Hi Guys
Sorry for the late update.
I've been so busy at work that it kinda just drains me....can't really think...then there was the 2x exp event on RO...so i had to lvl :P
Hopefully I can get out another chapter before I go on my ski trip next week.
:)
After the incident, Mikan still went to the garden every day.
Every night, she'll leave the garden upset because the assassin didn't show up.
She doesn't know why she's so bothered by his missing presence. But there was nothing she could do; he did warn her in advance that he will not be coming back for a while.
Yet she still hoped that she'll be able to see him if she hung around the garden long enough.
She's been spending her days at the church since her friends seem to be busy self studying the new skills that came with their new jobs.
She's been working hard at keeping herself busy so that she wouldn't be so depress about not being able to change class. She figured, the faster she can improve, the faster she can join her friends being in their second classes. She hasn't given much thought to what she might be missing that stopped her from job changing.
One day, when Mikan was still at her home trying to decide what to do for the day, someone came knocking at her door.
She went to open it and was surprised to see Ruka at her door.
"Hi Ruka," She greeted brightly as she examined the new uniform he was wearing.
Gone were the blue pants, beige sleeveless top covered with a brown vest with a red scarf to top it off.
The old uniform has been replaced by the hunter's uniform which consists of a beige short sleeve turtle neck which is covered at the top by a white jacket that is cut right below the chest area. He's also wearing some sort of beige shorts over his pearly white pants. The shorts provide some sort of arrow holding capability which is why they wear them over their pants.
"You look great with your new uniform." She stated after the examination.
Ruka blushes, "Thanks."
"um...Mikan, are you busy today?" Ruka asks.
"Actually, I haven't decided what I wanted to do today yet."
"Would you like to come with me to Comodo? My friends invited me to go and visit them. It's a really nice place and I haven't seen you in a while so I was hoping you'll come with me." Ruka asks nervously.
Mikan smiles brightly at him, "that would be great. I haven't seen any of you guys in a while since you were all busy."
"Sorry about that. We didn't mean to leave you alone. It was sort of unplanned that we would change classes at the same time."
"It's ok. I'm glad at least you're back. I don't think Hotaru is coming back until next week." Mikan said sadly.
"I'm sure she'll be ready to try out her new skills soon. Let's get going. I think Comodo will help lift your mood."
"Give me a second to grab my backpack." Mikan said as she ran back into the house really fast to get her backpack.
"Alright. I'm ready! Lets go." Mikan stated excitedly.
Ruka smiled at her. "We can take Karfa warps there. First warp to Morroc and then to Comodo."
Mikan nods as she cast Increase Agility on both of them so they can walk faster to the Karfa worker.
In Comodo
The warmth of Comodo engulfed the two when they appeared on the beach.
The sky has a nice pink glow to it, the sand is sparkling and you can hear music playing at the close by auditorium.
Mikan looked around excitedly while Ruka observed her reaction with a smile. He had felt bad about leaving her all by herself for the past week. He knew that Hotaru and Yuu were also changing into their second class at the same time meaning Mikan would be all alone. So he wanted to make it up to her now for leaving her all alone without training partners for the week.
"I think my friend said to meet him by the auditorium. Let's go there to see if I can find him." Ruka said as he started to walk towards the music.
Mikan quickly fell into step behind him all the while still looking around in excitement.
It was very busy around the stage area. There was a band playing on stage, dancers performing, some audience were dancing and some were sitting at the tables below the stage enjoying the show. The stage was right by the beach. You can see the beautiful sea perfectly from the stage area.
Mikan got so excited to be so close to the water she quickly ran pasted the stage area and straight for the beach.
She stopped before she reached the water and looked at the view before her.
She took a deep breath, breathing in the fresh air as she watched the birds flying off in the distance.
Ruka came and stood beside her. "You've never been here before?" he asks.
"Nope! Have you?"
"Yeah, Natsume and my family use to come here for vacation every year. We usually take a week off and come here to relax on the beach." Ruka said with a hint of sadness.
"Ah I see. That must be nice. I never got to go on vacation. It's just me and my grandpa and we're living off his life savings from when he was younger so we can't really afford a vacation. But it's ok. Grandpa tells me lots of stories about all the places he's been to when he was an adventurer. It's nice to finally see some of those places myself." Mikan said with a smile.
Then she took off her shoes and socks and placed them on the sand. She rolled up the hem of her dress and ran into the water.
"Ah, the temperature of the water is perfect. Not hot or cold. It provides a nice relief to all this heat."
Ruka laughs, "I guess I'm use to the heat since I'm from Morroc. But I do agree with you. The water is a nice way to cool down after a long day of baking in the sun."
"Hey Ruka, long time now see." A bard said as he and another bard walked towards them.
"Hey bro, how's it going?" Ruka replied while giving them high fives as they greeted each other.
Mikan took this opportunity to walk back onto the beach.
"Oh guys, this is Mikan, Mikan Sakura." Ruka introduced her.
"Mikan-chan, this is Yome Kokoroyomi and Kitsuneme. They're my friends form archer school." Ruka introduced the two bards to her.
"Hello, nice to meet you." Mikan said as she flashed them her bright smile.
"Ah, so she's the acolyte you always went to train with. Just call me Koko, it's easier." Koko said to her and winked at Ruka causing him to blush.
"Yeah you can call me Kit." Kitsuneme chipped in.
"Congratulations on becoming bards. How do you like it?" Ruka asked in attempted to talk about something else and it worked.
"It's great, we party all the time." Kitsuneme replied.
Ruka laughs, "You two are the same as ever. I guess becoming bards was perfect for you guys."
"RUKA-SAMA" a female voice screamed.
Ruka's face turned pale when he heard that voice.
"You guys didn't say anything about her being here." Ruka accused.
"Sorry mate, she just changed into a Dancer recently. Didn't think you'll be here when she was still around." Koko replied.
"Who are you talking about?" Mikan asks.
"Just some fangirl that was in my class." Ruka replied and started to look for something to hide behind.
Since they were on the beach there was nothing he could use to hide himself so he quickly pulled Koko in front of him as a dancer flung herself at him.
"I miss you so much Ruka-Sama. Look, I'm a dancer now! Do you like my new uniform?" She asked while trying to show off her new dancer uniform which is basically a bikini with robe that is tied at the waist the only covers their back side. Then she looked up only to realize that it wasn't Ruka that she was hugging.
"What the?! Koko why did you get in the way!" She exclaimed and then shoved him aside to reveal Ruka. Just as she was about to hug him he jumps away to and hid behind Mikan.
She halts her attack as soon as she saw Mikan.
"Who are you and who do you think you are to be so close to Ruka-Sama." The dancer demanded as she glared at Mikan.
Mikan sweatdrops, "Um, I'm Mikan Sakura. Who are you?"
"I'm the beautiful Sumire, president of the Ruka-Sama fanclub. You have no right to be close to Ruka-Sama. You're not even a club member." The dancer declares.
"Mikan is my friend, don't talk to her like that." Ruka defended her.
"But...but..." Sumire stuttered.
"Sumire, you should stop this before you make a fool of yourself." Koko cuts in while he puts a hand on her shoulder to hold her back.
"Wow Ruka, you were popular in the Archer School." Mikan commented.
Ruka blushes at his comment while the boys chuckled.
"Yeah he was. The girls in the school chased him everywhere. Normally he runs away from girls, we were surprised he as hanging out with one. But seeing how you're nothing like Sumire here, I can see why he would hang out with you." Kitsuneme said with an amused smile on his face while smoke starts to come out of Sumire's ear.
Koko noticed her hostile mood and started on strum on his lute and told really horrible jokes. Kitsuneme joined in with Koko and started to stum his guitar and tell jokes as well.
The jokes were so bad that the people within hearing range froze in their spots.
Once Sumire recovered from her frozen state, she shook her head and said, "So that's how you want to play eh. Well two can play at this game."
Then she started to scream at them.
"Lame!!!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!"
"Argggghhhhh!!"
"I'm pregnant."
With that last sentence she screamed, everyone was stunned and started at her with bewildered eyes.
She noticed that they were all stunned and gave a triumph smile.
Once Mikan recovered she started to freak out. "Oh my! You're pregnant?!!! Aren't you too young to have a baby!"
Koko and Kitsuneme started to laugh while Ruka stared at Sumire in disbelief.
"Um, who's the father?" Ruka asks.
Then Sumire turns beet red and tried to explain while panicking. "No no, I'm not pregnant."
"Then why did you just scream that you are?" Mikan asks causing the two boys to laugh even harder.
Ruka didn't say anything but he was thinking the same thing. He sent the boys a confused look.
Koko tried to suppress his laughter and started to explain to them what just happened. "You see, when I saw that Sumire was getting really mad, I started to use my skill called Frost Joke. It's basically an ability to freeze people on the spot by telling really bad jokes. Kit joined in when he realized what I was doing. Once Sumire snapped out of her frozen state she wanted to get back at us by using her skill called Dazzler. It's similar to the bard's skill except the dancers shout random phrases and have the ability to stun people. Sort of like what happened to us when she said that she's pregnant."
"That's some weird skills you guys have. I was thinking that you must have hit your head or something to cause you to loose your sense of humour. What's so good about these skills anyways? " Ruka asks.
"It's good when you're battling against other people like in Izlude's battle Arenas or for War of Emperium." Kitsuneme answers.
"So Permy is not pregnant?" Mikan asked still slightly confused at what's happening.
"Of course not! And who are you calling Permy!!" Sumire retorted.
The boys laughed. "It suits you well," Kitsuneme said.
Sumire gave out a little humph and turned away from them to walked back towards the stage area.
"Comeon guys, lets get back to the party." Koko said as he led the group back to the stage area.
Meanwhile in Prontera Castle
"Thank you very much sir. This information will be very useful for me." A male voice could be heard.
"No, thank you for reporting the finding. If this is what they're doing to gain new members, then we must find out how to free the hostages. That would also mean that some of the new members are actually innocent." A deeper male voice answered.
"They seem to be attract to people who show a lot of potential in the Novice Academy." The first voice replied.
"We'll contact the assassin guild to ask for their help. They can send in their people and keep an eye out for anything suspicious and scout out which students may appeal to these people. In the mean time, I'll redirect some of the knights to search for possible hiding places where they're keeping the hostages. You're dismissed for now. I'll contact you when we're in further need of your help." The second voice said.
"Yes sir." The first voice answered and then a crusader could be seen coming out of the office and closing the door behind him.
The crusader began to walk down the hallway away from the general's office only to be decked by a pink hair monk.
"What took you so long Tsubasa?" Misaki scolded him.
"Ow, that hurts you know." Tsubasa complained as he rubbed his poor head.
"It's your fault for taking so long with your mission." Misaki chided him.
"Can't you just be happy that I'm back?" Tsubasa asked.
"You took way too long. What slowed you down anyways?" Misaki asks.
"Oh, I saw Ruka during my mission and decided to help him with his friend's situation. So I took a detour and did more research before I came back. It seemed like his friend's case is somehow related to what we're investigating."
"Do you think we should tell Ruka?"
"I don't know. I don't want him to get even more worried than he is now. But if he knows of the situation, maybe he would be able to provide some help."
"It is a hard call. But you don't have to make the decision now so don't worry about it too much." Misaki said as she tried to comfort Tsubasa.
"Sigh, I hope the General will have better news for me next time we meet."
"Well, now that you're finally back, you should take me out for lunch to make it up to me for coming back late."
Tsubasa laughs, "Alright, let's go to that Café that you like so much."
"That sounds more like it." Misaki replied with a big smile as they walked out of the castle and into the town.
I'll introduce more chars next week :)
you can guess who and what class
I thought Koko would make a good Bard...and Sumire a good Dancer
I'm not a big kokoxsumire fan...more of a kokoxAnne...but bards and dancer make good pairs _
I'm working on developing more for the whole...natsume and those bad guy plots :P
we'll see how long it'll go until it all comes out into the open
Sorry it's late so i'm not gonna list who reivewed etc this time
But thanks a lot tho...I read all the reviews 3 3
3 you for reviewing
ok time to sleep good night