Link Fangirl01: I realized after reading your review that there was another scene that I had intended to put into that last chapter that I neglected, oh well, guess I'll use it to open this one, hope you enjoy.
Author's note: So since I really badly want to do something with minecraft, I have been binge playing it (though I might put that on hold in favor of getting ready for Destiny: The Taken king coming out next month), that combined with super long commutes to and from work make getting these chapters out mind numbingly slow. Ii doesn't help that now that I'm here I realized that I have a huge hole between this plot point and the next one that really needs to be filled with something, hopefully something that isn't all fluff and nonsense and actually moves the story forward in some way…
Chapter 7: Granny's Curse.
The adventurers were more or less content aboard the boat and happy to be on their way, Yugo was still a little apprehensive about dragging his best friend and his best friend's wife along for a journey that was his responsibility. But the two had insisted and papa was good with kids after all, he was sure nothing terribly bad would happen, he was wondering how Chibi and Grougal would fare, they had been at sea nearly a week now and as he laid on the railing with his leg dangling over the side his thoughts wandered to the place he called home, would he even be able to live there anymore after all this? He would be king of an entire people, really king, really expected to make hard decisions and help his people thrive and prosper.
He sighed as the thought ran through his mind, he supposed every boy one day had to become a man, move away from home and live his own life by his own rules, but did it really have to be so far. Papa was Mayor after all, he couldn't leave whenever he wished it just to visit, and that meant the two of them would not see each other all that often… unless perhaps there was a way to communicate across the vast distances.
Yugo sat bolt upright, Or we'll need to find a place with a Zaap Portal he thought, though such places, uninhabited by man must be few and far between by now. he allowed himself to lay back down. A few minutes later he felt more weight place itself on the railing near his head, he turned to look and found Lucas sitting there.
"May I ask you something my king?" he asked
"Please just call me Yugo," Yugo replied "I'm not all into this 'my king' or 'your majesty' stuff you know, I was raised by an Innkeeper after all."
"Okay," Lucas said simply "May I ask you something Yugo?"
"Ask away." Yugo said indifferently
"Are you…" he seemed hesitant "Are you afraid of this journey, afraid of the changes coming?"
"Well," Yugo said sitting up "I'm fairly resigned to fate if that is what you are asking, I don't really like it though, I never asked to be someone with some great destiny and royal blood, the last scion of a race banished to another world."
"When you put it like that," Lucas said "It certainly does sound as though the world rests upon your shoulders."
"It wouldn't be the first time," Yugo replied "After awhile, you start to get used to the weight. That is worthy of fear though, I don't want to become a neutral bystander who watches the world from afar and does nothing to right the wrongs that I see. I don't want my heart to become hard, if I'm afraid of anything, that would be it."
"So you fear change in yourself," Lucas said "I can't say the same, as far back as I can remember I have lived in Emrub, I've tried to remember beyond that, before whatever happened, bit anytime I do, I just draw a blank… I can't even remember my parents."
"I'm sorry," Yugo said
"Why?" Lucas asked "nothing you can do about it."
"No," Yugo said "but I feel responsible, from what I understand it was I who gave the order to send you and the others to Emrub in the first place, I was the one who failed to protect us from the Mechasme."
"That was a different you." Lucas said simply "You and the other members of the council are immortal yes, but your lives are not infinite, you die, and you are reborn, your previous life washed clean that your soul may live untainted and pure."
"Maybe…" Yugo said "It is a nice way to think about it, if nothing else. And it explains why Quilby is so… corrupted, he is corrupted by time perhaps, too much time, I actually feel sorry for him now."
Without warning Something in Yugo's pocket began to glow with a brilliant yellow light. The two boys looked down and Yugo pulled the item out, it was the token that Ruel had given him.
"Does this have magical properties?" Yugo wondered aloud "I wonder what he gave it to me for?"
The coing began to shake and spin in his hand, surprised Yugo dropped it onto the deck and jumped back.
"What is that thing?" Lucas said joining his king's side.
"A coin of some kind," Yugo replied "Ruel gave it to me, just like him to give us some practical joke."
More light poured from the coin as something emerged, a column of white light shot from it's center, by now the ruckus had attracted the attention of the others on board and a crowd had gathered wondering at the magical device.
The column widened and a humanoid form became vaguely visible within it, slowly apparating as the light finally faded. There before the collected brotherhood who all stood ready for battle was Ruel Stroud.
"Typical welcome," he uttered in annoyance "I suppose good friends are hard to come by these days." His fingers picked some dirt off his sleeve and threw it overboard.
"Wh-What?" Yugo uttered in amazement and confusion "how did you…?
Before he could answer Percedal stepped closer and squinted hard at the man, he took a short sniff.
"Augh!" Percedal cried in dismay "It's definitely him alright."
"Ah my Iop," Eva said "Will you never learn?"
"Sometimes A man must do what a man must do Eva," Percedal said in response, to this the blonde only shook her head and retreated to the below deck area.
"WHY ARE YOU HERE!" a shrieking voice screamed across the deck.
"Hello to you too Amalia," Ruel said with an edge in his voice.
"Enough!" Yugo said quickly "If you are both going to be aboard my ship, you are both going to get along."
Amalia huffed and sat down "Get along, I can smell that maggot infested robe from over here." She said.
Adamai watched curiously, he had enver really spent enough time around the two to grasp what kind of relationship they had, so now would be a good opportunity. On the surface they didn't seem to get along to well, though it was clear that Ruel had nothing in particular against the Sadida princess besides her rude comments.
"Those robes actually do smell pretty badly Ruel," Yugo said pinching his nose "Even for you."
"Really?" Ruel said in an almost annoyed tone "I guess if that is truly so it's finally time to retire these rags."
"Retire them?" Amalia asked "How about burn them to ashes!"
"Why would I do that?" Ruel asked earnestly "when I could sell them to someone less scrupulous them myself."
"I think I agree with Amalia" Yugo said through his pinched nose. "They need to go away, forever if possible."
"How can you say that Yugo!" Ruel said with teary eyes don't you remember all the adventures we had with this robe?"
"Do you mean to tell me," Amalia started "That those are the same robes you wore during our first adventure?"
"Of course they are!" Ruel said "Why would I buy new ones unless I absolutely had too."
"That's gross," Yugo said "Even Papa doesn't wear the same clothes that long."
"You're still wearing the same hat!" Ruel said
"This?" Yugo said looking up at his hat "I wash this regularly, besides I've only had it six months or so, my old one kinda got… obliterated."
Adamai put his forefingers together and whistled as he walked away.
"Land Ho!" Came Kaden's cry from the crow's nest above them.
"Hmm… "Ruel said "I'll go exploring with you for awhile, maybe I'll find a shop with new robes."
"I'm Confused," Lucas said "Why are you here, and how did you get here?"
"Did you think I would leave my best friend's son to wander the seas alone?" Ruel said in a lower tone, inviting a challenge from the younger man.
"No," Lucas said "But then how…"
"I've been experimenting with Recall potions and the like," Ruel said "Otomai's been helping, we figured out a way to make a token that allows the user to teleport to it using a recall potion that's attuned to the coin." He said "I thought it might be a nice way for me to check on all of you from time to time. Though we weren't sure if it would really work until now."
Lucas shook his head. "I'll never understand all of you," He said "I've only lived my life around Eliatropes, the logic of the other races eludes me."
He had to get away, damn that rouge, carrying that many Shu-shu's, what on earth was he thinking! The fact that he managed to master so many and keep them in line was impressive indeed and that power was more that he could take right now.
"Hello Friend." A voice said beside him, he turned his head to see a black Bow Meow grinning ear to ear like child at Christmas "Found you!"
Damn it! He thought in dismay as ducked and tumbled through several merchant stalls, avoiding the nearly instant volley of demonic ammunition fired from the Shu-shu guns that the Bow Meow's partner had pointed in his general direction.
"You're not getting away this time Galesh!" the man yelled angrily as he gave chase, the duo was good, insanely so, the Bow Meow tracked him and the Rouge followed flanking and outmaneuvering their prey.
Unfortunately for them the son of ecaflip herself was not without his resources and as the latter closed in on him he summoned large playing cards to mask his movements, they spun hiding his true movements from his attackers sight and allowing him to counterattack, kicking the rouge in the gut before quickly fleeing towards the port, he needed a ship, if he could get distance between him and the Smisse brothers then he would be safe, at least temporarily.
It was then that he noticed a new ship entering port, and his sharp eyes detected familiar faces on board, finally a break, he would get out of this now, he was sure of it.
Lucian was reading quietly at the bow of the ship, waiting for them to get into port, most of the actual ship work was already being done by those who knew how. Celeste and Talia were talking with one another, Celeste trying desperately to convince Talia to abandon her toxic views and attitudes about the people around her, good luck with that.
The Yugolite was so far behind the world, there was a lot that was considered common knowledge for everyone else, but he did not know it, things would be mentioned and he would not understand. He knew some basics now, The world was created by the twelve divines, the gods he and his friends had met during their last adventure. At that time there was a lot more land apparently, a large continent that connected all the worlds nations, then Ogrest had come. He had gathered the six primordial Dofus and when he was rejected by the woman he loved he devoured them becoming the terrible ogre of legend and flooding the world, with the rise in water levels the nations became cut off and the continent became a series of islands.
He frowned, there was so much to learn, he had barely tapped it, he still didn't understand the game Gobbowl or know much about the various creatures of the world, he probably understood the Sadida best, since Yugo liked to spend time with Amalia in their kingdom and often brought him along.
Lucian tensed, someone was watching him, unwelcome eyes viewed him from someplace he could not see. He didn't like that feeling, the last time he had felt it, it had been Kain the Betrayers eyes that had fallen on him. He knew not who watched him now, but if they were anything like kain, they would suffer the same fate he had.
Putting the book down he crouched low and prepared himself to fight when something black moved in the corner of his eye, he followed the motion, but not fast enough to catch it's destination, he knew one thing however, whatever it was, it was now aboard the ship.
"Talia." Lucian said
"Wha- Oh." Talia replied seeing him in a fighting stance with wakfu claws extended from his hands. She immediately became wary and her eyes darted around the ship.
"What happened?" she asked. Good, she understood the unspoken words.
"Something's on the ship, get Yugo."
She nodded in silent understanding and ran around to the front of the ship.
"What's going on?" Celeste asked upset by the sudden change in her friends, she had not been a part of the battle in the skies, she had not seen what he had seen, or know what he knew.
"Someone has come aboard the ship without permission," Lucian said "Someone powerful, I can feel it's presence, but I cannot discern it's intent."
"We're in danger?" she asked "Already?"
"As is often the case on an adventure." Lucian remarked
"Whatever, I'll go get him." Talia said annoyed.
She headed downward into the ship, towards the captain's cabin where everyone had agreed that Yugo should stay since he was the leader of this mission. Yugo had of course objected to that notion, but had been quickly over ruled when both Cleo and Eva had insisted otherwise, much to Percedal's Chagrin, he had said "If Yugo doesn't want it, then I don't see why we can't have it Eva." To which she and her sister had angrily replied "That's not the point!" and Yugo had ended up taking the room just to keep the peace.
As she approached she noticed that the door was opened and voices could be heard inside, both male. She figured he must be talking with Percedal or Lucas but when she approached the door raising he hand to knock and announce her presence she was quite surprised to see a black ecaflip in a white shirt with dual swords sheathed on his back. Yugo seemed to be talking with this individual as though they were old friends.
"Did you need something Talia?" Yugo asked noticing the other Eliatrope's presence the ecaflip's head turned to face her, flaxen yellow eyes looked her up and down scanning her deciding weather or not she was a threat before turning back to face Yugo.
"Perhaps it would be best if the crew was made aware of my presence" the ecaflip said.
"I don't know," Yugo said "The more people know, the more likely one of them will slip up, particularly Celeste and Kaden, they're pretty young, and probably the most easily fooled among us."
"Who is he?" Talia finally asked, getting over her surprise.
Again the ecaflip turned to face her, a rather annoyed look on his face "I am Ush Galesh, son of Ecaflip." He said simply "I have been both Enemy and Ally to The Brotherhood of the Tofu, for the moment we are allies."
"Brotherhood of the Tofu?" Talia asked confused
"It's the name of our group," Yugo explained "Myself, Percedal, Evagelyne, Amalia, Ruel, Adamai and Az."
"You couldn't come up with a better name?" Talia asked in her more normal snide attitude.
"To be fair we were twelve at the time." Yugo said.
"none of this is important at the moment." Ush said quickly "Will you aid me or not?"
"I see no reason not to at the moment," Yugo said "I'm not the biggest fan of the guy myself. He stabbed us in the back at least twice."
"Who stabbed you in the back?" Talia asked.
Ush rubbed his fingers on his temples "Who is this girl Yugo?" ha asked "How is she so full of questions? Half the continent is aware of your exploits by now."
"She is from Emrub," Yugo said "An eliatrope sent there to be safeguarded until I could return them to the surface."
"I see," Ush said "But further explainations will have to wait, Remington will be here any minute."
"Alright," Yugo said. Getting up and heading out of the room towards deck.
"Hey!" Talia said rather hurt at being ignored "What's going on? Lucien's freaking out right now! he thinks that guy's dangerous."
To this Ush simply tunred his head "I am dangerous." He said with a smirk.
Lucien noticed Yugo coming up the stairs to the deck he breathed a sigh of relief as he approached "Yugo, someone is – Oh." He said as he noticed Ush Galesh following the ELiatrope king.
"Why are you here?" Lucian asked "And why sneak on board instead of letting us know?"
"Where is Celeste?" Yugo asked.
"By the Bow, why?"
"Good, and Kaden?" Yugo asked again
"Bird's nest, he likes it up there." Lucian responded, "Probably sleeping again, haven't heard from him in awhile."
"Also good," Yugo said "Don't let them know Ush is here for now okay."
"Why?" Lucien asked.
"Because we have a devious enemy to deal with." Yugo said. "In fact Ush, you should probably go find a place to hide, we'll make pretend we haven't seen you."
"Okay," Ush responded returning to the below decks.
"Hey ho!" a yell came from the docks as the boat finally came to rest at port.
The ramp was lowered and Yugo approached it.
"What?" he asked, then upon seeing who called he changed his tone, keeping in character "Oh, You" he said "What do you want?"
"Is that any way to great an old friend?" Remington said with a smile, the rouge still bore an insane amount of shu-shus strapped to his belt and back. His brother Granny swiping his tail back forth next to him.
Yugo scoffed "Friend huh?" he asked "I'm not so young and gullible anymore Remington." He said "You want something, and if it's on my ship you're not getting it, please leave."
"REMINGTON!" a shout eminated from across the deck "WHY THAT SLIMEY TWO-FACED BASTARD!"
"That'll be Eva I presume." Remington said nervously "I think I'll just be on my way."
"Some hunter you are," one of the Shu-Shus said "Fleeing at the first sign of trouble."
"You are well aware of what that woman is capable of." Remington responded "It's not worth it, not when she has all her friends around."
"Bleh," Granny scoffed "and we were so close."
Eva's head popped over the railings wearing an awfully angry face
"That doesn't look good." Remington said
"You have about five seconds to split Remington!" Eva said angrily "Or I'll really get mad."
"I was just leaving madmoselle," he said flirtatiously "don't allow me to bother you." he said as he slowly slinked away back into the city.
"That went better than expected" Yugo said "but he'll be back, he doesn't give up that easily."
"What does he even want?" Eva asked angrily "We don't really have anything of value."
"He wants me." Ush said approaching from below deck.
"You," Eva said momentarily surprised "Why would he want you?"
"Aparently he has a score to settle with me from a previous life."
"A previous life?" Eva asked.
"Like the Eliatrope council Demi-Gods are immortal." Ush explained "We reincarnate as ourselves, and like the council, we are usually scrubbed of memories from our previous life. I have a few though, from just before I died."
"So you don't even know what he is mad about?" Yugo asked
"I recall I guarded a tower of some kind before," he said "I assume I caused him some great pain or shame when he attempted to capture it, Possibly both. Those I meet who knew or knew of my previous incarnation do not speak very highly of it. I apparently did some rather awful things."
"Then he's after revenge?" Yugo asked.
"Most likely." Ush replied.
"I'll guard the ship." Eva said in a tone that left no room for argument.
"And I'll join you." Cleo stated as she rose from below decks. "It's been too long since we've done something together sister."
Yugo looked between the two and shrugged, "That's decided I guess," he said.
"I will remain as well," Ush said "If Remington returns it is only right I aid you."
"Only if I need it." Eva said "I owe him a sound beating."
Yugo walked with Lucas and Ruel, Lucian had taken Caleste and Talia shopping, The eliatrope king felt sorry for the poor boy, he should not have offered them that, though Talia may be immune to the allure of the material realm, or at least resistant, Celeste, he doubted would share that immunity once she learned of all the things she could have.
Amalia followed the group at a bit of a distance to stay away from Ruel, she was fuming the whole time and Yugo didn't want to imagine what the night would hold for him aboard the ship.
"Well she's in a fine a mood." Ruel said blatantly stating the obvious.
"And who's fault is that?" Lucas asked.
"Did you just say something snide?" Yugo asked in shock.
"Did I?" Lucas asked, his tone now more curious than anything "Talia rubs on you after awhile I guess."
"Ah," Ruel uttered ignoring the previous conversation "Here is a shop of fine linens."
Yugo looked at the shop, it's sign was barely hanging on by a few nails and the building itself looked like a hastily constructed hut that was primarily made of wooden planks and held together by nails and glue.
"I don't think you'll find what you need here." Yugo said "If you don't want to buy a decent cloak I'll buy it for you, it's okay."
"Nonsense my boy," Ruel said "Never tell a wizend old man how he should choose his clothes, I grew up in simpler times than you y'know."
Yugo shrugged "As long as it doesn't smell like bwork crap." he said.
"No worries." Ruel said "I'll be done before you know it."
Cleo sat on a makeshift chair on the deck while Eva watched the surroundings from her place near the railing. So far the Remington hadn't come back, Cleo didn't know the rouge like her sister did, both Yugo and Eva seemed fairly certain he would not give up so easily, her gut told her the same, this was the man who threatened her sister's life to get what he wanted at the crimson archipelago after all.
"I hope he waits until nightfall at least." Cleo said off handedly.
"Not likely," Eva said in reply "He'll be aware that Yugo and the others are gone by now, his best shot is when there are less of us defending his prize and he knows it."
"He's never beat either of us Eva." Cleo said "This'll be a sinch."
"I doubt he's been stagnant all these years," Eva said in reply "He may not have added more shu-shu's to his line up, but his skills with the ones he has will have certainly increased."
"Our skills are better too y'know." Cleo said.
"Yes," Eva replied "But we don't know how much he's improved since we fought him last, we shouldn't underestimate him."
"Truer words were never spoken Mon Cherie," A voice spoke from behind the two.
Eva's response was fast and deadly, and immediate one eighty and trio of icy arrows flew from her bow and closed in on source of the voice. The rouge dodged the arrows allowing them to fall into the sea and freeze chucks of ocean water.
"You're an idiot Remington." Cleo said with a smirk "You never beat us before, and you're not going to now."
"Well it's a good thing that defeating you isn't the objective then." He said with a smirk. As he finished he dodged a blow from Cleo's bow and rolled down towards the lower decks.
Eva let out a string of angry curses that made Cleophee cringe, she had rarely heard her sister talk like that and the few times she had she had also been wise enough to stay far away. She almost pitied Remington, almost. The older cra pursued their quarry into the ship's innards and after a tense moment of internal debate, Cleo followed.
Remington was good, Eva had to give him that, how had he snuck aboard without her noticing? She had kept a very careful eye on everything from the moment he had been here earlier. Either he was very skilled or… or what? What would allow him to get past her like that, was she getting rusty? Had years of motherhood made her soft? She didn't want to think about it.
"Eva!" Cleo's voice came from behind, she ignored it, her prey was before her and she only cared about one thing right now: Revenge. That Damn rouge had caused her more than enough trouble for her lifetime and she would see to it he caused no more. She didn't know why he was after the Ecaflip demi-god Ush and she didn't care, he wasn't getting off this ship.
She dodged sideways when a shadow flinched nearby her, a good maneuver too ans the rouge slashed out with a strange black blade that bore a sinister smile and insane eyes. So he had added to his collection then. The blade had a tounge that flailed about as it cackled madly.
"Fresh meat!" it said in a high pitched voice, quite frankly the thing unerveed her quite a bit, but not enough for her to lose her resolve. She knocked another arrow, but was unable to fire as Cleo caught up and shoved her own magic arrow into the back of Remington's shoulder. How had she done that? Eva was certain that arrows could only be summoned with aid of a bow.
Remington grunted in pain, but otherwise showed no sign that he was hurt. The Bow Meow Grany jumped from the ceiling and attacked Cleophee who held it at bay with her bow and the knife she had attached to it during her arena fights.
Remington's cloak was stained a dark shade where Cleo had hit him, but he ignored what must be excruciating pain and struck out at Eva with the pommel of his blade connecting with her gut and sending her flying down the hallway. There was no way Remington was that strong, something was off about that new sword of his.
"Enough!" a new voice said as a giant playing card raised itself from the ground spinning slowly. Through it she could see Ush Galesh's form rising from the floorboards as well, wheather that was an illusion or one of his demi-god powers she was unsure.
"You want me, Here I am." The Ecaflip said as the card disappeared and revealed his yello eyes and black fur. Remington sheathed the big black blade and pulled a smaller reddish dagger instead.
"Well well," Remington sai with a smile "It's about damn time, now you will give back what you stole you bastard. Or so help me, I'll spill your guts right here!"
"No!" Cleophee said knocking Grany to the side and summoning energy into her bow, the bow glowed intensly growing rapidly into a large great bow and the arrow she summoned was more akin to a spear.
Remington tunred towards the bright light. "What the hell!" he uttered in surprise "Since when?!"
"I'd move if I were you," Ush advised as he lept upwards na clasped himself to the ceiling.
The spear was released and Remington spun his body right barely avoiding the blow, though the glowing shaft grazed his chest burning his cloak and slicing a small wound into his skin. Just as the spear was about to hit the wall on the other end of the ship it vanished, as did the great bow that summoned it.
Remington turned again to see Cleo fall over exhausted from the effort.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't underestimate my opponents either." He said with a shrug. "Doesn't matter though" He said looking up at Ush "I know you're capabilities."
"What about mine!" Eva said angrily from her end of the ship letting loose a flock of bronze arrows that seemed to find their target without her aid.
"Well, that's a rare one." Reminton said "but not unavoidable." He quickly dashed back, jumping up and fipping onto the top deck where it opened to the stairs. The bolts twisted with him, but their turns were sharper and they impacted on the thick wood beneath his feet instead of causing him any harm. He smirked, he had them where he wanted them now, the only way out was through him, he just had to get what he came here for before the little brat and friends returned.
"Hey, who are you?" a new voice said from behind him , he tilted his head to see an eliatrope boy, though he was certainly not Yugo and what appeared to be two eliatrope girls.
"Remmy, we should go." Grany said worriedly "We don't what their capable of."
"Remmy," the first boy said "You must be Remington Smisse, Yugo said you're not allowed on the ship."
With that the boy dropped into a fighting stance and summoned glowing blue claws like crystals over his hands, his hai flying about and blur energy enveloped him.
"Tch," Remington uttered in annoyance. He spun on the boy and lept pulling a large shu-shu rifle from his back "I WANT MY BROTHER BACK!" he yelled as he fired several large exploding rounds towards the trio. The girls ducked away into portals but the boy slashed at his meteor-esque projectiles shattering them angrily.
"That all you got?" The boy asked smugly.
"Hardly," Remington's eyes narrowed as he pulled the black blade from earlier from his back, it's insane laughter and salivating mouth usually made his opponents uneasy, but the boy seemed unphazed by it. Oh well, he would learn the power of the smisse brother's newest weapon soon enough.
"Stop!" The boy's eyes flicked to the right to see who had uttered the sound, Remington's eyes followed them.
"Is that what all this is about?" Ush said standing at the entrance to the stairs. "What seek you from me rouge? And be frank with me this time."
"As I told you before," Remington said straightening up "I want you stole from me."
"And as I told you before," Ush said with narrowed eyes "I do not know what that is."
"YOU CAUSED THIS!" Remington yelled advancing on the Ecaflip, Lucian moved to intercept but Ush held out his hand and the boy stopped. "You expect me to believe that you don't remember!?" the rouge's face was right in his own now baring down angrily on the ecaflip demi-god.
"What do you know of demi-gods rouge?" Ush asked calmly.
"I fail to see what that has to do with anything." Remington relplied.
"Then you give away your ignorance."
My what!" Remington said raising his blade, a yellow arrow flew from beneath deck and sent it flying from his and with herculean force, Eva's eyes were like burning embers of anger from within the shadows as she stared up into the rouge's own.
"That's enough of that." The cra said.
"If we met before," Ush continued "It was in my previous life. A life that has since ended and been reborn."
"And this means what to me?" Remington asked.
"When we immortals are reincarnated," Ush said "We do not retain memories of our previous life, nor do we necessarily retain powers from that life."
"What do you mean?" Remington asked.
"Remmy, we really should leave," Grany cut in "That eliatrope boy could be here any minute, we don't want to fight him."
"You won't be going anywhere." Lucien said as hi clawed hands gripped themselves around the Bow Meow's body. Eliciting a screech of surprise and pain.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Remington yelled angrily, spinning around, only for his face to meet black steel, slteel that turned him to face the ecaflip again.
"I'm going to ask you. One. Last. Time." Ush said evenly "What have I stolen from you?"
"My brother's humanity you sick sadistic –" the steel slapped itself against remington's head eliciting a cry of pain, but forcing him to stop.
"None of that now." Ush said "I'm sorry Smisse, but the power to transform a person's physical shape is beyond me now, I cannot help you."
"You lie!" Remington said angrily "I have not come all this way for nothing!"
"I do not lie smisse." Ush said "I cannot change your brother back, no matter how much I may wish to."
But…" Remington started "The shu-shu's, the training, everything, I dedicated my life to this!" he yelled "You can't just take that from me!"
Even the angry glare of Eva's eyes seemed to soften at the sight before them as Remington fell to his knees in utter defeat, he slammed his fist against the wood as he tried to hold back tears that begged to come forth.
"YOU'VE STOLEN EVERYTHING FROM ME!" Remington yelled his eyes opened, and within them burned a new rage, a bloodlust that called for the death of his enemy, the one who had caused all this pain and suffering. No, he had not come all this way for nothing, if he could not break Grany's curse, the he would end the bastards miserable life.
Author's note: For those unawares there is a wakfu comic, during the events of which Remington and a pre-bow meow Grany infiltrate a tower (I don't remember why exactly) the owner of this tower is in fact Ush galesh, the ecaflip is angered by Remington and Grany's actions and curses Grany into the form of a Bow Meow. Later in that same comic Ush is defeated and killed, but not before vowing to the one he loves that he would turn over a new leaf and live life more idealistic and heroic. The Ush we meet in the OVA series in the reincarnation after that death scene. (idk if he keeps his memories or not, but for sake of this story he only remembers the few moments before his death).
