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

"I am Sora W.T.K, your guide."

"Of all the things I can see…there is a group of dinosaurs on a mission…"

"A pure-hearted longneck…"

"An emotionless sharp-tooth…"

"And a dinosaur with an unknown race…"

"When these collide, many chords will be played."

"And these chords are known as…"

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17
EMOTIONS
OVER THE FANTASY

"Emotions…"
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"I'm tired Littlefoot…" Chomper said, exhausted, "Can't we rest for a while?"

"No, Chomper," Littlefoot replied, "Those sharp-teeth are right behind us, if we stop, they'll gain on us."

"But we won't get any further if we don't rest," Yu added, "It'll be worse if they catch us without any energy left to run."

"Yu right Littlefoot," Petrie commented, "We won't have chance without strength to escape."

Littlefoot sighed, "OK…We can rest over here."

Littlefoot walks over to a part of the forest filled with tall trees and bushes; they could easily hide in this narrow patch of the forest. As they sat down to take a break, Spike sees the tasty bushes, and as usual, starts eating them, ripping off chunks of their hiding places with each bite.

"Spike, no!" Cera cried, "Don't go eating our hiding place!"

"Spike!" Ducky cried as she ran toward her brother, "Behave Spike, don't give us away!"

"Why? It's not like I can't already see you." A voice said from afar.

The children gasp and turn around, there stands Kumo, his claws stained with blood and a wound on his left side of his face and some bruises here and there on his body from his face-off with Rex.

"Look, its Rex!" Petrie cried, not yet knowing this whole deal between Rex and Kumo.

"No, Petrie!" Littlefoot cried, stopping Petrie from flying to Kumo, "That's not Rex!"

Kumo chuckled, "I see you are quite observant, unlike these other simple-minded children." He mocked as he looked at the rest of the children.

Cera growled and stepped forward, "You're asking for a fight!"

Kumo smirked, "You won't last, look at the wound I gave ya with just a slash, your wound was pretty deep and deadly, a little bit more and I could've destroyed your spine," Kumo recapped that moment, then continued, "Imagine using my teeth."

Cera gulped and backed away, she remembered that moment, now she gets everything! The way this sharp-tooth recapped that, it was too precise. Now she regrets that tackle and shouting she gave at Rex.

"Now…" Kumo started as he walks closer to the kids, "Who's first?"

As honorable and protective sharp-teeth that they are, Chomper and Yu stand in front of the others. Kumo stops at this, getting the idea of they're getting. Littlefoot walks back with the others, he then glances at Cera, who's regretting at what she did to Rex, blaming him for something that he didn't do.

"You're going to get through us first!" Yu threaten at Kumo.

Kumo smirked, "My pleasure."

With that, Yu charged at Kumo, Chomper took this example and charged.

"Oooh, me can't look." Petrie said as he hid behind Littlefoot's neck. Ducky did the same and covered her eyes as she's on Spike's back.

Kumo, being as agile, if more agile, as Rex, he dodges the charges by jumping aside. Yu and Chomper stopped and turned to Kumo, they weren't expecting such agility, especially more than velociraptors'. Kumo turned and smacked Yu with his tail, Chomper gasped and went to attack Kumo, but the little sharp-tooth suffers a slash across the face from Kumo. Now, Yu and Chomper lay on the ground, and as they start to get up, Kumo couldn't help but chuckle as he steps back.

"Chomper! Yu!" Littlefoot cried as he runs to his fallen friends.

"Grrr…Now you'll get it!" Cera shouted angrily and charges at Kumo with a three-horn yelp.

Littlefoot gasped, "Cera, no!"

----BACK AT REX----

On the ground, where the fight between two sharp-teeth took place, a wounded and battered light-blue dinosaur with wings laid. His forehead and chest bleeding and a drop of crimson liquid going down his cheek. Small and peaceful creatures gather around the ground, some of them crawling on Rex's body. In a sudden, Rex's eyes squint and his body twitched, scaring off the little creatures. His eyes opened and sit up, screaming out in pain as the wound on his chest stretches out as his body bends. The dinosaur breathes heavily as he recovers from the pain, his wounds slowing down on the bleeding. He tries to get up slowly, but as he does so he stumbles back to the ground, pain surging through his body.

"I…I…I gotta get up…" Rex whispers to himself, "Littlefoot and the others…Are in trouble…Need to…"

Rex manages to get up, clutching his left arm and breathing heavily; he walks deeper into the forest, hoping to find the river to wash his wounds clean and to refresh his body.

----BACK AT LITTLEFOOT AND THE OTHERS----

Pants and gasps for breath are heard as the children try their best to flee from Kumo. They're alright, though Chomper has a slash wound across his face, Yu has a bruise on his neck from the tail slam. Cera is OK, just a bruise across her face. The rest of the children are untouched…For now.

"Hurry guys!" Littlefoot cries as he runs ahead, "He's catching up!"

Spike kept trying to keep up, but he always falls behind. Ducky, who's riding on Spike's back, tries to encourage him, "C'mon Spike! Run faster! You can do it!"

Cera runs between Spike and Littlefoot, her heart is beating rapidly, her chest pumping in and out for breath, she's petrified, not only because she has a sharp-tooth behind her, but also because he looks just like Rex.

Yu, who's in the lead, manages to find an opening that leads to the wasteland, if they get in there and spread out, they could loose Kumo and regroup in the forest at the same hiding place. Sadly, just when he was going to announce the plan to the others, Kumo blocks the exit, he has used the trees to get ahead of them and land between the children and their exit. The children had nothing else to do but to stop in their tracks, slamming unto each other from the sudden stop.

"Kumo…" Cera muttered as he got his head out from the huddled up hill of dinosaurs, "How did you…?"

Kumo smirked, "This is too easy…"

Littlefoot raises his head from the mess of children and looks at Kumo, "Why are you doing this?" Though Kumo stayed silent from the question, Littlefoot continued, "Don't tell me you're part of that other sharp-tooth's clan."

This made Kumo twitch, "Part of Bull's clan?! Hah! Don't compare me to those idiots!"

Littlefoot blinked, "But you are doing this for them, aren't you?"

Kumo stepped closer, which made Littlefoot take a step back, "Kid, I was never part of his clan, I just follow his clan in pleasure. And in no way do I do his dirty work!"

Littlefoot stepped back from Kumo's sudden anger. Heck, everyone did. Ducky hid behind Spike's head, while Petrie hid behind Yu's neck. Spike was in his usual hiding place of thrusting his head in the ground, hiding like an ostrich. Cera and Chomper were the same as scared; they were practically behind the others. Littlefoot gulped, "Then why are you doing this if this is what Bull wants? I bet you're not even doing this for food, aren't you?"

Kumo retaliated, "I am not doing this for Bull. In fact, I have just been posing as a follower for my own reasons…"

"Then why are you trying to kill us?!!" Cera shouted angrily.

Kumo just chuckled, "That's for me to know and you to find out…"

Littlefoot and the others were surprised to see Kumo stepping out of the way, letting them through. Though, the children have their doubts, thinking that Kumo will jump at them and attack when they are close…

"Go on." Kumo said.

Littlefoot had an easy feeling about this; he cautiously steps closer and closer, until he's dangerously close to Kumo. He looks at him, but Kumo doesn't look at him, he just looks at the others, waiting for them to cross. Littlefoot reaches the other side into the wasteland and looks at the others, he gesture to his friends to come along. Though afraid, they do the same Littlefoot did. Soon, the children are already at the other side, Kumo looking at them.

"C'mon…" Littlefoot whispers to his friend.

Littlefoot and the others leave the place and to the direction of the Great Valley from the wasteland, around the forest. Kumo is just thinking…Did he just let them go because he wanted to spare them? Or…Or was it compassion?

Behind Kumo, another one of those black dinosaurs with red stripes on their back and tail is standing, this one doesn't have a scar like the other one, but this one is twice as big and strong. "Why did you let them go?" The dinosaur asked.

Kumo turned around, surprised about this sudden appearance, "Is your kind always like this? First that other one earlier today and now you?"

"Our kind is not to be questioned, we are secretive in ways." The black dinosaur simply answered, "That is why not many creatures know of our existence."

"Whatever…" Kumo replied, already losing interest, "And besides, what's your business to know why I let them go?!"

"Sympathy?" The black dinosaur pointed out.

"No!" Kumo retaliated, "Why should I feel their fear and let them go?! I don't care about them!"

"Your emotions let them go…Did they not?"

Kumo was getting furious, "No!! They just didn't know what I was searching for!! Now begone!!"

Kumo lunged to attack the black dinosaur, but the mysterious dino easily dodged the lunge and hid himself in the shadows of the forest. Kumo got up from his failed attack and looks around, the black dinosaur is nowhere to be seen. He growled in anger, but then calmed down, he wasn't interested in him. Now, Kumo is wondering…His emotions? Why would they meddle in his plan? Besides, Kumo's plan wasn't to destroy the kids, just to unearth an answer he's been looking for some time now.

"Psht, being a follower to Bull…How stupid." Kumo said to himself, remembering what Littlefoot told him, "Hmph…"

Kumo looks back at where Littlefoot and the other left, then looks forward and walks deeper in the woods, to find Bull and the clan for…Some business of his own.

----BACK AT REX----

After washing his wounds in the river and having a drink of water, Rex lays back on the grass, letting his wounds heal properly and nicely, last thing he wants is to reopen them.

"What do I do?" Rex asks himself. He's still worried about his friends, that clan, and his instincts…Sometimes he wish he could turn back the time and stop himself from ever tasting the taste of meat.

"I gotta go find my friends!" Rex said as he gets up, determined, "I hope I'm not too late."

TO BE CONTINUE…
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"Here is the next phase."

"Without another way out, the children must go through and perhaps be a part of the biggest sharp-teeth battle of their lives."

"The time has come."

"One dinosaur will turn the odds in favor of Yu's clan."

"And another will become the protector of the children."

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18
WAR
THE BIGGEST FIGHT

"War, The Biggest Fight."
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"Join me next time for another chapter of A Sharp-tooth's Heart."

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Let me take some time from the end of the chapter to say this. I am VERY VERY sorry for how much this fan-fic has been delayed. I never expected this, but I have had some SERIOUS trouble in continuing this fan-fic. Probably a lot of you readers have given up hope on me, but please bear with me; I'm back and focused on finishing this fan-fic first before the others I have. This won't happen again to this fan-fic, I promise you that. Again, I'm sorry for the HUGE delay.