Carmen: Ok, since everyone is still busy with school, and I'm bored as hell, I'm going to do another chapter of... Fleeting Faith! Roxy won't be saying anything this chappy since technically, I'm sitting in math class, and she isn't in my class. The chapter mainly centers on the Turks and their stupidity in the home.
FF9: Filler crap
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Reno groaned in anger, before looking over at Rude, who was currently reading a long boring news article on a bunch of kids who fell off the side of a mountain.
"Rude, Yo," Reno started, only to get a glance from Rude, which obviously said Shut-up-I'm-reading-something-and-if-you-bother-me-one-more-time-you-will-lose-your-legs. Reno sighed, before standing up with a "I'm gonna go play that Play Station thing, yo." He let out another sigh, before walking to the entertainment room in the basement.
The basement seemed quite nice, since Carmen was the only under-aged person in the house. She had once said that she wasn't an only child, and that she had two older brothers, but one was in a city called Ottawa working on some engineering, and the other one was in USA in some university of game design. But because Carmen was mostly away, the house was normally neat, and if it wasn't Elena would see to it that it was. He sighed, as he watched Carmen's mother walk by, carrying a Chinese magazine.
"Hello Mrs. Lowe. How are you today?" He greeted, smiling at the woman, who returned his greeting with a smile on her face, before going back upstairs. He smirked, before heading to the entertainment room, the first meeting with Carmen's parents reeling in his head.
Flashback, to right after the Turks arrived.
Mrs. Lowe was straightening some of her coats in her cold room when her daughter knocked on the door. "Come in" She smiled, and when the door swung open, she raised an eyebrow. There stood her daughter with about five people behind her. Mrs. Lowe frowned, because Carmen didn't say she was having friends over, and that other kid that she brought home before wasn't there.
"Mom, these are some friends of mine. Can they stay at our house for an indefinite amount of time?" Carmen asked cautiously, looking at her mom, who in turn was glancing at her daughter's friends. They were standing in the hall,
A man in a white suit with blond hair which hit his collar, standing up tall with what looked like a gun hidden in his belt, stood in front of the small group. Beside him on his right was a bald man with sunglasses on, even though they were in the basement. He too, wore a suit, only it was black, as was his tie. Behind him stood a strange looking, younger man, with red blazing hair which he had tied into a ponytail, and matching streaks on his cheekbones. He was dressed almost as formally the first two, except for the fact that he lacked a tie, and three buttons were loose. On the other side of the man in the white suit, stood a woman, her blond hair done formally, one side slightly longer than the other, but still only hitting the collar of her dress shirt, with similar suits as the men, only she wore a skirt that went down to her knees instead of the dress pants. And finally, the last one had black hair slightly over his shoulders, but also wore an identical suit, like the others. Carmen glanced sheepishly at her mother,who was looking at her daughter with her eyebrows raised.
"Lou Ga Mun, yee de yun hai been goh?" she asked, switching to cantonese (Translated: Carmen, who are these people?)
"Xing Hai dee pun yow." Carmen replied, her sheepish smile still on her face. (Translated: Just some friends.)
"Deen guy koi day hai yee dow a?" Mrs Lowe asked cautiously. (Translated: Why are they here?)
"Yut mai..." Carmen began, before sighing, as she switched back to English, due to the fact she wasn't all that good at speaking Cantonese. "Because they don't have anywhere to go, and they're new to the country." She finished, only for the blond haired man to open his mouth. Carmen, noticing this, elbowed him in the side, a glare in her eyes.
"Oh, yes, we moved from..." he looked at his hands, noticing a pamphlet for a place called Japan, "Japan." He finished meekly.
"Why don't they have an accent?" Mrs. Lowe asked suspiciously
"We have studied the English language thoroughly enough to not have the Japanese accent." Rude replied simply, only for Tseng, to add
"And also, we originated from America. I promise our stay here won't be too long. Please forgive us." He bowed, Mrs. Lowe taken aback by this, not noticing her daughter silently laughing behind her.
"Oh, its no trouble." She smiled, before turning to Carmen, who by now had stopped laughing. "I trust you can bring your friends to the rooms they need."Carmen nodded, before walking out of the slightly chilly cold room. As they headed up the stairs, Carmen turned to them, a grin on her face. "From Japan but originated from America?" she asked, before laughing.Rude and Tseng just shrugged.
End flashback
Reno laughed, as he entered the entertainment room, which seemed quite nice. It had the same color of wall as every other room, white, but the hardwood floor was covered by a large rug, which, as he was told by Carmen's oldest brother (When they were back for new years) that Carmen had made it when she was sixteen, and it took her three months. There was a large television at the back of the room, with several game engines around it. He could recognize the Play-Station 2, Xbox360, and Game-cube, but not the other two. A DVD player was also attached the television, and it was all in front of a three seat leather couch. To the right side of the room were three old desktop computers (Carmen told him that two of them were her brothers, and the third was hers, but she hated it.) on top of a cherry oak table. To the other side of the room, there was a small exercise room-like area, with those weird large balls, jump ropes, treadmill, and a bunch of other things Reno didn't know the name for. He admired the room, before walking over to the television. He smiled, before looking at the small collection of Play-Station two games, then at the Xbox 360 ones. He never bothered with the Game-Cube games, mainly because most of them were Carmen's. One game caught his eye. It was called Kingdom Hearts 2. He picked it up, and then put it into the play-station.
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Elena smiled, as she chopped up some carrots. She was in the kitchen upstairs, undisturbed by anyone, even Tseng, because he was working on something in the study room. She glanced at the recipe in the cook book, before emptying the chopping board's contents of carrots, celery, and onions into a wok with chopped beef on it. At that time, Mr. Lowe, Carmen's father, had walked in with a lot of papers. He settled down at the table, working on several things. Elena shrugged, before going back to her cooking, humming happily as she flipped the eggs on the pan, as they crackled and sizzled happily. She sprinkled a little bit of salt on the eggs, and then turned to the soup she was making. The red carrots had bobbed up, and the smell of the pork wavered out invitingly. She gave it a gentle stir, before turning to the congee, which had black eggs, and salty pork. Carmen's grandmother had given her the recipe (Carmen had to translate for her.) and it tasted delicious. She ladled a bit out, before pouring it back in. She hummed as she turned back to the stir fry. She turned everything to a low heat, before her mind drifted off.
Flashback
Elena was humming as she walked back into the house, pushing the door open with ease, when she noticed two extra pairs of shoes in the foyer. She was slightly surprised, but she just shrugged. Brian and Dennis, Carmen's brothers were coming over soon, but she didn't know that it would be that soon. Oh well! She hummed as she headed to the kitchen, but frowned when she heard someone was already cooking and arguing in angry Chinese at whoever they were with. Elena, reaching for her gun, peered into the kitchen, and was surprised to see an elderly couple, in the kitchen, with Carmen sitting at the kitchen table, working on her homework. Carmen looked up, before smiling at Elena
"Umm.. Hey Carmen," Elena began, heading over to the Slayer, who pulled out a chair.
"Yea? Oh, These are my grandparents." Carmen grinned, gesturing to the two chefs, who were currently stir-frying something "Whenever they come over, they insist on cooking, no matter what I say." She grinned, before standing up and walking to them
"Goung Goung. Paw Paw" she began, talking to the grandparents (Translated: Grandpa, Grandma)
"Ah, Mui Mui. Yee go hai bean gouh?" The elderly Chinese woman asked, gesturing to Elena, who smiled. (Translated: Mui Mui is what the youngest girl is called So she said ' Ah, Little girl, who is this?'
"Yee gouh hai ga pun yow. Coui ga men hai Elena" she smiled, As Elena walked over, before smiling.(Translated: This is my friend. Her name is Elena.)
"Ah, Hello" the older woman greeted, in slightly bad English, to which Elena smiled,
"Hello" Elena replied pleasantly, before looking at the food they were cooking. "This smells really good" she smiled, to which the Elderly woman looked puzzled.
"She can't speak English." Carmen replied, before translating for Elena.
For the rest of the hour, they spent their time discussing recipes, Carmen and her mother translating for Elena.
End Flashback
Elena hummed happily as she finished cooking the congee, before setting the table. Ah... the joys of cooking.
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Tseng stretched in his chair, before looking at the computer screen he was focussing on. He had just finished typing up a very long story, or at least, a chapter. He let out a yawn, before saving it under the name Painful Dawn Chapter 120 which he planned to post online. He smiled, before switching to the internet, as a large popup for some pornographic site appeared. He frowned, before clicking the red X. He then typed in the address bar, before signing in. He then clicked his story, adding the chapter, though it would take about a few minutes, as his mind drifted back to that popup. He sighed, before going to the romance section of the site, only for another popup to appear. He frowned once more, clicking it closed, but accidentally clicking the center of another that popped up. He swore under his breath, before noticing the site that came up. Quickly, he clicked it closed, his face redder than blood. He looked around, to make sure no one saw him with that window open, before he noticed ten pop-ups already up. He screamed, before closing them all, accidentally clicking them all, as several pornographic, offer, and retarded sites popped up. He let out a roar of anger, before the blue screen of doom popped up. His laptop then shut off by itself, stopping his upload on the internet. He banged his head against the table, practically crying.
Few minutes later, he found his file corrupted, and he had to make the 20 page chapter over again.
Mr. Shinra always said "beware the evil pop-ups." Now Tseng knew why.
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Rufus sighed contently as he relaxed in the bath tub. He brushed his hair out of his face with his left hand, examining the bathroom around him with a smile on his face.
There was a shower to his right, and a toilet across the room, with a sink to its left. There was another door, which lead to a steam room, and the other door lead to his room. He picked up one of the shampoos, which had a citrus smell to it. He smiled as he took in its scent, before relaxing happily in his bubbles, as he looked out the window to the backyard, pushing aside the curtains, noticing someone outside. He tensed slightly when he saw it was the silver haired men, save for Yazoo. He noticed that the buff one was crying, to which he rolled his eyes. He then noticed that the crying one, Loz, if he remembered correctly, was punching the ground. He opened the window, before shouting "You're not going to dig holes that way, so don't try."He then shut the window, but not before he heard another cry. He relaxed in his tub, smirking as he brushed his golden locks out of his face again, still keeping his eyes on the people down below. Loz had curled up, whimpering and crying, while Kadaj was comforting him, while shaking his fist at Rufus, who just stuck his tongue out in response. Kadaj then flipped him off, while Rufus made a punching gesture, and ended up punching the window. The window was fine, but Rufus could swear one of his bones were broken. "Oh shit" he grumbled, as Kadaj, from below, laughed his ass off.
Rufus glared daggers at the silver haired brat, before going back to relaxing in the tub. He stretched, sighing as he looked over the bubbles, which were starting to dissipate. It was just the ordinary relaxation period for Rufus Shinra, unfortunately.
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Kadaj snarled as he glared up at the window where he knew Rufus was. He then turned to his older brother, who just kept sniffling and crying. With a sigh, Kadaj just stated "Hey, we came out here to train and keep your mind off her. Come on, come at me." Kadaj smirked, getting into a fight fighter's stance. Loz nodded, as he stood up, taking off his gauntlets as he looked at his brother. "Ready, Nii-san?" Loz mumbled, before dashing at his brother, raising his fist. Kadaj smirked, as he easily dodged the hit from Loz, countering downwards as he took a step forward. Loz, noticing this, quickly did a flip, while sending a kick to Kadaj, who slid to the side. Kadaj spun around, with a grin on his face, watched his brother land, before sending a roundhouse kick to Loz's face. Loz, who had just landed, didn't expect the kick, and was propelled to a nearby tree, which, thankfully, was reinforced with foam. Loz staggered up, before glaring at his brother, who stood tall, smirking with his arms crossed. Loz let out a snarl, before dashing at Kadaj with speed he didn't know he had, as Kadaj, still smirking, just dodged by bending backwards, while compensating by kicking his leg up, catching Loz in the stomach. Loz winced, before sending a hard punch to Kadaj's jaw. Kadaj didn't expect this, and was sent flying into the fence, which surprisingly didn't collapse. He fell to the ground with a wince, before he gingerly stood back up, while popping his jaw back into place. It was Loz's turn to stand tall, as he grinned slyly at his brother. Then, both of them dashed at each other at the same time. Synchronized, they raised their fists, aiming for the other's face.
"OY! Elena says Dinner is ready, stop sparring and eat!" Carmen's irritated voice snapped from inside the house. The two fighters turned, their fists still flying, and both caught the other in the temple, effectively knocking each other out. "You two morons coming in or wha..." she drifted off, watching the two men fall to the ground, "Morons..." She sighed, before dragging both fighters back inside by their forearms, grumbling angrily under her breath.
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Carmen let out a depressed little sigh, before glancing up at the sky. The sun was going down. And though she was filled with warm and delicious cooking, she felt...Empty.
The girl let out a sigh as she began to change into her sleep-wear. She momentarily paused to look herself over. Scars adorned her body, most of them from battles, but her eyes rested on a large scar on her left knee. A scar of Childish innocence, and of foolishness. In a way, her childhood ended even before the Oni entered her life; her happiness dead long before the fateful day. With another long exhale of breath, the girl sat down on her bed, rubbing her knee as it twitched in the memory. But before she could dive into her memories, her phone rang. (A/N Unlike Roxy, I don't change my ring tone.) She flipped it open, as she mumbled out "Wai?"
"You sound like Miss Roxanne."
"Red? How do you know my number? More importantly, How did you pick up the phone?"
"Never mind that now. Yazoo told me about Roxanne's nightly excursions."
"What nightly excursions?"
"Roxanne has been going off every night to fight Oni. She comes back at dawn, and doesn't get any sleep at all."
"This is Roxy we're talking about. She doesn't need sleep. Like I said, She's a freaking Vampire, even when she isn't in her limit."
"Yes well-"
Carmen's phone began to vibrate in the middle of her call. She looked at it and saw Yazoo's number.
"Red, can you please Bite Yazoo in the leg? He's calling me even though I'm talking to you on Roxy's home phone."
Shuffles, Yelps, and grumbles could be heard in the distance, before Yazoo's voice wavered out of the phone.
"Carmen, Go find Roxy. Please. She's at a valley near a cliff and-"
"Wait...A valley near a cliff... with lots of Oni...where she died..." Carmen drifted off, her eyes widening.
She shut her phone, her pupils tiny. Quickly, she put on her Slayer coat, and grabbed the Soul's Bane, before dashing down the stairs, and out the door, her retarded older brother, home only for spring break, turning to her.
"Carmen, where the hell are you going, and what are you wearing?"
"Anime Convention, late for a skit, gotta go bye!!!" the girl managed to sputter out.
The door slammed shut as the girl dashed out.
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Carmen: Yaay! The chappie is done! Please review, please!!! It's the author's life line! –puppy dog eyes-
