Hiya! Here's the 4th chap. And as I promised, I throw some RupertxDina hint in there. Hope you enjoy this.
And I'd like to warn you this:
First. My school graduation ceremony will be held this month and I'll be in college shortly, so I'm starting to go to school even if it's not frequently, to take care of some administration and other things.
Second. Tomorrow I'm going to play badminton with my friends and I'll ensure you I'll play until every muscle in my body's sore, so yeah, I won't update this story until the next 3-5 days.
Disclaimer: I'm tired. You know the drill.
With Todd gone I started to try to find fossil rocks myself. Using the sonar *wuung...* *beep!* "Oh! Over there!" I hurriedly run to where the marked area showed by the sonar and start to dig. When I finish dug up the fossil rock, a fighter just popped out of the hole I dug, scaring the wits outta me.
"Iiieee! What the heck do you think you're doing?! How in the name of great-muffin can you popped out from that hole?!" I asked (more like snapped at) the damned fighter, pointing the sharp edge of my pickax at the fighter's face. I can feel my face several shade paler than it's usual tone. "He just popped out after I took the freakin' fossil rock from the hole! HOW IN THE MUFFIN IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!"
"Wh-why are you asking what I was doing? Can't you see that I just jumped off of the hole?" Replied the fighter, stuttering a bit, probably shocked at my outburst.
"I know that!" I snapped back and glared at him as scary as a twelve year old girl could be, still pointing my pickax shakily to his face.
(a/n: Originally the fighter is a female, but let's make it a male fighter this once 'cause I feel kinda bad pointing a pickax at a lady. And honestly, I was jumping (literally) on my seat the first time I encountered a fighter when I dug fossil rock. I was like, 'what the heck was that?!')
"W-whatever! I see that first! S-so if you want it, I won't l-let it go without a fight. ...And stop pointing that pickax at me!"
I just realized the pickax I pointed at him is getting closer to his face by the seconds so I put it out "Ehehe... Sowwie mwister!" He just gasp-ed and looked somewhat creeped out. "Great, I bet now he think I was a psycho girl because of pointing a pickax at his head earlier and smiling like it was nothing after that" *sigh* "Well? I won't let go of this fossil rock either! So I will knock you out, hmph!" With that I throw my Dino Medals, Aeros and Tricera appeared on the battle field.
*snicker* "You won't be able to say that after this." At first I was confused at what he said but after he threw his Dino Medal, now I get it.
It's a rank-2 Raja, and it's an earth-type.
My Aeros is a rank-1 air-type, and I'm in trouble.
"Ugh, still, don't expect me to back down!" The total-speed parameter that only appeared when in a battle-mode showing that my team's speed points is higher so I get the first move. "Tricera, Running Smash to Raja!" and with that command Tricera run up like flash to Raja and smash it with it's horn before Raja can evade Tricera's attack, 23 of Raja's health point was taken out. I only have 20 FP left so I ended my turn.
"Heh, see? You just barely scratch it. Now I'll show you what my Raja is capable of! Raja, use Raja Fang on Aeros!" after his command, Raja ran up to Aeros and bite it. More than half of Aeros' HP taken out.
I paled. "Oh, sh- eep! Language, careful. Oh, Muffin! Stupid, why I didn't see it earlier that Raja is a close-range attacker like Aeros?!" I looked up in time to see Aeros wincing in pain, I can't bear to see my partner getting hurt like that, and it's because of my mistake nonetheless. I felt tears start to gather on my eyes "Aeros, I'm sorry!" *sob* Aeros tilt it's head toward me and let out a small grunt that saying 'it's okay.' in it's own way. "Grrr... Tricera, I'm counting on you!" Tricera growl affirmatively "Again! Running Smash on Raja." Tricera smashed his head to Raja and return back to it's position. "Guys, turn position 10FP (2x turn) opposite clock-wise." I said calmly. The more serious the situation, the more calm I get. I've tried to be nervous and fidgeting like Todd usually do just for the sake of 'common sense', but it's just gave me a headache so I stopped trying.
My team's formation changed with Aeros now in the very back. My opponent gave a command for a Raja Fang again. Aeros just lost half amount of the HP it lost before "It worked!" I thought happily. But my opponent wasn't impressed "What?! How?!" he exclaimed obnoxiously.
*twitch* I'm starting to get irritated "Seesh, go read a battle manual or something like that for once will ya? To be a good student you have to read a lot. My mama said that herself."
"Don't lecture me, you brat." Replied the fighter, his face flushed, probably for being lectured by a kid.
"Hmph! whatever you say!" puffing my cheek at my opponent, I checked at Aeros' stat. It only have 3 health point left, I saw Aeros' body glowing faintly. "Of course, Aeros' 'Parting Blow' ability." I looked up to met Aeros' eyes, I nod at it and it nodded back at me. Now facing my opponent, I looked at Raja in the eyes silently saying 'You are in trouble' . "Guys, turn 15 FP (3x turn) clock wise." The position changed with Aeros now in the very front row.
"Are you sure about this little girl? Don't you notice your Aeros only have that tiny-wee-bit 3 HP left? Tch, I should've go easy on you. Poor little thing..." He said smugly. But I only smile at him
"Speak for your self. Aeros! Wind Blast on Raja." Aeros growled loudly and send deadly blasts of wind that seemed to be amplified by Aeros' Parting Blow ability toward Raja.
"Tch-tch, haven't you read of type advanta-" *BAM!* and it happened. Raja was thrown like a shooting star across the field, turned back into Dino Medal and landed on the fighter's feet. He checked the last blow and shell shocked by it "Whaaatt?! How'd you manage to get a freaking 151 point hits on my Raja?!"
"Meh, don't tell me to read 'Type-Advantage' manual, mister. I finished that before I even got my first Dino Medal. And I've read 'Vivosaurs-Abilities' just the day after that. *sigh* Really, you should start to read a lot, it will make your life easier." I looked at the fighter when I don't receive any response. I think he's still shocked, so I continued "Well then, I win. So this fossil rock is mine! See ya fighter guy, and thanks for the battle! Bye!" And with that I ran to the deeper part of the lake and singing a long the way.
I was on my trip inside the Lake, singing merrily and walking (hopping a little) to the deeper part of the Lake.
"Twinkle twinkle little muffin, How I wonder where you are, up abo-Uuuft!" then it happen. I bumped on someone. When I looked up I saw the person wore a red coat-like clothes, and have –omg!- white hair, the person's back facing me. (a/n: dun-dun-dun-dun, c'mon, you know who's this. Starting with an 'R'and ended with a 'T'.)
I was about to apologize before the person turned and glared at me. "Watch where you're going, klutz. Are you a fighter?" He lowered his glare a notch now only narrowed his eyes at me.
Now I AM surprised at this girl-like boy's language I practically gaped at him, he's probably twelve just like me and he have no right to call me a klutz dammit! I'm very flexible I can touch my head with my toes while curling backward, hmph! *polite(fake)smile* "I apologize for being able to walk faster than you 'granny'. And yes, I'm a fossil fighter. Do you want me to aid you back to town?" I finished and smiling sickeningly sweet at him.
*twitch* "What. Did. You. Say?! Are you really a fighter?! You can't even walk right. You practically stomping down the walkway and singing that ridiculous song of muffin-something!" he snapped and –again- glared at me. I won't back down to someone like him either! So I gave him my own glare. Our face inching closer by the second, none of us willing to back down but we were too focused on glaring each other we don't even realize that.
"What. Do. You. Mean? How dare you disrespect muffin-the-greatest-of-all-things! It's the best thing in the, like, the whole world! And no, I'm so-absolutely-NOT 'stomping' the walkway. I walk with grace dammit!" I said that while flailing my hands in the air for emphasis. Okay, I think I'm a little exaggerating on the muffin part but who cares?! Ugh!
He scoffed at my statement "Hah! You. Are. A. Klutz." He said mockingly while pointing at me.
"Shut it 'granny'!"
"Klutz."
"Old hag!"
"Muffin-maniac."
"Grrrrr..." By now both of our forehead already touching and our nose dangerously close, but –again- none of us notice this because we're busy glaring each other down at the moment.
Two minutes have passed and we're still glaring at each other until someone who looked like a hiker passed by us, and throw a stupid comment "Aaahh... Young love..."
We jumped and snapped our head at him "No! We are not!" We screamed at the same time, then looked at each other. (a/n: the bold letter meant Rupert and Dina spoke at the same time)
"What?!"
"!"
"Stop it!"
"*gasp!*"
"Grrr..."
"?!"
"Stop mimicking ME!" after that we both gasped again and put (more like smacked) our own palm on our own mouth. I was terrified. "Noooo! He's the one who's mimicking me!".
The (probably) hiker just sweat dropped at us "Eh, whatever love birds. Just get a room you two."
"WE ARE NOT!"
"And why'd we need to get a room?! I'll probably choke him if we do. *pout*" after I said that the hiker just snickered, and the (I don't know his name, so calling him names will do for now.) girly-boy's face getting redder by the seconds "What?! Did I missed something? I don't get it!" I'm getting more confused by the seconds, not to mention I'm eager to get away from here as soon as possible because I can feel my 'awkward-radar' tingling.
"Gah! What the hell is wrong with you two?! I don't get it! I'm going. Humph!" and with that I stomped away from them, clearly annoyed at the idea wasting so much time on this nonsenses. (while in fact it's been merely 15 minutes)
Rupert's POV
"Grrr... I should be the one asking! What the hell was wrong with that muffin-psycho girl?! How dare she call me names?! Didn't she knew I am Rupert the son of the famous FossilDig CEO?! Though I'm glad she didn't jump me like my fangirls would, but still! Ugh." I was fuming for a moment there but caught myself and quickly regained my composure.
"Tch-tch-tch... Tough luck boy, even for a famous star like you." So apparently the annoying-fat-hiker still here.
My left eye twitched at that statement, I was about to snap at the older man beside me but quickly caught myself " No-no-no. It would be bad for the company's name, especially Dad's reputation if I snap at any stranger. Calm down Rupert, calm down, calm..." It took all my self control to spoke calmly like I usually would. "I am sorry, Sir. But I have no interest in that girl, let alone pursuing a relationship at the moment. So your statement is uneeded and it is clearly did not suit this unusual situation at the moment."
"Hoho! But you know what? When you're a star you will be happiest with a person who's practically don't want anything to do with you. You know, it's something called 'opposite's attract'." Said the hiker, wiggling his eyebrows in the process.
*sweat-drop* "Is this what they call 'the talk'? But I am sure father said he'll give me that 'the talk' when I reach seventeen. But now I am only ten, for heaven sake!" (a/n: No, Rupert's clueless about what 'the talk' is. He's just twelve, remember?) I felt that I was starting to get annoyed by the seconds, and I really don't want to lost my temper so I just said (while frowning slightly) "Um... I don't get the idea that you'll be happy if the person you want to be with don't even want anything to do with you in the first place. And I'm quite pressed in time, so if you'll excuse me..." with that said I started to walk away from the hiker, but before I even manage to take three steps the hiker spoke again
"Ohoho...! You're still a kid after all. But don't worry, you'll understand when you're older. She's pretty cute after all, admit it. Hohoho."
*twitch* I can feel a vein or two popped on my forehead "Grrrrr... What the heck is wrong with this Santa-wannabe?! Shut it! Leave me alone!" I really want to scream that at him, so before my last nerve snap I quickly excused myself "No, thanks, mister. Now please excuse me." and I quickly walk away from the hiker.
" *sigh* So much for taking a walk." I mutter quietly while walking back to the town, I have many things to take care of after all. "But still, I've trained my self to control my emotions and keep my calm facade since I can remember. 'Because I am the face of the entire FossilDig Company' as my father put it. But, god! I just met that girl and I already lost it! What the hell?! ...Tch. God, she's really annoying! Grrrr..." And just a second latter I was pulled out of my train of thought by a familiar voice
"Sir Rupert, Are you alright?" I looked up to see my dad's right-hand person standing beside the Lake's entrance. "*chuckle* You are fuming the entire time you walked here, Sir."
"Thankyou kindly for your concern *polite(trained-to-perfection)smile*, I was kind of disturbed by the mass amount of bugs in there then I usually would see in a month I could barely enjoy my walk." I lied smoothly and quickly put my calm-mask back on.
"Of course, Sir Rupert. You can not be blamed, It is your first time visiting a place like this after all. I am here to inform you about your interview, but let's talk about that in a more proper place. And would you like me to accompany you on your stay in the Caliosteo Isle during the Cup?" Asked the older man as polite as always, and completely buying my lies earlier. You'll need to be a smooth liar and a convincing actor when the whole world watching every movement you did.
"Of course, let us find a cafe or something like that to discuss the schedule. And no, you can go back to the Company after my interview. I was informed that every island have a hotel that provided specifically for the Cup's participants so I will stay there. I truly appreciate your offer but I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"Alright, Sir. Then let us find a place to began our discussion." After the older man finished what he said I nod and followed him to where we would discuss my interview and my another schedules.
Rupert's POV –end-
I've been digging for about 30 minutes now and I've filled my fossil rock's bag so I'm heading back to the Cleaning room. When I entered the Cleaning Room I was greeted by Stella and a robot beside her that turned out named KL-33N that, indeed, are tasked to aid with 'clean'ing. It took about 5 minutes for Stella to explain to me the Robot's functions and the new VMM system. After she left the room, I began cleaning all of the fossil rocks I got.
"Alright, I'll clean this one first." I took a fossil rock and clean it, 90 seconds later I'm done cleaning and KL-33N diagnose the fossil I manage to clean.
"Analysis: Aeros (Head)! 92 points – BOOP! BEEP! This fossil is superior to your previously integrated 80-point fossil—WHOOP! Commence integration!" KL-33N helped integrating Aeros (head) fossil.
After that I continued to clean the fossil rocks. It turned out to be like this: a 97 Thalasso (head), a 95 Aeros (body), a 95 Raja (head), an 88 Raja (body) (a/n: 'cause I'm getting impatient and drill it several millisecond too long it cracked –insert hysteric scream here-), a 99 emerald, and two 100pts diamond. After I revived the fossil heads and integrated body parts I went to Fossil Guild to sell the gems. I repeat my action for about 4 hours straight it was already 2 p.m past 18 minutes. I managed to upgrade my sonar with the following sequence: screen 1st upgrade, bag 16-slot upgrade, screen 2nd upgrade, fossil filter 1st upgrade, fossil chip 1st upgrade.
(a/n: that's my strategy to get all the upgrade fast with shorter time compared to run back and forth with a sucky 8-slot bag and an extremely irritating small sonar screen. And it took me about 2 hours in my first play through to did the following upgrade above but trust me, it's worth it. You'll get useless-rocks less and carry fossil/gem rocks more at a time, meaning you can buy the last upgrade of the filter and chips faster. And gems are easiest to clean especially diamond, I don't even have to use drill and ALWAYS get 100pts, just don't hit the diamond part with it and you are good to go. Well, this is not a FAQ so let's get back to the story. But I hope it help even just a little.)
I was outside of the Fighter Station, standing while trying to catch my breath because I was too engrossed at what I'm doing I lost track of the time.
*grooowwllll...* "Eeep! what was that?!" I was startled I literally jumped on the spot.
"Hahahahaha! It's your stomach, Dina. You're 2 hours late for lunch." I snapped my head to see Todd trying to hold back his laughter while walking toward me from the Fighter Station's lobby. I just realized he's been siting on the lobby's sofa the whole time. " *sigh* You just practically went back and forth, like, 18 times, if I'm not mistaken. I was trying to ask you to get lunch but you just zoomed past me before I even get the chance to open my mouth!"
" *gasp!* R-really? *blush* Ehehe... I'm so sorry Todd. I was too excited at the fossils and gems I found I lost track of the time, hehehe" I smiled sheepishly at Todd, totally embarrassed at the stunt I just did.
"heheh, It's okay, Dina. I've known you since we're in diapers anyway. Once you set your mind on something, nothing will be able to stop you. So... I saw this muffin stand earlier near the Fossil Lawn entrance—"
*squeal* " Yay! I love you, Todd! You're the best bestfriend anyone could ever get!" I literally jumped and constrict Todd in my special-for-Todd-death-hug. Nah, I'm kidding, of course.
"D-Dina, You, are, chokk-ing...m-me..." Oops, apparently not. I quickly let go of him and tugged Todd's arms.
"Lead the way, Cap'n!" And with that said we ran to the muffin stand and eat muffins to our (or 'my') hearts content.
A/n: Alright! I'll leave it at this for now. I know it's kinda long, but I'm avoiding to put cliff-hangers here. 'cause, on one side I know it'll make the reader curious about what'll happen next, but on the other hand the suspense just killing me if the story won't be updated in a long time that I find chomping down my laptop screen is more appealing than waiting. I feel your pain, really. (-_-,). And I don't care if you're curious about this story or not, 'cause I wrote this the way I like it. So, please bear with me.
Right, It's already 8:54 p.m so I'll call it a day. *yawn*
note: this is a replacement story. I made a small change on their age, It's twelve but I forgot the story progress 2 years later so I gracefully (thick sarcasm implied here) wrote they're ten. Thankyou for ShadowPhoenix34 for pointing that out, and thankyou for the review. For me that's a sign that nothing's wrong with my story and it's okay to continue writing. Chap 5 is halfway done. It'll be uploaded soon!