Selkie: Hi everybody! Welcome to Chapter 4 of Bizzare!!!! Ok, this chapter,
the gang start their quest and they have to hide from the troops from
Kingdom X. Ok, you guys this chapter is when they really set off and get to
know each other. There will also be a lot of fight scenes. It is my turn so
cally will write the next. K? Enjoy!
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Spoilers: Nothing much, just some sneaky hints to later chapters and the intoduction of the Main Baddie and a new character.
Disclaimer: Bizzare Saga is copyright of Jordan and Calvin. All art, characters and scenario are joint projects by Jordan-Chan and Calvin-Sama ~ (Project Alternate Reality)
Author`s Note: Ok its my (Selkie) turn for a chapter and this chapter will get the group together and they will also encounter the main baddies. Also if I put * s round some text it means that it is information i am giving you, so you can understand some bits easier. Ok, ill get on now.......
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Chapter Four - Potions, Troops and Midnight Meetings
`Never let your memories be greater than your dreams` ~ Doug Ivester
The deep red sky stretched forever and ever and as Karyuu looked out of the window from his room, it seemed that everything he had been told about this world, had became as distantly believable as the space above him.
He had been lying awake since he had come up to the top floor of Kiru, the talking house. Everyone else was fast asleep in their own rooms by now, and Karyuu couldn`t help thinking that he just wanted to run away from all this. He wished that he could just wake up right now and forget all about his friends, trapped in the bodies of turnips and houses and the fact that they didn`t recognise him from anywhere before.
Karyuu sat up, walked over to the window and looked out. Kiru was still lumbering along, at a slow pace, obviously tired from the long walk they had done from the plains. As Karyuu looked around the land they were on, he could tell they weren`t near the plains anymore. To the front, there was a massive tower which looked as though it was guarding something or somewhere. It was a glum place, but it also had a sharp scariness about it. To the left was the outline of a mountain, the same one that was at the plains, clouds swirling round it`s tip. And finally, to the right was a long river, with a bridge over it. There were beautiful oak trees lined along the river, all shaded red, because of the sky and over the river, Karyuu could just make out a huddle of hatched roofs.
As Karyuu stared into the distance, he heard a small sound, like a flute or some kind of instrument. He listened to the tune that was being played and realised that it was coming from the roof. He stretched his angel-like wings and streched his arms. He then rubbed his sleepy blue eyes and opened the window. Giving a little yawn he stood on the sill and jumped off, diving like he was going into a pool.
As he was feet from the floor, he quickly pulled up and shot upwards into the red night sky. As he reached the height of the house he stopped and hovered in the air, looking at the figure of Calvin on the roof.
Karyuu fluttered over to him and only then did he realise, as a chilly wind came over him, that he was topless. Karyuu always got hot whilst he was sleeping, no matter where. Quickly, he flew back inside and put a sheet from his bed round him, as it took too long to put on his costume. He flew back up, the sheet billowing out behind him like a ghost and he went forward and sat beside Cally on the roof.
Calvin was playing a song on a little tin pipe. The tune was happy and sounded like a little jig. Karyuu imagined people in kilts, whizzing around a room, dancing. His blue eyes focused intently on Calvin`s fingers as they moved about the pipe, hitting different notes. As Calvin hit the last note, he put the pipe down and turned to Karyuu.
"That was great!" Karyuu said. Calvin beamed.
"It`s a tune I wrote myself. After all, what else is there to do" he replied "Here`s another one I play when I`m worried or nervous"
Cally picked up the pipe and put it up to his lips. He blew on the pipe and a mellow sound came out. A tune followed. It was quite a sad song and Calvin had his chocolate brown eyes focused on his fingers too, concentrating. As he finished, he turned round again.
"Why are you worried, Cally?" Karyuu asked, now worried hiself about what Calvin would say.
"The knights" he replied "They will come and get me. I know it." He looked sad and stared at the tiles as though they weren`t in the right places.
"Don`t worry, we`ll help you escape" said Karyuu in a comforting voice. He raised his head to the sky and stared up. There were stars. But they shone blue. Red sky.Blue stars. It was a nice picture. It didn`t feel like night time.
"You know, I knew you two were coming" Cally said plainly "I got told it"
Karyuu frowned "Me and who?"
"The other one" Cally said and clearly seeing Karyuu`s confusion added "Oh. You don`t know"
"Tell me please" Karyuu said, anxious about this whole conversation.
"Well, my teacher, for History and Legends, said that one time, two angels would fall into our world. And judging by your wings, I`d guess your one of them, am I right?" Cally said.
"Yeah, I`m one of them.But.....I came alone." said Karyuu, his head spinning with all the information.
"The legend also said that they were siblings. Sibling Angels.And that the world would change once they came" Cally ended there.
Karyuu stared into the horizon, where the sun was coming up, revealing a more human-worldish sky.His sibling? That could only mean one thing. But it couldn`t be true. His sister, Saiai could not be here. He was the one that entered the book. Not her. But, as Karyuu had already found, the legends in this world are quite true. She must be here. But where?
Karyuu stood up. "I`m gonna go to bed. See you in the morning" he said walking over to the house roof`s edge.
"Ok. Just remember that to be ready for the knights. The Button Man will come after me, my friend. I just hope I can survive. Good night" he said, picking up his pipe again.
Button Man? What next. Karyuu flew upwards, then returned to his bedroom and lay on his bed, thinking about his meeting with Calvin.
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Karyuu woke up, feeling a chill on his chest. Kiru was still moving and Karyuu`s room was moving about a little. He got out of his bed and looked out of the window. Snow. Snow was falling from the sky, heavy, thick snow. Not just a little flurry. Karyuu returned his attention to his room and picked up his white and black outfit he was given by Leah. He quickly changed and exited the room, into a hallway full of abstract pitcures. As he walked down stairs, he couldn`t here any movement in the downstairs rooms, so he opened Kiru`s front door, spread his wings and flew out into the snowy air.
He soared through the sky like a bird, now very used to flight. He looked around and spotted Leah and Calvin on Kiru`s roof. Leah was levatating a teapot and pouring some tea into Calvin`s mug. Karyuu fluttered down and sat beside Leah.
"Morning" Leah said, beaming at him, acting like it usually snowed after a beutiful sunny day.
"Hi" Karyuu replied "Erm, why is it snowing?"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell ya. It snows every morning. It should be stopping about now!" Leah replied, taking a sip of her own tea.
As soon as Leah had finished saying the word `now` the snow flickered off and the more human-worldish blue sky returned and a golden globe appeared in the sky. Only there were two.Two suns.Wierd.
"Well, I believe, my friends, that we have arrived at Ammelian" Calvin said, looking over Leah`s head. Karyuu turned to face the sparkling river he had seen last night and the bridge and the oak trees that seemed to line up for miles. Over the river, Karyuu could see the thatched roofs he saw before, but this time he actually saw the cute little houses that owned them. The small village that he saw last night, looked bigger than he thought it would. And at the end of the town, was a mountain. Not as big as the first mountain that they saw, but it was still big.
Karyuu grabbed a peice of toast and gobbled it down, then poured a drink of tea and drank it too, then jumped down, off Kiru and hovered onto the ground. He then ran over to the bridge and gazed into the clear water.
Leah and Calvin cleared up and then went down to join Karyuu.
"Stay here, Kiru. Bye!" Leah said, waving to the house. It gave a wave and nodded it`s structure. It`s legs and hands dissapeared and it stood like an ondinary house.
"It`s a very nice place, eh?" Cally said smiling. The three walked into Amelian with wonder, when suddenly a massive explosion rippled through the town. A house was blown right up into the air. Fire flew through the air and rubble shot out like bullets. Leah waved her wand and made a shield round each of them, to protect from debris.
Karyuu gasped as another explosion blasted through the quiet town, making more fire and flying rubble.
"What`s going on?" Leah said in alarm. The three of them ran into the town and as the smoke disappeared they saw a strange sight.
Amid a huge pile of rubble and wood, with little patches on fire, was a boy, no older than 11 fighting off huge, muscalar knights. On the knights` chests was a crest with a bat and two crossed swords.
"......the crest of Kingdom X. They`re here! They`re here for me!" cried Calvin, his face panic-stricken. The boy was using a sword, similar to Karyuu`s with great skill, and the knights could hardly get near him. The boy swished her sword in all directions in attempt to get the vampires away.
"You little git!" one of the guards growled. He took off his armour and his eyes suddenly turned red, his face grew pale and two fangs replaced his top two teeth. He was ready to strike.
The boy screamed as the feind raced towards him, it`s eyes focused on the gash on his side. It lunged at him, shouting and was stopped dead by cold steel. Karyuu withdrew his sword and swung it again, hitting the vampire in the stomach with the blade. The monster`s eyes grew normal, his skin grew more colourful and his fangs retracted. Karyuu lifted his now blood-soaked sword from inside the man as he collapsed onto the floor, dead.
"Th....th..." the boy mumbled, out of breath.
"Don`t mention it" Karyuu said smiling at the boy.
"Quick, this....this way!" the boy breathed, pointing to one of the remaining houses and running towards it.
"Come on" said Leah, running after the boy, Karyuu and Calvin close behind. The boy opened the door and let the others in. As soon as they were all in, the boy slammed the door shut and locked it. There was a thumping at the door, but no one broke through.
"Hello, who are you? Why did you come here? Oh, you shouldn`t have come" the boy said "They`ll be after you too!" He turned to look at the three. The angel, the turnip and the vampire. Then his eyes widened as he saw Calvin.
"What is it?" Cally asked politely, as he felt the gaze on him.
"Oh, nothing" the boy said "So, why are you guys here?"
Karyuu stepped forward. "Well, we`re looking for Professor Totten, because he knows some information that we need. You see, we are on a journey to collect the seven Shards of Mystery from the seven places in this world, so that I can get home to my world." Karyuu finished there, so the boy could collect the information. Karyuu started again "Do you know him?"
The boy nodded his head. He had chocolate brown eyes, like Cally and very tanned skin. He wore a big green helmet on his head, like Sora from Digimon ** [Selkie: I don`t like Digimon, it`s just the best way to describe the helmet ;)] ** and he had a tuft of dark brown hair hanging under the helmet. He wore a green turtle-neck and brown dungerees. He riminded Karyuu of his friend Ross back home......
"Yeah, I know him" the boy said "I know him very well. Quickly, this way, I`ll take you to him" He knelt on the floor and lifted up a small rug on the floor. The house was small, and plain. Not much decoration, just a round table with four chairs round it. After the boy lifted the rug, it revealed a secret trap-door, and the boy opened it and jumped in. Karyuu looked at his friends and lowered himself into it, the other two following after him.
There were no stairs, just a sheer drop. Down and down they fell, having no sign that each other were even there, due to the darkness. Finally they landed hard on something soft.A mat. There were now torches lining the walls, and Karyuu could see the boy running up a passage way, beckoning them to follow. Karyuu ran after him, hearing two thumps, indicating the arrival of Leah and Cally.
The hall was cold and damp and at the end was a stone pedestal with a large chest on top of it. The boy stopped at it and took out a large brss key. It unlocked with a click. The boy turned to the others.
"Ok, I lied. I`m Professor Totten." he said solomnly, staring at them with his big eyes.
Calvin looked at him and started howling with laughter. Leah gave a small giggle too. Karyuu also chuckled.
"You can`t be! He`s an old man!!!" Calvin giggle, trying not to be rude. The boy frowned.
"I drank a de- ageing potion!" he insisted as Calvin continued to laugh "I`ll prove it!"
He reached into the chest and brought out a large glass vial, teeming with a red liquid. He reached in again and brought out a similar vial, this time with blue liquid.
"This one" he said pointing to the red potion "Will age me. Watch"
He pulled out the cork of the red liquid and he drank a spot, then returning it to the chest. Immediatly, a puff of smoke appeared and the boy transformed, into an extremely old man. He had a long nose, a white beard and he was stopped low.
Calvin stopped laughing. "P - professor?" he asked, gawping at the man.
The man smiled "Yes. It`s me. I had to drink the potion to keep me young. So I could live forever, helping people on quests. Of course I`ll help" he said in a croaky voice. He then picked up the blue vial "This will return me to my younger self. Rosu Lei"
Karyuu froze. Rosu Lei. Ross Lee. This was an alternate reality, no doubt about it. Shougen, Fuji and now Ross were all here. He was happy to know the people around him, even though they hardly knew him. In this world. Professor Totten then drank the blue liquid and returned to the young boy. He beamed.
"Calvin. I have missed you" he said hugging Cally.
Calvin smiled too. It was his old teacher. And now there new team member.
"So, will you be able to come with us on the journey?" Leah asked.
"Oh, yes definately!" Rosu said **[ Selkie: I will call Professor Totten Rosu because he is going to be in his younger from most of the story. K? :) ]**
"But, first I have something for you people" he said walking over to thechest, returning the vials. He wouldn`t be needing them. Until he came back from the trip. He then came back over to his new companions, a small crystal in his hand.
"This, is one of the seven shards!" he exclaimed giving it to Karyuu.
The winged boy was speechless. He stared at the small item in his hand, knowing that he was ever closer to his goal.
"Wow! That is sooo cool!" Leah shouted looking at the crystal.
"Thank you! Thank you very much....erm.......Rosu!" Karyuu said, glad to have a new team member.
"Well, we better get going, friends" Calvin said.
"Here" said Rosu, reaching into the chest once more. Karyuu looked up. He could here more bangs and crashed, from the cannons or whatever they were.
Rosu emerged, finally shutting the chest and holding two swords.
"I see you don`t have a weapon, Calvin. Take this" he said handing him a weapon.
"I`m a magic turnip. I`ll get us out in no time" Leah said, waving her wand.
"Let`s get ready to fight....." Karyuu said, ruffling his wings. They disappeared.
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They appeared outside the house and surrounded by vampire knights.
"Let`s go" said Leah bringing out a Bob-bomb(from Super Mario) from behind her back and brandishing her wand too.
The other three brought out there swords, and with a loud roar, the knights lunged at them. Karyuu flew up into the air and then plummeted down at a kinight, swinging his sword right as his chest. The knight done a flip and landed in a heap.
Leah threw the bomb into the air and conjured up a net too. She wrapped the net round a huddle of knights and as they stood, helpless, the Bob-bomb dropped on them. The explosion made a dozen guards fly all over the place and Calvin and Rosu had to hide behind a house. Karyuu flew out of harms way.
Rosu and Cally emerged from hiding, shouting as they plunged their swords in to countless knights. Calvin was fighting the urge to turn into a vampire state very hard, but eventually the sight of blood took over.
His eyes turned red, his skin pale and his teeth grew into fangs. He knelt down, animal style and then jumped high, onto the building.
"Uh-oh" mumbled Rosu. Cally then lunged at guards, biting their necks and throwing them about. Karyuu, Leah and Rosu all froze, staring at their friend, killing all the ad vampires in a frenzy. Leah got the sugar bag ready.
Calvin continued to kill more and more knights til there was none left. Then, with an animalistic roar, he collapsed, human again.
Karyuu and the rest ran over.
"Oh, god" Leah cried "Are you OK??"
Calvin sat up "Sorry about that. I cannot help it. It just emerges. I could have hurt you I`m....." He was stopped there by an evil sounding laugh. The team turned round to see a man on a roof.
He was tall and thin, wearing all black leather. He had long black hair and cold, grey eyes. Well, eye. Over his right eye, was a metal patch, fastened by a thin leather strap.
"The Button Man!" said Rosu and Cally in unison as the man jumped down from the roof and started walking towards them. He was carrying a large, black walking cane.
"Well, well, well" the Button Man said "If it isn`t the little run away and his friends. Oh. It`s you." He looked at Rosu with a sneer.
"How - how do you know it is him?" mumbled Karyuu.
"His eye! It`s magic. It`s like an evil eye! It can see right through people!" Calvin screamed "Get away from us!" He grabbed his sword and swiped at the Button Man. He blocked the blow.
"Tut, tut, tut" said the Button Man. He grinned, an evil grin. He pushed Calvin out the way. The others were rooted to the spot "If I were you, I`d look at your house."
The gang slowly turned round to face the village enterance. For such a peaceful town, it was now wrecked. There was fire all over the place and there were only a few houses standing. The oak trees were burnt and all the leaves were off. And over the river, was Kiru.
She was stamping about madly as a dozen men were pulling her down with ropes. The men looked like Frankenstein`s monsters. They were all stitched and had mismatched arms and legs. They also had bottons for eyes, and all over them was rips and tears. They were horrible.
"My Button Men" the Button Man said "Wonderful creations. Now, come with me, now Prince. I am getting paid very much for this" He reached for Calvin and then gasped.
Karyuu rose into the air and swung his sword at the evil man, shouting at the top of his lungs. The man blocked his attck and in no time, another attack swung his way. Karyuu was fuming. How dare he hurt his friends? He kept swinging and swinging until the Button Man could take no more. The man lashed out with his cane and hit Karyuu to the floor. There was a large cut on his face and his arms and legs were aching.
"How dare you attack me?" the Button Man said, a spiteful look on his face "Buttons. Now! Do it!"
Then, a boom echoed through the town. And without warning, a massive missle crashed through Rosu`s house and headed straight for Kiru.
"Nooooooooooo!" the four comopanions shouted as the missle slammed into the house. Kiru gave a massive roar, which shook the ground and disappeared in an explosion of bricks and fire.
"Kiru!" Leah screamed, standing up and sprinting towards her friend. But it was too late. Kiru was now a pile of bricks.
Leah reached the pile of bricks and dead Button Men and picked up the brick, holding Kiru`s mouth.
"Kiru" Leah said to the brick, sobbing "I`m so sorry"
"Leah...." it boomed then the brick disappeared. All of the bricks disappeared until there was only a pile of Button Men. Leah cried.
"Run!" shouted Karyuu. Calvin and Rosu ran towards Leah.
"What about you?" Rosu yelled back. Karyuu kicked the Button Man in the shin.
"I`m coming!" he shouted and flew away. The Button Man was fuming.
"You little shit!" he screamed as Karyuu stuck out his tongue.
Leah looked up, her blue eyes filled with tears and the flower bud on her hair, flopping down sadly. Karyuu zoomed past her and grabbed her hands. He held her tightly and they flew out of the town.
"Watch this!" Rosu said bringing out a little pad with two buttons on it. He pressed the one on the left "I`m not an inventor for nothing!"
Calvin watched as the sound of an engine revving up filled the air and with a crash a futuristic motorbike flew out of the debris of Rosu`s house.
"Get on! Hurry!" yelled Rosu, climbing aboard himself, closely followed by Cally.
"Yeeha!" Rosu shouted laughing, as he rode over the bridge on the bike.
Calvin`s face turned quite green. He felt sick. It was a wierd sight. An 11 year old riding a motorbke. But after all. It was another world.
The four met up, after about 10 minutes from escaping Amelian. Karyuu`s arms were a bit sore from holding Leah, so he landed and Rosu and Calvin got off the bike.
"Well, we escaped" Karyuu said "Poor Kiru"
Leah was very quiet. She was shook by Kiru`s death.
"Ok, next we should head off to Ezembark, to get the Shard of Earth. It`s just over........" Rosu was cut off by a massive sound coming from the forest, that they stopped near. It sounded like someone speaking through a faulty microphone.
Calvin gasped as a tree came walking out of the forest.
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Selkie: Woohoo! Poor Kiru. Soz if anyone liked her, but if ur lucky.............
Selkie: Another cliffhanger. I have an idea to make the tree and Ent from Lord of the Rings. It is a crossover fic isnt it? Hee hee ^_^
Selkie: Well, the baddies are set, the team is set (nearly) but that doesnt mean there wont be anymore new characters. There will be at least 5 new characters. Including Nitney! ::waves and smiles to Nitney::
Selkie: Well, next time, they get a new form of trasport, two new members, and the Button Man is still after them. Also more fight scences and some flash backs from Calvins memory. Read on!!!
comments and criticism welcome! ^_^
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Spoilers: Nothing much, just some sneaky hints to later chapters and the intoduction of the Main Baddie and a new character.
Disclaimer: Bizzare Saga is copyright of Jordan and Calvin. All art, characters and scenario are joint projects by Jordan-Chan and Calvin-Sama ~ (Project Alternate Reality)
Author`s Note: Ok its my (Selkie) turn for a chapter and this chapter will get the group together and they will also encounter the main baddies. Also if I put * s round some text it means that it is information i am giving you, so you can understand some bits easier. Ok, ill get on now.......
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Chapter Four - Potions, Troops and Midnight Meetings
`Never let your memories be greater than your dreams` ~ Doug Ivester
The deep red sky stretched forever and ever and as Karyuu looked out of the window from his room, it seemed that everything he had been told about this world, had became as distantly believable as the space above him.
He had been lying awake since he had come up to the top floor of Kiru, the talking house. Everyone else was fast asleep in their own rooms by now, and Karyuu couldn`t help thinking that he just wanted to run away from all this. He wished that he could just wake up right now and forget all about his friends, trapped in the bodies of turnips and houses and the fact that they didn`t recognise him from anywhere before.
Karyuu sat up, walked over to the window and looked out. Kiru was still lumbering along, at a slow pace, obviously tired from the long walk they had done from the plains. As Karyuu looked around the land they were on, he could tell they weren`t near the plains anymore. To the front, there was a massive tower which looked as though it was guarding something or somewhere. It was a glum place, but it also had a sharp scariness about it. To the left was the outline of a mountain, the same one that was at the plains, clouds swirling round it`s tip. And finally, to the right was a long river, with a bridge over it. There were beautiful oak trees lined along the river, all shaded red, because of the sky and over the river, Karyuu could just make out a huddle of hatched roofs.
As Karyuu stared into the distance, he heard a small sound, like a flute or some kind of instrument. He listened to the tune that was being played and realised that it was coming from the roof. He stretched his angel-like wings and streched his arms. He then rubbed his sleepy blue eyes and opened the window. Giving a little yawn he stood on the sill and jumped off, diving like he was going into a pool.
As he was feet from the floor, he quickly pulled up and shot upwards into the red night sky. As he reached the height of the house he stopped and hovered in the air, looking at the figure of Calvin on the roof.
Karyuu fluttered over to him and only then did he realise, as a chilly wind came over him, that he was topless. Karyuu always got hot whilst he was sleeping, no matter where. Quickly, he flew back inside and put a sheet from his bed round him, as it took too long to put on his costume. He flew back up, the sheet billowing out behind him like a ghost and he went forward and sat beside Cally on the roof.
Calvin was playing a song on a little tin pipe. The tune was happy and sounded like a little jig. Karyuu imagined people in kilts, whizzing around a room, dancing. His blue eyes focused intently on Calvin`s fingers as they moved about the pipe, hitting different notes. As Calvin hit the last note, he put the pipe down and turned to Karyuu.
"That was great!" Karyuu said. Calvin beamed.
"It`s a tune I wrote myself. After all, what else is there to do" he replied "Here`s another one I play when I`m worried or nervous"
Cally picked up the pipe and put it up to his lips. He blew on the pipe and a mellow sound came out. A tune followed. It was quite a sad song and Calvin had his chocolate brown eyes focused on his fingers too, concentrating. As he finished, he turned round again.
"Why are you worried, Cally?" Karyuu asked, now worried hiself about what Calvin would say.
"The knights" he replied "They will come and get me. I know it." He looked sad and stared at the tiles as though they weren`t in the right places.
"Don`t worry, we`ll help you escape" said Karyuu in a comforting voice. He raised his head to the sky and stared up. There were stars. But they shone blue. Red sky.Blue stars. It was a nice picture. It didn`t feel like night time.
"You know, I knew you two were coming" Cally said plainly "I got told it"
Karyuu frowned "Me and who?"
"The other one" Cally said and clearly seeing Karyuu`s confusion added "Oh. You don`t know"
"Tell me please" Karyuu said, anxious about this whole conversation.
"Well, my teacher, for History and Legends, said that one time, two angels would fall into our world. And judging by your wings, I`d guess your one of them, am I right?" Cally said.
"Yeah, I`m one of them.But.....I came alone." said Karyuu, his head spinning with all the information.
"The legend also said that they were siblings. Sibling Angels.And that the world would change once they came" Cally ended there.
Karyuu stared into the horizon, where the sun was coming up, revealing a more human-worldish sky.His sibling? That could only mean one thing. But it couldn`t be true. His sister, Saiai could not be here. He was the one that entered the book. Not her. But, as Karyuu had already found, the legends in this world are quite true. She must be here. But where?
Karyuu stood up. "I`m gonna go to bed. See you in the morning" he said walking over to the house roof`s edge.
"Ok. Just remember that to be ready for the knights. The Button Man will come after me, my friend. I just hope I can survive. Good night" he said, picking up his pipe again.
Button Man? What next. Karyuu flew upwards, then returned to his bedroom and lay on his bed, thinking about his meeting with Calvin.
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Karyuu woke up, feeling a chill on his chest. Kiru was still moving and Karyuu`s room was moving about a little. He got out of his bed and looked out of the window. Snow. Snow was falling from the sky, heavy, thick snow. Not just a little flurry. Karyuu returned his attention to his room and picked up his white and black outfit he was given by Leah. He quickly changed and exited the room, into a hallway full of abstract pitcures. As he walked down stairs, he couldn`t here any movement in the downstairs rooms, so he opened Kiru`s front door, spread his wings and flew out into the snowy air.
He soared through the sky like a bird, now very used to flight. He looked around and spotted Leah and Calvin on Kiru`s roof. Leah was levatating a teapot and pouring some tea into Calvin`s mug. Karyuu fluttered down and sat beside Leah.
"Morning" Leah said, beaming at him, acting like it usually snowed after a beutiful sunny day.
"Hi" Karyuu replied "Erm, why is it snowing?"
"Oh, yeah. I forgot to tell ya. It snows every morning. It should be stopping about now!" Leah replied, taking a sip of her own tea.
As soon as Leah had finished saying the word `now` the snow flickered off and the more human-worldish blue sky returned and a golden globe appeared in the sky. Only there were two.Two suns.Wierd.
"Well, I believe, my friends, that we have arrived at Ammelian" Calvin said, looking over Leah`s head. Karyuu turned to face the sparkling river he had seen last night and the bridge and the oak trees that seemed to line up for miles. Over the river, Karyuu could see the thatched roofs he saw before, but this time he actually saw the cute little houses that owned them. The small village that he saw last night, looked bigger than he thought it would. And at the end of the town, was a mountain. Not as big as the first mountain that they saw, but it was still big.
Karyuu grabbed a peice of toast and gobbled it down, then poured a drink of tea and drank it too, then jumped down, off Kiru and hovered onto the ground. He then ran over to the bridge and gazed into the clear water.
Leah and Calvin cleared up and then went down to join Karyuu.
"Stay here, Kiru. Bye!" Leah said, waving to the house. It gave a wave and nodded it`s structure. It`s legs and hands dissapeared and it stood like an ondinary house.
"It`s a very nice place, eh?" Cally said smiling. The three walked into Amelian with wonder, when suddenly a massive explosion rippled through the town. A house was blown right up into the air. Fire flew through the air and rubble shot out like bullets. Leah waved her wand and made a shield round each of them, to protect from debris.
Karyuu gasped as another explosion blasted through the quiet town, making more fire and flying rubble.
"What`s going on?" Leah said in alarm. The three of them ran into the town and as the smoke disappeared they saw a strange sight.
Amid a huge pile of rubble and wood, with little patches on fire, was a boy, no older than 11 fighting off huge, muscalar knights. On the knights` chests was a crest with a bat and two crossed swords.
"......the crest of Kingdom X. They`re here! They`re here for me!" cried Calvin, his face panic-stricken. The boy was using a sword, similar to Karyuu`s with great skill, and the knights could hardly get near him. The boy swished her sword in all directions in attempt to get the vampires away.
"You little git!" one of the guards growled. He took off his armour and his eyes suddenly turned red, his face grew pale and two fangs replaced his top two teeth. He was ready to strike.
The boy screamed as the feind raced towards him, it`s eyes focused on the gash on his side. It lunged at him, shouting and was stopped dead by cold steel. Karyuu withdrew his sword and swung it again, hitting the vampire in the stomach with the blade. The monster`s eyes grew normal, his skin grew more colourful and his fangs retracted. Karyuu lifted his now blood-soaked sword from inside the man as he collapsed onto the floor, dead.
"Th....th..." the boy mumbled, out of breath.
"Don`t mention it" Karyuu said smiling at the boy.
"Quick, this....this way!" the boy breathed, pointing to one of the remaining houses and running towards it.
"Come on" said Leah, running after the boy, Karyuu and Calvin close behind. The boy opened the door and let the others in. As soon as they were all in, the boy slammed the door shut and locked it. There was a thumping at the door, but no one broke through.
"Hello, who are you? Why did you come here? Oh, you shouldn`t have come" the boy said "They`ll be after you too!" He turned to look at the three. The angel, the turnip and the vampire. Then his eyes widened as he saw Calvin.
"What is it?" Cally asked politely, as he felt the gaze on him.
"Oh, nothing" the boy said "So, why are you guys here?"
Karyuu stepped forward. "Well, we`re looking for Professor Totten, because he knows some information that we need. You see, we are on a journey to collect the seven Shards of Mystery from the seven places in this world, so that I can get home to my world." Karyuu finished there, so the boy could collect the information. Karyuu started again "Do you know him?"
The boy nodded his head. He had chocolate brown eyes, like Cally and very tanned skin. He wore a big green helmet on his head, like Sora from Digimon ** [Selkie: I don`t like Digimon, it`s just the best way to describe the helmet ;)] ** and he had a tuft of dark brown hair hanging under the helmet. He wore a green turtle-neck and brown dungerees. He riminded Karyuu of his friend Ross back home......
"Yeah, I know him" the boy said "I know him very well. Quickly, this way, I`ll take you to him" He knelt on the floor and lifted up a small rug on the floor. The house was small, and plain. Not much decoration, just a round table with four chairs round it. After the boy lifted the rug, it revealed a secret trap-door, and the boy opened it and jumped in. Karyuu looked at his friends and lowered himself into it, the other two following after him.
There were no stairs, just a sheer drop. Down and down they fell, having no sign that each other were even there, due to the darkness. Finally they landed hard on something soft.A mat. There were now torches lining the walls, and Karyuu could see the boy running up a passage way, beckoning them to follow. Karyuu ran after him, hearing two thumps, indicating the arrival of Leah and Cally.
The hall was cold and damp and at the end was a stone pedestal with a large chest on top of it. The boy stopped at it and took out a large brss key. It unlocked with a click. The boy turned to the others.
"Ok, I lied. I`m Professor Totten." he said solomnly, staring at them with his big eyes.
Calvin looked at him and started howling with laughter. Leah gave a small giggle too. Karyuu also chuckled.
"You can`t be! He`s an old man!!!" Calvin giggle, trying not to be rude. The boy frowned.
"I drank a de- ageing potion!" he insisted as Calvin continued to laugh "I`ll prove it!"
He reached into the chest and brought out a large glass vial, teeming with a red liquid. He reached in again and brought out a similar vial, this time with blue liquid.
"This one" he said pointing to the red potion "Will age me. Watch"
He pulled out the cork of the red liquid and he drank a spot, then returning it to the chest. Immediatly, a puff of smoke appeared and the boy transformed, into an extremely old man. He had a long nose, a white beard and he was stopped low.
Calvin stopped laughing. "P - professor?" he asked, gawping at the man.
The man smiled "Yes. It`s me. I had to drink the potion to keep me young. So I could live forever, helping people on quests. Of course I`ll help" he said in a croaky voice. He then picked up the blue vial "This will return me to my younger self. Rosu Lei"
Karyuu froze. Rosu Lei. Ross Lee. This was an alternate reality, no doubt about it. Shougen, Fuji and now Ross were all here. He was happy to know the people around him, even though they hardly knew him. In this world. Professor Totten then drank the blue liquid and returned to the young boy. He beamed.
"Calvin. I have missed you" he said hugging Cally.
Calvin smiled too. It was his old teacher. And now there new team member.
"So, will you be able to come with us on the journey?" Leah asked.
"Oh, yes definately!" Rosu said **[ Selkie: I will call Professor Totten Rosu because he is going to be in his younger from most of the story. K? :) ]**
"But, first I have something for you people" he said walking over to thechest, returning the vials. He wouldn`t be needing them. Until he came back from the trip. He then came back over to his new companions, a small crystal in his hand.
"This, is one of the seven shards!" he exclaimed giving it to Karyuu.
The winged boy was speechless. He stared at the small item in his hand, knowing that he was ever closer to his goal.
"Wow! That is sooo cool!" Leah shouted looking at the crystal.
"Thank you! Thank you very much....erm.......Rosu!" Karyuu said, glad to have a new team member.
"Well, we better get going, friends" Calvin said.
"Here" said Rosu, reaching into the chest once more. Karyuu looked up. He could here more bangs and crashed, from the cannons or whatever they were.
Rosu emerged, finally shutting the chest and holding two swords.
"I see you don`t have a weapon, Calvin. Take this" he said handing him a weapon.
"I`m a magic turnip. I`ll get us out in no time" Leah said, waving her wand.
"Let`s get ready to fight....." Karyuu said, ruffling his wings. They disappeared.
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They appeared outside the house and surrounded by vampire knights.
"Let`s go" said Leah bringing out a Bob-bomb(from Super Mario) from behind her back and brandishing her wand too.
The other three brought out there swords, and with a loud roar, the knights lunged at them. Karyuu flew up into the air and then plummeted down at a kinight, swinging his sword right as his chest. The knight done a flip and landed in a heap.
Leah threw the bomb into the air and conjured up a net too. She wrapped the net round a huddle of knights and as they stood, helpless, the Bob-bomb dropped on them. The explosion made a dozen guards fly all over the place and Calvin and Rosu had to hide behind a house. Karyuu flew out of harms way.
Rosu and Cally emerged from hiding, shouting as they plunged their swords in to countless knights. Calvin was fighting the urge to turn into a vampire state very hard, but eventually the sight of blood took over.
His eyes turned red, his skin pale and his teeth grew into fangs. He knelt down, animal style and then jumped high, onto the building.
"Uh-oh" mumbled Rosu. Cally then lunged at guards, biting their necks and throwing them about. Karyuu, Leah and Rosu all froze, staring at their friend, killing all the ad vampires in a frenzy. Leah got the sugar bag ready.
Calvin continued to kill more and more knights til there was none left. Then, with an animalistic roar, he collapsed, human again.
Karyuu and the rest ran over.
"Oh, god" Leah cried "Are you OK??"
Calvin sat up "Sorry about that. I cannot help it. It just emerges. I could have hurt you I`m....." He was stopped there by an evil sounding laugh. The team turned round to see a man on a roof.
He was tall and thin, wearing all black leather. He had long black hair and cold, grey eyes. Well, eye. Over his right eye, was a metal patch, fastened by a thin leather strap.
"The Button Man!" said Rosu and Cally in unison as the man jumped down from the roof and started walking towards them. He was carrying a large, black walking cane.
"Well, well, well" the Button Man said "If it isn`t the little run away and his friends. Oh. It`s you." He looked at Rosu with a sneer.
"How - how do you know it is him?" mumbled Karyuu.
"His eye! It`s magic. It`s like an evil eye! It can see right through people!" Calvin screamed "Get away from us!" He grabbed his sword and swiped at the Button Man. He blocked the blow.
"Tut, tut, tut" said the Button Man. He grinned, an evil grin. He pushed Calvin out the way. The others were rooted to the spot "If I were you, I`d look at your house."
The gang slowly turned round to face the village enterance. For such a peaceful town, it was now wrecked. There was fire all over the place and there were only a few houses standing. The oak trees were burnt and all the leaves were off. And over the river, was Kiru.
She was stamping about madly as a dozen men were pulling her down with ropes. The men looked like Frankenstein`s monsters. They were all stitched and had mismatched arms and legs. They also had bottons for eyes, and all over them was rips and tears. They were horrible.
"My Button Men" the Button Man said "Wonderful creations. Now, come with me, now Prince. I am getting paid very much for this" He reached for Calvin and then gasped.
Karyuu rose into the air and swung his sword at the evil man, shouting at the top of his lungs. The man blocked his attck and in no time, another attack swung his way. Karyuu was fuming. How dare he hurt his friends? He kept swinging and swinging until the Button Man could take no more. The man lashed out with his cane and hit Karyuu to the floor. There was a large cut on his face and his arms and legs were aching.
"How dare you attack me?" the Button Man said, a spiteful look on his face "Buttons. Now! Do it!"
Then, a boom echoed through the town. And without warning, a massive missle crashed through Rosu`s house and headed straight for Kiru.
"Nooooooooooo!" the four comopanions shouted as the missle slammed into the house. Kiru gave a massive roar, which shook the ground and disappeared in an explosion of bricks and fire.
"Kiru!" Leah screamed, standing up and sprinting towards her friend. But it was too late. Kiru was now a pile of bricks.
Leah reached the pile of bricks and dead Button Men and picked up the brick, holding Kiru`s mouth.
"Kiru" Leah said to the brick, sobbing "I`m so sorry"
"Leah...." it boomed then the brick disappeared. All of the bricks disappeared until there was only a pile of Button Men. Leah cried.
"Run!" shouted Karyuu. Calvin and Rosu ran towards Leah.
"What about you?" Rosu yelled back. Karyuu kicked the Button Man in the shin.
"I`m coming!" he shouted and flew away. The Button Man was fuming.
"You little shit!" he screamed as Karyuu stuck out his tongue.
Leah looked up, her blue eyes filled with tears and the flower bud on her hair, flopping down sadly. Karyuu zoomed past her and grabbed her hands. He held her tightly and they flew out of the town.
"Watch this!" Rosu said bringing out a little pad with two buttons on it. He pressed the one on the left "I`m not an inventor for nothing!"
Calvin watched as the sound of an engine revving up filled the air and with a crash a futuristic motorbike flew out of the debris of Rosu`s house.
"Get on! Hurry!" yelled Rosu, climbing aboard himself, closely followed by Cally.
"Yeeha!" Rosu shouted laughing, as he rode over the bridge on the bike.
Calvin`s face turned quite green. He felt sick. It was a wierd sight. An 11 year old riding a motorbke. But after all. It was another world.
The four met up, after about 10 minutes from escaping Amelian. Karyuu`s arms were a bit sore from holding Leah, so he landed and Rosu and Calvin got off the bike.
"Well, we escaped" Karyuu said "Poor Kiru"
Leah was very quiet. She was shook by Kiru`s death.
"Ok, next we should head off to Ezembark, to get the Shard of Earth. It`s just over........" Rosu was cut off by a massive sound coming from the forest, that they stopped near. It sounded like someone speaking through a faulty microphone.
Calvin gasped as a tree came walking out of the forest.
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Selkie: Woohoo! Poor Kiru. Soz if anyone liked her, but if ur lucky.............
Selkie: Another cliffhanger. I have an idea to make the tree and Ent from Lord of the Rings. It is a crossover fic isnt it? Hee hee ^_^
Selkie: Well, the baddies are set, the team is set (nearly) but that doesnt mean there wont be anymore new characters. There will be at least 5 new characters. Including Nitney! ::waves and smiles to Nitney::
Selkie: Well, next time, they get a new form of trasport, two new members, and the Button Man is still after them. Also more fight scences and some flash backs from Calvins memory. Read on!!!
comments and criticism welcome! ^_^
