AN: This one's got some more dueling, folks. I know we're in the middle of a story, but there's no reason why you can't go to the lobby and get a snack. Bring me back a box of Raisenetts.
Brother who's co writing honks a horn.
AN: And a duck egg.
Brother honks horn again.
AN: Make that two. Thank you, Marx Brothers. :-)
Chapter Five
Shippo The Amazing Duelist.
"Your Cards were pathetic." Setto Kiaba said to his defeated foe as he relieved him of his rarest card. "Next time you Rare Hunters challenge me, make sure you have a deck on hand that is at least on par with my own." He and Yugi left the Rare Hunter in the dust behind them as they pressed on deep into the caves.
"I hope that the others are alright." Yugi/Yami said as he looked around. "We haven't seen any sign of Kagome, Joey, Shippo, Tristan,, Songo, Miroku, or Tea since the battle."
"They're probably fine." Kiaba told him. "Wheeler is with them, and probably leading them safely out of the caves as we speak."
"What makes you so sure of that?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"Wheeler is searching for the treasure. With his lousy sense of direction, they're probably half way back to the entrance."
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As their quartet stopped at a fork in the tunnel, deciding which way to go, Kagome looked at her new Cosmo Queen card. It looked out of place in her deck. Then she noticed Shippo was thumbing through a deck of his own.
"Where'd you get that?" Kagome asked him
"Got what?!" SHippo said, hiding it behind his back.
"I saw you with a deck. What is it?"
"Nothing," he said. "There're just a bunch of ones that I collected from that tournament that Inu-yasha and Joey fought."
"Collected?" Kagome asked. Them, she got cross, and asked, "You mean you stole them?"
"NO, I bought them," he said defensively. "And some I found lying around. No one really wanted them, so I got them."
"Do you know how to play?" Kagome asked him.
"No, but I've seen you guys play, so it must not be too hard."
"Will you be quiet," Inu-yasha said, carrying Viola on his back.
"Yeah, if we aint quiet, someone might hear us in here," Joey said.
"Oh, I think someone's already heard you," said a deep, sultry voice from behind them. They turned, and saw another Rare Hunter. When the Hunter removed her cloak, she was an unusually tall, blond woman, built very big.
"Give back Lady Viola," she said, reaching for her deck. "Or suffer the consequences."
"I'll take you on," Kagome said.
"No thanks," said the woman. "I'll take that little badger behind you."
"I'm a FOX, heathen!" Shippo declared. "And I'll be glad to kick your butt."
"Shippo, you've never dueled before!" Kagome said.
"Oh yeah," Shippo said with a sweat drop, "I forgot."
"Too late, little rat," the barbarian woman said as she put her deck in the disk on her arm. "You've accepted, and now your hide is mine."
"Take my disk," Joey said. "And try to win," he said as Shippo fixed the large Duel disk to his tiny wrist.
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'What have I gotten myself into,' Shippo thought as the giant stared at him.
"You should know," the huge woman said, "That I was once a trained assassin. Fallen Star shall crush you."
"Are all you people this dramatic?" Shippo asked as he drew his hand. 'Great,' he thought, 'Some strong monsters right away! But can I play them?' "Hey Joey," Shippo asked over his shoulder, "Am I able to play this monster with this Magic card?"
"HEY!" Star said, "No outside help!"
"Give the kid a break," Joey said, looking at the hand, "This is his first duel. Yeah, you can play those cards, Shippo."
"Okay," the kitsune said, "I play Thunder Nyan-Nyan with Electro Whip. Now she's got 2200 points." A pointy eared girl with red hair and thunder drums appeared, and in one hand, she held a whip that sparked lightening.
"Not bad," said Star, "But I've got one better. I play Pot of Greed and get two more cards."
"That's not fair!" Shippo said.
"It's the game, kid," Star said. "Now I play a card in defense mode, and put this card facedown on the field."
"This is easy," Shippo said, drawing a card. "I'll attack now!" he said, as Nyan-Nyan charged and cracked her whip.
"Not so fast there, kid," Star said, smirking. "Reveal Compulsory Evacuation Device," she said. Nyan-Nyan was suddenly caught in a catapult. "This sends your card back to your hand." Star said, as the monster was flung up to the top of the tunnel, and disappeared. Shippo moaned as he put his card back in his hand, and sent his Electro Whip card to the graveyard.
"Fine," Shippo said, "Then I'll just end my turn."
"Shippo!" Joey shouted, yanking at his hair, "You forgot to put a monster on the field! You're points are wide open!"
"Ooops," Shippo whimpered.
"If that's the best you can do kid," Star said, drawing a card, "Then you might as well quit."
"I'm not a quiter!" Shippo said.
"Then kiss your points goodbye," said Star. "I sacrifice Ground Attacker Bugroth, and summon Steel Ogre Grotto #2, and attack!" The humongous steel ogre appeared, and as it punched forward, the force knocked sent Shippo tumbling backwards, and his life points went down from 4000 to 2100. "And now, I play Card Destruction, because I can't have you playing that Thunder Nyan-Nyan again."
"What's that mean?" Shippo asked, looking back at Joey.
"It means you gotta put your whole hand in the Graveyard, and draw five more cards," Joey replied.
"Okay," Shippo said. As he looked at his hand, he said, "Oh great, I'm dead for sure! Nothing but arms and legs and an ugly head."
"Lemme see that," Joey said. As he looked at Shippo's hand, he gagged and fainted. Kagome and Inu-yasha looked at the cards and gasped.
"Play those cards, Shippo!" Kagome yelled at him.
"But I thought you could only play one monster." the fox cub said uncertainly.
"Trust her, it's a good thing," Inu-yasha said.
"Okay," Shippo said. "I play Exoidia the Forbidden One." And with a rumbling in the earth, a large, golden Monster, decked as an Egyptian Pharaoh rose from the ground. Shippo squeaked, and covered his head, shaking.
"Tell it to attack!" Kagome shouted.
"Exodia!?!" Star exclaimed. "But how did he get Exodia?! It's impossible!"
"Shippo, get up!" Kagome ordered. "Tell it to attack and you win!"
"Uh…uh…Okay! Exodia, attack!" said the frightened kitsune. And with a mighty thrust of his Right hand, Exodia obliterated the Steel Ogre, and destroyed Fallen Star's life points. She fell to her knees, and cringed.
'What happened?" Joey said, sitting up. "What'd I miss?"
"Shippo won!" Kagome cheered, hugging the little fox. "It was amazing! He drew Exodia and totally blew her away. He's the greatest Duelist, ever!
"More like the luckiest," Inu-yasha said. "And while you were wasting time, I figured out which way to go. I smell Miroku and Songo down the left passage. Follow me." and they took off down the passage way.
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"And Spirit Message 'L'!" Songo cried. The ghastly, F, I, N, A, and L letters loomed above her opponent, and the spirits that carried them surrounded him. They clawed and grabbed onto him, making him scream in absolute terror. He fell to the ground, thrashing about as the spirits depleted his life points, and drove him mad.
"Most excellently done, Songo!" Miroku cheered.
"Another Rare Hunter down," Tea said, stepping over the Hunter's shaking body.
"Yes, and it's all thanks to my beloved Ryou's deck," she said dreamily. Miroku hung his head, and groaned.
Tea went to the monk and said, "Such is the life of a cheerleader."
"Let's get going," said Tristan. They hurried on down the corridor, twisting and turning so much that they feared they going in circles. Then, Tea stopped.
"Look," Tea said, pointing down a side passage. "There's a light coming this way."
"Not another Rare Hunter," Tristan said. But their hearts rose as they saw Joey burst through the darkness.
"Want a light?" the blond joker said, as Kagome and Shippo appeared behind him.
"Man, are we glad to see you," Tristan said. But then, Inu-yasha stuck his head out of the passage. "Whoa, where'd you find Fido?"
"Shut up and help me," Inu-yasha snapped. He came out into the light, and they saw that he was carrying a young girl on his back. She seemed to be unconscious.
"Who's that?" Miroku asked.
"Long story short, She's second in command of the Rare Hunters," Kagome said. "But we have to get going now!" She ran on ahead of them, and they blindly followed.
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Yugi/Yami looked at the map, then down the different side passages. There were more tunnels and turns than an ant farm.
"Well, Yugi," Kaiba asked snidely, "Which way do we go?"
"The map doesn't make that terribly clear," Yugi/Yami answered. "But I think it's this way," he said, going to the second tunnel on the right. Almost right away, there was yet another fork in their road.
"Not again," Yugi/Yami said in frustration.
"This is useless," Kaiba said angrily. "We would be better off without that ridiculous map of yours. Which way do you propose we take now, Pharaoh?" he asked hatefully.
"Well it's not this one," said Joey's voice from the right hand tunnel. He came out with Tristan - who was carrying a girl - beside him, followed by Kagome, Songo, Miroku, Tea, Shippo, and Inu-yasha.
"Then it's the left," Yugi/Yami said, not bothering with questions. There would plenty of time for that later. Right now, they had to find the treasure, and they were terribly, terribly close. Yugi/Yami could feel it in his bones.
They ran on for another mile or so, when they finally came to two large doors, decorated with hieroglyphs and the Eye of Ra in the center.
"The treasure should be just beyond those doors," Yugi/Yami said. He rolled up the map, stuck it in his pocket, and pushed on the heavy doors. Soon, they all joined in, and used all their combined strength to push the doors open.
What they beheld was a glorious sight. The wealth of Ancient Egypt lay before them. The room sparkled and glittered with gold, silver, and gems of all varieties. In the center of the room was a golden throne, festooned with the symbols of Amon Ra and Isis, and a sun above a pyramid. In another corner, stood piles upon piles of cards. The rarest cards in all the world.
The company stood in awe for minutes. Then, Shippo came forward, laughed, and made of run for the nearest, and biggest, pile of coin coins. This knocked them all out of their trance, and Tea said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" she ran, and joined the kisune in filling her pockets. So with out further adieu, they all made a run for the treasure, whooping and hollering with delight. But before he took part, Yugi took control of his body again.
"I feel like a duck in water," Joey said as he did back strokes through a pile of coins.
"This looks genuine," Tristan said, eyeing some rubies, and sticking handfuls in his pockets.
"I'm Queen of Egypt!" Kagome declared putting a silver headdress on her head. Songo came up behind her, in a gold headdress, and said, "You have been usurped. I am Queen!"
"Hey!" Tea said, her arms, hair, and neck bejeweled, "Who's boyfriend is the Pharaoh?" she asked them sternly. Then all three burst into giggles and staring stuffing pockets, whilst Shippo got on a gilded platter and slid down a small hill of emeralds.
All the while, Kaiba thumbed through the cards, like he was counting a wad of cash.
"Kaiba, don't you want any treasure?" little Yugi asked as he stuf cards into his pockets.
"I'm already the wealthiest man on earth," Kaiba said. "But as long as I'm here, I might as well take a few trivialities.
At that moment, Shippo waddled over to Yugi, for his pants were stuffed with clinking coins, and said, "Can we go home now?"
"Wait a sec," yugi said, finally coming out of his 'treasure mania'. "How are we going to get this stuff home? The boat's wrecked, and it would take forever to move all this treasure out of here."
"Why leave? Let's just stay here and form a small colony," Joey said as he walked over, a jeweled crown on his head, and gold cuffs up is arms.
"We can even populate," Miroku said, eyeing Songo.
"No way!" the girls shouted.
"I personally want to go home," Inu-yasha said, his pants also clinking and jingling with gold and gems. "I have Jewel shards to find. And with the wealth of Egypt in my pockets, I can go back to the Feudal Era and retire a King in my own rite."
"Who would rule over?" Kagome asked, now also bejeweled. "The Land of the Fleas?"
"Just for that, I'll find myself another Queen."
"Who would you find? A drag Queen?"
"SHUT UP!" he shouted.
"Uh…Guys, where'd that girl go?" Tristan asked, now standing and dressed like King Tut.
"Huh?" they all said. They looked around, and could not find her anywhere.
"She's got to be here," Inu-yasha said.
"Yeah, she could hardly move," Kagome said, puzzled.
"My sister is on her way back to the boats." They turned and saw Vash standing in the door way, in his black leather and chain mail. "You shall not leave this mountain alive."
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Brother who's co writing honks a horn.
AN: And a duck egg.
Brother honks horn again.
AN: Make that two. Thank you, Marx Brothers. :-)
Chapter Five
Shippo The Amazing Duelist.
"Your Cards were pathetic." Setto Kiaba said to his defeated foe as he relieved him of his rarest card. "Next time you Rare Hunters challenge me, make sure you have a deck on hand that is at least on par with my own." He and Yugi left the Rare Hunter in the dust behind them as they pressed on deep into the caves.
"I hope that the others are alright." Yugi/Yami said as he looked around. "We haven't seen any sign of Kagome, Joey, Shippo, Tristan,, Songo, Miroku, or Tea since the battle."
"They're probably fine." Kiaba told him. "Wheeler is with them, and probably leading them safely out of the caves as we speak."
"What makes you so sure of that?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"Wheeler is searching for the treasure. With his lousy sense of direction, they're probably half way back to the entrance."
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As their quartet stopped at a fork in the tunnel, deciding which way to go, Kagome looked at her new Cosmo Queen card. It looked out of place in her deck. Then she noticed Shippo was thumbing through a deck of his own.
"Where'd you get that?" Kagome asked him
"Got what?!" SHippo said, hiding it behind his back.
"I saw you with a deck. What is it?"
"Nothing," he said. "There're just a bunch of ones that I collected from that tournament that Inu-yasha and Joey fought."
"Collected?" Kagome asked. Them, she got cross, and asked, "You mean you stole them?"
"NO, I bought them," he said defensively. "And some I found lying around. No one really wanted them, so I got them."
"Do you know how to play?" Kagome asked him.
"No, but I've seen you guys play, so it must not be too hard."
"Will you be quiet," Inu-yasha said, carrying Viola on his back.
"Yeah, if we aint quiet, someone might hear us in here," Joey said.
"Oh, I think someone's already heard you," said a deep, sultry voice from behind them. They turned, and saw another Rare Hunter. When the Hunter removed her cloak, she was an unusually tall, blond woman, built very big.
"Give back Lady Viola," she said, reaching for her deck. "Or suffer the consequences."
"I'll take you on," Kagome said.
"No thanks," said the woman. "I'll take that little badger behind you."
"I'm a FOX, heathen!" Shippo declared. "And I'll be glad to kick your butt."
"Shippo, you've never dueled before!" Kagome said.
"Oh yeah," Shippo said with a sweat drop, "I forgot."
"Too late, little rat," the barbarian woman said as she put her deck in the disk on her arm. "You've accepted, and now your hide is mine."
"Take my disk," Joey said. "And try to win," he said as Shippo fixed the large Duel disk to his tiny wrist.
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'What have I gotten myself into,' Shippo thought as the giant stared at him.
"You should know," the huge woman said, "That I was once a trained assassin. Fallen Star shall crush you."
"Are all you people this dramatic?" Shippo asked as he drew his hand. 'Great,' he thought, 'Some strong monsters right away! But can I play them?' "Hey Joey," Shippo asked over his shoulder, "Am I able to play this monster with this Magic card?"
"HEY!" Star said, "No outside help!"
"Give the kid a break," Joey said, looking at the hand, "This is his first duel. Yeah, you can play those cards, Shippo."
"Okay," the kitsune said, "I play Thunder Nyan-Nyan with Electro Whip. Now she's got 2200 points." A pointy eared girl with red hair and thunder drums appeared, and in one hand, she held a whip that sparked lightening.
"Not bad," said Star, "But I've got one better. I play Pot of Greed and get two more cards."
"That's not fair!" Shippo said.
"It's the game, kid," Star said. "Now I play a card in defense mode, and put this card facedown on the field."
"This is easy," Shippo said, drawing a card. "I'll attack now!" he said, as Nyan-Nyan charged and cracked her whip.
"Not so fast there, kid," Star said, smirking. "Reveal Compulsory Evacuation Device," she said. Nyan-Nyan was suddenly caught in a catapult. "This sends your card back to your hand." Star said, as the monster was flung up to the top of the tunnel, and disappeared. Shippo moaned as he put his card back in his hand, and sent his Electro Whip card to the graveyard.
"Fine," Shippo said, "Then I'll just end my turn."
"Shippo!" Joey shouted, yanking at his hair, "You forgot to put a monster on the field! You're points are wide open!"
"Ooops," Shippo whimpered.
"If that's the best you can do kid," Star said, drawing a card, "Then you might as well quit."
"I'm not a quiter!" Shippo said.
"Then kiss your points goodbye," said Star. "I sacrifice Ground Attacker Bugroth, and summon Steel Ogre Grotto #2, and attack!" The humongous steel ogre appeared, and as it punched forward, the force knocked sent Shippo tumbling backwards, and his life points went down from 4000 to 2100. "And now, I play Card Destruction, because I can't have you playing that Thunder Nyan-Nyan again."
"What's that mean?" Shippo asked, looking back at Joey.
"It means you gotta put your whole hand in the Graveyard, and draw five more cards," Joey replied.
"Okay," Shippo said. As he looked at his hand, he said, "Oh great, I'm dead for sure! Nothing but arms and legs and an ugly head."
"Lemme see that," Joey said. As he looked at Shippo's hand, he gagged and fainted. Kagome and Inu-yasha looked at the cards and gasped.
"Play those cards, Shippo!" Kagome yelled at him.
"But I thought you could only play one monster." the fox cub said uncertainly.
"Trust her, it's a good thing," Inu-yasha said.
"Okay," Shippo said. "I play Exoidia the Forbidden One." And with a rumbling in the earth, a large, golden Monster, decked as an Egyptian Pharaoh rose from the ground. Shippo squeaked, and covered his head, shaking.
"Tell it to attack!" Kagome shouted.
"Exodia!?!" Star exclaimed. "But how did he get Exodia?! It's impossible!"
"Shippo, get up!" Kagome ordered. "Tell it to attack and you win!"
"Uh…uh…Okay! Exodia, attack!" said the frightened kitsune. And with a mighty thrust of his Right hand, Exodia obliterated the Steel Ogre, and destroyed Fallen Star's life points. She fell to her knees, and cringed.
'What happened?" Joey said, sitting up. "What'd I miss?"
"Shippo won!" Kagome cheered, hugging the little fox. "It was amazing! He drew Exodia and totally blew her away. He's the greatest Duelist, ever!
"More like the luckiest," Inu-yasha said. "And while you were wasting time, I figured out which way to go. I smell Miroku and Songo down the left passage. Follow me." and they took off down the passage way.
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"And Spirit Message 'L'!" Songo cried. The ghastly, F, I, N, A, and L letters loomed above her opponent, and the spirits that carried them surrounded him. They clawed and grabbed onto him, making him scream in absolute terror. He fell to the ground, thrashing about as the spirits depleted his life points, and drove him mad.
"Most excellently done, Songo!" Miroku cheered.
"Another Rare Hunter down," Tea said, stepping over the Hunter's shaking body.
"Yes, and it's all thanks to my beloved Ryou's deck," she said dreamily. Miroku hung his head, and groaned.
Tea went to the monk and said, "Such is the life of a cheerleader."
"Let's get going," said Tristan. They hurried on down the corridor, twisting and turning so much that they feared they going in circles. Then, Tea stopped.
"Look," Tea said, pointing down a side passage. "There's a light coming this way."
"Not another Rare Hunter," Tristan said. But their hearts rose as they saw Joey burst through the darkness.
"Want a light?" the blond joker said, as Kagome and Shippo appeared behind him.
"Man, are we glad to see you," Tristan said. But then, Inu-yasha stuck his head out of the passage. "Whoa, where'd you find Fido?"
"Shut up and help me," Inu-yasha snapped. He came out into the light, and they saw that he was carrying a young girl on his back. She seemed to be unconscious.
"Who's that?" Miroku asked.
"Long story short, She's second in command of the Rare Hunters," Kagome said. "But we have to get going now!" She ran on ahead of them, and they blindly followed.
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Yugi/Yami looked at the map, then down the different side passages. There were more tunnels and turns than an ant farm.
"Well, Yugi," Kaiba asked snidely, "Which way do we go?"
"The map doesn't make that terribly clear," Yugi/Yami answered. "But I think it's this way," he said, going to the second tunnel on the right. Almost right away, there was yet another fork in their road.
"Not again," Yugi/Yami said in frustration.
"This is useless," Kaiba said angrily. "We would be better off without that ridiculous map of yours. Which way do you propose we take now, Pharaoh?" he asked hatefully.
"Well it's not this one," said Joey's voice from the right hand tunnel. He came out with Tristan - who was carrying a girl - beside him, followed by Kagome, Songo, Miroku, Tea, Shippo, and Inu-yasha.
"Then it's the left," Yugi/Yami said, not bothering with questions. There would plenty of time for that later. Right now, they had to find the treasure, and they were terribly, terribly close. Yugi/Yami could feel it in his bones.
They ran on for another mile or so, when they finally came to two large doors, decorated with hieroglyphs and the Eye of Ra in the center.
"The treasure should be just beyond those doors," Yugi/Yami said. He rolled up the map, stuck it in his pocket, and pushed on the heavy doors. Soon, they all joined in, and used all their combined strength to push the doors open.
What they beheld was a glorious sight. The wealth of Ancient Egypt lay before them. The room sparkled and glittered with gold, silver, and gems of all varieties. In the center of the room was a golden throne, festooned with the symbols of Amon Ra and Isis, and a sun above a pyramid. In another corner, stood piles upon piles of cards. The rarest cards in all the world.
The company stood in awe for minutes. Then, Shippo came forward, laughed, and made of run for the nearest, and biggest, pile of coin coins. This knocked them all out of their trance, and Tea said, "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" she ran, and joined the kisune in filling her pockets. So with out further adieu, they all made a run for the treasure, whooping and hollering with delight. But before he took part, Yugi took control of his body again.
"I feel like a duck in water," Joey said as he did back strokes through a pile of coins.
"This looks genuine," Tristan said, eyeing some rubies, and sticking handfuls in his pockets.
"I'm Queen of Egypt!" Kagome declared putting a silver headdress on her head. Songo came up behind her, in a gold headdress, and said, "You have been usurped. I am Queen!"
"Hey!" Tea said, her arms, hair, and neck bejeweled, "Who's boyfriend is the Pharaoh?" she asked them sternly. Then all three burst into giggles and staring stuffing pockets, whilst Shippo got on a gilded platter and slid down a small hill of emeralds.
All the while, Kaiba thumbed through the cards, like he was counting a wad of cash.
"Kaiba, don't you want any treasure?" little Yugi asked as he stuf cards into his pockets.
"I'm already the wealthiest man on earth," Kaiba said. "But as long as I'm here, I might as well take a few trivialities.
At that moment, Shippo waddled over to Yugi, for his pants were stuffed with clinking coins, and said, "Can we go home now?"
"Wait a sec," yugi said, finally coming out of his 'treasure mania'. "How are we going to get this stuff home? The boat's wrecked, and it would take forever to move all this treasure out of here."
"Why leave? Let's just stay here and form a small colony," Joey said as he walked over, a jeweled crown on his head, and gold cuffs up is arms.
"We can even populate," Miroku said, eyeing Songo.
"No way!" the girls shouted.
"I personally want to go home," Inu-yasha said, his pants also clinking and jingling with gold and gems. "I have Jewel shards to find. And with the wealth of Egypt in my pockets, I can go back to the Feudal Era and retire a King in my own rite."
"Who would rule over?" Kagome asked, now also bejeweled. "The Land of the Fleas?"
"Just for that, I'll find myself another Queen."
"Who would you find? A drag Queen?"
"SHUT UP!" he shouted.
"Uh…Guys, where'd that girl go?" Tristan asked, now standing and dressed like King Tut.
"Huh?" they all said. They looked around, and could not find her anywhere.
"She's got to be here," Inu-yasha said.
"Yeah, she could hardly move," Kagome said, puzzled.
"My sister is on her way back to the boats." They turned and saw Vash standing in the door way, in his black leather and chain mail. "You shall not leave this mountain alive."
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AN: Don't ya just hate cliffhangers? Please review :-D