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applied in this fanfiction. This is strictly a work of fanfiction and is
by no means meant to be taken literally.
Spoiler Warning: This fanfiction will definately include spoilers of events and characters that appear later on in these Anime Titles. Technically these characters have already appeared, they just haven't appeared in the English version of the series.
Author's Notes: First, I'd like to thank Thorn, Lady Yami, Cat Silver, Shiva, and Sakura Joy for your continued support. Secondly, I'd like to apoligize for the long delay in getting this episode on the scene, as I've been sick for the last two weeks. I must warn you, I had a lot of time on my hands to plan out the chaos that your are about to experience!
------Original Characters------
Tyriel is a not-so-ordinary human being and also happens to be a childhood friend of Crystal's from back in California. He has been gifted/cursed with three conflicting forces within him, all of which switch control at one point or another which causes a great deal of confusion for those who are trying to deal with him. These forces are his human consciousness as Tyriel, a demonic being from the past called Xakis, and the angelic being from the past called Narcis. Little is known of how this came to be, but it is assumed that it would be very bad if one of these alternate powers were to suddenly take total control. All three of these characters belong to my friend Slade.
------A World Appart------
Mousse unleashed a barrage of chained daggers and an assortment of mini bombs in Lip's general direction. Lip in turn was still running away from the Amazon known as Shampoo. The boy was stopped in his tracks when he became wrapped up in the chains, narrowly avoiding being sliced by the daggers. The explosions and smoke from the mini bombs were making him dizzy and he was suddenly caught in a severe glomping from the Amazon.
"LET GO OF ME!" exclaimed the reasonably frustrated Lip.
"Why Lip run from Shampoo?" asked Shampoo innocently.
"Why do ya think?!" growled Lip as he once again managed to break free of Shampoo's grasp and the chains that had been binding him. He took off running again, or at least that is what he was about to do when he was glomped again.
"Shampoo!" shouted Mousse sounding overjoyed.
Lip let out a sound that was definately not something a human could mimic. It was something like a roar, but much deeper and more aggressive as though it implied pain and suffering. In this case, the pain portion of this concept was definately true. Lip escaped from Mousse's glomp that had been meant for Shampoo, although he hadn't been wearing a certain pair of glasses and had made the severe mistake of glomping Lip instead. Lip pulled back his leg and struck Mousse, sending the near-sighted boy flying into a low orbit across Nerima.
"Aiya!" Shampoo glomped Lip again to congradulate him for getting rid of Mousse so they could be alone.
"Gr..." Lip growled before slipping out of Shampoo's grasp once again and taking flight. Up until now it appeared that he had forgotten that he could fly and then in remembering that he could, he did just that. Shampoo was left to watch as Lip vanished into the horizon.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are you two planning to get up?" asked Miroku noting the fact that Inuyasha and Crystal hadn't moved since falling out of their respective trees at the revelation that they were actually siblings. He was about to ask again when neither of them reacted, but he was beaten to the punch.
Shiva openned his mouth again, "Come on, it isn't THAT surprising."
"Apparently it is to them," said Sango.
Inuyasha and Crystal continued to remain sprawled out under their respective trees. Shippo siddled over by Inuyasha and poked him in the back with a stick. Inuyasha growled and bonked Shippo on the head before returning to his previous state of shock.
"I think they're in shock," suggested Shippo.
"Thank you for being the obvious one," grumbled Zapmon.
Kagome asked, "How long do you suppose they're going to stay like that?"
"It could be a while," noted Miroku.
"That's right! I still have a score to settle with that overgrown flying turkey!" shouted Crystal suddenly moving from her spot on the ground. She grabbed the Dragon Blade from where it had rested since being overheated by the blue phoenix from the night before, sheathed it, and took off in a direction that looked like it had been chosen at random.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Shiva, Zapmon and Pichu blinked. Inuyasha was still sprawled out on the ground.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Somewhere outside of Tokyo, Ryoga Hibiki was making an attempt at getting back to the Tendo Dojo and wasn't having a lot of luck. He spotted a figure in the distance and decided that he would have to ask them for directions.
Fortunately, Ryoga managed to head towards the figure instead of away from them.
This guy looked roughly like Inuyasha's human form, aside from the obvious fact that he had short, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. All appearences indicated that he was definately a human and somewhere in his late teens. He looked like he could definately be a martial artist, and probably a strong one at that. Ryoga didn't seem to notice, as a combination of being in a rush to break Ranma's skull and exhaustion were definately getting the better of him.
"Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to Tokyo?" asked Ryoga.
The person in question [Tyriel] blinked, obviously not having been expecting to run into anyone while taking the route through the forest that he had chosen to take, considering there wasn't even a trail. He himself was actually headed in the general direction of Tokyo. He replied in an even tone and pointed in the direction he was currently headed in, "Tokyo is this way."
This seemed all well and good until Ryoga darted off in the exact opposite direction that Tyriel had been pointing in. Ryoga turned back and waved briefly, "Thank you!" before continuing in the wrong direction.
Tyriel watch Ryoga as a sweatdrop rolled down the back of his head, "No sense of direction?" He shrugged and continued on his way. "Not my problem."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Does Crystal always go running into trouble?" asked Kagome from her spot on Inuyasha's back.
Sango, Miroku and Shippo were riding on Kirara while Shiva decided to defy gravity and started flying himself. Pichu and Zapmon were traveling on either of Shiva's shoulders. Crystal was seriously fast when she wanted to be, and right now there was no visible sign of her.
"That's Crystal for ya," replied Shiva.
Shippo couldn't help saying, "Inuyasha and Crystal are DEFINATELY related."
Inuyasha held back the urge to hit Shippo and kept heading in the direction Crystal had taken off in. From what he had been able to tell from the speed Crystal was moving, she was going recklessly fast until about a minute ago when she had probably caught up with her target.
"There she is," said Miroku pointing to where Crystal was up in a tree, facing the blue phoenix from the night before.
Upon closer inspection, Crystal was wielding a bow and an arrow. Everyone mentally agreed not to ask where she had gotten those from. Crystal was aiming carefully at the blue phoenix, looking like she hadn't done this for a while and was trying to make sure she was doing it right. Then she stated, "Gensou Konjou Inabikari!" and released the arrow which suddenly took on the form of a bolt of lightning.
[Elemental Spirit of Lightning]
"Uh...when did Crystal take archery lessons?" Shiva wondered aloud.
The arrow burned up in the blue flames surrounding the blue phoenix, but the lightning took effect and zapped the beast.
"There's a Shikon Aura coming from that thing," said Kagome.
Inuyasha nearly lost his balance on the tree branch he had landed on, "What?!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You finally managed to escape from Shampoo?" asked Ranma.
Lip had escaped into Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, hoping that the Amazon wouldn't decide to follow him into the restaurant that belonged to one of her former rivals for Ranma. As it happened, Ranma was there hiding from Akane after having escaped from her attempt at breakfast.
Ranma shuddered remembering the winged, green blob that had flied off of his plate when Akane brought breakfast in. He started on his okonomiyaki again while he waited for an answer from Lip.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me this would happen if I beat you?!" growled Lip.
"Er--it slipped my mind? I was hungry?" Ranma was trying to spare himself some pain. If he knew his rivals, Ryoga would be back to challenge him soon and he didn't feel like getting beaten up by Shiva's rival beforehand.
Lip seemingly ignored him and started eating his own okonomiyaki. Ranma wasn't worth his time anyway, so Lip decided he would let the pigtailed boy live for the time being. That was when Mousse burst throug the door shouting, "SHAMPOO!"
"Not again," groaned Lip as he jammed the rest of his okonomiyaki into his mouth, slammed some yen onto the counter and took off out the door.
Ranma sweatdropped, "I don't think Shampoo is here Mousse."
"You can't fool me my precious Shampoo," Mousse was moving towards Ranma.
Ranma reflexively planted his foot in the middle of Mousse's face, "Mousse put on your glasses why don't ya!"
"Huh? Saotome?" Mousse stepped back and reached into his robe to reveal his bottle-lensed glasses before putting them over his eyes. "What am I doing in Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, when I am certain was in the Neko-Hanten."
Ranma raised an eyebrow, "Mousse you really should keep your glasses on. You almost glomped me."
"Nevermind that Saotome, where is that Lip guy?" asked Mousse.
Ranma sweatdropped, "He just left."
Mousse bolted out the door.
"That was unexpected," said Ukyo.
"Definately," agreed Ranma.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal had given up on the archery tactic and had somehow caused her bow to vanish before attempting to use any more arrows. She had regrouped with the others, but was still focused on dealing with the blue phoenix herself.
"What made you take off like that?" asked Shiva ignoring the fact that they were in the middle of a battle.
Crystal was preparing for another attack, "I could sense its aura expanding and decided I'd deal with it before it got too powerful, but I under- estimated just how bad it was. Still, I know I can handle this."
"So she can't sense the Shikon Fragments?" asked Miroku.
"Apparently not," replied Sango.
Crystal jumped up into a new tree, "Pichu, let's give it a Thundershock!"
Pichu scurried forward and used Agility to get itself up into a tree near the blue phoenix before launching himself into the air and sparkling with electricity, "Piiiichuuuu!" and unleashing the blast on the phoenix with little effect. As he started towards the ground, Crystal swooped in and caught him before jumping into another tree.
"Well, you tried and you didn't shock yourself, so I think that was good for practice, now go stay by Zapmon while I handle this," said Crystal setting Pichu down on the tree branch. Pichu nodded and headed for where Zapmon was, a safe distance away from the battlefield.
Something started to bother Inuyasha and he decided to make the fact known, "Crystal, why in the world aren't you transforming?!"
Crystal remained in her spot in the tree, "I can handle this thing as I am." This was interesting considering her mind was screaming {I don't want to lose control of myself if I transform, so I'll do what I can without transforming.}
"You shouldn't be afraid of your transformation. You've never lost control before, so what makes you think you will now?!" demanded Inuyasha.
Crystal decided not to ask how Inuyasha had known exactly waht was going through her head. He was right though, she was acting like an idiot because of something that probably wouldn't happen. She clenched her fists as a barrage of blue flames came at her as the blue phoenix started flapping its wings madly.
"Why is Inuyasha letting Crystal do the fighting?" asked Shippo.
"He can tell that she wants to do this?" replied Kagome. "I have no idea."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"This doesn't look like Tokyo," said a confused Ryoga as he climbed the stairs to the Masaki Shrine. He had somehow managed to wander to Okayama while he was hopelessly lost.
It so happened that Tenchi was returning from the fields with a fresh supply of carrots for Ryo-Ohki and spotted Ryoga, "You're that friend of Crystal's and Shiva's that gets lost a lot right?"
Ryoga sweatdropped and rubbed the back of his head, "Er--that would be me. And yes, I am lost."
"Where are you trying to go?" asked Tenchi.
"Tokyo," replied Ryoga.
Tenchi asked, "Would you like to stick around for lunch and see about having Washu teleport you back to Nerima?"
"That would be nice," said Ryoga.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal finally accepted the fact that she needed to use her demon powers to beat the blue phoenix as it was now and once again went through her transformation. Some claws and pointy ears later, she was jumping out of the tree she had been standing in and slashing the air horizontally while shouting, "Tsume Kaminari!" unleasing a barrage of electrical blades from her claws at the blue phoenix, dissolving it into dust while the Shikon Fragment floated lightly towards the ground.
[Claws of Thunder]
Crystal landed lightly on her feet and returned to normal, "I'm glad that's settled."
"Can we eat now?" asked Shiva.
There was an exchange of sweatdrops while Kagome went over and picked up the Shikon Fragment.
"Why don't we head back to the village?" suggested Inuyasha.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared at Inuyasha.
"What?"
"Are you feeling sick?" asked Miroku.
"Come to think of it, I should probably go back to the other era," said Crystal. "Shiva is less of a threat to the worlds food supply there."
Shiva made a hurt sound, but Crystal ignored him. Zapmon nodded in agreement, "I must say, next time you go on one of these trips, you can't count me out. I much prefer being in your apartment."
"Crystal, why haven't you decided to move into the Dojo? Ranma and Akane have invited you several times, right?" asked Shiva.
"I don't want to impose," replied Crystal.
"It isn't imposing when you are invited," explained Shiva.
Sango said, "I guess it looks like we're heading back to the village."
"Indeed," replied Miroku.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Crystal is near," said Tyriel in a dark voice that did not sound like the voice he had been using when he gave Ryoga directions earlier in the day.
Tyriel shook his head and said in his normal voice, "Alright, now that we know where she is there is no reason to rush into reaching her. She isn't likely to go anywhere."
"Fine," he grumbled in the dark voice before continuing on his way.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"And we're back," said Zapmon with a quiet sigh of relief. "I might be the Digimon of Time and Space, but I am not a big fan to time travel."
Crystal concluded, "You're just upset because they didn't have pizza in the Feudal Era."
Zapmon sweatdropped, "Speaking of which--do you think I could have some pizza now that we're back in this era?"
"Uh Crystal?" asked Kagome.
Crystal turned away from the dragon she had been speaking with, "What is it?"
"Maybe you could stay here so you and Inuyasha can have some time to do a little catching up," replied Kagome.
Crystal said, "If it's alright, then it sounds good to me."
"You don't want to come back to the apartment?" asked Shiva.
"It's my apartment," noted Crystal. "And I could care less about heading back to the crowded city right now."
"I think being in the Feudal Era is giving Crystal ideas," said Zapmon.
Pichu nodded, "Pichu."
Crystal smirked, "Whatever. Anyway, Zapmon, you and Pichu make sure Shiva goes back to Nerima and doesn't try to bother me. You got that?"
Zapmon nodded, "Sure thing."
"Pichu!" nodded Pichu.
"Is that how little you think of me?" Shiva asked sounding hurt again.
"How can I put this? Yes!" replied Crystal. She reached into her pocket and removed her wallet, handing some of the contents to Zapmon. "Don't order more than you can eat and make sure Shiva gets back to Nerima."
Zapmon nodded and gave Crystal an "ok" sign with her clawed hand. Crystal shrugged. This was good enough for her. With that Shiva left in the company of Zapmon and Pichu.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryoga was walking down the streets of Nerima, still unable to locate the Tendo Dojo. He had been teleported to Nerima District Park and now he was hopelessly lost again. He thought back to his conversation with Washu and sighed.
*~*~*~* Flashback *~*~*~*
Washu handed Ryoga a folded piece of paper. Ryoga blinked, "What's this?"
"Just give that to Shiva. Tell him to read it aloud to the people mentioned in it when he sees them again if he wants some good laughs," replied Washu.
Ryoga nodded absently, "Sure."
"Alright, ready to teleport?" asked Washu.
"As ready as I'll ever be," replied Ryoga.
*~*~*~* Present *~*~*~*
Ryoga sighed again, "How do I get to the Dojo now?"
Ryoga was about to give up and call it a day by setting up his camping equipment where he was, which happened to be back at the park for the eighth time since being teleported. This was until he heard some familiar voices headed in his direction.
"Get back here you bridenapper!" cried Mousse as he chased after Lip who had once again forgotten about flying altogether.
Ryoga blinked, "Mousse, that isn't Ranma."
Mousse paused briefly to consider this, "Haven't you heard, this guy beat Ranma and now Shampoo is with him."
"He beat Ranma?" Ryoga stood there dumbstruck.
Mousse took off after Lip again, "I don't have time to chat!"
Ryoga blinked several times and just continued to stand there in shock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Many explanations later, Kagome, Inuyasha and Crystal found themselves in the safety of Kagome's room. This would have been a lot more interesting of Inuyasha and Crystal would actually say something instead of being so quiet. This silence had been going on for the last fifteen minutes and needless to say, Kagome was starting to wonder if there was something wrong with the both of them.
"Are you two just going to be like this the whole time you're here?" asked Kagome.
Crystal blinked, "Be like what?"
"Nothing, you two were just seemed like you two were getting too quiet," replied Kagome.
Crystal sweatdropped, "I was testing out my theory on telepathic links and I guess we got a little carried away when it worked..."
"What are you talking about?" Kagome was the confused one now.
Inuyasha decided to answer, "We've been talking the whole time, just in our heads."
Kagome blinked again, "Nevermind--what are we going to do now?"
"I'd like some ramen," suggested Inuyasha.
So much for keeping a low profile.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Shiva was walking around Nerima looking thoroughly bored. He had managed to convince Zapmon and Pichu that he wouldn't leave, and they in turn had returned to Crystal's apartment. Sometimes Nerima could seem so boring.
It so happened that Shiva was walking through Nerima District Park. For this reason, Shiva was the first to find Ryoga after his initial shock at what Mousse had told him earlier.
"What's wrong with you Ryoga?" Shiva asked.
Ryoga finally snapped out of it, "Uh--when is it that Lip beat Ranma and ended up with Shampoo chasing him around?"
"That was a few days ago as I recall," answered Shiva. "After the buffet incident."
Ryoga nodded, "Alright then. I better get going so I can reach the Dojo in time."
Shiva watched as Ryoga took off in a direction that definately didn't lead to the Tendo Dojo, but was unable to stop the eternally lost boy. Shiva shrugged and continued walking, hoping for something exciting to do when it hit him. If Lip was still in Nerima, the two of them could fight and Crystal wouldn't be around to stop them.
"It's your own fault Crystal," Shiva said in a menacing tone before he broke into meniacal laughter. He traced Lip's aura and took off in that direction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal sneezed, "Someone must be talking about me..."
"That's gonna cost ya," beamed Inuyasha.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha and Crystal played a fierce round of Speed [the card game people] at a speed that was obviously beyond human. In fact, Kagome wondered how it was that she wasn't hearing a sonic boom every time one of them set down cards or picked up new ones. So far each game had ended in a draw and this had already gone on for a good seven rounds. Kagome was perfectly entertained just watching the two of them go at it and had no interest in joining in the game herself.
"Don't think you've beaten me yet," countered Crystal.
"Just watch me," replied Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed, at least they weren't trying to kill each other.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The sky began to darken as Tyriel walked the streets of Nerima, finally nearing the Tendo Dojo that Ryoga had been trying so hard to reach, although he himself was not aware of this. He was looking for someone specific and that someone was Crystal. He could already sense that Crystal was not where he was headed, but that she would undoubtably end up there at a respectable time the following day and he would see about getting a place to spend the night.
He arrived at the Dojo to find Ranma sparring in the backyard with Panda- san. Somehow the aspect of a human and a panda fighting didn't surprise him very much.
"Crystal's fate has been sealed," said Tyriel in the dark voice from earlier.
Tyriel snapped himself out of it, "Let's not draw unwanted attention to ourselves until we actually find Crystal."
Ranma swore he just felt this new guys's aura shift for a second, but didn't have time to think about it further as he was sent sprawling into the Koi pond. Ranma-chan crawled out of the water and stated, "Hey old man, we've got a visitor here."
Tyriel was reasonably surprised by the sudden boy to girl transformation that had suddenly occured with Ranma. He didn't have much time to think about this as the panda from before held up a sign that read "Greetings stranger. What can we help you with?"
Alright, there was definately something odd about this Nerima place. No wonder Crystal had decided to come here. Tyriel decided that being surprised wasn't going to get him anywhere and that he should probably just get strait to the point.
"My name is Tyriel and I am looking for someone named Crystal," explained Tyriel. "I've heard that she lives around here."
The panda turned the sign around "That would be correct."
Ranma decided to take over, "She isn't around right now though. She went on a little trip and no one is sure when she is coming back."
"I see," said Tyriel. "Then I'll just have to find someplace to stay and wait for her."
Ranma suggested, "I think it would be alright for you to wait here at the Dojo for her. Odds are she'll turn up here eventually; she always does."
"I'd appreciate that," replied Tyriel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are ya getting slow Inuyasha?" Crystal seemed to be getting better at the card game. Then she noticed something else that had changed aside from Inuyasha's speed, "Don't tell me, it's that time of month again?"
Inuyasha blinked, having seemingly forgotten that it had been that very event that had caused him to suggest returning to the village during the afternoon. He stood up and walked over to the mirror. Inuyasha saw black and dived under Kagome's bed.
"I thought so," said Crystal.
Kagome looked somewhat surprised, "I totally forgot that tonight was the first night of the New Moon."
"I think most of us did," replied Crystal.
A knock sounded on Kagome's door. Inuyasha basically froze underneath Kagome's bed. Crystal remained where she was, sitting cross-legged on the floor. Kagome got up and openned the door to find Souta standing outside.
"What's with all the noise? Some of us are getting ready for bed," asked Souta.
Kagome sweatdropped, "It's nothing--Inuyasha and Crystal just finished playing cards."
"Really? Can I play?" asked Souta.
"Weren't you going to bed?" Kagome countered.
"That's right. I forgot."
A few seconds later, Souta was gone and a level of peacefulness returned to Kagome's room. Inuyasha was still hiding under Kagome's bed.
"Are you just going to stay under there?" asked Kagome.
"I don't need anyone else seeing me like this," replied Inuyasha.
The sound of something crashing outside caused Crystal to bolt for the window, which she openned and jumped out of all in the course of a few seconds. Kagome ran over to see what was going on.
What appeared to be an evil snowman riding a blender was flying around outside creating a rather destructive looking blizzard. This was further complicated by the fact that he had taken to hurling large snowballs at the ground and was already aiming one at Crystal, who had chosen to interfere in his fun.
The snowball came smashing towards Crystal, but she merely cupped her hands in a blast position and shouted, "Gensou Konjou Hinote!" unleashing a blast of flames on the snowball, melting it into harmlessness.
[Elemental Spirit of Fire]
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Shiva and Lip looked like they had probably been fighting the entire afternoon once Shiva had managed to locate Lip and distract Mousse long enough to get away from him. It seemed like they were getting ready for one final attack wave before calling the fight a draw.
"Ka-me," Lip started charging the energy into his hands.
Shiva moved in for the kill, "Hadouken!" and unleashed a blast that sent Lip reeling backwards across the sky.
[Fireball]
Lip recovered and scowled at Shiva, "That's not fair!"
"You were taking too long," replied Shiva with a smirk. "That means that dinner is on you."
Lip's scowl changed into a frown combined with a severe glare.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Inuyasha, aren't you going to go out there and help Crystal?" asked Kagome before returning to the window in time to see Crystal get sent sprawling backwards by a barrage of icicles.
Inuyasha replied from his spot under Kagome's bed, "Not happening, 'sides Crystal can handle this herself."
A small cut formed on Crystal's cheek and her clothes looked somewhat torn from the razor-sharpness of the icicles, but she was otherwise unharmed. Crystal got to her feet and smirked at the demonic snowman blender thing she was fighting against.
"You're pretty good, but this has gone on long enough," stated Crystal.
Another large snowball came flying towards Crystal. She suddenly converted to her form that allowed to tap into the full strength of her demonic powers and drew the Dragon Blade. The blade began to glow a faint metallic purple color as her aura shifted to match the aura of the sword. She continued to smirk at the demon in question and slashed the air horizontally while shouting, "Ryuu Douryokuha!" and unleashed a barrage of metallic purple energy blades on the blender that the snowman happened to be riding around on.
[Dragon Power Blade]
The demon dissolved into dust and the artificial snowstorm it had brought with it faded out and the fake snow melted into nothing. Crystal sheathed the Dragon Blade [also returning to her original form in the process] and would have landed lightly on the ground, if not for the fact that she had forgotten to deal with the giant snowball that had been hurled at her before her attack. Before vanishing, it smashed into her and sent her flying towards the ground with an unexpected amount of force.
"She still has a lot to learn," stated Inuyasha.
Kagome said from the window, "Interesting how she can be so tough in battle and get hit by one giant snowball and get knocked out so fast."
"Interesting is right, I'll have to ask her about that," sweatdropped Inuyasha.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The figure that had been in the air had definately looked like Crystal. The last time he had seen Crystal though, she definately didn't have pointy ears or what Ryoga was convinced looked like claws from what he could make out in the night sky. She had also performed some sort of attack with that sword of hers that he definately wasn't familiar with.
One thing in all of this really bothered him though. He definately wasn't anywhere near the Tendo Dojo and had been trying to find it the entire day.
When he had spotted Crystal, Ryoga had hoped to ask for directions, but now he had lost track of her and wasn't sure where he was headed. He sighed, "Where am I now?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Another Day Ends...
Spoiler Warning: This fanfiction will definately include spoilers of events and characters that appear later on in these Anime Titles. Technically these characters have already appeared, they just haven't appeared in the English version of the series.
Author's Notes: First, I'd like to thank Thorn, Lady Yami, Cat Silver, Shiva, and Sakura Joy for your continued support. Secondly, I'd like to apoligize for the long delay in getting this episode on the scene, as I've been sick for the last two weeks. I must warn you, I had a lot of time on my hands to plan out the chaos that your are about to experience!
------Original Characters------
Tyriel is a not-so-ordinary human being and also happens to be a childhood friend of Crystal's from back in California. He has been gifted/cursed with three conflicting forces within him, all of which switch control at one point or another which causes a great deal of confusion for those who are trying to deal with him. These forces are his human consciousness as Tyriel, a demonic being from the past called Xakis, and the angelic being from the past called Narcis. Little is known of how this came to be, but it is assumed that it would be very bad if one of these alternate powers were to suddenly take total control. All three of these characters belong to my friend Slade.
------A World Appart------
Mousse unleashed a barrage of chained daggers and an assortment of mini bombs in Lip's general direction. Lip in turn was still running away from the Amazon known as Shampoo. The boy was stopped in his tracks when he became wrapped up in the chains, narrowly avoiding being sliced by the daggers. The explosions and smoke from the mini bombs were making him dizzy and he was suddenly caught in a severe glomping from the Amazon.
"LET GO OF ME!" exclaimed the reasonably frustrated Lip.
"Why Lip run from Shampoo?" asked Shampoo innocently.
"Why do ya think?!" growled Lip as he once again managed to break free of Shampoo's grasp and the chains that had been binding him. He took off running again, or at least that is what he was about to do when he was glomped again.
"Shampoo!" shouted Mousse sounding overjoyed.
Lip let out a sound that was definately not something a human could mimic. It was something like a roar, but much deeper and more aggressive as though it implied pain and suffering. In this case, the pain portion of this concept was definately true. Lip escaped from Mousse's glomp that had been meant for Shampoo, although he hadn't been wearing a certain pair of glasses and had made the severe mistake of glomping Lip instead. Lip pulled back his leg and struck Mousse, sending the near-sighted boy flying into a low orbit across Nerima.
"Aiya!" Shampoo glomped Lip again to congradulate him for getting rid of Mousse so they could be alone.
"Gr..." Lip growled before slipping out of Shampoo's grasp once again and taking flight. Up until now it appeared that he had forgotten that he could fly and then in remembering that he could, he did just that. Shampoo was left to watch as Lip vanished into the horizon.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are you two planning to get up?" asked Miroku noting the fact that Inuyasha and Crystal hadn't moved since falling out of their respective trees at the revelation that they were actually siblings. He was about to ask again when neither of them reacted, but he was beaten to the punch.
Shiva openned his mouth again, "Come on, it isn't THAT surprising."
"Apparently it is to them," said Sango.
Inuyasha and Crystal continued to remain sprawled out under their respective trees. Shippo siddled over by Inuyasha and poked him in the back with a stick. Inuyasha growled and bonked Shippo on the head before returning to his previous state of shock.
"I think they're in shock," suggested Shippo.
"Thank you for being the obvious one," grumbled Zapmon.
Kagome asked, "How long do you suppose they're going to stay like that?"
"It could be a while," noted Miroku.
"That's right! I still have a score to settle with that overgrown flying turkey!" shouted Crystal suddenly moving from her spot on the ground. She grabbed the Dragon Blade from where it had rested since being overheated by the blue phoenix from the night before, sheathed it, and took off in a direction that looked like it had been chosen at random.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Shiva, Zapmon and Pichu blinked. Inuyasha was still sprawled out on the ground.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Somewhere outside of Tokyo, Ryoga Hibiki was making an attempt at getting back to the Tendo Dojo and wasn't having a lot of luck. He spotted a figure in the distance and decided that he would have to ask them for directions.
Fortunately, Ryoga managed to head towards the figure instead of away from them.
This guy looked roughly like Inuyasha's human form, aside from the obvious fact that he had short, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. All appearences indicated that he was definately a human and somewhere in his late teens. He looked like he could definately be a martial artist, and probably a strong one at that. Ryoga didn't seem to notice, as a combination of being in a rush to break Ranma's skull and exhaustion were definately getting the better of him.
"Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to Tokyo?" asked Ryoga.
The person in question [Tyriel] blinked, obviously not having been expecting to run into anyone while taking the route through the forest that he had chosen to take, considering there wasn't even a trail. He himself was actually headed in the general direction of Tokyo. He replied in an even tone and pointed in the direction he was currently headed in, "Tokyo is this way."
This seemed all well and good until Ryoga darted off in the exact opposite direction that Tyriel had been pointing in. Ryoga turned back and waved briefly, "Thank you!" before continuing in the wrong direction.
Tyriel watch Ryoga as a sweatdrop rolled down the back of his head, "No sense of direction?" He shrugged and continued on his way. "Not my problem."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Does Crystal always go running into trouble?" asked Kagome from her spot on Inuyasha's back.
Sango, Miroku and Shippo were riding on Kirara while Shiva decided to defy gravity and started flying himself. Pichu and Zapmon were traveling on either of Shiva's shoulders. Crystal was seriously fast when she wanted to be, and right now there was no visible sign of her.
"That's Crystal for ya," replied Shiva.
Shippo couldn't help saying, "Inuyasha and Crystal are DEFINATELY related."
Inuyasha held back the urge to hit Shippo and kept heading in the direction Crystal had taken off in. From what he had been able to tell from the speed Crystal was moving, she was going recklessly fast until about a minute ago when she had probably caught up with her target.
"There she is," said Miroku pointing to where Crystal was up in a tree, facing the blue phoenix from the night before.
Upon closer inspection, Crystal was wielding a bow and an arrow. Everyone mentally agreed not to ask where she had gotten those from. Crystal was aiming carefully at the blue phoenix, looking like she hadn't done this for a while and was trying to make sure she was doing it right. Then she stated, "Gensou Konjou Inabikari!" and released the arrow which suddenly took on the form of a bolt of lightning.
[Elemental Spirit of Lightning]
"Uh...when did Crystal take archery lessons?" Shiva wondered aloud.
The arrow burned up in the blue flames surrounding the blue phoenix, but the lightning took effect and zapped the beast.
"There's a Shikon Aura coming from that thing," said Kagome.
Inuyasha nearly lost his balance on the tree branch he had landed on, "What?!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You finally managed to escape from Shampoo?" asked Ranma.
Lip had escaped into Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, hoping that the Amazon wouldn't decide to follow him into the restaurant that belonged to one of her former rivals for Ranma. As it happened, Ranma was there hiding from Akane after having escaped from her attempt at breakfast.
Ranma shuddered remembering the winged, green blob that had flied off of his plate when Akane brought breakfast in. He started on his okonomiyaki again while he waited for an answer from Lip.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me this would happen if I beat you?!" growled Lip.
"Er--it slipped my mind? I was hungry?" Ranma was trying to spare himself some pain. If he knew his rivals, Ryoga would be back to challenge him soon and he didn't feel like getting beaten up by Shiva's rival beforehand.
Lip seemingly ignored him and started eating his own okonomiyaki. Ranma wasn't worth his time anyway, so Lip decided he would let the pigtailed boy live for the time being. That was when Mousse burst throug the door shouting, "SHAMPOO!"
"Not again," groaned Lip as he jammed the rest of his okonomiyaki into his mouth, slammed some yen onto the counter and took off out the door.
Ranma sweatdropped, "I don't think Shampoo is here Mousse."
"You can't fool me my precious Shampoo," Mousse was moving towards Ranma.
Ranma reflexively planted his foot in the middle of Mousse's face, "Mousse put on your glasses why don't ya!"
"Huh? Saotome?" Mousse stepped back and reached into his robe to reveal his bottle-lensed glasses before putting them over his eyes. "What am I doing in Ucchan's Okonomiyaki, when I am certain was in the Neko-Hanten."
Ranma raised an eyebrow, "Mousse you really should keep your glasses on. You almost glomped me."
"Nevermind that Saotome, where is that Lip guy?" asked Mousse.
Ranma sweatdropped, "He just left."
Mousse bolted out the door.
"That was unexpected," said Ukyo.
"Definately," agreed Ranma.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal had given up on the archery tactic and had somehow caused her bow to vanish before attempting to use any more arrows. She had regrouped with the others, but was still focused on dealing with the blue phoenix herself.
"What made you take off like that?" asked Shiva ignoring the fact that they were in the middle of a battle.
Crystal was preparing for another attack, "I could sense its aura expanding and decided I'd deal with it before it got too powerful, but I under- estimated just how bad it was. Still, I know I can handle this."
"So she can't sense the Shikon Fragments?" asked Miroku.
"Apparently not," replied Sango.
Crystal jumped up into a new tree, "Pichu, let's give it a Thundershock!"
Pichu scurried forward and used Agility to get itself up into a tree near the blue phoenix before launching himself into the air and sparkling with electricity, "Piiiichuuuu!" and unleashing the blast on the phoenix with little effect. As he started towards the ground, Crystal swooped in and caught him before jumping into another tree.
"Well, you tried and you didn't shock yourself, so I think that was good for practice, now go stay by Zapmon while I handle this," said Crystal setting Pichu down on the tree branch. Pichu nodded and headed for where Zapmon was, a safe distance away from the battlefield.
Something started to bother Inuyasha and he decided to make the fact known, "Crystal, why in the world aren't you transforming?!"
Crystal remained in her spot in the tree, "I can handle this thing as I am." This was interesting considering her mind was screaming {I don't want to lose control of myself if I transform, so I'll do what I can without transforming.}
"You shouldn't be afraid of your transformation. You've never lost control before, so what makes you think you will now?!" demanded Inuyasha.
Crystal decided not to ask how Inuyasha had known exactly waht was going through her head. He was right though, she was acting like an idiot because of something that probably wouldn't happen. She clenched her fists as a barrage of blue flames came at her as the blue phoenix started flapping its wings madly.
"Why is Inuyasha letting Crystal do the fighting?" asked Shippo.
"He can tell that she wants to do this?" replied Kagome. "I have no idea."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"This doesn't look like Tokyo," said a confused Ryoga as he climbed the stairs to the Masaki Shrine. He had somehow managed to wander to Okayama while he was hopelessly lost.
It so happened that Tenchi was returning from the fields with a fresh supply of carrots for Ryo-Ohki and spotted Ryoga, "You're that friend of Crystal's and Shiva's that gets lost a lot right?"
Ryoga sweatdropped and rubbed the back of his head, "Er--that would be me. And yes, I am lost."
"Where are you trying to go?" asked Tenchi.
"Tokyo," replied Ryoga.
Tenchi asked, "Would you like to stick around for lunch and see about having Washu teleport you back to Nerima?"
"That would be nice," said Ryoga.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal finally accepted the fact that she needed to use her demon powers to beat the blue phoenix as it was now and once again went through her transformation. Some claws and pointy ears later, she was jumping out of the tree she had been standing in and slashing the air horizontally while shouting, "Tsume Kaminari!" unleasing a barrage of electrical blades from her claws at the blue phoenix, dissolving it into dust while the Shikon Fragment floated lightly towards the ground.
[Claws of Thunder]
Crystal landed lightly on her feet and returned to normal, "I'm glad that's settled."
"Can we eat now?" asked Shiva.
There was an exchange of sweatdrops while Kagome went over and picked up the Shikon Fragment.
"Why don't we head back to the village?" suggested Inuyasha.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared at Inuyasha.
"What?"
"Are you feeling sick?" asked Miroku.
"Come to think of it, I should probably go back to the other era," said Crystal. "Shiva is less of a threat to the worlds food supply there."
Shiva made a hurt sound, but Crystal ignored him. Zapmon nodded in agreement, "I must say, next time you go on one of these trips, you can't count me out. I much prefer being in your apartment."
"Crystal, why haven't you decided to move into the Dojo? Ranma and Akane have invited you several times, right?" asked Shiva.
"I don't want to impose," replied Crystal.
"It isn't imposing when you are invited," explained Shiva.
Sango said, "I guess it looks like we're heading back to the village."
"Indeed," replied Miroku.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Crystal is near," said Tyriel in a dark voice that did not sound like the voice he had been using when he gave Ryoga directions earlier in the day.
Tyriel shook his head and said in his normal voice, "Alright, now that we know where she is there is no reason to rush into reaching her. She isn't likely to go anywhere."
"Fine," he grumbled in the dark voice before continuing on his way.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"And we're back," said Zapmon with a quiet sigh of relief. "I might be the Digimon of Time and Space, but I am not a big fan to time travel."
Crystal concluded, "You're just upset because they didn't have pizza in the Feudal Era."
Zapmon sweatdropped, "Speaking of which--do you think I could have some pizza now that we're back in this era?"
"Uh Crystal?" asked Kagome.
Crystal turned away from the dragon she had been speaking with, "What is it?"
"Maybe you could stay here so you and Inuyasha can have some time to do a little catching up," replied Kagome.
Crystal said, "If it's alright, then it sounds good to me."
"You don't want to come back to the apartment?" asked Shiva.
"It's my apartment," noted Crystal. "And I could care less about heading back to the crowded city right now."
"I think being in the Feudal Era is giving Crystal ideas," said Zapmon.
Pichu nodded, "Pichu."
Crystal smirked, "Whatever. Anyway, Zapmon, you and Pichu make sure Shiva goes back to Nerima and doesn't try to bother me. You got that?"
Zapmon nodded, "Sure thing."
"Pichu!" nodded Pichu.
"Is that how little you think of me?" Shiva asked sounding hurt again.
"How can I put this? Yes!" replied Crystal. She reached into her pocket and removed her wallet, handing some of the contents to Zapmon. "Don't order more than you can eat and make sure Shiva gets back to Nerima."
Zapmon nodded and gave Crystal an "ok" sign with her clawed hand. Crystal shrugged. This was good enough for her. With that Shiva left in the company of Zapmon and Pichu.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryoga was walking down the streets of Nerima, still unable to locate the Tendo Dojo. He had been teleported to Nerima District Park and now he was hopelessly lost again. He thought back to his conversation with Washu and sighed.
*~*~*~* Flashback *~*~*~*
Washu handed Ryoga a folded piece of paper. Ryoga blinked, "What's this?"
"Just give that to Shiva. Tell him to read it aloud to the people mentioned in it when he sees them again if he wants some good laughs," replied Washu.
Ryoga nodded absently, "Sure."
"Alright, ready to teleport?" asked Washu.
"As ready as I'll ever be," replied Ryoga.
*~*~*~* Present *~*~*~*
Ryoga sighed again, "How do I get to the Dojo now?"
Ryoga was about to give up and call it a day by setting up his camping equipment where he was, which happened to be back at the park for the eighth time since being teleported. This was until he heard some familiar voices headed in his direction.
"Get back here you bridenapper!" cried Mousse as he chased after Lip who had once again forgotten about flying altogether.
Ryoga blinked, "Mousse, that isn't Ranma."
Mousse paused briefly to consider this, "Haven't you heard, this guy beat Ranma and now Shampoo is with him."
"He beat Ranma?" Ryoga stood there dumbstruck.
Mousse took off after Lip again, "I don't have time to chat!"
Ryoga blinked several times and just continued to stand there in shock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Many explanations later, Kagome, Inuyasha and Crystal found themselves in the safety of Kagome's room. This would have been a lot more interesting of Inuyasha and Crystal would actually say something instead of being so quiet. This silence had been going on for the last fifteen minutes and needless to say, Kagome was starting to wonder if there was something wrong with the both of them.
"Are you two just going to be like this the whole time you're here?" asked Kagome.
Crystal blinked, "Be like what?"
"Nothing, you two were just seemed like you two were getting too quiet," replied Kagome.
Crystal sweatdropped, "I was testing out my theory on telepathic links and I guess we got a little carried away when it worked..."
"What are you talking about?" Kagome was the confused one now.
Inuyasha decided to answer, "We've been talking the whole time, just in our heads."
Kagome blinked again, "Nevermind--what are we going to do now?"
"I'd like some ramen," suggested Inuyasha.
So much for keeping a low profile.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Shiva was walking around Nerima looking thoroughly bored. He had managed to convince Zapmon and Pichu that he wouldn't leave, and they in turn had returned to Crystal's apartment. Sometimes Nerima could seem so boring.
It so happened that Shiva was walking through Nerima District Park. For this reason, Shiva was the first to find Ryoga after his initial shock at what Mousse had told him earlier.
"What's wrong with you Ryoga?" Shiva asked.
Ryoga finally snapped out of it, "Uh--when is it that Lip beat Ranma and ended up with Shampoo chasing him around?"
"That was a few days ago as I recall," answered Shiva. "After the buffet incident."
Ryoga nodded, "Alright then. I better get going so I can reach the Dojo in time."
Shiva watched as Ryoga took off in a direction that definately didn't lead to the Tendo Dojo, but was unable to stop the eternally lost boy. Shiva shrugged and continued walking, hoping for something exciting to do when it hit him. If Lip was still in Nerima, the two of them could fight and Crystal wouldn't be around to stop them.
"It's your own fault Crystal," Shiva said in a menacing tone before he broke into meniacal laughter. He traced Lip's aura and took off in that direction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Crystal sneezed, "Someone must be talking about me..."
"That's gonna cost ya," beamed Inuyasha.
Kagome watched as Inuyasha and Crystal played a fierce round of Speed [the card game people] at a speed that was obviously beyond human. In fact, Kagome wondered how it was that she wasn't hearing a sonic boom every time one of them set down cards or picked up new ones. So far each game had ended in a draw and this had already gone on for a good seven rounds. Kagome was perfectly entertained just watching the two of them go at it and had no interest in joining in the game herself.
"Don't think you've beaten me yet," countered Crystal.
"Just watch me," replied Inuyasha.
Kagome sighed, at least they weren't trying to kill each other.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The sky began to darken as Tyriel walked the streets of Nerima, finally nearing the Tendo Dojo that Ryoga had been trying so hard to reach, although he himself was not aware of this. He was looking for someone specific and that someone was Crystal. He could already sense that Crystal was not where he was headed, but that she would undoubtably end up there at a respectable time the following day and he would see about getting a place to spend the night.
He arrived at the Dojo to find Ranma sparring in the backyard with Panda- san. Somehow the aspect of a human and a panda fighting didn't surprise him very much.
"Crystal's fate has been sealed," said Tyriel in the dark voice from earlier.
Tyriel snapped himself out of it, "Let's not draw unwanted attention to ourselves until we actually find Crystal."
Ranma swore he just felt this new guys's aura shift for a second, but didn't have time to think about it further as he was sent sprawling into the Koi pond. Ranma-chan crawled out of the water and stated, "Hey old man, we've got a visitor here."
Tyriel was reasonably surprised by the sudden boy to girl transformation that had suddenly occured with Ranma. He didn't have much time to think about this as the panda from before held up a sign that read "Greetings stranger. What can we help you with?"
Alright, there was definately something odd about this Nerima place. No wonder Crystal had decided to come here. Tyriel decided that being surprised wasn't going to get him anywhere and that he should probably just get strait to the point.
"My name is Tyriel and I am looking for someone named Crystal," explained Tyriel. "I've heard that she lives around here."
The panda turned the sign around "That would be correct."
Ranma decided to take over, "She isn't around right now though. She went on a little trip and no one is sure when she is coming back."
"I see," said Tyriel. "Then I'll just have to find someplace to stay and wait for her."
Ranma suggested, "I think it would be alright for you to wait here at the Dojo for her. Odds are she'll turn up here eventually; she always does."
"I'd appreciate that," replied Tyriel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Are ya getting slow Inuyasha?" Crystal seemed to be getting better at the card game. Then she noticed something else that had changed aside from Inuyasha's speed, "Don't tell me, it's that time of month again?"
Inuyasha blinked, having seemingly forgotten that it had been that very event that had caused him to suggest returning to the village during the afternoon. He stood up and walked over to the mirror. Inuyasha saw black and dived under Kagome's bed.
"I thought so," said Crystal.
Kagome looked somewhat surprised, "I totally forgot that tonight was the first night of the New Moon."
"I think most of us did," replied Crystal.
A knock sounded on Kagome's door. Inuyasha basically froze underneath Kagome's bed. Crystal remained where she was, sitting cross-legged on the floor. Kagome got up and openned the door to find Souta standing outside.
"What's with all the noise? Some of us are getting ready for bed," asked Souta.
Kagome sweatdropped, "It's nothing--Inuyasha and Crystal just finished playing cards."
"Really? Can I play?" asked Souta.
"Weren't you going to bed?" Kagome countered.
"That's right. I forgot."
A few seconds later, Souta was gone and a level of peacefulness returned to Kagome's room. Inuyasha was still hiding under Kagome's bed.
"Are you just going to stay under there?" asked Kagome.
"I don't need anyone else seeing me like this," replied Inuyasha.
The sound of something crashing outside caused Crystal to bolt for the window, which she openned and jumped out of all in the course of a few seconds. Kagome ran over to see what was going on.
What appeared to be an evil snowman riding a blender was flying around outside creating a rather destructive looking blizzard. This was further complicated by the fact that he had taken to hurling large snowballs at the ground and was already aiming one at Crystal, who had chosen to interfere in his fun.
The snowball came smashing towards Crystal, but she merely cupped her hands in a blast position and shouted, "Gensou Konjou Hinote!" unleashing a blast of flames on the snowball, melting it into harmlessness.
[Elemental Spirit of Fire]
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Shiva and Lip looked like they had probably been fighting the entire afternoon once Shiva had managed to locate Lip and distract Mousse long enough to get away from him. It seemed like they were getting ready for one final attack wave before calling the fight a draw.
"Ka-me," Lip started charging the energy into his hands.
Shiva moved in for the kill, "Hadouken!" and unleashed a blast that sent Lip reeling backwards across the sky.
[Fireball]
Lip recovered and scowled at Shiva, "That's not fair!"
"You were taking too long," replied Shiva with a smirk. "That means that dinner is on you."
Lip's scowl changed into a frown combined with a severe glare.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Inuyasha, aren't you going to go out there and help Crystal?" asked Kagome before returning to the window in time to see Crystal get sent sprawling backwards by a barrage of icicles.
Inuyasha replied from his spot under Kagome's bed, "Not happening, 'sides Crystal can handle this herself."
A small cut formed on Crystal's cheek and her clothes looked somewhat torn from the razor-sharpness of the icicles, but she was otherwise unharmed. Crystal got to her feet and smirked at the demonic snowman blender thing she was fighting against.
"You're pretty good, but this has gone on long enough," stated Crystal.
Another large snowball came flying towards Crystal. She suddenly converted to her form that allowed to tap into the full strength of her demonic powers and drew the Dragon Blade. The blade began to glow a faint metallic purple color as her aura shifted to match the aura of the sword. She continued to smirk at the demon in question and slashed the air horizontally while shouting, "Ryuu Douryokuha!" and unleashed a barrage of metallic purple energy blades on the blender that the snowman happened to be riding around on.
[Dragon Power Blade]
The demon dissolved into dust and the artificial snowstorm it had brought with it faded out and the fake snow melted into nothing. Crystal sheathed the Dragon Blade [also returning to her original form in the process] and would have landed lightly on the ground, if not for the fact that she had forgotten to deal with the giant snowball that had been hurled at her before her attack. Before vanishing, it smashed into her and sent her flying towards the ground with an unexpected amount of force.
"She still has a lot to learn," stated Inuyasha.
Kagome said from the window, "Interesting how she can be so tough in battle and get hit by one giant snowball and get knocked out so fast."
"Interesting is right, I'll have to ask her about that," sweatdropped Inuyasha.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The figure that had been in the air had definately looked like Crystal. The last time he had seen Crystal though, she definately didn't have pointy ears or what Ryoga was convinced looked like claws from what he could make out in the night sky. She had also performed some sort of attack with that sword of hers that he definately wasn't familiar with.
One thing in all of this really bothered him though. He definately wasn't anywhere near the Tendo Dojo and had been trying to find it the entire day.
When he had spotted Crystal, Ryoga had hoped to ask for directions, but now he had lost track of her and wasn't sure where he was headed. He sighed, "Where am I now?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Another Day Ends...