"in which Stone tried to do their best"

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"What a wonderful peaceful day." I hummed as I lie under the sun, I'm on top of the roof. No one really comes to this place so this place becomes my hideout no. 3. I heard some yelling from gems below how they were looking for their senpai name stone.

"I wonder who's that. They're pretty smooth with hiding." I joked to myself as lean away from the corner and stared at the sun. "before staring at the sunburns, now it doesn't." somehow it's enjoyable just lying here, doing nothing but relaxing.

"little music could make the mode so perfect," I mumble closing my eyes. Soon a tone and drums start to play. "wow, I don't know others know how to make instrument---"I open my eyes as I lie on my side and the sight of a sunspot on the edge of the island enter my view.

"...fuck." I curse before I hurried to stand up from where I was and was about to move to safety and out of sight of any enemies' eyes. I know you'll call me a coward but there's no way I'll join the battle—

"stone?" I heard someone called out to me and froze my escape plan when I look down from below and spot two familiar people. "h-hello, master and padpa..." I wave awkwardly as I slide down from one of the pillars safely.

"you're going to help? That's great! Here." Padpa then takes his extra sword and gives it to me before I can even reply that 'no! I'm not!' and now proceeding to drag me to battle. I plead to the master monk to save my stone ass self but the monk just follows along and is smiling as if mocking me.

Wait it wasn't the master monk but it was mad doctor name Rutile. Why do I felt I fall under a trap set by a great overlord? Must be overthinking too much.' I thought of those as I was carried away on padpa back as I'm not willing enough to run toward the battle. I look at the other gems who seem to not notice me at all. Will for one, I don't have shining hair like them. Second who would care to notice a rock if you can look at gems like them? No one right?

That's also the main reason why no weapon is coming towards me when padpa put me down in the field. I watch in boredom and with a sword in my hand as others fought. I must sound like a heartless person 'metaphorically of course' as I don't do anything as some of the gems get crash right?

Will I have no literal heart and that I'm a stone. I'm stone a heartless being. Ahaha. Ok, I'll stop.

'why am I here?' I thought as I walk toward where the arrows that been shoot by the enemies and some bows fallen in the grass. I start to pick up the falling items with gems on them. Somehow I felt this is fake. I want to bite the gems in the weapons but it will look weird lmao.

"aw!" I yell in pain.

"what are you doing!? Help us!" I get knocked in the head by someone and I don't even need to stare at who it was. "fine!" I let go of the sword that Padpa give me earlier carefully to the grass. 'I will get you later.' I promise as I choose a bow that's not broken as other has and take five arrows and shoot.

The only thing I know how to do from my past life as a human that can contribute to them is my skill at archery. I heard something crack when I shoot my first five arrows and shoot the enemy's head like a bull's eyes.

I'm not OP as I was forced to train archery for decades before because of some rivalry. That reminds me before I turn to this stone self of mine. I was in a contest and I was about to win when all this happen. Then boom I wake up like a stone.

Entering my zone as I launch my five arrows in raw until I realize I'm running out of arrows. Yet there's still more to shoot down.

When I shoot arrows the enemy froze and it gives the right moment to slash them down by Padpa and the rest. But since I have run out of arrows—

My eyes widen when the moment I put down my bow I saw a sight of Rutile who was about to be hit. 'DAMN.' I curse in my mind as I hurried to find a weapon in the small amount of time I have. No one notices the attack yet and the only weapon I can shoot is Padpa sword.

'if this break and padpa get mad at me—but he'll be madder if something bad happens to the doctor.' At a speed that I never made ever since I wake up in this new life of mine, I heard something crack but I ignore it and shoot the sword to deflect the attack. And that very moment the last enemy was defeated.

Or so I thought as I felt someone tried to grab hold of me from behind.

'WHY ME!!' I cursed inside my head before I tried to wiggle away from the giant one hold. I don't think someone would save me, so I did what I can do. Bite the fuck of them and dug my long sharp stone nails that I purposely made this sharp.

"AHHHHHHHH"

A painful scream was heard. And it wasn't mine. I don't even know those moon people can scream.

"STONE!" I heard someone yell before they slash the being that holding me. And with a poof I start to fall to the ground. 'will it seems its time to break this stone ass self of mine, huh? I just hope Rutile fixes me back without removing my so-called lazy parts... namely part of my head I guess.

When I open my eyes I realize I'm on master hold. Will this is a heartbreaking scene. And here I thought a knight like Padpa ...or Rutile would save me. Lmao. Reality and expectation is too far from each other huh

"master... I'm grateful for you to catch me but can you let me be caught by Padpa next time?" I mumble to him which made him 'rise his brow' in 'amusement'. To how do I know what his face making that... will I know enough people who have a stiff face like him before. And those people aren't fun.

"very well then." He hummed before putting me down to the field. I collapse in the grass. "stone! Are you ok?" Padpa asks me in concern as he shook my shoulder. "hmm." I grunted. My body felt heavy. Maybe because I don't really do excurses and force it one go. I mean I'm a stone now but I guess nothing changes much...

"you did good job-saving rutile just now and I don't know you know how to use those weapons." I curse in my head when I realize I almost blow my cover as a weak stone. "... I don't know what you mean," I mumble as I start to crawl away from them. 

I was about to leave when someone carried me by my collar and I realize it was no other than Rutile. 

"I did my part, now let me be," I said to them. 

"you have cracks..."

"NANI?! DOCTOR HURRY AND HELP ME PATCH THEM UP." I start to panic as I shake Rutile. "IF I BREAK TO PIECES, HOW CAN I ENJOY MY RELAXING MOMENTS IN ONE PIECE?!" I added pure horrified. 

crack

I look at my hand I saw it crack and inside I saw something I haven't seen for a while. I hurried to cover it. 'what the heck.' I thought before I start to back away from them. 

"what's wrong, stone-chan?"

"I'm ganna AFK for a while. CYE PADPA AND DOC!"

I hurried to run away from them toward the group of trees to my other secret hideout.

this is bad.

LIKE REALLY BAD!

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