Training your Toon
The tenants of the campsite knew very little of what was in store for them. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to stop it. It was too early to even think of the evil plots that had been set up by the formidable Alanna and Lioness. So early in fact, that the campers were deep in sleep and the sun was barely above the horizon. Still, morning was coming, as was a very irritating wake up call.
"Okay Lioness, on my cue, do your stuff." Alanna's voice whispered from nowhere. Lioness giggled in understanding. Alanna took a big breath of air.
"DA DA DA DAAA! DA DA DA DAAAAA!" Alanna blew vigorously into her trumpet, and Lioness grabbed the microphone: ready. As soon as the noise ended, and a few tousled campers fell out of tents Lioness began to sing.
"Someone's in the kitchen with Dina! Someone's in the kitchen I knowwww!" This little ditty wouldn't have been so bad if Lioness was a good singer. Her voice squeaked and wailed at the worst possible moments. Even worse, was that Alanna accompanied her with burping croaks from her trumpet.
"Someone's in the kitchen, I knowwww!" WAIL! SQUEAK! CROAAAAAAAK! The terrifying duo wouldn't cease. By now everyone was awake, covering their ears and in tears.
"What the bloody hell did we ever do to you?!" Ron moaned.
"My ears! My sensitive ears!!!" Shippo hollered with Inu Yasha close behind. Rei finally had enough. She stood and grabbed one of her shoes from the tent she'd slept in.
"KNOCK IT OFF, ALREADY!!" She screamed to high heaven, throwing the shoe up into the air. A loud clunk was heard as the shoe disappeared. The trumpet playing stopped abruptly, and Lioness stopped singing.
"That's not cool, Rei! You didn't have to hit me." Alanna pouted.
"You deserved it!" Rei sniffed, full of rage. Alanna began to whimper.
"We were just trying to wake you up. Today's our first day of training!" Alanna protested indignantly.
"Yeah! And it wasn't THAT bad!" Lioness argued.
"OH yes it was!" Several campers piped up.
"There are more civilized ways to wake people up, you know!" Hermione pointed out while stretching in exhaustion. Rei's shoe fell from the sky in a vicious spiral. Someone had obviously thrown it in exasperation. It landed soundly on top of Rini's head.
"Owww!" She clutched her head where the heel had struck.
"Sorry! Wrong scout!" The two girls from above announced together. Rei just smirked at the empty air in return.
"Either way, you're awake and it's time for the fun to begin!" Alanna cheered.
"Fun for us, you mean!" Lioness cackled quietly. The two laughed for a minute until more campers gave the sky weird looks.
"Um, anyway.Today we'll being having our first event! Now any guess as to what it is?" Alanna continued.
"We could play the name game. I'm not sure I caught everybody's yesterday. I have this issue with remember things." Usagi trailed off sheepishly.
"Whoa! Me too!" Mihoshi giggled.
"Well, we kind of have a schedule so you'll have to try to figure that out on your own time." Lioness apologized. "What we're really going to do today is have an obstacle course race!!" Alanna proclaimed triumphantly. Several athletics haters whined, and Haruka and Inu Yasha smiled.
"Easy." They said together.
"Yeah! Especially for Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo threw an arm around her best gal pal.
"Tomoyo." Sakura blushed in embarrassment. 'They really are cute!!' everyone thought.
"Too bad if you don't like it, it's necessary!" Lioness growled.
"It's to see how strong you are. Seeing as the majority of you have very important roles as super heroes, you can't be made of flubber." Alanna added. "So.."
"Time to get to work!" Piles of white tops and camouflage bottoms appeared on the ground. "Pants for the boys and Haruka! Scourts for the girls!"
"You trying to say somethin?" Haruka glared. "Nah, you know we love you girl!" Lioness coughed nervously. 'She's so aggressive!'
"Everybody change and come back to know the rules of the game." Lioness finished, stirring up a wind to send the beloved characters on their way. Grumbling, the bunch sauntered back into their tents. Miroku looked extremely satisfied.
"More skirts!" He murmured in delight. Kagome overheard and snorted.
"She said scourts, Miroku! They're skirts with shorts attached underneath. No fun for you, eh?" Kagome teased him. Miroku immediately sobered. 'I could still have fun though.'he pouted to himself. Still standing outside her tent, Ayeka was ready to throw a tantrum.
"Aren't you going?" Lioness inquired.
"I just don't see why I should have to do such manual labor! I'm a Jurai Princess after all!" Ayeka defended herself. She waited patiently for them to agree with her. Surprisingly, they did.
"Okay Ayeka, you and anyone else that doesn't want to race, don't have to. We'll have a special task at the end for you." Alanna replied innocently.
"Yes, a very special task." Lioness faked her own innocence. Ayeka grinned, her set of clothes disappeared, and she smirked at everyone from under a tree as they came back out.
"WHAT?! She doesn't have to do this?!" Kero cried.
"Neither do you, Luna, Artemis, Diana, Kirara, nor Ryo-Ohki," Alanna stated, "This is human work. You guys can wait at the end of the course."
"But why doesn't she have to sweat like a hog?!" Ron roared. Others wailed protests, but they were silenced by faint rain clouds overhead.
"If anyone else wants to join her and partake in another event later you may." Lioness voice was quite reasonable, but the others shook their heads. It was hard to tell what was more frightening: the two controller's powers or the glares of their comrades that were directed at Ayeka. She simply smiled happily.
"Heh, okay then! Let's get this show on the road. Basically the rules, are no cheating or use of special powers to win. It'll be hard and everybody will get a just reward when finished, but that doesn't mean not to try hard for first place." Alanna announced.
"Yeah, you never know what kind of surprises will have up our sleeve." Lioness became quite cheerful. Everyone nodded their understanding as they got ready to race. There was a white line for the starting line. Hidden beyond that and the trees was the obstacle course.
"Allrighty! On your mark.get set..GO!" Alanna yelled at the top of her lungs. Then, they left Ayeka in the dust, running pass the white line and into the hidden depths.
"This is going to be so sweet!" Lioness squealed.
"Yep. Camp Anime has officially begun!" Alanna laughed. Ayeka just rolled her eyes at the sky. Again, she smirked at the woods, glad she wasn't out there. Little did Ayeka known that she was in for a few surprises of her own..
In the woods at the head of the group we find our fastest runners (Haruka, Inuyasha, Ranma, Sakura, Li, Harry, and Makoto) racing their hearts out. They were expecting to run right through, but they forgot that this was an obstacle course and soon came to the first obstacle: A simple wooded wall with ropes to climb over. Haruka smirked.
"Child's play." she mumbled and began to climb the wall. Once she reached to top she hopped down. But instead of landing on the sturdy ground she expected to be there she landed in something wet. She rolled her eyes.
"Water? What losers," She stated and continued on. Little did she know that the water was not intended for her. The next person over was Inuyasha who simply leapt right over the wall.
"He's a demon! That's cheating!" Makoto cried.
"Oh, cry me a river!" Ranma replied, and leapt over the fence. Luckily for him he spotted the water before landing and was able to jump to the side just in time.
"That's dirty!" He cried to the sky. He thought he heard a faint giggle, but he could have been mistaken. Everyone else in the lead got over the wall problem free and headed on. The wall vanished and was replaced with a line of tires, a tradition in every obstacle course.
Next to come onto the scene were Sango, Michiru, Rei, Mamoru, Ryoko, Sasami, Tenchi, Kiyone, Akane, and Nabiki. They came to a stop at the tires. Mamoru looked it over until he understood and then hopped through them as you we're supposed to do. Sango followed suit with Kiara bouncing on her shoulder. Ryoko shrugged and tried to fly over but was soon brought to the ground.
"NO CHEATING!!!" two voices cried from the sky. "Damn." Ryoko said and hopped through the tires. Tenchi went next, followed by Akane who got through fine. Kiyone went after them and was able to get through, only tripping once. Rei decided to go afterwards, however she found it a little difficult and landed on her butt towards the end. "Ow!" she exclaimed and then got up and continued on. Only two were left now. Michiru sighed and then went through, complaining all the way. "Eww! There's mud everywhere! Running I can handle, but this is gross!" she exclaimed as she reached the end. Sasami just stood and stared after her. "I think I'll wait for some others to catch up before I go," she looked back to the last of the group that were on its way. The others shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat, kid. Just be careful!" Ryoko dashed on ahead. The others followed. "I'd stay with you, but I have to catch up with Haruka." Michiru jogged off after her apology. "I'll be fine. Really!" Sasami grinned and pulled Ryo-Ohki out of a pocket. "Ryo-Ohki will protect me." Ryo-Ohki would do just that seeing as he was in dept to Sasami for not making him have to run. He chirped happily. The two peered again at the cloud of dust that was the other campers. Sasami could hear the pants from here. 'Those poor guys, being last and sweating to death. I'll just wait to see if they're okay,' Sasami thought. However, she soon realized that she should probably run away instead. Make that, she should DEFINETELY run away: very fast. "Mew!" Ryo-Ohki squeaked. "I'm with ya, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami turned to run. By now, the group had gotten closer, and Sasami could tell why they were so loud. The remaining sixteen were causing a ruckus. They were running into each other, tripping over Kero and Shippo, the girls were trying to escape Miroku's suggestive looks, and all the while they were trying to run really fast. It was an absolute mess. Sasami managed to escape just in time. "Hold me up, Hermione." Ron draped a weak arm over Hermione's shoulder. "It's a hard enough time as it is without your bulk, Ron!" Hermione scowled, and threw his arm off. Ron stumbled into Kagome. "Sorry--" He began, but Kagome wasn't paying attention. "OMG! Shippo, I didn't mean to step on you!" Kagome picked up the injured fox demon. He mumbled 'itsokay' and blacked out. "Oh Shippo." Kero laughed as he dodged clumsy feet by using his wings. "They don't count cus they're not powers; they're a part of me!" Kero was boasting to Tomoyo. Miroku was teasing the rest. Mihoshi, Usagi, and Kasumi were giggling at his temptations at flirting. Washu, Setsuna, Minako, and Ami paid him little attention. Minako, Hotaru, and Rini were in the lead. "C'mon Hotaru! You're not this weak. You can do this obstacle course, now RUN!" Rini dragged her friend along. "YAY! Go Rini and Hotaru!" Minako pumped on, coaching everyone. "Yes, computers are quite complicated, but I've been able to develop millions of three dimensional systems, spaceships, and technological instruments with them." Washu stated to the younger brainacs. Ami and Hermione looked at each other. 'Wow.' The two gave a short bow to the superior engineer. The three went on talking about boring inventions, and Ron pouted at Hermione leaving him with only people he didn't know to talk to. He was saved the task by the arrival of the tire challenge. "This should be easy enough." Minako quickly jogged through. Rini and Hotaru began to follow, but Usagi tripped and flattened them. Everyone else came crashing down and around the rest. "Kyaaa! Get off! I might be able to run, but my spine can't take this!" Hotaru wailed. "Heh heh, can you say last place?" Minako inquired of no one and sweat dropped.
***Back in front***
"This is crappy, even for mortals. You'd think they'd do better than this." Inu Yasha complained as his group made their way across a lake. The lake had skinny poles sticking out of the water to guide them through. "Speak for yourself." Ranma muttered, thinking this lake resembled the Jusyenko springs a bit too much. Sure enough, there was a catch. Makoto's foot slipped on one of the poles. In an effort to shimmy her foot back up, she unknowingly pressed a silver button that would have been difficult to spot anyway. The pole underneath her began to sink. Panicking, Makoto screeched and grabbed the closet person she could reach: Ranma. "Hey! What're--", but the two had already fallen over and in to the icy water. The others whirled around quickly, Sakura holding onto Li for balance. The two reappeared, soaked and both girls. "What the?" Harry cried almost falling back in surprise. Sakura gasped and held on to Li tighter; Haruka grinned cheerfully. "So you do turn into a girl." Haruka said sneakily. "You poor, poor man. Much worse off than me." Inu Yasha sympathized. The others nodded their agreement. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Makoto hugged the other red headed girl around the waist. Ranma tried to break free. Makoto had an extremely tight grip. "Let me breathe, and I'll forgive you!" He rasped impatiently. Makoto lifted the girl onto a pole and let go. Lugging herself up, Makoto began to wring out her shirt. "I don't suppose anyone has any warm water on them, do they?" Ranma glared around, still angry. "No, but things are about to get pretty hot!" Harry exclaimed, and pointed dead ahead. Blocking all possible paths, was an immense fire: raging and waiting to gobble them up. "Damn, looks like things are about to get hard." Haruka smacked herself in the forehead. Beside her, an impressed Inu Yasha nodded approval. "Not bad mortals, not bad.." He grinned.
The tenants of the campsite knew very little of what was in store for them. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to stop it. It was too early to even think of the evil plots that had been set up by the formidable Alanna and Lioness. So early in fact, that the campers were deep in sleep and the sun was barely above the horizon. Still, morning was coming, as was a very irritating wake up call.
"Okay Lioness, on my cue, do your stuff." Alanna's voice whispered from nowhere. Lioness giggled in understanding. Alanna took a big breath of air.
"DA DA DA DAAA! DA DA DA DAAAAA!" Alanna blew vigorously into her trumpet, and Lioness grabbed the microphone: ready. As soon as the noise ended, and a few tousled campers fell out of tents Lioness began to sing.
"Someone's in the kitchen with Dina! Someone's in the kitchen I knowwww!" This little ditty wouldn't have been so bad if Lioness was a good singer. Her voice squeaked and wailed at the worst possible moments. Even worse, was that Alanna accompanied her with burping croaks from her trumpet.
"Someone's in the kitchen, I knowwww!" WAIL! SQUEAK! CROAAAAAAAK! The terrifying duo wouldn't cease. By now everyone was awake, covering their ears and in tears.
"What the bloody hell did we ever do to you?!" Ron moaned.
"My ears! My sensitive ears!!!" Shippo hollered with Inu Yasha close behind. Rei finally had enough. She stood and grabbed one of her shoes from the tent she'd slept in.
"KNOCK IT OFF, ALREADY!!" She screamed to high heaven, throwing the shoe up into the air. A loud clunk was heard as the shoe disappeared. The trumpet playing stopped abruptly, and Lioness stopped singing.
"That's not cool, Rei! You didn't have to hit me." Alanna pouted.
"You deserved it!" Rei sniffed, full of rage. Alanna began to whimper.
"We were just trying to wake you up. Today's our first day of training!" Alanna protested indignantly.
"Yeah! And it wasn't THAT bad!" Lioness argued.
"OH yes it was!" Several campers piped up.
"There are more civilized ways to wake people up, you know!" Hermione pointed out while stretching in exhaustion. Rei's shoe fell from the sky in a vicious spiral. Someone had obviously thrown it in exasperation. It landed soundly on top of Rini's head.
"Owww!" She clutched her head where the heel had struck.
"Sorry! Wrong scout!" The two girls from above announced together. Rei just smirked at the empty air in return.
"Either way, you're awake and it's time for the fun to begin!" Alanna cheered.
"Fun for us, you mean!" Lioness cackled quietly. The two laughed for a minute until more campers gave the sky weird looks.
"Um, anyway.Today we'll being having our first event! Now any guess as to what it is?" Alanna continued.
"We could play the name game. I'm not sure I caught everybody's yesterday. I have this issue with remember things." Usagi trailed off sheepishly.
"Whoa! Me too!" Mihoshi giggled.
"Well, we kind of have a schedule so you'll have to try to figure that out on your own time." Lioness apologized. "What we're really going to do today is have an obstacle course race!!" Alanna proclaimed triumphantly. Several athletics haters whined, and Haruka and Inu Yasha smiled.
"Easy." They said together.
"Yeah! Especially for Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo threw an arm around her best gal pal.
"Tomoyo." Sakura blushed in embarrassment. 'They really are cute!!' everyone thought.
"Too bad if you don't like it, it's necessary!" Lioness growled.
"It's to see how strong you are. Seeing as the majority of you have very important roles as super heroes, you can't be made of flubber." Alanna added. "So.."
"Time to get to work!" Piles of white tops and camouflage bottoms appeared on the ground. "Pants for the boys and Haruka! Scourts for the girls!"
"You trying to say somethin?" Haruka glared. "Nah, you know we love you girl!" Lioness coughed nervously. 'She's so aggressive!'
"Everybody change and come back to know the rules of the game." Lioness finished, stirring up a wind to send the beloved characters on their way. Grumbling, the bunch sauntered back into their tents. Miroku looked extremely satisfied.
"More skirts!" He murmured in delight. Kagome overheard and snorted.
"She said scourts, Miroku! They're skirts with shorts attached underneath. No fun for you, eh?" Kagome teased him. Miroku immediately sobered. 'I could still have fun though.'he pouted to himself. Still standing outside her tent, Ayeka was ready to throw a tantrum.
"Aren't you going?" Lioness inquired.
"I just don't see why I should have to do such manual labor! I'm a Jurai Princess after all!" Ayeka defended herself. She waited patiently for them to agree with her. Surprisingly, they did.
"Okay Ayeka, you and anyone else that doesn't want to race, don't have to. We'll have a special task at the end for you." Alanna replied innocently.
"Yes, a very special task." Lioness faked her own innocence. Ayeka grinned, her set of clothes disappeared, and she smirked at everyone from under a tree as they came back out.
"WHAT?! She doesn't have to do this?!" Kero cried.
"Neither do you, Luna, Artemis, Diana, Kirara, nor Ryo-Ohki," Alanna stated, "This is human work. You guys can wait at the end of the course."
"But why doesn't she have to sweat like a hog?!" Ron roared. Others wailed protests, but they were silenced by faint rain clouds overhead.
"If anyone else wants to join her and partake in another event later you may." Lioness voice was quite reasonable, but the others shook their heads. It was hard to tell what was more frightening: the two controller's powers or the glares of their comrades that were directed at Ayeka. She simply smiled happily.
"Heh, okay then! Let's get this show on the road. Basically the rules, are no cheating or use of special powers to win. It'll be hard and everybody will get a just reward when finished, but that doesn't mean not to try hard for first place." Alanna announced.
"Yeah, you never know what kind of surprises will have up our sleeve." Lioness became quite cheerful. Everyone nodded their understanding as they got ready to race. There was a white line for the starting line. Hidden beyond that and the trees was the obstacle course.
"Allrighty! On your mark.get set..GO!" Alanna yelled at the top of her lungs. Then, they left Ayeka in the dust, running pass the white line and into the hidden depths.
"This is going to be so sweet!" Lioness squealed.
"Yep. Camp Anime has officially begun!" Alanna laughed. Ayeka just rolled her eyes at the sky. Again, she smirked at the woods, glad she wasn't out there. Little did Ayeka known that she was in for a few surprises of her own..
In the woods at the head of the group we find our fastest runners (Haruka, Inuyasha, Ranma, Sakura, Li, Harry, and Makoto) racing their hearts out. They were expecting to run right through, but they forgot that this was an obstacle course and soon came to the first obstacle: A simple wooded wall with ropes to climb over. Haruka smirked.
"Child's play." she mumbled and began to climb the wall. Once she reached to top she hopped down. But instead of landing on the sturdy ground she expected to be there she landed in something wet. She rolled her eyes.
"Water? What losers," She stated and continued on. Little did she know that the water was not intended for her. The next person over was Inuyasha who simply leapt right over the wall.
"He's a demon! That's cheating!" Makoto cried.
"Oh, cry me a river!" Ranma replied, and leapt over the fence. Luckily for him he spotted the water before landing and was able to jump to the side just in time.
"That's dirty!" He cried to the sky. He thought he heard a faint giggle, but he could have been mistaken. Everyone else in the lead got over the wall problem free and headed on. The wall vanished and was replaced with a line of tires, a tradition in every obstacle course.
Next to come onto the scene were Sango, Michiru, Rei, Mamoru, Ryoko, Sasami, Tenchi, Kiyone, Akane, and Nabiki. They came to a stop at the tires. Mamoru looked it over until he understood and then hopped through them as you we're supposed to do. Sango followed suit with Kiara bouncing on her shoulder. Ryoko shrugged and tried to fly over but was soon brought to the ground.
"NO CHEATING!!!" two voices cried from the sky. "Damn." Ryoko said and hopped through the tires. Tenchi went next, followed by Akane who got through fine. Kiyone went after them and was able to get through, only tripping once. Rei decided to go afterwards, however she found it a little difficult and landed on her butt towards the end. "Ow!" she exclaimed and then got up and continued on. Only two were left now. Michiru sighed and then went through, complaining all the way. "Eww! There's mud everywhere! Running I can handle, but this is gross!" she exclaimed as she reached the end. Sasami just stood and stared after her. "I think I'll wait for some others to catch up before I go," she looked back to the last of the group that were on its way. The others shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat, kid. Just be careful!" Ryoko dashed on ahead. The others followed. "I'd stay with you, but I have to catch up with Haruka." Michiru jogged off after her apology. "I'll be fine. Really!" Sasami grinned and pulled Ryo-Ohki out of a pocket. "Ryo-Ohki will protect me." Ryo-Ohki would do just that seeing as he was in dept to Sasami for not making him have to run. He chirped happily. The two peered again at the cloud of dust that was the other campers. Sasami could hear the pants from here. 'Those poor guys, being last and sweating to death. I'll just wait to see if they're okay,' Sasami thought. However, she soon realized that she should probably run away instead. Make that, she should DEFINETELY run away: very fast. "Mew!" Ryo-Ohki squeaked. "I'm with ya, Ryo-Ohki!" Sasami turned to run. By now, the group had gotten closer, and Sasami could tell why they were so loud. The remaining sixteen were causing a ruckus. They were running into each other, tripping over Kero and Shippo, the girls were trying to escape Miroku's suggestive looks, and all the while they were trying to run really fast. It was an absolute mess. Sasami managed to escape just in time. "Hold me up, Hermione." Ron draped a weak arm over Hermione's shoulder. "It's a hard enough time as it is without your bulk, Ron!" Hermione scowled, and threw his arm off. Ron stumbled into Kagome. "Sorry--" He began, but Kagome wasn't paying attention. "OMG! Shippo, I didn't mean to step on you!" Kagome picked up the injured fox demon. He mumbled 'itsokay' and blacked out. "Oh Shippo." Kero laughed as he dodged clumsy feet by using his wings. "They don't count cus they're not powers; they're a part of me!" Kero was boasting to Tomoyo. Miroku was teasing the rest. Mihoshi, Usagi, and Kasumi were giggling at his temptations at flirting. Washu, Setsuna, Minako, and Ami paid him little attention. Minako, Hotaru, and Rini were in the lead. "C'mon Hotaru! You're not this weak. You can do this obstacle course, now RUN!" Rini dragged her friend along. "YAY! Go Rini and Hotaru!" Minako pumped on, coaching everyone. "Yes, computers are quite complicated, but I've been able to develop millions of three dimensional systems, spaceships, and technological instruments with them." Washu stated to the younger brainacs. Ami and Hermione looked at each other. 'Wow.' The two gave a short bow to the superior engineer. The three went on talking about boring inventions, and Ron pouted at Hermione leaving him with only people he didn't know to talk to. He was saved the task by the arrival of the tire challenge. "This should be easy enough." Minako quickly jogged through. Rini and Hotaru began to follow, but Usagi tripped and flattened them. Everyone else came crashing down and around the rest. "Kyaaa! Get off! I might be able to run, but my spine can't take this!" Hotaru wailed. "Heh heh, can you say last place?" Minako inquired of no one and sweat dropped.
***Back in front***
"This is crappy, even for mortals. You'd think they'd do better than this." Inu Yasha complained as his group made their way across a lake. The lake had skinny poles sticking out of the water to guide them through. "Speak for yourself." Ranma muttered, thinking this lake resembled the Jusyenko springs a bit too much. Sure enough, there was a catch. Makoto's foot slipped on one of the poles. In an effort to shimmy her foot back up, she unknowingly pressed a silver button that would have been difficult to spot anyway. The pole underneath her began to sink. Panicking, Makoto screeched and grabbed the closet person she could reach: Ranma. "Hey! What're--", but the two had already fallen over and in to the icy water. The others whirled around quickly, Sakura holding onto Li for balance. The two reappeared, soaked and both girls. "What the?" Harry cried almost falling back in surprise. Sakura gasped and held on to Li tighter; Haruka grinned cheerfully. "So you do turn into a girl." Haruka said sneakily. "You poor, poor man. Much worse off than me." Inu Yasha sympathized. The others nodded their agreement. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Makoto hugged the other red headed girl around the waist. Ranma tried to break free. Makoto had an extremely tight grip. "Let me breathe, and I'll forgive you!" He rasped impatiently. Makoto lifted the girl onto a pole and let go. Lugging herself up, Makoto began to wring out her shirt. "I don't suppose anyone has any warm water on them, do they?" Ranma glared around, still angry. "No, but things are about to get pretty hot!" Harry exclaimed, and pointed dead ahead. Blocking all possible paths, was an immense fire: raging and waiting to gobble them up. "Damn, looks like things are about to get hard." Haruka smacked herself in the forehead. Beside her, an impressed Inu Yasha nodded approval. "Not bad mortals, not bad.." He grinned.