Jorinde: Hehe, I'm back! And this time, I have brought a friend!
#Brings in Ripki#
Jorinde: This story is dedicated to my lovely friend Ripki, without whom, I would never have thought of the new adventures of Yumiko and Ripki!
#Bows before Ripki#
Ripki: -shrieks in Delight- WAA! ^^ Okay, okay -clears Throat-
Well, I am happy to be the Guest on Today's featured Story. ^^ I would like to thank Herr Goblin King for being such a good Player when I've harassed him. This will be a fun Adventure!
#Links arm#
Jorinde: I agree! Now, it is time for fun, enjoy!
P.s. I do not own the Labyrinth or Hellsing…they are owned by richer and better-looking people! X
P.p.s. Also, sometimes Yumie will gain control of Yumiko and Vic versa so if you get confused it's because Yumie/Yumiko has re-surfaced and woken up.
The trial of the Labyrinth Chapter 1: Escaping into fantasy"I cannot believe Zurin stole the mannequin I made you!" Yumie burst through the doors of her bedroom and was quickly followed by a very teary-eyed Rip Van Winkle who flops down on the bed immediately and snuggles face into pillow, weeping.
"WAAAAAAAHHHH! It's not fair! That was my favourite one as well and she had to steal it away!" Was all that could be made audible from the pillow, the rest were cries and muffled curses.
Yumie turned round to see her friend and sighed deeply. As she put on her glasses, she knew she'd let Yumiko have a word since she wasn't very good with the 'emotional' stuff, unless it was to do with Anger and killing. She sat down and rubbed her head.
"It's ok Ripki, I'm sure she'll let you have it back", Yumiko turned to her friend meekly and tried to sound positive. As Rip Van turned over, her face strewn with tears, she looked upset even more at Yumie's comment than happy.
"How could you say such a thing?!" She squealed almost painfully to Yumiko. "You know full well, that she'll practically destroy that lovely face of his and then fill him with nightmares, so that every time I'd go near him, I'd recoil in Horror! I can't believe she could be so…so…CRUEL!!!" At the final word, Rip van grimaced, flung herself forward and into the arms of Yumie, who still had a look of worry for her friend plastered on her face.
"Oh Ripki, if only there was something I could do…Wait, I know!" An as Yumiko pulled away from a very confused and curious Rip van, she headed towards her closet, letting her glasses slip a little, a small amount of mischief showing in her eyes. She reached inside the closet, but before she pulled out whatever she had a hold of, she spun round and looked Rip van in the eye with a smile.
"Now, I've not finished this yet, I was planning to give it to you when it was Christmas, but since this is kind of an emergency, I shall let you have him." As Yumiko Slowly pulled the large item out, Ripki's face showed surprise, shock and finally delight at what stood beside Yumiko. Yumiko seemed to have a talent for making mannequin's look almost human and there infront of Rip Van's eyes, was a beautiful 'remake' of Dok himself. It wore his clothes and even had that cheeky and devilish smile of his. As Rip Van stood up slowly, all sign of crying had stopped; she reached out and poked the statue in the chest, before slowly turning to Yumiko her manic smile even made Yumiko a little nervous. She opened her arms and gathered her friend in a bear like hug, which she happily responded with a squeal and a gasp for air.
"Oh thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I promise I'll take good care of him, and I'll talk to him and clean him and…" Rip van felt a small pop and saw a Yumiko in her arms, struggling for breath.
"Oops, sorry, Hehe, " As she put her down on the bed, she spun back round and wrapped her arms round the mannequin, pressing her face into it's chest, and said, "Dok fix Rip," pulling back, she asked the mannequin with a small pout forming on her lips.
Yumiko stood up, regaining her breath and winking to herself before heading towards the bookshelf and pulling out her favourite book, the one Her good friend Heinkel had lent to her and opened it on the first page. She turned back and saw Rip van eyeing her up suspiciously and returned her glance with a small wink.
"I think I'd better leave you two alone…Hehe…I wish I could go and see the Goblin King right now!" And in no more than a second, Yumiko had vanished into a puff of glitter.
As Rip van stood perplexed, she realised she was alone in the room with the mannequin. She reached on her tiptoes and was just about to plant a kiss on its lips when suddenly, the door flew upon and a voice came in, interrupting her sweet moment.
"Rip Van, Zurin says she's sorry and that… WOW! IS THAT DOK?! CAN I SEE HIM?! PLEASE, PLEASE, PELEASE!" And Schrodinger immediately flung himself in her general direction, aiming for a hug from the Mannequin, but luckily Rip van kept a tight grip on it and twirled it just at the right moment, causing Schrodinger to trip forward and fall headfirst into the bedside table.
Rip Van looked slightly scared at the still body of Schrodinger, but soon he stood again before her and the mannequin, his hands placed on his hips with a sly smile on his face.
"Now, now Rip van, It's not nice to keep all to yourself. If you don't give him hear I shall have to go and interrupt Major and Integra's game of chess and get him here. And I don't think He will like that now, do you?" As Schrodinger took one side of the mannequin's body, he gave a hard yank, but Rip van just closed her eyes and gripped tighter.
"Nein, nein! He IST mine! Yumie made him for me! You'll just destroy him so he won't ever be usable for me again!" Rip van cried and tried desperately to pull out of the tug of war, but that only made Schrodinger more aggravated.
"Give him to me Rip Van! Or I'll tell Doc!" Schrodinger cried and dug his heels in the ground to try to gain advantage.
"But…but…YUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIEE!" Rip van let out a scream, and a poof of glitter later, Yumie surveyed the situation and immediately grabbed a rolled up newspaper.
"No, Bad Schrodinger! Shoo! Shoo!" She repeatedly hit the strange catboy on the head and 'shoo-ed' him out of the room, successfully getting him out of the door, but before she could celebrate, she saw him poke his head back in, one hand rubbing it, the other waving in the air to show he was angry.
"Just you wait! I'm getting Herr Major to tell you two off! HERR MAJOOOOOOR! YUMIE AND RIP VAN ARE BEING MEAN TO ME!" Schrodinger quickly left and screamed, running down the hallway like a maniac and a girl and as both Rip Van poked their heads round the corner, they both managed to grab him and stuff him into the closet, before looking at each other as if to say, 'What a strange child.'
"That should calm him down for a bit," Yumiko quickly rearranged her clothing and took a sigh of relief, but cut it short when she heard the sound of a clicking of footsteps and the cursing of a cat under someone's breath approaching her bedroom.
"Uh oh, It's the major!" Yumiko frantically shook on the spot and started to hyperventilate, before Rip Van gripped both her shoulders and slapping her across the face to calm her.
"Calm down woman! What do we do?!" Rip Van stared in Yumiko's shocked face and was met with determination.
"One, Ow. Two, don't shake me, you'll wake Yumie And three …RUN, SAVE YOURSELF AND THE DOC!" Yumiko's body snapped into a frantic search across room for an escape route but was met with a dead end each time.
All of a sudden, with her back turned to Rip Van she froze for three seconds and proclaimed to the air, "Of course!" She turned back round to a confused and surprised Rip Van, gripped one of her arms and wore a triumphant smile just as the doorknob turned.
"I wish the Goblins would come and take US away, right now!" And in a mass poof of glitter she had wished herself and Rip van to the gates at the beginning of the castle, which it seemed was totally deserted.
Yumiko closed her eyes, smiling and rubbed her habit, saying happily, "Huh, I didn't think that would actually work with both of us," And as she turned back to her friend, she clearly saw Rip van's both wide open and her eyes agape to all around.
"Wow, da underground!" Rip van finally proclaimed and swung her arms round her body, smelling in the smell of magic and what seemed to be moss. Yumiko smiled happily at her friends new found happiness, but then frowned as she looked round at the desolate place, which only seemed to have a small lake and some fairies floating around. "Well now what do we do?" she said sadly, but right on cue, the sound of music filled the air, an almost familiar song to both of them, and Yumiko turned to Rip Van, both with mischievous looks on their faces.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Yumiko quipped happily and held out her hand for Rip van to take. Rip Van, taking one hand in Yumiko's and using the other to point towards the destination, shouted, "To the Goblin city!"
"Ja, Ja! Wait…" Just as Yumiko put her foot in front of her she caught a glimpse of something behind them and turned to see figures, running to them in the distance. "My goodness, the one in the middle he's…big and…orange and… are rocks following him?!" Yumiko asked quizzically and cleaned her glasses for good measure to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Rip Van gave a very un-scary squeaking sound and abruptly hid behind the nun, peeking out from over the shoulder. Yumiko gave a gasp of realisation and quickly glanced at Rip van and smiled.
"It's ok, It's just Ludo with Didymus and Hogshead!" She squeaked happily and ran to meet them. As Rip Van followed, she quickly pointed up to the air and closed her eyes, before correcting her friend, "I think you mean Hogtied," and as she opened her eyes and looked down, she clearly saw Hoggle glaring up at her towards her general direction. Yumiko quickly stopped hugging Ludo and turned to Hoggle, "It's ok, we were only kidding Higgle, Hehe", as she finished off that remark, she in turn got a glare and hid behind Ludo for protection.
"My ladies, it is an honour and a privilege to impart our service upon you, if you will so allow us?" Sir Didymus took a long bow, kissing Rip van on her hand, who in turn blushed and curtsied.
"Mein Gott…So cute…I have to pet you," Rip van grinned happily and proceeded to give Didymus a soft pat on the head, which the brave knight happily received with a deep growl.
"Awww, he likes it," Yumiko said before turning to Ludo adding, "How about you Ludo? I bet a big beast like you likes nothing more than a good scratch behind the ear?" And with that she slowly began scratching just behind Ludo's ear, where he let out a happy growl also and bent down to allow her to reach better. Hoggle merely looked a little jealous before stomping his foot to get there attention. They both turned to him an immediately leapt on him, smothering him in loving kisses and big hugs, which made the Dwarf yelp, caught off by the sudden surprise of being leaped on by two woman. As they got off him, they turned around out of courtesy, straightening out they're dishevelled clothes, leaving the poor dwarf to collect himself. Yumiko quickly surveyed the situation whilst Rip continued to pet Sir Didymus.
"Ok, I have an idea," She yelled making Rip jump, "If I've got it right then Ludo shouldn't mind giving us a helping hand," Yumiko giggled to herself and got another confused look from Rip who hadn't yet made the link between the quote and joke. She sighed and shook her head, before turning her attention back to Ludo and whispered something in the fur here she thought his ears where. In one second he had processed the thought and gave her a nod and bent down. At first Rip thought he was going to eat Yumiko, but then saw him gently lift and hoist her onto his back. He walked over to Rip and kneeled again.
"Come on, your turn," Yumiko chimed and held out her hand for the young girl who still stood with her mouth opened in slight amazement.
"Ja," She nodded in agreement, grabbing hold of everything, which she had newly strapped into one place on her back and grabbing hold on Yumiko's hand, bounced on top of the gentle beast's back.
"Ok, everyone ready?" The nun glanced around to the two companions on the ground, one of who seemed always happiest riding his noble and brave steed.
"Then of we go to the castle at the centre o the labyrinth. MUSH!" She declared and raised a finger pointing towards the destination she saw, only to have the response of a grunt from Ludo, which she knew was his way of saying, 'Huh?'
"That means you can start Ludo," She bent a little so only he heard and off the unlikely gang started; a Fox riding a dog, a grumpy dog, a Beast with two girls on his back, a berserker nun and a Nazi-vampire.
Yumiko glanced over her shoulder and at Rip who was whistling a cheery little melody aloud.
"So what do you want to do whilst we travel?" She asked lazily, laying her chin on her balled up hand. Rip looked very thoughtful or about 3 minutes before she glanced down at Hoggle, who was cursing that he had stubbed his toe. She let her trademark grin spread across her face and let her long fingers curve around the back of her musket, before pointing it at the little, now frightened man.
"Dance Meine Freunden, dance!" She yelled into the wind, ricocheting the bullets off the walls for Hoggle to jump and miss.
Yumiko sat dumbfounded for a second, before turning back to the front and saying, "The Goblin king's going to love you."
She heard an 'Oh mein Gott!' and could just see Rip applying a fresh coat of make-up and putting curlers in her hair, whilst the bullets still flew about and were dodged by a very grumpy Hoggle.