Eamon and Saka go to Ireland to mend some loose ends in Dublin. Part 2.
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And behold, the arrived at Eamon's home...the farm. It made Eamon's chest swell, but...
The barn.
Eamon gazed up at the skeleton that was the making of a new barn. Had they torn it down? Why?
"There was a fire," said Aidan, noting Eamon's look. "A long while back while Reed and the farmhands were gone. They thought it was arson, but nobody's been able to figure out how it set on fire."
Something tells me Elysia will know, Eamon thought. Saka looked up at him.
Probably.
They went up to the farmhouse. Aidan knocked on the door. Almost immediately, the door flew open and there stood Eamon's good friend, Cait. The girl had turned into a woman, now in her early twenties. She was probably sticking around the farm to help her old man, Farmer Reed. Eamon would have done the same.
"Hey boy..." Cait trailed off. She peered through the three and stared at Eamon. "...that's not..."
"Hi, Cait," Eamon said nervously, wrapping his arm around Saka again. "...m-miss me?"
There was a long silence.
"Papa!" Cait called, whirling around. "Papa! Papa come quick! It's Eamon! He's back!"
Cait let them in. Eamon sat on a rickety couch with Saka, who he let lay against him. In came Farmer Reed, as old and rickety than ever. Eamon smiled up at him. This was the man who he counted as his real father, the man that had treated him as if he was one of his own.
"Well, I'll be," said Reed, removing his hat and bending down to stare at Eamon. Eamon glanced at Saka.
"Just a moment, hun," he said. He kissed her forehead just as Reed dragged him to his feet.
"Goodness you're tall," Reed mused. "But you're still as fair as ever. How much time do you spend in the sun, boy?"
"...a-alot, actually," Eamon said.
"Don' look it. Now, let's see..." Reed lifted Eamon's arm and squeezed a few of Eamon's muscles. "Now those are some guns right there, boy! Wooo-ee!"
Eamon blushed and took his arm away. "Can I sit back down now?"
"Still as shy as ever, I see," Reed mused. "Go on and introduce that fine young lady beside you."
Eamon beamed and helped Saka off the couch. "Everyone, this is Saka, my love. Saka, this is Cait, Aidan, Ennis, Finbar, and Old Man Reed."
"Nice to meet you," Saka said.
"D'awww. Eamon's found himself a lady," Cait teased, watching as Eamon's face turned cherry red. She laughed. "Dang, you blush easy!"
Eamon's blush got even redder and he tried to hide his face. Everyone laughed, and everyone sat down.
"So tell us," said Ennis. "Did you find your sister?"
"I'll tell you now, she exists," Eamon said. "Oh, in fact..." Eamon removed three pictures from his pocket. He set them on the table in front of him. "That's her right now. She's fifteen and still growin'."
Everyone looked at the pictures. Cait whistled. "Dang, she sure looks like you."
"How'd you find her?" Finbar asked.
"Well..." Eamon sighed. He told his story of leaving Ireland and heading to Europe, asking around and trying to find some kind of lead. When that failed, he went to Asia. He stayed at an old man's house for a while and helped him with errands so he wouldn't kick him out. He heard of a group of people traveling around the countries, so Eamon took that and went after these people. Little did he know there were actually people following him. He took a ship to Japan, but the people following him found him and tried to get him. Eamon still has no idea why they were going after him, but he had to abandon the ship and swim to the nearest island.
He washed up there, having swam for miles. He was tired and cold, but he kept going. Eamon recalled the Kyuuketsuki attack, but he changed the story to some crazed villagers beat him up really good. He was forced to swim again. However, (he changed this part, too) he encountered a shark that ripped a good hole in his shoulder. He couldn't swim with one arm, but he remembered everything going black.
"Most of what's after that is really blurry," Eamon said, frowning.
"You washed up on the shore," Saka said, changing the story to be more realistic to their company's standards. "We found you. You were mumbling nonsense and shivering like mad. You had hypothermia."
"Hypothermia?" Aidan gaped. "How the heck did you survive that?"
"Elysia helped," Eamon said. "I remember that now. She remembered me. It took her a while to get used to the fact that I was back, and so I've been with her and her...family. That's how I met Saka." He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"...you really had an adventure," Aidan whispered, leaning back in his chair. He looked at him.
"But Eamon, you hardly look a day over seventeen," Cait said.
"I was eighteen when I left," Eamon reminded her.
"I know. But you're nineteen now, right?"
Eamon nodded.
"Sheesh," Reed grunted. "I see you're still carrying a sword around."
"Aye," said Eamon. "I don't leave the house without it."
Reed smiled at that.
However, the fun and games were broken by the sound of a loud and vicious growling from outside.
"Saka," Eamon said lowly.
"Do we have to?" Saka asked.
"...we have to," Eamon said, going pale. This...
The two stood up.
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TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 3
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And behold, the arrived at Eamon's home...the farm. It made Eamon's chest swell, but...
The barn.
Eamon gazed up at the skeleton that was the making of a new barn. Had they torn it down? Why?
"There was a fire," said Aidan, noting Eamon's look. "A long while back while Reed and the farmhands were gone. They thought it was arson, but nobody's been able to figure out how it set on fire."
Something tells me Elysia will know, Eamon thought. Saka looked up at him.
Probably.
They went up to the farmhouse. Aidan knocked on the door. Almost immediately, the door flew open and there stood Eamon's good friend, Cait. The girl had turned into a woman, now in her early twenties. She was probably sticking around the farm to help her old man, Farmer Reed. Eamon would have done the same.
"Hey boy..." Cait trailed off. She peered through the three and stared at Eamon. "...that's not..."
"Hi, Cait," Eamon said nervously, wrapping his arm around Saka again. "...m-miss me?"
There was a long silence.
"Papa!" Cait called, whirling around. "Papa! Papa come quick! It's Eamon! He's back!"
Cait let them in. Eamon sat on a rickety couch with Saka, who he let lay against him. In came Farmer Reed, as old and rickety than ever. Eamon smiled up at him. This was the man who he counted as his real father, the man that had treated him as if he was one of his own.
"Well, I'll be," said Reed, removing his hat and bending down to stare at Eamon. Eamon glanced at Saka.
"Just a moment, hun," he said. He kissed her forehead just as Reed dragged him to his feet.
"Goodness you're tall," Reed mused. "But you're still as fair as ever. How much time do you spend in the sun, boy?"
"...a-alot, actually," Eamon said.
"Don' look it. Now, let's see..." Reed lifted Eamon's arm and squeezed a few of Eamon's muscles. "Now those are some guns right there, boy! Wooo-ee!"
Eamon blushed and took his arm away. "Can I sit back down now?"
"Still as shy as ever, I see," Reed mused. "Go on and introduce that fine young lady beside you."
Eamon beamed and helped Saka off the couch. "Everyone, this is Saka, my love. Saka, this is Cait, Aidan, Ennis, Finbar, and Old Man Reed."
"Nice to meet you," Saka said.
"D'awww. Eamon's found himself a lady," Cait teased, watching as Eamon's face turned cherry red. She laughed. "Dang, you blush easy!"
Eamon's blush got even redder and he tried to hide his face. Everyone laughed, and everyone sat down.
"So tell us," said Ennis. "Did you find your sister?"
"I'll tell you now, she exists," Eamon said. "Oh, in fact..." Eamon removed three pictures from his pocket. He set them on the table in front of him. "That's her right now. She's fifteen and still growin'."
Everyone looked at the pictures. Cait whistled. "Dang, she sure looks like you."
"How'd you find her?" Finbar asked.
"Well..." Eamon sighed. He told his story of leaving Ireland and heading to Europe, asking around and trying to find some kind of lead. When that failed, he went to Asia. He stayed at an old man's house for a while and helped him with errands so he wouldn't kick him out. He heard of a group of people traveling around the countries, so Eamon took that and went after these people. Little did he know there were actually people following him. He took a ship to Japan, but the people following him found him and tried to get him. Eamon still has no idea why they were going after him, but he had to abandon the ship and swim to the nearest island.
He washed up there, having swam for miles. He was tired and cold, but he kept going. Eamon recalled the Kyuuketsuki attack, but he changed the story to some crazed villagers beat him up really good. He was forced to swim again. However, (he changed this part, too) he encountered a shark that ripped a good hole in his shoulder. He couldn't swim with one arm, but he remembered everything going black.
"Most of what's after that is really blurry," Eamon said, frowning.
"You washed up on the shore," Saka said, changing the story to be more realistic to their company's standards. "We found you. You were mumbling nonsense and shivering like mad. You had hypothermia."
"Hypothermia?" Aidan gaped. "How the heck did you survive that?"
"Elysia helped," Eamon said. "I remember that now. She remembered me. It took her a while to get used to the fact that I was back, and so I've been with her and her...family. That's how I met Saka." He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"...you really had an adventure," Aidan whispered, leaning back in his chair. He looked at him.
"But Eamon, you hardly look a day over seventeen," Cait said.
"I was eighteen when I left," Eamon reminded her.
"I know. But you're nineteen now, right?"
Eamon nodded.
"Sheesh," Reed grunted. "I see you're still carrying a sword around."
"Aye," said Eamon. "I don't leave the house without it."
Reed smiled at that.
However, the fun and games were broken by the sound of a loud and vicious growling from outside.
"Saka," Eamon said lowly.
"Do we have to?" Saka asked.
"...we have to," Eamon said, going pale. This...
The two stood up.
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TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 3
