Jesús: "Finally get to work on this. I'll just get to it since I have nothing to say…" [Disclaimer] "…I don't own the RF series or any anime/manga/videogame reference in this story. Please don't sue me for writing this."

Ch. 8

Raguna POV

Early morning…I actually woke up before my alarm went off…Wait, why did I wake up? No I have it wrong, I didn't go to sleep last night, more like I couldn't. I just can't stop thinking of two things. 1) My experience yesterday visiting Mr. Kain. And 2) the fact Mist found out about it. I just can't shake the feeling she shouldn't have found out about it.

-SFX- alarm buzzing

"Well, I guess I should get today over with." I said and rolled off the bed falling into the ground with a small thud and kept rolling until I hit my desk and stood up to get my clothes.

"Raguna wake up!" my mom called from across the door. "I heard your alarm."

"Yeah-yeah!" I replied a little cranky from my sleep deprivation.

"you know just once is enough." She replied

"Yeaaah!" I replied and walked out the door.

"What's the matter?" she asked seeing the bags under my eyes.

"I just couldn't go to sleep last night." I said and went downstairs to get some food.

After getting some food I walked out the front door and stared my way to school. I went pass Mist's house, who then ran out the door and started walking next to me.

"Hey Ragu, you look really tired." She said

"Yeah, that usually happens when you don't sleep." I replied

"What? You couldn't sleep?" Mist started and then made an understanding expression "I see, you couldn't stop thinking about Cin."

"Who's Cin?" I asked somewhat confused although I had the feeling the answer was obvious.

"Why Cinnamon of course." Mist said

"You mean she already has one of your wacky nicknames?" I asked

"Hey, Uki helped me came up with it." Mist said

"By Uki, do you mean Uzuki?"

"Yup." Mist replied with a bright smile on her face.

I couldn't do anything but Sigh at her.

"Anyway no. it wasn't Cinnamon who was on my head." I said

"Then what was on your head?" she asked

"You." I bluntly said and Mist went silent.

"Oh, Raguna…we shouldn't. I mean, I know attraction comes from anyone but…we're cou-" Mist started saying in full on drama mode.

"I'm talking about the fact you saw me with Cinnamon yesterday. I'm sure you still think I have something going on with her, which I don't. Just don't say anything about that to anyone. I mean, everyone already thinks I'm hitting on her and all." I said right away

"Oh, that…" Mist said and then got a devious smile on her face. "Don't worry Ragu, you know you can trust me."

"Don't know about that, last time I trusted you with something, somehow my sandwich caught fire when it fell in a puddle and then I fell in a hole." I said and she just laughed sheepishly. "But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since we're cousins. But trust me, if you mess this one up. Although we'll still get along, I won't let you play dungeon Crawler when I get the Linker."

"OK!" she replied and got in the Salute stance Soldiers get in.

After about 15 minutes we made it to the school. I bumped into someone when I was walking through the main building's entrance.

"Sorry!" A girl said.

"Is ok, I wasn't paying much attention myself." I said and looked at the girl. "Wait aren't you Erik's cousin, Annette right?" I asked

"Yeah…" she replied shyly.

"Anyway, what are you in such a hurry for?" I asked her.

"I want to join the Track and Field team, so I was on my way to sign up." She replied.

"Wow, you've only been here for one day and you're already got your eyes on a team. Well then good luck." I said

"T-thank you." She said stuttering and ran away.

"Why do I have the feeling I know her. Man this feeling is been coming to me too much recently. Meh, is probably just my mind." I said and went to class.

"So Raguna, How far have you gotten with Cinnamon?" A friend of mine asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I replied

"Didn't you go to her house yesterday?" another friend asked

"What! MIST!" I said looking at her.

"I didn't say anything." She said waving her hands in front of her and nodding no over and over.

"Then how do they know?" I asked

"Well…" I heard a voice coming from the door of the room.

"Oh, no. please tell me it wasn't him." I said closing my eyes and turning my head.

"Oh it was him." One of the two guys from earlier said.

"Dude, I saw you. Pretty bold of you if you ask me." Erik said leaning on the door.

"Did you hear that? He went to meet the new girl's parents" a girl in my class said, and another one started squealing.

"That's so Romantic." Another girl said

"I heard that he got her parents blessings." Another girl said.

"You know what, since all this has been revealed, I might as well explain…" I started. "It is true that I went to Cinnamon's house, but until about 10 after I got there I had no idea it was her place. I was invited there by her father." I finished

"You hear that? it was her father who got them together." Another girl said.

"You know what…I'm going to shut up now, I'm not fixing anything. I'm just gonna take a nap." I said and put my head on my desk and went to sleep.

Normal POV

Raguna started sleeping soundly and Class was about to begin. Lucky for him the teacher got sick and had to take the day off. Thus the class got a substitute teacher and he gave them Study hall. Raguna kept sleeping without getting disturbed, even by the teachers, and suddenly he woke up to find out he was alone in the classroom.

"um…everyone? where did you go?" he asked "What time is it?" she said and looked at the time. "Man no wonder no one's here. is lunch time already…wait, some kids bring their lunches with them and eat in class…then this means…" he said and ran out the door. When he stepped out he noticed everyone had a personal Pizza and either Fries, or Chips. "How could I forget today was the Free Pizza Lunch Special!"

"You better hurry or they might Run out. I heard that all the left overs they were gonna give them to the teachers, and other staff." Erik said

"No! My Pizza!" Raguna yelled and started running to the Cafeteria.

Raguna made it to the cafeteria and went directly to the ordering area.

"I'm sorry, we just ran out and that was all we were serving today." The lady said.

Raguna dropped his head in defeat.

"I can't believe that exactly today I had to get the bright idea of taking a nap in class." He said as he went to the rooftop to keep his mind away from everything.

Once in the rooftop he just stood there looking at the sky as he leaned on the wall.

"Oh, you're here again." Someone said

"Hey Cinnamon." Raguna said

"What's wrong." She asked

"Nothing much, just didn't make it in time for the Lunch Special." Raguna replied

"Well. This may be what they call a personal size, put it is still too much for me. Would you like half?" she asked

Raguna looked at Cinnamon in disbelief.

"Are you serious?" Raguna asked

"Well, if you don't want it then it can be given to s-"

"I'll take the half, thank you." Raguna said and the two sat down side to side.

Cinnamon opened the small box and used a plastic knife to cut the Pizza. She handed Raguna half of it on a napkin

"Thanks." Raguna said and the two started eating their halves.

"Did you see that?" A girl's voice was heard.

"Yeah their sharing their food." Another voice was heard

Raguna started choking with the food when he heard this.

"You ok?" Cinnamon asked as she handed him a drink. Which he took a gulp to stop choking.

"Did you see that, they're even sharing their drinks." The girl was heard again and Raguna did a spit take, thankfully not on Cinnamon.

"Are you ok?" Cinnamon asked handing him a napkin to clean himself.

"I'll be fine thanks. Also thank you for the food. I'll go get you a drink right now to repay you for this one." Raguna said.

"This is ok I don't mind sharing it." She replied with a light blush

"Kya!" the girls started going into complete fan-girl mode.

Raguna POV

After school I went home right away and picked up Dueledge.

"I'm off to train." I yelled letting my parents know I was going out and then I left. "Come on Kin."

Once at the Green Ruins I said Hi to the guards and got the same reply as usual, a grunt and a wave back. I walked in to the ruins along with Kin and then saw Mr. Kain and the research group.

"Hey Raguna, I heard you go to the same school as Cinnamon. How are things with her?" Dan said teasingly and I lost it.

"Why do people keep thinking I'm her boyfriend or something like that? She's just my friend!" I yelled at him.

"I'm going to guess you've had a rough day." Dan said

"You have no Idea, so can you please lay off that topic." I said

"What's wrong Raguna? Problems in school?" Mr. Kain said

"Just what I feared. People around every corner teasing me about, and I quote: "getting to meet cinnamon's parents and getting their blessings." It's just be really rough." I answered. "In fact I'm here trying to 1) Blow some steam off and 2) keep my mind away from that."

"I understand. Well, just so you know. If you need s place of sanctuary from all of that besides here, you can stop by at our place. I'm sure Candy and Cari would love having you visit again." Mr. Kain said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you sir. Anyway, if you don't mind me, Last time I almost made it to the "Boss" gate. I actually saw the room where the boss gate was, and was just a floor away. I'll at least make it to the gate." I said and started walking.

"Good luck Raguna, by the way. I don't know if you've noticed, but if you go to the right as soon as you get out of this room. There will be a room with a staircase. That staircase goes five floors down, I guess that if you've been to those floors before some sort of ancient system recognizes you and opens the door." Mr. Kain said.

"Really thanks. That should save enough time." I said and turned right when I exited the room.

Just like Mr. Kain said, the stair case just kept going down one floor after the other.

"Well. Since I made it to the fourth flood last time. I guess I'll start here. come on Kin" I said Kin and I entered the dungeon again into the fourth floor.

I recognized the area right away and started making my way forward, or towards the room that I hadn't visited yet. After a couple rooms I encountered a staircase going down.

"Last floor. Ready Kin?" I asked and kin growled informing me yes.

"let's go." I said and the two of us went down the stairs.

Kin went on ahead and took care of a fire throwing monster and the spawner. Once we exited the room the bod gate was right in front of my face.

"Wow, this gate is a lot bigger than it looked from upstairs." I said and took a look at my watch. "I guess we can go in. Ready?" I said and Kin growled again agreeing.

I put my hand on the big door and then a small green light shined in the middle as some gear looking things started moving and then the door opened.

"Something tells me once we enter we won't be getting out till it's over." I said and started stepping into the room.

Jesús: "That felt like a good spot to end it. I hope you guys enjoyed it and come back next time, hopefully next week, for another update. Thank you for reading and like usual, please leave a comment about the story, and if you have any ideas then leave them in a review and if I like it I'll use it and give you credit for it. Once again thank you Hoytti for the sword name, I still say it's awesome. Anyway, See Ya!"