okay, this story is posted with permission from Rosie hater, the original author of To Guard. if there's anything in this one you don't get, read the original. this also marks the beginning of of my creator series. the series will span multiple genres.

Sometimes, I wish I could become a character in one of my stories. Like Shadra Shadow, proud second princess of Lucifer's kingdom in hell, bride to one of the most powerful vampires in existence, and foster mother to three very unusual girls. (her groom's fledgling, a former neo-nazi werewolf, and a resurrected human.)

Or maybe Alicia Shadow, Shadra's younger sister, the grim reaper's second in command, fiancé of a lightning demon, and proud mother of a homunculus son and three girls who were originally her own separate personalities.

Perhaps, Saturn Shadow, the youngest of the three sisters, captain of a pirate crew since she was eleven, berserker since age twelve, yet still able to charm with a small, slightly befanged smile as she peeks out from under the captain's hat that's fallen over one eye for the umpteenth time.

In a sense, I get my wish when I write their stories, and those of my other characters, but I never thought I'd literally get sucked into a story. It wasn't even one of mine. It was one I'd been reading, called To Guard.

I wasn't the only one sucked into it, though, and I wasn't the same inside the story as I am outside of it. No, I got gender-bent, turned into a kitsune, and entered into a makai tournament with one of my few male characters as my partner. His name is Sai Radium. My name in the world of the story? Rai. Just Rai.

Ironically, that's the name of my partner's father. The problem? His mother is my real life namesake. Another problem? He was originally created as a homunculus, but we're both kitsune in the world I was sucked into. The name of our team? Team Alchemy. The irony? We're not the only kitsune team with a secret. Well, at least I know how to use my kitsune abilities, and I seem to have taken on a few of the skills I gave to Sai's mom. Let's see if I can figure out a way to get the two of us back where we belong, and do it without Sai figuring out who I am. After all, I am technically both his mother and grandmother, if you think about it. I did create him and his mother and sisters. (the father was created by a fellow role-player on myspace. J)

I bet everyone's wondering how I got sucked into someone else's story, right? Well, I fell asleep. That's it. That's the big secret. That's also usually how I work out my story lines. In a dream. I go to sleep thinking about different scenarios I can put my characters into, and I see the best ones in my dreams that night. I thought thinking about a story I'd read instead of one I was writing would give me a good break for a night or two. I ended up putting myself into a coma. My persona, the person who usually narrates my stories, got sucked into the story I went to sleep thinking about.

I've always liked things that are adventurous, or involve certain weapons. Mostly, when my characters use weapons, it's a kind of sword or other blade. (I never use guns. Too loud.) When I woke up in the story, I had a katana I'd once morphed Alicia's scythe into. The blade was normal, but the hilt was shaped like a bolt of lightning, and the guard was a storm cloud.

Anyway, the basic stats for Team Alchemy were as such: traits shared: both are golden kitsune with blue eyes; both use katana; Rai's traits: nearly skin tight black silk tank top with matching leather pants, blood red fighter's slippers; accessories include a blood red choker, matching armbands, and a ruby earring shaped like the kanji for moon; Sai's traits: blood red silk tank top and pants, lightning yellow fighter's slippers; accessories include a black choker, black leather armbands, and a shadow diamond earring shaped like the kanji for human (I thought it was a good joke when I gave it to him, him being a homunculus and all, but now that I was on the same team as him, it was kind of embarrassing. Why oh why did I have to have such a twisted sense of irony?!)

rosie: the fun starts in chapter one.

rai: i'm in for some problems, too.

rosie: anyway, until next time,

rai: read,

rosie: review,

both: and adieu.