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Reunions and Tragedies
Chapter III
Shadows at Dawn
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Scene: the castle hallway
"Come back here, you pesky creature!"
A small white creature looking like an overfed rabbit bounced
down the long dark corridor. It was being chased by a woman who, by
the looks of things, happened to get up at the wrong side of the
bed at dawn. The front of her gown was drenched, as well as her
hair, with bits and pieces of leaves stuck to it. Her robe, which
was on backwards, dragged behind her and annoyingly flapped against
her feet.
_Just wait till I get my hands on you, I'll..._
Her murderous thoughts were cut short when the hem of her
robe caught beneath her foot - next thing she knew, the floor was
looming closer... and closer... and
THUD!
In a dark bedchamber...
_What was that?_
Caldina thought dazedly; she would've gotten up right away if
it wasn't for the weight that was pressing her down into the
mattress. Outside, a woman's voice softly cursed, followed by the
echo of hurried footfalls.
The weight shifted and mumbled. Carefully lifting the
muscular arm resting on her waist, she got up and picked up a short
robe from the floor. Wrapping the crimson silk around her naked
form, she bent down to brush a kiss on the sleeping man's cheek
before leaving to investigate.
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"Pupupuuupuu!"
_Now I got ya!_
She smirked to herself as she quietly limped behind her prey,
her throbbing knee protesting every step of the way. Suddenly, the
creature turned to face her; as a last ditch effort, she dived
across the last few feet separating them, her sore knee forgotten.
She grabbed it by its long ears before it could escape again and
bonked it twice over the head for good measure.
"Now, what's the big idea dumping that entire vase on me?!"
She got up, holding it at arm's length by the ears as she
glared at it.
"Presea?" a disembodied voice asked from the shadows.
<Gulp.> "Huh?"
Turning around too quickly, she tripped, catching only a
brief glance of the tall figure that called out to her.
The man made a grab for her as she fell. Unfortunately, she
crashed into him, causing him to overbalance, and they both landed
with a painful thud on the floor.
_Is it just me, or is this floor beginning to have an
affinity for me?_
"Are you alright?" he asked, breaking into her thoughts. He
bit back a groan from the abuse his backside had taken from the
floor.
His question fell on deaf ears. Presea was very much aware of
the man beneath her, in fact she was too busy staring at him in
mute shock.
_Same blue eyes, same lavender hair, same voice, but he's..._
She braced her hands against his chest to get up, then
paused.
_Older!_
"Guru Clef!" she squeaked.
Clef held her waist to lift her and gently set her aside
before heaving himself up. He offered her a hand and lifted her off
her feet. His eyes took in her sorry state and held up his hand,
any explanation that she was about to offer died on her lips.
"This excuse would have to wait. Come, let's see how Hikaru
is doing."
He started to walk down the hallway, leaving her no choice
but to follow.
"Hikaru? What... I don't understand."
Clef stopped to look at the rotund white creature following
them at a safe distance, then turned to Presea.
"Mokona did tell you that Hikaru is here in Cefiro, right?"
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Caldina, who had seen and heard everything that had
transpired from her nifty little hiding place, was already racing
down the hallway to Hikaru's old room.
_She's here! So she finally decided to visit._
Giddy with happiness, she opened the door and let herself in.
"Rise and shine, little missy! I'm sooo glad..."
And gaped in mid-sentence when she noticed the man half-lying
across the bed beside Hikaru.
"Ohhh no. No, this ain't for real!"
Caldina started wringing her hands as she walked around,
glancing every once in a while at the two. She grabbed the blanket
that was lying on the floor and started twisting it around.
_Clef and Presea will be here soon, and if they find them
like this..._
Then she started tearing at the cloth with her teeth out of
sheer panic.
"Caldina, what are you doing here?"
Guru Clef asked as he entered the room with Presea. Caldina
started, not knowing whether to throw the blanket over the sleeping
figures or over Clef and Presea.
"Is she alright?"
Presea made her way around the bed to her young friend's
side. Seeing Hikaru now, pale and unconscious, was a grim reminder
of the time when she almost died in that dream world prison,
fighting her alter-ego, Nova.
"She is now," Lantis replied, awakening from his light
slumber. His grip tightened imperceptibly on Hikaru's hand when he
thought of how close he came to losing her to Death last night. He
leaned over and kissed her forehead, unmindful of the other three
people's thoughts or reactions. Then he got up. The room seemed to
tilt and he staggered, trying to find something to hold on to.
"Here, let me help you," Clef offered. "I think you'd better
get some rest. Pulling someone out of a coma is no small feat, even
for a Kailu."
"Pulled her out of a coma! And here I thought..." Caldina
breathed an audible sigh of relief. Finally, she looked up to see
everyone glowering at her.
"What else was I supposed to think?" she cried.
Then their expressions turned forbidding.
_Eeeep!_
A huge sweat drop appeared beside Caldina's head.
"Sorry." And she finally decided to shut up.
"I'll watch over her," Presea volunteered, giving the younger
man no cause to argue.
Lantis finally nodded his somehow reluctant consent. Casting
one last look at the sleeping figure, he whispered, "Welcome back,
Hikaru," before letting himself be led outside by Guru Clef.
"This is turning to be quite a night, ah... I mean day."
Caldina frowned, "Dawn...? Whatever!"
She glanced at Presea and decided to change topic.
"So tell me, what's with Guru Clef's new look? Has Ascot
finally gotten to him?"
"I have no idea," the blond woman replied.
"NO IDEA! And here I thought you'd be the first to know."
"Caldina..."
"Just fishing." The dark skinned beauty smirked.
Caldina watched Presea brush a stray coppery lock from
Hikaru's face. Who would've thought that this girl was the one
responsible for saving a whole world?
"You missed her, too, didn't you?" Caldina asked.
"I miss them all - I don't want to sound selfish, but in
spite of the circumstances that brought her back, I'm still glad
she's here."
"Who knows, maybe it's Fate. Even I wish that Umi and Fuu
were here, too."
Caldina replied as she watched the sky outside the bedroom
window slowly come alive with color to welcome the start of a new
day.
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Scene: a bed chamber
Lafarga woke up with a smile on his lips. His body felt so
sated that it positively hummed with contentment.
"Good morning, my insatiable temptress..."
He reached out to embrace her but found only empty space. His
eyes opened to confirm what his mind had already told him. He shook
his head in wonder; he was always the first to get up in the
mornings and she always gets to drag him back to bed: he didn't see
any reason why it would be any different today.
A quick and thorough search of their chamber only heightened
his frustration.
"Where could she be off to now?" he muttered feelingly as he
pulled on his pants and stomped outside to look for his wife.
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Lafarga had been walking along the hallways for some time
now, which didn't do anything to alleviate his morning grouchiness.
The only cure for this foul mood was a physical activity that
required a very willing partner, which he'd been deprived of early
that same morning, therefore he was liable to bite someone's head
off; good thing the hallways were deserted.
Or so he thought.
When he rounded the next corner, he was surprised when the
very person he was looking for practically bumped into him.
"Lafarga! What are you doing here?"
"Funny, I thought that was supposed to be my line."
Raising an eyebrow, he arrogantly crossed his arms over his
massive chest and stared down his aquiline nose at her.
"I... ah, had to check on someone."
"And who may that be?" he asked suspiciously, taking in her
skimpily clad form.
"I'll tell you all about it later."
She could actually hear the gears turning in his head as he
came up with the wrong conclusion.
"Oh, why not now?"
He knew he was being stubborn, but tell that to the green-
eyed monster who was clawing at his gut.
Caldina's right eyebrow twitched.
"Are you trying to pick a fight?"
Lafarga opened his mouth to speak, then suddenly thought
better of it. He looked away guiltily when he realized that he was
way out of line.
"Well?" she asked, tapping her feet impatiently on the floor.
"Well, what if I am?" he grated back recklessly; he just
hated being goaded like this, his pride could only take so much.
"Then you'd better have a pretty damn good reason why!" she
hissed back.
"I woke up alone!" he growled.
There he said it. Then two things happened simultaneously:
Presea opened the door of Hikaru's room and Caldina turned three
shades of red from embarrassment.
"Better take it back to your chambers, you two. Unless, you
want to provide everyone in this wing with their wake-up call and
some early morning gossip," she said, then quietly closed the door.
"You are absolutely SHAMELESS!!! How could you go off
shouting something like that!" Caldina cried through clenched
teeth. Suddenly, without further warning, she burst into tears and
ran.
_Oh no._ he thought, cursing himself to hell and back.
"Caldina...!" Lafarga called out as he caught up with her and
hauled her up in his arms, "I'm sorry for being such a possessively
jealous shameless clod, please don't cry."
It took awhile, and bucket-loads of tears, before Caldina
calmed down. Finally, she hiccuped and smiled through her tears.
"Possessively jealous, I can take; shameless, I can forgive;
but I NEVER married a clod."
He kissed her for the backhanded compliment and cuddled her
closer. Life with her would never be dull - he wondered what he
would've done if she went with the twin princesses back to Chizeta.
_I probably would've gone after her and demanded that she
make an honest man outta me._ he thought to himself with a half-
smile.
She was too much of a gypsy to stay in one place for too
long, it was quite a surprise when she decided to stay. He was
starting to get worried about her, she seemed to be quite restless
lately, a bit tetchy, picky when it came to food, and prone to cry
a river at the tiniest bit of provocation.
_Must be that wanderlust of hers... but then again..._
"Honey, are you pregnant?" he asked, waiting with bated
breath.
Caldina raised her sparkling blue eyes and nodded her head
shyly.
Lafarga had to lean back against the wall; nothing could have
prepared him for that wordless confirmation. He was standing there
with an utterly stupid dazed look on his face while holding his
wife. Looking at him, Caldina would've laughed herself silly except
that he was crushing her in his embrace. She only had time to gasp
before Lafarga suddenly let out a whoop of joy, twirling her around
before kissing her full on the mouth.
"I love you," he whispered reverently.
"And I love you, too," she whispered back and brought his
head down for another kiss. However, she was thoroughly
disappointed when all she got was a chaste peck. Seeing her
expression, he laughed.
"C'mon, we'll be giving the people around here more than a
wake-up call if we stay any longer."
He smiled at her tenderly as he lifted her up in his arms and
carried her back to their room.
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Scene: Somewhere in the NSX lower galley
Gryff sat down on a chrome chair, holding a cup of lukewarm
tea as he watched over his hostages. The blond girl, like her
friend, was still unconscious, sleeping in a similar reclining bed
just across the room. He would've gone after the third Knight, too,
but finally decided against it when the shooting incident happened.
He wouldn't risk sneaking her out of that hospital knowing she was
in a critical condition.
_Yes, everything is finally taking shape - it won't be long
now, Lantis._
He glanced back at his tea, seeing his reflection in the dark
liquid. Looking for the man he once was, for the lost soul of that
once noble warrior.
_It didn't have to be this way, but he left me no choice._
Umi woke up to see Gryff scowling down at his tea.
"Did a fly die in it?"
He shifted his scowl in her direction and continued to drink
as he eyed her from above the rim of the cup. The move was for
effect - he was mentally psyching himself for battle, Umi could
flay a man alive with her tongue-lashing.
No sooner did his thoughts proved true when she sweetly
added: "Hope it's poisoned."
He ended up sputtering and put the cup down with a clatter on
the table. His anger came to boil, but completely drained away when
he saw her expression as she tried to sit up. Gryff reached out to
help her but was instantly rebuffed.
"No, don't you dare touch me!" she hissed back. For a moment,
she glimpsed his wounded expression before he hid every nuance of
emotion behind a cold mask of indifference.
"In spite of everything that has happened, I have no
intention of hurting you, or your friend," he stated in a tight
clipped voice.
"Then why bring us here?"
It was Fuu who asked the question, she was sitting with both
hands primly on her lap as she eyed him warily from behind her
wire-rimmed glasses.
"Without the three of you, the legendary Machines of Cefiro
cannot be summoned. I have nothing against you: I don't want to
fight you using my FTO. I had to do this to avoid a disastrous
confrontation."
"Fuu, he's lying!"
Umi got off the bed and walked up to him.
"Is that why you had Hikaru shot?! You plan to conquer
Cefiro, so you decided to get to us first before we could be
summoned. So, how do you plan to dispose of the two of us now?"
"Umi!"
Fuu cried out in horror, tugging her friend back. It was one
thing not to trust him, but to accuse him of attempted murder right
in his face was just too harsh.
There was once a time that they fought without knowing the
reason behind it all: in the end it brought only pain and regret.
From then on, they swore that they would never blindly take on
something without knowing the full consequences of their actions.
She risked a glance at their fair-haired host and sighed silently
in dismay.
Gryff found his teeth clenching as he tried to reign in his
temper.
"I have absolutely nothing to do with your friend's accident,
nor do I intend to invade Cefiro. The higher brass already tried it
once and all we got to show for it is the death of one of our best
commanders."
"Do you mean Eagle?" Fuu gasped, "Then you're from Autozam,
too."
"Yes, and I also happen to be the current commander of this
battleship, the NSX."
Umi, upon hearing the ship's name, was fast to catch on.
"The very same ship under Eagle's command when we first met
him back in Cefiro. Then Geo and Zazu are..."
"My friends as well as yours," he finished for her. "And
before you could speculate any further---No, they don't have
anything to do with this, nor do they have any knowledge of my
plans."
"If not Cefiro, then what exactly is it that you're after?"
Fuu asked in bewilderment.
The door slid open before he could answer her. An armed
guard, sporting a visor and a green barrette, dressed in the
customary green Autozam uniform, walked in and saluted.
"Commander, we have arrived. Your presence is requested at
the bridge."
"Ladies," Gryff gestured for them to precede him.
"You haven't answered Fuu's question."
"Let's just say I'm doing the Cefirians a favor by ridding
them of a snake in their midst."
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Scene: The Castle, inside Hikaru's room
The soft strands of sleep fell away and she woke up to the
stream of sunlight that poured through the hexagonal window behind
her. She gingerly got out of bed and stood in front of a huge
vanity mirror. The bandage loosened around her head as she probed
the wound that should've marred her right temple. Just then,
everything came rushing back as it did in her dream. Looking
around, she frowned.
_This doesn't look anything like a hospital room._
It was indeed a far cry from the stark white walls of a
hospital. The walls were of soft lavender with gold edgings, the
floor was marble and the bed's headboard was smooth, polished
bronze.
_Can it be? Am I really back in..._
She walked toward the window and her eyes took their fill of
paradise. It was like seeing everything for the first time. The
lush green forests, the clear sky mirroring the sapphire sea below,
the floating crystal mountains and waterfalls.
Cefiro, the land of enchantment, where the will and heart
determine everything.
She smiled, opening her window to turn her face up to the sun
and to inhale the fresh morning breeze.
"Puupuuuu!" the creature bouncing on the bed called out in
greeting.
"Mokona!"
She laughingly welcomed her fluffy rabbit-eared friend, the
jewel on its forehead glowing faintly as it eagerly jumped into her
outstretched arms hugging it tightly as it snuggled against her.
Mokona finally jumped down and started tugging at the hem of her
hospital gown.
"Wait, something's missing," she whispered, her hand going
automatically for the medallion that should've been resting against
her breast.
"Oh no, it's gone!"
She frantically searched under the bedcovers but found none.
"Could I've left it back on earth? In the hospital?" She
groaned, "How could I have lost it!?"
She sat on the bed, head bowed in dismay, Mokona latched onto
her leg, urging her to get up.
"You're right," she sighed, "there's no use moping around."
"Puupuupuuuu!" It started bouncing around, tugging her
towards the door.
"You want me to follow you?"
It smiled and nodded its head.
"Okay, lead the way."
The redhead carried Mokona as they headed down the long
corridor. They made a couple of turns, walking through another
hallway before coming to a halt in front of an elaborate archway
that led to the indoor garden.
"In there?"
Mokona nodded then jumped down.
"Hey, wait!"
She made a grab for it, but Mokona just danced out of reach
and shook its head.
"Why not?" She frowned, "D'you mean to tell me that I'm
supposed to go inside alone?"
"Puuupu."
"Suit yourself," she shrugged her shoulders and entered the
garden.
A sense of deja vu settled over her as she walked on the red
mosaic floor: the entire length of it, from the entrance to the
fountain, was decorated with long white hexagonal outlines.
Sunlight shone through the glass dome high above. The sound of
rushing water from the small man-made waterfalls mingled with the
twitter of the colorful lovebirds that have made their home in the
few trees that dotted the green carpet. Shrubs filled the ledges
that lined the entire wall of the garden. The new addition were the
magnificent concentric flowerbeds around the huge fountain that
marked the very heart of the garden. She sat on the fountain's edge
and breathed deeply of the heavy perfume that filled the air.
"Hello, Hikaru."
Lantis walked around from the other side of the fountain and
stood before her.
"It's been a long time - you've grown into a young lady."
Hikaru blushed softly, "Um... yeah, but I'm only five inches
taller."
_And sometimes, a few inches can make an enormous
difference._
His gaze flicked appreciatively over Hikaru's figure. Flame-
red hair framed her delicately lovely features - it was the second
time he had seen her with her hair loose, and decided that it
suited her very well. Luckily, she was too flustered to notice his
scrutiny.
The silence lengthened, both waiting for the other to speak
first.
"You should wear your hair down more often."
He moved closer, keeping himself from reaching out to run his
fingers through it like he did last night while she slept.
"What! ... I... umm, it's not really convenient that way,"
she stammered.
Hikaru finally turned to find him sitting right next to her,
looking at her in a way she couldn't quite figure out. The last
time they parted, he told her that he felt the same way she does;
but two years is a pretty long time...
"Lantis, it was you, wasn't it? You saved my life and brought
me back here." She watched him withdrew into himself, not knowing
why he seemed so cold all of a sudden.
"Would you rather that I just stood back and watched?" he
asked flatly.
"N-no."
Hikaru bowed her head and stared at her hands.
"I truly am grateful, it's just... that... I--" She shook her
head and uncertainly asked, "Why, Lantis? Why'd you bring me back?"
Lantis reached out for her hands and placed the medallion in
her grasp.
"Do you really need to ask, little one?" he said.
Her eyes filled up with tears as she stared at the gift he
had given her years ago on this very spot.
"I thought I've lost it forever."
"Hikaru," he brought her face up to level her gaze with his
and lightly skimmed his knuckles along her soft cheek, "I..."
"Waaahh!!! Lantis!"
The shrill cry came from behind, effectively snapping Hikaru
out of her trance and allowing her to put a safe distance between
herself and Lantis.
A blue blur whizzed past Hikaru and skidded to a halt in mid-
air to hover in front of her nose.
"You again! I thought you were gone for good!" the blue-
haired pixie irately cried.
"Primera," Lantis uttered her name in warning.
<Gulp.> "Uh... ah... Hi, Primera! Nice to see you again!"
Hikaru greeted, pasting a smile on her face.
"How dare you put the moves on MY Lantis?!" Primera accused,
placing her hands on her hips. She darted back and forth around
Hikaru. "Well, it's not as if I could actually consider you as
serious competition..." She lifted her head haughtily and eyed her
with a self-satisfied smirk.
"Look at you! You're drab as a dishrag, you look like a boy,
even talk like one, too... and that HAIR! The color's simply
garish!!!" She continued tauntingly, "Unlike me, who happens to be
the epitome of grace and beauty."
Batting her eyelashes at Lantis, she then twirled gracefully
in the air like a miniature prima ballerina, ending with a majestic
curtsy.
"See - aren't I the most wonderful and adorable being here in
Cefiro?"
Mokona, who just joined them face-faulted, a big teardrop
appearing over its head.
"Puu."
Primera blinked and glared down at it.
"Who asked for YOUR opinion anyway?!"
Mokona jumped high, opened its mouth and swallowed the blue-
haired pixie whole.
"Nyaahh!!! Not AGAIN!" Hikaru wailed, grabbing Mokona by its
feet, turning it upside-down and shaking it vigorously.
"Mokona! Open up and let her out. NOW!!!"
Mokona finally relented and spit out its prey.
"It... it tried to eat ME! Waahhh, Lantis, don't let that
thing near meeee!" Primera cried, cowering behind her hero's
shoulder.
"Lantis, the Guru wants to see you right away."
Everyone turned to look at the young man who was standing
behind them. He was wearing an armor similar to Lafarga's, yet he
didn't look anything like those stonefaced guards under his
command. Hikaru stared, trying to figure out why he looked vaguely
familiar.
The young knight peered over the Kailu's shoulder and smiled
at her.
"Hikaru! Glad to see you're all right; but shouldn't you be
resting?"
"Ascot!?" she whispered in awe, totally ignoring his
question. "It is you! So that's what you look like behind your
bangs."
"Lafarga sheared them off," he sulkily explained before
steering the conversation back on course. "Enough about my new
haircut. Presea's been looking all over for you; said she was only
gone for a moment to get you some clothes and when she came back,
you were gone."
Lantis frowned, he quickly unclipped Ascot's cape and had it
wrapped around Hikaru before she could even blush.
"Hikaru, I think you should let Ascot escort you back to your
room and have Presea give you something decent to wear." Placing a
hand on her shoulder, he whispered, "I'll come for you later -
there's something we need to talk about."
"Alright. And thank you... for everything."
Hikaru replied before taking Ascot's arm; she sent Lantis a
radiant smile before rounding the next corner that took her out of
his sight.
Lantis stood there for a full minute, thinking of how Hikaru
would've reacted to what he intended to say before Primera
interrupted them.
"No, it's too soon."
He shook his head then walked towards the opposite direction
down the hall.
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Scene: inside the NSX, on the bridge
Sub-Commander Geo Metro stood on the bridge watching the
ship's monitor as the planet Cefiro came up on the wide screen.
"Sir, we are now approaching the planet's atmosphere," one of
the techs reported and, as if on cue, a small window appeared on
the wide screen, scrolling up the ship's status report.
"Reduce speed and switch power to the shield generator. Use
secondary thrusters to cushion the NSX's descent," he ordered.
"Reducing speed now. Shields activated. Thrusters in
position. NSX descending in exactly 30 seconds."
"Open multiple windows - I want to see as much as Cefiro as
possible the moment we break through those clouds," Zazu exclaimed
as he fooled around his levitating swivel chair.
Geo just shook his head and laughed.
"I wonder where Gryff is?" Zazu asked.
Just then, the double doors behind him slid open to admit the
Commander.
"Well, 'bout time you got here. I was thinking, that since I
just flew the damn ship all the way here, why not land it myself as
well," Geo smugly declared without turning around to see Gryff's
stonefaced expression.
"There will be no need to land the NSX, nor for the crew to
descend at ground level. In fact, I'll be the only one to extend a
'warm' greeting to our dear friend Lantis."
Zazu fell off his chair and landed face-flat on the floor.
Everyone on the bridge would've been laughing their heads off by
now, but apparently they weren't. It was quiet as a graveyard; they
were all staring at the two women whom the Commander just escorted
onto the bridge.
The crew's silence and Gryff's cryptic statement forced Geo
to turn around. He found himself looking at Umi and Fuu, whom they
supposedly left back on earth.
Geo's voice was as icy as his glare when he asked, "What's
going on, Gryff?"
Gryff drew out his light saber, brandishing it with such
elegant skill that made Umi, a well-trained fencing artist,
jealous.
"I brought them along for the show. A duel to the death with
Lantis," he added silkily, "one challenge he could never refuse."
Geo felt the rage build up inside him as the meaning of his
words became clear. He forced himself to calm down: there had to be
a reason why Gryff's acting up like this.
"Does this have anything to do with your brother's death? If
so-"
"This has NOTHING to do with Eagle's death!" Gryff cut in
brutally.
"Oh my," Fuu whispered, meeting Umi's shocked gaze.
Gryff turned to Umi with a bitter smile.
"He's my half-brother, actually. Eagle's life was his to
give; my only regret is that he sacrificed it for a snake like
Lantis."
"Dammit, Gryff! You're not making any sense! If that's not
it, then why are you after Lantis's head?"
Gryff's eyes glazed over with pure hatred as he remembered
Lantis's treachery and the bloodshed that ensued.
"For revenge. He's the one responsible for the death of my
men in that recon mission I headed two years ago. I swore that the
next time I see him, I'll cut his heart out."
-=| End of Chapter 3 |=-
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For those who'd been waiting for this chapter, sorry it took so damn
long. Hardware problems and exams has forced me to abandon writing for
quite some time.
Nomad's got a new fic out; it's definitely way, waaaay, better than that
SM lemon he'd written, this one's a Ranma-based fic (with a pinch of
Douglas Adams thrown in). He's currently suffering from a mild case of
boredom coupled with braindrain (heck, whadd'ya expect after 5 chapters
of quality work).
Thanks to Scriv (Hi Scriv!), check out his Magic Knight Evangelion Wing
(figure it out for yourself, the name's enough to give it away), the MTV
he'd written for its opening was pretty cool. Scriv's advice:
"Yeees, make your characters' lives more complicated. Therefore making
YOUR life a whole lot miserable!"
(yeees, and my life did turn out to be worse than before)
The next chapter is action-packed and full of revelations, I'll be
working on a parallel dimension/world setup later on so... expect some
weird things to happen.
Check out the other Toledo writers' work too!
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The Nikholas F. Toledo Zu @ WWW: The Entertainment Capital of UP Village
Vector, Switch, Yebah, Rain Man, goo, Pervert, Scruples, Hollie, NomaD,
Blitz, Gee, Datzo, Jewel, Elf, Radler, Pinball, Mayhem, Chaos, Father,
Attar @ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/mezza9.html (or not)
Fanfiction Page @ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/fanfics.html
Warp Zone #13 @ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3145/thirteen.html
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