Here, I make my first appearance in this story. Have at it!
***yes, I know, everything's copyrighted and nothing belongs to me except my original characters, blah, blah, blah***
The jeep stopped ten feet from the sign.
"Odango-no-Miko's (that's me!) Mount Fuji Hot Springs Resort," Yulie read haltingly.
"Okay, everyone, out of the car!" Cye announced.
The doors opened in the back and out tumbled three sweaty, tired, and cranky young men, a white tiger who had been kicked to the point of almost eating a certain someones, and one certain little boy who was still whining.
Mia stepped out of the jeep, took a deep breath, and sighed in relief. She had managed to survive an eight hour car ride with six of the most annoying people she knew. She looked at Yulie, who was tugging on White Blaze's fur and beating him with a stick. She saw White Blaze's eyes narrow in anger. Didn't that kid have any parents? And didn't those parents care that their child was going on a trip to the mountains with five warriors and a large man eating tiger? Maybe she should call HRS and report a case of child neglect...
Rowan stood outside the jeep. He put his hands on his hips and surveyed the other warriors. Poor guys. They were sweaty and hot because any cold air coming from the A/C had immediately turned stale and warm as soon as it passed the front seats. Too bad the windows had gotten stuck closed when they were only halfway there. A cool breeze swept past Rowan, and only Rowan, tossing his hair out of place. Actually, it's kind of chilly, Rowan thought as he watched the other guys collapse from heat exhaustion.
"Get me off of this roof!" Kentou bellowed, breaking the peace, along with several people's eardrums. He wiggled, eager to get off the roof and into that bag of food that Rowan had been holding hostage in the front seat...
Suddenly the Dynasty bus came up from behind them. It flew past the warriors and crashed into the sign. The door of the now totaled bus opened and two Demon Soldiers stumbled out like drunken idiots. They crashed to the ground, blocking the path of anyone who exited the bus.
The Warlords were next to exit the bus. Cale tripped over the soldiers laying on the ground and cursed, holding his stubbed toe and hopping on one foot. Dais laughed at Cale, then got stuck in the door, forgetting his armor was too wide. Sekhmet pushed Dais out the way and rammed his forehead into the top of the door frame, his legs being just a couple of inches too long for his head to safely clear the door frame. he ducked and stepped off the bus, rubbing at the large bump that was forming on his noggin. Anubis jumped out of the bus window and hugged Ryo.
"Ryo!" Anubis yelled a little too eagerly. Everyone gave him a strange look.
"Anubis, get off me!" You're making a scene!" Ryo whispered angrily.
"Ahemmm....." Anubis let go of Ryo and cleared his throat. He suddenly became very interested in the color and texture of the bark on a nearby tree.
"Fruitcake," Sage commented.
"Definitely a fairy," Rowan added.
Ryo inspected the Dynasty's smashed bus. "It's pretty busted," he said. "I don't think it'll run anymore."
"Keep your opinions to yourself!" Sekhmet growled.
"Yeah!" Cale interjected. "You and your jeep the size of a shoebox!"
"Makes you wonder which side the author likes better, doesn't it?" Dais asked smugly.
"Yeah, us," Rowan said. "Our jeep's still in one piece." He grinned.
Sekhmet glared at Rowan and vowed to humiliate him in some way, even if it took him the rest of his life.
"Besides," Rowan added, "the author couldn't let such a great warrior like me get in a crappy car..."
"Rowan..." Sage raised his voice in a threatening manner, knowing full well that he too deserved a main character spot.
"...Or Sage either, since we're such great warriors," Rowan finished, successfully covering his small blunder with a skill only the warrior of strata could do.
Dais's face became red and he punched the bus in frustration. One of the doors fell off.
Yulie blinked. "Ryo..." he began, tugging on Ryo's sleeve.
"NO! Not again!" all the other characters cried. "This scene already happened. Once is enough!"
"What, Yulie?" Ryo asked, exasperated at the current situation.
"I sense something is wrong!" Yulie said.
"Don't your parents want you?" Cye asked suddenly, finally coming to the same conclusion Mia had come to earlier.
"Didn't you read the author's rough draft of this story?" Yulie asked.
"How did you get your hands on the rough draft of the author's story?" Mia questioned.
"YES, HOW DID YOU GET THE ROUGH DRAFT OF MY STORY?" the author's voice boomed. Everyone cringed.
"Everyone, get back in your vehicles!" Yulie exclaimed.
"Why should we listen to you?" Cale growled.
"He's right," Rowan agreed. "I reviewed the final draft."
"Shut up, arrow boy," Sekhmet snapped.
"Ooooh, I'm scared now," Rowan taunted. "What are you going to do, gas me to death?"
"Can we just move on with this story?" Sage sighed.
"Quickly, everyone, get changed," Mia said as the warriors and warlords climbed back into their respective vehicles.
