The Blood Ruby 3

(Act 3)

Back at the familiar palace, the slaves slowly brought a roast Dark Chao while Slumber smacked his reptilian lips.

Slumber: Ah, roast Dark Chao, my favorite.

Kaa: Mmm yes, and I want the rare piece.

Snakelord: No, you always get the rare piece. I want it this time.

Kaa: (scoffs) Hmph, I'm a perfect chef and I'd rather I'D take the piece.

Snakelord: You can't even cook very well, Hiss!

Kaa: But I'm Kaa!!

Phage: Whatever. I'LL take the rare piece this time! Plus it helps digest what raw meat I eat.

A couple of serpents looked disgusted while eating loudly.

MetalSeadramon: Slaves!

As they were devouring their food, a few made rude table manner gestures, including burping, with Snakelord trying to snatch Metal's piece before the tail slapped his hand.

Snakelord: AGH! You slime face!

The food continued to be eaten with the Phage, taking a fresh corpse arm, dipped it in some sauce. Kaa, meanwhile, was swallowing some of his food whole before gulping.

Kaa: Mmm...it would've been nice if Man Cub was on the menu tonight. I sooo satisfy man cubs especially during times like this.

He chuckled with a grin, belching a bit.

Slumber: (eats daintfully) Ick. You disgust me.

The Lizard tore his piece off before the Phage, turning to a piece of moving living food, noticed it still alive.

Phage: What?! (tosses it) ROTTON! Yuck!

He shuddered while the living creature twitched and looked confused.

Jake: Slaves! Eat!

As they continued eating while the rude manners continued, the serpent Digimon glanced at the others.

MetalSeadramon: Hmph, seems to me that mutt...has escaped.

Phage: No wolf ever escaped my deadly Kuwagamon. ESPECIALLY that Weregarurumon. After all, who in their right mind would like something like that anyway?!

Kaa: (pauses) Werewolf lovers?

Phage: Forget it. Forgot who was stupid enough to listen.

Kaa: (groans) Oh, more food! More food!

As they continued eating, the leader started picking his teeth.

Phage: (muffles) Eh! Something got in my teeth.

Slumber: (munching) Enchanting meal.

After a moment, the Phage closed his eyes, dunking his head in a bowl of water, as if washing his snout before pulling it off, shaking his head a bit. A servant came to him with a towel before he took it, wiping it.

Phage: Thanks.

Then, to his notice, he saw a bowl full of strange creatures.

Phage: (grins) Ah, dessert. Crawlies.

Lizard: Oooh, dessert!

Just then, one jumped off the bowl as each serpent quickly jumped, trying to grab or bite the creature while shouting at random with Slumber, standing up, yelping in fear before it went into Kaa's mouth with the reptile swallowing it whole.

Kaa: Mmm, not bad at all.

MetalSeadramon: (notices) Look! The Digimon return.

Phage: The wolf!

The Kuwagamon dragged the bag while the serpents muttered with concern. The two Digimon pulled the bag up before the Phage spoke.

Phage: RELEASE THE WOLF!!

Finally, the bag was opened up with Mama Odie revealed as she glared. The serpents mutter with confusion and shock.

Phage: What is this?!

Odie: Fools! Snake fools! What do you want with me?!

Phage: (gasps) What!? (snaps) This is no wolf!

Odie: Of course I'm no wolf! You putrid lizards. I'll get my eye to you!

Slumber yelped, covering his face in fear.

MetalSeadramon: She was with him. She helped him! (to Odie) Where is he?

Odie: Gone! Wolf Boy gone! Stupid Kuwagamon.

She punched its arm, making the serpents gasp in shock.

Odie: (walks to them) You want wolf, why not ask me? No! Easier to send your crab brained soldiers, burn my home! Now home gone, Wolf gone. Nothing but Odie!

She slammed her fist down with a fork flipped by the rumble, shocking the reptiles as they jumped.

Serpents: Gah!

Odie: (glares at them) Mouldy mildew, mother of mouthmuck. Dangle and strangle to death!

Slumber: Oh, how crude.

MetalSeadramon: Watch your tongue harridan! We're lords of the ruby.

Odie: Lords? Not for long! What about the prophecy that a wolf will end serpent power?

She sat to the ground, glaring at them.

Odie: He'll come make you crawl like the worms you are.

Phage: That won't be easy! And besides, he can't make it alone by foot in time and-(notices) Why are there corpses in that bag?

He shrugged a bit.

Phage: Oh nevermind. We'll figure that out later. (snaps) Find that wolf now!

MetalSeadramon: Crystal Woobats fly! Search the land...search the water...search the sky!

Then, many crystalized/shiny Woobat Pokemon from the top of the area flew away, leaving the castle while Mama Odie was pulled away by the Kuwagamon.

Phage: Anyway, for now...let's devour the fresh corpses. No sense in letting bodies like that go to waste.

Kaa: I get the tasty parts.

Phage: Kaa! The Emperor, which is me, gets the tasty parts. You get what remains!

Kaa: D'oh! I hate it when you make a point. (pauses) Is any of the bodies a Man Cub?

Phage: No.

Kaa: Darn it!

Back at the lake, while riding on the shell of the beetle, Amy was singing a tune. As she continued, Goten took out his instrument, playing alongside with her. They continued going through the area, though Snubull noticed something, growling. They stopped before everyone looked up with Amy gasping. To their notice, they saw a crystalized/Shiny Woobat flying above.

Amy: Guys! Down! Get down!

Quickly, they ducked down before Amy took out her slingshot (David and Goliath style), twirling it around before tossing the rock in the air. It yelped, being hit before falling in the water. When they recovered, Nic looked confused.

Nic: What the heck?

Goten: What was that?

Amy: A crystal Woobat. What they see, the serpents see too.

Sleet: Did it see us?

Amy: No, I don't think so.

As they drifted further and further away, the Woobat stood up, shaking itself before looking at where the group left.

Woobat: Woobat. At the outskirts of the land, the familiar turtles continued walking through the area.

Raph: Man, we should've took Goten's directions, too! We wouldn't have gotten further than him.

Leo: We only went this direction because some of the other elderly turtles can't keep up!

Mike: Who wants to sing it again? (singing) 99 bottles of pizza on the wall, 99 bottles of pizza...

Raph: (annoyed) Mikey, no!

Meanwhile, near where a cave was, the group entered the area. To their notice, they saw the dogs barking while going about their business.

Ratigan: And thus, I see many dogs occur around here.

Dogs: Hoo-ra! Hoora!

Nack: Aren't these the people from...from your memory?

Amy: When the Kuwagamon killed my parents, the dogs adopted me. They're my clan.

Just then, many dogs peeked as they gasped.

Random Dog: (gasps) Amy!

Dogs: (randomly) Amy! Amy! Doza Aminia!

Snubull high-fived one of them before being cuddled.

Amy: (to the dogs) Avo Yay, Goten and friends.

Dog: Goten. Ah!

Amy: (smiles) Come, friends.

Dog: Doshbah, doshbah! Ishtal ikah Amy!

The group was lead by the dogs with Courage being confused.

Courage: Huh? This is confusing. They're dogs, but I can't understand them.

Shirly: They speak in a language lost centuries ago, apparently.

Psycho: (singing) Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who, who, who? Who let the dogs out?

Others: Psycho!

Psycho: What?

Inside a dog hut, many dogs began playing while a dog chatted to someone, passing by the table with Amy's group.

Goten: How do you say "thank you"?

Amy: Oh, Ah, Fala vam.

He turned to the dog named Rita with other dogs named the Downtown Dogs.

Goten: Fala vam. (to Dodger) Fala vam.

Tito: (to Goten) Ahbo Itah?

Dodger: Etrushka bourskara.

Rita: (to Amy) Ah, Amy. Yen viseinka.

Amy giggled a bit while the dogs danced to the music.

Sleet: I must say: There are a lot of dogs here.

Psycho: And not a bone in sight. How sad.

Courage: Maybe the concept of dogs liking bones haven't gotten in them yet.

Einstein: Huh?

Shirly: They were discussing about bones.

Einstein: Uh...bone?

Shirly: You don't know what a bone is?

She sighed in annoyance, taking out a bone before showing it to him.

Shirly: THIS is a bone.

Einstein: Mmmm...

He took it in his mouth, smiling a bit.

Weasels: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

Einstein: BOOOOOOONE!!

The other dogs turned, noticing the bone before barking in excitement, all going toward where Einstein was.

Nack: Houston, we have liftoff.

Psycho: Mission a success, Houston. We no longer have a problem.

Rita: (to the dogs) Gorah, viseligche!

A bit later, the dogs began dancing to the music with one dog falling in a pot of water before coming out, spitting some. As they continued, Tito banged harder on the ancient drums.

Tito: Yeah!

While the music and dance continued with entertainment, Snubull came to Francis, whom noticed and was hugged. As that happened, Goten looked seriously.

Goten: You notice the planets, sun, and moon in the sky? They're going to come together soon. It's called the Great...the great something or other. It's a prophecy. And he told me that I must find the shard, and that everything must be done before the sun, moon, and Earth join in one, and that's all, and then he died.

Some: Awww!

Goten: Well, he turned to cherry blossom petals, which kinda also means he died, to be honest.

Shirly: (to herself) Huh. That explains why the ghost of Oogway sometimes appears to us.

Goten: Huh?

Shirly: Nevermind. It's just a thought escaping.

Psycho: Eh, it needs a cool name. Here's one! The Great Divine!

Nic: Wasn't that the name of that one forgetful Avatar episode no one likes?

Psycho: No, that's Great Divide.

Goten: What's a Great Divine?

Psycho: Hey, it's one way of describing that event you talk about, wolf boy! You're lucky you aren't into Sarah or I will neuter ya! Grrrrr!

Goten: What? I don't even know her!

Psycho: Well that's okay then.

A small pup came up to them, playing with the doll before leaving them. The music continued as Amy spoke.

Amy: Goten, what's the shard for?

Goten: That's just it, I don't know. I found the shard ...

Amy: ... but you don't know what to do with it.

Nack: Neither do the rest of us but that isn't stopping us from figuring it out.

One of the dogs barked before pulling the yelping Goten to them. He was forced to dance with her while the music and rhythm continued. After a few moments, Goten chuckled, pulling out his flute and playing as well with Francis playing the ocarina. As the celebration continued, a few of them noticed the depressed ones looking down.

Ratigan: What's with you?

Sawyer: We lost our son and he was probably killed!

Black Mamba: Meowth too like the Moussse King.

Dr. Viper: Believe it or not...but I'll misss Meowth too.

Amy: I'm really sorry for the loss.

Danny: (sadly) Yeah. Oliver may have been immortal and stuck in a kitten body, but he was our son darn it!

Fifi: (confused) Wait, le king MAY be alive because Toons recover quicker. Plus Meowth and Oliver are immortals, no? (ponders) Well not unless le fiends found a way to kill the latter immortals and the former was pierced by DIP-made pinchers.

Psycho: Come on, where the hell can anyone find DIP in this time period? It's like finding an electric outlet during the American Revolution!

Dominic: Even so, it's still disturbing.

Sarah: Then it's settled: After we finish the dinner, we'll go straight to the castle and take those jerks on.

Rouge: Right, unless those guys somehow found us and are attacking the place.

At that moment, the entire place crashed as the dogs screamed.

Psycho: (annoyed) Okay, which one of you said the word G-O-N-E?

Goten: (confused) Gone?

Dogs: AHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Justin: (sweatdrops) Bad timing, dad.

Many of them panicked as the Kuwagamon barged inside, destroying the place while many dogs were snatched. Snubull, after the screaming Einstein ran off, growled before dodging the Digimon's foot. The fiends attacked with Goten looking stunned. Amy, noticing, went up to him.

Amy: (grabs him) Goten, this way!

As the two moved away, Dodger banged the back of a Kuwagamon before it turned, charging toward him. Goten yelped, noticing himself being grabbed.

Goten: AHHH!

He struck it with the shard as it echoed the banging. With the turtles, they heard the banging noise echoing.

Don: (shocked) Did you hear that?

Others: Yeah.

Raph: I heard some screaming after someone said the word 'gone'.

Mikey: AHHHHHH!!!

Raph: Mikey!

Back with the others, they kept running from the Digimon.

Amy: (pulling him) Through here! Hurry!

As they fled the now destroyed village, the dogs kept dodging while some of them hurried to escape. As they escaped the area, the dogs hurried to push the pups in hiding places, being snatched by the foes. The child, with confusion, was pulled away by her mother. As the capturing commenced, one Kuwagamon glanced to where the group was with Amy gasping.

Amy: Yipe!

They ducked down while the Kuwagamon headed to them. All while a familiar face looked worried as he noticed.

Amy: (gets behind them) Oh Goten!

Just then, Sir Hiss peeked out as he hissed.

Sir Hiss: STOOOP!

Goten: (yanks her) Come on! Run!

Quickly, they ran for their lives with Sir Hiss noticing. As they went through the forest, Goten looked concerned.

Goten: What was that creature?

Amy: A serpent!

Rouge: Yeah, just like Juju!

Goten: (shocked) Whoa! Juju was a serpent?!

Psycho: Who's Juju???

Amy: We met him with Mama Odie!

Psycho: Aaaaand who are you?

Amy: (annoyed) I'm Amy, don't you remember?

Nack: Sorry, Psycho has a short-term memory. We have to bring him back to speed every now and then.

Psycho: (gasps) AHHHHH! Giant talking dogs!

A few of them face faulted. As they departed, Sir Hiss kept halting it.

Sir Hiss: Stay still! You're still MY Digimon.

It growled in annoyance before Sir Hiss looked back.

Sir Hiss: Hmmm...

Deep in the forest, the others kept on running while Snubull kept trying to keep up. Just then, Goten with Dominic tripped, falling to the ground, groaning. Before the others could help him up, Amy realized something.

Amy: (panting) Wait! They won't find us here!

After that, they sat down with Goten looking down.

Goten: (panting) It's all my fault!

Sarah: (surprised) Wow, that snake. He saved us from his own Digimon.

Psycho: Ah, I bet he's plotting to eat us himself.

Others: Ewww.

Psycho: What?

Nack: You don't even know who that snake even is!

Psycho: Yes I do. He's that snake that I heard works at the museum that Mr. Bump works at!

Sarah: AND Prince John if I remember correctly.

Rouge: And I think that's Kaa, the one with the hat.

Sarah: I thought it was Sir Hiss.

Rouge: Kaa, Hiss, they're probably the same guy.

Goten: It doesn't matter what his name is! First Odie's, then your village. (frowns) I wish I'd never heard of the shard!

Amy: (gasps) No, Goten!

He angrily tossed the shard away. The wolf girl then noticed his arm.

Amy: Oh, Goten, they hurt your arm.

She took some moss, putting it on his arm.

Amy: Here, this moss will make it better. (sighs) It wasn't your fault. The Kuwagamon have always come.

She tended to his wound while he looked seriously at her.

Goten: (sighs) Yeah, but still...

The next morning, at the road down toward the castle, the familiar turtles kept walking through while Leo looked seriously.

Leo: I hope that when the ruby's fixed, the Loom reappears.

Mikey: Are we there yet?

Leo: No.

Mikey: Are we there yet?

Raph: (annoyed) No.

Mikey: Are we there yet?

Don: No.

Mikey: Are we there yet?

Other turtles: Noooooooo.

Raph: Dang it, Mikey! If you don't stop asking that, I will turn this line around and head us back!

Mikey: But I'm booooored!

Leo: Then find something entertaining for you to keep yourself busy.

Mikey: Fine.

Raph: Anything but singing 99 bottles of pizza on the wall or any other annoying song!

Back in the forest, Goten was sleeping with his friends.

Goten's Voice: (dreaming/inner thoughts) Oh, Master, I remember the valley. I didn't understand. I miss the other masters with the old, old magic and chants. I never loved them enough. Out here in the world, look at me. I'm not a hero. Not the way you wanted. Master, nothing is simple anymore. Master...Master?

Finally, they awoke with Goten looking concerned while the two wolves held hands.

Goten: Where are we?

Amy: Safe.

Goten: Safe? I don't think anywhere is safe anymore.

Sleet: Well that was obvious!

As the others awoke, Goten removed the moss with Don glancing.

Boss: What the heck is this crappy place?

Goten: These are ruins!

Amy: They're the houses of the old ones.

Goten: You mean our ancestors?

Then, to his notice, he saw the shard nearby. At that moment, he heard something with Amy taking the shard.

Amy: Goten, here's the shard!

The shard was taken with Goten heading through the ruins.

Goten: (concerned) I can feel something...hear it almost.

Amy: (worried) We don't go in here anymore. Bad things happened in here once.

Goten: But, they were wolves...like us!

Amy: Yes. They were all killed by the serpents long ago.

Batula: (concerned) I see...but still...some of us SHOULD look into it.

The doors opened up before the group looked at the ruins. Amy, meanwhile, looked at the area, then at the throne before sitting on it.

Goten: Amy! Amy, look here.

He pointed to something as the group went off, then looked at what appeared to be hieroglyphics along with tapastry of a sort.

Goten: Just look at this. (points to one) That...that looks just like the shard! What does it mean?

Amy: And, what are all those funny marks?

Goten: Oh, that's writing.

Amy: What's writing?

Goten: Words that stay. My master taught me.

Amy: Oh!

Greasy: (glances) I don't read Egyptian.

Goten: (confused) Uh Egyptian?

Frankie: He means "Hieroglyphics", Goten.

Goten: But I do. Ahem. (reading) "When single shines the moon, Earth and sun, what was sundered and undone shall be whole, the two made one by wolf hand, or else by none." By wolf hand? Do you know what that means Amy?!

Amy: (realizes) Wait! This is a piece of the Blood Ruby!

Goten: Then that's what my Master meant.

Amy: Yes!

Goten: I have to put it...

Amy: You have to heal the...the Blood Ruby.

Psycho: Ah, saw the title ref.

Discord's Voice: Oh it's much more than that.

Sir Hiss' Voice: There's more to the Prophecy than what you see in writing.

Unknown to any of them, the two familiar faces looked at the writing.

Discord: It also means one important thing.

Sir Hiss: That when the shard makes the Ruby whole and turn to Emerald, not only does the Loom return to this world, but one dangerous Off-World weapon...will eventually erase us.

He looked down.

Sir Hiss: Cell didn't want to be put back with Oogway and ensured that by killing every wolf...and to be honest, despite us hating him for what he did...we grew attach to what we are and if we fuse with the turtles we're meant to be...(sniffs) we lose what makes us unique.

Nack: (looks back) Yeah, now you tell us.

Goten: Sounds shocking.

When they looked at the drawing, the others realized before turning, yelping as they saw Discord with Sir Hiss while Snubull growled.

Amy: Goten! A snake! And an awful ugly chimera thing!

Discord: (frowns) Oh come on now! I'm not THAT ugly!

Sir Hiss: (realizes) Wait, how'd you get here, Discord?

Discord: I left the castle while your snake buddies were busy stuffing their faces. And to be honest, I dislike the Phage as leader. (makes a gag motion) Gag me! Ick.

Sir Hiss: Well, at least the Phage is much better than Cell...he isn't greedy...much.

Discord: Oh, you would say that, Kaa.

Sir Hiss: (snaps) I'm Hiss!!

He noticed the others quickly starting to leave.

Sir Hiss: Wait, wait! Stay! No, Stay! Stay, I'm a friend. Stay, am friend.

Snubull almost bit his tail, making the snake yelp and back away.

Sir Hiss: Please, this prophecy, it's caused all this trouble.

Goten: That prophecy?

Sir Hiss: Yes!

Goten: That's why serpents kill wolves?

Sir Hiss: (sighs) Yes! Yes, it was a terrible mistake! But to be honest: we were afraid...well mostly Cell was, but not the point. He feared wolves.

Goten: But, you're a snake.

Sir Hiss: So was the snake with Odie. But, I am a friend, and I even saved you from Kuwagamon.

Goten: Why?

Amy: Don't listen to him! It's a trick!

Sir Hiss: If I was tricking you, I'd use my hypnosis on you guys. Granted, it's not as strong as Kaa's, but you get the idea.

He cleared his throat a bit.

Sir Hiss: And anyway, at least listen before judging me: I was put out as an outcast.

Discord: (chuckles) And (points to himself) IIIII helped.

Sir Hiss: (bitterly) You're not making it easier. (to the others) And heck, if we make some peace here, I won't be an outcast anymore and be back with my remaining friends.

Goten: (frowns) Will you stop the Kuwagamon attacks?

Sir Hiss: Yes, honest.

Nic: So which friends?

Sir Hiss: (sighs) To be honest, only Kaa's my friend now. And Snakelord USE to be my friend before A. I found out he had a crush on the girl I like, and B. said girl died and he became distant from everyone. And sure, I lost many other friends over the years...(looks saddened) Nagini and the Blue Racer and Malcho and...

Discord: And Master Viper before Cell.

Sir Hiss: (heartbroken) Yes...her too...

He looked seriously to them.

Sir Hiss: Please, come to the castle! Please! Just show them you want peace. Show them the wolves want piece and show them that your kind will not harm us...(pleading) Please...please...(clings to them) Pleeeeeease!!

Goten: Gah!

Amy: (goes to him) Goten! No!

Sir Hiss: Come...please...please...yes please yes...

Goten, however, kicked the annoying serpent away.

Goten: (snaps) No!

Sir Hiss: AHHHH!!

Psycho: Yeeeah, this is why you don't grovel like that, Kaa.

Sir Hiss: I'm Hiss!

Rouge: And we don't care!

Discord: Exactly! Ha-ha-ha! I'm liking your foes every minute. They're soooo unpredictable! (points to Nack and Psycho) Especially those two.

Sir Hiss: (sweatdrops) You didn't have to make it THAT big of a deal, Discord.

Nack: (ponders) Discord? Hmmm...why does that name sound familiar?

Goten, however, pulled him away.

Goten: Come on, guys!

Quickly, they ran out of the ruins. Sir Hiss tried going after them.

Sir Hiss: No! Wait! Wait, please! Please, wait! Please make peace!

However, he yelped, being caught by a rock before it was pulled off, causing him to hit himself ala accordion style.

Sir Hiss: Bother...now I know how Kaa felt that one time.

With the others, they kept running with Goten glancing.

Goten: Now I know what I have to do.

Sleet: Good for you.

Psycho: And we better hurry before that tarred and feathered snake grovels on our feet more pathetically than usual.

Nack: Yeah, he reminds me of the Kaa that we know of.

Dominic: I thought it was Hiss. (to Amy) How do we get to the castle?

Amy: I'll show you.

When they stopped, Amy looked around before making a call and clicking noise while trilling.

Amy: Stanyee tamar.

Then, up came what appeared to be familiar big birds with proud squawks.

Amy: Over here! Stanyee tamar.

The weasel duo looked stunned.

Goten: What's that?

Weasels: It's the snipes!

Amy: No, it's a Chocobo. Stanyee tamar. Dohbar. (trilling) Dohbar.

Goten: How'd you learn to call them?

Amy: The dogs taught me.

Nack: Did they teach you anything else?

Psycho: Besides sniffing your own butt or howling at the moon?

The girl looked annoyed at the duo before continuing. She clicked her tongue a bit.

Amy: Stanyee tamar. Dohbah. Myee ban...

One roared a bit, making a few of them jump in fear.

Amy: (to her friends) Don't be afraid. (to the Chocobos) Stanyee, Stanyee. Dohbah. (to the others) Let's go.

She hopped on one of them.

Amy: Oh, Bar, bar. (to Goten) They'll take us.

Goten: But...Amy, you don't have to go.

Amy: I know...but I WANT to.

Goten: (smiles) Alright...together then!

Snubull barked a bit to his master while the group hopped on.

Amy: No, no, Snubull. You stay hear. Dolah.

It threw a tantrum in anger.

Psycho: Get over it!!

Sarah: Come on! I wanted to use one of these babies since Nack and Psycho told me about their adventure in the jungle with Mr. Grumpy.

Amy: Oh...Oh, all right. Come on! Tamar, Tamar. Tamar, Snubull, Tamar.

The Pokemon finally hopped to its master's lap.

Amy: Hang on, Goten. They go fast.

Goten: Yes.

The Chocobos dashed off with shock. The Chocobos dashed through the area with many of them screaming and hanging on while the duo laughed hysterically.

Goten: The prophecy didn't say anything about this.

Amy: Prophets don't know everything.

Nic: Point taken. Let's just go to the castle!

Psycho: (singing) Let's just go to the castle! Let's just go to the castle, to beat some snakes' heads in!

Some: Psycho!

Psycho: What?

Finally, the group continued through the area, heading to the castle direction.

(End of Act 3)