Chapter Eight: The Difference between Men and Women…
(A/N: I know I know I SHOULD be working on Ask Alnel, seeing as how that's my most popular story…but I got really, really, REALLY bored in Advanced Composition so I wrote this…and if I get place names wrong, DON'T KILL ME! I haven't played the game in quite a while…I haven't played ANY games for quite awhile…too much school junk going on…so I hope you enjoy this chapter, and please review 'cause review keep me happy XD)
Disclaimer: yea…uhhh…NO
"Well this is it," Nel said as the group stood in front of the Bequrel Mountains.
"So…does anyone actually know which way to go?" Fayt inquired
"Bah…Worms. I, Albel Nox, am an expert navigator!" Albel proclaimed and started up the mountain
"…rrriiiigggghhhttt…" the others shrugged and followed him.
Hours Later…
"Ok Albel, enough is enough, that is the tenth time we've passed that freakin' rock," Maria glowered as the group continued in seemingly endless circles.
"…" Albel's eye began twitching, "Well one of you maggots try your sense of direction. I want to see you fail miserably"
"Probably would do better than when you've been leading us…we came closer to finding where we were when Fayt 'accidentally' fell into that dragons nest an hour ago and got dropped two miles away," Nel poked Fayt in the shoulder. Fayt recoiled in pain
"Would you knock it off!" he yelled, then thought a moment, "how in the heck did you guys get here anyway?"
"We just hitched a ride on the back of the dragon," Cliff answered
"…You mean to say that you guys got to ride in comfort while I got stuck in that monster's claws?"
"Yep…"
"…DAMN IT!" Fayt screamed. He then realized that his already angsty life had just gotten worse…because a tiny dragon had just bit him on the foot and run off laughing as only dragons do.
"So any ideas on where to go next?" Maria asked, oblivious to Fayt's cries of pain
"Wwweeellll… we could try this," and Nel shoved Albel down a random cave that none of them had really noticed before.
"AHHH!" Albel screamed like a little girl and landed as a wet thud.
"Are you ok?" Fayt called into the cave. Nel looked at him, shrugged, and pushed the blue-haired boy headfirst down the cave as well.
"A…hahahaha!" Cliff pointed and laughed at the two victims, and was thrown in as well.
"O.o…oh there is NO way you're pushing me in there!" Maria exclaimed, backing away from the red-haired death machine.
Nel smiled, "I've got a rope," she said, pulling it out of the pack.
"…So how come you just threw them down there?"
"Oh no real reason…I just like to watch boys fall into painful convulsions"
"Ah yes I see," So both girls slid down the rope and stared at the boys who were in terrible pain
"Get up you babies, we've got company," Maria pointed into the darkness at some eyes that were glowing. Fearfully the group edged back against the wall as the eyes grew closer, eventually revealing a cute pink baby dragon.
"Aww!" Fayt grinned and cooed. His short burst of happiness ended when the dragon's eyes turned red, proceeded to bite him on the arm…hard.
"WHEN WILL THE PAIN END!" he howled
"Shut up Fayt we've got to get out of here," Cliff smacked him hard in the head and walked away. Maria looked at the blue-haired boy who was rolling around in pain, with a mixture of pity and exasperation.
"You're REALLY having an off day aren't you?"
"You have NO idea," he groaned and followed the rest of the posse out of the cave. Soon thereafter they found the Dragon's Windpipe…go them
"So we have to make this deli-ma-bobber into a flute?" Cliff asked
"A-yep," Nel affirmed
"…How?"
"Well for starters we could go to that workshop," she pointed at the old rundown shack that housed the workshop.
"Oh…" So carrying the bone, he walked over to the shop. Suddenly it flew out of his hands and magically turned into the Dragon's Flute.
"Well Lord Love a duck," Fayt scratched his head in confusion
"That was random," Albel agreed
"Where to next?" Cliff asked
"No idea," Fayt shrugged
"How about we ask that lady over there for directions?" Maria asked, pointing at the sad lonely figure that is Misty Lear
The boys looked at each other and then gave Maria a disgusted look, "How about NO," Cliff said offended
"But why?" Nel asked, amazed and confused
"BECAUSE, we don't need that maggots help," Albel answered
"But we have no idea where to go!" Maria exclaimed
"Real men don't need to ask for directions," Fayt said proudly
"Uh…Nel and I aren't guys,"
"…Well we're not asking for directions and that's final!"
"……Ok look, how about you guys go off in some random direction and Maria and I will do our own thing, sound fair?" Nel compromised. The guys agreed and took off, Maria looked at Nel.
"Um…do you think they'll find their way?" Maria asked
"Hopefully…but who cares…"
"Right," so the two girls walked over to the sad, teary woman.
Four Hours Later…
After sweating, being chased by demented porcupines, falling down numerous ravines, and a very strange encounter that involved that pink baby dragon biting Fayt whenever he played the flute, the boys finally made it down into the cave that housed the lava caves.
"We made it!" Fayt said gleefully as the door swung open revealing…
"I raise you five Fol," Nel said, throwing in the money
"And I say GO FISH!" Maria laughed evilly
"Curses…" Nel grumbled, and then brightened when she saw the guys standing there, mouths wide open, "Hey guys what took you so long?"
"A…ba…wha…how…?" Fayt stammered out randomly
"Do you plan to finish ANY of those sentences?" Maria asked patiently
"How did you worms make it here so fast?" Albel sneered in disbelief
"Well…" Maria started, "It's a long story…but it goes like this…"
FLASHBACK! YAY!
"Hello," Maria said pleasantly to Misty Lear, who looked up at the two women with sorrowful eyes, "We're trying to find the lava caves…"
"When an apple falls from a tree, how far does it fall?" Misty asked seriously
"Pardon?"
"Let me try," Nel said, "Hi, we're looking for the LAVA CAVES,"
"Life isn't fair…it's just fairer than death is all,"
"…WHAT THE HELL?"
"Not all who wander this earth are lost…"
"You don't seem to understand…we want to find the frickin' lava caves!" Maria said angrily
"Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday…"
"Uh…sure…can you tell us where to go now?"
"I have seen the future and it is like the present…only longer…"
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
"Sometimes you're the bug…sometimes you're the windshield…"
"…that didn't sound very ponderful and thought worthy"
"………"
"Well you know what…My karma just ran over my dogma," Nel said getting frustrated
"Ah yes…"
"And…before you criticize someone you should walk a mile in their shoes…then when you criticize them you're a mile away and have their shoes," Maria countered
"You both passed the test," and Lear pulled a concealed lever opening a door to the cave that would eventually lead to the lava caves.
"…uh…oooookkkk…that was weird," Nel said as she and Maria walked through the mountain doorway,
"Oh yeah…"
END OF FLASHBACK!
"So she basically just told you proverbs and you had to answer back?" Fayt asked
"I guess…" Nel rolled her eyes
"That explains how you got into the main cave…but how did you get through the dragon head door without the flute?" Cliff asked
"…we knocked,"
"…oh…"
"You maggots are odd…extremely odd," Albel said
"Yeah well…right now, you're one of us," and Cliff let out a maniacal laugh. The rest of the group gave him a weird look, and they started on their journey into the caves.
(A/N: thanks to the people who reviewed my last chapter…I appreciated it :-) I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm not trying to offend anyone but the Star Ocean people…but they hate me anyway lol, please review!)