Ch. 3 "Hi."-" AHHHHH!"

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"God I'm starved. Do you want anything, Hobbes?" Calvin asked as he got out of his sleeping bag. It was mid-morning, and it was Calvin's first good nights rest since hearing the owl, yet he was half asleep still. He grabbed the box of breakfast bars and started to eat. Hobbes was hardly awake and still in his sleeping bag.

"Not now." he said tiredly. Calvin hardly noticed him. He finished the box and left the tent for some water. While filling up his cup by the tap, he heard a whirring sound and quick electrical snap.

" What the hell was that?" He said, wide-awake. He shut the water off, drank his water, and walked back to the tent. " Hobbes. Hobbes. HOBBES!" Calvin yelled, trying to wake him up.

" What?" Hobbes asked.

" I think that ranger's boat got wrecked. I thought I heard it, then I think I heard it short out." Calvin explained.

" Tell me in the afternoon when you know for sure, Sherlock." Hobbes replied. Calvin shrugged and opened a box of Chewy bars.

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Halfway around the world, sometime after noon.

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Washu had just finished lunch and entered her lab. A nearby computer was beeping. She walked over and pressed a button.

" Ah, my spybot is back." she said, "No intelligent life found on island. Well that's good news." She walked over to an experiment she was working on, unbeknownst that the spybot computer was set on sarcastic.

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The next morning, a little bit before dawn

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" So what's the plan, Dad?" Tenchi asked. They were all gathered outside with all of the camping gear.

"We eat at the campsite, of course." Nobuyuki said.

"Okay, are we all set now?" Washu asked. There was a collective murmur of yes. " Okay then." Washu typed on her holo-laptop.

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Halfway around the world, mid-morning

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The gang appeared somewhere on one side of the island. Washu also had the computer set up the campsite, fire included.

" Why is it all bright out, not dark, like back home?" Mihoshi asked.

" Were in another time zone, Mihoshi." Washu answered. Sasami started making breakfast while everyone else looked around. Tenchi went in the tent to try to regain some lost hours of sleep.

" Hmm. Washu made the tent larger." Tenchi observed. It now had separate rooms marked off for everyone, a main room, and a bath/toilet room.

" Tenchi, don't sleep the day in. I got some coffee for you." Nobuyuki said, walking in the tent. He gave Tenchi a cup. " Like the tent? I had Washu work on it."

" It's fine, Dad." Tenchi said.

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On the other side of the island

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Calvin woke up from the smell of cooking. He rubbed his eyes and sniffed the air.

" Must be my imagination." he concluded. He looked around for some food. " Dang, I ate it all yesterday. Better check the smell out." he said. He then yawned. " Maybe later." he said, and went back to sleep.

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A few hours later, on the other side of the island.

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Breakfast was over, and Sasami stored all the left-overs of the miso soup (just a bowl). Nobuyuki had dragged Tenchi along for fishing, and Ryoko and Ayeka followed. Washu had set up some traps around the camp site (" I want to see what kind of animals inhabit this island.") and was now in the tent, examining some poison ivy. Mihoshi had asked Sasami earlier if she wanted to play a new board game she bought, and they were going to play it in the tent. After Sasami stored the food, she found Mihoshi setting it up in the tent.

" It's called 'Pass the Pigs'. You're supposed to roll these little rubber pigs and get points on how they land." Mihoshi said, looking at the instruction booklet.

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On the other side of said island

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Calvin woke up again, and the smell was faint, but still there.

" Hobbes, wake up." Calvin said, shaking Hobbes.

" What?" he asked. He then sniffed the air. " What's that smell?"

" I think someone is on the island. Were out of food, so I thought we could mosey on over to whoever's campsite and get some." Calvin said. He put some clothes on, got his shoes, and left the tent with Hobbes. " It should be in... that direction." Calvin said, pointing. After thirty minutes of walking, they found a tent, a fire, and a cooler. Calvin put his finger on his mouth and tiptoed to the cooler. Calvin lifted the top up and nearly yelled out. " Hobbes, look at this thing! You could put five cows in here!" Calvin whispered. He grabbed a nearby bowl covered in saran rap that was still warm. " Look, it's some kind of soup. Smells pretty good." Calvin whispered. He took the saran rap off and sipped some. " Try this, Hobbes! It's better than anything I have ever had before!" Calvin said quietly. Hobbes drank some.

" This is good." he said. They both drank it until there was a little left. A raccoon came nearby.

" Hey, I bet he would like some." Calvin said. He set the bowl down and the raccoon cautiously neared and lapped up a little. Suddenly, a twig snapped. "Quick, someone's coming! Let's go!" Calvin said. They ran off stealthily in the woods, oblivious to the large metal ball that was behind them. The raccoon still drank the contents of the bowl, as the metal tentacles shot out from the ball.

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About twenty minutes later

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Calvin finally reached his tent, and sat down inside, out of breath.

" That...was...a little...scary." he panted. He then thought of something. " Wasn't there a cave we passed on our way back here?" he asked.

" Yeah, I think." Hobbes answered.

" We should try to find it, in case we need a quick escape from whoever's camping here." Calvin said. Hobbes shrugged, and then nodded in agreement. They left their tent, and started looking.

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'Safari Joe, with his companion, Savanna John, are in search of the hidden cave, "Tooakanon". It is said that this cave held tribe members and treasure when the need arised. While searching for this elusive cave, Safari Joe decides to sing his favorite traveling ditty.'

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On the other side of the island (this is getting old real fast)

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Sasami had decided to explore the island with Ryo-ohki after beating Mihoshi five times. After wandering around for ten minutes she heard singing.

Ah-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah
We come from the land of the ice and snow
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, and sing and cry " Valhalla, I am coming."
On we sweep with, with the threshing oar
our only goal will be the western shore

Sasami followed the singing till it was on the other side of a bush. She then saw a hand push it aside followed by a blonde kid.

"Hello." Sasami said. The kid stopped singing, and yelled out in surprise.

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Ch. 4, Inexperienced Spelunking

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"My name is Sasami, what's yours?" Sasami asked. Calvin was recovering from his shock.

"Uh, uhhhh, Calvin..." he said. Hobbes had turned to stuffed animal form when he sensed danger, and Ryo-ohki was dead still (See TMiL 1, Train scenes.).

"What was that song you..." Sasami started to say.

"WOW! YOU GOT YOUR HAIR DYED! AND YOU GOT RED CONTACTS, TOO! COOL!" Calvin said, "My mom won't let me dye my hair, or get contacts."

"What do you mean? I didn't die my hair, or have contacts." Sasami said.

"Righhhhht." Calvin mocked.

" I'm serious." Sasami said, getting a little annoyed.

" No one in the existence of human beings has had blue hair. Red eyes, on the other hand, are common with albino people. You're not an albino." Calvin explained. Sasami sighed.

"But I am telling the truth." she said.

"Whatever." Calvin replied, rolling his eyes.

" By the way, what was that song you were singing?" Sasami asked.

"The Immigrant song, by Led Zeppelin." Calvin answered.

" I've never heard of them before." Sasami said.

"WHAT! YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE GREATEST ROCK BAND EVER TO GRACE THE WORLD!?" Calvin yelled. Sasami shook her head.

"My god, is this the first time you've gone out into the world?" Calvin asked sarcastically.

" What are you doing out here, though?" Sasami asked.

" Lookin' for a cave I saw." Calvin said.

" Don't you need a rope?" Sasami asked.

"What for..." Calvin asked suspiciously.

" Are you planning to go in?" Sasami asked.

" Yeah, why?" Calvin asked.

" You need a rope so you don't get lost. " Sasami answered.

" I have one back at my camp." Calvin said.

" I'll go with you, exploring a cave sounds fun!" Sasami said.

"Fine." Calvin said.

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A few minutes later...

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" Here's my tent. You can read one of my books while I look for a rope. I'm sure my dad gave me one." Calvin said. As he shifted stuff around, Sasami looked at the stack of books.
'Hmm, a lot of stuff I have never heard of. The Hobbit, Akira, a survival book. What's this?' Sasami thought, and picked up a small book, ' Aliens and U.F.O.'s, true accounts.'. Sasami flipped through the book, and had suppressed a few laughs. There were things about "Grays" who had large eyes and hardly any facial features. There were no such inhabitants of the universe, and closest thing to the descriptions were Biohazard suits used by scientists. The spacecrafts in the book would never be able to fly, and looked a little ridiculous.

"Found it. Oh, you're looking at my U.F.O. book. I saw a U.F.O. once." Calvin said. Sasami paid little attention. " Strange thing about it though, was that parts of it looked like wood." Calvin said.
'Uh oh,' Sasami thought,' it was either Ayeka or Mom, Dad, and Funhao'.

" I also saw one just a month ago. It was white and spiky lookin'." Calvin said.

" Uh, why don't we look for that cave?" Sasami said quickly.

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After some hiking...

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"Here it is." Calvin said. He tied the rope to a rock. He then tied the rope around his waist and gave it to Sasami. She tied it around her waist. " I hope there are no bigfeet in there." Calvin said.

" What are bigfeet?" Sasami asked.

"Big hairy ape things that smell bad and may be dangerous." Calvin said. Calvin turned on a flashlight, and they entered the cave.