A/N: More of these damn notes? YES! But hey, people read and like it. ^^;; Again, sorry 'bot the formatting in the first chapters. I'll clean it up.. Er.. Someday. .o;

Dark Creation- EEP! I didn't know the name Sugam was used before! See, my boyfriend used it in an RPG (Where I get some of this stuff. XD) so I repeated it.... Gah, I hope it's OK if I keep it? But, thankye for the pretty review. ^^

Everyone else- I'm working on the Lu/Ma. Don't kill me if I don't get it right. (I'm no Sailor Leo or AylaKat or Yuffie-Girl.) I'll try sticking more Lu/Ma in this chapter.

Oh, yeah? what would you all think about this... Mune paired up with... SOMEONE. (OK, OK, "Someone" is Serra, but their both a little insane. We knew this.) Besides, I've had one of my friends say "DO DOREEN AND MAGUS! DO DOREEN AND MAGUS!"

Yeah, I'll try getting more of Teh Funny in.... And remember......

CHEESE!

Chapter 21: Behold The Power Of Cheese

After Crono and Lucca had dragged themselves over, Serra insisted on making breakfast while the group discussed Muramasa. Amazingly, Rei, Dalton, and Magus were silent on the topic. The merely eyed each other.
"What do you suspect this dragon could want?" Crono finally spoke. Lucca shrugged, haven been filled in on events she missed prior the showdown with Akumu.
"I'm not sure. It seems fixated on that one village. What concerns me is how powerful it might be." Lucca said. Crono nodded.
"Any ideas you three?" Lucca looked at the mute trio.
"Let's throw Magus in a lake, tied to a stone, and leave him there." Rei said bluntly. Dalton giggled while Magus snorted. Frog even had an amused smirk.
"Silence, child, if you know what's good for you." Magus grunted in retort. "And that was not the kind of idea they implied."
"Magus, don't instigate Reiketsu. Reiketsu, don't threaten Magus." Lucca groaned.
"I wanna see you make me, four-eyes." Rei grunted. Lucca flared, ready to cast Fire. Magus was quicker, gesturing in Rei's direction. Rei blinked a minute and flailed, shouting, but no words came out. Crono raised an eyebrow, and Frog twitched, reaching for Masamune.
"Muteing spell. She was getting irritating. It's too early to be irritating." Magus growled. Frog calmly used a Heal on Rei, alleviating the spell.
"Bastard." Rei grunted. Magus just smirked. Lucca hrmphed. Frog sighed and squeezed Rei's shoulder. Rei relaxed a little.
"M'lady, it doth not be wise to quarrel with thine allies." Frog said calmly. Rei sulked, but leaned on Frog's shoulder and resumed eying Magus with distaste. Magus smirked coyly before speaking again.

"As for Muramasa, I was able to do some research on the beast." Magus said. "Apparently, it's something from before Zeal. It was sealed in ice, and apparently, it's a very powerful magic user. Also, I suspect the ones that sealed it founded the royal line and the Swordsmen of Zeal."
"Swordsmen?" Lucca blinked. Crono had a similarly boggled expression. Magus nodded, leaning back.
"Sword weilding wizards that could enchant a blade with their element and powers it up. Fire enhances the blade's power. Lightening enhances the blade's ability to strike a foe, increasing range to stun it, then defeat it. Water and ice temporarily make the blade sharper and more durable. Shadow, of course, powers all three up." Magus said coyly. "They did, however, thin out, generally being in the Zealian military. Generally, they dealt with anything foolish enough to attack those from Zeal. The last one was, granted, loyal to the Gurus, and although Mother did want to banish them, too, she couldn't. They apparently recieved a blade for their loyalty. Rune, I daresay."
Magus smirked in Rei's direction, causing the whole group to look in her direction. Rei just gave disgruntled look.
"WHY are you helping us, you psycho?" Rei grumbled. She was still irritated at him.
"That is something you'll have to figure out on your own, young one." Magus said, smirking, using a different voice. Noone was really bothered, except Rei. Rei twitched.
"AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh! SUGAM!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Rei FREAKED, resulting in a chuckle from Magus, and a collective sweatdrop from the others. Lucca gave Magus a dirty look, wondering what happened.
"Quite simple. While you fools were busy last night, I took the perogative to do a little... time travelling. Quite helpful indeed." Magus smirked. Meanwhile, Frog was keeping Rei from banging her head on the wall. Rei settled for Frog's chest, causing the swordsman to force himself to keep steady.
"Easy, M'lady..." Frog said, sweatdropping at being used in lieu of a wall.
"How is it all my human friends turn into or turn out to be bleeding psychopaths?" Rei whined. Frog sighed and patted her back.
"Not all of thine companians are... Insane, M'lady." Frog said calmly. Rei whimpered and sat still right there. Serra chose that moment to walk in. She glanced at Frog and Rei, then at Magus.
"Hey, Maggie-kun, why haven't you tried making passionate luv to Lucca yet? I mean, she already got the hot part down!" Serra smirked. EVERYONE stared at Serra. Dalton blinked, Crono smirked, Lucca twitched, Rei looked almost the same shade of green as Frog, and Frog merely looked ill.
"What... Doth thee be speaking of... Lady Serra?" Frog croaked.
"Maggie kissed Lucca." Serra snickered. Rei suddenly bolted out of the room, looking ready to vomit. Frog sweatdropped and went after Rei to try to calm her down, and Dalton blinked.
"DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!" Serra chanted, a bit excitedly. If looks could kill, the looks Magus and Lucca shot Serra would've probably left her incinerated. Serra blinked, getting the point.
"Eep. So, anyway, food's on." Serra shrugged. Once everyone was in the kitchen getting served up (Rei and Frog soon rejoined the group, although Rei kept giving Magus and Lucca disturbed glances), they all settled to eating in different spots. Serra, Rei, Dalton, and Crono were sitting at the table. Frog, Lucca, and Magus were sitting in the living room, (Frog going because he wanted to keep an eye on Magus. He still didn't completely trust him.) and the air was quiet. Mostly because Serra and Crono were watching Rei and Dalton wolf down their breakfast.
"....Maybe cheese omelette wasn't a great idea. But the bacon was." Serra said, nibbling a peice. Crono, who was clueless about Dalton's cheese fetish, blinked. He gave Serra a boggled look.
"Well, you see, Dalton there has a slight cheese obsession." Serra said. "I guess Rei there does too."
Crono nodded slowly. Of all the tales his friends had told him of the fight with Dalton, he didn't think ANYONE quite would expect Dalton, the overconfident, cocky, egocentrical bastard to have such simple pleasures such as cheese. And for such things as that to carry over to his second youth. Nor was anyone prepared for what happened next.

Both Rei and Dalton speared the last peice of omelette at the same time, and eyed each other.
"Mine!" Rei said. Dalton shook his head.
"Mine! I'm still growing!" Dalton said right back.
"No way! Eat the bacon!"
"I WANT THE CHEESY EGGIES!"
"I SPEARED THEM FIRST!"
"NO! ME!"
"ME!"
"MEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Dalton finally whined. Serra glared.
"DALTON. What have I told you about whining? Cut it out." Serra growled.
"But Mother-" Dalton whimpered.
"NO WHINING." Serra growled. She then cut the Omelette in two with a knife. Both Rei and Dalton quietly moved it to their plates quietly, eying Serra. Crono sighed. How would they ever defeat Muramasa if they couldn't work as a team? Crono went to the living room to talk to the others about the problem.