*Drools* my best best friend sent me a wonderful e-mail. Guess what
was in it! Matt pictures!!! *Drools muttering, 'super finess...'*
Okay sorry. So do you like my character-based dude? I hope so! He's
cooler than the guy I based him on. *Mocks dude I based him on* you
are a loser and he...well; he's not as much of a loser as you!
HUAHHAHAHAHAHA! A little more confused than you, but that's beside
the point. ...Well actually he's meaner to Matt in a way. Actually
I'm not sure! What do you guys think? Is this guy meaner? Well,
we'll see. He could get meaner or nicer. He certainly is nice to
Hotaru, but well. Same thing. Okay, I'll cut the ramble short this
time.
Ah, we can't forget the annoying part...I don't own Digimon or Sailor Moon.
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If Darkness Could Befriend Ch. 6: Intro to the Dark
"Let's run off and ditch him." Kive said loudly to Hotaru.
"Excuse me? We bare know you!!! You can't just do that!" Matt growled. He was tempted to sock the guy in the face.
"No Kive. I can't do that! I'm not gonna ditch Matt." Hotaru sighed.
Matt was really starting to get annoyed with this loser. He was also quite angry with him because of how he kept being so nice to Hotaru and treating him like trash. He admitted it! He was slightly jealous! They had met this guy out of nowhere and he kept on trying to take away his best friend.
"Why? This guys a loser." Kive protested.
"Look, Kive. I'm tired of you constantly dissing me! You can't just pop in and take her away. We don't even know you! You know what! I'm just about ready to give you the slip. And you know what? Hotaru and I have to stick together, so it's none of your business. Why don't YOU just leave US alone?" Matt hollered. Hotaru stopped and whispered to Matt, 'I'll handle it Matt.'
"Hey, um, Kive?" Hotaru said innocently.
"What?"
"Um...I can't leave Matt. I was being sold and he bought me! So I can't just leave him, right?" She said quietly. Matt sweatdropped and pulled her over to the side.
"Don't look at it that way!" Matt whispered quietly.
"I don't. I'm trying to get him to stop asking me to run off with him. You know he's nice to me! I wonder why he's so mean to you." She whispered back.
"Really?" Kive asked. Hotaru nodded. "Oh, whatever." He sighed.
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"Anyways, Kive, we aren't going to Tesnus." Hotaru said. They had found a place where they could camp. They weren't going to stay the night, but Hotaru had reasoned that they had to talk with Kive. She wanted to give him a chance. She knew that Matt couldn't stand him, and he couldn't stand Matt, but he was nice to her. She wished they could get along better.
"Oh? Don't tell me you're heading to Esirnus?" He asked, wide- eyed.
"Yeah. That's where we're going numbskull. What's it to you?" Matt said, glaring.
"You can't just drag a girl along into there! What are you thinking? It's so dirty, dark, and filled with crime and poverty. And plus, it's just not safe! What kind of idiot are you?" Kive shouted at Matt.
"You know what? Mind your own business! And before we give you answers I want answers from you! You act like I'm the one who's doing something wrong by going with Hotaru, but really you just barged in on our travels so you're at fault. Now, give me answers now!" Matt growled.
"Yea, Kive, I kind of do want answers too." Hotaru said sweetly.
"Okay Hotaru, I'll tell you. I was coming from Esirnus, which is about two hours from here. I'm running away and I was heading to Tesnus. I'm so tired of stupid Esirnus. To me it's so boring there. And everything's just so stupid there." He sighed.
"So you're not going to travel with us? What a relief!" Matt said cheerfully.
"Yea right. Guess again. I can't just leave her with you. Who knows what kind of danger you'll put her through? I'm much more trustworthy than you, obviously. That's why I have to go with you!" Kive pointed out proudly.
"Who says you can come!" Matt said, glaring fiercely. He didn't know if he could stand much more of this guy, much less travel with him for so long.
"Oh, c'mon Matt! It'd be nice to have someone who's been in Esirnus before." She pointed out, kindly.
"I guess Hotaru. It really is partially your decision. I can't say I totally agree with your decision, but oh well. I guess I have to deal with it." He sighed.
"Thank you, Matt!" Hotaru chimed. Matt shot her a weak smile, then he shot a vicious glare at Kive.
"If you do anything that gets us into trouble I swear! You WILL regret it. Don't think you won't! And don't you dare even think of kidnapping Hotaru and running off with her! From now on, we're all in this together! ALLIES not enemies! Got it? We don't have to be friends but we'll just have to put up with each other, got it? Cuz, we'll be sticking together until Hotaru and my purpose are done in this world." Matt snarled.
"Whatever...what do you mean by your purpose here, Matt?" Kive asked.
"Well, Hotaru and I are from another world and we have to go beat the crap out of the leader of Esirnus. Then I assume we'll get beamed back to earth." Matt sighed.
"Ha! You guys won't last! No offense Hotaru. But, he's powerful! So powerful it's slightly scary, but I'll protect you. Not like that blonde dumbo could." Kive scoffed. (A/N: BWUAHAHHAHAHA! NEW word!!! YAAAY!!) Matt let out a pissed growl. Kive just waved it off.
"Let's just go." Hotaru sighed as she could practically see steam coming from Matt.
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"I think we're lost." Matt murmured to himself. "Kive, I thought you said it was two hours!"
"It's only been about and hour and a half, numbskull." Kive replied, dully. Matt looked down at his wrist and clicked his tongue seeing Kive was correct. They had been walking for an hour and a half, but to Matt it seemed like much longer. It was probably because they had been walking with barely any talking. Matt hadn't talked to Kive because he wasn't in the mood for Kive's constant dissing. What was up with the guy? It was like he had an instant grudge against Matt. Matt was really starting to hate him. Kive had no right to stereotype him. Matt was just a guy traveling with his friend and Kive was the one who had just popped in out of nowhere. Matt shot a glare at the back of Kive's head. Why was he so obsessed with Hotaru? He felt a wave of jealousy wash down his body. He shook it off. Kive just had a crush on Hotaru. No big deal. Matt sighed, for some odd reason it still bothered him. They continued to walk for about twenty minutes in silence. Matt noticed the trees start to fade a little, though the forest remained pretty dense. Suddenly he felt a shiver crawl down his back.
"Hotaru? Kive? Do you feel something?" Matt asked.
"Huh? No Matt, why?" Hotaru asked.
"He's just probably just being a loser and trying to creep us out. I don't feel anything. Let's just ignore him." Kive shrugged. Hotaru sighed.
"Go ahead and tell us Matt." Hotaru said encouragingly. Kive stuck out his tongue at Matt.
"Oh, oh. It's nothing." Matt said, easily waving it off. Hotaru gave him a worried look remembering what he had told her about his older self. Matt gave her an assuring smile. Kive just went back to ignoring Matt. Matt felt a pang in his head. He shook that off. Suddenly they came to a clearing.
"Hey, we can rest here." Kive said, plopping down.
"Let's not." Matt said, voice slightly troubled, as he pulled at Kive's arm in a desperate attempt to pull Kive up onto his feet.
"Leave me alone." Kive scowled, jerking his arm away.
"Come on Hotaru, let's go." Matt said, really on edge now. His stomach had gotten quite queasy. The feeling of danger was running up and down his body continuously. Hotaru stared at him worriedly. "Please." Matt tugged at her arm, a crazed look building in his eye.
"Hey, leave her alone!! Can't you see you that you're scaring her you jerk?" Kive yelled angrily.
"Whatever! I'm going to go off and try to prove it to you that something's wrong, and something is DEFINITELY wrong!!" Matt shouted, voice shaky. Then he stormed off, farther off into the clearing.
"Gee, what's wrong with him?" Kive said, then he just brushed it off.
"Matt! Matt! Come back!" Hotaru called, but he was already too far off to hear, and even if her voice could reach him, he wouldn't have really heard.
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Matt was terrified. He didn't know of what. The fear was driving him crazy. This had never happened to him. Then he stopped dead in his tracks. There he saw a small red puddle splattered on the ground. He cringed in slight disgust and then looked back at where Kive and Hotaru rested. They were already little specks in the distance. He hadn't realized until then how far he had walked. He then turned back to the red liquid. He squatted down to the red liquid and swirled a stick in it to make sure. He felt sick. It was thick but still runny, and fresh; very fresh. Blood. Matt gulped and looked up. About a minute's walk was a cave. He felt a tremble of fear run through his body. He had to find out what was in those caves though. That was the only way to make sure they were safe, which Matt strongly didn't believe.
He walked to the cave's entrance and was greeted by a repulsive odor. He covered his nose in disgust and breathed through his mouth. He sighed, noting he was still smelling it. It was something to the extent of spoiled milk, except ten times worse. Matt walked forward.
"Hello? Anything here?" Matt called out into the cave. He knew he was being stupid. If something was in here it had the capability to kill, and kill easily. It had obviously already killed today. That meant it wasn't hungry right? Matt sure hoped so, because you don't call out a deadly beast when it's hungry. That was most likely suicide. Matt hoped not. He continued to slowly creep into the cave with out smelling the reek. Matt heard a crunch under his foot. He looked down and nearly cried out, but quickly put his hand over his mouth. He bent down and examined it. Bone. He shivered and looked farther into the tunnel. Scattered across the inside were piles of bones. Matt did NOT like the looks of this. And it seemed that the farther into the tunnel the more bones. He gulped and continued down the tunnel.
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"I wonder why Matt got so freaked out." Hotaru sighed. She could no longer see Matt. He was just gone and she was worried.
"He's just a nutcase. Not enough marbles in his head; they must have drained out of his ears." Kive joked. Hotaru sighed angrily.
"Why are you always so mean to him? He didn't do anything to you! You shouldn't put him down. He might get angry and if he decided to ditch you I'd go with him!" Hotaru suddenly broke out. Kive sweatdropped.
"Uh- umm...okay. I'm sorry." Kive apologized. Hotaru shook her head.
"It's your fault that he just disappeared! He was afraid of something! He tried to get us to leave! I'm- I'm worried about him." She started at a shout, but slowly it died down to her normal voice. "I'm sorry. I'm worried." Kive nodded acceptingly. So she did care about him. Kive sighed. He felt a twinge of jealousy but ignored it.
"So, what should we do about him?" Kive asked.
"Should we go after him?" Hotaru asked.
"Nah! If he's so great then he can handle himself, right?" Kive said stingily. Hotaru sighed.
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Matt had to tiptoe to avoid the piles of bones all the while murmuring over and over again, 'sick, sick, and soo sick.' He couldn't believe he was going in deeper to this doom pit. What if whatever did this was still hungry? He gulped. Then the foul stench became so strong Matt couldn't help but smell it. He continued to tread deeper and deeper. The scared feeling was gone. Now it was terror. But along with that was a sense of duty. He felt responsible to slay the beast that had caused the death of so many creatures. Because of that he continued on, striding deeper into the dark cave. He shot a fireball deeper in the cave. Matt felt a ray of hope as he saw that the fireball crashed into a wall, but for a second he saw the silhouette of a creature 3x the size of him. His hope instantly died down as he suddenly saw a giant blood red, glowing eye shimmer in the darkness. Matt's eyes widened, instantly filled with fear. Whatever was back there it didn't seem very happy with him. Matt drew his sword shakily.
"Um...Hello big scary creature!" Matt said nervously.
He looked around nervously and glimpsed torches to both the sides of the hallway. What they were doing there and who put them there, Matt did not know. He was just relieved to see them. He shot fireballs at them nervously. In fact he shot too many, but that is beside the point. Then everything was lit up. He saw that the small hallway expanded into a big cavern and that he had hit some torches also in the opening. He had found the creature and its dwelling place. Then he looked at the creature and almost regretted lighting the torches. It had a black lizard heard with scales that seemed to peel with age. It had a long brown mane matted with the blood of its prey. It had long, gleaming fangs and sharp horns like a bull that looked like it could easily pierce through flesh. It had a long, snake like body with black scales, except a glimmer from a few scales here and there the color of old blood. It had four legs that looked like that of a dragon and the long tail of a dino that looked to Matt like it had the strength to crush rocks. But the worst part were the cold, merciless red glowing the eyes. The eyes of a ruthless, heartless killer. Matt shivered and backed up. The creature curled up its top lip in a snarl. Matt shot a fireball right in between its eyes. It roared up in annoyance, looming high above Matt. But also to Matt's advantage, it had banged its head on the top of the ceiling. Matt laughed. Then the creature came down with a roar, it's massive claws barely missing Matt. Matt instantly stopped laughing and got ready to fight. (A/N: HAHAHAHAH! Long paragraph!! You guys have to highlight....it helps!)
The creature jumped at him. Matt ran for his life out of the way. Matt then ran to its side and slashed it. The creature roared. Then it shined a bright red and slowly shrunk until it was about Matt's size. In front of Matt stood a guy with short, dark red hair and glowing orange eyes, and horns protruding from his head. He wore a black robe with long black gloves and boots. (A/N: Yuck! I made him ugly on purpose. Yuck! So clashing. Bleh!) Matt sweatdropped. This was really weird to him.
"Hah! This is a better form." The guy said." Then a sword materialized in his hand.
(A/N: OKAY!!! CHECK THIS OUT!!! IT MAY HELP TO HIGHLIGHT LARGE PARAGRAPGHS LIKE THE ONE BELOW!!!! TRY HIGHLIGHTING IT! Or you could try increasing the font size. I don't know if that helps or not. I've never tried it. I REPEAT ONCE AGAIN!!! TRY TO HIGHLIGHT IT!! YOU BETTER GET THE MESSAGE BY NOW OR YOU ARE NOT VERY SMART!! *Sighs* you know, sadly, some people in this world would read this message and not highlight it. It is sad, I know. But if you've already tried it and you know it doesn't work for you or you can already read it fine then go ahead and do it your own way, I can definitely understand that. ^_^)
"You want to sword fight me?" Matt gulped. The guy nodded and dived towards him. Matt pulled his sword in the way and they met with a clang. Then the guy made another swing for Matt from the side, but Matt quickly blocked that one too. Then Matt swung at the guy in an upper cut, but the guy dodged that. Matt sighed. He didn't want to kill a human like figure. It felt sort of wrong. This could turn out to be a long battle. Then Matt shot a fireball at the dude, but the monster/ person just deflected it back with his sword. Then he did some weird motion over his sword that Matt didn't really get. Then his sword began glowing a reddish orange. Then he charged at Matt with his sword. Matt pulled his sword in the way and their swords once again met head to head. Matt gasped as he felt him self instantly losing to the thing's power. It was slowly pushing him down. Now he couldn't even jump back! He had gotten himself into a fix. Matt pushed back as hard as he could, but it didn't even seem to make a difference. It seemed like he couldn't push back anymore. He was being overpowered! Then his sword began to sparkle. All of a sudden it glowed a bright blue to match the creatures orange color. Matt felt himself get stronger and he pushed back. Now they had an equal NET force. (A/N: WAAA!!! Science is affecting my mind!!!) Matt saw the guy's smirk fade away and become replaced with irritation. But equality wouldn't help them. Matt swung his foot up, risking his balance, but also kicking the guy in the stomach. The guy stumbled back winded. Matt let his guard slightly down, thinking that the guy would be out for at least a little while but unfortunately he quickly recovered and came rushing at an unprepared Matt in a series of swings. It was all Matt could do to block his mad frenzy. Matt could hardly see where he was going to strike next! He was moving way too fast. Matt would soon be backed up into the wall! Then all of a sudden Matt felt his back hit something, being the wall, and let his guard down because of surprise. In a swift movement of the guy's hand Matt's sword was knocked out of his hand and behind the guy. Matt gulped, pressed against the wall, doom before him. The guy smirked and drew back his arm. Matt saw he was aiming for his head. He concentrated really hard. The guy thrust his arm forward but Matt, who had been anticipating in, had ducked as soon as he noted the guy starting to thrust. The sword slammed into the wall where Matt's head HAD been, but completely missed Matt. The guy desperately tried to pull the sword out of the wall while Matt crawled behind him and stood back up. The fool was completely ignoring Matt. Matt stood up behind him and moved his leg in a quick sweep and knocked the guy off balance, causing him to fall. Matt was instantly on him, pounding the crap out of the poor thing with his fists, plummeting him all over his back and head. They guy tried to block calling out 'Mommy!!!!' but Matt had taken a seat on his back. If Matt had been in the guy's situation he would have known what to do, fist fights being his attacking expertise, but unfortunately for him, the creature was nothing like Matt. Matt finally stopped and turned the guy over. He looked badly smashed, bruised and beat up. He was also, clearly knocked out. Eyes spinning dizzily. Matt laughed nervously. That hadn't been too hard.
"I guess I sort of hit him a bit to hard. Sorry, sort of!" Matt said to the creature. Then Matt noted it start to grow. He quickly ran back to avoid being squished. All of a sudden a tall human figure appeared next to him. Matt jumped back in surprise. "Umm, hello? Who are you?" Matt asked. The guy just shot him a glare. Matt quickly observed him. He had blood red eyes and short hair as black as the dark and a perfectly carved face. He wore red armor, silver trimmed, with a flowing black cape, clasped with an intricately designed black and red brooch. He also wore baggy black pants, and silver shoulder blades. He had dark red gloves that went up to his elbows and were cut before the fingers. He wore Black boot, held together with belts that went across the front of them and were clasped with buckles. He looked to be in his late teens. Matt would say he looked cool if an evil aura hadn't surrounded him. The guy walked toward the beast, drawing a blade. Matt looked at the sword. It had a black blade and looked deadly sharp. It had a red hilt with a black design winding up the handle. At the cross part it had a dark shard of Black opal and curved out and down creating an arch. The black, vine like design ran up and around the opal and extended to the tips of the cross part (A/N: Waaaa! I don't know what it's called.) Matt shivered. The blade gave him the creeps. The guy gave him the creeps. He gave the whole cave a reek of evil. Matt could practically see the darkness and evil flowing from him. Matt had immediately got the scared, sickening feeling he had when they were out in the clearing. The guy continued to walk towards the beast, weapon out.
"Useless minion. You have killed many, but you can't kill a SIMPLE boy! You dishonor me that I ever created you! I created you to kill one person! He is weak! A new sword wielder and you couldn't even destroy him? You disgrace me!" With one quick motion he lifted his sword and lopped its head off. Matt choked. That was pretty gruesome, and wrong. The guy was pretty harmless, but in the end wasn't he planning to do the same thing? Slay the beast? He didn't think he would have been able to go through with it. Anyways, this guy wasn't slaying it for the sake of other people. Matt shivered. He was getting the shiver up his spine again. He didn't like being around this guy. It felt so wrong. Then the dude used some sort of magic and shot it inside the beast.
"Oh yes, Matt. Before I take my leave, I must say. I find it quite amusing how the closer you step to me, the more you lose it. And don't worry; I'll deal with you in the same way as my minion when the time comes. I really ought to be going now." The guy said coldly, with a small tinge of humor. "Oh, and by the way, I left you a little present." The guy finished. Matt saw a smirk crawl onto his face. Matt blinked and when he finished the mysterious man was gone. Matt did not like his ending tone. It did not sound happy to him. He shivered. That guy was so creepy. Matt stared at the minion and looked away. It was too disgusting. He then began to walk away, but he suddenly realized that he had left his sword back in the cavern. He sighed and walked over to it. He was about to pick it up when he heard a high pitch screech and suddenly he felt the blast of an explosion. He was also suddenly splashed with something slimy. Matt felt it all over him. He stifled a yell. He did not like this at all. It felt extremely sick. His whole back had been covered with it. He had a feeling he wouldn't like what it was. He looked at his arm and felt like hurling. Glopped on it was thick orange goo. He hoped this wasn't what he thought it was. Matt picked up his sword and shook the stuff of it violently. Then he began to wipe off the stuff furiously. After a few minutes he felt like it was all off him. He really hoped they could stop somewhere for a bath sometime soon because he felt disgusting. He looked back and saw the floor and walls had been splattered with it. He looked to where the monster had stood and saw what he feared. No monster. That meant....oh god. He had been sopped with monster guts. He felt a wave of sickness wash over him. He decided instantly that he didn't want the mysterious figure to deal with him the way he had dealt with his minion. This was too sick. Then Matt heard a patter of footsteps from the passageway he had entered from.
"Eww...I wonder what happened here! Poor things." He heard Hotaru say.
"Yea, well, it's just your common monster work, you know." He heard Kive point out.
"I wonder if that's why Matt felt so bad. Maybe because of the monster?" Hotaru asked.
"Tch, if that's what made him go so crazy then he's in for a lot in Esirnus. In Esirnus creatures roam freely. It's not uncommon to come across one, you know." Kive pointed out. Then they reached the cavern and met up with Matt.
"Matt." Kive said.
"What?" Matt growled.
"You look terrible." Kive mocked. Matt sighed.
"I know, I know. Look, see! There are monster guts all over! It's not my fault." Matt said short-temperedly at Kive, who continued to mock him.
"If you don't mind me asking, Matt. Did you do this?" Hotaru asked.
"Um, no. Do you think I have the capability of doing this?" Matt said, impatiently, motioning to the room. Hotaru shook her head no. Matt sighed.
"Yea, Matt. We KNOW that you could never pull this off. I wonder who did?" Kive asked.
"Guys, I think I've just had an encounter with the fabled ruler of Esirnus." Matt sighed.
"WHAT!!???" Kive and Hotaru shouted in unison.
"Yup, but I'll tell you guys about it later. This place reeks with monster guts." Matt sighed.
"So do you." Kive taunted. Matt shot him a glare, but continued to walk out.
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Eww...this painful was pretty sick and kind of scary. I don't know what came over me. I just went crazy, I guess. This was a pretty scary chapter. I hope I don't write more like it. Eww.so gruesome. That was pretty sick. I hope you guys were ready for that. I know I wasn't. Just sort of made it happened and then read it and went OMG!! SICKNESS!! *Sniff* Poor Matt. YUCK!! Okay, so anyways. Next chappie is sure to be better. So tell me what you guys think of this one, okay? Please? Please? Okay, sorry. So, Sairi, Lynn, is Kive meaner, or nicer. I can't tell. Oh yea, I'd like opinions on this ruler dude. Seems like an interesting person, nee? I know what I'm gonna do with him, but you don't! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! So what do YOU guys think about him so far? Also, same goes for Kive. I'd like to know! And please please review. And it would help if you would answer my requests by putting your opinions in the review. And I do take requests. I do have an overall plan for this story, but little ideas to pass the chapters by may help. WEEEE!! This chapter was filled with big paragraphs! How fun! Did the highlighting help you? If it did I would appreciate it if you'd tell me!! I don't want to say something false by shouting to the world that highlighting may help. Okay thanks! I can't stress it enough! YAAAY!!! I'm done with this weirdo chapter!!! Yea!!! Please R+R!! See you guys next chapter!!! ^_^
Ah, we can't forget the annoying part...I don't own Digimon or Sailor Moon.
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If Darkness Could Befriend Ch. 6: Intro to the Dark
"Let's run off and ditch him." Kive said loudly to Hotaru.
"Excuse me? We bare know you!!! You can't just do that!" Matt growled. He was tempted to sock the guy in the face.
"No Kive. I can't do that! I'm not gonna ditch Matt." Hotaru sighed.
Matt was really starting to get annoyed with this loser. He was also quite angry with him because of how he kept being so nice to Hotaru and treating him like trash. He admitted it! He was slightly jealous! They had met this guy out of nowhere and he kept on trying to take away his best friend.
"Why? This guys a loser." Kive protested.
"Look, Kive. I'm tired of you constantly dissing me! You can't just pop in and take her away. We don't even know you! You know what! I'm just about ready to give you the slip. And you know what? Hotaru and I have to stick together, so it's none of your business. Why don't YOU just leave US alone?" Matt hollered. Hotaru stopped and whispered to Matt, 'I'll handle it Matt.'
"Hey, um, Kive?" Hotaru said innocently.
"What?"
"Um...I can't leave Matt. I was being sold and he bought me! So I can't just leave him, right?" She said quietly. Matt sweatdropped and pulled her over to the side.
"Don't look at it that way!" Matt whispered quietly.
"I don't. I'm trying to get him to stop asking me to run off with him. You know he's nice to me! I wonder why he's so mean to you." She whispered back.
"Really?" Kive asked. Hotaru nodded. "Oh, whatever." He sighed.
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"Anyways, Kive, we aren't going to Tesnus." Hotaru said. They had found a place where they could camp. They weren't going to stay the night, but Hotaru had reasoned that they had to talk with Kive. She wanted to give him a chance. She knew that Matt couldn't stand him, and he couldn't stand Matt, but he was nice to her. She wished they could get along better.
"Oh? Don't tell me you're heading to Esirnus?" He asked, wide- eyed.
"Yeah. That's where we're going numbskull. What's it to you?" Matt said, glaring.
"You can't just drag a girl along into there! What are you thinking? It's so dirty, dark, and filled with crime and poverty. And plus, it's just not safe! What kind of idiot are you?" Kive shouted at Matt.
"You know what? Mind your own business! And before we give you answers I want answers from you! You act like I'm the one who's doing something wrong by going with Hotaru, but really you just barged in on our travels so you're at fault. Now, give me answers now!" Matt growled.
"Yea, Kive, I kind of do want answers too." Hotaru said sweetly.
"Okay Hotaru, I'll tell you. I was coming from Esirnus, which is about two hours from here. I'm running away and I was heading to Tesnus. I'm so tired of stupid Esirnus. To me it's so boring there. And everything's just so stupid there." He sighed.
"So you're not going to travel with us? What a relief!" Matt said cheerfully.
"Yea right. Guess again. I can't just leave her with you. Who knows what kind of danger you'll put her through? I'm much more trustworthy than you, obviously. That's why I have to go with you!" Kive pointed out proudly.
"Who says you can come!" Matt said, glaring fiercely. He didn't know if he could stand much more of this guy, much less travel with him for so long.
"Oh, c'mon Matt! It'd be nice to have someone who's been in Esirnus before." She pointed out, kindly.
"I guess Hotaru. It really is partially your decision. I can't say I totally agree with your decision, but oh well. I guess I have to deal with it." He sighed.
"Thank you, Matt!" Hotaru chimed. Matt shot her a weak smile, then he shot a vicious glare at Kive.
"If you do anything that gets us into trouble I swear! You WILL regret it. Don't think you won't! And don't you dare even think of kidnapping Hotaru and running off with her! From now on, we're all in this together! ALLIES not enemies! Got it? We don't have to be friends but we'll just have to put up with each other, got it? Cuz, we'll be sticking together until Hotaru and my purpose are done in this world." Matt snarled.
"Whatever...what do you mean by your purpose here, Matt?" Kive asked.
"Well, Hotaru and I are from another world and we have to go beat the crap out of the leader of Esirnus. Then I assume we'll get beamed back to earth." Matt sighed.
"Ha! You guys won't last! No offense Hotaru. But, he's powerful! So powerful it's slightly scary, but I'll protect you. Not like that blonde dumbo could." Kive scoffed. (A/N: BWUAHAHHAHAHA! NEW word!!! YAAAY!!) Matt let out a pissed growl. Kive just waved it off.
"Let's just go." Hotaru sighed as she could practically see steam coming from Matt.
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"I think we're lost." Matt murmured to himself. "Kive, I thought you said it was two hours!"
"It's only been about and hour and a half, numbskull." Kive replied, dully. Matt looked down at his wrist and clicked his tongue seeing Kive was correct. They had been walking for an hour and a half, but to Matt it seemed like much longer. It was probably because they had been walking with barely any talking. Matt hadn't talked to Kive because he wasn't in the mood for Kive's constant dissing. What was up with the guy? It was like he had an instant grudge against Matt. Matt was really starting to hate him. Kive had no right to stereotype him. Matt was just a guy traveling with his friend and Kive was the one who had just popped in out of nowhere. Matt shot a glare at the back of Kive's head. Why was he so obsessed with Hotaru? He felt a wave of jealousy wash down his body. He shook it off. Kive just had a crush on Hotaru. No big deal. Matt sighed, for some odd reason it still bothered him. They continued to walk for about twenty minutes in silence. Matt noticed the trees start to fade a little, though the forest remained pretty dense. Suddenly he felt a shiver crawl down his back.
"Hotaru? Kive? Do you feel something?" Matt asked.
"Huh? No Matt, why?" Hotaru asked.
"He's just probably just being a loser and trying to creep us out. I don't feel anything. Let's just ignore him." Kive shrugged. Hotaru sighed.
"Go ahead and tell us Matt." Hotaru said encouragingly. Kive stuck out his tongue at Matt.
"Oh, oh. It's nothing." Matt said, easily waving it off. Hotaru gave him a worried look remembering what he had told her about his older self. Matt gave her an assuring smile. Kive just went back to ignoring Matt. Matt felt a pang in his head. He shook that off. Suddenly they came to a clearing.
"Hey, we can rest here." Kive said, plopping down.
"Let's not." Matt said, voice slightly troubled, as he pulled at Kive's arm in a desperate attempt to pull Kive up onto his feet.
"Leave me alone." Kive scowled, jerking his arm away.
"Come on Hotaru, let's go." Matt said, really on edge now. His stomach had gotten quite queasy. The feeling of danger was running up and down his body continuously. Hotaru stared at him worriedly. "Please." Matt tugged at her arm, a crazed look building in his eye.
"Hey, leave her alone!! Can't you see you that you're scaring her you jerk?" Kive yelled angrily.
"Whatever! I'm going to go off and try to prove it to you that something's wrong, and something is DEFINITELY wrong!!" Matt shouted, voice shaky. Then he stormed off, farther off into the clearing.
"Gee, what's wrong with him?" Kive said, then he just brushed it off.
"Matt! Matt! Come back!" Hotaru called, but he was already too far off to hear, and even if her voice could reach him, he wouldn't have really heard.
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Matt was terrified. He didn't know of what. The fear was driving him crazy. This had never happened to him. Then he stopped dead in his tracks. There he saw a small red puddle splattered on the ground. He cringed in slight disgust and then looked back at where Kive and Hotaru rested. They were already little specks in the distance. He hadn't realized until then how far he had walked. He then turned back to the red liquid. He squatted down to the red liquid and swirled a stick in it to make sure. He felt sick. It was thick but still runny, and fresh; very fresh. Blood. Matt gulped and looked up. About a minute's walk was a cave. He felt a tremble of fear run through his body. He had to find out what was in those caves though. That was the only way to make sure they were safe, which Matt strongly didn't believe.
He walked to the cave's entrance and was greeted by a repulsive odor. He covered his nose in disgust and breathed through his mouth. He sighed, noting he was still smelling it. It was something to the extent of spoiled milk, except ten times worse. Matt walked forward.
"Hello? Anything here?" Matt called out into the cave. He knew he was being stupid. If something was in here it had the capability to kill, and kill easily. It had obviously already killed today. That meant it wasn't hungry right? Matt sure hoped so, because you don't call out a deadly beast when it's hungry. That was most likely suicide. Matt hoped not. He continued to slowly creep into the cave with out smelling the reek. Matt heard a crunch under his foot. He looked down and nearly cried out, but quickly put his hand over his mouth. He bent down and examined it. Bone. He shivered and looked farther into the tunnel. Scattered across the inside were piles of bones. Matt did NOT like the looks of this. And it seemed that the farther into the tunnel the more bones. He gulped and continued down the tunnel.
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"I wonder why Matt got so freaked out." Hotaru sighed. She could no longer see Matt. He was just gone and she was worried.
"He's just a nutcase. Not enough marbles in his head; they must have drained out of his ears." Kive joked. Hotaru sighed angrily.
"Why are you always so mean to him? He didn't do anything to you! You shouldn't put him down. He might get angry and if he decided to ditch you I'd go with him!" Hotaru suddenly broke out. Kive sweatdropped.
"Uh- umm...okay. I'm sorry." Kive apologized. Hotaru shook her head.
"It's your fault that he just disappeared! He was afraid of something! He tried to get us to leave! I'm- I'm worried about him." She started at a shout, but slowly it died down to her normal voice. "I'm sorry. I'm worried." Kive nodded acceptingly. So she did care about him. Kive sighed. He felt a twinge of jealousy but ignored it.
"So, what should we do about him?" Kive asked.
"Should we go after him?" Hotaru asked.
"Nah! If he's so great then he can handle himself, right?" Kive said stingily. Hotaru sighed.
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Matt had to tiptoe to avoid the piles of bones all the while murmuring over and over again, 'sick, sick, and soo sick.' He couldn't believe he was going in deeper to this doom pit. What if whatever did this was still hungry? He gulped. Then the foul stench became so strong Matt couldn't help but smell it. He continued to tread deeper and deeper. The scared feeling was gone. Now it was terror. But along with that was a sense of duty. He felt responsible to slay the beast that had caused the death of so many creatures. Because of that he continued on, striding deeper into the dark cave. He shot a fireball deeper in the cave. Matt felt a ray of hope as he saw that the fireball crashed into a wall, but for a second he saw the silhouette of a creature 3x the size of him. His hope instantly died down as he suddenly saw a giant blood red, glowing eye shimmer in the darkness. Matt's eyes widened, instantly filled with fear. Whatever was back there it didn't seem very happy with him. Matt drew his sword shakily.
"Um...Hello big scary creature!" Matt said nervously.
He looked around nervously and glimpsed torches to both the sides of the hallway. What they were doing there and who put them there, Matt did not know. He was just relieved to see them. He shot fireballs at them nervously. In fact he shot too many, but that is beside the point. Then everything was lit up. He saw that the small hallway expanded into a big cavern and that he had hit some torches also in the opening. He had found the creature and its dwelling place. Then he looked at the creature and almost regretted lighting the torches. It had a black lizard heard with scales that seemed to peel with age. It had a long brown mane matted with the blood of its prey. It had long, gleaming fangs and sharp horns like a bull that looked like it could easily pierce through flesh. It had a long, snake like body with black scales, except a glimmer from a few scales here and there the color of old blood. It had four legs that looked like that of a dragon and the long tail of a dino that looked to Matt like it had the strength to crush rocks. But the worst part were the cold, merciless red glowing the eyes. The eyes of a ruthless, heartless killer. Matt shivered and backed up. The creature curled up its top lip in a snarl. Matt shot a fireball right in between its eyes. It roared up in annoyance, looming high above Matt. But also to Matt's advantage, it had banged its head on the top of the ceiling. Matt laughed. Then the creature came down with a roar, it's massive claws barely missing Matt. Matt instantly stopped laughing and got ready to fight. (A/N: HAHAHAHAH! Long paragraph!! You guys have to highlight....it helps!)
The creature jumped at him. Matt ran for his life out of the way. Matt then ran to its side and slashed it. The creature roared. Then it shined a bright red and slowly shrunk until it was about Matt's size. In front of Matt stood a guy with short, dark red hair and glowing orange eyes, and horns protruding from his head. He wore a black robe with long black gloves and boots. (A/N: Yuck! I made him ugly on purpose. Yuck! So clashing. Bleh!) Matt sweatdropped. This was really weird to him.
"Hah! This is a better form." The guy said." Then a sword materialized in his hand.
(A/N: OKAY!!! CHECK THIS OUT!!! IT MAY HELP TO HIGHLIGHT LARGE PARAGRAPGHS LIKE THE ONE BELOW!!!! TRY HIGHLIGHTING IT! Or you could try increasing the font size. I don't know if that helps or not. I've never tried it. I REPEAT ONCE AGAIN!!! TRY TO HIGHLIGHT IT!! YOU BETTER GET THE MESSAGE BY NOW OR YOU ARE NOT VERY SMART!! *Sighs* you know, sadly, some people in this world would read this message and not highlight it. It is sad, I know. But if you've already tried it and you know it doesn't work for you or you can already read it fine then go ahead and do it your own way, I can definitely understand that. ^_^)
"You want to sword fight me?" Matt gulped. The guy nodded and dived towards him. Matt pulled his sword in the way and they met with a clang. Then the guy made another swing for Matt from the side, but Matt quickly blocked that one too. Then Matt swung at the guy in an upper cut, but the guy dodged that. Matt sighed. He didn't want to kill a human like figure. It felt sort of wrong. This could turn out to be a long battle. Then Matt shot a fireball at the dude, but the monster/ person just deflected it back with his sword. Then he did some weird motion over his sword that Matt didn't really get. Then his sword began glowing a reddish orange. Then he charged at Matt with his sword. Matt pulled his sword in the way and their swords once again met head to head. Matt gasped as he felt him self instantly losing to the thing's power. It was slowly pushing him down. Now he couldn't even jump back! He had gotten himself into a fix. Matt pushed back as hard as he could, but it didn't even seem to make a difference. It seemed like he couldn't push back anymore. He was being overpowered! Then his sword began to sparkle. All of a sudden it glowed a bright blue to match the creatures orange color. Matt felt himself get stronger and he pushed back. Now they had an equal NET force. (A/N: WAAA!!! Science is affecting my mind!!!) Matt saw the guy's smirk fade away and become replaced with irritation. But equality wouldn't help them. Matt swung his foot up, risking his balance, but also kicking the guy in the stomach. The guy stumbled back winded. Matt let his guard slightly down, thinking that the guy would be out for at least a little while but unfortunately he quickly recovered and came rushing at an unprepared Matt in a series of swings. It was all Matt could do to block his mad frenzy. Matt could hardly see where he was going to strike next! He was moving way too fast. Matt would soon be backed up into the wall! Then all of a sudden Matt felt his back hit something, being the wall, and let his guard down because of surprise. In a swift movement of the guy's hand Matt's sword was knocked out of his hand and behind the guy. Matt gulped, pressed against the wall, doom before him. The guy smirked and drew back his arm. Matt saw he was aiming for his head. He concentrated really hard. The guy thrust his arm forward but Matt, who had been anticipating in, had ducked as soon as he noted the guy starting to thrust. The sword slammed into the wall where Matt's head HAD been, but completely missed Matt. The guy desperately tried to pull the sword out of the wall while Matt crawled behind him and stood back up. The fool was completely ignoring Matt. Matt stood up behind him and moved his leg in a quick sweep and knocked the guy off balance, causing him to fall. Matt was instantly on him, pounding the crap out of the poor thing with his fists, plummeting him all over his back and head. They guy tried to block calling out 'Mommy!!!!' but Matt had taken a seat on his back. If Matt had been in the guy's situation he would have known what to do, fist fights being his attacking expertise, but unfortunately for him, the creature was nothing like Matt. Matt finally stopped and turned the guy over. He looked badly smashed, bruised and beat up. He was also, clearly knocked out. Eyes spinning dizzily. Matt laughed nervously. That hadn't been too hard.
"I guess I sort of hit him a bit to hard. Sorry, sort of!" Matt said to the creature. Then Matt noted it start to grow. He quickly ran back to avoid being squished. All of a sudden a tall human figure appeared next to him. Matt jumped back in surprise. "Umm, hello? Who are you?" Matt asked. The guy just shot him a glare. Matt quickly observed him. He had blood red eyes and short hair as black as the dark and a perfectly carved face. He wore red armor, silver trimmed, with a flowing black cape, clasped with an intricately designed black and red brooch. He also wore baggy black pants, and silver shoulder blades. He had dark red gloves that went up to his elbows and were cut before the fingers. He wore Black boot, held together with belts that went across the front of them and were clasped with buckles. He looked to be in his late teens. Matt would say he looked cool if an evil aura hadn't surrounded him. The guy walked toward the beast, drawing a blade. Matt looked at the sword. It had a black blade and looked deadly sharp. It had a red hilt with a black design winding up the handle. At the cross part it had a dark shard of Black opal and curved out and down creating an arch. The black, vine like design ran up and around the opal and extended to the tips of the cross part (A/N: Waaaa! I don't know what it's called.) Matt shivered. The blade gave him the creeps. The guy gave him the creeps. He gave the whole cave a reek of evil. Matt could practically see the darkness and evil flowing from him. Matt had immediately got the scared, sickening feeling he had when they were out in the clearing. The guy continued to walk towards the beast, weapon out.
"Useless minion. You have killed many, but you can't kill a SIMPLE boy! You dishonor me that I ever created you! I created you to kill one person! He is weak! A new sword wielder and you couldn't even destroy him? You disgrace me!" With one quick motion he lifted his sword and lopped its head off. Matt choked. That was pretty gruesome, and wrong. The guy was pretty harmless, but in the end wasn't he planning to do the same thing? Slay the beast? He didn't think he would have been able to go through with it. Anyways, this guy wasn't slaying it for the sake of other people. Matt shivered. He was getting the shiver up his spine again. He didn't like being around this guy. It felt so wrong. Then the dude used some sort of magic and shot it inside the beast.
"Oh yes, Matt. Before I take my leave, I must say. I find it quite amusing how the closer you step to me, the more you lose it. And don't worry; I'll deal with you in the same way as my minion when the time comes. I really ought to be going now." The guy said coldly, with a small tinge of humor. "Oh, and by the way, I left you a little present." The guy finished. Matt saw a smirk crawl onto his face. Matt blinked and when he finished the mysterious man was gone. Matt did not like his ending tone. It did not sound happy to him. He shivered. That guy was so creepy. Matt stared at the minion and looked away. It was too disgusting. He then began to walk away, but he suddenly realized that he had left his sword back in the cavern. He sighed and walked over to it. He was about to pick it up when he heard a high pitch screech and suddenly he felt the blast of an explosion. He was also suddenly splashed with something slimy. Matt felt it all over him. He stifled a yell. He did not like this at all. It felt extremely sick. His whole back had been covered with it. He had a feeling he wouldn't like what it was. He looked at his arm and felt like hurling. Glopped on it was thick orange goo. He hoped this wasn't what he thought it was. Matt picked up his sword and shook the stuff of it violently. Then he began to wipe off the stuff furiously. After a few minutes he felt like it was all off him. He really hoped they could stop somewhere for a bath sometime soon because he felt disgusting. He looked back and saw the floor and walls had been splattered with it. He looked to where the monster had stood and saw what he feared. No monster. That meant....oh god. He had been sopped with monster guts. He felt a wave of sickness wash over him. He decided instantly that he didn't want the mysterious figure to deal with him the way he had dealt with his minion. This was too sick. Then Matt heard a patter of footsteps from the passageway he had entered from.
"Eww...I wonder what happened here! Poor things." He heard Hotaru say.
"Yea, well, it's just your common monster work, you know." He heard Kive point out.
"I wonder if that's why Matt felt so bad. Maybe because of the monster?" Hotaru asked.
"Tch, if that's what made him go so crazy then he's in for a lot in Esirnus. In Esirnus creatures roam freely. It's not uncommon to come across one, you know." Kive pointed out. Then they reached the cavern and met up with Matt.
"Matt." Kive said.
"What?" Matt growled.
"You look terrible." Kive mocked. Matt sighed.
"I know, I know. Look, see! There are monster guts all over! It's not my fault." Matt said short-temperedly at Kive, who continued to mock him.
"If you don't mind me asking, Matt. Did you do this?" Hotaru asked.
"Um, no. Do you think I have the capability of doing this?" Matt said, impatiently, motioning to the room. Hotaru shook her head no. Matt sighed.
"Yea, Matt. We KNOW that you could never pull this off. I wonder who did?" Kive asked.
"Guys, I think I've just had an encounter with the fabled ruler of Esirnus." Matt sighed.
"WHAT!!???" Kive and Hotaru shouted in unison.
"Yup, but I'll tell you guys about it later. This place reeks with monster guts." Matt sighed.
"So do you." Kive taunted. Matt shot him a glare, but continued to walk out.
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Eww...this painful was pretty sick and kind of scary. I don't know what came over me. I just went crazy, I guess. This was a pretty scary chapter. I hope I don't write more like it. Eww.so gruesome. That was pretty sick. I hope you guys were ready for that. I know I wasn't. Just sort of made it happened and then read it and went OMG!! SICKNESS!! *Sniff* Poor Matt. YUCK!! Okay, so anyways. Next chappie is sure to be better. So tell me what you guys think of this one, okay? Please? Please? Okay, sorry. So, Sairi, Lynn, is Kive meaner, or nicer. I can't tell. Oh yea, I'd like opinions on this ruler dude. Seems like an interesting person, nee? I know what I'm gonna do with him, but you don't! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! So what do YOU guys think about him so far? Also, same goes for Kive. I'd like to know! And please please review. And it would help if you would answer my requests by putting your opinions in the review. And I do take requests. I do have an overall plan for this story, but little ideas to pass the chapters by may help. WEEEE!! This chapter was filled with big paragraphs! How fun! Did the highlighting help you? If it did I would appreciate it if you'd tell me!! I don't want to say something false by shouting to the world that highlighting may help. Okay thanks! I can't stress it enough! YAAAY!!! I'm done with this weirdo chapter!!! Yea!!! Please R+R!! See you guys next chapter!!! ^_^