Chapter 26 – Beach Vacation: Explosion Simulator
Lidelle's POV
After we introduced ourselves to Seriri, we didn't really do for the rest of the day. That night, however, our group of girls, plus Klug, Sig, and Chu, were in the big room deciding on what to do for a couple of hours. At first, we just wanted to talk about girl stuff, but we decided against it. Mainly for two reasons: Klug and Sig were with us, and Chu, although a girl herself, wouldn't understand anything we bring up or wouldn't bother to pay attention. Or both.
I'm going with both.
"We could play a game together." Ringo suggested.
"That's sounds like a good idea." Raffina said."
"Yeah…but first, some rules." Amitie said.
"Rules?" We all asked. Amitie them made a close fist with her right hand and raised up on finger.
"First off, no Panel de Pon."
"What?!" Raffina and Peruvis yelled.
"Second, no The House of the Dead."
"Aw, come on!" I yelled.
"And third, no Space Harrier."
"Are you serious?!" Ally yelled.
"Hey, I'm just being fair to all of us."
"Alright, fine. Then no Chu Chu Rocket."
"What?! That's not fair!"
"Nice try, Ami! You were just trying to get us to play that game! I saw right through you!"
"Alright, Detective Ally. What should we play then?"
"I don't know. You banned my favorite game."
"Ours too." Me, Raffina, and Peruvis added.
"Can't we just pick a game and play already?" Feli asked.
"You three haven't said anything. Got any ideas?" Ringo asked Klug, Sig, and Chu.
"I'm not really knowledgeable in video games." Klug said.
"More like, the only game Klug's ever played was Wii Sports." Peruvis said.
"H-Hey, it still counts!"
"Yeah, but in a way it also doesn't. Since everyone had that game." I said.
"sigh."
"What about you, Sig?" Arle asked.
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"Sig?"
…
"Sig!"
"Huh? Oh sorry. I had earbuds on."
"Earbuds? For what?"
"This game me and Chu are playing. Puzzle & Dragons."
"Ugh…" We all said. (Except Raffina, Klug, and Arle.)
"Seriously? That game?" Amitie asked.
"What's Puzzle & Dragons?" Raffina asked.
"A never-ending puzzle game that's really hard to play." I said.
"It's not that hard." Sig said.
"Which one is it?" Ally asked.
"The one on the 3DS."
"Oh, God! That's the hardest one of them all!" Peruvis yelled.
"How is it hard? You play it like an RPG."
"Sig, none of us have the time or patience to play an RPG." Amitie said.
"A what?" Raffina asked.
"Role-Playing Game." Feli said.
"Wait, what?"
"Girly." Us girls said.
"I'M NOT GIRLY!"
"Gah! We're getting distracted. And we've still don't have a game to play." Ally said.
"You have any ideas, Arle?" Amitie asked.
"You just take an orb and move over to ones of the same color."
"Okay…Woah! I did a 12-chain!"
"That's pretty lucky for a first time."
"There's fire and water flying around! And…grass?"
"That's how you attack. With Fire, Water, Grass, Light, and Dark magic."
"Woah! So cool!"
Arle had lost interest in our debate and went over to learn from Sig how play Puzzle & Dragons.
Welp. We've lost those two.
"Well, this is clearly going nowhere. I'm going back to my room." Klug said as he got up and headed for the door.
"Thanks for the help, Bro." Peruvis said sarcastically.
"So now what?" Ringo asked.
"Really? That's on here? Huh. Well Thanks, Amira." Raffina was on the phone with her sister and had just hung up.
"What was that about, Raffi?" Amitie asked.
"I asked Amira if we had any games here from last time. She said we have this fighting game from long ago. Uh, what was is again? Oh, yeah. Gooper Bash Sisters."
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The room went dead silent as we starred at Raffina with looks of…I don't even know how to describe it right now. What she just said just has me in shock. How can anyone be this oblivious to video games?!
"Uh…Raffi. What did you say it was called?"
"Gooper Bash Sisters."
"R-Raffina…I-It's pronounced…Super Smash Brothers." Peruvis said.
"Huh? But I could've sworn it was called…"
"No. It's not." We all said.
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"I'm going to bed." Raffina said with extremely red cheeks. She dug herself underneath her futon to the point where we couldn't see her entire body anymore.
We didn't really do anything for the rest of the night after that little experience.
The next day Raffina was still embarrassed about the whole game thing, and didn't want to do anything. While Amitie and Peruvis tried to cheer her up, me, Ally, and Arle decided to just walk around the beach a bit. Sig would've came with us, but he and Chu spent all night playing Puzzle & Dragons. So they're sleeping right now.
"Wait, so Raffina's never heard of Super Smash Brothers?" Arle asked.
"Nope. She had no idea of its existence. She even called it Gooper Bash Sisters." I said.
"Gooper Bash Sisters? Ouch."
"Yeah, poor Raffina. She's still embarrassed about it, too." Ally said.
"We should just give her some space for today. Not make her feel any worse." I said.
"Agree." Both Ally and Arle said.
"So what's with the matching white and green t-shirts, you two? Showing off?" Arle asked.
"What? No! This was pure coincidence."
"Yeah. I didn't even know Ally had the exact same shirt."
"Well, at least our shorts and shoes are different."
"Yeah, that's true."
"Wait, so you're saying you two are wearing matching bras and panties?" Arle asked.
"NO!" We both shouted with blushed faces.
"I was just asking. Geez, no need to yell."
"Arle, I'm pretty sure there is no lesbian couple that does that." I said.
"Well…maybe Ami and Raffina." Ally said.
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"Yeah, that makes a lot of sense." We all said.
As we kept on walking on the sandy white sands next to this surprisingly crystal clean clear water, we started talking about random girl stuff that might sound stereotypical to most people. Hell, I even found some of it stereotypical. But that didn't really bother us that much. What did, however, was this loud…
*BOOM*
"Whoa! What was that loud noise?!" Ally asked.
*BOOM*
"There it is again!" Arle shouted.
*BOOM*
"It sounds like it's coming from over there!" I shouted.
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
"Let's hurry and check it out!"
"Right!"
The three of us ran towards the area where the strange loud noise was coming from. When we got to an area with a bunch of palm trees, what we saw was…a bit strange.
Is that…an elephant?
"GRRR…IT'S SO HOT! IT'S SO DAMN HOT! SO HOT THAT IT'S MAKING ME FILLED WITH RAGE! JUST THE THOUGHT OF EVEN BEING IN THIS HEAT IS MAKING ME BOIL WITH ANGER! HOW CAN ANYONE LIVE LIKE THIS?! WHOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"Woah! What's an elephant doing all the way out here?!" I asked.
"And it can talk, too!" Ally said.
"N-No way! He's here too?!" Arle said.
"Huh? Arle, you know that…guy?"
"Yeah, he's from my world."
"Really?" Both me and Ally asked.
"Hey! Zoh!"
Arle's yell managed to get the elephant's attention as he started calming down drastically.
"Huh? Arle? You're here as well?"
"Yeah, it's me. It's been a while since we've saw each other, Zoh."
"So it has."
"So you really do know him, Arle?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah. Lidelle, Ally. This is Zoh Daimaoh. He wishes to be a king someday and knows everything about, well…pretty much everything."
"Woah. A future king?"
"That's so cool!" Ally said.
"Yes, it is. A peaceful and rich country with me as it's founder and king. Imagining such a dream just gets me all excited…I COULD JUST EXPLODE WITH HAPPINESS! WHOOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"AHHHHHH! HE'S ON FIRE!" Me and Ally shouted in fear.
"Yeah…that's actually normal."
"Huh?!"
"Zoh easily gets excited or mad at everything, depending on what that thing is."
…
"What?"
"H-Hey, Zoh. Could you calm down a bit? You're making it hotter than it's supposed to be."
"Huh? Oh, sorry. My bad." Zoh said as the fire around him magically disappeared.
This just keeps getting more weird…
"So like I said, these are my friends Lidelle and Ally. They live in this world."
"Hello. I'm Ally."
"I'm Lidelle. Nice to meet you, Mr. Zoh Daimaoh." I said with a bow.
"Such nice kids. You can just call me Zoh. Nice to meet you both, Ally and Lidelle."
Zoh seems like a nice guy…well besides the whole "catching on fire" thing. But other than that, he's fine.
"So, uh Zoh. How did you get here? Did you get zapped by a mysterious lighting bolt, too?" Arle asked.
"Mysterious lighting bolt? No, not really. I came her to look for a few things of mine."
"Wait, you got here on your own? How?"
"With something called the Green Puyo Hat."
The three of us went silent for a bit after hearing what Zoh just said. We thought we misheard him, but once he repeated himself, we were dead wrong.
"TH-THE GREEN PUYO HAT?!" We all shouted.
"Huh? You three know about the Puyo Hats?"
"Yeah, we do." I said. "How do you know about them?"
"Well, they're actually mine."
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"WHAT?!" We shouted again.
"Well, they're supposed to be mine, I mean. They're a secret royal treasure passed down in my family for generations. Heavily guarded to make sure they don't fall into the wrong hands. When it was my turn to do such job, they all had suddenly disappeared. And I've been looking for them since."
"Woah…"
"So how do you girls know what they are? Did you find them all?"
"Well, almost." Arle said.
"Our friend Ami-I mean Amitie has been having problems with the red one." Ally said.
"Grrr…the red one. Always causing problems. I BET IT WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE OTHERS DISAPPEAR! I SHOULD'VE ANNIHILATED THE DAMN THING WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE! WHOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
Zoh caught on fire again as he shook the ground with his massive stomp.
"Zoh! Calm down!" Arle yelled.
"Oops. Sorry." The fire around Zoh disappeared once again.
"So the Red Puyo Hat is always causing problems?" I asked.
"It is. It's believed that there's a demon inside the hat, sealed in there over thousands of years ago. We were never able to figure out who the demon is, how it got in the hat, or why it's there in the first place. Which is why they were heavily guarded. When they disappeared, it was my duty to retrieve them all. I was so close to getting the Green Puyo Hat, BUT THEN THAT NUISANCE DEMON KING GOT IN THE WAY!"
Surprisingly, Zoh didn't catch on fire this time. Which is good cause I heard something that was really important to me.
"Wait, nuisance demon king?" Arle asked. "Zoh, you don't mean…"
"Yeah, it's Satan. He had the Green Puyo Hat as he opened up a portal. I followed him inside and I ended up here."
"Aw, damnit…he's here too."
"It's about time…" I mumbled to myself without thinking.
"Lidelle!" Ally whispered to me.
"Huh? What do you mean It's about time?" Arle asked me.
Now I've gone and done it.
"W-Well…Arle, there's something I need to tell you. I-I well…I actually know Satan."
"Really?! How?!"
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"…H-He's actually…m-my brother."
"Ho-ly crap…"
"And we figured out that he's in love with you." Ally added.
"You're not mad, are you?"
"Well, why would I be mad, Lidelle?"
"Well you say that he caused a whole bunch of trouble in your world, and even said that you can't stand him."
"Yeah, but you're still my friend, Lidelle. Plus, I find it pretty funny that Satan has a little sister. Don't know why he never brought you up in conversation."
"Rulue said the same thing." Ally said.
"Huh? Rulue? She's here too?" Zoh asked.
"Oh yeah. Some of the other are here with me." Arle said to him.
"Others?"
"Along with Rulue, there's also Schezo, Harpy, Draco, Witch, and Seriri. All of us got here by something called the Dimensional Mirror."
"The Dimensional Mirror? That was here, too?"
"Yeah, but it was destroyed once we all came out."
"You know about the Dimensional Mirror too, Zoh?" Ally asked.
"Yeah, I do. It's a mysterious object, so very few people do."
"I see."
"So, Zoh. When did you last see my brother?" I asked.
"Well after I got out of the portal, I ended up in front of this weird-looking building. It almost looked like one of his castles, only this one was made of sand."
"Sand?" We asked.
"Really strong sand, from what I saw. I wanted to go in and take the hat back, but this heat… THIS DAMN HEAT! IT'S TOO HOT FOR ME TO RECLAIM WHAT'S MINE! IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY! WHOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
In addition to Zoh's massive stomp and him catching on fire, he also shot what looked like lava out from his trunk. We ran off trying to not get hit by it.
"ZOH! PLEASE, STOP!" We shouted.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. That happens sometimes."
This guy…he's like a living volcano!
"Well, we'll help you get the Green Puyo Hat back, Zoh." Arle said.
"Really? You will?"
"Yeah. Satan's my brother, so I know how to deal with him." I said.
"I see. Well, thank you all for the help."
"No problem, Zoh!" Ally cheered. "Let's go!"
"…get intimate?" I teased.
"Oh my God, I'm gonna punch you!"
I giggled at Ally's embarrassingly pissed off face, then we went with Zoh as he showed us where my brother's sandcastle was. It's been a long time since I've seen or heard from him. I've got some choice words for him once I see his face.
Side note, Ally never did punch me.
A/N: 3 down, 3 to go. First off, I freaking love Zoh Daimaoh. Easily one of my favorite characters. I always pick him whenever I play 15th Anniversary. People say that Baldanders is the most broken character in that game, but I honestly think it's Zoh.
Second, since we're halfway done, I figured I tell you guys some minor details about the final chapter. Let's just say, it's going to be huge. It's going to take a while for me to finish it, so during that time I'll also try to get Magical Alteration finished as well. I plan to only have Dream Land Invasion the only story active by the time Tsu's final chapter goes up. Hopefully that becomes a reality before I go back to school soon.
Side note: I actually have the 3DS version of Puzzle & Dragons. It really is hard as hell. Especially the Mario version. Good lord, I cannot get pass World 3 without getting multiple game overs.
That's it from me. Feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Thanks for reading.