From:   [email protected]
Date: Tue Nov 7, 2000 1:40pm
Subject: Fic: Back to Gaea Chapter 1


OK, here are the first chapters. Hope you like them. 


Chapter 1

Twelve years later…

Kiri waited impatiently for her friend. What was wrong with the
"Ice 
princess''? Did she think that she was her lady-in-waiting or 
something? 
Her eyes caught a blur of black and green to her left. 
-"Hey, iceberg, you better come out this instant or I'll be
the one 
that melts you!''
-"It would be a little difficult, don't you think?''
Kiri yelped. How did she do that? She couldn't surprise Var,
never 
had, but she always managed to scare her. Kiri noticed the wide-eyed 
stares that her green-eyed friend attracted. Much to her pain and 
pride, she had to admit that her friend had the beauty she would 
never posses. With her plain face and dull gray eyes, she could never 
compete with the exotic looks of her friend: long, glossy black hair, 
sparkling green eyes, creamy skin and a figure that any model would 
envy. It was surprising though, that with her gorgeous looks, she was 
more interested in track sports and hockey than on guys and dates. 
That was why the guys gave her that nickname, the "Ice
princess'', 
and she actually seemed very proud of it. 
-"Earth calling to Kiri. Is someone in there?''
She couldn't help herself. Her scream must have been heard all
the 
way to Mr. Fuji himself.
-"Guess not, what did you want to tell me Kiri?''
-"Hey, you're the one who is supposed to tell me,
remember?''
Var's expression was eloquent enough.
-"Duh, I turned 16 yesterday!''
-"Well, happy birthday, again. But what those it have to do with
me, 
besides you being my friend and all that.''
-"Don't you remember? You promised that when I turned 16 you
would 
tell me.''
-"About what?''
-"About you, silly. The whole truth. Now you remember?''
Var's expression turned pained. Yes, she could remember, and she 
still regretted that promise. It jus awakened painful memories of her 
childhood, well, at least of the part of her childhood that she could 
still remember. Before that, all she had were her grandmother's 
stories about her mother and uncle. 
-"Let's go somewhere else, will `ya.''
Kiri watched the change of expressions in her best friend's face. 
This was painful for her. Maybe she should have kept her curiosity to 
herself.
-"What do you want to know?''
Var's voice broke her reverie.
-"Why don't you choose what you want to tell me, if it's
too painful 
I…''
-"What do you want to know?''
Kiri gave up.
-"Everything.''
Var nodded, and kept walking. Up ahead, they could see their other 
best friend walking towards them. Kuno Akane was waving excitedly, 
speaking some nonsense about good news.
Kiri grumbled. She couldn't help it, Akane also made her envious.
To 
start with, she was rich. Second, she was good looking, not as Var, 
but pretty close. And third, she had the most gorgeous brother in 
history. Lucky girl.
-"Hey, guys! They are gonna post the results for the positions in
the 
track team. Lets go see what we got!''
-"Akane, I need to talk to you, now.''
-"About what, Var?''
Akane looked at Kiri, the guilty expression in the girl's face
told 
her she had opened her big mouth. OK, track results would have to 
wait.