Author's Section:
Hello everybody! Welcome... to a pretty long-awaited update to 'On Cray'!
I just can't go any faster. *sobs*
D.C Draco, I hope I have written the one-
.. Ahaha! Guess what? It's not a one-shot! That just means I've totally gone against my own 'one-shot collection'. And I guess it probably mad some of you guys mad, seeing the 'Part 1' in the chapter/one-shot name.
Because your request took me some time, I realised that I needed two (or more, let's see how this all goes) chapter pages to get this down.. I guess equally?
Time Setting: I don't want to have to keep mentioning it, but I have to say, this is in the evening, with all perspectives happening at the same time.
Boom! Perspectives, oh yes!
Setting: It's kind of already mentioned, but as one huge umbrella to categorise all the places/attractions under, it's an amusement park in the United Sanctuary. (AU: And I feel like it's like one of ours, here on Earth.)
Characters: King Alfred, Blaster Blade, Leading Jewel Knight Salome, Pure Heart Jewel Knight Ashlei, Battle Sister Tarte, Battle Sister Chocolat. (AU: Okay, I know that Ashlei's name is written as 'Ashlei', but I do prefer it written as 'Ashley'.)
And to everyone who is thinking, "But Fromage was in the request!", I answer with, "The characters were changed, and D.C Draco knows this, and have agreed on the character change."
Minor Characters: CEO Amaterasu, Goddess of Flower Divination, Sakuya.
Summary: King Alfred and Salome are on a date. With Blaster Blade and Ashley tailing them. And I should probably mention that Battle Sisters Tarte and Chocolat are trying to ruin their date. That about sums it up.
Alright! Like I said earlier, I'll be having different perspectives!
And I think it's a first for me.
So, I'll be writing 'King Alfred and Salome', 'Blaster Blade and Ashley' (you get the idea) when ever the perspectives get changed. Capice? Alright!
Without further ado, enjoy!
-AuraPen
King Alfred and Salome
King Alfred adjusted his helmet nervously, eyes glancing at the wonderful blonde next to him, who was looking away. The King was doing something that he wouldn't believe if told 2 years ago.
Going on a date.
Salome sighed, as the king fidgeted with his armour. The two had to go out in armour, since there could be a danger at any time.
Situation? Currently standing at the front gate.
"When are you going to stop so we can go in, your majesty?" She asked. King Alfred let out a small sound of surprise.
"Oh! Have we been standing here this whole time?" He said. She nodded.
"You've been fidgeting this entire time." She muttered to herself so that his majesty wouldn't hear. King Alfred cleared his throat, and held out a hand.
"Erm, let's get going." Salome took it, leading the both of them into the park. Though he couldn't see it, Salome was beaming.
Blaster Blade and Ashley
"Looks like they're going in." Ashley smiled, reaching the entrance of the carnival moments after the couple left. People passed the two, not giving them a second thought. Because the two knights were extremely popular, they were disguised in normal looking clothes and Ashley's hairstyle was different from normal. As if that weren't enough, they were wearing colour tinted eye contacts.
"Finally." Blaster Blade added. "They were standing there for a full two minutes."
"I thought King Alfred would have been a lot more courageous back there." Ashley said, thinking back to just a few moments ago. Blaster Blade nodded.
"He kept fixing his armour, and Salome was left standing there for a bit." Blaster Blade quickly noticed that King Alfred's tall figure was getting dragged further inside.
"We should get going now, they're getting away." Blade pointed out. They then went in, following the couple.
Chocolat and Tarte
Battle Sister Tarte huffed as she hid behind the bushes near the entrance. King Alfred was, fixing his helmet whilst Salome was just standing there.
"What's he doing?" Tarte frowned, watching the scene before her.
"I don't think they're going to go in there." Chocolat said. "Maybe they're just going back to the castle?"
"They're not going to." Tarte answered, as Salome turned to the king and took his hand. "See?"
"Yes, I see.." Salome dragged King Alfred inside, and Chocolat giggled.
"Okay, so we're supposed to ruin the date under orders of CEO Amaterasu." Tarte explained.
"Why?" Chocolat asked. Tarte shrugged.
"How am I supposed to know?"
CEO Amaterasu and Sakuya
-Yesterday, 10:15AM-
"Miss Amaterasu! Miss Amaterasu!"
Said CEO looked up from her mirror, the Yata go Kagami. She smiled when her dear friend, Goddess of Divination Sakuya settled herself down on one of her pillows (AU:Think of old Japanese times). Amaterasu poured her friend a cup of herbal tea.
"Hello Sakuya. What urgent news do you bring?" Amaterasu asked, as Sakuya calmed herself down and sipped a bit of her herbal tea.
"I believe I bring bad news, Miss Amaterasu." Amaterasu's smile faltered.
"What is it? Is something in danger?" She asked worriedly. Sakuya hesitated.
"The nation isn't in danger.." Amaterasu sighed in relief. "But you see.. King Alfred's and Lady Salome's flowers have intertwined."
"...What?" A dark aura had now surrounded the Goddess of the Sun. Sakuya nervously put her teacup down.
"I had planted King Alfred's and Lady Salome's flowers which had not yet bloomed next to each other so you could find out if they had a future together, and it seems they're going to be married." Sakuya explained.
"Are you sure they're fully intertwined?"
"It has been exactly 10 days, and there's no space between the stems where they're intertwined, Miss Amaterasu. Their love looks strong, and when I had found out about this, I asked Lozenge Magus to predict their future. They're going on a date to one of the amusement parks in the United Sanctuary tomorrow evening." Sakuya added. Amaterasu nodded, taking in these new pieces of information.
"Is there anything else you need to tell me?" Sakuya shook her head, and placed the now-empty teacup back on the small tea-table.
"I shall be taking my leave now, Miss Amaterasu." Sakuya stood up, bowed and was about to walk out, when Amaterasu stopped her.
"Wait, can you please get a few Battle Sisters? I'd like to have a word with them." Sakuya turned, and smiled.
"Anything for you, Miss Amaterasu."
-A bit later-
"Good morning, Miss Amaterasu!" Chocolat bowed. Tarte did the same.
"Hello Sister Tarte, Sister Chocolat." Amaterasu greeted them. The Battle Sisters sat down on the pillows.
"Is there something you need from us, Miss Amaterasu?" Tarte asked.
"Yes, I have a small mission and you two seem like the perfect pick..."
King Alfred and Salome
"What would you like to do first?" King Alfred asked, as Salome looked around. The children gave them little waves but the adults stayed away, assuming that they were on a date.
A pretty bad one, by the looks of it.
"I don't really know." She answered.
"Maybe the Haunted House?" He suggested. He swore he saw Salome shudder just slightly.
"Okay, let's go.."
Blaster Blade and Ashley
"Where are they going now?" Blaster Blade frowned. The couple had gone in a full circle and were back to a point they had been to earlier.
"It looks like they're paying at the ticket booth to the Haunted House." Ashley answered, catching up with the knight.
"Looks like we're going to have to go in there too." Blade walked towards the ticket booth as King Alfred was dragged off by Salome to the entrance.
Chocolat and Tarte
"The Haunted House.." Tarte commented, looking at the dark mansion in question. It would have looked absolutely ridiculous in the day time, but it was evening, so the experience was doubled in scariness and.. whatever stats that doubled.
Basically, more awesome.
"W-Why would they want to go in there?" Chocolat asked, eyes filled with worry. Tarte shrugged.
"It doesn't matter, let's just scare 'em to death!" Tarte grabbed Chocolat's hand and rushed around the attraction, looking for another entrance.
"B-But, how are we going to get inside? And where are we going to get scary costumes?" Chocolat bombarded Tarte with questions, to which Tarte simply replied with, "We'll figure it out when we get there! We can just take some masks, surely there should be a stack of them for the actors who have to scare the people."
Chocolat was silenced when they jumped in through an empty window.
Author's Ending Section:
Special thanks (if I could call it special) to the Occultpedia (online site), which gave me some information about anthomancy, the method used by Sakuya to determine love fortunes and the such. Anthomancy, in other words, is Flower Divination. So, it seems Sakuya should be called, "Goddess of Anthomancy", but no cardfighter would even care to know the meaning of that.
Now, since you all know that I'm going to take another 5 years (okay maybe not 5 years) to finally upload the second part of this, so.. don't come back and check tomorrow. Or the day after that. Because I bet you it won't be here.
And if future AuraPen happens to make that miracle happen, I have to say..
*cough*congratulations*cough*
That is all.
-AuraPen
