~Hey guys! Well here's chapter four of "A Whole New World." In the last chapter Maricel was kicking some ass. (Oh yeah!) She saved Hitomi, who was very grateful that she hugged Maricel. Then suddenly, those ugly jackasses who tried to hurt Hitomi kidnapped our little ditz girl (Lily). Now it's up to Maricel to save her best friend from those dumb assess. Will Maricel make it in time? Is she strong enough to save Lily? To find out. . . READ!!! ~



Authors Notes

:: Thinking ::

" Talking "

= Flashback =

~*~*New Scene*~*~

* Actions *

(A few words from me)

HERE WE GO!!! (o^_^o)

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*A Whole New World*

Chapter Four: Kicking Some Ass Is So Much Fun!

" Hitomi?" Hitomi turned around to see who called her name. When she saw who was it, she gasped.

"Van! Allen!" Hitomi yelled as the guys ran to her.

"Are You O.k.?" Allen asked as he helped Hitomi up.

"Yeah, I am." Hitomi said with a small smile. "I just got lost."

"When you disappeared Merle and I went to get Allen to help find you. Then we heard a scream and we knew it was you." Van said kind of worried. "What happen?" Hitomi looked down, thinking back what just happened to her. Then her eyes started to water up. "I don't want to talk about it." Hitomi said as she looked up at her friends.

"Why not?" Allen asked noticing Hitomi was about to cry.

"Because I don't want to!" Hitomi yelled. Allen and Van took a step back. They were surprise that Hitomi just yelled at them. Hitomi just realize that she just yelled at them and she felt bad.

::" They were just worried about me and here I am yelling at them. I'm such a baka.":: Hitomi thought.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell." Hitomi apologized holding back her tears. Allen walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's alright Hitomi. Now let's go home." Allen said with a soft smile. Hitomi blushed and then nodded. When they were about to leave, Hitomi stopped.

::" Oh no. . . I can't leave. That girl told me to stay here and wait till she comes back.":: Hitomi thought to her self. Van turned around and saw that Hitomi had stopped.

"Hey! Come on Hitomi." Van said looking at her. Hitomi looked at him.

"I can't leave . . . not yet." Allen turned around and looked at her.

"What do you mean Hitomi?" Allen asked.

"Well I . . . I just can't leave."

"And why not?" Van asked.

"Because . . . " Hitomi didn't know what to say. She got this feeling not to tell them about her savior . . . that girl. "Because I'm waiting for someone." Both Allen and Van made a face.

"WHO?!" Allen and Van asked.

"Ehhh . . . a new friend that I just met." Hitomi answered.

"A friend?" Van asked.

"Yeah, and I'm not leaving till my friend comes back. So can we stay here for a while? . . . Please?" Hitomi asked hopping they said yes. Allen and Van looked at each other and then back at Hitomi.

"Fine, but only for a little while." Van said as Allen nodded. "Thank you!" Hitomi said with a smile. Then the three of them sat down in a circle waiting for Hitomi's friend. Van was looking at Hitomi; she was staring at where Maricel had run off. Then Van noticed that Hitomi's pendant was gone.

"Hitomi? Where is your pendant?" Van asked. Hitomi looked at him and then she looked down where her pendant used to be.

"I. . . I don't want to talk about it."

"But Hitomi?"

"Pease stop. I don't want to talk about it!" Hitomi yelled angrily. Van looked at her and frowned. He just stood up and walked away from her.

::"Damn it! Now what have I done?":: Hitomi thought to her self as she bit her lower lip. Hitomi felt really bad that she yelled at Van and then Allen came and sat next to her.

"Don't worry Hitomi. He's just worried about you." Allen smiled.

"I know, I shouldn't have yelled at him. What's wrong with me?"

"Nothing is wrong with you. So cheer up ok?" Hitomi looked up at him and blushed. Hitomi nodded. "So tell me about this person that you just met?" Allen asked. Hitomi sighed.

"You'll see." Hitomi smiled and looked back at the direction where Maricel run off.

::"I hope she's alright. And I hope she comes back soon with my pendant.":: Hitomi said to her self. Van who was sitting not to far away from his two friends, was staring at the same direction as Hitomi.

::" Who is this person that Hitomi wants to wait for?":: Van asked to him self.

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Maricel

Maricel was running though the forest looking for the five bastards that kidnapped Lily.

"Fuck! I can't believe that those punks took Lily. Grrr. . . I should have kept an eye on her. Man! I swear if one of them hurts Lily I 'm gonna send him to hell." Maricel said totally pissed off. Maricel kept on running not knowing where to go, but she had a feeling that this was the way. The way where those guys took Lily. "Lily. . . be strong. I will save you." Maricel promised. Then Maricel stopped. The feeling she had was gone. She couldn't feel where those guys at any more. "Damn it! Where are they?" Maricel asked out loud. Then Maricel walked up to a tree and jumped high on its branch. Maricel looked far off into the forest. Then something caught Maricel's eyes. Not too far Maricel saw a small puff of smoke.

:: "Fire?":: Maricel thought to her self. "That must be them." With that Maricel started to jump tree to tree.

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Lily And The 3 Bastards

"LET ME GO YOU BASTARD!" Lily yelled into the guy's ear as she was hitting him hard on the back. Boss, who was carrying her on his shoulder was getting really pissed off, that when they reach their campsite he throw her on the ground. "OWWWWW! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR?!" Lily asked as she rubbed her butt . . . again.

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE WITCH! YOU BEEN YELLING AND KICKING SINCE WE TOOK YOU!" Boss yelled looking down at Lily.

" OH. . . WHAT? YOU THOUGHT I WOULD BE ALL HAPPY AND CHEERING THAT YOU GUYS KIDNAPPED ME?!" Lily yelled. " I DON'T THINK SO!" Ben who had enough of Lily's stupid yells that he walked to her.

"CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP?!" Ben yelled looking down at her. Lily looked at him with a death glare.

"NO I WON'T!" Lily yelled at him.

"YES YOU WILL!" Ben yelled back.

"NO I WON'T!"

"YES YOU WILL!"

"NO I WON'T!"

"YES YOU WILL!"

"NO I WON'T!"

"YES YOU WILL!"

"NO I WON'T!" "YES YOU WILL!" This went on about ten minutes now. It was a war between them. The guys were staring to get pissed off and BIG headaches.

"AHHHHH!!! BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!!!" The boss yelled at both of them. Lily and Ben looked at the Boss then at each other. Lily stuck out her tongue at him and then looked away with her arms cross.

"WHY YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Ben yelled as he raised his right hand ready to slap her, but then . . .

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER OR YOU WILL DIE!!!" Ben and the guys turned around to see who just said that. Lily, who was still on the ground just smiled cause she knew who it was. When the guys turned around they didn't see anything. "UP HERE DUMB ASSES!" The guys looked up and there on a tree's branch stood a dark shadow figure. The five guys took a step back. Then the dark shadow figure jumped off the tree and landed in front of the guys. The person was on one knee and looking down. The boys couldn't see the face of the new comer. Then the figure stood up and looked at the guys with a death glare. The guys looked at the person with wide eyes.

"It's. . . It's you." The Boss said in a scared voice. The person just smirked.

"MARICEL! You came to save me." Lily said with a big smile.

"Of course Lily." Maricel looked at her with a soft smile. Lily smiled back with watery eyes.

"BEN! GRAB THE GIRL!" Boss ordered him. Ben looked at him and then nodded. Ben grab lily's wrist and pick her up. He pulled her to him and holds her arms behind her back. Lily was screaming out unhappy words and trying to get away from him.

"LET ME GO!" Lily yelled.

"SHUT UP BEFORE I'LL MAKE YOU!" Ben ordered her. Lily just looked at him and then back at Maricel. Maricel was looking angrily at Ben. Then the Boss took a step forward.

" If you don't want anything bad to happen to your little friend there. Then you'll do what I say." The Boss said with a grin. Maricel looked at him with no emotion on her face. Then she started charging at him fast.

"LIKE HELL I'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT!" Maricel yelled as she punched him hard in the face. The Boss fell on the ground . . . he was knocked out and there on his face was a bruise forming. Then Maricel saw something that was wrapped around the Boss's wrist. She kneeled down and took it off. It was Hitomi's pendant. Maricel remember that she promised Hitomi that she would get her pendant back to her. Maricel looked at the pendant in her hand, and then suddenly Maricel's necklace lighted up but just for a few seconds. Maricel didn't know what just happen. Then she put the pendant in her jacket pocket. Maricel looked at the guys who were surprised of what just happened. "Who's next?" Maricel asked with a small smile. The guys looked at her all pissed off and then they started charging at her. "Pathetic." Maricel said before she started to kick some serious ass.

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Back To Hitomi, Van, And Allen

The three had been waiting for Hitomi's friend almost an hour. And it was getting dark. Van stood up and walked to Hitomi.

"I think we should go home now." Van said. Hitomi looked up at him. She wanted to say no not yet. To ask them if they can stay here a little bit longer. Hitomi wanted so much to wait for the girl who saved her. But she was getting hungry, sleepy, and she really needed a bath cause she started to smell like that guy, Boss. Hitomi looked down with a sad face.

"Yeah . . . Let's go." Hitomi said with a sad sigh. Hitomi stood up as Allen did also.

"Hitomi if you want we can come back here tomorrow." Allen offered. Hitomi looked up at him with watery eyes.

"Maybe." Hitomi said sadly. The three started walking out of the forest. Hitomi was walking behind of Allen and Van, and then she turned around looking back of the opening area where she had been waiting. "I'm sorry that I couldn't wait for you." Hitomi said to her self. She had a feeling that this girl could of help her and the others to stop the Zaibach. But now it seems that the girl was just a dream . . . her imagination or something like that. She also thought the girl would of been a great friend and would help her to get home to her family. Then Hitomi started to remember what she said when they first met,

="Don't be scared. I won't hurt you Hitomi." Maricel smiled at her. Hitomi looked at her shocked.

"How do you know my name?" Hitomi asked.

"Oh. Let's just say that I been watching over you. Kind of like an guardian angel." Maricel smiled at her again. =

"My Guardian Angel." Hitomi whispered. Hitomi turned around and started to walk again. "Good bye." Hitomi said as a lonely tear came falling down from her eye.

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The fight was still going on. Maricel was having a good time kicking these guys' butts. One guy came in front of her and then she gave him a right hook and then a left hook. The guy hit the floor with a bloody nose. Ben, who was still holding on Lily, was shock of what he was seeing. He couldn't believe that this young girl was beating up on his friends.

"These fighting moves she's using. I never had seen them before." Ben whispered. Lily who over heard what he said spoke.

"Yeah and when she's done kicking your friends' asses, then she'll open a can of whoop ass on you!" Lily said kind of evilly. Ben just looked at her with angry eyes.

"SHUT UP!" He yelled as he shook her hard. A minute later the fight was over. Maricel was standing up as all five of the guys were laying face down on the ground. Maricel won the fight. Then Maricel turned around looking straight at Ben, who just took out a dagger and put it up against Lily's throat.

"OH SHIT!" Lily yelled when she saw the dagger. "Maricel help me!"

"Take another step and I swear I will slice her throat." Ben threat as he was looking at Maricel.

"You think that will save you?" Maricel said looking at him. "If you kill her I swear you'll have a painful death and I mean it." Ben took a step back. He was scared and he knew the girl was serious. " You have two choices. One, you can let the girl go and I swear I won't hurt you. Or two . . . *heh* I think you know what two is." Maricel said with a smirk. (Choice 2 was death if you were wondering.) Ben stood there thinking what to do. A minute later Maricel took a step forward. "So what's your answer?" Ben looked at her and sighed. He let go of Lily and pushed her to Maricel. Maricel caught Lily before she almost hit the ground. "You O.k. Lily?" Maricel asked softly. Lily looked up as tears fell from her eyes.

"Oh Maricel! I thought I was going to die there." Lily cried. Maricel gave Lily a warm hug to calm her down.

"It's alright. It's over." Maricel whispered in her ear.

"Thank you Maricel for saving my life." Lily said as she was whipping her tears away.

"Your welcome." Maricel said with a big smile. Then she looked up seeing that Ben was still there. Lily who turned around and saw him, let go of Maricel and started to walk up to him. "Lily what the hell are you doing?!" Maricel asked. Lily was about three feet away from him and then she looked at him with a soft look.

"What the hell do you want you little BRAT?!" Ben yelled still pissed off. Lily smiled at him and then . . .

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Ben screamed as he fell on the ground with both of his hands were between his legs.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR KIDNAPPING ME AND PUTTING A FUCKING KNIFE AGAINST MT THROAT. YOU ASSHOLE!!!" Lily yelled as she turned around walking towards Maricel. Maricel stood there looking very surprise. She couldn't believe what Lily just did. Lily just kicked that guy in the groin . . . really, really hard. (Ouch! . )

"Damn Lily . . . I never thought you had it in you." Maricel said with a smile. " And I did said that I wouldn't hurt him, and I didn't say that you couldn't."

"Yeah I'm a bad girl. And I always wanted to do that to a guy." Lily said with a wink. Then both girls started to laugh. When they were laughing, they just forgot everything that happened before that. It was like they were back home laughing at girl's stuff. Then Maricel stopped.

"Oh shit! I almost forgot. I left Hitomi back there." Maricel said looking at Lily.

"Oh. And I guess you want to go back and get her huh?" Lily asked.

"Yeah."

"Ok let's go." Lily said as she started to walk away.

"Hey! I thought you didn't like Hitomi, Lily?" Maricel teased

"Yeah, well I kind of know how she felt when she was alone with those guys. So I guess I'll try to be nice to her." Lily said looking back at Maricel. "Well . . . are you coming?" Maricel smiled.

"Yeah." Maricel answered as she nodded. Both girls started running into the forest. When they got there . . . Hitomi was nowhere to be found.

"Huh? Where is she?" Maricel asked.

"I don't know." Lily answered. Then both girls started looking around.

"HITOMI! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Maricel yelled.

"YEAH! GET YOUR SKINNY ASS OUT HERE!" Lily yelled with a smile. Maricel looked at her with a death glare, she just rolled her eyes.

"HITOMI I GOT YOUR PENDENT!" Maricel yelled, but no answer. "Why did she leave? I told her to stay right here and that I would come back for her. And now she's gone." Maricel said looking at Lily.

"So what do we do now Maricel?" Lily asked her friend. Maricel looked around and it was nighttime now. The stars were shining bright.

"Well I guess we should look for a place to stay till tomorrow."

"O.k. but if we have to sleep here in the forest. I have two things to say . . .. HELLLLS NOOO!" Lily said making a face. Maricel giggle.

"Yeah, same here. I don't want to sleep in this kind of hood. Especially with those kind of men back there. I just don't want to know what else is out there in the woods." Said Maricel. "Maybe we can find a cave or something. Come on Lily." Lily nodded and started following Maricel. About ten minutes of walking a round they finally found a cave and it was outside of the forest. But Lily started to wine.

"Maricel I don't want to go in there." Lily wined. Maricel looked at her.

"Come on Lily."

"No!"

"Ok. I'll look inside and if is clear I'll come back to get you ok?" Lily just nodded. Maricel went in and about three minutes later she came out.

"Well?" Lily asked.

"There's nothing in there so it's safe to go in. So come on." Maricel told Lily. Lily took a step back.

"No! I don't want to go in." Lily wined again.

"Lily . . . I just beat up five guys . . . twice today. And I'm REALLY tired. So if you don't want to go in, Fine. It up to you." With that Maricel went back into the cave. Lily was about to say something, but she didn't. She sat down in front of the cave, looking into the forest. The forest was really cold now, so Lily bends her knees and hugs her self. Then Lily started to hear noises at every direction. When a noise comes out Lily would turn her head to see what was it.

"Ok Lily. Don't be afraid. There's nothing out there . . . I think." Lily said to her self. Then all of suddenly yellow glowing eyes came out looking at Lily. When Lily saw those eyes she freaked.

"MARICELLLLLLL!!!!!!!!" Lily screamed running in to the cave. Lily kept running nonstop. "MARICEL! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Lily yelled. Then Lily ran into something or should I say someone. Lily looked up kind of scared. She was just about to scream when . . .

"Hey are you ok Lily?" Lily closed her mouth.

"Maricel?"

"Yeah, you woke me up. Why were you screaming?" Maricel asked rubbing her eye. Then she felt Lily wrapped her arms around her stomach.

"Maricel there were yellow glowing eyes out there." Said Lily. Maricel sighed.

"I told you to come with me. Oh well, come on." Maricel said as she started to walk. Lily was holding onto Maricel's arm. She was still kind of scared. Maricel led Lily to a flat surface where she was sleeping before Lily came in the cave screaming. Maricel lay down as Lily did too. Lily was using Maricel's left arm as a pillow. "Uhh Lily? I need my arm back. " Maricel said looking at her.

"But I need a pillow Maricel."

"Then use your bag pack."

"Oh ok?" Lily said as she took off her bag pack and put it under her head. "Better."

"Good. Now. . . night Lily." Maricel said as she closed her eyes.

"Good night Maricel." Lily said as she also closed her eyes. About five minutes later Maricel woke up to a loud noise.

"What the hell is that?!" Maricel asked. The loud noise was coming from her left side. Maricel turned her head and saw what was it or who was it. It was Lily. She was snoring like an old man!" OH . . . MY. . . GOD! Why meeeee?" Maricel cried.

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"Wow! I slept great last night." Lily said as she was stretching. "How about you Maricel. Lily asked looking at her and then gasped when she saw Maricel. Maricel looked so tired. Under her eyes were black-ish color bags and her eyes were kind of red. Her hair was messing and her clothes were all wrinkled. " Damn Maricel! What happen to you? You look horror able" Lily said. Maricel looked at Lily with a death glare.

"Yeah, well a cretin person was SNORING ALL LAST NIGHT! It freakin kept me up all night. So that why I looked at this LILY! Maricel yelled at her.

"Oh . . . heh *sweat drop*. Uhh . . .sorry." Lily smiled. Maricel just sighed. She walked away and sat on top of a rock. Then she took her brush out of her bag pack and started brushing her long hair. About five minutes of bushing her hair and trying to get her self-looking normal, Maricel was done. "So Maricel? What do we do now?" Lily asked.

"Well all I know is that we should look for Hitomi." Maricel said sanding up.

"Alright, but how do we do that? We don't know where is she." Lily said looking at Maricel.

"Yeah." Maricel sighed. Maricel put her hands in her pockets, and then she felt something in her right pocket. Maricel took it out and it was Hitomi's pendant. She almost forgot she had it. Maricel was looking at it. The pendant's chain was broken but there in the middle was the pendant. Maricel held it front of her. She was holding on the chain and swinging the pendant a little. When the pendant stopped Maricel sighed. :: "I wish we knew the way, where Hitomi is.":: Maricel thought to her self as she closed her eyes. Then suddenly then pendant started to glow and move by it self. Lily, who was just standing there looked at Maricel and saw that the pendant was glowing and swinging on it's own.

"Ehhh . . . Maricel?" Lily called for her. Maricel opened her eyes and she gasped when she saw the pendant. It was swinging northeast towards the forest. And she knew what was happening. "Maricel what is it doing?"

"It's showing us the way to Hitomi." Maricel answered her.

"What?!"

"Come on Lily. Lets go." Maricel said as she started to walk towards the forest.

"But Maricel we just got out of the forest and now you want to go back in. Are you crazy?!" Lily yelled. Maricel was almost in the forest and knowing that Lily didn't want to be alone, she started running after her. But then . . . *OOF! * "OWWWW!" Maricel turned around and saw the Lily fell down . . . again. " YOU STUPID ROCK!" Lily yelled as she grabbed the rock that trip her and throw it straight up into the air. When it came back down it hit lily right on top of her head. Lily fell on her back on the ground. Maricel run up to her and sat her up.

"Are you ok Lily?"

"Uhhhh.." Lily said as little birds were flying around her head.

-End Of Chapter Four-

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