Crystal Magicians
By: Anime's Angels
Part Fourteen
Cherri was warm, so warm. She felt strong arms holding her close to a nice
warm body. She
snuggled closer, her senses filled with his delicious scent.
Suddenly everything was *ice-cold*! She jumped awake with a shriek. Ryo
jumped also, but he
didn't shriek, he just yelled at the sudden temperature change. Both of them
opened they're eyes
to see a very odd sight.
~~~~~~~~
Sano and Cat where squaring off. Both of their buckets were full with cold
water from the river.
Cat's two where still both full, Sano had missed her with his first one. Cat
grinned wildly. Sano
grinned right back. Both of them threw the water at the other. Both dodged.
~~~~~~~~
Ariel woke with a shriek as the water hit her. Sage, who was right beside
her, also was ripped
into wakefulness by the cold shower. Aurora and Cye were also hit.
~~~~~~~~
Cat was chasing Sano around the camp. He ran into the woods, she was hot on
his trail. He
reached the edge of the lake where they had been getting the water. The edge
was a foot high
drop off that led into very deep water. He stopped at the very edge, she
stopped a few paces in
front of him. She threw the water, the momentum sending her lurching
forward. He tried to
dodge and about half of it missed him. He caught her arm and tossed her into
the lake.
~~~~~~~~
The rest of the camp, very angry for being woken up so unceremoniously, were
right behind Cat.
They saw her get tossed into the water and all got an idea. Kento charged
forward and knocked
Sano into the lake. Sano grabbed onto Kento's arm as he fell, dragging him
in with him.
Ryo grabbed Cherri's waist and quickly tossed her in too, much to her
protest. Sage laughed just
before Ariel pushed him in. Cye then pushed her in but she had caught his
shirt and he fell in too.
Ryo was on the shore laughing and didn't even see it coming when Aurora
charged him from
behind, sending both of them flying into the lake.
~~~~~~~~
Rowen and Kenshin were still at camp. Neither of them had been hit by any
water and neither of
them had the desire to go swimming in the lake. So, they had stayed at camp
making breakfast.
~~~~~~~~
Back at the lake, it was total and utter chaos! People were splashing each
other, dunking each
other and several of the guys had picked the girls up from underneath and
tossed them around a
bit.
At the moment, Cat was on Sano's shoulders and was squaring off against
Cherri who was on
Ryo's shoulders. The battle commenced, each trying to knock the other over,
all in good fun. Cat
pushed hard on Cherri's shoulders, causing her and Ryo to lose they're
balance and both went
tumbling down. Cat sat up straighter and raised her hands in victory, as did
Sano. At that moment
Ariel came up behind Sano and tickled his sides causing him to lose his
footing ant the
triumphant pair went down.
Then everyone ganged up and Sano and Cat. Everyone was having a blast!
~~~~~~~~
About an hour or so later, when people started to go numb from the cold,
they headed back to the
campsite. All were sopping wet, cold and had the biggest grins on they're
faces.
They sat down around the campfire Kenshin had started for the cooking and
all had a good laugh.
"Hey Cat!" Ariel asked suddenly, her eyes still dancing with fun.
"What started the water-throwing between you and Sano?" she asked when the
red-head had
looked at her.
"Well, I had gotten up early, as usual, and Sano also got up pretty close to
the same time as me. I
was wide awake but Sano was still half-asleep and complaining about how hard
it is to wake up.
So, I grabbed a bucket and decided to help him," Cat said smiling.
************
Cherri was at home in the water. Her mom had started going to a local gym
(with a pool) and
"working out" so to speak, since she was three. The thought was, if she
could swim (not like
professionally) then she wouldn't drown.
Good idea. Specially when Sano and Cat are around.
She had to laugh though. Looked like the lady at the Kohl's store would be
seeing them again
this afternoon. Swimming was the easy part... getting out on the other
hand....
She swore that these clothes did nothing but shrink. Totally... they where
basically GLUED to
her skin. She knew it. Cye wasn't caring, he loved the water... and the
guys didn't seem to mind
either.
But they... THEY were soaked to the bone. The heat wave of the early
morning would help,
but.... jeans were basically suction cupped to their legs and it wasn't
exactly pleasant.
Ryo looked at his girlfriend-but-not-quite-officially-his-girlfriend try and
ring water out of
clothes that were nothing but PLASTERED to her body....
Her slim and beautiful body, he could add.
And although some of the others had girls of their own (which they all
ogled, trust me) a few
wayward glances were sent to Cherri... only like two, but Ryo thought that
it was two to many.
Hauling her over his shoulder in a fireman's carry, he started to lead the
way back to the inn.
Cherri protesting her ride the entire way.
~~~~~~~~
This looked SSOOOO good. Ariel had prepared herself for this. Breakfast -
pancakes, eggs,
waffles (which Cherri continued to bodyguard) toast, sausage, bacon...
everything!
Aurora looked over the meal as well. Cat also looked impressed, though
Cherri looked like she
was in heaven -- Chocolate Chip Pancakes, special for her.
For some reason, the guys looked... nervous? Oh, well... paranoia ran deep
this day in age.
Ariel took a bite out of her omelette... then quickly ran out of the room.
Puzzled looks went around until she came back, holding an egg shell in her
hand.
Though the situation was COMPLETELY inappropriate for her reaction, Cherri
started to
laugh... earning her a glare from Ariel... but soon Cat and Rora joined in.
It was almost to funny,
the expression on Ariel's face... eyes bulging when she found out, but even
funnier the panic and
the escape of Rowen as he dodged Ariel's wrath.
************
Relena slowly opened her eyes. For the first time in two weeks. They
hurt. She could hear her
cousins... her friends... Heero... all there. Wow.
But where was she?
Certainly, they were not dead. So, why wasn't she? And what were they
doing here in the
middle of a war?
When she tried to move she became aware of her body's protests and that she
was in a hospital.
"Cos'!" Serena squealed, rushing in for a hug. "Your okay! Man, we were
worried! But don't
worry about us, the projects fine... besides the whole communication err.
Heero and Zechs have
definitely taken care of things so you just rest!"
Heero glared at the bubbly blonde. He *knew* there had to be more than one
of them...and
undoubtedly, Mina rushed in quickly followed by other scouts, Hilde,
Dorothy, and probably half
of the World Nation.
He was NEVER going to get his turn.
"I'm gonna kill someone...." he muttered.
~~~~~~~~
Dorothy strolled out, Trowa on her right, Quatre on her left, as they made
there way down to the
hanger.
Some how, they had ended up... together... on missions, when hanging out...
it was kind of
creepy.
Hilde and Duo usually went together, same for Zechs and Noin. WuFei and
Heero did their own
thing. Leaving them. Sure, Dorothy originally planned to go it alone...
but why fight the help
that volunteered. They could leave at any time. But they didn't.
So she linked arms with her comrades, Trowa giving the 'oh no, she's hyper
again' look and
Quatre gave his smile to show his amusement that a) Dorothy was expressing
herself again and
b) she had gotten Trowa riled up yet again.
Well, he thought it was funny.
Until she started dragging them towards the gym prattling about fencing
foils.
Quatre did a double take.
To add insult to injury, Trowa out-in-out laughed.
~~~~~~~~
Ami crawled under the mech again. This Bulma was truly inventive. And
Washu! She had
merged the trees of Jurai and the DNA of Ryo-ohki into a few battle
cruisers, currently protecting
the abandoned colonies.
The outers had left in search of the missing Setsuna. The Stars had shown
up as well, THEIR
princess in tow, and the Amazon Quartet came as well, to protect Rini,
*their* princess.
*There are just to many princesses around here,* she thought, making another
adjustment.
~~~~~~~~
Yulie was pleased with himself. He had made it back to Earth. Now to HQ.
If he could make it
without someone calling Mia....
"Young man?" a green hair woman asked.
Yulie stiffly turned around.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm trying to find Relena Peacecraft and her organization."
"Ah, the Preventers." Trista nodded. "Good, come with me. I'm looking for
her as well."
~~~~~~~~
Ryoko blasted another one, as did Kiyone and Ayeka, simultaneously.
"WASHU! Work harder! They're blocking the transmissions! And they are
getting stronger!"
the pirate yelled.
"I'm trying. Jeeze. There mechanism is down to the sub atomic level! Just
buy me some more
time."
~~~~~~~~
"There... there... and THERE!" Hitomi cried pointed cloaked Queits out to
Allen and Van.
Looking below, Sakura and Li had blasted and contained many of them,
awaiting the guymelifs
to destroy them.
And just when she thought they could make out alive... she saw another
vision....
~~~~~~~~
Relena slowly hobbled along... she had some contact from Trista today, and
Pluto had found a
boy along her route. Also, she had some 'good news and bad news' so to
speak.
Relena was already beginning to despise bad news.
~~~~~~~~
Hitomi stared. It... that... them.... Her. She.... Looking at her
'boyfriend' Van, she tried to put
together a full sentence... key word being *tried*,
"Van... it's... them... vision... telepath... in... crystal...."
Van just looked at her.
"Hitomi?"
"I... I felt some people... from my vision come by. I think they were
going... that a way. I think
we should follow.
Allen agreed.
Escaflowne was soon hidden with the other Guymelifs and the troop set out on
foot. Not quite
sure where Hitomi and her pendant would take them next.
By: Anime's Angels
Part Fourteen
Cherri was warm, so warm. She felt strong arms holding her close to a nice
warm body. She
snuggled closer, her senses filled with his delicious scent.
Suddenly everything was *ice-cold*! She jumped awake with a shriek. Ryo
jumped also, but he
didn't shriek, he just yelled at the sudden temperature change. Both of them
opened they're eyes
to see a very odd sight.
~~~~~~~~
Sano and Cat where squaring off. Both of their buckets were full with cold
water from the river.
Cat's two where still both full, Sano had missed her with his first one. Cat
grinned wildly. Sano
grinned right back. Both of them threw the water at the other. Both dodged.
~~~~~~~~
Ariel woke with a shriek as the water hit her. Sage, who was right beside
her, also was ripped
into wakefulness by the cold shower. Aurora and Cye were also hit.
~~~~~~~~
Cat was chasing Sano around the camp. He ran into the woods, she was hot on
his trail. He
reached the edge of the lake where they had been getting the water. The edge
was a foot high
drop off that led into very deep water. He stopped at the very edge, she
stopped a few paces in
front of him. She threw the water, the momentum sending her lurching
forward. He tried to
dodge and about half of it missed him. He caught her arm and tossed her into
the lake.
~~~~~~~~
The rest of the camp, very angry for being woken up so unceremoniously, were
right behind Cat.
They saw her get tossed into the water and all got an idea. Kento charged
forward and knocked
Sano into the lake. Sano grabbed onto Kento's arm as he fell, dragging him
in with him.
Ryo grabbed Cherri's waist and quickly tossed her in too, much to her
protest. Sage laughed just
before Ariel pushed him in. Cye then pushed her in but she had caught his
shirt and he fell in too.
Ryo was on the shore laughing and didn't even see it coming when Aurora
charged him from
behind, sending both of them flying into the lake.
~~~~~~~~
Rowen and Kenshin were still at camp. Neither of them had been hit by any
water and neither of
them had the desire to go swimming in the lake. So, they had stayed at camp
making breakfast.
~~~~~~~~
Back at the lake, it was total and utter chaos! People were splashing each
other, dunking each
other and several of the guys had picked the girls up from underneath and
tossed them around a
bit.
At the moment, Cat was on Sano's shoulders and was squaring off against
Cherri who was on
Ryo's shoulders. The battle commenced, each trying to knock the other over,
all in good fun. Cat
pushed hard on Cherri's shoulders, causing her and Ryo to lose they're
balance and both went
tumbling down. Cat sat up straighter and raised her hands in victory, as did
Sano. At that moment
Ariel came up behind Sano and tickled his sides causing him to lose his
footing ant the
triumphant pair went down.
Then everyone ganged up and Sano and Cat. Everyone was having a blast!
~~~~~~~~
About an hour or so later, when people started to go numb from the cold,
they headed back to the
campsite. All were sopping wet, cold and had the biggest grins on they're
faces.
They sat down around the campfire Kenshin had started for the cooking and
all had a good laugh.
"Hey Cat!" Ariel asked suddenly, her eyes still dancing with fun.
"What started the water-throwing between you and Sano?" she asked when the
red-head had
looked at her.
"Well, I had gotten up early, as usual, and Sano also got up pretty close to
the same time as me. I
was wide awake but Sano was still half-asleep and complaining about how hard
it is to wake up.
So, I grabbed a bucket and decided to help him," Cat said smiling.
************
Cherri was at home in the water. Her mom had started going to a local gym
(with a pool) and
"working out" so to speak, since she was three. The thought was, if she
could swim (not like
professionally) then she wouldn't drown.
Good idea. Specially when Sano and Cat are around.
She had to laugh though. Looked like the lady at the Kohl's store would be
seeing them again
this afternoon. Swimming was the easy part... getting out on the other
hand....
She swore that these clothes did nothing but shrink. Totally... they where
basically GLUED to
her skin. She knew it. Cye wasn't caring, he loved the water... and the
guys didn't seem to mind
either.
But they... THEY were soaked to the bone. The heat wave of the early
morning would help,
but.... jeans were basically suction cupped to their legs and it wasn't
exactly pleasant.
Ryo looked at his girlfriend-but-not-quite-officially-his-girlfriend try and
ring water out of
clothes that were nothing but PLASTERED to her body....
Her slim and beautiful body, he could add.
And although some of the others had girls of their own (which they all
ogled, trust me) a few
wayward glances were sent to Cherri... only like two, but Ryo thought that
it was two to many.
Hauling her over his shoulder in a fireman's carry, he started to lead the
way back to the inn.
Cherri protesting her ride the entire way.
~~~~~~~~
This looked SSOOOO good. Ariel had prepared herself for this. Breakfast -
pancakes, eggs,
waffles (which Cherri continued to bodyguard) toast, sausage, bacon...
everything!
Aurora looked over the meal as well. Cat also looked impressed, though
Cherri looked like she
was in heaven -- Chocolate Chip Pancakes, special for her.
For some reason, the guys looked... nervous? Oh, well... paranoia ran deep
this day in age.
Ariel took a bite out of her omelette... then quickly ran out of the room.
Puzzled looks went around until she came back, holding an egg shell in her
hand.
Though the situation was COMPLETELY inappropriate for her reaction, Cherri
started to
laugh... earning her a glare from Ariel... but soon Cat and Rora joined in.
It was almost to funny,
the expression on Ariel's face... eyes bulging when she found out, but even
funnier the panic and
the escape of Rowen as he dodged Ariel's wrath.
************
Relena slowly opened her eyes. For the first time in two weeks. They
hurt. She could hear her
cousins... her friends... Heero... all there. Wow.
But where was she?
Certainly, they were not dead. So, why wasn't she? And what were they
doing here in the
middle of a war?
When she tried to move she became aware of her body's protests and that she
was in a hospital.
"Cos'!" Serena squealed, rushing in for a hug. "Your okay! Man, we were
worried! But don't
worry about us, the projects fine... besides the whole communication err.
Heero and Zechs have
definitely taken care of things so you just rest!"
Heero glared at the bubbly blonde. He *knew* there had to be more than one
of them...and
undoubtedly, Mina rushed in quickly followed by other scouts, Hilde,
Dorothy, and probably half
of the World Nation.
He was NEVER going to get his turn.
"I'm gonna kill someone...." he muttered.
~~~~~~~~
Dorothy strolled out, Trowa on her right, Quatre on her left, as they made
there way down to the
hanger.
Some how, they had ended up... together... on missions, when hanging out...
it was kind of
creepy.
Hilde and Duo usually went together, same for Zechs and Noin. WuFei and
Heero did their own
thing. Leaving them. Sure, Dorothy originally planned to go it alone...
but why fight the help
that volunteered. They could leave at any time. But they didn't.
So she linked arms with her comrades, Trowa giving the 'oh no, she's hyper
again' look and
Quatre gave his smile to show his amusement that a) Dorothy was expressing
herself again and
b) she had gotten Trowa riled up yet again.
Well, he thought it was funny.
Until she started dragging them towards the gym prattling about fencing
foils.
Quatre did a double take.
To add insult to injury, Trowa out-in-out laughed.
~~~~~~~~
Ami crawled under the mech again. This Bulma was truly inventive. And
Washu! She had
merged the trees of Jurai and the DNA of Ryo-ohki into a few battle
cruisers, currently protecting
the abandoned colonies.
The outers had left in search of the missing Setsuna. The Stars had shown
up as well, THEIR
princess in tow, and the Amazon Quartet came as well, to protect Rini,
*their* princess.
*There are just to many princesses around here,* she thought, making another
adjustment.
~~~~~~~~
Yulie was pleased with himself. He had made it back to Earth. Now to HQ.
If he could make it
without someone calling Mia....
"Young man?" a green hair woman asked.
Yulie stiffly turned around.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm trying to find Relena Peacecraft and her organization."
"Ah, the Preventers." Trista nodded. "Good, come with me. I'm looking for
her as well."
~~~~~~~~
Ryoko blasted another one, as did Kiyone and Ayeka, simultaneously.
"WASHU! Work harder! They're blocking the transmissions! And they are
getting stronger!"
the pirate yelled.
"I'm trying. Jeeze. There mechanism is down to the sub atomic level! Just
buy me some more
time."
~~~~~~~~
"There... there... and THERE!" Hitomi cried pointed cloaked Queits out to
Allen and Van.
Looking below, Sakura and Li had blasted and contained many of them,
awaiting the guymelifs
to destroy them.
And just when she thought they could make out alive... she saw another
vision....
~~~~~~~~
Relena slowly hobbled along... she had some contact from Trista today, and
Pluto had found a
boy along her route. Also, she had some 'good news and bad news' so to
speak.
Relena was already beginning to despise bad news.
~~~~~~~~
Hitomi stared. It... that... them.... Her. She.... Looking at her
'boyfriend' Van, she tried to put
together a full sentence... key word being *tried*,
"Van... it's... them... vision... telepath... in... crystal...."
Van just looked at her.
"Hitomi?"
"I... I felt some people... from my vision come by. I think they were
going... that a way. I think
we should follow.
Allen agreed.
Escaflowne was soon hidden with the other Guymelifs and the troop set out on
foot. Not quite
sure where Hitomi and her pendant would take them next.