Rescuing Gori's sister 2
written by: delusional_lady

Author Disclaimer: The Slam Dunk characters are owned by Inoue Takehiko.

Author's Notes: More characters come in this second part. Beware of perverted monkeys.

The small group entered the woods. Not an animal was seen. Not even a mouse. Ayako readied her bow and took a look around. "It's so quiet here." she murmured. Suddenly, something moved around the green bushes.

"Ayako!" Hikoichi cried out. 'What was that?" Ayako slowly climbed down her horse and approached the bushes. "Careful now.." she told herself. As soon as she got near the bushes, something grabbed her and that's when all the serenity and peace was disturbed. A large horde of winged monkeys arrived. They were all screeching and everyone covered their ears.

"Ayako's been kidnapped!" Hikoichi shouted. He tried to note it down but a winged monkey grabbed his shoulders and tried to carry him up. "Gyaaaaaaaah! Help! Help!" Youhei cursed and tried to kick Hikoichi's attacker away while his hands dealt with the monkey that was trying to claw his face out.

Sendoh was fighting two monkeys that seemed to be as perverted as himself. They were trying to take away his clothing and the spiky-haired guy could've sworn that one of them was trying to force its hands in his pants. He glanced at the two guys behind him and saw that they were in the same predicament as him. Rukawa was swinging his sword at two of them while Hanamichi already dropped his sword and used his fists instead.

"Get away from me you monkey!" Hanamichi shouted. Suddenly, one of the winged monkeys lifted the red head up. "Hey hey! Put the tensai down!!" Rukawa glared at the monkeys and tried to pull Hanamichi back down. Luckily for him, Rukawa's glare seemed to have an effect on the monkeys and they dropped him down.

Everyone was trying to ward the monkeys off but the scene seemed hopeless. More and more monkeys seemed to arrive and Ayako wasn't there to help. Suddenly, there was a sharp whistle and the winged monkeys all turned upward and flew away. Kogure adjusted the rim of his glasses and wondered what was the whistling sound. His question was answered when a guy stepped out of the bushes.

"Hello." he said. Hikoichi slimbed down the carriage and approached him. "Who are you? And what was that whistling sound?" The guy smirked and showed him a golden whistle. "Something to fend those perverted moneys off. Best you follow me back to my base. Your friend is waiting for you there." Kogure nodded and thanked the gods that they managed to escape the winged monkeys.

The base was located by the center of the woods. There was a large tree with a small house built on it. Ayako was already there waiting for them. "Hiya guys! Where have you been?" Hanamichi looked around and found a couple of blue wolves sleeping. "Whoa!" he cried out. The guy smirked and then introduced himself. "My name is Miyagi. I've been living here in the forest ever since I was a baby boy. May I ask what you're doing here?" Hikoichi cleared his throat and explained. "We're on a journey to rescue the princess Haruko. She was kidnapped by a large frog named Fukuda." Kogure held out his hand and introduced himself. "My name is Kogure. We owe you a lot. If it wasn't for you, I don't know what would've happened." Miyagi nodded and turned to Ayako. "Your name is Ayako, am I right?" Ayako nodded and blushed as he kissed her hand. "Ayako..Such a lovely name. May I call you Aya-chan instead?"

After the introductions, Miyagi prepared a large breakfast for them. The Sakuragi guntai unloaded the food from the carriage and added them to the large feast. Kogure wondered what would happen to them if Miyagi had not come along. "You would've been brought to the small cave somewhere in the forest where the monkeys would enjoy doing..er..perverted stuffs on you. I don't even wanna think about it." Youhei shuddered. "Yikes. What else do we have to worry about in the forest?" Miyagi cleared his throat and told them everything that they would have to beware of. "The most famous of all the monsters here are the green hentai plants. Some of them would devour you while some of them will use you for their hentai fantasies. The only way to defeat them is to kill the source of its life. You have already met the winged monkeys. The green headed birds are nearly extinct but they are still harmful." Hikoichi took everything down diligently. Sendoh sweatdropped. "Are all the monsters in the forest perverted?" All eyes turned on him. "What?" he asked innocently.

After a very large breakfast, Miyagi advised them to just run away if they ever meet any monster along the way. "You won't be a match for any of them since I doubt you have professional training with weapons. Best if you just bolt with your horse and hope that the monster won't catch up with you." Ayako looked at him and asked, "Won't you be coming with us? After all, you live all alone." Miyagi shook his head. "Nah..I'll just stay here. And I'm not alone. I have my wolves with me. The exit to the woods is not that far from here. I'll just ask one of my wolves to guide you." Nothing they said could convince their rescuer to join them on their trip. He was very determined to stay where he was.

After the carriage was loaded with many healing herbs that Miyagi said would be useful, they set off on their way towards the exit. along the way, Hanamichi noticed the silence of Ayako. "You're so quiet Ayako." he said. Rukawa sighed and said, "Do'aho. Of course she's upset." Just as Hanamichi was about to comment back, the wolf that was guiding them stopped abruptly. Hanamichi tensed up again and Rukawa readied his sword. "Come out from wherever you are." Sendoh commanded as he brought out his sword. Kogure climbed on top of the carriage for a better aim with his arrows. The Sakuragi guntai opened the windows and prepared to throw the pebbles that they collected before. After a moment of silence, green stems came rushing towards them. The horses panicked and tried to run for their dear life. Youhei's horse ran as fast as it could. Sendoh and Ayako's did too. Rukawa's horse was running fast and Hanamichi who was not used to such a fast pace fell off the horse. "Hanamichi!!" Rukawa cried out in worry.

The rest looked back to see Hanamichi fall off Rukawa's horse. The green stems were coming at them with remarkable speed. Rukawa cursed and jumped off his horse with his sword in hand. He ran towards Hanamichi and tried to get him up. Youhei managed to turn his horse around and go back to Rukawa and Hanamichi. "We're coming Hanamichi!" the Sakuragi guntai shouted as they threw pebbles at the stems. "K'so! You're hurting me!" Hanamichi complained as two stones hit his legs. "Oops! sorry!" they apologized.

By the time Sendoh and Ayako managed to control their horses and get back, the plants were already attacking the rest. One stem was lunging at Hanamichi as the red head was getting up. Before the stem could curl itself on his body, something flashed and knocked him out of the way. "Yaaah!" Hanamichi cried out in surprise. He looked up and saw Rukawa being curled by the green stem. "Kitsune!" he shouted. "Rukawa!" Ayako shook her head as she saw the scene. They have to rescue Rukawa before the stems take him back to their lair.

Luckily for them, luck seemed to be on their side. A familiar whistle was heard the green plants backed off. Ayako searched for the source and found Miyagi on top of a tree with a V-sign. When all the stems were gone, he jumped down and approached the group. "Sigh..didn't I tell you to just make a run for it?" Ayako shook her head. "Sakuragi fell down on his horse and we couldn't possibly leave him so we decided to turn back. How'd you know we were in trouble?" Miyagi pointed to the wolf. "He asked for my help. He called for me and I heard him." Hanamichi turned to look at Rukawa. He demanded to know why he decided to turn back and help him. Much more, to get him out of harm's way. But all that he saw was Rukawa on the ground. He wasn't moving at all.

"Rukawa!!!" Hanamichi shouted again. He rushed to the kitsune's side and saw that he was unconcious. "He's dead!!!" Everyone was horrified and rushed to Rukawa's side. Hanamichi's eyes became watery and tears fell down on Rukawa's face. He had no idea why he was grieving for Rukawa but he was. "Do'aho. I'm not dead yet." Rukawa mumbled as he opened his eyes and got up.

Everyone with the exception of Hanamichi threw confetti in the air. "Oi! We must get going now if we don't want the stems to catch up with us." Miyagi advised. "We?" Ayako asked. "We." Miyagi repeated with a hint of determination in his voice. Miyagi decided to ride on Ayako's horse and behind her. Rukawa decided that Hanamichi should sit in front of him instead. "I don't need you to fall off again." Rukawa said as he exchanged places with the red head. Rukawa smiled a bit as he thought that this position was much better. He could still manuever the horse and he could embrace Hanamichi too. Nothing was said about Hanamichi's crying over Rukawa as everyone headed towards the exit of the woods.