Realization
By: Shada
Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I own not, so you no sue.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The fourth in the increasingly inaccurately named Nightmares Trilogy
AN: Fuu is *very* OOC. It's almost like another Umi. So is Clef. But he's not Umi-like.
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"Hikaru?"
Silence.
"Hikaru."
Silence.
"Hikaru!"
" . . . yea?"
Fuu sighed and buried her face in her hands. Hikaru was being especially impossible today. It was like she was lost in her own head or something and as hard as she tried, Fuu couldn't snap her out of it. She had tried everything, but her friend was still off in 'la-la' land. And Umi kept disappearing to god knows where so she was stuck on her own to try to deal with Hikaru. "You're still spaced out."
" . . . ok . . . "
There was another few moments of silence followed by Fuu's frustrated scream. "He's not *that* good a kisser."
Hikaru was still day-dreaming about Lantis. "There's other stuff he's better at."
"You and Lantis moved into the bed now?"
The redhead turned a rather unflattering shade of purple.
Fuu paled. "I was *joking*. Ah! Ah! Bad, bad, bad, did *not* need to know that!"
" . . . sorry. What were you originally trying to say?"
But Fuu was still trying to beat the mental image out of her head.
Hikaru grabbed her shoulder and shook her several times. "It's not like you haven't thought about it with Ferio."
That brought her back to the subject at hand. She completely ignored Hikaru's last comment. "Oh, right, yes. Where's Umi?" The redhead shrugged and Fuu sighed. "She just keeps disappearing whenever I want to talk to her and then I try to find Clef to see if he knows where she might *possibly* be but I can't find him either. It's really rather odd . . . Hikaru, is something funny?"
The redhead was laughing at her friends naivete. "Think about it. Umi's gone, Clef's gone."
"I still fail to see what is so funny."
"Umi came back here in the first place because she had some 'unresolved issues' . . . with Clef."
"And this is funny because . . . "
Hikaru sighed in frustration. "Umi had extra time to sort things out with Clef, imagine what those two are doing!"
This time Fuu turned green. "I don't think she's been telling us everything lately."
"Me neither. But there is someone who would know."
"Really, who?"
"Oh Mokonnaaaaa!"
Within moments the white ball of fluff had bounded into the room was sitting on Hikaru's bed (Fuu didn't even want to think about what else had gone on in that exact spot), happily 'PuPuPu'ing. Hikaru turned to talk to the little thing. "You know everything that goes on around here, right? Cause you made it." It nodded. "Then what's going on with Umi and Clef, huh?"
Fuu could have sworn the thing blushed. "Umi? No way!" she screeched.
Mokona began to shake its head violently. "Puuuuu!"
Both girls sighed in relief. Mokona sweatdropped. "Then what *are* those two up to?" Hikaru asked.
Later, both girls would vow it grinned devilishly. Must have been thinking about its revenge on Umi. It led them out of the room and down halls they had never known existed, 'PuPuPu'ing all the way. It jumped from one foot to the other as it waddled out past the gardens, the two girls following just a few steps behind. They crossed the gardens and were nearing the very edge when they heard voices. Hikaru immediately crept closer and then ducked behind a bush, peeking out every once in a while. Fuu and Mokona followed in suit. "Hikaru," Fuu hissed.
"What?"
"Should we really be doing this. I mean, spying on Umi?"
The redhead grinned evilly. "You will stay and do this with me or I will tell you every explicit detail about me and Lantis . . . "
Fuu turned as green as Windom and shut her mouth. They both turned back to watch Clef and Umi.
The two were arguing, actually, playfully batting at each other as they picked plants. Between them on the ground was a basket which they were slowly but surely filling with all sorts of herbs and spices and other useful vegetation. Of course once in a while one of them, usually Umi, would pick the wrong plant, starting the banter all over again. "I keep telling you," Clef said in his best no-nonsense voice as he tried to keep from grinning, "We're here to pick plants for spells, not flowers to decorate our rooms!"
Umi pouted. "But I like flowers." She looked at the one in her hand and smiled openly like a three-year old. "They're pretty."
"And so, my dearest," he told her, taking the flower and tucking it behind her ear, "Are you."
The blue-haired girl's face lit up like never before. "And you, Guru Clef," she whispered, walking up to him, "Are the sweetest man that ever lived. Did anyone ever tell you that?" He didn't respond, just kissed her long and hard, and by the time Hikaru and Fuu dared to look again they were lying on the grass. Umi laughed and turned on her side to face him. "I thought we were here to pick plants for spells, not play in the grass. But the grass is very pretty . . ."
He sighed. "Why must you always bring us back to reality?"
Grinning and giggling she sprawled out flat on her back. "Because I'm me!"
Temptation turned out to be too much for the mage. He tickled her. And she retaliated.
When he could speak again all he said was, "And that's why I love you."
*Sigh*
"Awwwww . . . "
"PUUUU!"
"Mokona, get *down*!"
Both Umi and Clef sat up immediately and within a second they had located the offenders. Said fluff ball was dancing on top of a bush while Hikaru tried her hardest to pull it out of sight again. Realizing she had been caught she blushed furiously. Grinning sheepishly, she waved at the guru and his apprentice. "Uh, hi? Lovely day, isn't it?"
Fuu sweatdropped. "I got blackmailed into it," she said in her own defense."
That wasn't enough for Umi. She drenched all three peeping Toms.
Hikaru made a face. "Didja *have* to do that?" she whined. Umi glowered and once again water rose in the air. The redhead paled and stammered out an apology, several times. "Not the Water DRAGON!" she screeched, running for her life as the apparition chased after her. Fuu tried to smother her giggling, watching her friend's predicament, and Mokona started dancing again as it shook itself dry.
Only to be drenched again a few seconds later.
Fuu ran screaming from a second water dragon, swearing revenge.
Umi just laughed.
Clef sighed. "They will get you back for this, you know."
"Of course I do, but it was worth it. Besides," she added, grinning devilishly, "Mokona knows that it makes a great snack."
"PUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
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you thought it had ended, didn't you? so did i, but the plot bunnies struck and this was what i was stuck with. hope you liked it.
-shada
