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I update this chap so fast like hell! I got deadline for myself.
R&R please. I open for critics and advice. But, please remember. English isn't my first language.
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Rei's POV
I can't sleep. I've been through hell today, so I can't sleep.
maybe walk around for a while will help her.
Rei carefully opened the door and checked the hallway. It's empty.
No one here
"Where you going?"
Rei almost slipped her feet. Rei knew that voice.
"I can't sleep." Rei turned to face Mina. Well, the fact is, even in another dimension Mina disturbed her no matter where she goes.
"I know you can't sleep. But, is that mean you may go out by yourself?"
"can't I?" Rei sulked.
"No. Stay in your room. You will just end up lost somewhere. You always blind direction and even couldn't read the compass."
"How'd you know?" That's Rei's greatest shame in her life.
"... never mind. I just talking to myself. Whatever it is, you must go back to your room." Minako changed the topic like Ami did.
why they're always like this? I miss them in my dimension.
"It's useless. I can't sleep." Rei insisted.
"You want to show me around, commander?" Rei thought another way to seek an opportunity with Mina.
"No. it is the middle of night. No tour in this hour." Mina refused.
"special tour for me then."
"no. Just go back to your room."
"…why? why you're like this?" Rei looked Mina in the eyes. They were still the same cerulean eyes.
That's what make me miss my Mina more.
wait. whose Mina? mine? Hell, what I'm thinking?
"excuse me?" Mina seemed to figure out what Rei was thinking.
"ehm... do you have grudge on me? Or maybe to that fire person? I just met you, and you treat me like I'm your natural enemy. so cold and heartless..." Rei couldn't stop her talks.
Everything just burst out.
"I'm not her, commander. I'm Rei Hino. And whatever she's done to you, nothing to do with me. So, think of me in a better way. I want to befriend with you."
here I am. said it already. well, I can't pull back now.
"... I'm sorry, Rei. but..."
"Think. Think if you're in my position. what do you feel? it's suck. But, I'm still have this hope... because I'm with you. You're all my friends. You were."
With those last sentences Rei leave Mina alone in the hallway.
I don't care anymore.
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In the end, after the argument with Minako last night, Rei didn't sleep at all.
I feel really bad today.
Rei got a note on a piece of paper in front of her door just now. Note from commander. Or Mina or the one who was her bestfriend in another dimension.
to go to the training ground after breakfast.
She drew a map for me, while acknowldge 'bout my unability to read them.
One note contented : order, mock map, cold words, and no apologize at all.
this is my lucky day.
"Good morning, Rei. you're late." Makoto gave Rei morning greeting with her happy-going face.
"Good morning. I'm sorry I'm late. it's because a very nice hand-drawing map of someone." Mina wasn't there, so she couldn't hear Rei.
"your look is so..." Makoto had this sorry look in her face. She commented to Rei's "no sleep time" face.
"I know. I couldn't sleep last night. what today? why I called here?"
Makoto accepted her reason with her special chuckle.
"to train of course. I'll be your teacher for martial arts, weapon combat."
"... I have to learn that?"
she didn't give an answer. And suddenly threw a wooden sword to my face.
Thanks for her fast reaction, she caught it.
"ready? I'll attack you now. Give me your best shot."
"Wait, Mako. I mean, general... I'm not really..."
"Here you go...!"
Oh crap...
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"So, in your first training... this is your result? not so bad." Ami laughed hard. She laughed on Rei exactly.
Rei ended up in the infirmary. Full of bruises and get laughed on by this genius blue haired girl.
"I don't know bout martial art even a bit. She didn't give me time to explain. Just blindly attacked me." Rei raised her arm so Ami could checked on her back.
"Your back is fine. This is the proof, you accept her attack frontally. No runaway huh?" Ami still smiling, perhaps imagining how Rei got beaten by Makoto.
"But, I agree. this is too much for your first time." Ami talked while put some herbs in Rei's injuries.
"... yes." Rei felt a sudden nervous.
"what? why suddenly long face?"
"No, I just.. what if I can't be any help? I know, I want to go back to my world too. But if this duty I should fulfill... If I fail, what if..."
"Rei. Shut up." Ami said this word very gently. She touched the bruise around Rei's eyes.
"Done."
I don't believe what she's done to me.
"You injected me! what's that?"
I hate syringe.
"You must sleep, Rei. You're tired, and today has been too much for you. I'll talk to the princess. So, for now don't worry about anything. Just sleep and get better."
Okay, I feel very sleepy now and don't really get it what Ami said.
"have a nice dream."
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Mina's POV
I apologize? No, I won't. that wasn't my fault. She always the bad temper one...
one flower petal.
apologize. no. apologize. no.
four flowers petals.
Apologize...
last flower petal.
what I've done with these roses? Am I nuts? No, I just mentally unstable right now.
what's the different anyway?
Mina decided to go to the training grounds.
Evaluate her ability is the main reason though. she spoke to herself again.
But the training ground has already empty.
"where's everyone?" Mina looked around and find Makoto in the corner. She sat on the only bench at there.
"General. What're you doing? I think you're give her training?"
"I just trained her. But it ended up bad. She didn't know martial arts at all. Now, I dunno how I gotta begin to teach her." Mako let go her deepest sigh.
"what? where's she now?"
"In the infirmary. Ami took her there... hey, commander!"
Mina felt her body and feet just dash to infirmary.
this is my fault! this is my fault! I should ask her first 'bout her experience in this.
what if Mako hit her too hard? She always did.
"...commander." Mina almost ran into Ami in front of infirmary.
"professor, how is she? Is she alright? Her injuries..."
"...It's fine, commander. If you worry about her..."
"I'm not worried!" Mina replied stubbornly.
Ami only gave her usual smile.
"okay, if you're not worried about her, you can see her inside, but she's sleeping. seem that she didn't sleep at all last night. ah, I gotta go to see the princess."
with that, Ami leave her.
Open the door? No. I'm not worry, what for I see her? But...
In the end she opened it.
She stepped in carefully so, she didn't wake Rei. Rei was in deep sleep. Whatever Ami had give to her, must be in high dose.
It's because she couldn't sleep? My fault then?
Mina looked at Rei's sleeping face.
I've been see Fire's sleeping face before, but not like this. they're different afterall.
I smile. wait, I smile? Just look at her, how could I smile? I haven't been smile ever since Fire...
ever since that day.
Mina took a seat near the bed.
She chose Rei not without a reason.
I know that Rei... She maybe sad and angry. But like Fire, she never show it to everyone. Like Fire, she didn't want to blame anyone.
They are the same. At least their hearts.
Is it what you want, Fire?
You're the cruel one, you know that?
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