Monster Rancher-Souls of New Evil

By: VTamer01

Author's Notes: Well as you can see I pretty much am changing it around and making it alot more readable. I will eventually get the next segment of the story done once I reformat this. It's turning out a lot longer than I expected...

Chapter 3-Remembrances

Holly, Yosho, and their monster friends had walked a long ways from where they lived. They have just come across a town named Radian. Yosho stopped walking as everyone else except for Granity took a rest.

"We've come a long way, Holly. Now what are we suppose to do?" Yosho asked tiredly.

Holly checked her map and saw that it was miles from here to the next town, which is called Rediba.

"We should stop here and take a rest. We can stop at a restaurant also but we can't do that all the time unless you guys want to enter in a Monster Battle competition," Holly stated.

Tiger panted through heavy breaths,

"I'll pass on that one Holly. I'm getting too old. My brother has already gone on some journey to learn more about himself and alsohe's younger than me."

Hare joked lightly on Tiger's statement,

"Yeah you're too old to be of some use to us now Tiger. You'll probably die from breathing too hard," he said before laughing.

Tiger growled at him.

"I'm not too old to kick your hairy butt!" Tiger roared at him before beginning to chase him.

Hare was laughing and running at the same time while sticking his tongue out. Holly, Mocchi, and Golem sighed.

"Some things will never change," they all said at once.

Suezo peered ahead at the town, which was bustling with activity and saw that there were people gathering in a place.

"Gang, I think we need to check this place out as it seems there's something going on there!" Suezo yelled.

All of them looked at Suezo and nodded. They went in to the crowd where the people were gathering and heard people talking. One man was atop a stage, grabbing a microphone from one of his workers before quieting everyone down.

"Attention people of Rediba! I have terrible news to tell you! It seems that across the ocean, the large town Oceania has been destroyed by those aliens," the man boomed, who appeared to be the mayor of the town.

Everyone gasped in shock and fear and people started to speak.

"Does that mean that our town is in danger also?" one man said aloud.

The mayor pondered and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"I almost forgot that someone mentioned a ship was sailing the ocean and the aliens attacked it too. The ship belonged to Captain Horn and his pirates. My assistants went there an hour ago to Ceria to investigate and the ship had just docked there just now," he stated to the crowd.

Suezo got an angry glare on his face.

"Why is it that every time something happens in the seas, HE has to be there?" Suezo questioned through clenched teeth.

Holly looked at him and smiled.

"All I want to know is how that man is getting his information on the updates," Holly pondered.

The mayor turned around and pulled a rope and a large t. v. screen appeared from a curtain. Everyone gasped at the enormous screen.

"This ladies and gentleman will tell us what my assistants are doing!" the mayor exclaimed proudly.

A worker turned on the screen and on the screen two people were holding video cameras. There was a lady with blond hair who was holding a microphone in her hand. Her skin was the same complexion as Holly's.

"Good Afternoon, I'm Janine and here with me now is Captain Horn. Hello Captain. Tell us why the aliens attacked you?" Janine asked.

Horn smiled through the camera with stars in his eyes.

"Oh…yes, we have encountered the aliens and for some unknown reason they attacked us," he said while smiling.

Janine held her head in annoyance.

"We know that Horn but tell us why they attacked you?" Janine asked again.

"Well I don't kn-" Horn began but was cut off by Janine.

Janine noticed someone jumped down from the ship and approached them.

Horn turned around as well and saw Genki run towards him. When he reached them he answered the question that was originally for Horn.

"It's my fault. I'm the one who they wanted to attack," Genki said sullenly.

Everyone at the town gasped and looked at the male on the screen sadly. Suezo looked at the screen, shaking his head.

"Hmm, I feel sorry for him. He must have made one of the aliens mad by not following orders or something," he said.

Mocchi nodded and he looked back at the screen and peered both of his eyes to get a better look at the male on screen, before doing a double take.

"Hey it looks like Genki, chi. Genki's comeback to us!" Mocchi exclaimed in shocked.

The others looked at the screen and gasped also except for Yosho because he didn't know Genki at all. Golem recovered first before he raised his arms up and cheered.

"Now we have a greater chance of defeating Inferno!" the rock monster yelled.

Everyone then looked at them and noticed that it was the group that defeated Moo seven years ago. The mayor also looked at them and jumped in the air.

"We have our saviors' right here. This is the six that have defeated Moo, but I thought it was seven of you even though I didn't get to meet him!" the mayor yelled.

The crowd of people spread out to make a way for them on the stage. Holly and the others had walked through the walkway and got on stage.

They bowed before the townspeople and Holly was handed the microphone. She tapped on it a few times before speaking,

"We are going on a journey to erase this evil that has plagued our planet. Our monsters were the Phoenix seven years ago, and now that they have returned, we are stronger than we ever were," she boomed into the mike.

There were cheers and praises going around the crowd and Holly had turned deep crimson from embarrassment.

The mayor then grabbed the microphone from her and spoke,

"It has come to my attention that Janine has asked the young man who was interviewed his name and it appears to be Genki or something like that," the mayor stated.

Holly stared at him for a while, her eyes getting wide.

'Genki, he's come back. But, how did he get here? More importantly why is he here?' Holly wondered to herself.

The mayor turned back to the screen, which got turned on again a few minutes ago and everyone looked at Genki who was sitting in a chair. Janine poured her some coffee from a thermos and turned back to her interview.

"Okay, now before I get back to the alien subject, you say you're not from this world correct?" Janine questioned.

Genki sat back in the chair and nodded before replying,

"That's right. Somehow I got transported here through my room and landed on a hill near a town called Oceania."

Janine spitted out her coffee. Genki looked at her with an arched eyebrow.

"Did you say, Oceania?" Janine asked again.

Genki nodded and blew a strand of hair that fell to his face.

"Yes. I went to that town to find out what was going on there and I saw those aliens attacking people and destroying houses and buildings," he said.

Janine then threw out another question.

"So, what did you do Genki?" the reporter curiously asked.

Genki looked at her and tears started to form in his eyes. Janine felt sorry for him.

"What's wrong?" she questioned before walking over to him and putting a hand on his shoulder.

Genki put an arm over his eyes and brushed the tears away.

"I killed them. I killed the townspeople. I unwillingly sacrificed a woman and her child to death by not going into that building to see what the aliens were planning. It's my entire fault," he said through choked sobs.

Horn went to his side and tried to cheer him up.

"Genki me boy, you did stop them though. I have no regrets of you bringing those scurvy aliens to my ship. To me, that was another adventure with you even though Miss Holly wasn't here," the pervert captain said with a brief crimson in his cheeks.

Back at the crowd, Holly blushed at the statement and Suezo turned red in anger.

"If I was there Horn I would've knocked your block off," Suezo said in a whisper.

Genki looked at Horn with a puzzled face.

"What adventure? And who is this Miss Holly you keep talking about?" he questioned the pervert captain.

Horn fell to the ground in stupidity as Janine held a huge sweatdrop on her head. Hare, Tiger, Mocchi, Golem, and Granity had their mouths wide open in a state of shock. Holly and Suezo looked a little blue in the forehead.

"He doesn't remember us? How can he forget about us Holly?" Suezo questioned while turning to his master and friend in shock.

Holly didn't even answer his question, as she too wondered why he didn't remember them.

"Maybe that isn't the same Genki we knew back seven years ago. He's probably someone in disguise," Hare stated while looking at them.

Tiger looked at Hare then at the screen.

"Mocchi thinks its Genki and he is Genki's monster. Maybe that brain of yours isn't thinking straight," the vulpine monster said while looking at Hare with arrogance.

Hare growled at him as Tiger provoked him even more. Golem stepped in between them.

"No fighting you two, we have to find out why Genki doesn't remember us," the giant said while holding the two monsters at bay.

Yosho stood at the back pondering,

"Maybe he suffered amnesia? I mean it has been seven years and memory loss can affect you if you're not careful."

Granity also made a theory,

"Could the portal he went through have an effect on his brain patterns as well? Or could he have just forgotten about us?"

Mocchi looked at the screen and shook his head.

"It has to be Genki because he's wearing that orange cap. And his eyes are the same also," the pink monster stated.

Holly nodded her head as she also came up with her conclusion,

"It has to be him. I can sense it. The only thing that worries me, is why he forgot about us? It makes no sense to me!"

Yosho came by his daughter's side and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Maybe we should take a detour and meet up with him at Ceria? Therefore we can ask him what happened to him to make him forget about you guys," he said giving her a fatherly smile.

Holly looked at her father, returned the smile, and gave him a hug.

"Thank you father," she whispered.

Yosho smiled and returned the embrace. The mayor had tears come out of his eyes.

"Since you guys are headed to Ceria I might as well give you some gold to be safe. Here take this 200,000 gold offer. We hope that you will defeat Inferno and his baddies and return the world to a peaceful state," he said handling a big bag of gold to the group.

Hare smiled brightly and took the bag off the mayor's hands,

"Thank you so much for helping us, right Suezo?"

Suezo came up and nodded mischievously,

"Yeah, right! Ha ha ha…You helped us indeed Mr. Mayor. Now if you will excuse us, we must be going now. Let's get back Genki gang!"

Holly bowed to the mayor and apologized,

"I'm really sorry for my two friends, because they are very greedy when it comes to gold."

The mayor nodded and accepted her apology. Holly turned away and looked at the screen one last time and saw Genki heading back towards the ship before it was cut off.

'Genki we're on our way there to find a way to help you get through this amnesia,' Holly whispered to herself before running to catch up with the others.

End Chapter 3