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The Crystal Rule	By : QueenDraggyofSwords Category: Final Fantasy Games > Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Views: 956 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 14
- 15
- 16
Author's Note: So this, a bit of a heads up, Fifteen is a little bit long. Sorry about that. And there's just a tinsy, tiny, bit more than making out that goes on towards the end. Just letting people know up front, in case you don't want to read that. But honestly...If you've read the past few make out sessions, and you're still here, why not read it?

Chapter Fifteen

Nadeen lead Layle and Keiss to the top level of Leuda. Up there along the outer wall were stables with Chocobos that travelers used to explore the Lynari Desert- which was subsequently the entire island. The stables were full of Lilties and Selkies getting their mounts ready for another day out on the sands. The Selkies of Leuda had made a living navigating the desert for others. Whether that be for researching Lilties or for visiting Clavat tourist.
It was a bustling business, and Nadeen was the best. Or so she claimed.
"So these are our birds." She pat her hands on a gate with three Chocobos behind it. "It will take us two days to reach the Antlion nest. So we have a ton of supplies and camping equipment."
"Sure. Whatever." Keiss opened up the gate and started to check over the bird he would ride. The other two followed and did the same. As they loaded up the packs and saddles, Nadeen spoke again.
"So, Layle, right? How did you end up working with Keiss?"
"Hmn? ...The pay is good." He pulled the straps on the birds saddle it turned its head to peck him. "…oh quit will you…"
"The pay…that's all?" She smirked and turned to Keiss, "How much do you pay him?"
"You can't afford it."
"…Uh…I'm not for sale." Layle leaned over and gave her a dead pan look, "I'm a person not a good." The Selkie stared at him, as if it had never crossed their minds that people might want a say so in how much money was offered for their assistance. Layle rolled his eyes. "Really, Keiss?"
"Well…the way you have been acting, I could be willing to break contract for a price."
"You are a brat."
"This is something we have known for years," Nadeen spoke up. "Why do you think he's in exile?"
"Technically," Keiss pulled himself up into his saddle, "It's not exile if you choose to leave."
"It is though," Nadeen got into hers, "If there is a rule that if you come home, you are to punched in the teeth and sent away. No explanations. No exceptions."
"Wow. That sounds kind of like exile, Keiss," Layle jumped up onto his bird with a boost from his powers, it made the Chocobo ruffle its feathers, "What did you do?"
"It's not what I did; it's how I think."
"Okay, so what did you think that's so bad it gets you exiled?"
Keiss smirked at Layle, "Well like I have told you, I don't see anything wrong with working with the Lilties. It can be beneficial to us, have you seen-" Nadeen started to chuckle. Keiss glared at her and then turned back to Layle, "And the better in with the Lilties you are, the more they trust you. The more the reward y-" The female Selkie's laughter grew and the mercenary turned to her. "Do you mind?"
"Sorry...Sorry…it's just…I laugh, every time I hear this…heheh~"
He glared back at her and turned to look back at Layle, "It's about power, Layle. He who has the most power calls the shots. Dictates the flow of the world, where the money goes, how the people live. It's about power. And no one has more than the Lilty Army."
The Clavat nodded, "So it's about gaining power? I should have guessed…"
"You haven't heard the best part! Ehehehe, Tell him the best part, Keiss."
"Nadeen, I will kill you, shut up." He sighed and looked back to his partner, "- The reason why it's important to work for the officers is they can get you into the army. Further more, one can appoint you to an officer's position. It's quicker to get there if you work as a mercenary, not as grunt working through the ra-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa- An officer. Keiss, I hate to tell you this…but you're a Selkie. There are no Non-Lilty Officers. There never have been."
"He knows that, but that's not the best part," Nadeen nodded with a smirk.
"There's more?" Layle turned to Keiss, "Look I know you're ambitious…but this is nuts. An officer. Maybe you can just amass enough cash to be a nobleman or something…"
"No. She's right." Keiss held his head up high, "I'm not settling for being a nobleman, or an officer. I'm going to make rank, and I'm going to win over High Commander Jegran. And he is going to appoint me as his successor."
Layle stared at Keiss for a moment. He didn't take his eyes off his partner as he leaned over to Nadeen and spoke to her, "Hey, Nadeen."
She leaned over, still trying to control her giggle fit, "Yes, Layle?"
"He did just say he was going to be High Commander of the Lilty Army, didn't he?"
"Yes-" she snorted, "He did."
"…Laugh with me, okay?"
"Okay." On cue the Clavat and the Selkie female burst into a fit of laughter and tears. The sound filled the entire stable and Layle and Nadeen proceeded to laugh themselves into a state of suffocation.
"H-H-H-igh Commander!" Layle just kept laughing, "O-Of the Lilty Arm-ie-eieie! HAHAHA! Kiess! What the shit! Are you hearing yourself!"
"I know…ri-ri-right? He's exiled! Over this! He's crazy!"
Keiss' lips twisted as he watched his partner and old acquaintance continue to laugh until they had to stop for air. "Are you done?" They stared at him for a moment before laughter broke out again. Angry Keiss turned his bird and headed out of the stall. The two followed still laughing; Layle's Chocobo was struggling, trying to keep its feet on the ground as with each round of laughter he involuntarily levitated them for a moment.

An hour out into the desert the laughter finally stopped. Two hours out into the desert Keiss was still not talking to Layle.
"Come on…you have to admit it sounds silly."
"…"
"How long are going to ignore me?"
"Keiss and his father haven't spoken for three years," Nadeen looked back over her shoulder at Layle and the red head, "He can hold a grudge."
"Three years!" The Clavat shook his head, "Come on, Keiss, I'm sorry. I swear I won't laugh again." The red head just kicked the sides of his bird and speed it up to walk in front of Nadeen's. Layle did the same but stopped in line with the female. "Great. The silent treatment for three years…"
"Oh, come on, he'll talk to you again before that. He has to. You're his partner."
"I guess." Layle reached down into his side bag and pulled out his water. "So, two days huh?"
"Yes. We should reach the nest by the middle of the morning tomorrow. Provided there are no sand storms. And we don't get to much trouble from the Zus."
"Ugh… They nest out here right?"
"Yep. We have to be careful…They're blind mostly, but they have excellent hearing. And then there are the Lamias. They're easy enough to deal with, but their time magic is a pain to fight against."
"Oh, I can tell you all about annoying time-casters," The Clavat took another gulp form his bottle. As he tilted his head back he stopped and glanced at Nadeen's shoulder. The symbol on her arm caught his eye. It looked familiar… "What's that?" Layle pointed at her arm. He could only see the top of the symbol as the bottom part was half covered by an arm bangle.
"Oh that? It's my inheritance tat. So that everyone knows I'm the boss." She pushed the bangle down to reveal her tattoo. It was white like the rest of her markings, and consisted of the top half of the Selkie tribal symbol- that part that looked like a bird's head with a crescent moon- and the middle was a strange symbol he hadn't seen. Below the top of the tribal mark was the outline of a seashell. He frowned as he looked at it.
"…only the tribe part is the same…"
"Excuse me?" Nadeen peered at him.
"Oh, ah!" Layle looked ahead at Keiss who was a few feet away, "I was just wondering, what it means. What all of your markings mean, actually." He nodded, best to ask a broad question so it was less specious. But as Nadeen's eyebrow quirked he suspected she knew. "So, that one's an inheritance?"
"Something like that… Only three other people on the island have a mark like this. Myself, my kid brother, and my Mother. Leuda's elder."
"…The elder?"
"She's the leader of our island. See, the symbol in the middle means 'Leuda'. The seashell is my own unique mark. For individuality. When my mother passes, under that our family mark- a desert flower- will be added. Then I will be the Leader of Leuda."
Layle stared at the mark on her arm, "So... All Selkies who will 'inherit' leadership have marks like that."
"We all have the same base. But the middle and bottom symbols are different for everyone."
"Huh…Inheriting leadership…" Layle looked for Nadeen to Keiss' back and thought about the mark on his arm. The tribal symbol, with three bright dots, yellow, red, and purple, and what looked like the sun drawn underneath. …What's third supposed to be?
"…Want me to tell you?"
"Huh!" Layle turned his head to her startled.
"What Keiss walked out on?"
"No he does not!" The Selkie turned to look back at them, "Stick to your own body, Nadeen."
"Oh you're talking to us again! Wonderful." The red head snorted and turned back around. "So...What do you want to know next?"
"Hmn?" Layle looked at her and shrugged, "May as well tell me more about you. How about the marks on your eyes?"
"Ah…I got those because I am an excellent tracker…"

The rest of the day carried on as such. Layle and Nadeen talked, and joked and traded stories while Keiss rode on a head of them in silence. Every now and again they would call out to him, but there was never any response. They day had been uneventful and long, so when Nadeen announced they were going to break for camp and dinner, Layle was relieved.
By the time the sun was setting the tents were up and a fire was made. Nadeen offered to cook, which was fine with Keiss as he shut himself up in his tent. Layle sat across form the girl, legs crossed and hands on his knees looking annoyed.
"He's being really bratty about this…"
"I'll let you in on a secret. He's always been a brat. Thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Thinks he deserves better than everyone else. And is pigheaded and stubborn. You'll get a Behemoth to roll over before you get him to not be a jerk."
Layle stood up, "Well it's driving me nuts. I'm putting a stop to it." The Clavat walked over to Keiss' tent, which was technically their tent as they were supposed to share, but the Selkie had shut him out. "Keiss…Keiss unzip the flap." Layle frowned as he heard no answer. "Stupid…stubborn…son of a…" He used his powers to take hold of the zipper and pull it from the other side. "Alright, Keiss! Enough is en-" Layle stopped. The tent was empty. He crawled inside and looked around, before realizing the other side was open slightly. The Crystal Bearer went out the back and looked down. There were foot prints leading away from the campsite.
"…He is such a son of a Fenrir. Why do I even put up with this…" He started following the foot prints arms crossed and grumbling to himself. "Why do I even try? I can't tell if this is better or worse than Blaze…"
He walked for probably a good fifteen minutes. Kicking up the sand and scowling. The lower the sun was getting, the colder it was getting as well. "And of course, I don't have my coat. Because I'm supposed to be inside my tent! Where it's warm! And have a human space heater! But Nooo~ I'm out walking around the fucking desert looking for Keiss because he's being a little bitch!"
As he walked up the next dune, still grumbling and following the foot prints, Layle could feel the wind blow. He inwardly cursed, thinking the cold air blowing through him is not what he wanted to feel. But as he got up to the top of the dune he found that the wind he was feeling was being generated by a large, low flying bird. A Zu to be exact. And it was coming right at him. With Keiss running a few feet in front of it.
"Damn it!"
"Get out of the way, Crystal Bearer!" Layle turned and slid down the dune, just as Keiss came up over the top and threw himself down to roll to the base next to him. The Zu's talons clutched at the spot where they had been standing and pulled away with a fist full of sand. The monster bird let out a cry before circling back around trying to find the two.
"The fuck did you do!" Layle got up and pulled Keiss to his feet.
"I didn't do anything! It was sleeping until it heard you bitching a mile away!"
"Me! I haven't be anywhere near a Zu this entire time!" The boys looked up as the monster circled overhead and cried out. It made another dive for them and they both took off running. "You must have disturbed it!"
"Quit talking! As long as it can hear us it's going to keep attacking!"
"Our footsteps will make noise anyway! So what does it matter!" The two continued to run and dodge. Climbing over and around the sand hills trying to get away from the monster bird as it circled and continued to dive at them. Whenever they thought it had finally given up the monster would let loose and aero spell that would send them running or toss them into the air letting it know they were still close by.
"I have a plan!" Keiss said as he picked himself up from the ground after the latest attack.
"Great! Let's hear it!" Layle rolled himself to his feet and started running.
"Grab the Zu's feet and ground it with your powers!"
"What! You want me to drag down a whole Zu!"
"If it's on the ground we can out some distance between us and it! We can hide!"
"…Grounding the Zu…got it!" Layle stopped running. He turned back to the oncoming bird and reached out with his powers to grab its talons. He felt the tug of his gravity taking hold and he tried to pull the monster down. At first he felt the resistance of it struggling. And then he felt it dragging him. The Clavat jerked his arm back trying to break the line, but the Zu started to pull back and it dragged him. Right up into the air.
Layle could hear Keiss call his name as his powers caused him to hook right onto the birds back claw. "Well this is splendid." He felt the bird jerk suddenly, and its feet were grasping at nothing. But each time the front claws came close he had to swing back to avoid being stabbed. "Really splendid!"
He looked down to see Keiss running, the bird was sill following him. "Okay, Layle, time for a new plan…" The Clavat looked around trying to get ideas from the landscape. Off in the distance he saw a large rock structure that kind of reminded him of a mushroom. "Keiss! Keiss!" He called down to earth. The Selkie turned to look up at him. "The rocks to the east! Head for the Rocks! EAST!"
"Head…east…rocks?" Keiss turned his head. He could barely see some rocks over the dunes next to him. "Alright…let's go!" The Selkie mercenary took off running for the east. Luckily for him Layle was able to keep pulling the birds feet and underbelly to keep it from diving at Keiss. The red head ran for the rocks, which stat stationed above a stone bluff. Sand was slowly falling over the edge each time the wind blew. He ran up to the bluff and looked up, the rocks were just over head. Behind him the Zu circled searching for him.
"Make some noise!"
Keiss nodded and started to shout at the bird, "Hey! Over here! Come on ugly!" He whistled and clapped his hands. The monster stopped circling and let out a cry. It dropped into a dive and Keiss held his spot, not sure what Layle was planning to do.
"Alright, Layle! You get one chance!" The Clavat shouted to himself and he hung onto the bird's feet and extended one arm grabbing onto the tops of the rocks. With all his might he pulled. The rocks held fast, as he had hopped, and instead of moving, the Zu and he were dragged downward. Keiss saw what was happening and ran from his position as fast as he could. Layle felt the monster bird struggle but he held tight. Not wanting to let go until the last second, at which he dropped from the bird, who by then was stuck in downward motion. As Layle hit the ground he heard the sound of the Zu colliding with the rocks above. He didn't bother to look up to check it out. He just ran as fast as he could, not wanting to get stuck under the creature.
As it came down, it let out a sharp cry of pain, and its body kicked up a cloud of sand that filled the air. The Clavat covered his mouth coughing and trying to see through the sand. "Keiss! Keiss, where are you!"
"Over here!" The Selkie was also trying to fight through the sand to his partner. The ended up finding each other by Layle accidentally smacking him as he tried to fan the sand away from his eyes. "Oof! Hey! Watch it!"
"Sorry…Come one let's get out of here."

The two walked for twenty minutes until they happened upon an oasis pool where they sat washing the sand out of their eyes. "We are so lost…" Layle said as he leaned down o take a drink of water.
"So long as we stay here we will be fine…Nadeen's an expert tracker. She'll find us." Keiss dunked his head under water before pulling it back up and running his fingers through his locks to get the sand out.
Layle leaned back and sat down sighing. All that running around had warmed him up so much he hadn't even thought about the cold night air. The two sat in silence for a while staring up at stars, waiting to be found. Every now and again a Zu could be heard off in the distance, but none ever came there way. Finally, Layle spoke up.
"I'm sorry."
"Hmn…?"
"For laughing. I'm sorry…But it just…It just sounds, you know…"
"Crazy?"
"Yeah!" Layle fell back and put his hands behind his head. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. I've gotten worse reactions. Trust me." The Selkie stretched out his legs and let them soak in the water from his knees down.
"Then why the silent treatment?"
"You and Nadeen…Acting like your best fucking friends. The entire trip."
"You weren't talking to me, Keiss!" Layle sighed.
The Selkie shrugged, "I guess I wasn't."
"That's right you weren't."
"…I'm sorry."
"For being a jerk?"
"…No. For blaming you about the Zu. I really did wake it up. I fell into its nest…broke and egg…"
"No wonder it wouldn't give up!" Keiss started to laugh. "It's not funny! We were nearly bird chow."
He shook his head and leaned back as well. "Yeah. We were! But you took it down, no problem." Layle shook his head doing his best not to laugh.
"Nadeen's right, you're an idiot. Maybe I should ask her how much she'd pay me to work out here."
"Hey!" The Selkie's face came into view, blocking out the night sky, "There is a strict 'no quitting' clause in our contract. You can only be fired."
"I don't remember that! I don't even recall signing anything to work with you."
"You did!"
"When!"
The red head leaned down and kissed Layle on the lips with a smile, "The day you started getting benefits."
"Hmn…It must have been in the fine print." He reached up and wrapped and arm around Kiess and kissed him back. Layle could feel the Selkie starting not move his hands in a familiar way. He was going to pin him down again. He drew his arm back from Keiss' neck and grabbed his wrist.
"H-hey!" Keiss tried to yank back, but before he could think he was hit in the face with a blue light and lying back on the sand. "Layle!" The Clavat sat on top of him and smirked.
"Relax will you. You're fine." The Selkie struggled, but not very hard, as his partner kissed him again. "Let me do the work for once." Keiss half wanted to protest but let the idea of doing so die down when he was kissed again. Somewhere in his mind he justified letting Layle take over. He could use a breather…And the Clavat did owe him for laughing at him. Not to mention keeping secrets. So by the time Keiss felt Layle's hand's unhooking his armor, he was totally convinced that he deserved special treatment from his partner.
Layle pushed off the armor that covered the Selkie's right arm and then tossed it somewhere into the sand close by. He let his hand rake over the arm before coming back around and pressing onto the Selkie's abdomen; trying to make sure he got a good impression in his mind. It would probably be a while before Keiss gave up control again. With one last prolonged kiss, he drew his mouth back and started to kiss down his neck. He could hear his partner gasping for air, and was half amused, and almost willing to stop to ask him if he could hold his breath.
But for once he decided to not taunt the Selkie.
Layle's hands moved further down and hooked into the large belt around his partner's waist. He tugged at the latch to the side and pulled it open, removing the lightweight armor Keiss wore over his legs. This time the Selkie stopped gasping, even though he could feel his chest heaving up and down. Layle looked up from where his mouth had connected to Keiss' shoulder. "What?"
"…what are you doing…?" The Selkie put his hands on Layle's shoulders trying to get a look at him.
"If you don't relax, I will just wait on the other side of the oasis."
Keiss let go, but now he couldn't stop watching his partner. It always threw him for a loop when Layle took over. Because he never knew that the Crystal Bearer was going to do. His actions were never one-hundred percent readable. So when he felt his partner's hands pulling at the buttons on his shorts, his mind started shifting focus between what was coming next, if he should try to take control back, and the feeling of Layle's teeth leaving marks on his skin.
As if he knew Keiss could never stay subdued for long, the red head's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by feeling teeth twisting around his nipple. He let out a startled cry. And planned to follow up with a question but was cut off by Layle's tongue. The Selkie fought back this time. Hard. As if just forcing his tongue into his partner's mouth was enough to put his body back on top. He was so focused on winning the struggle between their mouths he didn't notice Layle's hands pulling open his shorts. Until he felt them in between his legs.
Again Keiss pulled back, ready to give the Clavat an order, but Layle primitively spoke. "Shut up, and relax." He kissed him again as his hands went to work. Keiss leaned up on his elbows, trying to focus on Layle's lips but found his mind was only capable of zeroing in on steady rhythm of up and down happening between his legs.
In between each kiss he had to take a deep breath to keep himself calm. Calm was relative though. He lifted one hand and hung onto the Clavat's back while his hips instinctively jerked. And much to his shame, but he would never admit it, ever, he let out a whine when he felt Layle pull back from him. The Clavat chuckled and just told him to hold on. Keiss was almost jealous of how calm he looked. It's supposed to be Layle gasping for air and begging for more. Why did he allow himself to be put in this situation?
While he half mulled that over, and half fought with himself not to tell his partner to not stop, the Clavat kissed his neck. Then his chest. Then his stomach. And the next thing Keiss knew, though he would probably deny it later, he was letting out another sound of shock as he felt Layle's mouth close around him. He tried to move his body upward, but one of the Clavat's hands held his hip down, and the other warped around the base of his erection and continued to move.
Layle could hear Keiss moaning, and the sound only made him work his mouth hard to elicit louder and louder noises from the Selkie. Twisting his tongue around the head and pushing him deep into his mouth until here was no need for his hand, he was steadily driving the other mercenary crazy. And he loved it. With each twist of his tongue and every time he pulled his mouth back he felt him attempt to follow him upward. The Selkie's hands found their way into his short blond hair and Layle could feel Keiss trying to take control of his rhythm, but with the way he was working him over the Selkie really couldn't. He couldn't focus on anything other than Layle's mouth and the feeling of ever nerve in his body tingling as a result.
"-L-layle! –Layle –s-stop!" But he did not stop. Keiss' fingers dragged over partner's scalp as he continued to plead with him. He was defiantly going mad. Even with Layle holding him down, he couldn't stop trying to rock his hips up. And he could not stop himself from calling out, louder and louder until he climaxed. He fell backward into the sand- not even realizing that his whole time he had been half sitting up to hang onto the crystal bearer. He was still gasping for air, eyes wide and fixed on the stars when he saw Layle's blue eyes come into view.
"There now…you looked relaxed," The Clavat smirked at him. And Keiss reached up and pulled him down into a kiss. Tasting himself on someone else's lips was new, but he was determined to get revenge. Even out of breath and dazed, he was not going to let the night end without getting his way. Before Layle could react the Selkie rolled and pinned him to the ground, slamming his shoulders into the sand. "Uhck! Well…that didn't last long!"
"Layle…" Keiss looked him the eyes and smiled, "I am going to teach you a lesson."
"Is that so?" The Selkie seized his lips and started to kiss him hungrily, but it only lasted a second before the sound of a Chocobo's call could be heard close by followed by a woman calling them. Layle leaned his head back and Keiss looked up to see Nadeen and the birds coming over the sand dune toward the oasis.
"Hey! There you two are!" Her bird held a lantern in its mouth swinging back and forth lighting the way. Keiss grumbled about pesky trackers and sat up fixing his shorts. "You shouldn't wonder off…Zus could get you, you know?"
"Oh we know…" Layle pulled his legs out from under Keiss and stood up "You really are a good tracker, you found us pretty quickly."
"To be honest," Nadeen dismounted, "It got a little confusing since half your tracks were disrupted by Zu's moving the sand around with their wings…But thank god Keiss moans like a little girl. I heard you two seven dune's over."
"WHAT!" The Selkie male crossed his arms and glared at her. "You take that back!"
"I don't take back the truth…But I will omit it form my letter to the guild for twenty thousand gil."
Keiss grumbled and climbed up onto his Chocobo, "I'd rather you write it in there. In all capitals. Make it the high light of the letter!"
Layle jumped up onto his bird as Keiss pulled away, "Come on, Keiss! Don't start off on your own, that's how we got lost to being with!"
"BAH!"
Nadeen chuckled as climbed back up into her saddle and lead the boys back to camp. Being relaxed certainly did not last long. Layle just hopped Keiss could make it to the end of this trip without killing the other Selkie.

A/N: I swear one time, one time they will go uninterrupted. But not tonight. See you in Sixteen.
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