Chapter 6
The next morning, Robert heard Caroline calling him for breakfast. Robert fell off his bed again and went downstairs to eat.
"Good morning Robert. How are you feeling?" she asked him.
"I'm ok I guess…" answered Robert tiredly.
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
"Nothing," Robert replied. "I'm just a little tired, that's all."
Caroline fed Lesser Dragon his food and then put him down so he could run around outside
"Well, Tracy and I are going to the clothes shop to get me some lady's things," she spoke up.
"What?" exclaimed Robert.
"Lady's things," repeated Caroline. "Do you need anything else while I'm gone?"
"Yeah," replied Robert blatantly. "Could you get a double D cup size for me?"
Caroline raised an eye at Robert.
"Ha ha," she laughed sarcastically. "I'll be back. See ya."
Robert ate the rest of his food and lay on the carpet to think.
Is what I'm doing right? he thought. Taking gems from places; it's almost like stealing. I hope I'm doing the right thing. Ewww, what's that smell?
Just then Lesser Dragon came in the house from the beach with a large box, trying to open it. It was covered with seaweed and other mossy things.
"What the hell is that?" wondered Robert out loud.
Lesser Dragon felt bad and whimpered.
"Oh it's ok boy," assured Robert, petting the reptilian.
He looked down at the box. It looked like a sword case.
"Let's see…" Robert droned as he got a skeleton key from the Lucky Charms cereal box and opened the box. "Wow, it's a samurai sword; and it comes with a sheathe. Neat, I'll try it on."
Robert took off his psi-blades and tried on his new sword.
"Wow, it fits like a glove," he exclaimed surprised. "I'm gonna get changed before I take a walk."
He changed into blue pants and a gray baggy T-shirt.
"C'mon boy, let's go for a walk," he said to the dragon.
Lesser Dragon squeaked happily and left with Robert.
They began walking on the dirt road. Robert tripped over a rock (again) and when he got up, someone was standing in front of him.
"Oh sorry," Robert apologized. When he moved, the mysterious person stayed in his way, blocking him. "Who are you?"
The person removed the hood of her cloak. When Robert saw her, the first words that popped in his head were "Damn, you're cute!"
"Hey you, you have something I want!" the girl exclaimed unexpectedly.
Robert looked confused. "Like?"
She pointed at his sword. "That. That's what I want so hand it over!"
"No way," responded Robert. "You'll have to take it out of my dead hands."
"That could be arranged." She jumped in the air for an air attack.
Robert pulled out his sword and they began to fight. The girl took out a sword of her own and they clashed.
"I didn't know you had one," said Robert.
"I'm a sword hunter and I refuse go home empty-handed," said the girl.
She tried to attack again but Robert couldn't hurt her so instead he dove into his pocket and gave Lesser Dragon a chili pepper.
"What the hell did you do that for?" she demanded. "Look, he's turning red."
"You'll see," assured Robert with a smirk.
Lesser Dragon then shot a huge flamethrower out of his mouth at the sword hunter. She just stood charred, for about a minute, and then fell unconscious.
"I hope she's not dead," spoke Robert. "She's real cute."
Robert picked her up and took her to the house. She then regained her consciousness.
"Ummm, where am I?" she asked.
"You're in my house," replied Robert. "Are you ok?"
"Ow my head…" she groaned. "I'm ok."
"What's your name?" Robert asked her.
"Why should I tell you?" she blurted rudely.
"Because I would like to know," answered Robert calmly.
"You tell me first," said the girl.
He blinked. "Ok, I'm Robert. Nice to meet you."
She got up from the couch.
"Well, I'm Niko the sword hunter," she introduced herself. "My dad's a sword hunter too so if you try to rape me he'll know!"
"And why would I want to do that!?" Robert exclaimed and looked at Niko strangely.
"I don't know," she replied. "Don't all guys do that?"
"I don't really know what you're thinking, but I'm not that kind of person" Robert said, confused.
"Well, why didn't you kill me?" she asked.
"Was I supposed to?" he asked.
"No, I guess not…" she said, looking a little down.
Robert went into the kitchen to get some water when Niko came in. He then noticed her looking at him strangely.
"Yes?" asked Robert.
"Huh?" Niko exclaimed blatantly. "No, it's nothing. Hey do you think you could walk me home?"
Niko grabbed her weapons.
"I get it," articulated Robert slyly. "You'll steal my sword when my back is turned, right?"
"No I won't," defended Niko.
Robert took off his sward and equipped his psi-blades.
"Ok then, let's go," he declared. "Where do u live?"
"In Matataki Village" she told him.
They both left and started their way to the forest road. The sun was starting to set. Niko and Robert haven't said a word in the last couple of minutes.
"Are you new here?" Robert spoke up finally.
"Why yes, I am," replied Niko. "I moved from a different island."
"I've lived here for as long as I can remember" Robert said.
"Do you like anyone here?" Niko asked bluntly.
"Let's just say I have bad luck when it comes to women," replied Robert, thinking of Tracy and Caroline.
"Ah I see," commented Niko. Then she spotted a mess of houses up ahead. "Hey, there's my village."
They entered Matataki village. Niko directed Robert to where her house is.
"It's the hollow tree house right there," she explained. "We're still moving things around since we moved."
Niko lived in a big hollow tree house with a wooden roof almost next to Memo and Tim's tree house.
"Why don't you come in Robert?" she invited him.
"Okay I guess," agreed Robert nonchalantly.
They both went in and Niko gave a huge shout.
"MOM DAD IM HOME!" she exclaimed loudly.
Her dad was a huge tan-colored buff guy with normal looking clothes, short black hair, and brown eyes. Her mom was a half buff and half skinny Japanese woman with long jet-black hair, brown eyes and wearing normal looking clothes.
"We're glad that you're home," Niko's dad said happily.
"Niko, who's you're little friend here?" Niko's mom asked.
"I'm Robert; nice to meet you," greeted Robert.
"Hello; the name's James," greeted Niko's dad. "Nice to meet you Mr. Robert."
He shook Robert's hand in a tight grip. After that the mom introduced herself.
"I'm Niko," she said to him. "Nice to meet you Robert."
"My mom named me after her" Niko added.
"That's pretty neat," said Robert as he looked outside. "It's getting late. I better go."
"Well, take care Robert,' James said.
When Robert left, Niko's mom and dad looked at her.
"What?" Niko exclaimed in surprise.
"Awww, my daughter has a crush on a boy," Niko's mom said. "How cute."
"What?!" exclaimed Niko, embarrassed. "No I don't."
She started to blush.
"My ass! I saw you blush," added James.
"Dad!!" Niko yelled at him. "That's it. I'm going upstairs."
"Don't you think she suffered enough?" James asked his wife.
"My girl's growing up," replied Niko the first. "Anyways, I'm going to get dinner started."
"Yeah, I'm hungry," said James, rubbing his stomach.