Chapter 3: The War Games
A.J. sighed as she stared up at the stars still out in the night sky. "Do you think I will ever find Phantom?"she asked Fang, who's head was lying on her stomach. A loud snore came from him and A.J. sighed. When she left the camp where the others where staying, she was the only one awake, excluding Fang. Now, it seemed she as the only one awake.
"I believe you can, but only if you believe in yourself,"she heard. She recognized the voice as Tom's.
"Hey, Tom,"A.J. mumbled. She slowly nudged Fang's head onto her lap as she sat up. Tom sat down beside her, and smiled at her. A.J. couldn't help but smile back at him. "The problem is, when I find Phantom, if I find him, I will be too weak to fight him. I am still so weak, I can barely fight a Chess named Ian and win,"she growled as she clenched her fist. "I wish I wasn't so weak,"she muttered, tears stinging her eyes as she remembered her parents' death when she was only three.(( I'm not sure when or if Alviss's parents died... so yeah...))
Tom, or should I call him Phantom, shook his head. "I don't believe you're weak. You easily broke away from my grasp yesterday afternoon,"he stated.
A.J. got an anime sweatdrop as she stared at him. "Yeah, but one of your arms is broken,"she said with a dull expression on.
Phantom looked down at his left wrapped up arm. "Actually, it isn't. The cast is just stuck on my arm, and I can't get it off. Pretty stupid huh?"he asked, a sheepish sweatdrop on his forehead as he scratched the back of his head.
A.J. smiled and giggled. "Not really. Here,"she nudged over to who she thought to be named Tom and grasped his cast,"I'll help you get it off of you."
Phantom smiled, much to his distaste, at the girl. "Thank you,"he said. They both began pulling, Phantom not by much. A.J. gasped as her fingers slipped two minutes after. She fell backwards and grabbed Phantom's hand to catch herself, but instead she pulled her with him.A.J. started laughing when she sat back up, pushing an agitated Tom off of her.
"Oi! Tom! A.J.!"they heard Ginta yell. "Where are you?"
A.J. ceased her laughs. "Over here Ginta!"she yelled. Tom made a half-hearted smile as the others walked out from behind some bushes.
"Hey you guys! What were you doing? Mak-"Nanashi was cut off by A.J. appearing beside him and punching his head.
"Well... It was nice to meet all of you, but I must be going. Be safe!"Tom exclaimed and he walked away into the shadows.
"Wait! Tom!"Ginta yelled, but Tom was already gone. Nanashi spotted something out of the corner of his eyes and looked up at the moon.
"Ginta,"he got Ginta's attention. "Look at the moon." Everyone looked at the moon and gasped slightly.
"It looks like a mirror,"A.J. muttered. Then a silouette appeared on the moon. It formed into a man with long silver hair and a big pointy hat that nearly made A.J. laugh.
The guy began to talk about the war games and A.J. listened intently. She remembered them from before, and they were just before her brother got the Zombie Tattoo from Phantom, which is another reason for revenge on him, for she loved her brother dearly.
"I knew it..."A.J. mummbled. "They were going to do it again..."
Fang, who woke up from A.J.'s laughing with Tom, nodded. "It would make since, wouldn't you think?"he asked.
"Let's do it,"Snow said.
Ginta looked at everyone, who of which had determined looked on their faces and nodded. "Yeah. Let's take down the chess."
A/N: Sorry it took so long to get out! I was at camp for two weeks and I still had to type it! Sorry it was so short! Please forgive me! R&R please!