I can definitely say that this story has gone very well in terms of being
fun for me to write and also in terms of the great reviews I've gotten for
it.
Well here it is, the fourth chapter in the story, I hope you'll like it.
-Bojack
BREATH OF FIRE 3: UP IN SMOKE!
Chapter Four: The Truth
Nina brushed some leaves and twigs off of the sleeve of her red coat and straitened it out. "Great, now I'm dirty." She complained as she continued "dusting herself off.
Ryu appeared at her side. "Well, this is what happens when you try to use the teliporter when you don't know how." He stated with a grin.
Nina's frown and reached over towards Ryu's head. The Dragon watched her arm stretch out as she did. He yelped as she grabbed hold of his slightly pointed ear. "Ow! What are you doing?!" He exclaimed as she pulled on his ear painfully.
"Smart-ass Dragon Boys shouldn't complain about the mistake of a lovely Princess, such as myself!" She exclaimed, before releasing his ear and going back to her normal, sweet self.
The dragon stepped back and rubbed his ear. "Okay, sweetie, I'm sorry." He apologized as he tried to sooth the pain in his ear.
"That's a good boy, good dragon." She said, leaning forward to kiss Ryu on the cheek. "Now lets go find the tower." She added as she turned to head off in the other direction. Ryu, in a confused state, quickly caught up with her.
***
Rei quiet strolled into the lab, where Momo was sitting, looking into the lens of a microscope at a slide. Rei approached her and stopped behind her.
Momo smiled as she felt his hands come to rest on her delicate shoulders. "Rei, you can't surprise me, I heard you coming." She said to him with a smile as she looked up from the scope.
"How'd you know I was coming?" He asked her with a smile. The engineer turned around on the swivel chair that she was sitting on and smiled at him. "Grass Runners have very good hearing." She said, making a cute face and pointing at her long bunny ears.
Rei smiled brightly and chuckled at her impish expression. "I should have known that these served more of a purpose then just making you look cute." He remarked with a smile.
Momo smiled in return and stood up from her chair and motioned for Rei to sit down in it. The Worren nodded and sat down in the soft chair. The thing that he wasn't expecting was when the redhead hopped into his lap and kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, you're in a good mood." He remarked as he adjusted to her weight in his lap.
Momo smiled again. "I am, I have good news." She informed him cheerfully.
"What is it?" He asked.
"I found a biologist to help me with the lab work." She replied.
"Really, who is it?" Asked Rei.
"Well, his name is Ash and he used to work at the plant." She stated. "Do you know him?" Rei asked.
"A little, I saw him a few time down there." She answered.
Rei smiled and brushed away a few strands of her copper-colored hair out of the way of her reddish-brown eyes. "Do you have anything planned for the plants we found?" He asked her.
"Well, I'd like to test it out in some different forms." She replied.
"Where are you going to find people to test that freaky stuff on?" He asked.
Momo smiled wickedly. "Oh, I have my ways."
Rei smiled. "You know, you're really sexy when you're scheming like that." He stated.
***
Ryu looked around and took in his surroundings. Before him, stood the mighty "Tower"; no one was quite sure why it had been built or what purpose it served. All that was evident was that it stood a testaments to the power of the ancient races. If historians couldn't figure it out over such a long time, then there wasn't much more of a chance for the mind of a single Dragon to unravel it, either.
The Tower, itself, was not just a massive tower, but also a complex. There were other, smaller projections connected to the main pinnacle of the structure. They were connected by covered walkways and interlocked with one another. The Tower, and the rest of the complex, was built from beautiful sand-colored stone that had been carved and smoothed perfectly. Several arched windows were visible up on the higher reaches of the tower.
The door, that he was standing in front of was built of heavy iron and was set in place by a complex locking system that could only be opened by a specific method.
Nina was kneeling down in front of the Chrysm panel that would open the door to the Tower. She stood back up, straitening her dress as she did, and took a step back. She took out her magic staff and held it out towards the glass-like surface of the panel. Nina closed her eyes and focused her magical energies into the staff and launched a beam of pure golden energy from the crystal ball on the end- strait into the Chrysm panel.
The plait lit up and the door slowly swung open. "Alright, I've still got it." She exclaimed.
The two then made their way through the doors and entered into the Tower.
***
Rei was resting his chin on Momo's delicate shoulder as the two of them sat there laughing and talking.
It was really quite amazing to Rei, the fact that he was here with Momo. The fact that the one woman who had caused him so much grief and irritation was now such an amazing source of joy for him.
Rei looked into her reddish-brown eyes for a moment. "Momo?" He asked her suddenly.
"Yes, Rei?" She replied.
Rather wistfully, he spoke. "Do you know that I love you?" He asked her.
"Yes." She replied, rather taken back by the simple statement.
Rei was leaning forward to kiss her when he noticed small red light blinking on the wall. It didn't take long for the thing to grab his curiosity. The scientist that was in his lap was somewhat more in the dark about the object that had grabbed his attention. Rei looked down at her and spoke. "Momo, what does that little red light mean?" He asked curiously.
Momo strained slightly to look over her shoulder at the little flashing object in the wall. She had to think for a moment to recall what it was, but it quickly donned on her. "Oh, that, that light is there to indicate that someone has entered the Tower through the main entrance." She replied in a rather matter-of-factly tone of voice.
"Oh." Rei first replied, but then the two of them realized something- only two other people knew how to get into the Tower- Ryu and Nina!
"Oh Shit!" Came the pair's simultaneous exclamation.
Momo was about to get up when the door to lab opened up.
***
The scene had been awkward to say the least. Ryu and the Princess had walked in and found the two of them sitting there, in the chair like the happy couple they were. The only problem was that until that very secant that that door slip open- everyone's impression was that the two of them were very much the exact opposite of what was happening right now.
"Well, I guess there really was no need for either of us to have come to check on you two, I can see that the 'happy couple' is doing just fine." Nina remarked to her companion with some irritation- due simply to the fact that she had been left in the dark about it. Ryu had handled the situation more tactfully then the princess. Sure, he was surprised, but he was cool with it. There was something about the two of them that actually made the situation seem plausible- maybe it was true, opposites really do attract!
Momo and Rei were standing in front of their two friends- looking somewhat like children who had been caught doing some sort of mischief.
Rei spoke up. "I know this looks weird, but we've.., found a common grounds for us." He stated.
"No kidding." Nina said, trying to smile-despite her instinct to be mad, the situation was somewhat funny.
"Nina, I think it's just fine, it's really no business of our if they want to have a relationship our not. I mean they're both adults, and we all have to be mature about this. It wouldn't be good is we let something as trivial as this get between us all being friends, don't you think? Or, am I just rambling?" Ryu finished at length.
The room became quiet and large sweat beads formed on everyone's head. Nina spoke up. ".Ryu, that's the longest period of time you've spoken in three years." Said the bewildered girl.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could talk like that?" Momo said, taking off her glasses and wiping off the funny "swirly" lines on her glasses that had somehow appeared there when she became dumbfounded. "Damned anime and its stupid applied situational physics" She thought as she put the glasses back on.
Ryu looked around at the three people starring at him. He smiled and placed a hand behind his head. "Well, guys, you never asked." Came the reply.
Everyone fell down onto the floor, their legs sticking up in those typical anime-style positions.
~End of Chapter Four~
Well, here were are, at the end of another chapter, I hoped you liked it. Anyway, the special plants will be coming back into the story in the next chapter, as well as a _very_ special guest star appearing. Also, more characters will be introduced into the storyline. I am also going to be introducing some bad guys soon- though not in the next chapter though.
Also, I just want to thank everyone that has read and reviewed my story. I always love to read the reviews that you guys give, so please leave some after you read this chapter and tell me what you think of it.
I'd like to thank Voodoo Firefly (formerly Tio Rank P) and encourage her to right the next chapter of her fic soon so that we all can read it and review it. Thanks also go to Shannon, Kohran, and the all the others who have been so kind as to send me feedback.
Additionally, if this story goes well, then I might release a version with the stuff that was taken out of the original version to make it fit into a PG-13 rating. Tell me if you'd be interested in an "Uncut" version of the Story with all the juicy part put back in. Give me your suggestion and opinions on weather or not you think I should write this.
But, all joking aside for a moment, there's something I'd like to talk about. My friend- and fellow Writer- Aesiroth, wrote an amazing story a while back. He's actually two great stories- one of them a Blue Sub fic and the other was an Aliens fic. Both of them are very good.
At any rate, I'd like to address the issue of his Alien fanfictionn. The fic is called "Alien: Curse of Humanity" and it is one of the greatest stories I have read in a long time. It is an amazing story about a young woman who is raised in the hive with the Aliens and grows up wanting to be like them. But there is so much more then just this, the writing is superb and very in depth- if you're willing to look past the minor spelling errors and such. Any way, it would be great if you guys could go check it out and read it. You'll really doing yourself a favor by reading this great story.
If you're interested, the easiest way to find it is by using the "[Find]" function and type in "Aesiroth"- but make sure that it set to look fore "Author by Pen Name".
Thanks, bye
-Bojack727
Well here it is, the fourth chapter in the story, I hope you'll like it.
-Bojack
BREATH OF FIRE 3: UP IN SMOKE!
Chapter Four: The Truth
Nina brushed some leaves and twigs off of the sleeve of her red coat and straitened it out. "Great, now I'm dirty." She complained as she continued "dusting herself off.
Ryu appeared at her side. "Well, this is what happens when you try to use the teliporter when you don't know how." He stated with a grin.
Nina's frown and reached over towards Ryu's head. The Dragon watched her arm stretch out as she did. He yelped as she grabbed hold of his slightly pointed ear. "Ow! What are you doing?!" He exclaimed as she pulled on his ear painfully.
"Smart-ass Dragon Boys shouldn't complain about the mistake of a lovely Princess, such as myself!" She exclaimed, before releasing his ear and going back to her normal, sweet self.
The dragon stepped back and rubbed his ear. "Okay, sweetie, I'm sorry." He apologized as he tried to sooth the pain in his ear.
"That's a good boy, good dragon." She said, leaning forward to kiss Ryu on the cheek. "Now lets go find the tower." She added as she turned to head off in the other direction. Ryu, in a confused state, quickly caught up with her.
***
Rei quiet strolled into the lab, where Momo was sitting, looking into the lens of a microscope at a slide. Rei approached her and stopped behind her.
Momo smiled as she felt his hands come to rest on her delicate shoulders. "Rei, you can't surprise me, I heard you coming." She said to him with a smile as she looked up from the scope.
"How'd you know I was coming?" He asked her with a smile. The engineer turned around on the swivel chair that she was sitting on and smiled at him. "Grass Runners have very good hearing." She said, making a cute face and pointing at her long bunny ears.
Rei smiled brightly and chuckled at her impish expression. "I should have known that these served more of a purpose then just making you look cute." He remarked with a smile.
Momo smiled in return and stood up from her chair and motioned for Rei to sit down in it. The Worren nodded and sat down in the soft chair. The thing that he wasn't expecting was when the redhead hopped into his lap and kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, you're in a good mood." He remarked as he adjusted to her weight in his lap.
Momo smiled again. "I am, I have good news." She informed him cheerfully.
"What is it?" He asked.
"I found a biologist to help me with the lab work." She replied.
"Really, who is it?" Asked Rei.
"Well, his name is Ash and he used to work at the plant." She stated. "Do you know him?" Rei asked.
"A little, I saw him a few time down there." She answered.
Rei smiled and brushed away a few strands of her copper-colored hair out of the way of her reddish-brown eyes. "Do you have anything planned for the plants we found?" He asked her.
"Well, I'd like to test it out in some different forms." She replied.
"Where are you going to find people to test that freaky stuff on?" He asked.
Momo smiled wickedly. "Oh, I have my ways."
Rei smiled. "You know, you're really sexy when you're scheming like that." He stated.
***
Ryu looked around and took in his surroundings. Before him, stood the mighty "Tower"; no one was quite sure why it had been built or what purpose it served. All that was evident was that it stood a testaments to the power of the ancient races. If historians couldn't figure it out over such a long time, then there wasn't much more of a chance for the mind of a single Dragon to unravel it, either.
The Tower, itself, was not just a massive tower, but also a complex. There were other, smaller projections connected to the main pinnacle of the structure. They were connected by covered walkways and interlocked with one another. The Tower, and the rest of the complex, was built from beautiful sand-colored stone that had been carved and smoothed perfectly. Several arched windows were visible up on the higher reaches of the tower.
The door, that he was standing in front of was built of heavy iron and was set in place by a complex locking system that could only be opened by a specific method.
Nina was kneeling down in front of the Chrysm panel that would open the door to the Tower. She stood back up, straitening her dress as she did, and took a step back. She took out her magic staff and held it out towards the glass-like surface of the panel. Nina closed her eyes and focused her magical energies into the staff and launched a beam of pure golden energy from the crystal ball on the end- strait into the Chrysm panel.
The plait lit up and the door slowly swung open. "Alright, I've still got it." She exclaimed.
The two then made their way through the doors and entered into the Tower.
***
Rei was resting his chin on Momo's delicate shoulder as the two of them sat there laughing and talking.
It was really quite amazing to Rei, the fact that he was here with Momo. The fact that the one woman who had caused him so much grief and irritation was now such an amazing source of joy for him.
Rei looked into her reddish-brown eyes for a moment. "Momo?" He asked her suddenly.
"Yes, Rei?" She replied.
Rather wistfully, he spoke. "Do you know that I love you?" He asked her.
"Yes." She replied, rather taken back by the simple statement.
Rei was leaning forward to kiss her when he noticed small red light blinking on the wall. It didn't take long for the thing to grab his curiosity. The scientist that was in his lap was somewhat more in the dark about the object that had grabbed his attention. Rei looked down at her and spoke. "Momo, what does that little red light mean?" He asked curiously.
Momo strained slightly to look over her shoulder at the little flashing object in the wall. She had to think for a moment to recall what it was, but it quickly donned on her. "Oh, that, that light is there to indicate that someone has entered the Tower through the main entrance." She replied in a rather matter-of-factly tone of voice.
"Oh." Rei first replied, but then the two of them realized something- only two other people knew how to get into the Tower- Ryu and Nina!
"Oh Shit!" Came the pair's simultaneous exclamation.
Momo was about to get up when the door to lab opened up.
***
The scene had been awkward to say the least. Ryu and the Princess had walked in and found the two of them sitting there, in the chair like the happy couple they were. The only problem was that until that very secant that that door slip open- everyone's impression was that the two of them were very much the exact opposite of what was happening right now.
"Well, I guess there really was no need for either of us to have come to check on you two, I can see that the 'happy couple' is doing just fine." Nina remarked to her companion with some irritation- due simply to the fact that she had been left in the dark about it. Ryu had handled the situation more tactfully then the princess. Sure, he was surprised, but he was cool with it. There was something about the two of them that actually made the situation seem plausible- maybe it was true, opposites really do attract!
Momo and Rei were standing in front of their two friends- looking somewhat like children who had been caught doing some sort of mischief.
Rei spoke up. "I know this looks weird, but we've.., found a common grounds for us." He stated.
"No kidding." Nina said, trying to smile-despite her instinct to be mad, the situation was somewhat funny.
"Nina, I think it's just fine, it's really no business of our if they want to have a relationship our not. I mean they're both adults, and we all have to be mature about this. It wouldn't be good is we let something as trivial as this get between us all being friends, don't you think? Or, am I just rambling?" Ryu finished at length.
The room became quiet and large sweat beads formed on everyone's head. Nina spoke up. ".Ryu, that's the longest period of time you've spoken in three years." Said the bewildered girl.
"Yeah, I didn't know you could talk like that?" Momo said, taking off her glasses and wiping off the funny "swirly" lines on her glasses that had somehow appeared there when she became dumbfounded. "Damned anime and its stupid applied situational physics" She thought as she put the glasses back on.
Ryu looked around at the three people starring at him. He smiled and placed a hand behind his head. "Well, guys, you never asked." Came the reply.
Everyone fell down onto the floor, their legs sticking up in those typical anime-style positions.
~End of Chapter Four~
Well, here were are, at the end of another chapter, I hoped you liked it. Anyway, the special plants will be coming back into the story in the next chapter, as well as a _very_ special guest star appearing. Also, more characters will be introduced into the storyline. I am also going to be introducing some bad guys soon- though not in the next chapter though.
Also, I just want to thank everyone that has read and reviewed my story. I always love to read the reviews that you guys give, so please leave some after you read this chapter and tell me what you think of it.
I'd like to thank Voodoo Firefly (formerly Tio Rank P) and encourage her to right the next chapter of her fic soon so that we all can read it and review it. Thanks also go to Shannon, Kohran, and the all the others who have been so kind as to send me feedback.
Additionally, if this story goes well, then I might release a version with the stuff that was taken out of the original version to make it fit into a PG-13 rating. Tell me if you'd be interested in an "Uncut" version of the Story with all the juicy part put back in. Give me your suggestion and opinions on weather or not you think I should write this.
But, all joking aside for a moment, there's something I'd like to talk about. My friend- and fellow Writer- Aesiroth, wrote an amazing story a while back. He's actually two great stories- one of them a Blue Sub fic and the other was an Aliens fic. Both of them are very good.
At any rate, I'd like to address the issue of his Alien fanfictionn. The fic is called "Alien: Curse of Humanity" and it is one of the greatest stories I have read in a long time. It is an amazing story about a young woman who is raised in the hive with the Aliens and grows up wanting to be like them. But there is so much more then just this, the writing is superb and very in depth- if you're willing to look past the minor spelling errors and such. Any way, it would be great if you guys could go check it out and read it. You'll really doing yourself a favor by reading this great story.
If you're interested, the easiest way to find it is by using the "[Find]" function and type in "Aesiroth"- but make sure that it set to look fore "Author by Pen Name".
Thanks, bye
-Bojack727