Disclaimer: All appearing characters and places belong to Namco unless otherwise specified.
The O-dai themes belong to the Zeroshii-Wa, but it has closed down now. Ain't that so sad?
Setting: In-game.
Warnings: Heavy with dialogue, and basically, point-less.
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Normal Version,
#20 – Screaming Sheelos!
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"You stupid Chosen!"
The answer was immediate. "Eh?"
"Don't give me that. You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!"
"No I don't."
"Yes you do!"
"I honestly can´t remember doing anything yell-worthy lately."
"Lately," the woman sneered, "So you admit you've done things?"
"What kind of things are we talking about?"
More arguing ensued and not far from the screaming pair two others, a young blonde in a white dress, and a boy with two swords, looked up from what they had been doing and, after looking at the little 'show", looked at each other and smiled.
They were the only witnesses of the row at the moment. Regal and Presea had offered themselves to go buy some supplies (they were running low on fresh vegetables and fruit) and Genis had insisted in accompanying them – blushing and stuttering he had explained it was just to learn some more from Regal. Raine, too, was away, most probably checking the nearby ruins from the Balacruft civilization.
That left the four of them alone.
Colette was not-so-deftly weaving flowers into crowns, Lloyd had joined in much more succesfully and was not so succesfuly trying to teach the blonde girl, who nonetheless kept trying.
Meanwhile, it seemed that Zelos Wilder, Chosen of Mana and self-declared playboy, was getting tired of being yelled at without receiving an explanation. It also seemed as though the other side of the argument, secret agent for Mizuho and Tethe'alla, Sheena Fujibayashi, wasn´t tired of yelling at all and planned to continue for some more minutes.
"Look, Sheena, hunny, banshee," the man was saying in vain tries of appeasing the girl, "This isn't getting anywhere..."
"And it won't if you keep calling me like that!" the girl raged in return. A few steps away the twin-swordsman, Lloyd Irving, whispered to his own partner that, the way the redhead grinned, one would think he liked annoying the purple-clad girl.
Before the argument, while Lloyd and Colette made yellow-and-green crowns, Sheena had taken to put some order in her normally messy travel-pack. Dirty clothes had been placed apart, clean ones in a small bundle, personal items in the middle.
Zelos, for once silent, had taken one of Raine's books and was seemingly very immersed in it before the ninja had stopped at the middle of counting something, had looked at her items and had started yelling at him.
From Lloyd's point of view, Zelos was being honest as he insisted: "I'm just saying you should at least explain me why you're so angry!"
"Yeah right, just so you could claim it was out of... curiosity, or something stupid again?" Sheena crossed her arms, "Forget it!"
Zelos laughed as in defeat. "You still don't forgive me about –"
"Of course not!" she answered, "But this isn't about that!"
"Fine. What is it about?"
"Don't act as if you don't know!" the ninja insisted, "I want an apology."
Zelos, however, shook his head. "Not until you at least tell me why am I apologizing for."
Sheena narrowed her eyes. "Apologize. Now."
The man sighed deeply. "I'm sorry."
"You're so not meaning that!"
"Well I don't know what I'm apologizing for!"
Lloyd and Colette had to stiffle a few giggles. When Sheena turned their way they quickly returned to their flower crowns, as if they had never left them unattended.
The girl turned around again. "Look, Zelos, I know it was you, so just apologize alredy."
The redhead appeared to think for a few seconds before shaking his head. "Hey, it's not my fault if you're missing a pair or two of panties..."
He stopped halfway as the girl started to tint very, very red.
"...you are missing some panties?" Zelos asked, incredulous, and started laughing loudly. "And here I was just making things up!"
Behind them Lloyd and Colette, too, were doubled over with laughter, the flower crowns completely forgotten.
"Shut – shut up!" Sheena screamed, "What – what I'm missing isn't just – just – hand them back!"
"Don't have any!" Zelos retorted, "I was making things up! Besides, what would I want your undies for?"
"I – I wouldn't know that! Idiot! Pervert! It's all your faul!"
"What is?"
Sheena wouldn't get much redder even if she tried. "You stupid Chosen!"
Zelos calmed his laughter, looked at the girl straight into her eyes and said "You stupid Chosen!"
She stepped back. "Wh-what?"
"Wh-what?"
Hands into fists at her sides, she yelled "Stop that!"
His hands mirrored hers. "Stop that!"
"Look, Zelos..."
"Look, Zelos..."
"Ah, forget it...!" she rolled her eyes and waved a hand away.
"Ah, forget it...!" he followed her movements one by one. Lloyd again exploded in laughter.
"This is childish," she stated.
"This is childish," he said as well, arms crossed in a perfect imitation of hers.
"Stop that!"
"Stop that!"
"Zelos!"
"Zelos!"
By that moment the redhead was basically matching not only her movements but also the timing. As Sheena grew more and more frustrated she also became easier to anticipate.
"If you don't stop that I'll hit you!" the two said and the two slapped each other's head – Zelos had, of course, used no strength at all but it had taken her by surprise.
"OW!" the two screamed, "What do you think you're doing! Why did you – hey! Stop imitating me! Stop, I tell you!"
Colette smiled at the two. "You two get along so well!"
Sheena huffed (Zelos did too). "Don't even joke about that!"
"Don't even joke about that!"
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
"...did I miss anything?" a new voice joined the fray, and Colette turned around. Lloyd was still too busy laughing.
Raine, carrying a bundle of cloth, was standing behind the two, an eyebrow arched and looking at the four as if she didn't know whether to be amused or annoyed.
"Professor!" Colette chirped, "How were the ruins?"
"Ruins?" the woman asked, "Oh, you thought I was visiting the Balacruft ruins close by?"
"We assumed," said Sheena, sounding tired.
"We assumed," nodded Zelos as well, though he didn't sound half as tired as the girl.
"Shut up."
"Shut up."
"...I did miss something, I see," Raine said. "Well, sadly, what I was doing wasn't half as interesting at the ruins."
"What was it, professor?" asked Lloyd, who had finally stopped his fit.
"Laundry," said she, "Sheena? Remember how you were complaining about all you had to clean?"
"...yes...?"
"...yes...?"
Ignoring the redhead-echo, Raine continued, "I decided to take some of your clothes along. Here," she opened the bundle and tossed the ninja a smaller one.
Sheena catched it clumsily, looked at it and then looked at Zelos, who looked about to explode laughing.
"Just laugh, idiot..."
And laugh he did.
"Now, now, hun," the Chosen managed to say in between, hugging onto the blushing girl, "You know I forgive you, you don't need to be so bashful at all!"
"...shut up..."
Raine turned towards Lloyd and Colette, expecting an explanation perhaps. Her only response was a shrug of Lloyd'd shoulders and an inoccent smile courtesy of Colette. With a small sigh Raine turned around. Whatever had happened she guessed had to do with the clothes she had taken, but it also didn't seem particularly important.
Just one of the things that were part of their everyday.
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Notes: Whoa, late! Do I have a schedule, anyway? Vacations and a hospital got in my way and then, well, truth be told, I wasn't thinking of uploding this, and I don't know if I'll upload any else. Time will tell.
I wrote this in a sitting, and even though I know it's mainly dialogue, I just like it. I don't think I have much else to say. The idea of Zelos copying Sheena had been pestering my mind for a while now.
I hope you guys enjoyed reading this one too! It's the last of the Normal series, meaning
that if I do continue we'll start with Fun, which will be alternated with the Dark and the Fluff series so I don't get so bored.
Bye!
WDR
