A/N: The first part of this story takes place during the time Norris was
explaining everything, and, thanks for all the R&R's!! Now, enjoy!! (7-27-
03) I've rewritten this chapter since it was short and crappy.
"Now then, were did you guys dock your boat?" Van asked as they headed towards the dock in Termina. The senshi stopped walking as they thought about it.
".....Didn't we dock it on the other side of town?" Minako asked. Van sweat dropped.
"....wow." he muttered as they turned around and continued walking.
"WAIT!!! Minako, you're wrong! It was in the docks!" Rei said as she remembered. Van gave them an agitated look.
"Did you or did you NOT dock it in the docks?!" he demanded.
"..Uhh..oh yeah!! Rei's right!! We DID dock it in the docks!" Minako said sheepishly. Van and the rest of the senshi sighed and turned around, again, to walk to the docks, again.
"Dario! There ya' are!" Karsh exclaimed as he warmly embrace his friend in a friendly hug. Dario just laughed.
"Good to see you too, Karsh." He said with a grin. Glenn grinned and enveloped his brother in a brotherly hug once Karsh let go, "Glenn, how have you been?" he pleasantly asked.
"Great! And now, Norris is part of the Dragonia army because he helped a bunch of prisoners escape Porre!" Glenn said with a big goofy grin. It was then Karsh noticed something.
"Hey, Dario, what's with the paper square thing?" Karsh asked referring to the square package wrapped with brown paper he was carrying. The blond haired Deva grinned.
"It's Riddel's wedding gift, from me, to her." Karsh just gave him a sly smile.
"Heh heh heh, Dario ya' sly dog! I thought the groom or the bride weren't supposed to give each other gifts!" Dario shrugged.
"It is to show how much I love her." Dario said. Glenn patted Dario on the back.
"See, Karsh, if you ever want to get a girlfriend at the least, you should show how much you love them." Glenn said. Karsh glared at him while Norris and Dario managed to stifle their laughter.
"Hmph, whateva'. Anyways," Karsh grumbled as he jerked his thumb to point at Norris, "Norris here is, like Glenn said, a part of the Dragonian army now. He did what Glenn said he did earlier and is now considered a traitor in hell, I mean in Porre. Lord Viper has let him become a part of the army under the job of...instructor on how to use guns and all dat other useless technological crap." Dario turned to Norris and beamed at him.
"Congratulations!" he said. Norris gave him a small smile.
"Thank you, and congratulations for your wedding." Norris replied. Dario respectfully nodded to him and left to talk with Lord Viper about the wedding. Karsh said a quick goodbye to Glenn and small grumble of, "See ya'" to Norris before leaving to go train the trainees.
"Finally, we made it!" Minako exclaimed as the small group walked towards the small Porre boat. Van gave the boat a shrewd glance before dumping all the food supplies in.
"Why do you all have a PORRE boat?" he asked. The senshi shrugged.
"Loooong story, anyways, lets go!" Makato said. Van gave them a suspicious look, but got in the boat.
"Let's see here, because this boat has a motor, I'd say we'd get there in what, 6-8 hours..if we don't get ambushed by pirates that is." Van said as he calculated the time to get there. The senshi sweat dropped.
"Pirates?" Minako asked with a tinge of panic in her voice. Van nodded.
"Yep." He said as he untied the boat from the dock. He quickly tunred on the motor and the boat glided towards the middle of the vast sea, "you don't really need to worry. Most pirates will just steal your stuff, then your home free, but, some DO steal your stuff AND take you in for slaves unless you do something for them or prove something to them." Van said with a slight shrug, "Don't worry, it's rare to run into a pirate these days anyways. With Porre and El Nido in war, they usually keep to themselves." He said upon noticing the panicky expression on their faces. The senshi decided to keep quiet and look around....at the nothingness of the sea.
"Man, you'd at least think we'd see SOME fish!" Ami said as she continued to scan the waters.
"Hey, I see something!!" Makato exclaimed as she frantically pointed to a strange veil of mist. Rei narrowed her suspiciously.
"What is that?" she asked. Van stopped steering the boat to see what all the fuss was about.
"....oh, that? That's the Dead Sea. No one can enter it without something. Though..I'm not sure what you need. They say the fortuneteller of Guldove knows, though." Van explained, "But, a lot a people don't go there, not even the pirates!" he went back to steering the boat in the right direction....away from the Dead Sea, "I must've miscalculated, The Dead Sea's to the East of El Nido, and Guldove is on the West....Weird. Even I'm not THAT bad at navigation." Van mumbled to himself as he checked the map. Ami peered over his shoulder to see the map.
"This is a map of the world?" she asked. Van looked up from the map to look at her.
"...Well, duh." He rolled his eyes and went back to studying the map. Ami continued to study it, trying to memorize every detail of the map for....certain future reasons.
"Hey, where'd that mist come from anyways?" Minako asked. Van shrugged, still studying the map.
"No one knows." He muttered. The senshi shared an uneasy glance at their future destination.
"....They sure did pick one hell of a place to hide our brooches." Rei muttered. The senshi nodded in silent agreement while Van gave them a curious look.
"Huh? Did you say something?" he asked.
"....What's that island, over there?" Ami asked as she pointed to the small shell shaped island, trying to change the subject.
"That? That's Marbule." Van said as he eyed her oddly, "Geez, you guys don't get out much, do you? I mean, who DOESN'T know what Marbule of all places look like?" The senshi glared at him, but he just ignored them.
"....So, why should people know Marbule so well?" Minako asked after a moment of silence. Van just looked at them as if they were crazy.
"You don't know?!" he asked, incredulously. The senshi gave him warning looks, "...Well, Marbule is the land of the Demi-humans. People are shunned there, just like Demi-humans are always shunned everywhere else....well, with the exception of Marbule....they also say a black dragon used to live there, but, people say it just....disappeared one day, like all of the other dragons in the world that were said to exist." Van explained. Minako blinked a little.
"So....wait. If these Demi-humans are so disliked, then why do people give them an island, and whi is Guldove the only place they're accepted?" she asked. Van shrugged.
"It's obvious, isn't it? No one wanted the Demi-humans in Porre, El Nido..not even the Mystics wanted their company on their land. So, the Demi- humans stumbled upon the land of Marbule. They figured it was the perfect place, and people didn't mind it at all, because it got rid of all the Demi- humans...until a man, who was fascinated with Demi-humans, came crashing in on the island. The lush scenery the island held, and all the natural recourses and elements astounded him. He was also highly offended by how the Demi-humans cast him glares and disdainful glances so much that as an act of revenge, he told people of what he saw. Naturally, people were livid that the Demi-humans had such a place, like El Nido. And now, plans of attacks are always planned and rejected until one of the main powers come up with a plan that will satisfy them, and scholars as well as historians predict when that happens, a war between Demi-humans and Humans will have erupted." Van solemnly said, "...Oh, and as for Guldove, the people from Guldove were cast away by Porre, El Nido, and the Mystics for one reson or another. They, like the Demi-humans, stumbled upon an island all to themselves. So, they have a sympathetic feeling towards the Demi-humans, and, I guess it developed into an alliance and friendship." Ami got a thoughtful expression on her face as she digested this new bit of information.
"....Why do people hate these Demi-humans so much?" she asked. Van shrugged.
"It's a stupid reason really. They hate them because they're different." Van explained with a sigh.
"...Hey, is that El Nido again?" Makato asked. Van nodded.
"Yep, we went the wrong earlier, so, we had to turn around. I'd say another few hours at the least." The senshi groaned while Minako started to eat her part of the food supplies.
A/N: Wooo, nother' chapter done! Weee! Anyways, please R&R, and don't forget to cast in your votes for best title!! I moved the voting time to next chapter since.well..I haven't gotten any votes!!! (cept Lizette Faith Reyes I already know what your vote is. ^_~) and if anyone could please tell me how to use bold or italics on ff.net then please do!!! Thanks!
"Now then, were did you guys dock your boat?" Van asked as they headed towards the dock in Termina. The senshi stopped walking as they thought about it.
".....Didn't we dock it on the other side of town?" Minako asked. Van sweat dropped.
"....wow." he muttered as they turned around and continued walking.
"WAIT!!! Minako, you're wrong! It was in the docks!" Rei said as she remembered. Van gave them an agitated look.
"Did you or did you NOT dock it in the docks?!" he demanded.
"..Uhh..oh yeah!! Rei's right!! We DID dock it in the docks!" Minako said sheepishly. Van and the rest of the senshi sighed and turned around, again, to walk to the docks, again.
"Dario! There ya' are!" Karsh exclaimed as he warmly embrace his friend in a friendly hug. Dario just laughed.
"Good to see you too, Karsh." He said with a grin. Glenn grinned and enveloped his brother in a brotherly hug once Karsh let go, "Glenn, how have you been?" he pleasantly asked.
"Great! And now, Norris is part of the Dragonia army because he helped a bunch of prisoners escape Porre!" Glenn said with a big goofy grin. It was then Karsh noticed something.
"Hey, Dario, what's with the paper square thing?" Karsh asked referring to the square package wrapped with brown paper he was carrying. The blond haired Deva grinned.
"It's Riddel's wedding gift, from me, to her." Karsh just gave him a sly smile.
"Heh heh heh, Dario ya' sly dog! I thought the groom or the bride weren't supposed to give each other gifts!" Dario shrugged.
"It is to show how much I love her." Dario said. Glenn patted Dario on the back.
"See, Karsh, if you ever want to get a girlfriend at the least, you should show how much you love them." Glenn said. Karsh glared at him while Norris and Dario managed to stifle their laughter.
"Hmph, whateva'. Anyways," Karsh grumbled as he jerked his thumb to point at Norris, "Norris here is, like Glenn said, a part of the Dragonian army now. He did what Glenn said he did earlier and is now considered a traitor in hell, I mean in Porre. Lord Viper has let him become a part of the army under the job of...instructor on how to use guns and all dat other useless technological crap." Dario turned to Norris and beamed at him.
"Congratulations!" he said. Norris gave him a small smile.
"Thank you, and congratulations for your wedding." Norris replied. Dario respectfully nodded to him and left to talk with Lord Viper about the wedding. Karsh said a quick goodbye to Glenn and small grumble of, "See ya'" to Norris before leaving to go train the trainees.
"Finally, we made it!" Minako exclaimed as the small group walked towards the small Porre boat. Van gave the boat a shrewd glance before dumping all the food supplies in.
"Why do you all have a PORRE boat?" he asked. The senshi shrugged.
"Loooong story, anyways, lets go!" Makato said. Van gave them a suspicious look, but got in the boat.
"Let's see here, because this boat has a motor, I'd say we'd get there in what, 6-8 hours..if we don't get ambushed by pirates that is." Van said as he calculated the time to get there. The senshi sweat dropped.
"Pirates?" Minako asked with a tinge of panic in her voice. Van nodded.
"Yep." He said as he untied the boat from the dock. He quickly tunred on the motor and the boat glided towards the middle of the vast sea, "you don't really need to worry. Most pirates will just steal your stuff, then your home free, but, some DO steal your stuff AND take you in for slaves unless you do something for them or prove something to them." Van said with a slight shrug, "Don't worry, it's rare to run into a pirate these days anyways. With Porre and El Nido in war, they usually keep to themselves." He said upon noticing the panicky expression on their faces. The senshi decided to keep quiet and look around....at the nothingness of the sea.
"Man, you'd at least think we'd see SOME fish!" Ami said as she continued to scan the waters.
"Hey, I see something!!" Makato exclaimed as she frantically pointed to a strange veil of mist. Rei narrowed her suspiciously.
"What is that?" she asked. Van stopped steering the boat to see what all the fuss was about.
"....oh, that? That's the Dead Sea. No one can enter it without something. Though..I'm not sure what you need. They say the fortuneteller of Guldove knows, though." Van explained, "But, a lot a people don't go there, not even the pirates!" he went back to steering the boat in the right direction....away from the Dead Sea, "I must've miscalculated, The Dead Sea's to the East of El Nido, and Guldove is on the West....Weird. Even I'm not THAT bad at navigation." Van mumbled to himself as he checked the map. Ami peered over his shoulder to see the map.
"This is a map of the world?" she asked. Van looked up from the map to look at her.
"...Well, duh." He rolled his eyes and went back to studying the map. Ami continued to study it, trying to memorize every detail of the map for....certain future reasons.
"Hey, where'd that mist come from anyways?" Minako asked. Van shrugged, still studying the map.
"No one knows." He muttered. The senshi shared an uneasy glance at their future destination.
"....They sure did pick one hell of a place to hide our brooches." Rei muttered. The senshi nodded in silent agreement while Van gave them a curious look.
"Huh? Did you say something?" he asked.
"....What's that island, over there?" Ami asked as she pointed to the small shell shaped island, trying to change the subject.
"That? That's Marbule." Van said as he eyed her oddly, "Geez, you guys don't get out much, do you? I mean, who DOESN'T know what Marbule of all places look like?" The senshi glared at him, but he just ignored them.
"....So, why should people know Marbule so well?" Minako asked after a moment of silence. Van just looked at them as if they were crazy.
"You don't know?!" he asked, incredulously. The senshi gave him warning looks, "...Well, Marbule is the land of the Demi-humans. People are shunned there, just like Demi-humans are always shunned everywhere else....well, with the exception of Marbule....they also say a black dragon used to live there, but, people say it just....disappeared one day, like all of the other dragons in the world that were said to exist." Van explained. Minako blinked a little.
"So....wait. If these Demi-humans are so disliked, then why do people give them an island, and whi is Guldove the only place they're accepted?" she asked. Van shrugged.
"It's obvious, isn't it? No one wanted the Demi-humans in Porre, El Nido..not even the Mystics wanted their company on their land. So, the Demi- humans stumbled upon the land of Marbule. They figured it was the perfect place, and people didn't mind it at all, because it got rid of all the Demi- humans...until a man, who was fascinated with Demi-humans, came crashing in on the island. The lush scenery the island held, and all the natural recourses and elements astounded him. He was also highly offended by how the Demi-humans cast him glares and disdainful glances so much that as an act of revenge, he told people of what he saw. Naturally, people were livid that the Demi-humans had such a place, like El Nido. And now, plans of attacks are always planned and rejected until one of the main powers come up with a plan that will satisfy them, and scholars as well as historians predict when that happens, a war between Demi-humans and Humans will have erupted." Van solemnly said, "...Oh, and as for Guldove, the people from Guldove were cast away by Porre, El Nido, and the Mystics for one reson or another. They, like the Demi-humans, stumbled upon an island all to themselves. So, they have a sympathetic feeling towards the Demi-humans, and, I guess it developed into an alliance and friendship." Ami got a thoughtful expression on her face as she digested this new bit of information.
"....Why do people hate these Demi-humans so much?" she asked. Van shrugged.
"It's a stupid reason really. They hate them because they're different." Van explained with a sigh.
"...Hey, is that El Nido again?" Makato asked. Van nodded.
"Yep, we went the wrong earlier, so, we had to turn around. I'd say another few hours at the least." The senshi groaned while Minako started to eat her part of the food supplies.
A/N: Wooo, nother' chapter done! Weee! Anyways, please R&R, and don't forget to cast in your votes for best title!! I moved the voting time to next chapter since.well..I haven't gotten any votes!!! (cept Lizette Faith Reyes I already know what your vote is. ^_~) and if anyone could please tell me how to use bold or italics on ff.net then please do!!! Thanks!