"Midnight Insense." by: ChibiMizu

Disclaimer: I don't own JtHM. Does n e body besides me see a trend?

ChibiMizu: Well, CheeseMaster is now out of the hospital and is pissed beyond hell so... *dives under bed*...he's running on a rampage! Shh! Here he comes! CheeseMaster: ChibiMizu??!! Where are you??!! *holds up giant dagger* You need to be taught how to not hurt people so they are put in the hospital! *grins evily* Hey! Who's foot is this??!! GOTCHA! ChibiMizu: KKKYYYYAAAAAA!!! *runs circles around CheeseMaster* I gotta start the fic! AHAHAAAa!

~*~Chapter 7~*~ (ALREADY??!!)

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Lifting his head ever so slightly, the dark haired teen opened his eyes and blinked, surveying his new surroundings.
"Ah, my head..." he managed out, trying to reach to rub his head but as he did, he found cuffs tied to his hands and feet. "What the..." he struggled against his restraints but to his avail, they didn't budge. After a few desperate attempts at wiggling free, he gave up and sighed. Suddenly, a noise from the corner of his chamber. Squinting to try and see the mysterious noise, he squeaked out a "Hello? Who's there?" Not hearing any more noises, he shrugged and thought that he imagined it.
"I gotta get OUT of here... it's givin' me the creeps..." he tried at the cuffs again and mystically, they came undone. "Woah, weird..." he frowned, sitting up and freeing his feet. "I was starting to loose circulation!" he rubbed his ankles roughly before preparing to jump off the platform. "Um, where's the ground?" he questioned himself out loud, looking around for something to throw into the dark abyss. Finding a small pebble, he chucked it down and a few minutes (yes minutes) later, the sound reached Squee's ears in a small bang.
"Holy cow! That's pretty far down!" Squee confirmed, scratching his head, thinking of a way to get out of there. Since there was some source of light shining down on just the table, he thought that it HAD to be attached to SOMETHING. And so he jumped for it. Jumping repeatedly towards the light, he struggled to keep balance on the now swaying table. "Maybe I should stop that..." he frowned and sat down Indian style, thinking of a possible way to leave. /Maybe, if I jump OUT from the table, I'll jump onto another platform! Then again, if not, I could DEFINITELY hurt myself in that long fall... if only I had drank more milk as a child, I could've jump and even if I didn't reach anything, my bones wouldn't all break... eh... to late for past miseries now.../ he thought, stroking an invisible beard and sighing every once in a while.
"I say--" pausing his decision as he stood up. "I'm gonna jump it!" he grinned widely before exhaling deeply and saying "Over the stars*!" right before crouching down and jumping forward. Feeling his hand touch something, he grabbed for it and in a matter of milliseconds, the light changed from the platform he WAS on the to one he now hung onto.
"Whew... what did I grab?" he suddenly looked up from hanging there to see what was all furry and-- "A RAT??!!!" he screeched at the sight of the humongous and rabid rat who was scrambling to stay on the new platform. Letting go from sheer disgust, Squee suddenly realized his error and with a whispered "oh fuck..."** Squee winced and with a 'shiiiiiiit!', he fell into the darkness.

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ~Notes to the readers~ *I used 'Over the stars' from the comic, and I thought it deserved a nice little spot in here even if Nny originally says it... -.-;; **OK, you know how in Looney Toons (i don't own it!!) when like Wile E. Coyote or whoever is about to fall off a cliff, they wave or put up a sign or something of the such. I thought it'd be cute to have Squee swear THEN fall! ^^ stupid Looney's... =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Nny sobbed in the confines of Squee's dark room, feeling guilty.
"It's my fault isn't it?! Whoever I EVER love gets taken away somehow. No matter how hard I try to be careful, something always happens! Like some other murderer, or a natural disaster or suicide or personapped... but it seems I am destined to never love..." he muttered out, crying into his hands.
"Nny..." a small voice said from the opposite direction of the shaking figure.
"W-who... who's there?" he somewhat growled, feeling hate for someone that would violate his solitude and Squee's peaceful room.
"You remember me, don't you Nny? You're the one who hurt me so long ago..." Feeling he scarcely remembered the voice, he reached up and turned on the dim light.
"Shmee...?" he more said than questioned, seeing the small bear sitting in the corner, his loosely wrapped bandages falling around him in a small entanglement, trying to fix unhealable wounds inflicted so long ago.
"You really do care for him don't you Nny." he said with a hurt tone to his voice.
"Of COURSE I do! Whenever I care for someone, they end up getting hurt or disappearing or... dieing..." he glared at the opposing bear.
"Have you ever done anything to stop it? Have you even tried?!" the bear scolded, having a hint of wonder in his voice.
"Of course I did! When I... oh wait! That wasn't me... um... guess not..." he shrugged, curling up and wrapping his arms around his knees.
"Why don't you start? Help him the way I couldn't. It's hard to move when you're an inanament object." Shmee said sarcastically when Nny looked at him.
"But, I-I don't even know who took him. How am I supposed to FIND him if I don't have a clue?"
"You forget that you love him and you'd find him if you just looked hard enough. Trust in your own powers..." then abruptly, Shmee stopped talking and slumped over as if he was dead.
"My powers? Shmee I don't... Shmee?" he stopped, staring at his hands then at the bear. "DAMNIT! Why is he ALWAYS so fucking confusing??!!" he growled, tempted to kick the silent bear. "My powers eh? I wonder what THAT means... I don't have any powers..." he tightened his grip on his legs and inhaled. "How am I ever gonna save him?" he stopped suddenly, looking around for something. "Aha! Found it!" he smiled his evil smile as he crawled over to the stick. "Midnight insense! I was lookin' for ya!" he talked to it, smelling the light scent. "Can YOU help me find Squee? Heh, you can't even talk... stupid insense." he grimaced and looked around for matches. Finding one stick left in the box, he struck the match and lit the insense. Waving out the burning match and blowing coldly on the stick, he watched the stick burn and send up a dazzling array of mysterious designs. Flicking ashes away from him, he breathed deep the scent of the hand dipped insense and rocked back and forth slowly. "Squee..." he muttered, frowning and turning downcast from his happier mood.
Almost majestically, the smoke wavered to the left, almost in a straight horizontal line.
"Woah! Ya don't see that happen everyday without an open window!" his eyes bugged as he looked off in the direction the smoke was pointing. "It's a really pretty sunset!" he said, getting up and looking out the closed window. "Insense? Is there something you're trying to tell me?! Oh geez... I'm loosin' it, talking to insense... god." he then was mesmerized as he looked into the blood red colors of the sunset mixing with the golden and black of night. /Follow it/ a voice deep down in his head told him, and not knowing where it was coming from, Johnny decided to listen to it. Grabbing Shmee and a new box of matches he found on the shelf, he gave the room one last look before hoping out the window to 'bloodify' his wall and head out in the direction the insense took him.
"Follow the sunset... follow the insense..."

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ChibiMizu: Well guys, this fic just got dramatically dramatized and stupid... talking to insense??!! COME ON!!! CheeseMaster: Yea well, you are a pretty pathetic person! ChibiMizu: So?! Well anywayz, I hope ya like it so far but... I appreciate that flames don't say I hate you. Those are pretty strong words for someone with such a limited brain capacity so... CheeseMaster: Yep yep ChibiMizu: Sorry for all the OOCness and drama. I had to do it! @_@;; Also, sorry it took so long to get out. Skool started awhile ago and I've been as busy as hell to keep up as it is... Luckily, its the weekend and I am FREE!!! Gomen for n e spelling errors. I TRIED to beta it myself...

Also! I am holding a poll! YAY! Doesn't everybody love to vote?! Of course! So! Vote for the place that you think Nny would havta travel next after he goes towards the sunset! Make up your own places for all I care! I need some extra creativity! ^^;; Bai bai 4 now!