wow ff.net changed... i'm so confused -__-


ooh 4 more and i beat MY "record" hehe ^_^ exciting~ well anyway...



to crystalblossom -- ooh thanks for liking my story that much ^_^ lol... yay! uh actually i don't remember if you asked that too... lol i know people have been asking me but i'm not sure if you have and i'm not gonna bother looking... hehe so i'll answer it... yes Sakura's the cat... ^_^ lol~

dragon: break my teeth?! how could you?? *sobs*

Syaoran: hmm... that's not a bad idea...

Tomoyo: *pats dragon's head* don't worry Fluffy, he won't kill you...

dragon: who's fluffy? and if he makes me eat- oh wait... hmm... baby food... *smacks lips*

hikari: dude, do you even know what baby food is? *brings out Gerber Baby food*

dragon: THAT'S BABY FOOD?! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

hikari: stop that! i still have to answer questions!! you're making me deaf!!
ahem... anyway... onto next question...



to The Great One -- what who? huh? where? ok... lol i'm not mocking you or anything... but i'm confused now too... hehe well if you mean the person in shadows then you'll see in this chapter... but if it's something else, then i have no clue... lol



to like a falling star -- hehe i agree!! ^_^ lol i'll get E+T later... ^_^;; this chapter is not that good for it as you'll see though...



to shimi-mouse -- *shakes head* you obviously have never met me before... haha ^_^;;
but i did made that recipe on purpose... cuz there obviously has to be a reason why Syaoran didn't like Eriol's medicine, ne? ^_^



to someone -- i'm so sorry!! *bows a million gazillion times*

dragon: stop that!! you look stupid when you're doing that! *blows fire*

hikari: hey what about you when you saw what baby food was?!

dragon: er... *sulks*

hikari: MWAHAHAHA!!!!!!! lol anyway... i'll try to make this chapter long ok? ^_^;



to bishounen lovah -- about their... interests... let's just say everyone's confused... hehehe ^_^;;

Eriol: well of course we would be! i mean, YOU wrote it...

Tomoyo: you shouldn't be so mean! i mean she can't do any better...

Syaoran: yep, Tomoyo-chan's got a point...

hikari: hey! are you guys plotting against me or something? *eyes poster boards of strike*
cuz... i can always do something... drastic... *grins evilly*

dragon: oh no... you're going to make me eat the baby food i know it...

hikari: NO!! something else... *looks away*

Syaoran: you don't even know do you? *smirks*

hikari: stop making fun of me!! waah!! *wipes tears* well i better keep answering questions... still onto bishounen lovah...
man, lol i noticed... and obviously the dragon noticed it was sour too... *sighs and looks at her hands* at least SOMETHING'S not burnt to a crisp...

dragon: mad cow disease? what's a cow?

hikari: uh... it's... a... a fairy... yeah that's it...

dragon: a mad fairy disease? what's that?

hikari: ok, be quiet for a second... i'll answer questions later...
*dragon sulks in the corner*
hey wait! wear this! *throws dunce cap*
mwahahaha!!!!!!!!



to darker_than_darkness -- ooh thank you! ^_^ nah you don't sound like an idiot... hehe well at least compared to me sometimes...

Eriol: a LOT of times you mean... *smirks*

hikari: ahh!!!!!! stop that!!

dragon: hehe of course i'm funny! didn't you know i was a comedian?

Tomoyo: no you weren't... *confused face*


hikari: well ANYWAY onto the last one...

to Time Warp -- thanks a lot!! ^_^ i'm glad people like my fic... hehe


dragon: oh how humiliating... me, stuck with this over-emotional freak of nature...


hikari: T_T me freak of nature? no no no no no, YOU freak...

ok you guys... we seriously need to get started... oh yeah... one more thing... *snatches dunce cap* TAKE THAT OFF ALREADY! i was just kidding...

dragon: well i didn't know

hikari: ok, now that everything's ready... here's Chapter 12!!




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Chapter 12 - Obstacles






[Syaoran's POV]
Fuck why'd I make us wait? Now we have even less chance of finding Tomoyo... damn... stupid dragon...



[Eriol's POV]
Where is she? The dragon better not have done anything to her... at least not yet... not until we get to her... Kami, I'm so worried...



[Dragon's POV]
Hehehe... Watching those two humans is entertaining... and the human girl I'm still holding onto looks good... man, I'm so hungry...



[Tomoyo's POV]
Kami, I'm so scared... man, that dumb dragon's just laughing at them... I'm here forced to watch them... I mean, I can't move... I can see them in front of us... we're almost right behind them... scary to think that they don't even know where we are...



[Syaoran's POV]
Where is Eriol taking us? Why does he seem so confident? Does he even know where he's going? He better...



[Eriol's POV]
Where the hell am I taking us? Wait a sec...



[Dragon's POV]
They stopped! Do they sense me? The one with the dark blue hair stopped. The brown haired one seems more... I don't know... confused?



[Tomoyo's POV]
Why'd we stop? Oh, Eriol stopped! Can he see us? Hmm... maybe if I- grr!! damn, I can't wave at them! Damn the dragon...



[Syaoran's POV]
"What's going on?" I whispered. Eriol looked at me and I knew I should shut up. I stared at him though for a long time. I could practically see all the wheels in his head turning...



[Eriol's POV]
I definetely heard something. I hushed Syaoran but not quickly enough. I concentrated really hard. It seemed to have come from behind us. But I don't want to startle anything. Namely dragon, unstable parts of cave, Syaoran possibly...



[Dragon's POV]
Oh good... they're moving onward... soon... hehe, soon...



[Tomoyo's POV]
Damn... I shouldn't have put my hopes up... now they're bashed into tiny pieces... I sighed and leaned my chin on my hand. Amazing that the dragon is still walking on only two legs. It makes him look like a trick animal or something. There's nothing to think about... my mind wandered for two seconds, where it hit on Eriol and Syaoran in front of us. Fuck, I really don't need this right now...



[Syaoran's POV]
We walked in silence. I guess Eriol was deep in thought. I looked over and he seemed preocupied. I guess that's why he didn't notice the metal bar right in front of him.



*WHACK!*



Then, a second later, I saw an Eriol sitting down on the ground, rubbing his head and his butt and wincing in pain.



[Eriol's POV]
Oh shit... this hurts like a mother fucker... what the hell is that metal thing??



[Normal POV](and normal will be in OUR point of view... hehe ^_^;;)
Eriol was sitting on the ground just a few inches in front of a crossroad of street signs. There were signs everywhere. Eriol and Syaoran had never seen anything like that.



[Dragon's POV]
ah... so they noticed the signs... hehe, if there's one thing I pride myself in, it's collecting things. I collect anything as long as there's more than one of it. I like having collections. I happened to find a strangely empty place full of these so I grabbed as many as I could and stuck them all in here.



[Tomoyo's POV]
What is that metal thing that Eriol hit? Lucky for the dragon, and I suppose me, I gasped right as he hit the metal. I looked at him. I feel like I'm in pain, just watching him. I want to help him... I wish the dragon would let me go... even for only a minute...



[Syaoran's POV]
Oh geez... we really have to keep going. "Eriol... are you okay?"



[Eriol's POV]
Sure I'm okay... as long as I have someone to help me... but I wouldn't say that... especially NOT to my apprentice! "Sure." I replied with a smirk that I knew would set him off. As usual, I'm right.


"I'm trying to be worried for you, and you're being your dumbass self! Grr, just stand up already, we have to keep going!!"


I stared at him... He DOES have a point there... groaning, I stood up and went to catch up with him.



[Dragon's POV]
Ahh... so close... hehe, I can't wait for them to get there... er, hopefully... I blinked remember about...



[Tomoyo's POV]
Oh boy... will we ever stop? I'm glad Eriol is walking again, but I don't like the way he's holding his forehead. He might still be hurt...



[Syaoran's POV]
I looked at Eriol. "Let me see that." I told him, forcing his hand off his forehead. There was a dent, almost, where he ran into the metal. It was definetely much softer, but I'm not sure if it's a dent... hm, I guess we'll have to wait and see...



[Eriol's POV]
Ah shit... my forehead still hurts... it hurts more when I move my hand too... Damn Syao- wait... what's that?



[Normal POV]
The dragon slayer and his apprentice stared. There was a fork in the "road". Where will they turn to?


"Right!"
"Left!"


They both shouted at the same time. They glared at each other. "Okay- stone, shield, sword." Syaoran declared.


Eriol nodded stiffly. If Eriol won, they would go to the right. If Syaoran won, the left.


"Stone! Shield! Sword!"

Eriol yielded a shield. Syaoran yielded a sword. "MWAHAHAHA!!" Syaoran did a victory dance and everyone, which included Eriol, the dragon, and Tomoyo sweatdropped. After Eriol smacked Syaoran's head to stop him, they proceeded to the left.


All the while, the dragon felt like doing a victory dance of his own. He had been praying for them to go to the left. Meanwhile, they took the right. "Wait, why aren't we following them?" Tomoyo asked. "You'll see..."



[Syaoran's POV]
YES! I finally won! I never win stone, shield, sword... but this time... hehehe ...



[Eriol's POV]
That idiot's been grinning for a while now... I just want to smack it out of his face... but then he might say I'm jealous... which I'm not... most certainly not...



[Syaoran's POV]
I was still in my happy mood when I stopped. I DEFINETELY heard something... Eriol stopped too... "Do you hear that?" I whispered.



[Eriol's POV]
I nodded. It was faint... but definetely someone wailing. Or crying, or screaming. It's too far away to tell. Or it might be more than one person.


"Tomoyo!" we both shouted, and ran toward the sound.







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oh my god!! do you know how good starburst jelly beans are?!?! lol i don't like starburst but i guess my love for jellybeans won... ^_^;; ok i'm getting hyper... yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wait, that's not a good thing... oh well ^_^

do you know what i noticed? everyone's getting involved all of a sudden...


Syaoran: damn right we are

Tomoyo: Sakura-chan!! Where are you?

Eriol: that sounds like you're searching for Waldo... except it's Sakura-chan... hahahhaa!!

hikari: o_O you're right... hahahaha!!!!!

Syaoran: stop making fun of Sakura!!

Sakura: hey! hoee? why is everyone in here? *gestures to cave*

dragon: are you saying that I should go out of MY habitat??

hikari: habitat? *raises eyebrow*

dragon: shut up- just because YOU don't know any "hard" words...

hikari: hmph! stop making me feel stupid... er stupider than i am...

Tomoyo: all you have to do is stop talking back...

dragon: *annoying voice* yeah, stop talking back hikari

*hikari furrows eyebrows but tries Tomoyo's suggestion*