Chapter One

Yasmine moaned as she rubbed her head. She could hear faint screaming and cheering around her. As she blinked herself awake, she realized her hand looked a lot like a cats paw. She sat up quickly, ignoring the on coming headache and examined herself. She now wore a dress that was furry, beige colored with an orange zipped up the middle, large paws on her hand and matching boots that reached her knees. The hood was over her head, cat ears on top and her hair had went from black to blond, growing so long it was braided. Last a black cat tail that twitched and moved with every emotion that came through Yasmine’s mind right now; panic, anger, sorrow, excitement and more panic. She sat up, looking around.

            “Where am I?” Yasmine questioned.

She was in a black space, the cat ears on top twitching with each sound that came her way. A single spot light suddenly shined down on her, making her flinch and her tail bush up at the sudden surprise. The lights turned on, blinding her.

My eyes are so sensitive!! Yasmine thought as she tried pulling down the hoodie to shadow the blinding lights.

Looking around Yasmine found herself on a blue track that levitated on its own with no support. Screens appeared overhead, blinking out and coming again with news about random topics such as Oz account upgraded, Oz now sells cell phones, Oz is the greatest chatting system there is!

“What the heck is an Oz?” Yasmine questioned, raising an eyebrow. The lights brightened and the cheering grew louder. A circle suddenly appeared under her feet, scanning and analyzing her.

Avatar name: Cheshire

Level: 108

Playtime: Unknown

Now commencing competition.

            “Wait, what?” Yasmine asked.

Lady’s and gentlemen!! A voice over cried, echoing through the whole area. As Yasmine took in the scene, she realized she was in a stadium; an obstacle course was set up.

Today we have an obstacle match between the Cheshire Cat and King Kazuma. First to get through all obstacles wins this fabulous prize!! The voice over said. Another screen appeared, revealing a captured girl with white hair and otter like ears atop her head, wide eyes and wearing a light blue dress and a shell blade on her stomach, a silk shall over her shoulders and a cute, frightened expression on her face. There was whistling and hooting at her picture just making her blush madly.

            “She looks familiar.” Yasmine mumbled, licking her paw and wiping the loose strands of hair.

Yasmine, Yasmine are you there?! The girl asked, Yasmine’s ears twitching at the sound of her real name making her turn back. Her eyes grew wide at the familiar irises that was-

            “SARAH!” Yasmine called, the screen going blank. The words get ready floated overhead. As Yasmine looked around, the sound of a gun shot struck making her jump and run. Walls sprung from the ground but she was able to dodge them. One appeared under her feet, sending her into the air and flipping. The crowd gasped, Yasmine flailing till her body subconsciously turned over and she landed on her hands and knees. Breathing heavily, she continued running. The crowd hopped up and cheered, Yasmine dodging the other walls that sprang from the ground till they stopped completely. Yasmine continued her run thinking with a Cheshire smile This is easy.

Now for the ninjas!! The voice over called, black clothed people suddenly appeared. They charged, Yasmine bracing herself for impact. As she swiped, long metal claws suddenly appeared and she slashed at one of the ninjas.

The Cheshire Cat is blowing them away! The voice over said, the ninja’s being swatted away like flies at Yasmine’s power. The crowd gasped, the voice over crying Oh, King Kazuma’s coming!!

            “Eh?” Yasmine said. As she was slapping away a ninja, a good chunk of them suddenly were kicked away. As her opponent became clear, everything slowed. A tall, white rabbit anthro appeared wearing deep blue jeans and a large red downed vest kicked away the ninja’s, fingerless gloves on his hands and a determined look on his face. His long ears flowed behind as he kicked another ninja in the stomach and grabbed one, throwing him down. Yasmine hadn’t realized how close he was getting.

Wait, close? Yasmine suddenly thought till she was kicked in the side, sending her off the lane and nearly slide off but her claws dug in and stopped her. Yasmine pulled herself up, seeing the god like being known as King Kazuma dash off.

            “That little A-hole.” Yasmine said, grinding her teeth. She quickly got up and chased after screaming “OI, BAKA USAGI, EVER HEARD OF LADIES FIRST?!”

King Kazuma stopped and turned back, apparently not taking the baka usagi too lightly. He charged back and the two began to fight, both enraged with the other.

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            “Oh this is so bad!” Sarah said, turning away from the screen. She looked to her right; her three remaining friends were still asleep. They had needles in their wrists that seemed to be pumping a deep blue liquid into their veins. Rachel flinched in her dreams but went back to sleep. Sarah was currently sitting in a large, comfy chair, shackles around her neck and wrists. She tried struggling out of them but of course it was futile. She then heard cackling behind her and she tried to look over the seat, only to see the master mind.

            “You!” Sarah said through gritted teeth.

            “Chi, chi, chi, yes tis I!” the villainous creature said. “I go by many names, but you may refer to me as Love Machine.”

            “What do you want with us?” Sarah asked.

            “What everyone wants that you girls stole!” Love Machine nearly spat. “The Time Gears, I was merely lucky when I found this one.”

He held up one that was all too familiar to Sarah except it seemed old and instead of the life giving green it normally radiated, it was tainted black and gave off a deathly aura. Sarah tried scooting away but the chains kept her in place. Love Machine merely smiled, the ends of his mouth curling as he walked around Sarah.

            “Don’t worry princess I won’t kill you.” Love Machine said. “Just merely, sell you to whoever wins.”

            “Yasmine is gonna win.” Sarah said, glaring down at him. Love Machine only tutted as he replied “I don’t know, she’s getting pretty beat up out there.”

Looking back at the screen, Yasmine suddenly punched in the cheek but she retaliated with a swipe, slashing Kazuma’s side making him swirl around and look at the gash, it was merely a flesh but he charged back and tried breaking one of Yasmine’s bones.  Sarah felt sweat roll down the side of her head, gulping suddenly. Love Machine smiled mischievously and turned to take his leave.   

            “Wait, I-I wanna bring up the wager.” Sarah suddenly called back before he could leave, making him stop. The Time Gear in his hand gleamed when he came to a halt.

            “Bring up the wager?” Love Machine asked.

            “Y-Yeah.” Sarah said. “If Yasmine wins, you free everyone you have under that’s a price in your games.”

            “If she loses?” Love Machine asked.

            “…I tell you where the remaining Time Gears are…” Sarah said, she could feel sweat rolling down the side of her head. Love Machine grinned wickedly, simply lifting his hand and snapping his fingers the chains disappeared from her wrist and neck. She rose from the chair and raced to her friends. The needles pulled themselves out and disappeared as well, Jaya the first to blink herself awake.

            “Wha, what’s going on?” Jaya asked, still dazed from the deep sleep. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. Sarah soon hugged her and sobbed into her shoulder, Jaya only patting her back.

            “It’s alright princess, the games just beginning.” Love Machine said and motioned for Yasmine. Yasmine was grabbed by the wrist and flipped over, landing hard on her back. Love Machine cackled at the pained expression on Yasmine’s face.

            “She’ll be perfect.” Love Machine mumbled and disappeared through the shadows.

            “What’s going on?” Bethany asked, she was finally fully awake along with Rachel who was rubbing her eye.

            “I’ll tell you later.” Sarah mumbled. “All we can do now…is pray.”

Author's Note

Yasmine's avatar name: Cheshire

Reviews

[StillShorterThanYou]

I thought I posted on the is chapter....?

[TimelordReaper]

i lov it go YASMINE!!!!!

[PokemonFan#1]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!!!! WIN YASMIMINE!!!!! WIN!!!!!!!!!!!! LOSE KING KAZUMA!!!! LOSE!!!!!! (Sorry, but he has too!!!!) Keep it up! (Ugggg....to much epicness!!!!!!!!!!)