Dark Waters

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Seventeen

The next morning, the pair got up and went to get breakfast. They went into the kitchen seeing it was empty. It looked like someone had been in and out earlier. Matthew picked out a galapple and handed it to Prussia. He raised an eyebrow at the fruit.

"It's their version of an apple." The Canadian explained and Gilbert shrugged taking a bite. He was surprised to see the inside was a bright purple. Canada smiled sweetly knowing the purple was going to dye his mouth. He was going to tell him, but decided to let him figure it out. Matthew took a bite of his own seeing the inside was blue. The Prussian saw his was different and raised an eyebrow. "All the insides are different colours."

After breakfast the pair went into the hanger. Canada hummed tinkering with his skimmer. The Prussian sat next to him and watched. He had no idea what his fiancé was doing, but still loved being with him. He asked about it and the blond started to explained. He still really didn't know what he was talking about, but loved to see how happy and excited he was about it.

"I get to ride and fly vith jou again." Prussia hummed and Matthew leaned over and kissed him. The albino noticed he kept looking at his mouth smiling. "I missed it."

Canada hummed thinking back. The Prussian had never been nervous to fly with him. Even the first time he was completely relaxed and at ease. Prussia always loved flying with him. Matthew had been a bit nervous the first time he had the albino on the back of a bike. He knew he drove dangerous and a bit aggressive. He slowed down and drove a lot more safely when Gilbert was with him.

"Morning guys!" Aerrow greeted and the pair looked up and smiled. Matthew already knew by the look on his face what he was about to ask. "Wanna spar?"

"Ja, I need practice." Prussia said standing up and stretching. The Canadian nodded in agreement, but let the albino go first.

"Go easy on him." Matthew said with a small smile. Both of them rolled their eyes. The pair drew their blades and he put his stuff away to watch.

"When was the last time you fought a person with a sword?" The red head asked raising an eyebrow.

"I don't even remember. Centuries probably." Prussia shrugged immediately picking up a defensive stance. "Don't vorry about going easy. I'm a Teutonic Knight."

"And I'm a Sky Knight." Aerrow said with a smirk.

The red head got into a fighting stance too and the albino immediately attacked him. He quickly realized that Gilbert's fighting style was completely different from Matthew's. He was more of a brute head on attacker while the Canadian just defended. Prussia did well against him considering he hadn't fought in centuries, but Aerrow got the better of him.

The Sky Knight blocked his attack and flipped over top of him. He hooked his foot around the Prussian's ankle tripping and pinning him to the ground. The pair laughed and he helped him up.

"Jou're bouncy." Gilbert said and Aerrow smiled. The albino was trying to catch his breath, but the teen was fine.

"You're mouth is purple by the way." Aerrow said with a smile. Prussia looked confused while Canada and him laughed. "Purple galapples will dye your mouth."

"Birdie!" Prussia complained and the pair kept laughing. Matthew smiled innocently while the albino tried to wipe his tongue and lips off. "Jou're mean."

"Yeah, I know." Canada laughed with a smirk. He put his hand up and Prussia sighed looking at it for a second before taking it and pulling him up. "You love me though."

"The dye might fade, but that von't." Gilbert said and the blond smiled. He leaned over and kissed his cheek.

"Awwww." Aerrow said with a bright smile. The pair blushed as Canada drew his dagger. He stepped forward getting into a defensive stance. Prussia sat down crossing his arms to watch.

Matthew had done a lot better against the Sky Knight. He had been his sparring partner for almost two years. He knew his tricks and style. He was still trying to get him to attack, but Canada just defended against him. Aerrow hopped into the air and tried to kick him. He blocked it with his forearm pushing him back. He flipped and landed in a crouch kicking out one foot and tripping the Canadian. He didn't react quickly enough and was pinned to the ground.

"Yeah, you do need a bit of practice." Aerrow said with a bright smile. He stood up and offered him a hand. Matthew took it and he pulled him up. "Not bad all things considered."

"Vhere did jou learn to fight like that, Birdie?" Prussia asked. He'd only ever seen him fight hand to hand when they did training with the scouts, but this was a completely different style.

"Little bit from Francis, but mostly from Uncle Scotty." Canada said with a shrug. "Same with the knives. That was from Alistair."

"Of course that vas from Scotty." Gilbert grumbled and the blond smiled. He put his dagger away. "I've never seen jou throw knives before."

"Well I haven't done it in ages." The Canadian said pulling one from his pocket and turning it over in his hand.

"Finn repainted the target finally." Aerrow said.

"Hopefully I'll actually hit it." Matthew said with a small laugh.

The Sky Knight rolled his eyes and went over to drag the target out. He pulled the rest of his knives from his pocket and felt the weight and balance of one. Aerrow stepped away and the blond sighed biting his lip. Gilbert moved away to give him space to throw. Matthew readied and quickly threw one. It hit the target, but barely. The knife was on the very edge of the board.

Canada kept practicing. He had a few duds that didn't even stick into the board, but he was getting better with every throw. He kept getting closer and closer to the centre with every knife. Gilbert was surprised and impressed. The blond had so many random hidden talents. He always loved to see them. Around lunch he stopped throwing. He was happy enough with himself.

A few of the other Storm Hawks had come into the hanger and were hanging around. Kumajirou and Radarr had come in and were sleeping by Finn who was also having a nap. Aerrow was raring to spar again. Gilbert went a couple rounds with him. His old knight skills were quickly coming back. Matthew took over after a while when he got tired. Prussia went and asked Piper to teach him their written language. The pair sat and started to go over it sitting on crates in the hanger while Aerrow and Canada sparred.

"Already better Mattie!" The Sky Knight laughed as they fought. The Canadian just rolled his eyes with a smile blocking his attack. "Still not much of an attacker though."

"Never really have been." Matthew shrugged blocking another attack and taking a step back. He could tell Aerrow was starting to tire out. He paused to catch his breath and smiled.

"Still got the stamina though." The teen huffed putting away his swords. Matthew put away his dagger and ran a hand through his hair. He was pretty tired too. "Impressive for such an old man." He teased with a smiled.

"Thanks kiddo." Canada laughed ruffling his hair. Aerrow groaned trying to straighten it out. "Should see if I can still fly, eh?"

"Yeah and test out your new co-pilot." The Sky Knight smiled excitedly.