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.
--
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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