The Wandering Bards Bit

Hi ho, this is Kermit the Fr.... wait I'm not Kermit the Frog....
Baka baka...
Shut up, Wolf girl.
grrrrrrr
Welcome back to another part of FAN WARS!
In case you missed it, last time Hikara discovered she had the power of the Fickled Finger of Fate, now how it ended up with that name is beyond me.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It sounded cool that way!
She used it to smash me with Deathscythe HELL Custom. ;.; She's soooo mean!!
^_^ Why thank you!!
PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPP
Excuse me, but are you raspberrying me?
^_^ Yeah
Are you raspberrying me? You must be raspberrying me, as there is no one else here to raspberry.
Would you rather be Akio-ed?
*poit poit* No. But now I'm all wet.
*holds out a towel* ^_^ Here you can use this to dry yourself.
-_- Isn't that the same towel you used last Bit to dry yourself.
^_^ And your point is?
-_-;;;; Never mind. Anyways, going back to the summary of what happened last time, we found ourselves in our dream Ani-verse, *sighs lustily* Ronin Warriors. I'd better meet Kale, that's all I gotta say.
Rowen Rowen Rowen!
And well, we know who she was glad to see.
Rooooowwweeeeeennnn.
*bops on head* Yes, Okami-chan, we know that. Okami-chan... You can stop bounding around now Okami-chan. Oi. LEGGO OF ME RIGHT NOW BEFORE I USE MY FICKLED FINGER OF FATE ON YOU AGAIN!!!
o.O *releases Hikara from her death grip* Why Duo? Why? Why would you side with her? Huh? Answer me?
D *raises finger* Let's ask him. I call forth Shinigami!
And so, even in the Wandering Bards Bit, Okami is not safe from the mighty Deathscythe HELL Custom
x.x itaaaaaiiiiii
*poses* Yes, I AM the Chosen One. *cue the Mortal Kombat music* Anyways back to the summary, again. *peeks over at Okami*
x.x taaaaiiiii
She's a basket case still. Guess that leaves it up to me. After finding out that we are now in an Ani-verse, I discovered that I'm also a Kaitou, Mysterious Thief if you will. -_- It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have a twit of an angel to deal with, too.
*from the background* I'M NOT A TWIT!!!!
Now all that is needed is a certain Dark Warlord ^_^ Then all will be well.
HIKAAAAAARRRRRRAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Oh, Okami-chan, how nice to see you're back to your old SD self.
KYAAAAAAAAAA I'M SHRUNKEN!!!!!
I love my job. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this.
THIS ALL YOUR FAULT HIKARA!!!!!!!!
Ja!

Fan Wars
The Fandom Menace
Part 2.1: Close Encounter of the Spiritual Kind
by: Hika-chan and Okami-chan

The night was peaceful in the city of Toyama. Late nighters stumbled home from whatever kept them out this late at night.

A pair of silver eyes watched the passer-bys. Who would have one? A tongue flicked out, tracing fanged teeth. That one. In his apartment. A malicious grin spread across the face. The figure moved from shadow to shadow, trailing the lone man.

From his perch on the roof, another man, dressed in ancient samurai armor, watched the odd spectacle. He recognized them, one as human and the other as demon. That was where the recognition ended. The human was filled with raw energy of a form much unlike a demon. The demon was not from the Netherworld. Blue eyes narrowed (He looks like Mousse too, ne?). It was like nothing he'd seen in his time there.

It froze, looking up at him. It was FEMALE!!!!! The demon grinned, flicking back a silver ear and waving up at him.

"Damn," he muttered. Did his Cloak of Darkness drop? It never did that.

The demon turned back to following her victim. Her golden mane and tail flowing behind her.

He moved to follow, but stopped as another figure landed behind him, boots clicking on the cement.

******

It was quiet in the apartment of Hikara and Okami. Hikara had finished completing most of the alterations to her school uniform, and decided to go to bed. She didn't bother to check on Okami, as she passed the girl's room, knowing that the girl was still on the bed were she had dumped her so unceremoniously after the guys had left.

Hikara pulled on a pair of boxers and her 'I will rise, but I refuse to shine' nightshirt over her head. She silently padded over to where her little fire lizard was still sleeping, she made sure that the small creature was safe in the basket before she turned back to her bed. Pulling the sheets and comforter back, Hikara slid into her bed and snuggled down to sleep.

A small glowing lavender ball entered Hikara's room and tried to wake the sleeping form. Wind Chaser sighed as Hikara exhaled and rolled over in her sleep. "Elizabesho, wake up," Wind Chaser cried in Hikara's ear, as she pulled on the kaitou's ear.

Hikara shot up from her sound sleep, and glared over at the small tenshi, "What is it?" she growled out.

"I felt the presence of two Akuma, but their both moving."

With a groan Hikara got up from her bed, she reached over to her bedside table and picked up her rosario where she had left earlier in the day. "Alright, I'll go."

The small tenshi closed her eyes and concentrated until the jewel in the middle of her forehead started to glow, charging the rosario with divine power. Raising the rosario high above her head, Hikara cried, "Grant me the powers of Elizabeth!" (--;; Go go Power Rangers, here she comes)

Moments later Kaitou Elizabeth stepped out on to her balcony, she looked over to Wind Chaser. "So where are these Akuma?"

"They went thataway," Wind Chaser said as she pointed to the east end of the city. Elizabeth nodded and took to the roof of one of the lower buildings. She now understood why the Ronins found this to be the best way to travel.

As she got closer to where the Akuma were Wind Chaser tapped her on the shoulder. "One is there," she said as she pointed to one of the rooftops below them. Elizabeth smiled and nodded as she jumped down to the lower roof, doing a mid-air somersault as she went.

Elizabeth landed with a click of her boots, and stared at the man standing in front of her. He was wearing an ancient samurai's armor.

********

Gray blue eyes met electric blue eyes. It seemed like a Mexican standoff was about to start. (*cue spaghetti western music*) Elizabeth cocked her head to listen to what Wind Chaser was saying, "That's one of the Akuma."

The other lifted a blue eyebrow. "So, tell me, young lady..."

"eep"

"...what are you doing out here, in the middle of the night, in that get-up, traveling with an... angel?"

*poit poit* Elizabeth looked at her 'Guardian angel'-type thing. "He can see you too? Man, is Okami-chan going to be so pissed off at this."

"Elizabesho," the angel scolded, "you shouldn't..."

"Yeah, yeah I know. 'That language is not proper from a kaitou.'" Wind Chaser blinked.

"Eli-za-be-sho? What are you?"

Elizabeth turned back to the dude in armor. "A, um, kaitou. ^^;;;;"

"Kaitou? So, what's with the angel?"

"I'm not quite sure about what's with her myself."

"ELIZABESHO!!!!!!!"

"What Shrimp!?"

"He's an Akuma!!!"

"Really? Devilishly good-looking, he is."

Kale blinked. *poit poit* (Gee, I didn't know the RW characters made those noises) "Thanks!! ^_^" He turned back to the edge of the roof. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a girl to chase down."

/ "What." Elizabeth raised her hand. Wind Chaser squeaked, grabbing the kaitou's arm and yanking with all her tenshi might (which, you know, is really quite a bit despite her small size).

"He's possessed by an Akuma! It must be inside that armor! You must seal it!" Elizabeth still held her Fickled Finger of Fate ready to strike.

"Armor? Demon? Seal?" The man drew his sword. "This armor may be from a demon, but it's mine! And no two-bit hussy is taking it from me!"

Elizabeth twitched. "What did you call me?"

"You heard me, I don't think I have to repeat myself, hussy."

"That's it! Nobody calls me THAT and gets away with it!! I summon the great mecha EPY-"

"Well, what's this? Another Kaitou?"

Elizabeth turned her head to glare at the newcomer. "You interrupted me in the middle of my summons."

The newcomer smirked through his mask. "Don't worry Kaitou, I shall take this troublesome sport from you."

"NOW HOLD ON!!!" both Elizabeth and the armored man cried at once.

"NO ONE and I MEAN NO ONE is getting MY armor!!!"

"You are not sealing his armor, he's mine!!!"

A black angel grinned evilly from his perch on the other Kaitou's shoulder. "I'll distract them Shindobado, you seal the armor."

Y-Y "DAMMIT!!! ISN'T ANYONE LISTENING TO ME!!!"

"I am," Elizabeth said. The man glanced at her, blinking.

The black angel darted forward, knocking into Elizabeth. Kaitou Sindbad took hold of his pin, readying it to throw at the man.
Elizabeth scowled, and, although she really didn't want to hurt everyone's favorite tenshi, she cried. "I summon the mighty Chibi-Epyon!"

A human-sized mecha danced across the black angel before darting off to find Chibi-Wing Zero to fight.

The black angel lay on the ground. @.@ "Itaaiii..."

"Akusesu!" The Kaitou picked up the small black KO'ed angel. "Daijoubu." He glared at Kaitou Elizabeth, then at the armored man. He was between the newest kaitou and her 'target.' He smirked again. "Chekkumeito." With that the Kaitou threw his pin.

He blinked his blue eyes as the sword deflected the pin.

"Oh, come ON! Is that your attack?! An eensy-weensy PIN?!" He picked the small object up. "I was worried about THIS the whole time?" With a growl he threw the pin back to the male kaitou. "And that girl," Elizabeth twitched again, "got away too. Dammit."

Sinbad glared at the armored man, then turned to Elizabeth. "So?"

Elizabeth crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow. "So, what?"

"Aren't YOU going to seal him?"

With a kiss, maybe. "Not while you're here I'm not."

Sinbad narrowed his eyes. "Very well," he sighed. With that, he took Access and jumped off the roof.

The man in armor turned to Elizabeth. "Well?"

Without a word the kaitou approached the man in 'demon' armor. Once again gray-blue met electric blue. Elizabeth reached up, and grabbed his lips in hers.

O.O Wind Chaser gaped as her kaitou gave the akuma-possessed-man some 'tongue in cheek.'

o.O Who's to say the guy wasn't stunned too.

Elizabeth pulled away, leaving a goofy grin planted on both their faces. Considering her job now complete, she wandered off the rooftop. Watch that first step, it's a doozy.

Needless to say, Elizabeth knew she was going to be very sore in the morning as she peeled herself off the pavement.

*******

Sekhmet looked up as the door opened. "About damned time you got home." He eyed the other Warlord as he stepped into the living room.

"o_O ...."

"What's with the fuckin' grin?"

"o_O...."

Snarling Sekhmet grabbed his fellow Warlord and shook him. "Earth to Kale."

"o_O...."

"ASSHOLE!!! WAKE UP!!!"

"O_o...."

With a growl of rage, Sekhmet slammed his fist into the other's face.

"O_x...."

"Shit, just go to bed you fuckin' idiot."

"O_x...."

Dais stumbled into the room. "Whash all da noish 'bout?" he slurred, still half-asleep, or maybe it was all the sake he'd consumed a few hours ago. (I go for the latter of the two --;;)

"This asshole just got home. The bastard's been out all night."

"O_x... Don't call me names, shithead." Kale walked away from Sekhmet, who was now sporting two black eyes in reparation for his one. "Messin' up my face like that. Asshole."

"Yo, Kale." The Warlord of Darkness stopped by the half-asleep man, holding up the wall. "Whar'd ya get dem bruises."

"Shithead gave me this, and the others.... O_x"

Dais watched as his friend limped into his bedroom, grinning, once again. "Dumbass," he muttered, returning to the pillow calling his name.

*******

"I can't believe you did that Elizabesho!" The angel berated her charge. "He could have attacked you with his sword."

That kinda brought the kaitou around, but not for a good reason. "O_o... I wish he had." (ecchi ecchi ecchi)

Wind Chaser froze as she realized what the girl had meant. "ELIZABESHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! You're supposed to be a servant of Kami-sama! You must remain pure to serve him!"

"Then, dammitall, you can have yer stinkin' rosario back, cause I want mah man!"

"ELIZABESHOOOO!!!!"

"Just shut up so I can go back to sleep. Maybe I'll dream about that kiss. o_O" Hikara added the last in a whisper.

*******

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Hikara twitched an eye open.

"Squawl!"

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Okami didn't move.

"SQQQQQQUUUUUEEEEEE!!!!"

POUND POUND POUND POUND

Wind Chaser hovered above her charge.

"SQUAAAAAAWWWW!!!"

POUND POUND POUND POU- THUNK

Wind Chaser flitted out of the room.

@.@ "Owwwwwww. Sage this floor is hard."

--;;;; "Then get off it."

"Rowen? Sage?"

The two Bishie Boys (not to be confused with the Backstreet Boys Cause Bishie is just soo damned good-looking! Hey, that's my line!) looked up. "Hey Wind Chaser," they chorused.

"Sorry about barging in like this," Sage said characteristically apologetic.

"Where's the girls?"

"Asleep."

"They're going to be late," Sage growled, "and that's going to make US late. My perfect record will be ruined." Sage stormed into Hikara's room.

"What perfect record?" Rowen wondered, rubbing his nose. He went into Okami's room.

Sage was the first to come out, and he immediately ran into a bathroom, clutching his nose. Wind Chaser sighed as she flitted back into her charge's room. Hikara still snoozed away, she hadn't even bothered to go under the covers this time.

"Elizabesho." Wind Chaser pulled on the kaitou's ear.

"GYAAAAAGGH! Would you PLEASE stop doing that!" Hikara flopped back onto the pillow. "And I was having such a good dream too... o_O" With a resigned sigh, Hikara pushed herself up. "No one'd better even talk to me before I get at least three cups of coffee."

With that Hikara stumbled out of the bedroom, still in her nightwear, namely a sports bra and boxers.

O.O Sage felt his head rocket back with the force of the explosion from his nose and he groaned as he once again made his way back to the bathroom he had come to call home.

Hikara hardly noticed him, lost in daydreams of Kale. o_O

(this is a change of scene, please be warned)

.,...........

KYAAAAAA SOMEONE'S SHOOTING AT US!!!!
Yeah, and one of the bullets was a misfire.

(you were warned)

"Mmmm, Akio."

Rowen arched an eyebrow as he moved to wake the sleeping Okami. He reached down and started to tickle his prey.

"GYAAAAAAAGH!" Okami screeched at a much higher pitch than what Hikara had achieved just moments before, and shot up into a sitting position eyes still closed.

Rowen stumbled back in surprise, his ears ringing for the unearthly scream. "Good Morning," he chirped, after he had recovered from the attack on his auditory senses.

Okami peeled an eyelid open, as the voice started to register in her brain. "Ro-en?" she warbled (cue the goofy grin).

"Tira."

"...O_o Um."

"It's time to get up," Rowen said a mite too chipper for his own good.

"Um."

"So, I guess I'll leave you to get dressed," he said, as he turned to exit the room, pausing to take in the nice view of Okami's undergarments.

"Um."

Sage and Rowen sat down, debating leaving without the girls this morning. Eventually Okami came out of her room and walked into the kitchen (after the second time she managed to get in, but she ran right into the door the first time), carrying her and Hikara's fire lizards.

"o_O" Hikara said, stuffing her lizard's face.

"o_O" Okami said, also stuffing her lizard's face.

*sip* "o_O" Hikara said.

"Squeak!" the fire lizards squeaked.

*poit poit* "o_O" Okami replied.

Rowen and Sage peeked in the door. Rowen looked at Sage. Sage looked at Rowen. "They understand each other?" the two inquired of one another.

"o_O" Hikara told them, looking up.

"o_O" Okami agreed.

Arching his blue eyebrows again, Rowen shook his head. "Are you two ready? We're going to be late."

"o_O... wait a minute. o_O... kay, I'm ready." Hikara told them. Without even asking Okami if she was ready the kaitou grabbed her friend. "O_o... Let's go."

*GEYSER*

"I think you two should get dressed, first," Rowen told them, smiling. He adopted a thoughtful look, eying Okami, who was still in her nightwear. "Although if you really want to."

"O.O" Okami replied.

Looking down at herself, Hikara blinked. "Oh. I guess I can. o_O" Hikara brushed past the two boys, okay, scratch that, only one as Sage was visiting his home away from home.

"O.O" Okami told Rowen. Rowen shook his head and guided Okami back to her bedroom. "o_O"

"Get dressed," he told her softly.

*******

So the rushed morning found the four students in the elevator with three others. The blue-haired guy and one of his companions seemed to be arguing. Okami was still out of it, as was Hikara, who carried around two thermos of coffee. Rowen and Sage watched the pair as their other purple haired companion simply sighed. When the elevator came to a stop, everyone got off. The two Ronins were the first to leave followed by Hikara. The three waited for their zoning friend as two of the other occupants stepped out of the car.

The blue-haired guy unexpectedly grabbed Okami, pulling her close just long enough to kiss her. He broke off as one of his companions began fuming and screaming 'ECCHI!!!!" at him. Laughing, the boy ran ahead of his companions, leaving Okami behind the closing doors of the elevator.

"O.O" just about summed up her expression.

With yet another sigh, Hikara reached over, putting her arm in the way of the door. "Get her please," she instructed the boys. Not really caring which got her.

*******

The four late students rushed into their classrooms... No... that wasn't right, only three of them rushed, the other was at the moment being carried by the tall one with blue hair.

"O.O"

And so they had to stand outside for most of that class because they were late. Hikara still drank her coffee, the teacher feared the dark look she'd cast her way too much to take it away. Rowen leaned on the still-basket case Okami, as Sage continued stuffing tissue up his nose (o_O coffee....).

They somehow made it through the rest of that class, although Sage and Rowen had been mentally teased for being late. Sage, especially, for blowing more geysers. Kento was sent into the hall when he cracked up after Rowen told him the happenings of the morning. Cye almost was. When Kento joined the three (Okami didn't really count as she was still stupefied) out in the hall. He took one look at Okami.

"O.O"

He began chuckling.

He took a look at Rowen.

He began cackling.

He took a look at Hikara.

He began laughing softly.

He took a look at Sage (or the tissue stuffed up his elegant nose).

He roared.

This, of course, earned him a mental thwapping from one Sage.

*******

Hikara bounced out of the girl's changing room, caffeinated, and ready to face the rest of the day. Okami stumbled after her, still very much asleep and ready to turn in. The five Ronins blinked at the odd switch wondering if they'd had an episode with curry or something... Nah.

They went through the morning exercises, although more than once Okami met the floor in a not so graceful duck dive. The SOB POS of a teacher then had the two genders separate to their respective parts of the gym. He then turned to watching the guys in all their sweaty-bodied glory doing their thing on their side of the gym. (NO!! Not THAT thing! ecchi) Of course if he'd payed any attention to the girl's side he would have 1) seen the priceless scene of Okami being konked in the head with a volley ball, and 2) he would have noticed one student slinking over to the other side.

With raised eyebrows and much shaking of their heads the others watched Hikara become one with the wall, and crawl/slither/slide her way to the gymnastic equipment.

You know, she should meet Kale. They would get along great. Cye commented to his friends, via their connection.

Three of them nodded, but Sage made a face, giving Cye a mental thwap, almost harder than the one he'd given Kento that morning. I don't think so.

The other four boys sniggered.

"YOU there!!"

Damn, she'd been caught. Hikara froze with a 'deer caught in the headlights' look. "Me?"

"Yes YOU!!" The gym teacher stormed over to Hikara. (It's raining, it's pouring, the gym teacher's snorking.) "What do YOU think YOU're doing?"

*poit poit* Hikara decided the best course (outside of that of using a Lord of the Gundam) was to disassemble into innocence. "Me?" she asked sweetly. Be one with the wall. Be one with the wall. Be one with the wall.

"YOU get YOUr sissy-butt back over to the girls' side NOW!!!"

Hikara's Fickled Finger of Fate inched its way up her side. Ooooo how she wanted to smite this ass of an SOB POS of a teacher. She skulked back over to the girls' side, eying the bleachers.D

The teacher turned back to his sweaty boys (not to mention HIS sweaty little boy). (ecchi ecchi)

As Okami got another mouthful of volleyball in the midst of a rather large yawn, Hikara slunk over to the bleachers, and under them. The boys watched, more than slightly amused at the prospect of one of the girls actually besting the teacher.

In a feat much like one would see (although the boys couldn't exactly see UNDER the bleachers) in some weird Seuss Christmas special, Hikara (being the Liquid Gymnast that she is) crawled over and under all the beams that held the benches together. She grinned at the four Ronins (Sage needed to run to the bathroom at the thought of where those beams were hitting) from her hiding place.

The teacher didn't see her, his eyes all big and sparkling, standing in a puddle of his own drool at the sight of so many young sweaty bodies.

All she had to do was reach out to touch the gymnastic mat. With another look at her teacher she slithered onto the purple mat.

"WATCH OUT!!!!"

Hikara looked up, and came eye to ball with the basketball.

"Owwwwwww...."

"Miss Boshi. Go to the bleachers and have a seat," came the teacher's stentorian voice.

There was a round of applause from all the students, as Hikara made her way to the bleachers. She glared at the boy whose ball had resulted in her being found out. "Kento, I will smite you during lunch," she growled low in her throat.

Hikara wasn't all alone though, cause the teacher finally sent Okami to the bleachers, nursing a bloody nose.

****

Yusuke stormed through the hall. He tramped up to his redheaded companion, grabbing the other by his shirt. "Kurama!!!"

Kurama, blinked as a seemingly irate Yusuke grabbed him by his shirt. "What!?"

"What the hell do you think you were doing last night?"

"Uh, let's see after playing poker with Hiei, I went to bed. Why?"

"Usotsuki!!!!! Why the hell did you follow me home last night? And then you stole my dragon statue! I want it back now!"

With a perplexed look, Kurama shook his head, "Like I said, I played poker with Hiei, and then went to bed. So what do you mean by *I* followed you home and took your dragon statue."

Yusuke didn't seem to be anywhere near venting all his anger. "Yeah right! And just how many other Youko are there, huh?"

"Ano, I think I'm the only one; however, we could go and ask Koenma about this." Kurama said, trying to brush Yusuke's hands off his shirt.

Yusuke snarled once more, but released Kurama's shirt.

Kurama sighed as he and the irate Yusuke headed towards the roof of the school building.

Yusuke flipped open his communicator (which looked like a compact make-up applier). "Yo, Koenma."

Koenma's childlike face flashed up on the small screen, "Yes, Yusuke?" he asked sounding bored with the young man.

"Is there another Youko that we should know about, Koenma?" Yusuke demanded.

Koenma blinked and shifted in his seat, trying not give the two boys any reason to hurt him. "Not that I can think of."

Off screen one of Koenma's underlings hissed, "Koenma-sama, what about the escapee."

Yusuke twitched. "An escapee?" he queried

Koenma turned back to the screen and laughed, "Hehehe, I'm sending Botan to come and get you.".

Yusuke threw an arm around Kurama's shoulders. "So you're saying he didn't follow me last night?"

"Yes that's what I am saying," Koenma said, pitying Kurama.

"Sorry 'bout that Kurama," Yusuke laughed.

"Oh, don't worry about it, Yusuke," Kurama said, clenching a hand on Yusuke's shoulder.

Yusuke let out a small eep, but was saved from a severe beating when Botan arrived.

"Kurama, Yusuke, where's Kuwabara and Hiei?" Botan asked.

"I'm here," a soft voice said.

The guys looked down to spot Hiei. "Now all we need is Kuwabara," Botan said.

Kuwabara tromped up a few seconds later, his face pale. "Botan," he screeched, "ask Koenma not to do that anymore."

Botan sweatdropped, wondering if she wanted to know how Koenma got the truant to the roof. "^^;;; Well, at least you're all here now. Ikuzou." With that Botan teleported them off the roof.

"Oi, Botan..." but it was too late as they were already on another roof, looking down at a bunch of teenagers eating lunch, two of them running around the school yard. "Which one is it?" The least she could have done was tell them what they were after before she teleported them.

*******

Hikara and Okami sat apart from the guys. Hikara wasn't all that happy with Kento at the moment, and the others were trying to revive him. Okami... well, she didn't really care where she was. Yup, you guessed it, she's still in her stupor.

"O_x" Unhappily, for her that is, she discovered that poles are not good friends to faces.

Hikara sighed. "Snickers."

*poit poit*

"Code Red?"

*boing*

*garble glug glug snack crunch glug glug*

Hikara scratched her head.

Okami grinned at her friend. *bouncy bouncy bouncy* "So, Hika-chan, what was wrong with you this morning?"

"o_O Kale..."

*bouncy bouncy bou-* "O.O What happened??"

"o_O kiiiiissssssss...."

"O.O Really?"

"o_O yeah...."

"OO Was it...?"

"o_O grrrrrrrreeat.........."

"OO oooooooh, I don't like you right now, you know."

"o_O uh-huh."

"Curse you Hikara," Okami got up leaving her now stupefied friend to her daydreams.

"o_O"

Kento sat up, rubbing his head. "Ow, remind me not to get her mad again." He looked up. "Hey Tira, nice to see you're back to your old self. How's your nose?"

"^^ My nose? Oh, how'd these tissue get in there?"

"--;;;;" Yup, that's how they reacted, wouldn't you?

Hikara came out of her own stupor, and watched her friends as she moved to join them. Movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention. She glanced up to the tree. There was someone moving down the trunk, a small, and dark someone, or something.

The form dropped from the branches, placing a katana to Okami's neck.

Large brown eyes peered down from a small face. The jaw was set.

Sage twitched. "Demon."

The other four backed away. "Demon?"

"Demon."

"Demon?"

"Demon."

"Yeah, demon," the shorter creature growled.

"Hiei, we don't know for sure. We have to make sure. Even Koenma can make mistakes." a soft, feminine voice said. The demon called Hiei loosened his grip, but not by much.

Okami had been stunned, now managed to turn around and look at her assailant. She blinked, once again stunned.

"You're a demon too!!!" Sage screamed. The redhead turned to Sage in surprise.

"Nani?"

"Armor of Halo!!"

Kurama waved his hands defensively. "Wait, wait! We just want to know if she is really the one we're looking for."

"What are you looking for?" he snapped, swinging his no dachi.

A young girl riding an oar floated down between the redhead and Sage, pulling out what looked like a pen.

"How many of you are there?!"

"Akuma!" two voices cried from inside the school.

Everyone turned, sans Okami who was busy staring at the aforementioned pen, not like she could hear them or anything, also sans Sage.

Hikara turned to Kento. "We need to leave now, the Kaitou are coming."

"Kaitou, you mean Kai... two. You mean there are more of you?"

"--;; I'll explain later, long story. Right now we better skeedaddle." Kento nodded in agreement.

"How is that going to prove anything?" Sage demanded of the new 'demon.'

"Well," Botan was interrupted by a new voice.

"Dispatched by Kami-sama, Kaitou Jeanne now appears." A blonde dropped into the schoolyard, followed by a small, green-haired angel.

The angel screeched, clutching her head. "Akuma! There's so many!"

Hikara flinched. "D'oh! They've founded out!" (No, we don't care about grammar)

The blonde blinked. "Anou... which should I seal? What should I seal?"

The angel began looking about, question marks flashing around her head.

"Wakarimasen," the angel finally admitted.

The blonde gave a choked sound. "What do you mean 'you don't know?'"

"Just what Finn said, Finn doesn't know." The angel replied. Finally she focused on something. "The pen!"

"So, sealing that will get rid of all these demons?" Finn just scratched her head.

"If she believed that, I would sell her the Brooklyn Bridge for 100 yen," Hikara muttered.

"100 yen?" Kento asked, glancing at his newest companion. "Dude, she'd be getting off cheap."

Hikara facevaulted.

"Elizabsho," a voice hissed.

Hikara looked over to the bushes. "Windy?"

"What's going on! Why are all these akuma here? Nmou! It's giving me a headache." Wind Chaser clutched her head.

Hikara grinned. "Yeah, well if you don't give me my kaitou powers, like, now, I will give you a bigger headache when we get home."

O.o "Elizabesho, you would really do such a thing?"

Hikara appeared behind the tenshi, fires flaming behind her and reflecting in her eyes. "Yeah, we'll find out just how tasty tenshi really is." She whipped out a knife and fork. "WOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!!"

"KYAAAAAAAA! Kowai! Kowai yo!"

The tenshi transmitted the power of Elizabeth to Hikara's rosario.

"Omae! That's my Chekkumeito! Get away from it!"

Jeanne and Finn turned to the new voice. *poit poit*

"FINNNNNN!" Jeanne screeched.

"A-anou... Kyaaaaa! I didn't know about this one either Jeanne! I swear!"

Botan scratched her head. "Chekkumeito?" Suddenly her eyes widened. "Wait! We're not those demons! We're from the Reikai, and the Makai. You're after the ones from the Meikai!"

"You're an akuma all the same!" the two tenshi cried at the same time.

Botan twitched. "Urk."

"Chekkumeito!" another new voice cried. A black object flew towards the pen.

"Shindobado!" Jeanne snarled, summoning her own pin and throwing it. "Chekkumeito!"

The two pins sailed toward the pen, so quickly Botan didn't even have time to think to move it.

"KAAAAAAAAAAAK!" Botan screeched, waving her empty hands. Two pins stuck out from her forehead.

Elizabeth saw where they had gone, she readied her pin and froze.

"This is mine! You can't have it!"

"E? Nani? Nanda! Nani kore wa!"

Silver eyes glared out from underneath long golden bangs. Elizabeth glared back at the... the... the... the whatever the hell that thing was. Slim fingers curved around the golden figure of the dragon pen.

"If you touch this pen, I will rend you to shreds," the creature snarled in a strangely accented voice.

"That's her! That's the one Koenma sent you after!" Botan called.

Without a word Hiei leapt up, deadly intent in his brown eyes. He thrust the sword forward, aiming for the demon's heart. A hand came down on his arm, forcing it to turn. Another hand landed a blow to his sternum, sending him crashing into a tree. Elizabeth stood in front of the creature in a defensive pose.

"You must seal the akuma Elizabesho," Windy cried.

"Get out of my way, that demon has taken the girl's beautiful heart," Jeanne chimed in.

Hiei stood, ignoring the splinters in his back and retrieved his sword.

"You again! How often must you interfere in my chekkumeito?" Sinbad snarled. "And I will never forgive you for hurting Access like that!" The tri-bladed boomerang appeared in his hand, and he held it carefully so as not to cut himself.

"Now hold on here! I have no idea what the hell is going on, but I have a feeling that's my friend, Okami-chan. There is no way in hell I'm going to let you seal her."

O.o Jeanne and Sinbad were both taken aback at the language she used. Finn cast an accusatory glare at Wind Chaser, who blushed for the sake of her charge.

"Don't worry about me, deary." The creature-that-might-have-been-Okami flicked a golden ear and tail. "I'm going to retreat today anyways. None of you have anything that could possibly interest me.

"I don't think so, youro." Vines wrapped the creature. Silver eyes met golden.

"Release me, Kitsune."

The Ronins looked about, unsure about who to fight first. However, the one who had caught all this attention was the youro. Ryo made their decision, well, okay, that's not entirely true. It was Sage who made that decision when he charged the nearest demon. Although Ryo was the one who chose the youro, redirecting Sage from Hiei.

"Don't think that just because I know you guys means that I'm going to go easy on you!" Elizabeth cried, lashing out at Kento. He easily knocked her foot away, but was caught by the incoming fist that slammed into his cheek. As he went down, he wondered if she was still mad about the basketball. Kento rubbed his throbbing cheek. Probably.

"Like I said, don't worry about me." Darkness engulfed the creature, and the vines crystallized into ice, breaking off as she moved. She caught one of Rowen's arrows, flinging it at Yusuke who was readying his reigan. Distracted he threw the small blast at the arrow, destroying it.

"I still think it's the pen!" Finn cried. Sinbad glanced towards the tenshi, and tossed his bladed boomerang at the demon. Elizabeth neatly caught it in her hands. The youro laughed as she threw Cye over her shoulder, using his spear as a lever. Elizabeth flung the boomerang back to Sinbad, forcing him and Kuwabara to duck.

Hiei flew towards the youro once again, watching for the Kaitou. He slammed into the demon, throwing her to the ground. Caught by surprise, she didn't move for a second. That was all the time he needed, or so he thought. Elizabeth slammed into the fire demon, knocking him off the other.

"You protect the wolf?" Hiei asked softly.

"Well, yeah, as far as I know she's my friend," Elizabeth replied, going back into her defensive posture. The two clashed again.

The youro retreated from the battle. She loved fights, really she did, but there were too many here out to get her.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Eh? You're going to challenge me, little man?"

Sage grit his teeth, standing between the wolf and the darkness she sought. "What if I am?"

"You're a thousand years too early to take on ME..." the last came out as a shriek as she avoided the no dachi.

"Shut up and fight!" he snapped, launching himself at her. The wolf nimbly dodged his swings.

"You know, if you stop this, I may be willing to reward you in ways you couldn't possibly imagine." The wolf leapt clear, landing behind him. She grinned mischievously, winking and sliding the should strap of her toga off. Sage howled, striking out.

"Waaa! You just hit my favorite dragon belt! If you nicked it, I'm so going to kill you!" The bare naked youro shrieked, snatching up her yellow clothing. "But I'm going to go now, ja ne!" The wolf leapt into the forest, disappearing the moment she hit the shadows.

Silence slammed into the courtyard.

"Um, the reason we're fight just disappeared," Botan commented. "AND WOULD YOU CUT IT OUT HIEI! I KNOW IT'S YOU!"

"It's her fault too," the small demon grumbled.

"Is not, shorty!" the Kaitou shrieked, launching herself back at the small man-type-demon-thing.

Of course, she never paused to consider the mighty power of Ryo's forearm. Hence, she slammed into it face first. And he was armored. He had underestimated her jump. Oopsie.

"Hm. Well, I have no reason to be here then," Sinbad snorted, departing.

"Finn, what just happened?"

"Finn not sure."

"Well, um... it was... anou... you know, nice meeting you all." Jeanne paused. "Bye now!"

"You know, Botan, it would have been nice to have known what we were up against," Yusuke commented.

^_^ "Oh, didn't I tell you?"

Group: No.

"Oh. My bad. A demon wolf escaped from prison some years ago. We've been looking for her. It's no wonder we could never find her, she hid herself in that girl."

Kurama sighed. "What was her crime?"

"Oh, stealing a sacred statue from the shrine of Seiryu in China a thousand years ago."

[cue the facevaults]

"That long ago! Why the hell are you still after her! Forgive and forget, you know!" Yusuke bellowed.

Botan turned to the Ronins and the only Kaitou left. "Has there been a recent string of thievery of dragon-related items?"

They scratched their heads. "Um, not that we noticed. . ." Ryo said.

"Yeah, well, y'see, I just got robbed last night of a very precious dragon statue I had."

"So, why didn't you just call the police, duh?" Kento asked, rolling his eyes.

"Mhm, and just what are the cops going to do about a demon? I knew the moment I set my eyes on it what it was."

Ryo and Cye nodded their heads in agreement, Sage probably would have, but he was still spazzing about the demons present. At the moment, actually, he and Hiei were both twitch something fierce.

"Yeah, Ken, remember how well they did against the Dynasty," Ryo said. Abashed, Kento nodded.

"Oh hey, you were the guys sent against the Netherworld? You're gonna have to tell me about it sometime," Yusuke commented.

"Huh?"

"Oh, we make it our business to know that, they all wanted to help you, but Koenma wouldn't have it. He couldn't possibly break a promise to the Ancient One, Enma-daioh would like it. The Ancient One and Enma-daioh are very good friends from way back. And Enma-daioh promised never to interfere with the Ancient One's work," Botan chirped.

Elizabeth crossed her arms. "And this involves me," she pointed to herself, "how?"

"Oh, yes, Kami's chosen. Why are you after the youro?" Botan asked.

"Akuma!" a voice piped from the background.

"Well, yeah," Elizabeth turned slightly to the tenshi, "but she's my friend too. I mean, she's really fun to have around."

"Maybe I'll talk to Koenma about having her released, with you guys around I'm sure you'll be able to control her."


"NANI!!!! After all that trouble..." Yusuke snarled.

"You can just..." Kuwabara continued.

"ask him..." Kurama spat.

"TO FORGIVE HER!!!!" all three roared. Hm, let's see what Hiei has to say on the subject.

"... *twitch*" Okay, what's Hiei thinking now, then? She's faster than me, she's faster than me... --;; Never mind.

"Oh yeah, you're right, she has been punished for long enough."

All three facevault.

"You know, we're late for class, and there's still no Tira," Rowen mentioned.

"She'll be back, don't worry," Elizabeth said, dehenshining. (Oi, I do not henshin. That's what you think. :P) And so the groups returned to their classes, but were sent to the hall. The teacher refused to believe that they had to defeat Shabranigdo, and Catsy was too weak after using the Giga Slave to get to class on time. They couldn't figure out why it didn't work.

****

A golden form plopped onto the bed, fondling her collection.

Outside four people paused at the neighbor's door.

********CUE COMMERCIAL BREAK**********

Do you not have any friends? Or maybe your friends think you're a wimp? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to destroy an all-powerful demon or two? Well, with this nifty-thrifty insta-Giga Slave kit you can now make more friends and sc... impress the ones you already have.

Gourry: ;.; I never bother Lina anymore now that she has her own insta-Giga Slave kit.

Lina: ^^v Then I can have the Sword of Light, yes?

Gourry: Not on your nine lives, witch!

Lina: That's sorceress, pudding for brains, and if you offer me any again, I will... *evil glare* hurt... you.

Gourry: Oo

Lina: Now hand it over!

Gourry: grrrrrrrrr

*cue the catfight*

Zel: --;; I think that's it for this commercial break. and I memorized all those lines too, just for this. I swear if I don't get paid, somebody's gonna find out how effective my insta-Rah Tilt *plug plug* is.

Disclaimer: We will not be held responsible for the appearances of any demon lords, or Red Priests seeking vengeance.