Chapter 7: Rematch

I got back to the valley about half an hour after Cera did. I had breakfast in my stomach, and had the energy to keep up with the group. I was gonna need every bit of energy I could get, because we were planning a hike today.

As I got there, I saw Cera and Ali having a bit of a talk, away from the rest of the group. "Admit it, Ali," Cera said, "You're starting to like Yuri."

"Well," Ali hesitated, "I mean, he's nice, and I'd like to be fr-"

"Oh no. Don't pull that with me. You know what I mean when I say 'Like'." Then Ali blushed quite deeply. I could tell this was my moment to walk in, though I had to make it look like I wasn't spying on them.

"No," Ali stuttered, "I don't like Yuri like that. He's just a nice guy."

"What about Yuri?"

As the two turned to see me, Ali's blush practically doubled, and Cera's face turned into a smirk. But Cera just simply told me "Nothing. We were just having a conversation." And we left it at that.

Anyway, gathering the rest of the crew was easy, and that meant we could head out on our hike. Though of course we had to stay near the valley, and run away if we see a Sharptooth. All in all, the hike itself was mostly uneventful. Though I figured it would be the best time to ask everyone some more questions.

"So, guys," I said, "How long have you been in the valley?"

Littlefoot was the one to respond. "Well, me, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike have all been here since we were five. But Ali just moved here a few months ago. Turns out the migrating life isn't for her." I turned to face her, seeking a confirmation, which came in the form of a grin and a nod. So with that out of the way, Chomper decided to ask about me. "What was your home like?"

Honestly, since I didn't feel like remembering that (since, as the adults of the valley told me, there was no way back), I just said, "It was a good world. There was a forest near where I live, and several lakes, and not a lot of bad people." This answer satisfied them (likely because they could tell I didn't want to talk about it), and we just decided to continue the hike. Until of course, we ran into someone we didn't want to see.

The Sharptooth from a couple of days ago was standing in front of us. And he looks PISSED!

"You!" He yelled, eyes showing anger like nothing I've seen. "You're in my territory! Leave, or prepare to fight."

Taking up my fighting stance, I tell the rest of them to run, and I'll join them later. The one who didn't leave however, was Chomper. "You should go," I told him, to which he responded "And risk you getting bitten and die. Not gonna happen. Especially since that'd be a story to explain to Ali."

Resisting the urge to roll my eyes (why does everyone think that right off the bat?), the fight started, and from the start, it was obviously unfair. It was me against an opponent I had beaten severely a couple of days ago. Keeping it fair, I figured I should hold back (so that I don't kill him), hitting him with weaker kicks, and using my grappling to throw him to the ground. This was until of course one key point in the fight.

When Chomper got bit.

The Sharptooth took one last desperate shot, and this shot was with his teeth. Sinking his fangs into Chomper's side, the younger Sharptooth fell to the ground and clutched his side in pain. Seeing the blood of the boy, who did nothing wrong but decide to stay, had made me angry. This was very dishonorable, and it made that 'certain type of anger' enter my mind.

'Berserker's Mindset' Yuri is back, and ready to kick some ass.

I unleashed my anger, and attacked him with every bit of power I had. Except instead of using a branch, I was weaponless. I pinned him on a tree, and started kneeing him directly in his Solar Plexus. After three knee strikes, he was down. "Don't get into fights you can't win." I told him as he fell to the ground.

And before he blacked out, I said to him, "I avoided your vitals, so you'll live. But I don't ever want to see you around here again."

As it turned out, Chomper had been watching the whole thing, and caught on quick. "That was that 'Berserker's Mindset', right?"

I nodded, as I tried to help him up. "That was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen," he said, as I tried to keep him up, "Just curious though. Why didn't you kill him? He's attacked us twice, and both times you went 'Berserk'."

So I told him the truth. "Because 'Berserker's Mindset' or not, I'm no killer."

Chomper nodded understandingly, and when I asked if there's any way to help him, his response was getting up, and saying "Just follow me. I know where there are healing flowers from here." And as such, I did what he told me, and we went to find these 'healing flowers'.

This was without a doubt, the most interesting hike I've ever been on.

So here is the new chapter. I was busy today, and also tired, but I got the chapter up anyway, and I think that it is good. I am also making it a recurring joke about Yuri and Ali, because I think it's funny. But yeah, that's that, and it will happen every once in a while in the next few chapters.