Rave Master fanfiction
Fandom: Rave Master
Fanfiction series: Playing with Elements
Title: Water
Pairing: Sieg/Reina
Rating: T
Summary: Making men fall for her was a game for Reina. When Sieg Hart refused to do so, she took it as a personal challenge. She would make him fall for her no matter how much he resisted. A tale of two people who just might be perfect for each other.
Disclaimer: Certain mangaka who goes by the name Hiro Mashima owns rights to those characters. I don't. Sue me if you want, you'll get nil.
Reina felt her eyebrow twitch. And again. This was a travesty. An absolute pinnacle of incompetence. Who did the maintenance workers think she was?
"You mean to tell me there is going to be no hot water in the headquarters for a week?"
Her voice rose almost to a shriek at the end. She was furious and with a damn good reason to be. Her position in Demon Card practically guaranteed that she would have all luxuries possible at her disposal and an option to take a hot bath was at the top of those luxuries. The King had promised her she would never have to go without anything she wanted if she joined him and until now he had kept the promise.
The poor worker trembled at the display of her fury. Under normal circumstances, Reina was the most calm and approachable of the Oracion Six Generals. But her feminine charm had also the other side - the feminine fury which appeared when she was denied something.
"It's not the whole headquarters," the man tried to defend himself. "Just the residential area in the west quarters."
Where her own suite was located. Reina sighed and massaged the bridge of her nose, looking at the terrified man in front of her.
"What happened, anyway?" she asked more calmly, now that the first burst of her anger was spent.
"The cold. The water pipes burst from the pressure."
Reina waved him off, not interested in the technical details. The only detail that mattered was the fact that the whole west wing was without a source of water for the foreseeable future which left her without an opportunity to bathe. As a woman who was very proud of her appearance, that was not a good news to her nor to anyone who might cross her path.
Stalking down the corridors, she pondered upon her problem. If the problem was only her suite of rooms, she would simply use one of the other bathrooms in her wing. It was the main residential area and she knew that most of the occupants were away on the organization's business. But the whole wing was out of commission. The only other bathroom belonged to the King and she knew better than to ask. He was an accomodating man on good days but he valued his privacy and wouldn't tolerate anyone in his private quarters.
She briefly entertained a notion of asking Haja to heat a water for her. She snorted as she imagined his face at such a request and a lecture that would follow on her impertinence in asking for such a trivial thing. The old mage was incredibly self-absorbed and pompous on occasion. He even had his own rooms in the eastern wing, claiming that he needed space for his magical experiments. And he was not the only mage who was housed there.
Reina came to a stop as the thought came to her mind. Sieg Hart was rarely present in the headquarters. His rooms there were more of a statement of his rank within Demon Card, rather than his residential area. She hadn't seen him in almost five months, ever since their mission in the Grunge town and his little trick with a spell. It was highly unlikely he would be present. And even if he was, she was sure she would be able to cajole him into letting her use his bathroom. And maybe even into joining her in the bath, she smirked. Unlikely, but a girl could dream, couldn't she?
Reina let out a blissful sigh as she sank into a large tub filled with hot water and bubbles. She needed this after her stressful day. Closing her eyes, she let her head rest on the rim of the tub, her long hair cascading to the floor in a dark green curtain. She allowed her thoughts to drift away from her, relaxing completely.
Sieg Hart wasn't present, just as she had thought. In fact, his rooms barely seemed lived in. They were tidy and without dust but that was due to a large contingent of servants keeping all of headquarters clean, rather than a regular presence of their supposed inhabitant.
Reina scooped a bit of the bubble foam, letting it dissolve on her palm before dropping her arm back into the water. Sieg Hart was starting to frustrate her. Due to his frequent absences from the headquarters and her own missions, she wasn't able to make any progress with him. She knew he must have at least thought about their possible relationship, given how he had rebuffed her advances back when she had him escort her to her room.
"It can't happen because of who we are," she mocked his serious voice. "It's not like the King really cares about our personal lives, as long as we do what he tells us to do."
She huffed and sat a bit straighter, opening her eyes and perusing her form. Most of it was hidden under the bubbles but she knew that her figure was one of the most exquisite in the world. She was tall, slender, with full breasts and long legs. Most of the men would die just for an opportunity to talk to her, unlike certain stubborn elemental mage.
"His loss," Reina mumbled before submerging herself wholly under the surface, holding her breath for almost a minute before she emerged, her long hair heavy with the absorbed water draped across her upper body, hiding her form almost completely and the bubbles covering the rest of her. She blinked a couple of times to get the water out of her eyes and froze as she heard the footsteps in the next room.
Reina looked towards the cabinet where her Dark Bring laid on her clothes and calculated how long it would take her to reach it before something occurred to her. Even if someone was suicidal enough to invade the headquarters of Demon Card, the intruders wouldn't rummage around the private rooms as if they belonged to them. The person next door was confident in their movements and that could mean only one thing.
Sieg Hart came back and Reina was the one holding all the triumphs this time. A smile spread across her face. Unless he was made of stone, he would react somehow to her presence. If she only got him to blush at her lack of clothes, she would still consider it a victory. Laying back in the tub, she arranged the bubbles and her hair so they would cover her but still teasingly offer a hint of what exactly laid underneath it all. It couldn't be more perfect if she planned it.
The door opened and Reina sent an alluring smile towards the man who stood frozen on the threshold.
"Ah, Sieg. I didn't expect you back so soon. How are you?"
Her voice seemed to break through whatever spell held him immobile and he unexpectedly moved further into the room.
"What's the meaning of this, Reina?"
Reina tilted her head as she tried to reason why he would sound so angry.
"The water pipes to the west residential area broke from the cold. I never go without a bath for a day and since you are so rarely here, I thought I could use your bathroom. I didn't expect you to come back."
His face relaxed somewhat and Reina tossed her head slightly as she understood what he must have thought of her presence.
"Oh, please, Sieg. If I was that desperate and vulgar to seduce you in this manner, I would climb into your bed, not your bath when you weren't even present."
"I'm sorry, Reina. But you have made it clear on several occasions that you wish for us to be intimate so what was I to think?"
She was getting angry now. Sure, she wanted to tease him some, maybe get a reaction out of him but she was not to be regarded as a cheap slut.
"Maybe that I had some class and wouldn't sink so low as to purposefully try to seduce you in bath," she turned her back on him, some of the water splashing out with her motion. "I didn't expect you would come back. If I knew, I would wait and ask for your permission to use your facilities," she was speaking in a highly formal style to show him just how angry she was with him. "I might have teased you some but I'm above throwing myself at you. Or any man for that matter."
A thick silence reigned over the bathroom until Sieg spoke up, mirroring her formal style of speech.
"Then I extend my apologies to you. I didn't mean to insult you and I am deeply sorry for that. I hope you will forgive me for that transgression."
Reina glanced over her shoulder at him, her anger dissolving at the obviously penitant tone in his voice.
"Apology accepted."
Sieg nodded at her, the peace restored. He then turned.
"I'll leave you to your bath then."
With both of them now aware just where the lines were drawn, Reina called out teasingly before he could leave.
"Sieg? Would you be a dear and hand me a towel?"
He glared at her slightly but when she merely smiled he capitulated and crossed the room, taking a towel off the rack and handing it over to her.
"Thank you," she said, covertly watching him for reaction as she half-raised from the water to accept the cloth. Her hair covered her completely but she didn't miss a quick movement of Sieg's eyes as they flicked down before focusing on her face again. She inwardly cheered. He might protest all he wanted but he did find her attractive. And the knowledge of the fact gave her all the leverage she needed.
"Do you need anything else?" Sieg asked even as he put a distance between them again.
"No, that will be all. Thank you for letting me use your bath."
He gave a short nod and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Reina dropped the towel to the ground as she laid back and let out a quick laugh. She had him now. What she said about seducing him blatantly was true. She wasn't about to throw herself at him. What she really wanted was to seduce him into making the first step. And with a confirmation that somewhere behind that stone facade was a man like any other, she was closer to her goal than ever before.
To be continued...
A/N: Well, things are heating up between them. I'm still debating on whether to raise the rating and stick a lemon into the story or keep it only implied. I'll know by the time I get to writing the chapter in question, though I'm susceptible to persuasion. As for Reina's behaviour, well, I hope I made her thought processes clear. If not, feel free to ask and I'll explain. I will most likely update some of my FT writings this week but I'm not making any promises. Next chapter to this will be up, I hope, before a month is out. I'm thinking of Wood as a title. See ya.
Fanfiction series: Playing with Elements
Title: Water
Pairing: Sieg/Reina
Rating: T
Summary: Making men fall for her was a game for Reina. When Sieg Hart refused to do so, she took it as a personal challenge. She would make him fall for her no matter how much he resisted. A tale of two people who just might be perfect for each other.
Disclaimer: Certain mangaka who goes by the name Hiro Mashima owns rights to those characters. I don't. Sue me if you want, you'll get nil.
Reina felt her eyebrow twitch. And again. This was a travesty. An absolute pinnacle of incompetence. Who did the maintenance workers think she was?
"You mean to tell me there is going to be no hot water in the headquarters for a week?"
Her voice rose almost to a shriek at the end. She was furious and with a damn good reason to be. Her position in Demon Card practically guaranteed that she would have all luxuries possible at her disposal and an option to take a hot bath was at the top of those luxuries. The King had promised her she would never have to go without anything she wanted if she joined him and until now he had kept the promise.
The poor worker trembled at the display of her fury. Under normal circumstances, Reina was the most calm and approachable of the Oracion Six Generals. But her feminine charm had also the other side - the feminine fury which appeared when she was denied something.
"It's not the whole headquarters," the man tried to defend himself. "Just the residential area in the west quarters."
Where her own suite was located. Reina sighed and massaged the bridge of her nose, looking at the terrified man in front of her.
"What happened, anyway?" she asked more calmly, now that the first burst of her anger was spent.
"The cold. The water pipes burst from the pressure."
Reina waved him off, not interested in the technical details. The only detail that mattered was the fact that the whole west wing was without a source of water for the foreseeable future which left her without an opportunity to bathe. As a woman who was very proud of her appearance, that was not a good news to her nor to anyone who might cross her path.
Stalking down the corridors, she pondered upon her problem. If the problem was only her suite of rooms, she would simply use one of the other bathrooms in her wing. It was the main residential area and she knew that most of the occupants were away on the organization's business. But the whole wing was out of commission. The only other bathroom belonged to the King and she knew better than to ask. He was an accomodating man on good days but he valued his privacy and wouldn't tolerate anyone in his private quarters.
She briefly entertained a notion of asking Haja to heat a water for her. She snorted as she imagined his face at such a request and a lecture that would follow on her impertinence in asking for such a trivial thing. The old mage was incredibly self-absorbed and pompous on occasion. He even had his own rooms in the eastern wing, claiming that he needed space for his magical experiments. And he was not the only mage who was housed there.
Reina came to a stop as the thought came to her mind. Sieg Hart was rarely present in the headquarters. His rooms there were more of a statement of his rank within Demon Card, rather than his residential area. She hadn't seen him in almost five months, ever since their mission in the Grunge town and his little trick with a spell. It was highly unlikely he would be present. And even if he was, she was sure she would be able to cajole him into letting her use his bathroom. And maybe even into joining her in the bath, she smirked. Unlikely, but a girl could dream, couldn't she?
Reina let out a blissful sigh as she sank into a large tub filled with hot water and bubbles. She needed this after her stressful day. Closing her eyes, she let her head rest on the rim of the tub, her long hair cascading to the floor in a dark green curtain. She allowed her thoughts to drift away from her, relaxing completely.
Sieg Hart wasn't present, just as she had thought. In fact, his rooms barely seemed lived in. They were tidy and without dust but that was due to a large contingent of servants keeping all of headquarters clean, rather than a regular presence of their supposed inhabitant.
Reina scooped a bit of the bubble foam, letting it dissolve on her palm before dropping her arm back into the water. Sieg Hart was starting to frustrate her. Due to his frequent absences from the headquarters and her own missions, she wasn't able to make any progress with him. She knew he must have at least thought about their possible relationship, given how he had rebuffed her advances back when she had him escort her to her room.
"It can't happen because of who we are," she mocked his serious voice. "It's not like the King really cares about our personal lives, as long as we do what he tells us to do."
She huffed and sat a bit straighter, opening her eyes and perusing her form. Most of it was hidden under the bubbles but she knew that her figure was one of the most exquisite in the world. She was tall, slender, with full breasts and long legs. Most of the men would die just for an opportunity to talk to her, unlike certain stubborn elemental mage.
"His loss," Reina mumbled before submerging herself wholly under the surface, holding her breath for almost a minute before she emerged, her long hair heavy with the absorbed water draped across her upper body, hiding her form almost completely and the bubbles covering the rest of her. She blinked a couple of times to get the water out of her eyes and froze as she heard the footsteps in the next room.
Reina looked towards the cabinet where her Dark Bring laid on her clothes and calculated how long it would take her to reach it before something occurred to her. Even if someone was suicidal enough to invade the headquarters of Demon Card, the intruders wouldn't rummage around the private rooms as if they belonged to them. The person next door was confident in their movements and that could mean only one thing.
Sieg Hart came back and Reina was the one holding all the triumphs this time. A smile spread across her face. Unless he was made of stone, he would react somehow to her presence. If she only got him to blush at her lack of clothes, she would still consider it a victory. Laying back in the tub, she arranged the bubbles and her hair so they would cover her but still teasingly offer a hint of what exactly laid underneath it all. It couldn't be more perfect if she planned it.
The door opened and Reina sent an alluring smile towards the man who stood frozen on the threshold.
"Ah, Sieg. I didn't expect you back so soon. How are you?"
Her voice seemed to break through whatever spell held him immobile and he unexpectedly moved further into the room.
"What's the meaning of this, Reina?"
Reina tilted her head as she tried to reason why he would sound so angry.
"The water pipes to the west residential area broke from the cold. I never go without a bath for a day and since you are so rarely here, I thought I could use your bathroom. I didn't expect you to come back."
His face relaxed somewhat and Reina tossed her head slightly as she understood what he must have thought of her presence.
"Oh, please, Sieg. If I was that desperate and vulgar to seduce you in this manner, I would climb into your bed, not your bath when you weren't even present."
"I'm sorry, Reina. But you have made it clear on several occasions that you wish for us to be intimate so what was I to think?"
She was getting angry now. Sure, she wanted to tease him some, maybe get a reaction out of him but she was not to be regarded as a cheap slut.
"Maybe that I had some class and wouldn't sink so low as to purposefully try to seduce you in bath," she turned her back on him, some of the water splashing out with her motion. "I didn't expect you would come back. If I knew, I would wait and ask for your permission to use your facilities," she was speaking in a highly formal style to show him just how angry she was with him. "I might have teased you some but I'm above throwing myself at you. Or any man for that matter."
A thick silence reigned over the bathroom until Sieg spoke up, mirroring her formal style of speech.
"Then I extend my apologies to you. I didn't mean to insult you and I am deeply sorry for that. I hope you will forgive me for that transgression."
Reina glanced over her shoulder at him, her anger dissolving at the obviously penitant tone in his voice.
"Apology accepted."
Sieg nodded at her, the peace restored. He then turned.
"I'll leave you to your bath then."
With both of them now aware just where the lines were drawn, Reina called out teasingly before he could leave.
"Sieg? Would you be a dear and hand me a towel?"
He glared at her slightly but when she merely smiled he capitulated and crossed the room, taking a towel off the rack and handing it over to her.
"Thank you," she said, covertly watching him for reaction as she half-raised from the water to accept the cloth. Her hair covered her completely but she didn't miss a quick movement of Sieg's eyes as they flicked down before focusing on her face again. She inwardly cheered. He might protest all he wanted but he did find her attractive. And the knowledge of the fact gave her all the leverage she needed.
"Do you need anything else?" Sieg asked even as he put a distance between them again.
"No, that will be all. Thank you for letting me use your bath."
He gave a short nod and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Reina dropped the towel to the ground as she laid back and let out a quick laugh. She had him now. What she said about seducing him blatantly was true. She wasn't about to throw herself at him. What she really wanted was to seduce him into making the first step. And with a confirmation that somewhere behind that stone facade was a man like any other, she was closer to her goal than ever before.
To be continued...
A/N: Well, things are heating up between them. I'm still debating on whether to raise the rating and stick a lemon into the story or keep it only implied. I'll know by the time I get to writing the chapter in question, though I'm susceptible to persuasion. As for Reina's behaviour, well, I hope I made her thought processes clear. If not, feel free to ask and I'll explain. I will most likely update some of my FT writings this week but I'm not making any promises. Next chapter to this will be up, I hope, before a month is out. I'm thinking of Wood as a title. See ya.