http://clampfix.fanworks.net/others/magic.txt </head><body><pre>Heya!! Here's a very OCC story involving the cast of Clover and the MKR RPG. Just try and think what might happen when these two stories collide... Hope you all enjoy it!^^ Oh, and a BIG thanks to Jonna-san who helped me get the idea, write, and edit this story. THANK YOU!!! Oh, and you can give me feedback!! *hint hint* Disclaimer: I don't own any Clamp things. So there. The Magic Knights of Clover By Ginga (and Jonna) It was a very dreary day for Lan. Gingetsu wasn't home; Kazuhiko had some odd errands to run. The apartment was silent. There was absolutely nothing for him to do. *I'm so bored* Lan thought as he fell backward on a nearby chair. He just lay there until something caught his eye. It was a game system and a video game. Lan got out of his seat and walked to the game was. *Hmm... Wonder what this could be* He picked up the game and read the title. "Magic Knight Rayearth. Sounds kinda fun. Gingetsu must have picked it up or something." Lan put the game into the system and turned it and the TV on. A fanfare of music and lights blasted out of the speakers making Lan jump. Suddenly bright red letters appeared on the screen. 'PRESS START'. Lan pressed the start button and the screen went black. "What's wrong with this thing?" Lan said, his voice showing annoyance. The screen brightened with colors again as the music started to play the annoying song from the beginning credits. A picture on the imager then switched to Kazuhiko's high scores. Then after a 5 second delay it could automatically shift to a screen that said 'NUMBER OF PLAYERS' *Well, I guess I'll play by myself since there's nobody here* Lan moves the control to 'ONE' and pressed the button. The screen flashed and a young SD Hikaru appeared on the screen. She was standing in the middle of a forest with two other SD characters. One of the SD characters was Umi, the other Fuu. "Now what happens?" Lan said as he played his fingers skillfully across the pad. A couple seconds later ...a box appeared in the left-hand corner, containing a summary of everything that had happened in the game so far. "Kazuhiko must've played a lot before he left. He's already got magic, weapons, and just got out of the Forest of Silence. Now I have to get the Escudo from the fountain." Lan played the game for some time; he had gotten everything from getting Escudo to defeating Caldina, all that was left was defeating Lafarga and Zagato. Suddenly the door flew open and two figures walked in. ... "LAN!!!" Lan looked up in surprise as Kazuhiko strode into the room, an indignant look on his face. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING??!" Lan slowly turned towards the man who suddenly ran in the room with a panic that would make Lan run out of the room screaming for help. Gingetsu looked at Kazuhiko and made a confused look. "What's wrong?" "He's...He's playing my game!" "Oh, is that all?" "What do you mean is that all! I wanted to beat it by myself!" "Well, why don't you start a new game then?" "A new game! It'll take ages to get where I was! And take even longer to beat the thing!" "Calm down, It wouldn't take you THAT long. Anyway, Lan and I will help you, alright?" said Oruha, walking into the room and putting her arm around Kazuhiko's. *Sniff* "Fine." Lan smiled and said to Kazuhiko, "You know, we can start a new game. But instead of one player, we'll have three. Is that ok?" *Sniffle* "I guess so." "How do you play?" said Oruha as she comforted Kazuhiko. "The rules of this game are simple," Lan explained, as he handed out two black control units with red buttons and lights. "The premise is that three people are summoned from the fictitious city of 'Tokyo' to save the world of Cephiro by rescuing a princess." Oruha smiled and clasped her hands together over the controller. "How wonderful! I think I may have heard of this game before. I always thought it sounded like a very cute story!" Gingetsu said nothing, but he was frowning behind his shades as he turned the control unit over in his hands. "So how come I don't get to play?" Kazuhiko asked, a miffed expression on his face. "Well," Lan hesitated, "Only three people can play at a time. It doesn't really work if you have four...." Oruha leaned back against Kazuhiko and put a hand to the side of his face. "Don't worry," she purred, "We can play later." Kazuhiko's frown immediately transformed into a big silly grin. "And anyway, I ruined your game so I should make it up for you." said Lan as he reset the game. Lan then began to erase the file and started a new one, one that was in a multi-player mode. A screen then showed up and showed three junior high school girls. "These girls are the main characters in the game." Just then Lan chose one of the pictures. Lan pressed a button and zoomed in on one of the pictures. The closeup of a girl in a green school uniform, with blond hair and glasses, appeared on the imager. Lan read the character background aloud. "Hououji Fuu. Fourteen years old and in the eighth grade. Blood type A. Sagittarius." "I like her," Oruha said. "She seems like the serious type." "Good," Lan said with a cheerful smile. "That's the controller you're holding, so I'm glad you approve." A new girl in a blue uniform and sky-blue hair appeared on the imager. "Riuzaki Umi. Fourteen years old and in the eighth grade. Blood type A. Pisces. Lan looked away from the 3D text with a positively evil glint in his eye. "Gingetsu, she's all yours." Oruha's eyes got wide. "Oh dear," she murmured. "Lan, you are too cruel." "What?" Gingetsu said suspiciously. "Nothing, nevermind!" Lan said quickly, over Oruha's "You'll find out soon enough...." A third girl appeared, wearing a red blazer and hair braided back into a long red plait. "Shidou Hikaru. Fourteen years old and in the eighth grade. Blood type O. Leo. She's the one I'll play." "She looks too young to be in the eighth grade," Kazuhiko observed. Lan raised his eyebrows. "Well, it can be deceiving, trying to guess someone's age from their looks, you know. ...And height isn't everything." "You two be quiet," Oruha scolded. "You're missing the beginning of the game!" (The imager flashes many colors and after the fanfare of music and pictures are finished the game finally begins.) "Finally, how long was that opening supposed to go on for?" asked Gingetsu. "And what is my character DOING?" Lan looked at the screen and said, "Hmm... I think you pushed one of the 'get mad at...' buttons. Umm, and I think she getting mad at Clef." "CLEF?" yelled a distressed Gingetsu. "I think Clef is that person with lavender hair." said Oruha who was pressing buttons trying to keep Gingetsu's character calmed down. "And why did I agree to play this?" he said with an edgy tone. "You never really did. You just took the controller." said Lan with an evil smile. (A little while goes by and the group finally defeats a monster.) "Yeah, all RIGHT!" Lan crowed, surveying the holographic carnage. "Hikaru ROCKS!!!" "Wow, Lan," Oruha commented, "You're really good at this game." Gingetsu frowned at that, and said sourly, "You know, it's kinda unfair when he's has magic, while the rest of us don't. And what do you think he *does* at home every day? After all, he owns every video game ever made...." Lan looked embarassed, but was forestalled from replying as Gingetsu focused on the imager again. "What..." he said in a strangled voice, "Is that girl doing now?" Lan smiled, his embarrassment vanishing into smugness. "You have to be careful. Press the wrong button, and Umi gets that way." He gestured at the SD figure who's angry face was now occupying two-thirds of the imager. "It looks like she's mad at Mokona. Don't worry, it'll pass soon." (After Clef tells the girls to go get weapons, the group leaves for Presea's place.) "Now, where are we going?" groaned Gingetsu. He was NOT enjoying this game one bit. His character kept running around like a maniac! What kind of game character does THAT? He was definitely going to get him for this... "Not again!!" 'I'm definitely going to get Lan for this...' Oruha giggled and put a hand on Gingetsu's shoulder. "I told you Lan was being cruel. Anyway, Umi stopped yelling and we arrived at Presea's house. This is where we are supposed to get our weapons." "Weapons? How LONG is this game?" "Oh, it depends on how fast you play. I'd say we're about one-third of the way done." Lan said with another evil look. Gingetsu shook his head in grief and exhaustion. "I'm NEVER playing this game again!" "Hey, Oruha! Can I play this part?" asked Kazuhiko. She gave him a suspicious look. "Why? What's so important about this part? All they do is get their weapons." "True, but uh... I just like this part that's all. And, by the way, this IS my game." "Fine, but only for this part. I was having fun." she added a pout to make Kazuhiko understand she was serious. "Argh!!! My characters acting up again!! How many times does she do THIS?" Gingetsu looked so stressed, that he was almost pulling his hair out. "Well, she's supposed to do it now. I mean, she is trapped in a cage and everything." Kazuhiko pointed out to him. He turned to Oruha and said, "Isn't that right?" "Technically, yes. And then Presea will come out and act pretty much the same way." Right after she said that, Presea came onto the screen and joined Umi in going on a rampage. "Right, just what I need, two crazy people. You know, this game can drive people insane." said Gingetsu. Lan laughed as he pushed a few buttons. Soon the Pharle calmed down and so did Umi. The group got their weapons and traveled off to the Forest. *Sounding like a 5 year old* "Are we done yet? This game is really getting on my nerves." Gingetsu turned to see Kazuhiko trying to keep the controller away from Oruha. "I told you for that part only. And your turn is finished." Oruha said as she reached for the controller. "Not fair!! I wanna play!!!" Kazuhiko finally gave up and threw the control pad to his girlfriend. "Wait a minute, who's that guy?" "That's Ferio," Oruha said, re-claiming her controller again. "Isn't he cute?" Kazuhiko looked annoyed. "No. What is he doing, anyway? He can't do that, can he? Giving away stuff like that. It's just not right!" Oruha sidled up to him and walked her fingers up his arm to the short hair at the base of his neck. "Why, Kazuhiko. I believe you're jealous, because he's the romantic type." "Jealous? Of a guy with green hair? Be serious, Oruha." Their conversation was interrupted by a series of very unusual sounds of frustration coming from Gingestu's direction. "She's doing it AGAIN," he said stiffly, to no one in particular. Lan leaned over to look at his control unit. "You must have accidentally pushed the 'mad at Mokona' button on the control unit. Really, you shouldn't do that so often, Gingetsu." "No," Oruha put in, "I think that was the other button. This time he accidentally pushed the 'mad at Ferio' button." Kazuhiko studied the imager over Oruha's shoulder. "No, Lan's right. That was definitely the 'mad at Mokona' button. Hmm... There must be more than one of those." "I don't care which button it was," Gingetsu said, shaking his head. He added in a pleading voice, "Can't somebody stop her?" Lan smirked. "It seems to be a game rule. I'm afraid no one can stop her." Gingetsu buried his face in his hands. "Arg. I give up." He set the controller down and, with as much dignity as he could muster, rose to his feet. "I think I hear the General calling me." "Hey!" Lan protested. "We haven't even gotten to level 4 yet! And you know, I think I have the sequel video game around here someplace!" His words only caused Gingetsu to beat a hasty retreat from the room. "I guess we'd better be going too. Lan, will you please save the game for us? And thank you for allowing us to play." Oruha smiled and gave Lan a small kiss on his cheek. Kazuhiko grew red with anger and pulled Oruha closer to him. "Yeah, thanks Lan. We'll see you later. Oh, and DON'T PLAY MY FILE!" After Kazuhiko and Oruha left, Lan turned the game on again and instead of the opening theme starting, a young girl with white hair appeared on the imager. Lan smiled and said, "So Suu, ready to play?" The young girl smiled and said, "Of course! Let's start where we left off before." Lan smiled and started the game with Suu. ******** Gingetsu's head was hidden under his pillow. Muffled words could be heard from underneath it. "That game is evil, I tell you...EVIL!!!!" 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