Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Hey everyone! Pinkshuchan here and I have the next chapter of A Gravitation Nutcracker with me. What will happen to Yuki and Shuichi now? Surely it won't be worse that the sugar cone bear, right? Well it depends on this chapter. Here it is! Enjoy!

Chapter 4

Field of Flowers

It was getting close to night time in the Land of Sweets and Shuichi and Yuki were still floating on the river. Shuichi, sitting on Yuki and using him as a raft, was rowing them to the closest land they could get to. Good thing they managed to find some land before they reached any waterfalls. Once they got to the land, Shuichi got off first, then with all his strength, he pulled Yuki up. The entire trip left them exhausted; Shuichi because he was rowing them to the land, and Yuki because his arms were being used as the oars.

They decided to camp out for the night, although they agreed on no campfires due to Yuki being wood himself. As they sat at their campsite, Shuichi had so many questions about the Land of Sweets and about Yuki himself. After all, they barely knew each other and if they were going to continue travelling together they needed to know more about each other. Once they were fully relaxed, Shuichi popped the question out.

"Yuki, can you please tell me more about yourself and the Land of Sweets?" he asked the nutcracker. Upon realizing how he asked, he blushed and tried to keep his gaze off the wooden soldier. "Sorry if that came out too strong."

Yuki just sighed. "No, it's fine," he replied, "Anyone would get curious if there's something that pops out at them. To tell you the truth, there's nothing about me that would be interesting to you. However, I can tell you about the Land of Sweets."

Shuichi looked back at him and nodded enthusiastically. "Yes please!" The nutcracker began telling the story of the Land of Sweets.

"The Land of Sweets is a world far different from where you live. There are so many delicious treats you could eat and you would never get fat or get a heart attack. People loved it here so much that they decided to live here. A king from a land close by wanted a worthy man to rule the Land of Sweets. That man would then have the honour of marrying his eldest daughter. The challenge he gave them was a task so great that it was too much for even the toughest and strongest warriors in the land."

"What did they do?" Shuichi asked excitedly, leaning closer to Yuki, "Did they have to slay a powerful candy monster like the sugar cone bear? Did they have to travel the entire land?"

"Nope. They had to break the toughest nut in the world with their jaw."

The pink haired boy sat back in his seat. "That's it? Break a nut with their jaw? That sounds nuts, no pun intended."

"I think it sounds stupid too but that was what was requested. Many had tried and failed to break the nut with their jaws. Most even broke their teeth because they tried really hard. The king felt like there would be no one to become the king of the Land of Sweets until one day, the eldest son of the king's trusted toymaker came and managed to break the nut with his jaw. The king was so pleased that he gave the young man the Land of Sweets to rule and his beautiful daughter to marry.

"Generation to generation, there would always be an eldest son to rule over the Land of Sweets and every eldest son from the first king's family would be given the same type of jaw he had to win his kingdom. Because of their greatness over the land, they were always blessed with the power of the being that guided the Land of Sweets. He refused to call himself the ruler. In face, it was him that told the king of the other country to find the young man that could break the nut with his jaw to become this land's king. This being was considered to be a god that watched the land. He is…!" Yuki slapped himself. "Dammit!"

This confused Shuichi. "What is it?"

"Why didn't I think of this before? He has the power to make everything right. I've never met him, but with everything I've heard about him I'm sure he can set things right."

"Who are you talking about?"

"The Sugarplum Kuma!"

Shuichi just stared at him. "Okay, you've lost me."

Yuki pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to Shuichi. "I know, the script doesn't make any sense at all but we gotta go along with it," He crumpled it up and threw it away. "If we summon the Sugarplum Kuma here, he could help us with our problems, like for example, help me defeat that mouse."

It looked like Shuichi understood now, for a smile was plastered over his face. "So he could send my back home my regular size?"

"Possibly," the nutcracker replied, "But in order to know for sure, we need to summon him. There is a special method in order to summon him so we must do it for him to come before him."

And so, Yuki began to summon the Sugarplum Kuma by chanting, which when you think about it, it isn't special at all. But the nutcracker chanted anyway in order to get the Sugarplum Kuma to come to them. Once he finished chanting, he and Shuichi awaited for the one to help them.

But the Sugarplum Kuma was no where to be seen.

Yuki stayed up and waited as he cannot sleep because he's a nutcracker while Shuichi went to sleep. All night, the nutcracker waited for the Sugarplum Kuma to come to him but he never came. When morning came, he began to think that the Sugarplum Kuma didn't really exist. All those stories he had heard about the Sugarplum Kuma couldn't be true. Shuichi noticed this too as soon as he woke up. Realizing that it was a waste of time to wait, they decided to keep going. They didn't know where exactly they were going, but Shuichi really wanted to continue on so he could see more of the Land of Sweets.

They walked until they had reached a crossroad with paths made of graham crackers. Upon reaching it, they didn't know which path to take. Shuichi suggested Eenie Meenie Miney Mo. Yuki felt like that was stupid. They argued until a voice spoke to them.

"You are trying to decide which path to take?"

They turned back to the crossroads to see an old woman standing there. Most of her face was hidden under the hood of her black cloak but it was definitely an old woman's face with her crooked nose and her silver hair, her hands were covered by the sleeves, and the cloak reached the ground. She looked at them with curiosity.

"You're not sure which path to take," she continued, "But the better question to ask would be 'Which path is the safest to take?'"

The nutcracker looked at the old woman in disbelief. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"There are two paths to take, one more dangerous than the other. Can you choose the safest path to take?"

"We don't even know which one could be the safest path," Shuichi replied, "Can you help us with which way to go?"

"Since you seem so desperate to know, I shall tell you. The path on your left leads to the Forest of Death," Right after she said that, the forest appeared before them with screams of terror and pain and blood was gushing out. That just shocked and somewhat scared them. "And the path on your right leads to the Field of Flowers." Like with the forest, the field appeared with all its beauty. The choice was obvious.

"We're gonna go with the second one." Yuki replied. They began walking to the path on the right, ignoring the maniacal laughter of the old woman behind them. They were starting to wonder if they chose the right path.

After a bit of walking, they made it to the Field of Flowers. It looked absolutely beautiful. They didn't even know why this place could be far more dangerous than the Forest of Death. But then they found a sign close to the edge of the field. It read:

This is the Field of Flowers. Only those as light as a feather can pass through here.

"'Only those as light as a feather can pass through here'?" Yuki mocked the sign, "What could be so dangerous about passing through and not being 'as light as a feather'?" Well, Yuki got his answer the moment he tried to make a step for the moment he stepped in the field, the ground below where he stepped collapsed, making a bottomless pit. It was a good thing the nutcracker pulled his foot away before it fell with it.

"I guess those flowers must be really delicate!" Shuichi answered in awe.

Yuki growled. "How can we get past here if we're not as light as a feather? What does it want us to do? Dance?"

That got Shuichi thinking. "Dance? Wait! That's it! Ballet!"

This confused the nutcracker. "Ballet? What does ballet have to do with this?"

"Well, with ballet you have to be really graceful when you move, and you need to feel like you're as light as a feather."

"And you think that dancing ballet will get us across?"

"Well it wouldn't hurt. And I'm in a ballerina's tutu."

Yuki sat down and crossed his arms. "Alright, have it your way! But don't blame me when you fall down a bottomless pit."

Shuichi ignored what Yuki said and took a deep breath before he began to dance. He kept telling himself to be as light as a feather as he took the first step onto the field. And to the nutcracker's surprise, the ground below Shuichi didn't crumble. Now let's cue in Waltz of the Flowers, shall we? Shuichi began dancing around the field without it ever crumbling. Once he reached a certain part of the field, he looked back at Yuki.

"Aren't you coming?" he called out to him.

Yuki stared at him like he was insane. "Dancing through a field of flowers? Yeah, that's one of the things in the Stuff I Will Never Do list."

"You got any better ideas on getting through?"

"Well, the Forest of Death could definitely kill humans, but I'm sure it can't affect a nutcracker."

And apparently Yuki spoke too soon, for a tree from the Forest of Death was snapped into two and almost hit the nutcracker. He knew that dancing through the field was no option.

"I can't believe I'm doing this!" he muttered before he began thinking about being as light as a feather and tried to dance ballet. Sure enough, it worked. The ground was not crumbling below him. He wanted to relax but he knew the ground could crumble at any moment and he just kept going.

He eventually managed to catch up to Shuichi and they began dancing together. In fact, they were beginning to have so much fun dancing in the Field of Flowers. Yuki wasn't even thinking of it embarrassing or humiliating anymore but he wasn't sure if it was because he was having fun himself or because he was mesmerized with how Shuichi's eyes began to sparkle as they danced. They leaped and twirled around as they danced, feeling so free and without any worry. Eventually they reached the other side of the field and to end their glorious performance, Yuki dipped Shuichi.

They stared at each other's eyes for what seemed like eternity, feeling their hearts beat fast not just with the intensity of how they danced, but also with how they were feeling just by staring into each other's eyes. Once Yuki realized what was going on though, he dropped the pink haired boy onto the ground but not touching the field.

"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Shuichi cried.

"Shut up," Yuki replied in a cold tone, "We need to continue onwards. We don't have time to keep up with these stupid games." He then began to walk away.

Shuichi just stared at Yuki with his hand over his chest, his heart beating heavily just by looking at the nutcracker. What was it that he was feeling? Could it possibly be… love? He stood up and ran after the nutcracker, trying to catch up with him. Little did they know that they were being watched.

Pinkshuchan: Hehe, Shuichi and Yuki dancing through a field of flowers. Sorry, I can't stop laughing about that. Who knows what's going to happen next. Read and Review!