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Ancient China Part 3: Escape, Regroup, and Camp _________________________________________________________

"Escape Plan?" Jackie asked. "Yes, escape plan. These walls are to thick for me to break through but I might be able to get through the cieling." Nuriko stated moving over towards one of the walls. "You might want to get back." he stated. Jackie moved back still holding onto a ribbon attached to Nuriko's clothing.

A loud noise echoed throughout the room and Jackie ran to the wall seeking protection from Nuriko. She reached for Nuriko and found... his foot? "What are you standing on?" Jackie asked wondering how Nuriko's foot could be where her waist was.

Jackie then realized what the loud noise had been. Nuriko had punched holes in a stone wall and was using them as footholds. "What the?" Jackie asked. "What the what?" Nuriko questioned. "You punched a hole in the wall!" Jackie exclaimed. "Shhh!" Nuriko shushed "So?" "You punched a hole in a stone wall!" Jackie stated.

"Yes." Nuriko stated "And hopefully I'm about to punch one through this ceiling." Jackie blinked. "Get back" Nuriko commanded. Jackie blinked. "Now!" Nuriko ordered. Jackie stepped back. Nuriko looked up at the ceiling and slammed his fist into it, quickly jumping away after that.

"That was easy." Nuriko smirked looking up at the hole in the ceiling after the rock had finished falling. "Now let's get out of here before they get to us." Nuriko stated climbing back up the wall and through the hole in the roof.

He stuck his head back through looking at Jackie who was still blinking in disbelief. "Come on!" he ordered. Jackie scurried over to Nuriko as she heard people running towards them. "Shit!" Nuriko cursed "Come on!" Nuriko reached down and grabbed Jackie by the back of her shirt pulling her up. "So long." Nuriko said jumping off the roof carrying Jackie with him.

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Chichiri was the last to emerge from the hat. "This is where I lost her, no da." Chichiri stated. "Alright! Let's just wait here for her to come back, teehee." Kristi smiled. "I mean... I want to find her so much I must be cuddled to go on." she added hugging Tasuki in an overly dramatic way. Tasuki burped "Yea, let's take a break, I'm tired" Tasuki complained, he was used to wearing Kristi as a waistband by now.

"Tired!?" Chichiri asked "How can you possibly be tired, no da?" "We've been followin' these guys all day." Tasuki said lying on the ground. "You have been *waiting* while *I've* been following them all day, no da!" Chichiri fussed. Kristi was struggling to get her arm from under Tasuki, when there was a loud scream that seemed to be coming towards them.

"Who's that, no da?" Chichiri asked looking in that direction. "It's--" Tasuki was cut off when Nuriko came running through carrying Jackie. "You guys better run!" Nuriko warned as several chi attacks shot at the three.

"Eh?" Chichiri, Tasuki, and Kristi looked to see many a men running toward them. "Eek!" Kristi yelled trying to get up. Tasuki jumped up to his feet, grabbing Kristi's arm and slinging her over his shoulder like she was a bag of.. something and the three ran behind Nuriko and Jackie.

"Long time no see, guys." Nuriko yelled to them amongst the chaos. "This isn't the time for that, no da!" Chichiri yelled back. "Keep running!" Kristi added, staring back at the men, which she had no choice but to do in the position she was in.

Tasuki threw Kristi on the ground and turned to face the men "REKKA SHINEN!" he yelled burning most of them. "KAA!" Chichiri yelled wiping out the rest of the persuers. Tasuki collapsed to the ground "Now can we rest?" he asked looking at Chichiri. "No." Chichiri stated "Some of them may have gotten away and Nakago could be coming, no da. We need to get out of here."

"I agree." Nuriko stated, Jackie still clung to him. "We're all tired!" Tasuki argued. "Just a lil' bit?" he asked hopefully. The two shook their heads. Tasuki 'awwed' before getting up, and blinking when the warmth of Kristi's arm wasn't around his waist. "Great, where'd the kid go?" he asked. "Heeheeheeheeheeheehee!" echoed throughout the small clearing. "Eh?" Tasuki said looking up just before Kristi collided with his head sending them both to the ground.

"GAH! Where'd you come from?" Tasuki yelled. Kristi giggled "It's a magical secret." she winked. Tasuki rubbed his head in confusion. Chichiri pointed at a tree over Tasuki's head, and everyone (minus Kristi) nodded.

"Let's get going, no da. We don't have time to waste." Chichiri stated. The five of them made their way through the woods, Chichiri deciding that for their safety they needed to get at least a two hour walk away before camping.

"I'm tired!" Tasuki complained. "Are we there yet?" Kristi asked, being on Tasuki's shoulders. "Tired!" "There yet?" "Tired!" "There yet?" "SHUT UP!" Chichiri and Nuriko yelled at the same time. Jackie would, had her voice not been so raw from screaming earlier.

"How bout... now?" Kristi asked, sending her and Tasuki into a fit of laughter. It was another hour later when Chichiri finally let them make camp in a group of trees that Tasuki had decided to make a clearing in. "REKKA SHINEN" teeheehee...

"For someone as tired as the two of you were, you sure don't seem to be sleeping" Nuriko snickered at Tasuki and Kristi who were singing some rather graphic songs by the fire Tasuki had Rekka Shinened up. "Would you two be quiet, no da?" Chichiri snapped, a bit annoyed also with Jackie who was sticking close to him still insisting it was too dark.

"and all I gotta say to you wannabe, gunnabe, c*cks*ckin, p*ssy eatin pranksters" Tasuki and Kristi sung. "That's enough, no da!" Chichiri fussed "She's to young to sing stuff like that, no da!" "She taught it to me!" Tasuki said in his own defense. "I don't care, no da!" Chichiri said, taking Kristi's arm. "She needs to sleep!" he finished. "Make Tasuki go to sleep too!!" Kristi yelled. Chichiri glared at Tasuki. "Eh heh, yah, I was just thinking of that." he said sweatdropping.

2 minutes later...

"But why does Tasuki have to sleep way over there!?" Kristi asked. Tasuki raised a brow, there only being one person between them.. Nuriko. "Not only is Tasuki completely perverted." Nuriko started. "But he's bad for you, no da!" Chichiri finished. Kristi pouted "But I'm already perverted, so it's alright!" Kristi complained. "Just sleep now" Nuriko smiled.

Jackie yawned and fwapped Kristi. "Shut up so I can get some sleep!" she fussed. Kristi hissed. Nuriko snickered. Chichiri piffed. Tasuki burped. The bushes rustled. Jackie glomped onto Chichiri. Kristi crawled over Nuriko and glomped onto Tasuki.

"What is that?" Jackie asked. "It's nothing." Nuriko replied. "Probably just a bobcat or something, no da." Chichiri stated. Tasuki burped. Kristi snuggled against him. "Tasuki, please excuse yourself." Jackie said. Tasuki farted. "Pardon," he muttered. Kristi smiled and snuggled closer. Tasuki raised a brow, and patted her sympathetically.

~A few minutes later~

Nuriko was snoring loudly, while Tasuki and Kristi slept in an embrace that was awkward, but oddly cute. Especially being as.. Kristi was drooling on Tasuki. Jackie was still wide awake listening to every sound around them. Chichiri pretended to be asleep but couldn't get there due to Nuriko's snoring and Jackie's constant questioning of What the thing in the bushes was.

"With some pocky.." Kristi said barely above a whisper in her sleep. Jackie stopped her questioning when Nuriko rolled over and quite violently pinned her to the ground, still snoring. "Rekka... ow" Tasuki grumbled stretching his arm over his head, before placing it back over Kristi.

~Morning~

Jackie was awake but still couldn't get up because Nuriko wasn't. Not surprisingly, Tasuki and Kristi were still asleep also. Chichiri was sitting on a stump, apparantly pondering something. "Chichiri!" Jackie whispered. "Hmm?" Chichiri looked at Jackie. "I'm stuck." she giggled quietly.

Chichiri smiled and walked over to get Nuriko off of Jackie when, "Oh yah!" Nuriko yelled swinging out a fist at Chichiri. Chichiri dodged, thankfully. "Ah! Nuriko! You're dangerous, no da!" Chichiri fussed, pulling Jackie away from him. "I'm never sleeping next to Nuriko again." Jackie stated brushing herself off. "You okay, no da?" Chichiri asked. Jackie smiled "Yes. Thank you."

"Quiet down, will ya?" Tasuki asked sleepily, turning over, causing Kristi to roll to his otherside, where she resumed sleeping and drooling. It was then Nuriko decided to wake up. "Hm? Oh, um.." he sat up looking at Jackie and Chichiri "Good morning you two... was it a dream or did I actually assault you this morning?"

Jackie and Chichiri blinked. "Must have been a dream." They both said. "Nuriko dreams 'bout assaultin' you guys?" Tasuki asked, now awake. "Seems that way." Jackie and Chichiri both said, Chichiri adding a "no da." "Heheh, That's funny" Kristi smiled, also now awake.. but still as close to Tasuki as possible.

"So, I never got a chance to ask last night," Nuriko started "who are these girls, and how do they know you?"

~A Long Story Later~

"Oh." Nuriko said blinking. Kristi yawned and crawled into Tasuki's lap. "Now what?" Tasuki asked, bored from the story. "Well if you don't know and I don't know what to do about this, we should ask someone who might.

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"Chiriko!" Kristi yipped happily "Let's go!"

To Be Continued