"A Hearts Undying Wish" Part 1 Artemis san ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- One morning in the shady hills of Hikawa Jinja, Hino Rei-san awoke to her two best friends Phobos and Deimos squaking in the window she?d forgotten to shut last night. She got up and threw on a shirt to get the day started and walked into the bathroom where she had her temple robe lying on a small mid counter piece neatly pressed. After taking a shower, Rei slipped into the robe and walked outside in her sandals, broom in hand to begin the days chores. While sweeping, Rei noticed that her Grandfather was sitting on the roof again watching the morning sun rise gleam over all of Tokyo. ?Grandfather, you shouldn?t be up there like that, you?ll get hurt!? Rei said in a holler to make sure he could here her. Grandpa replied with an ?I know what I?m doing!? sort of mark back. Rei sighed and pondered why he can never take a hint that she worried about him a lot of the time, what with her dad being away in politics and her Mother dead now she could not take another beating by a loved one being out of her life. Rei finished her chores in about two or three hours later and went to change into her school uniform and take out to the streets. While walking and spotting many sales on some pretty expensive jewelry, Rei only could wish what it would feel like to be glamorous and where such pricy things and continued on her way. As she past what seemed another store ready to clean out a savings account she spotted a lovely dress hanging in the window on display and she looks at the price. ?32000 YEN!?? Rei said a shocked voice. She looked through her purse and realized she had saved up enough to buy the dress with even some money to spend. Rei walked into the store and bought the dress and felt relieved she hadn?t wasted the day and went back home. When she arrived an ambulance was directly at the bottom steps of the temple. Rei ran at like a flash to the top of the stairs to see Grandpa being taken away on a stretcher. While going to see what was wrong a lady walked over towards Rei and said, ?I?m sorry it looks pretty bad, he needs extensive surgery and we don?t know if he will survive. Rei?s entire body froze into a very cold stillness as the breeze flowed through her hair. After regaining her composure Rei scrambled inside the temple and grabbed some personal items and locked up the temple then took off for the hospital. Later Rei made a phone call to Usagi about the accident and she could barely speak so afraid of losing her Grandfather the last person who in her opinion was alive out of her family. Usagi packed up some of her own things and scrambled out the door to the hospital to wait with Rei. Usagi thought many things to herself. ?What if Rei really DID lose Gramps, I know her she would totally lose it and flip into a deep depression?. No sooner did Usagi say these words she wound up at the hospital and got to the 5th floor where Rei was. ?Rei- chan, are you alright?? Usagi said curiously. Rei muttered under her breath with deep depression, ?I?m...just fine Usagi.....just fine; please sit down?. Rei smiled just seeing Usagi made her a little happy. Many hours passed and still no word on Gramps condition, until about 2:00 am the same nurse who told Rei about the accident at the temple came out and said, ?He seems alright but he sustained major injuries? he should stay here under observation then we will release him.? Rei said with a slight grin, ?Thank you for everything.....?. ?Well Usagi? Rei said. ?We can go now no use in us being stuck here for that many days, let?s go home?. Rei sat at home in the bathtub just thinking of how envious she was of Usagi, Ami, Minako, but not so much Makoto considering she was almost no better off than she was in the subject of family function. ?Wow, it must be cool to have so many people around all the time to care and love you and be able to really show it?. Rei got out and watched a tape of Grandpa doing acrobatics like he?d done before and noticed something. While watching Rei noticed how good her Grandfather was at his tricks in air and realized that he was to good to just fall as he did. ?I knew it!? Rei said to herself. ?Someone did this to Gramps, but who!?? She yelled. She walked to the sacred fire room where all of her spiritual thinking comes from. ?Oh sacred fires, please show me the one face that took my Grampa half way to his grave....Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Sai, Zen....!? She chanted as the fire scorched brighter and hotter than normal and a muggy figure appeared, that of a woman whom Rei had never seen before. ?Who is that!?? Rei asked herself briefly. ?Well I don?t care who it is they are gonna pay if I ever see their ugly faces in public I?ll.....I?ll......!? Rei stopped in the middle of her sentence as someone broke her words. ?Or you?ll do what Miss Hino Rei-san!?? a voice said from behind. ?Rei quickly took note of the face of the person. ?You..you?re, You are the one who did that to Gramps....you evil bitch I?ll make sure that you don?t get away with this you miserable whore! Rei held up an anti-evil scroll and threw it at the figures body. The scroll went directly through the body. ?What the hell kind of person are you!?? Rei yelled at the figure. ?Well Miss Rei, you probably don?t know me but I know everything about you.? the figure spoke. ?Nonsence!? Rei remarked. ?How can you know everything about me!?? she asked the figure. The weird black shadow disgaurded their robe and Rei froze at what she saw. What Rei was looking at was, he own Mother who had died. ?How can this be true!?? she asked. ?Better yet why would you do such a thing to Grampsyou nasty wench!?? Rei asked many times. ?All in due time my dear daughter? Rei mother responded. ?As for now I shall return later with many things to ask of you for, or I?ll make sure that your Grandfather DOESN?T pull thought the night!? The figure said. Rei stood with her head down as not wanting anything to happen to Gramps. ?Alright, what do you want me to do...? Rei said silently. ?Hehehehe, good girl Rei-san, I knew I could count on you.? Rei?s mother spoke.