To be fair, I thought I'd start with when Crystal Renee (Crystal) began writing her little convos between characters. This is totally all her speaking. (As seen on chapter 5 of "Coming of the Dawn". Damn good story. Go read.) In fact, to have some of these make sense, you really do have to read her story. So go. NOW! *waves magic bokken and orders readers over to Crystal Renee* Anyway, moving on.

Crystal- (sorry!!!) I'm going try and make chapter 6 longer.

Sano: Bet you can't do it.

Crystal: Bet 'cha I can.

Sano: How much?

Crystal: How much you got, rooster head?

Sano: (pulls out coins and holds them out) That much.

Crystal: (thinking) Okay, you've got yourself a bet!

Kenshin: Oro.. This isn't a good idea, that it isn't.

Sano: (laughing) I'm SOOO gonna win this bet!

Crystal: Yeah, like how you beat Kenshin at poker and he didn't even know how to play?

Sano: (sweatdrops)

Another segment, again before I came in:

Crystal: Hey SANO!!! Time to make true to you're bet! Pay up!

Sano: Uh. but.um.. IT TOOK YOU A WEEK TO WRITE IT SO IT DON'T COUNT!!!

Crystal: Stupid rooster head, I was on VACATION I had no CHOICE but to take a week into writing!

Sano: Uh.. But. I spent all my money?

Crystal: (glares at him) Sano. just because you make bets you can never win in, that's not an excuse for me to go easy on you. One day you'll turn.

Sano: But I need that money to buy food!!

Crystal: (rolls eyes) I'm such you can mooch off of SOMEONE!!!!

Kenshin: Can't you give him a break THIS TIME?

Crystal: (pulls out Kenshin's sword) Nah.. (points sword at Sano). Now, are you going to pay up?

Sano: (empties pockets) Here you go!! God, put that thing away!!!!

^_^ Another little interlude, after Chapter 11.

Sano: Hey fox lady, I get to carry you around in burning building!

Megumi: As if I'd ever let you touch me.

Kenshin: You're going to get us out of there, right Crystal-chan?

Crystal: I don't know yet.. (grins evilly)

Kenshin: (sweatdrop) Oroooo...

Aoshi: What happened to the big parts about me?

Crystal: Truth be told, you aren't exactly the most important character at this particular point of the story. Don't worry, you'll get you're chance to shine.

Misao: Yeah, when do I get to go back in there?!

Crystal: (thinks) Soon, I think..

Yahiko: AND WHAT ABOUT ME?! I'M NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS STORY!!!!

Crystal: I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYWHERE TO PLACE YOU IN THERE YET!!!! But I got an idea... maybe...(grins evilly). It's gonna be heck for you, Yahiko-chan.

Yahiko: DON'T CALL ME -CHAN!

Sano: Oh, be quiet Yahiko.

(Yahiko attacks Sano)

Kaoru: Where did Saitou go and why did you make me run into bodies in Chapter 8?

Crystal: (head droops) I haven't thought about were Saitou went yet. I just know I didn't want him to be dead yet. And that was just a spur of the moment idea with the bodies in the dining hall. I think I can connect that later in the story.

Kaoru: What's your idea for Yahiko?

Crystal: (whispers in Kaoru's ear)

Kaoru: Oh.. That's good... but where do you plan on putting that in?

Crystal: (looks bewildered) I don't know!!!!! (starts to cry)

Kenshin: Crystal-chan?

Crystal: I'm.. (sniff). okay. it's. it's a girl thing!!!

Keshin, Aoshi, Sano, Yahiko: (look confused) What?

Megumi, Kaoru, Misao, Crystal: GET OUT YOU GUYS WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!!!!

(girls lock guys out of Crystal's room and turn music on really loud so no one can hear their conversation).

Sano: I think Fox, Jou-chan, Weasel, and Crystal are plotting agaisnt us now.

Aoshi: You think Misao would do that to me?

Sano: Actually, yeah.

Kenshin: (ear to door) Shoot! I left my sword in there on the bed!!! And they ARE plotting against us. I think...

Yahiko: (gulp) That's not a good thing.

ANOTHER: *yes, I know this is getting tedious. Bear with me!*

Sano: Geez Kenshin, you should be Battousai more often. You're more aggressive that way. You wouldn't be keeping Jou-chan waiting so much.

Kenshin: Oro.. Do you REALLY want me walking around with amber eyes and glaring at you when I have a katana and wakazashi?

Sano: Uh. no. but you could at least TRY to get something going on with Jou- chan FOR REAL since you are too much of a chicken I was thinking maybe your Battousai side needed to come out a little more to get you.

Kenshin: I will do fine on my own, that I will.

Sano: So you DO like her!

Kenshin: Oro! Sessha and Kaoru-dono are just friends!!!!

Sano: (rolls eyes) Sure Kenshin..

Crystal: Oh be nice to him or I'm putting some of you and Megumi in here and you won't like it, Sanosuke!

Sano: (sweatdrops) No, you wouldn't!!!!

Kenshin: Yes, you get on me about Kaoru-dono, what about you and Megumi- dono?

Sano: THERE IS NOTHING between us!!!

Crystal: Sure Sano..

Sano: Man, if you liked someone that I knew about I'd be so on you right now.

Crystal: (laughs) Too bad you're an anime character, huh Sano?

Sano: (grumbles something unintelligible)

Kenshin: Oro. Sano be nice.

(distant sounds of feet)

Kaoru: Crystal-chan, are you coming?

Crystal: (grinning) Yeah! Do you have the 'secret weapon'?

(giggling from 3 girls)

Kaoru: Yup. They'll have a surprise when they look in their wallets!!!

(Authoress gets up and leaves)

Kenshin, Sano, and Aoshi gulp and look in their wallets.

Aoshi: Uh oh..

Sano: They didn't..

Kenshin: Oro. they're going shopping and they took our credit cards!!!!!

Sano: MEGUMI'S GOING TO MAX MINE OUT!!! How am I going to pay that off?

Yahiko: Huh? What's going on?

(they all look at him.)

Sano: You are so lucky you are too young to have a credit card or you'd be having the SAME problem with Tsubame.

Yahiko: What about Tsubame?

(all shake their heads)

ANOTHER-by this point, you have all obviously run away, so I'm just talking to myself.

Sano: (walks into room) Damn it's hot in here Crystal!!! Hey. what the hell, there's two you!! It's the work of the devil!!!

Kenshin: Oro?

Sano: Run Kenshin!!!!! Run!!!!

Crystal: (rolls eyes) No. that's my alter ego. Her name is Sireta. ((Okay, pronounce that Sir- ree-ta))

Sano and Kenshin: HUH? Oro?

Sireta: Yeah. I'm her evil side, I guess. Maybe. Let's just say I'm way more aggressive than her and I just now popped out.

Crystal: Yeah, be careful. She's got fanblades and a dragon sword that's REALLY sharp.

Sano: Kenshin? Can we leave now?

Kenshin: Uh...

Crystal: Stop being such a chicken. She won't do anything to you roosterhead unless you get her mad.

Sano: Note to self. don't get scary girl with sword another sharp and pointy things mad if I value my life.

(Sireta hears smart remark and sends Sano into a wall)

Kenshin: You shouldn't have said that, Sanosuke.

Sano: I think I know that now!! I'm embedded up to my hips in the wall!!!

Yes, that's Sireta. *sighs*

'Twas about this time I began reviewing. Silly little simple reviews.and then it started.

ANGIE: *bounces and enjoys bad daydreams about Kenshin*

SANOSUKE: *chucks a pillow at Angie's head* Hey, enough with the bouncing! You're making me dizzy.

ANGIE: *wrathfully turning and glaring* Doesn't take much, does it?

SANOSUKE AND ANGIE: *promptly begin to cat-fight*

KENSHIN: Oro...*sighs, sweatdrops, and waits for fight to be over*

Her response.

Sano: Geez. I go from one girl to the next, and MAN that ANGIE sure can fight! I think she broke my fingers!!!!

Crystal: Poor baby.. Here! (bonks him on the head)

Sano: HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be nice to the poor crippled guy!!!!

Kenshin: (squeaks. like a mouse!!) Bad thoughts about.. ORO!!!!!!

Crystal: (grins) What's wrong?

Kenshin: Orororororo....

As I said, numerous Oros! From this point on in, we were typing like mad. And strange things began happening. Weird little things. Inside our minds, we created a world filled with the characters and their sordid relations. (My mother once compared Rurouni Kenshin to a soap-opera. I protested violently, though she had a bit of a point-Kenshin's just far more interesting and beautiful. And it has better actors. ^_^) Basically, Shishio was included into the mix.and all hell broke loose.

The next chapter's coming soon. And yes, it's not your imagination, this IS weird. No flames, please.the insanity is too much for me to bear! *cries*

KENSHIN: *gingerly pats Angie on the back* There, there, Angie-dono-

ANGIE: *pounces him* Ha-HA! MINE!

KENSHIN: Oh, DAMN.

KAORU: *wields bokken* YOU BLOODY-

ANGIE: *laughs insanely and bounces out of reach.* Nyah-nyah! Ya missed! You missed me, you missed me, you-

*Bokken falls down with a solid crack*

ANGIE: *clasping hands to head* OW! BLOODY HELL!

SANOSUKE: *reverently shakes hands with Kaoru* Thank you, I've been trying to do that for quite a while.

ANGIE: *attacks Sano and rips off his bandana before running away*

SANOSUKE: HEY! *follows*

KENSHIN: *sighs* Oh, dear.how did I get mixed up in this?