~~~~Dream~~~~

I look around the unfamiliar room in confusion. I am standing in a room full of furniture covered in white sheets. Starting towards the door I try to leave the room, only to suddenly change course, against my will, and head towards the window. Watching in horror and fascination as the moon turns crimson, as if dipped in fresh blood. I turn around to leave the room and go downstairs, for reasons I do not know, but stop as I pass an antique mirror. Staring I gasp, in the reflection stood a woman with unruly flowing silver hair and luminous sapphire eyes, and bangs of an equally blue color . "Thou art I, and I am thou. Thou shalt have our blessing, when the courage to face ones self has been made manifest..." she whispers as her hand reaches out to me.

~~~~Dream End~~~~

Starting awake as my annoyingly loud alarm rang out, I hiss in annoyance. "Hn.." I grunt as I try to smash the offending object, only to miss and fall off of my bed.

THUMP!

"Dang it...now I have to get up..." I mumble struggling into my uniform. It was snow white with a black border, with a skirt barely reaching mid thigh. I stumble down the stairs in the direction my nose said food is in.

"Mornin'." I slur, stealing a piece of toast off Deia's plate. "Good morning, and get your own!" she snaps as she playfully swats at my hand.

"Oh, did you pack for the fieldtrip?" I freeze. "What fieldtrip? When is it?" I ask, my voice muffled as I rummage through the fridge to find a coke.

She looks up from her breakfast. "The fieldtrip to the Sunset shrine to pray for a good new year. Today. Our class are staying in a nearby hotel for a week."

I choke on my soda. "Today?" I make a mad dash for the stairs. 'How could I forget?' I screech mentally while running a hand through unruly platinum blonde tresses. I start throwing random clothes into my backpack, whatever my fingertips touch is thrown haphazardly into the bag.

"Ready!" I yell running down the stairs with my sturdy black backpack in tow. Deia sits next to her snow white husky 'Bella Muerte'* in the living room watching Naruto and drinking her coffee. Her blonde bangs shining in the light from the window, with her black hair standing out in comparison. "Jacket?" "Check!" "Snow boots?" "Check!" "Bathroom stuff?" "Uhhhh...check!"Passport?" "Nani? Ano~...yosh! I mean check!" I tell her loudly as I riffle through the bag, her heterochromatic eyes shining with amusement. "Yukiko*?"

"Ack! I forgot Yuki-kun!" I yell as I run up the stairs to retrieve the faithful hound. "How could I forget you?" I coo as I pick up the small white puppy. "Let's go!" I cheer as Yukiko yips in excitement, his molten amber eyes shining. "Check~!" I sing as I run back down the stairs.

"Okay! Then lets go." Deia states as she walks down the driveway. "Where's Serena?"

"She left early." I glance at her. "Why didn't you go with her?" Deia chuckles. "It was my turn to stay behind and remind you about the fieldtrip, since Serena did it last time." Sighing I went into my mental emo corner. "Oh..."

Yuki-kun runs towards my motorcycle excitedly. "Yosh~!" I sing with renewed vigor as I follow.

"You are NOT going on that. I need a ride too, and Bella-kun won't fit on it with both of us." Deia dead pans as I pout.

"Fine..." I sigh as I walk over to my brother's Volvo. Deia pales. "Are you sure It's okay with Ryouji if we take his Volvo? He calls that thing his baby, and last time you even tried to touch it he brought out the shotgun..." Deia stops, looking at me uncertainly.

"Keh, of course it's okay! I asked him if I could last week!" Okay, that is a lie, but what Deia doesn't know can't hurt her. My thoughts confirm this as I buckle my seat belt. "Now! Onward!" I shout pulling out of the driveway and skidding around a sharp left turn towards the airport.

The trip to the airport, which would have taken any other person an hour, took me ten minutes. People say driving like a maniac is bad, but I just don't see why they could ever think that. It saves time. Not to mention it is Sasuke approved, which makes everything better!

Deia sighs with relief as we pull into the airport parking lot and let go of Bella, who she had been clinging to as if her life depended on it. "Rikku, I need to tell you something very important, that no one has probably ever told you before this."

I look up from Yuki, who I had been petting, "And what, pray tell, may that be?" Curiosity dancing in sapphire orbs as I wait for her answer. "You are a crazy bishie who never should have been able to come within fifty yards of a drivers' license." She hisses, breath still slightly uneven.

"License? What license?" Deia whirls around from smoothing her skirt to face me with a look of horror on her delicate features, her blond bangs a stark contrast against her ebony hair. Her multi colored eyes wide. "You. Don't. Have. A. License?" Her shriek loud enough to shatter eardrums.

"Just kidding! Just kidding!" I yell waving my arms frantically. Well, actually I wasn't kidding, but she doesn't need to know that. I like my face, and I very much want to keep it.

"We're gonna miss our plane if we don't hurry, plus we have to find Serena! So let's get going." Changing the subject quickly as I grab my backpack. Deia's eyes narrow, but she follows none the less.

We look around in awe as we enter the airport. The building is six stories tall with glass walls, and multiple food stands scattered about. The east wall covered in flat screen TV's, some showing the news, others with flight times scrolling across the screen.

We stroll through the spacious building in search of Serena. "There she is!" Deia yells above the din of the crowd. I look up in time to spot a familiar head of silver just as the crowd moved to block it again.

I jump onto the nearest tall persons back, pulling Deia up with me. The burly man looks up, startled. "Sorry!" Deia squeaks an apology as I scan the crowd for any sign of Serena.

"Follow that girl!" I yell pointing in the direction the silver and purple haired teenager had resurfaced. The man glances in that direction before shrugging and doing as I ask, the crowd parting in fear of being crushed.

I jump off as we reach a less populated area. "Thanks pops!" I call over my shoulder, running after Serena's retreating figure. "Thank you, sir!" Deia mumbles politely before hurrying after me.

"SEEEEERRRRREEEEEENNNNNAAAAAAA!" I scream at the top of my lungs. Serena turns around with a pained look in her eyes. I turn noticing Deia on her knees with her hands over her ears. I chuckle nervously. "Gomen..."

They both scowl. "The Tokyo flight leaves in ten minutes, all passengers report to gate C2. I repeat, the flight for Tokyo leaves in ten minutes all passengers please go to gate C2."

We giggle. "C2." We run towards the gate, which was on the fourth floor, giggling about the Code Geass character, with Bella and Yuki hot on our heels.

"Nice shirt." I comment looking at Serena's 'Naruto Shippuden' shirt, which was under her uniform jacket, for the first time. On the front Naruto and Sakura are facing forward, with Sai standing a ways behind them. Naruto standing back-to-back with Sasuke. I can barely make out the other members of Team Hebi/Taka standing apart from him, their forms blurry.

On the back is Sasuke and Team Taka. Suigetsu on Sasuke's right and Karin to his left, with Juugo standing behind Sasuke. The forms of the team seven members blurred in the background.

"Thanks!" Serena grins, as we make our way to our seats on the plane. Her and Deia taking in their surroundings. "Ne, Rikku? How did we get first class seats?" Deia tugged on my sleeve. "I blackmailed Ashley and her skank crew into trading tickets~!" I say in a sing song tone.

Deia sweatdrops and looks back at the before mentioned girls. "What kind of blackmail did you have on them?" She asks overtaken by curiosity. I pull out a thick manilla folder. "Would you like alphabetical or chronological order?" My overly sweet voice disguising my true intentions, but only to people who don't know me.

Deia looks thoughtful. "Chronological." She nods. Grinning, I open the folder. "I thought so."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 hours later~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I had dozed off a half and hour before. I look over at Serena who is peacefully watching Naruto on her laptop. She has in her headphones, so I decide not to bother her. Getting bored, I turn to listen as Deia chats merrily with the teen boy she has been seated next to. "So you'll be a woman soon," He smiles charmingly. "How long until you can use your womanhood?" I hiss as Deia's eyes narrow into slits and color rose to her cheeks.

"Go anywhere near her womanhood, and you'll be looking for your manhood at the bottom of the ocean." I snarl viciously without turning around. I hear the boy gasp quietly and stutter. Turning to give Deia her zoon I use this chance to glare at the boy. After that I hear silence from the seat behind me. I grin maliciously. I love being me.

A/N: This was a looooooong chapter. Four pages! I put spaces so it would be easier and you would not lose your place. This is my "welcome back from band camp fanfic!" for Deia-chan~!

Yukiko means 'snow child' in Japanese

Bella Muerte 'Beautiful death' in Spanish