Well, here's chapter 2. If I could, I would sneak a few Japanese words in the front, but I don't know any; maybe next time! (bleh) but anyway, this is the second chapter of hopefully many, as long as the reviews show up and they aren't that bad. Thanks for last time for who did. -kevskove
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"Why do I always get stuck with the weird things to do...?" Suezo asked himself. He was employed at the "Hair Licken' Shop" where Suezos, Horns, etc., were paid to lick others hair. Supposedly it help rejuvenate the shine to hair~ (it was never proven ). It had been 4 months since the party moved into town. It was a small town, and did not have many jobs to offer. He was more fortunate than the rest of his group, as Holly was the only other to land a job.
"Just lick the hair, Suezo, yeah, just do that..."
The yellow monster was very unhappy. Holly, on the other hand, was quite happy, and was given a job at the local shrine.
"Sure, Holly gets to work in the nice shrine where everyone is happy. But no, I have to lick old people's hair!"
Genki, Tiger, Hare, and Moochi were posted on the outskirts of town to gather as many articles of food and herbs as possible. "Hare is more isolated from the group than usual..." Genki thought to himself. "Must have been traumatizing, the fall, I mean." Genki said out loud to Hare.
"Right." Hare said almost immediately.
"...What happened when you fell in?" Hare acted as if he didn't hear Genki, and kept scouting for items. Genki thought nothing of it, as it was a scary thing to have happened. He did this every so often, questioned the group minus Moochi what happened. Little did he know what was really going on.
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Holly awoke to the stench of a rotten fish. She quickly looked around and noticed many things; such as she was chained to a post by the feet. After tracing the chain back to the post, she saw Hare, as well chained. Hare was in deep thought, staring at the ground.
"Hare!" Holly called out.
"Holly! You're awake! You were out for a while."
"Yeah ... where are we?"
"I dunno. It looks like we're in a swamp of some kind, and obviously in being held prisoners."
"We gotta find a way out!" After Holly said that she started running away from the center post. The chain reached it's full length and Holly fell to the ground.
"Mind you that if we *did* get out of the chains, Holly, that we would have to cross the water." Hare pointed to the outside of the island that they were on. A vast amount of water was at all sides of them.
"I...I hadn't noticed that... I feel queasy."
"Yeah, well so do I. Don't worry, we'll find a way out." Hare said, think to himself that that was a complete lie.
"That's ... good." Holly said, before lying down on the ground, going back to sleep. Hare resumed staring at the ground, searching his mind for a plan suitable to escape. Nothing seemed right to him. He hoped that everyone hadn't fallen to the same fate as he did.
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Back in the town, Tiger was pacing in the inn room. He was going over different ways to say that they needed to keep going in his mind. Everyone got in from their work/scouting after a while, and Tiger finaly spoke up.
"I've been thinking that we need to move on. Look for some way to hurt Moo, start an anti-baddie club, start a T-shirt factory, just something."
"We have no where to go." Holly spoke up. "Even if we did go somewhere, where would we go? We have nothing to do but what we're doing until the oppourtunity comes up."
"I'm with Tiger, Holly. We can't just sit here while the Phoenix lies asleep somewhere, waiting to be unlocked."
"You're just saying that because your job involves licking hair! We don't even know if the Phoenix exists!" This shocked the whole room. No one, expecially Holly, ever doubted the existence of the Phoenix. Genki added this to his collective thoughts as he stared hard at the floor. Moochi ran outside while the group continued the yelling. He couldn't stand these arguments, and usually had no part in them except a 'chi' here and there. Genki followed quickly after as the shouting went on.
"See what you've done?" Holly exclaimed to no one in particular. She ran out too. The rest of the group seemed puzzled. She came out to find Genki comforting Moochi. Her eyes glinted red for a short second, and she drew an engraved upon dirk. Moochi had short time to see the glint off the steel before warning Genki.
"Watch out chi!!!!!" Moochi pointed at Holly. Genki spun around and ducked under the blow.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" Holly's eyes were now completely red. Her pupils seemed to be lost in the crimson color.
"Finishing the job... You should have been at the fall!" Holly swung again, missing Moochi's head by a short distance.
"You're not Holly CHI!" Moochi yelled.
"Of course I'm not." Holly's eyes glinted again. "I am Tascillio!" She thrusted at Genki.
"Tascillio, huh? That must mean that your a baddie!" Genki interjected. "Moochi! Attack!!!"
Moochi seemed to stall a little, not believe that it wasn't Holly. But he nodded soon after.
"CHERRY BLOSSOM BLIZZARD" Moochi started whirling in the air and shooting out pink petals at Holly/Tascillio. Holly/Tascillio fell back, then countered by throwing the dirk. It spun thru the air and skinned Genki's arm. Blood hit the ground hard, as the dirk buried itself in a nearby boulder.
"You will PAY!" Holly/Tascillio said while clutching her left arm. Holly/Tascillio floated in to air, and started glowing black. "HYPER STING!" Following Holly/Tascillio's words, a giant beam of energy bombarded Genki and Moochi both.
"Hang in there Moochi!" Genki said, knowing the fate that he had chosen was not looking good for them. Moochi started to slip away, as the ground beneath his feet began to crack.
"LIGHTNING!"
A blue electric bolt of pure energy struck Holly/Tascillio in the back, and her attack dispelled. Only one person in the world could shoot a bolt as strong and accurate as it did, which was Tiger of the Wind. Holly/Tascillio's fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
"Good save Tiger! I owe you one!" Genki said, holding his arm. "Are you ok, Moochi?"
"Tired, chi." Moochi rubbed his eyes. The rest of the group ran outside. Suezo stared blatently at Holly/Tascillio, still unaware that "Holly" wasn't Holly.
"Killers! You killed Holly!" Suezo was pretty pissed. Then Holly/Tascillio's body started spasming. It started switching from Holly's form to Tascillio's true form. Tascillio looked like a black Jell, but it had spikes all over it's body. "What the heck is that? That's not Holly!" Tascillio slowly dried up into a lost disk. Genki smirked as he took the blade out of the rock where it was embedded.
"I think I can repay what I owe you, Tiger." Genki said as he walked toward Hare. Hare started sweating as Genki approached. "Say Hare, do you remember how much gold we won at Lobster Isle?" Hare shifted his eyes around.
"I don't remember... it's been a long time since we were at Lobster Isle."
"Wasn't it 200 gold?"
"Yeah! 200 gold! Now I remember!"
"We never went to Lobster Isle.... get it right." Genki said as he stabbed Hare in his side. Suezo tackled Genki.
"What did you do that for!?" As soon as Hare fell to the ground, he turned in to a Tascillio too.
"Curse....you........" Hare/Tascillio said, as he formed a Lost disk, next to Holly/Tascillio.
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Well, that's all folks! Review. Please. Review. Period. I know lotsa you peoples don't want to hear REVIEW PLEASE for the millionth time, but oh well. REVIEW PLEASE. It doesnt matter much if you leave info on who you are, but just review.
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"Why do I always get stuck with the weird things to do...?" Suezo asked himself. He was employed at the "Hair Licken' Shop" where Suezos, Horns, etc., were paid to lick others hair. Supposedly it help rejuvenate the shine to hair~ (it was never proven ). It had been 4 months since the party moved into town. It was a small town, and did not have many jobs to offer. He was more fortunate than the rest of his group, as Holly was the only other to land a job.
"Just lick the hair, Suezo, yeah, just do that..."
The yellow monster was very unhappy. Holly, on the other hand, was quite happy, and was given a job at the local shrine.
"Sure, Holly gets to work in the nice shrine where everyone is happy. But no, I have to lick old people's hair!"
Genki, Tiger, Hare, and Moochi were posted on the outskirts of town to gather as many articles of food and herbs as possible. "Hare is more isolated from the group than usual..." Genki thought to himself. "Must have been traumatizing, the fall, I mean." Genki said out loud to Hare.
"Right." Hare said almost immediately.
"...What happened when you fell in?" Hare acted as if he didn't hear Genki, and kept scouting for items. Genki thought nothing of it, as it was a scary thing to have happened. He did this every so often, questioned the group minus Moochi what happened. Little did he know what was really going on.
***
Holly awoke to the stench of a rotten fish. She quickly looked around and noticed many things; such as she was chained to a post by the feet. After tracing the chain back to the post, she saw Hare, as well chained. Hare was in deep thought, staring at the ground.
"Hare!" Holly called out.
"Holly! You're awake! You were out for a while."
"Yeah ... where are we?"
"I dunno. It looks like we're in a swamp of some kind, and obviously in being held prisoners."
"We gotta find a way out!" After Holly said that she started running away from the center post. The chain reached it's full length and Holly fell to the ground.
"Mind you that if we *did* get out of the chains, Holly, that we would have to cross the water." Hare pointed to the outside of the island that they were on. A vast amount of water was at all sides of them.
"I...I hadn't noticed that... I feel queasy."
"Yeah, well so do I. Don't worry, we'll find a way out." Hare said, think to himself that that was a complete lie.
"That's ... good." Holly said, before lying down on the ground, going back to sleep. Hare resumed staring at the ground, searching his mind for a plan suitable to escape. Nothing seemed right to him. He hoped that everyone hadn't fallen to the same fate as he did.
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Back in the town, Tiger was pacing in the inn room. He was going over different ways to say that they needed to keep going in his mind. Everyone got in from their work/scouting after a while, and Tiger finaly spoke up.
"I've been thinking that we need to move on. Look for some way to hurt Moo, start an anti-baddie club, start a T-shirt factory, just something."
"We have no where to go." Holly spoke up. "Even if we did go somewhere, where would we go? We have nothing to do but what we're doing until the oppourtunity comes up."
"I'm with Tiger, Holly. We can't just sit here while the Phoenix lies asleep somewhere, waiting to be unlocked."
"You're just saying that because your job involves licking hair! We don't even know if the Phoenix exists!" This shocked the whole room. No one, expecially Holly, ever doubted the existence of the Phoenix. Genki added this to his collective thoughts as he stared hard at the floor. Moochi ran outside while the group continued the yelling. He couldn't stand these arguments, and usually had no part in them except a 'chi' here and there. Genki followed quickly after as the shouting went on.
"See what you've done?" Holly exclaimed to no one in particular. She ran out too. The rest of the group seemed puzzled. She came out to find Genki comforting Moochi. Her eyes glinted red for a short second, and she drew an engraved upon dirk. Moochi had short time to see the glint off the steel before warning Genki.
"Watch out chi!!!!!" Moochi pointed at Holly. Genki spun around and ducked under the blow.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" Holly's eyes were now completely red. Her pupils seemed to be lost in the crimson color.
"Finishing the job... You should have been at the fall!" Holly swung again, missing Moochi's head by a short distance.
"You're not Holly CHI!" Moochi yelled.
"Of course I'm not." Holly's eyes glinted again. "I am Tascillio!" She thrusted at Genki.
"Tascillio, huh? That must mean that your a baddie!" Genki interjected. "Moochi! Attack!!!"
Moochi seemed to stall a little, not believe that it wasn't Holly. But he nodded soon after.
"CHERRY BLOSSOM BLIZZARD" Moochi started whirling in the air and shooting out pink petals at Holly/Tascillio. Holly/Tascillio fell back, then countered by throwing the dirk. It spun thru the air and skinned Genki's arm. Blood hit the ground hard, as the dirk buried itself in a nearby boulder.
"You will PAY!" Holly/Tascillio said while clutching her left arm. Holly/Tascillio floated in to air, and started glowing black. "HYPER STING!" Following Holly/Tascillio's words, a giant beam of energy bombarded Genki and Moochi both.
"Hang in there Moochi!" Genki said, knowing the fate that he had chosen was not looking good for them. Moochi started to slip away, as the ground beneath his feet began to crack.
"LIGHTNING!"
A blue electric bolt of pure energy struck Holly/Tascillio in the back, and her attack dispelled. Only one person in the world could shoot a bolt as strong and accurate as it did, which was Tiger of the Wind. Holly/Tascillio's fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
"Good save Tiger! I owe you one!" Genki said, holding his arm. "Are you ok, Moochi?"
"Tired, chi." Moochi rubbed his eyes. The rest of the group ran outside. Suezo stared blatently at Holly/Tascillio, still unaware that "Holly" wasn't Holly.
"Killers! You killed Holly!" Suezo was pretty pissed. Then Holly/Tascillio's body started spasming. It started switching from Holly's form to Tascillio's true form. Tascillio looked like a black Jell, but it had spikes all over it's body. "What the heck is that? That's not Holly!" Tascillio slowly dried up into a lost disk. Genki smirked as he took the blade out of the rock where it was embedded.
"I think I can repay what I owe you, Tiger." Genki said as he walked toward Hare. Hare started sweating as Genki approached. "Say Hare, do you remember how much gold we won at Lobster Isle?" Hare shifted his eyes around.
"I don't remember... it's been a long time since we were at Lobster Isle."
"Wasn't it 200 gold?"
"Yeah! 200 gold! Now I remember!"
"We never went to Lobster Isle.... get it right." Genki said as he stabbed Hare in his side. Suezo tackled Genki.
"What did you do that for!?" As soon as Hare fell to the ground, he turned in to a Tascillio too.
"Curse....you........" Hare/Tascillio said, as he formed a Lost disk, next to Holly/Tascillio.
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Well, that's all folks! Review. Please. Review. Period. I know lotsa you peoples don't want to hear REVIEW PLEASE for the millionth time, but oh well. REVIEW PLEASE. It doesnt matter much if you leave info on who you are, but just review.