A Mithran Dreams of Romance (Cheesy I know, but I don't care >.> it's OPEN)

Rhodes and Xavier were doing the usual checks of our instruments. As usual though mine weren't checked by them because I checked them regularly anyway. Skitt starting chittering at me trying to get my attention and pointed towards the back of the stage. Coming from behind the curtains was Lucky, the young Squiggle that I had saved from the fire at the Brigade. I smiled because i saw that Xavier's specially made chair was allowing to poor thing mobility once again. I looked over at Xavier and Rhodes and smiled wide as I grabbed the microphone. As they picked up their instruments and readied to play them I looked out at the stage of Rhode's Tempest's Wing Shop out at all of the fans waving their arms back and forth cheering our names.
"You ready to do this Tora?"
"Damn straight I am Rhodes, Let's get this party started."
My smile died down and I straightened up and grabbed the mic stand as I waited for the beat and then began to sing. We were going to sing one of my favorites.
(SONG)
Once I finished singing and the other two stopped playing we could hear the crowd roaring and chanting for another song. Not wanting to dissappoint our fans we did just that, but Rhodes picked a song.
"Let's do my favorite."
"Gotcha dude."
I threw the mic into the air and after it did 3 flips I caught it. As I did this Rhodes and Xavier began playing the next song.
(SONG)
The song was as big a hit as the other but they were cheering us on even more than before, so we decided to finish the show with Xavier's favorite song as well, but for that we would need some help from the Squiggles. A few of them cam out from the back stage and grabbed a few instruments themselves and began to play the music along with Rhodes and Xavier. Xavier's favorite song always changed up the shows a bit, which kept the crowd going.
(SONG)
"And that's how ya do it Kline HAHA."
I laughed as I bowed to our audience and went back stage. Xavier and Rhodes soon followed and we all went to the bar next door. I ordered a round of sake for the whole place and was feelign the alcohol run through my veins almost immediately. Rhodes didnt seem to be phased by its effects at all which kind of pissed me off, Xavier however was already out like a light.
"Rhodes, remember what I tell him, Never pass out when there's markers about."
I pulled a black marker from my I.O. and began to draw all over his face and once my masterpiece was done I went back towards my seat which was taken by a small crowd of women who seemed to be absolutely gaga about Rhodes. That always pissed me off about him to, but there was nothing I could do about that. Most women avoid me because they are afraid i'll claw their eyes out or something. I went outside and climbed up to the roof, I laid back and stared at the stars. Each one was shinging beautifully, and my mind wondered for a bit as I thought of home; of Windhurst.

Such a busy night. One by one, more and more people seemed to flood the remaining space of the local pub after the impressive display of music. Almost to the point where you couldn't help but bump shoulders every now and then with strangers. This rather crowded situation did not prove too well with some people, one of those people being Rose. Now, Rose was always one to enjoy a good celebration or party every now and then, but there was something on this particular night that had her wanting a more subtle and easy going atmosphere. Hence her reason for being at the pub in the first place. Nothing like enjoying the peace of the bar while tossing back a few good brews. Eventually though, as the room began to fill with constant chatter of all those who had entered, she was forced to leave and find a new space.

Taking her drink with her, Rose pushed her way through the crowd which now enhabited the pub and made her way through the door to the outside. Once she was, she took a glance around until her view came in contact with the roof above. Simple, fairly quiet, and a nice view to look at. The roof of the pub would do for now. Downing the rest of her drink in one big gulp, Rose threw the cup off to the side and then took a running start at the wall of the pub. As she was forced up the wall she caught the top edge of the window sill. From here she pulled herself up and continued to climb up the wall until she was able to reach the roof finally. Once on the roof, she let herself fall backwards against it's hard surface, souding with a sigh of relief. Glacing up at the brightly glowing stars above in the night sky with dark brown hues, a small smirk appeared on Rose's face. On this night, for some reason, the stars seemed so much more beautiful than usual. While Rose drifted off in her own little world, staring at the stars in a daze, she was completely unaware of Tora who was doing much the same. She had no clue of his presence, even though he was only a mere few feet away from her on the roof.

Just as I was about to nod off to sleep, I heard someone climbing over the edge of the roof. A young woman walked over toward me and laid right next to me, just over an arms length away. I was puzzled as to what possessed her to do this, but then I noticed that she seemed completely oblivious to my presense. I sat up and grabbed my knee, using it to help my drunken ass to stand up. I looked over again and stretched as I spoke to her.
"Got tired of the hustle and bustle downstairs too?"
I walked over to the edge of the roof and looked down, the crowd had gotten much bigger since I had first gotten up here. I lean foward a little bit more, but as I did I staggered a bit and fell foward and down I went. I grabbed unto the wall and latched unto the sign hanging above the door.
"Can't really get used to this sort of stuff hehe."
I decided to have some fun with the people who were more the drunk than me, so I stood up as I was on the wall. All of the people below were staring with amusement and confusion as many were checking there feet to make sure they themselves were on the ground. I looked back up to see if the young woman had also noticed what I was doing.
"Tora get ur ass off da wall and get down here, I gots a bone to pick wit you."
Xavier somehow managed to awaken from his drunken sleep and discovered his marker covered face. I laughed at my artwork, I did better than I thought I had on it. Xavier however did not think that it was funny in the slightest. I didn't usually like messing with him anymore than this, but I also didn't want to look like a coward in front of any cute woman too.
"Ok Meladorez, what seems to be the problem."
"You know damn well what the problem is."
He pointed to his face gave me a mencaing look.
"I can't do anything bout the way you look mate, but you could try plastic surgery."
That seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back, because Xavier's face turned beet red and he began cursing under his breathe. This was enough fun for me, I started walking back towards the roof when Xavier said something else to me.
"Ya that's what I thought coward."
Being called a coward didnt bother me as much as I thought, however it was what he said next that set me off.
"Ya just back away, just like with Koneko."
I stopped dead in my tracks halfway back up. I looked at Xavier, now I was fuming and the alcohol in my system wasnt helping at all. I grinned as I pretended to clean out my ears.
"Sorry the alcohol must be talking, but did you say something?"
"You know damn well what i said. . . pet."
I leapt at Xavier from the wall, and unsheathed my sword. I landed right in front of Xavier and immediately had the blade to his throat. As I looked into his eyes he was grinning at me.
"Oh so scary. The scared little pussycat doesnt like to speak about Koneko."
"Say that name one more time and I swear I will kill you."
I pressed the button on the handle of my sword and the perferated edges appeared and I pressed the blade against his neck. He knew how I would react and purposely pissed me off, I didn't care who saw I was about ready to kill this drunken bastard.

OOC:Got idea from lil bro, so figured i roll with it >.>

[OCC: Alright. If there is anything I can do to help out your idea just let me know. ^_^ And, I'm sorry this reply took so long... Forgive me...]

Even though, as lost as Rose was in her rather deep daze with the stars, her attention was soon caught by the presence of a young man. Apparently he had been right by her side this whole time. Just how much had she drank exactly? Enough to seemingly miss people who were simply around her. Seems it was time to cut herself off from the brews for now. Rose pulled herself up from her laying position to a sitting one and looked over to the man who was now talking to her. It would seem she wasn't the only one seeking the rooftop as an alternative space from the crowded pub. She gave a nod as an immediate answer to his question. "Indeed. Too much of a crowd going on." Falling to silence, Rose placed a hand to the back of her head and gave it a rub, sounding with another sigh. The sounds of people below seemed to grow louder slowly as drinks were being passed around. It would most likely start to become one hell of a roudy scene sooner or later. Just as Rose was about to say more to the man, specifically apologise for disturbing him with her presence, she watched as he approached the edge of the roof and leaned forward slightly.

When he staggered and fell over the edge Rose was quick to rush to the edge to try and catch him, but when she rushed over to try and catch him in time, she witnessed him managing to cling to the wall and then to the sign above the doorway. He was okay, or at least slightly okay, besides being rather drunken. For several minutes after this, Rose continued to watch the man as he found amusement with the other drunkards running around the pub. They all seemed to give him so kind of weird enjoyment. But hey, he was about the same, so anything could be enjoyable in that kind of physical state. Although, there was some confusion in Rose when the man was called out by another drunk man from within the pub. And it didn't seem like the other man was all too pleased. Rose watched the two of them closely as they argued back and forth with drunken logic. One could tell the alcohol was talking for these two. However, it wasn't till a drawing of swords came about that Rose actually got truly involved with the situation between them. Even though she probably shouldn't have... Oh well!

It seemed the heated argument had gone a little too far with the mention of a single name. Now, this wasn't her fight to be involved in, and bar fights were to be expected on such busy nights as these. But they were, in a way, disturbing the peace for many by lashing out at each other in this way. And by god, some one had to let them know to settle it before they could take it too far. Feeling slightly obligated, Rose jumped from the edge of the roof and landed to the ground below, her balance slightly off, as she was feeling a little tipsy herself. Not so much though that it was noticable to anyone but her, but enough to cause some change. Pulling her hood over her head so that the upper half of her face was hidden in shadows, Rose approached both Xavier and Tora. "Come on now guys, there's no need for this. Can't we all just get along?" Coming up from behind Tora, more so, Rose placed a firm hand on his shoulder as she said this. Hopefully, if he was smart, he'd put down his blade and not give in to Xavier's petty behaviour.

As I stared down my drunken friend I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked over to see the young woman from the roof. She was trying to calm me down, but it was always hard whenever HER name was mentioned. Xavier knew damn well what mentioning it would do me, and what I would do to him. I held the blade firmly to his throat as I looked back over at him. He was smiling widely as he looked down the blade as if he didnt think I would cut him. I slowly put down my blade and sheathed it, not letting my eyes off of Xavier as I did so. Rhodes came out of the bar at that moment with two young women on his arms, smiling as he came unto the scene.
"What did I miss?"
I turned toward him and simply said two words.
"Strike 2."
After I said that Rhodes quit smiling and looked dead straight at Xavier. He motioned for the two women to let him go and he walked between Xavier and Tora.
"Are you sure you're going to count this one, with him being drunk?"
"He's sober enough to know what the hell he is talking about."
"Kline go cool off, Xavier get to the Brigade. Lapis will have some work for you to do."
I gave him dirty look and began to walked away.
"Don't forget my loyalties don't lie with him just with you, he mentions HER again and I will kill him."
Rhodes gave a deep sigh as I continued back to the roof and climbed up the wall and back to the top of the building. I could still hear the conversation below. It sounded like Rhodes was confronting the young women who was right next to me only moments before.
"Sorry for this Miss, these two aren't usually this bad. Tora's probably suffered the most besides myself, having lost the love of his life. Bringing up her name angers him because it was his own people who did this to the two of them."
It didn't anger me when Rhodes talked about it, mostly because he knew the feelings I felt for a loved one lost.
"You wouldn't mind helping me calm him down would you, he really likes to have someone he can talk to other than us."
I laid back and began to hum a little song. It was a song I hummed to her as we laid together late in the evenings back in Windhurst. The vocal was originally done by a woman, but I hummed it all the same.
(SONG)

OOC: Feel free to do what ya think would help it along, it really doesnt have a set course XD

[ OCC: Alright *chuckle* xD ]

The aggravated tension between both Xavier and Tora seemed to grow as the two stood there for several minutes, Xavier just staring at Tora with a arrogant smile on his face as a blade was held to his very throat. It was people like Xavier, people who didn't give a shit about the feelings of others and otherwise laughed in their face, that disgusted Rose the most. Which is why it came as no surprise when a small frown of disgust appeared on her expression as she gave a brief glance Xavier's way. When it came down to it, she almost wanted to take her own blade to him. But she wouldn't, she didn't know him well enough. That and he was the kind that didn't deserve a punishment by her hand. Her grip on Tora's shoulder got a little more firm until a third man walked out from the pub with a woman on each one of his arms. This guy, Rhodes, was able to settle the situation down to a lower level of hostility once he learned of what exactly was going on. Finally, there was some resolution, even if it was rather small in scale.

Rose was calmed slightly when Tora soon lowered his blade and sheathed it. She only watched in silence as he walked off in the other direction and climbed back up to the heights of the roof. Perhaps she would give him the space he needed in order to calm down some from the confrontation. But this idea was diminished when Rhodes approached Rose. He apologized for what had just happened and started an explanation of what the cause had been. Then, at the end of it all, she was asked to aid him in trying to make Tora feel better. A stranger asking for her help, wouldn't be the first time, and certainly wouldn't be the last. "There is no need to apologize." She gave a nod of her head towards Rhodes, trying to reassure him it was quite alright. "At such a place as this, stuff is bound to happen. Besides, his actions towards that man are justified. Especially when such a vulnerable memory like that is mocked and otherwise poked at. I would have done much the same, given the same situation." Rose could sympathize for Tora, being very much haunted by a similar tragedy as his. She had lost many precious brothers and sisters on the day of the Baron raid. A day where her own people were mercilessly slaughtered by the very men who the assassins had once called upon as allies. So, if anything, she knew all too well what Tora must be feeling. If not, very similar feelings anyway.

Sounding with a sigh as she crossed her arms, Rose reflected back on her past, more specifically the Baron raid, for a brief moment. She soon disregarded it just as quick as she had begun to think of it. The sound of humming could be heard from the roof, it seemed Tora was finding his own way to bring some peace to himself. Rose gave a brief bow of respects towards Rhodes and then turned, beginning to walk off in the direction of the roof once again. "I will help him, in any way I can, having once been there myself in the past..." Rose fell silent and came to a stop just as she reached the wall of the pub. She gave one last glance over her shoulder at Rhodes. "Although, I can't promise that I will be of total help, but I will give it my best try." After saying this, Rose took a running started at the wall again and climbed upward until she was on the solid foundation of the roof once more. Approaching Tora, this time knowingly, she sat herself down beside him. Her gaze went back to the stars above like they had before, but this time her focus was with Tora. At first, Rose wasn't exactly sure what to say, at all. Honestly, when it came down to it, she wasn't really all that good at making people feel better or at least thats what she believed. But she was definitely at a lost for words right now. "I know it's rather hard but... You mustn't let a man of such low respects get to you. Your only giving him the satisfaction he desires from your response."

Rose let her head hang as she fell silent, trying to think of what to say next. There was much hesitation in her as she tried her best to continue. "If he's that low to mention such a painful memory, then he is not worth being granted even a single moment of your attention. He is below you, and should be treated as such. Especially after tonight."

I looked at Rose with an intense stare. She was right Xavier wasn't worth my time, I am a a rarity, a male Mithran. Not many people outside Windhurst have even seen one or even gotten the chance to know one. I looked up at the midnight sky the stars, the wind blew slightly and I closed my eyes and took in a deep breathe.
"Her name was Koneko, she was the black mage that taught me magic, as well as the love of my life. I was always sheltered because I'm a Mithran male, she was to be my wife and we had plans to get away from Windhurst. Her older sister and boss didnt like that, Koneko was sent on a dangerous mission and was killed in as a result."
I looked over at Rose, tears almost running down my face.
"Just because she wanted me all to herself she was killed by her own sister in a falsified mission."
I slammed the rooftop with my fist and winced a bit in pain. My other hand held my chest as the memory caused my heart to feel like it was on fire. The rage from that time still ovrtakes me just like when i found out.
"I went to ask her sister what happened when I overheard her and an underling arguing about what they did, I rampaged through our small city and dedtoryed a pretty good piece of it, and escaped to try and find the truth. I found it not soon after that."

OOC:best i could think of lol