[ Related Universe: Stained Glass Curtain ]


It started with three flowers, left on Ran's desk. An orchid, a lily, and a single coral-colored rose. No note, no indication of who had left them. Ran flushed when he saw them, and quickly hid them away. He looked around for any sign of who might have left them.( Read more... )



[ Related Universe: Stained Glass Curtain ]

The PINpoint sparked in Aya's hand. It had never done that before. He looked around a room that he did not recognize. It was spartan with bars an ornate but ominous grill on the window. There was a bookshelf but little else. He recognized some of the titles. He turned in circle. The wary surprise and confusion written on his face was easier to read than many of the books on the shelves. He looked at a small boy sitting on a bed. He recognized him at once.( Read more... )

Ran touched his swollen and tender nose, and winced. He could feel a bruise coming in beneath his left eye. He had probably broken some ribs. Maybe they should have gone to the medical bay before meeting with the superior officer. Ran glanced over at his Vulcan companion who had taken out three of the five attackers. There was a spot of green blood on his lower lip. That was it. His hair wasn't even mussed. He was talking in that low, calm voice that he had. A voice that he had not raised even when he was fighting. Ran let him do the talking. The Vulcans seemed to understand each other better; and Ran's voice sounded thick and awful. Ran watched Mr. Spock raise and eyebrow and wondered if that meant the same thing in Vulcans as it did in Humans.( Read more... )

Aya-chan rubbed her hands together to keep out some of the chill of the morning. She leaning against the railing of the cathedral steps, waiting for Ran to change out of his vestments so they could go home. Mom and dad were in Venice for the week, but they had arranged for a car service and asked that daddy's assistant to check in on "the kids" while they were away. Which is what made this such perfect timing, Aya-chan thought, smiling up at the looming gray building.( Read more... )

Kakyou heard a guard call out, "Stop!"

There was a loud clatter. A girl's voice called back, "You better not touch me."

The next sound Kakyou would hear would be the guard crying out in pain.( Read more... )

Omi raced toward the line of travelers, the rain pelting his skin cooling him but falling hard enough to bruise. They were easy to see -- a dozen men on horse back and two carriages. One carriage held the king of Goryeo, the other housed his Yuan bride. Omi spotted Aya and Yohji among the other Wu Dal Chi, the Royal Bodyguards. ( Read more... )

Aya-chan didn't remember ever taking Ran to the ice cream shop in the Nexus, so she found it strange when Ran asked her to meet him there. It wasn't the kind of place he would go to on his own. The feeling she gets when she sees Ran and Kakyou sitting together at a booth is the opposite of surprise. She smiles at them both, and goes to join them.( Read more... )