Just another ST fic

Just another ST fic. Yeah.

(A Sakura Taisen fanfiction.)

DISCLAIMER - All Sakura Taisen characters belong to Red, Sega and Bandai. Anybody I've left out? Yeah! Um, GAMEBOY belongs to NINTENDO.

Author's note: Jan-Poru: Jean-Paul, Iris's teddy bear Yossha!: Alright! Hayaku: Hurry! Honto: Really? Minna: Everybody Bakayaro: (Don't ask me, it's not a very nice word...) Sou: Yes Taihen: It's bad! Matte: Hang on Masaka: Oh no!

Thanks to: Everybody who gave me the ideas for this story, Kamida Yui-san and of course, Takuko-chan!!!

CHAPTER 4 - An Hour of Danger

Sumire shouted, "What do we do?" The Hanagumi were running about blindly. Maria shouted, "Go off in pairs, or trios or whatever, make sure at least one person is with you, just split up!" Everybody nodded. The T-Rex was getting closer. Kanna went off with Sumire and Sakura, Maria went off with Leni, Kouran and Orihime were the last. Where was Iris?

Sakura stopped. "Where is Iris?" She was close to tears. "Iris! IRIS!!!" Kanna pulled her on. "BAKAYARO! Wanna die? Then stay here! The dinosaur is closing in on us, oh man...Come on, Iris could have teleported herself away, she's not your average kid. For now, can you please just RUN?!!" Sakura pulled herself together and continued running. Sumire was quiet, saving her energy. Why oh why, didn't I bring my naginata? Sumire thought as she ran with all her might and all the speed she could muster.

Meanwhile...

"It's not chasing us anymore, Leni." "Then if it's not after us..." "The others are in danger!" "But who? We don't even know who went off with who!" "Hm...We'll just have to backtrack, then. Thank God I brought my gun." "Do you think it can go through the dinosaurs hide?" "That, I'm not sure," Maria said with a weak smile.

In yet another place...

"Run, Orihime-han!" "It's still behind us de~su ka?" "NO!" Kouran stopped. Orihime stopped too. "Ne~e, Kouran, you should have said so earlier de~su!" "Gomen na, Orihime-han, I didn't know..." "You didn't know?!!!" "*changing subject* YOSSHA!!! Let's go find the others!" "How?" "Backtrack, Orihime-san, backtrack..." "Oh. It's easy?!" "No. *changing subject* Just backtrack..." "Ne~e! Koura-" "Backtrack, Orihime-han!"

In the time machine...

"Jan-Poru! Iris is scared..." Iris said, trembling. Then the machine rocked violently to one side. The little French girl gasped. "It must be the dinosaur!" The machine threatened to fall over. In desperation, Iris was about to give out a blast of energy when the control panel beeped. She looked at the screen. "20 minutes?! Then there's only 40 minutes left before..." Terrified, she reached for her teddy bear. Yet again, the machine threatened to tip over. Then she saw a red button marked 'COMMUNICATOR'. She hesitated for a while then pressed it.

At Kouran's...

"Hey, what's this?" Kouran felt in her bag. She looked at the device. It was pocket sized (think GAMEBOY, people, think GAMEBOY!) and had a few knobs on it. Not to mention a small screen. It was beeping furiously. Suddenly she remembered! "Somebody is in the time machine, Orihime-han!" "Hon~tou?! Hayaku, switch it on!" Kouran hurriedly turned a few of the knobs. A blurry image appeared on the screen. "Who's that?" Kouran asked. "Kouran! I'm so glad to see you!" "Iris~!" Orihime and Kouran shouted. The two older girls saw that Iris was close to tears. Orihime asked, "Iris, what happened?"

"I knew the big dinosaur was coming, so I teleported myself back here. However, I think there's another big one outside the machine. Ah, sou, taihen desu~! We only have, matte, let me check, 35 MINUTES BEFORE THE TIME LIMIT IS UP!!!" Then the machine shook. The image of Iris got more faded. "Kouran, hurry..." Then the communicator beeped and automatically switched off.

Over at Maria's...

"Look, Maria-san!" Maria bent over. "Hm...What's this?" She picked up the red cloth. It looked so familiar, and yet she couldn't place it. Where had she seen that piece of cloth? Suddenly, she remembered. SAKURA'S RIBBON! She immediately told Leni, "Look carefully! We might find some tracks here!" Sure enough, as they approached a piece of land, they saw three human tracks. And one, big dinosaur's. "They might be in trouble, Maria-san! Let's go!"

The trio are still running...

"I-can't-...any...MORE!!" Sakura's words came out as gasps as the T-Rex tirelessly edged closer and closer. Kanna was breathing heavily while Sumire looked as if she had eaten something bad. Nevertheless, the three of them kept running as if their life depended on it. And it did.

Kouran and Orihime find the time machine...

"Thank heavens, it's here!" Orihime shouted with relief and joy. They had found the time machine! A large Triceratops was butting at the time machine with it's horns. Kouran was worried about Iris's safety, so she asked Orihime to 'do something'. Orihime stunned the dinosaur, and then ran into the time machine with Kouran following close behind. As they slammed the door, Iris ran into Orihime's arms. "You're here!" Kouran did was was prior to the situation. She tried to reset the time limit, but then...She found out she couldn't! Why didn't she build the time machine to adapt to the time limit changes?! she thought with frustration. She made a mental note to change that when she went back. If they ever got back.

Time was running out, only 20 minutes left. Then Kouran thought of the radar. "Ah, sou!" she cried. Then, she turned on the radar and switched on the screen. She thanked her lucky stars that when she made the machine and had nothing else to do, she was bored enough to install a metal detector. Now, if Maria-han brought her gun...Just hope she's not with Sumire! Kouran thought. Sure enough, the radar scanned the whole island and brought out two points. Hm...One is moving so much quickly than the other...Masaka! Taihen desu... It occurred to Kouran that the one that was moving faster than the other was the group that was being chased by the dinosaur. They've been running for 20 minutes?! Oh no... Then she had a brainwave. "Iris! Teleport us here! *points at the slower moving dot* By the looks of it, either Sumire-han or Maria-han is here...Ah, we passed it just now! It's a piece of empty land about 100 metres from here. Hurry!" Then there was a flash of golden light.

At the piece of empty land...

"Stop, Leni." Maria suddenly felt the ground moving. "Not again!" Leni muttered under her breath and cursed silently in German. Maria was doing the same, only in Russian. -_-;; Maria took out her gun, bracing herself for another attack, but instead, she was 'rewarded' with the time machine.

"Kouran!" "Maria! Leni! Taihen desu! Sumire and the others are in great danger de~su!" Iris pulled Maria and Leni into the machine and then waited a while for instructions. Maria and Leni took a double take when they saw the time limit. "10 minutes?!!" Kouran was instructing Iris to go right to the edge of the island.

Sakura's side now...

The three knew that they had been running for a terribly long time. Sakura was the first to collapse, then Kanna and Sumire collapsed at the same time. As the dinosaur advanced towards them, they resigned themselves to fate. Then suddenly the time machine appeared before them, between them and the T-Rex. Maria, Orihime and Leni ran out, dragged the three into the machine, and let Kouran take over. Kouran pressed to 'GO' button and the nauseating and terrible ride back home started.

Ginza-ichi-chome, Tokyo, Japan, 1926, July 16, DAITEIKOKU GEKIJOU

Back in the engineering room, the Hanagumi tumbled out of the time machine, covered with sweat, dirt, bruises and whatnot. Sakura, Sumire and Kanna were dehydrated, tired and exhausted. They accepted the water Kasumi gave them thankfully. Maria commented, "The next time there's a marathon, we should send you three. Immediately, the reply was, "NO THANKS!" Maria smiled and said, "Just joking, you guys."

-TSUTZUKU-

Author's Note: Oh well. It's still not finished yet, there's still the epilogue. This was the longest chapters I've ever written! Just enjoy the epilogue, I'll work on it later. See ya!