What Happens in My Dreams
Chapter Five
Author's Note: Heya heya! I have another reviewer! Woot! That's two now! Yaaaaaaaay...(sigh). Still not enough... Heh... (starts singing Eyes on Me) I love that song! FF8 rocks!
Moogle: You know you're listening to Listen to Your Heart, don't you?
Me: Yep!
Moogle: (rolls eyes)
Me: ...How can you tell if moogles are rolling their eyes or not? Their eyes are always closed...
Moogle: That, dear authoress, is a question that has no answer...
Me: ...O.O
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Previously:
"You, Rose, are the strangest summoner I have ever met." Sahru muttered when he was sure she was out of earshot.
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"Shopping time!" Serenity Rose and Ryoko squealed at the same time. It was early morniing and Sahru was still asleep. Unfortunately for him, the girls had saved up enough gil to go on their own little shopping spree. They wanted to start as early as possible. He, on the other hand, didn't.Whenever Ryoko and Rose go shopping, they usually drag him along and force him to carry the bags. Sahru Tried to blow his long, bleach-blonde bangs off the right side of his face, but they just fell back, as always. He wondered why he hadn't just cut them off already, but then decided that it 'brings in the ladies'.
"C'mon Sahru! We need to get going!" Serenity Rose whined as she continuously pulled on his arm, trying to get him out of bed. He just groaned and turned over, ignoring the teenage girl. She glared at him.
"You seem to be forgetting that Ryoko's been teaching me black magic..." She warned. He didn't bother to move. Too bad for him, because the next thing he knew, he was on fire. Serenity Rose just laughed while he frantically put out the flames.
"That ain't funny, Serenity Rose!" He yelled. She just pouted. Sahru never called her by her full first name! Reluctantly, she cast a water spell on him to put out the flames. He huffed, and plopped down on the bed. She just grinned at him and walked out of the room to meet up with Ryoko, who was now impatiently tapping her foot outside the inn. Sahru just watched through the window as Serenity Rose nervously scratched the back of her head. he guessed that Ryoko thought that she was just making up excuses. They both walked off, and eventually parted, each going into a different store. From what he could see, Ryoko walked into the nearby weapons shop. Who knows where Rose went.
After an hour, he decided to get up and look for one of the girls. As he started to exit the inn, the innkeeper cleared his throat and held out his hand. Sahru groaned, paid the nightly fee, and walked out, now 150 gil short of what he had earlier. Which wasn't a lot, mind you. After strolling through a few stores he found Ryoko, still in the weapons store, looking at different...weapons.
"What do you think of this one?" The silver-haired guardian asked him while swinging a katana.
"That is one big sword." Sahru said. Ryoko gave him a 'no dip, sherlock' look and proceeded to pay for it. He sighed, and looked at some of the store's longswords.
"Where d'you s'pose Rose is?" Sahru asked while picking up a hunter's blade. Ryoko shrugged.
"I dunno. Bookstore, maybe? She is kinda nerdy..." Sahru just laughed. Rose really is kinda nerdy sometimes. He was just glad that she didn't preach to them about Yevon or anything.
"Heh, I'll go check. Thanks, Ryo."
She nodded. "Okay-ooh..." Ironically, a boy that Ryoko would classify as 'cute' walked past her. Sahru chuckled and left the store.
Arriving at the bookstore, he found that Ryoko's assumption was correct. He saw the young summoner through the window, reading a book and singing quietly to herself. So he decided to be funny and sneak up on her. Revenge for this morning, in a way. But what should he do? Hmm...
"There we go!" He said to himself. Casually walking in the store, he hid in the aisle next to the one she was in. Quietly unsheathing his dagger, he proceeded to scare the hell out of her. Rose was in her own little world, in a way, and didn't notice Sahru sneaking up on her. Suddenly...
"Don't move!" A voice commanded. Someone had tightly grabbed her from behind and she couldn't move. Rose tensed. A dagger was held in front of her face.
"Wh-What do you want?" She askedm fear present in her voice. This made a pang of guilt run through Sahru because he hadn't meant to scare her this much, but he continued anyway.
"I want you to tell me..." Sahru started, cleverly disguising his voice.
"Tell you what?" She quickly asked.
"I want you to tell me..."
"What?" She asked again, sweat beginning to form on her face.
"I want you to tell me...what a chocobo is." Sahru said, this time without disguising his voice. Rose suddenly glared at the arm around her neck and bit it. Very, very hard.
"Yeeowch! Hey! What the hell was that for, Rose!" Sahru hissed. She gave him an angry glance.
"It was for scaring the living daylights out of me, you yccruma!" She snapped. He hung his head.
"Well, it was payback! You tried to roast me this morning!"
"Yeah, well at least I didn't try to slit your throat!"
This was quickly turning into a heated argument, and it would have if the shopkeeper hadn't come and asked what was wrong. They both answered that there was nothing wrong and the shopkeeper went back to her business. Rose simply went back to her book.
"What'cha readin'?" Sahru asked, trying to change the subject.
"A history book about Zanarkand." Rose said unemotionally. Sahru sighed.
"Anyway, you said you were originally from Zanarkand, right?" He asked.
"Yes..." She said, peering up from her book. "What is he getting on about?"
"Well, how could you have lived in Zanarkand if all that's left is ruins?"
She rolled her eyes. "It's called living in the ruins, idiot. My parent had grown up in Zanarkand and didn't want to leave it."
"If they survived the attack on Zanarkand, wouldn't they have become fayth?" Sahru asked, now interested in where this was going.
"I don't know, Sahru. I only spent three years in Zanarkand. And those were my first three years. Then we moved to Luca, remember?"
He nodded. "Go on..." He said. She sighed.
"My parents were killed by thieves in the first year we were there. Then I was adopted by Felicity and Hiro, remember?"
Sahru nodded. "They were a nice family. They were killed by Sin when you were eight, right? You were the only one of that family to survive, right?"
Rose just nodded and went back to her book. A few moments later, she said,
"I'm reading this book to figure out what the old Zanarkand was like. Before it was ruins." Sahru just stared at her, and shook his head. It was like she read his mind or something!
Serenity Rose smirked at him. "You're so easy to read, Sahru. You know that, right?"
He just shook his head again and asked, "Are you gonna buy that book?"
She looked up at him and nodded slightly.
"Well, I'll be in the items shop if you need me." He called to her while walking out of the store. Before he could get out, however, he got rammed in the shoulder by someone running in, making him spin a little. Turns out that the person was Ryoko.
"Rosie, Rosie!" She hurriedly called, while trying to catch her breath.
"What?" Rose asked, being interrupted from her reading once again.
"I'm out of gil..." Ryoko trailed. Rose just rolled her eyes.
"Don't come cryin' to me. We agreed that it's every woman to herself, remember?" Ryoko just pouted, and sat down on a table.
"Well, I'm done here." Rose shut her book and walked over to the counter to pay.
"Ryoko," she called. "let's go to the jewelry store! Just to look!" Ryoko nodded, and Sahru felt a slight sense of dread. He might have to pay...
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End of chappie! Yup. Eh. Still need more reviewers. (brings out flamethrower)
Me: Shall we?
Brie: (cackles) (starts to burn things)
Moogle: O.O
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