AN:Well... I've wanted to post this one for a while, but there was something wrong with and it wouldn't let me submit any documents...
Before I start this chapter, I'd like to thank:
Jay the Unseen
Samurai Ryo
For reviewing to chapter 1!
A Place to Call Home
Chapter 2
Previously...
"Anyhow, we're glad you're better, Jay," Will nodded in acknowledgement.
"Am I really better?" Jay wondered. "Thank you, Will, everyone."
Then he remembered what that voice had said to him, "they're just saying that, they don't really care..." Jay shook his head and cleared that thought out of his head.
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They made their way out of the Oresoren Village, "so Jay, you wanna go kick some old geyser butt?" Moses asked him enthusiastically.
"I really do hope you're not talking about me, Moses, for your sake as well..." Will glared at him with his fist ready.
"N..no, course not!" Moses feared Will's Mighty Fist of Fury, literally, but at least he wasn't the only one.
Jay grinned at this, but decided to not say anything, just this once though.
"So, where are we headed anyway?" Norma asked.
"Well..." Shirley started, "umm... where are we going?"
"We haven't decided yet, we just left the Oresoren Village so why don't we drop by Werites Beacon to stock up and rest?" Will suggested.
"If we are just going to rest, couldn't I have just stayed in the Oresoren Village?" Everyone just stared at Jay. "What? You guys were the ones that left the village so I supposed that you had the next destination planned out."
"Now that I think about it," Chloe began, "I think we just went there to see if you were alright."
"Yup, that's right! We were worried about you so we came to check up on you!" Norma, as usual was overly enthusiastic.
"Thank you," Jay suddenly said smiling.
"Whoa, what's with the sudden attitude change, Jay" Moses backed up slightly. "Who are you and what have you done to Jay?"
"It's nothing," Jay continued smiling. "Well, lets get going everyone."
Everyone just stared after Jay, and Chloe noticed that he appeared rather sad and lonely, when you couldn't see his face. "Do you think something happened to him, Coolidge?" Chloe asked.
"... Now that you bring it up, he did seem a bit troubled about something..." Senel nodded in agreement.
"Well, if he isn't ready to tell us yet, we should just let him be," Will put a hand on Senel's shoulder. "When he's ready, hopefully, he'll tell us and when he does, we'll lend him a hand in anyway we can." Everyone nodded.
"Are you all coming, or am I going to have to find a way into Will's house again?" Jay called to them.
"We're coming!" Shirley answered, and they all headed to the city.
They rested at Werites Beacon for a little while at Will's house when Jay finally made an announcement.
"I... I want to kill Solon," the way he said it surprised everyone, it felt so sudden. "I want to get him completely out of my life, so I have to kill him."
He still seemed a little unsure if this really was a good idea or not, but Solon's voice rang through his mind again,"I've heard, my young apprentice, those little furry rats have been caring for you. I'd like to see what color their blood is, I want to hear them cry out in agony and pain, as I take them out, one by one..."
Senel walked up to him and smiled, "you lead the way, Jay, we'll go with you."
Moses nodded his head enthusiastically, "yup, we'll go anywhere you do, little bro!"
"Although, when you say it, it just seems a little wrong, Red," Norma giggled.
"Hey! What's that suppose' to mean?" Moses stomped his feet.
"Well, that's about enough, you two," Will gave both of them a bonk on the head.
"Oww..." they both moaned.
"So do you know where our first destination, Jay?" Chloe asked.
Jay nodded, "yes, I have gotten information that Solon is in the Ruins of Frozen Light."
"Alright then, let's head out for the Light House," Will opened the door to his house. Everyone left the house in a single file, "Harriet, I want you to watch the house while I am gone, understand?" Will asked his daughter.
"I understand, not get out of here!" Harriet slammed the door on them all.
The party walked for a bit and when they reached the Light House, Norma made her usual pep talk.
"Well, let's go the ruin and kick some old man butt!" Norma thrusted a fist into the air, "CHARGE!"
Everyone just stared at her, who was making a complete fool of herself, "aww, come on you guys, we're going to help JJ beat the living crap out of that old man, we need some ENTHUSIASM! Do it with me," everyone sighed but joined in anyhow, "CHARGE!"
They all walked into the Light House, took the tram and were now at the entrance to the Ruins of Frozen Light. They looked around the place and wound up in a puzzle booth, "oh man, I hate this place," Moses whined.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" Jay asked. "I've already figured it out, would you like me to do this for you?"
"... whatever, just get us out of 'ere," Moses grumbled. They got out of the puzzle booth, when Norma started whining, "Can we please take a break? We've been walking for like, forever..."
Jay looked around the place, "sure, it seems safe enough to rest here."
"Yay! You're the best, JJ!" Norma flopped down onto the floor and started chatting with Grune.
Jay walked around the room and looked at one of the walls, "Shirley, do you mind coming here for a moment?"
"Yes? What is it Jay?" Everyone else was just sitting and talking as Shirley made her way to were Jay stood.
"...I'm sorry everyone..." Jay looked down at his feet as he pushed a switch on the wall, and a gate closed, trapping everyone, but himself and Shirley inside.
"Jay! What do you think you're doing!" Senel yelled.
"I...I'm sorry, but I have to take Shir... the Merines..." Jay regretted doing this already.
"But Jay..." Shirley argued.
"I'm sorry, Shirley..." "Ahh!" Jay knocked her out and took her with him.
"JAY!" Moses yelled after him, bashing his fist against the gate blocking his way.
"Stand back everybody!" Norma suddenly started to cast a spell. "LIGHTENING!" Her spell hit the switch and opened the door.
"Good job, Norma," Will acknowledged her with a nod.
"Whoa, a complement from Teach!" Norma was taken aback.
"Come on, we don't have time for that!" Senel felt panicked. "We have to go after them and save Shirley!"
"There's ain't no point in that now," Moses pointed in the direction the two went in. "They could be anywhere in this 'ere ruin by now, and who knows, maybe they ain't in this ruin anymore."
"Moses is right," Chloe was surprised at that for once. "We could search here forever but not find them, we should regroup and come up with a plan."
They began to leave the room when a monster suddenly ambushed them, "oh no, it's a
DULLAHAN. Get ready everyone!"
It took a while and everyone was exhausted, but they managed to eliminate the monster.
"Phew, I'm exhausted..." Norma sighed.
"Maybe we should go to the Oresoren Village," Will suggested. "They may know what Jay is up to."
"Yes, that is a good idea," Chloe nodded and the party headed out for the Oresoren Village.
They took the duct to the village but when they entered, it was very quiet, too quiet. They walked around to every Oresoren house, but the entire village was deserted, but Norma and Chloe found a letter in Jay's house from the three Oresoren brothers.
Dear friends of Jay,
We were worried that something was really wrong with Jay, and we found that he was going after Solon. We apologize if he has done anything to hurt you all, but he's really just doing this for us. We overheard him talking to himself or at least, that's what we think, but he was saying something about leaving us out of it, so it must've been something really bad... We have all gone after Jay to the Mirage Palace to save him from Solon.
Pippo, Poppo, Quppo
"So, Jay was tryin' to protect his family, and had no choice but to take Shirley with him..." Moses was completely confused.
"That may be so, but he could've told us, could've opened up to us..." Senel shook his head. "Is this all we are to him?"
Well, there's another chapter, done! Please R & R
And here's backstage with the Fun Bunch!
Norma: bonk! Oww! What was that for Teach!
Will: For the use of inappropriate language, of course! Young children might be reading this!
Norma: When did I do that, huh, old man? bonk Oww...
Will: Do you remember this?
Sudden Flashback...
"aww, come on you guys, we're going to help JJ beat the living crap out of that old man, we need some ENTHUSIASM! Do it with me,"
Norma: Hahaha... Oh, you mean... that... haha...
Will: I'm waiting...
Norma: Oh fine, I'm sorry.
Will: Not to me, to the readers out there!
Norma: I apologize for any disruption or distortions in all of you young minds and by the way, unless you're a teen or older, YOU SHOULDN'T BE READING THIS ANYWAY! Sheesh, doesn't anybody check the ratings on these things anyway?
Will: NORMA! chases after her with his gigantic hammer
Norma: AAHHHH! Evil Old Man with Gigantic Hammer! runs for her life
Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter!