Yay for slightly late but still -glances at clock- I have eight minutes. Technically still on my usual update day. XD Enjoy!
"This is stupid."
"Well it's the only idea we've got, Gingka. Now hush."
"... The sooner we can get back into real clothing the better." Gingka grumbled.
"Stop talking. You're giving yourself away as being Japanese rather than a tribal warrior."
"... Well I am Japanese and not a tribal warrior, thank you very much."
"Hush. We're almost there. If they know this is us we're in trouble."
"Since when were you in charge…" Gingka grumbled before falling silent as he and Yuki approached the building.
"... They're building an army." Yuki whispered as he and Gingka crept around the very edge of the trees, watching as several hundred people in uniforms went through what appeared to be some sort of training exercise.
"... Can we please just dress up like one of them instead of this?" Gingka replied.
"Now that we know about this, yes." Yuki chuckled. "Perhaps. It'd be at least a bit more logical. But if we do that then only one of us should go in."
"So that if one of us gets caught the other will be free to go get help." Gingka nodded. "Good plan."
Yuki nodded. "Shall we investigate more or leave?"
"Leave, duh. I really am not liking this whole tribal warrior thing. It's honestly embarrassing and if we end up getting caught by the Garcias this is the last thing I want to be wearing." Gingka said, starting off into the bushes.
Yuki chuckled. "Same here." He pulled a small camera out of his spear and snapped a few pictures before darting after Gingka.
"You know, I bet Madoka would like seeing you in that." Yuki said.
Gingka froze for a moment, glad that he was facing away from Yuki as he turned beet red.
"... Don't make me toss you into the river." he grunted before continuing.
Yuki laughed. "You like her." He said in a teasing tone.
"... So?"
Yuki released a dramatic gasp. "He admits it! Ladies and gentlemen is there a wedding in the future!"
"No seriously, shut up." Gingka growled, his face turning redded and redder by the second.
"Gingka and Madoka, sitting in a tree-" Yuki began, then yelped and ducked as Gingka made a swing at him with the long wooden spear he was holding.
"Shut up." Gingka outright snarled, storming past and heading straight towards Yuki's observatory.
Yuki chuckled under his breath. "You do like her though, Gingka. It shows in your face anytime she's brought up. You haven't seen her in five years. Perhaps you should go pay her a visit."
Gingka shook his head. "I can't."
"Why not?"
"For one thing, this new threat. It's gonna take all of our time and effort to stop it before it becomes a larger problem, if stopping it now is even possible. It'll depend on how much they have completed and how fast we can gather resources and… Alert the others."
"Do you think it'll be necessary, Gingka?"
"It's a possibility." Gingka sighed. "If the Garcias have already done a lot then.. We'll need them all."
Yuki nodded "I'll try to get in contact with them once we get back to the observatory."
"Once you get back to the what? Who are you? You're not natives." A voice said.
Gingka and Yuki froze and slowly looked up.
"... We went in a circle…" Gingka whispered as he saw a rather suspicious looking Ian Garcia staring at them.
"... So much for not being caught by the Garcias in 'the last thing you'd want to be wearing.' Should we run for it?" Yuki asked.
"We may have to fight." Gingka whispered back.
"Answer me!" Ian demanded as the two were surrounded.
"... We apologize, monsieur. We were merely enjoying the ruins in the area and got sidetracked." Gingka suddenly said in a surprisingly accurate French accent. Yuki looked surprised, but said nothing, merely nodding.
"In that?" Ian's voice gained a tone of disgust as he glanced at the two with a raised eyebrow.
Gingka and Yuki glanced down at their tribal getup.
"We did not want to get attacked by the natives." Gingka said, still in the French accent. "If you don't mind, we will be leaving now."
"That cannot be allowed now." Ian growled. "Get them!"
The DNA bladers lunged for the two, but Gingka and Yuki vaulted over their heads and somehow managed to get into the forest, where they immediately took off running.
"Get them! Do not let them escape!" Ian yelled angrily.
"We can't… Let them know… It's actually us…" Yuki panted as he ran.
Gingka nodded. "They won't… If we can help it."
Yuki nodded and scrambled up a tree before pulling Gingka with him and hiding. The men chasing them soon ran past beforepausing.
"Which way did they go?" They called, splitting up and searching.
"Over here!" One called as he spotted some rustling in the bushes. Soon, two struggling tribal warriors were dragged out.
"We have you, you false tribal men!" One said, pointing a rifle at the two, who glared and yelled something in a tribal tongue.
"... We should leave." Gingka whispered as he watched the scene.
"Agreed." Yuki said. "Good thing we didn't run into them."
With that, the two turned and crept further up the tree until they found a branch from another tree that would allow them to get into the neighboring tree. They glanced down at the sound of yelling from below and spotted the enemy guards fighting an entire group of tribal men that had come out of nowhere.
"Definitely a good thing we avoided them." Yuki said.
"I don't want to become dinner anyway." Gingka grunted as he carefully crawled across the tree branch.
"We'd better stick to up here until we're further. They won't notice us as easily." Yuki said.
"I know." Gingka said, climbing over to yet another tree. "This outfit is getting really uncomfortable though."
Yuki chuckled. "Another reason we should get back quickly. I'll be glad to get into my own clothing rather than this getup."
"Exactly." Gingka sighed.
"... Gingka…" Yuki said slowly.
"What is it?" Gingka asked, pausing. The tree branch below them shifted slightly. Gingka's eyes widened and he looked down.
"... I think we should very carefully step off of this branch. I didn't notice when we stepped onto it." Yuki whispered.
Gingka nodded slowly and looked for a clear area of bark. A quick jump soon had him to safety. He turned back to see whether Yuki had gotten to safety, then froze, eyes widening in horror.
"Y-Yuki…" The redhead breathed, spotting the look of total fear on the face of the other Legendary Blader. Yuki had always been afraid of snakes, and now he was wrapped in the coils of a rather dangerous one. Ideas flashed into Gingka's mind- how in the world was he going to get Yuki free?- and he shook his head, narrowing his eyes in determination.
"Hang on Yuki, I'll get you out!" Gingka said determinedly, scrambling up to a branch above Yuki and making sure that there were no snakes around. He knew that he was going to have to act quickly if he didn't want Yuki to end up becoming the lunch of the large snake that was wrapped around him.
"Yuki, can you get your arms free?" Gingka asked.
"O-one is free." Yuki said. "Hurry, it's getting hard to breathe."
"Just stay calm." Gingka said, his hands trembling slightly as he pulled a loose vine down and tossed it to Yuki. "Hold onto this. I'll try to pull you straight up and out."
Yuki nodded and reached up, gripping the slippery plant tightly and managing to wrap it around his arm a bit. Gingka pulled up as hard as he could, grunting and straining. A cry of pain from Yuki caused him to quickly release the vine as he looked down and realized that he really wasn't helping. Gingka growled as he spotted Yuki beginning to turn pale.
"G-Gingka…. Hurry…" Yuki gasped, struggling to remain consciousness.
Gingka growled. "What do I do?!" He growled. staring down at Yuki as the snake tightened its coils further and further. Yuki gasped faintly in pain as something snapped before he went limp.
Gingka gasped, instinct taking over. If Yuki was going to survive now, Gingka was going to have to take immediate action. Only one thing came to mind. The one thing that always came to mind in a dangerous situation. Before Gingka even fully realized what he was doing, Pegasus was flying towards the snake at full power. An angry hiss sounded as Pegasus's attack tore into the snake, which was soon forced to completely release its grasp on Yuki. Gingka dove off the branch and caught Yuki as the Anubis blader plummeted limply towards the ground. With the help of a strong vine, Gingka managed to catch Yuki.
"Come on… Hang in there." Gingka growled, sliding carefully to the ground and shifting Yuki into his arms. His golden-brown eyes began to fill with tears as, with one glance, he took in the bruised and slightly mangled form of his friend, his comrade.
"Yuki… I'll save you… You won't die." Gingka growled, swiping tears away before standing and darting off, hoping that he could find his way to a hospital or the observatory in time.
Yay! Cliffhangers! Cliffhangers that if you think about them aren't cliffhangers! But we'll see if any of you will figure it out. XP