…. Yes you may scream at me for lack of updates... But I'm gonna get bashed by other people later so think of it that way!! And if you strike me down I'll come back twice as powerful and evil! I think.
"What thee hell is that?!" Sakura gasped, pointing outside the window. It looked like a giant mokona, but it was obviously not.
"I think it's a giant bunny..." Haku said dreamily.
"Gah!! Someone up there seriously hates me!!" Sakura cried.
"Obviously..." Kimimaro drawled..
"Ne, it looks like it's heading this way..." Haku said. An he was right.
"YOU IDIOT!! IT IS HEADING THIS WAY!! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!!!" Sakura screamed grabbing them and running outside in hopes of hiding from the giant bunny mokona thing.
"Muu..." Haku whimpered. "Saku-chan you're stretching my nice clothes.." Haku whined.
"Oh be quiet! We all know you look like someone used you as toilet paper." Sakura shouted and ran.
But outside everyone was already there.
"Gah!! What's going on!!" Umi cried, backing up.
"Ohh... Do we have to hurt him?" Hikaru asked.
"Why is that lighting up?" Kimimaro asked, pointing at the bright jewel on the giant Mokona's forehead.
"I think-" The person who said that was interrupted because the lighting up of the giant mokona's jewel was because it wanted to shoot laser beams everywhere.
BZZZRRR!!! (I have no idea what noises laser beams make)
"What the hell is going on?!" Sakura screamed.
"Something strange... But cute." Haku answered.
Umi and Fuu were beamed out of the way bt Hikaru jumped courageously in front and tried to attack the giant mokona thing... But lost her nerve.
"WWAAH!! I can't hurt it!! It looks too much like mokona!" Hikaru wailed.
"Argh!!" Sakura grabbed her battle axe and jumped and slashed the giant's ear. Making it roar.
"Whee!!" Haku threw several senbon needles that landed on it's eye.
Kimimaro just killed it. Or pretty much diced it's feet.
"That was so bloody..." Umi mumbled.
"How could you say 'wheee' while blinding something?" Sakura asked.
Kimimaro went over and was tying up the giant mokona now. "Do we dispose the body now?" Kimimaro asked.
"What?! No!!!" Sakura cried. "It's not even dead!"
"We hold it for questioning?" Haku asked.
"What?!" Sakura cried.
"When a monster is defeated in Cephiro it usually disintergrates." Fuu said, putting a finger to her chin. "I wonder why this one isn't."
"Maybe we should kill it." Kimimaro said.
"I guess you're right." Sakura said, raising her axe.
"Wait!" A voice somewhere cried. "Don't!!"
Suddenly the jewel opened to reveal a tiny ball of light zooming around. "Don't kill him!! He was only helping me!"
"What the-" Sakura started.
"My name is Clove. And recently there's been something going around that's been making everyone's spiritual sensors scream!" The ball of light cried.
"... Okay, translation?" Umi asked.
"Our spiritual sensors can't take an overload of things. Basically a spiritual sensor is something that senses if something happened or something is askew. And lately they've been going around so much that it's hurting us!" Clove, the ball of light explained.
"This is askew?" Kimimaro asked pointing to the giant mokona.
"No!! The arch is!!" Clove cried.
"Arch?" Hikaru asked.
"What arch?" Fuu asked.
"Did it happen? Who is it? How many people?" Clef asked.
"Hey! Little info?" Sakura asked.
"Arch?.. Where?" Haku asked.
"In the holy cave... The arch is something, a spiritual monument, it holds weapons for legendary warriors and travels to a new world each time it gives the right weapons to the right people. We have it for 1,000 years... And. So far no one has been able to touch a weapon." Clef murmured.
"Wait, now we're gonna have to go and help? Man.." Sakura complained.
"Demo, Saku-chan, I think if we do this we can get outta here." Haku whispered.
"What are you guys talking about?" Clef asked.
"Nothing!!" Sakura said nervously.
"... Okay.." Clef muttered, now he was really interested in what they were talking about.
"Move, move, move!" Sakura hissed in Kimimaro's and Haku's ears.
"Will you give me a hug?" Haku asked.
"Wha- No!!" Sakura growled and dragged him. Kimimaro followed behind.
"Wait! Don't leave Mo behind!!" Clove cried. "He'll get lonely without me!"
"Mo?" Haku asked.
"Yes! That's Mo!" Clove said pointing at the giant Mokona.
"But I don't think we can carry Mo the entire way to the arch." Umi said stoutly.
"Uh... Kimimaro?" Sakura asked.
Kimimaro had tied Mo to his back in no time. But it was sorta weird looking, because Kimimaro was about 10 times smaller than Mo.
When they were finally led to the arch it did look really cool
"Wha... Wow." Everyone murmured together. The arch stood tall and gleaming with thousands of weapons on it, and everyone was slightly hesitant to stand under it because it seemed like any minute a weapon could fall down and hit them. And they were sharp too.
"Huh... This looks scary.." Sakura gulped. "So what are we supposed to do?" She asked.
"Well.. First we need to figure out why Clove's... Sensor thingy is messy, then we need to fix it?" Hikaru asked.
"Okay." Kimimaro said, then he stopped. "How do we do that?"
"Uhh..." Sakura was very confused. How would do that?
"Well, I think I know a way!" Clove said happily.
"Ne, how?" Fuu asked kindly.
"Hold on, all of you stand there." Clove said, ushering them all to one side of the arch.
"Okay, now Mo!" Clove said suddenly, and Mo broke out of Kimimaro's strong ropes and shoved all of them, into the arch, and the weird part was, instead of just hitting it like Sakura had thought (While trying to stop herself from receiving the worst of damages) they went through the arch. Before all of them fell through, they saw a proud smirk from Clove, who was safely perched on Mo.
Then they saw darkness.
No really, they couldn't see anything, not that they got knocked out.
"Owww.. What?" Sakura rubbed her bottom and instinctively checked for injuries.
"Owww..." Something else said. Sakura whirled in that direction.
"Who is it?" Sakura asked, walking to the voice.
"Buu!!!" Mokona squealed, jumping on her face.
"Gah!! OFF!! GET OFF!!!" Sakura shrieked, tugging on the marshmallow.
"Sakura-san?" A quiet voice asked.
"Eh? Wait, you're that girl!" Sakura exclaimed, realizing who it was. "Food? No wait.. Fum.. No... Fuzz.. Hold on... Grr... Okay, what's your name again?" She asked. Sakura was very bad at remembering names.
"Uh, Fuu." Fuu said, brushing herself off. "It appears we are inside the arch.. But.."
"What?" Sakura asked.
"Where's everyone else?" Fuu asked.
With group 2..
"Itai! Huh? What happened?" Hikaru asked, looking around. It was so dark.
"Gah!! Why is it so dark?! It's sorta creepy..." Umi mumbled.
"Where is this?" Kimimaro asked them. But since he snuck up on them, and he had a light in his hand, he looked like a scary monster and freaked them out.
"KYYAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" They screamed, clutching eachother.
Umi suddenly got a hammer and swang it. It hit it's target, and now Kimimaro was on the ground.
"Wait! It's Kimimaro-san." Hikaru exclaimed.
".. Oh. Crap." Umi said.
With group 3..
"Owwweeee.." Haku whined, rubbing his sore back. "That hurt.. Huh? Saku-chan? Kimi-chan?" He asked.
"Dammit.." Clef muttered.
"Eh? Clef-kun?" Haku asked, walking toward him. "What's wrong?"
"I can't believe I never noticed... That stupid Clove, and why would Mo attack us in the first place if it wanted us to help? But now it's too late..." Clef muttered.
"Come to think of it you're right." Haku said, putting a finger to his chin. "Why did Mo-chan push us in here?" He asked.
Clef sat down. He sighed, "Okay. Because.. This was all planned. They never wanted us to help them the way we thought. A Spiritual Sensor usually is quite useful, but, since none of us knew the pain it'd feel to have one go crazy like that, we could never understand how desperate they were to make it stop. So they actually heard about they strangers and were sure you guys were the ones to get the weapons in the arch."
"So why'd they attack us then?" Haku asked.
"They probably thought if you were dead then the spiritual sensors would stop... But.." Clef trailed off.
"They couldn't defeat us so they made up that stupid story so they could lead us here and we wouldn't kill them." Haku finished.
".. Yes.." Clef murmured.
"But what's the bad part about being here?" Haku asked.
"When someone enters... Then, they have to complete three challenges to get a weapon from the arch... But, if they don't finish the challenges... They-"
"Die." Haku said, looking blank.
"But if someone who was never destined to hold one of these weapons enters... Then, they have to get out within in an hour or they'll die automatically... But they can't do a challenge, they can only try to find the exit.." Clef murmured, his hands dropping on his lap.
Haku gasped. He didn't want to die. But not as much as he didn't want Sakura or Kimimaro to either.
"So far there are five people who I know aren't destined for a weapon here. Me and Mokona, because we've lived here for a long time and nothing's ever had to happen between us and the arch. And Umi, Hikaru, and Fuu. They already have weapons.." His voice faltered. "It's impossible to get out of here within an hour.."
"So, so if someone comes in and they're destined to have a weapon do they have a time limit?" Haku asked.
"No.. They can stay here for years, as long as they finish the three challenges." Clef said.
"Saku-chan..." Haku clenched his hands. He knew Sakura didn't need a weapon from here. But what about him and Kimimaro? He didn't know the answer to that.
With Sakura and Fuu...
"Okay, I can't feel my butt." Sakura said.
"Eh? Maybe something happened when you fell." Fuu said.
"I really can't feel it!! I can feel pressure on it, but I can't feel anything else!" Sakura squealed, looking at it to see if it was bleeding. Nope, it was just Mokona.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!! PERVERTED RABBIT!!!!" Sakura roared, grabbing it and squeezing the life outta him.
"Buu buu!!!" Mokona cried.
"Gah! Sakura-san!! I don't think we need to resort to violence!!" Fuu cried, hearing Mokona's squeals.
"No.. Perverts must always die..." Sakura muttered, in her own little world.
"But we need to find a way out of here!!" Fuu said.
Sakura paused. "I guess you're right..." She let go of Mokona who jumped on top of her head. She hissed at him but didn't go into sadist mode.
"So which way should we go?" Fuu asked.
"Well, first we need light..." Sakura said trying to think of something.
"Hmm..." Fuu thought.
"Buu Buu!!" Mokona buued, then his jewel glowing. Sakura cringed, which was understandable, because the last time a Mokona did that it shot laser beams.But instead it the jewel shot a tiny beam and then a little device materalized.
"What's that?" Fuu asked.
"Eh? It looks like a candle. I think..." Sakura said.
Fuu picked it up, suddenly, the wick lit up and a tiny blue flame took it's place. "Wha... It's so bright..." Fuu murmured.
"Ooh!! Let me see!" Sakura said eagerly. Fuu handed her the flame but as soon as Sakura tried to grab it her finger grazed the flame.
"Gah!" Sakura whimpered, sticking her finger in her mouth.
"Are you okay Sakura-san??" Fuu asked.
"Yeah, but.." Sakura looked at the flame strangely. "The flame was really really really cold... Not hot."
"Eh?" Fuu glanced at the tiny blue flame.
"But don't touch it, it still hurts." Sakura said, keeping her finger in her mouth. "Okay, now we can see the..." Sakura lost her breath as she looked around the place they were in. It was filled with red giant crystals and the floor was a red hot color. But it was still pretty.
"Amazing..." Fuu said.
"Well, I guess we can go that way." Sakura said, poitning to a dim hallway. They were walking in silence for quite awhile when Fuu suddenly mentioned:
"It's quite hot in here, isn't it?" Fuu asked, pulling on her shirt.
"Yeah, and it'd help if this stupid thing was-" Sakura stopped in mid sentence. She quickly blew out the candle and pulled Fuu into the shadows.
"Wha-?" Fuu asked.
"I heard something... It's a little far away, but..." Sakura didn't answer.
It was a full 5 min. when they finally heard something.
It was a rough sound. You could hear foot steps and you could also hear a faint dragging. Sakura stayed as still as a statue and kept Fuu behind her.
Finally an outburst of noise startled them.
"Jeez!! He's so heavy! I can barely feel my ams!!"
"Umi-san!" Fuu exclaimed, recognizing her voice.
"Eh? Fuu?" Umi asked.
"Fuu?" Hikaru bubbled.
"I can't feel my arms." Sakura gasped. Fuu was leaning on them and crushing her.
"Ah! Gomen (Sorry!)!" Fuu exclaimed.
"Must, move.." Sakura gasped and pulled away.
"Eh? Where have you been?" Umi asked, yanking Kimimaro forward.
"Huh? What happened to him?" Sakura asked, poking his face. He remained stone-still.
"Uh-I, uh... Can we talk about this later, first we need to find out how to get out." Umi said nervously.
"Well, I know we're in the arch, and that stupid little fairy thing made the giant bunny thing push us in... But why?" Sakura questioned, tilting her head to the side.
"Hey, do you remember that Clef said that warriors were supposed to get weapons from the arch? Do you think Clove thought if we got weapons from the arch her sensor thingy would stop?" Hikaru asked.
"That sounds about right, but why us? We already have weapons..." Umi said.
"True, but right now we still need to get out. I'm feeling tired now..." Sakura said with a yawn.
"How long have we been here?" Fuu asked, turning on the candle.
"I'm not sure, maybe 25 min?" Umi checked her watch.
"Mou, we need to get out, I'm feeling kinda tired too.." Umi mumbled. She rubbed her eyes and looked drowsy.
"Yeah.." Hikaru yawned.
Sakura felt so tired, she was about to close her eyes when she jerked herself awake. "Wa-wait! We're all tired so this is probably something that has to do with this place!" She cried, trying to get their attention.
"Ah-I think she's right!" Fuu mumbled.
"Grr, but I can barely keep my eyes open..." Umi rubbed furiously at her eyes.
"Well, first we should get thi guy up." Sakura kicked Kimimaro on the shoulder. He kept still.
She grabbed her axe and held it threateningly above his head. He didn't budge. She pulled his ears and pinched his cheeks. She slapped him. He still didn't move... Was he dead. Sakura shook him, then she realized he wouldn't die that easy. She glared at him even though his eyes were closed and kicked his head.
"Oh I know you're awake." Sakura muttered and kicked him again.
Finally he shook himself and looked like he had just woken up.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Oh come on!!" Sakura muttered and dragged him, 3 other girls trailing close behind.
I meant to get them outta the arch in this chapter but I decided to end it there.