KA-BOOOM!
Ukyo smirked as she hefted the bomb bag they found in the depths of the cavern, looking over the rubble that remained after blasting the boulders with the explosives.
"Well, I must say, those lovely bombs certainly come in handy."
"Yeah, I couldn't think of anyone better than you to use them," Tatl grinned.
"What do you mean by that?" Ukyo asked in a dangerous tone of voice.
The fairy giggled. "Well, aren't you the one with the 'explosive' temper?"
Ukyo frowned, then grabbed into the bag. "Careful, or I'll blow you up next."
Tatl sweat-dropped. "I don't think that will be necessary..."
"Hey, do we have the time for that?" Ryoga asked. "We may have defeated many Dodongos, but I won't be satisfied until we searched the very last corner of the cave... who knows how many of them are still waiting for us."
Ukyo shrugged. "We'll just take them out like we did with the others. I mean, seriously, they hardly were a challen... WHOAH!"
She almost stumbled down into a hole in the ground that looked like someone had created it with some bombs.
Tatl peered down. "Wow, it's getting even hotter down there... and I really don't know if we could get back up here if we fall down. Well, I could fly, but you two..."
Ryoga grimly looked down the shaft. "This is the last part of the cave we haven't checked yet. We have to make sure that the Dodongos stay out of here. I don't want my tribe to be doomed because of one little mistake."
He curled up into a ball and rolled down the shaft with a cry of: "GERONIMOOO!"
Ukyo and Tatl both groaned. "You know what they say: Gorons aren't quite the brightest bunch," Tatl muttered.
"Well, we can't let him do this by himself," Ukyo sighed. "Okay, I brought some rope... let's tie it around that boulder so we can climb up again after checking down there."
"Um, you think the rope is enough to carry Ryoga's weight?"
Ukyo smirked. "Well, I'll just climb up before he does."
Shortly after that, she slid down the rope into the massive cavern that was below the shaft.
She was lucky that the hole wasn't in the middle of the room's ceiling, as there was another pool of scorching hot lava in its middle.
Ukyo let go of the rope and landed next to Ryoga, on the narrow path leading around the pool. "Well, here we are," she said, not noticing that Ryoga wasn't looking at her, but at something behind her. "Found any Dodongos?"
Ryoga gulped. "You could say that..."
"Fine. How many? Three? Four?"
"No, actually, just one... and he's standing right behind you!"
Surprised, Ukyo jumped around, ready to whack the fire-lizard's tail like she did with its brethren.
When instead of a lizard's head, she saw a massive foot, she was confused. After a few seconds, she got the idea of looking up.
Right into the face of the Infernosaurus King Dodongo.
Ryoga laughed nervously while backing off. "A very, very big one..."
Ukyo also gulped. "Well, crud!"
Suddenly, a tiny shape flew through the air, bounced right off the massive beast's muzzle, smacked it to the side and jumped back.
"Don't just stand there, kiddos! Grab your explosives and get moving! You want that flame-breath to gobble all of us down for lunch?"
"Who are YOU?" Ukyo asked the shriveled up man that landed right next to her.
"Happosai, master of the Anything Goes School of martial arts," the man introduced himself. "I've been trapped inside this pit for two days now, and that stupid lizard just doesn't know how to keep his paws off me. Besides, I already used up all of my own explosives..." His eyes grew teary. "Right after my precious underwear collection had been burnt by those mean Fire Keese..."
Ukyo grimaced. "You're an old lech, right?"
"Ah, details, who needs 'em?"
King Dodongo let out a loud roar, followed by taking a deep breath.
"Perhaps you should save your nice conversation for later," Ryoga pointed out while rolling back into a ball. "I may have a thick skin, but you two should get the heck out of there, if you don't want to be burnt to a crisp."
"A wise suggestion, my boy," Happosai nodded. "See you later, girl..." And with another leap, he jumped over the giant Dodongo's back.
"That's not fair..." Ukyo whined, now certain that she was gonna die.
"What are you doing?" Tatl yelled. "Quick, take your bombs! You do know that Dodongos don't like them, do you?"
Quickly, Ukyo reacted and pulled a bomb out of the bag. She lit the fuse and hurled the little firecracker into the king's gaping mouth.
"Enjoy your meal, you creep!" she yelled.
On reflex, the Dodongo King swallowed whatever has landed inside his mouth. But only seconds later, the bomb's explosion made a really big mess inside his stomach.
Roaring in pain, the beast was clearly hurt more than from a regular stomach ache. But as his species were born to be resistant against volcanic heat, one single explosion wasn't enough to bring him down, even if that explosion came from within his tummy.
In anger, the dinosaur decided to curl his body up into a ball, similar to a Goron... and rolled towards the tiny girl of the forest.
"Get out of there!" Tatl yelled while zipping away. "He'll make you as flat as a pancake!"
But before Ukyo could react, Ryoga appeared in front of her. "I'll take care of the rest..." he grumbled. "That beast and his spawn have made my tribe suffer... and now I want to see him suffer!"
"What are you doing?" Ukyo shouted. "We'll both be squashed."
But Ryoga only smirked. "Hardly!" he said.
And then King Dodongo came. His enormous, intimidating form rolled towards them like an avalanche from the top of Death Mountain, but Ryoga welcomed him with his strong arms.
"I'll show you!" he yelled... and simply picked up the curled up dinosaur from the ground.
He got a good hold onto the beast's forelegs, spun him around several times... and then let him go!
The Dodongo landed inside the pool of lava with a big 'splash'. Ukyo yelped and jumped back, as a shower of ember came raining down near them. Meanwhile, the dinosaur has uncurled himself and tried getting back on the solid path around the pool, but his body was simply too heavy, and he was too hurt from the explosion inside his stomach.
After twitching a few times, his body grew limp and stiff, while the lava for some unknown reason cooled down and hardened around his body, trapping his corpse inside.
Ryoga knelt down on the ground, panting hardly. "There... that should... do it. Without their king... the Dodongos won't come back into the cavern..."
Ukyo was amazed. She knew Gorons were strong, but to hurl an enormous beast like King Dodongo into the lava pool like that...
Happosai approached the edge of the cooled down pool. "Good job, boy! Now, I guess I have to thank you for your help. Maybe you are interested in becoming my students?"
Ukyo shook her head. "No, thanks! I don't want to be the student of a lech!"
"Aw, come on! A few bras and panties, what's the big deal? It's not that I'm running around stealing the underwear from the women, you know?"
"Don't make me laugh!" Ryoga said while standing up. "I already heard about you. You're that pervert that always raids Kakariko village to rob their women's underwear, right?"
Happosai tried to look as innocent as he could. "How could you say that? I'm pretty sure that the women don't mind to give a nice, old man like myself what he's dreaming of..."
"Ryoga, let's get out of here before I puke, okay?" Ukyo muttered.
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