AN: Welcome to chapter three! Anyway...Enjoy!!

"Discouraged yet?" Makoto lit a match in the dark and lit a lattern.

Mamoru sighed, "Listen, Makoto-"

"Hoggle," she corrected testily.

"...Hoggle- I need help getting out of here."

"Of course, of course...I'll take you right out of this nasty Labyrinth."

Mamory groaned in annoyance, "No, I just mean out of the oubliette. I'll give you this nice plastic bracelet if you do." He showed the glittering jewelry to the covetous 'dwarf'.

Makoto snorted in response, "Plastic? I like gold bub."

Mamoru blinked, greatly confused. "No, you like plastic. That's the way it is."

Makoto rolled her jade eyes as she placed her hands upon her hips. "Tell you what, I'll take you right out of this Labyrinth if you give me that stupid bracelet...and that nice gold ring you're wearing."

Mamoru glanced down at his golden rin and raised his eyebrows. "Tell you what...how about I take you rkeys and get out myself?" with that said he quickly tackled the brunette and pinned her to the ground as his hands searched her pockets.

"EEK! Pervert! Rape!" Makoto began beating Mamoru upon the head viciously.

Mamoru winced beneath her brutal blows but wrenched the keys from the struggling 'goblin's' pocket. "Aha!" He jumped up to his feet and made a search of the ground with his eyes. Where was that blasted bench?

Makoto growled darkly as she stood slowly. "Give those back!" she lunged at him, intent on doing much harm to the poor lost boy; but suddenly the ground was removed from beneath the raging Makoto's feet.

"To the Bog of Eternal Stench for trying to hurt my precious!" hissed Usagi in a rather throaty, disembodied voice.

The ground closed over Makoto as she fell screaming into blackness. Mamoru blinked as he stood frozen.

"Odd..." he shrugged and began looking for the plank of wood that was dubbed a bench. A grin spread across his face as he spotted said piece of rotting wood. He picked it up and put it against the wall. He shoved key after key into the small keyhole until he finally heard a click. He smirked to himself as he opened the door and stepped into a dark stone tunnel.

He began strolling along contentedly, whistling a happy tune to himself. He took in a deep breath and nearly gagged. Something smelled very bad in the tunnel. It seemed to be coming from behind him...He spun around to come face to face with a soaking and very smelly Makoto. Her green eyes were narrowed into a scowl, directed solely at Mamoru.

"I'll take you as far as I can if you give me my keys back," she said through grit teeth.

Mamoru nodded. "Deal!" he said happily as he reached to shake her hand. He stopped himself and jerked his hand back, away from her. "Go on, Lead away. You'll get your keys when I'm satisfied."

Makoto's scowl intensified as she marched angrily in front of the smirking Key Thief. She muttered curses beneath her breath, all directed to the happily oblivious crossdressing thief.

As the two continued walking, a small crystal ball rolled in front of them, causing a halt to their steps.

"Uh oh..." Makoto muttered as she began to follow it nervously.

Mamoru reached to grab her but once he got close enough to her the smell overwhelmed him and he began to cough violently. Makoto stopped and turned to stare at Mamoru with a few confused blinks. "You okay?"

"No," he managed to choke out, "Don't follow the damned crystal!"

Makoto looked confused, "But we must...it is the crystal of King Jareth!"

Mamoru groaned as his coughing subsided. "Precisely why we should not follow it. It'll take us straight to Jareth! Now come on, let's get out of here..."

Makoto glanced about nervously. "I don't like this...You've never seen Jareth when he's angry...I refuse to suffer his wrath again!"

Mamoru slapped his forehead. "Do you have to be so cowardly?!"

"Yes now come on!"

With that, the two began to follow the crystal, both twitching nervously, and glancing to their lefts and rights, as if Jareth might pop out at any given moment to eat them alive.

Makoto ground to a stop and frowned in confusion as she saw an old beggar Goblin sitting on the ground. The crystal hopped into his cup and he sighed, "Ah, what have we here?"

"Nothing," Makoto said quickly...too quickly.

"Nothing? Nothing? Nothing tra-la-la-la?" Usagi stood up, removing her costume and glaring angrily at the supposed dwarf.

"Hedgwart-" began Usagi, but she was soon interrupted.

"Makoto."

"Hoggle," Makoto said in exasperation.

"Yes, Higgle, just what do you think you are doing, leading Sarah-"

"Mamoru."

"-further into my Labyrinth?"

"I was doing no such thing!" Makoto hasitily denied, "She-"

"HE!"

"-thinks I was taking her further in, but I was really leading her back to the beginning."

"Hogbrain-" Usagi began again.

"Makoto."

"HOGGLE."

"Hogwart, you know if for one moment I thought you were betraying me I would have to throw you back into the Bog of Eternal Stench."

Makoto shivered and her left eye seemed to spasm violently, "Yes milord."

"Good. Now Sarah-"

"Mamoru!"

"How are you liking my little maze?"

Mamoru raked a hand through his hair, "I just want it to be over with."

Usagi grinned up at him cutely, "Really? Well how about upping the stakes a bit then?" With a flick of her hand, a clock behind her moved forward an hour and a half.

"Ack!" Mamoru's eyes were wide, "I didn't say it was a piece of cake!"

Usagi smiled at him and pinched his cheek gently, "Of course you did silly! Now, how about this little slice?" She quickly kissed his cheek then threw a crystal ball down the tunnel.

A loud noise began to fill the walls, causing them to tremble. Mamoru turned around slowly and to his horror, saw a large machine that filled the entire tunnel, blades sticking out of it jagged, moving towards them quickly.

"Oh no, the Cleaners!" Makoto yelped. She grabbed Mamoru's hand and began to pull him down the hall, towards and exit as Usagi disappeared giggling evilly.

They ran and ran until they came a gate, blocking their way.

"What do we do!" wailed Makoto in anguish.

"This!" Mamoru slammed his body against a nearby door and broke through. He and Makoto both hurried through, allowing the large, deadly machine to pass them.

Makoto grinned a bit as she saw a ladder going upwards. "This way," she said as she began to climb.

"You're such a cowardly rat," Mamoru sighed as he followed her.

"Sticks and stones, sticks and stones," Makoto grinned.

After a bit of climbing, Makoto smiled proudly as she and Mamoru reached the surface and blinding sunlight. "I'll have my keys back now..." she said, holding out her hand expectantly. Mamoru looked at her doubtfully as he handed her her keys. Then, with a quick flick of his wrist, he had grabbed the bunch of jewelry Makoto kept dangling at her waist.

"Hey! Them's mine! Give them back!"

"No way," Mamoru grinned, "You were going to leave me here."

"I-I was not," Makoto said, looking a bit guilty and even more nervous as she stammered and stuttered over her words.

Mamoru grinned in triumph. "Well, lead on Makoto."

"It's Hoggle!" she growled as she began to lead the gloating Mamoru onwards, deeper into the mysterious Labyrinth.

AN: R&R Please!!