Disclaimer: I do not own Sly Cooper or any of the characters
A/N: Hello everyone. My name is Eric Cortez and I am a good friend of Jjmt. I asked him if I could continue working on TRATT and he agreed to let me continue working on it. So without further delay...here is the fifth chapter where Sly and Neyla go on their first date. Reviews and comments will be appreciated.
P.S.- The first four chapters were written and published by Jjmt. The rest of the chapters are mine.
Chapter 5: The Date
Sly and Neyla had remained sleeping on the bed in their suite, both smiling in complete content as they had cuddled close to each, savoring every second of their peaceful and romantic moment. But, alas...it would soon end.
"Sly, it's time to wake up!" Murray shouted as he banged on the closed door to their suite! He had meant to knock softly, but each knock ended being incredibly loud.
"Ugh..." Sly and Neyla softly groaned, as they slowly started to wake up, though a little groggy.
"Morning, my beautiful tigress." Sly greeted Neyla with a bright warm smile as their eyes had immediately locked on to each other.
"Morning, my handsome Ringtail." Neyla, greeted back to Sly, mirroring his tone and smile, while placing a soft gentle kiss on his chest.
"Sly, are you and Neyla up yet?" Murray asked, while continuing to knock on the door and waiting for a response.
"Yes, Murray. Neyla and I are up!" Sly called back and the pink hippo had stopped knocking on the door.
Both Sly and Neyla had shared a loving soft kiss before pulling away and climbing off the bed. They both picked up their personal gear; Sly had slung his backpack over his back and grabbed his cane, while Neyla had picked up her whip and wrapped it around and over her left shoulder. The raccoon had opened the door, greeting his friend.
"What is it Murray?" Sly asked, trying not to sound agitated towards the hippo for breaking up his and Neyla's peaceful rest.
"I'm sorry for waking you and Neyla up, Sly. It's just that Bentley asked me to grab you and Neyla." Murray answered, while rubbing the back on his head, showing he felt guilty for waking Sly and their new friend up so soon.
"What does Bentley need to talk about?" The raccoon asked, while feeling it had something to do with Neyla traveling with them,
"He said it had to with Rajan, but wouldn't say what. When I asked him what he meant, he asked me to get you and Neyla and that he would explain then." The hippo answered, while showing he had no idea what got their friend so riled up.
"It must be serious, for you little turtle friend to rattle both his nerves and shell this badly." Neyla stated and it was enough to earn a small grin from Sly, whom smirked at the remark about Bentley.
"We'd better see what it is Bentley needs to tells us." Her new raccoon boyfriend added, knowing they shouldn't keep their friend and teammate waiting.
The three of them walked down the hallway towards the suite where Murray and Bentley were staying in. Neyla, whom was walking beside Sly, had softly reached for his left hand and the raccoon had gently clasped their hands together. Murray had witnessed them holding hands and couldn't help but smile softly as Sly and Neyla made it rather obvious they were boyfriend/girlfriend now. But Murray was confused, because he thought his raccoon friend had a thing for Inspector Fox.
After entering Suite 328, they witnessed Bentley typing away on the team's Thief Net computer. He also had a map of India on the table with a red ink pen on top of the map.
"Oh, Murray thanks for getting Sly and...Neyla, so we could, uh...talk." Bentley started off a little awkwardly after seeing the tigress standing next to Sly and them holding hands. Both Sly and Neyla rolled their eyes, not believing how paranoid the turtle was being with the tigress in the same room with them.
"What do you need to talk about Bentley?" Sly asked with trying to keep their conversation as civilized as possible.
"We have a problem you guys. After we made off with the Clockwerk Wings and Carmelita started arresting the other guests at the palace, Rajan had managed to escape capture by fleeing into the jungle." Bentley started off, explaining that Rajan had eluded capture after they stole the Wings.
"So what's the problem?" Murray asked slightly confused whilst understanding how the Klaww Gang member they just stole from had fled into the jungle.
"The problem is...I have no idea where Rajan ran off to. That palace he bought was the only asset I could find. If he has another hideout, I have no idea where it is." Their turtle friend and tech support answered as he explained the reason why he set up this meeting.
"...I know where he's heading." Neyla stated, which earned a surprised expression from Sly and his friends.
"Where would Rajan run off to Neyla?" Sly asked after hearing his tigress say she knew where Rajan would go into hiding.
"In the heart of the Indian jungle...Rajan discovered an ancient temple that had never been discovered. He was able to transform it into the heart of his spice manufacturing operation." Neyla answered truthfully as she revealed to Sly, Murray and Bentley that Rajan was heading to a long forgotten temple deep in the Indian jungle that he transformed into his base of operations.
"Neyla...how do you know that?" Bentley asked, sounding even more cautious of the tigress. Even Murray stared surprised to how she knew.
"...It's...it's complicated." Neyla answered, with a look showing she wasn't ready to share her past with Sly and his team.
"Neyla, could you show us where this temple is located?" Sly asked as he sensed that this subject was making her uncomfortable.
"Of course Sly. I know the way to the temple." The tigress answered which made Bentley even more suspicious of her after hearing Neyla say that she knew the way to Rajan's main base of operations.
"Sly...could Murray and I have a word with you in private, say, tomorrow?" Bentley asked, while giving Neyla a look showing he didn't trust her and it earned a glare from the tigress in return.
"Sure, we could talk in private tomorrow." Sly stated, unhappy with Bentley for being paranoid and suspicious of Neyla.
Both Sly and Neyla had stepped out of Murray and Bentley's suite and walked back into their hotel room.
"Neyla...are you okay?" The raccoon asked, concerned if his tigress was hurt by Bentley's attitude towards her.
"I'm alright. Thank you for asking Sly." The tigress answered, while trying to keep the pain she felt bottled up inside.
"I'm sorry about Bentley's attitude, it's just that he can overreact and worry over nothing. I'm going to have a serious talk with him tomorrow, I promise." Sly explained his friend's suspicious attitude towards her.
"It's alright Sly, really. To be honest...I really don't blame him for being wary of me...since he doesn't know anything about me." Neyla assured her raccoon lover, since she was used to people being cautious of her.
"Neyla...I understand that you aren't ready to tell me or my friends anything about your past. I can relate because I have a past that I'm trying to prevent from ever happening again." Sly placed a soft hand on his tigress's delicate cheek and Neyla had softly placed her own hand over Sly's.
"When you're ready to tell us, you'll tell us." The raccoon stated, with a firm but soft tone and warm hearted smile and Neyla smiled in return.
"How about we have dinner here at the hotel for our date, Ringtail?" The tigress asked in a soft and seductive tone, which earned a chuckle from the raccoon,
"Sounds good to me my beautiful tigress." Sly smiled as they leaned in and locked lips in a passionate kiss.
~Later that night ~
Sly and Neyla had changed clothes separately in their hotel room; Sly in the closet and Neyla in the bathroom. Sly had kept the tuxedo he wore back in the palace and decided to keep it, just in case he and Neyla decided to go on an actual date. After discarding his blue shirt and cap, he placed the shirt, jacket, dance shoes, gloves and bow tie on.
Just as Sly had walked out of the closet, that was when Neyla had stepped out of the bathroom. She had changed into the dress she had wore back at the palace and they both chuckled after seeing the other choice of clothes.
"Shall we, my lady?" Sly asked while offering Neyla his hand and his tigress chuckled at his gesture.
"Indeed we shall, Ringtail." Neyla smiled as she accepted his hand and they both walked down the hallway.
Sly had called for the elevator and after they stepped inside, they had pressed the bottom button and went down to the lobby. They had walked down to the banquet hall in the restaurant and requested a table. The maitre'd had led them to a table in the far left corner of the room and placed a menu template for them both to choose and order from.
Sly and Neyla had ordered a platter of Baghari masali roti, a bottle of 1999 Chateau Margaux wine and two wine glasses. They had enjoyed a nice quiet dinner and that was when the banquet room started playing rather romantic dance music. Sly and Neyla smiled at each other as they stepped out from behind their table and walked in the center of the room. They shared a rather romantic dance, just like back in the ballroom. Nearing the end of the song, the ended their dance with a graceful dip and they locked lips in a loving, passionate kiss. The other patron's in the room clapped and whistled at the rather romantic sight.
"I love you Sly Cooper." Neyla whispered as they pulled away, smiling.
"I love you too Neyla." Sly whispered back, smiling in return.
They had returned to their suite and climbed into bed. They shared one last kiss good night and slept, wrapping their arms around to keep them close.
A/N: Here is the ending to 5th chapter to TRATT. I would like to apologize to my reviewers for the long wait. I had to really wrap my head around to get it right. I would also like to apologize to my friend Jjmt, for breaking the deal we made, that I would only make each new chapter with only 1000 words. I promise to try to keep it at 1000 during the next future chapters.