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"WHAT!" Ferio yelled so loud that some of the council members had to cover their ears.

"Please calm down Prince Ferio." Said the council member in the middle.

"Calm down you say. I can't calm down after you tell me I need to do something so ridiculous!" Ferio had been so angry that he had balled up his fists.

"I don't see how it's such a bad idea."

"It IS! I don't need to be married to do my job as Prince."

"I know that the only reason you're against this is that you still have strong feelings for the former Magic Knight, Fuu."

"And what if I do. It's none of your business if I still love her."

"What makes you think that you'll ever see her again or that she still loves you? We're just thinking of your future. You need to one day have children that can take over after you." All Ferio wanted to do was punch him in the face.

"Like hell your thinking of my future, you're just thinking of yourself's. Besides I don't need to have kids to rule, I mean we live a long time."

"What happens if you happen to die and there's no one to take your place?"

"I'm sure Cephiro wouldn't crumble without me. I mean especially when you guys are doing such a great job." Ferio said the last part sarcastically. The man sighed.

"You need to think of the people and not just your own needs."

"I do. I've been doing nothing but working hard for Cephiro and I can still do it whether I'm married or not. I'm done talking about this with you. I'm not getting married." Ferio turned to leave when the man stood up from his seat.

"I guess I have no choice but to make a deal with you." Ferio stopped in his tracks and turned to the man with a confused look on his face.

"Deal? I don't know if I want to make any deals with you."

"Just hear me out. If you can see the former Magic Knight again and you find out that she had found someone else. That she is happy will you move on and get married to someone else?" All the other council members gasped.

"How can he possibly do that? We have no way of bringing her here." One of the other members said, but the man just ignored them.

"but if I see Fuu again and she still loves me then I don't have to get married. That is the only way I'm going to accept this deal." Ferio said with a serious look on his face. The man sat back down in his seat.

"Alright. So we have a deal then?"

"Yes, it's a deal." Everyone had started talking to one another. They couldn't believe that they were going to go through with such a ridiculous deal. The man put his hand on his forehead.

"I guess now all we have to do is find a way for you to see the former Magic Knight again." Said the man.

"Leave that to me." Came a voice from the door. Everyone in the room looked towards the two men standing by the front door. The two men were Clef and Lantis.

"Master Mage Clef you found a way to do it?" Said the man.

"Yes, I've been working on a portal. Though I haven't got it perfected quite yet, but I believe It will be ready soon." Ferio ran over to Clef.

"How soon do you think it will be ready?" Ferio said with a bit of excitement in his voice.

"I think that it will be done within a week, but for some reason, I can't bring people from there world I will only be able to send people to there's." Said Clef.

"I don't know if it's such a good idea to send the Prince to another world. What if something happened to him?" Said the man.

"What choice do we have. It's the only way that Ferio will be able to find out about Fuu. Besides he's not going alone I'm going to send Lantis with him."

"I guess we have no choice then. Please continue with your work on the portal and let us know when it's ready. That's all for today, your all free to go. The other council members and I have some things to discuss." All three men bowed then left.

"Ferio come with me and I'll show you the portal."

"How long have you been working on this? And why didn't you ever tell me about it?"

"I'll tell you everything once we get there." Ferio nodded then followed them. Clef had led him to the basement. After walking down a long staircase they ended up in front of a large door. Clef put his staff up to the door and it opened. Inside the room, there were tables with different sorts of magic items and glass jars with all different colors of liquids in them. Ferio looked to the center of the room and noticed a big mirror. He knew right away that had to be the portal.

"Ok Clef start talking." Said Ferio. Clef walked up to the portal and Ferio followed. Lantis stood up against a wall.

"I've been working on this for about 5 years now and I didn't tell you because I didn't want to get your hopes up if it didn't end up working." Ferio turned to Lantis.

"Did you know about this?"

"Clef asked me to come talk with him while you were talking with the council. I only found out about this today." Ferio turned back to Clef.

"So why are you doing this anyway?"

"I know that Lantis and you long to see Hikaru and Fuu again. I want to make that possible. I am also trying to work on a way for the portal to always stay open so that they can come back and forth from their world to ours. I've only been able to make it one way and it doesn't stay open very long."

"Isn't there a problem with time or something like that?"

"Yes are worlds times were very different from each other, but once Hikaru became piller our time synced up with theirs. Even after she rid us of the piller system it seemed that it stayed the same." Ferio couldn't help but smile.

"I'm finally going to see Fuu again." Ferio hugged Clef. "Thank you so much Clef."

"Your welcome, but could you please let go of me." Ferio quickly let go.

"Sorry, I'm just really happy. I bet your happy too, right Lantis?" All Lantis did was nod while smiling slightly.

"Anyways like I said it's still going to take me about a week to make sure it's working perfectly. I'll let you know when that is."

"Don't worry I'll make sure to check up on you often." Clef didn't know if he was going to like that very much.

"If you two don't have any more questions I really need to be getting back to work." Lantis bowed to Clef and left without another word.

"Again Clef thanks this means a lot to me and I'm sure you know I just don't want to do this because of the dumb deal the councilman came up with." Ferio knew his name, but he was so pissed at him that he didn't want to use it.

"Yes of course." Ferio bowed to Clef then left him to his work.

Ferio left the basement and headed up the stairs. He had a big smile on his face, but then some thoughts entered his head.

"I'll finally get to see Fuu, but that also means I'm going to find out if she's with anyone or even married." His smile faded a little. He reached the top of the stairs and walked out of the castle. The sun shined in his eyes so he put up his hand to block it.

"It's been 8 years can I really expect that she would wait for me. I guess I'll finally know for sure once I go to her world. If she has that means I'll have to marry someone else." He frowned then shook his head to get rid of thoughts. He walked away from the castle and headed back to his favorite tree.