Fuji had been peacefully walking to the park to take some pictures, something he occasionally enjoyed to do, when little kids and their parents were running away from the park where they usually played all day long, well at least until the sun went down.
He quickened his pace in order to see what all the commotion was about. As he was walking over to the play ground a shiny object caught his eye and he went to go pick it up. It had four points and had a spherical floral design. "It looks like Philips-san's necklace that she always wears." Fuji thought. And sure enough as he kept walking he noticed a familiar pink haired girl tearing her way through the sand box, scaring the little kids and even their parents.
"Philips-san?" Fuji asked making her stop and look up at him. She had tears flooding down her face. "What seems to be the problem?"
She looked down at the sand. "I…lost it!" she sobbed. "Leave me alone!" she sobbed even harder, shooing Fuji away before she started to tear through the sand box again.
Fuji walked closer to her kneeling down next to her. He then held up the necklace he had found on the ground. "Saa…Would this be what you are looking for?" Fuji asked in a low voice.
She looked up at him and her eyes seemed to almost pop out of her head when she did. "Where did you find that?" Lucy exclaimed through her sobs, she reached out seemingly to grab her object but missed and ended up falling into his chest. Fuji had almost lost his balance but caught both her and his self. She sobbed almost to the point where she ran out of breath.
"Can you take me to the swings?" she asked gripping his shirt tightly with her small hands that shook.
Fuji was hesitant for a moment, but then slowly nodded. "Ok…" he replied before picking her small body up, seeing as she wouldn't get up on her own. Fuji had never realized this but everything about her was small in comparison to Elizabeth Boyer.
"…Thank you…" was what Lucy seemed to mumble.
"Saa. What was that? I couldn't quite hear that." Fuji asked her leaning closer to her to hear her repeat what she had said, a little sadistic smile playing across his lips.
"Nothing!" Lucy quickly replied turning her head away rapidly from his eyes.
Fuji chuckled, placing her on a swing taking a seat on the one next to her.
There was a brief silence, except for the sound of the swing squeaking when Lucy moved back and forth.
"Uhm…I really appreciate you finding this for me…I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't…" Lucy stated slowly, swaying the swing with her small body.
"It seems that necklace is really important to you, huh?" he asked giving it back to her only to have her softly grab it.
She nodded. "Yeah… My cousin gave it to me before she passed away. Well the nurse did because my cousin died in the hospital on my birthday." Lucy said. Her voice started to crack. Fuji put his hand on her back rubbing it softly.
"You must have liked your cousin a lot…"
"Well, yeah. I mean she was like my best friend and close sister…We probably couldn't have gotten closer…We were supposed to eat cake together in the hospital." Lucy started to cry more while placing her head in her hands while resting her elbows on her legs.
Fuji closed his eyes and listened to Philips-san's loud sobs.
"Why'd she have to leave me? I was so alone! I even became distant from my closest brothers and sisters." She sobbed even harder.
Lucy continued to sob as Fuji fiddled with his camera. A soft breeze blew by, and Fuji turned his camera on. Lucy was wiping her nose, and he took a quick picture without her noticing. She sniffed a couple of times and let out a few shaky breaths. Fuji thought that it was weird yet interesting to see her this way, instead of yelling like she usually did.
"Would you like me to walk you home?"
"Ok."
So they both stood up. Once they started walking, Lucy seemed to need to grab onto Fuji for balance since her eyes didn't seem exactly focused.
As they walked towards her house there was a sorrowful silence between the two of them. But after a few blocks Lucy leaned on Fuji's arm, her eyes half open. "Tired?" Fuji asked, making her tired eyes look up at him.
"Crying takes out a lot of energy from me." She sighed cuddling into his arm more.
"Most people seem to be tired after crying." Fuji replied letting her lean on him. Lucy seemed to become relaxed when leaning on him, and as long as she didn't start crying, then Fuji would allow her to do so.
After a couple more minutes they arrived at Lucy's house, which was fairly large, a lot bigger than Fuji's house. Fuji walked her up the stairs to her door.
Lucy tried to open the door with the knob but it wouldn't move, so she knocked on it. After a few minutes, a man with flowing long pink hair answered the door. He at first seemed happy to see Lucy was home, but when he saw her eyes all puffy and her nose was red, he realized that she had been crying, and immediately glared at Fuji.
"Did you make my dearest daughter cry?" he asked obviously revealing that he was in fact Lucy's Father. Before Fuji even had the chance to reply, Lucy's Father continued to rant,
"You're a horrible person!"
Fuji stayed put when Lucy grabbed her father's sleeve, and spoke in a dead serious tone of voice to him. "Just leave him alone…" Her father seemed quite shocked. As for Fuji, this was kind of amusing. "Now if you don't mind I am going to go to bed."
"Wha-?" he father asked confused at his daughter's tone.
"Have a good night, Philips-san." Fuji bowed respectively to her father, then left, a smile playing across his lips.
(-Lucy-)
Lucy held Neko-sama in her arm while the other hand stroked the top of the cat's head. The cat only meowed and squirmed as it tried to get out of her grasp.
"Why? Why did I lean on him so deeply? Why did I have to rely on him to get to the swings, and getting home?" she thought squeezing Neko-sama tighter.
The next day, Lucy walked to school with a zombie like air around her. Students strayed away from her, afraid if they were to go near her she would attack and turn them into one of her 'zombie minions'. Lucy didn't even bother Keitaro when she walked onto the school grounds.
"Is something wrong with Philips-san?" Keitaro whispered to Miki while pointing towards Lucy. "You know…not that I really care." He quickly added.
"Probably..." Miki uncaringly replied. "But it seems that there is something wrong along with Boyer-san." she stated afterwards pointing to the other direction.
"Wow...I wonder what's going on with them..." Shinji spoke. After all they were both mumbling things that were incoherent words.
Then, Lizzy and Lucy both ran into a wall at the same time. Both stepped back, shaking it off as they continued their strange ramblings.
"Lust...Lusting...Why god...? Why?" Lizzy mumbled against the wall.
"Why? ...How could...I...Like him? Well not in that sort of way but... Dear god... Help... Me..." Lucy seemed to finish mumbling for Lizzy.
Lizzy stopped for a moment and slid her face towards Lucy's direction. "What's up with you?"
"You first..." Lucy mumbled as she mirrored Elizabeth's actions.
"Let's go somewhere where no one can hear us though..."
"I know a tree that is wonderful for such things..." Lucy sighed and sauntered off with Lizzy trailing after her.
"What is wrong with them?" Oishi asked their friends.
"Dunno..." Keitaro replied sighing heavily.
"So what's up?" Lucy asked climbing up a couple branches, followed by Lizzy, though she had some trouble.
Lizzy let out a long sigh. "Eiji-kun and I kissed on accident...And now I think I might be lusting after his lips." She quickly explained.
"Ah...I was walked home by Fuji-san after him finding my necklace...I ended up cuddling into his arm while I was walking with him and I stood up for him when my father was yelling at him..."
"I see..."
Lucy went to nod her head when the wheels inside her brain slowly began to turn. She blinked once, twice, and thrice as she replayed what Lizzy had just told her not more than a few minutes ago now. I didn't seem that Lucy realized what Lizzy had said until she fell off the tree branch laughing hysterically.
"What?" Lizzy questioned, raising a brow as she looked down at the pink haired girl. She released the branch she was hanging on, landing roughly on the grassy ground.
"I knew it! I knew you liked him this entire time~! And yet you denied it!" Lucy yelled through laughs.
A blush made it's way to Elizabeth's face as she quickly went to deny it, but countered with, "...And you don't like Fuji-san?" she slightly pouted. "And for the last time, I do not like Eiji-kun. We're just friends!"
Lucy stopped laughing and looked up at her with a very serious look on her face. But then she smiled. "Yeah! Let's get to class before we are late~!"
Elizabeth smirked. Trying to change the subject, was she? Lucy ran forward, stopping in her tracks and called for Lizzy again. After a moment the two ran to class together.
Lucy and Lizzy had slowed to a walk as they were in the hallways. As they turned a corner Lucy and Lizzy walked into two people. Lucy fell down and Lizzy took a few steps backwards, flicking her lip right away.
"Ugh..." Lucy groaned getting up and rubbing her sore butt. Then she looked up and realized that they had run into. Her mouth practically dropped to the ground as she shouted, "BUBBLING FISH TACO MUFFINS!" and grabbed Lizzy's hand, running off quickly passed them.
The two boys blinked. "What was that about?" Eiji asked, cranking his head towards Fuji.
"I don't know..." Fuji shrugged.
"Haha! That was amazing Lu-chan~!" Lizzy laughed as they turned another corner only to find Lucy's arch nemesis.
"Well, well! What do we have here?" Jasmine smirked widely, towering over Lucy by a few good inches.
"Well, considering your bad eye sight I wouldn't be surprised if you thought you saw two goddesses walking towards you~!" Lucy put a hand up to the side of her mouth as she giggled.
Jasmine showed her displeasurement with a scowl. "Shut up! At least I don't cry over broken crayons!" Jasmine retorted.
"I loved that crayon, god dammit!" Lucy shouted stomping her foot on the ground.
"An orange crayon? Please, it would have run out eventually." Jasmine scoffed.
"There were plenty other orange crayons on the table! You didn't need to use mine!" Lucy glared furiously at the other girl.
"Well, I will make sure next time I steal everything you have properly." Jasmine hissed, placing her hands on her hips as she and Lucy leaned into towards one another.
"You...You have already ruined so much of everything I have ever owned! My career in hockey in Canada. My old friends, you stole them. What more do you want?" Lucy yelled desperately trying to grasp what this girl wanted.
Elizabeth worriedly looked back and forth between the two girls. She wasn't sure what to do. One minute, she and Lucy were having a good time and the next this girl suddenly appears ruining the good moment by starting an argument with Lucy!
"You don't realize it yet?" Jasmine laughed strutting off a little ways.
"Wow..." Lizzy sighed.
"I just don't get it!" Lucy growled clenching her fists together.
Footsteps could be heard running from down the hallway.
Lucy and Lizzy turned around and saw that Miki, Keitaro, Fuji, Eiji, Shinji, Oishi, and Tezuka stood there looking at them including Jasmine.
"What is going on here?" Tezuka asked with his usual monotone tone.
"A hissy fit..." Jasmine smirked, turning around once more with her arms crossed.
"'A hissy fit'?" Lucy repeated, enraged. She started to yell in a different language that no one understood.
"See?" Jasmine smirked evilly.
"Philips-san. Please calm down..." Fuji pleaded walking towards the small enraged girl.
"Don't even bother. When she gets started nothing will stop her." Jasmine stated, still smirking.
"Then maybe you shouldn't have provoked her." Lizzy snapped.
"And how is one such as myself supposed to resist doing such things." Jasmine laughed not realizing that Lucy had calmed down fairly quickly.
"Hey...Forget it." Lucy cut in with a melancholic voice before turning on her heels and walking away.
"What?" Jasmine exclaimed in surprise.
"You heard me. I am over it. I'll move on and not allow you to bother me. After all, I won't allow anyone to gain enjoyment out of my frustration."
"Heh!" Jasmine huffed flipping her hair walking past the others.
"Lu-chan..." Keitaro sighed in admiration.
"...GODDAMN IT! I really don't get it!" Lucy growled in frustration plopping herself on the ground.
"I thought you weren't going to allow anyone to gain enjoyment from your frustration." Miki stated.
"That is why I waited for her to leave..." Lucy sighed.
"What exactly happened between you two?" Oishi asked worryingly.
"Well...It is a very long story, so it might be best to discuss this during lunch or something like that..." Lucy sighed getting up off the ground.
"Lucy~!" Keitaro ran up to the girl with wide opened arms.
"Who are you?" the girl asked looking surprised.
"I don't get it~!" Keitaro screeched shaking the girl.
"Let go of me, pervert!" she shouted slapping him which made him let go.
Keitaro rubbed his cheek, where a red hand imprint was left. "Where is Philips-san?" Keitaro whined.
"Seems someone is eager to see Lu-chan..." Lizzy giggled.
"Lucy is over there." Ayame pointed coming out of no where. "But don't be surprised when you see her...She isn't in a good mood it seems..." he sighed walking away from them shrugging his shoulders.
They walked up towards the direction that Ayame had pointed them to.
Lucy was sitting down, seemingly off in her own little world, but that was interuppted when Elizabeth and the others joined her.
"Okay...Time to reveal your secret life with Ja- what's her face~!" Keitaro replied throwing his finger and arm into the air.
"I guess so..." Lucy weakly giggled. "Well, all our fighting started when we were in kindergarten. "
I was sitting there coloring the little cat orange, when suddenly the girl next to me who was slightly my friend ripped the crayon from my hands. I sat and watched in terror as the girl colored so hard, fast and furiously. Well, that was before her grip tightened too hard and the crayon snapped into a lot of pieces.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" I yelled infuriated.
"Relax it was just a crayon. It's not like you can't find another crayon the same color." the purple haired girl said.
"You don't understand..." I growled clenching my fists.
That crayon was the first one I have ever used in my life! And she broke it! She must pay!
"Lucy! Your parents are here to pick you up." the teacher aid stated.
"Yay~! Mother is here!" I yelled happily jumping up and down.
"Good riddance." the other girl scoffed.
"Don't think I'll forget what you did!" I yelled turning around on my heel while pointing at her. "You. Will. Pay!"
And so I ran off to go to the super fun park that just opened with my family.
"Uhm...No offense...But that was the lamest story ever...Just saying..." Keitaro stated, after raising his hand.
"You are the lamest story ever!" Lucy replied pointing at her friend.
"Wait – what?" Keitaro asked confused.
"It isn't supposed to make sense! SO silence or I'll eat you!" she yelled getting up slightly looking like a pink haired grudge lady.
"Ah! Lucy has gone psycho ghost lady on us!" Keitaro shouted as he jumped behind Elizabeth for protection.
Lucy laughed.
"Lucy! I challenge you to a duel at racing!" Jasmine's voice came from behind the group of people.
"Really? Why?" Lucy replied.
"Yes! Because I will battle you for the love of Fuji-sama! I know you like him!" Jasmine exclaimed. Keitaro gasped along with Lizzy.
"Fuj-Wha?" Lucy asked in confusion.
"You like him! And I know it. I also like him, so I will challenge you to a race in order to win his heart!" she replied pointing her index finger towards Fuji.
By now, Momo, who had just recently joined the group, was laughing his ass off. Even Eiji was laughing. Ryoma who was also there, seemed even amused by the scene that played out in front of them. Oishi and Elizabeth could only sweat drop. And while Miki observed the poor victim of all this (Fuji) face, she could see a small amused smile.
"I have no idea what you are talking about...But since I am a very prideful person I will take you up this challenge and beat you." Lucy replied putting her hair up in a low pony tail.
"Tomorrow after school! Cross Country. Starts from the school gate going along it and ends up back at the gate." Jasmine yelled running off.
"You better come prepared to lose!" Lucy replied laughing evilly.
"I hate to ruin this…moment between you two, but class is starting." Miki stated, but Lucy was already running off before she got to her second word.
"Wha-?" Oishi asked in surprise. "She's fast.
"Looks like you've got a couple of girls chasing after you." Momo grinned at Fuji.
"Though Philips-san doesn't seem to be interested in wining his heart..." Oishi added.
"She seems more enthused about wining the race." Eiji commented.
Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah...just seems like Lu-chan wants to beat Jasmine at something."
"Hey have you guys seen Lucy?" Shinji asked running up to Miki and Keitaro who stood near the school gate. It had been a few hours since Jasmine's declaration of wining Fuji's heart, and everyone pretty much went their seperate ways now.
"She left right after school." Keitaro replied.
"Why?"
"To train or something like that..." Miki replied looking at the ground as she waited for her ride to pick her up.
"Ah...So then where is Liz-chan?"
"She got kidnapped by those basketball freaks."
"Oh…ok."
(-Lucy-)
I have been running laps since school ended and have gotten to that ice cream shop about three times. I shouldn't have any trouble beating Jasmine... I smirked picking up my pace.
But then I ran into something and fell backwards on my ass.
"Huh?" I gasped looking up and seeing Fuji, of all the people…seriously? "Hi..." I said, speaking in English since it was a more natural thing to me, and since I knew Fuji could also speak the language.
"You alright?" he asked offering me his hand which I took but quickly let go because of the tingling feeling I felt run through my arm. It went like a wave through my whole body. But I quickly grabbed it once again after all I was half way up when I let go of his hand.
"Sorry I am kind of sweaty because of running so much."
"It isn't a problem." Fuji replied smiling still.
"Well, what are you doing around these parts?" I asked looking up at him.
"Nothing really." he replied.
"You wanna get some ice cream?" I asked pointing to the place that you can get free ice cream just by knowing Lizzy-chan.
…Well someone needs to take advantage of it!
"I don't have any money."
"Nor do I, but that is okay~! After all, we are friends with Lizzy-chan~!" I chimed grabbing his hand and leading him towards the door. I bet he looked totally surprised. I mean, I was too! I grabbed his friggen hand afterall and now I'm pulling him towards the ice cream shop. Yup... I'm sick.
"Hello, Boyer-san's friend." Abigail chimed cleaning a bowl.
"We are here for free ice cream!" I replied in a happy tone.
"I saw you running by. You're a pretty good runner." Abigail commented.
"Thanks." I retorted dragging Fuji-san to the counter. I sat myself down while he sat next to me.
"It isn't a problem. And nor is giving you guys free ice cream." Abigail winked at Fuji-san and me. "By the way, are you two a couple?"
"Wha-?" I asked falling off the chair.
"I take that as a no. But you two would be a cute couple." Abigail giggled.
"Lies!" I exclaimed in reply, yet Fuji only chuckled at the conversation.
"Anyways. Here is your ice cream." Abigail stated sliding the dish towards Fuji and me.
"Why is it in one bowl?" I asked, confused.
"It is a new creation. I would like your sweet tooth opinion upon it and I was really hoping that as a couple you two could tell me how much fun it was eating it together with someone, like ya know. Lovers." Abigail smirked. "But the second one wouldn't do any good since you aren't together like that."
"Meh, but who cares~! Ice cream is ice cream~!" I giggled sitting back on the stool. "FUJI-SAN! Eat your share~!"
"Saa...I will, I will." Fuji replied taking a bite with his own spoon.
Ice cream was usually good, but this ice cream just seemed to be better then any other.
"Abigail-san? Do you make your own ice cream?" Fuji curiously asked.
"Huh? You can tell?" Abigail asked slightly surprised.
"Well, yeah~!" I answered for him. "The flavors are blended in a way that only home made goods are." I smiled softly.
"So you really think you'll be able to win the race?" Fuji curiously questioned as we exited the ice cream shop.
"Heh~! Why ever wouldn't I?"
"Hm? What do you mean by that?"
"I have been challenged to many challenges by her, and I have only lost a few." I replied.
"I see."
I turned around and giggled. "Anyways~! What do you think about Abigail's ice cream? Good right~!"
"Yeah." Fuji replied.
"Where do you wanna go now?" I stopped walking.
"Well, I really don't have any money..."
"We don't always need money to do things..." I replied ever so bluntly. "I wonder... If we are friends with Liz-chan, would that mean we can start getting everything for free?"
"I don't think so..." Fuji chuckled at my question.
"Aw! That is lame~!" I sang turning around once again.
"We could go to the park." Fuji suggested.
"Hm? The park?" I said, thinking. "Ok~!"
Fuji and I talked the rest of the way there, and I just couldn't but think to myself,
"Maybe Fuji-san isn't so bad after all."
LP8: ...
Bloodpuppy: Hm...?
LP8: Tell me... Are Jasmine and Lucy bipoler?
Bloodpuppy: I didn't make them that way so no...
LP8: Oh... Well anyway! Hope you enjoyed Bloodpuppy's chapter, since it sort of needed to be done, though it seemed rushed.
Bloodpuppy: It was rushed!
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Bloodpuppy: Lily's going back to writing next chapter. Not sure what she has in store for it because she hasn't told me. But yeah, leave a review and let's try to make it to 100! 5 more!
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