Fan Fiction ❯ The Goddess Sagas ❯ Getting to know the other. ( Chapter 15 )

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Chapter 15: Getting to know the other.

Two months had passed by quickly and they were still a little distant from the magic school. The trip had not taken nearly so

long since Genki had gotten a new capsule car and they had drove in it almost non-stop to reach the school. By miracle none of

Taromecika's flowers attacked them....But right now they were stopped...The car had a flat and they had no spare tire. And now

top of all that, it was a huge storm.

"....Oh....darn....yeah....I understand...ok." Genki put his cellar phone away and turned to the group with a grave expression.

"I'm afraid no one will be able to come a fix the tire for a few hours."

The group in the car moaned, sighing deeply.

"I don't like rainy days...they dampen my sprit..." Carrie frowned.

"I think we know peoples option on the rain from before." Ruto commented. "I love it....but not when I'm trapped in a cramped

car because of it."

Ryan sighed, taking his eyes away from Ruto...still after two months...everything between them had been shaky...sure they

started talking to each other again...but it never ended up as a comfortable little chat.

"What can we do until the rain lets down?" Lima asked, gazing out the window.

".........."

"I don't know..." Ryan sighed, hunching his shoulders. "I'm too cramped up to think."

Alex shot him a dirty look. "Yeah against me you are. This is such injustice."

"I know it's cramped, but none of us want to hear one of your little justice rants right now." Ryan snapped. Alex shot him a dirty

look, before closing his eyes, blocking him out of his view.

The car was very cramped, except for lucky Genki who was in the driver seat and Mimi and Carrie who shared a seat next to

him.

In the back, Ryan was near the window, pushed up against Alex, who was pushed up against Ruto, who was pushed up

against Lemon who was pushed up and rather happy about it, against Squall and Squall was unhappily pushed up against a

blushing Lima.

"I know!" Lemon suddenly exclaimed, a bright smile on his face. "We all can tell each other stories about ourselves!"

The group looked at him surprised.

"Yeah." He continued. "If we are going to travel together, we should get to know each other after all we are friends now, or at least I think trying to save the world together make sus friends."

Ruto smiled. "That's a great idea, Lemon! I've traveled with you all for awhile now...but we really never tried to get to know

each other."

"All in favor!" Lemon grinned.

"AYE!!!" Most of the group exclaimed, except for Squall and Alex.

"Heeeeeyyy, Alex." Ruto whined. "Come on...don't be a wet blanket."

Alex just shot her a death glare.

"Fine then...you can go out and get me some Strawberries and fudge, along with some whip-cream of course....and some

ice-cream and----"

"Fine! Damn, woman! Your eating too much junk lately, you'll get fat."

"So? Some fat people are pretty, anyway, it does not matter what you look like on the outside, so I don't care if I get fat! Just

get me some junk food or tell us a story!"

Alex sighed in defeat. "Ok I'll tell a damn story...later."

Lemon leaned over, so he was resting halfway on Squall's chest. The man-beast looked over at the other boy, who grinned

girlishly at him, revealing his two white, sharp little fangs.

"Squaaaallll." He cooed in that cute sounding little girl voice of his. "Please join in...."

"............No."

"Pleeeassse." Lemon cutely nipped the end of his ear, staring at him threw huge, watering violet eyes.

".......fine....just stop glomping me....!"

"Goodie!!" The Dampier exclaimed, brightly. "I'll go first!"

The group lessened as Lemon began his story.

"Well, you all probably know the more darker side of my life...but those are the things I would most rather forget about...So I'll

tell you a story about how Marie-Maya or rather how you know her, Ruto frist met. I was corrupted and became a devil by

then...the goddess wars were over were around five years and I took the body of a seven year old to try and retain some

innocence. But first a little bit about myself. You all know my real name is Mauls but I go by Lemon, I'm around 3 thousand years old...but of, as you can see, I don't look it. Vampires only look all old and wrinkly if they want to.

Heh! I'm lucky, no turning old for me! We can also change into any age we want too, but I like being thirteen! Anyway, my favorite

color is red and my favorite food is...heh-heh...cheese cake...I do need to drink blood....but I'm sort of...ahh...well...ever mind. And before any of you wonder...and if it's it's not clea alreadyr...I'm gay, and I have no problem with admitting that."

"Yeah, we don't have a problem with that either...infact Squall is also like that." Carrie smiled.

"Lima have nothing against that, I'm gay to!"

The group stares at her in shock.

"You.....are?" Ruto asked slowly.

"Yup! Why shouldn't Lima be? There is nothing wrong in being happy when your talking with your friends!"

The group sighed, shaking their heads.

"Not that kind of gay, Lima..." Ruto sighed.

"You mean there is another kind?"

"Forget it, Lemon, why not you continue on with your story?" Ruto smiled nervously, still freaked out by Lima's stupidty.

The Dampier nodded smiling. "All right it was a long time ago....."

~Lemon's Story~

A little boy with blonde hair tied up into two pigtails was leaned up against a fruit stand, he was wearing a red shirt and brown

shorts, and he was sighing, as he held on his rumbling stomach. He slowly reached up with his hand for an apple, but the vender

saw him and chased him away.

'....I never thought it would be so hard to get something to eat...mom......why did you leave me alone....? Damn you father.'

In his thoughts the boy did not notice a little girl come running down the street and run into him.

"Ouch!" The girl moaned, the hood of her bright blue cape falling over her face.

"Hey, you alright?"

"Yeah...I guess...sorry...I should watch where I'm going."

"That's alright. What's your name?"

"Marie....Marie-Maya...."

"My name is Mauls...hey...wait, Marie-Maya...as in princess? Princess Marie-Maya?"

"Yeah....I hate it though.... I ran away from the palace...please don't tell anyone who I am...."

"Ok...but if I was you, I would go home...it's so cold and lonely out on these streets."

".....Hmmmm....I saw you at the fruit stand earlier...why would that man not give you anything?"

Mauls rolled his eyes. "He wants money."

Marie-Maya smiled. "I know how you can get food! Hear take my bag, I have a plan!"

Mauls was standing behind an alleyway watching as Ruto wondered around the crowd as if looking for something and suddenly

she fell to her knees crying.

"I WANT MY MOMMMMMMMMY!!!!!!!"

Everyone gathered around her and that was when Lemon dashed forward, throwing fruit from the stand into Marie-Maya's

large bag. Of course, a person noticed him and he was instantly captured.

Marie-Maya cried for them to let him go as the fruit merchant grabbed that back of the boys shirt when he tried to run and

ripped it off his back. The townspeople gasped as devil wings unfolded themselves, and spread open,

He twisted around, what seemed to be a black belt unwrapped it's self around his waist, revealing it's self to be a tail.

"...Ah!!! What kind of creature!?"

"....A half-breed of some sort..."

"Ewwww"

"Gross!!"

The townspeople ran away, leaving Marie-Maya staring at him in surprise.

"I bet...you will run away too...." Mauls sighed, turning away. "Everyone thinks I'm a freak....No one even gives me a chance....They are all such meanies..."

The little boy stopped walking when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Marie-Maya smiled at him, a with a small grunt two large

angel wings tore threw the fabric of her clothes.

"Your not the only one who has wings." She grinned. "I know how you feel...I really don't have any friends...because everyone

knows I'm a princess...Why don't you come live with me...? We can pretend you are my servant and we can play together all the

time!"

"Hmmm....It sounds nice to have a friend...but...Your father...do you think he'll let you play with a boy?"

"...Well....you do look like a girl....we can pass you off as...a girl...I met at...my school...named Mally! Mally, Mauls...sounds

alike!"

Mauls chuckled. "Seems like you have it all planed. Well ok, that would be wonderful."

"Goody!! We can play tea-party, and dress up, and all sorts of things!"

--End of Lemons story----

Ruto smiled. "Those years were so much fun...I cried so much when you first left....But you said you wanted to find things out

about yourself...and redeem your soul...I waited so long for you to return...I gave you the orb to remember me by....I'm so

happy to be with you again."

"Yeah..." Lemon smiled, happily. "So who wants to go next?"

"Hmmmm...I'll go I guess." Genki shrugged. "As you all know my name is Genki Brief...I was born in Angeles... you

know...that tec-heaven where the school's pocket T.P.R.A. comes from....I have around a dozen sisters and one older brother....my oldest

sister Bra being the one in charge of making the capsules and other things, and my oldest brother Tenki who helps my sister

make many of the machines. I'm the runt in the family...I never got much attention from our parents...when they were still alive. Bra raised both Keith and I like her own sons. One of the many reasons why I left angeles was well...I liked technology, I liked it a lot, but I

wanted to do something different then the rest of my family, so...I took up Judo and other martial arts. Keith....he was like a brother...an older one who always teased me...and though we didn't get along that well...we never hated each other.I always thought we were related by blood but...I guess I was wrong. Keith's probably adopted

in a car crash with my parents...Both me and Keith wished we knew our parents since neither of us knew much about them, they died when I was ten and Keith eleven, but my sister Bra knew both of

them well and she would tell us things about them... Anyway...As I said once...I did not have any real adventures since I was ten...and that..." Genki put a hand subconioussely on his chest for a moment. "Is something I would rather forget, so I'll tell you a diffrent, and funny little story instead."

--GENKI'S STORY---

Two little boys, one with brown hair tied up in a long braid in the back, he was wearing a white shirt and brown shorts along

with an orange baseball cap. And another boy with short black hair, black shirt and jeans, both sat on the couch in a living

room.

"....I'm bored....The TV is still broke....Bra can fix anything...but she still did not fix the TV yet...." Genki, complained sighing.

"Shut up, with ya whining! You wont be bored tomorrow, we go back to school, and we're stuck with an training

mission." Keith reminded sharply.

"Ohhhh....!!" Genki moaned.

"Genki, Keith?" Bra called as she walked into the living room, running her hand threw her curly brown hair. Bra was around in

her early twenties, and was very attractive, with bright brown eyes and short blunt cut brown hair. She pushed her glasses back

up her nose smiling at them sweetly.

"Hey, boys, you think you could manage alone for a little while? I was called up on some business and I have to leave. I'll be

back in an hour or so."

"Kay, Sis!" Genki smiled, Keith only slightly turned his eyes towards her.

".....We aren't babies...we can take care of ourselves."

"Well...I'll bring home a pizza if your good, now, I have one main rule, do not go into my lab, I'm working on a new project in

there, and I don't want it broken."

"Kay...." Keith sighed.

Bra smiled. "Love you both, see you soon."

The two boys watched as the girl left the room, leaving both of them alone.

"Hey! Keith, I just remembered, Bra has this huge TV in her lab! We can go watch our shows on that!!"

Keith rewarded him with an icy glance. "....She said we aren't suppose to....didn't you hear her, idiot?"

"Yeah, but, she just doesn't want us to tamper with her project. If we don't touch it, I'm sure she wont get mad."

".....Hmmmm, fine, but if we get in trouble, it's all your fault."

The two boys crept into the room, their eyes wide at all the gizmo's and gadgets.

"WOW, look at the size of this TV!!" Genki exclaimed, eyes shining.

"There does not seem to be any buttons on it to turn it on...." Keith frowned studying it.

Grinning Genki pulled a funky looking remote of a messy desk. "I think this is the TV remote!"

Keith began to scream to him to stop but Genki had already pushed the button. Suddenly their whole vision was engulfed in a

bright light, and their bodies began to tingle.

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Genki moaned, he was laying in a bed of some sort, opening his eyes he saw he was in a bright pink, green and blue room.

"What the? Where am I?" He asked, then threw his hands to his mouth in horror at the girlish and squeaky sounding voice that came out

of it. Looking down at his hands he noticed they were a bright peachy colour and he had no fingers....?

"Wahh!?"

Genki turned his head to face where the second scream came from, to his surprise, a toddler girl with short black hair and large

green eyes, staring down at her fingerless hands and green dress in absolute disgust and horror.

"What the *Beep* in the *beeping* nine *beeping* *Beep* is going on here!?" The girl screamed, her swear words, actually

became beeping noises.

"...Keith?" Genki asked slowly.

The black haired girl turned to him, and pointed and began to laugh her head off.

"What?" Genki asked, putting his hands on his hips. Out of the corner of his eyes he caught site on a mirror that hung on the

wall, and screamed. He had short blond pig-tails, huge blue eyes, and was glad in a blue dress just likes Keith's, and if it was

not already obvious, he was a little toddler girl too!

"WE....DEAR GOD....!!" Genki screamed. "SOMEHOW WE GOT SUCKED INTO THE TV...AND...GOD HELP US, WE

ARE TRAPPED IN A POWER-PUFF GIRLS(Power puff girls belong to the writers who created them and not to the author

who is writing this story and are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm) EPISODE!!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Keith cried. "Not the Power Puff Girls! (Power puff girls belong to the writers who

created them and not to the author who is writing this story and are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm)

To their horror in the middle of them where a red-head toddler girl once sleep, she was getting up, blinking at them tiredly threw

her huge pink eyes, she began in that annoying voice of hers.

"....Girls....what's wrong, why are you all screaming like that, shouldn't you know that girls our age need their beauty sleep, and

so we can be ready to fight crime and do our school work in the morning. I mean how can we be crime fighters if

we...blah....blah...blah...."

"ARGH!!!" Genki and Keith screamed together. "IT'S BLOSSOM!!! THE ANNOYING MOST *BEEPING* POWER

PUFF GIRL ( Power puff girls belong to the writers who created them and not to the author who is writing this story, and are

trademarked Cartoon Network Tm) "

Annoyed both Genki and Keith crossed their arms over their chests.

"....If I hear one more 'beeping sound' when I try to swear again, I'm going to scream." Keith growled.

"Yeah...I mean of all TV shows to get zapped into why did we have to get sucked in Power Puff Girls( Power Puff girls belong

to the writers who created them and not to the author who is writing this story, and are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm)"

Genki rolled his eyes.

"Geeze, all that just to say the word Power( Power Puff girls belong to the writers who created them) Puff ( and not to the

author who is writing this story...) Girls....(and are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm) Hey!! Heh-heh!! This is kind of fun!!

Power Puff Girls!! (Power Puff girls belong to the writers who created them and not to the author who is writing this story, and

are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm)

Keith sighed annoyed. " While your having fun messing with the copyrights, I'm going to find away out of this *beeping*

world....AHHHHH!!! *BEEPING!!!!* STOP WITH THE *BEEPING* BEEPS!!!!"

"What are you talking about?" Blossom continued on in her demonic annoying voice. "I think you need a rest Buttercup, You too

Bubbles....Blah, Blah, Blah...."

"That's it! DIE!!" Keith blasted Blossom with fire magic, burning her to a crisp.

"You killed one of the power puff girls!! ( Power Puff Girls belong to the writers who created them and not to the author who is

writing this story, and are trademarked Cartoon Network Tm)

"I DON'T CARE!!! IT WAS BLOSSOM!!!"

"Oh! Yeah....Blossom was a total *beep* Good job, Keith."

Suddenly they began to feel their bodies begin to tingle and suddenly they were back in Bra's lab, Bra was staring at them

enraged.

"Awww....beep...." Keith swore.

----End Of Genki's Story----

The people in the car were laughing by the time he finished his story.

"What?" He asked, with a puzzled expression.

"....The Power Puff Girls....?" Mimi asked weakly, trying to hold in a giggle.

Genki blushed. ".....Yeah...."

"That's Lima's favourite show." The elf smiled.

"....Figures...." Squall commented.

"....Keith in a dress...." Ryan smirked.

"Keith.....yeah...it's hard to image him dressed like that now." Lemon smiled, but something in his face was just different at the

sound of Keith's name.

"So whose next?" Genki grinned, widely. "What about you, Mimi?"

Mimi blushed shyly. "Me....oh...ok...Um, Well you all know my name is Mimi Sakura, I'm 16 years old...I'm rather short for

my age...uhhh...My mother is a fairy, my father is a human...my favourite colour is pink and I love flowers...Uhhh.... My

favourite food is strawberries...and cherry pie...Umm...Nothing to much interesting happened in my life, except for one little invent

which happened when I was nine...."

---Mimi's story---

A little girl, around the height of an average two year old, was setting near a pond in a thick woods, she was surrounded by

wild flowers, but she did not seem to be paying them any attention. Instead her eyes were fixed down at the pawn, staring

down at a little girl with short pink hair, and wearing a dark pink skirt with a pale pink shirt. A small tear rolled down her cheek,

falling into the pawn causing her reflection to ripple.

"....Why is it....none of the other kids will play with me....why do they all tease me so much...? I wish...I wish I had a

friend....just one friend...."

A soft breeze blew, ruffling her hair and she looked up at the sky, wearing Apple-blossom petal's where falling from the trees,

their sweet scent lingering in the air. Suddenly she heard a footstep behind her and she turned startled to see who it was.

"Whose There?"

She gaped in amazement as she stared at the opposite side of the lake at a Pegasus. It was a beautiful white horse with a horn

and a pair of wings. She was transfixed, to scared to move and scare it away. Suddenly it fell to one of it's knees, concerned

Mimi approached it and saw one of it's legs were bleeding.

"Oh...you poor thing. Hear, let me help you." Mimi knelt down next to it. At first the Pegasus was scared but began relax as the

Fairy-half rested her small hands on her sore leg and began to use a healing spell. Once it's leg was better the Pegasus looked

towards her and seemed to smile.

"Thank you." It said in a young, male voice.

"You can talk?"

"Only those with pure hearts can hear me."

"Oh....What's your name? Mine is Mimi."

"Link...."

"Link, it's nice to meet you..."

"Mimi, I'm the protector of these forests...however, my power has become so weaken, I can't stay hear in the forests on my

own anymore...."

"What are you saying?"

"....I need to be able to live in someone dreams...and I can be summoned when the forest is in danger...However that person

must be pure in heart, and pure in soul...you're the only one in this village with a soul of crystal cleanness. Well you accept me?"

"...Ok..."

Suddenly Mimi could feel a warm energy surround her and Link was gone, but in her hand laid an pink flower shaped rod with

two bells attached to it. In her mind she could hear Link's words echo threw out her head.

' When the forest is in danger...ring these bells t summon me...I'll always be near...and in your pure dreams.'

Mimi smiled, gazing up at the sun. 'I guess that means that I have a friend...my wish came true...'

~ End Of Mimi's story~

Mimi smiled, making the Bells from her story appear in her hands.

"I'm able to summon Link at anytime....but...I promised only to summon him when the fairy-forest is in danger."

"Wow, Mimi, that was so sweet!" Genki smiled, the fairy-half blushed shyly.

"You think so?"

"Yup!"

"Lima go next!" The elf giggled.

"We're in for a treat..." Squall mumbled sarcastically.

Lima batted her eyes at him. "Lima, knows Squall wants to hear Lima's story."

"..........."

Smiling the elf began. " Lima's name is Lima Waterflower....Lima loves water...and the tress...and Lima loves apples,

oranges...fudge-bars...pies...cakes...cup cakes too...let's see...herbal tea....carrots....pineapple...water melon....oh, lots of

things! Heh-heh!! Lima is twenty-one....Lima loves to study the occult...Lima is very good occultist! And Lima's dream is to

become...a teacher...."

Some of the group began to laugh, but Lima did not hear them, or choose not to.

"Lima lived a pretty good life....Best moments were with Lima's friend Pai-Pai...."

~Lima's Story~

"Hey, Lima-chan!" Pai-Pai, around the age of twelve smiled, jogging up to Lima, who was setting on the porch of her house,

stuffing her face with bread.

"Yeah, Pai-chan?"

" There is a dance festival is the village, I need a partner, and Rita-chan is sick, will you be my partner?"

"...Lima be partner...but, Lima can't dance to well...."

"Oh, come on, give it a try!" Pai-Pai smiled, grabbing her friend by the arm and pulling her off of her porch.

"Hear Lima! Wear this!" Pai-Pai tossed her an white skirt and yellow tank-top. "Just fallow my leads, and You'll be fine!"

"Lima will try!"

"That's the sprit!"

The two girls were waiting for their turn, behind the stage and Lima was getting nervous. She was known to mess up everything

she did, she did not want Pai-Pai to get mad at her for making her lose the dance contest and make a fool of her.

"Up next..." The announcer began fishing threw his cards. "Pai-Pai Kasumie, And...Lima Waterflower? Ohhh boy....Well hear

they are!!"

The two girls walk out on stage, the audience cheered and some laughed, pointing at Lima.

"Don't worry...You'll do fine." Pai-Pai reassured.

"Thanks...."

The two girls did their dance retune, Lima messed up once or twice but she was able to keep up with Pai-Pai pretty well,

infact, she was almost even better then the dancing queen. The audience were in awe, they never excepted Lima to have such a

talent...I mean, the girl could not even walk and chew gum at the same time without falling down, who on earth could have known she could dance.

The two girls bowed and the audience cheered loudly. After they walk backstage, Pai-Pai smiled warmly at Lima.

"See I told you, you could do it."

"....I guess....I'm not an idiot in everything...."

Pai-Pai just smiled, giving her friend a big hug. "You never were an idiot..."

--End of Lima's story-

Some of the group exchanged guilty looks, considering most of them at one point had thought or called her an idiot.

"That was a nice story Lima." Ruto smiled.

"THANKS!" The elf beamed happily. "Who's going to go next?"

"I'll go." Carrie smiled, twisting around in her seat, so the group in the back could see her face.

"My name is Carrie Fernandez...I'm twelve, I have sorcery powers that I inherited from my now demised family...so I'm an

orphan...My favourite colure is forest green, and I like to speak Spanish and write poetry. I have a fear of dogs... I also like to

draw and...when I was younger...Me and my sister Kathy would play pranks on the towns people in the towns our family

visited."

~ Carrie's Story~

Carrie around the age of ten grinned up and Kathy as their wagon arrived in a small little village, to rest for the night.

"Hey Kathy, I told you we would get hear before tomorrow, you owe me, five bucks!"

"Naww, Oh well..."

Their father who was the wagon driver, turned towards Kathy. "I'm going to go get us a room in the motel, please watch

the younger children...and your sister, you know how helpless she can be at times."

"Kay, daddy!" Kathy smiled, while Carrie glared angrily.

It was in the middle of the winter and it was freezing out, and everyone in the large Fernandez family could not wait to get out of

their cold wagon and into some nice warm beds. Around ten minuets later their father came out of the motel, and deep frown

embedded on his face. And as soon as he got into the wagon, everyone knew why...

"They said they don't let 'dirty Spanish witches' into their motels."

The members of the Fernandez family grumbled and cursed at this, but there was really nothing they could do about it, so they

were forced to settle down to sleep in their cold little wagon.

That night Carrie and Kathy were to cold to sleep, and spent their time shivering.

"....Carrie....I have away to make that mean old motel owner regret not letting us stay in his inn..."

"How, Kathy?"

The older sister grinned, and pulled out a spell book and began to flip threw it.

"Now let's see....turning someone into a frog...um....making someone think they are a dog...no...making someone do the ballet

every time they hear the word Swan...Hmmmm...naw... ah! Hear it is, 'Haunting the dreams.'"

"Haunting the dreams?" Carrie blinked confused. Kathy grinned, her pearly whites gleaming in the moonlight.

"With this spell we can enter into that old mans dreams and wreck havoc on him all night!"

Carrie smiled. "Let's do it! We'll get even with that mean old mister!"

---Old man's dream---

The motel owner laughed, throwing his gold coins into the air gleefully.

"So much money and it is all mine!!! HAHAHA!!!"

The man went to scoop up more of his gold but when he touched it, he did not find gold but something smooth and hard. Not

to mention, what ever it was, it was crawling all over his hands. Opening his eyes he let out a startled gasp. His gold had turned

into millions of tiny cockroaches. The man pulled away with a scream, sweat beading on his wrinkly forehead. Suddenly little

green and blue lights began to circle around his head, making him dizzy.

"What's going on, here!?" He exclaimed. Around him he could hear laugher, and opening his eyes he saw faces appear in the

lights. The faces of Kathy appeared in the blue lights and Carrie's laughing image appeared in the green lights.

"Fernandez witches!!" He exclaimed, dashing forward to try and escape from the lights ahead of him, suddenly he was thrown

backwards, as the image of a hand appeared blocking his path. The man began to tremble and turned around to face the two

girls who had appeared out of the lights and were stalking towards him.

"Please...Leave me alone!! What do you want!?"

The two girls smile.

"We want you punished for your evilness you've shown to our family." Kathy explained. Carrie grinned.

"Let us into your Inn, for free, or else we'll haunt your dreams forever!"

The man growled clenching his fists. " You two children think you can scare me!?"

Kathy just smirked and then suddenly thousands of knives came shouting out of no where, aimed straight for the greedy old

mans heart.

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Carrie and Kathy awoke to the loud voice of the man, running up to their wagon in his heart PJ'S and offering them a room for

free.

"Thanks." Carrie and Kathy told him sweetly, evil little grins on their faces.

Yelping the man ran off, leaving the rest of the Fernandez family confused.

"What do you think is wrong with him?" Carrie's mother asked confused.

Their father grinned, taking a sly little glance back at his two daughters. "I don't know...but I have a feeling I know who is

responsible for his sudden change of heart."

---End of Carrie's Story-

"Yeah..." Carrie continued. "The time I spent with my family is the most happy times of my life...To bad

those days are gone forever...."

The group looked at her sadly.

"Carrie." Mimi whispered. The little girl shock her head and forced a smile.

"I'm alright...my family is still alive...just as long as I remember them. No one is ever really dead unless we forget them, so If we

keep them in our hearts, they will be alive forever....Whose next?"

"Hey, Alex." Ruto smiled. "Why don't you go?"

Alex eyed her sharply.

"Remember...if you don't you have to walk and get me treats."

Alex grumbled a few curse words about injustice before speaking. "My name is Alex, I was trained to protect Angelo and

Marie-Maya, and I will complete my mission at all cost."

The group waited for more, but all what they received was silents.

"Alex." Ruto scolded. "What about your age? Your hobbies, your dreams?"

"Age; twenty, hobbies, not any of your concerns, and dreams are for weaklings."

Ruto sighed. "What about your past?"

Ryan did not know if anyone else noticed it but for a second, when Ruto mentioned his past, he swore he could see a glint of

fear in the solider eyes. No...saying it was a look of fear would be to shallow to describe the emotions he saw in that cold stare.

He could not really describe it, but it seemed to be a mixture of fear, hate, pain, sadness, anguish, despair, anger, and terror.

"My past...is not your concern....."

Ruto sighed, giving up on the solider. " Alex....if you ever want to talk about it...I'm hear if you change your mind."

'Only weaklings tell others their problems....why tell you? It's not like you can erase the past...'

Lemon smiled up at Squall cutely. "Squaaaallll." He cooed.

The man-beast sighed. ".....My past...it's not a thing I wish to talk about...anyway, most of you already know it....As you know,

my name is Squall...I'm a man-beast....I like roast beef...and I...I like hunting....and sports, I hate eggplant, and talking. That's

about it..."

Lemon frowned. "Awww....I was hoping to hear more...oh well. I'll find my own ways to learn about you." He sighed, leaning

his head on the boys chest who began to blush wildly.

"Well...I guess that leaves me and.....Ryan....uhhh....I guess I'll go...." Ruto fumbled around nervously before starting.

"Ok, you all know my real name is Marie-Maya Gazumaro , but I just want to be called Ruto after my mother. I love to sing,

and I love to swim even more, I love the water so much. I admit myself I have a short temper, and my favourite colour is blue

and purple. My favourite food is chicken and corn mixed in with rice. I have a few stories from my past...but they are all

sad....and I don't want to upset the atmosphere in hear....so...we'll just leave my info about myself at that. I'll just focus on the

future, a future where I can finally live like a real person and not like a crystal

doll. A future where I can be...free..." Ruto finished off with a smile on her face.

Ryan could not help but smile at the dreamy expression on the girls face, his smile faded though when Genki's voice rang out

from the front.

"Hey Ryan, your turn, tell us about yourself!"

The boy blushed, and began to wring his hands nervously.

"Um...well, My name is Ryan, I don't know my last name...and I hardly have any memories of my family and all my past from age age 10 to when I was born I can't remember, my memories only start when I'm eleven....the only person I

was ever really close to while growing up was my little sister...Parfait.I...well, my favourite thing to eat is rare-stake...and

um...I like playing soccer and training...I lived at the magic school for almost as long as I could remember...I know I was found

my Miss. Lena...and that my sword had been found with me....But...besides that...all I have is this picture....Parfait's

locket....that had been found with her...."

The group watched intently as he pull out the large red locket which he wore underneath his shirt and opened it, to reveal the

picture of the blonde haired, blue eyed woman. She had a small smile on her face, but her eyes...her eyes looked as if she was

about to start crying.

Lemon drew back, as though stung by something, voilite eyes growing three sizes. He accidently pushed himself back into Squall who looked back at him confused, but decided not to say anything.

"She's pretty." Carrie commented.

"Yeah, you both, sort of look alike, could she be your mother or something?" Genki asked clumsily.

"Uh....well....I...I don't really know...." Ryan frowned, staring at the picture of the young woman with a sad gaze. She did seem

familiar, but could this woman really be his mother...well, it would make sense.

"....Hmmmmm, Ryan...." Ruto smiled, leaned over, touching his hand with hers.

He looked at her startled.

"....I'm sure whoever she was....really cared about you...maybe...someday you'll find this woman again. I would love to meet

your mother someday."

Ryan blushed, and nodded. "Yeah, I would too."

Suddenly a large noise came from outside the car and the group twisted around to look out the window.

"Ah!" Genki exclaimed. "Finally, Their hear to fix it! We can get moving again!"

"That's good." Alex commented. "I can't stand being cramped up a second longer."

"Well it was fun getting to know everyone a little more." Lemon grinned, happily, but still seemed shakend.

"....Uh....Ruto...." Ryan began, blushing as he noticed Ruto's hand still laying on top of his. Blushing she pulled away as if burnt.

"I'm sorry, I must of spaced out, didn't know I still had my hand there." She apologized quickly. His hand suddenly felt so cold, and with a small sighed he looked back at the picture of the woman and frowned.

'This woman...I know, I know I saw her not that long ago...but where!?'