Disclaimer by Steve:
"Hey folks, guess what?
Yeah, I knew my popularity
would catch up to me one day.
It's me, Steve, the Talking
Slingshot! And I'm here to say
that SpacePirate Khan does not own
Dark Cloud, or Xiao, or me, or anything.
I get to make an appearance today!
And I'll be one of the main characters
from here on in! Isn't that great!?
I just KNEW being a lowly weapon
would pay off one of these days!
Booyah, lookit me mommy! Throughout
the fic, when you see something such
as {gak, don't let it lick me!}, it means
I'm saying one of my catchy little
phrases. And--"
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**the camera changes to show Khan**
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Author's Note:
----Yeah, yeah, guess you know by now
that Steve the Slingshot has made his
way into my fic... Anyway.. There may be
a bit more romance in this chapter or the
next, depending on how much I can actually
write about a sunken ship and a desolate
town. I guess I should take a moment to
thank Cheetah Smith for reviewing this fic
so much = ) I really appreciate it. Also,
a special thanks goes out to all my pals
that've read this. Alrighty then. Oh yeah,
and the further into the game this fic gets,
the more impressive the fight scenes
against bosses may be. Because let's face
it, Dran and the Forest Guardian were
pathetic both in this fic and in the game.
On with the show!
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-==(={[DarK ClouD}]=)==
~(Behind the Scenes!)~
[Part V; in which Toan gets cold feet]
(hahah.. you'll get the pun later.)
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(]Adventure Day 26[)
(Yes, yes, I skipped a lot
of days, so sue me.)
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"Adventuer Day 26,
I haven't written since the 21st,
so I guess I have to catch up with
the writing. We got to this place
called Brownboo, and found out
some mage people could defeat
the Dark Genie. Unfortunately,
they lived on the Moon. Yeah. Major
downside. And they lost the key to
their ship! Oy vey.. Well, anyway, we're
now in an arabian-like town, searching
for some orb that controlls the
space ship. I've rebuilt a large majority
of the city, and there was this guy
named King who gave me a Lamp for
my trouble. Well, what should come out
of an arabian lamp other than a genie?
Ruby was her name, and her and King
seemed to have had a relationship at one
time.
-----Anyway, now that the town only needs
a few finishing adjustments, it's been pretty
dull around here. Goro's been pigging out
on fruit and cheese and - mostly - fish, to
no surprise. Xiao's been visiting the Cathedral
a lot; I still haven't figured out why. And
me, well, I've been busy reconstructing the
town. Easy, but time consuming. Well,
that's all for today. I'll add to this entry
tonight."
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=Time: Noon=
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------Toan closed his journal; he'd been walking
while writing so the font was a bit sloppy, but he'd
saved time and was at the cathedral. After adding
a tower nearby, he walked in the cathedral building.
And he saw the main reason why he'd come this
way; Xiao. The feline girl was sitting on a step with
the priest, who was explaining about the whole
'marriage' thing, both not noticing Toan walk
in as he slowly walked up to them.
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----"So I can't get married till I'm 18 years old?" Xiao
said, a hint of dissapointment in her voice. The
priest shook his head. "You could get married, but
you would need consent from your parents." he
explained.
-----Toan was about to say hello when Xiao
pounced him. "Trying to sneak up on Xiao, huh?"
said the feline with a triumphant smirk as she
sat on top of Toan, pinning him to the ground.
"Didja forget Xiao was a cat?"
-------"It was worth a try." Toan said with a chuckle.
"Can you let me up now? I found this key today,
I think it'll open that music box we found in the
sea wreck yesterday." he said, flashing a small
golden key.
------"Ooo, Xiao wants to go!" she said, her
eyes gleaming with curiosity as she rolled off of
Toan and stood up. Toan shook hands with
the priest and Xiao gave the man a hug before
the pair walked out of the cathedral. (A/N: I like
the priest, his name is Andrew, just like mine.)
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------Toan and Xiao walked down the docks
to where Goro and Ruby stood, near a submarine.
---"About time you two showed up. I'm hungry." Goro
said, his fat face in a scowl. "Don't tell us to meet
somewhere if you're gonna be late!"
----"Mm-hmm," Ruby said in agreement, "if you
wanted a little privacy you could've just asked." the
genie said with a wink.
-----"Why would we want privacy?" Xiao asked with
a curious look on her face as Toan turned a bit
red. Ruby giggled.
-----"You're too innocent for your own good, hun." she
chuckled as she climbed into the sub. Xiao was still
puzzled, having no idea what Ruby was talking
about as Goro squeezed his fat self into the sub, causing
it to sink slightly. "We better get in before
Goro submerges it." Toan said, grabbing Xiao's hand and
pulling her into the sub with him. They closed the latch
and shot off into the deep blue sea towards an eerie
sunken ship, the only sound known to them was the
occasional tone of sonar and undersea bubbles rising
around them, along with the steady purring of the
submarine's engines.
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-=Five Minutes Later..=-
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-----On the way to the music box, Xiao stopped by a treasure
chest while the others pounded on fish monsters. She opened
it up and saw a slingshot, but it was the most peculiar slingshot
she'd ever seen. At first glance it was the same as any ordinary
slingshot; but upon closer examination, it had a face carved
into it; a few small black buttons lined the middle of it, and two
little boots stuck out from the bottom. Two little arms arched up
and held the rubber band used to launch projectiles at foes,
and on the part where you put ammunition, the name "Steve"
was sewn in silver thread. {*yawn* Yo, 'sup?}
----Xiao squealed and dropped the slingshot in surprise.
Goro, being the nearest and slowest, ran over to her, and
instead of asking what was wrong, he noticed the weapon
and picked it up. "Hmm, nice toy.." he said, holding
it up and shooting a few stones.
----"..! Hey! Give it back, fatso!" Xiao said with a hiss. Goro
scowled. "Or what?" he said, flickign the slingshot once
or twice. Xiao ran up to attack him but he used his massive
weighted gut to bounce her back with a guffaw. Xiao
had a tear in her eye but it quickly dried up as she heard
familiar sneaking footsteps.
----Goro jumped as he felt a tapping on his shoulder, and
turned around to face Toan, who was tapping his right foot
impatiently. "Something wrong here?" Toan asked.
-----"Yeah, that mannerless cat of yours called me fat!"
-----"And she speaks the truth." Toan said with a smirk. Ruby
laughed as she walked into the room upon hearing Toan's
remark. "What are you doing with a slingshot, hmm?"
-----"I-I just wanted to see it--"
-----"He tried to steal it from Xiao, then he knocked Xiao
to the ground!" the feline girl said with a scowl. Goro
looked horrified.
-----"Goro, give Xiao her slingshot back." Toan said,
giving Goro a quick glare. Goro backed down, handing
the slingshot over, before hauling his fat but out of
there. Ruby followed. Toan helped Xiao up and the two
walked into the next room with Goro and Ruby.
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----{"Don't drop me again, understand? I got a headache
now.."} Steve said. Toan looked over. "... Xiao, am I hearing
things or did your weapon just speak?"
----{"Talking weapons aren't weird; what is weird is a
talking cat."} the slingshot muttered.
----"Her name is Xiao." Toan said.
----{"Xiao. Cool name. Guess I'm now officially
your weapon."} Steve said. {"If I could move
my arms I'd shake hands with you all. But since
I can't, how about a friendly shot or two at
each of you?"} Steve added sarcastically.
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-----The group went back to a room with an ominous
music box. Toan walked up to it and put the key into
the keyhole and twisted it. There was the sound of a lock
snapping, and a beautiful song played, along with a message.
((Note: I forget the message, just play the game to this
point.)) Then suddenly they were transported to what
appeared to be the catchedral. An eerie red glow filled
the air as the music continued playing, and a brunette
haired woman slowly turned to face them.
-----"Xiao has a baaad feeling about this.." Xiao said,
twitching slightly. {"Talking in second-person
perspective must be fun."} Steve commented.
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------"I've been waiting for you... for so long..
down here.. under the ocean.." the woman said in
an eerie voice. Xiao hid behind Toan as she said
this, and the lady turned into a creepy looking lady,
also known as The Ice Queen. "... crap." Toan said
as the room became ridged and cold.
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-----"Let me at'er!" Ruby shouted, as she dashed
up to the woman and began hurling fireballs,
ice crystals, gusts of wind, and other magical
attacks at the witch. It appeared to hurt the woman
for a while, but then it became innefective and
a huge icey blast was fired off at Ruby, freezing her.
-----"Let's get this over with. I'm hungry." Goro
said, stomping up to the queen, his massive footsteps
shaking the cathedral under his weight. He smashed
her to the ground with his hammer, but only once
before the queen shot a blue ball of ice energy. Goro
squealed like a sissy and ran in circles, but accidently tripped
due to his lardness and fell, the floor quaking from his
weight. "Xiao, be careful!" Toan shouted as Goro was
frozen and he and the cat girl dashed up to the Ice
Queen together. Toan hacked away at her, doing no damage
whatsoever. {"Whoo-wee, what a babe!"} Steve said. {"Don't
tell me I have to shoot HER!"}
-----"Sorry!" Xiao said, pelting the snow queen with
rocks before she, too, was frozen. Toan growled,
yelling and charging at the Snow Queen.
-----"Three gnats down, one to go.." the icey sorceress
muttered.
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-------Toan slashed at her relentlessly, jumping back once
or twice only to dodge icey blasts. He got a good slash in,
cutting her left arm, then another, and another, leaving
three cuts in her dress' left sleeve, frozen crystals of
blood dropping to the ground and shattering. {"H-H-Hey,
l-l-look at th-that, she has i-ice in her v-veins! L-Literally!"} Steve
the Frozen Talking Slingshot remarked. {"Brr, s-someone unfreeze
us, p-p-p-please! I feel m-my arm c-c-cracking.. th-that's not g-g-good.."}
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-----Toan held the Cross Hatch and took stance, preparing to
Windmill Slash the wicked queen; but instead, the ice
sorceress laughed sinisterly. Toan gasped as shards of ice
jutted out of the ground beneath him, barely scraping him
all over as a numbingly cold wind shot up around him. A large
ice crystal fell on him, shattering onto his body. He yelled
in agony, the shards of ice being blown by the mini-tornado
formed around him, cutting him all over, badly in some places.
"Looks like it's over for you." The Ice Queen said with a cold
smirk. She gasped, however, as a flash of green surrounded
Toan. In a mere moment, he dashed at her, his Cross Hatch
blade transforming, a blue crystal blade forming and a gold
ancient hilt appearing in his hand as he thrashed the Queen's
barrier, shattering it in a single blow. "Gah, insolent brat!!
I'll drag you to the grave with me!!" the wicked queen yelled
as Toan's feet were frozen to the ground, the ice slowly spreading
up his leg to eventually freeze him solid.
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----"Don't give up!" called out Ruby's voice as a bolt of lightning
slammed into the Ice Queen, who screamed as she fell backwards.
----"Yeah, you promised me more food if I helped!" Goro said,
who was about to hammer the ice queen before he tripped
and fell on top of her instead - which, trust me, was a LOT more painful.
The ice queen blasted the tub-o-lard off of her with a scream as
fiery rocks began pelting her, each exploding on impact.
----"Don't give up, Toan!" Xiao shouted. {"Yeah! This is no
time to get cold feet!"} Steve added - sarcastic as always. The
ice around the group had melted while the Queen had toyed
with Toan. They were back. Toan groaned, his feet numbening
with pain from the ice, feeling like millions of needles were piercing his
skin simultaneously.
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----Ruby dashed at the queen throwing fireballs at her, before
a huge crystal of ice fell on top of her, shattering and knocking
her out cold. (no pun intended)
----{"I smell repair powder.."} Steve said as Ruby shot more
fiery stones at the queen as she shot jagged shards of ice
at Goro, who fled in terror and smashed up against a wall
idiotically, knocking himself out. {"You know, I had an
ex-girlfriend like her. She was a firecracker.. literally!"}
----Xiao ran out of ammunition, with Steve complaining
about his sore almost-broken arms. She dropped the
slingshot and dashed into the Ice Queen, slashing at
her viciously and biting her with all her animal fury
left inside of her, tearing into the queen and brutally
mauling her before an icey blast sent her flying backwards,
the cat girl screaming as she hit the ground, passing
out cold. (again, no pun intended.)
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----{"Ouch! This ground's cold $@*& it!"} Steve yelled
as he hit the ground. Toan scowled darkly, yelling as he
slashed at the ice around his legs, shattering it, ignoring
the surging pain as his sword cut his leg a bit, bolts of
electricity shooting up his leg on impact. He was like
an unstoppable force of nature as he plowed into the
snow queen, slamming her to the ground with the flat
of his blade. "This one's for Ruby!" he said as he
slammed the witch to the ground again with the hilt
of his sword. "And this one's for Steve the Slingshot!" he
said, kicking the snow queen in the gut a few times.
"And this is for Xiao!!" He smashed his foot into the snow
queen's nose, drinking a bottle of Stamina Drink
before he grabbed her up by the hair, causing her to
scream in agony before he used his stamina-induced
strength to spin her around by her hair and hurl her away with a
slash of his sword. The Ice Queen fell to the ground.
Toan ran up to Xiao, sprinkling some revival powder onto her
before the pain finally caught up to him, his wounds all
paralyzing him as he collapsed next to the feline girl.
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-=Time: Nightfall=-
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----Toan woke up, and started to get up but groaned
in pain as he felt his cuts. He looked down and
saw himself in green&black pajamas, his lower
legs bandaged up, and bandages wrapped around his
upper legs and arms in a couple of places.
"Where.. where am I..?"
----"The fortune teller let us sleep in the front
room." came a soft voice, bringing a smile
to Toan's face.
----"Hey Xiao." he said, looking around, realizing
for the first time that he was lying on the floor
on a worn, creaky matress. "What happened?"
-----"We had to drag your stupid carcass back
here." Goro said.
-----{"That was a brave assault you pulled
today, kiddo."} Steve the Slingshot said. {"Brave..
but frankly, stupid."}
-----"Steve, hush!" Xiao scolded. "That was rude."
-----{"You're so cute when you're angry."}
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-----Xiao put the slingshot away with a sigh as
Goro walked back to his part of the tent and fell
asleep. Xiao leaned down to Toan and they
exhanged whispers for a minute, before kissing
and bidding eachother goodnight as the lights
were turned out.
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-=Time: Midnight=-
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------A cold figure hovered above the town,
wearing shadow-black clothes with a black
trenchcoat, the steel on the tip of his boots
shining in the moonlight. He boredly stared
down at the sleeping burg. "You'll all be
mine, very soon.." he said icily as two figures
crept across a bridge to the other side of
town. The dark figure watched curiously
for a moment or two. "So you're the ones.."
he muttered. "We'll meet soon, boy. You
will fear my name as everyone else does."
With that, he disappeared in a gust
of wind as the pair took out a couple
of pieces of paper and entered
a large building.
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---Author's Note:----
"Remember kiddies, don't try ANY of this at
home!! This is a story, not real life. In real life,
shards of ice cutting you up like that would
cause you to die. In real life, falling on top
of wicked sorceror women is not a good
offensive tactic. And in real life, slingshots
are not enchanted and do not talk."
{"Hey! Not true!"}
"Shut up Steve."
{"But Xiao left me behind..."}
"Hey! I said shut up! You're giving away
a plot twist, idiot!"
{"Hah, big givaway, anyone can
guess that--"}
"SHUT UP OR I'LL LET GORO SIT ON YOU!!"
{"No, not that!! Anything but that!!"}
"THEN SHUT UP!!"
{"Shutting up!....................."}
"Good. Now then. Don't forget to review!
I just beat the Sun&Moon Temple today
and thusly it'll be what I write about
next. Mild Spoilering. And Cheetah,
sorry about Ruby stealing your line,
the gang got ahold of the reviews list.
I hate when they do that.. The Smash Bros
gang does it a lot..."
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"Hey folks, guess what?
Yeah, I knew my popularity
would catch up to me one day.
It's me, Steve, the Talking
Slingshot! And I'm here to say
that SpacePirate Khan does not own
Dark Cloud, or Xiao, or me, or anything.
I get to make an appearance today!
And I'll be one of the main characters
from here on in! Isn't that great!?
I just KNEW being a lowly weapon
would pay off one of these days!
Booyah, lookit me mommy! Throughout
the fic, when you see something such
as {gak, don't let it lick me!}, it means
I'm saying one of my catchy little
phrases. And--"
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**the camera changes to show Khan**
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Author's Note:
----Yeah, yeah, guess you know by now
that Steve the Slingshot has made his
way into my fic... Anyway.. There may be
a bit more romance in this chapter or the
next, depending on how much I can actually
write about a sunken ship and a desolate
town. I guess I should take a moment to
thank Cheetah Smith for reviewing this fic
so much = ) I really appreciate it. Also,
a special thanks goes out to all my pals
that've read this. Alrighty then. Oh yeah,
and the further into the game this fic gets,
the more impressive the fight scenes
against bosses may be. Because let's face
it, Dran and the Forest Guardian were
pathetic both in this fic and in the game.
On with the show!
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-==(={[DarK ClouD}]=)==
~(Behind the Scenes!)~
[Part V; in which Toan gets cold feet]
(hahah.. you'll get the pun later.)
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(]Adventure Day 26[)
(Yes, yes, I skipped a lot
of days, so sue me.)
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"Adventuer Day 26,
I haven't written since the 21st,
so I guess I have to catch up with
the writing. We got to this place
called Brownboo, and found out
some mage people could defeat
the Dark Genie. Unfortunately,
they lived on the Moon. Yeah. Major
downside. And they lost the key to
their ship! Oy vey.. Well, anyway, we're
now in an arabian-like town, searching
for some orb that controlls the
space ship. I've rebuilt a large majority
of the city, and there was this guy
named King who gave me a Lamp for
my trouble. Well, what should come out
of an arabian lamp other than a genie?
Ruby was her name, and her and King
seemed to have had a relationship at one
time.
-----Anyway, now that the town only needs
a few finishing adjustments, it's been pretty
dull around here. Goro's been pigging out
on fruit and cheese and - mostly - fish, to
no surprise. Xiao's been visiting the Cathedral
a lot; I still haven't figured out why. And
me, well, I've been busy reconstructing the
town. Easy, but time consuming. Well,
that's all for today. I'll add to this entry
tonight."
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=Time: Noon=
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------Toan closed his journal; he'd been walking
while writing so the font was a bit sloppy, but he'd
saved time and was at the cathedral. After adding
a tower nearby, he walked in the cathedral building.
And he saw the main reason why he'd come this
way; Xiao. The feline girl was sitting on a step with
the priest, who was explaining about the whole
'marriage' thing, both not noticing Toan walk
in as he slowly walked up to them.
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----"So I can't get married till I'm 18 years old?" Xiao
said, a hint of dissapointment in her voice. The
priest shook his head. "You could get married, but
you would need consent from your parents." he
explained.
-----Toan was about to say hello when Xiao
pounced him. "Trying to sneak up on Xiao, huh?"
said the feline with a triumphant smirk as she
sat on top of Toan, pinning him to the ground.
"Didja forget Xiao was a cat?"
-------"It was worth a try." Toan said with a chuckle.
"Can you let me up now? I found this key today,
I think it'll open that music box we found in the
sea wreck yesterday." he said, flashing a small
golden key.
------"Ooo, Xiao wants to go!" she said, her
eyes gleaming with curiosity as she rolled off of
Toan and stood up. Toan shook hands with
the priest and Xiao gave the man a hug before
the pair walked out of the cathedral. (A/N: I like
the priest, his name is Andrew, just like mine.)
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------Toan and Xiao walked down the docks
to where Goro and Ruby stood, near a submarine.
---"About time you two showed up. I'm hungry." Goro
said, his fat face in a scowl. "Don't tell us to meet
somewhere if you're gonna be late!"
----"Mm-hmm," Ruby said in agreement, "if you
wanted a little privacy you could've just asked." the
genie said with a wink.
-----"Why would we want privacy?" Xiao asked with
a curious look on her face as Toan turned a bit
red. Ruby giggled.
-----"You're too innocent for your own good, hun." she
chuckled as she climbed into the sub. Xiao was still
puzzled, having no idea what Ruby was talking
about as Goro squeezed his fat self into the sub, causing
it to sink slightly. "We better get in before
Goro submerges it." Toan said, grabbing Xiao's hand and
pulling her into the sub with him. They closed the latch
and shot off into the deep blue sea towards an eerie
sunken ship, the only sound known to them was the
occasional tone of sonar and undersea bubbles rising
around them, along with the steady purring of the
submarine's engines.
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-=Five Minutes Later..=-
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-----On the way to the music box, Xiao stopped by a treasure
chest while the others pounded on fish monsters. She opened
it up and saw a slingshot, but it was the most peculiar slingshot
she'd ever seen. At first glance it was the same as any ordinary
slingshot; but upon closer examination, it had a face carved
into it; a few small black buttons lined the middle of it, and two
little boots stuck out from the bottom. Two little arms arched up
and held the rubber band used to launch projectiles at foes,
and on the part where you put ammunition, the name "Steve"
was sewn in silver thread. {*yawn* Yo, 'sup?}
----Xiao squealed and dropped the slingshot in surprise.
Goro, being the nearest and slowest, ran over to her, and
instead of asking what was wrong, he noticed the weapon
and picked it up. "Hmm, nice toy.." he said, holding
it up and shooting a few stones.
----"..! Hey! Give it back, fatso!" Xiao said with a hiss. Goro
scowled. "Or what?" he said, flickign the slingshot once
or twice. Xiao ran up to attack him but he used his massive
weighted gut to bounce her back with a guffaw. Xiao
had a tear in her eye but it quickly dried up as she heard
familiar sneaking footsteps.
----Goro jumped as he felt a tapping on his shoulder, and
turned around to face Toan, who was tapping his right foot
impatiently. "Something wrong here?" Toan asked.
-----"Yeah, that mannerless cat of yours called me fat!"
-----"And she speaks the truth." Toan said with a smirk. Ruby
laughed as she walked into the room upon hearing Toan's
remark. "What are you doing with a slingshot, hmm?"
-----"I-I just wanted to see it--"
-----"He tried to steal it from Xiao, then he knocked Xiao
to the ground!" the feline girl said with a scowl. Goro
looked horrified.
-----"Goro, give Xiao her slingshot back." Toan said,
giving Goro a quick glare. Goro backed down, handing
the slingshot over, before hauling his fat but out of
there. Ruby followed. Toan helped Xiao up and the two
walked into the next room with Goro and Ruby.
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----{"Don't drop me again, understand? I got a headache
now.."} Steve said. Toan looked over. "... Xiao, am I hearing
things or did your weapon just speak?"
----{"Talking weapons aren't weird; what is weird is a
talking cat."} the slingshot muttered.
----"Her name is Xiao." Toan said.
----{"Xiao. Cool name. Guess I'm now officially
your weapon."} Steve said. {"If I could move
my arms I'd shake hands with you all. But since
I can't, how about a friendly shot or two at
each of you?"} Steve added sarcastically.
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-----The group went back to a room with an ominous
music box. Toan walked up to it and put the key into
the keyhole and twisted it. There was the sound of a lock
snapping, and a beautiful song played, along with a message.
((Note: I forget the message, just play the game to this
point.)) Then suddenly they were transported to what
appeared to be the catchedral. An eerie red glow filled
the air as the music continued playing, and a brunette
haired woman slowly turned to face them.
-----"Xiao has a baaad feeling about this.." Xiao said,
twitching slightly. {"Talking in second-person
perspective must be fun."} Steve commented.
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------"I've been waiting for you... for so long..
down here.. under the ocean.." the woman said in
an eerie voice. Xiao hid behind Toan as she said
this, and the lady turned into a creepy looking lady,
also known as The Ice Queen. "... crap." Toan said
as the room became ridged and cold.
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-----"Let me at'er!" Ruby shouted, as she dashed
up to the woman and began hurling fireballs,
ice crystals, gusts of wind, and other magical
attacks at the witch. It appeared to hurt the woman
for a while, but then it became innefective and
a huge icey blast was fired off at Ruby, freezing her.
-----"Let's get this over with. I'm hungry." Goro
said, stomping up to the queen, his massive footsteps
shaking the cathedral under his weight. He smashed
her to the ground with his hammer, but only once
before the queen shot a blue ball of ice energy. Goro
squealed like a sissy and ran in circles, but accidently tripped
due to his lardness and fell, the floor quaking from his
weight. "Xiao, be careful!" Toan shouted as Goro was
frozen and he and the cat girl dashed up to the Ice
Queen together. Toan hacked away at her, doing no damage
whatsoever. {"Whoo-wee, what a babe!"} Steve said. {"Don't
tell me I have to shoot HER!"}
-----"Sorry!" Xiao said, pelting the snow queen with
rocks before she, too, was frozen. Toan growled,
yelling and charging at the Snow Queen.
-----"Three gnats down, one to go.." the icey sorceress
muttered.
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-------Toan slashed at her relentlessly, jumping back once
or twice only to dodge icey blasts. He got a good slash in,
cutting her left arm, then another, and another, leaving
three cuts in her dress' left sleeve, frozen crystals of
blood dropping to the ground and shattering. {"H-H-Hey,
l-l-look at th-that, she has i-ice in her v-veins! L-Literally!"} Steve
the Frozen Talking Slingshot remarked. {"Brr, s-someone unfreeze
us, p-p-p-please! I feel m-my arm c-c-cracking.. th-that's not g-g-good.."}
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-----Toan held the Cross Hatch and took stance, preparing to
Windmill Slash the wicked queen; but instead, the ice
sorceress laughed sinisterly. Toan gasped as shards of ice
jutted out of the ground beneath him, barely scraping him
all over as a numbingly cold wind shot up around him. A large
ice crystal fell on him, shattering onto his body. He yelled
in agony, the shards of ice being blown by the mini-tornado
formed around him, cutting him all over, badly in some places.
"Looks like it's over for you." The Ice Queen said with a cold
smirk. She gasped, however, as a flash of green surrounded
Toan. In a mere moment, he dashed at her, his Cross Hatch
blade transforming, a blue crystal blade forming and a gold
ancient hilt appearing in his hand as he thrashed the Queen's
barrier, shattering it in a single blow. "Gah, insolent brat!!
I'll drag you to the grave with me!!" the wicked queen yelled
as Toan's feet were frozen to the ground, the ice slowly spreading
up his leg to eventually freeze him solid.
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----"Don't give up!" called out Ruby's voice as a bolt of lightning
slammed into the Ice Queen, who screamed as she fell backwards.
----"Yeah, you promised me more food if I helped!" Goro said,
who was about to hammer the ice queen before he tripped
and fell on top of her instead - which, trust me, was a LOT more painful.
The ice queen blasted the tub-o-lard off of her with a scream as
fiery rocks began pelting her, each exploding on impact.
----"Don't give up, Toan!" Xiao shouted. {"Yeah! This is no
time to get cold feet!"} Steve added - sarcastic as always. The
ice around the group had melted while the Queen had toyed
with Toan. They were back. Toan groaned, his feet numbening
with pain from the ice, feeling like millions of needles were piercing his
skin simultaneously.
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----Ruby dashed at the queen throwing fireballs at her, before
a huge crystal of ice fell on top of her, shattering and knocking
her out cold. (no pun intended)
----{"I smell repair powder.."} Steve said as Ruby shot more
fiery stones at the queen as she shot jagged shards of ice
at Goro, who fled in terror and smashed up against a wall
idiotically, knocking himself out. {"You know, I had an
ex-girlfriend like her. She was a firecracker.. literally!"}
----Xiao ran out of ammunition, with Steve complaining
about his sore almost-broken arms. She dropped the
slingshot and dashed into the Ice Queen, slashing at
her viciously and biting her with all her animal fury
left inside of her, tearing into the queen and brutally
mauling her before an icey blast sent her flying backwards,
the cat girl screaming as she hit the ground, passing
out cold. (again, no pun intended.)
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----{"Ouch! This ground's cold $@*& it!"} Steve yelled
as he hit the ground. Toan scowled darkly, yelling as he
slashed at the ice around his legs, shattering it, ignoring
the surging pain as his sword cut his leg a bit, bolts of
electricity shooting up his leg on impact. He was like
an unstoppable force of nature as he plowed into the
snow queen, slamming her to the ground with the flat
of his blade. "This one's for Ruby!" he said as he
slammed the witch to the ground again with the hilt
of his sword. "And this one's for Steve the Slingshot!" he
said, kicking the snow queen in the gut a few times.
"And this is for Xiao!!" He smashed his foot into the snow
queen's nose, drinking a bottle of Stamina Drink
before he grabbed her up by the hair, causing her to
scream in agony before he used his stamina-induced
strength to spin her around by her hair and hurl her away with a
slash of his sword. The Ice Queen fell to the ground.
Toan ran up to Xiao, sprinkling some revival powder onto her
before the pain finally caught up to him, his wounds all
paralyzing him as he collapsed next to the feline girl.
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-=Time: Nightfall=-
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----Toan woke up, and started to get up but groaned
in pain as he felt his cuts. He looked down and
saw himself in green&black pajamas, his lower
legs bandaged up, and bandages wrapped around his
upper legs and arms in a couple of places.
"Where.. where am I..?"
----"The fortune teller let us sleep in the front
room." came a soft voice, bringing a smile
to Toan's face.
----"Hey Xiao." he said, looking around, realizing
for the first time that he was lying on the floor
on a worn, creaky matress. "What happened?"
-----"We had to drag your stupid carcass back
here." Goro said.
-----{"That was a brave assault you pulled
today, kiddo."} Steve the Slingshot said. {"Brave..
but frankly, stupid."}
-----"Steve, hush!" Xiao scolded. "That was rude."
-----{"You're so cute when you're angry."}
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-----Xiao put the slingshot away with a sigh as
Goro walked back to his part of the tent and fell
asleep. Xiao leaned down to Toan and they
exhanged whispers for a minute, before kissing
and bidding eachother goodnight as the lights
were turned out.
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-=Time: Midnight=-
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------A cold figure hovered above the town,
wearing shadow-black clothes with a black
trenchcoat, the steel on the tip of his boots
shining in the moonlight. He boredly stared
down at the sleeping burg. "You'll all be
mine, very soon.." he said icily as two figures
crept across a bridge to the other side of
town. The dark figure watched curiously
for a moment or two. "So you're the ones.."
he muttered. "We'll meet soon, boy. You
will fear my name as everyone else does."
With that, he disappeared in a gust
of wind as the pair took out a couple
of pieces of paper and entered
a large building.
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---Author's Note:----
"Remember kiddies, don't try ANY of this at
home!! This is a story, not real life. In real life,
shards of ice cutting you up like that would
cause you to die. In real life, falling on top
of wicked sorceror women is not a good
offensive tactic. And in real life, slingshots
are not enchanted and do not talk."
{"Hey! Not true!"}
"Shut up Steve."
{"But Xiao left me behind..."}
"Hey! I said shut up! You're giving away
a plot twist, idiot!"
{"Hah, big givaway, anyone can
guess that--"}
"SHUT UP OR I'LL LET GORO SIT ON YOU!!"
{"No, not that!! Anything but that!!"}
"THEN SHUT UP!!"
{"Shutting up!....................."}
"Good. Now then. Don't forget to review!
I just beat the Sun&Moon Temple today
and thusly it'll be what I write about
next. Mild Spoilering. And Cheetah,
sorry about Ruby stealing your line,
the gang got ahold of the reviews list.
I hate when they do that.. The Smash Bros
gang does it a lot..."
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