The House
Ch. 3
Co-Authored By Azuril Noir Raine (1200 people disappeared and all they found was chickens)
Above Quote Co-Created By Aramis Thorongil (Beware the invasion of the crome Twinkies!)
Co-Authored By Anshi-chan (why is there a car on the lake?)
Above Quote Co-Created By Aramis Thorongil (Oh, I'm a spine, not a liver!)
Above Quote Co-Created By Azuril Noir Raine (No! The bananas got me raped! No bananas!)
"Hi hon, miss me?" The familiar cat-eared girl asked, dropping from the chandelier in the library. "Like my new outfit? Makes life a little easier for my thieving skills. The rest of the group is coming, but they're not as fast as me. Sooo...who're your friends and do they have money? Cuz I'm not doing stuff for free unless the situation calls for it."
"Neko!" Mars yipped, hugging her, "long time no see. Nice getup." he said, then he took a few steps back, "and I think this is a 'for free' mission." he looked at the three confused peoples in the room, "That's Lu Xun, Ranmaru Mori and Mitsuhide Akechi. Watch out for Xun, he's scary, Ranmaru has a stick up his ass and Mitsuhide is normal enough, compared to the rest of the group I'm stuck with." Mitsuhide rolled his eyes and Ranmaru glared, Xun just stared oddly. "This is Neko. She kicks ass so watch your back, and valuables."
"Howdy." Neko said, then she looked at Mars, "So what's this oober important mission of yours?"
"Wait till the others get here." Mars said, "Then we'll talk."
Neko sighed and looked the three over, all to evident in her expression of what she could steal.
"This had damn well better be for a good cause if I'm doing this for free. Ooo! Mars! You missed it!" Neko squealed, showing off the new diamond and ruby ring on her finger. "See! See! Do you know what this means? See!" She said, smiling brightly. It wasn't long afterwards that the main doors opened and the three familiar blonds made their somewhat grand entrance...though Neko was more concerned with showing Mars her bit of good news.
"That...you...got a new ring?" Mars attempted, then he looked at the three blonds, "yo, long time no annoy, elf-boy! Hi, Sheik..." Neko grinned and snickered at the look on Mars' face, then suddenly, the ring thing sunk in, "You're MARRIED!"
"Um..." Link turned red, Sheik burst out laughing, Nightmare stayed silent, eyeing up the three people he didn't know warily.
"Sweet Jesus! If you get pregnant I'm breaking off contact." Mars said, Neko twitched, "ok, let's make intros brief, guys. That's Lu Xun, Ranmaru Mori and Mitsuhide Aketchi. New guys to my life, this is Neko, that's Link, that's Sheik and that's Nightmare. Everyone acquianted? Good. Down to business." he looked at his old friends, "I'm going to say a word, you tell me whether it sounds familiar or not...Raphael."
Neko, Link, and Shiek tensed at the name.
"Why him? Is he here?" Link asked.
"If he were here, I think we would know, hon." Neko said, "And Mars, we're just engaged, not married yet."
"So...what happened here? Spill." Shiek said.
"Oh, boy, where do I begin?" Mars said, now standing by Nightmare, who still didn't seem at ease with Mars' new roommates, "well, apparently, Raphael took a liking to the other guy that lives here and snagged him, and watch out for him, he's scary." he pointed to Xun, "he tried to kill me."
"I did not!"
"Yes you did, you psycho!"
"Let's not be hypocritical, Mars." Nightmare said, Mars growled a bit, "calm down, no more homicide attempts from anyone, please." Neko snickered.
"It's so fun to hear you of all people say please, Nightmare."
"So that fucked up pervert's running around wiht a new toy, huh?" Sheik said, "well, then, I think it's time to put our differances aside and save our attempts at ending Mars' life for later, and figure this all out now."
"That's why we call you the brains of the group, Sheik, because we make you do all the thinking." Neko said.
"Shut up." Sheik said,
"that's pretty lame." Mars said, I would have thought you'd have a more creative comeback for that one."
"How about eat shit and die?"
"That's MY comeback!" Mars said, Nightmare gave him a look, he stopped talking. Ranmaru looked from Mars to Nightmare,
"how the hell'd you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Make it stop. How?"
"It's easy for him to do." Neko said, "and somewhat easy for us to do, but you guys don't seem to have the balls to properly tell him to shove it."
"But enough about me," Nightmare said shortly, "let's get back to the problem at hand, alright?"
"Yes sir." Neko said.
"So, I take it he's the boss here now then?" Ranmaru said.
"No, just the one with the most demanding deminour." Sheik said.
"I am not demanding, you're just easy to order around. Now focus." Nightmare said, Sheik gave him a 'not demanding, huh?' look, "shut up."
Children, settle down. Now...any idea where this Raphael guy does his sadistic shit?" Xun asked, crossing his arms and appearing rather pensive and scary. Neko blinked.
"Aww..he's just like a kitten...speaking of which, Link, we're getting a puppy when we get married. A big german shepherd."
"What!"
"Nevermind. We'll discuss pets later. Right now...hey, Mars, who the hell are we looking for anyways? Like the name of this kid we're supposed to be looking for?" Neko asked, playing with Link's ears.
"His name's Masamune Date. Apparently he's like an older version of me in a way...but I'm way better looking."
"You just keep telling yourself that." Neko said.
"You don't even know what this guy looks like!" Mars said, "and don't judge me."
"Mars," Nightmare said, Mars looked up at him, "back to the task at hand."
"Right."
"You're a saint. You were sent strictly to pity us, weren't you?" Ranmaru said, Mars twitched, glaring. "I'm scared."
"You should be." Mars hissed, then he looked at Xun, "and I'd kick your ass but your scary boyfriend's here so I won't."
"Ah, but, your scary boyfriend's here now too, Mars." Neko said, then she screamed and ducked a fireball, running out of the library, Mars on her tail, shooting various things at her.
"Well, it's nice to know he hasn't lost his touch and quick reaction time." Sheik said, "let's go rescue people."
"But, we don't know where Raphael took him." Link said, Sheik shook his head,
"No, we don't. But we have a poor, pathetic individual that does know these things. All too well." he said, following the sound of Neko's screaming...and Mars' swearing. "Nightmare, you're ready to rescue her right?"
"Always."
Neko paused in her running. "What if he took him to that damned mansion of his?"
Mars stopped moving.
"Do you think maybe he did?"
"It's the best guess we have, isn't it?" Neko pointed out.
"I'm surprised." Nightmare said as the rest of the group entered the scene, "you're not a french fry, Neko."
"I saved myself." Neko said, Mars rolled his eyes,
"I'll blow up your fiancé later."
"Ack!" Link said, hiding behind Sheik.
"Traitor."
"That's enough, you two." Nightmare said, "let's get this freak show running...and not in terror, Mars." Mars looked around feigning ignorance. "Come on." Naightmare said, leading the way out, Mars right behind him.
"On the road again." Neko sang, walking after her friends, the rest of the group following.
"So, you guys are the infamous friends of Mars'?" Mitsuhide said, looking at Sheik, who nodded.
"We are. He was a little ass all the way around when I first met him. He's grown up a lot. Though there are still some lingering bad habits-"
BOOM!
"like that for example."
"Just like old times." Nightmare said sarcastically, waiting for Link to magically reincarnate, then he kept walking. "I hope he hasn't left any lasting damage on any of you in his short stay with you."
"Well, he fucked something up, someone's already made an attempt on ending his life."
"He called me a girl!"
"Oh, the major nerve to not strike. Smooth. Who's the genius?" Neko said, Ranmaru growled and glared at Mars, who flipped him off, then turned back to the front again. "Wowwy, brave." Neko commented. "any questions for us? I have questions."
"Of course you do." Nightmare said, "When don't you have something to say?"
"Funny man."
"I have a question." Xun said, Neko looked at him.
"Shoot, cutey."
"Um, about him," he pointed to Nightmare, Neko added it up.
"He prefers not to talk about the arm thing." she said quickly, noticing Nightmare looking over his shoulder, he turned back to the front after she spoke. "Fewf..."
"Ok. And where did you all come from?" Xun said, Sheik looked flatly at him,
"Well, when a man and a woman love each other very much, or get drunk enough-"
"ok, ok, not like that!" Xun said.
"Well, they're from Hyrule." Neko said, "and as for Mars, Nightmare and me-"
"I have a question quick." Ramaru said,
"I can see why you don't like him." Neko said, looking at Mars as she spoke, he nodded. "Ok, what?"
"Why does the name Nightmare ring a distant bell?"
"Because it's a very common word to hear." Sheik said.
"No, as a name, not a word!" Ranmaru said. "I can't help but think that I've heard of him before."
"Um..." Neko said.
"Uh..." Link pretended he wasn't listening, sheik mimiking him, Neko looked at Mars and Nightmare, Nightmare was pretending he wasn't in earshot and Mars was giving her a 'make it stop now please' look.
"Damn." she muttered. "Well..."
"That is a story for another time." Neko said flatly. "Yes. Back to the problem at hand. Now, Neko mentioned the evil mansion of doom...shall we try there or does no one want to go back there?" Link ventured.
"I don't!" Mars said, raising his hand as though in a classroom, "But I have an odd feeling that, if we don't, we'll miss something that we shouldn't. So let's go back to my own littl hell."
"Your own little hell?" Mitsuhide said, Mars shuddered, Nightmare looked at Mitsuhide,
"it's no one's business but his. Let it drop." then he looked at Mars, "we don't have to go back if you don't think you can handle it."
"I can handle it. I just...never wanted to again." Mars said quietly, cocky deminour gone, replaced by a fearfull and meek one. Neko, Link, Sheik and Nightmare allowed some worry to set in.
"He won't hurt you again, Mars." Neko said, "you know we won't let him."
"I-I know." Mars said, pulling himself back together, "let's go. I don't want anyone in that same hell again."
TBC...
A/N: ok, the only reason this cut off where it did was because Anshi-chan had to leave. Chapter four whenever she gets back.