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7th Prayer: Some Time Away...[Video/Action]

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[Rei's Warp Band pops on today to show an exasperated looking priestess stalking away from the living quarters of Hikawa Shrine. It's a positively lethal look she's got going on, as if anything trying to stop her would probably wind up spontaneously combusting. And the reason for it becomes quite clear a moment later as a small green hand shifts the camera back to the house.

A Kanghaskhan stalks out, both her arms and her baby's laden with packs. Big, bulging backpacks and small shoulder ones stuffed to the gills. The big Pokemon lumbers after Rei, bellowing out irritable sounds that to Poke-Speakers will sound oddly like 'You can't just go off without your extra blankets! And don't you forget your hair-care stuff! And make sure to remember to bring enough clean clothes for a whole week, since you're not taking me so I can wash it for you!'

The camera pans back to Rei as she reaches the stairs to the shrine, where she's stopped to glare at the overly mothering Pokemon.]

Juno! I don't need all that! I can't carry half of it, and I've been traveling a lot longer than I've known you!

[More bellowing, this time indignant. Of course you do! And she knows that, but now that you've got her, she'll definitely have to mother you because Grandpapa Hino sure can't! Just...

And that? Sparks something in Rei. She stamps her foot and practically snarls, snatching one of the backpacks in exasperation.]

Fine! But you're not my moth- [The words die in her throat as she catches sight of the flashing Warp Band.] CERES!

[The Warp Band drops to the ground...]

Treecko! Tree!

[And scampering off across the courtyard goes the offending Pokemon, cackling to herself as Rei goes to grab the band.]

Sorry about that. Someone is going to get a lesson on Warp Band etiquette when I get back. [She glares back behind her at the retreating lizard.] If anyone needs me, I'll be on the southern island for the rest of the week. There won't be any fortune telling at Hikawa Shrine this week, unless my grandfather is feeling up to it.

[She grimaces at the thought...]

Though...only if you really need one.

Action: The Tropical Island

[Rei's pretty much down on the island all week with a small group of her Pokemon and Ami. It was something they'd planned, and something she really needed. The Enhanced had been a mess, and Rei was quickly finding herself overwhelmed with all the goings on around Union lately. And while Juno was nice, but she was stressful. And Ceres...that damn lizard...was so frustrating.

Yes, relaxation was definitely in order. And who better to do it with than someone else who also needed that rest and relaxation?

She'll welcome people coming to say hi, too. She just really, really needed a vacation...]

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"Mnn!" she nodded in agreement. "It's so strange to me... to think that just last summer we all really met one another. I've never had as many friends as I do now," but she hadn't been as open before either, sticking to her columns of books and silence within the library and university.

"We were all drawn to one another," perhaps especially to Usagi. "It's wonderful and I really like it." She didn't often get so open about her feelings regarding her friendships, preferring actions of kindness and concern over the talk when she could help it. She was blushing as she spoke, but smiling all the same.

"You know, I'm almost glad for having to experience the Enhanced," she wasn't pleased to see science used for cruelty, nor to see others so hurt and mutilated. "It's like when Usagi-chan got nearly kidnapped by those Drifloons, I know exactly the support and people I can count on to help me in any situation. Even when we were all apart dealing with the other Enhanced, I didn't feel as worried as I think I normally would have been."

Rei nods along in agreement. Yes, she had a small social network but nothing like now. She could just go and find Ami or Mako or any of the others and have someone to talk to. No crisis, no...Maya being Maya, and no worrying about anything else. But when the talk turns to the enhanced? Well, Rei's attention snapped back.

"I felt the same way. Honestly, I feel like it would've gone better if we had all gone. Not...to say Robin-san and Cordelia-san didn't help, but...I feel like it would've been easier if we'd been able to do things our way without interference."

"I'm not sure what would have been the result if we could only focus on one Enhanced..." though she supposed she could calculate the potential possibles if she so desired regarding the dossiers she had, the abilities of all the other girls, and the personality types of all those involved.

"In fact... perhaps it was best for us to split up as we did in that situation. While we are amazing altogether, there are certain personalities of the Enhanced I know we are not all equipped to handle properly." Her mind thought of poor Sierra and Haruka and Michiru's personalities. "Maybe it was luck we were so evenly matched for the Enhanced we encountered... or maybe it was the doing of the gods." She gazed out at the ocean, trying to calm her mind.

"I suspect that Robin-san and Cordelia-san would say the same about our involvement." Her stomach still churned at having to stop the attack sent at Sierra... but also not being able to predict and react to the shattering of the rocks in time.

"Rei... will you make a promise with me?"

It didn't take a genius or a psychic to understand what Ami was thinking. About Michiru and Haruka, or Robin and Cordelia. Rei was barely sure she could look the two Rangers in the eye after what'd happened. It felt wrong, and it infuriated her sense of justice. And she'd say something about that, but...Ami's question brings her out of her furor.

She turns, eyes locked on, and asks in a querying tone "What would you like me to promise, Ami?"

Abandoning the honorific for the moment. That...said simply how important this was...

"That we will do everything we can to help someone in pain before we ever use force like that?" as a medic, Ami had made an oath, but Rei and she made an amazing team. She couldn't have been able to even get close to Sierra if it weren't for Rei and the help of her pokemon.

"And that... we will do all we can to protect our important people together?" they were simple requests but they held incredible weight. There were so many loved ones they shared together.

Rei nods, her hand reaching for Ami's and taking it. They did make an amazing team, Rei had to admit. Fire and Ice. Passion and Logic. It was something that people told stories about, and even Rei had to admit that she enjoyed working with Ami and Makoto the best. They weren't as troublesome or abrasive as Haruka, or as accident prone as Usagi and Minako, or as cold as Michiru. Perhaps it was their elemental alignment that made the three of them function best as a unit. Or perhaps something else.

Regardless, the question is answered with a definitive nod.

"Absolutely. We should be the soldiers of mercy and kindness. I can't think it's right to just start things out by hurting people. And our important people...well...they probably need our help more than they'll admit. So we may have to do that without letting them know what we're doing."

Ami leaned in closer, when Rei took her hands, and blushed. Rei always made her feel so enthralled. She drew people in and something about her just made you pay attention. She was always intense, passionate. It wasn't that Ami didn't know passionate people, there were more than enough passionate medics, but Rei was a different passionate.

She was soothing like a warm fire on a cold day but also incredibly dangerous like a forest fire.

Ami had experienced both sides, though she'd never been on the side of the latter. She smiled as she heard Rei agree. She leaned in even closer as she with a bright smile.

"Thank you, Rei. I knew I could depend on you for this."

When Ami leaned in even closer, Rei couldn't help but notice certain things. The way she smelled, for one, that fresh and cool scent, like sunflowers and fresh rain. For another, the way that she smiled. Ami was just such a pretty girl, when she smiled and opened up, and Rei liked to think that she put her friend at ease. She was just so cool, so easy to talk to and so relaxed. Something about that had always pulled her in, made her think.

She'd liked Ami's company since that first day in the park, when she'd tripped over Isidis. The little Sandile had grown up just as lazy as ever, not changing much, but Rei had seen a drastic shift in Ami. She was more willing to talk, more willing to share and be open, with her in particular. And it went too ways too. She felt like she could just be honest with the blue-haired girl, like there was nothing to hide. They'd seen the insides of one another's dreams, after all, those dark corners and skeletons...and they were still friends.

More than, really, if moments like this were to be believed.

"I'm glad I can depend on you too, Ami-chan," Rei said simply, leaning in just a bit closer, her psychic senses tingling a bit as Ami's closeness registers on a different level. And something just comes over her. A strong desire to kiss the other, an urge she doesn't really have a good reason to hold back on.

So, she just goes for it, taking it as a little bit if wish-fulfillment, in a way. Her lips are almost there anyway, their foreheads are practically touching. The worst that could happen was that her little bit of impulsiveness leads to an embarrassing moment that they'll get over in a few days. But she just can't let another moment pass without at least seeing.

It's a quick kiss, her lips pecking Ami's lightly before she pulls back, fully expecting the other girl to blush and stutter or possibly grow indignant. But it's done all the same!

Rei's expectation was 100% correct. The kiss on the lips was met with a very deep blush on Ami's part and she pulled away, though perhaps not as far as Rei might expect, and she sputtered a little. She was embarrassed, never having been kissed before on the lips. She pressed a hand to her lips, still hot (hotter than they had ever been before, in fact). Not only did her face go beet red, her face was so hot that she could feel the heat from her ears pulse all the way down to her shoulders.

Rei had kissed her. Rei had kissed her.

And...

And well she really, and truly honestly didn't mind.

Her face went deeper red for that.

Did Rei like her? Did Rei just get caught up in the moment? That was her first kiss! Her first kiss was to Rei! Rei who had been one of her very first true friends. Rei who she thought was incredibly beautiful and smart and powerful.

Her body and heart seemed to be ahead of her mind for once, because ice was starting to creep from her hair line along her cheeks and forehead and the top of her neck.

Her mind, as it often did, was racing, but it was going fast, too fast, perhaps. It felt faster than when she tried to get Sierra safe, as fast as when she had to think of a plan to save Usagi from the Drifloons. Only there wasn't anyone to save.

Except maybe herself.

Rei had kissed her.

Rei had kissed her.

The ice kept creeping along her body.

She had been kissed Rei, what did that mean? Did Rei like her? Like... romantically? Was it just something caused because of the moment?

Ami's mind was trying to answer the questions more and more...

Which was why her body (and some part of her mind) had reached its limits and not only could Ami not find herself able to move from shock, but the massive, intense columnar vortex of ice didn't help. The water and ice spout shot straight up towards the sky, drawing in the water from the ocean as it soared up into the sky.

That was Rei's first kiss too, and it'd been given away so impulsively. Not that she minded, and not that she really expected anything to come out of it. She did like Ami, she cared a lot for her, and she...wasn't really sure what else she was supposed to do when she felt that way. Getting caught up in the moment was one thing that just happened to her. Her guiding passion, her heart just...taking leaps that her brain didn't always agree with.

She blushes scarlet too, seeing that reaction. The ice...oh...oh...

Oh Savior! What was going on! Did Ami...what?!

This did not go anywhere close to how Rei suspected it might!

She falls backwards into the sand in surprise, and all the Pokemon in the area stop what they're doing and look at the vortex beginning to form.

It's not that weird of a situation for Casius. The big dog remembered what had happened with his mistress had changed, so he's the quickest to recover, grabbing Rei by her clothes and picking her up with his teeth to pull her away so that the evolutionary energy wouldn't also strike her.

"Ami-chan?!" Rei cries over the sudden storm, the roar of the sky's fury, and it's only then that she realizes what's happening! With a cry, she throws up her hands and conjures a shell of flame to keep out the water and any ice that happens to fall her way. It' all she can do for the moment as she gathers her wits and gets to her feet.

"Ami-chan!"

As soon as the vortex reached the clouds, the energy from her second evolution burst out from body. She became completely encased in ice, like that nightmare she had had so many months ago, used to have all the time but hadn't since the shared dreams. Only this ice was far more comforting, something that told her it belonged to her, it was a part of her.

The ice, the water, they were things that were as intrinsic to her as breathing. The block of ice shattered and the pieces that didn't get caught up in the vortex shot out and landed in the beach and ocean. She heard Rei's cries but she couldn't really respond to it.

Even as cold as everything around her was becoming, she felt so warm in her chest. This was what belonged to her, this was a part of her.

Aurora was quick to run away from the vortex to safety and let out a long keening wail for her trainer, worried but unable to get any closer. Madame Curie was quick to come over and entered onto the land, able to withstand the sudden chill overwhelming the section of the beach.

Was that snow in the air on the tropical beach, of all things?

Even as Ami knew that the ice and water belonged to her, were her in a sense, she still felt overwhelmed, still felt surprised and scared. In her sudden fear, she screamed out, not in pain but at a loss of what to do.

The chill in the air was not missed by the fiery girl, the wind whipping her hair around like a voracious Arbok. She took a step forward, much the same as Ami had done for her, the shell of flame around her guarding her from the worst of the storm. Steam washed around her, her body pushing forward, her hands extending.

I have to reach Ami, I must reach Ami. I have to help calm her down. I can’t let this continue. Her thoughts race along at a breakneck pace, surging like a Rapidash trying to outrace a blizzard.

“Ami-chan! I’m coming!”

Another step, and then another, she gradually picked up speed, fighting against the arctic gale. For his part, Casius stayed back while Olympus moved closer to Aurora, stoically placing himself and his wings between the much smaller creature and himself. Don’t worry, he seemed to say, Trainer will handle this. She’ll be okay. He promises.

“Just…hang on!”

Aurora let out a whimper even as Olympus stood before her. She was worried for her Trainer all the same, having been beside her since she was an egg. She took a step forward, wishing she could help but her type would only hurt her trainer.

Madam Curie already made a barrier to protect the smaller and younger animals from Ami's evolution.

Ami opened her eyes, not even sure when she closed them. She could feel Rei coming towards her, knew she would, even. For as much chaos as she was causing, everything seemed to be happening so slowly in front of her, her mind already ahead and beyond. Not psychic, but perceptive. Everything seemed to be in beautiful detail. Individual, droplets and snowflakes coming in front of her, forming and flowing to her will. The crystals of the ice along her arms and hands seemed to be standing out in stark contrast. Each grain, each vein, each speck of dust was in front of her. She could see all of it, the ice in front of her eyes making everything brighter, not distorted.

She reached up to touch the ice around her eyes and along her cheeks. The girl genius looked back up and information raced into her mind and she consumed it, absorbed it, and analyzed it. Ami could use all of it, could will all of it to do her bidding because it was her.

She would will it to never hurt Rei, never anyone. She'd never hurt anyone she loved. Ami moved her hands out and like she would the strings of a harp, she strummed the very air, using the deep chill to part the water and ice in a ripple, opening a way for Rei.

Way open or not, Rei was going to barge on through with all the subtlety of Haruka dealing with Brad. Heat created steam, the nearby ice flash-melting and giving the air a humid tang to it. She slipped through, closing the gap and reaching out for her friend, hands slipping through the wall of flame she'd constructed around herself.

"I'm here for you! Just...concentrate! Like you told me to do. Calm your mind, focus...and stop this before you hurt the environment around you!"

She closed the gap behind Rei and now it was just the two of them in the vortex. Rei was absolutely stunning, in the high clarity the visor gave her. The deep purples and black within her hair, the was she stood out in stark contrast to the blue and white and purples of the ice and water.

She looked at Rei and she felt calm, yes, calm and in control, warmth in her chest. This was hers and she could do with it what she wished.

Ami tilted her head.

"You kissed me," she said, pressing her fingers to frost encased lips.

At the statement, Rei nods, extending her hand to the other girl. She was striking in her own way, her image distorted by the heat and mist swirling around the two of them. It lent her an ethereal quality, almost inhuman. And that only made the priestess more enthralled.

"I did, Ami-chan. I kissed you. Because it felt right."

She took the hand, the ice on her hand not really melting, but the steam greater than it had been before. They were evenly matched again in terms of body temperature. Rei didn't feel hot like she had before. She felt, with the cold of her own skin and the heat of Rei's like her skin was normal again. Ice crystals had formed all along her skin and hair, frost covering limbs and her lips. Ami could see her reflection in some of the chunks of ice around her but her focus remained on Rei.

Rei was always beautiful, had always been someone she could depend on and turn to in a problem. Rei had strength and passion that was enchanting, much like Makoto. She loved being in Rei's company.

Did she love Rei? She did, certainly, as a friend, as a fellow warrior, as another person. However, did she love Rei... romantically? She didn't know. It wasn't something Ami had really ever factored into her life. Romance was something for down the road. It was something she liked to dream about now and again but the idea of being in something like that with anyone...

Rei had a fabulous brain. To others that may have been a weird thing to say, but Ami couldn't resist intelligence, was drawn to it, and Rei had it. Beauty, brains, strength, power, and passion, and all of that kissed her.

She blushed and took a deep breath as she called the snow and water spout down from the clouds. It was little more than a whirlpool around their feet. However, Ami wished for privacy and built up walls of ice around them. She didn't want others rushing over to them in their concern. The situation was under control.

"It did," she agreed, still red in the face, the only warm color on her body at that moment.

"I..." she looked away, bowing her head as she felt so unsure. "Will you kiss me again?"

That was not a request that Rei had expected. Even less than Ami's sudden evolution. She allows the fire around her to lower and drop altogether, feeling the ice cocooning them, pushing her a bit closer. It is nice and private, and there's a certain quality to being able to touch Ami and feel the temperature difference just melt away. That was perhaps the most appealing thing about being so close to the other girl, because it reminded her of a time before she Awakened. Before she'd become as fiery and strong as she was now. When she was...normal.

But there was more to it than that. She admired Ami. She cared deeply about her. And she trusted her. She trusted her so much that it hurt. And for her, trust was everything. With Ami and a few others she could be truly open, truly herself. Perhaps that was why the kiss had happened.

Perhaps it was love? Romance? She...had no idea, other than she felt Ami was beyond important.

"I will..." she said after a long moment, stepping forward so that her free hand could slip over to Ami's cheek. For a moment she cupped it there, leaning in and letting her forehead rest against her friend's. If Ami showed signs of pulling back, she'd accept that. But she hadn't. And didn't seem to. So without much thought beyond sharing her passion and acquiescing to Ami's request, Rei finishes the motion with the kiss.

Her lips press to the other's, heated meeting frosted, countering one another perfectly. The dark-haired priestess didn't pull away quickly this time. She intended to make this kiss last, to be a proper one, in her estimation, and give them a chance to really revel in it.

Edited 2015-03-16 21:28 (UTC)

It was not a request Ami expected to ask, in all honesty. However, it was said and couldn't be taken back now. She was still blushing at her own boldness on the matter, all things considered. Her breath caught when Rei didn't say anything for a long moment, merely watching her instead. Said breath hitched when Rei took a step forward and caressed her cheek. Rei felt warm, though that may have been her own blushing. Ami closed her eyes as their foreheads met. The touch felt wonderful, ironically, it sent chills down her spine.

She didn't pull away, she didn't want to, though she could only feel her face getting hotter from all this. Steam rose from her cheek and Rei's hand. Well, that wasn't too terribly new between the two of them.

The breath that had been released was softly inhaled as Rei kissed her again; not quick and chaste, but oh just as sweet. She reached out and her own hands, shaking, tentatively, carded through Rei's long tresses.

Rei smiled when she felt Ami’s hand playing through her hair, and she squeezed the one hand she held tightly as she pressed her lips even deeper into the other’s. Her kiss was less tentative than before, more certain, even if it was only her second. This came naturally to her, seemingly, and she just let her emotions sweep her away, enjoying the moment of bliss and release while it lasted.

When it did come to a close, she slid gently back a pace and exhaled a long-held breath, blushing fiercely. Her hand continued to rest against Ami’s cheek, letting that steam rise up all around them. Her words hitched, her eyes focused intently onto the other’s, curious and worried at the same time. It wasn’t an easy thing to come out of, what they’d just done. It could change everything, she knew, and it very likely would have lasting repercussions, but she didn’t care…not really. Ami had asked, that meant she was willing. That meant, on some level, she appreciated Rei the same way Rei appreciated her.

“Are you…” her words come out tremulously, “are you alright?”

With your body, like that? And with me? With…us?

Ami took several deep breaths as she gazed at Rei. This would change a lot... this would change nearly everything, honestly. She was unsure about what it all meant, but she was actually very okay with that uncertainty emotionally. She took another deep breath as she pulled her hands away, the ice quick to form back on them now that she was no longer touching Rei.

"I'm fine," she whispered. She was better than fine, she hadn't expected Rei to be such a good kisser. Honestly, Rei's kissing abilities was not a factor Ami had needed to consider before, though she idly now wondered if she could practice kissing if Ami had been a bad kisser. She reigned in her thoughts, not allowing them to tangent about kissing studies, regardless on how high Rei would score on "good kisser" scales.

"I think... it's under control now," she said as she allowed the ice barrier to turn into water and sink into the sand. The heat from the sun was minor, the cold of her skin keeping her from feeling any discomfort.

Rei, in truth, hadn't expected to have it come so naturally to her either. But when Ami pulled back, Rei nodded a second time. Much more sure, much more certain. This was...not the best moment to really discuss this. There was a lot to process, and they'd probably need time.

"Good. Good. And...do you...think perhaps this might be a good time to head back to Union." A quick pause, catching herself "Not...that I want to get away from you. But you just evolved! Which means you need to rest. I know mine wiped me out, and I was a lot closer to home..."

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7th Prayer: Some Time Away...[Video/Action]

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Rei really is a not nice girl sometimes

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