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Chapter 8: Little Sister
It was a peaceful morning in Flognarde. The sun was rising, filling the sky with an orange and purple hue, the birds chirping, the wildlife and people getting up to greet one another kindly.
And then we have Jaxson and Éclair.
The two were sleeping quite peacefully, Jaxson being the first to wake as usual. However, something seemed off to the silver haired teen.
"Something feels different," Jaxson muttered to himself. "No, I'm wearing my shorts and a tank top. I'm definitely not having a hangover. Éclair is next to me. Again."
Jaxson looked at Éclair, and smiled. He then had a confused look on his face.
"Wait. She's not all tangled up in blankets this time. And I seem to be in her bed," Jaxson observed, seeing Éclair starting to wake up. His mind instantly went into silent panic mode, since he had put the context clues together, and it seems like Éclair had done the same thing. Jaxson literally rolled out of the bed, avoiding Éclair's fist, which would have hit him square in the jaw.
"I-I swear! I didn't do anything!" Jaxson spoke, sounding panicked. He ducked as a blade sliced at him, only taking a few hair strands. He quickly grabbed his shoes, and ran out the door, knowing that he didn't have time to put anything on at the current time. He dared to look behind, seeing Éclair fully dressed, and closing the gap between them.
'Holy shit she runs fast when angry!' Jaxson thought, knowing he had to take action. Changing direction, he sprinted further into town, where there would be a few people to cover his escape. He weaved through people, careful not to bump into anyone, hoping to lose Éclair in the crowd. Finding that people started to move, he figured that Éclair was on his ass. As a last ditch effort, he climbed a light post, sitting on top of it, sighing. He put his shoes on, and saw Éclair fuming, waiting for him to move.
'I see she learned from our first encounter. Smart one. Pretty cute as well,' Jaxson thought. For what appeared to be no reason to everyone watching, Jaxson banged his head against the top of the light post, quickly shaking his head after. There was a stare down between the two, each of them analyzing the other's movements, even slight ones. Jaxson stood, Éclair readying herself. Jaxson started to drop down, Éclair rushing to where Jaxson should fall. Instead, Jaxson grabbed the part of the post and put himself back on the light post. Éclair was glaring at him, and saw that he was looking back with a playful look, as if he were playing a game of cat and mouse, with him being a cat.
"I've enjoyed this, but I must leave," Jaxson spoke, almost vanishing from atop the light post, reappearing on top of a nearby building. He looked at how close the castle was, since he did want to visit Ricotta. Judging from the distance and how fast he could move, he estimated five seconds, vanishing from sight again. Of course, he didn't really vanish, he was simply moving faster than the human eye could track, which is how he typically got out of a jam or hid right before most detection, and hardly used it for travel.
He was now in the castle, and was walking around trying to find Ricotta. After finding himself hopelessly lost, he decided to find anyone so he could be on his way. Soon enough, he found someone, and smiled. "Excuse me! Princess!"
The pink haired girl turned, and saw Jaxson, jogging over to her. "Good morning. What brings you here so early?"
"I need help. You see, while trying to find Ricotta, I got lost," Jaxson admitted, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh?" Millhiore questioned, giving Jaxson a look he has seen Chase give him on numerous occasions where a female is involved.
"It's not like that. Look," Jaxson started, pulling a small picture out of his wallet, handing it to Millhiore.
"Is this you when you were a kid? You looked so adorable," Millhiore commented, seeing another child in the photo. They were almost the same height at the time, and they had light brown hair and brown eyes. "Is that-"
"My little sister. She was six at the time. This is the only thing I have to remind me that I did have a family. She would have been seventeen if she were alive," Jaxson cut off, Millhiore looking at him.
"She looks a lot like Rico," Millhiore added, suddenly realizing why Jaxson was looking for her. "She reminds you of your sister, doesn't she?"
"I guess that she looks so similar that I've started to see her as my little sister," Jaxson smiled, putting the picture back in his wallet. "Keep in mind I have no idea the layout of this place."
"She's in the Research Academy. Just ask someone to take you there. I have some business to take care of," Millhiore smiled, heading off.
"Okay. Time to find another trace of life," Jaxson spoke, heading off on his own in his search for Ricotta.
/+/1 Hour Later, Research Academy\-\
Awkward couldn't even begin to describe how Jaxson felt at this point. He was doing his best to keep his cool, since Ricotta had Éclair join them seconds after Jaxson had found her. And Jaxson could feel the death glare Éclair had dug in the side of his head.
"So," Éclair spoke, Jaxson hearing the venom in her voice. "What is the reason you wanted to see Rico?"
"Look for yourself," Jaxson informed the two, handing Éclair the picture first. "That was from when I was a child."
"Do you remember meeting him?" Éclair asked Ricotta.
"Look closer," Jaxson spoke, the two looking at the girl. They noticed that she lacked the ears and tail, and became confused. "That is my little sister. I owe it to Ricotta since she reminds me of her appearance and care free attitude. I've lost enough family, and I'm not losing her either. And I think that we had a misunderstanding this morning."
Éclair glared at Jaxson, Ricotta becoming curious.
"What happened? Did Éclair hurt or yell at you?" Ricotta asked, knowing how she was with Shinku when he was first in Biscotti.
"Yelling, plenty of. Never hit me though," Jaxson smirked, grabbing Éclair's fist as it was in inch from his face. "You'll have to try harder sweetie. I've been trained to kill, and my reflexes are lightning fast."
"I will skin you for what you did," Éclair growled.
"What did he do?" Ricotta asked Éclair.
"I can tell you, since I misread the situation as well. I apparently cuddled Éclair when I fell asleep last night. Trust me Éclair, I had also thought that originally, but there was something that wasn't lacking, which would be a lack of clothes on our body. I still had on mine, and you yours, no?" Jaxson explained, Ricotta smiling.
"Éclair almost hit a home run?" Ricotta asked, Éclair turning red. However, Ricotta said it louder than she thought, and all eyes were on the two girls, Jaxson being wise and staying out of it. Of course, until he found something very off, making him have only one question.
"How do you know that term Ricotta? That is a term from Earth, not Flognarde," Jaxson asked, pointing out the huge world gap. "And I know Shinku wouldn't know that term since from what I've heard from a few people, he is denser than a black hole, which is extremely dense."
'Cornered now,' Jaxson thought to himself.
Ricotta motioned Jaxson to come closer, and whispered to him. Jaxson's expression changed a few times, going from normal, to slight confusion, to puzzled, onto shocked, and then the meter hit "Gets It" (Scott Pilgrim reference. Look it up).
"How did I miss it?" Jaxson asked himself. "How did you find out?"
"I heard some pretty naughty things coming from Millihi's mouth. I had to ask what some of them meant. I thought she was mad at a new cat, until I learned what it really meant in that setting. And being-"
"I don't want to hear anymore," Éclair interrupted Ricotta, who pouted, looking at Jaxson.
"Do you want to hear more onii-san?" Ricotta asked. Had Jaxson been drinking anything, it would have had in immediate evacuation, resulting in the famous Spit-Take.
"I'm with Éclair on this one. And please, don't call me "onii-san" ever again. People will get the wrong idea," Jaxson stood firm. While in anime, he thought that a female calling their crush "onii-san" was cute, he didn't want to be labeled as a loli-con. And the resemblance to his sister made it more disturbing for him.
"Um, Éclair, want to leave before this gets really weird?" Jaxson asked, seeing a twinkle in Ricotta's eyes.
SO, KIND OF AN INFORMATIVE CHAPTER ABOUT THE PAST OF JAXSON, MAINLY HIS ATTACHMENT TO RICOTTA. ANYWAYS, STAY TUNED FOR MORE! OH, AND SLOW UPDATES MIGHT BE COMING, SINCEI'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH CHAPTER IDEAS AND GETTING THEM ON PAPER. ANYWAYS, NEXT UPDATE MIGHT BE SOON! I HOPE...