Yae and Sasuke emerged from below the water's surface. As it turned out, going underwater hadn't done much to help them get away from the giant turtle.

Though Yae felt no discomfort from switching rapidly between being above and below the water's surface, Sasuke found himself unable to even speak most of the time. He would empty his mouth out upon coming back up, but Yae would dive again unexpectedly before he had a chance to beg her to stop.

This time, though, Yae was the first one to speak. "Hold on just a little longer, Sasuke. We're almost there."

Sasuke spit up a large amount of sea water before replying. "Good. I don't even know how I survived this long."

"Uh-oh...Looks like it's getting shallower a lot quicker than I--Oof!" Yae crashed right into a sand bank, and both she and Sasuke were sent tumbling onto the shore.

"Wow..." Sasuke said as he shook his head, trying to get all the gears and other mechanisms in there back in place. He looked around and quickly noticed Yae, who had apparently traded her tail and seashell bra for legs and her normal gi sometime during her tumble, lying face down in the sand. "Miss Yae! Are you all right?"

"Unn...Y-Yeah, I think so..." Yae slowly raised herself up and rubbed her head. Suddenly, there was a deafening screech, causing her and Sasuke to turn back towards the ocean. "Aah!" Still sitting on the sand, she pushed herself back, narrowly avoiding the giant curved beak of their foe as it came crashing down to the ground. "Let's get out of here, Sasuke!" Yae ran away from the shore and in the direction of the nearby forest, making sure to pick Sasuke up along the way.

--

Omitsu sat with her back to Goemon, who had finally managed to calm down enough to fall asleep. She even found herself looking back every once in a while to check on him, but would rebuke herself every time for staring. Growing tired of just sitting there before too long, she decided to get up and polish off her newfound fighting skills.

The waitress swung her weapon, her prized frying pan, methodically and quietly, making sure not to venture too far from Goemon. She brought the pan down in an overhead swing and pointed it at her nonexistent foe with the most threatening expression she could muster. She giggled as she brought it back to her side. "This is fun. I can't believe I've been missing out on this for so long."

Suddenly, there were sounds of rustling leaves and cracking twigs somewhere in the dense forest. Omitsu turned towards the noise and readied her weapon. "All right, bring it on!" The sounds continued at the same rate, but grew louder. "Wow, whatever it is, it's not trying too hard to stay quiet, is it?" She began to grow frightened. Whatever was coming her way, it was clearly very big and didn't care about trying to move through the forest unnoticed.

Omitsu watched the trees in front of her intently. She took several steps back, tripping over Goemon as she did so. They both groaned simultaneously.

"What the heck was that about?" Goemon asked. "And what's with all the racket?"

Omitsu sat up just enough to see Sasuke and Yae emerge from the forest, breathless and covered with leaves. "Huh? Sasuke?"

"Yae?"

"Goemon?"

"Sasuke?"

"Yae?"

"Omitsu?"

"Sasuke?"

"Omitsu? Oh, wait, you're right here..."

Yae blinked as she briefly studied her two friends. It looked as if Omitsu had tried to sit on top of Goemon, but had missed completely and instead used his back as a support for her knees. "Listen, I don't know what you two were just doing here, and frankly I don't care," she said quickly. "We've gotta keep moving."

"Whoa, whoa, slow down, Yae. O-Omitsu will you get off of me, please? Thanks. Anyway, what are you so exci--"

There was a loud roar as several trees were suddenly ripped up by their roots and tossed like rag dolls. "That's what," Yae replied, already guessing what Goemon was going to say next. "And it looks like we've got no choice now."

The earth shook with every crashing step it took. More trees were thrown aside, until the giant turtle came into view. It let out a high-pitched screech when it noticed the four people standing in front of it.

"Wow, he actually seems smaller now," Yae observed. Indeed, what had seemed such a mighty behemoth in the open ocean wasn't even as tall as most of the trees in the forest. "Slower, too. Maybe this'll be easier than I thought."

But Yae had spoken too soon. Though its steps had slowed, the robot's attack movements were still incredibly fast. It swooped its head down, snatched Yae up in its mouth, and tilted its head back, sending the surprised kunoichi down its mechanical gullet.