The Die is cast, the tourtament has begun

I woke the next morning to Godfrey shaking me gently" Love? It's time. .come you need to dress"

He handed me a neatly folded.. something.. and went to wake Belda.. As I unfolded it, my breath came out in a low gasp.. Rainbow .. He knew I had been looking for this.. I had seen it when I was a padawan but had never dreamed I would..

I dressed quickly and waited patiently for Godfrey to reappear. He cut a fine figure in his unoiform. " wow.. " he breathed taking me in. I had sleeves to the dress thankfully. He took my arm as we headed out to the arena in silence. I felt nervous.. though I was not the one to fight.Perhaps it was due to our bond..


He escorted me to the stairs and pointed me up to the box where I would watch the tourtment with Netsuki and Belda. Belda grabbed up one of the big fluffy chairs far in the back. I took a seat with Netuski who had poured me some cold juice.

" He's terribly excited about competing" I said after a moment

Netsuki nodded" He's dreamed of this since he was a child.. I do hope he goes far.. I can't judge his readiness considering the changing forces of the Daishujo"

I could only smile slightly and my eyes wandered down to the arena as the preliminaries began. A part of me longed to be there with him, but another feared for his safety.It flew by in a blur until there were 10 left. The one.. the tallest.. he had darkside energy through out his whole body.

Godfrey seemed to move like water,avoiding every blow.I saw that monster raise his fist , which would've connected with his stomach if not for the whistle which blew.

I nearly fell over in relief as the 10 challngers lined up and the matches were set. His first match was against White Cloud. The man unnerved me to be frank. He reminded me of Mace whenever he was under control of the crossbreed.I watched the challangers miling about and Godfrey came up to see me.

" Are you okay darling?" I asked rising from my chair and rushing to him the second he appeared in the doorway.

" I'm fine. .but you look like you've seen a ghost"

" no no.. I'm fine.. Just please for the love of the force be careful.. I love you.."

" And I love you too.. I'll be fine.. just wait for me.. please.."

I gazed up at him, one hand resting at the bse of his skull" I'll wait forever Godfrey, now go and fufill your dream.. win the Onkichi budokai"

He kissed me softly, lingering for just a moment before he pulled away and dissapeared down the stairwell.. Around him I feel nothing can happen to me.. I felel so safe and protected..

As I sat back down I could feel the eletric feel of his kiss dancing across my lips. I took another sip of my juice. Netsuki chuckled knowingly.. It was going to be a long afternoon.

TBC
Til Later
Pho