RO3

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Chapter 3: Runrun!
Show me your eyes and I'll give you my love
I like you so much, I'll love you forever

Come to my heart
Listen to my song for you
I will show the feelings I have for you, I will confess that I'm your prince

-SS501, Snow Prince

I picked at my collar nervously.

'Stop being so nervous,' Fern jittered in my mind. 'You're making me nervous.'

"Sorry," I muttered, as I looked around the dimly-lit room. It was hard to see where was where.

"Oh, you're Kirrie?"

Jumping, I turned around quickly. "Yes!"

Ack.

It was the champion, as Fern told me he was. But, it was to be expected.

"Hello again." He smiled at me.

My shyness came back. "… Hi."

He gracefully pulled a chair from a nearby desk, and motioned for me to sit down. As I did so, he dropped lazily into another chair across from me.

"So you're the newest one? I didn't realize that."

"Er… yesyes, I am." I nodded rapidly, blond curls bouncing rather happily.

He grinned at me, winking. "Good. I'd rather have you than anyone else here."

I turned red. Eeek, much?

"My name's Iant. Nice to meet you."

"O-oh! My name's—"

He cut me off, smiling. "—Kirrie. I know."

I sweatdropped and smiled back faintly, nodding.

"So." He reclined in his seat, studying me with his piercing blue eyes. "I don't really know anything about you besides your name."

"Oh! What would you like to know?" I blurted out. Uh-oh. Darndarndarndarn.

'Oi, Kish,' Fern hissed in my ear. 'Good luck solving that problem.'

"Eh!" I whispered back frantically. "You're not helping me?"

"Who're you talking to?" The champion's voice interrupted suddenly.

"Oh, uh, no one!" I smiled brightly. Yay! Let's change the subject slowly…

"What's your age?"

Darndarndarndarn.

"Uh… seventeen." I fidgeted in my seat.

"Hmm… I'm nineteen." He seemed in thought. Then…

"Where did you come from?"

I sweatdropped. "Eh…." I knew I should've studied the History of Humans with Phillie.

"… You look like you're Al De. Is that right?" He smiled at me.

'Yes' Fern answered.

"Yes!" I said a little too loudly.

He blinked but did nothing more. "Mm... wow. That's interesting. I've never actually met a lot of Al De's in my life before."

I nodded again and sighed. This was going to take a while…

"How could you do that, Kishi? You've betrayed us!"

"Kiki, you meanie!"

"We though we could believe in you, Kishi. Now we've got no choice but to kill yo—"

"—NO!" I sat upright, chest heaving.

Oh boy. I buried my face into my hands. What had I gotten myself into?

Knocknocknocknock.

Warily, I lifted my head slightly. Who—

Knocknocknockocknock.

Was someone knocking on the door? Or was it the aftermath of my nightmare?

Slowly, I eased off my hotel rented bed padded softly to the door.

KNOCKNOCKNOCK.

I jumped violently. Well, jeez.

"Coming!" I yelped, pulling on a bathrobe. Humans were weird.

'Who's it?' Fern murmured sleepily from the earring.

"I don't know," I answered, shaking slightly, hand over the doorknob.

I opened the door, and almost was flattened, as no one other than Iant came crashing through.

I coughed slightly. "… Iant? Wha—what're you doing here?"

He turned to me, eyes telling me something I didn't understand. "Kirrie."

"Yes?" I cocked my head to a side.

"Hide me."

EHHHHH?

'What's wrong with him?' Fern sounded wide-awake now.

"I-I don't know," I lowered my voice.

"Wh-why?" Ugh, I sounded so rude.

He seemed to twitch. "No time now. I need a place to hide. Quick, Kirrie!"

Faintly, I could hear footsteps approaching the room.

Spinning around, I spotted my window. "Outside!" I motioned furiously towards the balcony. "The roof!"

He nodded and pecked my on the cheek before swooping outside.

I froze.

Oh. My. Poring.

A human kissed me.

Kissed me.

Meanwhile, Fern was howling with laughter and probably damaging my eardrums for life. 'Ohmyga—ohmy—ohmygaah—your face—he kissed—HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAA!'

I sweatdropped, face turning five different shades of red.

"Hey, girl!"

I turned around, eyes widening as five Pronteran guards came barging into the door.

"G-good evening, sir-s," I choked out.

One of the guards, probably the leader, waved my greeting aside. "Did happen to see a champion with brownish hair run past here?"

"N-no," My eyes grew wider as I realized that they were talking about Iant.

'Don't tell them where he is.' Fern warned. I agreed silently.

"Are you sure," The guard's black eyes met mine. I gulped and nodded. "Y-yes, sir."

"Then, why." He and the rest advanced towards me. "Is your door AND window open? Men, search—"

"Excuse me," I smiled, twitching. Wow, human guards were obnoxious. "But there is a reason for that. There is no reason to search through my belongings or any other of my personal items."

"And what is it?"

"I just arrived here today from Al De. Have you ever been there?" They shook their heads. Good. I rambled on, not quite knowing what I was saying. I think Fern was laughing again. "Oh. It's quite cold up there." I emphasized my point by nodding my head. "And it's warm down here, so I decided to open the window and door. I hope you don't mind." I gave them my sweetest smile.

They faltered. Twahaha. Feeear me.

"Oh, uh, in that case," The head guard scratched his head, "Er… sorry 'bout all this trouble, miss. Uh… good evening and enjoy your stay in Prontera."

'I LOVE YOU, KISHI,' Fern was still roaring with laughter when they left. 'WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.'

I sweatdropped, then turned around, about to tell Iant that he could come down now.

Instead, I met face-to-chest with someone.

"Er…" I sweatdropped, looking up quickly.

Iant grinned at me, ruffling his hair. "Thanks, love."

My jaw dropped, and it was a good thing he didn't see me.

You see, he had already teleported away.

The next morning, Fern woke me up, bright and early, Fern-fashion way.

'WAKE UP, KISHI! WAKE YOU MONSTER TURNED INTO A HUMAN! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UPPPPPPPPPPPP!'

Which resulted me in trying to tug the earring off while falling out of bed.

After a few more minutes of yelling and pain, soon, I was squinting as the sun shone a little too brightly above.

'Alright! Today, we'll go to the whitesmith's shop and get you a weapon!' Fern rejoiced.

I sulked.

Prontera was a busy and crowded place already, even in the morning. Merchants were everywhere. I edged farther away from them as they reached out and waved their arms, advertising, though it looked more like they were going to grab me. Eyuck.

'There!' Fern said gleefully. 'See the girl in the white with blue shorts? Go to her.'

Doubtfully, I walked up to the rather pretty blue-haired, ebony-eyed whitesmith.

"Er… hi," I smiled quietly. "Um… do you have any weapons for high priests—OOF."

"—KISH—oops, I mean, KIRRIEEEE!" She pounced on me. I toppled over.

Again, Fern was laughing. Raugh.

"Do—do I know you?" I went swirly-eyed.

"Well!" The girl stood up and put her hands on her hips. "I should say you do!"

"Er…"

"I'm Estiine" she whispered in my ear, "But around here, I'm known as Liytta Fay. Just call me Lii."

I did a double-take. "Did… Fern do that to you, too?"

Estiine beamed. "Yeppers! And Darem should be around here somewhere too."

"D-Darem?" my head felt dizzy.

"That's right." She raised her voice. "Aumian! Haul your butt over here right now!"

"Argh! Women!" And suddenly, a sandy-haired and purple-eyed Lord Knight rode into view. I know what they look like. Fern quizzed me on the life in Rune-Midgard until my eyes almost popped out and brain exploded.

"What're you yellin' for this ti—" He stopped short, then, what could only be described as a playful grin, appeared on his face. "Ohhh… Kishi."

I sweatdropped. "Hello again… Darem?"

He edged closer to me. "You remembered my name?"

I backed away. "… Yes."

"You remember what I called you?"

I turned red.

THONKTHONKTHONKTHONKBAM!

'Very nice,' Estiine growled, standing over an x-eyed Lord Knight, pecopeco warking loudly near him, 'But I swear, Aumian, next time, I'll hit even harder."

A whimper.

Estiine sighed and turned towards me.

"Alright. Master sent you here for your weapon. I got it all covered already." Winking, she reached over in her cart and pulled out a thick hard-covered bible. "There you are!"

Taking it from her hands, I almost fell forwards. Whoa, this was heavy.

"Like it?" Estiine grinned. "Go ahead, try it out."

I faltered. "Er… how?"

Both Estiine and Darmen sweatdropped.

"Master!" Estiine yelled in my ear, "How could you not teach Kirrie-chan her skills? What kind of biochemist are you?"

"Master!" Darmen also yelled into the same ear. "How could you not teach my sexy lady her skills? But even so, I still love her!"

THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK.

"You shut your mouth, Darmen right now." Estiine had malicious stars for eyes. "Or I'll kill you slowly and painfully. And you know I will."

"I know you will." came the pained reply.

THUD.

"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" a howl of pain from a certain Lord Knight was heard throughout the streets of Prontera.

There stood me, wide-eyed, with a bible in my hand. "Oh! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"

Gasping for air, Estiine continued roaring with laughter, unable to speak properly. "You— Kishi, you—mastered hitti—hitting with the bible—" She toppled over backwards.

I was bewildered. "I-Is that how you do it?"

"Yep!" Estiine chuckled.

"Uh, NO." Darem countered at the same time.

I sweatdropped.

T'was so nice to see them again.

After a long exhausting day running after Estiine and Darem, and learning my spells, it was night again.

As I dragged myself up the street towards my hotel room, FWOOM, I was pulled into a nearby alley.

What. The. Heck.

"Calm down," A gentle voice whispered in my ear as I struggled violently in the person's arms. "Or they'll find us."

Well, good! I hoped someone would find us. Weirdo!

"The holy cross the lies in my heart, purify and free yourself that you may defeat all evil surrounding me—"

A hand clamped over my mouth. "Hush, love. It's Iant. Now, I need you to calm down."

… Iant?

'Calm down,' Fern agreed. 'I sense something coming up.'

Sighing, I allowed my body to relax. "Why—what's wrong, Iant?"

There was a note of frustration in his voice. "I…"

Now thoroughly puzzled, I wiggled out of his arms and turned to face him, looking up. "What's wrong?"

He messed up his hair again. It seemed to be a weird habit of his. "I… need you to run away with me?"

Um, WHAT?

"What?" I echoed my thoughts.

"Shhh," He mentioned for me to be quieter. "I-I'll explain it to you later, but for now, would you please trust me?" His azure eyes locked with my smoky ones.

'Just go,' Fern said. 'I'll always have backup if something wrong happens, and besides, you need to trail him anyways. This is the best way.' There was a smirk in her voice. 'And I sense something cute coming up later.'

I sweatdropped. Fern was the weirdest.

"… Fine," I replied doubtfully, playing with my hands nervously. "But you have to remember to explain to me… promise?" I blinked.

Iant reached down and enveloped me in his arms. "Thank you." He planted a kiss on my forehead and stood up.

Grinning, he held out his hand for mine. Gingerly, I placed my petite hands in his larger ones, and he took out a fly wing.

'Well,' Fern said wryly. 'I guess where the real chase begins.'

And with that, we were teleported away.

7 May 2006
A/N: Wahooooooo! –throws confetti- Muahahaha. This is where the true madness starts! Meow, I love biscuits!

Everyone: o.O;

Me: X3 –eats-

Sosososo, how was this? X33 I love confusing people. Because confusing is what I do best! –beams- Twahahahaha! –gets bonked in the head-

Ouch. x.X;

I'm verysuperyayness happy that I got this chapter up today! XD This week is science fair and I have butterflies in my stomaaaach. –sings-

Teehee. And I like chocolate cookies the mostestbestest, so during science fair, I'm a-goin' to go loot the refreshment table. X3 –rubs stomach- yummy!

Oh! And for a Ro-update, which proves completely pointless to you guys, but have you ever noticed that people like KEELING? T-T Well, they like keeling me, that is. Mraw. –angry face- Especially paladins on huge armored black pecopecos. –waves stick in air- Oh, and ebilebilebil assassin crosses that cloak and slaughter me, AND champions/monks that asura strike me for no reason. NO REASON. D Oh, and bards/minstrels can die too. Ice blocks are ebil. And snipers with their repeated arrows that keel about just anything they target? Asghdag, I'm scared of them. –sweatdrop- But I finally got me scholar/proff. Hurray ish me! –dances-

I'll soul burn the lot o' ya! –threatens-

X33 nuu, I love you guys too much! –huggles- Darn my weakness.

So, please reply and review, ne? X3 I'll love you forever and ever! –nods happily-

Random announcer: But, you already love them.

Me: -pout- Hey! Didn't someone –coughTellie-chancough- already brick you? Begone wit cha!

Random announcer: But, don't you know? I'm THE DARK LORD. BUAHAHAHHAA.

Me: -sweatdrop- Er… -runs away-

Kekekeke. HEARTNESS AND STOLEN CHOCOLATE COOKIES TO ALL! –hands out-

How can you hand out a heart? Construction paper? Teehee. X3

Meow and review, onegai? X33 Gogo, next chapter! XD

-hopelessmine!