Special AN: Due to circumstances that I may not be allowed to disclose, I am dedicating this chapter, and the next, to Lyonette. ^.~ I'll put the fourth one out on Sunday, or maybe Saturday night, just for her. After that I may slow down a bit, as I don't want this to go stale on me. The fifth one may come out next Wednesday. From there on I may be a little slower than I have been, but that's because it's not easy to do this and keep it organized and well typed out. -_-;

AN: Don't be too surprised at the Slayers references in this story, especially this chapter. It was the first anime I loved, and the first series I wrote fanfics for (though none of them are posted. -_-; They're old works, with less style than I have now, so I'm planning to rewrite them, revise, and redraft after I finish this story, my AU and at least the first disc of my FF7 story. Keep in mind I have about thirty of the things. -_-;) Anyway, Datura always reminds somewhat of Lina Inverse from Slayers, so there is a bit of a Slayers feel to this chapter, but Dabura is hardly Gourry. -_-; (Oh so sorry for the constant Slayers references, but if you've ever seen it, it looks like the creators and artists watched DBZ and then made Slayers. Just look at Zelgadiss, a cross between Mirai Trunks and Piccolo! I swear! Lina, cross of Vegeta and Goku! Gourry, a blonde Goku! Ameria is a parodied version of the Great Saiyaman team put together. Her father is so much like Mr. Satan it's not funny. And that's not all, but I don't feel like going into more detail than that. LadyRivka, you should pick up on this stuff since you're watching it now. ^^;)

Well, Datura reviewed again, so this time she gets a special edition Chibi Combat Ready Dabura plushie! ^.~ Thanks, and here's your entrance, sweetie!

Aww! Kyesha! Don't feel stupid. Not many people know about Slayers, that's why I gave you some info on it. I understand perfectly. Not knowing doesn't make you stupid, it just means you're naďve about that particular topic. Like Goku! The man is not dumb! He is a little dense, and very innocent, but not stupid! He catches things the other people don't! Anyway, here's a Chibi Shin plushie to cuddle!

Kimi, ever so sorry. I was grasping at straws there. I prefer Jyoumi myself! ^.~ So cute together! Glad I got the Kenlei reference though, means I could return to the Digimon section and not be as lost as I thought I might be. (Been a long time since I was over there. ^^;) Anyway, I'm so glad you loved that past chapter, considering it had little to no gags. (At least not compared to chapter three, or my plans for chapter five. I have at least two name gags there.) ;_; And I can't put you in the third chapter, but I have you in the fourth. =D!! You guys are so good to me! Here ::hands her a Ken and Yolei (Miyako) plushie set!:: that's for reviewing, sweetie! You guys are so wonderful! I didn't even think I would get more than a few reviews for the whole story! I'm so happy! And! She gets a Chibi Trunks plushie for giving me a couple of ideas! One will be in the next chapter, though she originally wanted to say it to Kibito, but she'll be saying the other half to him when the two main groups meet up! (She had another good idea, but that won't come for a while. I'll bring it up again when we get there and give her the next plushie for it. ^.~)

LadyRivka, ever so glad you liked Kibito! And of course he's smart! How can you be around Shin 24/7 for that many years and not be intelligent. Kibito knows what he's doing! ^.~ Hmm...what plushie should I give you this time? I know!!! Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm, Gally) plushie! Since you were one of the few here who's seen that. Or did you read the manga and novels? ;_; I would love that opportunity myself. Well, here's your plushie! ::hands her Battle Angel Alita plushie all decked out in her normal attire, black tight suit with long beige trench coat, still ready to fight:: How I wish I could find it! It's not at Suncoast. ;_; I felt so alone in my love of Battle Angel! But not anymore. ^.~

Lady Kreliana, thanks for coming back! I love to please my readers, and I like knowing what I do right and what I do wrong! Plus, I love your reassurance in a time like this. Don't worry though, no flamer is gonna get me down. ^.~ They dared me to write, so now they're gonna have problems! I won't stop now! Glad you liked the plot bunnies, but those belong to Satan. It was a joke amongst some of the reviewers of Kari's story, so thank him for that! And since you're the author that opened me to liking Pan! Here's a Shin and Pan plushie set! ^.^ Kawaii!!

JH, waaiii!! I'm so glad you came to read this! I really wanted all of the Shin authors to see this stuff, even if it sucks. Glad you liked it too, even when that was one of the gag-less chapters. Oh yeah, and since you haven't reviewed before, you get a limited edition Singing Shin plushie! ^.~ WAAIIII!!!

Lyonette, what's in the box? What's in the box? Come on!! Tell me!! ::jumps up and down:: Is it fish? Is it cake with lots of frosting?! Tell me! Tell me! ::hyper Neko-sama!!::

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And in the box was...a squid! But Neko-chan has never had squid before. So she puts it on top of her head and grins, "I could use it as a hat. I don't know how to make squid!"

Seeing Shin she puts it on his head instead, o.O "Why did you do that?"

Neko-chan, "Look! It's a hat!"

"My hair's all slimy now..." Shin looks over at Kibito, almost pouting.

Kibito growls, "Take it off of him."

Neko-chan pouts, "But what will I do with a squid!" Brightens up, "I know! I'll give a piece to the next flamer! Next flame gets a cut up, bloody piece of squid!"

Starts cutting it up in front of Kibito and Shin and they have to leave the room...back to the thank-you's!

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Yeah!! Satan found me! WAAIII!! I was afraid you wouldn't find the story, and I had no way of getting a hold of you! Glad you like your portrayal. I would give you a plushie, but I have no idea of what plushie you would like. O.o A Gothic Vampire plushie? o.O 

AngelAlastor, wow! Love your name. (Have a bit of an Angel obsession! A Demon one too.) I'll give you a special Winged Shin plushie. I gave him angel wings in my AU, which I'm *hoping* to have the guts to post after I finish this story! I like your response to the flamers. I didn't even think of telling them that.

Tenshi! Thank-you for reviewing! And it's okay! Thanks for the apology, but I understand. I love to know what you guys are thinking, and I did take a few suggestions from you people, so I do listen! ^.~ And of course, here's your Dabura plushie! Next one will have a special edition whip! ^.~ 

Aww! Look at Krysaia's puppy dog eyes! So cute! She gets a special edition Singing Shin plushie, just for reviewing and being so cute! ^^; WAAIII!!

Kioku, you reviewed again! Yea! And just for coming over here I'll give you a Peruru plushie. ^.~ Next time I'll give you a ChibiUsa plushie, and then you'll have a complete set. ^.~

You guys just warm me up, keep me laughing, and help my day go by smoother. Thanks! Every last one of you!

Awww! And guys, Kioku is so cold! ::sniff:: No one ever gave her flame, and she's shivering over there. Well, we'll put an end to that. ^.~ (By the way, if Kioku doesn't mind, she's got a new story up you all! Go check it out if you like Sailor Moon!)

Finally, Kioku, Datura and (Oh Tenshi! Looky!!) Dabura jump in the mess! Here we go! go! go!

(One more thing: -_-; Word of warning: Dabura isn't very evil here. Sorry, but after seeing him make flower crowns in Heaven with stars in his eyes, I just can't see him as very evil anymore. However, I do not make him that sappy here.)

(Shoot, my AN's are getting longer than my stories. O.o Not good.)

(Kioku, I gave you the skirt outfit, but I added a dragon to the trim, 'cause I love dragons!! Don't be surprised if you guys see some more of those.)

Chapter quote: "His stupidity is beyond belief!" Vegeta, during the Cell Saga.

I know, it doesn't look like it fits into today's chapter, but I'm sure you guys are smart enough to use a little cut 'n' paste and figure out what this is relating to. Now on to what's important. (I'm still shocked I typed all of this out before the flames started up again. ^^; Creepy thoughts. Chapter four is the only one that wasn't already typed out when this started up. O.o Ask Datura. She read them all and checked them out for me.)

Shin Wars

Chapter#3 The Gothic Café

Decked out in a black cloak, gray-blue tunic and tight pants with a mauve trim, Datura watched the demon that had just taken a seat next to her, at her usual table in the Gothic Lounge Café. Normally she could care less of who sat beside her, but this wasn't just anyone. If her guess was correct, this was the Dabura from Dragonball Z. Her rich, chocolate eyes looked him over, carefully, almost caressing his blue cloth covered form, and he couldn't ignore it any longer. He looked back, "Are you going to stare all day?"

"Oh, sorry. It's just not everyday someone like you comes in here."

"Where is here?"

Datura raised an eyebrow, "You came in here, sat down at my table, and had no idea of where you were?"

"Well," Dabura started with caution, "see, out of this entire room, you were the only one with fangs and decent clothes. I wasn't too sure about asking anyone else..."

"I guess that makes sense," Datura replied skeptically, still unsure of Dabura to begin with. After all, the large red demon was decorated with pastel flowers, and she had never dreamed the Demon King would deck himself with light colored anything, let alone flowers. "Might I ask how you got here?"

"I was going to e-mail a friend of mine. I don't even remember who that was. I think I was in Heaven..."

Muffling a giggle, Datura said, "Yeah, that sounds about right considering your ornaments."

"What?" Dabura narrowed his eyes at her, not feeling too keen about being laughed at by a female.

Slyly curving her index finger around the pastel chain hanging from Dabura's neck, Datura pulled it forward so he could see the colored flowers, "You're wearing this."

Dabura's eyes widened in shock and shook his head, "No..."

"Yes, I'm afraid so."

Quickly the chain was torn from Dabura's neck and soon demanded to be forgotten. Datura took a little longer to calm down, and when she had finally stopped her giggles she smiled at him, warmly, "Don't worry about it."

"Well, can you tell me where I am at?"

"Yeah, you're at a the Gothic Café in ff.net."

"Explain to me what that is?" Dabura asked, one eye brow raised.

Datura signed, took a long sip of her coffee, and then decided to be nice and explain to him the odd details surrounding the café. "See, a bunch of people signed up around the same time, and they introduced Vampires, Goths, and supernatural elements into their stories. Their works were not quite Horror...so they set up a little area right outside of the Horror section, and it became this café." She took another sip of her coffee, trying to word her thoughts meticulously. "I come here just about everyday to kick back and enjoy everything."

"Stories?" Dabura found himself still lost on *exactly* where he was, and what the place was for.

"Yeah...fans of shows, and other fictional sources come here to post their fan stories. That's why it's called Fanfiction.net. Oh, and since I know your name, it's only right if you know mine." Datura extended her hand with a gentle smile, "It's Datura."

Dabura shook her mauve gloved hand, still lost, but starting to understand, slightly. "Hello, Datura." Had he been someone else he might have noted the one letter difference in their names, but being a part of the strange phenomenon, he didn't see it. (By the way, Datura, I noticed this the first time I saw your name! ^^;)

"Now that you know where you are, what are you going to do?"

Dabura took a deep breathe, smelling the air as he did so, "What are you drinking?"

"Coffee."

"I think I want some," the Demon King admitted as he looked over at her cup, almost putting his nose in it.

Datura snatched her cup away, "Hey! All right! I'll get you a cup! Hold on!"

Politely, Datura ordered up a cup of coffee for Dabura, glad to keep him away from her own.

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Meanwhile, Poetic Dark Jigglypuff picked up a stray yellow rabbit and growled at it, "I don't believe this! How could you get lost from the group?! How are we supposed to find them?"

The only response she was graced with was a twitching nose, so Poetic Dark Jigglypuff put the bunny down and noticed a café. Her eyes gleamed with stars. "Maybe they went in there."

The bunny looked at her, doubtful, and hopped beside her, just to make sure this Jigglypuff didn't get into any trouble.

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Big, sparkling brown eyes troubled, Kioku, wearing a red mandarin-collar top, (without sleeves,) and a long black skirt with a red dragon embroidered around the bottom of it, curling in the dark folds, ran into the café. (I think that sentence is illegal, but I don't feel like making it work.) Running in hopes to warm her self up! She sighed and sat next to Datura, neglecting to see the red demon across from her. "Datura! It's so cold! Everyone loved my story...but no one would flame me...and it's freezing in here."

"Weren't you singing earlier?"

"I was, but I'm too cold now!"

"Hmmm," Datura pulled out a small box, opened it, and looked through it, "let's see what I have here."

Soon after, Datura grinned at Kioku and pulled out a few red pieces of paper. "There you go! That's one of the annoying ones from someone who thinks they know everything. Another one from a really arrogant person. Ah! In fact I have some old ones from JH's story."

Kioku jumped up, her hands waving in front, "Okay! That's enough! I'm warm now! I'm very warm! No more!" 

Datura stopped bringing out flames and Kioku picked up one to see what was on it. "Oh, Datura! Who would have the audacity to do this to you! How dare they! Well, just for this," Kioku hopped up, her long black hair streaked with purple flying behind her, almost getting twisted in her fairy wings, and grabbed her trusty microphone, "I'm gonna have to sing now! How many times have I warned them of this."

A foreboding smirk crept on Datura's face, and Dabura himself might have been afraid if he wasn't the Demon King. Dabura watched this new comer as she leaped on stage, all smiles, microphone in hand. Narrowed yellow eyes peered at Kioku from under Dabura's brow as he kept a suspicious eye on her while drinking his coffee.

To his ears horror, Kioku smiled at the flamers, and then let her voice take over. "WAR! What is it good for! Absolutely nothin'! C'mon on guys, sing with me!"

As Kioku continued on, Dabura's sensitive pointy ears rang, and Datura patted his shoulder, "Kioku, okay! I don't know if you made Yoko Ono look like a pop star, but you're killing Dabura."

"Did he flame you?"

"No."

"Damn! I need something else to do then." Kioku sat on the stage and looked around at the now empty café, "Do you know of anyone who's been flamed. Or maybe you know of a story I can actually read. That sounds more appetizing right now." 

Datura frowned, "Sorry, right now I can't help you. Everything's been rather quiet of late."

Sighing, Kioku packed up her microphone, leaped off the stage and joined Dabura and Datura at the table, and finally, she looked back at Dabura, "WHAT?! What are you doing here?!"

"You just noticed him?" Datura asked, amusement flickering in her voice.

Kioku waved it off. "Oh well, no matter. Hi Dabura. I'm Kioku!" She extended her hand, her smile bright.

Unsure, Dabura took her offered hand, and they shook as a large, ballooned grayish pink cat waltzed in the café and headed straight to make an order. "I want an espresso, and make it snappy. Come to think of it, put some whipped cream on it as well. I'll pay extra."

The one attendant nodded his head and got to work on her order while Dabura, Datura, and Kioku all stared at her, and the pastel yellow bunny in her arms. Dabura looked at Datura, almost whispering, "What is that thing? For moment I thought it was a miniature Majin Buu."

Datura smiled, "That's not liable with those huge red eyes. She's too cute to be a Majin anything."

Nodding her head Kioku stood up, "Well, it's boring, so let's spice things up!" She walked over to a computer near the bar, "Let's check out Datura's stories. Come on, Dabura! She's an awesome writer, and in her Absinthe & Opium story, you're a main character!"

Kioku pulled the seven foot demon with ease, catching him off guard, and dragged him to the computer. She turned it on and one of the walls turned into a large screen, displaying everything. She sifted through a few pages while Dabura tried to keep up with her, and Datura buried her head in her hands. "She's going to show him *my* works!"

Poetic Dark Jigglypuff finally got her espresso and watched the only people in the café with curiosity.

Another group of people walked in, discussing a story they had just read, most giving happy reviews on the material, while Kioku was not happy.

"WHAT?! Not again! I don't believe this! They're flaming you again! I thought I warned them!" She pounced back to the stage, microphone of terror back out, and Dabura cringed.

The new occupants looked at Kioku, and all eyes were now on her.

She hooked up her microphone and was glad to send her singing throughout Fanfiction.net, forewarning any flamers of their faulty decisions.

"One more time! WAR! What is it good for! Absolutely notihn'! WAR! Come on guys!"

Dabura had an urge to bang his head against one of the walls as Kioku's message against flames was shouted across Fanfiction.net. Datura snickered slightly, "Poor Dabura."

Giggling, Kioku stopped and leaned over to Dabura, "Aww, what's wrong, Dabura? You wanna sing too! Come up here!" Quickly, she rushed down and grabbed Dabura, pulling him back up to the stage, almost causing him to trip over the stairs. A microphone was thrust into his hands, and he stared at her.

"Oh, come on! Don't tell me *you* have stage fright?"

"Dabura-sama! Have stage fright! Never, Kioku! But umm..." Dabura bent down to whisper to her, "what are we singing?"

"Oh! Let me get you a music sheet. Don't worry about the notes or anything, just sing loud!"

"I can do that!" 

Kioku handed him a sheet with the lyrics to a Sailor Moon Dubbie song, and the music started once more.

"I got a feeling you're the one now!"

"My heart's beating str..." Dabura looked up at Kioku in the middle of the song, "What is this?"

"Just sing! Well do something different in a little while."

*~2 hours later~*

Datura figured the new comers had been tone-deaf, deaf people, but none the less she was having a grand time. She pulled Dabura out of the café, eager to take him to do something else. 

Smiling at her, Dabura handed her one of the party favors he had taken from the happy group that had cheered him and Kioku on in the café.

Eyes narrowed with confusion, Datura looked at Dabura, "What are you doing? And that hat?!"

Dabura smiled and pointed up to the green party hat he had been given, "I like it!"

Frowning, Datura tried not to laugh at him. She had never thought Dabura, the Demon King, would be so much fun.

"It's too much like the flowers, isn't it?" Dabura's happy expression faded, as he tried to be serious.

Datura just nodded her head, afraid her voice would give way to laughter. Seeing her nod, Dabura took off his hat. "That's fine. Dabura-sama is too good for a hat."

"Okay, I'll agree with you there. Now let's go find something to read. I want to get away from these flamers."

"All right then." Dabura grinned down at her, noticed the whip attached to her black waist belt and then thought to himself, 'Dabura-sama may have lots of fun after all.'

"Um, hey, you there!"

Both Dabura and Datura turned to find the short pink balloon behind them, her eyes unfocused with the many espressos she had enjoyed, and the yellow bunny still in her arms. "I have a couple of questions to ask you."

Dabura and Datura blinked their eyes in bewilderment at each other, but Datura had a bit of a ways to look up.

Finally, Datura broke the silence and turned back to the puff-ball. "Okay, and what might those be?"

"Did you see a short purple guy, a large pink guy, and short little cat-girl chibi come through here. I need to talk to them 'cause they got Satan to talk to them, and that's not normal!"

Dabura looked at Datura, yellow eyes glinting with mischievous thoughts, "Short, purple guy?"

A large smile broke Datura's face, "Short, cat-girl chibi!"

"KaioShin!"

"Neko-chan!" Datura beamed, "She recruited Shin and Kibito! We've got find her then! I would love to meet him."

The puff-ball looked at them as though they went mad, "Okay, that's good, you know who they are, but where did they go."

"You don't know," Datura asked. "Well, then we'll find them. Neko-chan usually goes to the romance section to search for LindaN. Come on!"

"Wait!" Poetic Dark Jigglypuff said, holding up her bunny, "My name is Poetic Dark Jigglypuff! And yours is?"

"I'm Datura, and this is Dabura! Now let's go!"

The Dark Jigglypuff followed behind them muttering, "Dabura...Datura...are they related or something?"

"DATURA! Hold up!" Kioku burst out from the café, holding a notebook computer, waving it in the air. "Neko-chan just got flamed!"

Datura turned around, "Huh? By Who?"

"I don't know, they weren't signed in. But they left the name, 'Fushigina joshi.' So, I'm packing up my microphone and headed on the road!"

Uncharacteristically, Dabura smiled, "Good. Then that means..."

"Yes, Dabura! Kioku and Dabura will perform again!" Kioku handed Dabura back his microphone and grabbed Dabura's arms, "So let's go!!"

Kioku with her shinai strapped to her back, Chinese flute in her pocket; Datura with her dagger at her waist, and her whip; Dabura with his ability to materialize anything out of thin air, making everyone else jealous of him; and Poetic Dark Jigglypuff, who can also sing, with her black felt tip marker and her friend Edgar; they all set out and walked off out of the Supernatural/turning Gothic section, headed for the Humor section. And beyond that was the Romance section and a great opportunity.

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Disreputable, narrowed, black eyes glared at the group from behind the building as they walked off. "So, the little brat has befriended the Supreme Kai..." 

(Narrator:: You stupid dubbie! It's Higashi no KaioShin, KaioShin, Shin, KaioShin-sama, or Supreme KaioShin, but do *NOT* call him Supreme Kai in my fic!! 

Fushigina joshi:: Sheesh! Sorry! All right then.) "...Supreme KaioShin and Kibito." She growled, twisting her black dress in her hands, "And Datura is with Dabura! Oh, I will not stand for this!"

She ran out after them, screaming with anger, "They will not get away with this!! NEVER! I will stop them all, and then I will be the one to get Shin! Oh FF.net Administration STAA-AAF!!!!"

Speaking of Neko-chan, she was busy...oops...I ran out of time. ^^; You guys will just have to wait until the next chapter! Ja ne!

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Heck, I'm sorry if that ended up too long. I myself like short chapters as well, sometimes. I hope my jokes and gags don't seem too forced either. I've been afraid of that recently. Anyway, next time we'll get back to Neko-chan, Satan, (don't forget the bunnies!) Shin, and Kibito. Plus we'll throw in LadyRivka and Gohan for fun. Yeah, she's gonna team up with him. Dabura, Datura, Jigglypuff and Kioku will be joined by Kym! Another whip holder. Boy, Dabura is gonna be happy. -_-; Sadistic demon. (Tenshi wanna join? I even know of the perfect place to add you in. I've been thinking of it for a while, but I thought you would make an interesting duo with the critic, to start off.)