"A demon with a human skin, you say?" A familiar sound rang my ear.
I slowly opened my eyes and peeked behind. "Mr. James! I thought you're in Eden."
Mr. James gave a big smile and lifted up something. "I was and look at what I had found. Wouldn't bunny no.2 be so pleased with me?"
I looked at the thing Mr. James was holding and backed away. "A dead human? I don't think Isaac would appreciate you bringing a dead human to him."
Ronald hugged Rona and screamed. "D-D-Dead?"
Mr. James bent over and laughed. "What dead human, bunny no.1?" Mr. James smacked the human's back, and the human woke up. "Ah! Help! There's a crazy man in my room! Help! I-I-" The human looked around and asked. "Where am I? Hell?" Mr. James snickered. "Oh, where indeed, little boy." The human's face colour faded as he heard Mr. James's voice. He slowly turned his face and looked up at Mr. James. "Oh my god! It's him. The demon -" And he fainted again. Mr. James shook the man, but he didn't wake up. Mr. James got annoyed. "Oh dearie me. I didn't know he was so feeble. I hope he is not dead or else I did everything for nothing."
Isaac approached us and asked. "What are all these about?" Isaac looked at Mr. James and asked. "Who's that? He's dead, isn't he? Feed him to Munchy."
I raised my fist and screamed. "Stop feeding Munchy dead human, you lunatic! Give Munchy proper dog food!"
While we were bickering, the ground began to shake. I looked down to the ground. "Eh? an earthquake?" I looked up at the audience. "They seem fine, but why only us? So unfair!" Isaac turned towards Mr. James, gripped Mr. James collar and pulled Mr. James towards himself. "This is your doing, isn't it? Fix it, or I'm gonna beat you up so badly, you'll never forget this moment in your entire life." Mr. James opened his mouth, pressed his cheeks with his own hands, and wailed. "Eh~ But it's not my doing. I swear! I'm innocent, my lord!"
Boom!
"WAAAHH!!" The 5 of us, including Mr. James lost our balance and fell to the ground. I fell straight on my butt again. "Ouch! How many have I fallen on my butt already? It hurts so much! It probably has a big blue-black on it. Oui, my pretty butt!" Isaac smacked the back of my head and screamed. "Stop complaining and watch out for the cracks." I looked at Isaac in confusion. 'Cracks?'
Crack.
Crack.
'Oui? That doesn't sound good.' I turned towards the sound and saw the ground rupturing. My eyes widened, and my jaw dropped, I screamed. "The cracks! The cracks are coming towards us. Run!" Ronald immediately grabbed Rona over his shoulder and ran. Isaac and I got up and started running. When I looked back, I saw Mr. James is still sitting there where we left him, not moving an inch. I screamed at Mr. James to run, but he ignored me. I recalled those moments when Mr. James unknowingly saved me. I facepalmed and muttered. 'I can't believe I'm doing this.' "Argh!" I screamed in frustration and ran back toward Mr. James.
[Isaac's side]
Isaac reached the other end with Rona and Ronald. Isaac let out a sigh and said. "Phew! We made it. I hope the cracks won't reach here." "..." There was a moment of silence that made Isaac puzzled. 'Hmm? Something is not right. Something is missing, but what?' Isaac felt something was wrong. He turned and looked around him. "That's right. It's too quiet. Wait... Where's that jinx?" Ronald shook his head. "I thought Llyne was with you?" Isaac was puzzled as well. "Ya, but I lost her?"
Rona tilted her head sideways. "Rona thought Lil was faster than TsunTsun." Isaac and Ronald stared at Rona and then stared at each other. "Oh, crap. Don't tell me she fell into those cracks." Isaac tried to run back, but Ronald held him down. Isaac struggled to break loose and yelled at Ronald. "What are you doing? Let go of me. Don't you want to find her?" Ronald's started crying, and tears fell. Ronald sobbed. "I do, but if you searched for her aimlessly, you might fall into the cracks too." Isaac saw Ronald crying and kept silent. He looked down to the ground and bit his lips. 'Ugh... I... Look at what I had done. I should have kept my cool, but...' Isaac recalled the time in the maze when they had to face the golem, and Llyne nearly died from it. Isaac closed his eyes, clenched his fist till his hands bled and trembled in fear. Rona moved next to Isaac and held his hand. Rona comforted Isaac and said. "It's okay. It's Lil. Lil won't die." Rona raised her arm and giggled. "Lil is super strong." Isaac looked at Rona and felt a bit of relief for an unknown reason, even though he couldn't understand himself. He smiled a bit. "Ya, you're right. It's that jinx, after all." He slammed his fist to the ground and got up. Ronald was startled, lost his balance, and fell backwards, hitting his back. "Ack! That hurts. " Rona rubbed Ronald's back and chuckled.
Isaac stood up and turned towards Ronald. He bowed and apologized. "Sorry for making you all worry, and thanks for holding me back." Isaac continued. "How about we searched for her from a far first?" Ronald's face brightened up. He stood up immediately and grabbed Isaac's hand. "First, we got to apply first aid on your injured hand." Isaac looked at his injured hand and asked. "We don't even have anything." Ronald ripped his clothes off, revealing his tan muscular body. Ronald wrapped the cloth from his clothes onto Isaac's injured hand. "Done. Make sure you don't dirty it or apply too much pressure." Isaac nodded franticly, and Ronald grinned. "Let's search separat. It it will be faster that way. I looked at the left side, Ronald is in charge of the middle and Rona on the right, got it?" Rona and Ronald nodded, and they started searching for Llyne.
[Llyne's side]
Screech.
I was pulling Mr. James's hair as I dragged him away from the cracks. When I found a safe spot at the edge of the stadium, I stopped dragging Mr. James and dropped to the ground. I let out a big sigh. "Huuu~ I'm so tired. I can barely feel my muscles." I massaged my arms and legs.
Meanwhile, Mr. James was sobbing like a baby beside me. "Hik... Hik... How could you do this to me. Oh, my precious hair. My life!"
I rolled my eyes and said. "I saved you, yet you are still complaining? About your hair?"
Mr. James hissed at me. "I had given my precious hair the best treatment anyone can find in the whole world. Before, I met you 4 bunnies, it was full of life. After that, it withered!" Mr. James stroked his hair and cried. "My hair is precious. Ladies love them. Yet, you... you..." Mr. James pointed at me with anger.
I slapped his fingers away and scoffed. "Yet, you are still single. Bravo."
Mr. James opened his mouth in shock. He pushed himself back a few steps and asked. "How do you know that? Are you stalking me? Don't tell me, you are interested in me? Well, sorry, kid. You're not my type."
I looked at Mr. James in disgust. "Eww~ I don't want to date an antique. And don't worry, you're soooo not my type."
Mr. James got furious. He stood up and screamed. "What?! Antique? I'm not that old. I'm just..." He looked at me and paused. I crossed my arms and asked. "What?" Mr. James dropped to the ground, laid to his side, and cried. "Maybe I am an antique. An old old old man."
I scratched my ears and continued. "Besides, I don't need to stalk you to know you're single. You reek like one, and you're too desperate. Women don't like desperate men, you know."
Mr. James immediately sat up, rushed towards me, grabbed my hands, and asked. "They don't? None?" I shook my head. Mr. James released my hands, bent backward, and wailed. "All those years of efforts for nothing?"
I covered my mouth with my hand, trying to hold my laughter in. When Mr. James sat back up straight, I went into my poker face mode and asked. "How many years was that?"
Mr. James pouted and said. "None of your business. Now. Shoo!"
I shrugged and turned away. "Alright. Alright. If you are still single for another millennial, don't blame me."
Mr. James let a sound of desperation and moved in front of me. He bowed with his head on the ground and pleaded. "Master, please teach me the way to get out of this singlehood. I'M BEGGING YOU! I'll do everything you'll tell me. Please!!!" I shook my head and said. "Oui. No way. It's such a hassle." Mr. James cried out loud and started annoying me by dancing around me and poking me at the same time. I sighed. 'Why did I save this annoying person?' I grabbed Mr. James and asked. "Anyways, what happened to the human you brought, Mr. James." Mr. James stared at me blankly. "What human?" I grabbed Mr. James's arms and screamed. "The human you were carrying!" Mr. James raised his index finger. "I remember now." Mr. James opened his inventory screen and pulled the unconscious human out of the blue screen. "Here." I jumped backwards and screamed. "Is he alive?" Mr. James replied in confidence. "Of course, he is. I need him alive to raise my favorability with bunny no.2." I thought to myself. 'He still hasn't given up, huh?'