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Well, I'll visit everyone in the evening since I have work... Yay me. It's kinda becoming habit forming for me not to be on Saturday through Monday, so yeah, umm, sorry if anyone expects me to be here. BB entered a sketch into that july contest where you have to draw something and put the Art of Otaku logo on it. For his first drawing it isn't that bad.
I got an art tablet over the weekend. I drew a new fanart with it, just to get a feel for it. I think I'm going to try another experiment here soon...hehe... when I get new electronics, I tend to get a little excited... and Mom bought me a gig flash drive over the weekend. SWEET! So umm, yeah, kinda high on a cloud dancing away. Hehe...
I know there are about fifty things I'm forgetting to tell y'all, but since I can't seem to remember right now, I'll end here. By the way, here's the next chapter of Looks Can Be Deceiving below the post... I wish you all well... Later!
~Acorn~
Author’s Note
I own nothing here (this means the game Tales of Symphonia and the anime Sailor Moon) but the rheaird operations, and this little opening skit.
Yuan: …
Darien: You lost to a girl. That’s sad.
Yuan: Don’t remind me! If Lord Yggdrasill hadn’t interfered I would have won.
Darien: Right…
Yuan: You have no room to talk. You throw roses!
Darien: Sharp roses.
Yuan: …
There still remains a spoiler warning. I will not lift it because I have beaten the entire game, and might make a slip on the information I’m giving you. Thanks for your reviews! Anyway, enjoy!
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Chapter 4: Similar Fates
“I am from Tokyo, Japan,” Serena answered before the question was asked. “My name there is Tsukino Serena. I am not a normal human; in fact, I’m not even human by those standards. I am a Lunarian, and am the last of my kind.”
“A Lunarian?”
“I lied earlier when I said I didn’t live on the Moon. I used to live there a long time ago, before I went to Tokyo. I am older than all of you probably by several centuries or more,” Serena replied.
“That can’t be right. Tethe’alla has no way of supporting life forms,” the little boy said to her.
“You look so young for an old woman,” Lloyd pointed out. “How can we believe your story?”
“I hate this,” Serena sighed. “It’s so hard to explain.”
“I’m sure we’ll be able to follow dear,” the older woman said, smiling warmly. Serena took one deep breath.
“I was reborn in this time.”
“Fascinating!” the older woman exclaimed. “You’re like a living fossil!”
“I am not!” Serena replied, somewhat upset.
“How could you possibly be reborn?” the boy asked. “It’s physically impossible to reverse the aging process.”
“My people were destroyed because we could,” Serena replied. “But please don’t ask me to retell their tale. Even I hardly remember what happened.”
“So you mean to say that others were reborn as well? How can you be sure that you were not reborn once again?”
“I would have known your ways. I would have known nothing of my past lives for the moment.”
“For the moment?” Colette asked. “You mean you would remember?”
“It’s my fate,” Serena said. “Even if I do not wish to accept it.”
“Wow,” Lloyd said. “That’s a mouthful.”
“So please, tell me of where I now am, who you are, and how you all possess the ability to perform magic,” Serena said, some of Serenity slipping through her mouth.
“You’re in Sylvarant,” the older woman said. “I’m Raine and this is my little brother Genis. The boy in red is Lloyd, that is Kratos, the man there, and she is Colette.”
“I’m the Chosen of the Mana Lineage, out to regenerate the world. They say that I was born with this red Cruxis Crystal in my hand, and that I’m the daughter of angels. I even have wings, see?”
“You too?” Serena thought, seeing the blue-eyed Colette hold the same eyes she had. The ones that were condemned to a destiny she would faithfully accept.
“We’re on a journey of world regeneration, which you’ve successfully interrupted,” the older man, Kratos, grunted. Serena smiled.
“Can I join you?” Serena asked, as the group stared at her.
“Why would you join us?” Lloyd asked.
“For once, Lloyd is right. You have nothing to gain from assisting us,” Kratos said sharply. Serena shook her head.
“You have a mission to save the world, and it’s my destiny to protect it. I will gain plenty from ensuring that Colette completes her journey!” Serena pointed out. The group sighed. Serena swore she heard another voice.
“Serena has joined the party.”
“What the?” Serena wondered, as Colette ushered the group out of the room, and shut the door.
“You know, don’t you Serena?” Colette asked. “What I have to do to save the world.”
“To lose all is to save all. I have learned this lesson myself,” Serena replied warmly. “I know very well what you have to do. So I will do what I can to protect this world and prevent you from having to do so.”
“Thank you Serena,” Colette said. “But you really don’t have to. I’m prepared to do it. I’ve been prepared since I was born.”
“But that doesn’t mean you wish to,” Serena said softly. “I stand by my previous statement, and I plan to go through this with you. Maybe there’s a way me and my crystal can help…”
Lita looked around at Chamber 22. It was very much a beautiful sight, a room fit for a princess.
“Lord Yggdrasill will arrive in a few moments,” the angelic being droned. “Please mind your manners.”
“You have no worries,” Lita assured, as she looked around the room. There lay a vanity, as she drew closer to it. On the table were pictures of a boy, a girl, a man, and another boy. One of the boys looked like a younger version of Yuan, the other a younger version of Lord Yggdrasill. The man seemed to be a swordsman of some sort, and the girl, it was the girl that caught her. She had similar eyes to Lord Yggdrasill. She was—interrupted by the arrival of the hunk.
“I didn’t think you had such a keen skill to break those cells.”
“Really?”
“Yes, we made them to keep you safe from men like Yuan.”
“I can protect myself!” Lita replied warmly.
“So it would seem. I know it seems strange, but would you mind wearing this crystal for me?” the hunk asked, a loving look in his eyes. “It would keep Yuan at bay, and it would put my mind at ease knowing that you are under its protection.”
“Sure,” Lita said, as she picked up the giant crystal. “Wow!”
“Here,” Lord Yggdrasill said, presenting a choker as he attached the crystal to the choker and placed it around Lita. She looked at it in the mirror, totally shocked.
“Are you sure?” Lita asked. “This looks expensive.”
“Money is no object to me fair lady. Please, do.”
“Thank you so much!” Lita replied. As the hunk left, Lita noted that he looked upset about something. She hoped it wasn’t her, as she adored the giant red crystal she now wore…
“Welcome to the Renegade Base,” the blue-haired man said. “I’m sure you would like answers Chiba Darien, but right now I have a favor to ask of you.”
“Who are you?” Darien demanded. “I’m tired of not knowing! Where am I and what’s become of Serena?”
“I figured you would realize something has happened. Listen, you need to head out for Meltokio right now. You will get your answers there, from a man called Zelos Wilder. He will help you.”
“How do I get to this Meltokio? Where is it?”
“It’s south of here. You’ll be taking one of our spare rheairds. However, you must realize that you are not on Earth anymore.”
“Where are we then?”
“That will be explained later,” the blue-haired man said, as he called back the man in grey. “Botta, go show him how to operate the rheairds, get a message out to the Chosen, and get him a map. We don’t want him getting lost now, do we?”
“Of course not,” the man in grey, Botta, said simply. He looked back to Darien. “Please follow me.”
Darien reluctantly followed Botta through the base, until they were before a strange looking craft in a hangar, that kind of reminded Darien of a jet ski with metallic wings. He stared at it, while Botta whipped out pencil and paper.
“Is this a rheaird?” Darien asked.
“Yes,” Botta said, as he finally finished scribbling the message out, and handing it to a nearby soldier. “Get that to Meltokio immediately.”
“How does it work then?” Darien asked.
“That’s to accelerate, that’s to decelerate, that’s for the lights, and you move the handle to change direction.”
“Where’s the ignition?”
“It’s right here,” Botta explained. “You will place your hand there to start and stop the machine.”
“Thanks,” Darien said, seeing that the hangar gates were opening.
“Here’s a map of Tethe’ alla. You should arrive at your destination in two hours if you stay on the trail. If you get lost, push that blue button and Zelos will be alerted of your position, and he will come to you.”
“Thanks,” Darien said, as he looked out to the world that awaited him…
“There was a fight down there,” Mina noted, as Amy sighed.
“What was your first clue? The loud shouts or the explosions?” Amy asked sarcastically.
“Wow Ames! You seem angry!”
“I ought to be,” Amy said shortly. “We’re trapped here with all of our stuff and we can’t get out!”
“Well, it won’t help to get upset. Have you tried our communicators to reach the others?”
“The signal won’t travel. I’ve already tried Raye.”
“What about Lita?”
“If my guess is right, she’s trapped somewhere separate from the two of us.”
“Why did they separate them and keep us together?” Mina asked.
“Maybe they want us as bait, or they don’t think we’re a threat together.”
Mina laughed.
“I’d almost believe that the way you said it. We’re Sailor Scouts! We can take on anything!” Mina said.
“Except this cage,” Amy pointed out…
“I’ll consult with my father at the Time Gates,” Trista said. “If we are allowed to interfere, than we shall. If not, I pray for their safe return.”
As Trista left, Raye was finally left alone. In a creepy way, it had been silent as she stared at her hands. She looked back to the fires. He had taken away something so precious. He had taken away—Rini ran into the room.
“Raye! Amara said you looked pale. Are you okay?” Rini asked. Raye smiled weakly.
“It’s nothing. Really, don’t worry about me Rini,” Raye said. “I’m just a little hungry since I haven’t eaten in a day.”
“Okay!” Rini said, as she dashed out and quickly returned with some soup. “Your grandpa had been making it when I stepped out the room and he asked me to bring some to you!”
“Thank you Rini,” Raye replied warmly, as she took the hot bowl from her, and set it down. She looked at the bowl as Rini left. There was not a sound in the room, as she stared at the bowl. Yuan was a sneaky one. He had indeed come to her, but he had tricked her into making a deal that would cost them more than their allies and princess. She lost—Rini ran back in.
“Your Grandpa said you need to eat all of it to get your strength back!” Rini exclaimed. “Now I’m really leaving! Later Raye!”
“Bye Rini,” Raye said softly. She looked at the bowl. “But I’m not hungry…”
Hehe, it's a late night for me... lol... I got good news again. The results from Mom's biopsy on Monday. Turns out that it is a recurrence, it is estrogen positive, and that she's gotta take the meds for the rest of her life. She is gonna do genetic testing to see whether or not my brothers or myself are more at risk for breast cancer in our later lives. I'll get back to you when she gets results and stuff. Also, it turns out that she's going to be lethargic and semi-sickly too, because of the meds... it kinda sucks, but as long as she's still here.
Okay, so yeah, I'm going to crash for the night soon. I'm just up because I'm chatting with Ra-chan, which is always fun. If anyone wants to add me to their Yahoo Messenger, feel free, I'll chat with ya!
All right, that's all for today. I'm working on buttons, articles, and fanfictions right now, so yeah... I'll get there when I get there. What do y'all think of the new background music? lol... I was hooked on it the moment I heard it on Gundam Wing. And beneath here is chapter three to Looks Can Be Deceiving. Thanks to ElvesAteMyRamen, Claes, Ki-chan, Mrs. Elric, and Ra-chan for reading and reviewing. To Dumiel, no problem! I love making the buttons so no complaint here. To Lena, don't worry! I understand that it's a lot to read. I'm going to be putting them in my archives for now... here is where the other chaps are if you fall behind. Right now I'm going to be putting them up in order, so yeah... I'm off! Later!
~Acorn~
Author’s Note
ImperialGuardian: Yuan? Oooh… How cute!
Raye: I’m watching you…(fireball in hand)
ImperialGuardian: (gulps) I claim no ownership of Tales of Symphonia or Sailor Moon. They’re just fun to write about! And I will say it again, you will need no knowledge of Tales of Symphonia. You’ll understand either way, but there is a repeated spoiler warning for those intent to play the game and haven’t. (runs away from the incoming attacks) You’ll have to catch me if you want to make me pay Mars! Enjoy!
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Chapter 3: It’s Magic
Serena was beginning to hate this place more and more. Finally, she figured she might as well give it a shot. She focused with all her might on Colette, and teleported.
“Moon Teleport!” she cried, and was gone in a flash, only to crash perfectly on top of a person.
“Lloyd!” Serena heard Colette’s voice cry.
“Not again,” Serena muttered, getting to her feet and helping Lloyd to his. “I need to work on my landings.”
“How did you follow us?” the older man demanded, drawing his sword on her. Serena freaked.
“WHOA! Put that thing away before you poke someone’s eye out or something!” she exclaimed. The sword didn’t move. “I needed to talk to all of you so I just teleported here. Although my fr—former allies were right when they said my aim was bad.”
“Former allies?” the older woman asked, giving her a look. “Who are you?”
“Sorry, I didn’t get the chance to introduce myself. The name’s Tsukino Serena.”
“I’m happy to meet you Tsukino,” Colette said warmly.
“Call me Serena.”
“What’s a teleport Serena?” Lloyd asked.
“I don’t know the specifics. Luna handles that stuff,” Serena replied, as stares followed her words. “What?”
“You don’t mean Luna, the Summon Spirit, do you?” the older woman asked.
“Summon Spirit? I hardly think my cat is a Summon Spirit,” Serena replied. There were stares and sweat drops all around.
The older man finally put his sword away.
“Why did you come here then Serena? If you know nothing of our quest, why bother to follow us?” the older man asked.
“Because I was wondering how you guys could use magic. I didn’t think ordinary people could use it.”
“It’s because we use Exspheres,” Colette explained.
“Exspheres?” Serena asked.
“You said your professor was Miss H, correct?” the woman asked, as Serena nodded. “She didn’t teach you anything, did she?”
“She taught me stuff!” Serena said in Miss Haruna’s defense. “I’m just not that great a listener is all. Besides, I don’t think she ever talked about a Chosen of Mana or anything like that. I doubt she would know about mana in the first place. By the way, is that stone there an Exsphere?”
Serena pointed to Lloyd’s hand. The teen held his hand out for her to see it. She took his hand, and suddenly, her crystal came to life.
“Whoa!” Lloyd shouted.
“What the?” Serena exclaimed. Her crystal seemed to reacting to this stone. A voice filled the wind.
“My love, it seems that in an ironic way, I have guarded our son in the wake of death.”
Serena looked around, as the Silver Imperium Crystal’s lights died, and they looked to her.
“What the hell was that?” the older man demanded, sounding angry.
“What? The lights or the voice?” Serena asked.
“What voice?” the boy asked.
“Never mind,” Serena said quickly. “It probably had to do with my crystal anyhow. You see, this is the Silver Imperium Crystal. It reacts to strong emotions from me and a few other things. It’s the most powerful stone in existence where I’m from, and it’s my job to guard it and the universe from evil hands.”
“Let’s talk somewhere quieter,” the older woman suggested. “It seems you have a lot of explaining to do Ms. Tsukino Serena.”
Serena understood this as an invite to tag along. If it meant her also getting answers, she would do it in a heartbeat. She followed them to an inn, as they went to the rooms to hold a private discussion. The shopkeeper didn’t seem to object, or even notice their entry. It was weird. When they shut the door, she knew the first question before it was even asked…
Lita dodged his oncoming attacks, as she reached for her wand.
“Jupiter Crystal Power!”
Her transformation was a dazzling light show, but when she finished, she had gotten the attention of the blue-haired man, who seemed to know that this situation had become more dangerous.
“So it’s true then,” he said. “Your powers are regulated by something after all.”
“Who are you and where am I?” Sailor Jupiter demanded.
“You’ll find out soon enough.”
The man dove at her again, but this time she was ready.
“JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!”
The attack struck him, and he was zapped like no other, but he didn’t seem to want to quit. She noted that the hunk was staying out of the fray. He was actually staring at her with some interest. She turned her attention back to the man who fought her, as he had now raised a ball of light to her, and let it loose. She couldn’t dodge for some reason, as she prepared to fly. However, she was protected. She looked around.
“Yuan, that’s enough,” a voice said, as she placed it with the hunk. Her mind went crazy. Not only was he a hunk, but he had a sexy voice! And he had protected her! Now she had to get his name.
“But,” Yuan, the blue-haired man, started.
“I said that’s enough. Get out of my sight Yuan.”
“Right,” Yuan said with defeat, as he left. The angels that had been moving around still hadn’t returned. She was sure they would come out eventually. The hunk circled her for a moment. What was he looking for?!
“You certainly are pretty—strong,” he said, apparently catching himself. “No one’s ever pissed Yuan off that much, or escaped from our prison cells. What’s your name?”
“Sailor Jupiter,” she replied. “What about you?”
“To most, I am Lord Yggdrasill,” he replied.
“You’re a lord?” Sailor Jupiter asked, in shock. (A/N: as if she needed to hear that)
“My lord,” an angel said, as the two turned to him. “It appears that HE wishes to speak with you.”
“That must be my report on the journey of regeneration. I must leave. Could you please escort Sailor Jupiter here to Chamber 22? I’m sure she won’t mind.”
“No, lead the way,” Sailor Jupiter said. Lord Yggdrasill walked off, as Sailor Jupiter walked off in another direction, towards Chamber 22…
Darien was pulled out his nap by sounds of a battle. He wasn’t sure where it was coming from, but he knew that it was headed his way. He was unsure of what was happening, until the uniformed soldier ran to the console next to the cage, holding a red rose in his hand as he typed away. The cage disappeared around him, as the soldier handed him the rose, his transformation rose.
“We’re leaving,” he grunted, leading Darien down the corridors, and to a group of similarly dressed soldiers and a man in a strange blue-gray outfit.
“You must be Chiba Darien, correct?” the man said in a strange accent. Darien nodded. “We’re leaving, now. Your life is in grave danger here.”
“Who are you? How did I get here?” Darien demanded.
“Questions we’ll answer once we’re out of Welgaia.”
“Welgaia?” Darien asked, not liking where this might be headed…
“This is so stupid!” Raye said angrily. “I knew it was strange, but I didn’t know he’d do this!”
“Who and what are you talking about?” Amara demanded. What remained of the group, Raye, Rini, Hotaru, Amara, Michelle, and Trista, were situated in Raye’s room, watching her vent with frustration at herself. Raye had only woken a few moments before, and it seemed she had a grasp on this strange situation.
“A strange man with blue hair came to the temple yesterday seeking assistance. He said his name was Yuan, and that he was looking for Tsukino Serena with an important message to give her. I told him that I was her friend, and that I would happily give her the message in his stead. It was after that, that he changed demeanor almost immediately. He said that he must have the power of the crystal in order to defeat Egg-something. I gave him a weird look, and then I woke up here.”
“So you don’t know what’s happened to Serena or the others?” Michelle asked. Raye subconsciously made a note that it was exactly twenty-four hours ago that she had been knocked out—then the message Michelle said, hit her.
“What are you talking about?”
“You were the panicked one that called us all here for an emergency meeting because Serena had made a message that she had run away. Then we came here to find you asleep, and the others gone.”
“It had to have been yesterday when I was knocked out. I remember my calendar being set to last month. Grandpa must have changed it overnight or something. So no, I don’t remember making an—SERENA RAN AWAY?”
“Seems that Raye has just as much an idea to what happened as the rest of us,” Hotaru said softly.
“This means Mama is probably in big trouble,” Rini said decisively.
“Whoever did this did an efficient job to cover it up—but why leave us?” Trista mused.
“I can imagine Serena,” Amara said. “Her crystal is powerful. But what about the others?”
“How can we be sure the kidnappings are related?” Rini demanded.
“I have a gut feeling that says Yuan had something to do with all this,” Raye said softly. Her mind was reeling. Yuan not only had deceived her, but he had taken something else that was too precious to announce to the Sailor Scouts at that moment…
Okay, it's a work day again. I'll visit everyone's sites in the evening. Umm, there's really not much I can say today, short of Sailor Thunder did call me yesterday, and seemed much calmer than the night before. I'm leaving you the next chapter here. The first one is here. Sorry, I'm on the run and trying to keep my job! Later!
~Acorn~
PS-Thanks to Mrs. Elric, Ki-chan, Claes, and Dumiel for commenting yesterday!
Author’s Note
ImperialGuardian: TOLD YOU SO!
Mina: And you could have told Serena! That’s not fair!
ImperialGuardian: I will say nothing further to the blondes, for the sake of plotline.
Mina: Whatever.
ImperialGuardian: I have no rights to Sailor Moon, or TOS, which is the name of the cross that you will fill in at the given time. Anyhow, I hope y’all enjoy!
By the way, today there is a SPOILER WARNING for anyone who hasn’t played TOS and has intent to at any time. Otherwise, don’t worry about it…hehe
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Chapter 2: TOS and Prison Break
Serena looked around, and found that she was indeed in a strange place. There were several people staring at her, particularly one who was right in her face (inches, millimeters, literally). A blond girl, with big blue eyes like her own. However, she was slightly shorter. The two were staring at one another in total shock.
“Colette! Get back!” a voice shouted. The two were getting the same feeling. They were similar.
“No Lloyd,” the blue-eyed girl said. “She seems nice.”
“The last time you said that Chosen, the person turned out to be an assassin,” another said.
“Assassin? Where am I?” Serena asked.
“In Izoold,” the blue-eyed girl, Colette, said brightly. “We were just trying to get a ship.”
The group that was with her sighed. Serena looked up to the skies.
“Where in the name of the Moon am I?” she asked. She turned to look at the group now, which consisted of an extremely short boy, a teen, an older man and woman, and Colette before her.
“The moon?” the teen asked. “Do you live on the moon or something?”
“Don’t be so stupid Lloyd,” the boy exclaimed. “She can’t possibly come from the moon.”
“Actually,” Serena started, but the older man was giving her a death stare. “You’re right! I’m not of the moon. I just adore it so much!”
“Really?” Colette asked, smiling too. “See guys? She’s not bad.”
“Even so,” the older woman said, giving Serena a look. “We must be ever careful. The journey of world regeneration is much more dangerous than we originally suspected.”
“World regeneration?” Serena asked. The group stopped in their tracks.
“You don’t know about the journey of world regeneration?” the teenage boy asked.
“Umm,” Serena said, getting more stares.
“It’s a journey to save the world, taken on by the Chosen of Mana. Are you telling me you don’t know anything about this?” the older woman said. Serena gave a look of confusion.
“Miss H never brought it up before.”
“I thought it wasn’t possible for anyone to be more ignorant than Lloyd,” the boy said, as the teen whacked him. “Oww!”
“Something tells me I slept through a really important class,” Serena thought.
“This is fascinating,” the older woman said, looking around Serena with a magnifying lens of some sort. “You have an amazing amount of strength and magical power. And what’s that stone you have there? It’s not made of anything I’ve ever seen.”
“Hey, you’re right,” the teen, probably Lloyd, said. “I’ve never seen that either. It reminds me of diamonds, but it’s not.”
“It kinda looks like my Cruxis Crystal,” Colette said. “The way you have it on your bow like that.”
“It looks nothing like it,” the boy said.
“We’re wasting time here,” the older man finally huffed. Serena watched the group start to leave, and looked around for awhile. Where was she? Wait, those people! She ran right after them (or so she thought), but found that by the time she had found them, they were already on a ship and out of there. Standing on the Izoold dock, she felt like an idiot, a meatball head. She knew something had been weird, but now she knew. They had magical powers of some sort, just like she did. However, she was positive none of them had transformation staffs or Sailor outfits. That girl, Colette, especially. She had to catch up to them. There was a woman by her, who was sighing romantically.
“Aifread,” she whispered.
“Where were they headed? Do you know?” Serena asked, pointing at the disappearing ship in the distance.
“Them? They are heading to Palmacosta, the largest harbor in Sylvarant, and then they’re journeying to Luin to give a letter to my Aifread.”
“Thanks, but umm… which cardinal direction are they headed in?”
“Them? They are heading to Palmacosta, the largest harbor in Sylvarant, and then they’re journeying to Luin to give a letter to my Aifread.”
“Okay,” Serena said, backing away from her. She went over a dock to another boatman, who seemed grumpy beyond all reason. “Excuse me sir, but which cardinal direction is Palmacosta?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care about those people. They were annoying and even had the nerve to ask me to give them a ride across the ocean in these dangerous times!”
“Thank you?” Serena muttered, moving slowly away from the man. She looked around herself now for a better idea of what was going on. Everyone’s movement, if they even moved, seemed repetitive. Her mind, although attempting to focus, drifted back to that group. She had to catch up with them, no matter what…
Darien was screaming from the pain. Electrical shock isn’t a pretty thing. Neither is everything around you turning to metal and an electrically charged cage. When it finally ended, he regained his composure and looked around. He saw an older man on the outside of the cage. What startled him was that the man had wings! Giant, purple, energy-like wings!
“You are quite the interesting one, like the girls we found. You’ve got your own powers. There is no Exsphere attached to your body, and yet, you’re human. I’d love to know why.”
“Who are you?” Darien grunted.
“I feel no need to introduce myself to an inferior being such as yourself,” the man scoffed.
“Lord Yggdrasill,” another smaller man with angelic wings said, as he was suddenly wiped from existence with the raising of the first man’s hand.
“Fool,” a voice chuckled from above.
“I want him alive,” the man, Yggdrasill, seemed to shout to no one. He turned from Darien.
“Why keep me alive?”
“I think Kvar might be interested in using you for a second Angelus project. I’ll have someone inform him sooner or later.”
Darien scowled some, as he looked around his prison. He could attempt to transform and escape, but there was nowhere for him to go. He didn’t know where he was, anything about who had him, and more importantly, why he kept feeling like Serena was in dire danger somewhere. He listened to the activities outside his cage, and realized that there were none. There was silence, as if nothing were going on around him. It actually disturbed him. He figured he would hear even a faint sound of a cricket, but there was not even that. This place didn’t even seem to be alive…
Lita looked around at the place, wondering what kind of world she had stepped into. There were angels everywhere! And yet, not one of them seemed living. They all moved at the same pace, they all spoke the same, looked the same. It was eerie. That was when she saw the hunk.
He flew by her without so much as a glance, but in was in his eyes, that she saw a pain that she thought only she had felt. He was alone. He had no family left in this world. She wasn’t sure how she knew, but she could tell. She wanted to follow him, to talk to him, but her instincts told her no. He would only reject her. She hated rejection more than anything, and she wasn’t about to let him do it to her. However, that could not stop her from asking for his name, right?
The first angel that flew by, she stopped.
“What was his name?” Lita asked, as the angel just moved past her. “Rude much?”
There was no answer as the angel went on their way. Lita pushed it aside, as she saw a man with blue hair, staring curiously at her. Then his face contorted into something close to rage.
“PRISON BREAK!” he cried, running for Lita. The angels around her suddenly ran away. She was alone with this man, whoever he was. However, she noted that the hunk had stopped, and turned to see who had escaped. Apparently, as she quickly discovered, she had gotten the hunk’s eye…
Mina and Amy looked around. Whoever had screamed had been far away. The people that had been posing as their friends had long since left, and now they were left with silence.
“You think we can transform?” Mina asked. The place around them was very quiet, and it was disturbing, if not mind-numbing to the two of them. There was no way that they could be on Earth anymore.
“My computer is still here, and we have our staffs, but I’m not picking up any Negative Energy signatures anywhere.”
“Well, we’re obviously facing a new enemy,” Mina sighed. “Who probably has the others. What do we do?”
“My computer can’t hack into their mainframe to get ourselves out of the cell, and I doubt blasting them will work, because my scanners detect an energy barrier of sorts. We’re trapped here until someone finds us...”
“Raye?” Trista asked, shaking the raven-haired Sailor Scout awake. “Wake up! Something terrible has happened to the others!”
Raye looked around, and suddenly realized what had happened.
Wow, I'm in a great place today... it's called exhaustion... who knew?
Sorry, but I think I pissed off my friend again... she's Sailor Thunder, but she's not on MyO or anything... She wanted to chat with me and I told her I was tired and she got pissed and asked why I could never talk to her anymore. She's my friend, and always will be. I just get busy and don't talk to people. Or I forget to make phone calls. I swear without a planner I'd be a flop in school. Anyhow, I told her that life was a little hectic and she got mad and literally signed off. I know it sounds weird cuz we talked in im and whatnot, but I know how she gets when you say no. It's very much a dark and angsty thing.
Anyhow, after that drama I had trouble sleeping, and the events of the week caught up with me again. I hate it when I get this way. I wanted the week to end and it only just began. Oh well.
In lighter news, I am writing the fanfictions for the week, as well as a little oneshot I'll probably put up here. I decided to post my SM/ToS fanfic from the beginning, so I'll go ahead and put up the first chapter for y'all today.
Also, we might go to the amusement park today. It all depends. Have a good day everybody, and enjoy the fanfic, hopefully! Later!
~Acorn~
PS- The next buttons I'm working on are Frescofairy and Mrs. Elric! And the author's note is a fun little skit I put before each chapter... you guys tell me if you want me to keep or ditch them.
Author’s Note
ImperialGuardian: NOT ANOTHER BETRAYAL FIC!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Raye: Umm…. ImperialGuardian has lost it, so I thought I’d tell you that this is really not what it looks like…. The title says it all. Just wait and see.
ImperialGuardian: I wish I owned Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and a million other things, but I don’t, otherwise I’d be a bazillionaire! However, I do own this storyline, so please don’t take it without my consent.
This first chapter will not explicitly announce the crossover. The next chapter will, and I guarantee you need not know anything about the other—show or game or movie or comic—to understand what will happen, or what is going on… all will be made clear….hehehe
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Chapter 1: Betrayal…
Serena could hardly believe her eyes. The scene played before her a thousand times before she realized that it wasn’t a dream. She couldn’t stand the thought of her Darien—no, he wouldn’t.
Yet the imagery was clear as day, as tears covered her vision. Her Darien was—no, she couldn’t bear to admit it to herself. She walked aimlessly through the city, her eyes still playing that spectacle.
“Darien,” she whispered. “Why?”
In the room there was her friends, all huddled closely to Darien, all of them—um, let’s see—nude. Serena was awestruck as she took a step back.
“No Serena,” Darien said a moment too late, as Serena dashed away.
Haphazardly, she ran into someone.
“Excuse me,” he said. “Is your name Tsukino Serena?”
“Yes, sorry for—why are you looking for me?” Serena asked, looking up to see a man with ravishing long blue hair staring at her pretty blue eyes.
“Forgive me, but I overheard your situation with your friends earlier, and I thought I might be of some assistance. You see, I am a man of great integrity. I thought you might like a little vacation from it all.”
Serena looked at this absolute sign from heaven. There was no way she could say no, but at the same time, if she said yes, she was sure that Trista would get on her case. Then it hit her.
“How did you know what happened with me and my friends?”
“I thought it’d be better not to tell you that I can see through walls,” the man replied, as Serena took a step back. “See? I knew that’s what you would do. Please Miss Tsukino, allow me to apologize for my inadvertent eavesdropping to give you an out for this situation.”
“I don’t know,” Serena said, looking away. “I can’t leave like this. It’s not safe.”
“I can assure you that no one will know that you are even gone. It’ll only be for a few days.”
“Okay, if it’s only for a few days,” Serena said.
“Trust me, they’ll realize the error of crossing you then. However, I shall leave it to you to extend your leave if you so desire to do so.”
“Thank you so much. What do I need to pack?”
“Nothing more than what you have now. Are you ready?”
“Yes,” Serena said, as the world around her lit up in a white light. Then, her body felt as if it were stretching beyond all reason, as she felt ill. It was too bright to make sense of what was happening. However, when she felt the stretching stop, she found herself in a very strange place…
“Hi girls!” Darien announced, as the group looked at him. “What?”
“Hi Darien,” they said in unison.
“Okay,” Darien said quietly, unsure of their strange behavior. “Have you seen Serena?”
“No Darien,” they said in unison again.
“Okay,” Darien said. “I’ll be going then.”
“Bye Darien.”
“Creepy,” Darien whispered, as he left the temple. Something just didn’t fit, and he was going to Trista to see if she noticed anything either…
“Have you seen Serena?” Amy asked the phone. A voice answered. “Thanks—night Molly.”
“Did she see her?” Lita asked. Just then, Lita’s communicator went off.
“Lita?” the communicator said in a worried tone. “I just found a message from Serena!”
“What does it say Mina?” Lita asked, seeing a shaken scout on her screen.
“It says that she’s run away,” Mina replied.
“WHAT?” Raye screamed from the bathroom, as she ran out in a rush. “What do you mean RUN AWAY?”
“She didn’t say anything other than that she’s run away, but get this, it’s all perfect.”
“What do you mean by perfect?” Amy asked.
“She spelled every single word right, and didn’t even make one grammatical mistake,” Mina replied.
“Let’s gather everyone together for an emergency meeting!” Raye shouted, running off.
“Does every meeting we have, have to be an emergency?” Lita asked to no one. Mina got off and Amy sighed.
“I’ll go get Darien,” Amy sighed, walking away…
“Did you succeed?” a voice asked the man with long blue hair.
“She went along as planned,” he replied.
“Good…”
“Trista,” Darien said, pounding on her door. “Answer please!”
Silence came from behind the door.
“What is going on here?” Darien wondered, looking around the empty apartment. “Where is everyone, and why were the girls acting so weird?”
“Darien,” a monotone voice said, as Darien turned. It was Rini!
“Rini? What are you doing back here?”
“Darien, you are not safe,” Rini droned. “You must escape. Come with me.”
“Rini, what is going on?” Darien demanded.
“Darien, you are not safe,” Rini repeated. “You must escape. Come with me.”
“Rini?” Darien asked.
“Darien, you are not safe,” Rini continued. “You must escape. Come with me.”
Darien took a step back from Rini.
“Darien, you are not safe. You must escape. Come with me.”
Darien turned to see that he was surrounded by the girls and Rini.
“Girls?” Darien asked. He was receiving blank stares, as he felt uneasy. He grabbed his transforming rose, but found that it was gone. He let out a loud curse. “It’s a trap.”
“Darien, you are not safe. You must escape. Come with me.”
“I hate one-choice decisions,” Darien thought miserably, and took Rini’s now extended hand.
“SUCKER!” a voice laughed….
A silence prevailed at the meeting. Lita shook her head as she watched the group stare at one another.
“We called an emergency meeting. The least we could do is talk,” Lita finally said. Ever since she had left to change clothes, everyone had been acting strangely. “Guys?”
“Run Lita,” a voice whispered in her head. She didn’t take another guess at it as she dashed off. There was no doubt in her mind that something was terribly wrong. She realized as she stood outside of the temple, she saw a world of lights and metal. She wondered how it had gotten there—then it hit her—how had SHE gotten there…
“Lita’s late,” Mina noted. The group nodded.
“I couldn’t find Darien,” Amy said. The group nodded. Mina and Amy looked at one another.
“Are you guys all right?” they asked, as the group nodded.
“Yeah, why?” Raye said.
“You all keep nodding your head. That’s why,” Mina pointed out, as the group nodded.
“We agree entirely,” Amara said, as nods ensued.
“STOP THAT!” Mina and Amy cried. “This is not a playtime. Serena has run away!”
“And Darien and Lita are missing now too!” Amy shouted. Silence reigned.
“You guys aren’t the girls, are you?” Mina asked, as the group nodded.
“I wasn’t expecting that for an answer,” Amy said, as Mina shivered. “Mina?”
“We gotta get out of here. This isn’t safe,” Mina said, as the two ran for the door, to find that they were suddenly in a cage, with their friends staring blankly on the outside.
“Where in the name of Mercury are we?” Amy asked, as they heard a masculine scream erupt from below…
Okay, I know I haven't been on. I'm sorry... I don't get on on weekends and yesterday was mom's surgery and by the time I got back I was entertaining a friend. Anyhow, I have loads to share, as well as a questionaire someone posted on their site that I said I'd post.
The weekend was kinda fun... I got to hang out at a family friend's, and I got up a new fanart. The Kratos article is kinda sitting there... I'm guessing either not alot know about it, or not alot want to read it. Click here to see it, if ya want to... it'll open in a new window and stuff...
Oh man, Monday was so crazy. I was up at 5:30 AM... and on the road to the hospital by 6:15 AM. I played on a radio show though, and I actually won! It was so cool! I couldn't have done it without my mom though. She was there to support me! ^^ By the time we got to the hospital, it was around 7 AM... we sat in a waiting room until about 8:30 AM, and by 9:30 AM, Mom went to have her surgery done. It was a biopsy, and for those who don't know, they stick a needle in ya and get some tissue out for testing... at least, that's the simplified version of it. She was done by 10:20 AM, and by about 12 noon, we were out of there... can you tell I was watching the clock? I was really nervous, and tired, and nervous, so yeah... it was a LONG morning. Oh, and for those who are curious, Mom has been fine... no complications as of yet, and she's taking it easy here at home.
Then my friends wanted to hang out afterwards... I was so emotionally tired from that morning, and I think I was being a little rude, but I didn't mean to. I honestly don't like being short with people...
Updates: Maybe a sketch or two... if I can remember to visit the scanner at work. I drew them in the waiting room to pass the time. Oh, I got a new vid up on Youtube... me and BB did it together. Here it is down below:
All righty, I'm off... here's that thing I said I'd post that I found on Ki-chan's page. Answer truthfully and whatnot! Later!
1. WHO ARE YOU?(user name)
2. ARE WE FRIENDS ALREADY?
3. DO YOU LIKE MY SITE?
4. DO YOU LIKE MY FANART?
5. WHAT ANIME ON MY LIST DO YOU AGREE WITH?(which one do you like... that I like)
6. GIVE ME A NICKNAME AND EXPLAIN WHY YOU PICKED IT.
7. DESCRIBE ME IN ONE WORD.
8. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF ME?
9. DO YOU STILL THINK THAT WAY OF ME NOW?
10. AM I A GOOD FRIEND?
11. IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
12. HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW ME?
13. WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
14. EVER WANTED TO TELL ME SOMETHING BUT FELT AFRAID TO? (PM me please ^^)
15. DO YOU THINK IM NICE?
16. DO YOU THINK IM JUDGEMENTAL?
17. ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THIS ON YOUR SITE AND SEE WHAT I SAY ABOUT YOU?
Hey everyone, I actually have 150 pageviews! Yay! I'm a happy camper (cuz that's halfway to 300, which is an awesome number)!
Okay, yes, weird, I know. Oh, um, I have up two new fanart! Yay! Um... one's the black and white of the color one, so hehe... fun. I was going to tell you guys a story today, but I realized it's not the time or place, so yeah...
Oh, me and Ra-chan are going to be writing a fic together! Happy day... it's going to be so much fun! It's based off a oneshot I wrote... I'll go ahead and put it up here a little later today.
Not much else for me to say today... I'm chilling out for now, since it's Friday. Hope everyone has a good day! Later!
~Acorn~
OF CURSES AND THE ETERNAL SWORD
They didn’t realize how much they’d be crashing into today. The Sohma family gathered at the park, waiting with cameras ready. Not only that, but Kyo was pacing around, moving back and forth in a large trench coat, occasionally glaring at Yuki, who glared back. He too was in a large trench coat. How had they gotten to this? Even Akito waited in the shadows, watching the pair with an amused eye. It was possible that both of them were at fault, but at the moment, each one stewed, silently blaming the other for his and poor Tohru’s current dilemma.
“Okay—oh wow, it seems you guys got the whole family here over this,” piped a voice, as Uo and Hana stepped out of the woodworks. Behind them was a blushing and quiet Tohru Honda, who for some reason also wore a trench coat. It’s becoming a major fashion trend apparently. “Don’t worry about a thing Tohru. No one is going to notice you. They’ll be too busy staring at the Prince and Kyo-Kyo over there.”
“I told you to stop calling me that!” Kyo shouted at her. Uo just laughed.
“I sense that our plan will be temporarily short-lived by an unexpected arrival,” Hana announced. The Sohma family, who is a normally composed group, shivered and moved a step away at the sound of Hana’s voice.
“Ah man!” Uo said, snapping her fingers. Above them, a roar was overheard. The group brushed it off as an airplane, and shortly afterward regretted it. In a big dog pile came a mass of bodies, all moaning in utter shock about their current forced landing. The Sohma family, Tohru, and Uo were somewhat speechless.
“Lloyd Irving-Aurion, hand me that sword, or so help Martel, I will ground you.”
“But Daaaaddddd—I didn’t do it this time!”
“I’m sorry Lloyd. I didn’t mean to trip. Please forgive me.”
“You don’t have to apologize you goof. Accidents happen.”
“You’re right. I’m sorry.”
“Ahem,” Shigure coughed, getting the attention of the dog pile. “This certainly is an interesting conversation and all, but who are you, why are you dressed like that, and more importantly, how did you get here?”
The dog pile finally cleared itself up, creating a group of nine people, who were brushing themselves off and in different levels of embarrassment. What scared the group a little was the fact that all of them had a weapon of some kind. An older man with dark purple clothing and messy auburn hair stepped forward.
“My name is Kratos Aurion, a traveling mercenary. How we got here is unimportant. What is more important is where is here?”
The group of weapon-bearing people seemed to be resisting the urge to laugh.
“Tohru, I suggest that we be careful around these people. Although they look, somewhat normal, their electrical signals are extremely strange. In fact, they are similar to the ones I see in the Sohma family, but not quite the same.”
Tohru’s mind flooded with questions. The Sohma family edged back a little more, Yuki and Kyo stepping forward to be the representatives. The group of nine moved back a little as well. This was a little frightening you know, having some random girl talking about electric signals? I mean, how scary is that?
“The mana levels are really weird,” a short kid in blue with even messier silver hair announced. “It’s like they exist, but they’re not used much. These people must not use magitechnology.”
“Somehow, this seems to be a different world from Symphonia. Lloyd! You’re a genius! If you can switch worlds, then that explains why Zelos is suddenly here and alive! You must have traveled through time and space!” an older woman who wore orange and had silver hair as well proclaimed. “This is fascinating! I must know everything about this place! Even the trees!”
The group of eight sighed as she ran frantically around the park, looking at every single leaf, blade, and critter that moved.
“It would seem our presence is not needed,” Hana said, turning to leave.
“Okay, I think I’ve seen enough anyhow,” Uo muttered. “Tohru, take pictures for us, okay? We want the originals!”
And with that the two of them left, leaving poor Tohru with the Sohma family AND these strange newcomers.
“Aw Professor! Cut it out! You’re scaring them!” a teen in red proclaimed. He has short brown hair, and apparently, this was the one they had called Lloyd. Kyo and Yuki were both getting angrier by the second. Tohru made note of this.
“Kyo, Yuki, please don’t get angry,” Tohru pleaded. She turned to Kratos, who acknowledged her facing him almost immediately. “Hello, I’m Tohru Honda. I think Shigure was wondering what all of your names were, since we were kind of shocked by your arrival.”
“Right,” Kratos said, turning to the group again, and nodding, as they bowed to the group before them.
“Sorry for not introducing myself sooner. My name is Colette Brunel,” said an apologetic blonde in white.
“I’m his best friend, Genis Sage,” said the little boy in blue. “And that crazy woman back there is my sister, Raine. Don’t mind her much. She’s always like that.”
“I’m back from the dead Lloyd! You are so awesome!” announced a bouncy looking redhead in pink. He patted Lloyd on the back, who shrugged. The man turned to Tohru. “I’m Zelos Wilder, by the way, and may I say you are quite the pretty little angel, Tohru.”
Sohma Family once again took once step back. Kyo and Yuki took three steps forward, about to pound this newcomer, when a card flew past them and struck Zelos right on the head.
“I’m Sheena Fujibayashi, and if you don’t leave that poor girl alone, you Idiot Chosen, I’ll have to murder you,” said a woman in purple garb that reminded them entirely of ninjas. She held a card in her hand and had a fire in her eyes.
“He’s worse than Ayame,” Yuki said coldly, and under his breath. Behind him, Ayame Sohma sneezed.
“What do you want to bet she’s more violent than Kagura?” Kyo added quietly. The two nodded, as Kagura Sohma sneezed. The redhead, Zelos, moved back to the group, sighing in defeat.
“She really is a Violent Demonic Banshee!” Zelos whined, as Sheena’s hand connected with the back of his head. “See! See!”
“Behave yourself and I wouldn’t have to be so violent!” Sheena reminded him angrily.
“Forgive our companions,” said a younger girl with bubblegum pink hair and dark clothing. “This is also normal. I am Presea Combatir.”
The Sohma family, who had recovered from their encounter with Zelos, was shocked at the axe this girl wielded. She made no effort to explain, and they made no effort to ask.
“Please, do forgive those three,” said a blue-haired man in semi-formal attire. “They really don’t mean any harm. I’m Regal Bryant. It’s a pleasure to meet all of you.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet all of you!” Tohru replied.
“If he’s your Dad, why is your name Irving-Aurion?” piped up Momiji Sohma, dressed in a frilly outfit and bouncing up and down. He was pointing at Lloyd and Kratos, who both coughed.
“That’s a long story,” Kratos muttered. Everyone in the group kind of looked down. Even the energetic woman, Raine, stopped her research and looked back to the group, a distant look in her eye. “Could you please inform us of our location?”
“One moment,” said Akito, as the Sohma family and Tohru all moved away, letting the head of the family come through. “Do you dare order us to tell you where you are, when you have so rudely interrupted a family gathering?”
“Akito, please be careful. We’re fortunate you could join us today,” Hatori Sohma, the doctor, said calmly. The family was chillingly silent. Lloyd, Genis, and Colette watched hesitantly as Akito approached Kratos. Raine, surprisingly, had her staff at ready, behind the group with a patient look on her face. Sheena and Zelos stood calmly waiting. Regal and Presea did nothing, watching from afar as well. Tohru was trying not to panic, but her mind roared with fears and worries, as she silently watched the display. The Sohma family, although silent, were also on guard.
“Answer my question.”
“I hold regrets that due to an accident, we have interrupted your family time. However, knowing where we are, is the first step to going back,” Kratos said coldly. The group noticed a strange, killer look in his eye. One devoid of the life it had previously held. Sure, before he seemed a little offbeat, but now, now he seemed heartless. His hands were clenched. Suddenly Colette grabbed a hold of Kratos.
“Please calm down!” she begged. “You can’t do that here! You might kill him!”
Bad choice of words. Akito’s face switched to a wild look of rage, the one the Sohma family knew way too well.
“You might kill me?” Akito screeched. He charged, and came inches from laying a hand on Colette, as to rip her away. Then, his vision filled with a green light that harmlessly pulled him away from the pair. Yuki and Shigure now held him gently, trying to keep him from charging again.
“GUARDIAN!”
The cry came as a shock, but what came after, scared them a little more. The man they had called Kratos now had blue gossamer wings coming from his back. His cold eyes were back, and the group of seven looked down, as if they had been caught unprepared.
“How do we explain that?” Sheena sighed.
“It’s very simple,” Raine said, the energy and excitement in her voice gone. “We don’t.”
She proceeded to walk past the group and towards the raging Akito. She looked to Hatori.
“Is he always like this?”
“I could ask the same of you,” Hatori shot back. Raine sighed, as she looked carefully at Akito.
“Are you hurt?” she asked him. This question brought silence. Akito was still angry though.
“HOW DARE YOU ASK THAT TO ME!” he roared, as he ripped loose from the two, knocking them both clear by Kratos and Colette, and grabbed her by her hair. Raine made no visible effort to struggle, but the weapon-bearing group was on edge.
“Professor!” Lloyd cried. The group drew weapons.
“It seems that you are fine,” Raine replied. The situation had gone from bad to worse so quickly. They needed a way to calm the situation, and Tohru was just the girl to do it!
“Please forgive Ms. Sage, Mr. Akito. She doesn’t know any better,” Tohru pleaded, bowing to the angry head of the family. Meanwhile, while Tohru was trying to talk Akito out of seriously harming Raine, Kyo and Hatsuharu Sohma went to help Yuki and Shigure to their feet.
“Are you two all right? That was some throw, even for him,” Hatsuharu asked, as he lifted Yuki up. Kyo raised Shigure to his feet, as he looked to the winged man and the girl before him.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but you better start explaining as soon as we get Akito out of here,” he said. Shigure’s normally joking face was gone.
“Now, now, Kyo. They have weapons. We don’t have much defense here,” Shigure said. “At the very least, we’re at their mercy.”
“I’m sorry Kratos. It’s my fault you had to show them your wings,” Colette whispered. Kratos’ wings vanished, and he seemed to be calm again.
“It’s all right, just as long as no one is seriously hurt,” Kratos replied. As Colette let go, however, she tripped, falling towards Kyo and Shigure. The whole family stopped, as Raine dropped to the park floor. Tohru’s eyes widened. The family secret. The one they had been hiding, it was in danger!
Kagura jumped into action, racing to get there before impact. Kyo’s eyes widened, as he shoved Shigure out of range, ready to catch the girl. Kagura ended up catching the shoved Shigure instead of her beloved Kyo. Colette crash landed onto Kyo, as they all heard a distinct pop, followed by a thud.
“I’m so sorry!” Colette cried, lifting up what she thought was Kyo. Before her was an orange, aggravated cat. Beneath her, were Kyo’s trench coat and whatever clothes that came with it underneath. Shigure was the first to laugh, and break the icy silence.
“Ha-ha! That’s your best trick yet Kyo!” he chuckled. “I mean really! You even managed to switch in the angry cat this time!”
“Really?” Lloyd asked.
“That wasn’t an act. There’s no trace of him anywhere around here,” Sheena announced, her eyes scanning the area.
“And if I’m right, Colette is still holding that guy,” Genis said, pointing at the cat, which cringed.
“Genis is correct. That man—is lying,” Presea added.
“I’m so sorry!” Colette cried again. “I bet you were trying to keep this a secret weren’t you? Oh you poor thing!”
Colette then proceeded to hug the cat, nearly squeezing the life out of it.
“Colette, dear, I think you’re killing him,” Shigure said, chuckling some. Oh, Kyo wasn’t living this down anytime soon.
“You’re right! I’m sorry,” Colette said, letting go of the cat, as it grabbed the clothes and ran into the nearby brush. There was a shocking silence from everyone. No one dared to move towards the brush, towards Akito and Raine, towards Kratos, towards anything. They all remained motionless, in a catch-22 and no one knew how to get out.
Time is slowly ticking by, and it's annoying me to no end... As of yesterday, when I went to check my portfolio, both the Kratos Aurion article and my new fanart were up. I'm still breathing, but I haven't updated my fanfictions yet. Question: Do you guys want me to start posting my fanfictions up here? I mean, I could, I've got plenty written, and you can find it all here or by following my button up there. I could start posting them here though. It'd be cool with me, but for some time you guys would be behind what I have posted on the main site.
As for the fanfiction in question, it's called Looks Can Be Deceiving (so sue me, I know it's not the best title), and it's one of two Sailor Moon/Tales of Symphonia crossovers that I know of. I know there's a Naruto/Tales of Symphonia crossover somewhere, but I've noted that there are not very many ToS crossovers written that I've found. I've made this story very readable for fans of Sailor Moon, and even for Tales of Symphonia fans. It's like reading two stories for the price of one...lol... See, since the crossovers are so few, now there's a personal mission for me to start writing them... anyhow, can anyone guess the couple that I'm breaking up from Sailor Moon and the guy with the fangirls from Tales of Symphonia?
It's raining outside. Wow, I didn't even notice that and I've been awake for at least twenty minutes now. Yeah, I'm still tired... oh well. It's going to be a long day.
"You learn to read at school." -Shigure in The NyuJuunishi
Oh man, there's this Furuba (Fruits Basket) fanfic I've been reading lately, called The NyuJuunishi by Kara Gurl' and if at first it comes across as a little cliche, I've found it to be an interesting read nonetheless. I'm one of those quality not quantity readers so if you're into those ridiculously long chapters, I'm sorry, but hers aren't that long... granted neither are mine, but I've been updating weekly, so yeah. She updates pretty frequently, and if you review, she tends to respond... I can't remember whether you need an account to review... some authors (like me!) will let you review regardless, whereas others will say you need to log in.
Bet you didn't see that coming...lol... I'm crazy when it comes to my writing, which is why I get so excited about the articles and stuff. I'm just a happy go lucky little writer. I do requests if you send them, and I tend to love a good challenge. Speaking of a challenge, me and Ra-chan are going to write the first two Furuba/Tales of Symphonia crossovers, and trust me, it's going to be fun... there are days when I wish I could find the manga to read though. I've only seen the anime, which I do know is incomplete (it doesn't discuss Kureno and Rin, Akito is a guy, and a few curst tidbits). Oops, I've definitely gotten a little outta hand here... lol ^_^;
Updates: As I said, the Kratos article is up, and the next character on the list is Regal Bryant. And the fur will fly because I have an interesting point to bring up about Regal...hehe... Well, I'm off to set up the barricades around the house. Later!
Thanks for all your well wishing for my mom! She's doing a bunch of tests tomorrow to make sure the cancer hasn't spread. The surgery she's got planned is to remove the tissue in her chest that is cancerous, nothing too bad, but they're gonna drug her up so she needs a ride home (the reason I'm going). She's actually been through the steps before, so she said the most annoying part to her is the waiting game. I can't help but agree.
Anyhow, I'm not sure how well I'm gonna be after Wednesday. I'm writing a fic that's breaking up a rather popular pairing and putting someone together with the guy with a large fangirl population. Am I gonna live? Probably not. But I'm gonna put it up anyhow. I'll give you guys more details tomorrow, when I'm not so pressed for time.
Updates: I put up another fanart, and I'm working on more. Let me know what you guys think of them! I'm not much of a color person, but I'm working on it! No news on the Kratos article as of yet. Still waiting. All right, I have to go. Later!
Hey y'all! I'm gonna go visit everyone in a moment, when I'm done with the post... almost all the people on my friends list updated (O.O) so I'm going to go visit after posting!
Mom's got a surgery on the nineteenth, and I'm going with her cuz she's not allowed to drive herself home. Believe it or not I've become the pro of hospital waiting.... (I know this isn't a good thing, but yeah)... Although this will be longer than my standard four-hour emergency room wait... hehe... what can I say? Some of our family is accident prone...
Updates: I submitted the Kratos Aurion article last night... so now for the wait... I hope it makes it, but considering the track record... I'm almost positive my quizzes didn't make it... I'll just have to see if I can edit them, or put them somehwere else. Some of you said you really wanted to take them, so I'll get them up somehow! :D Oh, I made a few new sketches, but they're not up yet. I'll put one of them up today. And I made a new GMV this past weekend with Tales of Symphonia, the second Fullmetal Alchemist game, and the Baten Kaitos game! It's on Youtube here or down below:
I got halfway done with Dumiel and cutepresea's banners... it's a two step process....
Get pictures.
Make banner
So yeah, they should be up soon. Okay, I've taken up enough posting space...lol. Later!
Wow, where to begin today? I'm able to tell you all what happened. Okay okay, let me start from the beginning. Mom and I went to the ER at the start of the week. She was having chest pains. Anyhow, it turned out (according to the ER doctors) that she had cancer again. Okay, yesterday it was confirmed, but it's very cureable... no need for panic. Mom's gonna undergo the treatment and everything. Although those ER doctors spoke to us as if she were already dead! Do you realize HOW FREAKING SCARY THAT IS? My mom is all I have left (sad story that I'll probably share with y'all sometime), so the way the ER doctor said it, sounded like she was gonna leave me too, and I was gonna have to raise my last two brothers on my own and drop outta college. Now that that's over, and we know she's going to be okay for a good long while, I feel MUCH better.
Okay, now for some lighter news. I changed my layout! I am so happy and it was so fun! Oooh, and if you want, let me know your top three favorite anime/game characters of all time and I'll make a friend banner for ya... or, if you don't like the one I've made, let me know and I'll take another swing at it. I'm still working on them... I'm going to try and finish Dumiel and cutepresea's today. The background is from Snow drop, and the character is Trowa Barton from Gundam Wing. I have a slight obssession. (Who am I trying to fool? I'm seriously obsessed, with him and the show! lol)
Some news about my youngest bro, BB, who actually has a MyO page and stuff. His cast came off, and he's mobile again! Yay! Oh, and yeah, he has a new theme song, I swear. It comes on every time he comes in my room, no lie. If you can't hear it right now, it's Moonlight Denetsu, the Sailor Moon theme song... I'm not kidding! Even he said it! Oh, and he's got a new dynamic layout for his page, codes courtesy of me...lol. Actually, I wrote it in Javascript. It was fun. Tons of fun...hehe...
I'm gonna go see Pirates of the Caribbean 2 today with a friend. She wanted me to tag, but she's getting to go with at least five older men, and initially she was by herself... I woulda traded her for that spot! Then again, she's going with her bf and his friends... I'm beginning to feel like a serious third wheel or something. At least it's only a movie. Well, that's about it on the news for today...
To answer questions about the shuttle launch that was supposed to go on July 4th, it woulda been the first launch to go off on the holiday. Does anyone know if it went into space or not?
Updates: Yeah, nothing again. I'm just trying to pick myself up in this department...lol. Well, everyone have a good day! Later!
