Note: Your prayers (If you've been praying.) have been answered! Poor souls, waiting so long; I am so irresponsible. Still, I hope you can forgive me and enjoy this ridiculously mushy, although too short, continuation of Gusto's new experiences. Don't worry, it's still PG; I'm not, I repeat, not, going to write anything degrading--that's for sure. Not that anybody's asking me to do so, but I'm just trying to make a point that is so often not made, but should. I have this big policy for myself regarding that.
At any rate, there's just a mushy warning in here, but it fits in because Casey is what she is. (Insert "Twilight Zone©" music here.) I've got some more stuff in store for you but as usual it's being crafted and polished like a fine medieval sword. (It's the same thing with my home page. -_- It will have added to it some exclusive fan art and such up of the Gummi Bears and other characters I like, as well as my regular art and writings. I probably won't be able to accept fan work submissions, though, because of limited space and time and because of my own procrastination. Sorry.)
Regarding whether Gusto's a twenty-something or a teen (Red Turtle's query): I guess it all depends on when he arrived on the island; we know according to the show that he was on the island for twelve yr.'s. If he started island living when he was eight, he'd be twenty when Gruffi and Tummi found him. If he was any younger than eight, then he'd be a teen when the island went down. Could an eight yr. old take care of himself, being practically alone on an island without any help? I don't know, but probably not too well, for a human child, not even for a very resourceful, intelligent, and mature eight yr. old (Too many dangers, risks, etc. from disease, wild animals, etc.). It's truly possible that a young person could survive (as in The Island of the Blue Dolphins), but they would be pretty lonely and many times uncomfortable (Children of course need their parents, their family.). Well, Gusto did have Artie for a pet, so that must have helped. Another thing to wonder about is if the bears age in the same way as humans do. Maybe at eight, Gusto would've been more like twelve or thirteen in human years. Well, anyway, I don't know. I just guessed that (in bear years at least) he'd be maybe seventeen to nineteen years old (ready for an art university, if the Gummi Bears had one :P). It's a cool question and I thank you all (Alaer Kino, Cmarr, Jadegriffin, Rainbowdryad, and Red Turtle) for your input and for sticking with this story.
Anyway, though, I'm into Looney Tunes© of Warner Bros. right now, specifically Marvin the Martian©, the cute little guy. "Baby Looney Tunes©" started this new fascination. Actually, I wish Disney would make a new Gummi Bears series continuing from where the story left off in the last episodes. (Hmm, I'm one to talk, aren't I? Hardly ever finishing my own stories, whether fanfictional, fictional, or non-fictional (essays). But being annoyingly human, I still hypocritically wish this.) And I'd hope they wouldn't ruin it all by making it all weird and out of the genres of the original show (such as "Spiderman:Unlimited", "Dragonball GT", and "My Little Pony Tales", all © of their respective owners, did--even "Chrono Cross" didn't quite measure up to the fame of "Chrono Trigger" (hence all the arguments that "Radical Dreamers" (or something) was the real sequel video game) all © of their respective owners, too). Like I have written, I like (and also highly dislike) a lot of things.
Well, thanks for waiting and for reading. I know this is a long note, but it has been a long time. (And thanks for not flaming me, even though I've been so late with this all. You guys are incredibly patient--thanks!) My only complaint is about Fanfiction.net's policy of not allowing more than one review per person per chapter. Blah. Oh well.
On to the story...
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Ambitions
An enticing dream engulfed the young bear as he slept. His breathing and heart rate slowed almost to hibernation levels to accommodate his relaxed state. He saw Casey's green and violet eyes search his very soul as she studied his brown eyes. He felt a little strange and unsettled, but also welcomed her interest. She was painting his visage on a black canvas as wide as the sky, filled with stars as the backdrop. She was using that same paintbrush, which she had given him just moments before, to effortlessly render him to perfection. "How do you like that?! See, Gruffi? She loves me..." he muttered in his sleep.
The finishing touch showed him holding that same magical brush aloft in a gesture of extreme power and glory. "Gusto," Cassandra whispered strongly and sweetly to his soul, "this is you; this is who you really are--a conqueror of worlds and lives through your art. You are beauty and magnificence enshrined in flesh, fur, blood and bone, and spirit."
Now he could see Casey nowhere. He could see nothing else but the painting and he could hear nothing else except her voice, and his thoughts and speech. As Gusto reached out with one hand to touch the already dried portrait, admiring the artwork intensely, he saw that it seemed to mirror him. Every movement he made was matched perfectly by his painted clone. When his hand reached the dark surface of the canvas, he felt easily drawn through it, into darkness. It was a pleasant sensation, as though he were drifting off into a deep sleep once again. There was nothing but blackness, as he called her name.
"Gusto."
He turned a bit and felt her nearby. She seemed to be glowing from every part of her being, and he could see her. Then she lightly kissed him on his cheek, blushing purple through his sky blue fur.
"You're right, you know," she said softly to him.
"Right about what?"
"Didn't that kiss just show you I love you?" She giggled and ran off into the blackness.
Gusto just stood there in awe and rapture. "Gruffi was so wrong about you; I've got to be with you forever...or I'll die."
"Such a handsome profile," she remarked...
Part of Chapter 4...to be continued. Can Casey be trusted? Would you side with Gruffi and Sunni or with Gusto on this question? Did Gusto really fall in love or is he just infatuated? Does Casey love him, or does she have an ulterior motive? Was Gusto really dreaming or did he just wake up in an alternate dimension?
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