Chapter 58 – The Quest of the Great Rage King
Lidelle's POV
After we introduced ourselves to Seriri, the rest of the day was pretty much as if we didn't encounter a mermaid in the middle of a private beach. That night, however, our group of girls, plus Klug, Sig, and Chu (Peruvis was still gone. Where did she go?) 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.
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I'm going with both.
And then, Rafisol was already asleep in her futon. Despite the noise we're making, she's sleeping through all of it. She's surprisingly a heavy sleeper.
"We could play a game together." Ringo suggested.
"That 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 yelled.
Amitie then raised up a second finger.
"Second, no Mario Kart."
"Aw, come on!" I yelled.
Amitie then raised up a third finger.
"And third, no Space Harrier."
"Are you serious?!" Ally yelled.
"Hey, I'm just being fair to all of us."
"Alright, fine. 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!"
"*groan* Alright, Detective Ally. What should we play then?"
"I don't know. You banned my favorite game."
"Ours too." Raffina and I 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 about video games." Klug said. "So, I can't really help you."
"I see. What about you, Sig?"
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"Sig?"
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"Sig!"
"Huh? Oh sorry. I had earbuds on."
"Earbuds? For what?" Arle asked.
"This game Chu and I are playing. Puzzle & Dragons."
"Ugh…" We all said. (Except Raffina, Klug, and Arle.)
"Seriously? That game?" Amitie asked.
"What's Puzzle & Dragons?" Raffina asked.
"This dungeon-crawling RPG puzzle game that NEVER ends." I said.
"The difficulty can be rather annoying, too." Feli added.
"It isn't really that difficult." Sig said.
"Which one is it?" Ally asked.
"The one on the 3DS."
"Oh, God! That's the hardest one of them all!"
"How is it hard? It's a simple RPG."
"Sig, none of us have the time or patience to play an RPG." Amitie said.
"A what?" Raffina asked.
"Role-Playing Game."
"Role-Playing Game? What's that?"
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"Girly." Ally, Ringo, Feli, and I muttered under our breaths.
"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, Aruru."
"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! This is totally like Puyo!"
Arle had lost interest in our debate and went over to learn from the Duranné siblings on how play Puzzle & Dragons.
Welp. We've lost those three.
"*sigh* Come on, damnit. Pick up already." We then saw Klug angrily talking to his phone. Which made us all curious.
"What's up, Klug?" I asked.
"It's Peruvis. She's still outside somewhere and now she isn't answering my calls or texts."
"She's STILL out there?" Ally asked.
"We haven't seen her all day. Now, I'm really worried." Ringo said.
"For what?" Amitie asked. "I'm sure that she still wants to be alone or something."
"No way." Sig said. "I've known Peruvis since we were in kindergarten together. Her being this mad and isolated isn't normal."
"Shigu. Let's go look for Peridi." Chu said with a worried-sounding tone.
"Sure thing, Chu."
"I'm coming with you guys. Klug said.
"Me, too." Ringo said.
"Huh?" The remaining five of us were surprised.
"You're going too, Ringo?" I asked.
"Peruvis and I have become great friends. To be quite honest, I've been worried about her since that outburst this morning. I want to know what's bothering her."
"Be careful, you guys. It's getting dark out." Amitie said.
"We'll be fine." The group of four said as they left the room to search for Peruvis.
I really do hope she's okay. It looked like something was hurting her. Emotionally.
"So, now what?" Feli 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…crap, what was it called again? Oh, yeah. Duper Bash Sisters."
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The room went dead silent as we stared at Raffina with looks of…I-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…R-Raffi. Wh-What did you say it was called?"
"Duper Bash Sisters."
"R-Raffina…I-It's pronounced…Super Smash Brothers." Ally said.
"Huh? But I could've sworn it was called…"
"No. It's not." We all said.
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"I-I'm…I-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 Feli were trying to cheer her up and Sig, Chu, Klug, and Ringo went looking for Peruvis again (she wasn't found last night. Now it's getting tense) Ally, Arle, and I decided to just walk around the beach a bit.
"Wait, so Raffina's never heard of Super Smash Brothers?" Arle asked. She wasn't paying attention last night due to her playing Puzzle & Dragons the whole time. So, we were telling her what happened with Raffina.
"Nope." I said. "She had no idea of its existence. She even called it Duper Bash Sisters."
"Duper 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 girls replied.
"So what's with the matching shell necklaces, you two? Showing off?" Arle asked.
"No, we're not. Chu found a lot of small shells yesterday and she made them into necklaces yesterday."
"We just happened to get the same pattern." Ally added. "But there's nothing wrong with that, right?"
"Exactly. Couples match in some of their clothes as I way to show that they love each other. It's a sweet gesture."
"Wait, so if that's the case…are you two are wearing matching bras and panties?" Arle asked.
"N-NO!" We both shouted with extremely blushed faces.
"I was just asking, sheesh. No need to yell."
"Arle. I'm pretty damn sure that there is no lesbian couple…scratch that, ANY couple that does such a thing." I said.
"Not even Amitie and Raffina? They look they love each other that much to do such a thing."
"No way." Ally said. "Ami would never do such a thing because she still wears animal print underwear."
"S-Seriously?!" Arle and I both yelled in total shock.
"Yep. Ami is nowhere near as mature as people often think she is."
"Whoa…"
I'm younger than Amitie and yet I wear more mature underwear than her. Kinda crazy.
As we kept on walking on the sandy white sands next to this surprisingly crystal clean clear water, we started talking about what happened yesterday while playing at the beach. The part where we found Seriri, the last person to be believed to have come out of the Dimensional Mirror.
"So, that's Schezo, Harpy, Rulue, Draco, Witch, and now Seriri." I made a list. "And with you, Arle, that makes seven people to have come from a different world."
"It's kinda insane, really." Ally said. "What, with Schezo being a dark wizard, Harpy being an angel, Draco being a half-dragon girl, and Seriri being a mermaid. I think Rulue and Witch are the only true humans to come from there."
"Yeah, but even then…Rulue was originally from this world and not much is really known about Witch. Aside from her weird name."
"I think Witch does have a real name." Arle said. "Though, I'm not really sure. She said something about passing a test first in order to officially use it."
"Pass a test? What kind of test is that?" I asked.
"Well…Witch is a Comet Magician, or whatever she calls it. She studies cosmically themed spells and constantly makes potions. Although, a lot of them are either worthless or overly specific."
"I see…" Ally and I both gained a sweatdrop.
Okay. NONE of the people from Arle's world are normal.
"You know…this kinda has me thinking, Arle." Ally said. "The Dimensional Mirror is forever broken. Meaning that you and only six other people are stuck in this world."
"What's your point, Ally?" Arle asked in a depressed mood.
"Wh-What I mean is…don't you wish it was more than just the six random people that got struck by lightning?"
"Oh, that. Well…" Arle went silent for a bit. "…Yes…but also no."
"Yes…but also no?" We didn't get what she meant by that.
"What I mean is…yes, there are some people that I wish were sent here too. Like my friend Chico that I mentioned earlier. But then there are people that I hope stay in that world for good. Like…well…I rather not mention those people. I kinda have bad blood with them."
"Oh…" We both said.
"Still, though…the more I think about it, I kinda do wish that more people came here. That way, it'll like home in some way."
"Do you have any thoughts on who you want?" I asked.
"Well…I know a lot of people. Picking a few isn't really that easy. Maybe someone like…"
*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 HOT! IT'S SO DAMN HOT! SO FREAKING HOT THAT IT'S MAKING ME FILLED WITH RAGE! JUST THE THOUGHT OF EVEN BEING IN THIS DAMN HEAT IS MAKING ME BOIL WITH ANGER! HOW CAN ANYONE LIVE LIKE THIS?! WHOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
A-And it talks?! Wh-What the hell?!
"Woah! A talking elephant! That's so freaking badass!"
"How is this badass?" I asked Ally.
"N-No way…He's here too?!" Arle asked in shock.
"Huh? Arle, you know this…elephant?"
"Yeah, he's from my world!"
"R-Really?!" Both me and Ally asked.
What a freaking coincidence…
"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 seen each other, Zoh."
"So it has."
"So you really do know him, Arle?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah. Lidelle, Ally. This is Zoh Daimaoh. He's an elephant king that rules a huge land in my world. He's one of those guys who pretty much knows everything about…well, everything."
"Woah. A king that knows everything…that's kinda like Akuma."
"An elephant king that knows all…this is so freaking cool!" Ally was clearly excited about this.
"Yes, it is." The elephant known as Zoh said. "A peaceful and rich country with me as its founder and king. Thinking of such a thing just gets me all excited…I COULD JUST EXPLODE WITH HAPPINESS! WHOOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"*screams of terror* HE'S ON FIRE!" Ally and I shouted in fear.
"Yeah…that's actually normal." Arle said.
"WHAT?!"
"Zoh has a dangerously short fuse and easily gets excited or mad at every given time. Depending on what that thing is."
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"Wh-What the hell?" Was all we could say to such a thing.
Yep. These people are DEFINITELY not normal.
"H-Hey, Zoh. Could you calm down a bit? You're making it hotter than it's supposed to be."
"Huh? Oh, sorry. My apologies." Zoh said as the fire around him magically disappeared.
Not even going to question that…
"So, anyway…Zoh, these are my friends Lidelle Namanari and Ally Nakano. They live in this world."
"Hiya." Ally said.
"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.
"W-Wait a second…Arle, did you say that Lidelle's last name was…Namanari?"
"Yep. It is." Arle gained a sweatdrop. Probably still shocked as to who I am.
"So, I'm standing in front of…The Demonic Princess of Hell?!"
"In the flesh." I said with a smile.
"Wow! So exciting! Being acquainted with such a celebrity…MY EXCITEMENT LEVEL IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF! WHOOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"*giggle* Always glad to meet a fan."
"Lidelle, you are something else…" Ally gained a sweatdrop.
"So, uh…Zoh. How did you get here? Did you get zapped by a mysterious lightning bolt, too?" Arle asked.
"Mysterious lightning bolt?" Zoh grew a confused look. "No, not at all. I came here 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.
"The…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 a job, a mysterious evil force has made them all disappear. 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 Amitie has been having problems with the red one." Ally said.
"Grr…the red one. I've should've known! I BET IT WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE OTHERS DISAPPEAR! I SHOULD'VE ANNIHILATED THE DAMN DEMON WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE! WHOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"Zoh! Calm down!" Arle yelled as Zoh caught on fire again as he shook the ground with his massive stomp.
"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 is an evil demon inside the hat. Once sealed away in there over hundreds 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 all heavily guarded. When they disappeared, it became my duty to retrieve them all. After a long time searching, I had finally got a lead on one of them. The Green Puyo Hat. I was so close to reclaiming it…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…"
"Yes. It's Satan. I don't know how he heard of it, but he grabbed the Green Puyo Hat right from under my trunk and opened up a portal. I gave chase and 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…I-I've been meaning to tell you this, but…S-Satan's actually my older brother."
"And we figured out that he's in love with you." Ally added.
"Really, now?"
"You're not mad, are you?" I asked.
"No, Lidelle. I'm not mad. To be honest, I kinda had my suspicions that you two were related. Though, I can't believe 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 others 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 sent 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 his castle. Only it 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 started shooting out fire from his trunk. And we all backed 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.
"Plus, we have reasons of our own to find the Green Puyo Hat." Ally added. "Our friend really needs the other four."
"I see. Well, thank you all for your help."
"No problem, Zoh! Now, let's go!"
"Fall in love?" I teased.
"O-Oh my God, I'm gonna punch you!"
I giggled at Ally's embarrassingly pissed off face. Then the three of us 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.
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Side note, Ally never did punch me.
Author's Note: Just when the Dimensional 7 have been found, an 8th visitor has appeared and so has a 9th. Now, with Zoh's help, Lidelle, Ally, and Arle track down Satan and claim The Green Puyo Hat at long last.
The plot of this chapter hasn't really changed much. The three girls run into Zoh, who claims that he's the owner of the Puyo Hats…admits that he was chasing after Satan, who has the Green Puyo Hat…and the group of four go after him. Just some minor changes like the length and such. Nothing really to point out.
I think there's going to be one more rewritten chapter before putting this story on a break. And then a newly written one will come. I feel like a good break from this one is in order. I kinda want to…well…do something else real quick. You'll see next chapter.
Thanks for reading. Later.
