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I put a question mark beside the name Weiss Kreuz on the list…let's hope that'll work out. I looked down the list at where I wanted to go next.
"Ah ha!! Fushigi Yugi should be relatively easy. They're all constellation warriors."
I checked off the name and jumped through the door. I landed in a grassy field where the seven constellations were enjoying a tasty looking lunch.
"Um…Hey Everybody."
I immediately got a shocked look from everyone and felt like I was taking a test in class while being completely naked!!!
"He he…yeah, so I need to talk to you, you , you, and you."
After saying this, I realized that there was no way in hell I could separate them that easily. I never thought about the other characters we weren't bringing.
I felt a light breeze by my ear.
"Hey Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnn….."
I turned around to see Kevy smiling quite smugly. I took a step back in surprise.
"….you know that we ARE running out of TIME, RIGHT!?!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know Kevy, but I'm having a little trouble separating them."
"Well, I guess the handsome and talented Kevy could give you a hand." He cracked his knuckles and stretched his arms a bit. He held out his hand and a bottle materialized in it.
"I carry around forgetful powder whenever I can. In this business, it proves useful."
He flew above the group and dumped it all over them. He grabbed Nuriko and Tasuki and motioned for me to do the same. I ran over and grabbed Tamahome's hand.
"Hey…uh…who are you? Wait, who am I? What are you-"
"TAMAHOME!!!! I'm trying to save your life, so can you PLEASE give me a break!!!!"
"Oh! Okay…thanks!"
I pulled Tamahome along and grabbed at Hotohori's shirt.
"Hey, what-"
"Just shut up and run!!!!"
Kevy went through the door with Tasuki and Nuriko and I was right behind him with Tamahome and Hotohori. I passed through the door and the four guys disappeared.
"Kevy, where did they go?"
"Well, after they pass through this door, I put them in suspended animation, and they stay there until we collect everyone."
"Wow, you're a life saver Kevy-Baby!"
"…(sigh)…okay, I'll be going now, later."
"Well, where am I off to next…hmm, Amanda still hasn't checked anything off yet. She must be having some trouble in Gundam Bunny world. Maybe Kevy will help her. I think I'll go to the Card Captor Sakura universe next"
I checked off the next, then tripped through the door….
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Not ten minutes later I found myself slipping on a borrowed fencer's mask. I faced Wufei and waited. Quatre stepped up. "Fencers, ready?" Concentrate…He'll get emotional….Use that…
"Yes"
"Yes"
"Allez! Fence!"
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(Writers note: After writing this, several people commented on the length of the duel, so I have a compromise. If the idea of a sword fight bores you, you can skim to the next set of star thingies. If you are interested in finding out a little more about Kevy's character and like sword fights, then read on!)
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Kevy stretched his wings. He was getting antsy. I hope she knows what she's doing…A lot rides on this…He tried to remember what he could about fencing…The results were not good…All he could remember were the funny costumes, and that watching it was about as much fun as watching grass grow…. Something he had done on several occasions. Oh well…He could hear Trowa whispering, and figured that he was describing what was going on. Kevy moved closer to hear him.
"……the initial attack misses…passé……then the counterattack lands before the final replacement of the point. The touch is right…. Score, three to one!…"
Three to one? But who was winning?
" I don't understand. How can Wufei be loosing? He's the World Champion. He could beat any one of us- how can she be that good? She's a head shorter than him! She hasn't got any reach. How-"
"Shhhhhh."
"Allez! Fence!"
"Look." Trowa pointed to the pair. "She's compensating for her shorter reach. Watch, she hangs back at the edge of Wufei's range, and way too far to launch an attack of her own…Look, she'll bait him into attacking…Like that…Sometimes she'll just step away…but watch."
Kevy looked closer…Amanda dodged the oncoming attack and stepped in close to Wufei. He tried to reverse and bring his point around again but she followed him and…
"Halt! The initial attack falls. On the recovery, the counterattack lands! Touch is right! Score, four to one!" Quatre sounded as impartial as ever.
I wonder who he's cheering for?
"Look! She's so small her target area is almost nonexistent…And that footwork she's using…" Trowa sounds impressed…I wonder if I should tell her after…Nah…
"I knew I've seen that kind of footwork before…Somehow she's managed to transfer martial arts movements into her fencing…no wonder she's winning."
Wufei managed to score two touches in a row, but Kevy couldn't help but wonder if she had let him. Sudden movement caught his eye. "….fléche attack- that's her first offensive move! She caught him!"
"Halt! The attack carries! Touch is right! Five to three! Bout to Amanda."
She did it!…I knew she could. Kevy watched them both take off their masks and shake hands.
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(Writers note: TRANSLATION: I won. This scene was largely borrowed from Robert Aspirin's novel, Pheuls Company. Kudos to Asprin. He's a great writer, check him out….On to more fanfic!!!)
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I did it! I can finally get them out of here! I shook Wufei's hand. "Thank you."
"Why are you thanking me? I've been nothing but rude to you. I accepted your challenge because I believed I would crush you. Surely you realize this."
"Yes. But I was worried that you wouldn't accept my challenge. I don't mind people being rude, I'm used to it. I'm thanking you because it's very rare for me to find another fencer with as much talent as you."
Wufei turned and headed to the change rooms. I decided to follow suit. I turned and crashed into Kevy.
"Wow! Sorry Amanda. That was great! You won! Now we can get them out of here! I knew you could do it."
"I'm glad you did, because I sure didn't."
"What!!!"
That battle could have gone either way. He was very good. Amazing actually. I have to go change, I'll be back."
"She didn't know she was going to win???"
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We were back in the study, and about to leave.
"Kevy, would you like to do the honors?" I bowed elegantly towards the space we had decided to open the door in.
"Why certainly." He bowed to me, spreading his wings out behind him. I could have sworn I heard Duo mutter something about Shinigami, but decided I was just imagining things.
Kevy walked towards the space and the door appeared. He opened it and motioned towards me. "Ladies first"
I walked boldly towards the door, and slammed into an invisible barrier. I bounced off, and landed on my tailbone. Hard.
I looked up to see Kevy laughing. I glared at him as Duo helped me up. "NOW WHAT?!"
"You still have people to collect, don't you?" Anything else he might have said was cut off by his laughter.
"Yes, I've got four girls to get…I'm getting them when I get to that part of the list…Why?…..oh no…..You're not saying I've got to do them all at once, are you?" Kevy could only nod…
"Damn it!"
"Well, tell me who these four are, and what their relationship to these five might be, and maybe the witty, intelligent, talented, practically perfect in every way, Kevy will give you a hand."
"Fine! There's Noin, she's a friend who's helped them out more than once, Hilde, Duo's girlfriend." I watched Duo's face turn a lovely shade of maroon…"Lady Une and Marie Maia. Both of them tried to kill the pilots but had a change of heart, or personality, and saved them, in some form or another…"
"Good enough…Keep in mind that I can only do this once." He lifted his hands in the air.
"Do WHAT?!"
"This!" A slight breeze floated across the room and Noin, Une, Hilde and Maria Maia stood in front of the doorway. Kevy smiled "Ladies, if you'd just step through this doorway, I'd be glad to explain everything." The new arrivals nodded mechanically and stepped through the door. I turned to Kevy. " I appreciate you doing this, but WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM!? They'd NEVER act like that normally!"
"Don't worry, I gave them a dusting of forget powder, they'll be back to normal in a few minutes, I barely had any left…Jen's group used a lot…"
"Jen's group?….Forget it, I don't want to know."
"Amanda?" Kevy sounded odd.
"Yes?"
"Help!" He fell over, but I caught before he hit the ground. Man…He's light..
"I used too much power in this dimension. As soon as I get to the corridor, I'll be fine." Quatre walked over and put Kevy's arm over his shoulder then walked through the doorway. Trowa followed, then Duo. Heero walked up to the door, turned and looked at Wufei as if to say something, turned back, and he too was gone. Wufei walked towards me, not the door. "There's just one thing I want to know."
"What?" I was genuinely surprised.
" If you had that much talent with martial arts and fencing, why did you let me keep that blade at your throat? Someone with your talent could've reversed that easily."
"It was simple." I guided him towards the door/portal. "I doubted any of you would've even listened to me if I had a blade at one of your throats."
"Damn you…you woman."
"Thank you" I had to smile.
He stepped through the doorway.
Do you think you can teach me to fence like that?
"Of course"
I stepped forward and let the dimensions swallow me.
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I ended up in the Hall of Dimensions once again, and noticed that no one else but Kevy was there.
"Kevy, where…? I looked around. No, they were no where to be seen.
"Oh, them. I put them in stasis until you've collected everyone. It just makes things easier." Well at least he was back to his usual, cocky self.
"Ok…..Thanks." I headed for the list…."…..ummmmmmmm Kevy? Could you let Jen know that she's got to collect everyone at the same time? Since you didn't bother to inform us of this beforehand?"
"Well I thought you would know, it's common sense."
"Maybe for someone who's used to dimension travelling, but WE'RE NOT!"
"Ok, Ok, I'll go see her right now." He passed through the doorway.
I looked at the list….Hmmm… I need something easy and quick to do…..No…. Damn, Jen's at the Card Captor Sakura world….Oh well…I know, I'll go to the Digimon world…During the second season…Heheheheh. I'm going to see Cody, and Matt, and Ken. Ooh… Ken." I checked off Digimon and skipped towards the door. "Digimon, digital monsters, Digimon are the champions…. Heheheheh!"
"Here I come!"
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I looked up from the pavement.
"Ooooooooowwwwwwww! Why do these things always happen to me…oh…OH MY GOD, I'm BLEEDING!!!!"
I got up and found a small pool of blood in place of my head. This was simply not good. I looked over to my left and saw a house that looked like Sakura's.
"Okay, this better be it ,or I QUIT!!!"
I picked myself up and tried to wipe away some of the blood on my forehead with my shirt.
"Oww…this really stings. I hope it's not serious."
I tried to walk to the door, but I kept on swaying from side to side. I was just about to ring the doorbell, when the door opened. Touya had a horrified look on his face and grabbed me when I lost my balance.
"What the…hey, are you okay?"
"I-I need to talk to you and Sakura. It's…very…important."
"Well maybe you should sit down first. And I'll get some cloths to clean your head."
"Oh I don't need-"
"SAKURA!!!"
He helped my onto the couch and laid my head back. I had such a pounding headache. Sakura came running downstairs and was about to yell at Touya when she saw me.
"AH! What happened? Are you okay?!?"
I gave her a smile and extended my hand.
"Hey Sakura. My name is Jennifer."
She gave me a weird look, but I guess she decided I was okay because she shook my hand.
"How do you know my name's Sakura?"
Touya interrupted us by putting a bowl of water and some towels on the coffee table, and sitting down next to me. He started to wipe my forehead with a damp towel.
"It doesn't look too bad, but I'm no doctor. Maybe we should bring you to the hospital."
"No, no, no. I'm sure I'm fine. There are much more important things to do and discuss."
"Are you sure…I mean it's no trouble."
"Naw, it's okay . And thank you so much for what you've done for me already. You guys are so sweet."
Sakura came and sat in front of me on the floor.
"So, what happened Jenn?"
"Well…I kinda tripped…from…a high place, and…landed on the ground, hitting my head."
Touya soaked the cloth in the water, it turned red.
"Jennifer, your shirt is all dirty, maybe you could borrow one from Touya."
I looked at Touya…he's way better in person. If I wasn't in so much pain, I'd be squealing and jumping up and down. I never thought I'd get the chance to meet Touya, let alone having him take care of me!
"Can you stand up all right?"
"Yeah, Touya, I'm okay."
"Good. Come upstairs with me and I'll find you a shirt. Squirt, can you go get Jennifer some cold juice or water?"
"Okay! I hope you feel better, Jennifer."
"Aw, thanks Sakura. And please, call me Jenn."
Sakura ran off into the kitchen and Touya and I headed upstairs. He opened the door to his bedroom and motioned for me to go in. Eeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm actually in his room! This is so cool! I don't care if I sound like an air head, I'm just REALLY HAPPY!!!!!!
" The shirts will probably be too big for you, but I'll do my best to find one you'll like."
"Thank you so much, Touya. You and Sakura are being so nice to me, I don't know how to thank you."
"You needed our help, it's no big deal."
I looked around the room. It was pretty messy, but I was lucky that it didn't smell. His clothes were thrown everywhere, and his bed was a mess. Yup, he's a guy all right. Just sticking out of his sheets was a pair of boxers. My face turned bright red. He-he-he-he-he-HA!!! Oh no, I'm going all giggly and stupid. STOP IT JENN!!! STOP IT, YOU HUSSY!!!!! You're not a stupid, boy-crazy air head. Snap out of it!!!
Touya held a shirt in his hand and was currently looking at the color of my face.
"What are you blushing at?"
"Uh…um…I'm just so….embarrassed….uh….for making you…lend…me….your shirt! That's all!!! Ha-ha…ha (sweat drop)."
"It's no bother, don't worry about it. Here, try this on."
He left the room and closed the door behind him. I don't know why, but I had the sudden urge to rummage through his room. I looked at the pictures of him and Yukito lying around his desk. All right! I forgot that I get to see Yuki later too…And LEE!!!!!!! Okay, okay. I should stop wasting time and get changed.
The T-shirt was black with a tribal symbol on the right sleeve. It looked really big, but I'd only be wearing it until I get something else. I took off my blood covered shirt and was about to pull on the new one when I heard an "AH!" behind me. I turned around to see Kevy standing in front of the door.
"AH! What are you doing!?! Put your clothes back on!"
I was so surprised I dropped the shirt.
"OH MY GOD!!!! Kevy WHAT are you doing here!?!"
"And what are YOU doing, huh? You know you don't have a lot of time, and you're fooling around like-"
"WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING BY 'FOOLING AROUND'?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"NOTHING!!!!!! I'm just saying you shouldn't be sidetracking right now! Okay? I'm just here to let you know that you have to collect all the characters at the same time for each world. If you don't, you can't leave. Amanda found out the hard way and sent me to tell you."
I picked up the shirt and slipped it on.
"You could have knocked you know!"
"I'm sorry, when I materialize into a new dimension, I don't really have a door to KNOCK ON!!!!"
I glared at him. He glared back at me. Then Touya walked in.
"…"
"Uh…hey…Touya. I guess I should explain. This is Kevy, and…uh… let's talk downstairs."
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