Forever In Our Hearts
Chapter One: Hidden Kindness
Hello again! Yep. This was the fic that I was wondering if I should post or not, but Ryuu told me to, so I am. Only I went to find it (I wrote it, because well, you see, I can't take my computer with me to school, and that's were I wrote must of it, and then I started to type it, I did the first chapter, and then I had the second chapter on my desk, so that I could type it (this was MONTHS ago) and . . . it errr... Ran away? Anyway, I don't know what happened to it, but I dunno where it is. So I'm missing Chappie two, and the first page of my typed Chapter One (and me being stupid, I threw away my original) and it isn't saved onto my computer anymore because I had to restart my computer and I didn't think of putting it onto a disk to transfer it. And so I have to write the first page of Chapter One all over again. I don't really mind any of this, except for one thing: I can't remember what I wrote in the parts that I lost, and I don't remember the name of the two chapters, nor do I even remember the name of the story. I'm sorry that I'm so stupid. But I tried anyway.
And this fic . . . Is a bit strange. I used the Ragnarok Characters and the city names, but I pretty much came up with the rest myself. The story is set in a time of war, and young adults are being recruited to fight in it, the starting age keeps getting younger, and the war keeps getting worse. You see, one side doesn't like Acolytes and Priests (Priestesses) because of their Holiness, and swordsmen, crusaders and such have vowed to save them. And that's pretty much all the background information you need to know. The rest is explained as you go along.
There are a few major differences between this fic and the online game. They do their job classes differently. I never really say if you start out as a novice, but (I'll use the swordsmen as an example, because they are the most confusing) they start out as Swordsmen, then get to job level forty, then go to Knight, then get to job level forty again, and then go to Crusader. And that's a hard thing to do, so Crusaders are highly respected. They do the Peco things differently also, but you can figure that out. And they also don't have guilds, I guess if it helps think of what is referred to as a party as a guild.
I'm going to shut up now and let you read. Sorry my introduction was so long, it's just that I felt like I had to explain things, that's all.
PLEASE REVIEW! (gets all teary eyed) Please?
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Beep! Beep! Beep!
I rolled over and turned off the alarmclock with a sigh. "Wake up, everyone." I said to the other girls that I shared a cabin with.
They groaned.
"Hurry." I told them, climbing down from the top bunk bed. "We have to go to Payon Cave to level."
Eventually, the five other girls woke up, and we were all ready to go to Payon Cave.
"Do we wear our uniforms or not?" Kitsami asked.
"No." I told her. "Wear the beige skirt that doesn't go with your uniform, and then the purple shirt.
Kitsami emerged from the bathroom with a beige skirt with a purple trim on that went down to her knees, and a pale lilac strapped shirt, the same attire that the rest of the girl and I had on.
"Are we leaving now?" Purite asked.
I nodded. "Yes."
We made our way to the cave, I remembered that I forgot to tell them one of the many rules that our camp had for the behavior of an Acolyte. "Could we please stop for a moment? I forgot to tell you something,"
They all stopped and looked at me.
"The Crusaders are very strict about this: You cannot fall in love with any Crusader, Knight, or Swordsman, and they are not to fall in love with us. They say that it will only hinder everyone's abilities, okay?"
They all nodded.
In Payon Cave I watched as the girls dealt scarce amounts of damage to the Skeletons.
"Everyone doesn't need one." I told the girls. "Get into groups and attack one until your skills get stronger."
After they had everything under control, I too began healing the demons to death by myself.
An hour later, we all went back to our camp just south of Payon and changed into our Acolyte uniforms, a beige skirt that went down to the middle of our shins and a short beige half-jacket that went over a mahogany long sleeved shirt and then the black boots that went up to our knees.
"Chihiro, Can I borrow your Kitty Band, please?" Purite asked me.
I smiled. "Sure." I handed her the orange cat eared headband.
I ran a brush through my light pink rose hued hair and put on my Bunny Band, a white rabbit eared headband.
"I have to go wake up our Knights." I told them. "Can you guys wake up the Swordsmen?"
I walked out of our cabin and past a few wooden houses. I opened the door of the cabin that housed our six high level Knights. I flipped on the lights and opened the blinds.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, but it's six and time for you to wake up." I said to the sleeping guys.
A white haired male, who was nineteen, and named Ryoichi walked into the room. His pale silver hair was wet and he wasn't wearing his uniform, only a black sleeveless shirt and baggy bondage pants.
"That won't get them up." He smiled.
I gazed at the ground. "Umm ... I don't want them to get mad at me."
"Don't worry about it." Ryoichi smiled. "Who cares if they get mad, you're supposed to wake them up."
"But."
"Come on, I know your voice isn't that soft and timid." He said to me. "You'll never wake them up if you keep talking like that."
I blushed. "Okay."
After gathering enough courage to speak loudly, my voice rang out through the cabin. "Wake up, it's six and you're expected to be ready in an hour!"
They stirred in a sleepy manner.
"Chihiro?" A black haired boy, named Yuki smiled. "That's the loudest I've ever heard you talk."
"I'm sorry." I said quietly. "It's just that I had to wake you guys up and you weren't--"
"No. It's a good thing." The blue haired Serge told me.
"Oh." I smiled slightly. "I should go check on the other Acolytes."
"Thanks Chihiro." They said to me as I exited the cabin.
After checking to make sure that our party was awake, I made my way to the Peco Peco stalls. Only our high level Knights were allowed to ride the ostrich-like birds. Serge was at level thirty-five, Yuki and Riku were at level thirty-six, Cloud and Hotohori were at level thirty, and our lead knight, Ryoichi, was at level thirty nine and would be a Crusader soon.
I walked to my favorite Peco, the one with blue feathers as well as the normal colors, and scratched it under it's neck.
Someone walked up behind me. "Why are you all the way over here with the Pecos?"
I turned around, startled. "I was ... umm ..."
Ryoichi smiled at me. "They seem to like you."
"They're all so cute, but the blue one's my favorite."
He dropped some food into the palm of his hand. "Angel."
The strange colored Peco Peco walked over to him and began to nibble at the seeds.
"Is that one yours?" I asked.
"Yes."
I gasped. "I'm sorry. I didn't know--"
He smiled at me. "Stop apologizing for everything."
"I'm so--" I began to apologize. "Uh ... Okay."
He placed his hand on the Peco. "You're always worrying about other people. You never think about yourself."
He grabbed another handful of seeds, and grasped my hand. I gazed up at him as he gently placed the seeds onto my palm.
"I guess you're right." I said to him as I held the food out to Angel.
He smiled. "Yeah but that's understandable, I guess. After all, you are the lead Acolyte."
"Yeah." I said and watched Angel munch on the seeds.
She ate all the food and I returned my hand to my side. "I should go back to the other Acolytes.:
He smiled. "Okay.""
I began to walk away.
"Chihiro." Ryoichi said gently.
"Y-yes?"
"I'll tank you later, okay?" He told me.
"Uh ... Okay." I said and continued to walk back to the cabin.
That was the first rime I had ever heard him say anything that gently; It made my heart flutter to think that it was my name that he had said. And I was happy to know that he was going to take the hits as I slowly dealt damage to a monster. He was going to help me level, and it wasn't like he had to.
He had chosen to help me.
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That's all for Chapter One. So, how was it? Bad huh? Chapter Two will be worse. I still can't believe that I lost Chapter Two, I really am an idiot. ;
Kiara: (points to review button) Review?
Thanks for the reminder, K-Chan. I'll post Chapter Two soon. Hell, I'll go type it right! And I'll type Chapter Three! I'm so awesome!
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"I'm good at Grammars!" -Kiara (That's our little Korean. She's so awesome. )