Chapter 2: Bucks
Poke, poke, poke.
..Poke.
"Stop poking me…" Raine cried as she swatted Regal's hand away.
"No, you have to wake up!" Regal said, still poking.
Raine yawned and stretched and got up as she looked around.
"Where are we?" She asked, unaware to her surroundings.
"I don't know, let's wake up the others and check it out.", and with that the three started to wake everyone else up.
"Wow, this is a strange place! With strange people, and animals, and things…" the small angel started.
As they walked closer into the city, they noticed a big black path.
"Astounding!" Raine yelled.
While they crossed the big black path they noticed something coming really fast at them.
"I think it's a monster looking for a battle!" Lloyd yelled as he took a fighting stance.
"I don't think so…get out of the way!" the blue haired man barked shoving some out of the way.
The all got out of the way, except Lloyd, still ready the fight. The 'monster' had gotten' really close.
"Prepare to die!" the boy screamed, charging at it.
The two collided and Lloyd went flying. Kratos, Regal, Raine, and Sheena tried catching him, but failed.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Lloyd cried rubbing his head.
The driver just kept riding on without stopping.
"What kind of monster was that?" Raine asked, obviuosly very confused.
"How did it defeat Lloyd?" Genis asked even more confused.
Zelos felt someone tap on his shoulder and he immedeantly turned around. It was a girl.
"Hey hottie, want to have some fun? Only fifty bucks." The girl asked.
"What are bucks?" Colette asked, the same question everyone else was thinking.
"You know, bucks, dollars, doe, cash, green…bucks!"the girl replied.
"…Your currency I assume…but we do not have any anyways, we only have gald." Kratos said.
"Aww, but I need some fun!" the pervert cried.
"Haha! Too bad you ass!" Genis giggled.
"Shut up you bastard." Zelos hissed back. And Genis started to cry.
"Let's go find out more about these bucks, we can't live off gald in this world." The older mage ordered.
They all went off to look for some information on 'bucks' by asking people.
"Excuse me, do you know anything about bucks, doe, cash, green, or dollars?" Colette asked, retaining the memory of it's five different names.
"Yes…what do you need to knw about it little girl?" The man asked Colette.
" Um, is there anywhere you can turn some gald in for these bucks?" Raine asked, walking up to the man.
"Indeed, there is a shop right over there to do so." The man said as he pointed to the direction of the store, which was across the big black path.
"Okay, thank you very much sir." Raine thanked.
"My pleasure" the man said, walking off.
"Gee, thes people are nice." Sheena stated.
"Yeah, and the chicks are really NICE!" the pervert yelled, but in return, getting a slap from Sheena.
"Well, let's go…crap! We have to cross the big black path again!" Lloyd cried.
"Just try to dodge those monsters." Raine told them as they started to walk across the path.
They quickly ran across the road, dodging all traffic.
"Phew!" the warrior sighed in relieve.
They walked into the shop and started looking around, they didn't see much, just a counter, a carpet, some chairs, and so on, but that was pretty amazing to them.
Raine stepped up to the counter, with a small man behind it.
"What could I do for you?" the midget asked.
"A DWARF! HIIII!" Lloyd greeted, happy to see his father and Altessa are not alone.
The man frowned at him and said, "Stop mocking me!"
"Sir, I'm terribly sorry for his behavior, he's kind of—" but Raine was cut off.
"Special…if you know what I mean…" Kratos explained.
"Oh, I see, well, what do you need of me?" the midget asked.
"We need to trade in our gald for some…'bucks'." Raine replied.
"Bucks, Heh, how much gald do you have?" the small man asked.
"One million, sir." Raine replied.
"Holy cow! That'll be about… One trillion bucks!" the man answered. (I don't know! I just picked a random number higher than one million…)
"Thank you sir." Raine said, smiling at him.
"Your welcome, here you go." The small man reached up for her arm and gave a large pile of 100's to her.(And he was on a stool too.xD Shorty!)
"Now I can get some fun!" Zelos cheered.
"No, we need to use this money to live off of. I need to find out a way to get more of this cash." Raine hissed at him.
"Awww…well, hurry up and find out." The pervert cried back.
"We'll have to ask some more people about a place to stay the night." Raine announced.
Raine turned to the nearest person, a man with dark skin (which is unusual to them), with many accessories on him.
"Excuse me, do you know of anyplace around here that we can spend the night at?" she asked politely.
"Yo, dawg der's some places aroun' here, but you came messin' with the wrong brotta' yo." The man replied.
"Umm…what did you say? I barely understood any of it." Raine asked.
"Dumbshit, you gonna die!" the man said, taking out a knife.
"The Lloyd quickly jumped infront of Raine flashing his sword.
"Leave her alone! She was just asking you about a place we can stay, and if you don't hel us, you can say good bye to your head!" Lloyd yelled at him, with his sword right infront of the man's shocked face.
"Yo, yo, yo! I was just messin' with ya', there's a place ya'll can stay right ova' der'!" the man cried pointing at a nearby Sheraton ™hotel.
"Thanks dawg, apprecia' da' help." Lloyd said putting his sword away.
The others stared at him surprised.
"Lloyd, you speak their language! Wow, you are pretty smart!" Colette said happily, hugging him.
"It was nothing!" Lloyd told her, his face blushing a bright red.
They all started walking over to the Sheraton™as a hobo came out from the alley and scared them.
"What is that thing!" Genis cried in horror, in the presence of a short man with bones holding together in ways they shoulder, a long beard, a chewed up had, no shoes, a horrible stench, and filth, filth, filth written all over him!
"A Human?" Raine guessed it.
"Please, I need some food!" he begged.
"We don't have any." Raine explained.
The man crawled back in the alley, hoping other people would come with food.
"This place is just strange." Regal said kind of in a 'creeped out' tone.
They all just nodded and walked up to the hotel. They got into a place that looked similar to the place they got their bucks.
They all walked up to the counter and saw a normal looking male behind it.
"Umm, excuse me, we'd like to spend… three nights here." Raine asked, not so sure of what to say.
"How many rooms would you like? Each room has two queen sized beds." The man asked.
"Guy, look like we'll have to pair up to save money." Raine explained to all of them.
"Let me see, me, Regal, Genis, and…" Raine got cut-off again.
"Presea" Genis added quickly.
"…In one room…, and Kratos, Sheena, Zelos, Lloyd, and Colette in the other." She finished.
Kratos gave a cold glare to Regal, but Regal just smirked at him.
"I'm not going in bed with that pervert, I'm sleeping on the floor." Sheena whined.
"Well, since it's two hundred dollars a night, for you it'll be twelve-hundred dollards in total." The man told her as she took out her money to give to him.
"And your two rooms would be 115 & 116, and here are your keys." The man said.
"Okay, thank you." The white mage thanked.
They had trouble finding their rooms, but did eventually get there.
In Lloyd's Room…
"Hey Genis! There's a small lake here, and a spring!" Lloyd shouted towards the other room.
"I'm there!" Genis cried, running out.
"I guess I'll come too!" Colette shouted aswell.
" Count me in." the ninja said.
"If the beauties are going, so am I!" Zelos cried.
"I'll remain here…" Kratos said.
"Party pooper…" Lloyd said quietly as he walked out the door.
In Raine's Room…
Regal was trying to work the tv, while Raine watched him, and Presea followed the others to the 'lake'.
"Hmm…"Regal said as he pushed random buttons until it came on.
"Aha!" he shouted at it, victory is his! ..
The two watched a small yellow sponge and a fat pink starfish babble on the screen.
"How strange!" Raine said, starting to lazily lay her head on Regal's shoulder.
Regal blushed as he paused in mid channel flipping.
Kratos walked by the open door and saw, as soon as he did, he turned red and muttered 'Grr…I'll get her next time' and dashed back to his room.
At the small lake and hotsprings…
Lloyd followed the signs into the room with the lake and spring.
"Hmm, their called pool…and hottub…" Lloyd said confused.
"Well, let's go jump in!" Genis cried.
The all rushed for the pool and made a huge splash, wetting the floor.
A worker came in and started yelling at them!
"Can't you read!No jumping, splashing, or diving!" the man screamed angrily.
"Then how do you have fun?" Lloyd asked.
"It's for the adults, to relax."
"That's crap!" Lloyd said as he started splashng the others.
"Grrr…just don't make any noise or wet the floor even more!"
"Sor'ry mister…"Lloyd said sarcastically as he giggled at his red face.
Sheena and Zelos were in the hot tub, while the others remained in the pool.
Back at Raine's Room.
Regal layed back further into the sofa, and Raine flopped back right with him. He just kept flipping until he found some anime. He stared at it with some interest, and so did Raine.
"Hmm, I like the style, don't you?" Raine asked, snuggling next to him.
"Uhh..uhh….uhh.. YES!…" Regal studdered, his face almost scarlet.
She the looked up at him and stared at his face, "Is something wrong?"
"N-no, I-I a-am f-fine…" Regal studdered again.
Raine smirked and kept staring " Do you…have a crush on me?" she asked.
"I-I mmight.." he replied, still studdering.
" I know you do! Genis studders when he talkes to his crush." She discovered.
"Uhh…uhh….your right…" Regal confessed.
Raine giggled and snuggled in closer to him.
At the pool and hottub…
"Can I rub your feet?" Zelos asked Sheena.
"Sure, but that's all."
He smirked and started to massage her feet. She just sighed and layed back, what a great reunion.
"Tag your it!" Lloyd shouted, splashing water into Colette's face. She quickly spit it out and went to get payback.
"Umm…P-presea, whatchaa' d-d-doin'?" the small boy asked the what seems small girl.
"I don't know, waiting for something fun…" she replied.
"U-umm, h-how ab-b-bout w-we play t-t-tag like L-l-l-loyd a-and Colette?" he asked.
"Sure." She agreed with a smile.
Zelos looked back at the clock.
"It's eleven, let's go get some sleep." Zelos announced to the party.
Lloyd started to whine, "Aww, it was so much fun though…"
The party then slowly dried off and headed for their rooms.
In Raine's Room…
The door opened as Presea and Genis slipped in.
"That was fun!" Genis cheered.
"Shhh!" Presea warned him and pointed to the couch. Raine had fallen asleep, snuggled under a blanket that was shared with Regal.
"Holy crap! They're in love!" Genis shouted one more.
"SHHHH!" Presea attempted to quite him down again.
"Oops, sorry.." he apologized.