Ice Covered Road to Dreams pt 5

I had been lacking on my duties to serve a few people… mostly Tenan. I had pretty much ran away from him since the night I had that dream. I wonder day after day after day if Rogue was still alive and well and if he’s ever coming back. Tenan had told me that Rogue’s brother contacted him… And said that he was never coming back. I didn’t want to believe him, but I had no other choice. Just let him go, Aaru… he said to me. I was hiding out in Sleepywood’s jumping area. It was the one place Tenan refuse to go. I had stayed there playing around with my communicator. No one was online of importance other than Ms. Fire. For some reason I had told her my dream.

She wanted to know how I felt about it. What I thought. I couldn’t really answer her about it the way she wanted to. Just remembering him kissing me so deeply like he did in my dream made me blush to the point that I giggled like a young magician going to Magic Academy with Grendal The Really Old. “He makes me feel things that I can’t feel with any other guy, you know? Like… I want something to happen between him and I and just have this bond that could never break.” I said to her whole-hearted. I was blushing and smile holding back some painful tears.
“Is that so… sounds like you’re in love with this man.” She said after a small giggle.
“I am.”
“Why don’t you tell him?” she asked me.
“I… I can’t. There’s no way for me to tell him. He’s probably forgotten about me” *Flash back: Aaru, I’ll never forget about you.* I thought to myself… I’m lying to her and to myself… How horrid of me.
“You said that he loved you in return, and that he’ll never forget about you.”
“Yeah that’s true Ms. Fire but I don’t know… I can’t tell him because… because.”
Tenan had butted into our conversation. “He’s not coming back and face it Aaru. It’s something you have to deal with. Everyone looses someone dear to them in their lives; they deal with it and move on. So stop mopping around and start training. You have a debt to pay.” And with that he left to train on Zombie Lupins.
“Ms. Fire… Is Tenan always this pushy with you.” I asked her. There was a small pause in our conversation then she later responded with…
“No, he’s the sweetest man in the who world to me. Matter of fact, just between you and I… I’m in love with him.” She said. I had assumed she said it with the biggest of smiles on her face and probably blushing. “With… Tenan?”
“Yes with Tenan.”
I shouted loudly into the communicator, “ARE YOU CRAZY!!! WITH A MAN LIKE HIM!??!”
“What do you mean ‘a man like me’?” he asked, I forgot he was linked to my communicator was well as Ms. Fire’s.
“Uh… never mind. Forget it” I hung up the communicator and used a return to town scroll and ended up near the sauna. I used another scroll to head to Ellinia.

My heart, for some reason, fell unease at the fact that this woman was in love with Tenan. Surely I wasn’t in love with him, but still… a man like him… he is not gentle. Well not towards me anyway. I always wonder why was he so hard on me since I was younger. As I remembered it well. Tenan picked me up from the pits of green mushroom I couldn’t handle them on my own and they kept attacking me left and right. He appeared out of nowhere and killed them all with Magic Claw. “Stand behind me and I’ll protect you!” He shouted and he then gave me a special communicator to plug into my very own. It was known as a Party Communicator. I connected the Party Communicator onto my own and he began to heal with me his Heal. The spawn of green mushrooms became overwhelming and he then lifted me into his arms and bomb rushed through the mobs of Green mushrooms and slimes healing us along the way. I looked at him as protected me in his arms. I know that he was a cleric, but I could tell that all those injuries that he received and healed somewhat hurt him. I wanted to ask him if he was all right but he was determined to carry me all the way to town. As we arrived there he dropped me on the ground, I landed on my bottom which kind of hurt and made me shed tears. “You are far you young to handle those monsters, train on snails. And only snails until I say other wise. From now on I will be your Teacher and you address me as either Master or Tenan-sensei. Got that?” I wanted to yell at him and spit on him. I was still in my Maple Island clothing. But I only found myself to be humble at that time and said to him “Yes, Tenan-sensei.” He then kneeled before me and caressed my cheek wiping the tears from my eyes. “I’m sorry that I dropped you so hard. C’mon lets go to the store to buy your first uniform as a magician.” He extended his hand for me to take it and to help me off the ground. I put my hand in his and he walked me with me, hand in hand, to the store. He bought my first outfit. It wasn’t much however I liked the colors he chose for me. It was a Green Armine Top with my Green Armine Skirt and Yellow Basic Boots. He bought me a wooden wand and set me on my way to Henesys to train on snails. Tenan often left me on my own and only came around to give me things for me to survive, such as money and foods. Mostly Blueberry huggies and orange juice. Since that day I was under his wing, he wanted me to become a cleric like him, but I wanted to be an Ice Lightening Mage. He yelled at me at first but then he suddenly changed his mind and said to continue training until I started to hit my 50’s. Ever since I could remember, Tenan was over-protected of me… more so like his child or sister than a lover.

After arriving to my destination I headed to Perion by foot. I didn’t really mind it, however, it was so hot that I took off my uniform to put on my sauna robe and sandals and ran through the sand to head to town. As I arrived I took a small break, trying to catch my breath. On the platform next to me there was a couple arguing. I looked over at them with interest.

Girl: You’re never around to save me! And you’re a goddamn Cleric, A Cleric!
Boy: I was talking on my communicator, I’m sorry all right.
Girl: Whom were you talking too? Hm? It was that woman again wasn’t it?
Boy: She’s a friend of mine, please sweetie, understand that I met her before you; she’s like a sister to me.

The girl fwapped her boyfriend upside the head with her snowboard and declared that it was over between him and her. He sided and looked over to me and hopped over and sat down next to me and he shed tears. I looked over at him then at the girl who was a few platforms away sitting by herself. “I wish she wasn’t jealous all the time…” He said to me rubbing the back of his head. “She did take it far to seriously… I mean… she overreacted.” I said to him, he smiled and laughed slighted extending his hand towards me. I took his hand unto my own and we shook hands and exchanged names. He name was Clerk. After staying there for a while chit-chatting with Clerk until he had to go somewhere, we split our ways and I headed towards the Fire Boar pit.

Along my way, a snail tripped me and I landed on my face, so I lay there poking the green snail with my fairy wand until it died. For some time the snail bit my wand and I shook it for a while… it was quite amusing. From the platform above me someone called out to me… “Hey… girl.” I looked around and I saw someone on the ropes looking down at me. It was a very high-leveled man. “Would you like to join my guild?” He asked me as he jumped from the rope to land a few feet away from me. He walked over to me and helped me off the ground. He smiled at me and asked me again, “Would you?” I looked at him and shrugged at his offer, “Sure…” he smiled and asked me to pay the fee. I paid him and he walked me to the fire boar pit.

“My name is Icey, by the way.” He introduced himself to me.
“I-I am Aaru.” I said to him… Feeling somewhat shy.
“I know.” He said to me, with a soft smile. “I’ve been watching you for some time now… And you’ll make a wonder addition to my group.”
“You…. You’ve been… stalking me!?!?” I said with a slight shock because I had never seen him before.

He laughed at me and complimented me on my looks, which caught him by surprise because it seems that he didn’t want me to know that he liked me that way. I didn’t even know this man and he’s complimenting my skin and my body figure. His words gave me slight butterfly in my stomach and I have to admit that I blushed. He had to go after he introduced himself due to another member getting in trouble with another guild’s member, there was about to be a fight. He gave me the guild’s communicator to put onto my person. So that way he and I could always be in touch. He gave me a soft kiss on the cheek and ran off. Not to far behind me stood Tenan a watching over me.

“Is this the thanks I get after taking you under my wing?” he said to me.
“What are you talking about Tenan?” I asked him
“Who was that person?” he asked me rather rudely.
“My guild master, Icey.” I said to him. “There is no need to get jealous,” I said to him
“I’m not jealous. I just don’t want to have to comfort you when he drops you faster than a dime.” He said to me and went on his way to the Drakes with Ms. Fire. I sighed softly and yelled at him before he went through the old wooden doors. “You can’t treat me like this!! I am not a little girl anymore! I am my own person! And I don’t need you to comfort me, I don’t need your stupid help!” He turned around with a shocked look on his face and fell down to my platform, kneeling before me and he slowly rose up from the ground, Ms. Fire watching from above.

Tenan walked over to me, well rather rushed towards me and held me tightly patting my back and my head. “I’ve raised you, and taught you everything I know…” he whispered in my ear “… and this is the thanks I get, you run off to join some damn guild with out my consent. Why?” He pushed me away. I tripped on a snail shell and fell on my behind. “I wanted to make my own choice without you yelling at me about how wrong it is…” I said to him
“I don’t yell and your wrong!” he shouted.
“You’re yelling now!” I shouted back.
He walked over and kneeled before me, he and I face to face. He reached his hand back and lunged it forward, the back of his hand smacking my face. “Never talk to me like that you understand me.” He said to me holding his hand, the one that smacked me. “I… understand.” I said to him shedding tears. “Good.” He rose up from the ground and walked over to the rope and started to climb up. He messaged me on my communicator in a private channel (whisper), just him and I. “That hurt me more than it hurt you, I’m still your guardian and I have a right over you. I may not be your father, but I was a father to you. Remember, you never bought anything in your life. I was the one that provided for you.” He said as he sighed over the communicator. “I hate you…” I said to him and hung up.

I’m not a little girl anymore… I hate you…