Two Heroes Collide 8, The Lost McCloud

DISCLAIMER: StarFox characters, trademarks, etc. are owned by Nintendo. GalaxyWulf characters, trademarks, etc. are owned by, none other than, ME! Attack names maybe from Street Fighter or my inventions! Please forgive my grammar and spelling! Feel free to e-mail me [wolfox_okami@hotmail.com or wolfox_okamichan@yahoo.com] about MY characters! Oh yeah, for those of you who wanted to use my characters, feel free to use them as long as you give that darn credit, OKAY? (Also, it might help reading the BIOS section in Two Heroes Collide 2) Another thing, I don't own the songs! It's either from CardCaptor Sakura or from Kingdom Hearts!

IT'S ACTION PLUS DRAMA PLUS COMEDY HERE IN MY NEW EPISODE!

I'LL MAKE THIS LONG!



TWO HEROES COLLIDE, EPISODE 8: THE LOST MCCLOUD

Andross captured the two heroes, Fox and Wolf. New revelations have been also foretold, as the Star Coyote, the group of mercenaries he created to replace Star Wolf, have been transformed into monsters capable of mass destruction. He, sadly, also killed Wulf, and now is in deep loss. He tortured Wolf, who is still luckily alive. Now, it's Fox's turn...

CHAPTER 10!!! "Mark of Friendship"

Before we return to our main heroes, we visit our other heroes... the Nebulla Wolf team. They arrived at the Concorde Gym; the place where Howl came from, at least that is what the poor white wolf said. The team landed in front of it, leaving Hawkin up at Pyre, their flagship. However, Rufus felt something strange...

"Hey Rufus..." Leon looking wondered. "Are you all right? Is something the matter?"

Rufus suddenly gasped. He got startled. "Oh me?" he replied silently. "No... Nothing's wrong. It just felt... strange. I have a bad feeling about something happened bad to someone I know..."

"Rufus... don't get a cold thing out of it!" Arma cheeringly spoke. "All of the people you know are all fine!"

Rufus' thoughts flew over Wulf. Something wrong happened to him. "I don't know..." he whined.

"Aww come on!" Foxette smiled, having a slight idea why Rufus is like that. "I know he's okay, believe me!"

"That's right!" Lupe grinned, who also got the idea about his concern for Wulf. "He's though, and I know he won't fall down!"

Hawkin then suddenly spoke out from their comms. "There'd be a little chance for him to get into trouble," he assured him, "that's why you should finish this mission."

Rufus nodded. With a slight glimpse of light, he replied, "All right... Team, let's go!"

As the five travel the inner depths of the structure, they saw an underground passage well hidden in the chambers.

"Look! A passageway!" Foxette pointed out. "Let's go in!"

Everyone walk the more inner parts of the gym, allowing them to be spotted by Eivaine. She laughed horribly as she mistakes them for imbecile house intruders. She doesn't have any idea that she is facing Nebulla Wolf.

She commanded grimly, "Panthor... tell your boys to catch them. We need as many men as possible!"

"Of course, Milady!" Panthor chuckles as he ordered Falco, Garou, Bill, George, and Sei to come with him.

Back at Nebulla Wolf, the five are still searching for those captured victims. They are now at the spiral stairway going down.

"Damn... the designs and the patterns of the wall gives me a feel that we're going in circles..." Leon remarked.

"Whoa... Powalski's right... I think I'm gonna barf!" Foxette sighed. "Aren't we going to reach the end of this loop?!"

When they finally reached the end, everyone finally sighed. Suddenly, someone grabbed every one of them. When they looked behind them, they are the missing people, and they look very, VERY strange.

"Hehehe... Thank you for enjoying the spiral trip, but I'm afraid it has to end here!" Panthor grinned.

Rufus made a frowning look. They may become what the victims are. He's getting a hard time trying to figure out how to escape the grasp of the enemies.



Meanwhile, we return to the deserts of Titania, Wulf's body is laid on a flat table. His body is gradually succumbing, slowly taking his life away.

Ellie, Wulf's mother, chanted in front of her son's body, trying to heal him with her talisman.

"Life is precious, life is a gem. No one can deny the Creator's very gift. Heal!"

A replenishing light accumulated to Wulf's wound on his chest. However, even with the arcane of healing, he wasn't able to recover. Her mother just cried out, losing hope.

"Wulf... NO! WAKE UP, DAMN IT!" she wept hard. Lupus just hugged her to make her stop crying.

"Even with the Temporary Heart Beater on, he will not be able to survive in the later minutes..." Bark sadly concluded.

"Is there any other way?" Eagle asked with worries.

Lupina just moaned as she looked at Wulf, saying that he mustn't give up. Vulpin and Goushin feel a terrible loss.

"This is all my fault..." James confessed. "If I hadn't hid myself in the first place, none of this would've happened..."

Pigma assured him, "Don't be too hard on yourself. It's nobody's fault."

Everybody just looked up high in Andross' ship.

Strangely, even when he is in a state of coma, Wulf can here things around him. However, his body is starting to succumb. He is getting weaker and weaker. His thoughts flew around him, looking for things to do...

"Why is everyone sounds sad?"

"Did anything happened bad?"

"Fox..."

"Wolf..."

"Where are you?"

"Mom? Dad?"

"Please don't cry!"

"Guys... don't cry!"

"But... am I going to survive?"

Suddenly, someone talked inside of him. Someone whose voice he hasn't familiarized at. However, he believed that this voice spoke to him before long...

"Why are you crying?"

"I... I can't stand up."

"That's not a good reason for you to cry..."

"What are you talking about?"

"You will stand up and fight for your family, friends, and yourself."

"Who are you?"

"I am you... I will not allow bad things to happen to you..."

"Me?"

"Yes... I am you..."

"But how will I?"

"Look into yourself. You'll find the courage you need. The trust you want."

" ...Yes! I will!"

"Good! But remember, beware of the parasite that turn normal people into monsters..."

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Just follow me... A new light will shine around you..."

"Wha... wait! Are you really I?"

"Yes... I am you... your spirit... the Anatyde... the heart... Now hold me..."

A sudden burst of energy transferred to Wulf's chest. No one could explain it, not even Bark, about what happened. Light covered him, allowing his cells to reconstruct from his wound. During that event, everyone was shocked to see what's happening. Before leaving, the voice gave his final word...

"Never give up, Okamikun. We will never give up..."

Wulf finally stands up from his lying position, stretching his arms as if he just woke up from a sleep. When he faced at everyone, they are giving extreme facial expressions toward him. Either they are glad or shocked; he can describe their emotions to them.

"Wulf... WULF!!!" Ellen cried out, hugging his son. "You're alive! You... you made it! I was worried!"

"Don't scare me like that again, son!" Lupus smiled with tears of joy, giving a nogging to Wulf. "You made me cry in front of everybody!"

The Galaxy Wulf team went near him. They are overjoyed to see their leader alive and kicking.

"Wulf!" Bark grinned with compassion. "Just as I thought, always scaring the tears out of us!"

Lupina slightly cried out, "Best friends never leave each other, right Wulf?!"

"Lupina! Pranz will get angry if you're planning to still her B. F.!!!" Vulpin winked before Lupina grinned an evil look on him.

"Nice comeback Wulf!" Eagle happily cheered. "You will not die like that, I just knew it!"

"Okay! Group pic!" Goushin called out as he grabbed his camera, flashing it out everywhere.

Wulf smiled as the crowd eases up. He looked at the Star Fox team, including James and Pigma. They seem to look happy, but sensed that there still something that worries them. Fox and Wolf is still up there, and there must be something done to save them.

"Don't celebrate just yet, guys!" Wulf told them. "Fox and Wolf are still up there! We need a battle plan! Bark, any ideas?"

"I have, but it's very dangerous!" Bark responded. "You have to go there alone, rescuing the two. Meanwhile, we'll follow you there, getting the attention of Andross. You guys will escape, then. However, just as I told you earlier, it's dangerous!"

"Don't worry!" Wulf smiled. "I know what I'm going to do! ARMOR!"

Once more, the blue Anatyde armor accumulated to Wulf. However, there is something new. The armor has changed its look!

Peppy was surprised on Wulf's new appearance. "What happened?!" he asked with wonder.

"I think the attack earlier changed his armor into this! Am I right?" Slippy answered with curiosity.

Wulf looks new from his armor. His helmet has a special visor that he can call, and has a special horn design at the top. His arm cannon changed its form unlike before, where even though he changed into his armor form, his arm cannon is still the same. Now, it changed into a much more powerful version! [Side note: Wulf's left arm is not robotic! You may think that his arm cannon may make him a half-robot, but no! An arm cannon is a weapon worn at the arm, starting below the elbow to the knuckles. It is equipped with a sensor to its bottom for firing and charging.] His arm pads now extend to his knuckles. His chest armor now extends to his upper abdomen. His leg paddings also extend to his kneepads, and his back has a very small wing design.

Bark has no idea what happened to the armor he designed to Wulf. The first armor he built was plain and simple, but when Wulf became Black Wulf, the armor was corrupted was sealed in the inner parts of TERRA Squad HQ. His second armor looked similar to the old one, with a few modifications. However, it changed now right after the recent event.

"Still," he added, "even if my guts tells me that you're stronger than before, it's still very dangerous to up there!"

"But I'm the only way to get up there!" Wulf reasoned. "Besides, I'll make a call when it's you guys to move."

Everyone finally agreed. With his new armor, he might be able to get the two out of there safe and sound, and probably even defeating Andross to the finish.

"So," Slippy wondered, "how are you going to go up there? Are those small thingies will help you fly?"

Wulf tried to glide. However, the armor cannot lift itself high for more than a meter. It seems that it is only used to lower the speed when falling. Wulf ended up with a sweatdrop.

"Oh dear..." Ellen smiled. "Let me help you, sweet!"

"Mighty lords of the earth, release your tight chains to feel the heaven's soaring breeze. SOAR GLIDE!"

Suddenly, Wulf started to float up and high. For every second, he gains height. He can then fly at a wide space. He feels as if he is flying like Eagle, only without the wings.

"Woo hoo! Okay! I'm going!" he shouted with pleasure. Then something hit him. He remembered something. "Oh, before going in, can I ask you for something, Bark?"

"What?" Bark asked prudently.

"Do you know anything about parasite monsters?" Wulf asked back. This was the message his consciousness told him to be aware of.

"Well, yeah." Bark answered fluently. "There is this Gene-net virus recently growing in Macbeth. That virus turns a regular person into a monster. To remove that virus, an Anta-net vaccine is shot via a tranquilizer dart and the monster slowly returns normal. Why? Do you need those Anta-net darts?"

"Yeah!" he replied. "I might need four..."

Bark hurriedly threw four from his pocket to Wulf. "Take those!" he instructed him. "Attach a dart to your Arm Cannon and fire it like regular shot."

"Okay! Thanks!" Wulf saluted. "I'll be going now!"

"Wait!" Ellen shouted out loud, stopping his son. "I'm going to make sure you're safe!"

"Wicked eye of the beholder, rest your mighty eyes and sleep forth to not see beauty. HIDE!"

Suddenly, Wulf slowly becomes invisible! He is transparent at first, easily seen by the curvature of light passing through him, but then, he now becomes fully invisible.

"Thanks Mom! I'll be going now!" Wulf shouted back. "I'll be ringing when it's safe!"

"Be careful, my son..." Lupus whispered to himself. He then looked at everyone, giving his orders. "Okay," he said, "here's the plan!"

Wulf is now entering Andross' flagship. What will happen to him inside the ship?



Meanwhile, inside the torture room, Fox is already stripped and cuffed at the whipping stand. With his thoughts on Wulf, it seems that the flails, slashes, whips, and spanks will be just a mere small dent compared to the ultimate loss. He has no idea Wulf is alive.

"I'm going to enjoy this!" Andross grinned. "Don't worry, Fox! I made Star Coyote busy for a while while I give you the whips! You won't die, because I'm going to let you linger in pain!"

"Enough words, Andross!" Fox shouted angrily. "You may kill me, but you'll never kill Star Fox and my friends!"

Andross ignored him. He spanked the whip to Fox's smooth back, creating a lashing wound to it. The hard whipping made Fox cry out loud, shouting in pain.

"How was it?" Andross asked him devilishly. "Is it good enough? Then you're going to enjoy this!"

A series of whips wounded Fox's back even more. His back becomes rough and bloody. His fur is covered in blood, staining it all. Blood dripped down to his tail, legs, and his trunks. Fox exalted the pain he's showing, crying as tears rolled to his cheeks.

Wolf can't stand up, though. He's seated on the ground, crippled in pain. However, he couldn't bear to hear Fox's cries. It entered through his ears, giving him anguish and pain. "Fox... be brave..." is the only thing he could say. They are becoming hopeless.

Inside Andross' open hangar, Wulf immediately entered unnoticed. With his comm attached to his helmet via the visor, he called the gang below.

Wulf: "I've entered the ship, I'm going in!"

Peppy: "Wulf, be alert, okay! Your mom is really smart, casting Hide on you!"

Wulf: "Don't worry, Peppy! I'll bring back Fox and Wolf alive!"

Slippy: "We'll be monitoring you here! Your armor has some sensors in it!"

Bark: "I can see Gene-net organisms lurking there, so be careful!"

James: "Oh, and one more thing, destroy their fighters! We won't have any trouble later!"

Wulf: "Roger! Hurry up and get here! Transmission off!"

Wulf stealthily dashed through the crates and into the main deck. He jumped to the crates and iron pillars that are contained inside the vessel. He then rushed towards the main docking bay filled with heavy-armed fighters and bombers.

"Lemme see..." Wulf thought. "I'll have to blow these things up without being noticed..."

He looked around, and strangely, he saw four weird-looking creatures guarding the hall towards the torture room. As he examined them, they are Star Coyote, under the influence of Gene-net virus!

"No... It couldn't be!" Wulf said to himself. "This must be what he's saying... the monsters... Oh well, better get this Anta-net darts armed."

He first positioned himself to a block of crates. Next, in a sniper position, he fired the first dart to Coyote, who was looking dangerous.

"GRUFF!!! WHAT HIT ME?!" he growled, but then he fainted, dropping down the ground.

"WHAT... THE?!!" Tig shrieked, but then three darts hit him and the other two, dropping down as well.

"Good night, boys!" Wulf smiled. "Now for the fighters..."

Back at the torture room, Andross was just finished with Fox. He just threw Fox back at the cell along with Wolf. The two are locked, unable to escape.

"Hmm... What will I do next to them?" Andross thought grimly. "Maybe I should torture them more, or kill them with the particle drill... Hmm... Decisions... decisions..."

Suddenly, an alarm broke out, giving red signals all over the place. Suddenly, a soldier reported to Andross.

"Sir! An attack from below suddenly burst in!" the soldier fearfully reported.

"Damn! Send the fighters!" Andross shouted.

"But sir, our fighters were destroyed! They were sabotaged by someone using some Bomb Chip!" the soldier cowardly replied.

"Imbecile! Get me Star Coyote! I'll let them destroy those fools!" Andross angrily commanded.

"There's another problem, sir!" the soldier whined. "Star Coyote were found lying down the floor, unconscious. We cargoed them to a pod with researchers. After examining their sleeping bodies, they saw darts injected to them! They confirmed that those are Anta-nets!"

"What the hell?!" Andross shouted. "Who could've done these?!"

Suddenly, a ghostly voice echoed the room. It tried to terrorize everyone inside.

"Andross, Andross, Andross... When will you ever learn?" the voice grunted. "Your evil plans will never be deployed! As long as Star Fox and Galaxy Wulf, as well as the protectors of Lylat and Terra, are alive and kicking, you will never succeed!"

"Sir... Is it Wulf McWolf's ghost?" the soldier whimpered.

"Hmph!" Andross flailed out. "Ghost, show yourself!"

"Sure!" the voice echoed back, followed by a powerful beam. It hit the soldier knocking him away from the room. "I am here, Andross! Wulf McWolf is ready to put your face down!"

"Just as I thought!" Andross laughed. "You are alive, McWolf! You even have a new matching outfit to begin with! Still, troublesome as always, I shall finish you off!"

He grabbed a large cannon, firing it towards Wulf. He easily evaded it, rolling down the ground. He readied himself for his own attack.

"I have to thank Lupina for this!" Wulf grinned and shouted as he charged a punch. "OKAMI KEN!" He punched the air, creating a massive shockwave of aura that knocked Andross down the floor.

He then quickly rushed to the cell, slashing the door with the neutron blade. There, he found Fox and Wolf, wounded and weak. The two are lying down the cell floor, trying to persevere from the pain.

"Hey you guys! Come on! We need to get the hell out of here!" Wulf happily shouted.

The two looked up. They saw what they thought they would never see again. With hope, Fox and Wolf reached Wulf's hands and grabbed them, lifting them up to stand. Suddenly, they hugged Wulf tightly, seeing their friend alive and well.

"Wulf..." Fox coarsely spoke out. "Sorry... for my voice... Heh, who would've... thought that... you will... survive!"

Wolf replied with a warmth heart on his scarry face, "Heh... Everything's fine now that you're alive!"

"Guys... I am so happy to see you alive!" Wulf smiled with a teardrop. "I thought I will never make it, but thanks to you two, and everyone else, I did it!"

He urged the two to move forward, leaving the dusky cell. They limped, but it was okay. But then, Wulf suddenly felt something wrong. He told the two to stay back behind him.

A sudden barrage of lasers blasted towards them. Wulf quickly unleashed his neutron blade and started spinning it, creating a shield of reflection. The lasers deflected away, hitting the ceiling and the walls.

"WHY WON'T YOU DIE, WULF!!!" Andross angrily yelled as he charges another wave of shots.

Suddenly, four soldiers ran towards him, giving a tragic report.

"Sir!" one of the soldiers whined. "Two intruders got inside!"

"I don't care!" Andross madly screeched. "Get over here and help me vaporize them!" He then faced at Wulf and grinned, "I know too many lasers will be too much for you to handle!"

Wulf suddenly missed a heartbeat. What will he do now? He touched his pocket, feeling a talisman in it.

"This... talisman?!" Wulf thought. "Even with Hard Shell shield, it won't be enough to protect us from Andross' beams!"

"But then," he concluded, "why not change it? Maybe I can transform its form... Even though I am not a talismancer or a sage, I might as well try..."

"Any last words?" Andross scoffed as he charges his cannon and the four soldiers grabbed their pistols.

"Just a few..." he replied with a devilish look. He took out his talisman from his pocket and focused in it. It started to glow, and the chants are being imprinted inside his mind.

James and Lupus, the earlier mentioned intruders, were running towards the torture room when they reached Wulf with the shining talisman. Lupus became nervous.

"Even with Hard Shell, they couldn't survive that attack!" he remarked with fear. "WULF! NO!"

"What are you doing, fool?!" Andross ridiculed wickedly. "FIRE CANNON AND LASERS!" They launched a straight barrage of beams and lasers, slowly honing towards them.

"Wulf!" Fox and Wolf shouted behind Wulf.

"NOW!" Wulf proclaimed out as he started chanting.

"My heart is yours... forever evanescent. My words shall be my castle walls! ANGEL WINGS!"

A sudden eruption of angel wings appeared at Wulf's back. They covered him and everyone behind him. As the large beams hit the wings, they just absorbed it, turning those beams into a large orb. The wings swayed, pushing the orb back at Andross, exploding really hard, creating an opening.

Andross fell down the hole. Unfortunately for the heroes, a soldier maneuvering a pod caught him.

"I will return and with my vengeance!" Andross shouted with a curse. The pod flew away, leaving the obliterating ship.

"No! He's leaving!" James shouted. "I won't allow him to live more! I'm going after him!"

"Dad! Leave him alone! We gotta get the hell out of here!" Fox croaked.

"Yeah! Your son's right! We mustn't stay here anymore longer!" Lupus answered as well.

"But... we can't leave him and his diabolical plans!" James reasoned out.

Wolf then hugged his father, James, and cried out, "Please... no more... I don't want anymore loss... fa-father..."

"Wolf..." James whimpered as he pats Wolf's head. "All right, time to move out!"

Everybody headed to Star Canine, which was waiting for them. They quickly boarded the ship, and quickly left the flagship before it exploded into bits. They all know Wulf's mom is there, ready to heal, and the rest of the crew is ready for the whole story...



EPILOGUE (A long one!)

Back at the gym, a daring rescue was made. Nebulla Wolf actually escaped Eivaine's clutches and attacked the tranced victims! They were able to save Garou, Falco, Sei, the fox, and the subordinates of Gen. Pepper.

Foxette made all of the men pay! Her super strong arms kicked masculine ass, as she was able to lift Panthor off his feet. Hawkin and Arma made a brainteaser to Eivaine, constantly making her thing hard and made her dizzy. Rufus slowly injected the serum that will return the muscular victims back to normal.

Later that day, when the cops arrested Panthor and Eivaine, Lupe assisted the victims. He gave them jackets to wear for a while. He then faced Garou, looking cool as always.

"Heh, even though you don't want to say it, you're welcome!" Lupe grinned.

"Hah! Even though I wanted to say that, I haven't forgiven you yet!" Garou answered back.

"What about you, Leon? You don't want to hug Falco Lombardi?" Falco smiled.

"Nah, but I have something cool to show you!" Leon chattered. "Lemme hold your arm!"

Leon become invisible [That is because he is a chameleon!] and then, Falco becomes invisible to!

"Whoa! I become camouflaged!" Falco, although not the cheery type, became amazed.

Leon humbled himself and replied, "Well, Hawkin gave me a ring that allows me to phase all objects that I am touching to make them invisible when I become invisible! It's some sort of a welcome gift!"

"Because Leon's one of us now!" Lupe added. "He is now Nebulla Wolf!"

"Great... Good luck Leon..." Garou smirked.

"Aww... come on!" Falco jittered. "Garou, make friends with Lupe!"

"No way!" Garou remarked. "I will not make truce with pretty boy here!"

The words pretty boy hit Lupe. Whenever he is called by that, he becomes insanely attracted to the person who said that phrase.

"OHHH GAROU!!!" Lupe scintillated. "CAN I HUG YOU?!!! YOU CALLED ME PRETTY BOY!"

"Ahh!!! Help!" Garou shouted. "An insane maniac is about to rape me! Ahh!!!"

The day didn't just get longer...

The next day, Star Fox and Galaxy Wulf separated for a while, doing some business at their systems. Space Wolves, Lupus' team, stayed in Lylat for a while. They meet up with George who was happy to see them. They are now inside Lupus' ship, talking...

"Gosh! You made us so worried!" Ellen giggled. "Now you know your lesson!"

"Yeah!" George whined. "I won't visit another gym soon!"

"Well," Aramias, another member of the group, remarked, "I wish could've seen you flexing wearing only your underwear! Wow, you must be hot by then!"

George just blushed out. "Nah... You don't wanna see that!"

Then, James and Star Fox entered the ship. The two fathers greeted each other.

"So, how's the day?" Lupus asked with excitement. "Did you all have a reunion?"

"Nah!" Wolf answered back with a smile. "But we did talk the whole night!"

"Oh well..." Fox sighed. "But thanks to Mrs. McWolf, my back would've been a portrait of pain!"

"Anytime, sweetie!" Ellen cheerfully replied. "I am so happy for everyone!"

"So James, are you sure you wanna stay with them?" Peppy asked.

"Yep. Fox is old enough to handle the team and his brother is beside him. You and Slippy are also there to support." James replied. "Now, I wanted to fill everything that was lacking inside me. I wanted to venture the planets before, that's why I'm going with them!"

"Are we going to see you again, sir?" Slippy again asked.

"Don't worry, Kaeru-chan! [Kaeru means frog] We'll visit Lylat!" Aramias smiled.

"I just hope you can handle deadly meteor storms, magma blasts, nova reactions, monster swarms, evil magicians, undead warriors, air graveyards, and much much more!" Lupus grinned.

"The more you say it, more I want to tag along with you!" James smirked.

Galaxy Wulf made a stop at Goushin's house to pick up some stuff. They have been too busy to get it anyway.

"Darn!" Garou grumbled. "Am I supposed to clean even the core reactor?!" When he returned, he got a punishment for being a slacker and now he must clean the whole ship.

"Don't get sarcastic!" the seated Wulf grinned. "That's your punishment for tiptoeing away from the gang!"

Then, Lupina arrived with two mugs with a drink. She seems to have a sweet day today.

"Hey Wulf!" Lupina smiled. "Here's some hot cocoa!"

"Gee thanks!" Wulf smiled. As he slurped the warm choco, a sudden reaction made him spit out the stuff he drank.

Lupina got angry after that. She punched Wulf's head furiously. "As always, McWolf, you like to tease me! What the hell's wrong with my drink?!"

"Cocoa should taste choco!" Wulf smirked. "You're not a good gourmet unlike Pranz!"

"Hmph! I was just trying to show my gratitude!" Lupina replied angrily.

"What are you talking about?!"

"Heh! If I didn't taught you my Okami Ken move, you're toasted!"

"Actually, my talisman saved me!"

The two argued on and on... Anyway, Goushin has just finished transferring his stuff to the ship. He showed up to the gang, along with his pet, Purin [Japanese of pudding], a Mantle [Mantles are like gelatin monsters. If you play Ragnarok Online™ and you come across the Poring™ monster, you know what I'm talking about...].

"So, you brought along a food monster!" Garou snouted the monster.

"He's no food, but he's my pet!" Goushin smiled. "His name is Purin, and I can't leave him alone in the house! I have to bring him along! Don't worry! He's house trained!"

"Welcome to the club, kid!" Eagle grinned as he pats Goushin.

"Oh, how cute!" Vulpin commented as he picks up Purin.

Purin then jumped over Garou's head, hopping with frolic.

"Oh Garou, I never knew you're a Mantle magnet!" Bark teased him, laughing hardly.

The rest laughed while Garou just sighed. "This will be a long day..."

Meanwhile, inside planet Willow, Terra System, we venture inside the Shrine of Sages where Tatanuk's mother [Remember Tatanuk of THC 6?] is the high priestess...

"Mother," Tatanuk asked curiously, "is there something wrong?"

"Tatanuk..." she gasped, "Call all of the sages and the graduates of talismancy. Tell them to call their skilled friends and relatives as well. We must gather together, for a terrible omen is about to happen..."

END OF CHAPTER 8



Phew! That was a LONG chapter! Still, the LAST episode will be LONG too! Anyway, guess the evil that'll be coming to Terra and Lylat! They'll be much of a surprise! See ya!