This is something that I toyed with while writing My Baka Gaidin
(Ranma/WOT) crossover. After so long I finally decided to post it for
some reason. Do whatever you wish with it. It's just something to flush
out those ping pong ideas. I really should go back to writing MBG.
Sooner or later anyway.

C&C and all that other stuff welcomed.

Other works can be found at:

Http://www.angelfire.com/ny/Ohdear/FANFIC.html


Magic!

Chapter 1:  The stuff dreams are made of...

	Magic, a phrase used to explain what couldn�t be explained. A 
word to relate to a world where a simple chant or a little phrase can 
result in the moving of objects or control the elements of nature and 
all its furies. When magic is brought up, a world can be imagined with 
dragons, mystical creatures, and aged old weapons. A world ruled by 
the mystic arts and valiant knights rode into battle. 
 
	A cloaked figure can be seen wondering through dense bushes 
that reside in an equally thick forest. Rays of sunshine flutter upon
the 
moist ground that seemed to dance with the sound of the passing wind 
made my vibrating leaves and hollowed out trees. Everything could be 
pictured as a masterpiece of Mother Nature; the color, the mood, that 
is, all except for one figure.

	Clasped in silvery-white, she was holding a drawn slender sword. 
She seemed to be in search of something when she heard a sudden 
rustle from the bushes; quickly she focuses her attention to its origin 
and moves into a practiced ready stance. One can tell she has handled 
a blade more then once in her life, it was a tranquil yet firm stance. 
Her whole body was at her command, tense, but in control. The blade 
was one with her mind and ready for whatever was the focus of it.
 
	In short moments a goblin with all its horrifying scream jumped 
out of the bushes; its goal to pounce the target in front of it. The 
cloaked girl had been more nimble then she looked, she took a quick 
step back and moving with grace counters with a low powerful slash on 
to the unsuspecting goblin�s chest. Surely causing serious damage, the 
goblin fell to the ground and gave a last groan before it seized all 
movements. The winner lowered her guard and then heard�
          
            *RIIINNNG!*
  
 	Bursting in frenzy from under her covers, Kukuru Kimi, age 
seventeen, woke up with a shocked but expected expression. Slapping 
her pikachu alarm clock, she slowly moved out of bed and examined her 
current position. Everything was as it should. She went into deep 
thought and briefly remembered her dream, she swore to lay off the 
accursed late night snacks. 

	"Gee," she muttered; and then gave a snort, "it was kind of cool 
though." The teenager chuckled as she dressed. Kukuru tried to relieve 
her odd dream with mild contempt that she got a semi-happy ending.
 
 	Walking around to collect her things, Kukuru finally noticed the 
time on her clock. In three, two, one seconds, the mind finally aligns 
with her sight. The thought came to mind, *Late for school aren�t 
you?* With swift motions faster than the one in her dream, Kukuru 
grabbed her things and dashed for the door and faster than she could 
eat an ice cream bar, the speeding girl was out of the house. 

	Her mother giving a look out the kitchen door said, "You forgot 
your lunch. Oh well," with that, she went back to her business and 
wondered out loud, "Wonder why the rush."

	Kukuru was a lively girl, full of pep, always having something to 
say. That is, that's what other thought of her. She, herself, believed 
that she was shy, and isolated, always doing stuff by herself, closing 
the phone so her second most favorite thing in the world (sleep) was 
indulged. The peppie girl, didn't know exactly what her most favorite 
thing was, so she always put everything second. Sleep was right up 
there with the 51 flavors of ice cream, fantasies, and daydreams. Ask 
her what she was thinking and you could write a novel with twenty 
different clips of her favorite animes.

	To get into this girl's mind, one would have to look onto a 
character named Lina Inverse. Oh, Kukuru and Lina looked nothing alike, 
besides one being animated; the first was blacked haired and serene 
while the latter was a debatable red, orange hair. Also Lina was 
portrayed as a flat-chested, 24/7 PMS sorceress, which had nothing to 
do with Kukuru.

	The similarities were in their personalities and their philosophy. 
Both were mentioned more then once as 'peppie' even though one 
denies it and their carefree way of looking at the world. One could also 
go as far as saying both had similar traits on eating and sleeping 
habits. You can't say either were fat from such accusations, the 
opposite really. Where all that food goes after being digested, it's a 
mystery. But the end diagnosis was that her favorite character 
reflected Kukuru Kimi.

	Kukuru ran with the wind and at her speed quickly took the lead. 
She was not very athletic, but the age-old saying of 'Mind over body' 
could use this as a fine example. Surrounding sounds were a blur to 
her, after all this was a daily routine and one learns to adapt by 
repetition. But that also applied when someone yelled, "HEY KUKIE!"

	Physics 101 stated that with forces there was friction, Kukuru 
must of took that course when shopping, since she had just suddenly 
stopped at full force and her shoes were surprisingly still there.

	The daredevil shoes took another dive as she turned 180 degrees 
with a circular acceleration equal to that of�well if we could clock it, 
we would know. Teenagers, if they didn't surprise you, nothing will, but 
back to the source of the voice, it could only have been a few things.

	Two average girls dressed causally, with friendly expressions 
usually meant friends. There was also the fact the not many people 
would call her by her pet name. There was something about pet names 
that could instantly get one's attention. Maybe it was just from pure 
embarrassment or it could have been something deeper rather than a 
casual form of greeting to have such an effect, or maybe not.

	"Hiii!!" Yep, she was shy indeed. With the amount of sleep this girl 
gets, one would think she wasn't much of a morning person; odd isn't 
it?

	"Hey, what are you doing here so late?
Where are your bags? 
Oohh, I'm sorry I didn't see you. How are you doing?
We're late!"

	Kukuru wouldn't usually act like this, it's just not natural, but 
then who could say what was normal. Perhaps it was because she was 
running on caffeine or sugar, high amounts of it, or maybe it was just 
because she was always in a rush to school everyday, whatever it was 
it also effected the mind or at least the speech pattern.

	"Don't you remember? Today's the school trip," the first one, 
Amy, said all too casually after the blurb that was asked. She hadn't 
even been phased by it and neither was the one beside her.

	"Oooooh�" Everything came back to her, a field trip to park that 
just recently excavated a site that was suppose to be magical. She 
must have been too excited that she completely forgot about it. All too 
familiar thoughts came back; it was one trip she was looking forward 
too.

	"Isn't it just so cool that it's call Magical Lake Park? It must be 
such a wonderful place, I even have a map of the area." Taking out a 
conveniently unfolded map, colorful illustrations could be seen. "Look, 
theirs is so many beautiful places!"

	Amy had one of those cute faces, framed by short brown hair. It 
was a face that you would usually see at the library with one of those 
cute dresses; right now she did have one of those blouse and skirts. 

"I don't know, it would be better if we went someplace more 
exciting then a park with a fancy name," Jania put in countering Amy's 
fascination with nature.

	By her appearance and line of thinking, she was more out going 
and liked an adventure. Keeping up with current trends, she had some 
stylish Jeans and shirt. Jania and Amy were in a way opposite or more 
like what the other lacked. Kukuru was the dreamer, together that 
complemented each other perfectly, and this was a very ideal and odd 
friendship.

	"At least we don't have any school though," Kukuru said, settling 
the possible argument taking place. *No wonder my bag wasn't as 
heavy today, I had already prepared* Giving a smile, she was going to 
have a great day. Fun at the park, no school, and some real life mystic 
site. It was going to be a great day indeed.

 	Now going at a leisurely pace to school, the three girls went on to 
the usual businesses. Little had Kukuru known some things were just 
too perfect.

		          < OH MY! >

	The trip had been held because the park had just excavated a 
spot where there was suppose be some historic monument. So the 
park invited various classes to attend a tour of such an event. It was 
considered good publicity and asking the city for favors when the time 
came wasn't very bad either. It was more or less politics, but still no 
one dwells too much on such things because everyone liked the idea.

	Right now Kukuru couldn't care less, everything she had prepared 
for this day, except one very important thing, food. Out of all the 
things that had gone through her head, she would have to forget that. 
Her mother was suppose to prepare her lunch, but the usual routine of 
a daily school day morning had ruined it,

	"Ahh, I'm hungry," whined Kukuru to no one in particular. She 
never had a problem with over nutrition so the will power of not eating 
was unknown to her. *I hate when this happens* Had it been the first 
time, it would be just bad luck, but it seemed like this was a one out
of 
five situation. Maybe her not being over weight was not such a 
mystery.

	The sight outside the bus wasn't great either. They were in a 
traffic jam, and her window seat had conveniently gave a nice view of a 
wall that had a big 'I' written on it.
	
	As if her plead for help was answered a sandwich popped in front 
of her. "I knew something like this would have happened, I always 
seemed to sit next to you." Amy right next to her had three fingers 
holding up the display of food, she knew if it had been five fingers, 
there might not be enough time to pull back before it was too late.  
Kukuru couldn't be that bad, but in the immortal words of great 
advertisement, "Hey you never know."

	"Thanks Amy, you�re the best." Chime up the satisfied girl. Yep, 
it was great to have a friend who was prepared. As for Kukuru, she 
could be called ditzy, to the untrained eye, but in today's world who 
could tell?

	Perhaps she liked the girl called Lina Inverse too much, or maybe 
Kukuru already had such an attitude and her favorite character just 
reinforced it.

		          < OH MY! >

 	Things got moving, and people started whining. Then a rest stop 
came. Kukuru just breezily took a stroll around. The air was fresh, with 
the woodland right besides her.

	They had taken a stop at a small restaurant/connivance 
store/tourist spot place. It had everything a tired vehicle driver 
needed, or in this case a bus full of students. A place to get fresh
air, 
food, supplies, and rest rooms, they get great business this way. 

	Kukuru felt all the tension of a cooped up bus melting away with 
the clear sent of nature and the tranquility of her surroundings. Well
it 
wasn't that tranquil with the restaurant not far back, but it was better 
then being on the road.

	The wind gently breezed and Kukuru had to look into the woods. It 
was as if something pulled at her toward it. Something was odd. *I 
thought I heard something�* There was nothing only a gently breeze. 
It could have been a bird, a small woodland animal, a cricket, but it 
hadn't sounded like any of those. It was more like a hum, a pleasant but 
human hum. She has no idea what to make of it.

	*Click*

	Something had given away under her foot. She gave out a wild 
yep as her vertical hold went off course. Everything became a blur as 
she fell. It all happened so fast, she only had the brief feeling of
hitting 
the ground. "--Itte, that hurts..."

 Getting up, she found the soft ground had not caused much 
damage above some minor stains, but she had no idea what made her 
fell. It could have been a loose rock or a wrong step; all in all it was
just 
bad luck. *That was odd* But Kukuru was not one to dwell on such 
things. All she cared was that she had better clean up before they 
were on the road again, a mud stain was not a nice thing, but easily 
washed off if done quickly. And so she hastily went away, if only she 
knew...

		          < OH MY! >

	Finally, the park, it was a beautiful sight. She could hear various 
'ooh's and 'ahh's around to further prove that thought. Everything was 
finally going smoothly. No more traffic Jams, no more nagging voices, 
even if she were part of them, and no more cooped up buses. 

	They did the entire introduction and the tour was on. First on the 
list was the site of the excavation. It was a short walk into the woods 
to reach it. The park was lovely, as Amy had touched on. She felt at 
peace with the land. The air was pure, moist, but neither hot nor cool. 
The sun was shining with all its glory but she felt just right in her 
dress. A wonderful place to come to and forget the world.

	At the site, it looked mystical, with some stone formations here 
and there and some ancient looking pillars around. Some equipment 
were still lying around and from the dirt it hadn't been completely 
uncovered yet. It looked like something out of the movies, with secret 
mystic rituals and chants that would have satisfied any magic lover.  
Everything looked out of date, but it was to be expected after so many 
years, thus having such an ancient looking effect. 

	"From what we have discovered so far, this was a site for a 
ritual, as you can see there is an almost magical presence from it and 
the one too many movies might have something to do with it too." The 
guide teased. "It is perhaps how this park had gotten it's name with 
people once believing in magical powers and their practitioners 
dominating this area."

	All very nice, and ration explanation. Kukuru wasn't paying very 
much attention to it however. Even if she had a special interest in 
magic, something was bothering her. She didn't know what, but 
something about this site gave her a strong feeling. *How come this 
feels soo�so odd. It was almost if I can feel a presence around it* 
Maybe she had too much interest in magic or because she watched one 
too many magic oriented movies and or anime.

	After that they were free to explore and play in the surrounding 
park. Of course they were shown to the souvenir shop first, but 
everything else was a standard trip. Everyone abruptly went his or her 
separate ways.

	Just scouting the area filled her day, with her friend by her side. 
The feeling that she had on the site was quickly forgotten and 
dismissed as another one of her 'odd happenings'. How should could 
categorize it so casually was almost scary for most other people. She 
had a wonderful time, the park was truly beautiful and had justified its 
name. Little did she know how much, until something happened.

		          < OH MY! >

	Something had happened to the road, it was deemed too 
dangerous to drive back. The exact details had mostly slipped out of 
Kukuru�s mind, but nothing important could be done with such 
information anyway. Of course a bus full of students using it was a 
problem. If even an accident had occurred it would be a total political 
disaster. It had been the only road out, detours were not possible, so 
the park gave fee stay to everyone and with a few calls and mutters, 
they had an over night trip now. Most of her classmate thought is was 
cool and she herself was excited about such events.

	"Wow, If only I've known this was going to happen, I would have 
packed some clothes." Kukuru liked such luck. Everything was free was 
the best part. She idly wonder what her room was lick and went off for 
more exploration.

		          < OH MY! >

	Walking around she was lost, and annoyed. They had given an �all 
you can eat� dinner at the Hotel and she would be damned it she missed 
it. She was mentally laughing madly at the fools who would dare give 
her such a meal. *I can easily make up for lunch now. Now if only I can 
find it!*

	Walking around aimlessly, the halls were empty, had she took a 
wrong turn somewhere? This was very frustrating and Kukuru cursed 
at the turning of luck. The determined girl stalked the halls
restlessly. 
*Arrrgghh! And not even a person in sight for me to get directions.* 
Then suddenly something happened. She thought she heard something. 
A voice, like the one she heard earlier. It was much clearer this time, 
but it also echoed from the empty hall. 

A door was opened and she could see the woods not far outside. 
It could be the wind from outside, but if anyone one was here, she could 
get directions. Besides she was curious, and she was not one to fear 
the unknown.

	"Hello?" She cautiously asked while slowing stepping outside. It 
was dark and gloomy. It led to the outside and she could see no one. 
Usually the subconscious mind would scream of danger, but Kukuru had 
never had that term applied to her. *maybe whoever it was was 
further outside* Out of curiously she went out, bad move.

	*Click*

	Some hit her foot as she suddenly went vertically insane again. This 
time though it was a bad fall. She tipped over the rear of the side and 
the woods enveloped below her. 

"AHHHhhhhh!"

	"Ouch"
	"Ooch"
	"Ahh!"
	"Owie"

	Finally stillness came back. Kukuru's head didn't feel good. Rolling 
down a hill was a painfully annoying experience. Slowly getting up, The 
fallen girl could see dark woods all around her. Looked towards the way 
she had fallen, she was not in the mood to climb. *I'll just walk around 
back up* It was dark and spooky, but she knew this was a tourist park 
and little of the wildlife could hurt her.

	Everything at night was different now; she could not find 
anything to fimilarize herself with. The sky was cloudy and it was oddly 
more quietly then usual. Not much sounds were heard except the 
rustling of three leaves and her foot steps. She kept going on though, 
as the �all you can eat� buffet filled the starving girls' need to move on.

	Having unwanted stroll, she suddenly stopped. It was the spot of 
the excavation. She had somehow wondered back here by accident. 
Right now though they seemed to be glowing. This was really getting 
odd and also scary. That hadn't bothered her as much because she 
suddenly saw white and blank out.
 
Chapter 2 World of Magic
 
	The sky was sunny; the air was fresh. The forest spoke with its 
enchanting tranquility. The deep green forest was wrapped around by 
the soft sunlight. Birds chirped gingerly, crickets sounds hissed in the 
background. Brilliant green plants and mosses perfectly blending in with 
the dark wood and the yell sunlight. A figure slept peacefully leaning 
protectively on the trunk of the tree. Everything felt like it was at
one 
with itself, everything was as it should or was it�

	Slowly and lazily, Kukuru opened her eyes. She felt rested, 
comfortable, almost willing to go back into blissful sleep, it was
normal 
for her to do that after all; that is, before her conscious mind finally 
woke up. Then pain came as she tried to get up much too quickly for 
her sore body. At least she was saved from further pain as she had 
enough instinct not to hit her head on the trunk of the tree.

	"Owie-owie-owie�" muttered a slowing rising girl.

	Struggling up she examined her surrounding, dumbfounded until 
her resent memories caught up with her. *Wow... What happened?* 
Taking in her surrounding she knew something was wrong. Something 
told her she was not in the park anymore. Kukuru had remembered 
falling then a long walk in the darkness of the park, then there was a 
light. That was the extent of what her memories told her, now she was 
here. Where ever she was she was definitely in a different place unless 
her memories had deceived her. 

	She felt her whole body was slightly sore, probably from sleeping 
on the ground, so she stretched a bit. Then it caught her; her clothes 
had changed, drastically. Looking down she was wearing metal. She 
registered it as a breastplate of some sort and also realized finally
the 
extra weight she wore. There was more of course, she had on a 
silvery-white cloak, and under the breastplate was a white blouse of 
some kind, long sleeved from the observation of her arms. On the side 
was a sword sheathed, clasped on her belt. Her lower section was also 
white, fairly comfortable pants with some leg guards. The last item of 
clothing were some well-worn boots, she had to blanch at the clashing 
of dirt brown with everything else she wore.

	A few things trailing behind a ton of other things rolled on her 
mind. *Ok, stay calm, this must be a dream. But could also be real, at 
least it felt real. Someone could be playing a trick on me* Giving it a 
second though she crossed that one out. Then something happened.

	"Hey, so you�re finally awake, it been forever since I had to 
watch over you," Whirling around startled she found the source of the 
voice. It was her, or at least an image of her. Faint and misty, but it 
was the image of herself, clothes and all, standing there with a 
determined expression.

	Unable to help herself she stumped back and landed on her rear. 
"Who� who are you?"

	"I can ask the same for you. What are you doing in my body, and 
why. But before that, give me back my body!" She could clearly see the 
anger in her face now, controlled, but it was still there.

"Bo�body?!"

	Her misty image bend down as if to clasp grab her by the neck, 
when to her amazement when right though. She let out a startle gasp. 
Standing back up she folded her arms under her breast and closed her 
eyes in deep concentration, but still with a clearly angered face.

	Quickly Kukuru stood back up all the while moving a couple of 
steps back. It actually looked fairly graceful.

	Taking a deep breath, her image opened her eyes again. " Alright, 
I can see you�re as surprised as me, So I�ll go slowly. Who are you? My 
name is Kukuru, Kukuru Kimi,"

	"But-but my name is Kukuru Kimi! You can�t be me, I mean we 
both can�t�" her words died off. Startlement became puzzlement, 
then deep thoughts. "Well it is possible to have the same name, I 
mean...well you�re a...and ....humm that doesn�t make sense..." It was 
amazing how fast her mood changed.

	"Forget that! Alright, this is odd, but I think this has to be the 
work of magic." Also as she was sure of the explaination, her image 
muttered something she couldn�t make out. 

	"I guess since you don�t know what happened either, I�ll tell my 
side of the story. I was trailing behind my group when I suddenly saw a 
bright flash of light. Next thing I knew I was looking down on myself.
At 
first I thought I was dead, but then I saw some occasional mutter and 
myself breathing. That�s when I knew something was wrong. I saw 
myself all misty and in some odd clothes. I tried to wake my body up, 
but it went right through. I think I�m a spirited of some sorts, pulled 
from my body. Also I can�t seem to leave my body very far, so I stayed 
and hoped something happened."

	Kukuru took all this in. *Ok, this is weird, and I hurt too much to 
be a dream* Then it hit her, magic, swords, her clothing� *Oh no, this 
can�t be happening!* She had some flights of fantasy about playing the 
role of something she watched on her TV, of an medieval world of 
swords and magic, but this doesn�t seem like a dream, yet rather than 
afraid, she was strangely curious.

	"Umm� well, I was with my class when the road was blocked and 
we where stuck at the park and was at this hotel and then umm I heard 
something and fell down a hill�I think and then I walked a little and 
there was this light� and now I woke up here. Oh yes and you�re 
wearing my clothes�I think."

	Her image seems confused about that almost as if to ask a 
question, but stopped and thought some more.

	Kukuru wondered about the many questions to ask too. Where 
was she, what is it like, is it anything like what she fantasized about� 
the list kept growing longer in her head. She was also looking for 
anything that could be used to see her reflection when something 
rustled. All fears faded and in place, excitement. She couldn�t wait to 
see what it would be like. 

	"Something is behind those bushes�" her image coolly said, 
before it burst out. Kukuru gasped as it was hideous. She Stumbled 
back as if to run.

	"Get out your sword, it a goblin, kill it before it kills you!" but she 
ran. Back to fear again.

	*Ahhh, this is not happening!* Kukuru ran for her dear life, 
stumbling blindly into the stretch of the forest. She didn�t know where 
she was going, but she ran anyway. Suddenly her misty image was right 
next to her, running with her.

	"Why didn�t you take out your sword, oh wait... you can�t fight 
can you? Great, I�m going to lose my body from a stupid goblin"

	"I�am�not helpless, I just�I don�t know why I�m running," 
Though in reality she had almost no experience in combat skills. Oh she 
could mimic moves after seeing it so many times, but little else 
besides that. Though for the record, her mother did repeated say she 
was good at mimicking things.

	But things happen oddly and something that didn�t happen often 
in a forest did. She stopped at the side of a cliff, with surrounding 
posture that there was nothing she could hide in. Backtracking was out 
of the question as her pursuer was already closing in.

	"You better kill it, because I want my body back and in one 
piece."

	Kukuru clumsily drew out her sword, careful not to cut herself. 
Not a bad start, but not a good one either. It was a long slender blade, 
and was fairly easy to handle in her hands to her surprise. She shifted 
into a mimicked defensive stance. It was a surprisingly good stance, 
stable, and balanced.

	"Alright, looks like this goblin is alone, and only wielding a club. It 
can do a lot of damage still, but it�s not balanced very well. It
doesn�t 
have armor so a good hit should kill it, even an amateur can win"

	Kukuru amost shot her misty figure a glare, but decided against 
it. She really was an amateur. "Can�t you do anything?"

	"It doesn�t seem to even see me�" her image replied. Kukuru 
sighed.

	The goblin came rushing in lunging directly at her. She parried the 
blow effectively only stumbling a little, but everything became downhill 
from there. She was doing a fairly good job with her mimicked skills, 
but the goblin wasn�t getting hit.

	Not knowing what to do as her attacks wasn�t working, she 
backed away, which proved to be her mistake. She tripped and dropped 
her slender sword. Twisting she rolled and scrambled back to her feet 
moving away from her opponent and her back was pressed to the cliff, 
cornered.

	"No! You idiot, don�t move back, get the sword!"

	The goblin sensed her blunder and now, to her point of view 
almost smiled, as it slowly positioned itself from her weapon. Now she 
was in trouble. *Think! Think! I�mgonnadie--I�mgonnadie!*  Then Kukuru 
was cautious, a mask of calm that surprised even her, focused for a 
moment to spring and hope to reach her sword. *Need a distraction�*

	With a mocked confidant voice, "I�m warning you! I know magic!"
She waved her hand and cupped it together.

	It was too late to hear her image call out, "NO you idiot, it can�t 
understand a word your saying! Just get�"

	"Source of all power
Light which burns beyond crimson
Let thy power gather within my hand
		FireBALL!!"

	Her hand felt a warm and a blazing ball shot towards a surprised 
goblin followed by a big BOOM. And she ran for her sword hoping to 
catch the goblin by surprise, but there was no need. *Wha�.* She 
stared at the smoking at the charred hole, but she wasn�t the only one.

	"You�re�a Mage?" her image whispered.

	To be continued...probably

Authors babble:
	Nothing much to say, I never intended this to be posted when I started
it and it was started a long time ago ( whoever visited the page should
have noticed).

~Kuku