Chapter Five

I Shall Be There

Fuu sat on the bride of the ship in a seat next to Helix. His ship was large, larger than the NSX

"You're crazy if you think Ferio will give up the throne to rescue me." Fuu said as she folded her arms over her chest.

Helix laughed. "You don't really believe that do you?"

Fuu pursed her lips. "Yes, I know Ferio will not endanger everyone on Cephiro for my sake."

"You're rather stupid then. You're his life, his everything. He can't live without it, you're his weakness, how about that?"

Fuu remained silent for sometime before speaking again. "He will not give up the throne."

"You're wrong, and you know it." Helix said. "Enjoy your stay on the ship, soon we'll be on my home planet where we'll lock you away."

"He will not," Fuu said angrily. "I know he will not, because I would do the same."

Helix shrugged, "whatever you say, but believe me, his heart will win in the end."

Fuu closed her eyes. 'Ferio, you can not give up the throne for me, especially not for me...' Fuu said silently.

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Ferio slammed his fist through the glass window. The glass shattered and Ferio cursed.

"Damn it!" Ferio yelled.

"Please prince Ferio, calm yourself," Clef said.

"I can't! I know they have my Fuu-chan."

Blood dripped down Ferio's hand onto the smooth wood of the meeting table.

"Let me take care of your hand," Acura said as she reached for his hand.

He pulled it away holding it behind his back.

"If anything happens to Fuu-chan, if he even as so much as lays a hand on her, I will have your head." Ferio said as he pointed to Acura.

Just then, Nova appeared in the room. "Are we lopping off heads?" Nova asked as she tilted her head. "Because if we are count me in, I love a little blood shed for the good of humanity."

Ferio managed to control himself. "They took Fuu-chan."

Nova's eyes narrowed, "That's one of Hikaru's friends...." Nova became angry.

Nova turned to Acura, "what kind of plan do you and Helix have?"

Acura blinked. "None miss freak. I'm the mother of Ferio's child."

"I told you to take that back," Ferio growled.

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"Prepare for communication." Helix announced.

Fuu sat in a chair with her legs crossed. She was afraid of what Helix would do if she tried to escape, and since she was carrying her and Ferio's child now, there was no way she could risk it.

She watched as they called Ferio via the ships video communication system.

"I only pray Ferio, that you do what is right for Cephiro." Fuu whispered.

Fuu's breath caught in her throat as she so Ferio, Clef, and Nova appear on screen.

"Hello, Prince Ferio." Helix sneered.

"Helix, what the hell do you want with Fuu?!" Ferio demanded.

"Simple, you give me right to the throne of Cephiro, and I will return Fuu to you. If you do not, then I will kill the girl, or keep her as my own." Helix replied.

Ferio clenched his fists. "You bastard! If you even touch her I will hunt you down and kill you."

"Then you will hear my request?" Helix asked.

Tears filled Fuu's eyes. She loved Cephiro so much, and the thought of it falling into the hands of someone like Helix tore her apart. But the thought of never seeing Ferio again also killed her.

She closed her eyes and prayed he'd do the right thing.

"I can not give you the throne to Cephiro." Ferio replied.

The tears flowed over and down Fuu's cheeks. He had done the right thing.

"Then you will never see her again," Helix replied.

"And you leave me no choice but to kill Acura too." Ferio replied coldly.

"That's fine with me. Don't try and save Fuu, you won't make it in time." Helix said before cutting off the video feed.

Fuu bowed her head.

"Looks like you're right." Helix said.

Fuu looked up at him. "You think I'm happy? I wanted desperately for him to say he'll give up the throne. I want Ferio to save me. But I also want what's right for Cephiro and it's people."

Helix rolled his eyes. "Such stupidity. Ferio didn't do it because it was right for Cephiro, he did it because perhaps he and Acura were really once something. Perhaps that child she carries... Is his."

Fuu's eyes fell to the floor, she didn't have a reply.

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Fuu looked around her some what foggy room on the ship. Ferio reached out and brushed her tears from her face. The gentle way he always did. He smiled at her as she drowned in his golden eyes.

He had come to save her, though he said he wouldn't.

"I couldn't stay away, we need to hurry and get out of here," Ferio said as he took her hand.

"You shouldn't have come, I mean it." Fuu said softly.

Ferio nodded. "I know, but you mean everything to me. I promised myself I'd always protect you."

Suddenly, Ferio began to fade from her site.

"Ferio!" Fuu yelled as she reached out to him, trying to grasp his fading figure.

Fuu's eyes opened slowly and she looked around her dark room. "It was a dream..." She whispered.

Dreams have a way of torturing you, and this one was torturing Fuu.

Fuu sat up and knelt on her bed and looked out the window. She looked out at the night sky. Something fell from her pocket, but she paid it no mind as she continued to look to the stars.

"In my heart I'll paint

And I swear it's where I'll be Oh

I shall be there

Will you be there

I shall be there

Will you be there too ?" Fuu sang softly.

"I will." A voice replied.

Fuu looked down, it was the orb Ferio had given her!

She grabbed it. "Ferio!"

"Yes, it's me, are you ok?" Ferio asked.

"Yes, are you coming to save me?"





**I shall be there belongs to the Irish band B*Witched.**