Adventures

Chapter 4~

"Thank you so much!" Tsuko yelled, waving at the retreating boat that dropped them off. He wanted to be in the boat a little longer, just admiring the fish he had befriended. But alas, everything must come to an end.

"I don't think she can hear you..." Kazuha muttered, grabbing Tsuko by the wrist and dragging him to the nearest mountain.

"Please don't tell me we have to climb all the way up there." Tsuko pleaded, already tired from looking up at the height.

"If you don't wanna get wet, then I suggest we climb up here and glide all the way to the ship." Kazuha countered. He looked to the right and found Tsuko stretching.

"Okay let's go!" Tsuko said running up to the mountain and jumping onto it. Kazuha followed suit. Before they knew it, they arrived at the top.

"See it wasn't that bad." Kazuha breathed, slightly out of breath from climbing up without stopping.

"Yeah I guess." Tsuko sighed and walked over to the edge looking for their next destination. Kazuha walked up to him and smiled.

"This scenery is wonderful... Surely enough to convince anyone to become a wanderer." Kazuha smiled in thought.

"It surely is. But aren't I already technically a wanderer?" Tsuko asked, looking over at Kazuha. In response Kazuha jumped off the cliff and his glider spread out. "I guess I will never get an answer to that question." Tsuko jumped, following Kazuha to the next stop.

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"Kazuha, I swear to the archons... If you do not pull me up this instant I will pull you down with me." Tsuko said, irritatingly calm.

"Sure, just a few more seconds, I need to get Beidou's attention somehow." Kazuha replies, chuckling softly at Tsuko's anxiety. Tsuko was, at the moment, hanging from the edge of the ship. The only manageable way of getting him to safety is pulling him up. Which Kazuha is taking his lovely time to do.

"And would you look at that, your captain is here. Can you pull me up now?" Tsuko sighed in exasperation.

The clicking of shoes on the wooden floor brought their attention to the person walking towards them. Kazuha stiffened slightly at the sight of the person's smirk. He knew something was going to happen and it was going to affect him in some way.

"Well, hello there. You must be the 'Tsuko', Kazuha has been talking about ever so delightfully. I've only heard him talk about 2 other people like that. I guess you have to be added to the list." She said, her voice tinged with a hint of tease, but still elegant in its own way.

"My name is Beidou, captain of the Crux, the very ship you are standing on." Beidou introduced herself, taking Tsuko's hand and shaking it.

"My name's Tsuko. It's very nice to meet you." Tsuko smiled, with a small blush forming at the thought of Kazuha talking about him. While this interaction was in process, Kazuha was cursing the wood Beidou stood on because of her exposing him like that.

"Aren't you the cutest and most handsome thing! A great addition to the crew if I do say so myself." Beidou gushed, causing the flustered Tsuko to form an even darker shade of red. "Kazuha, he is much more handsome than you described him to be. The others have some competition." Beidou chuckled at the end. 'Or it could all work out the way I want it to...' Beidou though, with a mischievous glint in her eye.

"Beidou, please..." Kazuha whispered, pleading for her to stop the embarrassment.

'What was that?" Beidou asked, teasing the hell out of Kazuha. But before any more teasing could be added, Tsuko interrupted.