Dream: Hiya peoplez!
Freckles: I'm hungry.
Dream: Today I present to you…Chapter 19!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! *puts on a tape of people clapping*
Freckles: o.O I thought that tape player exploded…
Dream: I fixed it! ^_^
Freckles: How did you fix it if it was in tiny pieces?
Dream: With glue and tape and silly putty and… *tape player spontaneously combusts*
Freckles: …
Dream: … MY TAPE PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries*
Freckles: …*shakes head*
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"Nuala???" Yusuke asked confused.
"Yes and now, thanks to Koenma's stupidity I will finally be able to plunge both the human world and the demon world into chaos!" Nuala started to laugh insanely.
"I'M NOT STUPID!!!!" Koenma fumed.
"You sure about that?" Autumn smiled.
Koenma glared at Autumn, "Yes I'm sure!"
Autumn rolled her eyes, "I don't know… you seem pretty stupid to me. You did fall for all that 'I want to help you find the crystal' crap that Nuala told you."
Koenma was really angry. Flames were in his eyes. "Oh, and I suppose you're going to say that you knew Nuala was up to no good?"
Autumn shrugged, "Well, yeah."
"I'm really confused!" Kuwabara yelled.
"Maybe this will clear things up for you." Nuala reached into a pouch at her waist and pulled out a light blue crystal in the shape of a feather.
Kuwabara smiled and pointed, "Hey, cool! You found the crystal for us!"
Everyone, including Nuala, sweat dropped. Kuwabara looked around, "What?"
"You baka! She was the one who stole the crystal in the first place!" Autumn pointed at Nuala, "This whole 'search' was just a plot to make it possible for her to make the sacrifice that she needs in order to be able to destroy the balance of nature in Makai and Ningenkai!"
"Oh… wait, how do you know that?" Kuwabara pointed accusingly.
Autumn blinked, "Uhh…he told me!" She pointed at Dariken.
Nuala started cackling evilly, "Everything is going just as I planned! Soon I will have supreme power over every living thing!!!!!"
"What sacrifice?" Thorn asked Dariken.
Dariken opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Nuala. "I will tell them…"
She put the crystal down on a small table before conjuring up a screen. "Observe as I tell you the history of this mountain…
"Long ago there were two giant birds that lived in Makai: The phoenix and the bird of ice, which was called Geluala.
"The two birds created the seasons in both Ningenkai and Makai. When the phoenix slept and Geluala was awake the season was winter. The snow was created by Geluala's wings as she flew over an area. Summer was when the phoenix roamed the land and Geluala slept. Fall and winter were the seasons when both were awake. During spring the phoenix was dominant and during fall Geluala was dominant.
"One day the two birds started to quarrel. This plunged both worlds into chaos. Makai experienced a long period of hot weather and Ningenkai was plunged into an ice age. The birds fought and fought until both put all of their energy into a final attack. The attacks exploded when they hit causing both birds to die. The bodies fell to the ground and crystallized forming this mountain. A group of demons had been watching the events and rushed over to see what was left of the birds. There was but one feather remaining from each bird.
"After the birds died the seasons remained in chaos. The group of demons, fox and wolf demons, carved out this mountain. All the tunnels, rooms, and everything else were made by them. The glow crystals are infused with the energy of the two birds that lingers here. The two feathers were magically fused into one. All this calmed the seasons and restored order to the world. The group and their children remained in the mountain for centuries.
"One member of the group, a wolf demon, went crazy and came up with a way to plunge the world into chaos once more in order to control it himself. He came up with a spell that would separate the feather into the two original feathers. He carved this ritual slab to serve the purpose but he was killed by the rest of the group and his work was destroyed.
"The kitsune were given the task of protecting the crystal when the entire group decided that it was time to leave the mountain. They created the shrine on the tallest mountain of the ring of mountains that they named 'The Mist Mountains' and split themselves up into four groups, each going to live on a different one of the smaller mountains.
"A while back I discovered that not all of that wolf demon's work had been destroyed. There was one record left which held the information about how to get the infinite power of the crystal. It requires that six creatures from the human world and four from the demon world be sacrificed.
"I decided to get the crystal so I came up with that first lie about the crystal being in danger. I found it easy to trick Koenma into making Phantom take me to it. I was arrogant because Koenma had been clueless to my true intention. I got a bit discouraged when that bitch made it clear that she didn't trust me and that she had no intention of letting me near the crystal. I followed her there anyway, without her knowing, and once she was there I found that it was possible for me to get close to the shrine. I destroyed the shrine and the crystal was sent airborne. I tried to use my magic to get it but Phantom snatched it out of the air and took it away from me. For centuries I've been planning and plotting and now I finally have the crystal in my possession!" Nuala cackled as she finished.
Everyone exchanged worried glances. Nuala turned to take the crystal off of the table, "Now it begins! …WHERE THE HELL IS MY CRYSTAL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?"
"Lose something?" Autumn was sitting on the edge of one of the waterfall basins holding the crystal in her hand. She was smiling.
"WHAT THE HELL???? HOW'D YOU GET THAT???" Nuala yelled angrily.
"You were busy telling your little story so I just walked over and took it. I can't believe nobody noticed!"
"Alright Autumn!" Thorn made a victory sign with her fingers.
Nuala was furious, "Give that back and die quietly!"
Autumn took out the little rose decorated book Arielle had given her. She opened it and started flipping pages. She then looked back up, "Sorry dieing isn't on my schedule for today. I have an opening for about 80 years from now. Is that alright?"
"Don't toy with me, bitch!" Nuala had flames in her eyes.
Autumn pouted, "But it's so much fun!"
"I knew I should've killed you when I had the chance! As soon as I saw you my intuition told me you would cause trouble!"
"Cool, do you do Birthday parties?"
"SHUT UP!!!!!"
"That's not very nice, you know." Autumn was smiling happily.
"Neither is this!" Nuala threw a ball of dark energy at her.
Autumn jumped out of the way of the energy. It hit the wall and exploded leaving a burn mark. She laughed nervously, "You're right, that wasn't very nice… I'm just going to go over here now…" Autumn walked over and stood next to Kurama.
"Yes, that's right, hide behind your boyfriend! I'll still kill you! I'll kill you while he's watching and make him suffer!"
"Well that's pleasant." Autumn rolled her eyes then yelled, "HEY! He's not my boyfriend! …yet…"
Nuala was cackling insanely again. Autumn blinked, "Wait… why would you want to make him suffer… I'm the one with the crystal…"
Nuala stopped cackling. She glared at Autumn, "Go to hell."
"Aren't we already in hell?" Margaret asked.
"I HATE HUMANS!!!!!!" Nuala shook her fist at Margaret.
"Yeah I know what you mean. Humans always think they know everything. I bet you're really sick of seeing humans. This must really be ticking you off, seeing so many humans in one place. Y'know what you should do? You should send us all away so that you won't have to be bothered by us anymore. You'll be able to relax while listening to the waterfalls and best of all you'll be all alone. Not a soul to bother you." Autumn said in a convincing tone. She shushed Thorn who was giggling.
Nuala was smiling with the image of peace and quiet. She suddenly snapped to her senses and glared at Autumn, "You were trying to trick me into letting all of you get away, weren't you?"
"Darn, I thought for sure it would work!" Autumn snapped her fingers.
"BITCH!"
"That's the…" Autumn started counting on her fingers, "Third time you've used that word so far. Don't you have any other insults?"
"…are you insane?"
"I prefer to see it as thinking outside the box." Autumn traced a box in the air with her fingers.
"What box?" Kuwabara blinked.
"OMG!!!! Kuwabara can't see the box!!!! He must be blind!!!!" Autumn gasped.
Kuwabara started to panic, "What??? Blind??? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I'm blind!!!!!" He started running in frantic circles until he crashed into a wall and got knocked unconscious.
Everyone stared at him for a while. Margaret and Autumn both poked Kuwabara with their feet. He twitched. Yusuke pointed at Nuala, "Can we kill her now and get it over with? I'm getting bored."
"Thorn, protect Autumn and the others." Dariken said as he went to join Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama, Jin, and Touya for the fight.
"Right." Thorn looked around, "Uhh…where exactly is Autumn?"
"Noooooooo! Autumn left me alone!!!!" Freckles cried.
Autumn had walked over to a doorway in the corner of the room. She reached out to poke it, but fell to the ground when the room started to shake. "What the hell is going on???" she yelled.
Nuala had cast a spell that was causing the room to collapse. Thorn ushered her group over to the doorway Autumn was near. They all started clawing at the door. It opened revealing the park from earlier. Thorn yelled over to Dariken, "We found a portal out of here! Come on!"
"We'll catch up! You guys go ahead!" Dariken yelled back as Nuala was fighting all of them.
Autumn and Thorn helped everyone else through before following. They were standing in the park. People were running around and having a good time. Nobody seemed to notice the big door that was right in the middle of the park.
"I hope Kurama and the others get out alright…" Autumn said looking at the door.
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Dream: MOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Freckles: she says hello.
Dream: yup. ICKY!!!! Tomorrow is turkey day! Hey pplz, check out my site: click on da door! Da door I say!!!
Freckles: nething else?
Dream: … o yeah!!!!! THANKS FER ALL THE REVIEWS SHADOW!!!!!!! I FEEL LOVED!!!!!!!! ^_^
Freckles: So? They still like me better.
Dream: QUIET, CHEESE MONKEY!
Freckles: … well the last chappy should be up soon. Mebbe tomorrow. Keyword: mebbe. If not tomorrow then Friday night.