Star Ocean 2 Revisited? I personally don�t understand some of today�s fics that include the author in them. But I decided to make one myself. The main character, Michelle, is I. Yes my real name is Michelle. But I preferred to be called Lord Drakhan or ChinchillaDragoon. It�s my very first one so please be considerate. Oh yeah, when you see the word �Heraldy� don�t tell me that it�s Heraldry. I know that. I just like the way Heraldy sounds. ChinchillaDragoon ______________________________________________________________________________________ I woke up around 4:30 in the morning. It was a school morning at that. Well, like any other morning I turned on my computer and went online. Today I decided to visit CIAJ, or Claude is a Jerk, for I despise Claude. Little did I know that Brent was updating his site at the same time. At the same time he and I pressed the Enter button, and we were warped into our favorite RPG, Star Ocean: the second story. *** �Hey, guys! Come here quick!� �What is it, Precis?� �WHOAH! There are other Expellians on Nede?!� �Wake them up.� I woke up to Precis�s prodding. In front of me I saw the very familiar faces of Claude, Precis, Rena, Ashton, Celine, Noel, and Leon. There was some one else there too. Brent. After I woke up Precis went to Brent and prodded him on his shoulder. He stirred briefly and woke up. �Hey, where am I?� Brent asked. �Holy shit! I must be in Hell! Claude�s right in front of me!� �That isn�t very nice.� Noel replied. Brent looked at his surroundings as he soon discovered, like I did, that we were in the outskirts of Central City. �Are you guys like boyfriend and girlfriend?� Precis asked. I turned to answer her query. I quickly replied, �No. I have never seen him in my life. But I have seen his site CIAJ. It rocks!� �You guys are from Earth? Oh thank God! I thought I was the only one here.� Claude said. �Urthlings? So you both are from Urth?� Rena asked. �Hey I�m from Earth too!� Claude exclaimed. �Shut up Big brother Claude! No one cares about you!� Leon said. I chuckled briefly. �Damn right Leon! No one cares for him!� Brent said. �So if you don�t mind me asking, what are your names and how old are you?� Ashton asked. �I�m Michelle. 13 years of age here!� �Brent. I�m 19.� �So what is CIAJ?� Noel questioned. Brent and I answered, �Claude is a Jerk.� Precis�s face turned red as she yelled. �He is not! He�s like a prince from the fairy tale books.� �What ever. He sucks and that�s all there is to it! Ashton could whip is butt with ease!� I snapped back. �Heh heh. I think I�m starting to like you guys.� Leon said. �But as we all know, I am superior to all of you in brain power!" I quickly replied, �Sure, whatever you say! I could beat you in almost any video game, spelling bee, and�� �� All right! You win! I don�t know what a video game or spelling bee is!� Rena queried, �So, Brent do you know Michelle.� �Nope. I don�t even know how she knows me! But anybody who hates Claude is a friend of mine.� �Check out her hair! I�ll bet you anything that it�s longer than Dias�s!� Precis exclaimed. Everyone started to stare at me. �I don�t think so, darling� I think Dias�s hair is a tad longer.� Celine replied. �Ok now how the heck is talking about whose hair�s longer going to help me get back to Earth?� Claude asked. �Oh will you shut up! You're so conceited! Man, right now I wish I was back home�hey what the!� Brent said. He started to fade away as if he was really going back to Earth. �Wait take me! I don�t wanna fight the Wise Men!� Claude whined. Brent kicked Claude off of his shoe as he vanished from the realm. Claude, who now had a foot-mark left in his face, got up. �Darn it!� �Hey how come you're still here?� Noel asked. I told him that I didn�t know. *** After a long discussion about myself the group asked me to join them and fight the Ten Wise Men. We were now in the weapons shop of North City. Ashton was trying to help me find a weapon, obviously. �So how about a bow and arrow?� �I�m not sure.� I replied. Ashton gave an irritated sough. �You said that about every time I�ve asked you about each of these weapons. The last one is a two pronged lance.� �That�ll do. I don�t think it�s too hard to handle.� �Ah so you two have come to a decision. The lance is 30,000 Fol.� The blacksmith said. I could see that Ashton was trying his best not to get discouraged. He mustered all of his strength as he gave the blacksmith the payment. After acquiring the weapon we left the building. �Thanks.� �No problem. Just don�t break it.� Ashton said. As we made our way to the entrance I queried if it would be ok to buy some magic canvases. Ashton told me to ask Leon to take me since he was broke. I parted with him and went in search for the cat boy. To my surprise I found him buying some magic canvases. �What a coincidence! I was just about to ask you if it was possible to get some of those.� I said. I noticed Leon�s sly smile. If I had blinked, I probably wouldn�t have. �Just consider it a gift. So what do you plan on doing with them?� he said politely. I told him that I didn�t have a clue about Heraldy and that if I couldn�t use my lance I could use the canvases. He questioned on how exactly a canvas would help me in the battlefield. I replied that I could draw dragons and all sorts of stuff on the magic canvases so when they came to life it would be as if I was using Heraldy. �Impressive. I didn�t think that you were that intelligent.� Leon said. I soughed. �Well, _thanks_ that makes me feel a lot better!� �Hey I was wondering� no never mind.� Being a curious person that I am I questioned. �What? Tell me.� �It�s nothing.� �Aww c�mon! It couldn�t be that bad could it?� �Well� no. Just forget I ever said anything.� Before I could say anything he left. <Weird.> *** Shortly afterward I met up with the group. We had a short discussion to fill me in on the current events. Apparently the group had already acquired the four jewels of Nede and was headed towards Fun City to, well, have some fun. I got to experience the thrill of riding on a synard. Maybe �thrill� was the wrong word� It was actually boring. I had to sit for three days doing absolutely nothing but answering questions about myself. During that time I sorta became more at ease with Claude. I treated him like any other person. He didn�t even know me so I didn�t want to leave a bad impression. Plus I�m not the type to be mean. Anyways the synard�s retched stench didn�t help matters at all. Even though the synard�s body was covered with a snowy blanket of fur, it was still cold. I couldn�t imagine how the gang managed to survive these horrible conditions. Heck, we barely ate! We had to wait for about eight hours before Noel�s hawk came back with a few vegetables, fruits, and blueberries. Several times I found myself slipping from the synard�s back. Thankfully Leon always helped me get back up. When we FINALLY reached Fun City, I immediately went to the inn. I didn�t care if the others followed or not. I just wanted to actually have a good night sleep! I soon discovered I didn�t have any money. I don�t know what the heck I was thinking but I went upstairs and fell asleep on one of the couches. I didn�t know how long I had slept but once I woke up I found Claude in front of me. �How long was I here?� I asked. �About thirty minutes. Hey, can I talk to you?� I sarcastically replied, �You are right now aren�t you?� He frowned briefly. �I meant can I talk to you somewhere else?� �Like where?� �At the Cooking Arena.� I had a pretty good idea on what was probably happening. I mean I�m not stupid. I�ve seen a PA very similar to the situation at hand. Actually I�ve seen it about six times. I didn�t know how to get out of the situation so I said what I naturally would say. �Sure, I guess.� �Ok let�s go.� *** Once we were at the Cooking Arena I played along and asked Claude why he wanted to talk to me here. I was expecting him to either tell me Leon had a crush on me or have Leon tell me himself. I scanned the room quickly to see where Leon was hiding. I couldn�t find him. �Well, what do you want to talk to me about?� I asked again. He looked toward the ground. �Well, I have to tell you something�� �Which is�?� He blushed lightly as he quickly said, �I LOVE YOU.� I almost fell over. Here I was expecting Leon to tell me that, and he ends up telling me! I stood silent for about a few minutes. When I actually managed to say something a panting Leon barged in the doors. �Big Brother Claude, you PROMISED not to steal Michelle! We had an agreement!� Leon raged. �You're WAY too young to be dating anyway! Deal�s off!� Leon�s face was flushed. �Michelle�s 13! I�m only a year younger! You don�t actually think she would actually fall for an old geezer like yourself, did you?!� �Oh yeah?� �Yeah!� Before things got ugly, if they weren't already ugly enough, I left without them noticing. The moment I stepped outside, I saw Marsillo and Shiego. I thought briefly. <What in the world are they doing here? The group hasn�t even gotten the Fallen Hope or Claude�s sucky weapon�> Just then, Marsillo spotted me and came rushing towards me performing a Cruelly Rushes. I blackened out. *** �AAAHHHHHHHH!� I woke up. I was back in my room on my bed. �Maybe it was just a dream�� I said. I looked over to my computer and there it was. On the internet and on Brent�s site. �Eh, I wouldn�t say that now.� I looked over and saw my chinchilla talking to me. �WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!� *** �Ah! Big Brother Claude?� Leon asked. Claude rubbed his eyes. �Yeah, Leon? What�s up?� �Is this the last time we stay up and look at SO2 shrines?� Claude yawned. �Sure is. I don�t want you to wake me up anymore and tell me about your weird nightmares. So go to bed.� �Okay.� Fin Weird wasn�t it?
