Red and Purple

Disclaimer: Some characters and concepts are mine, some aren't. If you're willing to wait until the end credits, I'll tell you what's what.

Author's note: Well, this is it, the sequel to A Boundary Crossed. This has been highly anticipated by many of my fans (all three of them!) so I wanted to make it as soon as I could.

Note to readers: This story will be divided into a number of "segments". At the end of each segment, I'll provide a summary of the preceding events. Also, I may vary the point of view illustrated in each part of the story. Just stay calm and try to keep track; it's usually obvious who's telling the story, and I won't swap the viewpoints without letting you know.

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Segment 1: A Whole New World

Chapter 1: Time to Relax

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(Leo)

MEGAMAN DELETED

"Arg! That's the fifth time in a row you've beaten me, Kim!"

"Then why do you keep agreeing to rematches, Leo?"

"Because I figure the outcome will change eventually."

I threw my Nintendo DS down on the table in a huff. Kim set hers down gently.
"Come on, Leo," Kim tried to persuade me. "How about another game?"

"No!" I shot back. "I am sick of you always beating me. Let's do something else."

"Well, okay. I was getting kinda bored of this anyway."

The two of us went outside our house and sat on a bench in the front yard. A deer scampered through the yard and dashed into the woods. It was the middle of autumn, a few weeks after I'd been clonked on the head while biking.

After a silence, Kim spoke up. "Nature is very beautiful, don't you think, Leo?"

I nodded. "Look, there are some birds up there."

"Yes, I see them. Oh, that reminds me. Remember that dream you had the other day? The crazy one about Emerald Town and the two-tailed fox and all that?"

"Of course I do. Why do you ask?"

"No reason. I just like thinking about it. It seems that every time I go to sleep since then, I dream of you rushing to escape that mine or scaling that tower's spiral staircase or riding that W.T. guy through the water. I wish I could have adventures like that."

I folded my arms. "Yeah, same here. I wish I could go back there someday."

Kim adjusted her bracelet. Taking a look at it, I noticed that she'd decorated it with the feather I'd given her. I laughed a little, and ran my hand over my T-shirt's sleeve. It had been stitched up back where it was torn.

"Isn't it nice out today, Kim?" I finally asked. "The air is so crisp, and the temperature is perfect. Sometimes I wish it would be like this forever."

"Oh, absolutely," Kim concurred. "Let's stay out here a little bit longer. It's only one in the afternoon."

The two of us fell silent and let nature do the talking. We listened as the leaves rustled and fell down from the trees. One of them landed on the head of my younger sister; I brushed it off, laughing a little.

We must've been out in the front yard for at least half an hour. After that, Kim got tired for no apparent reason. Maybe it was the fresh air that did it to her. She fell asleep rather quickly.

At first I didn't notice that Kim had dropped off, but then I glanced over and saw her lying sideways on the bench. I guess I was tired as well. It wasn't long before I finally succumbed and joined her in a snooze.

Neither Kim nor myself expected the subsequent happenings. Was it destiny? I still don't know. But one thing's for sure: it was something we would probably never forget.

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And just about everyone who's read the first story should know what THAT is. Not that you shouldn't tune in for the next chapter anyway.