Nakoruru: Hello everyone!
Rimnerel: It's me and my sissy back for another chapter.
(Insects chirping because no one is around. The two fan fiction writers look around with a classic anime look on their faces.)
Nakoruru (-_-): There's no one around.
Rimnerel (-__-): Man, I guess we waited too long to update. Oh well, we can't leave this one unattended to. Someone may come back.
Blazer (walks in): Nak, Rim, why in the world is it so quiet around. . .oh. . .no readers. Oh well, let's get started before you get the nerve to stop working.
Nakoruru: My sister and I took turns writing this one, so if anyone cares and wanted to know why it was so strange, that's the reason.
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The young woman with green eyes stared down at the male that remained unconscious. Her eyes tears up once again as she reached down to stroke his hair from out of his face. Sana bit her lip, trying to remain as calm as she could. "Shiro. . .please wake up. . ." The girl bowed her head, feeling her shoulders shake violently once again. Tears tumbled down her face, as she could no longer control her tears. "Please wake up! Please!"
"Sana. . ." A young man with brownish red hair walked into the room. He looked just as upset as the girl was. After all, it had been nearly a week since that battle with Kiro. A week and Kiro had not come back after them. The male glanced over at the male in the bed, his eyes darkening with some incredibly dark emotion. With a short sigh, he walked over to the girl and sat down, letting her lean against his shoulder and cry. "He'll be fine, he won't let anything keep him down for too long."
"Shin-ya" Sana continued sobbing, uncertain of the truth that the male was saying. Of course they both knew that he was strong, but he had been going up against the power of the Millennia Heart Crystal, his parents crystal to be exact. That said crystal was the cause of him laying here now in almost a coma like state. They didn't know what kind of psychological wounds the young man was suffering from along with physical ones.
The two sat by the bed one in tears while the other was consoling. They didn't hear the soft knock on the door before an individual walked into the room. Her pink eyes saddened when she caught sight of the two teens. She believed that everyone was taking it hard.
[Flashback to that day]
"You idiots, what took you so long." Everyone watched as the young man with black hair fell forward. Shinya ran over, catching the young man before he hit the group. Panic filled his eyes as he kneeled down, seating the young man's body into a sitting position.
"Kage! Hey Kage, you okay?" Shinya lightly shook the male, not getting a response. He felt his heart pound rapidly as he felt Shiro's life energy starting to dip down. "Kage, wake up! Answer me! Come on stop joking with me. Wake up!"
"Kaze. . ." Sana ran up to Shinya, her eyes wide with fear. "Is he going to be okay?"
"I don't know," Shinya said. "He's lost a lot of energy and blood. We're going to need to stop his bleeding immediately."
"Is there something we can do?" Raye walked up to the male with concern. Shinya looked at her with pain in his eyes.
"We. . .I don't know. We've never had a problem like this before," Shinya said.
"Raye! Amy! Jin! Lita! Toya! Are you okay?" Serena ran up to the group, but stopped once she saw the unconscious Shiro. "Kage."
"Some guy with two toned hair attacked us," Raye said. "That young man protected us, but in the process. . ." Raye turned her head away, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Kaze, Kage, Tsuta, are things. . ." Botan came down off her oar to find the damage down. "Oh no."
"It was Kiro," Sana said, her voice thick with tears she tried to fight back. "He was using the crystal he stole from the Queen. Me and Kaze came just in time to help him, but. . ."
"I understand," Botan said. "You should get him to safety." The two teens nodded as Kaze gather his partner's body into his arms then looked over to Sana. She looked at him briefly, before turning her eyes on the body in his arms.
"Wait one second, what's going on?" Serena said. "Are you friends of Kage? Is he going to be all right? I have to know."
"Neo Queen Serenity, we don't have any answers right now," Kaze said. "We don't have much time. Please excuse us." Before Serena could question the teen more, Kaze created a whirlwind of energy around him, Sana, and Shiro. In a matter of seconds, the trio was gone from sight.
"Pretty impressive," Jin said, watching the kid's wind movement with ease. There was something about that kid that seemed familiar, something that he couldn't put his finger on. Had he met that kid somewhere before?
Serena turned directly to Botan once the three were gone. Her eyes begged for answers, knowing that Botan knew more about this. "You have to tell me what's going on? What's happening?"
Botan gave the woman a serious look before looking away. There was no way she could tell Serena that Shiro was her son in the future and that he had come back in time to protect her from a horrible future. There was no way that she could tell the woman all about the things that Shiro, Shinya, and Sana had told her and Koenma now that this incident had come into play. "I'm truly sorry Serena, but I can't give you that information. You'll have to hear it from them. . .if they want to tell you."
"Botan, please! I have to know what's going on. He saved my life, I just want to know if there is something I can do to help by chance," Serena pleaded.
"I'm sorry, but I can not tell you. There's a lot more to this than I can possibly tell you," Botan apologized as she hopped back on her oar to go after the teens from the future. She felt bad for not being able to tell Serena that the young man that saved her, was also her future son. It would probably eat at her if she knew anyway.
[Flashback ends]
"Botan." Botan was brought out of her thoughts, seeing a pair of blue eyes looking at her.
"Hi. No change?" inquired Botan. She watched the male shake his head sadly. For some reason, she thought he was taking it the hardest. Maybe it was because they seemed to be the best of friends despite Shiro's saturnine state. From what Pluto had told her and Koenma, the two were almost always together growing up, when Shiro didn't tag along with his older brother.
"I don't know what will break him out of this state," Shinya said quietly. The twinkle in his eyes had all but vanished with the days that passed. "His wounds have healed and his youki is almost completely back. At least it's to the point he should be up and moving around. But he hasn't waked up yet. I fear if this keeps up he will never."
"Maybe. . ." Botan said hesitantly.
"What?" Shinya looked up at her hopefully.
"Maybe we can try to bring Serena here. She is his mother in the future after all. Maybe she can reach him from wherever he is," Botan suggested. "I think it would ease maybe more than just his mind, but hers too. She's really worried about him."
"I thought about that. Maybe it will work," Shinya said. "Do you think you can bring her here? And if you can, I think it's time that Yusuke knew the truth. Kiro without a shadow of a doubt come after Emi and Kazuya along with the others."
"Do you think that's wise to tell him now?" The voice of Pluto arose out of no where. Everyone turned to see the woman coming in the door. She had a grim look on her face. Despite all the misgivings she and the other two outer senshi had about the pairing at first, both Ryo and Shiro had grown on her. To see the young man in this sort of condition broke her heart.
"Setsuna," Shinya said. "You left the time gate?"
"Only for a little while. I came to check on Shiro. I'm sorry I couldn't come before. I was speaking with Rini and the others. They wanted to know what was going on. And told me to ask if you wanted help with this case," Pluto replied.
"Help? No." Shinya shook his head rapidly. He didn't want anymore of his friends getting hurt because of this case. Once Shiro woke up, everything would be taken care of. "Everyone here should be enough to take down Kiro. And once we tell Yusuke, things will be set back on track. He can be trusted."
"I know that, but don't you think that if you tell him with Serena here, she will also know. Do you think it's wise that she should know now?" Pluto inquired.
"She has a right to know," Botan spoke up. "I just don't know if she will be able to take it. I mean, this is her son laying here fight to come back to consciousness after all."
Shinya gently moved Sana from his shoulder and stood up. Looking down at Shiro one last time, he headed for the door. "We'll know soon enough. I'm going to get them. Stay here with Sana and Shiro. I'll be back in a few."
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Serena was shocked to find the male with the dark brownish hair from the other day waiting for her as she headed out for the day. His blue eyes told her that Kage wasn't doing well. "Neo Queen Serenity, I was wondering if you would mind coming with me for a little while."
"Is it about Kage?" Serena said.
"Yes, it is about him."
"Is he all right? Has anything happened to him? How are his wounds?" Serena inquired in one breath.
"His wounds have healed, and his energy is almost back to what it should be, but. . ." The male's eyes watered up as he looked away from her. His hands were at his sides, but clenched into tight fists. "He won't wake up. It's like he's in a coma. I can't get any sort of response out of him. I'm scared. I'm really scared. I've been strong around Botan and my other partner, but. . ." Shinya bowed his head, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
Serena walked up to the male, placing her arms around his shoulders. *They must be really close. Poor boy.* Serena waited for him to calm down before speaking. "It's okay. I'll help anyway I can. Just take me to him."
"Do you mind that we get Yusuke first?" The young man said lifting his face from her shoulder. For a moment, Serena had a quick déjà vu feeling. Like one of the times she had held Lita when the young woman had broke up with a boyfriend that had really hurt her. Lita had been the same as this male, strong around others, until she just broke down. The male even favored Lita.
"Yusuke? What for?"
"There's something that I must tell you both that is really important. I don't know when the next battle will come, but we can't be unprepared as before. My partner would come out of his coma and kill me if anything happened to you," Shinya said with a small smile on his lips. Serena had a feeling that this. . .whatever it was. . .was more than what it seemed. Yusuke was right about them all being already deeply involved with whatever it was that was going on.
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Yusuke and Serena walked into the room where Shiro was still unconscious. Sana still sat by Shiro's bedside, but her tears had subsided. Botan sat by the young girl, awaiting Yusuke and Serena's arrival. Looking up at the two, she smiled, but it dropped immediately. Serena walked over to the bed, looking down at the young male. He seemed so peaceful there, as if he was sleeping beauty waiting to be awakened.
"Why did I have to come here again?" Yusuke said as he looked at Shinya.
"There's trouble. I thought we wouldn't have to tell you about it and could do things inconspicuously, but our enemy won't let you go free. He's going to try to come after you and the others once again. I didn't want you to be unprepared when coming up against him," Shinya said.
"What does this guy you're after want with us?" Yusuke asked. He saw a slow sad smile come to his lips as he stared at Shiro. "Kaze?"
"You don't have to call me that anymore. You can use my real name, since I'm about to tell you the real reason that we came back from the future," Shinya replied.
"Your real name?"
"Shinya Kino. Eldest son of Jin and Lita Kino." Yusuke, who had already found out Shinya's identity, was not surprised by his name. But Serena, having Yusuke only tell her a quarter of the story, was more than shocked. This young man was Lita and Jin's. . .he was the child born to the two just that same year.
"I can't believe that. . .you're their son," Serena awed. Another light smile appeared on Shinya's face as he looked over in Sana's direction.
"Then I guess you're going to be even more surprised by everyone else's identity," Shinya said. "Introduce yourself Sana."
The girl sitting in the chair by Shiro's bed looked up at Serena and Yusuke with a short smile, wiping her eyes. "I'm sorry I'm not my usual cheerful self. My name is Sana. Sana Minamino, second child to Raye and Shuuichi Minamino."
"You're Raye's daughter?" Yusuke gaped. "Well, I'm pretty surprised. So, what about Kage?"
"His name is Shiro," Sana said.
"Shiro. . .that's a beautiful name," Serena said.
"I'm glad you like it," Shinya said. "You were the one after all that gave him that name."
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Nakoruru: The end of another chapter.
Rimnerel: Maybe by the end of October you'll have some reviewers again. I'm getting back to "A Place For My Head."
Nakoruru: I don't care if you don't help me finish out this story.
Rimnerel: Look stop tripping. I'm helping you with the next chapter tomorrow like you're helping me with the yaoi tomorrow too.
Blazer: Guess I'll leave again since I'm not needed. So I guess we can see the next chapter out by Monday. Interesting how you're getting back in gear at a quicker pace. Maybe Rim should have helped out earlier.
Nakoruru: Be quiet. Let's get out of here.
Rimnerel: It's me and my sissy back for another chapter.
(Insects chirping because no one is around. The two fan fiction writers look around with a classic anime look on their faces.)
Nakoruru (-_-): There's no one around.
Rimnerel (-__-): Man, I guess we waited too long to update. Oh well, we can't leave this one unattended to. Someone may come back.
Blazer (walks in): Nak, Rim, why in the world is it so quiet around. . .oh. . .no readers. Oh well, let's get started before you get the nerve to stop working.
Nakoruru: My sister and I took turns writing this one, so if anyone cares and wanted to know why it was so strange, that's the reason.
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The young woman with green eyes stared down at the male that remained unconscious. Her eyes tears up once again as she reached down to stroke his hair from out of his face. Sana bit her lip, trying to remain as calm as she could. "Shiro. . .please wake up. . ." The girl bowed her head, feeling her shoulders shake violently once again. Tears tumbled down her face, as she could no longer control her tears. "Please wake up! Please!"
"Sana. . ." A young man with brownish red hair walked into the room. He looked just as upset as the girl was. After all, it had been nearly a week since that battle with Kiro. A week and Kiro had not come back after them. The male glanced over at the male in the bed, his eyes darkening with some incredibly dark emotion. With a short sigh, he walked over to the girl and sat down, letting her lean against his shoulder and cry. "He'll be fine, he won't let anything keep him down for too long."
"Shin-ya" Sana continued sobbing, uncertain of the truth that the male was saying. Of course they both knew that he was strong, but he had been going up against the power of the Millennia Heart Crystal, his parents crystal to be exact. That said crystal was the cause of him laying here now in almost a coma like state. They didn't know what kind of psychological wounds the young man was suffering from along with physical ones.
The two sat by the bed one in tears while the other was consoling. They didn't hear the soft knock on the door before an individual walked into the room. Her pink eyes saddened when she caught sight of the two teens. She believed that everyone was taking it hard.
[Flashback to that day]
"You idiots, what took you so long." Everyone watched as the young man with black hair fell forward. Shinya ran over, catching the young man before he hit the group. Panic filled his eyes as he kneeled down, seating the young man's body into a sitting position.
"Kage! Hey Kage, you okay?" Shinya lightly shook the male, not getting a response. He felt his heart pound rapidly as he felt Shiro's life energy starting to dip down. "Kage, wake up! Answer me! Come on stop joking with me. Wake up!"
"Kaze. . ." Sana ran up to Shinya, her eyes wide with fear. "Is he going to be okay?"
"I don't know," Shinya said. "He's lost a lot of energy and blood. We're going to need to stop his bleeding immediately."
"Is there something we can do?" Raye walked up to the male with concern. Shinya looked at her with pain in his eyes.
"We. . .I don't know. We've never had a problem like this before," Shinya said.
"Raye! Amy! Jin! Lita! Toya! Are you okay?" Serena ran up to the group, but stopped once she saw the unconscious Shiro. "Kage."
"Some guy with two toned hair attacked us," Raye said. "That young man protected us, but in the process. . ." Raye turned her head away, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Kaze, Kage, Tsuta, are things. . ." Botan came down off her oar to find the damage down. "Oh no."
"It was Kiro," Sana said, her voice thick with tears she tried to fight back. "He was using the crystal he stole from the Queen. Me and Kaze came just in time to help him, but. . ."
"I understand," Botan said. "You should get him to safety." The two teens nodded as Kaze gather his partner's body into his arms then looked over to Sana. She looked at him briefly, before turning her eyes on the body in his arms.
"Wait one second, what's going on?" Serena said. "Are you friends of Kage? Is he going to be all right? I have to know."
"Neo Queen Serenity, we don't have any answers right now," Kaze said. "We don't have much time. Please excuse us." Before Serena could question the teen more, Kaze created a whirlwind of energy around him, Sana, and Shiro. In a matter of seconds, the trio was gone from sight.
"Pretty impressive," Jin said, watching the kid's wind movement with ease. There was something about that kid that seemed familiar, something that he couldn't put his finger on. Had he met that kid somewhere before?
Serena turned directly to Botan once the three were gone. Her eyes begged for answers, knowing that Botan knew more about this. "You have to tell me what's going on? What's happening?"
Botan gave the woman a serious look before looking away. There was no way she could tell Serena that Shiro was her son in the future and that he had come back in time to protect her from a horrible future. There was no way that she could tell the woman all about the things that Shiro, Shinya, and Sana had told her and Koenma now that this incident had come into play. "I'm truly sorry Serena, but I can't give you that information. You'll have to hear it from them. . .if they want to tell you."
"Botan, please! I have to know what's going on. He saved my life, I just want to know if there is something I can do to help by chance," Serena pleaded.
"I'm sorry, but I can not tell you. There's a lot more to this than I can possibly tell you," Botan apologized as she hopped back on her oar to go after the teens from the future. She felt bad for not being able to tell Serena that the young man that saved her, was also her future son. It would probably eat at her if she knew anyway.
[Flashback ends]
"Botan." Botan was brought out of her thoughts, seeing a pair of blue eyes looking at her.
"Hi. No change?" inquired Botan. She watched the male shake his head sadly. For some reason, she thought he was taking it the hardest. Maybe it was because they seemed to be the best of friends despite Shiro's saturnine state. From what Pluto had told her and Koenma, the two were almost always together growing up, when Shiro didn't tag along with his older brother.
"I don't know what will break him out of this state," Shinya said quietly. The twinkle in his eyes had all but vanished with the days that passed. "His wounds have healed and his youki is almost completely back. At least it's to the point he should be up and moving around. But he hasn't waked up yet. I fear if this keeps up he will never."
"Maybe. . ." Botan said hesitantly.
"What?" Shinya looked up at her hopefully.
"Maybe we can try to bring Serena here. She is his mother in the future after all. Maybe she can reach him from wherever he is," Botan suggested. "I think it would ease maybe more than just his mind, but hers too. She's really worried about him."
"I thought about that. Maybe it will work," Shinya said. "Do you think you can bring her here? And if you can, I think it's time that Yusuke knew the truth. Kiro without a shadow of a doubt come after Emi and Kazuya along with the others."
"Do you think that's wise to tell him now?" The voice of Pluto arose out of no where. Everyone turned to see the woman coming in the door. She had a grim look on her face. Despite all the misgivings she and the other two outer senshi had about the pairing at first, both Ryo and Shiro had grown on her. To see the young man in this sort of condition broke her heart.
"Setsuna," Shinya said. "You left the time gate?"
"Only for a little while. I came to check on Shiro. I'm sorry I couldn't come before. I was speaking with Rini and the others. They wanted to know what was going on. And told me to ask if you wanted help with this case," Pluto replied.
"Help? No." Shinya shook his head rapidly. He didn't want anymore of his friends getting hurt because of this case. Once Shiro woke up, everything would be taken care of. "Everyone here should be enough to take down Kiro. And once we tell Yusuke, things will be set back on track. He can be trusted."
"I know that, but don't you think that if you tell him with Serena here, she will also know. Do you think it's wise that she should know now?" Pluto inquired.
"She has a right to know," Botan spoke up. "I just don't know if she will be able to take it. I mean, this is her son laying here fight to come back to consciousness after all."
Shinya gently moved Sana from his shoulder and stood up. Looking down at Shiro one last time, he headed for the door. "We'll know soon enough. I'm going to get them. Stay here with Sana and Shiro. I'll be back in a few."
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Serena was shocked to find the male with the dark brownish hair from the other day waiting for her as she headed out for the day. His blue eyes told her that Kage wasn't doing well. "Neo Queen Serenity, I was wondering if you would mind coming with me for a little while."
"Is it about Kage?" Serena said.
"Yes, it is about him."
"Is he all right? Has anything happened to him? How are his wounds?" Serena inquired in one breath.
"His wounds have healed, and his energy is almost back to what it should be, but. . ." The male's eyes watered up as he looked away from her. His hands were at his sides, but clenched into tight fists. "He won't wake up. It's like he's in a coma. I can't get any sort of response out of him. I'm scared. I'm really scared. I've been strong around Botan and my other partner, but. . ." Shinya bowed his head, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
Serena walked up to the male, placing her arms around his shoulders. *They must be really close. Poor boy.* Serena waited for him to calm down before speaking. "It's okay. I'll help anyway I can. Just take me to him."
"Do you mind that we get Yusuke first?" The young man said lifting his face from her shoulder. For a moment, Serena had a quick déjà vu feeling. Like one of the times she had held Lita when the young woman had broke up with a boyfriend that had really hurt her. Lita had been the same as this male, strong around others, until she just broke down. The male even favored Lita.
"Yusuke? What for?"
"There's something that I must tell you both that is really important. I don't know when the next battle will come, but we can't be unprepared as before. My partner would come out of his coma and kill me if anything happened to you," Shinya said with a small smile on his lips. Serena had a feeling that this. . .whatever it was. . .was more than what it seemed. Yusuke was right about them all being already deeply involved with whatever it was that was going on.
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Yusuke and Serena walked into the room where Shiro was still unconscious. Sana still sat by Shiro's bedside, but her tears had subsided. Botan sat by the young girl, awaiting Yusuke and Serena's arrival. Looking up at the two, she smiled, but it dropped immediately. Serena walked over to the bed, looking down at the young male. He seemed so peaceful there, as if he was sleeping beauty waiting to be awakened.
"Why did I have to come here again?" Yusuke said as he looked at Shinya.
"There's trouble. I thought we wouldn't have to tell you about it and could do things inconspicuously, but our enemy won't let you go free. He's going to try to come after you and the others once again. I didn't want you to be unprepared when coming up against him," Shinya said.
"What does this guy you're after want with us?" Yusuke asked. He saw a slow sad smile come to his lips as he stared at Shiro. "Kaze?"
"You don't have to call me that anymore. You can use my real name, since I'm about to tell you the real reason that we came back from the future," Shinya replied.
"Your real name?"
"Shinya Kino. Eldest son of Jin and Lita Kino." Yusuke, who had already found out Shinya's identity, was not surprised by his name. But Serena, having Yusuke only tell her a quarter of the story, was more than shocked. This young man was Lita and Jin's. . .he was the child born to the two just that same year.
"I can't believe that. . .you're their son," Serena awed. Another light smile appeared on Shinya's face as he looked over in Sana's direction.
"Then I guess you're going to be even more surprised by everyone else's identity," Shinya said. "Introduce yourself Sana."
The girl sitting in the chair by Shiro's bed looked up at Serena and Yusuke with a short smile, wiping her eyes. "I'm sorry I'm not my usual cheerful self. My name is Sana. Sana Minamino, second child to Raye and Shuuichi Minamino."
"You're Raye's daughter?" Yusuke gaped. "Well, I'm pretty surprised. So, what about Kage?"
"His name is Shiro," Sana said.
"Shiro. . .that's a beautiful name," Serena said.
"I'm glad you like it," Shinya said. "You were the one after all that gave him that name."
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Nakoruru: The end of another chapter.
Rimnerel: Maybe by the end of October you'll have some reviewers again. I'm getting back to "A Place For My Head."
Nakoruru: I don't care if you don't help me finish out this story.
Rimnerel: Look stop tripping. I'm helping you with the next chapter tomorrow like you're helping me with the yaoi tomorrow too.
Blazer: Guess I'll leave again since I'm not needed. So I guess we can see the next chapter out by Monday. Interesting how you're getting back in gear at a quicker pace. Maybe Rim should have helped out earlier.
Nakoruru: Be quiet. Let's get out of here.