Chapter 6: Love in the Lilliput Steps
It was Pokey, he was wearing a blue robe similar to the one Sarah had been wearing, and he was looking at Moon with an evil smile on his face, there were two cultists standing behind him. "Hey Moon!" he said. "You're just here to ruin this for me aren't ya?" "No Pokey...I'm just here to take Sarah...she's one of the chosen on-DON'T CALL ME POKEY YOU IDIOT! Call me Master Pokey, and she is NOT one of those chosen ones...you just think she's pretty don't you! WELL TO BAD BUSTER! She's supposed to be my wife as high priest in Happy Happyism!" Moon rolled his eyes. "You should join us, but I know you won't...I'm glad I joined." Pokey continued. Moon noticed that there was no paint on Pokey's face, was he...actually doing this willingly?
"I'm not gonna fight you, but these guys will...LATER POTATER!" Pokey shouted running off.
"Well...I guess that I've gotta do this." Moon said. Suddenly another crow squaked and flew over with the cultists. "Okay that settles my decision PSI Rollin α!" Multi colored beams of light shot out of his hand and knocked out the cultists and crow. "There problem solved." he said moving onwards. He walked back into the cave only to be tackled by another cultist. "Not today kid, I've got you right where I want you! Bring on the bucket!" he shouted. Moon noticed another cultist running over with a bucket of paint...he didn't have enough room to make a shield and that much paint would surely pull him under the influence of Giygas.
Then something went through him like a shock of electricity...he quickly grabbed the cultist's who was holding down arm and shouted. "PSI Paralysis α!" the cultist's grip loosened, "What the hell, why can't I feel my arms...they're numb!" Moon kicked the cultist off him and quickly swung his bat at the other one.
SMAAASH!
The cultist collapsed to the ground of the cave. "Phew, that was close...that was also much more helpful than Hypnosis." Moon said as he walked out of the cave. He headed straight towards the building in the center of town, now equipped with the Franklin Badge, he felt more prepared for Carpainter and his lighting. Moon walked through the door there were still a whole bunch of cultists, "Freaking morning prayer." he said to himself as he walked through the door on the other side. There was a different man behind the desk this time. "Do you have an appointment with Mr. Carpainter today?" he asked. "Yeah...Moon, the chosen one!" Moon grumbled.
"I'm sorry but he doesn't have you in his appointment book." the man said. Moon rolled his eyes. "You know what, screw this, I'm going upstairs you people are all crazy." Moon walked back upstairs, there was Carpainter, once again praying towards the statue. He began talking once Moon entered, however, this time, it was directed towards Pokey.
"Ah Pokey," he said. "Is everything ready for Miss Sarah's sacrifice?..or did she see the error in her ways and decide to become our high Priestess?" I might as well have a bit of fun with this. Moon thought. "She decided that she wanted to go on an adventure with Moon, like faith foretold!" he snapped. Carpainter turned around quickly. "Ah...Moon." he said. "I thought you had given up and returned to Twoson...or had died from that blast...seriously how the hell are you still alive?" Moon shrugged "Not sure, I think...Sarah might've given me power can you please let her go!" "Miss Sarah...has become vital to our religions success she will either give me her fire power, or join us as a high priestess!" Moon groaned, "Shut up...she wants nothing to do with this cult, she wants to be with me on my adventure to destroy Giygas!" To his great surprise Carpainter didn't move but he heard the cold voice go through his head.
"Hello Moon, it's me again...you know, all this talk of Giygas certainly tells me that you're dead set on reaching him! To bad you won't though."
"Shut up...I don't have time to deal with you at the moment." Moon said.
Carpainter raised his hands and sparks began to shoot out of them. "I hope this works." Moon said. "CRASHING BOOM BANG!" Carpainter shouted. Thunder shot out of his hands and shot towards Moon. He braced himself for the shock...and suddenly the lighting self centered itself towards the franklin badge then shot back at Carpainter. It struck him hard, he was blown into the wall and came back up coughing. "Ugh, annoying, little, nosy brat!" he said. "PSI Rollin α!" Moon shouted. "PSI Shield α!" Carpainter coughed. Moon's multi colored beams vanished before hitting Mr. Carpainter. "Hahaha," he laughed, "You thought you could do that...no no, none of that!" he shouted. "Damn it there goes my easy win." Moon said to himself.
"Now, Now," Carpainter said, "You seem to have peaked Sarah's interest...perhaps if you were on our side she would join." he said dipping his brush into the paint. Unlike the cultist's brushes this brush was much larger. "Shield α!" Moon shouted. He felt his body being enveloped by a warm light. Carpainter swung his brush at him, but it merely grazed his shield. Moon then whacked Carpainter with his bat he struck Carpainter in the legs which threw him back in pain.
Suddenly Carpainter's hand flashed green, "Oh come on...he can use Lifeup too?" Moon said to himself.
"It's not over until I say it's over Moon, sorry but I can not allow you to take Sarah away from us." Carpainter kicked him using his other foot. Moon collided with a wall. "After I've dealt with you, I'll take care of Sarah...shame you couldn't save her, it was all she wanted. But she'll make a nice little human sacrifice...we'll be unstoppable after that THE WORLD WILL BE PAINTED BLUE!"
"Moon...Moon?" Sarah's voice rang through his head. "Are you okay?...keep fighting...you have too...help me! Save me!
Carpainter readied his brush yet again. Moon quickly jumped up and ran over to his arm. "PSI Paralysis α!" he shouted. Carpainter suddenly couldn't move. "You're not going to ever lay a hand on Sarah again...I don't care what the deal is...stay away from her!" he said swinging the bat with all his power.
SMAAASH!
Carpainter fell onto the floor, Moon stood still, he felt dizzy...but he shook his head to regain his senses. Then he heard the cold voice speak to him again.
"Finish him off, he's done so much to hurt her, you, and you're adventure...he's nothing more than a useless piece of trash who got in your way of greatness!"
"SHUT UP!" Moon shouted. This was apparently loud enough to jolt Carpainter up. "Ow...my head...what...what the hell happened...why am I dressed in blue...I don't even like blue!" he noticed Moon with his bat still out and instantly backed away in fear. "Whoa, kid, don't do that, I haven't done...oh...oh...my, I'm sorry, I didn't know what I was doing." he said hastily. Moon looked at him. "What's the deal then...and also where did you get this statue?
Carpainter wiped his brow, "Ah the statue...a wonderful man name Lier sold it to me. You see it right...the Mani Mani Statue?" he asked. Moon nodded. "Ever since I got that statue, I began to do peculiar things...I was semi-aware of myself and there was some sort of...cold voice telling me to get people under this magical paint that I kept randomly getting." he said "Please forgive me if you can...I just wanted to have a normal life...just be a normal man with a pretty cool statue. I'll be getting rid of it now.
"Okay, that's cool and all Mr. Carpainter, but I kinda need the key to mountain cabin prison cell." Moon said. Carpainter fumbled around in his pocket for a bit. "Tell Sarah I'm deeply sorry for everything that's happened...I hope you and her can both forgive me." Moon sighed, "Listen Carpainter just get rid of all the blue stuff and we'll be good." Carpainter nodded. "Here, take the key and go." Moon thanked Carpainter and walked downstairs.
When he exited the building the sun was still just about coming up. He immediately made his way back to the cabin...however before he reached the cave. Pokey approached him, "Ugh what a horrible nightmare." he said unconvincingly, Moon saw that he had no paint, Pokey had done everything willingly. "Somehow I woke up...Moon, let's go back to Onett, and be friends alright, give up your adventure...Sarah won't appreciate you, she won't like you, she'll be just like everyone else at school...I'm your only friend." Moon hesitated, A part of him told him to just do it, Pokey was right, no one had ever liked him other than Pokey, people would usually walk all over him, What made Sarah any different? But the other part of him told him to move on and forget it, Pokey hadn't been under hypnosis, he had kidnapped Sarah, set up a human sacrifice altar, and then tried to kill him without the influence. Moon wasn't going to turn Pokey over to police or anything, but the fact that he had done that willingly was still shocking to him, but he still didn't want to give Pokey up as a kind of friend...even if he was...just the way he was.
"Sorry Pokey," Moon said. "Buzz Buzz gave me a job, even if Sarah ends up hating me, I have to save the world." the two of them looked at each in silence. "Fine," Pokey snapped after a minute. "Go on with her...see if I care...you're dead to me Moon!" Moon was horrified, he had given Pokey an explanation that implied no hatred, disgust, or distrust in his first friend..and this was what he got? "Pokey...I!" Pokey turned and ran away. "See ya around...sucker!" he said with a hint of anger in his voice.
(Peaceful Rest Valley)
Moon arrived back at the mountain cabin, he was still pretty beat up about what had just happened. "I better hope that this thing with Sarah and the other two goes well, otherwise I'm back to having no friends when this is over." He pushed open the cabin door, Sarah was waiting by the closest corner to the door holding her teddy bear. She eagerly jumped up when he entered the cabin.
"Moon! Did you get the key?" she asked. "Yeah, I got it," Moon said holding the key out to show her. "Are you hurt?" she asked. "Nah, you're Franklin badge protected me." "I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you." She said with an embarrassed look. Moon unlocked the door, "Please, you've caused no trouble whatsoever, you're fine" he said. "Thank you...Moon! You're just like I imagined you would be. Moon went red. "Come on now." he mumbled, "you probably were expecting someone a bit stronger...maybe more handsome." She shook her head, "Nope, you're perfect just the way you are...although I'm sure that some people in Twoson are worried about me...we should probably get to that sanctuary and then head home." Moon stared at her in daze, up close she looked even brighter...and a lot cuter. "Getting back there might be dangerous though...but we can do it if we can combine our strength." Moon grinned. "I've seen that deadly PSI power of yours, you'll definitely make the trip home easier!" he said. "So let's not waste anymore time then!" Sarah said exiting the cage.
"Um Sarah." "Yes Moon?" "You kinda left your teddy bear in the cage." he said pointing to the bear in the corner. Sarah went red, "Ah...yeah, you won't mind if I hold onto it will you? It is my comfort object." Moon shook his head, nah you're fine...but um, you still kinda have my hoodie as well..also here take the Franklin badge back...just in case we run into more lighting problems. Sarah took off his hoodie and handed it back to him before taking her Franklin badge and pinning it onto her. "Okay then, let's go to Lilliput Steps!"
The two exited into the now noon hanging sun. Only to hear a familiar sound playing in the near distance. "Moon..what's that noise?" Sarah asked. "I've heard it before but I can't seem to remember...remember...Oh Damn it, not him again!" Sarah looked out into the open distance as a man wearing glasses, a suit, with a top hat, fell out of the sky landing on the ground perfectly normal, he also had a camera.
"Pictures taken instantaneously I'm a photographic genius if I do say so myself, okay, get ready for an instant memory." "Dude what the hell...we're not ready for a picture." Moon snapped. The man ignored him, "Look at the camera! Ready? Say Fuzzy Pickles!" he said snapping a photo. "Wow what a great photograph it will always bring back the fondest of memories!" he said before vanishing.
"Who the hell was that?" Sarah asked. "I'm not sure, he first appeared when I was leaving my house, maybe he was sent by my father to record my adventure or something?" Moon said. "I assume we'll be seeing him again...so...yeah." "You're okay with this strange man following us around taking our picture?" Sarah asked "I mean...it would be nice if I could have those photographs after our adventure...just so I could remember you and the others. Anyways, let's get back to Happy Happy so we can go to Lilliput steps.
(Happy Happy Village)
The two arrived on the outskirts of Happy Happy Village. Sarah attempted to make a beeline straight for the cave but Moon held her back. "You're in no shape to just barge in there." he said. "It is dangerous, monsters, animals, or plants may jump on us immediately...also you have no weapon of any sort." Sarah frowned, "I have my PSI powers...that should be more than enough." Moon shrugged, "You can't use them forever, they aren't infinite...so if you run out of energy before we reach the boss, you're kind of a sitting duck." he said. "Just for your safety, we should probably get you a weapon or something."
The two entered the drug store and looked around for a bit. After a bit of looking Moon came back over to her holding a blue frying pan. "Here, I think this will work just fine." he said handing it to her. "Don't you think this is a little stereotypical?" Sarah asked. "Listen unless you know a place where someone is selling laser guns and swords...this is the best we've got." he said. "While I'm here I think I'll also upgrade my bat." he said looking at a blue sandlot bat. Sarah examined the bat, $98 for the bat and $56 for the frying pan! "Moon how the hell do expect us to pay for this?" Sarah asked. "I doubt you have that much saved in your ATM account!" Moon laughed, "Oh this is going to blow your mind...my father is depositing some of the money he makes into my ATM account, but the thing is...apparently he's working somewhere with a pay so high, that he can deposit so much into my account!" Sarah blinked. "How much do you have?" she asked barely trusting herself to speak. Moon walked over to the ATM machine and used his card to check the balance. "$3500" he said. Sarah's eyes widened, "I mean...even if all we are doing is upgrading our weapons in every new town...there's not much else I'll need money for other than hotel rooms and food." he continued.
Sarah glanced over, across the room there were bracelets made of copper. "Moon didn't you say a lot of the monsters were attacking arms more often than not?" she asked. "Yeah why?" he asked. "Well...there are these copper bracelets on sale...maybe that'll help?" Moon looked at the bracelets. "You know what...let's do it." he said.
The two bought the equipment and two croissants just for later, then exited the store. "Alright let's head on to Lilliput Steps." Moon said as the two walked towards the cave.
The two entered into a cave, it was quite calm and screen...unless you wanted to count the chance of enemies...and a few human bones around. Sarah drew in a breath as they both walked on. "Why does this not bother you?" she asked as they walked past a skull. Moon shrugged, "Buzz Buzz said these places were special and if they are the key to helping us beat Giygas, it only makes sense that whatever he places in charge will not hesitate to kill just in case. Speaking of which.
Danger!
A mole with sharp claws jumped straight at them. Moon quickly hit it away into the wall with his bat. However another mole jumped over at Sarah, "SARAH!" Moon shouted. She quickly turned around and saw the mole "PSI Freeze α!" she shouted. A beam of ice shot out of her hand and encapsulated the mole, then with one swing from her frying pan she knocked the mole aside. "That was...so sudden...I barely had time to make a move." she said. "That's how it'll be most likely, these things won't hesitate to attack, they were born to play rough!" Moon said as they continued through the cave. They arrived at a dead end...but there was something on the ground. Moon picked up a little necklace or charm of sorts and handed it to Sarah. "Here, put this on...it'll probably be pretty helpful later down the line. Sarah nodded and slipped the charm around her neck.
Danger!
Three bats swooped down from the ceiling and began to scratch and bite at both of them. Sarah knew what to do with this many enemies attacking both of them "PSI Fire α!" she shouted. The small bit of flames shot out of her hand hitting all three bats and sending them to the ground. "YES!" she shouted. "Don't get careless Sarah...you never know what could be lurking around the corner." Moon said. As he finished that sentence Sarah felt something slash her arm causing her to cry out in pain. Immediately Moon saw another mole getting ready for another slash. Those moles moved fast so there was no way he could make it over, then he felt something inside him, it told him to speak out and launch!
"PSI Flash α!" he shouted, a blast of dark green light went off and suddenly, the mole walked around like it was drunk, it was wobbling a bit and walking in random directions. Sarah was still holding onto her other arm looking at the mole just walking around like an idiot, there were tears of pain in her eyes. Moon ran over to her, taking her arm with the huge gash now in it he placed his other hand over it. Sarah cried out in pain again since he had touched it. "Sorry Sarah, but I have to do this if it's going to get better." he said quickly. His hand flashed a lighter green color and Sarah felt the same sensation that had taken her cold away yet again flow through her. She sighed in relief as he withdrew his hand from her. "Sorry I hurt you...but I needed to heal you." he said nervously. Sarah giggled, "you don't need to apologize for anything...you weren't the one hurting me, you were only trying to help me." she wasn't sure why he acted so nervous around her...he seemed to feel like most of the things he did were deservant of something like this. She thought it was cute though...he showed a caring personality...but it did concern her that he was apologizing for something so basic. After all, he was healing her.
The two continued through the cave without many problems...except for the occasional group bat attack. But they went down with just one fire so it wasn't that much of a big deal. Then the two arrived near an opening and were greeted by a bear with a face that screamed cuteness.
"Awe, look at how cute it is!" Sarah said. Moon looked at the bear, it had a button eyes and a button nose, but it was still a bear...a really strong looking bear. Suddenly, without warning it charged at both of them. "Okay...it's bad!" Moon said grabbing Sarah and moving out of the way. The bear shot passed them and broke through a stalagmite on the ground. Both of them winced, the bear turned back around "PSI Freeze α!" Sarah said. The only problem was...no ice shot out of her hand. "You're out of energy...I'll deal with it." Moon said. "PSI Rollin α!" Sarah watched as multi-colored beams shot out and headed straight towards the bear it. The bear was blown back through another stalagmite and collided with the wall of the cave.
"Rollin?" Sarah asked. "Yeah...it's what I've called it since I learned it." Moon responded, "It's pretty strong don't you think." Sarah nodded, compared to her freeze and fire, those beams made it look like nothing, it was a little embarrassing for her. Sure she could also cast a PSI shield...but what use was that? Moon moved her over to a butterfly that was in the cave. "Here," he said "Touch this, it'll refresh you so you can use PSI again." Sarah thought this was silly but she obeyed and touched the butterfly. Everything flashed purple, then she felt relaxed and warm inside. "It's like the butterfly is magic." she said. "Well it's called a magic butterfly according to Buzz Buzz so...that's something." Moon said.
The two arrived near the exit to the cave. "Wow, that didn't take as long as I thought it would." Sarah said. "It also wasn't that difficult." Moon groaned, "Yeah...but there's supposed to be a monster guarding this place...where is it?" he said. The ground suddenly began to shake, and in bright flash of white light, a giant mole now stood before both of them.
"Hello Moon...Sarah!" it said it a cold voice. "You finally got here, this is the second "Your Sanctuary" location, but it is mine now, take it from me...if you dare!" it continued.
Sarah felt Moon's hand on her shoulder, "Shield α!" he said. Her body was suddenly surrounded by light. She turned to him. "What was that for?" she asked. "Last time I faced one of these things...it got me good, I'd rather keep you safe as long as possible with this shield up." he said. "What about you though?" she asked with worry. "I'll be fine, I may need to cast the shield up again if it breaks...don't worry about me, just hit this thing with everything you've got." he responded.
"Offense Up α!" the mole roared, after a bit of red light shone around him, he bounded straight towards them. He scratched at Moon's chest throwing him backwards. "PSI Freeze α!" Sarah shouted. The ice beam shot out of her hand...but it didn't do much, it froze a bit of the mole's fur before shattering. "Foolish girl." it said slashing at her, the shield of light came up protecting her from the slash. "PSI Fire α!" she shouted. The flames grazed the moles fur, much like PSI Freeze it didn't do much. The mole laughed "I don't know why Master Giygas was so worried about you and him...your attacks are pathetic, you cannot defeat me!" it said slashing at her again the shield popped back up to help her but the slash made it shatter!
"PSI Rollin α!" Moon shouted. Multi-colored beams of light hit the mole forcing it into the side of the cave. It hesitantly got up...then Moon heard the cold voice go through his head. He also heard the Mole's voice as well
"What the hell is the problem?" the voice snapped. "Master forgive me...the girl is not a problem but the boy is far more powerful than you think I need to deal with him first!" the mole responded. "NO! You were given orders, TAKE OUT THE GIRL FIRST!" silence for a bit then. "I understand sir...but if the boy keeps attacking me...I'll have no other choice...he's protecting her with everything he's got!" more silence, "I don't give a damn Mondo Mole, if you don't deal with them here, that means Giygas must warn The Trillionage Sprout! By then they'll have met Erick!" more silence then. "Sir you've got to understand, the boy is casting shields, he can heal, and Rollin is far to powerful, he's not going to give me an opportunity to attack her!" "To my knowledge neither of them are currently..." Moon snapped himself back to reality, he knew what was about to be said and he immediately ran towards Sarah.
The mole understood as well, because it got up and bounded towards Sarah. "SARAH!" Moon shouted. Before she knew what had happened she felt herself being pushed aside. She fell to the ground and when she got up, the mole was now on top of Moon slashing him repeatedly. "Foolish boy...you just made my job so much easier." it said. Moon struggled for a bit before firmly grabbing the mole's claw. "PSI Paralysis α!" he shouted. The mole continued to slash at him while laughing. "Stupid...did you really think the numbness would settle into me.
Sarah watched in horror, Moon had just put himself in death's door for her, she wasn't doing much damage to the mole and he obviously knew that. Yet in the face of danger, when he could've healed her afterwards, he chose to save her...but..she couldn't do anything back. All she could do was stand there and watch as he got slashed at again and again...but she knew she had to try. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" She cried. "Sarah...NO!" Moon shouted, the mole turned around, "Perhaps I should...he's too weak to do anything now...so I'll make my move." it said. "NO!" Moon shouted whacking it his bat. The mole cried out and then slashed him across the face. Then, it turned around and charged at Sarah.
It was then that Sarah felt something shoot through her. It felt powerful...it was something she had never experienced before. Then, she heard herself saying something. "PSI THUNDER α!" She shouted. A huge bolt of Lighting struck the mole square in the face it was thrown backwards into the wall of the cave, it collapsed onto the ground and moved no more. Sarah stood in place for a few moments, she felt dizzy after using Thunder...she wasn't sure why...perhaps when discovering a new power one felt dizzy and uneasy? Then she heard a cough, it startled her but she remembered why.
She ran over to Moon who was lying on the ground of the cave near the exit. She saw that he had claw marks and huge gashes on his legs, the worst however was his face, across his left eye there was a huge tear in his skin. "Moon?" she asked nervously. "S-Sarah...Sanctuary...get me in the sanctuary." he said before coughing. "WHAT!" she shouted, "No I need to get you to hospital...or...can't you just heal yourself?" Moon forced himself up, Sarah found it impressive that he was even able to move considering how badly he was cut. "W-what, do you think I've been trying to do?" he asked weakly. She noticed that his right hand was flickering green light and wasn't as cut as the other parts of him, he had been trying, but he was too hurt to refresh himself fully and he was losing a lot of blood based on what had been slashing at him.
"L-listen, I don't...have much time to talk at the." he said before coughing. "Just...help me get into the sanctuary...I'll explain later." Sarah, very reluctantly, agreed and allowed him to put his non cut hand around her as she moved into Lilliput Steps. Upon arriving in the little outlet, she took notice to the trees, there was a footprint path going across the ground between two of them. She moved herself and him under the closest tree and sat down, placing Moon's head on her lap just for support.
"Thanks." he said softly. Sarah felt herself getting ready to cry, "Moon...I'm sorry...if I wasn't…" she was cut off by Moon placing his non cut hand over her mouth. "You are not weak," he said removing his hand from her. "I don't want you to ever think like that, Your Thunder was quite shocking." he said before laughing very weakly. He was trying not to alarm her, just keeping her calm while the sanctuary did it's job. However, he could tell it wasn't working, he felt a drop of water land on his head.
"Moon...I am weak...if I had been more prepared, you wouldn't have had to waste all your energy on me!" she said through tears. "Please...just let me get you to a hospital, I don't want you to die...not when I haven't told you that I love you!" she cried.
Moon felt his heart beating so fast that he thought it might explode. "Am I hearing things?" he asked himself. "No way she actually loves me...not that quickly." he was now met with an unfortunate conflict, declare his feelings...or wait? "I'll wait, if I tell her now...that might make it worse...besides...she may not actually mean the love I think."
"I'm not dying Sarah." he said to her. "Just look." through her tears Sarah looked at him, the slash mark on his face was shrinking slowly it was also closing. "The sanctuary heals us Sarah, I'll be alright...stop crying...please, you are far from weak, you're strong, kind, and caring," he said going red.
Sarah rubbed her eyes and stopped crying. "Thanks." she said. "I needed that." Moon smiled and sat up next to her, his face now no longer bleeding, not a scar in sight, he was back to normal. A soothing melody started to play for both of them as they both began to relax, Moon for a brief moment saw a baby in blue hat in front of him before it vanished. It was so peaceful being in one these places again...but he could tell that Sarah still felt uncomfortable. He took a deep breath and prepared himself for an awkward conversation.
"Sarah?" he asked. "Yes?" she asked with a bit of concern. He went bright red. "About what you said earlier...do...do you actually love me?" Sarah felt herself heat up with embarrassment, she buried her face in her hands and said. "I'm sorry...I shouldn't have said that...it was a slip up, and I know it's silly for me to think that way Moon, we just met after all, but I do actually love you, I've loved you since I first heard about you!" Moon felt himself getting warmer as well, she didn't know anything about him or vice versa, he wasn't at all ready for a girlfriend, especially when he had never had a friend.
"Sarah...are you sure you love me?" he asked. Sarah blinked, that was and odd question. Was she sure? Of course she was...she had just spilled the entire thing out! Come on this couldn't be news to him...she had boys in Twoson who told her they loved her surely with Moon's caring personality it was the same with girls in Onett...especially with a kid like Pokey around. This was what she wanted, this is what felt right! "I'm 100 percent positive!" she said. Both of them looked into each others sapphire blue eyes. Moon sighed before saying, "If that's what you want Sarah" his face got closer to hers. "Then...I love you too." he said closing the gap between both of them.
Sarah felt herself ready to explode with joy, he did actually love her back, and they were both kissing! She was in a daze, everything was fading around her...now it was just the two of them. She was into the kiss so much that she didn't even realize when he separated from her she just sat there with her continuous dazed expression in her eyes. She was snapped back to reality when she heard his voice...instead of sounding happy, excited, or loving it was...panicky?
"Sarah..I'm sorry, I didn't know if you wanted to...I just assumed that you would...please, don't be mad." he said quickly. Sarah gave him a look of confusion, that was probably the last way any normal person would react to a kiss...especially after all of the talking. She had told him that this is what she wanted and he still was sure he did something wrong. "Moon...I wanted that, it felt amazing...there's no reason to be afraid." she said. "As long as we're together, nothing can go wrong...we're more than friends now...it's what was meant to happen!"
(Somewhere)A tall white alien was sitting in a cave watching a boy with a blue hat and a girl with a blue ribbon on some sort of...projector. When the two began to kiss it slammed it's fist into the ground. "DAMN IT!" it shouted. A starman dressed in gold teleported next to him. "What is the problem Master Giygas?" it asked. The alien turned around. "Get the hell outta here, nothing is wrong Super, just keep the Stonehenge operation going. The Starman stood still, "Don't make me repeat myself." Giygas snapped. The starman quickly teleported out of the room.
Giygas turned back to the image, the two kids were now walking back through cave. "That stupid idiot." Giygas said. "Those two weren't meant to fall in love! The mole was supposed to nearly kill her so she'd keep her feelings in not spill them out. Actually, on second thought, this might make things easier. It laughed coldly, "Moon..Sarah...Erick...Dyson! You'll all fall...you'll be totally unprepared to face the embodiment of evil!"
That's all for this chapter guys. What do you think about Giygas showing up in this chapter?
As I mentioned last time my whole take on Moon and Sarah's relationship is for a bit of added fun when rewriting Earthbound. How do you think this will affect some major points of Earthbounds story?
Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time for chapter 7!