Spirit within II: El Hazard- The second night: The world of beautiful
girls.

	Ryo stood and looked out the window over the city of Floristica.
He frowned as the memory of the events of the previous night flooded back
to him. "It seems the Phantom tribe has targeted me directly. No
suprises, but I wasn't expecting them to be quite so bold." he thought as
he began to dress in the princesses robes. It annoyed him to no end that
he had to remain a girl until he left the palace, the risk of discovery
was too great. "Damn Roshtarian protocol." he muttered as some of the
servants entered the room quietly and began to finish dressing him.
	Makoto Mizuhara was awoken by Lanz early. "Come it is time to
prepare for your journey. We must hasten." he said as he shook Makoto
awake violently.
	"Aw geez lay off will ya? Do you know what time it is?" grumbled
Makoto as he slurred awake.
	"Yes, the sun rises in only an hour and you must leave soon."
said Lanz. 
	Fujisawa was of course awake long before. "C'mon boy the
mountains await!" he cried happily. "Oh I hope its impressive, I'll be so
disappointed if it isn't a good climb." said the man joyously with tears
in his eyes.
	"Great now I'll never get out of this." said Makoto as he hung
his head and resigned himself to his fate.

	Ryo walked down the hall towards the room where Alielle was being
kept. "Princess we must..." said one of the girls following him.
	"I wish to see how she is doing before I leave." said Ryo
truthfully. "It will ease my mind."
	The maidens walked behind her silently and said nothing as she
opened the door. Only to get knocked to the ground. "Oh, Fatora my love
you saved me!" cried Alielle as she rubbed her head against Ryo's breast.
	"Stop that you disgusting imp!" cried Ryo bitterly.
	"Ah it is agreeable to see you." said Stalumbau as he walked from
the room. "I was just finishing up her final check up."
	"When you said she'd recover quickly I didn't think you'd mean
this fast." said Ryo as she pulled Alielle off her waist.
	"Her wounds were relatively minor. She was intended to bleed to
death I think. It was not difficult to repair, however, she will have
scars for some time, possibly for the rest of her life." said the Doctor
as he walked away.
	"Great... Hey! keep you hands off that you little Hentai!"
screamed Ryo.
	"But Fatora my love..." Cried Alielle.
	"Leave us for a moment." said Ryo to the women next to her.
	"Absolutely shameful." said one of the girls as they walked away.
Alielle just squealed in pleasure as Ryo closed the door. He turned and
saw Alielle standing nude.
	"Augh! Put some clothes on!" she cried in suprise.
	"But Fatora..." said the girl looking at her seductively.
	"I am not Fatora, put your clothes on and I'll explain things."
growled Ryo.
	"What?" said Alielle dumbly.
	"I said I am not Fatora. I'm not even a girl put your clothes
on." said Ryo as he tried to calm himself.
	"Oh, Fatora did you hit your head?" said Alielle as she leaped up
and hugged Ryo to the ground. Ryo froze and felt a trickle from her nose
as the girl rubbed her chest against the back of her head. "I'll help you
remember."
	Just then Makoto and Fujisawa entered. "Hey Ryo, you gonna hang
out all day or come with? I didn't get up early so you could make us
la..." started Makoto. Then Fujisawa entered behind him and both of them
froze.
	"Alielle screamed and dashed for the sheets covering her bed. 
	"Great, I'll never hear the end of this one. Thanks allot." said
Ryo to her as she looked at them in embarrassment.
	"Ka go me! What the hell do you think your doing huh?!" yelled
Fujisawa at him angrily. "You've disgraced the honored name of Shinanome
High throughout the galaxy!" cried Fujisawa in anger.
	"I don't go to Shinanome High, besides I'm older than you
Fujisawa kun. I can do what I want." said Ryo standing up finally. "And I
didn't by the way." he added as the turned to see Alielle looking at them
in shock and confusion. 
	"Wh-who are you?" she managed.
	"I am Kagome Ryo, and these are my comrades Mizuhara Makoto and
Fujisawa Masumiji." he then turned to the pair standing in the door
dumbly. "This is Alielle, Fatora's lover." he said calmly.

	A few moments later the four of them sit around a table for
breakfast...

	"Wait back up. Her lover?" said Fujisawa.
	"But I just had to go away to visit my parents, and when I
returned Fatora was gone." said Alielle.
	"Yes, taken hostage by the Phantom tribe." said Makoto angrily.
	"This stories all backwards." said Fujisawa as he ruffled his
hair in frustration.
	"It's your hangover." said Ryo and Makoto in unison.
	"It is not!" retorted the teacher. "Its just all this doubled up
princess stuff, get back to the basics will ya?"
	"But I couldn't. I love her so much I could never do that. Oh I
should never ever ever have left her." said Alielle sadly.
	"Please! You have to help me find her! I know in my heart
something just awful has happened to her." said Alielle.
	"Relax, I've been working on it." said Makoto.
	"And the Phantom tribe is bound to show up. They will try to
remove me so the bugrom will attack." said Ryo. "As long as I am here
they won't because the bugrom will not believe the Tribe while I am
here."
	"Oh, thank you so much!" cried Alielle as she jumped for Ryo only
to be met by his hand. 
	"I have allot of experience dealing with perverts." said Ryo to
Fujisawa's questioning gaze.
	"I guess so." muttered Makoto a little bitterly.
	"I'm sorry I was just so excited I guess I forgot your not
Fatora." said the girl sheepishly.
	"Right, look here missy, I've dealt with far worse than you, you
got nothin on Happosai so don't try grabbin me again got it? Geez what
are you fourteen? You little delinquent." sneered Ryo.
	"You know that you have drug Shinanome high straight through the
mud." said Fujisawa.
	"How many times do I have to tell you that I didn't go there in
the first place?!" said Ryo angrily.

	"You see before you the expanse of our land, in the far distant
range of mountains lies the holy peak of Mt. Muldoon.  Upon that summit
live the three priestesses who worship the ancient gods. No outsider is
allowed or dares enter so perilous a realm." said Rune Venus to the group
as she looked out over the El-Hazard from a balcony.
	"Whoa." said the three men in awe as they looked at the
mountains.
	"Hey Lanz, what sort of challenge do you think those slopes can
offer?" asked Fujisawa.
	"What?" asked Lanz in suprise.
	"Scale. Just how steep is it?" asked the man.
	"Extremely, the few survivors who have returned can hardly speak
of their journey." said Lanz.
	"Right on!" cried Fujisawa triumphantly in front of a bewildered
Lanz.
	"He does this sort of thing for fun in our world." said Ryo with
a smile as he watched Lanz's stare.
	"Unbelievable." said Lanz.
	"The legend furthers in its tale that the eye of god was then
tightly sealed by the ancient peoples of our land to be guarded forever
by three wise sages who would reside on Mt. Muldoon." said Stalumbau as
he looked off at the mountains.
	"And Ryo is the chosen one who is supposed to unseal this thing."
said Makoto.
	Ryo just stood and looked at the mountains with an unreadable
gaze. 
	"Correct, only a princess who is in dual command of the Royal
house may request such action." said Stalumbau.
	"Princess Rune must not leave Roshtaria under these
circumstances, we have no other choice for help than our guest Ryo." said
Lanz.
	"Don't worry, its just a little stroll in the hills thats all."
said Fujisawa.
	"Sir you face certain death." said Lanz.
	"I wouldn't have it any other way. It won't be fun otherwise."
said Ryo. Makoto nodded in agreement with a hard gaze on the mountains.

	Ryo growled and stood as the women dressed her again. Alielle
strolled around her and looked on appraisingly.
	"I'm bringing my own clothes." she said defiantly.
	"Stop complaining, I'll be right next to you the whole time."
Said Alielle as she tried for his waist again only to be pushed off by
Ryo's leg.
	"Cut that out you little pervert." she grumbled. "Besides I can't
climb like this." she said angrily.
	"But you look so pretty." said Rune.
	"Just relax, you'll feel better after we get there." said
Fujisawa reassuringly as he gathered some rope. Makoto was doing the same
nearby and snickered as Ryo gave in.
	"Fatora." said a small voice.
	Ryo froze.
	A small animal came out from under the curtains and batted at
Fujisawa's rope.
	"Hey, Fatora." it said.
	"Hey what a weird looking cat." said Makoto as he looked at it.
	"Ura, Oh my I forgot to introduce you. Go on." said Rune with a
small laugh.
	The cat walked up to Ryo who just stood there. "You will be
protected." said Rune to Ryo with a comforting smile.
	Something registered in Makoto's mind. "Uh oh." he thought.
	"Ura." commanded Rune and the cat jumped at Ryo.
	"No don't you don't know what your doing!" cried Makoto as he
jumped for the animal.
	"What?" said Rune in suprise.
	Ryo started to scream and fell to her knees as the animal wrapped
itself around her like a vest. She started Hyperventilating and a look of
sheer terror came across her face.
	"Ah he looks even more like her royal highness with the cat
around him." said Lanz looking pleased.
	"Yes." agreed Rune.
	"Ah, he sure does, even I'm getting turned on again!" squealed
Alielle.
	"You have to get it off her now! You don't understand what will
happen!" yelled Makoto. 
	Then Ryo yowled.

	Meanwhile a meeting is being held...
	
	"Something is wrong. The country of Ginan has fallen to the
bugrom advance far to easily." said one man.
	"I agree. They should never have suffered such a serious breach
to their defenses." said the other.
	"It is a great comfort that the princess is unsealing the Eye of
god." Said yet another. They stood and walked out of the room. "I only
hope she can use it." said one man as he walked out.

	In Ginan Jinnai was carried on the shoulders of the advancing
bugrom forces. He laughed hysterically as flags bearing his name were
waved behind him.

	A few hours later...
	
	Makoto and a now male Ryo stood on the deck of an air ship.
Makoto growled and looked at Ryo bitterly Ura was wrapped around his
chest, he was covered in small scratches. Alielle and Fujisawa just
looked dazed and were both also covered in scars. "I made a fine pick
ax." said Fujisawa after a moment as he pulled out a broken piece of
decorative piping that looked like it would serve quite well for his
needs.
	"It would seem now our final hope lies with princess Fatora."
said one of the onlookers, he was one of the men from the meeting.
Another stood next to him and nodded in agreement.
	A scratched up looking Lanz and an unharmed Rune Venus watched
silently. "Are you sure you are well your highness?" asked Lanz.
	"A bit shaken but fine. I don't think she would have hurt me."
said Venus calmly. 
	"Still it is fortunate that Makoto had managed to get the hot
water in time. Such a fearsome weapon as that should never be unleashed."
said Lanz calmly as the ships sailed away.
	Rune looked at him blankly. "Is the one we are about to unseal
any better?" she asked.
	Lanz sighed. "We have no choice, the bugrom are far to dangerous
as of late." he replied.
	
	In the Bugrom hive queen Diva stood in front of a large gathering
and smiled as Jinnai approached confidently.
	"For conquering Ginan I queen Diva bestow upon you our highest
honor. The bugrom bigrig Medal of Victory!" she said and the bugrom crowd
cheered.
	Jinnai accepted and raised it into the air to show the crowd. He
laughed again.

	Later Jinnai sat alone with Diva in her room. "Your amazing Mr.
Jinnai, a country crushed in your very first battle." she said.
	He laughed to himself. "Consider it an appetizer. I suppose you
want the main course." said Jinnai calmly.
	"Oh you make war sound so delicious." said Diva as she leaned
closer.
A small bug flew over and landed on her shoulder. "They what?" asked
Diva. "This is terrible!" she cried.
	"Well what now?" asked Jinnai.
	"So you remember what I said about the Ultimate weapon Jinnai?"
asked Diva.
	"Yes, you called it the Eye of god." said the boy sounding board
with the conversation.
	"That witch Rune Venus has sent her sister Fatora in an envoy in
an attempt to unseal it." said Diva as she stood and began to pace. "If
she succeeds in her mission it will ruin our plans." 
	"Is that why your so upset? Just forget about it." said Jinnai
smugly.
	"What?" said Diva as Jinnai began to laugh.
	"All I have to do is eliminate this princess and this 'Eye of
god' is useless." said the boy. "A Jinnai blue plate special."
	"Oh!" exclaimed Diva happily.

	A pale woman in a dark cloak walked down the cavern and knelt
before Galus. "Prince of deep shadows, I have come at your call what is
your bidding?" she said to him.
	"The princess Fatora and her envoy are headed for Mt. Muldoon."
said Galus calmly.
	"She can't! That is impossible." said the woman.
	"They have found a double for her and the alliance believes her."
said Galus angrily.
	"Do you intend to expose their foolish treachery?" asked the
woman angrily.
	"No, she is such a close match that they would not believe us if
we did. However, I have given certain information of this Fatora and her
entourage to the bugrom forces. Go and make sure she is killed." said
Galus coldly.
	"Yes my lord." said the woman as she vanished.
	
	Meanwhile on Mt. Muldoon....
	
	Fujisawa was singing again as the four travelers climbed. "Yea!
This is the life! Hey Alps watch out! Compared to this the Himalayas
would look like ant hills. Wow, incredible." said Fujisawa as he looked
at the view.
	"Yea, I'm sure having fun." muttered Makoto sarcastically as he
followed. 
	Ryo backed away from him. "K-keep away from me with that thing!"
he cried as Makoto stepped a little to close for his comfort.
	"Fujisawa is the only one enjoying himself." commented Alielle as
she climbed.
	"Fraidy cat would be if he wasn't a nervous wreck right now."
said Makoto bitterly.
	"What did you call me?!" yelled Ryo.
	"What are ya gonna do? Hit me?" snorted Makoto flatly.
	"Cmon Ryo, I figured you would enjoy this trip at least." said
Fujisawa.
	"I am having fun." said Ryo as he edged away from Makoto's new
vest. Truth was he welcomed the chance to be male again for a while. All
he had to do was get some water at the top. But he was not enjoying
Makoto's teasing at all for more than one reason.
	"Well that's enough rest time to press on." said Fujisawa as he
stood again.
	"Again? But we just got here!" whined Alielle."
	"Aw quit your whining." snorted Ryo.
	"Look who's talking." said Makoto as he stood next to him.
	"Auugh! Get away!" cried Ryo in fear.

	Jinnai looked on from the cliffs above. "Ohh, Makoto. I shall
prevent your stealing my victory again." he growled. "Ah, the princess
Fatora. She'll die anyway. Even with his incessant melding." said Jinnai
as he looked at Alielle.
	"Obey me now my devoted, We have to crush our enemies. We must
squash them into the ground!" said Jinnai to his companions. The bugrom
began to walk towards the group around Jinnai. "Wait you haven't heard
the plan yet!" he cried. 
	He ran in front of them. "Where the hell do you think your going?
You can't use brute force against a mind like that! You have to construct
a deceitful trap! Do you understand?" he said to them.
	The bugrom grunted at him.

	A few moments later Jinnai stood next to a road sign. "It's this
simple comprende'?" he said pointing at it.
	The bugrom saluted him.
	"Argh, You idiots. Can't you recognize a perfect opportunity?!"
he cried. Jinnai turned and shifted the sign so that it read backwards.
"There its done. You have to abandon this concept of honesty, I will
teach you how to commit a perfect fowl OK?" said Jinnai. The bugrom all
hit their palms as they realized what Jinnai had done.
	A few moments later Fujisawa followed by Makoto and Alielle and a
very distant Ryo, scampered along the edge of a narrow path along the
side of the mountain.
	"I'm gonna die!" cried Alielle as she climbed.
	"Relax kid." said Ryo. 
	The path ended and they began to scale the wall.
	Fujisawa and Makoto climbed up quickly and Ryo hung back with
Alielle on his back. "I don't wanna die!" she cried in fright.
	"I saved your life once kid and you still don't trust me?" said
Ryo as he climbed higher.
	"Be careful but don't let all this wonder distract you!" cried
Fujisawa as he climbed.
	"Are you sure this is the right way?" asked Makoto.
	"Quit your whining. If you wanted to you could have taken the
road ya know." said Ryo as he passed him about twenty yards to his right.
	"You mean there was an easier way?" cried Makoto angrily.
	"Yup, but I just had to challenge this climb!" said Fujisawa
happily.
	
	"Faster Faster! They are going to get here any second now." said
Jinnai as the bugrom dug a hole in the road. "From now on this operation
will be called the ultimate pit fall, You there Groucho stop your
slacking." said Jinnai to the purple bug.
	Its antenna perked up and it looked at him dumbly. "Your damn
right I'm talking to you! From now on your new names are..." said Jinnai
to them.
	"Harpo, Chiko, Zeppo, and Gummo." he said pointing to the other
bugrom in the pit. A larger bugrom came up to him and said something.
"Yea Margaret, What is it?" he said to it. "What? They took the other
route?! Argh, Mizuhara! How dare you challenge my intelligence!" cried
Jinnai in frustration.
	
	"Man those crystal caves are something." said Ryo as the three
travelers Chipped at the crystallized Fujisawa. 
	"This is all your fault! If we had taken the road this wouldn't
have happened!" cried Makoto.
	"Geez, you sound like Ukyo." grumbled Ryo as he chipped.
	"What?" said Makoto in suprise.
	"Things happened a bit differently than in that comic." said Ryo
calmly.
	"Oh," said Makoto as Fujisawa began to crack.
	The Crystal burst and Fujisawa gasped for air. "It's drinkin
time, Damn crazy caves." he said and sat down on a rock. Ura sat next to
him and watched him calmly. He pulled out his flask and nearly burst into
tears. His wine was completely crystallized. 
"Augh! Why now?!" he cried.
	Makoto sat down on a nearby rock. "I wanna go home." he sighed.
	"Oh Nanami, I guess your at school working hard as usual." he
thought as he looked at the sky.
	"Your thinking of a girl." said Ryo with a malicious grin as he
sat down next to him.
	"I am not!" cried Makoto.
	"Yes you are, I know that look!" said Alielle.
	"Quit teasing him you kids." said Fujisawa with a small laugh.
	
	Nanami cleared a table in the desert restaurant and winced as
people shouted for their food. "Sorry I'll be right there!" she called as
she carried the dishes to a window for washing. She placed them there and
felt someone squeeze her butt. She nearly dropped the dishes to the
floor. Several of them did fall and crashed as she spun angrily to face
the man. He gave her a few bills. "Oh, yea. Tip." she said nervously as
she took the money. "I have to keep control of myself, I know only the
moneys gonna get me out of this place." she told herself.
	
	Back in the mountains Alielle, Ryo, Makoto, and Fujisawa crossed
a canyon on a slender natural bridge.
	"Ah dammit what's with all this silly wind and stuff? And just
where the hell is the snow?" cried Fujisawa as he walked.
	"Please be quiet Mr. Fujisawa it will crumble down." said Alielle
as she eyed the delicate bridge they were standing on.
	"Your right." agreed the man with a sigh.
	The laughter began. "I know that laugh." said Ryo calmly. "Come
out Jinnai." he said. 
	Katsuhiko appeared from behind a rock and smiled. "Well well
Makoto, long time no see." said the boy.
	"It is Jinnai! I didn't know you were here too! I was worried
about you." said Makoto as he looked over Ryo's shoulder. 
	"Get away from me you creepy jerk!" said Ryo as he shied away.
	"Don't give me that Mizuhara! I saw you at every turn! Only my
arch nemesis would follow me here and try to ruin my success!" said
Jinnai.
	"What?" said Makoto.
	"I heard the bugrom had gotten smarter all of a sudden. This
explains it." said Ryo calmly.
	"Thats right Mr. Kagome. You'll die with your rival as well."
chuckled Jinnai as several bugrom started chipping at the bridge.
	"Run!" cried Makoto. They turned and saw bugrom on the other side
as well.
	"I'll have you expelled! This is no way for the president of the
student counsel to act!" said Fujisawa.
	"You think you can kill me so easily Jinnai?" asked Ryo as he
stood confidently on bridge as it cracked. He lifted Alielle into his
arms and jumped. Makoto and Fujisawa followed.
	"After them!" said Jinnai as he clung to one of the bugrom. They
began to cling to the walls and crawl towards them.
	"He's found some new friends I see." said Makoto from the other
bridge.
	"He's the new bugrom commander. That's why they've been doing so
well since we got here." said Ryo calmly.
	"Jump!" said Fujisawa as he lept to another bridge as the one
they were on began to collapse.
	They lept from one to another. The canyon was full of them each
one they hit began to crumble immediately. After a few moments the three
began to run up the wall towards the top. The bugrom chased after them.

	From the top of the canyon the Phantom tribe woman stood and
watched calmly. She smiled and waited.

	The trio ran up the cliff and were met at the top by several
bugrom.
	"Damn." muttered Ryo as he rolled under a blow and dropped
Alielle. She scrambled away to some nearby rocks for cover. Fujisawa and
Makoto reached the top and kicked two of the bugrom away. Ryo turned to
see a rock flying towards him He instinctively stuck out his finger. The
blast knocked him off the cliff. 
	"Damn!" cried Fujisawa. 
	Ura unwrapped himself from Makoto and jumped over the side of the
cliff. He ran down the side of the cliff and caught up with Ryo as he
fell.
	Ryo saw him and panicked. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" he cried as Ura wrapped
himself around Ryo and grabbed the cliff wall. Ryo went limp in Ura's
grasp.
	Fujisawa stood with Makoto at his back and easily beat back the
bugrom horde. "Get them!" cried Jinnai in frustration.
	Makoto and Fujisawa backed away and were blocked my a large rock
Alielle peered at them from behind it. "Damn. I can't use the breaking
point while she's there." he thought. He put up his hands and frowned at
Jinnai.


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