And Now
Here's Chapter 4 of the Dinosaur Revolution
The Journey Begins
Last chapter recap: So with the advice and wisdom from Beckon, Heart Umasou, and Hanabi began their long journey to the Grand Valley and Valley of the Meat Eaters. The first two days of their journey, were pretty much just focused on traveling to the valley. If possible, Heart would try to find an open field for Umasou and Hanabi to eat in, while Heart would look for whatever dinosaur was close by so he could eat as well. Then he'd hurry back to the kids in case some other meat-eaters saw them & would try to eat them. And for the first two days, that's how the days of traveling were. But little did Heart know that the next day, things would change greatly.
But back at Red Berry Hill, Beckon is about to be visited by another visitor.
"Eh? Who's that up ahead coming to me? I'm surprised how many visitors I'm getting these days," said Beckon to himself. It took a few moments but the dinosaur reached Beckon and he recognized him well.
"Oh, it's you Baku. I was wondering when I'd see my son again," said Beckon.
"It's good to see you to, father," said Baku.
"It looks like you took quite a beating when you were fighting that Heart lad. Come, why don't you go and lie down with me? You'll need to recover your strength," said Beckon. And he was right because due to fighting against Baku he was hurt. So Baku did lie down close to Beckon.
"If you're curious to know, that Heart lad was here a few days ago," said Beckon.
"Oh was he now?" asked Baku.
"Yes, he was here with that hard shell as well. They asked me if I knew of a place where he and the hard shell can live together. I told them 'I don't know of a place, but there is the Grand Valley where you can be like neighbors.' He was looking for a place like that since technically he's still exiled from here," Beckon said.
"I wonder though: Why would Heart a meat-eater take care of a hard shell? Heart should have eaten him. He is a plant eater after all and meat-eaters eat plant eaters," said Baku.
"Yet don't forget son, he was raised up by a plant eater family and they treated him like he was part of their biological family. After you first met Heart, and that Gonza fellow went after him, Heart indeed realized that he was a big jaw and he ran away from his family because not only did he fear he may eat them but he loved them. He could never kill the ones that he loves. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret that not many know about that hard shell," said Beckon.
"And what is that exactly?" asked Baku.
"That hard shell, whose real name is Umasou, is actually Heart's adopted son. THAT'S why Heart won't ever eat him," said Beckon.
Baku was silent for a moment "I never expected Heart to have an adopted son especially a plant eater," said Baku, blinking the surprise from his eyes.
"Well it's true. Heart won't ever eat him because he loves him just as if he were his biological son. In fact, I'll share with you another secret. When Heart attacked all those other big jaws and when you exiled him, what Heart DIDN'T say is why. He attacked them because those big jaws almost killed his son. Thankfully Umasou managed to live. But that's why he attacked them. Not for no reason at all, but because he was protecting his son. So, in a matter of speaking, Heart was exiled for protecting his own family. Sounds a bit messed up, but you can't blame yourself, you never knew this until now," said Beckon.
"I'm starting to really hate myself now. I exiled Heart for doing the right thing. I feel like such an idiot. I wish I could just remove the exile from him and let him stay here," said Baku.
"Well I don't know if you can get him to stay here because even if he were, there are still the other big jaws that might still try to eat his son and try to kill Heart. You'd have to find a way to reach to all the big jaws and that's quite a hard task. However remember, he is on his way to the Grand Valley and the Valley of the Meat Eaters, so you could always go there and tell him," suggested Beckon.
"I don't know if I'd go all that way just to tell him that. I'd probably come back here so it would be a waste," said Baku.
"Well if you're curious about knowing I also told Heart about the deal with the Two Valleys and how I was the leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters. I even told Heart about you being my son and that you took my place as the leader of the Valley. I told him the story about your lost egg," said Beckon.
Baku was at a loss of words.
"That Heart lad truly believes that you could very well be his father. As I also told him, you don't know what happened to your lost egg and Heart doesn't know his biological family since he was raised by plant eaters. I believe Heart as well you know. He reminds me of you when you were younger," said Beckon.
"I believe that as well. I even told Heart's adopted mother and his brother that I'm his father. However Heart was unconscious so Heart himself never found out," said Baku.
"Well then it's all the more reason to go see Heart and finally tell him the truth. He believes that you are his father but he won't be positive until you tell him yourself," said Beckon.
"I plan on doing that, but first I'm going to stay here for a while. For such a long journey and after such a fight, I will have to regain my strength back and fully recover from my injuries. I'll probably be ready to start for the Valley in about two weeks," said Baku.
"That will be more than enough time for you to recover. It sounds like a very good idea to me my son," said Beckon.
"I don't know then if I will come back then dad. I might just stay in the Valley, but I haven't decided yet," said Baku.
"Any decision you make will be fine with me, my son. But for now, however you should just rest. You'll have a long journey ahead of you, and you'll need to be at your best," said Beckon.
"Fine then, I shall rest, though I'm surprised that you didn't mention Sakaki to Heart," said Baku.
"I guess it didn't seem too important at the time. That and I don't know a lot about him as well. Don't forget, that was many years ago and I never got the chance to meet him. All I know is that if things haven't changed over the years, that he should still be the leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters," said Beckon.
"Your right. I just hope he's done a good job of taking care of the Two Valleys. I gave him leadership while he was still young. It was hard for me to leave him like that, but I didn't even want to be the leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters. I wanted to explore the world more. That's why I wasn't the leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters for the same length you were. I know it was a hard thing for me to do, but I couldn't just give the leadership to some other big jaw. They would've had to prove their self to me by defeating me in a duel, yet no big jaw challenged me. To tell you the truth, I don't think he wanted to be the leader either." said Baku.
"Yes it was hard for you. But you didn't want to stay cooped up in the Valley of the Meat Eaters for your entire life. And you may have made a bad decision with giving Sakaki leadership when he didn't want to be the leader was bad, but you didn't have much of a choice. Don't forget, I left the Valley of the Meat Eaters for the same reason, but I waited until I knew the time was right and gave leadership to you because I have high confidence in you. I'm sure that Sakaki is doing a good job of taking care of both Valleys," said Beckon.
"Thanks dad. I just hope your right," said Baku. Shortly after, Baku and Beckon were resting together getting ready for his next adventure.
On their third day, things started out normal traveling at a good pace, but after a few hours, Umasou noticed something.
"Hey dad!" said Umasou.
"Yes Umasou, what is it?" asked Heart.
"I think I see someone up ahead and he looks like he's in very bad shape," said Umasou.
"Now that you mention it, I can see someone too," said Hanabi.
Heart noticed as well, and so all three of them rushed to the dinosaur in bad shape.
"It looks like he's a big jaw like me," said Heart.
"He looks like he's still alive. He's just passed out as far as I can tell," said Hanabi.
"Well if that's the case then we should just leave him. He should be able to make it," said Heart.
"How can you just say that dad? He looks like he's in real bad shape. We can't just let him die!" said Umasou, his voice strained in anger.
"I'm sorry. I was just thinking he'd be like any other meat-eater and would try to attack us when he gets his strength. I wasn't thinking straight. I'm going to try to find some food and try to feed him and see if he will get better. Umasou, I want you to watch over him and Hanabi and if he DOES wake up and try to attack you then take her away from here," said Heart.
"You can count on me dad!" said Umasou. And with that Heart left to find some dinosaur to kill to help the big jaw out. It didn't take him very long for him to find the meat because after about 15 minutes, Heart had returned with meat to feed the big jaw.
"Hey, big jaw do you have enough strength to eat this meat?" asked Heart to the other big jaw.
"Yeah I should have enough." asked the big jaw.
So Heart gave the big jaw the meat Heart obtained and the big jaw ate all of the meat.
"Thank you so much fellow big jaw. Without that meat, I probably would have been a goner. I sure owe you one. My name is Hiro,"
"Think nothing of it. You needed the help so I helped you out & at the same time saved your life. And my name is Heart. This hard shell is my son Umasou and this Maiasaura is Hanabi my little sister," said Heart.
"Pleased to meet all of you. And don't worry you saved my life so your my friends, I don't eat my friends. Me eating them would just make me deserve to starve since they did nothing wrong," said Hiro.
"So just to be clear, you collapsed because of hunger? You weren't able to find any food?" asked Umasou.
"Correct. Let's just say that if you want to find ANY food around here you either have to look very hard or you have to be very lucky. There are very few dinosaurs that travel around here, even less dinosaurs live here. I've been looking for meat to eat for about three days by now before you showed up. Like I said as well, after those three days of not food I was very weak and my body collapsed because of not eating anything," said Hiro.
"But why on earth were you out here then? If you lived here than that would be one thing but couldn't you have just gone someplace where there are plenty of plant eaters to eat?" asked Heart.
"Actually I don't live here, nor do I plan on staying here. I'm on my way to the Valley of the Meat Eaters," said Hiro.
"What a coincidence. Were on our way to the Valley of the Meat Eaters as well. Maybe you could join us. At least that way you won't end up almost dying of starvation again," said Hanabi.
"If that's the case, then you can count me in," said Hiro, smiling.
"Well than welcome along Hiro. From now on your sticking with us," said Heart.
"Thank you very much. If it's ok can we go back to that dinosaur corpse? I'm still feeling very hungry," said Hiro.
"That's alright with me. Also there was an open field as well where Hanabi and Umasou can eat since they haven't eaten today yet. So let's go then," said Heart, and with that Heart the kids, and Hiro went to the fielded area.
"So out of curiosity, why are you going to the Valley of the Meat Eaters Hiro? Me Hanabi, and my dad are going there so we can live peacefully next to each other. Me and Hanabi in the Grand Valley and my dad in the meat-eater valley. Do you have family there or what?" asked Umasou curiously.
"Actually I'm on my way to the Valley of the Meat Eaters because I want to live there again. I was born and raised in there after all," said Hiro.
"Oh so you want to go back home, right?" asked Hanabi.
"Exactly," said Hiro.
"So why did you or your family decide to leave in the first place anyway?" asked Heart.
"The funny thing is that I don't remember completely myself. All I remember is that they told me I hatched out of my egg shortly after Baku decided to step down as the leader of the Valley. From what my parents told me, after he stepped down as the leader he gave the position to his son," said Hiro.
Then Heart was in a total shock. "Wait a minute. Did you say that he gave position of the leader to his son?" asked Heart.
"Uh, yes I did say that. Why do you ask?" asked Hiro a little confused.
"How on earth could Baku have given his son the position of the leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters? From what I heard, he doesn't even KNOW his own son!" said Heart very anxious.
"What are you talking about Heart? Where did you hear that? Baku doesn't know his own son?" asked Hiro, eyebrows furrowed.
"From what we heard, Baku was SUPPOSED to have a son after he left the Meat Eater Valley and settled down, but a big storm washed the egg away and as far as we know Baku has no idea about what happened to it whatsoever," said Umasou.
"That old story? I heard about that legend a few years ago as well like you have about Baku's Lost Egg. But I thought surely you would have known that before he had that egg, he had another egg, long before he ever left the Valley of the Meat Eaters. He's the leader of the Valley if nothing has changed. If I remember enough from my parents, his name is Sakaki," said Hiro.
"So let me get this straight. Baku has not one but TWO SONS?" asked Heart, shocked at this sudden news.
"If you put it that way then yes I guess he does have two sons. Sakaki, who's the current leader of the Valley of the Meat Eaters if nothing changed and his lost son who nobody knows what happened to whatsoever," said Hiro.
Heart was still in a bit of a shock. "Could Beckon be wrong about me possibly being his son? I never even knew Baku had a son before his lost son. If I am really Baku's son then this Sakaki guy who I've never met in my life be my biological brother? I just wish that I knew the truth," said Heart muttering to himself.
"What's gotten into Heart all of a sudden? Why does he seem different from before?" asked Hiro.
"Well you see, Heart never knew who his biological family really is. He was raised up by a Maiasaura family, a mom and an older brother. It was only a few years after he was born that he realized that he was not a plant eater but really a big jaw. After a bad experience with another big jaw telling him the truth, he ran away from his family in fear that he would eat them," said Hanabi.
"A few days ago me and my dad visited an old big jaw called Beckon who says that he's One-Eyed Baku's father. Not only that, we learned about Baku's lost egg & Beckon was also saying that my dad could possibly be the lost son of Baku. After that my dad was seriously thinking that Beckon could be right about him being his son, but he never knew that Baku had a son in the Valley itself. So I guess my dad is having a bit of an identity crisis," said Umasou.
"I understand. He doesn't know anything about his biological family and he thinks he may be slowly discovering them. It happens to some people," said Hiro.
"I'm sorry about that everyone. I just had a little breakdown but I'm feeling much better now. But anyway Hiro, you said that you have no idea why your family left the Valley?" asked Heart again.
"Like I said I have no idea why. I was very young when we left the Valley. I even asked my parents about why we left and all they said is that they couldn't stand living there anymore but they never said why. I guess the one thing that I do remember telling me is that they didn't agree to the way Sakaki was using his powers as the leader so that's why we left but I never did ask them how," said Hiro.
"Well I'm sure we will find out most of this when we get to the Valley, right dad?" asked Umasou.
"Yeah, I'm sure we will. Well Hiro you should probably rest to get your strength back. Why don't we all take a break while we are here?" asked Heart.
"It sounds like a good idea to me," said Hanabi.
"I probably should rest to get my strength back up. Well then I'll see you all in a while then," said Hiro and with that everyone took a big rest to get their energy and strength back up.