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Chemistry on the Road

By

Dark Master Ryo

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Prologue: From the Stars.

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It was another quiet night at one of the thick forests located in Japan. Well, that the current occupant thought it was Japan, at least.

The full moon and the stars were the only source of light within the dark woods. Still, they managed to illuminate the landscape faithfully as the creatures slept inside.

At the moment, Ryouga was as busy as any other person his age as he slept soundly within his warm tent. It had been another rough day of aimless wandering for the young traveller. After several detours, he believed that he was finally heading to Nerima again, to his heaven and hell.

How he longed to see Akane's gentle face again, her warm smile, her whole beautiful entity. He slept with his mind occupied with Akane's warmth, as if it was snuggling him closely to her side. Sweet dreams came to him that night, rather than him seeking them out, as how it usually went. Happy dreams of him and Akane helped him to cling to hope; hoping for something that he knew would eventually crumble before his eyes. Yet, Ryouga continued to deny it. He would still run away from it, thinking he would escape reality doing so. Anyone who tried to interrupt his sleep would suffer the consequences. No one was going to take his happiness away; nobody!

Unfortunately, a deafening loud noise descended upon him from the heavens, like the sound of an aircraft. He woke up and forcefully cracked open his eyes.

"What the hell is that noise?" Ryouga muffed out of his sleeping bag and lazily crawled out of his tent. What he witnessed outside was out of this world, quite literally. With his sleep disappearing, he widened his eyes in awe at the sight before him. No more than ten metres away, an object about the size of a tree was consumed in flames and descended at a rapid rate from the sky. He figured it wasn't even 10 seconds away from impact. "Oh, SH-"

As soon as it touched the ground, an explosion went out; followed by chaos. The force of the impact flung Ryouga, among many other things, away violently with a quite unpleasant rough landing back to earth.

Ten minutes later, he sat up as soon as he regained his consciousness. What was a quiet forest a moment ago has now been turned into a complete mess. Ryouga couldn't feel the presence of any living creatures. He figured the animals were either dead like the trees, or sensed the coming of disaster and fled. Fortunately, he himself only suffered minor injuries, all of which would more than likely heal quickly, he figured.

"Ugh, wh-what just happened?" Standing up shakily, he followed the trail of destruction until reaching a huge crater. A shiny object lay in the centre of it, as if standing proudly at the chaos it made. Curious, Ryouga trudged towards it cautiously, not knowing what to expect. He had seen many strange things in his life, but this was possibly at the top of his list.

Finally reaching his destination, he was able to take a clear look at what disturbed his sleep. It had the appearance of a white-coloured, lucent, large crystal, giving off the look of a huge diamond. A golden-coloured band of some sort of metal was in the middle, like a worn belt. The most notable thing was what appeared to be a woman in black robes with red hair trapped within it! Surprised, Ryouga rushed closer to examine it further. He touched the surface of the crystal carefully, expecting it to be hot. However, it was amazingly as cold as ice. The woman herself had her eyes closed and seemed to be unaware of her surroundings.

"Gosh, what the hell is this thing, some sort of cage?" Ryouga wondered for a moment of what to do. "Maybe I'd be able to break this thing..." There was a possibility that the woman might still be alive, it seemed heartless to leave her in there. A part of him argued that she might be trapped in there for a good reason, but he dismissed the possibility of that instantly. Ryouga gathered his strength, and with a cry, punched the thing with all his might.

"Ow, shit!" He cried out. That thing was tougher than he thought it would be. Ryouga still had a few more tricks up his sleeve, though. Backing up a distance, he held up his hands and began gathering the entirety of his chi into a single spot. He let out heavy breathing as he focused on his anguish, his despair, and his hatred. With a loud growl, he released his misery in a large green beam of chi towards the object of his attention, consuming it completely with his heavy chi.

Ryouga collapsed heavily to his knees. The lack of sleep was finally showing its ugly face, especially after the stunt he just pulled. He collected his strength and stood once again as he eyed the large crystal. There wasn't even a dent on it, let alone break it open. He shook his head. Just as he was about to give up on the whole ordeal, a large crack suddenly appeared on the gigantic thing, grabbing his attention. Before he could rush and try using brute force again, it unexpectedly exploded open, sending debris and dust all over his vision. Ryouga held up his arms protectively as the sharp shards flew around him.

Once everything settled down, he looked back at it, and to his surprise, the woman was gone! 'What the-'

"Hello," a sudden cheerful female voice greeted Ryouga.

Ryouga looked below him instantly, only to find what seemed to be a young preteen, possibly 11 or 12 years of age. Where had this little girl come from? She looked remarkably like the woman from before, only younger. It couldn't possibly be the same person, could it? "Who-"

The girl grabbed and shook his hands before he could complete his question. "Washuu-chan here!" as if reading his mind, she answered him in the same cheerful tone. "Call me Washuu-chan, please!"

"Huh?" Ryouga was confused. What happened to the woman from earlier? Could he have mistaken the little kid for her? Was he that sleepy? That couldn't be it... "Um, what-"

"Washuu-chan, Washuu-chan!" she cut him off again like a broken record. "It's nice to see the young prince in shining armour save the princess from her eternal sleep. A kiss would have been more of what I had in mind, though."

Ryouga didn't exactly know what to say. In all honesty, he was a bit disappointed. Perhaps he should have left her in there after all... "W-Washuu..." he began.

"Washuu-chan," she corrected him.

"Washuu-san..."

"Washuu-chan!"

"Um, Washuu-chan..." Ryouga finally gave in. "What's going on? Who the hell are you?" he asked bluntly in his confusion.

"I'm glad you asked!" She beamed cheerfully. Before Ryouga knew it, she pulled a pair of paper fans and took a ridiculous pose. "I'm the most scientific genius in the universe! Washuu-chan desu!" she yelled out exaggeratedly like a kid from a sentai show.

Ryouga suddenly walked away as he muttered under his breath. "I definitely should have left her in there..." He held his head in annoyance. He was starting to get a nasty headache.

"Hey, wait up!" Washuu was heard running and slowed her pace as she was behind him. "Are you just going to leave a defenceless girl by herself in an unknown world?

"Yeah, well, I wasn't expecting a weirdo kid to just pop up..." Ryouga whispered in his regret.

Washuu, however, heard him clearly. "So that's how it is."

Ryouga felt her snuggling herself to him. "Um, what are you doing?" he asked without bothering himself to turn.

"I wouldn't mind if it were you..." A new voice was heard. This one was different, more mature, most notably.

Suddenly, Ryouga felt a larger body and a pair of big breasts pressing hardly against his back. "Wh-wh-what the hell!" He turned around quickly in surprise and came face to face to the grinning face of a mature older woman. He backed away from her slowly before tripping and landing on his butt. "Eh? What? How?" He blurted some incoherent questions.

She ignored his questions and went to sit on top of him. "Isn't this what you wanted?" She gave him a question of her own. "You naughty boy, you!" She lowered her head at him and was barely away from touching his lips with her own.

Ryouga sweated heavier than a foreigner lost in the deserts of the Middle East. "Th-th-th-th-that's n-not it...!" Blood assaulted his nose as he yelled in protest nervously.

"Oh, you're no fun." Washuu backed away with a disappointed tone in her voice. "Is my true form too much for you?" She giggled. Teasing innocent boys was so much fun!

"Get off of me, will you!" Ryouga held his bloody nose.

"But isn't this fun? Ehehehe!" She drew closer again. "You still haven't told me who you are," she whispered sexily in his ear.

"H-Hibiki Ryouga..." he answered her nervously.

"So, Ryouga-dono, is it?" She suddenly got off of his body and sat next to him. "Please take care of this hopeless woman on alien planet, oh, Ryouga-dono." She grabbed his hand and tried her best to let out some tears. 'Oh, I'm looking good. He'll so fall prey to my charms. Just wait till I'm through with you!'

"Um, what? But I'm only a-"

"Come on!" She lunged at him and crushed him in a hug. "It'll be fun! Hehehehehe!" She had a crazy gleam in her eyes, as if proclaiming insanity.

"WHAAA!" The screams of horror filled what was once a quiet forest.

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To be continued...

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Author's notes:

Yeah, this story is back. Now with less horrible grammar and more revised scenes. All of the changes are minor, though. You can probably skip the chapters you've already read them, with the exception of chapter 3. Well, the end of chapter 3 anyway.

EDIT: Okay, the grammar should be less horrible this time. I actually didn't edit this prologue, that's why there were more errors than the rest of the chapters. I call it laziness. I also quickly went through the other chapters and cleaned up the grammar there, too.

However, I am not perfect. I more than likely missed something here and there. I'm really horrible at noticing my own mistakes.

My thanks to the guy who was complaining. You guys should complain more often, it makes me better. And yes, English is indeed my second language. That was quite a fine guess.

And to that other guy, of course we plan to continue this story. In fact, I kept nagging about continuing it a few times. Well, see you next chapter...