SteelDuality Rayearth Epilogue

Happiness. Outright joy and contentment.

Rayearth could sense these emotions welling up within her, and she rather enjoyed them. As she looked around her, she could see the faces of the many friends she had made in the past few months. They were all sitting around a table, laughing and generally enjoying themselves. But what exhilirated her the most, was the arm that was resting on her shoulders. The arm that belonged to the man that she had fallen in love with, Ryuunosuke Natsume.

"...Don't you, Raye-chan?" Ryuunosuke asked, pulling Rayearth out of her thoughts.

"Uh... what?" Rayearth asked in response.

Ryuu chuckled, then poked her slightly with one of his fingers that rested along her shoulder. "I said, you sure like that show a lot, don't you, Raye-chan? Pay just a little attention, hmm? Or we might all start to think you're a real space-case," he said, as he winked at her.

"Oh... yes, that," she replied, gaining her bearings of the conversation. "Yes. I love that show. Especially the lead female. She's a lot like me, in some aspects."

There's a slight 'snerk' noise to the side, as Ryuu gave her chest a little playful poke. "Well, almost like you," he noted. "You've still got to get that last 'growth spurt' before Eclair is pretty much exactly like you, Raye-chan."

Rayearth arched a brow and looked at him. "Uh-huh." she retorted. "You're just saying that because you know how much you liked those nude scenes of her. Besides, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that was you trying to compare my size to her, and hoping that mine will get bigger, is that it?"

"... I'm not saying anything either way," Ryuunosuke answered. "Because confirming will result in pain, and denying will result in you calling me a liar and asking why I noticed them so much. Therefore, your attempted game of Boy Brain Ball can not be played today." He then slipped off the desk, and towards the door, moving at rather high speed. "If you want to hurt me for that though, going to have to catch me first."

"Hey!" Rayearth exclaimed as she got up out of her seat, dropping an envelope on the floor. "Wait up a minute! Come back here!"

Ryuunosuke grinned triumphantly as he opened the door. "Might want to grab that first, you know." He smiled hugely and then dashed out the door, proclaming, "Yes! Ten second head start now!"

Rayearth went back to pick up the envelope when one of her friends handed it to her. "Lieutenant Kyoji Nakamichi, Hokkaido Prefectural Police Station?" the girl asked. "Who's that, Raye? You got something going on, on the side, missy?" She then narrowed her eyes a bit. "Or are you in trouble with the law enforcement, hmm?"

Rayearth snatched the envelope out of the girl's hand. "Gimme that, Kyoko," she almost demanded. "You and your damned overactive imagination. It's just a note to a friend who helped me out a few months ago. I was just writing him to tell him how I'm doing. Nothing more."

Kyoko grinned. "So you say," she smirked evilly. "But what if Ryuu saw him as competition, hmm?"

"Then Ryuu would be making a mistake," Rayearth answered. "Because the guy is old enough to be my father."

"Ah, I see." Kyoko said as if almost little horns appeared on her head, ans she started to make a break for the door. "I never knew you were into older men. Is it a father complex? Heh heh heh." With that she ran off out the door.

"Do I have a fa--? KYOKO!!!" Rayearth screamed as she chased Kyoko out the door. "Get back here so I can hurt you!"