Mystery Romance
Chapter: 2
Title: Eiko and Ruby!
By: KawaiiLeena
Author's Note: OMG! Thanks for the reviews, guys! I totally appreciate it! Don't worry; I'll continue my other fics! I already deleted YEARS AFTER, so no problem! Anyways, for a reward, I'll give you an extra long chapter! And also, a quiz is at the bottom of the page…
Chapter 2: Eiko and Ruby!
The hours went by quickly since Zidane and Blank entered the Alexandria Girls High School premises. Zidane would often just smile a goofy smile of his and sometimes flirt with the ladies, but, of course, Blank stopping him. Sometimes, Blank himself would often curse and complain under his breath why he has to do this 'girly' thing and be with the none other but Zidane.
And then it came… the thing that Blank hates among all classes…
Recess.
"Hi, I'm Eiko!" a cheerful 13 years old girl with jade eyes and full purple hair, suddenly appears before Zidane and Blank, making the secret agents jump a little.
Suddenly, as Zidane tries to examine the girl closely, he turned pale. It was even as if he saw a ghost or a white lady. His eyes never left Eiko's emerald ones, then, in the instant, Zidane faints.
"Zidane!" Blank shrieks as he covers the side of his cheeks, and then covers his mouth as he realizes his mistake. He looks around to only see the girls looking at him oddly.
Then he giggles (An: Imagine Blank trying to giggle! Hehe!) "Umm… I mean…" then he turns to Zidane and puts his hands to his cheeks again and shrieks, "Zitany!"
Blank excuse himself for a minute and tries to drag Zidane in one corner of the classroom that was dark and empty. Then, he tries to slap Zidane's cheeks as he whispers, "Zidane! Zidane! Wake up!"
Zidane opens his eyes slowly then grins, "Oh… Garnet, is that… you?" Zidane mumbles as he tries to look at Blank with a dreamy look, imagining Garnet's face. Blank swallows hard. He knows where this is coming. "Garnet… you are so… pretty…" Zidane smiles as he leans closer and… and…
In the instant, as much as Blank doesn't want this to happen… Zidane… Zidane suddenly kisses Blank in the lips.
Blank's eyes suddenly flew open, then furrowed, as blazing fire seems to be appearing in it. He then pulls Zidane away, disgusted as he wipes Zidane's remaining saliva on his lips and then slaps Zidane's cheek.
"Zidane, you stupid moron, wake up!" He whispers angrily. In return, Zidane just smiles goofily at him. Then, an idea pops up in Blank's mind. He smirks deviously as he says in a girly and seductive voice, "Yes, Zidane, I am Garnet… listen, if you wake up, I'll try to have a date with you… in bed."
Blank's idea seems to work, as Zidane suddenly wakes up from his dreamy state and starts to look around, only seeing Blank glaring at him. "Hey, where's Garnet?" he asks innocently.
"Garnet is not here, you dope," Blank mumbles angrily. "Anyways, why did you faint back there? Are you trying to get us in trouble?"
Zidane shakes his head and starts to argue back, "No, I wasn't trying to get us in trouble, duh! I fainted because… because…" he then points to the cheerful and cute Eiko who was happily talking to another girl. "Because Eiko's here!"
Blank rolls his eyes and replies sarcastically, "Of course she's here, dummy! She's a girl, and this is the only school that accepts Alexandrian girls, duh! Zidane, can you grow up?"
"I am grown up!" Zidane responds angrily. "Well, Eiko is my cousin, an obsessed cousin. When we were small, she has this serious crush on me and is really obsessed at me." He sighs. "Well, this is the life of a very handsome man."
Blank rolls his eyes. "Pffftttt," he makes a sound. "Yeah, right. If you mean 'handsome' such as a dope, a stupid moron, and someone who doesn't even know the difference of a rat and a human, yeah, you are handsome!" then he chuckles as he spotted Zidane glaring at him.
"Har, har, har, thanks," Zidane replies sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "Maybe you forget I am a very skilled thief and I can take you on!"
Blank puts his hands to his cheek and pretends to shriek, "Oh! I am scared! Please don't hurt me Mr. Who-has-a-big-ego-and-practically-thinks-we-were-born-in-Burmecia-the-home-of-rat-knights!" then he breaks to laughter.
"Blank!"
"Just kidding," he says. Then, he puts out a hand. "Here, let me help you stand up." Zidane sighs and takes his hand. "Come on, let's go." Then, Blank adds, "And by the way, you kiss like a rat."
Then they walk back to their seats where Eiko and another girl with sky-blue hair and blue eyes are waiting for them. As Zidane sit down, it struck him, and turns to Blank with an angry look.
"Hey! I do not kiss like a rat!" Zidane yells in a girly tone, knowing Eiko and another girl is with them. Blank turns to him.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Blank replies in the same girl tone, as he rubs the back of his crimson head. "I didn't say anything!"
"Of course you did!" Zidane argues back, unaware of the odd looks he is getting from the two girls. Then, Zidane calms down and puts his right hand on his chin. "Or… not?"
Blank rolls his eyes and mumbles, "Whatever." Then he turns to the two girls, looking at Eiko. "I am sorry for my sisters' behavior. She is practically like that. A stupid moron. Nothing else. Please forgive her."
Eiko giggles together with the other girl, "Hehe! Don' worry, it's alright… we'll get… used to it, right Ruby?" Blank's eyes widen in shock as he hears the name, Ruby.
Ruby.
Ruby…
RUBY!
His childhood friend! His childhood…
Crush…
Then, Zidane explodes again, "Hey! I am not a stupid moron!" again, he receives a blank look from his three companions, and then he blushes. "Err… don't worry, I'll shut up now."
Eiko smiles as she says, "You know what, Zitany? You look like my cousin, Zidane." Zidane then didn't move, as he is stunned. "The greenish-blue eyes, the way you talk, the way you move, and I think you have a close resemblance to Zidane." Then she narrows her eyes, "… or are you Zidane?"
"N-no! Why w-would you say t-that?" Zidane responds quickly, putting up a nervous smile, as his shoulders trembled. "B-besides, I am Zitany! I a-am not Zidane! Right, Blank?"
"Blank?" Ruby blinks. Zidane didn't move again, as his other companion starts to glare at his major mistake. "Is… Blank here?"
"No!" Zidane argues again, putting up his hands in front of him. "No! What I meant was… Bianca! Yeah, Bianca!" then he scratches the back of his head. "Right, Bianca?"
Blank turns to him stiffly and with dangerous eyes as he replies, "Yes, Zitany." He says darkly, emphasizing the code name with hints of annoyance.
"Oh…" Ruby says disappointedly. "I thought Blank was here…" then she sighs, getting the attention of Blank.
- She thought I was here, and when she found out I wasn't, she's disappointed? – Blank thinks, then he smiles secretly. – Maybe… just maybe… -
"You know Blank?" Zidane asks nosily, leaning closer. Blank was horrified! What if Ruby tells them all about his… embarrassing moments when they were still in childhood?
Ruby giggles, and she nods. "Yes, he is my childhood friend." Then she sighs dreamily. "He was cute," Blank smiles. "… Determined." Blank smiles a bit more. "… A loyal friend" Blank smiles a little more. "… My hero," Blank smiles wider. "And a very clumsy little oaf!" Blank frowns and roll his eyes.
"REALLY?" Zidane asks with big eyes, as he leans closer. Ruby nods with a smile, as Eiko continues to observe Zidane's movements. "Can you tell me more?"
"Why do you want to know?" Ruby asks innocently.
"Oh, nothing, just curious," Zidane replies, as he glances to Blank with an evil look. Blank swallows hard and buries his head with his hands, as he thinks, - God, kill me now… please, kill me now… oh wait! Don't kill me! Please kill that no good bastard, Zidane… please… -
Ruby puts her hand to her chin and says thoughtfully, "Well, when I was young, Blank is very quiet, never really talked to anyone." She smiles at the memory. "One time, I was bullied by someone, then he came to my rescue."
Blank rolls his eyes, not to Ruby, but To Zidane who is currently squatting, listening to his childhood friend.
Ruby then continues with a blush, "When I first laid my blue eyes on him, I knew I was in love," Zidane grins, as Blank, well, let's just say blank looks very shocked, but then afterwards, soften. "He was always there for me when I need him at the most, always there when I was in trouble."
"I have too many memories about him," Ruby smiles at 'Zitany' and 'Bianca'. "Happy memories, sad memories, bad memories, so-so memories, funny memories, go—"
"Oh! Oh! Tell me about the funny memories!" Zidane squeals (A/n: Zidane? Squealing? Is it me or do I really see pigs flying?), giggling like a girl (A/n: Now giggling?), Ruby sweatdrops and nods, while Blank covers his face because of embarrassment.
"Well, okay," Ruby giggles at 'Zitany's' cheerful behavior. "Actually, there was this time when I was 6 and Blank turned bald…"
"BALD?" Zidane shrieks, glancing to Blank with amusement. Blank looks away, blushing. "Can you tell me more about it?"
"Sure!"
Unaware, Eiko has been watching 'Zitany's' movements all this while…
FLASHBACK
A great Saturday morning sweeps along the Lindblum kingdom, as a girl with sky-blue hair and same blue eyes, wearing a blue skirt and white blouse, with a hat on her head walks along the playground.
"Ruby! Ruby!" a small voice calls behind the girl, Ruby. She turns around to see her best friend, with red hair and blue eyes, wearing white shorts and blue shirt running towards her, a really big hat on his head.
"Hiya, Blankie!" Ruby giggles as she stops to wait for him. Blank pouts and glares at her. "Aww… c'mon, Blankie! It's a cute nickname!"
"To you, maybe!" Blank mumbles angrily, unaware of the fact that Ruby is giggling uncontrollably. As he looks up, he asks, "What's so funny?"
"You!" she accuses, giggling.
"Me?" Blank asks again with curiosity. "What's funny about me?"
Ruby stops and smiles. "Your hat."
"My hat?" Blank looks up to his hat, but did not take it down. "What about it?"
"It looks stupid on you!" Ruby giggles, receiving a light glare. "Yes, it looks stupid. You look cute when you take it off!" Blank shakes his head. "Why not?"
"I-I can't…" Blank stammers, looking away. "I-It's something I don't wanna tell… a secret." Ruby giggles again. "Stop giggling, Ruby!"
"Then take your hat off!" the innocent girl replies. Then, she takes Blank's hand and leads him to a big tree. "Here, I'll do it." She then was about to touch it, when Blank stopped her. "Huh?"
"Y-you can't, Ruby!" Blank exclaims, blushing. Ruby gives her a questioning look. "Because you'll l-laugh at me!"
Ruby smiles and shakes her head. "I won't laugh at you, not Blankie."
"It's Blank." Blank replies dully.
"Uh-huh!" Ruby rolls her eyes. "Whatever, c'mon Blankie, let's get this hat off."
"But you won't laugh, okay?" Blank asks. Ruby nods. "Okay, go ahead, and remember, DON'T LAUGH!" Ruby nods again. Blank takes a deep breath and closes his eyes as Ruby takes the large hat off him. As it was off, there was silence. Blank opens his eyes to see Ruby avoiding the urge to laugh out loud. "Well, you happy?"
Then, Ruby laughs, receiving a glare. "Hehehe!" she laughs. "Oh, Blank, y-you look m-more… hahaha… stupid!" Ruby laughs more. Blank sighs and covers his face in humiliation.
"I told you don't laugh!" Blank exclaims half-annoyed. There in his crimson head, sticks a very large gum, a pink and still wet gum, that won't come off.
"W-what happened to you?" Ruby giggles, and giggles some more.
"My no good friend, Zidane, did it," Blank replies, putting the hat on his head again. (A/n: Anyways, Zidane doesn't know Ruby and Ruby doesn't know Zidane… so, yeah…) "We were playing ball when he got really bad and try to stick a gum to the ball, and when he threw it to me, it went to my hair, and now…"
"You're like that." Ruby finishes with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll get it off." Blank's face lit up in delight. "Yup, wait here." Ruby leaves and then comes back with a small scissor. "Tada! A magical haircutter!"
Blank rolls his eyes, "It's a scissor."
"Scissor, haircutter, the same!" Ruby demands with a pout. Then she leads Blank to another corner where they won't be seen. She pushes Blank to the ground and made him sit. "Now, relax while my magical haircutter and me cut your hair!"
"Cut my hair?" Blank shrieks, jumping a little. "You didn't tell me you'd cut my hair!"
"I just did," Ruby says with a blank look. "Come on, Blankie, it's gonna be fun! Besides, don't you want that icky gun off?"
"Gum, Ruby," Blank replies sarcastically, sitting back down. "Anyways, alright, I'll let you! But you better be good at doing this!"
"Don't worry," Ruby assures him as she started cutting. "I saw mom do it on our lawn." Ruby giggles. As time pass by, it was already finished. Ruby looks at Blank, then a laugh came.
"What? What do I look?" Blank asks curiously. "Ruby! You better tell me!" he threatens.
Ruby nods, and hands him a pocket mirror. Blank takes a deep breath before he saw himself by the mirror.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
END OF FLASHBACK
Zidane and Ruby laughs together, as Blank gives a quiet but flushed look, trying to ignore the funny memory. Zidane laughs and asks, "Really? He did scream? I never knew that happened when I threw him the ball where the gum was!"
Ruby stops laughing and looks at him with confusion, "You what?"
Zidane, realizing his major mistake, shakes his head, "I nothing!" he fakes a laugh. "Anyways, did you really cut his hair bald with a little scissor?"
Ruby shakes her head and giggles in reply, "No, actually, I just cut bald the half of his hair." She laughs at the memory. "Anyways, after that incident, he gone to the barber shop and semi-bald his hair. It was really funny."
"Yup, sure is." Zidane agrees, glancing to Blank evilly.
I hate you, Zidane… I hate you, Zidane… I hate you, Zidane… Blank thinks angrily as he hides his face in embarrassment. I hate you, Zidane… I hate you, Zidane… I hate you, Zi – hey! Wait a minute, what if…?
"Hey, Eiko," Blank says suddenly, stopping the laughter between the two of his best friends. Zidane turns to him in curiosity, thinking what he's up to now. Eiko turns to him with a smile. "You said you're Zidane's cousin, right?"
"Yeah." Eiko replies with a shrug. Zidane's eyes widen in shock! Blank wouldn't now… would he?
Blank seem to have read Zidane's mind, as he glance over his agent partner and gave him a smirk. "Well, me and Zidane and pretty close friends. Can you give me some interesting but disgusting facts about him?"
"Why?" Eiko eyes him suspiciously. "Are you trying to blackmail him, my only love?" Blank winces at her voice. Woah, she really is obsessed with Zidane. Secretly, Zidane gives a sigh of relief.
Blank shakes his head. "No, of course not."
"Well," Eiko thinks for a while, then nods happily. "Okay!"
Zidane's jaw almost dropped to the ground, and Blank yelled in his mind, 'YEEESSSS!'
"Well, I really don't want to tell this, but Zidane pee every night until he was seven." Eiko giggles. Blank's and Zidane's eyes widen, then Zidane looks away, blushing, while Blank was laughing inside. "He continued to drink milk from a bottle until he was six."
"Really?" Blank asks, bewildered.
"Yup," Eiko nods. "And there was this one time when he ate too much chocolate that he walked around the house thinking he was a monkey," Eiko giggles. "Also, my auntie told me a few years ago that Zidane was sleepwalking one night, and was possibly dreaming himself kissing a girl. When he woke up, he found himself kissing his dad, Baku."
Blank grins evilly and says, "Thanks, Eiko. That's all I need to know." He glances to Zidane and smiles at him sweetly, but dangerously, and something like, I'll-kill-you-when-this-is-over!
Zidane replies to him with a look, Hey-it-was-just-for-fun!
Blank replies: Fun-? - Zidane-we-are-on-a-mission-you-dope-! -
Zidane replies with a look again: Hey-not-my-fault-you-feel-guilty-
Blank replies with a look: -I-am-not-guilty-you-moron-! –
Zidane smirks at him and gives him a look that tells: Then-why-are-you-angry-? –
Blank narrows his eyes and replies with a look: I-am-not-angry-! –
Zidane replies with another smirk: -You-are-now!
And so on… (A/n: I'm tired of writing…)
TO BE CONTINUED….
A/n: Wow! That's a long chapter, huh? Well, I guess that's just my appreciation for giving my fic a chance! And don't worry, people! The chapter 7 of One Day We'll Meet Again will be coming soon! Stay tuned!
PS: Please read my other stories: ONE DAY WE'LL MEET AGAIN and A LIFE WITH OR WITHOUT YOU! Tnx!
Oh yeah, starting from now on, every chapter we will give a trivia! And the winners will be rewarded!
TRIVIA:
"Who in the characters from Final Fantasy 9 seems to be the most laid-back of them all?"
Answer: (answer in your reviews!)
Well, that's all! By the way, the question is easy, I know, so forgive me!
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