"Marco , you're here ! To be honest , I wasn't sure you will come , I thought you're still busy with Star , doing your everyday Squire duty" She walked , closing her distance with Marco
"Me neither , never thought I'll be here today" He answered Kelly who is now in front of him
"Wait a second , if my memory serves me right . I'm pretty sure you're still busy with those things you told me you're working on like maybe ... your mission to keep watch on the castle repair after the horrible Stump DAY ... or we call it Star's birthday DAY ... or the day when we almost died DAY ?" She asked as her voice and expression started to raise in fear after remembering that DAY
"Woah calm down Kelly , at least it was the day when we all came together DAY" putting his hand on Kelly shoulder with smile "Although that day is also the day when we met a legendary mystical monster creature who definitely tried to kill us DAY" he recounted that DAY with her
"You can stop copying me with all that day DAY" she started to feel offended with it "Enough with that , can you just explain to me what happened ?"
"I ... don't exactly call it missions but yeah I do , those jobs are merely halted momentarily only for today thanks to Star for bending the rule with her absolute monarchy position as princess ... like usual" Marco explained with proud face , but rolled his eyes a bit as he knew his last speech is not a good thing
"Yeah , that's Star" Kelly approved it
"Hey , what're you guys talking about ?! Don't leave me alone here !" Jorby screamed to them as he ran joining them "Is this about him being your new Sparing Partner ? Hah Kelly ?!" He pointed his nose to Marco
"Hey calm down man ! , I thought we talked about this already? You know , that time in Lava Lake Beach ?" Marco pushed Jorby's head slowly away from his own head "And instaed of 'stealing' your partner , I come here only to have fun okay"
"Yeah Jorby , calm down ! It's not like everyday we can have him here" she put her hand on his furry body "And besides , I did invite him here . He might join our little fighting contest here" she convinced Jorby to accept him
"I don't know Kelly , I don't think he's strong enough to join our sparring" He whispered to Kelly who is now on his side , but the whispers are easily picked up by Marco and it made him furious
"Oh you think I can't beat you down , bringing you down should be easy" Marco crossed his arms as he taunt him
"Oh I'll beat you down first !" Jorby locked his eyes to Marco and he also did the same , they glare each other with deep intention , until Kelly broke the intense heat between them
"Alright you two , if you wanted to fight then go on , but there's rule" she spoke to both of them and they listened as they looked at her with confused face "One , Jorby don't kill Marco just hit him once and that's enough"
"That should be easy" he looked at Marco with some superiority feeling , looking down on him
"Two , Marco , you can use your punch but it should be useless to this wolf . It would be better if you use some weapon like ... maybe a sword" she pinpointed her finger to Jorby and gave Marco an advice
"I didn't bring any weapon with me , but more than that , I don't even have one . Would it be fine if I borrow your sword Kelly ?" he claimed he didn't bring that sort of tool then requested Kelly's sword
"Well ... Sure , but remember if you stab him with it than the sparring is done . You can pierce his skin but don't worry it won't be serious cause his skin is thick and hard as a rock" she pulled her large sword from her massive green hair and gave it to him "I believe you can wield it right ?"
"I do" he wield her sword , it's a bit heavy but he carried it with no problem "But you sure I can just stick this sword to his skin" he concerned if he'll make any serious injury to Jorby
"Oh now you think you can't hurt me hah ?!" Jorby took a few step back and return facing Marco "You're going down !" he exclaimed after making enough distance as he charged Marco with his horn . Kelly ran avoiding them and stopped after a few seconds as she watched them from the sideline
"Oh WAIT !" Marco dodged the running wolf with the sword in his hand just in time "I'm not ready yet , you angry twisted wolf !" he prepared himself and grabbed his battle stance waiting for his next attack . He observed Jorby movement , he locked his eyes to his body full of hair , especially his big head
Jorby turned back and charged again , pointing his head directly to Marco's torso right at his middle body with full speed , Marco just stand there waiting for him to get closer . Then at the right timing just before the blow , Marco skipped quickly to Jorby's right side and stabbed him with his sword .
"His hide is actually tough to slice" Marco thought as he pulled back his sword and looked at Jorby's slight annoyed face . Then they stopped moving and stand right in front of each other "Now I know why you're a good partner to brawled with" he intended to complement Jorby's strong build
"You don't make me happy with that praise" Jorby looked away avoiding any eye contact and noticed Kelly's existence behind him
"Well , what do you think Jorby" Kelly walked from her former place to Jorby's place , pulling their attention "Do you think he's good enough to joined our little sparring here ?" she asked with a slight smirk
"All right , I accept him" he said it rather quick "At least he's not dead like Greg ... when I kill him" he gave another additional information
"You don't kill Greg , we just met him yesterday" Kelly disagreed with his information "And as far as I can see , Marco is not anywhere the same as Greg" she convinced Jorby to know Marco better while directing her hand to Marco
"Ugh ... yeah maybe" Jorby reconsidered it "Alright dude you're in , but don't let my hopes down in anytime soon" he spoke to Marco
"SO we're cool ?" Marco raised his shoulder
"We're cool" Jorby said as they fist bump like a bro
"Now they settled it , things are about to get better here" Kelly thinks to herself while looking at them "Okay then , Marco . Would you do the honor to fight me now ? I really wanted to know how much of a fighter you are , aside from that 10 seconds battle you just did" she asked his availability
"Sure , it would be my honor ... but there's only one sword here" he bring the sword up to the air and holding it with both his hands
"Don't worry I got more of those things , in my ..." she gave him a hint with her hands spreading and pointing to her hair , it should be easy to understand
"In your hair pocket dimension of course !" he answered it and smile widely as he never thought about it
"That's not the official name but ... whatever . Give me a moment , let me just grab another one ..." she searched through her green hair and pulled another sword which looks almost the same as the one Marco held "Here it is , take position Marco ! , this might get a little wild" she held the sword with both her hands , aiming it to Marco who is standing in front of her
"Let me just give you guys room" Jorby walked away from the other two
"Yeah ... might get a little wild" he ran a few step back , keeping his distance to her as he create another ready stance , he used his karate pose but a little adaptive with the sword on his right hand "READY !?" he yelled to her
"READY !" she responded and than they ran to one another , holding their sword like its about to cut through a concrete wall , Kelly jumped to the air , directing her sword to Marco and screamed her war cry "HHYYAAAAA !" before a sudden ringtone was heard
"WAIT !" Marco held his hand up suggesting her to stop then Kelly understand what he meant , she stop midair and dropped to the ground like nothing happened "It's Star ! ... give me a moment I need to take this" he answered the phone but before he could say anything , Star can be heard demanding another aid from Marco
"MARCO ! HELP !" Star shouted from wherever she was "I'm in the underground robotic site , right now I'm hiding behind the control room ! I don't know how but ... IT turned back on , uh oh ... just get over here quickly , you're great at this" her voice started to dim out slowly , turning into whisper as if she tried to cover her location from something
"Okay , just stay where you are . I'm gonna get you" Marco closed the phone and take out his scissor to open a portal "Thank goodness , I remember that place" he was going to bring himself in not until Kelly pulled his hoodie
"WAIT" she said while pulling Marco hoodie right at the neck almost strangling him
"What happened !? , why are you guys stoped fighting ?" Jorby left his audience seat and approach two teens ahead of him , they turned their head toward Jorby a few seconds but Kelly faced Marco again and asked
"Wait , I overheard your talk with her ... Star is in dangerous right ? Let me help" Kelly was concerned about the safety of her friend as well "Take me with you , I believe I can lend you a hand if something goes wrong ... by IF I mean something will definitely goes wrong" she fix what she said after remembering how trouble would follow Star wherever she is
"I ... uhh ... okay , but keep your head down , we'll do this with stealth . I don't want to raise its attention about our whereabout" he sought to reject her offer but rethink his situation and accept it nonetheless . Kelly listened his explanation carefully , understanding the condition they'll face
"Its attention ? ... who is IT ?" She questioned his ambiguous statement
"I'll explain it later"
"What about me ?" Jorby knew he was going to left behind
"Jorby , your size are ten times larger than us , no offense . But we need to keep this low level action" Marco explained slowly , trying not to break his heart
"Okay ... huuuhh" he took a deep breath till something clicked inside his head "Oh yeah ! I need to meet my goose about 15 minutes from now , kind of lose track of time here . See you guys later !" and then Jorby ran through the deserted land leaving the other two
"Huh , that was easy" they both looked at the wolf "Oh right !, Star is in trouble ! C'mon , Let's go !" he pulled Kelly with him as he crossed through the portal
Right then , they were standing on a metal floor , around them was a tunnel , illuminated by a dim light across the wall . "Gladly , I still remember the way to the control area . Follow me"
Alright , that's it . This story is much shorter the the previous one , but like I said I have things and stuff to take care of . Anyway , bye !(P.S. You know , I always kinda want to know how much people have read my story , but I don't know how or maybe I will never will . So if anybody know how to do it , please tell me how since I'm new in this fanfiction world . Thanks in advance)
Reply :AchingHeart2011 : Thank you so much ! , I'll give you more of these soon