I'm back!! Sorry for the long wait, but I had to think of a direction to
take the story. Let me know what you think!! Please R & R!! That's an
order!! Later!
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As legend has it, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Many knew this, but few believed. Past the slopes of Mount Kyros, far up to the north, was a mountain known only as Savage. Swirling above it like a porthole was a sky as black as onyx. Up its cold and treacherous slopes, up at the peak, was a cave unchanged by time. Looking into its silent and dark interior, one would find his eyes fixed on an object suspended in an energy beam in the center of the small cavern. Many had heard of it, but few believed it existed. But it did, in all its glory...and evil. It was the one that they were looking for. It was the power they wanted to find. As legend has it, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This legend was of the Savage Sword...
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The first thing the group (now numbering at 7 again) saw when they came over a hill and the terrain changed to a desolate desert, was sand. It stretched for miles and Suezo focused on the horizon fixedly and reported that it was hard to see what lay beyond because of the sandstorm that was brewing.
"But," he told them, "There is a small caravan over there."
He pointed with his tongue.
"Let's try and get to it before this storm gets worse." Hare advised and Tiger made a sarcastic comment like "Nooooo really?!". Hare snapped back a retort and they engaged in their daily argument before they realized that their friends had begun walking towards the caravan. Grey Wolf shook his head.
"Are they always like this?" he asked Holly.
"Most of the time, yes." she answered.
"Sand wears away rock." Golem put a hand up to shield his face. "Not nice."
"You'll live." Tiger yawned and Golem continued on miserably.
It took them a good 2 hours to reach the caravan but when they finally did, they were welcomed warmly. The group had hidden behind a large out of place boulder and planned to spend the night. They immediately welcomed the Searchers into a tent to rest. Inside were a middle-aged man and woman, two youthful tigers and a monol. The rest of the caravan was in the other tents according to them.
"Thank you for having us." Holly thanked them.
"Our pleasure." said the man, who's name was Jim. "We've been pretty bored out here the last couple days."
"Join the club." Suezo remarked and Genki snickered.
The two young tigers, who were just entering their adolescent years, walked up to the rebels.
"No way!" the first exclaimed, "It-It's Tiger of the Wind!!"
"Yeah! You're a legend!" the second added.
"Pathetic isn't he?" Hare grinned and Tiger gave him a death glare.
"Your the greatest thief ever!" the first continued, "All you had to do was look and someone and go RRAARHHHAARR!!"
Tiger raised an eyebrow as the young tiger play growled at him.
"Yeah," Genki teased, "Only a lot less scary."
"Watch it kid." Tiger warned.
"Ooooooooohhhhh scaaaarrrryyyy!" Hare, Genki, and Suezo said at the same time.
"I'm gonna snap you three in half I swear-"
"Okay stop guys!" Holly laughed.
"I know you, don't I?"
The voice had come from the corner and the monol floated out to see them. When they finally got a glimpse of him, they gasped.
"MONOL!" they exclaimed.
"I am Monol." he told them. "My story is my purpose."
"Yeah, we know." Suezo said.
"And once again I must tell you a story of times past."
"Why should we listen to it again?" Hare asked suspiciously.
"YOU MUST LISTEN!" the door-like monster cried.
Tiger leapt to his feet at the challenging tone this was presented in.
"We don't have to listen to anything! Got that?!"
"My story...is different."
They perked up at this but Grey Wolf seemed genuinely confused.
"What are you talking about?!" the silver wolf demanded of them.
"He told us something on our last journey that really helped us," Genki said, "And now we're gonna listen again."
This ended the discussion and Monol asked all others to leave the tent. After Monol was ready, they sat down and closed their eyes. Holly heard Tiger grunt impatiently next to her but she ignored him. After a minute or so, the seven heard Monol's deep voice in their minds.
"Let me take you back. Back to a time hundreds of years ago. Back at the end of the Final War..."
They all gasped as they saw an image engulf them, taking away the darkness that had been there.
"Moo and the Phoenix were doing battle high above the city. But in the streets below, a different war altogether was raging. This was a war far more violent than any story save my own can describe..."
Tiger and Grey Wolf had snarled at the brief sight of Moo but they were silenced as the group seemed to spiral downwards to the dark streets below, where they saw things none of them would soon forget. Fighter jets rained bullets down on struggling monsters and humans below, as the forces of Moo battled whatever good fighters were left. Holly almost gagged as a young man took a centaur's spear through his forehead. A soldier stabbed a long blade through a Dino's eye. A dragon, spitting fire, burned the flesh off of a Zuum. Even Tiger seemed sickened by this but they had no time to reflect on any more as Monol spoke again.
"Many of the good forces had already been turned or killed. The evil generals wanted all to be just like them, but they wanted one group in particular. This was the only ray of hope the good side had besides the Phoenix and Moo wanted it annihilated. It was a group of renegades called "Perfect Assault". The leader of this sect was named Scimitar."
They all gave shouts of surprise and awe as they focused on a group helping some children away from the fighting. They saw a dragon, a zuum, a centaur, and standing up on a protruding piece of debris...a tiger.
"Tiger!" Genki stammered, "I-It's him!"
"It's impossible!" the wolf-like monster cried.
The tiger incinerated an advancing soldier and jumped down from his perch. He seemed very different from the Scimitar they knew. His eyes were a gentle, but still fierce icy blue and he had a totally different air about him, one that must have brought a feeling of security to the people that relied on him.
"Scimitar was widely known as one of the most powerful monsters in the world. He protected whoever he felt needed him but despite this he had a reputation for being brutal, violent, and often cruel. He was a hero to some, and a murderer to others."
The Searchers looked at Scimitar's intense face and Genki couldn't help noticing the similarities he held with Tiger. He looked young, but with a fighting spirit that would gladly vanquish anyone, anyplace, at anytime. Then they zoomed in on the Zuum.
"Scimitar's 'second-in-command' was named Kovu. The two were considered to be unstoppable when they fought together with their other friend Sabre and no one dared challenge them."
The Zuum looked exceptionally powerful for one of his species and the dragon looked like any other dragon but obviously was important judging by the medal embedded in his chest and the battle scars he carried. Suddenly, they saw a blinding flash and Moo and the Phoenix looked frozen in midair. Then they broke apart and their souls flew apart in opposite directions. A shockwave followed and they heard Kovu shout in alarm as a naga close to the epicenter of the light disappeared.
'RUN!!'
Scimitar took off running and the Searchers' eyes were fixed on him as he faded along with everything else. Then they were back in the tent with Monol. They looked around in confusion.
"W-What happened?!" Suezo half-screamed.
"Yeah!" Hare said, "What happened to them?"
"No one knows." Monol stated calmly. "Something happened to them right after what we all just saw. After many of the monsters were unlocked from their mystery disks, no one ever saw any of them again; until today that is. I was shocked to hear that Scimitar had been sighted and even more so that he was a summoner of evil. As for Kovu and Sabre..."
He shook his 'head'.
"No one knows. But remember my story, in case you need it sometime later."
They walked out of the tent feeling mixed emotions. It didn't take them long to say goodbye to the group and thank them for the shelter, for the sandstorm had subsided. They continued on their path and they all found themselves talking at once. Except Genki. He looked off at a distant shadow that their path led to and sighed.
'What happened to you Scimitar?' he wondered, 'What happened?'
Then he turned back to his friends and shook his head, almost hoping that no answer would come.
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As legend has it, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Many knew this, but few believed. Past the slopes of Mount Kyros, far up to the north, was a mountain known only as Savage. Swirling above it like a porthole was a sky as black as onyx. Up its cold and treacherous slopes, up at the peak, was a cave unchanged by time. Looking into its silent and dark interior, one would find his eyes fixed on an object suspended in an energy beam in the center of the small cavern. Many had heard of it, but few believed it existed. But it did, in all its glory...and evil. It was the one that they were looking for. It was the power they wanted to find. As legend has it, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This legend was of the Savage Sword...
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The first thing the group (now numbering at 7 again) saw when they came over a hill and the terrain changed to a desolate desert, was sand. It stretched for miles and Suezo focused on the horizon fixedly and reported that it was hard to see what lay beyond because of the sandstorm that was brewing.
"But," he told them, "There is a small caravan over there."
He pointed with his tongue.
"Let's try and get to it before this storm gets worse." Hare advised and Tiger made a sarcastic comment like "Nooooo really?!". Hare snapped back a retort and they engaged in their daily argument before they realized that their friends had begun walking towards the caravan. Grey Wolf shook his head.
"Are they always like this?" he asked Holly.
"Most of the time, yes." she answered.
"Sand wears away rock." Golem put a hand up to shield his face. "Not nice."
"You'll live." Tiger yawned and Golem continued on miserably.
It took them a good 2 hours to reach the caravan but when they finally did, they were welcomed warmly. The group had hidden behind a large out of place boulder and planned to spend the night. They immediately welcomed the Searchers into a tent to rest. Inside were a middle-aged man and woman, two youthful tigers and a monol. The rest of the caravan was in the other tents according to them.
"Thank you for having us." Holly thanked them.
"Our pleasure." said the man, who's name was Jim. "We've been pretty bored out here the last couple days."
"Join the club." Suezo remarked and Genki snickered.
The two young tigers, who were just entering their adolescent years, walked up to the rebels.
"No way!" the first exclaimed, "It-It's Tiger of the Wind!!"
"Yeah! You're a legend!" the second added.
"Pathetic isn't he?" Hare grinned and Tiger gave him a death glare.
"Your the greatest thief ever!" the first continued, "All you had to do was look and someone and go RRAARHHHAARR!!"
Tiger raised an eyebrow as the young tiger play growled at him.
"Yeah," Genki teased, "Only a lot less scary."
"Watch it kid." Tiger warned.
"Ooooooooohhhhh scaaaarrrryyyy!" Hare, Genki, and Suezo said at the same time.
"I'm gonna snap you three in half I swear-"
"Okay stop guys!" Holly laughed.
"I know you, don't I?"
The voice had come from the corner and the monol floated out to see them. When they finally got a glimpse of him, they gasped.
"MONOL!" they exclaimed.
"I am Monol." he told them. "My story is my purpose."
"Yeah, we know." Suezo said.
"And once again I must tell you a story of times past."
"Why should we listen to it again?" Hare asked suspiciously.
"YOU MUST LISTEN!" the door-like monster cried.
Tiger leapt to his feet at the challenging tone this was presented in.
"We don't have to listen to anything! Got that?!"
"My story...is different."
They perked up at this but Grey Wolf seemed genuinely confused.
"What are you talking about?!" the silver wolf demanded of them.
"He told us something on our last journey that really helped us," Genki said, "And now we're gonna listen again."
This ended the discussion and Monol asked all others to leave the tent. After Monol was ready, they sat down and closed their eyes. Holly heard Tiger grunt impatiently next to her but she ignored him. After a minute or so, the seven heard Monol's deep voice in their minds.
"Let me take you back. Back to a time hundreds of years ago. Back at the end of the Final War..."
They all gasped as they saw an image engulf them, taking away the darkness that had been there.
"Moo and the Phoenix were doing battle high above the city. But in the streets below, a different war altogether was raging. This was a war far more violent than any story save my own can describe..."
Tiger and Grey Wolf had snarled at the brief sight of Moo but they were silenced as the group seemed to spiral downwards to the dark streets below, where they saw things none of them would soon forget. Fighter jets rained bullets down on struggling monsters and humans below, as the forces of Moo battled whatever good fighters were left. Holly almost gagged as a young man took a centaur's spear through his forehead. A soldier stabbed a long blade through a Dino's eye. A dragon, spitting fire, burned the flesh off of a Zuum. Even Tiger seemed sickened by this but they had no time to reflect on any more as Monol spoke again.
"Many of the good forces had already been turned or killed. The evil generals wanted all to be just like them, but they wanted one group in particular. This was the only ray of hope the good side had besides the Phoenix and Moo wanted it annihilated. It was a group of renegades called "Perfect Assault". The leader of this sect was named Scimitar."
They all gave shouts of surprise and awe as they focused on a group helping some children away from the fighting. They saw a dragon, a zuum, a centaur, and standing up on a protruding piece of debris...a tiger.
"Tiger!" Genki stammered, "I-It's him!"
"It's impossible!" the wolf-like monster cried.
The tiger incinerated an advancing soldier and jumped down from his perch. He seemed very different from the Scimitar they knew. His eyes were a gentle, but still fierce icy blue and he had a totally different air about him, one that must have brought a feeling of security to the people that relied on him.
"Scimitar was widely known as one of the most powerful monsters in the world. He protected whoever he felt needed him but despite this he had a reputation for being brutal, violent, and often cruel. He was a hero to some, and a murderer to others."
The Searchers looked at Scimitar's intense face and Genki couldn't help noticing the similarities he held with Tiger. He looked young, but with a fighting spirit that would gladly vanquish anyone, anyplace, at anytime. Then they zoomed in on the Zuum.
"Scimitar's 'second-in-command' was named Kovu. The two were considered to be unstoppable when they fought together with their other friend Sabre and no one dared challenge them."
The Zuum looked exceptionally powerful for one of his species and the dragon looked like any other dragon but obviously was important judging by the medal embedded in his chest and the battle scars he carried. Suddenly, they saw a blinding flash and Moo and the Phoenix looked frozen in midair. Then they broke apart and their souls flew apart in opposite directions. A shockwave followed and they heard Kovu shout in alarm as a naga close to the epicenter of the light disappeared.
'RUN!!'
Scimitar took off running and the Searchers' eyes were fixed on him as he faded along with everything else. Then they were back in the tent with Monol. They looked around in confusion.
"W-What happened?!" Suezo half-screamed.
"Yeah!" Hare said, "What happened to them?"
"No one knows." Monol stated calmly. "Something happened to them right after what we all just saw. After many of the monsters were unlocked from their mystery disks, no one ever saw any of them again; until today that is. I was shocked to hear that Scimitar had been sighted and even more so that he was a summoner of evil. As for Kovu and Sabre..."
He shook his 'head'.
"No one knows. But remember my story, in case you need it sometime later."
They walked out of the tent feeling mixed emotions. It didn't take them long to say goodbye to the group and thank them for the shelter, for the sandstorm had subsided. They continued on their path and they all found themselves talking at once. Except Genki. He looked off at a distant shadow that their path led to and sighed.
'What happened to you Scimitar?' he wondered, 'What happened?'
Then he turned back to his friends and shook his head, almost hoping that no answer would come.