Everyone...I...am...so...SORRY! T.T I know I haven't been updating and even though I have a lot of reasons for this I still feel SO BAD! TT.TT Ah, I just want to die. First I was gone on vacation, then buried under homework, then Christmas Break started, then my computer crashed, and when my dad got it started again it caught a virus. T.T The world hates me. Well here is a little bonus chapter, not really part of the story, but it could be, I guess. The real story will continue after this chapter.
Christmas Special: The Island
"Just where are you girls going?"
Kurama and the others gather at the door of their mansion as the five Destinies run out with towels and umbrellas and coconut shaped cups. They turn and flash him a mischevious grin, asking if he would like to come along with them. Quickly he shakes his head no, backing away slowly as to not provoke the girls more than necessary. They send their offer among the others, who also run. The last of them is Botan, who came to inform the group of what has been happening in Spirit World. Her violet eyes watch them from her hiding spot behind the door, and her blue hair flashes as she turns to find a better refuge. The girls shrug and place their hands on Meagan's shoulders as to allow her to carry them from place to place. First stop, the middle of the ocean. Meagan's eyes open wide as they appear above the surface, hovering just a moment before crashing into the salty water beneath them. They are instantly soaked.
"Great, Meg," Olivia spits out the large amount of seawater from her mouth. "Perfect landing."
"When you try it, then you can chastise me."
The others surface the next moment, hair dripping and eyes clamped shut. Off in the distance three islands float atop the water, waves crashing lightly onto the shore. Vanessa shoots from the water, swiftly transforming into a bird and fluttering off towards the islands, leaving the others to float in the water a while longer. They can still see the mainland, though it is hazy, and are searching for an abandoned island on which no one has ever set foot. These ones don't seem to be too promising... Vanessa flutters back and plops into the water shaking her head. Tourists everywhere, as she puts it. Time to try again. They place their hands on Meagan's shoulder once more, allowing her to teleport them further out into the ocean. When they land, they manage to hit the hot sand of an island; so this time instead of swallowing seawater they end up with mouths full of sand. Perfect.
"Meagan..."
"Where are we?" Nissi sits up, btrushing the sand off of her arms and legs. "Think we made it to a secluded enough place?"
The island certainly looks secluded enough. All the girls can see for miles around is the ocean, and the endless blue sky. The mainland is nowhere to be seen and there are no boats, smaller ships, airplanes, or any other forms of technology that the girls can see. Happily they turn to face the other side of the forest. The abundance of trees astounds them; five feet into the forest and they probably won't be able to move around very much. High above the trees sits a mountain, the top covered slightly in snow. Their eyes go wide as they think of all the trouble they can cause up there. A minature avalanche sounds like fun... For the moment though they are going to relax on the beach. They spread their towels, which are now soaking wet--their umbrellas were lost in the water--and lay on them to dry themselves. No use running through the forest dripping wet and likely to catch cold.
"Mm...this feels nice."
Carinne stretches on her towel, shading her eyes from the hot sun. They sigh, falling lightly into a deep sleep that carries them through several hours. They only awake when a large explosion far off into the distance sounds and shocks the girls out of sleep.
"What's going on?"
"Look!"
The five turn their eyes towards the top of the mountain, from which dark smoke is circling. What the heck...? They grin, happy to have a chance for adventure.
"Lets go, eh?" Carinne drags her friends into the forest, immediately becoming covered with lots of little scratches from the trees. "Onward!"
"Aaya, don't get carried away..." Olivia sighs.
The forest becomes thicker by the second, making it harder for the girls to move at all, much less side by side. They retreat to single file, with Nissi in the lead. As she is the smallest, she can slip through the branches and find the easiest places for the others to move; she's good at getting through places. Just as she is leading the group through a particularly difficult spot, her foot catches on a thick root that is sticking up from the ground and she goes tumbling. The ground cracks beneath her, revealing a large pit with pointy spears sticking up from the bottom. Shrieking, she grabs hold of Meagan in desperation. Meagan, panicking also, grabs Vanessa, who grabs Olivia, who grabs Carinne. The five scream as Carinne catches hold of the edge, hanging on for dear life. Nissi tries to drag herself up the human ladder and pull the others up but just as she reaches out Carinne's hand falls away and the five fall the rest of the way, barely missing the spikes.
"We're going to die, aren't we?" Vanessa asks.
"Looks like it!" Meagan replies cheerfully. "So what should we do to pass the time?"
"Perhaps figure out what the heck just happened...?" Olivia suggests. "Nissi?"
"I tripped on a branch."
"This looks like one of those things in a movie. You know: where the hero nearly gets eaten by wild tribal people?" Carinne bounces a bit, testing her strength. "Think we can get out of here?"
"It's pretty deep. And there's no way to climb; no footholes. I say we'll have to wait until someone comes and gets us," Nissi concludes.
"If someone comes."
Meagan slumps in the corner, her shoulder bleeding. The others, unharmed, gather around her in concern. Needless to say, the fact that she was hurt counted out teleportation in any form. In an attempt to further the space they have to spread out, the girls yank some of the thick spears up from the ground and toss them to the side, yanking all of them out by the end of an hour. With nothing else to do the girls simply sit...and sit...and sit...and sit... At last the sun has gone down, plunging the island into a deep darkness of which the girls cannot escape. Vanessa lights a fire ball in her hand, letting it hover in the air and illuminate the space they have. It also provides just a touch of warmth, but is quickly diminished when Vanessa lets it out.
"I don't ever want to do this again," Vanessa informs. "If we're only going to end up like this again."
"I second that."
"Guys...I'm cold."
"Then move closer; we're going to be like this the entire night. I'm going to sleep."
The girls huddle closer together to preserve the warmth, wishing for sleep to take them as easily as it did on the warm beach. They are wishing for those beach towels at the moment... They are about to fall asleep when, suddenly, a flaming torch is thrown into the pit in which they lay. Instant turmoil.
"AAH! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!"
"TRYING!"
"TRY FASTER!"
The girls stamp it out, expectantly looking up at the mouth of the hole as if someone will be up there to help them. What they see doesn't make them feel any better than before. Carinne was right in guessing that this was some trap of the tribal people that might have lived on the island, but the Destinies were wrong in guessing that they would be like those in the movies. They are small, thin, and muscular, though not overly. Their skin is tanned and instead of the spears that are located in the Destinies pit, the five or so persons before them are carrying...guns? No way... The Destinies frown at the fact, but it's true. A rope ladder is slid down to them, and in low guttural words the apparent leader of the group gestures for them to come up. They do so, nervous. The guns which the people carry are not too lethal--they've seen worse damage done by demons--but can cause them enough damage to weaken them.
We need to take them out one by one, Olivia contacts her teammates. Slowly and without notice.
Duh. How? Carinne looks at them carefully. Two pistols, two stun guns and a shotgun. Pretty basic.
How'd they get them? Nissi bites her lip.
Nevermind that, lets just stay alive at the moment, okay? Vanessa smiles. Meagan nods slightly.
The leader approaches them with one of the pistols and presses it lightly against all of their temples, as if to make sure that they know he is in charge of the situation at the moment. The girls do nothing but let the man do what he pleases, which seems to be inspecting them at the moment. He is rather short, almost as short as Nissi, but they know he has a lot of power. They just hope that the other tribe members aren't as equipped as the five before them. He presses his fingers to his forehead and says,
"Aoi."
"Is that his name...?" Meagan whispers to Vanessa.
"I think so."
Aoi presses his gun to Meagan's head again. Carinne frowns, Don't talk aloud. Think it if you have to and Olivia or I will tell it to the person. You're going to get killed.
Aoi leads them through the forest, followed by the four others of his tribe. Presently little huts appear everywhere in the forest, and curious faces peer at them from the trees. They lick their lips expectantly, leaving a very bad feeling in the girls stomach. The little people come from their homes and follow the group up to the top of the mountain, which really isn't a long trip when you know the shortcuts. Soon the girls are facing one of the most beautiful scenes they've ever seen from the top of the mountain. Too bad they can't enjoy the scenery inside the large metal pot they are sitting in. Tribal people from everywhere come and slice their vegetables, throwing them inside the pot. The Destinies clutch each other in desperation.
"Can't we talk this over?" Carinne gulps.
Aoi holds up a particularly sharp, shiny knife.
"I guess not..."
Freezing cold water is then poured into the pot, and a fire is lit under it. It does not seem to do anything at first, but after a moment the Destinies are definately feeling the heat. They jump from one foot to the other to escape the heat but find it nearly impossible.
"IT BURNS!"
Suddenly all the people turn and face the forest as an old woman with wild white hair emerges from the forest. Vanessa--go. Quietly, Vanessa slips out of the pot and transforms into Aoi, who had disappeared among the crowd. Sliding carefully up to the man with the shotgun, she holds out her hand expectantly and he places the gun in her hand, smiling. At the same time, Olivia takes control of one of the men with the stun guns and makes him toss it into the forest. Nissi fazes through the pot and takes out another stun gun, while Carinne uses sheer will power to take out one of the pistols. It goes flying and the man has no idea where. Now they are all gone, save one. Aoi's. The girls look at Meagan expectantly, who frowns. Why me...? Getting out, she slides through the crowd slowly, searching for the small leader with the last pistol. She finds him now at the front, talking with the woman in his rapid, mysterious language. There's nothing else for Meagan to do but charge him directly, and hope to take the gun out quick. Back in the pot, the other Destinies are waiting for the opportunity to jump out and strike.
In a flash of white Meagan lunges at Aoi and grabs the pistol, trying to wrestle it from his grasp. With wild shouts of joy the others jump from the pot and rush at Aoi, piling on him while Meagan finally manages to take the pistol and toss it.
"We're out of here suckers!"
They latch onto Meagan, who only shakes them off. "I can't teleport, remember? We're gonna..."
"...Have to..."
"...Jump."
They look at the cliff before them, and the water below. Doubt fills them and they all wish there were another way...but there isn't. Turning, the girls run and jump just as the other people come at them with spears. The wind rushes past them, filling their ears with a loud screechy sound. They pick up speed and hit the water with such a crash that the large wave that they create carries them out to see, leaving them to float there in exhaustion.
"We did it!" Nissi waves her arms happily. "We are alive!"
"But we're stuck out here in the ocean with no way to reach land," Olivia sighs.
"I wouldn't say that," Carinne points to the sky.
There, above them, Botan floats on her oar. "I got worried when you guys didn't come back before nightfall. Grab my oar and hold on!"
Doing as instructed the girls grab hold of the oar and hold onto each other as they begin to rise out of the water and into the sky. High enough so that they can't be seen, Botan begins to fly as fast as she can, until the blinking lights of their city come into view. So happy to see it, the Destinies begin to squirm...
...and are very soon falling towards the ground. Botan hovers above them, shaking her head. It is apparent she's not going to catch them.
"I warned you!"
"Materialize your cloud Olivia!"
"I can't; I'm drained!"
"We're going to fall!"
"At least we'll fall on the mansion!"
"We're going to fall through my roof!" Vanessa shouts. "Heck no!"
In mid-air she pushes her friends over so that they are hanging over Meagan's roof. Then she changes once more into a bird and flutters softly to the ground, laughing maniaclly.
"We're not going to fall on my roof!" Meagan shouts, shoving the others again before teleporting. "Well, well--I can teleport again."
"Meagan!"
Now they are hanging over Nissi's roof, and Nissi does the same thing, shoving Olivia and Carinne before attaching her feet to the air and pushing off to catch hold of a tree. Olivia and Carinne swear, unhappy at their predicament. Being psychic, they have no power that could save them from this save for Olivia's cloud, which is currently un-usable. Carinne looks at Olivia with a weird expression on her face.
"You're not going to shove me and then use your cloud power, are you?"
"I would if I could but I'm afraid we're just going to have to crash."
"Then will you take the hit?"
"EH!"
"You know you can't resist," Carinne taunts as she grabs Olivia's shoulders and situates herself so that she will not take any hit of the roof. "You're always too nice to your friends."
"...I hate you, but you're right. You owe me, though."
"Thanks."
They come closer to the roof, Olivia crashing through it with a lot of force as she hits. But before the two can go crashing through the floor, they are caught. By...
"Hiei! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" Olivia latches onto the said fire demon, completely drained and looking for revenge. Yusuke wanders into the room and pats her on the back, causing her to collapse. The others, in their rooms, do the same. Breathing heavily, the lay on the ground and try to revive themselves, the events of the past few hours running through their heads. Never again, they all think.
"Sleep..." they slip into unconsciousness.
Yusuke and the others stand in the hallway smirking and glad they didn't come.
Phew, done. . Wow that was pretty long. But I had inspiration to do it so now all I gotta do is make the Internet work enough to post it. Alright, I'm going to work on that. See you next chapter, readers. Don't forget to review! Ja!
