Sry ch. 2 has many visible grammerical errors, my eyes aren't as sharp as I thought it to be.

As always, I do Not own Grandia II or snything that pertains to it. I'm just a simple boy trying to have fun with it, thats all.

My bad, Haven't continued this for awhile. I just wasn't feeling it anymore, But other FFs have gotten me revitalized in continuing this.

Please Enjoy...

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The school day has half started- half ended, The children are at the benchs and tables eating lunch and conversating with another. Ryudo sits alone at the end of his own personal table as he usually does. He plops his Knapsack onto the table and takes out his lunch. It consist of a common roll of bread with a few Myriad nuts and kuko berries on the side. This is a usual, everyday feast at lunchtime for Ryudo, minus the berries and nuts, as he can barely afford to eat proper and healthy meals.

"Hey Ryudo, do you mind if I sit with you?" Asked Elena.

"Sure, go ahead."

Elena stood, looking at Ryudo eating his roll casually. He sicced his teeth into the bread before he noticed Elena frozen still, holding her backpack, "Did I forget to send you an invitation, or did you forget how to speak english?"

"Ryudo... why, why do you always eat bread?"

"I'm on a diet... but it looks like you need it alot more then me," He grinned.

"W-, what? I am not fat," Elena defended. She took a seat across from him.

"Lunch and dinner isn't enough so they give you a hot plate for every door you bust down for charity," He grinned again, enjoying the subject.

"THAT'S OUTRAGOUS RYUDO!" Her voice rised, but not too high to grab attention, "We hardly eat meat! We're only aloud to eat nuts, fruit, vegetables, and buttermilk bread."

"Buttermilk bread, huh? Must keep a hefty supply of it," Ryudo couldn't help but laugh.

"Ryudo!" Elena stormed. "I just came here to give you this, that's all!" She dropped her knapsack on the table and jutted her hand angrily into her bag. She pulled out a baobab fruit. "Here."

"What is it?" he looked at it disgustingly.

"It is a baobab."

"What's that?"

"An eastern fruit, or a western fruit. I don't really know, father Carius said it comes from a place called Nanan village. The baobab fruit; father Carius gave it to me because I've been good," She smiled.

"You beat charity out of people and all they give you is an apple? Granas sure as hell doesn't like to share with people-"

"Stop it Ryudo. Your cruel jokes are not funny, nor are they amusing. Here!"

"Sorry, but I don't do kindness, or hypocrisy."

"HYPOCRISY! What is hypocrisy?"

"Hah! You need to get out more princess. Not everyone in church wants to hold hands with you and prance around in daisies and daphidales."

"Well... I wouldn't expect everyone to like me..." she pondered.

"Nevermind, you misunderstand what I say, just forget it."

"well... take it. It's good and it's healthy," she placed it next to his knapsack.

Ryudo took it, he bounced it up in the air once then took a bite. "Not half bad," he shrugged.

They ceased conversation, seeing Millenia walk in the cafeteria with lunch in hand. It would be common to see her at lunchtime if not late, then never. Mostly never. No one knows where she goes when mid-day strolls around.

Immediately, some punks came to pick on her as she takes her seat, "Hey, you been stealing from my father's grocery?"

"No, get lost!" she defended.

"You bet' not!" They walked away, "'cause you'll be sorry if you're caught!"

"'Cause you'll be sorry if you're caught,'" she mockingly repeated.

"What?" He turned around, the kid was just asking for trouble. He walked up to her, "VALMAR SPAWN!"

"Just get out of my FACE!" she screamed.

"Whatever, You... Daughter of Valmar!" the boy and his punk friends walked away.

Jerks, Millenia said to herself. She began to open her wrapping with eyes wandering around as if trying to look for someone. She ate in silence, as ceaseless gossip never stopped.

"Poor Millenia," Elena frowned, holding her lunch.

"Hm? I thought you hated her," Ryudo shifted his eyebrows, jamming some seeds in his already stuffed mouth.

"No, no I do not hate her..."

Ryudo grinned.

"W-well I do kind of, but I most certainly do not HATE her. But... you just can't help but almost feel sorry for her," she looked at Millenia sadly.

Ryudo swallowed his food. "Yea, almost," he threw some kuko berries in his mouth, taking his eyes off of Millenia and onto Elena's buttermilk sandwich.

She continued to look at Mellinia sadly, "Maybe... maybe we should... I-I don't know..."

"Yea?" Ryudo said unnoticed.

"Perhaps we should... Sit with her, i-if thats alright with you, Ryudo. -Ah!" She cought Ryudo reaching out for her buttermilk sandwich.

"Ryudo!" She smacked his hand away, "How can you act like such a pig?"

"Relax princess, I was only kidding with you," he played it off with a calm grin and a casual look over his shoulder. "I don't really care for kindness, but if you hate her, why do you want to sit with her?"

She couldn't find the words to counter a response.

"...You're too nice Elena," He got up and started wrapping his lunch; as did Elena, smiling at Ryudo's kindness.

Millenia bit through her sandwich when she seen Elena walking. She better not come over here, thought Millenia.

In irony, she did however, taking a seat next to Millenia. Hm? What the hell? She thought to herself.

Elena took agressive bites out of her sandwich, with a slight look of animoisty. Her face was astray from Millenia's.

Millenia started to talk, but words couldn't come out of her mouth. She really wanted to say, "Why the hell are you sitting next to me?" But it felt really awkward to start up a situation with her now. She felt awkward just being next to her.

Ryudo came to the table and sat down across from the two. He too noticed a very eerie and awkward silence in the vicinity. "I'm famished! Let's eat." he said to stir things up.

"How could you be tired when you never do any work?" Millenia said.

"Hah, why should I work when others can work for me?" Ryudo grinned.

Elena bit her tongue, worried and bracing for an answer, "Ryudo, you don't really..."

"Hmph, don't be an idiot. Ryudo's too soft to become a bully. Although, I do like the way you think Ryudo."

Ryudo jumped in his seat,"!... Stop it Millenia!"

"What? What is going on?" Elena seemed a little dumbfounded, but none the less suspicious towards Millenia.

Millenia giggled mischieviously.

Tio and Roan sat down at a table far away from their other friends. Roan brought a fine roll of soft bread laid on a tray with butter on the side. He placed a plastic fork and knife on the left side of his tray, and the spoon on the right. Tio on the other hand, brought a few cartons of juice.

"Roan..."

"yes Tio?" Roan was tucking a hankerchief in his shirt.

"Why are you not mad?"

"Mad? At what should I be mad about?"

"I failed to bring our assignment for class today. Shouldn't you be mad?" She tilted her head, pondering and waiting for a response.

"No Tio, it wouldn't be fair to be mad at you, we all make mistakes sometimes."

"So you're not mad?"

"Of course not, Tio." Roan smiled.

Roan was formally cutting off a piece of his bread when he said, "To tell you the truth, I felt we could of placed more effort into it."

"More effort? It wasn't good enough to submit after all?"

"No, no it is good, but I've wonder if we could receive a better grade."

"I do not concur, we cannot achieve a better grade now that we have a fifteen point deduction."

"Yes, you are right..."

"It's a futile attempt"

"No, it still has meaning."

"Why so? I don't understand."

"If we work harder, then it is possible to achieve the grade we would of gotten had we not submitted it in late."

"...I do not understand."

Roan smiled, "It's okay Tio. If we work harder, we can at best get an eighty-five."

"Oh. Okay then." Tio poked a hole in the juice carton and squeezed the liquids down her throat before she brutally slammed it down on the table. "All done."