The Next World

I woke up with to laughter. I looked up to see Kage was standing over me with Daius standing behind him. The older had his arms draped over his shoulders with his head resting on Kage's.





"Time for you love birds to wake up. We need to leave before I get sent out on some kind of mission by these people and that would be real bad. If I refuse it would be bad for diplomacy and if I accept I could piss off Tenchi. The sooner we leave the better. Get up and let's go." Kage said.





"Okay get out so we can get up." Riku said.





"Why do I have to leave?" Kage asked with a mischievous smile on his face.





"We should just leave and let them meet us outside." Daius said looking nervous.





"I think I'll see what happened last night." Kage said, laughing slightly evilly as he reached for the sheet.





Daius moved his arms so they restrained Kage, who looked up at him confused. Daius looked down and kissed him softly and quickly on the lips.





"No peeking. You have me. You don't have to look at them." Daius said firmly and sounding slightly upset.





"Sorry Dai. I wasn't trying to upset you. I just wanted to be a pain to them is all." Kage said.





The seer apprentice gave a nod and said "I know. Let's leave so they can get dressed and we can get out of Kouda."





He and Kage left the room and I looked over at Riku and sat up. He got a smile on his face as he pushed me back down on the bed and kissed me. I kissed him back and felt his hand drifting to my thigh.





I felt him wrap his hand around my morning erection and looked at him in surprise. "We can't Riku. They're probably right outside the door. They'll hear us." I said quietly.





He let out a small chuckle and said "Let them hear us.





"We really shouldn't." I said nervously





"Fine. I suppose you're right." Riku said as he got out of the bed.





As he bent down to look for his clothes I admired his body. He had such a strong build that was still slender. He had the athletic muscles that come from lots of activity. I don't think I had ever seen him lift weights once in my life though.





I let my eyes drift a bit lower to examine his wonderful ass. His cheeks were well defined and, as I knew from last night, quite firm. I smiled at him as my mind took itself in to a should I or shouldn't I debate on giving it a good smack.





I decided not to and dressed myself for today. When the two of us were fully dressed we went out to the living room were Kage and Daius were sitting on separate chairs talking about something.





"What's going on?" Riku asked.





"I want to make breakfast for us but I'm not sure what to make." Kage said.





"Make some more of those eggs." I told him.





"I can't. They don't have the spices here. Most of them are pretty rare and more expensive then Kouda would care to spend stocking a lord's cabin with but I did see some nice looking sausages. They look like pork to me. I suppose I could make those." Kage said





"Sounds good to me, I'm a meat person." Riku said.





"Yeah but I know you would rather have had a Sora sausage for breakfast." Daius said with a smile. Kage burst out laughing, I felt myself blush and Riku looked like nothing had happened at all.





"Daius?" he asked.





"Yes Riku?" The red head responded.





"Would this hobby Kage threatened to mention to us be using your third eye spying on people having sex or are about to?" Riku asked.





Daius looked away with a blush filling his cheeks. He gave a small nod and Riku looked away and to me. I was confused as to why he would look at me. "Why look at me?" I asked him.





"Seems you were the smart one this time." Riku said. I gave him a nod and looked at Kage.





"So about those sausages?" I asked the youngest of us.





"Yeah I'll go to the kitchen right now. You want to come with me and help me set the table Riku. I think Sora is safe with Daius." Kage said, heading for the kitchen. Riku fell in line behind him and I looked over at Daius.





He reminded me of someone and I just now remembered who it was. He reminded me slightly of Axel. I looked at him and laughed.





"What is it?" he asked me.





"I just remembered who you remind me of." I told him.





"Who would that be?" He asked.





"A man named Axel. You guys have the same color hair and you have the same color eyes too." I said.





"Funny how someone can remind us of someone else isn't it. You remind a bit of Kage back when he was still innocent. He was always happy like you are." Daius said.





I didn't know how to respond to that so I was just quiet. It's funny because I'm almost never quiet. I looked at Daius and saw he had a small, sad smile on his face. "He may not be the same as he was when we were kids but I've always loved him since we were really young."





"Riku and I were best friends since we were kids too. I suppose best friends make the best lovers." I said with a smile.





"It seems that way." Daius said.





We sat there lost in our own thoughts until we heard Kage yell "Get away from that pan."





I looked up and then heard Riku shout "What the fuck was that for?"





I ran in to the kitchen, Daius behind me. When I got there I saw Riku standing by the faucet holding his hand under the water.





Kage was flipping some large sausage patties at the stove with a glare on his face. "That’s what you get for trying to get in between me and something I'm cooking." He said as he turned his attention back to Riku.





"What happened?" I asked, looking at the two of them.





"I was reaching for those plates up there and the little bastard hit me with the spatula." Riku said glaring at Kage who was watching the sausages calmly as if he hadn't just done anything.





I looked at Riku's hand to see that it had a red mark it from Kage had hit him. It was slightly swollen and looked like it hurt a bit.





"You're fucking evil." Riku said to Kage as he sat down.





"You've said that to at least once a day since you've met me Riku but I know you don't mean it. It's almost funny." Kage said, laughing in a tone that sounded fitting for one his age. It was a silly giggle that even had me laughing.







"It's one thing for him to be laughing, but you Sora? My boyfriend laughing when I'm injured? Some love." Riku said, with fake hurt in his voice.





"Breakfast is ready. I'm done so you can get the plates now Riku." Kage said.





"Get them yourself." Riku said with a smile.





"I would if I could reach them. You're about ten inches taller then I am so you have to get them." Kage said.





Riku laughed and got four plates from were they were stored above the stove in a high cupboard. He sat them on the table and got four glasses from another cupboard after looking in two before that one.





He sat them in front of each of us as Kage went to the fridge and opened it up. "What's everyone want to drink?" he asked.





"Milk." Riku, Daius and I said at once. We all looked at each other and laughed as Kage filled all four glasses with milk. He then closed the jug and put it back in the fridge.





"What did you use to season these Kage?" I asked as I looked at the sausage.





"You don't season meat form Kouda, Sora. The livestock are fed a special diet so that they have the best taste as meat. Their very scientific when it comes to raising their animals they're going to eat." Kage said as he started to eat one of his four large sausages that were each about half the size of a burger patty.







I took a bite out of my own sausage and decided he was right. It tasted really good. The four of us ate quickly and soon we were heading back to out bedrooms for our belongings.





Riku and I went back to the bedroom and packed up all of our Shyran outfits except for the ones we were wearing and strapped our swords to sides. We left the room and went to the front were Kage was already waiting for us.





"As soon as Daius gets back from telling Shiro we're leaving then we can be off. Until then I think I'll try something while he's not here to stop me." Kage said as he went to the table and grabbed a large glass bottle full of a syrupy clear liquid and poured himself a little bit of it in a small glass next to the bottle.





He took a drink and winced slightly. "Damn that's strong." He said as he sipped it again. Soon the glass was gone and Kage was smiling.





"Dai is going to kill me when he gets back but oh well. It was worth it." he said as he refilled his glass and poured another two glasses. He handed one to me and one to Riku.





I sniffed it and was slightly off put by the smell but Riku was drinking it so it couldn't be that bad. I took a large drink and suddenly felt the urge to throw up.





It had burned my throat as it went down. I saw Kage and Riku looking amused but Riku also looked a little worried.





"What is that shit?" I asked, gagging slightly.







Kage smiled and said "Koudan vodka."





"How could you get me and Riku to drink it without us knowing what it was? That stuff could kill a person." I said.





"You had to have known it was vodka Sora. I know you're not that innocent." Riku said, taking a small sip of his drink.





"I think I'll bring it with me." Kage said as he put the bottle in his bag.





"You're going to put it back." Daius' voice said.





"Shit. I'm caught. What are you going to do? You going to spank me Dai? Spank me like you did last night?" Kage laughed.





"How much did you have?" Daius asked as he walked in from the entry way and ignoring Kage's vulgar comments.





"Only a little bit." Kage said with a smile.





"It only takes you a little bit." Daius said.





Kage just smiled and said "You know I'm not drunk. I had about three shots. You should try some Dai. It's really good."





"Good? You're nuts. My throat will never be the same again." I said looking at Kage.





"You know I don't drink and you shouldn't either. It makes you get silly." Daius said.





Kage smiled and said "I'll be just fine. Now let's leave and take the vodka with us.”



Daius thought for a short time before he said “Fine you can bring it back… Are you too drunk to fly us out of here?"





"No. You know I get a little silly after a few drinks but it takes a lot to get me drunk. Besides this stuff isn't very strong." Kage said as we headed for the door. Daius gave a nod and the four of us left the village and walked a short distance from the village gates.





Kage pulled the bird flute from his pouch on his belt and began to play it. He played for several minutes before he put it away. He got a nervous expression on his face and shook his head.





"I think something happened to the bird, which means Ansem and Zoul are around. They're the only ones who could have killed our bird. There's no animal around that can slay a mounting bird. It would take a trained warrior to kill one. They probably sent their bird away too. Either that or they kept it around to hunt us easier. Be on the look out for them." He said.





The four of us were about to start walking when the bird came running to us with a large amount of blood around its beak and on its talons.





"He's not injured. He was just getting his breakfast." Kage said looking at us as he brought the flute from his pouch back to his lips and played it once more.





The bird sank down to the ground so we could get on it. We got on the bird and flew back to Shyra, without any troubles.





When we landed a short bit away from Shyra and made it back to the gates. When we made it to the village there was a guard there waiting for us.





"I'll take the bird Kage. Seer Tenchi requested to see you, Sora, and Riku right away. I was also given orders strict to keep you from seeing in to the conversation that takes place Daius." The guard said.





"What do you mean?" Daius asked.





"I was ordered to kill you if you began to go in to a seer's trance, which is something I don't want to have to do. Please obey." The guard said.





Daius gave a nod and Kage pulled him away from the guard. He looked Daius said "Don't do anything stupid. I'm the only one of us who is allowed to stupid things. Okay?"







"I promise I won't do anything that will get me killed." Daius as Kage pulled him in to his arms.





"I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you. Now that I got over my fears and admitted that I love you I won't anything pull us apart, especially our own stupidity" Kage said as he pulled the taller teen down to kiss him.





He kissed him softly and said "Since it's late you should head home when you're allowed to and come get me in the morning." Daius gave a nod. With his goodbye said Kage led Riku and I to see Tenchi