Three day journey.

Zero was getting dressed to replace the covers he took from the girls with a few extra clothes they had. The black band tee and NikkM's large red plaited shirt, a greyish blue pants and one black short, were now covering the two female werewolves. Zero noticed that NikkM and Yoru had awoken partially because of Flow yelling at them telling them it's time to go. As they were getting dressed NikkM decided that his white tee was too tight and threw it at the two females. He then went to Zero and asked to wear his black dress vest, Zero agreed only because NikkM was showing his hair, hair Zero couldn't grow because of his ethnicity even though they identified themselves as brothers he wasn't related to them.

Zero knew them for a long time. (Or at least as long as six years… well one thousand and six years… whatever.) Zero was promoted to Sargent and was placed into NikkM's and Yoru's unit for only two years before they became frozen. Zero replaced his vest with NikkM's dress jacket. After this Zero did something he hasn't done for a thousand years he took a bath in the river nearby. After he returned from his bath trip, He noticed that, the two girls were gone he asked Flow if she knew where they went. "No I was busy trying to absorb energy." Flow said as she lay back in her make-believe lawn chair, 'sun bathing'. Annoyed Zero walked away and saw that they had left their clothes.

Zero traveled a little deeper into the cave. Walked behind the girls and said, "So you girls going to get dressed?" Zero said in a tired voice. The girls both looked back at the same time and said this in anger at the exact same time. "We have a name!" In a very calm manor Zero replied "So what are they?"

The two girls just stood there with blank looks and stared for a little then looked at each other then said "we can't remember." Then unsurprised Zero Said "Well what's yours start with?" Zero asked while he pointed at the larger one. She blushed and said, "I've already told you!" Zero ignored how loud she was and simply moved on to the smaller one. "What's yours?" She had a calmer reaction, "well I just told you." 'Right' (elongated), zero thought as he rubbed his forehead. "So neither of you know your own names? Why?"

The two looked at each other and thought about it then said, "Well we didn't forget our names we forgot our name. We only have one." 'Right' (elongated), Zero thought as he began to speak, "okay why do you only have one name?" they both said in unison, "We were separated by a witch in her garden full of doughnuts. She said we were too full of life so she split us into to two so we would only be half full each." Zero, NikkM, and Yoru all stood there with faces like stick figures in confusion.

"That's stupid." Zero said as he looked in a half angry half annoyed tone of voice.

"How do you return to normal?" asked Yoru in a concerned voice.

"We have to learn pain and sadness so we won't be so full of life." The two she wolf's said at the same time.

"Is that why you stayed being imprisoned by the why wolves?" asked NikkM

"Yes." Said the two she wolfs in unison mono tone. As they finished talking they noticed a crack both of them being kind of strange and curious. Both turned around and bent over too see the crack in the wall they found. Zero yelled, "what the hell are you doing?!" then removed his jacket and threw it over there bare behind's. "Put your clothes on!" Said Zero as he began to blush wildly and look the other way along with Yoru. NikkM however was looking at them already used to them being naked, since they have been for some time.

"What clothes?" Asked the two she wolf's in a confused tone. "The ones you were covered in this morning!" said Zero as his voice began to crack as if he was still going through puberty. "oh." Said the she wolf's as they walked over to the pile of clothes as they tried them on Zero put on his Jacket and picked up his coffin case, He put Flow in after she became fully charged and opened the projection hole as she came out and illuminated the cave the crack they were looking at earlier was more visible he went to investigate.

As Zero examined the crack he noted it wasn't done by a natural cause such as earth quake or erosion it look like it was impact caused something hit this wall and cracked it, he decided to hit it, with his gauntlets of strength. He blasted through the wall easily as he looked around it was just a dead end with writing on the walls he took a step closer to read what it said. Only to reveal that there was no floor he fell in and yelled out NikkM with shoes of speed was fast enough to catch him over the edge.

As he tried to pull Zero up he couldn't lift in this position he decided to go wolf as he did the two she wolfs arrived fully clothed. To help Zero but as he was being pulled up Yoru's pet penguin 'whanced' as it stepped over to their direction. Then a cracking sound was heard Flow let out two words before falling within the coffin with, Zero, the girls, NikkM… and the friggin penguin… she said, "You mother…"

After that they began to fall but as they were falling Zero aimed the projection hole at the point of where they fell and said, "Tell Yoru to stay calm and we'll meet at the candy kingdom in three day's!" BOOM! Flow's orb was shot upward to the point of the edge as the orb rolled around until it stopped and out came Flow with her head spinning… literately.

"What happened?" asked Yoru as he finished jogging to the site of the yelling.

"Well…" said Flow as she began to explain it to Yoru. "…and that's what happened we meet up with them at the candy kingdom. In three days."

Yoru stood up and looked out the cave with his sword resting on his back and Flow's orb in his hand and said, "Well then there's no time to waste, we must get there before hand and prepare a party for their safe return." Flow thought this strange. "How do you know they'll arrive back safe?" asked flow trying to understand, Yoru turned back. "Because NikkM and Zero may be retarded but they never stop fighting." Yoru replied with a grin. Yoru turned around and started for the mouth of the cave and thought. 'NikkM, Zero, Natalie… be careful… okay?'…

Zero opened his eyes slowly with beads of sweat leading from his brow. His plan had worked. his plan was to take out his guitar transform it into a sword and grabbed the little she wolf and stuff her into the coffin she was barely able to fit luckily the coffin adjusted a bit to her size. Her head was at the point of the long end. The larger, thicker end had her body in an awkward position legs spread and open like a frog as he closed the coffin he let the projection hole open to let her breath.

He used his belt to strap the coffin on his back, and grabbed the older she wolf in his left arm and pulled her to his side. He then used his sword to pierce the wall and slow his falling, he came to a slow coming stop. After he stopped he peered upward, to see NikkM doing the same thing except he grabbed the penguin.

Zero looked downward he noticed it was only a few hundred feet more, he decided to go downward he placed the large she wolf over his shoulder. Then his blade had transformed into two separate blades. He then used the two blades to climb down to the floor. NikkM used his sword to stab into the wall after he climbed up on it, he used the blade to stand on he then pulled out the sword and used the shield to slide down the wall, hitting off the protruding rocks.

As he came to the floor, he hit one final rock and slid into the floor with ease, Zero then jumped off the wall fusing the blades to one again and he fell down before he came to the floor he put the she wolf on his side again. He pierced the wall and came to a halting stop. He then simply placed the large she wolf on the floor of this large abyss, he then took the coffin off his back and opened it to release the little she wolf. As she came out she gasped for air, she took a look around then spotted her other half and ran to her in a quirky fashion.

"Are you un harmed?" asked the little she wolf in a near crying state.

The larger she wolf sat up from her former lying position, and said, "Yes Zero caught me after I hit my head on one of the rocks."

"wonderful!" said the little she wolf in a squeal then turned to Zero and went all the closer, grabbed his arm pulled him down to her view, "Thank you Zero I'll be sure to show my appreciation tonight." As she finished this sentence she kissed him gently on the cheek and walked gingerly to her counterpart.

Zero stood to see where NikkM had gone when he turned to his left, no one was there same for his right. Zero was about to call for NikkM but as he opened his mouth a hand reached from behind him and covered his mouth. Zero reached for the hand, as he got hold of the unknown person's hand he clenched it and with great force threw him over his shoulder and into the wall.

As he drew his sword to the pile of rocks that tumbled on the unknown figure a hand protruded out and was giving Zero the finger. Poor dear struck a nerve so Zero grasped the hand and pulled him out of the pile of rock's quickly causing more pain then when he would just remove the stones on by one. As the smoke cleared from the fast movement of rubble he saw who the dark figure was.

It was NikkM as he stood up specks of dirt rolled of his now dirtied and tattered clothing. "What the hell are you doing!" said NikkM in an angry loud whisper. How odd thought Zero and replied with a simple question, "Why are you whispering?" he asked with a blank questioning face with dull eyes with a hint of annoyance. "Because were not the only ones here…" as NikkM tried to finish they both heard a noise, a slight thump like a foot step but not so fast and light with less space between the foot pats, he was either really small or his steep pattern was off key.

As they viewed a light coming close the two wolves informed the rest of their group, to make sure they wouldn't be caught they took an extra measure and wrapped the penguin in a long strip of cloth. The penguin looked as if it was a penguin-mummy he couldn't even 'whanc' anymore his little beak was now shut closed. As they hid behind a larger stone, a small little green fellow walked by and mumbled "stupid it was just an earthquake." As the little green fellow walked away the little she wolf said, "That be a 'Gnome'." Zero reluctantly said in a sarcastic tone, "Wonderful, of course they are."

They stepped up and walked behind the little 'Gnome' sneaking and slowly waiting to see where he was heading. As a little while passed a little over three minutes of stalking they came to an opening of this small passage way. It was a large opening a vast space this was a settlement of 'Gnomes'. Zero thought to himself, 'Great.'

As they snuck through the village it seemed they were fixing it up it seemed a twister had gone through. This was just an after image, then they heard a small voice yell "hurry we must enact our revenge upon Finn the human!" this sent a ring to the ears of the wolf. 'Human' they thought, so all their fighting wasn't for naught.

They continued to walk until they found a tunnel going up, they put the penguin in the coffin and strapped it on Zero he then handed NikkM his guitar but not before Zero changed the blade to look very similar to NikkM's blade in size and weight. Zero's blade had no original form it was a guitar originally so it could take any form Zero chose fit, only Zero could Change its shape for it was magically bound to his stomach, Zero ended up carrying the girls on the coffin they hung on tight. His gauntlets made it easy to get a grip within the stone wall itself, and the extra strength allowed doing this with ease.

As they were climbing Zero was leading because he was testing the stone density and easing it up a bit, so that NikkM could pierce it with the two blades. Suddenly as Zero grasped a protruding stone it broke he faulted and nearly lost both hands but as he caught himself, the larger she wolf fell off his back he turned and outstretched her hand so to catch on, but She slipped through his fingers and began to plunge. As she came close to NikkM, NikkM jumped out and caught her but ended up at the other side of the tunnel "Thank you Nicki." Exclaimed the grateful she wolf as she squeezed NikkM's neck.

As they came to the light at the end of the tunnel, a hand came out of a well and it was clothed in armor. Zero pulled himself over the well's wall. As he fell onto the ground his coffin made a muffled noise, the little she wolf said, "Hey are you okay?" as she crawled out under Zero, after he fell on her after making it to the top. "Yeah I better let the penguin out, 'Natalie' has been making noise." He said as he moved over to unlatch the coffin, as he opened the coffin the penguin was standing there still wrapped up like a mummy, he was looking at zero as though he could see through it.

Although they quickly found that he couldn't because he tried to walk forward but he fell off the edge of the coffin, as he hit the ground he let out a little 'Whanc whanc…'. As the penguin finished its whines, NikkM arrived and let the girl get off first then he fell in exhaustion and he thought of the question he asked earlier in Zero's absence… (A few minutes Ago…)

"So tell me why are you, and… you so infatuated with Zero he isn't the most handsome guy or the thinnest or the strongest or the…" The she wolf interrupted NikkM's slander of Zero's name with this, "I know he isn't all those stuff and even more his name is testament of that… but he's fearless when it comes to protecting people, he puts everyone else before himself, he just hides it so no one will notice… the best deeds done in someone's life… are the ones no one see's."

"Oh I didn't realize that I'm sorry I asked you such a personal question." NikkM said, as he tried to wrap his head around the concept, of Zero not being such an asshole and that he might be a nice guy trying to finish first for once.

"There's that, and he reminds me of my brother." As NikkM heard this he nearly let go of the blades, they traveled the rest of the way in an awkward silence.

(The Present.)

She likes her brother, and Zero looks and acts like him? That's just wrong. Thought NikkM, as he laid there staring into the deep blue sky. The sky seems a lot smaller than before, after four hours of walking too where they thought the candy kingdom was at. The walking became boring, after all no one has talked for quite some time. Zero spotted a frog carrying a small crown, NikkM suggested that they follow the frog it may know where food be waiting. As they followed the frog it entered a thorny gate, to a large wall made of shrubs plants and other things that are plant like. Shapes formed from these plant growths, a few faces and one hand.

They are hesitant to enter, but without their knowledge the little penguin went in anyways. NikkM however catches a whiff of something sweet and NikkM just charges in all, gung ho! Zero and the girls go in to make sure that NikkM hasn't done something too stupid. As they come in, they spot NikkM and the penguin Natalie munching down the doughnuts that were all over, strewn all over the place.

They slowly stepped in and with amazement of the garden of doughnuts they jumped in and began to feast. The feast lasted only but a minute for a voice screamed and said, "You're eating my doughnuts!" the five friends turn and look in questioning faces. The two female wolfs hugged each other and gasped in fear and terror. The little penguin jumps out of the eating frenzy and approaches the witch.

"Whanc, whanc. Whanc, whanc…" the witch is distracted by this and angered by not being able to understand what the penguin is saying. "I can't understand what you are saying." The penguin retaliates by saying, "Whanc, whanc." The witch waved her cane about the air and said, "No moricus, penguinicus… humanaicus, moricus." (Poof) A smoke went around the penguin and outstretched into the air, a voice came from the cloud it said, "you annoying old crone, we were trying not to starve." Then an astonished gasp came from the cloud, a hand pierced out the cloud as it began to fade away.

The cloud was completely gone now, the penguin had been transformed into a man as he began to feel his now human face he spoke these words, "I'm… I'm… I'm human… I'm Human!" These were all the words that escaped his mouth for NikkM kicked him and knocked him out. As NikkM stood over his Knock out he said, "Who cares we still have to beat this green dude." When NikkM said dude, you could tell it struck a nerve.

"I am NOT a boy! You are too cocky, so don't be." As she finished this she recited an incantation, "NO moricus a boyucucs." NikkM stood there and said in a disappointed tone, "Aww you're just making these up now aren't you." A streak of lightning struck him and as the same with the penguin, smoke covered his form. Zero covered his eyes to shield himself from the smoke as it stung his eyes.

"What the?" a female voice said coming from the smoke. Zero was afraid to open his eyes for fear of laughing to death but he did so anyways. As his hand went down he saw NikkM in a female body. He could see NikkM's spirit but, after knowing him for so long he wasn't used to seeing him in a woman's body he rolling over laughing choking on his own breath.

NikkM looked at his new body and with a blush he yelled in anger, "No, no, nooo! Ima chick!" NikkM jumped up in the air to strike down on the witch, but when he was in the air she simply waved her cane and NikkM was fast asleep. The witch walked over to the two female wolves and said, "So, you've returned… and you passed the challenge I gave you so here you are… Go backucus to what you wereacus."

A cloud of smoke went over the two as Zero sat up trying to run over to protect his friends but as he struck with his blade it froze in place and he flew into a thorn bush as he tried to escape the grip of the thorns, the smoke cleared. The two girls were now one once again. She was the perfect balance of Hot, and Cute. As she looked at her hand's she exclaimed. "I'm back… I'm BACK!" tears flowed from her eyes as she collapsed to her knees and held her face.

Zero finally escaped the thorns to approach the witch; She went on guard as Zero got only two feet away, her cane was in the air. Yet at the exact same time Zero had bowed to the witch, and said only this, in a weak tone, "Thank you… Thank you so much… she is so happy now." The witch was a taken back by this, Zero then asked "but what of my friend? He is a female now." The witch angrily replied, "What is wrong with being a woman?!"

"Nothing, I know you have a good reason… if you could by chance help us were trying to find the candy kingdom to meet our other friends." The witch walked up close to him and said, "Well since you asked with humility, and seem penitent, I will get you where you need to go." As she finished saying this Zero's vision began to fade to black.

His eyes opened slowly, light shone through, and blinded him. As he covered his eyes, he sat up searching for his sunglasses. He noticed all of his friends lying around him, still asleep. He put them on and his eyes adjusted to the light again. He noticed that he was at the gate of the candy kingdom as he tried to stand candy guards surrounded him and his friends.

Zero then thought this after a bit, 'I hope Yoru and, Flow is alright.' He looked around and saw Flow had also been captured and was in a candy coat, of syrup. Yet where's Yoru?

TO BE CONTINUED…