This story takes place after the series end and may contain a few spoilers. Some events may be referenced from the dub while others may be referenced from the sub. Some I took some liberties with.
Shout outs:SurfingSpider- Yeah. 1st person. That's it. ^^; I think it's mostly inside her head really. LOL Bonk? ::shrugs::
REBIRTH
by NinjaNao
Nene:
Boy am I pooped. Could be worse. I could still have that nightmare of a job working virtually 24/7 for the robotics company. Whew! That was complete nuts. Give me rampaging boomers any day to a whole line of cafeteria server robots going nuts due to a computer virus in the system during the lunch rush. Er, well maybe not. Being trapped in the A.D Police totem pole with all those boomers was not fun. Thank goodness Priss and Leon came to rescue us. Okay. Being on call 24/7. Now, that is not fun. Sure, I was like on call with the Knight Sabers but that was different.
I guess I'm very lucky to be alive. The final battle with Galatea was very tough, but we made it. I got to go into space too! It was so hard when Linna and I got separated from Priss way out there... leaving her alone to fight Galatea. But we didn't have enough power to make it back, and even if we did I doubt we would have had enough power to make a difference and we would have just been in the way and a distraction. I wasn't even sure that we had enough power to make it back to Earth, but we did. Linna and I ended up on a deserted island. Boy, was I glad Linna was with me. I would never have survived that. Linna's survival instincts really kicked in. The two of us must have made for quite a sight when we were rescued by the military out to investigate 'something strange falling from the sky'. Two naked girls on a deserted island.
After debriefing HELL, Linna and I were allowed to go about our merry way. We decided that we wanted to return to Tokyo. Not that we expected a hero's welcome or anything but we figured that was as good as anyplace to start over. And besides, we also figured that eventually, everybody would return, if they were able, to Tokyo. I had no problem getting a job when I got back. Robotics companies seemed to have sprung up everywhere. No boomers for Tokyo. Uh-Uh. Shortly thereafter once they learned that I had returned to Tokyo, I was recruited back to the A.D Police. I chose to go back to the 'totem pole' part time but I am doing other things that I'm not at liberty to really talk about. Watch out world! Big Brother is watching you!
Through my hacking and computer skills I was able to locate Leon. He was still with that group we left him with. The first thing he asked me was about Priss. I should have figured. I told him that I didn't know. Poor Leon-Pea. He seemed so sad. But I didn't have anything to offer. I really didn't know. I only told him that we re-entered Earth's atmosphere separately. I didn't tell him how long that separation was. I told him not to worry about Priss. She was a survivor, and if I made it she would make it.
Priss was sneaky. She kept a low profile when she got back into town. I couldn't find anything one her re-entry. Surely she must have ended up in a similar situation, naked in the middle of nowhere. I found stuff on Linna and me but not a thing about a third naked female falling from the sky. It made me worry. Had she died in defeating Galatea?... alone in outer space? Then I saw them... new Sekiria posters, still featuring those eyes, Priss' eyes. They were holding open auditions for new band members. Yes! That meant that Priss was alive. I went home and put together a synthesizer and made up my mind to crash the auditions. I would show Priss not to ignore us.
Man, it took forever to get in. I didn't make it to the door the first day, but I got there at 3am the next day and still there was a huge line. Who knew that there was that many people still left in Tokyo who wanted to join the band? I figured that half if not more were just using it as an excuse to get close to Priss. Finally, I made it to the door. It was almost my turn. As I walked in, I was nearly knocked down by a rather pissed off guy nursing a newly forming black eye. As I entered the hall where Priss and her band mate was I could over hear Priss fuming about the nerve of the guy to grope her like that. Neither of them noticed me enter. I let out with a war cry and ran over to Priss tackling her to the floor. She screamed and then started laughing when she saw that it was me sitting on top of her. Without any effort she shoved me off and told me not to do that again. Ha! Like I could. She noticed the synthesizer that I had and asked if I was serious about auditioning for the band or if that was just a ruse to get in. I teased her and told her that I wanted to grope her like that other guy did. She glared at me and asked if I wanted a black eye too. I just laughed at her. Deciding to cancel the rest of the day, we went to have lunch.
I knew she wanted to ask me about Leon-Pea. I could see it in her eyes. Priss would never admit it out loud, but she liked Leon. At least she doesn't get all flustered and go gooey around him like he does around her. He's so silly. I told her that I was in contact with him and that he was constantly asking me about her. She seemed a bit surprised by that. I asked her if she wanted me to give him her email address so she could email him since he was still away with that relief group. She gave me one of those happy non-expressions of hers that only because I knew her the way that I did, did I know that it was a smile. She told me no. She wasn't too sure that she could trust Leon not to flood her inbox with cheesy love poetry everyday. She had such a serious look on her face when she said that I had to laugh. I could so see that. She didn't show it often but Priss did have a sense of humor, and she was a good sport too. I still have that picture of her in all of her happy joy wearing the pink dress. Hehe... I told Priss that I would tell Leon-Pea that she was back in town.
I told Leon-Pea about Priss the next time I heard from him. He was so happy. He wanted to know everything. He asked me if she has asked about him. I said no. He seemed sad. Well, she didn't. I'm so mean. I told him that I told her that I knew where he was and she was happy. I think he must have left for Tokyo as soon as he finished talking to me because he was in Tokyo the very next day, because he called me whining that she wasn't at her trailer and he didn't know her cel number. I told him that she was probably in rehearsal somewhere and even if he did know the number she wouldn't answer it because she wouldn't hear it. Poor Leon-Pea. I told him that we, Linna and I, were meeting Priss for lunch later and where we were going.
We were having lunch. Me, Linna and Priss. Priss was eating a hearty lunch and Linna wondered if she should be eating so much. Priss told her that she needed the energy for the evening. If she ate what she was eating before the show she would get sick so she ate her big meal at lunch. Priss admitted to us that she was a bit nervous about the show. It was the first time the new Sekiria was playing in front of a live audience. At least it was at Hot Legs, her favorite place to play. Leon-Pea came! Linna and I didn't notice him until it was too late. He wrapped his hands around Priss' head covering her eyes. Priss elbowed him and he squeaked then fell to the ground grabbing himself. Priss looked down at him and said hello, then told him never to do that again. I don't think Leon would have a problem remembering not to do that again. I couldn't help myself and chuckled at Leon as he gained his composure and sat down next to Priss. Linna was so shocked by what Priss did, it made me laugh. Leon gave Priss a dopey grin, but she didn't seem to notice. Leon tried to ask Priss something but all that was coming out was mush and gibberish. Priss seemed unimpressed as she sat there with her head propped up in her hand. Linna and I just giggled at poor Leon which only caused him to stutter and spout more gibberish. Priss let out a sigh and then answered the questions that Leon seemed to be trying to ask.
"Tonight? No. I have a gig. Come to Hot Legs early if you want to get in. Tomorrow would be great. Pick me up at seven. Gotta split. Hope to see you tonight, Leon-Pea." Oh, my god! The look on Leon's face as Priss walked away was priceless. I don't know whether or not he was stunned by the fact that Priss 'made' the date or disgusted by the fact that she called him 'Leon-pea'.
Linna and I decided that their date should be special. Linna said that she had just the thing at the shop. She would bring it to her apartment and told me to tell Leon to pick Priss up there. I called Leon and Linna called Priss. Leon told me that he wanted to take Priss somewhere nice but wasn't sure that was her style. I told Leon that I thought Priss would like it as long as it didn't seem like he was trying to impress her. Priss was the type of girl who didn't mind going out for burgers at a greasy burger stand but that didn't mean he had to take her to one. She probably had never been to a nice restaurant, at least not in a while anyway. I think Leon understood. It's so funny. Leon has no problems talking to me but when he tries to talk to Priss he clams up. I told him to pick Priss up at Linna's. We had something special planned.
Wow. Linna was right. Priss looked fabulous. Linna had found the perfect dress for Priss to wear. It was a far cry from the pink thing that Sylia had chosen when she lost that bet. The sexy black number hugged Priss' figure in all the right places and showed off just enough skin to turn heads. Priss looked a bit uncomfortable but I think it was just that she wasn't used to wearing dresses. I think she liked the way she looked. I looked at the clock. Five minutes.
Next chapter: Linna. Please tell me what you think... do you want Leon too?