Forced Emotions - Chapter 4
A New Arrival
"Okay, you guys go ahead and start heading toward the entrance. I'm gonna go get Rue," Rod said, cutting the engine to his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega.
"Okay, but hurry up. I bet Mint is stomping around, waiting for us to arrive," Prima said, jumping down from the Hexagon.
"Alright. See y'all later!" Rod yelled, walking around a bunch of trees that led and surrounded Rue and Claire's cabin.
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"How did your hunt go?" Claire asked, tearing her eyes from the book she was reading as Rue walked through the front door.
"Not so well. The herd of deer I usualy go to know I'm hiding before I attack them, so I couldn't catch even one of them," Rue said in disappointment.
"That's okay. I'll just make beef sandwiches instead," Claire said, putting her book down on the table and walking toward the cupboard.
As Claire started dinner, Rue took a glance at the book Claire had been reading. It read: 'The Last Hero'.
Rue remembered the book instantly: Mint had bribed Rod with it. She had wanted a few of his strength ups, but Rod refused, saying that a book wasn't worth a few strength ups. So Mint had turned around, (pretending to leave,) then jump-kicked Rod in the face, threatening him to give up the strength ups or she would use her magic on him and show no mercy. Rod gave Mint the strength ups in exchange for the book, (although he had taken several hits from Mint's magic.)
Rue sighed suddenly, remembering the adventure he had had with Mint and his other companions when he had searched for the [relic].
(I wonder how everyone is doing...) Rue thought, naming all the names of his allies in his head.
Looking up from her cooking, Claire saw that Rue was deep in thought.
"...Rue?" Claire asked, jerking Rue from his thoughts.
"Yes Claire?" Rue said, coming back to reality.
"I was just wondering why you were so quiet. That's all," Claire said bluntly, going back to her cooking.
"Oh..." Rue trailed off. "I just took a look at the book that you were reading, and it reminded me of something that had happened when I was searching for the [relic]," Rue spilled out.
"I see..." Claire said, still tending to their dinner.
Silence rolled on for a few seconds, then got interupted by a firm knock on the door.
"I wonder who that could be..." Rue asked, walking towards the door.
Opening the door, Rue was about to say hello, but stopped, seeing that no one was there.
"Who is it?" Claire asked, setting their dinner on the table.
"Nobody's there..." Rue replied, taking a step outside and looking around.
(...Something's wrong...) Rue thought, a bit of fear taking over him.
"I'm gonna go look around," Rue said, taking his Arc Edge away from it's spot beside the door.
"Be careful, and keep your guard up," Claire said incourageingly.
"I will," Rue said in return, closing the door behind him, just as the last of the sun set.
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"Hello?" Rue said as he walked out into the entrance of the woods.
There was no answer. That made Rue uneasy, remembering when Doll Master had done the same...
"Hello? Is anybody there?" Rue tryed again, not getting an answer. Rue stood there for a good five minutes, waiting for someone to come out of the shadows.
"..."
"........."
Ready to go back, Rue turned to go back inside.
"PREPARE YOURSELF!!!" an unknown voice yelled, shattering the silence.
Rue swirled around, holding his Arc Edge to protect him from the mysterious voice. As soon as Rue turned around, he was emediately bombarded with fierce blows. Backing up, Rue seemed a bit familiar with the way his opponent fought...
Not even getting a chance to think about who he was fighting could be, Rue got knocked down, (hard,) on the ground. The fighter quickly jumped up, ready to strike Rue with his weapon. Just as quickly as he went down, Rue rolled over, dodging the weapon's sharp blade that sunk into the brown earth. Getting up, Rue charged at his opponent, giving him, (or her,) a blow to the stomache that only bought him a few seonds.
Picking up his/her weapon from the ground, the fighter swiftly charged at Rue, making both of the two's weapons to collide. Now the two were pushing with all their might, trying to force the other down to the ground.
(He's strong...) Rue thought, restraining from his opponent's force. Getting an idea, Rue took a fall down on the ground, (making his opponent go down with him,) and as quickly as he could, rolled off to one side, getting his Arc Edge ready to come down on the shadow's back.
"RUE!!!" a more familiar voice yelled, stopping Rue from slicing his opponent in half.
"...Dang you've gotten strong..." the voice said, coming from the person on the ground.
"Who are you?!" Rue said, placing his Arc Edge on the talker's back.
"You may have gotten stronger, but your memoery is a bit weaker," the person said.
"What do you mean?!" Rue yelled, putting pressure on his opponent's back.
"Rue..." the person said, probably thinking Rue was the dumbest person on the planet. "It's me! Rod!!!" Rod said, struggling to get up.
"Rod?!" Rue said, removing his weapon from his old companion's back and helping him up.
"That's what I said! Rod the Blade Star is back!" Rod said, getting to his feet and greeting his friend.
"Who's that?!" Claire said, running out of the cabin and grabbing her ax, just in case.
"It's okay Claire! It's Rod!" Rue said, him and Rod walking toward the nervous girl.
"Rod..? Oh! Rod! It's so good to see you again," Claire said with happyness, nodding toward the older man.
"How ya doin'?" Rod asked, returning the greeting nod.
"Fine, and you?" Claire said, opening the front door to her cabin.
"Same old stuff: build weapons, fight travelers, make better weapons when beaten..." Rod trailed off, seeming as if he could go on forever.
"Sounds good. Why don't you come eat with us?" Claire offered, sitting down at the table herself.
"I would, but I got an urgent letter," Rod said, turning to Rue. "Mint needs us."
"Is everything alright?!" Rue managed out, trying not to sound too worried.
"She didn't say what was goin' on, but she wants us to get over to East Heaven right away," Rod replied, putting his new weapon against a wall.
"You can come too, Claire. I'm sure Mint wont's mind," Rod said, taking the worrying expression off of Rue's face.
"...Do you want to go?" Rue asked, hopeing she would.
"Of course I'll go," Claire said, smiling at them both.
"Okay! Let's get moving!" Rod said, taking his weapon and ready to go out the door.
"Wait!" Rue said, stopping his friend in his tracks.
"Yeah?" Rod asked, turning his head over his shoulder.
"What's your weapon?" Rue asked, refering to the strange looking sword Rod heald.
"This?" Rod said, shining the blade of his sword from a lantern. "This is Scorching Blade, my newest and best weapon yet."
"Why do you call it scorching?" Claire askwed with wonder.
"Because..." Rod said, returning his sword to it's case, which was on his back. "I accidently left some mythril silver over my forging fire, and, well... You could say it's as hard as steel or iron put together. So this was an accidental weapon, which I hadn't intended on making," Rod finished.
"I see..." Claire said, putting their now cold dinner in the trash.
"Now, are we gonna leave or what?!" Rod asked enthusiastically, opening the door.
Turning to Claire, who nodded, Rue said "Alright! Let's go see Mint!!!" Rue said, putting his Arc Edge on his back and running out the door, followed by Claire and Rod.
A/N: What did you think? Pretty dull at times, I know, but it'll get better. Keep reading and reviewing, or else I'll stop writing this story that I know a lot of peeps would want me to continue! So why are you still reading this boring conversation with me? Click the review button already!!!
A New Arrival
"Okay, you guys go ahead and start heading toward the entrance. I'm gonna go get Rue," Rod said, cutting the engine to his Pulsar-Inferno Typhoon Omega.
"Okay, but hurry up. I bet Mint is stomping around, waiting for us to arrive," Prima said, jumping down from the Hexagon.
"Alright. See y'all later!" Rod yelled, walking around a bunch of trees that led and surrounded Rue and Claire's cabin.
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"How did your hunt go?" Claire asked, tearing her eyes from the book she was reading as Rue walked through the front door.
"Not so well. The herd of deer I usualy go to know I'm hiding before I attack them, so I couldn't catch even one of them," Rue said in disappointment.
"That's okay. I'll just make beef sandwiches instead," Claire said, putting her book down on the table and walking toward the cupboard.
As Claire started dinner, Rue took a glance at the book Claire had been reading. It read: 'The Last Hero'.
Rue remembered the book instantly: Mint had bribed Rod with it. She had wanted a few of his strength ups, but Rod refused, saying that a book wasn't worth a few strength ups. So Mint had turned around, (pretending to leave,) then jump-kicked Rod in the face, threatening him to give up the strength ups or she would use her magic on him and show no mercy. Rod gave Mint the strength ups in exchange for the book, (although he had taken several hits from Mint's magic.)
Rue sighed suddenly, remembering the adventure he had had with Mint and his other companions when he had searched for the [relic].
(I wonder how everyone is doing...) Rue thought, naming all the names of his allies in his head.
Looking up from her cooking, Claire saw that Rue was deep in thought.
"...Rue?" Claire asked, jerking Rue from his thoughts.
"Yes Claire?" Rue said, coming back to reality.
"I was just wondering why you were so quiet. That's all," Claire said bluntly, going back to her cooking.
"Oh..." Rue trailed off. "I just took a look at the book that you were reading, and it reminded me of something that had happened when I was searching for the [relic]," Rue spilled out.
"I see..." Claire said, still tending to their dinner.
Silence rolled on for a few seconds, then got interupted by a firm knock on the door.
"I wonder who that could be..." Rue asked, walking towards the door.
Opening the door, Rue was about to say hello, but stopped, seeing that no one was there.
"Who is it?" Claire asked, setting their dinner on the table.
"Nobody's there..." Rue replied, taking a step outside and looking around.
(...Something's wrong...) Rue thought, a bit of fear taking over him.
"I'm gonna go look around," Rue said, taking his Arc Edge away from it's spot beside the door.
"Be careful, and keep your guard up," Claire said incourageingly.
"I will," Rue said in return, closing the door behind him, just as the last of the sun set.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
"Hello?" Rue said as he walked out into the entrance of the woods.
There was no answer. That made Rue uneasy, remembering when Doll Master had done the same...
"Hello? Is anybody there?" Rue tryed again, not getting an answer. Rue stood there for a good five minutes, waiting for someone to come out of the shadows.
"..."
"........."
Ready to go back, Rue turned to go back inside.
"PREPARE YOURSELF!!!" an unknown voice yelled, shattering the silence.
Rue swirled around, holding his Arc Edge to protect him from the mysterious voice. As soon as Rue turned around, he was emediately bombarded with fierce blows. Backing up, Rue seemed a bit familiar with the way his opponent fought...
Not even getting a chance to think about who he was fighting could be, Rue got knocked down, (hard,) on the ground. The fighter quickly jumped up, ready to strike Rue with his weapon. Just as quickly as he went down, Rue rolled over, dodging the weapon's sharp blade that sunk into the brown earth. Getting up, Rue charged at his opponent, giving him, (or her,) a blow to the stomache that only bought him a few seonds.
Picking up his/her weapon from the ground, the fighter swiftly charged at Rue, making both of the two's weapons to collide. Now the two were pushing with all their might, trying to force the other down to the ground.
(He's strong...) Rue thought, restraining from his opponent's force. Getting an idea, Rue took a fall down on the ground, (making his opponent go down with him,) and as quickly as he could, rolled off to one side, getting his Arc Edge ready to come down on the shadow's back.
"RUE!!!" a more familiar voice yelled, stopping Rue from slicing his opponent in half.
"...Dang you've gotten strong..." the voice said, coming from the person on the ground.
"Who are you?!" Rue said, placing his Arc Edge on the talker's back.
"You may have gotten stronger, but your memoery is a bit weaker," the person said.
"What do you mean?!" Rue yelled, putting pressure on his opponent's back.
"Rue..." the person said, probably thinking Rue was the dumbest person on the planet. "It's me! Rod!!!" Rod said, struggling to get up.
"Rod?!" Rue said, removing his weapon from his old companion's back and helping him up.
"That's what I said! Rod the Blade Star is back!" Rod said, getting to his feet and greeting his friend.
"Who's that?!" Claire said, running out of the cabin and grabbing her ax, just in case.
"It's okay Claire! It's Rod!" Rue said, him and Rod walking toward the nervous girl.
"Rod..? Oh! Rod! It's so good to see you again," Claire said with happyness, nodding toward the older man.
"How ya doin'?" Rod asked, returning the greeting nod.
"Fine, and you?" Claire said, opening the front door to her cabin.
"Same old stuff: build weapons, fight travelers, make better weapons when beaten..." Rod trailed off, seeming as if he could go on forever.
"Sounds good. Why don't you come eat with us?" Claire offered, sitting down at the table herself.
"I would, but I got an urgent letter," Rod said, turning to Rue. "Mint needs us."
"Is everything alright?!" Rue managed out, trying not to sound too worried.
"She didn't say what was goin' on, but she wants us to get over to East Heaven right away," Rod replied, putting his new weapon against a wall.
"You can come too, Claire. I'm sure Mint wont's mind," Rod said, taking the worrying expression off of Rue's face.
"...Do you want to go?" Rue asked, hopeing she would.
"Of course I'll go," Claire said, smiling at them both.
"Okay! Let's get moving!" Rod said, taking his weapon and ready to go out the door.
"Wait!" Rue said, stopping his friend in his tracks.
"Yeah?" Rod asked, turning his head over his shoulder.
"What's your weapon?" Rue asked, refering to the strange looking sword Rod heald.
"This?" Rod said, shining the blade of his sword from a lantern. "This is Scorching Blade, my newest and best weapon yet."
"Why do you call it scorching?" Claire askwed with wonder.
"Because..." Rod said, returning his sword to it's case, which was on his back. "I accidently left some mythril silver over my forging fire, and, well... You could say it's as hard as steel or iron put together. So this was an accidental weapon, which I hadn't intended on making," Rod finished.
"I see..." Claire said, putting their now cold dinner in the trash.
"Now, are we gonna leave or what?!" Rod asked enthusiastically, opening the door.
Turning to Claire, who nodded, Rue said "Alright! Let's go see Mint!!!" Rue said, putting his Arc Edge on his back and running out the door, followed by Claire and Rod.
A/N: What did you think? Pretty dull at times, I know, but it'll get better. Keep reading and reviewing, or else I'll stop writing this story that I know a lot of peeps would want me to continue! So why are you still reading this boring conversation with me? Click the review button already!!!