Ice Covered Road to Dreams Pt 2

*A long good-bye*


I had taken a small vacation from the forest of Ellinia and it's green mushrooms. I was tired of fighting and I turned off my communicator. I also had taken money from Mr. Wang, who kept my money and supply's in storage, before I had made my trip to go to Florina Beach. I had arrived to Lilth Harbor with my supplies of milk, apples, orange juice, blue huggies, and fruit punch. (White, orange, blue, and red potions with apples.) I paid my 1,500 mesos and set sail to the beach.

When I had arrived, I took off my purple salt shoes and let my feet drown in the sand. I walked for a moment, along side the shore, the waves gently hitting my feet. Seeing monkeys, clangs, and lorangs, and some turtles about. I had ignored them and sat on a platform by myself having an apple in my hand taking a small bite as I took out my Korean fan.

*Flash back*

I had remembered, when Rogue and myself relaxed in the beach sometimes hunting, sometimes relaxing. We had cooked some clang and lorangs and ate some bananas with orange juice or pure water. "Here, Aaru-chan" Rogue reached into his pouch and handed me a refined beautiful emerald. "I remember when you told me that your favorite color was green. So I got my emerald's refined and now I'm giving them to you." I looked at him, the sun setting in the horizon as everything started to become dim around us, and only the fire was left burning as night fell. I took the emerald from his hand unto my own and I placed it into my backpack. "I'm happy..." I said to him, with a slight blush. "You remembered."

"Of course I remember" he smiled at me. I looked at him, and I knew there was more behind that smiled that he wasn't telling me. He turned his focus to the starry night on Florina Beach, twirling a dagger around as he sat on a blanket in his blue robe and sandals and his black bandana. "This... may well be our last night together." I looked at him; for the first time I knew he was serious... he was actually leaving. "I know... I've been missing in acting for a while, coming back weeks at a time, and sometimes I don't even say Hi when you contact me through the communicator. But so many things have been going on, and I can't support everything anymore. As my best friend you would understand, right?"

I sighed softly and looked towards the shore, I myself wearing my red robe sandals and my white bandana. "I understand" as I said that, I had looked at a couple, a male and female turtles walking side by side on the shore heading towards the water. "You'll never forget about me right?" I ask him, a slight crack in my voice as though I was about to cry. "No..." he said to me, looking at me with his comforting smile. "... I'll never forget you." He leant forward and hugged me and I returned his embrace. He then asked me, "Do you remember the first day we met?" I couldn't help but smile because I had remembered that day clearly. "Yes, you saved me from the large orange mushroom."
"Do you remember what I told you after I died trying to save you?" he said to me.
"Yes... I remember,” I said to him, trying to hold back my tears.

"I said to you that I would never let anything hurt you, and I'll protect you always... and we will be friends... forever." with saying that, he rocked me gently in his arms, running his hands through my spikey hair. I had thought at that time "And that's all that we'll ever be." He smiled at me and kissed me on my forehead and said to me "Always smile and never forget who your true friends are... and one day I'll come back. I promise. But chase after your dream, become the best damn ice/lightening wizard anyone in this world (bera) has ever known!" The tears slowly started to fall from my eyes and he wiped them away and told me not to cry. He then stood up and changed into his rogue clothing and offered his hand to me to stand up. I took his hand into my own and stood up, changing into my dark blue jeans, red and yellow stripped shirt, black Korean shoes, black jester, and lightening earrings. We held hands and walked towards the ship and set sail back home... from the harbor, he lean forward to kiss me, and said to me "This may be our last day together, so please don't be sad... I'll come back, I promise. And I'll find you and everything could be alright again." I was so caught up with his kiss, realizing that he and I were never this close before. He smiled as he removed a few strands of hair away from my eyes and asked me if I were to keep the promise. "Yes" I said to him. He turned the other way, grabbing his backpack and left.

*End Flash Back*

Looking off towards the beautiful bright ocean ahead of me, I check my communicator to see if my good friend was on. To my surprise he was. I messaged him privately so that no other person would listen to my conversation. "Hey Rogue! You came back!" I said happily. "Yes" he said to me "But it's only for a while. I want to see you so please hurry." I put on my purple salt shoes and ran towards the boat heading quickly to Lilth Harbor. I had asked him where he was and he responded "I'm in Henesys, I'll be waiting for you near a cab" I rushed to the other cab and headed there and to my surprise he was really there. I ran towards him and held him tightly. He had realized that the emerald he gave me was still on my person.

"I see you kept the Korean Fan I gave you Aaru-chan,” He said to me, starting to walk. I followed him smiling greatly, "Of course I did... Do... you want it back?" I ask him. "No.. I found another one, you could keep that one. Keep it as a memento." I stopped walking and looked at him "A memento?" He stopped, turning around, and looked at me. "I only came back to see you on last time before I quit as a rogue." I had looked at the Korean fan in my hands and I could not help but to frown. He walked towards me and held my face in his hands and looked into my eyes. "I'm giving you a proper farewell.” he said to me. His eyes seem to swell up with tears, and I felt my eyes were about to drown in tears as well. He leant in and kissed me, and I kissed him back.

He looked at me, after our kiss had ended, and said to me. "This is my last good bye. And I don't want you to forget me. I'll never forget you." I nodded, shedding silent tears. "I will never forget you, Rogue, never!" He smiled and patted my head. "You're the same way as I met you... in Maple Island. Passionate and sweet. If I only had met you sooner... some things would have changed." Hearing his words shocked me. I always knew my best friend had a girlfriend but him saying this shocked me to the point I blushed. He said good-bye for the final time and had said to me "I love you, Aaru-chan, I'll never forget you." And he walked off, getting into a cab leaving my sight, forever.

I had stood there, my hand to my lips, shocked, and sadden inside. My communicator went off with shouts of my other friends; I was being called upon one of them. It was an archer saying hello. I didn't mean to be rude at the time but I cut my communicator off as I sat on a nearby bench. Looking at the Korean fan he gave me.


"I love you too, Rogue."