Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the Fossil Fighters video game franchise. 'd include who created the game, but my DS is inaccessible right now as my dog is on my lap.
Author's Note: How many of my followers, favoriters, et cetera have played the game Fossil Fighters? I haven't played it since 2009 when it came out. Well, my little sister had raided my DS case and grabbed a random game and came up to me and told me to play it for her. So I take it and see it's Fossil Fighters, and I'm like, "Huh, almost forgot about this game. Well, why not?" I'd previously beat the game, like, three times, but couldn't remember the controls and decided to restart my profile. Currently I'm somethin' like chapter 4, but it's coming back to me, and I haven't cleaned a fossil without scoring a "Smashing Success!" yet. So, enjoy.
Chapter 1: Hero of the Arena
"Spinax! Finish it!" a blue-haired boy shouted out to a large lizard with a row of tall spikes on its back.
"GRAAA!" the altispinax roared, charging the small pachyrhinosaurus before it.
The smaller dinosaur attempted to evade the attack, but was to slow as Spinax clamped its toothy maw around its back and crushed it. When it released its death hold, the bone-headed lizard crumpled to the ground, dead.
"RAAR!" Spinax roared in victory, a pink deinonychus behind it joining in with its own cry.
"Nychus, Spinax, good work!" the bluenette told his vivosaurs as the defeated Fossil Fighter returned his Pachy to its medal, the cleanup crew already taking care of the blood on the arena ground.
"Another astounding victory from our Master Fighter, Hunter, folks!" P.A. Leon, one of the two announcers, said excitedly. "'Til next time, this is P.A. Leon and Slate Johnson, signing out."
Hunter returned Nychus and Spinax to their medals before exiting the arena. The cheers of the crowd were deafening, but he'd learned to love them soon after coming to Vivosaur Island five years ago. He'd proven himself countless times, stopping the heists of Medal-Dealer Joe, shutting down the BB Bandits, and even managing to kill an alien titan with the help of his vivosaurs and friends. Even Saurhead, whom he'd also defeated several times, hadn't received so many applause.
"Good work out there, hero," a pink-haired girl said as Hunter passed through the doors to the main reception area in the coliseum.
"Thanks, Rosie," Hunter said. "Think I ended it too quickly?"
"Add anymore flare, and you're going to turn into a Saurhead."
Hunter laughed. "Yeah, I'll pass. Do you know where Duna's at?"
"Right behind you," a silky voice said.
Hunter turned to find a pretty blonde girl in a white dress behind him.
"Duna, there you are!" Hunter said excitedly. "Did you see my last Fossil Battle?"
"I saw the finale," she said sadly. "King Dynal needed me. I'm really sorry."
"It's no problem. You didn't miss much; it was just some wannabe that challenged me. It wasn't anything too spectacular. He had Stygi, Goyo, and Pachy."
"That's a pretty by-the-books team."
"Nychus and Spinax crushed him, no problem at all."
"Oh, Hunter, there you are, hon," a plump, middle-aged woman said. "There are some children who want to see Vivosaur Man in the playroom."
"Did you bring the masks, Lady?" Hunter asked.
"Green or Purple?"
"Purple's Vivosaur Man's new signature, isn't it?"
"Good choice. Now hold still just a moment…"
Lady produced a mass from seemingly nowhere, and before anyone knew it, Hunter had a purple Power Rangers-style mask on with a big afro in the back.
"Lookin' good, hon," she said after inspecting the mask. "Come on, time to face those kids."
"Duna, why don't you come?" Hunter asked, the mask making his voice a heroic tenor, though the difference was surprisingly subtle. It made her blush.
"Um, I don't know," she said. "I don't really have anything to show off for them."
"You're a dinaurian, for crying out loud!" Rosie said, trying to get rid of them. "Go on, just take off your hologram and they'll see you as twice the hero Vivosaur Man will ever be. Now go, go!"
She hurried up and shoved the two off, and when they were a safe distance away, she called, "Hey, Holt, wait up!"
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The trio stood in front of the playroom door, watching the rambunctious children playing Vivosaur Man and Fossil Fighter through the glass.
"Are you ready, hon?" Lady asked.
"I'm good," Hunter said.
Duna looked off to the side nervously. "Are you sure they'll like me? Us dinaurians aren't too popular, you know…"
"They'll love you, Duna," Hunter insisted. She looked up at him, his voice giving her confidence.
She nodded her head. She allowed her hand to hover above a gemstone on her dress for a minute before pressing it down firmly. Her dress and body began to morph then.
Her white dress transformed into a pair of blue and purple leggings and a purple sports bra and a blue jacket. Her flaxen hair turned purple, and a reptilian tail sprouted from the base of her spine. Her pale flesh changed as well, changing into various shades of blue, purple, and grey-blue.
"You look beautiful," Hunter gushed. "I mean, you, uh—"
"Okay, let's go," Lady interrupted, shoving "Vivosaur Man" and Duna through the door, forcing Hunter to hurriedly open it before she crushed them flat.
"Vivosaur Man!" all the children cried at once as Hunter stumbled into the center of the room. Soon he and Duna were to their hips in eager children.
"Hey, kids," Hunter said. "How are all of you doing today?"
"GOOD!" the children screamed.
"Are you all being good little children for your parents?"
"YES!" He forced himself to ignore their parents snickering at this along one of the walls.
"That's good." Hunter turned toward Duna. "I brought a good friend of mine with me today. Her name is Duna Nichs."
None of the children said anything. The parents stared disbelievingly.
One little boy raised his hand and asked, "Is she a dinaurian?"
"Um, yes," Hunter said, already fearing where this was headed. Duna shifted nervously on her long legs.
Another boy spoke. "My mom said the dinaurians tried to kill everybody."
Now an uproar started amongst the children. They all tried shouting above each other about what their parents had told them about the dinaurians.
"Man are you ugly," a pudgy little boy up front closest to Duna said.
This was enough for her. Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she left the room, pressing her brooch as she passed through the door so they couldn't see her human form.
"Alright, kids," Hunter said hastily. "That's all for today. Don't forget to listen to your parents and brush your teeth… See you later."
He rushed after Duna, ripping off his mask and tossing it to Lady. Duna was already out of sight, and he realized she probably had used her portable warp device. He knew where she would have gone.
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Duna was in the Park Area, standing on the secret dock the BB Bandits had made years before. Now it was hers and Hunter's hideout as she stood there with her arms wrapped tightly around her chest, trying to stifle her sobs.
"What's your problem?" an impassive, snide voice asked. Duna recognized it right away.
"Go away, Raptin," she gasped out.
A cold, calloused hand placed itself on her cheek from behind. "I'm only here to help."
"No you aren't."
"No, no I'm not," he said. "But I have some good news. Do you want to hear?"
Duna said nothing, not caring what the snaky dinaurian had to say.
"I thought so." He pulled his hand away. "Your father has approved of our marriage!"
Duna froze, her eyes widened.
"Duna, where are you," Hunter called in the distance.
Raptin made a tsking noise. "Seems as though your hero has arrived. I'll let you two play around for a while. Good-bye, sweetheart."
Duna's tears began to flow again.
Hunter crawled out from under the tall hedges that hid the pier. He saw Duna on the dock, ignorant of the events that had just transpired.
He stepped down the wooden planks, stopping halfway to Duna, giving her space.
"Listen, Duna, I'm sorry, I didn't—"
Duna spun around and ran over to him, crushing her body against Hunter's and nearly knocking him over. Their pressure on each other was enough to deactivate her disguise, and she was left in her true, alien form. Hunter hugged her tight. He liked her better like this. It wasn't until she revealed herself to him in her true form that they'd started getting along.
Hunter's face was red. She'd kissed him, on the cheek, once or twice before, but he always thought of those as heat-of-the-moment type things that really didn't have much meaning. Now, he could feel all of her emotion pouring into him. Fear, anger, sorrow, confusion…and some gratitude for him.
"It wasn't your fault," she said, calmed down in his warm embrace. "They were just children."
She looked up at him with big, teary, purple eyes, and Hunter felt himself blush, and almost wished he'd kept his mask on.
At least, right up until she kissed him. And it wasn't one of those little kisses on the cheek he'd received so many times. Her big, purple lips connected with his own, locking onto his lower lip. They both savored the moment. Hunter could taste strawberry Chap Stick on Duna's lips, soft and kissable, and she admired the simple flavor of his.
When they separated, Hunter felt as though a part of himself that he hadn't realized was missing was taken away again, and Duna had a similar feeling.
They stood right there for a while, the few seconds that went by breathless and eternal, but painfully short as they opened their eyes to view the other's reddened face.
Hunter smiled. "Let's get you back to the hotel. I'll split some omelets with you."
Duna smiled up at her friend as he swung her up into his arms, and she reactivated her hologram. Hunter felt that missing piece get locked up in a vault, despite Duna having a supermodel quality in her human form.
End Chapter
Author's Note: Should've mentioned this up top, but, I'm not bailing on you Frost Emblem fans if you're reading this. I'm kind of stuck at the moment (happens sometimes, it'll be better in a couple weeks at most), plus I've been slacking big time on my actual books I'm writing. And, I know this was a short chapter, but it's an intro. A prologue. A foreword. Whatever in the name of the Black Hole Sun you want to call it. If you remember my FE and Avatar (oh, Avatar fans, sorry, but I'm having difficulties getting my updates to work on it), they were also like 15k words. On an unrelated note...who's as excited for the new Smash Bros coming out as I am? I've got a reserve on it (and Pokemon Omega Ruby (yeah, I'm a geek (but a good-looking one, ladies))) and should be getting it soon as it's released this Friday or Saturday or whenever it's released in America.
Fun Fact: First, this is my first Fun Fact. Second, it took me fifteen minutes to figure out how to spell omeletts. Omellettes. Omelletes? Hold on. *scrolls up* It took me fifteen minutes to figure out how to spell omelets. I don't use that word to often, but as long as Duna's here, I'd better get used to it.