Okay, since there seems to be quite a bit confusion here, I'll just make this installment one big Authors Note

Marin's Identity: You really had to be paying attention to the details and reading between the lines to get who she is. I won't tell you outright, but I'll gather the clues for you:

Long wavy brown hair framed a small pale face, faceted by two large, sad, brown eyes. Her short frame was clad in a navy dress and cape flowing behind her.

Her mind drifted back to a time she gazed out the same direction, on to a less peaceful scene, a world slowly being consumed by a destructive energy, and felt tears boil up in her eyes.

- (HERE'S THE BOMBER!) "We can always hope. we MUST hope!" she uttered with determination. The fireman could only silently nod, and return to his efforts. "Because hope," she continued in a haunted whisper, "Can often be all a being has left."

Temichica's Power: I have gotten several e-mails concerning Temichica's eccentricy in her power level. Once again, I won't spoon feed it to you, but give you a clue:



-Temichica flew high above, pouring out all of her energy to create the typhoon that would be required to douse the Hell below. Yet, despite all of her efforts, the clouds came painstakingly slow. Yue left his post on the ground and circled along with his sister to draw clouds over the sky.

At last, the first drops started hissing into the fire, quickly turning into a constant torrent, drowning out every last flame into nothingness. Completely drained and exhausted, Yue and Temichica glided down to the ground, and collapsed on a curb on the cobblestone street, listening to the intermingled hisses of defeat and cries of victory and relief.

- "Shall we go indoors? I'm tired of holding off the rain, and," she turned to the winged creature on the ground, "You are already going to have a hard enough time as it is getting all of that muck out of your hair."

"No I won't," replied Temichica, standing up and bringing a waterfall's worth of rain down from the sky, evectivly drenching herself and the other company present.

Now, think of what occurred between (and in) those two scenes. There, is the answer to Temichica's sudden bouts of strength and energy. This will become more apparent as I continue through the fic.

How many towns were attacked?

-Ah, I'm afraid I'll have to apologize for that bit of confusion. The town where Marin lives was the only one that was terrorized by Clow. Sorry 'bout confusing you on that. ^^;;;



Alright! I hope that helps clear up some of the confusion that rose around this fic! And worry not, the next ACTUAL chapter is coming!