Hey, this is KuroxOC. This is my first story so criticism is welcome. And there is some profane language used so beware. Hope you like it!

~W.F.

"Friiiigggg!" I cursed to myself. I weaved between trees in the thickening forest. I waved my right hand in front of me and the air in front of me was replaced with a glowing purple wormhole. I ran straight through, emerging in a drizzling, modern-time Japan. Standing in a courtyard was a middle-aged woman with long black hair and a very traditional looking outfit.

"How late am I?" I asked as my heart plummeted into my stomach.

"About fifteen minutes. This isn't a coincidence, you know." The woman replied smoothly.

"Damn. And, yes, Yuuko, I do know it isn't coincidence. I know my price already. Can I go? I need to catch up with them, you know." I replied impatiently. Wonderful. I thought. The plot left without me.

"Well, I suppose you can go. But hold on a second. Your price will come in a month's time. Understood?" She warned lamely.

"'Kay. Bye!" I yelled as I started running again. This time as I waved my left hand, I dove, falling into the dark portal in front of me. As if on cue, I began slipping out of consciousness as I slowly floated forward into the darkness.

I awoke to bright sunlight beating down on my face. This wasn't anything new. I was raised in the tropics. What startled me was the bus right next to me exploding while I was still dazed. Confused, I ducked under some ripped up cement as steaming chunks of bus and shrapnel came raining from the heavens. Heat from the sun was no longer an issue. I need to get out of here. Fast.

Stumbling a little I jumped out from my hiding place and ran like hell, dodging red spheres being shot from my right. I looked up to see a bunch of retarded guys with Mohawks shooting the spheres from their hands. These are NOT the droids I'm looking for.

I put on more speed when one of their projectiles almost hit my foot. It burnt a small gap at the heel of my sneakers. My old duffel bag whipped around uselessly in the wind. That's when I realized what I was wearing. I wore a light blue and black wraparound shirt that matched with my loose fitted black pants and black cloak. WTF?

I turned onto another street and stopped on the curb gasping for air. My head was spinning from the lack on air and the adrenaline from dodging stuff. Well, I'm obviously in the Hanshin Republic. I thought. But where am I? And where are the others I'm supposed to meet up with? The only clue I had was a rough sketch of each one and their names: Sakura, Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane. Of course, with my luck, I have no clue which one is which. I know that the only girl has to be Sakura, but I'm drawing a blank for the other three.

I dug through my bag, looking for my wallet, around guitars and other crap. My bag is enchanted so that anything that fits through its opening fits inside. I found my wallet, depleted of its usual balance of money. Oh well. I headed into a clothing store where I borrowed a fitting room to change into jeans and a t shirt. I walked out looking more normal although my wavy hair was strewn messily over my forehead where the ends fell over my brown framed glasses.

I spent the next three days walking around the city, wondering what all the signs meant. I caught quick glances of all my supposed companions. By the time each of their faces registered in my mind I had already lost them in the crowds. I spilled hot liquid on myself twice after seeing them during lunch.

The one I'd seen the most of was the black haired one. He kept splitting off from the group. He ran past me twice. He was already gone by the time I had realized who he was. I saw the youngest guy, a boy with brown hair, protecting his friends from a gang battle. For whatever reason, I had the impulse to stay and watch their group for a while before I joined them.

I finally saw all three guys at once when I was wandering around. I came upon some giant ancient-looking manor building. What demanded my attention was the sea of creepy-looking men and large music notes flying through the air. I managed to weave through the crowd to where I finally found a conveniently planted tree. I climbed up to a branch where a man stood there with binoculars.

"What's happening over there?" I asked somewhat casually.

"Primera-chan is fighting some idiots. GO PRIMERA-CHAN!" I flinched at his cry.

I squinted at the building. A girl with knee-length, teal hair stood on top of the building fighting some flying person… I disregarded the flying person for a second to address another subject.

"Isn't she like, 16?"

"Yeah. She's our idol." He replied. I looked at him in disgust.

"Give me those, you creepy-old-man-perv…thing." I grumbled as I snatched his binoculars away. Getting back to the flying person.

I wasn't all that surprised when I saw that the man fly around was actually the blond man of my 'group'. From what I'd gathered before hand, apparently he's a magician. Still using binoculars, I looked at the ground in front of the building where I saw the other two guys of the group.

Once again, I couldn't bring myself to join them. My legs were not agreeing with me. Instead, I stood and watched. I stood on a lower ground and watched the fight between teen- pop star and flying-magician man. After I stayed to watch another battle with flamey-dog boy and water-manta ray man. Big mistake.

I ducked into a corner to dodge shrapnel broken from the walls above me. Then came the great flood. The guy with the manta ray flooded the plane I was standing in. I was underwater for a couple seconds. I surfaced coughing and hacking. I scrambled up the wall next to me and made my way to a grassy plateau.

"Who the Hell are you?" A gruff voice called from above me.

"Thanks… for the help. Jerk." I croaked out., still catching my breath. " Isabel…My name… is Isabel" A hand grabbed my arm and roughly pulled me to my feet.

"Odd name for a guy." Bad move. Out of habit, my foot came down upon his with incredible force.

"Girl, you bastard! Girl! Damn, where the Hell are my glasses?" I walked a couple feet away while he recovered. I looked around but found nothing because(of course) I wasn't wearing my glasses. I couldn't SEE.

"Look kid-!"

I turned on heel and got up in his face. "Don't call me kid! I'm not a kid, goddamn it! My name is Isabel!" He hit two touchy subjects within thirty seconds of each other. And I almost went on with my rant. Almost. "Wait a second, you're that guy! Holy crap."

Red-eyes stood inches from my face(not the dragon, mind you.). INCHES. I backed away realizing how deep a hole I had just dug for myself.

"May I ask who you're looking for?" The blond man called from behind red-eyes.

"Um… Let's see. You, Red-eyes here, That brown haired kid, and a girl named Sakura."

"Well, this seems to be the first time I've met you. Kuro-puu, do you know this girl?"

"No." Kurogane's reply came through clenched teeth. He redirected his anger toward blond guy. "AND WOULD YOU STOP CALLING ME THAT!" I tried my hardest to restrain myself but I couldn't. I laughed so hard I fell to my knees clutching my gut. I'm not sure what I was laughing about because I forgot after what happened next. The wind was blown out of me as a kick crushed my gut and internal organs.

I blacked out.

"Uh guys? I think she's awake!" A voice called near me. My mind was in a daze and when I opened my eyes the room was spinning.

"Kuro-puu! You should be ashamed of yourself. She was unconscious for nearly two days!" The blonde began "Look…um Isabel are you alright?" He placed a hand on my shoulder and tensed slightly then relaxed.

"Yeah. I'm fine…Just a bit…dazed." My eyes couldn't focus so my surroundings were a blur.

"…These yours?" Kurogane was holding a pair of glasses out to me. They were dirty and stained with water but they were mine.

"Yeah. Thanks." I sat up and began on the hassle that was cleaning my glasses. I put them on and immediately flinched in shock. Where the hell was I now?"

As if on cue the blond man chimed in happily. " Sorry about earlier, none of us were able to formally introduce ourselves. My name is Fai D. Flowright and that meanie over there in black is Kuro-wan wan ("IT'S KUROGANE, GODDAMNIT!"). Sakura ,Syaoran, and our host, Chun'yan are out right now but I'm sure they'll be happy to see you've awakened."

"Hmm...I'm Isabel Reyes. Nice to meet you!" I was making a gamble, hoping my outburst from before hadn't made me an enemy. I was pushing my luck. My shitty, effed-up luck. The only responses I got were a charmed smile from Fai and a disproving grunt from Kurogane. Well. I can't please EVERYONE now, can I?

If my memory served correctly, we're in that Korean folk town that I can't remember the name of. I rubbed my eyes and looked up.

"What...the Hell?"

"We were going to fix that..." There was a gaping hole in the ceiling and sunlight was pouring in filling the room with a natural glow.

"I'll help."

"I wouldn't want a girl like you doing such hard work... Kuro-chi will fix it!" Fai giggled like a school girl. It was a bit sickening... But it was funny so... Never mind.

" I WILL NOT. YOU'RE FIXING THAT ROOF YOURSELF, MAGICIAN!"

"Nah, guys, let me help. I owe you."

"Well, if that's what you want." Fai gave in and the three of us spent the hour hauling planks and nailing 'em into the roof. Fai and I chatted casually but Kurogane ignored us both. Whatever.

The roof was all patched up by the time the others got back. Fai and Kurogane were hanging out in the house while I was sitting on the roof.

" Hey you! What are you doing up there?" Any sarcastic remarks I could've made I pushed out of my head before responding.

One remark escaped before I could stop myself. "Just hanging out on your now-fixed roof." I haphazardly scrambled down to the yard.

"Hello. You must be Syaoran, Sakura and Chun'yan." I greet them warmly(They didn't see my angry brush with Kurogane, but they probably heard about it from Fai.)

"Nice to meet you..." Syaoran said politely, lowering his guard slightly. Sakura was behind him and I could tell right away that they were together.

"Isabel. Isabel Reyes." Chun'yan and Sakura had nothing to say but watched me. "Curiosity Killed the cat, but whatcha got there?" He had a large straw woven basket in tow.

"Sakura won us these clothes. We have for You, Kurogane-san and Fai-san, too." and with that I realized I was still wearing my stuff from Hanshin Republic. I looked really out of place. Especially because I think I was the only girl not wearing a dress within a 5 mile radius.

Damn.