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Return of the Ancient Puppet

Chapter 1

Unknown POV

Darkness…that's all I'm able to see. I hear no sounds and can't feel anything. This seems so familiar, yet I can't remember why it does. I think that I might be sleeping and am just having a nightmare but I just really can't tell. All I know are the names of two strange people and my own. "Sagi…Milliarde…Guillo."

These names constantly repeat inside my mind but for some reason I just can't seem to place any face with these names.

Suddenly I start to feel strange. I'm startled because I'm beginning to feel again but this strange blue energy seems to be increasing at a rapid rate.

I start to feel stronger and revitalized. All my other senses seem to be returning. I begin to see a bright light that continues to get brighter. It seems to be beckoning me to come towards it and I don't know why but something felt strange. It felt as if I was leaving something behind in that darkness but I wanted out of it. I turned to the light and allowed it to bring me to where I would be, wherever that is.

Third POV

In the forest that surrounded Kokuyo Land, a girl was walking alone. This girl had purple coloured hair, which had been styled to represent a pineapple. She had one purple eye, while the other was covered by an eye-patch with a skull on it. She wore the Kokuyo school uniform and was carrying around a trident.

She had been walking around for quite a while, trying to get her head around the situation that she was now in, thanks to a man she had saw in a dream. 'Mukuro-sama' she thought, remembering what he had said to her that time.

She decided to head back to the hideout when she noticed something shine a few feet away. When she got closer she saw that some blue metallic object was sticking out from the ground. Curious about what the object might be she began digging it up.

It took a while but she finally managed to get it all out. The appearance of the object surprised her, to say the least.

It looked like a human-sized puppet. It had a red hood for a head, with a yellowish outlining where its eyes would be. The body was mostly blue in colour and it wore a red skirt-like garb with grey buckles. The gender, from the puppet's appearance, seemed to be a mixture of both.

'Well, this is strange' the girl thought. 'I wonder what I should do with it' she began to contemplate on if she should bring it back with her or not.

Suddenly the puppet just jump to its feet, surprising the girl and causing her to fall backwards. She look up to see that the puppet was alive and it was moving around, as if trying to figure out where it was.

'This isn't possible is it? A puppet can't just be moving on its own…can it?' she wondered.

Then the next surprise decided to appear that day. "Hey, are you all right?" That caused the girl to stare wide-eye at the puppet. Then it happened again. "Hello miss, I asked if you were alright." The voice was so strange; it sounded as if two people, one male and one female, were talking at the exact same time.

"Um…d-did you just talk" she managed to say, still shocked that she was talking to a puppet.

"Yeah I did, is that a problem" the puppet said back. It then began to do various stretches; it had probably been buried for a long time.

"Who…what are you?" the girl asked getting up off the ground.

The puppet stopped for a moment, then looked back to her "I'm not sure I don't remember anything except for my name. It's Guillo just so you know."

Once Guillo finished its little workout it turned to face the girl. "So, what do I call you?" it asked.

The girl began to fidget a bit before she finally answered "Chrome Dokuro."

The two just stood there staring at each other when finally Guillo decided to speak up. "So do you live around hear?" Chrome simply nodded her head in reply. "Well then let's go, lead the way."

"Wait you want to go with me?" she asked wondering why this puppet wanted to go to the hideout.

"Yeah, you're the one who dug me up. The least I can do to help you out would be to look out for you" it told her feeling that it was right to help the one that got it out of that darkness.

So Chrome decided to lead the puppet back to the hideout. The trip was relatively quiet with just some small talk to see if Guillo could remember anything before he was buried. However, it still couldn't remember anything and even though it had no face, she could tell that losing its memory was really bothering the puppet.

In a short while the two made it back to Kokuyo land Guillo decided to voice his opinion of the place. "You live in this decaying building." Chrome nodded and motioned him to follow.

"So do you live alone in this place?" it asked wondering why a young girl would live in such a desolate structure. Chrome simply shook her head, "No, Ken and Chikusa also live here." They eventually reach a large room with a bunch of junk lying around and a couch by the window.

Guillo took his time looking around the room thinking about how it could find a way to make this place look a little homier; when he heard a new voice that it could feel would test its patience to its very core. "Hey stupid girl, where the hell have you been, huh?"

Guillo turned around to see two people. The one on the left wore a green uniform, had messy blonde hair and a scar going across his face from one cheek to the other. The one on the right wore the same uniform, had dark hair and wore a white beanie over it; he also wore a pair of glasses and had a bar code on his left cheek.

"Hey who the hell are you and why the hell is this thing here stupid girl?" the boy on the left shouted. Chrome appeared to get nervous while Guillo merely shook his head. "What a loud noisy pup you are, is that you always act when you've got a guest."

The boy snarled while the other one turned his attention to Chrome waiting for an answer. "Um…I found it buried in the woods and dug it out. Its name is Guillo and it said that it wanted to stay here."

The first boy instantly disagreed to that idea saying that there was no way he was going to let some strange doll just come and live in their hideout. Guillo just responded by taking out a card and flicking it into the air. The card burst into pieces and flew into its arms making them glow with energy.

"Do you want to take this discussion outside mutt because I don't plan on going anywhere?" Guillo stated as its eyes began to glow a bright red. "Since it was Chrome that woke me up, it's her that I will protect. Wherever she goes I'll follow."

The boy seemed to get even angrier and took out a set of teeth and prepared to put it in his mouth, when Chrome ran in front of Guillo. "Please stop Guillo don't fight with Ken." Guillo stared at her then to Ken the glow in his eyes disappearing. "Very well, just make sure to keep that wild dog on a short leash."

Ken was about to yell again when the other boy decided to comment. "As long as you don't cause any trouble, then do whatever you want" and with that he decided to leave. "Hey Chikusa don't just decide things like this on your own!" Ken yelled at the leaving teen.

"It's three votes to your one mutt, don't start acting like a sourpuss now." Guillo said to him. Ken turned back angrily but then decided to just leave.

Guillo turned to Chrome, "I get the feeling him and I aren't going to get along." it said with a shake of its head. "Is their anyone else I should know about?" it asked.

Chrome immediately knew of one more person. "Uh…there is also Mukuro-sama." Guillo nodded his head "and where is this 'Mukuro-sama' right now?" Chrome looked down at the floor "He's not here right now and since he's asleep, you can't speak to him now."

Guillo was a little confused by what she had said. "What do you mean? How do you know he's asleep if he's not here?" Chrome decided to walk to the couch and explain. "Well, Mukuro-sama and I…we share a link and he uses my body in order to communicate with people on the outside since he's unable to."

Guillo nodded as it took a spot behind the couch where Chrome was sitting. "Alright I think I get the gist of it." The puppet stared out the window and looked at the sky. The stars were shining brightly, showing off their beauty. "I think you should get some rest now, we're going to have a big day tomorrow. I plan on going out and get some things to make this…place…" it slowly stopped talking as it was now looking at Chrome who had fallen asleep.

Guillo turned back to the window and continued staring at the sky. "Hopefully, when I fall sleep this time, I'll wake up back in this spot." It rested its head up against the couch and found itself drifting to sleep.