dragonelf 8: Okay it's all fun to have seriousness in this story, but I think it needs humor now.

Chapter 17: An experience to dye for.

Ryu sat there looking through the bag Li had left her. Divine, Lero, and Metal were equally looking down the items in curiosity. Ryu had laid them all in a row across her bed. The items were two camera's, Ryu's notebook and sketch book, colored pencils, a family photo, a Yu-Gi-Oh comic, a CD player with one CD in it with extra batteries, and a large varieties of colored bottles. Lero sniffed the bottles for a second then quickly jerked his head away.

'What are those, master?' asked Divine turning to Ryu.

"It's temporary hair dye," answered Ryu looking curiously at Lero by his sudden reaction. "It's used to make ones hair different colors. This brand only makes your hair a different color for two days. I use it for Halloween and costume parties all the time, last year I made my hair powder blue for Halloween, I was Chichiri form Fushigi Yugi."

"I'm already well familiar with that 'stuff'," said Lero with a little bit of a growl in his voice emphasizing of on stuff.

"You know about it Lero?" asked Ryu curiously turning to the wolf.

"Just after I met you I was wandering around in another world factory and accidentally fell into a tub of that stuff. My fur is still red," answered Lero stiffly as he examined his fur.

Ryu instantly pictured Lero in his wolfy form swimming through what looked like a sea of red dye his eyes wide with shock. Kind of like those wolves in the first volume of Dragon Knights the ones with the human bodies.

"What was your fur's pervious colors," asked Ryu an idea popping into her head.

"Pure white," answered Lero.

"That explains why the redness in your fur is fading away."

'HA! Master Lero was stupid and fell in a tub of red dye!' wrote Metal laughing in a dragon way rolling on the bed.

"HUSH YOU!" cried Lero grabbing his dragon and shoving the still laughing dragon under a pillow, which he sat on.

"Do you want your fur back to normal Lero?" asked Ryu as she watched the dragon and his master at it while giggling with Divine whom also broke down laughing on the bed.

"Of course I want my fur back to normal!"

"Then come on lets go. I can get your fur back to normal," said Ryu walk to the door of her room.

"But those dye's only work for two days," committed Lero following Ryu.

"I didn't mean those dyes. The Maids have some bleach downstairs that we can use. The use it to make sure the sheets stay pure white. It'll work just as well as the permanent hair dye," committed Ryu walking through the halls.

"But that bleach smells. What are you going to do with that," asked Lero, metal sitting on his shoulder.

"Well you do too, you know. So after we're done you my friend are getting a bath."

"No way!" cried Lero instantly stopping in his tracks.

"Lero you want to get your fur back to normal right? You have to get a bath to get rid of the smell. Don't worry it's only going to take a few minuet if you corporate," answered Ryu, Lero gave a look of defeat and he quickly followed Ryu again.

"Fine, but ONLY a few minuets, then we're done," answered Lero.

'Master I'll help scrub behind your ears,' mocked Metal laughing again.

"SHUT UP!"

Else where

"Ryu! I need to ask you---? Ryu?" said Rath walking into Ryu room to find it completely empty.

"Ryu?" called Rath again looking around as he walked to Ryu. "Guess she's not here?"

Rath was about to leave when he saw the assort items on the bed. He smiled down when he saw the picture of Ryu and her family, when her hair was brown, but he could easily recognize her. His attention quickly changed as he looked down at the strange bottles. Slowly he picked one up and began reading the label.

"Crazy colored hair dye. Amaze your friends with a new hair color. Instructions: place two drops of desired color in shampoo, shake thoroughly, and then apply to hair for its affects. Why did Ryu's little brother give her this," questioned Rath still staring at the bottle.

Rath's curious face quickly changed to a smirk as an evil idea popped into his head. 'Oh this should be fun,' thought Rath as he grabbed every bottle and walked into Ryu's bathroom and did as the instructions said. When he was done went off to the next room.

After

"See Lero that wasn't so bad," said a soaking Ryu as she walked back to her room talking to the now pure white wolf.

Lero didn't say anything; he just didn't enjoy the bath at all or the bleaching. Ryu had to literally hold him down as he tried to continuously jump out. Lero's ears instantly perked up as he heard the sounds of silent footsteps.

"Ryu quiet, and don't move," whispered Lero pushing Ryu into a hiding place, hiding himself as well.

The two watched the hallway as a door opened and Rath came out holding the all the bottles of Ryu's hair dye. He sneakily walked away not noticing the slip of one of the bottles.

"That's your hair dye, but what's Rath doing with it," said Lero as he and Ryu got out to finding and walked over to the abandon bottle.

"I have an idea what he was doing," said Ryu a little mad as she picked up the bottle and read the color. A smirk instantly came to her face as she read it again. "What a fitting color for him. Lero quick lets go to Rath's room while he's busy."

Ryu instantly ran through the halls and went into Rath's room's bathroom. Quickly she applied the coloring, and ran off getting a new bottle of shampoo for the maid's room. When she returned to her room she saw all of her bottles back on her bed though all jumbled up and the dropped bottle not in its ranks. Ryu smirked as she places all of the items back in her bag. 'Tomorrow is defiantly going to be an interesting day,' thought Ryu as she tossed the shampoo Rath had dyed away.

Tomorrow

"ARGH!"

The screams had come form most of the rooms in the palace. Rath sniggered, as he dried his hair not even bothering to look in the mirror as he walked into his room and put his clothes on. All of the Officers, and Thatz, Rune, Lero, and Ryu where in the Dragon Lords office, each with outrageous hair colors. Except Ryu and Lero, who looked unaffected, yet highly amused?

'Lets see. Rune has purple, Thatz has orange, Alfeegi has red, Kai-stern has blue, Ruwalk has green, Tetheus has blonde, Lykouleon has magenta, Raseleane has sun burst, and Cesia has powder blue. That leaves one more,' sniggered Ryu as she watched all of them asking about what happened to their hair.

"I don't understand my hair was blonde this morning, but after I took a shower it became purple," complained Rune.

"I don't know how this happened," explained the confused magenta hair lord.

"MORNING ALL!"

Everybody turned to see Rath bursting through the door as happy as can be. Everyone in the room instantly snorted on the spot and trying to hold down rising fits of laughter. Ryu didn't even bother; she completely broke down in laughter. Rath's looked curiously at the others as they tried to hold down the laughter, but failing miserably.

"What?" asked the Fire Dragon Knight.

Thatz pointed to the mirror unable to hold it any longer as he fell to the floor rolling in laughter, his orange hair laying about him. Rath instantly went to the mirror and looked at his reflection. His hair had become bright hot pink.

"WHAT THE HECK! I MADE SURE I'D MISS MY ROOM!" cried Rath grabbing his pink hair. Everyone stopped laughing but Ryu and Lero.

"What do you mean missed your room," hissed the two dragon knights, and officers said in unison, a strange dark stress to the voice.

Rath: 0.0

"Opps," said Rath backing up a little.

"Serves you right, Rath. Stealing my hair dyes and placing them in everyone's shampoo, while I was bleach Lero's fur back to its original color," sneered Ryu. "I'm glad I saw you sneaking around when I did, other wise I'd have black hair, and I would have never had made your hair pink." 

"What you made my hair pink!" accused Rath everyone looking between the two.

"Ryu I think you should explain this," asked Lykouleon looking slightly intrigued.

"Sure. Every year in my world we have this holiday called Halloween. And every year during this time. I use those temporary hair dyes to color my hair for my costume I wear later that evening to celebrate. My family knows this so Li put them in my bag reminding me of the Halloween's we spent together," answered Ryu.

"Temporary? So they're not permanent. How long do they last?" asked Alfeegi.

"Two days."

"TWO DAYS! Why didn't you warn us," asked Ruwalk.

"I didn't know you were the victims, and I didn't recognize the room Rath came out of," answered Ryu. (Random Solider outside: "AHHH! MY HAIR IT'S GRAY!)

"But why'd you make my hair pink!" accused Rath, everyone glared at him, cause he started the mess, except Lykouleon, and Raseleane who were laughing.

"Cause you dropped it," said Ryu, 'and cause I knew it would hurt your pride more than any other color,' thought Ryu secretly to herself.

"This is certainly going to be an interesting two days," committed Raseleane laughing. "Magenta looks good on you, dear."

"It most certainly is, and you look good in sunburst sweet heart," added Lykouleon, making a personal note to ask Ryu for some of the hair dyes later.

dragonelf 8: So what'd you think. I gave Rath pink hair! I liked to hear your thoughts on it so please review. 