Forced Emotions - Chapter 3
Some Old Companions
Dear Rod,
Hey, it's Mint.I need you to come to East Heaven A.S.A.P.! I'll tell you why once you get here. You gotta come, and hurry! Get Rue and everyone to come with you for me okay? I swear, you better come! Otherwise, I'll kick your butt so hard even Luicine won't be able to recognise you!
~Mint
(That Mint...) Rod thought after he finished reading the very important letter he had recieved from Mint.
"Ya hear that, boy?" Rod said to Johny Wolf.
"Woof!" the little excited dog barked.
"We need to get everyone, (like Rue and Duke,) fast! Mint needs us!" Rod finished, already getting his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega ready to take off.
"First stop, Carona!" Rod the Blade Star said, piling himself and Johny Wolf into his baby.
And in an instant, the Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega was off into the sea blue sky, heading south-east towards Carona.
In Carona...
"EVERYBODY! COME QUICK!!!" the pink haired girl yelled down the stairs of the Antique Shop.
"What is it Elena?!" came a feminine voice from the basement.
"Come on!!! Hurry up!!! Now, now, NOW!!!!" Elena shouted in a frenzy, running in circles at the top of the stairs.
Racing up the stairs, Mira and Klaus, (followed by Prima,) looked around frantically to see what was getting Elena so upset.
"What is it, sis?!" Prima said, stopping his sister long enough for her to take a pill and relax a little, but not much.
"I heard a super duper loud noise outside! It sounds so familiar, too, but I don't know what it could be!"
Everyone got quiet to listen for the aggravating sound coming from outside their front door.
"ROD!!!!" Prima shouted happily, dashing towards the door, not waiting for his family to catch up with him.
Prima ran outside, and, to his surprise, he was right. There stood Rod, getting out of his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega, Johny Wolf a half step behind him.
"Hey!" Rod said, just as happy to see Prima as Prima was to see him.
"Yay! It's Rod!" Prima said, jumping up and down, then running to greet his old companion.
"How ya doin' boy?" Rod said, greeting his friend with a pat on the head.
"Good, but now it just got better since you came!" Prima said, trying to swat Rod's big hand away playfully.
"Why, Rod! What a pleasant surprise! What brings you here?" Klaus said, walking up to Rod and shakeing his hand.
"I just got an urgent letter from Mint. She wants everyone to come to East Heaven right away. She said that she would tell us why she wants us when we get there," Rod finished, seeming in a hurry, which he was.
"Well lets go see what Mint has in store for us!" Mira said, giving Rod a reasuring smile that made him blush slightly, but hardly noticable.
"Great! Have you guys seen Belle and Duke around?" Rod asked.
"They stopped by in town a day or so ago," Klaus replied.
"They're most likely to be in the tavern," Mira offered.
"Thanks, Madam. I'll go check there. You people start getting packed. Oh, and Prima. Can you and Elena watch over Johny Wolf and my Pulsar- Inferno Typhoon Omega for a few minutes?" Rod asked, starting toward the tavern,
"No problem!" Prima said, bending down to pet Johny Wolf.
"Sure!" Elena said in a sing-song voice.
"Thanks a bunch," Rod said as he left for the tavern.
In Carona's tavern...
"Belle?! Duke?!" Annette said as the adventerous duo came in and sat at their usual old spot.
"Hey Annette! How are you?" the blue haired woman said, smiling.
"I'm fine! Haven't seen you two for a few monthes at least! Can I get you two your usual? A margarita for Belle, and a cold beer for Duke?" Annette said excitedly.
"You remembered our usual?" Duke said, sounding very surprised.
"Why of course I do, silly! You two are the tavern's top customers!"
"Really?!" Duke said, still sounding surprised.
"You two came here all the time when you two went to search for the [relic]! I could never forget your specials!" Annette said, already getting the drinks from Jargen.
"Cool. How much will that be?" Belle asked, reaching for her pocket.
"Oh it's on me. Really, don't worry about it," Annette said, setting their drinks on the table. "I'm just happy to see you two again!"
"Thanks," Belle and Duke said in unison.
"I'll be in the back room if you need anything," Annette said, walking towards the back door.
"Okay," Duke said.
A nice silence filled the bar, (as well as a strong aroma of beer.)
"Doesn't it feel good to be back here, Milady? Just like old times..." Duke said, breaking the silence.
"Ya, it sure does feel great, especialy since yesterday," Belle said in a calm voice that didn't sound like her at all.
Yesterday, Belle and Duke came upon a temple filled with gold, jewlry, diamonds, and everything else you could imagine that would make one wealthy. The two of them bought a pretty big house, and a lot of cool furnishings to go with it. But all that could change, if SOMEONE told SOMEONE how they felt about that SOMEONE.
"...M-Milady?" Duke studdered, taking one last gulp of his beer.
"Ya? What is it?" Belle said, putting her margarita down.
"Um...I need to ask you something..." Duke said, turning around so he didn't have to face Belle.
"What's up? You never studder," Belle said, a little confused about what was bothering Duke.
"Well...Uh..." Duke started.
"What is it?! Spit it out!" Belle said, getting impatient.
"Um...This is hard to say, Milady...I-It's really personal..." Duke said weakly.
"Well are you gonna tell me or not?!" Belle said, hitting her fist on the table and standing up to face Duke, who was still staring at the wall.
"I...*mumble*mumble*mumble*..." Duke said in a whisper so low you could hardly make any of the words out.
"What? Speak clearly! We don't have all day!" Belle said, crossing her arms and tapping one foot.
"..."
"COME ON!!!" Belle yelled, spinning Duke around so he faced her.
"...Okay. But just be prepared okay?" Duke said, staring at the ground.
"Fine! Just hurry up!" Belle said, REALLY impatiently.
"...Here goes nothing," Duke said, taking a big breathe, (and blushing heavily,) then continueing. "Milady, I would be honored if you-" Duke started, but was rudely interrupted by the door that creaked open, then slam closed. Belle and Duke turned their heads to see who came in, and they couldn't believe who it was. Wearing a black hat with pink locks of long hair sticking out, the weirdest top on the planet, and some pants, stood Rod, the vagrant, weaponsmith, and swordsman known as Rod the Blade Star.
"Rod?!" Duke and Belle said, once again in unison.
"Hey Duke! Belle!" Rod said, coming down the few steps and nodding towards both of them.
"What are you doing here?!" Belle asked, very surprised.
"I got a letter from Mint, and she needs everyone who helped her look for the [relic] to go to East Heaven right away," Rod said.
"What does that bratty (expletive) want?!" Belle said angrily.
"Ya, what's up?" Duke added.
"She didn't say what, but she said that she would tell everyone once we got there. But we need to leave now. Mint said it was urgent," Rod said in one breath.
A quick silence went on for about 10 seconds, while Belle and Duke thought about what to do. After a while, Belle spoke up.
"Well, lets get going! Me and Duke will take the Hexagon, and-"
"Wait! Don't you two need that cannon orb you let me borrow back?" Rod interrupted.
"That's okay. We found a new one since then," Duke said.
"Oh...Well then lets get going! We still have to pick Rue up, but thankfully he's not far from East Heaven. You two and everyone else can start towards East Heaven while I get Rue okay?" Rod replied.
"Sounds like a good enough plan," Belle said, nodding.
"Okay! Lets go!" Duke said, running a bit before stopping at the exit.
"Alright!" Rod said, following Duke.
"Duke, I'm driving! I don't trust you one bit on driving anything after you flew Rod's Pinto like heck!"Belle said, catching up to the two.
"IT'S THE PULSAR-INFERNO TYPHOON OMEGA!!!" Rod yelled in an outrage.
"Whatever! Let's go before it's too late," Belle said, heading out the door, and followed by Rod and Duke.
Back in Carona's town square...
"IS EVERYONE READY?!" Rod yelled over the sound of the sorcerous driver, makeing sure his baby was ready to take off.
"I'M READY!" Elena yelled back, excited to get to ride in Rod's machine again.
"HOW ABOUT YOU MADAM?!" Rod yelled to Klaus.
"I'M READY, ROD!" Mira yelled, not even a little nervous about flying.
"ALRIGHT! HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!" Rod yelled over towards the now hovering Hexagon.
"NO PROBLEM HERE!" Duke yelled back.
"WE CAN HANDLE 4 PEOPLE ON OUR HEXAGON!" Belle yelled, looking at Prima and Klaus who were securely held by the Hexagon's giant hands.
"YAY! LET'S GET GOING!!!" Prima yelled, excited to ride in the Hexagon.
"I'M READY!" Klaus yelled nervously.
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GET MOVING!!!" Rod yelled, taking his baby off the ground and making sure Johny Wolf would be okay on his lap.
And so Mint's old companions took off towards East Heaven in an instant, leaving just dust at where they were all at moments ago.
Some Old Companions
Dear Rod,
Hey, it's Mint.I need you to come to East Heaven A.S.A.P.! I'll tell you why once you get here. You gotta come, and hurry! Get Rue and everyone to come with you for me okay? I swear, you better come! Otherwise, I'll kick your butt so hard even Luicine won't be able to recognise you!
~Mint
(That Mint...) Rod thought after he finished reading the very important letter he had recieved from Mint.
"Ya hear that, boy?" Rod said to Johny Wolf.
"Woof!" the little excited dog barked.
"We need to get everyone, (like Rue and Duke,) fast! Mint needs us!" Rod finished, already getting his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega ready to take off.
"First stop, Carona!" Rod the Blade Star said, piling himself and Johny Wolf into his baby.
And in an instant, the Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega was off into the sea blue sky, heading south-east towards Carona.
In Carona...
"EVERYBODY! COME QUICK!!!" the pink haired girl yelled down the stairs of the Antique Shop.
"What is it Elena?!" came a feminine voice from the basement.
"Come on!!! Hurry up!!! Now, now, NOW!!!!" Elena shouted in a frenzy, running in circles at the top of the stairs.
Racing up the stairs, Mira and Klaus, (followed by Prima,) looked around frantically to see what was getting Elena so upset.
"What is it, sis?!" Prima said, stopping his sister long enough for her to take a pill and relax a little, but not much.
"I heard a super duper loud noise outside! It sounds so familiar, too, but I don't know what it could be!"
Everyone got quiet to listen for the aggravating sound coming from outside their front door.
"ROD!!!!" Prima shouted happily, dashing towards the door, not waiting for his family to catch up with him.
Prima ran outside, and, to his surprise, he was right. There stood Rod, getting out of his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega, Johny Wolf a half step behind him.
"Hey!" Rod said, just as happy to see Prima as Prima was to see him.
"Yay! It's Rod!" Prima said, jumping up and down, then running to greet his old companion.
"How ya doin' boy?" Rod said, greeting his friend with a pat on the head.
"Good, but now it just got better since you came!" Prima said, trying to swat Rod's big hand away playfully.
"Why, Rod! What a pleasant surprise! What brings you here?" Klaus said, walking up to Rod and shakeing his hand.
"I just got an urgent letter from Mint. She wants everyone to come to East Heaven right away. She said that she would tell us why she wants us when we get there," Rod finished, seeming in a hurry, which he was.
"Well lets go see what Mint has in store for us!" Mira said, giving Rod a reasuring smile that made him blush slightly, but hardly noticable.
"Great! Have you guys seen Belle and Duke around?" Rod asked.
"They stopped by in town a day or so ago," Klaus replied.
"They're most likely to be in the tavern," Mira offered.
"Thanks, Madam. I'll go check there. You people start getting packed. Oh, and Prima. Can you and Elena watch over Johny Wolf and my Pulsar- Inferno Typhoon Omega for a few minutes?" Rod asked, starting toward the tavern,
"No problem!" Prima said, bending down to pet Johny Wolf.
"Sure!" Elena said in a sing-song voice.
"Thanks a bunch," Rod said as he left for the tavern.
In Carona's tavern...
"Belle?! Duke?!" Annette said as the adventerous duo came in and sat at their usual old spot.
"Hey Annette! How are you?" the blue haired woman said, smiling.
"I'm fine! Haven't seen you two for a few monthes at least! Can I get you two your usual? A margarita for Belle, and a cold beer for Duke?" Annette said excitedly.
"You remembered our usual?" Duke said, sounding very surprised.
"Why of course I do, silly! You two are the tavern's top customers!"
"Really?!" Duke said, still sounding surprised.
"You two came here all the time when you two went to search for the [relic]! I could never forget your specials!" Annette said, already getting the drinks from Jargen.
"Cool. How much will that be?" Belle asked, reaching for her pocket.
"Oh it's on me. Really, don't worry about it," Annette said, setting their drinks on the table. "I'm just happy to see you two again!"
"Thanks," Belle and Duke said in unison.
"I'll be in the back room if you need anything," Annette said, walking towards the back door.
"Okay," Duke said.
A nice silence filled the bar, (as well as a strong aroma of beer.)
"Doesn't it feel good to be back here, Milady? Just like old times..." Duke said, breaking the silence.
"Ya, it sure does feel great, especialy since yesterday," Belle said in a calm voice that didn't sound like her at all.
Yesterday, Belle and Duke came upon a temple filled with gold, jewlry, diamonds, and everything else you could imagine that would make one wealthy. The two of them bought a pretty big house, and a lot of cool furnishings to go with it. But all that could change, if SOMEONE told SOMEONE how they felt about that SOMEONE.
"...M-Milady?" Duke studdered, taking one last gulp of his beer.
"Ya? What is it?" Belle said, putting her margarita down.
"Um...I need to ask you something..." Duke said, turning around so he didn't have to face Belle.
"What's up? You never studder," Belle said, a little confused about what was bothering Duke.
"Well...Uh..." Duke started.
"What is it?! Spit it out!" Belle said, getting impatient.
"Um...This is hard to say, Milady...I-It's really personal..." Duke said weakly.
"Well are you gonna tell me or not?!" Belle said, hitting her fist on the table and standing up to face Duke, who was still staring at the wall.
"I...*mumble*mumble*mumble*..." Duke said in a whisper so low you could hardly make any of the words out.
"What? Speak clearly! We don't have all day!" Belle said, crossing her arms and tapping one foot.
"..."
"COME ON!!!" Belle yelled, spinning Duke around so he faced her.
"...Okay. But just be prepared okay?" Duke said, staring at the ground.
"Fine! Just hurry up!" Belle said, REALLY impatiently.
"...Here goes nothing," Duke said, taking a big breathe, (and blushing heavily,) then continueing. "Milady, I would be honored if you-" Duke started, but was rudely interrupted by the door that creaked open, then slam closed. Belle and Duke turned their heads to see who came in, and they couldn't believe who it was. Wearing a black hat with pink locks of long hair sticking out, the weirdest top on the planet, and some pants, stood Rod, the vagrant, weaponsmith, and swordsman known as Rod the Blade Star.
"Rod?!" Duke and Belle said, once again in unison.
"Hey Duke! Belle!" Rod said, coming down the few steps and nodding towards both of them.
"What are you doing here?!" Belle asked, very surprised.
"I got a letter from Mint, and she needs everyone who helped her look for the [relic] to go to East Heaven right away," Rod said.
"What does that bratty (expletive) want?!" Belle said angrily.
"Ya, what's up?" Duke added.
"She didn't say what, but she said that she would tell everyone once we got there. But we need to leave now. Mint said it was urgent," Rod said in one breath.
A quick silence went on for about 10 seconds, while Belle and Duke thought about what to do. After a while, Belle spoke up.
"Well, lets get going! Me and Duke will take the Hexagon, and-"
"Wait! Don't you two need that cannon orb you let me borrow back?" Rod interrupted.
"That's okay. We found a new one since then," Duke said.
"Oh...Well then lets get going! We still have to pick Rue up, but thankfully he's not far from East Heaven. You two and everyone else can start towards East Heaven while I get Rue okay?" Rod replied.
"Sounds like a good enough plan," Belle said, nodding.
"Okay! Lets go!" Duke said, running a bit before stopping at the exit.
"Alright!" Rod said, following Duke.
"Duke, I'm driving! I don't trust you one bit on driving anything after you flew Rod's Pinto like heck!"Belle said, catching up to the two.
"IT'S THE PULSAR-INFERNO TYPHOON OMEGA!!!" Rod yelled in an outrage.
"Whatever! Let's go before it's too late," Belle said, heading out the door, and followed by Rod and Duke.
Back in Carona's town square...
"IS EVERYONE READY?!" Rod yelled over the sound of the sorcerous driver, makeing sure his baby was ready to take off.
"I'M READY!" Elena yelled back, excited to get to ride in Rod's machine again.
"HOW ABOUT YOU MADAM?!" Rod yelled to Klaus.
"I'M READY, ROD!" Mira yelled, not even a little nervous about flying.
"ALRIGHT! HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!" Rod yelled over towards the now hovering Hexagon.
"NO PROBLEM HERE!" Duke yelled back.
"WE CAN HANDLE 4 PEOPLE ON OUR HEXAGON!" Belle yelled, looking at Prima and Klaus who were securely held by the Hexagon's giant hands.
"YAY! LET'S GET GOING!!!" Prima yelled, excited to ride in the Hexagon.
"I'M READY!" Klaus yelled nervously.
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GET MOVING!!!" Rod yelled, taking his baby off the ground and making sure Johny Wolf would be okay on his lap.
And so Mint's old companions took off towards East Heaven in an instant, leaving just dust at where they were all at moments ago.