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Not so bad:
Blake
'Darn it…'
Blake Belladonna glared at the torn ribbon in her hands. Cut cleaning in half by some red headed nut case with the mouth of a trash compactor. And oddly that man isn't the strangest thing she has fought in this odd world.
Sitting against a tree, sounded by grass, in the middle of a road, is an odd combnation to be sure. But it is the world is nothing more than a mash up of locations form different worlds. The tree the young fauuns leans on belongs to place not her own along with the road that lead to who knows where. Still Blake mourned the loss of her ribbon that acted as her disguise.
The large black cat ears on Blake's head twitched in aggravation. This whole ordeal has been bothersome. Separated from her friends, attacked by robots, shirtless men, and strange monsters not even from her own world.
It also didn't help that the person she is forced to partner up with is bothersome to say the least.
"If he had just listened to me for one second…" Blake grumbled as she remembered how the man with massive sowrd and red coat had rushed head on into the fight with out even talking to her about a plan of any kind. Yet she couldn't be too angry at the man.
He did save her life during that fight. Blocking that strange long armed monster's claws from reaching her with his blade.
'He maybe stubborn. And rude. But he's completely not evil… I think.' Blake thought. Yet as she glared at the ribbon, that was cut in half form the man 'protecting' by shoving her out of the way of the red man's claws. Making them hit the air above her head. Where her ribbon is.
'That still doesn't make any of this alright…' Blake slumped her head in displeasure.
Blake sighed. Looking at her torn ribbon is disappointment. "What a pain…."
"What are you doing?"
Blake's ears shot up as she nearly jump out her skin form the gruff voice above her. She looked up to seen the ever-present scowl on Ragna the Bloodedge's face. The sliver haired man loomed over her like a wolf watching its prey.
Making Blake's ear flatten instinctual on her head as she tired to speak to him. "Ah um…"
"Hm?" Ragna grunted as noticed the torn piece of cloth in her hands. "Your ribbon got sliced up huh? Tch."
The grouchy man took his massive sowrd off his back and leaned up against the tree before laying down in the grass. His hands behind his head as he grumbled.
"That Kanji punk is really good with sewing and shit." Ragna pointed to the two blondes talking in the distant. A tall fearsome looking teenager with a short buzz cut hair and scar on his head. And young woman with long blonde hair with bright green eyes. Noel and Kanji looked utterly opposite of each other, but they hit things off well with their mutual admiration of cute things. They are gushing over a stuff fox Kanji had made a few yards away from the grim pair under the tree.
"He may not look like it, but the kid is really good with that kind of stuff. Go ask him if you want that fixed." Ragna said before he got more comfortable and give out a small yawn.
Blake just blinked at the guff man as he laid next her in the grass. Utterly bewildered by his actions. To say she doesn't trust Ragna would be like saying Ruby wouldn't go nuts if she saw what Ragna's weapon could do.
It was more then his rude crass nature. She can smell the stench of blood and misfortune on him. And how he handles himself in a fight makes her gald for their temporary alignment. Still that doesn't mean she's just going to let him get cozy around her.
"What are you doing?" The fannus asked curtly.
"I am trying to sleep." The wanted man growled. "Dealing with you kids, Noel, and looking for that damn Rabbit is a pain in my ass. And I want to at the top of my game when I make that pointed ear blood sucker cry for hiding…whatever the hell she's hiding."
Blake narrowed her eyes at him for a moment. Both to see any hidden meaning in his words, and at crack about her being a pain in his ass. And while she could easily tell there is no ulterior motive behind his words, they still angered her. She ultimately turned her head in low huff and dropped the topic.
"Like you're a breath of fresh air…"
Her ears twitched as contemplated on her next move and what she should do about her ribbon. Until she noticed that her uncovered ears twitched. She swiftly turned her eyes at Ragna, wondering the belligerent man noticed. Hoping he had already fallen asleep. Yet to her horror was just yawn and hadn't drifted off yet.
Blake couldn't help but wonder about Ragna's opinions on her kind. She had seen the powerful man constantly angry at everything. Knowing he wasn't even showing off his full power when she saw him fought before, made her worry what would happen if he turned that anger at her.
"Ugh what?" Ragna growled as he looked at the curious fannus. "I can't sleep with you looking at me like that. So, what is it?"
"Um well…" Blake stumbled on her words for a second. The intense glare form the older man throwing her off on her next words. "Do…you have people like me where you come from?"
Ragna blinked in a moment of confusion at the girl's question. "Like you? Ah you mean the ears and all that?"
"Y-Yeah." Blake nodded. Not really knowing where she is going with this. "I am called a Fannus where I come from."
"Hm. So you're like a Demi-human. Ah that's what there called back in my world." Ragna said
"Huh." Blake chewed on those words for a while. There was no anger in his response. It was more indifference than anything else.
"Does it bother you?" Blake asked. Little less nervous but none the less curious.
"Ugh…" Ragna grumbled as he was about to fall asleep. "Well you asking me all these questions are…"
"You're the one who sat here." Blake challenged back making the man grumble more but offered no counter to her words.
After a bit of grumbling, Ragna rephrased her question. "Dose what bother me?"
"Me. And people like me?"
"What? Peft hell no!" Ragna's response was so fast and immediate that Blake got whiplash form it.
"I never understood the reasoning behind that shit anyway." Ragna bared his teeth in aggravation. "What's so different about you? So, you've got ears and a tail, big fucking whoop. Makes no difference to me."
Blake looked utterly shell shocked at Ragna's responses. She's heard of lot of different people, for and against her kind, respond in so many different ways. But she never heard someone just so brazenly speak their mind before.
"Ah ha ha ha!" What could she do but laugh.
"What?" Ragna looked a little nervous form Blake's random bout of laughter.
Blake took a moment to answer as she held by her chuckles. "Y-Your pretty honest huh?"
"Well. Yeah." Ragna scratched his cheek. Rather befuddled by the girl's sudden birthing in mood. But he just shrugged it off. "Well whatever. At least you're not frowning anymore."
Ragan smirked playfully as he looked up at the cloudy sky. "You should do it more often. You'll look less boring library teacher."
Blake smirked at the grumpy man herself. Her moody in rather chipper now as some weight was taken off her shoulders.
"Like your one to talk." Blake snorted cheerfully. The air of tension dissipating between the two. Blake bringing her knees up to her chest as she got more relaxed around Ragna. The breeze in this mix matched world playing with her hair.
"So," Blake asked. Not caring if she was waking Ragna up again. "You really just don't care about any of that huh?"
"Well yeah. I don't have to time to care about something so stupid." Ragna shrugged. "Besides. I know a few people like you. My master is one. And Noel has a friend like that too."
That peaked Blake's interest.
"Your master is like me?"
"Yeah. One the strongest people in my world." Blake watched as Ragna's mitch matched eyes brighten in a rare moment kindness and admiration. Or maybe it isn't all that rare. Just hidden behind all that anger.
"Why do care so much about this anyway?" The red jacketed man asked. "I guessing people in your world give you crap about for your ears or somethin' right?"
Blake looked out the field with a pensive expression. "Yeah."
"Ah. Well shit…" Ragna growled under his breath as he rubbed the back of his head. Knowing that distant cold look all too well. He cursed himself for bring up bad memories for her. "Guess you've got your own issues to deal with huh?"
There was a heavy silence for a moment. There was the artificial wind that blew, being a fake cool breeze in this fake world. Yet the tow of them enjoyed it. Even if it is a fabrication, the two outcasts felt a nice air of peace form their chaotic life styles.
"Do your friends care?"
Now it is Ragna's turn to ask sudden questions.
"Huh?" Blake responded. As she was suddenly brought out her thoughts.
"Your friends. Do they care about you being well you?"
Blake didn't need to think of an answer the that question. Her friends are just as much as an idiot as Ragna is.
'But they're my kind of idiots…' The young feline thought with a faint grin.
"No." Blake answered. "They don't. They actually kind of acted like you. Just with less of a foul mouth."
"Hmm…" Ragna rumbled. Rubbing the back of his head in thought before he sighed. "Look. I am the last guy who should be giving out advice, but that all that should matter then. If the world hates your guts, as long as you have something you can protect, then just let the world burn."
There was a strange silence in the air after Ragna's advice.
"Or somethin like that…." The man worth a whole country mumbled in frustration. "Damn master is a lot better at this then me…."
The words are crass and crude but there was a kind meaning behind it. Something that fit's Ragna just right.
Blake found herself smiling at the man's blunt attempt to be kind, "Is that your attempt to cheer me up?"
"Tch. Wasn't trying to. Just saying how felt." Ragna grunted as he closed his eyes in trying to fall asleep.
"Sure, you weren't…" Blake whispered to herself as Ragna went to sleep.
As rude, and standoffish as he maybe Blake admitted to herself, that Ragna isn't so much of a bad guy.
'Although he still is kind of aggravating….'
Blake however kept her smile as she stretched out her arms. The sun form the clouds feeling rather warm and her body starting to relax under the shade of the tree. Leaning he against it she slowly closed her eyes.
'A nap doesn't sound too bad….'
Finding herself at peace at around the guff man.
-OOO-
"So, uh…should we wake em?" Kanji asked as he looked at the sleeping pair with Noel.
Ragna was on his back. His hands behind his head lighting snoring looking rather peaceful for once in his chaotic life. Blake has the same calm relaxed look on her visage. As she laid across Ragna's stomach.
Her head rested on her arms as they are draped across the wanted man's body. She looked more like a cat getting comfy on its owner with her cat ears occasionally twitching.
"No." Noel shook her head. "Let him rest. We'll find others ourselves."
Noel did want to bring Ragna along. But it is extremely, actually it's un heard of, Ragna the Bloodedge actually being able to rest. Or ever be at peace.
It's the least she can do for all that he's done for her.
"Yeah. Sounds like a good idea." Kanji agreed. "They can handle themselves and I need to find senpai and the others fast."
Both blondes agreed with each other and left the two sleeping. The grim reaper and a black cat, passing the day away under the warmth of the sun.
Cat's out the bag bonus:
"Aw. She looks so peaceful."
"Yeah. But isn't that the 'wanted jerk' Wiess was talking about?"
Blake, too relax to care or notice, starched out her arms across Ragna. Letting out a delightful purr as nuzzled her face deeper into his red jacket. When she noticed that the sun's rays weren't hitting her, she peeked one violet eye open.
"So. Who's your friend Blake?"
Only to be greeted Yang Xiao Long's smug expression. And Ruby's cheery one. Both of looking at Blake napping with Ragna.
As soon as the realization hit her, the young fannus tired pure red as she just stared wide eyed at her friends.
Ruby was the first to break the silence. "Hey Blake. Um sorry to wake you but- "
"Dawahhh!"
"Guh!? The hell!?"
Blake shot up in utter embarrassment, elbowing Ragna in the gut along the way, as she tired to stammer up an excuse.
"Uh-you-why-how did-you see-um- "
"Argh! What the hell was that for!?"
Ragna shot up, glaring at Blake for the elbow to the stomach.
"Hey I am Yang." Yang threw he hand out to Ragna with playful snickered. "Nice to meet you. Blake's new boyfriend."
"B-Boyfriend!?" Before Ragna could get anything more information form the peppy blonde, a blistering face Blake grabbed both her friends and started dragging them off.
"Ok! That's enough talking for now! See ya later Ragna!"
While Yang was laughing at Blake's blushing face, the joke went over innocent Ruby's head. Who joyfully waved at Ragna as she was dragged away.
"Oh, Ok then. Bye Blake's boyfriend! Oh, and let me see your sowrd next time! It looks really cool!"
"He's not my boyfriend Ruby! And damn it Yang STOP SMILING!"
Ragna the Bloodedge just stood there, alone in a field of mix matched worlds.
"…. Wh-what the hell was that about?" He could only scratch his head in confusion.
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