Special thanks to Ni-chan for helping me with the idea of this chapter! (She practically gave me the entire chapter.)
I was originally gonna make chapter 10 be chapter 9, but...vroom!
Next chapter: 27/28th. If I need more time, 28th.
"Add, I...I'm sorry, but I just don't think of you that way..." Eve replied, placing her hands on her chest. "I'm not in love with you...Especially after everything you said to me...It really hurt, you know?"
"Eve!" He said, tightening his grip on her shoulders. "I'm sorry, I really am, I don't know how to make it up to you..." He looked away in guilt.
"Add..." Eve said, grabbing one of his arms and taking it off of her shoulder. "I honestly am unsure if I can forgive you at this point."
"The things you said to me. I can't believe you. Why would you say things like that?" Eve asked, her eyes narrowing in possibly pain.
"Eve, I don't have any excuses. I just want to say how sorry I am. I don't mind if you don't forgive me, I can understand." He said. "I don't feel like myself anymore."
"Add, I'll forgive you." She said, breaking the silence between them that carried on for a few moments.
"Really? You will?" He asked, his voice rising in surprise. She nodded.
"Even if you say horrible things like that, I..."
"I don't want our friendship to be broken apart. Ever." She smiled. He smiled back.
"Why, Eve? I thought you hated me!" Add said, shocked.
"I think you really are telling the truth. I don't know why, but I feel like I can forgive you, but I wouldn't be able to forgive anyone else if they said these kinds of things..."
"Eve..." Add said, trailing off.
"I don't feel like I'm worthy to be by your side. I hurt you so much..."
"Add, don't worry. I'll forget everything you said once I change back into Empress, so there's no use debating about it."
"But-"
"Eve, Eve!" Aisha's voice was heard as she came rushing into Eve's bedroom. "I found a device to turn you back into Empress!" She said, holding blueprints in the air.
"Oh...I see...Um, guess I'll just leave now..." Aisha said, opening the door behind her.
"Aisha, wait!" Eve held out her hand. Aisha stopped in her tracks.
"A device to change me back into Code Empress? What is this 'device' you speak of?" Eve asked formally.
"Well, you see, it's this little bulb thing...Sort of like the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver, I guess?" Aisha said. She was a huge fan of Doctor Who.
"Ah, I see..." Eve said, scanning the blueprint papers Aisha handed her. "Did you make this yourself, Aisha?"
"Ah, yes, I did. I'm gonna need your guys's help in creating it, though. You guys are the experts with technology." Aisha explained. Add and Eve nodded in response.
"You two are going to come with me tomorrow and we'll gather up everything we need in order to form this miracle worker. Got it?" Aisha asked with determination. She placed her hands on her hips. Add saluted and Eve cheered.
"Let's see..." Aisha muttered, scanning her eyes over the blueprints of her Nasod device to change Eve back into Empress. "I'm going to need so many different parts in order to put this all together."
"What is it?" Add asked, walking down the stairs of Eve's house and into the kitchen. He sat in a chair next to Aisha at the kitchen table.
"Wow, so many receptors. Where were you planning to find these kinds of things?" Eve asked with awe.
"The past, when Nasods coexisted with humans." Aisha replied casually. Add blinked a few times then his jaw dropped.
"What?" Aisha said, looking at Add's face. "Don't you remember? I can travel through time and space."
Add nodded a few times, remembering when she gained magic over time and space.
"I'm going to travel back in time and gain parts from different kinds of ancient nasods in order to create this piece of technology. You two are going to help me create it." Aisha explained.
"Come on, we're going now. We haven't got time to lose." Aisha said, rolling up the blue paper and putting it in her bag.
Aisha led the two to a nearby park in Feita. She then set her bag down on a small bench.
"Observe, you two." She said out loud. Aisha put her foot back, and held out her arm.
"Spatial Distortion!" She chanted, her arm making a swiping motion. Instantly, a large hole in time and space had been created.
"Hurry, you two! It will not last long!" Aisha said, holding her arms over her head. The distortion let out a large blast of wind, instantly sending out sucking waves that pulled in the three.
Aisha jumped in the hole, but then yelled from inside of it, "My bag!" Eve, ignoring what Aisha said, jumped in the hole after her. Add jumped in right after Eve, making sure he grabbed Aisha's bag.
"Welcome to the time when Nasods coexisted in peace, along with their owners." Aisha said, looking out at the sight before them. Ruben Village, women doing chores and Nasods lending them a hand, men working on the household, Nasods handing them items, and kids, playing in the fields, alongside Nasods.
"My...race?" Eve gasped. Add stared in awe at all the ancient, unknown Nasods that never existed in the present.
Eve walked to a nearby pond, and stuck her hand in. Swimming up to her fingers was a medium-sized metal fish. It nipped at her fingers a few times then descended back to the deep.
Eve giggled and a small, metal puppy came up to her and jumped at her knees. She bent down and pet its head.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, that's my dog." A soft, songlike, beautiful voice said from nearby. Eve looked up.
Jogging forward was a Nasod lady clad in pink everything. Her hair was pink, her blouse tied with ribbon was pink, her short skirt was pink, her sandals, and her earrings.
"Princess Apple..." Eve said quietly. Apple picked up her puppy then turned to Eve. "Hmm, did you say something?"
"Ah, no." Eve held up her hands in protest. Apple stared at the blue orb on her forehead, and her silver hair.
"You look like someone..." Apple pressed on, standing on her tiptoes and looking into Eve's eyes.
"Ah, I got it!" Apple held up her index finger. "You're the spitting image of Queen Eve!"
"Queen Eve? I have no idea who you are talking about. Perhaps you are mistaking me for someone else?" Eve said, fear surging in her system.
"You talk like her, too." Apple remarked. Eve sweatdropped.
"Ah, we're sorry, but you've got the wrong person. There's no way she could be the Queen." Aisha said, standing in front of Eve and guarding her.
"Why don't you two come with me to Altera?" Apple suggested.
"We're sorry, but we really have important matters to attend to at the moment." Aisha said, trying not to sound suspicious in any way.
"Ah, I see. Well, please come by later-"
"Wait, I'll go."
Add stepped forward. Aisha and Eve stared at him like he was the dumbest thing on the planet.
"Here's your bag, Aisha." Add said, handing Aisha her bag. Aisha looked in to make sure her blueprints were still there.
"Oh, how wonderful! May I ask for your name, young man?" Apple asked.
"Add." Add replied. He smiled at her. She returned the smile.
"Shall we go, then?" She said. He nodded and walked off with Apple.
"Aisha, what must we obtain first?" Eve asked, turning to face her. Eve noticed she was staring at the place Add was walking with extreme disappointment on her face.
"Let's see..." She said, looking at the blueprints. "I need a few electric wires, dielectric insulators to set up, and a polarized electric field. Those are the main instruments. Other ingredients include wires, nuts, bolts, and most normal stuff found in items used today, like flashlights." Aisha explained. Because of Eve's intelligence, she was able to understand everything.
"The Nasod Dumpster back in the present didn't have any of these items, just rusty nails. I wonder if there's a nasod dumpster here?" Aisha said out loud.
"No, there isn't." Eve said. "There is, however, a Nasod extermination lab. We should check there."
"And where's that?" Aisha asked, rummaging her hand in her bag.
"In an isolated alley inside of Elder." Eve replied. Aisha nodded.
Eve led Aisha to Elder. Her eyes scanned the area, and instantly found the shortcut to find the hidden alley.
"We go this way." Eve said, walking forward to a crowded marketplace. She turned a corner and went behind a busted building. She then opened up a small trapdoor.
"It's inside of here." Eve said, hopping inside.
"Eve, wait for me!" Aisha yelled, jumping in after her.
After a few moments of pitch black, Aisha landed on a cold ground. She opened her eyes to see a lit up experiment room, the shiny tiles hurting her eyes.
"Here we are." Eve said, opening a door that was titled "STAFF".
Aisha's eyes met a large room filled with piles of unused Nasod parts. Her gaze flickered from place to place, examining so that she could find the parts needed.
"A dielectric insulator." Eve said, grabbing a small, black cube shaped item with antennas.
That fast?!
"Eve mode: Scanning. Please find a electric barrier and a polar capacitor." Aisha said in a robot voice. Instantly, Eve's eyes turned white. She turned east and pointed at a small pole.
"A polarized barrier has been found." She said. Aisha sweatdropped. "That's not what I was looking for..."
After a few minutes of searching for what they needed, (A/N: I'm no scientist, I'm just guessing this stuff xD) Aisha said, "Searching mode: cancel." Eve's eyes returned to their normal color.
"Yeah, like I totally needed you to do THAT..." Eve trailed off, looking sideways. Aisha sweatdropped again.
"I think we should go to Bethma. You know, rocky mountains are great places for lightning storms." Aisha explained.
"Yeah, like I totally didn't know THAT..." Eve said sarcastically.
Aisha packed her bags full of the items she needed to create her device. Together, the two reached Bethma in 15 minutes of walking.
"Eve, hand me the electricity receptor!" Aisha yelled as she jumped onto a small tower.
"Yeah, like I totally needed you to tell me THAT..." Eve replied sarcastically, throwing the receptor to Aisha. Aisha caught it and set it up.
Aisha grabbed her staff and was lifted up into the air as she shouted, "Lightning shower!"
Instantly, a large storm of lightning strikes hit the ground in random places, showering from the sky, over and over again.
The people of Bethma screamed and covered their heads, running around and hiding in their houses, or other places to take cover.
Aisha was hit by a small spear, and she fell to the ground, injured.
"Aisha!" Eve yelled as Aisha landed on the dirt ground. Eve picked her up.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Add's voice was heard from far away. Eve looked up after a few seconds to see him running towards the two.
"H...Help! Ancient...Nasod!" Add gasped, pointing behind him.
Rushing forward at incredible speeds was Q-Proto_00. Dozens of small spears surrounded her body.
Q-Proto_00 jumped in the air, then slammed back down on her command. Dozens of spears flew with her and protruded out of the ground next to her.
"Eve, I see that you have taken after me." Q-Proto_00 stated as she saw Eve as Code: Nemesis.
"I never took after you." Eve replied, irritated.
"Come at me." Q-Proto_00 said. Eve shook her head.
"Well then, I'll come after you." Q-Proto_00 glided towards Eve and stuck her hands out.
"Junk Break!" Q-Proto_00 said, a large drill spear forming in her hands and burrowing into Eve.
Eve broke away and grabbed Q-Proto_00. "Iron Scraps!" She said, a large number of stingers releasing from her body and hitting Q-Proto_00 rapidly in a circular radius around Eve.
"Atomic Blaster!" Q-Proto_00 said, whipping out a large plasma gun and stunning Eve. Eve shook her head and left her daze, then released a counterattack.
"Queen's Throne!" Eve yelled, a sonic blast releasing and brandishing Q-Proto_00. Eve noticed that Q-Proto_00 was about to attack, so instantly she set up a giant sphere radiating with energy around her. "Atomic Shield!" She said. Right after, Q-Proto_00 used Generate Black Hole.
Eve was protected, and Q-Proto_00 wasted her attack. Eve created a black throne and she sat down on it. A mini spear floated in the air in front of her, and she flicked it towards Q-Proto_00's direction. The spear impacted upon Q-Proto_00's forehead, and she fell over.
"That was awesome!" Aisha stared at the Ancient Nasod lying on the ground in awe.
"That was...insane." Was all Add could say.
"Come on, I'm almost finished with creating the device that can turn Eve back into Empress." Aisha stated. "Oh, yeah." Eve said.
After Aisha finished the product, she held it up in the air. A small, flashlight-device was held in her grasp.
"With a press of this button, Eve can switch back to Code Empress." Aisha said, explaining how it it used.
"We need to go back to the present in order to use it." Aisha said. Eve looked at her with question.
"If it's used in this time, who knows what could happen to the present? The future will be all mixed up!" Aisha said in a flurry. Eve nodded.
"I see. By the way, Add, what happened at Apple's palace?" Eve asked. Add looked at her like she was the Illuminati or something.
"She tried to rape me!" Add yelled. Aisha grabbed her bag and created a portal rift.
"Apple is attracted to handsome men, after all." Eve said, nodding.
"How do you know this stuff?!" Add asked, annoyed.
"Apple is a princess, I am a queen, so therefore, we knew eachother like the back of our hands." Eve explained with a monotone.
"Hurry, there's not much time left!" Aisha yelled at them. She ran over to Eve then threw her through the Distortion.
Add jumped after her and Aisha looked back once more at the ancient Bethma. She smiled then jumped through the distortion herself.
Aisha fell on the ground, face first as she returned to the present time. Eve dusted herself off.
"Eve, use the Nasod Codedriver." Aisha held up the device she created. Eve took it from her hands and pressed the button Aisha told her to.
Instantly, a pink beam emerged from under the ground beneath Eve's feet. It engulfed Eve's body, and all stood still for a few moments.
The beam of light disappeared and there stood Eve.
Eve's hair was short again, cross-tied in two braids as buns at the side of her head. A small ponytail was hidden behind her head. She was clad in Code Empress's dress.
Moby and Remy were back to normal, and they floated around Eve. She giggled as they snuggled into her chest and on her cheeks.
"Eve..." Aisha said quietly.
"Hmm?" Eve asked, looking in Eve's direction.
"Do you...Remember anything?" Aisha asked.
Eve stared into space for a while then returned to her senses.
"Oberon and Ophelia...Where did they go?!" Eve shouted, looking around her. "Oberon! Ophelia!"
"As I thought...She only remembers things that relate to the code of Empress." Aisha said to Add. Add looked at her.
So elegant, so graceful, so gentle, so loving, so beautiful... Everything about Eve was wonderful.
He shook his head.
Wait...Does this mean Eve even forgot that he confessed to her?!
Add was saved.
Add decided he was going to start over with Eve, and this time, make everything alright.
Eve turned to Aisha and gave her one of the saddest looks she could. Aisha did a thumbs-up for effort.
"Eve...Look at that..." Aisha said, pointing in the distance behind Eve. Instantly, Eve whipped her head around and took a look.
Walking forward side by side, was Oberon and Ophelia. Eve's face lit up and she beamed. She ran forward to Oberon and Ophelia, and jumped in their arms.
"I'm so glad to have you two back!" Eve exclaimed, snuggling in Ophelia's chest. She then hopped up into Oberon's arms, and he carried her bridal style.
"Eve." Ophelia said, grabbing a large, blue paper imprinted with ancient writing.
"Blueprints for a Nasod servant...?" Eve almost yelled in excitement.
She jumped from Oberon's arms and then ran over to Add and Aisha.
"Guys, I'm sorry, I've really gotta go!" Eve said, talking as fast as she could.
"Eve-" Aisha held out her hand, but Eve dashed off.
"Sorry!" She yelled to them, grabbing the blueprints from Ophelia hands and then running off. A few seconds later, she gave up on running in heels and resorted to Oberon carrying her.
Eve reached her mansion in a matter of minutes, and she rushed up to her room as fast as she could.
She slammed the blueprints on her desk, then changed into a much more comfortable, casual wear. A grey tank top and jean cardigans, the bottom sleeves rolled up to her knees.
"Now, let's see..." She inspected the blueprints, then grabbed a pen.
"Time to start working on this servant." She smiled to herself.
Chapter 11: January 31st.
Kuroko's jersey number is 11. Kuroko's birthday is the 31st.
See what I did there? C=
(I don't care that much for vanilla milkshakes, but I love Oreo Milkshakes!)
Sneak peek...?
My bff told me I should put Add and Eve's first kiss into the next chapter.
I don't know...I'm still thinking.
Should I, or should I not?