"Please tell me I'm not lost." Ariadne said to herself.
She feels disappointed with herself. She could follow orders easily without messing up, but ever since coming to Earthland, she feels SO out of place. She wondered about how much longer it'll take for her sister to come find her. Fifteen minutes have already passed… wait… now sixteen minutes. She was in the middle of town, looking and reading the signs around her.
"You look lost."
She turned to a familiar voice. But when she did, she had to look down, cause the voice wasn't from a person, but a cat. Really an exceed.
"Oh, hey… Frosch, right?" The green cat nodded. "Well, hate to admit it, but yes, I'm kinda lost."
"Can't you teleport like you did earlier?"
Ariadne shook her head. "I can't teleport short distance like Hild-nee, and even if I could, I'm pretty low on magic energy from teleporting all the way here." She paused when something occurred in her mind. "Where's your partner, Rogue?"
Frosch looked around before facing Ariadne again.
"Fro's lost too."
"You want me to help you find your friend."
"No. Fro can do it Fro's self." He replied.
She nodded. "Alright th…"
"FROSCH!"
The two looked up as the shadow dragon walked up to them. Rogue made a relieved smile as he picked up the green cat.
"Don't walk off again."
"Fro's sorry." Frosch apologized.
"Okay, I forgive you."
Hearing this almost made Ariadne say 'aww' from the the cuteness. It was only a half a second later when Rogue looked over to her. He didn't say anything when he tried looking for Hild or Violet. When he couldn't them, he turned his attention back to the red head.
"You lost?"
"Uh, yes actually. Hild-nee wanted me to go to the fish market, and I kinda gotten myself lost. I think I took a wrong turn… I have dyslexia." She explained.
"Well me and Forsch were about to go there. I could show you the way."
Th girl grinned at him. "Thank you."
"Follow me." He instructed as he turned around.
She followed beside him as he started walking off. They were pretty much quiet with each other. It hardly bothered Ariadne, but it was different with Rogue. He was always a quiet person, but since he knew Hild… somewhat… he wanted to know how similar or different Ariadne was compared to her.
"So, you're a Drago Knight?"
"Hm?" She hummed.
"Hild mentioned them before."
The gentle smile that was usually on her face disappeared and turned into a frown. "She did? Oh man, telling people about them is considered as a terrible offense. She could get her license terminated and get kick out the Dragon Kingdom."
"She can?!" He practically shouted, almost making him jump from surprise.
"Yes, I mean, we carry dragons within our bodies, and telling someone… who's a dragon slayer… that brings danger to themselves and their dragons. Normally, as someone who works for the Dragon Knights, I'm supposed to report." She said. Her frown then disappeared and was replaced with a smile again. "But since she family, I'll let it slide."
"Well that's good." He nodded with no expression showing.
"Though, for her to tell you what she is, you're rather trustworthy…, or you're a very weak dragon slayer, that Hild isn't afraid of or doesn't respect you." She paused again to look back at Rogue, who had an insulted look on his face. "You know, I was thinking it's the first one, but by that look on you face, it's telling me otherwise. I'm so sorry if I insulted you." She apologized.
"…None taken." He muttered, but loud enough for her to hear.
Well, one thing for sure, she was bluntly honest like Eferhilda, and not in a good way. At least she was apologetic, unlike the greenette.
"So, what else did she say about us?"
"Uh, that you're from the Dragon Kingdom which is another dimension, that time travels faster, and she briefly described dragon carriers."
"Ah, I see. So she didn't tell you much about it. That's comforting to know." She slightly nodded. "So, dragon slayer, ever slayed a dragon?"
"No, Rogue hasn't." Frosch replied before Rogue could answer.
"I HAVE actually. Until I realized he's still alive."
"So, you didn't slay a dragon?" Ariadne asked with an eyebrow raised.
He looked down to hide his embarrassment. "No, I did not."
"Okay then." She responded with a straight face.
"But you can't blame me for not knowing. Skildorm wanted me to kill him when he was sick so I could get stronger. Turns out that two years ago that he was flying in the sky after the battle of Taratous."
Ariadne shook her head with her lips in a thin line. "That's really sad. That means you really are weak dragon slayer." The insulted look grew back on Rogue's face.
"Sorry. Drago Knights and Guardians are trained to be blunt with almost anything that's going in their mind."
"Really? That explains so much about Hild." Rogue replied. "But, do you think you keep most of your thoughts to yourself? People don't really like brute honesty like that in Earthland."
She nodded. "I will try." The next question she asked was a bit random. "Where's Sting?"
"He's at the apartment."
Ariadne nodded for her reply. It became quiet between each other again. It didn't take them much longer for them to stop in front of the fish market. She noticed all the different kind of fish laid out on display.
"Can I help you?"
The ginger looked up to a man who laid a fish down on a shelf.
"Uh, yes sir. Can I get three catfish?"
The man nodded as he went to the back to get the fish. When the man got back he came back with the fish already package.
"That'll be forty-five hundred jewels."
"Okay." She pulled out the money and counted it. 'Dang it. Hild only gave me thirty-six hundred.' She thought.
"How much do you need?"
She got pulled away from her mind when she heard Rogue say something to her.
"Huh?" She asked, confusingly.
"How much more do you need?" He repeated.
"Oh, only nine hundred."
The raven nodded as he pulled out his wallet. When he got the money out, he handed it to her.
"Thank you."
-o-
"Do you need help back to Hild's house?" The shadow dragon asked as they walked out the market.
"Naw, I can take her back." Someone said behind them.
They both turned around swiftly, surprised to see the middle child of the three Wyvern sisters.
"Violet? What are you doing here? Were you stalking me?" For some reason, she didn't sound surprised by the idea if her sister was stalking her. Maybe because it happened often.
"Well, I was trying to find some clothes, but I got lost and found you guys."
The youngest of the group, beside Frosch, slightly tilted her head. "Why don't you borrow Hild's clothes?"
"Hild's clothes are a bit…"
"Boyish?" Ariadne asked.
"Yes, but no." The purple haired woman said. "Her clothes didn't fit me. Her pants are a bit big, ya know, since her hips are wider than mine. And her shirts are too small. It felt like my girls were about to pop out. But I can't really blame her since her chi-chis are pretty small."
While Ariadne had a straight face, Rogue face was a bit red. Why does she have to say those things out loud? He gets about the honesty they had to do for their training, but when it involves personal talk, like having to do with anatomy, it was a bit too much for him.
Damn his pale skin for making it easier to see. For it seems that Violet was able to notice.
"Aww, little Rouge is blushing. That's so adorable." Violet cooed.
"Rouge?" Rogue inquired, befuddled.
The woman made a cheeky grin. "Yeah."
"My name is Rogue, not Rouge."
"Well, I like Rouge better and that's what I'm gonna call you." She pointed at him, her smile dropping, but not all the way.
Rogue shook his head. "No. Don't call me that."
"I'm so sorry, Rouge. But you can't tell me what I can or can not call you."
"Stop calling me that!"
"NEVER!" She shouted with one of her arms up in the air.
Before the shadow dragon could reply to it, Ariadne interrupted.
"Um, maybe we should go back to the house, big sis. You know, since we can eat."
"Eh? You're right." She nodded. "I'm famished from all that teleporting and walking." She started walking off.
"Uh, Nee-san, that's the wrong way." Ariadne called out.
"Huh?" She turned around. "How would you know? You're dyslexic, who can't tell left from right sometimes."
"That maybe true. But I have perfect memory to remember that it's the other way."
Violet sighed. "Whatever." She muttered then turned to Rogue. "Which way is it, Rouge?" She asked.
Rogue cringed when he heard his nickname from Violet. "It's actually the other way. The same way Ariadne just said."
"Hmph, you're just saying that cause you like Ariadne."
The man began blushing again. "I don't like her!"
"Y-you don't like me?" Ariadne's voice cracked, sounding like she was about to cry.
"No, I didn't mean it like that!" Rogue assured her.
"I swear, if she starts crying, I'm kneeing you in the nuts… or better yet, grab them." Violet smirked, seductivly.
"What?" God, he's so happy Sting isn't here. The blonde would've had a ball from this. "No, this is one big misunderstanding."
"How is it? You just said that you didn't like my sister." Violet said. Ariadne began crying. "That's it." She balled up her fist, with her index and middle finger out, making a swift strike to Rogue.
"AHH! MY EYEEESSS!"
"Let's go Ariadne." Violet grabbed her younger sister eyes and walked off.
-o-
"Frosch?"
"Yes, Rogue?" Frosch said, looking up to his partner.
"Don't tell Sting about what happened, okay?"
"Okay. Fro won't tell Sting."
When the two walked into the shared apartment with the rest of their team, they were greeted by Sting.
"Whoa, why your eyes so red?" The white dragon slayer asked.
"Yeah, what happened?" Lector asked, after Sting.
"Violet stabbed Rogue in the eyes."
Sting and Lector busted out laughing.
"Frosch!" Rogue felt like he was betrayed.
"I told Lector, not Sting." Frosch replied.
Sting stopped laughing, but was still smiling. "W-why? What happened?"
"It's none of your business!" Rogue responded, blushing from embarrassment as he walked out the living room.
"Fine. I'll ask Violet when I see her."
"The hell you are!"
