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SilverSiara: Oh man, sorry for not updating for so long. I was grounded for not telling my parents I had a project due, but I'm not now! I'm very sorry! Oh well, on with the chapter!!!
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"Oh man!!! I'm gonna be late!!!" I said as I ran outside. I nearly trampled poor old Tot as I went.
"So sorry!!!" I yelled back. "How much time left do I have left?! 58 seconds. Run Sara, run!" I said to myself. As I headed toward the back of the castle, I saw my target.
"I'm here Aoki!!!" I said as I ran up to him. I nearly pushed him into the water, but luckily he braced me. I also noticed that he wasn't wearing his knight armor. Instead he was wearing a tan long-sleeved shirt, buttoned in the middle, a brown vest, brown leather gloves, tan pants, knee-high brown boots, and was also wearing the green cape. 'Wow' I thought to myself.
"Sara, are you alright?"
"YESSS!!! I got here just in time!!!!" I yelled.
"Sara, you didn't have to try to kill yourself getting here."
"Yes I do. This is important! I finally get to see Alexandria with my own eyes, and with a cool guy."
"W-why thank you…" He was blushing once again.
"He he…ready to go?" I asked.
"Certainly."
After that we headed toward the entrance where the boat headed into was. A female soldier was there like usual. Aoki got into the boat first and held out his hand to help me in. He was very gentle doing so. After I got in, we both sat down next each other. The boat was bigger now, colored white and red. I watched some birds fly overhead, casting their reflection on the water. One in particular caught my eye…
"Hey…isn't that…?"
"Something wrong Sara?" Aoki asked.
"Nah, its nothing…" I closed my eyes and decided not to look. It was probably just some bird anyway, nothing special…right? We rode the rest of the boat ride in silence.
"Sara, we're here." Aoki said. I opened my eyes and looked up. Aoki stood up, took my hand and the both of us got out of the boat. We waved thanks to the soldier and made our way into Alexandria Town.
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"Wow…!" I looked all around. People were crowding the streets everywhere. Some were shopping, building houses, or just going for a stroll around town. The houses were bigger than before, probably a couple of stories taller, made of brick and wood. The street was made of various types of cobblestone. This place reminded me of home a little bit…
"Hey Aoki."
"Yes?"
"Make sure you call me Sara. I don't want people trying to clobber and stare me everywhere I go."
"I'll make sure of that."
"Thanks. Hey, you want to have lunch? Its 11:53."
"Sure. Where would you like to go?"
"Um…is there a café anywhere?"
"Yes, towards the town square. Stay close, the crowds are mad these days."
"Got ya." I held on to his arm and made it very slowly through the crowds. By the time we got there, it was 12:20.
"Very busy place." I said.
"Yes it is." Aoki said back. The place we were eating was called 'Town Stroll Café'. 'Not a bad name' I thought to myself.
"Sara, where would you like to sit?" Aoki asked.
"How bout outside, since it's a nice day."
"Certainly." We went through a door on the right side of the building. There were 4 tables outside in all, each were circular and made of white marble. We chose the one in the upper left hand corner, right in front so we could see all the people scattered all over the street. We then sat down across from each other, and looked at the menus.
"Lets see…" The food here wasn't all that strange, in fact it was pretty much the same food as on Earth. Another great thing was that they had soda. I CAN NOT live without some type of soda, believe me.
"Hello, may I take your order?" I looked up from the menu to see a short man that looked like a cross between a dwarf and an elf.
"Aoki! How nice to see ya. How ya been?"
"Quite alright. How have you been Tilo?"
"Oh just the same old, and who might this be?" He looked towards me.
"Oh this is Sara, she happens to be new in town."
"Oh really, tryin' to get first dibs before everybody else gets to her first Aoki?"
"No! Nothing like that! I'm just showing her around town!"
"Yeah, sure. Anyway, what would you like Sara?"
"Let me see…how bout a chicken sandwich with a coke?" Tilo seems nice and funny.
"Okay, and you Aoki?"
"A roast beef sandwich and some coffee please."
"Okay I'll be back with your orders in a couple of minutes, so hang tight." After he walked away,
I pulled out my CD player out of my backpack and was about to listen to it when…
"Sara what is that?" I looked up to see Aoki with a confused look on his face
"Oh this…this is a…uh…um…music player."
"A music player?"
"More appropriately a CD player. It plays music on it by recording a song on a disk like this." I pulled out one of my CD's and let him look at it.
"How can you record a song on something like this??"
"Um…I really don't know. I just bought it at some store. Honest."
"Hmm, very interesting…" As he continued to look at the CD stuff, 2 girls walked by and gave me cold glares. I just smiled back.
"He, he…jealous…"
"Did you say something Sara?" Aoki asked.
"Huh? Nah, its nothing."
"Oh here comes our food." Aoki said. I looked over and saw Tilo bringing our food on a large green tray.
"Here is y'all's food, enjoy. Just call when your ready to pay." After that he skidded toward another table to deliver somebody else's food.
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"Mmm…this is good…" I said as I was eating my sandwich.
"You like it?" Aoki asked.
"Uh huh. They taste exactly like the ones on Earth. Oops, I shouldn't have said that…"
"Sara its alright that you talk about Earth. Right now its the only thing you know."
"Aoki…thanks."
"Your welcome. Oh, are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, lets hit it."
"Alright, Tilo!" Tilo came jogging from inside. Damn, he has good ears.
"You guys ready to pay?" He asked.
"Yes we are."
"Alright, that'll be 23 gil please." Aoki reached into his and pulled out some little, silver colored coins, about the size of a dime or smaller, handed them to Tilo. No wonder you could carry millions of those wherever you went.
"Alright, now off ya go you 2 lovebirds."
"Its not like that!!!" Aoki yelled as we left the café. I couldn't help but laugh at his red face.
"Oh Aoki, is the bell tower still here?"
"You mean the one near the back ally?"
"Uh huh, I thought it would be cool to see it myself, see if it has changed any."
"Okay, follow me. I'll also show you some things along the way."
"Okay, lets go!" I yelled.
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"Okay, as you probably know this is the Town Square where the entrance is." Aoki said as we looked around it. "Its mostly houses in this area."
"I see…what's next?"
"This way is towards the pub, and some more houses."
"Wow, I'm actually seeing this stuff for myself (it feels nice not having to see it through somebody else's eyes…)
"Yes, it's a nice city. Not as advanced as other larger cities, but has a nice feeling to it."
"Yeah…"
"Oh, this way is where the grocery and item shops are."
"They put a grocery shop here?"
"No, its always been here." I see…I guess the game didn't capture every store…
"And this way is where the ticket booth area is which leads to the castle and the alleyway."
"What's in this area?" I asked just to make sure that there was nothing else here.
"In the center is the ticket booth, then towards the right is the Weapon and Synthesis shops.
Right below that is the flower shop."
"Uh huh." I said.
"Then toward the toward the left is the inn and some houses. Towards the bottom are various types of stalls."
"Sweet…" I said as I looked around. It was very colorful, like they were having a celebration soon…
"This way Sara." Aoki said as we went towards the alley.
"This is the theater, where there are usually performances. A woman named Ruby used to manage it…"
"Ruby??!! What happened to her?!"
"Don't worry Sara! She is alright, she just decided to move to Lindblum and manage the theater there. She also wanted to be with her husband Marcus…"
"Whoa, they hooked up!!!"
"Sara, are you starting to remember things?"
"Umm…" What s should I say??!! "Well, I remember them…"
"Well, this is good! Your amnesia is getting better!" Aoki said cheerfully.
"Yeah I guess…" Was all I could say.
"Okay let us move on to the church." Aoki said as we went around the corner. "This is also where the town docks and some houses are."
"Wow…" I said as I looked at the church. "Its huge…has it always been this big?"
"For as long as I remember…" Aoki said.
"Damn…oh well, lets go inside." I said.
"Of course." Aoki said as we headed inside.
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"Damn, its even big inside!!!" I said I looked around. The floor was made of tan cobblestone, and the wall made of brown brick. There were also long wooden benches lined behind each other on both sides of the room. Towards the top-center was…
"The bell tower!!!" I yelled as I ran toward it. "Sweet, its still here!!!"
"Of course it would be here, the citizens need it to tell what time it is."
"Sweet, I'm going to climb up it." I said as I got on the ladder.
"Wait Sara!!! Don't!!!" Too late…
"AHHHH!!!!" I said as something hit me back down toward the ground.
"Sara, I got y- damn!!!!" Aoki said as he caught me, but forcing us to fall to the ground.
"God…I'm so sorry Aoki. I should have listened-huh?" I said as I looked into Aoki's face for the first time. He has a very handsome face, while his eyes were green. Wait, his eyes were different shades of green, one light green, while the other one was dark green. His dark green eye also has a hint of brown in it. I couldn't stop staring and neither could he. But we were brought back to reality by none other than…
"I'm so sorry kupo!!!"
"What?" Aoki and I said in unison. We looked around to see a light pink moogle running toward us. Aoki and I both quickly got up with pink faces.
"Are you alright Sara?" Aoki asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright. You?"
"Yes."
"Who are you little guy?" I asked the tiny creature.
"Hi kupo! My name is Kupo Jr.! I'm really sorry for knocking you down kupo!" The little moogle said. So this moogle is Kupo's son…
"Its alright, just look when you come down the ladder next time." I said looking down at him.
"Ok! I must be going. Toodles kupo!" Said Kupo Jr. as he went flying out of the church.
"Very interesting…" Aoki said.
"Yeah…"
"*Ding, Dong*" rang the bell.
"Man, what time is it…" I said as I looked down at my watch.
"Its 5:00. Are you ready to go back to the castle?" Aoki asked.
"Yeah…" I said as we headed out of the church towards the castle gates…
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As we rode the boat toward the castle I asked question I thought I would never get to ask.
"Aoki?"
"Yes?"
"I was wondering…could you teach me how to use a weapon?"
"A weapon…? Why?" He asked.
"Well…I don't know if this would actually happen, but lets say I was all alone somewhere, or I was lost. What if something just randomly pops out of nowhere and attacks me. I need some defense. Also, it would be cool to actually handle a weapon."
"Alright, if you want me to, but it won't be easy."
"I know…and Aoki."
"Yes?"
"Thanks for today. Everything."
"Y-Your welcome…" He was stuttering once again. 'He, he…my stay here is well worth it.' I thought to myself as we made it up toward the castle.
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End of Chapter 6!!!
SilverSiara: How was it? Thanks to my fans for waiting. Also a thanks to DarkMoonDragon for helping out. See ya!!!