Beware of what you play
Jumanji
A game for those who seek to find, a way to leave their world behind. You roll the dice to move your token, doubles gets another turn, the first player to reach the end wins.
Adventurers beware; do not begin, unless you intend to finish. The exciting consequences of the game, will vanish only when a player has reached Jumanji and called out its name…
Thanks for all the reviews people. Sorry if I didn't reply your review, my internet speed has given me hell, though I suppose those in Taiwan are in a much worse state than I am, so can't complaint... Here's the third chapter for this story. Happy new year, hope you guys have your new year resolutions ready, and don't forget to stick to them!
Disclaimer: if I owned Jumanji, I'll never stop playing, because there are a few things I want to correct in this world, you know, add a few elephants to clear schools and lever the ground or something. Also if Naruto cast belonged to me, I would have replaced Sakura with someone more powerful, and made sushi out of Kisame. Muhahahaha!!!!
Chapter 3: Fight or Flight
"Do not doubt about where he's been, take a break and he will win..."
Kiba read the words off the board and looked up.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Naruto asked.
"Take a break and he will win…" Chouji recited. "Take a break and he will… ARGH!!!!!!!!!"
"ARGH!!!!!" Suddenly Chouji started to shout. "ARGH!!!!!"
"What! What!" Shikamaru shook his pal's shoulders, trying to get his attention. Then in the midst of shouting, Chouji raised a finger and pointed ahead. Everyone turned to the direction pointed and saw for himself what was the horror.
Right there, standing not far away from them, was a cat…
A yellow cat…
A big yellow cat…
A big yellow cat with two razor sharp teeth…
"Grrrr…" The cat growled as it approached…
"Ah… Ah… ARGH!!!!!!" Naruto shouted. "RUN!!!!!"
Then one by one they scrambled onto their feet and ran.
"Wait, the game!" Shikamaru burst out after two steps. He turned back and quickly folded the game and tucked it under his arms before turning to escape.
"GRAAAAA!!!!!"
The cat leaped into action as the ninjas took flight.
"ARGH!" Naruto screamed as he ran from the rooftop and leaped to the nearest building. Then he turned around to see his friends landing beside him. His eyes sought the beastly cat.
"There!" Kiba pointed over to the rooftop that they had just vacated. There was the cat, standing at the edge, growling at them.
"HA HA! The big stupid cat can't get across!!!" Naruto started to laugh. Then he made a face at the cat, by sticking his tongue and pulling down one of his eyelids.
"AHAHA!!! BIG STUPID CAT CAN'T JUMP ACROSS!!!" Naruto started to shout.
The others watched quietly by one side, their minds are in dilemma, of whether to tell him to stop or else he'll provoke it further, or…
"GRAAAA!!!!!!" The cat gave the loudest roar so far and stepped backwards.
"Huh?" Naruto stopped laughing and watched.
Then out of a sudden, the cat ran at full speed and leaped across the gap between the building…
"Har?" Naruto stared blankly at the leaping cat…
"RUN!!!!" Kiba shouted as he and the others turned and ran leaving Naruto stunned at the spot.
"NARUTO!!!!" Kiba turned and called out to his immobilized friend.
"ARGH!!!!!!" Naruto screamed and shut his eyes as the cat bared its fangs, ready to take a mouthful of him…
……………
"Eh?" Naruto opened his eyes and saw…
"ARGH!!!!!!" the cat.
"Idiot!" Kiba's voice sounded in the midst of roars and screams. Naruto looked up and saw himself hanging in his jumper, the collar being grabbed by his friend.
"Kiba…" Naruto uttered. He saw that his surroundings are no longer buildings and concrete, but trees and leaves. They have entered the forest. Well, now with all the innocent people out of the way, it's time to hold nothing back.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto cried. Then beside him, another Naruto appeared.
"Huh?" Taken aback by such a sudden movement, Kiba let go of Naruto's collar…
Naruto, who didn't have any preparation and something to step on the moment before, fell…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……………"
crash…
Naruto landed onto the forest floor flat faced down…
His shadow copy and his friends were momentarily bewildered, that includes the cat…
"Oops… Sorry!" Kiba called out.
"Ouch… thanks a lot…" Naruto mumbled as he staggered onto his feet. His shadow copy then leaped down to join him. And after a while…
"GRAAA!!!!" The cat leaped at Kiba, who was unprepared due to the hilarious sight of Naruto falling to the ground.
"RASENGAN!"
A bright blue ball of chakra crashed head on with the cat, blasting it several ten thousand feet away from their position.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…………………"
The ninjas watched and listened as the sound of it's growl getting softer and softer and the big cat gets smaller and smaller and disappears finally as a dot in the sky.
Kiba leaped down and patted Naruto on his back.
"Thanks pal!"
"Hehe!" Naruto held up a thumbs-up for him.
"Sigh, so troublesome…" Shikamaru muttered as he landed beside them, followed by Chouji. Then from under his arm, he produced Jumanji and held it out for them. "The sooner we play, the sooner we can finish it."
"Ok," Naruto agreed. "Uh, whose turn is it?"
Chouji and Shikamaru looked at each other. Chouji then looked down at the board in Shikamaru's hands, then up at him.
"Oh…" Shikamaru groaned and set the board down on the ground. He opened the board. Naruto took the elephant token, Kiba's crocodile token had already moved. What are left now are the white rhino and the black monkey…
"Here goes nothing…" Shikamaru picked up the dices and dropped it in the board and the others bended down to see the show. Two fours. "Darn… doubles…" It'll mean he gets another turn.
The black monkey token advanced eight spaces…
The smoke in the glass starts to stir…
"Run away while you have the chance, or else you'll fall into its trance."
"Trance?" Naruto asked.
Then they heard a rustling in the canopy. The rustling became harder and harder, and it seems to be circling them from above.
"I don't like the sound of that…" Kiba said, turning around furiously trying to locate the cause of rustling.
Then from the midst of rustling they heard a steady and rhythmic drumming.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
"What is that?" Shikamaru asked. The drumming went faster and faster, louder and louder. Everyone backed against each other as the drumming started to surround them.
"Should have ran away like what it said huh?" Kiba said sarcastically.
Then out of a sudden, Shikamaru started walking towards the drumming.
"Oy!" Naruto cried, trying to get his attention, but Shikamaru started walking faster, eventually breaking into a run.
"What's got into him?" Chouji asked. Then when Shikamaru disappeared from sight, the drumming stopped.
"Uh-oh…" Kiba muttered. "I think he's fell for the trance…"
Naruto stared blankly at the direction Shikamaru had disappeared.
"We got to go after him!" Chouji started, throwing a packet of empty chips on the ground and headed in that direction.
"Hey wait!" Naruto cried and ran after him. Kiba picked up the board and started running, with Akamaru on his head.
They ran in the woods for a while but there was no sign of Shikamaru. He couldn't have gotten far with his in-trance-walking-speed.
"All right, give me a moment." Kiba said, stopping to shift the board's position. He held up his nose and sniffed. His little white furry buddy did the same. "Straight ahead. Looks like he was caught…"
"Caught?" Naruto and Chouji said together.
"By who?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know, doesn't smell like ninjas to me…" Kiba said in a rather low voice. Something it his tone told the other two friends that trouble is ahead of them… "Let's go."
They ran for another few minutes before they heard another set of drumming.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
"We're getting close!" Kiba shouted. They continue to run, and then they reached somewhere they have never seen in their lives. They are no longer in a forest with giant trees, but in a jungle with shorter trees, big palm leaves and plants they have never seen before. And then among the big palm leaves, there are shadows and silhouettes, dancing and prancing along with the drumming.
The ninjas looked at each other and then disappeared into the canopy. And when they looked down, they saw for themselves the fate that awaits Shikamaru when he rolled the dices…
How's this? Sorry if my humor for this chapter is someone lousy, it's kind of hard to actually do that though... hehe. anyway, review me to tell me how it is ok? trying my utmost best to update soon. once again, thanks for those who reviewed me!
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