Chapter 10

Again this chapter contains spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles(sorry)! But if you haven't played the game or can't get your hands on it there are some great play throughs online.

Shulk

I woke up early again but this time I had no vision. Which was a relief because maybe nothing will go wrong today. I laughed at myself for being so optimistic. 'I don't know what's going to happen today but I'm positive it's going to be bad '. I picked up my bag that was packed with food and the other necessary supplies I needed. Because Gaur Plains is dangerous everybody was allowed to bring their weapons, so I had to drag the Monado along with me. From Robin's deep breaths I assumed he was still sleeping, so I left my room quietly. I met up with my group for the field trip in front of a large door with a strange lever beside it. Slowly the rest of the class filed into the room and the room was filled with chatter.

" Good morning everyone!" Peach cheered loudly getting everyone's attention. " I hope you are ready for our trip to Gaur Plains!" I noticed that Lucas was looking nervous. I smiled at him to reassure him that the place was safe but I knew that it wasn't fully true. On the other hand Ness seemed excited and to no surprise Samus looked unimpressed. She lifted her arm in the air and everyone stopped and looked at her.

" How are we traveling there?" Samus asked bluntly, personally I was surprised I never thought about how we were getting there. Peach smiled and signaled to Kirby who then pulled the lever beside the door. The door lit up and Peach opened the door revealing Gaur Plains on the other side.

" We will be using this door Master Hand made that connects to all the worlds." Peach patted the door. I was in total awe it was so amazing, and I wondered if Master Hand would tell me how he made the door.

" Does that mean the door can time travel?" Lucas asked wearily, he looked pretty scared. Peach tilted her head and turned to Kirby who just shrugged at her.

" Sorry I don't really know how it goes, but essentially I guess we would be time traveling." Lucas didn't seem to like Peach's answer, but he didn't say anything else. With that done we all went through the door and entered into the wide expanse of green fields and strange rock formations of Gaur Plains. The wind rustled the grass and I was filled with nostalgia. While I was spaced out thinking about the past, Samus elbowed me in the side.

" Pay attention, you know this place so we should be able to finish this up quickly." Samus had a piece of paper that had a list of things to find on it. I took the paper from her, it was true I knew exactly where to find all of these things.

" Come on follow me." I brought them to clearing with a small lake and a cave, this had been where I met Sharla and the colony six refugees. We all began to look around, the list just had generic things on it like rocks and bugs so even if you didn't know the area you wouldn't have too much trouble. I began to search by the lake when Lucas came up and sat beside me.

" Shulk are you with the group that's looking for people who have read their adventures?" I was surprised by his question. Was it possible Lucas knows somethings?

" Yeah, why?" I picked up one of the rocks that was on the list and put it in my bag, while Lucas just stared out across the water.

" I've read mine..." I kinda of expected him to say that, but he had a distant look on his face. " It wasn't easy but I did."

" Was anything missing?" Since I had already lied to the group about my adventure missing information, I might as well gather some clues. Sadly, Lucas shook his head. Then again we still had no idea if the missing information was just Master Hand making a mistake or actually part of some evil plan.

" No, everything was there." Tears started to form and I wasn't sure what to do. 'Do I try to comfort him or what?' I reached my hand out slowly and patted his back, this caused him to burst into tears and I just looked up at the sky. " Mom...Claus" Between sobs he kept repeating it over and over. I had no idea who Claus was but I know it hurts when your parents die, then again I was pretty young when it happened so I don't remember it very well. I continued to stare at the sky watching the birds circle around, Lucas' sobbing slowly stopped. Unfortunately that's when I saw it in the sky coming right at us. I grabbed Lucas and started to run.

" Ness, Samus get out of here!" I shouted and with out a moment of hesitation they began to sprint after me.

" Shulk?" I heard Lucas say, but I didn't have any time to answer him we needed to get out of here now. A powerful force blew us all forward and his terrible laughter filled the air.

" What do we have here?" His voice boomed. " Eh, Monado boy?" I shivered. I already knew who was behind me, but it still surprised me to see Metal Face behind me. "Aww, you're so tiny. I'll enjoy ripping you to shreds!" Even if the faced mechon didn't have any expressions, I could see the smile on Mumkhar's face as he said it. My mind was whirling. ' How was he here? We defeated him'. I gripped the Monado and checked to see if everyone was alright. I locked eyes with them and they showed me they were fine. I swung the Monado and the blue light came out, but my body being so small made the sword hard to maneuver.

" Mumkhar I don't know how you are alive, but if you want to stay that way then leave us alone." I warned him, because I didn't think I could beat him and if I somehow do defeat him I can't kill him. I didn't kill him last time and I'm not going to this time, even though he did such evil things. I clenched the Monado making my knuckles turn white and tried to calm the wave of rage that had come over me. Mumkhar just laughed at my suggestion, and I knew this wasn't going to go well. His claws sliced through the air and I did the best to block it with the Monado. My small body couldn't take the force and I was sent flying.

" Pathetic!" He roared and laughed at me.

" PK thunder!" I heard Ness shout and a ball of electricity connected with Mumkhar forcing him back. I saw Ness standing in front of Lucas with a bat in his hand. Mumkhar yelled out in anger and swung his claws yet again, I tried to get up but my body was in too much pain. " PK fire!" This time Ness shot fire at Mumkhar's hand but it didn't stop him. I couldn't watch, I closed my eyes and felt terrible. I couldn't protect anyone.

" Ha-cha!" I looked up, that wasn't the noise people usually make when they've been sliced to pieces. Peach and Kirby dropped down in front of Ness, Lucas and Samus.

" You annoying pests!" Mumkhar was clearly angry he tried to grab Kirby but he just floated above his hand. Mad with fury he began to thoughtlessly slash the air, his claw was about to hit Peach when she pulled a strange creature out of her bag. When Mumkhar hit Peach he flew backwards and toppled onto the ground as if his attack had been reflected. I was in shock, they had done so much damage to him without the Monado. Kirby pulled out a hammer and hit the Mechon directly in the face, causing a crack to run down the white mask. Mumkhar was screaming in anger as he got up, at this point he sounded just like a wild animal. 'Is this really Mumkhar?' Once again Mumkhar swiped through the air in fury this time he connected with Peach sending her flying into the cliffside. Kirby ran at him his hammer ready for another attack, but Mumkhar hit him first and sent him flying in the same direction of Peach. Since neither of them got up I feared for the worse. My first thought was protecting Lucas, Ness and Samus so I shakily got up while using the Monado for support. Lucas was shaking but he and everyone else seemed ready to fight. " Hah! Do you fools think you can beat me?" Mumkhar laughed. He had a point we looked pretty pathetic, I felt pretty pathetic. His sharp blades sparkled and he moved them up and down as if loosening his hand, it was clear he was getting ready for another attack.

" Mumkhar!" I looked around. ' That voice!?' In the next moment Mumkhar's arm was on the ground, and there he was.

" Dunban!" I cheered it was always nice to have him around. He turned around and had a shocked look on his face. It was in that moment I remembered I was still a child, no one wonder he was surprised by me. Reyn jumped down and blocked Mumkhar's other hand from hitting Dunban.

" Dunban, what are you doing?" Reyn said as he pushed Mumkhar's arm back.

" Right, sorry." He jumped and managed to remove the other arm. " So you survived the crash Mumkhar?" Since the Mechon was useless to him now, Mumkhar jumped out of the cockpit already armed and ready to fight.

" Maybe I did or maybe I didn't." Was his reply as he charged Dunban. " I won't have to answer you if you're dead!" Dunban easily side stepped him and gave him a good hit in the back with the hilt of his sword.

" Don't bother trying Mumkhar," Dunban said as he pointed his katana towards Mumkhar.

" Did you already forget Dunban?" Mumkhar snickered. "I have more than just claws on my Mechon!" The gun on his Mechon fired and it was hurtling towards me, I tried to move but just standing was difficult enough. Lucas and Ness jumped in front of me they were both enveloped by a strange orb and they easily absorbed the attack. Mumkhar got up and started to run, but before anyone else could react Samus had shot him and he hit the ground with his body convulsing. When he tried to get up Samus shot him again and Kirby came out of nowhere and knocked him out by landing on him in a brick like form. Sharla came around with Peach, I supposed she had healed them while Dunban and Reyn distracted Mumkhar. Riki was behind her dancing merrily.

" Bad man went to sleep!" He cheered happily, and I couldn't help but smile. Sharla shot a heal round just incase any of us had been hurt, I guess she hasn't noticed me yet. Riki stopped dancing and stared at me. I waved at him and he jumped. " Miniature Shulk!" He exclaimed, and when Reyn and Sharla saw me I tried not to be embarrassed.

" What happened to you?" Reyn bent down so he was at my eye level, which just made me more embarrassed.

" It's kind of a long story." I began, but stopped when Mumkhar began to laugh.

" What's so funny?" Dunban asked, and it took a while for Mumkhar's hysterical laughter to calm down enough to speak.

" I wasn't the only one who was sent to kill you!" With that said a terrible roar shook the ground, I looked up at the sky to see a dragon.

" What the?" I exclaimed, there weren't very many dragons on the Bionis but I had never seen one like that.

"No is that...Ridley!?" Samus almost sounded scared and a chill went through me as the dragon loomed closer.

Author's Notes

Chapter 10 completed! I hope you liked the chapter, I can't say fight scenes are easy to write. Dunban is in it though so he makes everything better! Thank you Ender 2142 for the suggestion about Lucas, I hope he has been portrayed well. I actually like Metal Face his voice is super awesome especially when he comes in during a battle at Gaur Plains. Anyway, I have a ton of exams this week so it is unlikely there will be a new chapter till next weekend. Unless I'm a bad person and get bored of studying. Leave a comment or review if you would like! Until next time!