Authors Note: Sorry to add this but I noticed a discrepancy in my story that happened completely on accident. In the very first chapter/second post Jake says that Chance flirts with every girl he meets, especially Maka. That was supposed to say Jackie, not Maka. It is changed now and is correct, so sorry everybody ^^;. Other than that it's all good, hope you enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 2: Some new friends!
Jake woke up and batted his eyes until they adjusted to the light in the room. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked around the room to see that Chance was already awake and out of his bed. "Prolly in the shower" Jake said while he stretched out his arms. He looked at the clock and saw that it was already 8:45. "Hunh? I woulda thought Chance would want to leave earlier. Jake got out of his bed and walked toward the door. He'd get changed when he took a shower. He opened the door and heard noises from the kitchenette area down the hall. "Wha.." was all Jake could say until the scent of food wafted around his nose. Jake began drooling "That smells sooooooo good~." Jake quickly walked down the hall to the kitchenette.
"Hey buddy, you finally up?" Chance said as Jake entered the room. Chance was cooking bacon at the stove, clad in only his boxers and pink apron.
"Damn it why do you have to wear cute things?" Jake questioned in his mind before his eyes turned toward the table. "Whoa!" was all he could muster upon seeing the spread. Chance had made a full stack of pancakes, sausage links, and two onion, mango pepper and cheese omelets.
"The bacon will be done here shortly, take a seat!" Chance said with an upbeat tone.
"Since when do you cook?" Jake questioned as he sat down.
"I've always enjoyed cooking but," Chance turned off the stove and brought the plate of bacon to the table and sat himself down in the seat adjacent Jake, "I didn't have any groceries to do it with for the past couple of weeks. If your gonna ask, I asked the landlord to run to the store for me this morning."
"So I guess we finally gotta go shopping hunh?" Jake said as he took a bite of the omelet. Jake dropped his fork, "OH...MY...GOD this is delicious!"
Chance laughed and gave Jake a toothy grin, "Glad you like it!" In the blink of an eye Jake began to devour everything in front of him/ "Oh so it's like that hunh!" Chance quickly followed suit and matched Jake's speed.
Soon after both had finished eating and were leaning back in their chairs rubbing their now swollen bellies. "Damn Chance that was the best breakfast I've ever had!"
Chance smiled and rubbed his head, "Aww thanks, but it couldn't have been that good."
"Don't you DARE be humble about that, it was absolutely amazing!" Jake reaffirmed.
Chance only smiled. "Alright.." Chance stood up, "you go ahead and shower first, I'll clean up here" Chance turned on the sink and began to wash the dishes.
"Thanks bro!" Jake said as he walked back to their bedroom to get his stuff. "Wait, since when do I call anyone bro?" he thought to himself
Jake was sitting in their bedroom playing on his laptop waiting for Chance to get out of the shower. He looked at the clock, it was 9:45, Chance had been in there for almost 30 minutes! "I've heard of long showers but damn!" Just then Jake heard the shower turn off and soon after Chance had walked into the room with a towel around his waist. "Forget our clothes did we?"
"Can't account for absent mindedness I guess" Chance responded with a slight smirk. He walked over to his dresser near his bed.
"Is he really gonna change right there?" Jake thought, his ears beginning to heat up slightly. Jake turned away, despite his desire to look on.
Chance slipped a pair of boxers on under the towel without removing it "All right, my sexy parts are covered." Chance jested tossing the now unnecessary towel aside
"I'll say" thought Jake as he turned back.
Chance had finished getting dressed, he wore a pair of loose-fit jean shorts and a black muscle shirt. "Ready to go?" he asked Jake as he put on his shoes.
"Sure!" Jake replied.
Chance and Jake had moved to a densely wooded area that was near the school. Chance had set up a few targets on the trees nearby as well as a wooden dummy that he had gotten from Jackie. "Alright, you ready for this bud?" Chance questioned Jake.
"Yeah," Jake answered, "This will be my first time going full weapon form but I should be fine!" he reaffirmed.
"Alright let's do this!" Chance said with an excitement in his tone
"Alright!" Jake closed his eyes, took in a deep breath. He pictured the same process of him turning his arm into a blade, but this time focused that energy throughout his body. His whole body shone and soon Jake took on his weapon form! He looked almost like a metallic glove with two metal slabs atop it and three silos in the front of it. (More or less the glovatrix but with an extra metal plate on top of where the shield is housed and with a slit on it.) "Whoa!" Jake thought, until he started to fall to the ground.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Chance as he fumbled trying to catch Jake. Chance jumped and managed to catch Jake before he thudded against the ground, the same couldn't be said for Chance as he landed on his face with a resounding THUD.
"Are you okay Chance?" Jake asked, his image on the top most plate.
Chance looked up and gave Jake a tooth grin. "Yeah bud, a little dirt never hurt Chance Furlong!" Chance stood up and dusted himself off. Chance eyed Jake with a perplexed look.
"What?" Jake asked, blushing under Chances ocular assault.
"Nothing, just...aren't you supposed to be a blade?" Chance questioned.
"Yeah, I don't know whats up with the glove th... oh wait." Jake reverted from his weapon form. "My arm.." Jake changed his arm into weapon form, with out readying the blade portion. " looks like a glove until I make the blade pop out." Which Jake did as he said that.
"Hunh, I guess you got a space for that somewhere, change back" Chance said. Jake did so promptly, this time Chance was ready to catch him though. Chance inspected Jake again and found the slit on the top most plate. "Here! Jake try focusing the same process to make the blade come out but do it here" Chance touched the spot and Jake immediately knew what to do.
"Alright here goes nothing" Jake said. At first nothing happened and Chance expectantly held Jake in his large paws.
"Anythin...Ahhh" Chance was cut off by a blade shooting out of Jake that nearly cut his nose. "Damn Jake! Warn me when you wanna cut my nose off!" Chance joked.
"Sorry, but wow! Just look at me!" Jake was obviously impressed with himself.
Chance eyed the blade now protruding from his friend. "Well that's innuendic isn't it" Chance thought, chuckling to himself. Jake's blade was almost completely black, aside from the red outline along the edge of the blade. It was a thin, but sturdy, broad sword that was as wide as the plate that it protrude from and was almost half of Chances height in length. "Buddy, I'd say you look beautiful! Just look at the intricacy of everything! It's a bit heavy, but damned beautiful."
Jake blushed, he knew what Chance was talking about regarding his weapon form, but still it was nice to hear.
"Alright! Let's try putting you on and get started!" Chance said, his excitement still ever present. Chance tried to pull Jake onto his large fist but the glove was just plain small for him. "Ugh, come on! Maybe if I..." Chance continued trying to force the glove on.
"Ahh...ow...OW! CHANCE PLEASE STOP!" Jake said through his pain.
Chance shrunk back at Jake shrill tone, "Oh sorry bud, I didn't realize you were getting hurt." Chance ceased his actions and Jake converted back to his kat form. "Hmm.." an idea popped into Chance's head. "Hey Jake!"
Jake looked over at Chance, no longer affected by the earlier pain "What?"
"Go weapon again except.." Chance grabbed a nearby branch, "hold onto this!"
"Ooooookay" said Jake, he didn't argue though and went weapon from. The same thing happened as earlier but this time the sleeve of the glove was widened to the girth of the branch.
"Yeah!" Chance leaped in the air and pumped his fist, "Aight change back!"
"Hahahaha" Jake laughed while changing back, "Aight? You really say that?"
"Bitch please!" Chance rebuttals jokingly, "Anyway it looks like your glove sleeve forms around whatever you're in contact with. So..." Chance put his paw in the same angle that he and Jake were accustomed to doing by this point, "Take my paw!" said Chance with an excited smile. Jake smirked and grabbed onto Chances paw, then he immediately went into weapon form. With a bright flash Jake was in his full weapon form, except now he was perfectly formed around Chance's paw and wrist. "Alright!" exclaimed Chance
"Great!" Jake tuned in with almost as much fervor, his image flashed across the top metal plate. "Imma, bring out the blade ok?"
Chance nodded at Jake and soon after Jake's blade was out in it's full splendor. "Okay let's give this a shot bud!"
"Roger!" replied Jake
With that Chance got himself into position. He made his stance wide with his feet spread apart to balance the weight of the blade in his right paw. "Alright first the paper targets" Chance said while setting himself up to lunge at the tree in front of him. Chance lunged forward and seemed to have perfect form to slash at the target, until he slipped and fell flat on his face. "OW!" Chance yelped.
Jake's images appeared on the top plate again. "You OK bud? What happened?"
Chance sat up, dusting himself off. He pulled the glove in front of his eyes. "I had perfect form and thought I had it down, but when I went for the slash you were heavier than I expected. I'm used to weapon I can hold in my hand, not more-or-less a part of my hand."
"If your trying to say I'm fat, that's not gonna fly, I mean look at me!" Jake joked
Chance chuckled "Nah, bud. Let's just try again alright?"
On the street near the wooded area Chance and Jake were practicing, two people were walking by with a couple of shopping bags. One had brown hair with pigtails and wore a black coat, the other had pink hair and wore a long black, dress-like piece. The one with pigtails perked up from the conversation she was having when she heard noises from the nearby area.
"Ahh" "hah!" "Damn it!"
She turned back to her friend, "Let's go check it out!" she said with an strange enthusiasm. The other smiled wryly and nodded.
Chance was now sitting on the ground with a slight look of defeat. Jake reverted from his weapon form and placed his paw on Chances shoulder. "Don't worry about it bud, you'll get it eventually."
Chance smiled up at his partner. His ears perked up when he heard a nearby rustle. "Who's there?" He questioned in a relaxed tone.
"Guess we got caught hunh Crona?" The two walked out from the nearby bushes.
"Unh...Yeah...Maka." The pink haired one, Crona, answered.
"How long have you two been watching?" Jake asked
"Oh long enough to see that your having trouble working with your partners weapon form" Maka replied.
Chance turned his head away and blushed. "So! This is our first time trying this.." he pouted.
"Eh he he he, don't worry! It's always a bit weird to get used to at first." said Maka
"Hunh? Your a meister?" Chance questioned
"Yup!" Maka said while nodding her head, "advanced student at Shibusen! And this is Crona, she's also and advanced meister!" Crona replied by simply raising her hand while smiling shyly."You know she could most likely give you some pointers!"
Both Chance and Jake shot an astonished look to Crona. "REALLY!" they said in unison.
"Well I uhhhh.. Ragnarok does have a pretty new form …..that is kinda like your weapon form." At this time a black entity came out of Crona's back and braced itself on her shoulders.
"Yo!"
Chance and Jake both fell back in shock, "That thing just came out of your body!" Jake managed to say.
"Hey I'm not a thing! My name's Ragnarok!"
"Oh, uh hi Ragnarok!" Chance chimed in semi-nervously. "So do you think you could help us?"
"I don't think I wanna help some guys who call me a "thing""
"Come on Ragnarok, if you do I'll give you ten sweets!" Maka said almost mockingly
"Deal!" Ragnarok replied
"Ragnarok, beta blade mode" Crona commanded, although, truthfully, it sounded more like a suggestion than a command.
Ragnarok moved his amorphous body down to Crona's right arm and formed a blade that came from her wrist, that was shaped and proportioned exactly like Jake's weapon form, only smaller.
"Whoa! It's almost exactly like my weapon form!" Jake said excitedly
"Alright!" Chance jumped up from his sitting position, "Let's do this Jake!" Jake clasped onto Chances hand and quickly assumed his weapon form.
"Ummm...What is it...you're having trouble..." Crona attempted to stammer out
"Oh, I'm having trouble adjusting for Jake's weight when I go for an attack." Chance replied
"Well..if you do this..." Crona began to demonstrate
Chance darted forward and made a wide slash at the wooden dummy's abdomen. The wooden dummy neatly cleaved in two. Chance quickly regained posture and made a few more quick slashes at the upper portion of the dummy, now semi-suspended in air. The upper part of the dummy fell into many pieces on the ground and Chance stood upright with a contented grin. Chance couldn't help himself. He crouched down, his grin growing wider , "YEAH!" He near screamed as he jumped in the air.
After Chance landed, Jake reverted to his kat form. His grin was just as wide as Chance's. He and Chance clasped hands in their usual manner. "Great job buddy! Told ya you'd get it!"
Maka and Crona were smiling on the sideline. "Good job you two!" Maka congratulated
Jake ran over to Crona and grabbed her hand "Thank you so much Crona!"
Chance ran over and placed his hand on her shoulder, "Yeah thanks! You helped a lot!"
Crona only smiled shyly. Ragnarok then came out of her back with his usual temper, "Hey where's my thanks!?"
Jake and Chance laughed. Jake bowed to Crona/Ragnarok, "Thank you Ragnarok-senpai!"
"That's better!" Ragnarok crossed his arms. Everyone shared a laugh at that one.
"OK, we should go Crona, Soul might be wondering where we are" said Maka
Crona nodded, the two turned around and began to leave.
"See you two at Shibusen!" Chance called after them as he and Jake waved goodbye
"Definitely!" Maka said back as she turned her head around and waved goodbye
Chance and Jake arrived back at their apartment around 5:30 with shopping bags in hand.
"So you think we got enough to tide over your apatite?" Jake giggled
"Yeah, I don't know what your gonna eat though" Chance said, sticking his tongue out at Jake. The two were now sorting out all of their newly bought groceries
"Now how can you be embarrassed about your belly, and yet still joke about it?"
"Hmm," Chance cocked his head, "You know... I don't know. The only other person I was able to talk like that too was my mother, now that I think about it."
Jake was setting a couple things in the cabinet, "Oh yeah, do I ever get to meet your parents?"
Chance stopped what he was doing, "Well that will be kinda hard." His expression sagged
"Why?"
"Well...my mom..is dead, Jake."
Jake turned to face Chance, "Oh no...I'm sorry Chance. When?"
"About two weeks before I met you, it was a sudden heart attack. I came home and found her lying on the kitchen floor..." Chance shivered at recounting the terrible memory.
Jake walked over to Chance and placed his hand on Chance's shoulder, "You gonna be alright?" was all he could ask
Chance placed his hand on Jake's and shot him a reassuring grin, "Yeah bud, thanks. How about I get dinner started?"
Jake smiled, "How about you let me handle it tonight?" Jake decided to leave the dad issue alone, since Chance didn't even mention it. Best not to lay on all of this at once.
"You? Cook? Are you sure?" Chance mocked
"Hey I can cook somethings!"
Chance and Jake both laughed
Later that night Chance and Jake were getting ready for bed
"Hey Jake, would you mind if we ran by my house, or rather my old house, to get a few things after class tomorrow?"
"Sure, where is it?"
"A couple miles east of here. I got a car parked on the outskirts of death city so it'll be a snap getting there!"
"Ooooh can't wait!" Jake said as he laid down in his bed
Chance turned out the light and laid in his bed. It was silent for a while. Chance lay awake until he heard Jake's breathing slow down and was fairly sure he was asleep. The memory of his mom, lying dead on the floor entered his mind again. In truth, it's all he thought about since after dinner, he had just been trying to push it outta mind.
"Mom? Mom! Oh god mom! Come on, stay with me. Goddamn it! Where's the phone? .. Hello?! My mom she's she's …..." The memory flooded over him
Chance began shaking again, his eyes screwed shut and he tightly squeezed his pillow.
"Chance Furlong? I'm sorry but … she's gone son, she's gone" the memory continued
Chance began crying, letting out soft whimpers. Jake was still awake on his side of the room, he could hear Chance. Jake thought Chance had been acting off after dinner, and he was more than certain as to why. He wanted nothing more than to get up and comfort him, but he didn't know if it was his place to do so. After all he still had both of his parents. Jake turned over slowly and saw that Chance was turned away from him. "I can't just sit here, can I?" Jake thought. Chance's crying had slowed to nearly unnoticeable and his breathing followed suit, he had cried himself to sleep. Jake heaved a sigh and turned back, maybe he would talk about it with Chance tomorrow.