Shishi had managed to wake up from his yuck-induced unconciousness and was limping along the sidewalk-like path of the sewer. All he had to do was find a ladder, right? Anyway, he was stumbling along until he saw a large tunnelway. He peeked inside it and saw nothing but darkness.
"It smells worse than the river!" he thought out loud. He climbed into the tunnel, being very small for it and managed to hold his tiny nose. He felt that he could walk instead of crawl, so he got to his feet and walked along, having no idea where he was going. He bumped into a wall and felt that it was moist. He drew back in disgust. He wanted to see what he looked like, probably covered in brown and green and all those yucky colors that came with a sewer.
He suddenly jumped back when he heard water rushing.
Closer...
Closer...
He could feel water (which made the tunnel smell even worse, he observed), and could hear it flooding the surrounding sides of the tunnel. His instinct told him to run.
So that's what he did.
He could feel the wave of God-knows-what rucshing behind him, he could see the entrance, both so close!—
He managed to jump out and off to the side of the tunnel as the wave emptied into the river. He got a little stuff on the back of his kimono but all he wanted was out. he'd complain about his kimono later.
He began his royal freak-out. He began grumbling and pacing around insanely. All he needed was one of those laddetrs! Ladders for god's sake! He ran up the sewer searching desperately. He was running for about four minutes when he saw a ladder.
What's the catch?
It was on the other side of the sewer.
Shishi sweatdropped.
All he had to do was jump to the other side, right?
he didn't have to swim!
Right?
Right?
After all, the river was only a few feet wide. He pressed his back to the wall, and started running. He felt like he was running for hours—
When he chickened out at the edge. He sewatdropped at his act of cowardice.
"Let's try that again," he muttered. He pressed his backside to the wall again, closed his eyes and made a mad dash for the edge. Whne he felt he was at the edge, he emphasized taking the so-called 'Leap of Faith' by going all slow-mo Matrix (not mine!) style.
Good news? He managed to hit the ledge.
Bad news? he ended up falling in the river of yuck.
He flopped and gasped for breath as he spat out some of the...stuff that flowed at him, some of which flowed right into his mouth. Shishi's kimono got snagged by a piece of rock protruding from the wall against the rive's edge. He used this opportunity to climg onto the side. Unfortunately the rock sliced into his shoulder as he climbed up.
He climbed up, clutching his bloody shoulder. He ignored it for now...he just wanted back home so he could bathe!
He looked at the ladder and smiled.
He climbed up the ladder step after step after step after step after step after you get the idea.
He climbed out the hole under the curb at the end of the street, gasping for breath. He looked up.
Light!
He never loved the light so much in his entire life!
Hope you liked this chappie! I plan on putting some illustrations in my profile very very soon.
Shishi: I smell like crap, not just figureatively.
That's what makes it funny!
Shishi: Sami doens't own YYH, now R&R.