Spirit within part 2: El Hazard
	The fourth night: The world of the Demon God.

	The island appeared in the distance before the crew of the small
skiff. It was raining and thunder crashed around the distant peaks. Ryo
stood in his female guise and frowned as they approached it. 
	"I know I'm leading Jinnai to it, but if I don't Ifurita will not
be awakened and we will never have come here." she thought to herself.
Then Shayla spoke up.
	"The forbidden Island, a place lost to ancient memory, the
resting place of the demon Ifurita. Only the three holy priestesses know
of the isles location, only we three know, we three, the bearers of the
ancient ways. How could the Bugrom have found out?" she said as she gazed
out over the bow of the ship.
	"Stop with the stupid monologue, nobody knows the answer. Your
certainly not smart enough to figure it out on your own." said Afura
lazily as she leaned against one of the rails.
	Shayla growled and turned on her angrily. "What did you say? Are
you calling me stupid?!" she roared.
	"Shayla calm down. This isn't the place." said Ryo as she walked
up and stared her down.
	"You shut up you pervert!" she retorted angrily.
	"She's right, Besides, I don't think he knows where the island
is." said Makoto after a brief staring match between Ryo and Shayla.
	Everyone but Ryo looked at him in surprise. "What?" said Miz.
	"Why else would they be following us?" said Makoto finally.
	"Damn." muttered Ryo.
	Shayla turned to face her. "You knew!" she said in shock.
	Makoto frowned and turned towards Ryo, "How could you not know? I
bet you were planning to lead him there! Why?" he said angrily.
	"Because I know who Ifurita is." said Ryo calmly as she slumped
down and sat on the deck. 
	"What?" said Makoto and the priestesses in perfect unison.
Everyone looked surprised. Including the shadow tribe woman.
	"Fool, Ifurita is the one who went us here." said Ryo calmly as
she wiped some of the excess rain from her forehead.
	"What do you mean?" said Makoto looking blank.
	"Think about it fool. If I'm right then we have to wake her up. I
learned a long time ago that you can't change fate no matter how hard you
fight it. One way or another she'll wake up to send us here, Either we
wake her up now and maybe get her with us...or Jinnai will stumble onto
her and have her against us. I doubt if she's a weak fighter Makoto,
personally I'd rather have her on our side." said Ryo.
	"That's crazy!" said Shayla angrily. 
	"Is it? I wonder..." said Ryo slyly.
	"How can you know that?" said Makoto suspiciously.
	"Think about it fool, you seem to be good at that. A strange
woman we've never met sends us to a strange world claiming to know you
very well. We've never met her before, meaning we meet her here. All that
plus the fact that she had the power to send us here, something that no
one else here seems to be capable of? Who else could it be but a powerful
demon god?" said Ryo just as calmly as ever despite the varying stares of
anger that the women were giving him.
	"You tricked us!" said Shayla as her jewel flared up.
	"I did not. Jinnai did, I simply didn't tell you that you were
being fooled." said Ryo curtly.
	"How could you?" said Nanami.
	"I swear none of you will come to harm because of this. I will
not allow it." said Ryo sternly to the women.
	"Oh, brother." muttered Makoto as he rolled his eyes.
	"You bastard!" cried Shayla as she decked Ryo hard across the
jaw. Ryo landed at the feet of the shadow tribe woman and she smirked at
her from her bonds. She stood shakily and turned to face her. "Laugh
while you can." said Ryo to her with a cold stare. She frowned and looked
away from her.
	"How could you?! Don't you realize that the awakening of Ifurita
could mean the end of El-Hazard?" said Miz in shock. She turned and blew
a kiss at Fujisawa after saying that and giggled.
	"I can tell your real worried. Besides, Jinnai wouldn't destroy
El-Hazard with Ifurita." said Ryo calmly as ever.
	Everyone turned to face him and just stared in shock. "What do
you mean? Of course he would!" cried Makoto.
	"No, he wouldn't, he would use it to conquer El-hazard, not
destroy it. He is insane and, evil but not stupid. He couldn't rule what
isn't there." said Ryo with a smug smile.
	"I hate to admit it, but he's right." said Nanami after a few
moments of silence. "My brother is pretty sneaky, but he's not evil
enough to destroy an entire world." 
	"It wouldn't surprise me if he did it by accident while trying to
conquer this place though." muttered Makoto.
	"Well it's too late now, we've already lead him to it." said Miz
as the ship closed in on the Island.

	Deep under the realm of El-hazard...

	"Nahatta." said Galus as he sat in his throne lazily.
	"Yes my lord?" said the young boy who had tried to assassinate
Ryo. He approached the throne and fell to his knees.
	"It seems the Bugrom are attempting to resurrect the Demon god
from the forbidden island." said Galus with a thoughtful look about him.
	"Surely they will fail...they are only a bunch of bugs." said the
boy with a smile. 
	"Surely, but that cursed Ryo has recruited the help of the three
priestesses and holds our comrade captive. A weapon such as Ifurita
should not fall into his hands." said the prince bitterly. He gripped the
arm of the chair he was seated in anger. The boy looked up at this and
said nothing. "You will go and insure that it does not happen."
	"Yes my lord." said the boy as he clenched his fist. At last he
could take his revenge for his humiliating defeat at Ryo's hands. He
smiled lightly at the thought. "He will learn the true power of
illusions." sneered the boy.

	As they slowly made their final approach to the island Makoto sat
and watched the horizon for signs of Jinnai. He knew he would come soon,
but he was not yet visible.
	Fujisawa sat with Miz and downed another drink. "Mr. Fujisawa,
you shouldn't be drinking so much." scolded Nanami.
	"That's right, You are going too need your super powers when we
get to the island. Remember, Jinnai will probably try to ambush us."
agreed Makoto.
	"It's not as easy as you think." muttered the man. Ryo became a
blur and the bottle vanished from Fujisawa's hand. The girl flung it over
the side of the boat and into the water.
	"Hey!" cried the man as he came to tears.
	Ryo smiled, "It just became allot easier." she said simply.
	"Miss Ryo that was uncalled for." said Miz with an angry and
flushed look.
	"-Mr.- Ryo, thank you, and what do you mean? We are in a combat
situation, I'd say me and Makoto know a great deal more about that than
any of you ladies." said Ryo smugly. She was clearly annoyed that the
women thought his actions were cruel.
	"What do you mean, are you saying girls can't fight?!" screamed
Shayla.
	"Shayla do I look like I'm saying that." said Ryo as she turned
to face her with her chest stuck out.
	The priestess just growled and turned away.
	"Stop looking for an excuse to fight me. Makoto and I have seen
more combat than every person on this boat combined I'll wager." retorted
the girl angrily.
	Makoto frowned. "Even if it was because of each other..." he
muttered to himself. Still he had never seen Ryo get this tense before...
	"Hey, I heard that!" cried Ryo as she jumped towards Makoto.
	"Yea?! What of it??!!" said the boy as he met her in the air.
	Nanami smiled slightly as the two bickered amongst each other.
Makoto and Ryo's constant fighting when they were together were strangely
a comforting reminder of home for her. She thought for a moment and
smiled. "Hey, since Mr. Fujisawa got super strength when he came here, do
you think I got the ability to see through the shadow tribes Illusions?"
she chimed suddenly.
	Ryo and Makoto stopped their sparring and just looked at her for
a moment.
	"I bet that's probably right." said Afura pleasantly.
	"Will ya look at that, I'm a super girl! Hey Makoto, what kind of
super ability did you get?" she said cheerfully.
	"Ya know, I don't think I got one." said the boy after a few
moments of thought.
	"I suppose neither of us needed them." said Ryo after a moment.
She did, wonder though. Makoto's super power could have been altered
because of his training, somehow she doubted it because it were so
important. 
	"What do you mean 'We'? You got your curse back." said Makoto to
her.
	"That's right, I'd forgotten that I had gotten rid of it before."
said Ryo. "It's amazing how quickly you get used to it again."
	"Back?" wondered Nanami.
	"I wonder why nothing happened to me?" said Makoto mostly to
himself.
	"It figures, It seems nothing happens if your dull to begin
with." muttered Nanami.
	"Ouch." said Makoto.	

	They grew very near to the island as the water was full of
dangerous whirl pools and rocks. It had taken them quite some time to get
near enough to land. 
	"It looks very forbidden doesn't it?" said Makoto nervously.
	"What are you so worried about? Like we're gonna find anything
here that the two of us have to worry about. I'm more concerned with the
others." said Ryo as he watched them finally land the skiff.
	"Well, aren't we a smug little bastard." muttered Shayla.
	"Why Shayla, I'm surprised you aren't gracing us with another of
your boring speeches." quipped Afura as she walked down the deck towards
the group.
	Shayla growled and the jewel on her forehead surged with power
once again.
	"Let's just get off shall we? I want to find this place as soon
as possible." said Ryo as she jumped down off the side followed by
Makoto.
	"Hey!" cried Shayla as she ran up to the edge. She looked over
the side and saw the two walking along the beach. "What the?"
	"Those two show offs. They are always doing things like that to
impress people." snorted Nanami.
	"What?...How did they do that?" said Shayla in frustration as she
used her gems to float down to the ground behind them.
	"Hey! What about me?!!" screamed the angry shadow tribe woman
from her seat at the mast. She struggled against the ropes and could not
loosen them. "Damn you!"

	"All right ladies where is this..." started Ryo before he was cut
off by a familiar laugh. Everyone turned to face Jinnai as he approached
on the head of one of the Bugrom air ships.
	"What a wonderful guided tour, many thanks." said Jinnai with a
giggle.
	"Makoto get ready." said Ryo. Makoto stood in a ready stance and
nodded.
	The would be dictator simply explained his plans to the group
happily. "Do you think the medal winning conqueror of Ginahn would simply
sit around? No, of course not! I used my network of spys to watch you and
report. Then it was simply a matter of following your little tug boat to
the island."
	"Shut up you little worm." growled Ryo.
	"Well if it isn't the princess Fatora. I hope you don't mind when
I take over you palace with this little toy. I'm afraid you'll just have
to live somewhere else." said Jinnai as he started to laugh yet again.
	"You little sneak! Your a real jerk no matter what world your
on!" said Nanami from the back of the group.
	Jinnai was shaken for a moment. "Nanami? Wh...aren't you supposed
to be in school?" he stammered.
	"I knew my brother was a liar and a sneak but this is going too
far, your acting like some kind of crazy weirdo freak!" yelled Nanami.
	Jinnai was pissed. "I am not a crazy weirdo freak! You take that
back!" he roared.
	"I will not. Only a weirdo freak with no friends would hang out
with a bunch of icky bugs." said Nanami as she turned up her nose at the
boy.
	"I don't get how they were even able to communicate." said Afura
in confusion.
	"I think I know, he came from that 'Earth' like the rest of them
right? Maybe the power he gained was the ability to talk with the
Bugrom." said Alielle.
	"If my sneaky brother were to gain any power it would be
something disgusting like that!" yelled Nanami.	
	"Enough, all I've gained here in El-hazard is the respect I truly
deserve!" snapped Jinnai.
	"Mr. Jinnai your sister is absolutely right, It takes years to
gain proper respect. At least graduate first!" said Fujisawa in a
pleading tone.
	"I'll have all the respect I'll ever need as the one who will
control the legendary demon powers of Ifurita." retorted Jinnai.
	"Fool, you have to get by us first." said Ryo with a confident
tone.
	"It'll take more than the six of you to get away with that while
I'm around!" cried Shayla bitterly as her jewels powered up.
	Jinnai laughed. "Behold!" he called and waved his arm behind him.
	Around twenty Bugrom troop carriers appeared on the waters racing
towards the beach. The sailed over the whirlpools and rapids of the
waters just above the surface. "You are the reason I invited the entire
Bugrom Marine Corps!"
	"Do it now!" cried Ryo.
	Makoto shot a blast out into the water that blew apart the front
of one of the ships. It started to slowly sink into the dangerous waters.
	"Moukou Takabisha!" cried Ryo and Makoto one after another as
they both proceeded to blow away the ships that neared the island.
	"What the? No fair!" cried Jinnai as he turned in shock and
watched his army sink. Several of the ships turned away as they realized
that they could not land. Only three had remained to run.
	The two boy's fell to the ground in exhaustion as they were
dangerously low on Ki now. Ryo still had a bit of fight left in her and
both of them began to recover slowly.
	Jinnai snapped out of his shock and hit the nearest Bugrom on the
back of his head. "Go damn it!" he cried and the flying bug shot forward.

	"No..no you don't!" gasped Makoto as he shot a blast that nailed
the giant flying insect in the torso sending it flaming to the ground.
	Ryo stood and helped Makoto to his feet. "Come on, He's got a
head start." she said as he started for the temple that sat in the center
of the small island.
	The three priestesses simply stared in disbelief at what they had
just seen. "How did...WHY DIDN�T THEY TELL US THEY COULD DO THAT?"
stammered Afura.
	"You didn't ask us." said Alielle with a shrug as she ran after
the two boys for once in her life.
	"Come on, we'd better follow if we don't want to be left behind."
said Fujisawa as he started walking.
	"Wait! The ships are coming back, and they have more!" cried Miz
as she pointed at the four ships on the Horizon.
	"Shayla you go after them with the others. Miz and I will stay
behind and take care of this." said  Afura. "So, you want to show some
sailor bugs the difference between a job and an adventure?" 
	"Sure thing." said Miz with a smirk.

	Makoto and Ryo turned towards the blast as the two priestesses
began their attack on the advancing fleet. "Looks like they brought back
up." said Ryo.
	"We've got to help them!" said Makoto as he started to stagger
back towards the beach.
	"No, stopping Jinnai is first priority. We worry about them
later, they know what they are doing Makoto." said Ryo with a small sad
stare towards the beach. She hated to miss a party.
	"Besides neither of us will do any good until we get our ki back,
that will take at least a half hour with all we used earlier." said Ryo
as she helped Makoto along.
	"Hey wait up!" cried a familiar voice from behind them. They
turned to see Alielle running up to them with Shayla and Fujusawa not far
behind. Alielle had Ura wrapped around her at the moment. Ryo scampered
away from her as she approached with a speed she didn't know she could
still move at.
	
	Jinnai stood at the temple gates and smiled. "At last." he said
Triumphantly. He of course began to laugh.

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