AUTHORS NOTES: This is my path that I'm taking on an addventure I'm doing on another site, which is why the chapters will be a bit short. Feel free to check out the addventure and take other paths, and I'll banter back and forth with you and make something wacky! Here ya go (copy/paste): addventure.bast-enterprises.de/159122.html
Akane smirked as the last of the boys scrambled away, cut and bruised. "That oughtta show 'em," he said proudly, clapping some of the dirt off of his gi.
"Hey, you!" Nabiki called out, running down to stand before the mysterious gentleman robed in purple. "You're a magician or something, aren't you?" She didn't notice his very confused expression before she continued, not letting him get a word in edgewise. "Of course you are, why else would you be dressed like that in the middle of town!"
The young Tendo put her hands on her hips and looked at him accusingly. "My little brother saved you, and because of that, he's bleeding! What do you intend to do about it?" she demanded. Akane, who had not realized he was injured until just that moment, discovered that he was indeed bleeding from a cut on the corner of his mouth.
"I'm fine, Nabiki," he said, trying to get her to back off. He had saved this man willingly, after all, and he didn't want to cause any trouble. "Let's just go home so I can take a bath before Kasumi sees me..."
"Oh no, your little sister is quite right," the man interjected. "You did me a great service. Let's see here..."
He fishes inside his robes for a moment, and pulled out a dark green book with a red pentagram design etched into the cover. "Here you go, young man," he said with a grin, handing it over to Akane. "A magical book, with the ability to grant wishes!"
"I don't know," Nabiki said doubtfully. "Why would you give away a magical book?"
"I've already had my wish granted," the magician replied, "so I really have no need for it anymore. Use it wisely!" He turned and walked away from the two children as they look down at the book, glad to finally be rid of it.
"What do you think we should do with it?" Akane asked, turning it over in his hands. A few drops of blood hit the cover, escaping Akane's notice.
"I don't know," Nabiki said. The whole thing is fishy to me...Hey! Old Man..." Unfortunately for Nabiki, the magician she had just lifted her head to look at was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey, check it out!" Akane exclaimed, and Nabiki turned to view the book that her brother had taken the liberty of opening.
"Akane!" she scolded. "I can't believe you opened it! It could be dangerous, you know!"
"Oh, come on, it's just a clown," Akane rolled his eyes. "I wonder why anyone would draw such an ugly clown..."
And with those words, the book glowed a sickly yellow color, and the jester-like clown which had previously been flat on the page now stood, in full three dimensional glory, on top of the book. He bowed at Akane and said, "I am the spirit of this book. What do you wish of me, master?"