[[caption-width-right:280:Kurau & Christmas]]  Kurau is a
cheerful twelve-year old girl living on the moon with her
father, a professor who researches a mysterious energy source.
While watching one of her father's scientific experiments, she
gets hit by an an energy blast which disintegrates her fully.
Kurau reappears as the fusion of herself and an alien sentient
force, calling herself "Rynax", and gains extraordinary powers,
like flying; walking through walls; and shooting powerful blasts
of energy. Rynax come in pairs however, so another Rynax lies
dormant in Kurau's body, and the waking Rynax is unable to give
it up.  Kurau's mind appears to have merged with the alien
entity as well, to the shock and grief of her father. During
subsequent experiments, Kurau's powers involuntarily cause the
young girl to seriously injure her father, an event which proves
to be very traumatic. Her father still deeply cares for his
half-alien daughter, but decides that it is best that he and
Kurau are separated, so he sends