Jesús: "Wow. Sorry for the delay. I just got a Job and had to go to some training, also I was working on my other story, which was a little difficult for the latest chapter. It was nothing but organized Chaos…In any case, welcome back and let's get to it." [Disclaimer] "I don't own the RF series nor any anime/manga/videogame referenced in this story. Please enjoy"
Ch. 12
Raguna POV
Man yesterday was quite the day; Uzuki and I sneaked pass some guards and then went into some newly found dungeon, and to top it all off we saved some missing girl. Not gonna lie, it was awesome.
"Raguna are you awake yet?" my mom called form the other side of my door.
"What's up?" I asked back.
"I need you to make a run for me. I want to make something new for today's food and was wondering if you could go to the library a get the cookbook I got last time." She called back.
"Fine, when do you need it?" I asked
"You can get it after school." Mom said and I looked at my clock. There were about 10 minutes till the alarm went off.
After I finished getting everything; my backpack, uniform and breakfast, I got up and left for school. Mist eventually caught up to me and we started talking like usual.
"Oh, hey you're that Raguna guy from yesterday." We heard a voice coming from behind us.
"Hmm…oh hey, Selphy was it?" I replied
"You know her?" Mist asked
"She's the girl that was stuck under the school." I answered
"Wow. I didn't know you had such a cute girlfriend. What a bummer." Selphy said
"Gir- hey, I'll have you know she's my cousin." I said with a blush on my face…no idea why I'm blushing.
"Oh, well does that mean you're free after school?" Selphy asked
"I know I'm going to regret asking but…Why?" I said
"Well isn't it obvious? I want to go on a date with you. I want to thank you properly for your help yesterday." Selphy said and then looked me right in the eyes.
"Well…oh, then what about Uzuki and Cinnamon? They helped." I said
"Don't sweat the small details; I'm sure they wouldn't care." Selphy said
"Then I don't care. Besides I do have something to do after school." I said
"Huh…?" Selphy said and leaned in to stare at me right on my face. "Well I guess it can't be helped. Well then see ya in school!" Selphy finished and dashed in front of us and towards the school.
"Why do I have to get stuck with the girls that act weird or awkward?" I said
"What was that?" Mist said
"No, nothing" I replied and walked towards the school again.
Once in the school we came across Selphy again. She seemed lost.
"Is something wrong?" we asked her.
"Oh, is you two again. I don't remember where my classroom is." Selphy said scratching the back of her head.
"Really? I though you went missing two days ago, not in the beginning of the year. Let me see…" I said and stretched my hand asking for her schedule.
"teh heh, you see I only went to class three times; on the beginning of the year, the end of the quarter and when I went missing. All the other days I was in the library reading the books there." Selphy said.
"Wow, then you must have read almost everything, if not everything that is, that they're going to teach us this three years." Mist said.
"I still have half of the Library to go, but half of the books I read they had them in the public library…" Selphy said
"Oh man…" I said getting the attention of both girls.
"What's wrong?" Mist asked
"Selphy…you said you missed all other classes because you were in the library right?" I asked
"Yeah, what of it?" she replied a little confused
"You're in my class along with Uzuki, Cinnamon and Mist here." I said.
"Awesome! I guess I'll start going to class now then." Selphy said and the she followed Mist and me to class.
"Well here we are." I said and just went straight for my seat.
"Wow you seat behind me?" Selphy asked
"What?" I said and she just took her seat in the desk in front of mine. "Wait I've never seen you in class." I stated.
"Well, two days ago when I was here you were sleeping in class. In fact you slept all the way through to lunch. And at lunch time is when I got stuck under the school." Selphy said
"Oh yeah, you were seating there. No wonder you looked familiar." Uzuki said walking into the classroom.
"Morning Uki" Mist said
"Morning Mist, Raguna, Selphy." Uzuki said
"Morning." I replied
After a few minutes the remaining lady made into the classroom.
"Morning…Cinnamon said and took her seat.
"Hey I've been meaning to ask. How tiring is it to use the magic like the one you use?" I asked her
"Not very. Why do you ask?" Cinnamon replied
"My father uses a sword that has a Fire magic stick as a support beam. Or at least that how he described it." I replied
"Magic sticks are a weaker form of magic, efficient but weaker non-the-less. Even a 5 year old could use a Magic stick. In comparison to the magic I use a magic stick only uses a 20% of my power or concentration. The magic I used to heal your wounds the first time required me maintain my mind focused at least a 60% but the magic from last night was only a requirement of 20%" Cinnamon said
"Wow. So in other word, my father can do about 2-5% of what you can do with magic?" I said
"That is right, but not necessarily. A Magic stick only allows the user to use magic of said element. The way I do it is pure magic. But in theory that is correct." Cinnamon explained
"Amazing. Say, could you teach me how to do some magic?" I asked "I'd like to use it in battle along with my swords."
"I suppose I could teach you some." Cinnamon said blushing.
"Awesome." I said and then class started
As usual class went meh…but at lunch time Selphy asked to have lunch with me. So right now I'm on the usual spot, rooftop, hanging out with the usual bunch; Uzuki, Mist and Cinnamon, with the new addition of Selphy.
"Man this place is awesome." Selphy said as she took a bite of a sandwich.
"Yeah, Raguna just introduced us to this place recently." Uzuki replied
"So how did you get lost there?" Mist asked being the only one that wasn't informed.
"I was getting something in the storage room. Since I didn't go to class I had my bag with me and accidentally dropped it onto the stairs that lead under the school. After that I saw some ants dragging my bag away and chased them to get it back, soon enough I had my bag again and was surrounded by monsters." Selphy answered.
"Wow, that must have been really scary." Mist said
"Not at all, it was exciting if anything." Selphy said with a grin on her face. The rest of lunch was quiet and soon enough the bell rang.
"Hey Cinnamon" I said getting her attention when we were walking back to class.
"What is it?" she replied as emotionless as always.
"When do you think we can get started with the magic training?" I asked
"We can start whenever you want." She replied
"Awesome. What do you say today?" I said a little excited.
"Is ok. Any time after school is fine." She said and then we went our separate ways to the locker rooms.
Time sure flies when you're waiting for something…wait isn't it usually the other way around and time feels eternal when you want something? Meh, whatever. I picked up my things and started walking out the door.
"Cinnamon I have to get something for my mom at the library, I'll see ya later!" I said and walked away after she nodded letting me know she got that.
I got to the library and started looking around trying to find the cookbooks. It had been ages since last time I came to the library, last time I did was 2 years ago and I was reading some Comic books from Yamato which according to Uzuki they're called Manga. In any case, I found the cookbooks and started looking at the titles. Man they all look the same, well time to call mom. I pulled out my phone and went through my contacts until I found my mom's number.
"Hello? What's wrong honey?" she asked
"Nothing's wrong, I just don't know what book is the one you want? Do you remember the title of it?" I asked
"I don't. Can you choose one? I don't really care which one." She replied
"OK, I'll look through some of them and choose one. I'll be home soon." I said and hung up.
After looking at every book, more like quick paging through them, I chose one that had many different Roasted meat dishes.
"Excuse me I'd like to check this book out." I said and the counter lady turned around. Wait scratch that; it wasn't a counter lady it was a counter girl…and it was Selphy…
"Oh Raguna. What are you doing here?" Selphy asked
"I could ask you the same thing." I said
"My parents own this library. Right now I'm on the counter because my mom is putting some books back, and my dad is making a pickup on the next city over." Selphy said.
"Nice. Well, like I said. I'd like to check this book out." I said and handed her the cookbook.
"Wow you cook?" Selphy asked
"A little, but this is for my mom. She asked me to come and pick it up." I replied and Selphy got done with the check out.
"You're nice you know that. Here you go, the return date is two weeks from today." Selphy said.
"Thanks, see ya tomorrow." I said and walked out of the library.
Once outside the library I did the Return spell to go home quickly.
"I'm home!" I said and walked into the door.
"Oh, welcome back Raguna." My mom said
"Here is the book. I hope you don't mind I chose this one." I said and handed her the book.
"Thank you. This is fine; I guess I'll make some mean cutlet for lunch." She said looking at the index of the book "Is there a specific way you want yours?" she added
"About lunch, I'll be going out today. Cinnamon is going to teach me how to use some magic." I replied and started going to my room to change clothes.
"Oh, well then How would like it? I can save your share for dinner." She replied
"I'm good however. Make it by the book if you want." I said and walked to the front door with Dueledge.
"Where are you taking your sword?" mom asked
"I want to learn the magic to use it mid battle like dad does, it seems to come it really handy." I said "Anyway, I'll be leaving now. See ya later." I said and walked out the door and to Cinnamon's house along with Kin.
Jesús: "Well that will be all for this chapter. Sorry it was late, as I mentioned earlier I was busy with my daily life as well as my other story. Stay tuned, for the next chapter, I hope I'll be able to update it on the weekend. In any case, see ya next time and please leave a review letting me know what you think. If you have any ideas feel free to let me know and I'll see how I can fit them into the story. Bye!"