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This is a work of fanfiction and is not to be taken literally.
------Introduction------
Crystal, by nature, is a rather even-tempered character. That is to say that Shiva isn't around causing problems for her, such as eating all the food in her apartment and following her around for no apparent reason. There is also the massive amount of property damage that Lip causes when he happens to be in the area to pick a fight with someone, usually one of Crystal's friends. Add enough provoking and enough of the right senario and you can get a very pissed off Crystal Mizuka.
It is also highly recommended that no one ever get Crystal enraged to the extent, unless you don't mind being on the recieving end of a dragon's claws, teeth and tail. When Crystal gets really angry, due to an event from her past, she turns into a very pissed off dragon that is simply bent on destruction until its anger is relieved or it is rendered unconscious by an outside source. It is also noted that when this happens, Crystal cannot control herself and in the most correct of terms becomes extremely dangerous while in dragon form.
------Crystal's Rage! Nature of the Dragon------
It was a normal enough day in Nerima, well about as normal as it gets when you've been stuck in the same anime universe that I had been for the last several weeks. As far as anyone knew, the two combatants from the beach were long since gone and wouldn't be back to cause trouble any time soon. The sky was blue and everything seemed peaceful. Being as this was in an anime universe, that could never last long.
Crystal was making an attempt at fixing the door that she had destroyed when she hurled the refridgerator at Shiva. So far the only thing she had managed to do was make the pieces smaller and harder to locate. When I noticed how frustrated Crystal was getting, I did the smartest thing I could think of and decided to go for a walk in the park before she decided to overload her patience.
After having been walking for a while, I stopped off by the park fountain and decided to lay down on a bench. I was looking up at the sky, mostly to see if I could figure out what any of the clouds looked like. Something that definately was not a cloud, and certainly did not appear to be a bird of any kind, appeared to be flying right towards me. As it got closer I realized that it was a person. This person was wearing black pants and a red shirt. This person was in fact, Ranma Saotome.
I continued watching in fasination, not really comprehending at that time that I might actually be in some sort of danger. Ranma landed in the fountain with a rather large splash, causing some water to land on me. Ranma surfaced in the fountain and had been turned female yet again.
I sat up on the bench, "Who was it this time?"
"I am going to get that Ryoga," muttered Ranma, not exactly paying attention.
I got the message that this somehow involved Ranma getting sent flying through the air by Akane because he had been picking on P-chan again. I started ringing out my shirt, which at this time was simply a navy-blue t- shirt. That was about when a rather large power spike made itself known. I flinched with recognition I didn't realize I previously had.
"What the heck was that?!" shouted Ranma finally returning from her incoherent thoughts of revenge on Ryoga.
I sighed, "I don't think you want to know."
*~*~*~*~*
[Larry POV]
It had been during this same time that Crystal had given up on fixing the door. She had gone up to the roof level of the apartment complex to clear her head and try to relax. It did not help that Shiva suddenly landed on the roof next to her grinning like the maniac that he at that moment he actually was. Crystal was definately in no mood for this, but that would never be able to stop Shiva.
"What brings you back to Nerima?" asked Crystal trying to contain her building rage.
Shiva's grinned stretched further, "I thought I'd stay at your apartment a while longer. Maybe we could even get a good sparring match in one of these days."
"In your dreams," replied Crystal with a low growl in the back of her voice. At this point she was glaring daggers at Shiva.
Shiva's grin managed to stretch to proportions they could only reach in a world that based its physics on anime. Then in a blur of motion he did something he knew would piss Crystal off, he snuck up behind her and poked her in the ribcage.
Instead of the usual scream of surprise that Crystal usually went into when poked, snuck up on, or in this case both, she let out a growl. It was the sort of growl you might hear from a large angry will animal that is about to attack you in the middle of a nature hike, only it was much more distinct and sounded very reptilian. You could very easily see the flames that had appeared in her eyes.
Suddenly Crystal seemed to vanish into space-time itself as she was replaced by a dragon. This dragon had a humanoid shape and happened to stand on two taloned-legs. Each leg ended in a semi-large three-toed clawed foot with an extra little spike in the back and another spike curving out from the knee. The dragon's arms were very human-like indeed, but ended in hands that had only four fingers, all of which ended in a razor sharp claw. There was also the small matter of the additional spikes that curved out from the dragon's elbows. The dragon had a tail of reasonable length and wings protruding from its shoulder blades. The dragon was also covered in dark blue scales and its eyes shined an emerald green color. This dragon radiated a large amount of energy.
The dragon smacked Shiva back several meters through the air with a forceful swipe of its tail. Shive recovered quickly and flew right back at the dragon with his maniacal grin still plastered on his face.
The dragon spun and faced him abruptly and released a blast of red flame from its mouth at the approaching lunatic. Shiva easily avoided the flames, but as he got closer he was on the recieving end of a dragon's fist to the jaw. This dislocated his jaw, but he fixed it easily with a terrible cracking noise.
Shiva landed a kick to the dragon's torso, which did actually cause the beast the flinch. With Shiva at such close range however, the dragon recovered quickly and spit another blast of red flame at its potential target. The two flying warriors were heading in the general direction of Nerima District Park.
*~*~*~*~*
[My POV]
"What do you mean Crystal turns into a dragon when she gets mad?!" asked the still female Ranma.
I sighed, "I mean just that. You push Crystal's buttons and she turns into a pissed off and very violent dragon."
Ranma frowned, "I would have never placed Crystal had having that kind of temper."
"Well she really doesn't anger easily," I admitted.
Ranma nodded, "So there must have been some kind of trigger."
By now the two forms were visible in the sky. One of them was the blue dragon and the other was Shiva.
I pointed at Shiva, "Well there's your trigger. She was already frustrated with him and he must have sent her over the edge somehow."
"Isn't that the food bandit?" asked Ranma.
I sweatdropped and thought to myself ~Even in the world of anime Shiva has his reputation.~ I then replied, "That would be him alright."
At this point Shiva's shirt was severely torn and there were deep slash marks all over his torso and arms. Basically Shiva was a bloody mess, but that wasn't stopping him from enjoying his little 'sparring match'. The dragon's claws had become stained red with his blood and it was still coming for him.
"Uh...she wouldn't kill him, right?" asked Ranma.
I frowned, "Damn...she's really out of control. I've got to stop her!"
I left the park and went to the tallest building I could find nearby. I took off up the fire escape, trying to get as high above the ground as possible.
[Larry POV]
"They're both so nuts you'd almost think they were the same person..." commented Ranma after the retreating form of Rachel.
*~*~*~*~*
Shiva noticed the form of Rachel on a nearby rooftop. A thought went through his mind ~Only she is crazy enough to pull this kind of stunt.~ He then noticed something else that was much more dangerous, the dragon had noticed Rachel. He decided to take this time to heal himself so as to make the 'sparring match' last longer.
[My POV]
A wave of panic settled over me as I took in what was happening to me. First I saw the dragon flying right towards me with fire in its eyes. The next thing I saw was it breathing a blast of flame at me and I heard myself shout, "Crystal you need to snap out of this now!" Then the flames surrounded me and I instintively covered my face with my arms.
There was no pain or burning sensation. In fact, I was totally unharmed.
[Larry POV]
Shiva went into a dive for the dragon and grabbed it by its tail. The dragon began thrashing about madly, trying to strike Shiva with its clawed feet, but it couldn't reach. Shiva began spinning around rapidly in the air, much like how Mario deals with Bowser in Super Mario 64. To make the scene even more like a video game, Shiva released the dragon's tail and it went smashing down into the very rooftop that Rachel was standing on.
[My POV]
I was still shocked from the fact that I had just taken a dragon's flame attack and been totally unharmed. I snapped out of it as the same dragon came crashing down on the rooftop, creating a large hole in it. The dragon pushed itself back to its feet and gave Shiva a glare that only a dragon could give. Then the dragon was flying at Shiva again.
The assault never connected. The next thing I saw was the unconscious form of Crystal crashing down onto the roof again, landing in the exact same hole she had made when she had crashed while she was a dragon.
Flying neatly above where the dragon had been, was Lip with a large steel mallet in his hands. Obviously he had used that to knock out the dragon, thus making it become Crystal again. He spun around and faced Shiva with an annoying smirk on his face.
Shiva actually glared at him, "Hey! We were sparring!" By this time he had managed to fully heal himself, although his clothes were still torn and bloody.
"You call that sparring?" questioned Lip.
I watched as this suddenly turned into a cartoon dustcloud fight in the sky. It was at that same time that Ranma finally decided to show up and view the insanity on the rooftop. Apparently it had taken him so long because he had insisted on finding hot water first.
"I suppose we should wait until they all knock themselves out before we drag them off to see Doctor Tofu," suggested Ranma.
I sighed, "That could take a while.
Just then the unconscious forms of both Shiva and Lip crashed near Crystal. They had been going all-out from the start that time. Ranma and I both sweatdropped.
*~*~*~*~*
Crystal was in a hospital type bed at Doctor Tofu's place. I was casually sitting in a chair next to the bed eating a bowl of ice cream. Shiva was in the room next door and was already recovering rapidly. Ranma couldn't seem figure out how the heck I could be eating ice cream at a time like this.
Doctor Tofu came in with the report, "Well Crystal seems to be suffering from extreme exhaustion and I don't think anyone could explain the types of injuries that Shiva and Lip have sustained. Aside from multiple broken bones, bruises and obvious cuts, neither one of them is actually in serious condition."
"I wouldn't even bother trying," I stated.
Ranma added, "Crystal isn't exactly in normal shape either. She did sorta turn into a dragon while she was fighting out there."
I thought about that, "I suppose you're right about that. Either way, she is still my cousin."
"Exactly how did you survive that flame attack that Crystal used on you anyway?" asked Ranma.
I shrugged, "Who knows."
*~*~*~*~*
Eventually I was the only one in the room besides Crystal. I was still eating my ice cream quietly. It was hard to believe that I had actually been the one that designed that character trait of Crystal becoming a dragon when she got mad. Now I had experienced exactly how dangerous I had made my character.
There was an odd hum and suddenly Washu was standing in the room.
"I thought I might find you here," stated Washu.
I shrugged, "You must have traced the energy disturbance Crystal caused when she transformed into a dragon."
Washu seemed to consider that, but instead asked, "Are you aware of why Crystal was unable to harm you with her flame?"
"I have no idea," I answered. "Why?"
Washu sighed in frustration. She seemed to depict the emotion I generally felt when I was ignored and thought I'd be better off talking to a cardboard box. Washu continued, "Well the fact of the matter is that since you two are in fact one and the same, you cannot hurt each other."
"Is that all?" I asked.
Washu sighed again, "Yes."
With that she vanished back to her land. It took me a few minutes longer to comprehend the information I had just been given. I was actually starting to believe the fact that Crystal and I could be the same person, but the fact of the matter was that I do not turn into a dragon. I went back to eating my ice cream.
"This information might just come in handy," I said to myself.
*~*~*~*~*
To Be Continued...
------Introduction------
Crystal, by nature, is a rather even-tempered character. That is to say that Shiva isn't around causing problems for her, such as eating all the food in her apartment and following her around for no apparent reason. There is also the massive amount of property damage that Lip causes when he happens to be in the area to pick a fight with someone, usually one of Crystal's friends. Add enough provoking and enough of the right senario and you can get a very pissed off Crystal Mizuka.
It is also highly recommended that no one ever get Crystal enraged to the extent, unless you don't mind being on the recieving end of a dragon's claws, teeth and tail. When Crystal gets really angry, due to an event from her past, she turns into a very pissed off dragon that is simply bent on destruction until its anger is relieved or it is rendered unconscious by an outside source. It is also noted that when this happens, Crystal cannot control herself and in the most correct of terms becomes extremely dangerous while in dragon form.
------Crystal's Rage! Nature of the Dragon------
It was a normal enough day in Nerima, well about as normal as it gets when you've been stuck in the same anime universe that I had been for the last several weeks. As far as anyone knew, the two combatants from the beach were long since gone and wouldn't be back to cause trouble any time soon. The sky was blue and everything seemed peaceful. Being as this was in an anime universe, that could never last long.
Crystal was making an attempt at fixing the door that she had destroyed when she hurled the refridgerator at Shiva. So far the only thing she had managed to do was make the pieces smaller and harder to locate. When I noticed how frustrated Crystal was getting, I did the smartest thing I could think of and decided to go for a walk in the park before she decided to overload her patience.
After having been walking for a while, I stopped off by the park fountain and decided to lay down on a bench. I was looking up at the sky, mostly to see if I could figure out what any of the clouds looked like. Something that definately was not a cloud, and certainly did not appear to be a bird of any kind, appeared to be flying right towards me. As it got closer I realized that it was a person. This person was wearing black pants and a red shirt. This person was in fact, Ranma Saotome.
I continued watching in fasination, not really comprehending at that time that I might actually be in some sort of danger. Ranma landed in the fountain with a rather large splash, causing some water to land on me. Ranma surfaced in the fountain and had been turned female yet again.
I sat up on the bench, "Who was it this time?"
"I am going to get that Ryoga," muttered Ranma, not exactly paying attention.
I got the message that this somehow involved Ranma getting sent flying through the air by Akane because he had been picking on P-chan again. I started ringing out my shirt, which at this time was simply a navy-blue t- shirt. That was about when a rather large power spike made itself known. I flinched with recognition I didn't realize I previously had.
"What the heck was that?!" shouted Ranma finally returning from her incoherent thoughts of revenge on Ryoga.
I sighed, "I don't think you want to know."
*~*~*~*~*
[Larry POV]
It had been during this same time that Crystal had given up on fixing the door. She had gone up to the roof level of the apartment complex to clear her head and try to relax. It did not help that Shiva suddenly landed on the roof next to her grinning like the maniac that he at that moment he actually was. Crystal was definately in no mood for this, but that would never be able to stop Shiva.
"What brings you back to Nerima?" asked Crystal trying to contain her building rage.
Shiva's grinned stretched further, "I thought I'd stay at your apartment a while longer. Maybe we could even get a good sparring match in one of these days."
"In your dreams," replied Crystal with a low growl in the back of her voice. At this point she was glaring daggers at Shiva.
Shiva's grin managed to stretch to proportions they could only reach in a world that based its physics on anime. Then in a blur of motion he did something he knew would piss Crystal off, he snuck up behind her and poked her in the ribcage.
Instead of the usual scream of surprise that Crystal usually went into when poked, snuck up on, or in this case both, she let out a growl. It was the sort of growl you might hear from a large angry will animal that is about to attack you in the middle of a nature hike, only it was much more distinct and sounded very reptilian. You could very easily see the flames that had appeared in her eyes.
Suddenly Crystal seemed to vanish into space-time itself as she was replaced by a dragon. This dragon had a humanoid shape and happened to stand on two taloned-legs. Each leg ended in a semi-large three-toed clawed foot with an extra little spike in the back and another spike curving out from the knee. The dragon's arms were very human-like indeed, but ended in hands that had only four fingers, all of which ended in a razor sharp claw. There was also the small matter of the additional spikes that curved out from the dragon's elbows. The dragon had a tail of reasonable length and wings protruding from its shoulder blades. The dragon was also covered in dark blue scales and its eyes shined an emerald green color. This dragon radiated a large amount of energy.
The dragon smacked Shiva back several meters through the air with a forceful swipe of its tail. Shive recovered quickly and flew right back at the dragon with his maniacal grin still plastered on his face.
The dragon spun and faced him abruptly and released a blast of red flame from its mouth at the approaching lunatic. Shiva easily avoided the flames, but as he got closer he was on the recieving end of a dragon's fist to the jaw. This dislocated his jaw, but he fixed it easily with a terrible cracking noise.
Shiva landed a kick to the dragon's torso, which did actually cause the beast the flinch. With Shiva at such close range however, the dragon recovered quickly and spit another blast of red flame at its potential target. The two flying warriors were heading in the general direction of Nerima District Park.
*~*~*~*~*
[My POV]
"What do you mean Crystal turns into a dragon when she gets mad?!" asked the still female Ranma.
I sighed, "I mean just that. You push Crystal's buttons and she turns into a pissed off and very violent dragon."
Ranma frowned, "I would have never placed Crystal had having that kind of temper."
"Well she really doesn't anger easily," I admitted.
Ranma nodded, "So there must have been some kind of trigger."
By now the two forms were visible in the sky. One of them was the blue dragon and the other was Shiva.
I pointed at Shiva, "Well there's your trigger. She was already frustrated with him and he must have sent her over the edge somehow."
"Isn't that the food bandit?" asked Ranma.
I sweatdropped and thought to myself ~Even in the world of anime Shiva has his reputation.~ I then replied, "That would be him alright."
At this point Shiva's shirt was severely torn and there were deep slash marks all over his torso and arms. Basically Shiva was a bloody mess, but that wasn't stopping him from enjoying his little 'sparring match'. The dragon's claws had become stained red with his blood and it was still coming for him.
"Uh...she wouldn't kill him, right?" asked Ranma.
I frowned, "Damn...she's really out of control. I've got to stop her!"
I left the park and went to the tallest building I could find nearby. I took off up the fire escape, trying to get as high above the ground as possible.
[Larry POV]
"They're both so nuts you'd almost think they were the same person..." commented Ranma after the retreating form of Rachel.
*~*~*~*~*
Shiva noticed the form of Rachel on a nearby rooftop. A thought went through his mind ~Only she is crazy enough to pull this kind of stunt.~ He then noticed something else that was much more dangerous, the dragon had noticed Rachel. He decided to take this time to heal himself so as to make the 'sparring match' last longer.
[My POV]
A wave of panic settled over me as I took in what was happening to me. First I saw the dragon flying right towards me with fire in its eyes. The next thing I saw was it breathing a blast of flame at me and I heard myself shout, "Crystal you need to snap out of this now!" Then the flames surrounded me and I instintively covered my face with my arms.
There was no pain or burning sensation. In fact, I was totally unharmed.
[Larry POV]
Shiva went into a dive for the dragon and grabbed it by its tail. The dragon began thrashing about madly, trying to strike Shiva with its clawed feet, but it couldn't reach. Shiva began spinning around rapidly in the air, much like how Mario deals with Bowser in Super Mario 64. To make the scene even more like a video game, Shiva released the dragon's tail and it went smashing down into the very rooftop that Rachel was standing on.
[My POV]
I was still shocked from the fact that I had just taken a dragon's flame attack and been totally unharmed. I snapped out of it as the same dragon came crashing down on the rooftop, creating a large hole in it. The dragon pushed itself back to its feet and gave Shiva a glare that only a dragon could give. Then the dragon was flying at Shiva again.
The assault never connected. The next thing I saw was the unconscious form of Crystal crashing down onto the roof again, landing in the exact same hole she had made when she had crashed while she was a dragon.
Flying neatly above where the dragon had been, was Lip with a large steel mallet in his hands. Obviously he had used that to knock out the dragon, thus making it become Crystal again. He spun around and faced Shiva with an annoying smirk on his face.
Shiva actually glared at him, "Hey! We were sparring!" By this time he had managed to fully heal himself, although his clothes were still torn and bloody.
"You call that sparring?" questioned Lip.
I watched as this suddenly turned into a cartoon dustcloud fight in the sky. It was at that same time that Ranma finally decided to show up and view the insanity on the rooftop. Apparently it had taken him so long because he had insisted on finding hot water first.
"I suppose we should wait until they all knock themselves out before we drag them off to see Doctor Tofu," suggested Ranma.
I sighed, "That could take a while.
Just then the unconscious forms of both Shiva and Lip crashed near Crystal. They had been going all-out from the start that time. Ranma and I both sweatdropped.
*~*~*~*~*
Crystal was in a hospital type bed at Doctor Tofu's place. I was casually sitting in a chair next to the bed eating a bowl of ice cream. Shiva was in the room next door and was already recovering rapidly. Ranma couldn't seem figure out how the heck I could be eating ice cream at a time like this.
Doctor Tofu came in with the report, "Well Crystal seems to be suffering from extreme exhaustion and I don't think anyone could explain the types of injuries that Shiva and Lip have sustained. Aside from multiple broken bones, bruises and obvious cuts, neither one of them is actually in serious condition."
"I wouldn't even bother trying," I stated.
Ranma added, "Crystal isn't exactly in normal shape either. She did sorta turn into a dragon while she was fighting out there."
I thought about that, "I suppose you're right about that. Either way, she is still my cousin."
"Exactly how did you survive that flame attack that Crystal used on you anyway?" asked Ranma.
I shrugged, "Who knows."
*~*~*~*~*
Eventually I was the only one in the room besides Crystal. I was still eating my ice cream quietly. It was hard to believe that I had actually been the one that designed that character trait of Crystal becoming a dragon when she got mad. Now I had experienced exactly how dangerous I had made my character.
There was an odd hum and suddenly Washu was standing in the room.
"I thought I might find you here," stated Washu.
I shrugged, "You must have traced the energy disturbance Crystal caused when she transformed into a dragon."
Washu seemed to consider that, but instead asked, "Are you aware of why Crystal was unable to harm you with her flame?"
"I have no idea," I answered. "Why?"
Washu sighed in frustration. She seemed to depict the emotion I generally felt when I was ignored and thought I'd be better off talking to a cardboard box. Washu continued, "Well the fact of the matter is that since you two are in fact one and the same, you cannot hurt each other."
"Is that all?" I asked.
Washu sighed again, "Yes."
With that she vanished back to her land. It took me a few minutes longer to comprehend the information I had just been given. I was actually starting to believe the fact that Crystal and I could be the same person, but the fact of the matter was that I do not turn into a dragon. I went back to eating my ice cream.
"This information might just come in handy," I said to myself.
*~*~*~*~*
To Be Continued...