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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 Forty-Two

"So, what do you plan to do now?"
Layle looked out over the waters of the Jegon Strait. He'd been train hopping with Phedra, the poison Bearer from Marr's Pass for a little over a week now. He'd been continuing trying to help her keep her emotions in check, so she could hide with her relatives in Fum in peace. They'd finally reached their destination, the ferry that would take her from the center of the country out to its outer lands.
"Are you going to go back to the capital? Back to your partner?" Phedra waited for him to respond. For the duration of their week together she'd not put her hair up once. It still framed her face and fell down her back much like Phelia's.
"Yeah," Layle nodded finally turning to look at her. "I've got work to do. And Keiss will need me I'm sure."
"He's the Selkie right? Your partner?" The Clavat girl ran her fingers through her bangs. "You know you could come to Fum. Stay with my family. You don't have to go back and risk being cured."
"I'll be alright," he shrugged. "I've made it this far." Just up the pier the sound of the Ferryman giving his last call for passengers could be heard. "…When I find Phelia, I'll make sure she gets to Fum safely okay?"
The girl smiled at him, but shook her head, "It's not nice to lie, Layle. I know that everyone that gets taken doesn't come back." She reached forward and touched the side of his face, "Phelia struggled for an answer to her powers. And she found it in you. Don't waste it, trying to find her, okay?"
The gravity bearer reached out and hugged the girl. "I'm not going to waste it. And I am going to find her for you. And make sure no one else gets taken."
Phedra returned the hug and laughed, "You're very determined… But I guess that's why the Crystal chose you." She took a step back from him as the passengers started to board. "I know you don't believe in it, but it's true what they say. Clavats change the world one way or another. You changed it once, and Phelia's power was given to her so you could change it back."
"Then why did you get your power, hmn? Your curse as you calls it?"
"To bring you two together of course!" She smiled as she continued to back up, "And who knows. Maybe once I'm good enough, I can use it to fight. To protect anyone out in Fum that needs to hide from the cure. Just like you protected me." She turned around and started to walk off.
"Phedra!" Layle shouted after her and she turned her head, "Just remember not to be afraid, okay?"
The girl raised her hand and waved to him, "I'm not afraid any more, Layle. That's what you've changed for me! And I'll change it for another! Just you wait and see!"
The Crystal Bearer watched her get in line and hand over her ticket. He didn't move from the dock even after she boarded the boat. And he still stayed where he was even after it pulled away. In fact, Layle remained on the pier watching the ferry drift off into the water, and watching its wake fade, and watched the still water long after the black haired Clavat was gone.
He touched the side of his head; the pain, the injury, all of it cured. Maybe he'd never find Phelia, but he'd find out what happened to her. And for that he had to go back to Alfitaria.
And back to Keiss.

Keiss was at his wits end to say the least. He hadn't found Layle yet, and it was starting to eat away at him again. His trip to Marr's Pass had in fact proven that the Crystal Bearer had been there. But once again he had missed him. By more than a week. Though the guards were still on edge from his apparent assault on the city and the fact that he helped the sister of a dangerous Crystal Bearer escape. He had wanted to know more about the girl they'd captured, wanted the chance to interview her.
But they told him that the poison Bearer had been taken to the treatment facility in Rebena Te Ra. All he had gathered in addition to that was that she had a white crystal on her right arm.
Since then Keiss had spent the better part of the week scouring for information on the facility in Rebena Te Ra. But everything he had came up short. He was certain though Layle was going to go there. If he had tried to help this girl escape, he'd probably try to break her out. But in his condition…
"He'll get caught and treated himself!" The Selkie was looking over papers on his table, a scowl on his face and half eaten stripped apple in his hand. His hair and skin were wet, as he'd taken a shower, but somehow managed to avoid getting dressed and dried off past his shorts. He couldn't stop thinking about how to find and catch up to his partner. It was hard to do, especially since he kept taking little jobs for the Lieutenant here and there to stay in the loop. "I'm surprised this information hasn't gotten back to him yet. I figured he'd be all over me about a 'mysterious gravity Bearer' terrorizing a town…"
He took another bite of his apple, "Tomorrow morning, first thing, I'm flying out to that facility to get a look at it. Maybe some of the locals have seen him." He took another bite of his apple just as there was a knock at the door.
He looked up from the kitchen table still chewing. A knock? He wasn't expecting anyone. "I'll just ignore them." He set down the paper in his hand and picked up another, a contract from Lieutenant Spinosa for an upcoming mission. He needed a transporter for a part out to a weapons depot in the Kilanda Islands. That would just have to wait. Regal could it if it was so urgent.
There came another knock at the door. "Go away!" This time he shouted as he moved the contract aside, but the knocking continued. It grew louder and louder and the Selkie grumbled to himself. He put his apple down and pushed a few papers off the table looking for one of his throwing knives. He picked it up as he stood and made his way to the door. "I swear who ever this is, is going to wish they'd never knocked on my door."
The red head grabbed the door knob and yanked it open, "I said go awa-Dass!" Keiss stopped short of his threat to the visitor. Standing outside his door was the blue haired Selkie he'd been acquainted with since he moved to Alfitaria. He was a frequent patron at Chime's and a former frequent partner of his.
"Hello, Keiss," The blue haired young man leaned on his door frame. "You weren't planning to stab me with that, were you?"
Keiss lowered his weapon and shook his head, "Dass… Why are you here?"
The other Selkie pushed off the door frame and put his hands on Keiss' chest to push him back into the apartment. "To see you of course!" As soon as he was over the thresh hold he kicked the door with the back of his heel causing it to close, but not lock. "You haven't come to see me after all."
Keiss stopped walking and pushed the other Selkie's hands away, "Why would I? We called it quit-"
"You called it quits. Over your partner. Whom I believe hasn't been around for a month." He crossed his arms, "Which means you're a month late to see me."
Keiss chuckled and shook his head, "Now, Dass, Layle might be gone. But I never said that when he left, I'd be back-"
"You said that it came down to either me or him, and you picked him. Well he's not here." The blue haired Selkie took a step forward and wrapped his arms around Keiss' neck. "And I am. You don't have to pick-"
"Now look," Keiss ducked down out of his hold and backed up, "Here or not, what I said still stands. I'm not getting back together with you, so if that's what you're here for you can just leave."
The other Selkie crossed his arms and frowned. "What is with you? Why are you sending me away?"
"I just told you why!"
"No, that's not what I mean!" The other rolled his eyed, "I mean why are you picking a Crystal Bearer over your own kind?"
"I'm not, picking Layle over my own kind… I'm just picking him over-"
"Ugh," The blue haired Selkie took a step forward again and grabbed Keiss' shoulders, "Layle-this. Layle-that. Even after he left you, you've been clinging to the idea of him. Is he really that much better? Is a Crystal Bearer really that captivating?" Every time Keiss tried to step back or push the other away he followed him keeping his grip. "You're a wreck since you met that Clavat!"
The red head found himself pushed back to the edge of his couch, "Look, Dass! I'm not going to stand here and listen to you bad mouth my part-" He was shoved again, this time right over the arm of the couch. The blue haired Selkie followed him landing on top of the red head. "G-get off!"
"He's gone, Keiss! When are you going to wake up and accept that? He left you! He was never going to stay! It was never going to work! He's a Crystal Bearer!"
The red headed Selkie reached up and grabbed his ex by the back of his hair and pulled, "Get off of me! And get out!" Dass let out a yelp of pain and swung his hand down smacking Keiss in the face. He reached back with his free hand and pulled at the other's wrist until he let go. The red head was already forcing himself up and pushed Dass up as well. The Blue haired Selkie grabbed the ends of his hair as he pushed off the couch and rolled onto the floor yanking Keiss down by the ends of his hair. They toppled over the edge of the couch with Keiss landing on top. Before the red head could get up, two hands grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back down into a sudden and unwelcomed kiss. Dass held onto the back of Keiss neck refusing to let him pull away until he jabbed the blue haired young man in the ribs. He yanked his head back gasping for air and whipping his mouth. "Why you- Just what do you think you're doing!?"
"Funny you ask that," Keiss felt the blood drain from his face. Someone had spoken behind him, behind the couch. He slowly turned his head and was greeted with the surprise sight of the Crystal Bearer. Layle stood, his bag slung over his shoulder, hand in pocket, and the same indifferent expression on his face as the day he left. "I was about to ask you what you thought you were doing, Keiss."
"…LAYLE!" The red head scrambled up to his feet.
"…oh great…" Dass rolled over and pushed himself up as Keiss was tripping over the couch to get around to his partner.
"Layle! Layle you're back!" He held open his arms to hug him but to his surprise was stopped by a gravity field. The Clavat had raised his hand to keep Keiss away and flicked his wrist forcing him back.
"Oh, don't stop on my account." He lowered his hand, "I'll just go to my room and leave you two alone. That is if my room is still there. It is still there isn't it, Keiss?"
"What! Of course it is! Why wouldn't it-" The red head blinked a few times and then pointed to Dass, "Oh, oh no. No, no. No, no no! Layle, no! That is not, that was not- that was nothing!" Keiss started to motion back and forth between himself and the other Selkie. He just showed up here! I-I haven't seen or spoken to him in forever! I've been out looking for you!"
"Uh-huh," Layle turned around and started to make his way to his room. Keiss followed him.
"Layle! Layle, you can't just hold up in your room! You can't just walk back in here and act like you haven't been missing for a month! Layle! Lay-" The Clavat slammed the door in his face. Keiss stood outside the door stunned. Was this happening? Was he dreaming? He looked back at Dass who was not standing in the front doorway.
"I guess I'll leave you two alone, hmn?" He grabbed the door and smirked, "But if he leaves again. Come see me." He shut the door and Keiss scowled. The mercenary turned his attention back to the door shut in his face. He started to bang on it.
"Layle! Layle you have to open the door! You have to talk to me! I've been looking for you for weeks!"
"Looking for me where?" He said through the door, "In your ex's clothes?"
"Dammit, Layle! You have shitty timing! I swear to you- I've been looking for you! I've been worried sick about you!"
"I was just fine." The Clavat said back.
"You are not fine! Your powers are busted! They are rounding up bearer's left and right! You were in Marr's Pass and helped one escape I know you did!"
"…Well I guess you were following me somewhat."
Keiss slammed his palms on the door, "CRYSTAL BEARER! Do you know what I went through while you were away! Do you know how worried I was! Do you know I sick I was from thinking you were going to get caught! Do you know the shit I had to put up with from Chime and Spinosa and Regal and that idiot they made me work with while you were away!?"
"It must have been hard."
Keiss' forehead banged on the door, "Stop mocking me you good for nothing, low class, back water, inbreed hill billy! I am being honest with you! I haven't slept right! I have hardly eaten! I've been over every inch of Alfitaria looking for you! And you just walk in and fucking lock me out! Lock me out in MY APARTMENT!"
Keiss nearly stumbled forward when the door swung open. He caught himself just before he landed face first in Layle's chest. He pulled back and stood up right glaring at his partner, who smiled at him. He just smiled.
"You know what I missed the most about you, Keiss?"
"…"
"You're so easy to get riled up."
"…You son of a- you're not angry at all." Layle continued to smirk at him as he shook his head. Keiss however was fuming mad. "I'm going to kill you." He pointed at Layle, "I've been looking all over for you just to murder you right here! Right now!"
"That's gonna be hard for you to pull off." The Crystal Bearer flicked his wrist again and lifted Keiss off the ground. The Selkie shouted in surprise as his partner lifted him up toward the ceiling and then lowered him down towards the floor, making sure he never hit either before turning him over so he was upside down. "In fact I think you'll find it's very hard to do."
"L-layle!" The Selkie put his arms out; fearful he was going to drop onto his head, "Your powers!"
"Are working... I told you I'd come back once they were." He turned his partner right side up and left him stand on his own. "Still think you can 'murder' me?"
The Selkie stared at him. The Clavat shrugged his shoulders in response to his awe of the situation. "…Layle, you, you brilliant idiot!" The Selkie lunged forward and wrapped his arms around him hugging him. "You're better! You're actually better!" Layle stumbled back holding onto Keiss as he leapt at him. The Clavat started to laugh and the Selkie did just the same. "I don't believe it!"
Layle finally caught his balance and get the Selkie down, "I promise, its true Keiss. I was cured. Literally…"
The Selkie smiled at him, he was still shocked, but now had run out of things to say. The Crystal Bearer was here. With him. And Healed. No more worrying, no more chasing after him, no more sleepless nights, no more drinking endlessly, no more excuses to the Lieutenant. Layle was here with him. Just as it was supposed to be.
Keiss leaned forward without thinking, without warning and kissed him. It just seemed like the thing to do now that he could find the words to express how happy he was. Despite him not knowing he was going to do it, Layle must have known. He didn't stop him or try to get out of it. He just let it happen, moving his mouth back against the red head's until he broke the kiss.
Keiss pulled back. He was still silent, just looking at Layle with an expression the Crystal Bearer didn't recognize. At best he'd have said it was a serene one.
"…Is that it?" He kind of laughed a bit, "I honestly was expecting a lot more out of yo-" Keiss moved forward again. He kissed him, this time grabbing the sides of the Clavat's face with his hands and holding tight. This time the action was a bit more desperate. A bit hungrier than before. The Selkie rolled his tongue over his lips forcing them open as he seized his mouth. Whatever else Layle was going to say was swallowed up by Keiss.
The Selkie continued to push forward, forcing Layle to back up, right into his desk. As soon as the backs of his legs hit it Keiss hands let go of his face and grabbed the top of the desk on either side of him, trapping the Crystal Bearer between his arms. Not that he was going to try and get away. Layle pulled him closer, tangling his fingers in the Selkie's damp red hair. This had been what he'd been expecting.
Keiss lifted one hand off the desk and worked it into Layle's jacket. He started to slide it over his shoulder, forcing the bearer to move his arms out of the way. He repeated the process on with the other arm and then grabbed him by the front of his shirt. He pulled him away from the desk, leaving the jacket behind. Only pausing the kiss to take quick breaths before reclaiming his partner's mouth.
Layle allowed himself to be pulled along, Keiss slowly turning them as they walked. Once again he found himself being pushed backward until the backs of his knees hit his old bed. This time the kiss was broken if only because Layle fell. He hit the bed and pushed himself up onto his elbows just as the Selkie was climbing up over him.
"Layle," Keiss ran his hand through the Crystal Bearer's hair. "I've missed you, did you know that?"
He chuckled as the red head closed the distance between their faces again. "I got that feeling…"

Keiss wasted no time getting Layle's shirt off of him. Actually Layle couldn't quiet recall when it came off. He just knew it was because he could fell the Skelie's nails dragging down the front of his chest. Somewhere between the kissing and him unbuttoning Keiss' shorts; that had to have been when he removed it. Right now he had one hand down the back of his partner's falling pants and the other wrapped around his erection. He jerked Keiss off at a steady rhythm as the Selkie continued to grope over his body with his hands.
The red head was still retaking in every inch of his partner's body. It'd been so long since he'd seen him. He'd almost forgotten what Layle was like. The sound of his voice, the color of his hair, the taste of his lips. He didn't want to rush his re-meeting with the Crystal Bearer, and yet he was quickly losing control of that thought. His heart was racing faster with every moment and every touch from his partner's hands. He was sure he'd ripped the yellow shirt the Clavat often wore in his haste to remove it. Just as he was certain he heard the faint sound of a button ripping from its seams as his hands made their way to Layle's jeans.
The idea of taking his time was quickly being pushed aside by his desire.
Keiss pushed Layle back down to lie flat on the bed and tugged on the tops of his jeans pulling them down. The Clavat had been forced to let go of him no that he was on his back. He ran his fingers over Layle's body one more time, taking it in before it settled in his mind, he couldn't take his time. It had just been too long.
The Selkie leaned back down and kissed his partner again, this time Layle reached up and grabbed his shoulders. He could feel the Clavat's finger nails skinning into his back as he pushed his legs open and forced himself inside. Layle broke the kiss and let out a startled cry. Keiss could feel his body rise up off the top of the bed slightly as he thrust forward. The Clavat's nails were digging deeper into his skin, more than likely breaking it, but that didn't slow him down.
He kissed down his partner's neck as his head tilted back. With each roll forward of his hips he could hear the Crystal Bearer gasping his name. It was a sound he'd gone to long without. The sound of his name as shouted by his partner, the tasted of the sweat beading on his skin, the warmth of his body wrapped around him. They were all things he had to take in all over again. Things he'd almost forgotten. Things he now wanted to drown himself in.
Keiss pulled back from Layle, the Clavat's nails scraping along the curved tops of his shoulders as he did. He pushed himself up right, with one foot off the bed and on the floor. The red head grabbed the blond's hips, his own nail's sinking in, before he rammed forward. At once Layle jerked up from the action. His hands tangled up in the bed sheets as Keiss pounded into him. In between his groans and utterances of the Selkie's name, Keiss could make out Layle demanding more from him.
To go faster. To push harder. To not stop. Even after he'd reached his climax, he kept asking him for more.
How could he have wanted to take his time? When this was what he really desired.

He obliged his partner's demands again and again for the rest of evening. Until the Selkie's body was worn out, until the most coherent word from the Clavat was a simple whispered 'yeah'.
Keiss rested in the Clavat's bed staring up at the ceiling, unable to sleep, despite how tired he was. With one hand he absently played with the ends of the Clavat's short blond hair. Twisting it in between his fingers. Layle was cozied up right next to him, his head resting on the Selkie's shoulder.
"…Keiss…?" The Selkie stopped playing with his hair. He'd thought the Clavat was asleep.
"What, what is it?"
"…I missed this."
The Selkie chuckled and lowered his hand, letting his arm rest around his partner. "Yeah, I missed it too. …Don't go anywhere, ever again okay?"
"…Don't worry… You can't get rid of me if you tried."
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