Author's Note: Well here's chapter two. You'll notice that I changed the ending of the original game to something a little easier to use and I'm also using completely different characters if you haven't noticed yet. Remember to review!!
Chapter 2 – Meta, Ra-seru of Fire (or The Legends Are True)
The master stood between the two fighters like he was stopping the next world war.
"You can finish this next time!" he replied quickly, "For now I must let you go home for supper or your parents are going to be very mad at me."
They all nodded, Steph and Hiro bowed to each other and then they all left to go home while the master grumbled to him self, "Stupid kids have to go and break all my weapons."
The three walked away from the training grounds to their shortcut, which was an empty lot across the street. When they got there they found a fence had been put up to stop people from crossing. The vacant lot didn't seem to be too empty anymore because there were now some piles of building materials and tools had been laid out. Kamui suggested they take a different street that should take them around to where they wanted to go. Since no one had any better ideas they followed Kamui.
They had never been down this street before and neither Steph nor Hiro believed that Kamui had either. Just when they were about to give up and turn back when they turned the corner and saw the biggest, weirdest tree they had ever seen. The weird part about it being that it was glowing red. Strangely enough, no one else was around
"Wow!" exclaimed Kamui, breaking the silence of awe, "Never seen that before. Now aren't you glad I told us to come this way?"
"This is the elder tree of the city," Hiro said ignoring Kamui, "but I've never seen it glow red like this."
"Well let's check it out!" Steph said as she ran over to the tree. The boys quickly followed and were met by the awesome radiance of the tree. Steph reached out her hand to feel the tree.
Suddenly a voice entered her head and said, "Go to the Dark Forest to meet your destiny."
Instantly Steph backed away from the tree.
"What's wrong Steph?" asked Kamui.
"I heard a voice coming from the tree!" she answered.
"Ya right." Hiro exclaimed, "You're dreaming. See?"
Hiro reached out and touched the tree. Instantly, a huge fireball rose out of the tree and engulfed Hiro in its flames.
"HIRO!!!" Steph and Kamui yelled. They tried to help him but the fire was too hot. Just when they thought their friend was toast the fireball dispersed as quickly as it had come. There stood Hiro, untouched and without any burns. Steph and Kamui just stood there with their mouths open in awe. Not only had he just escaped death but now he had some weird thing on his forearm. It was a metallic red with spikes and a blade that came out one end and was attached to his right forearm. They looked at the tree and noticed it had gone back to its original color. Hiro saw them and spoke.
"What's wrong with you guys?" He asked.
"What the heck just happened to you?" Kamui asked.
"And what is that thing on your arm?" added Steph still amazed at what just happened.
"Oh, this?" Hiro said raising his arm, "This is Meta"
"Okay, but what is he?"
"He's a ra-seru! You know, a creature that can control an aspect of nature, from those legends we heard when we were kids. When there was the mist and the ra-serus had to join with people to fight the mist and the serus that came out of it. I never knew it was for real."
"What?! That's impossible! Why would he join with you? And didn't the legends say the ra-serus were destroyed?" Kamui asked in amazement.
"Well he explained everything to me but it didn't make much sense so I'll let him tell you."
They waited while nothing happened.
"That's weird," Hiro said mystified when nothing happened, "Meta, What's up? Come on you have to tell them everything you told me.... Oh... oh... I see."
Hiro turned back to his friends and replied, "Meta can't talk to you. He can only communicate telepathically with me and any other ra-serus. The legend was real but the ending was changed. Instead of the ra-serus being destroyed they were returned to their Genesis trees were they fell into a deep sleep, no longer needed since they had stopped the world from destruction. No one knew they were still in this world and had just believed they were destroyed. They have been sleeping for quite some time now but some new evil has awoken them again. Meta isn't sure what is going on completely but he thinks if we can find some more ra-serus, they might have some information"
"That makes sense," Steph said, "but what's up with the whole fireball thing and why is joined with you?"
"Well, it turns out that I've been chosen to join with Meta and fight against some terrible evil that has come to this world. When I touched the tree, Meta awoke and sensed that I was the one and asked if he could join with me. So of course I said yes and now here we are. It's my destiny to go and awaken the other ra-serus and stop whatever this evil might be."
"Great!" Kamui exclaimed, "Now we can go on a cool adventure."
"I wish you guys could come but Meta says that it's too dangerous for you guys to go. Only people with ra-serus will be able to beat this evil. If you guys come you could get hurt or even worse killed. I'm going to have to go alone."
"What makes you so sure you won't be hurt or killed? We can't let you go alone. We've always been together. We'll find a way to come, even if it means finding our own ra-serus." Steph cried.
"I'll have Meta to protect me. You guys don't have anyone. You haven't been chosen and you don't know where any other ra-serus are."
"What about that voice I heard in the tree? Meta must have been telling me where to find my own."
"Meta says he doesn't remember telling you anything. I think you really were hearing voices. Now come on, I'm not leaving right away. I'm hungry and ready to eat, so let's go.
No one said anything more knowing that arguing wouldn't get them anywhere. Still, Steph and Kamui wouldn't let their best friend go. 'There has to be away' they thought.
Next Chapter – The Dark Forest