Kai: Hiya guys! Well now poor Hope gets into MORE trouble. At least he had a little break from being bullied. Now is when things get interesting though :D You will see why *evil laugh* Oh by the way do any of you know all the monsters in Gran Pulse DX I can't remember how to spell some of them. I only know the Behemoths XD YAY over 50 reviews! New record! New goal is 60

Hope: Why are you torturing me O_O?

Kai: Revenge for being soooooo whinny DX and dying on me so many times XD

Hope: Hey D:

Kai: Zip it XD I am thinking of your destruction :D MWHAHAHA

Hope: O.O *holds up a 'help me' sign*

Chapter 9: Welcome to Gran Pulse

Hope groaned as he slowly stood up from his fall. His head hurt, his legs hurt, everything hurts. Why, just why did they have to throw him off that cliff? Into the Gran Pulse portal! Just why?! Hope looked around nervously at the green filled land. Flying monsters along with wolf like monsters running across the land. Behemoth's fighting a pack of wolves, Chocobo's running for their lives, giant turtle(yes they remind me of turtles) dinosaur like monsters roaming the land. The smell of nature flowing into your nose, the starlit sky showed the stars so clearly that they dazzled like diamonds, unlike back in Cocoon. Gran Pulse was a very beautiful place, but it was more dangerous then beautiful. All the monsters were vicious and out here, it is survival to the fittest. For some reason, Hope felt like he knew this place, as if in a distant memory. He looked around cautiously then froze when he was face to face with a pack of the wolf like monsters. They were snarling threateningly, ready to strike.

"Time to go..." Hope whispered as he slowly took steps back when the wolfish monsters closed in on him.

Hope then turned and bolted away, he wolfish creatures hot on his tail. He breathed roughly as he ran like the wind, knowing he needs to get out from the open, otherwise he will easily surrounded. He kept running till he ran through a dense forest. He tripped over a root but quickly got up and kept running. He slammed his arms against branches that got in his way and climbed over fallen trees. Hope glanced back and saw the wolfish creatures running after him, easily weaving through the trees and snarling madly. Teeth snapping for fresh meat and gazes hungry for blood. Hope was paying too much attention to the wolfish creatures, he didn't notice a King Behemoth right in front of him and he slammed right into it. Falling backwards onto his rear. He groaned then blinked seeing the snarling beast turn to him and roar.

"Oh great Eden no!" said Hope as he looked back at the incoming wolfish creatures.

Quickly thinking, Hope rolled to the side and the wolfish creatures slammed right into the King Behemoth's face. Hope didn't stay around long to find out what happened next as he ran through the forest for his life. The two species looked at eachother, nodded, then ran after him. Their thundering steps making it seem like the ground was shaking. As Hope ran for his life, he felt his head throb as visions ran through his mind. Familiar images, so very familiar. The very path he ran, the monsters that chased him, the overwelming fear, it was all so familiar. All was missing was a piercing scream. Hope wanted the visions to stop, every single one was so very painful and his heart swelled and beat faster at the thoughts.

"Stop.... just stop..." Hope thought as he ran but they wouldn't, no matter how desperate he tried.

What were these visions? Were they just mere thoughts? No that wasn't likely. It felt like dejavu, like something he had done before but he sure didn't remember being chased by hungry monsters. Yet, these visions.... were they flashbacks perhaps? It couldn't be... it was impossible. He had never been here before! Never! Hope ran till he saw a river and another flashback crossed his mind. He saw himself running to it and looking back, then jumped into the river. The flashback ended as he stopped at the river and stared. He quickly looked behind him seeing the two species charge at him with loud thunderous roars. Hope's breath hitched and yelped when he could feel the creatures hot breath against his skin, and soon, he felt one of the wolfish creatures fangs dig into his flesh on his arm, close to his wrist. He tore the creature off of him and then fell into the cold icy water.

"Ah!" Hope yelped loudly as he raised his head out of the water and looked at the creatures roar in disapproval at losing their meal.

Hope hissed at the pain but was glad they were no longer chasing him. Of course, it wasn't time to relax yet. The current of the river grew stronger and Hope's eyes widened when he saw rapids. He screamed as he was slammed against the rocks and the current dragged him around like a ragdoll. He fought against the current to try to keep his head above water. Hope's eyes then widened, as far as the full moon, in horror at the sight he saw. A waterfall.

"Ahhhh!!!" Hope screamed loudly but no one could hear him. Even if there were someone around, the roaring falls would block out his terrified screams.

Hope soon plummeted below the waterfall. He shut his eyes as he fell one hundred feet below, crashing into the pool of water down below. He slowly opened his eyes as he floated underwater, feeling his body numb and unable to move. The water was as clear as crystal but also held some darkness in it. Hope's eyes widened when he saw a large creature that was similar to a crocodile except this one was a dark deep blue with piercing red eyes. Long fangs that looked razor sharp and were ready to rip apart some food and webbed feet propelled it through the water. Hope quickly started swimming away. The crocodile creature was fast though and was about to snap its jaws onto the boy's leg. Hope knew he head to do something so he quickly kicked the crocodile creature in the nose and pushed off of him to gain some momentum and swam faster. The crocodile creature seemed stunned a bit but soon took off after him, but Hope managed to get onto land. Hope panted as he crawled away from the water and could of sworn he heard the creature snort in frustration.

"Close one..." Hope panted as he flopped down and rolled over to his back and looked up at the starlit sky. He felt exhausted and he couldn't move anymore. Blood flowed from his injured arm his body felt numb from all that running. He just wanted to sleep.

Hope slowly felt his eyes droop, despite the cold air he felt, but it was all too much. Sleep soon captured its prey, and that would be Hope. Who he knew, would most likely die by morning.