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spottoSecondly I was also half-asleep when I wrote it, and I wasn't even planning on writing yesterday, either.
Perhaps blame inspiration for it, I guess.
I'm not going to say anymore. I worked much harder on Chapter 17, was on fire when I wrote it. And then when I finished it, I liked it. Something that doesn't happen much with my writing, especially since that post was basically the longest post I've ever written in my life, and had some awesome images too.
Kind of sad that no one even mentioned those fanarts (one...fanart) that I drew...
I suppose things you work hard on aren't always the best. Mu.... >3>
Well..enjoy. The lackluster of 17 won't make 19 come faster, in fact it'll probably go slower. The only reason it's this long is because someone reads it.
Chapter 18: Legend
The still image of a cat, otter, chick, and fox seemed to work its way to Kazumi’s sight, until of course there was nothing but blackness. She had regained consciousness at the last moment, watching such a dramatic scene happening in what seemed like the last seconds of her life. Was it a dream? It felt like a horrible nightmare—no, she wanted it to be, since everything felt so painfully real. Just minutes before Sayo had sealed her fate, after telling her those three devastating words, and it was far from “I love you”.
But the young canary did not make such a cheesy speech towards the deceased spirit for no reason.
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The fox’s tail wagged around behind the canine watching on. It wasn’t wagging pointlessly though, as if the white tip of the fifth limb was trying to hit something, and it ended up doing just that. It shoved a small stone off one of the granite pillars, and something unexpected occurred.
There was not a cave in, nor did the closed-up entrance reopen, nothing of that sort happened just so the animals could be free, in fact something deeper down in the cave opened up.
Whatever did open up though, was right under a certain feline’s feet.
”ARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!” The echo of the cat’s trademark ‘word’ bounced off the walls like a young child that had just consumed three cups of pure sugar.
”KUU!” Yuuna called down the opening, but there was no response.
The fox behind her walked up to the otter, “Jump.”
”What? That thing looks deeper than a—“ Before the otter could finish its sentence, a chick gladly dived down the narrow winding hole, which triggered a reaction in the mammal.
”Ah! AKO!” Yuuna jumped down.
The fox sighed, “Good god, doesn’t that stupid otter know that chick can fly!?” It soon followed suit, and the cave was now completely empty.
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The hole they had fallen through was more like an extremely long slide, since it wasn’t a completely vertical hole. The slide itself was greased up for easy sliding with water. In short, it was literally nature’s own waterslide. While the water itself wasn’t ideal for cats and some birds, it was basically paradise for the farm’s resident otter.
”WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!” Yuuna shouted, sliding on her stomach in what seemed to be a swirling endless slide, as if she had forgotten all her troubles.
Her method of skimming down the slide was incredibly practical. Her slender body was excellent in terms of aerodynamics, while Ku Fei who panicked when she touched the water, started tumbling down like a boulder would off a cliff. It was easy to see which method was much more comfortable. Yuuna’s way of going down the large slide caused her to go much faster, so the otter caught Ako with a paw and was about to go past Ku Fei.
”Ow! Ow! Don’t peck my eyes Ako! I won’t hurt Kazumi! Okay? Just stay on me please, it’s safe—OW! NOT THE WHISKERS! I PROMISE I’LL SAVE YOUR ONEECHAN JUST STOP—“
The otter now had her paws on her eyes and whiskers, and so could not see, nor feel her way down the slide. Ako stopped harassing her larger friend, now believing that she would not stop her from saving Kazumi, but she stopped a little too late. Yuuna, not focusing where she was sliding, slammed into Ku Fei instead of going harmlessly pass her, and now all four animals were bouncing agonizingly down the slide-hole. The sound of a fox slapping her head and signing could be heard from behind.
Somewhere further down the hole, Yuuna managed to grab the unconscious canary, which Ku Fei did not manage to swallow. The bird was still breathing, so Yuuna was relieved, but it was kind of hard to be relieved when tumbling down a wet slide.
”So is oneechan okay?” Ako asked.
Yuuna replied, “Yes, she’s alive at least.”
”Oh! Are we able to save oneechan!?”
”CAN WE PLEASE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AFTER WE’VE HIT THE GROUND-ARUKA!?!?”
The fox was on an extremely flat and smooth piece of rock, as if it was gliding down the slide on a surfboard. What an intelligent creature, unlike the other animals…not that they had time to consider going down a giant slide properly.
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Evangeline raised her paw, and the biggest of the hostages stepped up in front of the other three. Chizuru didn’t know what in the name of milk the rabbit was going to do, but she wasn’t going to let it hurt the other animals, especially the hamster. The paw came down, but did not come down fully, something had stopped it.
”How futile, I’m surprised you managed to get through Chachamaru and those dogs…dog.”
Kotaro growled, “Luckily that kappa was strong enough to hold them back, so I could stop you from harming Chizu-nee!”
Setsuna ran straight towards Konoka but a familiar giraffe stopped her. Was the kappa defeated? Was it dead? Was its power not enough to hold back such a mighty giraffe? Which was exactly what Setsuna was NOT thinking, but in fact still trying to get to her beloved koala…who was safely behind her.
”Hm, so that koala must be someone very close to you…crane, as if…a lover!” The rabbit proclaimed.
Setsuna suddenly countered, “What!? No! I a-am not the l-l-l-l-l-l-lo…”
The simple distraction allowed the giraffe to trap the crane to a corner. Evangeline had found Setsuna’s only weakness, her stuttering! (Oh, and Konoka, duh)
”Hm, so if this koala is your LOVER, then I KILLING her would prove disastrous…is it not!?”
”NO! You cannot h-hurt Ojou-sama, and f-f-f-furthermore, she is not my l-l-l-l-l-l-o…goddamnit why can’t I say that stupid word!?”
”Because you ARE her LOVER.”
”N-n-no, I’m…”
”LOVER! LOVER!”
”Master, I think you’re going overboard…”
”Don’t tell me what to do, you stupid giraffe! Your denial and your inability to finish sentences definitely point to you being IN LOVE with the koal—“
”I ONLY PROTECT OJOU-SAMA BECAUSE I’VE BEEN GIVEN A CHANCE AT LIFE BY HER, AND IF THEY HAPPEN TO TRANSLATE TO ME BEING HER LOVER IN YOUR STUPID LANGUAGE, THEN SO BE IT!” With that, the crane charged past the giraffe and went straight for the Dark Evangel.
Unfortunately for the charging crane with a boatful of adrenaline, the rabbit was no ordinary bunny, and with the powers of constantly eating carrots, her strange magic kicked in. An unknown force blew the running bird back and she hit the wall.
Haruna, in the meantime, was giggling, which wasn’t exactly the best time to giggle, but she did it anyway, “Setsuna just admitted to loving Konoka-chan! Hehehehehe…”
”Shut up you penguin,” Kotaro said, “I must focus on this battle so my fighting skills are MAXIMUM!”
Evangeline laughed, “HAHAHAHA! Do you think your foolish attempts can stop me, the great Dark Evangel, from destroying you all? You all underestimate me! Prepare to feel the carrot boost in my superior talent to you idiots!”
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Meanwhile, at the natural waterslide oddly inside a cave…
”HOW BLOODY LONG IS THIS SLIDE!?! We’re been SLIDING FOR FIVE MINUTES!” Yuuna yelled as they continued to go down the large slide.
The fox, who we will finally confirm as Chisame because writing ‘the fox’ all the time is getting exceedingly annoying, said, “Hmm, I don’t remember it being this long…”
”I’m going to throw up-aru…”
”That’s what you get for eating all that nikuman,” Yuuna added.
Ku Fei growled, “And why is it that I didn’t get to eat up Kazumi-arune!?”
”Because if you do, Ako will peck my eyes out, and then rip my whiskers off my face. If I’m still alive by then—“
”If you’re still alive by then, can I eat you to put YOU out of your misery too-aruka!? IT’S KILLING TWO STONES FOR ONE BIRD-ARUYO!”
Yuuna chuckled, “Er, I think the term is two birds with one ston—NO YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT ME! YOU’RE NOT A HOUSECAT IF YOU START EATING OTTERS!”
Chisame smirked, “How pathetic is it that you are being threatened by a chick of all things. It’s like ten times younger than you, several times smaller than you, and you let it boss you around? Wow, my animals are stupider than I thought they were.”
”SPEAKING OF WHICH, why are you a fox? Are you REALLY our owner? That doesn’t make sense.”
”I’m in no mood to explain, and I don’t really think you deserve to know.”
Yuuna growled, “Didn’t know our owner was such a bit—“
”DON’T SAY THAT WORD! THIS IS A KIDS STORY!” Ako yelled and pulled the otter’s whisker.
”YEOW! If it’s such a kids story, what’s up with the excessive amount of VIOLENCE!?”
Ku Fei suddenly perked up, “Because in America, they have violence ALL the time in houses since EVERYBODY owns a gun, but SWEARING is so much worse because they have peanuts in their head-aruyo! And if those peanuts were nikuman, I’d split open their skulls—“
”Okay Kuu, we get it, you love nikuman. Anyway, if this moronic fox can’t tell us why they’re a fox and not a HUMAN, then I don’t believe her at all. You’re a liar, a big fat liar! Liars are bad influences to little chicks like Ako!” Yuuna accused.
Chisame sighed, “Yes, you accuse me as a liar after I saved you all a million times—“
”What do you MEAN a million times!? ONLY ONCE! And you KIDNAPPED AKO!”
”She did?” Ako innocently asked.
Chisame folded her arms, “As a human, I took you from the shelter which I could tell you hated from your happiness as I took you home. Then I GAVE you a home, and then you were protected in my barn, until you stupidly decided to leave in that SECRET ESCAPE HOLE while making waffles, OF ALL THINGS! ANIMALS DON’T EAT DAMNED WAFFLES!”
”…but they taste good.”
”Then, as you were attacked by that dumbass rabbit, I actually became a fox to become her spy so I could secretly help YOU.”
”Wow, a double agent-aru!”
”What does that mean?”
”In America—“
Yuuna yelled, “INCOMING! THE GROOOOOUND!!!!
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”Prepare to die! And I really don’t understand why all the bad guys in almost every story have to talk so much before killing their enemies, thus giving a lot of time for some other protagonist to stop them at dramatically the last moment, but NOW IT IS TIME TO DIE!” Evangeline yelled and once again raised her paw, but dramatically at the last moment…
”INCOMING! THE GROOOOOOUND!!!!” Five animals crash landed and smashed into the rabbit, all screeching to a stop before smacking into the wall across from them.
”PWNED!” Haruna yelled.
Natsumi asked, “What are you talking about, Haruna-san? I don’t understaaaand. I don’t understand ANYTHING at all! How did giraffe-san overpower kappa-san? How did Setsuna-san and Kotaro-san get here so fast? How logically possible is it for Yuuna-san, Ako-san, Ku Fei-san, Kazumi-san, and strange fox-san to get here in some random hole? Why did Evangeline-san talk so much?”
”Good job, Natsumi-chan! You filled this up with lots of words so this chapter doesn’t have to be clogged with plot!” Haruna ‘high-fived’ the hamster with her flipper, which really just sent the poor rodent flying…something the penguin could never do.
Evangeline roared, and all the animals that had crashed into her flew off of her from some unknown power, which is magic, but it was unknown to them. She pointed at all the animals in the cave besides the giraffe, “That’s it! NO MORE STALLING!”
The bear Mana came into the cave, which was after all, her cave, and had helped keep back a dog, a seal, an owl, and a kappa outside, but the kappa was easily overpowering the wolves outside, so the bear had to act quick.
”If you must blow them all up, you will have to pay for the damages, Evangeline.”
”BLOW THEM ALL UP-ARUYO!?!” Ku Fei got up. Yuuna was busy being in incredible pain with Kazumi from the crash, as she was in the front, and broke Ku Fei and Ako’s fall because of it. Ako was busy trying to help the otter, and Kazumi had been unconscious for three chapters. Chisame was in no mood to help.
The nikuman obsessed cat raised her paws, and claws were bearing with great sharpness, “I WILL NOT BE BLOWN UP BEFORE I GET MY HANDS ON CANARY NIKUMAN-ARU!”
With that, Ku Fei roared loudly, the first time she had ever done that.
”Huh, can housecats roar?”
”No you blind idiots, she’s not a housecat! Sheesh! Why are my enemies so stupid but always manage to beat the antagonists with sheer luck!?” Eva yelled.
Ako was deathly confused, “Yuuna-san! What is she talking about?”
”Agh, I see nine rabbits…” Yuuna muttered.
The demon rabbit explained, “That moronic cat is a TIGER, a TIGER, stupid! It’s bigger than a housecat, and will get EVEN BIGGER because she’s not full grown! THAT’S WHY SHE CAN FEND OFF CHEETAHS AND BEARS!”
”Gasp! Eva-chan knew ALL THAT!?” Haruna gasped.
”Don’t call me Eva-chan—“
Haruna jumped on top of a rock, “WE NOW HAVE OUR VERY FIRST CASE OF…ANIMAL STALKERS! EVA-CHAN IS AN EVIL STALKER, LEARNING EVERYTHING ABOUT US BECAUSE SHE IS A SCARY CREEP! OH MY GODS!”
”The patheticness of these animals is an all time low…” Evangeline sighed, “That’s it! You are all so moronic and stupid, you don’t DESERVE to be killed by me! I’M LEAVING! GODS! I won’t hurt you if you give me a box of carrots a week…”
”Done deal!”
Mana looked around, “I still need my payment.”
”You will get your payment in the form of acorns, how’s that?”
”Hmmm, I suppose, since the official currency of the forest was announced to be acorns just a few days ago, alright.”
And so, all the enemy animals left, every animal was unharmed, well…except two. Setsuna was simply fazed.
”I’m sorry Ojou-sama, I couldn’t protect you…”
”It’s okay, Secchan! You tried, and you also said such sweet things about me! It’s the best thing you’ve ever done! I would rather a friend than a protector, and while you could still protect me, you could also open yourself up to me!”
”Why does that sound somewhat wrong?” Haruna snickered.
Yue and Nodoka managed to get into the cave after all the wolves packed and left, “Haruna-chan!”
”OH MY GODS! A SEAL! DEATH IS NEAR!”
”…it’s Nodoka.”
”…OH! Right, you.”
Sakurako jumped up, “SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG! ARF!”
”What? WHAT IS IT!?”
”Well, besides the fact that Yuuna-chan is hurt and Kazumi-chan is dying, when was the last time we all ate? Popcorn don’t fill you up much you know! SHALL I INSPIRE YOU ALL TO FIND FOOD WITH A WONDERFUL CHEER!?”
”HOLD IT!” Yuuna yelled, getting up slowly, “THAT FOX STILL NEEDS TO EXPLAIN HERSELF! DON’T YOU…CHISAME!?”
Every animal besides the few obvious who knew about the fox turned their heads, “Who?”
”Chisame! THE FARMER!”
”Oh, so that was her name? I thought it was Mary, or Jane, like all human names…” Haruna mused.
Yue explained, “Actually while those are very common names for female farmers, it is possible for the female to have a very different name, especially when you travel across the world watching different peop—“
”OKAY! THE TOPIC IS THE FOX!”
Chisame chuckled, “Well, if you have to know, which you won’t understand, since you’re dumbasses…I’m quite legendary…like that kappa…”
”HEY! DRAMATIC ENTRANCE FROM A MYSTERIOUS PIG TO SAVE YOU ALL!” A voice yelled outside.
”You’re a little late, then,” Nodoka said.
The mysterious pig replied, “OH, can we uh, do this over then? Maybe bring back the bad guys?”
”WE WERE ABOUT TO HEAR THE STORY OF A LEGENDARY FOX! SHADDUP!”
”No one shuts up the MYSTERIOUS PIG!”
Suddenly, another voice rang out, “HI MISORA!”
”I HATE YOU! YOU’VE REVEALED MY IDENT--…well OF COURSE I’M NOT MISORA. I’m the MYSTERIOUS PIG…”
”…looks like life’s going back to normal…er, okay, that phrase is invalid,” Setsuna said.
Ku Fei asked, “Can I eat Kazumi now? I bet she’s dead, and even if she isn’t…she sure missed a lot of things…”
”Stupid morons,” Chisame growled.
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’tis a bit longer than the usual chapter, but obviously not four thousand fecking words, lol.
What will happen in Chapter 19? Well I’ll just say no super long plots like this for a bit, kind of like when Ken writes chapters between large plots like the Mahora Festival or the Wilhelm arc, and shiz.
Random thought: The singers of Infinity Love 2U have horrible Engrish. The first line, “girls meet joyful” sounds like “Don’t be too joyful” and all the other Engrish words I can’t figure out what the hell they’re saying. -_- (This is if you’re not staring at the lyrics, you can figure it out then, but if this is the first time listening to the song, you’d be like, WTF) On the plus side…its dancing moves rock.
That's all.
