The Darkness Within
Chapter 6: Welcome to Sherwood Forest
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"Well, this is a new experience," Jetta said as she looked herself over. Max had not only changed her wild clothes, but also her very outer appearance as well. She was an entirely new person... well... spices now. The pointed triangular shaped ears on top of her head twisted around as they listening to her surroundings. She noticed she could hear a whole lot better than before. Looking down at her hands, which were now paws covered in a brown and red splotchy fur, and her clothes, which now were a baby blue dress with dark blue sleeves, she realized Max had done a lot of disguising.
"How does it feel to be in clothes with only one color scheme?" Neron asked mockingly with a light laugh. Jetta's lime green eyes narrowed and snapped to her right, giving Neron a very ugly look.
"You have no room to talk!" Jetta spat, "After all I'm not the one in a short skirt." Neron's now ice blue eyes glared at her before he snapped back.
"It's not a skirt!" Neron's paws balled up into a fist as he tried to control his anger. "It's a long shirt with a belt, making it look like a skirt!" Neron tried to stifle the growl that was boiling up inside of him but he couldn't. A growl escaped his mouth and his lip curled up letting Jetta see his sharp canine teeth. Max had also done a number of changes on him as well. Neron was now a gray wolf and he was fitting the part quite well with his ears laying flat on his head in a defensive position.
"Cool it you two!" Riku placed a white fur covered paw on Neron's shoulder and immediately his ears went up right again as he relaxed. Jetta turned towards Riku to find that he was a very majestic looking albino fox. He wore the same type of clothing Neron did except his was a long dark blue shirt, instead of mahogany, with a black belt at the waist, making it seem like he had a skirt as well.
"Oh my gosh!" Jetta squealed as she ran over to Riku and grabbed onto his fluffy white tail. The three boys exchanged a worried glace for the girl's health before Jetta spook up again, "Your tail, it's so soft, and so adorably cute!"
"Cute?" Riku asked, as if not liking the complement. Neron couldn't help but snicker at this.
"Uh... Jetta, you have one too," Max said. Not much had changed with him except for the clothes and the little skinny tail that wagged slowly behind him. Apparently he was just going for a natural dog look.
"I do?" Jetta looked back at her rear to find a long skinny tail wagging slowly with a curl at the end. She frowned and looked over at Max, "How come you gave Riku the cute tail? I wanna be a fox, let Riku be the cat."
"I'm sorry but-"
"Look out!" A voice yelled, but it was to late. A gypsy vixen ran smack dab into Max sending them both to the ground with a thud. Only moments later Neron and Riku were hit by a large bear with blond hair wearing a pink dress, and since Jetta was practically latched onto Riku's tail she went down as well. Munny went flying everywhere along with some jewels and oddly enough a golden hubcap.
"Oo de lally!" The fox said as he healed his head. Yes, HIS head. The gypsy looking vixen was none other than a fox in disguise, and the bear was no female either. His blond wig went flying as soon as he hit the ground, along with the munny stored in his dress.
"Terribly sorry lad, I was in a bit of a rush," The fox said politely with an English accent as he helped Max up.
"It's okay. I'm really the one who should be sorry, for standing in your way that is," Max said. The fox laugh with merriment as he slapped Max on the back sending him stumbling a bit.
"Are you okay um...sir?" Jetta asked as she helped the bear off of poor Neron and Riku who had be unfortunate enough to break his fall.
"I'm fine little whiskers," He said as he stood then looked down at the two boys, "Though I'd be more worried about your little buddies instead of me."
"Oh they'll be fine," Jetta said waving them away without much care, "They're tough little boys, right Neron?"
"Oww..." Neron grunted as he sat up, rubbing his snout.
"There they are!" Someone shouted from afar. The fox and bear began to gather the munny and jewels in a hurry and when most of it was up they started to flee the area.
"No time to explain, but come with us!" The fox said as he took Max's paw and ran off just as an arrow shot into a tree he was standing by.
"Lets go little whiskers!" The bear said as he took Jetta and then Neron by their paws and fallowed his fox friend. Jetta, making sure everyone stayed together, grabbed Riku's paw and pulled him off the ground, practically dragging him along behind her.
After a few minutes of running, the fox took a drastic measure and hopped up into a tree, pulling Max along with him. Soon after the fox had gotten up in the tree Jetta, Neron, and Riku were tossed up by the bear's amazing strength. Once the bear made it up the tree several wolves with bows and arrows went running by, and fallowing close behind was a rhino or two with a spear or an axe in hand. (Not exactly a hand but you know what I mean.)
"What a close one," The fox sighed once they were out of sight and sound, "You've got to admit they're getting better."
"I'll say," the bear sighed as he pulled an arrow out of his hat, "This is my only hat too."
"Who are you two?" Neron finally asked.
"Are you two some kind of wanted criminals?" Jetta asked, getting a little worried. Both the bear and fox laughed at this.
"You mean to say you've never heard of me?" The fox asked.
"Well, we're new to these parts of the woods," Jetta said, speaking the very truth.
"Why, I'm Robin Hood, my far lady, and this is my good friend Little John," Robin answered.
"Little?" Jetta laughed, "Not to be rude, but you're not very little, in more ways than one." Little John smiled as he rubbed his large belly.
"I'm Jetta, and these are my friends Max and Riku. Neron's only an associate," Jetta said as she pointed to each animal while addressing their names.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, though I wish it were on better circumstances," Robin said.
"You still didn't answer our question," Riku stated, "Are you two criminals?"
"You know what Robin? I wonder about that sometimes as well," Little John said as he looked towards his friend, "I mean with us stealin' from the rich to give to the poor. It's right and wrong all at once. Is it possible to be just one?" Robin simply shrugged.
"So you're thieves?" Max asked.
"Myself, I think that if you're robbing from the rich to give to the poor, then it's a good thing. I mean what more does a rich person want when they have it all. He should be giving to the poor anyway, right?" Jetta asked looking from Robin to Little John and then back to Robin.
"I like you little lassie, but rob... it's such a nasty little word," Robin said as he leaned back onto a tree branch, "I like to call it borrowing from those who can afford it."
"Then boy are we in debt," Little John said with a smile receiving a hearty laugh from Robin.
"That we are Little John, that we are."
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"So where are you taking us again?" Jetta asked as she walked along side Robin. Since they were going into the town, and Robin was a wanted man, he disguised himself yet again in a blind beggar costume.
"Mother Rabbit's house," Robin answered, for the third time, "I've got to give her something." As they walked along down the trail they could faintly hear little children's voices singing a happy birthday song, but once they reached the house the song was over. Looking down from a hill they saw a little stone house that was built under a large old oak tree. The front door was already open so they slowly walked in themselves.
Sitting on the floor was a little bunny in a blue shirt with tears falling from his eyes as he looked up at the large wolf before him. In his paw he flicked a single coin and smiled at the boy. It was clear that this wolf wasn't the nice type from the smile.
"You give that back to him!" The mother Rabbit shouted, "We all scrounged to get him that present!"
"Sorry ma'am but the family that saves together, pays together," The wolf chuckled as he began to leave but Robin, Riku, and Jetta blocked the doorway.
"Well, hello there, didn't hear you three come in," He said.
"Sheriff, is that you?" Robin asked.
"Yep, sure is," The Sheriff said as he looked into the cup Robin was holding and smiled, "Taxes are due my fine friend." The Sheriff toss the one coin into his cup causing the three coins he had in there to bounce out and into his hand.
"Pleasure doin' business with ye," The Sheriff said with a smile as he pushed Jetta and Riku to the side and made his way out of the house.
"You jerk!" Jetta shouted as she chased after him. Just as she was about to jump on his back, to get the munny away from him, Riku grabbed her by her arm and pulled her back. The Sheriff turned around to face her and smiled at the two, both of them giving him a very hatful look.
"What a feisty little feline you are," The sheriff said with a chuckle, "That'll change." He then turned and left, whistling a little marry song as he went along.
"Oh you poor man, come in and sit down," the mother rabbit said as she pulled up a chair, "You four can come in as well. Sit where ever you like."
"Thank you kindly ma'am," Robin said as he took a seat, "Was that a birthday song I heard a little while ago?"
"Yes," the little bunny said with a sniffle as he stood, "It's my birthday, but that mean old sheriff took my present away."
"Is that so?" Robin asked, "Well, I'll have non of that." Robin stood and pulled off his disguise causing all the little bunnies around him to gasp.
"Robin Hood," A little bunny said as she stood hugging her little bunny doll.
"Oh he's so handsome," A little girl bunny said as she smiled shyly up at him. She swayed from side to side making her pink dress wave around, blushing all the while.
"How old are you?" Jetta asked as she bent down to his level of height.
"I'm seven, going on eight," he said with a smile.
"Seven, huh?" Robin said as he rubbed his chin, "Then I guess that makes you the man of the house. Here, happy birthday." Robin pulled a bow and arrow from behind his back and handed it to the little bunny.
"Oh wow! A real bow and arrow," He said happily as he set it up as if he were ready to shoot it, "How do I look?"
"Not like Robin Hood," The little bunny with the doll commented. This made the boy frown.
"I know!" Robin took off his hat and placed it on the little bunny's head, "That's better."
"Oh boy! Now I can be Robin Hood!" He shouted happily as he bounced around the room.
"And this is for you," Robin said as he handed the Mother rabbit a small sake of munny.
"Oh bless you Robin," The mother rabbit said with a smile on her face, "I don't know what we'd do without you."
"It's my pleasure," Robin said as he placed his disguise back on just as the little boy bunny ran out of the house with two of his sisters fallowing him. One was the little bunny with the doll, and the other was the older bunny wearing the pink dress.
"Skippy get back here!" The mother shouted.
"We can go watch him if you want us to?" Jetta said. All three boys sighed; they could already tell she was going to get them into a lot of things.
"Oh would you?"
"Yeah sure, come on guys," Jetta said as she grabbed Riku by the shirt and pulled him out of the house. Max and Neron fallowed along as well, seeing the hatful look Riku gave them when they didn't come right away.
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"So birthday boy, is you're name Skippy?" Jetta asked.
"Yep, how did you know?" Skippy asked as he looked up at Jetta.
"I heard you're mom call you that," Jetta answered, "And what about you? What's your name?" Jetta looked down at the little bunny in her arms that was cradling the doll. She was lagging behind since her little legs couldn't keep up with the rest of them so Jetta decided to carry the poor little girl.
"I'm Bouncy," She said, "You're really pretty, and nice too." Jetta giggled as she hugged the sweet little bunny.
"Why thank you." Jetta turned to Neron who was walking by her side and stuck her tongue out at him. Neron rolled his eyes and just ignored her childish antics.
Walking behind Jetta was Riku and the other little girl bunny. Riku had noticed while they had be walking, to God only knows where, the little bunny would look up at him and stare for a while until Riku glanced down at her. She'd quickly advert he gaze and look around at other things, her face being slightly flush. This began to ware on Riku nerves until he finally just had to ask.
"What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?" The little bunny laughed and blushed a bit more before she shook her head no.
"Then what is it?"
"You're just very handsome." Riku's eyes went wide for a moment before he looked away.
"Uh... thanks." Riku heard everyone around him snicker, or stifle a laugh; Neron even turned and gave him a smile. He simply sighed and just ignored them.
"Ziggy! Skippy! Wait up!" Everyone stopped and looked behind them to find a small turtle with glasses trying to catch up to them.
"Hey Toby!" The little bunny in the pink dress called out as she waved to him. Since nobody else was around everyone guessed that the little bunny waving was Ziggy.
"Where are you going Skippy?" Toby asked.
"I'm going to try out my new bow and arrow," Skippy answered, "Guess who gave them to me?"
"I don't know, who?"
"Robin Hood!"
"No way!"
"Yeah, and he gave me his hat too."
"Can I try and shoot the arrow?"
"Not till I do it first." Skippy ran to the top of a hill and set up his arrow and started to pull back.
"You're pointing it to high!" Ziggy shouted but it was too late. The arrow went soaring thought the air, and disappeared behind the castle.
"Uh oh," Bouncy said.
"Now you've done it," Ziggy scolded, "It went into the castle garden."
"Then I'll just have to go get it back," Skippy said.
"You can't!" Toby nearly shouted, "If you do, Prince John will cut off your head." He emphasized this by pulling his head into his shell.
"That is if he finds me in there," Skippy said as he ran off to the castle with Toby and Ziggy fallowing along behind. Neron sighed before he glared at Jetta.
"I hate baby sitting." Jetta ignored him and chased after Skippy, since he was her responsibility at the moment.
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"There it is!" Skippy said once he spotted his arrow in the garden from the gate that closed him off from entering, but that wasn't going to stop him. He started to slip through the bars when Ziggy stopped him.
"Wait, Toby might snitch on you," Ziggy said.
"Yeah Toby might snitch," Bouncy repeated, nodding her head in agreement.
"Then he'll have to take the oath," Skippy said, "Put your hand over your heart and cross your eyes."
"Everyone has to," Bouncy said as she pointed at the teens, making them participate as well. In the end Jetta was the only one who fully played along.
"Spiders, snakes, and a lizards head," Skippy started, "If I tattle tell I'll die till I'm dead. Recite it Toby."
"Spiders, snakes, and a lizard head. If I tattle tell I-I'll die till I'm dead."
Skippy passed through the gate and into the garden, knowing now he could trust Toby, quietly creping through the garden. He soon discovered that a vixen and a chicken were playing a game of badminton not to far away, but that didn't stop him. Finally he had reached the arrow, but just as he grabbed it, the birdie flew towards him and landed by his feet.
"Well, what do we have here?" The vixen asked as she picked up the birdie.
"Looks like we've got a trespasser," The chicken answered.
"Oh... Oh please don't tell Prince John," Skippy whimpered as he backed away from them, "I don't wanna get my head chopped off! I just came to get my arrow back." This made both of the women laugh.
"Don't fret little one," The vixen laughed, "We wont tell." Bouncy then sneezed causing the chicken to glance over at the group huddled around the gate.
"Don't look now, but I think we're surrounded," The chicken whispered. The vixen looked over towards the gate and smiled warmly at them.
"Come on in, the gate should be opened," She welcomed, "We don't bite."
"That's Maid Marian!" Ziggy said happily, "Mother says she's awful nice." Ziggy and Toby both squeezed through the gate and ran over to the ladies. Max pushed against the gate and it was open just like the vixen said, letting the teens in as well.
"Well hello!" Maid Marian greeted, "My there were a lot of you out there."
"Mother's told us a lot about you, Maid Marian," Bouncy said receiving a warm smile from Maid Marian, "You're very beautiful, just like mother said."
"Thank you kindly. Your quite cute yourself," She said before she looked back down at Skippy, "Why Lady Kluck, take a gander at him. Who does he remind you of?"
"Oh my!" Lady Kluck gasped, "Why none other than the notorious Robin Hood!"
"Yes, just what I was thinking." Skippy smiled at the two women.
"Mother said that you and Robin Hood used to be sweet-hearts," Ziggy said, "Is this true?"
"Yes, many years ago before I took that trip," Maid Marian said, "But I've been away so long I doubt he'll even remembers me."
"Oh I'm sure he does," Jetta said.
"Yeah!" Skippy shouted, "I bet he'll storm the castle, fight off the guards and Prince John, then carry you off into Sherwood Forest." This made both Maid Marian and Lady Kluck giggle.
"Oh if only," Maid Marian sighed, bringing a smile to Jetta's face.
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"Jetta this is stupid, and it's none of out business," Neron growled as they walked along in the woods.
"It's meddling, and didn't I tell you before we landed that we're not supposed to do that," Max said getting a little worried. Sure he was the type to throw the rulebook out the window once in a while, but he was strictly told not to meddle by Queen Minnie herself. Even Donald had told him that, many times to be exact, enough to were he didn't want to listen anymore.
"It's not meddling!" Jetta spat, "It's just a simple little question."
"You might not even get to ask it anyway," Riku said, "We don't know where Robin is." Jetta stopped and sighed, Riku's words were starting to sink in. After all they've been looking for him around thirty minutes now at the very least.
"What's that smell?" Neron asked as he sniffed the air, the others doing the same.
"Smells like..."
"Something burning," Jetta said as she finished Max's sentence, "Maybe it's Robin?" Jetta then took off through the woods, fallowing her nose until she came to a campsite. Robin was hanging up wet clothes on tree branches while Little John stood by the fire and stirred the burning stew.
"Little John!" Jetta called out happily.
"Well hey there little whiskers," Little John greeted, "I see you've brought along your canine crew as well. Nice to see you guys again."
"What brings you to our neck of the woods?" Robin asked.
"Jetta wanted to ask you something," Neron said, "So she drug us along too." Robin looked over to Jetta who, at the moment, was standing by Little John, sniffing the food out. It didn't smell to good, and it wasn't looking good either.
"Robin Hood!" A males voice said surprising everyone and drawling their attention as well. A badger in a brown robe was walking into Robin's camp with a bright smile on his face.
"Friar Tuck? What brings you here?"
"You wont believe what I just heard," Friar Tuck said, "Prince John is holding an archery contest tomorrow. The prize is a kiss from the lovely Maid Marian herself."
"A kiss?" Robin asked with a smile on his face.
"Yep." Jetta then let out a squeal of delight causing everyone to give her a worried look as she ran to Robin clapping her paws together.
"This is great! You do like her!" Jetta shouted with glee, "Oh Robin you have to go! You know how to shoot an arrow, right?"
"Well yes-"
"Hold on now," Little John interrupted, "I don't know if you should go Robin. You're a wanted man after all."
"Yes, you're wanted by Maid Marian! Oh she'll be so please to see you-" Jetta's mouth was then covered by Little John's paw.
"Stop puttin' ideas in his head little whiskers," He whispered to her. Jetta only smiled into Little John's paw.
"Oh come now Little John, I can handle myself," Robin said, "I'll just disguise myself so well not even my own mother would recognizes me. It'll be a snap!" Jetta squealed into Little John's paw and bounced around until he let her go.
"This is going to be so great!" Jetta cheered, "I can't wait until it starts! It's going to be so... romantic." Saying this got sighs and the typical eye roll from her guy friends, but what more could she say. She just loved to see a little romance bloom here and there.
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Disclaimer: Okay, lets get started. I do NOT own Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, Maid Marian, Little John, Prince John, Lady Kluck-
Sora: Lady Kluck, *laughs* that's so funny.
Continuing the Disclaimer: Skippy, Sheriff of Nottingham, blah, blah, blah. I don't own anything in this chapter. I don't own the trees, the castle, the water, the village, the villagers, the crazy medieval outfits, the rhino guards, the elephants used as trumpets, the-
Sora & Riku: We get it already!
Author: Good! Just wanted to make myself clear. ^-^ Congratulations Rurouni Saiyan! You guess correctly, and your prize is a nice warm gooey chocolate chip cookie. *Hands the Rurouni Saiyan the cookie*
Riku: What about me?
Author: Remember how I said I'd find something worse than depriving you from ice cream? *Grins evilly as she hands Sora the last few cookies*
Sora: Cookies! ^-^ *Crams every cookie in his mouth with a huge grin on his face*
Riku: *Growls* Whatever, I didn't want one anyway. *Mumbles to himself* I have one question for this movie that has been bugging me for a very long time. Where the hell did they get rhinos and elephants in a forest? o.O Strange... and the Prince. Where's his mane? He looks old enough for one... then again he sucks his thumb.
Sora: Maybe that's why he doesn't have a mane. He's not mature enough on the inside to grown one on the outside. *Demon and Riku shrug*
Riku: I can't believe you made us watch that movie three times in a row! Do you know how annoying that is?
Author: I was getting everything strait and ready to type. You didn't have to stay and watch it. It wasn't like I had you strapped to the chair or anything. *Glares at Riku* You know what really ticks me off?
Sora: That they named Maid Marian's lady in waiting Lady Kluck and not Lady Kluck Kluck, which would have been much funnier? ^-^
Author: ...uh...no, but I do agree with you. I'm ticked off because I watched that movie three times and not once did I find the names for those two girl bunny's that were sisters with Skippy. Did I just miss it every time or what? If anyone out there knows or has the movie to watch it and correct me on the names, please do so. I have no clue what their real names are; I just gave them those so they'd have one. I didn't want to call them sister 1 and sister 2...that's just kinda odd.
Riku: What about the credits? You didn't look there.
Author: Yes, I did! The damn old Disney movie didn't say! *Mumbles* Cheap piece of crap.
Riku: When did you look?
Author: When you went to get the popcorn. ^-^ They're at the beginning of the movie on the old videos...then again I could have missed it... *Stops and looks around her room* Where'd Sora go?
Riku: *Shrugs*
Author: * Sighs* Thanks for the reviews my wonderful reviewers. I give you the chance now to review again while I go search for Sora... hopefully nothing has been broken yet. Here Riku! *Hands Riku several sheets of paper before she runs off*
Riku: *Examines the papers* Oh... notes... joy. I guess I'm supposed to read them then, huh? Great. *Sighs*
Rurouni Saiyan's note: Now I have three people correcting my spelling, this is so great. *Bounces up and down* I'll get better for sure, and if I don't then someone needs to hit me over the head with my hard-back dictionary... maybe that should help. I'm glade you liked the story! Yes, I must agree. We torture Riku because we love him. ^-^ The more torture the more love.
Riku: *Blushes as he crumples up the paper and throws it away* Love... whatever... *Mumbles a few more things*
Zanisha's note: First off, I like the name, super cool. ^-^ I'm glade you think it's good so far. I'm so happy! Thanks for the review and for dropping by. *Grins* You are now officially the new review until another one comes along and steals your spot light... sorry but that's the way it goes. *Sighs*
Inuyasha's apprentice's note: I'm super glade you liked my fight scene. Myself I thought it sucked... but that's me. I hate writing fight scenes, and yet I'm going to have tons in later chapters I just know it. *Heavy sigh* I'll get over it. ^-^ Thanks for the review, and I'm glade you're liking it. *Grins*
Riku: Well, I guess I'll be seeing you guys in the next chapter… bye. *Walk off to help find Sora*
Chapter 6: Welcome to Sherwood Forest
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"Well, this is a new experience," Jetta said as she looked herself over. Max had not only changed her wild clothes, but also her very outer appearance as well. She was an entirely new person... well... spices now. The pointed triangular shaped ears on top of her head twisted around as they listening to her surroundings. She noticed she could hear a whole lot better than before. Looking down at her hands, which were now paws covered in a brown and red splotchy fur, and her clothes, which now were a baby blue dress with dark blue sleeves, she realized Max had done a lot of disguising.
"How does it feel to be in clothes with only one color scheme?" Neron asked mockingly with a light laugh. Jetta's lime green eyes narrowed and snapped to her right, giving Neron a very ugly look.
"You have no room to talk!" Jetta spat, "After all I'm not the one in a short skirt." Neron's now ice blue eyes glared at her before he snapped back.
"It's not a skirt!" Neron's paws balled up into a fist as he tried to control his anger. "It's a long shirt with a belt, making it look like a skirt!" Neron tried to stifle the growl that was boiling up inside of him but he couldn't. A growl escaped his mouth and his lip curled up letting Jetta see his sharp canine teeth. Max had also done a number of changes on him as well. Neron was now a gray wolf and he was fitting the part quite well with his ears laying flat on his head in a defensive position.
"Cool it you two!" Riku placed a white fur covered paw on Neron's shoulder and immediately his ears went up right again as he relaxed. Jetta turned towards Riku to find that he was a very majestic looking albino fox. He wore the same type of clothing Neron did except his was a long dark blue shirt, instead of mahogany, with a black belt at the waist, making it seem like he had a skirt as well.
"Oh my gosh!" Jetta squealed as she ran over to Riku and grabbed onto his fluffy white tail. The three boys exchanged a worried glace for the girl's health before Jetta spook up again, "Your tail, it's so soft, and so adorably cute!"
"Cute?" Riku asked, as if not liking the complement. Neron couldn't help but snicker at this.
"Uh... Jetta, you have one too," Max said. Not much had changed with him except for the clothes and the little skinny tail that wagged slowly behind him. Apparently he was just going for a natural dog look.
"I do?" Jetta looked back at her rear to find a long skinny tail wagging slowly with a curl at the end. She frowned and looked over at Max, "How come you gave Riku the cute tail? I wanna be a fox, let Riku be the cat."
"I'm sorry but-"
"Look out!" A voice yelled, but it was to late. A gypsy vixen ran smack dab into Max sending them both to the ground with a thud. Only moments later Neron and Riku were hit by a large bear with blond hair wearing a pink dress, and since Jetta was practically latched onto Riku's tail she went down as well. Munny went flying everywhere along with some jewels and oddly enough a golden hubcap.
"Oo de lally!" The fox said as he healed his head. Yes, HIS head. The gypsy looking vixen was none other than a fox in disguise, and the bear was no female either. His blond wig went flying as soon as he hit the ground, along with the munny stored in his dress.
"Terribly sorry lad, I was in a bit of a rush," The fox said politely with an English accent as he helped Max up.
"It's okay. I'm really the one who should be sorry, for standing in your way that is," Max said. The fox laugh with merriment as he slapped Max on the back sending him stumbling a bit.
"Are you okay um...sir?" Jetta asked as she helped the bear off of poor Neron and Riku who had be unfortunate enough to break his fall.
"I'm fine little whiskers," He said as he stood then looked down at the two boys, "Though I'd be more worried about your little buddies instead of me."
"Oh they'll be fine," Jetta said waving them away without much care, "They're tough little boys, right Neron?"
"Oww..." Neron grunted as he sat up, rubbing his snout.
"There they are!" Someone shouted from afar. The fox and bear began to gather the munny and jewels in a hurry and when most of it was up they started to flee the area.
"No time to explain, but come with us!" The fox said as he took Max's paw and ran off just as an arrow shot into a tree he was standing by.
"Lets go little whiskers!" The bear said as he took Jetta and then Neron by their paws and fallowed his fox friend. Jetta, making sure everyone stayed together, grabbed Riku's paw and pulled him off the ground, practically dragging him along behind her.
After a few minutes of running, the fox took a drastic measure and hopped up into a tree, pulling Max along with him. Soon after the fox had gotten up in the tree Jetta, Neron, and Riku were tossed up by the bear's amazing strength. Once the bear made it up the tree several wolves with bows and arrows went running by, and fallowing close behind was a rhino or two with a spear or an axe in hand. (Not exactly a hand but you know what I mean.)
"What a close one," The fox sighed once they were out of sight and sound, "You've got to admit they're getting better."
"I'll say," the bear sighed as he pulled an arrow out of his hat, "This is my only hat too."
"Who are you two?" Neron finally asked.
"Are you two some kind of wanted criminals?" Jetta asked, getting a little worried. Both the bear and fox laughed at this.
"You mean to say you've never heard of me?" The fox asked.
"Well, we're new to these parts of the woods," Jetta said, speaking the very truth.
"Why, I'm Robin Hood, my far lady, and this is my good friend Little John," Robin answered.
"Little?" Jetta laughed, "Not to be rude, but you're not very little, in more ways than one." Little John smiled as he rubbed his large belly.
"I'm Jetta, and these are my friends Max and Riku. Neron's only an associate," Jetta said as she pointed to each animal while addressing their names.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, though I wish it were on better circumstances," Robin said.
"You still didn't answer our question," Riku stated, "Are you two criminals?"
"You know what Robin? I wonder about that sometimes as well," Little John said as he looked towards his friend, "I mean with us stealin' from the rich to give to the poor. It's right and wrong all at once. Is it possible to be just one?" Robin simply shrugged.
"So you're thieves?" Max asked.
"Myself, I think that if you're robbing from the rich to give to the poor, then it's a good thing. I mean what more does a rich person want when they have it all. He should be giving to the poor anyway, right?" Jetta asked looking from Robin to Little John and then back to Robin.
"I like you little lassie, but rob... it's such a nasty little word," Robin said as he leaned back onto a tree branch, "I like to call it borrowing from those who can afford it."
"Then boy are we in debt," Little John said with a smile receiving a hearty laugh from Robin.
"That we are Little John, that we are."
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"So where are you taking us again?" Jetta asked as she walked along side Robin. Since they were going into the town, and Robin was a wanted man, he disguised himself yet again in a blind beggar costume.
"Mother Rabbit's house," Robin answered, for the third time, "I've got to give her something." As they walked along down the trail they could faintly hear little children's voices singing a happy birthday song, but once they reached the house the song was over. Looking down from a hill they saw a little stone house that was built under a large old oak tree. The front door was already open so they slowly walked in themselves.
Sitting on the floor was a little bunny in a blue shirt with tears falling from his eyes as he looked up at the large wolf before him. In his paw he flicked a single coin and smiled at the boy. It was clear that this wolf wasn't the nice type from the smile.
"You give that back to him!" The mother Rabbit shouted, "We all scrounged to get him that present!"
"Sorry ma'am but the family that saves together, pays together," The wolf chuckled as he began to leave but Robin, Riku, and Jetta blocked the doorway.
"Well, hello there, didn't hear you three come in," He said.
"Sheriff, is that you?" Robin asked.
"Yep, sure is," The Sheriff said as he looked into the cup Robin was holding and smiled, "Taxes are due my fine friend." The Sheriff toss the one coin into his cup causing the three coins he had in there to bounce out and into his hand.
"Pleasure doin' business with ye," The Sheriff said with a smile as he pushed Jetta and Riku to the side and made his way out of the house.
"You jerk!" Jetta shouted as she chased after him. Just as she was about to jump on his back, to get the munny away from him, Riku grabbed her by her arm and pulled her back. The Sheriff turned around to face her and smiled at the two, both of them giving him a very hatful look.
"What a feisty little feline you are," The sheriff said with a chuckle, "That'll change." He then turned and left, whistling a little marry song as he went along.
"Oh you poor man, come in and sit down," the mother rabbit said as she pulled up a chair, "You four can come in as well. Sit where ever you like."
"Thank you kindly ma'am," Robin said as he took a seat, "Was that a birthday song I heard a little while ago?"
"Yes," the little bunny said with a sniffle as he stood, "It's my birthday, but that mean old sheriff took my present away."
"Is that so?" Robin asked, "Well, I'll have non of that." Robin stood and pulled off his disguise causing all the little bunnies around him to gasp.
"Robin Hood," A little bunny said as she stood hugging her little bunny doll.
"Oh he's so handsome," A little girl bunny said as she smiled shyly up at him. She swayed from side to side making her pink dress wave around, blushing all the while.
"How old are you?" Jetta asked as she bent down to his level of height.
"I'm seven, going on eight," he said with a smile.
"Seven, huh?" Robin said as he rubbed his chin, "Then I guess that makes you the man of the house. Here, happy birthday." Robin pulled a bow and arrow from behind his back and handed it to the little bunny.
"Oh wow! A real bow and arrow," He said happily as he set it up as if he were ready to shoot it, "How do I look?"
"Not like Robin Hood," The little bunny with the doll commented. This made the boy frown.
"I know!" Robin took off his hat and placed it on the little bunny's head, "That's better."
"Oh boy! Now I can be Robin Hood!" He shouted happily as he bounced around the room.
"And this is for you," Robin said as he handed the Mother rabbit a small sake of munny.
"Oh bless you Robin," The mother rabbit said with a smile on her face, "I don't know what we'd do without you."
"It's my pleasure," Robin said as he placed his disguise back on just as the little boy bunny ran out of the house with two of his sisters fallowing him. One was the little bunny with the doll, and the other was the older bunny wearing the pink dress.
"Skippy get back here!" The mother shouted.
"We can go watch him if you want us to?" Jetta said. All three boys sighed; they could already tell she was going to get them into a lot of things.
"Oh would you?"
"Yeah sure, come on guys," Jetta said as she grabbed Riku by the shirt and pulled him out of the house. Max and Neron fallowed along as well, seeing the hatful look Riku gave them when they didn't come right away.
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"So birthday boy, is you're name Skippy?" Jetta asked.
"Yep, how did you know?" Skippy asked as he looked up at Jetta.
"I heard you're mom call you that," Jetta answered, "And what about you? What's your name?" Jetta looked down at the little bunny in her arms that was cradling the doll. She was lagging behind since her little legs couldn't keep up with the rest of them so Jetta decided to carry the poor little girl.
"I'm Bouncy," She said, "You're really pretty, and nice too." Jetta giggled as she hugged the sweet little bunny.
"Why thank you." Jetta turned to Neron who was walking by her side and stuck her tongue out at him. Neron rolled his eyes and just ignored her childish antics.
Walking behind Jetta was Riku and the other little girl bunny. Riku had noticed while they had be walking, to God only knows where, the little bunny would look up at him and stare for a while until Riku glanced down at her. She'd quickly advert he gaze and look around at other things, her face being slightly flush. This began to ware on Riku nerves until he finally just had to ask.
"What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?" The little bunny laughed and blushed a bit more before she shook her head no.
"Then what is it?"
"You're just very handsome." Riku's eyes went wide for a moment before he looked away.
"Uh... thanks." Riku heard everyone around him snicker, or stifle a laugh; Neron even turned and gave him a smile. He simply sighed and just ignored them.
"Ziggy! Skippy! Wait up!" Everyone stopped and looked behind them to find a small turtle with glasses trying to catch up to them.
"Hey Toby!" The little bunny in the pink dress called out as she waved to him. Since nobody else was around everyone guessed that the little bunny waving was Ziggy.
"Where are you going Skippy?" Toby asked.
"I'm going to try out my new bow and arrow," Skippy answered, "Guess who gave them to me?"
"I don't know, who?"
"Robin Hood!"
"No way!"
"Yeah, and he gave me his hat too."
"Can I try and shoot the arrow?"
"Not till I do it first." Skippy ran to the top of a hill and set up his arrow and started to pull back.
"You're pointing it to high!" Ziggy shouted but it was too late. The arrow went soaring thought the air, and disappeared behind the castle.
"Uh oh," Bouncy said.
"Now you've done it," Ziggy scolded, "It went into the castle garden."
"Then I'll just have to go get it back," Skippy said.
"You can't!" Toby nearly shouted, "If you do, Prince John will cut off your head." He emphasized this by pulling his head into his shell.
"That is if he finds me in there," Skippy said as he ran off to the castle with Toby and Ziggy fallowing along behind. Neron sighed before he glared at Jetta.
"I hate baby sitting." Jetta ignored him and chased after Skippy, since he was her responsibility at the moment.
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"There it is!" Skippy said once he spotted his arrow in the garden from the gate that closed him off from entering, but that wasn't going to stop him. He started to slip through the bars when Ziggy stopped him.
"Wait, Toby might snitch on you," Ziggy said.
"Yeah Toby might snitch," Bouncy repeated, nodding her head in agreement.
"Then he'll have to take the oath," Skippy said, "Put your hand over your heart and cross your eyes."
"Everyone has to," Bouncy said as she pointed at the teens, making them participate as well. In the end Jetta was the only one who fully played along.
"Spiders, snakes, and a lizards head," Skippy started, "If I tattle tell I'll die till I'm dead. Recite it Toby."
"Spiders, snakes, and a lizard head. If I tattle tell I-I'll die till I'm dead."
Skippy passed through the gate and into the garden, knowing now he could trust Toby, quietly creping through the garden. He soon discovered that a vixen and a chicken were playing a game of badminton not to far away, but that didn't stop him. Finally he had reached the arrow, but just as he grabbed it, the birdie flew towards him and landed by his feet.
"Well, what do we have here?" The vixen asked as she picked up the birdie.
"Looks like we've got a trespasser," The chicken answered.
"Oh... Oh please don't tell Prince John," Skippy whimpered as he backed away from them, "I don't wanna get my head chopped off! I just came to get my arrow back." This made both of the women laugh.
"Don't fret little one," The vixen laughed, "We wont tell." Bouncy then sneezed causing the chicken to glance over at the group huddled around the gate.
"Don't look now, but I think we're surrounded," The chicken whispered. The vixen looked over towards the gate and smiled warmly at them.
"Come on in, the gate should be opened," She welcomed, "We don't bite."
"That's Maid Marian!" Ziggy said happily, "Mother says she's awful nice." Ziggy and Toby both squeezed through the gate and ran over to the ladies. Max pushed against the gate and it was open just like the vixen said, letting the teens in as well.
"Well hello!" Maid Marian greeted, "My there were a lot of you out there."
"Mother's told us a lot about you, Maid Marian," Bouncy said receiving a warm smile from Maid Marian, "You're very beautiful, just like mother said."
"Thank you kindly. Your quite cute yourself," She said before she looked back down at Skippy, "Why Lady Kluck, take a gander at him. Who does he remind you of?"
"Oh my!" Lady Kluck gasped, "Why none other than the notorious Robin Hood!"
"Yes, just what I was thinking." Skippy smiled at the two women.
"Mother said that you and Robin Hood used to be sweet-hearts," Ziggy said, "Is this true?"
"Yes, many years ago before I took that trip," Maid Marian said, "But I've been away so long I doubt he'll even remembers me."
"Oh I'm sure he does," Jetta said.
"Yeah!" Skippy shouted, "I bet he'll storm the castle, fight off the guards and Prince John, then carry you off into Sherwood Forest." This made both Maid Marian and Lady Kluck giggle.
"Oh if only," Maid Marian sighed, bringing a smile to Jetta's face.
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"Jetta this is stupid, and it's none of out business," Neron growled as they walked along in the woods.
"It's meddling, and didn't I tell you before we landed that we're not supposed to do that," Max said getting a little worried. Sure he was the type to throw the rulebook out the window once in a while, but he was strictly told not to meddle by Queen Minnie herself. Even Donald had told him that, many times to be exact, enough to were he didn't want to listen anymore.
"It's not meddling!" Jetta spat, "It's just a simple little question."
"You might not even get to ask it anyway," Riku said, "We don't know where Robin is." Jetta stopped and sighed, Riku's words were starting to sink in. After all they've been looking for him around thirty minutes now at the very least.
"What's that smell?" Neron asked as he sniffed the air, the others doing the same.
"Smells like..."
"Something burning," Jetta said as she finished Max's sentence, "Maybe it's Robin?" Jetta then took off through the woods, fallowing her nose until she came to a campsite. Robin was hanging up wet clothes on tree branches while Little John stood by the fire and stirred the burning stew.
"Little John!" Jetta called out happily.
"Well hey there little whiskers," Little John greeted, "I see you've brought along your canine crew as well. Nice to see you guys again."
"What brings you to our neck of the woods?" Robin asked.
"Jetta wanted to ask you something," Neron said, "So she drug us along too." Robin looked over to Jetta who, at the moment, was standing by Little John, sniffing the food out. It didn't smell to good, and it wasn't looking good either.
"Robin Hood!" A males voice said surprising everyone and drawling their attention as well. A badger in a brown robe was walking into Robin's camp with a bright smile on his face.
"Friar Tuck? What brings you here?"
"You wont believe what I just heard," Friar Tuck said, "Prince John is holding an archery contest tomorrow. The prize is a kiss from the lovely Maid Marian herself."
"A kiss?" Robin asked with a smile on his face.
"Yep." Jetta then let out a squeal of delight causing everyone to give her a worried look as she ran to Robin clapping her paws together.
"This is great! You do like her!" Jetta shouted with glee, "Oh Robin you have to go! You know how to shoot an arrow, right?"
"Well yes-"
"Hold on now," Little John interrupted, "I don't know if you should go Robin. You're a wanted man after all."
"Yes, you're wanted by Maid Marian! Oh she'll be so please to see you-" Jetta's mouth was then covered by Little John's paw.
"Stop puttin' ideas in his head little whiskers," He whispered to her. Jetta only smiled into Little John's paw.
"Oh come now Little John, I can handle myself," Robin said, "I'll just disguise myself so well not even my own mother would recognizes me. It'll be a snap!" Jetta squealed into Little John's paw and bounced around until he let her go.
"This is going to be so great!" Jetta cheered, "I can't wait until it starts! It's going to be so... romantic." Saying this got sighs and the typical eye roll from her guy friends, but what more could she say. She just loved to see a little romance bloom here and there.
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Disclaimer: Okay, lets get started. I do NOT own Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, Maid Marian, Little John, Prince John, Lady Kluck-
Sora: Lady Kluck, *laughs* that's so funny.
Continuing the Disclaimer: Skippy, Sheriff of Nottingham, blah, blah, blah. I don't own anything in this chapter. I don't own the trees, the castle, the water, the village, the villagers, the crazy medieval outfits, the rhino guards, the elephants used as trumpets, the-
Sora & Riku: We get it already!
Author: Good! Just wanted to make myself clear. ^-^ Congratulations Rurouni Saiyan! You guess correctly, and your prize is a nice warm gooey chocolate chip cookie. *Hands the Rurouni Saiyan the cookie*
Riku: What about me?
Author: Remember how I said I'd find something worse than depriving you from ice cream? *Grins evilly as she hands Sora the last few cookies*
Sora: Cookies! ^-^ *Crams every cookie in his mouth with a huge grin on his face*
Riku: *Growls* Whatever, I didn't want one anyway. *Mumbles to himself* I have one question for this movie that has been bugging me for a very long time. Where the hell did they get rhinos and elephants in a forest? o.O Strange... and the Prince. Where's his mane? He looks old enough for one... then again he sucks his thumb.
Sora: Maybe that's why he doesn't have a mane. He's not mature enough on the inside to grown one on the outside. *Demon and Riku shrug*
Riku: I can't believe you made us watch that movie three times in a row! Do you know how annoying that is?
Author: I was getting everything strait and ready to type. You didn't have to stay and watch it. It wasn't like I had you strapped to the chair or anything. *Glares at Riku* You know what really ticks me off?
Sora: That they named Maid Marian's lady in waiting Lady Kluck and not Lady Kluck Kluck, which would have been much funnier? ^-^
Author: ...uh...no, but I do agree with you. I'm ticked off because I watched that movie three times and not once did I find the names for those two girl bunny's that were sisters with Skippy. Did I just miss it every time or what? If anyone out there knows or has the movie to watch it and correct me on the names, please do so. I have no clue what their real names are; I just gave them those so they'd have one. I didn't want to call them sister 1 and sister 2...that's just kinda odd.
Riku: What about the credits? You didn't look there.
Author: Yes, I did! The damn old Disney movie didn't say! *Mumbles* Cheap piece of crap.
Riku: When did you look?
Author: When you went to get the popcorn. ^-^ They're at the beginning of the movie on the old videos...then again I could have missed it... *Stops and looks around her room* Where'd Sora go?
Riku: *Shrugs*
Author: * Sighs* Thanks for the reviews my wonderful reviewers. I give you the chance now to review again while I go search for Sora... hopefully nothing has been broken yet. Here Riku! *Hands Riku several sheets of paper before she runs off*
Riku: *Examines the papers* Oh... notes... joy. I guess I'm supposed to read them then, huh? Great. *Sighs*
Rurouni Saiyan's note: Now I have three people correcting my spelling, this is so great. *Bounces up and down* I'll get better for sure, and if I don't then someone needs to hit me over the head with my hard-back dictionary... maybe that should help. I'm glade you liked the story! Yes, I must agree. We torture Riku because we love him. ^-^ The more torture the more love.
Riku: *Blushes as he crumples up the paper and throws it away* Love... whatever... *Mumbles a few more things*
Zanisha's note: First off, I like the name, super cool. ^-^ I'm glade you think it's good so far. I'm so happy! Thanks for the review and for dropping by. *Grins* You are now officially the new review until another one comes along and steals your spot light... sorry but that's the way it goes. *Sighs*
Inuyasha's apprentice's note: I'm super glade you liked my fight scene. Myself I thought it sucked... but that's me. I hate writing fight scenes, and yet I'm going to have tons in later chapters I just know it. *Heavy sigh* I'll get over it. ^-^ Thanks for the review, and I'm glade you're liking it. *Grins*
Riku: Well, I guess I'll be seeing you guys in the next chapter… bye. *Walk off to help find Sora*