Chapter 1: The Swamp

Mist, yep, mist, tis an epic sight, and a boring one, Kuro was watching the mist, and it was epic, and boring, Xero was watching the mist, and it was epic, and boring, Abinixia was watching the mist, and it was epic, and boring, and-

"Oh will you shut the hell up?!" Kuro yelled to the narrator.

Hey, I wouldn't yell at me if I were you!

"Oh yeah? Why?"

Cause I can do this, then, Kuro's robe turned into a pink skirt, he was topless, but he was wearing a bra, yeah…

"This… isn't…. funny," Kuro said, blushing.

Are you gonna argue with me again?

"No…" Kuro said as the girls in the group started laughing, Zexion and
Xero just ignored him.

Good, then, let's go back to the beginning, Kuro and the gang were walking through a swamp, well, they were in a river, and it was wide, everyone was walking across except Abinixia, who was being carried by Zexion because her feet didn't reach the bottom, or at least that was his excuse. Kuro was behind Xion, and he noticed that the water was up to her shoulders, so he went up to her.

"Hey Xion, I noticed that you're starting to sink and-"

"No…" Xion said,

"You don't even know what I was going to say!"

"You were going to say that I'm starting to sink and that for my safety you were going to offer to carry me…"

"Oh, I guess you did know what I was going to say then…"

"By the way guys…" Xero said, who was leading the group. "It only gets deeper from here." Kuro looked at Xion with a look on his face that basically said 'oh come on, just this one time?'

"Fine…" Xion said, then, she jumped about six feet into the air using her magic powers and when she fell, Kuro caught her… he's just cool like that… The group walked for about thirty more seconds until Kuro said, "Are we there yet?"

"No…" Xero said,

"Oh…" four seconds later, "How about now?"

"No…"

"Now?"

"No…"

"Oh…" fifteen seconds later, "Now?

"No!"

"Now?"

"Yes…"

"Really?"

"NO!"

"Aw…" Kuro said,

"You keep this up, and I'll tear off your lip, squeeze the blood out of it, make you drink the blood, then throw you lip into the swamp, then make you fish it out…" Retsuchi said, who was behind Kuro. That shut Kuro up, the group was on land after about three hours of river, Zexion put Abinixia down as the group kept going forward.

"Uh, Xion you can come down now…" Abinixia said, who had cut in front of Retsuchi. Xion grew red and jumped out of Kuro's grasp.

"I-I know," Xion said, "I-I-I was just giving Kuro his moment."

"Uh-huh, sure you were…" Abinixia said, who kept moving, then Xion quickly found herself in the back in front of Larxene, but behind Iceralx. So the group pretty much is in this order.

Front

Xero

Kuro

Abinixia

Retsuchi

Zexion

Iceralx

Xion

Larxene

Back

"Kuro, you sure got lucky…" Xero said to Kuro, looking back at him.

"What do you mean?" Kuro asked.

"I think Xion is starting to like you…"

"No she's not!" Kuro said.

"I don't know…" Xero said, "Larxene let me carry her for three hours straight before, look where her and I are now…"

"Hmm, lets see, you're out to hunt your dad, your best friend is two years younger then you, your best friend and mother are dead, and your sister is a rageaholic."

"I know!" Xero said happily, "It kicks ass!"

"ugh…" Kuro said. The group kept going through the forest and after about six hours, the sun started to set.

"Well, it looks like we need to set up camp." Xero said.

"Why don't we just keep going?" Kuro asked, "Everyone still has lots of energy." Kuro pointed to the group and they were all groaning…

"I guess your right, but there are creatures in this forest that are venomous and always come out of night, this fact is not clichéd!"

"Ok," Kuro said, "But, where is Retsuchi going to sleep?"

"Glad you asked, young half-elf." Xero said, "She will be sleeping in your tent!"

"Wha?!" Kuro yelled,

"While you sleep outside!"

"WHAT?!"

"Now Kuro, you know that a swamp filled crocodiles, alligators, poisonous bugs, venomous snakes, hot coaco, weekends, holidays…"

"Uh, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, my family."

"Uh, so… you were saying?"

"Well, the swamp is no place for anyone. Especially Retsuchi, I mean I know she kills all of the above every day and won't take crap from anyone.

"That's true…" Retsuchi says from offscreen.

"But it's ok for you to sleep out there, I mean, this could be a good learning experience for you!"

"HOW?!"

"You can learn how much it hurts to die!"

"Wait what?!"

"Well I didn't say it was going to be a FUN learning experience."

"Oh boy…"

That night after the campfire goes out…

Kuro was shivering in his boots, he heard owls hoo, snakes hiss, crocodiles roar, bats chirp, and Xero snoring, oh boy it was scary.

"Wait a minute, Xero snores?" Kuro said to himself, then he went into Xero's tent, and noticed something.

"Oh wait, it's also Larxene snoring! Blackmail!" Then Kuro did a victory dance until…

"Good night Kuro…" Xero mumbles.

"I'll shock you in the morning…" Larxene mumbles…

"Gulp," Kuro says. Then he walked back out, and saw Zexion standing alone.

"Zexion, what are you doing out here?" Kuro asked him.

"Oh, Kuro, I can't sleep, this place, it just gives off a bad feel, ya know?"

"Uh…" Kuro said as he heard the noises from earlier, "Yeah, I know whatcha mean…" Then the two heard a wolf howl.

"Gah!" Kuro said.

"Don't worry he's far away," Then they heard the howl again, it was louder this time.

"GAH!!!" Kuro yelled again, then he hid behind Zexion. Then there was the howl once more only this time it was about a yard away.

"HELP ME ZEXION!" Kuro yelled,

"Get out here!" Zexion yelled as he jumped to the left. Then they heard the howl, it was right in front of them, the bushes, they were shaking, then out from the bushes pounced a wolf, it was on all fours, then, it stood up on its hind legs, it was seven feet tall, it's front claws acted like hands, it roared, then it jumped to Zexion, it was about to land on him, then it fell to the left a bit, Kuro and Zexion looked at it and saw a spear in the wolf's side.

"What the hell?" Zexion asked.

"A spear? But from who? Iceralx?" Kuro asked,

"Not exactly," Came a voice from behind the two, they turned and saw a man jump from a nearby tree, he stood up and was wearing a cheetah hide for a shirt, camouflage pants, and had a satchel around his waist, he had brown hair that stretched down to his shoulder in a pony tail, he had red eyes, and three scratches across his left cheek, he had thin eyebrows, and he had a tattoo of a cheetah running across his left arm.

"Who are you?" Came Xero's voice from behind the unnamed man, the Hunter, Kuro, and Zexion looked to the direction of Xero's voice, they saw that everyone was awake, and they were all in the PJs, they looked funny.

"I go by The Hunter." The man said.

"Well, you are in the wrong place," Xero said, "May we ask you to leave," Then the wolf started to growl, then it got up and ran into the swamp.

"He'll be back with friends," The Hunter said, "I suggest you come with me," The Hunter said, then he walked into the bushes that the wolf had come from. Everyone just stood there.

"Well, I'm going with him," Kuro said, "He saved my life, and I owe him, so do you Zexion."

"You've got me there," Zexion said, then the two left.

"Zexy! Wait for me!" Abinixia yelled, then she ran after him.

"Ugh, we can't leave those three alone," Xero said, "Iceralx! Pack up camp and warp to my location when you have packed. Here's a beacon so you know where I am…" Xero said as he passed Iceralx a beeping pager. Then he, Xion, Larxene, and Retsuchi went into the bushes.

"Yes sir…" Iceralx said after Xero had left.

Long beginning! Who is this man? What was up with that wolf? And why did we leave Iceralx! All these and more questions to be answered in chapter two! Oh I can't wait!