RO7
A/N: Yay! The next chapter! Wahoo! … Ehe… since my longer author's note is at the bottom anyways… happy reading! –hands out skittles- Yummy!
Chapter 7: Note to self: I miss you terribly… Part II
Rocking back on her heels, Netta looked up at him.
"Oh, really? And what's your weakness?"
Sarah Lashing's Custard Pudding, page 57
She stared at her reflection in the water. How long would this go on? The war… the pain… the conflicts…
"Umph!" She toppled backwards as two running children bumped into her. Into the water.
… the wetness. She glared at herself as she pushed a lock of sopping hair out of her eyes.
Oh, darn it all.
She picked herself slowly up from the water. Stupidstupidstupid.
Why'd I have to get sent for the mission anyways? Why couldn't Starr go? I knew it, I knew it… the Head has something against me… maybe it was the time when I accidentally put salt instead of sugar in his coffee… but it was an accident! I told him! Argh! Stupid Head and his long-term memory. Oh well, I can search for him while I'm at it…
"Are you okay?"
She looked up grudgingly at the man who was laughing at her. She stepped back, water sloshing against her leg. He…
She blushed.
Apparently, he got the message, as he smirked and wrapped his cloak around her.
"Better get home quickly… don't want to get a cold." He spoke quietly, yet quickly.
She blushed harder as his calloused hand brushed against her neck.
"Ah…"
"Take care, love."
"Thank you, kind sir…" He was gone.
Immediately, the redness of her cheeks left. She glared at the direction he disappeared into.
Him. The one she had searched for.
… The one who had left without paying a tip.
"Don't forget to get the tomatoes… we'll need a lot of them!" and with that, the door slammed in her face.
She frowned at the door. Why didn't she get it while she was buying bread…?
Ah, well. She turned around.
"AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!"
"What? What?" the door flew open again. The smell of toast wafted out.
She whimpered.
"What?" Ecarg looked frantically around. "I don't see anything! What happened?"
Yuzuna looked down, a terrified look on her face. "I…a…"
"A what?" Ecarg looked at Yuzuna quickly.
Giving off an inhuman scream, Yuzuna jumped into Ecarg's arms. The swordswoman tumbled over.
"… A bug!" Yuzuna cried in Ecarg's shoulder.
Ecarg did the best facepalm she could with an assassin on top of her. "It's okay." She patted Yuzuna awkwardly on the back.
"IT'S NOT OKAY!" Yuzuna bawled.
"Uh…" Ecarg felt like dying.
"Okay… are you sure you're okay?" A swordswoman asked an assassin warily.
"Trust me!" the assassin beamed. "I'm fine! Bye-bye!"
The swordswoman watched as the assassin skipped down the lane. Pulling out a small compact mirror, she studied herself carefully.
Messed-up hair… black eye… swollen cheek… snot-covered handkerchief… a pin sticking out from her hair…
She trembled slightly.
"AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!"
"That would be three thousand zeny, ma'am."
With a longing sigh, Yuzuna handed over her precious money, watching it disappear into the hands of the merchant.
"Thank you! Come again!" and the bag of tomatoes were thrust into the assassins hands.
Yuzuna glowered at the innocent tomatoes in her hands. Yeah, right, ripper-offer lady. I only bought it because your store is the only one that sells tomatoes in the whole city of Geffen! We have to move to Prontera.
"It better be a good dinner, if Ecarg wanted me to waste my money on you little stinky toma—ouch!" She fell backwards, tomatoes flying up.
"Oh my Odin… I'm so sorry! Are you hurt? Are you okay? Do you need hel—ack!" Yuzuna pulled the person to eye contact.
"—Where're my tomatoes?"
The girl pulled back, confused. "Your wha—?" She was cut off by a cold-blooded scream.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Heh?" She felt a powerful angry energy stand above her. Hesitantly, she looked up.
"Ah…" Her mouth twitched fearfully as a very very angry assassin with malicious stars for eyes stood over her. A wave of dark aura surrounded the backround.
"MY TOMATOES!" the livid assassin howled, shaking a bag of smashed redness, a few green strands sticking out in front of her.
The girl studied the mess before her with curiosity.
"What… what are tomatoes…?"
And there followed a horrible horrible silence.
It was Zeffy who made the mistake of opening the door.
"Hey, hey, Yuzie! Finally! We've—well, I've been waiting for—"
The door slammed shut again.
"MORON! OPEN UP THE STUPID DOOR!"
The door creaked open an inch. A terrified eye peeked out.
Yuzuna rammed the door open.
"Omph!" Zeffy was sent flying.
"What's going on here…" Shivon stopped abruptly.
"… Oh… My…"
And 'Oh… My' indeed. Yuzuna stood there, eyes so livid they could knock over the king of Rune-Midgard himself. Straggly hair stuck out in all different directions, a weird red paste splotched in random places, and the said assassin visibly shaking. In one hand was an empty bag coated with the same red substance found all over Yuzuna, and in the other hand…
"Who's she?" Zeffy pointed at the girl.
There was a moment of angry silence.
"She—she—" Yuzuna seethed. "—she's the one—the one who—" at this point, she held up the red-coated bag.
"—THE ONE WHO SMASHED THE STUPID TOMATOES THAT WASTED MY WHOLE PAY FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS!"
Zeffy and Shivon stared at the girl in the assassin's right hand.
"Ehe… hi!" she waved nervously.
There was another moment of silence.
"Pfft." Zeffy's eyes went over-size, hands clamped over her mouth. Shivon looked away quickly.
"What!" Yuzuna barked.
"BUAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Zeffy collapsed with laughter, Shivon holding out a second longer.
Yuzuna's jaw twitched.
The "mysterious" girl smiled obliviously.
Zeffy and Shivon rolled helplessly around on the floor.
And that's how Ecarg found them.
27 December 2005
A/N: Sorrysorrysorry! I know that was a short chapter! x.x it's just that I wanted to get this up before New Year… you know… as my last chapter before 2006. XD
I guess no one knows, huh? –hides in a corner-
And yes, take note: "That would be three thousand zeny, ma'am." and "—THE ONE WHO SMASHED THE STUPID TOMATOES THAT WASTED MY WHOLE PAY FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS!" —
—as you can see, I don't really know a lot about pay and RO money. Well, yeah, I know that 1,000z is1k(I think), but I don't know if 3,000z is a lot. Haha. I guess not… so I feel sorry for Yuzuna… she only gets 3,000z every five months. XD –pats Yuzuna sadly-
Hmm… now that I think of it… 3,000z isn't very much… even food in RO is more. Tomatoes! XD do they even sell tomatoes in RO? I think not. So I guess that would be rare if you had a tomato shop in Geffen, hmm? Maybe the sales girl should raise the prices for it. Haha!
Heh. –wipes tears- Ah… I guess I was the only one getting that, huh? XD Well, I guess this chapter is pointless. But it's a debut of the last chapter for 2005, so I guess I have an excuse. –laughs- I hope you guys aren't mad!
Aha. So yes, repeat, because I have a tendency to do that: this chapter is quite pointless. Mostly comedy. Hehe… it mainly focuses on Yuzuna, I guess. I guess a lot, huh? x.x In it, though, you get to find out Yuzuna's weakness! Bugs! Hah! … Hmm… maybe I should make that a forewarning... But it's… eh… a… cliffie? –scrolls up- I guess...! Well, you can look forward to the next chapter… you get to find out who the "mysterious girl" is! I hope all of you will be surprised!
Gomen! I'm rambling. Again. –pouty face- … Heh?… Microsoft tells me 'pouty' isn't a word. Darn. Erm… -apologetic face-? Is that better? XD I hope so! Ah, well, I shall shuffle off now!
Onwards, ho! To the next chapter! –salutes-
-hopelessmine!
P.S. Yes… the next chapter will be in 2006(oh my!), so HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! -waves frantically-
