Chapter 21 : Lost in the maze
Retasu was walking into the tunnels.
" I can feel them, very close.What should I do ?
" You must kill them.They want to stop you, so kill them.
" But, do I really wanna hurt them ?
" Yes you do.You just don´t know it yet. "
The team was at the entry of the tunnel.They were quietly walking, while Pai and Ryou were fighting.
" Why do I have to take paper ? " asked Ryou.
" Because paper is weak, just like you.And rock is the strongest, so I must use it.
" Well then I will win because paper beats rock !
" I decided that it wasn´t logical and that rock should break paper.
" But it´s not in the rules !
" To hell with rules, it´s Retasu we´re talking about !
" Yeah, and specially about the fact that she loves me !
" Who ever said that ?
" I did, and it´s true.Do you really think that Retasu could like an alien with purple hair and pointy ears ?
" At least the alien with purple hair and pointy ears has a brain ! "
The two of them continued fighting, Ichigo was going crazy again, Kisshu was trying to help her, Purin was talking to Tart about one of the most important moments of her life : The first time she tasted candy !
They all stopped and Zakuro interrupted Pai and Ryou :
" Uh, guys, I think it´s here ! "
She was right.In front of them were two other tunnels.Ichigo said :
" Keiichiro said that Kisshu, me and the two other jerks over there should go to the tunnel on the right.
" Yeah, you go there, we will travel the other one. " said Minto.
Ichigo answered :
" Okay.See ya later, and good luck ! "
And the team seperated.
Zakuro, Minto and Purin and Tart were walking in the tunnel on the left.Purin and Tart were still chatting about their principal reason to live and Zakuro and Minto were behind them.The tunnel was very dark and they didn´t really know where they were walking.Zakuro said :
" It´s too dark, we can´t continue like that ! Does anyone of you have something to bring light ? "
Tart answered :
" I can maybe make a fire ! "
He took his electrical balls and flashed on branches who were on the ground.A fire suddenly appeared.
" Good job, Taru-Taru, na do da ! " said Purin.
Tart answered to her by a happy smile.
Minto put some fire on a stick and said :
" I think we can go now ! "
Back on the other tunnel :
" You don´t understand.It´s not my pointy ears that count, she doesn´t care about it !
" How can you tell ?
" Because when you love someone, it´s not his face that really counts, it´s what you feel about him.
" You know, what you said could have been really romantic... if it wasn´t totally wrong ! It´s not love, it ain´t even a little crush, there´s nothing between you two !
" How can you tell ? " answered Pai with a sarcastic smile.
" Oh... man !
" So, are you admitting the truth ?
" No I don´t, because it ain´t the truth !
" Well, at least that´s what you think.
" And lucky for me, I always say right things !
" You know, I don´t think that Retasu would enjoy a pretencious guy like you.And let´s talk about the way you look !
" I´m not pretencious, I´m just modest.And what about the way I look ? I´m better than you, and you just said that it´s not the face that counts when you love !
" First of all, let´s not confuse pretention and modesty.You can be modest while saying you´re pretencious or pretencious while saying you´re modest.It´s not the same thing at all !
" Yeah, because...uh... what ?
" I was obviously right to say you had no brain. "
Ichigo was closing her eyes :
" I´m not mad... I´m not mad... "
Kisshu was next to her :
" Ichigo, please, calm down. "
Ichigo finally oppened her eyes and stopped, looking right in front of her.Kisshu did the same.It was obvious to see that Pai and Ryou were two busy fighting to notice a strange thing, but Ichigo forced them to look.After a few seconds, Ryou said :
" Can someone explain to me : If we´re going on the right direction, then what the hell is THIS doing here ? "
He was pointing his finger in front of them, where the tunnel was dividing in dozens of different ways.
Everybody sweatdropped :
" I think we should go back... " said Ichigo.
But they had no time to answer because Kisshu noticed something :
" Hey guys, were´s Pai ?
" My dream came true ! " said Ryou.
The two others fell down.Ichigo shouted :
" You idiot ! We need him to help Retasu ! And by the way, I thought your dream was to be with her !
" Well, what do we do ? " asked Kisshu.
Ryou answered :
" This thing wants to separate us.We can´t give it what it wants.I hate to say this, but we need to find that looser.We will all go to the others. "