A Knight's Promise

Chapter 36: Christmas Brawl

Author's Note: Merry Christmas folks!!!! And coz this day is a special one, let me give you this…..

Scenario from Last Chapter…

Caraway grabs him by the collar and yanked him vigorously "I SAID WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER !!!!"

Almost inaudible he replied " ....pissed…off ….Caraway…"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!" Caraway asked furiously

"I said………." Laguna gathered his remaining strength and reciprocated the blow that was given to him by his friend with his fist.

Continuation…..

Both of them exchange bone-crushing blows. They were like professional boxer fighting for a certain title. Their brawl continued until both of them reached Squall's grave.

"Take this!!!" Caraway gave Laguna an upper cut then continuously punches Laguna at the stomach. The cherry tree near Squall's grave was the only thing supporting Laguna. "I've been training so hard at the military camp just for this day!" Caraway said while punching his old pal.

"UGhh..!" Was all Laguna can say in every blow. "Man he punches like a boulder crushing an old…uh but handsome building" he said to himself.

Somehow Laguna managed to dodge the last deadly blow of Caraway. Caraway's fist landed at the rough bark of the tree instead. "OWWW!" he said while jumping and waving his swollen and aching fist.

Laguna puts his tongue out "Bleh! That is for making a punching bag out of your friend!"

"WHY YOU!!!!" Caraway charges his old friend with his other fist but halts when he saw Laguna's deadly stance. "What the?"

Laguna was in a 'karate kid' posture "Ha ha! I've been training at the popular dojo just for this day too! Wahhh" (Well actually, he's been watching too much Chinese movies) then with his right hand he scratches his head and with the other, he scratches his stomach. "Whoooooo" he said, sounding like the late Bruce Lee.

"What in the world are you doing, Laguna!? Are you out of your mind!?" his opponent said, annoyed on what he was doing.

"This is Kung-fu my old friend!" He simply said to his opponent.

"Kung what?" Caraway replied innocently.

"Read my lips pal, K-U-N-G F-U. And this is called…..the Monkey style" he said while acting like a circus monkey. (A/N: Ha ha ha I can't imagine Laguna doing this…but oh well for the sake of this semi-humorous fic)

"Kung-fu eh?" Caraway said with a smirk. "Then try this…" He picked the log beside him and acted like Ultimate Warrior. "Ngyahhhh!!! Feel my Fury!!"

In the meantime….

"You mean…. This thing is…." Leon said while pointing at the carcass.

"BINGO!" Mr. Fuji replied.

"Shoot!" he said slapping his forehead. "That thing must've been out there somewhere…geez hey wait…maybe he's just ….."

"Yes you're right about that lad but the funny thing is…we haven't seen even its shadow for these past few years" the ghost added.

"Yeah right" Leon looked at the ghost suspiciously. "Dang! You can't be serious about that…I'm sure that this is …the 'one' "

"How sure?" the ghost just simply said.

"100. Headmaster Cid had been investigating Esthar Mountains for years! He even got this atypical blood and a piece of flesh seen from that plane and yeah we're hundred percent sure too that this came from that monster #143! In fact, Headmaster's specimen and this carcass' DNA were astoundingly identical! " Leon justified "That's why…. there's no way I'm gonna believe your joke"

The ghost gave him a 'what' look then shook his head, "It's up to you… if you don't want to believe me then….. I guess there's nothing I can do about it….isnt it?" The ghost said shrugging his shoulders. "But what if this man's findings were true? What if….the real monster 143 is out there….lurking in the dark, crawling, hunting for its next victim…or should I say victims? What are you going to do?" Mr. Fuji said while crossing his arms.

"What gibberish are you saying?" Leon said annoyed. "Ok…Then why wait for this long? I mean…if that monster is really out there…then why does it suddenly disappeared all these years? Don't tell me that it hibernated or something for a decade….for what? I just don't get it…"

"Probably" The ghost sighed and continued defending himself "I….ah….Ok…I'm not a SeeD to know all about those things. That's your expertise but think…yes the DNA as you said, might be identical but it doesn't mean that this thing is 'that' thing…you know what am I saying?"

"Ok…If you're saying that it is cloned welp guess what…Cloning is not yet known at that time…it is until last year when the Estharian scientists made a breakthrough discovery about it. About the hibernating thing yeah… I admit that dragons do hibernate but remember, they cannot do that without eating even a single flesh first. And in this case, with that size…I bet it would be eating tons of it. Funny, the monster's population and of us humans doubled which means…..he's on a diet." Leon said in jest.

"C'mon be serious man!" The ghost exclaimed. "This is no laughing matter! You and your love ones …and my….daughter ..my..precious daughter" Mr. Fuji turned and covered his eyes, concealing his expression from the lad.

"Sorry…" Leon said regretting his uncaring words, "It's just…." He said sighing "…unthinkable"

There's been a complete silence on both sides. Until ….

"Hey guys!!! The cute girl and the others are in BIGGG trouble!!!" the 'spooky' kid ghost shouted.

"HUH? What the heck are you talking about?" Leon said.

"Tell us what happened" Mr. Fuji said to the kid with a worried look on his face.

The kid nodded.

Back to the Royal Rumble…

Both of their faces were covered with sweat and blood, Caraway's left eye got a big, bluish and green bruise while Laguna's right eye is swollen, making it impossible for him to open it. Both of them were too tired to hit each other so…

"HA HA HA! Look at yourself! You look like an old dog!" Laguna said while laughing at his friend's appearance.

"Well look who's talking? I bet the mirror will break into billions of pieces if you look into it right now! Why? Coz you look like a premature frog having these countless warts all over its face and that has been forced to drink tons of formalin until its body explodes into tidbits!" Caraway said, offending his old pal.

"Ohh yeah? Well …you…you Caraway…look like an aborted monkey with his eyes and mouth wrongfully positioned to its place; maggots and all these ghastly, creepy crawling insects can be seen dangling around his body!" Laguna said offending Caraway even more.

"You know what? You my friend look like a SQUASHED LIZARD WITH ITS ORGANS OOZING OUT OF ITS MOUTH AND HAD BEEN ROTTING FOR 5 WEEKS!" he said in an even louder tone. "You better give my daughter back or I'm gonna call on the authorities to arrest you for kidnapping her!"

Before Laguna could react to this insult….

"DAD please stop insulting Mr. Loire, he didn't kidnap me!" Rinoa said running to them.

"Laguna, Fury….please stop your arguments!" Kiros said running next to Rinoa.

"Huh? Is….is…t-that you?" Caraway said narrowing his eyes at the coming man.

"Yes…it's me…Fury. Laguna is telling the truth" Kiros said nodding at his friend.

"See, I'm not a kidnapper!" Laguna said defending himself. He then turned to Rinoa and Kiros, "Where's my son?" He said questioning them.

"You're insane Laguna to think you're son is alive!" Caraway said harshly at Laguna.

"…looking for me?" Out from nowhere, a masculine figure emerged from the shadows. He's wearing black shirt and jeans. His brown hair sways on the gentle wind and his eyes were focusing on them, mesmerizing their souls, telling them to look at no one but him. He mischievously smiled at them.

"Squall?" Laguna and Caraway said in unison. Their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Is that you…son?" Laguna can't help but stare at the figure in front of them. "After all these years of grieving…..of longing for my son, now…. here he is ….standing in front of me? This can't be true.

The lad just smiled at them and said "Merry Christmas everyone….and uh" He said while digging at his back pocket. "I have this gift for everyone…hope you'll all like it." Everyone look at each other in confusion.

Author's Note: Yeah I bet you know that I'm gonna leave you all hanging again. (I'm I really cruel or what?) So...what is this 'gift' he wanted to show all of them. Is this lad the 'Squall' that we've all been waiting for? What will be the fate of these characters on the next chapter? And of course the killer question is….when will I update? Ha ha ha

Until then.

SeeD salutes