Fan Wars Fandom Menace 1
Part 1.2: THE INSANITY ABOUNDS
by: Hika-chan, and Okami-chan

The group slowly got up from their comfy positions on the lawn and headed for the inside of Sakura Hill High. They, of course, would have preferred to stay outside and pretend that it was time to go home and not the middle of the school day. However, father time refused to play nice in this matter, he just loved to torture students. When you were in school did the clock seem to stop or slow down to an infitesimal crawl, if the answer is yes, then that was good 'ole father time at work.

The two girls found themselves in history with Sage and Cye, poor Kento was forced to sit on the other side of the room. Hikara and Okami were seated behind Cye. Hikara, with a glint in her eye and a grin upon her face, began to recite one of her favorite scenes from one of her favorite movies.

BOTH GIRLS: A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!

HIKARA: We have found a witch. May we burn her?

BOTH GIRLS: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!

HIKARA: How do you know she is a witch?

OKAMI: She looks like one.

BOTH GIRLS: Right! Yeah! Yeah!

OKAMI: Bring her forward.

HIKARA: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.

OKAMI: Uh, but you are dressed as one.

HIKARA: They dressed me up like this.

BOTH GIRLS: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...

HIKARA: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.

OKAMI: Well?

HIKARA: Well, we did do the nose.

OKAMI: The nose?

HIKARA: And the hat, but she is a witch!

OKAMI: Yeah!

BOTH GIRLS: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!

OKAMI: Did you dress her up like this?

HIKARA: No!

BOTH GIRLS: No. No.

OKAMI: No.

HIKARA: No.

BOTH GIRLS: No.

HIKARA: Yes.

OKAMI: Yes.

HIKARA: Yes. Yeah, a bit.

OKAMI: A bit.

BOTH GIRLS: A bit.

OKAMI: A bit.

HIKARA: She has got a wart.

RANDOM: [cough]

OKAMI: What makes you think she is a witch?

HIKARA: Well, she turned me into a newt.

OKAMI: A newt?

HIKARA: I got better.

Cye turned around in his seat giving the girls a very good immitation of the Yuy Death Glare(tm). "Are you two making fun of me?" he said through gritted teeth.

"Who us?" both girls chorused.

"Oh...kay." Cye said as he turned back around to face the black board, not believing the girls' cute and innocent act.

Hikara not able to let a lieing dog rest had to add in for good measure, "Aye, Cap'n, I'm giving her all she's got." Okami just stared at her friend refusing to comment on any and all hentai in that comment.

Cye planted one hand on his desk and the other on the back of his chair, he turned ever so slowly and said as the flames danced in his eyes. "Now. You. Are. Making. Fun. Of. Me!" Okami shrank back against her chair, making herself believe that the brunette wouldn't and couldn't see her.

Hikara, on the other hand said, "Um...no. That would be Scotty from the Original Star Trek. Therefore, that was a Scottish accent not a British one."

Okami leaned over and whispered, "Note to self, Hika-chan, Cye, mad not good."

Hikara just flashed a victory sign at her worried friend and turned back to take her notes, ignoring the now torked Ronin.

He took a deep breath, reigning in his anger, and turned back around. Okami sighed, glad the teacher was otherwise busy. She returned to doing her work.

Hikara allowed her pencil to tap her front teeth as she read what the teacher was writing on the board, something was wrong, but she didn't think about it much more as the bell sounded. Once again the day passed by for them, boring the two girls entirely. But then again, since when did students not get bored at school.

It was finally the last minute of the last class of the day. Every student in the entire school was sitting on the edge of their seats. The clock moved to the last minute. The tension was high. The sweat was rolling. The clock moved forward a minute. It was on the last three seconds. Eyes intently watched the face of the clock, the hands as the second hand moved oh-so-slowly. One second. Two seconds. One second. Four seconds.

BRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!

It was like the starters gun had just sounded. Every stundent shot up and headed for their lockers, afterschool clubs, and/or the front doors to the building.

"Free...Free...Thank kami-sama I'm free at last," Hikara sang as she headed for the door with poor Okami in tow.

"Tasukete..." Okami whimpered as she was dragged along.

Hikara relented just a little as she broke through the portal and into the sunlight. "Gomen Okami-chan, I just needed to get out of there," she said.

"Hai hai, but I think you killed my arm." She waved her arm around as proof of it. Hikara sweatdropped and gave her friend an apologetic smile. She turned and caught sight of a shock of blue hair.

"Itai," was all Okami would say, still paying attention to her numb arm.

"Come on Okami-chan, I see the guys over near the old oak tree." She said her mind instantly going to the song 'Old Oak Tree'

There was a sudden breeze as Okami suddenly appeared by the guys, giving them an enthusiastic, (unsurprisingly) cheerful, "Kon'nichi wa!"

Hikara shook her head and smiled as she watched Okami take off at warp 2. Hikara, however, just ambled over to the group at a slower pace, humming the 'Imperial March' from Star Wars.

The boys greeted her when she reached them.

"So, shall we walk you home?" Cye asked.

"We still don't know our way around here, so it's a good thing." Okami was obviously just using that as an excuse to hang with her favorite bishounen. Hikara smiled, she could practically see through Okami, being her attempt was so damn tranparent. But then again so was she.

"We can show you the park while we're at it," Ryo said enthusiastically.

"Okay," both girls said in unison. Hikara would really like to see the park, they had jungle gyms, which subsituted nicely for uneven bars and the such. So the *counts on fingers and toes* seven heroes (and heroines) went off into the sunset (although how that was possible is unknown, as it was only afternoon, but how many times does an author get to use a cliche like that?). The gang of teenagers, and one adult reverted to her teen years, headed for the park.

The park was a nice place to be, it had trees, ducks, a lake with a beach (hence Cye just loved it), a playground. However at this time a group of kids were gathered around the banks of the lake. Hikara's eyes twitched as she spotted the group of kids, she had a strong dislike of kids. However her attention was averted from the group of duck feeding kids to the playground and in particular the bars. Not only that, but Kento had suddenly taken it upon himself to introduce the girls to every piece of equpiment at the park, by personally showing them it's use.

Hikara and Okami sighed at his childish antics, but they both joined in on the fun. Okami descided to find a nice safe swing, away from the playing Ronin. Hikara on the other hand went straight for the bars.

It became obvious that the kids were not feeding ducks when the squall of an animal resounded through the park. Ryo lifted his head, his blue eyes flashing as he was suddenly on his feet, running towards them. Okami was just as quick to dash over there. Hikara had just reached the highest bar the playground had to offer, when she heard the squall and saw Ryo and Okami take off like a pair of bats outta hell. She too went to the water's edge to investigate the strange noises (of course having gotten down off the bars first).

*pictures Hika-chan leaping off one bar, and slamming into another* He he
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One of the kids suddenly bawled, running away from the group, blood running from a gash in his cheek. Hikara blinked in surprise as the kid ran past her holding his hand to his cheek. A whistle sounded from somewhere near her ear, she looked back to see the other Ronins coming over to investigate the situation. Some_thing,_ albeit a small something, screed and flew away from the kids, leaving them sobbing in pain. They separated, running away.

Hikara's eyes tracked the small flying object (SFO, see if you can pronounce it) and where it was heading. "Hey Tira, it went for that tree over there," she said jerking her head in the direction the thing had flown.

Okami nodded. "Okay, but there's still something there. You go ahead and investigate it, I'll look to see what that is, and join you in a moment."

"Hai!" Hikara said as she headed for tree. Once there she looked up to see the creature on one of the higher tree branches. She quickly grabbed at one of the lower, and sturdier branches, and swung herself up. To her surprise, Kento was quick to join her. Peering down at them, it's eyes glowing a soft red, was a lizard-like creature that hissed at them.

"Hey now little one, we won't hurt you," she said, with a soothing tone of voice and adopted a non-threatening posture. The creature stared down at them, no longer hissing. Suddenly it chirped, its eyes fading to a soft blue.

Hikara smiled as the creature seemed to calm down. "That's right, we not here to hurt you. My friend and I want to help you," she said with the same calm tone as before. Suddenly the creature's eyes went red again and it squalled, launching itself from the tree.

Hikara was stunned when the little creature launched itself from the tree. She shook her head as it disappeared from her line of vision. "Come on Kento, there's nothing else we can do here, lets go see what it was trying to protect." They both dropped to the ground.

Okami's yelp drew their eyes to the beach area. The little golden creature was diving at her, hissing furiously. Hikara and Kento took off at a solid run as they saw the little golden creature came in for another pass. "Tira, it's trying to protect its nest, at least I think it is," Hikara said as she skidded to a stop, nearly landing face first in the sand and water.

The others were quick to join them. Okami sprinted over to them, still fending off the golden lizard.

"Okay okay, I'm away from it! Are you happy now!" As if in answer the golden creature chirped, breaking off from it's attack.

Hikara laughed as the creature gave, what she termed, a satisfied chirp of a mother hen guarding her chicks.

"Itai, how about we stay here and watch over the nest with her, just in case someone else comes. I think the eggs are hatching." Okami was rubbing several scratches along her face.

"I think that would be a good thing," Hikara said as the others nodded in agreement. Hikara slowly meandered over to the edge of the creature's territory and sat down in the sand, looking very bored. The golden creature watched as the others settled by her. Suddenly the air was full of various colored lizards, flitting about chirping and humming happily, but avoiding the humans.

Hikara looked up at the flying lizards, her eyes grew wider as she was literally hit with the realization of what these little lizards were. "Hey Okami-chan, are you thinking what I'm thinking," she whispered to her friend.

"Anne McCaffrey's going to kill us?" was the stunned reply.

"Yep."

Sage leaned over, his eyes intense. "Do you two know what those are? They look like dragons."

Hikara nodded and said, "Yep, they're fire lizards, the smaller cousins of dragons. Tira can explain it better than I."

Okami gave Hikara a 'gee-thanks-a lot' look. She took a deep breath, turning to the Ronins. "They can impress upon a person who first handles and feeds them, and that person basically owns them."

Hikara smiled at her friend, "And the one that was attacking the little kids and Tira, was their queen. They're letting us sit here because when I went to check on the queen earlier I was kind and not threating her in anyway."

"And what about her?" Rowen said, grinning as he jerked his head at Okami.

"Well she was a little too close to the queen's nest, meaning there are some eggs in it," Hikara said as she patted her friend on the back.

"Hey, look something's moving in there!" Cye exclaimed.

Hikara and Okami turned to look in the direction of the nest and watched in utter amazment as the eggs started to hatch. Smaller versions of the adults pulled themselves out of the sand, squeaking pitifully. The adults began disappearing and reappearing with fish from the lake, dropping them to feed the newly-hatched.

Hikara was sorely tempted to go over and help the adults, but knew that would probably end with her getting attacked, then again when had she ever listened to her better judgement.

Okami grabbed Hikara's hand. "Do you want to get clawed? There's more of them now!"

"So," Hikara said as she shook off her friend's grasp, "there are some infants that aren't getting anything to eat."

"No, they'll all be fed, see. The queen's beginning to regulate who gets what. That was never mentioned in the books." Hikara sat back on her heels and watched the queen, feeling very left out, she didn't know why but she did nonetheless.

The guys and girls watched in rapt attention as one by one the baby fire lizards used their dried wings and launched themselves into the air beside their family.

Hikara sighed turning away from the sight and looked back at the nest, what she saw there had her scrambling over to it.

"Hey!" the guys yelped as she scrambled over them. Okami saw what she did and was quick to join her, although she called out apologies to the boys. Hikara stopped by the side of the nest and gingerly picked up the last egg, the one that hadn't hatched yet. It was greyish in color, unlike the white shells of the others. And when she shook it something rattled inside.

"Okami-chan, we need to help the little one to hatch, I know it's still alive," Hikara pleaded to her friend.

"How can we do that, without killing the fire lizard?"

Hikara gave her friend a look that said 'duh'. Hikara dug in her backpack for a pencil.

"What are you looking for, Hika-chan?" Okami asked, dancing back and forth. Hikara grinned as she triumphantly pulled out a pencil and started tapping on the shell. Slowly she cracked the shell.

Inside the shell was not one but two baby fire lizards, their hide seemed to reflect the sunlight as it hit them. The twins spilled into Hikara's and Okami's hands with an objecting squawk. Hikara turned to her friend and nodded to her. She headed over to the edge of the water and started to feed the little one in her hand. They used the scraps from rest of the hatchlings. Although there wasn't much left, it was still enough because they were both small and didn't have big stomachs.

Hikara and Okami smiled as the two hatchlings seemed to be satisfied by what they did get to eat. "I think we just gained two more members to our household." Hikara said as the one she was holding chirped at her.

"Do you hear me complaining?" Okami said, stroking hers as it gave a satisfied burp and collpased where it was.

Hikara's eyebrow shot up at the little fire lizards apparent lack of manners. "Nope, come on lets get home." she said as she turned back to see the Ronins watching them in silence.

"Anou..." Okami said, rubbing the back of her head.

Hikara smiled and said, "Sorry 'bout that, you want to come over and have something to eat and drink?" The guys nodded, smiling softly. Well Kento nodded more enthusatically than the others, but the message was clear. Hikara and Okami rejoined the group and headed towards Rowen's and their apartment building.

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The apartment was quiet when they entered it. Okami led the way to the kitchen as Hikara went to her room to find a basket for their new 'family' members. Cye was, of course, in the kitchen, preparing a snack, although he wasn't so brash as to do so without their permission.

While in her room Hikara changed into a pair of cut off jean shorts and a black tank top. Of course she had spotted the sleeping Wind Chaser and snickered as she tossed her shirt on the angel. She also grabbed a big enough basket and pillow for the two fire lizards. When she left the room, Wind Chaser's eyes snapped open, and she sat up, thrashing about and making a bunch of noise. The little angel had finally found a way out of the shirt covering her and went flying after her charge.

Hikara entered the kitchen to see Cye already working on fixing some of the snacks. "You want some help with that?" she asked as she handed the basket that contained her sleeping fire lizard in it to Okami.

Cye smiled. "No, don't worry, I've got it."

"I take it your the cook, right, Catsy?" Rowen asked.

"Hai, I won't let Tira near a kitchen applance unless it 's the microwave. She has a tendency to blow things up when she's cooking." Hikara said as she ducked the flying hand coming her way.

"Can't be as bad as Ryo's cooking. I won't even eat that," Kento also ducked the hand aimed at his head.

Hikara laughed as she went to one of the cabinets and pulled out seven glasses and looked around, "So what do you want to drink?" she asked, ignoring Cye and his shooing motions and protests of 'I've got it covered' She got varying responses from 'tea' to 'soda pop.' Hikara sighed as she started to put the kettle on to boil. She plopped ice cubes into a few of the glasses and poured the pepsi, for those who wanted soda.

"Arigatou!" came from those who'd asked for soda.

Hikara nodded and went back to the stove as the kettle began to whistle, letting her know the water was ready. She dug through the junk drawer looking for the three tea balls she had. She pulled them out with a grin.

She rooted around the cabinets for a canister of Green Tea and her canister of Raspberry flavored Green Tea. The four guys, as Cye was still cooking, were quietly talking about their families with Okami.Hikara silently came up beside Cye and handed him a cup of tea, "Sorry about that incident in history, I have this really good knack of pushing people's buttons and then turning away" she said.

"That's okay, I'm used to being picked on about my accent."

Hikara smiled and nodded, "Let me get this other cup to Sage before it cools. By the way if you need any help just holler."

Hikara moved over to where Okami and the others were sitting. She leaned over the back of Sage's chair, her hair falling to the side and her other arm holding out the steaming mug of tea.

"Erizabesho!" Hikara looked up and over to where Wind Chaser hovered. She quickly set Sage's mug on the table and moved to talk to her small guardian.

"ACKKKK! What's that thing!" the five guys shouted.

Hikara blinked as she turned around to face the Ronins. "You can see her?" she asked.

"Well yeah, can't you?" Ryo asked, cocking his head.

"Waaaaah!" Okami cried. "Why can't I see her?"

Hikara sweatdroped at her friend, but answered Ryo's question. "Yep I can see her, the annoying little twit."

"And you can't, Tira?" Sage asked.

"Noooo!"

Of course Wind Chaser was glaring at Hikara for the 'little twit' comment. She quickly floated around to face her charge. With one hand on her small waist and the other one jabbing Hikara in the nose, "What do you mean by 'little twit' Elizabeth, is that anyway for a Kaitou to talk about her guardian."

"What does she mean by Elizabeth, and why is she calling you a thief?" Rowen asked.

Hikara blushed slightly as she remembered their company. "Well..." she said, "hey hold on one bloody minute. How in the bloody hell can you see Wind Chaser?" she asked hoping to steer them away from the present conversation.

"Are you guys making fun of me again!" Cye called from the kitchen.

"No!" Hikara snapped, "that's just the way I curse...okay."

Cye didn't answer.

"Is it a demon?" Sage asked, picking at Wind Chaser's wings.

Wind Chaser slapped at Sage's hand and said, "How dare you call me a demon, I'm one of God's chosen ones. I was sent here to help Elizabeth in her mission."

Hikara snatched the angel from the air and said through gritted teeth, "Windy if you don't shut up I'm going to hurt you."

"God?" Sage asked.

Hikara looked up at the blond and said, "Yeah, so, what's wrong with having an angel sent to you from Kami-sama?"

"Not really, just why would he send one?"

Hikara shrugged her shoulders, "I have no clue, the person you need to ask is Wind Chaser."

"Hm? Me? Why do I have to explain it to them?" Wind Chaser whined.

"Maybe because you're the angel and you know this stuff!" Hikara snapped.

"Hai hai," the small tenshi sighed. "She was chosen because she is the reincarnation of Elizabeth. Kami-sama has chosen her to capture the demons." The small angel turned to point a finger at Okami. "And she is possessed by one!" The Ronins turned wide eyes to Okami, and she blinked back at them.

"Nani?"

"Well, since we know it's not Akio, it must be because Windy still thinks you're possessed by a demon," Hikara said.

"I AM NOT POSSESSED BY A DEMON!!!!!!!!!" Okami screeched, going into full blown SD mode, frantically running about the room.

"Who's Akio?" Sage asked.

Hikara grinned, leaning over Sage, almost putting her face right up to Sage's. He pressed his back into the chair, trying to keep a slightly respectable distance, of course she just refused to be stopped, and leaned forward. "You don't want to know, Sage, dear."

Sage blinked at her, and despite his attempts not to, his eyes travelled down. He brought his hand to stop the inevitable flow of blood that he knew was going to erupt. "Excuse me a moment," he said, rising to go the what he figured would soon to be a very familiar bathroom.

Hikara snickered.

"What's he got a faulty dating chromosome?" Okami asked the others.

The Ronins sweatdropped.

"A faulty dating chromosome? Where'd you get that idea from?" Rowen asked. "He's just shy."

Sage came back and whacked Rowen upside the back of his head. Cye didn't even pause as Sage scolded Rowen for saying that word, a la their mental links. He set plates with pieces of teriyaki beef.

Mmmmn, teriyaki. Gooey. Chewy. And oh so scrumptious. Please purchase Suiko's Superb Cookbook, that you might make this scrum-deliotious for yourself.

"Kento, we are sharing. That means LEAVE SOME FOR EVERYONE ELSE!" Cye screamed, smacking Kento's hand away.

"Aww man, isn't that why you have two plates? C'mon Cye! Please!" Kento begged, giving his best friend his best puppy dog look. Cye, of course was unaffected.

"Kento, you're not a girl, so don't even try with the poor pathetic look." As he passed, Hikara and Okami could hear him mumbling. "Although it fits you so perfectly."

Hikara sighed as she shook her head, "No, Kento, the reason there are two plates is because there are seven of us here, not the normal five." She said, sounding dangerouly like Rowen.

Okami and Hikara sat down at the dinning room table and pulled out their books, pens, and notebook paper. The guys took their cue from them and also started to work on their homework, every once in a while smacking at Kento's hands, for trying to snark more than his share of the snack, and repremanding him like a puppy with only one word, 'No.'

Hikara looked up and spotted her friend just staring at her textbook, like the thing was going to jump up and bite her on the nose. "Anou, Ok...er Tira, you really should start on your homework or you're never going to pass the class." Hikara said as she leaned over to see what the girl was working on. She took note of the open history book and moved over to help her friend out. The guys looked up as they heard Hikara speak, and they took note of the actions of the black-haired youth, almost as if this was an everyday occurence.

Okami looked up and gave her friend a pitiful stare and whimpered, "Watashi wa rekishi o dai kirai desu yo! Dai dai kirai! (I hate history! I really hate it!)."

Hikara nodded, "Hai, hai." She said as she picked up the book and started to read the first page of the chapter, guiding her friend along with her bookmark, like a young child learning to read. The Ronins were still watching the display with sweatdrops starting to form around them.

"Hikara, you don't have to read it to me. I can read, no da."

"Yes, but it won't get done at the rate you are going."

"So."

"So...is that all you have to say. I mean if you don't pass this class you're going to have to repeat the grade and that means I'll have to do this all over again next year!" Hikara said her voice rising in octaves as she went.

Obvious sweatdrops appeared around the Ronin's faces. Hikara pushed her chair back and headed for the kitchen. "I don't even want to talk about it until I get some more Raspberry Green Tea," she barked as she entered the kitchen and started the kettle to boil.

^^v

Sage got up from the table as the group heard the sounds of crashing pots and pans. He stuck his head around the doorframe and spotted Hikara slaming yet another cabinet door closed. He could just make out the rumblings and grumblings coming from the girl. Sage entered the kitchen slowly, hoping that one of his more sociable friends would come in and take over, but he wasn't that lucky.

He watched her as she continued slamming drawers, pots, and pans, still grumbling. "Um..."

Hikara whirled on him. "WHAT?" He took a step back, surprised.

"A-Are you okay?"

Hikara twitched. "Do I look all right to you, huh?"

"Umm... Well... I was just... you know... umm..." he stammered, waving his hands defensively in front of him.

"Well I'll have you know, I'm not all right! Today has been very stressful okay! I wake up and there's nothing but school uniforms in my closet, which means I'm going to have to do some serious clothes shopping, and I hate clothes shopping! I have to go to high school again and put up with a chauvinistic bastard of a gym teacher! And my friend is being a major league idiot! So no Sage, I'm not all right! Just leave me to my green tea!"

During this whole time, Sage had been backed into the doorway, and now he was promptly shoved out, having the door slammed in his face. From the couch Rowen snickered as Sage hung his head.

Sage turned to Rowen, his pale eyes flashing. "Rowen..." he growled. The blue-haired boy 'eeped' and jumped to his feet.

"I just remembered my Dad wanted me to call and so I have to go. Bye-bye!" Rowen ran out the door, with a not-very-happy blonde on his tail.

An hour and a couple of mugs of green tea later, Rowen wandered back in, avoiding his blond friend. Hikara was helping Okami, and they both grumbled about it. The others were doing their homework slightly quieter.

Rowen approached Hikara and grabbed Hikara's shoulder.

"KYAAAAAAAAA! Rowen! Don't DO that! What what?" Hikara asked as Rowen tugged her off the couch.

"I need to get a drink, and I don't know where the cups are."

"YOU WERE JUST IN YOUR APARTMENT!!!!" Hikara screeched.

"I know, but your water tastes so much better."

Hikara knew she would regret this as Okami's and Sage's eyes bore into her. "H-hai, come on," and you'd better have a damned good reason for this you baka.

Hikara led the blue haired Ronin into the kitchen. She blinked as he shut the kitchen door. Hentai thoughts started to flit dangerously across her innocent mind (Yeah right!). "Ro-ster, I refuse to do anything with you for the simple fact I'd like to live to see another sunrise over the Tokyo Tower."

Back outside Sage and Okami set aside their books, got up and went over to the door, putting their ears to the wood, listening. From their vantage points on the couches, the other Ronins sweatdropped. It wasn't said, it didn't have to be, but their thoughts were one. Baka.

Going back into the kitchen, of course we opened the door so we can get in there.

At least I did, I don't know about her. *points to a flattened Okami-chan*
itai....

*Katarite-san sighed* Baka baka. Anyhoo, getting back on track (insert anything about trains and I will hurted you), Rowen wrinkled his nose.

"What makes you think that I'd be interested in doing anything with you?"

Hikara twitched, glared, and promptly smited the blue-haired twit. With that said she climbed up on the counter (*Tarzan cry, beats her chest* Owwwwww.) and sat down.

*pictures Dr. Evil from Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me* And I shall call him Mini-Me. Bawhahahahahahahahahahaha
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After about five minutes of assuring himself Mini-Rowen was okay, he straightened, and decided it was okay to sit down now. Hikara gave him this big-ass smug grin, and received a very poor imitation of a Yuy Death Glare (tm) (Come on, the guy has just been conked in the balls, he can't manage that much more)

"So what did you want Ro-ster?"

Taking a deep breath Rowen gathered his thoughts (Hikara promptly squashed them into a ball and punted them out of the window, but that's neither here or there). "You said again."

"Well, yessss, that's part of this language right? It's a most common word, to be found anywhere. So, your point is?"

"You mentioned that you're going to high school again. Why? Did you drop out?"

Hikara narrowed her eyes (we all know what would have happened if this had been Okami. Cue the insta-SD.). "No," she growled.

"So why would you say again?"

"Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........" Hikara thought, which didn't take nearly as long for her to do, unlike certain wolves.

Hey!

Heh. You go Katarite-san.

"Well, you see, I thought I had graduated last year, and it turns out that my freakin' teacher flunked me in Japanese, and so I can't graduate." Of course he'd never fall for the truth. I mean, as pretty as he is in armor, I don't want to see if he goes nekkid during his henshin, only Kale. ^_^

Rowen narrowed his eyes. (Gee he looks like Mousse, ne? Ne? Ne?
*sighs* Baka.) That seemed logical, although for some wierd reason he didn't believe what she said. It was like an itch in the back of his head. There was something not *right* about this whole thing, the two girls in particular.

Hikara watched as the Ronin narrowed his eyes, she shift uneasily on the counter upon which she sat.

"How long have you been in Japan?"

"Anou..."Hikara had to think about that one, "about three to five days."

"So how could you fail Japanese last year and be required to take it again?"

"hehe...Well when I signed up for this travel aboard program, I choose Japan, and it was required that I know some Japanese before leaving." Hikara smiled hoping that, that would satisfy the curious Ronin.

"But Sage told me that language classes are not required courses for graduation."

Hikara narrowed her eyes and sighed, "Oka...err Tira and I went to a private school and they require language classes."

Rowen still had his eyes narrowed (Mousse!Mousse!). That sounded reasonable, but Strata still stirred in the back of his mind.

Hikara shifted again, she was starting to grow uncomfortiable with the whole situation. She decided that maybe it was time to switch subjects. It was about dinner, so....

"Um, I don't know about you, but I'm getting a mite hungry. How about I fix some dinner for all of us?"

Rowen thinned his practically perfect lips, and let the matter go, smiling. "Dinner sounds good. Although I don't know if any of the guys have to be home."

"Well that's easily fixed," Hikara said as she hopped down off the counter, a wooden spoon clattering to the floor in the process, and moved to open the door.

Rowen bent over to pick up the spoon.

Hikara pulled open the door, "Hey do any..." however the thump of bodies hitting the floor cut her off. o.O

"Sage?" Rowen blinked.

Hikara shook her head as Sage looked up, "Nani?"

Actually managing a quick recovery (kind of) Okami exclaimed. "Sage! I found your contact lens!"

Everyone promptly sweat-dropped.

Hikara rolled her eyes at her roommate, who had an halo (no, not the armor) around her head (cause you know that would hurt). "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, who all can stay for dinner?"

Kento had to decline. Sage asked if he could call his parents, and so did Cye. Ryo said he could stay.

Hikara smiled and pointed Cye and Sage to the towards the phone on the computer desk. As it turned out Cye also had to decline, but Sage could stay.

Hikara smiled as she escorted Kento and Cye to the door, "You know you guys can always stop by when ever you want," she said in lui of 'see you later'

Cye smiled brightly. "Thanks."

Kento pouted that he'd be missing dinner.

Shaking her head Hikara moved back into the kitchen shooing the still flabberghasted Rowen out of the room, "You can take care of this out there."

Hikara turned back around and headed towards the kitchen after having seen the two leaving off and safely on the elevator. "So what do you want, Fettuccine or Mac and Cheese?"

"Fettuccine?" Ryo and Sage asked.

Okami grinned. "Mac and cheese! Mac and Cheese!"

Hikara's eyebrow rose a fraction of an inch, "Don't tell me you two have never had Fettuccine," Hikara said as she passed by Rowen, who was still playing with the wooden spoon he had picked up earlier.

Okami slouched as Ryo and Sage nodded. _Damn,_ she thought, _there goes my mac and cheese._

Hikara grinned as she started to explain what Fettuccine was. The three Ronins agreed to try it out. Hikara smiled as the guys agreed to try the pasta dish. She ambled over to where Rowen was and said in a husky voice, "I'm going to be needing that spoon."

Rowen blinked at her. "o.O Excuse me?"

Hikara pointed to the spoon the blue-haired Ronin was clutching in hands, "The spoon to which you seem to have taken a shine to, I'm going to need it."

Laughing Rowen ran his hand down the length of the handle. "Well, it's all nice and smooth and soo hard." Everyone promptly face-vaulted.

Hikara, who was picking herself up, had to chuckle. "Yes it is, but I need it right now." Still grinning fit to split his face open, Rowen handed her the spoon.

"Thank you," Hikara said as she passed the now standing Sage. She ran the back of the spoon across his shoulders and chest, while giving him a sultry smile.

Cue the geyser. "Excuse me ladies."

Hikara laughed as she enter the kitchen, she knew she shouldn't pick on the boy, but it was way too much fun. Besides she just so... evil.

Hikara gather her stuff she would need to make the Fettuccine. "Anou, Okami-chan could you come in here for a minute," she called out from the pantry.

"Hai hai." Okami waddled into the room, still dazed at the position she'd found herself in with Sage. (ecchi)

"Can you get me a package of fettuccine noddles from the pantry and the peppercorns,"

"Hai!" ^_^ Okami handed her a package of macaroni noodles.

Hikara busied herself with putting a fair sized pot filled 3/4th of the way with water and a dash of salt on the stove to boil.

She turned as Okami handed her a package of noodles, - -;;;, "No fettuccine, not macaroni. The long board noodles."

"Drat, but I don't like fettucine," Okami whined.

Hikara sweatdropped as her friend went back to find the fettuccine noodles. "I know that, but guests over-rule your vote. Besides we can have homemade mac and cheese tomorrow night, k?"

"Okay," Okami still seemed slightly depressed as she handed her friend the box o' noodles.

Hikara smiled as she took the box of noodles from Okami's hand, before dropping the noodles in the now boiling pot of water, she poured in a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Then she took a look at the box. With all the grace borne of her gymnastic training she pirouetted andclocked Okami upside the head with it.

"These are spaghetti noodles!!!! I asked for fetuccine!"

A small "itai" was heard from Okami as she rubbed the newly forming bump on her head, "Anou, that's all we have."

Fuming Hikara slammed the pantry door open, grabbing the correct box. "This is Fettuccine," she ground out as she stalked past the now SD-Okami-chan. Being SD,of course, had its advantages, such as being able to sneak out of the horrid kitchen, undetected.

Hikara sighed as she dropped the noodles in the water, she began to hum the opening theme to Magic Knight Rayearth as she worked.

Well, rather than bore the audience by describing how Hikara cooked, and managed to fit an angel into the recipe, we'll skip straight to dinner. The table has been set, and the *counts on fingers* five peoples sit down to eat.

Hikara grinned at the still fuming Wind Chaser, "Look I said I was sorry, but the fact is you still shouldn't have been in my way."

Okami just looked at her oddly, still unable to see the angel.

Ryo, Rowen and Sage snikered as they brought their forks up to take a bite. "So, where did she come from again?" Sage asked.

"To tell you the truth, I have no clue. She was just there this morning when I woke up," Hikara said as she pointed to her chest. Sage's nose twitched.

"Oh kami-sama help us, he's going to blow another geyser," Rowen said, earning him another mental slap from Sage.

Of course, that wasn't enough to satisfy the blond. Nope, Rowen rubbed the back of his head, sporting a small bump from Sage's fist.

Ryo sighed, but said nothing he was used to it. Hikara on the other hand leaned over to Okami and whispered, "You know I think some one hasn't been getting enough, so to speak, and that this would be a good reason to have Akio around, ne?"

Okami dropped her eating utensil, spearing her own hand in the process, and proceeded to choke as Vision of Akio flitted throughout her head.

Hikara gave herself a mental kick in the arse as she patted Okami on the back, "Down girl, down."

"Vision of Akio," the girl choked. "Must write."

"Okay, but first you should really try and swallow your food, as you know you can't breath pasta," Hikara said with a shake of her head, "So will the Visions of Akio be a Lemon?"

Doing as her friend recommended, Okami looked up. "It's Akio."

"'Nuff said," Hikara responded looking up to find their three dinner guest staring at them.

"Just who is this Akio person you two keep talking about?" Sage asked

With a grin, Okami put another forkfull of fetuccine in her mouth. "Akio is Akio," she told Sage, like he should know.

Hikara nodded as she took a sip of tea, "Yep, there's no right or wrong way to discribe Akio, save for the fact that he gives new meaning to the word perv."

"He's also known as the Mighty Purple-haired Perv." Okami quipped, jotting notes on the table.

Hikara nodded, "Yep, and trust me if you ever happen to get the chance to meet him, I suggest you run away."

"Or you can just send him my way." Okami still jotted down whatever she was writing. The three Ronins sweatdropped.

"Yep, it much safer that way," Hikara quipped, "By the way Tira, I hope that you plan on buying me a new table cloth to replace the one you are so conventily using as a notepad."

=^_^=? "Hm?" Okami looked up at Hikara, then back down at the table. "Oro?" she looked back up at Hikara. "This is going to hurt, ne?"

"Mmm hmmm..."

"Eep..."

Hikara cracked her knuckles and proceeded to chase Okami around the dinning room and out in to the recessed sitting area of the living room.

"TASUKETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!" SD Okami runs a full circle around the living room, her arms frantically making wide circles as if that would save her SD little butt. Hikara cocked an eyebrow, standing in the center of the living room as she watched her roommate fill the living room with SD dust. Not wanting their guest to suffer from SD allergies, she raised a finger to the heav... err ceiling.

"I call forth the power of the great Shinigami!!!!"

Deathscythe HELL Custom's hand crashed through the window, creating even more dust, and blocking Hikara's view. When the dust had cleared, and Deathscythe HELL Custom's hand had retracted, Hikara took a closer look at the imprint the Gundam had left.

"itaaiiii." SD Okami found out that even being smashed SD hurts as much as any other time.

Wagging her 'Fickled Finger of Fate' in front of her face, Hikara grinned maliciously. "I've got a lot of power in this sucker."

Ryo, Rowen, and Sage came into the room, blinking at the sight of the smashed up window.

"Could somebody get me out of this hole, onegai," came from the depths fo the handprint.

Ryo and Rowen pulled the now 2D Okami out of the handprint. After having been reinflated to her 3D form, Okami said, "Shinigami, why did it have to be Shinigami?"

The guys blinked and it was clear that they were wondering what had just happened. Okami, now recovering from being flattened like a crepĂȘ, pounces on Hikara. "You turned Shinigami on me!!"

Hikara did not like the fact that a million pieces of glass were sticking to her back.

"How was I supposed to know that was going to happen?"

"Akio you."

Hikara looked over her shoulder. "I wonder if this thing does home repairs too," she said, waggling her finger.

Waving her hand towards the mess of tangled metal and glass, Okami said, "You can try to cast a recovery spell."

The room sparkled, becoming enveloped by a blue glow. Once the glow faded away the group of four stunned teens, and one 20-some year old reverted back to her teen years, were greeted with a repaired wall.

Okami stopped waving her hand, turning to look at the palm. "Did I just do that?"

Heads nodded as the other four chorused, "Hai hai."

[Cue the Sweatdrops]

"You know, I think I need to sit down now," Okami said, as she collapsed bonelessly on the couch.

Ryo turned his blue eyes on her. "Are you okay?"

All he got in response was a soft snore.

Hikara turned to the three Ronins. "I think it's about time for you to go. So I guess I'll see you tomorrow morning," Hikara said as she opened the apartment's door and ushered the guys out (unable to resist giving Sage one last flirtatous wink).

And, so as not to bore the read we will skip over clean up and sewing lessons.

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