A fun little story to start off the series. :D
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Boy-Watching in Prontera
Aurikku Pryor, Satsuki Misaki, Natsumi Nocturne, and Shizuku Mizu walked out of the southern gate of Prontera, breathing in the wonderfully clean air outside the walls of Rune-Midgard's capital city. Aurikku, in particular was very, very cheerful.
"Ahh!" She exclaimed, as she bent down to pick a flower. "Thank goodness we were able to escape today! It was my turn for cleaning duty." The brown haired acolyte made a face. "And you all know how Headmistress Vanderbilt is." She stuck out her tongue for good measure.
Mizu laughed at her expression as she gingerly sat down beside the others. She ran her hand through her light-blue hair. "The fields of Prontera look so… Beautiful! It almost makes me feel like I'm back in Payon." Mizu was a foreigner from Payon. She came to Prontera to study the holy arts.
For a while, they sat there in the grassy field, staring up at the clouds and pointing out to each other the different shapes that formed. It was Natsumi that started the mayhem. The blonde girl was the first to notice them. She leaned over towards the group then whispered, "See that priest over there? The one wearing those silly cat ears?" They looked, turned back to her, then nodded. She grinned mischievously then whispered again, "He's really cute…" Stunned silence, then they were suddenly overtaken by laughter. The priest looked at them curiously, shrugged, then walked into the city.
So began their boy-watching session. Of course, they didn't call it boy-watching. They merely referred to it as the surveillance of the male species. It was Mizu who thought of that. Really, they made boy-watching sound like a science. Aurikku could not believe how many absolutely hot guys were in the vicinity of Prontera right now. Satsuki spied another one. "Hey, look at that one. That assassin… Isn't he absolutely gorgeous?" She practically yelled. The assassin looked up, blushed, and then tipped his hat at them. All of them waved back, except for Satsuki, who was blushing like mad and hiding behind a poring.
All of a sudden, Aurikku spotted a crusader astride his valiant Grand Peco. His unruly brown hair and sparkling blue eyes gave her butterflies in her stomach. She turned to the group and whispered, "Now that crusader. He is hot. Definitely, way hot." She glanced again at the crusader and she was fairly surprised that he was riding towards them! She sighed dreamily and thought, 'He must have spied me and was as enthralled with my beauty as I was by his cuteness…' She giggled to herself. Her friends, meanwhile, were very confused.
"What crusader?" Satsuki asked, her face contorted with confusion.
"Yah, Riks… I can't see any crusader here." Natsumi's eyes were squinted, and she had her hand shading her eyes to avoid the sun's glare.
"Don't worry gals… He's coming." Aurikku softly said, the blush in her face noticeable.
The crusader stopped in front of them. He dismounted, his blue cape billowing in the wind. The light reflected off of the sword in his belt. Aurikku was ready. Here was her valiant crusader. Here was the love of her life! She slowly opened her arms.
The crusader suddenly enveloped Satsuki in a tight embrace. "Satsuki! Satsu-Chan! How I missed you so!" The acolyte floundered in his embrace.
"Your thick armor… Is crushing me… Can… Hardly… Breathe…" The crus immediately stopped and stared at her with wide eyes.
"Oh no! I'm sorry, Satsu-Chan!" He plunked down on the ground beside her. "Are you alright now, huh? Did I hurt you too badly?" Satsuki, in reply, hit him on the head.
"You idiot!" She started hitting him repeatedly, the bump on the crusader's head grew bigger and bigger every time. Aurikku, meanwhile, was feeling a bit out of sorts.
'What happened to my prince?' She thought, annoyed. After a while, Satsuki and the crus slowly realized that they were not alone. They stopped fighting, mortified at having been caught acting so childish. The brunette ('Satsu-Chan' Aurikku thought.) finally introduced him.
"Friends, this is Masaru Misaki!" She pointed at the crusader, who nervously scratched his cheek. "Masaru! These are…" She pointed at each of her friends as she introduced them. "Shizuku Mizu, Natsumi Nocturne, and Aurikku Pryor!" Masaru Misaki smiled at all of them. After a moment, he stood up and wiped the grass stains of his armor.
"It was nice to meet you all!" He ran his hand through his hair. "I hope that I see you all at the Stardust Festival." He climbed unto his High-PecoPeco and waved goodbye to them. "Oh yes, one last thing. Take care of my sister for me, will ya? She's not very bright."
"Why you!" Satsuki threw a rock at him, but he had already galloped away, laughing his head off. "Pesky brother," she muttered as she fixed her braid. "Well, guys? Wanna get back to the church? Old mother superior won't excuse our being late." She started skipping towards the gate, humming the Pronteran national anthem.
As Aurikku followed her, her frown was slowly replaced by a grin. Her brother. He was just her brother!