Wow! Am I actually writing? It appears so! Sometimes I amaze myself. The last chapter was about Hikaru, Lantis, and Nova. Nova turned evil again and is now working with the evil Eduaerme. This chapter will focus on what happens to Fuu when she lands in Cephiro. The next will be about Umi. If I get around to it... I hope I will!
Hearts in Cephiro- Fuu
"uhhh..."
Fuu rubbed her head.
"Where am I?"
When she looked around her all she could see was trees. It was quiet. Too quiet.
She got up and started to walk around.
' I suppose I should start to look for Miss Umi and Miss Hikaru,' she thought.
"Some trip to Cephiro this is turning out to be. Separated from my friends and ... Ferio isn't here."
As she was walking around in the forest, a bush rustled to her right.
"Who's there?" she called.
There was no answer.
Suddenly it split open and a huge monster leapt out at her.
"AHHHH!!!"
She ran through the bushes trying to get away from the monster. The hairy thing kept chasing her, not letting her out of its sight.
"Magic... I can use my magic," Fuu muttered.
She stopped running and faced the monster.
"EMERALD TYPHOON"
Nothing happened.
"What?" she cried out.
The monster started to step toward her.
"Trees... no magic... The Forest of Silence!"
"Got it in one!" cried a voice in a nearby tree.
The monster turned to the new sound, but was met by a huge sword in his face. It quickly turned into a pile of ash.
Fuu looked up at the one who saved her life.
"Ferio!"
Ferio looked up.
"Nice to see you again Fuu," he said. "You look tired. Come with me. I found a cave. It's small, but it has a creek nearby. We can stay there."
He turned and started walking into the woods. Fuu followed closely behind him. After a few minutes walking they can to a small cave in a cliff wall.
"Home Sweet Home," Ferio said with enthusiasm.
"Yes," said Fuu," nice and... dark... and... cold"
Ferio rubbed his head.
"Sure it's not the best in Cephiro, but would you rather sleep with the monsters? Anyway, it's not cold. I have a nice fire inside."
Ferio and Fuu walked inside the cave. It was even smaller than it looked from the outside. There was a small fire burning in the middle surrounded by some wood and blankets. Like Ferio said, it was nice and warm inside.
"I have some extra blankets. You can have them. I don't have much in the way of food though. Just some wild berries," Ferio said.
"It's okay. I don't eat much," Fuu replied.
Ferio sat down by the fire and pulled out a drawstring bag. Out of it he poured little red berries. He motioned for Fuu to sit down.
"Here ya go," he said as he handed her half of the berries.
"Thank you," Fuu said. " I didn't know there were any monsters in Cephiro. It looked like it was doing so well when we saw it at Tokyo Tower."
"It was doing well," Ferio began. " The monsters started showing up a few weeks ago. No one knows why."
"Why are you here in the Forest of Silence then?" Fuu asked.
"Heh. I was bored so I figured I would come here to my favorite place and kick some monster butt!" Ferio said sarcastically.
"Oh, really?"
"No! Clef made me," Ferio said. "Lantis went out too. All the others are at Cephiro Castle."
"Oh. How are Ascot, Caldina, Clef and the others doing?"
"Fine. Besides being exhausted from monster attacks," Ferio replied. "But enough about them. You are tired. Here's a blanket. Get some rest. Ya never know when monster might attack next.
A large hairy monster stepped inside the cave. He kneeled down to a thing standing in the shadows.
"The one who controls the wind has landed in the Forest of Silence," he said.
"Good. She won't be able to use her magic. Did the boy find her?" the shadow asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately the boy has located the knight. But we can easily deal with him," the monster said.
"Do what is necessary," said the voice in the shadows.
"Yes Mistress," said the monster as he bowed his way out of the cave.
Fuu took the blanket from Ferio and spread it out on top of her as she lay down in a corner of the cave.
"Good night Fuu,"
"Good night Ferio," said Fuu," will you be going to bed now too?"
"No, I think I will stay up a bit longer."
"Oh okay," said Fuu as she turned on her side.
Ferio looked out of the cave at the moon.
'Why are these monsters out again? It's like Fuu and I will never get to be together other than fighting. Peace never seems to last too long in Cephiro. Fuu never mentioned her world having this much trouble in her world,' Ferio thought.
He sighed. It was getting colder. Ferio took his blanket and draped it over Fuu.
'Fuu doesn't need to get a cold,' he thought. 'She needs to be able to protect us all.'
Ferio curled up in the opposite corner of the cave. He shivered as his skin touched the cold stone. He pulled his sword closer to him, just in case.
'Why is nothing easy here in Cephiro?'
Fuu was standing a cave of some sort.
'What? Where am I?' she thought.
A large hairy monster stepped inside the cave. He kneeled down to a thing standing in the shadows.
"The one who controls the wind has landed in the Forest of Silence," he said.
"Good. She won't be able to use her magic. Did the boy find her?" the shadow asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately the boy has located the knight. But we can easily deal with him," the monster said.
"Do what is necessary," said the voice in the shadows.
"Yes Mistress," said the monster as he bowed his way out of the cave.
'The one who controls wind? That's me... The boy... They mean Ferio!' she thought.
The cave gradually faded away. Soon it reappeared, but Fuu was in a different corner.
" The commander of the ruin-god Rayearth has found the magic swordsman," said a catlike monster.
" Did you release the monsters?" said the voice in the shadows.
" Yes, they were released," replied the monster.
" It doesn't matter. No matter who she is with, the girl will die anyway," said the voice.
'Hikaru! I have to warn her!' Fuu thought.
Fuu tried to back away, but she couldn't move.
Out of the shadows stepped a lady with long black hair that cascaded onto the floor.
"With Nova the magic knights won't stand a chance. Then I will destroy the Cephiro that dear Emeraude loved so much," said the lady.
"NOOOO!!!" Fuu closed her eyes and screamed.
When she opened her eyes she was on a field. She heard sounds behind her. She turned around and saw Hikaru battling with Nova.
'Nova... Hikaru said she dealt with her years ago. What happened?' thought Fuu.
Nova laughed and her eyes widened.
"I WILL kill you Hikaru! Now accept your death! I have others to dispose of you know!" screamed Nova.
"No..." Hikaru was panting. She was too tired to fight. "Leave my friends alone!"
"Hikaru..." whispered Fuu.
"DIE!" screamed Nova. She charged at Hikaru with her light sabers drawn. Hikaru ran forward to meet her. Their swords hit. Nova leapt backward and started running around Hikaru. Hikaru panted heavily. She couldn't keep up with Nova's speed.
"Yaaaahhh!!!"
Nova jumped at Hikaru's back. Her sword went into Hikaru's chest. Blood dripped down onto Nova's hands.
"Hikaru's blood... finally..." Nova whispered.
Hikaru collapsed in a heap on the ground.
"HIKARU!!!" Fuu screamed.
Fuu bolted up. She was breathing heavily and sweating. She looked around her. Ferio was sleeping in the corner and the remains of the fire were smoldering in the middle of the cave.
"It was just a dream," whispered Fuu. "It was so real."
Ferio groaned and looked up at Fuu.
"You okay?" he whispered.
"Yes. Go back to sleep," Fuu whispered back.
"Sleep..." Ferio rolled over on his stomach and closed his eyes.
Fuu sighed. It was never good to ruin Ferio's sleep. It was his favorite thing in the world.
'Maybe even more important to him than me,' she thought.
She got up. There was an extra blanket on her. She looked over at Ferio who had now blanket. She smiled. She picked it up and carried it back over to him and draped it over him.
"Sweet dreams Ferio."
She walked out of the cave.
'Better wash off this sweat,' she thought.
She walked off toward the sound of running water. She soon came to a small but fast running creek. She bent down and scooped some water up in her cupped hands and splashed it on her face.
"Oh that's better."
She looked around her.
"No towel," she said.
"Here," said a voice behind her.
She turned to find Ferio holding a bit of cloth out to her.
"Thank you Ferio," she said as she took the cloth. "But shouldn't you be sleeping now? I don't want you to be grumpy for the rest of the day."
"Heh. I don't get grumpy! Do I?" he replied.
Fuu nodded her head vigorously.
"Really? Aw... Sorry Fuu. I figured you are only in Cephiro every so often. Better spend time with you while I can."
"Ferio..."
"Come on. I'll show you this place with a great view. You have to climb up a really steep cliff but it's worth it," said Ferio as he started to walk away.
"Really steep cliff?" squeaked Fuu.
She hurried after Ferio.
"Ferio, I don't know about this. I was never the athletic type. Climbing cliffs is... not going to be easy for me," said Fuu as she came up beside Ferio.
"Aw it's a piece of cake once you start! Just don't look down. You might get sick and fall or something."
"Fall?" squeaked Fuu.
They came up beside the cliff the cave was in.
"See look. There are footholds galore. Just put your foot up on this little ledge and soon you will be on your way to the top!" he said with enthusiasim.
"Ferio..."
"How about this. You go first that way if you fall, IF you fall," he suddenly stressed if when he saw the terrified look on Fuu's face. "IF you fall, you will come down on me and I will be a cushion for you when you hit the ground."
Fuu still had a terrified look on her face, but nodded and put her foot up on the ledge.
"There you go! You will be at the top in no time! Just don't look down!" he cried up at her.
"You aren't helping Ferio!" she screamed back at him.
"Okay. I'm quiet now."
Ferio started to step up on the ledge Fuu had previously occupied. Slowly but surely they were climbing up the really steep cliff.
The hairy monster looked out of the bush by the cliff. He saw the boy and girl climbing the cliff. If he attacked them when they were at the top, they would have no place to go. The monster grinned in its own monsterous way. He watched as the girl pulled the guy up on to the top of the cliff. He crept out of the bush he was hiding in and walked toward the cliff. He had them cornered.
When he got to the cliff, he slowly slithered right up the side of the cliff. His Misteress would be very proud of him once he took care of the knight. Killing the boy would be fun as well.
Fuu helped pull Ferio up on to the top of the cliff.
"See. I told you that you could do it!" Ferio said while he smiled at Fuu.
"Yes you did," said Fuu.
"Look. You can see everything from up here," said Ferio as he pointed into the distance.
Fuu looked out and saw a vast sea of trees. In the distance she could see a mountian and some sort of huge building.
"What is that?" she asked as she pointed to the building.
"Castle of Cephiro," Ferio replied. "They rebuilt it once you left."
"It's beautiful..." Fuu whispered.
"Not nearly as beautiful as you," Ferio whispered.
Fuu felt her whole face go red. Ferio started to lean in toward her.
But the kiss was stopped before it began by the monster leaping up next to them.
"A monster that can climb cliffs? That one is new on me!" said Ferio. Ferio whipped his head around. "I don't have my sword!"
"But I have mine!" said Fuu as she pulled her sword out of her glove.
'I will never get to kiss Ferio if monster keep inturrupting us!' she thought.
She swung her heavy sword in front of her.
"Come on! If you are so tough of a monster, than one girl with a sword shouldn't be hard for you to handle!" she screamed.
The monster grinned and ran at Fuu. She swung her sword in front of her, but nearly hit Ferio in the process.
"Ferio! Get near the edge of the cliff, and duck!" she screamed.
Ferio did what she said and went to the edge of the cliff. Fuu picked her sword up and started swinging it above her head. She ran at the monster. The monster squished down flat and Fuu's sword went right over it without doing any damage.
After doing that attack, Fuu was caught off balance and had to stick her sword in the ground to avoid going over the edge of the cliff. She turned around to see the monster crawling toward her. It had her backed into a corner! She could think of only one thing to do. She picked up her sword and held it above her head.
"WINDOM!"
The giant ruin-god appeared and Fuu was taken inside of it. She flew over the monster to Ferio, who was sitting there with a shocked expression on his face.
"Get on my hand!" she screamed to him as she reached out to him with the ruin-god.
Ferio leapt onto the hand and Fuu started to leave the forest and a very angry monster behind them.
"Where are we going?" called Ferio.
She looked toward the mountain. It seemed to almost glow. Suddenly, a huge explosion blew half of the mountain up.
"There. I have a feeling that Hikaru is there," she replied.
'And Nova too..." she thought.
Fuu started off full speed forward to the mountain with Ferio in her ruin-gods hand.
Whew. All in one sitting. I am quite proud of myself. I actually wrote more. I am sure my friends who have been saying I should continue the fic are pleased. Tell me how I did. Tell the truth! I need to know where I need improvement!
Nova Forever!!!
Hearts in Cephiro- Fuu
"uhhh..."
Fuu rubbed her head.
"Where am I?"
When she looked around her all she could see was trees. It was quiet. Too quiet.
She got up and started to walk around.
' I suppose I should start to look for Miss Umi and Miss Hikaru,' she thought.
"Some trip to Cephiro this is turning out to be. Separated from my friends and ... Ferio isn't here."
As she was walking around in the forest, a bush rustled to her right.
"Who's there?" she called.
There was no answer.
Suddenly it split open and a huge monster leapt out at her.
"AHHHH!!!"
She ran through the bushes trying to get away from the monster. The hairy thing kept chasing her, not letting her out of its sight.
"Magic... I can use my magic," Fuu muttered.
She stopped running and faced the monster.
"EMERALD TYPHOON"
Nothing happened.
"What?" she cried out.
The monster started to step toward her.
"Trees... no magic... The Forest of Silence!"
"Got it in one!" cried a voice in a nearby tree.
The monster turned to the new sound, but was met by a huge sword in his face. It quickly turned into a pile of ash.
Fuu looked up at the one who saved her life.
"Ferio!"
Ferio looked up.
"Nice to see you again Fuu," he said. "You look tired. Come with me. I found a cave. It's small, but it has a creek nearby. We can stay there."
He turned and started walking into the woods. Fuu followed closely behind him. After a few minutes walking they can to a small cave in a cliff wall.
"Home Sweet Home," Ferio said with enthusiasm.
"Yes," said Fuu," nice and... dark... and... cold"
Ferio rubbed his head.
"Sure it's not the best in Cephiro, but would you rather sleep with the monsters? Anyway, it's not cold. I have a nice fire inside."
Ferio and Fuu walked inside the cave. It was even smaller than it looked from the outside. There was a small fire burning in the middle surrounded by some wood and blankets. Like Ferio said, it was nice and warm inside.
"I have some extra blankets. You can have them. I don't have much in the way of food though. Just some wild berries," Ferio said.
"It's okay. I don't eat much," Fuu replied.
Ferio sat down by the fire and pulled out a drawstring bag. Out of it he poured little red berries. He motioned for Fuu to sit down.
"Here ya go," he said as he handed her half of the berries.
"Thank you," Fuu said. " I didn't know there were any monsters in Cephiro. It looked like it was doing so well when we saw it at Tokyo Tower."
"It was doing well," Ferio began. " The monsters started showing up a few weeks ago. No one knows why."
"Why are you here in the Forest of Silence then?" Fuu asked.
"Heh. I was bored so I figured I would come here to my favorite place and kick some monster butt!" Ferio said sarcastically.
"Oh, really?"
"No! Clef made me," Ferio said. "Lantis went out too. All the others are at Cephiro Castle."
"Oh. How are Ascot, Caldina, Clef and the others doing?"
"Fine. Besides being exhausted from monster attacks," Ferio replied. "But enough about them. You are tired. Here's a blanket. Get some rest. Ya never know when monster might attack next.
A large hairy monster stepped inside the cave. He kneeled down to a thing standing in the shadows.
"The one who controls the wind has landed in the Forest of Silence," he said.
"Good. She won't be able to use her magic. Did the boy find her?" the shadow asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately the boy has located the knight. But we can easily deal with him," the monster said.
"Do what is necessary," said the voice in the shadows.
"Yes Mistress," said the monster as he bowed his way out of the cave.
Fuu took the blanket from Ferio and spread it out on top of her as she lay down in a corner of the cave.
"Good night Fuu,"
"Good night Ferio," said Fuu," will you be going to bed now too?"
"No, I think I will stay up a bit longer."
"Oh okay," said Fuu as she turned on her side.
Ferio looked out of the cave at the moon.
'Why are these monsters out again? It's like Fuu and I will never get to be together other than fighting. Peace never seems to last too long in Cephiro. Fuu never mentioned her world having this much trouble in her world,' Ferio thought.
He sighed. It was getting colder. Ferio took his blanket and draped it over Fuu.
'Fuu doesn't need to get a cold,' he thought. 'She needs to be able to protect us all.'
Ferio curled up in the opposite corner of the cave. He shivered as his skin touched the cold stone. He pulled his sword closer to him, just in case.
'Why is nothing easy here in Cephiro?'
Fuu was standing a cave of some sort.
'What? Where am I?' she thought.
A large hairy monster stepped inside the cave. He kneeled down to a thing standing in the shadows.
"The one who controls the wind has landed in the Forest of Silence," he said.
"Good. She won't be able to use her magic. Did the boy find her?" the shadow asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately the boy has located the knight. But we can easily deal with him," the monster said.
"Do what is necessary," said the voice in the shadows.
"Yes Mistress," said the monster as he bowed his way out of the cave.
'The one who controls wind? That's me... The boy... They mean Ferio!' she thought.
The cave gradually faded away. Soon it reappeared, but Fuu was in a different corner.
" The commander of the ruin-god Rayearth has found the magic swordsman," said a catlike monster.
" Did you release the monsters?" said the voice in the shadows.
" Yes, they were released," replied the monster.
" It doesn't matter. No matter who she is with, the girl will die anyway," said the voice.
'Hikaru! I have to warn her!' Fuu thought.
Fuu tried to back away, but she couldn't move.
Out of the shadows stepped a lady with long black hair that cascaded onto the floor.
"With Nova the magic knights won't stand a chance. Then I will destroy the Cephiro that dear Emeraude loved so much," said the lady.
"NOOOO!!!" Fuu closed her eyes and screamed.
When she opened her eyes she was on a field. She heard sounds behind her. She turned around and saw Hikaru battling with Nova.
'Nova... Hikaru said she dealt with her years ago. What happened?' thought Fuu.
Nova laughed and her eyes widened.
"I WILL kill you Hikaru! Now accept your death! I have others to dispose of you know!" screamed Nova.
"No..." Hikaru was panting. She was too tired to fight. "Leave my friends alone!"
"Hikaru..." whispered Fuu.
"DIE!" screamed Nova. She charged at Hikaru with her light sabers drawn. Hikaru ran forward to meet her. Their swords hit. Nova leapt backward and started running around Hikaru. Hikaru panted heavily. She couldn't keep up with Nova's speed.
"Yaaaahhh!!!"
Nova jumped at Hikaru's back. Her sword went into Hikaru's chest. Blood dripped down onto Nova's hands.
"Hikaru's blood... finally..." Nova whispered.
Hikaru collapsed in a heap on the ground.
"HIKARU!!!" Fuu screamed.
Fuu bolted up. She was breathing heavily and sweating. She looked around her. Ferio was sleeping in the corner and the remains of the fire were smoldering in the middle of the cave.
"It was just a dream," whispered Fuu. "It was so real."
Ferio groaned and looked up at Fuu.
"You okay?" he whispered.
"Yes. Go back to sleep," Fuu whispered back.
"Sleep..." Ferio rolled over on his stomach and closed his eyes.
Fuu sighed. It was never good to ruin Ferio's sleep. It was his favorite thing in the world.
'Maybe even more important to him than me,' she thought.
She got up. There was an extra blanket on her. She looked over at Ferio who had now blanket. She smiled. She picked it up and carried it back over to him and draped it over him.
"Sweet dreams Ferio."
She walked out of the cave.
'Better wash off this sweat,' she thought.
She walked off toward the sound of running water. She soon came to a small but fast running creek. She bent down and scooped some water up in her cupped hands and splashed it on her face.
"Oh that's better."
She looked around her.
"No towel," she said.
"Here," said a voice behind her.
She turned to find Ferio holding a bit of cloth out to her.
"Thank you Ferio," she said as she took the cloth. "But shouldn't you be sleeping now? I don't want you to be grumpy for the rest of the day."
"Heh. I don't get grumpy! Do I?" he replied.
Fuu nodded her head vigorously.
"Really? Aw... Sorry Fuu. I figured you are only in Cephiro every so often. Better spend time with you while I can."
"Ferio..."
"Come on. I'll show you this place with a great view. You have to climb up a really steep cliff but it's worth it," said Ferio as he started to walk away.
"Really steep cliff?" squeaked Fuu.
She hurried after Ferio.
"Ferio, I don't know about this. I was never the athletic type. Climbing cliffs is... not going to be easy for me," said Fuu as she came up beside Ferio.
"Aw it's a piece of cake once you start! Just don't look down. You might get sick and fall or something."
"Fall?" squeaked Fuu.
They came up beside the cliff the cave was in.
"See look. There are footholds galore. Just put your foot up on this little ledge and soon you will be on your way to the top!" he said with enthusiasim.
"Ferio..."
"How about this. You go first that way if you fall, IF you fall," he suddenly stressed if when he saw the terrified look on Fuu's face. "IF you fall, you will come down on me and I will be a cushion for you when you hit the ground."
Fuu still had a terrified look on her face, but nodded and put her foot up on the ledge.
"There you go! You will be at the top in no time! Just don't look down!" he cried up at her.
"You aren't helping Ferio!" she screamed back at him.
"Okay. I'm quiet now."
Ferio started to step up on the ledge Fuu had previously occupied. Slowly but surely they were climbing up the really steep cliff.
The hairy monster looked out of the bush by the cliff. He saw the boy and girl climbing the cliff. If he attacked them when they were at the top, they would have no place to go. The monster grinned in its own monsterous way. He watched as the girl pulled the guy up on to the top of the cliff. He crept out of the bush he was hiding in and walked toward the cliff. He had them cornered.
When he got to the cliff, he slowly slithered right up the side of the cliff. His Misteress would be very proud of him once he took care of the knight. Killing the boy would be fun as well.
Fuu helped pull Ferio up on to the top of the cliff.
"See. I told you that you could do it!" Ferio said while he smiled at Fuu.
"Yes you did," said Fuu.
"Look. You can see everything from up here," said Ferio as he pointed into the distance.
Fuu looked out and saw a vast sea of trees. In the distance she could see a mountian and some sort of huge building.
"What is that?" she asked as she pointed to the building.
"Castle of Cephiro," Ferio replied. "They rebuilt it once you left."
"It's beautiful..." Fuu whispered.
"Not nearly as beautiful as you," Ferio whispered.
Fuu felt her whole face go red. Ferio started to lean in toward her.
But the kiss was stopped before it began by the monster leaping up next to them.
"A monster that can climb cliffs? That one is new on me!" said Ferio. Ferio whipped his head around. "I don't have my sword!"
"But I have mine!" said Fuu as she pulled her sword out of her glove.
'I will never get to kiss Ferio if monster keep inturrupting us!' she thought.
She swung her heavy sword in front of her.
"Come on! If you are so tough of a monster, than one girl with a sword shouldn't be hard for you to handle!" she screamed.
The monster grinned and ran at Fuu. She swung her sword in front of her, but nearly hit Ferio in the process.
"Ferio! Get near the edge of the cliff, and duck!" she screamed.
Ferio did what she said and went to the edge of the cliff. Fuu picked her sword up and started swinging it above her head. She ran at the monster. The monster squished down flat and Fuu's sword went right over it without doing any damage.
After doing that attack, Fuu was caught off balance and had to stick her sword in the ground to avoid going over the edge of the cliff. She turned around to see the monster crawling toward her. It had her backed into a corner! She could think of only one thing to do. She picked up her sword and held it above her head.
"WINDOM!"
The giant ruin-god appeared and Fuu was taken inside of it. She flew over the monster to Ferio, who was sitting there with a shocked expression on his face.
"Get on my hand!" she screamed to him as she reached out to him with the ruin-god.
Ferio leapt onto the hand and Fuu started to leave the forest and a very angry monster behind them.
"Where are we going?" called Ferio.
She looked toward the mountain. It seemed to almost glow. Suddenly, a huge explosion blew half of the mountain up.
"There. I have a feeling that Hikaru is there," she replied.
'And Nova too..." she thought.
Fuu started off full speed forward to the mountain with Ferio in her ruin-gods hand.
Whew. All in one sitting. I am quite proud of myself. I actually wrote more. I am sure my friends who have been saying I should continue the fic are pleased. Tell me how I did. Tell the truth! I need to know where I need improvement!
Nova Forever!!!