Have you ever fallen asleep, and then awakened with absolutely no idea where you are? In that moment, between reality and dreams, you existed within two places at once. With a dreamer's mind, you saw the room you fell asleep in the night before. Had you never recovered from that state of temporary confusion, might you have actually found yourself in another world? Perhaps...

Prelude: Love at First Glance
(Last updated: 6/23/00)

езе As the heavens shower Tokyo's streets, Kimiko Nishiyama visits the nation of her origins. She will meet two new friends, see a few old faces, and realize hope never fades from a broken heart. Kenichi Tendou is a struggling artist who quickly finds himself falling in love with the mysterious redhead that literally crashes into his life. езе

Part One: The Unexpected
(Last updated: N/A)

езе With the fate of her friends and family known, Kimiko Nishiyama will be forced to come to terms with her new role, or lack there of, in their lives. Kenichi Tendou finds himself drawn closer to her as their similarities bring them together. Like the calm right before a storm, the two have one day together without the turbulence of life to intrude. езе

Part Two: Haunted Pasts
(Last updated: 3/2/01)

езе Kimiko wakes to a new day, and a new set of challenges. Rintaro Saotome, the brother of her other life, has never lost a fight and does not plan to. So far, Kiyoshi Nishiyama has played the part of a caring guardian and a loving brother, but as he finds himself drowned by his dark past, that role could be changed forever. Fates converge as darkness covers the skies. езе

Part Three: Sayonara
(Last updated: 10/3/06) In Progress!

езе With no fate of his own, the nemesis of Kimiko's life, haunted by demons of which only he can ever know, finds killing more difficult than expected. Unsatisfied with their first encounter, Rintaro seeks a rematch, but by what means is he willing to use to get it? As the tides clear, and the day is over, all she ever wanted to do was have the will to say, "Sayonara..." езе

Fanart
(Last updated: 3/2/01)

езе The trials of Kimiko Nishiyama has won itself many fans, some of whom were felt it rewarded fanart. Though these pages are nearly empty, here are the works drawn by the fans, for the fans. езе

Life it seems will fade away, drifting further every day...

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