"Insert Generic Romance Chapter Title Here"
...no, seriously...this chapter has no name.
By Joker's Specter
Well, I'm not going to lie to you...there's a good possibility that half of this chapter will be responses to reviews... What do I have to say about it? Simply this: You all rock! Since there were so many reviews, I'll have to answer them at the end of the chapter.
But, seriously...I don't think I deserve them all. I think it's just because the title was eye-catching. That's why, right? Right?!
Anyway, there are better stories out there, written by far better authors than me, that don't get nearly enough reviews. Some of those authors take that as a sign that they should stop, and it's a pity... I wish that I could make one review count for more, so that next time I review a fantastic story that doesn't get hardly any reviews, the author will take that as a sign that they should write even more. Erm...sorry if I rambled on there and didn't make sense.
-Joker
Disclaimer: I don't own Golden Sun...instead, it's rightfully owned by Nintendo and Camelot.
"C'mon guys... This will only make things worse," said Isaac, pleading to his Djinn to stop their little dream-creating. "It will only go downhill from here!"
"Not necessarily... Jenna relates to you fairly well...probably even more-so than Mia," stated a Djinni.
Isaac didn't really understand what they meant, but he was going to continue fighting them. He didn't want them to win this...he wasn't going to be forced to see something that he didn't want to see.
Even if it meant fighting dirty...
"Wow," said Isaac, "I never thought that my own Djinn could be more stubborn than Garet's Mars Djinn." He spoke loud, clear, and with feeling. Dirty fighting, indeed...
All at once, the Djinn gasped.
The two parties were silent for a moment. After a few seconds, Isaac heard a few quiet sniffs of a Djinni crying.
"You...you made Granite cry!" shouted a Djinni.
"I-I'm Vine," sobbed the crying Djinni. Isaac made decided he'd try to make a mental note of who was who, so he knew which Djinn he would blame the most for this catastrophe that they referred to as "helping".
"Er...you made Vine cry!"
Isaac only felt slightly sorry. "Well, you Djinn won't listen to me!" said the Adept in his defense.
Another short moment of silence passed.
"Nobody makes my sister cry and gets away with it..." muttered the supposed lead Djinni. Isaac assumed it was Flint. "There, there... It's okay, Vine..."
"Hey! Stop touching me!"
"Oh, sorry Granite..."
"No, I'm Bane!"
"...I thought you were going to be the one controlling Isaac's legs."
Bane laughed. "Yeah...funny story, actually. Ground came up to me and asked me if he could have that job. He said that he needed to kick Garet.
"Erm...why? What did Garet do?" Flint asked.
"Oh, uh...somethin' 'bout Garet feeding him salt and saying that it was 'Special Djinn Food'..." replied Bane.
Flint gasped. "Ground ate Salt?! I thought I saw Salt the other day with Felix, though!"
Vine began to cry harder, and Isaac just yelled in anger at the news of Ground planning to kick his best friend.
"I thought you were going to be careful with my body!" he shouted. "That means no kicking my friends!"
"Fine time to yell! I just found out my brother was cannibalized by my other brother!" responded Flint. Vine's crying almost drowned out his voice. Isaac didn't hear anything from the supposed fourth Djinni that was there.
Bane sighed, and shouted louder than all of them combined. "Salt is not dead!"
Flint responded rather quickly. "You never lie! Salt must be dead!" he said, now crying himself.
Isaac mentally kicked himself for waking up this morning.
Speaking of kicking...
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"So this mural that we're painting... Um...why?" inquired Mia, walking with Isaac to his house. She was standing a few feet away from him, and looking at him like he had just been turned into a Venus Djinn.
Which wasn't too far from the truth...
She didn't feel too comfortable near him at the moment, because his arms were flailing in all directions (the result of being controlled by two separate Venus Djinn), he had a really goofy grin on his face, and he would shout every time he would speak.
"Well," he said, much louder than a normal Isaac would, "I just looove my Venus Djinn so much... I can't really see why I never made some sort of tribute to them before! He must have been really stupid!"
"He...?"
"Erm...'I'...that's what I meant," responded Isaac.
As the pair broke past a line of trees and came upon a group of houses, one of which was Isaac's, the Venus Adept started to run. Not towards his house either...but towards Garet's.
"Isaac! What are you doing?" yelled Mia, calling after Isaac.
He still wore a goofy grin across his face, and his arms were still flailing, but he was definitely even more non-Isaac now. "I'm...not sure..." he yelled back. In a lower voice, he said, "Ground! Where are you going?"
"I've got a Mars Adept to kick," Ground replied, panting slightly. He couldn't be seen, but he could definitely be heard. "Just play along, Quartz."
"Erm...okay...I guess..." replied Quartz, who controlled all of Isaac's head.
Everything seemed to be going as Ground had planned for his revenge against Garet. He was going to kick Garet like Garet had never been kicked before! However, problems always arise...even in the best plans...
With the lack of previous communication to Sap and Crystal, who were controlling the arms, Ground forgot that arms just don't open doors themselves, and he propelled the body of Isaac right into Garet's door.
After the initial THUD!, the slightly odd grin disappeared off of Isaac's face, and he fell backwards, bleeding from the nose.
Quartz cried out in pain as Isaac's head smacked into the ground.
"So..." said Quartz, using what remained of his energy to lift Isaac's head and look down at the two feet, which were still running despite the lack of something to run on. To an observer, it would appear that Isaac was having a seizure...with the flailing arms and running legs, it looked like Isaac was possessed.
Which, for lack of a better term, he was.
"How exactly is that kicking Jenna?"
"Garet...not Jenna," muttered Ground. He stopped Isaac's legs. "And I didn't realize that Sap and Crystal don't know when to open doors..."
"You were going too fast!" yelled Sap.
The Djinn all groaned when they heard Mia running up and calling to them. Well, calling to Isaac anyway...
"A-Are you okay?! I saw you run into the door!" she exclaimed, kneeling down next to Isaac and steadying his arms.
"Oh...yeah, I'm fine... Just a, uh...cramp in my legs..."
"Hey! Don't go calling me a cramp!" squeaked Ground.
Mia jumped up in surprise, staring at Isaac's legs.
"Did...did your legs just talk?" she questioned, wide-eyed and really confused.
Isaac's eyes widened as well. "No! No, he - er - 'they' didn't say anything!"
Mia didn't seem to notice the "he" mistake. Instead, she just shook her head, as if she were going crazy, and bent down next to Isaac again, glancing at his legs a few times.
"Oh, you're bleeding!" she said, examining Isaac's injured nose.
The thing about that, thought, is that Isaac didn't even realize it.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"S-So...Salt isn't digesting as we speak?" asked Flint.
"Exactly. I meant table salt...not our brother Salt," said Bane. He had just finished a long explanation of how Flint had made a mistake. The explanation also had a few hidden subliminal messages that Flint was an idiot.
"Well, that's a relief. He owed me money," said Flint, quickly losing his sobbing tone of voice.
"No...Echo owed you money," corrected Bane.
"Oh...right."
Isaac had only one thing to say after the Djinn conversation ended.
"Wait...you guys have money? What do you use it for?! Sacrifices to Iris?!" he asked.
The Djinn were silent yet again. Not even Vine was making a noise, even though she was still shaken up from the previous hurtful events. Flint finally spoke after Isaac repeated himself again.
"Actually, the main thing we've been doing with our money is saving it for something. Other than that, we just give it to your mom to buy us candy."
"What, in all that is Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind, would a group of Venus Djinn want to save money for!? I still don't even believe that you buy candy!" said Isaac.
The answer to Isaac's question was simple enough...unless you were Isaac. Then it just made you even more confused and/or angry.
"...Paint."
Isaac was once again left in disbelief and shock by his Djinn.
"Paint?! What in the name of Iris would you want paint for?!"
Flint fumbled with the answer. After a few unsuccessful tries that resulted in him saying "Um..." or "Well, you see..." or "You may want to kill us for this...", he decided to just take a different route.
"This conversation has gone off the topic! Time to show you what it would be like to date Jenna!" he exclaimed.
"No! I want an answer!"
"Okay Granite, do your thing!" said Flint, ignoring Isaac's cries.
"I'm Bane..."
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"Here, hold this up to your nose to stop the bleeding while I heal you," said Mia, pulling out a cloth and placing it in Isaac's hand.
"Oh...right...hold it up to my nose," said Isaac. He lifted his head up and looked at his hand. "All I need to do is bring my hand up and put the cloth on my nose," he said, loud enough for a certain Venus Djinni to hear.
Isaac's hand twitched, and then rocketed towards his face, jabbing the cloth into his eye.
"Argh! Sap! I'ma kill you!" shouted Isaac, throwing his head left and right, trying to get the cloth out of his eye. "Get it off! Get it off!" he screamed.
Mia gasped. "D-Did you call me a sap?" she asked, her lip quivering slightly. "What did I do?"
Quartz, who was the one in control of Isaac's head, yelled (using Isaac's mouth). He couldn't see how both Sap and Mia didn't take the obvious hint to remove the hand out of his eye. And, I'm not going to lie to you here, but...having a cloth jabbed into your eye and then held there doesn't really feel all too good. In fact, Quartz downright hated it.
"For the love of Venus, just get the hand away from my eye!" he screamed.
Finally getting the hint, Mia reached down, grabbed Isaac's wrist, and slid his hand off of his face.
"I'm so sorry!" said Mia, even though she didn't know that she hadn't done anything wrong. "Here, let me heal you right away!"
The Mercury Adept managed to pull off a quick heal over Isaac's face, giving Quartz relief from the pain. Sap and Crystal managed to restrain themselves from laughing, and Ground was kicking the door, trying to get it open...which actually worked, because it made it seem like Isaac was kicking the door in pain.
"Just hold still," said Mia soothingly. "I'm almost done."
The constant kicking on Garet's door seemed to get the attention of someone on the inside. Because usually, when there's something knocking at your door, it means you open it.
Ground had just learned that.
"Wha...Isaac? Mia, what's going on?" asked a red-haired girl who was about Felix's age.
"I don't know, to tell the truth... Kay, do you think you could help me move him to his house? He's been acting very strange... I'm not sure if Ply will cure him of it, either," said Mia, turning to look at Kay.
"Oh...I see... Well, why don't you bring him in here for now? Garet and I just finished having a little talk about why he stays out of my room," said Kay, smiling slightly.
Quartz's attention was finally brought to it's full on the situation at hand.
"Wait, what?" he asked as Isaac.
"It's okay, Isaac. We're going to let you get some rest," said Mia.
"Here, I'll help you carry him," said Kay, opening the door wider and walking out. She grabbed Isaac's legs, while Mia stood up and grabbed Isaac's arms.
"Wait! W-Wait! The mural! What about that?!" asked Isaac as the two girls moved him inside.
Mia looked down at Isaac with concerned eyes. "That doesn't matter right now...you need rest," she said.
As the body of Isaac disappeared inside the Jerra household, people could hear him yelling "No! The mural! The muraaaaallll!"
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"Hi Isaac! Ready for our date?" asked Jenna, smiling brightly at Isaac as he descended his stairs. Dora, who was standing next to Jenna, was smiling even brighter.
"Oh sweetie, you're going to have so much fun!" she exclaimed, bending down and hugging Jenna.
Isaac couldn't tell if she was talking to him, or to Jenna...
Either way, he wasn't sure he could agree. The Venus Adept made sure both of them knew this, too. "Now listen...we've been friends for a long time, so I don't want this to get...weird..." he said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh, don't worry about something like that Isaac... We'll just have fun with it and see where it goes from there!" said Jenna, giving Isaac some reassurance.
A tiny smile appeared on Isaac's face. Jenna always did try to keep Isaac's good mood in tact, even if she wasn't in a very good one herself.
"Well, go on you two! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time!" said Dora, pushing them to the door.
Jenna turned to look back at Dora. "Don't worry, me and Isaac always have fun!"
The two Adepts exited the house. Isaac was slightly uncomfortable with the idea of dating one of his best friends, but Jenna didn't seem to feel awkward at all. She linked her arm around Isaac's, and led him to their destination, which she and Dora had decided on.
"We'll have lots of fun, Isaac," said Jenna, turning to look at her date. "I've made sure we'll be doing something you enjoy!" She grinned, and turned back to looking ahead.
It's true that Isaac always enjoyed Jenna's company, and this was no exception. Isaac decided it wouldn't be too bad to have his first date with his life-long friend.
"So...can you tell me where we're going?" asked Isaac. He noticed that they were headed to the Plaza.
Jenna smiled sweetly. "That would give away the surprise, so...nope!" she said, winking at Isaac.
Isaac laughed lightly, and said, "Okay...I'll find out soon enough, anyway. He noticed that Jenna was really, really having fun, even though the date hadn't even officially started.
Those are the advantages to planning the date...
A few minutes and restrained laughs from Jenna later, the two of them were standing at the door of a house. Isaac knew that a family of four lived in the home; two children and their parents.
"I think I'm even more confused than before. I'm feeling like Garet here," said Isaac, scratching his head and looking at Jenna with a confused expression.
Jenna flashed another smile at him. "Just a little longer," she said.
The door opened and the husband and wife of the home stepped out. Both of them were dressed in fancy clothing, giving Isaac a vague impression that Jenna had somehow managed to make their date a double-date, despite the fact that neither Isaac nor Jenna knew the couple that well.
"Thank you so much for doing this," said the wife, putting on her shoes. "Howard and I have been searching for a babysitter for so long! We thought we may have to postpone our anniversary date!"
The two adults rushed off, leaving one surprised Isaac, and one laughing Jenna to the house.
"Erm...babysitting...?" asked Isaac. The Djinn stopped the scene.
"Sure!" said Flint. "And this way, that woman will owe me money for babysitting her kids!"
Isaac groaned. "Two things... First off, it's not you who is babysitting...it's me and Jenna. Second, I think you should fully be aware that this isn't real."
"Well...it could be real. You just have to make it happen... And, if it does happen, then I should get the babysitting money," replied Flint.
Thinking the best to ignore that, Isaac said, "Yeah, but why babysitting? Whatever happened to that fake ledge thingy?"
Flint's reply was, "The ledge was scrapped... As for the babysitting...just watch."
"So...?" said Jenna, turning to look at Isaac.
Isaac was wondering just how he had ended up babysitting while dating. It was like being paid to get to know someone you already knew everything about.
Actually...that wouldn't be too bad.
"Aren't you going to ask why we're babysitting?" question Jenna.
Isaac nodded and said, "Yes...I was hoping you'd tell me that. It'd kinda what friends do these days..."
Jenna laughed again. "Well, just think about it... You love helping people, and I love kids. This way, it's a win-win deal."
Isaac thought that over and realized that she was right.
"You know...you just never cease to amaze me, Jenna."
Jenna grinned, and pushed Isaac lightly. "I know. Let's go say hi to our new little minions," she said, grabbing Isaac's hand.
Isaac smiled. "Yeah...we'll teach our 'minions' how to have a first date...through example.
"Okay...now you're positive that's how I would act?" asked Isaac. "Personally, I'm not too fond of babysitting..."
"Yes, we are. You're right, also, about not liking babysitting."
"Well of course I am...I think I would know what I like and don't like."
"Er...yeah. Anyway, you never did like to make people unhappy, and Jenna is no exception. So we're going to have you make the best of the date by keeping Jenna happy. That's what you would do, correct?"
Isaac started to say yes, but stopped himself. Instead, he said, "Stay out of my brain!"
"Ew! They're holding hands!" said the 5-year old boy, Graham, when Isaac and Jenna entered the room.
His older sister, Cathy, looked up from her puzzle. "Wow! Are you two in love?" asked the 6-year old.
Isaac looked down at Jenna, who returned the action and looked up at him. Even though he knew he may regret it later, something in Jenna's eyes told Isaac that he should humor the kids.
"Of course we are!" he said, smiling at Jenna, and then turning to grin at the kids. "And, to tell you the truth...it's nothing to say 'Ew' about."
Cathy stood up. "Have you ever kissed?" she asked, widening her eyes a little. Her question was followed by Graham saying, "Ewww!"
Jenna, jumping in on the act, said, "Oh sure! you can't be in love unless you've kissed."
Graham gasped. "Does...does that mean my mom loves me?"
Jenna giggled. "Well...yes, but a different kind of love."
Cathy, even more interested in the two teenagers, said, "Can you kiss now?"
Once again, her echo was "Ewww!"
Isaac felt Jenna's hand begin to shake lightly. "Oh...uh..." she said, looking over at her date. "I...can we, honey?"
The golden-haired teen bit his lip. He certainly wasn't expecting anything like a request to kiss happen...in front of spectators.
In the end, he decided that since Jenna was one of his best friends, and that the so-called spectators were just kids, that kissing Jenna shouldn't be too big of a deal. "I guess so.." he said. "I mean...they're just kids, right?"
Jenna's eyes brightened slightly, and her smile reappeared in its rightful place.
Right..." she said.
Isaac nodded. "Well...okay...here goes, then."
The Venus Adept turned his body to Jenna, and stepped closer. Jenna, starting to blush, did the same, never taking her eyes off of Isaac's.
They slowly leaned their heads closer to each other, breaking eye contact only to look at each other's mouths. Finally, their lips met and their eyes shut.
And then the scene stopped...
If Isaac had a seat, he would be on the edge of it. "Hey...what happened?" he asked, looking around the blackness.
"Oh...sorry...seems Granite fell asleep there," said Flint, yawning.
"Fell asleep?! Now?!" yelled Isaac. "But...it's at the best part!"
"Yeah...sorry...lemme wake him."
So, Isaac had to wait until Flint woke up Bane, calling him Granite, and then Bane explaining to Flint that he is not Granite, and that Granite hasn't even shown up. After that, Flint said, "Oh...", and then Bane started up the scene again, reminding everyone how boring it was.
Their lips met, and their eyes shut. For about five seconds they held the kiss, neither daring to move any muscles. They eventually pulled away after shouts of "Wow!" and "Ewww!" were heard.
Isaac just stared into Jenna's eyes, and Jenna stared into Isaac's. Neither said a word. Both, however, were very much excited.
"So...that's it then?" asked Isaac once the scene ended.
"'Fraid so."
"Well...I've got to say that I don't really think I'd kiss Jenna and instantly fall in love with her. I don't see any realism there..."
Isaac's comments were instantly buried when Vine said, "But what if you've always loved her?"
There's no doubt that Isaac was shocked by that. He didn't speak for nearly thirty seconds.
He decided he should say something after Flint said, "Sheba next."
"Er...Sheba? But she's younger than me..." Isaac said quietly, still not fully away from thinking about what Vine had said.
"So? Your parents have a five year age difference," said Flint.
Isaac couldn't deny that. Still, he wasn't comfortable with the idea of dating Sheba...even if it was fake.
End: Chapter Two.
Reader Spotlight
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[The Faction's Lord]
Ah, thanks man, I'm glad I took your constructive criticism right. Poor Isaac indeed...
{Rach+Kai}
Here you go and you're welcome!
[Wolf Demon]
Let's skip right to the important part of your review... Curse the early bus, indeed! No, no, I'm just kidding...but I do hate that early bus, as well... Now, as for managing this along with my 6+ stories (yes, there are more...just not typed), well...that's why a few of my other stories are going to be ending soon. Also, I don't intend on this being too long of a story.
[Dracobolt]
You know what? I don't hear the word "cute" very often when describing my stories...it's really nice to hear it again after so long! Thank you.
[Tetra Seleno]
I'll refer to the other review you left me on the forum. I took your advice and gave the Djinn their much needed names. Also, thanks for saying that the title is the best ever... I thought it would be eye-catching, but definitely not worthy of comments like that.
[The 8BTFreek]
Wow, thanks! Loving a fic, even though it has elements in it you don't enjoy...that's pretty awesome.
[roc-girl]
Ah, good...that's the part I put most of my time into...I'm glad you enjoyed it.
[cheetah7071]
I'm hoping this chapter did Valeshippers justice... I'm not...uh, used to writing Isaac/Jenna...but I tried. If it sucks...well, I'll keep trying in future stories. I'm trying to open up to more pairings.
[Lord Cynic]
I thought of the title before I thought of anything to do with the story...it's really interesting how it worked out, though, isn't it? My intention was to write a romance story...and it turned into this little humor/romance story.
[Queenie Z]
Yay, another "cute" comment! To tell the truth, cute isn't what I was going for...but then again, I'm not even really sure what I was going for in the first place... Sorry that you got confused...
[myname]
Well, my intentions weren't really to convince people to go on dates...but if that's what happens, it'd be pretty cool. Thanks for reviewing!
[Lord Isaac]
Man...sometimes I think I NEED to run out of ideas. I actually have about three or four stories in planning (a few of them written up a bit), and ready to be turned to once I need ideas. And I'm pretty sure they're fairly original, too... One last thing...go ahead with pointing out my mistakes. I actually prefer if people pointed stuff like that out.
[MercuryAdept]
Yes, it is just a vision...but then again, so was the mudshipping. I'm trying to be fair to both Valeshippers and Mudshippers here...since I seem to have a pretty decent amount of both reading this story. SoC schedule for update sometime within a week... I'm having trouble dropping my humor side to write it...
[Jake Delfeir]
The title says it all, hehe. Thanks for the comments! I'll try to keep it funny.
{Itzel}
I think I've seen one Isaac/Sheba story before... I could be wrong, though.
[Jupiter Sprite]
Well, like it says in the summary...they're doing it out of respect for Dora... Or ARE they? Mwuahahaha! ... Yes, the Isaac/Sheba sim will be the hardest for me to write...I can already inform you on that. Still, I think it will be a good challenge... Thanks for the comments!
{khmerboi919}
Beyond great?! Wow...to be honest, I've never got that comment before... Thank you! Oh, and I will keep it coming.
