[h2][center][color=Orchid]~Lin and Shikio~[/color][/center][/h2] [hider=Pre-time skip] As the battle had came to its conclusion, Shikio had been carried away by Lin to towards the nurses office, however on the way there the girl had already awoken. Looking to Lin as the others had left a while ago, Shikio had been blinking in confusion while wodnering why everyone looked so weird. And the next thing was why she were wearing Lin's shirt while he weren't wearing it... then after that she blushed wondering what in the world was going on as it appeared like she had no memories of what had during the incident. To this Shikio simply asked [color=steelblue]"Uhm... Lin... where are you taking me?"[/color] she asked, not actually considering how weird that might sound given the circumstances. Still she... didn't really mind getting carried by Lin and all... even if it was weird that he were... doing it right at the moment. [color=purple][b]"Hm? Ah, you are awake. And where, you say. Obviously to the nurse's office. You got pretty wild, feinted and then kind laid there with nothing on top."[/b][/color] Lin turned his face to Shikio. [color=purple][b]"It would've been unsightly for both of us if you stayed like that in there, even if you had chased away all the other customers."[/b][/color] He stopped for a bit and then asked, [color=purple][b]"Can you walk?"[/b][/color] Shikio blinked a few times in confusion, she had gone pretty wild... lost all her clothing and now Lin were carriing her... just what did they do?. [color=steelblue]"uhm.... Yeah... I think so... did we... have fun?"[/color] she asked blushing slightly, yet her tail kept wagging happily below her, strangely enough this situation seemed to have at least put Lin close to her which was good. She used the oppertunity to lean her head towards him and wondered if she just should have said that she weren't find enough to walk, just so he would keep holding her. Lin nodded and let the girl down on the ground. [color=purple][b]"Fun? Well, I guess you did."[/b][/color] He said with a troubled smile. What, did she not remember that she was just about to kill him? Or well, at least leave him in a pretty bad state? [color=purple][b]"As for the others, you should ask them directly. Whether they had fun or not is entirely up to them. Though I'm sure I saw one sadistic smile or other creeping up Livia's face at times."[/b][/color] Lin crossed his arms in front of his chest. Shikio returned his smile even if him letting her down was a slight 'let down'. However she stood and tried her legs for a while before realizing she was just fine. However as she raised her tail to wag it she realized that it also lifted the shirt she was now wearing slightly causing it to get a bit windy as she were seemingly going commando down south. Yet as Lin told her to ask the others she titled her head somewhat. [color=steelblue]"[i]Others?....[/i]"[/color] she repeated curiously pondering the quesiton, there was others involved?. She looked to Lin again and nodded to him [color=steelblue]"As... Long as only Lin played with me I don't mind others"[/color] she said shrugging it away just like that before looking around. She then cuddled closer to Lin again [color=steelblue]"Lin... I'm cold..."[/color] she said, yet it was a blunt lie as she was... really never cold, unless... she was asleep or lonely. [color=steelblue]"I ask Livia if she had fun later, but with Lin's skills I'm sure she had very much fun if she smiled about it"[/color] she said laughing slightly. [color=purple][b]"Played?"[/b][/color] Wait, was she 'playing to calm herself down? Hm... certainly, it COULD happen. [color=purple][b]"Hmph. I know my skills are impressive, though Livia did not have much of a taste of them yet. Next time, she'll see how powerful our family really is."[/b][/color] He brought a single hand to his chin and nodded. He could feel some stares from the passer-by's, but, well, he did not pay them much mind. Perhaps admiring his body? Well, who could blame them? Or perhaps looking at Shikio... Hm, that though in and of itself made Lin uncomfortable. So, he stepped away from Shikio and urged her to continue walking. [color=purple][b]"We should hurry to the nurse's office. If YOU are feeling cold, it can be nothing good. Can Fenrirs even get colds?"[/b][/color] Shikio realized that Lin weren't really feeling cold even thought he had no shirt, that notion brought a bit of heat to her cheeks as she thought about it too hard. Of course wearing clothes in the first place was something one did because.... reasons, but wearing someone elses clothing was very odd indeed. [color=steelblue]"Eh?... uh..."[/color] she replied to to him repeating the played word, she didn't really know what to reply. However as Lin continued to brag about his skills Shikio rolled her eyes slightly. [color=steelblue]"Yeah... I bet we show her all family.... power?.... stuff?.... "[/color] she replied then grew a bit confused of what he meant, surely she had heard of family jewels and stuff... but how Lin said it was odd. As he urged her to move she flinched slightly and hurried after him, she didn't really care about passerby's either as Lin paid them no attention. [color=steelblue]"Uh... yeah... I suppose we can... its ... rare thought... uhm.... if our blood heaten up too much I suppsoe that could also lead us to feel cold...."[/color] she repled as she followed him. [color=steelblue]"Can't we go to Lin's room instead?... I'm sure... I can shake this... cold, without them. relaly... I... don't want any shots okay?...."[/color] she whined slightly as she thought about all the things a nurse could force her to do. [color=purple][b]"Magic nursing doesn't involve shots, though. But if you think you can shake it off on your own, then I guess we can go back to my room. You need to get some clothes on yourself too, before you make, err, more of a show here."[/b][/color] Lin turned to see Shikio again. Yeah, bad for the heart. And other parts, but well, mostly the heart. Shikio nodded to Lin, keeping a steady blush as she turned around to leave for his room. This time she kinda understood what he meant [color=steelblue]"Yeah... If I am to wear clothes, I only want Lin to be the one to see me without them"[/color] she said before reaching out to take his hand again... she knew he didn't like it last time... but. [color=steelblue]"...Uhm... just in case.. it gets worse you should... hold my hand..."[/color]she said lowering her head slightly. [color=purple][b]"Don't say embarrassing things!"[/b][/color] Lin answered, [color=purple][b]"A-And, well..."[/b][/color] Lin slowly took Shikio's hand into his own. [color=purple][b]"If you can forgive what I did before, I guess I can do at least this much."[/b][/color] To this Shikio mostly laughed softly as she held onto Lins hand and let him lead her back to his room. [hr] Once inside Shikio turned to face Lin, then slowly backed off into the room before removing Lin's shirt from her body again. She then stood in front of him while making no effort to conceal herself. [color=steelblue]"What embarassing thing can't I say Lin?... "[/color] she asked as she turned around to put Lin's shirt on the bed. Then she glanced to Lin again and stretched out with a loud sigh as she felt relaxed. [color=steelblue]"I... I forgive Lin I think... I don't feel in pain, and Lin said I had fun... so Lin should not need to fear that I need to Forgive him"[/color] she replied and turned to look towards the bathroom. [color=steelblue]"Do Lin want to give me a bath before I put on the clothes Lin want me to wear?... or is there anything Shikio can do for Lin?... I'm sorry for worrying Lin, and for saying embarrasing things whatever that is"[/color] she said as she bowed to him. [color=purple][b]"D-Don't worry about that! And no, I WON'T wash you. We aren't kids or anything like that! You can take a bath yourself, can't you?!"[/b][/color] Lin's face was red as a tomato. What was the girl saying?! She honestly did not believe that... ah... He then realized that the conversation from before might not have been entirely innocent, or battle-related anyway. He brought a single hand to his face and then sighed. Should he solve the misunderstanding? Shouldn't he? But Shikio seemed happy with that for now... Yeah, it'd be best to leave things as they were right now. The opportunity to clear things up will pop up somewhere along the road. Shikio lowered her ears somewhat and laughed a bit nervously as he denied to give her a bath, she let out a whine about it as being scrubbed by Lin's maids was like the best thing ever and now there was none of them around... meaning she wanted Lin to do it... [color=steelblue]"...uhm....No... I don't know how the water thing works... or which good smelling liquid that you shouldn't eat goes where..."[/color] she admitted and scratched her cheek as she thought about it, it was true... in Lin's household she had never needed to worry about such things... and out in the Frozen north she didn't really have technology. [color=purple][b]"F-Fine! I can ready the bath for you! But that is as far as it goes!"[/b][/color] Lin answered, before stomping away into the bathroom. He knew full well that even he couldn't last for too long with an idiot girl like this, prancing about in the room without clothes as if it were nobody's business. Hearing Lin stomp off all of a sudden... Shikio grinned as he said he was going to fix the bath for her, but then,.. she also thought he were playing with her... wiggling her tail she chased after.... The Night eventually came to its conclusion. [/hider] [hr] A week passed. It was already time for the Magus games. Luckily, he managed to patch up with Shikio before this whole thing went down. He decided to train constantly with Shikio in order for both of them to keep sharp before this, thinking that perhaps the first event would involve fighting to some degree. While he wasn't wrong, he wasn't entirely right. He reached for his pocket once the director told them to and looked at the piece of paper. A riddle, huh? Well, shit. It was obviously talking about a sword, but what damn sword? There were too many in mythology to just decide on one. [color=purple][b]"What do you think about this, Shikio? I guess you've got no better idea than I do?"[/b][/color] He turned to his familiar. As for Shikio's side of things, the whole week was pretty much a blast. Lin gave her a lot more attention than before, and she did her absolute best to performe to the peak of her abilities to not let him down. She didn't mind battle training at all, it kept the mind sharp and her claws sharper or so to speak at least. Even if her attire was slightly fancier looking they were still easy to move in with a bluise and a skirt of fancy colors, it was what Lin seemed to like for her to wear so she tried it out even if she liked her other rather 'skimpy attire'. Then as she stood with him by the gathering, the weird man who bossed everyone around were doing the normal bossign around when another note thing appeared. Again Shikio like last time turned it up and down, even if she could read it slightly from practicing a lot... it still made no sense to her and eventually she decided to ask Lin what it said just like last time just as she didn't understand it... [color=steelblue]"Uhm... I don't know... what does it say Lin?..."[/color] she would reply looking to him. [color=purple][b]"Ah.. of course. Well, it's a riddle. Hopefully, Livia will have more insight about this. Why don't we go see her?"[/b][/color] Lin suggested with a slight smile in his face. It was often that he forgot about the fact that Shikio couldn't actually read. Hearing about it being a riddle made shikio's ear twitch... she didn't like riddles, riddles was bad things her father used when he wanted to keep more food to himself and make fun of her... yet as he mentioned Livia Shikio nodded to him. [color=steelblue]"Oh... okay, Let's go find Livia then..."[/color] she said and shut her eyes to start sniffing the air... then realized she didn't recall Livia's scent. [color=steelblue]"I... can't track her... I don't remember her scent... do you have something to sniff?... "[/color] she asked as she figured she could always use her nose to trakc her faster... if Lin had something of Livias of course. [color=purple][b]"I... don't know why you would think I actually have something that smells like her. For what kind of pervert do you take me for?"[/b][/color] Lin started walking among the crowds. [color=purple][b]"We can just look for her here. Keep a sharp eye, Shikio."[/b][/color] She was a bit taken back by his reply, obviously she haden't expected such an answer from him, a simple no had sufficed for her. [color=steelblue]"Uhm... A Good Pervert?"[/color] she replied as she thought about what pervert meant, well she kinda thought Lin was a bit perverted... but it was mostly a good thing right?... She trailed after through the crowd and nodded as he told her to keep a sharp eye out. And... well it didn't take too much of a genious to find the Female with a Large friggin reaper looming about her. [color=steelblue]"....ooh... there, by the floating bone man... that's Livia right?"[/color]" she said pointing towards the pair that were searching for them aswell. [color=purple][b]"A good pervert... do those even exist?"[/b][/color] Lin sighed. He then turned to see what Shikio pointed at. Well, the reaper was certainly fucking big. [color=purple][b]"Good job, Shikio. That's them. Let's go meet with them, I guess they are looking for us too."[/b][/color] Shikio simply agreed, following Lin to go meet Livia and Gall. Yet as they came closer Shikio smiled and ran closer to Livia. [color=steelblue]"Livia~"[/color] she said rather happily for... well Shikio reasons. she then looked ot the floating bone thing wondering what that was.... it didn't scare her... more just looked weird. [color=steelblue]"Thank you for Last time Livia, Lin said we had fun, I'm sorry I fainted... I guess it got a bit wild with Lin showing his family jewel skills... wait... how was it now agian?"[/color]" she mumbled to herself as she figured she somehow had messed up her speech, but then shrugged figured it was nothing.