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Trouble Island 9
 

Ni Hao... new chapter... read and review and enjoy...

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Chapter Nine: What Else Is There To Worry About?

The rain is still falling hard... as hard as tears of un-describable laughter in tow idiots' heads... Ushio and Tora have really ran out of breath from all the joy... as they simply watched Asako, Mayuko, Fuusetsu struggle trying to get the communication system to work... every thing got power... but they didn't know how to operate it... Shadow, Nightmare and Ann sat back in the cockpit only watching... Shadow had her eyes closed, feeling the wonderful well-being of her mate nursing her cuts, her daughter only enjoyed the fact that her parents were finally getting back together, it satisfied her enough... the one legged man told what's left of his men to watch over the passengers, and not to come for him in the cock-pit, especially Mayuko's parents... she asked him to do so, because she didn't want to end up explaining how Asako and Ushio ended here with her... not to forget the beasts!!
"Urgh... this is hopeless..." Fuusetsu cried annoyed, fingers messing up his red silky hair again in frustration... then sitting with a thump on his butt, leg tucked, arms folded thinking with his eyes closed... moment of silence as a few red locks covered his face...
"Oh (white thing) I cant think of any thing..." he murmured in a low voice... but then eyes shut open as he, and all the others, heard the sound of foot steps coming near them, all craning their heads, a shadow came in, then...
"Fuusetsu, are you-!!!-Uhh!?" it was Elena, with her eyes shot open in shock as she eyed the beasts sitting right next to her... Shadow was the nearest one, it was pretty clear to her that the human female was on the edge of fainting, her body smelled cold as her heart beats slowed in a strange quick way... but then, slowly, it went back to normal, as her heart went a little fast, thumping hard in her ribs... the human female took in a deep breath then eyed the red headed man in the dark trench coat, with her eyes blinking open and a rather pale terrified face...
"Uh... nice friends you've got here!!" she exclaimed in a rather squeaking voice trying to comfort her self, not to mention trying no to look scared in front of the beasts... the ancient orange ass only chuckled, Ushio glared him but said nothing...
"It's alright Elena... we're in a truce, they wont harm us now!" said the one legged man comforting her... she walked closed to him with careful steps avoiding brushing her self in any of the beasts bodies, after all, there were four beasts and four humans, and the pilots' cockpit was designed for four members, besides her self... nine isn't a good number, not forgetting all of the beasts sizes!!
"Are you sure?" she asked, eyeing Tora, he gave a wicked grin, tail flickering "Uhh... (sweat drop) they don't look so friendly!" she whispered to him, feeling a cold feeling in her bones...
"Weather they're friendly or not, that's not the topic!!" scolded Asako, "we have to figure out how to operate this thing!" she complained kicking some thing...
"Some thing wrong Fuusetsu?" questioned Elena... he only answered by pointing a thumb towards the almost destroyed control panel and communication system...

Slowly she eyed the broken window, rain was falling hard through it, then some thing crackled, craning her head around towards the beast, she saw the female beast with the cuffs on her wrists... she paused for a second, but shifted her gaze as Shadow moved her hands back to fork away a few locks from her face... light blue eyes to ivy green... they froze, but then, Elena's eyebrows met, scanning the females face...
"Have... have we met?" she asked almost doubting her self... Shadow almost blinked as she noticed the human talking to her, but then only shocked her head in response...
"I would not think so human!" she simply exclaimed... but then eyed Fuusetsu who was struggling with the temple boy -who was back from beast barrier to normal- trying to fix the panel... but instead, only ended up bumping their foreheads against each other...

"Woo-Dammit!! Watch what your doing!!"

They both said it in a single voice scolding each other, but after that, they just blinked oddly at each other, but also, both ignored, as the one legged man tried to work, Ushio stood up to stand by Asako... the orange beast only chuckled, tail flickering, seems to be really enjoying him self... eyeing the rest, Mayuko, and the beast family, he eyed the human Russian female, who was eyeing the one legged man in a dreamy way... he had a nasty hunch about that...
"Say, female!!" all the girls eyed him "err, to be more clear, adult human female!!" Elena eyed him with a cocked eyebrow, Tora could feel her having goose bumps allover, and he enjoyed it... Ushio had a bad feeling about the beast's smile, so he simply coughed, just for the beast to take it as a warning...
"Yes?" she asked in a careful tone "what do you want?" he only widened his grin, eyeing her body, then spoke...
"Your not from around here, are you?" he asked calmly... she only eyed him then scanned his figure, feeling a shiver going down her scrawny spine, then taking in a deep breath, she answered...
"Actually, I'm from Russia, why are you asking?" she replied, he only surged, as if saying 'no reason!' then went back eyeing the one legged man struggling...
"F***ing Sh** eating stupid slip on a machine!!" he cursed, grabbing his wrist, it looks like some one had cut him self!! The red sparkles of blood streaming down his wrist, staining his shirt's sleeves, dripping from his elbow, drove the attention of all beasts, which gave the temple boy an alarming loud siren!! Shadow had her eyes snapping wide open... she wasn't used on hunting humans; actually, she loathed them, because she always thought they taste just awful to her point of view, but remembering that she was the one to bite off Fuusetsu's leg, she gave a sign... as for Nightmare, he ate humans before, but not those many, not as many as Tora did... and Ann! Well, she's just a child! She never knew the smell of blood till she bit Ushio's dad, yet, never eaten a human!! Quickly eyeing Tora, the beast had a gaze of nothing but pure hunger as his chin cracked a little open, almost drooling, tail flickering... Ushio swung the spear his way, the absent minded beast flinched yelping... eyeing the boy, he blinked him frowning with pure eyes warning him of not even thinking about it... spear almost humming...
"Wait here! I'll get the first aid kit!" the Russian female said as she squirmed her way towards the near by room... she had to lightly brush her back against Tora, the over grown fuzz ball was blocking the way... 'Woo! Soft!' he thought to him self with a smirk... but then got nothing but a bonk on the scalp... he yelped then cursed, glaring eye to eye with the boy...

After a struggle in the first class, the temple boy and the ancient beast have used up all whet they had from strength... not to mention demolishing most of the chairs there!! Panting yet still glaring, they both decided it was only fare for a short rest before continuing their battle... panting, The beast smelled some thing rather good... some thing... some thing with a strong sent... it smelled like... Coffee!! He grinned in joy... ignoring the boy blinking in confusion; he saw the beast walk towards the place before the cockpit, where the supplies are put, like water and stuff!! The stupid beast peeked his head only to see the Russian female, from the back, standing at a coffee machine waiting for a mug of coffee to be done... arms folded, weight shifting to one leg as her butt looked rather cute for the beasts eye view... pacing with cat-foot steps, she didn't feel him, he slowly rose a hand, fingers twitching, wanting to feel her... BONK...
"TORA!! Behave your self you a** ho**!!" cursed the temple boy, his face was slightly in red... eyeing Elena, who craned her head towards them in a start, he simply bowed to her with many apologize, then grabbed the beasts mane and yanked him not so nicely to finish the earlier fight, both cursing each other loudly...

Back at the cockpit, the room was a little better now, not that crowded any more, as Nightmare and Shadow volunteered to stay out side in the rain to take watch, even though the rain was coming thought the broken window, the one legged man had nothing to do but to block it with his favorite trench coat... he hated getting it wet, but it was all he had!! Asako and Mayuko were sitting near him watching, Asako tried to figure out the way of using the panels, moving this or clicking that, shifting this and pulling that and all, as Mayuko tried to read the manual... mostly, she didn't know much about planes engines, so she didn't understand much... the only thing keeping them company was Ann, Elena and two idiots fighting in the first class, demolishing what's left of the chairs...

"Yawn... oh, excuse me..." she slurred, rubbing her eyes with the back of one hand wanting to stay awake... Asako smiled then walked to her, picking her up silent, Ann was really exhausted, and just eyed Asako in the eyes... both silent, Ann did nothing but rest her head on the humans chest, arms around her neck, only to fall fast into dream land... Asako smiled, then walked out of the cockpit passing Elena who came with a plate of nine mugs of coffee, Asako went to the near by place that seemed to be full with nothing but pillows and blankets... placing the little one some where comfy, she laid her to sleep them stayed with her for a while...
"Oh, thank you!" exclaimed Mayuko, receiving the mug from Elena thankfully, taking a sip, she saw Fuusetsu taking it silent with a frown, still annoyed, and his wrist still hurt... Elena said nothing, she was used of him not saying any thing, he rarely answered, walking towards Mayuko, she placed the plate with the coffee mugs on the panel... taking her mug, she simply took a sip, then eyed the one legged man, silently drinking his coffee an a few quick sips... then eyeing him studying the wires and stuff peeking out of place, using the manual Mayuko was attending to keep, but changed her mind, wanting to figure out what goes where and all...
"Do you know what the main problem is?" she asked, she had no answer... "Fuusetsu? Maybe it's not in the wires..." she continued... "It might be some thing else..." she paused... he still didn't respond... "Um, Fuuse-" THWACK!!

Mayuko jilted in start, mug flinching from her twany fingers to spill on the floor, as Fuusetsu was so annoyed, frustrated and hazardous, he threw the mug right at Elena's face, smacking her forehead, and the coffee was hot, as it spilled on her face and body... all the mugs were colored in white... but now, except for one, stained in scarlet... tiny streams on sparkling red glowed with thunder in the sky, and it stained the whiteness of her face... her blond locks going a little dark, her thin fingers shaking in pain... slowly, she eyed her hands... blood... it glowed beautifully, yet in a dead kind of way... then shifted her sight at him, as some thing red covered her sight... his face went pail, clearing his throat, gulping, he eyed his fingers... the culprits of what he had done to her... his heart went to a race... he didn't know what to do, what to say... he froze as some thing he never felt before clutched his breath, blocking his lungs cold... he felt a rush of shame envelope him... he wasn't able to look at her eye to eye...he only dropped his gaze, eyeing the manual book at his knee...
"Well...you could've just said 'I'm not in a mood' like usual!!" she smiled to him, voice went shallow and full with nothing but pure pain, her eyes washed a way the blood seeping into them...
"Yo' what's go-!!" the orange ancient beast froze, eyeing the Russian female, hair, face, hands full of blood, the smell filled his nose, but her eyes full of tears, clothing smell like coffee... tail almost a flick, he eyed the hamburger girl for an explanation... she said nothing... avoiding a small pool of coffee, she took Elena's hands and took her out of the cock pit to wash her face... the beast eyed the one legged man, guilt was clear on his face, eyeing some thing near him, a mug of coffee was colored almost in scarlet... the beast was a slow one... he really felt puzzled... 'But might as well think about that later' he thought as he smelled the wonderful aroma of coffee filling his sensitive nose... passing the man with simply no concern but filling his stomach, the beast gulped down each drink in a single gulp... licking his chops he sighed in gratitude... eyeing the one legged man, he still seemed drowning in thought, then the temple boy came in with Asako... she seemed shocked, I think she saw Elena...
"You!!" she cried, yelling and scolding the absent minded man in front of her... he looked at her, only to be gifted with a slap on his face... cheek turning red, he eyed her again, as her eyes glowed in anger mixed with tears, hand tuning from flat to fist... eyeing the temple boy, Ushio said nothing, but only glared... then pushed Asako a little away so she wont brake his bones...

"Well?" asked the orange beast, he felt the human's heartbeats thumping hard; he could hear it from his perch... "Too much stress sure drive's one crazy, eh?" he said, "Maybe you need a few years in a dark room human! It would give you time to think about every thing you've done in your life..." he exclaimed in a cold voice, then simply walked away, towards the place where he knew he'd find more coffee!!

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Else where, under the rain, Shadow and Nightmare were standing guard, Shadow at the butt of the plane, leaning on the tail, and Nightmare at the middle, eyes closed, listening to what's around, then slowly his eye lids slightly opened, with a gray flash he blinked a few times, but a faint color of yellow merged in the gray color... then craned his head towards his mate, if like he was able to see her... Shadow took in a deep breath as rain went down cold on her shivering body, flicking her tail around for warmth, still scanning around, she felt a little tired... rising her head sky wards, the rain washed away her sleep, brushing back a few wet crimson locks, she didn't want to sleep... but then, a pair of wet hands, almost cold finger tips cupped her shoulders...
"Shadow, maybe you should go inside, it's getting really cold out here!" her mate whispered to her, his eyes flashing gray... a pause came as she scrolled those eyes, her heart felt broken, but not wanting to cause any more pain, she just took in a deep breath with a smile, she cupped his hand with another cupping hand...
"I'm alright Nightmare! You're the one who should go inside... I'll stay watch!" she whispered... after a pause, eyeing his face, he only frowned, not wanting to leave her side... but he had a feeling of warmth as she nuzzled him softly... both under rain... she snuggled her head under his chin, as he felt a massive heat rise in his soul... but then was feeling grateful as they held in an embrace... a little naughty, he wrapped his arms around her chest, a bit tight, blinking a few times, almost flushing, she pushed them a little back folding her arms parting his own from her chest with a smile, then snuggled her self into his fur...
"I love you Shadow..." he whispered softly... voice sounding broken in pain... "If only there was a way for me to see your lovely face again..." he whispered...
"Nightmare..." she whispered back to him, hand drawing to brush a few gray locks from his face, she printed her lips on his cheek, comforting him... "All of this will end, then we're all gonna go back home if like nothing happened..." she smiled "I cant promise you this, but I'll do my best to have things back to the way they were..." she whispered to him, feeling his wet face... he held her a little bit more tight, under the rain... both in silence...

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Some where at the first class, Mayuko had just finished wrapping Elena's head with bandages, as her cut seemed not so deep, but was badly hurt... some where near by, Asako was yelling at Ushio and scolded him for not letting her brake the one legged mans face... the orange ass only watched and listened, enjoying this comedy show...

"Ushio, just one hit, that's all I ask!!" X
"No Asako, you cant!! He just went berserk from all the pressure that's all! Kind of like me and Tora!" sweat drop
"I don't buy that Ushio!" X 5 times
"But Asako!!"
"Humph!!"
"Oh..." white thing

"........." Elena eyed the orange beast; he was staring at the temple boy and the harsh voiced girl... but then saw some thing in his silver eyes, as his head quickly shifted towards her, making her snap in start... blinking, he did nothing but stare... his head rose a little, slowly, he had him arms folded where his chin rested, but just eyed her calmly... he seemed to stare at some thing... looking a little down, her chin almost tucked in her chest, she eyed her cat-paw print tattoo, frowning she just laid a hand on it covering, he only smirked then went back eyeing the battle... after a short pause, Fuusetsu walked out of the cock pit, rubbing his eyes, they went weary as he badly needed rest...
"Fuusetsu, any luck?" asked Mayuko, he only eyed her with a frown and the whiteness of his eyes cracked in red vines of blood... shaking his head, she knew he couldn't figure out any thing... eyeing the Russian woman, Fuusetsu blinked her slightly, then walked to her, she only dropped her gaze to a near by broken chair...
"I'm... sorry about what happened Elena... I ... I just don't know what happened to me!" he apologized in a dry tired voice, then clearing his throat, he would really go for a drink...
"That's alright, but next time, give me a sign, okay?" she responded calmly "but now I think you need some rest Fuusetsu, you look beat!" he gave a nod, as he walked away towards the near by un-damaged space with chairs...

"You know, we all could go for a rest" exclaimed the orange beast "you humans take a rest, we'll do the watch from now..." he continued... Ushio eyed him oddly, Tora was acting pretty much strange lately... but might as well think about that later, as he him self felt tired and sleepy... all found a few chairs, leaned them back, as the girls slept on one side, and the guys slept on the other...

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Out side, Shadow yawned in a sleepy cat like yawn, and then coughing as she slightly choked cause rain went in her throat, feeling silly, she cleared her throat... Nightmare's gray eyes still weren't focusing on any thing, and that had her worried...
"Don't think about it!" he suddenly spoke to her, she just blinked "if their was a way for me to get back my sight..." he paused "I'll do it... if it will let me see you again!" he continued calmly...
"Oh, Nightmare!" she smiled... she knew how much he loved her, as she loved him... though she kept having the feeling of some one else there in her heart... but she couldn't remember who it was... but all she remembered, is that she woke up one day, to see Nightmare standing there next to her... and some thing moving within her own body... after a few months, she went through labor and had Ann...
"Shadow? Some thing wrong?" he asked, she said nothing, and snuggling into his chest she just whispered a single 'no' then almost purred in respond... he laid his head on her own, smiling...
"Ahem!!!" a rude voice exclaimed, almost laughing, as the ancient orange beast sat a few feet away, arms folded and tail flickering, still all wet by rain, but didn't care as an enjoyed smirk found its was to the stripped face he possessed... "If this is your idea of 'taking watch' I would appreciated it if let some one else do it..." he exclaimed, shark teeth showing as they both seemed to flush...
"Well hey! It's only fare for mates to stick together and keep each other warm, right?" cried Shadow... shoulders shrugging as Nightmares gray almost yellow eyes blinked a few times...
"Why don't you just save it for the bed then?" the ancient orange beast had just made a big mistake...

Nightmare felt his mate quickly spring from his side to hear the sound of mud splashing, teeth snapping, the metal body of the plane being scratched and hit, punched and her cuffs crackling... hissing, yelping, and an orange beast cursing loud... seemed like they both flinched off the plane and landed on the ground... Nightmare gave a sigh... at that time, Tora aimed a hand full of claws, but she dodged it, then a punch to her shoulder, but she blocked it with a wrist making him smack his knuckles in her cuffs...
"YAW!!" he cried in pain, he felt like they turned into pixy dust or some thing... fingers snapping with some thing like thorns, he drew back feeling his hand... eyeing her, she just stood there on her four legs, panting, ivy green eyes glowing in faint light as the sky crackled thunder... he couldn't help the view of her chest in that pose... teeth showing, but then, her lips drew back, as she slowly sat back silent...
"You okay?" she asked, sounding concerned... eyeing her oddly, the orange beast felt puzzled... was she really concerned or was she just making fun of him? He gave no answer, simply licking his paw nursing it...
"Is every thing alright down there?" cried the dark brown wet beast from his spot, he couldn't see, so he thought it would be better if he just stayed where he was...
"Yeah... I guess every thing is just fine..." eyeing Tora with a glare "...for now!!" her tail flicked... Tora ignored, slowly skipping in flight, his pads hurt from all the walking... Shadow's eyes snapped open... she eyed him as he sat next to her mate, whispering some thing in his ear, she couldn't hear what it was...

"WHAT!!" cried Nightmare; sounding embarrassed "what is that suppose to mean?" he frowned flushing... the orange beast only chuckled and simply turned it into a loud laugh...
"You two are such children!!" he chuckled, and then went back into the plane, sinking through the planes metal substance... shadow, blinked, then quickly climbing the wet wings then finally reaching her mate, as you know, she cant fly, cause she hate's heights!! He felt her approach and just sank his head, somewhat in shame...
"What'd he say?" she asked... he didn't answer "nightmare! What did he say??" she repeated... her mate only turned his face away, tail tucked... then eyed her with grayish yellow eyes...

"Do you really wanna know?"
"Yes!"
"Well (whisper/whisper/whisper) uhh..."
"... (Flush)..." X a lot of times...
"Shadow?"
"That dope needs to learn some manners... on second thought, he needs a mate!!" she murmured to her mate annoyed...
"Tell me about it!!" (Sweat drop)

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In side the plane, Tora shocked rain of his mane; drying him self from water... walking into the first class, every one was fast to sleep... walking to the females, Asako had brought Ann to sleep with them, resting her in her lap, as Mayuko rested her head on Elena's shoulder, Elena had her arm wrapped around Mayukos back, and Mayuko had Asako's head resting on her shoulder, as Ann's head rested on Asako's chest... a rather complex chain... imagine that, you might understand the view!! Any ways... Tora gave a smile, then eyed the males... Ushio had the spear held in his firm clutch resting on his chair, snoring -like usual- pretty loud, as Fuusetsu looked more like dead than asleep, frowning, I think the boy's snoring bothered him, only his chest rising in breath told the beast that he was still alive...

"Tora?" a voice whispered, it was Mayuko, eyeing him with sleepy eyes, eyes not even counted either open or closed...
"Hush... go back to sleep!" he whispered to her softly... placing a careful hand on her head... she just went back to her doze, snuggling a little deeper into warmth and sleep... the beast smiled as he eyed her beauty...
"You really like her, don't you?" craning his head around, the sound of dripping caught his ears, eyeing Shadow smirking right at him, fur wet, ivy green eyes blinking... "Cant blame ya'!! After all, she's one of a kind!!" she concluded, as her mate walked with cat-foot steps besides her...
"What are you two doing here?" he snarled, but then remembered the humans, and tried not to wake them up, especially the harsh voiced girl... he hated it what he wakes her up, cause she usually beats the crap outta his face...
"Well you said you don't like the way we do our job, so we thought we'd take a rest and let you take watch..." Shadow explained...
"After all, we're beat, and it's only fare to shift places, right?" he reasoned... the orange beast didn't say any thing... actually he did, but not out loud!! Cursing under his breath he walked out, though he hated getting wet...
"Yawn" Shadow was really tired, so she just curled around her self at the girls' side, before that she eyed Elena's bandages, confused, she just shrugged, then went to sleep, and Nightmare curled away at the guys, being a bit bothered by Ushio's snoring, he felt like he wanted to put an end to the temple boy's misery... ignoring, both went fast asleep...

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Some creatures are hard to specify, especially bugs who wont rest till they eat... some have rested slightly, dangling over tree branches, they seem to sleep when its dark and cold... rain had every thing wet... the planes tiers were stuck in the quick sand pits, and the men were really getting annoyed from all the wait, as they turned into the fifth day now... food supplies are running out, and the passengers are week and exhausted... no sign of help what so ever... but some where at the shore, many serpent were gathering around their master, as she sang a song only they could hear... but strange enough, the water began to twirl... the water dragon eyed the sky praying... but quickly craned her head around, as some thing swam up fast towards her from beyond at the horizon, she only smiled... 'All will come to an end' she whispered... they eyeing the plane, she had hope that things will end well...

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Next morning... Fuusetsu woke up with a lazy yawn, rubbing his tired dry eyes; he eyed the temple boy, who seemed to curl in his place on the chair... 'At least he stopped snoring, good grief, I never heard any one snore so *loud*!!' thought the one legged man as a single finger cleaned his ear... eyeing the females, he blinked Shadow, sprawling there like a huge cat, curled and with her arms folded under her head pillowing them... she looked attractive... for a female beast! Her mate was sleeping soundlessly near the temple boy... eyeing the window, they sky still had clouds, but we can see the sun shine bright... he smiled, but them his stomach protested, he flushed, then eyed the females... 'Still asleep? Good!!' He thought... stepping out of his bed/chair; he walked towards the cockpit... still feeling drowsy he yawned, only to bump into some thing huge, orange and furry...

"Hey stupid, watch it!!" cursed the beast snarling... the one legged man skipped in a start, he was surprised to see the beast there... blinking a few times he clear his throat...
"Say, what are you doing here any way?" he questioned, "Aren't you suppose to be out side guarding?" voice dry and wanting a drink, not waiting for the beasts answer, he went to the coffee machine for a hot morning drink... the beast didn't answer, but grinned widely as the aroma of coffee filled his nose...
"I was bored, so I thought I'd come back in side..." he paused taking more a few sniffs of coffee "besides, I think we've got rid of all the bug things!!" he exclaimed, hopefully waiting for the man to step away from the coffee machine so he could gulp all what it has into his impatient stomach... but then, seemed to remember some thing, biting his bottom lip, he turned away, gazing at the window, sun shine drew it's lines in side...
"Yeah, I guess they-HUH!!" before he was absent minded, but now the one legged man cocked an eye brow "some one pocked holes in the coffee machine's filter!!" he said, mostly talking to him self... wanting an answer, he craned his head towards the beast... Tora wasn't there... "What the... (?!? Over his head in confusion)" scratching his head, he really didn't want to think about that, so simply he went to the supplies cabinet to take out another filter...

Tora went back to the first class, then saw Mayuko stretching her arms sky wards... she woke up, but then he eyed Shadow, still sleeping, but now, Ann had rested her self over her mothers side as her mother was curled around her self... seems that she slipped at night and tucked her self into her mother... her mate was fast asleep near the temple boy... Tora grinned at the hamburger girl, cat-like footsteps towards her...
"Um, morning Tora" she smiled, rubbing her eyes as she saw him walking towards her, he only smiled back, but no teeth this time...
"Morning... feeling better?" he softly asked, she gave a nod, slowly not to wake up the rest, she stood up and walked towards him, but suddenly brushed her self into hem as she almost fainted... "Hey! What's the mater?" he whispered to her, holding her standing supported by his hands...
"Just... dizzy..." she whispered to her self, hand on her forehead... the ancient beat felt a bit worried, her finger tips felt frozen, so he just set her back to place, as she opened her mouth to speak, he placed a single forefinger on her lips, not touching, but almost did...
"Hush!" she didn't understand... but she really wasn't feeling that well either... she watched him as he snuck back towards the supplies room, looking for the one legged man...

Fuusetsu was in the cockpit, the minute Tora got their, the whole plane rumbled in a shaking rage... suddenly, the one legged man jumped crying in victory...
"E'VIVA!!" he shouted "it's finally working!!" he exclaimed to him self really proud... finally fixing the problem, what ever it was!!
"Hey, what's going on?" slurred the temple boy rubbing his eyes, pushing away sleep, then yawned...
"Did we miss any thing?" asked the harsh voiced girl with a sleepy voice, holding the blanket in her hand...
"I think the radio's working, isn't it?" asked Elena, sleepy voice as well... eyeing the one legged man, he smiled at her in victory...

The sun shined strong through the shattered glass that stood behind... it gave him some thing like a glow... his red hair, dark blue eyes, black clothing and white milky skin... they all mixed together in a way, it had her thinking it was just a dream... until some thing flat, furry and orange touched her rear... flushing she smacked the ancient beasts hand away flushing, he only chuckled...
"Your less active when you first wake up, eh females?" he asked, only to be gifted with a hit on the head by a spear... cursing, the temple boy had his activity charged up quick...
"What's all that rumbling about?" asked the female beast as she walked in, yawning, her daughter slowly paced from under her arms, both still lazy, but started from the sudden movement...
"Crazy humans... I thought that hell had broken loose!!" mumbled the dark brown beast, also walking in annoyed, walking to wards his mate... he eyed her slightly... his eyes were yellowish gray... blinking a few times, he only smiled to her... "Morning Shadow!" tail flickering a few times...
"Morning..." she didn't look at him, she only scratched her chin with her foot like an over grown cat... then eyed Fuusetsu, who was busy talking through the microphone...

"Hello? Hello? Can any one hear me?"
"(Sound of nothing but wind and radio whooshing)"
"I repeat, can any one hear me?"
"... wh... sa... aga... fo..." (Some one responded, but not clear)
"This is the pilot speaking, we are stranded on an island within the sectors from [170-180 east, and 5 north] in the {Tropical Ocean}, do you read me?"
"Not... lea... repe... we can... repe..."
" I said we are stranded on an island within the sectors [170-180 north, 5 east] in the {Tropical ocean}, do you read me? I repeat, do you read me??"
"(Voice went ear popping)"
"Dammit!! We need help here, do you read me, I repeat, Do-You-Read-Me?"

"Yeah-Yeah-Yeah, we got it already!' cried the orange beast annoyed from the man repeating him self, but the temple boy only pocked him in the shoulder with an elbow...
"Shut-Up!!" he scolded frowning, the glared again, but were only parted by Mayuko standing in between... then Fuusetsu caught contact again...

"From station... 1... 7... 4... I'm ... se-... island... john-... en... read... contac-...prob-... mayday... (Whooshing again)"
"Darn, lost contact... the battery must've went dead again!!"
"Hey!! Look!!" cried Ann, sitting on the control panel; she pointed a silver clawed finger at some thing in the cloudy sky...

It was a small plane... some how in trouble heading right towards them... after a few air bumps, it landed with a crash near the plane, some where with in the forest... Fuusetsu and Ushio went to see if they were all right, as the rest stayed behind, but of course, Shadow had a feeling about that, so she snuck after them...

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A distance away from the plane, a smaller plane crashed hard, but not damaged much... the two men got there, scrolling around for survivors... slowly walking near it, a door was kicked, falling of it's hinges, and a man in his late 40es fell on his face with a thump... a thick light red beard, and mustache, and light blue eyes, a little bit fat, but not really that fat, just counted wide I guess...
"Ow!! That hurts!!' he squeaked... eyeing a young boy and a one legged man, up side down... he gained a swat drop "please don't tell me your silver and he's Jim, and I'm on treasure island!!" he said... Ushio and Fuusetsu both gained sweat drops...
"Sorry! ^__^X (X the anime angry mark) we're not them!!" whispered the one legged man with a smile...
"Good, well... pleased to meet'cha boys!!" (Sounds Californian!!) He stood up brushing him self "I'm Michel from Johnston Island's patrol! I was on my shift when my plane went berserk!!"
"Why are you here then?" asked Ushio... personally, he didn't think he came here for the rescue, cause he needed help him self!!
"Well, a darn little lizard took a away my favorite cap! I had to get it back, but instead, I found my self here!! Good thing I brought my little baby Melody with me!!" he said it patting his plane...
"Melody?" they both said it, with a sweat drop, 'he has a name for his plane?? C.O.R.N.Y!!' They both thought, eyeing each other...
"Are you telling me you came all the way out here for a cap?" asked Ushio, feeling the stupidity of the idea... he just smacked his face with a flat hand...
"Yeah boy, I told ya'!! It's my favorite lucky sailor cap!!" he said almost annoyed, arms folded, but then felt some thing beyond them, "say, some thin' there?" he asked... the temple boy and the one legged man craned their heads back, ready for battle, only to see the female beast, almost if like cocking an eye brow standing on her hind legs, arms folded, leaning against a tree...

"In all the Dow-Dow headed nitwits, couldn't you fine some one with more integrants Mitzu?" she asked a little water serpent with a sailors cap in its mouth... Mitzu only shrugged...
"He was all I can find!!" he reasoned, only to feet a swift of a hand snatching the cap out of his jaws...
"Why if it ain't Shady!! Great to see ya' again honey!!" the old man exclaimed with a smile... arms wide open for an embrace, Shadow only shifted back in start...
"Don't touch me you egg head!!" she hissed, "and don't call me honey!" she concluded protesting...
"Yo'!! Aren't ya' glad to see me?" he asked in shock... she only sat back on her hunches, tail tucked, arms folded... Mitzu hid behind her, feeling puzzled...
"Yeah, I miss you alright... as much as I miss your cocking!!" he chuckled... he only frowned, but then smiled widely... "Missed ya'!" she smiled...
"Oh I missed ya' too sweetie... give your old buddy a hug!!" and before she could back up, he clutched her in an embrace... she flushed... hands turning from flat to fist, she held back the feeling of snapping his head off...
"Michel, I'm warning you... Back-Off!!" she growled... he backed off, wearing his cap again, he chuckled...
"So? Where's my little princes?" he asked, probably meaning Ann "and old brownie, where'd he go?" he continued...

"Yeah!" Said the temple boy "I thought we told you to stay back with the others Shadow!!" he scolded... she only gave an innocent grin, blinking with glassy eyes full of pure cuteness... all men gazed with sweat drops, Mitzu only blinked us, shoulders shrugging not understanding what had happened...

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At the mean time back at the plane... some thing had badly gone wrong... it looks like the angry group of men have fed up with waiting and want to take in some serious action... attacking the cockpit, taking the three human females hostages... Asako was able to escape with Ann and Nightmare... Mayuko and Elena were caught by them, being dragged towards the rest of people... throwing Mayuko in her parents arms, she was tired and dizzy, she did nothing but stay silent a her mother looked after her in tears, finally having her daughter back to her... as for Elena, a few men thought of holding her as a special hostage to attract their ex-boss... they have decided to forget about his leadership and take over every thing by their own... counting in every piece of artillery they've got... the brown beast had nothing to do but search for the two men and report what had happened... how long will it take for him to do so?

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Ushio, Fuusetsu, Michel, Mitzu and shadow have talked for a short time... Michel's plane, Melody, had a radio system fitting... so simply they were finally able to contact for help... but might need a full day for help to reach them... although Fuusetsu knew he will be sent to jail for high-jacking a plane, it didn't seem to be what he was thinking of that moment... till then, they'll might as well go back to the plane...
"So, your telling me you knew Shadow ever since you were 12 years old?" asked the temple boy... he was amused of the fact that for some one that old, he had a rather good memory...
"Yep!! Shadow and I go a long way back!! My parents used to think of her as my 'imagination' friend! Since she always goes invisible and all!!" he chuckled... "And I've got to admit, your body's got more grooves than I remember!!" he smirked...
"Spread that... and I'll turn Melody to scrap!" she hissed teeth shown, tail lashing as they walked their way back towards the plane...
"No! Any thing but Melody!" he squeaked in fear... he must love his plane a lot!! The temple boy and the one legged man gave a sweat drop, then a white thing... both thinking 'what did we do to get stick with personalities like these?' they eyed each other...

"Shadow!!" a voice cried, they all craned their heads to one side as Asako found her way towards them, followed by Ann and Nightmare, all panting, she wanted to tell them what had happened... but she was just outta breath... standing in front of her friend, she cupped her knees, back hunched up, panting, eyes closed, taking in a breath...
"Ushio... Fuusetsu's men went nuts and took over the plane!!" she breather... Ushio blinked, eyeing the one legged man, he seemed to be as surprised as he was...
"Probably got fed up waiting... we have to stop them... we don't want any casualties!" he firmly spoke, and waked towards the plane again, frowning...
"Wait! Your attending to go and fight them?" said the temple boy, the one legged man stopped in his traces, but gave no answer, then went back walking, silently... "Fuusetsu!!"
"Fuusetsu!!" Shadow called "you come back here right now young man, understand?" she cried demanding, he only craned his head towards her... her ivy green eyes flashed bright... eye to eye... he froze... she walked towards him silent on four legs... hands cupping his shoulders, she shifted her head towards his face... he flushed for having her so close...
"Fuusetsu... if you get your self hurt... I'll kill you, got it?" she whispered, scolding...
"Who do you think you are? My mother?" he cried back... but then... her ivy green eyes flashed of a vision... a vision of some one... human!! 'Serena?' he thought... eyes closing, he pushed away her hands and went back walking... ignoring her demands to come back, till he vanished into the forest...
"Owww!! (She grew angry with many X's) as stubborn as his ancestors!!" she growled to her self... but then, slightly smiled, then almost chuckled... craning her face towards the rest, they all had to think of some thing to solve this predicament...

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Say... I almost forgot some one!! Tora!! Some where at the edge of the island, at the cliffs, there he sat back on his hunches talking to Lord Miya, she gave him some thing in a shape of a purl like form, it was liquid, and it glowed in white... he took it then eyed her, she gave a nod, then he held it in one hand, charging up, he flew towards the plane... only to find it under the control of humans over control... and the Russian female tied to a tree a few feet away, and Mayuko with her parents, sitting between the rest of the hostages out side, he perched on a tree top... the orange beast blinked as some thing hit his face from the side, it was a little pebble, then saw the temple boy signing for him to come towards them... he flew down annoyed, personally he didn't like the way the boy got his attention...

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A/N: okay... I'll try to make chapter ten the last one... if I can find away to end it right... I've got so many endings I dunno what to choose!! Any ways... R&R!!