Timeline Vacation
Chapter 9: Of Love and Jokes
Me: Well, sorry for taking so long. My muse took a long vacation in the middle of production and kidnapped my backup muse.
Muse: Shut up. I work for free anyway, remember!
Me: Did you really have to kidnap Koyoma?
Muse: The lemur boy needed a vacation too!
Koyoma(back-up muse): No I didn't!
Muse: Be quiet traitor!
Me: Wow, I got this done for Valentine's Day!
Kipper: Great, so it's got gushy stuff in it!
Me: You get a kiss so shut up! Anyway, hope you like it!
"Look Nirra, if you promise not to kill us we'll share the prize with you, ok." Kipper said to Nirra. After the congrats had died down, Nirra was once again angry. The two boys were pleading for their lives.
"Ok. Fine, just was making sure! " Nirra said, the anger fading from her eyes and she smiled and hugged Kipper, giving him a peck on the cheek, which caused the young dark dragon to blush.
"Not now Nirra! Rosco's right there!" His eyes fell on the young light dragon who was making kissy faces and grossed out faces at the two of them.
"I'll take care of it! LIGHTNING!" Nirra said and promptly shocked her brother. "Buzz off Rosco!"
The singed dragon grumbled in annoyance. Fortunately he was saved by his parents.
"Ok, it's time for you kids to get into bed. It's late." The Wyndian queen stated. "Off to you're room now." Nina shooed them.
The children glanced at Ryu with pleading eyes that said, "just a few more minutes, please!" But he shook his head.
"Look Makas, try not to sleep with the stupid screwdriver. You look like a dope. You're almost eighteen!" Reina argued with her brother.
"You cuddled up to Runny at night until just a couple of years ago so don't yell at me!" He pointed to the small robot his sister had built, that looked very similar to Honey.
"I never slept talked and said I was going to marry Runny thought." Reina pointed out.
"Shut up!" He said and threw his pillow at his twin.
"Come on, it's late." Nirra said with a yawn as she entered the room. "I got a solution to that screwdriver problem." She said and took Makas' screwdriver and threw it in the closet." There, now shut up!" Nirra was annoyed about something.
"What's wrong Nirra? Parent's interrupt snuggle time with Kipper?" Reina asked with a smirk.
"Shut up. It was almost romantic. Oh well, they still think I'm to young to be in love, so until I'm thirteen Kip and I can't go on an actual date." She pointed out.
"I must admit I agree with them. I didn't even like kissy stuff until I was about thirteen. You are only eleven and make goo goo eyes at Kipper all the time. Even Rosco is disgusted by that. Guess you just grew up faster than him..." Looking over to where Rosco, out of boredom was trying to balance a spoon on his nose. "Ya, most definitely matured faster than he did." Reina said with a laugh. "Well, goodnight."
"Night." Nirra said and crawled into her bed. The other occupants soon to follow.
Morning came quickly for the occupants of the children's room. Nirra, excited about the shopping spree got the boys up nice and early. "Come on, time to go shopping! We'll eat breakfast later!" Nirra stated after waking up the groggy boys.
"Ok, let's get this over with. I hate clothes shopping." Rosco whined as he entered the store, and recalling the torment he and Kipper had underwent here.
"No worries. I won't make you guys cross-dress since you are being so nice to me." Nirra said, one of her relatively calm days. Calm used very loosely.
"Gee thanks..." Rosco grumbled sarcastically.
They wandered around the store aimlessly looking at the clothing. Rosco was trying on some of the armor they had there and Nirra was checking out the skirts and dresses.
Kipper wasn't entirely sure what to look for. To be honest he hated cloths shopping. He came across something that caught his eye. "Hey, Rosco! Nirra! Come check this out!" He yelled to his friends. They came running. "Look at the sign!"
"Get a personalized T-Shirt here. We'll put anything you want on it!" Rosco read out loud. "That sounds cool!"
"I agree with you on that one brother! Let's check it out!" Nirra said, excitement obvious in her voice.
They approached the desk. "How much for the personalized T-Shirts?" Kipper asked.
"Two-hundred zenny each." The clerk stated, almost in a bored fashion. It was apparent he had said this many times. He handed them each a form.
"Man, that cuts off most of out certificate. Hope you're not to mad Nirra." Said Rosco.
Well, after this we each have one-hundred left to spend so that's fair. Just be happy I'm in a good mood." Nirra said, the last part sent shivers down both the boys spines.
"Wonder if she really is a light dragon like she claims. Sometimes she seems really evil! What do you see in her anyway? " Rosco whispered to his friend as he filled out the T-Shirt order form.
"Love is odd. Teepo and Madelline are proof enough of that. I wonder where she does get her bossy side from. It only recently showed up just a few months ago." Kipper replied.
"I think she gets it from our grandmother on my mom's side. From the stories I hear Grandma Sheila was pretty bossy and scary. Though I really don't think she went around casting painful spells on people...But... you never know..." Said Rosco, the last part in dramatics.
Kipper rolled his eyes as he handed the form to the clerk. "I'll be over there, looking at the the...Trench coats..." The gigantic coats looked a little weird.
As Kipper walked off Rosco turned to the clerk. "Can I see his order form for a second?" He asked.
"Sure, here kid." The clerk handed Rosco Kipper's paper.
Rosco quickly scanned it over. "Just that! I think you need a little more than that on your shirt." Rosco whispered to himself with a chuckle. "I'll fix that for you!" With that Rosco scribbled something on the paper and handed it back to the clerk. "Thanks!"
About an hour later the cloths hunt was coming to an end.
"Kipper, trust me, that oversize coat does not give you justice at all." Nirra pointed out, shaking her head.
"I don't really like it either. I can't seem to find anything I like." He groaned.
"I'll help you out with that." Nirra went digging around the clothes and she found a indigo sweat shirt, and pants with gold trim down the side to match. "How about this?" She offered.
He looked at the price and nearly fainted. "60 zenny for the pants! What are they trying to pull?"
"Well, it is a gold trim you know. It may not be real gold but it's fancy. Fancy things cost more." Nirra pointed out.
"Fine!" Kipper glanced around and settled on a belt with a silver dragon on the buckle to spend the last of his part of the certificate.
Rosco had settled on some armor for the last of his, and Nirra had a couple of outfits for herself picked out. They paid for the clothes and made their way back to their rooms to store them. On their way back out, the day still being quite young, Nirra noticed the sixth Ryu and Nina walking, though, they seemed to be mad at each other.
"They are supposed to be in love with one another. I wonder what has made them so angry at each other? This won't do at all..." A slow grin spread of Nirra's face. "Time to help those two out!" So, Nirra was playing Matchmaker like her mother had done a long time ago for Shadis and Beyd.
"What seems to be you're problem?" Nirra asked the sixth Ryu and Nina.
"Rena and I were in the hot tub talking, and Ryu was spying on us!" Nina cried out.
"You were what? No wonder she's mad at you!" Nirra scolded, wagging a disapproving finger in Ryu's face.
"I...I...I wasn't the one...spying! It was Rei! Honest it was! I was trying to stop him! Then you heard him and he shoved me through the fence! Honest!" Ryu pleaded desperately.
"I say we find Rei and question him on this, but don't think you're off the hook mister!" Nirra said as Ryu relaxed slightly, suddenly waving her wand threateningly in his face as a warning.
Ryu gave a sigh of despair as he was lead off by Nina, Kipper, and Nina to find Rei.
They found Rei in the cafe drinking something two hours later. "Hey, you! Were you really spying on Rena and Nina while they were in the hot tub!" Nirra questioned the thief immediately.
"She doesn't beat around the bush does she?" Ryu whispered to Kipper.
"Not when it comes to matters important to her." Came Kipper's reply.
The thief noticed it was Nirra, and not too far away was Kipper. "Oh no, not you two." He muttered under his breath. "Why are you accusing me?" He asked aloud, trying to give an innocent look. It was failing miserably.
"Well, from that incident at the pool a little while back you proved to be a pervert, so if what Ryu said is true it wouldn't be surprising." Nirra pointed out, her glare stern. "It would not be wise to lie to me." Her voice almost sounded evil at that point.
All the people around her gave a shudder at Nirra's tone and the thief paled. "Ok, I was the one spying on Rennie and Nina while they were in the Hot Tub...Ryu was trying to stop me. The girls startled me and I shoved him through the fence." The titan admitted sheepishly. There was no lying when Nirra was in that kind of a mood.
Nina turned her head to Ryu, looking somewhat ashamed, and hugged him. "I'm so sorry I didn't believe you; and I'm sorry I attacked you when I thought you were spying on us." She apologized.
"It's ok. I'm just glad you believe me now!" Ryu replied, hugging her back.
At the time of happiness the thief was trying to sneak away, but Nirra stepped in front of him. "You are not going anywhere!" She hissed at him. She turned to Nina. "Care to join me in a little target practice?" Nirra's face held an evil smirk. It grew even wider at Nina's acceptance.
The cries of Rei went unanswered as elemental spells and curses rained down on the thief.
"Well, breakfast is only four hours later than it should have been." Rosco said accusingly at his sister. It just had to be us to help him out." He grumbled as he sipped his glass of milk.
After the Rei target practice, Nirra had taken the liberty of creating a romatic breakfast for Ryu and Nina. That took about an hour, with them staying there to make sure everything was perfect for them.
"We did something nice so get over it!" Nirra snapped at him and threw a breakfast roll at his head.
"Come on now, no food fights!" Kipper chuckled.
Teepo and Madelline approached the kids at the round table. "Hey Kipper, ya think ya could watch 'ittle
Chance for a while? E's just bin fed so that should tide im over for a while." Madelline asked, handing her infant over to her adopted son.
"I guess so. Why?" Kipper replied as he took the baby.
"Well, someone's bin a grumpy goose ever since last night, so I'm tryin ta cheer im up a 'ittle bit." Madelline said with a grin, elbowing Teepo a couple of times. The man in question frowned in embarrassment, but said nothing as his wife dragged him off.
"You know, he does seem to be in an annoyed mood. Relieved about something, but still unhappy." Kipper said as he shifted Chance to his shoulder.
"You know what, dad seemed the same way last night too. I wonder what was wrong. I hate being kept out of the loop!" Rosco pointed out, saying the last part with a groan.
"Well, let's try not to worry about..." Kipper suddenly stopped.
At that moment Sora walked onto the Cafe and headed to the counter.
A wave of sorrow suddenly gripped Kipper, and a fear slowly crept up his spine. His body was tempted to shudder and he went stiff. There was a moment of silence, until Chance, feeling Kipper's discomfort, let out an upset moan, and began to squirm. This snapped him out of it, and he shook it off.
"Hey, are you ok? You looked like you had just just saw a ghost, and before that you looked like you were going to cry!" Rosco asked, deep concern in his voice. Nirra just gave kipper a concerned look since her twin had beaten her on what she was going to say.
"Ya, I'm fine. I don't know what came over me. Let's go see if our shirts are completed. They should be done by now." Kipper said, as he tried to change the subject and calm Chance.
"Ok then, let's go!" Rosco and Nirra cheered and the four made their way to the clothing shop.
"Oh, I like it! It's perfect!" Nirra let out a delighted high-pitched squeal as she looked her shirt over in the mirror. The shirt itself was pink and on the front with gold lettering it said, "Princess." The back in the same gold color for the lettering it said "Nirra."
"I like mine to!" Rosco's was green and like Nirra's in gold lettering, on the front it said "Prince" and on the back it said his name.
"It is pretty cool." His shirt was a violet blue with a red lettering on it. It had his name in the front. He knew nothing of the lettering in the back, until Nirra started to giggle. "What's so funny?" He demanded.
"Look at the back of you're shirt!" Nirra said, stifling her giggles long enough to speak, then bust out laughing again.
He struggled to see his back in the mirror and let out a groan at what he saw. In red lettering, the back said "Fish." He glared in annoyance at Rosco. "Did you put this on there?"
The blue haired dragon nodded. "Be grateful, I was planning on adding your last name and fish. Get it? Kipper steal thee fish?" He started laughing at his own joke while Kipper and Nirra groaned. It was going to be a long vacation.
To be continued...
