Disclaimer: Don't own Kakashi, Zabuza and the environment of the 'adventure'. I do own their fate in this story. Muahahaha. (thunder in background, scary music.)
We begin with the thoughts of Zabuza. Or else it could bring some confusion.
I replaced sprocket with cog because I think they mean the same thing.
Chapter 4: Lost valley part 2
A loud roar woke Zabuza that morning. Opening his eyes, he noticed Kakashi was looking outside. Another roar. Zabuza crawled next to Kakashi. Looking down, he saw the giant beast stalking around. Every now and then it looked up to them. "How long have you been awake?" Zabuza asked. "Some time." Kakashi simply replied. The dinosaur roared a 3rd time. Then it looked away and turned completely. It walked away, the ground shaking with every step it took.
"What was that thing?" Zabuza asked as he wondered. "I mean, dinosaurs are extinct." Kakashi looked at him. "That was a T-rex." And then he looked away again. "Then what is it doing here?" Should I tell him about the statues? "I read about it. Over there on the wall. About a giant titan protecting the Scion." Zabuza looked at him. "Why a titan? And how did it get to life?" Kakashi rolled his eyes. "A titan to protect the Scion.." Then he looked at Zabuza. "And it got to life because his mommy and daddy really liked each other." Zabuza wanted to hit Kakashi for his insult. "I know that. But when I got here, that thing was here to (duh) but it didn't move. Like a statue. Near the cave that leads to the waterfall. When I returned and saw you it was gone." Kakashi looked confused. I'll just keep talking. "And the wolves and bears, they were like statues to. Even when I poked them with my sword I got no response. They came to life some time later. I was lucky I could get away." Kakashi thought for a second. And I found the wolf statue. But it was gone the second time I looked. It doesn't make any cense.
"How do we get out of here?" Zabuza asked. "What do you mean?" Zabuza looked in the distance. The Rex was stomping about. "I mean how do we get past that thing? It looks… smart." Zabuza said. Because the event yesterday didn't make him feel any better. "On the wall, I also saw pictures of 3 sprockets and a river." Kakashi started. "And up there." He pointed at the wall he climbed the day before. "What's a sprocked?" Zabuza interrupted. Kakashi thought for a second. "like a cog." He said. "I found one of them." He looked in his backpack. "I think they are hidden here, in this ravine. Here." Kakashi gave the cog to Zabuza. "And the Rex is guarding those in order to protect the Scion." Zabuza stood up, dragging a protesting Kakashi with him. "Then lets go get them other cogs." He said dodging a fist coming his way.
They walked to the entrance of their hide out. "No Rex." Zabuza almost said in a whisper. "Over there, in the water." Kakashi pointed. "The second one should be there." It was far, far away. Cautious, they started to run over to the water. It was a long run, but the Rex was nowhere to be found. Kakashi was running as if his life depended on it, with Zabuza on his heels. They kept passing strange flowers and plants. And the stone walls seemed to get higher. Everything seemed to go well, but when they weren't even half way, the ground started shacking and a grumbling noise cam their way. Fast. "Here it comes!" Zabuza screamed running faster. The Rex roared. The beast was faster then the ninja, and it was driving them to a corner between the walls. Zabuza got ready to grab his sword to impale the Rex, but when it got to close Kakashi seemed to panic and threw a kunai at it. But the Rex didn't stop. It just seemed to run even faster. "That was a clean hit in its head! Why is it still running?" Zabuza called out to Kakashi. "Just go for the water!" He screamed back. Another roar came their way. Fuck this. Zabuza thought as he ran passed Kakashi who threw another kunai at the beast. This time, he had aimed for its neck, and it seemed to work. The Rex coughed up some blood, but it still didn't stop running. Then, in one last try, Kakashi threw a kunai at its leg. It was a good hit. The rex stumbled and fell. Kakashi jumped in the water after Zabuza. Kakashi received one last shock when the rex put his head in the water. Luckily it couldn't reach him to it left.
A few meters further they cached their breaths. It was a small but high room. Zabuza had started to climb the rocks to the top. Kakashi crawled on the rocks from the water. He looked up, and saw Zabuza still climb. So he just tried to clear his mind for a second. Why am I so scared. I had to take that thing on with ease, so why am I so afraid? Kakashi looked up again. Zabuza was a fast climber. And what's the deal with the statues? Then a splash called him back to the here and now. He looked around, then up and back to the water. "Got it." Zabuza smiled holding the cog up. "That's great." Kakashi wanted to grab the cog to put it in his backpack, but fell in the water. He could hear Zabuza laugh. He submerged again. "Its not funny." He growled getting out of the cold water. "Yes it is." Zabuza mocked. "Where to next?" He asked swimming to the side. "To a temple. At the end of this ravine." Kakashi got back into the water. "Lets go."
They both submerged again where they had jumped in, and the dinosaur was nowhere to be found. Again. Zabuza climbed on the edge. "Wait… that thing." Kakashi whined. "Is nowhere to be seen. Lest go we're wasting time." Zabuza dragged him out off the water to and they started running to a deeper part of the valley. Then a large temple doomed up in front of them. And still no rex. Even though they had been running for some time.
Kakashi kept looking back every now and then. He saw large versions of man-eating plants and poison ivy. The grass was very high and a beautiful shade of green. The sun was high and many birds were gliding in the sky. He looked back at Zabuza, who was running next to him. He seems to be getting tired to. He looked forward to the temple. He could see an entrance. And two bright red spots running out of that same temple, towards them. "What are those?" Kakashi asked. "Doesn't matter." Zabuza called grabbing his sword. Kakashi could now see what the two dots were. More dinosaurs.
"I'll take them down!" Zabuza called looking back and then took a sprint towards the red creatures. Kakashi looked back again, then to his left. A third beast was running next to him. Kakashi grabbed a kunai and threw it at the red dinosaur. A clean hit in its left eye should've stopped it, but it just kept running. WTF? He thought grabbing another knife, ready to slit its throat. The dinosaur jumped at him, claws spread and mouth open. Kakashi stopped and the beast landed in front of him. It turned to him and jumped again. Kakashi took a step to the right and pushed his kunai in its neck, pulling it and slicing trough it towards the throat. He took the weapon out and looked down the valley. Still nothing but plants.
He turned to look for Zabuza. One of the red ones was sliced in half, and Zabuza turned to the last one, waving his sword and slashing through it like butter. Blood flew everywhere, the wind picking up the sent of death, blowing down the valley. Kakashi took the moment to look around. He saw a small cave. I wonder where it leads to. Zabuza turned around. "What's tak…" He stopped. Kakashi froze on the spot. He looked at the ground. It shook once. And twice. Then another one followed. The wind suddenly stopped. Everything went silent. Another shock and a low roar. Kakashi turned around. Another roar and a shock. The temple. Kakashi looked back at the temple. "There it comes!" Zabuza screamed at Kakashi. The rex started running. "Run you fool!" Zabuza screamed. Kakashi did as he was told. He ran towards the temple, as fast as he could. But the Rex seemed to be faster.
Zabuza was already inside the temple, looking back, holding his sword with two hands. Kakashi jumped over the dead body of the smaller dinosaur, still running towards Zabuza. A roar followed and the shaking ground fell silent. Kakashi stopped running and looked back. The Rex had gotten distracted by the new flesh. Kakashi walked up a stair to Zabuza. The ground was silent, but he was shaking. He sat down on his knees, not looking at the other man. The Rex looked up. It was done eating but not full. "Come on get up." Zabuza demanded. He pulled Kakashi up by his chest and dragged him inside the temple.
"You are annoying me." Zabuza whined. He kept dragging Kakashi by his vest but couldn't see behind him so he fell into water.
He looked around for hostile things but found only a small grey spot on the white marble floor. He swum up to it and found the last cog. Yay. He submerged in front of Kakashi. "Found it." He declared. "That was fast." Kakashi complemented him before standing up. He walked to the entrance of the temple and looked at the small cave he had seen before. "Well then lets go to yonder cave." Zabuza dragged Kakashi to said cave.
Cautious, they walked to the small entrance. "Wait we don't know what's in there." Kakashi complained. "Are you gonna keep nagging like that?" Zabuza asked as he pushed Kakashi up some rocks just to get him inside. "Why are you so afraid for that thing anyway?" Zabuza demanded. "Its… big… and green…and… and scaly… it's a big green scaly reptile." Kakashi whined. "Maybe… if you start looking at it like a big green turkey…" Zabuza started. "Turkey?" Kakashi tried to look behind him but Zabuza pushed him over more rocks and they both fell. In a rather awkward position. "Turkeys are nice." Kakashi whispered to himself.
Zabuza got up while Kakashi kept thinking about how cool turkeys are. Zabuza just wondered about how a guy who should be quite sane could think turkeys are 'nice'. "Come on you dope get up. I can see the end of this stupid cave." Kakashi sat up and looked. "Finally." Kakashi practically ran to the exit with the finesse of a cat. Why did I have to drag him al the way?
He walked after Kakashi who squealed like a dying ferret when the light hit him. Kakashi seemed to look down. Guess we climbed very high. Zabuza was standing next to Kakashi now and also looked down. But there was nothing. "Do you know what's on the other side of this broken bridge?" Zabuza looked at Kakashi who was still looking like a complete lunatic. "Nothing." He said as he seemed to still wonder about turkeys. "There is the cave to get to the waterfall." Kakashi pointed to yonder cave. "Lets climb down then." Zabuza pushed once again.
(Lets say about 20 minutes later when they FINALLY reached and climbed the waterfall, followed the indoor river and another bridge which was still intact AND crossed it, they put the cogs in the right order in the right places.)
A shock went through the water and a large under water door moved to block a different part so the water could co the other way, the waterfall seemed to have disappeared. "Lets go." Kakashi stated as he ran away from his new 'friend. Sanity is something you can lose… when the (finally) reached the part where the water should've dropped down in the small lake, they could see a small cave had appeared. "Lets go." Zabuza mocked.
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"There is no Scion?" Zabuza growled. "Yes there is, if I have to believe this diary, but we have to got to…" Kakashi kept reading the dusty book he had found. Zabuza turned to him awaiting the answer, but something else attracted his attention. Something that shouldn't move. Something that should've been dead for years.
Note: alright this chapter took me longer then expected. I hope you like it. I would like some advice. Now you just got an idea on how long the chapters will get. Should I keep cutting them in half or just leave them in one piece? Do I make it a romance? If I don't get enough votes then I wont ok? And there are a lot of ppl at school who will vote to so I'll let you know. Please tell me what you think because I do care. XD and thanks for the advice.
