Hunt
Disclaimer: PoT belongs to Konomi Takeshi, not moi.
A/N: For animal-person information, go to the bottom.
Somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, there is a tiny island unknown to man.
This tiny island is actually not so tiny. It's actually quite spacious and large.
This island was dubbed Tennississippi. At least, that's what the animals inhabiting it called it.
But this island is, as I said before, not known to man. No human has discovered it and no human ever will.
Until one fateful day.
- - -
A snake slithered through the jungle stealthily as it approached the lake for a drink.
"Fshuuuuuuuu..." it said aloud with its lovely red tongue flicking out of its mouth.
Funny, though. If any human was there to see it, they would've been appalled by the fact that the snake was wearing something on its head. Something so abnormally close to a bandanna... Hmmm.
Suddenly, out of the green bushes, a wildcat jumps out at the snake. The surprised little snake screams (or hisses) as it and the cat tumble together into the lake. They land with a SPLASH.
"Nya! Gomen, gomen, Kaidoh!" says the wildcat.
Amazingly, the snake understands what the cat is saying. "Fshuuuuuuuu... Don't ever do that again, Eiji-senpai..."
How fascinating!
How do these completely different species communicate so well with one another?
How come the snake didn't attack the cat or vice versa?
And how is a cat the senpai of a snake?... How extraordinary...
This is how the animals of that tiny, mysterious island in the Atlantic live. They live in peaceful harmony, as if the fact that they're totally different species doesn't matter at all.
Who knew how this harmony amongst different species began.
What an amazing discovery this would be for any scientist.
Imagine the awards, the fame, and the glory that lucky scientist would receive!
Millions would be fighting for it!
Of course... No one has discovered this fascinating little island.
Yet.
- - -
Eiji, the cat, got up and shook himself, trying to dry his fur while in reality making it exceedingly fuzzy and puffed up.
"Gomen!" he said again to the snake, Kaidoh. "I was looking for Oishi! Have you seen him?"
The snake tried to slither back up to the land but failed. Eiji helped Kaidoh back up. The snake's tiny green bandanna was soaking wet.
"Fshuuuuu...," Kaidoh, the snake, said in gratitude. "Oishi-senpai was with Taka-senpai, last time I saw him."
"Nya, thanks Kaidoh!" With that, the cat scuttled off back into the brush. The snake watched the cat until he disappeared from view.
The snake then sighed. Well, at least now he didn't need a drink anymore...
- - -
It was 1:43 PM and, had anyone been near the island of Tennississippi at that time, there were bird shrieks that could be heard piercing the air.
Actually, to the animal inhabitants of the island of Tennississippi, these shrieks were actual words.
"TO THE TENNIS BALL, TOOOOO THEEEEEEEEE TENNISSSSSS BALLLL!" screeched a vulture with peculiarly square glasses.
"ISLAND MEETING NOW AT THE TENNIS BALL! HURRY UP AND STOP GROOMING YOUR FEATHERS, WAKATO-SENPAI!" shouted a peregrine falcon with unusually enhanced vision.
In the ocean surrounding the island, voices of random sea creatures could be heard as well.
"MEETING, NOW, AT THE TENNIS BALL! GO, GO, GO!" hollered a turtle as bubbles floated out of his mouth and to the surface of the water.
"WHAT HE SAID!" said a dolphin. Then the dolphin proceeded to look around for some attractive female dolphins.
All the sea creatures listened and began to swim to the shore and head to THE TENNIS BALL. DUN DUN DUN...
The land creatures had heard the bird's cries and also began to head to THE TENNIS BALL. DUN DUN DUN DUN...
All the creatures assembled to THE TENNIS BALL. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN...
The Tennis Ball was a giant rock that was oddly round and had two lines curving along the surface. It looked so much like a tennis ball that the animals just HAD to name it "The Tennis Ball"! How they knew about tennis, we'll never know...
Anyways, the Tennis Ball was right by the shore so that sea creatures that required water could also assemble near by. All creatures gathered by the Tennis Ball, awaiting the start of their daily island meeting.
With the help of a particularly bulky rhinoceros, a striking and multihued peacock clambered onto the top of the round Tennis Ball. Whence it saw that all eyes were on him, he proceeded in opening his beautiful fan of feathers for everyone to see. That cocky peacock... Such a showoff.
The peacock raised one wing in front of his face and looked all important. "Hello, everyone! I, your leader, am here to discuss a significant matter that's so vital that it's worth my time."
Everyone just sneered. They all knew that this peacock would do anything for attention, no matter the importance or vitality.
One fox raised his hand. Er... his paw. "Yeah, excuse me, O Highly Exalted Atobe-kun," the fox said with sarcasm. "I believe we already agreed about the fact that you're not our leader... We merely allowed you to lead island meetings because we were all too lazy to discuss who should do it."
The peacock's eye twitched. "You dare question my authority, Mizuki-kun??? Off with your head." This was meant to be a command but no one moved to capture Mizuki.
Atobe twitched again. "Alright, well, anyways, let us continue our discussion on this highly important topic."
Everyone just ignored him and started talking with friends about which banana tree they should climb today or how stupid David's last pun was.
Yet again, Atobe twitched.
A noble stag suddenly start glowing gold. Everyone immediately turned all attention to him, mesmerized by his power.
"I say we listen to what Atobe has to say," the stag stated seriously. "All of us."
"Yes, Tezuka!" everyone immediately said. Some said "Yes, Tezuka-buchou!"
Atobe thanked Tezuka. "As I was saying, there is a very important issue still awaiting our discussion! You see, Tennississippians, OUR PONTA FRUIT SUPPLIES ARE DECREASING DRASTICALLY DUE TO THE RECENT LACK OF RAIN!!"
Some gasps were heard. Some cries were shouted out. Some eyes opened wide and some jaws dropped to the ground.
Yet one particular bunny had a different reaction.
Everyone turned when they heard a "THUMP!" as the bunny fell flat onto the ground unconscious.
He had fainted from shock.
Everyone sighed with relief. "It's okay, it was just Echizen."
- - -
The bunny woke up. Immediately, he jumped up and hopped over to a dog. After it placed his little hat back on his head, that is.
"Momo-senpai! Momo-senpai, what are they going to do about the Ponta??!!" the bunny shouted, worriedly, at the Great Dane.
"No worries, Echizen! Taka-san is using his trunk to help water the Ponta tree with the ocean water. We think it'll hopefully help the fruits." Momoshiro barked at the OH SO RELIEVED face that Ryoma had on. "So typical of you to worry so much, Echizen!"
"I bet you'd do the same if you found out the secret burger supply underground had run out of burgers." Ryoma shot back defiantly.
"THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!" the Dane growled nervously. "Never! That place is magical, it always makes knew burgers to replace the eaten ones! It – it can't run out! NEVER!"
Ryoma tipped down his hat with his paw. "Mada mada dane..."
With that, he left the distressed dog and hopped over to check on Taka and the Ponta trees.
Snake - Kaidoh
Cat - Eiji
Vulture - Inui
Peregrine falcon - Kouhei
Turtle - Aoi
Sengoku - Dolphin
Rhinoceros - Kabaji
Peacock - Atobe
Fox - Mizuki
Stag - Tezuka
Bunny - Ryoma
Dog - Momo
Elephant - Taka
A/N: Took me awhile T.T but I finally got all the PoT people into animals! I hope you like it! Dedicated to that idiot who WON'T POST HER STORY XP! Yes, I do hope you enjoyed this!
Yes, yes, I know this is not much of a plot so far. This first chapter was meant as sort of an introduction to lead into the story. Kind of too short, though, ne?