Faded Memories

Created by Raito Ikazuchi. Here is the last post:
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Raito Laied in the shallow end of the water, "I already tried that, And we remember how that went.." He said to his soon to be wife Larien, thinking back to their first time at the lake

"Come on," Larien coaxed. "Who knows what'll happen now?" she held her hands out to him, smiling sweetly.

"ahhh...Fine" The hybrid said sitting up, then slowly waded into the deeper end "oh man..."

Larien moved her arms slowly in the water as her feet kicked underneath. "Just do what I do, and you'll be okay." She smiled at him as she swam a little backwards the further he came in.

Raito coppied her movements the best he could, only this time was staying afloat a little "H-HEY! Im doing it!" he said, then started to sink again "Damn...why is my body so dense?!"

"Because you're thinking about it too hard," the princess grabbed his hands pulling him up. "Just let your body float as you kick, don't think about sinking."

"ok.." rai said clearing his mind, then began to rise out of the water a bit "hey! look at me!"

Larien smiled and clapped her hands. "Now, let's see if you can swim." She said swimming away from him. "Try and catch me."

"Ok..Kaine said it was written our DNA..." with that Rai stopped treading water, then started to sink, he sank down untill he was almost out of breath

"Rai?" Larien said turning around and didn't see him. Floating in the water, she began to panick. "Rai?!"

Bubbles started to surface then break over where Rai was sinking. "N..No! I cant die!" he said, purpously placing himself in danger, causing his Wild Instincts to surface, he started to paddle, slowly rising to the surface, then stuck his face out of the water, took a breath, then swam underwater to where Larien was tredding 'hehe' he thought, knowing the mind link was closed

"Rai?!" Larien called, panicking for the fact she couldn't see him anymore. She looked everywhere on the water and couldn't see any signs of him.

'hehehe' Rai laughed as he suddendly stopped swiming, and grabbed both of her legs, causing her to slip under the surface

Larien screamed as she went under the water. She turned her body, seeing Rai. Her grin was slightly out of play and out of anger for he scared her so bad. She grabbed his shoulders, practically tackling him under the water.

Rai laughed under the water as she tackeled him, then the two resurfaced, Larien still holding onto him. "I gotta thank Kaine when we get back" he laughed, slightly gasping for breath

Larien wrapped her arms around his neck. "Right," she said pressing close to him. "How could you scare me like that?" she asked.

"I had to pay you back for when you scared me.." He laughed, kicking his feet under them, aiming them for the beach part of the shoreline, "I hope I didnt scare you too bad"

"Well, you did," Larien said, climbing onto the shoreline. She pulled her knees close to her, looking at him and smiled.

"oops...sorry" Rai said getting out of the water, then shook himself dry, sending water everywhere, then looked at Larien. "hey...you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," The princess lied. Her stomach was doing flips again and it felt as if something was kicking her. She noticed the signs, but she didn't have the heart to tell him; at least not yet anyway. She couldn't hide it forever. Eventually she'd have to stand up and she knew it was going to kick again and hard.

"ok...Liar" he said, hearing the small change in her voice, inaudiable to most creatures "its..uhh...the..umm....you know.....were having one arnt we?"

Larien looked up at him and nodded as her face winced as it kicked again. She slowly stood up and took his hand.

"it'll Be ok" Rai said holding her, "things will work out" Raito held her close, his hand holding hers, then rested his head on hers

Larien leaned against him. The kicking had stopped, but it would probably come back later. "I do have to tell Rose though," she said quietly. "There's some herb that most of the women in my village have to eat."

"why? what does it do?" Rai asked, holding her closer, he also sounded alittle worried