Note From Author: Welcome to the Third Act of the Butterfly Chronicles. I congratulate you on making it this far. This is the beginning of a new chapter in Rexi's and Yoko/Kurama/Suichi's relationship and I hope you have enjoyed it thus far. As the first sentence indicates, if you are here but not have read my stories 'Color me a Butterfly' and 'Free me a Butterfly', none of this will really make any sense to you so please go back and read them in that order. :)

Now, I will also warn all you that have read this far this takes place in an AU/AR (Alternate Universe/Reality). And in said AU, there will be more modern things such as telephones, computers, movies, ring tones, songs, etc. :)

As the story progresses it will intertwine with what happened at the end of Free Me a Butterfly. It may get a bit confusing. Please stick with it. ^_^ All you have a good day and here we GO~

-Rosey (your somewhat evil, cliffhanger loving author)

Chapter 1

'You would not believe your eyes

If ten million fireflies

Lit up the wor-'

"I'm up!" cried a sleep girl as she rolled out of bed and slapped at the phone that her brother Chime was holding up over her head.

"Oh? Then why did it take you until the beginning of the second go through for you to get up?" Chime asked with a laugh as he turned off the ring tone.

"Because I didn't want to get up." Rexi yelled at her brother. She wore short pj shorts and an oversized t-shirt as she started to search around her room for a fresh school uniform. She glared over at her brother. "Ma and Da already off to their jobs?"

"Yeah. They put me in charge of getting you off to meet your group for your project today. I'd hurry. It's supposed to start at 7:30 right?" Chime asked looking down at his phone as he checked the time. "Oh you better hurry after all. It's already 7:20." He couldn't help but laugh as her movements quickened as if someone had pressed the x2 button in his older sister's mind. IT was actually 7, but he'd let her believe it was almost time for her group to meet. After all it was for a grade after all.

Rexi couldn't believe her brother had let her sleep in that late. She went through her normal routines as quickly as she could, brushing her hair, teeth and pulling on socks all at the same time. Soon, she was tucking in her school uniform and grabbing her back. She looked at the clock that was on the hall just next to the door and stopped. She blinked a few times and tilted her head to the side.

There was no way she'd gotten it all done in 3 minutes. There was absolutely no way. She had done her hair, because she planned on seeing her boyfriend after the project was done. It was now pulled up into a bun at the back of her head so that it would be wavy when she let it down for Kuronue. She'd also put on a little bit of silver and tan eyeshadow to accent her eyes and lip gloss after brushing her teeth. That had taken easily fifteen minutes.

She turned and stomped up to her brother's room, slamming the door open. He saw her face and laughed. She folded her arms, but couldn't help but grinning. Her brother's laughter and attitude was contagious. "I'll get you back for this when you find yourself a boyfriend." she snapped. Of the family, she was the only one that knew her brothers affections laid towards men rather than girls like their parents wanted him to have.

"I'd like to see you try." he said with a laugh, though his eyes flicked to the hallway to make sure that their eldest sister hadn't gotten up yet. She was in college and didn't have to go anywhere that day. In fact, they hardly saw the eldest sibling any longer.

"I will!" Rexi taunted and turned to leave. She did have to go. It would take her five minutes on a bike to get to the scheduled meeting place. As she reminded herself of who she was working with, she groaned. She ran downstairs and out the door, pulling her bike out of its hiding place as she slung on her backpack with all their research materials in it. She hopped on, glad that the skirt was knee length. She'd be able to ride her bike without flashing anyone on the way.

She pedaled quickly and slid into the school's bike rake five minutes later. That gave her two minutes to find that bookworm before the teacher showed up to take a grade and make sure they were on point with their project. Why, of all days, did that bookworm, know it all have to choose Saturday? She had had to do some major rescheduling of her social calender- She laughed as she thought about it. She didn't really have a social calender. She kept mostly to herself except when it came to Kuronue. HE was her social calender.

Rexi ran forward towards the lunch area. She felt weird being to school on a Saturday with out extracurricular activities and sports to occupy it and the occasional teacher grading stuff or giving after school help. She saw the mane of red hair just as she rounded the corner. She dashed forward, slipping into the other side of the lunch table just as the teacher came around the opposite side. She gave a big sigh of relief. She wouldn't get docked points. Then she saw the disgusted green eyes across from her.

"What?" She snapped. Why did this stupid boy always make her feel like she was missing something, or had done something despicable? Suichi Minamino. Straight A-student. Voted one of the most hansom in their class along with her own Kuronue. And yet, when you talked to him he made you feel like you knew nothing. He had absolutely no tact when talking to people. She would know too. He was Kuronue's best friend but had never approved of her.

"You were almost late. I hope you won't be doing that every time. You aren't the only one that wants to get this done as quickly as possible. I won't hear the end of it from 'Nue if I keep you over the allotted time." Suichi replied and turned back to the teacher as he neared. The part with the teacher was done quickly and she was stuck with Suichi for another two hours. That was part of the project. If they weren't there, working, when the teacher returned, they got docked even more points.

"You know I don't like you either, but let's just get this done as quickly as possible. As you said, me and Kuronue are going to hang out later." She told him once the teacher was gone. "So I have the research on Multiple dimensions. What do you have?"

"I have research on how they can connect." Suichi said, rolling his green eyes at her. It wasn't that he hated her. He thought she was smart, sure. She had an okay body. Not as full as some of the others females in their classes, but none the less something to look at. It was the way she changed how she acted to fit each situation. When she was with Kuronue, she was a sweet girl, the girl next door type. When she was with him, she at least didn't act nice.

They began comparing works. He found that she actually knew what she was talking about. When he asked how, she looked away, at the soccer field. "My parents actually work on some of these projects. It's all they will ever talk about when at home." She replied before looking back, locking eyes with him for a moment. "And I find it interesting. Imagine, if you will, a place where there are different worlds and one could travel from them at will. It's silly but it's a dream I've always had. Except each world had a different species living on it. There was one for humans, one for spirits, and one for the evil and the bad, demons. Imagine being able to go visit the spirits of your lost ones! No one would have to lose their parents at a young age. They could go and visit them and give them report cards and all sorts of stuff."

It was an idealists view of things, but Suichi was intrigued. "Is that why you are going to one of the science universities in the fall?" he asked. He had heard about it from Kuronue who had been whining about he wouldn't get to see her as much because he was joining a university two cities over.

She looked away, surprised at the interest that was in his tone. It wasn't his usual annoying 'I'm so much superior to you' one that he used. "Yes. For one it'll let me work with my parents on their work, and maybe I'll be able to create a inter-dimensional portal that can take one from one to another freely." She said with a laugh. "I'm also going to study to be a doctor though. That'll be my major."

"Hey you two!" came a voice, breaking the understanding they had had in that one moment. Rexi gasped and smiled over, waving as Kuronue swooped down and sat next to her. His black hair was cut to just below the ear and hung a little over his eyes. His human body was a little over six foot. He wore sneakers, black jeans, and a leather jacket over a white shirt. For the next two minutes their lips were locked and Suichi's interest in the girl vanished. They would never get any work done now.

"Kuronue. We are trying to get a project done. The sooner we do, the sooner you two can go and do whatever you two do when you are alone." Suichi told his best friend as he turned back to the papers.

"Actually I came to ask the both of you to come see a movie with me. It's been a while since we've hanged Suichi. You've been so focused on getting into the science university and your gardening that we barely get to hang out." Kuronue said with a laugh, putting a large hand over the research to keep his friends attention as his other arm wrapped around his girls waist, pulling her back against him so she rested with her back against his chest.