This started as a joke to get back at Allegra for her violent way of 
handling things...  But as it was being written... I realised that she 
just might be one of my loneliest characters.  This was a response I sent 
to Matt Trotter who originally sent the "letter" to my fictional 
character and had someone land in the area.  Since February is 
approaching, and St. Valentine's Day is not too far away...  I hope you 
like it...

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	Allegra was depressed.  She had never lost control of her battle 
rage so completely.  She almost shot Sarcasm, for crying out loud!  What 
was she thinking?!  He might be sarcastic and rude, but that's his job, 
right?  Blasting those 500+ flower crushers must have put her over the edge.
	She walked into the dojo, ignoring all the wreckage that had been 
caused lately.  She noticed that the Saotomes and Tendos were recovering 
from the drug Jody had used to take them out of the fight before.  She 
just walked past them to the door that lead to the basement.  The 
basement was where the main damage had occurred, but the bathroom was 
remarkably in one piece.  After sliding shut the door, she looked at herself 
in the mirror.  Her hair was more disarrayed than ever before(which took 
a lot of effort to do), her armor needed to be fixed with parts missing and 
cracks running through it, and her face and mask were covered with mud and 
blood(probably her's but she didn't care anymore).  She just felt tired.
	(Why do I even bother to wake up in the morning?  All I ever do 
is fight...)
	Slowly, she took off the cloth mask and stared at the pattern of 
scars that crisscrossed the bottom half of her face.
	(Even fate's kicked me in the face...)
	After dropping the mask to the floor, she began to strip off what 
pieces of armor were left.  She wore a body suit under it, but it was 
ripped and stained where the missing armor pieces once were.  She piled 
the metal armor in the corner and undid the braid in her hair.  Out of 
it's braid, it cascaded down to her midsection.  She walked over to the 
shower and turned it on.  When it was warm enough, she slipped out of the 
body suit and got under the water.
	While Allegra was washing away the wears of battle, the bathroom 
door slid open.  A figure with long dirty, white hair quietly gathered up 
the cluttered pile of armor and clothing.  It slowly slipped out the door 
and closed the bathroom door behind it.
	
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	"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
	Zodiak and Virgo stopped moving the couch as Allegra came in with 
a towel wrapped around her body and one around her head.  The one on her 
head was wrapped around her hair and her face, just letting her eyes be 
flashing green be seen.
	"WHERE IS IT?!"
	"Where is what?" Zodiak straightened out to look at her.
	"MY ARMOR!  WHERE IS IT?!"
	"Not here," Virgo looked at her towel-wrapped form.  "You really 
should put on something.  You'll catch cold."
	"My armor is my clothes!  What am I suppose to wear?  What am I 
suppose to fight in?!"  Allegra got hysterical.  That suit was a second 
skin to her.  She felt overexposed without it.
	"We'll find it.  Now come with me and I see about getting you 
something for a short term loan," Virgo took her hand and dragged her to 
Virgo's room.  She shut the door.  Zodiak listened to make sure they 
wouldn't come out anytime soon.  When he was satisfied, he lifted the 
couch cushion and looked at the wrecked armor inside.
	"You have been hiding in your shell for too long.  Time for you to 
find out that you're just as strong without it...," Zodiak replaced the cushion 
and pulled the couch to the wall.

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	Virgo came out of her room thirty minutes later.  She turned back 
into the room and dragged out a very resistive Allegra.  Allegra dressed 
in a light blue dress with white trimming.  Her white stocking feet stumbled 
across the floor as she tried to pull her wrist out of Virgo's hands.  A 
yellow scarf covered up the bottom half of her face.  Her light blue hair 
was brushed out and hung off the left shoulder in a pony tail.
	"Stop it!  I look stupid!!"  Allegra dug her heels into the carpet.
	"You look fine!  Stop being impossible!"  Virgo kept pulling.
	Zodiak pretended not to notice as he sorted through some letters.
	"Here," he passed a plain white envelope towards Allegra.  
Allegra stopped resisting and read the envelope.  I just said 'Allegra.'
Curiosity got the better of her as she opened the envelope and read the 
letter inside.

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|  Allegra,					 |
| 						 |
|     Meet me in the Acme tea shop in Nermia.    |
+------------------------------------------------+
	
	Allegra got angry and crumpled the letter.
	"Is this your idea of a sick joke, oyaji?!" she accused the older man 
who was helping Virgo move the tatami pads back into place in the main room.
	"It was in the mailbox...  Why?  What does it say?"
	"Umm, nothing..." Allegra's anger dissapated some but she was 
still suspicious.  "Er, I have to go somewhere.  Is that okay?"
	"You're just trying to avoid having to help us put the dojo back 
in order," Zodiak fixed the girl with an accusing glare.
	"OYAJI!!"  Allegra couldn't believe this man!
	"Go.  And be home at a reasonable hour...," Zodiak put the TV 
back on the small table.
	Allegra walked up the stairs to the main floor of the Tendo house.

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	Virgo looked up at Zodiak.
	"She's going to kill me for taking the armor, you for hiding it 
and planting the letter, and Sarcasm for hatching this plot," Virgo smirked.
	"Then I'll shall die knowing that she spent a day without that 
security blanket of her's...," he simply replied.

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   Tsubasa took off the wreckage of his sign.  [sigh] Another one down 
the tubes.  He spotted the tea shop as he was trying to get his 
bearings.  A little break before heading home wouldn't hurt anything.

   The night shift manager looked up, there was some blond kid in a dress 
comming in, "Hello sir.  Is there some way in which I may be of service 
to you?"
   "Huh?"
   The manager blinked, "Can I get you some tea?"
   "You look familier . . . have you been on TV?"
   "Er, no, and I am not a lab mouse bent on world domination.  What can I 
get for you?"
   "Something cheep, I've gotta save up for a new sign."
   "You know, if you put gyrostabalizers on it, your sign would fly 
straighter."
   "Its not supsed to fly, my girlfriend kicked me through the roof."
   "And she's your girlfriend?"
   "Well, I'm begining to wonder . . ."

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	A few minutes later, a young girl with a purple and green jacket 
walked up to the sign outside the tea shop.  She paused and looked inside.
There was some man with a really small head and large ears serving a girl 
in a brown skirt and white blouse.  Her long hair was tied with a yellow 
ribbon.  Allegra sighed to herself at how stupid it was to come down here 
just because some note told her to and walked in.
	She as she sat down on a stool, she couldn't get the feeling out 
of her head that the girl next to her looked familiar.  She decided she 
was being silly and ordered.

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	Rob "Should I finish it?" Orick

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Virgo: Yo!  Matt!  Do you mind if we post this to the Fanfic ML?  He said 
	"Yes."
Zodiak: Yes, Allegra does have a crush on Tsubasa.  She doesn't 
	recognize him, because she just hasn't seen him without a disguise 
	before...