Crossing Paths- Part 2

The rain lessened. Kyrou started a fire in the fireplace for us. It was cold and drizzling outside, so it affected the temperature inside as well.

"Kyrou, after the rain dies down, can we got outside and fight for a little bit?" I asked. He nodded and sat down next to me. "We're going to travel to Prontera from here tomorrow okay?" Kyrou asked. I nodded.

I was really excited then, to finally travel to somewhere else and to get way from Geffen where we are now, and its evil mages that lurch. I also never traveled before.

"How much zeny do you have?" Kyrou asked. No one asked me that before. I thought he would laugh at me if I said how much money, I did have, so I said, "Not that much."

Kyrou glared at me annoyed like. "How much is that?" he asked. I wasn't sure if I wanted to answer.

He glared at me again, but I wasn't so sure if I wanted to look at him. "Only…50 zeny," I mumbled. He got really quiet. When I looked up, he looked like a murderer ready to kill.

He leaped towards me and pushed me to the ground. "DID YOU SAY 50 ZENY!" Kyrou yelled at me. I was so afraid, but at the same time humored.

"…Um…yea I-…" I mumbled. He pulled my coat and pulled me up. "YOU SAID YOU ONLY HAVE 50 Z-E-N-Y!" He yelled once more. Now I believed he was going crazy. I nodded.

He dropped me real fast and I hit my head. "OW!" I yelled. Kyrou, the, glared at me really hard-like and said, "How are you suppose to help me pay for traveling, or for the food?"

I didn't get it. "What?" I said, still upset at his sudden outbreak. He looked at me and smirked. "You need a job," He said, more to himself than me. I just looked at him.

"I'll teach you how to make magic weapons and we'll sell them," He said, and I was immediately enthusiastic. I had heard rumors that those who made magic weapons and sold them were the richest of the rich. If Kyrou made magic weapons, then that must mean he must be really rich.

"All we need is a few items to make the equipment," Kyrou continued. I must be really lucky to have him as a partner.

"Some allow, and some iron ore would do the trick. Some weapons include gem stone ore but that's nothing we can't find," Kyrou added. Kyrou, the, got up and looked outside through the window.

"It seems it's going to rain all day," He said, quietly. I looked up at him and sighed. Man, does that suck. Well I guess we'll train in Prontera tomorrow the. My spirits did kinda drop, but my hopes were high.

"If it rains tomorrow can we still go to Prontera, Kyrou?" I asked, still hopeful. "No, I'm not going to travel in the rain," Kyrou said. I all but slumped. I was so afraid that if it did rain then my dreams of going to Prontera would all but vanish.

I quickly and quietly prayed that the rain ended before tomorrow. "So I guess we're sleeping in the cottage. Good night, Arou," Kyrou said before setting 2 sets of blankets on the floor and laid on one of them.

I got up and pushed some wood around in the fire with a stick to help strengthen it. Then I laid on the other blanket set that he laid out and fell asleep.

The next day was pretty cold. When I woke up, Kyrou's blanket was on me. I took one of the blankets and got up. I put the blanket around me and looked around.

Kyrou was missing. Then I heard some noises in the bathroom. Kryou walked out of there and looked surprised when he saw that I was awake. I was a bit startled to see him emerge from the bathroom as well.

"Good morning, Kyrou."

"G-Good morning, Arou."

I stretched out and walked over to the kitchen. "No breakfast?" I asked, as I saw that he wasn't making anything in there.

Kyrou looked annoyed at me. "Make it yourself. You know how to do it."

I stuck my tongue at him. I rummaged through the refrigerator and took out some left over miso soup.

"So, we are going to Prontera today right?" I asked excitingly. Kyrou nodded and took some miso soup out too. He then put it over the fire and sat down.

"How much is the trip anyway?" I asked. Here I go asking too many questions. But I really wanted to know.

"1,050 zeny. The price goes up and down as the time goes on. It has something to do if there is a special event going on or not," Kyrou answered.

I took sometime to digest the information in my brain and then said, "OK."

I poured my miso soup into the pot over the fire and avoided Kyrou's annoyed look.

"I forgot to ask, is this your cottage?" I asked.

He took a sip of the miso soup and he appearently avoided my annoyed gaze. Monkey see, Monkey do.

"No it's my grandmother's," He said sarcastically.

"Really!"

"No, Stupid. It's mine."

Wow! That so cool! His own cottage!

"Was it expensive?" I asked, now really interested.

He just at me, in an annoyed way.

"No, it was only 50,000 zeny," he muttered.

50,000 ZENY! That was a lot of money! AND HE SAYS THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY!

"Are you pulling my leg?" I asked.

"No, 50,000 zeny isn't that much, Arou," he said.

I just looked on, dumbfound. That's rich people for ya.

"So you make money from magic items?" I asked. Kyrou looked like he was thinking. Why would he be thinking? That should have been an easy question.

"Not all the time. I do jobs for others, too, to earn money," he murmured.

I was curious now.

"What kind of jobs?"

"Run errands, check for something…"

"You have all the patience for those jobs and yet have no patience for me?"

Kyrou was annoyed then.

"If I had no patience for you then I would have left you a long time ago," he said.

An answer like that needed some clearing but I decided not to get into a long battle with him. I decided to just go with it, for now.I picked up a bowl and poured some miso soup into it and started eating.

"Today is going to be a long day so take what you need and leave the extra load here," Kyrou said. The only thing I needed and the only thing that belonged to me was my rod. That's why that remark was a waste of his breath. Maybe it was a reminder for himself.

Kyrou took the rest of the miso soup and ate it. I was done with mine and decided to just watch the colors of the fire in the fire place.

Then my mind wandered to the new place I was traveling to: Prontera. I had heard that Prontera was a very formal looking and official as the dresses of merchants or the get-up of high priests. I liked the thought.

Prontera sounded really pricy and expensive. I had heard that the monsters there were the hardest of the hard and that only the high priests or the gypsies could kill them.

I was surprised the trip was only 1,050 zeny, because the prices usually range to 2,000 zeny if the place is special. Then again, I am too poor even to buy food for myself. I knew that if I trained then I would receive money, or that if I did quests that I would receive a bag full but now that I'm with Kyrou, I kinda predicted that I would become rich quicker. Kyrou did say he was going to teach me how to make magic weapons and that we would sell them and get rich really easily.

The thought of Kyrou waking up so early and me getting up late kind of upset me. Kyrou would likely wake me up or may leave me to do his own adventures. But he said he needed a "noob" to travel with him so I was the guinea pig. Using me was one thing that I hated the most. If Kyrou did that he'll make a quick trip to hell…or I would think of it.

Kyrou finally put the bowl away and gestured for me to follow. I can only guess that we were starting our journey towards Prontera. I picked up my rod and followed.

When we stepped out of the house, it was unusually cold. I didn't bother point it out to Kyrou. It must have been the rain that cooled the air.

The trees were still wet from the rain and the grass was wet from the rain and dew. I had always liked seeing grass wet: It was like it glittered in the sun light; a precious gem to my eyes as natural as the blue sky. It was a wonder how beautiful nature was and most people never seem to notice it.

Authors Note: There is going to be one more part after this, and then they will finally get to the climatic parts Which you would have to read for yourself. I had a hard time with the verb part of this assignment, so I just added verbs where I thought they were needed. I don't have a highlighter so I used a pen To underline it. . I hope this wasn't so boring. I feel as if the last one was longer but I'm not so sure It was over 12 pages right?.

Disclamer: Again, this world doesn't belong to me, but to an online game that I happen to enjoy playing Ragnarok Online. It's based off of a Korean comic and so on. XD Do not sue me as I am a poor hobo And don't think I'm plagiarizing either. .