Kametsu - One Story, Four Writers

[Nero D. Ace]

Chapter 1 - Fantasy

“Kametsu was a strange land, where creatures of all sizes and shapes lived. The goblins on their mountains, the elves in their forests, the humans in their villages and the dwarves in their caves not to mention the various monsters that roamed the lands, from something as harmless as a Chocobo to the giant king of dragons – Bahamut.

It was a day like any other when an incident occurred in the small town of Balamb that would bring forward a chain of events that would rock the very foundations of the land, pitting man against beast, fish against birds, ant against fly …”

“HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!”, Random interrupted.

“What? I was just getting to the good part.” Iki stopped reading.

“Ant against Fly? They're not THAT dumb.”

“Fine, I'll edit that bit out.”, Iki scribbled it over with his pencil and cleared his throat.

“... and in the end it shall come down to two brave heroes, who shall face terrible dangers, mighty beasts, the very forces of evil that have conspired to destroy this land since time immemorial … but the heroes will not back down and with the aid of the people of the land, and the blessed wealth they shall endow upon them, they will level up immensely and gain enough power to once and for all utterly destroy these chaotic forces.”

“Not bad.”, Random noted.

“Yeah, this oughta work real good. Now, brace yourself.”, Iki clenched his fist.

“Eh? For what … YOUCH!”, Random went flying backwards as Iki punched him square in the nose.

“THAT'S FOR MY SISTER, YOU BASTARD!”

Random pressed his nose back and mumbled “Next time you pull a Goblin Double, let me know more than 4 seconds in advance.” Then, he raised his voice. “YOU DRUNK LITTLE PIECE OF ...” He grabbed Iki's hair and threw him to the ground, then reached for the stool nearby.

At once, the two guards unlocked the doors and charged in the prison cell, weapons raised to subdue the prisoners.

“You go high, I'll go low.”, Iki whispered and waited for the guards to close in. As soon as they were 2 feet in, he went under the left one, planting a blow to the man's weakest point of the armor as he went by.

Lefty instantly went limp and fell to his knees.

Righty turned his head to see what was wrong with Lefty and that was when Random jumped on top of the stoop and leapt, delivering a kick to his neck, instantly knocking him out.

“Hurry up.”, Random said, taking the guard's weapon and armor. “I sure hope to hell they wear something beneath all this.”

Ten minutes later, they were outside the cell, the guards tied and gagged, while they were in the royal guards suits.

“Well, that was easy ...”, Iki brushed his hands off. “Now let's go pay the tavern a visit and sell this story ...”

Random tensed. “Why did you say that?”

“Say what?”

“Idiot! Whenever someone says 'that was easy …', that's when something UN-easy happens.”

“Eh?”

And that's when the 7-foot tall guard stepped out of the shadows.

“Who … you?”, he said.

“Ohhhhhhh crap.”

Edited October 16, 2012 by Emotional Outlet

[Asch]

Waiting for next chapter, BTW who are 5 writers ?? And for some reason, I am getting hint of FF

[Nero D. Ace]

there's me, seira, shazi, anras and razor. It's up to them if we wanna keep this a pure fantasy story or mix it up with different themes like - Space, Western, Horror and Shonen.

[Asch]

Hmm......I would like to see space in it (SPACE !!!!!!!! And Spaceships xD ), well its just my views, you guys are writing it =)

[† The Joker]

LMAO! awesome! Loving it and iki... why did you have to say that!. its almost like saying I think we lost them!

[Manifesto]

Seems like it's going to be an original story , looking forward to what the other writers will come up with.

[† RazorDan]

great start man, cant wait till my turn

[seirachan]

count me out I don't wanna write about kametsu

[† Shazi]

Chapter 2 - Western

“Nobody!” Random said and tried to sneak past the guard.

“Who... nobody?” he asked, not noticing Random getting around him.

“uhhh...” Iki paused then followed Random’s example. The guard didn’t seem to notice them at all.

At least, not until they got to the prison’s entrance.

“YOU NO ESCAPE” the guard bellowed. Iki glanced sideways at Random who nodded. The pair fled the prison with the guard hot on their heels.

“This guys is fast for his size” Random said as they turned down a large street.

“We’ll lose him.” Iki said. “meet you at Shazi’s tavern” he turned down an alleyway and disappeared from Random's sight.

“Trust Iki to leave me with the fat guy” Random cursed and searched for an alleyway that guy couldn’t fit through.

---

It was a day like any other when an incident occurred in the small town of Balamb that would bring forward a chain of events that would rock the very foundations of the land, pitting man against beast, fish against birds, ant against fly …”

“Ant against fly?” Shazi asked Iki “That’s just retarded”

“So Random said.” Iki muttered and took a shot “That’s why it’s crossed out”

“So what do you plan on doing with this thing?” Shazi asked, dangling the book in her hand above Iki’s shot glass. Iki grabbed the book off her.

“Isn’t it obvious” he grinned.

“Hmmm, not so much” Shazi replied and poured the man at the other end of the bar a drink. The door to Shazi’s tavern swung open and slammed against the walls with a loud bang. Random stood in the doorway looking worse for wear.

“Where is he?” he asked. He scanned the tavern and the focussed on Iki sitting at the bar in front of Shazi. He swept across the room, and clenched his fist before launching at Iki. “You bastard! You left me to die by that things hands!” his fist collided with Iki’s face. Several of the bar maids screamed and hid as a brawl broke out.

Shazi rolled her eyes and reached underneath the bar.

BANG!

Everyone froze.

“All you bastards who think it’s okay to fight, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY TAVERN!” Shazi shot her gun again to frighten people off.

Half of the proprietors skulked out of the tavern and Shazi lowered the gun

“And just what in the HELL was that?” she demanded of Iki and random who were still scuffing across the floor, completely oblivious of the gun shots

“This bastard left the to die,” Random punched Iki again.

“I thought you’d be able to make it away from that thing easy” Iki kicked Random back.

“You’ll both be dead unless you stop fighting.” Shazi aimed at the pair of them.

[Rezin King]

i am here to lend an ear so have no fear

[Nero D. Ace]

lmao! shaz, nice work. next up is rune. let's see what he does.

[† Anras Rune]

Chapter 3 - Cyberpunk

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town a man and his son were herding a flock of sheep, with the son pestering the father with all sorts of awkward questions.

"Dad, dad, dad..."

"What is it now, son? Can't you see I'm busy" replied the father in a obviously anxious voice. He knew what was going to come next...

"What is the ram doing to the sheep over there daddy?" said the son, pointing at a pair of sheep in distance, who were getting busy.

"Well son, you see, when a mummy sheep and a daddy ram want to have a little lamb, the daddy ram...he..." stuttered the father as he grasped for words.

There was a buzzing noise in the background, louder and higher pitched than normal. The pair paused and looked around. The sheep started to bleet and dart away. Over the bleeting sheep and annoying buzzing there came a pair of voices...

"...I toooold you there wasn't enough power to jump thhaaaat far back. The flux capacitor is going to blow out any minute..."

"Shut up, just shut up and let me think you bloody idiot!"

"Ohhh, so we are resulting to insults. I told you too stop and ask for directions in the thirteenth century, but did you listen...noooo!"

"Goddammit woman, would you shut your mouth!"

With that the pair of shepards were treated to the first glimpse of a car in history. They would later tell people about it saying it was," like a cart, you know, but without the horses" and would be dubbed visionaries and religious leaders as the created a cult around the words they heard. It's church was later burned down by disgruntled housewives. But that is for another day...

Meanwhile the pair had stopped by for only a few seconds, but in true tourist tradition, had left their luggage, which woke up.

"Intialising start up procedure, 3, 3, 2. Reading system drivers. System check; servos online, pneumatics online, hydraulics online, proccessor online, GPS offline. GPS system link failure. Update link: FAILED. Run emergency back up procdure. Begin location update...

The luggage which had folded out into a humanoid robot, walked up to the nearest sheep and proceeded to ask it questions... Needless to say it was there for a while...

---

“You’ll both be dead unless you stop fighting.”

"Easy there Shazi...don't do something you'll regret..." said Iki, staring down the barrel of Shazi's shotgun.

"You think I'll regret this? Then stop fighting"

"But..." began Random, but was treated to a quick jab in the leg from Iki, who shook his head. "That bastard left me to die!"

"Like I care?! Just sit the hell down and have a drink. Or I'll treat you to a dirt nap!" screamed Shazi at the pair, brandishing the shotgun in his face again.

Random and Iki lowered their heads, and let go of each other. They both decided it was a better idea to nurse a hangover in the morning than a grave, so they sat down at the bar. About an hour later, the doors were quite literally blasted open. The two didn't notice this and were enjoying the sweet numbness brought on by drinking a bottle of whisky.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" screamed Shazi at the doorway, reaching for the gun again...today just wasn't her day.

"Dear Citizen please direct me, ANRAS or Advanced Neo-Recreational Automated Storage unit, serial number 1330-1015-0164-5458-0907-9086, too the nearest radio, tv or police station immediatly, for I am in need of locational attention. I am unable to register my current longitude or latitude...

"Wh't teh h'll th's guy tal'ing ab'ut?" said Random, in a sudden moment of relative soberness, at least till he fell of his stool...

[† The Joker]

hehe I'm pissed! why doesn't that suprise me xD

[Nero D. Ace]

lmao anras. good job. next up is razor's turn. let's see how he continues this.

[Stuy]

oooh this is getting good ^^

[† RazorDan]

Chapter 4: Space

Razor smiled as he saw the silhouette of the Earth from the bridge of the Alexandria, Kametsu's and the world's, very first space warship.

The voyage had lasted 8 months and during that time, they had compiled a huge amount of research about every single planet in Earth's immediate vicinity, bar Pluto, which had proved impossible to land on.

Razor's smile slipped off his face, as he remembered the four intense battles that they had taken part in.

He shuddered as he recalled the Battle of Venus. Weird lasers and freakish spores had been fired at them as soon as their research ships had entered the atmosphere. They had lost 19 of the 50 men they had, and it had taken some magnificent flying to escape the planet.

Despite the heavy losses they had suffered- just 29, of the original party had survived- Razor was proud. They had confirmed extraterrestrial life in 4planets. Venus, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune. Also, in terms of space travel technology, Earth seemed to be streets ahead of the rest of the solar system, though Venus was potentially a major threat.

" Captain!" called Ralph, the burly russian who was in charge of steering. The title didn't please Razor, as he had inherited it upon the suicide of the original captain.

" Yes?" he answered.

" Kametsu Space HQ, are in contact. We are clear to enter the Earth's atmosphere, the port of Balamb is prepped and ready!" announced Ralph.

There were whoops of joy, among the staff on the bridge, and when Razor relayed the message to the rest of the ship, he saw the wild celerbrations on the on-screen monitors.

Ralph suddenly leapt to his feet, rushed towards Jessica, the head navigator, before dropping to one knee. Razor made sure the ship mic was still on, as Ralph had already informed him of his plans.

" Jessica, I love you. Will you marry me?" he proposed. Jessica had her hand on her mouth, with tears running down her face.

" Yes, I...... I will!" she answered, flinging her arms round Ralph's neck.

As more cheers erupted, Razor reminisced about his hometown. As they entered the atmosphere steadily, he cast his mind back. I sure hope Shazi's tavern's open.................

[† Anras Rune]

well then...good chapter razor...

so that means iki is up next, yes?

[Nero D. Ace]

yeah, ill write sumthin up first thing in the morning.

[† The Joker]

dammit! I was hoping you were gonna post a new chapter now... still... I can wait!

[Nero D. Ace]

Chapter 5 : Fantasy

“So …”, Random said as he poked ANRAS. “What kind of class does this thing belong to?”

“Dunno.”, Iki shrugged. “But I bet someone would pay good money to buy it.”

“What are you talking about?”, Random retorted. “This thing ain't even ours!”

Iki stared at Random for a very long time until the fact sinked in that they were in fact a bunch of hooligans/thieves/robbers/criminals/trouble-makers/locked-up-in-jail-for-minor-offencers.

“Oh …”, Random agreed. “Riiight.”

Shazi was about to make a comment on how low a person can get when a man came running into the tavern.

“Heads up!”, he yelled. “Head-Captain Stuy and Captain Razor are heading this way!”

The whole tavern was filled with a bunch of “Oh crap!”'s and “Son of a ...”'s as everyone tried to hurriedly hide the items that gave their illegal activity away – a bucket filled with a fighting chicken and duck, couple dosages of Super Potions, a couple of Phoenix Up's, etc.

Iki and Random quickly slipped behind the bar.

“HELLO, MY DEAR CIVILIANS!”, a voice boomed as Head-Captain Stuy came barging through the door. “And how are things today? Any chance I could place a bet or two?”

“Head-Captain?”, Razor muttered behind him. “We're supposed to arrest them on sight, not take part in their activities.”

“What? … Oh, yes. Well then, let's hop to it, shall we?”

The next half an hour or so was filled with a lot of swords unsheathing and blood spilling during which Stuy and Razor cut down a fair share of criminals who wouldn't enter the Seal of Prison quietly.

In their defence, getting cut down by a sword was far more pleasant than being stuck in a 4 inch by 4 inch Seal for 5 hours along with another bunch of smelly inmates.

“Pour us a drink, fair Shazi.”, Stuy sat down on a stool after reducing the population of the tavern by half. “Captain Razor has had a long journey.”

Shazi clenched her fist but poured out the drinks nonetheless.

“What in the name of dear Cosmos is this?”, Razor pointed towards ANRAS, which had remained un-naturally still during all the body-slicing. “It doesn't look human. We should take this back to the castle for experimenting.”

“NOW WAIT JUST A FREAKING SECOND ...” Iki leaped out of his hiding place, exposing Random in the process.

Shazi palmed her face. “Iki, you greedy little moron.”

Random joined her. “To think we were THIS close.”

Iki shuffled his feet nervously. “Heh heh, uhhh … Oops?”

“OOPS DOESN'T BEGIN TO COVER IT!” Random jumped to his feet, ready to strike Iki down.

“HALT!”, Razor pulled out his sword and held it at Random's neck. “Are you not the criminal known as 'Random' who we are holding in the prison cells?”

“Random? Who Random? Never heard of him. What a silly name … can I go now?”, Random blabbered.

“Random?”, Stuy looked confused. “What kind of a name is that?”

“It's simple really.”, Iki interjected. “His player was too lazy to come up with a name so he just put in the default one – Random.”

“And YOU!”, Razor pulled out a second sword. “Are you not his partner-in-crime also held in the prison cells?”

“Jeez, how many swords does a guy need?”, Iki mumbled.

“Head Captain!”, Razor said. “We should arrest these two and take them back to the prison immediately!”

“Yes yes ...”, Stuy mumbled absent-mindedly. His attention had been caught by a piece of paper on the floor and had begun reading it.

“It was a day like any other when an incident occurred in the small town of Balamb that would bring forward a chain of events that would rock the very foundations of the land … ”, he read “ … pitting man against beast, fish against birds …” He gasped. “ANT AGAINST FLY!?”

His face turned pale. “My precious ant farm … It'll be destroyed!!!”

He instantly grabbed Razor by the collar and threw him into the carriage they had used to arrive, ignoring his protests of 'Sir! It's a hoax! They're conmen!' and climbed behind the Chocobo.

“Hang on my beloved ants!”, he bellowed. “You will be rescued!” and then sped off towards the castle.

Following his departure, there was a long silence, followed by …

“AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

Random, Iki and Shazi fell to the floor, laughing their ass off.

“I can't believe that half-assed 'fly against ant' line actually worked.”, Random said between tears.

“I know! This place is really dumb!”, Iki nodded.

“I wish I had thought of it years ago! Then, I wouldn't have had to worry about the two of them ruining the business every time.”, Shazi agreed.

“Any-hooooo …”, Iki looked back at ANRAS. “This thing is cool. It didn't break a sweat when those two arrived.”

“Anras eh? Helluva lot better than Random, I guess.”, Shazi looked around it.

“We should better get out of here before they realize they've been duped.”, Random looked nervously out the door.

“Well, we got a party of four. May as well do a quest.”, Iki suggested.

“Sure, I was gonna close the tavern down for a few days anyways.”

---

After a lot of negotiating on who would get what loot, out group of four finally head out of the town known as Balamb and headed towards Premium City, where suckers seemed to flock in hundreds.

“Now remember …”, Random carefully crossed over a branch. “Walk carefully. You never know what's gonna happen.”

“What are you so ticked about?”, Iki said, watching him with growing curiosity.

“You idiot!”, Random hissed. “Get off the main road. Are you TRYING to get us into a random …”

Suddenly, the world warped around them and they were taken into a battle zone.

“ … encounter?”, Random finished, exasperated.

“Oh relax.”, Iki said. “This is just the beginning. What's the worse that could happen?”

All over the world, a million facepalms could be heard as out of the sky, a giant Drakun landed in front of them, letting out a huge howl.