Hey! Koki-chan here! This chapter ... well ... I wanted to write a little more on Zephyr, I really like him! XD Thankies Sare, I used Terrence in this, and a little scene I read was able to help me write this! So, I dedicate this to my loyal reviewer, for a while, you have bee the first to review, thankies! XD
Disclaimer: I own only Melody/Kino, Toriko, Niko, Luep, Mota and Zephyr. Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook and the land of Neverland belong to the wonderful mind that is J. M Barrie
"Where are the others?" Peter asked nonchalantly as he walked trough the forest, Luep trailing behind.
"They went with Tor'ko." Luep shrugged, stooping down to scoop up some berries.
"Hey, Lu."
"Yeah?"
"Remind me to take Toriko hunting one of these days."
"But whatever for?" Luep asked, shoveling the berries into his mouth.
Peter shook his head, "It is none of your concern."
Luep shrugged, "Okay." he replied, spewing little bits of berry as he spoke.
Peter wrinkled his nose in disgust, but kept on walking. He hopped on one foot, tried walking on his hands, anything he could think of, but it was still boring.
"How much longer are we going to walk?" Luep moaned as he trudged behind his leader.
"Hush, Lu." Peter commanded, he could hear something. Something vague, a noise so soft he had to concentrate with all his might to hear it. It sounded like ... mermaids. Peter slapped his face, running it down to his chin as he let out an exasperated sigh. 'Hook could never get anywhere close to the mermaids.' he had gone the wrong way. But, of course, he was not about to let Luep know that. "Change of direction." Peter announced, turning on his heel as he began to circle Mermaid Lagoon.
"Peter, please!" Luep groaned, "May we rest?"
Peter scowled, growing impatient, "Give it another few minutes, Lu. Don't be so lazy."
"But, Peter!" Luep protested.
"Hush/" Peter hissed, ever-so ungracefully crashing into a tree. He tumbled backwards, landing on his bum.
Luep bit his lip, trying desperately to keep from giggling.
Peter stood up, stiffly walking around the tree, "Come along, Luep."
Luep followed after him. Peter sure was a mess without that girl around.
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Toriko slashed through a tree branch, his face twisted in anger. Why wouldn't Peter believe him? Why was he being so stubborn? Toriko struck a particularly sturdy tree branch, flinging his sword from his grasp. The sword flipped and twirled in the air before stabbing into the ground. Toriko clenched his fists, he could not take it. He threw his head back, and opened his mouth. To say he screamed would be an understatement. The trees shook as this young boy emptied his emotions into the air in one might howl. He huffed and puffed, deep green eyes flashing as he gave a stomp of his foot, then plopped down on the ground. He punched the ground, immediately rubbing his cheek. He would kick, he would scream, he would punch, but he would not cry. He sat with his back to the two other boys for a moment in time, quietly steaming, trying to let his anger out.
Niko wrapped his small hands around the hilt of Toriko's sword, giving a mighty pull as he removed it from the ground. He held it up, blowing on the smooth metal to rid it of the dust that had formed. He slowly walked over to where Toriko was sitting, standing behind him for the longest time, afraid to open his mouth. "Toriko." he finally choked out.
The older boy turned, his eyes dark with anger.
Niko flinched, but refused to back down. "You dropped this, 'Riko." he held out the sword with both hands, taking care not to cut his hands as he held the hilt out for Toriko.
Toriko looked up at Niko, whose face was held in a stern expression. Toriko tried to hide a grin as he grasped the sword.
Niko dropped his hands once Toriko had retrieved his sword.
Mota trotted over, helping Niko pull Toriko to his feet. "Shall we carry on?" Mota asked.
Toriko faced the forest. The waters were close, he could feel it. He lifted his sword, slipping it into the sheath at his side. "Come on." he commanded, a smile on his face as he headed forward.
Niko and Mota looked to each other, sharing a wide smile as they trotted after Toriko.
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While the boys were wandering around the forest, the only one getting anything done was our old friend Tinker Bell. She twittered above the tree tops, scouring the area for any form of life. She stopped, silently floating in mid-air. "The boys said something about one Captain Hook. But that is impossible." she rubbed her chin while she spoke in her voice of golden bells She sighed, where there is water, there is a pirate captain. Tinker Bell shook her head, vaguely wondering if any of the boys would come to this conclusion. A small giggle escaped her lips, those boys are totally lost without her. She flew off in the direction of the ocean, sure she would see a pirate ship bobbing on the surface of the water.
Tinker Bell smiled, she always did love being right. She floated towards the ship, careful to not let herself be seen. Dusk was at hand, she would need to work quickly. Having a glow as bright as she did, it would be very difficult to maneuver herself around after dark without being seen. She flew through the air, keeping herself hidden from the view of the various windows. She spotted a hole in the glass of one window. It was just her size. She peered into the window, the room it looked into was empty. She slipped through the hole with ease, quickly ducking down behind a crate. She peeked over the edge, looking left, then right. The coast was clear.
She fluttered through the hallways, flying above the door frames, peeking into each room. She flew up and down the hallways, but she found nothing more then a few smelly pirates. She found an empty passage way after a few minutes of probing through different things. She passed through it, finding that it led down to a deeper level of the ship. She flitted down the hall, hiding behind a burning oil lamp when she heard footsteps. Her glow was hidden as a burly looking pirate walked past her. She stared at the pirate, an overwhelming stench filling the room. It was all Tinker Bell could do to keep from gagging.
The man stopped in front of a room, fiddling with a ring of keys before pushing the door open. He held a tray of food in his hands, the contents consisting of a piece of stale bread and an over-ripe banana. "Eat up, girlie." the man said with a strange accent as he dropped the tray on the floor.
Tinker Bell's eyebrows shot up, hiding behind her bangs. Girlie? She shot towards the door, slipping past the pirate. Tinker Bell covered her nose, the stench was coming from the man's mouth. She sneaked a peek at the man before slipping into the crack of the closing door. The stench was from the man's rotting tooth, his only tooth. Tinker Bell shuddered, the sooner she was able to leave, the better. The door closed with a 'thump', keys jingling in the lock as it clicked shut. Tinker Bell glanced around the room, it was covered in bales of hay, the floor littered with stray pieces of hay. She rested atop a crossbeam holding up the ceiling, her wings ached. Her eyes rested upon a corner of the room. In that corner sat a girl, a short mop of blond hair blending in with the old hay. Grey eyes sparkled as she poked at the bread as she laughed. A tinkling of silver bells accompanied the girl's giggles.
Resting on her shoulder was a bright ball of deep purple. The girl smiled fondly at the ball of light, the purple light leaned over to her ear, whispering something, making the girl giggle and blush.
"Zephyr! Hush!" she giggled, flapping her hand at him.
The ball of light, christened 'Zephyr', chuckled as he grinned, "Tis only the truth, Sweets."
Tinker Bell froze, that voice was so familiar. Both of the voices were.
The girl smiled, giving Zephyr a wink, "You charmer, you."
Tinker Bell smiled with pride, she had found her. She opened her mouth, then stopped, she had never had to call the girl's name before and was unsure what to address her as. "Melody." she called, deciding on the name she heard Peter address her as. If the Lost Boys must call her 'Kino' while Peter calls her 'Melody,' surely Tinker Bell was important enough to call her 'Melody' also.
The girl addressed whipped her head around, she turned to Zephyr, "What was that?" she asked.
Zephyr looked up, "It was Fairy language. Someone said 'Melody.'" he replied, his eyes scanning the ceiling.
The girl slowly rose to her feet, careful not to disturb the fairy on her shoulder. "Tinker Bell?" she called.
Zephyr's eyes shone, "Did you say 'Tinker Bell'?"
The girl nodded, "Uh-huh. Tinker Bell? Where are you."
Tinker Bell fluttered down to the girl, instantly regretting the action as she saw the fairy resting quite comfortably on the girl's shoulder.
Melody smiled, "I'm so happy to see you!"
Tinker Bell did not hear Melody's words, she was too fixated on the fairy on her shoulder.
Zephyr turned his head, his eyes finding Tinker Bell's. "Tinkle! How have you been?" he asked excitedly, popping up from Melody's shoulder and flying to Tinker Bell. He stood half an inch taller than Tinker Bell. He took her hands in his, "Did you miss me?" he asked, pecking her on the cheek.
Tinker Bell flushed, anger filling her tiny body. She wrestled her hands away from Zephyr's grip, swiftly slapping him across the face.
Zephyr grinned, his hand flitting up to his cheek. "Feisty as ever." he chuckled.
Tinker Bell scowled, turning in the air and flying out to the lone window. She began to slip through the crack when Melody's voice filled her ears.
"Where are you going?" she asked, uncertainty in her voice.
Tinker Bell turned to look at her, quickly muttering some things in golden bells.
Melody turned to Zephyr, who had regained his position on her shoulder.
"She says she's going to go find the others and tell them where you are." he chuckled, "She says good luck with me."
With that, Tinker Bell flew out into the night, leaving a trail of red dust behind.
Zephyr chuckled, touching his fingers to his cheek, "She still hates me."
"You've met Tinker Bell before?" Melody asked.
Zephyr nodded, "It was a while ago." he smiled. "Terrence and I -oh- Terrence was an old friend of mind. He was the one in charge of handing out the dust to all the fairies. Anyway, Terrence and I were floating around one day, bored out of our gourd. Finally, after we could stand it no longer, Terrence suggested that we go visit Tinkle." He floated in front of her.
Melody held out her cupped hands, Zephyr landing in her palms. He sat down, legs out-stretched as he leaned back on his hands, continuing the story.
"When we went to visit her she was working on fixing a small kettle, those cute little hands of hers could work magic on broken pots. Now, Tinkle was never too fond of me, I think I'm just a little too wild for her to handle, must be the imp in me." of course, Zephyr had no idea what his ethnicity was, so he often liked to say he was something that sounded particularly interesting to him at the moment. It often changed. "So, Terrence went in there by himself. He was in there for the longest time, quite the wind-bag Terrence is. He invited her to a game of fairy tag, knowing that Tinkle wouldn't be able to resist. I doubt she would have come along had she known that I were to participate."
"Tinkle had come out wearing her little tool belt of tiny hammers and other fixings, adorable as it was, I thought that it would slow her down. I kindly pointed it out to her, and if looks could kill I would not be here right now. So I ignored it." he shifted his position, sitting cross-legged on the girl's palms as she eased herself to the floor, listening intently to what her tiny buddy was saying. "It was just the three of us and a few other fairies we had picked up on the way. Fairy tag is a very enjoyable game, very fast paced, so you have to be quick in order to not get caught. I had lost when we played ro-sham-bo, so I was proclaimed 'it.' We zoomed and zipped through the air, it was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. I am a fast flier, so I easily was able to tag Terrence. Terrence, on the other hand, is not very coordinated, so he had a hard time tagging someone else. I, being the kind fellow i am, held out my hand so he could tag me, to which he gratefully obliged."
"I quickly spotted Tinker Bell, looking eager and excited to be playing, so I decided to give her a little fun. I shot towards her, earning a look of mild annoyance as she quickly dodged out of the way of my hands. I chased her for the longest time, the game between the five of us quickly turning into a one-on-one between me and Tinkle. I was slowly gaining speed, getting closer and closer to tagging her. I finally was close enough, so I dove at her. She wasn't prepared, so we began to fall. Being the gentleman I am, I turned in the air so I would take the fall. We landed on a mushroom, useful little things they are, I only suffered from a bruise on my back. She pushed off me, wrinkling her cute little nose in disgust." he sighed, twisting his hands in his lap. "When she stood up, something fell from her belt. It was her tinkering hammer, the one some bloke named Peter made for her."
Melody winced, so that's what it was.
"She blamed it on me, she exploded." he sighed, "She slapped me and flew off. I think she was crying." he nervously scratched the back of his neck, "After that, she would not talk to me, she wouldn't even look at me." he looked up at Melody, giving her a weak smile, "She never really forgave me. I guess she never will."
Melody touched her forehead to the top of Zephyr's head, unsure of what to say.
"But don't you worry your pretty little head about that." Zephyr softly flicked the girl's forehead. "Now, why don't you try to gnaw on that bread, I don't see any mold, it should be safe. It is just a little bit crusty." he grinned.
Melody smiled back, Zephyr flying to her shoulder, lying with his back against the crook of her neck. "Eat up, Sweets."
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The corners of Captain Hook's mouth drew up in a crooked smile as he watched the small ball of light fly out to the forest. "Tinker Bell," he chortled, "Everything is falling into place. You are going to give me one hell of a show."
Heh, poor Zephy ... heh ... I'll try to update sooner, I started a new project in a different genre, and I promised my friend I'd keep the updates coming out quickly! XD And homework ... oh ... sleep ... I'll need that, too.