Disclaimer: I own nothing other than the kooky plot I came up with for this story. Oh, I own the "Tubelevator" and "Tube-o-Train" (not very creative names, I know) though. And Franky the radar. And Dango the compass. Oh, and the Un-Shrinker too. And I'm not making a profit of this story either. So you lawyers better stay away from me! -takes out her anti-lawyer shield-

Betaed by: Scarred Sword Heart (OMG, I know, she's an AWESOME author! And I'm not sucking up to you, Yami-san, you're in my favorite authors list, meaning you're, well, one of my favorites! ;;)

Chapter 1

Personal Research Entry #1 (one for every research project!)

January 20, 3556

This is Kaoru Kamiya, recording right after I got a phone call to go see my new project. My god, I sound like one of those reporters from the last millennium, "this is Kaoru Kamiya, from Scandinavia", or something like that. Anyway, seems like a huge meteor crashed down about 200 miles away from where I live, in the bush (Australian term apparently, for "forests") about an hour or two ago. Must be a big one, since we felt it all the way here. It crashed down about an hour ago, so they think it's still a little unstable to go near it.

Chickens, they won't go near it, but we researchers absolutely HAVE to! Sano reckons we might need to stay by it for a few months, to record everything about it, outside, and inside. I might as well pack up my entire home and go over there since I really don't have much here. I'm packing right now as well, multi-tasking, since I'm awesome like that. I've packed in my research kit, my computer and other technological equipments (solar batteries for my comp too, can't go on with them!), a year's worth of food and water (might as well, since Sano would probably mooch off, and Misao too for that matter), clothing (tons of underwear included, blegh, I hate being dirty. Oh, and a million pairs of socks), two years' worth of toiletries (I am not germ-phobic, who said I was?), first-aid kit (packed with a million band-aids, for my clumsiness), and I think that's it.

Wow, it took me ten minutes to write that sentence. Ohh yeah, the best multi-tasker ever. All I have to do now is to shrink them and pack them up into my traveling briefcase. Oh, and also my entire stationary kit, because my pens "mysteriously" disappear every time Misao comes over…come to think of it, my pens disappear when Megumi comes over too (I think both her and Misao have a fetish). Oh wow, I almost forgot to pack in the Un-Shrinker (what a creative name –insert sarcastic smile-), or else I'll end up trying to wear clothing the size of my pinky. Okay, not going there, disturbing thoughts. Oh, and a protective suit too, never know if the meteor's radio-active or not. I think Misao went to a site without a protective suit since she's so…her. Whatever, moving on. Don't really have to worry about any medical stuff, Megumi's there. Probably the best on-site doctor I've ever met, ignoring her fetishes (is that even a word?). Am I forgetting anything else? OH, a few movies, to relieve some stress. Oh, and Franky, my radar, can't go without it. Oh, and Dango, my super-awesome compass, can't really trust the one in my kit, went berserk during my last project, kept pointing at the meteor, the stupid thing…Well, I'll be putting up my next entry once I've reached there and did some scoping. As they say in the last millennium, see ya later, alligator! Wow, I really need to stop watching those old movies…

Kaoru and Misao decided to take the Tubelevator down fifty floors (they live in the same building, only couple floors apart) and then take the Tube-o-Train because: 1) They didn't trust Sano with his driving, a land car OR a flying car, 2) Doesn't matter if the car has auto-pilot and can take you safely to your destination without you operating it, Sano will insist on driving it manually, and 3) Sano's car wasn't available at the moment and in the repair shop because of some…mysterious circumstances.

"I'm telling you, Kaoru, Sano's such a….ugh! How the hell can he damage such a beautiful car?? Do you know how much that car is?? He got that car right after it came out into the market! What an idiot…and now, we have to take the Tube-o-Train all the way up to the site! It takes half an hour to get there!! Half an hour!! For only 200 miles away! Can you believe that?! If we were in a car, we could've reached there in fifteen minutes!! Aaah, Tube-o-Trains are so slow!!" exclaimed Misao loudly, as she and Kaoru got out of the Tubelevator and ran to their Tube-o-Train.

"Oh calm down, Misao! It's not that bad, seriously! You should appreciate the time we're living in right now, you know. Back in the last millennium, they didn't even HAVE trains until the 1800's! Learn to appreciate what we have!" said Kaoru, shaking her head disapprovingly at Misao. Both her and Misao found a couple of seats and sat down, huffing a little bit.

"Oh, you and your 'last millennium' stuff! Seriously, why live in the past when there's so much in the persent, eh? Appreciate the now, missy!" said Misao, rolling her eyes.

"First of all, you're not Sano, so no 'missy' business here. And you're not Canadian either, so no 'eh'. And also, who said I don't appreciate the now, hmm? You've been to my house many times. What's there in my home that's from the last millennium?" said Kaoru. "Except for the movies?" She tacked in the last part since she somehow knew Misao would point that out. But Misao had something else to point out anyway.

"Okay, how about…men? You don't ever look at the ones in our time, but you keep drooling over the ones from the last millennium! Like your Orlando Bloom and Youl something and George Clooney and Antonio Bandarez? Hmmm?" said Misao, with a smug look on her face.

"Okay, for one thing, his name is NOT Youl SOMETHING, it's Youl Brynner. I mean, have you seen him in King and I? He is absolutely gorgeous! And his character in that movie is so damn cute! And George Clooney and Antonio Bandarez were so HOT in their earlier days! And…and…yeah!" retorted Kaoru, frustrated that she couln't say anymore. Misao just sighed and shook her head.

"My point is, you keep living in the past, only looking at those men in the PAST, Kaoru. You don't look at any man who's interested in you who's in the NOW. I mean, look at Barney for example-"

"Don't even get me STARTED on him…ugh, he's such an…MCP!"

"A what?"

"MCP. Male Chauvinistic Pig. Heard or read that from something from some last millennium stuff…"

"Heeeey, that's not a bad one, really…but back to the topic. What did he do anyway?

"Well, he went ahead and ordered our dinner without even asking me what I wanted, and he went on and on about how women absolutely loved everything he did and what a charmer he was and blah blah blah…altogether, it was a TERRIBLE evening. I can't BELIEVE how you thought he was my type!" said Kaoru, shaking her head.

"Hey, how was I supposed to know he was an…what was it? MCP? Yeah, how was I supposed to know he was full of it, huh? He came across as a good guy to me and he was single, so I thought I should introduce you to him…you can't really blame me, Kao. And what about Larry?" said Misao.

"Too weak"

"And Benjamin?"

"Too bold"

"And Lee?"

"He was gay! He thought I was a guy…you didn't tell him what gender I was…"

"Oh wow…oops, sorry about that!"

"Whatever. You and Meg need to stop setting me up with guys, seriously," said Kaoru.

"Would you rather we set you up with girls?" asked Misao, sarcastically. "I have nothing against lesbians, but last time I checked, you weren't one. Unless you want Meg and I to look for girls-"

"I am NOT a lesbian! I have nothing against them either, but I am not one! What I meant was, stop setting me up with these jerks, period!" said Kaoru, clearly irritated.

"And what are you going to do for the rest of your life then, Kaoru? Be alone? You really think Megumi and I want to see that? Honey, you're 23 now, and a researcher who deals with meteors that has radio-active energy in it, meaning you can DIE any moment from too much exposure! Who knows how long of a life you'll have?? That's why you should enjoy while you can! Now, I know you envy Sano and Megumi a little, and most probably me and Aoshi a little too, since you don't have one yet. That's why Meg and I are trying to help you!" said Misao as both her and Kaoru got up to leave the Tube-o-Train.

Kaoru was silent as both the women got off at their stop and started their short walk to the site, their luggage clutched tightly in their hands. Misao thought that maybe she went too far and wanted to apologize, when Kaoru suddenly stopped walking. Misao turned to ask what's wrong when Kaoru spoke up.

"Misao, I'm sorry for yelling at you, and let me finish!" said Kaoru when Misao looked like she was going to say something but stopped. "I'm also very thankful that you and Megumi care about me so much. You don't know how happy that makes me feel, believe me when I say that. But you know…you can shoot me for this because it's so corny, but for some reason, I feel like I should wait. I don't know, but I feel that he's coming to spend his life with me, he's hurrying up to meet me, but not just yet. You know what I mean? I hope so…" said Kaoru, feeling sheepish in the end.

"Yeah, I definitely get that, don't worry! But you know, all Meg and I are doing is just…hurrying him up a bit more, that's all!" said Misao, grinning. Kaoru laughed at that and both continued walking to the site.

Soon, both of the women met up with Megumi and Sano and got the general information and the four walked to the meteor. The meteor was almost a hundred feet tall, and they saw it looming over forest it was in. It was big and dark grey and some of its parts were still smoldering.

"Is it toxic? Did you check the pH level? Do we need to wear our entire suits?" asked Kaoru as she started walking toward the meteor.

"Whoa there, missy, one question at a time. And did ya think I was stupid enough to not check the pH level of it, hmm?" said Sano, pouting. "And don't answer that, Misao, I know what you're going to say," he added that quickly, judging by how Misao opened her mouth to say something. Megumi and Kaoru just rolled their eyes.

"Whatever Sano, whatever. Anyway, do we need to wear our entire suits? Because I need to unpack it," said Kaoru.

"No, it doesn't seem like a very dangerous meteor. It's smoldering, yeah, but it doesn't seem harmful. Your brother's already looking at it. Heh, the kid's fascinated with it, been bouncin' around like a sugar-high kid," said Sano, grinning at the last part.

"Oh, Yahiko's here then? Wow, that was fast. Anyone else here?" asked Kaoru as she looked around to find no one else but them there.

"Yeah, he was over at our place to watch the game, and when we got the call, he wanted to come along too, so yeah, he's here. And yeah, no one else is here yet. Lazy bums, they'll show up later on, probably. Enishi said he and his team will come-"

"WHAT?? Enishi is COMING here???" said Kaoru and Misao at the same time.

"Well, yeah. Duh. Why wouldn't he, he's a researcher too," said Sano.

"Did you…call him?" asked Kaoru quietly.

"Well, yeah, I did…he also got a call from the higher ups, but yeah, I called him to ask if he knew about this too…" said Sano. Apparently that was the wrong thing to say since both Kaoru and Misao glared at him.

"Are you INSANE?? Why the hell would you call him for??? He's from our ENEMY team!! Why the hell would you call an ENEMY??" yelled Misao, looking incredulously at Sano.

"Oh come on, what's with this enemy business anyway? Both our teams work for the same people-"

"IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE WORK FOR THE SAME PEOPLE, ENISHI'S OUR ARCHNEMESIS!! YOU. CAN'T. CALL. YOUR. ARCH. NEMESIS!!!!" yelled Misao, accentuating each word with a poke on Sano's chest.

"Yeah, remember last time, when he turned in his report before us?? Remember the smug look on his face when he looked at us come in RIGHT after him to give our reports?? That son of gun had the GALL to smirk at us! AT US!! And Kamatari wouldn't stop humming his stupid victory tune every time he was around us!!" yelled Kaoru.

"Oh, you two are so immature. Both Yumi and I agree that you two and Enishi and Kamatari need to grow up. You four are like little five year olds, fighting in a sandbox! Oh, and Anji agrees with us too," said Megumi, rolling her eyes.

"YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM TOO??" yelled Misao, gaping at Megumi. "HOW COULD YOU?!"

"Why are you guys yelling?"

Both Kaoru and Misao whirled around to see a boy with jet-black hair which was sticking up everywhere, and brown eyes walking towards them.

"Because SANO here gave us the wooonderful news about Enishi and his team coming here," said Misao sarcastically.

"Oh, that again? You guys are so immature," said Yahiko, rolling his eyes.

"Tch, you should talk, especially when you and Yutarou starting arguing-"

"Okay, you know what? That's different-"

"Okay, I'm done now. I'm going to go see the meteor. You guys can stand here and argue all you want," said Kaoru, starting to walk away.

"Wait a sec, Kaoru. I have some stuff to give to you," said Yahiko, and he took out a small package out of his bad and gave it to Kaoru.

"What is it?" said Kaoru as she just stared at the package.

"It's your high school stuff. You said you wanted them for keepsake or something? All your books, notes, tests, projects, and everything else are in there."

"Oh…thanks, Yahiko!" She smiled at him and walked off to the meteor.

"Has she ever heard of unpacking before?" said Sano. The other three just shook their heads and Misao and Yahiko resumed their argument.

When Kaoru got there, she simply stood there and stared at the meteor, admiring its shape and colour. She then took out a pair of protective gloves from her briefcase, un-shrunk the gloves, put the Un-Shrinker back in, along with the package from Yahiko, and put her gloves on. She went closer to the meteor when she saw something odd. Something tiny was shimmering on the rock and she went closer to get a better look at it. When her curiosity got the better of her, she touched it. A bright light suddenly enveloped her and something sucked her in. Kaoru screamed, clutching onto her briefcase for her dear life. She was spinning like no other, making her very dizzy. She kept spinning and spinning and eventually, it slowed down a bit. Kaoru slowly looked up, peeking from behind her briefcase, but saw nothing but bright colours. She shut her eyes again because she suddenly started falling and she screamed bloody murder and landed quite hard on her bottom.

"Ow…what the heck was that?!" said Kaoru as she rubbed her bottom. She opened her eyes and gasped.

It looked like she was sitting in the middle of a grassy field. The long grass was yellowish green and the air was nice and pleasant with the sun peeking out behind white, poofy clouds. Kaoru slowly got up to her feet and stared. About a half a mile away was a forest, a very thick forest from the looks of it. Since she was too busy gaping at the scenery, she jumped a mile up in the air when she heard growling right behind her. She whirled around to find…a saber-tooth tiger, growling menacingly at her. As it took a step forward, she took a step back, trying not to scream. Suddenly, it let out a roar and pounced. Kaoru shut her eyes immediately and waited for the claws and teeth to sink into her. But it never came. In the moment when her eyes were closed, she heard a big roar, a roar of pain, like the creature was attacked. She opened her eyes, to find a spear go right through the saber-tooth tiger's head. It lay there, bleeding. Kaoru wanted to hurl at the grotesque sight but something else caught her attention. A person slowly rose up from nearby her. This person wore animal skin, and had a couple of stone weapons tied at the hip. Kaoru could tell it was a man. She slowly looked up to see the face. The beard and the hair were matted and dirty, but underneath it all, she saw a pair of purple eyes. Then, everything blacked out. Kaoru fainted.

A/N: What. The. Hell. This is probably the weirdest plot I've ever had in my entire life. Seriously. I can't believe I seriously came up with this. I guess it's because I've read too many vampire, demon, canon, high school, and many other different plots for this fandom that I wanted something new for RK AU fandom? Maybe. Please be nice, constructive criticism is appreciated. Give this story a try before you judge it, don't just read the first few lines and declare it "boring" or "generic", because I can assure you, it's not a normal plot. PLEASE review after you read the story!! I need input!