by Hotaru
Disclaimer: This sessha doesn't own RRK and doesn't deserve to do so.
Warning: Little lemons in later chapters, but as for this one, hell, it's as safe as safe can be. Unless, religion is for you a sensitive issue—well, go to another fic if that's the case.
Also: This fic's gonna be full of OOC stuff. Go figure if it works for you, but please don't flame me if it doesn't!!!
To my reviewers, be a little kind. Every fic is hard work, even if it's just for fun that we writers write. I'm losing sleep writing my fics, so maybe a KIND word or two from you is not so much to ask. If you wanna flame me, do it nicely. I've got a heart too, you know (which I can't say much for Stray, who never signed his review and called me ZERO. Hey, I like to see you write YOUR fic down for once!!!) Hope other fic writers NEVER hear the likes of you!!! I love all the writers here, and I think every effort should be appreciated. And if you don't have anything nice/constructive to say, well better not say it!!!
Of course you can beg to disagree…
Hell, I'm not angry!!!
Kenshin: Yes, you are. You're griping!!!
Hotaru: No I'm not!!!
Kenshin: Yes you are!!!
Hotaru: I just need to cool off…GRRRR….
Kenshin: If you want Stray out, I can deal with him/her….
Hotaru: How???
Kenshin: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryu Tsui Sen!!!!
Hotaru: (Looks at Stray's mangled body) I didn't mean it THAT way.
Kenshin: Don't worry, Hotaru-dono… I used my sakaba (reversed-edge) sword…ORO!!!
Hotaru: Whaaatttt?????
Kenshin: This is not sessha's sakaba sword… This is Saitou's…
Hotaru: GEEEZZZZ, Kenshin no baka!!!!!
Kenshin: ^_^ (sweatdrops)
Chapter 1: Day ONE
Angel-Rei Kaoru:
Whoever said that great stories have great beginnings? Maybe I'm not really a writer, so I can't say much about that, but I'd like to think that beginnings are just that—beginnings that leave a distinct impression, but nothing more. At least that's what I felt when I first met my sesshawaru—ooops, sorry, the word means something like 'soul client', not a good translation of angel tongue, I know, but it's the closest I can think of, in English.
Anyway, you might ask, who's this sesshawaru and what's he got to do with my story? The story of my first mission on Earth? The answer is A LOT. Because this is not about me, but about him… the guy I was supposed to save from his ultimate destiny….
It all happened one spring day. It's actually spring all year round in heaven, so it's quite pointless to say it happened in any particular spring day. Nevertheless, for those who've never seen heaven, well, just picture the mountainous landscape of New Zealand under a clear blue sky, and imagine eternal springtime there. That's heaven—at least from my point of view back then. Imagine me seated under a tree, a book in hand, trying to write—no—imitate poetry—trying because it's one of those skills I've never really been good at. Hey, even angels take lessons you know—which also means we also get Fs!!! In my school in particular, the Muses make it a point to be extra hard on the rei-sharu (my level, fourth level, actually, since there are four grade levels that all angels must pass before they are sent on their first mission to earth) which is quite understandable, because it's our last year before we enter the ever-so-anticipated post-graduate practicum level, receive our assignments and get sent God-knows-where. I was about to graduate that same week, but Muse Hikaru told me that I should really work hard on my 'Arts' subject, since I can really use a lot of it in the future. Of course, I didn't take her word for it—I mean, do we, really take our sensei seriously ALL the time??? Nevertheless, I'm NOT that stubborn, and I do want to graduate on time, so I proceeded to write poetry even if it kills me…which I know it won't (because angels can't die??? I was going to change my opinion of that, but later!!!) ^_^
Anyway, since graduation isn't until next week, I was taking my sweet time about writing those poems, which is why I was kinda surprised when Linorfus, my penguin messenger walked up to me with a letter of summons from Akari-dono, my sensei. A letter of summons is NOT to be taken lightly, so using my pendant telepod—which by the way resembled what I saw once in that nice cartoon, DragonBall, where they use small capsules, rather than crystals like mine—I rushed back to Satoru Castle to see what the summons was about.
When I got there, everybody else was there—well, almost everybody from my school actually, which in translation is called Blue Rose College. Why Blue Rose? It's what Earth is referred to, in angel tongue, and I think you guys would understand why. Also, schools here are classified according to various destination points in the cosmos—and I happened to choose Earth, which explains my college. Anyway, that day was the beginning of everything. And that beginning will always be memorable, because it was how I got to meet my sesshawaru a little prematurely. To say the least, I missed graduation, and didn't take that post-graduate practicum course I mentioned earlier. No. Because the next day, I found myself floating towards Earth, to meet the guy who will change my life…
That is where the story really begins…
