Yo~! Ame here again! We are on Chapter 2 of this fanfic! Hehe~ Thanks for those who read the previous chapter even though it's few but THANKS! AGAIN! This story is quite confusing so I recommend that you use your IMAGINATION :3
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Chapter 2:
Claire's Impression Really Does Last Forever
Claire's Side
"Good Afternoon!" I loudly opened the doors to the Inn and greeted at whoever the people inside of the establishment now.
"Well, well, if it isn't Claire! You sure are lively as ever!" The orange bearded man at the counter waved hello at me.
"Hehe~! Well what can you say Doug! My morning has been hectic, again!" I grinned at him.
"Let me guess, those siblings again?" this time a orange headed girl in braided ponytail butted in.
I simply shrugged "What can you say Ann? Those two can't go a day without a fight. What else is new?"
"Well, that is..." she pointed at the top of my head "Why is there a chicken sitting on your head like it's in heaven?"
"Ah well..."
I explained to Ann the shenanigan that happened earlier and about Rick giving the chicken on my head to me for free and the chicken feed too, but I didn't mention the part where I saw Rick blushed.
"That explains it..." the waitress gave me a smug look.
I gave her a confusing look. "Explains what?"
"You received a free chicken and chicken feeds! What's more! You talked to him!" she explained delightedly.
"I don't follow you Ann."
Ann just widened her eyes and laughed and I heard Doug chuckled.
I don't know why the hell are these two fussing about... What wrong with being lively? Does that have any connections to what that crazy orange headed woman told me?
I sighed "Anyways, I'm here for my grub, can I just take it out?" I hissed
the innkeeper shook his head "Uh, uh, uh. You know the policy here Claire, No Take Outs." he said as he clean the counter of the bar.
"Oh come on, dad... Just this once..." Ann looked around "...nobody will know."
she winked at her father making him sigh, giving in with his 'unica hija'(A/N: Spanish for Only daughter)'s request then she quickly turned her attention to me "Hey, sit there while you wait for your food to be cooked." She pointed at the stool at the counter.
I tilted my head in confusion "He is going to cook it just now? That's new."
"Because..." she fidgeted the ends of her braided ponytail "He went overboard with the alcohol last night..."
"Did something happen?" I placed my hand at the top of the counter and placed my chin above it.
She laughed "You're so serious. No, not really, he just missed drinking booze that's all."
"Because you never let me!" Doug shouted while cooking my food.
Ann stomped "Oh shut up! You know that you aren't allowed because of your health!"
"You are sounding like your mom!" he hissed.
"So what?!" the waitress replied with rage.
These two always argue whenever I am around but never when others are here. I'm not saying that their arguing is bad, it's quite the opposite, because whenever I see the two of them arguing, it's just like they are having fun. I guess that's their definition of fun.
My first impression of Doug; Fearsome on the outside, kind and caring in the inside, but he is still scary whenever I tease him about getting a discount or me wanting to take out my food.
On the other hand...
Ann, my first impression of her is quite the opposite of her old man. She is gentle looking, kind and caring outside but when you step the border line from reality to pure shit, there's a tiger sleeping inside of that woman, she is the person you don't want to mess with but really, deep inside the wild tiger, is a gentle cat.
"Hey..." Someone is waving a hand in my face.
"Huh?" I noticed that there is a person that's getting my attention for the past minutes. I looked at that person "What?"
I saw a carrot hair, blocking his eyes and his stupid UMA hat.
"How long are you going to space out, huh Claire?" the blacksmith complained.
"What is it to you Gray?" I slapped his hand "Get your hand out of my face" I hissed.
Gray groaned "Seriously? I'm just helping you to snap out of your daydreaming, jeez."
Gray, jerk and a hot-headed one, I can say that he dislikes sweets and he's a man of few words, even though he just spoke to me for like, 6 or more words. He can be jerk all the time but at the same time I can tell he's a worrywart ass. But despite all of that, he's a kind and swell dude.
"You know, I've been thinking..." my fingers fidgeted the edges of the counter
"Yeah, what?" he took the stool beside me and sat on i.
"Chicken butt..." I grinned
He smacked me at the back of my head "Dumbass. Are you trying to rhyme my statement?"
Just then I felt an aura of fury that is coming from my head...
Uh oh...
"CLUUUCK!" The chicken at the top of my head jumps from me to Gray, it has the eye of a killer.
"Gray! Run!" I shouted but it's too late. "What the?" I expected that the chicken is going to attack him but instead...
"Come back here, you hat-thieving chicken you!"
Rick's, so to say, 'my' chicken and Gray ran in circle inside the inn. Ann and Doug was startled at first and then eventually they laughed. I saw my chicken going to my way, I am ready to run away but in an instant, it's sitting on my head again, but this time I have Gray's hat at the top of my head too, with my chicken inside of it.
"C-claire..." the blacksmith huffed. "M-my hat..." he pointed at the hat at my head.
I'm not gonna like this...
I smiled nervously "Go ahead Gray, I insist that you get it."
Gray is about to lift his hat from my head when his body froze suddenly. I saw that he's sweating bullets.
"Uh Gray, you alright there?" I shook his hand.
At last, he closed the hat and sighed in defeat "Dagnabit Claire. You have a killer on the top of your head." he sighed again.
"Sorry... But Rick gave this to me." I pointed at my chicken "It doesn't have any intention to go back to their Poultry Farm." this time, it was I who sighed.
The blacksmith looked down at the floor and somehow he's blushing "Gray? What's wrong? Your face is red." I peered at him.
"myow... arnd..." he mumbled in a very low and quiet voice.
"Uh? Can you repeat that? I didn't get it right." I smiled.
"Your hand... it's holding mine." he finally said it but his face is blushing more than before.
I looked at our hands and I felt my face warms up too "O-oh..." I finally released his hand from mine "S-sorry..."
"Nah, it's fine." he looked at me and gave me a small smile but there's still a small tinge of redness on his face.
I gave him a reassuring smile "I'll just give back your hat tomorrow..."
"Phew!" he wiped his forehead "That's perfect. Tomorrow's the start of summer, so it's going to be hot."
Tomorrow's the start of summer... It rings a bell in my mind
"Hey Gray... Do you mind telling me who's going to arrive tomorrow?"
"Oh you mean Kai..." he gave me his 'I hate talking about that person' look
"Kai? I assume that he is a dude." I gave him a smug look
He widens his eyes and blinked three times "I can't believe that Popuri hasn't ran her mouth telling you about the guy she's crazy at!"
I made a long 'oh', realizing the reason why Popuri is so excited earlier.
"Kai is this tanned idiot who looks like a pirate that is wearing a stupid purple bandana, he always stops by here in Mineral Town during Summer every year. He has swooned lots of girls including chicken boy's little sister." he sighed "I don't really know why the hell he travels a lot, but one thing for sure, he had this worm living in his ass that he can't stay in just one place."
"Maybe he's a wanderer looking for his 'one and only'." I blurted out
Gray shook his head "No, he's really just an idiot. And that can't be possible." he leaned closer to whisper "This is just between you and me, but I got this impression that he likes to fool around girls."
"Really?" I whispered back
He nods and leant back "But it depends to you Claire about what you think about Kai." he started to go upstairs.
After Gray went upstairs, I grabbed the paper bag where my food is and bid my farewell to the inn's owner and to the waitress.
I went home with Gray's hat on my head and my chicken underneath it. It was such a very hectic day. First my encounter with Popuri and Rick then Gray chasing and being scared of my deadly chicken, what kind of trouble will I be involved with next time.
I sigh. As I reached the entrance of my farm I saw a person that's leaning on the wall outside my house and by the looks of it, I can say that he's sound asleep. Piqued by my curiosity, I grabbed my dog's fetching stick still wet with her slobber. I approached the sleeping stranger, poking him with the wet stick in my hand and he cringed a little, wiping the droplets of dog drool off his face. Enjoying myself, I poked him more while containing my laughter, he continued to swat the stick, signaling me to stop and wiping his face. I didn't stop, I just continued poking him on his face and eventually I couldn't resist my urge to laugh. I finally laughed loudly that made him woke up and jump into his feet, still sleepy he looked at me in the ground, laughing hardly while hold my stomach.
"Hey..." he said in a sleepy low voice "Why the hell are you laughing?"
"You... Haha!" I cannot say the words I want to say because of my laughter.
He looks at me suspiciously and he saw the stick beside me, wet with my dog's drool, he is suddenly struck by a lightning of realization.
"Y-you... You're the one who's been poking me with a stick!" he pointed at me. "Why the fuck did you that?!" he wiped the remaining dog drool in his face.
I stopped laughing, picked up my chicken and Gray's hat, place my chicken at the top of my head and putting Gray's hat at the top of it. I sat on the ground, cross-legged and looked at him straight. "Yes..." I snickered "...that was me. You have quite a language there Mister."
He knitted his eyebrows "That's because you've been poking me with a stick while I'm sleeping! Why is it wet anyway?!"
He hasn't realized it, has he?
"You want to know?" I gave him a smug look, provoking him.
"Like hell, yes!"
I snickered again "Okay... You asked for it. Make sure you don't regret it." I inhaled heavily and holds out my wet stick. "It's slobber, dog slobber." I grinned at him.
He widens his eyes and his face reddens with anger "What the what?! That's gross!"
I laughed again "But it's fun to do it! Especially for those people who sleeps at my farm like a total and complete idiot." I stood up, still laughing.
"Y-you're the one who owns this farm now?" he gave me a suspicious look. I just nod. He dropped his jaws and immediately closed it. "I thought that 'he' owns this farm."
I glanced at him "Yah. I bought this." I smiled and started to walk away from him to my chicken coop.
"H-hey!" he called at me that makes me stops from my tracks "N-nice to m-meet you..." he blushed as he staggered on his words "I-i'm Kai..."
Kai? This idiot is him?
I looked at him once again.
Well... He do fits Mr. Grumpy's description. He really is an idiot, a tanned idiot pirate who's wearing a stupid purple bandana and he certainly looked like a guy who likes to fool around girls. Two things I hate about a guy, one is him being a player and two him making an idiot out of me.
I eyed him like a wild animal, ready to pounce and murder its victim.
"W-what? Is there something in my face?"
I just snickered in return "Idiot" I said in a very low voice "Yeah, dog spit." I returned to my tracks
"H-hey!" he ran fast and he blocked the door to my chicken coop
I glared at him "Move it."
He shook his furiously "I won't until you introduce yourself to me."
"Guh!" I groaned "You're so persistent, you know that? Fine... I'm Claire."
He shook his head again "Be more specific, Ms. Hothead."
"What the ef?! Why is that?!" I snapped
"Is it wrong to know you better?" he grinned
"Don't be a dick, bonehead." I hissed
"Oh come on... I just want to know you that's all..." he smiled
I rolled my eyes and sighed in defeat "Fine! I'm Claire Aracari, age of 19 and I now own this farm! Happy?! Now move it dork!" I positioned at his side and kicked him as hard as I can.
I opened the coop placed my chicken at the floor, removing Gray's hat from it and I checked the Feed box.
"Wow... That was fast..." I was amazed how fast Rick delivered the feeds. I shrugged and patted my chicken before I exit the chicken coop.
When I exit the coop, I saw Kai, petrified, ready to take a piss in his pants. Somehow I saw this look before. Ah... Yes, this is Gray's expression when he's trying to retrieve his hat from my murderous chicken. I looked where his gaze at, he's looking at it and my chicken has this 'You wanna die?' look. Is that chicken is somehow a hellspawn and maybe related to Scorpion? (A/N: Mortal Combat :3) Dang, I'll be damned... Is it really that intimidating that it managed to scare the heck of Gray and Kai or the two of them are just wuss when it comes to chickens especially when it came from Rick's?
I saw Kai's legs, shaking in fear. I smiled and decided to close door to the coop making him to snapped out.
"Scary much?" I teased
"The fuck Claire? Did you get that from hell or from Rick?" he asked, fear still lingering from him.
"What are gonna do if I told you I got it from the latter?" I told him seriously
"I somehow prefer chickens from hell than chickens from Rick's Poultry Farm." he scratched the back of his head.
"What's wrong with my chickens, huh you pervert pirate?"
Me and Kai jumped from Rick voice. Kai hid behind me, concealing himself from the chicken farmer. I waved hello at Rick and gesturing him to come near us so we can talk easily. Kai pinched me, complaining why do I have to let Rick to be near us, I bonked him on the head with my fist as a reply.
"Yo! What makes you visit my lovely farm?" I smiled
"I heard some people who are arguing and it's coming from here, I decided to see it myself, it turns out you were arguing with Mr. Playboy here." he points at Kai
"Why did you hear it? You're stalking Claire aren't you?" he gave Rick a disgusting look. Rick just glared at him like he's throwing daggers at Kai. The tanned pirate just cowered in fear.
"I see that you already arrived here, what made you arrive here early?" he squints his eyes.
I saw Kai grinned "I heard from Zack that someone took over the farm, so I went here early to see 'him' myself but it turns out it's a 'her'." then he hugged me.
"Then, why are you surprised that I took over like it's your first time to acknowledge about it?" I gave him my 'Out with it' look.
"I did that to add some drama effect." he snuggle me and placed his chin to my shoulder.
"Idiot." I pinched his cheek, making me free from his hug "Don't hug me, asshole."
Kai rubbed the cheek where I pinched him "Hey Rick... Remember tomorrow?" he smirked.
"Isn't it there's an event for dogs?" I butted in.
Kai gave me a confused look "You don't know?"
"What is it Rick?" I asked him, completely ignoring Kai.
"Well, it's natural for you not to know it because you're new here. Hmm hmmm" Rick nods many times. "Tomorrow's event, beside the frisbee catch for dogs is-"
"The Swimming Competition!" Kai stood in between me and Rick, throwing his arm in the air. Rick facepalmed while I raised an eyebrow.
"Yes tomorrow is the Swimming Competition." Rick rubbed his temples.
"Are you going to compete Rick?"
"Yah! He's going to compete because he hasn't beat me yet." Kai grinned like an idiot, truly provoking Rick.
"Moron, I just want to join because of the pot money." he narrows his eyes.
Kai chuckles "Why can't you just admit it?"
"I do not."
"Yes you do!"
And they just continue their argument, on and on and on. I yawned and decided to turn in for the day since I don't have anything to do anymore, all of my remaining crops have been harvested and cut down or it will wither and it's hard to root them, I only have a cow and a horse, oh yeah, and a chicken which I already fed, pet and brushed. I just leave these two argue here.
I yawned again, stretched my arms with Gray's hat still in my grip. I head to the door to my house when the two of them noticed me, walking away.
"Sleepy already, Claire?" the chicken farmer asked me. I just nod.
"Hey! Come by tomorrow ok? Watch Rick lose from me!"
"Shut up you dork!" Rick hissed
Kai laughed "Oh yeah, wear a swimsuit for tomorrow! I'm sure all the girls will."
"In your dreams, pervert." and I closed my door.
Even I am inside my house, I can hear them still arguing. I sigh in frustration.
Tomorrow's going to be really hectic.
Chapter 3 everyone? Hehehe~ I already updated it *grin*
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EDIT: Chapter 2 REVISED