Chapter 14: Element Forest
The group's LEGO ship was flying through the vastness of eternal space, when Loony noticed a world that looked like a forest.
"What's that?" he asked.
"Does it matter?" Sasuke asked.
"I dunno, Sasuke." Kakashi stated, "The Hokage could be down there."
"In THAT miserable, backwater place?" Sasuke asked with a snort, "Not a chance."
"Hold it, Uchiha!" TL snapped, "Silent Keyblader and Hanabi could be down there! We've gotta check it out!"
"Goofcase, we're on a mission." Sasuke grunted.
"Just land!" TL said.
"NO." Sasuke deadpanned.
"Come on!" TL pleaded.
"NO!" Sasuke snapped.
"WE'RE LANDING!" TL growled, his left arm glowing and the steering mechanism acting up.
"DON'T DO THAT!" Sasuke shouted.
"This won't end well…" D-Dude sighed as the ship went into a free-fall into the world below.
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TL screamed as he plummeted into the trees. The branches gave way and the Fictorian Hedgehog landed with a dull 'thud'. He staggered up and massaged the back of his head.
"Oh, my aching…" he glanced around and discovered that he was all alone. "Sasuke? Kakashi? D-Dude? Loony?"
Suddenly, a teenage girl, clad in red and black armor and with black hair sprung out of nowhere.
"THIS should be fun." She said.
TL held out his Keyblade to defend himself, but it was soon knocked out of his hand and he was blasted off his feet with fire. He was blasted against a tree and the girl looked ready to finish off the Fictorian Hedgehog, except…
A somewhat primal shout came out and a figure jumped down and pulled out a sword that seemed to be made of emeralds and slashed out. However, his eyes soon glowed green and a wall of wood came out of the ground to separate them. The girl, Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender), growled before retreating.
The figure looked over to TL. The person was a man, probably in his late teens. He had scruffy, brown hair, brown eyes, a green tunic, brown boots, and had a brown travelling cloak. The only thing extraordinary about him was the fact that he had a tattoo shaped like a green tiger's head on his forehead.
"Azula dangerous." The person said, in a somewhat boyish voice.
"Uh…thank you." TL said.
"Thank…you?" the person asked, as if he was trying to comprehend TL's statement.
"Huh?" TL asked before asking, "What is this place?"
"This place…this place." The person wondered aloud.
"O-kay, where did the others go?" TL asked.
"Others?" the person asked, confused.
"I got separated from my friends!" TL snapped. THIS was getting irritating, "Have…you…seen…THEM?!"
The person simply…looked confused.
"Friends." TL said, pulling his hands to his chest.
"Friends." The person replied, making the same motion as TL.
"Yeah, my friends!" TL continued, getting eager, "There's four of 'em! The emo is Sasu…" TL caught himself mid-word.
"Hm?" the person asked.
"Never mind." TL sighed, getting serious, "I'm looking for my brothers, Dimensiondude and Lunatic121, and my friends, Silent Keyblader and Hanabi."
"Look for Silent Keyblader, friends?" the person asked.
"Right." TL egged.
"Hanabi, friends?" the person asked again.
TL glanced over the person's shoulder and saw…Hanabi? She smiled before walking away and vanishing.
"Uh…yeah…" TL replied, worrying about his sanity.
"Friends here." The person said.
"Really?!" TL asked, excitedly.
The person made a strange noise that sounded like some form of dog bark.
"What?" TL asked.
The person made the same barking noise, "Friends here."
"I…don't know what you're getting at…" TL said, uncertainly, "But take me to 'em! Take me to my brothers, Silent Keyblader, and Hanabi!"
The figure gestured to himself, "Carmonni. Carmonni go." (A/N: I own Carmonni and Aizo. They're both OCs of mine. Carmonni originally spoke perfect English, but what would you expect after being stuck in a jungle for all your life.)
"And I'm TLSoulDude." TL said, also gesturing to himself, "Carmonni go. TL go-go!"
Carmonni jumped onto the branches as TL followed. He saw Carmonni standing on a sturdy branch. Carmonni then pulled out a strange whistle and blew it. A giant eagle swooped out of the sky and plucked the two heroes out of the tree and flew away.
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TL's four companions were sitting somewhere else in the forest. Kakashi, D-Dude, and Loony were looking concerned.
"Where are we?!" Loony shouted, spastically.
"Do ya think WE know?" D-Dude asked.
"I just hope TL's okay." Kakashi said, a smidgen of concern in his voice.
"Who needs HIM?!" Sasuke growled, sitting up, "We can find the Hokage without him!"
"B-but HE'S MY BROTHER!" Lunatic shouted, bursting into tears. He then glanced around to see a girl with black hair and unresponsive eyes, namely Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender). Loony screamed as the Earth-bender ran off, dropping a small LEGO in the process.
A man then walked out—a man with black hair and black and red armor.
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Later, the eagle deposited TL and Carmonni at a small camp. The two walked into the tent, where a black-haired woman was working on something.
"Aizo." Carmonni said.
The woman turned around. She was around Carmonni's age, had brown eyes, and loose, black and red robes.
"Carmonni?" she asked. She then noticed TL and asked, "Oh! And a strange, bipedal creature."
"Hi, I'm…"
"Oh, you speak Basic?" Aizo asked, "So, you're not native to these jungles. Are you here to study the creatures here?"
"I doubt that." Replied someone.
The man walked in with Kakashi, Sasuke, D-Dude, and Loony right behind him.
"GUYS!" TL exclaimed…but then noticed Sasuke. The two growled before folding their arms and turning away from each other.
"Nice to see you guys are acting SO mature…" D-Dude sighed.
"A circus of clowns." The man sighed, "Not much use for hunting."
"Ozai, you MIGHT be the fire-lord, but this is RESEARCH!" Aizo snapped. The man, Ozai (Avatar: The Last Airbender), simply walked away. Aizo sighed before saying, "Well, the more the merrier. Please, make yourselves at home."
TL and Sasuke were still giving each other the cold-shoulder as the hedgehog said, "Well, anyway…"
"I'm staying." The Uchiha and Fictorian said in unison.
"TL, take a look at what we found." Kakashi said, holding out the LEGO, "THIS is interesting."
"What is it?" TL asked.
"We fly a whole ship made of 'em. It's a LEGO piece." Kakashi explained.
"So, THAT means the Hokage could be here." Sasuke said. He and TL were still trying not to make eye contact.
"Fine, I'll let you guys tag around for a little longer." TL stated, stubbornly.
The group walked over to Aizo.
"What's up with the wild kid?" Lunatic asked.
"Carmonni?" Aizo asked, "Well, he was raised in the forest all his life. Communicating with him isn't exactly easy, but we manage."
"Oh." TL said, "So, he was speaking 'forest' back there?"
"Exactly." Aizo replied. She then gave the hedgehog a quizzical look before asking, "So, you're looking for your friends?"
"He said that my friends, Silent Keyblader and Hanabi, were here and one thing that sounded like dog growls." TL said.
"Why don't we try this?" Aizo asked, pulling out some form of slide-projector. She shot some fire at a small patch of wood and put the projector over it, sending light out. She searched for something, but obviously didn't find it. "Where have those pictures gone?!"
"You mean these?" D-Dude asked, holding out some pictures.
"Where'd you find those?" Sasuke asked.
"I just did." Dimensiondude shrugged.
"What're we gonna do?" Lunatic asked.
"We'll see if Carmonni can match these to the word you heard." Aizo answered. She placed the pictures in a slot and had Carmonni watch. The first one was of a castle. For some reason, the three Fictorians stared at it, intently.
"Is there something wrong?" Aizo asked.
"Oh. Uh…nothing." TL said. He then said to his brothers, "Does this place seem familiar to you two?"
"As a matter of fact, it DOES." D-Dude replied, "But the factors don't add up. We've never BEEN off Fictor until now."
"I was thinkin' that it looked familiar, too." Lunatic said, "I guess great minds think alike."
Sasuke scoffed and smirked before saying, "I wouldn't count on it."
"WHAT WAS THAT, UCHIHA?!" Lunatic demanded and probably would have attacked Sasuke if his brothers hadn't restrained him.
After another five photos, Carmonni still didn't react.
"Well, Carmonni?" Aizo asked.
"Where are my friends, Silent Keyblader and Hanabi?" TL asked, desperately. Carmonni sighed before shaking his head as if he didn't know. "I THOUGHT…"
"That just leaves ONE place." Ozai said as he walked into the tent, "Rodent, we've been in this forest for a while and we haven't seen hide nor hair of these so-called friends of yours. I'd wager they're with that group of freedom fighters that have been rumored to be staying in here. Carmonni knows where they are, but he refuses to take us to them."
"Seriously, Ozai, Carmonni wouldn't…" Aizo was interrupted by Ozai as the Fire-Lord walked over to Carmonni.
"Then take us to them!" Ozai demanded, "Take us to those freedom fighters. Understand?"
Carmonni glanced at TL and nodded.
"Carmonni, are you sure?" Aizo asked.
"Carmonni go see Zuko." Carmonni replied.
"Zuko?" Aizo asked.
"The original prince, but he's now on the run with that group." Ozai replied, "I'll go along as an escort. After all, a Fire Bender can be VERY dangerous."
"Are you SURE we're gonna be okay?" Kakashi asked.
"No one within miles knows the forest better than Carmonni." Aizo replied, "He IS a nature bender, after all."
"Nature bender?" TL asked.
"It means he can control non-sentient animals and plants." Aizo said.
"Well, off we go." Kakashi said with a simple shrug.
The group then walked out as Carmonni led them into the forest.