Disclaimer: I don't own Okage or the characters in my story. Some characters are mine and I created them.

(My name is Tiny Gear. I hope you enjoy my story. Please read my story and comment.)

Classification Misfortune

Chapter One: The Party

--

Ari wandered down the path from his crooked looking house down towards Tenel. Today everything looked beautiful. The sky was a gorgeous shade of azure, there were barely any clouds in the sky, and there was a sweet scent hovering among the breeze. Ari's crimson hair danced as the wind lightly picked up, the grass and trees whistling and swaying back and forth on that cheerful morning.

You may ask, 'why was this day so much different from any other days?' Well, Ari knew very well that it was someone's birthday. Not just anyone's birthday though… a special friend of his whom which he enjoyed the company of. He wanted today to go very well and had spent many days planning for the party he was holding at his house. All his friends were surprised that he went out of his way to make today so special. Because today, was the Hero Rosalyn's twenty-third birthday.

He passed the fork in the road towards the gates of Tenel with a smile upon his face. All he had to do now was pick up the birthday cake from the bakery. Annie, his sister, was originally to do this task, however she somehow managed to misplace herself that morning so he was to get it instead. She was probably hiding somewhere or meeting some boy. This was surprising to Ari, since he knew his sister has some sort of relationship with the hero because both of their shadows were pink. This was thanks to the Evil Kind, Stan…

"Sakura Sakura. Shining bright in sunny March…" Ari sang to himself as he pushed the gates open and entered the small village of Tenel. As usual, everyone who lived there was out and about doing nothing in particular. They were all a strange bunch; "Spreading over hill and dale," He continued and took his time getting to the bakery, which thankfully was close by. "Blooming graceful and peaceful like an angel's silken veil," Ari opened the door and close it quietly behind him. The woman behind the counter has her back to him and seemed to be occupied. Usually, in this situation, he would stand there and wait for her to notice his presence. But today, seeing how it was Rosalyn's birthday, he didn't have the time to waste standing there. He quickly finished his tune; "Sakura Sakura. How I love to see them!" Holding the final note, he noticed the woman did not hear his singing and cleared his throat. She did not respond. "Excuse me, I am in a hurry." He said tapping lightly on the counter.

The woman slowly turned over, icing plastered across her face. Seeing him standing there caused her to jump and quickly wipe away at the icing with her apron; "Oh, Ari. I didn't see you there you silly boy. Why are you so quiet all the time? Speak up, boy."

He managed to stop himself from sighing with annoyance; "I'm here for the cake."

"The cake," she repeated, "Which cake boy?"

"…the cake, I ordered it days ago." He explained. Did this woman's memory die sometime between then and now? "It's a birthday cake for my friend. Her party is today." The baker's wife finished cleaning her face and tapped her chin in thought.

Was the icing from the cake? Had she been finishing it just now? Or, maybe, she has just finished eating it… Ari glanced at the woman's body shape. It was fully possible seeing how the woman was so big. But who wouldn't be, working at a bakery?

"A birthday cake…" She mumbled to herself and walked from around the counter; "And you ordered it a few days ago… hmm…" He watched as she paced in a circle and snapped; "Yes, the birthday cake!" She exclaimed suddenly. Wandering back behind the counter she picked up a white box tied with a pink ribbon and placed it on the table. Carefully slipping the ribbon off, she opened it and showed it to him. The cake has white icing and in cute pink letters said; 'Happy Birthday Rosalyn'. Around the edges were small flowers of icing. He smiled and she closed the box and retied the ribbon. "Here, take it, take it!" Shoving it into his arms, she returned to what she was doing.

"Thank you." He said, although quite unnecessary because once again she didn't hear him. Ari shook his head and left the bakery, the box tightly in his arms. He would make sure today went very well. All their friends knew to meet at his house an hour before the party so they could quickly go over everything. It was to be a surprise and they were going to jump out as she entered the house and cheer; 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY!' It was going to be a lot of fun.

Ari rushed (carefully) back to his house. The others might have been there already with their gifts. He smiled and hurried even more. Both he and Annie paid together to buy her a kit with lots of hair brushes, hair sprays, and shampoos and conditioners. Annie suggested it however, because he never really bought any gifts for a girl before aside for his mom and his sister. He bought one for Julia once, but she apparently didn't like it so in the end it was given to his mother.

He made his way up the long staircase that led up to his house, practically running at this point. As soon as he reached the top, he saw the familiar body structure of Big Bull who was one of his good friends. As if sensing his arrival, Big Bull spun on the spot and grinned. "Ari! It's you! I thought so, brother!"

"Big Bull welcome!" He gasped and tried to catch his breath; "You beat me back, I went to get the cake…" Ari stood up straighter and smiled. Big Bull put down what appeared to be a large dumbbell (that you used for exercising) wrapped in paper and hurried over to hug him. Ari defensively held up the cake; "Wait, I'm still holding it!"

"Ooh ARI!" A voice cried out. Not a second later, Linda tackled Ari from behind. Loosing his grip on the box, it flew into Big Bull's arms; "It's been a while, oops was that your gift you dropped?" She asked in her sing song voice.

"H-hello, Linda…" Ari managed to say.

She let go of him and held her microphone to her mouth happily; "Why are we just standing here? Let's go inside!" He nodded and took the cake from Big Bull. He would have to check to make sure it wasn't ruined.

Inside, his mother was setting up a variety of dishes on a table set up in the main hall. It seemed that Kisling and Epros had already made it and was helping with some decorations. Or, rather… Epros was helping and Kisling was shouting instructions.

Kisling stood at the bottom of the stairs, "More to the left! The left!"

"How much more to the left do you want it?" The magician glared down at him, holding onto a bundle of balloons; "More help you should be willing to commit, rather than yelling and having a fit."

"Hello Epros, Kisling." Ari said as he placed the box on the table with the drinks.

Kisling spun around and beamed; "Comrades! You have arrived! How do you do?"

Linda tugged a box from her pink bag and left it by the door with the other gifts; "I'm doing fine, like… Hi Eppy!" Epros twitched at the sound of his name and ignored her.

"Welcome back, son." Mother smiled and pulled Ari into a hug. Linda and Kisling snickered and wandered off to hang up more decorations. He pulled himself out of her grasp; "You brought the cake?" She asked sweetly. He nodded; "Great, I will get some candles." As she left to the kitchen, Annie appeared at the top of the stair case.

"Ooh ARI!" She called; "Where is the wrapping paper?" Without waiting for a response she thumped down the steps; "Hi Epros." She said and hurried to Ari's side; "The pretty pink one you used for my gift a few months ago, where is it? I want to wrap her gift in it." She smiled and did a small twirl; "And what do you think of my hair?" She asked, showing off her pony tail; "Mother said I should try something different with it." Rather than her usual pig tails, she now had her hair in a long braid.

Ari nodded; "It's… nice. The paper should be in the closet upstairs."

Beaming, she skipped back up the stairs and disappeared behind one of the doors. Epros hovered down at that moment, dusting off his pale hands and glanced at Ari with his red eyes. He smiled in response but then the magician turned away; "Well, well…" Ari's mother returned; "So how is this working again?"

"Stanley is going to get Rosalyn;" Linda called from the stair railings where she was hanging some streamers; "He's the only one who could pull it off without her being suspicious on her birthday… and she'll probably end up chasing him here anyways. So we're going to hide and when they come in, burst out of no where and cheer 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSY'!!" Big Bull threw his hands in the air and cheered with her. Ari heard Epros mutter to himself as he found a spot to drape the birthday banner. His expression was quite bitter actually.

Just then, Annie screamed and ran back to the top of the stairs; "I saw them!" She yelled; "Through my window, they're headed this way!"

"Who?" Big Bull asked, although the answer was quite obvious.

Annie carried the gift in her arms, ribbons already falling off and tossed it into the pile. She them stomped her foot and opened her arms as if to make a huge announcement; "Stanley and Rosalyn, they're just passing the gates of Tenel!"

--

I hope you understood my English. My brother and teacher helped edit my story, so you could read it well. Thank you for reading! Comment and I write more for you!!