Friday, January 16, 2009
New Girl In Town
Part 2
"Fight!"ordered the referee. It was the finals for the Ninja Tournament. Zahn got carried away by the semi-final's easy victory. This caused him to lose his cool and went berserk. Unlike any other opponent, this one wore a mask to cover the face identity. The loosened white attire could not tell that it was either male of female. The moment Zahn charged upfront, he/she countered the attack with a back slide. Zahn fell on his buttocks, causing him to fight more recklessly. He stood up quickly and did a 'handspring of death'. It was his trump card. However, the opponent was smart enough and avoided the attack. This led to Zahn's loss as he could not stop himself from crashing into a tree.
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The crowd cheered for the opponent as he/she had won the title as the new Ninja Tournament champion. "Who are you?", wondered Zahn. The opponent turned to Zahn from watching the humongous crowd, raising the hand to the mask. As soon as the mask was opened, Zahn realized it was a female ninja with long hair swaying around her shoulders. She looked familiar like the neighbour he helped. But when he tried to look at the face, he suddenly regained consciousness.
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"Riiing!"sounded the alarm clock. The time was 7 am. The sun was shining brighter every minute. Zahn had to wake up by force as he had school to attend to. He didn't remember what happened the night before. The 17-year-old teen was already at his final year of school. The graduating exam was also around the corner. His studies were improving bit by bit due to his constant revision.
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"Why do I have to do all of the chores in the house? Where is he when I needed him? He must be having a lot of fun out there with Rinoa", muttered Zahn. Zahn only lived by himself together with his pet cat, Fifi. Fifi was always a 'handful' one to him as it lazed around and scratched his homeworks. His friend, Aeonex, living together with him, had been going on dates so oftenly. It was rare to see him staying at home for even one day.
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Zahn was already dressed up in his school uniform. He was having the usual breakfast which he consumed everyday. A cup of Milo with 2 Danone biscuits. Suddenly, the door bell rang. Because of that, Zahn almost choked himself up with the biscuits. He wiped his dirty mouth with a towel and rushed towards the door. It was the girl whom he helped last night, or maybe not. His memories at that moment were a bit haywire,though.
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"Hi! I'm your new next-door neighbour, Leah", introduced Leah exuberantly, with a soft handshake.
"H..Hi! Ni..nice to meet you. I..I'm Zahn. Have we met?", stuttered Zahn, resisting to let go of the handshake.
"You helped me in the rain last night, don't you remember? I wanted to thank you so much. And I also brought some food along for breakfast? Can I join you for breakfast?", asked Leah.
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Zahn became speechless for a while. He had never seen a girl like Leah before. He let her came into the apartment. He stared at nothing but her brown, sparkling eyes. Her skin was smooth and attractive. Her hair was swaying around her shoulders due to the wind. Zahn could feel the smoothness of her dark brownish hair. She must've been using that latest shampoo, ASIENCE. She walked towards the eating table in the kitchen with such elegance and beauty. Both of them were also equally tall.
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Leah's heart was pounding so fast as she had never had any help from anyone before, even in the smallest matter. Zahn offered her a seat and pushed her chair forwards as she sat on it. Leah started to develop feelings for him. As they had their breakfast, Leah wanted to know more about Zahn, and so did the opposite. They both had their time with laughters.
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Zahn felt more relieved to be at home. He had found something much more worthy than himself. Since his group, Foursome Four, had disbanded, everyone went on separate ways. His friend, Mal, had recently been happily married. The bass guitarist, Ryuuziq, had gone overseas to spread his fame as a soloist. The vocalist, Aeonex, was always in the public, and harangued the crowd,"Who will be my Rinoa? Sign up for my audition now!" Things had changed so much since the group splitted up. Zahn was quite sad, but quite happy too.
