A/N: hello guys! We have some BIG NEWS! My sister and I drew our new characters of this story… please visit to my profile and see my avatar… for more drawings, visit to my profile and there you can find a link there...
As you can see in the avatar of mine, the girl on the right side is Sumire… This is her actual image on what we describe her and you know we use our wild imagination to picture her out and also the guy on the left side is (Someone who will appear soon)… We can't tell you all yet but sooner or later we will… this guy here will be Sumire's OFFICIAL PAIR on the story… well as you can see we don't want Ascot to have Sumire because we despise him (wahahaha!) sorry for the Ascot fans out their ^_^ … But anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter…
Disclaimer: We owe nothing… Just the story and Sumire of course :)
Chapter 3: Reunion
Sumire went to the garden to begin her training together with Clef and Lantis. As she walked to the door she saw Ferio sitting in the corner of the room with a dark aura surrounding him.
"Wow, he did sit in the corner. Poor Ferio," she said while passing by. She heard Ferio mumbling about himself saying;
"Someday, I'll become a King, a great king… I'll become a great sword fighter and a great man. Someday… someday…" as he continued to mumble Sumire decided to leave him alone because she didn't want to interrupt him.
"Sumire, shall we start?" Lantis said giving her a sword.
"Uhmm ok," she said while grabbing the sword.
As they got into their positions Lantis asked her, "Have you ever experienced sword fighting before?"
"Well, uh I did when I was still a kid. My grandfather taught me how to, but I don't know if I can remember those things," she said.
"Very well then, let's see if you can recall those memories," he said ready to charge.
"Uh well ok then," she said also in a ready position.
As Lantis charged her she just swiftly dodged it, and attacked back with fierce. She would swing, and Lantis would dodge, then their swords would clash. Soon they were both gasping for air. Neither of them was planning to give up, so they gave their killer moves. Clef was impressed by Sumire's sword fighting skill so far. She was almost at the same level as Lantis.
"Ha! Not bad for a beginner," Lantis said while dodging.
"Thanks! You're not bad as yourself Lantis," she said while charging him.
Their fought with all their might, and still they never wanted to give up.
As they continued to fight, Ferio was running towards them with a rectangular suitcase in his hand. "Hey guys! I found something in the woods," he shouted.
Sumire, who was distracted by Ferio's voice, turned around. She was surprise to see the familiar rectangular suit case in Ferio's hand.
"Wait! That's my," She said
'Now is my chance!' thought Lantis swinging his sword to Sumire, and with a powerful swoosh her sword flew away from her hands and she fell on the ground. "Don't let your guard down, Sumire," he said while pointing his sword to her neck.
"I-I uh sorry" she said trying to stand up.
"Ferio! What are you doing here? Because of you Sumire got distracted from her training," Clef said throwing menacing glances at him.
"Ferio! I thought I told you to sit in the corner," Lantis said.
"Hey I got bored and you're not the boss of me Lantis. Besides, I found something interesting… See?" he said while he held the object he just found. Sumire walked towards Ferio and stared at the object. Ferio got confused by the way Sumire stared at the object he was holding. He took a peek at her face and was shock to see Sumire crying hard. "Whoa! Whoa! Did I make you cry because I disturbed your training?" he said while startled.
"Uhuhu no Ferio. I-I'm not crying because of that. I'm crying because I'm so happy," she said while subbing.
"What? What are you so happy about?" he said with a confused look.
"Y-You found my violin!" she said grabbing the suitcase.
"V-Va-yo-lin? What's that?" he said while scratching his head.
"It pronounced VIOLIN Ferio," she said while she took her violin out of its case.
"What's a violin?" Clef said while looking at the object she was holding.
"A violin is an instrument that can produce sound," she said while stroking one tone on her violin. "See?"
"Wooohhh… Sounds interesting," Ferio said, staring at the object.
"Here, I'll play a song for you," she said. She stood up straight, putting the violin near to her neck, grabbed the bow and she started playing. (A/N: in case if you're all wondering, she is playing 'Ave Maria' by Franz Schubert in 1825)
There was an immense silence. Everyone was listening to the beautiful melody of her violin. It was an amazing feeling. They never heard that kind of music before. The flowers of the garden were dancing as the wind blew them. The petals of the flowers were blown softly by the wind matching the melody of the music. They were so lucky to hear such a beautiful melody that no one had ever heard before. It was wonderful, no it was amazing. They were all speechless.
As she ended the song, she took a deep breath and was shock to see their shocking faces. They were stunned and waited for someone to break the immense silence. "That… was… AMAZING!" finally, Ferio broke the silence.
"Uh really? I'm glad that you liked it" she said while blushing.
"Do you have any other music like that in your world?" Ferio said.
"Oh yes! There are thousands of music pieces like this, but I can only play a few of them. Actually in our world, we have different kinds of music and also different musical instruments. It's kind of a long explanation, but that's the only thing I can say for you now since it's hard to explain to a person from a different world," she said.
As they continued to talk about music, Clef felt a familiar aura approaching. He knew the presence. It was the same feeling when Sumire came to Cephiro. He felt not only one but more than that. Maybe three? He guessed that maybe, this aura belonged to the magic knight. He turned to Lantis and asked him if he felt this aura.
"Lantis did you feel it?" Clef asked
"Yes Guru, I felt it. This aura, could it be the Magic knight? Lantis said.
"No doubt about it. There! I can see them falling" Clef said while he directly summoned Fyola to catch them.
"Phew! I'm glad they noticed us coming. If not we might die by just falling out here," the bluette said.
"I hope we made it in time," Hikaru said with a concerned face.
"Don't worry Hikaru we will make it in time," Fuu said.
"Well it looks like we did. Look at Cephiro it doesn't look like in danger or something," said Umi.
"Phew! I'm glad that we made it," Hikaru said with relief.
As they arrived, they slipped down from Fyola's back, and ran towards to their beloved friends. Fuu ran to Ferio and gave him a hug, while Hikaru jump towards Lantis and gave him a hug.
"Looks like these girls and their loved ones reunited. Clef how about you? Why didn't you hug the blue- haired girl?" Sumire said.
"Huh? Why would I do that?" he said, blushing.
"Oh I thought you and that girl are, you know, together?" she said now teasing him.
"Ehem. Anyway, girls let me introduce you to the other magic knight. Sumire?" he said while calling them. The three magic knights were now all ears, and they just stared at the girl he was referring to.
"Hello. My name is Sumire Inori. I'm 18 years old and I am the magic knight of lightning. Nice to meet you all," she said while bowing.
Hikaru was shocked and started to shout. "You!" Hikaru said while pointing at Sumire.
"You!" Sumire said also pointing at Hikaru.
"Who?" the rest said.
"You're the one who bumped into me yesterday!" they both said in chorus.
"You mean you to two already know each other?" Umi said.
"Not quite. We just bumped into each other," Hikaru said.
"Wahh! You must be Miss Sumire who won the most outstanding invention in the Science Fair," Fuu concluded.
"Whoa! Whoa! Does this mean I'm the only one that has never met her before?" Umi objected.
"Looks like it," Ferio said.
"I think it's better if you girls introduce yourselves to Sumire," Clef said.
"Oh that's right, where are our manners? My name is Fuu Houji."
"My name is Hikaru Shidou!'" she said.
"And my name is Umi, Umi Ryuuzaki. Nice to meet you," she said.
"I heard all about you guys. You guys are amazing!" Sumire said with twinkling eyes.
"Well not really. We're not that amazing," Fuu said.
"What? What are you talking about? You saved Cephiro! Not once but twice! You guys are awesome!" she said grabbing Fuu's hand with amazement.
"Well thanks, really," Fuu said.
As they entered the castle Clef began to tell them about Sumire being the Magic Knight of Lightning and how she got there in Cephiro in the first place. He also mentioned on how he told Sumire about the three magic knights and the tragedy that happened to Cephiro before. Sumire knew it was not their fault for killing the Pillar, but it was the Pillar's wish to be with her love. And also Clef mentioned that the new Pillar was actually Hikaru and Sumire was happy to know about it.
"Anyway, what brings you girls here?" Clef asked.
"Well we uh," Hikaru was going to tell him but Fuu whispered to Hikaru's ear.
"Karu, we mustn't tell them now. We're not sure if your dream is real or not. We'll tell them when the time comes, ok?" Fuu whispered.
Hikaru nodded and said, "Actually Clef, we came here because we miss you guys."
As they were talking Caldina, Presea, and Ascot approached their beloved friends who missed them so much. The talked about happened when they left and what they were doing when Sumire came.
And after their conversation they went to the dining room to have lunch. As they took their seats Ferio began to tease Sumire about her first time in the dining room (you know her first time she ate dinner with them in the chapter 2). Sumire was blushing like a tomato due to the embarrassing moment. They were laughing at Sumire's reaction and began to enjoy their lunch.
After having their lunch the four magic knights decided to stroll in the garden to get to know each other more. Sumire began to ask some awkward questions to the other knights. "So Hikaru, you and Lantis are together right? Since when?"
"Uh yeah, I met Lantis in the second time we came here. I was nervous to go near him at first because I thought Lantis was a cold- hearted man, but he isn't. He's such a good and sweet man. That's why I like him." Hikaru said.
"Oh that's a good start. How about you Fuu? How did you and Ferio meet?" she said.
"Well, we met Ferio in the Forest of Silence. He helped us pass through the forest since we couldn't use magic in that forest. There were many monsters back then. He may be stupid sometimes but I always like that he's so funny and sweet," Fuu said.
"Oh he is so lucky to have you. Such a sweet, kind and smart girl you are. Ferio must be proud to have you to himself. How about you, Umi? Do you have someone special here in Cephiro?" Sumire said.
"Oh what? Me? Well, everyone here is all special to me," Umi said while twirling her hair.
"Oh? Are you sure you don't have someone? Perhaps a certain mage I presume?"
"What? Clef? No way! It's very impossible!" Umi said while blushing hard.
"Gotcha!" Sumire said.
"What do you mean 'Gotcha'?" Umi asked.
"Well I only said a certain mage. I didn't say it was Clef! But you did! And that means you like him don't ya?" Sumire teased. Fuu and Hikaru joined their conversation and they also agreed in Sumire's opinion about Umi and Clef.
"What? What's up you guys? There's no way me and Clef can be together," Umi said while turning away from their gazes to hide her reddened face.
"Oh Umi, you're so obvious. You should stop acting like that and admit your feelings towards him. You can tell us, Umi. We promise we never tell anyone, right Hikaru and Fuu?" Sumire said. Hikaru and Fuu nodded in agreement.
*sigh* "Ok you got me. But still, it's impossible. He's the Madoshi of Cephiro for Pillar's sake, and I'm just his student, the Magic Knight of Water. How can we be together?" Umi asked.
"Hmmm… Now I know what the problem here is," Sumire said.
"And what's that Miss smarty pants?" Umi said.
"Well first of all, Clef's position and yours are no different at all. You're just making it all complicated. Besides, Fuu and Ferio are also the same as you are. Think about it, Ferio is the Prince and future King of Cephiro who's in love with Fuu, the Magic Knight of Wind. So it's still possible if you think that you can be with him. Besides, there's no law that forbids these act. So, it's ok!" Sumire said, encouraging Umi.
"Thanks Sumire. I'll just think about it. But what if he doesn't love me back? What will I do?" Umi said confused.
"Just think positive thoughts ok? Don't worry about Clef. I'll just give him a little push that's all," Sumire said with an evil smirk.
'I don't think it's gonna be a little push,' Umi thought, scared by Sumire's smirk.
"Anyway I'm gonna go find Lantis to continue our training and you three should go to your chambers to get some rest. And oh Fuu if you see Ferio, tell him I'm looking for him," Sumire said.
"Ok but why?" Fuu asked.
"Oh nothing. I'm just gonna ask him a little favor for tomorrow," Sumire said. Sumire continued her training with Lantis while the three girls went to their chambers to get some rest…
End of Chapter 3
A/N: wooohhh! I think Sumire gonna have a big plan for tomorrow. Well find out in the next chapter. Hope you liked this chapter! And to those CLEMI fans out there, expect some more romantic comedy on this story… we're just making it slow but we update fast: D So please leave a review and tell us what you think of this chapter...
