Violet Flame- Rei's story
	Part one
	By: Zellie	




	"So dig a little more deeply. All we have is this very moment..." 
	"I Don't Want to Wait" by: Paula Cole 


	Prolouge: In a world of quiet peril, one girl stands alone against
her own soul. The one person who loves her behind her comprehension, 
receives hardly any of her attention. She's afraid of affection. As a child she
knew none of this power and now faces it in it's highest in the throes of war.
Can Rei overcome her fear of love and find the one thing she always wanted?
-A true love... In one of the greatest tales of the senshi... Rei's story. He'll always
be waiting for her. 




	When I was a little girl, I was always playing with the boys. I 
liked to be rough and tumble. If the boys ever called me sissy or girly,
they were toast, literally. I have aways loved my control of fire. My best 
friend growing up would have to have been Aino Minako. She was so 
sweet, yet so insecure. Not only that, but her little friend Kunzite was
quite the little battle hero. They were so fun to play with, espically when
we played our little war games. My parents never faught the way I saw 
Minako's fight, but they were both very tempramental. I guess I aquired
those traits. 
	As a child, my mother instilled a great love of religion in me.
She would always tell me of the great spirits and to worship everything
that had spirits. Then, as I grew older, she taught me to use the fires 
I controled to help me predict things. I guess she saw my paranormal 
abillities. My father was my best friend for as long as I could remember.
We spent hours together playing games or just talking. I guess you could
say I had a happy childhood. 
	But that does not nessicarily mean I was completely content.
There was always somthing missing that I saw Minako had. She had 
affection coming from every angle she turned, accept from her father.
My parents weren't the type that would shower you with hugs and kisses, 
but they would spend time with me. I guess they just did because they 
thought it was their responsibility as parents. I might have been better 
off if they had just left me be. 
	There is one particular time I recall that is always fresh
in my memory. I was about six and I would play just outside the castle
in the gardens. They were always so green.  There was this one
particular hedge maze that could keep a child occupied for hours. I had
gathered a small group of the servants' children to play a game of 
hide and seek with me. We were out there for quite a while,  just hiding.
I began to wonder if  any one was still playing. Keeping low, I crawled 
along the ground around a hedge and crawled right into a certian boy 
who was doing the same thing I was. We collided and I fell over, my
head throbbing.  
	"Hey! Watch where you're going! That really hurt." I said as
I rubbed my forehead.
	"Why don't you watch it? You're the one who ran into me,
after all." The boy said as he glared back at me.   
	"That is not so! You were the one who...oh never 
mind. At least appologize." I stood up and brushed off my shorts. 
the dirt from the garden was starting to get ground into my pants
after all this time. I ran my fingers through my tangled hair. 
	"What if I don't want to?" He asked challenging me as he
stood up also. The boy was a good head taller than me, at least. 
	"You wanna fight over it? All right then. Make your move."
I challenged him back, fully ready for a fist fight. I already had my arms 
up for defense. I back up a bit to give myself more room. The boy edged 
closer to me and threw a punch. I barely ducked it. "Oh! You're going to 
hit a lady?" I asked as I evaded another punch.
	"You ain't a lady!"
	"Yes I am! I'm the ruler of the ground you walk on, sir!" 
I proclaimed, putting my hands on my hips. Bad move. The boy hit 
me squarely in the stomach. I fell back again, this time curling up
into a ball, and trying to keep the tears from streaming down my face.
It hurt.  "You're really mean!" I cried as I attempted to sit up. I was
having a hard time moving. 
	"You're the one who wanted to fight, remember?" The boy
said non-chalantly as he shrugged his shoulders. Suddenly I heard foot
steps behind us and the boy looked up startled, then he ran, but was 
picked up by the collar of his shirt by my father. 
	"Rei! Are you okay, hunny?" My mother lifted me off the 
ground and hugged me. I whiped my eyes and nodded. I shouldn't 
have been crying, but I couldn't help it this time. Being in her arms
was comforting that moment, until my father started in on the poor boy. 
	"What do you think you're doing to my little girl? Didn't your
parents teach you never to hit girls?" My mother raised her hand to
quiet my father. It didn't matter, he was angry and wasn't about to 
be quiet. "Answer me, boy!"
	"I- She started it! She wanted a fight." My father glanced
at me, then back at the boy. "I didn't mean to hurt her."
	"Just because she provoked you, doesn't mean you have to
accept her challenges. It's not right to fight girls. What's your name?
We're going to have to get you back to your parents so they can teach 
you a lesson." My father had set the boy back down and had pretty 
much released him. Surprisingly, the boy didn't try to take off again. 
	"Adam."
	"Alright, then, Adam. You're coming with us." My father 
gripped his shoulder and started walking out of the garden. I just 
clung to my mother, taking comfort in her arms. We were soon out
of the garden. My mother set me down and I stuck by her. I didn't 
feel like messing with this kid again for a while. When we got near
the door inside, my father dismissed Adam and took us inside, 
making sure I went in. "Rei," He said, sitting down on the nearest
chair. "Did you really pick a fight with that boy?" I nodded. My father
sighed. "Rei, don't do that. Boys play harder, and more agressively
than girls. Besides, you could have caused that boy more trouble if 
I didn't belive him that you started that fight. I just know you too well.
Okay? Now go up to your room and get cleaned up for dinner.
We're having company tonight." I nodded and headed up to my 
room. The next day I was back out in the garden, fighting a 
rematch against Adam.

	~Notes From Zellie~ 
	Well, well. What do you think? A Rei story...this 
oughta get intesting. This story is dedicated to Eien Hi (Formerly known
as Mn, monocaylde) Well, I hope you all like the new story. Tell me what
you think so far! My adress: Lil_Venus@hotmail.com 
			 ~Zellie