Temple Of The Seven
By Shade
Note From The Author: This is my first Bakuretsu Hunters fanfic so be easy on me. Well please be easy on me. I can't believe this has been tied for first place on my I love this anime show sooooooooooo much list...okay...okay so I'm hyper right now. Give me a second here ::wanders off, takes shoebox out from under a jacket, opens the lid, takes off the duck tape, unwraps the cloth, unfolds the paper, and stares at picture of Marron hurt just before bursting into tears:: Calm ::puts picture up:: I'm ready now, sob, oh this won't do :: looks at picture of shirtless Marron:: WHOOOOOO pretty, damn, oh well you're just going to have to deal with me for a while. I'd like to say one thing before I start the story: I HATE PARAGRAPHS!!! If you must have paragraphs then just read this story anyway and include it in your review and I'll use them (even though I don't like them) It's just much more convenient to write this way. So now that I've said this here's my fic. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Bakuretsu Hunters. About all I own is this story, ^-^ It's based on a novel I wrote. I really hope it hasn't been done before. So don't sue me. I'll give you a nice shiny quarter.
"Come on just one night!" Shouted a young black haired man as he reached for a fair skinned woman beside him. "You jerk!" She screamed slamming a foot on his head. Cursing aloud she stormed down the street leaving a bruised Carrot lying on the cobblestones. "I guess I'll just get back to you then," he wheezed, before spotting another young and beautiful woman and running to her. "Come on you-" "Darling?!" Carrot froze. "Chacolat," Carrot got ready to escape. "Have you found Carrot yet sis?" Came another voice, this one high. "Tira," "The little pervert's off chasing women again," Gateuo grumbled. Chacolat's voice became deeper with rage. "DARLING!!!" That was enough for Carrot. Marron sighed as in a blur his brother escaped up the street. "Darling!" "Carrot!" Chacolat and Tira where off after him. "And they're off," Gauto commented watching the chase without emotion as though it was an everyday event. It was then that Marron was reminded on exactly how close Guato was to him. Marron inched away slowly, trying not to get his attention. Too late. Gateau pulled him close in a one-arm hug. "We could always go back to the inn," Marron flinched at his last comment, his face very red. "My brother should be getting a whipping right now, which means it should be about time to go. So why don't we just," he was interrupted as a familiar roar sounded and a large monster appeared several buildings down. "Thank you," Marron sighed under his breath just before taking off down the street.
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"That was strange," Chacolat mumbled watching her Darling transform. "That tomb really isn't there just for looks," Tira breathed, still staring at the temple that had thrown magic at Carrot the instant he had attempted to enter while trying to escape. "Do you think this is the..." "No doubt," Chacolat nodded. "Tira," Marron's voice came as he came to a stop beside them. "Oh yeah...oops, well then let's do it!" The young woman removed her glasses and in a shower of yellow rose petals threw back her red cloak. *I guess I'll go with the costumes from the anime in this fic* She was now standing before the group in a skimpy yellow outfit. Smiling evilly she leapt to the top of a nearby building so that she was face to face with the monster. "Why hello again doggy," she said in a voice much more treating than before. "Why don't we," she ran her tongue over her whip "play," the monster jumped into the air with a frightened squeak.
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"Oww," Carrot grumbled, sitting up. "It's about time," Chacolat said happily snuggling up next to him. "Well it's not my fault-eww," Carrot moved away from Chacolat before even attempting to continue. "As I was saying. It's not my fault that," "Yes it is," Gateau grumbled once more, stepping on the echi's head. "If you hadn't gone off girl chasing we'd already be working on this case rather than waiting for your sorry ass to wake up," Carrot looked angry at his attitude "Well I....what...case," Thud. Everyone around him dropped to the ground in defeat. Their surrounding's darkened and they now stood (well Carrot stood, the rest just kind of sat there) before Big Mama and a smiling Dotta. "Hi-yeeeee!!!" "Hi Dotta!" Carrot said with a patented perverted grin. "So Carrot you've forgotten the mission again?" She laughed. Carrot took an innocent pose. "Well,...uh...you see," "It's quite all right Carrot," Big Mama interrupted "We're used to it by now of course. You have been assigned to destroy the Temple Of Seven," "Well that shouldn't be to hard. Tira and Chacolat have a knack for destroying things," Carrot was hit over the head by Tira. "Only if it's your love life Darling," Chacolat said nastily. "I'm afraid this task won't be that easy," Big Mama continued "The temple is managed by a sorcerer. The temple can not be destroyed until he is," Carrot shrugged "So what's so bad about this temple?" "To keep the temple in full control of the elements," "The elements?" Carrot asked innocently. This time it was Chacolat who hit him over the head. With that taken care of Big Mama continued. " He must have sacrifices. And yes this is to keep the elements in power. He gets his power from the elements which as he uses his power counts as a form of forbidden magic," Carrot nodded "Still sounds easy," Gateau hit Carrot this time. "Baka, the stronger the sacrifice the better," "Which means," Carrot urged innocently. "Which means he'd love to use a group of Sorcerer Hunters as sacrifices if he could," Big Mama said firmly. "Oh," Carrot managed to say nervously. "Now do you get it?" "Now do you get it?" Dotta asked cheerfully. "Yeah but um...where's...Marron?" "He's looking for a way in the tomb;" Chacolat threw her arms around Carrot's neck. "Awwwww that's so cute, he's worried about his little brother," Carrot pried her off "No I'm not," Chacolat crossed her arms. "So who's our client?" Carrot asked changing the subject. "Apple Cobbler *hehehe I came that close to naming her Apple Juice ^-^*" A picture of a woman appeared beside Big Mama. She couldn't have been much older than Carrot and her pale blue eyes matched her long hair, which was tied back in a loose braid. She wore a tattered outfit and even though she was clad in a skirt the equally tattered pants she wore under it were obvious. Her skin was calloused and bruised but yet she was quite lovely and she had an unusual smile that made even Chacolat envy her buety. "She's bue-ti-ful," Carrot breathed. "Well good luck buh-bye," Dotta squealed then disappeared in puff of pink smoke. "You'd better not be getting any ideas about that," Chacolat began but then noticed immediately that Carrot was no longer with her. "DARLING!!!" Tira jumped her sisters anger became apparent. "Chacolat don't do anything drastic," she begged, being pulled down the street as her sister marched onward. Gateau jumped in front of Chacolat, pushing her back as Tira pulled. Chacolat walked onward. "Um," came Marron's voice from somewhere beside them. "What?" Chacolat asked, coming to a stop and causing everyone to fall. "Oh," she said a bit startled as the form of the blue haired woman steeped from behind him. Chacolat looked down at the two still lying. "This happens too much doesn't it?" "Uh-huh," the two spoke in unison.
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"Why didn't you tell them everything Mama?" Big Mama looked at Dotta "It's best not to tell them everything right now," "What do you mean," Big Mama smiled weakly. "Things will go smoother if they don't know everything," Dotta bit her bottom lip nervously. "If you're sure Mama," "They'll be all right," Dotta smiled as well but her worried expression didn't fade. "They'll be all right," she repeated lying her head on her arms.
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"So you'll take us to the temple?" Tira asked as the group walked down the street in search of Carrot. "Of course I'm taking you myself," Apple retorted in an almost offended tone. "I hired you didn't I?" "Well yes," Tira admitted. "So what does this Carrot look like?" "Why do you need to know what he looks like?" Chacolat asked with a quizzical expression. "To...find...him," Apple said looking at her confused. Marron smiled "You'll know him when you see him," "Or hear him," Tira said as Carrot's voice came from around the corner. "A penny for your thoughts! Thirty bucks to act em out!"
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Carrot had given up on finding Apple a long time ago and was now working on the villagers. "How about you and I," "Darling!" "Carrot!" "Not again," Carrot got ready to run but saw Apple. "Pretty lady!!!" Carrot lunged forward and grasped her hand. "I assume you're Apple Cobbler. I'm Carrot Glace, love machine," Chacolat and Tira where both about to hit him when Apple did it herself. "YOU ASSHOLE!!!" she screamed kicking him between the legs then slamming her fist down on his head. "Hey I'm the only one allowed to," Marron put a hand against her mouth and pulled her away from Apple. Tira backed away along with Gateau. "I take it you'd rather not sleep with me right now," Carrot said in an irregularly high voice. "RIGHT NOW?!?!?!" Apple screamed kicking him in the face. "I'D NEVER SLEEP WITH YOU!!!" She hit him again. "Okay I get it. Just stop. Please. Please stop ow," Marron took a deep breath and rested a tense hand on an attacking Apples shoulder nervously. "Why don't we go to the temple now?" "I WON'T BE SATISFIED UNTIL I'VE BEATEN THE..." she paused as she saw it was Marron. "...Oh okay," flashing him a sweet smile she grasped the hand on her shoulder and moved forward so that they where walking (well... Marron was...well being partially dragged) down the street towards the temple. "I don't believe it," a beaten Carrot squeeked.
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"So how do we get in?" Marron asked doing his best to pull away from Apple's grasp. Dropping his hand Apple flashed Marron another smile. "Quite easily," she laughed, approaching the temple. On her way to the temple she swooped down and snatched up a small rock. She came to a stop before the temple. The playful look on her face vanished, replaced by one of determination, a threatening look. She brushed a wisp of pale blue hair from her face and dug her feet firmly into the ground. Dust clouded about her soft, low cut, leather boots, her tattered skirt flowed wildly around her, and her muscular arms tensed. "HA!" She let out the breath she had been holding and threw the rock as hard as she could into the doorway. A blast of magic left the arch of the roof and shot down, shattering the rock. Apple leapt over the blast of destructive magic and landed gracefully on the other side. Marron rolled his eyes and steeped forward swiping up a rock himself.
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Carrot landed easily on the other of the door. Straightening he looked around the room. Marron was leaning against the stone wall while a laughing Apple tried to strike conversation. Carrot glanced at Gateau to see how he was taking it and laughed to himself as he saw the blonde pouting in the corner. Tira was drawing figures in the dust of the temple floor and Chacolat was staring dreamily into space, no doubt thinking about him. Carrot shivered then took a deep breath. "Well that was easy enough," Carrot said looking around the room once more. "So where's this sorcerer guy anyway?" Apple faced Carrot and laughed even harder. "You baka," she giggled. "Eww talk about split personalities," Carrot muttered. Apple skipped past him and opened large double doors. "We've only just begun," The group gasped at what lye before them.