Mon Mon Nepu Nepu 6

"Uni, why-"

"Shhh."

She covered my mouth abruptly and held me down to the ground.  Before I could come to my senses properly I heard loud clicking and heavy footsteps.  "We need to get out of here."  I didn't have time to make out what she said before she started motioning for me to move along.  As we crawled on our stomachs the clicking was interrupting by a loud, bellowing roar that shook the ground.  Branches and leaves fell from above as the beast that roared began inhaling deeply, frightening Uni.  Her eyes widened as a thin beam of light blazed a trail into the trees above us.  She shook her head and pressed her head down onto the ground before forcefully pushing mine down as well.  The clicking turned into screeching as a loud crackling sounded off in the distance...those sounds were also sounding off from above us.

The sound of explosions fill the air and the ground around us as the screeching continues.  All kinds of monsters were panicking and trying to escape as trees shattered and debris flew everywhere.  Uni started crawling faster, making sure to stay low to the ground.  "We gotta get out of here!  Now Gear!"  Another roar bellowed from behind us as crunching and snapping noises overpowered the sound of explosions.  She grabbed my hand, keeping me low to the ground, and speed up.  As the explosions died down I could hear ripping and tearing of...what I hope isn't what I think it is.  It would be a stupid idea to look back now...all I could do was run.  All we could do was run as hard as we could away from the terrible noises and destruction raining down around us.

"Can we...stop now..."  I've been wanting to slow down for a while now but Uni has been pulling me nonstop, making sure that we're very far away from the that booming roar.  "Uni...please..."  My entire body is burning up from our long run and I have no choice but pull away from her...I have to rest.  I take my a few more steps before I'm forced to my knees in hopes that we've made far enough way to catch our breath.

"I think...we're safe now...Gear..."  I think Uni have been more winded than me, she sat down with a thud and took a deep breath.  "Ugh...I would've been able to get us out of there easily had it not been for the trees...but..."  She crawled over me, looking me straight in the eyes having already caught her breath.  "What you did to those Dogoos was scary.  I wonder..."  She placed both her hands on my cheeks and tilted my head side to side, checking for any signs that might lead to why I acted so scary, according to her.

"Hmm...I don't see anything different about you...are feeling any dif-Oh!"

"Wh-what's wrong!?"  I flinched as she moved her hand from my face and straight towards my head, moving me back and forth as she rubbed vigorously.  My...horn?  What the world could've happened to my horn?

"There we go, you had a little Dogoo goop stuff stuck up there.  Mmm, my favorite!"  She licked her fingers clean and threw herself on me for some reason.

"U-Uni?"

"You were so fierce back there, tearing that Dogoo apart!  Sure you got a little carried with it, but that ferocity is to be expected of my special Gear."  There she goes again with that the 'special' talk again.  I'm missing something, but if I ask her what she means by all this talk I might end up making her cry again.  "Don't you ever mention this to anyone, but the only reason I was able to make it this far long was because of you.  I..."  She moved herself, holding me tighter as she blushed.  "...I'd probably be long gone by if it wasn't for you.  Today was my turn to help you out..."  I think she might have realized what she getting ready to say, she let go of me and sat straight up facing away from me.  "...b-but that's only because I need to start repaying my debt to you, got it?"  I have to admit that seeing Uni being herself like this is just what I needed after our brush with what probably would've been death...

"Hey Uni."

"Y-yeah?"

"How did I get Dogoo goop in my horn anyway?"  She turned around with a confused expression on her face.

"You headbutted the snot out of it, silly.  I can't blame you for forgetting though, it all happened so fast and those bigger monsters came out of nowhere.  But we should probably start trying to find our way out of here.  IF will have our butts if she found about this."  She stood and feathered herself off and offered to do the same for me, so I got up and let her dust me off as well.

"Where do we even go from here?"  We both looked around with puzzled looks on our faces, trying to find out which direction would be best to head toward.

"We should head...this way."  I look down in the direction she pointed and after squinting really hard I could make out brighter and maybe a clearing in the distance.  My legs are a little sore still, but I should be able to make it that far with no trouble.

Uni and I remained silent as made our way to clearing in the distance, but something was off about everything suddenly.  What little monsters we saw were abnormally quiet and fled as we passed them, spooking Uni into speeding up a little.  "I don't like the looks of this Gear, we should probaaaaaaaaaaaah!"  Uni flew into the air feet first as what sounded like a whip cracked among the trees.

"Uni!"

She eventually stopped and bobbed back down, dangling by her foot from a thin looking strand of dark rope.  "My leg...I can't feel...my..."  Who would leave a trap like this lying around?  I have to find a way to get Uni down from there before things get worse!  Stay calm Nepgear, I just need to find where the rope is coming from and take care of it from there.

The nearby brush started rustling, followed by a disappointed voice.  "Awww, I bagged the wrong one!"  A short red-headed woman came tumbling out of the nearby bushes, smiling with at me with her arms folded.  She had a large gold dragon wrapped snug around her waist...but she's so tiny, is it wrapping around her itself?  "I never properly introduced myself when met at the Guild, did I?"  I back up slowly, shaking my head as this woman approaches me while...accentuating her chest.  "Heehee, I see the look in your eye, you do remember Red!"  R-Red?  I have no idea who this person is!

"Maybe you don't remember me after all..."  She stopped trying to get near me and narrowed her eyes, looking me up and down, making me feel...dirty.  "I guess I laid my charms a little thick last time, oh well..."  She pulled out a pair of yo-yos and began playing with them, with an even more lewd look on her face.  "...we'll have plenty of time to get to know each other!"