Disclaimer: X doesn't belong to me, they belong to the Fab Four, CLAMP and some other people.
Warnings: Uhm, I've taken the liberty of inserting a part of X vol. 14 here, so if you haven't read that, you might be spoiled. So, the best thing to do is to get a copy first, then read this.
Other blabs: Yes, yes, I know. I'm inconsistent. What're you gonna do about that? Oh yeah, made one from Subaru's POV. Check it out!
Tears of the Moon 5
reia shiioru
Nothing is lost on him who sees
With an eye that feeling gave;
For him there's a story in every breeze
And a picture in every wave
-Thomas Moore, Boat Glee
~*~*~*~
/Let me forget... all of the hate... all of the sorrow.../
/Demo daiji na no wa "Ima soba ni iru... kimi no RIARU"/
~*~*~*~
The warmth of the sun spilled over the room as it sprayed it's light everywhere, driving the darkness away from the room. A stray beam of sunlight kissed the sleeping boy's face, waking him from his sleep. He propped himself up on his pale elbows and gazed outside the window. His amethyst eyes swiftly moved from the window to the door, where faint sounds came. There stood a green eyed young man, a Kansai boy and a pretty young maiden.
Kamui looked confused. The one from Kansai spoke first. "Yo, Kamui! It's good to see you awake now," he said. "We were getting kinda worried that you wouldn't ever wake up." The tall green-eyed man walked up to him. "Are you feeling well, Kamui?" he asked and reached to touch the boy's forehead. Kamui slapped the man's hand away. /Don't touch me!/ he was about to say, but then he didn't have the courage, considering he was...
His visitors looked shocked. Since when did he behave like that... especially to the Sumeragi? "I'm fine," Kamui managed to say aloud and without stammering. His bangs covered his dark eyes, his heart pounded fast.
/What am I doing? Am I... dreaming again?/
He started to feel pain flow throughout his body. /What's happening?!/ Unconsciously, Kamui curled up into a tight ball. Mentally, he screamed, though somehow that triggered something in 'reality'. He felt strong hands suddenly holding him. He heard the voices of the three people who came in his room. He heard Subaru's voice closest. He sounded... so worried.
/Shouldn't he be on the other side now?/
Warm, salty crystalline tears started flowing down his pale cheeks.
/Doesn't he want to kill me... like Fuuma?/
He felt those arms hold him closer to it's owner's body, spooning him in.
/Why.../
He clamped his weary eyes shut, denying his vision...
/Why.../
...Denying reality.
/WHY?/
Then Kamui fell into a deep slumber... in the arms of his supposed enemy.
~*~*~*~
Four Warriors of Heaven lounged in the living room of the Imonoyama Mansion, discussing the weird behavior of their young leader. A light snack of tarts and tea lay out on the center table as they had their talk.
"It's weird. Kamui has never done that to Subaru," the maiden from Ise said. "That is so unlike Kamui. Usually, he'd let Subaru help him, but now..." the Kansai monk said. "That's strange alright," the younger Seal said, she was the one from the Mitsumine Shrine, "since Subaru-san is the only person who is closer to Kamui-san than any of us."
"Maybe he's just stressed," The thirteenth head of the Sumeragi Clan said. He felt three pairs of eyes boring themselves at him. "Considering he *is* Kamui, he must be in some...emotional stress of sorts."
"But aren't you worried, Subaru-san? I mean, you are after all, the person who--"
"It is not my fault to whether Kamui is stressed or if he has any grudges against me," the Sumeragi said. Then he mumbled something muddled the rest of the Ten no Ryuu could not hear.
"I should be going," he said and turned to leave. He hid his dark emerald eyes as he walked outside the rather large room. When he finally closed the large door behind him, he leaned toward it.
"Kamui, what's wrong?" He sighed.
Nekoi Yuzuriha sighed dramatically. "Now, how do we stand up against the Dragons of Earth?" The three remaining Seals kept still in their respective places, silence ruled over the three. A teacup was placed on its saucer noisily, making them all jump at the sound. "Saa, that scared me, miss!" Arisugawa Sorata exclaimed, his usual idiotic expression etched on his face. "Sorata-san, you and Arashi-san are so cute like that!" young Yuzuriha Nekoi exclaimed at the little scene in front of her. Both Sorata and Arashi looked shocked, in their own different (or perhaps personal?) way. Yuzuriha started giggling as her little pup snuggled beside her.
~*~*~*~
Pain. Yes, pain. That's what he felt all throughout his body. It stung. There were thin wires about his body, keeping him from falling into the deep pool of crimson blood. He felt so cold in this place. He felt blood drip from his own black wings. Wings that were trapped in the wires: the wires that wounded his body. The wires that made his whole body sting with pain.
But he didn't mind that pain. What hurt more, was his heart. "Why...can't you see...?" he whispered in the empty void.
"Kamui-chan, I know how it feels..."
/That voice...Kotori?/
Kamui lifted his pale face, and sure enough, Kotori Monou was there.
"Kotori?" he whispered, his voice kind of weak. He didn't like that. "Kotori, is that...?"
"Kamui-chan, I had to come here. I couldn't bear to see you pained like this," she said. Her long golden hair flowed as if there were wind inside this... emptiness. "What you saw... What you remember as a memory of that green-eyed man... was a dream."
"Yume?" Kamui asked, startled. Kotori just nodded her head. She looked... vibrant despite being a spirit. She opened her soft pink lips and started to speak. "Kamui-chan, be strong. I know that oniichan has become someone different, but that doesn't mean you should give up all hope. You... you can bring him back. I can feel it.
"I know that you have feelings for the green-eyed man. You shouldn't suppress your feelings like that. You'd get hurt even more. Kamui-chan..."
Kotori took a few steps forward and reached for Kamui's delicate, silk soft face. It was moist from tears that flowed from his melancholy amethyst eyes. "Kamui-chan, don't let yourself succumb to your own 'darkness'. Promise me that..."
Kamui rested his head on Kotori's soft hand. She felt so warm, as if she were still alive. "Aa..." he promised. He did that with all his heart. He knew... that somehow she was right. "Kotori... I..."
"Shh..." She wiped the final traces of his tears from his eyes. "Kamui-chan, just believe in yourself. Follow your heart." Taking a deep breath in, Kamui closed his eyes. "Thanks, Kotori," Kamui whispered. Kotori smiled, then she vanished like a candle's flame on the last remains of its wick.
And so, Kamui was alone again.
Kamui shifted in his sleep, oblivious of what was happening in the real world, oblivious of his nightly visitor. He brushed his ghost-like fingers across the pale cheek of the young one in front of him. Kamui didn't flinch, or make a sound.
"It's been a couple of days, Kamui...When will you wake up?"
~*~*~*~
"Is he still asleep?"
"Hai, Subaru-san's been watching him."
"Su-- Subaru... san?"
"Un!"
"But I thought..."
"No, even though he knows that Kamui somehow changed, he still watches over him."
"But I..."
"Admit it. I think they're cute together, too."
"E-eh?"
"A-hahahahaha! Honto deswa!"
"What are you talking about? If Subaru hears you---!"
~*~*~*~
Rest. A peaceful and undisturbed rest. He liked that. It gave him time to reflect on what she had said.
/Kotori, you're right. Maybe... I should tell him how I feel, ne?/
/I should do what I have to.../
/Subaru.../
"....'Kamui'?"
A familiar voice. Wasn't he...?
"..... Can you hear me?"
Slowly, he lifted his head. He felt blood trickle down his cheek.
".... You have been hurt a lot..."
He listened intently.
"In body and in spirit..."
He was the Angel's DreamGazer.
".... Will you give up your "wish"... ?"
He kept silent. Will he? Would he?
".... If you go on wishing, you will be hurt again."
Did he deserve the pain?
"To know what you don't want to know... To see what you don't want to see... Even so..."
Silence. What did he want? Did he want Fuuma to come back? What /was/ his wish now?
"....will you go on wishing?"
He decided.
He was...determined.
"Now that... both Fuuma and I are 'Kamui', no one can stop him but me..." Kamui said.
His voice was firm. This was his decision...
"I will... not waver anymore. I will become stronger than he is. I won't let him... kill anyone anymore." /Especially Subaru/
...His responsibility. What he wanted.
"Even if the "Kamui of the Dragons of Earth", no ... even if "Fuuma" will be hurt by your powers?" the DreamGazer asked. He wanted to be sure of the Kamui of the Dragons of Heaven's answer. Kamui also wanted to make sure of what he really wanted.
"Yes," he said finally. ".... I have decided.... I will get Fuuma back."
"I know.... How you can achieve this.... Would you like to know?"
"If what you say is true."
Kamui...should believe. He should know.
".... If you use the Holy Sword, you will meet "Fuuma".
"However ... That ... will lead to further tragedies..."
".... What do you mean...?"
".... In everyone, there dwells another self. A gentle heart and a cruel heart. A beautiful heart and an ugly heart. Everyone... has such opposing hearts. "The other Kamui" who brought you so much pain is you as well.
".... Moreover, someone close to you is also suffering because of the "other self". The face this person shows to you may not be its entirety."
/Subaru... It's Subaru, isn't it?/
Kamui looked worried. "You are the DreamGazer of the "Dragons of Earth". Why are you telling me this?"
Kakyou glanced down. "I know the final outcome of this war. However, even knowing the Future, I cannot do anything about it, or change anything."
Kakyou started to leave the dreamscape. Too much pain... Too much...
".... Maybe that's why I wanted to believe in the last words said by the girl
who loved you, 'The Future is not yet decided'."
/The future is not yet decided.../
/Kotori... I hope you're right./
Then, he felt something pulling him away. No, it was someone. He looked up.
/Subaru?/
"Thank goodness..." Subaru said softly. /Will he remember? Does he still--/ His thoughts were disrupted by Kamui's soft voice ringing in his ears.
".... Subaru..." Kamui was rather pleased. It really was a dream. Subaru wasn't an enemy. Rainbow Bridge wasn't destroyed. And he was here, on his bedside, watching him as he slept. /Oh, Subaru... if only.../
"You are still not well enough," Subaru said. Kamui smiled inwardly, hearing him say that made him feel warm all over. "Have I been here.... long...?" Kamui asked. Subaru relaxed. /Good, he didn't remember anything from two days ago.../
"You had been unconscious ever since Arisugawa-kun brought you here."
"How are Sorata and Arashi?"
"Both of them are fine. They weren't injured."
/Oh.../ Kamui looked down. He saw... He saw Subaru's hand holding his own. Just like that time...
"Have you been... holding my hand all this time?" he asked.
"You did that for me when I was unconscious."
"...Thank you..." Kamui flushed. He hoped that Subaru wouldn't ever notice. /Kotori, I'm too scared. I'm too scared to tell him right now. Maybe... it's something to be left unsaid.../
Kamui felt happy, though. He hadn't felt this way in a very long time. He'd forgotten about the awful dream he had. The one about Subaru wanting to hurt him
/Subaru'd never hurt me, ne Kotori?/ Kamui smiled. Just talking to Subaru, just being with him, made his day complete.
Then, Sorata and Arashi came in his room, asking if he was OK, etcetera and etcetera.
He'd be fine, he knew he would. As long as /He/'d be there, as long as he knew /He/ was all right. He'd be fine.
~*~*~*~
Somewhere, deep inside someone's heart, a deeper evil lurked. It smiled, glad that everything was going the way it's supposed to. Everything destiny wanted was going to happen. Everything they saw will happen. Nobody can change destiny. Not even the Promised One. Not even his Twin Star.
Fate was never meant to "derail".
owari
~*~*~*~
Author's Notes:
*sigh of relief*
Yatta! I finally finished it. C&C appreciated! *nikoniko*
Gomen nasai, I know it was late, but I had so much to do.
Anyway, I really didn't expect Tears to end like this. I was asking Kittyne-chan for suggestions for the end result of Kamui and Subaru's dilemma, and well... It's her fault. Don't blame me. Uhm, if anyone's asking, the first two lines of my ficcie came from two songs I like. One's from X Japan, and the other from an anime series I kind of liked. A cookie to anyone who can guess both!!!
OK, so the last sentence was quite opposing to Leah-san's ficcie, but what the heck. This is *my* ficcie, and I could do whatever I want to, ne Dark-chan? *patpat* [dark-chan: purrrrrrr ^^] Besides, I was listening to my fave mp3's when I wrote this, so I was kind of in a weird mood. hehe^^ And some of the lines used here was c/o Utako-san's translation of X-14. Thank you, Utako-san for the translations! Now, if there would be someone who'll translate the latest volumes...
Oh, yeah, special thanks go to Kittyne-chan for beta reading some of this mess, and to Sheriyouko-chan who inspired me to write this [yes, you inspired me, Sheri-chan! 'member when you got mad at me?? That's when!]. I love you guys!!
Warnings: Uhm, I've taken the liberty of inserting a part of X vol. 14 here, so if you haven't read that, you might be spoiled. So, the best thing to do is to get a copy first, then read this.
Other blabs: Yes, yes, I know. I'm inconsistent. What're you gonna do about that? Oh yeah, made one from Subaru's POV. Check it out!
Tears of the Moon 5
reia shiioru
Nothing is lost on him who sees
With an eye that feeling gave;
For him there's a story in every breeze
And a picture in every wave
-Thomas Moore, Boat Glee
~*~*~*~
/Let me forget... all of the hate... all of the sorrow.../
/Demo daiji na no wa "Ima soba ni iru... kimi no RIARU"/
~*~*~*~
The warmth of the sun spilled over the room as it sprayed it's light everywhere, driving the darkness away from the room. A stray beam of sunlight kissed the sleeping boy's face, waking him from his sleep. He propped himself up on his pale elbows and gazed outside the window. His amethyst eyes swiftly moved from the window to the door, where faint sounds came. There stood a green eyed young man, a Kansai boy and a pretty young maiden.
Kamui looked confused. The one from Kansai spoke first. "Yo, Kamui! It's good to see you awake now," he said. "We were getting kinda worried that you wouldn't ever wake up." The tall green-eyed man walked up to him. "Are you feeling well, Kamui?" he asked and reached to touch the boy's forehead. Kamui slapped the man's hand away. /Don't touch me!/ he was about to say, but then he didn't have the courage, considering he was...
His visitors looked shocked. Since when did he behave like that... especially to the Sumeragi? "I'm fine," Kamui managed to say aloud and without stammering. His bangs covered his dark eyes, his heart pounded fast.
/What am I doing? Am I... dreaming again?/
He started to feel pain flow throughout his body. /What's happening?!/ Unconsciously, Kamui curled up into a tight ball. Mentally, he screamed, though somehow that triggered something in 'reality'. He felt strong hands suddenly holding him. He heard the voices of the three people who came in his room. He heard Subaru's voice closest. He sounded... so worried.
/Shouldn't he be on the other side now?/
Warm, salty crystalline tears started flowing down his pale cheeks.
/Doesn't he want to kill me... like Fuuma?/
He felt those arms hold him closer to it's owner's body, spooning him in.
/Why.../
He clamped his weary eyes shut, denying his vision...
/Why.../
...Denying reality.
/WHY?/
Then Kamui fell into a deep slumber... in the arms of his supposed enemy.
~*~*~*~
Four Warriors of Heaven lounged in the living room of the Imonoyama Mansion, discussing the weird behavior of their young leader. A light snack of tarts and tea lay out on the center table as they had their talk.
"It's weird. Kamui has never done that to Subaru," the maiden from Ise said. "That is so unlike Kamui. Usually, he'd let Subaru help him, but now..." the Kansai monk said. "That's strange alright," the younger Seal said, she was the one from the Mitsumine Shrine, "since Subaru-san is the only person who is closer to Kamui-san than any of us."
"Maybe he's just stressed," The thirteenth head of the Sumeragi Clan said. He felt three pairs of eyes boring themselves at him. "Considering he *is* Kamui, he must be in some...emotional stress of sorts."
"But aren't you worried, Subaru-san? I mean, you are after all, the person who--"
"It is not my fault to whether Kamui is stressed or if he has any grudges against me," the Sumeragi said. Then he mumbled something muddled the rest of the Ten no Ryuu could not hear.
"I should be going," he said and turned to leave. He hid his dark emerald eyes as he walked outside the rather large room. When he finally closed the large door behind him, he leaned toward it.
"Kamui, what's wrong?" He sighed.
Nekoi Yuzuriha sighed dramatically. "Now, how do we stand up against the Dragons of Earth?" The three remaining Seals kept still in their respective places, silence ruled over the three. A teacup was placed on its saucer noisily, making them all jump at the sound. "Saa, that scared me, miss!" Arisugawa Sorata exclaimed, his usual idiotic expression etched on his face. "Sorata-san, you and Arashi-san are so cute like that!" young Yuzuriha Nekoi exclaimed at the little scene in front of her. Both Sorata and Arashi looked shocked, in their own different (or perhaps personal?) way. Yuzuriha started giggling as her little pup snuggled beside her.
~*~*~*~
Pain. Yes, pain. That's what he felt all throughout his body. It stung. There were thin wires about his body, keeping him from falling into the deep pool of crimson blood. He felt so cold in this place. He felt blood drip from his own black wings. Wings that were trapped in the wires: the wires that wounded his body. The wires that made his whole body sting with pain.
But he didn't mind that pain. What hurt more, was his heart. "Why...can't you see...?" he whispered in the empty void.
"Kamui-chan, I know how it feels..."
/That voice...Kotori?/
Kamui lifted his pale face, and sure enough, Kotori Monou was there.
"Kotori?" he whispered, his voice kind of weak. He didn't like that. "Kotori, is that...?"
"Kamui-chan, I had to come here. I couldn't bear to see you pained like this," she said. Her long golden hair flowed as if there were wind inside this... emptiness. "What you saw... What you remember as a memory of that green-eyed man... was a dream."
"Yume?" Kamui asked, startled. Kotori just nodded her head. She looked... vibrant despite being a spirit. She opened her soft pink lips and started to speak. "Kamui-chan, be strong. I know that oniichan has become someone different, but that doesn't mean you should give up all hope. You... you can bring him back. I can feel it.
"I know that you have feelings for the green-eyed man. You shouldn't suppress your feelings like that. You'd get hurt even more. Kamui-chan..."
Kotori took a few steps forward and reached for Kamui's delicate, silk soft face. It was moist from tears that flowed from his melancholy amethyst eyes. "Kamui-chan, don't let yourself succumb to your own 'darkness'. Promise me that..."
Kamui rested his head on Kotori's soft hand. She felt so warm, as if she were still alive. "Aa..." he promised. He did that with all his heart. He knew... that somehow she was right. "Kotori... I..."
"Shh..." She wiped the final traces of his tears from his eyes. "Kamui-chan, just believe in yourself. Follow your heart." Taking a deep breath in, Kamui closed his eyes. "Thanks, Kotori," Kamui whispered. Kotori smiled, then she vanished like a candle's flame on the last remains of its wick.
And so, Kamui was alone again.
Kamui shifted in his sleep, oblivious of what was happening in the real world, oblivious of his nightly visitor. He brushed his ghost-like fingers across the pale cheek of the young one in front of him. Kamui didn't flinch, or make a sound.
"It's been a couple of days, Kamui...When will you wake up?"
~*~*~*~
"Is he still asleep?"
"Hai, Subaru-san's been watching him."
"Su-- Subaru... san?"
"Un!"
"But I thought..."
"No, even though he knows that Kamui somehow changed, he still watches over him."
"But I..."
"Admit it. I think they're cute together, too."
"E-eh?"
"A-hahahahaha! Honto deswa!"
"What are you talking about? If Subaru hears you---!"
~*~*~*~
Rest. A peaceful and undisturbed rest. He liked that. It gave him time to reflect on what she had said.
/Kotori, you're right. Maybe... I should tell him how I feel, ne?/
/I should do what I have to.../
/Subaru.../
"....'Kamui'?"
A familiar voice. Wasn't he...?
"..... Can you hear me?"
Slowly, he lifted his head. He felt blood trickle down his cheek.
".... You have been hurt a lot..."
He listened intently.
"In body and in spirit..."
He was the Angel's DreamGazer.
".... Will you give up your "wish"... ?"
He kept silent. Will he? Would he?
".... If you go on wishing, you will be hurt again."
Did he deserve the pain?
"To know what you don't want to know... To see what you don't want to see... Even so..."
Silence. What did he want? Did he want Fuuma to come back? What /was/ his wish now?
"....will you go on wishing?"
He decided.
He was...determined.
"Now that... both Fuuma and I are 'Kamui', no one can stop him but me..." Kamui said.
His voice was firm. This was his decision...
"I will... not waver anymore. I will become stronger than he is. I won't let him... kill anyone anymore." /Especially Subaru/
...His responsibility. What he wanted.
"Even if the "Kamui of the Dragons of Earth", no ... even if "Fuuma" will be hurt by your powers?" the DreamGazer asked. He wanted to be sure of the Kamui of the Dragons of Heaven's answer. Kamui also wanted to make sure of what he really wanted.
"Yes," he said finally. ".... I have decided.... I will get Fuuma back."
"I know.... How you can achieve this.... Would you like to know?"
"If what you say is true."
Kamui...should believe. He should know.
".... If you use the Holy Sword, you will meet "Fuuma".
"However ... That ... will lead to further tragedies..."
".... What do you mean...?"
".... In everyone, there dwells another self. A gentle heart and a cruel heart. A beautiful heart and an ugly heart. Everyone... has such opposing hearts. "The other Kamui" who brought you so much pain is you as well.
".... Moreover, someone close to you is also suffering because of the "other self". The face this person shows to you may not be its entirety."
/Subaru... It's Subaru, isn't it?/
Kamui looked worried. "You are the DreamGazer of the "Dragons of Earth". Why are you telling me this?"
Kakyou glanced down. "I know the final outcome of this war. However, even knowing the Future, I cannot do anything about it, or change anything."
Kakyou started to leave the dreamscape. Too much pain... Too much...
".... Maybe that's why I wanted to believe in the last words said by the girl
who loved you, 'The Future is not yet decided'."
/The future is not yet decided.../
/Kotori... I hope you're right./
Then, he felt something pulling him away. No, it was someone. He looked up.
/Subaru?/
"Thank goodness..." Subaru said softly. /Will he remember? Does he still--/ His thoughts were disrupted by Kamui's soft voice ringing in his ears.
".... Subaru..." Kamui was rather pleased. It really was a dream. Subaru wasn't an enemy. Rainbow Bridge wasn't destroyed. And he was here, on his bedside, watching him as he slept. /Oh, Subaru... if only.../
"You are still not well enough," Subaru said. Kamui smiled inwardly, hearing him say that made him feel warm all over. "Have I been here.... long...?" Kamui asked. Subaru relaxed. /Good, he didn't remember anything from two days ago.../
"You had been unconscious ever since Arisugawa-kun brought you here."
"How are Sorata and Arashi?"
"Both of them are fine. They weren't injured."
/Oh.../ Kamui looked down. He saw... He saw Subaru's hand holding his own. Just like that time...
"Have you been... holding my hand all this time?" he asked.
"You did that for me when I was unconscious."
"...Thank you..." Kamui flushed. He hoped that Subaru wouldn't ever notice. /Kotori, I'm too scared. I'm too scared to tell him right now. Maybe... it's something to be left unsaid.../
Kamui felt happy, though. He hadn't felt this way in a very long time. He'd forgotten about the awful dream he had. The one about Subaru wanting to hurt him
/Subaru'd never hurt me, ne Kotori?/ Kamui smiled. Just talking to Subaru, just being with him, made his day complete.
Then, Sorata and Arashi came in his room, asking if he was OK, etcetera and etcetera.
He'd be fine, he knew he would. As long as /He/'d be there, as long as he knew /He/ was all right. He'd be fine.
~*~*~*~
Somewhere, deep inside someone's heart, a deeper evil lurked. It smiled, glad that everything was going the way it's supposed to. Everything destiny wanted was going to happen. Everything they saw will happen. Nobody can change destiny. Not even the Promised One. Not even his Twin Star.
Fate was never meant to "derail".
owari
~*~*~*~
Author's Notes:
*sigh of relief*
Yatta! I finally finished it. C&C appreciated! *nikoniko*
Gomen nasai, I know it was late, but I had so much to do.
Anyway, I really didn't expect Tears to end like this. I was asking Kittyne-chan for suggestions for the end result of Kamui and Subaru's dilemma, and well... It's her fault. Don't blame me. Uhm, if anyone's asking, the first two lines of my ficcie came from two songs I like. One's from X Japan, and the other from an anime series I kind of liked. A cookie to anyone who can guess both!!!
OK, so the last sentence was quite opposing to Leah-san's ficcie, but what the heck. This is *my* ficcie, and I could do whatever I want to, ne Dark-chan? *patpat* [dark-chan: purrrrrrr ^^] Besides, I was listening to my fave mp3's when I wrote this, so I was kind of in a weird mood. hehe^^ And some of the lines used here was c/o Utako-san's translation of X-14. Thank you, Utako-san for the translations! Now, if there would be someone who'll translate the latest volumes...
Oh, yeah, special thanks go to Kittyne-chan for beta reading some of this mess, and to Sheriyouko-chan who inspired me to write this [yes, you inspired me, Sheri-chan! 'member when you got mad at me?? That's when!]. I love you guys!!
