I will not go directly into the story. Though I will write the events that happened in the time skip here. New characters:
Ji-gu- age 9- daughter of Huang and Silk (Has almost white hair and blood red eyes)
Nico- age 10- son of Alice and ceased husband [John] (Brown hair, brown eyes, is mute)
Bone- age 13- son of Rios and Yurei (White to blond hair and grey and saturated green eyes)
Rex- age 15- son of Axle and Ria (Mostly wears a beanie, blue eyes)
Focus- Ji-gu- current age 4
"Unicorn!" Ji-gu called out as she tugged a bundle of Huang's hair into a 'horn.' Silk giggled at the sight of the "Unicorn daddy." The family was out in a walk inside the precises of the settlement. Ji-gu sat on Huang's shoulders as he held hands with Silk.
"It's rare for you to be out of work this early."
Huang responded to Silk with a small laugh. "Well there is nothing to be done at the moment. Rios is constantly checking for any trade requests from villages, he said he's going to call me once we get one." Huang stated. Ji-gu was confused in this 'working matter,' so she asked the only question that seemed the most appropriate, to her.
"How's work Daddy?" She asked. Huang looked up at Ji-gu
"It's doing good Noi." Tamed ocelots, that now roam within the walls like it's their home, crowd around the 3 hoping to be petted.
"Kitty!" Ji-gu yelled. Huang lifted a cub and placed it on his head, so that Ji-gu can pet it. The sound of heavy footsteps scared the rest of the ocelots and the cub, which jumped off Huang's head, back to their cat house. Rios, the blacksmith and trade officer of the settlement, was holding a large case for a bow.
"Aren't you supposed to be working?" Huang asked. Rios gave the case to Huang.
"The project that you asked me to do is finished." He said. Huang opened the case to reveal his old enchanted bow with scabbards covering something that seems to sprout from the limbs. Huang removed one of the scabbards to reveal a blade. Etched on the blade is the Chinese character of "Arrow."
"Good job." Said Huang. "I like where you placed the Family crest; so how much is it?" Rios turned to his workshop.
"As long as you can dispatch mobs with ease, it's for nothing."
"Let's go home Kumo-chan!" Ji-gu held her arms out for Silk, who lifted her from Huang's shoulders and placed her on the ground. They held hands as they skipped home.
"She's small for a girl her age." Rios stated. "I worry for her health."
"She's a strong girl, and I'm not talking about the spider part of her."
Back home, Silk and Ji-gu were counting together in the living room.
"One, two, three..." They counted up to ten. At that time, Silk asked if Ji-gu wanted to count in Japanese. Her reply was a vigorous nod.
"Ichi, Ni, san..." Huang was laying against the wall, quietly watching the two count. Ji-gu was the first to notice him.
"Daddy!" This surprised Silk.
"Daddy?! That's not a number. Oh welcome home Huang-kun!" Huang placed the case on the kitchen table.
He asked, "Do you want to help me put the equipment away?" as he took one step on the stairs. Silk got up and followed Huang up the stairs.
"We'll be back, okay Kumo?" Ji-gu nodded as a response. Within a few second of them missing, she examined the exterior of the bow case, wondering if she can mimic the action of her father.
"Daddy fought with something like that before." She thought. She remembers the times when she watched Huang fight the "bad monsters" through a window. She grabbed the case and heaved it outside to the front gates. She removed the bow from the case and pointed it towards the front gate. The bow was as taller than she was, so it was hard for her to keep the bow vertical. "How did daddy use this?" She pulled the string. Purple particles formed by her hand. Once the particles formed an arrow, she screamed and dropped the bow. The arrow only traveled one block. She hesitated for a moment and regained her composure. Huang and Silk ran out of the house to see Ji-gu holding the blade bow.
"JI-GU!" They yelled simultaneously. Huang ran to grab Ji-gu and Silk ran to grab the bow. When Huang grabbed Ji-gu, a scabbard fell off from the bow and caused Silk to cut her hand when she made contact with it. Blood dripped from her hand as she cradled it.
"Go to Ria's." Huang commanded towards Silk. She nodded and quickly walked to the infirmary. Huang cleaned up the "mess" and held his hand out for the crying Ji-gu. She wiped her tears with a murmur and held on to Huang's index finger. When they got home, Huang hid his bow in the attic and sat next to Ji-gu in her room.
"Is mommy gonna be okay?" She asked. Huang patted her head.
"She's a big girl, she's gonna be okay." Ji-gu hugged Huang and leaned into his coat.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
Silk entered the room minutes later. Her hand was stitched and bandaged.
"Huang-kun, can we talk for a bit?" Silk had a infuriated look on her face. Huang sighed and left the room. Ji-ji, who was worried about her mother, walked up to the door and pressed her ear against the closed door.
(Silk) "[...] She's a little girl, and I'm sure she should be playing around with dolls and such, not something that can kill people! I don't know how the Nether you influence Ji-gu to use the bow at such an age."
(Huang) "I don't know myself. But if using a bow runs by blood, we should hide all of the bows in the house."
(Silk) "Or better yet, get rid of them. She's bound to find them." There was a long pause before Huang spoke.
"Okay... Our daughter's safety before anything else. Keep the new bow behind glass though, she might not be strong enough to break it and it will only be for emergencies." Ji-gu felt a tremendous feeling of guilt. "Daddy can't fight..." She plopped to her bed. Huang entered her room as Silk began to do the work.
"Sorry Noi, so you wanna hang with Daddy?" Despite that she was down, she nodded. Huang noticed Ji-gu's depressed behavior and took out a dried sugarcane flute and played a note. She immediately noticed the flute and glanced up at him, Huang smirking at the response and played the tune of Mineshaft.
Focus- Bone- Age 4
The sound of Bone's father crafting radiated from his workshop. Bone himself, stood outside the door, watching Rios mixing small amounts of Gunpowder, sand, and iron pellets to craft fireworks for the celebration tomorrow. Apparently, the settlement that they live in is now considered official, meaning that constant trade with nearby Villages and Towns are now legal by Minecraftian law. "Bone, don't come in, it's dangerous in here." Rios said while placing a firework in a chest. Bone stayed where he was, just outside the door. Yurei, Bone's mother, found him standing by the door and petted his head.
"Hi Bonez! You watching daddy?" She asked. Bone stared at the mysterious red objects that Rios was crafting and left to the living room, where books containing educational material and slices of apples on a plate lay on the coffee table. He sat down and opened the books, studying numbers and words. Yurei followed after him with a smile, knowing that her son is a scholar, despite being discouraging for being legitimately curious like a cat (There was a pun as his hair makes him look like a Neku, a human with several feline-like traits). Bone nibbled on an apple slice and turned the page, continuing to examine various pictures next to their corresponding numbers.
Bone then pointed at the door of the workshop and asked, "Why can't I go in there?"
"It's dangerous in there." Yurei replied.
"Why?"
"There are things that can hurt you in there."
"Why?" Yurei was about to reply to Bone but knew where the conversation was heading. Instead, she pinched his cheeks which caused him to laugh bubbly and return back to reading his book.
"Oh no! It's past bedtime!" Yurei said giddily as she looked at the clock. Bone closed the book and yawned purposely, slouching to his room, acting tired. He was actually restless due to not knowing what Rios is making.
The next day, at night, the Santos and Niedos families stayed outside of their houses as they started the firework show, the Lees staying inside as Ji-gu is asleep and would be troublesome to subdue her. Rex, Bone's cousin, sat in front of his home, with Yurei and Ria who were chatting, waiting for something to happen. Bone was watching Rios and Axle set up the fireworks with redstone so that they fire in a sequence.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Axle yelled as he picked up Bone as they ran to the front of his house. After a few seconds, fireworks that were lined up in a row fired upwards in a wave-like pattern. Bone watched in awe as multitudes of color explode in the air, painting the sky with white, red, and green. Yurei picked up Bone and placed him on her lap.
Yurei whispered in his ear. "It's pretty right?" He gave a confirming nod.
After the show was over, both families entered the Santos Residence. Yurei and Ria were in the Kitchen making dinner for both families. Correction, ATTEMPTING to make dinner as Yurei still can't cook. Rios and Axle were in the workshop doing a storage check. Rex laid on the couch and fell asleep. Bone was watching his Father and Uncle doing their business.
"I think I made too much fireworks" Rios said as he opened the chest containing the explosives.
"I'm surprised that we still have enough gunpowder to make stacks of TNT!" Axle added. He checked off something in his book and opens another crate. "How many creepers did your wife, Silk, and Shorty mutilate 5 years ago?"
Rios noticed Bone standing by the door. "Axle, watch your language." Axle looked at the door in shock.
"HOLY SH- SERMENS!" Rios facepalmed.
With a sigh, he said, "Sorry Bone, I'm kinda busy now, I'll play with you later." Yurei and Ria screamed in the kitchen.
"Fire!" The two ran into the kitchen, preparing for the worst. Bone entered the workshop, grabbed a firework and redstone torch, and ran out with haste. Rex eyed him drowsily as Bone ran out of the door.
Outside, Bone examined the two items and swiped the redstone torch on the firework, igniting it. He didn't know what happened next, a round fired from the tube and danced its way to the bottom floor of the Lee residence. The explosion was meager, a gaping hole on the corner of the house. Huang, who was filling documents, slowly turned his head in horror at the sight of the destroyed wall in his library. Many books and wood planks litter the ground. He doesn't know why, but Bone felt a sense of humor from seeing Huang's reaction.
Hearing crying further in the house, Huang dashed out of the room, nearly running into Silk, who just opened the door to the library and saw the huge hole in the wall with a gaped mouth. "What the NE-" Huang cupped her mouth and moved her out of the room. Bone was not able to suppress his laughter any more and laughed until tears dripped from his eyes.
Focus- Huang- age 23
In the settlement square, Rios holds up a document from the King of Minecraftia.
"-We will be considered a town once we have a town hall and a mayor. Simple as that." He explained. "So I think it would be best to nominate." All but Rios and Silk pointed at Huang after a brief chatter.
"Uh... why me?" Huang looked at each of his friends; Axle and Ria beaming him deviously. "I really don't think I should deserve that role. I think Rios should."
Rios scratched his head. "Well I'm a bit too old to be Mayor."
"You are only 3 years older than me."
Rios hesitated. "Anyways, I don't make the best choices, I just follow orders."
"Same here." Added Axle. Huang looked at the girls who shook their heads as they smiled.
"I don't think I would be suited for making the best decisions."
Ria tilted her head in confusion. "Why is that?" Huang stuck his thumb out at his wife next to him, who was pregnant with their child. Silk gasped at the gesture.
"Well excuse me wise guy!"
"I meant what happened 7 years ago."
"It better be..." Huang stared at her for a few seconds and looked away from embarrassment.
Rios broke the awkward moment. "So it's official, Huang is the Mayor." Huang opened his mouth to protest but knew this was going nowhere.
Axle stood up and stretched, as did Ria, Yurei left, Rios just stood there smiling. This made Huang more confused than he was before. "Okay?"
Rios nodded at Axle, who then said the worst lines ever said to Huang. "WISH YOU LUCK WRITING THE 15 PAGE REPORT!" Everyone but Silk ran away from Huang and into their respective homes. Huang stood in horror as he never had to write this much.
"S-Silk... did you know about this?" Silk was also in a state of horror.
"I wish they didn't make it sound so freaking scary."
"Thank you for refraining the use of the F-bomb..." Silk smiled from that response and held out her hand for Huang to pull her up. "So did you figure out which it is yet?"
"Baka, it's only been 2 months." Silk kissed him in the cheek and left to Yurei's house. Huang grabbed the paper that Rios left on the ground and skimmed through it.
"Mak qufann, 15 pages worth of... I hate you all..."
Focus - Yurei - Age 22
Yurei pulled back on her bow and released to let her arrow fly to the target. Huang followed suit and split her arrow in half. Yurei then split his, and it kept going for a few minutes until the long pole of splinters arched down from all of the weight.
"I swear, you're a skeleton." Yurei said as she watches Huang crack his neck and back. "Ew..."
Huang started cracking his knuckles and replied back, "I said this multiple times, I'm this accurate naturally by talent, and by heritage..." Huang paused for a moment. "The hair is just a coincidence."
Yurei was shocked at the pre-spoken reply. "Scary..." She pulled back three arrows and hit three separate targets, all hitting the red dot, or bull's eye. Huang did the same. Basically, the two are practicing their archery skills, nothing much happe-
"Yo!"
Yurei screamed, Huang kicked the person behind them without thinking. Turns out... it was Axle, who received the kick to the gut.
"You sonavabitch..." Huang laughed at the sight of Axle in pain. Yurei, did not take the scaring lightly and aimed her bow at him. Axle saw the bow and stuttered his words, "I-I n-need some money to buy some o-obsidian for the walls!"
Huang replied, "No."
"No hesitation!" Yurei blurted. Axle went on his knees and asked again.
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"HEY SILK, HUANG'S CHE-"
"OKAY FINE!"
"Thank you, damn I should've brought a dog..."
"Do that and I will aim a bit lower in my favor."
"Whatever Shorty." Axle dashed to Huang's house and he gave chase. Yurei was left alone in the makeshift shooting range.
Yurei gave out a short disapproving sigh, "Boys..." She returned to her previous activity of target practice, unknowing that Silk was behind her.
"Did someone call my name?" The spider asked drowsily. Yurei squeaked, made a slight jump, and fell on her bottom, accidentally firing her bow in the process, incidentally, the arrow impaled itself on the bull's eye of the target.
Yurei's face grew red from the harassment of being scared and yelled without even looking, "WHAT'S WITH PEOPLE AND SCARING ME?!"
Silk looked at Yurei without any facial expressions, "I scared you?" She grinned from that statement. "Yeah, I'm awesome, didn't even try there." Yurei turned to Silk with rage and saw the red eyes of the girl, Yurei's previous fury cooling down.
"You really need to stop scaring the shit out of people..." She exclaimed.
Silk crouched down to Yurei's level. "Nah, it's fun to see idiots scream in fear." She yawned the last word from being tired.
"Tired? You shouldn't be 'doing stuff' with Huang so la-" Yurei was cut off from her sentence when Silk started yelling unintelligent slurs. "Loser!" She laughed.
Silk blushed. "We didn't do anything but talk, besides, you shouldn't be saying anything Ms. One-month." Silk smiled deviously when Yurei's face grew red from both embarrassment and anger.
"You know, that also means I'm VERY CRANKY!" The spider was gone in an instant when Yurei gave chase. Silk, like her boyfriend, was extremely agile and nimble; Yurei had no chance to keep up, especially with the added weight. She then spotted Rios in the doorway of their house, hand on face. She knew what that meant and instead stopped pursuing Silk and walked up to Rios. "Whoops, hehe..." She said innocently.
"You know, you really are a klutz." Rios said with another sigh, he then gave an unsealed letter to Yurei. "It needs some editing before it could be sent." The letter was to the United Minecraftia Government, yet Yurei took no delicacy to open the letter and to examine it. "Well?"
"I'm going to re-write this..." Yurei walked inside the house still staring at the piece of paper. Rios sighed once more and spotted Axle and Huang walking out of Huang's house with a smug face, and Huang with a defeated face.
"So he got it..." Rios said to himself.
Yurei spoke while still staring at the paper. "You said something?"
"Nothing, just that Huang lost a few stacks of emeralds."
"You say what?" Yurei thought for a moment. "Well there goes Silk's ring." She thought.
Focus - Axle - Age 36
It was apparently Guy's night in the town hall, not the best of plans, especially for Huang.
"WOOHOO!" Axle yelled while being a bit tipsy, clashing mugs with Rios who looks just as. Huang sat at the other end of the round table, calmly sipping tea while writing a document. Axle looked over at Huang, then at the paper. "Hey, you gotta lay back once in a while ya know! *hic*"
Huang dipped the quill in the ink jar and continued writing, replying with, "Your fault."
Rios regained a little bit of sanity and looked at the ground. "You know it's not entirely that..." Axle too, regained a little bit of sanity and stared off to the ground. They all knew the situation involving the recent mob attacks of the other villages, they were all too co-ordinate and frequent.
The idiot raised his glass up for a cheers, "All the more reason to lay back right?" Rios shrugged and clicked mugs, Huang stared at the mug next to his tea cup. "Hey I just remembered, isn't this the first time you ever gonna drink?" Axle said to Huang.
"Don't even think about it." Huang replied, he took another sip and wrote the last sentence before walking out of the room with the document briefly and returning momentarily. "I want to do something about it, instead of sending supplies to them to cushion the blow..."
Axle finished his mug and poured half of the contents of the untouched mug into his. "You know we can't do anything else." He replied.
Rios thought for a moment. "There was a recent discovery of a Nether Portal, I don't know about you guys, but that seems a bit suspicious..." He finished the rest of his drink and poured the rest of the untouched drink into his.
Then it hit them. They all looked at each other and gave a confirming nod. Huang was the first to speak, "We go when the nearest village to us is attacked. Then we follow the mobs." Axle chugged the rest of his mug and opened the chest nearby to retrieve a water vial and netherwart, consuming both to become sober.
"We should get ready then, right?"
Rios took the same items from the chest. "Just like old times."
Huang gulped down the rest of the green tea. "Not the most enjoyable of times, anyways. We should be discreet about our leave, we don't want our families to stop us from doing this, we all know how dangerous this is." Axle held out his fist over the table, Rios and Huang pounded it seconds later. "This better be the last time you guys are ever going to drink in here." Huang added. The other two laughed as the three went to leave the building. Axle stayed behind a bit, stealing a piece of paper before leaving. "I just want to make a good-bye letter before that happens..." He thought. He shoved it in his pocket and walked to his house. He opened the door slowly to avoid making a sound. Then walked into the hallway to his room. He stopped when he passed Rex's room. "Looks like I'm not going to see him for a while... sorry buddy..." Opening the door quietly, he spots Ria sleeping soundly on the bed, giggling a bit from her dreams. "I'm going to miss you guys so much..."
Sorry this took too long; school, and losing a bet to someone so now I have to participate in almost all of the class fundraisers.
This is the new writing style. If you would like to have the original style, sent your vote before the end of this week.