Baten Kaitos: Eternal Jolly Rancher and the Lost Skittles

Chapter Three: Watermelon… Flavor?

Kalas yawned loudly while stretching his arms. "God, good thing that Xelha person had to go take a leak; her constant fidgeting was getting annoying. So, what are you doing, '…'?"

The Guardian Spirit gave no answer. " '…'?"

"Oh, sorry, what?"

"What do you think about Xelha?"

"The girl with endless sexual urges; is that who you mean?" Kalas sighed. "Yes, her," he replied in irritation.

"Okay, okay, don't need to be so touchy. Well, she seems okay, but I'm busy right now; any more questions?"

Kalas frowned. "What could you be doing that would be considered busy?"

"Well, uh, um, I'm preparing for something important; something very important."

"What?"

"It's nothing… but it doesn't concern you, or the fact that your Melodia friend tried to erase my memories; that was quite a pathetic spell."

Kalas stood up in surprise. "You… know about it!" The Guardian Spirit yawned. "Yes, yes, of course I know about it! Melodia is using Geldoblame to acquire these, 'End Magnus', and you're planning on being infused with the power of that Malpercio freak, thus you will cast me away and gain a new wing; it's quite a simple plan, really."

Kalas thought for a moment. "But you know it was just a joke, right? It's not true."

"Sure it is…"

Before our blue- haired hero could respond though, Xelha suddenly appeared. "Okay, I'm ready! We can… ooh… go to those ruins now!" she stated. Kalas nodded and stood up, and they were soon on their way towards the back of the forest.

Kalas acted extremely strange when they neared the red flower, and Xelha inquired about it. "What's… ow… up with you?"

"Oh, it's just a bad memory."

"Okay."

None of them spoke for the rest of the walk, and there was a nice silence… aside from the fact that Kalas could hear peculiar noises with '…', like a massive explosion and some curses of agony.

He ignored it, and they soon found themselves standing before a large spring/lake. "Look, it's so shiny and pretty!" Kalas exclaimed while Xelha walked a few feet into the water. There was a large stone monument at the back spewing water forth. The pendant she was wearing suddenly lit up, and a bright beam of pink light shot out from it and collided with the stone.

The ground suddenly trembled violently, and an extremely high- pitched voice spoke, "Ah, finally! Well, woe- laden child, you will feel the wrath of Malpercio's curse!"

A huge snake, serpent thing shot out from the water and looked at them. It had a mane of hair flying out from its neck and was wearing a pink helmet.

"Oh, bring it on, negros!"

"What's a 'negro'?" Kalas asked before the serpent slammed him against the ground with its tail.

"Oh, you're so dead now!" he cried out before flapping his wing out and running over to the serpent. He fished in his pocket and took out three cards: a Butter Knife, Popsicle Stick, and his Level. I finisher; Disco Storm.

"DIE!" He slashed with his sword for the Butter Knife, and then threw the item card, Popsicle Stick. A river of blood flowed of from the serpent's wound, and the water soon became a dark red.

"Now, my sword cuts through your flesh like that of a beam of multi- colored light from a disco ball on a dance floor; Sword Music: Disco Storm!" he yelled before dashing at the creature and stabbing it with his blade. Several beams of red, blue, green, and purple light struck the wound. The Serpent hissed in pain, the attack causing it to fall under the water.

Blood continued to seep from the wound, and Kalas was quick to get back on land. "Ah! The bottom half of my pants are soaked in blood! I don't believe this!"

As Kalas ranted about his pants, a peculiar, golden magnus hovered up from the dissipating body of the serpent. It shined brightly, causing both of them to shield their eyes.

"Oooooh… It's so shiny!" our blue- haired hero exclaimed before hopping back into the now red spring. "Ooooooohh…" he muttered before poking at it with his finger.

"Um, Kalas? Kal…ooh… Kalas! Stop touching… ooh… excuse me! I have to go… ooohhh… it's getting worse!" Xelha hurriedly ran into the trees while Kalas admired the magnus.

As he continued poking it, however, Imperial soldiers landed on the ground, aiming their rifles at the oblivious Kalas. "Hey, dumbass, what are you doing! Can't you see the Imperial ship and the soldiers!" '…' shouted.

Kalas kept poking the magnus, and the soldiers seemed a tad bewildered. That is, until a somewhat tall man with his abs showing jumped down from the sky. A really, really big feather stuck out of his helmet, and a long, black cape flowed behind him.

"What are you dolts doing? Secure the magnus and the girl!"

"Uh… Of course, sir!" one of the soldiers responded and grabbed the magnus, pulling it away from Kalas, who was brought back to reality from the loss of the shininess.

"Hey! What was that-," but he stopped short upon seeing the man.

"I know you! I just can't think of your name right now… Who is he, '…'?"

"I guess he would be the killer of your brother and adoptive grandfather, and his name is Giacomo."

"Giacomo?"

"No, Giacomofo."

"Ah, yeah, I remember now!"

Giacomo took notice of Kalas and smirked as a soldier snuck up behind him and slammed the blunt end of his rifle against the back of his skull. "Ow!" Kalas cried before falling to the ground, unconscious. "Good, now, find the girl and the gem."

Kalas groaned as he woke up in the mayor's home. He was laying on the floor, in front of an extremely angry mayor. Larikush was standing to the side, watching.

"What did I tell you about not going into the forest!" she screamed before whacking Kalas in the head with her pole. "Ah! It's not my fault!" he replied while standing up. "You fool! From what we know, the Imperial ship which entered Moonguile forest is headed for Pherkad; look what you've done!"

Kalas rubbed the large bump on his head. "I didn't know the Empire was even coming, okay! It's not my fault!"

The mayor cursed a little under her breath as Larikush stepped forward. "If, by any chance, you would be following them to Perkhad, could you please stop by my home, Kalas? I have something to give to you."

Larikush then exited the building, leaving Kalas to stare at him. "Why would I be going to Perkhad…?"

"I dunno, maybe to kill Giacomo and avenge your grandfather and brother, as well as save Xelha from the dirty clutches of the Empire? I also hear they have some nice lotion over there, too?"

"Lotion? I'm in!" Kalas exclaimed before darting towards Larikush's home.

"Hey, '…', what's lotion?"

(Sorry about the short chapters, people,; I can sorta, kinda assure you that they'll be longer. Just so you guys know, I'm writing this out of my own memory... heh heh...)