Disclaimer by Steve:
"Khan does not own Dark Cloud.
Heck it's so old now thanks to his
so-called 'writer's block' no one'll
be interested anymore. But I shall never
give up hope! For I'm better than him. I
am... SUPER STEVE!
...
Well actually I'm just Steve. But still,
a talking slingshot? That's pretty super
anyway! And while we're on the subject
of talking about slingshots, namely me--"
*insert witty interruption*
Author's Note:
My sincerest apologies for not updating in
so long. Thanks should go to whoever it was
that emailed me about it - that encouraged
me a lot to know someone liked this tale that
much. Oh and I've given up on the dashes for
spacing - looking back, that just looked weird.
Anyway, to make up for it, I'm gonna cram several
parts of the game in here - bear in mind I haven't
played the game in atleast a year now, so... yeah.
{"Translation? The spoiler-free zones are just things
he forgot..."}
Oh shut up Steve. Anyway, I hated these two levels in
the game; the Desert thing where you get UNgaga, and the
blasted space area. Both were sooo long and monotonous!
Ugh! Atleast the final area changes just a bit the further
into it you go. And as awesome as a fight with that hidden
boss would be, I'll have to hold off on it for now, for
two big reasons;
1.) 100 Floors!? Whoever came up with THAT bright idea
should be mauled by Xiao. I couldn't stand the monotony
of seeing the same rooms 20+ times, much less 100...
2.) Dark Cloud, my copy anyway, is.. *sniff*.. LOST!
Oh and don't expect any Dark Cloud 2 fics from me, cuz that
game has no Xiao, no Toan, heck, no Goro! I hate the guy but
you gotta admit, he's so fun to make fun of =P
Apologies for people who are insulted by the way I insult
Goro, but as that was only one person complaining, I can't
resist being mean to the hammer-toting oaf. Now enough wasting
your time with a huge author's note, On with the fic!
Oh yeah, one final note/warning, I HATE THIS PART OF THE GAME!!!
So expect most of the writing to be between-the-lines, except
for the boss fighting scenes of coarse. In other words; don't
get mad when I use time lapses. But this has still turned out to
be a long chapter. So, enjoy =)
-==(={[DarK ClouD}]=)==
~(Between the Lines!)~ (Yes, I FINALLY fixed the title.)
[Part VII; in which the adventure... ends?]
"Adventure Day 30,
We've set off towards the moon, and, well, something
has been troubling me. Many things, actually. What if
we aren't able to stop this Dark Genie? He's supposed
to be the most feared being on the planet... but that
pales in comparison to the nightmares I've had lately.
I've been worried.. what if the changing potion only
had temporary effects? What if Xiao turns back into a
house cat? I've never even heard of that potion before,
I don't know how it works, so I could be worrying for
nothing. But those nightmares seemed so real..."
"You look troubled." called a soft voice behind Toan,
causing his heart to skip a beat before he relaxed once
more. He put his journal away and turned to face the
feline girl behind him. "Can Xiao help?"
The two sat on a small bed, in a dim room lit by nothing
more than a single candle.
"Nothing's wrong, I just had a bad dream, that's all." Toan
said, sliding back in the bed to sit next to Xiao.
"Xiao didn't know dreams could be bad. Poor Toan." Xiao
said with a frown, hugging the green clad hero. "Tell Xiao
what happened."
Toan looked down at the demi-feline, and sighed. He didn't
want her to worry like he was; even though her cute, but naive
nature would probably keep her from worrying, he wasn't
going to take the chance; but at the same time, he knew
Xiao wasn't going to leave him alone untill he gave her an
answer. "It was... Goro... he tripped and fell on top of me."
Xiao's eyes widened and she clung to Toan, shivering a bit.
"That IS a scary dream! Xiao doesn't want to sleep now!" she
said, clinging to Toan as if for her life. Toan layed back
and cuddled Xiao close to him. "Don't be silly, Xiao. Dreams
can't hurt you." Toan said, running his fingers softly through
Xiao's reddish hair.
The cat girl looked up at him curiously. "Really?" she asked,
staring at Toan unblinkingly. Toan nodded, and Xiao sighed out
of relief, nuzzling into Toan. "That's good.." she said with
a yawn. "... cuz Xiao's sleepy..."
"Yeah, Toan's sleepy too." Toan said, finding the second-person
speech rather addictive as he closed his eyes, the two of them
sound asleep in less than a minute.
(]Adventure Day 40[)
Toan and the little mechanical rabbit walked down the grey path
towards the Arena, where a great prize was being given away -
something they needed to power a gigantic robot which was built
to destroy the Dark Genie. Toan stepped into the arena, right
on schedule, as the warrior he remembered seeing sign up before
him was slammed into the wall beside the entrance.
In the middle of the arena stood a gigantic bull-like creature,
much like a minotaur. It glared at Toan as he entered the arena,
the giant doors slamming shut behind the boy in green. "Haven't
fought alone in a while... this could be fun." he said, pulling
out a large blue-crystal-bladed sword and taking stance.
"Can no one stop this mighty beast? If he wins one more round,
the minotaur goes home with the grand prize! Let the final
match begin!" shouted the announcer as the crowds roared in
applause.
The bull rushed Toan before he'd expected it, and the young
hero had just enough time to jump over the moronic titan, who
continued charging and slammed into the arena wall head-on.
The beast shook its head and growled, turning to glare viciously
at Toan once more.
The hero got his sword ready, and smirked at the oaf, who began
charging again. Toan leaped over its head and spun around as he
landed behind the beast, slashing it's hind quarters in one quick
circular swing. The monster roared and stood on its hands, kicking
TOan with is feet and sending him flying backwards.
"Oooh, don't forget what happened to the last guy who did that
to the minotaur!" the announcer shouted. "This won't end well!"
Toan laughed as he stood back up, dusting himself off. "Oh,
gee, I'm really shaking." he said, pulling his sword out just
in time to be headbutted back into the wall he just got slammed
into a few seconds ago. Toan gasped and rolled out of the way
just in time to avoid getting gored through the wall by a pair
of jagged horns, and while the bull was stuck in the wall Toan
began slashing him all over as much as possible.
The creature finally broke free of the wall and punched Toan
in the face; the hero in green fell backwards and rolled back
on his feet in time to meet another, weaker punch, just enough
to stun him for a roundhouse kick to the gut and one final blow
to the chin, knocking him backwards once again and sending him
flying into the air.
As Toan was about to land, the bull nailed him in the back
twice with his hooves, sending him flying higher than before.
Poor TOan was being tossed like a ragdoll, and as he was
getting ready to land as best as he could, the bull charged
him and slammed him into the wall. Toan yelled in pain as his
left arm was grazed by one of the bull's horns, blood dripping
down from the wound as the bull smirked coldly, snorting a
bit of dust at Toan as it began punching him into the wall even
harder than before, then finally grabbing Toan and slinging him up
into the air.
Toan growled as he flew into the air. "... if I'm not careful..
this guy's gonna.. kill me.." he said as he tried to get a grip
on his sword, but after one more heavy uppercut to the back,
Toan went flying up higher than ever, losing grip of his sword.
".. no..!" he shouted weakly as his limp body began to fall again.
Toan hit the ground hard, sending dust flying from under him as
the Bull walked up and put a foot on his chest, shaking his hands
victoriously before walking to the middle of the arena and doing
other goofy dances and the like.
"I don't think he's getting up this time! Let's start the countdown!"
"1... 2... 3...." the announcer began shouting, the crowd still
cheering as loud as ever.
"I've got.. to get up.." Toan said mentally, but he was so bruised,
beaten and weak, he couldn't force himself up an inch. "4... 5... 6..."
came the shouts of the announcer as Toan looked up with a sigh,
giving up entirely. His body was practically numb with pain at this
point. "7... 8... 9..."
Suddenly a loud roaring was heard and the entire crowd fell silent,
allowing for an echoing thud to be heaerd moments later. Toan blinked,
confused, and looked over to see that his sword had miraculously fallen
into the miniotaur and stabbed it's head somehow, killing it in seconds.
"... WELL! In a shocking turn of events, the newcomer is the champion!!"
the announcer shouted, causing a new uproar of cheers. His head was
throbbing, his entire body was sore, and his arm had searing pain
coarsing through it, but he was still able to force a smile. Nothing
could stop them now; the Dark Genie was going to die.
((Time: That Evening))
Toan was carried into a guest room in an alien house near the factory
by Ruby and Goro. "Why can't the whimp carry himself?" grumbled Goro
as they walked into the room, with Xiao worriedly stalking the trio.
"He's probably just faking all this pain and stuff so we'll carry him!
The lazy good for nothing--"
Goro heard a menacing hiss from behind him, and a look of horror
fell upon his face. Ruby grinned, relieving Goro of the task of
carrying Toan as she sat him down in the bed and floated off, stopping
at the door as loud yells were heard to watch Goro getting mauled
by a very much ticked off cat girl. "Ruby!!! Saaaave meee!!" Goro
yelled out in agony, as more loud hisses were heard and thud after
thud accompanied the floor shaking a bit every second. Xiao had Goro
pinned on his gut, sitting on Goro's back and grabbing him by his hair,
slamming his face into the floor over and over again.
"You should've known better than to insult a feline's injured mate." Ruby
said with a chuckle as she floated off. "Noo! Wait!! Come baaack!" Goro
whined, before, after one more minute of beating, he escaped and ran for
his life, leaving Xiao behind, who currently sported a proud grin at what
she'd just done.
------------------------------
Toan was walking down a forest path with Xiao, heading back home.
The Dark Genie had been slain, and he was heading home to live a
happy peaceful life. The pair were walking hand in hand, and
were about to reach the end of the forest, when Toan noticed Xiao's
hand was beginning to get furrier than usual, as well as her fingers
were shrinking and getting rounder. ".. Xiao, what's happening?"
Toan said, looking over and, to his horror, Xiao was turning back into
a simple house cat. ".. oh no." he said, dread filling him as the cat
began to run away. "Xiao, come back!" he shouted, chasing after the
feline; but no matter how fast he tried to run, he couldn't even
vaguely catch up to her. And suddenly the ground under him began
to give way and everything around him shattered as if it were glass,
sending him plunging into a void of pure darkness.
Toan hit the ground hard, standing up a few moments upon the cold
hard stone to look around as a spotlight surrounded him from out
of nowhere. He was supposed to be strong; supposed to be unphased
by anything, the hero destined to save the world. But the thought
of losing Xiao forever made him want to cry.
But then he heard loud footsteps, sounding as if they came from
a pair of boots circling around him. "Poor little Toan." said
a deep voice, which echoed throughout the void. "What will you
do now? You've lost everything you held dear."
Toan sighed as he looked around. "Nothing. This is just a weird
nightmare." he said confidently, relieved upon the realization of
it. Then he saw the shadowed image of a person walk barely into
the light, revealing a long coat, pants, boots and a shirt, all
of which were as black as the darkness around them.
"A nightmare? Or is it a vision of what is yet to come?" the
man said, a tone of amusement in his voice. Toan looked at
the figure curiously. "A.. vision?"
"You're going to be betrayed, Toan. Betrayed by someone
you'd never imagine would be so cruel." the eerie figure
said as he began pacing around Toan once more. Toan
stared at him, not letting him behind his back for a second.
".. you're lying. This is just a dream, nothing more." he
said, reaching for his sword, but it wasn't there. The
dark figure chuckled dryly.
"I'm not your enemy, Toan. In fact, if you'll trust me,
I'll help you get revenge when the time comes." he said
with a grin. Toan still wasn't sure of this man's intentions,
but decided to make sure of a few things.
"Ok, if you supposedly know what's going to happen,
who's going to betray me? Don't say it's Xiao." he said,
ready to just ignore everything the man had to say if
it was.
But he merely laughed a bit and turned to face Toan in the
darkness. "I cannot tell you anything right now."
"In that case, I guess we'll just have to see, as you said,
when the time comes." Toan said, beginning to grow annoyed
with this ominous person.
"Fine, fine. For your own comfort, it isn't going to
be Xiao." the mysterious figure said. "For now, just
wake up already."
"Wake up, Toan... Toan, wake up.." a voice called over
and over again as Toan was enveloped in darkness completely.
-----------------
(Time: 2:20 am)
Toan slowly opened his eyes to see a worried feline staring
at him from right in front of his face. Xiao had been sitting
on top of Toan, trying to wake him up for the last five
minutes. ".. what is it, Xiao?" Toan asked groggily. Xiao
sighed out of relief and nuzzled into Toan's neck affectionately.
"Xiao heard you shouting while you slept." the cat girl
said. "Xiao was worried you were having a bad dream
again."
"Oh.. thanks for waking me up." Toan said with a smile,
before groaning a bit as sharp pains here and there reminded
him of his wounds; most of them had been healed, but a few
of the worse ones were still recovering. You didn't think
those healing items always worked instantly did you?
Xiao sat up on top of TOan once more. "Hey Toan, guess
what Xiao did?" she asked. Toan looked up at her
for a moment, before saying "Hmm... I give up, what?"
"Xiao mauled Goro for calling you a whimp!" Xiao said
with a triumphant grin. Toan laughed at this for a
little bit.
"Great job, Xiao." he said, "you're the first one of us
to put that moron in his place."
"Put him in his place? Xiao didn't put him anywhere, Xiao
beat him up!" said the feline girl, a bit confused. Toan
chuckled a little bit.
"It was a figure of speech." he said. "Pretty much means
the same as what you just did."
"Ohhh. Humans talk weird." Xiao said, before rolling over
next to Toan and snuggling up against him with a yawn.
"Xiao's still sleepy now.. good night."
Toan grinned and rolled over to kiss Xiao good night,
cuddling her close as the pair fell asleep. The final
fight with the Dark Genie would come soon, and that weird
dream worried hima little as well, but he knew as long
as he had Xiao by his side, he could get through anything.
(]Adventure Day 50[)
{"That's right, Khan can't remember much of anything that
happened in the last part of the game, so he's skipping
straigt to the final fight. Spoiler free? Yeah, but who
cares? It's so fun to make fun of the bum! Oh to those who
haven't played the game and may wonder, the weapon built
to stop the Dark Genie? It failed."}
The party stood before the Dark Genie himself. The hideous
demonic purple creature, who was about to destroy everything.
The evil creature they were trying to slay throughout their
entire quest. They were finally there... and ready to kick his
sorry butt for putting them through hundreds of monotonous
dungeon floors.
"He doesn't look so tough." Goro said as he pulled out a
giant frozen fish to fight with.
"Let's finish this." Ruby said, sliding a shining wristband
on as an aura surrounded her.
{"MAN, there's a face only a mother could love!"} Steve
said sarcastically. {"... then again, not even a
mother could love a face that ugly!"}
"Goro smash ugly purple thing!" Goro yelled, rushing up
to the big purple creature to smack it with his fish. As
he drew near however, the Dark Genie held his hand out and
blasted Goro with a powerful beam of magic, sending the
idiot flying backwards, the ground quaking as he landed.
Toan pulled out his sword as Xiao took stance with Steve
and the real fight began.
"You'll never stop me, you fools! You're all going to die,
right now!" the Dark Genie yelled as a shockwave covered
the area, blasting the entire team backwards a ways.
Ruby spun back to her feet and hovered into the air,
rapidily shooting beams of magic one after the other.
Xiao clung to the ground, skidding to a stop before jumping
up and shooting at the Dark Genie, trying to poke out his
eyes with a rock or two. The purple demon blocked the magic
shots with one of his arms, catching each stome with another
before he reached out and picked up Goro, slinging him at
Ruby as if he were a weapon.
The genie gasped and flew out of the way just in time as
Goro landed and tumbled, rolling over and crushing the poor
little midget robotic rabbit thing. (I forget his name,
dang it e_e)
Toan rushed up to the fiend and jabbed his sword through
the Dark Genie's hand. The creature roared and slammed
its free fist into Toan, bashing him aside.
"Hey! No one does that to Xiao's mate!" Xiao shouted,
putting a few crystals into Steve and loading up a fresh
stock of bullets, spraying the Dark Genie as she slowly
made her way towards Toan.
The Dark Genie blocked every singe one of them, and right
as he was getting ready to counter-strike, a spear impaled
his arm, as well as a new burst of magic bursts. He roared
once more and turned to glare at Ungana and Ruby, opening
fire with hundreds of magic beams upon them.
Xiao sprinkled some repair powder on Steve as she reached
Toan, who was already on his feet and getting his sword
ready for a fresh assault.
Suddenly, Steve began to glow and a cape appeared behind
him, as well as a goofy little outfit to replace his old
clothes and a little Superman-parody emblem on his chest.
{"Hey! Look, in Xiao's hands! Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's... SUPER STEVE!"} the Slingshot shouted happily.
"Xiao thinks we should work together." the feline said to
Toan. He nodded. "That's what we've been doing, Xiao."
"No, listen, Steve's got an idea!" Xiao said happily.
The Dark Genie hurled two huge beams into Ruby and Ungaga,
slamming them both into a wall with an evil smirk. "Now
for you.." he said, turning to face Toan and Xiao. The
pair smirked as Toan stepped on Super STeve's stone holding
thing and Xiao gave Steve some stamina drink (I know you
can't do that on the game but work with me here =p)
"Let's see you handle this!" Toan shouted as Super Steve
hurled him at the Dark Genie. Toan landed on the Dark Genie's
chest, stabbing through his skull and kicking off, doing
a backflip and.. getting slammed by a beam of magic, flying
into the wall next to Xiao.
The Dark Genie roared in agony, the sword still stuck through
his face, and in less than ten seconds the Dark Genie had
disintegrated and was no more.
Everyone slowly staggared up (except for Xiao, the only one
who wasn't injured, and except for the little bunny dude.
Having Goro fall on you is not pleasant, and something he
may not walk away from without being carried.)
Toan passed out the healing items and they all stared at
where the Dark Genie once stood. After the initial shock
of winning was over, they all began cheering loudly and
hugging one another and dancing around to celebrate.
-----------------
((Time: After Dark Genie's demise, the next day))
PROLOGUE...?:
After the Dark Genie was slain, the heroes went
their seperate ways. Well, most of them atleast.
The bunny dude whos name escapes me departed for
Brownboo once more, to begin a career as an
inventer. Ruby decided to roam the planet. After
being cooped up in a lamp for so long, she
wanted to live life as an adventure and find things
no man or woman had seen before.
Goro went back to being a forest hermit. He was too
lazy to be adventurous, and too anti-social to go
with anybody else. Ungaga returned to his villiage,
determined now that he was stronger, to defend it
from any threat that may ever arise again.
And Toan and Xiao were walking towards Toan's
home town, going through a forest at the moment,
only an hour after getting rid of Goro. The
pair were happily walking hand in hand, with Xiao
leaning her head on Toan's shoulder as they
went.
"Mom hasn't seen me in so long... she's gonna
freak when she finds out..." Toan said with
a chuckle. He dreaded it, and knew it'd be a
headache, but untill the time came it was atleast
an amusing thought. Xiao seemed confused at this
comment however. "Why would Toan's mom 'freak"?"
Xiao asked curiously.
"Uh, well, freak is a figure of speech, it means
she'd get really mad." Toan explained.
"Xiao hates figures of speech, they're so confusing!
But why would she get mad?"
"Well... you know how humans aren't supposed to get
married untill they're 18 or older, unless they
have written consent from their parents?" Toan asked.
Xiao nodded.
"Well..." he continud, "... we didn't exactly get
our parents' consent. She has no idea we're even together."
"Ohh. But why should it matter?" Xiao asked. "I know
Xiao's mother would be proud for Xiao, if Xiao knew
where she was... Xiao is the only cat to ever be
mates with a human!"
"Well, maybe a cat would be happy of that. Who knows,
I could be wrong." Toan said, lightly scratching behind
Xiao's ears, causing the cat girl to purr.
Suddenly, there was a beam of light that appeared in front
of them, and the Fairy King appeared. Toan looked at him
with a grin. "Hey, Fairy King. I didn't think you came on
friendly visits without business."
"Actually, there is a certain matter of business I must
speak to you about." the Fairy King said, walking up to
the pair. Xiao gulped and hid behind Toan.
"Xiao, what's wrong?" Toan asked. "This is the Fairy King,
he's nothing to be afraid of."
Toan looked back at the King. "So, what's the matter?"
"Well... although the Dark Genie has been destroyed,
there are disturbances remaining... things that aren't
meant to be the way they are now in this world." the Fairy
King said, a solomn look on his face. "... while one of
the disturbances still eludes me, I do know where
one problem is arrising from."
"And you want me to stop it?" Toan said with a grin.
The Fairy King sighed.
"No, Toan, I couldn't ask you to do this. All I can ask
you to do, is to remember that it is for the best of
this world, and that you won't interfere."
Toan looked a bit scared by this. "What.. do you mean,
Fairy King?" he asked, a confused and worried look on
his face. Whatever it was had to be serious, or F.K.
wouldn't be talking to him like this...
"That Changing Potion was never meant to exist in
this world." the Fairy King said, keeping the same
solemn frown. Toan looked even more horrified now.
"Just what are you saying?" he said, his voice
raised a bit now. The Fairy King sighed again.
"Toan... Xiao wasn't meant to become a cat girl.
Half-human felines weren't meant to exist in this
world, otherwise I'd have given you such a potion
myself. The only reason I allowed her to remain in
this form as long as I have was because I knew you
wouldn't be able to do this quest without her."
"So now that your precious world isn't threatened
you're just going to turn her back into a cat?" Toan
said angrily. "Xiao, what do you want?"
"Xiao doesn't want to be a cat again..." called a broken
up voice behind Toan, accompanied by sniffing now and
then. "Xiao wants to stay like this..."
Toan glared at the Fairy King.
"You hear that? She wants to stay like she is now."
"What she wants isn't what is best for her, or for
this world." the Fairy King said. "Please, don't
make this difficult, or I'll have to use force."
"Pch, I just slayed the Dark Genie, old man. And
you'll have to get through me first." Toan said with
a scowl as he pulled out his sword.
The Fairy King sighed once again. "So be it." he
said as a white aura surrounded him.
Toan held his sword defensively; he felt betrayed
now, felt like he'd enjoy nothing better than to
strike down the old man right about now. But something
in him, his heroic side, held him back at the moment.
A moment too long.
Toan was surrounded by a similar white aura as he
was jerked away by magical force, being slammed
into a tree, his sword flying into a rock on the
opposite side of the path, getting it stuck quite
deeply.
The young hero groaned and looked in horror as
a white aura surrounded Xiao. SHe screamed, tears
streaming down her face as her skin began to grow
furrier, her body shorter, and her overall appearance
more and more catlike untill she was her old
house cat self.
"No! What have you done!?" Toan yelled as he stood
up and rushed at the old man, jerking his sword out
of the nearby stone and swinging it at him. The Fairy
King easily dodged, before a magical barrier surrounded him.
Toan began striking the barrier time and time again,
attacking more ferociously than he did against anyone
before.
"It had to be done, Toan." the Fairy King said. "It
had to be done..."
And in a matter of seconds, the Fairy King vanished in
the same pillar of light he appeared from. Toan just
stood there a moment, breathing heavily as he dropped
his sword, too stunned at the recent events to move.
And after a few seconds he walked over to Xiao and
sat down, picking her up and cuddling her in his lap.
The little house cat, who currently had watery eyes
and damp fur around her face, began to purr as he
did so, nuzzling up to him affectionately.
"I'm sorry, Xiao... I should have been able to stop
him..." Toan sighed, his eyes filling with some
tears of his own. Already he missed her naive
personality, her soft voice, the way she would stalk
him everywhere he went, every little thing
she did...
"What did I tell you? Betrayed, just as I had
predicted." said a somewhat familiar voice behind Toan.
Toan turned around to see a young man, who wore all
black; a black trenchcoat, black shirt, black pants,
and black boots. "Atleast you've still got eachother."
the man said with a bit of a laugh.
"You.. you said you could help me when this
happened, right?" Toan said, standing up, still holding
the feline close. "Who are you, and how can
you help?"
The man in the coat took a slight bow.
"The name's Dimitri Aosis, kid. And as for helping you,
well, you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours." he
said with an unnervingly mischievious grin. Toan
stared at him for a few moments as Dimitri extended a
hand. "I'll give you the power, and the resources, to
get revenge on this Fairy King, and keep him from turning
Xiao back to normal. I know as a hero you have somewhat
of a bleeding heart, so I'll let you imprison the old
fart instead." Dimitri said, not giving Toan a chance
to interrupt before he continued. "You see, I come from
another world myself, and the old man won't give me peace
of mind. I could easily deal with him myself, but, well,
as embarrassed as it is to say it, I don't know how to work
the containment field. I'll be watching you, and the moment
your task is finished, I will turn Xiao half-human myself,
and you'll never have to worry again."
{"Boy, the man sure likes to talk. Can someone pick me
up here? I've been lying on the cold hard ground for ten
minutes people!"} Steve yelled from the dirt behind
Toan. He ignored the slingshot for now and, without
hesitation, took Dimitri's hand and shook it a few times.
"You've got yourself a deal." said Toan. Dimitri
grinned once more. "Excellent..."
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--To Be Continued--
-------------------
Wow, longest chapter yet. I think. Who is Dimitri, and can he
really be trusted? Will Toan succeed, and live happily
ever after? Find out, when I get off my lazy butt and
write Part VIII!
{"If anyone ever reads this story again, that is. You
take too long, you dimwitted moronic lazy-"}
And one final question to leave you in suspense:
Will Steve the Slingshot lose his position as Disclaimer
spokesperson!?
{"O_O... uh oh."}
Find out this and more next chapter!
"Khan does not own Dark Cloud.
Heck it's so old now thanks to his
so-called 'writer's block' no one'll
be interested anymore. But I shall never
give up hope! For I'm better than him. I
am... SUPER STEVE!
...
Well actually I'm just Steve. But still,
a talking slingshot? That's pretty super
anyway! And while we're on the subject
of talking about slingshots, namely me--"
*insert witty interruption*
Author's Note:
My sincerest apologies for not updating in
so long. Thanks should go to whoever it was
that emailed me about it - that encouraged
me a lot to know someone liked this tale that
much. Oh and I've given up on the dashes for
spacing - looking back, that just looked weird.
Anyway, to make up for it, I'm gonna cram several
parts of the game in here - bear in mind I haven't
played the game in atleast a year now, so... yeah.
{"Translation? The spoiler-free zones are just things
he forgot..."}
Oh shut up Steve. Anyway, I hated these two levels in
the game; the Desert thing where you get UNgaga, and the
blasted space area. Both were sooo long and monotonous!
Ugh! Atleast the final area changes just a bit the further
into it you go. And as awesome as a fight with that hidden
boss would be, I'll have to hold off on it for now, for
two big reasons;
1.) 100 Floors!? Whoever came up with THAT bright idea
should be mauled by Xiao. I couldn't stand the monotony
of seeing the same rooms 20+ times, much less 100...
2.) Dark Cloud, my copy anyway, is.. *sniff*.. LOST!
Oh and don't expect any Dark Cloud 2 fics from me, cuz that
game has no Xiao, no Toan, heck, no Goro! I hate the guy but
you gotta admit, he's so fun to make fun of =P
Apologies for people who are insulted by the way I insult
Goro, but as that was only one person complaining, I can't
resist being mean to the hammer-toting oaf. Now enough wasting
your time with a huge author's note, On with the fic!
Oh yeah, one final note/warning, I HATE THIS PART OF THE GAME!!!
So expect most of the writing to be between-the-lines, except
for the boss fighting scenes of coarse. In other words; don't
get mad when I use time lapses. But this has still turned out to
be a long chapter. So, enjoy =)
-==(={[DarK ClouD}]=)==
~(Between the Lines!)~ (Yes, I FINALLY fixed the title.)
[Part VII; in which the adventure... ends?]
"Adventure Day 30,
We've set off towards the moon, and, well, something
has been troubling me. Many things, actually. What if
we aren't able to stop this Dark Genie? He's supposed
to be the most feared being on the planet... but that
pales in comparison to the nightmares I've had lately.
I've been worried.. what if the changing potion only
had temporary effects? What if Xiao turns back into a
house cat? I've never even heard of that potion before,
I don't know how it works, so I could be worrying for
nothing. But those nightmares seemed so real..."
"You look troubled." called a soft voice behind Toan,
causing his heart to skip a beat before he relaxed once
more. He put his journal away and turned to face the
feline girl behind him. "Can Xiao help?"
The two sat on a small bed, in a dim room lit by nothing
more than a single candle.
"Nothing's wrong, I just had a bad dream, that's all." Toan
said, sliding back in the bed to sit next to Xiao.
"Xiao didn't know dreams could be bad. Poor Toan." Xiao
said with a frown, hugging the green clad hero. "Tell Xiao
what happened."
Toan looked down at the demi-feline, and sighed. He didn't
want her to worry like he was; even though her cute, but naive
nature would probably keep her from worrying, he wasn't
going to take the chance; but at the same time, he knew
Xiao wasn't going to leave him alone untill he gave her an
answer. "It was... Goro... he tripped and fell on top of me."
Xiao's eyes widened and she clung to Toan, shivering a bit.
"That IS a scary dream! Xiao doesn't want to sleep now!" she
said, clinging to Toan as if for her life. Toan layed back
and cuddled Xiao close to him. "Don't be silly, Xiao. Dreams
can't hurt you." Toan said, running his fingers softly through
Xiao's reddish hair.
The cat girl looked up at him curiously. "Really?" she asked,
staring at Toan unblinkingly. Toan nodded, and Xiao sighed out
of relief, nuzzling into Toan. "That's good.." she said with
a yawn. "... cuz Xiao's sleepy..."
"Yeah, Toan's sleepy too." Toan said, finding the second-person
speech rather addictive as he closed his eyes, the two of them
sound asleep in less than a minute.
(]Adventure Day 40[)
Toan and the little mechanical rabbit walked down the grey path
towards the Arena, where a great prize was being given away -
something they needed to power a gigantic robot which was built
to destroy the Dark Genie. Toan stepped into the arena, right
on schedule, as the warrior he remembered seeing sign up before
him was slammed into the wall beside the entrance.
In the middle of the arena stood a gigantic bull-like creature,
much like a minotaur. It glared at Toan as he entered the arena,
the giant doors slamming shut behind the boy in green. "Haven't
fought alone in a while... this could be fun." he said, pulling
out a large blue-crystal-bladed sword and taking stance.
"Can no one stop this mighty beast? If he wins one more round,
the minotaur goes home with the grand prize! Let the final
match begin!" shouted the announcer as the crowds roared in
applause.
The bull rushed Toan before he'd expected it, and the young
hero had just enough time to jump over the moronic titan, who
continued charging and slammed into the arena wall head-on.
The beast shook its head and growled, turning to glare viciously
at Toan once more.
The hero got his sword ready, and smirked at the oaf, who began
charging again. Toan leaped over its head and spun around as he
landed behind the beast, slashing it's hind quarters in one quick
circular swing. The monster roared and stood on its hands, kicking
TOan with is feet and sending him flying backwards.
"Oooh, don't forget what happened to the last guy who did that
to the minotaur!" the announcer shouted. "This won't end well!"
Toan laughed as he stood back up, dusting himself off. "Oh,
gee, I'm really shaking." he said, pulling his sword out just
in time to be headbutted back into the wall he just got slammed
into a few seconds ago. Toan gasped and rolled out of the way
just in time to avoid getting gored through the wall by a pair
of jagged horns, and while the bull was stuck in the wall Toan
began slashing him all over as much as possible.
The creature finally broke free of the wall and punched Toan
in the face; the hero in green fell backwards and rolled back
on his feet in time to meet another, weaker punch, just enough
to stun him for a roundhouse kick to the gut and one final blow
to the chin, knocking him backwards once again and sending him
flying into the air.
As Toan was about to land, the bull nailed him in the back
twice with his hooves, sending him flying higher than before.
Poor TOan was being tossed like a ragdoll, and as he was
getting ready to land as best as he could, the bull charged
him and slammed him into the wall. Toan yelled in pain as his
left arm was grazed by one of the bull's horns, blood dripping
down from the wound as the bull smirked coldly, snorting a
bit of dust at Toan as it began punching him into the wall even
harder than before, then finally grabbing Toan and slinging him up
into the air.
Toan growled as he flew into the air. "... if I'm not careful..
this guy's gonna.. kill me.." he said as he tried to get a grip
on his sword, but after one more heavy uppercut to the back,
Toan went flying up higher than ever, losing grip of his sword.
".. no..!" he shouted weakly as his limp body began to fall again.
Toan hit the ground hard, sending dust flying from under him as
the Bull walked up and put a foot on his chest, shaking his hands
victoriously before walking to the middle of the arena and doing
other goofy dances and the like.
"I don't think he's getting up this time! Let's start the countdown!"
"1... 2... 3...." the announcer began shouting, the crowd still
cheering as loud as ever.
"I've got.. to get up.." Toan said mentally, but he was so bruised,
beaten and weak, he couldn't force himself up an inch. "4... 5... 6..."
came the shouts of the announcer as Toan looked up with a sigh,
giving up entirely. His body was practically numb with pain at this
point. "7... 8... 9..."
Suddenly a loud roaring was heard and the entire crowd fell silent,
allowing for an echoing thud to be heaerd moments later. Toan blinked,
confused, and looked over to see that his sword had miraculously fallen
into the miniotaur and stabbed it's head somehow, killing it in seconds.
"... WELL! In a shocking turn of events, the newcomer is the champion!!"
the announcer shouted, causing a new uproar of cheers. His head was
throbbing, his entire body was sore, and his arm had searing pain
coarsing through it, but he was still able to force a smile. Nothing
could stop them now; the Dark Genie was going to die.
((Time: That Evening))
Toan was carried into a guest room in an alien house near the factory
by Ruby and Goro. "Why can't the whimp carry himself?" grumbled Goro
as they walked into the room, with Xiao worriedly stalking the trio.
"He's probably just faking all this pain and stuff so we'll carry him!
The lazy good for nothing--"
Goro heard a menacing hiss from behind him, and a look of horror
fell upon his face. Ruby grinned, relieving Goro of the task of
carrying Toan as she sat him down in the bed and floated off, stopping
at the door as loud yells were heard to watch Goro getting mauled
by a very much ticked off cat girl. "Ruby!!! Saaaave meee!!" Goro
yelled out in agony, as more loud hisses were heard and thud after
thud accompanied the floor shaking a bit every second. Xiao had Goro
pinned on his gut, sitting on Goro's back and grabbing him by his hair,
slamming his face into the floor over and over again.
"You should've known better than to insult a feline's injured mate." Ruby
said with a chuckle as she floated off. "Noo! Wait!! Come baaack!" Goro
whined, before, after one more minute of beating, he escaped and ran for
his life, leaving Xiao behind, who currently sported a proud grin at what
she'd just done.
------------------------------
Toan was walking down a forest path with Xiao, heading back home.
The Dark Genie had been slain, and he was heading home to live a
happy peaceful life. The pair were walking hand in hand, and
were about to reach the end of the forest, when Toan noticed Xiao's
hand was beginning to get furrier than usual, as well as her fingers
were shrinking and getting rounder. ".. Xiao, what's happening?"
Toan said, looking over and, to his horror, Xiao was turning back into
a simple house cat. ".. oh no." he said, dread filling him as the cat
began to run away. "Xiao, come back!" he shouted, chasing after the
feline; but no matter how fast he tried to run, he couldn't even
vaguely catch up to her. And suddenly the ground under him began
to give way and everything around him shattered as if it were glass,
sending him plunging into a void of pure darkness.
Toan hit the ground hard, standing up a few moments upon the cold
hard stone to look around as a spotlight surrounded him from out
of nowhere. He was supposed to be strong; supposed to be unphased
by anything, the hero destined to save the world. But the thought
of losing Xiao forever made him want to cry.
But then he heard loud footsteps, sounding as if they came from
a pair of boots circling around him. "Poor little Toan." said
a deep voice, which echoed throughout the void. "What will you
do now? You've lost everything you held dear."
Toan sighed as he looked around. "Nothing. This is just a weird
nightmare." he said confidently, relieved upon the realization of
it. Then he saw the shadowed image of a person walk barely into
the light, revealing a long coat, pants, boots and a shirt, all
of which were as black as the darkness around them.
"A nightmare? Or is it a vision of what is yet to come?" the
man said, a tone of amusement in his voice. Toan looked at
the figure curiously. "A.. vision?"
"You're going to be betrayed, Toan. Betrayed by someone
you'd never imagine would be so cruel." the eerie figure
said as he began pacing around Toan once more. Toan
stared at him, not letting him behind his back for a second.
".. you're lying. This is just a dream, nothing more." he
said, reaching for his sword, but it wasn't there. The
dark figure chuckled dryly.
"I'm not your enemy, Toan. In fact, if you'll trust me,
I'll help you get revenge when the time comes." he said
with a grin. Toan still wasn't sure of this man's intentions,
but decided to make sure of a few things.
"Ok, if you supposedly know what's going to happen,
who's going to betray me? Don't say it's Xiao." he said,
ready to just ignore everything the man had to say if
it was.
But he merely laughed a bit and turned to face Toan in the
darkness. "I cannot tell you anything right now."
"In that case, I guess we'll just have to see, as you said,
when the time comes." Toan said, beginning to grow annoyed
with this ominous person.
"Fine, fine. For your own comfort, it isn't going to
be Xiao." the mysterious figure said. "For now, just
wake up already."
"Wake up, Toan... Toan, wake up.." a voice called over
and over again as Toan was enveloped in darkness completely.
-----------------
(Time: 2:20 am)
Toan slowly opened his eyes to see a worried feline staring
at him from right in front of his face. Xiao had been sitting
on top of Toan, trying to wake him up for the last five
minutes. ".. what is it, Xiao?" Toan asked groggily. Xiao
sighed out of relief and nuzzled into Toan's neck affectionately.
"Xiao heard you shouting while you slept." the cat girl
said. "Xiao was worried you were having a bad dream
again."
"Oh.. thanks for waking me up." Toan said with a smile,
before groaning a bit as sharp pains here and there reminded
him of his wounds; most of them had been healed, but a few
of the worse ones were still recovering. You didn't think
those healing items always worked instantly did you?
Xiao sat up on top of TOan once more. "Hey Toan, guess
what Xiao did?" she asked. Toan looked up at her
for a moment, before saying "Hmm... I give up, what?"
"Xiao mauled Goro for calling you a whimp!" Xiao said
with a triumphant grin. Toan laughed at this for a
little bit.
"Great job, Xiao." he said, "you're the first one of us
to put that moron in his place."
"Put him in his place? Xiao didn't put him anywhere, Xiao
beat him up!" said the feline girl, a bit confused. Toan
chuckled a little bit.
"It was a figure of speech." he said. "Pretty much means
the same as what you just did."
"Ohhh. Humans talk weird." Xiao said, before rolling over
next to Toan and snuggling up against him with a yawn.
"Xiao's still sleepy now.. good night."
Toan grinned and rolled over to kiss Xiao good night,
cuddling her close as the pair fell asleep. The final
fight with the Dark Genie would come soon, and that weird
dream worried hima little as well, but he knew as long
as he had Xiao by his side, he could get through anything.
(]Adventure Day 50[)
{"That's right, Khan can't remember much of anything that
happened in the last part of the game, so he's skipping
straigt to the final fight. Spoiler free? Yeah, but who
cares? It's so fun to make fun of the bum! Oh to those who
haven't played the game and may wonder, the weapon built
to stop the Dark Genie? It failed."}
The party stood before the Dark Genie himself. The hideous
demonic purple creature, who was about to destroy everything.
The evil creature they were trying to slay throughout their
entire quest. They were finally there... and ready to kick his
sorry butt for putting them through hundreds of monotonous
dungeon floors.
"He doesn't look so tough." Goro said as he pulled out a
giant frozen fish to fight with.
"Let's finish this." Ruby said, sliding a shining wristband
on as an aura surrounded her.
{"MAN, there's a face only a mother could love!"} Steve
said sarcastically. {"... then again, not even a
mother could love a face that ugly!"}
"Goro smash ugly purple thing!" Goro yelled, rushing up
to the big purple creature to smack it with his fish. As
he drew near however, the Dark Genie held his hand out and
blasted Goro with a powerful beam of magic, sending the
idiot flying backwards, the ground quaking as he landed.
Toan pulled out his sword as Xiao took stance with Steve
and the real fight began.
"You'll never stop me, you fools! You're all going to die,
right now!" the Dark Genie yelled as a shockwave covered
the area, blasting the entire team backwards a ways.
Ruby spun back to her feet and hovered into the air,
rapidily shooting beams of magic one after the other.
Xiao clung to the ground, skidding to a stop before jumping
up and shooting at the Dark Genie, trying to poke out his
eyes with a rock or two. The purple demon blocked the magic
shots with one of his arms, catching each stome with another
before he reached out and picked up Goro, slinging him at
Ruby as if he were a weapon.
The genie gasped and flew out of the way just in time as
Goro landed and tumbled, rolling over and crushing the poor
little midget robotic rabbit thing. (I forget his name,
dang it e_e)
Toan rushed up to the fiend and jabbed his sword through
the Dark Genie's hand. The creature roared and slammed
its free fist into Toan, bashing him aside.
"Hey! No one does that to Xiao's mate!" Xiao shouted,
putting a few crystals into Steve and loading up a fresh
stock of bullets, spraying the Dark Genie as she slowly
made her way towards Toan.
The Dark Genie blocked every singe one of them, and right
as he was getting ready to counter-strike, a spear impaled
his arm, as well as a new burst of magic bursts. He roared
once more and turned to glare at Ungana and Ruby, opening
fire with hundreds of magic beams upon them.
Xiao sprinkled some repair powder on Steve as she reached
Toan, who was already on his feet and getting his sword
ready for a fresh assault.
Suddenly, Steve began to glow and a cape appeared behind
him, as well as a goofy little outfit to replace his old
clothes and a little Superman-parody emblem on his chest.
{"Hey! Look, in Xiao's hands! Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it's... SUPER STEVE!"} the Slingshot shouted happily.
"Xiao thinks we should work together." the feline said to
Toan. He nodded. "That's what we've been doing, Xiao."
"No, listen, Steve's got an idea!" Xiao said happily.
The Dark Genie hurled two huge beams into Ruby and Ungaga,
slamming them both into a wall with an evil smirk. "Now
for you.." he said, turning to face Toan and Xiao. The
pair smirked as Toan stepped on Super STeve's stone holding
thing and Xiao gave Steve some stamina drink (I know you
can't do that on the game but work with me here =p)
"Let's see you handle this!" Toan shouted as Super Steve
hurled him at the Dark Genie. Toan landed on the Dark Genie's
chest, stabbing through his skull and kicking off, doing
a backflip and.. getting slammed by a beam of magic, flying
into the wall next to Xiao.
The Dark Genie roared in agony, the sword still stuck through
his face, and in less than ten seconds the Dark Genie had
disintegrated and was no more.
Everyone slowly staggared up (except for Xiao, the only one
who wasn't injured, and except for the little bunny dude.
Having Goro fall on you is not pleasant, and something he
may not walk away from without being carried.)
Toan passed out the healing items and they all stared at
where the Dark Genie once stood. After the initial shock
of winning was over, they all began cheering loudly and
hugging one another and dancing around to celebrate.
-----------------
((Time: After Dark Genie's demise, the next day))
PROLOGUE...?:
After the Dark Genie was slain, the heroes went
their seperate ways. Well, most of them atleast.
The bunny dude whos name escapes me departed for
Brownboo once more, to begin a career as an
inventer. Ruby decided to roam the planet. After
being cooped up in a lamp for so long, she
wanted to live life as an adventure and find things
no man or woman had seen before.
Goro went back to being a forest hermit. He was too
lazy to be adventurous, and too anti-social to go
with anybody else. Ungaga returned to his villiage,
determined now that he was stronger, to defend it
from any threat that may ever arise again.
And Toan and Xiao were walking towards Toan's
home town, going through a forest at the moment,
only an hour after getting rid of Goro. The
pair were happily walking hand in hand, with Xiao
leaning her head on Toan's shoulder as they
went.
"Mom hasn't seen me in so long... she's gonna
freak when she finds out..." Toan said with
a chuckle. He dreaded it, and knew it'd be a
headache, but untill the time came it was atleast
an amusing thought. Xiao seemed confused at this
comment however. "Why would Toan's mom 'freak"?"
Xiao asked curiously.
"Uh, well, freak is a figure of speech, it means
she'd get really mad." Toan explained.
"Xiao hates figures of speech, they're so confusing!
But why would she get mad?"
"Well... you know how humans aren't supposed to get
married untill they're 18 or older, unless they
have written consent from their parents?" Toan asked.
Xiao nodded.
"Well..." he continud, "... we didn't exactly get
our parents' consent. She has no idea we're even together."
"Ohh. But why should it matter?" Xiao asked. "I know
Xiao's mother would be proud for Xiao, if Xiao knew
where she was... Xiao is the only cat to ever be
mates with a human!"
"Well, maybe a cat would be happy of that. Who knows,
I could be wrong." Toan said, lightly scratching behind
Xiao's ears, causing the cat girl to purr.
Suddenly, there was a beam of light that appeared in front
of them, and the Fairy King appeared. Toan looked at him
with a grin. "Hey, Fairy King. I didn't think you came on
friendly visits without business."
"Actually, there is a certain matter of business I must
speak to you about." the Fairy King said, walking up to
the pair. Xiao gulped and hid behind Toan.
"Xiao, what's wrong?" Toan asked. "This is the Fairy King,
he's nothing to be afraid of."
Toan looked back at the King. "So, what's the matter?"
"Well... although the Dark Genie has been destroyed,
there are disturbances remaining... things that aren't
meant to be the way they are now in this world." the Fairy
King said, a solomn look on his face. "... while one of
the disturbances still eludes me, I do know where
one problem is arrising from."
"And you want me to stop it?" Toan said with a grin.
The Fairy King sighed.
"No, Toan, I couldn't ask you to do this. All I can ask
you to do, is to remember that it is for the best of
this world, and that you won't interfere."
Toan looked a bit scared by this. "What.. do you mean,
Fairy King?" he asked, a confused and worried look on
his face. Whatever it was had to be serious, or F.K.
wouldn't be talking to him like this...
"That Changing Potion was never meant to exist in
this world." the Fairy King said, keeping the same
solemn frown. Toan looked even more horrified now.
"Just what are you saying?" he said, his voice
raised a bit now. The Fairy King sighed again.
"Toan... Xiao wasn't meant to become a cat girl.
Half-human felines weren't meant to exist in this
world, otherwise I'd have given you such a potion
myself. The only reason I allowed her to remain in
this form as long as I have was because I knew you
wouldn't be able to do this quest without her."
"So now that your precious world isn't threatened
you're just going to turn her back into a cat?" Toan
said angrily. "Xiao, what do you want?"
"Xiao doesn't want to be a cat again..." called a broken
up voice behind Toan, accompanied by sniffing now and
then. "Xiao wants to stay like this..."
Toan glared at the Fairy King.
"You hear that? She wants to stay like she is now."
"What she wants isn't what is best for her, or for
this world." the Fairy King said. "Please, don't
make this difficult, or I'll have to use force."
"Pch, I just slayed the Dark Genie, old man. And
you'll have to get through me first." Toan said with
a scowl as he pulled out his sword.
The Fairy King sighed once again. "So be it." he
said as a white aura surrounded him.
Toan held his sword defensively; he felt betrayed
now, felt like he'd enjoy nothing better than to
strike down the old man right about now. But something
in him, his heroic side, held him back at the moment.
A moment too long.
Toan was surrounded by a similar white aura as he
was jerked away by magical force, being slammed
into a tree, his sword flying into a rock on the
opposite side of the path, getting it stuck quite
deeply.
The young hero groaned and looked in horror as
a white aura surrounded Xiao. SHe screamed, tears
streaming down her face as her skin began to grow
furrier, her body shorter, and her overall appearance
more and more catlike untill she was her old
house cat self.
"No! What have you done!?" Toan yelled as he stood
up and rushed at the old man, jerking his sword out
of the nearby stone and swinging it at him. The Fairy
King easily dodged, before a magical barrier surrounded him.
Toan began striking the barrier time and time again,
attacking more ferociously than he did against anyone
before.
"It had to be done, Toan." the Fairy King said. "It
had to be done..."
And in a matter of seconds, the Fairy King vanished in
the same pillar of light he appeared from. Toan just
stood there a moment, breathing heavily as he dropped
his sword, too stunned at the recent events to move.
And after a few seconds he walked over to Xiao and
sat down, picking her up and cuddling her in his lap.
The little house cat, who currently had watery eyes
and damp fur around her face, began to purr as he
did so, nuzzling up to him affectionately.
"I'm sorry, Xiao... I should have been able to stop
him..." Toan sighed, his eyes filling with some
tears of his own. Already he missed her naive
personality, her soft voice, the way she would stalk
him everywhere he went, every little thing
she did...
"What did I tell you? Betrayed, just as I had
predicted." said a somewhat familiar voice behind Toan.
Toan turned around to see a young man, who wore all
black; a black trenchcoat, black shirt, black pants,
and black boots. "Atleast you've still got eachother."
the man said with a bit of a laugh.
"You.. you said you could help me when this
happened, right?" Toan said, standing up, still holding
the feline close. "Who are you, and how can
you help?"
The man in the coat took a slight bow.
"The name's Dimitri Aosis, kid. And as for helping you,
well, you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours." he
said with an unnervingly mischievious grin. Toan
stared at him for a few moments as Dimitri extended a
hand. "I'll give you the power, and the resources, to
get revenge on this Fairy King, and keep him from turning
Xiao back to normal. I know as a hero you have somewhat
of a bleeding heart, so I'll let you imprison the old
fart instead." Dimitri said, not giving Toan a chance
to interrupt before he continued. "You see, I come from
another world myself, and the old man won't give me peace
of mind. I could easily deal with him myself, but, well,
as embarrassed as it is to say it, I don't know how to work
the containment field. I'll be watching you, and the moment
your task is finished, I will turn Xiao half-human myself,
and you'll never have to worry again."
{"Boy, the man sure likes to talk. Can someone pick me
up here? I've been lying on the cold hard ground for ten
minutes people!"} Steve yelled from the dirt behind
Toan. He ignored the slingshot for now and, without
hesitation, took Dimitri's hand and shook it a few times.
"You've got yourself a deal." said Toan. Dimitri
grinned once more. "Excellent..."
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--To Be Continued--
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Wow, longest chapter yet. I think. Who is Dimitri, and can he
really be trusted? Will Toan succeed, and live happily
ever after? Find out, when I get off my lazy butt and
write Part VIII!
{"If anyone ever reads this story again, that is. You
take too long, you dimwitted moronic lazy-"}
And one final question to leave you in suspense:
Will Steve the Slingshot lose his position as Disclaimer
spokesperson!?
{"O_O... uh oh."}
Find out this and more next chapter!