Chapter 1 ~ A Whisper in the Wind
Roxxi grabbed Diana's pale hand with her own soft white hand the second she stepped out of the car while a happy yell of, "let's go!" while dragging Diana behind her. Fire orange hair whipped around Roxxi while she ran, darting through the door and just tossing the entrance fee money at the woman behind the glass. Roxxi quickly slipped back and forth between people pulling Diana directly behind her which caused Diana's long brown hair to whip around in the high ponytail before stopping suddenly in front of the holy grail of anime and gaming booths in the whole place.
"Welcome to heaven!" Roxxi said, spreading her arms dramatically towards the booths.
Plushies, dolls, posters, anything and everything with anime on it littered the walls of the small cubical. She wrapped her arms around Diana, pulling her forward which made Diana's glasses slide down her nose a bit and a squeak to come from her.
"Anything you want you got it!" Roxxi cheered, grinning down at her dizzy best friend with her blue eyes.
Diana gasped looking at heaven after she was able to get her glasses back into place, complete glee in her own blue eyes as she bounced up and down while squealing happily.
"Oh my god thank you thank you thank you!" Diana squealed, instantly taking off before Roxxi had a chance to even say anything, looking like a sugar addicted kid in Candy Land and was named Queen.
Diana was so excited to finally be there, and not to mention she had just gotten her first pay check from work so she had a pretty pocket of cash to spend. Diana wanted to get her hands on everything but knew she couldn't afford it if she even wanted to. Running around to everywhere Diana never once got tired, a giant smile on her young face at all times. By the end of the shopping trip she had gotten 4 posters, 3 plushies, 2 rings, a necklace, and 3 t-shirts. Finally, after much complaining from Roxxi about walking around so much, they reached a booth that made Diana freeze in her spot. It looked kind of out of place since it just had that, "I'm dangerous, be careful what you buy" vibe but Diana couldn't help it.
"Roxxi...can we go to that booth?" she asked, pointing to the mysterious booth, eyes glued to the perfect replica of Dante's sword, from Devil May Cry, and his amulet dangling from the hilt, gleaming in the lantern lights above the streets.
Roxxi laughed watching Diana buy up the booths, having gotten just a few things for herself, mainly a replica of the Death Note to tease Diana with when Diana made her mad. She smirked when she saw Diana had found the special booth.
"I don't see why not" She chuckled; 'I knew you'd find this booth' was all Roxxi thought as they walked up to the booth.
Following behind Diana, Roxxi browsed through the different weapons paying close attention to Virgil's sword, also from Devil May Cry, and Vergil's amulet next to it. Almost in perfect unison with Diana they both chimed "I'll buy it!" and stuck out just enough cash to buy them.
Walking back towards the place where the car was, Diana refused to stop swinging Dante's sword around like a mad child, laughing happily and showing off her sword skills that she learned growing up with her big brother. Roxxi was so happy to see Diana happy after the bad break up they both had with their boyfriends, and to finally have these items, though Roxxi's eyes widened when the blade almost hit her face, causing some of her bangs to get cut.
"Diana watch it! Don't make me take that from you!" She said with a small laugh.
The necklace rested perfectly at the top of Diana's small B-breasts while Roxxi's necklace rested at the top of her large B-breasts. Diana just would not stop smiling, to the point that her cheeks began to hurt and Roxxi just smiled with her, glad her friend was happy again. Diana had actually taken the worse hit when they lost their boyfriends since Diana's relationship wasn't the happiest, so Roxxi was glad her friend was smiling again.
"Roxxi thank you so much!" Diana squealed, kissing the hilt of the blade where the skull rested.
It was perfect; the right size, weight, materials, and detailing. All the way down to the small scratches on the blade as if it has had a lot of use.
"Oh god...how am I gonna get this home?" Roxxi asked, laughing gently.
"Man...I wish I could meet Dante and that he was real..." Diana whispered to herself, smiling down at the necklace around her neck, the red stone looking like it was glowing but she just blamed it on the street lights.
Not hearing the small whispers of Latin in the air from the breeze blowing past them as they walked to the car, Diana helped put all the stuff into the car, humming in glee.
"Thank you again for taking me out here my last night." She said, smiling brightly.
Roxxi popped the trunk of the bug looking at the trunk, "Don't mention it Diana, though, uh, oh yeah!" She said, thinking how she was gonna fit everything but then grabbed a string by the bottom of the seats causing the seats to drop forward giving more room.
Finally getting all of their shit packed in the back, and turning Diana's sword around so the blade couldn't stab Roxxi if she stopped quickly, Roxxi started the car up ready to go. Her stomach grumbled loudly at Diana, who zoned out into her Dante wonderland.
"Diana...Diana...Diana!" She yelled the last time. "Dude stop zoning out. Where you wanna eat I'm starving!" She said, pulling into the main section of China Town with all the best foods.
Diana heard her stomach singing the song of its people but she was so dazed off she didn't fully register it. So the fact that it took Roxxi screaming her name showed Diana just how zoned out she was.
"Sorry sorry!" She said, giving Roxxi a sheepish smile as Diana finally got back to the real world and looked at all the restaurants that were just waiting to be wiped clean of their beefy noodley goodness.
Skipping into the building of a ramen shop Diana couldn't stop thinking about Dante, wondering what it would be to finally meet him if he was real.
"Hey Roxxi...what do you think of Dante honestly?" She asked, looking at her partner in crime.
Diana couldn't help but squeal in delight at the taste of the amazing noodles, slurping them up without a second thought of manners or that fact that people could be watching them. It was a bad habit but they were just so good! Glancing over at Roxxi with noodles hanging from her lips she waited for Roxxi's answer, slurping the noodles into her mouth and licking her lips clean of the broth. Roxxi looked up at the menu boards trying to figure out what she wanted.
"Oh so much food so little stomach..." She whimpered wanting it all while Diana had already ordered.
Quickly ordering, paying and getting her food Roxxi joined Diana at table in the corner. Acting on ceremony she slurped her noodles along with Diana, enjoying their yummy tastes. Swallowing, she tapped her chop sticks to her lips thinking over Diana's question.
"Well... He is attractive but a major manwhore. He would piss me off pretty quick if I wanted more than a one nighter." She said, taking another big bite.
Talking with her mouth full she asked, "Why do you ask?" then swallowing again she nervously smiled at the people staring at them from across the room.
"Vell, I vas finking of twying to fwind a guwy like him to fate." Diana mumbled with a full mouth, not really caring that people were staring at them.
Slurping down the rest of the noodles Diana quickly brought the bowl to her lips and started to chug the broth down, getting it all in three or four gulps, giving a big sigh of glee when she came up for breath. Setting the empty bowl down Diana gave a sheepish but happy grin, cheeks flushed even more than normal from the steam of the broth. Pulling out the necklace from under her shirt Diana looked it over closely as she thought.
'Could this be a real ruby? It looks real...maybe it is real? Who knows...it looked so flawless...I couldn't believe this was a replica since the stone looked and felt so real. It also just gave that...vibe, that it wasn't a replica.' though she pushed those thoughts away because she knew better.
Roxxi laughed watching Diana eat and finished her own bowl before speaking. "Well I don't know if you'll find a perfect match to him in Fernley."
She nibbled on the little bits of veggies left in her bowl trying hard not to beat the living shit out of a girl bad mouthing them from across the room. Soon Roxxi broke the chop sticks in her hand. She blinked shocked that they broke so easily in her hand.
"Oops... My bad..." She mumbled then put the broken pieces down only to wince looking back at her hand, "Well fuck splinters."
Diana laughed with Roxxi then blinked a bit when she broke her chopsticks, causing Diana to huff because she knew why Roxxi did.
"Roxxi..." She said softly, giving a sad smile to her, her mood and tone slowly going down since Diana never took to people teasing her or talking about her well.
It made her mood disappear and cause her to shrink back into her little turtle shell, not liking it when people would stare at her. She just had them go home and sleep since she had to leave at midnight so Diana could be home and ready in time for school.
"You'll come to visit for Halloween like promised right?" She asked, smiling brightly.
Roxxi returned the smile and hugged her friend, "Of course I'll come see you." She said before waving, watching Diana get on her plane and leave.
End of Chapter 1 ~ A Whisper in the Wind