Fire
By: BlackLiGurl
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue

Note: Meow...Here's the 4th chapter. I finally got the italics to work (Thanks to 's new QuickEdit) so now the thoughts will be italized (did I spell that right). Now read it or die...'kay?!

Chapter 4: Memories Far Away

Hiro and I had went on our adventure several months ago and we had a blast. We went to this strange cave that appeared in the Althena's Springs. There we found a strange orcarina in a chest in the room in the very back. Then, we explored the Lion's Head. That was a hard place to explore because the monsters there were really tough. If I hadn't gone with him, Hiro would have been toast! But now, it was that time, again. Hiro, Lucia, Lemina, Jean, Ronfar, Leo, and myself were all gathered around that big green crystal at the Star Dragon Tower once again. Hiro and Lucia were about to return to the Blue Star. No one was sad this time. No one except for me.

"See ya chief! See ya Lucia!"

"Don't make yourselves strangers, 'kay?" Jean said.

"Now that we know that you can visit, you better visit often! Lucia's an honorary member of the Magic Guild now!"

"It was great seeing you two again," Leo said, shaking Hiro and Lucia's hands.

I walked over to Hiro and looked up at him sadly.

"They're right...visit often because I'll miss you..." I said, wiping a few tears from my eyes.

"Don't worry, we will! And this time, I'll bring something back for everyone!"

"In the near future, you all should be able to come to the Blue Star to visit us," Lucia said happily.

I got on my toes and quickly kissed him, making him blush. He stared at me as I backed up and looked down at my feet.

"Good luck then..." I mumbled.

We watched as the couple stepped into the liquidy green crystal and disappeared. Ronfar let me hug him and cry into his chest.

'I can't believe Hiro's gone again. But, I knew this was going to happen so I should have prepared myself for this...'

The group left and went their separate ways, once again. This time, they used the Dragonship Destiny to take each other home so I all I had to do was take Lemina home. After I dropped Lemina off, I walked to Taben's Peak, where Nall was waiting. He was making the Dragon Kids lunch when I walked through the door. I sat at the kitchen table in silence as everyone around me chattered and yelled. Nall gave everyone their lunches and sat next to me with a plate of fish.

"Yes?" I finally asked.

"Fish?"

He nudged his plate over to me and whimpered quietly, wanting me to accept it. I glared at him and turned my head.

"Eat something...it'll make you feel better..." he said softly.

I glanced at him again. He whimpered and gave me a puppy-dog look, making me giggle. He smiled at me.

"Now that you've laughed...eat! Food always make me happy!"

Knowing that chances were that he wasn't going to give up, I gave in and took the fish. While I ate, he just stared at the fish that he had obviously wanted.

"Nall..."

"Yes..."

"You wanted this didn't you?"

He averted his gaze from the fish to me then laughed as he looked away embarassed.

"Actually I did...but you came in all sad and I knew that if I gave you my fish it would make you happy..."

"That's really sweet of you..."

I decided to give him half of the fish, which actually made him very happy. It was nice to see him happy like that, I didn't understand why though.

"So Hiro and Lucia went back to the Blue Star?" he asked with a mouth full of fish.

"Yeah..." I said, looking down at the rest of my fish.

"Well...I said he would be back last time, and he did come back. So, I'll say he'll come back this time, and he will come back again..." he said taking my small hand into his.

I looked up at him and couldn't help but laugh. There was crumbs all over his face and the fish fin was sticking out of his mouth. He frowned.

"What? Why are you laughing?"

"You always know how to make me feel better..." I said as I picked up a napkin and wiped his face off.

"I didn't do that on purpose you know!"

"That's the sad part about it..." I mumbled, "over 1000 years old and still act so immature..."

"I know you are but what am I!?"

"Immature!"

"I know you are but what am I!?"

"Immature!"

"I know you are but what am I!?"

I just shook my head and laughed as I continued to eat my fish. Every now and then I would catch him giving me a dirty look. When lunch was over, it was just me and Nall at the kitchen table. He still was chewing on a the fish fin like it was a chew toy. I tapped him, making him look up from his new toy.

"Are you you happy that Hiro left?"

"I dunno..." he said taking the fin out of his mouth, "it makes me happy that Lucia won't be alone while restoring the Blue Star and that Hiro will be with the woman he loves...but it makes me sad to see a friend go and to see another friend feel lonely because of it..."

"You mean me?"

"Duh..."

"Oh...I didn't know you cared like that..." I said fumbling with my fingers.

"Well, I don't like to see others lonely. It reminds me of...things..." he trailed off.

"Like?"

"Like it's none of your business!" Nall suddenly snapped.

"You don't have to be so rude!!" I snapped back.

"Well you shouldn't be butting in other people's business anyway you...bratty little girl!"

"You were talking to me so it was my business too you dumb bastard!!"

"I'm not talking to you anymore so now it's not your business!!"

Just as I was about to retaliate, he stood up and walked out.

'Maybe I shouldn't have been prying...'

I sat there and thought about it. This felt just like when Hiro first left. Nall was trying to comfort me and then we wound up fighting. All I needed to do now was leave. But instead of leaving, I decided to say sorry right then and there. So, eventually, I followed him to his room. He was laying on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"Nall, I-I'm-"

"No..."

I blinked as he gazed blankly at the rusted ceiling.

"No? Whaddya-"

"I'm sorry...I shouldn't have yelled at you..."

"Oh...but-"

"No..."

Every time I attempted to apologize, he would say, "No". So, I sat on the bed and put my hand over his mouth so he couldn't speak.

"Now...I wanna say sorry for asking. I should have known you wouldn't want to talk about whatever it was you were reminded of," I said quickly.

I removed my hand. He sat up and looked at me.

"You don't have to apologize," he said. He looked away and back up at the ceiling, "did you know...this is where my father died..."

"Father? Well...uh...no. Why did you-"

"This is also the very same building that caused Vane to fall from the sky...strange how some of my most horrible memories are here along side with my good ones..."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Thought it might be interesting..."

I stared at him. He wasn't being himself again and it disturbed me when he did that, which was often these days. Suddenly, he smiled.

"I'm glad you're here..."

"Gees Nall! Why are you being so weird!? First you act all nice, then mean, then you don't want me to say I'm sorry so you can gloat, then you're talking about the bad memories of this place, and now you're acting all nice again!!! Quit it!"

He chuckled at my frustration, making me even more frustrated.

"You're silly..."

"I'd be burning you to a crisp right now if I knew how to use magic..."

Suddenly, I thought about something. I took out the old orcarina me and Hiro found in the cave at Althena's Springs. When we found it, I decided that I should ask Nall about it, seeing as though Nall was really old and knew about old things.

"I wanted to show you something me and Hiro found!" I said taking it out.

Nall stared at it in shock and snatched it from me. I pouted and put my hands on my hips.

"Snatching isn't nice!"

"W-where did you find this!?" he asked, glancing at me for a moment then back at the orcarina.

"Uh...in a cave in the Althena's Springs."

"Then that mean this is..."

He brought it to his mouth and began to play this really pretty song. It was slow and haunting, yet very soothing. The song made me want to smile, cry, and sing, all at the same time. When it ended, I took a deep breath and looked at him. Nall looked at it like he was in a dream. It seemed as though the orcarina had some special meaning to him. In his eyes, there was deep emotion that I don't usually see in him. Instead of his youthful, playful boy inside of him, there was a deeply hurt man. He smiled, slightly sad and slightly happy.

"Well...that definately brought back many memories..."

"Why?" I exhaled.

"This...is Alex's orcarina..." he said dazed, "He gave this to me when he died and I put it in the Althena's Springs some time ago...I couldn't stand to look at it at the time..."

"What was that song?" I asked.

"The song Alex used to always play on it...with Luna singing along with him. It was a song to Althena called 'Thoughts Far Away'...written by Dragonmaster Dyne and passed on to Alex..."

(A/N: I finally figured out the name to that freakin' song...)

Nall sighed and nuzzled the small, worn-out, instrument against his face.

"Nall..is that orcarina important to you?"

"Of course!" he said put it down beside him.

I put my hands on top of the orcarina and pushed it closer to him.

"Here you go...it's yours..."

He stared at me bewildered for a while, before chuckling and shaking his head.

"Silly...I wasn't planning on giving it back to you..." he said smirking.

"You thief!" I exclaimed, punching him playfully.

"That's what I am...but, I'll consider it a gift anyway. Thanks."

I smiled at him as he walked away with the orcarina in his hand. Deep down I was so happy that I could make him happy. It was like earlier with the fish. Whenever Nall smiled his rougish, "I'm-the-best", smile that showed off his pearly white fangs, it made my heart beat like crazy and my head feel light with joy. I stood up and walked out to the playground where the kids were. A little later, all the kids had went inside to eat dinner and I was gazing out at the sunset when Nall walked up behind me.

"Ruby..." he said tapping me.

I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at him. He was smiling broadly and his hands were behind his back. I raised an eyebrow as he hummed happily. Just a few hours ago he was upset about his bad memories and now he's smiling ear-to-ear and humming.

"Yeah?"

"Having fun?"

"What? Uh...no?"

"You wanna know why?"

"Why?"

"'Cause...you got hit with a water balloon!!"

Suddenly, he threw a big red water balloon at me, soaking me. I gasped and fell backward onto my butt. Nall smiled and helped me up. I growled and pouted.

"Sorry...I couldn't help myself..." he laughed.

"Yeah well...ha ha...very funny!"

He lowered his eyes and smirked an odd smirk. I blinked as he lifted my arm, like someone would do when they were looking at your new clothes.

"Hm...Ronfar was right..."

Curious, I looked down as well to see what he was talking about. My red bra was showing through the white T-shirt I was wearing. I growled and punched Nall in the shoulder.

"You pervert!!"

"Nyah!"

He laughed in a teasing way and ran away. I scowled and ran after him.

"Get back here you dirty old man!!"

"Oh, don't act like you didn't like it! You were all hot, sweaty, and bothered!"

"Now you know that didn't sound right!" I screamed as I chased him around a corner.

"Nyah nyah!"

Suddenly, when I had rounded another corner, I couldn't find him. So I stopped and looked around.

"Nall where are-YAH!!!"

Abruptly, my sentence was ended by a bucket full of water being dumped onto my head. I snapped my head up and saw Nall hanging upside down by a pipe on the ceiling.

"Wow, I have a great view from here!"

I flushed and covered my chest. He smiled contently at me.

"Quit it!"

"Here..."

Nall slid his coat off and dropped it onto my head. I put it on and looked up at him again. He smiled.

"That was actually quite...fun..." he said.

He dropped down and attempting to land gracefully on his feet. However, he landed on the water puddle, slipped, and fell...on me. We both blushed and stayed that way for awhile, just staring into each other's eyes.

'This feels so weird...him on top of me...yet it feels so good...but then again...he's really heavy and he's crushing me!! Get off of me already you doh-doh! No! Stay there forever...NO! Uh...what DO I want?'

"Ruby...I have to tell you something..."

"Y-yeah?"

"I-"

"Big Brother! Can you fix my dress?" a little girl said, holding up a torn dress.

Nall looked away from me and got off quickly. He brushed himself off and went with the little girl to sew up her dress. I sat up and stared after him.

"How...strange..."

Note: Heh...funny. The water balloon thing I got from something that happened to a friend of mine when he was on a C.O.T (it's a ROTC thing where you go to a camp and train and stuff). If anyone wants to use that idea, you can! Just gimme my props! Anyway, this is the last chapter I've written so far so I warn you, it might be a while before I can update this story...ya know, thanks to writer's block and all...