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3. Past lives.

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" Natsuki-hime?" A strong gentle deep voice resonated in her head.

"Na..Nani. Where am I? Who are you!?" Fear and panic striked the blue haired otome.

"I guess…a lot of things are still not clear as to what is happening." Said the voice in a much more softer tone.

"I guess…I'll say no." Emerald eyes start looking around her nothing but pitch darkness graced her view. "So…what exactly is this? Why can't I see anything?!" Panic arose in her voice. "AM I DEAD?!"

"Hahahah no you aren't Ice-hime." A flash of light sparked and a scene of Earl appeared before her and big gray mechanical wolf stood right next to her

"Uuuaa!" The emerald eye stammered backwards but did feel a coalition she just hovered in the same spot.

"Did the big bad wolf scare you?" A small chuckle came from the mechanical wolf.

A blush graced her features "Baka…who are you?" A sense of safety and sadness ran through her heart. For some unknown reason she felt like she knew who this big silver wolf was. It was like meeting a long lost friend. There was something missing something she couldn't place her finger on.

Red eyes looked at her and then back to the globe "Look down at Earl… This is the beginning of the world before Otomes. A time where man kind brought everything down to destruction when they declared war on the Himes. Life was destroyed. Everything was thrown back into a dark age. Knowledge was lost, leadership lost its direction, and all that was left in this world were 12 Himes and the survivors of the War"

The second column looked down and saw that the globe was destroyed it was battered up. Yet slowly things were closing down and nature was slowly covering buildings. A look of confusion was evident on the Otome.

"A long time ago life on Earl was simpler. Earl was actually called Earth. Mankind was growing. People were on pioneering on nuclear energy, developing weapons, expanding their economies, but greed is so big…it simply made man corrupt. They started experimenting with elements particularly the three biggest ones. Fire, Earth and water." A somber and pained expression crossed the eyes of the metal wolf.

"They were betrayed by the greed of man. The three Himes were powerful, yet the Ice-Hime was the most powerful. With the ability to move gas to liquid, liquids to solids, and solids to gas. The amount of energy and ability she had opened the eyes to her sister and created the GEMs you wear. The energy and technology was created by the earth hime. Allowing it to be connected to the earth. The fire hime provided the ability of destruction and the ability to fight off anything. Finally, you the Ice-Hime. You where the energy to it all. You are the original source of energy…energy to which you passed to two of the best of your students. Do the name Lena Seyers & Fumi ring a bell?"

A streak of awe and confusion crossed the Gaukencho.

"That…thats not true…I was not born nor did I exist at that time….How is this possible."

Compassion and peace etched the eyes of the mechanical wolf." Your soul has existed among humanity for many years it just…there is evil lurking. The very same evil that led to a war between the Himes and the World."

Natsuki stared at the Mechanical machine and noticed it seem to fade. Little by little the whole thing seemed to start fading into a lighter background.

"Hello….helloo?" Everything around the young Hime was empty. No sound, no nothing.

"sshhh…Irina go call shizuru-san" A soft voice came from the doctor.

The principle's eyes were fluttering little by little adjusting to the intense light that was to the left of her bed. Still the light was strong enough to disorient the young woman. "Ugh…."

The side of her bed sunk down as a soft voice said "Uresh, Natsuki, you are awake my dearest." A lone happy tear fell down her porcelain skin.

"Ne…koi…are you alright?" A worried toned came from the young exhausted principle.

"Hai, now that you are awake everything is better. What happened? Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" A slightly motherly tone accompanied her question

"shizuru…you wouldn't believe me even if I was to tell you."