Reunion?

6 years later . . .

The monster world was still peaceful. Granity left after the final battle and was never seen or heard from again. They all went to a nearby town, Caldwell, to start new lives, there they had a ranch all their own. Hare started his own appraising shop, Golem helped plant flowers and trees, and Tiger and Greywolf delivered mail and Suezo along with Mocchi helped Holly with her tailoring business. During the time of Genki's absence they had made quite a good life for themselves. Even though they had great lives, Holly had been depressed ever since to final battle against Moo. She was 29 now, and she missed Genki now more than ever, he had always cheered her up when she needed it and made her feel like she was important. Holly sighed, she knew why she missed Genki so much, but she didn't allow herself to admit it, as it would only make things worse. Besides, she didn't think she'd ever see Genki again, and it was selfish of her to want him back when he had his own life to live, in his own world.

Suddenly Falcon, the Pirate Dragon leader, landed in front of Holly while she was out walking in a near by field, nearly knocking her down with the wind from his wings. Holly was puzzled about why he was in such a hurry. "Sorry about the breeze Miss Holly, but evil has returned to the monster world." Falcon hurriedly informed her.

"What? Are you sure Falcon?" Holly asked astonished.

"Unfortunately, yes" Falcon replied, "We need your help once again. It's been 14 years, since you defeated Moo, but I'm sure that evil has returned some how."

"We'll do everything we can to help, Falcon" Holly answered.

"Great, get on and let's go get everybody, then I can explain what's going on," Falcon said.

"Ok" Holly agreed. They hurried back to the ranch, Holly riding Falcon, to tell the others.

Back in Genki's world . . .

A man was riding a motorcycle out in the desert. It was Genki, who was now 25, and had graduated from college with a master's degree in computers and engineering. He lived in the country just outside of Phoenix, Arizona in a medium-size house. He was independently wealthy, and had no family contacts.

He was wearing an embroidered, leather jacket and dark denim jeans; he still wore the scars of war. The more prominent of which, stretched from his right eyebrow down to his cheekbone. He had on a black helmet and a sword in sheath on his back, a Barbarian II; it had a 39-½ " blade.

His motorcycle was a blue Suzuki GSX R1000, with white racing stripes. It had a 988cc 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine with gear-driven counter balancer. On the back of his motorcycle, Genki kept some weapons and survival gear in a small trunk. While he was riding a portal appeared in front of him, which he went right through not having enough time to stop as he sped along.

Back in the monster world . . .

Holly and the courageous 7 were running from some Black Dinos. They were dodging the Dino's unrelenting attacks, when a portal opened and a man riding a roaring monster came out. Everyone moved out of the monster's way, and kept running.

What the heck was that Holly thought.

I don't like whatever that thing is Tiger growled in thought.

Hey, that was Holly and the others Genki realized I got to help them

He pulled out his sword and sped up to catch the commanding Dino. Genki thrust his sword into the Dino's chest as the Dino roared in pain, and turned into a lost disc. The other Dinos ran away from him as fast as they could; yet the Rebels kept running, thinking they would be next. Genki suspected this, and sped towards them to cut them off, and tell them who he was. They ran faster, but it was to no avail. He pulled in front of them, and held up his sword. Then he surprised them by putting it away. Next, he reached down on the roaring monster, and turned something. The monster immediately was quiet. He got off it and pulled his helmet off, and put it on the monster's back.

Holly looked at the man, with both curiosity and fear. Tiger began to growl. "Tiger, stop it" Holly said scolding. "Who are you?" she asked.

"Did I really change that much?" The man answered, "Take a closer look, and see if you recognize me." Holly did so, but still didn't know who he was.

"I don't think I know you" she replied.

"Well, then let me give you a hint" he replied back, "You knew me 14 years ago."

Holly thought hard and so did the others.

All this time Mocchi had been looking at him. Mocchi then looked into his eyes and saw that they were clear. Only one person he knew had clear eyes, chi, Genki, Mocchi ran up and jumped into his arms and hugging him, while the others just stared in shock.

"Well, at least someone remembers me and can figure it out," the man stated.

"Nice to see you again, chi" Mocchi said enthusiastically. "Should I tell them, chi, or make them guess?"

"Well, you can tell them in a minute, after they have time to try and figure it out, with the new clue you gave them" the man replied, then smiled.

"Ok, chi" Mocchi said.

Holly began to look at the man more closely now. She finally looked into his eyes, and saw that they were clear, just as Mocchi had. "Genki?" Holly asked.

"Hey, you figured it out, Holly" the man replied.

"Hey, kid is that really you?" Tiger asked, "You certainly have changed."

"Yeah, it's me, but looks like we have company. I'll explain everything later, we need to find a place to hide, there are too many to fight" Genki replied, "Holly, come here, you can ride with me and Mocchi. The rest of you can keep up, right?"

"Yeah" all the other monsters replied. Holly warily got on behind Genki and Mocchi sat in front of him.

"It's ok Holly, this machine won't hurt you. Now hang on tight, both of you." Genki said and then quickly he started up his motorcycle, and sped off with the monsters right behind him.

2 hours later . . . .

They came upon the ruins of an old military base, Genki stopped so that the other monsters could rest. "We should stay here for the night," Genki informed them all.

"Genki, you're going to tell us what's been going on with you and where you got that thing," Tiger commanded panting.

"I don't have to do anything, Tiger" Genki replied somewhat angrily. Tiger was too shocked by his outburst to say anything further. The others looked at each other briefly then dismissed it, since Tiger was rude about it. Genki pushed his bike into a nearby building and sat down. The others followed him in, and they made a fire so Holly could make some dinner; all the while Genki sat alone.

I'm glad to have him back, especially now, we really need him. Holly thought while cooking.

Wonder why I'm here. Genki wondered, I guess I got my chance to tell Holly how I feel, but could she ever love me now that I'm a beast?

Holly got herself and Genki some soup and told the others dinner was ready. As she made her way over to Genki, she heard the others fighting over the soup, all except Golem, who was eating his rocks in the corner.

"Here, Genki" Holly said.

"Oh, ah thanks, Holly" Genki replied, after coming out of the ozone.

"What's wrong? You haven't said a word since we got here." Holly asked curiously.

"Huh, oh nothing, I was just thinking about something." Genki replied, and then he ate some of the soup and commented, "You're still a really good cook, Holly."

"Thanks, if you don't mind me asking. What were you thinking about?" Holly asked tentatively.

"I don't mind at all, Holly, I was mainly thinking about why I'm here, but also about how much I really missed you guys." Genki answered, actually how I missed you Holly

"I know why you're here. A new evil has emerged, although we don't know much about it. And we missed you too, Genki."

"So that's why that portal appeared." Genki commented.

"What's up Genki?" Tiger asked.

"Well, the last thing I knew, before I saw you guys. I was riding through the desert on my bike, and a portal appeared in front of me. I couldn't have stopped even if I wanted to, though it did startle me a bit and I almost lost my balance." Genki replied.

"Wow, I'll say that's strange. I didn't know the portal could open on its own like that." Hare piped up.

"Well, maybe it didn't." Holly added.

"What?" Everyone said.

"Just before Genki came out of the portal, I was wishing he was here to help us. Then the magic stone started glowing. Maybe the magic stone opened it." Holly informed.

"I suppose that's possible," Genki confirmed. Holly do you care for me?

"Anyway, why don't you tell us what's been going on with you, Genki?" Greywolf asked.

Genki sighed "Ok, let's see after I got back, my mom just about had a heart attack because she thought I was dead, man my dad had fun trying to calm her down. After about an hour she stopped yelling at me for leaving, mainly because her voice was hoarse by that time."

"Did you tell them about us, chi" Mocchi asked interrupting.

"No, even if I had, no one would have believed me, they probably would have thought I was crazy. As it was my mom thought I needed medication because I was too hyper. They consider that a disorder in my world, and don't ask why, I never figured it out. Anyway, life went back to about normal after a month. My dad was always gone, as usual; his job kept him away a lot. Mom, on the other hand, was very protective of my sister and me. She has always been that way, but she got worse after I went missing."

"Well, at least you know she loved you" Holly commented.

"Yeah, that's true, but she still drove me nuts. We used to argue a lot, sometimes over her protectiveness, other times over her trying to get me to take medication that I didn't need." Genki's face was angry looking, "She was too protective"

"So, how is your family now?" Suezo asked.

"They're dead." Genki replied coldly. "My parents were killed when I was 16, by a drunk semi-truck driver. He ran a red light, and hit them in their car." But seeing the questioning look on their faces he continued, "a semi-truck is a huge, noisy machine used for pulling heavy loads. Cars are just for transportation, mainly. If a light is red, it means to stop, but since he was drunk, he went right through it and slammed into them. He punctured the fuel tank, and it blew sky high. I wasn't there, but the coroner told me."

"Genki, I'm sorry about your parents." Holly said uncomfortable from his coldness, "What about your sister, or the rest of your family?"

"My sister, Kait, died two years later. She died from cancer; it's an incurable disease. As for the rest of my family, I never did like my cousins most of them lived too far away, anyway. Plus, my grandparents didn't remember me as they had Alzheimer's disease, it takes away your memory." Genki answered emotionless.

"Wow, and I thought I had troubles" Hare piped up again, bothered by Genki's emotionless ness.

"Where did you get that thing?" Tiger asked changing the subject.

"Huh, oh you mean my bike? I bought it about three years ago. They're actually called motorcycles, but most people call them bikes for short." Genki replied.

"You don't blade any more, chi?" Mocchi asked.

"Yeah I still do, but bikes are faster."

"Why didn't you have one before then?" Suezo ridiculed.

"Two reasons. One an eleven year old isn't allowed to drive, and two they're expensive." Genki retorted.

"How much do they cost?" Holly asked.

"About $10,499. Our currency is different than yours though. Yours is probably worth more." Genki answered. Everyone sweated.

"Why would you pay that much for a bike? How different is your currency?" Greywolf spoke up.

"That's about as cheap as they come new. Besides cars and trucks cost more. They range from $22,000 - $60,000. Our currency is actually paper. The gold and silver that the paper represents is locked up in Fort Knox so that it's kept safe and nobody can steal it. No one so far, has ever been able to break in to Fort Knox." Genki replied.

"People in your world are weird." Suezo said. Holly gave him a glare and he gulped.

"It's ok, Holly, Suezo's right. I think it's weird myself. Even so, I can't do anything about it." Genki said.

"It's getting late. We should get some rest," Golem said, in his usual slow manner.

"Right" everyone said. Genki got a sleeping bag out of the trunk on the back of his bike and laid it out. Holly got hers and laid it out as well before they all settled down to sleep.