Chapter 4: The demon of love and hate

Stephanie and Sportacus are walking to the park, towards Stephanie's house while Sportacus rubs his cheek and has a very disappointed look on his face. Stephanie wonders what kind of aura is surrounding Usa then it dawns on her. Sportacus still disappointed.

"I figured it out," Stephanie shouts.

"The reason why she slapped me?" Sportacus grunts a bit.

"She only did that to bring you back from cloud nine," Stephanie firmly states. "There is a special aura surrounding Usa that probably caused you to act the way you do when around her."

"Or it could be because he's a dude and I'm a girl," Usa's voice is heard from behind them. "His hormones finally kicked in. Being on that airship of his probably slowed it down until he met me. Or he has some serious frustrations."

"HELLO," Stephanie waves her arms around like mad. "I'm a kid here. I don't need to be hearing any of that. Now what's the scoop?"

"Checked in with Laverna," Usa says as she sits down. "Turns out that I'm immune to any curse or spell that consist of mind control, killing, or even a stupid aura that causes certain people to fall in love with me. That was only Krystal. Anyway. The only aura I have surrounding me is a demonic aura. Turns out, he really did fall for me. Scary."

"So with you around, he won't pay attention to anything or anyone else but you?" Stephanie joins Usa.

"Exactly," Usa looks up at the night sky. "Look. A shooting star."

"Make a wish," Stephanie grins.

"Already did," Usa smiles. "I hope it comes true. I love the stars. They are the most magical thing in the universe. Each star could be a sun, a planet, or even a whole solar system. Krystal is from a long dead solar system."

"What was it called?" Stephanie asks then throws a rock at Sportacus to snap him out of his love-struck trance.

"It was called the Zodiac system," Usa laughs a bit. "In fact, it was her who helped astronomers pin-point each cluster of stars that created the zodiac for each month. Well. In her reality."

"Amazing," Stephanie looks up at the moon. "The moon will be full in three weeks. Can't wait to see it."

"I can," Usa grunts. "Well. Gotta go. Good night Stephanie."

"Good night."

"Bye, Sporta-monkey," Usa laughs again and heads home.

"Night," Sportacus lowly says, not caring that Usa just called him Sporta-monkey.

The very next day, in Robbie's underground home, Robbie is happily sleeping when something hits him in the face. He jolts awake and spots a woman with long, light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and wears a long-sleeved, purple shirt with a dragon on it and a pair of blue jeans to match, right in front of him. Robbie falls backwards on his neon orange chair then stutters, "Evila?"

"Hello, little cousin," Evila smirks. "Mortal as ever, I see."

"I thought you were banished to hell forever," Robbie quickly stands.

"Funny that you mention that," Evila says. "While down there, the devil himself made a deal with me and I became a demon. A very special one to be exact. I can make anyone fall in love with each other or themselves and hate all others, causing total chaos. It's such a wonderful power."

"Why are you here?" Robbie asks in a frightened voice.

"I came to claim what rightfully belongs to my master," Evila says as she walks around. "Any idea as to who is new and who is not?"

"Well," Robbie begins. "Some girl named Usagi Gipson is new to town and loves beating Sporta-kook at any game known to man. Is that helpful? Please say yes? Please?"

"I knew I could count on you, dear cousin," Evila smirks evilly. "So his daughter has come after all. This should be fun. I have a plan."

"I'm listening," Robbie grins with evil.

Meanwhile, in the backyard of Usa's temporary home, Usa is spotted under an old willow tree, singing to herself. She is staring at a book, not knowing that Ziggy is right in front of her. Usa, softly singing to herself, sighs a bit in a love-struck type of way and continues to sing. Finally, Usa looks up to see Ziggy and she softly smiles. "Good morning," Usa says in her soft, melodic voice.

"Hi, Usa," Ziggy smiles. "Stephanie found something that she wants you to look at."

"Okay," Usa sighs, lovingly again. "Tell her that I'll be there soon."

"All right," Ziggy says. "See you there." He leaves while waving good bye.

Usa sighs once more and begins to sing again. While singing, she begins to draw something in the book and, then, she looks up at the bright blue sky. Her eyes glittering in the sunlight and she closes the book. Standing, Usa feels a little dizzy and props herself up against the willow tree. She, then, decides to check out what Stephanie found.

To the others, also including Milford and Bessie, Usa comes walking up and looks over Stephanie's shoulder, staring at an unusual rock. Stephanie looks back to see Usa, then smiles brightly.

"Hey Usa," Stephanie says cheerfully. "Know what it is?"

"A revealing stone," Usa says. "Who ever gets too close to it becomes the exact opposite of what they are. Saw it on an episode of Power Rangers once."

"Doesn't mean it actually is," Stephanie states. "It could just be a piece of space debris, ya know."

"I know it's mine," Stingy says as he grabs a hold of the stone. Something over comes him and he stares lovingly at Trixie. "You can have it. I want her."

"Stingy?" Stephanie stares oddly at Stingy. "You okay?"

"I never knew how beautiful your eyes were," Stingy says in a loving voice. "Will you be mine instead?"

"Stingy," Trixie giggles a bit. "Okay."

"Yuck," Usa practically gags. "Love again."

"You obviously never been in love before," Trixie states then walks away with Stingy. "Let's go play, Stingy."

"Dorks," Usa sticks her tongue out. "I could careless about that stupid, lovey-dovey, mushy crap. It's disgusting."

"I love my candy," Ziggy says as he walks away. " I love you, candy. Especially you, taffy."

"Ziggy," Stephanie shouts. "You too?"

"What's going on here?" Bessie asks as she reaches down to grab the rock. "What is so special about-"

"Miss Busybody?" Milford stares. "you okay?"

"Hello handsome," Bessie grins and runs off with Milford being pulled with her.

"This is bad," Usa states. "That hunk of junk forces people into falling in love. Pixel. Would you try to find a cure for this love sickness?"

"Can do," Pixel grins, scraping a piece off the rock. "I'll let you know the moment I do."

"Thanks, Pixel," Usa grins then goes to serious mode. "Come on, Steph. I got a feeling that this has my father's name written all over it."

"Good idea," Stephanie says, following Usa home.