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The gang heard a loud rustling coming from the thick foliage. The girls looked around, wondering what it was.
The guys looked around too, but then beckoned the girls to come to the cave. The girls scrambled up and rushed over to the cave. It was better to be in a big group than to be separated like they were.
"What do you think that sound is coming from?" Liz asked fearfully. The paranoia had set in with the group and now anything that sounded suspicious worried them.
"I don't know, but it could be what ruined our other shelter earlier." Kid mentioned.
"Could it be a bear?" Patty inquired.
"It is likely…" Maka answered. Liz gulped.
"If it's a bear, then maybe we are in its home!" Tsubaki exclaimed. "I mean, there is a perfectly good food source and shelter for it!"
"Guys, come on, let's think rationally about this. We are taking this way out of proportion." Soul said while peering out of the cave, scanning their surroundings.
"Yeah, it could be a bird, or something." Black*Star said, agreeing with Soul.
"But a bird can't make that much noise!" Liz cried.
"Well, that could depend on what size the bird is. A relatively large bird could, in fact, make as much noise as a bear." Maka pointed out. Liz gave Maka a look that clearly said: You are not helping. Maka shrugged in return.
"Hey, do you see that, those bushes are moving over there!" Kid pointed to a cluster of bushes that was across the creek.
There was a movement coming from the cluster of foliage and the rustling was becoming louder. Liz clutched her sister, dreading what was about to come out of those bushes. Patty looked out into the wilderness with curiosity.
Black*Star and Tsubaki were sitting next to the wall of the cave. Tsubaki was glancing to the outside every few seconds in a nervous way. Black*Star had his arm around her shoulders to comfort her, despite him being sure that nothing dangerous will come out of the bushes.
Soul and Maka were on the opposite wall of Black*Star and Tsubaki. Maka was putting up a brave front, in spite of all of the paranoia about the noise in the bushes. Soul was rolling his eyes at Maka. He could see right through her fearless façade.
Soul sat closer to Maka than he normally would, but Maka didn't seem to notice. She was too busy looking at a dark figure emerging from the dense foliage.
"Is that a…?" Black*Star started with a shocked and horrified look on his face.
"BUNNY!" Patty screeched as she scurried toward the brown rabbit that came from the bushes.
Liz sighed with relief. Her crystal blue eyes widened when she realized that her younger sister went to cross the creek in order to get to the rabbit.
"Wait Patty, you're going to get all of your clothes wet!" Liz dashed over to Patty.
"I cannot believe we were agonizing over a little rabbit." Kid shook his head, silently laughing to himself.
"Well, I guess it's safe to come out of the cave now." Maka exited the cave, along with Tsubaki and Soul.
Black*Star lagged behind with a scowl on his face. He didn't have a very good history with rabbits. "Ugh, I hate rabbits."
Soul turned around with a bewildered look on his face, "Why? They're practically harmless!"
Black*Star scoffed, "Harmless! Maka used to own a rabbit, and that animal bit me and stole all of my food! You call that harmless?"
Maka rolled her emerald eyes, "Black*Star, just let it go! That was, like, ten years ago!" She looked over at the rabbit and a very soaked Patty. "And you have to admit, it's pretty cute."
Black*Star mumbled, "It's a little piece of shi…" Maka raised her eyebrows. "It's a little piece of shizzle is what it is."
Maka crossed her arms, "Dang."
Soul shook his head at the two and Tsubaki giggled to herself. Kid and Liz were trying to pry Patty away from the terrified bunny.
Black*Star was glaring at his feet. Then his face lit up with an idea, "Hey, we can kill the rabbit for food!"
Patty immediately stopped struggling against Liz and Kid. She turned slowly turned around with fire in her eyes, her teeth bared in a snarl.
"YOU TAKE ONE STEP TOWARDS THIS BUNNY; I WILL RIP OUT YOUR THROAT!" Patty glared daggers at Black*Star. He gulped and raised his hands in defense.
The rabbit took this as an opportunity to escape Patty's grasp and hopped away in fright.
Patty noticed the bunny's absence and frowned, "Aw, the bunny got away." She looked toward the direction the rabbit hopped in.
"It's okay Patty! The bunny will probably come back!" Liz comforted. "How about you take your shoes off and go play in the creek?"
"Oh, okay!" Patty giggled and went to the creek.
Liz and Kid sighed with relief. A sad Patty meant a very unhappy environment.
It was silent for a few moments.
"This incident never leaves this forest, agreed?" Black*Star broke the silence. He looked at his friends in great seriousness.
They all nodded in agreement.
After eating some of the beef jerky, they all went off to so their own thing.
Maka was laying in the grass, reading one of her books, Divergent. Soul was sitting next to Maka, throwing flowers and grass into her hair and Black*Star was dozing off near the creek. The Liz and Tsubaki were trying to keep mostly dry while Patty was splashing around in the creek. Kid was checking their medical supplies.
"Would you stop that?" Maka snapped.
Soul chuckled, "And why would I do that? This is too much fun!"
Maka narrowed her eyes, "Makaaaa- CHOP!"
"Ow! Shit, that hurt!" Soul clutched his throbbing head.
"You better watch your language Soul, or I might just Maka-Chop you again."
"Would you guys shut up?" Black*Star got up and walked toward them. "You need to let your god sleep! You know that thing that girls say they need… beauty sleep? Yeah, it's like that, only…"
Black*Star started going on and on about how he needed sleep and whatnot, but Soul and Maka wasn't looking or paying attention to him. They were focusing on something behind him.
Kid looked at them and his golden eyes widened. Liz, Patty, and Tsubaki looked back as well and they were very shocked at what they saw.
Wide eyed, Maka said, "Uh, Black*Star?"
Black*Star continued his speech, "And not only will people not take me seriously…"
"Black*Star." Soul said a little louder.
"And then I will start to see hallucinations and…" Black*Star went on.
"Black*Star!" Maka and Soul yelled in unison.
"What? Don't you know better than to interrupt me?"
"I think you should turn around." Maka pointed behind him.
"What? Why should I… oh man." Black*Star stood face to face with a five foot tall black bear.
The black bear growled loudly in Black*Star's face and then stood on its hind legs, sniffing the air.
Black*Star was so close to the bear, he could extend his arm out and burry his hand into the bear's fur. Black*Star looked up at the bear, since the bear had a good foot or so on its hind legs.
"Well shit…" He muttered. No one made any sudden movements, afraid they would set the bear off on a rampage.
The black bear decided that there was nothing here that it wanted at the moment and wondered deep into the forest.
Everyone was breathing hard and silent. They were staring wide eyed in the direction off the bear.
They just survived a bear encounter.
Well, Black*Star did. Everyone else just stood back and watched, fearful for Black*Star.
Maka's face lit up with realization, despite what just happened, "You lost… You lost!" She jumped up and down in happiness. "Ha-ha, yes!"
Black*Star stood there, not comprehending what just happened. How did he lose? He never said anything- oh wait…
"Oh, come on Maka! Can't we make an exception?" Black*Star whined. "There was a bear standing in front of my face! You would have to expect some cussing!"
"Nope, no exception! A deal's a deal!" She gave Soul and Black*Star a devious smile.
"Black*Star, I really hate you right now." Soul stated.
"I lost. I don't know who I am anymore." He crumbled to the ground in defeat, ignoring what Soul said.
"It's like they just forgot what just happened!" Kid said to Liz.
"I kind of gotten used to it." Liz answered.
"Okay, I want you two to sit down… no, stand up… no, sit down… no, stand up. You know what, just run in a circle." Maka demanded.
"No, that's stupid!" Black*Star exclaimed.
"But you two are my slaves! And I have the power of the book!" Maka waved her book around menacingly.
The power of the book was definitely a force to be reckoned with, since the two boys begrudgingly did what Maka told them to do.
"I think Maka is enjoying this." Tsubaki mentioned. She watched Maka giggle relentlessly as the two boys ran in circles with scowls on their faces.
"Okay, now I want you to…"
"Yeah, just a tiny bit." Liz added.
Kid was snickering and Patty was laughing along with Maka, the incident with the bear completely forgotten.
Yup. These guys definitely have their priorities straight.
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