Crystal: Do we have to do this?
Kai: No, you do it for readers entertainment
Crystal: But my friend reads this story and she says their annoying and that she doesn't get um
Caylin: Well…to bad for them then
Crystal: Hmm…swing set *swing set appears* ^-^ cha *sits on the one swinged swing set, though the swing can fit two people* ^-^
Rachel and Sai: Bottomless hill! *Begin rolling down it*
Kitara: *to Caylin* this place is going to the dogs, isn't it?
Caylin: Most likely…
Kai: Hey, what about me?
Caylin: Look Kai, cricket *points to wall*
Kai: Don't worry! I'll paz it!
Caylin and Kitara: -.-
Crystal: It's funnier when he says spaz, though…
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"Wait, so what type of power is this?" Alethia asked.
"Hmm, one that will be helpful in some missions. It is the power to turn into an animal" Mickey said, and everyone began to open their mouths. "But wait! This does not come like a bowl of cherries. Each time you take the form of the animal your body chooses, it will take energy and will waste energy to stay in the form. That is why it will take a lot of training to be able to complete the transformation without a use of energy" Mickey said. "If you would like to go through this, please move to this side of the couch" she said, pointing behind her.
Alethia, Caylin, Kitara, Kai, Rachel, Rem, and Windy walked to the area, while the others stayed.
"Well, if you four ever change your minds…the power will be open" Mickey smiled slightly. "You all may go to breakfast or return to your activities, and if you all would follow me" she said to the group behind her.
The room disappeared from view as the seven followed Mickey down another hallway that had yet to be explored. But, it was longer then the others. When they reached the end, they began to go down stairs, many sets of them.
"Are we there yet?" Rachel whined, as they stepped onto another landing.
"In fact, we are" Mickey smiled slightly, as she pushed open a large, old fashioned, wooden door. It was the type you'd find in a castle, as was the stone walls and grimy floors and flame torches. Nothing you'd expect to find in something as advanced as the headquarters.
But…what was inside the doors was.
The walls were metallic, forever changing colors, while one of the walls was made completely of what looked to be glass.
"Unbreakable, don't worry" Mickey said while they stared at it. You could see forever, the glow of few planets and billions of stars.
There was equipment lining every wall, and in the center was a large, cylinder shaped machine.
"Who would like to go first?" Mickey asked. No one moved. She sighed. "Fine then, I'll go, I just have to set a timer then. And while you're in there, no use in THINKING what you want to be. It will happen depending on everything you feel and what your body feels like turning into. Very odd, I know you must be thinking. So, anyway" Mickey said, as she turned on her boot heal. She stepped next to the side of the machine, punched in a few numbers, and then laid her finger on small, metal pad.
She bit her lip as she pulled it back, and there was a smooth cut along it.
"Wish me luck" she smiled as she climbed into the cylinder. The door was clear, and they watched as she was enveloped with a thick, black and red smoke. When it cleared thirty seconds later, she emerged just like before, her skin even a bit darker, but just a bit.
"Next?" She asked, though her voice was a little shaky. Kai stepped up.
"Second in command, second to go" he told her, and she nodded.
"Put your finger here then" she instructed, while she typed in another code. Kai pulled his finger away when she told him to, to see the same cut she had. He walked into the machine, and gave a peace sign to everyone as the smoke enveloped him, this time black and dark blue.
When he emerged, his legs were shaking a bit, and he sat down on one of the chairs. This continued on and on with every guest. Alethia's smoke had been black and green; Caylin's smoke had been red and white; Kitara's smoke had been pure black; Rachel's smoke was blue and silver; Rem's smoke was ice blue and white; and Windy's smoke was turquoise blue and gray.
"Would you all like to try it now, but only for a minute" Mickey instructed. They nodded. "Ok, all you have to do is think about turning into an animal…and it will just happen" she said, and they nodded. Then…it all started. There were poofs of all different colored smoke, the kind that had enveloped them when they had been in the machine.
And, then it faded away, to leave eight animals in the room.
A small, black mouse was sitting by the machine, delicate eyes closed. Its ears were tipped…in crimson. It opened its eyes, revealing the small rubies that lay there, and it gave a small, mousy smile.
Also sitting in the room, was a large, Black Panther with deep, green eyes, rolling about on it's back, one eye opened, like a giant kitten. There was another panther as well, though it was curled up and moving its head from side to side. It was deep, midnight blue that looked almost black. It blinked its aqua eyes as it stared around in wonder at all the other animals in the room.
Two wolfs also sat in the room, glaring at each other. One was silver with three neon black stripes under each of its sky blue eyes. It had that same neon black dipped on its front paws, while the back ones were midnight blue, resembling that one panther. It had a very large tail, resembling Sessho-maru's from Inuyasha, but smaller, though big enough to fit with this wolf that was unusually bigger then others.
The other one was completely black, with a blue type trim, giving it that mystical and mysterious look. Its powder blue eyes which had turned away from the other wolf, were staring at the small mouse, eyebrows raised.
The mouse's ears twitched a bit, as did its whiskers, as it ran forward and stood in the center of animals, looking at them all with a very earnest expression.
Everything seemed to be in pairs except for it and a beautiful looking bird, which was flying around the room at a graceful pace, but it was still moving up and down in a rapid, excited motion. Its golden amber eyes just couldn't help but scan the room as if everything were to disappear in an instant.
And lastly, two cats sat at separate sides of the room, looking about in their own infatuation. One was icy blue, with the whites of its eyes almost blending in with the icy blue of its pupils. There was a small line along the back of her fur, like it had been cut shorter then the rest…but no other real markings.
The other was a shocking silver, three black, triangular stripes diving down each side of its body to the center. One stripe sat under each of its large, irresistible, deep sea blue eyes.
And then, as quickly as it all had happened, there were more poofs of smoke, and everyone changed back…except for one.
The small black mouse still resumed, and all eyes strayed to it. Kai looked about, and his eyes landed on the mouse after looking over the rest of the crew that was there. And that mouse…it had the most peculiar markings.
Have none of you figured it out yet?
Everyone looked about as if on habit when Mickey's voice sounded through their head.
Come on, you all can't be that big of idiots, now can you?
At this time, the mouse began to pace on all fours in front of the humans, a strange amused expression on its face.
Anyone, anyone at all?
The mouse stopped pacing, and Kai looked at it.
"Mickey?" He asked, as if he didn't believe that the person who had brought them all here…had only transformed into a mouse.
Bingo, bingo, you win the prize. (A/N Gomen…just HAD to use that.)
There was yet another poof of smoke, and Mickey stood before them, a smile playing across her lips.
"A mouse…but why?" Caylin asked. Mickey shrugged.
"Who knows…but I hope you all are happy with your choices?" Mickey asked, everyone nodded.
"So…when do these 'side affects' start to take place?" Kai asked.
"Um…who knows, it will all just start happening. Some of it is painful, but some of them are pretty helpful" Mickey smiled slightly. "Oh, before I forget, everyone will need codenames for this" Mickey stated.
"Alright then…Lethe" Alethia smiled. "I presume that won't be too hard to remember" she stated, placing her hands behind her back and clasping them.
"I'll be…Tonya (Tohn-ya) then" Caylin smiled, twisting a piece of her hair between her fingers.
"I'll be Hina (Heen-uh)" Kitara said, propping a knee a bit as she did so.
"Hmm…me…you may call me VOLT!" Kai called, striking a pose as everyone sweat-dropped. "What?" He asked, dropping it and shaking his head from side to side.
"Nothing…just forget it. Anyway, I'll be Silva" Rachel stated.
"Very original" Kai stated sarcastically.
"Thank you" Rachel smiled, and everyone sweat-dropped.
"I'll be Freeze then" Rem said quietly.
"I'll be Lluvia, it means rain in Spanish" Windy said. Everyone nodded before turning their heads to look at Mickey.
"For me…how about Shinku…crimson in Japanese" Mickey said after standing a moment in thought. "Hmm…should we be heading up now then?" She asked, looking around at them. They nodded, and walked back out into the dungeon styled stairwell, the light changing from the brightness of the room to the dimness coming from the flame lit torches.
"You'd never think there was a dungeon in a space craft, huh?" Kai asked, as they began their way up the many stair cases. He peeked into one of the barred windows that showed to the inside instead of out, and jumped back. "GOD! There's like…a dead person in there!" He yelled.
"Be quiet, or you'll wake up the pirates" Mickey shushed.
"Pirates…" Rachel said, glancing around nervously.
"Well, you didn't expect me to live here for most of my life and never get attacked, did you? Who would not attack a girl who lived alone in a facility like this? I had to do something with them" Mickey said as she shrugged, and they continued to walk up the steps.
"Pirates and torches and dead people, oh my" Rachel chanted, though a few of the other girls began joining in.
"If you don't be quiet, they WILL wake up…I guarantee it" Mickey said, her face holding a very serious expression. They immediately all shut up, but kept chanting silently under their breath.
They reached the top in what seemed to take a much shorter amount of time, and instead of walking straight down the hall, they turned into a door, a few more doors, and found themselves back in the main room.
"Why didn't we just go that way in the first place?" Windy asked, a little annoyed. Her legs hurt.
"I wanted to build dramatic suspense" Mickey smiled evilly. Everyone face-faulted. "Ok, time for breakfast" she stated, and the team all burst for the dining room, where the pancakes still sat, just as hot and tasty as when they had been cooked.
"Oh, I can't believe I forgot to file the report" Mickey muttered, as she stood and walked towards the door. She turned the corner, and everyone looked up as they heard a 'poof' and smoke appeared by the open door.
"That must not be a good thing" Kai said, as they all stood and ran over to the door. Mickey sat in her mouse form on the floor while Sai stood there, totally freaking out.
"OHMYGOD! I broke MICKEY!" Sai cried, as he looked down at her.
"No you didn't, this is her animal form" Caylin said, and Sai calmed down…a bit. She turned back into a human seconds later, smoke still spinning about the room.
"Guess we have a side affect then" Mickey stated.
"A side affect to what?" Tami asked, as she walked into the hall. Mickey looked at her, then to Kai.
"Kai, would you hug anyone but Tami, right now?" Mickey asked, and Kai got starry eyes.
"WHAT?!" Screamed all of the girls.
"I need to see something. Not even a hug, just so that torsos hit" Mickey stated. It seemed that all the girls jumped to the other side of the hall.
"NO WAY!" They all yelled together.
"Fine, come here Kai" Mickey sighed, grabbing him by the wrist and pulling him over. She hit her side to his, and then pulled away, nodding. "Interesting" she muttered. "Ok, Tami, you, and ONLY you, have to do the same with Kai" Mickey said.
Now Kai and Tami's eyes widened, and they looked at each other in a disgusted way.
"NO WAY IN HELL!" They both screeched in unison, glaring at each other.
"Yes way in hell, I need to see. You can jump back as fast as you'd like, just do it" Mickey sighed. They scooted a bit closer, looking at each other with the dirtiest and most disgusted looks ever. They touched slightly at the torso, before a poof sounded and smoke filled the room.
Tami had jumped away, brushing ever inch of her body. "EWWW! EWWWW! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" She yelled, trying to rub her skin raw where Kai had touched. "Stupid hentai" she muttered, looking about for him, but all she saw was a black wolf…with a blue trim and powder blue eyes.
"What happened to the hentai?" Tami asked, looking around. She screeched as the wolf started charging at her, but stopped in mid leap, fell to the floor, and turned back into Kai.
"Damnit" he muttered, glaring at the girl.
"Alright, enough, just an experiment. No need to bite each others heads off" Mickey said, casting glances at each of them. "So, this concludes to the experiment then. Us with powers may not hug or touch torsos with those who do not possess the power" Mickey said, her eyes downcast. Everyone who had undergone the process felt a great deal of regret form in their stomach, as they thought of their anime love interests…who now seemed so far out of reach.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Screeched Kai, as he sunk to the floor, hands held up. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He continued to yell. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He continued, and everyone just stood around, heads hung, as they thought over this new weight upon their shoulders…this chain that had been placed upon them, to keep them bound from the great experiences that awaited them…
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Crystal: Yea…that was a BIG Fruits Basket rip-off…but, I just had to put it as a side affect. I'm so gonna get yelled at for this…and there will be the beginning of a VERY LONG mission in the next chapter. This mission will take up…like…three chapters…that's long…
Crystal:: Anyway, Kai, from this very story, has begun writing an Akuna Side Story, based on all you characters. Isn't that great ^-^ Well, at least I think so…
Kai: And what is that supposed to mean? Oh, by the way, my ID name here on ff.net is ShadowDragon TS
Crystal: And you can find a link on my Fav.'s authors list ^-^
Kai: Really? O.O
Crystal: Yea ^-^
Rachel: And I'm starting one too!
Crystal: Yea, and her ID name is Lizzee1. So, until I update next *does The Dating Game kiss*