"Welcome to A Sharp-tooth's Heart."

"I'm Sora W.T.K, your guide…"

"Dinosaurs who claim to know the truth shrouding another."

"The pain of loss will show, and others will tremble."

"The truth of an attack needs to be known, and one will shine."

"Many roads will lead this conclusion, but one will tell…"

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15

TRUTH

UNDER THE MASK

 "Truth…"

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'I feel guilt inside of me…'
'I almost killed…a duckbill…'
'When I saw the duckbill in front of me, I thought about that dinosaur that jumped me and Littlefoot.'
'And…I couldn't hold back my anger and I almost killed it…'
'I couldn't go back to my friends with bloody claws, what would they think?'
Rex thought to himself as he walked toward the cave.

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'But for now…I should worry about that dinosaur…'
Rex thought to himself as he got closer to the cave.
'I wonder what he meant by my real species.'

Rex looked at the cave and saw Chomper peeking out of the cave. Rex smiled, but Chomper gasped when he saw him and went back inside the cave.

Rex ran to the cave, but stopped dead in his tracks when the sharp-teeth clan inside was in formation, glaring at Rex.

"Wha…what's going on?"
Rex asked, but nobody replied.
"Why is everyone staring at me?"

Rex looked at the back to see Ducky, Spike and Petrie terrified on a corner. Chomper and Cera was glaring at Rex, while Yu could only stare, not knowing what to do. Only one thing came into Rex's mind.

"What is going on?"
Rex asked.
"Don't tell me you all decided to betray me and my friends now."

"SHUT UP!!!"
Cera shouted to Rex.
"Don't play dumb!"

Rex looked at Cera walking to him; she has a scar on her back where Rex slashed her. Though it's not noticeable because of her skin color, a good looker can see it. Rex gasped when he saw the scar.

"You hurt her."
Chomper reminded Rex.

"Now you're going to be more hurt than you already are!"
Cera shouted to Rex.

Rex knows Cera noticed the wound on his left eye; it was still bleeding, but not as bad as before. The sharp-teeth clan gained up on Rex, with Cera in the front.

Littlefoot, who was unconscious, managed to open his eyes with a groan.

"Littlefoot."
Ducky said when she heard.

"You ok."
Petrie cried.

Littlefoot raised his head and saw Rex and the sharp-teeth clan gaining up on him. Littlefoot turned to Yu and Chomper, who were watching.

"Guys, what's going on?"
Littlefoot asked.

"Well, Rex returned here with you, but then he turned on us and attacked Cera."
Chomper explained.
"Now he came back and denying the whole thing."

Littlefoot blinked, and then remembered that. He could only remember a glimpse of Rex with his claws bathed in blood, but something in that picture wasn't right. Something was missing, but Littlefoot can't recall much to do that comparing.

"But…but why."
Yu whispered to himself.

Rex was walking backwards to keep a distance from the sharp-teeth and Cera, who are as mad as anyone can get. He wants to know what happened or what he did that made them against him…Why would he ask himself that. He knows well what he did to Cera…doesn't he?

Cera charged and slammed unto Rex, sending him to the ground hard.

"Take that!"
Cera cried.

Rex got up and shook his head.
"What was that for?"

"For almost killing me!"
Cera cried as she charged again.

Cera slammed unto Rex, sending him flying against the ground. The impact was so powerful, Rex landed on his side and slid on the ground, he ended by slamming unto a tree.

"Cera…I didn't hurt you…"
Rex said in pain as he tried to get up.

"Don't play dumb!"
Cera cried.

Littlefoot managed to get up on his feet and raced outside. He saw Cera corning Rex at the edge of a river. Littlefoot saw Rex's wings and gasped, it all came together to him.

"You think I would trust you again?!"
Cera cried as she walked closer to Rex.
"You think I'll fall for your good nature attitude?!"

Cera continued walking toward Rex, while he walked backwards, staring at Cera's eyes, which are filled with rage.

"DO YA!!!"
Cera shouted.

The shout was enough to send Rex tumbling backwards, falling into the river.

Littlefoot gasped and ran to Cera, who was just looking at the river where Rex sunk under.

"Cera…why?"
Littlefoot asked in disbelief.
"We went through this before, why did you…"

"Because he told me everything, he planned this from the beginning."
Cera interrupted Littlefoot.

This caught Littlefoot off guard, Rex would never do this, and he even doubts his craving for meat was the source. Something was wrong here.

Littlefoot was convinced. He looked to the side of the river the current was moving, he looked back at Cera, turned and ran.

"Littlefoot!"
Cera cried.
"If he's alive down there, he'll get you too."

"I don't believe Rex did all of this."
Littlefoot replied.
"And I'm going to prove it."

"What good that'll do?"
Cera asked.
"Our parents won't let him return to the Great Valley even if he didn't do this."
Cera continued.
"You know what he did in there."

Littlefoot turned to Cera, with fire in his eyes.
"If they're going to banish him to the Mysterious Beyond then I'm going with him."

With that, Littlefoot turned and ran down stream.

"He's a sharp-tooth; he doesn't belong with us anymore!!!"
Cera shouted to Littlefoot.

=BACK AT KUMO=

Kumo stands firmly on a tree branch, watching the same river Rex fell into. He looked upstream and saw Littlefoot running downstream. He couldn't help but grin.

"That kid…he'll suffer what the other one did."

He looked further downstream to see Rex, struggling to get out of the river. He grinned again, but the words of that mysterious dinosaur still echoes in his mind, those words that warned him about a dinosaur that resembled him.

You shall not take him lightly.

He's more special than you think.

He is not of your species.

'…If he's not of my species, then which one is he?'
Kumo thought to himself.

Rex's soaked hands were placed on the dry ground as he tried to get out of the raging river. Littlefoot reached him and helped him outta the river. Rex coughed out some swallowed water as Littlefoot kept eyeing him.

"You ok?"
Littlefoot asked.

"Yea…thanks a lot."
Rex said.
"But why did you help me when the others didn't?"

"I know you didn't do what they said."
Littlefoot said.
"I remembered I saw him when I opened my eyes. He looked like you but something was wrong there."

Rex got up on his feet.

"It looked like me?!"

"Yea, but he was mean and…had no wings…"
Littlefoot explained.

"You're pretty observant."
A voice came out of nowhere.

"The others weren't that observant."

Rex and Littlefoot looked at the other side of the river and saw Kumo landing on his feet. Rex and Littlefoot gasped, Kumo does look like Rex. Rex also noticed the absence of wings, which made him wonder why his friends didn't noticed.

"Who're you?"
Rex asked as he pointed at Kumo.

"My name is Kumo and I been ordered to kill you and your friends."
Kumo introduced.

"By who?"
Littlefoot asked.

"I won't tell, but you kids know him."
Kumo riddled.

Kumo jumped to the other side of the river, Rex and Littlefoot backed off as Kumo walked to them.

"But he wants you dead."
Kumo said.
"But you first sharp-tooth."

Rex eyed Kumo, and then turned to Littlefoot.
"Littlefoot run."

"But…"
Littlefoot babbled.

"GO!!!"
Rex shouted.

As much Rex hates to shout, he had to. Littlefoot, without agitating his friend even further, quietly walked past Rex and Kumo, toward the cave where everyone is. Kumo didn't even try to stop Littlefoot; he wanted to get Rex first. For whatever that dinosaur was warning him about Rex, he was going to enjoy killing off Rex. Then ripping off his flesh and feeling the taste of Rex's skin and blood was a sure sign of victory and delight. Kumo almost drooled by that.

"Just to let you know, I'm the superior hunter in my clan."
Kumo warned.

Rex thought about that while he got ready for the fight ahead. Rex's usual clan is his friends, Littlefoot and the others, and since he's the only sharp-tooth there, he had one thing to say.

"So am I!"

"Then this shall be interesting."
Kumo expressed.

A moment of silence. Kumo charged at Rex, Rex did the same and they locked their hands.

TO BE CONTINUE…

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"Here is the next phase."

"An unknown sharp-tooth known as Rex."

"A sharp-tooth called Kumo, resembling Rex."

"As a fight starts, another war will start."

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16

BATTLE

GAME OF CHANCE

 "Battle, Game of chance"

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 "Join me next time for another chapter of A Sharp-tooth's Heart."