Hahahahaha!!!  After a long (and unavoidable delay), here's the next
piece of "Where Does My Heart Beat Now?"

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<Brian gallops up onto a stage, Monty Python-style>

I know.  I know.  I'm really late with this!  I'm sorry.  Here we go!

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   Knight Productions present....

   An Iczer Girl Iczelion story....

   Where Does My Heart Beat Now?  Part 2

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   [Opening theme: "Searchin' My Soul" by Vonda Shepard, from the Ally
McBeal soundtrack]

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   "And one, two, three, lift!  Yoko, watch your stance!  You're drifting
off-center."

   Nami Shima watched as her dance class tried to follow her example, with
varying degrees of success.  While she was watching her class, her mind was
on another problem, namely what to do about Nagisa and Kawai.  She, along
with Kiiro, had figured that the two were attracted to each other.  The
problem, she surmised, lay in getting the two of them to figure it out, for
they seemed to be to be the only two people on the Earth to have not
figured it out.  And that was her plan.

   And speaking of her plan...

   Nami looked over to one of the other dance instructors.  "Hikaru?  Could
you take over for me?  I have a few errands to run."

   A woman with long brownish-blonde hair walked up to Nami.  "Sure, Nami. 
Hey, is this errand by any chance guy-related?" she said with a grin and a
wink.

   Nami sweatdropped.  "Uh, actually, it's not.  But tell you what?  If I
see any guys and I can't score, I'll point them your way, okay, Hikaru?"

   "All right, thanks, Nami!" Hikaru said as she took Nami's place in front
of the class.

***************************************

   A little while later, Nami knocked on the door of an apartment.

   "Yeah, hold on, I'm coming." someone said, and then the door opened to
reveal Kiiro Ijima, budding-and struggling-songwriter and singer.  "Oh, hi
Nami.  Come on in."

   Nami came in the apartment-or tried to in any case-as the entry foyer
was partially blocked by several baskets of clothes.

   "Sorry about that." Kiiro said as Nami tripped and stumbled over the
baskets.  "I do my laundry today."

   Nami nodded.  Then she turned to Kiiro.  "Well, have any ideas regarding
Nagisa and Kawai?"

   "Gee, I thought you had the brilliant plan."

   "I do, but I wanted to know if you had any suggestions as to where to
execute it."

   "Hmm...well tell me your plan."

   "Simple, we get them together, make ourselves scarce, and watch the
fireworks."

   Kiiro gave the older Iczelion a perplexed expression.  "Nami, I think
there should be a little more than that."

   "Okay then, we'll work on it as necessary.  Now, where to go."

   Kiiro held up a newspaper.  "I thought we would go to that American
movie that just opened.  'Titanic?'

   Nami was confused.  "But I thought the waiting list to get tickets was a
week long.....?"

   Kiiro held up four tickets.  "Let's just say I have my sources."

   The two of them stood there looking at the tickets for a second, then
started giggling maniacally.

   From a subspace dimension, the Gold and Black Iczels watched their
charges and grew sweatdrops.

***************************************

   <Meanwhile...>

   "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

   Nagisa Kai shot up in bed, sweat making her shirt stick to her skin. 
<Dammit, dammit, dammit, that the fifth straight week I've had that damn
dream!  What the hell does it mean??!?!?>

   She then thought of Kawaii from a couple of days back, when Nagisa had
accidentally gotten a look at her through the telescope.  That thought sent
a warm feeling through Nagisa.  A feeling of nascent love, just waiting to
bloom......  

   Nagisa shook herself from those thoughts before things
got...interesting.  <That's the other thing.  Whenever I think of Kawai,
that happens.  And she's in the dream as well.  Does it mean something?>

   Nagisa looked at the clock.  4:40 A.M.  <Well, I might as well get up.> 
She got out of bed and headed over to the telescope.  Looking through it,
she expected to find nothing, like the other times.  But......

   "Iczel!!!"

   Her red and white Iczel appeared.  "Nagisa, what happened?"

   Nagisa just wordlessly pointed to the telescope.  Her Iczel floated over
and looked in the eyepiece.

   A supernova was covering the sky in that region of space.  

   The Iczel raised it head and closed it eyes in what looked to Nagisa
like a gesture of prayer.  "It's true."

   "What's true?" Nagisa wanted to know.

   "This explosion confirms it....my sibling Iczel....has perished."

   "Iczel, what are you talking about?" Nagisa said.

   Her Iczel looked to the starry sky.  "My sibling Iczel -we were created
in the same mold by the Iczers- was sent to a planet in the Polaris system.
 A peaceloving, technological society, they were attacked by Cross and
Chaos."

   Nagisa gasped.

   "My sibling synchronized himself with a young woman and became the
Iczelion N-Type defending that planet.  She became a great warrior...and
survivor.  For in the end, it turned out that she was the last living thing
on the planet after the attack.  Cross and the Void then took great
pleasure...." here the Iczel clenched its fist...."in taking her apart
piece by piece.  In the end, she was a warrior, predicting that Cross and
her brother would fall and there would be peace across the universe."

   "Cross vaporized her instantly.  Afterwards, Chaos destroyed the planet.
 That's the reason for the supernova.  The other Earth Iczelions and myself
were launched from Alpha Centauri after word of the planet's destruction
reached us.  I was the last to launch, having received last minute
programming....to seek you out specifically, Nagisa."

   "Seek me out?  Why?" Nagisa asked.  

   "I wish I knew.  After we launched, Chaos and Cross followed us to
Earth....and you know the rest."

   Nagisa nodded.  Indeed she did.  

   Just then, the phone rang.  Nagisa picked it up.  "Hello?"

   "Nagisa?  It's Kawai.  Sorry to call you so late, but I just got off the
phone with Kiiro and I noticed your light was on so....."

   "Kawai?  It's okay.  I was up anyway."

   "Oh, really?  Okay, Kiiro wants to know if you wanted to go to that
American movie that opened yesterday.  Kiiro got tickets for the four of
us."

   "Are you kidding?  Tell Kiiro if she tries to give that ticket away,
she'll be in big trouble!  Of course I'll go."

   Kawai laughed, which sent a little shiver down Nagisa's spine.  "Okay, I
tell her you said that.  Be ready at 5:00, it's the late show."

   "Okay, Kawai.  I'll be there.  Bye....."

   "...err...yeah...bye.......<click>"   

   Nagisa hung up the phone and sat down in a chair.  <What's wrong with
me???>

   Unbeknownst to her, Kawai Kawai was having the same thought.

***************************************

   Later, Nagisa and Kawai walked back to their respective apartments,
exhausted after seeing the movie.  At the movie, Nami and Kiiro had
"mistakenly" gotten Nagisa and Kawai a extra large tub of popcorn for the
two of them.  Nami and Kiiro had gotten two small bags of popcorn for
themselves.  

   Then Nami and Kiiro had managed to find a couple of seats in the back of
the auditorium, leaving Nagisa and Kiiro to two seats in the center of the
theater, next to a couple who were making out, despite repeated attempts by
the ushers to make them stop.  (Author's note, believe it or not, this is
what I do for a living.  Sad, huh?)

   "Nagisa?" Kawai asked.

   "Yes, Kawai?"

   "Do you think Nami and Kiiro were acting strange at the movie?"

   "You noticed that too, huh?"

   "You have any idea why?"

   "I have no idea."

   Unbeknownst to Nagisa and Kawai, Nami and Kiiro were following them,
disguised in trenchcoats and following a few steps behind.

   Nagisa stretched.  "It certainly is a beautiful night tonight."

   Elsewhere...

   "Ranma, you go on date with Shampoo now, yes?"

   "RANMA NO BAKA!!!"

   <WHAM!>

   "Aw jeez, Akane, give me a break here!"

   "Ranma, prepare to die!!"

   "Aw jeez, P-Chan, will you give it a rest!"

   "DON'T CALL ME P-CHAN!!!"

   "Vile sorcerer Saotome, surrender the beauteous Akane or taste my mighty
bokke..."

   <WHAM>

   "Give it a rest, Kuno!"

   Still elsewhere...

   "Rei!!!  Why are you always so mean to meeeee????"

   "Because you deserve it!"

   "BEEEDDDDDAAAAA!!!!"

   "Guys, there's a monster nearby!"

   "Minna, henshin yo!"

   "Tuski ni kawatte..."

   "Crescent Moon Beam..."

   Back at out lovely pair (bet you thought I was going to say angels, did
you?)

   "Yes," Kawai said, "it is a very lovely night."

   Suddenly...

   Kawai was grabbed from behind by someone.  

   "Oh my, such a perfect figure, such lovely hair, such a perfect pair
of..."

   "Excuse me." Nagisa said.

   The man turned to Nagisa.  "I'll get to you in a minute."

   Nagisa turned to Kawai.  "How do you want to handle this?"

   "In one, two, three..." Kawai said.

   <DOUBLE WHAM!!!>

   The unfortunate man was sent flying into the stratosphere.

   A woman with long green hair, horns, and wearing a tiger striped bikini
then flew (<flew?> thought Nagisa and Kawai) up to the pair.

   "Excuse me, have you seen Darling around?"

   Nagisa and Kawai looked at each other, then turned to the woman and
pointed up.

   "Thank you."  The woman then flew up, and the next thing Nagisa and
Kawai could hear was this...

   "DARLING NO BAKA!!!!"

   <ZAP!>

   "ARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

   "Yes," Kawai said, "it is a lovely night."

   "Peaceful too." Nagisa said.

   The pair then reached the entrance to Kawai's apartment building. 
Nagisa's apartment was just across the street.

   "Well..." Nagisa said.

   "Well...good night." Kawai said.

   "See you tomorrow." Nagisa said.

   "Yeah...okay." Kawai said.

   The pair leaned forward, and kissed each other on the cheek.  Then,
Nagisa turned around and headed to her apartment, while Kawai entered her
building.

   Nearby, Nami and Kiiro cursed.

***************************************

   Inside Nagisa's apartment, Nagisa went in and laid down on her bed.  

   <That was fun, even with Kiiro and Nami's weirdness.> Nagisa thought. 
She smiled.  <I guess what made the day fun, was that I spent it with
Kawai.  I don't know why, but I feel good whenever I'm with Kawai.  It's
like we belong together.  I don't get it.  This has never happened before. 
Why now?>

   Nagisa got up to change out of her clothes and into a nightgown.  Laying
down to sleep, she had one last thought:

   <Maybe I like Kawai...>

   She fell asleep.

***************************************

   Nagisa awoke in a misty void.  "What the hell??" she shouted as she
sprung up-she noted that she was not in her bed-and looked around.  The
area was filled with fog and visibility was obscured in all directions. 
There were also golden orbs floating all over the place.

   <Oh, damn,> she thought, <I'm in an alternate dimension.>

   <Iczel?> she communicated.

   "Nagisa, are you all right?" her Iczel asked as it materialized beside
her.

   "Yeah, but how the hell did I end up here?" Nagisa asked

   "Nagisa?" a voice called.

   "Nagisa turned around in surprise.  "Kawai?!?!?"

   Kawai came out if the mist, her Iczel following her.  "Nagisa, what the
hell happened?"

   "Funny, I was trying to figure that out myself." Nagisa said.  "Nami? 
Kiiro?" she called.

   A laugh answered her, full of vicious intent.  "No, they're not here. 
This is a private party, just for the three of us.  Welcome, N-Type and
Silver Iczelions, welcome to your dooms!"

   A figure became visible through the mist.

   Nagisa and Kawai gasped in shock.

   "Chaos..." Nagisa said. 

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End of Part 2
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   Author's notes:

   Anyone catch the KOR reference?

   If you can catch where I was struggling in some parts, then I would
welcome any suggestions.  Otherwise, don't flame me too badly.  :-)

   God, I love cliffhangers, don't you?

   Guess that's it.  Any and all C&C, MSTings appreciated.

   Iczelion is copyright by someone else and brought over to the States by
AD Vision (great bunch of people, even if Hikaru sounds like a Valley Girl
in the KOR movie dub), and this story is copyright by me and is done for
entertainment purposes only.

   Please don't sue me.


Brian Yaple
Knight Productions
BYapes@erie.net
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"No box is big enough to contain our imaginations."
Tara Hartwick (RIP)- The Spot (www.thespot.com)- June 6th, 1995

"Tuski ni kawatte, oshioki yo!" - Sailor Moon

"Call me Iczelion!" - Nagisa Kai - Iczelion