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Chapter 10: Reuniting with the gang

'Argh… My head…' I thought as I woke up in the mourning. 'Augh… Okay, remember what happen when you woke up last time… Met Milgazia, went into Racketeer Town, got into a fight, met another weird dude, escaped, had Millgy-kun join, had a snack, fell asleep… Where the heck is Milgy-kun?'

I stood up and walked over to the place where he was keeping watch. I saw there were hit footprints, and a lot more other footprints as well. This led me to believe he had been kidnapped…. But who would kidnap a priest anyway!

'Well… Who cares…? This means he's off my case.' I thought, as I started to walk away from the footprints. Then, I started to have some thoughts. '… If Milgazia gets rescue by me…. Heheheheheheehe… This will be good.'

So, I started to follow the footprints in hopes of find Milgy-kun and maybe get some respect from him too.


After hours of following and making sure that these are the footprints I have been looking for, I had almost decided to give up. I wouldn't have if I had kept chanting that finding Milgazia means he would respect me and do anything I ask. At least, that's what I thought. '…. Okay, I give up now…' I thought, before hearing some men's voices.

I turned to the source if it to find a huge crater a lot off the west of the road. There were a lot of men in it, most of them being bandits and sorcerers. I also saw some monsters in cages that were inside the rock wall. I continued to look around 'til I saw some cages that in the middle of the canyon.

Inside one of the large cages was a really large, golden dragon with really large, webbed wings and an egg-horn that was still attached to his nose. He also wore shackles around his feet and arms, but it was strange how he stayed so calm about being caged.

The cage next to him was much smaller to fit a human. In fact, it fit a light-blue haired, stranger cloth-wearing, yellow-eyed human. Everyone, I was staring at Piers from Golden Sun: The Lost Age game.

After a few minutes of staring at a very bishie Piers, the same guy from yesterday came out; carrying the book I had bought out. He looked at the dragon and smiled a very toothy grin. This time, the dragon started to growled.

"Well, if it isn't the captured golden dragon. Thank you for bringing this all the way to me. I couldn't be at that auction since my master forbidden me to go there. But now that I have the Claire Bible, I can create the ultimate chimera!" the old man said, laughing he head off. (Yea, it's the guy that tried to turn Lina into a chimera.)

"But that still hasn't explain why I'm here?" said Piers, with an annoy look on his face. The guy looked at him and answered, "Easy, you know too much and my master somehow wanted to keep you here."

I blinked and thought, 'What the heck is going on?' I shook that feeling off and started to think of a plan to save Piers. I had two reasons to do this. One, he's not from around here and two… He might just thank me for it unlike some ungrateful jerk who thinks I'm a baby.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling coming from behind me. I turned around, but it was too late. Something had gotten me, and that something… Was Sam!

"EMMA-CHAN!" she yelled, before we both fell into the crater. Actually, we were sliding down it, me being the board. Also, I was yelling angry threats at Sam, angry being the keyword.

Anyway, we stopped sliding and, I stood up to give Sam a lecture. "SAM! YOU BAKA! DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT AGAIN!" I yelled, before kicking her into the cage that Piers was in. Sam now had swirls in her eyes and was giggling like an idiot.

I dust off my hands and said, "That's that." I started to walk back to where I once was, before Sam glomped me. Suddenly, I notice that there were a lot of bandits here. In fact, they were surrounding us.

"W-what! You're still alive!" I heard someone yelled, as I turned to see the old man looking at me, surprised. Then, he glared at me and yelled, "HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE IRRKARE POISON I MADE!"

I blinked and answered, "I don't know… I guess… This guy named Milgazia cured me…"All the bandits looked at me and blinked. However, the old guy was glaring at the dragon.

Then, he started to throw a fit. "YOU DID THIS! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING! IF YOU WEREN'T SO IMPORTANT TO MY PLAN! I WOULD HAVE KILLED YOU!" he yelled, as he jumped up and down. However, the dragon snorted in response.

I blinked again and then asked, "Ummmmm… What is your plan? You mention some Ultimate Chimera thingie… But what does it have to do with me?" Suddenly, Sam came back and asked, "I also want to know." Then, Piers came over to my side and said, "Me too."

I looked over at Piers and asked, "Hey! How did you get out of your cage?" The blue-haired man looked at me and answered, "When this girl, Sam was it, ram into my cage, two fire wings appeared on her back, making the bars hot. I then use my ice to make it cold enough for the bars to break."

I nodded in response, not understanding what he had said. Then, I heard, "HEY!" and I looked back at the old man again.

He coughed before saying, "I want to create the ultimate chimera so I can rule the world. But first I need some parts for the experiment, the monsters you see in the cages… And of course, a head of a very powerful sorceress…"

I continued to blinked. Then, I said, "I don't get it." Sam and Piers nodded also. "And why does it have to do with us?"

"Because," the guy stated, "My master will get me the ingredients and system I need if I follow his orders, and his orders are to kill you." Then, he pointed and shouted, "SO NOW YOU'LL DIE!"

Then, all the bandits took out their weapons and started to approach us. 'Okay… Oh god of this world, if you can hear me now. Please get me home or at least save us.' I thoughts, until I heard someone shouting "Fireball!", and a bunch of bandits exploded.

I turned my head to the explosion to see that Lina marching towards us, looking extremely pissed at us, or at least me. This meant I was dead or worse.

"There you are!" she shouted, as she came out to me, an inch away from myself. "I have been looking everywhere for you! Do you know how much trouble I went through just to find you! Not only aren't you from this region, but I heard you're not from this world! Is that true!"

I was about to say something about the bandits, but she interrupted. "Of course, you're not from this world! Your clothes said it all, and your skill of fighting, which seems very low… But still… HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS!"

"Ummm… Miss Lina," I calmly stated, before seeing Amelia, Gourry, and Zelgadis entered upon the scene. They all crowded around me, Amelia asking how I was, Gourry asking dumb questions, Zelgadis just being himself, and Lina yelling at me for not telling her. I took as much as I want until I couldn't take anymore.

"YOU GUYS! CALM DOWN! I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS LATER! RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO FIGHT!" I yelled, closing my eyes in anger. When I opened them, I saw everyone staring at me surprised, including the bandits who were drinking whiskey while waiting to fight. As for the dragon, he sighed… I think.

Amelia looked at me and asked, "Miss Emma, why did you yell?" I looked over at the princess and sighed.

"Because I'm an idiot for keeping too many secrets in such a noisy group." I answered, before walking off. "I'm think I should leave now. I was hoping to get Milgy-kun to not think of me as an idiot, but this is too much, so see ya." I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into something. When I opened my eyes, I saw the dragon looking down at me because I ran into his arm. I would have freaked out about this, but after what I've been through I was calm.

I sighed before saying, "I wish I could free you so you won't be in this crazy old man's experiment." Then, I took out my sword and sighed. "But I don't have a Keyblade… Or something to break the chains…"

Suddenly, the sword turned all metal and then is change into a really heavy axe. So heavy, that I instantly squatted to the ground. I growled as I yelled out, "WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPEN!"

"That's what I want to know!" yelled another voice, as I turned around to see everyone surprised at me. Even Lina, who blinked at me.

"…. There's only one sword that can do that…" said the old man as he turned pale. "And that's the Mythrill Blade!"

"What! Emma has the Mythrill Blade!" yelled Amelia, forgetting to add the "Ms." to my name. Then, she practically fainted.

Now, it was Lina's turn to yell now. "But that is the mayor's sword! They can't be the same… Can they?"

I gulped before hearing Milgazia's voice. "They aren't the same…But the mayor must have said it was his sword in case someone might steal it again…But it doesn't give the fact that she wields it."

I blinked and started to looked for Milgazia. "Hey, Milgy-kun! Where are you! I hear you, but I can't see you!" I cried, but still couldn't find him. Then, I heard a cough and turned to Zelgadis.

The rockman pointed behind and, I turned around. I saw the dragon, but no Milgy-kun. I looked back at Zelly and said, "…. So?"

Zelgadis sighed and answered, "That is Milgazia… Or Milgy-kun as you called him." I turned around again and stared at the dragon who was sweatdropping nervously. That's when I shouted, "HOLY CRAP! MILGAZIA IS A DRAGON!"

"Yes… I am a dragon…" said the dragon, as he started to glow. I covered my eyes for a second to keep from going blind. By the time I uncovered them, I saw Milgazia standing there, unchained and in human form. "Sorry, I had to keep this a secret from you… But I don't know how you would react since I knew you were not from this world."

I turned pale and was about to cry. The Mythrill Blade reverted back into its own form. "….. I guess you didn't need to be rescue…" I said, my last bit of confidence shattered. I decided to walk out of here before anything else happen, but it seems like I had a black cat following me… Make that a purple cat.

"My, my, Ms. Emma, aren't you exciting about being discovered? I know I am…" said an all-familiar annoying voice. I turned my head to see Xellos, who had appeared next to Lina. The sorceress looked extremely pissed at him.

I deathglared at him and growled, "Go away…" Then, a thought ran through my head. 'If I can make them seem they did a bad thing… They might follow my every whim.' I giggled with mischief.

I ran through the crowd of bandits and then jumped onto a rock. "Listen up!" I yelled, "Now, that you know that I am not form here! A Great doom will befall you!" The bandits, Lina's team, Sam, Piers, and Milgazia blinked in confusion. Xellos, however, smiled.

"In my world, I am known as the Great Knight of Terror, I have killed and slain a thousand under my sword! My magic is more powerful than the gods of your world! I know how to go faster than what you use for Transportation! I know how to contact a person 1000 miles away! I also know how to break a person's body in a million ways! And now that you know, I will call upon my minions and kill you!"

Now, the bandits and Amelia started to sound scare. In fact, they were shaking in their boots. Lina, Zelgadis, and Milgazia saw though my plan, and Sam and Xellos were smiling at it. Gourry, however, was still a dummy.

"W-w-w-what do we need t-t-t-to do to s-s-s-stop you from calling your…?" said one bandit, but I finish the sentence for him.

"Heartless… And you must forget that I am from another world." I said, before waiting for their reaction. Here's what I heard from the bandits:

"What? Forget she's not from this world?"

"How are we going to do that?"

"I know, let's beat ourselves up so we will forget and no one is the wiser."

And suddenly, the bandits started punch each other senseless. Lina sweatdropped and made a funny face, Gourry had question marks around his head, Milgazia and Zelgadis were setting up lunch, Sam was explaining to Piers, and Xellos gave me a peace-sign. Don't know why he did it, he just did.

I kinda gave the Mazoku Priest a thumbs-up and looked around for the guy that had the Claire Bible last. When, I realize he was gone, I thought, 'Damn me for ignoring him too much…'


After an hour or so, Lina and her friends, along with Sam and Piers were eating a pinic. As for me, I was watching the bandits continued to beat each other senseless. I was actually enjoying this for some strange reason, until my stomach growled.

'Damn… Hungry again.' I thought, before getting up and walking through the fighting. When I made it out, with a bruise or two, I went up to the Sorceress and kicked her. She turned around to look at me and said with a mouth full of food, "What?"

I gulped up all my pride and bowed down to her. "Will you give me your food?" I said, while lowering my head, "I'm straving…" It was 10 seconds before Lina came up with an answer.

"Well, after all the trouble you made me go through to find the Mythrill Blade AND you didn't tell me about about you being out-of-this-world," she stated, before finishing, "I'll give you some food if you give me your Mythrill Blade."

Suddenly, I lifted my head and said, "WHAT! But it's my only weapon!" Suddenly, the petite girl held out a piece of jerky in front of me and waved it around. "Do you want this?"

I nodded and was about to eat it, before she pulled it away. "You have to give me the sword." She said, while giving her "I wanty" smirk.

I sighed and handed Lina the sword. Then, I grabbed the jerky and walked away. 'Well… At least the sword is in better hands.' I thought, before thinking, 'Greedy, better hands, but still hands.'

Suddenly, I heard a laughing voice and turned to the source of it. I saw the old man again, this time he looked eviler than usual.

"HAHAHAHAHAAHA! Finally, finally! I have created the ultimate Chirmera! But not just any Chirmera, a Chirmera Heartless!" he said, like he wasn't paying attention to anyone. In fact, he looked like a raving lunatic.

Suddenly, the ground started to shake and some of the trees near the old man started to fall down. Then, a creature that looked like it had been made of many creatures, dragons demons, wolves, monsters, anything. Then, I notice something. It had an insignia of a Heart-shape with a thorns crossing it. In other words…

"A HEARTLESS!" I yelled, as I turned pale. This heartless was a giant, a wolf's tail, a dragon's neck, an Onii's(Japanese demon) head, a ogre's body, a pair of Mantis' arms, T-Rex feet, and had two snake heads sticking out of his shoulders. The thing also had the Heartless insignia on its chest and its eyes had the glowing tilt all Heartless have.

The remaining bandits ran away as fast as they can. "RUN! She summoned a really big Heartless to destroy us all!" I can imagine them being stupid enough to believe what I say, especially working for this lunatic.

"Hey! Lina! We have a monster to kill!" I yelled, as I turned to see she hadn't move from her spot. I facefaulted and yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING EATING AT A TIME LIKE THIS!"

Lina looked at me and said, "Relax, we'll fight…" Then, she stood up and started to study it. "Hmmmmmm… Maybe if we distract it… No, what about the other head." Soon, she and her team mates started to discuss what to do. 'This will take too long.' I thought, before looking at the chirmera.

I suddenly stood up with a new breed of confidence and marched towards the Heartless. The Chirmera jumped into the crater, making it easy for me to get to it. I got ready to punch it and gave a knuckle sandwich to it. I was hoping the creature would've faint, but suddenly black tentacles came out and grabbed me.

"What… What the!" I said, as I tried to pull the tenticles off. Suddenly, I looked up at the old man again, who started to laugh even more.

"This Heartless… Not only does it have the ability to grab the heart, but it came take the body and merges it with it's own. Which reminds me…" he said, before jumping into the Heartless. Soon, another neck came out, which the old man's head on it.

The head looked at me and said, "Now face the power of my creation!" Soon, more tentacles appeared and started to suck me in. I continued to struggle, even though my efforts were useless. I turned around to see the group staring at me in horror.

"E-Emma… You idi-!" she said, before I got sucked into the darkness. I blinked as I looked around. 'So this is what the darkness feels like…' I thought, as I walked around. Suddenly, thinking I saw a person, I turned to where I saw a woman in a black dress and golden-blonde hair.

The woman smirked and beckoned me to come over by moving her index finger towards me. I walked over to her and said, "What?" The woman continued to smirk and then a few words came into my head.

Can the light truly exist with out the darkness?

I blinked and found out that the woman had disappeared. I started to looked around and saw a glowing orb of light. I walked over to it and touched it. Then, it started to glow really bright. Then, there was a really big boom.

I blinked and started to cough. Not realizing I was being held, I looked over at the group, who was running over towards me. It wasn't before long 'til Lina got to me and flicked her finger at my forehead.

"Idiot, Rule one of fighting big monsters: Don't rush in until you know what you're fighting." She said, as the sorceress sounded like my mom. I growled and countered back, "I knew what I was fighting! … I didn't have a weapon to defeat it!"

"And where was your weapon?" she asked, turning her face into a sneaky one. I smirked and pointed to where the Mythrill Blade was. "There it is, cheapskate."

Suddenly, Lina grabbed my throat and said, "Why you…?" So, I pissed her off. I thought I was going to die. That was, until Gourry tapped her shoulder.

"Ummmmm, Lina?" he stated, before pointing over at the Heartless, "Was that red thingie there before?" I blinked and the whole group looked towards it. We saw a big, red orb that had veins coming out of it and was beating like a heart. The old man's head looked down at it and said, "Oops… The core is open."

"The core, hmmm…" Lina said, as she looked towards the others. "Zelgadis! Make a barrier around the others. Amelia! You help him! Everyone else, stand back! I'm chanting the you-know-what…" she commanded, as she stood in a stance that bring back memories.

Zelgadis, Amelia, and Gourry turned pale, and the chirmera and princess did as the sorceress told them too. I blinked and muttered, "What is she talking about? Why does this sound so…?" Suddenly, I heard what Lina was saying.

"Darkness beyond the Twilight, Crimson beyond blood that flows. Buried in the flow of time. In Thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness. Let's the fools who stand before me be destroyed by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!" she chanted, as she threw a red ball of energy at the monster. It made contact and suddenly…. BOOM! A big explosion came with smoke-clouds and a very powerful force.

I covered myself with my arms in case some excess comes through the barrier. I blinked and took away my arms. I then stared at the guy who was crazy enough to jumped into that Heartless and the sorceress, who was about to kick the guy in the family jewels.

"And this is for…" she said, before doing so, "Trying to turn me into a Chirmera!" The man groaned and then curled up into a ball. Zelgadis blinked before asking, "You know this man?"

Lina smirked and said, "Yea, he wanted me to turn into the ultimate Chirmera. Glad he's dead now… I think." I blinked as she told her friends how the guy wanted her to be a part of his experiments. I blinked as I counted the people who were there. In alphabetical order: Amelia, Gourry, Lina, Piers, Sam, and Zelgadis were there. Only Milgy-kun and Xelloss were gone. And if you count the guy who was holding me….

"…. Guys, is Xelloss holding me…?" I asked, turning a bit pale. The guys looked over at me and blinked.

Gourry was the first to answered, "Nooo… He disappeared when you went into the monster." I sighed in relieved, knowing I couldn't hit that bastard. But then Amelia added, "But Mister Milgazia is holding you." Then, everything just snapped.

I turned my head very slowly to see Milgazia and, he looked at me, asking, "You okay?" I growled and before I could punch the guy for in the face for saying that, the dragon dropped me on my butt.

I growled more and yelled, "Why did you dropped me!" Before I could say anything else, Milgy-kun turned scary looking and came an inch near my face. I trembled in fear and he placed a finger on my forehead.

"Be glad I caught you… Do something like that again and you'll receive no help from me." He said, before turning off and walking away. '…. He may be a dragon, but he should respect for me.'

Then, I listened to the group as they walked past me, "I agree with Milgazia. That was stupid…" "But at least she got the core out, Miss Lina." "But do you think it was nessecary?" "… I don't know. I wasn't paying attention."

I sighed and thought, 'They're right, I shouldn't have went into that fight without thinking first.' Then, I looked over at Sam and Piers, who was still standing where they were. "Why are you going with those guys?"

Piers smiled a bit and said, "Even though what you did was idiotic, it was helpful in a way." I smiled and blushed. It was a kind compliment that I got in this world.

"And those guys are going the wrong way." Sam answered, as she pointed behind her. "The road is that way with an inn for those heading for the Fire Village." Then, she held up a bag of money and added, "And I'll be paying for the food."

This cause Lina to stopped and turned around to look at Sam. She turned into her trigger greedy mode, as she grabbed Gourry, Amelia, and Zelgadis and ran over to Sam. "Forget what I said about your friend…" she said, trying to look happy, "She's a really smart and cool."

'Ohhhh… Lina using me to get to Sam's good side, so she can have free food.' I thought, before thinking, 'Bad Lina… Using this to your advantage.' I thought, before turning to Milgazia, who was just standing there. "Aren't ya coming too?" I asked out of curiosity.

"If you are going to stay there, I rather stay out here." He answered, seemingly understanding that I was a pain in the neck to him. I puffed out my cheeks; even though I hated him, I felt like I wanted him near me.

Lina smiled and yelled, "Come on, Milgazia! I have a proposal for you!" Then, she looked at me and winked. I blinked, as I couldn't know why she did it.

The dragon looked over at the group and said, "Fine." Then, he rolled his eyes and walked over to the group, I glared at him as he glared back in a moment. '… Stuck-up dragon.' I thought, not noticing anything for a while.

It wasn't before long I heard Amelia's voice. "Emma! Hurry up or Lina and Gourry will eat it all!" I sighed and yelled back, "Coming!" I got up and walked over to the Mythrill Blade, grabbing it so I won't be stuck when facing monsters again. Next on the list was the Claire Bible, so I could meet that guy again.

When I turned to see the guy who was last holding it, I saw a guy wearing the same black clothing as the same man who tied to kill me and Milgazia last night. "Hmmmmm….. So, if you are a Knight of The Lord of Nightmares, not only will you have the power of Chaos but can enter people's dreams too… Brilliant."

I blinked and said, "Excuse, but can I have my book back?" The guy looked at me and then threw the book towards me. "There, I'm done with my analysis." He said, before disappearing.

I had question marks over my head before grabbing the Claire Bible. 'First, bandits. Then, Heartless. And now guys in black coats. What's next?' I thought, before getting hit by a SSO: Stupid Sam Object. "…. Sam, what did you do?" I asked, while growling.

"I accidentally called Lina a guy." She answered, as she grabbed and started to drag me back to the group. "Come on! The people are waiting for us because I know the way!"

I sighed and muttered, "Oh joy." I then began wishing that this was a dream.


Me- Allo! A new chapter is done! Now, the next chapter will have to do with an inn. If you want more, please read and review!

Sam- And she's going post a link to this story on Deviantart, so if you have an account on there, Go find MSCK

Ash- /playing cards with Axel/ So, this is what you do with Roxas?

Axel- Yes… Because no one else has cards and Luxord cheats.

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