Maverick Hunter KLN 10
Again folks the story is rated K+ or E10+ for everyone 10 and up for basic swearing and robot violence. Again I don't own E. Lied or Megaman X or any character appearing in any series otherwise we'd see Vile threatening Kurama and Sigma fighting Mariko. Now here's chapter 10 of Maverick Hunter KLN and the 2nd of the 3 flashback chapters detailing Lucy's life in 22nd Century Able City this is part 2 of School Days. This chapter entails her time in middle school, her going through puberty, her first boyfriend, 1st crush, 1st kiss, 1st school dance, and her developing into a hunter career. But I say to you this was not revealed but the very end of the Manga's run so for intents she's Lucy not Kadae. Now don't you worry her mom will show up too and explain this to her.
-chapter 10 - School days Junior High
Lucy's explaining of her early grade school days had come to a close. "And those were just my elementary days. But frankly I had more fun around HQ than in school I was a little bratty shit back then. This one time I took a shower after Alia and I uh I um... " (readers enjoy the stupidity) Alia the blonde Reploid woman at work on some armor repairs on her laptop grimaced knowing full well what was coming up. "Well you can all guess what happened can't ya?"
The brunette Mayu gave the hunter a quizzical look and looked very disappointed in her as well as mildly shocked. "You ran out of the bathroom naked and down the halls! Lucy geez you're crazy!"
"That's what we've been told from Commander Signas." Palette said while still typing on her laptop in battle strategies to the three hunters who were still fighting Vile somewhere in the city. "Back then Lucy was a wild 'n crazy kid."
"Then this one time I gave some new hair shampoo to Zero as a gift. It was on April Fool's Day... " Lucy said about her joke getting all giggly.
-begin flashback
At a basic looking morning at Hunter HQ Lucy had a bottle of purple shampoo in her hands and was heading for a certain off duty red armored blonde hunter Zero rather. "Zero! I got something for you."
Zero turned to see the small girl who carried the bottle of shampoo. "Hey there Luce whatcha got there?"
"Its shampoo for you Zero a gift. Use it well. It makes the hair shine really good." She said thrusting the stuff forward into the android's face.
"But I already have shampoo and conditioner 15 bottles of it and on order demand I'm Selson Blue's and Head and Shoulder's best mail order customer sorry no thanks."
Lucy gave Zero a sad puppy face. "Pretty pwease, pretty pwease with cherries on top?" The girl gave the saddest looking yet quivering lip. Lucy looked like she was on the verge of tears. "You're mean Zero you're mean! I just wanted to give you something nice!"
"Fine, fine guilt me into it I'll use it by 1:00 after my lunch hour later kiddo." Zero said taking the hair care product walking off while the child got a devilish look on her face like something sneaky was planned.
"Fool NAHAHAHA!" Lucy laughed out like a madwoman.
-Zero's quarters
In the shower of his personal quarters Zero hummed a very familiar tune from FF4 err rather the boss theme. He took the new shampoo which was the girl's gift. He put the lavender stuff into his locks and scrubbed it in nice and good then began the rinse. Turning of the water the blonde dried off then began brushing his precious locks. "Ahh Lucy sure is good to me takes after X I guess."
-later
Zero now back in his civilian clothing went about the base taking notice the various glances and snickers the custodial workers, secretaries, and janitors made as he passed by them. He ran into Alia who looked him over a bit almost ready to laugh. "Alia what's funny around here cuz it ain't me I'll say that much."
Alia took the hunter's expression seriously but it was hard as the look of his precious hair it had been altered. "Um there is something important you should know it's about... "
Alia was cut off by a fast running Douglas who ran to the two and he had the biggest look of shock on his face. "Uh Zero you do realize yer hair's been dyed purple."
Zero looked at him like he has four heads growing from his torso. Alia motioned for him to look in the nearby glass windows. Zero looked in shock. "DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! LUCCCCCYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
As if on cue X wearing his human clothes came walking into the building since his shift was starting and along with him was the pink haired little hooligan who started this mess. The girl took one look at the fooled hunter and broke into a childish snicker like a plotting she-devil. Zero marched over to the duo and stared down at the girl sternly. "Why did you put dye in that shampoo you gave me? My hair is now purple."
"Cuz it's funny." She said simply trying to stifle a giggle.
"Why you little I'm gonna!" The blue eyed hunter fumed at being made a fool of by a 7 year old girl no less he was pissed. The android was about to leap on the child when Alia grabbed him from behind.
"Zero damnit control yerself!" Alia shouted at him holding back from chasing the girl who snuck behind X safe and sound while grinning and smirking.
"Zero how old is she hmm? She's just a little kid having a little fun. Yer not hurt no one's been injured so drop it." X said scolding his best friend for trying to chase the child while the long haired blonde broods over the issue. Since X took the girl in she'd been free to run amuck across HQ and he'd always say she was just being a kid.
"Zero leave her alone she's seven! Lucy is only seven years old she's just pulling a prank its April 1st as in Fool's Day? She got you good mister." Alia added while Zero broods angrily over the issue.
-end flashback
"Holy crappola that was a good one I should try that sometime... " Mayu exclaimed shocked yet very much amused by what she heard. She snuck a glance at Yuka thinking up something to pull on her young college attending "mother".
"I said I was a little shithead back then didn't I well I saw the look his face was priceless I'll say that much." Lucy joked as she "enhanced" her "colorful" explanations using her free hands.
"But what about your years in junior high what're they like?" Kanae said getting curious about the hunters middle school time.
"Yeah what were the years of middle school like Lucy?" Mayu piped up wanting to know the details.
"That's another story but considering the blackout we have now I think I can squeeze it all in. It began after my summer was over obviously." The hunter went on.
-begin flashback - 216 Obama Middle School on Jyan Street -begin 24 by Jem
At the Obama Middle School of Abel City the young rosette's stomach was full of butterflies at seeing her new school. Alia had just dropped her off 20 minutes before the bell went off and also was given a tour of the place a month earlier to scope it out. Older students walked around, talked amongst themselves on the various things middle school kids talk about, and gossiped as well. The group of former elementary students ranging from Lucy to Penny John's (who now wore a long ponytail instead of pigtails), all of her friends from her years at Viridian Street Elementary Arnold Perlstein, Jill Argos, Wanda Chen, Sabrina Darci, Misty Waterflower, Ace McCloud, Justin Stewart, Hikari Kamiya, Mana McCutchen, Jeneal Johnson, Jamie Hines, Kai Tyson, Zach Burns, James Avery, Isabelle Trewsdale, Haruka Tsukino plus three new kids from 3rd grade who included Lily Scotts, Rick Hunter, and Sally Jones.
The group stared up at their new schooling environment it was a very tall building very different from Viridian Street Elementary. The group was again little fish in a big pond they were once again the newcomers to the place the low ones on a totem pole. "You know we can always get home schooled I hear its nice this time of year." Arnold said taking note of the tension the group faced while gazing upon the building.
"I agree with Arnold on this one I've heard horror stories about middle school." The redhead Sally said worried.
"Mmm... C'mon guys we gotta start our classes in 18 minutes let's get on with it." Lucy said also annoyed at the idea of going into a new school. "Let's just go in we have to get our education or we'll be losers for life."
-5th Grade B Class
Once after getting settled into the classroom the girl had found only a few of her friends were in her 5th year class while her new teacher Mrs. Serenity Scotts Lily's stepmother. The first class was science something Lucy was good in but not something she really excelled at but still at least she never failed it. The biggest change from grade school to junior high was the separate classes called periods evidently. Ever since the summer ended Lucy noticed she had gotten slimmer just above her hips but she passed it off like nothing she must've been better at her karate classes than she thought but soon during gym class or period 4 she noticed something odd lots of her friends like Arnold and Jill were getting trimmer and apparently her front had gotten a bit bigger too confusing her all the more.
Then a few days later she, Penny, Jill, and Wanda saw something or rather noticed something about Ace his shoulders seemed a bit wider. Wanda taking in the bizarre happenstance questioned him over at lunch. "Uh Ace have you noticed anything weird about your shoulders huh?"
"Maybe they seem to be getting a bit wide I guess don't know why." He said back knowing they were right but still offered no answers.
Walking to their table Penny sat down and added her thoughts on what was going on. "Y'know my waist is getting thinner too. Hmm I haven't been eating anymore than usual what could it be I wonder?"
"Hmm... " Was all Lucy could muster out.
-begin Izzy Glow's level theme from Mega Man X5
-that night at Alia's apartment
The 5th grader was showering off the day's filth from her petite frame. However she did a quick once over of her body and saw she seemed to getting more muscle on her arms and legs as well as newly growing curves. Her waist was getting slimmer too like most of her friends were just what was going on with her she felt fine and didn't have a fever so what was it? When suddenly she saw red in the shower water it was blood she was bleeding? "Huh? (looks down) Huh what's going on here... ALIA HELP ME I'M BLEDDING!"
Hearing the 10 year old scream Alia leapt off from her couch while she was watching a rerun of Law and Order season 10 on TNT one of the hunter navigator's favorite seasons of the show but now she ran to the frantic little girl. "Lucy are you ok! Lucy lemme in!" The navigator loudly knocked on the door to check on the girl she'd come to love like her own daughter.
"HEY PRIVACY! I'M BLEEDING FROM DOWN THERE WHAT DO I DO!" Lucy screamed out and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what the panicking pink haired child was upset about when she shouted she was bleeding from a "certain" spot.
Worried to death about the girl Alia tried to calm her down as best as she could to the best of her ability. "Lucy I'm a Reploid not a human Reploids don't get this kind of thing but I know a physician she's a veteran navigator from the old days I'll call her up now please stay calm just breathe slow breathes."
-end flashback
"And that well you can probably all guess what I got finally." Luce went on explaining the events.
Kanae gave her brunette cousin a mild expression of shock who in turn took a look at Mayu then Kanae spoke up. "You got your period? At 10 years old? Isn't that early real early?"
"Uh Kanae you do realize puberty can come at any time from the ages of 9 to 13?" The hunter reminded the younger sibling. "Furthermore kids are hitting puberty even earlier nowadays in fact when Mayu has kids I suspect hers will hit even earlier than she did. Early bloomers are becoming more and more common these days in the 22nd Century Abel City early blooming is the norm. How's them apples hmm?" The hunter playfully poked fun at Kohta's younger sibling.
Kanae not to mention the group seemed to stew over the idea it seemed logical at least. Kids were entering their developmental year more and more early since Yuka never hit puberty until 13 and Kanae at 11 the two were only a few years apart yet Lucy's words were true. "Arr I hate to admit it but Lucy's right kids are growing up faster and faster nowadays."
"Told ya!" Palette chirped up to the group while typing.
Lucy went on explain how her life was after X found her years ago. "Well over the years me and my friends got taller, got good grades, socialized and basic teenager stuff. I found so hard to believe that years ago I was bullied and tormented by kids about my horns but in Abel City nobody even made a second look at my horns. I never thought I'd find caring friends, teachers, and well everything I ever wanted in life it's a thing that you can't really explain if you were given it before I had finally found a place to call home at long last. But after my 13th birthday in the 7th grade which was found to be in this era October 11, 1984 (my birthday the author's ahead 1 year/I'm an 1985 birth) during the 14th I got a surprise."
-begin flashback during 5th period and lunch break - begin One More Chance by Yukie Nakama
During the break between the recently ended period 5 (Health class/currently disease study) and just before lunch Lucy and her friends consisting of Jade Curtis, the quiet Solo Mu, Sonia Strumm, Lan Ikari, the friendly Mayl Sakurai, the rich and fashionable Luna Shirogane, Subaru Stellar, plus the feisty yet also short tempered and frankly just plain short Yai Ayanokoji plus Penny was there as the group was going through their lockers to get their packed lunches or lunch ID cards but when the rosette opened her locker to get her lunch bag she saw a letter taped to the inside with a heart sticker.
Immediately this discovery sent her girl friends into a frenzy Lucy knew she must have a secret admirer or something. Mayl, Sonia, Jade, and especially short Yai were in a girlish uproar over it. "So who's yer new boyfriend huh Luce hmm? Who sent the letter?" Yai said playfully poking fun at her "Reploid" friend.
"Who is he huh? I bet it's that footballer Dex." Luna said feeling a romance surge coming on.
Sonia even got into the act suggesting second star football player. "Y'know it could even be from Bud Bison. Underneath all of his gruff tough guy act is a sweet caring hunk who's very strong for the ladies."
"Look you people it's nothing I've got to feed my skillet I'm hungry from all those periods of thinking let's eat c'mon." The rosette grumped to the group who sighed and realizing they were hungry too.
-cafeteria
The group was eating their lunches as Luna had her butler bring her in a steak while Yai had brought some fancy Crepes Suzette with a fettuccini sauce. Lan had some leftover meat pizza from his cousin's birthday party yesterday. Solo had a traditional Japanese bento box lunch filled with fried shrimp, rice, wheat roll, orange juice can, steamed kelp, and egg ramen. Subaru however had a Taco Lunchable kit, while Jade had what the school had turkey potpie a favorite of hers plus milk, apple juice, berry blue Jell-O, and green beans.
Sadly once again the conversational subject went back to Lucy's "love letter" frankly the whole mess was really starting to piss her off. "Drop the letter shit I'm getting annoyed I got more important things to do than read love letters bet its some joke by a 5th grader hopelessly in love with me."
"C'mon Luce just look at it what harm could it do?" Penny suggested being the cheery optimist she was by default. Though Lucy didn't hate her in fact far from it, the thing was Penny was somewhat of a hopeless and cheery person even when most people would throw in the towel at how futile the hope was. But frankly the girl was damned if she did open it up and damned if she didn't but Penny had a point what harm would it do?
"Fine, fine, fine I'll open the damnable thing just so it makes you all happy... (grumbles/opens it/reads it) ''To who has opened my letter though letters are outdated nowadays I must ask you out sometime as lately the way world's peace has been going it seems like a perfect time to frankly enjoy ourselves. When I see you I see those lovely cherry colored Reploid eyes, that rich soft cotton candy hued hair so silky and finely brushed, that curvaceous body, the accents of your clothes, the whole package my dear. Frankly would you Lucille Light go out with me for dinner tonight? I'll reveal my identity at gym class." Lucy scoffed at the idea of a potential boyfriend since X chased away any boy even remotely near her. If this was too much for him to handle well then frag him Lucy was 13 well on her way in puberty and adulthood. Besides Alia would tell him off if need be. "Good god this is so "old fashioned" makes me wanna barf right now."
"Ooh did you hear that guys somebody loves Lucy." Jade said in a playfully flirty voice.
"Hey Penny cut it out I am not in love with someone damnit!" The frazzled rosette said futilely to shut Penny up and soon all of her friends got into the act getting the girl very annoyed. It wasn't the fact that she didn't want a boyfriend the real reason as she had more important things like her homework, her future, her college entrance, career options that kind of thing she had no time for boys right now... the things the person said well they were heartfelt. Whoever wrote this thing was a grade "A" charmer. But who could've sent it to her? She'd probably be stewing over the issue all day even when she found who sent it scoffing the adopted girl went about eating her lunch in this case her turkey, cheddar, bacon and lettuce sandwich.
-soon in PE class
Finally at PE the group of friends got their gym clothes out and were ready to rumble and tumble in class Lucy wore her traditional gym clothes: they included a pink tank top (plus Alia's Dr. friend took her to get her first bra too/which she needed), hiking shoes, black jeans, as well as her trademark backwards facing baseball cap (while her locks were fitted about the hole). In short she looked tough in it tough enough to kick somebody's ass and keep kicking it to Pluto the prince of dwarf planets.
The thing for class today was the massive obstacle course outside the school basement: the first obstacle was a 10 foot long monkey bar endurance test with Lucy leading again as she had gotten 2nd place in this event last year. Penny, Lan, and Solo were close on her tail. Once that was done it was to the next thing was the tire race which the girl was still beating the pants off her friends.
"You guys ain't gonna slow me down no sir I'm gonna beat you all move the pedal to the metal! Shift into turbo gear!" The girl called to the "slowpokes" who were eating her dust.
Next up on the course was the steep inclined climb then using the rope the student would swing over a net and onto the ground then the next spot the "chain hang" which was essentially a set of chains with a metal hand hold to which the person would swing to the next hold then so and so on. Once Lucy was in the lead this year and she called to her slow moving friends to keep up. "C'mon ya slowpokes get going keep up if ya can! HAHAH! I'm gonna win this time I can do this!"
Next on the course was the pole vault over the pile of dirt which the girl aced over just fine and still leading the pack. The final obstacle was a tall ladder climb and monkey bar endurance test this set was twice the size of the first and a few inches higher than the one at the course's start. "If any of us'll ace this course it'll be me not you. You can all eat my converter out! HEYAH!" Lucy leapt up the ladder with fine speed and grace like a cat then she leapt onto the 5th bar getting further ahead when suddenly she heard a scream or rather a shout directed at her it was Eugene Chaud he was calling to her (folks this Eugene Chaud looks identical to the guy from Battle Network and NT warrior just so you know).
"YO LUCY WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?" He shouted from the gym's other side catching her off guard making her miss a bar and plummet to the floor which luckily was padded for the most part.
"AHHHH! OW!" Lucy uttered out as her left shoulder hurt like hell then when she moved her right knee it exploded in pain. "Ahh ouch!"
Her friends ran to her helping her up off the mats while her teacher called up the school nurse that a student would be coming in soon.
-Nurse's office
The nurse was fairly dead right now as the classes were in session. The nurse Mrs. Chelsea Jennings a tall and slim brunette woman who simply enjoyed her work since today was frankly the first time Lucy was even there she was a very healthy girl mind you. "Well, well, well miss Light this is a surprise this has to be the first time you've been here young lady." The miffed student was set on one of the nurse's beds to be looked at. Mrs. Jennings looked over the girl's left shoulder checking its mobility which frankly made the girl grit her teeth from the pain she felt (irony I say;). "So young lady how'd this happen hmm?"
Solo then relayed how this situation had happened to their dear friend Lucille she was always graceful and had good balance. "Well that's the thing she got a letter from some guy and well he called to her just as she was making us eat her dust on the obstacle course when she tried to see him and missed a bar and she well um she uh "
"And fell down she went like a bag o' rocks on the mats." Penny finished for Solo adding some "exciting" looking hand gestures to emphasize effect.
"Hmm let me take a look at your Lucy see how it is ok first please remove your tough looking pants and second well boys could you please leave I need to examine Lucy without the eyes of the male around its not proper so shoo." The woman said to the boys who reluctantly did what she said but knowing she was in good hands.
Penny, Jade, Yai and Lune sat alongside the bed while their friend took off her jeans as Mrs. Jennings looked over her right knee. "Ok tell me where it hurts is it here? (taps the cap area/then the lower section) Or here or there?" The last place the nurse tapped was the outside tendons which incited a very pained response from the normally "calm" student.
"Yowwwww!" Lucy yelled out in pain.
"Well we've found where it hurts." Luna added.
Grabbing Luna's spiffy looking tank top she glared into her blue eyes with her cherry colored orbs. "Hey gimme some pity Luna I'm in pain missy or I might just go do some moon hunting!" Lucy grumped out to Luna effectively shutting her up.
"Hmm they both don't seem to be broken just some nasty sprains you'll have to go easy on them no track team for you or any other extracurricular sports of any type until you're healed up." The nurse informed the girl of her injury.
"Well it's a good thing I ain't in the sports teams or the school teams would be in real trouble. Ahahahahah!" The "Reploid" student joked out at the idea of the sports groups being in trouble.
Alright, alright you all let her rest here go on shoo go back to class Lucy will be fine she's not mortally wounded here." Mrs. Jennings said shooing the girls out of there so their friend could rest up. "I'll see you in a bit I've got my break to go to just rest up dear."
And so the nurse left the girl to 13 year old girl to herself who closed her eyes and tried to relax herself and rolled over on her right side but oddly she heard a faint sound of footsteps in the office getting her attention. Jumping up which sent her shoulder in painville she whirled around and saw it was Eugene Chaud. "Jesus Eugene don't do that ya nearly gave me a heart attack! And another thing you damnable jackass you caused me to lose my place and get injured out there you jerk! I oughtta kill you! If I wasn't injured I would go after you! You punk! Get over here!" The injured girl fumed on the jock for his nerve of even being there.
"Lucy stop it I'm sorry I shouldn't of called to you then I could've waited but I had to ask it was driving me crazy and eating at me. Like I said would you go out with me hmm? Ewer could uh go to the Tower Garden Caf I have a discount there." Eugene said to her trying to calm her down and giving her a look like a whipped puppy all sad and such yet also pitiful to look at.
Seeing his expression the girl humpf'd to herself in shock of his declaration. "Why do you wanna go out with me huh? What's so special about me hmm? There must be a reason." All of her early life kids picked on her, tormented her, teased her, tried to kill Jiro, then when X took her away things quickly got better as she was enrolled in school, found out her birth date, plus had found several great friends over the years but no one had ever looked at her romantically before so it seemed a bit unusual.
"Yer not gay are ya?" Eugene said asking the girl hesitantly.
"NO! Damnit! It's just no one's ever thought of me romantically before that's all." Lucy huffed out to Eugene.
"Oh. Well you're kind and decent, as a Reploid myself I was intrigued by your radio horns tell me who built them into your head? I've never seen a feature like that." The boy asked her while his look showed no dishonesty in his words.
"Um I don't know that I came online with them already built in. Hey you have the nerve to ask me out when you're the jerk who got me injured in the first place answer that one why should I accept?" Lucy spit out at the boy who sat down by the bed.
Eugene's expression wasn't one of a guy gloating or being smug but rather one of concern for the girl he liked and hurt. "Lucy I'm sorry I shouldn't of done it but I'd really like it if you'd accept I'll make it worth your while if you go. We can go anywhere Luce just name it."
Rattling the idea about in her female brain Lucy thought the idea over a boy asked her out on a date and anywhere she wanted to go to. But still she was a cautious as her first boy could be a jerk. She'd heard over the net that a guy is sweet for a week or so then the abuse starts up well if it came to that her vectors would teach him a lesson don't hit her unless he wants hit back 20 times harder. "Ok, ok, ok, I'll go guilt me into it why don't you Eugene I'll go just lemme rest and no fast walking please I'm still a bit sore here. Oh one thing I'll go to Alia's apartment it at 120 Kattelox Street apartment B6."
"Ok I'll meet ya there then." The boy said leaving the girl to rest herself up.
-soon
After school had let out Lucy went straight to Hunter HQ to let X know she'd be at Alia's who just so happened to have the day off and was delighted to see her. It was a well known fact that Alia was like a surrogate mother to Lucy and X like her father neither of which she had before. The girl had excused herself to the bathroom where the blonde navigator received a shock Lucy was putting on cosmetics in other words makeup. She looked much more fancy too clad in a set of deep moss green short shorts, pink sneakers and ankle socks plus her zip up pink tank top shirt.
The girl used a rich salmon half pink lip gloss and half lipstick to her mildly plump lips then eyeliner above her eyes. Next was her eyelash extender then her green refractor necklace a present zero got her two Christmases ago. "Lucy what're you doing?" A frazzled Alia asked the horned girl.
Lucy continued to apply the stuff while still speaking to Alia. "Getting ready for a date what else?"
"Oh that's what it is hmm X won't like this you know that to be true young lady." Alia said bringing up the X pat of the equation. "Who is this boy is that Chaud boy who injured yer knee and shoulder?"
"Yes it is Alia and X won't know about it if he does he'll fly off the handle and forbid me to date until I'm 27. I am not a child anymore he has to realize that." Lucy grumped.
"He's just looking out for you missy but he well he can be very overprotective yer right you're not a child anymore you're growing up X still sees you as that timid and terrified child he found years ago its loving but still you're not 7 anymore you go out and have a good time out there." Alia said permitting the girl to go out and enjoy herself.
Soon the doorbell rang and it was Eugene dressed in a red wind breaker jacket with a white t-short underneath and camouflage type jeans. "Hey there Luce ya look nice sexy even."
That comment made the girl blush so bad it made the ripest of tomatoes jealous and frankly took her off guard. "Ahhh ok then Alia its 6:12 we'll be back by 8:00 at HQ pleased don't inform X of this please." And the two lovebirds went out the door to the dating spot.
-several hours later Hunter HQ
It was at least 9:37 PM at Hunter HQ a time when the case loads and work started to wind down as X awaited Lucy's return from Alia's apartment so far nothing it did not take this long to get from her home to HQ when suddenly he heard a light thud or rather a thunk on the Plexiglas wall on the building front and to his shock it was Lucy making out err rather talking with a boy and vice versa with the brown haired boy. Giving him one last peck on the nose the boy left her alone and she slipped inside hoping she was unnoticed and let out a sigh of relief. "Whew! That was close I didn't I could last any longer without sneaking around the building Eugene knows how to treat a girl very good I might add but I think I'm out of the woods X didn't catch me."
"Oh I think you're just entering the woods frankly oh young lady Lucy you've got explaining to do!" X fumed at the teenage girl who shrunk back at seeing him so upset at her.
"Shit!" Lucy cussed out at being caught and late on curfew by X.
"And that's what you'll be in a few minutes young lady who was that boy you were with? And why were you out with him? You know my rules Miss Light no boys after 4:00 PM." X grumped to the teenager who quickly got miffed at his constant overprotective antics.
Alia happened to come in the building hoping to get details about her date only to see X got to her first and giving her a piece of his bionic mind from the looks of it. Getting annoyed at him as usual she walked right up to him and grabbed his collar. "X leave her alone how old is this girl we've been taking care of hmm? Is she 7, or maybe 4 no how about this one she's 13 dammit! If she wants to go out with boys who are we to stop her I can tell Eugene Chaud is a nice guy unlike those three back in the orphanage, Eugene likes her horns miser so don't you go after and grill him. I will not stand by and let the years of dating pass her by girls in 5th grade are dating so it's only fair she does too with a boy she likes."
"B-b-b-b-b-u-u-u-u-t-t-t-t but Alia he was... she was damnit I'm digging a deeper hole aren't I?" X stammered at what Alia was throwing in his face and Lucy simply gloated at being the big shot for once.
-end flashback
"And Eugene was my first boyfriend boy I miss him he's doing viral research right now in Los Angeles." Lucy said sadly missing the first boy she ever loved as he winced from her slight fever. "Damn fever its gonna drive me crazy."
Kanae seemed enchanted by the stuff this girl had been telling her and her brother. "This is good tell us more how long did you go out with him? Did ya ever kiss him hmm? C'mon tell us the details I wanna hear 'em."
"Kanae shush she doesn't have to tell us anything more she needs to rest up." Yuka piped up trying to shush her younger cousin up which got the annoyed reaction from the hunter. Though initially Lucy didn't care for the boy's younger sibling she'd grown on her a bit it was clear her hunter days had entranced the high schooler. Plus the fact was she wasn't dying a painful death she just had a nasty fever so she told Yuka off right then and there.
"Oh no, no, no, no Yuka shut yer trap you don't need to protect me from Kanae in fact Yuka you tell her or me what to do again I'll kick yo' ass." Lucy retorted getting sassy to the college girl inciting a very miffed expression from her.
"Looks like somebody ain't taking your snooty crap cousin for once." Kanae replied agreeing with the rosette hunter. "I do wanna hear more of this."
"Well I guess the next point of interest was the Christmas Winter Ball a few days before vacation I asked Eugene to go with me." The girl went on to explain.
Layer however had to butt in to correct an oversight Lucy mentioned. "Didn't Eugene ask you and not the other way around?" Layer's revelation incited bits of giggling amongst the residents at the building.
"Fine he asked me ok geez Layer what is this correct Lucy day or something hmm? Alright moving on again as I said we prepared ourselves to go sadly I found it was a bit formal my least favorite way of dressing." Lucy went on explaining the dress style for the event.
-begin flashback - begin Around the World (la la la la la la) by ATC
It was a few days before the upcoming Christmas Winter Ball as the girls were going on about their choice of boys they were going with to it. Alia had managed to get some "formal" looking clothes for her to wear to the party which frankly drove her into an uproar. Her outfit was a pink frilly one piece church type dress with a set of green ribbons around the waist which fluttered about from the hair dryer Alia used on the girl rosy locks putting the back into a braided pony tail while a set of buns were around her horns like a flower. Her front locks had a small "M" shaped clip pulling a few locks of hair from her face at an angle. She wore the same cosmetics from her date a few weeks ago with Eugene. Alia even gave her nails a fine light pink lacquering plus some polish to shine them. For footwear she had on darker pink pump shoes slash penny loafers in short she looked like she was going to just short of the prom (isn't she darling folks? ;).
A car horn signaled the two that Eugene was there and using his father's deep navy colored and modified auto-driving street racer car. He was waiting along the curb. "Hey Lucy come on we'll be late c'mon let's have some fun." He called to her from the street to Alia's open window.
"Just a minute Gene lemme get my purse and we can blaze outta here." She called from the window seal. Quick as a flash the dressed up girl ran to the car and took a gratifying look at Alia for helping her on this. It was the HQ's funds that made the dance possible as the school funds were in the red lately the school barely had enough cash to make even one dance so Alia stepped in with a bake sale for cakes and sweets to use as profit to give to the board.
"Have fun there missy have fun. I'll be here shortly for the speech." Alia called to the now speeding away vehicle the Chaud's drove.
- Christmas Winter Ball - 216 Obama Middle School -begin Mega Man 20th Anniversary Metal Man (rock remix)
Upon arrival of the event all of Lucy's friends were there Penny, Arnold, Jade, Jill, Wanda, Dex, Bud, Solo, well everyone was there as the tunes from some old rock 'n roll slash techno album. This was not the type of tunes Lucy wanted to hear and was miffed about the idea. "Ah dammit these're not the tunes I wanna to hear at my dance I wanna hear something heavier or more hard something to jam to. Something more in line like my stuff."
"Why do you even listen to that old stuff huh? There's a load of new great stuff out like Iron Loader, the great Cold Steel, Elfin Hymns (Easter egg folks), and the goodie Living Dead Bots, or Zombie Bionics but you like the older stuff what is it called Powerguy 200 or something? Or was it Powerworker 60? What about that other one what was it again Metalmantalis or something? I think there was another called The Eurasia right?" Penny said getting the bands names completely wrong by a mile.
"They're called Powerman 5000, Europe, Lacuna Coil, Lordi, Janne Da Arc, The Kovenat and Metallica get it right I can listen to what I want to you two no ifs otherwise it's my music not yours." Lucy retorted back getting sassed about her music choices which were oldies (remember 22nd century here not 20th or 21st). "You think they stink oh I'll show you all how good they are just watch me sing them on the stage just to prove I'm right."
Fuming at her friend's lack of musical understanding since frankly they weren't from the 20th century time like she was so she knew more about the tunes and bands from that era than they did and she was going to prove they could still hold up now even after a century had gone by. She ran to the stage where the player drones were just wrapping up their playing and Lucy gave a speech. "Uh um it's come to my attention some of you don't know what real music is show I'll just have to show all what a real band sounds like allow me to introduce you all to one of my favorites Metallica with the hard song "Wherever I May Roam!"
-begin Wherever I May Roam by Metallica
Lucy took the microphone and gulped from the bunches of eyes gazing upon as the words appeared on the karaoke screen but she just turned it away she'd memorized this stuff from singing it so much and she went to sing the lyrics for the students just as Alia happened to join the only to gaze and see her charge while the drones played the other instruments.
Alia stood in awe of how good the girl was considering she sang in the shower all the time in her quarters and her apartment too so she took a seat and watched the girl rock out on front of the outright amazed student body. Lucy sang the song perfectly without a single mistake.
The screen went onto the next song "Show Me What You Got" by Powerman 5000 another favorite of hers. Her friends were equally in awe of her flawless performance even the stubborn Jill and Dex who saw the spectacle for themselves in person.
In short Lucy sang or rather rocked out on Spellbound by Lacuna Coil, Bombshell also by Powerman 5000, Seek and Destroy also by Metallica, Invincible by Pat Benatar, and The Final Countdown by Europe amongst others which left the student body stunned at her skill which left the girl hungry and a bit thirsty too. A bit tired the girl retired to the sanctity of her friends table. "Oh I'm pooped I can't do anymore I am done for the night I'm just going to dance and eat. Hm let's see what we have here pizza, cheese sticks, tacos, pretzels, nachos and cheese oh good stuff. (sees Alia videotaping her) Alia get that blasted camera out of my face I'm not in the mood."
"Oh c'mon missy get into the holiday spirit smile you're on candid camera." Alia joked to the girl who was not amused by the action.
"Alia please cut it out and while I'm at it I'm gonna (Eugene kisses her cheek) ." Lucy trailed off going beet red again making the best and ripest of cherries mad with jealousy.
That action had caused an uproar among her circle of friends especially the girls who hooted and hollered at their friend getting kissed for the first time.
-end flashback
"And that was my first dance and kiss pretty cool huh?" Lucy asked the group who were hopelessly entranced by her life in Abel City.
"Now I'm really jealous you had the perfect life Lucy I wish I had a life like that... " Nana trailed off depressed.
Mayu took her younger Diclonii friend by the shoulder letting her know she still could. "Don't you worry once the Mavericks are dead we can build you a new life here far from those facility jerks."
"That was so romantic and cool too you going up on the stage and singing those tunes how cool wish I could do that I get stage fright so easily. I can't even go for the cheerleading team without getting nervous." Kanae confessed to the hunter.
During this whole time alia was overhearing the recollection of the events the girl experienced in her teen days. "Actually you've all got part of the story Lucy didn't tell you about what happened after her little "smooching" did you young lady?" Alia playfully teased the girl at leaving out a key bit of information she forgot to remember. "Here give the recording a second look look here's Lucy a second after getting kissed (fast forwards the recording) and here's the same scene at least five minutes later the girl was stunned for 10 minutes from that peck."
"Alia why'd ya do that huh trying to embarrass me to hell huh? Well I was embarrassed enough then turn it off I beg you Alia for all that's good and holy in the world turn it off please!" Lucy begged the Reploid woman to turn off the taping of her dance.
"Oh Lucy are you going to explain your high school life to them yet?" Palette piped up from her laptop work getting a miffed expression from the girl.
"It never ends alright last school chapter of my life." The girl went on to the group who listened intently.
-to be continued
Well here it is part 2 of 3 flashback chapters involving the past of Lucy in 22nd century Able City. Next up is her high school years and prom Oh kudos to whomever can guess where her classmates came from and her teacher. But until then please review my other stories entitled: "EctoVectors", "Neon Genesis Nightwarriors", "Horns of a Spider", "Cybertronian Invasion", "Yokohama Night Monsters", "Vectors and Vector Sigma", Power Ranger Dimension Legends, and "Diclonius Goddess of Steel". Until then this has been writer TURP signing off take care, goodbye, good night (where applicable anyway;), and good luck folks I'm signing off now.