Note: This very, very short 'fic is a way for me to cure my insomnia... It
is about two characters from Tokyo Babylon, and X, Subaru and Seishiro, and
about confessions before the last battle...C&C appreciated... REALLY!! 
 
A Dream?  
 
	"Where am I? Wha- cherry blossoms?" Subaru shook his head, and looked
around. "This must be a  
dream... Seishiro-san...There he is, as always, under the tree, with cherry
blossoms swirling around..." With a snarl, Subaru shook off the reveire he
had been in, and ran toward his sworn enemy..."even invading my dreams...
You'll  
pay for this..." But as he reached the tree, the blossoms started to swirl
fiercely, becoming a maelstrom, a  
hurricane... he tried to shield his face with his hands from the force. He
felf himself start to slow, and then he  
stiffened...as he felt arms encircling him, protecting him. 
	He heard Seishiro whisper, "So, I'm dreaming this again- but somehow, it's
different. Subaru is usally  
younger and wearing his robes..." Subaru lifted his head, looking into
Seishiro's eyes, and couldn't move... he was 
trapped... hating himself for having dreamed of this moment, which he'd
always wanted..." It must be because of  
the amusing little fight we had before...or perhaps it's because the final
fight will be tomorrow..." 
	Subaru felt himself start in shock, as he heard Seishiro continue, "Odd,
that only in my dreams can I really 
lift my mask... I know that he's still no match for me... he'll die
tomorrow. Will I care? Will I still feel nothing? I knew 
that this is what I would be getting, when I killed Hokuto... that Subaru
would turn into someone worthy of  
fighting, But how was I to know... his innocence never moved me... but the
pain in his heart... the conflict... that's  
what's reached my inner self... 
	Subaru couldn't breath. This dream was too real... It was saying all the
things that the part of himself that 
he hated wanted to hear... he wanted it to stop, but he couldn't help
himself, and said " Seishiro-san... I hate you... 
I love you... I want you to be with me forever, and I want you to die... by
my own hand...I want to know that I mean 
more to you than a rock you would kick out of you way... that you felt
something when you saw me..." 
	A whisper. " I may be able to actually feel something... now. When you die
in my arms, during the last 
battle... I may mourn, a little... So little feeling I can have... but to
have any means so much..." The wind drowned 
out the rest of both their confessions, as they separated and disappeared,
both back to their own dreams... and  
above the tree, Hokuto smiled gently, before she, and the dream,
vanished... 
 
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Monica Shin----monica@nyc.pipeline.com- 
Anime Fan!!! CLAMP---RG Veda, Tokyo Babylon, X, 
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