Annoyingly short, but I'm meant to be studying. But couldn't go much
longer without updating.
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Chapter 8 - The Cave
"Oh great!" Ekidonna moaned, and ran off the road, heading to the thick woods only a few metres from the road, throwing the white orb back into the bag.
Thatz cursed as Ekidonna disappeared from sight.
"We'll have to follow on foot" he complained.
Kitchel raised an eyebrow. "No" she replied. "I'LL have to follow on foot. You two will fly."
"Stop complaining. Take us down Earth."
* * *
Ekidonna stopped and gasped for breath.
"What was I thinking!" he shouted. "Following the main road. Of course they'd follow me!"
His ears pricked up as he heard a girl shout from behind him.
"Here they come. Better keep moving. Maybe I can double back on them."
He walked to some bushes and pulled them back. His jaw dropped in surprise.
He was staring at a clearing, protected by thick bushes on all sides. And at the other end, was a large mound, with a dark tunnel travelling downwards.
'A cave? Perfect! I'll hide in there for an hour or two.'
He jumped into the clearing and ran for the cave, when a figure jumped from the top of the mound, blocking the exit.
"Halt! You can go no further!" the boy ordered.
Ekidonna just blinked. The boy was shorter than him, about the same height of the Dragon Knights female companion. He had shoulder length blonde hair, and was wearing brown trousers and a long robe-like shirt. A sword was in one hand.
He looked wimpier than the Faerie Ekidonna had captured. Even with the sword.
Ekidonna laughed wryly. "Oh please. And why cant I?"
The boy gulped. "B-because this is the cave of Liquid Immortality. Deep within is a lake that will give one creature immortality every 100 years. It is my sworn duty to protect it."
Ekidonna's eyes lit up at that. Immortality? Sure, demons lived for a long time, but they could still be killed. If he was immortal . . . that stupid Dragon Knight, and anyone else for that matter, would be able to lay a hand on him!
The Yokai grinned. "Well, I think I will go in. Now out of my way" he ordered, gesturing with his hands.
The boy gulped again. "You'll have to fight me to get in."
Ekidonna shrugged, and lifted his gun from his bag (AN: the gun thing he used on Thatz that ran out of ammo and destroyed half his tower with), firing it at the boy.
BOOM!
When the dust cleared, the man was lying on the ground, all but unconscious.
"Ouch" he muttered weakly.
Ekidonna laughed, and stepped over him.
"If that's the best you've got then I'd suggest you go looking for another job. Like accountancy."
He was still laughing as he walked inside.
* * *
"Great Kitchel!" Thatz muttered. "Shouting out like that. Every demon in the place will know where we are!"
"Hey!" Kitchel retaliated. "I can't help if I trip over a root. I bet you'd have done the same if you weren't smaller than a mouse!"
"If I wasn't smaller than a mouse we wouldn't be in this forest in the first place!" Thatz shouted.
Ringleys sighed, turning to Earth. "Are they always like this?"
Earth nodded, holding up a sign. [Consider yourself lucky, you're here because you want to be. I'm stuck with one of them for life.]
"Hey!" Thatz shouted, reading the sign.
Kitchel frowned. "We don't even know what direction he went in. We need a hint of some kind . . . "
Just then, a very familiar 'boom' echoed through the forest.
"That good enough?" Thatz asked.
* * *
The boy had just woken up, and sat up clutching his head.
"Ow" he muttered. "That's gonna leave a mark." Then looked up as a girl, two Faeries and a dragon raced into the clearing. The girl noticed the boy first.
"Hey, are you all right?"
The boy nodded, standing up. "Can I help you?"
"We're looking for a demon" Ringleys explained. "Was it a demon who attacked you?"
The boy nodded. "He was a weird one. Had the weirdest ears, and was carrying a big bag with a gun or something in it. He went into the cave"
Thatz nodded and turned to Kitchel. "That's Ekidonna all right. Lets go."
"HOLD IT!"
The four turned back to the boy, who looked furious.
"No one is allowed in the Cave of Liquid Immortality."
"Immortality!" Thatz squeaked.
"You let Ekidonna in" Kitchel pointed out. "And I bet you . . . um, what's your name?"
"Its Imo. And the demon only got in because he knocked me out. Now please . . . ugh."
Imo collapsed to the ground, a large lump on his head where Kitchel had hit him with her hammer.
"For a guard, he's really lousy" Thatz commented.
Earth held up a sign. [First day?]
Kitchel shrugged. "Let's just go before he wakes up.
* * *
A few minutes later, a smoky ash filled the clearing, and Garfakcy stepped through. He had tried to use the ashes to find the Faerie. The Dragon Knight had been in the clearing in the last few minutes. And considering there was a cave only a few metres away, it was likely that's where the human would find him. But he didn't know that for sure. The Faerie could have been leaving the cave.
Something moaned behind him, and Garfakcy turned to see a human knocked out on the ground. Garfakcy walked up and kneeled by him.
"Hey, did a girl and two Faeries come this way?" he asked the slowly waking human.
"Ugh, yeah. They . . . they went into the cave after the demon" Imo groaned. Garfakcy grinned. "Thanks." And walked into the cave.
Imo stared at the opening for a while.
"Oh whatever, I don't care" he moaned, and collapsed again.
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To be continued . . .
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Okay, last update for a while. I'm still working out the last few quirks in the story, and I have a Hamlet essay that I should have started two days ago to make up. Queen of procrastinators signing off!
R&R!
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Chapter 8 - The Cave
"Oh great!" Ekidonna moaned, and ran off the road, heading to the thick woods only a few metres from the road, throwing the white orb back into the bag.
Thatz cursed as Ekidonna disappeared from sight.
"We'll have to follow on foot" he complained.
Kitchel raised an eyebrow. "No" she replied. "I'LL have to follow on foot. You two will fly."
"Stop complaining. Take us down Earth."
* * *
Ekidonna stopped and gasped for breath.
"What was I thinking!" he shouted. "Following the main road. Of course they'd follow me!"
His ears pricked up as he heard a girl shout from behind him.
"Here they come. Better keep moving. Maybe I can double back on them."
He walked to some bushes and pulled them back. His jaw dropped in surprise.
He was staring at a clearing, protected by thick bushes on all sides. And at the other end, was a large mound, with a dark tunnel travelling downwards.
'A cave? Perfect! I'll hide in there for an hour or two.'
He jumped into the clearing and ran for the cave, when a figure jumped from the top of the mound, blocking the exit.
"Halt! You can go no further!" the boy ordered.
Ekidonna just blinked. The boy was shorter than him, about the same height of the Dragon Knights female companion. He had shoulder length blonde hair, and was wearing brown trousers and a long robe-like shirt. A sword was in one hand.
He looked wimpier than the Faerie Ekidonna had captured. Even with the sword.
Ekidonna laughed wryly. "Oh please. And why cant I?"
The boy gulped. "B-because this is the cave of Liquid Immortality. Deep within is a lake that will give one creature immortality every 100 years. It is my sworn duty to protect it."
Ekidonna's eyes lit up at that. Immortality? Sure, demons lived for a long time, but they could still be killed. If he was immortal . . . that stupid Dragon Knight, and anyone else for that matter, would be able to lay a hand on him!
The Yokai grinned. "Well, I think I will go in. Now out of my way" he ordered, gesturing with his hands.
The boy gulped again. "You'll have to fight me to get in."
Ekidonna shrugged, and lifted his gun from his bag (AN: the gun thing he used on Thatz that ran out of ammo and destroyed half his tower with), firing it at the boy.
BOOM!
When the dust cleared, the man was lying on the ground, all but unconscious.
"Ouch" he muttered weakly.
Ekidonna laughed, and stepped over him.
"If that's the best you've got then I'd suggest you go looking for another job. Like accountancy."
He was still laughing as he walked inside.
* * *
"Great Kitchel!" Thatz muttered. "Shouting out like that. Every demon in the place will know where we are!"
"Hey!" Kitchel retaliated. "I can't help if I trip over a root. I bet you'd have done the same if you weren't smaller than a mouse!"
"If I wasn't smaller than a mouse we wouldn't be in this forest in the first place!" Thatz shouted.
Ringleys sighed, turning to Earth. "Are they always like this?"
Earth nodded, holding up a sign. [Consider yourself lucky, you're here because you want to be. I'm stuck with one of them for life.]
"Hey!" Thatz shouted, reading the sign.
Kitchel frowned. "We don't even know what direction he went in. We need a hint of some kind . . . "
Just then, a very familiar 'boom' echoed through the forest.
"That good enough?" Thatz asked.
* * *
The boy had just woken up, and sat up clutching his head.
"Ow" he muttered. "That's gonna leave a mark." Then looked up as a girl, two Faeries and a dragon raced into the clearing. The girl noticed the boy first.
"Hey, are you all right?"
The boy nodded, standing up. "Can I help you?"
"We're looking for a demon" Ringleys explained. "Was it a demon who attacked you?"
The boy nodded. "He was a weird one. Had the weirdest ears, and was carrying a big bag with a gun or something in it. He went into the cave"
Thatz nodded and turned to Kitchel. "That's Ekidonna all right. Lets go."
"HOLD IT!"
The four turned back to the boy, who looked furious.
"No one is allowed in the Cave of Liquid Immortality."
"Immortality!" Thatz squeaked.
"You let Ekidonna in" Kitchel pointed out. "And I bet you . . . um, what's your name?"
"Its Imo. And the demon only got in because he knocked me out. Now please . . . ugh."
Imo collapsed to the ground, a large lump on his head where Kitchel had hit him with her hammer.
"For a guard, he's really lousy" Thatz commented.
Earth held up a sign. [First day?]
Kitchel shrugged. "Let's just go before he wakes up.
* * *
A few minutes later, a smoky ash filled the clearing, and Garfakcy stepped through. He had tried to use the ashes to find the Faerie. The Dragon Knight had been in the clearing in the last few minutes. And considering there was a cave only a few metres away, it was likely that's where the human would find him. But he didn't know that for sure. The Faerie could have been leaving the cave.
Something moaned behind him, and Garfakcy turned to see a human knocked out on the ground. Garfakcy walked up and kneeled by him.
"Hey, did a girl and two Faeries come this way?" he asked the slowly waking human.
"Ugh, yeah. They . . . they went into the cave after the demon" Imo groaned. Garfakcy grinned. "Thanks." And walked into the cave.
Imo stared at the opening for a while.
"Oh whatever, I don't care" he moaned, and collapsed again.
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To be continued . . .
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Okay, last update for a while. I'm still working out the last few quirks in the story, and I have a Hamlet essay that I should have started two days ago to make up. Queen of procrastinators signing off!
R&R!