Okay, here's chapter two... and I don't own nothing except for Chrissy, Kirsten, and Tearra.
All the anime characters belong to their own creators.
Chrissy wandered through the forested mountainside, trying to find any sign of someone. She had been walking for nearly an hour and seen no sign of anyone.
She sighed and leaned against a tree for a moment, trying to think of what else she could possibly do, but there weren't many options. She couldn't just stay here and hope someone came walking on by. She had to keep looking.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks, not sure what it was that had made her stop. She just felt something was WRONG all of a sudden. Then she realized what it was.
All the birds and animals in the undergrowth had suddenly gone quiet. There wasn't a single sound anywhere. Even the wind in the trees seemed to have stopped.
She froze, realizing this, and knowing from her years of experience on a farm, that when animals went silent all of a sudden, it usually meant danger of some sort. But what kind of danger?
Her answer came when the bushes off to her left exploded outward and an enormous creature that looked like a cross between a six armed man and a centipede charged out toward her.
Chrissy fell back in alarm, the creature missing her by scant inches. This thing was HUGE, and she quickly rolled away, scrambling back to her feet, her mind going numb in terror.
"FLESH!!! I SMELL THE FLESH OF A FEMALE VIRGIN!!!" it roared, making another swipe at her.
This time Chrissy was running like mad through the forest, the branches slapping her face and arms as she heard the creature breaking through them all as if they weren't even there, right on her tail.
Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!!!! she thought over and over in her head. Her feet were moving as though they had a mind of their own, but she knew it was only adrenaline and she couldn't keep this up for long. Tears of terror formed in the corners of her eyes, realizing that if this thing caught her, it was most definitely going to eat her.
"OH, GOD!!!! HELP ME!!! SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, never slowing.
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"OH GOD!! HELP ME!!!! SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!"
Mokuba and Kaiba turned as one, hearing the cries of terror, which was quickly followed by the sound of crashing and falling trees.
They took several quick steps back as the hill they were facing exploded outward and they heard a cry of alarm, a young woman with mid length brown hair flailing wildly before she landed on the ground, quickly going in to a roll, and stopping on her hands and knees, not far from where Kaiba and his little brother stood watching in shock.
When she caught sight of them, she got to her feet quickly and grabbed the youngest boy by the hand. "RUN!! IT'S RIGHT BEHIND ME!!!"
Kaiba blinked. "What's right behind...?"
The Centipede Man appeared again, making a b-line right for the young woman. "LET ME TASTE YOUR TENDER FLESH, YOUNG MORTAL!!!!" it screamed.
Chrissy cried out in terror, quickly releasing the young boy's hand and shoved him toward the older boy as she leaped the other way.
"RUN!!" she screamed at the two of them, tearing off once more.
This time Mokuba and his older brother didn't need to be told twice. They were right on her heels, Kaiba keeping his brother's hand in a death grip.
"YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME MORTAL!! I WILL SOON FEAST UPON YOUR TASTY FLESH!!!!"
She looked at her two new companions. "Listen!! This thing is after me!! Just get away from me!! If you can't save me, then save yourselves!!!!"
Mokuba looked up at her, his eyes almost blank with his terror. "But... where can we GO?! We don't even know where we are or how we got here!!"
"That makes three of us! I have no idea where we are either, but just go ANYWHERE! Get away from me or it might go after you once it..."
She was cut off when the ground behind them exploded once more and the three of them went flying. Kaiba quickly shifted himself in midair to cushion his brother's fall, but Chrissy landed by a large tree, and gave a small cry of pain and held her side. Before anyone could move, the Centipede's body scooped up the woman and had her pinned to the tree.
She cried out. "IT'S CRUSHING ME!!!"
Mokuba was quickly on his feet. "Seto!! We have to help her!! That thing is going to EAT her!!!!"
Kaiba growled as the creature advanced on the woman who was obviously in pain. He didn't know who she was, but she was the only person they had come across since they had been somehow whisked out of his mansion. "Yeah, but what can we do? There's no way the two of us can hope to fight that thing! And she was right... when it's finished eating HER it's going to come after US!!"
Chrissy felt a few of her ribs crack and she screamed in pain. "STOP IT!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!"
Mokuba's eyes filled with tears. "WE HAVE TO TRY!!!" He started picking up rocks and throwing it at the monster. "LEAVE HER ALONE!!! SOMEONE HELP US!! SAVE HER!!!"
The monster didn't even seem to notice the stones the boy was throwing at him. He was focused on the young human woman he had pinned and ready to devour. "I SHALL NOW FEAST!!!!"
It's teeth grew enormous, fangs protruding from the corners of its mouth.
Chrissy let out an ear piercing scream, her eyes going enormous as the monster lunged forward, preparing to devour her from the head down.
"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!!!!" A voice cried out, and in that instant, half of the centipede's body was detatched from the rest of it, and a boy with long silver hair and wearing an old style kimono leaped through, landing on the ground before Kaiba and Mokuba.
He cast a quick glance back at them as the Centipede stopped in his attack on the young woman and turned to him. "You two stay back! I'll take care of this freak and save the girl!" he said, not noticing the shocked looks on their faces. The boy's eyes were golden and slitted, and he had what looked like dog ears on the top of his head, and he had claws replacing his toes and fingernails.
"YOU!!!! YOU ARE THE HALF DEMON INUYASHA!!!" The centipede cried out in fury.
He pulled a sword out of his sheath, and the two humans stared in alarm as it transformed immediately, taking on the form of a fang. "And you are out of your league, Centipede Demon!! Looks like I wasn't the only one brought into this weird world, but it figures that your like would go looking for a snack first thing!"
It's eyes widened. "THE TETSUAIGA!!!!!"
He held it forth, a wicked smirk on his face. "That's right... the very sword forged by my own father's fang! And now I'm going to use it to destroy you!!" He made a long sweep with the sword. "WIND SCAR!!!!!"
An enormous sweeping arch of energy slammed into the demon centipede and it cried out as it was disintigrated.
Mokuba blinked. "Wow.. talk about overkill..." Then his eyes widened, looking past the half demon and he saw the young woman lying at the base of the tree. "MISS!!" He charged forward, Kaiba on his heels.
The woman coughed a few times, holding her side in pain. She took in a few lungfulls of air, then opened her eyes a little blearily. "What... just happened? Who... killed that thing?"
Mokuba smiled in relief. "He did! He just came out of nowhere and BAM!! It was a gonner!" he said, indicating the white haired boy with the dog ears who was coming their way now, placing the sword back in its sheath.
He knelt down with the boys. "How're you doing? Are you okay?"
She nodded. "I think so... just a few... broken ribs, maybe..." Then she blinked, sitting up as she looked at him. Her hands came up and she rubbed his ears. "Um... are these real?"
Mokuba grinned broadly. "Me next! Me next!!"
The boy moaned. "Why is it that every time I come across humans, they either run away screaming or want to touch my ears?" he muttered.
She pulled her hands away and blinked. "They... ARE real..." She blushed immediately. "Kawaii... how CUTE!! You have Doggy ears!!!"
He sighed. "Aw, man... It figures..." Then he got to his feet. "Look... do any of you know where the hell I am?"
Kaiba shook his head. "No. My brother and I were sitting in our home when some strange storm came out of nowhere and we woke up not far from here."
The woman blinked. "Hey... that's the same thing that happened to me! Was there earth shaking and weird flashes of light?"
Mokuba nodded. "Yeah! There were loud bangs too! I just blacked out and woke up next to Seto!!"
The white haired boy frowned. "That's what happened to me and my friends, too... What the hell's going on?"
The girl got to her feet with a wince and a small grunt of pain. "I don't know... but I have to find my friends. I got lucky with that centipede thing, but if Kirsten or Tearra come across something like it, they might not have someone in hearing range who can save them." She took in a sharp breath and held her side.
Kaiba frowned. "I think you should rest a bit. That thing hurt you pretty bad and walking might just make it worse."
Inuyasha crouched before her. "Hop on my back. I'll carry you. I wanna get a move on. Besides, that centipede's remains might attract some unwanted attention, and I really don't feel like slaying any more demons unless I have to."
She blinked. "You mean... you'll travel with us?"
He snorted. "Well, I sure as hell ain't leaving you guys alone. There's worse things out there than Centipede Demons, I can tell you that right now. You guys wouldn't last a day out there on your own."
The youngest of them sighed in relief. "Thank Kami... I was worried we were going to have to keep going alone..." Then he gave the half demon and the girl a wide smile. "I'm Mokuba, and this is my big brother, Seto."
The CEO snorted. "Just call me Kaiba."
The girl gave the three of them a small smile. "I'm Chrissy."
The half demon smirked. "I'm called Inuyasha. Now come on. I have a feeling we've got a long way to go."
Kaiba sighed, helping the young woman onto the half demon's back. "I have a feeling you're right."
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Kirsten managed a small smile, taking in her surroundings. The landscape was definitely beautiful. Everything looked so peaceful, and she couldn't figure out why she got a sudden cold chill. She shrugged it off as being a result of her unusual circumstances. "Well, at least this place looks nice... and it the air smells so fresh!"
Duke nodded, a small smile on his own face. "Yeah... I guess it's not so bad here... but I'd sure be liking it a whole lot more if I knew my friends were safe."
Kirsten's smile vanished, thinking of Chrissy and Tearra. "Yeah... I know what you mean..." she said quietly.
He saw the sad expression on her face and paled. He immediately put a big smile on. "Hey, I'm sure your friends are just fine. I mean, you woke up with me, so it's pretty likely that they weren't alone either!"
Kirsten managed another small smile and looked at Duke. "Thank you. You're probably right and I'm just worrying about nothing. I mean... this place seems so nice, and I haven't seen anything that looks dangerous..."
She was cut off when the bushes to their left suddenly rustled. Duke immediately pulled the girl behind him. "Careful! This place may SEEM nice, but there could still be predators here.!"
Gulping, Kirsten nodded, making sure Duke was between her and the bushes.
Then, the bushes were sliced by an enormous axe, Duke grabbing the girl and throwing themselves out of the range of whatever was weilding the massive weapon. The axe was about twice Duke's size, and he had a distinct feeling that he was not looking forward to seeing its owner.
Kirsten screamed a half second later when they saw a large bipedal wild boar step out of the woods, wearing some strange kind of armor.
"FRESH MEAT!!!!" it roared, launching itself at them.
Duke grabbed Kirsten's hand and started racing through the lightly forested area as quickly as his feet would carry him. Thankfully, her long legs made it easy for her to keep up to his pace.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING? DID IT JUST SAY IT WANTS TO EAT US?!" Kirsten cried out in terror, risking a quick glance over her shoulder. The monster was right on their heels.
"I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I SURE AS HELL AM NOT STOPPING TO ASK IT QUESTIONS!!!!"
They didn't get far before the blade of the axe struck the ground right behind them, sending up an explosion of dirt and grass. Trees fell on either side of them as the two of them went flying through the air, landing in a heap on the ground. Then the two of them looked up in time to see the boar-like monster closing the space between them, bringing the axe up for the finishing blow.
Kirsten let out a scream and clung to Duke, the Game Creator gripping her back, his own eyes going wide, unable to take his eyes off the beast as Kirsten burried her face in his chest.
Then, to his shock and relief, an arrow surrounded by a purple aura sliced through the beast, incinerating it immediately.
Duke blinked in surprise, not sure if he'd seen what he thought he just did, and Kirsten looked up hesitantly, her heart hammering in her chest like mad. "What... just happened?"
He shook his head. "I... have no idea."
"Are you two all right?" asked a gentle feminine voice from off to the side. Turning as one, they saw a beautiful woman with long black hair, wearing an old fashioned kimono that Duke recognized as once having been traditional among Japanese Priestesses. At her side was a young man around his age with red hair and the darkest circles around his eyes that he had ever seen. On his back was an enormous container.
Duke gave an immense sigh of relief as the two newcomers approached, the woman placing a bow back onto her back, alongside a quiver of arrows. "We're fine, thanks to you. Thanks for the save. I thought the two of us were gonners."
The woman smiled gently at the two of them, as she crouched at their sides. "Are you injured?"
Duke blinked. "I feel okay... How about you, Kirsten?"
The blonde girl nodded. "I'm fine... I'll be having nightmares for weeks, but I'm fine," she said, still trembling slightly as he helped her to her feet.
The woman smiled at them both. "I am the Priestess Kikyo, and my travel companion is Gaara. This may sound like an odd question, but we are rather lost and are wondering where we are. You see, the two of us are from different lands, but we were seperated from our friends when some strange storm entered our homelands and seemed to whisk us away..."
Kirsten and Duke exchanged alarmed expressions. "THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED TO US!!!" they exclaimed as one.
Kirsten gulped. "Duke and I are from different worlds, too! He was in his friends house in the middle of a storm, and I was out camping with my two friends when the storms came! There was weird shaking and flashes of light, and then we were both here!"
Gaara and Kikyo exchanged looks. "That means that more than just our two worlds are involved in this," the boy said, his face set in a deep frown.
Kikyo's expression was much the same. "It would seem so. There must be some great power at work here to have done something on such a grand scale. We must get to the bottom of it and quickly." She turned to the blonde girl and the black haired boy. "Will you journey with us? It would be safer for you and we may also find it easier to find the information we seek."
Kirsten nodded immediately. "I'm definitely all for it! After the way you took care of that... that... whatever the hell it was, having you guys for company is definitely welcome in my books!"
Duke nodded. "You took the words right out of my mouth! Let's go for it! Besides, we might come across some of our friends, too!"
Kikyo nodded, a smile on her face. "Then let us go. I have a feeling we will have many roads to walk before our answers are presented to us... and that there are many dangers ahead as well.
Woo hooo!!! Chapter Two is up!! What'd you think? R&R everyone!!!