Chapter LXXXXI: Goin' onto the Groovin Empire Part V

The sun was now high and bright in the sky as it shone down warmly upon all who passed underneath it. Nozomi, Cait sith, Pacha and Kuzco all travelled on forwards as they climbed to a high summit where all around huge jagged grey mountains abounded with a few distinct clouds drifting around showing the height that they all stood upon.

Stopping for a moment as Pacha and Kuzco walked past her, Nozomi put a hand to her eyes to shield them from the sun as she saw in the distance a huge golden shining face in the distance upon a certain hill with other small towers surrounding it.

Looking at it she spoke up, "hey is that the city we're supposed to go to?"

Hearing her Pacha paused for a moment as he turned and told her with a small smile, "Yep that's it."

Removing her hand from her eyes Nozomi looked at him as she smiled herself and replied, "cool! It's a lot different though than I was imaging."

Cait sith now sat upon her shoulder had his arms crossed as he studied it for a moment and then spoke up, "that place ain't nothin compared to the palace of Alexandra."

Hearing him as he said this Nozomi repeated, "Alexandra?" But then as she did she remembered in moments, "oh! You mean the kingdom that you and Oralee come from right?"

Looking at her Cait sith did a simple nod as he then replied, "aye lass that's it."

Glad that she remembered correctly Nozomi then decided to enquire further, "so what's it like? The palace of Alexandra?"

Removing his hands from their unfolded position as Nozomi began to walk forwards again he began to make his description, "oh it's a wonder of wonders lass! In the night it looks like a shining crown with it's centre crystal tower and the others which are the tallest of tallest polished marble towers shining with warm light; the city streets all practically shine with a golden red radiance from all the lanterns that hang everywhere! And the palace inside!"

Intrigued further Nozomi was beginning to become dazzled by this wonderful description; she then encouraged him to continue, "inside?"

Cait sith then spoke on again, "it's even more of a jaw drop than a crocodiles long toothy mouth! The ceilings are so high up that at times ya can't even tell when they end! The halls have all the marks of true nobility with the lines of knights around, the pristine statues! The floors are also so shinin' white ya can practically skate on it! The rich red carpets and gold laid embroidery on the walls and then the mark of-"

But then he was cut off as Nozomi stopped suddenly as Pacha did along with Kuzco, their grand guide then told them all as he pointed, "okay! Once we all cross this bridge it's only an hour to the palace."

Looking at the bridge that was before them Nozomi looked at it sceptically as the whole thing looked old and rotted as loads of dangling vines hung all over its wooden frames as it was tied in place by two thick ropes hung from two imbedded poles on either side.

Feeling a little queasy about this Nozomi decided to speak up, "um Mr Pacha?"

Turning to her he then asked, "Yes Nozomi?"

Looking at him then the bridge and back to him again Nozomi spoke, "um do you mind if I just walk across it first? I wanna make sure it's safe for everyone."

Hearing this Pacha was surprised as he told her, "What you want to check it out?" Nozomi nodded instantly in reply, but then Pacha spoke again, "but you shouldn't do that! I should be the one to do it, you've been in enough danger as it is without-"

But then he was interrupted as Nozomi spoke again." it's okay! Besides I'm more built for this and I don't have to worry about falling cause," but then she stopped as Pacha gazed at her with uncertain and doubtful eyes, seeing that she couldn't convince him too well Nozomi then just finished it saying, "look just trust me! I can do this, okay?"

Looking at her as she said this with such firm determination Pacha couldn't think of any words to argue back with as he somehow could feel it to be true, so sighing he then said, "…all right but just be careful okay?"

Glad to see that she got these words through Nozomi nodded again as she said, "don't worry I will!"

Cait sith on her shoulder still then added, "don't worry Pacha mate! I'll be there to stop this daft banshee from makin' a mess!"

Hearing him calling her a banshee again made her annoyed in moments as she replied feeling deflated slightly, "thanks…"

Pacha hearing Cait sith call Nozomi a banshee, though it was rude he couldn't help but smile slightly, but then Kuzco who had been quiet the whole time during the conversation finally spoke up, "well will you guys just hurry up! I need a bath here."

Making her more disgruntled as Nozomi started to walk across the bridge she then whispered under breath, "well that's not a surprise you stinky animal."

Thinking that he heard something Kuzco spoke up, "what'd you say?"
Instantly Nozomi replied, "nothing," as she walked along the bridge cautiously.

Cait sith then added quickly too to help cover up, "yup not a thing lad! Not a thing," to which Nozomi smiled happily glad to see him sticking up for her again.

Pacha and Kuzco still standing from where they were watched as Nozomi and Cait sith walked across the bridge, watching her cautious steps as she continued on they were both silent.

Nervous as she walked across Nozomi was very unsure of the bridge as it wavered back and forth slightly. It was clear that it was definitely not stable at all, it was seriously in need of repair and reconstruction.

In her mind she then thought in her head, 'man it is not a good idea for anyone to walk across this!'

Cait sith on her shoulder feeling the unsteadiness of the bridge himself as Nozomi wavered unsteadily he then asked her as they reached the middle, "lass do ya think ya've gone far enough now?"

Not hearing him clearly Nozomi turned her head as she asked, "what?" But then at that exact moment as her concentration slipped her foot went straight through one of the rotten wooden panels. As this happened the whole section she was on collapsed underneath her, feeling the sudden fast pull of gravity Nozomi screeched loudly, "aaaggggghhhhhh!"

Seeing what happened Pacha rushed forwards in moments as he shouted clearly distressed, "Nozomi!Cait sith!" Kuzco who looked just as distressed quickly followed him.

Down below Nozomi was entangled badly by several ropes as they wrapped around her legs preventing her from moving or even being able to summon her wings as they held her suspended over the enormous drop below.

Gasping painfully from the pain slightly that she was in Nozomi spoke aloud, "ow! Man this is awful!"

"Ya're tellin' me lass!" Cait sith on the other hand was hanging on for dear life around her neck, as now there was nowhere else for him to hang onto.

Arriving quickly at the edge of the hole the two had dropped through Pacha quickly looked down as he called out, "hey are you two all right!"
Looking above her seeing Pacha looking horribly worried Nozomi shouted up to him, "yeah! We're fine! It's just really annoying down here!"

Hearing this glad and relieved slightly Pacha quickly spoke again, "okay! You two just hang on down there! I'll get some vines or something and get you both out of this!"
Cait sith hearing the 'hanging on' line then retorted straight up to him, "well there ain't much else for me and the lass to do is there!"

With these words Pacha quickly began to retreat away but before leaving he spoke to the dumbfounded llama emperor" Kuzco you stay here and watch over these guys! I'll be back soon." With that he ran back over the bridge as he went to salvage what he could.

Kuzco then left on his own had an idea as he put a hoof to his chin and thought, he then smiled cunningly as he liked it. Nozomi in the meantime still twisting slightly trying to get her legs free only seemed to makes the problem worse as the vines seemed to tie tightly more and more. Aching more she spoke again, "this is so annoying! When am I going to-"

Suddenly she felt a slight shudder, then looking up she saw Kuzco hopping over the hole that had been made in the bridge, seeing this as she watched him begin to walk across slightly she called out, "Kuzco what're you doing!"

Cait sith hearing her looked up himself as he saw the llama emperor beginning to make his exit, seeing this Cait sith spoke up himself, "where are ya goin!"

Hearing the two of them Kuzco couldn't keep the charade up any longer as he looked over the edge and told them both, "duh? What does it look like to you two? I'm making my getaway."

At this shocked inside and out Nozomi was quiet for a moment as she then asked, "What you're just going to leave us here!"

Looking at them both still smiling away as he lingered over them Kuzco carried on, "well I was going to have you two and Pacha plus those other guys of yours imprisoned for life but I kind of like this better."

Listening to this appalled Nozomi then spoke up again, "I thought you were being true and honest with us! Even Pacha thought-"

But then she was interrupted as Kuzco carried on, "oh come on! I had to say something to make you guys take me back to the city."

Now really angry Nozomi spoke again, "so you mean you completely lied to us!"

Smiling still Kuzco replied, "oh yeah, no wait!" He then paused as he looked into the distance for a moment as he thought over what he had said but then remembering completely he finished as he said nodding, "oh yeah, yeah it all was a lie, toodles!" With that he began to make his exit leaving her and Cait sith stranded.

Being silent throughout the entire argument Cait sith was now entirely enraged himself as he shouted out loudly for the whole world to hear, "ya decivin' mammal! We all shook hands together on this!" At these words Kuzco turned and grinned sarcastically as he stood on the other end of the bridge.

Feeling the betrayal settling in around her Nozomi couldn't believe what was happening to her and Cait sith, but especially Pacha! What was he going to do now about his family and home, what could-

"You know the funny thing about shaking hands is" looking up seeing he'd come back to mock with them both one last time, Nozomi looked on dumbfounded until Kuzco said, "you need hands!" To which he waved his hooves at her and Cait sith.

Looking at this Nozomi's rage came back in full force as she looked at him furiously as she felt Cait sith's fur bristling against her neck, Kuzco though smiling at these reactions then spoke again, "okay, bye bye!"

But then as he made just one single step forwards the same thing happened to him that had happened to Nozomi, "aaggghh!" However he was now in an even more awkward position than she was as he was completely wrapped around by his hooves leaving them around his head as his bottom was left dangling down.

Seeing him like this Nozomi asked him awkwardly, "Uh, are you all right there?"

Hearing her dazed slightly from the sudden fall, Kuzco answered her gazing up into the sky, "yeah, yeah I think I'm all right."

"Great!" With that Nozomi swung herself forwards as she then decked his face with her right fist as she sent him spinning, untangling him in moments, looking at him angrily Nozomi spoke again, "that's for you breaking your promise to us!"

But then Kuzco quickly retaliated as he was now free to move, he kicked Nozomi hard sending her flying away on the ropes, he then mocked her and Cait sith again as he used the ropes like a swing as he spoke again, "yeah! Well that's for that disgusting kiss you gave me!"

Nozomi aching from that sudden swing felt the ropes unbind around her and Cait sith making her able now to move her whole body, glad to have this at least she then heard Kuzco continue, "oh and by the way I'm still gonna be destroying that dumb village of Pacha's, and I might even now execute the lot of you guys and your friends too, ha, ha."

At once Kuzco regretted these words as he quickly whispered, "ah no touchie!" But then Nozomi smashed straight into him with her own legs as she looked at him fuming red.

As Kuzco smashed into the cliff wall Nozomi then spoke her mind as she drifted in the air, "why did I even bother to save you! You're nothing but a waste of wool and skin!"

Then landing against the opposite cliff wall steadying herself Cait sith then spoke up himself now in a more comfortable position on Nozomi's shoulder, "yeah! This lass and Pacha have risked so much for ya! Ya should recognise the goodness of others! And I'd expect ya to show even just the smallest bit of kindness yerself!"

Nodding as Cait sith said this Nozomi then talked again mad still, "yeah! Everyone has goodness inside of them, but you! Oh you! You're just a bag of walking selfishness!"

Unaffected by either little outrages Kuzco simply batted his eyelashes as he spoke comically distressed with his stupid smug smile still there, "oh now I feel really bad, bad llama."

Irritated more Nozomi then carried on as she said mad, "you know! I could have let the heartless just take your heart! Then you wouldn't even be here right now! And Pacha wouldn't have to be in so much peril because of you!"

Smile still there Kuzco looked at her as he carried on, "well I guess that makes you stupid and gullible."

Gritting her teeth Nozomi's left hand tightened around the rope as she then spoke, "I'm gonna skin you alive!"

Looking her just as willing Kuzco uttered, "ladies first!"

With that Nozomi roared angrily as she launched herself forwards as Kuzco did so himself while Cait sith shouted out loudly, "Charge!"

Colliding into one another their scuffle started in seconds as the lot of them kicked, punched, bit, scratched one another and pulled hard as their angry words echoed in the air, "ugly! Ow! Stupid! Hey! Dumb animal! Ouch! Brat! Idiot! You-"

But then at that one moment there was a new sound, that made the lot of them stop in their tracks as it was a huge cracking noise as they then looked up to see the whole bridge splintering and coming apart as ropes and pieces of wood fell down everywhere.

Then suddenly at once the bridge collapsed as Nozomi, Cait sith and Kuzco registered this slowly as they plummeted suddenly down screaming madly in panic, "AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" But then both of them collided into one another as the cliff became narrower and narrower into a bottleneck opening. Gasping painfully Nozomi then saw that she and Kuzco were now back to back against each other as they were forced together painfully by the narrow opening.

Seeing this she then whispered annoyed, "oh great! Just of all things to-"

But then Cait sith stopped her from going on as he spoke up, "hush up lass! Don't move too much!"

Hearing this Nozomi not understanding asked, "huh? What? Why?"

Cait sith then pointed down urgently as he held onto her shoulder, seeing him do this Nozomi looked down herself as she saw the terrifying sight below, as they were now held over a huge expanse of water as a flock of alligators were now swimming underneath them, all ready and willing to eat them all as delicacies.

Now sweating with fear as she saw the monstrous beasts and her other one major weakness beneath her Nozomi then uttered nervous, "oh no… not water! This is so not my day…" as she then closed her eyes to look away from the horrible sight.

Cait sith just as anxious surveyed the scene and tried to think of how to get them all out of the situation they were stuck in as Kuzco whispered trembling himself, "what're we gonna do! Ah!" Cait sith though surveying climbed over on top of Kuzco as he was distracted by his fear as he made more observations as the llama emperor carried on to say, "what're we gonna do! We're gonna die! That's it for me!"

However Cait sith finishing now with his surveillance climbed back onto Nozomi's shoulder as he whispered into her ear as her eyes were still closed not wanting to see the water below, "lass!"

Hearing him making her jump slightly Nozomi turned to him and asked, "Cait sith?"

Glad that he'd gotten her attention he then whispered to her again, "can ya use yer power now! Can ya fly us out of this mess?"

Hearing him say this Nozomi realised as she mentally kicked herself that this was something she could have done earlier! So then her fear quickly diminishing she then whispered back to him, "I don't know? Let me have a check." With that she closed her eyes as her wings opened up on her feet, with them there she then looked up above.

Kuzco stopped for a moment as he felt something looking he then saw her wings on her feet as they glittered in the light, he was mesmerized by them, in the meantime Cait sith watched her quietly as he waited for her to finish.

Then she finally came to a decision as she recalled her wings back quickly as she then told him quietly," there are some but they're really high up the cliff! I could get us out of here if we can get up higher."

Hearing this glad Cait sith nodded as he whispered back to her, "all right then!" With that he then climbed on top of her head as he then called out to them both, "right then! Lass! Lad we can get out of this!"

Surprised that he thought of something so quickly Nozomi wondered what he'd come up with as she asked, "How can we get out of this Cait sith?"

Kuzco was silent as his fear was still there on his face as he still trembled slightly.

Answering her question Cait sith went straight to it, "right then!" With that he crawled over her and Kuzco as he then maneuvered their arms between them as they were now interlinked together.

Feeling him do this Nozomi wondered what on earth he was doing when suddenly it dawned on her with the positions that they were in as she smiled at this idea, she then felt him climb back on her shoulders as he then went onto what would happen next, "okay you guys are now linked! So now ya both need to push into each other than ya can both walk up the cliffs!"

Nozomi hearing this nodded at this thought as she then said, "right!" With that she pushed into Kuzco who unfortunately was not ready as he was pushed into his side of the cliff, "ow!"

Seeing what she'd done Cait sith called out, "lass!"

Feeling stupid she then responded, "oh oops!"

Kuzco still aching slightly from the push spoke to her annoyed, "you did that on purpose."

Hearing him say this Nozomi thought in her mind, 'well you deserved it!' But then she removed some of her push slightly letting Kuzco recover but then he pushed into her all of sudden himself making her hit her own cliff side. In pain herself now she called out, "hey!"

But then quickly Cait sith intervened as referee as he told them both, "oi now cut it out! Both of ya!"

Snapping to attention automatically Nozomi kept a lid on her rage as she then simply huffed annoyed as Cait sith continued, "right now the lot of us have got to work together to get out of this! Now just keep a lid on yer yappin' and do as I say!"

Hearing this Nozomi then responded still a little bitter, "okay," Kuzco in the same annoyed mood then responded too, "fine!" With that the two of them pushed into one another both equally as now they were both held over the bottleneck opening.

Glad to see he'd organised them up to this point Cait sith then breathed out, "okay then, first step with yer right!"

However Kuzco quickly spoke up as he asked, "Who's right? Her right or mine?"

Wondering why this was important Nozomi asked, "Why should that matter?"

Cait sith annoyed at this question spoke again, "it doesn't now! We'll just… we'll go with the lasses!"

However Kuzco whined, "oh why hers!"

Nozomi getting irritated quickly again had to bite her lip to stop her own complaints as she thought to herself, 'man what a whinger!"

But then Cait sith spoke up again though getting mad, "all right! All right lad! We'll make it yours!"

Glad to see that he'd won something out of his conversation he responded smiling cheerfully, "okay got it!"

Nozomi sighed at last that he was going to cooperate with them then listened as Cait sith continued, "okay then! Right!" With that Nozomi and Kuzco began to climb up the cliff together as Cait sith continued, "Left! Right! Left! Right!"

Feeling them move Nozomi was glad and even Kuzco himself was as he beamed with relief as he spoke again, "hey look we're moving!" But then he looked down and saw the alligators himself as they made their roars he yelled out loudly, "aaaggghhh!"

His shouting going in her ears Nozomi looked at him mad as she told him, "be quiet you're hurting my ears! Now will you just stay with it! Just don't look down!"

Hearing her say this just as annoyed Kuzco replied, "fine! All right!"

With that the lot of them continued their journey ever upwards as Cait sith continued his march, "Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right…!"

Unfortunately now everyone had reached their distance limit as both of them were stretched out with their backs out desperate to keep their legs on their cliff sides to keep them aloft.

Kuzco aching as he kept his legs out spoke out clearly struggling, "now what? Geniuses?"

Struggling herself Nozomi then spoke herself, "hang on!" With that she called her wings out again and looked up once more, unfortunately things were not as promising as she'd hoped, "oh no!"

Cait sith on her shoulders spoke again, "what is it lass?"

Gritting her teeth Nozomi told him, "The orbs are too high u,p I can't fly us out!"

Hearing this Cait sith then cried out annoyed, "oh great! Some use you are lass."

Gritting her teeth really annoyed Nozomi was about to argue again when suddenly there was a call from above, "Nozomi! Kuzco! Cait sith!"

Looking up then everyone saw Pacha as he looked down at them all worried, seeing him Nozomi called out pleased, "Mr Pacha!"

Hearing her and seeing that she was alive he called out to them all, "how did you all get down there?"

At this question Nozomi hesitated for a moment… what could she do? Should she tell him about Kuzco? But then looking at him as he looked at her worried despite their situation she decided that she couldn't tell Pacha right now so, "it's a long story! We've got to get out of this! Have you brought any vines or rope?"

Listening her call out and ask Pacha realised quickly as he looked to his right hand and then told her, "yeah! Yeah I have! Hang on I'll pass it down!"
Pleased at this news Cait sith then cried out, "great bloke! Pass it down quick!"

Nodding at his words Pacha then quickly looped the vine he'd found around his arms as he then passed it down carefully and quietly down the cliff face, all three climbers watched eagerly as it came down towards them.

But then sadly the rope length stopped as it was still quite a bit of a distance away from them, seeing this Cait sith cried out, "Pacha mate! Can ya lengthen it out a bit more!"

Pacha hearing him told him, "No I can't! There's no more I can put out!"

Kuzco dismayed at this then spoke out annoyed, "great! Now what're we supposed to do!"

Nozomi quiet herself as she looked up at the vine which was now dangling beside a small out going tree, she had a thought then herself as she knew what she could do! Turning to the llama emperor and her feline companion she spoke to him, "Kuzco, Cait sith!"

Hearing her still disgruntled he looked at her annoyed as he asked, "what?"

Cait sith also hearing her asked, "what is it lass?"

Nozomi then told them her idea, "right, if you stretch out your neck onto my back, then I can reach forward with you Cait sith and then you can grab the vine for us."

Listening to this plan Cait sith was surprised she'd thought of this so quickly but he was glad for the idea so responded, "all right, nice one lass!"

At this idea though Kuzco became suspicious as he asked her agitated, "wait a minute how do I know the two of you won't let me fall after the both of you grab the rope!"

Annoyed at him instantly unable to contain her anger anymore Nozomi told him, "you're just gonna have to trust us you dumb animal!"

Surprised that she'd called him this again Kuzco was really irritated but he decided to do just do it anyway since there was no other way for them to get out of the situation, so he put his head on Nozomi's back as he began to push her forwards and up.

Surprising her slightly as he pushed her forwards Nozomi then couldn't help but smile slightly, glad that again he was helping them in some way so then quickly Cait sith ran up her arm, "right lass! Let's get that vine!" Hearing him say this Nozomi smiled happy as she then grabbed him and reached forwards.

Reaching forwards together it was still a bit of a strain for Kuzco as he told them both, "you know it's a good thing you're not both big and fat otherwise this would be really difficult!"

At these words Nozomi told him, "stop fussing!" With that she turned forwards again with Cait sith in her arms as she reached forwards still, she spoke to him, "c'mon Cait sith get it!"

Hearing her he told her annoyed, "I'm tryin lass! Just reach forwards will ya!"

Gritting Nozomi continued to reach with him to get the rope, Cait sith was really near to it now so he told her, "c'mon just a bit more!"

"All right!" With that she reached just a little bit more and at last, "got it lass!" As he finally got his paws on it.

Really happy to hear this Nozomi cried out, "great!" But then as she held onto him hoping for him to pull the vine down, instead he just kept tugging it back and forth, annoyed she then asked him, "Cait sith what're you doing!"

He then told her, "its stuck lass! I can't get it off the branch!" For it was true as the branch tugged back and forth as Cait sith tried to get the vine dislodged from one of its many branches.

To which she responded appalled, "great!"

Kuzco then asked annoyed himself, "what's taking so long!"

Nozomi then told him, "It's stuck on a tree branch! Cait sith's trying to get it off!"

Unbeknownst to Kuzco the small tree above them all was a nest for a lot of temperamental yellow scorpions that started to rain out from the tree, Kuzco unaware replied, "all right, take your time! No hurry here." But then suddenly he felt something on his neck and saw to his shock these horrible insects approaching his head. He then yelled loudly, "Scorpions!"

Hearing him suddenly confused Nozomi saw then shocked that he jumped up in fright as the scorpions all scattered off of him, quickly without thinking she let go of Cait sith as she cried out, "your majesty!"

Then suddenly at once feeling Nozomi let go Cait sith cried out, "lass what're you-" but then suddenly she grabbed Cait sith's tail unconsciously as she caught Kuzco's and swung his face into a single hole in the cliff, Cait sith shouted out loudly, "yeeoooowwww!"

Kuzco himself called out as his face was still plugged into the hole, "oh no!" He tried to move out of the hole however was unable to as he put his hooves all over the cliffs edge.

In these moments of chaos Nozomi didn't know what was happening at all as she turned to look up to Cait sith to see why he'd shouted do loudly, but then suddenly she felt something as the tree branch broke as it fell over her slightly, then turning she saw crawling down her back through her collar neck were scorpions. Her eyes widened with absolute horror as she then cried out loudly, "NOOO! Get them out! Get them out! Get them out now!" She then started smacking her back against the wall to kill the horrible insects making Cait sith's agonies far worse as she swung back and forth.

Pacha watching what was going on was absolutely baffled, what was going on down there?

Kuzco in the meantime still stuck in his hole could feel Nozomi's impacts through the cave as pebbles fell now and again, but what horrified him now was that suddenly several yellow eyes opened in the darkness. He became wide eyed as there was a sudden flutter of wings making him cry out in fright.

Nozomi gasping as she felt the last of the crawling sensations stop couldn't believe the day she was having at all when suddenly she was lifted into the air as Kuzco seemed to take off into the air, shocked as she still held Cait sith by the tail she shouted out, "whoooaaaa!"

As she was in the air she saw then suddenly what had caused them to fly were dark blue creatures as they were trying to carry Kuzco off as they held their red claws on his long black furred neck, heartless!

Seeing them she snapped to attention as she quickly cried out, "oh no you don't!" She then summoned her wings in moments letting her at last have some grit in the air as her wings pulled against the heartless' pull.

Holding on with all her might Kuzco suddenly slipped from their claws as she then quickly cried out, "Pacha! Catch him! " with that she swung and threw the llama emperor quickly behind her as the gentle farmer caught Kuzco in a hurry.

Cait sith now finally able to move jumped up from Nozomi's closed left hand as she released his tail she summoned her keyblade into her right one, he quickly landed on her shoulder as he told her, "get im' lass!"

Smiling she replied, "will do!" With that she pointed her keyblade forwards as the horrible creatures came now speeding towards her, aiming she felt the spell charge through her as it suddenly levelled up in moments as she cried out, "Thundaga!"

The spell shot out in moments as all of the bats were disintegrated from the electrical charge, but unfortunately the blast also caused her to be thrown back just due to the force of the powerful spell causing Nozomi to fall back in the air, "aaaggghh!"

Pacha seeing her plummeting towards him put Kuzco down beside him quickly as he ran forwards and caught Nozomi in his arms from the sudden rush, looking down at her he asked her worried, "Nozomi, Cait sith are you both all right?"

Hearing him gasping from the exhilarating experience Nozomi told him with a breathless smile, "just overworked."

Cait sith then added just as breathless, "yeah and over stressed!"

Smiling at this himself relieved to see they were safe, they at last all had a quiet moment when all of a sudden the cliff edge that he, her and Cait sith were standing on started to crumble making them begin to fall forwards.

But then suddenly there was a call from behind, "look out!"

Then on Pacha's back there was a pull as he, Nozomi and Cait sith were thrown back and away from the crumbling edge as the rocks and grass all fell below into the dark depths.

Seeing what he'd done Kuzco began to call out proud, "wooo! Yeah! Look at me and my bad self!" He then pointed at them all as he spoke further glorified, "I snatch you all right out of the air!" Then looking down below with a sad look on his eyes he talked on with his hands in prayer, "oh I'm a crumbling canyon wall and I'm taking you all with me," but then he changed again as he shook his hand in denial and said, "well not today pal!"

He then started to do a strange walk of some kind as he went on, "uh huh! Uh huh! Uh huh! Uh huh!"

Everyone on the ground lying there looking at him now really surprised, Nozomi began to say to him, "hey? You… you do realise what you've done don't you?"

Not getting it his smug smile still there Kuzco asked as he continued, "done what?"

But then Pacha answered it for him, "you just saved all of our lives."

At this Kuzco finally stopped as he got it now looking surprised and dumbfounded but then he asked looking as though he didn't care, "so?"

Cait sith though not fooled spoke, on Nozomi's shoulder, "I can see it!"

Kuzco still trying to keep his cool asked, "see what?"

Pacha then added himself smiling, "that there is some good in you after all."

Kuzco then replied quickly, "uh, uh."

Nozomi then joined in the positive provocation, "come on just say it!"

Not giving up Kuzco replied," wrong."

Cait sith then spoke up again, "yes there is lad!"

Pacha then said again, "I think there is."

The llama emperor was now getting fed up with this as he answered again, "uh! Uh!"

But then Nozomi said casually, "Well you know you could of just let us all fall to our deaths there."

Which in turn made Kuzco speak out tired and annoyed, "c'mon what's the big deal! Nobodies that heartless!" Which after he said the words made him purse his lips in shock.

Nozomi then pointed at him with a look that spelled, 'gothca,' on her face as she smiled openly, while Cait sith and Pacha were just as smug looking at him however not wanting to let the best of him get taken Kuzco spoke again, "don't read into it, it was a one time thing."

No one believing a word of this all just looked on with the same smug smile as Pacha then responded, "right sure, well we all better move, without that bridge it's a four day walk to the palace."

With that Pacha began to walk on ahead, Kuzco was silent as he watched the peasant farmer move on, Nozomi then spoke herself, "right well we better move on too." To which Cait sith added too, "Right on lass."

She then began to follow Pacha, but then suddenly Kuzco was surprised as he ran up to them, "hey you're both still going to help me and you're not telling Pacha?"

Hearing him asked this Nozomi replied, "well yeah, I mean we all shook together on it and besides, you're the only one who knows where Riku and Mickey are and I need you for that, and I don't want to distress Pacha anymore, he'll never trust you again if I say and besides…"

Suspicious as she drew on this word Kuzco asked, "besides what?"

She then told him smiling confident, "well four days is a long time for us and maybe by then you'll change your mind about Pacha's village, and maybe about the whole prison/execution thing."

Hearing her say this Kuzco didn't get her as he said, "well you know this doesn't change anything, Kuzcotopia is still happening and I'll have you arrested too."

Shaking her head Nozomi only had her smile there as she walked on off while Cait sith spoke up, "sure ya will lad, sure ya will."

Still not understanding her and why'd she'd help him Kuzco was silent for a moment before saying, "four days…"

He then walked after them all before running up to Pacha to ask a particular little question, Nozomi in the meantime watching him walk on asked Cait sith who was on her head now, "do you think he'll change his mind?"

Cait sith responded, "dunno, but…" he then suddenly tugged on Nozomi's hair hard making her cry out in pain making Pacha and Kuzco look at her worried as he then told her, "that's payback for my tail before!"

"Ow! Cait sith!" With that Nozomi began to try and bat him off of her as she ran forwards, Pacha only laughed as Kuzco just said aloud to himself, "you people are all really, really weird."