Saga X
- Book One : The Next Age -
The Next Age Chapter One Part One
It was around 8am and Xavier Light-Hibiki was still sound asleep. For the most part, Rock and his family were awake by seven-thirty. Roll cooked breakfast while the day's plans were discussed at the table and everyone was usually on their way by eight-thirty. Xavier, unfortunately, had been up half the night playing video games with his best friend and had thrown his alarm clock half way across the room when it had gone off an hour earlier. It wasn't that he wanted it sleep in, it was that he just wanted to sleep PEROID. Had he been coherent, he would have realized that his shift in the lab would start soon and that he had to get up now…however, he was lost in dream-land, envisioning cute girls in bikinis with no sign of wanting to wake up anytime soon.
Everyone was already at the table, all except Xavier and Zero. Rynk, Roll's robot cat, was more than slightly annoyed at this. Xavier always fed her some of his food and there was nothing Rynk loved more than table scraps. No Xavier meant no food. Of course, she knew why he had not come to the table yet, she had heard him up with Zero last night and was quite miffed that he thought games more important than going to sleep early and feeding the best cat in the whole world some table scraps. Rynk was getting nowhere with any of the others. Even her most pathetic mew didn't phase Roll who was too preoccupied to even notice her. There was only one thing left for Rynk to do…she had to wake up Xavier, that would solve everything. Silently she padded away from the kitchen table and off to Xavier's room, pushing the door to his room open with a few well placed paw swipes under the door and in between the crack.
Xavier was still off in La-La Land even though sunlight was pouring in from the nearby window, filling the room with light. If he turned to lie on his side, a sunray would hit him right in the face and he'd wake up for sure. Rynk, however, wasn't that patient. She gracefully leapt up onto his bed, landing on the end near his feet. For a moment, she considered pausing to bite them but decided waking him up was much more important. Slinking forward, she made her way to the pillows by his head and leaned over to purr very loudly in his ear. Xavier shifted in his sleep slightly; raising a hand to swat whatever was making that noise away and batting Rynk in the nose. This was NOT the reaction she had hoped for nor did she enjoy being swatted on her soft little nose. That was it, time for a change of plans. The subtle "nice kitty" tactic hadn't worked at all so it was time for a more drastic approach…besides; she was ticked off now. She leaned close to his ear once more, there would be no cute purring this time, no, not after she had gotten hit for it instead she took a deep breath and let out a piercing meow.
"NEAR HUMAN THING WAAAAKE UUUUP!!!!!!!" She shouted loudly.
Xavier woke up screaming…
A moment ago, he had been on a sunny beach with all of his friends at a party, even Zero was there. Vyctori , a girl he worked with in the lab, had been showing off her new bikini to all the guys, especially Xavier whom she was flirting with. He was just about to ask her out when an ear splitting sound filled his senses and forced him to consciousness, screaming in shock. The light from the window nearby almost blinded him and the ringing in his ears was unbearable but he could clearly make out Rynk's smiling face in front of him and groaned in frustration.
"Good morning Near Human Thing!" Rynk mewed happily, grinning from ear to ear.
Xavier glared at her angrily, this was not the first time he had been woken up in such a manner nor would it probably be the last. Rynk seemed to shrug off the dirty look and began washing one of her paws with her tongue. Xavier sighed. Whatever good dream he had been having was lost now, he might as well check the time and get up. That's when he noticed the alarm clock was no longer on the nightstand and was instead lying on the floor. That was never a good sign. As if on cue, Rynk jumped down to retrieve it, happily trotting back holding it in her mouth and dropping it in Xavier's lap. When he saw the time, he jumped to attention at once. He was late, VERY late. In fact his shift at the lab started in twenty minutes and he wasn't even dressed yet! Hurriedly, he jumped out of bed, throwing the covers over Rynk with-out noticing and rushed over to his dresser, muttering curses to himself about how little time he had as he searched for a pair of pants. Rynk crawled out from under the blanket, watching Xavier with amusement as he rushed around in a panic trying to get dressed and ready as fast as he could, throwing on a shirt and pants and straightening his hair in record time.
" You know, if you had gone to bed early instead of playing with the Blonde Haired Proto Thing, everything would have been fine. You could have been up to get dressed and feed me!!" Rynk reminded him then licked the stray hairs on her fluffy tail back into place.
Xavier shot her an angry look that Rynk felt that she didn't deserve. If it weren't for her, he'd still be sleeping right?
"Ungrateful as always." Rynk replied with a slight hiss, just before Xavier tossed one of his shoes at her.
A moment later, after Rynk had been successfully shooed out of his room, Xavier came out into the hallway fully dressed in a light blue Chinese style shirt and white pants. He paused for a moment to gather his thoughts, wondering how he was going to find time to eat breakfast.
"At this rate I'll be lucky to get a pancake….." He said to himself with a sigh and quickly strode down the hall towards the kitchen.
Suddenly and seemingly out of no where, a blur of red and yellow darted by him without warning. Xavier rolled his eyes and as if by instinct, reached out to grab hold of the end of what looked like a yellow tail, pulling back hard once he was sure he had gotten a grip on it. There was a yelp of pain and a loud thud.
" Why did you do THAT!?!??!"
Xavier couldn't help but laugh as he stood over his friend.
"You were going over the speed limit there Zero, cut the jets once in a while. I wouldn't want to see you smash your face in." Xavier replied with a content smirk. "Those thrusters of yours are gonna get you killed."
"Yeah..BY YOU!" Zero spoke, rubbing the sore spot on the back of his head then running his fingers through his long hair to make sure none of it was missing while mumbling some incoherent obscenity.
Xavier chuckled. Ever since Zero had learned how to dash forward on his foot thrusters, he had used them to dart everywhere. It had become a very bad and annoying habit. This was Xavier's way of getting him to quit it.
"Hmph! Well…you're just jealous of me and my thrusters anyhow." Zero remarked.
Xavier crouched down beside him, looking him dead in the eye.
"And why would I be jealous of you?" He asked in a serious tone.
"Because I'm better looking than you are." Zero said teasingly, fluffing up his hair a bit as if to emphasize the point.
Xavier was silent. Had he been in an Anime, a large sweatdrop would have appeared on the side of his head. He sighed, not at all amused.
"C'mere Z…." He spoke in a flat tone, grabbing his friend into a headlock.
Zero struggled in vain to get free. Xavier was much stronger than he was after all.
"You're better looking eh?" Xavier said, giving Zero a stern look.
"Hey! C'mon, it was a joke!!" Zero replied.
"Too late now." Xavier said with a playful smirk. "This calls for the supreme punishment!"
Zero's eyes widened in horror.
"You're gonna make me play dolls with your sister!?!? " He asked.
Xavier shook his head.
"Nope, worse." Xavier said. "It's time for the Noogie Patrol!"
And with that, Xavier took his fist and proceeded to rub it hard on Zero's head.
"AH!! No! Stop it! OW!! YOU'RE MESSING UP MY HAIR! STOPPIT!" Zero cried as he tried harder to get away.
Xavier only laughed more. He had roughhoused with Zero like this since they were little kids. He loosened his grip on Zero enough that the smaller robot could break free.
"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Zero sputtered as he pushed Xavier over and wrestled him to the floor.
"Um..boys?"
Roll's voice startled the two from their play and they glanced up. Zero's hair was a mess, his bangs hung over one of his eyes. Xavier wasn't much better. His clothes had been freshly ironed at one point but they were very wrinkled now. Roll looked down at them and shook her head in dismay. Xavier was usually quite mature and responsible for his age but it seemed that being around the younger, more childish and chaotic Zero tended to cause him to act in a similar manner. Didn't he know he had ten minutes to get to his lab shift?
"Are the two of you going to come to breakfast?" Roll asked. "If you wait any longer, there won't be any left for either of you."
Xavier nodded.
"Okay, I'm coming." He replied and gave Zero a look to say that he'd finish their "fight" later.
"Zor's going to be expecting you in the lab soon." Roll added.
"I know..I know.." Xavier sighed, getting up off the floor.
"You'll have plenty of time to mess around with Zero later." She finished, walking away from the pair. "I'll be in the kitchen."
Zero snickered from his position on the ground once he was sure Roll was gone.
"What's so funny?" Xavier asked him.
Zero gave Xavier a sly look and tossed back his hair.
"Hey Xavier..wanna mess around?" He said in a sarcastic tone and winked.
A disgusted look quickly spread across Xavier's face.
"Zero……you're sick." He said as he turned and made his way to the kitchen.
Once Xavier had his back turned, Zero stuck his tongue out at him.
End of Chapter One, Part one
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