Ahhh... having just gotten off from a stimulating 9 1/2 hours of menial 
labor at slave wages, I now sit down before a blank screen, and prepare to 
type in the final installment in what started as my apology to the mailing 
list, and which has somehow ended up as a Christmas present to everyone 
instead.  If anyone listens to Pat Benetar's music, perhaps you will 
recognize the following line.  For some reason, it has always made me think 
of Seishirou, particulary when I have the volume turned up really loud so 
that the line is just screamed out....  "You're the right kind of sinner to 
release my inner fantasy."  Anyone agree with me on that line fitting 
Seishirou?

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        With a wave of her hand, one of the women sitting in the 
transparent teapot conjured Subaru inside.  "Good afternoon, Subaru-san," 
she said.  "Prymaera has been telling us about you."  She had long golden 
hair and wore loose robes that looked far too loose for Subaru's comfort.  
A red hat perched rakishly on her head, with a "10/6" sign stuck into the 
brim.
        "We're so glad you could join us!" said the other that Subaru 
didn't recognize.  She was dark-skinned, and wore only a swimsuit.  A 
particularly revealing bikini, at that.  Subaru forced down his blushing by 
looking anywhere instead of her body.  Her short pink hair was broken 
through by a pair of mouse ears.
        "Don't forget me, Subaru-san!" a giggly voice said as the third 
person perched herself on Subaru's lap, curling her arms and body around 
him.  "You're JUST the right size, now!" Prymaera declared, snuggling her 
soft body to Subaru's.
        Subaru's instinct was to bolt, but instead he just wiggled 
uncomfortably.  "Ummm... Prymaera-san..." he started.
        "Oh, where are my manners?!" Prymaera declared, sitting bolt 
upright all of a sudden.  "I haven't introduced you yet.  This is Puresea," 
she said, pointing at the hatted girl.  "And this is Caldena."  She pointed 
at the mouse-girl who was adjusting her top.  "And you already know 
me...."  She melted back into Subaru's body, her fingertips drawing designs 
on his chest.
        Subaru looked at her soft brown rabbit ears and matching tail, and 
sighed.  This world was getting weirder by the minute.  "Please, have you 
seen my sister?" Subaru asked, the question prompted by the sight of 
Prymaera in rabbit ears and tail, just like Hokuto.
        Caldena and Puresea looked at each other for a second, then turned 
back to Subaru, shaking their heads.  "No," Puresea said.  Prymaera just 
breathed happily and tried to become even closer to him, running her nails 
over his thighs.


                           Subaru-kun in Wonderland


        "Subaru-kun!"  Subaru heard a giant, but familiar, voice calling 
his name, and looked up to the sky in time to see her run by.
        "Hokuto-chan!" Subaru gasped, standing up and staring in the 
direction his twin had taken.  Prymaera mewled in disapproval of being so 
suddenly dumped on her rear, but lost all thoughts of revenge when she 
realized that Subaru was distracted and she could easily take advantage of 
that....
        From out of wherever Tinkerbell and her ilk tend to keep such 
things, Prymaera whipped out a pair of scissors and began to apply them to 
the seams of Subaru's trousers.

        Puresea sighed, watching the scene, and poured a cup of hot tea for 
Subaru.  "Here," she said, handing it to him.  "Drink."
        "Why?" Subaru asked.
        "It will make you large again," Puresea patiently explained, and 
watched as Subaru swallowed the entire cup in one gulp.  She instantly 
transported him out of the teapot, and he exploded back into his normal 
size, and took off running after his sister.
        "We didn't get to play with him at all!" Caldena complained to 
Puresea.  Prymaera ignored both of them, and rubbed Subaru's pants between 
her legs, her eyes closed as she moaned in happiness.
        "Maybe next time..." Puresea soothed.  "And until then, you always 
have me...."  She reached a hand to cup Caldena's breast, and smiled a 
promise at her.

        Subaru followed his sister, and this time didn't lose her.  "Where 
are we going?!" he cried out to her as they entered the forest again.
        "We're late!" Hokuto cried out.  "We'll miss getting into the 
castle!"
        "Castle?" Subaru wondered, as they entered a series of 
neatly-trimmed hedges that were set up like a maze.  Hokuto navigated them 
unerringly, and the two found themself at the shut gate of a castle.
        "Darn it..." Hokuto mumbled, and pulled a pink cord that hung near 
the door.  "I _knew_ we'd miss the gate!"
        "Excuse me," a soft voice said, "but do you have an appointment?"
        Subaru looked up to see a pretty golden-haired girl, dressed in a 
maid's outfit, apparently _part_ of the door, leaning out of it towards 
them.
        "I'm Sumeragi Hokuto," Hokuto announced, "and this is my brother 
Subaru.  We're invited to the ball."
        "Ba- ball?!" Subaru asked, startled.  It was the first he'd heard 
of any such thing.
        "May I see your invitations, please?" the door-girl asked.
        "Subaru has our invitation," Hokuto said, latching onto her 
brother's arm and pulling him towards the door.
        "May I see your hands, please?" the girl asked Subaru.  Subaru 
nervously extended them towards her.  She studied the backs of his hands 
for a second, then brightened.  "Oh, I'm sorry!" she exclaimed.  "I didn't 
realize you were the *special* guest, sir!"
        "Special guest?" Subaru wondered out loud.  The door-girl set her 
arms around him and pulled him close to her, hugging him into her 
cleavage.  "WAAAHH!!"
        Suddenly Subaru found himself on the other side of the door.
        Hokuto arrived a second later.  "What a nice girl!" she exclaimed, 
then paused and looked at Subaru.  "Aren't you a little under-dressed for 
the ball?" she asked.
        Subaru looked down at himself.  "WAAAHH!!"
        "Oh well.  At least you still have your boxers and shirt..." Hokuto 
said with a sigh.  She grabbed Subaru's hand and started running again.  
"And we're still late!!"
        Hokuto ran through the halls of the castle as easily as she had 
found her way through the hedges outside, leading them directly to the 
center.  Subaru stumbled along behind her, still blushing furiously from 
his state of semi-undress.  Finally, they reached the last door, and Hokuto 
stopped.
        "Is this it?" Subaru asked.
        "Uh-huh!"  Hokuto nodded vigorously.  Then she opened the door and 
pushed Subaru in before her.
        The room was open and airy, and had no roof.  It was a garden room, 
at least a mile long and equally wide.  "This is where the ball is?" Subaru 
wondered.
        "Yep!" Hokuto said proudly.  "Come on, let's go greet our host!"  
She grabbed Subaru's arm again and pulled him down one of the paths, not 
letting him pause at the bridge to look at the koi resting beneath it, as 
she usually did when they were at a garden.  "He should be in the cherry 
tree grove."

        Subaru gasped as they came into the clearing that the flowering 
cherry trees surrounded.  "Sei- Seishirou-san?!"
        "Well, who else do we know who would invite us to a ball?" Hokuto 
asked, then flew to Seishirou with her arms wide open, catching him in an 
enthusiastic hug.  "Sei-chan!"
        "Hello, Hokuto-chan," Seishirou said, setting her back down on the 
ground.  "I'm so glad you could make it."
        "It's been so much fun getting here," Hokuto responded, then fell 
into an appealingly cute pout.  "Even if Subaru DID keep getting lost!"
        "Ah, Subaru-kun, welcome," greeted Seishirou, extending his hand to 
Subaru.  "You had trouble getting here?  I'll have to provide you with a 
map next time, then.  Or perhaps a better guide," he added, gently tweaking 
Hokuto's nose as he smiled at her.  Hokuto giggled.
        "Um, no, there was no trouble at all," Subaru said nervously.  
"Just a few things that threw me off-track...."
        "Well, you're here now," Seishirou decided.  "I hope you are 
enjoying the ball?"
        "I'm going to go look at the goldfish!" Hokuto announced, and 
merrily skipped down the path leading towards the goldfish pond.
        "Hokuto-chan--!" Subaru cried, wanting to warn her to be careful.
        "It's all right, Subaru-kun," Seishirou said, moving to stand next 
to Subaru as they both looked after Hokuto.  "It's perfectly safe here.  
There's no one here but us."
        "A ball with no people?" Subaru wondered, looking up at Seishirou.
        Seishirou took off his glasses.  "No one but us," he breathed, 
before touching his lips to Subaru's.  His arms tightened around Subaru and 
held him tight as Subaru tried to jerk away.  When he did break away, it 
was only to guide Subaru down to the ground.
        "Sei- Seishirou-san!" Subaru protested.
        Seishirou blocked his protest with a fiercer kiss, his body 
trapping Subaru to the ground as his hands unbuttoned Subaru's shirt and 
then pushed it off his shoulders.  He ended the kiss only to take Subaru's 
hands in his and guide them to his mouth, gently tasting the back of each.
        Subaru nearly yelped, but bit his tongue instead, he was so 
startled.  What was Seishirou-san doing?!
        "Subaru..." Seishirou breathed, returning to kissing him on his 
lips.  Seishirou's hands reached inside of Subaru's boxers....

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        The alarm got the day off to a sudden start.  Subaru stretched and 
got out of bed.  He had had the weirdest dreams last night, dreams of 
running and falling and going to a ball, and meeting all these strange 
people....  Subaru shook his head.  What a weird dream.
        Subaru looked at his clock and noticed that it had woken him up 
nearly an hour late.
        "WAAAHH!!"

        Subaru rushed down the stairs and into the kitchen, where he 
grabbed a piece of toast, put butter and jam on it, and ate it in a record 
three seconds.
        "SUBARU!!!" Hokuto's voice cried out as she ran down the stairs.  
"We're late!!"
        "I know!  You grab something to eat and find the keys!  I'll get 
our books!"  So saying, Subaru started a frantic search for the satchels he 
clearly remembered placing by the front door the previous night.  He found 
them underneath the coffee table.
        "I'll get the door!" Hokuto cried as Subaru ran out the door, 
handing his sister's satchel to her on the way out.
        <Why were our clocks set so late?> Subaru wondered as he ran slowly 
enough for Hokuto to catch up.
        Footsteps sounded lightly behind him.  "We're late, Subaru!" Hokuto 
cried as she passed him.
        Subaru stared.  "Ho- Hokuto-chan?!" he gasped, losing his step and 
stumbling slightly.  She _had_ been dressed in her school uniform... hadn't 
she?
        "You're supposed to be in your uniform!" he cried, speeding up to 
try to catch his twin.
        Hokuto's rainbow-colored skirts fluttered around her black 
bodysuit, silk scarves caught by the breeze.  She looked over her shoulder 
as she ran.  "Hurry _up_, Subaru-kun!" she urged.  Her high-heeled granny 
boots picked up their pace just as Subaru began to close the distance 
between them.
        "Hokuto-chan!!" Subaru cried once more, flushing with embarrassment.

End(less)

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There.  Done.  Sorry this one took so long to get out, but I have this 
slight problem of work being at the most inconvenient of times, and usually 
lasting several hours longer than it's supposed to.  I haven't gotten any 
comments on part 3 yet (where'd all the RayEarth people go?!,) and I hope 
that that's just because everyone is home for Christmas.  Hopefully I'll 
get some in a week or two.  Anyhow, to everyone, HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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   + "I stand in good relationship to the Earth                           +
   +  I stand in good relationship to the Gods                            +
   +  I stand in good relationship to all that is beautiful               +
   +  I stand in good relationship to you                                 +
   +  And I am alive today                                                +
   +  And if I live until tomorrow, I promise I will learn one new thing" +
   +                                 -- A Native American Prayer          +
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   +                "Think"***"Learn"***"Imagine"***"Do"                  +
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