Well, I've decided to take a break on They Just Don't Care Anymore for a while. Sorry, but I'm running low on ideas, but don't worry, it should be back soon...I think. Anyway, this story will feature some of my OCs from TJDCA, some from Eternal Torment and some new ones. Well, I hope that you enjoy it, please remember to review and finally...thanks for reading! Bye!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZATCH!"
"This is so awesome! Thanks guys!" Zatch exclaimed as she saw herself surrounded by her friends in her brightly decorated living room.
"Yes, well...happy birthday." Temar muttered as she thrust a package into Zatch's hands, before walking over to the punch bowl.
Zatch opened the package and peered inside "Oooh! A replica of Freezer's gauntlet?"
"Well, it's obviously that James kid you write to. He should wear a mask or something to conceal his identity." Temar mused.
"I don't think he's in the superhero business anymore, I think he's like a bodyguard now. Thanks!" Zatch replied as she tried the gauntlet on.
"Is that…is that an iPod built into it?" An incredulous Edan asked.
"Oh awesome! Let me see!" Nestor exclaimed, rushing over.
"Wow, this is an exact replica! Thanks Temar!" Zatch thanked as she, Nestor and Dwier examined it closely.
Temar shrugged in response.
From Glare, Zatch got a baseball bat made of solid silver and signed by Barry Bonds, from Nestor she received a super soaker filled with holy water, from Damon, a copy of the Necronomicon (which she promptly used to beat him with).
"Here Zatch." Edan said as he handed her a gift.
"Thanks! What's in it?" Zatch asked.
"I dunno, Cody got it for you, right Cody?" Edan pulled out a card containing Cody's likeness.
"For the last time, that card does not speak to you!" Glare snapped.
Edan hissed at him in response "Fool! You dare ignore Cody! Taste his wrath!"
At that, Edan threw Cody at Glare…the effect was somewhat spoiled by the fact that the card landed several feet away from Glare.
"Um…be my friend?" Edan asked pitifully as Glare proceeded to…glare at him.
"So what is it?" The bruised and battered Damon asked.
"Um…a pack of Tarot cards…" Zatch replied as she tore off the wrapping paper.
"Thank Cody!" Edan prompted, holding out the card.
"Um…thank you…Cody…" Zatch replied uncertainly.
"And last but not least, my gift!" Dwier announced as he held out a small box.
"Oooh! Thanks Dwier!" Zatch exclaimed as she opened the box.
Inside was a golden ring in the shape of a spider. Centred in its abdomen was what appeared to be a small ruby.
"Is it real?" Edan asked, staring intently at the ruby.
"Um…I'm not sure." Dwier answered.
"What do you mean you don't know? Didn't the guy you bought it from tell you?" Damon questioned.
"Well, I found it in my grandfather's antique shop and he let me have it for free…" Dwier replied.
The others balked at him.
"He let you have it…for free?" Nestor asked.
"Um…yes." Dwier replied uncertainly.
"…Lucky bastard." Damon muttered.
"What else is in that shop? Pirate gold?" Nestor asked.
"Uh-" Dwier began.
"This is so cool! Thanks Dwier!" Zatch cried, throwing her arms around him.
"You're welcome Zatch." Dwier replied, almost dreamily as Edan pretended to retch.
"Well, that looks like all of the presents." Zatch noticed after looking around.
"Not quite." Nestor replied "None of us knew how to make a cake and absolutely no one wanted to buy you one-"
"What terrific friends I have." Zatch muttered with a smirk.
"So, we thought we'd all go to Bundt's!" Dwier exclaimed.
Bundt's was an unusual ice cream parlour. What made it unusual was the fact that it was run by a roughly human sized cake named Bundt. Oddly enough, no one ever seemed to question this.
"Awesome! Thanks guys!" Zatch exclaimed.
At that point, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Nestor announced as he went to open the door.
Standing there was a pale figure in a black trench coat with a bulbous head, reflective silver eyes, long black nails and a vertical mouth lined with razor sharp teeth somewhat reminiscent of an angler fish.
"Ah, yes I'm looking for the souls of five young people, are you one of them?" The demon known as Bug Eyes asked.
Nestor paused for a moment, before slamming the door shut.
"Well! How rude!" Bug Eyes muttered in disgust. At that point the door opened once again "Ah, I see you've remembered your manners little youth doomed to spend an eternity of suffering, now then-Argh! It burns!"
It was at that point that he was doused in holy water fired from a super soaker, driving the demon back. Once the torrent had stopped, Bug Eyes struggled to get back upright…until Damon was thrown into him, knocking them both over.
"You can keep him!" Glare shouted.
"…And triple chocolate swirl." Nestor finished ordering.
"And will that be all?" Bundt asked.
"Uh, how about an ice cream cake?" Nestor joked, knowing that it was sure to annoy the cake man in front of him.
Bundt scowled in response, which was quite a peculiar thing to see when it was coming from an anthromorphic dessert.
"I'm kidding buddy! Relax!" Nestor attempted to appease the cake person.
Bundt growled, before pulling out a number of bowls of ice cream seemingly from nowehere "Just take the food and go!"
"As you command mon capitan!" Nestor teased, before hurrying off.
At another table, two people were hunched over. One was wearing a dark blue jacket, the other was clad entirely in black, black dress, black gloves, black choker, black everything.
"Rob, remind me again why we're here?" The girl asked as she looked around with disdain.
"Because Faye, you never know who could be around." Rob replied.
"Gladiators you mean?" Faye questioned.
"Exactly, they come in all shapes and forms, who's to say that some of them don't come here?" Rob said with a nod.
"…This is stupid." Faye muttered as she slumped back in her seat, absentmindedly rolling her necklace, which had the appearance of a small, sapphire crab between her fingers.
Rob began to roll his eyes, before his ear stud, a small gold ring covered in etchings of winged horses and chimeras, began to heat up.
"Do you feel that?" Rob asked.
"Yeah, I guess you were right after all." Faye replied, sitting up straight.
"Well, there's only one other group in here." Rob pointed out.
"Do you see which one has an amulet?" Faye questioned as she struggled to see.
"I don't-Wait! Yes, the blond girl!" Rob hissed as he noticed Zatch's ring "Get out the manual and find out which one it is!"
At that, Faye bought out a large, red book and flipped through until she found what she was looking for "Ah, here we go. The Ring of the Tsuchigumo, Earth attribute."
"Is it rare?" Rob asked.
"Well, it's much more common in certain areas of Japan than here, but no." Faye replied, closing the manual.
Rob rubbed his chin thoughtfully "Earth attribute huh? Well, neither of us has an advantage, so which of us gets to fight?"
Faye sighed before replying "I suppose we'll decide the way we always decide?"
Rob grinned "Now you're talking! Janken!"
Faye grimaced "Why can't you just call it rock paper scissors like normal people?"
Rob shrugged in response "I dunno. Now are we gonna play or not?"
Faye sighed once more "Fine!"
"Rock! Paper! Scissors!"
"Aha! Paper covers rock!" Rob announced.
"…I hate you." Faye replied, completely deadpan.
At that Rob walked over to Zatch's table and slammed his fist down, causing all except Glare to jump in surprise.
"You! Blondie! I challenge you to Colosseum! Face me or lord your honour!" Rob exclaimed.
"…What?" An extremely confused Zatch asked.
Rob seemed thrown off by her confused reply "Um…you know, Colosseum? Where we fight with mythical creatures? That thing?"
"…What?" An extremely confused Zatch asked.
"Wait…you are aware of what Colosseum is, aren't you?" Rob questioned.
"Um…an ancient Roman arena?" Zatch offered.
"Oh God…Hey Faye! I think she's a newb!" Rob called out to his partner.
"Oh Lord. This is going to take some time." Faye muttered in annoyance.
Rob sighed "Ah, look, maybe we should go outside so I can explain this, Bundt's been giving us weird looks."
Edan glanced over at the owner "How the hell can you tell? His eyes are globs of yellow frosting!"
"No, I really am glaring at you! Now get the hell out of my store!"
Once outside, Zatch and her friends all gathered around Faye and Rob.
"Ok, so who are you and what do you want?" Zatch asked.
"My name is Rob McLaren!" Rob exclaimed, striking a pose.
Faye sighed "And I'm Faye Graves."
"And we are gladiators in Colosseum matches!" The two announced together.
"Uh huh, and what exactly is Colosseum?" Dwier asked.
Rob sighed "Ok, basically there's this jewellery, known as amulets. Contained within these amulets are like, mythical creatures. When we twist the gem's within the amulets we can summon the monsters and we fight with them, savvy?"
"So, it's like cock fighting?" Edan asked.
"No, it is not like cock fighting." Rob replied with a glare.
"Po-?" Edan began, before promptly being cut off.
"If you say Pokémon, I swear to God I will rip off your arm and beat you to death with it." Rob threatened.
Edan promptly shut off.
"Well, why should I believe you? This is so weird!" Zatch pointed out.
"Weirder than a cake serving ice cream?" Faye questioned.
Zatch paused "Point taken."
"Look, it's easy enough to prove, just twist the ruby on your ring and that's all there is to it." Rob told her.
Zatch peered down at her ring, before turning to Dwier, who shrugged in response. With a shrug of her own, Zatch twisted the ruby.
"Um…is something supposed to happen now?" Zatch asked when nothing occurred.
Glare scoffed "I knew it! I knew nothing would happen!"
Rob glanced at Faye, who looked confused "I don't understand it, it should-Whoa!"
At that point, a magnificent red light illuminated the area. When it had passed, standing in front of them was a tall figure wearing crimson samurai armour and wielding a tachi. The figure was clearly not human however, as evident for its spider like face, clawed hands and four extra appendages sprouting out of its back.
"What the-?" Glare gasped.
"I guess that guy was telling the truth after all!" Dwier gasped.
"Pay up." Temar prompted, elbowing Dwier and holding out her hand.
Dwier sighed and gave her twenty five dollars.
"Who dares summons Kumo the Tsuchigumo?" The spider samurai hissed.
"She did it!" Edan cried, pointing at Zatch.
"Why you little-!" Temar began, raising her fist to strike Edan.
"Is this true?" Kumo asked, levelling his tachi at Zatch.
"It's ok. Yes, I summoned you." Zatch answered, stepping forward.
"You show bravery small one, I respect that. However, we shall soon see if you are ready to command me. Now, where is my opponent?" Kumo asked as he looked around for something to fight.
"The opponent that you seek would be me and my Chimera Leo!" Rob announced as he stepped forward.
"Then call him forth, I do not wish to be kept waiting!" Kumo snapped.
Rob flinched, before twisting his ear stud. A bright gold light covered the area, and as before, when it dissipated, there stood a new being. This one looked like a lion that stood on two feet and had an almost human face. Its tail however was that of a writhing serpent, its fangs glistening in the sunlight. In addition, the beast was wearing the armour of a Greek hoplite, a sword at his waist.
"I await your orders Rob." The Chimera said to his commander.
"Excellent Leo, meet your latest opponent, a Tsuchigumo." Rob told his monster.
Leo peered closely at Kumo, before scoffing "He is no threat, I shall defeat him quickly."
"You shall come to regret those words vermin!" Kumo threatened as he unsheathed his tachi and raised it threateningly.
"We shall see my friend, we shall see. In fact, I believe I shall only use half of my power to defeat you!" Leo taunted as he too pulled out his weapon.
Kumo scowled and the two proceeded to stare each other down.
Suddenly, a wall of light burst forth from the ground and surrounded everyone present.
"Wh-what's happening?" Zatch asked in shock.
"We're entering the Colosseum, we can't simply fight in broad daylight! Imagine the stare's we'd receive if we did that!" Rob answered.
The light suddenly dimmed and they all found themselves within a large Colosseum, surrounded by seated spectators. Zatch's friends and Faye were all suddenly aware that they too were in the stands and could only watch as Zatch, Rob and their monsters faced each other down.
"Ready Blondie?" Rob asked with a smirk.
"Sure am! Oh, and call me Blondie again and I'll rip out your pancreas, got it?" Zatch asked cheerfully.
Rob laughed "Ha! Got it!"
At that, Leo roared as he leapt at Kumo, who did the same. Their blades clashed and the two locked themselves in combat. Only time could tell who the victor would be.
Yeah, yeah, I know, cliffhangers suck and are for the lazy, but...actually, I have no idea how to finish that sentance, so here's some random images a guy on omegle typed at me:
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Wasn't that nice? Anyway, we hope that you enjoued, please remember to review and finally...thanks for reading! Bye!
