Disclaimer: Camembert!
A/N: at last, a cameo! I finally put someone's OC in! Don't worry though, if you wanted yours in and have asked then they'll be appearing in the next chapter!
Thank youuuuuuus:
Twister91: Onyx, I know you get drunk! A certain little birdie has told me so AND shown me pictures of said event!
Love-writer: Lol! Glad you liked it! Hope you find the rest just as good!
Tiger Priestess: Sprx: Hey I would know! I've had loads of ladies in my time! smirks the ladies luuurv the Sprx-man!
Onyx felt the alcohol slip out of his mind with every step as they ran back to where he and Ichi made camp,
'How could I have been so stupid?' his mind kept bouncing this question around as he, Ryou, Caitlyn, Otogi and Chiro all rushed through the leaves. Suddenly Onyx skidded to a halt, causing the others to pile into the back of him and fall over.
"Whatcha stop for?" snapped Caitlyn, who was squashed under Chiro and Otogi, but a metallic hand shot up and covered her mouth. Onyx gave her a look which said 'Shut the hell up!' and Caitlyn proceeded to do so.
She then saw why when she looked in front, and was greeted by an entire wall of purple! Caitlyn gazed at the purple, drooling slightly,
"Purple" she mumbled, getting up in a zombie-like way and walking towards the purple.
"Cait-chan! Stop!" hissed Ryou urgently but still trying to keep his voice down. However, Cait was far from being able to stop as the wall of purple mesmerised her further and she finally came up to it. She spread out her arms wide and hugged as much of the purple wall as she could,
"Puuuuuuurple" she droned, smiling as she rubbed her cheek along it. Suddenly the wall moved and started to turn. Cait blinked "Purple?" she said, looking at the wall and she paled.
What had previously been thought to be a wall, turned out to be a huge purple iguana! It loomed over them; making the shorter members feel even shorter and even making Onyx step back a little,
"N-now what?" asked Otogi nervously, looking unsure of the giant reptile. Onyx then noticed that the iguana was sitting on his and Ichi's camp and his eyes narrowed,
"Now... we beat the crud out of this thing and find out what it's done with Ichi!" he growled, claws extending from his hands and glowing a dark blue. Ryou nodded and pulled out his samurai swords, getting into a defensive position and Chiro powered up a Chiro Spearo attack. Otogi quickly pried Caitlyn off the iguana's side and they stood back to watch.
There was a deathly silence as the three males stared down the colossal giant. Onyx flexed his claws slightly, Ryou tightened his grip on his swords and Chiro readied himself to jump in at any second.
And suddenly the fight began! The three boys launched themselves at the iguana, each hollering a war cry and holding their weapons ready. The iguana blinked and knocked them all away with one flick of its tail, making them land in a nearby mud puddle.
Onyx got up, wiping mud from his face and looking pretty angry,
"Again!" he roared and was about to jump on the creature again.
"What the heck's going on!" cried a voice and the boys screeched to a halt. They looked around for the sound of the voice.
Suddenly Ryou spotted another monkey on top of the large iguana, which seemed to be looking down on them with disdain now, and Ryou could see it was an army green monkey with red eyes. Then he spotted what the monkey was holding,
"It's got Ichi!" cried Ryou, and that was enough for Onyx who promptly flew at the monkey and collided with it. The pair rolled down the iguana and landed in the mud again,
"What were you doing to Ichigo, pervert!" demanded Onyx, claws raised, ready to rip out this stranger's throat if he'd so much as thought of Ichigo in the wrong way. The monkey snorted and pushed Onyx off, dusting himself down and picking up Ichigo, who was unconscious,
"I was saving her from becoming a midnight snack for any vulgles around!" the monkey snapped back, glaring and gesturing to the huge clawed birds circling the sky, "unless that is that's what you want to happen to your little girlfriend!" he growled then smirked when he noticed Onyx's blush. "Oh I'm sorry, FUTURE girlfriend!"
"Shut up!" Onyx snapped back, then his shoulders seemed to slump, "she's married" he mumbled. The monkey raised an eyebrow at this revelation and Onyx's reaction,
"Seems like you're not that thrilled about it" the retorting snort seemed to answer that and the monkey's expression softened.
"Well... since it seems we're not enemies, how bout some introductions?" asked Chiro, coming forward and putting out his hand to the monkey.
Soon, the group were all sitting around the camp fire back in Onyx and Ichi's camp, where Ryou and Otogi dragged their and Chiro and Caitlyn's stuff to as well, and were soon swapping stories. The team discovered the monkey's name was Matt and he'd lived on this world was four years now. He'd grown used to the wild weather and had raised his iguana here.
"Wow... where did you get him from?" asked Caitlyn hyperly, pointing to the iguana and hugging it. Everyone else felt sweat accumulate on the back of their heads and Ryou tried to look stern,
"Caitlyn... you can't have one" he said in a tone saved just for Cait, the same tone parents use on children except this was a bit more forceful. Caitlyn then began to complain loudly to Ryou.
Chiro chuckled slightly and told Matt about themselves and the team. Matt seemed interested in it, the whole 'saving the universe' idea appealed to him,
"Bet you get loads of girls asking you out" he grinned, nudging Chiro who blushed.
"Well I uh... that is I uh..." he stammered then chuckled sheepishly. Matt grinned then looked at Otogi, who looked boredly back,
"And what about you, Mr Silent-Type?" Matt asked, causing Otogi to raise an eyebrow,
"What about me, what?" he asked back. Matt slapped his forehead in an exhausted way like his question was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Do you have a little lady hidden away on a planet somewhere?" Matt asked, grinning lewdly at the albino who blushed then glared.
"No, I don't!" he gritted out, already disliking this monkey, "and even if I did I wouldn't introduce her to you!" he added, snorting slightly.
Matt shrugged off the comment and turned to Onyx, who was looking after Ichigo further away from the campfire and seemed very preoccupied in every movement she made in case it meant something bad.
"You sure seem worried about her" remarked Matt, crawling up beside Onyx. Onyx snorted in reply and dabbed Ichigo's forehead with a sponge, Matt couldn't help grinning at Onyx's obvious worry, and "you don't seem the type to fall for a cute girl" came his next remark.
He felt, more than heard, Onyx's growl and his grin widen,
"Then again, maybe you are! Maybe you look at her in her sleep or in the shower" he teased further but suddenly a hand choked his windpipe and prevented any further teasing.
"You mean like you wanna do?" growled Onyx nastily, leaning slightly protectively over Ichigo. Matt grinned more at this action, despite not being able to breathe.
'This guy makes it too easy to annoy him' Matt thought then he noticed Onyx smirking slightly and paled.
The following morning, the team set off, with Ichigo now awake and brought up to speed, along with the newly acquired iguana. Caitlyn bounced along holding the iguana's leash whilst Ryou grumbled disapprovingly,
"Say, where'd that green monkey go?" she asked, looking around, "I wanted to thank him for leaving us his iguana"
Onyx couldn't help grinning,
"Oh I'm sure he's hanging around!" Onyx replied casually, glancing at a cliff edge as they went, where a piece of rope held taut as it went over and down the cliff face and, to anyone who saw from the other side, held a green monkey binded in it at the other end trying desperately to swear angrily behind a gag.
Meanwhile, further up the mountain, Nova was trying as hard as she could to not kill Sprx.
"Y'know Nova, your butt's kinda big, maybe you should train more?" Sprx remarked in an innocent tone, although Nova knew it was anything but innocent. She growled and chanted what had become her mantra on this exercise,
'Do not kill Sprx. Do not kill Sprx. Do not kill Sprx!' she felt a rock the size of Sprx's head crush to powder under her hand.
"Well I think your mouth is too big! Maybe you should train more in keeping it shut!" she snapped back at the red monkey behind her. Sprx grinning lewdly,
"Aw c'mon! I was just giving you some helpful advice!" he replied, trying to sound hurt. Nova felt her patience and mantra wearing thin. She suddenly turned and raised her fist,
"Here's some helpful advice!" she cried, smacking the monkey in the head and sending him down onto a small ledge below with spirals in his eyes. Nova sighed happily at the 'constructive' release of her anger but her happiness didn't last long as she felt a sudden jolt from the mountainside. She looked up and paled when she saw a huge chunk of rock had split from the side of the mountain and was falling towards her. Nova quickly dived out of the way just in time and gasped when she saw the rock heading straight for Sprx.
Sprx sat up slowly, shaking his head to try and rid himself of the ringing in his ears. He then noticed the shadow falling over him and looked up at the giant rock falling fast at him. No time to blast the rock away, he braced himself to be severely squished and… blinked when he was suddenly pulled out of its path.
Sprx watched as the boulder smashed the ledge he'd been on a second before to pieces and kept on barrelling down the mountain into some trees, he shuddered involuntarily at the thought of what might've happened. He turned and was amazed to see that his saviour was Nova and she was now flying with him in her arms back onto the mountainside, he remained in a dumb silence even when she landed and put him down, to check him for injuries. Then he grinned,
"Sheesh! What's a monkey gotta do for a little love; kill himself?" he joked and noticed that Nova gave him a soft look back,
"No, he just has to ask" she replied warmly and Sprx felt butterflies fly up into his stomach at that warm voice. He smiled back and felt a blush spread across his cheeks,
"Heh, I'll keep that in mind" he said and for a few seconds they stared into each other's eyes.
However, time wouldn't stand still forever for the pair and Sprx got up, offering Nova a helping hand which she accepted gratefully and they started up the mountain again.
"Y'know I'm gonna get you back for that big mouth comment" he said jovially, and Nova snorted.
"Dream on, Sparky!" she retorted.
"Do NOT call me that!" he replied angrily,
"You wanna make something for it, Sparky?" and soon bickering was heard echoing up the mountain and the world was in balance again.
Yahoo! Third chapter finished! I can't believe it! Well, review people! Or you'll make Ichi cry!