Chapter Three - Just Another Day
"Crono..."
...
"Crono."
...
"Crono! Wake up already! I've been shouting at you for... half an
hour now! C'mon! You don't want to be late for your luncheon with
Marle and Lucca at the castle, do you?"
Crono's mother waited patiently for a little while, then finally gave
up. Once her son put his mind to doing something, little could stop
him. Unfortunately for her, this frequently included sleep.
She sighed as she went downstairs and had a cup of coffee. Her son
would wake up when he woke up.
"Hi!" said a female voice as the owner of said voice entered the
household. The young woman had short purple hair beneath an
odd-looking helmet, wore glasses and wore an odd orange outfit with a
pocket that was used as a holster for her Wondershot.
"Oh, hello Lucca," Crono's mother replied. "Are you here for Crono?"
"Right. Since we both have to go the same way, I see no reason why we
shouldn't go together. So, where is he?"
Crono's mother took another sip of her cup of coffee and pointed
upstairs.
"He's STILL asleep?!" Lucca asked incredulously. "It's half an hour
past noon!"
Crono's mother sighed again. "Yes, but there's nothing that I know of
doing that will get Crono up," she said afterwards.
Lucca thought for a moment, then smiled wickedly and said, "Well, I
could wake him up..."
Crono's mother raised her eyebrows. "Without using napalm?"
Lucca chuckled and muttered, "You know me too well...
Crono's mother smiled back. "Yes I do. And don't expect me to act
very different. I'm still annoyed about the last time you tried to
wake up my son..."
Lucca rubbed the back of her head and looked at the floor. "I'm
sorry... but the house wasn't totally burned down so I don't see the
problem..."
Crono's mother raised her eyebrows again.
Lucca blushed a little. "It woke him up, didn't it?"
Crono's mother laughed. "Well, I do have to give you that much
credit."
A moment later an idea struck her. She stood at the base of the stairs
and shouted, "Crono! Get up this minute or I'm handing the job of
waking you up over to Lucca!"
Approximately 3.4 seconds later, the red-haired youth in blue stood in
the living room, with his eyes bugged out as his heart beat incredibly
quickly, wondering why Lucca and his mom were rolling on the floor,
laughing incontrollably.
****
Several minutes later, Crono and Lucca were walking towards the castle.
Crono was annoyed that Lucca wouldn't stop chuckling periodically. "It
really wasn't that funny..." he said after he felt he had given her a
significant number of chances to restrain herself.
"Yes I know bu-" Lucca's response was cut off mid-sentence as she
broke into a new bout of laughter.
Crono sighed and tried to keep a large distance between them. Lucca
rushed after him. "Okay, okay... I'm sorry. I'll try not to laugh
anymore..." she said once she had caught up. "But, it really was
hilarious. I mean, you wouldn't know: you didn't see your face. That
look was priceless!"
Crono chuckled. "Well, I was genuinely terrified. I mean, no offense,
but I'll bet there are a few things that you could teach Lavos about
scaring the hell out of someone."
He walked a little further before he noticed that Lucca wasn't with
him. He turned around and saw her standing behind him, completely
silent, looking sort of as though she were going to cry.
He sighed and walked back towards her. "Alright, I'm sorry. I didn't
mean that."
"Oh really?" she asked, sounding as though she were on the verge of
tears. "That's too bad..."
Crono's eyes widened and he took a step back as Lucca shot him a manic
grin and added in the voice that told him he should begin running,
"Because I was just about to prove you right!"
And so, the two friends continued along their way to Guardia Castle.
On that day, various people reported that a crazy girl in a wierd
helmet had chased a screaming kid with a punk hairdo into the forest
and that they had heard an awful lot of explosions shortly after.
In other words, it was just another day in the village of Truce...
"Crono..."
...
"Crono."
...
"Crono! Wake up already! I've been shouting at you for... half an
hour now! C'mon! You don't want to be late for your luncheon with
Marle and Lucca at the castle, do you?"
Crono's mother waited patiently for a little while, then finally gave
up. Once her son put his mind to doing something, little could stop
him. Unfortunately for her, this frequently included sleep.
She sighed as she went downstairs and had a cup of coffee. Her son
would wake up when he woke up.
"Hi!" said a female voice as the owner of said voice entered the
household. The young woman had short purple hair beneath an
odd-looking helmet, wore glasses and wore an odd orange outfit with a
pocket that was used as a holster for her Wondershot.
"Oh, hello Lucca," Crono's mother replied. "Are you here for Crono?"
"Right. Since we both have to go the same way, I see no reason why we
shouldn't go together. So, where is he?"
Crono's mother took another sip of her cup of coffee and pointed
upstairs.
"He's STILL asleep?!" Lucca asked incredulously. "It's half an hour
past noon!"
Crono's mother sighed again. "Yes, but there's nothing that I know of
doing that will get Crono up," she said afterwards.
Lucca thought for a moment, then smiled wickedly and said, "Well, I
could wake him up..."
Crono's mother raised her eyebrows. "Without using napalm?"
Lucca chuckled and muttered, "You know me too well...
Crono's mother smiled back. "Yes I do. And don't expect me to act
very different. I'm still annoyed about the last time you tried to
wake up my son..."
Lucca rubbed the back of her head and looked at the floor. "I'm
sorry... but the house wasn't totally burned down so I don't see the
problem..."
Crono's mother raised her eyebrows again.
Lucca blushed a little. "It woke him up, didn't it?"
Crono's mother laughed. "Well, I do have to give you that much
credit."
A moment later an idea struck her. She stood at the base of the stairs
and shouted, "Crono! Get up this minute or I'm handing the job of
waking you up over to Lucca!"
Approximately 3.4 seconds later, the red-haired youth in blue stood in
the living room, with his eyes bugged out as his heart beat incredibly
quickly, wondering why Lucca and his mom were rolling on the floor,
laughing incontrollably.
****
Several minutes later, Crono and Lucca were walking towards the castle.
Crono was annoyed that Lucca wouldn't stop chuckling periodically. "It
really wasn't that funny..." he said after he felt he had given her a
significant number of chances to restrain herself.
"Yes I know bu-" Lucca's response was cut off mid-sentence as she
broke into a new bout of laughter.
Crono sighed and tried to keep a large distance between them. Lucca
rushed after him. "Okay, okay... I'm sorry. I'll try not to laugh
anymore..." she said once she had caught up. "But, it really was
hilarious. I mean, you wouldn't know: you didn't see your face. That
look was priceless!"
Crono chuckled. "Well, I was genuinely terrified. I mean, no offense,
but I'll bet there are a few things that you could teach Lavos about
scaring the hell out of someone."
He walked a little further before he noticed that Lucca wasn't with
him. He turned around and saw her standing behind him, completely
silent, looking sort of as though she were going to cry.
He sighed and walked back towards her. "Alright, I'm sorry. I didn't
mean that."
"Oh really?" she asked, sounding as though she were on the verge of
tears. "That's too bad..."
Crono's eyes widened and he took a step back as Lucca shot him a manic
grin and added in the voice that told him he should begin running,
"Because I was just about to prove you right!"
And so, the two friends continued along their way to Guardia Castle.
On that day, various people reported that a crazy girl in a wierd
helmet had chased a screaming kid with a punk hairdo into the forest
and that they had heard an awful lot of explosions shortly after.
In other words, it was just another day in the village of Truce...