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Eternal Blue Memories--

Chapter Three-

Flashback Cont'd

The next day was spent in getting the basics of her new form well adjusted. Thankfully she had the wisdom and experience of her ancestors helping to guide her actions, and so what should have taken days or longer to master only took hours or less. With a plethora of new experiences and opportunities now open before her, Ruby first set her mind to the task of relearning the basics of movement.

Shortly after Nall left the room in a mad dash to escape the expected fury, she deemed it to be time to begin. The shock of having her fellow dragon friend seeing her in her bareness caused her to reflexively return to her default state of a flying pink cat. Concentrating again she morphed into a humanoid once more, taking care this time to think about clothing her modesty.

Burning brightly of flames her aura surounded her small form, and began to expand quickly. As her body filled out into that of a teenage girl, the flames caressed her body and clinging to skin took shape and hardened into an intricate robe. It fit her perfectly, not too tight that it restricted movement or overemphasized her feminine assets yet not too loose as to slip off or fly up from a gust of wind. Consisting of a silky light pink fabric the robe was embroidered all around with vibrant yellow orange and red flames with a white stripe around the collar. It was the previous Red Dragon's favorite casual wear, and after careful inspection Ruby had to give her predecessor her thanks. The newly created robe was perfect as her first real piece of wardrobe.

Remembering the less then stellar performance she had when first attempting to stand up, this time Ruby took it slowly and more cautiously. Placing her hands against the wall she tested her strength and gradually raised herself up. First by bending her knees and firmly putting her feet on the ground she pushed off the floor and rose to a standing lean on the wall. So far so good.. As she started to get used to this new balance she took her hands off the wall and began to move around.

After a few minutes Ruby felt as if she had always had a human body, no longer did she feel completely awkward as a human. Deciding that walking around the base would be a good training activity she headed for the door Nall had so expeditiously exited. Walking out the room she headed towards the uppermost floor, the one with the veranda overlooking the ocean. She stopped here or there to tary a moment and climb or crawl at certain places that struck her fancy. Luckily all of the dragon kids did not seem to be around for some reason. Ruby was glad not because she didn't like the children, but because it would have been embaressing for her and hard to explain her precense as it is.

As she made her way up she decided to stop in and thank Nall for the help, and maybe apoligize for kicking the crap outta him. So passing the stairs in the middle of the eight floor that go up to the playground she walked up the steps on the far side to the ninth floor and Nall's throne room. Entering in at full gait Ruby spied him sitting there on his customary place, head held aloft on his hand, dozing in a drained state.

Observing the scene for a moment brought a soft smile to her face. Poor Nall, he must be exhausted from all the help he gave me. Soon however she gave way to her mischevious impulses and with a trickster grin stealthily crept up to his seat without a noise. As he peacefully slept, gently snoring, she brought her face up near his ear silent as the night, and wetting her lips screamed at the top of her lungs, "HEEEEYYY NALL!"

"Auugh", Nall was jolted most rudely out of his restful slumber, tumbling out of his chair and down the metal grated stairs. He banged his shoulder on the middle step as he came to a stop lying face first on the cold hard steel deck. What was that? Not knowing what caused him to fall down he jumped into a ready stance. Leaping up off the floor he in a single move performed a backwards spin flip to face the throne and unsheathed his sword. What greeted his sight was no danger or vile creature, just Ruby having trouble standing up straight from laughing so hard. "Ruby!", the irate Nall shouted.

"Hehe haha, you shoulda seen your face", said Ruby as she leaned over the chair laughing.Those were some nice moves he did, who knew Nall was talented with swordplay. Seeing Nall's face starting to get even angrier she figured maybe it was time to back down. "Sorry sorry, I just couldn't resist it. You were there all alone it was the perfect opportunity."

Nall was ready to really lay into her, but then she had to go and say she was sorry. She's also looking especially beautiful when she laughs "Fine fine, what did you want anyway, to come bugging me?", grumped Nall. She's coming along nicely, she was able to summon clothing easily enough. Very nice clothing... totally suits her, how long was I asleep I wonder.

Someone's awfully fussy when woken up, thought Ruby to herself, ignoring the fact she woke him up in the first place. "I wanted to thank you Nall, I'm really grateful that you helped me out with this, I feel wonderful", Ruby told him earnestly with her happiness spreading across her face. Reluctantly she added, "and I'm a.. sorry for overreacting.. but if I catch you peekin I'll claw your eyes out!"

When Ruby started to apoligize Nall was starting to think maybe she was beginning to soften up to him, but when she finished with that potent threat that idea didn't hold water. Well, Ruby is still as volatile as ever. "Eh heh right right. Well now that you have your form and movement down, what are you gonna do?"

To Ruby it felt obvious what her next step should be, she felt somehow that following in Hiro's footsteps in a way might somehow help. "I'm gonna go out and fight some monsters, just like Hiro and the gang, I'm going to need a weapon." Now I'll finally be able to do more in a battle besides scratching or blowing a little flame on a creature. Briefly she entertained a vision of exploring dungeons together with Hiro like the old days, but this time they were fighting side by side.

To Nall's annoyance Ruby yet again mentioned Hiro and got a certain look on her face. Apparently she is still not over him, she really should stop... its not good to obsess like that, thought Nall to himself in frustration. He wasn't about to suggest that to her though since it would likely lead to pain, and not just the emotional kind. "Why don't you go down to the weapons storage room and see if you feel comfortable with any type of weapon," he suggested to her. Anything to occupy your mind with something besides Hiro.

Figuring that sounded like a great idea she told him, "Thanks Nall. That's a great idea." Before she left however she remembered something that had been puzzling since emerging from the room. "Where are all the dragonkids?" It's not like the to not be running around everywhere, Nall even managed to fall asleep during the day, that would never happen if the kids were around they wouldn't let him.

Feeling good about himself since it was his idea Nall told her where they were. "I knew you would like some privacy and to avoid awkward questions you weren't ready for, so I sent them all to Meribia to terrorize the place." He didn't mean terrorize literally, more of a figurative expression and Ruby understood that. Not to mention I absolutely needed to get some sleep and this was a good time.. but I'm not gonna tell her that.

Ruby was truly touched despite herself of Nall's thoughtfulness. Every now and then he did something that showed he really was much older then he looked and actually capable of being mature, and this was one such moment. "Aww Nall, thank you so much, you're such a great friend." Ruby told him as she stepped up to him and gave him a firm hug then walked out. "I'll see you later," she said leaving for the weapon storage room, a change of plans from the playground her original destination.

End...so far.

Reviews

Luna Chic779: I'm so glad you got the humor. I'm a little iffy on being sure of humor since I once wrote a full chapter of something I thought was hilarious but no one else found it funny. Thanks for reviewing!

Tinkies: Quite sorry that my asap was so slow. I think so long as people still like this my next update should be much sooner. I'm so happy happy that you like my work :)

GeneralDragon: Here's an outfit for human Ruby to complete the picture, I do hope it does it justice. Thanks so much for continiously reviewing.