Author's Note-Three reviews already! *hands cookies to alphaskiier,
SuperSailor Satern, and JCKIDSMART* Thank you guys sooo much! By the way,
since this is partially being narrated by the Animorphs, you'll notice that
a few details are a bit wrong. That's because they're not Japanese, but
they will learn. So anyways, you wanted me to update, so here's the next
chapter. Enjoy!
~Ax~
We demorphed in a lab. It was thankfully empty, but dark with pieces strewn around it. I walked around the lab, my eyes narrowing on the stolen technology. My eyes widened as I came across a half-built blue box, a disc, and the pieces scattered around it. {The Escafil device!} I cried.
"Say what?" Prince Jake whispered.
{They began to build the Escafil device! They must have stolen the technology from my people!} I repeated. Where did they get it? Did they steal this from an attacked dome ship?
Prince Jake tossed me a backpack left on the floor. "Put the stuff in here and put the backpack on. Everyone else, battle morphs."
{Yes, Prince Jake.} I began to dump the device, the pieces, and the disc, into the backpack as Prince Jake sighed. By the time I was done, I was surrounded by a hawk, a grizzly-bear, a tiger, a gorilla, and a wolf.
{Got the stuff, Ax?}Prince Jake asked.
{Yes, Prince Jake.} I replied. Prince Jake sighed again.
{Great, great, let's do it!} Rachel said impatiently.
I heard Marco sigh. {Now we're doomed. Wait. . .} He punched open the door. {Okay. Now we're doomed.}
{Marco, you've been watching Invader Zim again, haven't you?} Rachel sighed.
{Yes, Ms. Bitters, I have.}
I blinked, confused. {I do not understand. What is this Invader Zim?} I asked.
{An Irken.}
{But Irkens are pacifists. Why would one try to invade Earth?}
{Well, see, these are-}
{Marco, don't even start explaining. You're making a scene. See? Everyone is staring at us.} Rachel sighed.
True enough, everyone /was/ staring at us, frozen. There was a long, long silence. "Andalites!" someone screamed. Okay, maybe not too long.
Hork-Bajir surged towards us. We all began fighting. Slash! A Hork- Bajir arm went flying. Slash! A head hit the floor and began rolling towards the pool. I whipped my tail around, this way and that, with lightening speed.
{You are too late, Andalites! Far too late. . .} A booming voice announced. An evil laugh sounded in my head. Visser Three. {Already, I have a small army all set to go. Earth will be ours!}
I turned a stalk eye over towards the large mass of humans and Hork- Bajir, all holding several large portable Yeerk pools.
{Guys! They're holding hands! If we're touching them, we'll go with them! Latch onto a controller and hang on!} Prince Jake yelled.
I galloped across the dirt and rock floor and latched onto a Hork- Bajir's arm. "Andalite!" he yelled in a guttural voice, and raised his other arm to bring it's blade upon my arm.
Suddenly there was a flash of light as I could feel myself falling away and laughter rang out in my ears.
~Cassie~
I hit the grassy floor hard, me and the other Animorphs landing in a tangle of wings, legs, tails, and whatnot.
{Jake, my eye! Move your tail!} Rachel yelled.
{Rachel, you're on my hand. Get off it.} Marco ordered.
{Cassie, your paw is on my wing.} Tobias informed me. I tried to move my paw. Easier said than done, with Ax's tail right next to my leg, but it was accomplished. Tobias soared into the night sky and landed on a tree branch above us. {Geez, what a mess.} he commented.
{Okay, okay, let's all just demorph and we can work this out a whole lot easier.} Jake instructed calmly.
We all began to demorph and true to word, we managed to scramble out of the mess we were entangled in. Marco looked around at the dark, surrounding forest.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"And the Yeerks?" Rachel demanded.
A horrible thought to me. "And the time matrix?" I asked grimly. There was a long, uneasy silence.
{Perhaps we should figure out where we ourselves are, first.} Ax recommended.
"That may be a good idea." Marco said.
"But how will we know where the Yeerks are?" Rachel asked impatiently.
"Wherever they're handing out flyers to advertise their slug-fest." Marco suggested.
{I'll go look for the nearest town. Be right back.} Tobias said.
"You do that." Jake said as Tobias flew off.
"So. . .now what? Are we in the past or what?" Rachel asked.
I looked around. It was too soon to answer that. We could be behind the rehabilitation clinic for all we knew. "Well. . .it's too soon to tell, but. . .maybe." I said.
Suddenly, Tobias's voice penetrated our thoughts. {Guys, there's some guys coming your way. I didn't see them until now because of the canopy, but now-}
"What the hell is that?!" A voice cried.
"O-oro?!" Another stammered.
We whirled around to face the two speakers (except for Ax, who merely turned a stalk eye, then turned to face them). I squinted, and made out the figures of two people, for my eyes were beginning to adjust in the pale moonlight.
The first one I recognized was a tall man (taller than Rachel and Jake) with spiky hair and wearing nothing more than a pair of cotton pants and an open jacket. I also noted the long headband tied around his head. Bandages were wrapped around his stomach and arms.
The second one was practically totally different. He was a tiny man around my height (Maybe even a bit shorter) and a face so feminine, I nearly mistaken him to be a girl. He had long hair pulled back into a low and loose ponytail, and was wearing a shirt with a low collar and a skirt. At his waist was a sword and on his left cheek he carried an x-shaped scar. And he and his friend were both staring at Ax.
~Kenshin~
My eyes widened at the creature before us. It looked like a small horse, yet with a human torso. It had fourteen fingers-seven on each hand- and week looking arms. It had two eyes on top of twistable stalks on its head. It had no mouth and slits for a nose. It made me wonder if I had taken too many hits to the head by Kaoru-dono and I was just hallucinating. I looked over at Sano, who wore the same shocked expression. Nope. Not imagining it.
"What the hell is that?!" Sano cried.
"O-oro?!" I stammered.
"Great, now what?!" A young, tall girl with long hair demanded. I blinked. Staring at the creature, I had scarcely noticed the four humans standing around it. A bird fluttered into a nearby tree. Their kis seemed very unusual.
"Well, they've already seen us. . ." said the tall boy. He turned to the creature. "Ax, knock them unconscious. When they're unconscious, we'll leave."
The creature dubbed Ax walked over to us. Warily, I placed my hand on my sakabatou, my reverse-blade sword. Whatever this creature was going to do, I would be ready.
{Do not worry, humans. I do not intend to kill you.} Ax said.
"Perhaps not, but sessha sees no reason for any violence whatsoever, de gozaru yo." I clicked my sword up as I said this as a warning. I could only hope they'd take the hint.
Fwapp! The flat of his blade suddenly swung at my head with lightning speed. 'He's fast. . .' I thought as I swung my sakabatou up to block with the equal speed of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. With effort, despite the painful strain in my arm, I was able to keep the tail blade at bay a couple inches from my head.
Author's Note-I told you that Kenshin was going to show up in the next chapter. ^_^ Please review. I will get the next chapter out shortly. Ja ne!
~Ax~
We demorphed in a lab. It was thankfully empty, but dark with pieces strewn around it. I walked around the lab, my eyes narrowing on the stolen technology. My eyes widened as I came across a half-built blue box, a disc, and the pieces scattered around it. {The Escafil device!} I cried.
"Say what?" Prince Jake whispered.
{They began to build the Escafil device! They must have stolen the technology from my people!} I repeated. Where did they get it? Did they steal this from an attacked dome ship?
Prince Jake tossed me a backpack left on the floor. "Put the stuff in here and put the backpack on. Everyone else, battle morphs."
{Yes, Prince Jake.} I began to dump the device, the pieces, and the disc, into the backpack as Prince Jake sighed. By the time I was done, I was surrounded by a hawk, a grizzly-bear, a tiger, a gorilla, and a wolf.
{Got the stuff, Ax?}Prince Jake asked.
{Yes, Prince Jake.} I replied. Prince Jake sighed again.
{Great, great, let's do it!} Rachel said impatiently.
I heard Marco sigh. {Now we're doomed. Wait. . .} He punched open the door. {Okay. Now we're doomed.}
{Marco, you've been watching Invader Zim again, haven't you?} Rachel sighed.
{Yes, Ms. Bitters, I have.}
I blinked, confused. {I do not understand. What is this Invader Zim?} I asked.
{An Irken.}
{But Irkens are pacifists. Why would one try to invade Earth?}
{Well, see, these are-}
{Marco, don't even start explaining. You're making a scene. See? Everyone is staring at us.} Rachel sighed.
True enough, everyone /was/ staring at us, frozen. There was a long, long silence. "Andalites!" someone screamed. Okay, maybe not too long.
Hork-Bajir surged towards us. We all began fighting. Slash! A Hork- Bajir arm went flying. Slash! A head hit the floor and began rolling towards the pool. I whipped my tail around, this way and that, with lightening speed.
{You are too late, Andalites! Far too late. . .} A booming voice announced. An evil laugh sounded in my head. Visser Three. {Already, I have a small army all set to go. Earth will be ours!}
I turned a stalk eye over towards the large mass of humans and Hork- Bajir, all holding several large portable Yeerk pools.
{Guys! They're holding hands! If we're touching them, we'll go with them! Latch onto a controller and hang on!} Prince Jake yelled.
I galloped across the dirt and rock floor and latched onto a Hork- Bajir's arm. "Andalite!" he yelled in a guttural voice, and raised his other arm to bring it's blade upon my arm.
Suddenly there was a flash of light as I could feel myself falling away and laughter rang out in my ears.
~Cassie~
I hit the grassy floor hard, me and the other Animorphs landing in a tangle of wings, legs, tails, and whatnot.
{Jake, my eye! Move your tail!} Rachel yelled.
{Rachel, you're on my hand. Get off it.} Marco ordered.
{Cassie, your paw is on my wing.} Tobias informed me. I tried to move my paw. Easier said than done, with Ax's tail right next to my leg, but it was accomplished. Tobias soared into the night sky and landed on a tree branch above us. {Geez, what a mess.} he commented.
{Okay, okay, let's all just demorph and we can work this out a whole lot easier.} Jake instructed calmly.
We all began to demorph and true to word, we managed to scramble out of the mess we were entangled in. Marco looked around at the dark, surrounding forest.
"Where are we?" he asked.
"And the Yeerks?" Rachel demanded.
A horrible thought to me. "And the time matrix?" I asked grimly. There was a long, uneasy silence.
{Perhaps we should figure out where we ourselves are, first.} Ax recommended.
"That may be a good idea." Marco said.
"But how will we know where the Yeerks are?" Rachel asked impatiently.
"Wherever they're handing out flyers to advertise their slug-fest." Marco suggested.
{I'll go look for the nearest town. Be right back.} Tobias said.
"You do that." Jake said as Tobias flew off.
"So. . .now what? Are we in the past or what?" Rachel asked.
I looked around. It was too soon to answer that. We could be behind the rehabilitation clinic for all we knew. "Well. . .it's too soon to tell, but. . .maybe." I said.
Suddenly, Tobias's voice penetrated our thoughts. {Guys, there's some guys coming your way. I didn't see them until now because of the canopy, but now-}
"What the hell is that?!" A voice cried.
"O-oro?!" Another stammered.
We whirled around to face the two speakers (except for Ax, who merely turned a stalk eye, then turned to face them). I squinted, and made out the figures of two people, for my eyes were beginning to adjust in the pale moonlight.
The first one I recognized was a tall man (taller than Rachel and Jake) with spiky hair and wearing nothing more than a pair of cotton pants and an open jacket. I also noted the long headband tied around his head. Bandages were wrapped around his stomach and arms.
The second one was practically totally different. He was a tiny man around my height (Maybe even a bit shorter) and a face so feminine, I nearly mistaken him to be a girl. He had long hair pulled back into a low and loose ponytail, and was wearing a shirt with a low collar and a skirt. At his waist was a sword and on his left cheek he carried an x-shaped scar. And he and his friend were both staring at Ax.
~Kenshin~
My eyes widened at the creature before us. It looked like a small horse, yet with a human torso. It had fourteen fingers-seven on each hand- and week looking arms. It had two eyes on top of twistable stalks on its head. It had no mouth and slits for a nose. It made me wonder if I had taken too many hits to the head by Kaoru-dono and I was just hallucinating. I looked over at Sano, who wore the same shocked expression. Nope. Not imagining it.
"What the hell is that?!" Sano cried.
"O-oro?!" I stammered.
"Great, now what?!" A young, tall girl with long hair demanded. I blinked. Staring at the creature, I had scarcely noticed the four humans standing around it. A bird fluttered into a nearby tree. Their kis seemed very unusual.
"Well, they've already seen us. . ." said the tall boy. He turned to the creature. "Ax, knock them unconscious. When they're unconscious, we'll leave."
The creature dubbed Ax walked over to us. Warily, I placed my hand on my sakabatou, my reverse-blade sword. Whatever this creature was going to do, I would be ready.
{Do not worry, humans. I do not intend to kill you.} Ax said.
"Perhaps not, but sessha sees no reason for any violence whatsoever, de gozaru yo." I clicked my sword up as I said this as a warning. I could only hope they'd take the hint.
Fwapp! The flat of his blade suddenly swung at my head with lightning speed. 'He's fast. . .' I thought as I swung my sakabatou up to block with the equal speed of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. With effort, despite the painful strain in my arm, I was able to keep the tail blade at bay a couple inches from my head.
Author's Note-I told you that Kenshin was going to show up in the next chapter. ^_^ Please review. I will get the next chapter out shortly. Ja ne!