Chapter Thirty-Seven
If anyone can tell, yeah, I like MonMusu. It's so cool! I love all the different types of monsters and how well thought out they are! Also I recommend listening to the main theme from Ib (Memory). I listened to that song and think it goes surprisingly well with this!
As the full moon rose over the dark woods, Ruri felt a cold wind brush past her.
"Where am I and how did I get here?" she voiced aloud.
The moon illuminated part of the wood, so the girl could see where she was going.
The fog was heavy as she made her way through.
"It's so cold," Ruri mumbled, rubbing her arms.
Dead leaves and branches crunched underneath her feet, making the only sound in the emptiness. Her feet began to feel like pins were being stabbed in them.
The fog gradually began to grow thicker as Ruri trekked deeper and deeper, trying to ignore the pain.
A wolf howled in the distance as her way became even more unclear.
"Geez, I hope I don't encounter anything monstrous," she half-joked.
As an owl hooted, Ruri ran into a stone wall. She rubbed her nose and looked up.
"Huh. This seems a little too convenient."
She spotted a big double door to her left and started walking towards it.
"Girl gets lost in woods and comes across a mysterious castle. Sounds like the setup for a bad fanfiction," the brunette grumbled, pulling on the door.
It creaked open and Ruri peered in.
It was a castle all right. A large ballroom and grand staircase dominated most of the view.
"Ok..." Ruri stepped inside and the door closed shut with a loud bang.
She cringed and hoped the noise didn't wake up the residents.
"Well, well, what have we here?" a voice rang out.
Ruri froze.
"A fish...?"
"Certainly smells like it," another voice laughed.
As two figures stepped into view Ruri's eyes widened.
"Kaito-san? Shinichi-san?" she asked.
The two boys traded looks. They looked different.
"How do you know our names?" Shinichi asked.
Kaito grinned. "Aw, c'mon Shinichi, you're scaring her!"
He bounded over to Ruri and scooped her up.
"Wha-!"
"You're not used to walking, are you?" the magician asked.
Ruri opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by Shinichi.
"I apologize if I frightened you. We have a heated pool if you would like to change back," he smiled as best he could.
Ruri noticed elongated fangs and couldn't stop herself. "You're... a vampire?"
"Well, yes, I assumed you knew," Shinichi looked sheepish. "Monsters tend to seek out other monsters, after all."
"Then..." Ruri looked up at Kaito.
"I'm a werewolf!" he chirped. "See?"
He lifted up a leg for her to see. The leg was fuzzy and built like a wolf's leg.
"Let's get you to that pool," Shinichi told her when Ruri shivered.
Kaito carried her through the winding hallways and they eventually came upon a big open area with a large pool. The ceiling was glass, so you could see the night sky above.
The pool was deep and filled with clear blue water.
Kaito gently placed Ruri next to the water.
She tentatively stuck her hand in the water and watched as it became slightly scaly. Her fingers developed webbing.
"Would you like something to change into so you don't get your clothes wet?" Shinichi offered.
Ruri nodded, not looking away and placing her other hand in the water. The water was soothing and inviting. She almost couldn't wait to get in.
She hadn't noticed the boys had left until a centaur came in carrying a stack of clothes.
"Ran-san?"
Ran nodded. "I suppose you heard of me from last year's centaur tournament, huh?"
"I brought you a swimsuit for you to use."
Ruri sifted through the stack and pulled up a bikini top
"You don't have anything... less revealing?" she asked, embarrassed.
"Well... no," Ran replied. "I'm sorry."
"Oh, no! Thank you!" Ruri tried to thank the centaur.
"Do you need help with putting it on?" Ran asked.
"No, I think I'm ok," Ruri looked at the bikini.
She took off her clothes and put the bikini on. She pulled her pants off and slipped into the water.
Ruri watched in awe as her legs melded together to form a brilliant blue tail.
"Wow! I've never seen a mermaid's tail as pretty as yours!" Ran cried, admiring Ruri's tail.
"Oh, thank you," Ruri blushed.
Ruri felt so at home in the water. She dove underneath and found she could breathe no problem.
She glanced up at the water's surface to see blurry figures standing at the edge.
She rose up to the surface and swam over to the edge.
"Feel better?" Shinichi asked.
"Yes, thank you," Ruri managed to heave herself onto the edge.
"You were under there for almost an hour!" Kaito laughed.
"Really? I'm sorry," Ruri lowered her head.
"You have a lovely tail," Shinichi told her, making Ruri blush.
"Thank you..."
"A brilliant shade of blue. Not unlike the daytime sky."
"?" Ruri looked at him, puzzled. Then remembered he was a vampire.
"Hey, do you mind if I go for a swim?" Kaito suddenly asked.
"No, go right ahead," the girl gestured to the pool.
Kaito pulled off his shirt and jumped in, splashing water everywhere.
"Kaito!" Shinichi yelled.
The werewolf simply laughed and swam over to Ruri.
"C'mon in. I've never seen a mermaid swim up close before!" he grinned.
Ruri nodded and slipped back into the pool. As she swam alongside Kaito and splashed him every so often, she began to feel drowsy.
This is fun. When did I get here? she absently wondered. Was I always here?
Kaito began to splash her back. Ruri laughed and they began a splash war.
Maybe it doesn't matter. After all, this is way more fun than before?
Ruri woke up to the sound of her alarm going off.
"I get the feeling I had a weird dream... but I don't remember it at all..." she mumbled to herself as she whacked her clock and climbed out of bed to get ready for school.
This was a relatively crappy chapter, I know, and I'm sorry! DX I decided to do this because I was watching an episode of MonMusu and remembered I needed to do a Halloween chapter... sorry!
I understand if you all hate me now...
NEXT TIME: KID, CONAN, AND THE RYOMA TREASURE ILLUSION
(I finally picked an episode! *cries*)
I LOVE YOU ALL AND DFTBA! *goes off to eat persimmons*