Here's Chapter 5; I'm sorry I didn't have it up sooner. I got a little writer's block again... But I'm over it now. It probably helped that I watched Episode 43 of Season 2 yesterday... That was a really dire episode, but the artwork was good, and it thoroughly put me in a Blue Dragon mood. With that, I think it's time for the review replies.

WindGoddess Rune: Yep, work it is. Something going wrong, you say? Hm... Well, we'll see. Nothing bad will happen to Kluke, but it might be worth worrying about the store. And she isn't doing too much in this chapter, but you'll see what Bouquet is up to fairly soon. ;)

The Flying Frog: Hello, (The) Flying Frog. I'm glad that I have your attention (and your reviews). No worries about the reviewing; even if you don't review, I'm just happy that someone's reading it. I'm thinking about holding out on getting DVDs for Blue Dragon - it's not really my decision, but never mind that right now - since the only ones I've seen available are the edited episodes. I don't mind editing too much; some scenes in the original were a little much, but I've seen worse. But what Viz did with Blue Dragon... Ugh. I'm a big fan of Megumi Oohashi (she did the background music for the Japanese version of the Blue Dragon anime), and they cut out all of her music. At least they didn't cut out Nobuo's music; that would've been really bad. Another bad thing: they edited Bouquet's chest. This would've been kind of fine with me, but whole scenes were cut and changed because of it. For now I think I'll stick with trying to watch episodes online (they had stopped subbing the series at Episode 24, but I heard a new fansub group is going to pick up the series). But, I'll stop ranting now. Sorry. Anyway, I guess it is kind of similar to that event in the game (though I think those might've been cookies), but the chocolate making idea was actually contributed to by an episode from an anime called Mahoromatic. Man, I loved those scenes in Devour Village. And Sahlia (the NPC) is one of my favorite characters from the game; I'm so happy she's going to be playable in Blue Dragon Plus. Sorry (again) for the long reply, and I'll try to do my best with the story. :)

Prince of Tennis' Shaman: Hello to you, too! Nice to see you again! :D Aw... Thanks. By the way, how many very's were you aiming for? Well, I'm glad you're enjoying it (I wish I could make that face with the closed eyes; the website won't recognize the arrows you use for the eyes). I update quickly if I can. I'm not trying to make the story more popular by updating all the time (something I read from the fan fiction author JudasFm); I just know what it's like to wait for months and months for a story to be updated, and I know that's not a good feeling. I've been really busy, too, and very stressed out; but writing seems to be very good stress reliever (for me, at least). And your reviews seem to have the same effect for me that my stories do for you. Thank you for being so nice! :D There's replies up for all of your reviews except for Chapter 5 of Troubles on White Day and Chapter 2 of Shu and Kluke: Precious Memories, but I'll reply to them as soon as Chapter 6 and Chapter 3 are up (respectively). Shuangtv... I think I've heard of that before. I've been using Youku for a long while now. ;) About the translating... I'm sorry! I think I forgot to reply to that part of your review. I think some fansubbers are going to take up the series, but please go ahead and translate the episodes! I've had to do the same thing with Word for the Season 1 episodes (translating Spanish to English), so I don't mind much. We can both use it until they finish the subs! XD If you send it by PM/e-mail, please be careful how you send it. WindGoddess Rune tried to send me some pictures, but I couldn't see them. You could try to send it as an attatchment or something... I don't know. I'd like to see it, so I'm willing to try however many times it takes. I'm sorry for the long reply, but I am looking forward to replying to your other reviews (this is the first one I'm doing).

Okay, there are the replies. More will be added if anyone else reviews, but you probably know that by now. So, after the annoying disclaimer, we can get on with the story.

Disclaimer: Is anyone even reading these? I hope so, because it's taking a lot to think these things up. But, yeah... I don't own Blue Dragon. Pass go, collect 200... Oh, wait. I'm sorry, that's the wrong game. Just to be safe, I don't own Monopoly either.

"Hey, has anyone seen Kluke?" Shu looked at everyone around the room.

"I thought you would know, maro." Marumaro didn't even look at him, keeping his eyes on the ceiling from his position on the bed.

"Of course I don't know! That's why I'm asking! Besides, what do you think I am, her babysitter?" Shu crossed his arms over his chest.

"Honestly, I thought it was the other way around." Jiro didn't look at him, either; he was sitting on the ground, leaning his back against Marumaro's bed and reading.

"Can I get an answer to a question without getting a snide remark from either of you?" Shu glared at them.

"I think she said she was going out for a while." Zola offered.

Shu sighed. "So, what am I supposed to do now...?"

"This is boring, maro," Marumaro hopped off his bed. "I'm going to look for Bouquet, maro."

Once he had left the room, everyone simultaneously started counting to ten. They'd gotten to three when Bouquet screamed.

"Perverted little gremlin..." Bouquet grumbled as she straightened out her clothes. Throwing cooking utensils seemed to be a very efficient way of scaring off Marumaro; she'd have to remember to ask Kluke if she could occasionally borrow that frying pan once the competition was over.

She'd looked through several recipe books, and she still couldn't find what she wanted. If she was only making the chocolate for Jiro and Marumaro, she wouldn't worry. But if it was for Shu... This had to be perfect.

Bouquet sighed, massaging a cramp in her neck. "If only Obachan was here... I'm sure she'd know the best chocolate recipe... But I won't give up!" she turned her attention back to the book. "If I can't find a recipe, I'll make one. I think I might remember a thing or two from Obachan..."

Kluke had a headache. A very, very bad headache. Fortunately, it wasn't a relapse of the SCI. But she was starting to think it might be just as bad.

Right after talking with that woman, Kluke had been hired to work at the shop. Her position hadn't been confirmed yet, since they had to see what her skills were.

It turned out that the lady was actually the owner of the store, which had taken Kluke a little by surprise. It wasn't that unusual, but... she just didn't seem like the kind of person who owned a business.

After Kluke had donned an apron, Helen (her new boss) had whisked her into the kitchen. That was where the trouble had began.

Like it usually happened when Kluke tried to learn how to cook, everything that was told to her sounded fuzzy. If she read, the words blurred together. She'd actually passed out reading a cookbook once.

When Helen had asked her if she wanted to try her hand at making a batch, Kluke had gotten so upset that her new boss had quickly suggested she take a break.

So, that's how she'd ended up on the couch in the employee break room, trying to rub away the pain radiating from her forehead.

"What am I going to do? I don't remember anything that Helen said. Oh, I'll never be able to beat Bouquet like this!"

"You shouldn't worry, Kluke," she jumped as Helen entered the room. "Sorry. But, White Day is still a week and four days away. You still have time."

"But, I... Well, you see, I got into this competition with a friend of mine. We're supposed to make chocolate for these three boys we know."

"That doesn't sound very traditional."

"That's what we told her. Anyway, the problem is that she's a pretty good cook; everything I touch in a kitchen seems to be cursed." Kluke scowled. "She probably did it on purpose. Because she knew I couldn't cook, she knew that she would win no matter what."

Helen smiled knowingly. "Well, that's no big deal. I didn't know how to cook until I was at least twice your age."

Kluke's eyes widened. "Really? But... you own a candy store, where you make the candy. I tasted some of the stuff from earlier, and it's delicious. It seems like it would come to you naturally."

"I never thought I would be as good as I am now. But, with a little practice and determination, I managed to get enough that I could call it a skill. Everything flowed from there. Now, come on," Helen winked. "We better hurry if we're going to teach you how to cook."

Well... I didn't actually care for this chapter that much, but I think it's at least readable. I finally figured out a name for my OC (who was there by accident in the first place), so that's one good thing. I have some ideas for next chapter, so I'll start writing them pretty soon. I've got three other stories that I'm supposed to write, so it may take a while. But I'm still going to aim for the 10-hit mark. Hope you liked it, and I'll see you next chapter. :D