Space Voyage
Chapter 24: She swoops! She flies! She glides! Big mama phoenix appears!
Opening credits "Go! Fighting dreamers (Naruto opening 4)
As Maeve fell on top of the phoenixes head the phoenix spoke and she was not pleased.
"What's this? Where in the world I am?" then she gave out a loud ear piercing screech. As Maeve got up from her fall she said to herself. As the smoke from her cigar followed up the chasm Maeve said slightly concussed.
"Wow! That was close! I'm glad I got saved." As she rubbed the back of her neck she said in some pain. "Course I've could have done without the falling on my neck part." As she looked around she couldn't believe it. "Look at that!" she said amazed as she gazed upon the giant burning wings and the razor sharp talons. "This is so cool, this the largest thing I summoned." As she looked around she had to know something. "Hey wait a minute…" as she started to climb up the phoenixes back she gripped hard on to the burning feathers as she reached the top of the head she saw that its head had a roaring fire. "Now that's a fire!" she screamed excitedly. As she tried to contain her excitement of what she just did, she screamed and yelled. "I finally did it! I didn't summon a hatchling or a chick with a small ember on it head, but a fully grown phoenix with a roaring fire." As elbcinos watched her from above he stood impressed. As he laughed a half laugh he looked down and said to himself.
"It looks like she finally learned to control that special fire of hers all on her own this time; but still I cant say she's learned how to use it correctly or control it, she overdid it which that fire; to summon her of all things." He had a bad feeling about the phoenix that Maeve had just summoned. Down below the phoenixes eyes squinted down and looked displeased. As Maeve pated her head she said out loud.
"What do you know? I finally pulled it off!" suddenly the phoenix moved backwards and forwards to get Maeve to face her, but the phoenix yelled angrily.
"You little snot! Get up here!" as Maeve was tossed around like a salad she then found herself rolling down to the beak of the very large phoenix. As she landed on her head on the hard beak she quickly picked herself up and looked into the giant birds eyes. As those eyes looked evilly at her the phoenix suddenly screeched at her. "You little snot! Just whose head do you think your dancing around on top off anyway. Well let me tell you, I'm the hot, powerful and beautiful Franziska hijoino also known as big mama; and you're an idiot…NOW SHUT UP!" she screeched loudly, as maeve held onto her beak as long she could the wind from her blew down the cigar. As her nails dug into the cigar it wasn't to withstand the wind from her. As was blown helplessly down the cigar like a tumble weed she managed to grab on to the hot ash and successfully hold on until the phoenix calm down. As big mama stopped her screeching Maeve climbed up on top of the burning ash and said as she tried to hold on.
"What is up with this hothead? She seemed cool but, give me a break here!" suddenly the cigar was moved to an upright position where Maeve was hanging on the ash and she looked down at Big mama. As she looked into the burning eyes of big mama, big mama spoke out.
"Just when I finally get to breathe some fresh air, I find some weird girl tap dancing on my head!" as she waved the cigar around she screeched loudly. "Hey elbcinos! Where are you elbcinos?! Just what do you think your doing? WELL?" as her screech went all the way to the top, behind a tree cowering was elbcinos.
"Ah man! This doesn't look good! Even I'm not capable to handle Franziska and she's a real handful."
"Elbcinos!" she screeched again "Show yourself, you buffoon!" as he hummed to himself he said with an idea.
"It would be a pain in the neck if she found out who I really was; so I better hightail it out of here while I can." As big mama became inpatient she brought down her cigar towards her and said to Maeve eye to eye. "Hey? Little snot!"
"Yes ma'am!" Maeve answered as she looked into the eyes of the phoenix.
"Where's elbcinos hiding?"
"Who's this elbcinos? I don't know an elbcinos."
"Don't play dumb with me girl, I'm talking about the brat who calls himself the dragon master, now where is he….Well?" she said as she tightened her eyes on Maeve. Maeve could think of anything but at least try to calm her down.
"I know that guy's a pervert but I don't think even him should be burnt after all he hasn't done anything to me, I'll guess I'll have to think of something." Suddenly big mama said to her.
"Look I'm giving you an order and if you can follow it I'll even consider making you're my henchmen." Suddenly she screeched at Maeve "Now hurry up and answer me!" as Maeve could think of nothing else she said to her.
"Wait! Wouldn't the great big mama phoenix prefer a welcome song after being away for so long?"
"A song?" she questioned the suggestion.
"Yeah! Doesn't someone like you deserve a song on your glorious return to this world." As phoenix looked at her, maeve just hoped it bought her enough time to think about what to do next.
"Okay! Very well! But afterwards you will tell me where elbcinos is I want a word with him." As maeve nodded she cleared her throat and began to sing. It was a song she learnt while she learned Latin at a young age, as she sang her voice echoed around the chasm. Her voice sounded like angels from heaven, a heart stone would not be able to cry at her voice and song. A distance away elbcinos heard the song.
Lilium by Kumiko Norma from 'Elfen lied'
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam
(The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom)
ET lingua eius loqueter indicium
(and his language shall be clear)
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem
(Blessed is he who suffers temptation)
Quoniqmcum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae
(Since he, with striving, shall recieve the crown of life)
Kyrie, ignis, divine, eleison, O quam sancta
(Lord, fire divine, have mercy, Oh how sacred)
Quam serena, Quam benigna
(How serene How bevolent)
Quam amoena O castitas Lilium!
(How lovely, Oh, lily of purity!)
Kyrie, ignis, divine, eleison, O quam sancta
(Lord, fire divine, have mercy, Oh how sacred)
Quam serena Quam benigna
(How serene, How bevolent)
Quam amoena
(How lovely)
Quam amoena O castitas Lilium!
(How lovely, Oh, lily of purity!)
As maeve finished the phoenixes eyes were closed as maeve moved closer they suddenly shot wide open, the icy glare at maeve stopped maeve. As the eyes of ice looked down upon maeve the phoenix suddenly said to her. "Out of all my life, out of all the people who have summoned me, you are by far the most…annoying!" as maeve glared back Franziska screeched "Now where is elbcinos?"
"Okay, okay! If your talking about the pervy monk he's on the top of the cliff, up there big mama!" as she looked up she looked puzzled.
"Up there?"
"Yes, umm can I ask you a question, big mama, ma'am?"
"What is it?" she said as she brought her eyes back down on maeve.
"What business do you have with him, anyway?" suddenly big mama said to her angrily.
"That's the very same thing I want to ask that useless brat! Why in the world does that fool want with me? He broke the contract between himself and the phoenixes years ago and now he summons me here of all places?" suddenly maeve said to her.
"But it wasn't him!"
"What?" as maeve turned red and rubbed the back of her head she said to big mama.
"Well you see the funny thing is I summoned you here, you see I was pushed off the cliff and then I thought maybe you could rescue me so…" as she saluted big mama she said to her loudly. "Thank you very much, ma'am." As big mama glared at her for a long time she suddenly burst out laughing.
"Give me a break! What does a puny little girl like you know about that? There's no way a little squirt like you, could have enough power to summon a being like me."
"What!" Maeve protested "it's true, I summoned you here I really did." Just then big mama continued to laugh in Maeve's face about her abilities. That evil laugh of someone mocking Maeve echoed through the chasm, she had heard that before from everyone who considered her a freak or a worthless nobody suddenly Maeve screamed to her.
"Knock it off, you flaming turkey!" big mama suddenly stopped laughing and looked at her. "You've been talking down to me and saying whatever you want since you first arrived here, but I'm the one who summoned you so that means I'm your master. You going to have to start respecting me and doing what I say, you got that bird?" as big mama continued to glare at her the fire on her head suddenly roared into a blazing inferno and she roared at Maeve.
"What was that? You got some nerve! Have you forgotten who you're talking to? A meaningless little squirt like you, barely old enough to stand and to say to me Franziska hijoino; that you're her master, THAT'S IT!" suddenly she flipped her head back to toss maeve over her head and onto her back. As Maeve landed on the fiery feathers the wings started to recoil and then without warning big mama, took off. As she glided up vertical with Maeve holding on for dear life on her back she suddenly shot up out of the chasm. As she reached the open skies she spread her wings and started to glide down to the ground as Maeve let go she started float above big mama, as she quickly tried to grab on to some feathers she managed to grip on to some, just in time because big mama then dropped to the ground. As she landed the wind from her wings caused gale force winds which blew through the forest, all the way to the lake where the girls were playing in the water. As they shrieked in terror of the sudden burst of wind, elbcinos felt the wind behind and knew only one thing.
"Well, it looks like she reached the top thanks to Franziska." As Maeve fell off the phoenixes head she managed to land in a soft spot. As she got out from the mud puddle she used her fire to dry it and then flake it off, she hoped that big mama would see her fire ability and accept her as her master; but she paid no attention. As Maeve looked at her she saw that she was a lot bigger than what she first she was.
"That was incredible!" as big mama laughed she bent down towards Maeve and told her beak to face.
"I hate to tell you this you little snot! But even if I were willing to believe that you were the one who actually summoned me and trust me girl that's a really, really big "If" if you're the kind of girl who falls off my back that easily, then there no way I would ever accept you as my master, you got it?" she said as she pushed maeve back with her beak. As Maeve held her ground against her big mama suddenly looked up into the sky and said. "Now since I'm back in the world after such a very, very long time. If elbcinos doesn't need me, I'm off for a glide."
"No wait!" Maeve called to her.
"Listen, why don't you just get out of here and go home, because it's clear you're incapable of serving as my henchmen." She said as she started to flap her wings. As she took a couple giants steps forward she laughed to herself and the fact of Maeve's so called incapability's as her master or serving under her. As Maeve heard the laughing of the phoenix it reminded her of all the others that laughed at her. Suddenly Maeve roared and ran after Franziska before she took off. As Maeve jumped on her back she ran from her tail feathers all the way up to her neck, from there she jumped through the flame on her head and landed on her very beak looking at her directly in the eyes. "What? What are you doing now?" she asked Maeve questioning her sudden action.
"Fine! If making you respect means sitting on your back well then;" she said as she sat on her beak "I'll just make sure I want get off your back rest of the day no matter what."
"What?" she queried on Maeve's bet.
"That's right! And when I do…you'll have no choice but to recognize me as your undisputed master!"
"You really are a snot! Fine if that's what you want but don't think I'm going to go easy on you." She said as started to twirl her head and swing it around furiously. As Maeve hanged on; Franziska yelled in frustration as her head swept across a section of the forest. "Fall, damn you!" as Maeve hanged she thought to herself.
"Must grip with chakra." Only to realise "Oh no! I don't have much chakra left!" as Franziska swung her head wildly around Maeve shouted to her. "Listen here big mama! My name is Maeve hope leery, I'm going to help matt defeat Takato and don't forget that!" as Maeve still clutched onto the feathers Franziska screeched.
"I don't care!" from a distant of a tree branch above the waterfall elbcinos looked through a telescope he had and saw that maeve was in trouble, as he chuckled at the entertainment he said to himself amused.
"This is getting interesting." Suddenly he heard the girls laughing below him, as he pulled back some of the branches to see, what he saw made his face red. As he put his telescope to his eye he said sarcastically to himself. "Sorry maeve, I wish I could help (!) But I'm afraid I got too much work to do here! Research…yes, research!" as he giggled to himself at the sight of the girls splashing each other with the water and their dripping bodies. As he continued to look at the girls he didn't notice that Maeve was still hanging on to big mama. As she charged through the forest she stopped and she screeched loudly.
"Get off!" as she screeched she tried to burn Maeve by using flame from her mouth as Maeve hanged down in front of it. As Maeve put out the flames she yelled as she erupted into her cold rage.
"I won't…give up!" her scream of determination echoed through the forest. Back at the ship Zora was busy tinkering away on a project she had secretly been doing. No one was allowed in the hanger until it was nearly done. As cream sat in her room looking at the ceiling she closed her eyes wishing her daddy was home, she hadn't seen him in weeks but she knew in her heart that matt would never join Takato. Suddenly she heard a door opening and then a voice.
"Madison; I'm back!" it was espio. As cream looked slightly disappointed that it was espio and not her dad she put on a warm smile and went out of her room to see espio. As the doors opened she walked sadly towards espio.
"Hello espio." She said happily hiding her disappointment.
"Hello cream! How are you doing?" he asked her.
"Okay…I guess." As her eyes looked sad espio called out to someone in the darkened hallways.
"You can come out now, she's missed you." Creams eyes suddenly lit up. As she lifted her head a familiar spiky style of hair came round the corner. As cream smiled hoping to see her daddy once again, she saw that it was…harrier! With matt's hairstyle.
"Do you like it?" he asked the others as the gazed upon the new hairstyle. "Matt said I look like; well like him, which I will take as a compliment." As cream looked sad she suddenly heard the sound of laughter.
"Almost there! Almost!" as she looked up there was no mistake standing in the light she saw… her daddy. Creams eyes almost became overflowing with tears but she held them back. As he stepped towards her; he picked up cream and said. "Dry those eyes, it's only me!" suddenly cream wrapped her arms around matt and sobbed in his shoulder.
"Daddy…" she sniffled. "I…I thought that…Takato had taken you." As matt stroked her head and held her tightly as to say he'll never let go he said to her.
"Don't you worry my little girl; I'll make sure no one takes me away from you ever again, that's a promise." As creams eyes stopped flowing she looked at him with damp eyes and smiled to see her daddy once again. Suddenly sakura came out of her room and said to cream.
"Cream?" she asked worried about her from her room. "Are you okay? I heard crying and…YOU!" she said as she stared daggers at matt. Matt suddenly felt his heart gone cold at the icy stare of sakura's eyes. As he put down cream he looked at sakuras eyes and at her while she was moving towards. Her fists were clenched and she looked angry.
"Cream, I want you to cover you eyes." Sakura said angrily as she walked towards matt. As cream covered her eyes sakura let loose one of her fists and smacked matt around the face. As matt's throbbing red cheek left an imprint of sakura fist sakuras eyes that were once icy melted into flowing water and made her face go red and her eyes were puffy. "Don't ever do that again!" she said as she huffed and puffed angrily at him. As matt held his cheek sakura threw her arms around him and said in his ear. "Welcome back, we missed you." As matt wrapped his arms around her he said.
"I didn't mean to make you worry, it's just that…well I healed fast and I…err."
"I asked if matt could train me." Said espio all of a sudden "I needed the extra help plus we had to survive the three weeks on our own; with no one knowing." As sakura looked into matt eyes she could tell he wasn't lying.
"Well; the important thing is your home." She said cheerfully. As rubbed his cheek sakura suddenly kissed him and said to him with regretful eyes. "I'm sorry, you just make me so crazy at times." Matt just smiled he held no grudge to sakura, he could understand her actions. Suddenly a spark came to matt's eyes.
"Before I forget, harrier has something for us." As everyone turned to harrier they saw that he had a wooden box with a metal lock. They wondered what was in it. Meanwhile in the forest big mama was still trying to get Maeve off her back; as she flew in the air and barrel rolled through the skies Maeve was still holding on tight. As she plummeted towards the ground she turned on her back across a lake hoping that the water would make Maeve fall; but she held on tight even through the cold lake. As she flew back into the air she could still feel Maeve on her back.
"I can say one thing about her; she doesn't give up too easily." As she dove into the lake and then turned on her back to try the trick again; this time she made a big splash which caused it to rain. As the rain subsided a rainbow was formed over the lake. As Maeve continued to hold on she was being watched by elbcinos; as he saw her struggle he halved synthesized with her.
"Aw! Look at that! Seems like Maeve is in agony…Ha-ha!" as he continued to watch he thought to himself. "She must have exhausted all her fire…when she summoned Franziska here." He laughed at her pain. Down below him the girls we're awing at the rainbow saying how pretty it was. "Oh yeah, it sure is beautiful." He agreed with them. Meanwhile on planet nakuack a dark claw solider walked up to a big metal door and quivered at the sight of it. As his hand shook as it approached the door, the loud metallic bang echoed within. As it opened nothing but a wall of pitch black and a wall full of small craters was seen. As he walked forward a voice from the darkness spoke.
"What is it? Can't you see I'm in the middle of training?"
"Umm…yes I know, but sir I thought you might want to know that…"
"What?!" said the voice from darkness.
"…the machine is near complete!" as the nervous solider stood where he was, silence fell in the pitch black room. Then from the darkness a swirling noise and a figure rushed towards him, as the figure jumped out of the darkness he pressed the swirling ball of darkness and shouted as it made contact.
"DARK RASENGAN!" as the dark ball exploded the dark claw solider was sent flying through the metal door and off its hinges the figure smiled and said. "Perfect! It works!" as he looked at his trembling hand a figure stood behind and said to him.
"Finally mastered it; have we my lord." As the figure turned he saw the dark warrior standing in his place.
"Yes I was so glad that solider came; I wanted to test its full power on a being before I used it on…HIM!" he growled. As he clenched his fist the dark warrior said.
"The power source will be here in three days, once then the universe will be at your feet."
"Excellent…once then maybe I could also persuade…her! To join me! You don't have a problem with that…do you?" as the dark warrior bowed he said to him.
"None what so ever…lord Takato." As Takato smiled he looked onto his beautiful machine in the setting sun.
"Soon…it'll all be over." Meanwhile back in the forest someone else was watching a setting sun, as elbcinos looked on he knew that time was nearly up; for both him and Maeve. As he held the scroll in one hand and watched Maeve still hanging onto Franziska in the light of the setting sun he knew she was strong but everyone has a limit. As Maeve saw the setting sun, she said to Franziska.
"Just a little longer! Once that sun sets and I haven't fallen off then you'll have no choice but to accept me as…your master."
"Never!" she said as she dived towards the water once again. As she dove towards the water she said to her. "I never said I'd agree to your deal, did i?"
"I don't care! I'm not falling off no matter what!" as she flew just above the lake she didn't turn over like the last time; instead she headed for the shore. As elbcinos watched he said to himself as he looked at the final moments of the day.
"That Maeve she's pushing herself beyond her limit; I wouldn't be surprised if she fell off at any moment." As Maeve panted heavily from the sheer fright of falling she was just glad it was over. Meanwhile Franziska was thinking of how to get rid of Maeve.
"I guess I could ignore her; but still the even the thought of losing to her really burns me up, there's no way I'm going to let that happen. Alright then it's time I put an end to this once and for all." As she lifted her head she turned towards Maeve and said. "Hey snot! What is your name? What do they call you?"
"My name? I told you!" said Maeve said tiredly "It's maeve hope leery."
"Well listen up maeve hope leery. I hope you don't hold it against me…if you die." She said as she took off for the clouds. As Maeve grasped on tightly to the big mamas back she saw the wings tucking in as they reached the outer atmosphere of the planet. As the sudden plummet towards the planet became clear Maeve knew that this phoenix would be trouble. As elbcinos looked up he saw the large burning figure in the sky coming down towards the ground. As he sighed he said to Franziska.
"Play fair, Franziska! This is a matter of pride for maeve too!" suddenly the large figure shadow became clear and he was in the path of the crash zone. As he quickly jumped up he panicked and started to run from the ever closing burning figure; a sudden gust of wind blew over him nearly sending him off the cliff. As she landed in the water a huge amount of steam evaporated the water and covered the forest in steam. Suddenly he screamed. "No! That's where all the pretty girls come." As Maeve wobbled unsteadily near towards the edge off Franziska's head she had to think of something to stay on.
"No I can't fall off, not when I'm this close to winning…" as she fell she preformed the fire clone Jutsu. As her fire clones appeared they rushed in to grab her as each fire clone grabbed another they formed a stable of chain that held the original from falling to the ground.
"Incredible…even in the condition's she's in she's still able to perform a fire clone Jutsu." Said elbcinos impressed off how Maeve was still hanging on. As the clones dangled down, they tried to swing her on to the beak of the resting phoenix one by one the clones pulled the other one up and then disappeared. When the last clone disappeared Maeve was standing on her beak; but Franziska tried one more head swing to throw off the weak Maeve, no matter how hard she tried Maeve stayed strong and stayed on. Suddenly Maeve started to laugh in Franziska's face and she got to her feet and said loudly to her.
"What do you think of that? I'm still on your back! That's right I beat you!" as she continued laughing she suddenly became very woozy and fell from her beak. As her eyes closed from exhaustion elbcinos from above became concerned for Maeve.
"No! If she falls like that she'll die!" as Franziska watched Maeve fall helplessly to the ground; she suddenly unfolded one of her wings and catched Maeve in it. As she recoiled her wing and brought her head down she said to her.
"Too bad for you…little snot; and you almost made it too." As the suns rays fell behind the mountain slowly elbcinos stood up he said to himself as he held the scroll tightly.
"Amazing! She could hold out so long against a tough opponent like Franziska." As he turned to the sun he knew his time was nearly up and so was Maeve's. As he looked at the scroll he thought it would be an excellent parting gift for her, to wake up and see it wasn't a dream. As Franziska gently place Maeve on her back, a scroll from the top spun down towards her. As it flew by her, Franziska watched the scroll unravel to reveal the name of her new master.
"Maeve hope leery, huh? Your scoutful elbcinos." As she looked into the setting sun she said to herself. "I am fully aware that this girl summoned me all on her own; she is courageous, it's been a long time since that boy from the leaf village dared to stand on my back. As maybe expected after that battle she is completely drained of energy. I don't mind lending her some of power when she needs it. But taking her back to where she belongs to rest would be best." As the sun fully set and the stars came up the hope was just about ready to leave. As matt wondered where Maeve was a sudden crash from outside shook the ship. As Walter and matt ran outside to see what caused it they saw on the ground next to a giant footprint was Maeve unconscious but with a smile. As Walter picked her up and gently whisked her away to the medical room matt examined the footprint. He knew he had seen those talons before. Next to where Maeve was standing was the scroll and note for Maeve. As the ships engines roared matt quickly grabbed the scroll and ran back to the ship. As the ships door closed the hope took off and into the starry night. Down on the ground harrier and the other screeching phoenixes saluted matt and wished him the best of luck and hoped their little goodbye present would be enough.
Sakura- this sucks! I could be doing anything aboard this ship but matt orders me to look after Maeve, yeah that's exciting (!). But I don't want to get matt into a worse mood that is because today is that day. Matt won't tell what its about but I'm sure it's serious.
NEXT TIME: MICRO BYTES
Sakura- well! Well! Well! It looks like sleeping ugly finally woke up! It's time to tell Maeve why she will never get with matt! Ever!
Rise, power! (Instrumental) (Naruto closing credits)