Sorry this is late guys but I decided to take a week off. Gotta relax the genius inside me, ya know? Maybe writing the last chap was more mentally draining than I thought… Oh well ^^ Anyway, nothing particularly exciting in this chapter, it's just basically a regrouping thing, so feel free to skip… NOT!!! Keep Reading! DO AS I SAY!!!
By the way… I don't find Pedo-ism funny, nor was this meant to be an insult to the people who have suffered from such cases. I just naturally thought that that would be the conclusion Riku would come up with in that situation… Don't sue doods, I be broke! ^^
P.S. Now that I think about it, this chapter is very random... Meh...
Thanks for reviewing; Yumi loves the darkness, Sauru Tsukiyomi Sanbi's Faeble, Tsubaki Takara, RuTakasheryuu and Riku-sia.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. I only own Vaskar, Shane and the story. Riku belongs to Riku-sia, Shiro belongs to Sauru Tsukiyomi Sanbi's Faeble, Koto belongs to RuTakasheryuu, Hibiki belongs to Tsubaki Takara and Mitsukai belongs to Yumi loves the darkness. Other OC's belong to their respective owners.
Spiky, white hair ever so cautiously rose from the ground. The hair was soon followed by a pair of black eyes which held a look of panic and pain. The eyes darted around the area, quickly looking for any signs of danger, but upon realizing there was none, they relaxed. Within moments, the spiky hair and black eyes turned out to be Vaskar's as his whole face appeared, followed by the rest of his body.
Vaskar was gently holding onto an unconscious Shane's arm who'd clearly been injured. Vaskar floated them both fully into the air until he was absolutely sure that neither he, nor his friend would get stuck in the ground. He solidified both himself and Shane before slowly floating back to the ground and carefully laid the unconscious boy onto the earth. He watched his friend for a couple of seconds to make sure he was alive, and once he had deduced that Shane was indeed breathing, he began to fully look around.
The ground was really just a muddy swamp now, as the lake had long since been absorbed by the earth, making it harder to walk. Whilst making sure Shane was still in his line of sight, Vaskar ran a few yards and came to a stop. He spotted Koto lying near a collapsed tree and rushed over to her, immediately noticing her injuries. He knelt down besides her and gently laid a hand on her shoulder, shaking her lightly a couple of times.
Vaskar frowned once he realised Koto wasn't waking up anytime soon. He poked her in her side. When no reaction was made, he cocked his head to the side before calling out her name.
"Koto, c'mon wake up." No reply, "Please…?" Still no reply.
He sighed and looked off into another direction, instantly spotting Riku. He rose an eyebrow, before looking between both Koto and Riku. He quickly stood up and grabbed both of Koto's hands, attempting to drag her over to Shane. He stumbled and fell onto his butt the first couple of tries, but he eventually managed to place her besides Shane. He dashed over to Riku and grabbed her under her armpits, dragging her over to the other two and laying her down on the other side of Shane, knowing of Riku and Koto's dislike of each other.
He went over to where he dragged Riku from and looked around from there. Nothing… Those guys didn't take the others, did they?
A slight movement caught his eye to the right and Vaskar turned around fully to see Hibiki leaning on Mitsukai, headed in his general direction. He ran over to the duo and stopped directly in front of them, giving them a curious look.
"What is it?" Mitsukai asked, slightly irritated. Vaskar looked slightly surprised but composed himself quickly.
"Um, nothing really. Just wanted to help." Hibiki just hooked his arm around Vaskar's shoulders and started walking, which in turn made Vaskar start walking. Mitsukai giggled at this.
Vaskar walked the two over to where Riku, Shane and Koto were and only let go of Hibiki once the teen set himself on the ground. Once Vaskar released him, Hibiki covered his face with a hand and sighed.
"What's the matter now?" Mitsukai said, slightly annoyed.
Without even looking at her, Hibiki replied, "Oh nothing, just that I lost to a fish, you know, the usual." Mitsukai rolled her eyes at that and placed a hand to the side of her head, shaking it slightly as if to test for a headache. "If I ever see him again, I'll show him what fire can really do to a fish."
Vaskar's eyes widened slightly but Hibiki nor Mitsukai noticed. "Tell us what happened then…" Mitsukai asked.
"Nothing much to tell. All I remember is getting mauled by the fish-guy's family. The rest is a blur." Hibiki replied.
Vaskar perked up a bit, "Hey on the way here, you didn't happen to see where Shiro was, did you?"
Hibiki shook his head, "No we didn't see her, but I remember seeing her fight that other guy in that direction." The teen pointed west from their direction and Vaskar stood up.
"I'll be back, I just gotta go find her." Mitsukai opened her mouth to protest, but Hibiki cut her off with a nod of his head. She scowled at her friend and he raised an eyebrow at her.
She sighed and stood up, "Fine, I'll come with you then." Vaskar watched her walk past him and turned to look at Hibiki, who shrugged back at him. Vaskar followed after her in silence.
It wasn't long before the two found Shiro lying unconscious on the ground. Vaskar stopped and stared at the downed girl, Mitsukai however moved herself besides Shiro and knelt down.
"I guess we found her. She's got no injuries though, so I dunno what the problem is." Mitsukai said, sitting down and crossing her arms with a perplexed look.
Vaskar literally got on his hands and knees and cautiously crawled over with a sad look on his face. "Is she dead?" Mitsukai's eyes widened comically and she twisted her head around to look at him.
"What the hell!?! Why would she be dead? I just said there were no injuries."
"I-I know… I was just bracing myself…" Mitsukai shook her head and turned herself back around. She looked closely at the blue haired girl and was surprised to see tears streaming from her closed eyes.
"She's been crying so I think she got Genjutsu'ed." She murmured. Vaskar cocked an eyebrow at her.
"What now then?"
"Didn't you want to take her back to the others?" Vaskar nodded. "Well then." Mitsukai threw one of Shiro's arms over her shoulders and hoisted her up. She beckoned for Vaskar to do the same and when he did, they started walking back the way they came.
Hibiki tilted his head slightly out of boredom as he watched over the teen girls and the kid. He tilted his head to the opposite side once he got a better look at one of the downed girls and crawled forward.
As he watched her rest, he began to think to himself… she was actually quite attractive now that he thought about it. How'd he never notice her beauty before?
Hibiki shook his head as a perverted grin spread over his face. Does it really matter now? He leaned over the girl, fingers twitching in anticipation, and let his eyes run over her body a couple of times as they glowed ominously. Do it now before anybody sees...
Shane groaned and sat up, immediately looking in Hibiki's direction to see him hastily scramble away from the girl. Shane looked at the horny teen suspiciously as he rubbed at a sore spot on the back of his head.
"What was you gonna do to Koto?" He inquired, still keeping his eyes on the teen.
Hibiki's grin spread, "Nothing your little pubescent mind needs to worry about…" Shane narrowed his eyes in response. "What the hell is that supposed to mean!?!" Hibiki's eyes narrowed as his grin evolved into a smirk.
"If I told you what I was about to do… you'd probably be emotionally scarred for the next 5 years…" Shane moved himself farther away from the teen with an expression crossed between being confused and disturbed.
Riku opened her eyes and sat up. She first looked to her right to see Shane with a strange look on his face, then she looked directly in front of her to see the black-haired teen, known as Hibiki, grinning like a cat that got the cream. Riku frowned for a second before the worst possible thought popped into her head.
He's not a pedo is he!?!
Her eyes widened comically and she lunged for Shane. He didn't see it coming…
"Don't worry Shane, I'll protect you!!!"
"Ack! What the hell are you talking about?! Get off me!!"
"I'm okay with most forms of humiliation and mental scarring but this just takes the cake!!!"
"What!?! Release me!!!"
"When your safe from that monster!!!" Hibiki sat back and watched the mini scuffle with an eerie smile.
And then Koto woke up.
"Ugh… Why are you guys so loud?" Koto sat up and winced at the burning pain in her arm. She took a close look at the wound. It wasn't bad enough to scar, but what really hurt was the fact that shed been beaten with her own element. Her pride had been shattered.
Anyway, enough about that… what are these guys arguing about?
"Ah, I see the lady is awake…" Koto immediately frowned in confusion and turned to look at Hibiki who had a weird look in his eyes. She sweat dropped but otherwise ignored him. Shane managed to escape Riku's clutches and dashed over to Koto, stopping only when he was directly in front of her.
"Koto, this guy was gonna do something-ACK!!!" Shane was suddenly interrupted by Hibiki painfully tackling him to the ground. This in turn caused Riku to get worked up, considering she now thought Hibiki a pedo and attacked, crashing into the both of them and eliciting a small scuffle between the three.
"Wow, we're gone for five minutes and this is what you guys have reduced yourselves to? Im ashamed." A sweet child-like voice cheerfully said.
Koto wasn't surprised in the slightest to see Mitsukai behind her, but what did catch her surprise was Vaskar standing there, alive and well, with an unconscious Shiro. Didn't she watch him die?!? What happened to Shiro?!? And come to think of it, didn't Shane die too?!? How the hell did they survive?!? And what the hell do we do now!?!
So many questions, and Koto convinced herself that she'd find out the answers right here, right now. Even if she had to draw blood…
Well, okay. Maybe she wouldn't go that far… but she still wanted answers.
I think there were a couple of problems with this chapter… but I can't find them. If you've seen any please let me know, I BEG OF YOU!!! The mistakes make me look sloppy, unprofessional and ungenius-like. AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWED!!! -.-
I'm kidding, later.
P.S. Even though they've barely recovered, I thought I'd spring some more action in the next chapter so stay with me/us/them and hope I don't feel like another week off... Now that I think about it, my games are really addictive... Whatever...
Boy I can talk. -.-