There was no way to outrun it. The dinosaur was way too fast, and many of the Sohmas were slowing down.
"H-Hatori-San!" Momiji yelled, panting. Hatori turned behind him and saw the blonde.
"Hatori-San, talk to it! Talk to the dinosaur!" Momiji was close to wheezing now.
"Why the hell would he do that?!!" Kyo yelled, also breathing heavily.
"He's the dragon! That's the closest thing to a dinosaur, isn't it?!" Momiji and Yuki were both wheezing now.
"The curse was broken almost 5 years ago, remember? It won't make a difference!" Hatori shouted, trying to maintain his breathing.
"Besides, he's a seahorse anyway!" Shigure said with a smile, despite all this chaos.
"Shut up!" Hatori said. "Momiji, it won't make a difference!" He yelled again.
"You got a better idea? Just try it!" Haru yelled, on the verge of his Black Side. Rin was running beside him, but she groaned, clutching her stomach as she fell to the floor. Haru knelt next to her as Rin wheezed, leaning against him. Right behind them, however, was the skeleton of the tyrannosaurus rex…
"HATORI, DO SOMETHING!" Half the room screamed as Hatori jumped in front of Haru and Rin. The dinosaur stopped, lowering its head to Hatori's eye level. Rin and Haru stared at Hatori, both still panting, but Hatori showing no fear. Everyone held their breath as the dinosaur dropped one of its own bones in front of Hatori. It started acting like a puppy as the whole room said…
"WHAT THE HELL?"
Hatori knelt down and picked up the bone. He threw it away from the group as the huge dinosaur chased after it. Hatori walked back to the silent group, muttering, "I'm too old for this…" Haru and Rin followed him.
Everyone gave a sigh of relief though, seeming to relax as if there wasn't a care in the world. Everything seemed to be ok…
Until they heard a roar upstairs…
"Oh no…what now?" All minds thought together. There was silence, until a small voice broke it.
"It's the lions…" Kisa said, eyes fearful. Haru stood next to her, gazing up the stairs with worried eyes.
"Wait…how would Kisa know that?" Kagura asked the stunned group, also staring up the marble stairs. No one could take their eyes off it.
"Kisa's the closest thing to a lion…She's the Tiger…" Momiji said, now staring at Tohru.
"B-but Momiji-Kun, the curse was broken…" She said softly. Momiji shook his head slightly.
"There's something here, because…" He walked over to Tohru, giving her a hug. In a puff of yellow smoke, there was Momiji…
As a small yellow rabbit…
"Because, when we're here, our curse is back…" the room was silent. Everyone was staring at Tohru and Momiji…until they heard a louder roar.
The lions had come down the stairs and were now face to face with Kureno (who had been at the head of the group while they were running). Everyone stared in shock as Kureno gulped. He knew the lions were thinking, "Mmmm…Chicken…"
The lions then moved their gaze to the rabbit and Tohru, licking their lips. Haru saw this, and took a step toward the two as the lions growled, moving at him.
"Haru don't!" Kisa whispered, standing between him and the lions. "The lions will eat you and most everyone else…" She took a step toward the lions. "Except, they won't eat me…" Kisa gulped, and stared at the lions as they gazed back. It was now a staring contest between the young Tiger and the hungry lions.
The room was silent except for the breathing of the big cats. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the lions headed back up the stairs. A sigh of relief echoed throughout the building, but that wasn't the only sound now… the whole museum seemed abuzz with commotion, from upstairs and downstairs. Everyone looked around, as Haru pointed up the stairs.
A giant Wooly Mammoth was trumpeting at the top of the stairs. Everyone was staring wide-eyed at it. No one even averted their gaze from it as Momiji turned back to his human form…
"What the hell is going on here?" Hatori mumbled as everyone shook their head, unsure what was going on themselves. The noises and commotion continued, but Yuki cleared his throat.
"I-I should go lock up the lions, you know…In case they decide to come back down the stairs…" He was still eyeing the creatures and human statues wandering about. "K-Kisa, can you come with me in case the lions decide to eat me?" She nodded.
"Then I'm going too." Hiro said as he stood by Kisa.
"Me too." Haru said as Rin stood next to him nodding. She was obviously coming too.
"O-Ok… anyone else coming?" Yuki asked as the whole group raised their hands.
"Besides, if we stay together, it's safer…" Kagura said as half the group nodded.
"And we should figure out why the Curse is back…" Tohru said as the entire group nodded and muttered words of approval.
"Ok…Well, shall we be off?" Yuki said as the group nodded. Kyo walked over to Yuki.
"I have keys too, ya know…I'm standing with you…" Yuki smirked at him.
"Really? Or is it that you just don't want me to be the Hero the whole night?" Kyo looked at the ground, muttering a 'Shut up.'
"That's what I thought…" Yuki smiled, turning to the group. "Ok, off we go! To the hall of African Mammals!"
Hey, it's Oki again! Claps and appreciation to all my reviewers! Thank you for taking the time to review! Well, once again, if anyone wants a certain event to happen in this story, just put that in a review! I'm so happy that people are enjoying my story!
-Oki