Authors Notes:
Woo! The First real chapter, Note that the prologue, introduction thing was short because it was.. well.. Just that ^_^'' This will be much longer, as it is a real chapter. But, No flames if chapters are shorter than one another... Writers block is very common in this brain of mine. Anyhow, READ AND REVIEW OR ELSE!... I'll sick Rayearth, Selece, and Windam on you... so >:P

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Graduation Woes and Memory Lane

Hikaru looked down at her feet as she silently walked through the halls to her locker. She frowned. Everyone was so happy about Graduation from the high school, She couldn't stand it! Weren't they going to miss their friends?! Hikaru slammed her locker, not completely on purpose.

"You're just peppy today, aren't you?" Umi interrupted her thoughts, and Hikaru turned to see her and Fuu looking at her worriedly.

"Sorry, Long day" Hikaru said, laughing in her usual happy way. Anyone else would have thought her to be a normal, happy girl, but Umi and Fuu knew the difference from the mask she always carried with her and the real laugh---the one that used to light up the room and sweep away the sorrows.

"I've had a long day too, Hikaru-chan. You dont need to apologize" Fuu smiled, her usual comforting way.

"Arigotou" Hikaru smiled back, genuine this time. She swung her backpack over her right shoulder and smiled at her two friends. Her two very best friends, she corrected herself. She skipped ahead of them slightly, and they followed her as usual. They exited the school building in silence, and started on their ways home together.

"Everyone seems so happy to be leaving and graduating! I just cant take listening to it anymore. It's driving me crazy!" Umi shook her head in frustration as she saw a group of giggling girls walk past. Hikaru nodded in agreement and Fuu sighed to herself. a cherry blossem fell from the tree and landed on Hikaru's nose. She smiled. Atleast not all beauty was lost in the past few months.

"Oh! I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Hikaru waved as they seperated to go to their own separate homes. Umi,Fuu, and Hikaru waved goodbye to eachother and walked the rest of the way to their houses by themselves, not taking notice of anyone on the streets..

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"Anything wrong sweetie?" Umi's aunt asked. She shook her head and smiled. Her Aunt had taken her in and she was more of a mother than Umi's own mother had been, though she would never forget or love her mother any less.

"Everything's fine!" Umi said reassuringly as she climbed the stairs to her room, sitting her backpack down beside the stairs. She opened the door to her room and walked in, slipping her shoes off and walking across to sit on the soft velvety bed. Glancing over her shoulder at the mirror, She noticed, not for the first time, how much Hikaru, Fuu, and herself had changed over the few years, and how much they were still the same. In herself, she saw the same tall model-like blue haired student she had been long ago, only slightly taller and shapely, and her hair was a softer blue now, still reaching slightly past her waste. Hikaru and Fuu were still similar in appearances also. Fuu and Hikaru had also gotten more shapely and woman like, and Fuu's hair was still blonde and curly, only the slightest bit longer than before, and Hikaru's hair was a softer pink, but still braided into the infamous braid behind her back. Still short though, compared to Umi and Fuu.
Her smile faded. They hadn't changed much, Cephiro would recognize them.... That's for sure... If they could go back again, that is. And that seemed impossible. Gazing up at the ceiling, She also noted the great changes in all of them. Hikaru was still striving to be her happy self, but the difference was that it used to be natural, genuine... Now she worked for it, so that Umi and Fuu wouldn't have to have so many worries on their shoulders. All three of them had tried so many times to go back to Cephiro, and they had given up hope a year ago. They had, unknown to eachother, cried themselves to sleep every night, and now ate very little. Umi practiced Fencing more fiercely than ever, as though she was afraid the last of her memories of fighting in Cephiro would just disappear. They flew from their friend's gaze or hid their faces whenever a story from their books might be read about different worlds and otherworldly travels and adventures, and they no longer could bear talking about Cephiro. Yes, they had changed much... Yet the biggest change was yet to come.
Umi stared up at her ceiling. Her friends were moving away, far far away. Her last connection to Cephiro, One of the only reasons she woke up every day and just didn't keep sleeping forever... was leaving her soon. A month. A month was all they had to say goodbye to eachother after going through adventure after adventure, battling for Cephiro, sharing their loves... their lives... and saving a world. If only our parents could have known... if only everyone else knew... They would never be torn apart. But they didnt, and if Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi had told them, they would've been sent to the school counselors within moments, or better yet to a doctor.
She sighed softly and looked at the ground. She fell back onto the bed and curled up against the cold, tears rolling down her cheeks. She didnt feel like food or sheltering herself... she felt sick. That horrible, indescribable feeling of the sickness of depression. She missed Cephiro... and she missed the people she loved....... The people she---No--- They, the Magic Knights, had saved.
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Fuu frowned and she slipped herself into her bedclothes and laid down on her soft bed, curling up within the folds of sheets. She felt especially sad today, and her mind was refusing to rest, even when it craved it. She missed Ferio. She missed Lantis, Clef, Presea, She missed Cephiro. Everyone. All the people she had sword to protect and save at the beginning of her journey--- and now, she had fulfilled her swear... but who was to protect her? She gazed out the window at the sky. Her mind and soul was restless, longing for the one thing it craved. She closed her eyes, but did not sleep for a long time, tears rolling down her cheeks and soiling the pillow beneath her head.
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Hikaru sighed to herself and laid down in her bed, her gaze resting upon her ceiling, and her mind restless. She knew that her friends missed Cephiro badly, and she herself missed it too. She missed Lantis most of all, but she missed -everyone-, she would rather die a thousand times than to live once without going to Cephiro but--- still she longed for it, as much as her friends. She knew it was just a silly thing to think about They had tried so hard, nothing had ever happened though when they made their futile attempts to return to Cephiro. What was going to become of them. Their whole lives, they would just keep thinking about how regretful they were for getting separated for eachother, and the people they lost long ago, somewhere down Memory lane....
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Indeed, This was a shortie, but it had to be. The next chapter... Dah x_x Dont wanna spoil it. But I suggest NOT missing out on it... It's going to be a good one. And guess what? When I get 2 reviews, I'll go ahead and continue. Until then, Muhaha... Enjoy you wondering. SO READ AND REVIEW!
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