I feel like this chapter could have been better. But thanks for the reviews :3.
Chapter 4: The Mistakes
"S..Sorry Glave! W..we were indecent!" Ara said as she kept bowing to Glave who Add could see through his mask; the grin.
"Not to worry Ara. I am waiting for your teammates…" He paused and then had a glint of amusement in his eyes, which ticked off Add. "You should talk to Raven dear. He seems to be angered by you." He said as he watched Ara's face changed from embarrassed to gravely worried.
"A..angry..?" Ara said in a soft voice. Glave agreed and immediately Ara ran from the two males to find Raven.
"Why did you have to say that you asswipe?" Add asked with a bored expression on his face. Glave turned towards Add and picked up the die that originally landed in front of him.
"Things won't turn in the Elgangs fortune for long." Glave stated. The Lunatic Psyker tried to hold his question in but couldn't.
"Is it about Ara!?" Add asked with worry.
"So you're saner and more human nowadays due to the Yama Raja. I should scold her one day. Add glared at Glave and was about to strike till Chung, Elsword, Aisha, and Rena came out.
"Glave! Do you have a mission for us today?" Chung asked as he stepped in front of the Lunatic Psyker; avoiding that future fight with Glave also.
"Why yes I do, I will wait till the Spear one returns with the half Nasod one." Glave said knowing both of their names but didn't feel like stating it.
"Have you heard any news about my sister?" Elsword asked rather sadly, instead of his normal chipper self.
"Yes but I will debrief once everyone is here. Meanwhile lets head back in the castle. It's hot out here." Glave stated as he walked back to Chung's castle. Chung visible looked annoyed and wondered where is Eve and what is taking so long. Add just wanted to electrocute everyone as he had to wait for Ara.
"She's mine… Raven never had a shot in the dark." He said bitterly and to himself. Rena overheard him and looked down.
"So he did like her." She thought sadly and was the last to enter the castle.
~Meanwhile~
Eve was consoling the Veteran Commander underneath a bridge in Hamel.
"What's the matter Raven? Normally you would never rush out like that. Any reason pertaining to Ara and Add's interaction amongst each other?" The robot asked and Raven looked away, a sign that the Code Empress was right.
"You just have to let her know how you feel about her. If she rejects you, then find a new crush. Its that simple." Eve stated in an oddly motherly way. She cared for everyone and did not want anything to stop her friends from staying together.
"I wish it was that simple, but she means so much to me. I can't explain it, but I feel hurt sometimes when I think of how radiant she shines around others." Raven said gloomily.
"Your jealous. It's that simple. Now I have to get back to Chung, but I feel like she will come to talk to you. Just get out from underneath this bridge please. After all, peasants stay there. Not my knights." The way Eve worded her statement could have been better but she was right. Raven got out from the bridge and saw Eve leaving. He walked the streets of Hamel thinking about what she said about talking to Ara. As soon as he thought of the Yama Raja's name, all he saw was a blur of orange and black tackle him down. Speak of the devil.
"R..Raven! P..please don't be angry with me!" The Yama Raja sniffled as she was straddling him, on the verge of tears. "I.. I don't know what I did but I'm sorry!"
The Veteran Commander blushed as she was on his 'No Fly Zone'. As soon as she was about to cry Raven sat up and hugged her, reassuring her that he is not mad at her. Ara calmed down and hugged Raven back.
"If you're not angry then why are you here all by yourself?" Ara questioned the male.
"Look Ara, I can't keep this up anymore, so I will say it: I Like you." Ara moved from the embrace to look at Raven who was blushing.
"But Raven…" she was about to start until he interrupted her.
"Look I know you and Add are together, but I do like you! At least I think I do anyways… Every time I see you with him I get all weird inside." The Veteran Commander stated.
"Raven. You don't like me." Ara said with a sad smile on her face. "You think you do, but in reality you see me as a little sister." She stroked Ravens long black locks. She also noted at the red splash of color she would rarely see. "You got protective when you saw me with Add, because you think I would just stay hooked on Ran." The Yama Raja said calmly and her smile began to light up a bit.
Raven's eyes simply widened at how she pinpointed his true feelings. The Veteran Commander soon began to put the pieces together. All this time, ever since they were younger, he saw Ara as the little sister he had to protect. And of course Rena was his Seris, the one he would not lose again. Raven looked at the Yama Raja and ruffled her ebony locks and smiled.
"Thanks, let's go back to the castle together." Raven said and Ara smiled brightly as she got off of him and they headed towards the castle.
The two reach the castle and head inside. Surprise took them both when one of the maids stated that there was a visitor in the castle. They walked to the common area of the castle to see Glave. Raven had a bit of a shock but Ara's face was flushed and she ran into Add and hid behind him. Add looked over his shoulder to see his girlfriend visibly blushing from embarrassment and held her hands. Rena saw the two, but didn't see Raven walk up to her. The Grand Archer was surprised when Raven kissed her in public and smiled.
"Glad to have you back commander." Rena said with a grin and Raven chuckled.
"Eh. Hem. Okay are all of you done being lovey dovey? So I can give you all the greatest mission ever. The pay in ED is magnificent: about 3 million just for the first part." He said with a grin behind the mask yet a glint in his eye.
"Whats the catch?" asked Aisha.
"Does it have to do with Elesis?" asked Elsword.
"No catch, and yes Elboy it does. You see the Grand Master has her own little platoon that would follow her to their deaths. Intel tells me that some of the platoon members are trying to kill her. Another intel says shes working with Ran, maybe in some sort of relationship with him. I just want Chung, Eve, and Elsword to guard Elesis without knowing. So be her own secret service in a way." He assigned the three the mission and they nodded wondering why it was so simple.
"Next is Rena, Raven, and Add. You all will go and gather intel at what's going on in the Hall of Water." Rena and Raven agreed to Glave's request but Add did not.
"What about Ara?" Add asked, his grip on Aras hand slightly tightening.
"She will be with me, I have something to teach her anyways." He said nonchalantly as Add's eye twitched.
"Don't you dare hurt her." He said viciously as his Dynamos began to get into attack position.
"I wouldn't hurt the Yama Raja. I don't want to go to hell for rape any time soon." Glave said through laughter.
"Bastard…." Add mumbled then moved away from Ara. She looked up at him as he kissed her forehead goodbye.
"Be safe everyone!" She said with a smile as everyone left to their designated areas leaving behind her and Glave. Little did she know that Add left her a mini Dynamo to watch secretly over her.
"Well then. Now that they are gone. Time to get to important matters. Such as why you let the enemy get so much of your DNA." Glave said menacingly. Ara's eyes widened at the accusation and looked at Glave.
"M..My brother has my DNA?" she assumed it was him and Glave nodded. Ara literally had a falling feeling as everything around her seemed to spin. "W..why does he need it..? He said he hated me.."
"To make a clone. Come with me. I will take you to my realm so you can see what I saw with your screw up." Glave stated before roughly grabbing Ara's arm and seemingly teleporting at the flick of the wrist. The Dynamo latched on to Ara's hair as they seem to go through different dimensions.
~Meanwhile~
"I will kill Glave one day." Add muttered as his teammates entered the hall of water.