Flint looked down at the unconcious man lying down upon the ground. He laughed, then pointed, before getting hit really hard by his girlfriend, Flower. Muttering, he looked around and then noticed Isaac, who was busy doing the whole "Oh-my-god-what-did-I-just-do" type of look. That was acutally kinda of funny towards the brown puffo of a Djinni, but right now he had MUCH better things to do (making sure that Flower was not watching him of course), such was kicking the man who was unconcious on the ground. But he had a VERY good reason to do so! After all, you gotta make absolutly sure that he was still alive.
"Dang Isaac, if I knew you haven't already casted Revive, I could have sworn you killed this guy. Whewwwwww! Wasn't that some fine placed Psynergy! DANG did you do it right. SEE! That is exactly what I wanted to see earlier! Perfection magnific!" At this, the hyperactive Dijnni placed some kisses into the air, acting like the King of the River, trying to act pleasing for the girls.
But then Flower rested right behind him, telling him to shut up, like she normally did. But making her angry is what makes her sooo cuuuuuuuuuute! he thought happily. Hurridly, the borwn Dijnni jumped back into his appropiate spot: right in Isaac's scarf. Unfortuanatly, the Dijnni had to puff up like a balloon. Isaac wasn't moving anywhere at all. Gesh, and he says we have to reach Kaylay early. Humph. Oh well. More scarf time for me... Muahaha... Scarfs... So fluffy... So yellow... Seems like he was still in some sort of shock. Hello! That was to be expected after all! You knock a dude that was willing to get hit by Isaac's Oddessy, and of COURSE he is going to be knocked senseless for a couple of minutes. Or an hour. The point is he kinds deserved it. What type of cracked up person willingly went off towards Isaac's Psynergy attack in the first place?
"FLINT!"
"Wha-?" yelled Flint in surprise. He was busy doing something he rarely did unless he was really bored (and this case he was not), which happened to be about the word called "thinking". Flower stuck him out of it.
"Come on! What do you mean by 'what'? You should know. Isaac is going all shock shock cause of you. Now, get your butt over here before he falls down flat!"
"Aww man. It was the crazy's fault that he got knocked out. Come ON Isaac. You already healed him. Let's get going to Kaylay already! All of this walking is going to tire me out already."
"YOU?" muttered Geoude. "Isaac is the one doing all the walking. So, therefore, if he is being scared stiff by his almost encounter with almost killing another person, then he isn't going to move anywhere. I suggest that you go on and help him get to it, otherwise you lose your ride. Now, leave me alone. I had enough talking with you for a while. It's rotting my brain. AND that's Flower's job."
Flint had to sigh. This was what you get for messing with an Adept that never likes to take the easy way out. Man, Isaac would definatly get a good lesson learned out of him if he only listened...
With a little small, regretful hop out of the lad's scarf, Flint made himself go off towards his friend's face. Raising one of his little spikes on the back, he made sure it was nice and stiff before...
SMACK
SMACK
SMACK
SMACK
SMACK!
"HELLO! Is Isaac in the HOUSE?" he yelled. Sometimes, this was the only way to get the attention of a human being who was busy thinking emoy thoughts that they usually thought in some occasions. The last time he did this was when they were all ontop of the Venus Lighthouse. Isaac went through another one of his shock thingys when he witnessed Felix doing a stupid act by jumping off the edge of the Lighthouse. (After all, only fools - no - RETARDS did that kind of stuff. That thing is - what? - as tall as a mountain! Oh sure, let's just go and jump off and save some falling chick so we can use her to open the Lighthouse in Atteka! And while we are at it, let's make sure NOT TO DROWN! Ho hum hum... (They also probably ran out of yells like a fourth of the way down. That was ONE LOOOOOONG fall after all. Maybe he should erect a slide on the top of it to the way down and charge like ten coins for it...))
"FLINT!" yelled the others in unison. They were all shocked at what he just did. Flint just raised his little foot in a happy sort-of-way. Just doing my job, he thought happily.
Like the last time, as expected with Flint's magicalness on bring humans back from 'amazo-shocko-formo', Isaac recognized that there was indeed a world that existed around him. Like trees and junk like that. And flowers. And birds. And those little annoying insects that went on and sucked up your blood. (Flint always had a fun time squishing those little things with Quakes as a pastime.) The orange-haired fazed out and then turned his head to face the tapping-foot Dijnni that was shacking his head.
"That's the second time you do that, Flint," muttered the youth, rubbing his face where the red marks were still a little bit visible. After all, that was a couple of few smack to get the lad back into the real world.
"Hey, but it WORKS. You know it does! And the dude will be fine. And in case you really want to make sure he is, here is a nice little Potent Cure for him." With a little bit of Psynergy out of his systems, Flint made sure that it was directly heading towards the blue-haired manaic, and healed the guy. "Now!" With a little twist, he landed himself towards the back end of Isaac's scarf. "Let's goooooo!"
Chapter Four:
X'ian Chi and Valean Psy
Year:
57 (And a half...)
The walk into Kaylay was a wonderful sight-seeing one. In fact, it looked rather nice as well. Not only was the whole area areound nice and darked colored because of the setting sun, but there was some sort of celebration going on at the same time. It was a rather nice smelling all of the food that was being cooked in the distance, and that made the young-looking teen smile in the inside. He WAS getting maybe a bit hungry after walking all day long. It was unbelieveable as to how he walked and fought in one afternoon, but eh. He was used to it in a sense. Just as long as he wasn't going soft from traveling again. It seemed that he just about got himself back into the traveling mood. Which was getting good because of the fact that he might get fat like Flint was not a pleasent thought. Maybe if he went around and tried to make sure that he travled every once in a while he won't grow large...
"ISAAC! GET SOME FRIGGEN CORN FOR ME!" screamed the Djinnis in unison. Even Geuode, who was usually the sane one. Boy, they must be hungry. Otherwise they wouldn't ALL be doing this. Speaking of food... I wonder how much it is going to be for around ten people. I swear, Djnnis eat enough for like two people when they eat...
Sighing, the orange-head walked towards a nearby stand. Sure, he should have been going over towards the inn and make sure that he has a room to begin with first, but he was really hungry and his stomach was yelling for food right then and there.
The owner of the corn store was perhaps a little bit plump, but it was nothing that a good, large shirt couldn't cover. It wasn't that Isaac was being nosy or observant in those types of things, but rather, it was Flint that pointed it out before it got shutted up by a smack by Flower. "Yes sir! I sell only the best corn of all of Angara here! Would you like one made in Contigian style with chili piccin and mayonaise?"
"Psst," wispered Flint directly in Isaac's ear. "Yes. And Flower wants one like that too. That stuff is good."
"Yes sir. Thanks for offering. May I have around four of those in Contigian style, two plain ones-"
"With salt!" muttered Geoude who wanted the plain ones.
"With salt, and one of that... Brown looking stuff over there." Isaac was pointing over towards a sweet-smelling meat glob that was steaming off... steam. It looked like little ribbons stuck together and was a healthy brown color. Ot also seemed very grreasy... which was what Isaac was in a mood right then and there.
The corn stand seller smiled and agreed to give the stuff for around a total of about three hundred coins. He pointed over towards the area where many people were eating and stuffing their faces full. Must be some really big celebration...
"Come on Isaac. I am starving. Let me eat already!" whined Flint as he readjusted himself to be in Isaac's prized scarf. It was something that Isaac was used too, but it still got to be irritant after a while. After all, wouldn't someone else be all itchy having some slighty-plump Djinni wiggling around in the inside of your scarf? Or neck area if you did not have one of those long sheet of cloth.
Isaac decided to plop himself down towards the table that was closest to him and that was the cleanest one. Fortunalty, it seemed to be the only one left available for people to go on and eat. Wasn't it just his lucky day, or what? There were other people there, so Isaac decided that now was a good time to go and talk to these people and see what was going on. As long as he was in the general area, he might as well ask to see if there was some wierd-speaking people around the area, for the odds were that they were possibly Feizhi and her crew of people. Man, was he going to have a hard time. Why did she want to see me again?
"Excuse me sir," began the orange headed young-looking kid. "May I ask as to why that there is a celebration going on here? You see, I am visiting the general area and I saw all of this comotion..."
The person sitting next to him seemed only happy to go on and talk about this certain festival. Maybe a little bit to excited. It seemed like it was the Summer Festival - the longest day, it seemed for the citizens of Kaylay and all of Angara - and it was a major celebration going on for the past forty-seven years (which was around ten years after Isaac had last reached the city in the summer. He wondered if he WAS going to get bored with life for living so.darn.long...). Everyone from miles around came to go and hear it. It was something that Isaac was interested in listening to... But his Djnnis (except Geoude who was sometimes theroized to be a historian) already zonked off at around the first introductory speech of "It all began forty-seven years ago..."
Already the Djinnis had polished off all of their food and Isaac was finishing up the last little pieces of whatever that meat was. It was really good however... He wished he knew Contigian customs... Sure, he could read the darn language, but how could he understand what the term "barbeqoa" stood for? Maybe the guy at the stand knew...
"I think I see her. Yup. That's her. Only she has that type of hair and in that color in that style. I think she is hi to you Isaac. Maybe you should say hi to her back..."
"Shut up Flint..."
It took a while for the whole Feizhian Family to come on over and spot the carrot topped head. And the first thing they did was bow... Like they did the last time he entered the city. It HAD to be the culture... At least now Feizhi wasn't trying to bite the head off of her father... You would have thought that over the fast fifty some years Hsu would have gotten skinner, but no. Like Flint he seemed to stay the same weight despite the attempts on staying thin. Feizhi was... the same. Purple hair that moved at the slightest movement and that blue collar that made Mia eye it for a while because of the gold trimmings.
"Father! It is Isaac, yes! Isaac! Here! We are over here, yes!"
And with that, she launched herself at him and gave him a HUGE bear-like hug that sent him aback. What the- This seems akward. What the hell is she doing? But no, the rest of the family ran over and gave him hugs as well. It was weird, but then the father seemed to realize that Isaac was standing there stunned. "It is custom to aknowledge your long-time friends with something. Bowing again would have been redundant, no?"
At least the father had time to work on his Angarian...
"Um... Hello. Hi Feizhi..."
"Come Isaac! We must talk together about old times, no? You will like it, yes? Come, come!" And with that sentance, he was dragged by his arm over towards an area nearby a fountain. It was a rather nice looking one considering that the sewery system in Kaylay was one of the best ones in the area. Perhaps that was one major reason why people loved to move there inside the city walls. Not only did it have a supierior water system, but it also had a great defensive system. Anyone suspicous was not allowed inside the city...
"Isaac... Did the old man from the leader of the group who looked like you give you the good luck charm like I instructed them to? Yes? That red head DID give it to you, no?" Isaac vaguley remembered something that Jenna wore on her finger when they saw Felix's group again. It was a golden ring, and when he asked about it, Jenna just huffed and said he didn't need to know. He dissmissed it as something that Felix gave her, but now as he remembers it... It WAS written in some wierd language...
"From the experssion, it was a no, yes?" huffed the upset Feizhi. "Trust that red headed woman to steal my item. No matter, yes. Here Isaac. Take. I made a much better one for you. This one is a better good luck charm, yes! You WILL were it, yes?" And with that, she promptly grabbed Isaac's gloved hand and pulled out the glove, exposing the fingers underneath. Pushing it down on his fingers, he noticed that there was the characters on that ring:
真的幸福的祝您好运魅力。
"'Really happy... good luck charm?'" the orange-head asked over the smiling face of the purple headed woman. "Uh... Thanks..."
"Now, my family and I are going to Vale with you, yes? Yes. And we must hurry onwards towards that city to be there in a couple of days, no? Now come. Come Isaac. We are staying at inn and you will stay with us. Yes."
"Now this girl is pretty demanding..." muttered Flint.
"Hush Flint!" yelled Flower.
And with that, the group of two Adepts began to walk over towards the inn. One utterly confused as he was placing his glove back on its proper place in his hand... And the other one smiling as if she won the Lucky Guess.
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"So... what brings you to come on over to Vale?" asked Isaac towards the fmaily of Feizhi. Hsu was busy trying to eat some chicken that had been "mysteriously" vanishing from the table. Mainly becuase the Djinnis were eating them when no one was really looking. And meaning Djinnis, he meant Flint.
The father - for apparently the mother was dead - rose his head up to address the young-looking orange head. "It is said that there have been some great tradings in the city of Vale. I was wondering if ther could be a possible trade with Vale for our X'ian silk. That would be a great trading route for both cities, yes?"
Isaac pondered about that comment. "Uhh... Don't we already have silk from you guys?"
"But not a direct trade. You must get yours from Tolbi, no? We can come over there and help you, yes! The prices stay down, no?" Feizhi added.
"Uhh... I'm not exactly the major of Vale, you know..."
"And one more thing that there has to be done, right Feizhi..." began the father while lookign at Hsu... It seemed he was trying to get a piece of chicken that was busy trying to go on off and "fly" away. No doubt Flint had it first.
"Yes father... Isaac. We are going to Vale! Tomorrow morning, we leave!"
Isaac sighed. Why him?
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The next day began very beautifully. The sun was already beginning to rise up from it's slumber... Where ever it went at night. Isaac never really pondered to go on and figure out what it was. Maybe he should ask Kraden one of these days. Then again, he was all usy trying to research where the Golden Sun was with his fellow Alchemists in Vale to really get asked a question from him. He sighed. Was it just him, or was today going t be just as long as yesterday? He hoped his mother and father had some sort of dinner ready when he got there... Which was still going to take a couple of days... Man... What was all this thinking about food? Maybe Flint was rubbing off on him...
He hoped he wasn't ever going to go on and get fat.
Feizhi constantly began to follow him around, with Hsu and her father's eyes watching him for some reason. He hoped that they didn't have any ideas. It was strange. Why was she following him around?
"'Cuase she likes you!" muttered Flint. "It's sooooooooooooo obvious! Man, you sure are dense Isaac! And here I was thinking that it was Garet who didn't really recgonzie the obvious! It took him years to figure out that Mia was hitting on him!"
"Shut up Flint..." he muttered, sighing all the way.
Upon walking until mid-afternoon - after eating lunch of course. Lunch was very important to the travlers and the Djinnis - in the sun underneath the trees, they reached an area on top of a hill. From that height, they could determine the distance towards Vault, which was beginning to show in the VERY far distance. Only one more day and a half of travel before the orange-head was home.
Upon hitting the outskirts of Vault though, the group ran into a little bit of stallment so they had to camp for the night right outside of the town. Not that it was really such a bad thing, mainly because Vault was such a small town that Isaac persoanlly did NOT want to stay the night there. It was always so darn crowded...
"Isaac?" questioned Feizhi as they sat down and got ready to sleep for the night. "May I ask you a question?"
"Umm... sure I guess Feizhi. Ask away." As long as you don't ask where Jenna lives. I think that they might fight against each other...
"It... is an important question... yes..." she began, slowly, then edged her way over towards the sitting body of Isaac. It was getting to be a nice night-time outside, and the stars were beginning to twinkle as their light tried to rach them.
"I think she's gonna kiss you man!" whispered Flint in his ear.
"Be careful Isaac! Don't let your hormones get the better of you!" screamed Flower in the other. HORMONES? I don't like her!
"Dude, she is making her move on you!" said a shocked Geoude, who hardly ever said anything that rash.
"Er... Umm... Feizhi..." he began, stuttering.
"Here is my question..." she began, very slowly...
Isaac gulped.
She moved closer...
"She aiming for it!" yelled Flint's "final warning"...
However... Instead of a kiss or a hug or a simple "I like you" as the orange head feared...
"If you... were immortal... What would you do?"
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Sorry this one took so long. But if you want me to go faster, a little reviews will help! I currently have around three fics going on at the same time, so whichever one gets the most reviews per chappy gets the next updates. Ok? Just so you know.
Oh, and this one is longer than the other ones for those who wished longer ones. Likey?
-Fehize-