Hearts Reunited - Chapter 15: The Village

Purin-chan: You actually read this far? *-* My fans adore me. (wishful thinking) ahem anyway,
I haven't exactly decided on what to do with Ascot and Umi, we'll just see how it turns out with
this plot I've got in mind ^_^;. -_-, keep in mind that I had to write this entire fic twice
because I didn't like how it turned out the first time.

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Fuu shrieked again and hid behind Ferio, who grinned slyly.
"What's the matter?" he turned around and wrapped his arms around her taking advantage of things.
"What are those things?" She pointed at the oddly shaped creature.
"I don't know, and I don't WANT to know..." Umi said coming up. Ascot was following, hat getting
caught in every other branch. Ferio's hopes dropped.
"Ascot, why don't you just take off the hat?" Umi asked, turning around with her hands on her hips.
He blinked. "Good idea." He took it off and wrapped it up so he could carry it.
"Fuu-chan! Umi-chan!!! Hurry up!" Hikaru yelled way ahead of them. Lantis and Eagle sat down
against a tree to rest.
"Hikaru...is very...energetic..." Eagle muttered through pants.
"I'm not...tired yet...are you?" Lantis was also breathing heavily.
"You sure sound tired." Eagle's breathing finally slowed.
Lantis gave Eagle a small glare and stood up. (O_o; they're not getting along now are they?)
"How much further is this village you were talking about?" Umi asked Ferio annoyed.
"It didn't seem that far," Ferio said. He jumped up to the top of another tree. The forest seemed
to end just a little bit away. "Just a bit further," he said, jumping back down and landing right
beside Fuu, scaring her. He laughed teasingly at her, which ended up in having Fuu slap him on the
arm.
"Alright you two, let's get going then," Umi said walking past them sighing from too much romance.

Hikaru reached the edge of the forest first. "We got out!!!" she yelled back.
Everyone else came up, panting and tired.
"How can Hikaru go that far without running out of energy..." Umi muttered.
"Hikaru-san was always like that..." Fuu said, sitting down to rest.
Everyone but Hikaru sat down, backs against each other.
"What's wrong?" Hikaru asked.
"Just need a little rest..." Umi said.
"It wasn't that long of a walk," Hikaru said smiling at them.
Everyone else sighed, sweatdropping.

"So how far away was that village Ferio?" Hikaru asked ten minutes later.
"Why don't you check?" he asked her back.
"Ok!" she ran over to the tree and started climbing it. Eagle walked over.
"You need any help?" he yelled up.
"I'm fine!" she yelled back.
"You know you don't have to do that..."
Hikaru looked down at him and blinked. "What do you mean?" she asked.
Eagle sighed, then jumped up to the top of the tree in one leap.
Hikaru stared at him, jaw dropped, so did everyone else.
Eagle looked down. He sweatdropped. "Uh, you get used to jumping up like this after having to get
in and out of the FTO all the time." He looked off to the distance and saw the village not far away.
Eagle jumped down in one leap like Ferio did.
"It's not that far," he said.
"I hope your 'not that far' is closer than Ferio's is..." Umi muttered in her chibi form.
"Ummm, a little help here?!" Hikaru was caught in the branches.
Everyone else sweatdropped. Eagle jumped up to where Hikaru was.
"How'd you get caught in all this..." he asked sweatdropping as he started prying the branches
away from Hikaru.
"I slipped," she said also sweatdropping. Eagle freed her from the last branch and swept her up.
He jumped down with her in his arms.
Hikaru opened her eyes. "Are we on the ground yet?" she asked.
Eagle set her down. "Yes we're on the ground," he said muffling a laugh.
Lantis was giving Eagle a deathglare

("How dare he steal my deathglare...omae o korosu!" Heero gives Lantis his infamous deathglare.
O_o; Hee-kun...you are not in this fic, shoo shoo *shoves Heero away before a fight begins*
Heero gives Purin-chan a deathglare for calling him the name he completely hates.
e_e;;;;;; hoeeeeeee.....)

Ten minutes later...
They all stared at the village entrance with starry eyes.
"Finally! A nice place where we can rest!" Umi said happily.
Everyone was overjoyed as they walked into the village.
It was a place with many marble buildings. There weren't a whole lot of people on the streets,
but enough to show that the town wasn't empty. Most people that walked by whispered a few comments
to each other and stared at the strangers.
"Why won't they come and greet us?" Hikaru asked with pain in her voice.
"They probably think we're up to trouble," Ferio said.
At that comment everyone stopped and stared at them.
Umi sweatdropped. "Now you've done it Ferio..." she glared at him with red eyes.
"Why are they staring at us like that..." Hikaru inched slowly behind Lantis and grabbed onto his
cape to hide herself.
"I think we were safer outside the village," Fuu commented.
The people inched towards them, no fear in their eyes. In fact, they looked a bit bloodthirsty.
Ascot saw the glowing in their eyes. He got blue streaks across his face.
"We're in trouble..." he said backing away from them.
"What kind?" Umi asked him.
"Big. Guess what, we've stumbled into a village full of vampires."
Sweatdrops appeared all around the group.
"RUN!" They ran back the direction they had come from, the vampires right behind them.
"Why are there vampires in broad daylight like this?!" Umi complained.

Emeraude was sweatdropping. (Yes sweatdrops are allowed in heaven ^^;)
"What's the matter?" Zagato asked her.
She pointed at the portal. "I forgot to tell them to stay away from the village. They were supposed
to go to the abandoned castle."

They finally got away.
"No one has told me why vampires are out in broad daylight yet..." Umi muttered.
Ascot pointed up. "That's why."
Umi looked up into the sky. There was no sun. She sweatdropped. "I knew that."
"So where do we go from here?" Hikaru asked.
"What other choice do we have?" Ferio asked. They all turned towards the castle. A very blue atmosphere
appeared around the group. Hikaru didn't seem to mind.
"Let's go then!" Hikaru walked towards the castle, leaving everyone else behind to cower.

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Purin-chan: -________- It is SOOOO empty without Caldina and the others. I'm gonna have to do
something about that. Oh and don't expect the next chapter up for a LONG time. We're gonna be
out of town so...until then! *waves bye*

P.S. I'll be back on 7/8/01 I can't say when the chapter will be up though.

Review please ^_^.