Good and Evil
Chapter 6: Yet More Creature Training
Miroku:Lady Jen still doesn't own Black & White.
Ryoga: The folks at Lionhead do.
Reno(from Final Fantasy 7): So don't sue, or I'm comin' after ya! *holds Electro
Mag Rod threateningly*
Miroku:I think it is unwise to threaten the readers like that.
Reno: *shrugs, putting away the Mag Rod* I'm a Turk, that's what I do.
Miroku & Ryoga: *sweatdrop*
*Reno suddenly finds himself pinned to the wall by his suit jacket sleeve via a
rather lethal looking gunblade*
Jen: Reno, don't threaten the few readers I have, please. -_-;;
Anyway...
~Thoughts/telepathic communication will be written like this.~
****************************** just means either scene changes or the beginning/end
of the story.
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Rekka found herself being awakened from her nap by a frantic woman.
"Holy One! My children have been kidnapped! Please save them!", the woman,
whom Rekka recognized as the woman who ran the Creche, exclaimed.
"Have any clues as to who did it?", Rekka asked sleepily. She may be a goddess,
but she liked her sleep as well.
"There was a strange man with a pipe hanging around the woods behind the
Creche. I suspect that he might be the one who kidnapped them."
"Okay, I'll get your kids back.", Rekka said as she stood, brushing the grass from
her robe.
"Senka! Come here!"
~Yes, mistress? What do you wish for me to do?~, the Tiger's voice rumbled
through her head.
"We're rescuing some of the children from the Creche, Senka. Consider this a
lesson in compassion.", Rekka explained as she threw the end of the Leash of
Compassion at Senka, the hook magically attaching itself to the Tiger. They
headed for the woods behind the Creche.
When they arrived, Senka crouched, ready for Rekka's signal for the ambush.
"Here's the plan. When the man walks by on his way to capture more children, I'll
leash him to you and you catch him. DON'T eat him. Just scare the crap out of
him until he tells us where he's hidden those children."
Senka growled softly in affirmative. Just then they heard the sound of a pipe
playing, and saw an extremely ugly man wandering by on his way to the village.
"Okay, Senka, now!", Rekka shouted as she threw the end of the Leash of
Compassion that she had been holding. Just in case the Tiger messed up and
killed the man, Rekka noted that he had come out of a cave sealed off with
wooden planks.
Meanwhile, Senka had captured the man, who was screaming in fright, while the
Tiger growled at him ferociously. Senka, then, looked at the man cusiously, then
ate him.
"Senka! You weren't supposed to eat him!", Rekka shouted in divine anger as
she grabbed the end of the leash and pulled the Tiger down to her level and
bopped him on the nose.
"It's a good thing I thought to look and see where he came from.", she said
irritably as she threw the end of the leash at a nearby tree and leashed Senka to
the tree.
"You stay here, while I save those children."
Senka nodded miserably as he sat down, upset that he had messed up and
made his goddess angry with him. Rekka's angry expression softened a bit as
she patted the Tiger on the hand.
"We'll talk about this later, Senka. Right now, I have kids to save. This situation
can still be resolved."
With that, she ran to the cave she had found.
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When Rekka reached the cave, she heard children's voices crying for help.
"Bingo. I found it.", she muttered under her breath as she unsheathed her sword.
"I hope this works. I may be a goddess, but I'm not quite all-powerful yet."
She moved the sword back into swinging position, channeling divine power into
the blade, then swung it at the wooden planks, hoping that the energy that was
released would smash the planks to bits. Instead, a couple of planks fell away,
letting sunlight into the cave.
"It's better than nothing.", Rekka grumbled as she walked over to the cave, sword
resting on her shoulder. Assessing the situation, she put the sword in the sheath
on her back and grasped one of the planks and tugged on it. It wouldn't give.
Grumbling to herself in frustration, she unsheathed her sword again and began
hacking away at the planks with it, trying to make the blows stronger through
divine power. Eventually, she stepped back, wiping sweat from her brow as the
children ran out of the cave, cheering, headed back to the Creche.
"That would've been easier if I wasn't maintaining this human form during all
that.", she muttered as she walked back over to Senka, and plopped down on the
ground next to the Tiger, leaning against the soft fur on his side. Glancing up at
the sky, she noticed that it was beginning to turn red.
"Come on, Senka. Let's get back to the Temple. The view of the sunset is
spectacular from that hill.", she said as she stood, a bit shakily, as she started to
find it a bit hard to maintain the human form she had assumed. Deciding to rest
her powers a bit, she reverted to her true form and led Senka back to the
Temple.
When they arrived at the Temple, Senka sat down on the hill, as Rekka hovered
a couple feet off the ground until she felt she could return to the human form she
had decided she liked.
As she leaned back into his soft fur, Senka looked down at her.
~Weren't we going to talk about my eating that man?~
~We'll talk about it tomorrow. I said that we'd talk about it "later". Tomorrow's
later.~, she said telepathically, as she closed her eyes.
~I must still be a bit tired from being suddenly awakened in the Void. I'll have to
get over this if I'm going to be effective in helping my people. Well, at least we still
got the Heal Increase miracle dispenser just by saving those kids. I wonder what
we would've received if I hadn't saved'em.~, she thought to herself as she drifted
off to sleep.
Noticing that his goddess was asleep, Senka picked her up and stood. He walked
over to the Temple and set her down against one of the posts at the side of the
entrance to his pen. Looking at her, silently vowing to learn everything that she
could teach him, even though he knew that she was still learning, herself. He,
then, laid down in the pen, curled up into a huge, furry, orange and black ball and
fell asleep.
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A few days later, after Senka had learned to fight, and Rekka had taught him the
Heal Increase miracle, and had started to teach him Miracle Water, Rufus called
them for one final lesson that would include information that he had claimed was
dangerous.
Her curiosity piqued, Rekka led Senka to the appointed place and hovered next
to the Tiger, in her true form. They both listened as Rufus explained about the
Creeds and Nemesis' desire to be the only god on the planet.
Rekka shrugged at a break in the story, as she briefly disappeared, then
reappeared in her human form.
"I'll have to kick his ass, then.", she said.
"Rekka!", Good gasped in shock, then glared as he heard Evil snickering.
"No one gets by with threatening my people without a fight.", Rekka clarified.
"That may be difficult.", Rufus said, looking nervous. "Nemesis is a very powerful
god."
Rekka shrugged again.
"I can still kick his ass."
Good groaned. Rekka was being obstinate and stubborn.
"You need to become more powerful, Holy One."
"For once, I agree with whitie, Boss.", Evil chimed in. "Become more powerful and
you can kick Nemesis from one end of Eden to the other, then into the Void."
"So, how in the bloody hell am I supposed to get more powerful?", Rekka asked
impatiently.
Just then a powerful thunderstorm formed from out of nowhere.
"There will be no other gods!", a voice boomed from the sky.
"Oh no! He's here!", Rufus shouted over the thunder.
"Who's here?"
"Nemesis! Run or he'll kill you!"
"Feh. Is that all he can do? Make a thunderstorm appear out of nowhere?",
Rekka said, getting a bit overconfident.
Senka, heeding Rufus' warning, picked Rekka up and made a run for the Temple
as a bolt of lightning struck the huge Lion down, killing him.
"The village is under attack!", Good shouted in a panic.
"Senka, put me down and I'll go look."
The Tiger nodded in affirmative and set Rekka down.
She reverted to her true form and flew, quickly, over to the village. She mentally
gasped at what she saw. There was a huge thunderstorm over the village and
everything was on fire.
In desperation, she flew through the huge gates to the Water miracle dispenser
and charged up the one-shot Water miracle, then flew to the Village store and
used the water to put out the flames. As soon as the flames were out, another
bolt of lightning struck the building, setting it ablaze again. She looked down at
the people, who were crying out for help that she couldn't give them, just before
being struck down by lightning. She flew over to the Temple and transformed to
her human form, collapsing to her knees.
"What do I do now?", she wailed in frustration, feeling tears rolling down her
cheeks.
Just then a vortex appeared in the ground near the sea.
"I think I may know what to do.", she said, still sniffling a bit as she walked over to
the vortex.
To be continued...
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A/N: I wrote this through a minor case of Writer's Block. I didn't remember the
exact dialog for Rufus teaching about the Creeds and Nemesis, so, I made up
something that, I hope, qualifies for the humor aspect of this story. ^_^;;
I know I skipped over a few of the sidequests...I wanted to move on to Land 2.
So, next up: A new land!
As usual, comments/constructive criticism will be appreciated, flames will be used
to warm up my computer room, and the flamer fed to Senka.
Chapter 6: Yet More Creature Training
Miroku:Lady Jen still doesn't own Black & White.
Ryoga: The folks at Lionhead do.
Reno(from Final Fantasy 7): So don't sue, or I'm comin' after ya! *holds Electro
Mag Rod threateningly*
Miroku:I think it is unwise to threaten the readers like that.
Reno: *shrugs, putting away the Mag Rod* I'm a Turk, that's what I do.
Miroku & Ryoga: *sweatdrop*
*Reno suddenly finds himself pinned to the wall by his suit jacket sleeve via a
rather lethal looking gunblade*
Jen: Reno, don't threaten the few readers I have, please. -_-;;
Anyway...
~Thoughts/telepathic communication will be written like this.~
****************************** just means either scene changes or the beginning/end
of the story.
************************************************************
Rekka found herself being awakened from her nap by a frantic woman.
"Holy One! My children have been kidnapped! Please save them!", the woman,
whom Rekka recognized as the woman who ran the Creche, exclaimed.
"Have any clues as to who did it?", Rekka asked sleepily. She may be a goddess,
but she liked her sleep as well.
"There was a strange man with a pipe hanging around the woods behind the
Creche. I suspect that he might be the one who kidnapped them."
"Okay, I'll get your kids back.", Rekka said as she stood, brushing the grass from
her robe.
"Senka! Come here!"
~Yes, mistress? What do you wish for me to do?~, the Tiger's voice rumbled
through her head.
"We're rescuing some of the children from the Creche, Senka. Consider this a
lesson in compassion.", Rekka explained as she threw the end of the Leash of
Compassion at Senka, the hook magically attaching itself to the Tiger. They
headed for the woods behind the Creche.
When they arrived, Senka crouched, ready for Rekka's signal for the ambush.
"Here's the plan. When the man walks by on his way to capture more children, I'll
leash him to you and you catch him. DON'T eat him. Just scare the crap out of
him until he tells us where he's hidden those children."
Senka growled softly in affirmative. Just then they heard the sound of a pipe
playing, and saw an extremely ugly man wandering by on his way to the village.
"Okay, Senka, now!", Rekka shouted as she threw the end of the Leash of
Compassion that she had been holding. Just in case the Tiger messed up and
killed the man, Rekka noted that he had come out of a cave sealed off with
wooden planks.
Meanwhile, Senka had captured the man, who was screaming in fright, while the
Tiger growled at him ferociously. Senka, then, looked at the man cusiously, then
ate him.
"Senka! You weren't supposed to eat him!", Rekka shouted in divine anger as
she grabbed the end of the leash and pulled the Tiger down to her level and
bopped him on the nose.
"It's a good thing I thought to look and see where he came from.", she said
irritably as she threw the end of the leash at a nearby tree and leashed Senka to
the tree.
"You stay here, while I save those children."
Senka nodded miserably as he sat down, upset that he had messed up and
made his goddess angry with him. Rekka's angry expression softened a bit as
she patted the Tiger on the hand.
"We'll talk about this later, Senka. Right now, I have kids to save. This situation
can still be resolved."
With that, she ran to the cave she had found.
*****************************************************************
When Rekka reached the cave, she heard children's voices crying for help.
"Bingo. I found it.", she muttered under her breath as she unsheathed her sword.
"I hope this works. I may be a goddess, but I'm not quite all-powerful yet."
She moved the sword back into swinging position, channeling divine power into
the blade, then swung it at the wooden planks, hoping that the energy that was
released would smash the planks to bits. Instead, a couple of planks fell away,
letting sunlight into the cave.
"It's better than nothing.", Rekka grumbled as she walked over to the cave, sword
resting on her shoulder. Assessing the situation, she put the sword in the sheath
on her back and grasped one of the planks and tugged on it. It wouldn't give.
Grumbling to herself in frustration, she unsheathed her sword again and began
hacking away at the planks with it, trying to make the blows stronger through
divine power. Eventually, she stepped back, wiping sweat from her brow as the
children ran out of the cave, cheering, headed back to the Creche.
"That would've been easier if I wasn't maintaining this human form during all
that.", she muttered as she walked back over to Senka, and plopped down on the
ground next to the Tiger, leaning against the soft fur on his side. Glancing up at
the sky, she noticed that it was beginning to turn red.
"Come on, Senka. Let's get back to the Temple. The view of the sunset is
spectacular from that hill.", she said as she stood, a bit shakily, as she started to
find it a bit hard to maintain the human form she had assumed. Deciding to rest
her powers a bit, she reverted to her true form and led Senka back to the
Temple.
When they arrived at the Temple, Senka sat down on the hill, as Rekka hovered
a couple feet off the ground until she felt she could return to the human form she
had decided she liked.
As she leaned back into his soft fur, Senka looked down at her.
~Weren't we going to talk about my eating that man?~
~We'll talk about it tomorrow. I said that we'd talk about it "later". Tomorrow's
later.~, she said telepathically, as she closed her eyes.
~I must still be a bit tired from being suddenly awakened in the Void. I'll have to
get over this if I'm going to be effective in helping my people. Well, at least we still
got the Heal Increase miracle dispenser just by saving those kids. I wonder what
we would've received if I hadn't saved'em.~, she thought to herself as she drifted
off to sleep.
Noticing that his goddess was asleep, Senka picked her up and stood. He walked
over to the Temple and set her down against one of the posts at the side of the
entrance to his pen. Looking at her, silently vowing to learn everything that she
could teach him, even though he knew that she was still learning, herself. He,
then, laid down in the pen, curled up into a huge, furry, orange and black ball and
fell asleep.
*********************************************************
A few days later, after Senka had learned to fight, and Rekka had taught him the
Heal Increase miracle, and had started to teach him Miracle Water, Rufus called
them for one final lesson that would include information that he had claimed was
dangerous.
Her curiosity piqued, Rekka led Senka to the appointed place and hovered next
to the Tiger, in her true form. They both listened as Rufus explained about the
Creeds and Nemesis' desire to be the only god on the planet.
Rekka shrugged at a break in the story, as she briefly disappeared, then
reappeared in her human form.
"I'll have to kick his ass, then.", she said.
"Rekka!", Good gasped in shock, then glared as he heard Evil snickering.
"No one gets by with threatening my people without a fight.", Rekka clarified.
"That may be difficult.", Rufus said, looking nervous. "Nemesis is a very powerful
god."
Rekka shrugged again.
"I can still kick his ass."
Good groaned. Rekka was being obstinate and stubborn.
"You need to become more powerful, Holy One."
"For once, I agree with whitie, Boss.", Evil chimed in. "Become more powerful and
you can kick Nemesis from one end of Eden to the other, then into the Void."
"So, how in the bloody hell am I supposed to get more powerful?", Rekka asked
impatiently.
Just then a powerful thunderstorm formed from out of nowhere.
"There will be no other gods!", a voice boomed from the sky.
"Oh no! He's here!", Rufus shouted over the thunder.
"Who's here?"
"Nemesis! Run or he'll kill you!"
"Feh. Is that all he can do? Make a thunderstorm appear out of nowhere?",
Rekka said, getting a bit overconfident.
Senka, heeding Rufus' warning, picked Rekka up and made a run for the Temple
as a bolt of lightning struck the huge Lion down, killing him.
"The village is under attack!", Good shouted in a panic.
"Senka, put me down and I'll go look."
The Tiger nodded in affirmative and set Rekka down.
She reverted to her true form and flew, quickly, over to the village. She mentally
gasped at what she saw. There was a huge thunderstorm over the village and
everything was on fire.
In desperation, she flew through the huge gates to the Water miracle dispenser
and charged up the one-shot Water miracle, then flew to the Village store and
used the water to put out the flames. As soon as the flames were out, another
bolt of lightning struck the building, setting it ablaze again. She looked down at
the people, who were crying out for help that she couldn't give them, just before
being struck down by lightning. She flew over to the Temple and transformed to
her human form, collapsing to her knees.
"What do I do now?", she wailed in frustration, feeling tears rolling down her
cheeks.
Just then a vortex appeared in the ground near the sea.
"I think I may know what to do.", she said, still sniffling a bit as she walked over to
the vortex.
To be continued...
************************************************************
A/N: I wrote this through a minor case of Writer's Block. I didn't remember the
exact dialog for Rufus teaching about the Creeds and Nemesis, so, I made up
something that, I hope, qualifies for the humor aspect of this story. ^_^;;
I know I skipped over a few of the sidequests...I wanted to move on to Land 2.
So, next up: A new land!
As usual, comments/constructive criticism will be appreciated, flames will be used
to warm up my computer room, and the flamer fed to Senka.