Chapter 48 and previous chapter replies

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Replies for Chapter 48
(+ replies for other previous chapters)

A/N regarding the "Crosse Overload" chapters
We now officially end the Crosse Overload chapters, but it doesn't mean that you'll see less of Crosse now. Remember that he is Crosse after all, therefore a significant part of the main plot (and the big bombs).

With Crosse-Ayane's relationship, I've read in some of the comments / PMs / emails saying that they are going "tired" of this same 'Crosse-loves-Ayane-but-Ayane-doesn't-love-him-but-Kosuke' aspect. I kept on repeating and emphasizing this to the point that it has become quite "tiresome" (although some romance fanatics loved it). I wrote these chapters precisely because of this intention - to stress it to the point that even the readers will grow tired of it. Why? Other than the fact that the story has to move on, I wanted the readers to grab exactly this feeling: that everyone's tired of this merry-go-round relationship except Crosse - to stress that he is persistent, stress that he has gone quite desperate, and stress his unhappiness. With the years lost and years of feeling sorry for his cowardliness more than eight years ago, he needs to experience this transition with utmost intensity.

Now that we finally end these 'Crosse chapters', you'll soon witness his 'moving on'. This is the importance of the transition - to put a bold line between his past and the actions he would do next, both regarding his relationship with Ayane and with his role as a 'Spectra' assassin.


On Yoshifumi Rei

ronicabeee
I swear to god Rei is the baddest, meanest, cruelest, and hottest villain ever made in fanfic history!
sweet_rose_20
omg rei is so evil
xherodbskx
stupid rei i just want to bash him on the head
noona
rei is soooo evil....
jusplainmeh
Stupid a-hole. I hope Crosse kills him...

The outrage, hehe. I know... as expected. I am quite fond of late-bloomer villains, hehe. (Remember that I said this well... very well.)

Silent Serenity
I'm thinking that maybe Rei and Shigeo had been planning this from the very start, from adopting Ayane after Akira got killed in Book 1, to Rei falling in love with Ayane, to Rei arranging their marriage in secret, even to call for Shizuki to be Ayane's psychiatrist! He is using every person he could to get what he wanted: the VAULT above everything else! His grand scheme is becoming evident little by little and his true color is being revealed!

^ Very good observation. Let's see how his schemes would progress in the next chapters. Will his plans be successful? Or a failure?

K.I.M
What?! He is married to her?
jemilah
WHAT? They're married???? OH.MY.GOD!
s2naomii
THEYRE MARRIED? WTHECK!?
sentuhmentalfo0l
i can't believe he has a marriage certificate
and ayane has no idea about it.. i can't believe they've been 'married' for 5 years!
linnienguyen
when did rei make the marriage documents?! o-o
debbiex33
how can he just marry her lik that w/o her knowing?
emfkrx
how did he get aya to marry him, and theyve been married for 5 year? WHAT THEEEE??
lil^jenniie
WHAT? how did rei make papers saying ayane his wife.
sooo much drama. i dont know what too think anymore

Yes, they have been married for 5 years. How did it happen? I'll explain this one by flashbacks to scenes during those eight years Ayane spent with Rei in Switzerland (and in some other place I'll reveal later).

syndryx
the Crosse chapters already ended but there are still a lot of questions bugging me…you said that we’ll know what happened to Crosse when he left in Book1…but all I got was that he went to China to train and become an assassin! There wasn’t even any info about how he came to meet his father again!
*sigh*

^ And I'll include this one too in those flashbacks.

aashtivijh
I'm a little confused, are the marriage certificates real?
5imply_5wt
or is the document fake??
myxlove101
Pathetic Rei. Making FAKE marriage contract. bleh.
muchLove
Rei, what a loser making a FAKE marriage contract.
loveme100x
But those marriage papers are fake, right?

Unfortunately, they are REAL. Again, I'll get into details with the next chapters.

Quoting what Rei said in Chapter 48:

QUOTE

“Those documents are authentic,” Rei said confidently. “Go ahead and check the registry if you wish.”

So again, yes they are real.

But this is the one I wanted to point out. I'm happy that a lot of people actually noticed this subtle detail:


On the Vault

amandahs
Wow, that was pretty much easy to get into the vault.
nha93
they are actualy letting him in?????
pie.x3
i hope he doesn't get into the vault. or i hope something happens in the vault.
maybe like ayane actually cleaned the place (the vault) of weapons and money
and put it somewhere else or something >D
dudeilovefood
HIS VAULT?? NOOOO.
Twixxie
Reading through that scene, however, something tells me that he is accessing the Vault way too easier than expected. I mean, if the employees alone panic at the sound of the Silver Crescent Vault, why would the Swiss Bank allow access to a complete stranger just because he presented documents that however authentic should not be suffice in any way to allow passage to such top secret facility? Something tells me that something is wrong. The break-in is just suspiciously "easy" IMO. I don't know if I'm overanalyzing but by the way things are, hmm... I sense something is wrong.
morphine99
The access was too easy that it is suspicious.
chng234
rei is going to open the vault!!! what is inside it?
littleazntuyet
OMG DON'T LET HIM GET THE VAULT!!


Too easy? Well, maybe it is too easy. Remember this.


shinexshine
Who was that man from the Swiss Bank?

He protects the Vault. Why? He just protects it... quite too well.


On Ayane and Yuken's picture

crossroadblues
Rei just had to steal Yoon camera and saw the picture of Sato & Aya kissing, now he is gonna do somethng stupid again.
VietHoney
what is Rei planning to do with that "scandalous" picture of Ayane and Yuken..? o.o
HYPERGURLY^^
now rei is going to use those pics against ayane!?!!?
HollaBack1588
wonder what rei is going to do now that he knows that yuken and ayane kissed...
jealous and outraged maybe ?

Good guesses on where this picture would come handy.

The question is, will this picture make things turn really bad for Ayane, Kosuke, and Yuken?

... or maybe... just maybe... to some other person.

I love writing mysteries. Exciting.


On Ayanami Fuuko

silentmeteor
yep, fuuko's comeback!
she seems more matured than before. dont she?
benchi101
She knows how to open the shackles on Lin? How?
What part does she plays in this story now? o.o
syndryx
I believe Fuuko knows a lot of things…she knows things and she doesn’t want to tell them…that incident was purely a slip of the tongue so she made up an alibi….they say that to make a lie sound convincing, it should at least contain some truth in it….heheh…so I guess, that’s what she did….and I’m still nailing her to be the architect of the Saragossa Hotel, and other hotels of the Empire group in that case…that’s how she knew Ayane to be alive…
teddybear01
since her mom was killed by spectra, maybe she was working under Rei and Aya?
Or she is some freaky metal collector, i mean she IS weird.
mangoes-dbsk
Fuuko seems really nice. Maybe she has something up her sleeve. And since they're rich, can't they buy diamond or something and use it to cut that metal since diamond is the strongest material ever? It can't be stronger than diamond.
fairy~dream
Fuuko is actually back! She's the one who gave Ayane the video tape in book 1 if I remember right???

Yes, Ayanami Fuuko is the infamous Tsuzuya bully from F&L Book 1. She's also the one who bought the Circa Constellation from the a Toute Vitesse (Saburo) and gave the video tape of her mom's murder to Ayane. Take note of these facts.

She knows of a way to take off Lin's shackles. Obviously, I can't reveal how she would do it yet. What's the purpose of writing the chapter if I did? Maybe it's a diamond? Maybe it's not.

Be surprised for a bomb though, hehe.

Silent Serenity
is Fuuko...... by any means....... the "Black Widow" that assisted Yuken with directions during the chase in Kyoto?
kc_chua
Fuuko just might be the Black Widow! (Is she?)
renchew
architect who wouldve thought of that ! and she sure noes alot of things.. i wonder who her connections are
paola_grace_27
you know, i feel something fishy about her... maybe sh'e a member os the spectra or the silver crescent? lol... just guessing..

Very good guesses. Maybe she IS the Black Widow we're all curious about... but again, maybe she's not.

Silver Crescent or Spectra? Or an independent?

But most certainly, yes, she does have another significance in the story.


Other questions / random things

RHAINE
do i get cookies for correcting your german kuya hiro ?



^ How about these? Star-shaped cookies, hehe.

They don't glow in the dark though...


curiousitykills
at last!
i want an update for kosuke and aya! Wahhhhh...please.
A!LOVE.
man, when are you gna make a chapter with ayane and kosuke,
theLOSER
I can't wait til Kosuke and Ayane meet again
iced_
I want kosuke and aya to meet again
undeniablystubborn
i want an update of kosu and aya!!!!


We'll get to that soon, don't worry. Allow me to make some significant transitions though. We can't all be romance and fluff all the time, hehe (-#- scratches head-#-). Errr... definitely they'll meet again pretty much soon.


aνєc aмσυr
In the midst of a crisis thats unfolding, Akio never fails to brighten up the mood.
redbutterflytree
Akio is such a good character. Whenever the story gets dark and gloomy, he pops in with all his hilarity and makes me smile.
PSiloveyu
AKIO IS HILARIOUS MAN !

That's his purpose in this fic. He's the 'balancer'... but that doesn't mean that Akio's significance ends there. Remember this.

simpleangel
Ayane, where is she?! still locked up?!

Ayane's still with Crosse in the beach house. They've been there for a month now.

~Tropical.Mists
I hope you read my reply on F&L1 or else you're gonna think I'm some sorta crazy person posting on your thread T___T lol

Haha, I surely did and you got me grinning like a hyena. I think that has been the longest review I've ever received so far for this story (or at least the longest one for 'publicly posted reviews' as far as Soompi is concerned).

Welcome to Fists and Lipsticks Miss ~Tropical.Mists and I hope you have a great time in this Brain Frying adventure, hehe. Glad to have you here. Meia waves and says 'Hi' too. She's with me right now.

genna
I love about this story is the development and changes of the characters from F&L1 to now, it's very natural and just real.

Glad to hear that, hehe. I'm relieved that I'm imparting the message well. You now see why Book 1 has been written as 'lightly' and 'corny' / 'innocent' as it is. I wanted to draw that bold line and kinda mold the transitions / changes as we pass events in Book 2.

jaja13
i have a feeling this fic isn't going to end anytime soon! haha.

I'm targeting chapter 65 - 70. Yeah, isn't going to end anytime soon, but I'm targeting mid 2009 to finish everything and until September for final touches and editing/re-writing, Book 1 included to make the combined Book 1 + Book 2 PDF/.doc version.

mabelinda
But what about Rei's feelings for Ayane? Were they ever true?

Hmm... you'll find out in the next chapters.

Rin Li
Book 1 shocked me to bits. Book 2 is about to shock me to death.

Haha. Not really... -#-hyena grin-#-

vivi_dee
Big thanks for replying to my crazy email too. Did I sound like a crazy fan / freak? Sorry huh? Like my sister, I can talk about this story the whole day long nonstop! This is a drug! An addicting drug!

No problem. E-mail me anytime if you have more questions.

~Tropical.Mists
Hey hiro! I was wondering if you watch Heroes?

Yeah! Hiro Nakamura happens to be my favorite character too, next to the kid who can repair stuff by touching them? I forgot his name...

xradiostarx
your fan fic helps me in history! LOL the other day we were learning about world war 2 and my teacher asked us why germany didnt attack switzerland. and it was because of their banks.. xD haha. when he told us that. i totally remembered this fan fic xD so cool ahha

Yes, Swiss Banks are known for the the tight secrecy laws all over the world. Notorious for keeping secret bank accounts too by corrupt officials.

showstopper
This story makes the readers think and that is what attracted me to this story because I like reading stuff that do not only make me smile from sweet scenes and drool from handsome male leads but a story that would make me use my mind, intelligence, imagination, and something that would fill my heart with emotions.

Welcome to Fists and Lipsticks, Miss showstopper... I appreciate your kind remarks.

stephieyeung
Brain Bomber's gonna be your new nickname, Hiro! Fire it up! Lol!

Hehe, you guys are fond of giving me nicknames. Well they're better than the ones Meia gives me though.

Don't ask what Meia calls me. You'll probably die laughing, hehe.


akito&agito
thanks for the update at 4.30 AM.
patty412
How come you always update during off-peak hours?

It's a strategy, hehe. So that if I have mistakes in the first posting attempt, I can easily redo them with less people catching my mistakes.

And I'm a shy person, hehe.

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