Edit: 3/2021
Chapter 7: Lousy Adventure
~*~Eriol POV~*~
Yamazaki and some guy with a cap walk in front of me inside the dark cave I found. Yamazaki, who couldn't stop trembling, held a stick for defense.
"Yamazaki, I never knew you were such a scary cat," I said as I laughed out loud.
Yamazaki glanced back at me, giving me a glare. "Well, I'm not the one who's using their teammate as their shield," he pointed out. Damn it, how did he know?
"I'm not using you as a shield. You're just walking too fast," I stated.
"I'm not walking fast! You're walking too SLOW!" he shouted.
I rolled my eyes, annoyed. "Yeah, yeah-LOOK! There's a huge bear in front of you!" I yelled as I pointed at nothing. Yamazaki took my bait and ran behind the guy with the cap.
"AHAHAHAHA!" I laughed as I held my stomach.
"ERIOL! You're asking for it!" hollered Yamazaki as he swung his stick at me. I dodge every one of his attack.
"STOP IT!" the guy in the cap finally shouted out. Yamazaki and I froze and looked over to him.
"Can you guys get serious? We have to look for the treasure," he said.
"He started it," I said as I blamed it on Yamazaki.
"Did not!" hollered Yamazaki. We resume walking along the deep dark cave.
"Are you sure the treasure is in here?" asked the guy in the cap.
"Look, I know how to find my treasure," I said, rudely.
"Oh really? Then how come we been walking in here for two hours and found nothing!" he stated. I can tell he was getting irritated.
"He got a point Eriol" Yamazaki blurted out. I glared at the guy in the cap. Does he want to pick a fight with me?
"Ok, let's make a bet," I said.
"If we find the treasure in here then I win. If we don't then you win," I said as I grinned.
"Deal," he said without second thought. Dude, you're messing with the wrong person.
"The loser will grant one wish for the winner," I added, evilly.
"Fine by me," he said as he smirked.
"By the way teammate, what's your name?" asked Yamazaki.
"To...Tom!" he said.
"Tom? Are you a foreigner?" I asked.
"It's my nick name," he said.
"Yeah, whatever."
It took us another half hour to walk in this gloomy cave. Damn how much longer do we have to walk? Don't tell me I was wrong? What if I lose the bet? NO! I can't lose! My ten thousand needs me! Then a minute later, there was a bright light in front of us.
"Look Eriol, over there!" said Yamazaki as he pointed at a glowing box. Bingo!
We all ran up to the glowing box and opened it up. There we found a small wolf figure statue.
"WE FOUND IT!" hollered Yamazaki as he jumped up and down.
"It's cute!" commented Tom. Both Yamazaki and I looked over at Tom, oddly.
"Cute?" questioned Yamazaki
"I mean, COOL!" corrected Tom.
"I guess this means I won," I said as I grinned evilly.
Tom looked startled. "Wait a minute, how would you know this is the treasure?" he asked.
"It was in the treasure box," stated Yamazaki. I then looked at the statue and realized something was wrong with it. I grabbed the statue from Yamazaki and observed it closely.
"Damn it, it's a fake," I said, disappointed.
"WHAT!" yelled Yamazaki. I looked around the dark cave, suspiciously. Then I noticed small red flashing lights. I smirked as I finally realized we were being watched.
"Does it matter? This entire forest is a fake," pointed out Tom.
"I don't know, but I think we should get going," I said.
"Look Eriol, there's lights ahead of us. Think it's an exit?" said Yamazaki
"Wow Yamazaki, I never thought you'll be so useful," I teased.
"Let's have a race! Whoever runs out of this cave first will do anything the winners say!" said Yamazaki. What was he getting excited about?
"Ready? Set! GO!" I watched Yamazaki dashed through the cave.
"Aren't you going?" asked Tom.
"Why should I? Plus, I never agree to have a race with him," I said. We walked silently along the cave. Damn, maybe I should have run. It feels weird walking with a person I just met. Maybe I should say something.
"So…. Do you have a pet?" I finally asked.
"Yep, a dog," he answered shortly.
"Do you?" he asked back.
"Nope," I answered.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want one," I stated.
"You should get one. They're so cute!" said Tom. What kind of guy was he, saying the word 'cute' so easily?
"I have a friend who owns a baby wolf. You got to see it, he's so cute!" There he goes again, saying the word cute. Wait a minute, baby wolf?
"Baby wolf?" I retorted.
"Yep, he's name is Little Wolf," said Tom. How come I knew it will be him? Does this mean this guy know Sakura? I looked over to Tom. I couldn't really see his face because of his cap.
"AHHH!" shouted Tom as he tripped over and fell into the ground. Then suddenly the wall beside me opened up. Could this be a secret passageway? I slowly walked pass the wall and realized we were no longer in a cave, but back in the forest.
"Right on, we found a short cut," I said. Tom stood beside me.
"Should we get Yamazaki?" he asked.
"Leave him, we'll eventually meet him anyway," I said as I started to walked into the forest. There was something different about this forest. It seemed darker, bigger, and it actually looked real!
ROAR! I heard an animal cry. Wait a minute, there's animals here?
"D-Did you hear that?" I heard Tom say. I looked over to him and realized he was clinging onto my shirt.
"Yeah, but could you let-"
ROARRR! The cry became louder. This time Tom was holding onto my right arm.
"I think it's coming toward us," his voice was trembling.
"Relax, it can't be real. Even if it was real, you got to face it like a man…" I froze when I saw a huge brown bear in front of us.
"R-R-RUN!" I hollered as I started running.
"But you said to face it like a man," Tom reminded me.
"I'll be DEAD if I do that!" I stated as I continued to run. I can't die now. Not until I get my ten thousand dollars! BAM! While running in my rapid speed, I bumped into something hard.
"Eriol?" I looked up to see who called me.
"Syaoran, what are you doing here?" Syaoran was in the same position as me. We both rubbed our painful head.
"My partner and I ran into this bear," he explained.
"Same here," I said as I got up from the ground. I looked around and realized Tom wasn't anywhere near me.
"MY PARTNER!" hollered Syaoran.
"He was right behind me!" said Syaoran, terrified.
"My partner is missing too," I said.
"You don't think they got EATEN!" said Syaoran as he panicked.
"Clam down. I'm pretty sure they're alright."
"AHHHH!" We both heard someone scream.
"We got to save them!" said Syaoran as he began to run. I ran beside him. Could that be Tom? No, he wouldn't scream like a girl. On second thought, I think he would. We ran out of the forest and straight toward the cliff of the waterfall. There I saw a guy with black hair standing at the edge of the cliff as the bear stood in front of him. I sighed in relief that he wasn't Tom.
"Eriol, distract the bear and I'll save my partner," said Syaoran.
"No way, I'll save your partner and you distract the bear," I began to argued. There was no way I'm dealing with that huge bear.
"You owe me one for using me as bait," he had to remind me.
"Fine, hurry up," I said in defeat. I grabbed the rock from the ground and aim at the bear. I threw the rock clumsily toward the bear. But instead of hitting the bear, it hit Syaoran big head.
"Opps! Sorry Syaoran!" I apologized before he yelled at me. I grabbed another rock and threw it again. Damn, why am I keep missing. I reached down for more rocks and threw them continuously. Finally, one of my rocks hit the bear. The bear angry eyes met mine. Then a second later, the bear ran after me.
"Hurry up Syaoran!" I hollered as I ran around. I glanced back at the angry bear. He lifted his claw high up and slashed at me. I jumped as I dodge the bear attack.
"Syaoran DUCK!" I hollered as I ran toward Syaoran and his partner. As soon as I reached them, I quickly duck, letting the bear jumped over us. As I expected the bear jumped into the waterfall.
"Syaoran!" I heard his partner call out. I looked up and realized his partner was falling with the bear. Syaoran, who ducked with me, quickly stood up and grabbed his…..hair?! I watched his partner fall down the waterfall.
"Eriol, I pulled out his HAIR!" hollered Syaoran, terrified. How dense can he be?
"I think it's a wig Syaoran," I explained.
"A wig?" he questioned, confused. I looked down the long waterfall. Syaoran suddenly grabbed my arm and jumped into the waterfall.
"I'm going to save him!" said Syaoran.
"Why are you bringing me along?!" I hollered, angrily. SPLASH! I held my breath as the water controlled my body. Drifting deeper into the water, I noticed Syaoran floating around with his partner. What was he thinking? Why did he jump if he can't swim? I quickly swam toward them, grabbed them, and pulled them out of the water.
"Baka! If you can't swim then don't jump!" I yelled out. Syaoran cough out some water.
"Look Eriol, I found something" said Syaoran as he held up the same wolf statue my teammate found. But somehow it looked different from the one we found.
"My wig!" I looked over at Syaoran's partner. Instead of being bald, he had short chocolate color hair. Somehow, he looked really familiar.
"Sa-Sakura!" said Syaoran, shocked. I looked back at him, no wait her.
"Oh great…." I heard her mumbled. Now I'm really confused. I looked over at Syaoran, who had his mouth wide opened. What was he drooling at? I then looked at Sakura and noticed her pink bra through her wet shirt.
BAM! I smacked Syaoran head. "Stop looking you idiot," I said as I quickly looked away from Sakura. Crap, why am I blushing?
"Sakura?" called out Tom. When did he get here? I watched Tom ran toward Sakura. So, they do know each other.
"I was so worried about you! Are you alright?" asked Tom.
"Where did you go Tom? I thought the bear got you," I said, unknowingly. Damn, why should I care if the bear got him?
Tom looked over to me. "Were you worried about me?" he asked, sincerely.
I stood silent for a moment. "You wish," I reply as I looked away. Why would I be worried about a guy?
"I went to get some help," said Tom.
Tom observed Sakura wet hair and her wet shirt. "Sakura your wig! And your shirt!" stated Tom, surprised.
Sakura looked down at her shirt and quickly covered herself. She then glared evilly at Syaoran. "No wonder you were staring at me with those huge wacko eyes!" stated Sakura, angrily.
"I wasn't staring at you! I was staring at your bra" Syaoran honestly said. What an idiot.
"Wha-What did you just say?!" hollered Sakura
"I said that I was staring at your…..Shit…."
Sakura took off her shoes and throw them at Syaoran. Syaoran quickly dodged them easily. "I'm sorry Sakura! I didn't mean to say it out loud?" admitted Syaoran.
"Does that mean you were planning to keep it to yourself?!" asked Sakura, angrily.
"Yes…I mean NO!" said Syaoran as he blocked Sakura's attack. If Syaoran keep this up, he'll never win Sakura's heart.
"Are you guys alright?!" said a guy with silver hair. He ran over to Sakura and Tom.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?" he asked. I observed his round glasses that hid his dark green eyes. Have I met him before?
"Yukito….." I watched Sakura blush bright red.
Syaoran walked beside me. "Eriol, I don't feel well," said Syaoran as he looked pale.
"What's wrong Syaoran?" I asked. He answered my questioned as he pointed at Sakura and that guy. I get it. So that was Sakura's crush. Bad news, he can't transform here where cameras are hidden everywhere. I got to take him away from this place.
"ERIOL!" I heard a familiar voice called me. I looked ahead of me where I saw Yamazaki running toward me.
"Yamazaki, what took you so long?" I asked, playfully.
"Why did you left me?!" he said, angrily.
"You ran off on your own," I reminded him.
"You don't know how long I waited outside the cave! I wanted to say your defeat!" he said angrily.
"I never agree to race you Yamazaki. Beside even if I did, I would have won because Tom and I found a short cut," I said proudly. Yamazaki dropped into his knee, terrified to his lose.
"Eriol…." Syaoran voice sounded painful. Then I noticed his amber tail popped out of his pants.
"Crap, we got to get out of here," I said. I suddenly froze when I saw two huge bears and Kaho standing in front of me.
"No need to be afraid. These bears are harmless," she said. I could tell one of the bears was still giving me a death glare.
"So Kaho, did you catch up?" asked Yukito.
"Yep! I never knew so many things happened while I was taking my nap!" said Kaho. I knew someone was watching over us. But why?!
"It was brave of you to disguise as a guy Sakura" said Kaho as she smiled.
"But I have to say you're disqualified. And the other two members of your team ran off crying after they saw my pet bears. So that will leave only four guys left. And since I just found out that I don't have much time left. I'll announce the winner right now!" she said. Why the sudden change of plan?! I glanced over to Syaoran, where I saw his ears transform into small hairy wolf ears. I quickly stood in front of Syaoran, hiding his body.
"Syaoran, are you ok?" I whispered to him.
"I can't hold it much longer Eriol," said Syaoran painfully. Yamazaki was kneeling in front of me, patiently waiting for Kaho to announce the winner. Sakura, Yukito, and Tom were standing far right from me. Syaoran, who already began to transform, stood aching behind me. If I don't take Syaoran out of here soon, they'll all find out his secret. But if I move from this spot then they'll all see Syaoran tail and his wolf ears! Damn it, what should I do?
"And the winner is…"