On Thu, 7 May 1998, Richard Lawson wrote:

Okay, be harsh.

Don't worry, I will :)

Hikaru did her best to will belief into Kurumi.  She'd had experience
doing this.  Not *good* experience; all her efforts to will reciprocal
affection into Kyosuke had come to naught.  But this time she seemed to

Heh :)

Her gaze turned inward.  "Eight years ago.  When Akane's gang attacked.
They saw me as a threat to their control of the school, so they captured
me and planned to make an example of me.  Then he came.  He had ESP.  He
spoke to me telepathically.  Along with Hikaru and the Kasuga twins, he
came and rescued me."

I take it he's in another universe and this is a manga reference :)

 

Ayukawa leaned forward so that her face was inches away from him.  "Where
do you come from?  Why did you leave?  Why did you come back?"  She barked
the questions at him.  "Answer me!"

Kyosuke swallowed hard.  "I... I come from... from an alternate world.  A
parallel universe.  I teleported here accidentally eight years ago.  I'm
not sure how I got here this time."

Ahh, he answered my question :)

But why would he teleport to another universe if he's looking for Madoka?
I'd think he would be more likely to teleport to her house in HIS
universe, even running on blind instinct.

Hikaru was mostly drawing a blank, although the name sounded familiar.
"Who's Kazuya?"

Hasn't she met the brat?

Kyosuke studied her for a few seconds, lost in thought.  There was
something... familiar in her bearing.  Beneath the ice and granite loomed
the women *he* knew as Madoka.  She was just beginning to come out of her

woman

Ayukawa was sitting opposite, reading a book.  She didn't seem to be doing
a good job of it; she hadn't turned the page in ten minutes.

Where did she get a new book if society has broken down to the point where
she had to organize an armed raid to get food?
 

Kyosuke trembled once in reaction.  He'd completely forgotten that in this
universe he could read minds and project thoughts.  He'd only had a couple
of opportunities to try it out the last time.  One time he had been able
to communicate with Ayukawa from outside the school building when she'd
been held captive inside.

His pyschic abilities change in another universe?  Any particular reason?
 

Kazuya blinked.  Well, this was different.  He smiled again and reached
his hand underneath the covers to touch her back, trying to guess her
outfit by the feel of it.  His hand touched part of the sheets, and he
tried to move them aside so that he could get to Madoka's body.  After a
few seconds, he realized it wasn't the sheets.  It was Madoka.  She was
wearing pajamas.  Flannel pajamas.

Heh :)
 

even a deeper slumber.  He tried to dart in with his mind, but he knew
from experience that the subconscious mind was much stronger than the
conscious.  Asleep, Madoka could resist him as she never could while

That's odd.  I'd think it would be more the other way.

Looks okay, although I honestly don't see why Kyosuke jumped into the
other universe instead of just instinctively teleporting inside his own.


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