Name of Character: Genma Name of Army: Saotome Name of Castle: Tendo PLACE: Ryube Forest "Bonaparte, it's OK! Don't be scared!" a young girl said. A 14-year-old girl who goes by the name of Millie has just found her lost pet groundhog, Bonaparte, running around in the forests north of Ryube. She was able to find Bonaparte with the help of a 16-year-old young man named Genma who offered to help Millie search for her missing pet. "Thanks for your help Genma," said Millie. "Anything I can do to repay you?" "Well," said Genma. "Right now I'm working in this mercenary fort west of Ryube. The boss has been looking for some new recruits." "Hmm, mercenary fort eh?" said Millie. "Sounds fun! What do you think, Bonaparte?" Bonaparte let out a small hamster-like squeal. "Sure, we'll join your fort!" PLACE: Greenhill/Muse Border "Gadget, why didn't you go attack those Highlanders like I told you?" another young girl asked. The 16-year-old trickster named Meg has been traveling around the world with her clockwork barrel named Gadget as her uncle Juppo suggested to become a true trickster. "I AM NOT A TOOL USED FOR FIGHTING!" said Gadget. "Dang it! Juppo could've gotten me a better device than this!" Meg complained. Gadget was starting to get impatient with Meg when Genma appeared. "Oh hello there!" Meg greeted to Genma. "If you're trying to pass the guards, you're out of luck!" "PROCESSING CHARACTER INFORMATION" said Gadget. "IDENTITY: LEADER GENMA OF THE SAOTOME ARMY!" "What? The leader of the Saotome army?" asked Meg in surprise. "Did you hear that Gadget?" Gadget looked at Meg with a disturbed feeling. "So you're fighting the Highland Army? Sounds like quite an adventure." "YOU'RE THINKING OF JOINING THE SAOTOME ARMY?!" asked Gadget. "That's not such a bad idea Gadget!" said Meg. "That could be a lot of fun to be in the army." "Well, I have been looking for recruits," said Genma. "Cool! Looks like we're in the Saotome army now Gadget," said Meg. PLACE: Tendo Castle "Well, here is your room." said a woman to Meg. "You're going to have to share a room with someone since the castle is still too small to have enough rooms for anyone. Is that fine with you?" "Oh that's okay!" said Meg. "It'd be nice to make some new friends. Anyway, thanks for leading me to my room Miss..." "Hilda," said the lady. "My name is Hilda." "Cool, my name is Meg! You're a member of the Saotome army too?" "Yes I am, now if you excuse me I have to go back to my inn." "Okay, see ya!" As Hilda headed back to her inn, Meg opened the door to her room and walked in. She was just expecting to see her roommate and say hello but instead, she found a giant 8-eyed creature jumping at her and it was making small monstrous growls at her. "What the heck is that thing?!" shouted Meg. "CAUTION!! DANGEROUS CREATURE!!" said Gadget. Just before Meg could do anything, the creature widely opened its mouth and inhaled Meg into it. It was about to gobble her up and swallow but then a voice called to the monster ordering it to stop. "BONAPARTE!!! SPIT HER OUT!!!" said the voice. When the creature heard the voice, it hesitated to chew up Meg and it spit her out against the wall in the room. Meg got up as she tried to get the drool off her clothes when a hand reached up in front of her with a towel. Meg looked and saw that it was Millie who was handing her the towel. "Please forgive Bonaparte!" said Millie. "He doesn't like the company of strangers!" "Uhh.. it's okay... I'm fine..." replied Meg softly. Meg was just about to grab the towel off of Millie but she couldn't help but notice something interesting about Millie. Meg was staring straight into Millie's light blue eyes as Millie continued to hold out the towel. Millie then noticed that Meg was staring at her too long and she didn't even grab the towel. "Hey is something wrong?" asked Millie. "Do I have anything on my face?" "Huh?" said Meg as she lost her train of thought "Oh, no! There's nothing wrong with your face." "You sure? You were staring at me for some reason." "No, it's fine!" "Um, okay. If you say so. By the way, name's Millie." "I'm Meg." "Pleased to meet you." 'Millie, that's such a nice name...' said Meg in thought. PLACE: Tendo Castle Baths Meg has just came out of the open-air bathtub of the castle. Meg was wrapped in a bright blue robe and was drying up her hair with a fluffy white towel. When she came out of the baths, she found Millie waiting for her at the entrance with Bonaparte in her arms. "Oh hey Millie!" "Meg, I'm really sorry about what happened before." "Why are you apologizing?! THAT'S GOT TO BE THE COOLEST EXPERIENCE I EVER LIVED THROUGH!!!" "What? You were getting eaten alive! I know Bonaparte isn't perfect but he's really sweet once you get to know him." "Hey don't worry about it! I always love an adventure. 'Adventure calls' you know." "'Adventure calls?' You must be a very outgoing person." "You really think so?" "Yeah, I like that." PLACE: Hai Yo's Restaurant Meg was sitting at a table with Bonaparte while waiting for Millie to bring her the food. As Meg was waiting for Millie to arrive, she gets lost in a train of thought. 'Millie...' thought Meg. 'What a pretty girl. I don't know why but I have this really strange feeling towards her. But what is it? I wonder how she feels towards me.' "Hello Meg! Hello my dear sweet Bonaparte!" "Oh, Millie! I didn't see you coming!" "Really? Got something on your mind?" "Not much really." "You sure?" "Yes." "If you say so, anyway I got the food you ordered. There's the anchovy pizza for Meg, the cheesecake for me, and some tomato juice for Bonaparte. Say, where's Gadget?" "I kept Gadget in my room. It started making these funny noises so I pulled out this thingy out of him and then it stopped working for some reason." "Well that thingy is pretty weird. Where did you get it?" "My uncle Juppo gave it to me. He said that I must travel with it if I want to become a true trickster." Millie made a surprised look. "Oh, you're a trickster? I didn't know!" "Well, actually I'm only an apprentice. I would have to complete my journey before I become a real trickster. But I'm having lots of fun in my journey. At one time, I was a member of the Liberation Army during the Gate Rune Wars." Millie gasped. "Really?! The Liberation Army?! The same army led by McDohl?!" "Yep," replied Meg, "It was a great experience! I only joined because I found out my uncle Juppo was a member and I wanted him to teach me some tricks but then I ended up doing more than I wanted and believe me, it was really cool." "Wow!" said Millie in surprise, "A trickster AND a former member of the Liberation Army! I'm going to like you a lot!" 'Like me a lot?' thought Meg, 'Now I'm getting really shakey inside. What the heck is wrong with me?' PLACE: Meg and Millie's Room It was a typical night in Tendo Castle. People were getting ready for bed after a long day of battling against the Highland Kingdom. Meg on the other hand was spending the entire day fixing up Gadget in attempt to make it a more powerful fighting machine. "Hmm, maybe if I pull on this thingy here and put it here," said Meg. She started pulling on some random object out of Gadget's circuit systems and placed in some other random spot on the circuit. Meg tried testing the new configuration on Gadget to see if it made it any more powerful. All of a sudden, Gadget shot a white laser out of its eyes and blasted a hole in the wall next to her bed. Genma and Nanami happened to be walking by when it happened and they seemed really shocked when they saw the explosion. "Umm, sorry!" said Meg. "Hmm... that's probably way too powerful for a trickster." Just then, Millie busted the door open with Bonaparte hanging onto her left arm with a surprised look on her face. "Meg!" shouted Millie, "I thought a heard an explosion coming from our room! Is everything all right?" "Everything is fine!" replied Meg, "I was just fixing up Gadget to make it a powerful fighting machine." Millie then noticed the hole in the wall next to Meg's bed. Meg then said, "Yeah, I kinda did make Gadget a little too powerful. I should try something else." "Meg, you've been working on Gadget the whole day! Give it a rest." "All right. Maybe I can think up something in my sleep." "Riiight. I'm going to get dressed then go to sleep." Moments later, Meg was putting Gadget after a long day's work as some construction workers were boarding up the hole next to Meg's bed. Meg was wearing her usual sleeping clothes, a sky blue shirt with several small buttons running down the vertical middle and long loose pants of the same color, while getting ready to go to sleep. Just then, she heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" said Meg. The door opened up slowly and in came Millie and Bonaparte. While Bonaparte didn't any different from the usual, Millie on the other hand definitely was. She was wearing a long nightgown with lacey straps running across her shoulders and her hair was looser because she wasn't wearing her white hat. Meg couldn't help but gaze her eyes at Millie. She didn't think too much of her all day because of her work on Gadget but now it has came back to her. "I'm going to go to sleep now," said Millie, "Good night Meg. Good night Bonaparte." "Umm... good.. night.." replied Meg. Millie put Bonaparte besides the bottom of the bed and Bonaparte walked under it tiredly. Millie got up into bed, turned the lights off, covered herself with her blanket and closed her eyes. Meg was still awake but was sitting on her bed looking at Meg. 'Oh great,' thought Meg 'I tried to spend the whole day without thinking about Millie but now it has came back to me just when it was about to end! I don't what it is that I'm feeling about her. What can this feeling be?' All of a sudden, Meg could feel her heartbeat rising at a high rate. She put her hand over it to see how hard it was beating. That was when she started to realize something. 'Oh my gosh! My heart is beating fast! This is how my mother felt when she met my father! Can it be that I'm... in.. love?' PLACE: Tendo Castle Balcony Meg couldn't concentrate on sleeping. She had too much in her mind to be able to. Meg was walking around the castle looking for a place to think. She found a balcony that was located close to Genma and Nanami's room and she thought it would be the perfect place for thinking. Meg walked out to the balcony, put her arms on the stone railing, and stared out at the night sky. It helped Meg think about her feelings more but she couldn't get over how serious it might be if Millie found out. She decided it'd be best if she just waited until the time comes. "Meg?" said a familiar voice. Meg knew whose voice it was so she turned around immediately to see the person. "Hey Millie," answered Meg, "I thought you were asleep." "I was but I woke up because Bonaparte was making noises again and I noticed that your bed was empty. So I came out here to find you." "Oh." "Is something on your mind, Meg?" Meg let out a small sigh and said, "Yeah, I have lots on my mind." "Oh. Would you like to tell me about it?" "Umm.. No, it's kinda personal." "I see. Well, you should get back to bed. It's pretty late." "No, you go on. I wanna stay here and think." Millie stayed quiet for a while as Meg continued to stare out at the night sky. Millie then walked up to Meg and put her hand on Meg's shoulder. Meg turned her head to face Millie. "Tell ya what," said Millie, "How about we both stay here? We can look at the night sky together." Meg gave Millie a little smile and said "Sure, I'd really like that." Millie returned the smile to Meg, walked up to the stone railing, and stared out at the night sky. "Wow! It's beautiful!" said Millie. "Yeah it sure is," replied Meg. While Meg was looking out at the night sky with Millie, she started to think 'Someday... someday I shall let her know.'
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