Jesús: "Well hi there everyone. I'm back with another update. And once again I don't really have much to say. So…" [Disclaimer] "…I don't own the RF series nor the anime/manga/videogames referenced in this story. All credit for them goes to their respective owners."
Ch. 19
Raguna POV
Kin and I made it down to the boss room. Much like back in the Green ruins there were no monsters to deal with. To be honest I'm kinda excited of what the enemy will be this time.
"Here we go Kin. Ready?" I asked and she just barked approvingly.
The two of us walked into the room and the door closed behind us like in the Green Ruins. The place was dark and suddenly some torches lit in the room.
'I wonder who had the time to set this up back when this Dungeon was made.' I said to myself.
There was nothing in the room. Nothing so far at least…
"Where is the Boss?" I asked
Kin just kept growling at the middle of the room, but at the same time she was looking upwards. I looked up and then I saw this humongous Roach.
"What the Heck?" I yelled in shock. And tried to get my Sword… "Man! How could I forget that I didn't have it with me? I guess I'll have to use Magic only." I added and then the Roach dropped from the ceiling.
"Dang it. I need to see what could work with this enemy." I said and started running around it.
Kin rushed in to try and get me some info on the enemy's attacks and weaknesses. The Roach stopped paying attention to me and followed Kin only. It spat some poison much like the Ants in the Green ruins.
'How is it doing that? I never knew Roaches could be poisonous?' I said to myself and got ready for a fire spell.
Kin lounged at the roach and started clawing at its legs. The Roach collapsed from the pain but got up right away. Suddenly is started spitting high pressure water at Kin.
'Water? So I guess Lightning ought to work on it.' I said and canceled my fire spell.
Kin kept it busy as I charged energy onto my spell. With the size the enemy have I guess I'll need a lot of power behind the attack.
"Kin! Out of the way!" I yelled when I thought the attack was ready. Kin jumped out of the way and I blasted a barrage of Lightning bolts towards the Roach.
The Roach saw this coming and jumped onto the wall and out of the way from my attack.
"Tsk…" I said.
The Roach rushed me and tried to attack me with the high pressure water. I stepped to the side and then started charging another spell. I made this one weaker so I could attack faster. I threw a few lightning balls that seemed to paralyze the Roach. While the roach was "frozen" with the paralysis Kin and I attacked. Kin used her regular clawing and biting and I kept throwing lightning spells to it. When the roach regained its movement it was certainly not happy. It even turned golden like the Boss in the Green Ruins.
"Oh man. This is not good." I said and both Kin and I got ready for its next attack.
The Roach moved a lot faster than it already was and started spitting water and poison at us from almost every angle possible. Kin got hit with poison spit and I got my left arm pierced with pressurized water.
"Why is it always my left arm?" I yelled a little used to pain on my left arm. "I'm so grateful that I'm right-handed." I said and charged all the energy I could with my right arm.
The Roach rushed again and when it got close enough to not be able to dodge, I blasted the same lightning barrage from before and got it at pointblank. To make matters worse, I was standing in front of a puddle and when I hit it with the lightning the Roach happened to be standing there making the damage triple at the least. The Roach was defeated and disappeared much like the boss in the Green Ruins. It dropped a bunch of Insect Hide, Scrap pieces of Iron and Copper.
"Man, this is such a drag. So much trouble for such useless prizes?" I said a little annoyed as I picked up some of the Insect Hides and a couple pieces of Iron and Copper.
"Darn it. Kin!" I said remembering Kin had been hit with Poison. "Don't worry girl. I'll get you to Cinnamon. I'm sure she can do something about this."
I used the Return spell and got to the dungeon entrance in a matter of seconds. I picked Kin up with my only good arm and carried her across the Door room hallways to get to the Green Ruins.
"Mr. Kain is still at the Green Ruins. I can still catch up to him and at least get some first aid." I said as I walked through the Hallway.
Almost at the Green Ruins I collapsed from the pain on my left arm and tiredness from carrying Kin.
"Damn it." I said. "Mr. Kain! Can you hear me!? Mr. Kain!" I yelled towards the Green Ruins.
"That voice. Is that Raguna?" I heard Dan's voice
"Raguna! Are you in there?" Mr. Kain yelled into the Hallway, I was still pretty deep into the hallway so they couldn't see me.
"Over here!" I said and they went into the Hallway.
"Raguna! Dear Lord, what happened to you?" Mr. Kain said
"Kain. We should hurry; Kin here seems to be poisoned." Dan said
"Let's move." Mr. Kain said and they carried us out of the hallway and onto the research group.
After they did some first aid treatment on my arm and used an anti-poison brew on Kin they asked us a few questions.
"So what happened?" Mr. Kain asked "Since you were coming from the Dungeon-Link room I'm guessing this happened in the School Dungeon."
"You got it. We were fighting the boss there." I replied
"Really? Was he that strong?" Dan asked
"Not really but do you see something missing from me?" I asked
"You don't have your sword." Dan said
"You were fighting it barehanded?" Mr. Kain asked
"Not exactly, but yes, I was using Magic. I didn't realize I didn't have my sword until I got to the boss room." I replied "I would have left, but for some reason the Return Spell doesn't works in there and the door always seals when you enter it."
"Yeah, we tested that too here in the green ruins." Dan said
"Well, Come on. I'll take you two home." Mr. Kain said
"Actually, could you take me to see Cinnamon?" I said
Mr. Kain was quiet for a few seconds and then agreed to it. After a few minutes we made it to Mr. Kain's house and we walked in.
"Daddy you're back!" Candy yelled as she jump-hugged her dad. "Oh, Raguna is here too. Cinna-" Candy started but stopped when she saw Cinnamon standing on the beginning of the staircase and she looked terrified.
"Hey Cinnamon." I said waving my right arm.
"Raguna. How did this happened to you?" she asked
"I was in the School's Dungeon." I replied
"Let me look at your arm." She said and rushed over to me and looked at my arm, right away a light appeared meaning she was using Healing magic.
"Cinnamon, is not as bad as it looks. I'll be ok. Actually I asked Mr. Kain to bring me here for another reason…" I said and she stopped her Healing magic, she was done with healing my arm.
"What is it." She asked
"I know that Kin's poison was taken care of, but could you maybe double check her?" I said
"What do you mean?" Cinnamon asked
"Kin was poisoned on our fight. Your dad used an anti-poison brew on her and she looked better, but could you double check?" I asked again.
"Ok…" Cinnamon said and then we walked out to the garden to give a look at Kin. Cinnamon looked Kin over and even used her "Panacea" spell just in case.
"Thanks Cinnamon…I'm sorry." I said
"About what?" she asked
"Many years back I promised myself that I wouldn't make any of my friends worry. And now you see me like this. I saw it on your eyes. You were scared; terrified that something happened to me." I said "Sorry."
"Is ok, at least it was nothing major." She said.
"Still, I want to apologize for it." I said. We both stayed for a few minutes just seating on the grass and looking up at the sky.
"You know…" I started "…of the rumors that started when you moved to the city and started school?" I asked and she stared blankly at me. "There was a rumor as soon as you came to class. Everyone started saying how I "had the hots for you" and that we "were a couple." Well, to be honest. After hearing all of that, I started thinking about it and I really liked the idea. I just kept it to myself." Stopped looking up at the sky and looked at Cinnamon in the eyes. "Cinnamon. I like you. I like you a lot, heck is borderline Love, and I'd like to know if you'd like to go out with me." I said and just looked at her eyes.
Cinnamon stayed quiet and started going redder and redder every second. After a few minutes of just staring at each other's eyes she looked away and into the ground.
"A-are you serious?" she asked
"Of course." I said
"W-what could you like about someone like me?" she asked
"Cinnamon, you're a beautiful girl. You're smart and nice. I'd an idiot not to like someone like you." I said.
Cinnamon lowered her face more looking directly into the ground. I saw a water drop falling into the ground, her tears.
"I'm happy…" She said. "…I'm so happy; I didn't think you feel that way about me. Since we barely met I thought you'd never like me like that." Cinnamon finished
"So…what do you say? Would you be my girlfriend?" I asked
"Yes…" Cinnamon said and raised her face from the ground. A bright, beautiful smile on her face and the tears on her eyes clearly stated she was happy.
"I can imagine how you're feeling, but don't cry. Crying could be easily mistaken by outside lookers." I said whipping a tear off her face.
"RAGUNA! How dare you make my little girl cry!?" Mr. Kain said running out of the front door with a Wooden Sword.
"Mr. Kain! No…I…She's…" I said not making any sense. I just couldn't think of what to say. I mean nothing I said would have made any sense at that point. I was just so happy I couldn't think straight.
And that was the beginning of another great adventure.
Jesús: "Sorry for the delay. I lost my motivation to write last week and I had a lot of free time. I hope you all like it. I know that some of you might not agree with me on this pairing but to be honest Cinnamon is my favorite of the 13 possible girls in the game. But in any case, for those of you who have been reading since the beginning I hope you still support the story even after this decision. And for those of you who are reading this, after the change (This story was originally a "Raguna" only sorry it is now a "Raguna/Cinnamon" story), I hope you all have like this story so far. Well, I hope you all enjoyed and come back next time for another update."