Crystal Magicians
By: Anime's Angels
Part Seven
Her lips where cold, pale. Her skin was clammy. Ryo pulled the grey 3-in-1
jacket over the girl
again, carefully tucking her in. She couldn't be dead or in a coma. Not
after saving her from that
pit. No way. He wouldn't accept it. He couldn't. There had to be a
reason for finding her, and it
wasn't to see her die anyways.
Cye looked at the couple... well Ryo and the sleeping girl... it was strange
how things just
happened. Each of them had taken turns taking care of her and most of them
admitted that she
was sort of pretty in a very natural sense -- fairly uncommon on in that
world.
It was midnight and tonight was the make or break for the girl. Sage had
continued to try and
wake her up, healing almost all of her, with a few exceptions. She would be
just a little tender,
not much at all.
Rowen has dissected everything from her purse to her PE clothes and
everything in between.
Kento would just talk to her to see if she would wake up, and Cye himself,
force fed her. But
Ryo was very interested.... it was weird... like he knew her.
Soon enough, they had all convened around the fire once more and went to
sleep.
~~~~~~~~
"I think we are getting close!" Aurora said, interested in finding her best
friend.
JJ confirmed... she could almost begin to feel Cherri. Not that she was a
master at this stuff, but
she felt very far away yet. Probably another days journey. Trista had gone
off two days past
ranting about time lines and such.
Ariel grasped her ruby, hoping for some semblance of a connection, but
received none. Cat
rubbed the emerald, waiting for her chance to use it again. If Cherri was
as hurt as Trista had
made it out to be, then she would probably need it.
~~~~~~~~
It was VERY early in the morning, she noted. The next thought that came to
mind was that she
wasn't dead. How did *that* happen?
Cherri wasn't quite sure. She knew she was sleeping, head on her backpack,
coat as a blanket.
She didn't remember that.
Also, her muscles where protesting rather loudly, dried blood still flaking
off from places. Her
sweater was torn, right down the center... but there wasn't a wound?!?
Cherri thanked the powers that be and went off, taking her stuff, and
somehow failing to notice
the boys. If she could find a stream and clean up... life would be good.
~~~~~~~~
Some time later, Ryo awoke. Looking around he noticed everything was
fine... until he did a
double take. She was gone! How could she just leave, when she was near
comatose conditions?
Kento heard the rustling and woke up.
"Kento!" Ryo hissed. "You gotta help me find her! She's gone!"
"Who?" Kento asked groggily.
"That Cherrie girl!" Ryo answered.
"Your kidding me," he asked disbelieving.
Ryo shook his head no.
"Come on, let's go."
~~~~~~~~
Cherri crawled out, refreshed. She had bathed in her PE clothes, and well
there was a first time
for everything. That packet from the cave had clothes and more books plus
some other really
*weird* stuff. And a lot of crystals. It was really cool. But finding
three *complete* outfits in
her exact size and colors was pretty weird.
Very weird.
She ran her hand over her abdomen again. Smooth, no scars, no traces. The
fall was to real to be
a dream. She could still remember the darkness, the cold moist feel of the
air, the heaviness of
her body, and the sickening crunch she made.
Too real. She should be dead....
Not looking a gift horse in the mouth, though, she quickly got dressed. A
simple, loose fitting
pair of black slacks, a loose light blue shirt and a black like lace up
bodice that had what seemed
to be a skirt like ending ruffle. It was beautiful, even if a little long
for her taste. Quickly she
laced up the top... but not to tight, her body still ached in strange
places. A pair of boots, and a
tight braid completed her look.
She appraised her older clothes. If she dried her tennis shoes (she had to
wash the blood out) she
could wear them. Good deal. These boots where nice, but she would rather
have her sneaks any
day. The jeans where salvageable, torn at the knees, edges, and the back of
her thighs.
Workable. The sweater and the shirt under it where another story. pitching
them would probably
be the best thing for everyone.
She had loosed her bodice while working and was tying it again when a young
man stumbled
upon her. Looking at what she was doing, he looked away blushing.
"Can I help you?" Cherri asked, groaning slightly as she lifted her body up.
"Uh... yeah. My name is Kento Rei Fuan, and I was looking for you."
"Me?!?" Cherri asked surprised. She had never seen the Chinese boy in her
life.
Kento thought her reaction was pleasing, and was beginning to think they
would become friend
quickly. "Yeah you. We um, saved your life. Well, my friends and I. Hold
on a minute, Ryo!
HEY RYO!!!"
Ryo Sanada came through the slight forest, coming to the lake and the two
teens. She looked
much better now. Clean, healthy. Her peaches-and-cream complexion was
nearly flawless and
her lips had a rosy color. Her smile was small, but definitely real, he
noted.
"Hello. My name is Cheron Marie Armstrong, but my friends call me Cherri.
Um.... thank you,
for helping me," she said, her voice getting softer.
Cherri went to get her humungo book bag from hell. She never realized how
heavy it was. Or
looked.
"Cher, I'll get that for you. You don't mind me calling you Cher do ya?"
Kento asked.
"Um, no. And thank you," she added quietly. She was feeling very tired,
and very hungry.
'She smells like raspberries,' Ryo mouthed over her head to his companion.
'And peppermint,' Kento mouthed back. Looking down, he found a beautiful
sapphire and silver
ring.
"Cher, you dropped your ring."
"What ring? I don't have a ring!" she said, almost frustrated like. "Oh,
it's beautiful!" she
exclaimed upon seeing it her tone changing. "I'll just hang on to it," she
smiled.
"Well then," Ryo said, "why don't you come back with us and met the others?"
"I'd like that... very much. Um, can you help me find my friends?"
"Sure thing Cher-Bear" Kento said. "Not a problem."
"Good." she answered with a yawn. "Oh... I'm so tired...."
************
JJ was arguing with her stone again, demanding it brought Cherri back to
them that instant. She
was sitting away from the other three girls, refusing to join them in her
own guilty feelings for
possibly hurting their friend.
And the other three let her. It wasn't that they hated her for what she had
done, but every time
they tried to comfort her she pushed them away. She had Irish and Scottish
blood in her and the
both combined made her very stubborn.
Aurora couldn't stand the silence anymore. She dragged her backpack over to
her and opened it
up taking the package out of it.
"What are you going to do?" Ariel asked.
"Open it," Aurora said. With the other two watching she untied the strings
that held it close and
opened it. They gasped at what they saw in it. Three changes of clothes,
two books, and a pouch
that held only one thing, a (insert secondary stone here) Pegasus. She took
the book out as the
other two scrambled to open their packages and found the same things only
the clothes were of
different styles, the books were different, and the carved stones were of a
(insert secondary stone
here) Griffin and (insert secondary stone here) Phoenix.
JJ was oblivious to their actions. She was staring darkly at her pendant
willing it to bring Cherri
back to no avail.
"Look here," Aurora told Cat and Ariel pointing at something in the book,
"there are more jewels
then ours," she said.
The other two crowded around Aurora looking over her shoulders. JJ had
heard her and stopped
stressing over her pendant and crowded behind Aurora to read on.
"It also says that they all work together somehow," Cat added after they
were quietly reading.
"And that they will only work with their wearers if the wearers accept
them," Aurora read.
"Well there's a few exceptions about that!" JJ commented.
"That's what it reads next," Ariel said.
"Oh. Does it say how we can find Cherri?" JJ asked.
"I don't see anything," Ariel said.
"Shimatta," JJ cursed standing up and kicking the ground. She stomped over
to her backpack
and grabbed it looking in at the package in there. She grabbed her pendant
and held it in her free
hand staring at it. "Listen," she told it, "if you want me to accept you,
you take me to my friend
you hear me! I don't care where I go as long as I go!"
In a purple flash, she was gone.
By: Anime's Angels
Part Seven
Her lips where cold, pale. Her skin was clammy. Ryo pulled the grey 3-in-1
jacket over the girl
again, carefully tucking her in. She couldn't be dead or in a coma. Not
after saving her from that
pit. No way. He wouldn't accept it. He couldn't. There had to be a
reason for finding her, and it
wasn't to see her die anyways.
Cye looked at the couple... well Ryo and the sleeping girl... it was strange
how things just
happened. Each of them had taken turns taking care of her and most of them
admitted that she
was sort of pretty in a very natural sense -- fairly uncommon on in that
world.
It was midnight and tonight was the make or break for the girl. Sage had
continued to try and
wake her up, healing almost all of her, with a few exceptions. She would be
just a little tender,
not much at all.
Rowen has dissected everything from her purse to her PE clothes and
everything in between.
Kento would just talk to her to see if she would wake up, and Cye himself,
force fed her. But
Ryo was very interested.... it was weird... like he knew her.
Soon enough, they had all convened around the fire once more and went to
sleep.
~~~~~~~~
"I think we are getting close!" Aurora said, interested in finding her best
friend.
JJ confirmed... she could almost begin to feel Cherri. Not that she was a
master at this stuff, but
she felt very far away yet. Probably another days journey. Trista had gone
off two days past
ranting about time lines and such.
Ariel grasped her ruby, hoping for some semblance of a connection, but
received none. Cat
rubbed the emerald, waiting for her chance to use it again. If Cherri was
as hurt as Trista had
made it out to be, then she would probably need it.
~~~~~~~~
It was VERY early in the morning, she noted. The next thought that came to
mind was that she
wasn't dead. How did *that* happen?
Cherri wasn't quite sure. She knew she was sleeping, head on her backpack,
coat as a blanket.
She didn't remember that.
Also, her muscles where protesting rather loudly, dried blood still flaking
off from places. Her
sweater was torn, right down the center... but there wasn't a wound?!?
Cherri thanked the powers that be and went off, taking her stuff, and
somehow failing to notice
the boys. If she could find a stream and clean up... life would be good.
~~~~~~~~
Some time later, Ryo awoke. Looking around he noticed everything was
fine... until he did a
double take. She was gone! How could she just leave, when she was near
comatose conditions?
Kento heard the rustling and woke up.
"Kento!" Ryo hissed. "You gotta help me find her! She's gone!"
"Who?" Kento asked groggily.
"That Cherrie girl!" Ryo answered.
"Your kidding me," he asked disbelieving.
Ryo shook his head no.
"Come on, let's go."
~~~~~~~~
Cherri crawled out, refreshed. She had bathed in her PE clothes, and well
there was a first time
for everything. That packet from the cave had clothes and more books plus
some other really
*weird* stuff. And a lot of crystals. It was really cool. But finding
three *complete* outfits in
her exact size and colors was pretty weird.
Very weird.
She ran her hand over her abdomen again. Smooth, no scars, no traces. The
fall was to real to be
a dream. She could still remember the darkness, the cold moist feel of the
air, the heaviness of
her body, and the sickening crunch she made.
Too real. She should be dead....
Not looking a gift horse in the mouth, though, she quickly got dressed. A
simple, loose fitting
pair of black slacks, a loose light blue shirt and a black like lace up
bodice that had what seemed
to be a skirt like ending ruffle. It was beautiful, even if a little long
for her taste. Quickly she
laced up the top... but not to tight, her body still ached in strange
places. A pair of boots, and a
tight braid completed her look.
She appraised her older clothes. If she dried her tennis shoes (she had to
wash the blood out) she
could wear them. Good deal. These boots where nice, but she would rather
have her sneaks any
day. The jeans where salvageable, torn at the knees, edges, and the back of
her thighs.
Workable. The sweater and the shirt under it where another story. pitching
them would probably
be the best thing for everyone.
She had loosed her bodice while working and was tying it again when a young
man stumbled
upon her. Looking at what she was doing, he looked away blushing.
"Can I help you?" Cherri asked, groaning slightly as she lifted her body up.
"Uh... yeah. My name is Kento Rei Fuan, and I was looking for you."
"Me?!?" Cherri asked surprised. She had never seen the Chinese boy in her
life.
Kento thought her reaction was pleasing, and was beginning to think they
would become friend
quickly. "Yeah you. We um, saved your life. Well, my friends and I. Hold
on a minute, Ryo!
HEY RYO!!!"
Ryo Sanada came through the slight forest, coming to the lake and the two
teens. She looked
much better now. Clean, healthy. Her peaches-and-cream complexion was
nearly flawless and
her lips had a rosy color. Her smile was small, but definitely real, he
noted.
"Hello. My name is Cheron Marie Armstrong, but my friends call me Cherri.
Um.... thank you,
for helping me," she said, her voice getting softer.
Cherri went to get her humungo book bag from hell. She never realized how
heavy it was. Or
looked.
"Cher, I'll get that for you. You don't mind me calling you Cher do ya?"
Kento asked.
"Um, no. And thank you," she added quietly. She was feeling very tired,
and very hungry.
'She smells like raspberries,' Ryo mouthed over her head to his companion.
'And peppermint,' Kento mouthed back. Looking down, he found a beautiful
sapphire and silver
ring.
"Cher, you dropped your ring."
"What ring? I don't have a ring!" she said, almost frustrated like. "Oh,
it's beautiful!" she
exclaimed upon seeing it her tone changing. "I'll just hang on to it," she
smiled.
"Well then," Ryo said, "why don't you come back with us and met the others?"
"I'd like that... very much. Um, can you help me find my friends?"
"Sure thing Cher-Bear" Kento said. "Not a problem."
"Good." she answered with a yawn. "Oh... I'm so tired...."
************
JJ was arguing with her stone again, demanding it brought Cherri back to
them that instant. She
was sitting away from the other three girls, refusing to join them in her
own guilty feelings for
possibly hurting their friend.
And the other three let her. It wasn't that they hated her for what she had
done, but every time
they tried to comfort her she pushed them away. She had Irish and Scottish
blood in her and the
both combined made her very stubborn.
Aurora couldn't stand the silence anymore. She dragged her backpack over to
her and opened it
up taking the package out of it.
"What are you going to do?" Ariel asked.
"Open it," Aurora said. With the other two watching she untied the strings
that held it close and
opened it. They gasped at what they saw in it. Three changes of clothes,
two books, and a pouch
that held only one thing, a (insert secondary stone here) Pegasus. She took
the book out as the
other two scrambled to open their packages and found the same things only
the clothes were of
different styles, the books were different, and the carved stones were of a
(insert secondary stone
here) Griffin and (insert secondary stone here) Phoenix.
JJ was oblivious to their actions. She was staring darkly at her pendant
willing it to bring Cherri
back to no avail.
"Look here," Aurora told Cat and Ariel pointing at something in the book,
"there are more jewels
then ours," she said.
The other two crowded around Aurora looking over her shoulders. JJ had
heard her and stopped
stressing over her pendant and crowded behind Aurora to read on.
"It also says that they all work together somehow," Cat added after they
were quietly reading.
"And that they will only work with their wearers if the wearers accept
them," Aurora read.
"Well there's a few exceptions about that!" JJ commented.
"That's what it reads next," Ariel said.
"Oh. Does it say how we can find Cherri?" JJ asked.
"I don't see anything," Ariel said.
"Shimatta," JJ cursed standing up and kicking the ground. She stomped over
to her backpack
and grabbed it looking in at the package in there. She grabbed her pendant
and held it in her free
hand staring at it. "Listen," she told it, "if you want me to accept you,
you take me to my friend
you hear me! I don't care where I go as long as I go!"
In a purple flash, she was gone.