Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Cross ❯ Informal Intro's ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter VI: Informal Intro's

`What ever did I do to deserve this?' Lantis wondered as he quietly stood by the men's dressing room waiting for Hikaru and that friend of hers' to return. They'd been in this store for over half an hour and so far he'd only tried on one out fit that a male, store clerk had some how forced him to wear. It had been a little too tight for his liking. He didn't care much for the colour either. Usually he wasn't a picky dresser and didn't give a second thought to what he wore, however not even he could stand the sight of this particular set of clothing; Bright, neon green fuzzy pants and a piss coloured yellow shirt that itched around its collar. He'd felt like an ugly flower when he'd put the clothing on-if its possible for a flower to be ugly- but the clerk said he looked good. Which made Lantis feel even more uncomfortable; fore the clerk appeared to be subtly hitting on him. When Umi and Hikaru had found him; Umi took one look and asked, "What the hell are you wearing?" then yelled at the clerk, "Can't you see he's straight?" and continued to harass the clerk while Hikaru looked rather dumbfounded over the whole situation. Her eyes quickly roamed over what he wore and crinkled her nose slightly in distaste; however, she did seem slightly intrigued by the fuzzy pants. Probably wanting to feel the fuzz of the material, he'd assumed. -Though he didn't know her too well he was able to pick up that she had an attraction towards materials with different textures. She, like a child had a very curious nature- He had caught her light blush as she looked away from him while Umi continued to rave at the clerk for even suggesting such horrendous looking outfit. He smirked slightly as he realized why she'd blushed; to feel the material, she was probably envisioning feeling them while he still wore them and he let the thought entertain his mind before he slunk back into the dressing room and changed.

Now the two girls were off somewhere hunting down some other clothes for him to try on, and they had left about ten minutes ago… `This is a cruel and unusual torture…' he thought as he let out a low sigh. His arms folded across his chest as he leaned against the nearby wall, `I'd rather be fighting with one hundred monsters and Sakuya. Sakuya… Why does he seem so familiar? Who is he? I thought that only the Pillar possessed the power to draw people from one world to another. So that would mean that only Hikaru has that ability, but I'm not even sure if she can, she was never exposed to the traditional training a Pillar candidate-during usual circumstances must go through-… She abolished the pillar system. Does that not mean that she no longer has the power of Pillar? Or perhaps she has and her power merely has not yet been realized…'

"Hello in there? Anybody home?" A hand was frantically waving back and forth in front of his face. As he looked down, he realized that the hand belonged to that of the Water Magic Knight. Who had her other arm full of clothing.

A walking pile of clothing closely followed behind her. "But… Umi. Even if all of this clothing fits him… there's no way I'd be able to pay you back. I mean, these prices- Whoa!" she yelled as she lost her balance and fell over.

Sighing Umi piled all the articles of clothing she'd collected on Lantis and went over to help Hikaru pick up the clothes now scattered on the floor. "My family's rich Hikaru. What's a few hundred yen to me?"

"A few? My brother's and I don't spend this much money on clothing in a year!"

"Don't worry Hikaru, you'll pay me back, you both will. But not necessarily with money."

"I don't think I like the sound of that," Hikaru replied with an increased sound of worry in her voice.

`I should have stayed in that bed…' Lantis thought as he was being roughly pushed into the dressing room with handfuls of clothing by Umi, "I hate malls…"

* * *

"Oh, this is gonna suck big time." The currently blond haired young man announced mentally as he walked up to the desk clerk.

"Hello sir, may I help you?"

"Uh, yeah. Which planes have been delayed?"

"Let me see…" she said as she began typing on her on her computer's keyboard. "I believe the four thirty flight to Detroit, the three forty-five flight to Vancouver, and the… three fifteen flight to Tokyo Japan will be delayed, due to maintenance checks.

"Great," he said sarcastically. "Do you have any idea how long the Tokyo flight will be delayed for?"

"No. I'm afraid not. Just wait and listen for an announcement."

"Yeah, whatever." He said as he fought through the crowded airport to make his way over to where his friend quietly sat with his luggage.

"Maxwell, what's the what?" his best friend, Thomas asked as he sat down.

A hand combed through his slightly gnarled hair, "they have no idea when my flight's going to come in." Maxwell answered with mild distraught in his voice. "I really wish I wasn't going, Tom."

"Why? I mean this is Japan we're talking about. Think of all the anime you're going to be able to watch that's never been shown here in Canada. Man if I could trade places with you, I'd do it in a second.

"Yeah, but you don't know how to speak Japanese."

"Oh, right…"

"Besides, when I get over there, I won't be able to just sit around watching TV all day. They get way more homework than we do, harder too, and they have extra school after school. Half my time will be spent studying." He pointed out.

"Sounds like your life schedule here; you go to school, when you get home you have extra schooling from your personal tutors, then you have Japanese school on Saturday's-"

"Yeah, I guess you're right, but I'm going to be stuck there with her…"

"Oh, so that's why you don't want to go. It's not because of the schooling; it's because of a girl. Heh, here's a surprise, you not wanting to be around a girl."

"Shut up man. It's not like that, the last time we spoke, we ended up not on speaking terms and I fear for my life…"

"What'd you do?"

"What makes you think I'm the one who did something?" Thomas merely glared at him.

"I'm sure you'll be able to sweet-talk your way back into her good graces."

"Hope so, otherwise I'll have to learn how to sleep with my eyes open."

"That's the spirit! But if you do happen to die, can I have your comic book collection?"

* * *

"What has you so agitated young prince?" the armour clad, master swordsmen questioned his pacing, green haired prince.

"We should be trying to figure out a way to help Lantis." He stated.

"You shouldn't worry yourself Ferio. There are more pressing matters to attend to."

"You mean my coronation?" Ferio shot back, "that can wait. How can I be a good King if I merely except the fact that one of my country's citizens just up and disappeared?"

"With all do respect your majesty, Lantis is a full grown man. He is more than fit to take care of himself."

"LaFarga," Ferio began as he messaged his temple, "please don't call me by my title. I hate such formalities."

Before LaFarga could reply to that, Ascot jumped in, "I agree with Ferio, LaFarga. Look I know you and Lantis have had your differences but he's still one of us. He might need our help."

"I understand that but as Master Mage Clef has explained to us, any and all portals or gateways have been closed. There is no way to follow Lantis; which means that even if he is in dire need of our assistance, there's nothing we can do." LaFarga sternly explained.

Just then the doors creaked open to reveal the short, lavender hair coloured man supporting himself with his staff. Sweat streamed down his face as he took in deep breaths. "Hey Clef, you okay?" Ferio questioned the mage as he walked towards Clef. "You don't look so good."

"I'll be alright," he answered as he fell into Ferio's arms. "Sorry, I just… Need some rest…"

"LaFarga, help me carry him to his room-"

"No, wait! Mokona and I… we… joined our minds… Lantis… do not worry." He tried to explain as he fell unconscious and went limp as Ferio held him.

"Hey Clef? CLEF!"

* * *

The pale skinned deity of water stood amidst the ice-cold room. Her breath, crystallizing as it escaped her lips. Narrowing her eyebrows, she resumed her training. Her movements were fluent as she gracefully swung the thin custom made blade that Eagle had given her, in the arid room.

"Tell me Umi…" Eagle said as he suddenly appeared behind the water Knight. "Why do you train? You're beyond that of medieval weapons. And why do you chose to make the air around you so deadly cold when you're alone?"

She remained silent, unable to answer his question as the room slowly reverted back to its usual temperature. Umi was about to swing the rapier again when Eagle placed his hands over hers. "Eagle…" she said as he moved in front of her; cradling her head with his one free hand as he leaned his forehead against hers.

"Shhhh…" he whispered, closing his eyes, he opened a telepathic link between them, `You hardly ever bother to use that sword of yours when in battle…' the hand that had gently cupped her chin, now wrapped around her thin waist. The other loosened its grip on her wrist and ran his thumb over the beautiful ocean blue ovum embedded into her left hand.

"I enjoy fencing." She spoke aloud. For even though her lord and master had taught her the gift of telepathy, she preferred to voice her thoughts. His cool lips lightly brushed over hers and she aloud herself to relax into it.

He pulled away from her slightly and became serious, "You are to assist in capturing the new earth we've just discovered."

"I understand." Umi answered as she was released completely from Eagle's grasp.

"I await your return, my faithful dragon." He stated as he watched her retreating form.

* * *

It appeared as though Lantis would be staying with the Shidou family for a while. He originally had had no intention of imposing but Hikaru and her annoying brother Kakeru insisted. Neither of the other two siblings had any objections and thus was unanimously decided that he would stay with them. However, Hikaru's brother's may not have been so hospitable towards him, had they known of the attraction he felt towards Hikaru.

While in the shopping mall, Umi had explained to him that Hikaru's brothers were incredibly protective of their dear little sister. Apparently when Umi had come over to the Shidou household for the first time, Masaru and Kakeru had bombarded her with a million and one questions: "Do you smoke? Drink? Are you in some sort of gang? Are your grades high? -We don't need someone who doesn't care for their education to be influencing our dear Hikaru-chan-" The three ended up getting into a big fight and for a short while Kakeru and Umi couldn't even be in the same room together with out going after each other's throats.

The Magic Knight of Water had declared to both Hikaru and himself that it would be best that neither of them say anything about their relationship-which Umi had stressed for the two to pretend that they didn't have one- to anyone. Which wasn't all that big a deal for Lantis, considering he had no intention of telling anyone about himself anyway. He just didn't like talking about the past, it was behind him and there was no need to reminisce...

"Hello there." Lantis said calmly to the wolf dog, which had been debating on whether or not it should go over to the new stranger who had been with the Shidou family for the past few days. Though it was a friendly dog, he had sensed something between the man and his master and was unsure of how to act around the stranger. Hikaru was the one whom the dog was most loyal towards and was compelled to protect.

Lantis' eyes softened and beckoned the dog to come closer, "You are very protective towards her as well aren't you?" The dog took the invitation and slowly walked over the friendly man with its head low to the ground. Lantis held out the palm of his hand and allowed the four-legged creature to take in his scent; a scent that was not unfamiliar, he'd smelt this scent very strongly on Hikaru… the dog's tail wagged happily as he licked the man's hand. Lantis moved his hand and gently patted the dog's head then massaged the back of his left ear. "You need not worry, I would never intentionally harm her…"

"Well, I think Hikari has found a new friend," Masaru said after a few minutes of watching Lantis and the family pet interact with each other on the porch. Across from him were, Umi and his little sister Hikaru whom were studying, as he should have been doing. Though the two girls went to different schools, they would occasionally get together for a study session on the weekend. Since it was already late Satoru had said she was more than welcome to stay over for the night, so long as she didn't mind sleeping in Hikaru's room on a count of the guest room was currently being used by Lantis. After calling her parents who gave the okay, Umi promised she'd make tomorrow's breakfast, which was followed by a gleeful cheer from both Hikaru and Kakeru who then high-fived each other.

His little sister looked up from the table and turned around. None of them could quite tell what Lantis was saying to Hikari, but it was obvious that the two were hitting it off.

Just as Hikaru was about to get up she heard the stern voice of her older brother, "Stay."

"Huh?" she said turning to look at him.

"You have not finished you're homework, so stay at the table," Masaru ordered. He shouldn't have said anything. Though Hikaru was, for the most part a good student and focused on her studies, as her brothers wanted her to, she was easily distracted.

"Just for a minute?"

"No. You can play with Hikari later."

She slumped into her chair as Masaru stood up and closed the paper door that lead outside. A small dog like whimper escaped her lips, followed by "Meanie."

"Finish your homework and I'll convince Satoru to give us all some ice cream."

She brightened at that statement, "Arigatou!"

"Hey! That's bribery!" Kakeru jumped in as he turned his attention away from the dishes he was drying.

"Well, she would have had to finish her homework anyway, but at least with the promise of ice cream she won't be all pouty about it," Umi pointed out, as she briefly looked up from the text she was reading.

Kakeru considered this for a moment, "good point, plus we all get to eat ice cream. I wonder what flavor car name guy would want…?"

"His name is Lantis," Hikaru corrected.

"Does he even like ice cream?" Umi questioned.

* * *

Pulling open the door to his apartment, Sakuya found a dark, brown haired, young woman standing in front of him. "What do you want?" he asked gruffly.

"I… Um… I live in the apartment room just down the hall. You're in my Art class aren't you? Well we haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm Ogata Haruka." She said smiling brightly.

"That's nice," he said sarcastically, as he went to close the door.

"Wait Tsukyo-san! I brought you a house warning present." Haruka said as she forced herself into the room.

"This isn't a house," he stated in a slightly annoyed tone.

She giggled, "Well, if you want to get technical-have you had dinner yet?" she inquired as she wondered about the room.

"Uh, no."

She opened his fridge door and peeked inside, but frowned when she found only a carton of milk, a bottle of ketchup, some margarine and a half carton of eggs. "Don't tell me this is all you've been eating."

"I go out to eat, for the most part."

"Oh, that's no good. It's important to eat healthy home cooked meals. Lucky for you I just happen to have some leftovers from my supper in this little bag," she explained, holding up the plastic bag. She then set the bag down and pulled out a sealed container. "Do you have a microwave?"

"No I don't," he said as he took the container and set it down on the table.

Chopsticks were abruptly shoved in his face, "go ahead, and try it."

"Uh… okay." He sat down and pulled back the lid.

"It tastes better warmed up but- how do you get your hair all those different shades of blue?"

"My hair's like this naturally. Look," he said, suddenly getting up. He walked over to the door and pulled it open. "I appreciate the food and the gift, but if you don't mind I'd just like to be left alone right now."

Haruka frowned a little, disappointed that she had to leave so soon, but her smile quickly returned. "I understand. I'll come back for the container later, bye," she closed the door behind her as she left.

Sakuya stood there a moment before he walked back towards the table. Glancing at the gift she'd left him, his curiosity got the better of him; unwrapping it he discovered it was a book, the title read, "Welcome to Tokyo". Placing the book down he looked at the food she'd left him and couldn't help but wonder why she'd had a container full of food to give to him. "I wonder…"

* * *

"So Lantis has come to Earth Hikaru?" The ever chipper, golden eyed blond haired man asked, as they once again found them selves walking down the long corridor.

"Yeah. He just appeared in front of my house a few days ago," the red haired girl answered. "But he was hurt pretty badly somehow, so he was asleep until just yesterday."

"Is he okay now though?"

"His wounds haven't completely healed yet but I think he'll be okay… Eagle?"

He stopped walking abruptly. Turning to her he asked with concern, "what is it?"

There was a long pause, as she debated whether or not she should ask him the question that she had been wondering ever since he started appearing in her subconscious. "N-Never mind. It's not important," she finally answered. Hikaru then walked over to the solidifying door, she raised her hand up to its knob when a soft maniacal laughter sounded in the distance. "Huh?" Her head bolted up as she strained to hear it more clearly, "Do you- Do you hear that?"

Eagle's features darkened slightly. "No. It's not important either," he coldly stated. She turned to look at him questionably; it wasn't like him to get like this… Knowing that she'd probably picked up on his sudden change in attitude, he quickly reverted back to his up beat self and decided to change the subject, "Why not open the door?"

"Um, okay." Peeking inside the laughter seemed to fade away completely as she found the room, completely vacant save for the gold-chained pendant, which floated in the center of the room. She knew instantly what it was and took a step into the room. Making her way over towards the levitating object, she gently brushed her fingers over the intricate beauty before clasping it and holding it over her heart. She was suddenly filled with an overwhelming feeling of peace and warmth as she thought back fondly to when she'd first received the precious gift from Lantis in that serene Cephirian garden.

"No one's up yet," Eagle announced from the doorway. "Why not go and pay our dear Lantis a visit?"

Hikaru's head suddenly snapped up. "Was I sleeping just now?" she wondered. About an hour ago hour ago, she'd entered the family's meditation room. She remembered walking in and sitting down but couldn't remember anything after that. Her mind drew up a blank. "I don't think this has ever happened to me before… It's like I was sleeping, but I know I wasn't…" A strange feeling had washed over her and she found herself unable to shake it. Standing up, she stretched her muscles and walked out of the room.

She had had every intention of heading straight to her room to wake Umi up and have her make the breakfast she'd promised when she suddenly felt an unexplainable force guide her outside. Stepping through the kitchen's threshold, she instantly folded her arms around herself as the cool air of early morning attacked her. She rubbed her goose-bumped arms as she walked into the back yard only to find herself stop in front of the public training room where the Shidou brothers taught their kendo classes in the winter time.

The mysterious force seemed to be even stronger now as she moved her shaking hand to pull the door back slightly. Peering into the room she stood there silently as she watched the tall figure's slow movements. It was Lantis; Hikaru had known it was him before she'd even looked in through the doorway. His movements were so elegant, so slow, and so precise… Never had she witnesses anyone practice tai chi so skillfully before…

He stopped suddenly to Hikaru's dismay and stood upright. Lantis turned and looked right at her; he'd sensed her presence too.

"Oh, G-Gomen nesai," she stuttered. "That I disturbed you. I'll leave you be-"

"That's alright. This is your home you can do as you please. I don't mind the company…" said as he closed the distance between them. Holding out his hand to her he bowed slightly, "besides, it is I who should apologize for coming in here without notifying anyone."

She shook her head, "You're a guest in this household. Furthermore, you're going to be living here for at least a little while, so please treat this home as though it was your own." She then took his hand gratefully. He kissed her backhand and led her into the room.

There was a moment's pause before he spoke again, "was there something you wished to ask me?" he said as he bent down and picked up his new long-sleeved dress shirt.

"As a matter of fact," Hikaru replied as she watched him slide his masculine arms into the black shirt, "I was sort of wondering how it was possible for you to come to Earth. It's not that I don't want you here, it's just that I thought only a Pillar could…"

"That's what I thought."

"You mean you don't even know how you got here Lantis?" He then placed a hand on her forehead. "Huh?"

"Shhh… just relax. I won't hurt you." As she did so, images flashed through her mind and she knew what had happened to him while back in Cephiro. Slowly he removed his hand from where it had temporarily rested on her head. She stood there blankly for a moment allowing the serge of information to seep in. She blinked a few times, "wow… How'd you do that?" she asked, still slightly dazed.

"I temporarily linked our minds. I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to be able to do it or, but it would seem as though the later is not the case. As you said, magic can't be used here, or perhaps it simply cannot be controlled… At any rate I can at least do simple tricks… I thought it would be easier this way than trying explain what I am not entirely certain about myself."

"Oh…" She then blushed slightly when she realized that his hand now softly gripped her arm, with his other hand, he cupped her chin and tilted her head upwards to look at him.

"By the way, I like your hair." He stated as he fiddled with a tendril of red hair. It had been taken out of her usual braid and was left down, save for the two small braids at the opposing sides of her head, which tied together at the back.

"I, Um…" she began. The fire Knight held a few locks a looking at them briefly before pulling them back behind her ear. Flattered that he'd actually noticed the simple change and that he approved it. "Umi did this last night, before we went to bed. She was board and couldn't fall asleep, so she took my braid out and played around with it for a while, before deciding to just leave it down like this." He gently combed the lock of hair behind her ear as she continued, "Speaking of Umi, I should probably go and wake her up, so she can make breakfast…"

"You probably should," Lantis agreed, however neither made any indication of leaving.

The tingles Hikaru had been feeling inside her intensified as he bent down towards her. It felt like they were picking up where they'd left off two years ago when he'd said he loved her back and it was as if the day was only a few moments ago; as if they had never been forced away from each other. This felt right. Just like it had felt right after Debonair's defeat…

His cool lips lightly brushed over hers, just as he'd done yesterday when he had attempted to comfort her.

Timidly, the young Knight of fire pressed her lips against his as he went to pull away. Silently pleading Lantis to stay close to her.

His free arm found itself bracing her lower back and pulling her upwards as he continued to kiss her; it was innocent and tender at first. However, as the tempo increased so too did the kiss' intensity; their tongues danced and explored each other's mouths. The suppressed feelings that had pent up inside them came raging out like an uncontrollable fire.

Lantis found himself leaning up against one of the room's beams, as Hikaru's legs were now wrapping around his mid section. Both of his hands tightly held her waist and back in an attempt to support the awkward position she was now in.

A lack of oxygen intake forced the two to separate from their lip lock. Their eyes remained closed as their foreheads pressed against each other's. Breaths were no longer calm; they were short and uneven.

His grip on the small Japanese woman loosened as she carefully climbed off of him. Her whole body trembled at the after shock of their first real kiss. The brief experience both excited and scared her; she had been caught off guard, and wrapped up in the moment. And it was only after realizing that her shirt of her gi was loosening that she became conscious of just how out of hand the simple kiss had become.

With shaky hands, Hikaru quickly covered herself up and backed away slightly, refusing to look him in the eye as she did so.

"Hikaru?" He questioned in a worried tone. `Have I done something to upset her…' he wondered.

"G-Gomen ne…" she stuttered. "Demo, I really should go and wake Umi," she quickly turned to leave and ended up banging her shoulder against the door's way. She suddenly turned around about to say something but the words seemed unable to form so she just smiled shyly and waved before heading off into the house.

Lantis couldn't help but grin at the Knight's clumsy retreating form. Seeing her in such a carefree and happy mood brought him an unexplainable joy. When she'd come to his world, Cephiro for the second time, she'd been so sad, so unhappy. He knew her smiles and cheerfulness had been forced back then. She'd suppressed to the best of her ability, how she'd truly felt towards the entire ordeal for the sake of her friends and comerades. The negative energies that once radiated off her were not becoming. And he was glad to see that her smiles were now genuine.

* * *

"Really Hikaru, you didn't have to walk me home." Umi said to the energetic red haired girl beside her.

"I had to take Hikari for a walk anyway, so why not walk you home?" she countered with a dumb grin on her face.

"Well Miss perky, don't you usually take Hikari to the park? And what's with the goofy smile?" She had stayed up late last night and was then forced to get up early this morning by Hikaru. She had no idea how Hikaru was able to do that; be so chipper in the morning… Unlike the red head, Umi wasn't that big of a morning person and it unnerved her ever so slightly to be bombarded with such an upbeat and positive force so early into the morning when she was generally negative. It was simple mathematics, multiply a negative with a positive, you get more negative. Which is usually what she was like until she downed a coffee or had a nice cold shower and completely woke up. Unfortunately for her she didn't get the chance to tale a shower and the Shidou's didn't keep coffee in the house, they didn't like it so they never bought any…

"To answer your first question, yes. I do usually take Hikari to the park. So I'll take him there after wards. And to answer your second question grumpy pants… uh, there's nothing to the smile." Her grin only grew wider and a light blush could easily be seen on her cheeks.

"You're blushing."

"Uh, no I'm not. It's just the cool air."

When they arrived outside the gates to the Ryuuzaki household, Hikaru motioned for Hikari to sit and wait at the gate until she returned. The dog sat obediently and the two girls strolled up the walkway, continuing with their conversation.

"I guess the weather is a little colder than it usually is this time of year," Umi finally agreed. "But frankly I haven't really noticed any change in temperature."

"I've noticed," Hikaru stated as she hugged herself in a fruitless attempt to warm up. `Shoot. I should have taken my sweater…' She hadn't felt chilled before, while walking with Umi. But then again, they had been walking at a faster pace and they were goofing around. Now that they'd slowed their pace, she was able to feel the cold.

As if reading her mind, Umi spoke, "if you wait a minute," she began. She fiddled with her key ring as the two stood on her stoop. "I'll lend you a warm sweater."

"Great"

Sliding her key into the lock, Umi turned it and pushed into her house. She gestured for Hikaru to come in out of the supposed "cold".

"Uhh, Umi…?" Hikaru questioned as she pointed into the direction of the Ryuuzaki's living room.

"Huh?" Following Hikaru's gaze she discovered a golden blond haired man lounging on her sofa. "What the- Who the hell are you?"

The young man turned to look at her, the expression on his face told Umi that he recognized her instantly. `Crap! No way. It can't be…'

"Aw, come on. Don't tell me you don't remember who I am," he said with an arrogant grin. "It's only been about ten years…"

<Authors Notes: So what does every body think? I wanted to do a little more with the whole Lantis shopping bit, but couldn't fit it in… I wasn't quite sure what you'd call the outfit that Hikaru and Satoru wear when they're training; it sorta looks like a kimono but I don't think that's what it's called. Nor do I think it's a gi, but I wasn't sure what to call it and that sounded better than training shirt so… I should probably clarify for anyone not sure, the Umi/Eagle implications are between the evil Umi and evil Eagle. I sorta borrowed them from the OVA series. If you haven't seen the OVA's don't worry, I'll do my best not to spoil anything for you. And there probably won't be that much reference to the OVA. I'm just sorta using some of the characters from that timeline. I know that a few of you are confused about a few things and I'm trying to write this fic so that at one point everything will just click and the readers will be like: "…Oh. Now I get it," or something of that nature. I'm debating a prelude, when I get around to making it. You probably wont understand what it has to do with my fic, but it will in the grand scheme of things. I think the OVA Umi one-shot thing that I was talking about before will be called Datenshi Blue. However, I'm not writing it until I see the last OVA. I've already worked out a, what would be a cover if Datenshi Blue was going to be a doujinshi. So it's all good… any way, I hope to update quicker than this one and hope to receive some more reviews whether they be questions, comments, criticisms or Flames. As always, R&R and I hope you've enjoyed this latest chapter.