The authors' notes for this go with the whole fic, so be aware now. There will be NO lemons in this journal fic. There will, however be an ALTERNATE ENDING posted at the end during which there WILL BE A LEMON. If you can live with this, you can live with the fic.

Warnings: Ran pre-Kritiker, Aya-chan (shudders), bastardization of Ran's father, a het pairing (sort of), shounen ai, and major unhappiness.

Dedications for this fic go to… CW (YOU ARE TOO), DragonSoul (do I have to be neesan2?), P-chan (MOMMY!!!), Dragon-chan, God (the chick), and… that's just about it. Oh. Mattie the Yohji look-alike for sitting on my lap today.

All right, I suppose this should be the start of my fic now. But be warned. I wrote it, and that means you may not like it.