Disclaimer: Ditto from last chapter. I promise.
Mori landed feet-first on something soft and squishy. She looked expectantly under her feet. Just as she expected, she had landed on Sesshoumaru. She picked him up (AN: hey, she gets super-strength in times of turmoil!) and squeezed him as hard as she could, beaming into the atmosphere again. Their moment was cut short by the dropping of Momo and Minagi. The two stood up and looked around frantically, completely unaware that they were stepping on Sesshoumaru's face.
"MORI??? FLUFFY???" they called loudly, dislodging a few more rocks from the shaft they had fallen through. Finding no answer, they walked forward. Mori managed to pry herself and Sesshoumaru off the floor, both of them dazed by the impact. As they stepped away from the shaft, they looked around at their environment. A moment's pause reacted Sesshoumaru to speak.
"I'm scared," he said quietly. The others nodded in unanimous agreement. The underground sloping hills abounded with cabbits (AN: confused? See last chap!), and rows upon rows of large triangular carrots. They had somehow, miraculously, landed on the only rocky part of the green valley. Mori suddenly heard a faint yelling sound, coming from above and growing steadily louder. She pulled Sesshoumaru under the shaft, extending his arms out in front of him.
"Brace your muscles," she ordered. Sesshoumaru obeyed, wondering what in the world was going on. Chris dropped from the shaft directly into Sesshoumaru's arms, who was struggling to keep him from hitting the ground. Giving up, Sesshoumaru dumped Chris unceremoniously onto the ground. Chris appeared dazed for a moment. His eyes closed momentarily, and then reopened. The first thing he saw was Mori standing triumphantly over him.
"You're welcome," she said smugly, walking proudly off to massage Sesshoumaru's swollen arms. Chris sat up and glowered, taking in the landscape. He turned around and began banging his head on the rock. Mori came back over and grabbed him by the collar, dragging him away from the wall.
As they walked further away from the shaft area, they saw that they had come down in the middle of a huge pillar of rock, extending far into the sky. Everyone blinked simultaneously in confusion. A pink cabbit bounded up to them, meowing in welcome to them. Minagi reached down to pet the creature, but it bounded straight past her. Instead, it leapt onto Chris' head where it sat among his tousled un-gelled hair. Chris threw Mori another murderous look.
"You are so dead when we get out of here," he mumbled, folding his arms again. Mori grinned nervously and set off, skipping through the rows of carrots. Momo and Minagi skipped happily after her. After a moment's hesitation, Sesshoumaru began a distorted hop-skip behind them. Taking no part in this, Chris stomped grudgingly over the ground.
They soon came upon a field full of something else, which Mori couldn't distinguish. Pulling some leaves out of the ground, she soon discovered potatoes.
"What?" Mori said, obviously confused. "Hey, we need our starch too," squeaked the cabbit. Everyone turned around to look at her, except for Chris who 1) couldn't look at her because she was on his head, and 2) didn't actually care.
"Do all of you talk?" Momo said in amazement, poking at the cabbit. The cabbit completely ignored her pokiness.
"Yeah, we all talk. It's the only way we ever get anything done," she said matter-of-factly. Everyone fact-faulted except for Chris, who merely sweatdropped. Mori stood up and coughed.
"So. Is there a way to get back - up to - the surface?" she questioned slowly, jabbing skyward with her thumb. The cabbit put a paw above her eyes and looked upwards.
"Hm. I think so, but I'm not quite sure," she said, waving her paw at some other cabbits. A turquoise cabbit, blue cabbit, and albino cabbit bounded happily over.
"Take these guys to the - CHALLENGE OF DOOM BWAHAHAHAAA!" the pink one screeched, flames shooting ominously up behind her. Chris went bug-eyes and shook the cabbit off his head. She landed gracefully on the ground and stuck her tongue out at Chris.
"I was kidding," she said, exasperated. She glared at Chris. Chris glared at her. They glared at each other. The other people got bored of them glaring. Sesshoumaru picked up the cabbit by the scruff of her neck and looked her in the eye.
"Get us out of here," he said calmly, the characteristic calm flames shooting up in his eyes. The cabbit went slack-jawed and quickly struggled out of his grasp. She whispered something to the other cabbits, who smiled, nodded, and bounded off in some random direction.
"Hey - wait! Get back here!" Minagi yelled, chasing after the three cabbits. The others soon followed, Chris as usual in the back. The last cabbit sat on her hind legs and rubbed her paws together, cackling quietly.
They soon came upon a castle-like building, about the size of one of the houses in Mori's neighborhood. Clearly, it was the size of a castle to the cabbits. The white cabbit kicked the door down and the group's escorts walked up to a huge blue cabbit sitting behind a desk.
"These humans. Er, people. Er, creatures wish to get back to the surface world," said the white cabbit, thrown off by the different races among the group. The blue cabbit looked over his glasses at them.
"You must face the Scot Challenge," he said in a booming voice. All of them looked at him strangely.
"You play games from Scotland." Everyone sweatdropped.
"Why do little freak-bunnies play Scottish games?" Chris said impudently, poking one of the cabbits with his foot. It hissed at him and bit his pants, tearing a neat slit in the outside seam. Chris kicked the cabbit, sending it flying over the desk. The cabbit behind the desk gasped at this outburst of cruelty.
"You will play five games, as there are five contestants. You will proceed through this door," the cabbit pointed towards one of two doors, "And after you complete one challenge, you shall move through the next door." He pointed at the other door. "If you wish to give up now, please proceed through this door. You shall also proceed through here if you don't win."
"What's on the other side?" asked Momo timidly, expecting fiery torment. The cabbit grinned, showing sharp teeth.
"If you enter through that door, you will be - GARDENERS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" They all gasped and shivered. Sesshoumaru was particularly unnerved, as he lived much longer than the rest of them. The blue cabbit grinned in a friendly manner now.
"Please watch your step as you enter the door! And don't forget: have a nice day!" he chirped, as the door swung open. Chris opened his mouth to say something, obviously disdainful by the look on his face, but Mori smacked the back of his head.
They stepped through to find a huge mahogany track, circling the entire concrete room. Mori looked blankly at a red cabbit sitting next to the start line. It wasn't small and pudgy like the other cabbits. Instead, it was shaped much like a cheetah and had smaller ears than a normal cabbit. It grinned at them and pointed to a sign on the wall. They looked closely at it, finding it to be the rules for the competition. The laminated paper was a bright red color, to match the opposing cabbit.
RULES: ONE COMPETITIOR SHALL RACE. THE COMPETITOR RUNS ON TRACK ONE, THE PRESENT CABBIT ON TRACK TWO. ONE LAP SHALL BE RUN. BECAUSE THE CABBIT HAS NO ENDURANCE. Mori noted that the last sentence was obviously attempted to scratch out, as there were claw marks all over the plastic lamination. Mori gulped and turned to her friends.
"I'll run," she said bravely, bowing to them. Sesshoumaru bit his lip and swiftly hugged her on an impulse. Momo hugged her as well, and after some convincing, Minagi too. The four of them looked at Chris.
"I'm not hugging her." He said flatly. Mori nodded in complete understanding and slipped out of the hold of her three friends. She took her place on the track, and the cabbit scampered to take his place next to her. The blue cabbit suddenly appeared out of nowhere and held up a pop- gun.
"On your marks, get set, GO!" *pop* Mori quickly pulled out in front of the cabbit as they rounded the first turn. The cabbit, falling about twenty feet behind her, grinned evilly. He extended his paw out to her position and flicked his wrist. A huge zucchini suddenly appeared in front of Mori. She skidded to a halt and backed up, while the cabbit loped past her. After a small restart, she leapt over the zucchini with ease.
Her comrades began booing, as the magic tricks had not been specified in the rules. The cabbit turned his head to see Mori gaining on him quickly. He wiggled his bunny tail and a water buffalo appeared in front of Mori, halfway around the track. She stopped completely, and muttered something under her breath. She swung one leg over the water buffalo, swung the other one over, and gracefully fell on her butt. Completely ignoring any pain, she began to run again. The cabbit was at the three-quarters mark by now, and Mori saw that there was no way to pass him at their equal paces. As the cabbit reached ten feet from the finish line, it suddenly flopped down on the track. Mori slowed and stared at the panting creature lying pitifully on the track. She bent down to pat its face, shook her head, and walked proudly over the finish line.
Momo, Minagi, and Sesshoumaru burst into cheering, with Chris adding his own little half-enthusiastic 'woohoo'. Mori walked, head high, back over to them and was hugged again. And again, Chris completely ignored her. They pushed open the next door.
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I just need a little break in the story for a new chapter *phew*
Mori landed feet-first on something soft and squishy. She looked expectantly under her feet. Just as she expected, she had landed on Sesshoumaru. She picked him up (AN: hey, she gets super-strength in times of turmoil!) and squeezed him as hard as she could, beaming into the atmosphere again. Their moment was cut short by the dropping of Momo and Minagi. The two stood up and looked around frantically, completely unaware that they were stepping on Sesshoumaru's face.
"MORI??? FLUFFY???" they called loudly, dislodging a few more rocks from the shaft they had fallen through. Finding no answer, they walked forward. Mori managed to pry herself and Sesshoumaru off the floor, both of them dazed by the impact. As they stepped away from the shaft, they looked around at their environment. A moment's pause reacted Sesshoumaru to speak.
"I'm scared," he said quietly. The others nodded in unanimous agreement. The underground sloping hills abounded with cabbits (AN: confused? See last chap!), and rows upon rows of large triangular carrots. They had somehow, miraculously, landed on the only rocky part of the green valley. Mori suddenly heard a faint yelling sound, coming from above and growing steadily louder. She pulled Sesshoumaru under the shaft, extending his arms out in front of him.
"Brace your muscles," she ordered. Sesshoumaru obeyed, wondering what in the world was going on. Chris dropped from the shaft directly into Sesshoumaru's arms, who was struggling to keep him from hitting the ground. Giving up, Sesshoumaru dumped Chris unceremoniously onto the ground. Chris appeared dazed for a moment. His eyes closed momentarily, and then reopened. The first thing he saw was Mori standing triumphantly over him.
"You're welcome," she said smugly, walking proudly off to massage Sesshoumaru's swollen arms. Chris sat up and glowered, taking in the landscape. He turned around and began banging his head on the rock. Mori came back over and grabbed him by the collar, dragging him away from the wall.
As they walked further away from the shaft area, they saw that they had come down in the middle of a huge pillar of rock, extending far into the sky. Everyone blinked simultaneously in confusion. A pink cabbit bounded up to them, meowing in welcome to them. Minagi reached down to pet the creature, but it bounded straight past her. Instead, it leapt onto Chris' head where it sat among his tousled un-gelled hair. Chris threw Mori another murderous look.
"You are so dead when we get out of here," he mumbled, folding his arms again. Mori grinned nervously and set off, skipping through the rows of carrots. Momo and Minagi skipped happily after her. After a moment's hesitation, Sesshoumaru began a distorted hop-skip behind them. Taking no part in this, Chris stomped grudgingly over the ground.
They soon came upon a field full of something else, which Mori couldn't distinguish. Pulling some leaves out of the ground, she soon discovered potatoes.
"What?" Mori said, obviously confused. "Hey, we need our starch too," squeaked the cabbit. Everyone turned around to look at her, except for Chris who 1) couldn't look at her because she was on his head, and 2) didn't actually care.
"Do all of you talk?" Momo said in amazement, poking at the cabbit. The cabbit completely ignored her pokiness.
"Yeah, we all talk. It's the only way we ever get anything done," she said matter-of-factly. Everyone fact-faulted except for Chris, who merely sweatdropped. Mori stood up and coughed.
"So. Is there a way to get back - up to - the surface?" she questioned slowly, jabbing skyward with her thumb. The cabbit put a paw above her eyes and looked upwards.
"Hm. I think so, but I'm not quite sure," she said, waving her paw at some other cabbits. A turquoise cabbit, blue cabbit, and albino cabbit bounded happily over.
"Take these guys to the - CHALLENGE OF DOOM BWAHAHAHAAA!" the pink one screeched, flames shooting ominously up behind her. Chris went bug-eyes and shook the cabbit off his head. She landed gracefully on the ground and stuck her tongue out at Chris.
"I was kidding," she said, exasperated. She glared at Chris. Chris glared at her. They glared at each other. The other people got bored of them glaring. Sesshoumaru picked up the cabbit by the scruff of her neck and looked her in the eye.
"Get us out of here," he said calmly, the characteristic calm flames shooting up in his eyes. The cabbit went slack-jawed and quickly struggled out of his grasp. She whispered something to the other cabbits, who smiled, nodded, and bounded off in some random direction.
"Hey - wait! Get back here!" Minagi yelled, chasing after the three cabbits. The others soon followed, Chris as usual in the back. The last cabbit sat on her hind legs and rubbed her paws together, cackling quietly.
They soon came upon a castle-like building, about the size of one of the houses in Mori's neighborhood. Clearly, it was the size of a castle to the cabbits. The white cabbit kicked the door down and the group's escorts walked up to a huge blue cabbit sitting behind a desk.
"These humans. Er, people. Er, creatures wish to get back to the surface world," said the white cabbit, thrown off by the different races among the group. The blue cabbit looked over his glasses at them.
"You must face the Scot Challenge," he said in a booming voice. All of them looked at him strangely.
"You play games from Scotland." Everyone sweatdropped.
"Why do little freak-bunnies play Scottish games?" Chris said impudently, poking one of the cabbits with his foot. It hissed at him and bit his pants, tearing a neat slit in the outside seam. Chris kicked the cabbit, sending it flying over the desk. The cabbit behind the desk gasped at this outburst of cruelty.
"You will play five games, as there are five contestants. You will proceed through this door," the cabbit pointed towards one of two doors, "And after you complete one challenge, you shall move through the next door." He pointed at the other door. "If you wish to give up now, please proceed through this door. You shall also proceed through here if you don't win."
"What's on the other side?" asked Momo timidly, expecting fiery torment. The cabbit grinned, showing sharp teeth.
"If you enter through that door, you will be - GARDENERS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" They all gasped and shivered. Sesshoumaru was particularly unnerved, as he lived much longer than the rest of them. The blue cabbit grinned in a friendly manner now.
"Please watch your step as you enter the door! And don't forget: have a nice day!" he chirped, as the door swung open. Chris opened his mouth to say something, obviously disdainful by the look on his face, but Mori smacked the back of his head.
They stepped through to find a huge mahogany track, circling the entire concrete room. Mori looked blankly at a red cabbit sitting next to the start line. It wasn't small and pudgy like the other cabbits. Instead, it was shaped much like a cheetah and had smaller ears than a normal cabbit. It grinned at them and pointed to a sign on the wall. They looked closely at it, finding it to be the rules for the competition. The laminated paper was a bright red color, to match the opposing cabbit.
RULES: ONE COMPETITIOR SHALL RACE. THE COMPETITOR RUNS ON TRACK ONE, THE PRESENT CABBIT ON TRACK TWO. ONE LAP SHALL BE RUN. BECAUSE THE CABBIT HAS NO ENDURANCE. Mori noted that the last sentence was obviously attempted to scratch out, as there were claw marks all over the plastic lamination. Mori gulped and turned to her friends.
"I'll run," she said bravely, bowing to them. Sesshoumaru bit his lip and swiftly hugged her on an impulse. Momo hugged her as well, and after some convincing, Minagi too. The four of them looked at Chris.
"I'm not hugging her." He said flatly. Mori nodded in complete understanding and slipped out of the hold of her three friends. She took her place on the track, and the cabbit scampered to take his place next to her. The blue cabbit suddenly appeared out of nowhere and held up a pop- gun.
"On your marks, get set, GO!" *pop* Mori quickly pulled out in front of the cabbit as they rounded the first turn. The cabbit, falling about twenty feet behind her, grinned evilly. He extended his paw out to her position and flicked his wrist. A huge zucchini suddenly appeared in front of Mori. She skidded to a halt and backed up, while the cabbit loped past her. After a small restart, she leapt over the zucchini with ease.
Her comrades began booing, as the magic tricks had not been specified in the rules. The cabbit turned his head to see Mori gaining on him quickly. He wiggled his bunny tail and a water buffalo appeared in front of Mori, halfway around the track. She stopped completely, and muttered something under her breath. She swung one leg over the water buffalo, swung the other one over, and gracefully fell on her butt. Completely ignoring any pain, she began to run again. The cabbit was at the three-quarters mark by now, and Mori saw that there was no way to pass him at their equal paces. As the cabbit reached ten feet from the finish line, it suddenly flopped down on the track. Mori slowed and stared at the panting creature lying pitifully on the track. She bent down to pat its face, shook her head, and walked proudly over the finish line.
Momo, Minagi, and Sesshoumaru burst into cheering, with Chris adding his own little half-enthusiastic 'woohoo'. Mori walked, head high, back over to them and was hugged again. And again, Chris completely ignored her. They pushed open the next door.
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I just need a little break in the story for a new chapter *phew*