Note: Here's another chappie... I hope you guys don't mind me being late... I still had clearance to do, go out with a friend for his birthday, prepare my competitive team for the PGL tournament that's ongoing right now, and battle in it from time to time. Another thing that I'm happy to say is that my clearance is almost done, meaning that I can update faster... Oh well, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter... Because I'm pretty sure Rose did!
Rose's POV:
I didn't want to move from my position. The soft grass was more than a cushion for me. In fact, it served as a lush, warm, comfy king-sized bed.
Apparently, with Blaze's recent disappointment of letting Ruse escape, we had to return empty-handed. But we still had some ways to go so we simply set up camp on the way back to town. We knew that we could get there in a ten minute walk in the morning so we decided to just rest for now.
Everything was silent, nothing could disturb my much needed sleep. Sooner or later, it would be morning and I would have to put up with the other five troublemakers that fate had forced upon me as partners.
Well... Maybe Blade wasn't so bad of a partner compared to everyone else, but... Oh... No! I did not just say that! He's just like Blaze! Nothing more but an insecure guy chasing his dreams of bringing equality to the world using his own means. In other words, I'm pretty sure that his sense of chasing that dream using such inferior methods will put him in his place in the future.
Still, I have to respect him... I mean, he does have tout up with his exact opposite, which is me... So I guess he does have points for effort. Or maybe he only puts up with me because he-"
"Hmm? Dreaming of a guy?" a feminine voice cooed behind me.
I opened my eyes and immediately turned around. I found myself in a blank space of white.
I turned around to see that the voice apparently belonged to Cresselia, appearing in-person for the second time in my dreams.
I immediately let out a gasp, "W-WHAT? H-HEY! Have some respect for my privacy!"
Cresselia seemed to stifle a giggle as she blushed.
"Well, I couldn't help but pay you a visit to check on your progress..." Cresselia calmly replied.
"P-progress? N-no! I'm not making any moves to Blade so please shut it!" I blushed as I crossed my arms.
Cresselia suddenly fell silent and stared at me with a sly yet surprised look.
"Umm... I meant progress on retrieving the Divine Crescent," Cresselia corrected.
A short silence came between us.
"Oh... I... uh... see," I replied sheepishly, "Hey, where's Darkrai..? Isn't he supposed to come along with you for important matters like these?"
Cresselia's smile faded and was replaced with a soft, light pink blush.
"Uh... Well... He had other business, see..." Cresselia answered anxiously.
"I see, is this the only reason you have to come and rudely spy on my privacy?" I returned, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes," the legendary replied, but continued with a lower voice, "Well, err... I mean, no. I'm here for something a bit... informal..."
"Which happens to be?" I continued.
"I need... uh... advice," Cresselia blushed.
"Advice?" I quipped, "Advice on what?"
She hesitated before speaking and looked around the blank white space to check if anything or anyone else was around to listen.
"Erm... I need advice on Darkrai," Cresselia blushed, "See... He has been acting strangely recently."
"Really," I raised an eyebrow.
"Well, he's been acting really shy around me and he keeps calling me by some pet name like 'Cressie' now, which I know is not like him as he is someone very serious," Cresselia paused for a while before continuing, "I think he... uh... likes me."
"Whoah, whoah, whoah! Stop there! What kind of advice do you want?" I immediately interjected, trying to hide my feeling of surprise.
"Well... I want to know... if he really likes me... because of I do something stupid without knowing whether he likes me or not, I might get my friendship with him... um... severed," the legendary dream-giver lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Why are you asking me?" I began to blush.
"Well, you probably have some experience here as you certainly have a thing with Blade," Cresselia shyly returned.
"WHAT?" I flared, blushing harder, "NO! You've got it all wrong!"
"Fine, fine... Just... see if you can help me, please?i gotta go soon," Cresselia gave back a friendly smile.
"Sure then, so long as none of these get out," I returned.
"Kay then, bye now. You should be getting up soon... Oh, and, on a side note, look who's sleeping next to you when you wake up," Cresselia giggled as she faded.
The white space immediately turned to a faded version of the plains we chose to stay on for the night, I looked down and saw the six of us sleeping there as I could feel my soul being pulled back down to my body.
I looked down and saw that my body was sleeping next to Blade again... BLADE? How was that possible? I knew that Blade and I slept on opposite ends. This could only be the work of-
"Uh... Rose?" Claire shyly asked as she tried to wake me up.
I opened my eyes immediately to see Claire and Sandra staring at me.
"Y-yeah?" I stammered, letting go of Blade's seemingly lifeless arm,
He mumbled something about war tactics in his sleep as if replying. That didn't seem to make things better.
"Umm... Rose, I see you've finally found him!" Sandra giggled, trying to cover her blushing face.
"Oh, shut up!" I snapped back, hoping that it sounded cold, "We need to get back to town now!"
My yelling probably woke the rest up, including Blade, who had no idea of anything for that matter.
"Ugh... Can't we get any more sleep?" Blaze yawned.
Blade merely stood p and greeted me "good morning" innocently, to which I felt that I should keep Sandra away from him... Or at least get her to shut up.
"Hey, Blade," Sandra grinned, "How was-"
"Ah, shut up! Pick up Celsus or whatever-his-name-was and start walking!" I interrupted, sweating a bit.
I then began to march into town ahead of the rest.
"Jumpy, mucho." I heard Celsus yawn behind me.
"Nah! She just woke up on the wrong side of the bed, eeheehee!" Sandra replied.
The whole group entered through the gated, though this time, there was no problem with sentries as Blade AND Blaze were with us.
"Eh... We don't have Ruse with us... So I can't really prove you innocent for that crime just yet. I'll return to the guild while the two of you stay in my place for now," Blaze told Blade and I, making Sandra giggle a little.
"What about us?" Celsus quipped.
Claire just remained silent as she hovered about.
"Well, I could use some extra hands from the three of you... On second thought, I think that the Froslass-" Blaze spoke before being rudely interrupted.
"Claire," I interrupted.
"-uh... Claire, should stay with you two back in my place, I don't think your Prince is enough to hold those two hands of yours from swiping anything," Blaze teased.
He then turned to Sandra and Celsus.
"Now, I need you guys to help me with something..." Blaze became serious again, "See... I need some extra hands as I gotta restock on supplies."
"Well-" Celsus began.
"Sure, I'll help... Wouldn't want to interrupt Rose's special moment!" Sandra giggled as she winked at Blade, who merely blushed in response.
"Oh, if Sandra's going, then I'm happy to help out!" Celsus quickly joined in.
I merely slapped my forehead wondering why my comrades were such idiots.
"Well, we'll be going then," Blaze returned. The three of them began to walk away, bursting into laughter when they thought they were out of earshot.
"I HEARD THAT," I yelled, but Blade merely took my hand.
"Come on, we're given time to rest. We better use up this opportunity before meeting Darkrai and Cresselia," Blade called in a gentle yet stern voice.
"Y-yeah," Claire winced and blushed as she saw Blade taking my hand.
The three of us went in and took a seat. Blade took out his Divine Crescent and vegan to fiddle with it.
"So, you're Claire?" Blade started.
"Well, y-yeah..." Claire shyly responded.
"You're a friend of Rose?" Blade curiously asked.
Claire nodded in reply.
"Well... It's odd that you seem quite like the opposite of Rose yet you managed to befriend her, considering her personality. How did you two meet?" Blade kept up the conversation.
I then interrupted, knowing that Claire was probably too shy to tell the story, so I told Blade the entire story up until he finally arrested me. Blade seemed impressed with the way his eyes looked.
"Jirachi? You've met himz. The Legendary Wish Maker?" Blade returned.
"Yes," I returned, "but why-"
The sound of a door opening and closing interrupted me.
"Hmm... Blaze must be back," Claire spoke up.
I stood up and walked over to the short corridor leading to the door while Blade began to keep his stuff.
"Yeah, we should probably..." I stopped in mid-sentence. There was no-one there.
"Is there anything the matter?" I heard Blaze call back.
"Oh, not really," I heard a feminine voice reply.
Alarmed, I looked back at the living room, which was where the other end of the corridor lead to. I saw a Gardevoir speaking to Claire and Blade.
Ruse...
I tried to run back in the living room, but there seemed to be a Psychic barrier preventing me from exiting the short corridor.
"May I take a look at that gemmed-feather thing?" Ruse mischievously grinned
"Uh... The Divine Crescent?" Blade returned.
I hammered my fists to the Psychic barrier but nobody noticed me.
"Well, I suppose so..." Blade returned, reaching into his bag.
I hammered my fists louder, and all of a sudden Claire just randomly shot an Ice Beam at Ruse. The Psychic barrier faded, allowing me to get through.
"Rose!" Claire called out to me as I hurried over to her side.
"T-that wasn't Rose?" Blade shuddered as he staggered backwards away from Ruse.
The two of them hurried back to my side, but Ruse immediately teleported between them and me.
"Where are you going, Blade?" she grinned seductively.
"He's going with me!" I hissed, "What are you up to this time?"
She inched forward to Blade and tickled his chin.
"Isn't it obvious," she said in a soothingly seductive voice to Blade. The sight of her doing that made me angrily launch a Thunderbolt at her, at which she simply teleported away and reappeared in front of us all.
"You did me some good yesterday... You and your pathetic group..." she continued, exposing her teeth in a maniacal grin, "Do you know how it made me feel? It's giving me a huge urge to... destroy... you all... You hear that? So... Let's get STARTED!"
Without warning, she lobbed out a huge Shadow Ball at us as she simply cackled.
I guess there was only one way out again...
Note: Phew! Glad that's over. Aww, isn't that sweet... Our little Rose is actually falling for someone else now... Sadly, she's too stubborn to see it herself. Well, I'm done for the night, guys. As usual, I really wish to hear your opinions on this chapter. Don't forget to leave a review then. Good night then... I need to go to bed now to make up for my lack of sleep...