Author's Note: Ninth chapter and let's just say that this story has only... (Counts)... about six more chapters to go? (Grins) I don't know yet because I'm messing up with the plot and a lot of ideas keep pouring in inside my head. (Smiles cheerfully) Well it could use the exercise!! Vacation is now over and I've gotta keep this brain running 24/7 to keep it in tip-top shape!
Chapter Nine
"Great... she's one of the top brasses." Paine glared at her boots, remembering the scene that really pissed her off. "No wonder she's so justified about giving out comments to these bastards."
"She's a pretty nice actress..." Buddy grunted and sank back on the bed. "But I'm still wondering where Rikku is... I didn't see a glimpse of her in this prison..."
"Maybe she's in another hall..." Yuna sadly began, fiddling with her long braided hair. "I just can't believe that Aeris betrayed us..."
"We can't expect everything to go smoothly..." Tidus sighed in defeat and looked out of the head-level opening of the prison cell. "We just have to think of an escape plan..."
"You seem to be forgetting that this place is impenetrable..." Buddy added, raising an eyebrow in thought. "Aeris and Elma escaped because it's part of their big plan in the drawing board."
All of them let out a sigh and sank back on the cold, hard ground quietly. "Well," Yuna looked up with hopeful eyes. "I don't see a reason why a spy would give out information for the enemy." Flashing a smile, Yuna stood up and looked at each of her companions' faces. "Maybe there's a way out of here...we just have to think it over."
"On the contrary..." Shinra began, looking at her in a challenging way. "We're armed with our bare hands and wits while they are certainly armed with advance machina and lots and lots of wits..." The whiz kid grimaced at a thought. "I'm too young to be diced by those cannon-like machina and their gun-like swords..." all of them shuddered at the thought. The kid definitely has a lot of points and they didn't deny it by remaining silent. Obviously, escaping isn't as easy as what they assumed it to be.
Their silence was suddenly broken by a clicking noise of the door. As the knob twisted, it opened to reveal a knight with a small smirk-like smile at Paine. "You." Paine's crimson eyes narrowed at Riley. She looked like a very dangerous animal ready to pounce her unknowing victim. "A pleasant day... is it?"
"Frana'c so cecdan!? Frana ec Rikku!?" (Where's my sister!? Where is Rikku!?) Brother growled and whirled up like a lightning bolt towards the knight, glaring up at him as he grabbed his cloak. All that Riley did was tower down at Brother, sighing heavily before speaking again, undaunted by the airhead's barbaric behavior.
"Ouin cecdan fyc fuihtat y faag yku..." (Your sister was wounded a week ago...) Riley answered calmly making everyone in the room flinch back in horror.
"What did you do to her?" Paine's eyes burned in anger. She took a mental note that if Rikku was in a life and death situation at this moment; goodness knows what she would do.
"Oui pycdynt!!!" (You bastard!!!) Brother's fists flew towards the knight's face only to be stopped by a forceful knuckle, hitting his tummy so hard; he almost flew back towards the wall.
Everyone stared at Brother and to the knight, flabbergast. It seemed at this point, their fists are quite useless since this guy obviously possess fists, wits and amazing machina. Their means of escaping now plummeted to zero and their only hope now is to escape by some miracle.
"The reason why she was wounded is because she attempted to escape. Rexus challenged her twice in a dual and SHE hurt him the second time..." He stopped and looked at each of their slacked-jawed faces. "Now, the agreement was he was going to show her the way out and back to your airship without getting hurt but unfortunately, she forgot about it and was attacked by one of the most dangerous fiend in this island. She was almost killed but fortunately for all of you AND her, my brother- in his agonizingly painful situation, rescued Rikku. Obviously, risking his own neck just to rescue a prisoner." He breathed slightly and gave them a smirk, earning Paine's eyeball to roll around in disgust. "And since that happened about a week or so... Rikku is fully healed, thanks to advance medicinal technology..."
If they thought that the news about Aeris being a traitor was a surprise, they didn't know exactly what to call this certain revelation. "Why?" Yuna asked dumbfounded. It took them a good minute before the knight's words finally sunk into their confused heads.
"Because Rikku isn't my brother's target. He made a mistake and Rikku-" He flashed a very amused smile at the Gullwings, hinting something mysterious as his eyes twinkled marvelously, "is definitely a fatal flaw in his plans..." He sighed and muttered something under his breath. Paine's jaw almost dropped down on the floor, swearing that she heard him mutter 'thank goodness'. "What?" Paine asked, trying to get the truth out of him.
The knight immediately cast an amused smile at Paine and shook his head, "Nothing..." His steel gray eyes twinkled back at her mysteriously as he whirled away and walked towards the door. "I came only tell you something..." The Gullwings looked back at him intently, waiting for his next words. "Lady Yuna," He stopped, halfway towards the cell's door. "Your guardian may pose as a big threat to the Black Knights..." A very appreciating smile was playing on his lips as he looked at them over his shoulders, "And I'm very thankful for that..." He paced as fast as he can towards the exit, leaving the Gullwings in a bewildered state before they can even fire another round of questions at him.
The door closed in with a click in front of them for a minute already but out of shock, they continued to stare at it as if a fiend would come out of it and devour them one by one. "Er..." Tidus was the first one to recover as he glanced at each of his companion's faces. "What was that about?" He asked the others who- absolutely- didn't have a single clue.
"Maybe we're wrong about Aeris after all..." Yuna looked up, her face brightening with a little hope. "Paine?" She turned towards her crimson-eyed friend who was still staring at the knob without a word. Yuna knew that she was thinking about something different since shock wasn't exactly the thing that can be read all over her face. It was more like wonder and a slight glimmer of hope...
She didn't know that something had hit Paine when Riley thanked them for Rikku's meddling in the affairs of the Black Knights. The words that Aeris spoke days ago came back to her like a lightning bolt, striking her chest down and tearing it apart; trying to make her realize something that she didn't understand when she spoke those words:
Promise me that no matter what happens, you would always trust me. No matter WHAT happens, okay?
Paine remembered it clearly. The way she said those words desperately and the cheerful and happy smile that formed on the officer's lips after Paine told her that she promised. Of course, Paine was thinking that maybe she was smiling because she finally caught her in a trap but the things that Aeris told her- in a desperate way again- back in the hangar before she was sent down in this cell, deceived all of her suspicions... and how SHE hoped that Aeris isn't really betraying them...
"We're not sure..." A small smile trickled down on Paine's lips. Her crimson eyes that was undoubtedly free from any glimmer of emotions twinkled for the first time, telling Yuna that she was also hoping in the same manner that she was doing...
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His coast was clear.
Rexus walked calmly but warily in the corridors of the fourth floor of the palace, making his way towards the east wing, on the fourth corridor to his right... in other words: Blondie's room. He really didn't mean to be so rude to lock her up in the room like an animal in a cage but he was only doing this as a precaution. Who knows what would happen if she finds out that her cousin, Yuna was attempting to save her? He looked out again to check if there was anybody there who was keeping an eye on him. None... A small smile played on his lips as he turned the knob of Rikku's door stealthily to avoid waking her up.
The door closed in behind him without even making a single creak. The room was totally dark and Rex regretted this "locking-up" action again. If she was claustrophobic, something bad might've happened to her already. He wouldn't bear that... My CONSCIENCE wouldn't bear that... He mentally snapped at himself as he walked slowly towards the locked windows and then finally towards the balcony; allowing the pale rays of the moon enter with the cool midnight air.
When he finally did what he sought out to do, he turned his heel around and saw Rikku stir with a small and troubled frown. Another small smile trickled on his lips. There was something about this annoying and skinny blonde that was making him go soft in the inside... and that was something new because he thought that he'd lost all sense of tenderness years ago after his parents were murdered in cold blood in front of his and Aeris' eyes...
Of all people, why did it have to be Aeris?
He frowned at the thought. Aeris was only 13 when the brutal murder happened and he expected that she would just discard it being young and all. What he didn't realize back then was Aeris, even though she was young and childish, has a very developed mind. She's matured for her age- too matured- that she even considered dying just to save her parents... He clenched his fists at the thought but suddenly snapped back to reality when he noticed Rikku toss around... uncomfortably, moaning something on her throat.
Her softly tanned skin was like velvet in his eyes. Rex couldn't stop himself from staring at Rikku's face until it fell down to the delicate features of her ivory-textured neck. His eyebrow burrowed and another part of her face caught his attention: Rikku's cherry-colored lips. It was defined uncannily by a certain delicate smoothness that made Rex think about how it would feel with his. He stared at her sleeping figure for a while and blinked once... twice... Why was he staring at the irritating monkey like that?
He muttered a curse to himself and then walked stealthily towards the door. His lips thinned as he continuously mutter his curses mentally to himself for thinking such absurd thoughts. He reached out for the knob and then suddenly heard Rikku stir on her bed, muttering words that was clearly spoken:
"Help..."
Rex's hands immediately dropped to his side and turned his heel around to face the Al Bhed. Rikku was tossing around her bed... A nightmare... His mind was floating into outer space to even think of walking out while she was obviously having a terrifying nightmare. "Help... me..." She muttered again making his steady heart's thud-thud beat rather repulsively. He wasn't exactly a doctor but he knew that somebody could die immediately because of a nightmare. "Please..." Rikku tossed, faster than before- struggling to move out against something. Her forehead was sweaty and in Rex's eyes, she was a very helpless girl who was valiantly fending off to remain alive, even without a weapon...
"Help..." She raised her hands up slowly... weakly... trying to get a grasp of something...
Rex's breathing was shaking and his hand automatically rose to touch her. He was hesitant at first but did the task anyway, taking note that she was- by all means- asleep. "Shh..." He whispered. His voice was husky and comforting for the first time. "You're safe with me... I promise." Rex moved his right hand and tenderly grasps Rikku's wrist, lacing his other hand with her fingers... and that woke her up.
Rex's eyes locked on the pair of green that was a bit sleepy at this point. He waited for her to close it again. Much to his dismay, the Al Bhed blinked at him twice; obviously, she was as confused as he is, only differing in their circumstances. She had the right to blabber and scream at him now but she did neither for a few seconds that felt almost like a century for him. "You..." Her voice came out soft, catching him off-guard again. The two just stared at each other for another second; dumbfounded by what was the other was doing.
"Y-You... can let go of my hand now..." Rikku's voice was tremendously soft and shaken. He didn't even know that she could speak in that kind of manner. She really is driving him nuts by her unpredictable twists and turns. If he was her psychiatrist, then he would definitely advice Rikku that she needs a major attitude adjustment. Rex breathed again and fully regained his composure by trying to smirk arrogantly at Rikku: unsuccessfully convincing her. The confusion was evident in his face as he gently placed her hand on top of her sheet-covered tummy before leaving her mostly with unanswered questions.
Dismissing the thought, Rikku frowned when the door closed in behind the arrogant git. She decided to go back to sleep and in the morning, these thoughts would already be washed away... If only she knew how to make herself go back to sleep after that troubling incident.
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"Damn..." He muttered, "Damn, damn, damn, damn...!" He repeated the words over and over again as he angrily made his way towards the west wing and into his room. Rex was currently thinking that if he knew this was going to happen, he never should've allowed himself to enter the annoying blonde's room.
The door of his room slammed in as he leaned his back and limped until he was already sitting on his carpeted floor. "I never should've done that..." He whispered to himself with a very confused look and a brain that he felt would suffer from internal hemorrhage any minute now. And because of that incident, he concluded that it was a mistake for taking her instead of Yuna. It was totally a mistake that he listened to Louise's advice... it was a big mistake that he continuously annoy the skinny blonde and most of all, it was a big mistake to ever feel any attraction for the woman to begin with.
His eyes suddenly grew wide out of shock. He bgean muttering out that he wasn't attracted to her. He shook his head and steer clear his thoughts away before his brain begins to register something funny and definitely unacceptable. The Al Bhed was nothing short of bait, a nuisance and a fatal flaw in his plans... nothing more. He flumped down on his bed and tried to sleep the rest of the night away...
But he was as unsuccessful as the girl in the east wing was...
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"Good morning Rikku!" Aeris cheerful voice boomed in from across the room until her face bright appeared in the door of the balcony along with Louise. "I see that my oh-so-debonair brother-" she added an irritated smirk, "finally decided to give you some air..." She frowned and looked at Rikku's tired features. "You didn't get enough sleep, didn't you?"
"No! I slept well!" Despite her efforts in adding a little tinge of chuckle and merriment, Rikku was still unable to convince the officer.
"You can't lie to me about things like that..." Aeris flumped down on the chair and looked up at Rikku with a deeper frown, "I'm the head doctor in this island..." Rikku noticed Aeris' face light up happily, "I lead the medical research team but unfortunately, I'm also leading the intelligence and reconnaissance operations for the Black Knights..." She smiled chummily at Rikku. "That's why you didn't see me earlier..." A thought suddenly crossed her mind as she placed her forefinger on top of her lower lip. "Well, maybe in the kidnapping scene but-" Her blue-green eyes glittered under the soft ray of the sun, "I guess that doesn't matter now..."
Rikku was overwhelmed by Aeris' bounciness this day. Louise smiled back and breathed the fresh morning air. "Anyway," She stopped and then turned a smiling look at Rikku. "I hope you're feeling energetic for an escape tonight...?" Rikku's eyes glittered in pure joy. She couldn't stop herself from launching towards the two knights to give her a warm embrace. "Wait for me in this room at about ten in the evening..." Aeris whispered and then looked back at her sister with a happy nod. "I'll be coming with your weapons..."
"You really want this whole bickering to stop, don'tcha?" It was more of apologetic than sympathy in Louise's ears but it was positive nonetheless. Louise grinned slightly at a sudden occurrence of another thought and before Rikku questions her about what was she thinking about this time, she immediately voiced out a very reasonable evasion that wasn't so obvious in Rikku's nor Aeris' ears. "Yeah..." She couldn't stop herself but to feel really amused. Louise's little "chess game" with Rex was going according to plan. "But I think it will stop someday soon..." A small but confident smile flashed on Louise face, making Rikku wonder again. "Trust me..." She added, making Rikku nod.
"I suggest that you get your rest in case trouble stirs up..." Aeris winked at Rikku and then looked out into the horizon. "You guys are in for a very long night..."
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The slashing of a pair of knives and the noise of another with a loud bang, shuddered the quiet hallway of the prison cells. Tidus immediately stood up and tried to take a peek from the opening. "What's going on?" Yuna asked in wonder, halting halfway towards her fiancé who was observing the thing that was going on outside. "Sounds like trouble..." Tidus answered, making the others rush in towards the hole to take a peek.
"Stop!" A guard shouted and immediately dashed towards an attacker in the farthest corner of the hallway. The Gullwings stopped and tried to hear out what was going on and the sound of a metal thing, slicing through something was enough to confirm their hunches: something was going on. They waited for another minute until they heard a pair of footsteps falling down on the ground making a rhythmic noise until...
"Peek-a-boo!!" Rikku's smiling face surprised all of them as she appeared on the hallway.
With Aeris...
"What is that traitor doing in here?" Brother glared at Aeris but instead of taking it as a sort of confusing matter, Brother earned a disgusted look from Rikku.
"Be quiet! I wouldn't be here if it weren't for Aeris and Louise!" Rikku pouted at her Brother making all of them smile dumbly at her.
"Told ya I wouldn't betray you..." Aeris frowned as she unlocked the door with an access card. "You just didn't trust me enough..."
"Well, that was a big curve ball that you took..." Yuna chuckled. Each of the Gullwings went out of the prison cell. Aeris was naming them face-by-face until Shinra came out.
"Who sent you?" Aeris asked, puzzling the wits out of the others. When they saw Shinra grin over at Aeris, they knew what exactly was going on. "Blame my commanding officer for that... who else?" Shinra walked back inside the cell and took out a black cloak... with a single star on his shoulder plate.
"Shinra!?!?!?!?" Brother glared unbelievingly at the young genius.
"Ugh..." Aeris sighed heavily, "I thought I told Riley not to meddle with my affairs!" She frowned. The other Gullwings was looking at Shinra accusingly, thinking that he was the one who gave the airship's location to the Black Knights. Seeing their reaction, Shinra immediately grinned innocently and shook his hands up. "Don't look at me!" He stopped and looked at Aeris for help, "I'm just a kid..."
"You don't look like one to me..." Paine got out with a small and amused smile, "You've grown tall..." Shinra grinned at Paine. Thanking her mentally for stalling the other's attention away from his misfits. "Something...er... happened... when I was experimenting in this island and believe me..." Shinra's eyes glittered mischievously. "I'm far older that what you think I am right now..." That was something that can really turn your brain upside-down. They didn't know what he meant by that and they were definitely intending to ask him but...
"You broke your promise, Paine..." Aeris' frowned deeper as she looked over at Paine's crimson eyes.
"Well I thought you've broken yours..." Paine's lips twitch. "Sorry..." She patted Aeris' shoulder affectionately after receiving her weapon from Aeris.
"Call it quits, then..." The knight flashed a smile at Paine and then nodded to Rikku. "We'll take the other way around and cross through the hallway towards the hangar..." Before taking any step, she glanced around the room and saw no sign of any guards. "Louise is keeping them busy by barking out orders..." She chuckled and them turned her heel towards the opposite direction. "Follow me..."
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Way to go, sis... Aeris thought as the group continually walked around freely towards the empty hallway that finally led towards the hangar where the airship was being kept. Warily, the Gullwings walked towards the last archway, thinking that they're home free until a dangerously familiar face greeted them; unnerving Paine most of all by his sudden appearance.
Riley smirked at them and then gazed over at the annoyed crimson-eyed warrior. "Looks like she's not happy to see me..." Aeris smiled happily and launched herself towards her older brother. "Aw..." Aeris moved away and glanced over at Paine, "I'm sorry about that..." Aeris grinned back at Riley, "I didn't tell them that you were part of this conspiracy..."
Her brother definitely looked disappointed. "Here I am, helping you with your heist and I still didn't get credit for it..." He sighed in defeat and looked over at Tidus suspiciously. "Are you sure that no one has taken my place?" That earned him another eyeballing from Aeris. "He's Yuna's fiancée..." Riley's eyes twinkled as he bowed apologetically towards Tidus and Yuna. "Forgive me for my rudeness..." He said, straightening his body upright with a smirk before stretching out his arm towards Paine, handing her something, "Take this as proof of my sincerest apology." Paine's eyes narrowed at him discriminatingly and looked down on her hand to see a small black card with Al Bhed inscriptions. "Ryhkyn... That's Al Bhed for 'Hangar'..." Paine looked back confusingly at Riley and then to Aeris.
"Our mother is a beautiful Al Bhed, Paine... Her name is Aleksa." Louise appeared on the archway with a typical medieval sword, hilted with gold, silver, diamond and ruby on hand. "Let me know if you're doing fine..." She stepped towards her sister and gave her a loving hug. "Take care..." She looked back at the Gullwings and nodded at them. "I hope that we'll meet again under different circumstances..." Louise's eyes twinkled when she met Rikku's pair of green. "Especially you, Rikku..." Louise went over and gave her a hug, whispering something in her ears that she never believed could be possible. Louise moved away with a nonchalant expression and looked at the archway after hearing a running pace.
"Move aside..." Louise ordered and sliced the thick metal bar that was holding the airship intact with the hangar's wall. "They're coming..." Louise looked over at Paine wonderingly as she took the card on her gloved hand. "I think we've met somewhere before..." Louise said, sliding the card down on a slot on the wall. "Mi'ihen Highroad..." Paine said, her lips twitching at the sudden recognition. "Of course..." Louise chuckled and patted Paine's back... the same spot where she was hit by Nooj's bullet. "Go..." Louise immediately added as the engine room's door opened.
"You've got a lot to explain, Paine..." Aeris warned as she entered the engine room. "Shinra!" She called out at the boy who was staring questioningly at Riley.
"Take care of her, okay?" Riley muttered, allowing Shinra to hear his words before letting him go off. "Yes sir..." An appreciating grin lit up the young man's face as he entered the Celsius again after YEARS of training. "Hey you!" The Gullwings stopped and turned a questioning look oer at him, "The lady who slashed me here..." He motioned his hand across his chest and smirked over at Paine, "Yeah... you with the crimson eyes..." Paine raised an eyebrow at him. "We'll settle our little rematch sometime..." A small soft smile streaked his lips, making his looks all the more appealing. "I need to reclaim my pride..." He gave one final wink at Paine who immediately nodded at him with a half-smile.
"Looking forward to give you another hurt..." Paine raised his hand and pointed her forefinger at him, imitating a gun before the door closed in between them, leaving Riley and Louise behind with a small smile. After a minute, Louise's face suddenly turned towards her brother. "What?" Riley grimaced at Louise's suspicious look. "Why was I ever so naïve back then to not realize that you've tripped head over heels for that woman ever since I brought her here to save her life?" Louise raised an eyebrow and marched away from his brother's red face. "Is that another bone to pick, Louis?" He asked, mocking her sister a little.
"Admit it, Riley..."
"I'm not denying it..." He shrugged making her sister whirl around with an amused grin on her face.
"Why didn't you go for her then?"
Riley sighed and then looked back at the airship with a quiet contentment, "As long as she's happy with him..." Riley looked back at Louise, "I'm happy for her..."
Louise quietly assessed her brother's face and was disappointed when all she saw was complete honesty. "Playing the goody-two-shoed-white-knight... aren't you?" she smirked at her brother and playfully punched his chest. "Ouch!" Riley winced in pain. "Sorry..." Louise turned away with a chagrin look on her face. She has forgotten the wound across his chest. "I'm fine..." Riley answered, nursing his aching chest a bit. "Really..." He swallowed a lump on his throat and gained proper posture again before looking back at the airship, one last time before it left the island.
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"I regret to inform you that we're rather late when we arrived in the hangar..." Louise casually said. Unlike Aeris, she has this undespicable talent of lying without sounding too obvious. Riley continuously clutched his aching chest from Louise's blow. "He slowed me down..." Louise added making Riley's eyes go round in horror. She was the one who caused him to wince like this and currently, he could still feel the bloody aching across his chest. "Sorry about that, bro..." Mentally cursing, he followed her lead. "Yuna escaped..." Louise faked a sorry look as she stared down on her boots.
Rexus' blue eyes blazed in anger as he controlled his flaring temper, "Forget about the summoner, where's the Al Bhed?! Where is she!?" Louise and Riley stared in disblief at their brother and then switched glances. "Oh..." Louise smiled menacingly at Rexus. "Answer me, before I explode, Louise..." Rex warned his brows furrowing down. "She escaped with them... Riley warned you already that they may be plotting to steal Rikku away without us knowing it..." She answered calmly, earning a suspicious gaze from her brother.
"And about this 'forget the summoner' thing..." Louise smirked, "do you really mean that?"
Rexus blinked and realized what she just said. "I didn't say anything like that..." He denied openly, irritating Louise. At this point, Louise concluded that her brother is the poorest among liars.
"Oh pardon me, good sire..." Louise arced an eyebrow and looked back at Riley with a sarcastic questioning look, "my ears must be stuffed with fur..." She cast a mocking look at Rexus.
"I told you she's-" He trailed off and whirled around with a rather hot temper, barking orders to the soldiers to get back on duty. After all of them scrambled back to their post, Rex didn't even bother to look back at his siblings, knowing that they have their irritating- and superbly exasperating- sarcasm and mockery about everything that he does or say that is in connenction with the Al Bhed. With a very deep frown on his face, Rex began to walk away from his siblings with a pace that can even outrun a walking chocobo.
Louise and Riley laughed their heads off when Rexus was clearly out of sight. "Now look at what you've done, Riley..." A very amused smile lit up Louise's face, "You let them escape with our antagonist..." Riley saw her lips twitch.
"Well it was YOUR idea..." He said, half mocking and half laughing before feeling another slice of pain across his chest. "I better stop laughing before my wound bleeds internally again..."
"It's been bleeding long enough..." Louise grinned, obviously stating something different.
"I wasn't talking about that!" He snapped and acidly walked away from Louise with his lips twitching a little.
"Defensive, aren't we?" Louise arced an eyebrow when Riley looked back at her with a grin on his face. "Jesting..." Riley answered and chuckled back at her sister with his twinkling eyes.
"Right..." He just earned himself a very sarcastic blow from her green-gray-eyed sister.
"I stand by my word..." Riley smiled heavenly at her sister and nodded, "But I can promise that I'll still keep her safe no matter what..."
A small sad smile crept on Louise's lips. Her admiration for her older brother seemed to heighten up into its peek. Never has she seen him act so noble before... and it really disappointed the wits out of her senses. "Ugh..." Louise rolled her eyeballs and continued on walking away from her brother who was about to start an outburst of laughter.
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Author's Note: Whaddya think again? Read & review please!!!