Post by Recoome on Sept 2, 2010 16:11:52 GMT -5
Yamcha was excited about this new move he had learned.
“I want to see how this move works in a fight! I’ve been fighting people who are oh so weak lately; I need to look for a real challenge.”
Yamcha took a walk around West city to look for some strong fighters. He looked around, and didn’t seem to find any especially strong fighters. It began to get late, and Yamcha was starting to lose hope on finding a fighter that was around his level. Yamcha eventually stumbled upon a group of A-AS soldiers sitting around a campfire, telling stories to each other. Most of them were the typical ghost stories. Stories about how a woods or a house was haunted because somebody died there. But then one of them began to tell a story that caught Yamcha’s ear. One of the A-AS began to tell the tale of a great power in a nearby mountain. Yamcha leaned in closer to listen.
“…the mountain apparently holds a great temple labyrinth, with many hard puzzles and tests. Some of the smartest known people have gone in and never returned. Apparently, people starve to death, because once you enter, you must complete the challenges to get out. And even if they did make it to the final room, there is apparently a beast so strong, so terrifying, then the best warriors fear to even go near that mountain. It is said to have twenty eyes, ten hands with ten razor sharp claws on each, and a tail that can destroy continents with just one swing. Not only that, but it is said that the beast feeds off fear, and destroy people by exploding there fear.”
The rest of the A-AS members began to shiver, thinking of the horrible beast. Yamcha thought about going into hat place. I mean, he IS the best around. No strange looking beast is going to keep him down from entering that mountain. The A-AS member continued.
“The name of this mountain is Mt. Bloodspine. It is a little northwest of here. You can easily see it because it is a very tall mountain, surrounded by smaller mountains.”
Another A-AS spoke up.
“Why would anyone risk their lives and go in there? Is there some kind of reward?”
“They say that if you slay the horrible beast, you receive an item that will greatly aid those who use what is known as ‘ki’ in battle.”
“I don’t believe a word of it.”
Suddenly, one of their walkie-talkies began to go off, and they began to run to their objective. Yamcha began to think about the tale he had just heard.
“This sounds like an amazing opportunity to test out my new abilities. It looks like I’m going to take a little trip to Mt.Bloodspine!”
Yamcha rested for the night, and then he set off for the mountain.
He could easily tell what mountain it was, it looked just like the man had described. Yamcha stood at the entrance to the labyrinth. He took a deep breath, and then walked in. Yamcha walked down what seemed like an endless amount of stairs. While walking, Yamcha began to think.
“It seems like the tales about this place are true. I don’t think there would be such a long flight of stairs if there wasn’t anything at the bottom.”
It was pitch black until Yamcha reached the bottom, where there was torches illuminating the room. Yamcha saw words inscribed on a door. He read them aloud:
“Those who enter, expect not to come back.”
Yamcha shivered as he opened a door into a room with a gaping hole in the middle of it. Above the hole, there was a log that ran all the way across the hole. Yamcha looked into the hole, and saw that it was covered in spikes. There was an inscription on a podium next to the hole. Yamcha read:
“For your first test, you must cross this chasm of spikes to the other side.”
Yamcha laughed at the challenge, for he had the ability to fly, and he could easily fly over the pit. Yamcha jumped up in the air, and realized that he couldn’t fly for some reason.
“Could it be that there is some sort of magical force that is preventing me from flying?”
With a groan, Yamcha began to walk the log. He walked very slowly, making sure not to fall off it. It was difficult, but he was able to make it to the other side. Yamcha goes through the next door. In the next room there is another hole, but this time there are multiple tiles on top of the hole. The hole was much bigger than the previous one. The tiles were spaced out so that none touched each other, but you could easily jump to each other. There was a lever on the wall, and another inscription. Yamcha read the inscription:
“Once you pull the lever, some of these tiles will drop. Memorize which do not. After the tiles rise back up, you must jump onto the tiles, only jumping on the tiles that did not fall. If you jump on one that fell, the tile will collapse and you will fall to your doom.”
Yamcha took a deep breath, and then pulled the lever. He tried to memorize what tiles had dropped, but he didn’t have enough time to memorize it all. Yamcha took a jump on the first platform. He landed with a loud thud. Yamcha waited.
“It looks like I am on the right platform.”
Yamcha began to jump from one platform to another, none began to fall. Although this was a dangerous task, Yamcha was beginning to have fun. He began to hop about so fast, they he began to lose track of which platforms were safe to land on, and what ones dropped him to his death. Yamcha was about ¾ of the way done, when he stepped on one that made a cracking noise, unlike the others. Suddenly, the tile began to drop.
“Whoa!”
Yamcha made a leap upwards, and landed on another. However, that one also began to fall. Yamcha leaped from one platform to another, each one instantly dropping. Due to Yamcha’s amazing speed, he was able to make it across the chasm without dyeing. Yamcha stopped to catch his breath.
“I can’t afford to screw up like that again.”
Yamcha entered the next room. Yamcha saw a bunch of walls that seemed to go off in strange directions. There were no instructions, other than the word ‘maze’ written above the maze. Yamcha walked into the maze. There were two paths, with arrows pointing at each path. One path had the drawing of a man running, and the other had a picture of a man holding a boulder.
“I guess ones an agility course, and the others a strength course.”
After thinking about it, Yamcha decided to go through the strength course. Yamcha entered a room filled with many giant rocks scattered around. Yamcha found more instructions. He read:
“You must push and pull the rocks so that they forma path out of this maze.”
Yamcha studied the boulders. He began to move them slowly to different places. At first, it took him a while to position them. But then he quickly found a path out of the maze. He walked into the next room. There was a colossal door standing there, and on top of it said:
“Congratulations, you have successfully made it through the tough challenges. Now, you must face the biggest of all.”
Yamcha knew that this meant the fight with the horrid creature. Yamcha took a moment to get himself prepared.
“You can do this Yamcha. You are strong enough to kill this thing”
Yamcha opened the door, and saw a huge arena. There stood a horrible beast, just like the A-AS man described him. The beast said:
“I have been watching your every move since you came here. You may have noticed that your ability to fly was taken away from you during the tests. That was to ensure that you did not cheat. You can fly now Now, it is time for our fight.”
And with that, Yamcha and the beast flew at each other, and when they collided hey both began to go all out. The beast’s claws were hacking around the air, barely missing Yamcha each time. Yamcha shot a quick eye beam, breaking there close-quarter duel. The beast’s tail now began to swipe around in the air. Yamcha did his best to evade the beast’s tail, but ended up getting hit by it, sending him flying towards the grounds.
“It seems as though I greatly overestimated your power. It is such a shame that you were just as strong as the other fools who have ventured down here. I was hoping that you would be different, but it seems that I was wrong. Now, I must kill you.”
The beast went hurling at Yamcha, but was knocked away when Yamcha shot a splitter ball at the beast. Yamcha stood up and smirked. He knew it was time.
“WOLF! FANG! FIST!”
Yamcha flew at the beast while the sound of a wolf was howling through the air. Yamcha unleashed a flurry of punches at the beast. The beast was knocked down to the ground. The beast slowly disintegrated, revealing a big chest. Yamcha walked over to it. Yamcha began to open it, a blinding golden light coming out of it, treasure chest opening music from Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time playing from nowhere. Yamcha dug deep within the chest, and pulled out….
A compass.
“AWWWW COME ON! WHY DO THEY PUT THESE FRIGGIN’ THINGS IN BIG CHESTS ANYWAY?”
Yamcha entered the next room, where he saw another big chest. Opening Yamcha walked over to this one, a blinding golden light coming out of it, treasure chest opening music from Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time playing from nowhere. Yamcha dug deep within the chest, and pulled out….
A map.
“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE ME MY NEW ITEM ALREADY!”
Yamcha found another door, walked through it, saw another chest. Yamcha flung this one open, and finally found what he was looking for. It was a magical bracelet, and the moment he put it on, he found that his ki began to surge through his body, making his limits in ki greatly expanded. Yamcha walked out of the great labyrinth, thanks to some convenient stairs. As Yamcha emerged from the underground, he realized that he was now many times stronger, thanks to the bracelet. He also realized that this new move he learned also made him stronger. Yamcha flew back home, happy that he is now a greater fighter that he could ever dreamed to be.
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“I want to see how this move works in a fight! I’ve been fighting people who are oh so weak lately; I need to look for a real challenge.”
Yamcha took a walk around West city to look for some strong fighters. He looked around, and didn’t seem to find any especially strong fighters. It began to get late, and Yamcha was starting to lose hope on finding a fighter that was around his level. Yamcha eventually stumbled upon a group of A-AS soldiers sitting around a campfire, telling stories to each other. Most of them were the typical ghost stories. Stories about how a woods or a house was haunted because somebody died there. But then one of them began to tell a story that caught Yamcha’s ear. One of the A-AS began to tell the tale of a great power in a nearby mountain. Yamcha leaned in closer to listen.
“…the mountain apparently holds a great temple labyrinth, with many hard puzzles and tests. Some of the smartest known people have gone in and never returned. Apparently, people starve to death, because once you enter, you must complete the challenges to get out. And even if they did make it to the final room, there is apparently a beast so strong, so terrifying, then the best warriors fear to even go near that mountain. It is said to have twenty eyes, ten hands with ten razor sharp claws on each, and a tail that can destroy continents with just one swing. Not only that, but it is said that the beast feeds off fear, and destroy people by exploding there fear.”
The rest of the A-AS members began to shiver, thinking of the horrible beast. Yamcha thought about going into hat place. I mean, he IS the best around. No strange looking beast is going to keep him down from entering that mountain. The A-AS member continued.
“The name of this mountain is Mt. Bloodspine. It is a little northwest of here. You can easily see it because it is a very tall mountain, surrounded by smaller mountains.”
Another A-AS spoke up.
“Why would anyone risk their lives and go in there? Is there some kind of reward?”
“They say that if you slay the horrible beast, you receive an item that will greatly aid those who use what is known as ‘ki’ in battle.”
“I don’t believe a word of it.”
Suddenly, one of their walkie-talkies began to go off, and they began to run to their objective. Yamcha began to think about the tale he had just heard.
“This sounds like an amazing opportunity to test out my new abilities. It looks like I’m going to take a little trip to Mt.Bloodspine!”
Yamcha rested for the night, and then he set off for the mountain.
He could easily tell what mountain it was, it looked just like the man had described. Yamcha stood at the entrance to the labyrinth. He took a deep breath, and then walked in. Yamcha walked down what seemed like an endless amount of stairs. While walking, Yamcha began to think.
“It seems like the tales about this place are true. I don’t think there would be such a long flight of stairs if there wasn’t anything at the bottom.”
It was pitch black until Yamcha reached the bottom, where there was torches illuminating the room. Yamcha saw words inscribed on a door. He read them aloud:
“Those who enter, expect not to come back.”
Yamcha shivered as he opened a door into a room with a gaping hole in the middle of it. Above the hole, there was a log that ran all the way across the hole. Yamcha looked into the hole, and saw that it was covered in spikes. There was an inscription on a podium next to the hole. Yamcha read:
“For your first test, you must cross this chasm of spikes to the other side.”
Yamcha laughed at the challenge, for he had the ability to fly, and he could easily fly over the pit. Yamcha jumped up in the air, and realized that he couldn’t fly for some reason.
“Could it be that there is some sort of magical force that is preventing me from flying?”
With a groan, Yamcha began to walk the log. He walked very slowly, making sure not to fall off it. It was difficult, but he was able to make it to the other side. Yamcha goes through the next door. In the next room there is another hole, but this time there are multiple tiles on top of the hole. The hole was much bigger than the previous one. The tiles were spaced out so that none touched each other, but you could easily jump to each other. There was a lever on the wall, and another inscription. Yamcha read the inscription:
“Once you pull the lever, some of these tiles will drop. Memorize which do not. After the tiles rise back up, you must jump onto the tiles, only jumping on the tiles that did not fall. If you jump on one that fell, the tile will collapse and you will fall to your doom.”
Yamcha took a deep breath, and then pulled the lever. He tried to memorize what tiles had dropped, but he didn’t have enough time to memorize it all. Yamcha took a jump on the first platform. He landed with a loud thud. Yamcha waited.
“It looks like I am on the right platform.”
Yamcha began to jump from one platform to another, none began to fall. Although this was a dangerous task, Yamcha was beginning to have fun. He began to hop about so fast, they he began to lose track of which platforms were safe to land on, and what ones dropped him to his death. Yamcha was about ¾ of the way done, when he stepped on one that made a cracking noise, unlike the others. Suddenly, the tile began to drop.
“Whoa!”
Yamcha made a leap upwards, and landed on another. However, that one also began to fall. Yamcha leaped from one platform to another, each one instantly dropping. Due to Yamcha’s amazing speed, he was able to make it across the chasm without dyeing. Yamcha stopped to catch his breath.
“I can’t afford to screw up like that again.”
Yamcha entered the next room. Yamcha saw a bunch of walls that seemed to go off in strange directions. There were no instructions, other than the word ‘maze’ written above the maze. Yamcha walked into the maze. There were two paths, with arrows pointing at each path. One path had the drawing of a man running, and the other had a picture of a man holding a boulder.
“I guess ones an agility course, and the others a strength course.”
After thinking about it, Yamcha decided to go through the strength course. Yamcha entered a room filled with many giant rocks scattered around. Yamcha found more instructions. He read:
“You must push and pull the rocks so that they forma path out of this maze.”
Yamcha studied the boulders. He began to move them slowly to different places. At first, it took him a while to position them. But then he quickly found a path out of the maze. He walked into the next room. There was a colossal door standing there, and on top of it said:
“Congratulations, you have successfully made it through the tough challenges. Now, you must face the biggest of all.”
Yamcha knew that this meant the fight with the horrid creature. Yamcha took a moment to get himself prepared.
“You can do this Yamcha. You are strong enough to kill this thing”
Yamcha opened the door, and saw a huge arena. There stood a horrible beast, just like the A-AS man described him. The beast said:
“I have been watching your every move since you came here. You may have noticed that your ability to fly was taken away from you during the tests. That was to ensure that you did not cheat. You can fly now Now, it is time for our fight.”
And with that, Yamcha and the beast flew at each other, and when they collided hey both began to go all out. The beast’s claws were hacking around the air, barely missing Yamcha each time. Yamcha shot a quick eye beam, breaking there close-quarter duel. The beast’s tail now began to swipe around in the air. Yamcha did his best to evade the beast’s tail, but ended up getting hit by it, sending him flying towards the grounds.
“It seems as though I greatly overestimated your power. It is such a shame that you were just as strong as the other fools who have ventured down here. I was hoping that you would be different, but it seems that I was wrong. Now, I must kill you.”
The beast went hurling at Yamcha, but was knocked away when Yamcha shot a splitter ball at the beast. Yamcha stood up and smirked. He knew it was time.
“WOLF! FANG! FIST!”
Yamcha flew at the beast while the sound of a wolf was howling through the air. Yamcha unleashed a flurry of punches at the beast. The beast was knocked down to the ground. The beast slowly disintegrated, revealing a big chest. Yamcha walked over to it. Yamcha began to open it, a blinding golden light coming out of it, treasure chest opening music from Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time playing from nowhere. Yamcha dug deep within the chest, and pulled out….
A compass.
“AWWWW COME ON! WHY DO THEY PUT THESE FRIGGIN’ THINGS IN BIG CHESTS ANYWAY?”
Yamcha entered the next room, where he saw another big chest. Opening Yamcha walked over to this one, a blinding golden light coming out of it, treasure chest opening music from Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time playing from nowhere. Yamcha dug deep within the chest, and pulled out….
A map.
“FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE ME MY NEW ITEM ALREADY!”
Yamcha found another door, walked through it, saw another chest. Yamcha flung this one open, and finally found what he was looking for. It was a magical bracelet, and the moment he put it on, he found that his ki began to surge through his body, making his limits in ki greatly expanded. Yamcha walked out of the great labyrinth, thanks to some convenient stairs. As Yamcha emerged from the underground, he realized that he was now many times stronger, thanks to the bracelet. He also realized that this new move he learned also made him stronger. Yamcha flew back home, happy that he is now a greater fighter that he could ever dreamed to be.
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