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OK, so things were at least shaping up pretty good. The Outsiders were making progress and so far, she had to admit that she was generally happy. Sure, there were a few lingering things on her mind (her brother, Mai, Marco) but overall she figured letting them deal with things without her involved. Nura and her and Reimi got to bond, she had help on the ship, and there were people looking out for her on the ship: she had nothing to complain about.

So she took this moment to unwind near the Outsider's pool, not IN the pool but beside it, legs crossed, taking in the air and doing breathing exercises for relaxation.

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Ronnae blushed suddenly, yet she couldn't help but smile at his actions, it had been him after all. She relaxed against him, her head now resting at his shoulder and her body snugged up to him, she wrapped herself as much as possible with the towel, smiling shyly at the feel of his arm around her. She closed her eyes and looked peaceful.

This felt more comfortable than it had in the car, he could say that much. Billy arranged the towels around them comfortably and tilted his head to the side, gently resting it on hers.

"It's all right," he whispered, not sure what entirely he meant by the phrase. Everything?

Ronnae smiled as she felt him rest against her as well. At this point her body had become warm both from the closeness and due to her shyness making her blush lightly. She whispered a simple "Thank you" and rested her hands at her lap, feeling no need to have them wrapped around herself defensively.

Underneath the pool chemicals, Billy noticed an oddly placed smell under his nose. Sunflower---was that Ronnie?

Whatever it was, he wantedmore of it. As if it wasn't quite under his control (but it totally was), the hand on Ronnae's back drifted up slightly to stroke the ends of her hair. It was lovely even when wet.

It was hesitant, of course, because he worried that she'd mind. His other hand drifted over his lap toward hers, but it stayed on his knee. "Is this warm enough?"

Ronnae blushed but if she minded? It definitely didn't show. She smiled bashfully and nodded. "I guess I wouldn't mind it warmer." What the hell are you thinking? No let her. It's bound to scare him away haha. No one would want to be near you anyways. Although this time it was real easy to shove the whispers aside. She opted to nuzzling a bit more unto his frame, her hands still resting at her lap.

Truthfully he wouldn't mind either, but there were boundaries to uphold here! ...that he was chipping away at every second, but still. He couldn't just hoist her into his lap and kiss her like their lives depended on it, but he could be a little warmer and more open.

Billy's shoulders tilted toward her and he brought their bodies as close together as he could when they were side by side, taking her hand. "Is that somewhat better?"

Or was he being too forward? Blast if he knew.

Ronnae smiled, a small nod could be felt against his skin. "Mhm, this is... this is perfect." She said shyly. She gave his hand a soft squeeze, lifting her legs close to her and wrapping those inside the small cocoon made by the towel. She cuddled up to him, the comfort was just what she needed.

Yes she cuddled, can you really blame her?

Cuddling was just fine in his opinion. He angled his body closer by throwing his legs over the chair, moving again so that both arms were holding her.

"You won't hear disagreement from me," he whispered back, feeling on top of the world. What could be better?

Katara was not far behind actually: she had specifically waited awhile to give the two of them time. Yes, she knew that Billy was already suspicious as to why she left, but from the vibes she was getting now, she didn't think he was minding.

So she was about to pop out and start talking when she saw the scene out there and stopped. She was definitely about to go back in the hotel and give them some space.

Unfortunately, one of the spells kicked in: right over the pool.

"Waah!!!" She yelled, splashing into the water.

Ronnae flinched as she was startled, her quick instincts kicked in and she was standing already holding one of her swords in an instant. Once she saw Katara however she placed it back quickly and bent over the side of the pool extending her hand. "Katara?! Are you alright?" She called out to her.

"Hey!" Billy yelped as the water hit him and Ronnie broke away. What on earth was that? He needed to see what was going on.

There were his glasses! He swiped them and crammed the frame over his nose, spotting Ronnie helping Katara out. Actually, she looked nice from this angle....

...pushing that out of his mind, he knelt at the pools' edge beside Ronnie and extended his hands. "I really hope that's fixed soon."

Katara took her hand, sputtering and generally flailing as she was helped up. "I don't know what happened!" She gasped, shaking her head. "All I know was that one minute I was about to go back inside, the next..."

And here, she stopped, turned to Billy, and gave him a look. You know, with any other guy, I would have totally hit you for that. But you know what, progress. Just...not all the time, ok?"

After that comment from Overlord Zetta she had been feeling a little annoyed at some men.

Ronnae sighed in relief at least she seemed alright. "That spell stuff seems to be pretty bad... I hope things can get fixed soon before someone gets really hurt!" She brought over her towel and began to help dry Katara.

Billy nodded. "It's affected me too, but it's holding off for now." Please don't let that have jinxed anything, he thought silently.

Even more silently, if that was even possible, he begged for forgiveness. I'm sorry! I promise you that it won't happen again, it was incredibly rude of me to think of her that way---

And the apology went at high speed, on and on and on. All that showed of it on his face was a hopelessly pathetic deer-in-headlights look. "That would be wonderful," he started to say, but the rest came out as foreboding gibberish.

You know what this means by now, right?

He's transformed into a lightning bolt, zapping all over the facility with electrifying results for about a minute. On the last bounce, the lightning transformed back into Billy and left him in a shuddering heap lying face-down on the deck, thoroughly shocked and miserable.

"...not so---soon enough," the heap mumbled.

Katara shook her head. I said it was all right. Teenagers do this all the time. Granted, we don't usually know about it, but it happens. Just...don't let it be there all the time, ok?

"Yeah, I know," Katara said, shaking her head. Unfortunately, that was when she heard the gibberish coming from Billy. "Oh, Billy, watch..."

BLAST.

And now her head was smoking and standing on ed, her clothes charred, her teeth clenched.

"Oh yeah, I wasn't the only one with the random magic."

OW.

Ronnae was almost done with the drying when she suddenly felt electricity run over her body. She let out a loud yelp in surprise. "Ah! What the?!" She looked over Katara confused then back. Where had B- She looked around quickly and noticed he was a shuddering heap a few feet away. She quickly got to her feet and hurried to his side, wrapping an arm around him to help him up a little, checking on him. "You alright?!" She asked, her face full of concern.

"Unfortunately not," Billy sighed when he could get up, waiting for the last of the electricity effect to fade. When it did, he sat upright with Ronnie's help and leaned on her.

"It was...shocking," he commented, still feeling out the new pains on his nerves and the scorching he was sure he had suffered. "But I lived, and I'm grateful for that much."

Katara sighed, smoothing her hair down, hoping the sting would subside. She walked over to Billy, her right leg twitching a little. "Billy?"

She was glad to see that he was ok though. "Oh good! I'm glad: is this the kind of power that you got Billy? I'm sorry. But at least we're all ok, right?"

She looked at Ronnae. "You were pretty resistant to that! Do you have some abilities Billy and I don't know about?"

Ronnae gave him a once over more, she instinctively moved some hair from his forehead and kissed it lightly, then each of his cheeks and nose. When she was about to kiss his lips she stopped and looked away quickly, embarrassed she rubbed the back of her neck with an awkward giggle. "Mama used to do that when me or my siblings got hurt... even when we got older..." She smiled warmly. "Anyone who told her we weren't her little cubs anymore sure got a beatdown... dad knew."

She turned her attention to Katara and shrugged. "Didn't really hurt I guess. I mean I suppose it has to do with my training, specially when I was specializing in the protection program. We would get barraged with both weapons of all kinds and any manner of spells at the platoons disposal... We even got dipped in magma to train us to fight dragons." She looked completely sincere as if this was normal training in other worlds.

"Ronnie?" Billy wondered why she was so close and instinctively closed his eyes---he was fine, wasn't he? That shouldn't need medical attention, but she did see fit to give him attention of a different kind. After a brain cell shortage caused by the surge of warmth he felt, he realized that Ronnie was pressing comforting kisses to his face. By the time he looked again, she was pulling away from his lips and laughing.

Oh, his skin was still hot and tingling all over, but it wasn't from the electricity that time.

When Billy's mind came back into focus, he reached for Ronnae's hand and squeezed it quietly in thanks and comfort. "You're even more powerful than I thought. I don't think I'd be able to withstand that, even morphed..." he trailed off, feeling a mix of admiration and worry. But he had to ask:

"You had more protection from those dangers than a human does, didn't you?"

She smiled at his hand holding hers and blushed at his compliment.

She then looked thoughtful, thinking back to their training. "I suppose, it depended on how harsh the general doing the drills was at the moment. We would either train in our full battle armor, which was generally enchanted. Or we would train in our sweats. Generals would claim it built character, but a lot got injured bad at times..." She frowned before looking curious for a moment. "Now that I think about it, I never got seriously hurt, even doing the same exercises the rest of the platoon did. Oh and mama said I was blessed with great healing, whatever that meant." In fact any singes that she might have suffered from earlier seem to have completely cleared.

Billy looked thoughtful. "Is it an enhanced healing factor? Some of our crew members have that---it usually means that their sense of pain is dulled in certain situations and that their cells regenerate faster than a normal person's when damaged. I have a variant of the ability, but it's most effective when my powers are active."

But he was rambling about the wrong thing! What was important was that everyone was okay. "I'm glad you're both all right," he managed to say slowly. "I apologize for the shock."

Ronnae shrugged with a shy smile. " I guess it never got explained to me. Then again I didn't really care, meant I could do my best on the battlefield longer." She laughed.

She nodded and squeezed his hand affectionately at his concern. "I'm good, and it's alright, it was out of your control." She looked to Katara, "What about you Katara?" She asked concerned.

Katara laughed. "I can't believe you guys actually were wondering how I was doing!" It was a good natured jab, because she was actually very pleased with the way things were going. She could have hugged the both of the,.

She shook her head. "Well, I can heal, actually, so its not really that big of a deal for me, but I'm actually really envious of what you can do. It's pretty amazing!"

Billy blushed slightly at that, leaning a little closer to Ronnie. It was true, they had been so tangled up in each other! "I'd never forget you, Katara," he promised, locking eyes with his Bonded. How could he forget? It was her fault that they were together like this.

He grumbled lightly, pulling his knees up to his chest. "It is. I hope you don't mind being the powerful force in the relationship, because I couldn't keep up."

...wait, did he say relationship? As in...oh, wonderful. It could mean best-friendship, couldn't it?

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