Is That You? By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 11:: Another Arrives
Tiger shook himself once again as he reached the other side of the river.
The city loomed overhead, tall buildings burning and letting out great billowing black clouds of smoke into the air.
Helicopters flew overhead, some spraying water, some advertising news, others rescuing people from windows and roofs.
Genki looked at the city worriedly, brows knitting together as he watched the sight before him.
Holly placed a hand on his shoulder and gave it a tight squeeze as she also watched the city.
"It'll burn to the ground if we don't get moving." Hikari said in a monotone, her eyes devoid of any emotion as she pointed ahead of her.
Genki nodded and gave Holly a soft smile of thanks before going after the blond haired girl and his monster allies.
The street that led into the city was jam packed with cars and people, all trying to leave the city.
Without caring about being seen, the monsters strode right out among the people who backed off with shouts of astonishment.
"Hey! It's one of them!"
"Watch out!!"
"Ack!"
People darted left and right, trying to avoid the three humans and the six monsters that were walking down the street casually.
None of them showed any emotion, nor did any of their eyes flicker to the people's startled and horrified faces as they walked on.
"Shouldn't we be hurrying?" Tiger asked moodily, noticing the slow pace that they were moving at.
"A great burst of speed at the moment might hurt someone in this crowd, wait until we get out of this mad dash to leave the city." Hikari said, eyes straight ahead.
Tiger made a grumbling noise to himself at her answer.
Suddenly a hand shot out of the crowd and grabbed onto Genki's arm tightly, trying to pull him.
"Get away, I heard that thing talk, get away!!" A man's voice called frantically, starting to pull Genki into the now parted crowd.
Another arm from the opposite side of the crowd grabbed Holly's hand. "You should get away quickly!! Those things are dangerous, they'll kill!!"
Holly and Genki both fought against the pulling arms of the people of the crowd; shouting and kicking, trying to gain ground against the force pulling them away.
Hikari stopped immediately and went to Genki, trying to pull the burly arm of a middle-aged man off of him. But in the process, Hikari received her own pair of arms grabbing onto her. With a shout, she tried to beat them off, her eyes regaining focus, anger and rage flaring in their blue orbs.
The monsters, bewildered by the following stared at their human companions, unsure of what to do.
Finally, Tiger gave a growl and bent rigidly, snarling at the human s around him.
Jumping at the humans by Holly, he growled viciously and snapped his jaws at them.
The crowd moved like a wave away from him, leaving Holly by the vicious wolf monster.
With a nod and a snort of warning, Tiger turned and led Holly back to the others.
Just as tiger had erupted to Holly's rescue, Mocchi had done the same, with Suezo in tow.
Both monsters ran at the humans, growling at them like Tiger, but found that the crowd was relentlessly still holding onto their friends.
Golem's stone arm bent down over them suddenly and he picked up Genki, causing the crowd to gasp and finally step away.
Hikari, hair messed up from the fight with her fellow humans, thanked Hare for helping her get bandana back and then resumed leading the others.
Five feet away, Hikari stopped again and motioned to tiger. "I suppose after that, we don't have to worry about hurting anybody." She said with a small smile.
Tiger nodded his agreement before taking off, the others running after him.
"And they wonder why I hate the city." Hikari grumbled to herself as she ran.
They arrived in the city only to find more people running, and more cars spinning their wheels.
Genki covered his mouth as a black cloud of smoke came toward them.
Coughing, the group moved on, looking for the monster or monsters that had attacked the city.
"Can you smell anything, Tiger?" Holly asked, coughing into her sleeve.
Tiger shook his head. "No, I can't smell anything but smoke."
"Oh. . ." Holly said, covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve again.
Hikari's eyes scanned the tall terraces, taking in everything, the damage, the fires, the people's shocked faces as they ran by.
She blinked once as a woman looked their way, a smear of dirt on one cheek, her face slightly darkened by the smoke.
Her eyes went wide and her mouth hung open slightly before she started to run towards them.
"Uh." Hikari said in shock, pointing to the woman.
The others turned, none seeming to know her except Genki, whose eyes went wide and mouth shut tightly, muscles rigid.
"Mom?" He asked tightly, unsure of what else to say.
The woman stopped and grabbed hold of him, small tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "Genki!!" She cried.
"I was worried sick, you're grandfather called and said that you were missing, and no one could find you anywhere, we though you had been killed!! Don't ever run away again!!"
Genki flushed in his mother's arms, not returning the strong hug that enveloped him.
"Where have you been this whole time?!" His mother demanded, releasing him and holding him an arm's length away from her as small tears still rolled down her face.
As if noticing the others for the first time, his mother turned her head suddenly and stared at them. "Who are you?" She demanded of Holly and Hikari.
"I'm Hikari Oukami, nice to meet you, ma'am."
"I'm Holly, it's nice to meet you, Genki's mother." Holly said, bowing.
The woman's brows knitted together, as she looked the two over. "Grown women? With my boy? Why is Genki with you two? I've never seen you before in my life!!"
Hikari rolled her eyes slightly, disinterested.
Holly looked slightly distressed. "Ma'am, we're friends of Genki's." She tried to explain to the now furious woman.
"Friends? Friends would let my Genki run away without telling me or anyone else where he was? Friends would drag him to a burning and crumbling city were he might be hurt?" The mother asked.
"We ARE his friends, Ma'am." Tiger said, striding forward.
With a gasp, the woman looked from one monster to the next until her eyes were wide.
"We're taking very good care of him, chii." Mocchi said, tugging on her skirt.
"Um, mom, these are my friends. Mom, meet Tiger, Golem, Hare, Suezo, Mocchi, Pixie, Holly, and Hikari."
"You're friends. . . ?" His mother asked, holding lightly to his shoulders still, her eyes confused and dazed as she watched the monsters and the two girls. "But. . .they're the same things that attacked the city. . .from those games. . ."
Genki nodded, breaking free of her hold and going to the monsters. He patted Tiger's head before standing in front of them.
"The are the same ones, the ones I visited in the Monster World. . .and we're here to round up the others that have escaped into this world. . ." Genki said, a fire burning in his eyes as he spoke to his mother.
"So you don't have to worry anymore, I'll be fine, I've got my friends with me. . ." Genki grinned brightly. "And we're going to save the city and take the monsters back to where they belong."
With that, Genki turned and ran, the others following him at top speed.
Behind them, his mother sank to the ground, her tears spilling again. "He's all grown-up already. . ."
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Hello everyone!!! Sorry, I'm back again with another chapter!!!
I've been gone SO long!!! TT I've been uber busy though, so it's not like I forgot or did this on purpose. So, now I'm back for the summer, and you shouldn't have to wait for forever anymore. :P
I hope you all had a great few weeks the last few...er...weeks....
Anyway, I'll be updating my other stories within the next week or so, since I'm graduating tonight, and I have other plans for the weekend.
So, that's all for now, and please, if something like this ever happens again, please, please, please check my profile. Cuz from now on, any delays in production (finals, vacations, broken comp, etc) will be posted up on there. ==;;
Thanks for your patience and your shiny reviews!!
Ja!!
Review please!!
Chapter 11:: Another Arrives
Tiger shook himself once again as he reached the other side of the river.
The city loomed overhead, tall buildings burning and letting out great billowing black clouds of smoke into the air.
Helicopters flew overhead, some spraying water, some advertising news, others rescuing people from windows and roofs.
Genki looked at the city worriedly, brows knitting together as he watched the sight before him.
Holly placed a hand on his shoulder and gave it a tight squeeze as she also watched the city.
"It'll burn to the ground if we don't get moving." Hikari said in a monotone, her eyes devoid of any emotion as she pointed ahead of her.
Genki nodded and gave Holly a soft smile of thanks before going after the blond haired girl and his monster allies.
The street that led into the city was jam packed with cars and people, all trying to leave the city.
Without caring about being seen, the monsters strode right out among the people who backed off with shouts of astonishment.
"Hey! It's one of them!"
"Watch out!!"
"Ack!"
People darted left and right, trying to avoid the three humans and the six monsters that were walking down the street casually.
None of them showed any emotion, nor did any of their eyes flicker to the people's startled and horrified faces as they walked on.
"Shouldn't we be hurrying?" Tiger asked moodily, noticing the slow pace that they were moving at.
"A great burst of speed at the moment might hurt someone in this crowd, wait until we get out of this mad dash to leave the city." Hikari said, eyes straight ahead.
Tiger made a grumbling noise to himself at her answer.
Suddenly a hand shot out of the crowd and grabbed onto Genki's arm tightly, trying to pull him.
"Get away, I heard that thing talk, get away!!" A man's voice called frantically, starting to pull Genki into the now parted crowd.
Another arm from the opposite side of the crowd grabbed Holly's hand. "You should get away quickly!! Those things are dangerous, they'll kill!!"
Holly and Genki both fought against the pulling arms of the people of the crowd; shouting and kicking, trying to gain ground against the force pulling them away.
Hikari stopped immediately and went to Genki, trying to pull the burly arm of a middle-aged man off of him. But in the process, Hikari received her own pair of arms grabbing onto her. With a shout, she tried to beat them off, her eyes regaining focus, anger and rage flaring in their blue orbs.
The monsters, bewildered by the following stared at their human companions, unsure of what to do.
Finally, Tiger gave a growl and bent rigidly, snarling at the human s around him.
Jumping at the humans by Holly, he growled viciously and snapped his jaws at them.
The crowd moved like a wave away from him, leaving Holly by the vicious wolf monster.
With a nod and a snort of warning, Tiger turned and led Holly back to the others.
Just as tiger had erupted to Holly's rescue, Mocchi had done the same, with Suezo in tow.
Both monsters ran at the humans, growling at them like Tiger, but found that the crowd was relentlessly still holding onto their friends.
Golem's stone arm bent down over them suddenly and he picked up Genki, causing the crowd to gasp and finally step away.
Hikari, hair messed up from the fight with her fellow humans, thanked Hare for helping her get bandana back and then resumed leading the others.
Five feet away, Hikari stopped again and motioned to tiger. "I suppose after that, we don't have to worry about hurting anybody." She said with a small smile.
Tiger nodded his agreement before taking off, the others running after him.
"And they wonder why I hate the city." Hikari grumbled to herself as she ran.
They arrived in the city only to find more people running, and more cars spinning their wheels.
Genki covered his mouth as a black cloud of smoke came toward them.
Coughing, the group moved on, looking for the monster or monsters that had attacked the city.
"Can you smell anything, Tiger?" Holly asked, coughing into her sleeve.
Tiger shook his head. "No, I can't smell anything but smoke."
"Oh. . ." Holly said, covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve again.
Hikari's eyes scanned the tall terraces, taking in everything, the damage, the fires, the people's shocked faces as they ran by.
She blinked once as a woman looked their way, a smear of dirt on one cheek, her face slightly darkened by the smoke.
Her eyes went wide and her mouth hung open slightly before she started to run towards them.
"Uh." Hikari said in shock, pointing to the woman.
The others turned, none seeming to know her except Genki, whose eyes went wide and mouth shut tightly, muscles rigid.
"Mom?" He asked tightly, unsure of what else to say.
The woman stopped and grabbed hold of him, small tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "Genki!!" She cried.
"I was worried sick, you're grandfather called and said that you were missing, and no one could find you anywhere, we though you had been killed!! Don't ever run away again!!"
Genki flushed in his mother's arms, not returning the strong hug that enveloped him.
"Where have you been this whole time?!" His mother demanded, releasing him and holding him an arm's length away from her as small tears still rolled down her face.
As if noticing the others for the first time, his mother turned her head suddenly and stared at them. "Who are you?" She demanded of Holly and Hikari.
"I'm Hikari Oukami, nice to meet you, ma'am."
"I'm Holly, it's nice to meet you, Genki's mother." Holly said, bowing.
The woman's brows knitted together, as she looked the two over. "Grown women? With my boy? Why is Genki with you two? I've never seen you before in my life!!"
Hikari rolled her eyes slightly, disinterested.
Holly looked slightly distressed. "Ma'am, we're friends of Genki's." She tried to explain to the now furious woman.
"Friends? Friends would let my Genki run away without telling me or anyone else where he was? Friends would drag him to a burning and crumbling city were he might be hurt?" The mother asked.
"We ARE his friends, Ma'am." Tiger said, striding forward.
With a gasp, the woman looked from one monster to the next until her eyes were wide.
"We're taking very good care of him, chii." Mocchi said, tugging on her skirt.
"Um, mom, these are my friends. Mom, meet Tiger, Golem, Hare, Suezo, Mocchi, Pixie, Holly, and Hikari."
"You're friends. . . ?" His mother asked, holding lightly to his shoulders still, her eyes confused and dazed as she watched the monsters and the two girls. "But. . .they're the same things that attacked the city. . .from those games. . ."
Genki nodded, breaking free of her hold and going to the monsters. He patted Tiger's head before standing in front of them.
"The are the same ones, the ones I visited in the Monster World. . .and we're here to round up the others that have escaped into this world. . ." Genki said, a fire burning in his eyes as he spoke to his mother.
"So you don't have to worry anymore, I'll be fine, I've got my friends with me. . ." Genki grinned brightly. "And we're going to save the city and take the monsters back to where they belong."
With that, Genki turned and ran, the others following him at top speed.
Behind them, his mother sank to the ground, her tears spilling again. "He's all grown-up already. . ."
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hello everyone!!! Sorry, I'm back again with another chapter!!!
I've been gone SO long!!! TT I've been uber busy though, so it's not like I forgot or did this on purpose. So, now I'm back for the summer, and you shouldn't have to wait for forever anymore. :P
I hope you all had a great few weeks the last few...er...weeks....
Anyway, I'll be updating my other stories within the next week or so, since I'm graduating tonight, and I have other plans for the weekend.
So, that's all for now, and please, if something like this ever happens again, please, please, please check my profile. Cuz from now on, any delays in production (finals, vacations, broken comp, etc) will be posted up on there. ==;;
Thanks for your patience and your shiny reviews!!
Ja!!
Review please!!
