Chapter Eleven
Return of the Hunter
A few hours has past, Gera was looking through the notes that Jade made on the gorillas. He had ear phones in his ears with a MP3 player in his pocket, listening to "Riot" by Three Days Grace. He was mouthing the words, flipping the page. He saw a picture of the biggest ape he have ever seen. It stood in front of all the rest of the gorillas proudly. He nodded, thinking that it was probably the leader of them.
Wow, never knew that gorillas were so... well... tribal!
Then, a loud gun shot was heard. Gera looked up, taking an ear phone out, listening. Everything was quiet... until a female ape ran into the camp and into the camp. He blinked.
"That.... was new...."
He placed his ear phones in his pocket and peeked in the tent.
"Is everything alright here?"
He saw Tarzan talking to the ape, but was talking in gorilla, Jade behind him. Gera's eyes were wide, weirded out and confused.
............. wow..... I guess things really ARE different in other worlds....
Tarzan turned and ran out of the tent, spear in hand. Gera stepped back, watching him go, then turned to Jade.
"Is.......... everything o.k?"
Jade had a worried look on her face, sitting in one of the arm chairs.
"I don't know. But it seems like Tarzan was heading toward the gorilla's home. Could you... please follow him? I'm worried."
He looked into her eyes. He saw the worry and concern for Tarzan in them, and saw that there was more to it then just that. He smiled.
"Of course. I'll check on your boyfriend."
He winked at her, then dashed after Tarzan, leaving Jade there, blushing beat red.
The hunter had Tarzan and all of the gorillas against a wall, aiming at their heads with his gun. He gave a wide smiled and pulled the trigger... but the bullet didn't hit anything. He looked confused, then fired again. Once more, it was as if he didn't fire at all.
"Confounded gun!"
There was a chuckle.
"Oh, it's not the gun, zombie boy."
The hunter turned around and saw Gera, pointing his pistols at him. He looked at him, then at the ground... showing that Gera had shot the bullets that the hunter fired. The hunter turned and aimed his gun at Gera, an invisible shield forming in front of Tarzan and the apes, and all the exits. Gera just chuckled again.
"You're kidding, right? Alright..."
He put away his guns in his coat, then held out his hand. He summoned his Keyblade, forming from dark lights. He then did a back flip, jumping high in the air. Something that was behind smashed down where he was, leaving a claw print in the ground. He landed on top of the invisible monster.
"Ha! This thing is your Ace in the Hole!? Pathetic!"
He spun his Keyblade in his fingers, then stabbed down into the monster. It gave a loud roar, becoming visible. It was a giant Heartless in the shape of a black lizard.
"Oooo! A giant lizard! Scary!"
Gera laughed as he jumped off, taking out his left pistol and shooting the Heartless as fast as he could. It started to back off, trying to block the bullets with its arm. Then one final bullet went straight through its head. It stumbled a bit, then fell forward.
"Ha! Some boss that was!-"
He quickly turned around and grabbed the machete that the Hunter was trying to slash him with from behind. The hunter tried to dig the blade into his hand, but to no use. Gera smiled sadly.
"Sorry, but I have no skin there."
He broke the blade with his hand, then round-housed kicked him on the head. The hunter layed there, knocked out. Gera quickly went over to him and kicked him over onto his back. He raised his foot, the hunter gave a cry, his eyes wide. Gera spoke, glaring down at him.
"Rest in peace, you fool."
He slammed his foot through his head, making sure he could never come back again. He wipped his boot on the grass, then turned to Tarzan and the apes. He pointed his Keyblade at the barriar, lights forming around the tip. The light shot out and hit the barrier, making it disappear. The apes stood behind the largest ape, which started to stroll over to Gera. He looked up, watching the gorilla get closer.
Wow... that's.... a big gorilla....
The gorilla held out its palm, then motioned to Gera to hold his out. Gera blinked, but did so. It dropped something into his hand, then walked back to the rest of the gorillas. Gera looked down to what he gave him...
It was another charm, like the one Leon had given him, but it was of a blue butterfly with a very small keyhole in the middle of it. He looked at it for about a minute... something about these charms seemed to call to him... He started when Tarzan came up to him.
"Tarzan wants to thank you. You are good friend... thinking about gorilla first."
Gera nodded awkwardly, turning to the hunter's body. He just realized that he brutally killed him without a second thought...
"Umm... who was that?"
Tarzan turned to the body sadly.
"Claton. Lost his heart... has no heart..."
Gera closed his eyes, knowing that he meant that Claton's heart was stolen... or he gave it up... either way, he was gone.
He looked up at the sky, frowning.
"Hey... Tarzan... I know we just met and everything... and I just got here... but I have to go."
Tarzan turned to him with a confused look on his face. He explained while still looking up.
"I... really don't have a reason to stay here. I really liked meeting you and the gorillas, and Jade..."
He paused for a minute.
"But I must go. I need to find Sora before... before someone else does... a person that wants to take everything away from me... If I don't find him, then he could die... not even I stand a chance against this person alone..."
Tarzan looked down, then turned to the gorillas.
"Tarzan understands... Sora is a good friend to you, too. Tarzan also wants him to be safe..."
Gera smiled a bit, looking down at him.
"Well... I must go... thank you for understanding."
He turned around and snapped his fingers, a dark portal appearing. He stopped.
"Good by-"
He paused, remembering what Holy had said to him before.
"......... See you later, Tarzan. Tell Jade I said that, too."
With that, he stepped in the portal, disappearing...
End of Chapter Eleven...