Here's Muto's story! Enjoy!
My day started out pretty much as any day. I woke in my room, had breakfast, got dressed, said hello to some of the people I am passing, watched Ace and Joker fighting, listen to Borus yell at Percival about being around Lady Chris too long, Reed and Samus running around to avoid bossed around by Lilly. The usual stuff. As I walked into the courtyard, I sat on the fountain looking at the beautiful sky as clouds flew by. I really enjoy my life at Budehuc Castle. I have a nice job and tons of friends including Master Thomas and Cecile. I couldn't have asked for a better life. Speaking of job, I am not due there for a while so I came for a walk for a bit and take a breather. I slowly looked around. Nobody was around even though most times the courtyard had a few people in it. Then, my eyes fell on a figure, He was pale-faced with emotionless while holding a book. Anyone could recognise him. It was Eike, Budehuc's librarian. "Hey ya, Eike!" I cheerfully greeted even though I was expecting a cheerful response. Eike just turned to me and slowly nodded. He then walked towards me. "Morning, Muto, you are up bright and early today." Eike said. "Yeah, I just decided to get up early this morning but it looks like I am not the only one! You and half of the people are awake right now!" I noted. "Ah, I see. I decided to get up early so nobody can disturb me reading." Eike replied. He is very strange but he is a good person. He knows a lot of things I didn't even think existed. I just wish he lets himself out more often. "So…" I started trying to strike a conversation. Then I stopped when I heard something. "What is it…?" Eike asked. "I heard something." I said turning around. Then, I saw a bright light from shining upwards. I looked up only to cover my eyes. So bright. As I shielded my eyes, I saw a shard. Wow. It looks so shiny. "Muto, I have a bad feeling about this. Let's go inform Flame Champion Hugo." Eike said. "But Eike, it is calling to me." I said. "Excuse me?" Eike asked. Usually, Eike is the one putting question marks over people's heads. But I can't blame him for being confused. What was I saying? I mean it doesn't make any sense. Yet, I feel like it is shouting my name. So I reached out with one hand and grabbed it. That was when everything glowed for me before I blacked out.
Owie. My head hurts. I slowly woke up to find myself in a room. But it was different to the ones at Budehuc. I looked around curiously trying to figure what happened. "You awake, nya!" A loud voice shouted. Nya? I turned around to see a small rabbit. "Oh, hey, there, little guy!" I smiled. "Hello, mister, nya!" The creature smiled. "What's your name?" I asked. "Rabicat, nya!" Rabicat cheerfully announced. Aw, how cute. "I am Muto. Pardon me but where am I?" I asked. "Queen Memory's Castle. She summoned you here!" Rabicat explained. "Summon me? For what?" I asked. "Sorry, not allowed to tell until the leader gets here!" Rabicat scolded. "Leader? As in Flame Champion Hugo?" I asked. All I got was a confused face meaning that was a no. "I don't know who you are talking about but you have to meet the rest of the team!" Rabicat shouted as he pulled on my arm trying to get me up. I was completely confused. Team? Leader? What is going on? Anyway, it seems like I better get up before the little guy wears himself out. I got out and let him drag me out of the room.
I met up with the rest of the team. There was this cute little rabbit girl, a tall red creature with arm cut off, a tall human girl, a human boy all nicely dressed and a kid with his face in blackness leaving nothing but yellow eyes. As weird as this was, I decided to make friends with them. They were all very friendly I see. Though, the Sakaki girl and the Vivi boy didn't express much. Then, I saw Rabicat run in what looks a dog standing on his hind legs. I don't think it is a Kobold like me though. "The leader have arrived!" Rabicat announced. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. This whole team thing. Maybe now, that the leader was here maybe I can have some answers.
An explanation later, the queen, Memory and her daughter, Lord Ran told us everything. Apparently, this land in under attack by an evil man named Mevious and he recruited seven people to help him. Also, me and the other six have to team up with our good traits, my being generosity. To save this land by finding five pieces of the Twinkle Star. But there is just one question I don't understand. Why me? I mean, I would like to help save this land. But I am not a fighter, I am a warehouse keeper. Why don't Flame Champion Hugo? Why not Geddoe? Why not Lady Chris? Why not… anyone who can fight but me? Suddenly, the beagle guy stood up saying he would do it. I can't believe it. I'm not a fighter myself but he doesn't seem like one. And yet, he is going to fight anyway. That is so admirable. I am going to fight too. He inspired me to fight. And pretty soon, everyone else wanting to fight as well. Wonderful! Now, that everyone is fighting, we may hopefully beat Mevious.
In order to fight, I needed to ride a vehicle. And I had a feeling it was going to be different from horse carriages. Anyway, Rabicat went to show me where my vehicle is. "Okay, so what am I riding?" I asked. For some reason, Rabicat sweat dropped. "What? What's wrong?" I asked concerned. "Your vehicle is a panda, nya!" Rabicat explained. "A panda?" I repeated confused. What in the world is a panda? "Yeah, nya!" Rabicat said as he walked to a doorway. "You can come in, nya!" Rabicat shouted. I waited a little excited for this "panda" to come out and what he looked like. I watched a black and white bear walked out slowly. So this is a panda. Wow. He was black and white all over. But what is really interesting is his eyes. They seem just as emotionless as… "Eike!?" I gasped. "Greetings, Muto." Eike replied. Rabicat looked between the two of us surprised. "You two KNOW each other, nya?" Rabicat gasped surprised. "Um, yeah but he wasn't a panda, I can tell you that!" I said as he scratched my head. "Yes, well, I don't know how I become this but for some reason in this form, I can fly." Eike said. "Oh, really, well, isn't this great, Eike, we are going to save this land!" I said excited. "Yes, now let's us make haste." Eike nodded. Oh, boy! We are going on an adventure. I just hope I will win.
Level 1
Queen Memory told us to go to a big forest. It was so beautiful. It was just like the Kuput Forest Flame Champion Hugo described. This world gets more neater and neater. As I got off Eike, I started to search for the star piece in the bushes. After five minutes of searching no luck. Then, I heard Eike say something. "Muto." Eike said. "Yeah?" I replied turning around. "Listen." Eike said. I did started to listen and I heard a gruff voice humming a cheerful tune. We looked in the direction of the humming to see a fat man dressed like a chef searching in the bushes like me. "Who is he?" Eike asked. "Don't know but let's say hi!" I suggested as I walked forward. "No, Muto. There is something wrong about that guy." Eike said. "Why? What's wrong?" I asked. Suddenly, the chef looked up. He looked like he is sniffing something. As we looked in confusion, he turned around and saw him. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" The chef smirked. I shuddered at his smirk. "Um, hey, my name is Muto and this is my friend, Eike." I introduced. "Really?" The chef asked. I slowly nodded. "Okay. In that case, I will call you the Muto Meal and your friend, the Eike dessert!" The chef smirked evilly. I stepped back in fear of this. He wanted to eat us? Eike was right about something being wrong with. Then, again, I think Eike is somehow always right. I gulped when I turned to my partner. "Ready?" I asked. "Yes." Eike nodded. It looks like our first fight will be a tough one.
Muto faces-off against Gourmand. Muto wins.
Level 2
Whew. That was a close one! But thankfully, I beat that chef AND found the star piece shortly after. Talk about lucky! Now, we have the find the rest. This time, in a snowy land. It's a good thing that I am not only dressed warmly but I had a full body of fur. Eike's panda form have came in handy as well protecting him from the cold. I then started to search in the snow banks hoping to find a star piece. I searched for a minute until I felt something. Grabbing onto it, I pulled on it as hard as I can. And then I pulled out a star piece. I can't believe it! One try and I got it! How lucky! "Good work, Muto." Eike encouraged. "Thanks!" I thanked. I stood up so I can go over to Eike and ride off but that was before I saw someone. It was a big burly man in a red shirt and brown pants. Until us, he had no warm clothes or fur to keep him warm so he is shivering. "Hey, sir. Where are your winter clothes?" I asked. "Brr! I WOULD have brought them but Mevious didn't warn me about going to a snowy land!" The man snapped. My eyes widened. He is one of Mevious' forces? "B… But it takes a little more than cold to stop Gaston!" The man announced striking a brave pose. Then, the wind blow and he was shivering again. Eike and me just sweat dropped. "Anyway, you have something that belongs to him!" Gaston snapped. I hid the star piece behind my back. "Sorry but if I give you this, you just give it to Mevious and he would do bad things with it!" I scolded. "In that case, I have to take from you and skin your furs!" Gaston said angrily. I narrowed my eyes in determination. I am not going to give away this star piece so I am going to be prove to Gaston what happens to bad guys.
Muto faces-odd against Gaston. Muto wins.
Level 3
Ugh. Ask me who would Lilly Pendragon by like as a man and I will point you to Gaston. He had such a huge ego. But thankfully, his overconfidence worked to my advantage and I won! So far, so good. I got two star pieces. Then, we have to get the rest. Now, get ready. This time, we are going on top of the clouds! Isn't it neat? We actually have to search on clouds! This is great! We can walking on them! We then started to search for the next star piece. "This is a lot of fun, isn't it?" Muto asked. "Maybe. I am not a fan of these fights. I am but a simple librarian." Eike said. "Yeah, and I am just a warehouse keeper and yet, we are fighting to defend a land!" I smiled. "Yes, but I still can't believe Queen Memory picked us." Eike said. "I guess she was looking for good traits and not strong people." I shrugged. "If you say so." Eike shrugged as he looked to the side. "Oh, dear…" He said. "What? What is it?" I asked. I then looked where he is looking to see something terrible. A fat man in a yellow and purple attire with his star piece in his hand. Looking over a downed Vivi. With him was a man with very creepy eyes and a green whatever-it-is. Apparently, they didn't like the man's behaviour. "All right! We got the star piece! Now, let's go before reinforcements come!" The man in the cloak scolded. "Hold on!" The man in yellow and purple laughed. He then turned to Vivi. "Listen, kid, I been-a unreasonable to you! Here, you can have-a the star piece back!" The man said handing out the star piece. Vivi reached out to grab it only for him to pull it back. "Not!" He sneered. I can't believe it. What a horrible man. How could he do that to a kid? "Aw, come on! Stop adding insult to injury and let's go back, Wario!" The green creature scolded. "Aw, you guys are-a no fun!" Wario said as he turned around. "You always-a act something bad will happen when I turn my back! Well, nothing is-a happening now, eh?" Wario asked. That was when he was gloating, Vivi took the star piece out of Wario's hand and ran off. "Hey!" Wario snapped. "That's what you get for turning your back!" The man in the cloak said shaking his head. "Shut up!" Wario snapped as he ran off after Vivi. The man in the cloak just sighed and ran after him and the green thing was going to follow until he saw us. "Um, guys! We got company!" The robot shouted getting the cloaked man's attention. "Take care of him." The man said as he ran off. The green thing just sweat dropped. "Easy for YOU to say!" He sighed. He then nervously looked at me. Gosh, he doesn't seem all that violent. But if it means defeating him to help Vivi, I just I have no choice.
Muto faces-off against Astro-Man. Muto wins.
Level 4
Well, I won! But I had to beat up that poor thing first! I don't think he even want to be here. But thankfully, I came the girls came and saved Vivi from those bad people. Which means we have three star pieces now. I can't believe how well I am doing. I am not a fighter and yet and beaten some scary people like that chef. And with the help of my panda friend, Eike. Now, we are searching into a meadow next to a giant wall. This place gets more stranger but more funner! As we started to search, in the lush grass, we heard a voice. "Hey there, Muto!" I heard as I turned around to see a cheery red tall figure. Wilt. "Oh, hiya! Fancy meeting you here!" I smiled cheerfully. "Hey, Queen Memory asked me to come here!" Wilt shrugged as he walked over and helped us search. As we search I decided to ask Wilt more about himself. "So, how is this mansion of yours like?" I asked. "Well, it is big so a lot of people can stay there! I made a lot of friends there!" Wilt explained. Foster's seem just like Budehuc Castle. A nice owner. Very big. Lots of nice people. (Though some are nicer than others like that Duchess woman) But what is really amazingly similar is just. Not only are we wrong similar places but we are also very cheerful, willing to help and have a scar. "You know, Eduardo would really like you!" Wilt smiled. "Because I am a dog-like creature?" I asked. Wilt already told me about the dog-loving purple creature. "There's that but that is are so kind, generous and cheerful!" Wilt smiled. I kind of blushed at this. "Well…" I started. "I found something." Eike's voice said. "Huh?" I asked. Eike just pointed to something shiny in the grass. I picked it to find a star piece. "Wow! A star piece! I can't believe it! Eike found it!" I said shocked. "That guy is really something." Wilt said. Then, we heard a scary giggle. We turned around to see two figures. A big muscular demon and a white-haired man that is creepier than YUBER. "Greeting, I was wondering if you can hand over that star piece of yours." The man said politely. I hid in behind my back. "You're with Mevious, aren't you?" I asked. "Well, well. You're not as stupid as I thought you are. Such a dismay." He said. I frowned at this. I don't like being called stupid. I admit I am no genius and I am not stupid. "Okay, so we are! We give you two choices! Give us the star piece or burn to death!" The demon said as a red flame ignited in his hand while a green flame ignited in the man's hand. We stepped back knowing this may get ugly. "No! You just use it for bad things!" I snapped. "Ha. You talk, act and dress like a five-year-old brat!" The man smirked. "Hey, sorry, that is no way to talk my friend!" Wilt snapped. Yeah! You tell them! After all, I don't dress like a kid… right? "Said the one who looked like a total freak!" The man sneered. Wilt looked really hurt by this comment. I glared daggers in the eyes of that horrible man. "Excuse me." Eike said getting everyone's attention. "But one who looks like a girl don't deserve to tease anyone." Huh? Did Eike just made a joke? It was totally out of character of him to make jokes like that. But Wilt and I didn't mind. We was too busy laughing at the man who started to seethed his teeth. He then started to stomp over to us until the demon stopped him. "Whoa, calm down, Ash!" The demon scolded. "Shut up, Ifrit, you hot-headed loser!" Ash snapped. This struck a nerve of him. "Hey! You can't talk to me like that! I am your own partner!" Ifrit scolded. "I don't care who you are! Don't scold me!" Ash snapped. The two then started to argue making the rest of us sweat drop. Then, Ifrit announced. "Forget this! Let's fight both of them! And whoever wins first gets to show who is better!" Ifrit shouted. "Fine, then but leave the mutt and his panda freak to me!" Ash snapped as he glared at us. Looks like we have to fight again. And this time, we have to fight a creep. I just hope we can win.
Muto faces-off against Ash Crimson. Muto wins.
Level 5.
Well, that wasn't much. I also lost. But thankfully, I won against that Ash jerk and kept the fourth star piece. Which means only one more to go. Oh, boy! I can't wait! Then, this nightmare will be everyone! We had to go into an old ruin. Looks kind of creepy but we went on anyway. We kept continuing until I saw something shiny. My eyes widened at it. It was the star piece right there. "Eike!" I shouted. "I see it." Eike nodded as he flew over. That was until I heard a strange noise. I looked ahead to see a purple flying car and the person was riding it was that Wario guy. He saw us and narrowed his eyes. "Hey! I know-a you! You're-a that dumb mutt with the panda creep who came when I tried to win that star piece!" Wario shouted. Huh? How did he know us? Do you think he saw us fight that robot (As Snoopy have explained) "Yeah, that is me. And you are the horrible, rude man who teased poor Vivi!" I snapped. Wario just wagged his finger. "Flattery… will-a get you nowhere!" He smirked. Eike and me sweat dropped. He actually take being call "horrible" as a compliment? "That was an insult, you know." Eike said. Wario just shrugged. "Ha. I-a liked playing dirty! Also, as-a much as I liked money! Like that-a star piece! I want it!" Wario demanded. "Sorry but if I give you this, you would just use it for something bad!" I said bravely. "So?" Wario asked. This is getting annoying. It seems like nothing is getting through to this guy. Looks like I have to fight him for the star piece. "Eike, let's go." I said. "Yes." Eike nodded as he charged forward going to another battle. And teach him greedy guru some manners.
Muto faces-off against Wario. Muto wins.
As soon as Eike touched the ground, I leapt and examined my opponent. He was on his stomach and his wrecked car behind him. I can't believe we won! I walked over to the star piece and picked it up. I ran back to Eike as I jumped up and down happily. "All right! We won! We won!" I cheered. "You sure did!" A voice said. I looked in the direction of the voice to see the others running towards us. "Nice work, Muto! We came to help you but it looked like you didn't needed help!" Snoopy smirked. "Yeah! You taught that big loser some manners!" Wilt smiled. Everyone else agreed. I blushed and I scratched the back of my head. "Thanks but I'm just glad it is all over!" I said. "Not quite." A dark voice boomed. I froze at this. We all looked around to see who said it but found no one. "Hey, where are you?" I shouted. "Right here." The voice smirked. He then showed himself. He was as dark-looking as I imagined. "Are you Mevious?" I asked. The man nodded. "That I am." Mevious replied. He was just as evil as Queen Memory described. And just as heartless. He is no better than Yuber. "So I recruited Wario on the others here." Mevious continued. "Unfortunately, I summoned a bunch of weaklings!" Mevious snapped. Wario then hid his face with what left of his cap. I can't believe it! He is even mean to his own minions. "I may have been defeated before only because of Queen Memory and Lord Ran! Now, their power can't match mine!" Mevious smirked. "But that is why WE are here!" I replied as my shard started to shine. The others started to shine as well. Mevious just smirked again. "Now, show me. Show me your power." Mevious smirked as he glowed black. As scary as it looks, I didn't back now. "Can I fight this guy?" I asked. "You? Muto, don't get me wrong, you are a great pilot but it is too dangerous!" Snoopy warned. "I know! But I feel like I have to do this!" I said determined. Snoopy hesitated for a moment and then smirked and nodded. "All right. Just be careful and remember, we are all here for you!" Snoopy smiled. I smiled. "K" I then turned to Eike. "Eike, are you ready?" He asked. "Yes." And for the first time since the day we met, he smiled. I guess he is excited too. He smiled and jumped on him as we flew towards Mevious beginning the final battle.
Muto faces-off against Mevious. Muto wins.
Epilogue.
I watched Mevious battered and bruised as Eike descends to the ground. I then got off as everyone ran towards me. "Muto, you did it! I knew you can do it!" Snoopy smiled. "Thanks. I couldn't have done it without my friend, Eike!" I smiled. "Thank you." Eike nodded. "Everyone, thank you. If it wasn't for you, this world would have been fallen to Mevious!" A voice said. We all turned to the direction of the voice to see Queen Memory, Lord Ran and Rabicat coming over. "Mom sensed Mevious' darkness from all the way the castle so we came to help only to find that you need no help!" Lord Ran smiled. "Great! Now to finish this! Let's rebuild the Twinkle Star!" Snoopy said before turning to me. "Muto." Snoopy said. I then playfully saluted before I got the other four pieces. Suddenly, they then started to glow as they floated up into the air and started to transform into a shining star. No doubt it is the Twinkle Star. "Now, Muto, make a wish!" Lord Ran shouted. I nodded as I grabbed the star. I then made a wish "I wish for this world and everyone in it to live in peace without fear of any forms of darkness." I said quietly. Then, the Twinkle Star started to glow around making us shield our eyes. The Twinkle Star then started to float in the air. Then, I heard Mevious scream. "No! No! It can't be! It can't be! NOOO!" When the scream died and the light cleared, Mevious was no where to be seen. "Huh, nya? Where Mevious gone, nya?" Rabicat said. "Um, Muto, what exactly did you wish for?" Snoopy asked. "I just asked for a world without darkness so everyone could live in peace. That's it!" I shrugged. "In that case, he is gone once and for all. Mevious was created from darkness. From people's dark thoughts. When you wish for a world without darkness, he disappeared from this world forever." Queen Memory explained. I took off my hat and scratched my head. Whoopsie. I didn't mean to kill him even though he wanted to hurt everyone. I then noticed someone else is missing. I looked around to find Wario or his purple car but there are gone too. "Hey, where's Wario?" I asked. "Gone back to his world." Queen Memory explained. Good. Maybe that will teach him about being greedy. Wait a minute, if Wario gone back to his world. That means so did everyone else. "We win." Eike said with another rare smile. Some of us cheered and others just smiled. I started to cheer as well. "Yay! We won! We did it!"
All seven of us stood up side-by-side in front of Queen Memory with everyone watching as we are accepting medals. This have been the biggest adventure I ever went on! Even bigger than the time we fought to defend Budehuc Castle from the council. I been a lot of good friends with everyone too. They all seem like good people. Heck, I think Eike had fun too! I wish they could meet the people at Budehuc though. I know they would also LOVE it know about other worlds too. Speaking of which, I missed it. Budehuc Castle, my job as warehouse keeper and everyone there. I just won't everyone don't miss me too much. But that was before Queen Memory said something. We can now use our shards to travel to not only this world but each other's as well. That is SO neat! Now, even if this is goodbye, I can still meet up with my friends one time. Wilt convinced me to visit Foster's sometime. After we said our goodbyes, I held onto my shard and focused on it. Soon, me and Eike then teleported in a plain. I then noticed that Eike wasn't a panda anymore. He was a human. I then noticed that we are in the Yaza Plains not far from Budehuc Castle. In fact, we were RIGHT in front of Budehuc Castle. "Eike, look!" I shouted as I pointed to the entrance. Eike looked in the direction and nodded. We then walked back to the entrance. That was when a familiar girl in heavy armour came running up to us. "Halt! Who goes…" Cecile shouted before she saw us. "Muto! Eike!" "Hey, Cecile! How you doing?" I said trying to be casual. "Master Thomas! Master Thomas! It's Muto and Eike! They're back!" Cecile shouted. This caused a lot of people to run forward. Master Thomas was leading. "Muto! Mister Eike! Where have… how have…" Thomas sputtered out confused about the whole thing. I just put my hands behind my back. "Well, it's a little complicated but I tell you anyway!" I chuckled.
Well, it been a few weeks since that day. A lot of people couldn't believe that Eike and I went to different worlds and fought bad guys. I knew they didn't believe us so I showed them my shard. That was more than enough to make everyone believe. Now, sometimes, when I go to my friends' worlds, I bring the other people of Budehuc. (Especially Belle and Gadget Z because the former is amazed by the technology there.) I am just glad to visit them. Right now, I am walking with Master Thomas, Cecile, Wilt and his friend, Eduardo. He been telling me about him for a bit. "Wow, Wilt, Foster's seem like a wonderful place. Maybe sometime, we can going over there!" Master Thomas suggested. "You should. It is a really nice place. Everyone is nice there!" Wilt smiled. "Si, Senor Thomas!" Eduardo nodded. "This was a great idea, Muto! Bringing others to Budehuc is really helping out!" Cecile smiled. "Why, thank you!" I chuckled. I decided to ask some of my friends I fought with to help out at Budehuc. We are doing decent in funds and all but it could never hurt to have a bit. Snoopy's brother, Spike sells cactuses here. Cream's friend, Big is starting to own a fishing store here. And soon, Madame Foster said that she will have a few imaginary friends help at Budehuc. Things are really working out here. And to think, all of this happen just because of a certain little shard. Which I got right in my pocket.
There's Chapter 4! How was that? Review away!