Konnichi wa minna-san! Let's see now, since it's summer, and I have a little more extra time on my hand, I'm going to make sure that chapters will come out at a more quicker pace. However, I'm in some trouble. But that's not really interesting to you guys at the moment, so let's get this fic to a start, ne?

Disclaimer: All characters of CCS are the property of CLAMP, not mine. So please don't sue me. This is only written for entertainment purposes, not for profit. You won't get any money anyway; since I only have six American dollars at the moment, and I'm not going to get any profit whatsoever for writing this.

-Psychic720

Acknowledgements: Again I must Thank Tomoyo-chan for her great help of revising this fic! If you haven't checked out her site, you should at www.videocaptortomoyo.com!

I also most thank every web-master/mistress who, although I quit for awhile, continue to post my fic. Thanks you so much!

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HUGE NOTE: I HAVE TROUBLE THINKING UP PERSONALITIES OF ERIOL, MIZUKI SENSEI, NAKURU/RUBY MOON, AND SUPPI/SPINEL. I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS COULD SEND ME SOME OF YOUR INSIGHT ON THESE CHARACTERS BY EMAILING ME AT psychic720@yahoo.com. I REALLY HATE IT WHEN I HAVE TO TAKE A RANDOM GUESS AT THEIR PERSONALITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATIVELY MUCH MORE DIFICULT TO DO THAN THE REST OF SAKURA AND CO. THUS THIS CHAPTER'LL BE PRETTY BAD. GOMEN, NE?

DOMO ARIGATO GOZIAMASHITA!

Ok, with all the formalities, done, let's go!

Li Syaoran's Story

Chapter 7

By: psychic720

Revised by: Tomoyo Ichijouji

Sakura gave Li a quick wave and left the boy behind. Li turned towards his locker placed his forehead on its cool metal surface. The boy unconsciously smacked his fist into the metal compartment in dismay. "Why do I have to start all over? Why is it so hard still even though this is a second time?" Syaoran beat the locker one more time, and headed back to class.

(A couple minutes later)

                Mizuki-sensei smiled at the class. She placed her role book down as she began her announcement. "In three weeks our class is going to Kyoto."

                "Hannya!" Sakura immediately chimed.

                "Kyoto was Japan's ancient capital, which means…" Tomoyo said thoughtfully, "…that, I can film Sakura-chan in the Ancient imperial palace!"

                "T…Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura stammered nervously.

                "Oh, I have more than half a dozen costumes, I want you to wear!" Tomoyo chimed with her eyes becoming starry.

                Sakura, like always, collapsed.

 (Lunch hour)

                Sakura strolled freely out of the classroom. "Another bad time in Math class."

                "I'm sure you'll get it," Tomoyo said. "You're Sakura-chan, after all, ne?  If you can capture and take card of the Sakura Cards, math problems shouldn't puzzle you for long."

                Li walked stiffly out, passing the girls. He stopped after he made a good distance, gave a good grunt to get their attention.

"I-I'll help you if you like…" he stammered.

                "Domo! Syaoran-kun," Sakura exclaimed happily. "That'll be very helpful. You're very nice!"

                Tomoyo chuckled "so desu, ne?" (He is, isn't he?)

                Li flinched. "No…not really." The boy turned into a tomato, looking away immediately.

                The girls smiled at the boy's instant reflex.

Mizuki-sensei came out. "Konnichiwa."

                Everyone there bowed his or her heads lightly to the teacher. "Konnichiwa, Mizuki-sensei."

                The teacher smiled at the group. But the smile slowly faded. The teacher's eyes darted left to right for a moment before returning to Sakura and her friends. "A few events have been happening lately, ne?"

                "Hai." Sakura replied. "There's been these people, and they've been trying to take the Sakura Cards and-"

                Mizuki's voice became solemn. "That's not true… At least that's not the major part of it."

                "Hoe?" Sakura looked at her teacher confusingly. "What's the major part?"

                Mizuki-sensei shook her head. "Eriol-kun had a book that Chang, San-Feng wrote listing a good number of magic groups."

                "So what's the major objective the group?" Tomoyo asked. "Why does it affect Sakura-chan?"

                "Eriol has a book written by Chang himself. It was Chang's Archive on Wudanng Mountain; he died before he wrote the vital information about the Realms." Mizuki said solemnly. The teacher brightened up. "But, I know you can deal with it, and it'll be fine.  You're Sakura-chan, ne?"

                "Demo… It's just so different now…" Sakura looked downwards twiddling her fingers. But the confidence returned and she soon brightened up. "But I suppose so… hai!"

                "There's sushi in the cafeteria." The teacher said. "Are you going to get some-?"

                "What? Sushi? Doko (where)? Man I shoulda been awake!" Rikou exclaimed running out of the classroom.

                "You were asleep?" Kaho Mizuki asked the boy.

                The boy turned. "Of course I waaaa~~~!" Rikou's voice trailed realizing that he said he had been asleep in this particular teacher's class, "-was not!"

                Sakura motioned to the boy. "Kore wa Daidouji, Rikou desu." (This is Rikou Daidouji.)

                "Hajimemashite," The teacher replied. (Nice to meet you)

                "Yeah, right, Hajimemashite," Rikou rolled his eyes. "Yeah I'm on top of things in that class, yep!"

                "So what was the topic in math today?" Li asked mockingly hoping to pull the boy's ego down, so that he wouldn't keep bugging in Li's business.

                "Let me think about that for a sec…" Rikou pondered for a slight second, until his mind jolted. "OH! There's Sushi, Jya ne!" The boy ran off.

                "Rikou-kun's just like that," Sakura grinned. "He hates being questioned."

                Mizuki-sensei laughed softly. "So desu ne… Oh why don't you come over today, Eriol-kun has some things that he would like to show you."

                Sakura's eyes lit up, "Where do you guys live now?"

                "We live in a house out on the perimeter of Tomoeda." Mizuki replied. "It's a really nice place, so please visit us often."

                "Sure!"

(Later that day)

                It was later that day, during the time period in which most schools usually have their school "clean up" session of the day. Kids were walking back and forth with brooms and mops, organizing the exterior and the interior of the campus

Sakura mopped the floor of the classroom. "So tired…"

                [Note: In Japan, schools don't have janitors, so they usually have students do it.]

                Tomoyo shifted her head. "Don't worry, Sakura-chan, the clean up time is only a few more minutes."

                "No, It's strange, I don't usually feel tired during this time." Sakura replied. "It's like something's shrouding my mind."

                "Are you going to be ok? Are you hurt or anything?" Tomoyo asked concerned.

                Sakura shook her head cheerfully giving a quick smile to reassure her friend. "No I'm ok, really, see?"

                Tomoyo tilted her head to look at something on the side of the other girl's neck. "What's that purplish spot?" Tomoyo commented. "Did you get hit or something?"

                "Hoe?" Sakura touched her neck. "Iie, I didn't hit anything. How'd that get there?"

                "Are you sure you're ok?" Tomoyo asked again.

                "Yes! Even if there was something wrong, we can get it fixed, ne?" Sakura chimed merrily.

Li glanced over his shoulder as he beat blackboard erasers near the window. His pulse beat faster, as the excess blood flushed in his face. He looked down to his erasers; they appeared clean so he walked over to the girls.

                "You know, I wonder how Eriol-kun is like, since we haven't seen him for awhile." Sakura said.

                "Are you going to go to his place after school?" Tomoyo asked.

                "Sure, it'll be like old times!"

                "I'm going too!" Li almost yelled next to them, he gave a slight cough, sweating as if the entire classroom was a living hell.

                "H…hai!" Sakura stammered at the sudden appearance of the boy.

                Rikou appeared from outside the classroom with a garbage can in his hand. "What type of school is this? They can't even afford a janitor, and I thought America was cheap Humph! Oh! Sakura-san, Li-san, Tomoyo-chan! What's up?"

                Sakura turned to the boy. "We're going to visit a friend after school."

                "A he?" Rikou glanced at Li noticing the clenched figure.

                "Hai, He's English." Sakura replied

                "So, a Brit?"

                "Yes, he's English." Sakura nodded.

                Rikou nodded slightly leaving the two girls behind slightly slouching. Li left the room soon after Rikou left, taking a small rag and began wiping the hallway window. At the corner of his eye, Li noticed there was a sharp bright light.

"What's that?" Li murmured staring towards the direction of the light, but it soon disappeared.

Rikou came over with a broom to prepare to sweep the floor up. "What're you staring at?"

"Nani mo…" Li murmured still transfixed by the window. (Nothing)

"Right…" Rikou rolled his eyes. "So how's this English guy like?"

"Why don't you just come and see for yourself?" Li asked.

"Can't, I've got business to deal with, not fun though," Rikou said, beginning to sweep dust down the hall. "You ever thought about dying?"

Li stared at the boy. "What?"

"Just a question, you ever thought about dying?"

Li thought that the boy was joking, but the friendly tone of voice had disappeared. A dark appearance shrouded onto Rikou as he unconsciously swept along. "No, why?"

"I have…" Rikou murmured. "And I don't like what I've seen…"

"What are you talking about?" Li stared at the boy who just seemed to be going on a random topic. "We still have at least forty more years before that."

"Yeah!" Rikou's seriousness disappeared and the don't-have-a-care-in-the-world personality returned. "I guess so, huh?"

Li looked after the boy as Rikou disappeared down the hallway. "He's impossible to understand."

(Later that Day, on a subway)

                Kero poked his head out of Sakura's backpack. "So Eriol Hiirigsawa's back."

                Sakura nodded her head. "He probably has something important to do." She stated.

                Kero thought for a while. "You're probably right, Clow never really did moving around from place to place a lot unless absolutely had to. If he's part of Clow's Reincarnation, then he probably does have something to do."

                "Do you think he knows anything about the Realms?" Tomoyo asked. "That's the main reason people have been coming, Li-kun, Oni-san."

                "Kero-chan?" a thought made Sakura's head jolt, "what do you think these people want with my cards anyway?"

                Kero shrugged. "Who knows, they haven't gotten 'em yet."

                "What? So we're not even sure if they're trying to do something horrible with them?" Sakura perspired slightly.

                "Would there be some other reason or motive that would cause people to steal for power, Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo stated.

                Sakura thought for a sec, but then let the thought pass. "Maybe…" the girl immediately chimed in a cheerful but wondering tone of voice. "I guess we'll just get some more information at Eriol-kun's place."

                Sakura, Tomoyo, and Li stepped out into the station and left the subway.

(During the same time)

Rikou trudged along a sidewalk, kicking a small pebble down the sidewalk. Within his hand was a small manila file folder.

                The boy smirked to himself. "One year eh? Well that just ruins the fun…"

Rikou continued to trudge down the sidewalk, still carrying the manila folder. He stopped by at a vending machine for quick refreshment. At the same time Meiling turned onto the road with her vision covered by grocery bags. Wham! Meiling collided into Rikou pretty much at the same time he popped the tab of his Coke. The pop-can exploded into the boy's face as the two went in to a short fall onto the sidewalk.

Rikou groaned, getting up. "Where the heck did you put your eyes you klutz!"

Meiling looked away indignantly. "Pay more attention to oncoming people you airhead."

"What--!" Rikou winced as a sharp pain erupted within his brain. He immediately gulped down an Aspirin from a bottle concealed in his pocket.

"Yeah, serves you right for messing around with me," Meiling said quite pleased with the boy's sudden reaction. Meiling thought about the brief reaction, which seemed a little abnormal. "Daijobu?"

"What you wanted to know if I was dead?" Rikou replied, apparently trying to focus his vision. "Not gonna happen girl, sorry."

"Hey… what's with the attitude?" Meiling growled slightly, beginning to pick up some of the grocery bags.

"No way you could understand." The boy said almost to himself. Rikou glanced at the fallen bags, picked them up, handed some of them to Meiling, and carried the rest. "I better help you carry these up to your place, who knows who or what else you'll ram into."

"What are you trying to imply?" Meiling asked angrily, although it was apparent that she was pleased to get a helping hand despite the scowl. It wouldn't be so heavy with a little help…

"You're a klutz."

Meiling slapped Rikou on the upside of his head. Rikou scowled

"What the hell was that for, you evil sinister woman? I can't believe I'm giving you a help," Rikou grumbled.

"If you want to give me some help, carry the bags and keep your mouth shut for a few minutes..." Meiling growled at the boy.

Surprisingly, Rikou didn't give another teasing remark. The boy just shrugged slightly and followed Meiling down the street. The long period of Silence made Meiling rather uneasy since she was used to the boy making a quick remark. She glanced at the boy for a brief second. "Why didn't you go with Syaoran and Kinomoto-san?"

"Because..." Rikou said quietly.

The girl looked over at the boy, unsatisfied with the response, noticing the folder clamped under the boy's arm. "What's that for?"

The boy flinched. "Stuff. What you're cooking something for Li-kun?" Rikou instantly flipped the subject.

"Yeah…" Meiling blushed at the comment, forgetting the former subject.

"Psycho…" Rikou muttered under his breath, beginning speed up his pace.

"What?"

"Nothing!"

"You just called me a psycho!"

"Hey you just said it yourself, don't look at me. Afterall, you're in love with your cousin for god sakes, that's just wrong!" Rikou broke into a sprint

"YOU!"

(Hirrigsawa residence)

                "Irashyaimasse (Welcome)!" Nakuru greeted the group as the entered into the Victorian style home.

                "Konnichiwa," Sakura greeted in return.

                Suppi flew down behind Nakuru. "Eriol-kun's been waiting for you…"

                Kero popped out of Sakura's bag. "Yo, Suppi, How you've been?"

                A sweat drop appeared on the other black creature's head. "Keroberos…"

                Kero immediately flew outward. "What's that smell-cake!!!" Kero had already left the group as he blasted through the hallway in search of prey.

                "H…hoe," Sakura murmured. "Kero-chan always follows his stomach, maybe that's why he followed us here.

                Nakuru bent over slightly giving Sakura a good look. "Oh my, you've grown, Sakura-chan!" Nakuru went hysterical "The last time I saw you were just half my height! But you're still really cute."

                Sakura blushed slightly. "Arigato."

                Eriol, much taller than before, strode out of a dark hallway with a huge, but rather dusty book in his hand.

                "Konnichi wa, Sakura-san," The boy greeted.

                "Konnichi wa, Eriol-kun," Sakura greeted back, giving a slight bow, "it's been awhile ne?"

                Eriol nodded with a smile. "It has hasn't it?"

                Li looked skeptically at the book Eriol was carrying. "What's that?"

                "Have a look for yourself…" Eriol slowly placed the book down on a nearby table and lightly brushed the dust off the title.

                Tomoyo bent over for a closer look, "The Archive of Wudanng Mountain, by Chang, San-Feng…"

                "Chang-san himself wrote this?" Sakura peered closely.

                Eriol nodded. "But the hallway isn't no place for discussion is it? Follow me."

                Sakura, Tomoyo, Li, and Eriol sat around a large table covered with various pastries. Just like the other serious occasion when the group met three years ago.

"Every event, that Chang bumped into was written here," Eriol murmured. The boy turned to the last page, dark, red-brownish, crusty blots covered it. "Every event…"

                Sakura fingered the page, feeling a dry crisp stale feeling. "This is…"

                "Chang, San Feng's last day…" Li stated glaring at the page. The boy fingered some tiny crisp reddish-brown powder. "Blood…"

                "Chang was… murdered?" Tomoyo asked quietly.

                Eriol nodded quietly. "Chang made sure he recorded what happened on this day in his archive, but when he died, he covered everything up when he vomited blood all over the page and died."

                Sakura glanced at the pages flipping through the worn-out book. "I can't read the Kanji, It's probably in Chinese... Ne! Syaoran-kun, you could read this right?"

                Li blushed instantly as Sakura passed the boy the book. Li slowly moved the pages. However he soon frowned right after he glanced at the pages.

                "Nani?" Sakura asked seeing the boy's sudden change in emotion.

                "I can't read this, the characters are much different from what I'm used to." Li flipped through the pages, trying to identify any strokes that could be read with modern eyes. The boy sighed and shut the book.

                "You shouldn't, they were written over five hundred years ago by Master Chang himself," Eriol smiled. "They used a different character system back then."

                "Hoe?"

                "You know the Legend of the Realms already, ne?" Eriol asked.

                Sakura nodded. "It's when Three Sages will unite reopen the Realms when a 'Darkforce' relives on this world ne?"

                "Not exactly..." Eriol replied.

                "That was what Kero-chan told us," Tomoyo stated.

                "Keroberos, Lived during the time when the Legend of Chang was being stretched and pulled." Eriol stated. "The real 'opening' of the Realms as well as the 'awakening' of the Sages is merely just when people finally understand the meaning of Chang's abilities, or 'the Way of the Tao' as he put it. Of course he said no one would bother learning it unless it had a purpose."

                "Asou… (Is that so?)" Sakura murmured. "So that purpose was to do away with 'evil'."

                "Depending on which hands they were in," Eriol corrected. "Magic in general is to help serve a purpose, all depending on the desire of its user. Peace, Violence, War, Adventure, Love, Vengeance, Life, Death, all these can be a purpose that magic serves."

                Sakura looked down for a moment. They shot her head back "Ah, Mizuki-sensei said that you knew something about the 'Darkforce',"

                Eriol nodded slightly. "There really wasn't anything like that… It's all because of one person…"

                "Nani" Tomoyo, Li, and Sakura blurted out all at once.

                "So who were those other people that attacked us during the night?" Li blurted.

                "The large group, or the mandarin guy?"

                "There from different groups?" Tomoyo asked.

                Eriol looked downward, contemplating memories of the past. "I've seen in Clow's memory about being ambushed, by a man named Tseng if I remember correctly, but it's all very fuzzy, that, I'm not sure…" Eriol looked up at the group. "But the group you saw, was really an illusion connected to a powerful being, That Mandarin, Ichiro, was it? I believe served under that being. And if I'm right, that being is Tseng."

                "But, why did he ambush you?" Sakura wondered for a while.

                "I don't know... It was too long ago. It was shortly after Chang's death." Eriol stated. "That though, I remember quite clearly…"

                "Hoe?"

                "Chang was very old when I met him, probably almost two hundred years," Eriol stated. "Although most people saw Chang as an Elder in the magical society, he was more like a close friend to me. I would walk with him along his leisurely walks around the Taoist Monastery on Wudanng Mountain, talking about all sorts of topics. We would exchange many ideas, Eastern and Western, mainly concerning magic. And it was these exchanges, which gave me enough knowledge to create the Clow Cards. A lot of the Eastern magic within the cards came originally from Chang's ideas."

                "What does this have to do with Chang's death?" Kero asked, who had been vegetating on cakes not really paying attention to the conversation between the group until now.

                "I was hiking up Wudanng Mountain, quite pleased of myself of creating the Clow Cards. I was going to discuss their success to Chang to see what he thought," Eriol reflected. "He had just explained to me the complexities of the Three Realms, that no one else seemed to understand during the time. Since it was his most sacred 'art', as he put it, I thought that it would be only fair if I showed him what I came up with. Before I got to the top of the mountain I saw Chang, lying on the ground, quickly dying."

                "Was it Tseng?" Sakura asked astonished at what she had just heard. "That mandarin clothed man, Ichiro said something about being the 'right hand of Tseng'."

                Eriol nodded. "Chang's Psychic Barrier was thought to be impenetrable, even if it was facing a too strong of a spell, it was designed to reflect it back to its user if it wasn't going to hold out."

                "So his guard was down when Tseng struck him?"  Li asked furiously almost flying out of his seat.

                "It wouldn't really make a lot of sense if that happened, Master Chang had very keen senses, however," Eriol said. "That's the only logical reason though. Although I never saw Tseng struck the master down, I was sure it was Tseng. The spell used to strike the Taoist master, the Plague Blast, was new at the time. The spell was discovered by Tseng himself; designed to deteriorate the body as soon it struck. One struck with out a magical shield activated would die quite soon after he or she was struck, one with a shield that didn't have the immediate reflection reaction would slowly rot until their internal organs fail… This was the unique trait of the 'Plague Blast,' a standard shield can't stop it. Usually, ones that attempted to deflect the blast, need an antidote in a matter of time before the time the venom gets circulated through the entire blood stream. When it starts to get inside the bloodstream, it's quite obvious, there will be a purplish mark somewhere on the victim's body."

                Tomoyo gasped. "Then that spot Sakura-chan had was-!"

                "Nani!?!" Li exclaimed as he shot out of his chair to examine Sakura.

                Sakura put her hand on the side of her neck quickly. "No, it's nothing, it's-"

                "What do ya mean by nothing!?!" Kero blurted out. "This could kill you!"

                Perspiration began to go down the girl's face. She tried to force a smile on her friends, laughing nervously at the groups of eyes. "I'm fine, really, at the moment, etto... it's just... a bruise!"

                Everyone frowned at the girl as she tried to conceal her mark.

                "Sakura-san, the venom of the Plague blasts, enters the blood stream very slowly. It may be month before the venom reacts. However..." Eriol said quietly. "There are only two ways to recover from the plague blast. You find the Antidote, which only Tseng has, or you switch your blood with someone else."

                Sakura looked down quietly. Then I only have a few months left to live...

(Inside a Shinto shrine)

                A young priestess smoothly walked along the grounds of the Shrines picking various herbs from patches of flowers as she went along. The girl was fairly tall with long red hair. Suddenly a weird feeling caught her ear, and she dashed inside the shrine's main room.

                Ichiro sat cross-legged on the matted floor.

The girl let a sigh of relief. "Ichiro-kun, couldn't you have just used the front door?"

"I could Kiku-chan, but Master Tseng said to keep my presence kept away from common people." Ichiro murmured.

"How is my great-grandfather?"

"Who Tseng?" Ichiro asked. "He's ok, still can't walk though. How's that Brew you've been mixing up for so long?"

"None seem effective."

"Your Grandfather wants to be able to walk to finish his business."

"I know, but I can never seem to get any mixture right!"

Ichiro glanced towards the basket Kiku was carrying, "Is that for your next experiment?"

"Some of it is for the locals…"

"I see." Ichiro said. "The master is still determined as ever, but can't seemed to walk to make his goals come true."

The girl stirred for a moment. "You know, Grandfather Tseng said that there was no reason to live if there was no purpose to achieve in life. What would you suppose He would do if he were to finish his goals?"

"Are you trying to say he'd kill himself?" Ichiro asked.

Kiku shrugged. "Who knows, maybe I shouldn't try making him the formula." Kiku turned to some boiling pots. "So what type of mess did you get into this time?"

"What?"

"I know the old man, he wouldn't tell you to check on his brew. He knows there's things you can't rush."

"I'm the right hand of Tseng, I don't need any herbal treatments..." Ichiro said stubbornly.

"Stop being your melodramatic self! Are you going to drink it or not?" Kiku asked stirring a pot softly. "By the way, take your shirt off."

"Do I have to-" Ichiro stopped. Kiku flicked her finger at him, sending a small spark of fire towards him, burning the shirt right off. "Your powers... they've improved..."

"Became more focused is more like the word," Kiku turned examining the boy's chest. Ichiro flinched at Kiku's examining touch. It was soft and gentle, yet it gave him a shock that ran throughout his body. Kiku continued speaking again. "What did you do, climb a lightning rod, you've got electrical burns all over you, an internal psychic punch or two above the spinal column, surprised you can still walk, and here your are transporting yourself back and forth through dimensions, I've got to get some needles."

"You're not going to poke them in are you?"

"Your choice, Acupuncture, a huge shot," Kiku started, noticing Ichiro going for the door, "Or you can run and I knock you out cold."

Ichiro started running for the door.

"ICHIRO-KUN GET BACK HERE!"

Tseng smiled as he looked at his grand daughter and his disciple in a small orb floating in front of him. HE looked in to another orb next to the one that he was previously observing. In the other, Sakura, Li, Eriol, and Tomoyo can be seen conversing around Eriol's dinning table.

"These little beacons, are quite useful," Tseng smiled to himself. "Though I'm immobilized for the moment, I can see anything I want to see." Tseng grunted slightly. "So, The Mistress's venom is beginning to react. Gives me a short period of time to plan what I want to do. That kid over there, the one destined to open the Realms of Courage, noticed my beacon, for a moment at least, his powers are surely growing. Well Master Chang, at least I'm fulfilling your final wish…"

Tseng looked back at the orb where his Grand daughter was still chasing the reluctant Ichiro. "That Fire spell that Kiku-chan was using… So she was the one who took that one book I was missing for a year, Master Chang's The Art of the Realm of Power…"

(End of ch 7)

I was planning to write more for this chapter, but I was seriously running out of ideas. So if you guys want longer chapters, please give me a suggestion or two. I have a basic idea of how I want to end this fic, which hopefully won't take too long, but I'm losing ways to throw ideas in the middle.

So, if you have an idea, that you think might work, please send it to psychic720@yahoo.com. (or review)

Psychic720

July 11, 2002

I'm quite unsure if this chapter is ready, but I thought, to hell with it and just submit it. If you find any errors while reading this please, tell me at psychic720@yahoo.com (This also include mix ups and such)

Arigato!

Psychic720

September 17,2002