Collision

Chapter 1

Written By: Kimchi_Taco

I do not own anything from Dawn of the Arcana/Reimei no Arcana. I am just your average manga reader that wishes I could have been a part of the adventure but with a little imagination and a stroke of the keys… I can be. I hope you guys enjoy!

"Ugh… wha…wha? Where am I? Ugghh my head hurts… whe… where the fuck am I?" Rainy quickly sat up in position and grabbed her rifle and placed it in front of her eyes. The familiar metal in her hands usually were an annoying grip but its right now the only thing familiar to her. She slowly got up and started to absorb her surroundings… trees. A shit ton of trees and it is sunny.

She quickly ran up to a tree and leaned one of her side to it to give her some kind of cover. Her eyes searched as she again took the scene… and came up with the same thing… shit ton of trees.

Rainy lowered her M16 down, she still had the rifle positioned near the trigger but in a more comfortable pose. As she quietly stood all the way up of her 5'4" stature and let her two-toned eyes (brown on the outside and green around the iris) search the trees for anything… any movement… any signs… but the only thing was…

"A shit ton of trees… hmm…" she continued to be on an alert… a piece of memory came back almost as a haunting… "This is your second chance at life… What you do in this life will determine your reality."

"The hell does that mean? This has got to be the weirdest dream I have ever had. It must be the *Doxy… the freakin' doxy. I mean I know the side effects said vivid dreams but jeeze… this is crazy! Even this tree feels real!" she had her fingertips run through the bark.

Rainy checked herself quickly, and what she had: nothing ripped on her ACU(her Army uniform), her backpack still had her MRE (Meals Ready to Eat), snacks, iPod, and other miscellaneous items here and there. She looked up and around one last time… and she thought, "Well… if this is a dream… and I am sure it is… I mean. I went from a hot miserable disgusting country to a pretty forest. Might as well have some fun and walk around."

Off she goes thinking it was only going to be a few short minutes before the dream changes into a new scene. Sadly, she was walking for hours through the forest. Of trees… some more trees… a few creatures here and there… but after an hour with a goldfish attention span this can be boring for Rainy.

"AAARRGGG WHAT KIND OF DREAM IS THIS BULLCRAP?! THERE SHOULD BE A FEAST!"

She threw her arms up and cried in frustration, "UGH! Who?! Who seriously gets HUNGRY in a dream?! UGH!"

Almost immediately as she said that she smelled something… delicious. Her nose immediately made her whole face move towards the smell and followed without a thought or caution. At the edge of the forest she saw what was make shift… tents? And store fronts made with tarps and sticks… and pueblo style buildings. Still wearing all her gear and weapon in hand, she slowly made way from the forest to this town.

The people… looked like people… but man her dreams were creeping her out a little. People were staring at her like she was the weirdest alien on the planet.

A child accidently ran out from one of the alley and bumped into her legs. Rainy looked down confused and then smiled, "Oh! Hello!"

The child looked up and Rainy then saw something a little… odd… this child had… cat ears? And just like a cat it stared at her in fear.

"Umm… are you ok? Do you need help?"

She slowly nudge the child up, but at the touch of her fingertips the child jumped erratically up like a kitten avoiding a water puddle and screamed, "THE ODD BOX TALKS!"

"…Box? Wait… odd? Who is the odd one?! YOU HAVE CAT EARS!"

The child hid behind an adult that quickly guarded it and shouted, "Who are you… you… odd boxed creature?"

"Stop calling me odd box! I'm not a box! Wait.. creature?! Are you shitting me right now…"

The argument was starting to rumble in Rainy Lee's chest when all of a sudden she heard a "Make way!"

"Make… way?" immediately she was shoved to the ground and shouted at with, "Move out of the way! Your highness, Prince Cain is walking through."

Rainy stood back up, well first rolled back over from all her gear and also the very boxy (*hint* why everyone called her the "odd-box"*hint*) armor and yelled back, "HEY! The hell is with the shoving. You say excuse me and I'd move."

The guard looked at Rainy oddly and said, "…Odd box… who are you to demand an "excuse" from a royal guard?"

Rainy sighed and said, "You're right… I don't need an excuse…"

She quickly brought the opposite end of her rifle (the butt end) and slammed the rifle's butt into the guard's face and with a scoff, "But if you wanted to be a butt head you can sure as hell get treated like one!"

Another voice, a stern voice called out from behind her, "What is stopping my walk? What… are… you?"

Rainy Lee placed her arms in the arm with her fingers curled as she yelled, "I AM NOT A BOX! I AM A GOD DAMNED HUMAN BEING!"

She quickly released a strap that was around her chin and quickly removed her Kevlar and turned around for the whole group around her to see her black hair, some of her hair in front have become loose from her bun because of her helmet (helmet hair. It isn't sexy.) and sweat, and her brown/green eyes glaring at Prince Cain's blue eyes.

She said slowly, "I… am… not… a… BOX! My name is Rainy Lee and this is the shittiest dream I have EVER HAD! Who the hell are you?"

Prince Cain's eyes opened wide and his mouth slightly opened and said, "… your… hair…"

Rainy Lee already boiled about being a box… placed her head down in defeat with her hands tightening around her Kevlar that was on her chest as she said through grinding teeth, "… really? You're going to judge my hair… ?!"

Prince Cain quickly walked up to and forced her to face him and said, "Who are you really?"

Rainy glared at him once more, and forced him away from her as she slammed her Kevlar to his chest. She noticed there was a more of a metal thump then a bare chest thump so she knew she didn't hurt him as much as she wanted to and said, "Back off man!"

At this she was forced down to the ground as a guard behind her kicked her knees out, and then slammed his body against her back, pinning her to the ground. Her first reaction was… was pinning her with his whole body necessary? She thought about it and realized her backpack and her rifle probably got in his way… and the best thing he could do was just to flatten her out.

"Oof! Fuuuccck! GET OFF OF ME YOU FAT ASS!"

Once the guards had control of her hands, they pulled her back up on her knees as the Prince was centimeters away from her face.

His blue eyes stared at her brown/green eyes… and then a realization happened to Rainy.

A thought ran through her head as she said, "Did he say Prince Cain? Wait… this guy… wait…"

A sentence mumbled out, "This… is all from my… manga…"

The Prince blinked confused and repeated, "Man…ga? What is this? Is this the realm you're from?"

Rainy shook her head and said, "No… no… ugh… look no. You're Prince Cain right? You have a brother name Caesar?"

She quickly received a harsh smack on top of her head and a shout of, "PRINCE CAESAR TO YOU!"

Rainy cringed in pain from the smack and she heard Prince Cain look at the guard in a calm and stern voice said, "That is enough… we do not know her origin and may be royalty herself."

Rainy blinked and realized, "Wait… I have black hair… they think I could be royalty. But seriously, I don't think I could lie. Right now I have no choice though; it might kill me if I tell them the truth… wait a second I'm in a dream. If they kill me I'll just wake up!"

Before she had anytime to respond to anything Prince Cain was in her face once more and said, "Come back with me to the castle. There we will straighten everything out. All right?"

Rainy's eyes still a narrow slit as she glared at Prince Cain… she knew his dark history and his dark intentions… and that smile doesn't fool her. Not a second. But quickly the guards picked her up by her arms and guided her to another wagon. Immediately there was issues.

"Sir! She is to… oddly shaped to get in."

"Well, if you would let go of my hands I can fix that! So… LET GO."

Rainy rammed one of her shoulders into one of the guards, sadly the attempt was futile. She felt another swift and powerful punch to her head and quickly things became fuzzy. She saw Prince Cain quickly turn around the see the problem… she saw Prince Cain sideways… and she sighed and thought, "Maybe I'll finally wake up from this messed up dream."

Author's Note: It has been years sense I wrote a FanFiction. But I ran across Dawn of Arcana and immediately fell in love with it. (Waiting for April 2 for the 9th issue). I just thought Cain wasn't getting some attention and in my weird wicked mind of mine I thought of a weird plot twist. And plus, I was bored enough to. Hope everyone enjoys this as much as I loved typing it!