Hunt
Disclaimer: PoT belongs to Konomi Takeshi, not moi.
A/N: For animal-person information, go to the bottom.
"Excuse me! Dr. Ryuuzaki? There's a message for you! It's urgent!"
Ryuuzaki swished her long white lab coat around and looked dramatic. "Could it be?!"
She ran over to the fax machine. She grabbed the paper and, with wide open eyes, read it eagerly.
"MS. MITSUKI!!! PACK OUR BAGS WE'RE GOING ON A—"
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"— long journey to a world unknown!!"
"Hanamura-sensei? What do you mean?" questioned the confused apprentice scientist.
"HA!" Dr. Hanamura exclaimed triumphantly at her apprentice. "Look!" She thrust a paper document at the confused young apprentice girl.
The girl's eyes opened wide. "Ah! This is—"
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"— the chance we've all been waiting for!" announced Dr. Banji to his whole lab. "A once in a lifetime chance, too! Dr. Kishimoto, Ms. Harada! You two shall be accompanying me on this journey!"
"H-hai!" the two scientists obeyed, running off to pack their bags.
"Banji-sensei? What are we going to do?" inquired the rest of his gang.
"You all shall—"
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"— monitor our moves and send reinforcements of backup whenever they are needed. Also, we'll relay a lot of new discoveries or information to you so you all will have to be well prepared to record and file down each and every move or discovery we make."
"H-hai, Sakaki-sensei!" shouted Sakaki's crew. Sakaki and his one companion, Dr. Watanuki, began to pack.
"Dr. Watanuki! You're—"
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"— transportation has arrived! Ojii-sensei?!" shouted the secretary.
Ojii snored loudly. Sigh...
His three companions, Dr. Takuto, Ryo, and Kyo, shook him awake.
"Oh!" he exclaimed. "Is it time for my dentist appointment?!"
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While all this was occurring, one small researcher/scientist was standing by his lonesome in his lab with a gum wrapper in his hands. For now, we'll just call him Anony (short for Anonymous) since I do not wish to reveal his name.
"How odd!" he exclaimed. "There's writing on this random gum wrapper I found at the door!"
He raised the gum wrapper to eye-length and read it. His jaw dropped to the ground.
"Pack your bags, everyone! We're going on a trip!" he shouted excitedly.
Poor Anony, though. He realized that he was the only one in his office (which was actually just his basement den).
He hung his head and just decided to go on this trip alone.
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"Taka-san?"
The elephant turned around to meet the adorable little bunny staring up at him.
"Hai, Echizen-kun?" the elephant said, while tending the Ponta trees.
"Are the Ponta trees okay?" questioned the young bunny worriedly. "Are the trees still going to be able to produce the fruit?"
"Don't worry, Echizen-kun, they'll be fine by tomorrow!" Taka exclaimed optimistically.
The bunny hesitantly nodded and hopped off. Awww, how cute!
"That Echizen!" Taka sighed, chuckling.
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"TO THE TENNIS BALL!!!!" shrieked the birds in the air.
"TO THE TENNIS BALL!!!!" hollered the sea creatures in the water.
You know the routine...
Everyone gathered at the ceremonial rock and looked up at the speaker who sat atop the Tennis Ball: Tachibana.
The lion stood there, noble and proud, waiting for everyone's attention. He didn't have to wait long for his Fudomine clan members (Shinji, Kamio, Tetsu, and Sakurai) to give him their full attention. Not only were they giving him their (absolutely and undoubtably) FULL attention but they were also kneeling at Tachibana's paws with googly eyes crying "TACHIBANA-SAN!!"
If a certain bunny was paying attention, he'd be saying this right now: "Mada mada dane..."
Once everyone gave Tachibana the lion their full attention, Tachibana cleared his throat and started to speak.
"Ahem. Hello, everyone. Yes, well, to get right to the point, the humans have found our island."
No one was listening to him (except his Fudomine clan members).
"Excuse me!"
Everyone still chattered amongst themselves, ignoring Tachibana completely, who was even roaring to get their attention.
Tezuka stood up next to Tachibana. Immediately, everyone stopped talking and turned to Tezuka.
Tezuka and his almight Zone...
"Thank you, Tezuka," Tachibana said gratefully as the stag got off the rock. "As I was trying to say, the humans have discovered our island!"
There was six seconds of absolute silence. A certain vulture called Inui calculated that the silence lasted exactly six seconds and 67 milliseconds, actually.
Then there was chaos.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'DISCOVERED'?"
"LIKE, ARE THEY COMING, LIKE, NOW?!"
"WAIT, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! ISN'T TENNISSISSIPPI, LIKE, HUMAN-PROOF?"
"YOU BAKA, WHO TOLD YOU THAT??!!"
"SO, SO, SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US?!"
"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!"
"IF THEY COME, THEY'LL WANNA CATCH US AND PUT WEIRD BANDS ON OUR LEGS, RIGHT?"
"I HEARD THAT IF THEY CATCH YOU, THEY SKIN YOUR FUR OFF AND WEAR IT AS A SYMBOL OF WEALTH!"
"I HEARD THAT IF THEY CATCH YOU, YOU GET LOCKED UP IN CAGES AND TESTED ON FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU LIVE OFF PLASTIC FOOD!" (Here, Momo screams in agony)
"I HEARD THAT IF THEY CATCH YOU, YOU GET LOCKED UP IN A GLASS CAGE AND STARED AT 'TIL THE REST OF ETERNITY!"
"THE HORROR OF IT ALL!"
Everyone shut up and gave their full attention to Tezuka, who'd suddenly gotten up on the rock again and turned on his Zone... dun dun dun...
"I think I'll take it from here..." he nodded to Tachibana.
The lion jumped off the Tennis Ball looking ashamed. "Hai... of course, Tezuka..."
"Fellow Tennississippians. Right now, it is not a matter of if they come. They will definitely come anyways. Sometime soon, I'm sure. But, do not worry about the humans. Do not worry even though they will most definitely come. Do not worry even though they will want to capture us. Do not worry even though they will hunt us and research us to no end. Do not worry even though it is likely that they will want to bring us back to their world for who knows what. Do not worry for there is someone amongst us who shall save us all.
"Do not worry, my friends, for Echizen," Tezuka looks over at Echizen along with everyone else, "shall be Tennississippi's PILLAR OF STRENGTH."
Everyone was quietly staring at the bunny, who happened to be staring longingly at the Ponta trees and not paying attention to the meeting at all.
"That will not save us," a cobra named Kirihara sneered in disgust. Most everyone agreed with the cobra, no matter how cute the bunny was.
Tezuka just kept on staring at Ryoma, as if expecting something from the bunny. Then, he got off the Tennis Ball but still kept his gaze locked onto the bunny.
"Alright, since Tezuka and Tachibana both failed miserably in trying to tell you all our current situation, I shall take up the duty now," reported Mizuki the fox as he leapt agilely onto the rock.
"So, the humans have found out about Tennississippi, as you all know. Our aerial scout here, Kouhei, saw a small navy ship or some sort come awful close to our shores this morning. The humans on board that ship were pointing their humongous magnifying glasses in the direction of our island. How do we know this? Well, if anyone doubts Kouhei's vision, then that's your problem...
"We can't be sure of when they're coming and what they want to do to us but, if we want to be vague, they're coming soon and they're not coming to play hopscotch with us." Mizuki twirled his hair and nodded knowingly. "This meeting was called in order for us as a whole to decide on how to approach this situation. So, everyone, what are your ideas?"
No one spoke. No one had an idea, probably.
"Well, I think that—" began Mizuki.
Suddenly, Youhei, the bat with extremely good hearing, shushed Mizuki. Everyone was still and stared earnestly at Youhei, who looked like he was concentrating real hard on hearing something in the distance.
Youhei turned to face the others.
"It's too late now, Mizuki-kun. The humans have already arrived."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
Lion - Tachibana
Cobra - Kirihara
Bat - Youhei
A/N: Ahhh, I don't know why I'm always worrying about the length so much but I am! Hmm, I'm sure the next update will be longer than this one XD just 'cause I'm kind of paranoid about my chapter lengths T.T...
Saa, please read and review! Oh, and read "24" too if you have not! SANKYUU!