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it started with me on a plane to someplace overseas... they hadn't told us our destinations, all top secret and all... most of us in the plane had been drafted as special technical assistance... in other words... scientific and medical help for other countries... not sure why but i've got the feeling that obama fucked up and is now trying to take over the world after killing off pretty much every country... no real surprise... my job was basically to run machines in the lab, just like i do now... no basic training or nothing! it was actual like a dream come true since i was getting paid to travel the world. i wasn't by a window seat but i had a feeling of the few places they could send me...  we were going in the wrong direction for any country along the equator and south of it, unless they took us over the top first... i gave up and fell asleep after some time of listening to the gaggling of people complaining about never seeing their family again, or having to up root them as soon as they find someplace to stay and bring them to their new country... each stop they called numbers and people got off... we were refueled and sent off again... i had so many people trying to ask my past i finally desided sleeping or feigning sleep was for the best... my family had been killed in the revolt i guess... it was odd the way these memories worked but hey why not ya know... finally the plane was nearly empty, we were just one shipment of many but all the same... i was actually asleep when we landed and one of the airport workers had to come and poke me awake... without caring i lumbered off the plane and into the light and about shit a brick... i knew hwere i was and wanted to email you as soon as the nearest internet booth came to me... but you were sent off too so id no clue when you'd get it, but it was not a big deal... youd get it and squeal just like i did on the inside.. i was sent to japan (go figure)!! lolz

months went by and i was sort of understanding the language, luckily many people spoke english so it wasn't too bad. i mangaged to get a small apartment in a pretty neighborhood and life was quiet but ok, i worked so many hours nearly everyday it made my shift switching seem easy... finally i got word that i was to have a whole week off! i got on a train and went to see the shrine of inari (go figure once again) and thats where i met him!!! lolz this is where it got so cute and romantic!

there was a very handsom man standing at the entrance of the walkway lined with tori. i smiled and said hello (i think it was in japanese but in a dream when you understand what you say who gives a shit what it is) he looked around and then at me kind of in wonder before saying hello back. i understood the meaning but not what he said, i was kinda confused but all the same i continued to walk through the path of arches. i noticed he was following me and i knew i could handle things myself but i was slightly nervous. he seemed nervous and curious as well, keeping just far enough to say out of my line of vision and out of reach... when i reached the top i stared in awe cuz its just so pretty in the early morning light. all the fox statues sparkled like they were newly carved and even the shrine looked new. i did the custom of tossing coins in and ringing the gong and prayed... only nothing came to mind... normally i wish for true love and stuff but this time i was empty... after a moment the gong rang again and the man who had followed me stepped up on my right side and joined in the ritual. i suddenly thougth of what i wanted to pray for, not sure why but in retrospect i do. i prayed to be able to understand the language of the man next to me. next thing i knew the wind picked up and all these chimes started ringing and cherry blossoms swirled around (not the season since i noticed the red leaves of autumn on the train ride) and it was so AMAZING!

when the wind settled i turned to the man who was watching me with wonder still and smiled. on a whim i asked if he would accompany me with my meal i had brought (who cares hes hott!) he seemed surprised and noddled and led the way to a small area that seemed to be used for lunches often. i unpacked my PB&J sandwiches and bag of chips XD (cant even cook in my dreams) and before i knew it he had asked my name and i was telling him just about everything about myself, including the fact that my family was gone- something that i only told a few people... it was so romantic! in that i just met you but i feel like ive known you for all my life kinda way.

i didn't notice the time until a cool breeze blew a blood red maple leaf into my hair(which by the way was ALL silverly faded-red due to the requirements of the job being returning hair to the natrual color...). i shivered and went to pull it out, but the guy had reached for it too... (dude im getting all giggly now just writing this) his hands were so warm (im not going into full detail for you... we'd be here ALL DAY and i have to work) and he never looked away from me, i was trapped in his eyes and one thing led to another slow motion anime shojo style kinda thing and next thing i know i was in his arms.

"stay with me?" he asked with a soft voice i hesitated slightly, "just for a while?" i relaxed against him, trusting this stranger completely. we watched the stars come out and he told me all sorts of stories. and when nightfall came i knew i wasn't going home.

when i woke i freaked out because i wasn't inthe little forest area i had been, and my guy wasn't anywhere around. instead tourists were staring at me in wonder and taking pictures wildly. (that's right, its the weekend) i looked down since everyone seemed to be impressed with my clothes... instead of wearing the long skirt and top i had the day before i was in a kimono much like the one i own but it was like REAL from old times! it appeared i had fallen asleep against one of the giant old trees. i was all sorts of confused but quickly got up and left.

the next weekday morning (to avoid damn tourists) i was at the shrine again. the kimono was carefully folded in my bag with a bit of a better meal this time. i wanted answers and more than that i wanted to see the guy again (ok, so he did tell me what to call him but ive forgotton, ok?) i reached the first of the tori and took a deep breath, slightly disappointed he wasn't there already... i reached the top and the shrine looked as it always did, faded and old... nothing like it had wen i met the guy... sighing i gave my offering and rang the gong, praying to be with him again.

i felt hands on my arms and turned to bitchslap any pervert near me sango style but stopped dead. it was my guy! XD we spent the day together and i asked him where he went and stuff... his answers were vauge... eventually i gave up for the time being... he asked me why i wasnt wearing the kimono and i blushed. he said it was mine to keep and that he would like to see me wear it more. so go figure, i changed behind a tree.

i left by nightfall, escorted by the guy to the end of the tori where he kissed me good night. i had rented a room in a nearby in so i could be there by morning tomorrow. the guy that owned the in looked at me questioningly... an american girl with strange hair wearing an authentic kimono, who wouldnt ya know...

the next morning i was at the shrine before the sun rose in the kimono, my offering given i rang the gong and prayed to be with the man. this time he didn't come... the shrine was still dark and i walked around to the back and sat waiting for the sun. as teh sun rose i heard footsteps and turned expecting the guy. instead it was some old monk. he looked surprised to see me there, he too was dressed in old clothes, not the new ones that were made to look authentic but real... he smiled and sad infront of me.

"i assume you are not of this place." he said. i pulled my hair selfconsiously and nodded... thinking if this were an anime like inuyasha, they'd think im a demon. "there was an old tale that the messengers of inari searched high and low for his bride and never found her, for she was as sly as inari himself... but that she would come when the Time came..." the monk smiled and watched teh sun rise with me. "i hope you both find what you're looking for..." he said and then vanished.

i waited all day and into the night. only when i was about to leave did i hear a voice. "how is it you can see me? how is it you understand me? why am i so attracted to you?"

"i don't know," i whispered, crying... and walked back down the path knowing he would not show himself to me.

the last morning of my break i gathered the last of my things and set out for the shrine one final time. i had also recieved word that i was being transfered to ireland as a "gift"... thats how it was- no one owned their lives anymore... taht time was long gone...

the old kimono was comfortable in the cool morning as i walked to the shrine... i took a deep breath, steadying my heart and began to climb... with each step i felt more and more urgency and started to run... tears fell to the ground behind me. at last i reached the top and i leaned over the offerings, tears falling to join the coins.

"i have nothing to offer that could match what you already have... except my life..." although i knew i shouldn't i rang the gong and stood silent in the growing light...

"your life is worth nothing to me..." i heard the man's voice, i didn't look up, i knew i looked disgracefull. i felt hands on my arms and then i was drawn into a warm embrace. "the only thing of any true value is your love."

i looked up at him noticing the clear blue sky above, as the rain fell around us.

"be with me forever?" he asked.

i nodded and it was romantic from there out!

the scene shifted slightly to the shrine itself, looking new and beautiful, the old monk stood beside it looking up and in our direction but not seeing us. "a kitsune wedding... i am happy for the both of you, strange spirits, finding what you sought."
Ok, so you may have wondered and now you know... this is how most stories of mine start out... The best start as a dream much like this was that I email to a friend, later I sit down and either do some research (as I need to with this since I'm using a place that I've never been to) or create further detail such as additional characters and speech. I also fix all the terrible grammar and spelling and so on...

This one for sure I intend to expand on, though it may be some time and probably will deviate from the rough a great deal, but I really liked this one...

In this case, this is a direct copy/paste from the email that I sent to Zodaic86. Once I work on it and get a secondary version of this completed I will delete this version and post the new, probably section by section as my other works have been. So be sure to check in once and a while to see how this progresses!

It's my new pet project, but it won't replace Rue or any of the others... They're just on a break right now... I've lost my jump-drive... and my computer went through hell and back again and I lost everything...
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