Fire's Heart
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: *pointed stare of doom* Yu huh. You know the drill. Or do I have to drill it into your heads again? *pause* Didn't think so.)
*pause, sigh* Gee, I just found out something. . . .
I'm getting used to not having anime in my life. Seriously, it bites. I'm losing interest in anime. *another sigh*
So, how are things going for you all? I hope it's better than my life. . . .Things are definately falling apart with me, I can tell you that. I've turned into a nervous wreck of a girl. . . .*pause, shakes head* You probably don't care, though, do you?
Ah, nearly forgot, review responses:
Transcendent - Ah. . .uh huh. *sigh* Y'know, I've an old computer with an old version of WordPad. Thusly, it did not come installed with a spell- checking or grammar-checking program. Shame, not all of us grow money off of trees, no? Well, I'm poor, I'm falling to pieces, barely keeping myself from jumping off a damned cliff, and last but not least, probably failing flippin' school! Learn to deal, bub. Lastly, I'm on a freakin' mood swing, on all the possible days and times, a MOOD SWING! Leave me to my peace, no one SAID you had to read and review this fic. It's not MY obligation for you to have. You should've stopped after the first chapter if you hated it so danged much!
Oh, and. . .How is this cliche?! Dangit, there haven't been THAT many of these fics made, from what I know! ARGH! . . . .I think I'm just going to jump off that cliff now so you can be a happy camper while everyone else dies of waiting, not knowing what the hell happened to the author. :P I'll leave it at that, smart ass.
Firenze - Eh, yeah, yeah. . . .Well, you'll see. . . .hopefully. . . .
Angel-eyes56 - *sigh* Yeah, yeah. . . . Uh huh. . . . .You'll see. . . .
Jennilyn Maxwell - Thanks. . . .Yeah, poor Rei.
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Thanks. Of course. Yeah. . . Whatever. . . . Probably, if I can figure it in. . . .
*stares at open sky above head* Hm, guess I need a new studio. *sighs unhappily*
Well, go on and enjoy the chapter. I'll try to keep everything up to the mood of things, but hey, I'm barely keeping myself up enough to act okay in front of my friends and crap. . . .so don't expect much. . . .*sighs and goes into the corner to work in peace*
KEY: *updated*
"talking"
'thinking'
{author's notes}, and (normal add-ins to the fic)
*******
Kagome winced slightly as she stared down at the well, wondering what she would say to her family and then to Rei's family about Rei's sudden disappearance.
The reaction she'd get from her family would be. . .less than good, and the reaction from Rei's family would probably cause them all to have a heart attack.
Kagome realized she was in for it, and that she was better off here, with her friends and bunches of random demons running around than in her own time, with several enraged people on her case, ready to rip her head off at a first glance.
'Just my luck,' she thought with a sigh as she hefted one leg over the well. After all, it was the time she had promised to come home, and it wouldn't do her or her family any good to worry about what had happened to her.
She continued to come up with liable excuses for her cousin's absence, hoping to come up with one before she encountered a member of her family.
Kagome paused as she was about to heft her other leg over the side of the well, "Wait, she came here of her own free will, thus, I could say I never encountered her. . . ."
She paused, letting that thought sift through her head before growling at herself, "Argh, I'm horrible at lying and everyone knows it! I could never say that and get away with it!"
Kagome sighed, trying to draw out the length of her exit. . .or was it enterance? Well, either way, she just wanted to hide away from her family for a long period of time.
"Oh, I hate it when I encounter these evil situations that just beg me to bash them into the ground."
*******
Needless to say, Rei was quite shocked with the reason Setsuna had sent her back here. It was to increase her power levels in every way, apprently, and that girl talk with the queen had been quite disturbing.
'Never again will I let royalty talk to me on how to get a flippin' guy. . . .'Ri thought, shuddering as she stared down at the water in the fountain of the garden
It wasn't all fun and games living for a while in the past. She had to make sure to stay away from herself. . .well, her part self and to not interfer or change the course of events with anything. Which, in truth, was harder than it seemed, because she had to glance down every corner ahead of time to see if her past self was there, and dodge questions shot at her by anyone she happened upon that knew she wasn't the Rei of this time.
Apparently being sent back in time had totally ruined her internal clock. Otherwise someone or something was just screwing with her, because after staying in the past for what seemed like only a few days, it was announced she was going to leave. After a bit of protesting, it appeared she had stayed there for about three weeks for them. Which was confusing, seeing as the time Rei came from had the same amount of hours and such in a day as the time here in the past.
She was to leave within the hour, and had already packed what little she had here: her henshin wand.
Rei sighed softly. Being here resurfaced quite a few memories, but not enough to make things vivid. She was vaguely wondering if the other senshi were going to have this happen to her too, figuring it most likely would happen. After all, she was no more important than any of the others who were the guardians for the princess. And if she was, she sure as hell didn't know about it, and it surely didn't seem like anyone would be telling her anytime soon.
The hour flew by quickly and soon Rei found herself standing in front of yet another intricately carved door (which, strange enough, looked exactly the same as the last one she had stepped through a few days ago). She wanted desperately to snort at the chances it would be, and had to remind herself to roast Setsuna's butt when she next saw the Time Guardian.
The queen smiled softly at Rei, who then recalled how dear queeny had acted like when the two were alone. That was a disturbing thought, seeing how much the supposedly calm-queen acted like her daughter's future self.
Rei sighed and turned back to the door, nibling on her lip. If Setsuna was pulling her through another loop, then Rei would roast the green-haired, all knowing senshi of time and space over an open fire for the world to see. Saving that thought for later, Rei paused as she lifted her hand. All this had branched from a simply visit to her cousin's house. If only she hadn't-
'Wait, no time to think of the 'what if's. That's for those who cling to anything of their pasts and are hopelessly lost in their own presents.'Rei thought, shaking her head ever so slightly to clear her thoughts. She needed to concentrate on what was behind that door. Then that growl from just before she had stumbled out of the door hit her, and she hoped she wouldn't run into the owner of it.
Once more she stopped her train of thought, effectively derailing it {Get it? Get it? XD}. She extended her arm the rest of the short distance between her and the door and quickly turned it, not wanting to hesitate and stay longer in this time that wasn't hers than nessecary. With a long, mental sigh, she tugged open the door, letting a gust of the winds from the Time Stream blow past her as the dark, mysterious depths of fog and mystery awaited her to step into their clutches and never release her.
She glanced back once more, gave a short nod to the few people there to escort her away, and stepped into the door, which automatically shut by itself once she had stepped through.
For some odd reason, Rei found that the normally more calm winds of the Time Stream was acting extremely harsh, causing her hair to whip about her face and smack her several times.
"Remind me again,"Rei paused and blew some of her hair from her mouth {that always happens to me when I'm walking in the wind},"why I grew my hair out!!"
*******
Usagi and company stared up at Ami's tech school.
"Why couldn't you be the one to use the pen, Minako?"Usagi asked, giving her hurt friend a glare.
"Because I only used it once, and even then it was hard to get it to work since my energy readings are different than yours."Minako paused, "What did I just say?"
Makoto sweatdropped and slapped her forehead with her hand, "You said, in more simply terms, it was hard to use the Luna Pen because your powers are different compared to Usa's."
Minako blinked, "Ah."
Makoto just sighed and shook her head, deciding not to make any comments. For once, she knew how Ami felt when hanging around one of the. . . less intellectual members of the group. This could seriously give someone a headache, she didn't know how Ami managed it and kept her stress and anger levels down to a minimum.
Usagi and Minako were currently aruging on who should use the Luna Pen, Makoto staying out of it, saying she was too tall and the pen couldn't make you shorter or taller (the latter only by giving you heels), before Minako flipped out a coin and the two decided on a coin toss.
"I call heads!"Usagi said immediantly.
"Fine, tails for me."Minako agreed, flipping the coin into the air, the light catching off of it just right, making it glint quite radiantly, before it landed in Minako's outstretched palm and she closed a fist around it, flipping it onto the back of her other hand, as was tradition.
"Heads!!"Minako cheered happily after glancing at the coin. Usagi pouted unhappily, cursing the fates that she had to go about this before reaching into her pocket and withdrawing the Luna Pen from it. She disappeared into some nearby forested area.
Vaguely, the other two girls could make out the sound of Usagi shouting out the words that allowed her to change before a few lights flashed through the leaves and trees and she stepped out again, looking like a genuine copy of Ami's mother.
"I hope you two are happy."Usagi growled.
"Nu uh, make your voice a bit happier and softer, Usa! Gotta sound like Ami's mom, no?"Minako asked, provoking her blonde companion.
Usagi hissed menacingly at her near-twin, but turned on her heel and marched up to the school, pausing suddenly.
"Hey, I've got a better idea of what to change into. . . ."she said, an evil smile appearing on her lips.
Minako and Makoto shared a glance between eachother, wondering what their princess was up to.
*******
*yawns* I'm tired, I'm bored, pardon me if I've got things running through my head about the disappointment of being a Poet of the Year nominee. . .and not getting to attend the convention that says who the winner is, down in Orlando, Florida. *pulls down a map and points to her spot on it, in St. Louis, and Orlando, way down on the boot of America*
Ah well. 'Twas nice while it lasted, cruel world. I'm seriously on a depression streak.
Anywho, this fic probably won't be updated for a long, long time. I've got to straighten out my life. And that takes a while. I need to make myself interested in anime as much as I used to be (if not more), repair broken friendships and those that have been lost by distance and time, catch up to work I continuously can't turn in for some reason or other (end of the semester! END OF THE SEMESTER THIS WEEK!), and make sure I can heal up my own turmoiled soul.
Well, with that all said and done (hopefully you people have read that VERY IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH ABOVE), I shall leave you all for now. Hope that I can fix my life up soon.
Ahknee/Kitteen
(Disclaimer: *pointed stare of doom* Yu huh. You know the drill. Or do I have to drill it into your heads again? *pause* Didn't think so.)
*pause, sigh* Gee, I just found out something. . . .
I'm getting used to not having anime in my life. Seriously, it bites. I'm losing interest in anime. *another sigh*
So, how are things going for you all? I hope it's better than my life. . . .Things are definately falling apart with me, I can tell you that. I've turned into a nervous wreck of a girl. . . .*pause, shakes head* You probably don't care, though, do you?
Ah, nearly forgot, review responses:
Transcendent - Ah. . .uh huh. *sigh* Y'know, I've an old computer with an old version of WordPad. Thusly, it did not come installed with a spell- checking or grammar-checking program. Shame, not all of us grow money off of trees, no? Well, I'm poor, I'm falling to pieces, barely keeping myself from jumping off a damned cliff, and last but not least, probably failing flippin' school! Learn to deal, bub. Lastly, I'm on a freakin' mood swing, on all the possible days and times, a MOOD SWING! Leave me to my peace, no one SAID you had to read and review this fic. It's not MY obligation for you to have. You should've stopped after the first chapter if you hated it so danged much!
Oh, and. . .How is this cliche?! Dangit, there haven't been THAT many of these fics made, from what I know! ARGH! . . . .I think I'm just going to jump off that cliff now so you can be a happy camper while everyone else dies of waiting, not knowing what the hell happened to the author. :P I'll leave it at that, smart ass.
Firenze - Eh, yeah, yeah. . . .Well, you'll see. . . .hopefully. . . .
Angel-eyes56 - *sigh* Yeah, yeah. . . . Uh huh. . . . .You'll see. . . .
Jennilyn Maxwell - Thanks. . . .Yeah, poor Rei.
Skittles the Sugar Fairy - Thanks. Of course. Yeah. . . Whatever. . . . Probably, if I can figure it in. . . .
*stares at open sky above head* Hm, guess I need a new studio. *sighs unhappily*
Well, go on and enjoy the chapter. I'll try to keep everything up to the mood of things, but hey, I'm barely keeping myself up enough to act okay in front of my friends and crap. . . .so don't expect much. . . .*sighs and goes into the corner to work in peace*
KEY: *updated*
"talking"
'thinking'
{author's notes}, and (normal add-ins to the fic)
*******
Kagome winced slightly as she stared down at the well, wondering what she would say to her family and then to Rei's family about Rei's sudden disappearance.
The reaction she'd get from her family would be. . .less than good, and the reaction from Rei's family would probably cause them all to have a heart attack.
Kagome realized she was in for it, and that she was better off here, with her friends and bunches of random demons running around than in her own time, with several enraged people on her case, ready to rip her head off at a first glance.
'Just my luck,' she thought with a sigh as she hefted one leg over the well. After all, it was the time she had promised to come home, and it wouldn't do her or her family any good to worry about what had happened to her.
She continued to come up with liable excuses for her cousin's absence, hoping to come up with one before she encountered a member of her family.
Kagome paused as she was about to heft her other leg over the side of the well, "Wait, she came here of her own free will, thus, I could say I never encountered her. . . ."
She paused, letting that thought sift through her head before growling at herself, "Argh, I'm horrible at lying and everyone knows it! I could never say that and get away with it!"
Kagome sighed, trying to draw out the length of her exit. . .or was it enterance? Well, either way, she just wanted to hide away from her family for a long period of time.
"Oh, I hate it when I encounter these evil situations that just beg me to bash them into the ground."
*******
Needless to say, Rei was quite shocked with the reason Setsuna had sent her back here. It was to increase her power levels in every way, apprently, and that girl talk with the queen had been quite disturbing.
'Never again will I let royalty talk to me on how to get a flippin' guy. . . .'Ri thought, shuddering as she stared down at the water in the fountain of the garden
It wasn't all fun and games living for a while in the past. She had to make sure to stay away from herself. . .well, her part self and to not interfer or change the course of events with anything. Which, in truth, was harder than it seemed, because she had to glance down every corner ahead of time to see if her past self was there, and dodge questions shot at her by anyone she happened upon that knew she wasn't the Rei of this time.
Apparently being sent back in time had totally ruined her internal clock. Otherwise someone or something was just screwing with her, because after staying in the past for what seemed like only a few days, it was announced she was going to leave. After a bit of protesting, it appeared she had stayed there for about three weeks for them. Which was confusing, seeing as the time Rei came from had the same amount of hours and such in a day as the time here in the past.
She was to leave within the hour, and had already packed what little she had here: her henshin wand.
Rei sighed softly. Being here resurfaced quite a few memories, but not enough to make things vivid. She was vaguely wondering if the other senshi were going to have this happen to her too, figuring it most likely would happen. After all, she was no more important than any of the others who were the guardians for the princess. And if she was, she sure as hell didn't know about it, and it surely didn't seem like anyone would be telling her anytime soon.
The hour flew by quickly and soon Rei found herself standing in front of yet another intricately carved door (which, strange enough, looked exactly the same as the last one she had stepped through a few days ago). She wanted desperately to snort at the chances it would be, and had to remind herself to roast Setsuna's butt when she next saw the Time Guardian.
The queen smiled softly at Rei, who then recalled how dear queeny had acted like when the two were alone. That was a disturbing thought, seeing how much the supposedly calm-queen acted like her daughter's future self.
Rei sighed and turned back to the door, nibling on her lip. If Setsuna was pulling her through another loop, then Rei would roast the green-haired, all knowing senshi of time and space over an open fire for the world to see. Saving that thought for later, Rei paused as she lifted her hand. All this had branched from a simply visit to her cousin's house. If only she hadn't-
'Wait, no time to think of the 'what if's. That's for those who cling to anything of their pasts and are hopelessly lost in their own presents.'Rei thought, shaking her head ever so slightly to clear her thoughts. She needed to concentrate on what was behind that door. Then that growl from just before she had stumbled out of the door hit her, and she hoped she wouldn't run into the owner of it.
Once more she stopped her train of thought, effectively derailing it {Get it? Get it? XD}. She extended her arm the rest of the short distance between her and the door and quickly turned it, not wanting to hesitate and stay longer in this time that wasn't hers than nessecary. With a long, mental sigh, she tugged open the door, letting a gust of the winds from the Time Stream blow past her as the dark, mysterious depths of fog and mystery awaited her to step into their clutches and never release her.
She glanced back once more, gave a short nod to the few people there to escort her away, and stepped into the door, which automatically shut by itself once she had stepped through.
For some odd reason, Rei found that the normally more calm winds of the Time Stream was acting extremely harsh, causing her hair to whip about her face and smack her several times.
"Remind me again,"Rei paused and blew some of her hair from her mouth {that always happens to me when I'm walking in the wind},"why I grew my hair out!!"
*******
Usagi and company stared up at Ami's tech school.
"Why couldn't you be the one to use the pen, Minako?"Usagi asked, giving her hurt friend a glare.
"Because I only used it once, and even then it was hard to get it to work since my energy readings are different than yours."Minako paused, "What did I just say?"
Makoto sweatdropped and slapped her forehead with her hand, "You said, in more simply terms, it was hard to use the Luna Pen because your powers are different compared to Usa's."
Minako blinked, "Ah."
Makoto just sighed and shook her head, deciding not to make any comments. For once, she knew how Ami felt when hanging around one of the. . . less intellectual members of the group. This could seriously give someone a headache, she didn't know how Ami managed it and kept her stress and anger levels down to a minimum.
Usagi and Minako were currently aruging on who should use the Luna Pen, Makoto staying out of it, saying she was too tall and the pen couldn't make you shorter or taller (the latter only by giving you heels), before Minako flipped out a coin and the two decided on a coin toss.
"I call heads!"Usagi said immediantly.
"Fine, tails for me."Minako agreed, flipping the coin into the air, the light catching off of it just right, making it glint quite radiantly, before it landed in Minako's outstretched palm and she closed a fist around it, flipping it onto the back of her other hand, as was tradition.
"Heads!!"Minako cheered happily after glancing at the coin. Usagi pouted unhappily, cursing the fates that she had to go about this before reaching into her pocket and withdrawing the Luna Pen from it. She disappeared into some nearby forested area.
Vaguely, the other two girls could make out the sound of Usagi shouting out the words that allowed her to change before a few lights flashed through the leaves and trees and she stepped out again, looking like a genuine copy of Ami's mother.
"I hope you two are happy."Usagi growled.
"Nu uh, make your voice a bit happier and softer, Usa! Gotta sound like Ami's mom, no?"Minako asked, provoking her blonde companion.
Usagi hissed menacingly at her near-twin, but turned on her heel and marched up to the school, pausing suddenly.
"Hey, I've got a better idea of what to change into. . . ."she said, an evil smile appearing on her lips.
Minako and Makoto shared a glance between eachother, wondering what their princess was up to.
*******
*yawns* I'm tired, I'm bored, pardon me if I've got things running through my head about the disappointment of being a Poet of the Year nominee. . .and not getting to attend the convention that says who the winner is, down in Orlando, Florida. *pulls down a map and points to her spot on it, in St. Louis, and Orlando, way down on the boot of America*
Ah well. 'Twas nice while it lasted, cruel world. I'm seriously on a depression streak.
Anywho, this fic probably won't be updated for a long, long time. I've got to straighten out my life. And that takes a while. I need to make myself interested in anime as much as I used to be (if not more), repair broken friendships and those that have been lost by distance and time, catch up to work I continuously can't turn in for some reason or other (end of the semester! END OF THE SEMESTER THIS WEEK!), and make sure I can heal up my own turmoiled soul.
Well, with that all said and done (hopefully you people have read that VERY IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH ABOVE), I shall leave you all for now. Hope that I can fix my life up soon.