The Only Gift
By: FuuMegami
Email:FuuNeko@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Rayearth or any of it's characters, I'm
just a big fan. XD
Thanks: Thanks to XIXHikaruXIX for beta reading and suggesting
changes! ::huggles::
Chapter Two
"Wwwhat?" Fuu stammered.
"I think I saw Ferio!" Hikaru repeated as she almost
flung her bags into the air.
"That.... That is impossible. It can't happen." Fuu
said, but she still looked confused and perhaps hopeful.
"I could have sworn it was him." Hikaru said as she
readjusted the bags in her arms.
"Yeah, but how?" Fuu wondered out loud.
Hikaru shrugged. "Hey, what did you wish for when you wished
on your birthday candles?"
Fuu laughed, "it wasn't Ferio that's for sure."
Hikaru tilted her head, "hmm..."
"Well never mind I'm just going to go buy a CD and then we
can move on." Fuu said as she turned to leave.
"What if it is Ferio?" Hikaru asked suddenly.
Fuu didn't reply, at least not out loud. her mind was racing.
There was no way that Ferio could be on earth... And it was
horrible of Hikaru to even mention it... It just got her
hopeful...
She shook it off. No sense worrying about any of it, because it
was probably just someone who looked like Ferio. After all, it
had been four years since they last visited Cephiro and saw him.
"Hmm next she'll tell me she saw Mokona in the pet
shop." Fuu mumbled as she picked up the CD she wanted.
She went up to the register and handed the CD to the cashier who
scanned it and told her the total. As she pulled her wallet out
she glanced out of the store and caught a glimpse of someone who
looked like Ferio. But as soon as she looked again he was gone.
"$18.99," the cashier repeated, thinking that Fuu
hadn't heard her the first time.
"Oh right yes..." Fuu said as she dropped a twenty on
the counter and looked again.
Still no Ferio, so she took her CD and joined Umi and Hikaru
outside the store.
"I swear he's in the mall some where," Hikaru said as
she climbed on top of a bench and stood on her tip toes.
"Who?" Fuu asked trying to sound innocent, but sounding
much more nervous.
"Ferio, stupid," Hikaru replied as she looked around.
Fuu looked down at the ground, "I think we should think
about going home. It's Saturday and Sam is coming to
dinner."
"Oh yeah," Hikaru replied without looking at her.
She jumped down and grabbed her bags. "I still say he's
here, you'll see."
Fuu shook her head and began walking.
"Uh... Fuu..." Umi said.
Fuu turned around, "no, I don't care and I don't believe
he's here." Fuu said without letting Umi finish.
"Well I'm glad we got that out in the open but what I was
going to say was, you're going the wrong way." Umi replied
as she used her head to monition to the other end of the
building.
Fuu blushed, "oh... I'm sorry."
"Forget it," Umi replied. "Just like you forgot
Ferio."
Fuu suddenly felt cold, and very guilty. She turned and headed
for the correct exit, thinking the whole way.
I had to forget... There was no point in trying to maintain a
memory or relationship with someone you could never be with.
We're so far apart, how could anyone think we're meant to be?
"Fuu, that's not my car," Umi said as she tapped Fuu on
the shoulder.
Fuu stood in front of a while pickup truck, "yeah... I was
just catching my breathe."
Hikaru laughed.
On the ride home Fuu couldn't help but think of Ferio. Flash back
after flash back bombarded her already over filled mind.
"Can you at least give me a *tiny* hint?" Hikaru said
with pleading puppy eyes while she turned herself around as much
as possible in the passenger seat.
Fuu blinked a few times.
"Fuu, what's on your mind?" Umi said softly.
"Nothing at all. I just... I'm thinking about Sam." Fuu
lied.
"C'mon Fuu-ster, we all know you couldn't lie to save her
life. So spit it out." Hikaru said with a grin.
"I'm not lying." Fuu said snappishly.
"Don't get all bitchy," Umi said, angry with Fuu
talking like that to Hikaru. "Anyway, that's my job,"
Umi added a little less harshly.
Hikaru giggled and decided to leave Fuu alone with her thoughts.
Fuu tried to advert her thoughts to the fact that Sam was looking
at rings. She concentrated on how much she loved him. She drifted
to a day dream of Sam proposing to her.
Soon Umi was pulling up at Fuu's gate. "I'll drop you off
here since your drive way is full." Umi said.
Fuu nodded, "thanks for the great afternoon girls."
"Yup see ya," Hikaru said with a smile.
Fuu gathered her bags and got out of the car. She slammed the
door closed and then went up her drive way. Her bags felt almost
as heavy as her heart. She felt just awful about thinking of
Ferio when was.. She was in love with Sam.
Fuu went in the house to find Sam and Kuu on the sofa talking. A
blazing fire int he fire place warmed the room.
"Fuu-chan!" Sam said with a smile. "How's my
number one babe?"
Fuu set her packages down next to the sofa and then sat down next
to him. "Fine thank you, but did I not ask you not to call
me babe?"
Sam nodded, "I know, and I'm sorry."
Fuu kissed him on the cheek. "All is forgiven."
"Dinner's ready!" Fuu's mom called.
After dinner Fuu and Sam returned to the living room and it's
warm fire.
"You're so pretty, even prettier than the team's cheer
leaders." Sam said as he stroked her hair.
"I'm glad you think so," Fuu said with a giggle.
Mean while Ferio walked up Fuu's walk way. He wore a black
leather jacket, a black tee shirt, and blue jeans. A dark green
duffle bag was slug over his shoulder.
He paused as he caught a glimpse of Fuu in the window. He stopped
his body tingling with excitement. It had only been two hours
since he had last seen her, but he was *so* close to telling her
the good news.
But as he watched he realized there was something different about
her. In a way it wasn't different, it was a look he knew very
well. His breath caught in his chest.
"I see it in your eyes, you're in love." Ferio
whispered, his breathe puff's of white. "I know it's not
with me..."
A light snow began falling but Ferio didn't notice. What he
noticed more was how bits of his heart was falling. The cold his
body felt was nothing compared to the cold he felt inside,
nothing.
Just then Fuu happened to look out the window. Her eyes locked
with Ferio's pain filled eyes, though Fuu didn't notice the pain.
Ferio quickly lowered his eyes.
Fuu jumped up starling Sam. She ran to the door and grabbed her
coat and then ran outside.
"Ferio!" She cried as she ran up to him and rapped her
arms around him.
He numbly reached up and put a hand on her back.
"Fuu-chan, who is he?" Sam asked as he came out.
Fuu grinned, "an old friend I met on a trip to Tokyo
tower."
"I um... My apartment..." Ferio said as she tried to
keep his teeth from chattering.
"Oh! you must be freezing!" Fuu exclaimed.
Ferio nodded slowly while Fuu grabbed his arm and pulled him
inside. Same gave Fuu a funny look. He ran his finger over a ring
case in his jacket pocket.
"I'm, well I'm amazed that you're here. I never thought I'd
see you again." Fuu said as she grinned widely.
"Obviously," Ferio said harshly.
Fuu looked down at the floor and blushed. "So, what brings
you here?"
"Yeah, what about your apartment?" Sam said as he
crossed his arms.
"My apartment... Oh yeah the building was on fire and we
were evacuated. So I ended up getting on a plane and coming
here." Ferio explained.
"Why here though? Why not with friends or family?" Same
questioned.
"My friends live in another... country. And my parents are
dead. And my older sister... She's gone too." Ferio replied
as he tried hard not to let his voice waver.
Fuu looked down at her feet, she still after all those years felt
the most guilty about killing Emeraude.
"Um Kuu why don't you show Ferio to the living room where he
can warm up," Fuu suggested as she quickly wiped her eyes.
Kuu nodded.
"Fuu-chan, can I see you in the kitchen for a minute?"
Sam said through gritted teeth.
Fuu nodded and the two went into the kitchen.
"Why did you let him stay here?" Sam snapped as soon as
the door swung closed.
"Because he has no where else to go. I am only being
polite." Fuu replied.
Sam sighed and kissed Fuu on the cheek. "I'll see you
tomorrow at the cafe, ok?"
Fuu nodded and he left through the kitchen door. Fuu sighed and
then went back out into the main hall. She could see into the
living room, where Ferio's bag sat next to the cream colored
sofa. His shoes sat on the dark hard wood flooring next to the
blazing fire. The fire gave the room, and Ferio's hair an orange
tint, though the room was usually a gold color.
As Fuu looked from one end of the sofa to the other, she realized
that Kuu had left the room. Fuu also realized that Ferio didn't
seem to have his usual spirit about him.
She walked into the room and stood next to the sofa.
"Hello," she said very softly.
Ferio looked up, but for once, didn't smile. It chilled Fuu
slightly, and also worried her. She sat down next to him.
"So, why are you really here?" Fuu asked.
Ferio looked at her, he knew he was being rude, he hadn't said a
word really. He was just in shock. It wasn't the reunion he had
imagined thousands of times in his mind. She was almost a
different person. He had always imagined that she would jump into
his arms and tell him how much she missed him and loved him. And
then they would kiss, and he would vow to never leave her ever.
But it wasn't so...
"I studied your planet after you left. I learned what you
wear, how you act, where you live, how you live. Your customs,
your schooling. Everything. And then when I was ready, I used a
spell that Clef warned against using." Ferio began as guilt
began to creep over him.
"Why? Why did he not want you to use it?" Fuu asked
sounding worried but also curious.
"Because once I used it to send myself here, I can never go
back." Ferio replied.
Fuu wrinkled her brow. "But Ferio, why, why would you do
that?"
"Simple. It's very simple, especially for someone of your
intelligence. Fuu, I came her because of you."
