Celestial Blossom (frowning): hmm…well. I shall just have to respond to the following reviewers-

Vicki11- I'm very, very sorry that you dislike my fic. And yes, I admit, it's very OOC and not very in touch with the series or movies (the movies I have not seen at all), and I'm very sorry it's not acceptable for you. But I am better at writing depression fics than happy, joyful ones. But why couldn't I do it to some other character or Anime? Because CCS is my personal favorite and I have a right to be able to write fics for whichever Anime I want. I have taken into account that some things don't make sense, like how her parents don't live in Japan, and that most of the characters are so nice they'd never ignore her. But the whole point of the fic is that they did and that she is so unhappy she wants to commit suicide.

Yes, I know very well that Touya and Yukito are a couple, but I do not support this pairing or any other homo pairing. I accept this pairing however because I am sufficiently open-minded not to criticize this. But unfortunately I must say something about what you said to me- I asked you to review my fic, not the characterization of Meiling. I know that many things don't click, but from what I gather, you simply hated my fic just because I portrayed Meiling differently from the way she was in the series. I happen to know there is another fic like this in the midst of FF.net somewhere but a bit different. So really…you only reviewed my characterization and not my fic itself.

Kasandora- again, I do not support homo pairings but I accept them. Yes, the world of CCS is very happy but things cannot always remain happy otherwise they'll get a tad boring without some complications to make us appreciate it. And yes, I know they're all good friends but I must change some things otherwise it won't be a fanfic at all. What did you expect me to write- you read the summary, you knew she was having a crummy life, you knew it was angst, what did you expect? Meiling to beat up whatever was mistreating her?

I have seen NGE and I must say that Asuka Langley Sohryuu is a complete and utter twit and they are different. ALS is a character I literally despise. Meiling is not despicable not matter what you may believe I have implied. I am on the way to liking her but she is still far from being my favorite. And during the fic, I am actually rather sympathetic in tone to her, be that a good thing or bad. I have not seen either of the movies unfortunately but I do believe you when you say Meiling has grown and changed. I'm sorry you're horrified but as I said to Vicki11, there are other fics that aren't necessarily happy cheer or completely in character out there and I do advise out of this that even if I'm horrified at how a character is portrayed in any fic, to keep an open mind out for anything. Some authors do change a character somewhat and their fics aren't bad at all.

And I'm asking you to review my fic, not my characterization. I am aspiring to become a full-on author and I'm asking for feedback on my fic, grammar, format, length, spelling, layout, not the character that will eternally belong to CLAMP or whoever. And before you say I'm being hypocritical, I also say that I understand why you dislike my fic so badly when it came to Meiling. But personally, I simply would not dislike a fic on the grounds it completely messed up my favorite character's personality if the fic was good anyway. But of course, we all would love our favorite characters to remain in character, so I understand what you're saying.

Cygna-hime- now comes the part where I thank you for being supportive of my fic. I haven't much to say except that (which you probably know by now) I definitely do not do homo pairings…but I will not tear apart Yukito and Touya because of the protests done about it, so I will have to create someone else to be paired with Meiling. Suggestions for names and personalities, anyone?

ClearDragon- your fics don't suck, and neither does your imagination.

To the other readers (if there are any)- this is not a real chapter but you should all read the above responses to the reviews I've received so far and understand how I can put your reviews to good use. You may leave a flame, as you're entitled to, but make it something that I can work on if you must flame. You may leave opinions on characterization if you want, but please say something about the fic as well.

Celestial Blossom