Chapter Four: Meeting Monsieur Brock
After exiting the cave he was lost in, Cilan found himself on a beach. "Huh... a beach. I wonder if there's any fruit around..." he pondered to himself before spotting a pineapple. Using his claws, he peeled the fruit, then took a bite out of it. "Ugh. Why are you eating at a time like this?" Professor Juniper, in her Chippy voice, called out. "But I'm hungry!" Cilan whined in response. Soon, he finally put the fruit down, and began to explore.
Soon, he heard a cry for help. He turned his head to see a fellow with brown, spiky hair, eyes that appear as if closed, and dark skin. He was stranded on a large island that floated on the water. "Help moi! I am trapped on zis island!" the man called for help. Cilan thought for a second. "Hmm... I really should... but on the other hand, I need to get to the Monkat Palace!" he pondered to himself before walking off.
"Wait! If you help moi, I vill give you ze present!" the french-accented fellow called out. Soon, Cilan came back. "A present, you say?" the monkat prince asked. "Ah, it seems I have piqued your interest, no? I vill give you ze new power!" the man called. Soon, Cilan grabbed the rope that the island was tethered to, and began to pull on it.
Meanwhile, inside Cilan, the group found themselves inside his arms, where there was a strange muscle that was glowing, as well as a cannon-like structure. "Weird. It's like it wants us to interact with it." Kojiro said to himself, before tapping on the cannon and stepping back. Ash took a similar distance as the cannon began to fire energy balls that slowly approached them. Ash and Kojiro quickly swatted them away with their swords... and they hit the muscle, which slightly grew.
"Weird. It seems hitting the muscle with those energy pellets gives it a boost. Keep it up!" Aurea told them. Soon, the cannon fired the pellets in a sort of rhythm, to which the two hit them matching the rhythm. After a while, the muscle had grown quite large.
Outside, Cilan suddenly yanked the island to the shore, sending the man flying, then faceplanting into the shore next to him. Soon, he got up. "My, what amazing strength you have, Monsieur Monkat Bits! Vell, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Monsieur Brock." he told the monkat prince. "The name's Cilan. It's a pleasure. Now, about that power..." Cilan responded.
"Ah, yes! Here it is!" Brock responded as he gave him a block. Cilan then held the block up victoriously. After a while of doing so, he went back to his normal posture. "So... what does this do, exactly?" he asked the block collector. "Ah, yes! It allows ze Monsieur Monkat Bits to inhale enemies! Here! Test it on me!" the French-accented man told him.
"I dunno..." Cilan was cautious. He didn't wanna trap Brock inside of him. "Do not worry! I can climb back up!" Brock responded. "Alright, then." Cilan added, as he inhaled Brock with ease. Inside, Brock landed inside the room the group was currently in. "Ah! What is zis? Smaller Monsieurs and a Madam inside Monsieur Monkat Bits!" he exclaimed, surprised. "Don't ask." Ash responded flatly. "Alright. I won't." Brock added as he climbed up out of Cilan's body, growing to normal size as he reached the outside world. "Zat was excellent! Use zat power well." he told Cilan. "I will! Thanks!" Cilan responded before heading further into a small jungle on the beach.
Soon, he reached a statue with pipes for arms. "What's this? It's a statue, but what's it of?" Cilan pondered. Juniper, hearing this, gave her guess. "It must be of some hero that was once there." she told him in her Chippy voice. Soon, the monkat got angry. "A hero? And it's not me?" he exclaimed before he started to beat the statue up. "Cilan! No violence!" Aurea told him. Soon, a flying saucer with an intercom speaker on it came in.
"Hahaha! Stupid monkat! You will never reach your palace!" Red's voice came out of the speaker. Cilan soon growled. "What do you want?" he spat. "I just wanted to mock you. HAHAHA! I HAVE CHORTLES!" Red told him before the saucer flew off. Soon, the statue began to rumble. Soon, it came to life!
And so begins the battle between Cilan and the statue...
