w00t! Chapter 3 is up. I thank Kai and Sleepwolf99 for keeping me pestering me to update, giving me ideas, and keeping me motivated to update.
Enjoy!
~Ryuu
Disclaimer: ½ Prince is not owned by me, except the fan-fiction, Yume, and Hisoka.
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-Kai
"If you had the power to build and rule your own kingdom, what advice would you give to a neighboring ruler if he or she did not want the burden and hardships that came with being a ruler?" Doll seemed a bit hesitant to speak, as if she could sympathize with the question.
"...I would tell him or her 'You're only being pained because you're only focusing on the torment of being a ruler, but not the great outcomes and benefits that will come with it.'" Doll had her eyes on the floor, a strained smile. Hisoka nodded, taking the answer.
"You pass." Doll let out a questionable sound and looked up. Taking the human-like Hisoka's place was Hisoka the amethyst dragon.
"Huh?" Hisoka lowered and nudged his snout against Doll's back, silently telling her to get on. She pocketed the feather, making sure it was safe and that she would not loose it anytime soon. It took Doll a few tries to climb onto the dragon when at last Hisoka used his head to give her a lift. After Doll settled on Hisoka's back, he took off with Doll gripping his amethyst spikes firmly.
"Wow," Doll exclaimed with her arms stretched out wide. The clouds weaving themselves through Doll's fingers, the dim sum lighting the forest even brighter. Hisoka chuckled, his body shaking from every laugh. Doll giggled each time Hisoka did a twirl and loop in the sky. Being mischievous, Hisoka did a few loops before diving fast toward the trees. Doll, screaming with excitement, wrapped her arms around Hisoka's neck, hugging his neck for security. On the last minute, Hisoka leveled out and flew peacefully to their destination, a small floating island in the middle of the Forest of Dreams. As the island came into view, Doll couldn't help but to feel awe towards the sublime sight. The island was floating a few feet above a large body of water, bigger than a lake but smaller than an ocean. Coming off of the island were a few waterfalls. The trees surrounding the edge of the island were different that the ones in the forest. The trunk was a deep mahogany with a more redder tint; the leaves were a soft white,k the veins were a little black. Hisoka landed in a meadow filled with colorful and weird flowers, in the middle a large old sakura tree. The sakura tree had stairs 13 feet up the trunk and at the end was a carved out door. At the base, there were two openings on opposite sides of the stairs one leading to a garden filled with herbs and other medical plants, the other a medical area for injured monsters. When Doll's feet touched the ground, purple smoke surrounded Hisoka as morphed back into his daemon form, holding onto Doll's hands.
"This way." He pulled her into the opening, left of the stairs. Inside there were many different types of mythical creatures, varying from griffins and minotaurs to basiliks, resting on the pillows or feeding; each had a bandage or two. At the right side, there I stood tending to a faun with a broken leg. Perched next to me was a phoenix with a bandaged across its missing right eye.
"Yume-JieJie!" The faun, shocked, moved back quickly, crying out in pain. Hisoka tugged Doll back to his side, shaking his head to Doll who pouted, while I calmed the faun down, casting his leg with splints.
"There you go," I patted the faun on the shoulder and helped him move to a more comfortable section of the room.
"Hisoka," I said.
"She passed. The hidden mission has begun." I nodded.
"What about Doll's friends, Yume-JieJie? What's a hidden mission?"
"They will be alright, the time for them has stopped for now until this mission is complete. A hidden mission is a quest that can only be accessed with the right words, usually leading to the NPC becoming your human pet." I smiled warmly at Doll.
"Oh. What does Doll have to do?" She looked around at the creatures who were injured, all looking peaceful without a hint of pain in their postures, even though they were injured; some worse than others.
"You will journey with me and help me find the Bird of Paradise. It is rumored that the Bird of Paradise was injured from a pack of phantoms that feed on exotic birds. You need to slay the pack for I cannot harm any creature in this forest. After you have killed all of them, only then will the Bird of Paradise reveal itself to me and allow me to heal it," I told her, while checking on the one-eyed phoenix for any infections.
"Okay! Doll will help Yume-JieJie!" She grinned.
"Let's go. It's better if we go now and save the Bird of Paradise before anything else bad happened to it." Hisoka made his way out to the meadow.
"I'll be right there Hisoka! Doll follow Hisoka. I need to finish checking on everyone." She agreed and ran to the meadow. After I made my usual round, I also walked out to the meadow where Hisoka, in his dragon form, was curled up around Doll who was admiring each flower. As I came closer, Hisoka stood up, shook his form, and knelt for us to get on. When I sat behind Doll, Hisoka took off toward south where the pack lay waiting for their prey.
"Ne, Yume-JieJie are you really an NPC?"
"Why do you ask that Doll?" I looked straight ahead, the south part of the forest was coming closer.
"Because you don't seen to be an NPC. You're more human with feelings and such," was her answer.
"Smart girl. You're correct. I'm not a true NPC. I used to be human, but because I could not...live in the real world, I was transferred into the game as an NPC by one of my family members."
"Could not live? Were you dying?"
"I don't remember much. My disease, a very fatal one, was one where your brain cells killed itself. Your body starts destroy itself by not reproducing white or red blood cells, failing organs, and even decaying current blood cells. I slowly started to forget most of my memories such as my parents, my friends, my fiance, and everyone I knew," I drew in a deep breathe, "My godfather, who worked with the company that created Second life, was desperate to save me so he made a machine that can move my conscious into the game. So, now I'm here. I died in reality, but alive in Second Life." I could feel Doll slump at my depressing story.
"It's okay. I don't really mind that I died." Hisoka started to descend. With a soft thump, he knelt and let us off. The ground was littered with claw marks, feathers, and rotting phantom corpses. Trees were totalled; burnt and dead. Doll looked a little disgusted at the destruction, while I had a more sympathetic expression for the bird. Hisoka, after morphing into his demon form, sniffled the air. Groaning, he quickly covered his sensitive nose from the revolting stench. In the shadows laid more clusters of feathers and disembodied limbs from the phantoms.
"This way," I started to walk on the path. Hisoka, after putting a cloth around his nose and mouth, and Doll, who stayed close to Hisoka and me, followed. As the trees became more demented and the light growing dimmer, the sounds of scuffling was louder along with ghostly whispers. The shadows moved and flickered, surrounding them; voices giggled. I stood off to the side. Doll prepared herself and summoned her skulls. There was a tense silence until phantoms pounced out from the shadows, fangs bared to taste fresh meat. Their bodies covered with shaggy grey fur and on their head was a bull skull. Two red eyes peered out from the skull's eye holes. The two forces clashed, phantoms versus Doll's skull warriors. Black blood and bones decorated the dirt. The phantoms one by one fell to Doll's skill. As the last phantom fell will a whimper, a piercing shriek resonated in Doll's frightened soul. I felt a little terrified.
Emerging from the trees, the alpha phantom roared, destroying all of the skull warriors with one breath. Its hooded figure turned its head toward Doll, her form shaking. I sighed, not being able to help. The phantom crept closer to Doll, black mist emitting from its body reached out to any object. Doll cowered back, eyes wide. Reaching out with a skeletal hand, the phantom was just about to snatch Doll when Hisoka roared and tackled the monster, not being able to handle Doll's vulnerability. The phantom hissed at Hisoka, angered that the dragon had interfered. Hisoka growled, fangs bared.
"Don't you dare touch her," Hisoka threatened, drawing out his black sword with neon blue engravings. On the very end of the handle was a dragons claw grasping a small crystal ball. The handle was demonic black; at the tip of the handle were the spikes the shot out straight then went parallel with the sword making a sharp right angle. On the spikes were a set of neon blue Draconian words. In the middle on the pair of spikes was an oval-shaped crystal. Above that was a smaller set without the cyan blade was also entirely black with more Dragonian characters in blue running from the base of the blade and up a few inches. The words on the blade stood for "Savage Xiphos". The phantom hissed at the sight of the sword and tried to maneuver towards Doll again, but Hisoka wouldn't have any of that. Swiftly, Hisoka hacked away at the monster, cutting off its arm as it tried to reach for me instead. The phantom shriek in pain, as I tried to fight my instinct to help the mythical creature. It shot its mist toward Hisoka, who dodged. Flashing behind the phantom, Hisoka swept Savage Xiphose horizontally, beheading the creature which disappeared as its turned into dust.
"Are you two okay?" Hisoka sheathed his sword after making sure it was clean. We both nodded. We covered our eyes, a burst of light blinding us. As the light dimmed, we opened our eyes to see a white bird. Its tail feathers were all the colors of the rainbow, as were the tips of its wings. One of its wings was half torn off. Its body was wounded with missing feathers and deep gashes, bleeding from its head. The bird look like it was about to faint right then and there. I motioned Doll to help me with it as we climbed back onto the dragon Hisoka while carrying the bird and flew off to my sanctuary.
Arriving at my medical bay, Hisoka gently set the bird on a cushioned bed, Doll standing close by. I grabbed my herbs from the table and mashed them together, making a bright orange salve.
"Can you get me some bandages Hisoka?" He opened the cabinet, taking out a few rolls. When he handed them to me, I put the paste on the linen strips and moved the bird a little to get a better position to bandage the bird. As I healed the bird, Doll shifted before opening her mouth.
"Yume-JieJie, can you tell me more about yourself?" I smiled. Hisoka sat on one of the plush pillow on the floor.
"I'll tell you what I can remember. I was born on the night of the full moon. My family was average, a loving mother, a kind father. I don't really remember if I had any siblings. Oh! I remember on Christmas, how my godfather would always give me outrageous presents. But, my happy life stopped when I got my disease at eighteen years old. I remember having a fiance, who was very kind to me, but I forgot most of my memories about him... even the day of his proposal," I paused, "But, I do remember a gift from my fiance. It was a small doberman puppy named Guang, but after I was diagnosed, we had to sell the puppy to one of my friends. Thankfully, I don't remember the pain I went through from each treatment..." I sighed, a little depressed that all I couldn't remember my entire past.
"There you go," I gave the Bird of Paradise, which chirped in gratitude, a kiss on head, "Thank you, Doll, for helping me." I gave her a hug. Hisoka moved the Bird of Paradise to a more comfortable place.
"Ding! System Notice, Doll acquires two Human Pets. Please set name for your pets," a voice chimed. Ignoring the voice, I made sure everyone was satisfied and said my goodbyes to each.
"Yume and Hisoka!" Doll look at the two profiles that popped up.
Pet Name: Yume
Pet Owner: Doll
Level: 100
HP: 9500
MP: 10000
Strength: 280
Physique: 170
Agility: 250
Intellect: 100
Energy: 130
Comprehension: 190
Special: Mission Pet, Cannot Level, Cannot Learn New Skills
Skills: Dream Catcher, Dream Eater, Oneirocritica, Oneiromancy, Insomnia, Supernatural Haunting, Maddening Melody, Heaven's Fur
Pet Name: Hisoka
Pet Owner: Doll
Level: 100
HP: 10000
MP: 1000
Strength: 340
Physique: 500
Agility: 450
Intellect: 100
Energy: 380
Comprehension: 200
Special: Mission Pet, Cannot Level, Cannot Learn New Skills
Skills: Inferno, Cyclone, Maim, Sacred Fire, Amethyst Icicle, Guardian's Wrath, Demonic Rampage
"Wow! Yume-JieJie and Hisoka-GeGe are strong!" Hisoka smirked, I smiled.
"Come on, we need to go back," Hisoka pointed out.
"But what about Yume-JieJie's forest and the healing creatures? Who's going to keep watch of your forest?"
"Don't worry Doll," I assured her as we all made our way on Hisoka's back to the Tree of Souls, "One of my trusted friends will keep good maintenance on this place. I think you've seen him: the one-eyed phoenix. Also, don't to tell your members that I'm your human pet just yet." Hisoka flew swiftly in the sky only taking about three minutes before he landed in front of the tree. The four team members were snoozing peacefully on the soft grass. Lolidragon was curled up in a ball, Gui was clinging to Prince's leg, Prince was sprawled out, and Wolf-DaGe was sleeping normally on his back. Both Doll and I shook each member, willing them to wake up, but they kept on sleeping. Demon Hisoka tried too but, instead of shaking, poked and kicked them which also didn't work.
"...Hisoka, love, would you be a dear?" He cleared his throat, while Doll and I had our hands clamped over our ears. With a deep breath, Hisoka roared the loudest that he could. The team members screamed and jumped five feet high. Doll giggled, Hisoka looked smug, and I just shook my head.
"Who, what, where!" Prince looked around.
"Chu Chi~" Meatbun hopped towards me.
"Well aren't you a cutie." I picked him up.
"Chu chi~" Meatbun replied grinning. He bounced out of my hands and went to Doll, who picked him up and put him on her head.
"Prince!" Gui glomped Prince, "Are you okay?" Chibi tears flowed down his cheeks. Prince, with a tick mark, punched Gui, who flew a few feet away.
"What happened?" Wolf-DaGe looked at Hisoka.
"Yume~ Did it happen?" I nodded. "Oh! I'm so glad! So are you going to travel with us?"
"If your other team members don't mind, Lolidragon." The rest of the team shook their head.
"Who's that?" Gui accused, making sure that the new male member didn't steal his beloved Prince.
"I'm Hisoka, but you know me by my dragon form. Don't worry," he smirked, "I don't intend to steal your Prince." Gui's glared softened before he smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Gui tilted his head forward a little.
"We should go finish our quest to hunt dragons in Dragon Fury Mountain," Lolidragon stated.
"Do you guys need a lift? It'll take a long time to walk over there." Hisoka asked Prince.
"Sure," Prince replied. Once again, a mist like smoke surrounded Hisoka, and when the fog disappeared, there stood a dragon. Everyone except Doll, Lolidragon, and myself were surprised by the transformation.
"Doll wants to sit in the front!" With the help of Hisoka's head, Doll was able to climb up and seat herself comfortably on his back. The rest of the team, except Lolidragon and myself, needed help to get on. When everyone on his back was safely settled, Hisoka took off in the direction of Dragon Fury Mountain. The scenery drastically changed when we left the Realm of Dreams.
After we landed on a nice clearing on the mountain, Prince and the team formed a plan to lure the dragons out.
"Hisoka, you should cover up your nose, just in case," Prince warned him. He nodded and took out the ninja cloth once again and wrapped it around the bottom half of his face. We all hid behind a rock structure. Lolidragon stared at Gui who was hugging Prince from behind. I smiled. He was definitely in love and Prince returned those feelings, even if she didn't know it yet. Hisoka rolled his eyes at the lovesick bard.
"Meatbun, get ready," Prince hollered.
"Chu Chi!"
"Aroma release!"
"Chu Chi!" Meatbun emitted a meat bun aroma, which attracted monsters within 250 yards radius. Hisoka winced, controlling his hunger while Wolf ignored the scent. The whole mountain started to shake, followed by hungry growls. We looked toward the massive dust cloud that was forming, getting closer and closer to us.
"He.. Here they come!" Out of the dust came hundreds of hungry dragon, their mouths wide open with drool dripping down their jaws. My eyes widened with disbelief. Everyone else was just as shocked, except for Hisoka for he understood dragon nature.
"Eh!"
"Woah!"
"How come so many came at the same time?"
"How are we suppose to kill them all?" Everyone began to panic a bit.
"Doll, summon your Flame-armored Skeletons. Gui use your Supersonic Soul-chasing Arrow and Flurry of Musical Notes whenever you can to help Prince out. Lolidragon, dash through the crowds and swiftly kill any dragon possible," Wolf-DaGe buffed everyone, "Yume, Hisoka... You help out in any way you can." We nodded and everyone turned to face the mob of dragons. Hisoka took out Savage Xiphos while I readied my spells. Lolidragon silently crept up to the distracted dragons and stabbed them in the butt repeatedly. I sweat-dropped.
"Supersonic Soul-chasing Arrow." Strumming his guqin, Gui fired two consecutive arrows. He lured two dragons back before continue his attacks. Charging alongside the Flame-armored Skeletons, Prince proceeded to slash the dragons while the skeletons held the others off.
"Maim." Hisoka's sword turned a greenish tint at the end as he slashed at the one of the dragons. The gashes, covered in green poison, refused to heal instead sizzling and opening wider. The Odd Squad stared in shock as Hisoka moved from dragon to dragon, using Maim repeatedly. Snapping out of their shock, the team continued on attacked as the mob began to thin out.
"Insomnia." My voice carried as I chanted, draining the remaining dragons HP and MP, using the excess to heal the Odd Squad and Hisoka. The team excluding Hisoka and myself collasped in exhaustion, panting.
"That was close... We were nearly overwhelmed... I never thought dragons would love my meatbun so much!" Bodies of dead dragons sprawled everywhere. Hisoka tugged off his mask.
"The scent was very palatable," Hisoka stated. Everyone stared.
"He is a dragon, don't you forget." I pointed out.
"All that effort was worth it." Prince held a dragon XXX staring greedily. Hisoka's eye twitched. Gui gazed upon Prince, lovingly.
"All into the pot. My beautiful Prince, please wait a moment. A very tasty dragon XXX soup is nearly done!" Quickly he snatched the basket of dragon XXX and dumped it into a pot of boiling water.
"That's sick." Hisoka groaned, look away from the sight.
"I agree," I replied to Hisoka's statement. The rest of the team just stared at the interaction between the prince and the bard.
"What the hell are you doing!" Prince screamed, as Gui cooked. "You idiot!" He slapped Gui repeatedly. Everyone watched the two with a weirded expression.
"All my gold coins are gone!" Prince persisted on hurting Gui.
"Hey! You guys!" A new voice yelled out. Prince stopped his torture. We all looked towards the source of the voice.
Translations:
JieJie: Older sister
Guang: Shine
GeGe: Older brother
Well there you have it. The 3rd Chapter. The next one will be coming out soon in about a week or less. Stay tuned for the next chapter. Please review if you have the time~
~Ryuu
P.S. Since Kai's not here. I shall post for her. These are catchphrases she made for Yume and Hisoka.
Yume's catchphrase: I will make your nightmare a reality.
Hisoka's catchphrase: This fire does not take kindly to being played with...
P.P.S. This is what Hisoka's Savage Xiphos looks like: stefanmarius(dot)deviantart(dot)com / art / Sword-46011305?q=boost%3Apopular%20sword&qo=0
P.P.P.S. Xiphos means sword in Greek.
Hehe, don't you love my catchphrases for them? x3 SHOUT OUT TO MASTER WOLFIE FOR BEING AMAZING. Another PB and J sammich awaits you. :D
Now time to go get my poking stick to make Ryuu update...
-Kai