Fire Side Dancer

[Angeltears]

Tan smiled when he heard that Kara was joining them. Though he felt a little sorry for her because it seemed like Tora was up to something and was dragging every one in, weather they liked it or not. He would have to talk to her in private and find out what she was up to, so he could either help her or put a stop to it before it got out of hand. But that would have to wait until he could get her alone.

Tora saw a look come over Tan's face, which she recognised as the one which ment they needed to talk. She knew it had to do with inviting Kara to join them because the look hadn't been there before when she invited Rahn. 'Well he will have to catch me first,' she thought as she finished eating. It ment making sure not to give him the chance to get her alone.

Tan turned to Rahn when he asked the question regarding the next games. "Well there are two more left, the first one will be a wrestling challenge. Then the next one is sort of a challenge. Where those competing gather at a starting point and set before them is a pile of things which consist of things that are needed to set up a small camp for one person. First you need to pack every thing and then once your done you have to run around the outskirts of the village carrying what you have packed. Once you get back to the start mark, you will have to unpack everything and set up a camp. The winner will be the first one to be sitting before the tent they raised and fire they started."

((OOC: That's a good idea but if we make it into all in one contest that way it's who ever finishes it all first.))

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn finished eating and listened as Tan explained the competitions in the afternoon. The wrestling would be tought for him. He had never wrestled before. He would just have to try his best. As for the challenge, he would have to try hard in that one. He knew how to do all of those things, but he did not know how fast he could do them. It seemed the morning competitions were his strengths. The afternoon ones would be tougher. As long as he tried hard he should be able to impress people though. Especially Tora's brothers. When Tan finished explaining the games Rahn smiled. "I'll do as well as I can, but I'll need a lot of beginners luck to win these ones."

 

[Angeltears]

"I am sure you will do okay," Tan said, "And in the end it's only a game, win or lose." Tan finished his food and so had Kara, seeing this Tora took the plates from all of them including Rahn and stood up. "Well I think every one is starting to move so it must soon be time for the next game. I will take these," she said standing up. Tan looked at her and the look came back but before he could say anything she spoke first. "Kara I will see you later as we discussed," then she turned to Tan and Rahn, "Good luck in the next two games both of you." Then she walked away taking the plates with her. Kara blushed as she saw she was left with the two men and didn't know what to say and Tan was looking after his sister as she escaped.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn nodded to Tan He just hoped Tan was right and that he would do well in the competitions. Then Tora noticed that the lunch was ending. Rahn stood after Tora took his plate. He gave her a quick smile and the was a bit surprised as she quickly talked to Kara and then wished them luck before walking off. Rahn looked at Kara and noticed she was blushing. He then looked at Tan. He grinned and leaned close to Tan and whispered to him. "You stay here and at least talk to Kara for a while. I'm going to go learn the rules for wrestling. I had better see you with this girl later as well, don't leave her on her own. If you do, I'll make sure I beat you in wrestling. You will eat some dirt." He then grinned at laughed a little. He walked off with the crowd to learn the rules for wrestling.

 

[Angeltears]

Rahn's words at first shocked Tan and he could only stare at him but then when he laughed Tan was just confused. Nodding as Rahn left he turned to Kara, who he saw was bright red again. "So Kara what have you been up to?" he asked not really knowing what to sy to her. Kara smiled slightly and told him.

Tora watched from a distance as Rahn whispered to Tan and then left the two of them together. "Clever Rahn," she whispered toherself as ahe vanished again in amongst the villagers. She headed in the direction she had seen Rahn head in. She wanted to apologise for running off like that, she had seen his smile and it had felt wrong walking off like that but if she had of stayed and let Tan talk to her she would have to explain herself. She saw him ahead of her but she stayed back and waited when she could get his attention.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn followed the crowd slowly and when the group arrived where the next contest wouldbe, he stayed at the back. He could hear fine. After the rules were explained he stepped back between some tents to calm himself and get ready for the wrestling. He took a deep breath and started to think of plans for beating people.Each body type would need different ways to beat them.

 

[Angeltears]

Toar listened as the games was explained, that much like the archery they would be paired up and then move through rounds until there was only one winner left. The aim being to pin the other person on the ground. When the explainations where finished every one started talking in amongst them sleves. Tora saw Rahn move away from the crowd and she headed around the other way. Seeing him standing there she smiled. "Mind if I interupt?" she whispered standing a little distance from him. She didn't want to break his consentration if he was thinking of the game.

 

[Josu_T]

When Rahn heard Tora's sweet voice he smiled and looked over at her. "Hey, you can inturrupt me any time you want. Whatever I might be doing, I'd much rather be spending time with you." He continued to smile and moved closer to her. He looked past her to see if there was anyone else who might see them. He did not notice anyone and smiled more. He gazed into her eyes happily and longed to kiss her.

 

[Angeltears]

Tora smiled when he said she could inturrupt him any time she wanted. "Well I wanted to apoligise for running off so quick after lunch. I didn't want Tan to try and have a talk to me, because I think he was going to try and find out what I was planning with Kara." She looked around him and then back behind herself and saw that nobody was paying attention to them. Leaning up she kissed him, "And that is for helping by leaving Tan and Kara together."

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled and nodded at her reason for leaving quickly after lunch. He noticed her look around and then she leaned up to him. As she kissed him he kissed her back. He grinned at her reason. "I figured out that she likes him. So we need to make him realise it. I told him if I don't see him with her later, I will beat him in wrestling and make him eat dirt. Maybe that will keep him near her until he realises she likes him. If not, hopefully whatever you have planned will work. Enough about him though. I've wanted to do one thing all day, so come here." As he finished speaking he smiled and pulled her close. He leaned his head down so their foreheads were together and he could gaze into her eyes. His arms were wrapped around her and their lips were close to touching. It would only take a small movement for them to kiss. He wanted the moment to last forever, but he knew they could only stay like that for less than a minute in case someone looked between the tents and saw them.

 

[Angeltears]

Tora laughed softly when she heard Rahn's threat to Tan. But she stopped laughing when he pulled her closer, smiling up at him. She looked into his eyes as there foreheads touched. Wrapping her arms around him as he did her, she had longed to be in his arms. She knew at any momment some one could come aroudn the side of the tent and find them like this, but as she gazed into his eyes she didn't care. The whole village could be watching them and she would still be in his arms. The sound of the crowd on the other side of the tents got louder and Tora closed her eyes and closed the gap between there lips and kissed him. "You had better go, I think the game is starting," she whispered her forehead still resting aginst his.

Ash stood there just out of sight of the two of them, if he hadn't been paying attention to where he was going he might have walked straight into them both. He thought he had walked in on a couple of lovers shareing a kiss, he had almost laughed and shouted caught you, when he recognised who it was. Instantly he had stepped back and hid behind the tent, shocked. Tora and Rahn, but when had that happened? He thought to himself. Did the others know, no they mustn't because Sol would have told him and Tan would have made a scene if he knew. That ment that this was a secret, but from every one or just the brothers. Puzzled and confused he didn't know how he felt about this.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn felt calm and relaxed with Tora's arms around him as he held her close. As she pressed her lips against his he kissed her back. His eyes closed and he just enjoyed the moment. When their kiss ended his eyes opened and he smiled at her. "Ok, I'll go, but I'd much rather stay right here with you." He smiled at her happily for one moment longer before reluctantly releasing her from his arms. He then blew her a kiss as he walked out from between the tents and to where the wrestling competition was starting.

 

[Angeltears]

"As would I," Tora whispered as she watched him blow her a kiss and then vanish between the tents. Smiling she turned and headed in the other direction, she was off in her own world she did not see Ash vanish around the other side of the tent. She went and joined the crowd to watch the wrestling and kept an eye out for Tan. Tora saw Tan eventually reach the other and she was happy to see that Kara was with him. As she watched she saw Tan and Kara say goodbye, to each other and they both seemed a little uncomfortable. Tan joined the men and Kara joined the crowd and seemed to be looking for some one, when she saw Tora she moved towards her. Tora smiled at her.

Ash joined the group of men and kept looking over at Rahn, he didn't know what to do but he knew one thing he would find out what Rahn's intentions were. Then it came time to pair off Ash made sure that he was with Rahn. When they were told to take there positions Ash looked at Rahn and whispered, "I know."

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn looked around the crowd and happened to see Tan with Kara still. When they got paired off he ended up with Ash. He took a position across from him and smiled. Then he heard the whisper. He was confused. As they were told to start he moved close to Ash. "You know what?"

 

[Angeltears]

"I know about you and Tora," Ash said movng to get closer to Rahn. "I saw you both standing between the tents, kissing." He kept his voice to a whisper because he didn't want the others knowing just yet, he wanted more information before he brought his brothers in on this. He made a grab at Rahn arm. "Who knows about the two of you and how long has it been going on?"

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn circled Ash and waited for an opening to start grappeling. He was surprised when Ash said he knew about what was going on with Tora and Rahn. He had seen them just a short while ago. Rahn felt a bit dissapointed that they had been unable to keep it a secret, but did not feel bad at all about what he had been doing. As Ash grabbed his arm and asked him questions, Rahn grabbed Ash's other arm. As they grappled he leaned in close and whispered to him. "No one else knows about us. You are the only one. It just sort of happened yesterday. If you remember, she was out for a walk. That walk was with me. I asked what there was to do around the village. She said I should explore, but that she did not know many good places to look for. I said she should go with me. Out in the forrest we started playing a little running game. I hid in a bush, surprised her, then rolled both of us out of the bush. Something happened there and I started to have stong feelings for her. We decided not to tell anyone because of you and your brothers being so protective of her. I swear I don't mean her any harm. I just want to be near her and care for her. If you ahve something wrong with that, then so be it." As he started to whisper an explaination, everything just started to flow out, and it felt good. It felt great now that it was not so much of a secret. He continued to grapple with Ash, waiting for his response.

 

[Angeltears]

Ash was shocked as he listened to Rahn's explantion and when he finished whispering Ash didn't say any thing for a momment but continued to grapple with him. Slowly Ash absobed all that he had been told. Yesterday, it had only started yesterday, it might not last. But he remeber how the two of them looked together between the tents and some where deep inside he didn't think it was some fling. They had chosen to keep it a secret because of them, it hurt to be told that but Ash also understood. The three of them had chased guys away from Tora before some she didn't even know about, because some of them the brothers had known and knew there intentions would only hurt Tora. But Rahn seemed like a nice guy, from what Ash had seen and learnt of him in just today and he knew that the other two seemed okay with him. So did this mean that they should step back and let Rahn into Tora's life. Then a thought occured to him, "How far has it gone?" Ash demanded.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn watched as Ash absorbed everything he told him. He continued to grapple, but also noticed they were one of the last pairs still wrestling. People were starting to pay more attention to them, waiting for them to finish so the next round could start. Rahn started to try and get a better grip on Ash as he asked how far it had gone. Rahn stared at him as they moved in a circle. "We have only kissed. No need to worry about that."

 

[Angeltears]

Ash payed no attention to every one else his focus was on Rahn alone. The answer to his question would make up his mind, on what to do. He was happy with Rahn's answer and nodded. 'You can't keep this a secret for long, the longer you keep it a secret the more annoyed the other two will be." Then Ash loosened his grip and whispered to Rahn, "Well go on pin me, I need to have a little talk to my darling sister."

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn was relieved by Ash's reaction to what he said. It took a load off his mind. He felt His grip loosen and Rahn gave a slight nod. "We won't keep it secret for long. Just long enough to make sure the other two are ok with it. Now, don't be too hard on Tora." The moment he finished whispering he made a quick movement that sent Ash to the ground. Rahn pinned him and then stood up. He smiled to Ash and held out his hand to help him up.

The villagers watching Rahn and Ash had expected a good battle. Instead, they saw to men circling eachother, As they grappled they could see them whispering to eachother. Some exclaimed about how they were getting inside eachothers heads. Then, after a while, they saw Rahn make a sudden move and pin Ash. Some cheered, some clapped, but it was still not what they had expected to see.

 

[Angeltears]

Ash went to nodd in repsonse to Rahn but had the wind knocked out of him as his back hit the ground. Looking up at Rahn as he pinned he whispered, "I won't ." Then when Rahn stood up and offered his hand to him Ash took it and stood up smiling. "Interesting match," he said out loud for the crowd, "well done." Ash then went and joined the crowd as had the men that had lost each of there own matches. He made his aim straight to Tora, releasing that both Tan and Sol where still in the compation. See Kara and Tora standing together talking Ash took his sisters hand and smiled at Kara, "Mind if I borrow my sister for a second." Kara nodded looking slightly confused, and Ash dragged his sister away in amongst the tents so they could talk alone. When they stopped Tora laughed at Ash, "Whats wrong?" she asked him. "I know about you and Rahn." he said letting go of her hand as Tora stopped laughing.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn watched the crowd as Ash took Tora away to talk. Once they were out of sight he turned and was paired with another person. It was a larger guy so he waited for them to make the first move. The man made a quick lunge for him and Rahn shifted to one side. Rahn grabbed him and made a swift move to knock the guy down and pin him. Rahn helped the guy up and waited for the next round. He went through a few more rounds, barely making it through the fifth match. He waited to see who his sixth opponent would be.

 

[Angeltears]

"What, how?" Tora stammered, looking at Ash she tried to work out how he knew. "I saw the two of you before kissing, and I confronted Rahn on it and he admited it and told me everything." Tora looked shocked and had to think on what Ash's words meant. "I want to know how really feel about him because I don't want you getting hurt?" Ash said taking her hands in his. Tora met his eyes and a serious look came over her face, "I like him Ash, I really do, in fact I think I love him." This made Tora stop and her eyes grew wide this was the first time she had said that out loud. But she soon recovered because she knew the words were true. Ash looked at his sisters reaction and nodded his head, "I haven't told the other two and I won't that is for the two of you to tell them, but as I told Rahn you con't leave it to long or you will upset them." Tora nodded and whispered thank you. Ash pulled her in and hugged her tight. "Our little Tora is growing up," he said with a fake cry and then they both left the tents with Ash's hand around Tora's waist and joined Kara in the crowd.

Tan was knocked out of the compation in the fourth round but Sol made it to the sixth round and ended up face to face with Rahn. "It would seem that your having a go at each of the three of us," Sol said with a laugh, there was only one other pair that was competing ofther than them.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn looked at Sol who ended up paired with him. He grinned at the man and got ready across from him. "Well, I don't think I'll be able to beat you at this. I got lucky in the last round. Well, lets get this over with." He smiled and made a move at Sol. Sol shifted to one side and rahn turned to face him. He gripped Sol's arm and tried to get some leverage, but Sol did a couple movements of his own to stay on his feet. Rahn continued to try getting an advantage. Sol continued to counter everything. Then Rahn loosened his grip for a split second, but that was all it took. Sol slipped his arm from Rahn's grasp and then lunged. Rahn flew to the ground with Sol coming down on top of him. A couple moments after that it was all over, Rahn was pinned.

 

[Angeltears]

Tora, Ash, Kara and now Tan watched Rahn and Sol's match, Tan kept looking over at Tora who still stood by Ash's side. She noticed this and leaned closer to Ash, "I need your help to keep Tan away from me until the dinner and dance tonight. I have something special planned?" she whispered to him. Ash looked down at her and whispered back, "Does this have anything to do with what I know or with the way you have been dragging Kara around for most of the day?" Tora smiled at him and whispered back, "Mostly the second reason but it's also for Rahn." Ash nodded and smiled "Leave it up to me." "Thank you," Tora whispered. Turning back to the match, she was to busy watching Rahn and Sol's match she nearly missed what happened on the other match. The two men compteting some how managed to slam heads together knocking each other out. The crowd broke out in laughter and then while the man where dragged away so to get checked out Sol managed to pin Rahn. The crowd clapped and cheered and crowed around the two of them. "As the other two men are unable to continue on in there state Sol is the winner of this compation." the women who had signalled the start of ever match called over the crowd.