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."