Uta no Kaze

Uta no Kaze

Chapter Six
"The Rescue"

Fuu sat in the edge of her bed with the orb in her hands. She held it close to her chest. Her head was bowed and her eyes closed. She wasn't asleep, just thinking of things other than being in a cell.

"When we get home, we'll find our apartment. We can start choosing names. And we'll tell all our friends." Fuu whispered to herself.

If she could hold on to those thoughts, she could get through anything and everything.

~*~

Nova dragged Acura roughly by the arm. She pulled her up a ramp onto a small ship given to Ferio by the princess of Farhen.

"My ship will be close behind incase you are in need of assistance," Aska assured them.

Ferio bowed. "Thank you."

"Now hurry up and save Fuu, I'd like to have tea with her while we talk about her new addition to her family." Aska said with a smile.

Ferio hurried aboard the small red dragon ship.
Nova and Acura were in the far end of the ship almost out of sight for Ferio.

"What are you going to do to me?" Acura whimpered.

Nova's crimson eyes flickered, Ferio seemed to be paying no attention to either Nova or Acura. He was too busy location Helix's ship. Acura gulped.

"We're not going to kill you," Nova paused dramatically. "But after tonight you'll wish we had."

Acura bit down on her lip. "I only did it because I love him! He promised I'd be his queen!"

Ferio closed his eyes. 'Wait for me Fuu.' He thought to himself.

When he opened his golden eyes, the screen was flashing an alert, Helix's ship had been located.

Ferio's eyes flickered with rage and relief at the same time.

"Ready or not, here we come."

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Nova stood twirling each of her swords around each of her pointer fingers. Acura coward in the corner.

"God, could you get any scarier?" Acura snapped.

"I could be a disgusting, lying bitch," Nova shot back as she stopped spinning the swords.

Tears filled Acura's eyes and her lower lip trembled. "I couldn't help but do it!" She cried. "My heart told me to help him out of love. I did it all for love."

Nova crossed her swords. "Like hell you did."

~*~

Ferio took a chance, and rammed their ship right into Helix's. The sound of crunching metal and smashing glass echoed off the walls of the bridge on both ships.

Helix was soon aware of the face that the rear end of his ship had been impaled and that a ship had now entered his.

"We're boarding their ship NOW," Ferio announced.

"Oh! The good part!" Nova cried.

Ferio had his sword drawn while Nova pulled Acura along.

"Helix won't let you live!" Acura taunted.

"Stuff it, he said we could kill you." Nova replied.

Their echoing foot steps were soon joined by the guards foot steps. There was about a hundred of them, all lead by Helix.

"How dare you enter my ship you scum!" Helix yelled.

"I'm here to take Fuu home." Ferio replied.

Helix lunged at Ferio, but Ferio was ready. The metal of their swords crashed together and Ferio, gritting his teeth, came face to face Fuu's captor.

Helix withdrew his sword before swinging it back and nearly getting Ferio at the neck. Ferio himself ducked and moved to the side, hoping to catch him off guard. But Helix was quick and smart when it came to swords play.

Ferio attacked and their swords crossed yet again. Ferio pushed and his blade inched towards Helix's neck. Helix tried to shove back, but Ferio seemed to be stronger.

Ferio pulled his sword back and came back again, knocking Helix's sword from his hands. Helix clattered to the ground with his sword.

"One more move and she dies," Helix said.

Helix pointed behind him where Fuu was held by a guard, bound and gaged.

Helix climbed to his feet. "That's more like it," he said as he brushed his robes off.

Ferio's eyes darted from Helix to Fuu.

"All you have to do is give me your word that Cephiro is mine, and I will give you back the girl. If you don't, then you will watch her die before your very eyes." Helix said with a grin.

Ferio dropped his sword. "I give you my word, Cephiro is yours."

In a flash Nova had appeared behind Helix and drawn one of her light swords. She ran the sword right through him before pulling it back out.

"Someone like you shouldn't be ruling over Cephiro." She said as she glared down at him.

Acura burst into tears and sank to the floor.

"Anyone else wanna take me on?" Nova asked the guards.

They all shook their heads and released Fuu.
Ferio untied Fuu and pulled her into a warm embrace.

"Oh Fuu," he whispered.

He never wanted to let her go, not for a second!
"Ferio," she replied as tears filled her eyes. "You would sacrifice Cephiro for me? That is rather foolish I must say."

"Oh shut up," he replied in a playful tone before kissing her.

Fuu broke the kiss and turned to look at Acura who was sobbing. She walked over and knelt down beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"At least he died doing something he believed in, no matter how wrong." Fuu said.

"He died a coward, using you as a shield." Acura replied between sobs.

Fuu sighed, it was true.

"Then no at least that I do not hate you." Fuu said softly.

Acura looked up from her lap. "Thank you Fuu-hime."

Fuu blushed, being called that was still rather new to her.

Fuu hugged Acura. "It'll all be ok."
"Can we please go home now?" Ferio asked Fuu.

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Ooooo one more chapter to go and the stories over.... Aww it's almost sad...