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Chapter Five - Caught!
They had continued running at a feverish pace. This still didn't confort Romeo. "I can't die now! I'm too young to die! Dianna, it's all your fault!" "What," gasped Dianna, "how is .. this all .. my fault?" "You found the stupid pink crystal thingie! You decided to keep it! You decided to show it to everyone in the park! Why, I bet you even gave it instructions to attack my chest! You stupid ... human!" retorted the poodle. Dianna did a short, wheezy growl, and said "I didn't mean for any .. huff puff .. of this to happen." "Yeah, I know. I just wanted to vent." "I love you too, huff, Romeo." They continued running for a couple seconds, then Romeo said "Oh God!" Alarmed, Dianna said, "What? Are you hurt?" "No! I'm gonna die a virgin! DAMN YOU NEUTERING VETERINARIANS! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!" Dianna almost choked on air as she tried not to laugh. I guess it's really gonna piss him off when I tell him I'm going to be a vet...
---Deeper into Inuyasha's Forest---
Getting over the initial shock of talking to Diamond, and sharing his dog-like hearing abilities, Jessica and her loyal companion were taking a rather slow walk around the forest. "Do you know where we are?" Jessica asked Diamond. "I don't know," he answered, "everything smells the same around here." Suddenly, Jessica's newfound hearing told her that someone (or something) was comming at them at a very fast pace. "Diamond, do you hear that!" "Yes, but I can't tell what it is!" As if that was a signal, a small, fuzzy thing errupted out of the bushes and collided with Diamond head-on. They toppled over, and landed a few feet away from Jessica. Then something bigger exploded out of the bushes and tried desperatly to stop in time, but couldn't help slamming straight into Jessica. Jessica fell, pummeling whatever it was all the way down. Just as her fist was about to connect with it's face, it grabbed her hand and bit it, growling deeply. "EEEHHYAHHH!" Jess cried out in pain, and kicked up like a demon. This dislodged the thing and sent it a couple feet rolling away. Jessica bolted up and looked at her pained hand. She heard a groan behind her and spun around to see ... Dianna! "DIANNA!" she cried and ran over to help her friend up. "Ow! Why were you hitting me! I tried to stop in time, but theres all these stupid pebbles and branches and it smells funky. -sniff sniff- Man, you smell funky too." "DIANNA!" Jess cried again, "What are you DOING here?" Dianna blinked for a second, and said "Wai--Jess? What the heck are you doing here!" For a second, both girls said nothing, then they both a sploded into speech at the same time.
"Jessica, we're going to get eate-"
"Dianna! There was this weird lady who-"
"I can smell!"
"Uh.. so?"
"I can smell like Romeo can!"
"Well I can hear like Diamond can!"
"DIANNA WE NEED TO GET RUNNING NOW!"
Dianna turned to the untangled pair of Romeo and Diamond. "Wait why? ... OH CRAP! Jessica, we REALLY gotta go. NOW." "Wait," said Jess, not getting the hint of desperation in Dianna's voice, "You can talk to your dog, too?" "Yes, yes! But we really gotta run!" "Why?" "WE'RE GONNA GET EATING BY --"
"Us."
All four turned to see the "haha now I have you" smiling face of Kouga, soon accompanied by his nine other hunters. Romeo started barking like a maniac and run behind Dianna's legs. "You're so brave, Romeo." "Shut up!" "Be quiet you mangy curr!" yelled one of Kouga's men. Romeo instantly shut up. A different hunter said "Hey, boss, there's two of them, and the each have a little doggie. We don't even have to hunt anymore today!" Jessica took a step forward and said "What do you mean hunt? you aren't eating our dogs!" The same wolf-demon smiled and said "The dogs are our second priority." "Oh look, we're second priority, Diamond! Well, guess we better run!" With that said, Romeo took off. With astonishing speed, a third hunter caught up with and snatched Romeo off the ground, he stood up with his wriggling catch and said "Got'em." "No, Romeo!" yelled Dianna and ran at the poodle-holding demon. She was intercepted by Kouga, who oh-so-gracefully picked her up and flung her over his left shoulder like a rug. "Ahh! Hey, you put me down you stupid .. you have a tail!" said Dianna. "You're rather calm for one who just got caught by our wonderful version of Hannibal Lector." snarled Romeo. Dianna just looked over at Romeo and smiled, poking Kouga's tail, "It's fuzzy!" Kouga got a confused/annoyed look on his face and jostled her, "Stop it, human!" Back in reality, Dianna yelled "Jessica, run! Get help!" "I can't leave you here!" came an almost surrounded Jessica's reply. "You can, and we will," said Diamond, "we'll be of no help if we're caught too!" Jessica did a small nod, took one last look at her assailents, and ran of screaming, Diamond hot on her heels.
"Should we give chase?" asked a hunter with a darker brown fur clothing than the rest. "Yes, you guys chase her down, Bane and I will get these two back to my mountain." Kouga and Bane watched the rest of the hunters begin running after the stray human and her dog. When they were out of sight, Kouga turned around and started walking. Bane followed, getting Romeo in a better grip. This grip turned out to be like carrying a rather fuzzy football in the crook of his arm. "You know," came a voice behind Kouga's ears, "this is very unfortable." "Shut up," came Kouga's reply, "you're about to be even more uncomfortable in a little while." "Oh joy," Dianna whispered to herself. Kouga chuckled (not a very reassuring sound). "At least your stomache is resting against a furry shoulder pad," said Romeo, "my stomache is resting against this man's hairy arm! Yuck!" "Romeo, your entire body is covered with hair." said Dianna (earning a shared "she's wierd" look from Kouga and Bane). "That's not the point."
