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Chapter 8: One Crazy Day
Okay, a summary at what happen so far ever since I left Wind Village. First, I was attacked by Zombies. Then, an old man appeared and tried to kill me with an arrow. After that, I fell unconscious when someone grabbed me. Where was I now….? I didn't know I was still black out.
Anyway, I was waking up at this time to see it was still daylight, or at least another day or so. I sighed and thought, 'Great… I was knocked out for a long time… I'm going to get that old man when I find him.' I sighed again and started to look around at where I was.
I was in a forest clearing, but the difference between this clearing and the clearing that I made was that it was a campsite. There was a spot where the fire was, with Sam's umbrella over it. I was glad that the dumb canopy wasn't burnt. There was also a bag with some plants, herbs, and medication; some meat; and my sword, which was far away from where I was.
Something told me that whoever made this was the same person who caught me when I was about to fall a little while ago… Or a long time ago. I still remember I didn't have a watch. So, I wouldn't tell what time or day it was.
Anyway, I was about to get up when I heard some footsteps. 'Eep!' I thought, as I went under the covers of my bed. 'Hey… What if I sneak out when this guy doesn't see me?' I thought, before peeking out from my sheet.
I saw a guy with blonde, almost wild hair, and he was wearing a white robe. I didn't see his eyes because his back was turned. But for me, this was a good sign.
I smiled and started to crawl away, with the bed sheet on. This reminded me of myself when I was a child and I was using the blanket as a cover up for sneak attacks. There is one bad part about being under the covers… You can't see anything.
I ran into something and stopped. I lifted off the covers and looked up to see the same golden-haired guy looking at me, with golden eyes. For some reason, he felt familiar… Like I saw him somewhere before.
There was something else I notice about his eyes; they had cat-silted pupils, just like an animal's. 'Oh crap…' I thought, 'This guy isn't human.'
I coward and said, "DON'T HURT ME! I GOT SHOOT IN THE SHOULDER WITH AN ARROW AND IF YOU HURT ME, IT WILL BE A SIN!" Okay, maybe that was a bad thing to say, but I was desperately. Anyway, I covered my head with my hands for back-up on defense.
Suddenly as I thought I was going to get hit, I felt my cover being taken off. I blinked twice, and then I looked up to see the guy putting it back on. He looked down back at me and said, "I know… But how can you say that when you have enough energy to yell and crawl away."
I turned pale for a moment. Then, I stood up and yelled, "DON'T BE SACASTIC! I have enough troubles already!" Then, I looked up to see where I was. "Is this south-east of the road?"
The guy blinked at me, sighed, close his eyes, and said, "This is east of the road, and if you are looking for Racketeer Town, I advice you to stay away unless you want any more trouble."
I looked back at the guy, and sighed. "I'm not going to Racketeer Town to find trouble. I'm going to Racketeer Town to look for the Claire Bible." Maybe I shouldn't have said I was looking for the Claire Bible, 'cause as soon as I said that, the guy looked at me with an interesting look.
"You were looking for the Claire Bible…?" he asked, as I nodded. The guy moved up to me and looked down. "Why are you looking for the Claire Bible?"
"Easy, So I can find this guy in my dream." I answered, feeling uneasy at the moment. The man sighed and turned his back. Then, he asked, "What makes you think it's in Racketeer Town? It's full of Bandits who are only interested in money. Some of them are even dangerous, so no one but their own kind can come in. What makes you think that a simple scripture like the Claire Bible is there?"
I blinked, wondering how the guy sound like he knows this, and said, "Well… My friend told me it's not a simple scripture; it is unlimited knowledge to the entire universe. Also, some people become bandits so that they can provide for their families. And if it's not welcome for other strangers, why would you go there also?"
The guy almost facefaulted at what I said. Then, he looked back at me and said, "Okay, you win. But that still doesn't mean you can go."
I deathglared at him and yelled, "WELL! YOU AIN'T MY DAD SO SEE YA!" Then, I stomped away in fury.
I heard the guy sighed, meaning that I have won, and then yelled back in an easy to hear volume, "Fine, but if you need help, don't come crying to me." I ignored it, and stopped away, not realizing I might see him again.
I finally made it to Racketeer Town… Or at least I think I did, after hours of wondering around. Well, if people with scars, eye-patches, knives, and etc, were consider bandits; then yes, I was in Racketeer Town.
I walked through the town, noticing how out of place I was. Not only with clothes, but with how uncivilized these people were. For one thing, they got into fights, gamble, and steal one another, back and forth. Another thing was that when I was passing a window of a bar, a guy came out of the window behind me, and landed on the ground.
I quickly turned to look at him, when the other guys came out of the bar. "You idiot! When we say gives us your money, we mean it!" "Yea, idiot! Don't say, "But if your town is prospering over this region than the other cities, why do you need money now?"" "We're bandits, idiot! We take what we want, and we don't give a damn about how much we have." I gave them all a "Geez, you guys are losers" look and thought, 'What else do they say besides idiot?'
Then, the man that was thrown stood up and said, "That's a weird way to treat people older than you… And also, if you are trying to get more money, then you're suffering Greed. I feel that you don't want to do this, but have no choice in the matter… I wonder why people become thieves and steal? For them, it's to give their families a good life. For others, it's envy of privileges the rich have. Then, the darkness grows in their heart as desperate times come for them. Lastly, they give up and turn into bandits."
The group looked at the guy weirdly and one of them said, "We don't care. Just give us some gold!" They started to advance on him, and I was standing there. 'You have two choices, Emma… 1. Save the dude. 2. Ignore this… Ohhhh, where are those two mini-thingies that keep popping up.'
(Meanwhile, both of Emma's subconsciouses were having a day at the spa.)
I sighed and said, "Might as well help him.' Then, I looked up and saw that the bandits were crying and bawling their eyes out. I blinked at this and muttered, "W.T.F?"
The bandits continued to cry as they all shouted, "We're sorry!" "We didn't know that would happen if we get caught!" "We'll never steal again!" and some other stuff like that. I had no idea what was going on and I didn't want to know. Luckily, the bandits left and the guy who they were going to beat up looked at me.
I tilted my head and asked, "Ummmmm… Are you okay?" The person nodded and replied, "Other than the fall, I'm fine. Those are one of the things I like about being an immortal."
"…… Ohhhhh…. Kay…" I said in confusion. This guy was weird in my opinion. First, he says he's immortal and now he was checking himself for anything wrong. Then, he stopped and said, "I'm… You wouldn't believe me if I said what my name was…"
I nodded weirdly and study the guy for a moment. He was wearing some white robes with a hood over his head. He had some blonde hair hanging out and he was carrying a staff with a bird on it. I blinked and thought, 'He's definitely a weirdo.'
"Hmm… Are you curious to know why I look human even though I have a god form? Or are you curious to know why I look like this?" he asked, as I jumped up in surprise. I shook my head no, for a strange reason, feeling like I know him from somewhere.
The guy smiled a kindly smile, might have known I'm from a strange universe or something. "Since you seem lost, I might help you by getting your future read for free." I blinked at this and thought, 'Future readings…? I wanted those! I wonder why my parents never let me have those…'
"Hmmm… Okay," I answered, as the guy put an arm around me and smirked. "Then, let's walk in, shall we?" I smiled but, as we both walked into the bar, which was like those old westerns you see in cartoons and comedy movies.
We both sat down at a table, facing each other in opposite directions. The robed person took out a set of Tarot cards and shuffled them. Then, he gave me fourteen of the cards, three in front of him, and two in between us.
The person smirked and said, "What do you see in those cards? And don't let me look; I can see them from here." I looked down and saw that there was something wrong with these cards. They didn't have anything to do with fate.
In my hand I had the lost warrior, the forgotten paladin, the forsaken ninja, the runaway priest, the secret assassin, the convicted fighter, the destined shaman, the guardian gunman, the searching archer, the scared thief, the hostile dragon, the forgiven dark-warrior, the confused mage, and a blank card. I didn't think these were in a Tarot deck… In fact, I didn't think these were in anything!
"Now, let's see who's in front of me." The guy said as he flipped the three cards over. They were the betrayed dark lord, the power-hungry leader, and the ambitious conqueror. I blinked confusedly at them and thought I saw these things somewhere before. I decided to shake it off and looked back at him. The guy in front of me looked like he was thinking deeply.
"Hmmmmmm… This is strange to see those figures again. Giovanni and Chaotic Blue…" he muttered to himself and then said, "Let's flip the two cards now." We both each grabbed one and flipped them over. We each got a surprised. I flipped over what looked like a heart with barbed lines through it. The other guy got a weird shape for his. But I knew what the one I had been….
It was the sign for Heartless….
I gulped and then looked over at the guy again. He looked very worried about this.
"This is bad. Heartless and Nobodies here at the same time. The Heatless were sealed. Must be leftovers. But why the Nobodies? They were sealed along with the Heartless and their king. Something bad is going to happen…" he muttered again. Then, the guy looked at me and said, "All you heard me said was for you to know. I know you think you're breaking the world order but instead… It's what's keeping us un-united…" Then, the guy stood up and disappeared.
I blinked at this and sighed. 'There goes my knowledge I know about Kingdom Hearts…' I thought, before looking on the floor. There, I saw a really big sack of gold. 'Hmmmm… Guy must have left it…. Should I take it or not?'
Suddenly, a pink, little cat-like creature popped out of the bag and looked at me. For those who haven't watch Pokemon that much, this creature was most definitely one. In fact, it was a Mew.
The Mew closed its cute, little eyes and gave me a note. Then, it disappeared. I blinked for a moment. Then, I read over the note. It said, "Also, here's a token of my appreciation to spending time with me. Also, the auction for the Claire Bible will begin in 5 minutes. You go right once out of the tavern, turn left at the first intersection. After that, go right, left, left, right, straight, then you'll be there. And don't forget
"You have the strongest weapon of all…"
I blinked at this and then heard two voices behind me. "Well, that took care of that problem." "Yup." I turned around to see my angel and demon chibi consciousness, both in a bathrobe and facial mask.
I turned silent for a moment and then realized something….
"AIEEEE! THE AUCTION FOR THE CLAIRE BIBLE WILL BEGIN SOON! I MUST START RUNNING NOW!"
Then, I ran out the door like there was no tomorrow.
After the auction, and many other things I'm not going to mention, I walk around the town carrying a book that had a six-pointed star on it. I was smiling bigly because now I will find that guy to take me home or something like that.
When I got to the auction, I realized it was outside, which meant the rain must have delayed it for a time being. After selling off a statue of a priest with a Zelgadis hairstyle, they brought out the Claire Bible and the bidders for it came up. I did also, bringing the sack of gold with me.
At some auctions, you mostly just yell out what you were paying and then let the bidding go up until you're done. But at Bandit auctions, you bring how much you brought with you, put it on the stand, and let the person examine your goods. If the items are good enough, the bidder gets the prize. Luckily, all the bandits brought fake money and I got coins from a really foreign ancient country.
After that, I had some coins left in my pocket from the auction, they gave me leftovers because I said that was all I had and I was a poor girl from a really poor land and I have no money to get. This was kinda true… I get paid 30 dollars for two weeks.
I smirked happily as I started to look for food here. Too bad there wasn't anything I like; of course I would have tried new things if they looked good.
So, as I walked through the crowd, really glad I traded in the sack of coins for a book to get me out of here, I was grabbed and pulled into an alleyway. (Strange how my character does these things?) I struggled with the bad guy and yelled, "LEAVE ME ALONE/BEEP/ OFF/BEEPING/ LEAVE MY ALONE YOU ASS/BEEP/" (To make this our current rating, I censored some words… But most people will make them out).
As I continued to struggle, I heard a voice that sounded familiar to me. "…. Do always act like this?" it said, as I stopped struggling. I turned around to stare at the guy I met who healed my wounds. Now, he was wearing a black bandana and some thief-like clothing. He let go of me and asked, "I told you to stay away from here."
"Well, I was doing fine before you came and grabbed me." I said, as I brushed myself off. "I got what I wanted, but since I have some money left, I was looking for food.
Anyway, I got the Claire bible thingie." Then, I showed him the book. He looked at it in awe. Then, he looked at me, his face changing from his neutral expression to an angry one.
"Give it to me…" he growled, as his fingernails turned into claws. He approached me, and I felt scared. I tried to erase it, but I felt really terrified. I moved up to a wall and shoved his hand next to my head. He moved his face an inch to mine, smiling evilly.
'Emma, this guy is really a Mazoku. Run away! Kick in the family jewels! DO SOMETHING!' my mind screamed, but I was afraid. Afraid that I was going to die and didn't see, do, or hear anything that was to come. I felt like I was sick.
And for a strange reason, I was….
In a matter of seconds, I cough three times and then threw up over the guy's disguise. He blinked and looked down at his clothing. Then, the guy looked at me, while blinking.
I looked at him and sweatdropped. "Ummmmm… Sorry?" I said, in an innocent tone. I laughed a little bit and thought, 'Oh man… Maybe I hadn't eaten enough that my stomach is getting sick… Stupid me.'
Suddenly, we both heard a "Hey! You!" and looked over. There, we saw a big group of bandits, who looked pretty pissed off. The guy then looked over at me and said, "Are they mad because you have the Claire Bible?"
I deathglared over to him and before I could saw anything, one of the thieves said, "No… We're not mad… We're just here because we have two intruders in our town."
"Yea!" another one said, "You guys are intruders and we'll take you to the boss for your punishment."
"Yea! After all… we can't have a festival without humiliating a few…… Whatever! Just get them!" said the last one as all of them cheered for blood. And what I meant by blood, our blood.
I ran behind the man, as I peeked from behind him. The bandits looked pretty crazy and had a murderous look in their eyes. This is the second time I felt scared, but then I felt a hand touch me. I looked down to see that the person who I hid behind was trying to comfort me.
"Are you afraid of heights?" he asked, as I nodded. The guy then sighed and said, "Then forgive me for the next thing I'm about to do." After that, the men close his eyes and began to focus. I had a sudden urge to wrapped my arms around his waist and close my eyes too.
After a second or so, I heard, "Levitation!" Then, felt my feet being lifted off the ground. I still continued to close my eyes until I felt like opening them. I looked around to see we were out of the alleyway. Then, I looked down to see little ant bandits looking up at us.
I came to a conclusion right then…. We were flying and I was holding onto a man who was going to kill me earlier. I let go and felt something grabbed around my leg. I didn't want to look down because of the acrophobia I was having now. I also had a feeling like this guy was doing something to me in a weird way.
"Hang on…" he said, as he flew over the bandits. I grabbed onto him again and looked down, seeing the bandits yelling anger insults at us. The guy put his hand on mine and said, "You'll be safe…"
Suddenly, we had the weapons the bandits were going to maimed us with thrown at us. I looked over to see that the bandits were yelling, "Don't let them get away! The master wants them alive!"
"I think these guys need us for something!" the man said, as he continued to fly. A spear flew at us, but missed in a meter. I grabbed it, just in case my Mythrill Blade got stolen again.
After a few minutes and more weapons throwing at us, all the bandits yelled, "WE'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! AND YOUR BOYFRIEND TOO!" I turned pale as I yelled back, "HE'S IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
After we got a few miles away from that place, the man flew to the ground and said, "You can let go now…. We're safe…" I quickly release from him and fell to the ground. I took out the Claire Bible and stood up.
"Heh…. Thanks…. For…. Helping me out." I said, as I took out the coins as well. "You can have the Clairey thingie and my money… I'll go find the dream dude somewhere else…" Then, I turned around and started to walk away.
The guy sighed and grabbed my arm, saying, "Wait…" I turned to look at him, his face now in his natural look. "I'm… Sorry for acting earlier… For them calling me a mate. And for trying to take something that you are looking for."
I blushed and said, "It's not your fault. Those guys are idiots, I didn't know how you do that, and… You don't know what I want…" Then, I was about to walk off again, until my stomach growled. 'Oh crap… Not now.'
"…. Have you been eating?" the man asked, as I turned pale. "…….. No…." I answered, knowing what this will mean. Someone trying to see if I'm okay and stuff just like my parents.
The man blinked and let go of me, causing myself to land on my face. "Then that explains it…" he stated, before saying, "You haven't eaten in a while… You must be stubborn than I thought. But if you haven't eaten, how can you still be walking?"
"Its call an Appendix, it stores until it explodes and you'll die." I answered, as I stood up again. "And whatever you're going to ask, the answer is…"
Before I could have said anything, the guy leaned over and licked on my cheek. I blushed and turned around, hopping that wasn't a kiss.
"You had blood on there, might be from the fall." He answered, as I facefaulted. I stood up and turned to the man, breathing heavily.
"…… Okay, you can join, but on three conditions. One, tell me your name. Two, have a weapon. Three, what are your skills." I said, hoping that he would do those things I asked, but sadly, he did.
"My name is Milgazia, I'll use that spear you had earlier, and I know white magic, some shamanic magic and… I think you heard enough," he said, as he started to walk in front of me, "Let's go find a cave or shelter… It's dangerous to go by yourself here…"
I blinked, turned around, and yelled, "I wasn't done yet! How 'bout your occupation?"
"Priest."
"Your birthday?"
"1300 years ago."
"Your license number?"
"Hm…?"
"Your birthplace?"
"Valley of Dragons."
And a lot of questions more…. But I can tell you one thing, I didn't know if I would survive if he hadn't come in.
MSCK- HURRAY! I GOT A CHAPTER DONE! Now, for the uploading.
Sam-MSCK not only that, you're starting to work on your sequel to this.
MSCK-Yea…. HEY! Everyone! KH2 will come out and it will be the bomb! The new features on it will rock your socks off! Also, I like to thank HakuTenshi and Gerao-A for reviewing… And I'll add a Golden Sun character soon.
Axel-What about me?
MSCK-No! Bad Axel! Go find someone to bother!
Axel-Ahhhhhhh…;-;
MSCK-Also, I might have to revise chapter 2 because of the BHK's new name... Roxas! D Or... Might make it an anomymous someone.
Axel:
MSCK-Anyway! Please read and review! 3
