Okay, here's chapter two. I realized I made two errors last chapter: One, I forgot the disclaimer (which I've put there now, and in my story Shu and Kluke - Precious Memories). Two, I made a little error with the time concerning White Day, but I've altered the story slightly from my original plan so it makes more sense. Now that that's out of the way, I'd like to take a moment to reply to reviews from last chapter:

WindGoddess Rune: Thank you! And about Blue Dragon Plus... I've seen some of the Japanese game play, and it looks great. I'm looking forward to Sahlia being a playable character. :) Although I think they should bring out another game for the platform at some point in the future, they've got another game lined up after Plus comes out. And it looks equally cool, if not more. It's called Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyojuu. Cheers for the DS! (And thanks so much for reviewing!)

Prince of Tennis' Shaman: Thanks! I love Jiro too (especially in the game); it's really fun writing his character. I'd been worried that I was going a little overboard with the information, so I'm glad that you liked it. Here's the update, like you wanted. I would've had it out sooner, but I overslept, and I still had to write the thing. I'm hoping, that when people read this and my other Blue Dragon stories, that the anime and game's popularity will pick up a little bit. The series deserves so much more than what it's getting. About the anime episodes: For the subs, I've watched Season 1 from episode 1-31. The Spanish subtitles were a pain to translate, but I managed to do it with Google and AltaVista Babelfish; I translated a minute or two of episode 32 as well. For Season 2, I watched episodes 1-13, 15, 17, 21, 27, 35, and 39. Season 2 was harder to watch, since there were no subtitles. I didn't know as much Japanese when I first watched as I do now, so I'm thinking of watching them again. Sorry my reply was so long, and I hope I answered all of your questions and comments. Hope you like this chapter, and thanks again for your nice review; I was feeling down when I finished writing this, but your review really cheered me up!

The Flying Frog: Thanks. The anime is pretty good; if you like the game, I'd definitely suggest it. I haven't beaten the game yet, but I probably will eventually; I'd like to finish it by the time Blue Dragon Plus is released. *sigh* I've always wanted to see what Bouquet's Corporeal attack would be like... I do have a story where I wrote her into the game, but I haven't uploaded it yet. Since the game and anime characters are so different, I've given her personality a fairly drastic change. But your research about Anime Bouquet is dead on; she kind of tricked Shu into being her fiance (long story...), and she's part of the Ra Clan, so she's inherited powers which allow her to turn invisible. And I'll try to do my best with the story. ;)

WindGoddess Rune: Hm? I thought you said this already in a different review. Oh, well, I'll reply to it anyway. I uploaded Chapter 4 a few minutes ago, and I'm going to add it as soon as I finish this reply. The competition will start to develop there. :)

Edward-Elric-in-red: Thanks! I'll try to keep the cuteness up. ;)

Growlmon1: Thank you; I'm glad you liked it. :) Really? Thanks! :D I liked those, too, and the final chapters were my favorite. I got your PM about it... I don't like giving out my e-mail - just in case someone reads it who isn't supposed to - so I'd like to try to contact the site administrators first. Maybe we can get them to reset it or something.

I'd like to mention a little note for reviews real quick. To make an example, if you were to leave a review for the first chapter, I would respond to it in this one. This applies to all of my stories. And another thing: normally I don't like to advertise, but since this is related to Blue Dragon, I'll make an exception; I've got a poll on my profile for Blue Dragon characters in the game. Just thought I'd mention it, since someone might be interested. Anyway, let's get on with the story!

"I can't believe this." Bouquet was whining. She knew that. But she couldn't help it, not when she'd been plucked away from her Darling so abruptly.

"Deal with it." Kluke didn't even look up, investigating a peach for ripeness.

Bouquet scowled at her, but didn't say anything. It was too cold to fight anyway.

"I thought you would've at least had some kind of comeback." Kluke snorted. Picking a fight with Bouquet hadn't been what she wanted to do - and also the reason that she didn't want to bring her shopping in the first place - but the girl was starting to seriously annoy her.

"Look, you-"

"WHAT?!!" A young girl's cry interrupted the would-be fight. "Wha... What do you mean White Day only two weeks away?!"

"How many times, Francesca?" From her friend's expression, it looked like this sort of thing was something she went through regularly. "Today is February 20th," she spoke slowly. "That means that it's basically two weeks away."

"I... I have to find a boy! Otherwise, it'll be just like last year!"

"If you weren't so slow picking a boy, you wouldn't have even had that problem last year..." The girls' voices started to fade as they walked away, likely towards another stall.

Kluke and Bouquet stood quietly for a minute, staring in the direction that the girls had gone.

Bouquet broke the silence first. "Kluke... did you hear that? About White Day?"

"Yeah."

"About it only being two weeks away?"

"Yeah."

"About how it's hard to find a boy?"

"Yeah."

"...What are we going to do?"

"Yeah."

"Kluke!"

"What?"

"Are you listening to me?"

"What did you say?"

Bouquet slapped her head in frustration. Of all the stupid... Why had she ever agreed to come out here? "White Day. You know, the biggest holiday for girls all over the world?" Kluke nodded, so she continued. "It's only two weeks away, and those girls said it's hard to find boys in this village! What are we going to do?"

Kluke finally snapped out of it. "We're not going to 'do' anything. We probably won't even be in this village on March 7th."

"But... I want to give chocolate to Shu!"

"Well, if we're not being randomly attacked by some enemy on the 7th, knock yourself out." Kluke regretted the words as soon as they were out of her mouth. She'd wanted to brush her off, but she didn't want Bouquet to get any ideas that she could do whatever she wanted with Shu.

Fortunately, Bouquet didn't seem to notice too much. "There has to be something we can do..."

"I'll tell you what you can do." Kluke muttered threateningly.

"You're so mean."

"Well, I'm sorry if I'm a little mean, but I'm just about five seconds from passing out from the cold!" Kluke snapped at her. Noticing Bouquet's frightened expression, Kluke calmed a little. "Here, take this," she passed Zola's list to Bouquet. "Go find the food items on that list. I remember the mechanical stuff, but try not to lose it anyway."

"Okay..." she broke off into a run, before stopping and looking over her shoulder. "...And I'm sorry, Kluke." she took off towards the vegetable stand.

Kluke sighed, massaging her temples. "I'm getting too old for this..."

"What do you mean we're stuck here?!" Bouquet was so shocked, she nearly dropped the basket she was holding.

"Just what she said." Jiro spoke sharply to her.

"Jiro," Zola's voice was scolding, yet light. "We should get comfortable, because we'll be stuck here for a long time. Not only is the mechat's engine frozen, but the weather experts are absolutely sure that this will be the longest and final storm of winter."

"Well, that stinks." Shu flopped into a chair. "What are we supposed to do in the meantime?"

"We'll make the best of it," Zola smiled now. "We've been pressing ahead for a while, so a break probably wouldn't hurt."

"While we're sitting here resting, Nene is gaining strength." Jiro's voice darkened with hatred for Grand Kingdom's king. He couldn't understand how Zola could be so lax.

"Don't worry. If he thinks that we've disappeared, we can take him by surprise once the storm is over. Besides, we haven't trained in a while..." she let the sentence trail, grinning as she watched Shu and Jiro simultaneously perk up.

"Training, maro? I thought we were going on a vacation, maro." Marumaro didn't bother to hide his disappointment.

"In case you've forgotten, we went on this journey for a reason." Jiro was really getting annoyed. Why was it that everyone thought this was a game?

"Relax, Jiro," Kluke interrupted cheerfully. "There's nothing we can do anyway, so we might as well enjoy ourselves." she walked over to put the supplies on the table, ignorant of Jiro's blush as she walked past him.

Bouquet noticed, though. She looked at Kluke, then Jiro, followed by Marumaro, and finally at Shu. She grinned. She finally had a plan for White Day.

Well, there's chapter two. I would've let more happen, but I didn't want to drag it out too much. The next chapter will be better; I'm going to make sure of it this time! *insert peace sign* Hehe... Anyway, I hope you liked it. Try to review, okay? I accept reviews if you're not a member of the site, so don't feel shy. :) A review, even a little one, always puts me in a good mood. So... Once the hits for this chapter are at 10, I'll try to update again. See you next chapter!