Chapter 4
And thus, the new seven celestial warriors suddenly found themselves in a strange forest. A big sign in front of them told them that they were in Maybury.
"Maybury," Hotohori read, "I remember Kristin-sama always talking about Maybury . . . in here there lies a secret link to the Wolfdom."
The men looked around themselves. There was nothing to see but trees.
"Where do we start?" Tasuki asked.
Chichiri put up his staff, and said, "If I feel the essence of a secret port hole . . ." he made a prayer with his prayer beads, and suddenly, he began to walk, his eyes shut. "Follow me," he said.
Through the forest of Maybury they walked. They happened upon an elderly couple walking their dog, a large St. Bernard. The old couple looked with much amusement at the strangers passing by them. The old woman squealed.
"My, you're a handsome little one," she said in her quavery voice to Hotohori. "And who might you be, honey?"
"I am Hotohori, Emperor of Konan," Hotohori replied. "We are on a quest to find the secret link to Wolfdom."
"Oh, isn't that nice?" the old woman said, smiling. Her husband grunted.
"Bunch of hooligans," he muttered. "Going around with your 'gothic' ways. What is this witch craft you're talking about, huh? Wolfdom? There ain't no Wolfdom around here."
"But there must be," Hotohori said, "for why would Naiidoska send us here?"
"Oh, they look like such nice young men," the old woman told her husband. "Let them go off with their fun and games."
"This isn't fun and games," came Nakago's low voice. "We're serious."
The dog growled at Nakago, baring fangs. Nakago growled back, causing the dog to whimper and hide behind its owners.
"Forward, your Highness," Chichiri said, and they walked on past the elderly couple, as the old man began to shout after them.
"Ah, go back to the looney bin where you belong, you teenage ruffians!" he yelled.
"Sire," Chichiri said, a moment later when no one was around, "perhaps we shouldn't be telling the people of this world who we are and about our mission. We're disturbing their peace. They're not supposed to know about the Wolfdom . . . if they did, it wouldn't be a hidden secret link, now would it?"
"I guess you're right," Hotohori said, and gave a big sigh. "I just want to find my Kristin-sama. I haven't seen her in so long . . . and I need to know if she is safe or not."
"I'm sensing a strong vibe!" Chichiri suddenly said.
"Good vibrations," Nakago started singing.
"Not now," Miboshi hissed at him.
They came up to a tree with a large hole in it. Chichiri stared at it hard, and said, "Yep . . . this is the link, no da. We just go through this hole."
The men all stared at each other.
"I ain't crawling into no hole," Tasuki said.
"We have to," Hotohori said, sighing. "It's our only way."
"Your Highness?" Chichiri said. "After you . . ."
Hotohori climbed into the hole and fell.
They all blinked. He didn't even scream or yell. He just fell.
"Tasuki?" Chichiri asked. "You go in next . . ."
"Oh, why me?" Tasuki said. "Fine. Here I go." He climbed into the hole and fell. He gave a yell, but no one heard him. They just saw him fall.
"I guess I'm next," Mitsukake said, "in case His Majesty has broken something in the fall." In went Mitsukake, falling into the tree without a sound.
"Miboshi?"
"I know." Miboshi followed suit, and fell into the tree without a sound.
"This is going to be fun!" Tomo cried. He jumped through the hole and fell. No one heard his gleeful "WHEEE!" though.
Finally, grunting, Nakago started crawling through the hole. He got stuck.
"Damn it," Nakago muttered. "Can't move."
"You should stop stuffing your self with cheez its, no da," Chichiri said. "Alright . . . let's see what I can do."
Nakago felt Chichiri shove him into the hole. He fell, but got stuck again.
"Damn it!" he cursed louder.
Chichiri didn't hear it. He jumped in and landed on Nakago. The two didn't budge.
"Time for some magic," Chichiri said. With his staff, he widened the porthole, and the two fell all the way through, landing on top of some bodies.
"AUGH!"
"Sorry, Tasuki," Chichiri apologized, as he slipped off of Nakago. Nakago got to his feet, and Tasuki began to yell.
"Damn it you're heavy!" he shouted at Nakago.
There was a blast of ki and Tasuki was knocked out.
"It's the armor," Nakago grunted.
Mitsukake picked up the unconscious Tasuki. "And where to now?"
"Out there," Hotohori said, brushing himself free of dust.
They couldn't see anything for it was very dark, so Nakago gave out some more ki, and threw it. It flew through a long tunnel, and they could see it fly into the distance until it was past their eye sight.
"Looks like a long walk, no da," Chichiri said.
"Let's get going then," Hotohori said, "There's no time to waste. We have Damsels to save!"
"Oh, how it sounds so much better coming from Hotohori's mouth rather than the Lone Wolf Warrior's!
And thus, the new seven celestial warriors suddenly found themselves in a strange forest. A big sign in front of them told them that they were in Maybury.
"Maybury," Hotohori read, "I remember Kristin-sama always talking about Maybury . . . in here there lies a secret link to the Wolfdom."
The men looked around themselves. There was nothing to see but trees.
"Where do we start?" Tasuki asked.
Chichiri put up his staff, and said, "If I feel the essence of a secret port hole . . ." he made a prayer with his prayer beads, and suddenly, he began to walk, his eyes shut. "Follow me," he said.
Through the forest of Maybury they walked. They happened upon an elderly couple walking their dog, a large St. Bernard. The old couple looked with much amusement at the strangers passing by them. The old woman squealed.
"My, you're a handsome little one," she said in her quavery voice to Hotohori. "And who might you be, honey?"
"I am Hotohori, Emperor of Konan," Hotohori replied. "We are on a quest to find the secret link to Wolfdom."
"Oh, isn't that nice?" the old woman said, smiling. Her husband grunted.
"Bunch of hooligans," he muttered. "Going around with your 'gothic' ways. What is this witch craft you're talking about, huh? Wolfdom? There ain't no Wolfdom around here."
"But there must be," Hotohori said, "for why would Naiidoska send us here?"
"Oh, they look like such nice young men," the old woman told her husband. "Let them go off with their fun and games."
"This isn't fun and games," came Nakago's low voice. "We're serious."
The dog growled at Nakago, baring fangs. Nakago growled back, causing the dog to whimper and hide behind its owners.
"Forward, your Highness," Chichiri said, and they walked on past the elderly couple, as the old man began to shout after them.
"Ah, go back to the looney bin where you belong, you teenage ruffians!" he yelled.
"Sire," Chichiri said, a moment later when no one was around, "perhaps we shouldn't be telling the people of this world who we are and about our mission. We're disturbing their peace. They're not supposed to know about the Wolfdom . . . if they did, it wouldn't be a hidden secret link, now would it?"
"I guess you're right," Hotohori said, and gave a big sigh. "I just want to find my Kristin-sama. I haven't seen her in so long . . . and I need to know if she is safe or not."
"I'm sensing a strong vibe!" Chichiri suddenly said.
"Good vibrations," Nakago started singing.
"Not now," Miboshi hissed at him.
They came up to a tree with a large hole in it. Chichiri stared at it hard, and said, "Yep . . . this is the link, no da. We just go through this hole."
The men all stared at each other.
"I ain't crawling into no hole," Tasuki said.
"We have to," Hotohori said, sighing. "It's our only way."
"Your Highness?" Chichiri said. "After you . . ."
Hotohori climbed into the hole and fell.
They all blinked. He didn't even scream or yell. He just fell.
"Tasuki?" Chichiri asked. "You go in next . . ."
"Oh, why me?" Tasuki said. "Fine. Here I go." He climbed into the hole and fell. He gave a yell, but no one heard him. They just saw him fall.
"I guess I'm next," Mitsukake said, "in case His Majesty has broken something in the fall." In went Mitsukake, falling into the tree without a sound.
"Miboshi?"
"I know." Miboshi followed suit, and fell into the tree without a sound.
"This is going to be fun!" Tomo cried. He jumped through the hole and fell. No one heard his gleeful "WHEEE!" though.
Finally, grunting, Nakago started crawling through the hole. He got stuck.
"Damn it," Nakago muttered. "Can't move."
"You should stop stuffing your self with cheez its, no da," Chichiri said. "Alright . . . let's see what I can do."
Nakago felt Chichiri shove him into the hole. He fell, but got stuck again.
"Damn it!" he cursed louder.
Chichiri didn't hear it. He jumped in and landed on Nakago. The two didn't budge.
"Time for some magic," Chichiri said. With his staff, he widened the porthole, and the two fell all the way through, landing on top of some bodies.
"AUGH!"
"Sorry, Tasuki," Chichiri apologized, as he slipped off of Nakago. Nakago got to his feet, and Tasuki began to yell.
"Damn it you're heavy!" he shouted at Nakago.
There was a blast of ki and Tasuki was knocked out.
"It's the armor," Nakago grunted.
Mitsukake picked up the unconscious Tasuki. "And where to now?"
"Out there," Hotohori said, brushing himself free of dust.
They couldn't see anything for it was very dark, so Nakago gave out some more ki, and threw it. It flew through a long tunnel, and they could see it fly into the distance until it was past their eye sight.
"Looks like a long walk, no da," Chichiri said.
"Let's get going then," Hotohori said, "There's no time to waste. We have Damsels to save!"
"Oh, how it sounds so much better coming from Hotohori's mouth rather than the Lone Wolf Warrior's!