Okay, I received two reviews (thanks L.C. Techno and Tzusuki) so now I'm gonna update!
Yay! I managed to find time in between my studies to type this up.
It's hard running for honors…
Okies, I shall stop my ranting and go on with the story!
On to Kumi's misadventures on Earth!
Note to everyone, especially Tzusuki: Sorry about the swearing. It always somehow pops up whenever I write a fic… I can't help it…
Disclaimer: I don't own Ragnarok.
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Chapter Two-Un-EARTH-ing
Somewhere in a carnival…
"Aki! Hurry up!"
A girl in her twenties with short brown hair and a slightly boyish cut beckoned a boy (also in his twenties) with short jet-black hair to go faster.
"Rika, can't you wait!"
Aki panted as he hurried up to her. "WHY DID YOU DRAG ME ALL THE WAY HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
"I sense a great amount of power in this area," she muttered, talking to no one in particular.
Apparently, Aki heard her, so he said, "And so? Rika, this is no time for your special power report-"
"Look! Over there!" she suddenly pointed to the stage set on the center of the carnival.
Aki's face darkened. "Ri-chan, you bring me all the way here… TO SEE A MAGIC SHOW!"
Carnival, Backstage of the Stage in the Center of the Carnival…
Kumi was feeling confused. Her eyesight was slowly coming back to her, but her mind was still disorganized.
But then…
"START YOUR ACT NOW!"
A man wearing a magician hat and a black tuxedo entered the room. The voice snapped Kumi out of her semi-dazed state. Everything came back to her. The old house. The machine. The Baphomet. The portal. And then…
The man wearing the tuzedo glared at her. "Start your show already or else!"
Of course, Kumi was clueless as to what he was talking about. But when she saw the hat he was wearing, she suddenly became energized.
"Hey, sir, where did you get that hat? I know it's rare! How much will you sell it to me?" said the excited wizard.
The man looked at her as if she was an escaped lunatic from the nearby insane asylum. "Umm… you can just buy it around the corner…"
This time, it was Kumi's turn to look at him like that. "But I-"
The man suddenly remembered what he came for. "Hey! You're now supposed to go up on stage and perform! C'mon! You're making the audience wait!"
"But I… I don't know what to do!" she whined.
"Er… Just do anything! Whatever you're best at!" he looked at her desperately. "You know, magic!"
Without waiting for her reply he pushed her into the stage (through the side entrance). He grabbed the microphone and shouted, "Presenting, our greatest magician ever, Miss…" then he whispered, 'What's your name?'
Kumi went, "Me? K-"
The man bellowed once more, "PRESENTING, THE BEST ILLUSIONIST AND MAGICIAN THAT EVER LIVED, MISS MIKA!"
He stepped off the stage and started clapping. The crowd below the stage followed.
Kumi decided to go along with the man anyway.
"Laevatein, EXTEND!"
The rod extended and became as long as a walking stick.
For her first 'trick,' she went,
"COLD BOLT!"
At first, nothing happened. The crowd booed. Until…
An ice cube fell from the sky, and landed on the stage.
Plick, Plock.
"Whaaat!"
While Kumi stood in shock, the crowd started to react.
"Wow! An ice cube fell from the sky!"
"Weird, but it's AMAZING!"
"How did she do it?"
"Mommy! I want candy!" (okay, that didn't count)
Rika knew she had to do something, even if she didn't know who the person was, but she sensed that she was (the person the stage) was gonna do something bad or drastic if she's just going to stay there.
And so, not bothering to wait for Aki, she started running towards the stage.
"Mika! Mika! Where have you been?"
A complete stranger started running toward Kumi.
First, an old man goes to her, and now this. By now Kumi had enough and remembered what her father told her about dealing with strangers.
'Go Frost Diver on him/her and run away.'
She normally didn't heed her father's advice, but she took it anyways and went,
"FROST DIVER!"
This time, a bunch of ice cubes shot up from the stage.
"GAAH! Another ice cube!" Kumi complained.
The girl (who came up the stage) took that opportunity to grab her from the stage and muttered, "Come on, let's get out of here."
"!"
To make up for Kumi's exclamation (pun intended), she shouted out (LOUD), "Sorry, folks! My sister here is just fresh from magic rehab and she hasn't fully recovered yet! Please excuse her behavior!" She faked an embarrassed face.
The commentator (the man wearing the magician hat and tuxedo) nodded in agreement and gave Rika a look that said, 'I don't blame you for being embarrassed.'
And so, the mysterious young (yeah, right) lady drags the young (yeah, right, again) wizzy into…
..her apartment.
10th floor, Rika's condominium…
"Why are you bringing me here?" Kumi asked, glaring at Rika.
"Look, I'll explain in a short while!" replied Rika as she fumbled for her keys, then unlocked the door to her apartment.
Her apartment was painted white, had two bedrooms and a kitchen at the side. The door opened to the living room, which opened to the veranda.
"WTFing HELL IS THIS?" Kumi said in disbelief, looking around the living room.
Rika faced her and replied, "This planet is called Earth and this is a living room."
"Earth? So your neighboring planets are Wind, Water and Fire? And living room-you mean you also have a dead room!" she gasped.
"Yes, no, and NO! Let me try to-"
"This place is so weird! What's that big black box over-"
"It's a TV. Television. T-E-L-E-V-I-S-I-O-N. And so, where was-"
"-and the people over that green land were-"
"QUIT IT ALREADY!" screamed Rika.
Kumi fell silent, embarrassed.
Rika took a deep breath and said, "Look, let me speak first. You see, this place is called Earth. It is different from your world, Rune-Midgard-"
"Wait, how did you-"
"One, earthlings don't have special skills like yours. They don't have magic." Said Rika, ignoring the remark of Kumi. "Two, magicians like you are being hunted down by the National Bureau of Idiots, otherwise known as NBI, but is really called the National Bureau of Investigation, so you have to-"
"WAIT! I don't even know your name!" said Kumi.
"Okay, sorry about that… My name is Rika Fontaine, and I have a sixth sense about powers like yours. As I was saying, you need to keep a low profile, so…"
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I shall stop here for now.
Author's Notes, again:
One, most (if not all) characters in this story are adults, meaning they're around twenty-something.
Two, Magician Hats are really rare in Ragnarok Online (very hard quest).
Three, string the syllables Me and K you can get Mika. Hahaha. ;)
Four, don't take the National Bureau of Investigation crack seriously, please. I'm not referring to the one in real life. Just for the story…
Five, I still haven't decided as to what place on Earth the story will be set. I was thinking of the Philippines (as I live there…)
Six, the title of this chapter is a pun. Interpret it the way you want.
Seven, please review! Man, that's the most rewarding thing I can get for writing this story! So that I know that I'm not wasting my time typing and thinking of ideas for my stories!
Constructive criticism is accepted. I know for a fact that I'm not perfect.
Kaylee