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Chap. 5

***Sage***

Sage looked up and saw nothing but darkness,'oh, great now where am I?' he asked himself. He tried to sit up but knocked his head on something above him. He reached up with one hand and felt around. It was a rock, he was in a cave.

Slowly he got to his knees and crawled his way out of the tiny passage way. When he was finally able to stand he took out his marble (sorry I don't know the name for it) and had it light up. With that small bit of light he was able to find a safe place for him to sit down and try to figure out where he was. He had no idea where on the globe he was or in what cave.

He thought that he heard a rustling in the background but just passed it off as a bat. When the noise drew closer and louder however he turned around and getting into his sub-armor. He glanced around cautiosly but saw nothing. "Who's out there? What do you want?" he called out. The only answer was a soft crunch and a low growl. Sage knew that he had made a mistake now. He saw a shadow looming in the darkness toward him. He wasn't even able to duck before it slashed at him.

He fell to the ground with at thud. When he opened his eyes he saw red, there was blood seeping from the wound in his head. He lifted a hand to try and stop the bleeding but found that he was pinned. Atop him was a huge bear/wolf/tiger crossbreed. It's saliva dripped from it's blood stained teeth and tongue. He tried to move his legs to hoist the creature off of him but couldn't reach.

***Makoto***

Makoto heard a muffled voice coming from down the corridor as she walked through the twisted tunnels. She moved carefully in the direction that the voice had come from. All she could see was a large animal of prey. Mako hid behind a large boulder so that she wouldn't be seen.

She watched the display for a little while longer until she saw the arms underneath the creature. Mako looked at them for a moment, a little slow to catch on to the fact that they were human. She waited when the arms stopped moving to see if the thing was still alive. 'What if it's dead and I just make myself a targer for it's next meal?' she asked herself.

The legs moving high in the air gave her the sign that she needed to help whoever it was. Quietly racing from her hiding spot Makoto delt a few quick blows to the monster with her fists. It cried out in slight pain but did not move. Makoto took a deep breath and backed away. She then ran at the creature at full throttle. He foot connected squarely with the back of the monsters head. She heard two sickening crunches, and one of them came from her. She lowered herself from the rock she had hung to to gain more height. The blood from the creatures neck had made the ground slippery and she slipped upon landing.

Makoto slowly stood up on two feet but her right foot gave way as she put pressure on it. 'Kisama! I must have broken it.' she glared at her foot. Hopping over to the body she looked down at it. 'What a hot guy! He looks just like my old boyfriend!' she practically said out loud. "Are you alright mister?" she asked him.

He opened his eyes and looked at her strangely. "Who are you?" he asked her impolitely.

"I am Kino Makoto. Who are you sir?" Makoto asked him just as rudely. She was looking him over so she could tell if he was injured or not.

"Date Sage. Why did you help me? I haven't helped you in any way?" Sage asked her suspiciously. "What do you want?"

"Why do people always ask that when someone helps them out?! I helped you just to help you I don't want anything from you!" she exploded. She gave him a patented death glare and then began to hop away.

Sage looked after her in amazement. No one in his entire life had ever talked to him like that. He watched her hop and realized that she had been injured helping him. 'Dammit! How ungrateful am I? I should at least help her out.' he thought regretfully.

"Hey wait a minute!" Sage cried out after her. She didn't even stop to turn around. He stood up and began to follow her. Sage caught up with her in a brightly lit passage way. "Look let me help you. Let me see that ankle." he told her. He looked up at Makoto kindly. Mako rolled her eyes and slowly held out her foot for his inspection. When he first touched it she cringed in pain. "Sorry." he said.

Sage looked at her foot closely. It had turned a sick kind of purple green and was bigger then a baseball. There was absolutely no hard surfaces any more, the bones had been crushed. You could see the bones hanging out in some places of the foot. There was blood and muscle, ligaments and tendons all over. Sage cringed for her as the blood poured out.

"Can I try something? It shouldn't hurt too much." she just nodded.

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End Chapter 5

Ok!! What did you think?? I thought it was pretty good. I hope that you like it. Next Chapter: Rei and Ryo

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