"Come, we'll take you to our village," Makoto said. Trunks shrugged, nodding in agreement.
"What's your name?" Usagi asked while they were walking along the forest path.
"Calzoncillo!" the boy replied. "But you can call me Trunks. I'm from Hispania!"
They walked a while, and Usagi looked down at the cute, little boy. She wished that one day, she would have such a cute little boy as a son as well...
She reached out to pet his head affectionally...
"OW!"
Makoto turned around. "What's wrong?"
Usagi grimaced and clutched her finger. "He bit me!"
"I'm a chief's son, and everyone has to show me the same respect, says my Dad," Trunks said with dignity.
Makoto shook her head in amusement. "Well then, son of a chief, let us take you to our village's chief!"
----
Shortly afterwards, they were in Setsuna's hut, in the village.
"Why are the Romans after you, boy?" Setsuna asked.
Trunks looked at Setsuna, then he said: "Your hair is green!"
Usagi snorted, while Makoto quickly pressed her right hand on her mouth, so she would not giggle.
Setsuna sweatdropped. "Um, well... we'll continue our talk after the midday break."
----
Meanwhile, a battered Petza had arrived in Babaorum, where she was talking to her fellow Centurion Cavalera... a woman she despised with all her heart.
"Sucks to be you, Petza," Cavalera shrugged as she lay on her divan within her tent, sipping from a goblet of wine. "When Caesar learns how you let the hostage go, you'll be a case for the lions in the circus."
"Oh yeah?" Petza growled. "And if Caesar learns that you didn't help me to get him back, you'll join me in the lion's stomach!"
Cavalera threw the other Roman an annoyed look.
"You're disgusting, you know that?"
Petza grimaced. "Good to know, otherwise I would stand no chances against the lions!"
Later, Cavalera was forced to rally her troops. Together, they marched towards the Gaulish village.
"Leave the talking to me," she murmured. "You don't know these Gauls as I do. One wrong word, and something terrible is bound to happen."
"I don't care about those Gauls," Petza grumbled. "We need the hostage back!"
When they reached the village gates, they were greeted by a guard that lazily leaned against his shield.
Cavalera nervously cleared her throat. "Excuse me, but we would like to talk to the chief of this village."
"We're on midday break!" the guard yawned. "The chief is probably sleeping right now."
"It's very important," Cavalera said with a smile.
"Oh, very well..." the guard muttered and walked through the gate.
Shortly afterwards, Chibiusa ad Hotaru arrived at the gates, carrying the dozing Setsuna on her shield.
"Sorry to disturb you, chief," Cavalera said with all courtliness. "We don't want to be a bother, but could we probably have that small boy back, who..."
"Impossible!" Setsuna murmured. "Come on girls, let's go back to sleep without waking the others..."
And they turned around to leave.
Petza snarled. 'What's with this charade?' she thought and drew her sword.
"ATTACK!" she yelled. Next to her, an expression of terror appeared on Cavalera's face.
Right after Petza had finished her yell, the village gates opened up and all of the villagers came running out, wide awake, swinging their fists, weapons or whatever they could find.
"BY TEUTATES!" the yelled. "BY BELENUS!" "LEAVE THEM TO ME!" "SMASH THE ROMANS! SMASH THE ROMANS!"
The last thing Petza saw was a big amount of feet that trampled her down... then she fell down in blissful unconsciousness.
----
Later, the battle was over. The Gauls were back in their village and most of the Romans had retreated, leaving behind a trail of dented helmets and broken spears.
Petza lifted her battered face out of the small dent in the ground. Next to her, she saw Cavalera, in a similar condition as her.
"What... what was that?" Petza muttered.
Cavalera threw her fellow centurion an angry scowl. "That was the wrong word," she grumbled.
----
Meanwhile, on the village's main square, the Gauls were standing around the small boy.
"The way the Romans are after the child, he must be of the utmost significance for them," Ami assumed.
"Well, kid, why don't you just tell us how you got here from Hispania?" Rei asked.
Trunks looked around. "My Dad is the strongest Dad in the world, and that big oaf Diamondus is afraid of him, and to teach my Dad a lesson, that big oaf Diamondus let his soldiers bring me to Gaul, but I don't think that would stop my Dad from beating up that big oaf Diamondus."
"A hostage..." Makoto realized. "He is a hostage. No wonder they are after him like that..."
"We have to protect him from the Romans," Setsuna decided. "He can't leave the village until we bring him back to his parents." She turned on her shield to face Usagi. "Usagi, I'm putting him into your care. And remember, he's a chief's son, so treat him well!"
"As long as he doesn't bite me anymore..." the blonde menhir delivery girl mumbled.
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(Posted Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:38)
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