Hi, thanks for taking a peek at my story. This is a collection of one-shots about Shu and Kluke, some romantic and some not. Some may even have more than one chapter, though I'll probably make it into another story if it gets too big. I have a few ideas, but more are always appreciated. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. See you at the end of this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Blue Dragon (though I have a copy of the game). But I think Bouquet would like rights to Shu. ;)

Note: Kluke and Shu are seven in this one. Kyoya and his gang are a few years older, their ages varying.

1. Eve of The Harvest

"Every year, on the thirty-first day of the tenth month, they say that ghosts come to haunt the village. Some even say that they're the spirits of the dead people from the Zakian War, come to steal the harvest to be celebrated the next day. But sometimes, instead of just taking the pumpkins, they decide to take the children instead!" Kyoya turned on the flashlight suddenly, making scary faces.

Of course, Kluke screamed bloody murder.

"Knock it off, Kyoya! That isn't funny. You know she hates that stuff." Shu stood up. It hadn't seemed that scary to him, but he knew that Kluke was always afraid of the least mention of ghosts.

Kluke was all out sobbing by now, not entirely aware of everything around her.

"And here this comes from the mute kid." Kyoya smirked as Shu growled. "Oh, I'm sorry, used to be mute kid. Whatever. I'll do what I want, and there's nothing you can do to stop me, shrimp." he used his finger to flick the smaller boy's forehead.

Shu cried out, grabbing his head and scrunching his eyes shut. He heard the older boys laugh, probably because they could see him tearing up through his closed eyes. Why did something so small have to hurt so much?

"One day..." the dark tone in Shu's voice made the boys stop. "One day, you'll all be sorry. Something awful will happen to you, and you'll regret ever picking on all of the younger kids."

Kyoya blinked at him, then started laughing. "You sound like you pulled that line straight from Toyodeh! What a little dork!" Quickly, before Shu had a chance to react, Kyoya shoved him to the ground hard.

Shu cursed under his breath as they walked off laughing.

Kluke, sniffling, edged over to him. "Shu... are, are you alright?" she hiccuped. When Kluke was a toddler, she always had the habit of saying the first word of her sentence twice. She was growing out of it, but it still happened sometimes. Like now.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He pulled his sleeve down a little, trying to hide the cut he'd gotten from trying to break his fall.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. What about you?"

"... Yeah. I'm okay."

Shu stood up, brushing himself off, still taking care to conceal his injured hand. He offered his good hand to Kluke. "Come on, let's go. Grandpa's probably worried sick."

"You know, Kluke, you can't let those guys get to you." Shu stood on a small step ladder in front of the kitchen counter, rolling out pie dough.

When they'd gotten back, he'd found out that hiding his injured hand from Fushira wasn't as easy as hiding it from Kluke. His hand still burned from being bandaged, and rolling the dough wasn't helping anything.

Kluke sat in a wooden chair nearby, her bare feet planted on the seat, resting her head on arms folded over her knees. "Shu... Do you think what they said is true? About ghosts coming to Talta and stealing children?"

"Kluke, we've been living here for seven years and never seen one ghost."

"But, but what if they just didn't come those seven years? What if they took a break or something?"

"You're being ridiculous. Kyoya is just a bully who loves tormenting anyone who's smaller than him for his own amusement." Shu accented each of his words with a hard roll of the pin. How dare that jerk scare Kluke like this?

"I know, but... what if he's right this time?"

Shu stopped rolling, turning to look at her. "Kluke, I want you to listen to me." He continued when she lifted her head slightly. "I don't know if there's even such a thing as ghosts. But if there is, you have my word that I'd never let them take you."

"You promise?"

He smiled. "I promise." He went back to the dough. "Now, cheer up. Tomorrow's Pumpkin Day, and I'm not going to let Kyoya ruin it for either of us."

Kluke smiled as Shu started to hum one of the ancient language songs that Toyodeh would always sing.

"...Thank you, Shu."

Well, there's a hopefully cute one-shot about Kluke and Shu, inspired by Halloween. I find that writing about these two is easier when they're kids. I've been a big fan of Shu x Bouquet since episode six of the anime. Still, there's a bond between Shu and Kluke that can't be ignored. Shu's feelings towards Kluke seem to be more romantic in the anime than the game, if he has any romantic feelings for her (or anyone else) at all in the game. I haven't seen the ending, though, so there may be some horribly romantic thing that happens between them at the end and I have no idea. Moving along, though, I thought this one turned out quite well. I think the other one that I wrote, "Birthday", turned out much better, though. I actually wrote the other one first, but I haven't yet uploaded it to the site. It should be up soon, though. And before I go, I'd like to mention that it was a pain to get this uploaded. It was my first time uploading, and it took me half an hour just to finish editing the darn thing. Well, I'll stop taking up your time. Please review and let me know what you think.