Pyle: What? This fic is still alive?

Me: Gee, I hadn't noticed.

Pyle: I figured it would be discontinued forever.

Tiumi: Nothing lasts forever you guys have to know...

Me: Except maybe diamonds.

Pyle: He has a point.

Tiumi: Not even diamonds last forever.

Me&Pyle: What? How do you know?

Tiumi: Everything turns into dust after awhile.

Me: I don't get it.

Pyle: Me either.

Tiumi: Hmm...let me see if I can explain it. Okay! Remember how on EVA they talked about what would happen when the sun blew up?

Pyle: Because it wouldn't matter because they would all have turned into...oh...now I get it!

Me: Now this is just DUMB.

Pyle: I want a smoothie.

Me: I want mah cheezy poofs.

Tiumi: O_O

Me: This world is so corrupt.

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Matt awoke to the tip of something sharp against his neck. That seemed to happen a lot lately. The Keyblade was never as sharp as this though. "Hey" a gruff voice muttered. Matt tipped his eyes open and looked up. "I'm unarmed...what...who are you?"

"Who are you?" the person responded back. "Your not one of them, right?" the blade lifted his chin up.

The person looking at him had spiky brown hair sticking up, sunny eyes, and strange clothes. Where had he seen this guy before. "Ryudo?" Matt muttered, about to stand up, but then remembered the sword and decided not to. The blade pressed deeper against his neck when he spoke the name.

"Please get that sword away from my throat" he choked out, backing against the rock as far as he could go. "How do you know my name?" was the reply to his request.

Damn. Quickly, he had to think up a lie to tell him. "I've seen you before down in...um...Carbo. You probably don't remember me"

Ryudo took his sword off of Matt's throat and slid it back into his sheath. "You lie better then you think"

"Got that right" he replied, standing up. Tai and Sora were on the ground, sitting and watching the scene. "Did you beat Grandia 2, Tai?"

"Nope. Couldn't get past Zera" was the reply as he stood up.

Ignoring what they were talking about, Ryudo gave them a glare. "What's your name? Are you in league with those dark freaks?"

"I think not!" was the immediate response. It came from Eilon, who was flapping around Ryudo's head in mad circles. "They are the digidestined, the ones who will rid the worlds of darkness! As a matter of fact, I bet they..."

Sky, Ryudo's pet bird, flew forward and snapped at Eilon, missing his wing by inches. He seemed to be an attractive target for all creatures with teeth "We get the picture. They're our saviors"

Letting out a chuckle, Ryudo looked down at Matt. "You guys are just kids. You expect me to believe that your going to rid the world of this plague?"

Tai's eyes turned angry when he heard that. "The names Tai, pal. I won't be talked down to by anyone" his fists clenched as he said this. "We could leave your world to rot if you want"

Ryudo looked them all up and down for a moment. "Care to prove how strong you are?" Ryudo pulled his sword out and held it at the ready. Tai and Matt gave growls and stepped forward. Ryudo did not know about the way they could digivolve. It was hardly a fair fight.

Sora saw her chance and stepped in. "For goodness sake. We must learn to play together, children" she pushed her hand down on his sword and lowered it. "Be nice now"

Putting his sword back in his sheath, Ryudo was about to calm down. Matt lowered his fists, as did Tai. Suddenly, Ryudo's sword went flying past his shoulder, missing his temple by inches. Tai jumped forward and tackled Ryudo to the ground.

Dust flew upward as a struggle ensued. Tai was easily outmatched. Ryudo was twice as big and twice as strong as he was, plus he had been trained in combat. Again, it was hardly a fair fight.

With a great effort, Tai tried to pin him down. With very little effort, Ryudo pushed him off and stood up. He walked over to the ground where his sword lay implanted and retrieved it, wiping a bit of it off on the grass. "You've got to watch out for those dark guys" he put his sword back in his sheath. "They pop up out of nowhere"

Tai looked at Matt. Matt looked at Tai.

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"First time you've ever seen a swordfighter, huh?" Ryudo murmured, warming his hands on the fire. Tai and Matt had weapons in their hands, waiting for some sort of attack. "Don't worry. They won't attack. They hate fire"

Koromon, Tsunomon, and Biyomon were all happily munching on some fruits they had found. Ryudo seemed to be making some kind of drink. He pulled out a large red berry, then crushed it up and poured it into some sort of cup, mixing it in with the water. It didn't look like a very attractive drink.

"Who wants to try my Kuko Energizer drink?" asked Ryudo, holding out the cup. No one answered. Matt was the only one who knew what Kuko Berries were. "It's rude not to accept food, ya know"

Sora, the most polite one in the group, volunteered. "I'll try it" she said, holding it in her hands. She pushed it up to her lips and sipped it.



Instantly, her face turned beet red, and she plopped into Tai's lap, a glazed look on her face. "We aren't what you'd call heavy alcohol drinkers, you understand" murmured Matt, staring at Sora's glazed eyes. "Hey, Tai, you know we could..."

Tai stared at him. "Take advantage of an unconscious girl?!" Tai shouted at him in disbelief. It echoed throughout the forest. "Pretty good idea..." he said after a moment.

"I was just joking, Tai. Ryudo, you be the virgin guard until she wakes up, okay? And don't feed us anymore Kuko crap. She's gonna get a hemorrhage or something like that..." Matt trailed off, laying on the ground in the most comfortable spot he could find.

Ryudo didn't say a word, just stared at the fire. Tai did so to. There really wasn't much to say. "So...what are you doing here?" asked Tai, pulling a flaming stick out of the fire and playing with it.

"I'm not welcome anywhere else" replied Ryudo without looking up. Tai hardly knew what to say. "But I like killing Dead. And this is a really popular spot for them. I don't know why, but whenever I see them, I feel like I have to kill them"

"What are Dead?" Tai asked curiously.

Ryudo sat on the ground and crossed his arms behind his head. "I'm not really sure. They just appeared one day, out of nowhere. A lot of people thought that Valmar had sent them down and that Granas would come save them" he closed his eyes as he spoke. "I don't know what they are. Just these shapeless freaks with red eyes. The eyes are what scare you. The only thing they really do is just kill"

"One last question" Tai murmured before he drifted off to sleep. "Where did they start coming from?"

Ryudo slid open his eyes. "They, my friend, are from the Cathedral"

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Me: What was your favorite part of Grandia 2? The stupid bird? The whiny songstress? The pathetic moth that turned out to be the final boss?

Pyle: Actually, my favorite part was when you yelled "What the hell is this shit?!" and that huge guy punched you in the face.

Tiumi: That was my favorite part to.

Pyle: Kind of reminds me when we were watching 'Slackers'

Tiumi: I recall he started screaming 'LIES! ALL OF THEM, LIES!'

Me:...you can go to hell...