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This is it! The first chapter of "What Lurks in the Shadows!" I hope you enjoy it!
Keroro sat watching the destruction. It was a beautiful sight of fire and smoke, and under any other circumstances he would have marveled in awe. But not now, not when it was directed towards him.
The Hinata house, or what was left of it, was up in flames, pieces of debris falling from the sky, going everywhere. Keroro looked around in terror. His platoon was dead behind him. They had been killed fighting something. As for Fuyuki or the other Hinata's, he was not sure where they were. He assumed the worst, and was about to run into the house to search for them, but stopped. He heard something, a low groan that made him stop dead in his tracks. He watched as, out of the fire, walked a figure, a Keronian figure.
No... I'm too late again.
The figure walked to the edge of the flames, and stood eerily still. Keroro recognized something about him this time. It was the symbol on his cap.
Wait.. Is that-
He never finished his thought. The Keronian leapt from the flames and seemed to engulf Keroro in darkness.
Sergeant Keroro woke up on his side. He was on the floor, and drenched in sweat. He stood up, and sighed in relief.
"Whew. Only a bad dream."
He looked around his bedroom in the basement of the Hinata household. Everything was how he had left it: Carpet neatly cleaned, TV left on from the night before, a half built Gundam model lay in the middle of the floor.
I will have to finish that one today, or else my army will be missing the RX-78GP03S. That would be absolutely unacceptable! he thought.
Keroro climbed the ladder to the main floor, where he heard Natsumi making breakfast.
"Good morning Lady Natsumi!" he yelled, waving his tiny hand cheerfully.
"Good morning, stupid frog." she said in return, not even bothering to wave back. This was the usual behaviour for Natsumi, and it did not surprise Keroro. In the 8 years he had lived with the Hinata's, he never got much recognition from Natsumi. He shrugged and began his morning chores, vacuuming and wiping down various things in the house. He looked up to Natsumi again.
"Is Master Fuyuki up yet?"
She nodded without looking up. "Yeah, he went out to buy some groceries for dinner when mom gets home. Why?"
Keroro shrugged. "Just wondered why I haven't seen him yet, is all."
Fuyuki Hinata looked around the market. He had already gotten what he needed for dinner but wanted to see if there were any occult books on sale at the local book store. It was the week before Christmas, so that meant that the bookstore prices were lowered.
"I wonder if there are any books on monsters that come out this time of year, like the one me and Alisa fought."
He thought back to the battle with the snow creature, where Alisa had saved his life.
I wonder how she is doing…
he thought to himself.
He looked around, finding a book that caught his interest.
Creatures beyond what we know as Monsters.
Huh. That sounds interesting. he thought
Fuyuki picked up the book, bought it, and returned home to find breakfast being made and the table being set by Natsumi and Keroro.
"Hey guys! I'm back!"
Both Keroro and Natsumi turned and greeted him with a smile and a wave.
"Master Fuyuki! I'm glad to see you made it home in one piece!" Keroro said with a grin.
Fuyuki felt a bit awkward at his comment.
"Uhh.. Thanks Sarge, but it really was nothing perilous. I only went to the market, and-"
He was cut off by Keroro.
"And the market is a dangerous place! Who knows what kind of danger can go down there?! You could have been mugged or-or attacked, or-"
"Ok Sarge, I get it. I'll be careful, ok?" Fuyuki nodded at him reassuringly.
Keroro grumbled and continued cleaning.
Fuyuki took his book upstairs, and sat down on his bed to read it. He opened to the first page to where the author's name should have been.
Huh. That's weird. The authors page has been torn out.
Fuyuki was angered that the bookstore owner sold him a flawed book, but calmed down when he saw none of the other pages touched.
Fuyuki decided to look up the name of the book online, to try to find the author. He was met with the same result on every search engine he tried.
NO RESULTS FOUND FOR: "CREATURES BEYOND WHAT WE KNOW AS MONSTERS."
Damnit. Why can't I find anything on this book?
He looked down at the book, wondering what exactly he had just bought.
Fuyuki would have searched more, but he heard his sisters voice from downstairs.
"FUYUKI! BREAKFAST IS READY! GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE AND EAT!"
He stood up out of his office chair, and put the book on his bed.
"Coming sis!" he yelled back.
He stood up, ran down the stairs, and sat at the table just as his breakfast was being put on the table.
Fuyuki ate his rice and began conversating.
"So, Sarge, how did you sleep?"
Keroro looked up in surprise. Rarely did Fuyuki address him before his sister. He took this information with pride and spoke up.
"Well, I slept soundly, like a Pekoponian baby." he said with pride. "Until I had a nightmare." He trailed off, remembering the night terror vividly.
"The same one you have been having a lot lately?" Fuyuki asked, concerned for his friend.
"Yes, but this time more vivid. There was the same shadowy figure as usual, but I could see something, a symbol on his head that resembled the star on my cap."
He pointed to the small star symbol on his hat, and continued talking.
"I also recognized him to be a keronian, but I am not sure who he was. The details after that are fuzzy." He looked down, trying to remember the details of his dream.
"Odd, that you have been having the same nightmare consecutively like this. Maybe it's a sign of something?" Fuyuki suggested.
"Master Fuyuki…" Keroro spoke seriously, something he rarely did, "I pray that is not the case."
With that, Keroro stood up, hopped off his chair, and walked away to clean. Fuyuki shrugged, finished eating, and left for school.
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There you have it! The first chapter! I hope you enjoyed, and if you have any ideas for future chapters, please tell me!