Another day, Another Journey
Plot: Now the Team is in Dynasty Warriors but something up and the couple from Earth have to risk there lives to continue
"OW!" Kouya cried out as the group fell from the sky and into another familiar area. "Why must I land on my butt?"
Axel stood up and dusted himself off. "Because you have a big butt." An unidentified-flying-object went soaring at his head.
Colette stood up after apparently landing on her head. "Where are we?" she asked unfazed from her fall.
Neko responded, "Wu territory."
Neko continued "i think near Heu liao Gate" he pointed to a large wall with Wu Banners on it "lets find the Ruler Sun Quan" Colette "wow Neko your so smart" Neko chuckled "well i can't say im not" Kouya "no you just play far to much Dynasty Warriors" Neko grumbled "whatever lets just..." he was cut short by a loud bang and a explosion Nearby "woah!" a big cannon appeared nearby and fired at the group "ahh!" Neko twisted to Kouya "cast barrier Kouya"
"Damage is nullified to zero. Nothing can harm us. Shield!"
The cannonball rickocted off and the battle cries went silent. A soldier backed up from his position and muttered, "W-What are you?"
Kouya rolled her eyes. ANOTHER long explanation.
Neko took a step forward "bring us to Sun Quan" the Solders stand there "sorry man but he past away Zhou Tai is now the Ruler" Neko's hand was charged with thunder "then take us to Zhou Tai" and bolt of thnder came from the sky and hit his hand "O-okey we will!" the solders brought them to Zhou Tai "who are you?" this was typical Zhou Tai a man of simple fragmented sentences "Lord Zhou Tai i am Neko Yea these are my friends..." Neko spends about 2 minutes telling Zhou Tai about everything that has happened so far "... and thats about it" every one but Zhou Tai and Neko's group were stunned "so your telling me that your all from different worlds?" Neko crossed his arms and felt like he had this conversation before "yes me and Kouya are from a world much more advanced" Zhou Tai "show me" Neko pulled off the head phones and turned the music on once again everyone but him and Neko's group were amazed "interesting" Zhou Tai stood up "Neko is it we are currently in a war and we need help if you help us then ill join your group" Neko turned towards Kouya with a look of asking for permission.
Kouya nodded. If this was how they were going to get their team members then so be it. Kouya sidled closer to Neko but slightly behind him. Helping these people would undoubtedly mean that things were going to get nasty fast. Why does it feel as if these people were real? Why couldn't they be? What if these games dreamed up by people on Earth were actually real but existed in another galaxy?
Kouya stared at Neko's back. He was standing in front of her, breathing. He sounded, looked, and felt like a person and yet all this new information was overwhelming. She didn't want to believe it was true. She had just learned of his feelings and soon they might not be able to see him again. He didn't belong in their world and she didn't know which game he came from. Even if she could see him it would be the form of a game and that would sicken her. Kouya could feel the lump in her throat again but refused to let herself cry. Not at an important time like this.
Neko ears twitched something wasn't right and he could feel it but he didn't know what so he kept it in mind "Ok Zhou Tai We will help you in this war"Zhou Tai nodded "we thank you for your aid, Sun Shang Xiang will be helping you" Sun Shang Xiang walked in "pleased to meet you im Sun Shang Xiang" Neko grined "Neko Yea this is..." He was cut short by Kouya
"Kouya Straylize," Kouya said keeping her voice strong. "It's my pleasure Sun Shang Xiang."
Kouya fell into a low bow. It was good that she had combed her bangs because the tears were beginning to well up. Axel saw this out of the corner of his eye and leaned slightly in her direction. "You okay?" he whispered. Kouya nodded and wiped them away.
Neko wondered what was wrong but didn't say anything, Sun Shang Xiang "well il take you all to your sleeping quarters" Neko put up a fake grin "thank you"
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later in the sleeping quarters
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Colette were talking about the bonnet that was still on Goofys head and Axel was standing near the door, Neko was sitting on a bed thinking souly about Kouya and Kouya was a bed away "Kouya talk to me whats wrong i know somethings wrong?"
Kouya was laying with her back turned to Neko. She didn't answer his question. Neko finally gave up and just when he was about to turn off the light, Kouy spoke up.
"Neko you can't go back with me. You don't belong in my world. You belong in the game you were originally from. Not with me."
Neko was astonished "Kouya...i don't think im from any game not any of the ones in RPG Dynasy... but Kouya why would you say that i lived on Earth for the last 2 years, i was born in a computer but raised on earth and... even if i did find my game then what?" He opened his eyes "i have a home in earth but i don't in that game i may not have any other friends on earth but i have you, all and all Kouya id choose to live with you over i my game any day cause i care for you i belong with you i... love you" he sits up "and i can't bare living without you
Kouya rolled over and stared at Neko. "Maybe you didn't understand me," she said staring into his eyes. "You aren't going to have a choice to come back with me. Remember, everyone is returning to their own game after all this is over. You're going to have to go too." Kouya sat up and sat down next to Neko. "You were my first friend. And it pains me to think that I might lose you. You were the only person i had feelings for in that world. You know that." She couldn't repeat those three simple words. It would make it worse for her.
Neko thought about it "i have to call Dynasty he should know if i have a game that i belong to" he pulled ut his phone "Dynasty tell me what Game im from"
Neko that a hard question to answer, your not from any single world
Neko set it to both his and Kouya's ear so they both can here
Neko you we're created 2 years ago along with Jenna as a pair of mixed bodys from other games in lain terms your a embodiment of multiple characters
Neko "you mean like a manicore"
something like that
"so when the character are sent back what will happen to me"
that...is a mystery to me
"so can you make a guess?"
i have 2 guesses 1: you will be sent to the word that your needed the most in 2: you will be split into your fragments of character and placed into there separate games both Neko and Kouya were surprised
Kouya didn't need to hear the rest. She placed her hand over the phone and lowered it until it was in Neko's lap. Kouya had a very pained look on her face. Before Neko could respond to her she lept into his arms with tears in her eyes and kissed him.
"I don't want you to go," she sobbed as she pulled away. "Please don't go!"
Neko got up and held her "i will never leave you" he wiped away her tears "ill find a way to stay with you i won't become just parts of several games" he kissed her and released his grip on her "ill find a way trust me"
Kouya sniffed and nodded. The only thing she could do right now was trust him. But wasn't that what got them into this mess?
Kouya stood up went back to her own bed. She had finally begun to feel homesick and miss going to school. She wondered if her family noticed that she was gone. Her parents were always away on business trips so she was home alone most of the time. Kouya fell asleep with the worries eating away at her mind.
Neko stayed up in is bed just staring at Kouya and thinking about how he would stop from splitting into the games and what would happen tomorrow he slowly nodded off
Next Morning
Kouya got up the next morning and saw that Neko was still asleep. She wondered why they had to share the same room in the first place considering how this made it hard for her to change clothes. She decided to wait until Neko woke up and left the room to change clothes since he could be feigning sleep just so he could catch a glimpse of her.
while she was changing Neko was outside leaning on th wall mainly thinking that she thought he was a perv when she came out wearing a new set of clothes he gave her a 'thanks for making me sound like a perv' look then grinned and walked into the room to change out of his pajamas.
when he got out they wen't to a breakfast table and Neko caught a glimpse of some other fermilier DW faces "hmm id like to see Leu Bei at some point" he toke a bite from some bread.
Kouya rolled her eyes. "Consider yourself lucky that we are even here, Neko," she groaned. "If you want to see him ask one of them where he is."
Kouya found a pillar to lean against after she finished eating and began messing around with her phone again. "...Neko, do you miss our world?"
Neko looked at her and then looked down "yeah, sometimes, i miss my house, my own bed, and i even miss going to school sometimes" what Neko said was the truth its up to Kouya to believe him.
Kouya flipped her phone shut and looked up at the ceiling. "But what about you? You don't really have anything to go back to. You don't have a family."
Neko sigh "like i said i got my house it cost a fortune and im not throwing that away, also if i didn't go back who would keep you company?" he got up "even if i had nothing to go back for id still go its my home world"
"I see," Kouya had one final question for him. Kouya sat down with Neko and looked him in the eye. "Why don't you stay with my family? My parents have always felt bad for you living alone and feel that it isn't safe."
Neko looked at her "i..think that would be great...but i don't know ive gotten so used to living on my own...ill try...ok after this ill come live with you and i guess ill sell my place when we get back" note Neko has never used "if" once cause he know they will get them home, Neko smiled "now lets get ready Zhou Tai will be getting ready to march soon" he stood up and held a hand out for her
Kouya stood up after taking his hand and followed him in the direction of the throne room. Zhu Tai explained the situation to Kouya and Neko's group and they solemnly agreed to help in the takeover planned out for them.
"It's just a game," Kouya told herself. "It's not like we can die or anything."
Neko's ears twitched as he looked over at Kouya he was beginning to wonder if he had some sort of mental connection the made him know if Kouya was worried, as they walked out after the mission breafing Neko asked her "whats wrong?"
Kouya's eyes slightly widened. "Uhh... nothing." She was slightly taken aback at his ability to feel her emotions. What the heck was going on?
Neko knew she was hiding her worries again "restarting that old habit again, if you got worries spill 'em" he started walking closer to her "if its about this fight then don't worry ill protect you"
Kouya stared at him with a shocked gaze. "How did you know?" she asked in an almost inaudible tone. She saw him coming but the pillar prevented her from moving. Great. Now how was she going to get out of this?
Neko stopped moving closer "im not sure but the fox part of me can pick up if someone close to me is worried or something like that, on the side note your just predictable" He grinned and let out a chuckle "im thinking its half in half" he pulled her into a one armed hug "but no worries nothing like what happened at the arcade is going to happen i know the battle map inside and out and the enemy ranks are always spread out you will be fine trust me and my knowledge of Dynasty Warriors" Neko was beginning to wonder if she even did trust him at all and he let it out in a silent but noticeable fox whine that she could hear
Kouya gave him a playful punch. "That won't get you anywhere." The whining was an adorable compliment to the ears and tail but Kouya wasn't going to let them get the best of her. "And if you're so sure of yourself then I suppose you can do all the work." Kouya was joking but her straight face could've fooled anybody.
Neko put up his index finger "ah but that where your wrong, thing game is about tactics and team work so you are gonna get your share of goons to" Neko laughed and hugged her one more time before releasing his grip and walking outside "ok so..." he checked the rank numbers for each side "are numbers are even strategy with decide the outcome" Sora and the 2 started running "we'll take a base" Colette held her chakarem "a guess we can defend" Axel shruged "sounds good"
Neko held is sword "are you ready to do this Kouya?" he had a confident look on his face and he knew that he would win
Kouya huffed. "Whatever. I'm only doing this because of you and only because of you." Kouya followed Neko out onto the field and saw Axel with Colette. She smiled knowing that he would protect her and felt a little bit better about the situation.
Neko found her last line kinda sweet and had a playful smile on his face he saw a small group of enemy solders following a guard captain "oh this reminds me of DW4 my personal fav for DW" he let out blast of thunder Near them "let go" with 3 wide sweeps he down 5 solders and the captain "things will get hairy when we get to a base" he knelt down "hop on i know your slower then i am" he had a plan for him to use his speed to get around and Kouya could cast magic at enemies
Sora's group entered a base "lets go guys"
a enemy Officer had reached there Base, Colette and Axel both attacked him, Axel "take this" he was about to deal a ending strike but Colette hit the Officer first "enemy Officer defeated" she giggled "and Axel smirked
Kouya dealt with a soldier and took his weapon for future use. The sword was lightweight and hardly seemed durable but it was better than the bow and arrows. Those would just slow her down since she could already use magic.
"Let loose a series of flames at 1,000 degrees! Firewall!"
The fire engulfed a platoon of enemy soldiers about to reach Neko and left a pile of ash where they once stood. "Be more careful," Kouya said as she pushed on toward the base.
Neko darted past her "told ya im faster so if ya wan't a ride your welcome to get a piggyback" he lowered his back and ran in front of her
"Hell no I'm not riding your back!" Kouya yelled at him and continued picking off the weaklings. Axel had already gott on near the enemy fort and was now taking on a general. The general was amazed at Axel's powers and was shortly outmatched by the Flurry of Dancing Flames.
Neko brought his back up and slashed a few enemys "ok your loss, but you gonna get tired soon" Neko knew she would soon she was never as good at physical stuff as he was.
they got to a Base "ok we take this base and Axel and Sora take the one on the far end then we can take the main base" he looked over at her and she looked tired "hehe told ya"
Dong Zhou watched the fight from the enemy gate. He lowered his telescope with wide eyes and an open mouth. "Wh-What are they?" he gasped and refixed his headpiece. "I need more men!" he yelled at one of his general. "Do not let them harm me!"
Kouya eyed Dong Zhou with a look of redemption. "Neko," she said and pointed up to Dong. "That's our ringleader."
Neko grinned "looks more like a clown to me" he struck down the last guard captain "we gotta new base here" Sora on the other side of the field finished of the other base "This base is ares!" Neko Looked over at the still tired Kouya and sighed "well Kouya your tired and Dong Zhou is still there so.." he lifted Kouya up playfully and put her on his back as he did he heard her call him every name in the book and he started running "Kouya cast a spell not a curse" he chuckled and stated running faster, Kouya could have admitted it was more convenient for her and Neko didn't care
Kouya gave up and went limp in Neko's arms. "You big doofus," she said. "Put me doooooown." Kouya was too tired to argue and her voice went out from yelling. Kouya flopped over to one side and acted dead. She wanted Neko to stop running around, he was making her dizzy and there were arrows being fired at them.
Neko knew what she was doing he swung his sword and slashed away the arrows "easy..." He ran into the Main base "Kouya wake up we're here" he knelt down and let her off and drew his blade "hello Dong Zhou" the fat ruler was disturbed by Neko's appearance "what are you?" Neko grinned "im Neko Yea the half-Fox!" he toke a slash at him and several solders around him
Kouya played dead for lack of anything to do. She figured if she just did that then the ruler would let down his guard. Hopefully.
Kouya muttered a spell out of the corner of her mouth and set the ruler on fire. Dong screamed and ran around in circles trying to put himself out. "Now's your chance," she whispered to Neko.
"send these fools into a thundery abyss thunder well"the area around them minus where he and Kouya were was hit by a huge barrage of thunder killing all but Dong "W-wait I-I give up j-just don't hurt me" Neko put his sword away and started walking towards Dong, as he did Dong pulled a old style 1 shot pistol out and fired at Neko at close range the bullet hit him "ahaha fool i am a tyrant i never give up" Neko fell to his knees then to the ground still conscious but bleeding heavily
Kouya heard a bang an looked over her shoulder. She saw the blood and screamed. Neko was losing consciousness fast and if Kouya moved Dong could shoot her too. Kouya gritted her teeth in fury and cast another spell. Dong was pierced with five earth spears from her "grave" spell and was impaled. Kouya glared at the remaining soldiers who got scared and ran. Axel ran over with Colette and Sora's group and gasped. Kouya pulled Neko close to her and spoke to him with tears in her eyes.
"You'll be okay," she said as if she were begging. "You have to be."
Kouya tried out every healing spell she knew trying to restore the warrior to his former glory.
Neko closed his eye as he felt the wound being heals "Kouya I'm fine I just need to get the bullet out" he slowly dug into the wound while grunting in pain and pulled out the rather large spherical bullet and tossed it away "ow..." he fell unconscious but was breathing normally
Kouya held Neko tightly in her arms. She had almost lost him that day. Kouya felt the tears coming and did nothing to stop them. She sobbed for what seemed like forever in her mind. She kissed Neko with quivering lips. If she lost him again she didn't know what she would do. He was everything to her. Her reason for life.
the Next morning
Neko woke up in the hospital room of Zhou Tai's base and slowly sat up clutching his stomach as it still hurt and there he saw was Kouya asleep on the side of the bed with her face facing Neko, apparently there all night. He smirked and pulled her up on the bed and held her with both arms, as he did he heard her talk in her sleep "hmm...Neko... don't ever leave... i love you" apparently dreaming about him "only in a dream world would you say those words to me, but i know you do" Neko hugged her as she stared waking up "good morning beautiful"
Kouya stirred as she felt her body being moved. She lifted up her head and opened her eyes. Her vision was slightly blurred and then it regained focus. She saw Neko's face extremely close to her's and felt his warm body pressed against her own. It took her a few seconds to realize that she was laying on top of him. Kouya's eyes widened and she tried to push away from Neko but only succeeded in pushing her upper body up with her arms. Kouya stared down at Neko and saw the bandages covering his stomach area and was relieved to see that his wounds had stopped bleeding.
"How are you feeling?" Kouya asked Neko as she fell back into his arms. Kouya closed her eyes as she listened to neko's heartbeat. The memories of what had happened yesterday scared her terribly. She had never been so scared in her life. She didn't want to ever suffer through something like that again.
Kouya felt herself beginning to cry again. She couldn't stand it. Kouya let a few tears slip from her grasp and she kissed Neko. "I love you," she sobbed as she pulled away. "I love you, Neko."
Neko sat up again "Kouya I'm sorry if I scared you and I love you to" as he got up he stared past her and saw his clothes, pants and all, he turned bright red "um... Kouya... who toke my clothes off?" he was wide eyed, he was hoping it wasn't a certain Blue eye, blond he knew.
Kouya didn't move. "I don't know." She figured one of the nurses must've done it. And right on que, a nurse came in the room.
"How are you fe--" she paused and turned around. "I'll come back later," the poor nurse said while leaving with a blushing face.
Kouya stared after her. "But don't worry," she said looking at neko. "I didn't see anything."
Neko was thinking something else "oh... kay... right" he was still blushing and he saw his blue t-shirt was ripped and had blood all over it "looks like ill need a new shirt..." he slowly gets up prompting Kouya to cover her eyes
Kouya took Neko's spot after he had gotten dressed and layed down on the bed. The nurse came back in and saw Kouya laying on the bed and Neko getting dressed and left as soon as she came. Kouya found this hilarious and she began laughing. "Well Neko I think you have permanently traumatized a video game character. Now that, takes skill."
Neko laughed "don't be talking all it takes is a bullet wound to traumatize you" he knew she was gonna hit him for that. Kouya punched Neko lightly in the arm as they left the medical room. "Hey I couldn't help it," she said. "You were gonna die. What else should I have done?"
They left the room and saw Axel and Colette "oh hey guys" he saw that they were looking at his bandaged stomach "don't worry im fine I just need a new shirt" Axel grinned "this better not be every day that you need new clothes" Neko laugh "you one say that Mr.black robe"the two laughed.
as Neko went into a clothing room he was hit in the face by a shirt "That was convenient" Sun Shang Xiang had thrown it at him, Kouya saw Neko get hit with a new shirt. She smiled at Sun Shang Xiang. "Nice one."
"There you go, one undershirt made of high quality strands of platinum and 70 silk durable yet fashionable!" Neko put it on under his jacket "cool thanks" it was a silvery white shirt, Sun Shang Xiang gave Neko a pair of fingerless gloves and a black metal neck coller "these match the shirt" Neko put the gloves on but was doubtful of the coller "its the fox thing isn't it?" it was taken from his hand and put around his neck by Kouya "Hey I don't wanna where the col-" Neko was stopped by Kouya kissing him "I think it looks cute on you"
"Sun Shang Xiang," she said to her. "How would you like to come with us?"
Sun Shang Xiang grinned. "You guys helped us out. We owe you so of course I'll come."
Kouya smiled. That was easy.
Neko grinned "well then lets go meet Zhou Tai" they left the room and headed for the meeting room. Zhou Tai gave them gratitude "you have done are forces a great deal and for that we thank you" Neko bowed "i thank you for your kind words" the 2 players got a call "its time to go" the group huddled together, Zhou Tai joined them "let us go" Neko pressed the button and they teleported.