Disclaimer: I don't own anybody used in this fic except for Xara and Sarai who are characters of my own making.

AN: Sorry for the long long wait...heh...Last year was a hellish year for me. But now I'm better, I've found that writing is sort of therapeutic for me so you can expect a few more updates as I do plan on finishing these stories if it kills me. And then after I finish writing them I plan on rewriting them as I'm sure my writing style has made some development over the years....So here's the long awaited next chapter!

Title: Shinigami's Lover

Ch. 4: Revelation

Written By: Firefly's Rebirth

Rating: R

Pairing: hmm...wat do you think it is?

Warnings:....umm...there are hints of homosexuality...sort of ...ummm....implied torture and whatnot... oh yes...some badly translated Japanese, mind you, I don't take Japanese so what I have is what I have from watching anime...

(blah) denotes my comments and notes

[blah] denotes what little comments SFG can afford to put in...[thanx...I feel the love...]

^blah^ denotes thoughts...

*blah* denotes words spoken into whoever's head by....whoever....usually Shinigami...

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Recap:

^I'll tell him...eventually. Now isn't the time to do so. When Shinigami appears again, I'll tell him, them, all of them...If only I could remember why I left in the first place...^

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Hotaru walked into her room and closed the door. She sighed as she sat down on the foot of her bed. She sat staring at her reflection in the vanity mirror before her. ^Who am I trying to kid? Heero knows I'm lying about Shinigami through my teeth, Xara and Sarai are here to pressure my return to hell for god knows why. I left because...because...I can't even remember, the trip up here must have ripped some of my memories. I just want to be free, is that impossible? I just want to live the life of a semi-normal human (unable to lead a perfectly normal life because of her power and the fact that she's with Preventers which is highly abnormal), but that seems to be getting even more impossible.^ [also just cuz you know....she's one of THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE in hell...yeah...just MIGHT pose a problem...]

She laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling above. She lifted her hand above her and studied it. Her petite ivory hand against the shadows created by the lamp by her bed, making it look like it belonged to that of a ghost, so white it was compared to the shadows. ^What have my hands done to deserve this...this living hell? ...I'm tired.^

*Well if you're tired, why not just return? After all, you'll be more 'at rest' if you return, you'll definitely be more at home at least, you'll be welcome, no one can hurt you...*

Hotaru groaned. ^Go away! Dammit, can't I have one minute of peace from you without your constant blathering in my head? Can't I just be free from you? Why must you constantly pursue me? Why did you send Xara and Sarai? Why...?^

*Stop with the questions. You can be relieved from all that if you just return. Don't forget, you do...*

^SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^ She screamed in her head. Her body shook with the agony of fear and pain. ^Urusaiurusaiusuai!!!!^ She had fallen off the bed and was huddled in a fetal position slightly rocking on the ground, with tears in her eyes.

The door to her room burst open. "Hotaru?! Are you alright?" (can anyone guess who it is?) [Heeroooooo!!!!] [god...bad flashbacks of Relena...*shudder*]

Duo rushed down to kneel by Hotaru, a very worried and concerned expression on her face. (nyahaha...it was DUO not Heero...heehee...did I fool ya?? ) [*pouts* meanie!!] (*cackles* *feeling very proud of herself*)

Duo tried to comfort the distraught girl by stroking her back, but as he made contact with her back she lashed out with her arms hitting him away from her. "Don't touch me Shinigami! Stay away from me!!!" She screamed.

"What's going on here?" growled Heero when he saw that Hotaru was edging away from Duo as if he was the big-bad-wolf. [U.U my poor Duo-chan...] (*rolls eyes*)

Hotaru ignored him, her full attention on the violet-eyed boy before her, tensely in a crouched and ready to attack if provoked.

Duo was nervously watching Hotaru while he answered Heero; the others (all them other boys...in case u'd forgotten...) had gathered to see what was going on, "I dunno, I just came in here because I heard Hotaru scream. I found her on the ground acting as if there were monsters surrounding her, and I tried to comfort her, but she just lashed out at me calling me Shinigami and telling me to stay away."

He once again tried to approach her, his hands in front of him to show that he wasn't going to hurt her, the others watched frozen, not knowing what to make of the situation. "It's alright Hotaru, it's me, Duo, you know, the jokester of the group?"

He reached out a hand to take hers. Before he was even an inch close, he was thrown back by an unseen force and knocked into Heero, who also fell under the invisible assault.

"Stay away." She said tersely as the two boys tried to pick themselves up. Xara and Sarai who both seemed to be have been knocked out of their stupor by this stepped forward towards Hotaru saying, "We'll handle this."

But before they could get far, Hotaru sprinted forward and went straight at Sarai's neck. "You'll handle this huh?" She sneered evilly, "Oh I'd like to see you try." [@.@.....lacking O2....]

Xara stepped forward to attack Hotaru with a ball of energy in her hand, but before she could react, Hotaru, without turning her attention from Sarai, held her hand out and blasted Xara into the wall. The impact shook the wall so hard that the weapons on the wall came raining down on her.

Quatre and the others watched with wide eyes, unable to believe what was happening. "Watch out!!!!!" were the words that echoed throughout the room as they watched, frozen, as the deadly sharp weapons fell upon Xara.

Before their eyes, two swords imbedded themselves through Xara's back as she tried to shelter herself from the inevitable. They went all the way through her due to their heaviness and momentum.

Trowa rushed forward to see whether she was okay, "Quatre get an ambulance, quick!"

"No need, she wouldn't die from such things," snorted the volatile Hotaru who was still holding onto the neck of Sarai.[*choking* @.@...ok...need O2 now...] The boys just stared at her in horror. Heero stepped forward, rubbing his back, "Stop this firefly, wake up, come back to us, we're your friends..."

At this Hotaru's eyes narrowed. "Friends of Shinigami are no friends of mine." And with that she threw Sarai to the opposite wall, saying, "No one messes with me and lives...get theses two out of my sight, and get him (pointing at Duo) out of this house...now."

Wufei stepped over to Duo, and immediately pulled him out of the room, and then out of the house. He didn't say anything to anyone, it was a given that whatever Hotaru was asking for at the moment was to be followed otherwise they'd get hurt as well.

Quatre went to help the once again unconscious Sarai who laid like a boneless heap of stuff on the ground.[gee thanx...] He lifted her arm over his shoulder and quickly, yet carefully took her out of the room.

Trowa didn't know quite what to do with Xara, he didn't know whether or not he should move her with or without the two swords sticking out of her. He looked over at Hotaru questioningly.

Hotaru snorted [stop snorting] her disgust and walked over to Xara who was hunched over in pain. She ruthlessly pulled both swords out of Xara, causing her to spasm momentarily before collapsing to the ground. Both Heero and Trowa watched in amazement as Xara's skin healed over the two gashing wounds on her back. The blood was still there, but it had dried. When the grotesque cycle of the knitting flesh was finished, Trowa picked her up and stalked out of the room leaving Heero with Hotaru.

They stared at each other for a long while, before she spoke again, "Why are you still here? Friends of Shinigami aren't welcome in my presence."

He replied calmly, "I'm no one's friend, I'm only here to make sure you don't kill anyone.[uh-huh...he's just there cuz he's cold & indifferent] After all Firefly, I told you, you'd be the cause of chaos in our world, and I don't intend on letting that happen. You told me not to look into your past, but your eyes reveal more than you know. You fear this Shinigami, yet you don't fear him. You have this split personality as well, one cruel side, and one pure naïve side. I won't say that I understand you, because I don't, but I want to. I want to know what is it that makes you go off like this, and if you're not ready to tell us, then we can wait, but at least give us the respect we deserve by telling us who you are, at least start by answering us these questions before you go off messing with our emotions." (geh...he talks too much...)

He waited in silence as he let his words sink in. He could almost feel her emotions calm, as they subsided from the tide pool of hate and fear to a more melancholy and frightened feeling.

"...Heero...Gomenasai...Sankyuu"

He looked at her in surprise, he wasn't expecting anything. She looked so small before him, head bowed and figure trembling with unshed tears. She again surprised him when she leaned into him for support.

He surrendered to his compassionate feelings and held her as she collapsed to the ground weak against the onslaught of her emotions. He held her as she cried and whispered to herself, "What am I? What did I do? Who am I? Why...?" [*gag* and you say I'M CORNY & SAPPY!?!]

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It had been a week since the incident in Hotaru's bedroom. On the exterior, nothing had changed, the 5 (excluding Duo) headed to work together (sorta) along with Xara and Sarai who tagged along, and then Duo who met them at work. It had been decided by the five guys that it was better if he had as little contact with her as possible. Both Sarai and Xara could still feel the after affects of Hotaru's attack, Sarai with her red-tinged eyes (that's what happens when you are being strangled but I decided it would look cool if her normally grey eyes were red for a bit...^^;;) and Xara still sore throughout her upper body due to the swords. Duo was feeling less cheery than usual because of his stomach's soreness, and also because he had to go out of his way to avoid Hotaru.

(This first part of this chapter along with the other chapters of this fic was written two ago when I was still actively writing. And the rest of this chapter/fic would be where I've picked up after not working on any fiction writing two years....so if there're any discrepancies, forgive me, I seriously haven't thought about these stories in like...hmm...could it possibly be...two year??!!...no way! Couldn't have been...lol ^^;) [...wow...]

Hotaru had surrendered no explanation yet as to what had happened with her. It was as if she hardly knew herself. She remembered her need to leave the underworld, and the desire to be free from her lover, Shinigami. She even remembered Sarai and Xara, her old rivals from a time right before she became Shinigami's lover, but she couldn't remember what she had done in the underworld. She couldn't remember who else was there with her or why she was there in the first place. So now she was stuck with the dilemma of hating and fearing Duo, who apparently was the reflection of Shinigami himself on earth and, forgiving and pitying Duo because it wasn't really his fault that he happened to be the reflection. (did that make any sense??????????) [kinda *big smile & nods*] (v.v)

Heero had taken to following her around, subtly, but still outright following.[ok...this makes no sense..](sure it does...he follows her around without it seeming like he follows her around.) He watched her every move and was generally always in her vincinity. Hotaru didn't mind, in fact she seemed to welcome his "company," his quiet support and protection. His presence reduced the chance of mayhem. And lucky for her, so far, no one pressed the matter of her...explosion. They all seemed to understand that she wasn't comfortable speaking about it. (I'm rambling.....*beep*...I'll move on now)

Things probably would of or at least could have gone on the same, but Shinigami had other things in mind for his firefly.

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"Hotaru"

Hotaru looked up from her work to see Heero at the door with a cup of coffee in hand, "Yeah?"

"Une wants to see you."

"Oh...ok..." She finished typing the rest of her sentence out before getting up. She walked past Heero who was still leaning on the doorframe. "Um...?"

"I'm supposed to be there too..."

"Oh..." Flustered, she continued down the hall, Heero following her shadow.

They entered Lady Une's office in silence standing in attention as she finished up her phonecall.

"Heero, Hotaru." She nodded her greeting at the two quiet Preventers.

Neither of them said anything.

"We seem to be in a tight spot. Terrorists have all of a sudden popped up everywhere demanding that a weapon called the Firefly be released to them or else they'd destroy this world with a new uprising of war, all this in the name of Shinigami," she paused to gauge their reactions, she didn't expect what she saw.

Hotaru's eyes had widened to a horrifying level. Her expression seemed to be torn between horror, disbelief, and a twisted hate. Heero on the other hand had a very concerned look...directed towards Hotaru.

The diminutive girl whispered, "Wha...what's being done about it?"

"Well, it hasn't been made public as it seems the terrorists have only contacted our headquarters. We don't know if it's just a prank, but judging by your reactions, it probably isn't...is it...Firefly?"

Both Hotaru and Heero's heads snapped to Lady Une's calm face.

"What?" bit out Heero.

"English for hotaru is firefly isn't it? And since the 'terrorists' only called here, it can only mean that they want Hotaru right?" Une was looking at them evenly, ignoring Heero's glare. "I don't know what's going on with you Tomoe-san, but I expect that you take responsibility for this threat as it is a very serious situation. If this is a personal battle, I suggest you sort it out before any public damage is done. I will not tolerate this world being put in danger because of one of my employee's personal problems. I don't mean to be cruel, but when the Earth's future is at stake, I don't make any exceptions." And with that, she dismissed them.

Heero didn't move, neither did Hotaru. He said tersely, "Why did you call me in as well? If this had to do with Hotaru, why did I have to be here?"

"I wanted to see if any of you had any idea what Hotaru was...I just figured you'd have done the most background checking," came the curt reply from the Lady.

"Hn..." He opened the door of the office and gestured for Hotaru to exit, closing the door behind him with a sharp click.

They walked back to Hotaru's office in silence, this time Heero walking beside her. He was about to enter her office with her, but she turned to face him, effectively stopping him.

"No...I need some time to myself. Sorry." She shut the door in his face before he could answer.

Heero stared at the door, "Shinigami ka?"

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Sarai was seething. Not only could she still feel Hotaru's cold grip on her still, she was forced to avoid the girl so that there wouldn't be any disruption to the "peace." She really wouldn't have cared about not having any contact with the disturbed girl, but Shinigami had visited both her and Xara again that week, and he was none too happy. He had said that due to their incompetence, he was going to take matters into his own hands...not a good thing. It meant that whatever happened to them didn't matter anymore; they had fallen from his grace.

She paced around the room that she and Xara now occupied while the others worked. Quatre had somehow managed to convince their superior to let them stay in the lounge while they were there. Most of the time, Xara would be reading something or another, and if not she'd just meditate or something. She was still stiff from the swords so she didn't move around very much. Sarai, on the other hand, usually slept or just played cards with herself.[gee...I sound bored...] In general though, both of them were left without much to do. Although they tried to avoid Hotaru-sama as much as possible, whenever she saw them, her eyes seemed to turn glacial. The strangest thing was what happened after; she would shake her head as if to clear her thoughts, frown and look completely confused.

Xara too noticed the strangeness of the whole situation. Hotaru-sama wasn't all there.

A shuffling of feet was the only noise heard in the room as Sarai paced.

The door all of a sudden opened to reveal a stern looking Heero.

Both girls looked at him questioningly. He looked right back, contemplating.

"Why does Shinigami want Hotaru back?"

Both girls were taken aback, neither of them expecting such a direct approach. Sarai was at a loss of words. Xara on the other hand winced as she turned her body to face the questioning ex-pilot. "She's his lover, of course he'd want her back."

"Lover? Was she forced?"

Sarai laughed, "Are you kidding? Shinigami force Hotaru to be his lover?"

Heero glared, "What then?"

Sarai couldn't speak as she choked back her laughter. She was definitely amused.

Xara calmly replied, "To become Shinigami's lover is a hard won honor. You don't become Shinigami's lover just because Shinigami wants you. You have to fight other contenders to become his lover."

"Both of you competed against Hotaru then, is that correct?"

Sarai stopped laughing. "Yes, we did. Kicked our asses, she did."

Both her and Xara were quiet, recalling.

After a minute of silence, Xara spoke again, "It was strange, Hotaru wasn't even in line to fight, she just appeared on the day of the competition and completely blew us all away. She was exceptionally strong, but another thing that really drew Shinigami's attention to her was their similarities."

"Similarities?"

"Yah," Sarai added in, "Both her and Shinigami were sort of dark horses, if you know what I mean. They both were remarkably powerful."

"What aren't you saying?"

Xara looked at him shrewdly, "Hm...you're pretty smart aren't you Heero?" (ooh...do I hear some derision there?)

He just looked back at her unblinkingly, waiting for her to continue.

"In order to become Shinigami, one must defeat the previous Shinigami and the only person who can challenge Shinigami is..."

"Shinigami no Koi, Shinigami's lover," came a familiarly sweetly cutting voice,

Heero whipped around to see a smiling Duo. "Duo? What are you doing here?"

Duo smiled [that all too 'sweet' smile ne? ^^], "Eavesdropping Heero."

Heero just stared. "What made you say Shinigami's lover?"

"Well it is, isn't it? I mean, from the way the conversation was going, I just figured that would be the twist needed eh?" He was still smiling. [Cheshire Cat man...evil grin]

Heero snorted. He sent pointed looks at the two frozen girls before exiting the room.

Duo smirked, "Well well girls...it seems I can't leave you two alone for even a minute, otherwise you'll be divulging all of our secrets eh? Especially you Xara. How should I punish you hmm?"

Sarai froze, but seeing that the threat wasn't directed towards her, she relaxed ever so slightly.

The room started to distort. A different dimension came into place, a place where no wondering person could walk in on their (Shinigami's) activities. Xara was bound, her wrists tied together with chains to a short post the height of her thighs. Her feet were similarly bound to the bottom of the post. The iron fetters had barbs on the inside, tearing at her wrist and ankles with every little movement she made. Whips and other devices for torture hung on the "walls" of the room. Shinigami had stripped himself of all his clothing save his pants. He was nuzzling Xara from behind, pressing his body completely against her back, soon he was panting in a sort of pleasure, seemingly unaware of the pain he was causing.

Xara was caught in between pleasure and pain. The pleasure coming from behind her, Shinigami's rubbing was sending shots of pleasure to her brain, he was aroused by her body and making it known. On the other hand, it was a complete punishment being tied to posts with barbs digging into her wrists and ankles drawing blood. It was understood that before the night was over, pleasure would be of another world.

Sarai watched Shinigami's movements apprehensively. Never had she seen him so sadistically enjoying himself. She almost wanted to be the one in Xara's place, receiving pleasure from him and enjoying the pain as well because it was Shinigami who was giving it. The faces both of them were making, disgusting, it made her stomach curdle in revulsion.

Suddenly, Shinigami bent forward so that he was licking Xara's ear, "You're going to pleasure me tonight Xara...I want to hear you scream..."

With that, he wrapped his right hand on the front of her throat and abruptly jerked her body back, away from the poles she was attached to.

A strangled scream of pain rose out of her throat.

Sarai turned her face away.

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Hotaru shuddered. She knew Shinigami was up to something. She could feel it. Was this threat to world peace a threat that Shinigami would bring to reality? Hotaru shook her head, no, he wouldn't...he couldn't. The heavens wouldn't allow him to get away with such a thing. She wouldn't allow such a thing.

After returning from her meeting with Lady Une, Hotaru had collapsed onto the couch in the office. (Rini was a part time worker I guess...either that or she quit...) She just didn't have the strength at that moment to deal with any of it...not even Heero's uncomfortably comforting calm and security. She closed her eyes and fell into a fitful sleep.

*Anta wa dare?*

Hotaru looked around anxiously to see who had spoken to her, "Dare da?"

Giggling.

*Kochikochi*

Hotaru looked in the direction of the voice. It was that of a young girl's. Not seeing anyone she called out, "Doko?"

More giggling.

*Kochi.*

Hotaru turned to her left, and sure enough there was a girl standing before her. She couldn't really see her though, the little girl was covered in shadows. "Anata wa dare?"

Giggling. *Atashi wa...Hotaru desu. Anta wa dare?*

Confused, Hotaru pointed to herself, "Watakushi wa Hotaru desu."

*Sou ne?* Giggle *Me too...*

"I can't see you, please come closer little Hotaru." Hotaru blindly reached forward towards the little girl that also called herself Hotaru. This place she was in, was dark, there were no walls no floors, just space, yet there stood a girl before her.

The girl stepped forward, but as she stepped towards her, her shape seemed to change, to grow larger. Only when she was right in front of Hotaru did she stop. By then Hotaru could see very clearly who she was.

Before her stood her very reflection, only she was slightly different. Her hair wasn't shoulder length, instead, it reached down past her feet, a puddle of the black mass gathered beneath her. Her eyes weren't as round, but sharper, and her smile wasn't cute or innocent, but rather a more callous smirk. (She does sort of look like Mistress Nine, but I'm imagining a more mature looking version of Hotaru.) Hotaru lifted her hand and put it up against her reflection's hand. "How...who?"

The Other Hotaru smiled, "I am you Firefly. Your other half, your truer half. Or rather your spoiled side." (spoiled as in no longer pure...it also has other connotations if you really wanna analyze...=P)

"Why are you here?"

"I'm here to free you of course. You can only gain your freedom if you know who you are. Shinigami will always have a hold on you wherever you go, but if you have at least your memories, then maybe you'll have a better chance at independence from him."

"You speak to me as if you are a completely different person."

"In a way, I am. I will always be Shinigami's lover." This was said with a sort of pride. "No one can replace me, least of all those two inferiors who are currently stuck in one of Shinigami's sadistic games."

"Xara and Sarai? What's happening to them?" Hotaru was worried.

"Oh how you can be so caring is beyond me. Listen here, we're going to fuse. I've had enough of this half-existence bullshit."

"What?"

The Other Hotaru wrapped her arms around Hotaru pulling her close. Her voice dropped to a sensuous whisper, "I'm going to become one with you Firefly, that way you can be free and so can I."

"You want freedom? From what?" Hotaru was feeling faint, she leaned into her other half.

"I want freedom from Shinigami of course..." She was now whispering directly into Hotaru's ear, running her hand up and down Hotaru's back, calming her.

Hotaru's heart beat in sync with the other's. ^Freedom from Shinigami. If I fuse with her, then I'll be free...^ "How....." She too was now whispering...

"Like this..." She moved back slightly and drew Hotaru's face towards hers. She leaned forward as Hotaru's eyes closed. Their faces inched closer.

"Firefly!!"

Hotaru's eyes snapped open.

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Heero walked down the hall towards Trowa's and Wufei's shared office. ^That Duo...^ He found a note on the door saying that they had gone out to do some info gathering. So he headed towards Quatre's only to find him busily talking to someone on the phone about some incident or another. There was no one he could sit in silent contemplation with. Usually he'd have done it on his own, but he was hoping that his old friends would be able to come up with some revelation for him. (rambleramble...) [grumblegrumble...]

Even though they were now off vacation, he was left without anything to do. He knew that he should be doing research on the other peace problems, but he was sure the other's could handle it without him. (Ooh....sap comin' up...) [thanx 4 the warning *puts on sap filtering glasses*] And strangely, he found that he was distracted by another matter on hand. A certain strange firefly and her strange friends with their strange and dangerous problems. (ooh...very strange...)

Irritated, he walked back into his own office and sat at his desk, staring at his laptop. He fiddled around with it, and saw something that was very disturbing on the screen. He ran out of the room and sprinted towards the door at the end of the hall.

He forced the door open and with his own two eyes, confirmed what his laptop had shown him. A girl wearing armor with spikes, a long cape and obscenely long black hair floating about. Not only was she floating above the prone girl on the couch, not only did she just happen to look exactly like the girl on the couch, she had black angel wings sticking out of the folds of her cape, black wings which were presumably attached to her back. The apparition was leaning towards Hotaru with a smirk that didn't look quite right. Something about her about to kiss Hotaru didn't strike very well with Heero.[gee...I wonder why] (no seriously though...I DO wonder about that...) The wrongness hit Heero in the gut. (Wrong as in, it felt wrong.) He dashed forward "knocking" the angel out of his way, and shook Hotaru, who was looking far too pale, calling her, "Firefly!!"

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She found herself lying on the couch staring up at the ceiling. She sat up and bumped heads with Heero, who gave her the strangest look.

"What? What is it? What happened? What's wrong?" She was completely flustered.

Heero's forehead was scrunched in deliberation. "You...who...?"

Hotaru shook her head not understanding, "What? I what? Who what?" [now she sounds like u...clueless...] (HEY! That's not nice!!! I'm not clueless!!!) [suuuuuure ur not!!!] ( I resent that...)

"There was someone, something hanging above you."

"What?"

"She...It...was about to kiss you."

Shocked silence.

^It was a dream? Wait...it was real?^

"Who was she Firefly? Do you know?"

"She...I..."

"Ano onna wa Shi no Senshi, Shinigami no Koi, Tomoe Hotaru."

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AN: So...after how long did I finally update this...sheesh...welll for the longest time I didn't have any idea where any of my stories were going to go. I knew how it would end, just not how I was going to get there. On top of that, last year was, as I said, hellish for me personally, so I was unable to put anything out. It wasn't until the end of last year (school year) that I figured out that a good source of stress relief and such could be found in my writing. So this year, I started writing again, it took some time, but I'm back again. And I do plan of continuing these stupid stories of mine ^^;; LoL....anyways, please motivate me more by giving me nice reviews! I could really use them, that way I know people still want to read my story. Thanks!

Lufs from Firefly's Rebirth (heh...I should change to Firefly's Return!!!...lol...=P ) [*rolls eyes*]

PS. Contrary to common belief...I don't actually write these stories, they write themselves and I'm a slave to their commands. So if there seriously is something I don't understand and it doesn't make sense to you....heh....ask me....gimme time...and I'll figure it out...eventually....with loads of useless arguments with my beta cause she apparently has a logic that cannot be compared to anything else. (Meaning...any explanation I can come up with why or how something happens...she shoots it down). So anyways...make sure to review!! ;D