Chapter 4: The Start of Something Good
Hey, so here is my fourth chapter. It is going to have a bit of stuff happen, and explain the 'Berserker's Mindset' a little. Also, 'Hunter', I just figured I should explain this. A modern 15 year old fighting prodigy's definition of 'Berserk' is different from a midieval warrior's definition of 'Berserk'. 'kay? It is all a matter of interpretation.
"Explain what that was back there!"
This was a demand made by Mr. Threehorn. Though when he said it, he wasn't saying it as stern as he was talking before. His tone was kind of half serious, half shocked. So I simply told him, "That was my Berserker's Mindset."
"Berserker's Mindset," asked the voice of an elderly woman. A moment later, a grey Longneck (I figure if I'm in their world, I might as well call them what they perfer), standing 7'10 (plus the neck), came up to me, as well a male who stood about her same height. The male then asked, "What do you mean, 'Berserker's Mindset'?"
And figuring it would be easy to explain, I explained, "When I get angry, my mentality changes, and makes me think 'destroy my opponent'. It's very hard to set off, because it takes a certain type of anger, but when it does get set off, whoever made me mad is gonna regret it."
"So that's what that was," Mr. Threehorn said, his voice showing that he was understanding it, but not particularly liking it. "But is it safe?" asked a voice from the crowd. This started murmuring from the crowd, and it was all pointed toward me.
So I simply told them the truth: "If no one harms someone close to me, or does something incredibly dishonourable, you'll all be fine. Those are the main things that set me off."
Understanding this, the Dinosaurs were talking to me afterword, and explained to me that humans appear here through things called 'Portal Crystal' (but once they're here, they're stuck here. This explains why the crystal wasn't in my hand when I woke up.), but they usually die to sharpteeth. After all that was done, they told me that they are going to let me stay as long as I want to, but I cannot hunt any residents of the valley. Luckily, that was the easiest thing for me to do, as I never wanted to hunt a dinosaur anyway. Even so, I was going to fish in the ocean whenver I got the chance (I gotta eat meat after all).
Later on, Ali introduced me to her other friends. There was a blusih Sharptooth, who was about 12, and stood at about 5'6, and was named Chomper. He explained that he was born in the Valley, and that they let him stay because he could survive on bugs. Then came Ruby, who was a pinkish Fast Runner (as she called her species), who stood at 5'9, and was 14. She explained that she was there to watch Chomper, and could eat both meat and leaves.
After introductions were out of the way, I decided to see if I could start a game with them. Picking up a pinecone off the ground, I kicked it to Cera, who then kicked it to Spike. This continued, and eventually became like a game of soccer. We played for about half an hour, and it was fun. Up until Cera brought back up the topic from before.
Before we started another round, Cera said "Don't go 'Berserk' if we win, Yuri," she chuckled, and then she noticed the look on my face and shut her mouth. "Don't even joke about that," I told her "You saw what I did to that Sharptooth. That's a kind of power I'd never use if I couldn't control it." After that, I decided to stay out of the next round and just watch.
After the round was over, the team I was playing on (before I sat out this round) had won. Noticing immediately after that the sun was going down, the group was parting ways for the night. Before I left, Cera came over and said, "Sorry about joking about the way you think."
"It's fine," I told her, and then she continued. "Truth be told Yuri, that was really amazing back there. I've heard most human adults lose against Sharpteeth, but to think a human teenager beat one."
"Yeah, about that," I decided to ask. "Does anyone know why humans end up here?"
"No. They just know that they're incredibly rare."
Knowing this, I knew there was likely no way I could get back. "Anyway," Cera continued " I remember your remark about maybe having a sparring match earlier, and I really would like to do so. Maybe tomorrow?"
A request that I accepted.
As soon as that was out of the way, Littlefoot said, "Hey Yuri. My grandparents said you could stay with us tonight if you want." I most certainly agreed (considering I don't know a thing about this Valley), and followed Littlefoot. Seeing that the elderly Longnecks from before were Littlefoot's grandparents, I tried to be as respectful as possible.
Soon as the moon was up in the sky, the entire Longneck family fell asleep. As I was starting to fall asleep, Ali came up and woke me up.
"I want to talk to you about earlier," she said, leading me away from the rest of them. Once we were alone, she said what was on her mind.
"That was really amazing what you did against that Sharptooth," she told me. "But can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Earlier you said you got set off by someone close to you getting hurt..."
Oh... I see what this was about. "Or from someone doing something dishonorable," I corrected. "And where I'm from, It's extremely dishonorable to try to hit a woman."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And frankly, I wouldn't want to see you get hurt." This put a smile on her face (and a blush on her cheeks), and then she pecked me on my cheek, and said "That's really sweet of you," before heading back to where the others were. If I had to describe today in three words, it would be 'Unexpected, but Awesome'.
Yes? You like? I thinks it was good chapter myself. But then again, I'm the writer of it, so I think all of my work is good. Yuri is coming along pretty good, and things are going good for him in the Great Valley so far. Let's see if that lasts (it likely will for a while).