Finally. Chapter 4 is up. I'm sorry for the late update. School's being a royal pain in the ass. Anyways I thank StupidPyroChan, SS-lover06, and CloudyMoon for reviewing. I give tons of gratitude for Kai and SleepyWolf99. Last but not least, thanks to the faithful readers I have. Read and Enjoy!

~Ryuu

Yay I've been mentioned! :D I have the update stick ready to poke Ryuu when needed, but I feel bad when she's flooded with schoolwork so... bear with us guys! We'll try to keep pumping out these chapters ASAP!

-Kai


There stood a young boy, with somewhat feminine features. His hip was cocked to the side with a wizard staff in right hand, his left on his hip. Behind him stood four more members; three males, one female. Prince, who stopped torturing Gui, paused before pulling a oat plant from the mountain floor and moved toward the boy.

"Prince, don't go!" Wolf-DaGe reached his hand out.

"Whadaya wan wid us lil girly-" Prince stuck the plant in him mouth. Everyone was silent, staring at the scarring scene. Hisoka chuckled a bit. I stared at him blankly. He shrugged back. I responded by rolling my eyes. The young boy too was silent, weirded out by Prince's greeting. Prince looked smug as if he was chatting with someone...Lolidragon. Hisoka and I watched the scene before us. The young male's eyes widened, a ticked expression on his face.

"Eh?" Prince looked at the teenager, finally noticing his expression.

"What did you... just say?" The teenager glared at Prince, who was shocked at her expression.

"N-N-Nothing! Gorgeous, we were just wondering if there's anything we can help you with?" Prince stuttered, trying to redeem himself for his unknown mistakes. I sighed. Hisoka grinned, trying hard not to burst out laughing at Prince's dilemma.

"What did you just say?" the wizard shouted, fire flashing in his eyes.

"Wah~ I'm so-sorry! My dazzling lady, how can I help you?" Prince lost all of his composure.

"You just said it again! Shit!" The young boy raged.

"My elegant lady-" He was cut short with a swift kick to his crotch. Prince rolled on the floor in agony, groaning and gasping. The Odd Squad was entirely shocked. Hisoka couldn't help but laugh to his heart's content.

"Prince!" The team ran up to him. Hisoka and I took our leisurely time.

"Hisoka, stop laughing," I quietly scolded him.

"...Okay, okay. Fine." His laughs diminished to an occasional chuckle.

"Prince! Are you alright?" Gui put his hands on Prince's hunched form. He glared at the boy and without warning, slapped the kid as hard as he could.

"Wah!" The young boy fell flat on his stomach with Gui's foot on his back.

"I do not know how Prince had offended you, but... No one may do that to him!" Gui continued to stare down at the boy.

"Release Ming Huang!" There was a sharp breeze as Gui flinched from an invisible blow. We turned our heads swiftly towards the source. The dark elf held his rapier close to Gui's throat.

"Prince-GeGe, are you alright?" Doll knelt next to Prince, who was still wincing from the pain.

"You bastard." His eyes were watery. "Why'd you kick me? What did I say wrong?"

"You damn sissy can't even tell a guy and a girl apart!" Miwa's voice was strained.

"Huh?" Everyone except Hisoka and me perked up.

"I'm a guy! Who're you calling gorgeous?" he shouted.

"You... a guy?" Prince uttered in disbelief. Hisoka once again laughed hysterically.

"Hisoka. Stop. Really now. That's just rude." I grinned.

"Oh god, your reactions are just priceless! It took you guys long enough to figure it out! " His form was doubled over from laughter. "And here, I thought Yume was slow," he jested. I rolled my eyes. Miwa and his team watched Hisoka.

"...Please ignore him!" Prince pushed the taller demon out of the team's sight.

"Move your stinkin' feet!" Miwa turned raging at Gui, who growled.

"How dare you call Prince a sissy? Look at yourself! What guy would kick someone there? Release you? Sure, but only after you become a pillar of light!" Gui stomped on Miwa.

"Stop!" Once again the dark elf, Wicked, swiped at Gui.

"Gah!" Gui flew back.

"Gui!"

"Gui-GeGe!"

"Demon!" We all ran up to Gui.

"Mid-level Heal!" Wolf-DaGe healed Gui's injury.

"You despicable creatures," Miwa stood up shakily, "I'll send you all to hell! Spirits of Thunder! Hear my cry! Come forth!" His staff crackled with electricity.

"Prince! Thunder magic has really strong damage! Stop him!" Lolidragon alerted Prince, who rushed to stop Miwa's spell, but was blocked by Wicked.

"Move it!" Prince slashed his sabre at him. Wicked dodged and countered the attack with continuous strikes.

"Okay... Who should I attack first?" Miwa glanced at the group who huddled around Gui.

"Gui-GeGe! Are you okay?" Doll knelt down next to Gui.

"You! Heaven's Blast!" The vengeful teen directed his attack at the bard. Hisoka covered both Doll and me from the lighting attack.

"Argh!" Gui let out a piteous scream as he was electrified, his body wracked with convulsions.

"Medium Healing! Holy Blessing!" Wolf-DaGe healed the soon-to-be-dead Gui. The dragon got off of us, making sure we were not injured in any way.

"Gui?" Prince looked back, distracted by Gui's painful scream. Prince's body quivered.

"You're not focused," Wicked stated, his rapier stabbing Prince on his side.

"None... None of your business!" Prince winced.

"Prince!" Gui stared in horror.

"Twin Arrows!" Marksman fired two swift arrows which headed toward us. Hisoka deflected the attack with his sword.

"That's the best you got?" The dragon smirked.

"You sneak-attack criminals! I am the pretty wizard of love and justice! Doll will punish you in the name of the skull!" She summoned eight Flame Skulls. "Charge!" The pack ran toward the enemies.

"You two don't have to go, stay to protect us." Doll ordered the last two skulls before she instructed us, "Hisoka-GeGe and Yume-JieJie, can you two keep an eye on Prince-GeGe?" We nodded.

"Bro, hurry and heal me! I'm gonna go and make them pay for what they did to Prince!"

"Don't be rash! You need to save your magic for all the team members!" Wolf-DaGe scolded Gui's irrational thinking. "Prince! Stay focused on Wicked! Lolidragon will take care of Playboy! Doll, you have a very important job! Don't let Miwa harm any of the other team members, or we'll be in serious trouble! Leave the enemy's priest to me! We'll see who's stronger!" the wolf informed us over the team chat. Hisoka and I stood on the sidelines, waiting for the moment to strike.

"Shenge Confusion Melody Medium Level." Gui strummed his instrument, lowering our opponents' agility while doubling our attack.

"Take that!" Doll jumped ecstatically, her skulls pounding Miwa closer to the Rebirth point.

"It's revenge for Prince!" Gui continuously sent arrows at the fleeing Marksman.

"I'm sorry," Playboy cried. Lolidragon chuckled darkly, sharpening a knife.

"Prince! Don't let Miwa use his magic!" Wolf-DaGe attacked Black Lily with another spell. Prince rushed to Miwa, intending to end the battle.

"Jiutou-Luong Slash." Prince attacked Wicked, my chained scythe wrapped around Wicked's weapon.

"Hea... ven... Nine," Miwa managed to utter before Prince struck Miwa in the center of his chest. Hisoka looked ready to pounce. I yanked my purple scythe back, pulling Wicked's weapon free as he knelt on the dirt, clutching his wound.

"Got you." Prince huffed. Miwa weakly laughed. Hisoka's form tensed even more.

"Heh. So what? I've already finished chanting the spell. We'll just die together." Miwa painfully grinned.

"Shit." Hisoka sprinted toward Prince. Bolts of lightning raged on the barren mountain, building up the dust making everything impossible to see. Eight pillars (1) of light shot off into the sky.

"Hisoka, can you sniff out Doll?" My eyes stung from the speck of dirt as I searched for the team.

"...No." The cloud of dust cleared out. Hisoka, in his hurry to protect Prince, ended up sprawled on top of him (2). He hastily stood up, taking another deep sniff.

"Damn it." I looked at him worriedly. Prince also stood up, rubbing his teary eyes.

"Let's go." Hisoka shifted while I mounted him. With a nod to Prince and Wicked, who stared at Hisoka in awe, we flew off toward the rebirth point. Hisoka flapped his wings harder.

"Doll, honey? Are you there?" I whispered.

"Yume-JieJie! Doll and the others are all okay at revival point, but Dark Phantom is here, too! They're saying mean things!" Doll cried. Hisoka growled. I gently slapped his thick hide, quieting him.

"We'll be there soon. Make sure Lolidragon and Gui don't do anything stupid."

"Okay!" I urged Hisoka to fly faster just in case Doll and the others had already left the revival point. We landed in a shadow next to revival point. Hisoka returned to his human form and took a whiff, trying to determine if the others were within the vicinity.

"It seems they left," his voice trailed off.

"Can you find them?" My worried eyes scanned the strolling players, hoping for a hint as to where the team could have gone. My companion didn't reply, but held his nose in pain.

"There are too many scents here. Fucking hurts my nose." Hisoka winced when a player wearing particularly potent perfume walked by. My nose wrinkled at the disgusting smell. We both walked out from the shadow and searched for a sign as to where Doll and the rest could have gone. I glanced at Hisoka, who was wearing an annoyed expression. Many of the female players were drooling at the sight of him and I wouldn't blame them. He is sexy.

"Shut up," he whined, hating the fan girl attention he was receiving.

"Oh my god! Look at the hot piece of meat!"

"I know right! Oh, what I wouldn't give to have him on top of me right now!" I laughed as I caught some snippets of some of the fan girls. Hisoka gave me the evil eye. Suddenly, he stopped grumbling and squinted his eyes, before widening then again. Taking my hand, he dashed ahead. The wind whipped my hair into many knots as I tried to keep up with the dragon. Panting, we halted in front of a tea shop. After a few seconds, Hisoka tugged my hand and led me into the store.

"If it wasn't for the NPC security, I would've killed them by now!" Lolidragon's voice resonated with anger.

"I know!" Gui threw his arms up in frustration.

"We finally found you guys," I interrupted as I walked up to them. My face was still a little flushed from the sprint. Hisoka gave a fanged grin. "Oh, shut up." I playfully slapped his chest.

"What happened?" Hisoka asked.

"He said I was a pervert too!" Gui pointed his finger angrily at the ceiling.

"He said Doll is a weird sorcerer!" Doll cried. Hisoka's violet eyes darkened, his bangs falling over his forehead. I put my hand on his tense shoulder.

"We must take revenge!" Gui glomped Doll, tears at the corner of his eyes.

"Yeah! Fight for ourselves!" Doll clung to Gui, also crying. The rest of the team stared blankly at the two raging members.

"Well... It's the truth," Lolidragon muttered.

"Calm down." I walked over to Doll, giving her a comfort hug.

"There. There. It's not the bad... It may just be a misunderstanding..." Prince tried to calm Gui. Lolidragon and Wolf-DaGe turned to each other.

"Oh yeah. What happened to those dragon dicks?" Lolidragon whispered to Wolf-DaGe. Hisoka winced at the mention of his kins'... penises...

"Didn't pick it up... We just fought for nothing... Pretty much lost around fifty gold," the beast whispered back. Prince suddenly trailed off.

"Dark Phantom!" Prince raved. "Damn it! I'll never forgive you guys!" Prince threw a chair. The rest of the customers stared at the deranged elf.

"Wolf-DaGe, let's just accept their challenge! We'll train super hard this month!" Lolidragon turned to Wolf-DaGe.

"You mean the adventurers' tournament?"

"Shouldn't you guys first complete your team?" I pointed out.

"But, couldn't you join our team?" Prince faced us, halting in his destruction. I smiled sheepishly.

"We're just tagging along, elf." Hisoka crossed his arms.

"If it wasn't because they had the wizard Miwa, we wouldn't have fought such a disastrous battle! So we must find a wizard, completing our six member team!" Wolf-DaGe growled.

"Let's look in the adventurers' camp!" Gui proclaimed.

"Shut up!" The rest of the team roared at the bard with Hisoka bonking him on the head.

"I was just giving a suggestion..." Gui knelt on the floor, drawing circles.

"It's okay, Gui." I patted his back, giving a reassuring smile. We all sat at the table, figuring out where the sixth member would be.

"Where to find one...?" Prince murmured. Lolidragon hummed. I sipped on my acacia tea while Hisoka leisurely drank sake. Wolf-DaGe glanced to his right. Both Hisoka and I followed his line of vision.

"Excuse me..." A timid voice uttered.


Yay~ Chapter 4 over! Hope you enjoyed Hisoka's torment from fan girls. Next up, Chapter 5!

(1) Tezuka!

(2) Fan-service much? Wink wink nudge nudge~

~Ryuu

Does anyone actually get the Tezuka reference? xD A cookie and a PB and J sammich to you if you do! I know Master Lang gets it. :3

-Kai