Rulf and Sarkis were both walking down a dirt path in the middle of a forest. Rulf kept a watchful eye on the lucario with the loincloth and staff that led the way to a mine that he wasn't even sure existed. Rulf held his steel shield in one hand as he walked on, with his axe strapped to his waist. After a while of walking, Rulf felt like he just had to ask Sarkis a question. "Where did a lucario like you get that staff? You didn't make it, did you?" he inquired.
Sarkis chuckled before saying, "No, no. I'm skilled at many things, making weapons isn't one of them. I found it on a dead guy. I was going to sell it but I grew rather attached to it."
"You find a lot of things on dead people?" Rulf questioned him, now a little suspicious of his traveling companion.
"When I can find them, oh, and don't worry, that guy was dead well before I found him. He must have been sleeping in a cave and died of old age, or the cold. Who knows, all that matters is I got a nice looking staff out of it, and a few gold coins." Sarkis replied as he smiled.
"What do you do for a living? Are you a scavenger? A vulture?" Rulf asked him.
"Last time I checked, it's called being a successful adventurer. If you want to become an adventurer and live well, you had better be prepared to take what the dead leave behind." Sarkis told him.
"Our people have our weapons and clothes burned with us when we die. Maybe part of the reason was to stop people from stealing from our dead." Rulf responded.
"You can't steal from the dead. I think they have bigger problems like...being dead." Sarkis said as he walked on.
"I wouldn't be too happy if I knew someone was going to steal from me while I'm dead." Rulf stated.
"That may be so but really, what's the bigger problem? Someone stealing from you, or being dead?" Sarkis asked him.
"Being dead, but I still wouldn't be happy if someone stole from me while I'm dead." Rulf replied.
"I honestly wouldn't care if someone stole from me when I'm dead. Well, I wouldn't care about anything if I were dead." Sarkis told him.
"What about the afterlife? Don't you lucarios have a religion?" Rulf asked.
"No offense to you if you're religious, but religion seems to start a lot of pointless wars. Religion is overrated." Sarkis responded.
"So you don't believe in a life after death? Is life not bleak for you then?" Rulf questioned him.
"Why would it be?" Sarkis confusedly asked him.
"Well, if this life is the only one we have, then aren't you scared of death?" Rulf inquired.
"Not really. I just don't think about it, and enjoy life as much as I can." Sarkis said with a smile.
"And how do you do that?" Rulf asked.
"By getting drunk and sleeping with many men and women." Sarkis replied with a grin on his face.
Rulf just shook his head and sighed in response as he just kept walking up the dirt road which now went up a big hill. They walked on for hours. The sky was beginning to grow darker. Rulf was beginning to think Sarkis was leading him somewhere else but he guessed that was just him being paranoid. At this point, he guessed this mine they were heading to was still miles away, so Rulf started talking to his traveling companion to pass the time. "Do all lucarios wear loincloths?" Rulf asked him.
"No, but it seemed quite a few of these humans seemed interested in what sex I was. They stared at my crotch whenever I walked into one of their towns. Although I don't mind people looking when they're attractive, you always get that one guy who looks like he's crawled out of a pit of shit and it's one of those guys that don't stop staring. I wouldn't mind you staring, though." Sarkis said as he grinned.
"Remember, I don't go that way." Rulf replied.
"I've changed people's minds before." Sarkis smugly responded.
"You won't get me into your bed again." Rulf firmly stated.
"So you say." Sarkis replied with a little chuckle.
"You don't quit, do you?" Rulf questioned him.
"Nope." Sarkis happily responded.
Rulf sighed before asking, "Is your mind always so dirty?"
"Yep!" Sarkis said as he grinned.
Rulf didn't say anymore, he just chose to keep on walking to wherever it was they were heading to. One hour later, they walked into a town. It seemed peaceful enough. The buildings were made of stone, and looked fairly solid. Although Rulf was happy to that there was an inn nearby, he did have a few questions on his mind which he quickly voiced. "I thought we were heading towards a mine."
Sarkis looked back at him as he said, "We are, but it's dark. One night in this place wouldn't be so bad compared to sleeping outside, would it?"
"Depends, we're not sharing a bed are we?" Rulf asked him.
Sarkis was about to answer him until he realized something, and mumbled one single word. "... Shit."
"What's wrong?" Rulf inquired.
"My coin purse is gone. I must have left it back in that room." Sarkis told him.
"Looks like we're sleeping outside then." Rulf said with a smile on his face.
"I hate sleeping outside. I get my fur dirty that way." Sarkis grumbled.
"Stop being a big girl and let's go find some shelter." Rulf said as he walked back off in the direction they came, back towards the woods.
Sarkis glanced over to the inn he could have been sleeping in for the night, if only he had remembered to bring his coin purse. Half an hour passed, and now they were both in the middle of the woods, looking for any kind of shelter. "I'm tired." Sarkis said.
"I know." Rulf replied before looking up to the sky. "I think it's going to rain soon."
"Oh great, lovely to know." Sarkis mumbled.
Rulf could see a cliff not so far from them. He hoped that there was some kind of cave over there. "Let's move." he said as Sarkis sighed and followed on. On the way to the cliff, thunder could be heard before the dark clouds showered everything in heavy rain. The sky grew much darker making everything hard to see, but they eventually found what they were looking for. They quickly entered the cave they found and sat down to have a rest, now feeling cold and hungry. They had to sleep on the cold hard rock floor of the cave, much to the displeasure of Sarkis who was incessantly complaining.
"I don't mind being wet and sitting on hard things, but this is just unpleasant." Sarkis stated as he now put down his staff, and lay down on the hard rock floor.
"You know what else is unpleasant? The image I just got in my head." Rulf responded as he rested on the cave floor.
"Well, it's nice to know you're at least thinking of me." Sarkis replied with a sly grin on his face.
"Shut up and sleep." Rulf ordered him as he put his shield and axe to one side and now closed his eyes.
"You're no fun." Sarkis pouted before closing his eyes and eventually managing to fall asleep.
Author's notes: Well! I wanna thank hironada and BigBossSonic for editing this and also Ozymandeos for giving me the name of this story. Hope ya all enjoyed! You're all awesome! :3 Went ahead and updated a few things in this chapter. Nothing important, just changed a few words to make things a little clearer to the reader.
