as what to be expected from a good writer like you. ^_^

I have to admit that you are one of the best writers i ever encountered here in this site and i admire how you delve into details as well as the intricate plot you carefully weave in your stories. i...i...am...really out of words.

kittylynne, as an anime fanatic and a tasuki-obsessed femme like me, i have to say that your wonderfully-written fanfics really had me wanting the wing seishi to become human in every way possible. through your creativity, you've inspired me a lot.

for quite sometime now, i've been wanting to write a fanfic featuring tasuki and an original fanfic character of mine, but i guess, the knowledge i have as of now regarding the happenings in the full series are still far from being adequate. i just wish i could have half of your knowledge in these wonderful series. i guess i have to read a lot of stories to be able to come up with that. ^_^

so...please continue your lovely work. and thank you for the message you left me. i appreciate it a lot. ^_~

p.s> if it's not too much to ask, sometime in the future (and if you have a lot of time in your hands), do you mind writing a fanfic of me and tasuki instead? :P

erm...LOL... well, that's my obsession of tasuki taking over again.haha

Have a nice day!
~Ino Ishii

hey! i really like your way on doing a story for tasuki and miaka!! im very grateful that you've come with this great idea... im hoping that you will continue writing this story!! your very creative... ^_^

I really like this story, I've read it a couple of times and I pick out new things each time that I enjoy. Some of the banter between the characters is really clever- I giggled at the firefly part. It's also nice to read something so well written. Please update soon!

Well I sure hope you do update you're stories and make sure they aren't forgotten or discontinued. And like kamiko (hey! that's part of my account name!), I don't like that the family piece has been added, it was way better when the parent wasn't in on everything, but the brother was alright since he was kinda a part of it in the beginning, ya know? And your other stories are so awsome, I'm sure that you'd break many hearts and leave many tasuki and miaka fans devastated if you were to leave your three works uncompleted, I mean come on, you're like the queen of tasuki and miaka fics on this site. I've seen so many of your comments on other fics I've read that I decided to check out you're stories and I gotta tell you, I absolutely, undeniably, indisputedly, L-O-V-E-D them and have barely been able to contain my fan girl and excitedness while reading them and writing this review. In-fact if I ever unleashed that energy on the poor, unsuspecting world it would be catasraphic and would bring destruction of mass proportions *calming seal ripping* so for the love of god, chris, jesus, all that is holy and about everthing their is to love in the universe and life, UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! >:( ! >:( ! >:( ! >:( ! >:( ! Really though, for burned it's been 5 years since you updated, for leather and lace it's been 3 and for this one it's been 2 years. I can bet you've been busy during certain times, but it's been a while ya gotta admit. Anyway love you stories, want an update and all that fan girl jazz, see ya later!:)

P.S. in that fan response review, what does it mean in your phrase of the mother is far from the wet blankt of romance, I don't understand what you were inscinuating or trying to tell kamiko and I'd really like to know what it means since I had the same problem with the story.

Hey! It's me again, thanks so much for writing me back! I was bored so I decided to re-read this fic to re-familarize myself with the story. And when I checked to see what my previous comments were (I like to reflect on my past self and speech)I was surprized that you responded. I mean, although I've been here a while now, I am still inexperienced with the use of certain words, phrases or customs of , I didn't even think I'd get a response out of anyone, so I was, again, over joyed with giddiness that you typed back and actually took my opinion into account!

So, in re-reading this story tasuki and miaka, cute as ever, I have a proposal for you,so ya better listen up! as tasuki might say. I am an active tasuki fan and only like tasuki and miaka together because she is the only original yuu watase character that fits best for tasuki considering their past with the kodoku-evil tamahome incident and how much he cared for her when she retured to konan(anime purist! at least I think so).

Anyway getting way off topic, my proposal to you is to write more tasuki romances (whether with miaka or not, anime purist??), but it would be a certain type that I think all tasuki fans apreciate, in this proposal to other authors with much writing potential I have labeled the three types "real world to book", "book to real world" and "reincarnation", I think you can figure out what they mean considering they are all the same types you have going in this story, leather and lace, and burned, but what I'm asking is for you to do a fic that is like a reincanation fic only, the universe of the four gods does not take part in it and is set in high school or college and tasuki and miaka getting together and tamahome till being a rival to it all. I find that seeing them in modern times with no reincarnation stuff is just as fun as anything else. And if you need an idea of what it should be like check out the fics 'high school of love and memories', 'sorrows of the past', 'modern love','caught in a web of love' and 'desires of the heart'. They are all awsome reads and about the last story suggestion, it is strongly recommended that you see that one, the style of its writer is unlike anything I've seen, and although I am usually against self-inserts with this one how can anyone not like it, but to know what I'm talking about you'll just have to read.

So, again thank you for responding and I will trust you with not ruining the romantic atmosphere for tasuki and miaka , cause when miaka's mom was talking about the bandits and miaka throwing in the suggestion of refoming them my heart sank a bit and I thought 'ah! you are ruining everthing lady, them being bandits and still being good guys is whats makes them so awsome and boosts tasuki's hotness with an awsome background!' so yeah that's what I was feeling, but thank you for that little piece of info on not destroying miaka and tasuki's fun, it will give me a lot of ease and I will be able to sleep better at night (yes, you're story was so great and incredible that it effected me that much) update soon please!

And about questioning myself about being an anime purist(if you don't know what it is, it's a fan who likes to keep close to the original story and facts) just in case you're curious,which I bet you're not, it's due to a story I read called 'gathering again' it is an oc(original character) romance with tasuki and I actually read it! Although it was mostly because I thought the main character was going to end up being miaka's reincarnation or something, it was really good, which is why I'm wondering if I'm really an anime purist.

Sorry I'm totally boring you with my stupid rambling of how I view myself, I'm boring and anonoying as most people tell me, but just one thing before I go. Would you believe I'm 13? Since interenet personas are anonymous I usually assume people on this site are teens, and man, was I surprised to find out you're an adult, but do my reviews sound like they're coming from a first year teeanger?I'd really like to know, people tell me all the time I talk with a large vocabularay and like I'm older, but I'd really like to know from someone knowing nothing, but my response writings about myself, do I sound like a 13 year old? And, again, to get your attention (people don't always read long reviews, what can I say?) IMPORTANT INFO IN PARAGRAPH 3, PLEASE UPDTATE SOON XD

Sorry to be using my review board to answer reviews, but there's no other way when people review anonymously and don't leave me an email so I can say thank you, and/or reply to their questions...^^;

And so...

To Toc: Thank you so much! I'm so happy you are enjoying The Promise! Hearing that you felt my characterizations are solid and that the premise is plausible helps allay two apprenhensions I've had in writing this story. ^^ This story is not abandoned, not by a long shot. Real life events and health issues have kept me from updating for a while...but I'm going to be updating this and my other stories soon.

To Kamiko:

Wow, thank you for your devotions and kind words. I understand your apprehensions about the family element being added in, but I hope you'll trust me when I say that there is no need to be concerned that the focus is going to veer away from romance. Let's just say that Kouji is good at running interference woth an overprotective brother, and that Miaka's mom is far from the wet blanket on romance that you're assuming her to be...^^

Re: the bandits and kidnappings...you'll have to wait and see. :D

Every good wish,
KL

WAH! I don't want this! family getting mixed up in the world of the book gives me bad feelings! Keisuke was bad enough, but now the mom, NO! WAH!*SOB*SOB*I don't want to read this anymore! But to show my dedication and loyalty up till now I will, but in return, KEEP MIAKA'S FAMILY OUT OF THE UNIVERSE OF THE FOUR GODS! family ruins the whole romantic atmosphere(pout, pout), PLEASE TAKE THEM OUT! at least atke the mom out, i can at least handle keisuke.
Sincerly,
Kamiko

NO!NO!NO!NO! I would wait a little while to comment again, but I have to speak up, family meeting lover is cute for a while, but this is too far,Keisuke going into the book, no, I would want their special world to be reserved for only her and her warriors, not brother and miaka's mother jumping to conclusions and catching onto the lying, this is going in the polar opposite direction I want. I suppose I'll admit that I'm mostly put out about this because of you foreshadowing miaa's potential danger with the other gang koji mentioned before, which I really hope goes onto the actual story and isn't miss leading. And so you'll notice and read this log comment-READ TO MAKE STORY BETTER!

OMG!OMG!OMG! I was gonna wait till I finished it all, but I can't contain my exited giddiness anymore. I love this story more than you will ever know and I exremely want something to happen with what koji and shing were taking about with the other bandits and their new leader and miaka being pron to possible kidnappings, don't hate me for wanting to read this type of stuff and for it to happen, it's just the stuff I absolutely love in story's. I can't remember everything I've thought were good ideas and details you've provided in these chapters, but for sure you are a genius writer and I LOVE YOU!(don't get me wrong, I mean that strongly as a fan love)Please write more and I will be eternally greatful!

great read! fully realized and plausible take on this pairing, solid characterization, and way to give kouji and the yuuki family a chance to shine. that, and a deliciously smouldering tasuki - what's not to like?

please tell me this story isn't abandoned? dying to read on.

Hey KL,

I just want to say that the new ending to this chapter is awesome! XD It's much smoother and more...informative...yes, informative, than the other ending that you had originally posted.

Much Love,

BlackHawk

wow! you're a really good writer!, the story was a little slows at first but then picked up very well, I am so thankful to you, when I usually find something really, super, mea, awsome to read, it is either a short story or in fanfictions, case the writer has few chpaters ad never updates, but you have like 27! I've seen some of your favorite story's and found you've got pretty good taste in stories, or in fushigi yugi for the most part. I encourage you to keep writing(preferably fushigi yugi tasukixmiaka romances),YOU ARE AWSOMELY GREAT!

E! Stopping just before the best part! I love this story, I NEED to read the rest! Please continue it soon XD

COOL

Hi KittyLynne,

"...DEVISED by L. Frank Baum!"
(in case other readers have missed this, this is said by Miaka's mother when she commented about the UoTFG upon arrival)

Seems it is hinted at this stage of your story that Tasuki was beginning to realise his world was an imaginary realm given in some kind of novel or literature!

This story is beautifully and INTELLIGENTLY written. You have done an excellent job in plot setting and character development. Throughout the chapters, for more than an occasion, Tasuki had demonstrated his sensitivity, intelligence, decisiveness and even delicacy (which is well hidden inside Tasuki himself, intentionally or unconsciously)!! So to me, it makes perfect sense that Tasuki is able to find out something at a very early stage by himself (and it will be interesting to see how the story continues)

KittyLynne, there are bits of hints and information scattered all along the storyline which I suspect that these little pieces will eventually tie up together to complete the jigsaw. (I gotta remember that Yui's note was in the pouch on the underside of Tasuki's belt !)