In a message dated 1/17/99 6:20:35 PM Central Standard Time, Dan Root writes:

 Ukyou always dies a tragic death in fanfic.  Taking a blow for her fiance
 or friends, dying at the hands of a rampaging villain, slowly pining away
 from a broken heart or some terminal illness.  Preferably in some manner
 that makes everyone re-examine their lives, their purpose, their decisions.
 Especially if it's worth some tears from the reader.  Such a martyr.
 
 Well.... not this time.
 
 	-DaR

::shrugs::  Fine, sugar.  Have it your way.  Tell ya the truth, a different
approach isn't such a bad thing, and folks do die meaninless deaths 
now and again.  Stands to reason it'd still be me.

C'mon, honey, just 'cause I die working in such an undignified manner
doesn't mean I hadn't still been pining away for Ran-chan.  I'm still the 
faithful, unrequited childhood friend of all the other fics, and this little
story, cute(?) as it may be, won't take that away from me.  You hear me?

::suddenly realizes her tone is approaching Kodachi's manic pitch::

Uh... sorry about that.  Carry on.

Itsu mo,
Ucchan  ^_^