Hey peoples! Time for the next chap!

            *Warning*: ^_^;; I'm right now listening to Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks like a Lady)". Hehe....beware.

Cloud: -_-;; Oh my God...

Me: *grins* Aw, Cloud, remember that one time when you were all dressed up like a girl?

Cloud: Don't remind me....

Me: *holds out pics* I HAVE PICTURES!!!

R&R

Anandria: Ah, yes, the Gundam Tribe. Here, we can witness the wonderful bishieness of the Duo Maximillius, the Quatrus Rebarbas Winner, the Tritus Bloomis, the Wufis Chang, and the Heero Yuis. Not to mention various other creatures of this species, like the Domon Cashewis. ^_^ I just love watching bishie documentaries, don't you?

Meow the chibi neko: Hehe...insanity. And don't worry, D.g. won't kill you. *sweatdrop* She's been grounded....again. Not allowed to kill anybody, that she isn't.

ssjinpan2: *starts singing THAT song again* The happy place, with trees and grass and rabbits and birds and men in white suits who smile ALL the time and looky-here, some acid, oh my, to burn the little bunnies and squirrels into bleached bones and tufts of fur! What fun! What joy! To watch them burn in agony, oh my, look here comes the doctors again, hello, what fun, how are you today? The happy place, with trees and grass and rabbits and birds and men in white suits who smile ALL the time, and-*gets cut off by Cloud* Cloud: SHUDDUP!!

XxBlackxAngelxX: Yeah, those poor souls....

esteebee: *sigh* Poor me...

DevilWench: Hm, for this story, it's just me, the almighty Brat-sama. At the beginning of each fic we post, we say who is writing the story. I know, it does get confusing sometimes....

Silver Yukai: *sweatdrop* Maybe I shouldn't have stuck Sesshoumaru in with you....

chai girl: BUT I WANT HIM TO BE IN THE SEQUEL!!

Sailor Saturn: -_-;; *has been having to take care of the bad guys for two days, since they're in the story* BOB!! SHUDDUP ALREADY!! THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TOO!! AND *NO* NARAKU, WE ARE *NOT* GONNA HAVE EVERBODY DRESS IN IDENTICAL BABOON PELTS!! DROP IT!! OR ELSE I'LL FEED YA TO THE TIGERS!!

Tigers: ^-_-^ *thinking: Ew....nasty. Why would we want to eat THEM?!*

Snowball Fights and Snow Angels

Chapter 18: There Was Never A Plot

            In a giant warehouse, far from civilization, several well-known people had been imprisoned in a large cage after having been transported to this place.

            "You can't do this to me! I am a princess! Let me out!" screamed Ayeka at the guards who stood watch around the cage. They ignored her.

            "Ayeka! Quiet down! You're givin' me a headache!" moaned Ryoko as she slumped against Tenchi, head resting on his shoulder. He just smiled abashedly, his face slightly flushed. Ayeka just growled at the two, and went back to yelling at the guards.

            "Hiei, got any fours?" asked Sanosuke, looking over the tops of his cards at his opponents.

            "Go fish."

            "Dammit," he muttered, drawing yet another card. Kurama just chuckled and took his turn. "Sanosuke, do you have any kings?" Sanosuke groaned and handed over his two kings, and Kurama grinned, setting his now complete set of kings onto the ground.

            "Yahiko, do you have any threes?" he asked again.

            "Nah, go fish!"

            "Hey, Sano, where'd that Kia girl go?"

            Sanosuke looked around in surprise. "I don't know, I haven't seen her in a while."

            "We had better hope that she has found another unfortunate soul to leech upon," Hiei dryly commented.

            "Actually, I was gettin' attached to her," muttered Sanosuke.

            His three companions just stared at him in shock.

            And off in yet another corner of the cage, Kenshin sat with Kaoru, tending to a cut on her head. "Miss Kaoru, you should be more careful, that you should."

            She halfheartedly glared at him, "Quiet you."

            He chuckled and placed the last bandage, kissing it lightly.

            She blushed redder than a tomato.

            A pair of arguing voices interrupted their fluffy moment.

            "Yusuke! You idiot! You shouldn't have attacked those guards!" yelled Keiko as she verbally attacked Yusuke.

            Said boy just winced and leaned further back against the wall, glaring balefully at her, "And what was I supposed to do? Let them take us without a fight?"

            She just sighed in exasperation and knelt down beside him. "Look, I know it's hard to accept, but we're at their mercy right now. This cage prevents any of the fighters from using their strength to get out. Just...play it safe, okay? I don't want to see you hurt."

            His glare softened, and he smirked slightly. "Alright, alright. I give. I'll 'play it safe.'"

            She giggled and hugged him, "Thanks, Yusuke."

            "N-no problem!"

            And yet another fluffy moment was ruined by the heavy footsteps of numerous people. All heads turned to the warehouse door as five more people were marched in, hands bound and glaring angrily at their captors.

            "Hey, Tosho, get a load o' this one!" one guy grinned as he held up a struggling Duo. "Dude looks like a lady."

            With a snarl, said 'lady' kicked the guy where the sun don't shine.

            "SHIT!! That hurt ya little creep!" the man shouted, his voice rising a few octaves higher than was normal. He hurriedly pushed Duo and the others into the cage, locking the door behind them. "You'll pay for that one later, boy!" And with a huff, he and the other captors walked back out the door, the one guy still cursing in soprano.

            Seeing the newcomers were still tied up, Kenshin hurried to untie them.

            "Thanks man, my wrists were starting to chafe!" grinned Duo.

            "No problem, that it isn't."

            "Heero, how did we get here?" asked Quatre, standing by his silent companion, Trowa.

            "To be honest, I have no idea," confessed Heero, surveying their surroundings. "All I can tell is that we're in a warehouse. And we seem to have found the people we were sent to retrieve."

            "What do you mean, 'sent to retrieve'?" asked Ryoko.

            "Merea-sama requested that we take you back to where you belong."

            "Awww, and just when we start to have some fun," muttered Yusuke.

            "So, do you think that this is everybody we had to retrieve?" asked Duo, looking at the different groups of people.

            "Let's see, she gave me a list, I know I had it around here somewhere," murmured Quatre, turning out his pockets and checking his socks, finally pulling the list from the inside pocket of his coat. "Aha! Let's see. Is Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ayeka here?"

            Three affirmative nods.

            "How about Kenshin, Kaoru, Sanosuke, and Yahiko?"

            A chorus of 'here's answered him.

            "What about Hiei, Kurama, Yusuke, and Keiko?"

            Said people raised their hands.

            "Okay, is Vash, Wolfwood, Ranma, Ryoga, and Akane here?"

            Nobody answered.

            "Oh boy, this isn't good."

            "What do you mean by that, Quatre?" asked Wufei, eyebrow rising.

            "There are still five others loose in this world, and by the looks of it, this world isn't ready to deal with them...."

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            The five companions stood helplessly in the snow, unsure of what to do. All their friends had disappeared, and the other part of their group was who-knows-where. For all THEY knew, their remaining companions could be trapped in a horribly stuffy, smelly, gym with Hojo....

            "What should we do now?" sighed Tinuviel.

            "How about we split up to look for the rest of our friends?" suggested Kagome.

            "Are you crazy?!" shouted Saturn, "Haven't you ever watched the movies?! THAT IS ALWAYS THE MISTAKE THEY MAKE!! THEY SPLIT UP!! THEN THEY'RE PICKED OFF ONE BY ONE!!!!!"

            "Saturn, this is real life, not the movies. It would be a good idea to split up," intervened Trunks, "Besides, what could happen?"

            "Oh, many, many things," muttered Saturn, yet she relented.

            "Okay, the groups are this; Saturn, Trunks, and Tinuviel go check out the east and south side of the resort, and I and Inuyasha investigate the north and west side, okay?" ordered Kagome.

            "Aye-aye captain!" saluted Saturn, pulling Trunks and Tinuviel after her as she dashed off, "And don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

            Inuyasha and Kagome sweatdropped and exchanged looks. 'What the hell was that supposed to mean?'

            "So...Inuyasha, shall we go?" asked Kagome. He nodded, and they set on their way.

            After walking around the resort for a while, checking various cabins, they finally spotted one that seemed a likely place for their friends to have stayed. Walking in, they suspiciously looked around. It was empty, but showed signs of someone recently being there. Before they could exit though, the door slammed shut on its own accord.

            "What the hell?!" exclaimed Inuyasha. He rushed up to the door and pounded on it, and upon encountering that an ofuda was on the other side, was flung back against the wall, landing with a thud.

            "Inuyasha! Are you alright?!" cried a worried Kagome, crouching down next to his inert form.

            He looked up at her with dazed eyes, and groaned, "Define 'alright'."

            She chuckled and sat down next to him as he rubbed the back of his head.

            "Did you injure your head, Inuyasha?" she asked, looking at him in concern.

            "Yeah...a little bit....nothin' big though..."

            She ignored him and ran her fingers lightly over the bruised area, absentmindedly rubbing his ears in the process. And again he purred.

            "Q-quit that K-Kagome!" he stuttered, flushing pink.

            Giggling, she went back to studying the bruise, still rubbing his ears every so often.

            "Ne, Inuyasha?"

            "What?"

            "Are you ticklish?"

            "^O_O^"

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            Meanwhile, in the gym......."

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            After several tormenting hours of having to put up with the two beings who were trying to suck each other's face off, the other inhabitants of the gym couldn't take it anymore. With the help of a baseball bat and tennis racket, the two were thankfully unconscious. Now, the people had a new problem to deal with.

            Hobo.

            His denseness was pervading the area, making all around him gag as they felt their brain cells being destroyed.

            He must be got rid of.

            But...none could get near enough to throw him outside.

            "There is NO way I am touching that!" hissed Cat, hiding behind Miro and Iny.

            "Anybody else volunteer to do it?" asked Arwen.

            "I'd rather eat bark," muttered Squirrel.

            "Somehow, I think you're speaking the truth. What about you Senshi?"

            "You have GOT to be kidding me. Like I'm stupid enough to go near HIM!" she growled, pointing at the unconscious Hojo.

            "Kouga? Iny? Miro? What about you guys?"

            The three boys shook their heads emphatically.

            "Well, SOMEONE has to do it!" she exclaimed.

            "Why don't you do it?" suggested Souta.

            "Yeah! You can do it!" cheered Shippo.

            "Is it just me...or did that just sound REALLY wrong?" asked Squirrel.

            Their discussion was interrupted by the groaning sound made by the formerly unconscious Hojo. He painfully sat up, and looked around in surprise. Seeing the company he was in, his eyes narrowed and he glared at them all.

            "Come near me and I'll kill you," he threatened as he stood.

            "AH!!" shouted Cat, "HOJO'S TURNED EVIL!! KILL HIM!!"

            Taking Hojo by surprise, everybody aimed a different weapon at him, and he was propelled back out through the doors and out of the resort, but his yells of revenge lasted long after he himself had gone.

            Cat danced around happily, singing, "Tic-tac-toe, three in a row, Hojo got shot by GI Joe, Momma called the doctor and the doctor said, 'Woot! Hojo's dead!'"

            .....but was he really?

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            "Vash...I think we're lost."

            "We're not lost! ....We just don't know where we are...."

            "And THIS is what happens when guys don't ask for directions!"

            "Hey Akane, cool it down already! Sheesh! You're as much to blame as we are!"

            "Ranma! How dare you insult Akane like that?!"

            "Shut it Ryoga!"

            "Ranma-!"

            "Shuddup you two!"

            "Stay out of this Wolfwood!"

            "ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!!"

            Silence.

            "Now, which of you guys will admit that we're lost and go find someone to ask for directions?"

            "How about Ryoga?"

            "Ranma! You know how bad he is at finding his way! He'll probably get lost if we send him to find help!"

            "....That was kinda the idea......"

            "How about we send Vash?'

            "Good idea Wolfwood!"

            "No! Bad idea! I don't wanna go out there!"

            "Why not?"

            "'Cause that black cat with the bulging green eyes is stalking me! If I go out there, it will take the chance to pounce!"

            Sweatdrop.

            "Vash, that cat is NOT stalking you!"

            "Yes it is!"

            "Forget it guys! Come on Vash, won't you go?"

            "No!"

            "Not even for a donut?"

            "......no."

            "Okay! Thirteen donuts!"

            ".....yes......no.....maybe......AHHHHH!! THE CAT!!!!"

            "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHERE IS IT?!"

            "On your head!"

            "AH!! Get it off! Get it off!"

            "Calm down Ryoga! I got it!"

            THUD.

            "Okay, I knocked it off. Where is it now?"

            "Uh....oh....."

            "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! CATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATCAT!!!!!! GET IT OFF MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

            "Ranma! Stop running around!"

            "GET IT OFF!! GET IT OFF!!"

            CRASH.

            "Ranma! NO DESTROYING THE FOREST!"

            "GET! *BANG* IT!! *BANG* OFF!!! *BANG*!!"

            "If you keep banging your head against the tree, you'll end up breaking it!"

            CRASH. BIG THUD.

            "Uhhhhh....Akane.....I think it's too late to save the tree...."

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            ^_^ So...did ya guys like it? I'll be updating every other day, if I can, to make up for my long absence, but the chaps won't be that long. We're nearing the end

anyway. We have about five or six more chaps to go, at this rate. Anyways, review please?