Okay, first, to make up for the delay in updates, I will hopefully be updating twice today :D
Im hoping this chapter isn't too crackish or OOC, but you'll have to let me know!
Thanks to himmelblu, verner2, binditheskunk, darktrixy and Lorenza453 for the story faves/follows!
*hugs* to everyone, and hope you all enjoy!
North sighed as he read over the message from Bunnymund.
"Urgent, For Guardian Eyes only.
Hey Guys. Me and Jack are in the middle of an all out stealth war in the warren. Please do not be alarmed by various times that we may both be using tunnels to avoid heavy blaster fire, or by the various rumours that might spread about chaos and anarchy. They will most likely be true.
That is, if this evolves past the stealth/hide-and-seek stage.
Which it will.
With regards to Pitch, simply tell him to reconvene his evil and doomed-to-failure plans until a time that is more convenient to us. If that doesn't work, simply toss him into the warren, where Jack will freeze him and I will drop him off in the middle of Antarctica.
Bunnymund.
P.S. Interfere at own risk."
North was considering his options as he sounded the general alarm.
This was going to be either a very quiet, or very chaotic week.
_
Jack slowly and silently-using skills he had gained from his various types of training-was shuffling through the bushes, clambering up and leaping from trees to other trees and generally heading for the dye river where Bunnymund was heading.
He needed to get there first.
He leapt from a branch, landed with his knees hooked over the next one and swung himself to catch the next branch in line, where he flipped himself up and hastily tied a rope around the tree, before setting one of the oldest traps in the book.
Then he sat back as Bunny came into view, very cautiously scanning his surroundings.
He still managed to get his foot caught in the trap, and he only had a chance to look down and sigh before he was hoisted up in the air, and got swung over the river, where Jack immediately sliced at the rope, sending the Pooka in with a splash.
Jack only stayed long enough to grab what he could salvage from the rope, and throw a paper plan at the face palming Pooka, before leaping down, and using a branch to swing himself into a back-flip, landing on the ground with a crouch and narrowly avoiding a paint grenade before vanishing into the bushes.
Bunny cursed both himself and Jack as he caught the paper plane and unfolded it.
"RABBIT SEASON
Should have never let me watch Looney Tunes. Wil-e-coyote had some awesome ideas... And I can actually make them work.
Might wanna have a shower!
Jack"
Bunny pulled himself from the river, dye dripping from his fur, and sighed.
Maybe this would be tougher than he had thought.
He started to make his way towards the center of the warren, now officially planning on upping things to a whole other level.
Hmm, and they had only been at it for one afternoon.
Must be some kind of record...
Jack, leaping from the trees and landing in a crouch, threw himself into a forward roll to absorb the impact, and pushed himself to his feet, running for the weapons room.
He'd never tell Bunny this, but he had been wanting to train his other skills for years, but had never had the time, chance or space to do so. And it wasn't like he ever had a chance to leave his staff.
He could feel the wind whipping around him gently, clearly worried for him, but seemingly reassured by the expert-like, yet ridiculous acrobatics Jack was doing without the staff and aid of the wind.
Jack new that this would mean upping the ante.
Hence why he quickly grabbed a paint blaster, one of his own adjustable blasters-from where he had stashed a few at the warren just in case, and grabbed his 'ninja outfit' as the fairies had nicknamed it-in anticipation for having to do overnight stealth attacks, and packed them all into a kit bag, throwing it onto his back and racing to the door.
He cursed as he saw Bunny leap into view, and ducked next to a nearby tree, freezing himself on the spot. The Pooka blinked, scanning the area twice, his eyes even resting on Jack once or twice as he looked around. But he didn't notice him, and Jack heaved a small sigh of relief as the Pooka vanished into his home.
He waited a couple of minutes, then quietly got to his feet and ran back to the small cave he was using. That had been close… But it was nice to know his knack for blending and camouflage was still intact.
Later that evening…
Bunny had a plan.
A plan which involved a trap which was now fully set.
He grinned as he took in the web of elastic rope that criss-crossed across the entire clearing.
With a small cliff face on one side and ridiculously sharp and thick thorn bushes on the other, Jack would have no choice but to run through here.
It was perfect!
_
Bunny lay in wait by the small dip.
He wasn't sure where exactly Jack had managed to hide himself, but he knew it was around this general area. After about half an hour, he was rewarded by said winter spirit leaping down from a tree, and leapt up, throwing an egg bomb.
Jack, though Bunny had no idea how, managed to dodge the projectile, and retaliated with a mud-ball shot from… was that the same blaster he had been shooting snowballs from in that prank crusade last year?
Man, the kid was resourceful.
Bunny ducked the flying wads of mud, and shook himself before taking off after Jack.
Jack slid to a halt as he took in the elastic web and cursed.
Damn it… That damned Pooka was good…
He was tempted to just open a tunnel to the other side, but he knew Bunny would be faster.
He grinned as he gauged angles and distance, before giving Bunny a grin as he burst into the clearing behind him.
"Get outta this one, Frostbite…"
"Gladly."
Jack took a couple of steps run up, then leapt, throwing himself into a front flip.
He then proceeded to weave his way through the elastic, in a matter of seconds, with a combination of front flips, backflips, cartwheels, forward rolls and general gymnastics.
He landed just beyond the final rope, and followed the front flip through with a roll before leaping to his feet.
He went to take a step forward, but realised at the last minute that he hadn't seen the small, really low down wire by his feet.
He lost his balance, and ended up having to do a handstand, before rolling forward, so that he didn't fall flat on his face.
He had just got to his feet again, when he realised that Bunny was leaning against a nearby, shaking his head at him at him and juggling a few egg bombs in one paw.
"Oh man, come on!" Jack sighed, frustrated when he realised he was out of paint bombs, then blinked as Bunny laughed.
"Ya know, I'll have ta give ya that one, mate. That was pretty damned impressive."
"Err… Thanks?"
"And nice job with the camouflage."
"Thanks again. Does that mean you don't feel like throwing egg bombs at me?"
Bunny considered, then rolled his eyes.
"Fine. You're lucky I'm in a good mood."
Now it was Jack's turn to blink.
"Say what?"
Bunny shrugged.
"What? That was far too impressive to just ignore…"
Jack blinked, then shrugged.
"Ah. Okay then. See ya fur-ball!"
With that, he did a backflip, caught a branch above his head, span over it and vanished from sight.
Bunny rolled his eyes.
Such an obvious dramatic streak...
Jack yawned slightly as he slid into the small cave, and shrugged off his jacket, rolling it up and stuffing it under his head.
He'd need all the rest he could get for the following day…
_
The next day was even more eventful.
Trip wires triggering bucket-fulls of paint, giant slingshots and mocking notes and jokes pinned to trees- Where the winter spirit would throw something and in the few seconds that Bunny was distracted, dart out and stick it right behind him- were all provided by Jack.
Wires strung in trees to trigger buckets of paint, ambushes with paint and egg bombs and a lot of curiosity and paranoia took up Bunny's day.
Oh, and of course the shoot out that happened at around Lunch...
Will continue with the shoot out(as well as a little mention of a surprise visitor/OC that I hope you all enjoy) next chapter :D Which will be uploaded later today to make up for the delay in updates...
Furball insult inspired by mae2551, Cheers Buddy!
So, what did you guys think? I know it was short, but the next chapter will hopefully make up for it :D
Worth the wait? I hope so...
And any requests for me to cram into the next chapter or two... or three possibly? Pranks... battles... whatever it is, don't hesitate to ask :D
Raven xx
