MWUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! LUNA'S TALE IS FINALLY A GO!!!!!!!!! hope you enjoy this as much as i did.

i listened to "Follow Me Up To Carlow" by Off Kilter which put my into OVER DRIVE WRITING!!!!!!!! Well Luna is happy and so here is the first chapter of many, many to come.

Luna’s Tale

Chapter I

Somewhere in the Ogamma cluster on a small backwater planet lived a small family of nagas. One naga in particular named Luna was going to witness an event that would haunt her for years to come.

Planet El’Vent; near the city of Egynt’Verta

In a small clearing a group of young nagas were playing tag in holes while two giant nagas were watching the area for anything that may try to harm the little ones. “Come on guys! It’s not fair to hide in the ground while playing tag,” said a one of the nagas. “Well Luna if you didn’t worry so much about getting dirt in your hair then it would be fair onii-chan,” said one of the nagas hiding in a hole. The naga that was not in a hole was called Luna. She had bluish green hair; sapphire blue eyes; her scales were a mixture of blue, green, and brown; and she had brown scales on her arms.

She was the only who didn’t like digging because she heard rumors that the humans had underground bases and passage ways. She sometimes heard noises coming from under the cave her and her family lived in. She did find a human tunnel once but her father quickly covered the hole with more earth in the passage so that the humans wouldn’t find them. He warned the other children to be careful when they dig so that the humans wouldn’t find them and to collapse or freeze any tunnels under their cave that doesn’t have metal rails in it.

Luna slammed her tail against the ground in frustration. She looked at her mother who just smiled at her. Her mother had blond hair; golden eyes; tanned skin; and bluish green scales on her tail. She said something to Luna’s father who went into the forest, probably to go look for food for Luna and her siblings. Her mother called out, “Okay everyone time to head back home.” The other young nagas slithered out of the holes and went back towards the cave. Luna stopped next to her mother and asked her while looking up her, “Mom how come the others pick on me?” “Well Luna, it’s because your special and you understand how important it is to stay away from human and also the dwarves that live here. Now come along dear, your farther will be back soon once he finds us something to eat,” Her mother said with a smile as she slithered back to the cave with Luna trailing behind her.

Three minutes later…

The small group of nagas came to a stop at a fairly large cave, big enough to house two 50 foot nagas and about seven young nagas. The others went in but Luna stayed outside and decided to head over to her favorite tree that she always climbed. She always liked to climb to the very top so that she could pretend to be tall as her mother and father.

She headed a few feet away from the cave and began to climb the tree with red fruits on and settled on the lowest branch. She grabbed one of the red fruits that resembled an apple from the tree. She took a bite out of the red fruit; she then looked up at the sky and watched the clouds go by. ~Someday I’ll go on my own adventure like dad did ~ She thought happily to herself. She began to munch on it. “So this is where you like to be all the time Luna,” said a voice right next to her. She chocked on the apple for a second and spinned to see a human boy standing in front of her. “Jezz Elric, don’t sneak up no me like that,” Luna said to the boy named Elric. He had slightly tanned skin; shaggy blond hair and slightly yellow eyes; he was slightly taller than Luna who was 4’9”; he wore a simple brown t-shirt; brown baggy pants; and a pair of sneakers. His family and him were the only humans allowed to come here since his family lives about not even a quarter of a mile from Luna’s home.

“Scared you didn’t I?” Elric said with a grin. “Yes you did and you know that it is dangerous to be here,” Luna replied. “My family and me are kept safe because your parents rescued us from slavers remember. Besides your family won’t harm me unless I try to hurt you,” he said in a passive tone. Luna looked at him and took another bit out of her apple. He grabbed an apple and sat down next to Luna who coiled her tail around his waist. “How long have we been friends Luna? Three years hasn’t?” he said as he took a large chunk out of the red orb. She looked up at the sky and said, “It has been three years and I was only joking about it being dangerous here, my family wouldn’t hurt you guys ever since you found out that there are dwarven passage ways under our home.” “I know Luna and why do you always wrap your tail around me when ever I’m near you?” he asked her. She uncoiled him and turned her head while blushing a little.

“Do you remember that time when…I…Um…Ate you?” she stammered. He looked at her and placed his right arm around her and said in a teasing voice, “Of course I remember it’s impossible to forget since you were the one that nursed me back to health.” She bushed even more since Elric put his arm around her. He looked at her with a smug grin and said, “Well I didn’t know you could blush like that Luna.” She looked at him and suddenly pushed him off the branch but caught him by his ankle with her tail. “Don’t be so mean Elric or do you want to spend the night in a dark and cramped place?” she said evilly. He knew that the last part of Luna’s statement was no option so he decided to get her even more mad. “By a cramped space, do you mean that hole at the base of this tree or that place in your cave where mold grows,” he said trying to get her even more mad and to make her back up her threat. She lifted him up so that they could see each other in the eye. “That was your final warning Elric, now its time face the punishment,” she said with a semi wicked smile. He knew that Luna wouldn’t hurt him since he had been healed by her when he had fallen extremely ill.

Luna lifted him above her head. She tilted her head and opened her mouth wide so that Elric could see into her throat. She then began to lower him into her awaiting maw. His head enter her mouth and thus began him being eaten. She licked his face with her tongue as he was lowered even more into her mouth. He didn’t care because she had done this to him at least four times already and now he was making it the fifth time. His head entered her throat and he began being pulled down her fleshy tunnel towards her stomach. A large bump formed in her throat as Elric was being pulled down further into her body. She got past his shoulders which she was licking as well to enjoy his taste. She let out a small moan of pleasure as the lump in her throat was being pushed further and further into her body. His head entered her stomach and soon his shoulders disappeared into Luna’s mouth as she continued to swallow him.

She got past his torso and began pulling his legs into her mouth. Her stomach was beginning to bulge slightly as Elric’s feet enter her mouth and with one last gulp, his feet traveled down Luna’s throat and disappeared at her collar bone. “AH! I haven’t done that to you in at least ten months Elric,” she giggled as she rubbed her filled belly that was just bulging slightly. Elric moved a little to make himself comfortable inside Luna’s stomach which made her giggle even more. He enjoyed the sensation of being inside her stomach and he was the only thing that she could not digest.

He could feel her hand moving up and down as she rubbed her stomach with her friend safe tucked inside. She laid on the branch for a few minutes and decided to head back to the cave. She climbed down and she could feel Elric shifting, he was trying to get her to laugh by moving around as much as possible. She couldn’t help but laugh since there was no chance of letting him out for the night seeing that his parents knew where he was since he had told them that he might be spending the night at Luna’s home in a soft bed. His parents understood and didn’t mind if Luna ate him as long he was safe.

Once she was on the ground, she slithered back into the cave right when her father came into view with several semi giant boars. She slithered next to her mother who was laying on the ground resting. Luna’s mother looked at her and noticed her slightly bugled stomach and her meal moving inside it as well. “Let me guess, Elric right?” she asked Luna. She nodded and her mother said, “He doesn’t know when to give up does he, well that’s to be expected since his father never gave up trying to free Elric, his wife, and himself from the slavers.” “Mom, do you think…” she stopped when he mother placed a finger on her mouth and her mother said, “Why don’t you get some sleep, since it is getting dark after all.” Her mother looked up and saw that night was approaching fast. Luna nodded and slithered over to her little corner that she had made and laid down with her best friend safely inside her stomach for the night.

Five minutes later…

While Luna was sleeping peacefully, Elric on the other hand was finding it hard to sleep. He looked at a strange mark on his right hand (it looked exactly like the eternity symbol). He sighed and thought, ~ Three years of being on this backwater planet for this naga which I lay in. Hm! Ternita would not approve about this little relationship but that is not my concern, my only concern now is you Luna. You are now the right age join the Brotherhood, so be prepared my naga friend! ~ He muttered something and the next second, he disappeared in a flash of gold light, but no one would see it.

The following morning…

Luna woke and suddenly sensed something was wrong. She felt that Elric wasn’t inside her stomach and quickly thought, ~ Did I? No, I couldn’t have digested him; it would take at least five weeks to digest him. OOOO! Elric, where did you go! ~

She saw that her mother and father were already gone for the day hunting. Laughter could be heard outside the cave. Luna slithered out and saw her brothers and sister playing tag. ~ Where on earth is Elric? ~ She thought. “YEAH GUYS! DO YOU KNOW WHERE ELRIC IS?” she shouted to them as she slithered over to them.

“NO! We have not seen Elric and if we did…” one of her brothers didn’t finish his sentence because an unholy cry came from behind him. “Wha? What was that?” he said nervously.

Suddenly a morbid monster came crashing through the tree line and stopped before the group of small nagas. It’s body was a decayed corpse of an orc; its head looked half wolf and half T-Rex with the symbol of eternity in the middle of it‘s forehead; its back legs were that of a ostrich and its front legs were that of a tiger; its tail looked liked a skeletal dragon tail; golden tentacles with different end points sprouted out of its back. A lone human was standing atop its head.

~Is that? It can’t be? Elric? ~ She thought. “Elric! Is that you?” she shouted at the person. The person was wearing a golden robe; he had a sword on his back that looked like a mix between a claymore and a broadsword; only his head could be seen clearly for he had short shaggy blonde hair and slightly yellow eyes just like Elric.

The person looked at Luna and said, “Yes Luna, it is I, Elric! I’m sorry but our friendship is now gone but don’t worry, you will be joining me soon, my friend.” He gave off a malice smile and shouted, “THIS IS THE END LUNA!” He jumped up and snapped his fingers before disappearing a blaze of golden light.

The creature surged forward before the group of nagas could react. Luna was either lucky or unlucky because she saw the creature snap up almost all of her siblings in its hideous jaw and it began to grinding them into a bloody paste. She watched in horror as the monster was eating her brothers and sisters. She saw the abomination kill her remaining brothers and sister with it’s golden tentacles and saw them turn to a golden ash.

The creature turned its head towards Luna. She could see it ever color changing eyes that she couldn’t look away from. It opened it blood dripping mouth and utter an ear shatter cry. It stalked towards Luna and stopped short as two figures came bursting out of the ground giving it two powerful upper cuts.

The creature fell back and cried in pain. The two figures were in fact Luna’s parents. “LUNA!!!!! RUN AWAY! WE’LL HANDLE THIS ABOMINATION!” Her dad shouted. Luna looked at him and then she sprinted/slithered off into the woods not looking back.

“So guess this is our last fight together, ai honey?” Luna’s mother asked. “It would appear that way, so lets make sure we bring this beast to hell with us!” Luna’s dad shouted as he attacked the creature.

Two minutes later…

Luna had tears in her eyes as images of her brothers and sisters face looking at her as they died. ~Elric, why? Why did you betray us. Why did you betray me? ~ she thought while she was going full speed away from the creature.

She soon heard two death cries and the roar of the abomination. She could hear it gaining on her fast. ~ OH NO! ~ she suddenly thought.

She suddenly tripped over a rock and fell face flat into what appeared to be snow. She got up and saw a giant mountain looming in front of her. ~ Where? Where am I? ~ she thought.

End of chapter I of Luna’s Tale

I think that this story has a future, keep up the work!

thanks! it really does and luna...well.....she wont let me take a break. T_T

All. Freaking. RIGHT!!! I freakin' love this story so far! Keep up the good work!!

thanks joker. ^^ luna is happy and Elric shall die!!!!!!!!!! i accept evil comments about him

Well, in that case, make that douchebag Elric pay!! Pay with what, you ask? I have no idea!! You decide!!

well joker...you decide, and im glad to see someone has voted for me never to write again.....well this is what i have to say.......DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!!!

Wow, I can't believe someone actually put that down. You didn't have to go and do that, you know! You could've just left constructive criticism or something along those lines!!

Anyway, what to do with Elric...hmmm...(pulls out switchblade) Would you care to know how I got these scars?

Luna’s Tale

Chapter II
Felarya; Frost Peak
Luna looked around and saw nothing but snow and the giant mountain in front of her. ~ How did I get here? More importantly, where should I go now? ~ She thought. She decided to go towards the mountain and find some shelter. She didn’t mind the cold since she was part ice naga.

Five minutes later…

Luna found a small cave and quickly hid behind a small rock. She saw a strange wolf run out of its cave and to some unsuspecting person. ~ Wonder if I should wait for it to come back? I think I will, after all I need to eat too, she thought.

She went into the cave and found a small hole to hide in to wait for her meal to come back.

South of Luna’s position

“Dang it! Why does that stupid part have to be at the Miratan Military Base? Its freezing up here and I don’t like the cold!” Mike grumbled to himself as he walked through the snow heading towards the Miratan Base. He had neck short dirt brown hair; bluish green eyes; and slightly tanned skin. He was wearing a straw cowboy hat; a black sleeveless shirt with a button up jacket; blue leans and a pair on tennis shows; he was also carrying an 1873 revolver and a Shirasaya samurai sword.

He had been walking for one week straight since Crisis or Anna wouldn’t help him. “A…A…ACHOO! Ugh! I think I’m getting a freaking cold,” he sniffed. He continued walking despite being cold. ~Wish Claire was here; she would get me to that accursed base and back before I caught cold! ~ He thought. He missed Claire and wonder how she was doing and also wondered if she was here looking for him.

He sighed and was about to say something else when he suddenly heard a low growling sound coming from behind him. He spinned around and saw a ten foot tall wolf creature. Its eyes were constantly changing color and it had an eternity symbol on its forehead; it also had two golden spikes coming out of its back.

“HOLY CRAP!!!!” Mike yelp in surprise and suddenly realized what the creature was. “AH HELZ!!!! NOW THERE ARE ETERNITY DEMONS HERE?” he shouted as he dodged one of the demon’s spikes. He sliced another spike with his sword. ~ Great… Now how do I kill it? ~ He thought. He side stepped one of the wolf’s claws.

The fight went on for two minutes before Mike received a large three clawed scratch on his back. He cried out in pain and suddenly felt his legs and his right arm going completely stiff. He looked down and saw ice forming on his legs and right arm. ~ What the heck? Is this some kind of poison? ~ He thought.

The wolf jumped forward and knocked Mike to the ground. “HELZ!!!” he shouted and felt the wolf clamp its jaw around his left leg. “LET ME GO YOU UGLY BRUTE!!!!!!!!” he cried as he drew his gun with his left hand. He was dragged away by the wolf back towards its cave where a certain creature lay in wait.

One minute later…

Luna was about to fall asleep when she suddenly heard something being thrown against the wall, a cry of pain along with some bones being broken. She then heard some gun shoots and peeked out of the hole.

She almost gasped because she saw a boy with his back to the wall holding a gun at the wolf. She also noticed that the boy’s legs and right arm had ice on them. “JUST DIE ALREADY YOU SON OF A GUN!!!” the boy shouted. The wolf swiped its left paw and knocked the gun out of the boy’s left hand. The boy cried in pain and tried to move his right arm but it wouldn’t respond.

~ I have to do something before this kid dies! But what? I know! ~ She thought. She raised her left hand up and a blue icicle began to form. She aimed her left hand straight at the wolves fore head and blasted the icicle at it.

“Well…guess this is the end,” the boy said just as an icicle impaled the wolf in the head. “WHAT THE HECK? WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?!” he said being in a state of confusion.

“It came from me,” a voice called out. The boy looked to his right and saw a small Naga coming out of an unseen hole. “My name is Luna and I just saved your life human scum,” she said with distaste.

“Well…thanks Luna…for saving…my life…and I’m not a human…I’m a half breed…and the names…Mike,” he said panting. He noticed that the naga had bluish green hair; blue eyes; brown scales on both arms; greenish blue tail scale with a few brown spots; and also a yellow underbelly.

“You’re a half breed?” she asked the boy. “Y…Yes I am…dam poison…I don’t think…I’ll be…alive for much longer,” he hissed in pain. More ice formed on his legs and right arm. She noticed the ice and thought, ~ should I trust this kid? Wonder if he has any family of his own? ~ She slithered closer to Mike and asked him, “I could help you, if that is alright?”

He looked up at Luna and she gasped when she saw that his eyes where changing colors. She quickly slithered over to him and cried, “Please! Don’t die!” Mike saw fear in her eyes and said, “I’m…not going to die…yet…but you said…you can help…me correct?” he said through grasping breaths. “I can…but I can only do it if…if I eat that is,” she said blushing. He looked at her and said, “Okay, just please hurry…can’t….take anymore…of this pain.” She nodded and slithered in front of Mike. She grabbed his frozen legs and slid them into her mouth. Mike couldn’t feel a thing in his legs as he watched with a calm face. Luna soon got past his knees.

Her stomach began to bulge slightly as she continued to pull Mike into her body. She soon got past his waist and she then decided to taste him. She let out a small moan as she tasted him.

He felt Luna’s tongue moving over his body but didn’t say anything because his head was getting fuzzy and he couldn’t think straight. He felt his arms entering her mouth and then at the back of her throat. He smiled and thought, ~ Hope I know what I’m getting myself into. ~

When Mike’s head was almost in her mouth, he felt that he wasn’t moving anymore. He opened his eyes and saw Luna looking down at him. He blushed and suddenly felt her tongue move against the back of his head. He then felt the tip of her tongue on his forehead and he suddenly saw the roof of her mouth.

Luna moved her tongue all around his head savoring his taste, she even slipped her tongue into his mouth before she completely ate him. His head moved down her throat as a large lump and disappeared at the base of her collar bone. “Hmmm…you taste good Mike,” she said licking her lips.

******

Mike saw nothing but darkness inside the young Naga’s stomach. “Lightara,” he said and a small orb of light appeared in front of him, illuminating the inside of Luna’s belly. He felt the poison inside his body begging to disappear. ~Guess she can really heal me, ~ he thought.

“Are you comfortable in there?” said a voice from outside. “Yes I am…so how did you get all the way here without being attacked?” he asked. He suddenly felt her moving and heard her crying.

Luna sat down and began to cry as she remembered what happened only an hour ago. “I…I…I was running from horrible creature that killed my family!” she cried; “I just stood there and saw my brothers and sister being eaten in front of my eyes!” She soon felt a stroking motion inside her stomach.

Mike stroked the inside of her stomach to calm her down since he didn’t have any clue how to reassure a crying Naga from inside of their stomach. “There, there. Everything is going to be alright…nothing is going to hurt you,” he said trying to reassure the crying Naga.

Luna decided to sleep in the hole and slithered into it and lay down. “Hey, um…Mike…can I call…dad?” she asked nervously. “Yeah, you can…I take it that you lost your entire family then?” he asked, somewhat surprised by her request and thought it couldn’t hurt to have another child. He did have ten kids and all of them came from his future. He suddenly realizing that he didn’t have his hat on. He soon heard her crying again and began to stroke the inside of her stomach again with his left hand.

“Y…Yes I have and it is all Elric’s fault!!!” she cried out loud. “Elric? Did you say Elric, did he wear a golden robe?” Mike asked becoming very concerned by the news. “Y…Yes he was, why?” she asked him. “I know Elric and I made a vow to kill him. Please tell me, where he appeared at?” he asked hoping that Elric wasn’t here on Felarya. “He…He appear near the city of Egynt’Verta and pretended to be my friend for three years! H…How do you know him?” she asked sobbing.

Mike sighed and then said, “A long time ago, we were friends until a war broke out. We fought along side each other with two other great warriors like us. During the middle of the battle Elric and one other person named Merren, betrayed our people and me. He killed our master, disappeared, and later come back as the prince of Eternity serving under Ternita.”

Luna stopped crying and asked him, “you said you were a half breed right?” “Yes I am, half dragon and half human to be précis,” he said. He snapped his fingers and the orb of light disappeared. “How long will it take for me to be healed?” he asked with concern. “Well…I think it would probably take at least a few weeks to completely heal you,” she said yawning.

He heard her yawn and said, “Well I guess we should get some sleep then.” He didn’t get a response but could hear her sleeping by a slight snoring sound she was making.

He was about to fall asleep when he suddenly heard Luna crying in her sleep. ~ Poor girl. She must be reliving that event she had with Elric. ~ He thought. He took something out of his pocket. It looked like a homing beacon for search and rescue teams. He pressed a button on it and it began to gives off a small blinking light. ~ Well, looks like another adventure awaits me and this naga. ~ He thought before falling asleep.

Another wonderful chapter, Gold! And as always, I hope you and Luna rip Elric a new one!

Ah here we are again luna's tale chapter three. =3 been a so damn long since i have been here. ;^; i have missed this place and a lot has heppened since i have been gone. =3

on a side note, a good friend timing2 has helped me with this. ^^; ehehehe, before i post on da luna's tale will um... be posted here and i will accept any, any thoughts and such on the matter! x3

so here is Luna's Tale CHAPTER 3!!!!!!! ENJOY!

Luna's Tale
Chapter III
Felarya; Frost Peak

Luna woke up and raised her right hand up to shield her eyes from the glare of the white snow. She looked down and smiled. Her stomach was still bulging slightly, meaning that Mike had not been digested. He was still safe and sound. She yawned and stretched her arms, breathing deeply of the fresh, cold air. It felt wonderfully exhilarating.

She thought about Mike, wondering if he was awake yet. Rubbing her filled belly and patting it reassuringly, she had to admit it felt good having him inside. For some strange reason, Luna felt as if she had found someone who would take care of her. She shook her head at the thought of him and sighed. She would never have thought a human might one day become her friend, and yet…

Shoving aside such thoughts, she slithered out of the cave to seek out a more secure place to finish healing Mike. It was never a good idea to stay in one place too long, and this cave would probably be checked by other predators eventually.

Spotting no danger after a quick look around, she decided to backtrack along her previous path. She patted her stomach one last time, then headed off into the snow. The wind had picked up since she entered the cave, but it did not look like a storm was imminent. Actually, it made the landscape seem even more desolate, with wisps of white swirling around the rocks and fluttering across the vast snowdrifts.

*****

Mike woke up slowly, feeling something beat softly against his head. The sensation led him to believe Luna was moving. That meant she was awake, and it also meant he was still very much inside her stomach. He had no complaints, though. In fact, he felt far better than he had when she first swallowed him. He stayed in his position, unmoving, not wanting alert Luna that he was awake yet. It was warm, even cozy, and oddly enough, he felt safe inside the naga's stomach.

The utter darkness was a bit disconcerting when he opened his eyes at first, but he grew used to it soon enough. Closing his eyes, he tried to drift off to sleep again. He listened to the steady rhythm of Luna's heart beating above him for some time. It was a pleasant, powerful sound. Then another, much less pleasing sound intruded upon his reverie - his stomach was growling. He sighed and decided it was time to move. Reaching into his jacket, he carefully took out a small cube and popped it into his mouth. He swallowed the cube and shifted into a different position inside Luna's gut. Placing his hands over his stomach, he waited for the cube to ease his hunger pangs.

*****

Luna felt Mike move inside her and giggled. She was glad to feel him waking up and rubbed her stomach again. She really enjoyed having live prey moving inside her stomach, as Mike was doing. She chuckled inwardly at the thought of him being prey, then raised her hand to her mouth, blushing in embarrassment. It was not a nice to think that way about Mike, she chided herself. She had no intention of digesting him.

Actually, she could not digest him while her healing powers were active. When her stomach was not actively healing, any prey within was not sustained, and thus did not struggle very long, due to lack of air. Afterwards, for large prey at least, it would take almost a month to be fully digested due to her weak stomach acids. That would change as she grew to adulthood and her stomach acids became more powerful.

She continued moving, unaware of the danger she was in. Far back along her trail, two eternity wolves slunk along, sniffing at the ground and air, ears perked with the excitement of the hunt. They kept a good distance away from her, trying not to be detected by her keen naga senses.

A voice in their minds whispered, "Bring the naga to me, my pets. You will be dearly rewarded if you manage to capture her alive."

They did not respond in kind, but stood still for a moment, looking at one another. With the wind in their faces, a silent agreement passed between them and they continued with their hunt, following the young naga. This would be the last time an eternity wolf set foot on Felarya.

*****

Luna continued slithering along, plowing through virgin snow. The land was still bleak, featureless, and white. Suddenly, up ahead, her keen naga vision caught the fuzzy outline of what might be a wall. She could just make out where the wind was breaking across the top, sending ripples of snow like smoke up into frigid air.

She rubbed her stomach again, wondering what Mike was doing inside. He had stopped moving earlier, so she assumed he was resting or possibly sleeping again. She poked her gut mischievously to try to get him to move and it worked. He poked back. Stifling a giggle, she decided to head towards the wall to see if it could provide shelter. The wind and cold did not bother her much, but she needed to find somewhere Mike could be comfortable after her healing was complete.

*****

Mike felt Luna poking him in his head and shifted to avoid her pestering. She poked several more times, so he pushed back once, hard, then stopped. That seemed to have satisfied the naga, because she stopped bothering him with her jabs.

Thanks to her aggravation, he could forget about sleeping for a while. Grumbling in annoyance, he pulled out a small light, and began adjusting his DCP-21. The pistol had several settings that affected its range, energy dissipation, and rate of fire. He finally got it to a setting he liked. While he was doing this, he was also collecting his thoughts from yesterday's encounters.

He wanted to know why an eternity demon was here. He had almost died fighting the thing - would have died if not for Luna.

Suddenly his senses went on high alert. There was another eternity demon closing in. Concentrating, he sensed not one, but two… not good. He began shifting around to try to get Luna's attention. Jabbing hard into her side, his dread grew by the moment. If he could not warn her, they were both in deep trouble.

*****

Luna felt Mike moving inside, much stronger than before. She started to poke at him, when she felt several sharp jabs. Her eyes went wide at the sensation. What was he trying to do? Was he in pain?

"Luna, watch out! Move wolves!" he shouted within her mind. He was frantically trying to get in some position but he knew he could not help.

She was going to ask him what he meant when she heard low growls coming from behind her. Whipping around, she found herself facing two wolves that looked just like the one she had killed yesterday.

Recoiling in fear, she stared at the wolves that were slowly padding closer. Her mind saw them moving towards her but refused to let her act. As if in a dream, she glimpsed behind them and saw their prints trailing off in the distance - they had been stalking her all along. She briefly thought about fleeing, but knew there was no chance she could outrun them. Even if she did, they would simply track her down again. Subconsciously, she formed two spear shaped icicles and threw them with tremendous force at both wolves.

The wolves dodged to the side effortlessly and continued to close with her. They had their orders and fully intended to carry them out.

"G…get away from me!" she screamed.

From within her stomach, Mike heard the panicked scream. Without hesitating, he shouted, "Zenku dimen dora!" He immediately raised both hands to form a door with them and promptly disappeared.

*****

The wolves, as if sensing their moment had come, howled and charged forward through the snow. Luna saw this and knew it was the end.

Suddenly a door appeared and a figure formed in front of it. With a start, she realized it was Mike.

"Eat this, demons!" he shouted, drawing his heavy pistol and firing it in one smooth action. He squeezed off several blasts of plasma in rapid succession at the oncoming predators, hoping to injure or possibly drop them. He hit with several glancing blasts, and one dead center head shot. Unfortunately, the plasma bolts struck with no obvious effect. Both beasts kept coming.

He was about to draw his sword, but an intense pain in his arms and legs prevented him from doing so. He glanced at his left arm and the pupils of his eyes widened in fear. The poison was now spreading more quickly than before. He found himself unable to move. The wolves were almost upon him and he could do nothing at all.

This was going to be the end. He could not think clearly, but only watch with a strange sense of detachment as the wolves bore down upon him.

A brilliant blue energy beam suddenly hit the lead wolf in the middle of its body. With an awful sizzling hum, it struck the beast full on, sending blue sparks and bits of fur and flesh in all directions. The wolf let out a dying howl as it was felled. The second wolf stumbled, then collided with its unfortunate twin, sending both tumbling end over end through the snow. A horrible burning smell and smoke lines came off the charred corpse.

Mike and Luna were shocked at what just happened and looked in the direction where the beam had come from. A blue and white plane-like mech hovered in the air about fifty feet away. Mike was surprised to see that it was modeled in the style of a SU-47 fighter; two arms and legs came out of the plane's body.

It aimed its nose gun at the remaining wolf and fired. A hail of bullets struck the creature and surrounding area, causing a veritable eruption of snow.

The wolf, having crawled out from under its dead companion, howled in pain as the nose gun peppered its body with bullets. At first, neither Mike nor Luna could see what had happened, due to the cloud of snow the attack had kicked up. But as it settled, they could see the remaining wolf still standing, its fur coated with a dusting of purest white. It growled in anger, and for a moment looked as if it had withstood the attack. However, the growl soon became a gurgling whimper and it dropped to the snow, its blood pooling into the depression its body made.

Both wolves glowed briefly as their bodies turned to golden sand. The incessant wind carried most of the sand aloft, with but a sprinkling left to spread across the snow - all that remained of the two eternity wolves.

Luna looked at the mech plane and got closer to Mike. He was shivering and she noticed, with panic, that chunks of ice had covered most of his body. It was the poison he had been infected with yesterday. Obviously, her healing had not completely finished its task. Trying to remain calm, she attempted to brush the chucks off, to no avail.

She was about to grab him up and swallow him down when a metal hand wrapped around her body. She screamed and began struggling to escape.

"Whoa, taking it easy girl, no one is going to harm you," a voice called out.

Luna looked around, trying to find the source of the voice, but did not stop struggling to get free of machine's hand. "Who-who are and wh-where are you!?" she cried out.

The black cockpit of the plane opened and a person waved from inside. "I'm right here, now calm down before you hurt yourself," the person said, "I am going to make this plane fly up into the air and take you both somewhere safe, understand? It's dangerous here and we need to move quickly."

The nagaling nodded to the person, too fatigued and frightened to say anything. She had not done much, but the scare of the wolf attack and near death had sapped her energy. She was also very worried about Mike and the poison that was still active in his body.

The cockpit closed again and she watched as the mech gently picked Mike up. She almost protested, wanting to begin healing him as soon as possible, but kept quiet, not sure of what was going on. It was evident she could do nothing against the machine anyway, as it was far too strong. She gave a small yelp when the hand holding her jerked slightly. The mech slowly hovered into the air. Coiling her body around tightly and holding on for dear life, she closed her eyes as it began to accelerate, flying through the air much faster than she had been slithering on the ground. She was vaguely aware they were moving away from the mountains. The ride was amazingly smooth, so smooth in fact, she found herself nodding off, despite a strong desire to stay awake. After catching herself several times, she gave up. The last thing she remembered before sleep took her was the icy wind against her body and the never-ending whiteness rapidly passing by below.

You know my thoughts on this. Just keep that in mind as you take the story forward. The one big reminder I would throw out is to keep dialog from multiple characters separated across paragraphs. It really does help.

As to the story, you managed to raise a lot of questions in a very short space. I have no idea what will happen now with Luna and Mike.

I'll be looking forward to more stories about those two.

xD thank you timing, i'm already scheming on the next chapter. >D and well Mike may have to face another foe more deadlier than demons.... an angry and agitated girlfriend. =P and i may post more of SAIF if i edit to the best i can with out making it uber long. xD

Well, I've gotta say, Goldclaw, it's been quite awhile since I've seen you on here, and it's good to see you again. I love the new chapter you've put up, and I look forward to your future submissions. Keep up the good work!