Chapter 12: She's here! Lexi's reincarnation

Solaris: Hi! Foxglove is out Christmas shopping at the moment. I just want to apologize for not uploading sooner. My mom had grounded me from the Internet at home, so I did my surfing at school. All the chapters since 5 or 6 have been typed, but I just couldn't load them. *Bows* I am very sorry.

Foxglove: I'm back.

Solaris: Sayonara!

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The sun set behind the skyline of Tokyo, casting what parts of the bright and beautiful city that weren't lamplit into deep and mysterious shadows. Rose pulled on her coat once outside and began to head to the kareoke place. It was now December and she no longer used the false identity that she had used her first night. She smiled as she saw Shuichi waiting at the street corner for her. He had taken to walking with her, and sometimes they'd go for a late dinner after she was done. She hoped they'd go to the small nearby pizza place with a DDR machine so she could play a bit. As they walked, they talked and the now-shadowed skyline of Tokyo was ignored.

On a tall, still-under-construction parking garage, a tall, lean figure stood. It was a young woman, about Rose's age, but something wasn't right. Her dark silhouette showed that she had a dog's floppy ears and a dog's fluffy tail. Her arms were crossed and on closer inspection, her face would have been proved to have a scowl. Her eyes stayed focused on Rose's back, and if looks could kill, Rose would have been bleeding to death on the street. Then her eyes lit up in a laugh. "So, Thorne, you got reincarnated as a teenaged girl? Lucky you. But I got reincarnated too, and only a few months after you. And unlike you, I've awoken my full power. So prepare yourself. I'm back, Thorne, and this time, when I kill you, you'll stay dead." the girl smiled evilly. "For as sure as my name's Lexi, I will kill you!"

"Ikite yuku eien ni." Rose's voice rang out beautifully, the last words to "Fukai Mori". She stepped off stage and got practically assaulted by several teenaged boys.

"What a voice!"

"She's coming with me red!"

"SHUICHI!" Rose screamed as she saw him get knocked back. "LEAVE HIM ALONE, YOU PUNKS!" The boys backed off and she ran to him. Then they clambered around her again. She looked around for an exit.

"Over here." came the voice of a girl. A brunette girl about Rose's age with deep gray eyes motioned to them and they followed her to an exit. "Here. They won't be able to get you now." she smiled.

"Thanks." Rose said.

"None needed. If you need help again, just look for me. My name's Yuni." she said. Rose and Shuichi left there gladly.

"Shuichi, I don't want dinner now. I just want to go home." Rose sighed.

"I understand. Quite frankly, neither do I. Home is probably the best place to be, anyhow." he smiled. Shuichi always understands, she thought happily as she walked into her home.

Unbeknownst to the two, Lexi had followed them home. But not in her demon form.

"Found you." issued from Yuni's lips, which were curled into a devious smile that didn't suit her face. "Now I wait, and bide my time until it's right…"

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Solaris: Yuni is Lexi? Lexi got reincarnated? How did that happen? I wasn't going to put her in the story! *Leaves in frustration *

Foxglove: *Grins evilly and pulls out a mini tape recorder and presses play * Put Lexi in the story. Make her the greatest danger Rose will have to face. Make her reincarnation a teenaged girl like Rose. Give Foxglove a better part in The Tokyo Show. *Stops the player and puts it away. * Messages sunk into her subconscious, all. I did that while she slept.

Kurama: *Steals the tape recorder and puts it away. * Not anymore you don't. Let Solaris develop Lexi's character as she sees fit.

Foxglove: Aw, man, Kurama, did you have to do that?!