You stumble through the last few feet of bushes and grass in the woods before stepping out into a rather open field. It wasn't too far till you would finally reach your destination.

You wondered if you should take out the others since you had almost arrived.  Along the way you had insisted you have them retreat to their Killerspheres in order to keep them safe and so that you wouldn't have to make another stop at a M.A.C.M. It was a risky move, and they weren't going to allow you to go alone. It took a very long struggle before you were actually able to get them back into captivity.

"Hey you overprotective dorks, we're here!" You say before throwing Laughing Jack, Hoodie, and Jeff's Killersphere into the air. The three appeared before you and you grinned at them, pointing ahead. "Look, we're almost there. And I didn't need you guys around at all!"

"I'm surprised you knew where to go without my help," Hoodie muttered shaking his head. "I guess it's good you managed to find your way though."

"Hey {y/n} I got an idea. The next time you force me into that fucking sphere again I stab your eyes out. Deal?" Jeff snapped, giving you an annoyed glare.

"Well sheesh, sorry," You mutter, rubbing your arm. "I just wanted to keep you guys safe till we reached the next place..." Laughing Jack grinned and pet your head, "Let it be us that protects you, lassie. You are our trainer, after all!"

You smile a bit and nod at him. "I know. But for now let's head into the city and see what this place is all about."

~

"We're here. Crucible City,  population 264."

You turned to see Jack reading a wooden picket sign that was half-heartedly plotted in the ground. "Oh, then that must mean that there's more people here," you reply, walking over to him and looking up at the sign. "Nah, the 4 is scratched off, the real number is 26."

The color drained from your face and you looked up at him in confusion. "Why do these towns barely have any people?" You questioned. "Well, wherever there's Creepymon, there's a low civilization population," He snickered like it was a funny joke.

You sighed and glared at Laughing Jack and his sadistic clown-like features, then Hoodie who was lazily playing around with his gun, and Jeff who was chuckling quietly to himself as he dragged his knife mindlessly on his arms. You sort of missed being surrounded by sane and normal people, even though you loved and enjoyed the company of your Creepymon very much.

You along with your Creepymon pass up the sign and head towards the large city up ahead. This place seemed to be lowly populated as the sign said, and once you and the others got close enough to the entrance, you felt at ease about your Creepymon being seen with you. There was barely even anyone there. You then spot two heavily armed men that were standing around nearby the city entrance and freeze.

CM Guard.
Creepymon Killers...

"We need to be careful, I see Guards patrolling the area. We should probably look for another way in..." Hoodie whispered, also having caught sight of the group. You nod your head in agreement, and you and the others quietly start to trek away from where the main entrance was and began searching for a different way in.

You and your team come to a blocked off side of the community. You all look up at the tall bricked walls, and then you initiate advancing by beginning to climb up the brick walls. Your companions glance at each other before beginning to follow your action. Eventually, the four of you were able to get over the brick wall and you all jumped down on the other side.

"Alright, now that we're in, I want to see what they have here," You suggested, beginning to follow along a dusty road that lead into the city. Your three Creepymon nod and immediately began to follow you close behind.

Entering the city, you saw many houses and buildings, but a high lack of people. "Well this fucking sucks, there's basically no victims to kill here," Jeff whined, now sliding his knife into his hoodie. "We're not here to kill anyone Jeff," You sneer, giving him a serious glance before eyeing the path ahead again. Jeff stuck his tongue out at you and Laughing Jack snickered.

"Hey {y/n}. I know I didn't tell you anything about this before, but if you really want to become a Creepymon master, you should start looking for Creepypasta gyms to challenge whenever we reach a new town or city," Hoodie spoke up,  matching your walking pace. "Creepypasta gyms? I never heard of those." You respond. "They're these huge arenas built especially for Creepymon and their trainers to battle an elite Creepymon trainer. If the trainer wins against the elite, they receive a badge signifying that they defeated that elite, and more Creepymon would be willing to join you, seeing that you're a strong trainer."

You nod your head listening intently to Hoodie, your eyes beginning to widen with excitement. "There are three badges, {y/n}. You can receive each of them from the three Creepypasta gyms that exist in this region. There's the Slaughter Badge, the Purge Badge, and the Massacre Badge...If you obtain all three, you'll be worthy enough to challenge the Creepymon Champion, the strongest trainer thats ever lived."

You're shaking with excitement now and Hoodie backs away from you uncomfortably. "Why didn't you tell me about all this before, Hoodie!? How did you know all this stuff?" You exclaimed, beaming at him. Hoodie froze and scratched his head while looking away. "Uhh I uh...I didn't...really know I just... you know, heard about it..." He mumbled, his voice sounding slightly higher than usual.

Ignoring his awkward reaction, you squeeze your hands together with an enthusiastic expression on your face. "Listen up, you guys. We're going to run through these three gyms and defeat their Elites, then we're going to take down this Creepymon Champion and become the best. It's what I've always wanted!" You shout, nearly knocking Hoodie over with your frenzy. "Damn it {y/n}, calm down and quit being so overly optimistic!  It's not as easy as you may think. The Creepymon that belong to these elites are highly skilled and have the chance of taking us all out in one hit," Hoodie warned, grabbing ahold of your shoulders to keep you from jumping around. "Maybe we still have chance though, we make a pretty good team don't you think?" Said LJ to Hoodie, crossing his arms. "I just want someone to stab and I dont care who the hell it is," Jeff muttered.

Hoodie sighed as he looked at your exhilarated faces and shook his head. "Whatever. We just need to make sure we have a plan on how we'll defeat the Elite's Creepymon when they summon them. In a battle, you're only allowed to use one Creepymon at time, so you'll have to pick from one of us." Hoodie points to himself, Jack and, Jeff. "Then whichever one of us you pick will battle against the opponent. The rule is that we can't KILL the opponent and whenever one can't continue to fight, you'll switch out Creepymon until someone runs out and the trainer with the most Creepymon still standing wins."

Jeff's eyes widened and he suddenly grabbed ahold of your shoulders starting to shake you frantically. "{Y/n}, {y/n}! Please let me fight first, please please pleeeeeeeease!" The killer pleaded. "I swear I'll tear ALL our opponents to miserable little shreds!"

You chuckled at the excited Jeff and shook your head. "You do know the rule is to not KILL them, right?"

"....Yeah yeah sure, I know that...Heheh....you'll still pick me first though, right?"

"We'll...see, Jeff."

"...I'll take that as a yes!"

Laughing Jack pouted and clenched his fists, then frowned at you. "That's not fair lassie, I wanna go first. Jeff'll just ignore the rules and try to bloody up the whole arena!" He grumbled. "Fuck you clown, I said I know we're not supposed to kill anyone!" Jeff snapped, giving Jack an annoyed glare. "You don't look like the type to listen much," Jack taunted, sticking his tongue out at Jeff. Before Jeff could pounce at LJ with his knife at hand, Hoodie came between them and stoped them before anything could start.

"Look! We're wasting too much time arguing about what we'll do here! Let's just go find the gym and we'll sort things out there!" He snarled, looking to Jeff then Jack. Jack stumbled over to your side and stuck his tongue out at Jeff while Jeff simply gave Jack the finger.

"Let's go," You mutter, grabbing LJ's arm and you begin walking ahead of Hoodie and Jeff, looking around for the Crucible Town's Creepypasta gym.

~

The strange building towered above you as you and your Creepymon looked up to read the sign hammered on top of its doors.

"Crucible City Creepymon Gym"

"We're here," You sigh, your hands shaking nervously. Unlike before, you were slightly sweating. "You suddenly....don't look very eager to be here, lassie?" Laughing Jack whispered glancing at your serious face. "This will be our first battle with another person. Of course I'm not going to be all over the place like before," You mumble. "Lets just go in," Hoodie suggested, pulling the doors open, and the four of you enter into the building.

The inside was a very wide arena with scarlet red walls and black tiles on the ground. There was huge stage in the center where you assumed the battles were held and four grey pillars stood on each corner of the stage. You saw a board at the side next to entrance labeled: Previous Gym Champions.

There was only one name written on the board in very weird writing.

𝓢𝓮𝓽𝓱 𝓠𝓾𝓲𝓷𝓷

Next to the name, you saw some sort of symbol that was scribbled next it which looked like this:

"Guys look. Only one person has gotten past this gym," You remark, pointing at the name and the symbol. "Seth Quinn? Who is that?" Laughing Jack scoffed as he and Jeff come over to examine the name and the sign with you. Hoodie remained in silence for a long while before quickly walking over to you three and slapping his hand over the name and the symbol, covering it up from your sight.

"Back...off..." He hissed lowly, as the three of you glared at him in utter confusion. "What the hell is your problem?" Jeff growled, smacking Hoodie's arm away. "....What's wrong Hoodie? We were just seeing who the champion of this gym was...?" You questioned, startled by his sudden demand.

"You don't understand. You don't need to know anything about this person. It's for your own good. Now, back off, all three of you," He ordered, his hands now clawed into the board. The three of you stare at Hoodie with great concern. You were about to try and prod him about what he was talking about when a very low voice suddenly boomed through a loudspeaker on the wall.

"Whose this I see? Is it a killer? I think not! I see you there, young Creepymon trainer! Welcome to the Crucible Town Creepypasta gym!"

You and your Creepymon looked up to see a man with weirdly smooth looking cream colored hair and gray eyes. He was wearing a brown tuxedo and a feather-patterned scarf around his neck. He was looking down from a railing on the second floor of the building, grinning down at you and your companions. "The names' Falcon Dense. I can already see you're a young elite in the making. Welcome welcome to the first big step in your journey! " He shouted through the loudspeaker in an upbeat voice.

To your shock, he then flipped off from the railing of the top floor. Panicked, you were about to order Laughing Jack to save him, but the Elite landed on the ground perfectly in front of you and your Creepymon with his grin still unfaltering. He lent his hand out to you and you hesitated a moment before shaking it, giving him a small awkward smile.

"Tell me your name, young trainer," Falcon insisted. "My names' {y/n}, nice to meet you," You reply, giving a slight wave of your hand. "The same to you, young {y/n}. You're clearly a beginner here, correct?"

You nod your head and point to your three Creepymon. "This is Laughing Jack, Hoodie, and Jeff. I'll be using them to fight against your Creepymon, right?" Falcon dipped his head in greeting to them and then reached for something in his pocket. A Killersphere.

"I'd just like to remind you that this is an intense battle arena, not your average walk in the forest trying to catch and not get murdered by a Creepymon," He said, making his way over to the big stage. "I won't go easy on you, even if you are new to this."

"Wait, we're starting right now?" "Of course! That's what you came here for, no?"

You nod your head quickly and walk up to the stage with Hoodie, Jack, and Jeff following you close behind. "Alright Falcon, I'm not expecting you to go easy on me, but don't expect me do any less. I'm going to do my best to beat you, even if you're an Elite!"

Falcon simply smirked and narrowed his eyes, "Very well, {y/n}, I like your confidence. Remember, in battle you can only use one Creepymon at a time."

He then tossed his Killersphere into the air, summoning his Creepymon, and out formed a very very tall being, taller than Laughing Jack. When it landed on the ground, you saw that it wore a black suit with colorful polka-dots all over it and a matching top hat upon its head. Along with that, it had a cane in its hand that was covered by neat white gloves and from it's back came tendrils with bells tied on the ends. The strangest thing about this Creepymon was it's face. It hollow, expressive looking face was in a cheerful, welcoming smile, yet it had a very creepy look to it at the same time...

"Well howwwwwws it going?" The Creepymon exclaimed, tipping its to hat to the four of you as you all stare at it in shock. The tall, slender man then joyously stepped towards you, and practically shouted at you, "I'm so excited to meet you all that I can't contain myself!"

You smiled a bit at the strange Creepymon, yet you began to feel a little weird. You were getting a strange, creepy vibe from this being, despite its optimistic nature. "What Creepymon is this?" You asked, looking to Falcon. "Introduce yourself to Miss {y/n}, would you?" Falcon countered your question to his Creepymon. "My name is Splendorman~☆♡! I'm the most cheerful and most benevolent Creepymon there is!" The Creepymon squealed, clapping his hands together.

"Tch, I'm the most cheerful Creepymon, not you..." You heard Laughing Jack mutter from behind you. "You may be too, but you're a malevolent, ruthless killer who's only cheerful when you see blood spill! How gruesome!" Splendorman remarked, shaking his head as if scolding Jack. "However, I hate to see people hurt by you murderers and my belief to fight for what's right is the reason I'm here and is the reason I'm one of strongest Creepymon known!"

Laughing Jack remained quiet for a moment before he cracked his knuckles and stomped up to stand beside you, an irritated scowl on his face. "This chattery bloke is starting to piss me off. Allow me to fight against this Creepymon first, lassie," He growled, glaring at Splendorman. "Hey, {y/n} said I could go first, back off!" Jeff yelled, but you held up your hand for him to just shut up.

"That's fine LJ, you can fight first."

Jack dipped his head to you and you backed up behind him as he took his place on the stage. Jeff looked like he was about to rush at Jack, but you quickly wring your arm around thr killer's neck, holding him back. Splendorman flipped back to his side in front of Falcon, then he giggled and sighed, tapping the end of his cane against his chin. "I feel bad for you Mister Clown, you know? Good guys always win and bad guys loose!"

You growl a bit at hearing this and tightened your fist. "Come on Jack, you can do this. Prove him wrong," You sneered, under your breath.

"Are we ready, everyone? OK! The battle starts.....now!" Falcon shouted and a loud bell signifying the beginning sounded all over the arena.

Today's 1st Match:
Falcon Dense & Splendorman
VS.
{Y/N} & Laughing Jack
Ready...Begin.

"Let's start this off with 'Surprise'!" Falcon shouted at Splendorman and the Creepymon immediately disappeared from sight. Laughing Jack frantically looked all around for where he went but Splendor couldn't be found. Suddenly, the colorful man appeared right behind Jack with a mischievous smirk on his face!

"Jack, behind you! Dodge his attack!" You shout and LJ quickly sprints out of the way just as Splendorman was about to smash a huge rainbow hammer into his skull.

"Where the hell did he get that huge-ass hammer from!?" Jeff shouted, staring at the weapon that the Creepymon didn't have before. "This is Splendorman's main weapon, it was first the cane you saw he had before, but it can transform into this powerful weapon," Falcon explained. "I named it Skittles!" Splendorman proudly stated.

"This isn't the time to get distracted! LJ, use your arms and confine Splendorman!" You yell at the clown.

Laughing Jack stretched out his long elasticized arms and tried to grab Splendorman, but Splendor easily slid away before Jack could catch him in his grasp.

"Too slow, demon clown!" Splendorman taunted and appeared magically in front of Falcon. "Good job Splendy, now use Rainbow Smash!" Falcon commanded. Splendorman tipped his hat laughing and ran at Jack at full speed, his rainbow hammer raised.

"Laughing Jack, dodge the attack and try to get ahold of Splendorman again!" You hiss and your Creepymon launches himself at Splendorman, barely missing the hammer and catches Spledor's long leg.

"Gotcha!" Jack exclaimed and he pulled his leg forwards, slamming Splendor to the ground and making the colorful man drop his hammer. "Good job Jack! Now, show him what you're made of!" You shouted, your excitement growing. Jack gave a dark sounding laugh and turned Splendor over then pinned him down. Then he raised his claw-like hands and lodged them into Splendor's chest, ripping and clawing at his insides. Splendor's screams of agony as Jack cruelly slaughtered and tortured him made you look towards Falcon in silent concern.

To your surprise and somewhat disgust, Falcon was simply smirking as he watched his Creepymon get butchered. "Yeah Jack! That's how you do it! TEAR HIM APARTTTT!" You heard Jeff excitedly yelling behind you and you quickly turn giving him a serious glare.

Laughing Jack finally backed off of Splendorman with a murderous and satisfied look in his eye. You were afraid to look at what was left of the mess of Falcon's Creepymon.

A shrill laugh rose up in the arena and you slowly look to see Falcon laughing his head off. "Very good job with that brutal attack, Laughing Jack," He snickered once he'd calmed down, "But now it's our turn. Get up Splendor!"

Your eyes widened as Splendor's seemingly traumatized face turned into a mockingly wide grin and he jumped up to his feet, not a single scratch on his body. "What!?" Both you and Laughing Jack shouted. Jack's creepy face was now paralyzed with utter shock. You clenched your fists in anger as you watched Splendorman happily prance around Jack as if he wasn't just ripped apart. "What the fuck just happened? Isn't this cheating? What even-!?" You snarled, glaring at Falcon for an explanation. Falcon laughed heartily and crossed his arms "You see, I'm called an 'Elite' trainer for a reason. My Creepymon don't just easily get beat and lose like that, no madame! Splendy here is a very skilled Creepypasta, more than he looks. Laughing Jack's attack was great yes, but one of Splendor's many special abilities is to make it look as if he was harmed when in truth, he felt not a thing!"

Splendorman nodded at his trainer's words and smiled at Laughing Jack. "I'm tired of playing around with you. I really hate violence, but it's time I end this fight for real!"

Splendor raised his rainbow hammer above Laughing Jack's which suddenly drained of its color and turned a pale gray and pitch black shade.

Oh shit.

"Uhh-uhhh..!?! JACK, disable him, or something, JUST hURRY!" You yelled and Jack quickly sprung for his opponent, but Splendorman dodged all of Jack's quick swipes with an incredible speed. "It's too late for that now, Splendy means to end this battle," Falcon chuckled, then he raised his hand in the air, motioning to Splendorman, "You know what to do, Splendy!"

Splendorman nodded and gave a very sinister smile to Laughung Jack as Jack stood aside panting from all the action. "Good bye-bye killer clown! I had so much fun battling with you!" He snickered, raising the hammer above Jack's head.

"Laughing Jack, do something!" You shouted. You were panicking now, sensing how much power you were feeling coming from Splendorman and your Laughing Jack was slowly beginning to loose energy. "GET UP AND TEAR HIS LIMBS OFF YOU BIG SHIT!"  Jeff hissed, his hands digging into his wild hair. "Jack, hurry up and do something!" Hoodie shouted, his hands clenched into tight fists.

"I-!" Laughing Jack gaped and looked up to see Splendor's huge hammer barreling down towards him before he could even move.

~

You just about heard the biggest snap in your life ever and you could barely feel yourself standing as you watched your Creepymon get blasted into the ground. A humongous crack ripped through the stage and you nearly fell over as your side of the floor split in half, only to be pulled back quickly by Hoodie. "Well that was intense!" Falcon Dense exclaimed, staring at the destruction with a gleeful expression. "What the heck did you do to Laughing Jack!?" You yelled, trying to run to where the large dent was made in the ground, but Hoodie wouldn't let you go.

Splendorman backed away from the collision he made and his hammer flushed with color again. "And there I present to you, my finishing move, Evil Cleansing!" He beamed, taking a bow.

In all your fury, you break away from Hoodie and run into the rubble on the ground, despite the huge crack in the middle. You reach the hole and look down to see poor Jack all mangled and twisted inside in his own bloody mess. "Did you actually KILL him!?" You yell, falling to your knees and grabbing your head. "Of course he didn't kill him! That move is used to cause outrageous damage, but it's still not enough to kill," Falcon replied, simply dusting off his suit jacket. "This...this still isn't fair..." You barely whisper.

Hoodie and Jeff ran over to your side and looked over the edge of the hole down at the unconscious Laughing Jack. "Holy shit," Jeff exclaimed, his eyes widening. "We need to get him to a MACM as quickly as possible," Hoodie growled, handing you LJ's Killersphere. "Wait, you still have two Creepymon left, don't you still want to finish battle?" Falcon questioned, but you ignored him and returned Laughing Jack to his sphere.

"We're just gonna go. I shouldn't have been so stupid to even try...we weren't ready for this," You sigh, holding your first Creepymon's sphere close to you as you turn and begin to storm out of the gym. Falcon and Splendorman watched quietly as you and your Creepymon walked out, but before the three of you could leave, Hoodie turned to the two and stated:

"Listen up, Dense. You may have won this time, but this was her FIRST battle and she didn't know at all what to expect. {Y/n} will be sure as hell to beat you next time, because we will come back, and we will be ready. Just you wait..."

You looked at Hoodie with wide eyes and he turned to you, placing a hand on your shoulder. Jeff was nodding his head at you and muttered, "It's true. We're not giving shit up. We'll be back, won't we {Y/n}?"

You smile a bit at your friends defending you and nod your head. "Yeah guys. We'll be back."

Falcon watched you and your companions for a bit before dipping his head with a smirk as if acknowledging your oath to return. Splendorman waved enthusiastically as you and your team then sprinted full speed away from the arena.