Obvious and Oblivious [Closed]

Nadia had been looking for that piece of paper for a long time now. It was gone! And she knew who took it. He was going to try and sneak out again, wasn't he? That's not fair! That's not fair at all! She was supposed to be his partner now, so why does he get to go by himself?! She waited. One thing Nadia was pretty good at was waiting! She always waited, especially for him. She waited for him to wake up when he slept too long. She waited for him to get done in the shower when he took too long. And she waited for him to get done with her missions! It was her turn to go on her own mission, no matter how dangerous it was. This is what Luxanna said and what Luxanna says goes.

Nadia sat awake in her room waiting to see Masamuna sneak out. The moment she did, she began running and running and running. All of her stuff was already packed up and it was time to go! Masamune says so because he was the one leaving first. "MAAASSSAAA!" she shouted, forgetting that the other members of the Noir were asleep. "You can't go without me anymore. If you did, I'd have to tell Luxanna and you'll be in trouble!" Nadia pointed at him and poked his nose, puffing out her cheeks in a pout. She calmed down and tilted her head to the side. "Why do you always do that? I should be able to go with you sometimes..." Nadia said sadly, "I'm always being alone when I go places..."

"But that's not all the time and you leave a lot... Like a lot a lot a lot!" Nadia pouted a bit, but smiled again when he did. When he looked back and said she woke everyone up, Nadia looked back to and was about to shout to Luxanna since that was her room lighting up, but stopped when Masamune grabbed her wrist and pulled her along. Nadia stared at his hand as she ran behind him and blinked a few times. She felt her cheeks warming up, but wasn't sure what it meant entirely. It was just a hand! Once he let her go, he asked about the mission. "You still have the paper, Masa. You stole it, but I remember it saying something about a big monster taking over an entire mine. The villagers can't work, so they can't make money and that's bad for eating. We need to get the monster out."

"Well, it still might be a dragon. They didn't say. Maybe they don't know what it is since they only call it a monster or beast. It should be a nice mission anyways." Nadia explained with her usually sweet voice. She was curious as to what the thing was too. Maybe she'll meet a new friend! That would be nice. She hadn't met a new animal friend in a long time. "It's okay, but no more trying to run from me. No more leaving me alone." Nadia demanded in her child-like way. The two finally stopped running. Nadia knew they were safe now. She was always safe cause Luxanna doesn't get mad at her often. Masamune, on the other hand, got in trouble a lot and trying to leave her was going to get him in lots of trouble. Oh well, she was with him now and that is what made her happy.

"How did you do good?" Nadia pouted at him again. Leaving her behind was not good! Wait, oh. She saw the sunrise and smiled. It was so pretty! "Oh... So you were sneaking out so I would follow you and you could show me this? I knew it! You wouldn't leave me behind again." Nadia went forward and threw her arms around Masamune, snuggling her face into his cheek. "Thank you." she said and continued watching the sunrise. Once it was over, she looked to him and with a sweet smile said, "It's about time we get going. We should get there as soon as possible so the people will be able to work and eat again." Nadia began leading the way, though she wasn't entirely sure if she was going the right direction. "Um... The northern edge of Fangwood Forest is where we have to go. The village is that way. Do you know where that is? I think it's this way." Nadia... was pointing south.

Seeing as he kept his arm around her, Nadia kept her arms around him. If she were tired, she could fall asleep just like that. She felt so happy, even more than usual. And it was all Masamune's fault she was so happy. She'd say it to him, yep. It was his fault. Nadia was corrected on the missions location and happily followed his lead. She didn't feel anything watching them, so went unaware of the falcon.

The two stopped at an inn and bought themselves a bit of breakfast. Masamune was the one to bring up conversation first because Nadia was too interested in making her food look like a smiley face. She'd bite around corners to shape it if needed, but she'd get it there. "Nuh'uh. Haven't talked to much since then actually." Nadia looked a little sad, "And I haven't seen him. He's back at his home, I guess... After he protected me and Snopy, he was okay, but I haven't seen him since then. I miss him." Nadia nibbled a bit on the cheese to make it look like eyes. Once she was done, she looked back to Masamune. "What about you? You have made friends right? Even if it's not aminals... animals."

Nadia brightened when Masamune offered to help. She loved animals and made as many of them her friends as she could, but lately it hadn't been going well. So many things had happened. "Tsubine? She's nice! But... do you really think Luxanna and Tsubine are going to be girlfriend and girlfriend?" Nadia pouted when the falcon was mentioned. That mean birdie would talk to her! Maybe Nadia scared it? She didn't know, but she gave up after it kept flying away. Oh well. They were off! Over the next two days, they traveled. Nadia had brought Masamune all the pretty flowers she could find. There was a time she made a crown out of them and tossed it on his head. She also found a really shiny rock and almost bit into a damn Jirany. Luckily, Masamune distracted her and it fell into the dirt. No poisonous fruit for Nadia today. That one thing would have probably ruined their entire trip! Can't have that.

Nadia immediately looked around when they got to the village. Masamune took point and informed them that they had arrived. Nadia always looked like an airhead or an overly excited child to the people she first met, especially when she was 'exploring' a new place. Masamune came over and explained what was going on. Nadia blinked in surprise and tilted her head. "Did he say it couldn't still be attached?" she tilted her head the opposite direction. Though Nadia was silly and seemingly naive to most things, the fact that she was able to point that out was rather impressive. "Of course it can't be attached!" the village elder yelled, having heard Nadia's question, "We want that thing dead so we can start workin' again!" Nadia sighed. She understood what this meant. She sometimes had to hurt animals, not all of them can be friends. "A job is a job. Luxanna says so. Gotta do it." Nadia nodded and gave a thumbs up. She was sad about it, but she had a habit of bouncing back.

They sat at the entrance of the mine for about an hour before anything happened. Nadia asked what he was doing and he said waiting, so she would wait too! This time she was waiting with him, not for him, so this was better. When she heard the screech, Nadia looked into the darkness. She was gonna have to fight whatever was coming out. When a bat the size of a horse suddenly flew out from the cave, she put her hands over her head and covered herself. "It's so big! How did it get that big! That's big!" Nadia was completely shocked. She didn't realize that it was coming for her. Masamune was paying attention though and pinned her to prevent it from hitting her. Her cheeks immediately went red, but she looked around for the bat monster! "Uh'huh. Uh'huh. I'm okay!" Nadia rolled over onto him real quick and got up, giving him a nice panty shot, "Masa, we gotta hurry! It went that way!"

Nadia pulled him back to his feet and began running after it. She kept it in her sights, but it was flying so fast! She saw it land over a hill and pointed. "It's over there! Gotta bring it's head back." she said and the two of them kept running. At this point, they were playing a hunting game. It would land and rest, they'd keep running, find it, it would fly again, and the process was just repeated. They chased it through the night. Nadia was getting exhausted enough that she just fell. "Can't keep running, it hurts." she said through heavy breathing. Since it was day, the bastard was probably going to need it's own sleep as well, so it was a perfect time to rest. Nadia wasn't even sure where they were at this point, but she knew she was super tired. "Can... we... sleep... now..." she said, catching her breath.

Nadia hadn't been paying attention to anything up until Masamune called her name. "Yeah?" she rubbed her eyes, ready to fall asleep at this point. He explained he forgot his stuff and then looked around for hers. For a moment, she thought she forgot hers too, but realized what he had. "Oh... You grabbed mine, Masa." she pointed out the obvious, "Sure, of course." She was so tired, she wasn't thinking much of it. She crawled over to her travel sack and pulled out a blanket. It was a huge fluffy one that she loved to have. It was her favorite and she'll only share with Masamune and Lux, but preferred only to share with Masa because Luxanna is a blanket hog at times. It wasn't comfortable sharing with Lux.

Nadia moved over to a tree and placed her hands on it. A few moments later, very strong ice formed a bit of globe over them, attached to the tree. It was to keep away winds and the possibility of rain or animal droppings. "We'll sleep under here... It won't melt for hours, so it's okay." Nadia curled up and put the blanket over her, patted the space next to her, and then over him once he got into place. She almost immediately curled into him and wrapped her arms around his chest while they laid there. She was awake for a bit, but after hearing a few beats of his heart, it was lights out for little Nadia. Her arms coiled around him a little tighter and in her sleep, she mumbled, "Night Masa... Love you."

Nadia woke up to the slight shaking Masamune was doing. "Huh?" she rubbed her eyes and quickly looked around. It was time to get back on the hunt! Nadia hurried along with Masamune and the two chased that thing for another entire day before they reached the Glitterhold Forest. Nadia gasped. They weren't supposed to hunt here! It was a safe haven for all animals, but their mission! Luxanna's words were key and the two agreed with each other since the spoke in unison, "Let's not tell anyone."

The Glitterhold Forest was probably the most Arcana-Rich place in Arcadia, which was saying something since the entire country was rich with it. Everything here practically glowed in the dark. Animals that grew up here were very different than the same animal that would grow in other places. A dragon who grew here would be able to camouflage itself or have glowing scales. The fish sometimes even glowed in the water.  The trees all felt alive and those closer to nature felt a pure aura emanating from the forest. Elves in particular would heal and regenerate energy faster here. It's a beautiful place.

It didn't take long to find the bat. It seemed taken in by the new surroundings as well. Nadia felt kind of guilty when they took it down because it had been running for it's life since they first saw it and still didn't get away. She took no part in removing the head; she couldn't handle that. So as she sat off to the side and waited for Masamune to be done, she saw something out of the corner of her eye. "Hm?" she looked over and saw a scruffy looking Felly. "... AHRI!?" Nadia immediately recognized the little one and ran over. The poor little thing was tired and looked like it had been in a fight.

Nadia immediately put Ahri into a blanket and wrapped her up. "Masa... This is Ahri... Snopy's friend." Nadia was going to try and talk to Ahri, but the moment Ahri remembered who Nadia was, the little thing fell asleep in Nadia's arms. She had to have been out here fore quite some time. "There's no way Snopy would just leave her..." Nadia said in a panicked whisper. She began looking around and yelling for him. "SNOPY!" She thought he might be nearby, but Ahri woke up and the two began talking. Snopy had left to save a girl and they were moving to fast for Ahri to keep up. She hadn't been able to find them. "Masa..." Nadia kind of whined. She wanted to help Ahri find Snopy again, but how?

"Yeah, he was around when my Taerick fought the other Taerick to save me. Snopy was there and this was his pet, his best friend actually... He's probably worried sick about her." Nadia explained as she pulled out some berries for Ahri to eat. "Here, these will help with the tummy ache..." Nadia said and Ahri ate the berry right out of her fingers. Nadia smiled happily, but she could tell that Ahri was extremely exhausted. She looked like she had been fighting through this place for a while. "Of course he's alive. He has to be. If he wasn't, Ahri would feel it and be sad. That's what friends do." Nadia said and began walking through the forest to find their exit, "That's how I know when you're okay or not. My tummy hurts when you get hurt, but if you're fine, then I'm fine. It helps me know when I need to get Luxanna to look for you." Nadia stopped and looked to Masamune. "What should we do? If we go all the way back, we might not be able to find Snopy ever. Should we just ignore the mission... Or should we turn it in." Nadia was confused. Luxanna might get mad if they failed their mission for a pet. "I don't know what to do..." she said sadly, continuing to pet Ahri as the little thing began to sleep again.

Nadia thought his idea was perfect. It would let them think on it much better than when they were tired. She even thought saving money by sharing a room was perfect! She should have taken more out of her account back at the Guild. She had so much, but forgot about it because she wasn't the one to make it all. Since they pretty much slept in the "same bed" the night before, Nadia had no problem cuddling up against Masamune again. It was where she felt safest and most comfortable. He was breathing weird though and she immediately thought he might be sick. After thinking of ways to help him, she was about to offer her ideas when he asked a strange question.

"There are lots of types." she replied, blinking curiously and then began to explain, "Mothers and Fathers love each other. Brothers and sisters love each other. And even friends love each other. It all comes from how your heart and mind feels toward that person. All loves make you want to protect that person, but not all loves make you want to kiss them. All loves make you want that person to be happy, but not all loves make you want to be that person for them. My favorite kind is the kind that make you want to be with that person forever. It's the 'true love', I think. It's the one where you know you can't live without them and if they're hurt, it hurts you too. It's a special love. That's the best love."

"How come you asked that?" Nadia asked. She had asked this same question to Lux, but she had a reason for it. Love used to confuse her a lot, but when she watched certain people, she could tell they felt similarly to her about the people they were with. Nadia had often been confused about this when it came to Masamune. His explanation made her feel warm and fuzzy inside and she couldn't help but smile, but when his question came about that smile turned into surprise. Her heart was racing and she wasn't entirely sure why. "With me? A-A-Are you sure?" she asked. When he confirmed, Nadia wiped a tear from her eye and nodded. "My boyfriend." she nuzzled her cheek into him and then smiled wider, "Masa, I'll try to be the best girlfriend for you, okay? I promise that I will do my very best!"