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Published: 2018-05-02 01:55:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 535; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 4
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The first of a couple of more Slayers works I wanted to bring to everyone today! :3

First it's finally time to show a bit of love to a couple my great co-creator introduced us to in her epic "The Return", and with Ko's blessing you'll see them play pretty important roles in stories I'll bring here soon, too!

The lady on the left is Rei Hatsu, aka Representative Hitomi Nishijima, a political mover and shaker in the Tokyo Kingdom's capital! Any of you who know Rika Tsukino at all and have read stories like "From Darkness", however, know that this lady is anything but perfect. I'll spare the dirty details so you can find out for yourselves by reading "The Return", but it's a light thing to say that Rei had a heavily negative impact on Rika only four years ago...and for the very worst of reasons!

But Ko, who created Rei, helped me get to know her really well as someone who wasn't a monster...just seriously, deeply flawed, a far too human woman who made all the wrong choices and as a result was as miserable as many of those she's met in her life. All the lady really needed to do was acknowledge her wrongs and try to grow to become someone who could look at herself in the mirror. Ko did that in amazing ways, I really felt for Rei for all the same reasons Ko really made me connect with another great character my co-creator focused on in "The Return", Kyoku Kuju!

But as Rei grew and had a whole lot of horrible things to worry about in the meantime, she had some very strong and able support in the form of two special people, and they both worked for her as her aides! One was the beautiful nephilim (that's half mortal, half Angel!) Nanase Saionji. The other is the guy in the art above with Rei, American-born Angel Matthew Stone.

Matt's got a pretty interesting history himself...let's just say that while he's an Angel, he hasn't always been an angel! But he's made a new start and knows the meaning of second chances. Like Nanase, he saw the woman Rei could be and strove to support her even if meant putting their own lives on the line. In fact, by the end of "The Return", it's safe to say that Rei and Matthew could begin a relationship that's a lot more than professional...he quit his work as a political aide and is going to make a move to become a demon slayer sponsored by the Slayers Organization! The future promises to be bright and, since we're talking about Demon City 7 here, very interesting for these two!

Giving credit where it's due always!

XNALara created by Dusan Pavlicek; XPS by Dusan and XNAaraL

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Rei Hatsu and Matthew Stone by the one and only !

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Comments: 7

jacky444PRO-34 [2018-05-02 05:46:30 +0000 UTC]

nice work dude  

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KoDraCan [2018-05-02 02:28:17 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Another nice picture. Looking forward to seeing what your plans are for them in the future.

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CharlesWS In reply to KoDraCan [2018-05-02 02:44:58 +0000 UTC]

  Thanks so much, dearest Ko! :3  Well, I did say before they both could play a big part in "The World We Live In"...I'm pretty sure I gave non-spoiler details?

And I really do want to give as much love to Rei and her dear friend Nanase.  I'd just need to know the answers to those questions I sent you in my last note, then I'll have something to show you! x 1000!  (They're yes or no questions, you can even answer them here if you want!)

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KoDraCan In reply to CharlesWS [2018-05-02 03:19:11 +0000 UTC]

What were your questions?

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CharlesWS In reply to KoDraCan [2018-05-02 05:40:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm back, I'm sorry I got busy!

Just a couple of things I wanted to be sure of!

1)  Did Hitomi change her name back to Rei after that big day at the Diet?

2)  This may be a no-brainer, but does Nanase know everything about Rei's past, specifically about her unfortunate history with Rika?  Did Rei ever tell her like she told Matt?

That's all! x 1000!

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KoDraCan In reply to CharlesWS [2018-05-02 19:49:04 +0000 UTC]

1) No, Rei still uses the "Hitomi Nishijima" alias.

2) Nanase does know her real name, but she doesn't know the full story about her past. 

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CharlesWS In reply to KoDraCan [2018-05-02 23:36:22 +0000 UTC]

Understood, dearest Ko...you'll see why I asked just a little later, many thanks! x 1000!

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