"Alright. I accept." The Wizard grinned smugly. "Good, good. Now off you go, the clock is ticking!" "Bu-but you said that it would pause if I left!" protested Miro. "....oh, wait, I did? That's right. But I'd much think she couldn't like being paused. I'd hate being in suspended animation myself, if I had to wait several years, not being able to move, and being aware of it all." "....... Get out and let me prepare," demanded Miro, his voice almost cracking with anger. The Wizard shrugged. "Such an empty threat. But I will comply. Have a good trip." The Wizard exited, not in a boom, poof, or flash, but by merely walking out the door, his pointy hat bending to accomodate the doorframe -before- it came in contact with it. Miro exhaled his breath once the Wizard had left, not realizing he was holding it until he let it out. "What a creep. Pochi.... I'm sorry." /It's not your fault./ "I'd feel bad if we went off without apologizing, though." /I understand./ ---------------------------------- [An hour later] Rikura, Theodore, and Kimihiko were gathered in Miro's Shop, standing around. "I don't know what these other universes will be like, and Pochi says that a lot of them aren't friendly. But, if any of you come, you'd be protected in the same manner as me," narrated Miro. "It's risky, too. Are you all -sure- you want to go with me?" Theodore grinned. "Of course. Who knows just how violent it'll get, and you might need a good Oni on you side to beat stuff up!" Kimihiko jumped up and down, clapping her hands. "Yeah! See the fashion statements of the multiverse, and try them all out!" They all blinked. Miro was the first to recover. "....I never knew you were interested in fashion." Kimihiko blinked, holding a finger to her chin. "Well, not EARTH fashion, silly. Form fitting magical silks, battle bikinis, otherwordly bras...." They all sweatdropped, as Kimihiko continued rattling stuff off. "....what?" asked Kimihiko, innocently, after the rather adult-oriented list finished. "......," they all went. Rikura broke the silence this time. "I still want to go! It'd be sugoi to see other worlds! And you might need an ambassador, or a P.R. person! You've gamed with me, you know I'd do great at it." Rikura nodded self-assuredly. "You're all SURE," repeated Miro. "Yeah!" went Theodore. "It's been a life-long dream of mine. I'm going even if you wont let me," went Kimihiko. "Yup," went Rikura. Miro shook his head, sighing. "You're all crazy. Well, Pochi, how do I hire them?" /Whatever is the normal fashion for the current locale.../ "Great. Paperwork." --------------------------- One of those Shops; Started by; Farsan de Arnibia Written by; Jexer the commamonster Branch B, Chapter 10; Taiju theatre ------------------------------------ "Hello, this is the Professor. I'm currently away from the office, pursuing plans of world domination. Leave a message at the beep." *beep* "Hey, dad? I'm going on a trip, okay? Me 'n Miro and some friends are gonna go somewhere, and don't know when we'll be back. But it'll be okay! Lova ya, don't try some other stupid plan to take up the world while I'm gone!" Theodore hung up the phone. "I'll bet he'll have it conquered by the time we get back. With my luck." ----------------------------------- "God, this is boring." Miro set the latest draft of the employment form down, and examined it, still unsatisfied. "There's got to be some easier way." ----------------------- A road like any other was the setting, as Rikura walked silently, humming. The traffic was light, almost nonexistant, and there wasn't a person to be seen around. Not that she was paying much attention to the rest of the world at the moment. So, either way she would have been surprised when she rounded a corner, and Unara walked right into her. "Hey!" "....." "What- Who-... What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be sucking up to the crazy teacher?" accused Rikura. Unara glared at Rikura. "I'm running away." "Oh, ehheh. That's interesting. Excuse me, I was just leaving, gotta pack up my stuff for the trip with Miro," Rikura said, quickly, bowing, and running off. Unara blinked. "Maybe I can hitch a ride with Miro," she said to herself, watching the gamer run off. Some shop thing? What was it that he had? She couldn't remember, it was like a hazy memory in her head. "Well, something. Might as well ask if I can go. Better than sticking around here." ------------------------------------ *knock knock* Miro looked up, at the door. "Hello?" /Not a customer,/ noted Pochi. The door opened up, and Unara entered. "Hey, Miro, right?" Miro blinked. "... I am -so- glad I'm getting away from all these insane people. Oh wait, did I say that out loud?" "....... Actually, that's good. I wanna get away too. I heard from Rikura, I want to go with you." ".........." Unara dug into the backpack she had on, and produced a solid gold bar. "Will this do? Half of it for you, the other half converted to local currency for me?" /This would technically count as a sale. It should be enough energy to extend our range, and get to the destination faster. By 2~3 layers of universes./ Miro briefly wondered how she got that, then decided he didn't want to know. "...fine." "Good. You don't mind if I bring the Cys, do you?" Unara produced it from somewhere. Miro eyed it, then sighed. "Sure, why not." -------------------------------- Rikura hummed happily, walking along. Nearing her house, her humming paused, the memories of that place making it impossible to hum happily. "Just going in to pick up some stuff," she told herself not so firmly. "...not." Her thoughts turned inwards, recalling the fights between her parents, and how they had been progressively getting worse. They were getting bad, now. She didn't think she could take it much longer. And Sakura...... The more she thought about it, the more firm she became in her resolve. She wasn't just going to help Miro and his mom, she was leaving, for good. And she was going to take Sakura with her. Unara had had the right idea, this place was getting wierd. She hesitated at the door, listening. Sure enough, she heard yelling. Mom and Dad were fighting again. Over her. She turned, and went around back, shouted words working their way to her ears. "She's been missing for three days! Off with her hippy friends again!" "No, stop i-*smack*" Rikura froze, recognizing the familiar sound. 'Sis, I'll get you out of there.' She entered through the back door, unnoticed, and made her way upstairs. She could hear yells from downstairs still. Rikura knocked on a door gently, then opened it, stepping inside. "Hey, 'lil sis," she spoke to the crying, huddled figure in the corner. The little girl got up, and turned around. "Big sis Rikura! Wai!" She ran over, and hugged Rikura tightly. "Mom and Dad are fighting again.... it's scary." "Sshhhh, Sakura. It's okay. It'll all be okay. I'm gonna take you away from here, okay?" Rikura petted her little sisters head softly, soothingly. "I'll make sure mom is okay, too." "Really?" "Yeah, really. Now grab some stuff you think you'll need, okay, and meet me out back. Okay?" ---------------------------- Kimihiko hummed to herself happily. Off to see other worlds, no Suzahara to compete with, and prettier than Rikura by far. Miro was -hers-. Just leave a fake suicide letter in her bedroom, and she was set go to. She crossed her arms, proudly. The entirety of her wardrobe, in only 7 stuffed-to-the-gills suitcases. A head peeked into the room. "Honey, where are you going?" asked her mom. "Oh, a friend of mine is going on a road trip! I'm going with him!" "Oh, okay then. Have fun, and try to stay out of too much trouble!" Kimihiko grinned. The family curse of an exciting youth was finally catching up to her. Her dad in the Navy SEALs, and then a secret agent trained as a demolitions expert, her mom a one time hero who had managed to take out an entire military base and disarm all their missiles in the cold war, that had been taken over by a russian covert ops team. She idly wondered how dads latest mission was going. She could imagine how it went, if she called; "Hi dad!" "Hi honey!" *boom whack boom crack BOOM* "Mt. Fuji blew up, and a madman tried to take over the world! And now I'm gonna go dimension hopping!" "Aw, my little girls growing up. Take care, and don't forget to write!" *boomwhackthudcrunch* "Love ya dad!" "Love ya! Now excuse me, I've still got a couple of squadrons of terrorists to fight through before I finish my objective!" She smiled, the imagined phone call over. She didn't doubt it would vary much from that. Perhaps she shouldn't leave the suicide note. As if either of her parents would believe it, anyways. Ah, well. It was the -style- of the thing that counted. ------------------ "Dad," said Rikura flatly, entering through the front door. 'Dad' got to his feet quickly, glaring at her. "And just where have you been, you little tramp," he said, seethingly. Rikura closed her eyes, letting the words wash over her. "It dosen't matter. Because I'm leaving, and taking Sakura with me. Don't bother trying to follow me, you won't find me." The words were cool, calm, focused, totally opposite her actual mental state; Scared to death. "You'll do no such thing. You're my daughter, and you have to do what I say!" "No, I don't. Goodbye. With Sakura gone, you'll have no more hold over Mother, and she'll leave, too. Farewell, 'Father,'" she finished, practically spitting out the last words. She stepped back outside, slamming the door shut as her dad ran at it. "Do we run now?", asked Sakura, confused. Rikura glanced at the currently-being-unlocked door. "Hai! We run now!" ---------------------- Theodore, currently in Oni form, entered the shop carrying 9 suitcases. He droppped them on the floor, and exhaled, exhausted. Kimihiko came in a moment later, carrying a purse. Theodore then decided to pass out on the floor. "Oro.... are you okay..?" asked Miro, confused. Theodore didn't respond. "Uh.... I guess he'll be okay. How about you, Kimihiko?" Kimihiko grinned, and did a pirouette. "I'm perfect, Miro! I couldn't be better!" She looked down at the unconcious Theodore. "Oh come ON. My stuff wasn't that heavy! Hmph." Miro blinked. "... Right." About this moment Unara made her presence known, with a non-commital grunt. Kimihiko stared at Unara. Unara stared at Kimihiko. "What are -you- doing here?", Kimihiko exclaimed loudly, pointing an accusing finger at Unara. "Uh, Kimihiko... she's going with us," interjected Miro, before Unara could reply. "WHAT?" "Calm down! It's okay, she just wants a ride." "But, Mir-" Kimihiko didn't get to finish her protest, as the door slammed open, Rikura ran through, a little girl ran through, and then Rikura slammed the door shut, and leaned against it. "Is everyone here? Hurry, let's go!" she yelled. "What's going on!?" asked Miro. "No time to explain! Hurry! Dad's coming!" Rikura not-explained, shoving her meager weight against the door. "I thought you cleared it with him! And who is she?" "MIRO! LET'S GO!", yelled Rikura, LOOMING over him. "Fine. Is everyone else ready? Kimihiko, Theo, Rikura, Unara?" Miro did a quick visual check. "Alright, Pochi, get us out of here!" A slight jostle was felt by all present in the Shop, shaking everyone momentarilly. Then a MUCH LARGER jostle, more reminiscint of an earthquake than anything else, was felt, jarring everyone to a prone position on the floor, except for Pochi. And then all the lights went out, and things started floating. --------------- Suzahara blinked, staring at the place Miro's shop was before. She could have sworn it was here.... "Miro-kun, come back! I want a refund on the slime!" She glanced behind her nervously, eyeing the huge mass of slime that was still growing, threatening to consume the city. Tanks, chopters, and armed forces where all futiley attempting to stop it. It had already eaten her home, for gods sake! "Pleassseee?" And the battle versus the giant slime continued on, unabated. ---------------- "Huh?" "What happened?" "Hey, whoever you are, get yours hands off my breasts!" "Sorry!" "Uh, which way is the floor?" "Is there a light switch?" "Ah, scary! Someone hold me!" "I SAID GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" *whamcrunchthud* "Ittai.... that wasn't me. ;_;" "Gomen." "Ah-hah! Found it!" "Found what?" "HEL~PP MEEE!" "Shutup!" "Quiet, I'm trying to concentrate!" "Ow! Pointy!" "Oof, soft!" "Pervert!" "Hi! Who's foot is this?" The confusion settled suddenly as Unara produced a flashlight. Rikura was floating near the middle of the room, looking quite cross, Miro was safely anchored to the counter with one hand, Theodore was embedded in a dent in the far wall, still unconcious (if not more so), Unara was standing upside down on the ceiling, and Kimihiko was doing her best to backpedal away from Rikura, a nervous grin on her face. Rikura spun in place, GLARING at Kimihiko. "Um.... I thought you were Miro?" the quickly retreating girl said apologetically. The intensity of the GLARE increased. "FLARE ARROW!" Rikura cried, one hand outstretched. "Ittai!" cried Kimihiko, now soot-black and on fire for the duration of the animation scene. Miro groaned. "Rikura, please tell me you did not get a Slayers compendium from here or somewhere else AND NOT TELL US." Rikura looked embarrased now. "Um.... I can't really well say that in all honesty," she replied, grinning nervously. /She got one recently, when you weren't in. I thought it would be okay, so I went ahead and completed the transaction..../ 'So that wasn't a daydream. She -did- get it. Well, at least I'm picking up on this bond thing,' he thought out loud. 'Anything else I should know about? Wait, don't answer that.' He groaned, burying his head in both hands, in the process being cast afloat himself. "It would be nice if people TOLD ME stuff. POCHI," he said firmly, glaring at the cash register. "And as for YOU, RIKURA, you should be more responsible than that." "Hmph," responded Rikura, crossing her arms adamantly. "Pochi, why is there no gravity?" Miro asked tentatively, bracing himself, for fear that it would suddenly engage at those words. /Ah. Gomen. You were too distracted when we left your universe, so I was unable to make a smooth jump. One moment./ Miro had enough time to yell, "Brace yourself!" before it kicked it. Gravity suddenly engaged, and Theodore slid out of the wall, and landed on the floor, (even more) unconcious. Rikura 'Eep!'ed, and fell, flailing her arms futily, and landed ungracefully on her butt. Kimihiko managed to grab a hold of one of the ceiling supports, Unara embedded the Cys into the ceiling, and held onto that, and Miro landed on his feet on the counter. After a moment, Unara fell in a controlled fashion, landing heavily. "Little help?" asked Kimihiko meekly. (No trace of the damage from the previous spell was apparent, as is the nature of such things.) "Hang on, I'm coming," replied Miro, making his way over. "Okay, I"m here, just let go and I'll catch you!" Kimihiko looked down at the waiting Miro, gulped, closed her eyes, then let go. Miro caught her firmly, stumbling back a few steps. Kimihiko leaned up, and hugged Miro. "Thank you!", she said, then kissed him lightly, and hopped off. Miro blushed. "Uh, it was nothing. Really." He blinked, looking around. "What is that grinding sound....," he asked himself. He spotted the answer easily enough. Rikura's teeth grinding, and her eyes a solid flaming red. "....Rikura?" ------------------ In a land not to different from where our heros had just left, giant lizards were rampaging the street. That is, if you could call a setting that resembled Fuedal Japan, with armies of samurai fighting giant green scaly lizards that breathed lightning 'not to different.' Well, either way, it was a big giant war, and the scenery showed it, building blasted and/or barricaded, skirmishes going on all over between samurai and giant lizards. One such giant lizard was sleeping soundly in the street, looking quite content and well fed. And this is where the Shop decided to lodge itself, right next to it. Everyone stared out the window. "What is THAT?" "Looks like a giant lizard." "Godzilla's ruler of all and had kids!" "I think it's asleep." "Theo, you go check it out." "Why me?" "Because, you're the supernatural oni who has the best chance of beating it if it's not asleep." "...once more into the breach I go." "WHAT breach?" "Nevermind, nevermind, I'm going." The now-concious Theodore, still in Oni form, stepped cautiously out the front door. He eyed the lizard nervously, tiptoeing around it as best he could. And somehow missed the board on the ground. So, he tiptoed the best he could, tripped, yelled, the lizard woke up, batted him with its tail back into the shop, Theodore panickedly blasted it with a massive electric bolt. Theodore hit the far wall of the shop, making another dent in it, and went unconcious from the impact. The lizard twitched, the electricity arcing over its form momentarilly. Then it got up, and shuffled off. "....." the audience inside the shop went collectively, gawking at the mighty lizard. "Lizards are a type of reptile, and a reptiles defensive power is lowered by electricity!" exclaimed Rikura. "......" went everyone else. "But.... Only Ted can fight...," she continued. In response, Unara cleared her throat. "Oh! Right! Unara, go kick its ass! For great XP!" yelled Rikura, pointing dramatically. Unara stared at Rikura for a moment. "Riiight. Fine, might as well. Be back." Unara shrugged, lugging along the Cys, and exited the shop. The occupants of the shop followed her walk calmly along, and lost sight of her as she rounded a corner. A few minutes later, she was walking back just as calmly, an army of samurai dragging the now-dead lizard along behind her. Unara stepped inside, and sat down. "We've got a fan club," she said flatly. ------------------ "Yes. Not too long ago, a madman known only as the Professor arrived at this town. He activated the sealed Lizard God statue, and rallied an army of giant lizards to take over our world," explained the samurai. "We don't stand a chance. I beg of you great warriors, help us!" The samurai got down on his knees, begging. Miro blinked. "Us, great warriors?" The samurai nodded. "Yes, we saw the mighty warrior first come out and engage the lizard, and then the other came out to finish the job. Are you all not great warriors as such?" Miro coughed. "Uh..." Theodore, back to normal, and concious(!), nodded. "Yeah, we're all great warriors from another world! The only thing we ask in return is that you buy some stuff from us!" Rikura nodded as well. "Well, I suppose it would be a valid excuse to blow some stuff up." She got a devilish grin on her face. "Those lizards won't stand a chance against a Dragu Slave!" "RIKURA," said Miro ominously. "Okay, okay, maybe just a Fireball, or a Burst Rondo," added Rikura quickly. Unara waved from the wall. "Yo." "But, wer'e really not gr-" tried to interupt Miro, meekly. "Excellent!," the samurai cried, getting to his feet. "Save our world, and you will have our business! I will go and bring back the lizards corpse to Shogun, as proof of your prowess!" The samurai kowtowed, then exited. "So.... does anyone else besides me have a really bad feeling on who this 'Professor' person is?" asked Theodore. "-not great heroes," finished Miro belatedly. Theodore clapped Miro's back heartily. "Aw, come on. It can't be that bad, and we'll get some sales to help you out on your quest so save your mom after its over!" Rikura panickedly looked around, then covered her ears and closed her eyes. "What's wrong?" asked Theodore. Rikura opened her eyes, blinking at Theodore. "You said the magic words. 'It can't be that bad.'" Theodore blinked. "Oh. My bad." "Look, this is reality, not some story where the author gets some character to say that just so he can make stuff worse," interjected Miro. "It's not like stuff -is- going to get worse." Unara tapped her foot against the floor, and then when she had everyone's attention, she pointed at the window. Several giant lizards were approaching. "We've got another fan club," she said flatly. "Okay, so maybe I was wrong?" said Miro nervously. ------------ Theodore ran out, in Oni form yet again, screaming. A thrown ball of lightning convinced them that he was annoying enough to pursue. Unara and Rikura stepped out afterwards. "Well, now that he's ditracted them, it's our turn, eh?" "Looks that way," responded Unara, taking aim with the Cys. After a moment, she let loose a bolt, which embedded itself in one of the lizards backs. It roared, turning around, and then another bolt lodged itself in its head, and it fell over dead. The other two lizards turned around ominously, forgetting about Theodore. "Right. My turn!" said Rikura, enthusiastically. She pantomimed pulling back a bow, with the words, 'Freeze Arrow!', and a white bolt of energy impacted against one of the lizards head, encasing it in a block of solid ice. Then Theodore rammed it, bowling it over. He got up quicker than it, and grabbed it by the tail, and started swinging it around in circles, the other lizard staring dumbly. With it's mouth hanging open. With energy glowing from its mouth. Then Theodore let go, letting the flung lizard slam into the other, the mouth blast going awry, carving its way through several blocks of houses. The two lizards got back up, one roaring, the other one still encased partially in ice, both beating their small short arms against their massive chests. A few more bolts from the Cys appeared in the first lizard, and it fell to the ground with a sickening thud. The other one had just managed to free it's head from the ice, when a electric blast and a Flare arrow hit simaeltaneously, stunning and blinding it. A moment later, a bolt appeared in it's foot, anchoring it to the ground, and then the other foot. Theodore winced, glancing at Unara. "Remind me never to piss her off." The lone giant lizard roared and flailed futiley, before Theodore got the presence of mind to pick up something heavy and knock it out. Rikura blinked. "What are we supposed to do with them now?" "The samurai said giant lizard tastes great grilled, and supposedly gives them strength of giant lizard. Just leave it here, they'll pick it up later," said Unara. "They were pretty adamant about that, they -have- to eat them." "Uh... That's wierd." ----------- A lone figure watched the trio who had so effortlessly defeated the other trio, unseen, hidden by the rooflines. The figure took particular note of Theodore, something nagging in the back of the figures mind. "He seems familiar....." Maybe he wouldn't be so miffed if his attempt to take over the world was foiled by someone who was indeed his son. ----------- Theodore walked over to the two girls. "We kicked ass! No Godzilla wannabe is gonna trash our Shop!" He raised one hand, and high-fived Rikura. "Yeah!" Unara frowned. "Isn't the right term Taiju?" Theodore shrugged. "Hang on, okay?" he said, muttering elvish words to himself, having memorized the counterspell to the Oni spell. The Oni appearance melted away like a bad hologram. "Man, I'm hungry! How about you two, in the mood for some giant lizard?" "Taiju," said Unara quickly. "Taiju, giant lizard, whats the difference? Back home, I heard lizards were a specialty dish in some other country," said Theodore dismissively. "I'll try anything once," said Rikura. Unara sighed. "One moment," she said, then stuck two fingers in her mouth and whistled. Moments later a squadron of samurai rounded the corner. ------------- The figure watched. It -was- Theodore. His son was alive, alive! But.... that changed little. His plans for world domination were nearly complete, and he couldn't let even his son foil them this time. Time to send out the big one. The figure, known only as the Professor, snuck away from the scene, off to prepare the Mother Lizard for battle. It was going to take a lot of Taiju Snacks to get Mother Lizard to agree with him. --------------- "Let me get this straight. To get rid of all the lizards, we have to defeat the first one, and reseal it?" asked Unara. She was the only one not eating at the giant feast. Samurai and Shopkeeper and hitchhiker alike were all enjoying an excellently cooked giant lizard tail. Even it she wasn't a vegetarian already, she was pretty sure this particular meal would have made her one. The head samurai nodded. "Ancient legend. In center of town, there was a giant statue of a giant lizard. In the distant past, a trio of great warriors fought it, and after a great battle sealed it in that statue, locking it away. It has stood there for centuries, watching over out town, it's great power focused for the good of all." "Any idea where we can find this first lizard?" "It has not been seen since it fled to the ocean after the Professor let it loose." "Great," deadpanned Unara. 'Why am I buying into the great hero act, anyways? I just wanted to get away from There. It's not like I can't just jump ship with Miro again and settle there.' "So, we have to lure it out of the ocean, beat it up, and then figure out how to reseal it." The samurai nodded. "Wonderful." ------------------ Rikura and Sakura were a bit away from everyone else, talking to each other. "You like this place?" asked Rikura slowly. "It's okay. But the giant lizards are scary," replied the littler sister. "You don't have to worry about them with me around!" "You mean you didn't need any help at all?" asked the little girl in adoration. "No, not really. I just brought them along so they wouldn't feel bad," said Rikura smugly. "Wai! You're so cool!" ------------------ Morning arose, the sun shining down brightly upon the town. Noone appreciated the sun much, as it -was- currently a war zone, altough morale was a lot higher now that news of the Great Warriors had spread. The morning patrols were lighthearted, in a grim, fatalistic sense. If you listened, though, you could hear chanting far off in the background. It was too muted to make out the words, but it was full of repetitive deep words, presumably the same ones over and over. Nobody paid it much attention, though. Especially after it was no longer heard, and instead, a giant rumbling was felt. The kind of rumbling in dinasour movies that caused water cups to ripple for no apparent reason, cueing dramatic danger music. This was slightly different though, as in only took 2 minutes for the Giant of all Giant Lizards to emerge from the ocean, roaring and mouth-blasting buildings and generally making it's way into the town. If you had really good eyes, you could make out the person riding on it's head. ------------------ The four were lined up just outside the shop, staring at the new arrival. In the back, Miro, then in front of him, Theodore. In front of him, Unara, and in the lead, Rikura. The angle was such that it looked like a Power Rangers lineup, only half of the person behind them visible, each in a cool looking pose. Rikura gasped. "It's Godzilla!", she said in a bad accent, pointing frantically at the monsterous lizard in the background. And the screen faded to greyscale, a green line appearing on it, spelling out in cursive, 'To be continued...' ------------------ Author Notes: Bleagh. Shorter than I wanted. ;_; And kindy sucky, too. ;_; And a lot of ideas recycled from the part before that got skipped, too. ;_; Thanks to Smlee for some idea-bouncing, and ideas, and pointing out some stuff. And Terris too. ----------------- "DRAGU... SLAVE!" cried Rikura. Nothing happened. "... I don't have enough MP to cast it! Wha! My Max MP isn't even high enough!" "... I need to level up more." "Aren't you getting just a little bit to into this whole RPG metaphor thing, Rikura?" asked Miro cautiously, resisting the urge to sweatdrop. "Oh, right. But, it's time for the summary! Chibi style!" Rikura and Miro both pop SD, with a little chibi building behind them. "Right! Miro agreed to the Wizard's ultimatum, because he had no real choice, and the author didn't want to mess up the plot train yet again!" "And I had to do a bunch of boring paperwork, so all the lunatics who wanted to help me would be as safe as me." "Everybody went home and said their goodbyes!" "And then you ran in like a maniac, and we had to make an emergency exit. And the lights went out." "Yeah, Kimihiko, that pervert!" "...... Anyways, were in this new place, and we have to fight giant lizards." "For great XP!" "Stop saying that." >.> "There was a creepy shadowy figure that we all know who it is anyways, if you've been paying attention! But I'm not gonna tell you who it is, because it's a secret! A poorly hidden one, but it's still a secret." "And now there's a really big lizard. Bigger than the others. Hopefully the Magic Plot Eraser will take care of it, I don't want to fight it." "You're not gonna fight, what are you talking about? Besides, that won't do at all unless I'm in the same party as the Magic Plot Eraser! I wanna level up off the massive Boss XPs!" ".... Please stop saying that."