A Gummi Beginning... (Finished)

[jimmydalad]

The moon was at the top of the sky in Traverse Town and the light shone upon the many buildings, giving them an eerie glow. No one was outside and all was at peace. Or was it?

A blue portal appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the square and out of it came.... A monster? A gummi? No. A puni. A blob of blue gelatin with a face bounced out of the portal and looked around, curious to see the new world, but this was no ordinary puni. This blob was in fact Puni Kiro, one of the esteemed members of the Knights of the Round Puni.

Puni Kiro took some time to look around, surveying his surroundings. Buildings littered the landscape and there was no sign of any greenery around. Puni Kiro then said to himself.

"Boy, the king was right, this place is a dump. Oh well, at least I'm on a holiday~! Yay me!" He still didn't know why the king wanted him to travel, but Kiro didn't really care.

"Boy, if the rest of the worlds are like this, I might be in for a bumpy and annoying ride." He said in a annoyed tone. "Plus I have to watch out for these 'dark beings', can't this puni get a break? Well at least nothing happened, for now"

Kiro then noticed the absence of anything. No punis, no monsters, nothing. Though he sorta liked it that way, he needed to check if anyone was around. At the top of his voice, he shouted:

"Hello? Is anyone here? Hellloooo?"

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

(om sorry, me and rexy where haveing fun getting a lot of stuff done XD )

Ash was wondering around in the first district, alone, as usual. You would think bing so short and adorable, would get her more attention, since well.. she looked like a kid.
But no one seemed to want to be around herhich made Ash a little sad.. but it as ok. Less people that would end up scared of her...

Ash was about to move on to a diffrent district, seeing as there was absolutly nothing to do here, when she heard a voice.

As if she here some sort of fox of somthing, Ash's attention quickly turned to where the sound came from, and she went toards the sound, but quietly, hideing among smaller areas of the buildings around's shadows.

Ash was then surprised at what she saw, it wasn't any person.... but a blue blob thing!
Hhhmmm... it must be a feind, like on pulse. Although, There hasn't been any feinds here... just heartless. But it liikes like a baby version of the annoying elemental blob things! Ash thought as she crept a little closer to the creature, hopefully un noticed.

it looks so friendly! what the heck is it!? She continued to think as she crept up closer on it.
As soon as she got close enough, she took her staff and lightly poked at the creature to get its attention, then changed her position to a defensive one incase it would attack, but so she woudn't look very threatening if it was nice.

( XD shes so silleh )

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Puni Kiro got no reply to his shouts, which was very odd. The puni was now starting to worry if anyone was even here. This place must be a real dump if anyone isn't here. Oh well, guess I'll just walk around. Wonder what the king meant by "dark beings"?[/color] The puni was about to leave when he felt a sharp poke from behind which really hurt. This made him rapidly turn around and see what looked like a tiny being wielding some stick in a defensive pose.

This sight just made him laugh really loud and he said in a slightly annoyed voice. "What was that for? I mean come on! I haven't even done anything and you just started poking me!"

Calming down, Kiro then said. "I'm not going to try to kill you. Actually, I can't even hurt you right now, unless you are weaker than a bored cat, which I doubt you are. What's your name and why are you short? Are all the beings on the world this short? I could've sworn that they would be bigger."

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Ash almost screamed in surprise that the blue thing started talking to her. she didn't expect that at ALL.

"I-I I'm really sorry! I didn't mean for that to hurt! I thought you might be a feind!" Ash said in her imidate defense.

Ash made a pouty fae when the blue blob imidiatly called her short. She placed her staff back on her back, and the crossed her arms. "Hey! what gives you the right to call me short!? you'r smaller then mee!!!" Ash said and pretty much pouted like a small child. She didn't like being called short. she already kne she was, it was obvious. no need to have it pointed out!
" My name is Ashtoreth since you asked. and no, I am just very small. I haven't seen anyone here smaller then me aside from you!" she said and stuck her tounge out at him.
"What are you anyways? I've never seen a tallking blue ball."

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"Hey! what gives you the right to call me short!? you'r smaller then mee!!!" The small creature said. Laughing to himself, Kiro said in a comical tone:

"But my race is meant to be this short~. It's kinda rare to see punis bigger than me. I'm hazarding a guess that the rest of your race is taller than you." He couldn't help it, he liked teasing people and this one was a prime target. Laughing, he then heard her say:

" My name is Ashtoreth since you asked. and no, I am just very small. I haven't seen anyone here smaller then me aside from you!" The petite girl said, sticking out her tongue at Kiro. He couldn't stop himself from laughing, she was a very funny being to be with. "What are you anyways? I've never seen a tallking blue ball." Ash asked him curiously.

Trying hard to hold back the laughter, Kiro said. "I was right! You are shorter than everyone except me~. My name is Puni Kiro, but call me Kiro. My race is called the Punis. Puni singular. I could go more into it, but I don't feel like it." Calming down, Kiro noticed a weird tattoo on Ash's foot. Curious, Kiro said.

"Hey shorty! What's with the tattoo?"

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Ash still didn't like that the blue thing as calling her short.
Hey, how did he know that she wasn't a child that haddn't stopped growing yet!? Everyone else seemed to assume that...

That though was immidiatly thrown out the window when he asked about her brand.
Crap! did I really forget to cover that today!? Ash though and glanced down at her ankle.
Dammit!

"Thats not my name Kiro... and its really nothing, don't bother!" Ash quickly answered and then crossed over her legs while she stood so her brand could be covered before he could identify what her "tattoo" acctually was.
She had no idea what people in this world would want to hurt her because of that very mark... so really anyone who saw it, cause endanger her.

[jimmydalad]

"Thats not my name Kiro... and its really nothing, don't bother!" Ash said. This confused Kiro. He noticed her try to hide the tattoo she had on her foot, which made Kiro realize something. She was hiding something. A large smirk stretched across
his face as he slyly asked.

"What are you hiding shorty? Come on tell me Ash. That tattoo is no ordinary one isn't it. I'm not stupid, you're trying to hide it. Something is up. So come on... You can tell this little puni. I won't kill you" Kiro was hoping she wouldn't dodge the question or act like an idiot. So he partially lied to her and said.:

"I'm a member of the Knights of the Round Puni. One reason they chose me was because of my power of perception. I can see when someone is hiding something in a heartbeat. Don't try to hide anything from me. So come on, spill it. You can't keep it a secret forever."

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Ash got really nervous when Kiro started to pester her about her brand.
She really didn't want anyone to know, that didn't in the first place, that it was a L'cie brand.
After all, to any normal civilization that she had come in contact with, had thought that the L'cie, especially Pulse L'cie where the most horrible bein on the plannet.
But it looked like she had no choice but to tell... he would be able to read her.. apparently.

It made Ash the most nervous when Kiro said that he was a knight. great! that means he's part of the government! Ash thought as she got even more panicked and backed up.

Ash took the staff off her back agian and held it in both her hands defensivly.
" A knight you say?" Ash said and pointed her staff at the blob.
"Why would I trust a knight? They're the same as Soilders! and I've had to kill many of those that where after my life simply because of my brand." Ash said, stareing him down with her yellow eyes.

Ash moved her leg out from behind the other and stood strongly with her staff.
"I'm a L'cie. A demon, a devil. Anyone who carries my same mark is a threat to all life. Some L'cie destroy individuals, some destroy Cities, maybe even worlds." Ash paused. she really was trying to make herself seem intimidateing. She had always been like that. She was so tiny, that she had to throw people off somehow...
Especially without her powers, no more then ever she had to try and just scare people away.
Ash was no real threat.
"But I've already done my part. My brand is frozen. And I dont plan on loseing my life for what I have done 500 years in the past! So if you want to try to kill me, I can't stop you, but i will destroy you!" Ash said and gripped her staff tighter.

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Puni Kiro just sat there, listening to Ash backing up, trying to threaten him. It was sorta cute, seeing her face like that. He had to admit, he was slightly insulted to being compared to soldier. I mean knights are sooooo much cooler than soldiers Puni Kiro thought to himself.

She said she was a L'cie, which she described as a demon, but looking at her now, she looked nothing like a demon, albeit a short, cute one. She then went on to mention that she had been alive for 500 years and that she'd destroy him. At this, Puni Kiro burst out in laughter, unable to contain himself any longer. While laughing, Kiro started cooing and said to her.

"Awww. The little girl is trying to threaten me. You do know you aren't scary at all. Maybe if you were taller and had a weapon that wasn't a wooden stick, maybe then would you strike a little fear into me." Kiro was now starting to calm down. Looking at her, he said, in a comedic voice "Oh yeah. Don't compare knights to soldiers. Knights are soooo much cooler than them and also, why would I try to kill you? Just because you're a L'cie or whatever they're called? Man, that must suck. I want to be your friend!"

Bouncing closer to her, Kiro then said. "Look, I don't know about your government or whatever, but the kingdom of Punira isn't like that. All the knight's are pretty lazy and we just wanna have a good time! Come on, I don't care that you can supposedly destroy worlds, even though it looks to me that the only thing you can destroy is a house of cards, you seem fun to be with. Let's be friends!"

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Ash was... very confused when the blue ball wasn't even scare a bit, and just started laughing at her.

" I can compair whatever I want. they both have to do with the government, and both are not very nice!" Ash called back, and still tried to keep up her tougher deminer, even if he said he wanted to be her friend. she didn't quite belive that yet.

I don't care that you can supposedly destroy worlds, even though it looks to me that the only thing you can destroy is a house of cards, you seem fun to be with. Let's be friends!"

This made Ash both mad, and laugh.
"Heeeyy!!!! Thats not very nice! you may be right... I'm not that strong since my L'cie powers are gone but I can still kill people, and I do it on occasion!" She said and knelt down and placed her staff next to her.
"You're a meanie face!" she said and decided to poke him ith her finger, but instead of bing threatening, Ash smiled. "But if you don't want me dead then your a good person... thingy to me!
Maybe they could still be friends after all.

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"Heeeyy!!!! Thats not very nice! you may be right... I'm not that strong since my L'cie powers are gone but I can still kill people, and I do it on occasion!"

"Sure you do." He said in a sarcastic tone. "I'll take your word, but I still don't think you..." Kiro was saying, until Ash poked him with her finger and said "You're a meanie face!". This caused a ticklish sensation to travel all over him. He then suddenly spurted out:

"Nuo!!!!! That's ticklish!! The sensation stopped and Kiro looked at Ash, blushing profusely. She then said.

"But if you don't want me dead then your a good person... thingy to me! This statement sorta touched Kiro. The only friends he really had were the Puni Brothers and they were of on some other mission. Looking at her, he said.

"Thanks! By the way, I'm a Puni. Pu-ni. And I'd love to be friends! You're fun, and I like fun! So friends?"

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

It made Ash giggle a lot when Kiro showed how ticklish he was. It made Ash happy that he was so squishy, so much fun to poke!

"Aaawww But your squishy! fun to poke!" Ash said and smiled, her more child like expression was starting appear agian, as was her usual nature.

When Kiro agian said that he wanted to be friends, ash smiled.
"Mkay! I'd like that! I don't have any friends.... they're all dead..." Ash said but a little sadly hen she said that they where dead.
She then agian looked up and poked Kiro agian before he could tell her not too, and started giggleing agian.

"Where were you headed too?" she decided to ask. She had been in Traverse Town for a little while. Since no one really talked to her, it gave her time to explore, so she kne the area pretty well.

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"Mkay! I'd like that! I don't have any friends.... they're all dead..." Ash said, turning a bit sad. At this, Kiro said to her.

"Wow.. that sucks. At least we're friends now! Don't be sad!" He was trying to make her happy again. He then heard Ash ask.

"Where were you headed to?" This made him pause and think. The King said to find his way from here, but he had no idea where to go! Blushing a bit, he said to Ash.

"To be honest, I have no idea. We can go to other worlds with this medallion, but I don't know of others except here and my home world, and I don't want to go back to my home world. I should stick around, but I'm not sure. Do you wanna go anywhere?

[Kuri, Queen of Feels]

Ash was fasinated by the fact that the medallion that Kiro had could transport them to diffrent worlds.
She honestly had no idea how she got out of Grand Pulse, since she awakoe from being crystalized in some sort of museum.
She had no knowlegde of any other worlds aside from Pulse, that one, and here.

"I don't know of any worlds I want to go to either... Back on Pulse, you'll probably get confused with a feind!" she said and then looked around. There wasn't much to do here in the first district, but she didn't know what Kiro was up to. maybe he had somthing to do here even if he didn't kno it.

"What here you tryin to do by coming here?" Ash asked. " Cause I kno my ay around this world pretty well." She said and smiled.
"This is the most peiceful area in the world. If e go through the big doors over there" Ash pointed to the doors to the second district
" That area, although useful because it has things like shops and a hotel, has a fair amount of heartless. They're not to hard to kill, just annoying." She said and then started to walk around in a small circle-ish shape but looking in on certian direction.
"Well i can't see it right now, but there is a Door to the Third district somewhere. That district has a lot of heartless, and from what I experianced... not much going on there." she said and then started to wonder what Kiro would want to do.

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"I don't know of any worlds I want to go to either... Back on Pulse, you'll probably get confused with a feind!" Ash said, causing Puni Kiro to laugh,.

"Well I'm glad I'm here, and not there" He replied humorously, lightening up the mood. He liked Ash a lot, but only as a friend. "But now I have no idea what to do!"

She then went on to explain the layout of Traverse Town, which really helped Kiro out. It was a shame she didn't know of other worlds they could travel to. Kiro then decided to stay here for a while, looking up at Ash, he said.

"Well. I think we should go to the hotel. I can't go alone as the only thing protecting me is this medallion. I prefer healing and supporting anyway. By the way, I wasn't accepted into the Knights because of my perception. That was a lie. I actually am a very accomplished healer so I can heal most of your wounds." Kiro then paused, allowing her to soak the information in. He then added jokingly "Oh yeah. Why I'm here, I have no idea."