With a short shriek I fell hard towards the ground but managed to flip around so I was going feet, or more like butt, first. As I neared impact I prepared myself to use the shield thing to slow down but was distracted by voices. "Ranma! I challenge you!" Ranma? I thought to myself, forgetting totally that I was falling.

"What do you want?" I heard a lazy reply that I assumed came from Ranma. "Wait, what's that?"

I suddenly stopped moving and looked up to find myself in someone's arms. I looked at who it was and found myself staring into the surprised face of Ryoga. He looked at me in shock and I looked down. "Umm, we're falling." I said. He had jumped up to catch me.

With a cry of alarm he looked down and realized it too. Right before we hit I was taken from him and carried to safety. "And who… or what are you?" I looked over this time to find myself in the arms of Ranma.

"Uh…" I flinched at the sound of Ryoga hitting the ground. "Is he ok?"

Ranma shrugged. "Yeah, whatever." He landed nimbly and a girl ran over to us.

Ranma let me down as she approached so I got to look at her too. It was Akane. "Who are you? Another friend of Ranma's?" She asked, sending him a glare.

I shook my head. "I'm nobody, just hanging out."

"Hanging out?" Akane repeated. "In the sky?"

I laughed. "Yeah, that's not very convincing is it?" I looked around, suddenly aware of the large crowd gathering and realized that I didn't have my hat anymore. "Crap." I muttered. Ranma took my hand and led me away. "Who are they?" I asked.

"Pretty much the whole school." Ranma muttered.

Suddenly someone grabbed the back of my shirt and my hand slipped from Ranma's as I fell back into someone else. "You are an angel from the sky!" He cried. I turned to stare at him. "I am upper classman Kuno. Please go out on a date with me?"

I stared at him but before I could reply Ranma jumped up and landed on his head. "Back off." He muttered before landing a kick. He pulled me with him and Akane as we all hurried to Akane's house.

Once there Akane's father leapt out at us. "Ranma, what do you think you are doing?" He screamed as Ranma cowered back.

I jumped between them. "No! It's nothing like that!" I cried, waving my hands around.

He turned to me. "And who are you?" He asked, looking me up and down.

"Just passing through!" I explained simply. "Oh, and my name's Kira."

"Well I'm Ranma." Ranma said. "And that's Akane." He said, pointing to her.

"Hello." She smiled with a wave.

I looked around. "Um, aren't you two supposed to be at school?"

Ranma coughed. "Ha! I hate school…"

I shrieked as a giant panda ran out of the next room and smacked Ranma upon the head. Ranma whirled around and hit it right back. "Watch it old man!"

I stared as the panda looked at me and held up a sign that read 'I'm Ranma's dad.' "Ok…" I said slowly.

Ryoga suddenly burst through the door. "Ranma! Our fight was interrupted!" He yelled but stopped dead when he saw me. His face turned red and he looked down. "My name's Ryoga." He said, as his fingers fidgeted. "Who are you?"

"Uh, I'm Kira." I replied and then turned to everyone with a smile. "It's nice to meet you all. Can I have a picture?"

They all fell back in surprise at my sudden request. "What for?" Ranma yelled.

"I'm trying to keep track of all the places I go during my travels." I responded.

"Oh really?" Akane asked. "Where have you been so far?"

I laughed. "You're not going to believe me even if I told you."

"Try me." Ranma muttered.

I sighed. "Ok, I was kidnapped and sent away to another world. Now my friends have him and are making him bring me back. Every time he transports me to a different world but he as no idea what world it will be so I don't know when or if I'll ever make it back." I stopped and looked around at the shocked faces, waiting for a response. Suddenly Ranma burst out laughing and I glared at him with a red face. "What's so funny?" I yelled.

"You expect us to believe that?" Ranma chuckled.

"I told you that you wouldn't believe me but it's true so shut up!" I snarled. My eyes flashed red and everyone quieted except for Ranma who was too busy laughing to see. Ryoga slammed his fist into Ranma's head, causing him to go into a light daze. "Thank you." I muttered to Ryoga, unclenching my fists.

"What are you?" Ryoga asked, his face bright red.

"You're not going to believe this either but a wolf demon. I actually have some human in me as well…" I replied. "Oh and a bit of dog demon too I guess."

Ranma was already better and he kicked Ryoga in the back of the head and stared at me. "A demon? Let's see some proof."

Akane turned to him. "You can tell by looking at her!" She cried.

Ranma turned to stare at me as one of my ears twitched. "Hmm…" He said as he came to my side. He pulled at my ears and I glared at him.

"What are you doing?" I yelled as I clenched my fists.

"You mean they're not fake?" he asked.

"No!" I shouted. "So stop it!"

He shrugged and backed away. "So how long will you be here?"

"I don't know, until Akumei contacts me. He's the one who sent me away in the first place." I replied.

"You could stay here until he does." Akane spoke up.

I smiled and nodded. "Thank you! That would be great." I looked around. "This is a dojo isn't it?" Akane nodded so I continued. "So are there people here who would fight me?"

Ryoga had recovered again and stared at me. "Why would you want to fight someone?"

"I've been really slack in my training because of this whole thing and it's going to get me into trouble when I go back and suck at fighting." I responded.

"What are you training for?" Ranma asked.

"It's a tournament. I'm supposed to be the fifth member for my friend's team."

"What kind of tournament?" Ryoga asked next.

"An anything goes kind." I replied. "And I'm definitely not ready. Tons of other much stronger demons will be there."

Ranma grinned and cracked his knuckles. "I'll fight you." He said.

"You can't fight her, she's a girl!" Ryoga cried.

"Hey, girls can fight just as well as any guy!" I yelled.

Ranma nodded and we all went over to the dojo to have our match. I unbuckled my sword and camera bag and set them on the ground. Realizing I hadn't done it yet I picked up the camera again and turned towards everyone. "We haven't taken the picture." I grinned.

Eventually I got Ranma, his father, Akane, Akane's sisters and father, Ryoga and myself all crammed together for the picture. It flashed and I put it quickly away before turning to Ranma. "I won't use weapons or any powers. It'll just be hand to hand, ok?" I asked.

Ranma nodded. "Let's go." He smirked. "Ready when you are."

"Ok then, I'll make the first move!" I cried as I sprang forward, landing a blow into Ranma's stomach.

He fell back and staggered to his feet. "You're pretty fast."

I grinned. "Thanks." I jumped to the side as he ran at me and dodged his punch. I attempted one of my own but he spun around and caught my fist in his. We sprang apart and ran at each other again. This time Ranma leapt into the air and came down towards the back of my head. My ears twitched and I reached up, catching his foot before it hit and slammed him to the floor. He jumped back up and came at me once more landing a blow to my side. I skidded across the floor on my bare feet and glanced up in time to catch his fist again.

Meanwhile, the others were standing by watching with open mouths. "She's good." Akane said.

Ryoga nodded. "Maybe I'll try her next."

"Ok Ryoga!" I cried with a laugh as I caught Ranma's fist again. "I'll take you next!"

"If you have anything left!" Ranma added as he caught me in the cheek.

I rubbed it and turned towards him. "That one stung!" I said sticking out my tongue as we continued again.

Akane shook her head. "This might be a while."

"Hey, you said you wouldn't use your powers during this. What powers do you have?" Ranma asked as he dodged another attack.

I smirked. "Want me to show you?" He nodded and I grinned. "You asked for it." I raised my hand and a small ball of light appeared in it. "I'll go easy on you." I laughed as I through it at him.

Ranma ducked and turned to watch it asit flew past his head. "Ha, you miss-" He was cut off as another ball slammed him flat in the face as he turned back to face me.

I ran to his side. "You dropped your guard." I said as I offered a hand.

He took it and got to his feet, rubbing his nose. "What are those?"

I held out my hand and made another one as the others gathered around. "It's my spirit energy. I'm just learning how to use it but I've gotten pretty good at a few things. I didn't want to hurt you so I used just the very basics right then."

"So what else can you do?" Ranma asked.

"I can shape it into pretty much anything, a sword, bow and arrow, baseball bat… you name it! I could've made those balls explode before they hit you but it would've hurt a lot more. I could blow up this whole house if I wanted to!" I said with a grin. "But only if I wanted to." I added at the startled face of Akane's dad. I turned to Ryoga. "Still want to fight? I won't use any powers for you either." I offered.

He smiled and accepted so we both went to the middle of the floor. "I won't hold back either." He warned.

I just grinned. "Good, I need some real practice."

As we ran at each other Akane turned to Ranma as they sat on the sidelines. "How is she really?"

Ranma rubbed his nose again. "I think she was holding back even before the energy. She's too scared of hurting someone to seriously fight."

"So she did that well without using her full abilities?" Akane asked with wide eyes. Ranma nodded as they turned back to our fight.

Ryoga swung at me but I nimbly dodged and hit him in the chest. He stumbled backwards and then recovered, catching my next blow. He swung me to the ground and I landed flat on my back, rolling to the side as he punched where my head had just been. I stared at the hole he left in the floor before springing away again. "Heh, that's pretty scary." I muttered.

"Want to stop?" Ryoga asked.

"No way!" I cried as we faced each other down. Suddenly something burst through the wall and landed right on top of Ryoga. "Uh, Ryoga?" I called in surprise. The thing that had entered was a blue haired girl on a bicycle.

She held out a package and called, "Delivery from Cat Café."

Akane's dad, Mr. Tendo raised his hand. "Thank you Shampoo." He said as he paid her.

"Dad!" Akane yelled.

Shampoo latched herself onto Ranma and stared at me as I went to see if Ryoga was ok. "Who she?" Shampoo asked.

"Her name's Kira and she is just visiting." Ranma answered as he tried to push Shampoo off of himself.

I picked up the bike and moved it over as I crouched beside the dazed Ryoga. "Are you ok?" I asked him.

Slowly he sat up and rubbed his head. "Yeah…" He muttered.

I smiled at him. "Good. Let's take a break, ok?" He nodded and we went over to the others where I was introduced to Shampoo. Suddenly a blur darted past Ranma's head and launched itself at me. I screamed as I pried it off of my chest. It was a tiny old man who was staring at me very hard. Without a second thought I threw him away and he landed head first into a wall.

"Master?" Mr. Tendo said quietly.

I sat there glaring at him. "Who is that freak?" I yelled.

"Happosai." Ranma said simply.

I blinked. "Happosai?" I repeated.

The old man hopped back up and ran towards me. "You called?" He cried as he flew at me again. I held up a fist and he slammed right into it, falling to the floor. He got up again with tears coming down his face. "What have I ever done to you?" He cried. When he saw I wasn't feeling for him he spoke again. "How can I resist if you're wearing that? I wish Akane would wear more stuff like you!"

I growled and smacked him on the top of the head. "My old clothes were torn up so this was the only other thing I could get!" I yelled.

Akane took my arm and pulled me after her. "We'll get you changed but that doesn't mean he'll leave you alone." She warned. We went down a hall and into her room where she dug around in a closet. She emerged with some grey, fairly baggy pants and a white sleeveless training shirt, which I gratefully accepted. After first checking for signs of Happosai I changed and thanked her happily. Afterwards we returned to the others who had moved to another room and were sitting around a table. Shampoo seemed to have left already.

Happosai turned towards me with a crushed face. "How could you?" He cried mournfully.

"Shut up freak." I responded hotly and he turned away, obviously hurt.

"Let's go." Ranma said suddenly as he came over to Akane and me.

"To where?" Akane asked.

Ranma shrugged. "I don't care, away from him." He said, nodding towards Happosai. We all agreed and quickly left the house, first pausing to let me get my sword and camera in case I left while we were walking. Wandering the streets many people stared at me with my strange colored hair, face markings and wolf ears and tail. All it took was one glare from me to send them on their way.

As we continued wandering aimlessly my ear twitched and I darted to the side as a man landed where I had just been standing. "What do you want?" I yelled as I stared at him.

He grinned and then lunged at me with a pair of scissors. I cried out in alarm and struck out at him, landing a slap in the face. He fell back rubbing his cheek. Ranma and Akane came to my side. "What do you want?" Ranma muttered.

"H-he attacked me!" I stammered as I held my hair.

"He'sour principal." Akane explained. "He wants to get all the students to cut their hair."

"I'm not a student!" I yelled at him.

"But you're the right age. Are you skipping school?" The principal asked as he got to his feet and held up the scissors.

"I don't go to this school!" I screamed as he lunged again at me.

Ranma jumped up and landed on his head, forcing him face first into the sidewalk. "Let's go." He muttered as he stepped off and walked down the street. With a glance back at the knocked cold principal Akane and I hurried after him.

"Wow, it's scary to walk the streets here." I laughed once we were a good distance away.

"What's your home like?" Akane asked me.

"Well…" I began. "You can see that I'm a demon so it's normal to have demons roaming around constantly. I have two older brothers but they're really only half brothers. We have different mothers. They treat me like I'm their real sister though and have taught me how to defend myself. You have to constantly be on guard, especially when you're hanging with my brother."

"Why?" Ranma asked.

"He's got some psycho freak out to kill him." I sighed.

Everyone grew quiet again as we continued down the road. I jumped as someone tapped me on the shoulder and turned to find Ryoga. "We never finished our fight." He said quietly.

I nodded and grinned. "You want to continue?" We walked to a nearby park where not too many people were and stood, staring each other down with Ranma and Akane watching from the sidelines. "Ready?" I asked.

Ryoga smiled. "Yeah." He ran at me and threw a punch that I ducked under and then I swung at him. He caught my wrist and kicked my legs from under me. He punched towards my head but I rolled to the side and shrank away from the small crater he had made.

I shivered as I thought about that being my head. I ran at him but he stepped to the side at the last minute and slammed a fist into my stomach. I staggered for a second and then regained balance. Ryoga stared at me in surprise and I laughed. "You expected that to take me out?"

"Well, yeah." Ryoga replied. "How are you still perfectly fine?"

I shrugged. "I got hit so many times while trying to perfect a technique that I'm used to it."

"What technique?" Ryoga asked.

I grinned. "Want to see it first hand?" He nodded and I ran at him suddenly and leapt into the air.

Ryoga laughed. "You're technique leaves you open to attacks!" He shouted as he leapt up to meet me. He gasped as my shape changed right before we collided and I hit him head on. We fell to the ground, landing with him pinned underneath me. I placed a paw on each of his shoulders and snarled into his face as he stared up at me with a face mixed with shock and terror.

Ranma and Akane leapt up and ran over to us. As they approached I backed off, allowing Ryoga to sit up and he stared at me. I sat down in the grass and cocked my head as I stared back, slightly panting. "What happened?" Ranma asked as he crouched between us.

"She… changed in midair." Ryoga answered slowly.

Akane approached me slowly and I bowed my head to show I meant no harm. She smiled and reached out to scratch my ears. I wagged my tail and she laughed. Ranma and Ryoga crouched on either side of me. "She's a wolf?" Ranma asked.

I backed away from them and changed myself back and started to laugh. "Cool skill, huh?" I asked with a grin. "Totally caught you off guard." I added to Ryoga.

He nodded. "I definitely didn't expect that."

"I don't think anyone would." Akane added. "You'll do great in that tournament."

I shook my head sadly. "I'm not strong enough yet. I'm fighting demons whose main goal will be to kill our whole team. I have to train harder."

"Well, why are you fighting in a tournament like that?" Ryoga asked.

"I don't want my friends to get killed. They need a tough fifth member and they picked me because of my hidden powers."

"The energy?" Ranma asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, once they teach me to use it right I'll be really tough. Until then I'll have to make due with my demonic powers and what I know so far about the energy."

"You seem strong enough to me." Akane encouraged.

I smiled at her. "Thanks. I might be but I have to be sure. I have no idea who our opponents will be nor how strong they are."

Ranma stood and popped his knuckles. "Then we'll train you until it's time for you to leave."

I laughed. "Are you sure you're up to it? I've trained for a week straight without food or sleeping breaks once."

Akane stared at me. "Really? What kept you going?"

"The thought of visiting my brother. I train in a different place than where he's at." I explained before standing as well. "Are you ready Ranma?" I asked.

He nodded and then charged at me. I paused and sniffed the air suddenly and glanced at the sky. "Wait!" I cried as I caught his hand.

"What?" He asked, trying to pull out of my grip.

"It's about to rain." I whispered. "What about Ryoga's secret?"

Ranma blinked and stared at me. "How do you know?"

I shook my head. "I'll explain later. Right now I'm leaving with him. I'll find you guys later." He watched me as I went up to Ryoga. "Hey, will you come with me somewhere for a bit?" I asked.

"Why?" Ryoga asked, his face turning red.

"Just come on." I said impatiently. I grabbed his hand and pulled him with me and out of Akane's site.

"Where are they going?" Akane asked.

"Training." Ranma responded simply.

"I thought she was fighting you now." Akane said.

"Well, the plan changed. They'll meet up with us later." Ranma said. "Let's go." He started walking in the opposite way as Ryoga and me and with one glance after us, Akane quickly followed.

"What are you doing?" Ryoga cried as I dragged him through the woods.

Once I was sure that we were far enough away I turned to face him. "It's going to rain." I said. "You didn't want Akane to see you change did you?"

Ryoga stared at me. "How… do you know?"

I sighed. "Well you heard that I'm from another world right?" He nodded so I continued. "Where I'm from they have a book called Ranma ½ that's all about you guys. I knew you all before you introduced yourselves. The book tells of your secrets so of course I know them too."

"But wouldn't you have known who Happosai was then?" Ryoga asked.

"Yeah, but I was pretending like I didn't know you guys because it's kind of weird to know about people you've never met." I started walking and Ryoga followed.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

I shrugged. "How many chances do you get to explore a world from a book?" Ryoga and me continued moving until we reached the end of the forest and found a fountain. I stood by its edge and stared into the water at my reflection. I sighed as I ran my fingers through my hair.

"What's wrong?" Ryoga asked.

I smiled softly. "Just a couple months ago I had no idea I was a demon."

"What?"

"I was just a normal human girl but one night two guys came into my room. They told me that about every fifteen years I died from some rare disease and then was reborn into another family afterwards. They injected me with the cure and as soon as I made it back home from the hospital they brought me into the woods and I found my true brother. When I remembered him and he believed I was his sister I changed back halfway. We went and found my other brother and once he accepted me I changed the rest of the way. Then I went with my teammates and they gave me all the energy I had gathered over the five hundred years of dying and being reborn I had gone through without even knowing it. That's what made my hair green. It was so much that I couldn't quite contain it and it shows in my hair. I've been training since then but during the last visit to my brother is when I was kidnapped and sent away. This is the… seventh world I've been sent to. I think. Yeah, seventh." I finished and looked up at him.

Ryoga was staring at me open mouthed. "Wow." Was all he could manage. "Is that really true?"

"I don't think it looks like I'm lying, does it?" I asked and he shook his head.

"You're face is serious and straight." He smiled. "I believe you."

"Yay." I said with a grin. I looked into the water and then back up at him. "Want to fight until it rains?" I asked.

He nodded. "Sure." We took up stances and faced each other. We charged at each other but dodged each other's attacks and came together again.

My ear twitched and I turned to look behind me just as Ryoga's fist came into my stomach. With a grunt I fell backwards right into a guy. With a startled cry he too toppled over and we both landed in the well with a splash. "I'm so sorry!" I cried, sweeping my hair from my face. I stared at the boy, blushing because I was on top of him and as he stared back he began to change. I yelled out in surprise and Ryoga ran towards us, stopping to stare. The boy had changed into a giant demon and I was lying flat on his stomach! The well had crushed beneath him. He glared at me and snorted, causing my hair to fly back. "I said I was sorry!" I said weakly.

Ryoga leapt at the beast with a cry but at that moment it started to rain. "Damn it!" He shouted as the cold water hit him. He changed into a little black pig and I caught him in my arms before looking fearfully at the demon.

"You wouldn't hurt a fellow demon would you?" I asked hopefully. I squealed as the thing grabbed me in its hand and stood up. I released Ryoga and he landed with a plop in the fountain's remains. "Get help!" I yelled at him and he darted away. The demon lifted into the air and I screamed as I hit at him. "Stop it!" I yelled. "Let me go!"

It smirked at me and continued going. I dug my fangs into its finger and it growled and hit me in the head. With a groan I blacked out in its hand.

When I next awoke it was nighttime and I was in a little wooden house. A boy stood in the doorway staring at me. He had dark hair and seemed to have fangs. "What's your problem?" I yelled, noticing I was tied up. I stared blankly at what held me. Pantyhose? I thought before glancing back at the boy. "Your Pantyhose Taro!" I yelled suddenly and he fell over in surprise.

"Don't call me that!" He shouted.

"Sorry, I'll just call you Taro, ok?" I asked as I slowly moved my hands around behind my back.

Taro approached me slowly and crouched in front of me. "What are you?"

I glared at him. "I told you earlier, a demon."

He glared back. "A real one? You didn't change when I poured hot water on you."

"You did what?" I screamed. "Of course I'm a real demon! What other kind of demon would I be?"

"Well, I thought you might be like me."

"No, I didn't have to fall into a spring first. I was born like this." I muttered.

"How?"

I stared at him. "How?" I repeated. "God, you're stupid. Just let me go."

He hit me in the head. "Don't call me stupid!"

"It's better than Pantyhose Taro!" I screamed, eyes flashing red.

Taro turned away grumpily with a light red in his cheeks. I sighed and patted him on the back. "Sorry, it's ok. Will you let me take my picture with you?"

He stared at me in surprise. "How did you?"

I grinned and held up a hand. "Claws. I am a real demon remember? You can't keep me tied up. So how about that picture?"

"Why do you need a picture?"

"I'm keeping track of everyone I meet." I explained. "Please?"

He looked at me and sighed. "Ok." I grinned happily and set the camera on the floating green energy shelf before aiming it at him and sitting by his side. It flashed and I gathered it back up and into the camera bag.

I stood and headed towards the door. "So I'll just be going now…"

He stepped in front of me. "Why?"

"Why?" I repeated. "Because you kidnapped me! I'm rescuing myself."

"You can't rescue yourself!"

"Why not?"

Taro stopped for a moment to think. "It's not normal. A friend has to come save you. The guy always saves the girl!"

I glared at him. "Why is everyone so sexist? Girls can be tough too!"

He rubbed his bandagedhand and glared back. "Yeah, you bit me earlier."

"Well you were kidnapping me! You hit me in the head twice anyway!" I yelled.

"Whatever." He replied coldly.

I leapt forward and punched him in the side of the head, causing him to fall over. "What was that for?" He screamed.

"You did it to me! Now we're even." I replied as I went to the door. The rain has stopped, does that mean they're coming? I thought. I cried out as something wrapped around my foot, causing me to fall. "What are you doing?" I yelled, turning to see Taro holding some pantyhose with the end wrapped around my leg.

"I didn't say you could leave!"

"Well, I said I could and that's good enough for me!" I screamed as I cut through the cloth with my claws. I got to my feet. "Goodbye!" I called as I leapt through the door. Taro growled and sent another thing at me but I cut through it before it hit. "Leave me alone!" I yelled as I ran for it. I jumped over a hill and ran straight into Ranma. He fell backwards and we both tumbled down the hillside, landing in a heap at the bottom.

I quickly jumped away from him. "I'm sorry!" I cried with a bright red face.

He got up and dusted himself off as Ryoga came to join us. "Where's the demon?" He asked. "What happened?"

"That guys a freak. He fights with pantyhose and he wouldn't let me leave!" I growled. With a snarl I caught the end of some pantyhose that had come towards my head and pulled it, causing Taro to tumble down the hill after us. As he started to get up I placed my claws on his back so he stayed down. "Will you just go away?" I growled. "Or will I have to hurt you?"

"Neither." Taro said grumpily.

Ranma walked over and crouched beside us. "Hey look, it's Pantyhose Taro! I thought so." I pressed my claws harder as Taro tried to hit him. "Why are you all wet?" Ranma asked.

I blushed noticing that I was wearing a white shirt, which becomes see through when wet. "This freak dumped hot water on me! He expected me to change like you guys…"

Ranma jumped. "You never explained… How do you know?"

I shrugged. "Well, where I came from there is a series of books called Ranma ½ and I've read all about you guys from those!"

"Then why did you pretend like you didn't know us?" Ranma asked.

"Well it would be pretty awkward if I knew so much about you guys and you knew nothing about me. But yeah, the cat's out of the bag now I guess." I added with a laugh. "Where's Akane?" I added after looking around.

"We got her to stay behind." Ranma replied.

"Oh…" I said as I stared down at Taro. "What do we do with him? He won't leave me alone."

"Let's tie him up and toss him in the river." Ranma suggested.

I stared at him in shock. "Well that's mean!" I exclaimed as Taro breathed a sigh of relief. "Plus he'll just transform if we do that."

Ranma shrugged. "Then what?"

I stood up and offered Taro a hand. He took it hesitantly and I helped him to his feet. "How about if he tries anything I get to beat him up!" I cried happily.

Ryoga laughed quietly as Taro glared at me uneasily and Ranma laughed. "Well you're confident."

"Well I beat you didn't I?" I responded.

Taro burst out laughing. "You let a girl beat you?" He yelled.

I turned to him angrily. "You did like ten times worse Taro!" I screamed and he fell silent under my red eyes. "Ok, let's go back now." I decided as I turned away.

Ranma shrugged and went in the lead with Ryoga and me following him. I listened as Taro hesitated, unsure of whether to risk following or not. We went down the side of a hill so he was out of sight and that's when I heard it. "Duck!" I screamed as I pushed Ranma and Ryoga to the ground with myself.

"What are you-" Ranma stopped as he saw Taro in his demon form flying overhead. "I told you we should have tied him up!"

"I should've listened." I growled as I scrambled to my feet. "He's attacking me so just stay back." I turned to face Taro, flashing the camera in his face to temporarily blind him.

"This is to time for pictures!" Ranma yelled.

"Shut up and let me handle it!" I screamed back.

Before the two guys could protest, Taro swooped at me again and I allowed him to pick me up. "I warned you." I muttered with a grin. He stared at me for a second as I placed my hand on his finger. A spark shot out and he watched it as it hit him and did nothing. Suddenly a bolt of neon green light shot out as well and struck him on the arm, traveling throughout his body. With a shriek he let me go and I made the body shield to float slowly to the ground. Taro fell from the sky and landed hard, making a crater in the ground.

I landed beside it and stared down at him as Ranma and Ryoga followed me. "Did you kill him?" Ranma asked.

"No!" I cried. "Well… I don't think so." My ear twitched as I listened for a second. "Nope, I heard a heartbeat. Could you change him back or something?"

"Sure." Ranma said, seeming to pull a bucket of hot water from nowhere. He splashed it over Taro and he changed back.

With a shriek I clamped my hands over my eyes and turned away. "Ranma!"

"Sorry…" He muttered as he found some clothes to drape over Taro's body. His had been torn off when he transformed.

I looked up and sniffed the air. "He should be put inside too…"

"What for?"

"It's going to rain." I replied. "We don't want him to transform and wake up again!"

With a shrug, Ranma reluctantly carried Taro back to the shed and returned to us just as the first drop fell. Ranma's face fell as he turned into a girl and Ryoga's cry turned into a squeal as he changed into the little black pig, P-chan.

"Can I take your pictures!" I yelled with a laugh. Eventually I got both of them to agree. Female Ranma stood beside me and I held Ryoga, now P-chan in my arms as the camera flashed again. "Alright, let's go." I said happily as I put the camera away and picked Ryoga's clothes up off the ground. We all followed Ranma until we reached the house.

"P-chan!" Akane cried first thing as we approached. Ryoga leapt happily into her arms and I held back a giggle as I hid his clothes behind my back. "I'm glad you're ok." Akane said, turning to me now.

I nodded. "Yeah, he wasn't a very good kidnapper." I said with a laugh.

"Who was it?" Akane asked.

"Taro." I replied.

When Akane looked blankly at me Ranma stepped in. "Pantyhose Taro." He said and Akane remembered him by that name. She jumped as I suddenly crouched and placed my hands tightly on my head. "Are you ok?"

"Quiet, it's Akumei…" I whispered and everyone stared at me.

Kira? Akumei thought to me.

Yeah, I'm here. I thought back.

Are you ready?

Yep.

Ok. Akumei's voice began to fade but suddenly a new one rang clear.

Wait!

Hiei? I thought in surprise.

It was definitely Hiei's voice that answered. Yeah. What do you think you're doing, getting sent away by this idiot? He yelled at me.

I felt a tear fall down my face, mingling with the still falling rain already there. I didn't mean too… I whimpered my thoughts.

But you did! Hiei yelled back. What has happened now? …Why are you crying? He added, as if just realizing it.

Because! You're the first voice from homebesides Akumei's that I've heard for like over a week and all you do is yell at me? I responded.

Sorry. Hiei muttered quietly before his voice totally disappeared.

Akumei! I thought.

Yes? He replied.

How was Hiei talking too?

If you touch me directly then your thoughts will be transferred too.

Really? Get Inuyasha!

I heard Akumei talking to Inuyasha before my brothers' voice sounded uncertainly through my head. Inuyasha! I cried happily.

Kira? What's happening? Are you ok? Will you be coming back soon? Inuyasha immediately exploded with questions.

That's enough Inuyasha. Right now I'm sitting on the ground talking to you. I'm perfectly fine and I have no idea when I'll make it back. I hope it's soon though. It will go faster if you let Akumei send me now. I just wanted to hear your voice. I miss you big brother! I added, teasing him but I couldn't keep back the tears.

See you soon little sister. Inuyasha replied before he too left my thoughts.

Akumei quickly took over again. Ok, before anyone comes are you ready?

Yes.

Ok, here we go. Prepare. I looked up at Akane, Ranma and P-chan as I got to my feet. "That was Akumei, my brother and a friend." I started as I wiped away some tears but the rain still poured on my face. "They're about to send me somewhere new again so back away so you don't get dragged with me." They obeyed and I continued. "I might not ever see you again but I'll miss you all. Ryoga knows about my past now so if you want to know you can just ask him. Say goodbye to Ryoga for me and thanks for the pictures!" I said with a laugh and a glance towards P-chan. I stared at my hand as it began to flicker and smiled up at them. "Bye!"

"Bye…" Akane whispered with wide eyes as P-chan squealed in her arms. Ranma dumped a bucket of hot water over his head so he turned back into a guy. "Cya." He said with a grin. "So the last thing you saw of me was me being a guy, not a girl." He explained at the strange look I gave him.

I laughed. "Oh, ok. Well… bye!" With that I was gone and they were left staring at a patch of flattened grass where I had just been standing.


Akumei sighed as he leaned back against the tree but Inuyasha immediately leapt on him. "Why didn't you tell me I could talk to her?" He yelled as he shook Akumei violently.

Yusuke managed to pull him off so Akumei could explain. "You never asked." He replied simply.

Yusuke had to double his efforts to keep Inuyasha back. "Then how did he know?" Inuyasha said, pointing an accusing finger at Hiei.

"I can read minds too." Hiei responded coldly. "I know how it works."

Inuyasha fell back grumpily and refused to talk for the rest of the night.