Double Date
"Scheris-san could you please pass me that terminal cable over there." Mimori Kiryu requested as she typed a password into the Hold computer mainframe. The female Alter User raised a blue brow and stole a quick glance towards a lithe looking emerald haired man; with a frown he nodded his head at the girl.
"Ah, Rodger!" she chirped as she hopped from her seat and went to fulfill the request. The researcher of Holy so engrossed in her work didn't notice the presence of someone behind her, asking her a question of some sorts
"Ah, pardon, uhhh, hai, hai why not." the girl muttered in a nonchalant voice noticing the room going deathly quiet all of a sudden. The Kiryu heiress ceased her typing and turned around and saw that Cougar was apparently the one asking her the question but also saw that her co-workers were staring at them with an awed expression, mouths agape and eyes wide. Even Ryuho looked perturbed, his eyebrows rose to the ceiling as he ran his ruby eyes over her and Cougar and with a sniff turned his head to side, while Scheris could not contain her smile.
"What in the world is going on?" the eighteen year old wondered as she turned to the Alter User of Radical Good Speed "Ehhhh, would you mind repeating what you just said, Cougar-san?" the pretty raven haired girl inquired as she removed the glasses from the bridge of her nose and turned around in her chair so she faced the Alter User. The twenty one year old grinned impishly as his pink glasses shone brightly.
"I just asked you on a date tonight and you agreed." the male Alter Capabalist explained with great mirth while the astounded woman before him shivered uncontrollably.
"I.....I...I.....I did?" Kiryu stuttered her voice a bit lighter as she blinked her eyes in amazement. Straight Cougar nodded his head excitedly and took her hands in his.
"You did, Minori-san!" the speed Alter User announced as Mimori cringed her shoulders and removed her hands from his. The girl raised her eyebrows in confusion as she felt a heated glare directed at her; she caught Ryuho's gaze and saw him barking orders at a group of the field officers, yet his crimson eyes were glued on her and Cougar.
The girl tsked, "Mimori, desu." she corrected closing her eyes and searching for a solution, not remembering the man asking the question but distinctly remembering she did agree with what he asked and by the looks of everyone's expression they could back him up. "I suppose I did......and it looks like we have a date tonight." the raven haired girl accepted as she felt the crystal around her neck feel unnaturally cold against her skin, as if it were rejecting her. The girl picked up her glasses and placed them on with a sigh.
"YAHOOO!" Cougar cheered causing the researcher to scoot back while the remainder of the people in the lab room jumped. "Let's catch a quick break and plan everything out." the man suggested grabbing onto her arm and pulling her to her unsteady feet. The raven haired girl tried muttering slurred words of being released but they fell on apparently deaf ears. "I promise it'll be a night you'll never forget, MINORI-SAAANNN!" he yelled as he charged out of the room the girl he clung to trying to wrestle out of his grip as she was unceremoniously dragged out of the lab.
"I can't believe him, the way he's acting, he's disgracing the name of Holy." Ryuho spat mentally as he glared at the automatic door the couple had exited from. The emerald haired man scoffed as he pointed to the computer screen, "That group of Native Alters should have been transferred to the mainland a week ago, make sure they're on the next transfer plane." the man ordered, the bitterness in his voice very audible.
The blue haired Alter User could barely contain her chuckles as she remembered Mimori's distressed visage as Cougar dragged her out the room. "Who, knew, that Straight Cougar would be my greatest ally in this silly love square by getting Kiryu Mimori out of my way for the moment." she noted as she placed a hand on her chin in thought. "If it worked for Cougar.....then maybe it'll work for me." she muttered as she snuck up behind the man she fancied. "Ne, Ryu-ho......" Scheris began.
The Alter User of Zetsuei eyes clouded over as his mind raced over the scene between Cougar and Mimori faintly noticing that his partner was saying something to him. "Hmm, hai, hai." he muttered not paying attention to her words that is until the girl clasped her hands in joy and once again the workers of Hold had to stare dumbfounded at another young and foolish couple. "Hmm, what is it?" Ryuho inquired as Scheris awarded him with a V-pose.
"Hora, Minori-san, you have your coffee with two scoops of sugar and cream, ne?" the redhead chirped as he raised a brow in her direction and passed her the piping hot mug. The girl rubbed her temples as the man sat down beside her; with a sigh she noticed that she didn't even have the energy to correct the Alter User on the pronunciation of her name.
"Oh.....dear...what have I gotten myself into?" she contemplated, ignoring the man as he handed her the beverage, "So Cougar-san where will we be going?" she asked taking a long gulp from the cup and quickly wiping the coffee moustache from her face. Cougar hid is chuckle as his cheeks puffed to contain his laughter. Her brows twitched in thought, "I don't remember telling him how I take my coffee. Does Cougar-san already know so much about me?" she pondered as she took a small sip this time, her body as well as her heart already warming up to the idea of a date.
"I was thinking about a very unique and eccentric joint, 'Noches Solas', a Spanish restaurant with a lot of life!" he exclaimed taking her free hand, "A real cozy little place designed for lovers thrown into their passions, finally able to free themselves from the shackles of soc....." he joked sputtering his response at quick pace as the girl slipped her hand from his grip and drained her cup placing it solidly down on the table with a clunk!
"A restaurant for lovers and for friends," she said stressing the last word with a light smile. "However Cougar-san I would be fine just going to a ramen shop or beef bowl, you really don't have to do all this....." the researcher stopped her rambling as the Alter User placed a finger against her lip.
"What are you on about?" he inquired removing his finger from her lips, fully observing the flush on the eighteen year old cheeks. "I'll pick you up at eight. Ryuho got to take you out a few weeks ago, it's my turn. I have to keep up with him; we are rivals for a woman's heart, ne. And he seems to have a much bigger lead than me and I'll assume it'll be like that for a while, correct?" he asked with a wink as he got up from his seat and headed towards the exit of the cafeteria.
"Well....that is....., Ryuho will always have that lead." she thought as she clutched the crystal around her chest and felt a tingle lick up her spine. The girl looked around and saw the Alter Users of Zetsuei and Eternal Devote entering the cafeteria side bye side and quickly taking seats at an unoccupied table. The ebony haired woman sighed raking her fingers through her tresses. "What are those two up to?" the girl wondered as she rose a few inches from her seat only to clumsily sit back down again. "Am I that jealous, that I would rush over there like a complete fool." the Holy researcher debated as she placed her hands on her lap.
"Noches Solas, was it? I wonder if their Arroz con Polo is any good."
The two young Alter Capabilists walked side by side into the cafeteria and quickly found an unoccupied table, away from the chattering and noisy workers of Hold and the subdivision Holy. The heir to the Ryuu estate sat on the opposite side from his partner with a nonchalant expression plastered on his visage. "So Scheris," Ryuho began calmly as the girl merely smiled and placed her elbows on the table, her palms on the sides of her rosy cheeks.
"Hai." she chirped in a song-song voice her smile broadening by the second as she brushed a strand of hair from her view. The male youth coughed softly bringing his hand to his mouth and snuck a glance at the girl who still had the same intimidating grin on her face. The seventeen year old shook his head at her antics and tried again, idly wondering how he got himself into this mess and when Scheris had become such a formidable nut to crack.
"So.....where will we be going for our meeting?" he questioned deciding to use a more formal vocabulary that Scheris would not appreciate, meeting was so much more of an appropriate phrase to use than...well...the d-word. The young woman frowned as she rested her chin against the table in disappointment, a sigh escaping her lips as Ryuho gazed at her in confusion, fully aware he said nothing offensive.
"Date. You mean, date, don't you, Ryuho." the blue haired girl joked as she playfully stuck her tongue out at him, lightly reaching over and tapping his head with the tips of her fingers. The man sighed and quickly nodded his head in agreement. Adjani laughed as she leant back in her chair, "I was thinking, how about we go to this Spanish restaurant I think its called 'Lonely Nights' or something or there's this great East Indian restaurant just left of......" the Alter User of Eternal Devote explained as the man folded his arms and lost interest in what she was saying.
The seventeen year olds crimson eyes began to wander all over the cafeteria until he spotted the raven haired researcher. The man's eyes narrowed slightly as he noticed that she was craning her neck over the sea of people, just to watch him and Scheris. Her drink lay forgotten to the side as she quickly swivelled her head to respond to a colleague who approached her. Ryuho shook his head trying to concentrate his thoughts on the face Mimori had made while watching him and his date, she looked lost and mildly confused. "Hmph." the man snuffed unable to explain the wry smirk that twisted upon his lips.
"So what will it be Ryuho?" the fifteen year old inquired as she tapped her chin in thought unaware that the boy was previously occupied in his own thoughts. "Well...." the girl urged as she raised her eyebrows for him to respond.
The seventeen year old coughed again raising his right hand to cover his mouth, "Ehhh, the Spanish restaurant would seem the most appropriate place to dine." he stated unable to recall the other restaurants she suggested to him. The girl clapped her hands together and smiled brightly causing the man to wince and scoot backwards. "She's never looked this happy before." the painfully oblivious successor to the Ryuu family pondered as he observed the girl.
"Okay!" the girl cheered pumping her arms in the air, "We'll be dining at the Lonely Nights restaurant. How about at six o'clock?" she asked settling back down in her seat. The emerald haired man opposite of her shook his head and Scheris shivered as if ice was formed in the pit of her stomach. "What's wrong you're not backing out are you?" she questioned feeling her throat clench.
Ryuho shook his head, "Iye, but I have a meeting with Commander Jigmar at 5:45 most likely it won't end till 7:00 so if won't be too much trouble Scheris I hope I can pick you up at 8:00 for our da...da..." the man stumbled over the words as the fifteen year old grinned and nodded her head urging him on as she flicked her fingers, giving him two thumbs up, "Our date." he breathed with an exasperated sigh his ears twitching to the soft tinkle of the girl's laughter.
"Very good, very good, as a reward you can just calling it a meeting if you like. " she explained as she noticed his fatigued face. "Just having you spend time with me is good enough, Ryuho." the girl thought as she scratched underneath her chin, her cheeks redder than a plump apple, "You know, Ryuho, I'm very glad that we'll be going out together. This meeting will be the first time we've spent time together without it being related to a mission or work." the blue haired girl prattled on interlocking her fingers in embarrassment.
"Ah," the man idly agreed as his eyes once again began to move to the side of the cafeteria looking for his childhood friend. His eyes widened as he noticed that the table she sat at was now occupied by a group of Hold officers. "Where could she be, now?" he inquired as he spotted long tresses of black hair brusquely disappear around the corner. The Ryuu heir stood from his seat and turned to his partner, "Excuse me, Scheris, I just remembered something I need to finish." he stated as the girl stiffly nodded her head and allowed her shoulders to sag. "I'll see you tonight." the man concluded as he stalked away from the table.
The female youth brightened as she clasped her hands together in delight. "Hmmm…..tonight. This time there's nothing that can go wrong. No missions, no Cougar, no NP3228 and especially no Kiryu Mimori. Finally me and Ryuho by ourselves to enjoy a perfect evening." the girl whispered to herself as she got up from her seat just so unaware of how perfect her evening would unfold.
The Kiryu heiress walked sluggishly down the hallway as she noticed the stream of people she passed dwindle away so that she now stood in a deserted corridor. The girl shook her head, already finished with her reports and was free for the next hour she wanted nothing more but to find a place and sit in solitude but she settled for staring mindlessly out the window of an empty hallway. "Look at me I'm being so irrational." she muttered shaking her head as her ears twitched to the sound of footsteps. "Uhhhh.....hello." the girl called as the figure of an individual came into view. "Ryuho." the eighteen year old breathed.
The Alter User didn't even blink as he calmly walked up to the girl his face stern and emotionless as he approached her and with a few more steps.......he passed the girl to come to a complete halt. Mimori twirled around so that the man's back was now facing her. "Kiryu-san, I am slightly perturbed with your performance lately, especially that incident in Lab Delta-12." the male youth informed as he crossed his arms, "The workplace is not designed to take up personal affairs, do try to remember that for the future. Now if you excuse me I'll be going to discuss with Cougar." the Alter User of Zetsuei barked releasing some of his frustration upon her.
The ebony haired girl bit her lip as Ryuho turned around to view her expression and gasped softly. Already regretting his harsh words, he quickly swivelled on his heel and walked away. "Ryuho, wait!" the girl shouted as the man merely stopped in his tracks, "Should you really be the one telling me about not mixing personal affairs with the workplace." the girl began softly as she clutched her pendant. "Don't you have a date with Scheris-san tonight as well." the researcher stated clutching the crystal so hard her knuckles were turning white.
"I told you before, don't go digging into my personal business!" he explained coldly as the monotone clacks of his shoes echoed throughout the hallway and he disappeared from sight. Mimori placed a numb hand on her head as she observed the whiteness of her knuckles.
"Don't go digging into my personal business, he says." Kiryu mimicked as she angled herself to look outside the window again, "I guess I really am jealous." Mimori concluded with slight awe and confusion as she stalked off towards the medical ward, passing a man who leaning casually against the wall around the next corner, his pink glasses shinning in the darkness.
Satisfied with distance he made between himself and the Kiryu woman, Ryuho collapsed against the wall as he decided against going to the training center, his mind elsewhere as he replayed the previous verbal bout he engaged with the eighteen year old. That dismal face she made when he lost control of his emotions, he could practically feel the matter decomposing around him. With a sharp tsk the man slammed his fist against the wall as Zetsuei appeared before him alarming a few of the Hold and medical officers that passed by. Ryuho ignored them only one thought in his mind.
"I'm sorry............Mimori."
The raven haired researcher quickly inserted and turned her key into the lock practically dragging her slender form into her quaint apartment as she softly shut the door behind her. "I'm home.......but no one's here to welcome me." she thought feeling for the first time just how lonely she felt in the Lost Ground away from her family and friends. Kiryu sighed as she retreated into her bedroom glancing at the clock that sat silently on her nightstand, it read 6:45. "Ah, plenty of time to sulk and banter over what's happened to day." the Holy worker concluded relaxing onto the soft mattress.
"What am I doing? Going out with Cougar when I already have someone special to me, but it seems that person may no longer exist. He was thrown away. If only Ryuho...." Mimori trailed off removing her spectacles from her face and tossed her head from side to side, "Hehhh, the chances of me ever reaching that man is on a distant shore and I don't have paddle." the girl laughed wriggling her stiff shoulders as she removed the crystal from around her neck and placed it on the nightstand beside her glasses.
"That's better.....it fell like I was carrying an anvil around my neck." the ebony haired woman muttered as she stared at her ceiling, "It's odd though it never felt like that before only after the incident in Lab-12." she rambled rolling onto her side, "Could it mean tha...." Mimori ceased her pondering as her telephone emitted an unpleasant ring slicing her thoughts and concentration as she reached over towards the stand and lifted the receiver to her ear.
"Hello." the researcher said simply waiting for a reply.
"What was that?"
Ryuho glared at the telephone receiver he held in his hand. His stationary finger stood perched to dial the numbers, for a moment he could barely contain the tremble in his wrist. The irritable vibrating of his limb ceased as the youth shook his head and sloppily dialled the number. He waited and the slightest perk of his eyebrows signalled that he heard a voice. "Kiryu-san, I….."
"I am sorry. The individual you are trying to reach is currently using the phone right now, please call again or try the operator." the monotone voice of a recording drivelled on and with a sniff the man hung the receiver and walked away from the payphone with silent steps.
After all he did have a date to prepare for.
"Aaahh..aahh.....achooo." Scheris sneezed rubbing the bridge of her nose as she stepped out of the tub that was rapidly being drained of bubble suds and lukewarm water. The girl grinned wrapping the pink towel tighter around her soaked form. Quickly drying her self off the fifteen year old couldn't help but to check her figure, "Oh, every woman must succumb to the mighty pull of vanity sometimes. Men too." she argued to herself checking her reflection in the misty mirror.
"Not bad." the Alter User of Eternal Devote nodded as she prepped her curling iron, nail polish, combs, brushes and other utensils. Hell, this was war and she was going to start with a heck of a bang. "I still can't believe it, it's as if it's some sort of dream......me and Ryuho, on a date no less. This may be the push to actually start a relationship between us." she thought shaking her head dry as tiny water droplets bounced from her blue tresses and splashed onto the walls and floor.
The girl could barely contain her giggles as her hand stumbled around the rim of her bathroom sink looking for the right make-up kit. Her pretty blue eyes straying over a black lipstick case, one that's seal wasn't even open. "Midnight, Pearl." she read aloud applying it onto her lips and looking into the mirror. The girl blushed as she applied the shade on her lip, the light pink smeared on her hand.
"Oh my, it's....it's....its perfect!" she cried raising her arm in triumphant and with a wink and a flick of her towel the girl kicked her door open and hustled towards her bedroom.
Straight Cougar whistled happily to himself as he carried his suit towards the Hold registered apartments, just receiving it from the cleaners from across the city he had no doubts about his knockout attire. He was the type of man to make the world stop whether in the heat of battle or by the side of a pretty woman. "Hehehehehe." he laughed to himself a Cheshire grin twisting upon his lips. The Alter User failed to notice the group of young girls chatting on the side hastily running away from him as they caught sight of his rather perverse smile, muttering words along the line of "Hentai, pervert or sexual deviant."
"Hmph." The man smirked as he placed one foot in front of the other, tripping an old woman over in the process. Cougar then began to support most oh his weight with that one foot as he raised his right arm into the air. "You'd better be prepared for this MINORI-SAAAAAAANNNN!" he crowed causing the individuals around him to look at him in concern. The redhead felt a tap on his shoulder as he turned around and came face to face with a Hold officer.
"That's him officer, arrest that man, he's been causing nothing but noise and trouble." the same old woman yelled rubbing the bump on her head. With a stony glower she rattled her cane in the twenty year olds face. Cougar merely tilted his head in confusion as he looked at the annoyed crowd of people around him.
"Huh."
"Buzz!" Scheris Adjani stopped brushing her hair as she heard the crackly buzz of her doorbell. The girl blinked and took a quick glance towards the clock in her room, "He's here already, he's five minutes early." she observed putting down the brush as she smoothed the wrinkles out of her white cocktail dress, with a quick spin the jagged cut-like edges of the rim of the dress flared against her knee. "Perfect." she thought, "I'll be right there!" she shouted as she grabbed her purse.
"Oh, I almost forgot." she chided herself as she ran back to the bathroom and slipped her standard yet pretty hair barrette through her blue locks, "Much better." she breathed and skidded back to the door, slipping on her black heels. With an exhale of breathe the girl opened her door with a breathtaking smile. "Ryuho." she squeaked in her excitement her stomach feeling light and tipsy as she drunk in his appearance.
"Sch....Scheris." he began. His garb consisted of black slacks a light grey silky mandarin shirt with what she thought had a dragon pattern but was actually a black cobra pattern coiled around the shirts for the design. Odd enough the ensemble seemed to look very casual for the male youth, a trend that was very refreshing for Ryuho at least in the blue haired girl's eyes. "You look very beautiful tonight." The emerald haired man complimented as he handed her a bouquet of flowers. The girl received them with great vigour as she held them close to her chest.
"Thank you, I'll just put these somewhere and we'll be on our way." she whispered her voice coming back to her as she retreated back inside her abode. Taking a quick sniff the girl emitted a small mew of content. "Ah, they smell lovely that's why I just love rberas." the fifteen year old commented as she placed the bouquet on her bed a thought seeping into her mind. ".....But how did Ryuho know, rberas were my favourite flowers?" she questioned mentally closing the door behind.
"Shall we be off?"
"Chehhh." Mimori sighed taking a sip from her tea cup as she took another glance at the clock on her wall, 8:25 it read. "I know he called to say he'd be a little late but twenty-five minutes, maybe we should have rescheduled." she muttered taking another sip as she unconsciously checked her attire in her nervousness. The girl was wearing a pair of nice fitting black dress pants, a white blouse, a short navy blue tie topped off with a black vest; the heavy crystal hidden inside her blouse.
Knock! Knock!
The raven haired girl jumped nearly spilling her tea all over her vest. With a sniff the girl placed the mug on her coffee table and sprang to her feet grabbing her beige trench coat and purse in the process. The Kiryu heiress smoothed out her hair and with a sigh wrenched her door open. "Hello Coug....ahhh!" she shrieked jumping back a little as she came face to face with a giant teddy bear holding a heart shaped box.
"Chiwa!" an energetic voice cheered from behind the stuffed animal. With a mischievous chuckle the Alter User of Radical Good Speed stepped from behind the gift and waved at his paralysed date. "Well, what do you think, Minori-san?" the man asked pushing the bear into her apartment. "Cute isn't he? You can call him little Cougar."
"Mimori, desu, but it...it's a little big!" the girl commented retreating further into her apartment as the bear was pushed to sit on the side. "Goodness, look at that thing." she thought as she looked oddly at the giant stuffed animal. "Cougar-san, you really didn't hav...." the girl trailed off as she took in his appearance. The redhead was dressed in a dark beige suit with a black shirt, the first two buttons of his short was left undone. The man grinned noticing she was staring at him; the woman blushed and turned her head to the side.
The twenty-one year olds grin broadened into a smirk as he took off his neon pink glasses, "Now, now it's just my peace offering for being late. This is our first date and all, let's just enjoy ourselves as.....friends." he said compassionately stressing the last word. The girl blinked and nodded her head, brushing her hand against the pendant beneath her blouse. "Let's go, Minori-san." Cougar cheered grabbing hold of her hand and dragging her along.
"Mimori, desu." she sputtered stifling a small laugh as she forgot about the crystal that hung around her neck.
Author's Note: I'm back and with a brand spanking newScryed story to boot. Before Itry to delve into a more polotical and serious Scryed ficI felt I had to get this story off my chest. Oh if you guys are wondering the translation of Noches Solas is Lonely Nights( at least from a translation site it is) so you can see where I'm going with this story....hehheheh. You fellow Scryed fans know the drill, read and review. Oh andI must specify this is still a Ryuho and Mimori coupledom fanfiction but I don'tthinks there's ant harm with putting ina little fluff when I mix those two with Cougar and Scheris. Well Bye-bi.