A/N: Soo... Yeup. Here's SetoMary, Kidokano, and Konoene!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN KAGEROU PROJECT
Mary blinked once. Twice. A third time. She still couldn't wrap her head around it.
What was she doing in a metal box?
She had woken up in here, comfortably cuddled in Seto's arms. She had been surprised, but the albino medusae let it go.
Until she realized she was in a metal box. She had shrieked, her eyes flaring for a second (she was glad that Seto was asleep.) And promptly started pounding at the walls. Seto himself woke shortly after to Mary's crying.
"Mary? Where are we?"
"I-I don't know!" the medusae flew (crashed) into his arms, shivering from the shock. Seto patted her head uncomfortably.
"Ah! It's okay! It's okay! We'll get out of it. Okay?" He said. Mary blinked up at him, trying to find comfort in him.
"Oka-ay.." She whispered. Then she paused, thinking of something. "What about the other Mekakushi members?" She asked. Seto thought for a moment, then looked out a small hole in the box. As he surveyed the area, he found themselves on a boat. And there were identical metal boxes surrounding them. As he continued, he saw one of the boxes shaking. Then it fell, emitting curses and apologies. He sweatdropped, then turned to Mary.
"It seems like Kido and Kano are locked in a similar box together." He said. Mary tilted her head.
"They'd make a good couple, don't you think?" She said. Seto burst out laughing, hugging the little girl.
"Yeah! They would, wouldn't they?" He patted her on the head. Mary blinked a few times, confused as to why it was funny. The raven haired boy decided not to tell her. He sighed and looked out again. "I wonder who these people are.." He muttered. The medusae leaned against him.
"I don't know. The girl who came up blindfolded me said it was for the best.. Are they protecting us from something?" She thought out loud. Seto shrugged, feeling a bit cramped.
"Who knows." He gazed out the peephole. Then he smiled. "Hey, let's pretend it's a mystery and we have to solve it!" Mary looked surprised. Then her face split into a large smile.
"Yeah!"
Fracture squealed at their antics. It was Shadow's turn to be concerned for her. The ravenette shrugged and turned back to kidokano. The two were currently fighting (Actually, Kido was fighting, Kano was apologizing.) for a way to get untangled. Shadow sighed and exited the control room, walking among the boxes. Eventually, she came to the kagerou orphan's box, kneeling down to the box peephole.
"Honestly. You two are worse than Percabeth was when we started." She said. The curses stopped and a purple eye peeked out.
"Who the hell are you?" Kido said.
"Umm... I'd say classified information, but it's not really. So okay." Shadow said. "You two are of interest of 4WP. Can you guess what that stands for?"
"No."
"Geez, blunt much." The grin stayed on her face. "Anyways, that's beside the point. You two, along with Seto and Mary are guests on this little cruise ship. Big cruise ship. Whatever. And we put you through these fun little things so you get along better. So if you want to leave, I suggest getting along with each other. At this rate, Seto and Mary will get out of here before you two." With that, she got up and walked away, leaving Kido and Kano to ponder what the heck that shpil was about.
When Shadow got back to the control room, Fracture stood waiting, holding up a radio.
"We have to go back." She stated. Shadow blinked at her curiously.
"Why?"
"Konoene." As soon as she said that, Shadow shrieked and bounced up and down. Everyone else in the control room stared, but the ravenette didn't mind.
"That's my favorite pairing besides Kidokano! Let's go!" She pulled the brunette through the ship, arriving at the open air. The two pulled a small silver coin from each of their pockets, and threw them overboard. In the next instant, an oval tunnel of purple and red appeared, and in the next instant, they disappeared.
Back at Mekakushi Dan base:
Momo frantically looked around the base. She bumped into her brother as she turned the corner.
"I can't find Seto and Mary anywhere!" she exclaimed. Shintaro nodded in agreement.
"And the liar isn't anywhere either." He reported. Hibiya joined them along with Konoha, Ene in his hands.
"We searched town for Kido. She wasn't anywhere." The boy said. Ene actually looked a little worried.
"I searched each electrical source for her. Couldn't find her." The cyber girl put in. At that instant, a large oval tunnel appeared, and spit out two girls. The brigade stared at them as they stood up, brushing themselves off.
"That was the worst landing ever."
"Well it's not my fault you decided to take the faster way."
"I was excited!"
"Excuse me!" Shintaro burst in. "But who the heck are you?" The two girls glanced at him, then at each other.
"Grab and run?"
"Yeah." In an instant, the raven haired girl had Konoha and Ene in her hands, while her partner opened another tunnel. The ravenette glanced back as she threw the shocked pair into the swirling mess of purple and red.
"They'll be back in an instant! Sorry!" She called out, just as the three remaining members reached out. Before they could grab her, the ravenette jumped through the portal. And it closed. Momo blinked in surprise as she grasped empty air. Then Hibiya spoke.
"Well. Now we know where the others went." He said. Momo glared at him.
"You think?" She crossed her arms. "Now what do we do?" She asked, addressing her brother. He was staring at the space intently. "Oi! Brother! What now?!" She called. Shintaro continued to stare. The two barely caught his next few words.
"That portal seems very familiar."
Fracture and Shadow returned, an empty metal box waiting. Without hesitation, they shoved the shocked pair into the box, and promptly shut the lid, marking it 'Konoene'. With that done, Fracture sighed and dusted her hands.
"Hey, that Shintaro, wasn't he in one of our earlier missions?" She asked. Her friend shrugged.
"Possibly Shinaya. Before she... yeah." Shadow replied. Then she smirked. "Let's take them to the others."
Konoha was still in shock. Ene was the one freaking out.
"I can't leave the phone!" the cyber girl cried out. "Why can't I leave the phone!?" Konoha attempted at calming her down (After he got over his shock. Which lasted a while.).
"E-Ene! It's fine! We'll get out of this okay?" He said, speaking into the phone. Suddenly, he felt the box moving. The albino glanced around, searching for some way to see. What he found was a peephole on the side. His eye peered outside, and he blinked twice when he saw a box that said KidoKano, and blinked again at SetoMary. Funny. He was thinking that both would make good couples. Ene cried out from inside the phone.
"Lemme see!" She said. Konoha held the phone's screen up to the peephole, and Ene peered through. "Uwaa~! We're on a boat!" She whispered. Then she scanned the area.
"What do you think we should do?" The albino android asked. Ene was silent. "Ene? Hello?"
"Don't you think that Kido and Kano would make a good couple?" There was a burst of laughter from the box beside them. Konoha scrambled to listen. The voice once again spoke.
"Ene! It's me! Seto!" The raven haired boy called. "Is Konoha there with you?" The two mentioned, called out.
"We're here!"
"What's going on!?"
"Who were those girls?" Then Kido's angry voice called out from the other side.
"Idiotic freaks who think putting a boy and a girl in a box is fun." She said. Seto sweatdropped from his box.
"I have Mary with me." He said. "And Kido is with Kano. How is he by the way?"
"He's asleep."
"You knocked him out again?"
"Um... Maybe?" Ene giggled at the green haired girl's answer. Then spoke up.
"I can't leave Master's phone for some reason. They put up these weird firewall thingys." She reported. Konoha looked at her screen.
"That's not good." He remarked. Ene facepalmed. Face-sweater. Whatever. Point is her sweater hit her face instead. The albino blinked at her. "Did that hurt?"
"No. I'm reminded of my past life." She said, shrugging. "What do we do now?" It was Seto who answered.
"There isn't much we can do." He said. "But Kido said that the girls were talking about 'activities'. Which makes me think there's a bigger plot than just this." Kido voiced her agreement.
"Which sucks because I'm in a metal box with an idiot who keeps falling asleep."
"He wouldn't do that if you stopped knocking him out on purpose."
"He's ANNOYING!" Ene couldn't hold back laughter. Konoha looked cluelessly at the cyber girl, who had gone into such a fit of laughter the phone started vibrating along with her. The albino sighed.
"Well, I suppose we can wait." He said. The others agreed. And all three Kagerou boxes fell into a lapse of silence. Then Ene spoke up.
"Do you think they'll feed us?" Konoha glanced at her curiously.
"You get hungry?"
"... No."
Shadow sighed in annoyance.
"They aren't nearly as interesting as the others were!" She complained. Fracture waved her away.
"Shh!" She mumbled, watching the screen intensely. Her friend rolled her eyes. Despite the cool and indifferent facade the brunette put up, Konoene always seemed to make her freak out. Almost as much as Shadow. The named ravenette sighed. So much for exciting. With that, she gazed at the Kidokano box. The green haired tsundere had been knocking out Kano every 5 minutes. Shadow thought it was funny, but it probably would give Kano a concussion. 4WP wouldn't like that very much. So...
This was how Shadow found herself moving the Kidokano box to the next stage.
Kido shook Kano awake.
"Ne? Danchou? What's happening now?" He blinked.
"We're being moved." She replied back, peering out of the peephole. Suddenly, the peephole was covered in a dark blanket. "The hell?" After a few minutes thought, the blanket was taken off, and the metal box fell open. Kido scrambled to get out, glancing around her surroundings.
They were in a white room the size of an average walk in closet. There was a stool, and a door leading to a bathroom. On another wall was a speaker. Kano followed slowly after her.
"Where the heck-?" He was cut off by the static of the speaker.
"Welcome to the next stage! Food will be given to you from the ceiling! Enjoy your stay!"
A/N: Tada! So what's next!? Hate? Like? Review! I think... This was waay longer than the other chapters. I think. Anyways, internet cookies for the peeps who figure out what 4WP stands for before the 5th chapter is posted! And UNNATURAL HAZE is NOT coming out on June 22... It'll come out next week. I still need to edit stuff. Sorry. Oh well. AND ONWARD.