Chapter 55- A Random Return
As the purple slime monster begins to raise its giant hand, the protagonists and the spear bee ready themselves to take the blow head on.
But the young man with the grey, spotted hair suddenly dives to the side, and he runs into an invisible wall. "Hey!" He rubs his nose as he complains. "Who led us to complete doom in this dead end?!"
The girl and her pet leer at their traveling companion. "That would be you."
"Ouch! My Defense definitely lowered from that!" The young man grasps at his heart as he comedically writhes in pain.
She sighs, but the monster's roar attracts their attention again. It raised the large purple hand above its head, and the attack begins to descend towards them.
The young man shrugs at the other two. "Sorry."
They prepare for the descending doom, but at the last moment a ninja appears above them. He cries out as the poison sears through his clothes and into his back.
The girl's eyes widen as she yells out his name. "Ko-!"
Waaaaaaaaaait just one second.
Missingno sighs and jumps out of the setting. "What is it this time?"
Don't give me that 'What's wrong?' look. What is this?
"Intrigue. Suspense. Climax. I thought you of all disembodied voices would know that."
Yeah, but the problem is when you are doing it. We start up again after so long, but this part is a lot farther in the future. Can you imagine how many people went to the last chapter, wondering what they were missing?
"No." He smiles. "Get it? Cause you said missing, and then i finished the word for you." Missingno tries to contain his laughter.
First, that was horrible. Second, that was horrible.
"Ha."
And third, stop skipping parts. Nobody likes stuff out of order!
"What?!" Missing throws down a copy of Into the Wild. "Last time I ever read online book reviews." He huffs. "Fine, back to the beginning!"
Earlier that day, Missingno and Cassandra reach the end of Route 17. Cassandra breathes heavily as she props up herself and her bike. Missingno just laughs.
"Too slow, little girl. I have come out victorious, and you weren't able to fight a single person! Now don't you feel silly!" He laughs from the little red wagon he is sitting in.
His laughter is quickly cut short as she kicks the wagon over.
Cassandra bikes into the building at the end of the Route, and finds herself without a bike anymore. She ignores the guard, who tries to tell her that she can't enter the Route without a bike, and into the city. Waiting for her, leaning against a sign, is Missingno.
He smirks at her, waiting.
She glares at him, and speaks in monotone. "Wow. However did you get here before me?"
"Ha! Joke's on you! I've been in Pewter City this whole time!"
"This is Fuscia City." Cassandra points out the sign behind him.
"... Wait, what are we doing here, then?"
She shakes her head, and enters the city.
The city, sitting by the ocean, gives a rural feel that is slowly being clutched by modernization. The zoo seems be creeping further and further into the lives of the villagers. In fact, Cassandra notices very few actual residents, and a lot more visitors wandering about.
After surveying the city, Cassandra notices Driller, who is still flying around the sky with a jetpack. She calls him down, and as he approaches, the jetpack disappears.
"I'll be honest, I wasn't the biggest fan at first, but I am loving the jetpack idea. Who came up with that?" Missingno appears at her side in a ninja costume, trying to look intimidating. His head is exposed except for a metal headband, pulling back his grey, speckled hair. His face is twisted into an expression that looks more like he is constipated than angry.
Cassandra raises an eyebrow. "What's with the costume?"
"..."
She sighs. "It was your idea."
He throws his fists in the air. "Yeah! I'm awesome!"
Cassandra leers at him.
"Ouch! I think you just lowered my Defense!"
She rolls her eyes, and turns to leave. She jumps back as she almost runs into another ninja. This time it is much more intimidating.
"Really, Missingno? Don't scare me like that." Out of the corner of her eye, she notices that Missingno is standing off to the side, violently shaking his head.
Realizing what is happening, she slowly turns back. The ninja is completely covered except for his eyes, and the outfit is very simplistic. The only interesting part is the long scarf that hangs around his neck.
His voice is low and gruff, and he takes a fighting stance as he pulls out a short blade. "You guys smell like that thing. I don't know what you are, but die!"
The ninja lunges forward, and swings his blade. Cassandra raises her arms to guard herself, but nothing happens. She looks up, and finds the ninja looking at a rock in his hand.
"... Did you just turn my tanto into a rock?"
"Yup!" Missingno smiles as he gives Cassandra a thumbs up.
The ninja jumps back and pulls out throwing knives… Or, at least he tried to, but all he pulls out is a handful of rocks.
This time, his voice is higher and squeaky. "What?! What kind of ninjutsu is this?!"
Wait, is he actually a she?
"Maybe." The ninja Missingno appears behind the enemy and pulls their mask off.
The ninja immediately sets off a smoke bomb. As he jumps out of the cloud cover, he has already wrapped a scarf into a makeshift mask. "What was that for?!"
As the smoke starts to clear, Missingno coughs and waves the rest away. "That's my line! All I wanted was to know if you are a girl cleverly disguised as a dude in order to pass off as a strong ninja."
"I'm not a girl! Why would you think that?!"
Missingno shrugs. "Just a random, anime cliche that seemed highly probable in this situation. It happens a lot. Like, A LOT!"
Right?!
