TonTon The Minecrafter Series

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Ton glanced down at the neatly drawn map Bubblebath gave him. There it had a detailed illustration of Bubblebath's mansion, and the surrounding forest. There was only one circled spot left empty, the spot TonTon was sent to scout. TonTon estimated his location and began pressing forwards.

"I swear he's a bit of a creep. The accent, the weird getup, and those super shaven legs. Not that it isn't a good thing, it's just that when those legs are more shaven than mine, it's bad." TonTon said to himself, laughing.

Then TonTon had noticed the newfound thickness to the forest. More and more trees blocked his path, making him take detours, one after another. Hours began to pass.

"No no no, I don't want to be lost again!" TonTon cried.

He looked back down at his map and relied on its high accuracy and descriptiveness. Eventually he found a path not marked on the map. He began following it intensely, hoping for some sort of civilization nearby. At last, a house poked its way into view.

"Oh thank Jeebus!" TonTon said happily as he ran faster.

Following behind the house were others that made up a very small community. Among one of the first few homes, he noticed a man sitting at a porch. He wore a tan button down shirt and tan slacks. His eyes were brown and he sported black, combed hair. He sat on the top step of his porch along with a satchel, also tab colored. TonTon approached him with bright eyes.

"Good day Sir!" TonTon chirped.

"Ey there traveller! What brings you here to New Cornbarrel? The man asked.

"New Cornbarrel eh? That's neat, never been here before. I'm here just to fill out this map for a guy." TonTon stated.

"Ah I see. I'm guessing for future economics on this world I suppose. But please, stay all you want. Just make sure yous come by again! And even bring your ol map buddy down!" The man said in a friendly manner.

"Why thank you! I'm sure Mr Bubblebath would love to come by and have a nice time with the good townsfolk around here!" TonTon said laughing, and thinking about Bubblebath's strange personality towards people.

"Wait wait wait, did you say Bubblebath? The Bubblebath?!" The man said both shocked and slightly angered.

"Yeah, why? Something happened between you guys and him?" TonTon asked.

"Alright alright, first formalities. The names Barnabus, but they call me Barnes. Now, about that Bubblebath .  .  ." Barnes began.

"It's a pleasure. My name is Ton. Now I've noticed he has a rather quirky personality towards people. What did he do to you?" TonTon asked.

"Oh it wasn't just me, Bud. I suppose the whole mess started years back. We here folks were nomads, just settling into this area. The first few weeks were hectic. Cannibals ran rampant, cutting the population in half. We began building defenses and traps and over time it reduced. We established Cornbarrel, the previous town of New Cornbarrel. Then one day two other people came to our town. Man and woman, they looked strange to us. One was obviously a cannibal, and the other just looked like an apparition, or shadow. Anyways, Bubblebath came along around the same month building his mansion and convinced us that they were complete bad news. He singlehandedly killed them both within the mansion, I can tell you the place is completely rigged! Lava, spikes, arrow shooters, you name it! He defeated the enemies, and we regarded him as our leader. But over time, he began showing true colors. He started by constantly bugging everyone by hindering whatever we began working on. But, when it turned to the first drawing of blood, it got ugly. Many rose up to banish him from the town, but he then revealed that he could make anything out of nothing! He claimed to be a god and created diamond swords along with armor for himself and completely brought us to our knees! Some of us left early when we realized he was unstoppable. We went a far enough distance and haven't heard from him in months." Barnes explained.

"Wow. I can't believe it." TonTon said in shock.

"Yeah you better believe it! That guy's a murderous psychopath! Don't even go back there, chances are he'll-" Barnes started, but was immediately cut off by three arrow shots from behind. He fell over, bleeding heavily. TonTon looked over in anger to see Bubblebath with a wicked smile on his face.

"You . . . You are impure." TonTon growled towards Bubblebath.

"That is incorrect, and you will see that quite soon. I will admit, my solitude has caused me to become lazy so to speak. My passion was all but gone until you, life, came back to me! I have once again rejoiced with my passion and all shall face the imminent purification they deserve. Damnation." Bubblebath rattled off in a deranged tone.

"You are no purifier. You are a murderer. And I will personally remove your stains on this world. En garde!" TonTon yelled as he began to approach Bubblebath.

"Oh you foolish outsider! A small mind you possess indeed, yes. I can do anything and everything! I can create, and I can destroy! Now observe." Bubblebath said with a laugh as he reached his hand into the air and withdrew a diamond sword.

"Two can play at that game." TonTon said as he did the same, and withdrew a carrot sword from the air. This caused Bubblebath to cock an eyebrow. But after a few seconds hesitation, the two adversaries crossed swords.

The fight was extremely intense. Bubblebath had proven adept in sword fighting, while TonTon clumsily kept his defense. After many long minutes of continued battling, the cunning Bubblebath managed to make a dent in TonTon's sword. Using the few seconds of surprise he had, Bubblebath struck again, knocking TonTon's sword from his hands.

"Imbecile. The foolish sniveling rabbit you are a with no detection skills whatsoever. I followed you exactly here without leaving an inkling of my presence! And you have the audacity to claim to be the Guardian of this world, now you die where you stand!" Bubblebath yelled as he swung his sword for a final blow.

With an amazing reaction time, TonTon immediately created an inferno of flames around him and spreading right towards Bubblebath. However, he as well had a superb reaction time and immediately jumped back, having suffered only minor burns.

"W-what? H-how?" Bubblebath babbled as stared in confusion.

TonTon simply sent another barrage of flames forward to which Bubblebath dodged again. Disoriented and slightly humiliated, Bubblebath retreated at once and sprinted into the woods.

"You're not going anywhere!" TonTon yelled as he used the air currents to propel himself with speed into the forest.

TonTon searched and searched, finding little of a trail to Bubblebath's whereabouts. The man was as agile as he was cunning, covering his tracks well. TonTon did not want to give up, but made the decision to tend to Barnes. He returned back to the town, now with horrified settlers gaping at the sight of the still body of Barnabus.

TonTon crouched next to him and felt his body. It was cold mostly, but had a touch of warmth. He immediately reached into his hoodie pockets and pulled out a first aid kit. TonTon bandaged Barnes and poured the last of a strange elixir he had into his mouth. Barnes's body started to glow and within minutes he stood up again, living.

"Gee whiz, I saw the reaper! Even if it was a glimpse, it was terrifying. But you brought me back, and for that, I owe you my services." Barnes said, smiling. The crowd of people joined in with their own chants.

"End the monster!" They all chanted.

"Alright I'll pack all I need. It'll be a few minutes my friend!" Barnes called as he ran into his house to gather supplies.

To be continued .  .  .