Chapter 4
Wolf was, of course, the first one to wake up as the new day began. He began his daily ritual of catching the fish and cleaning it so it could be cooked. Jynx was the second to rise. She would set up the campfire and gather wood so that the fire could be started. Even after the fire was started and the fish was cooking, Kaneda did not wake up unless Wolf or Jynx personally woke him up.
"WAAAAAAKKKKEEEEYYYYY WAAAAKKKEEEEEYYYY!" yelled Wolf at the top of his lungs at Kaneda. Kaneda woke with a start hitting the closest thing, which happened to be Wolf, out of the tent. Jynx jumped away in fright as Wolf landed next to her. Kaneda emerged from his tent wiping the last vestiges of sleep from his eyes. His face was covered in black markings.
"Um… excuse me Kaneda-san? Your face…has… writing on it," Jynx mumbled timidly.
"Huh? What are you talking about now?" asked Kaneda as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
"There's… a message… from… um… Sensei… on your… um… face," replied Jynx.
"Meh… What does it say?" asked Kaneda. Wolf immediately jumped forward and grabbed Kaneda's face.
"Hmm… 'Took you guys a while to wake up! You three could sleep through an earthquake! Next bit of training! There should be a map somewhere in the camp. Find that, follow it and you should find me! And beware ofkasdf….' Can't read the last part. Oh well!" yelled Wolf. While Wolf was reading the message, Jynx began to put out the fire and take the camp down. Kaneda shook his head in disbelief.
"Looks like its survival training by ourselves. In addition, if I know my sister, and I do, either she has traps set up along the way or she's going to attack us. Kami, I hate my sister," said Kaneda, "This is going be more trouble than it's worth." Wolf began to help clean up camp. Within a few minutes, the map was found and the three were ready to move on. Jynx quietly held the map out for either Kaneda or Wolf to take.
Wolf immediately took the map and balled it up. "We don't need no stinking map! We have my nose to follow!" yelled Wolf as he threw the map away. He fell to his hands and feet and began to follow his nose. Kaneda shook his head and followed Wolf into the underbrush. Jynx stood hesitantly in front of the place where the others disappeared before finally following. Several minutes after the last one left, a bandage covered hand picked up the wrinkled map.
'We meet again my dear hated foe,' Thought the man covered in bandages as his eyes glowed with an inner fury.
Several Minutes later,
"Do we… have to… take the long way?" asked Jynx, fearing the reply.
"Uh huh! Just following the smell of Sensei!" replied Wolf. A soft click could be heard as Wolf's hand moved forward triggering a trap. A huge tree trunk came thundering down over Wolf taking his pack off his back and crushing it against another tree. The three stood in surprise at the destruction left in its wake.
"Oniisan!" yelled Wolf as he latched onto Kaneda.
"Oh… Uh… Oh… Umm… Uh… Oh dear," stuttered Jynx as she fell to her knees.
"I hate you sis. I really hate you sis," said Kaneda as he shook Wolf off him. "Oh this is going to suck. Ok… Wolf, you keep tracking Sensei while Jynx and I will keep an eye out for traps," said Kaneda. The other two nodded in agreement. The three set off once again with Wolf in the lead followed by Kaneda then Jynx.
Jynx looked over her shoulder thoughtfully.
"Would sensei really do something like that," she mumbled to herself. "I don't think we made her that mad, did we?"
Each one treads incredibly carefully and nervously as they continued there way towards Kyo. They managed to avoid some of the traps while others caught them unawares.
Kaneda shoved Wolf out of the way as a tree came hurtling towards him but he was unbalanced with no way to get away himself. Jynx' eyes widened as the tree came closer and closer. She formed a few hand symbols, "Doton: Doryuuheki!" She spewed mud into a wall in front Kaneda. It hardened frighteningly fast as the tree smashed straight into it. The wall held. Kaneda breathed a sigh of relief as he collapsed. Wolf's eyes closed as he shivered from fright. Jynx collapsed at using most of her chakra for that technique.
"I think we can take a break now!" yelled Wolf as he flopped onto his back. He crawled over towards Kaneda and Jynx. "Come on Jynx! Join us!" said Wolf. Red-Eye nudged Jynx towards the others, laid his head in Jynx' lap and closed his eyes. None of them wanted to move. Each soon fell asleep curled up next to each other.
Later…"Wake up Wolf!" yelled Kaneda as he shook Wolf awake, "Something's missing!" Wolf awoke with a start, eyes wide. "Go get Kyo! I'll scout around!" ordered Kaneda. Wolf took off with a start on top of Red-Eye. They ran as never before, being pushed to greater speeds, as there was a dire need.
Wolf crashed through the underbrush and nearly ran into Kyo as she was pacing back and forth. "Sensei! Sensei!" he yelled while shaking Kyo.
"What?" replied Kyo, her eyes widening at her student's sense of urgency.
"Jynx is missing!"
Next Chapter: Jynx is missing? Who took her? And who was that man in Bandages?
B: I am a jerk. I know that. I just love cliffhangers when I get to write. Surely Eronin will agree with me. Hopefully… winks
E: WAIT JUST A SECOND HERE! WHO ON EARTH WOULD CAPTURE POOR LITTLE JYNXY! WHAT DID SHE EVER DO TO THEM? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE- AND A CLIFFIE? AAAAAGHHH motions to kill DON'T MAKE ME USE CLEAVAGE NO JUTSU ON YOU DAMN BAKANIN!
B: Bah! If you do that then you won't get a Chapter five. pulls down eyelid and sticks his tongue out
