Ever heard of linked haiku? Well, you could call this a really funky
type of linked fics. There's a common idea running through both,
although they're from 2 separate series. The message name says it all. I
don't own 'em, I just write 'em.

Disappearing Act I

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He's gone.

Gone.

He slipped away into the void trying to reach me... me, who would rather
bash him than listen. To rescue *me*.

I huddle up in the corner of the cart, feeling every bump and shudder as
it careens down into the earth, down towards that shimmering pool of
water, of *his* mindless salvation. I never told him that his problems
weren't important, that I only lashed out against his curse to keep myself
from getting too close.... to keep myself from falling in love with him.

He'll never know how much I love him.

No, I can't fall into this sea of despair. He's come through so much
before, fights so much more desperate than this one.... He'll be back, I
know it! I believe in him.... I believe that he'll be back for me!

My heart tells me he'll be back for me.... but the doubt still lingers on.


Disappearing Act II

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He's gone.

Gone.

I saw him as the platinum blade plunged through his chest, twisting and
ripping, saw the arc of his lifeblood jet out into the early morning
sunrise, saw his face contort in that cruelest of agonies....

....and then seeing him fall....

....falling through silence, falling through the emptiness of my soul....

....until the waters of the lake swallowed him whole.

Just a few scant days ago, I had finally confessed my love, my undying
love for him.... and felt his arms around me, knowing that his heart was
with me....

My mind screams out that he's dead, that no one could survive such horrid
dismemberment, that his life is gone....

And my heart has turned to ice. I feel so empty, so alone... I can't feel
his presence, can't feel that glowing thread of his life.... The coldness
eats at my soul, swallowing me into the abyss.

My heart tells me he's gone, but the doubt still lingers.


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Well, I suppose it's pretty obvious what series I drew these from. The
first one is from Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao my Concubine; the second is
from Volume 10 of Blue Seed. I'm not even sure what led me to write this,
besides the fact that these pain meds are really screwing with my mind. I
just happened to be thinking of those series when I realized that those
scenes do have some similarity. After all, Ranma completely vanished off
the side of the coal bin during that mad chase and fight for Akane with
Prince Toma,
only to reappear at a crucial moment later. And Kusanagi died fighting
against Kaede and Murakumo's plan to destroy Japan (I bawled during the
whole scene *sniff*), only to prove the old adage right: you can't keep a
good plant down. And both Akane and Momiji were devastated by their mens'
disappearing act....

Anyway, I think I'd better stop this before my mind gets any crazier than
it already is. Blame, flames, etc. are appreciated- what??? Oh, I mean
C&C, compliments, etc... aw, hell, ya'll know what I mean, ne? (Boy, my
mind's warped; what did the doctor give me, anyway?)

Jess, the slightly psychotic LilTigre =^_^=