Note: Here you go guys... My assignment's have been stacking up. So I highly doubt the special oneshot is gonna come up soon. Please, my exams are coming soon s please excuse me because I a very busy. Enjoy the chapter, though.
Rose's POV:
"Rose, watch out!" Blade called out to me as we ran past several Exploration Teams who were after our bounty.
Whoever that imposter was... She did shake my reputation up quite a bit.
We continued running, jumping, and just plain dodging to get through the town unscathed from the barrage of attacks from the angry villagers.
"We have to get rid of them or they'll catch up!" I groaned to express my fatigue to Blade.
"Rose! We can't harm the innocent!" Blade expressed with disgust.
I rolled my eyes, "But Blade! They won't be oh-so-harshly injured! Trust me!"
"Why is it that your reply just convinced me not to trust you?" he hastily answered back while still running alongside me.
I only stared at him in reply while running.
"All right, all right! What's your plan?" he asked.
"Easy," I snickered, "See those gates where the sentries used to be? Those gates don't really look pretty sturdy to me.. Now, as we run through it,I want you to launch a Psycho Cut at the foundation of both sides of the gate, allowing it to collapse on those pests chasing us!"
"But-" Blade tried.
"Good? Let's do it!" I quickly shot, not giving him a chance to speak.
We both ran towards the gate. As planned, Blade twirled and jumped sideways as he passed and when he was facing the gate, launched a Psycho Cut before gracefully landing while the gate collapsed.
"You owe me for this one!" Blade growled in disgust.
"Hey, hey... Don't be like that! Look! We can stop running now, see?" I chuckled.
He merely slapped his own palm against his forehead.
"So, how do you suggest we find our thief?" Blade asked.
"Well, I actually have a plan... But I don't want you to be involved... I don't want you to get into anymore trouble and this is a personal matter with a personal apology," I replied, hiding the small race of concern in my voice.
"You're... going to apologize? Are you okay?" Blade choked as if it was odd for me to say such things.
"Yeah... Now, I want you to wait here while I patch up things! I promise that by the time I get back, I'll have the information we need. Bye!" I quickly shot out and bolted away from our hiding spot before he could speak.
I entered Treasure Town once more, this time without Blade. It was apparently easier to stay hidden if you travelled individually.
After a few minutes, I had made it all the way to my destination without being spotted by anyone. I smiled when I saw Blaze's place sitting in front of me as I remembered my successful heist in the past.
I then remembered my purpose for being there. I was there to get information. Nothing more, nothing less.
I entered through the door to be greeted by Blaze.
"Good after-" Blaze suddenly stopped, "WHA- W-what do you want? I-I'm warning you, I can put ups fight."
"Blaze," I began, suddenly remembering Blade's view of life and the way he wishes to achieve equality, "I... I'm... sorry!"
I'm sorry... That was a phrase not programmed in me. Yet, I had said it. Blade's words... He wanted to achieve equality through good intentions... I wanted to bring the high down to achieve equality. Was... was Blade somehow affecting me when he told me he saw me as a friend?
...
No! I refuse to accept it! I'm only doing this for information!
"W-what did you say?" Blaze b. cocked his head sideways in confusion.
"I said I'm sorry! I came back to return your Icy Flute!" I explained defiantly.
"You've... come to return it? W-wait! Why would a thief like you do something like that?" Blaze growled, thinking that this was another one of the schemes that I usually plotted.
I put the flute down on his desk just to prove myself.
"Listen! I'm returning it already, it's up to you to be hostile to someone who's realized her mistakes until now," I snarled.
He took the flute and examined it. Upon realizing that the flute was the real thing, his eyes flashed apologetically.
"But what about all those crimes you committed last night?" Blaze suddenly snapped, cutting his apologetic look, "Returning the flute isn't gonna make up for all that."
He beat me to the chase, I guess this unexpected route of conversation could just prove to be beneficial in getting the information I need for that task.
"Well, that's also what I came here for," I began, putting on my most charming smile, "I need your help."
"If it's something like erasing all that evidence, you can forget about it. The most I can do for you is pretend that this visit never happened," he growled ferociously.
"Oh no... That's not what I wanted at all," I explained, lacing my voice with a little sweetness in it, "I came here to clear my name from all those crimes... For they weren't committed by me. I want that imposter to go down."
"Wait..." Blaze asked in confusion, "That thief last night... She wasn't you?"
"No! Why do you think I'm hunting her down?" I flared up, but caught myself to continue the "flattering" act.
"Why so?" he continued.
"Listen, I have something very important and I fell victim to her too. Will you help me or not?" I asked back.
"Oh!" he mused, "You, a thief, fell victim to another thief? I guess karma's bitten you in the butt now."
"Will you help me, then?" I asked irritably.
"Depends, I don't know how I can help you..." Blaze scratched his head.
"Well... You're an Exploration Team leader... Do you think you can go to a guild and check their Outlaw Notice Boards for my most recent sighting?" I clearly asked.
"Alright... So, I'll leave you here then?" Blaze returned.
"Yeah, whatever you say," I replied as I jumped on top of his bed.
He suddenly put on a more serious face.
"How do I know you're not making this up just to steal more of my stuff?" Blaze asked, raising an eyebrow.
"C'mon, isn't my word enough?" I returned with a charming smile.
"I think not," Blaze slyly smiled.
And that was pretty much how I ended up being locked up in Blaze's washroom for three hours. He had put a heavy wooden bar to prevent the door from being opened from the inside.
"Augh!" I growled as I slammed a small wooden board at the ground. A small marble fell out of the hole on the wooden board, "Blaze must be kidding when he said that these are level assorted!"
Apparently, Blaze thought that I would get bored of waiting in that musty place so he had left a box full of wooden boards and marbles with me. He told me that I could play with any of those stuff when I got bored. Apparently, he explained that he uses his free time to crate wooden blocks and puzzles on the boards and that the goal of each level is to get the marble to roll from one side to another. He said that he categorized them according to level. He called this game a way to test your mind or something. Let's just say that after being stuck on the third wooden board, I think it was designed to destroy you mind.
I put the game down and sat on the box, what was taking Blaze so long?
I began to hear sounds outside the door. I immediately perked up. Could Blaze be back? I heard some movement on the other side of the door as the wooden bar was lifted.
The door opened and I immediately rushed to ... Blade? I sort of let out a surprised squeal, making Blade stagger backwards a bit.
"Oops! Err... Sorry... We're you using the facilities?" Blade misunderstood as he walked backwards and tripped in clumsiness.
"No! Stupid! What I'm wondering is... Why are you here?" I flared, my face red from both embarrassment and fury... The idiot just couldn't wait, could he?
"Well, a friend or co-worker asked me to come over to his place to guard a criminal... I was the only one he trusted that the news wouldn't get out to public. I figured that the criminal was you when he said that he had found the famous Mysterious Thief... He was quite surprised about the Icy Flute thing, mind you..." Blade explained.
My mouth dropped open.
"Blade... y-you... you know Blaze?" I exclaimed, feeling my face go white.
"Yeah, he was in the same rank as I used to be and we used to have long conversations back at Spinda's Café," Blade explained, "Rose... Did you really return the Icy Flute to Blaze?"
"W-what... Err... Yes! But I can explain!" I stammered, no way am I telling him that I returned it on my own accord, "I returned it for information! It wasn't because I felt guilty or something, Blade. Don't get any ideas because I'm never going to change!"
Blade merely smiled,
"I guess you have changed already, Rose... Maybe my opinions about you were wrong..." Blade grinned.
I sighed. I truly felt different, but a past remnant of my life told me not to trust emotions. I'm not going to change that kind of motto in my heart... or so I thought.
"C'mon... You don't need to stay in there... I trust you anyway..." Blade told me as he pulled my hand.
I kinda retreated my hand when it had hit me that we were holding hands. Blade seemed to get the message too.
"Oops... Sorry, I didn't mean to..." Blade replied, his face turning a deep shade of red.
"Well, I'm fine with that... It's just that... Oh, never mind," I stammered, feeling the efficiency of my brain sinking.
Blade allowed me to use an extra bed that he knew Blaze had kept in a room. He allowed me to take a nap as he sat on a stool beside the bed to watch over me. I soon began to doze off.
"Rose!" Cresselia's voice shrilly echoed.
"What?" I answered back.
"Where's your Divine Crescent? It's essential if you are to become our hero!" Cresselia returned.
"I lost it... Which is why I'm trying to find it," I returned.
Cresselia hesitated. The silence broke when I heard a disappointed sigh. Darkrai appeared from behind to comfort her though.
"Cressie! Don't feel so down, I'm sure Blade and Rose are doing their best too," Darkrai chimed in.
"Fine then," Cresselia... smiled?
My dream was cut short by Blaze's booming voice, though...
"Whoah, there!" Blaze exclaimed as he entered the room, "What are you two doing?"
I opened my eyes to see Blade, who was still sitting down, still asleep. Bit the thing is, his head rested on my chest and he was hugging my arm in his sleep.
"Oh, Arceus! This isn't what you think!" I blushed, pulling my arm away in a sudden jerk, waking Blade up.
Blade woke up and, upon realizing what had happened, remained silent as he blushed in embarrassment.
"Well, did you get the information?" I asked Blaze to switch the topic.
Blaze still had a mischievous grin stuck on his face.
"Got it, Rose..." he chucked as he whispered something to Blade.
I don't know what he had said, but it ended up making him redder than he was before.
"Well, where is she?" I asked.
Blaze pulled out a sheet of paper where my imposter's picture was roughly sketched.
"Midnight Forest," he answered.
I looked at Blade and nodded,
"Well, sorry to be a disturbance, we'll be on our way to Midnight Forest then," I sheepish
Y spoke,
"Oh, then... You do know that I accepted the job request, right?" he began.
"In other words," he grinned, "I'm going with you two lovebirds."
Note: Remember Blaze? He's back! Now, I'm really tired today because I still have assignments AND a script to memorize so this is all I'll say: Please leave a review! It lifts half the problems on my chest. Thanks guys and good night~