WELL IM BACK FROM THE DEAD!!

Oh gosh... I am SUPER DUPER SORRY for not posting anything for a while!! I've been caught up with playing Harvest Moon DS AGAIN!! I dunno why, but it's just soooo addicting...Ah~ Well, I hope you enjoy this shocking chaptaaaa~!

Chapter 5

The sun was beginning to rise once more, as it shows another night had just gone by and it is now time to wake up once again. Although, in the dark and damp cave where Ralph slept, sunlight was trying to seep through. It was trying its best to illuminate the boy with light, but the dark green vines that covered the entrance of the cave made it futile for the sunlight to pass in.

Finally, as someone pushed aside the vines, the sunlight hit Ralph. It really did bother his sleep. So he partially got up, his upper body being held by one of his forearm, while the rest was still laid on the pile of leaves that was supposedly his "bed". His other hand somewhat covered his eyes from the rays of sunlight as he slowly opened them to see who stood at the entrance of the cave.

"Ralphy Ralph! C'mon! Wakey wakey!!"

That voice, it seemed so familiar to Ralph. But why early in the morning did he have to wake him up. "Jack....? What do you want? You know I'm still sleepy..." There were two laughs that came from the person. Wait. TWO!?

"Not the chief, Ralph! Me and Eric!"

No wonder there were two laughs, it was the twins. "Arrrrhhhgg!!" Ralph laid back down on the pile of leaves and turned his back to the entrance of the cave. Sam and Eric exchanged looks. "What cha doing Ralph?" "Going back to sleep dammit!" Another laugh came from the twins. "Why? The sun is now half way through the sky! It looks so pretty! C'mon Ralph! We even got cha some breakfast!!" Moaning, Ralph got up on his feet. He didn't like to be disturbed from his sleep, but there was food, and his stomach was craving for some. Walking to the entrance, he rubbed his sleepy eyes with his writs, yawning loudly at the same time. 'Why'd I have to sleep so late...?' Ralph gave himself a mental punch in the head. Usually he would be up by now, but he was so hyper the night before that he slept later than usual. Probably because of the pork he ate? It was only the second time he ate pork on this island. Or was it his third...? He couldn't remember anymore.

"What happened last night boys?" At last he reached the twins, well, it wasn't really much of a long walk. "You don't remember what happened?" "Yewouch! Did jah get a hangover Ralphy?" It was first Eric, then Sam that spoke. "Oh shut it." Ralph retorted. He really couldn't remember what went on. He only remembers everything that happened in the morning to watching Jack gut out the pig, which made his stomach cringe, to the part where he sat down with the twins to talk about.... "What did we talk about again last night?" Sam and Eric gave off suspicious giggles. Looking at Ralph, then each other, Ralph then each other. Non-stop giggling. And it was starting to bother Ralph. He let out a groan and put his hands on his hips.

"C'mon you two, spill it out!" he demanded with a stern yet sleepy voice.

Eric picked up an orange and began to peel its skin off. The juice of the orange squirted out as he accidentally stuck a nail in too deep, but he continued to peel. Ralph grunted, he noticed that there was SOMETHING the boys didn't want to talk about. But WHAT? Ralph squeezed his hips; he was in a bad stage of exasperation. 'Why the hell can't they just tell me?!' Ralph scratched his head, looked at the twins, and then folded his arms. "Can't you two just-" Ralph was cut off by him hearing someone call his name. He slightly blushed; of course Ralph couldn't forget that voice. Sam caught this action, and kept it to himself. What Ralph told them last night was true.

Fast footsteps and heavy panting was coming close to the cave. Red strands of hair was flying around, being whipped up in the air by the wind. Finally near the entrance, Jack stopped, placed his hands on his knees and let himself catch his breath. Not knowing the twins were right there Jack spoke up, "H-hey, aren't you gonna h-help? I th-thought that y-you loved m-me?" Panting came in-between the words.

"Here ya go chief!"

Jack looked up to see who that was, was it him or did Ralph's voice go all bubbly and a bit high. "S-SAM!?" A shocked expression was now plastered on his face. Jack stood up straight and cleared his throat. "Loved is a code b-between me and the asshole! It stands for...likely over vicious effigy and death!"

A nod just came from the twin. Then a smile. "Chief, why're you all blushy and red?"

"I...Um, its hot out here that's all!" Jack scratched the back of his neck, trying to think of a different subject. "Ahem, anyway what in the world and you two doing here?! I specifically said that no one is allowed to go here!" "Did you really?" was the reply.

"Sam, should we just tell 'em?"

"But Eric..."

"Sam..."

"Eric..."

"Sam..."

"SAM!"

"ERIC!!"

The twins flipped their heads in both directions, to the red head, and the blond. The two, Jack and Ralph, were boiling with irritation and aggravation.

"Okay! Okay!! All I have to say is that we know!"

"ERIC!"

"What Sam?! Ralph told us last night?!"

A puzzled look slapped on Ralph's face. He looked at Jack who was looking at him in a confused manner. Ralph shrugged and mouthed out I don't know. "Could you two just tell us to end this stupid confusion dammit?!"

"That's what I was talking about!" Eric sighed. "You two don't need to put up the act in front of us because we know about you and Ralph."

"Last night when we were eating far away from you guys Ralph told us."

"Well, actually we forced him to tell us! I forgot how we got to the topic though...Do you remember Sam?"

"Nope, sorry..."

Ralph's face was now all crimson, "So that's what I told you guys..." Jack had tints of pink spread on top of his cheeks; he couldn't hold in blushes, no one could. It was silent for a while. All four had nothing to say, and each had their distances, except for the twins. The gusty wind blew their hair and different directions, but mostly over their faces. The sun was already high up in the sky now, and the birds began to chip about. After a while, the silence was broken by Jack. "You two better not tell anyone this..." His eyes were covered by his hair, and his mouth was in a frown, but his cheeks were still pink. The twins nodded in acceptance to keeping the secret. "G-good...I'm going back to the beach. Me and the others are going for a hunt." With that Jack descended down the mountain. Ralph was second to speak.

"Could you two go down to Jack's hut and retrieve him pants..."

"You're planning to make him his shorts right?"

Flushed, Ralph nodded. "And a sharp stick too..." The twins then exchanged grins and alighted from the mountain.

Within minutes, the twins came running up with Jack's jet-black pants, and one really sharp rock. Ralph glanced over to the path way up his cave when he heard laughter of the two boys he assigned errands to. He was sitting on the ledge of the mountain, his feet dangling down. When they came into view with the materials he lifted one eyebrow. "An arrowhead? How'd you get that?" The twins spotted Ralph, walked over, and sat behind him. "In Jack's hut! It's actually a rock! Somehow he managed to carve it into an arrowhead thingy though!" "That's good to know. Put less strength into ripping his shorts now." Ralph retorted back. Sam handed over Jack's pants to Ralph, and then Eric handed over the rock. Thanking them, Ralph got up from his spot and went over to his cave.

"Could you two tie the vines back?"

Nodding, the twins went to work. Each grabbed a long vine and tore them from their roots. They then separated the vines that covered Ralph's cave in half, and wrapped the longer vine each broke off around the two pieces, in a knot. Doing that, and with the angle of the sun, its rays of light perfectly lit the inside of the cave. Making it a perfect place for Ralph to do some work.

Ralph sat down on his bed of leaves, laying down the black pants on the ground in front of him horizontally. He grabbed a coconut shell full of water that was next to his bed and began soaking the middle part of each pant leg. Curious to what Ralph was doing, Eric spoke up.

"What's that for?"

"It's to help me make a smoother and easier cut. I heard that water usually makes things softer."

"Ohhhh...Okay!"

Ralph then picked up one pant leg, and the rock. He stabbed the rock forcefully through the wet line he had made and sliced vertically. Then he did the same with the other. Finished, he let out a sigh. "I hope Jack will wear this..." "And the cape!" Sam blurted out. "Yeah! The cape too!" Ralph got up, and remembering where he left the cape, he went over to the corner of the cave. "Sam, Eric?" "Yeeeees?" "Wait for Jack to come back and then tell him to meet me up here..." The twins grinned and shook their heads; excitedly they rushed down the mountain slope.

They got to the beach and waited. It wasn't much long before they heard the hunters chant those vile words Jack made up a while back. Coming out of the forest was first the group of hunters and then Jack with Roger.

"Roger..." that name escaped from Sam's lips. He remembered that they had to tell Ralph something about Roger...but he couldn't remember what. Seeing Jack, Eric called out his name. The red head stopped his conversation with his friend and walked over to the twins. Just then did Sam notice this. "Hey, was it just me, or did Roger glare at us..." "I could of sworn he glared at us..." "Yeah me too..."

"Uh...So what do you two boys want?"

"Castle rock!"

"Now!"

"Emergency!"

"WHAT?!" Seeing that his troops (lol) were still around, Jack dared not to say Ralph's name aloud. Instead he went flying off to the mountain. "Was it really necessary to say it was an emergency Sam?"

"Hey! The faster the better that's what I say!"

"You don't even say that!"

"I know!"

Once at the top, Jack went inside the cave. "Ralph!? Is there something the matter! The twins said it was an emergency!" Ralph was just about to pick up Jack's clothes when he heard the red head, startled he trip and fell like a total klutz. Ralph got back up, turned around to face Jack, rubbed the back of his head, and laughed. "Emergency? Hahahahah! I just wanted to give you this!" He picked up the pants and cape he folded neatly, and handed them over to Jack. "My old clothes...." Jack mumbled under his breath. Ralph watched Jack have no expression at all. "Um...I want you to wear them...I mean... if you don't want to then...erm...well...?" A desolated look came upon Ralph's face, and Jack saw this. "Ralph, its just that, wearing a cape will make it difficult for me to catch a pig, also my pants will get stained." Ralph quickly spoke up, "I cut your pants for you though!" He looked away, then down to the ground. "I worked hard...But...You don't need to wear it... Sorry for asking you to come here in the first place..." Sadly, Ralph took back the clothes and placed them next to his bed.

"Ralph, I'm-"

"It's fine...I don't mind...I should of thought about your hunting first..."

"We're going to have a feast tonight, aren't you gonna come...?"

"No thanks..."

No reply came from Jack; he just gazed at Ralph and then left. Feeling a bit tired, Ralph decided to lie down. 'How can I love Jack when I barely even know what he likes other than killing and blood...Maybe it was wrong to fall for him...Maybe I should just forget about my liking to him...Maybe I should hate him again...' Ralph closed his eyes, falling into sleep.


OMG!! CLIFFHANGER!! Ahh...Actually, the ending really isn't the SHOCKING THING I was talking about. I thought this chappy was getting too long so I thought I'd stop it and make the shocking part the next chappy!(---Lie, I was just getting too lazy) Gosh, I'm so complicated! XD Luv you guys for reading and being patient with me!