"I'll go first." 17 cut in front of Bra and walked into the temple. Once again the android should have suspected the princess had something up her sleeve when she didn't protest and go into a fit about how she was the boss and he was being a macho jerk.
There was an eerie silence echoing throughout the temple as Bra and 17 walked down the entrance hall walking past strange paintings on the walls representing the natives various goods. There were also weird looking statues against the walls representing the planet's warriors. The silence didn't last long of course since these two could never resist driving the other one nuts.
"Um. Don't step on that." Bra warned as they both stopped where the floor began to be divided into blocks of two different colors. Blue and Red. She was warning him not to step on the blue one.
"I think I know where to step." 17 scoffed at the princess attempt to direct him. Bra could only stand back and watch as 17 stubbornly stepped on the first blue step causing small flame torches to come out of the walls and blast a power burst of flames at him.
"Told you so." Bra smirked as 17 ran back to where she was barely avoiding getting set on fire. Unbeknown to the foolish android Bra knew exactly where all the booby trap were located and how they are triggered since she had done her home work and studied the history of that temple.
Whether it was because he was an arrogant ex killer or maybe it was just because he's a guy and he had the male ego working against him Bra knew he wouldn't listen to her. So she decided to use reverse psychology on him. Telling him not to step on the blue block, which she knew for a fact would trigger the flame torches, would guarantee he would step on it just to piss her off.
Without allowing him to come back with a good insult Bra proceeded to pull down the spear of the 2nd statue of the planets warriors statue, which was the only way to stop the flame torches. Then with a quick hair flip retook the lead and continued down the passageway careful to only step on the red blocks. Once she had crossed the hall of fire Bra patiently waited for 17 to get over the humiliation of being wrong and as expected walked right past her in anger and right into another trap.
"AH!" 17 cried out as the floor beneath him opened up and revealed a 50-foot drop into a pit full of some of the universe most venomous snake like creatures. Bra couldn't help but laugh as she watch 17 levitate in mid air a look of complete shock on his handsome face and then slowly float over to the other side with his head hung low in shame. Two major embarrassments in one day. That was a new low record.
"Keep laughing Princess and I won't fly over to get you." 17 threatened thinking that would hurt her.
"As if. I don't need you." Bra smirked pulling out a whip and striking it upwards wrapping it around a statue hanging down from the ceiling then swinging over the snake pit to the other side landing gracefully next to 17.
"What?" Bra demanded noticing the sly unnerving look 17 was giving her.
"You don't even want to know about all the wrong thoughts that are going thru my head right now." 17 smirked.
"Eww! You're an android! Stop that!" Bra ordered grossed out.
"Yea. But a "guy" android." 17 laughed at how easy it was to make the princess uncomfortable.
"Good point." Bra agreed remembering all guys were perverts 95% of the time or more. They resumed their journey through the temple with the princess ignoring the android.
"Wait." 17 tried to stop Bra but should of known she wouldn't listen and just continue stomping on ahead.
Just as 17 feared part of the wall to the side opened up revealing a large half moon shaped blade that came swinging down at Bra like a pendulum.
"AH!" Bra screamed as 17 tackled her from behind sending them both crashing to the ground.
"GET OFF OF ME YOU BAKA HENTAI!" Bra screamed kicking 17 off of her while powering up in rage.
"Its not what you think!" 17 threw his arms up in defense as he felt the princess power level skyrocket. He was able to escape her last attack without major damage but that didn't mean her blast didn't hurt like a bitch. And he never wanted to relive that again.
"You've got five seconds before I turn you into spare parts for a toaster." Bra threatened pulling out a dangerous looking curved dagger.
"If I hadn't had pushed you, you would have been sliced in half." 17 explained pointing to the pendulum blade still slowly swinging back and forth behind them ready to cut anything that got in its way into pieces.
"I guess that's believable." Bra slowly put the dagger away.
"Come on princess. If I wanted you you'd be mine by now." 17 smirked walking past the still angry princess.
"Not even in your Final Fantasy." Bra growled annoyed.
"What that's my line!" Bra chased after him realizing her motto had always been if she wanted a guy he'd be hers………..
"There it is." Bra pointed as they turned a corner and entered a darkly light room where the only light seemed to be shining down from the heaven unto the center where the black star Dragonball rested upon a small pillar.
"Oh oh! I'll get it!" 17 declared rushing over to the pillar.
"Hey! Where did you this?" Bra demanded storming over to 17 and snatching her Pochacco makeup bag he was preparing to switch with the Dragonball.
"Your vanity dresser." 17 said snatching it back.
"How dare you go through my stuff! That's a total violate of my privacy. Don't you know anything about girls?" Bra went off on one of her lectures all the while 17 took the third black star Dragonball and replaced it with Bra's Pochacco makeup bag in one swift flick of the wrist.
"Omg. This isn't an Indiana Jones movie!" Bra rolled her eyes.
"Look! A giant boulder!" Bra sarcastically screamed pointing towards the secret back exit.
"Oh no!" 17 gasped stashing the Dragonball in his pocket preparing to run for it.
"Omg. You're sad." Bra busted up laughing at the fact that 17 was turning out to be more of a goofball then she would have ever imagined.
"Bra run!" 17 ordered taking off towards the entrance.
"17 I was only kidding." Bra said surprised he was falling for it.
"Uh oh." Bra said out loud as she heard a rumbling noise and the ground began to move. She slowly turned around just in time to see a giant boulder come rolling out from behind a wall charging towards her.
Authors Note- Once again the tag team from hell has run into more than one obstacle in their quest for the black star Dragonball. How are they going to get out of it? You'll just have to wait till the next chapter to find out.