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AN: Not very long, unfortunately. :(
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~A Match of Two Souls~
oO-Waking Up-Oo
"Wh-Where am I?" Hikaru rasped as ruby eyes opened to see her friends sitting right by her side.
"Hikaru-san!" Fuu smiled, discreetly wiping away a few unshed tears.
"Hikaru!" Umi tackled the smaller girl into a tight hug. "You had us so worried!"
"Puu-Puu-Puuuuuu~!" Mokona cooed happily.
Hikaru gave a hoarse giggle and apologized. "How long have I been asleep? I don't remember much after…"
The other two Knights glanced at one another. "You've been out for about three days, Hikaru," Umi answered finally.
"What happened, exactly, Hikaru-san?" Fuu asked. "Presea-san and Sierra-san told us something went wrong when you tried getting your sword back."
"They said since they couldn't see into your trial, they didn't know what was going on in there," Umi helped her friend sit up. "So what happened?"
"Well," Hikaru hugged a happy Mokona close to her, "After Sierra cast the spell, I was in this dark place. Then a road just appeared, glowing and red and so bright! So then…" Fuu and Umi listened carefully to their friend's story, mentally analyzing for any details that were important, even if Hikaru didn't know it.
"But then, when Debonair attacked, Neechan came and helped!" the fiery-haired girl grinned at the memory. "She sang that lullaby that she's sung to me since I was little. She helped me remember why I came back to Cephiro. And after that, I just blasted Debonair out of the way with my sword. The next thing I know, I'm waking up in our room with you three here."
"Kagome-neesan was there?" the blonde teen latched onto that piece of information.
"Yup!"
"Are you sure it wasn't just your imagination?" the blunette felt her friend's forehead for any sign of fever, just in case.
"Nuh-uh! I know my Neechan, and it was definitely her!"
"But that can't be right," the Knight of Water protested. "Kagome-nee's back on Earth, remember? And the only way to get here to Cephiro is to be summoned!"
"We also need to take into account for the lack of magic on Earth as well," the Knight of Wind added. "Perhaps since Kagome-neesan means so much to you, and with Cephiro being land governed by the Will, the Heart, you were just shown what you wanted to see the most?"
The fiery-haired girl deflated a bit. "I guess you could be right," she conceded. "But, I still can't sake the feeling that Neechan was really there, and I mean, really there for a minute. I know it sounds crazy, but I know my Neechan and it had to be here."
The Knights or Wind and Water still looked skeptical. But they had to concede that in a world like Cephiro, the impossible could actually be possible. Maybe Kagome really was there? Maybe she wasn't. The point still remained that someone or something had helped the girl they saw as their little sister.
A knock sounded on the door. "Come in!" Hikaru called.
"Oh, you're awake!" Presea smiled, carrying a tray of sliced fruit and tea, Sierra right behind her. "How are you doing?"
"Great!" Hikaru nodded happily.
Adieu,
TsukiyoTenshi
