch me and manage to hold on, I will be more than happy move in with you." In truth, Kylar was thrilled at the thought of moving in with Vi, I mean just look at her and say that you wouldn't do it on a moment's notice. There was a rustle of clothing and Vi knew Kylar had started to move away from where they had been previously seated on the hill side. This hill side was in front of the castle, which was a magnificent view all on its own, but when you sat down on the hill you were in for a real treat. The hill was covered with the greenest and plushest grass one had ever known, they would have sworn that the entire land was covered in the moss of the lushest forest around. The grass made most people sit, just at the prospect of feeling completely at peace with the world and slowly feeling all your troubles melt away. Now the grass wasn't the only thing that attracted people to the front lawn of the castle, no sir. The view captured the hearts
of nearly all who saw it after it had been restored to its former glory. The view you may ask is of the town before the castle, the lush greens and reds of the forest, depending on the season, and all the land features between here and the next kingdom. The variations in colors lead people who had stopped to gaze for merely minutes, held them there for hours. If you happened to spot one of the multitudes of animals who would graze into view, you were in for a surprise. The way these animals carried themselves was one of grace and serenity to the world around them. Kylar and Vi had been staring at such this view before their attention was broken by some unseen force. They had then started their discussion of the future.
"Kylar you know this is not fair! I can't even begin to compete with your kind of invisibility. The ka'kari can disguise you completely by making you invisible, while my Talent only covers me enough so that it smears the edges of my body and helps me to blend in with surrounding objects!" Vi started to whine. She hoped that Kylar would talk, which was inevitable because Kylar always had to teasingly brag about himself when he could, so she could pin point his location and grab him with a ghost hand formed from her Talent.
"Well sometimes the people with better toys-"He stopped mid-sentence as the wind was knocked out of him from a force unknown to him. As it turned out, Vi had grabbed him with her Talent based on where his voice was coming from.
"Damn Vi not again. Well last time we were in this situation it just so happened to work out in my favor." 'I tried to warn you this time, but no somebody had to brag about their better toys .If you care so much why don't you just let me dissolve the hold she has on us and you could be free to do whatever it was you were doing before she grabbed you.' 'It's not that I don't want your help, I would gladly accept it in any situation like this if the circumstances were different. This time I actually wanted her to catch me.' The ka'kari felt the need to input its opinion and in more times than not, tell Kylar how he could have gotten out of a situation with the help of the devouring properties of the black ka'kari. "Oh, just shut up will you!" Kylar nearly shouted, successfully breaking the calm and romantic mood.
"But I didn't say anything to you this time." Vi was frightened by his outburst; she had a feeling that he was talking to the ka'kari though. He sometimes forgot that he needed only to think things to the ka'kari instead of actually voicing what it was he was conversing about.
"No it was not you, the ka'kari being its sarcastic self again. This time he was offering me advice as to how I could have easily escaped from your phantom hand. Sorry about that, it's normally when I'm experiencing strong emotion that I say the thoughts out loud." He rejoined Vi on the lush greens of the hillside.
"Well I still caught you no matter what the ka'kari says! Ha, I knew it would work. You always find a way to brag to your friend and I took advantage of that weakness. Who is the smarter one now?" Vi was overwhelmed with joy, Kylar was going to live with her! She had been looking forward to this since he had first willingly taken her hand at the funeral.
"Well that would have to be me." He smirked. He just loved to tease Vi in any way he could, especially when she wasn't expecting it. 'Wait did I honestly just think that. Oh Nysos, this could branch off into multiple venues. Some of those outcomes being better than a select few.'
"Ha, I told you! I am the smarter- wait what? You are not the smarter one! I am the one that caught you! I made sure that you continued talking so that I could reach out and grab you! I had this whole thing planned since Logan and Jenine suggested that we get a room together." Vi was simply flabbergasted, he had somehow managed to push each and every one of her buttons.
"How do you know that I didn't let myself get caught, hmmm? You are just mad because you couldn't use your comeback." Kylar adored how she looked when her temper started to rise. Her face became flushed to just the right red, her actions became more frantic, and her eyes, oh her eyes, you could detect the spark that would ignite inside of those deep chocolaty brown eyes.
"That is completely and utterly false. You should know not to assume anything." Vi became flushed because Kylar couldn't have hit it more clearly than having your deader kill themselves for you. The spark in her eyes just now began to ignite, of course her eyes weren't literally on fire like Kylar could make his, but her eyes did seem to take on a rust red color.
"Uh huh, you might want to tell your face that because they are looking pretty flushed right at this moment." As Vi had earlier, Kylar found the answer to his question in the blush, which was growing at the moment.
"Oh will you just get over yourself!" At that point she was so filled with emotion that she couldn't stop herself from kissing him right there.
After a second or two she pulled back immediately with a look of absolute horror on her face, though she had the slightest feeling that he had started to kiss back before she pulled away.
"I am so sorry Kylar! I just got caught up in all the emo-"It was at that point that he firmly pressed his lips back to hers and continued where they had left off. They soon became lost in every touch, taste, and sound they got from the other. It had become a natural high to them, filled with moans and the vast roaming of hands. After what had seemed forever to the bliss couple, Vi finally broke the kiss. She could feel the temptation being to arise. She could not help but allow her face to become lit with a wide smile when Kylar released a small whimper at the break in the connection and the loss of the most wonderful sensation he had felt in weeks.
"Aw isn't that just adorable" she just could not contain herself anymore; she had to embrace all the feelings that she had felt for Kylar at once. The lust at the first time seeing him, the jealousy of him having a better mentor, the love when they had almost kissed on top of the tower on the rescue mission, and now the deep compassion she now felt for him.
"Why'd you stop? We had quite the connection going." Kylar was honestly confused. Vi had definitely been making moves towards him and yet she pulls away during the climax of their first and therefore most precious kiss.
"If I didn't stop there I would not have been able to stop myself from taking you right on this hillside. Which I do say would have been rather comfortable considering how soft and springy this grass seems to be." Vi blushed as the words spilled from her mouth and would have continued to gush like a spring brook if they had not been interrupted by the visitor who had approached them.
"A very wise choice if I do say so myself." Logan commented on the situation as he approached the couple, obviously being an interruption to them. "Pardon any interruption I may have caused" as he looked towards Vi her blush only deepened, successfully making her face seem like the ripest tomato around in the middle of summer. "But I just wanted to know if you had an answer to my invitation that I had so kindly extended to the both of you." After he had finished, he heard some mumbling going on from in front of him and turned to see if anyone really had spoken. It seemed that Kylar had gotten a sudden interest in the grass and a face that only could rival the color of Vi's face at this current moment. "What's that Kylar? I need to you to speak up if I am going to be able to hear you." Kylar at that point seemed as if all the blood in his body had suddenly gone to his face.
"Um yeah sure Logan that sounds great." Kylar couldn't even remember what invitation Logan was referring to. He was having trouble thinking about to much except for what had just happened between him and Vi.
Seeming to have recovered a little, Vi shed some light onto Logan's request. "We would find it a great and highest honor to join you and you wife in the castle. Besides, this way I can be closer to Jenine in case she begins to have trouble with her pregnancy, since I'm technically the only maja with a sufficient amount of magic around." Logan just smiled and nodded his head; he hadn't seen Kylar so far head over heels in love since he had seen him with Elene.
"Oh and one more thing, I know you two are getting better aquatinted to each other, but please try to pick a place that isn't so public; or directly in front of the castle's grand hall viewing window." Logan begin to chuckle as he turned on his heel and began his trek back inside. The look of horror on both of the wetboys' face was absolutely priceless. He had forgotten how much fun teasing Kylar had been.