"W-what?" Kenshin gasped in response to the strange order.

"Don't pretend to be innocent! We know you're agents sent by Yggdrasill. What are you doing here? What are you planning?" A boy with brown hair and eyes and a bright red shirt said.

"What the hell are you talking about, calling us angels? We don't know any angels and as to what we're doing here, that's something we'd all like to know!" Ed fumed, looking ready for a fight.

However, Al restrained him before he could attack and make things get really out of hand. "Nii-san, please! Maybe these people can help us!"

A blonde girl standing next to the boy in red heard Al's comment, and said to her friend "Lloyd, maybe we have the wrong people. They really do look lost. Maybe we should try to help them."

Lloyd shook his head. "No, Colette. They're probably just acting, to throw us off like that. They must be up to something. They look suspicions, with their large group and weapons."

"Lloyd, we fit the same description that you just gave. That would make us suspicious as well, yes?" a short girl with pink pigtails, starry green eyes, and a giant ax said.

"Presea's right, Lloyd!" a boy Presea's height with long, white hair and blue eyes said.

Lloyd glared at him. "Shut up, Genis!" he snapped.

At this point, Kagome sort of realized that as lost as they were now in this conversation, it wouldn't get any better unless they did something. She raised her right hand in the air, and said "Excuse me! Can someone please tell me what is going on here?" The group surrounding Kagome and her friends looked slightly uncomfortable.

A tall man with long blue hair and shackles said "Lloyd, I think we really may be confronting the wrong group."

"I agree with Regal," a woman that looked like an older version of the boy, Genis, said.

"Oh...well, what do we do now?" Lloyd asked.

"That's mainly your problem, Lloyd! This whole thing was your idea in the first place!" Genis yelled.

"Well, I wasn't excepting this to happen, Genis!" Lloyd yelled back.

"Then allow me to aid you in your decision," a voice said. While this new person's arrival had no real impact on the lost group, their opposition understood perfectly what was going on.

"Kratos!" Lloyd exclaimed, sounding as though he loathed the very word he had just said.

"I know only slightly more about these strangers than you do, but I do know that they do not belong here. Lord Ygdrassil has ordered their elimination, for he thinks the portal that they came through will be, at best, a setback to his plans." the one Lloyd had called Kratos replied.

"And at worst?" Lloyd asked tensely. "At worst, Sylvarant and Tethe'Alla, as well as Derris-Kharlan, will be totally destroyed." This remark made Lloyd and his companions gasp.

"All right, that means we have no choice than to fight them." Lloyd said. He held out his hand to Kratos. "If only temporary, a truce?"

Kratos took his hand. "Truce." For some reason, the people in both parties started pairing off. The lineups ended up being:

Kratos vs. Kenshin

Colette vs. Kagome

Sango vs. Presea

InuYasha vs. Lloyd

Miroku vs. a redhead swordsman

Al vs. Raine

Edward vs. Genis

Misao vs. a girl with black hair

Kaoru and Shippo were the odd ones out, so they didn't have to fight, they just stood back and watched.

While the others began to fight, Misao looked at her opponent and gasped. Her opponent was dressed in the same clothes as her!

"Y-you're a shinobi too?" the girl gasped.

"Sure am! I'm Makimachi Misao!" Misao said proudly.

"I'm Fujibayshi Sheena," Sheena replied. The two girls exchanged the stories of how they came to be here, which was followed by a moment of thoughtful silence.

"We should stop the others, shouldn't we?" Misao said.

"That sounds like a good plan," agreed Sheena. Misao called Kaoru and Shippo over.

"We have to stop the others from fighting!" Misao said. "This is a horrible misunderstanding. Sheena just told us their story."

Kaoru nodded. "Okay, then, let's stop them!"

It took some doing, and, several times, someone was nearly hit by combatants, but eventually all battles were stopped. The two groups learned each others names and stories. The redheaded swordsman, the most pompous of the group, was named Zelos, and he was going to tell their story. However, Lloyd cut in, and told it instead, as he had been involved since the beginning:

The group had started on the world of Sylvarant, as Colette began her journey as the Chosen of Regeneration. Sylvarant had been in decline, with the mana being sapped from the world, and the ritual would make the world flourish again. Accompanied by Lloyd, Genis, Raine, and Kratos, they broke the seals of the world, letting mana flow to Sylvarant once again. Along the way, they were frequently attacked by Sheena, who was trying to assassinate Colette. One night, after joining forces with the others, she explained why she had been trying to assassinate Colette. She was not from Sylvarant, but from an adjacent world, Tethe'Alla, with which Sylvarant vied for mana. If the regeneration happened, Sylvarant would flourish, but Tethe'Alla would fall into decline.

When the group finally reached the Tower of Salvation, where Colette would become an angel and the regeneration would take place, the party discovered that there was more to the regeneration than they had thought. Kratos ended up betraying them, as he was a high-ranked angel under another angel, named Yggdrasill. After various events occurred, the party was transported to Tethe'Alla, where they eventually met Zelos, Regal, and Presea. The party was now trying to find a way to stop the flourish-decline pattern.

The group went to a nearby city, Meltokio, where they began to travel to Zelos' mansion, where they would be staying. However, Miroku and Zelos were whispering to each other with mischief written all over their faces.

"Well, they've become fast friends," Sango said quietly.

"They better not be planning anything," Sheena said, also quietly. After they quickly ate the main course, the two men got up to leave.

"We'll see you later in my mansion," Zelos said.

Later that night, meaning much, much later, Zelos and Miroku snuck in through the front door. Their faces were layered with lipstick, and they were looking shiftily around, hoping nobody would catch them. Unfortunately, Sango and Sheena were waiting for them.

"Been having fun?" Sango asked scathingly.

"I pity those girls you played with tonight. You're just two pervs, wreaking havoc in Meltokio." Sheena said, equally scathing. Zelos and Miroku gulped. They knew they were in for it...

Two minutes later, not only were their faces layered in lipstick, but also covered in boomerang bruises, handprints, and other bumps and bruises. The girls stormed to bed after blowing all that steam off, and, after washing up and treating their newly acquired wounds, the men went to bed as well.

Even later that night, InuYasha woke with a start. He could have sworn he heard a rustling in Kagome's room. Her scent seemed a little weaker. Come to think of it, so did everyone else's. Fearing the worst, InuYasha burst into Kagome's room, where he found...a portal. Falling in, he said "Dammit! Not again!" and was once again transported to another world.