trans_9 | A Dream Is A Dream... [OPEN]

It always started out the same. I'm in my bed, being shook awake. The sounds of Ryo-Ohki's meowing can be heard. When I open my eyes, there's a little girl there that looks like Ryo-Ohki as a human. It doesn't make sense, but I go with it. I get dressed and go downstairs. The others are already there: Tenchi-niisan, Ayeka-neesan, Ryoko, Washu... yet Mihoshi's there, too. And a woman with green hair. She looks like Kiyone, and yet... she isn't. And why is Ryoko referring to Washu as her mom? I thought they weren't related.

When I head into the kitchen to start cooking, I see something else that startles me: a vision of an older me in a reflection. She looks almost the same as she did whenever I ate those candies. I see her lips moving, but I can't understand her. That was until this time....

..."Remember."....

Sasami's eyes open up as she comes to from the dream. Her pink eyes dart around the room, seeing where she was. Still in the Med Bay. There was no sign of Hit Girl - probably went off for awhile. Stuck in here for so long after that incident, she was starting to feel restless. There was so much she needed to get done, so much she needed to see...

"Negi-kun...!" Sasami whispered. She needed to find Negi, see how he was. Maybe she could sneak out without anyone noticing. Attempting to slip off of the bed, she found herself losing her balance a bit, still weak from everything. As she did, she held her head as a slight pain struck her. "Ow... what's... going on....?"

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Negi in fact was laying next to Sasami, but he was generally unresponsive. His body encrusted over with white stone-like material, he had a dim expression on his face, dull and more or less unseeing.

"You shouldn't get up so quickly," said Chamo quietly, as if not to disturb the young man who seemed to be all but petrified on the bed.

"H-huh?" Sasami said, looking up. There she noticed both Chamo and Negi... before she turned her head away from them. "I-I'm sorry..."

"Don't be," replied Chamo. "Aniki knew the risks."

He laid a hand on Negi's shoulder. "He's been corrupted. He's fighting, but I don't know how it'll work out."

Sasami looked back at Negi, her eyes welling up with tears. "I shouldn't of hid, Chamo. I... I should have fought back. Everyone got hurt because of me... I..."

She wiped her eyes clean before she spoke again. "I have to do something, but..."

"Hey." Hopping over to Sasami's shoulder, he ascended it. "Look, there isn't anything to be scared about. He's been through more than this. And lets face it, unless you're hiding a miracle in your bodice..."

"A miracle...?" Sasami uttered. Before she spoke, the voice echoed in her head again.

Remember.

"Ahh..."

"Hmm? Sounds like you've got an idea," said Chamo. "Share it?"

"It's... it's nothing." Sasami said, shaking her head. "Just... ever since I used my power to stop KAIN from hurting Hay Lin-neesan, I've been having these dreams. I see my family from home and yet... they act differently. And there's a woman who looks like me when I'm older telling me to do... something."

"... Sounds like a promotion or something like that," remarked Chamo thoughtfully, rubbing his chin. "Anything else besides that?"

"Besides that, not that I can remember." Sasami admitted. "M-Maybe I'm going... crazy or something?"

"I don't think you're going crazy, but there might be a little more to this than meets the eye," remarked Chamo with a shake of his head.

That had been quite the exhausting battle. Starfire had been dragged into Med Bay, treated, and eventually left to sleep nearby. She was still tense from worry over her friends' fate, but the rest had to occur sometime.

So she slept the absolute minimum of time she could allow herself, curled up like a cat in a nest. A cat that slept until there was a disturbance...in this case, Sasami stirring once more.

"...Sasami?" came a sleepy whisper.

"Wh-what do you think it is?" Sasami asked.

"S-Star-neesan..." Sasami whispered as Starfire came to. Slowly, she approached her sister before wrapping her arms around her, trying not to cry. "...I'm so sorry..."

"Hmm..." Thinking about it, Chamo went over to Negi's belongings and pulled out his artifact card. Tapping it once, he accessed the powers and it became a small card booklet before he slotted in another card, one with the image of a girl surrounded by books. "Adeat."

In a flash of light, a diary sat in front of Sasami and Chamo flipped it open. "Try to concentrate on the sounds and images. Let's see if we can't solve this. The image and explanation will display here."

"Sasami, you are safe," Starfire breathed as though it was the happiest news in the entire world. She curled herself around the other girl as gently as she could. "That is all that I am concerned about," she insisted, leaving a kiss atop her head. "It was not your fault."

Sasami nodded as she did, closing her eyes as she tried to remember the dream. As she did, Chamo would be greeted with some of those same images she saw - the catgirl-like child resembling Ryo-Ohki, the woman who seemed like Kiyone, Ryoko trying to dismiss Washu by calling her "mom" and the woman who looked like an older Sasami urging her to remember something...

Even then, it still didn't make sense...

"But... but, you and everyone else got hurt and..." Sasami uttered before letting herself sink into Starfire's embrace. "A-Are you okay...?"

Starfire shook her head, the hair flinging back and forth and brushing Sasami. "I am," she insisted. "I heal quickly, and that pain is insignificant compared to what might have happened to everyone had we not assisted. I do not regret helping you at all"

She held the girl in her warm arms, willing to stay there as long as she needed to.

Watching the images unfold on the picture diary, Chamo rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he looked at the various cartoon-like images unfold complete with dialogue. "Hmm," remarked Chamo. "And you said this isn't anything you specifically remember, right?"

"I'm just glad you're okay, Star-neesan. I... I don't know what would of happened if..." Sasami uttered, before trailing off.

She stayed in the alien's embrace for a bit longer before looking up at her. "Did... did you need anything? I could get you something."

Even when she's weak and drained, she wants to help out.

"No, I only need to see that you are safe," Starfire insisted, holding her close and brushing back her hair. "Actually, I am the one who should be sorry. I should have been at your side sooner than I was. My tardiness could have caused even more injury"

"Don't be...!" Sasami said. "...none of us could have realized this would happen. Just... be glad it wasn't worse..."

"Nuh-uh. They all look and sound familiar, and yet... they seem different." Sasami said. "At the same time, though? It feels... right."

"Well... don't quote me on this but I think it's a set of repressed memories," said Chamo finally. "All of the signs point towards it. And hey, older woman who looks like you telling you to remember? That's a big hint."

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