<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/61/01574_Fire_aspect_dual_blade_122_978lo.jpg)</div><strong>Hikaru</strong><br/><br/>The tall young man grinned and laughed jovially at Reika’s confession.  “You never need an excuse for that, sweetness,” he replied, leaning down to kiss her lips gently.<br/><br/>Hikaru straightened up and gladly accepted his shieldbrother’s and shieldsister’s help out of his layer after layer of jadesteel.  When he finally got the arming jobquin off, he too was in little more than a loincloth.<br/><br/>He settled down on the moss again, drawing Reika down in his lap.   He pulled the girls hair to one side, then began to massage the back of her neck with one strong hand while the other wrapped comfortably around her waist.<br/>