Chapter 12. So far this is my longest story (in chapters not in words). Yay.
Fore-castle:
The princess paced back and forward. All the three could hear were the hurricane's strong winds hit the ship. "I hope they're alright."
"They'll be fine. I know that Unabara wouldn't kill us, and by us I mean Hyorinmaru and I." Tobiume said.
"Who's Unabara?"
"Oh she's the sea witch that held us as her 'pets of destruction'. Of course I don't think she knows where we are because I stole her necklace when we ran from her. Remember Hyorinmaru?"
"I remember Tobiume. I also remember that that necklace of hers controlled us while she had it in her possession."
The spaniel nodded. "But it only worked when the four of us were on the same side- pack in other words."
"Yep. In some words I think that we're better off separated."
"Oh shit." Momo quietly cursed as she backed away into a corner.
"Oh-ho-ho, 'better off separated' are we?"
"Yes because that way she won't control us if she ever found that necklace again."
"Don't you think that we should stick together so we can rise up against her again?" Tobiume rose to her paws.
"Well that might work, but as the saying goes, 'Some great plans only work once.'"
"Great plans. Yea. Was part of your plan separating us for another reason besides our elements not being able to be together?"
Hyorinmaru pondered for a moment. He thought nothing of these questions. "I think that was another reason. But I wouldn't remember." Suddenly his tail caught on fire. The retriever howled and quickly jumped onto his feet.
"You are so dense. I can't believe I actually forgave you. How stupid am I?" She turned away and disappeared into a dark corner. Meanwhile Momo fetched a bucket of water and dumped it onto Hyorinmaru.
He shook out his fur. "Now what?" He sounded annoyed as he walked towards the corner Tobiume was in. "Are you pissed off again? And for what reason this time?"
Her head appeared from the darkness. "Well I wouldn't know. 'I wouldn't remember.'" Her head disappeared back into the darkness.
Hyorinmaru's teeth showed. "You are amazing you know that?" He sarcastically asked.
"I know I'm amazing and you're just un-amazing."
A slight growl came from the retriever's throat. "Nice comeback. It took you what? One minute to think that one up?"
Tobiume completely came out of the shadows. "Are you calling me stupid?"
"I don't know. You're the one who said 'how stupid am I?'"
Both dogs bared their teeth at each other. Momo yelled at the two. "What the fuck guys?! First you are all happy and almost 'lovey-dubby' and suddenly you're all 'I'm going to tear your muzzle off' what the hell? Are you two bipolar by any chance?"
Silence. Then suddenly the three then broke out laughing.
"'Are you two bipolar by any chance?' That was awesome!" Tobiume said.
Hyorinmaru would laugh, stop and then brake out laughing again. "That's smarts!"
"I swear I didn't even know I was going to say that." Momo said between laughs.
The laughing continued for a bit longer and then it faded away with a few stray laughs here and there.
"We defiantly got to be best friends Momo." Tobiume told her.
"Defiantly." Momo agreed.
"Well now that that's over with." Hyorinmaru started.
"Who said it was over with?" Tobiume asked him. "I'm still mad at you, just not as mad anymore."
He sighed. "Great. That's awesome."
At that moment the winds stop. The three stayed quiet for a little bit until the door opened to reveal Kira. "Good. You guys are still alive. How was your first on-the-seas hurricane?" Overlapping statements saying stuff like 'It was horrible,' 'Never again,' 'I hate the water,' excreta. Kira chuckled slightly. "Yea well we usually try to steer around those damn storms but that one came out of nowhere."
"I betcha I know who started it." Tobiume quietly said.
Meanwhile, somewhere an ocean castle:
A bored sigh came out of the sea witch. She sat on a huge throne chair, her long dark blue and aqua dress. She finished watching the little hurricane she unleashed onto the ship from the water ball that works like a crystal ball. "This is wonderful." Her voice echoed throughout the halls of the empty castle. "If only I knew those two demons were on that ship I would have never unleashed that hurricane but oh well. Not my problem. In fact I don't even care." Unabara rose from her chair and walked away towards the Book of Peace. "I have the most powerful thing in the world but not in the universe. I need those demons again. But without my pendant I can't control them." Unabara shrugged as she went back towards her water ball. I could go after them myself but why do that?" She waved her right hand over the ball. "Besides, I don't even know where Anemone is." The ball revealed Deòrsa in some wooded area. "And also since I know that Hyorinmaru and Tobiume will come to me to help the humans get the book back, I'll use them for my advantage." She continued watching Deòrsa run in the woods.
Back on the ship:
"Well…" Tobiume stretched out. "I have no doubt in my imagination that she stole the book. That sea witch is despicable. She gets bored easily and sometimes does stuff like this to cause some excitement. I also have no doubt that if we were to go after her, confront her and she does have the book, that she wouldn't just give it to us, oh no. She would want something in return."
Torshiro nodded. "So what would she like in return? Gold?"
"She's not a pirate Torshiro." Hyorinmaru told him. "She's not going to go for something so small like gold. She would want power and she had it with the book. If there were to be anything she would trade for, it would have to be something even more powerful than the book."
Momo thought for a while. "Is there a book of destruction?"
"Even if there was, 'cause there isn't, would you really want to give a sea witch a book of destruction?" Hyorinmaru stated.
"No. No I wouldn't." Momo agreed.
"Either way, to see if she might have the book we need to find her. How can we do that?"
Tobiume smiled. "Simple. We just…"
Hyorinmaru jumped onto her. "Shut up! You know very well that if any humans enter her castle they'll be killed!"
"That's why we're here.' She pushed him off her and stood once again. "Just follow Aquarius's water flow." She pointed up to the night sky with her nose. There was Aquarius right before the ship. Then a river of tightly clustered stars flowed down ward towards the earth. Hyorinmaru shook his head and sighed. For once, couldn't she listen to reason?
"Men, follow those stars." Torshiro commanded. He looked at Momo who was petting Tobiume and thanking her for the information. He could not believe he was doing this. "Momo."
She looked up at him. "Yes?"
"Would you…" Deep sigh. "Like to steer the ship?"
"Really?" Her voice was enlightened as she stood. "You would really let me drive the ship?"
"Steer the ship and make up your mind before I change mines."
"Yes! Million times yes!"
"Hm." Torshiro turned and proceeded towards the upper deck.
Momo jumped in place for a little while and then followed Torshiro up the stairs with both dogs trailing behind her.
Chapter completed. Sneak peak of next chapter:
'Now it was time to put her only steering training from yesterday into play. She has to not only make sure that every man in this ship does not fall off the side of the ship but she also has to steer the ship so that it doesn't hit any off the deadly rocks in this waterway. Now she understands why it was called the Path of Death, there is no way that all of them would come out alive.'