Hi everyone! I hope you are all fina and I'd like to apologize for the long
wait. I was really busy and besides, I didn't know the name of the magic
knights'attack ( in English), so I had to see if anyone knew it. Hopefully
Shazzam told me the attacks. Thanks a lot ^^. So, That's it for now and I
hope you will enjoy this chapter.
Sissi
P.S.: I don't own Magic Knight Rayearth.
Chapter Nine
The dinner room was almost complete, except for Fuu and Ferio. Princess Emerauld was sitting on her chair, talking to Zagato. Hikaru was also sitting on a chair, near Emerauld and Lantis, whom she tried desperately to catch his attention. But, he stayed frozen, staring at the table. On a corner of the room...
"Hey, I am starving! When will the dinner arrive?" asked a famished Umi.
"We need to wait for Fuu and Ferio to arrive. He is the prince and we cannot start eating without him" replied Askot.
"Humm...Fuu is also missing...I wonder with whom she is at the moment..." she said, a grin spreading over her lips.
"What do you mean?" asked a confused Askot.
"Don't you see? Ferio and Fuu are missing...very suggestive..."
"Huh...you don't think that they are together, do you?"
"Of course I am ! Isn't it obvious?"
"To tell you the truth, no. It could be simply luck that they haven't arrived yet. I reckon that you are only imagining things."
"Am I? So look who are entering the room right now" pointed out Umi.
Askot turned his head and saw the couple together, smiling a lot and with their hands together. He was wordless.
"It seems that I was correct. Wow, aren't I the best?" she said, winking at Askot.
Askot blushed and didn't respond. 'It is so strange...I feel so nervous when I am around her. I have butterflies in my stomach everytime she gives a wink or smiles. Why?' he thought fiercely. Before he could clear his mind, Umi dragged him by his shirt's sleeves to the dinning table.
"Finally you both arrived. Did you have fun together?"asked a teasing Caldina.
"I...I don't know what you are talking about, Caldina-san."replied shily Fuu.
"Oh, come on, call me only Caldina, and you know what I am referring to."She gave Ferio a wink a huge smile. Lafarga, noticing their discomfort, decided to start a talk with Caldina, to distract her from them.
The two sat far from each other. Then, Umi appeared dragging Askot. She sat down on her chair with a hungry face. Emerauld clapped and the maids appeared from the door, each of them with delicious food on their hands. The dinner started very cheeful and they talked about many things except for the war that would soon begin. They did not want to tense, at least for now, so Clef told the magic knights that they would discuss about it the next day, which they agreeded.
They were in the middle of the dinner when they felt the floor trembling.
"What's this?" asked Askot.
"Hikaru! Watch out!" shouted Fuu, watching the floor where her friend stood start to cramble. Hikaru, hearing her friends warnings, jumped away from the soon immense hole that soon was created at the exact spot where she had been some seconds ago.
"Does Cephiro has constant earthquakes?"
"No. Actually, it is the first time that we have it." Answered Emearauld, fear in her eyes.
Umi, Hikaru and Fuu looked at each other and shouted together.
"Alcyone!" With that, they walked away from the room, leaving all the others astonished.
Lafarga was going to follow them when Clef stopped him.
"No, stay here."
"But Clef...I need to help them."
"It is not your fight. You have no chance, you will only distract them."
"What! No, I will not. "He greeted his teeth, knowing that what Clef told him was true. But, he wanted to help them. He couldn't let those girls fight all by themselves.
"Clef, what should I do?"asked Emearald.
"You should pray, asking for the safety of the magic knights and of this castle. All the citizens of Cephiro are here. We must protect them. Caldina and Lafarga, go calm them."
Caldina and Lafarga left.
"Clef, how is it that Alcyone is here? I thought she was still in the North." Asked bluntly Lantis.
"It seems that we were mistaken or Alcyone has trapped us."
"What shall we do?"
"All we can do is to wait."answered a sad Clef. And so they waited.
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Umi, Hikaru and Fuu ran out of the castle. They were entering a deep forest, because they felt a strong evil energy there. They were right. Alcyonne was there, grinning at them.
"So, you are really going to fight with me?" she asked playfully.
"Yeah, we will. Is there any problem?" asked an angered Umi.
"Actually no, but I will warn you now: you will never defeat me, so why try? You will only lose your precious lives."
The three knights were angered by this. The three of them called for their swords, and they appeared from their respective gems.
"Iiiaaa..."the three magic knights shouted in unisson.
Although they were fighting together, Alcyone easily dodged each attack with her magical stick. She was smiling all the while, having a real nice time. While Hikaru was busy regaining her breath, Alcyonne punched Hikaru's stomach and kicked Fuu, making them fall to the ground. Umi, oustraged that her friends were harmed, she used her strongest spell.
" Sapphire Typhoon!" a huge blue amount of water appeared from the bottom of her hands and aimed itself at Alcyone. But, she made up a transparent barrier , protecting her from the attack.
"I can't believe it..." Umi said, in a loss of words.
"Did you see this? You will never defeat me. Mortal daggers!"
"What!" Umi shouted. There were thousands of daggers aiming at her. Even if she used her spell again, she wouldn't be able to destroy all the daggers. So, she waited for the blast.
"Guardian Winds!" wind started to protect Umi, envolving her.
"Fuu!Are you ok?"
"Yes, I am fine. And you, Hikaru-san?"
"I am fine. You know that I am very difficult to be defeated."
"Right!"shouted happily Umi, seeing that her friends were ok.
"Tsc,tsc,tsc...you shoudn't hane done that, my dear child. You just postponed your friend's death a little longer, but she will die in the end."
"Stop! I will not hear you. Hikaru-san, Umi-san, let's attack together, like the legend."
"Sure" the two other knights replied. Soon, the three of them were ready for the triple attack.
"Emerald Whirlwind!"
"Ruby Lightning!"
"Sapphire Typhoon!"
The three attacks united aimed the same enemy : Alcyone. But, instead of getting afraid, she just laughed. An evil laugh. Then, she grabbed her magical stick and conjured another spell, turning the three attacks into dust.
"How?" mumbled Umi.
"It's impossible..." said quietly Fuu.
"I can't believe it..."replied Hikaru.
"So, did you see that? You will never win. Freezing Hurricane!" shouted Alcyone, creating a huge hurricane made of mortal ice.
"Wind Shield!"
Fuu tried her best to protect herself and her friends but it was too strong. She couldn't take it any longer, and then, her shield disappeared, and the three knights were dragged into unconsciousness, in a pole of blood and sweat.
The night was calm and serene. There was no sign of life in the forest except for a slender form hidden by the shadows.
"Humm...It was so good this little fight.I was missing this smell of blood and this adrenaline. I should do it more often. I think I will let you three alive, so you may play with me again tomorrow. Until then, try to get any stronger. You were so weak..." and with that, she disappeared in a matter of seconds.
The three magic knights laid on the floor, covered in their own blood. Their faces were pale and showed pain. Not only the physical pain but also the one bacause of their hurt pride.
Time was passing quickly and the three girls hadn't arrived yet. All the people in the palace were getting nervous. There was no sound of a probable fight, only silence. A discomfort silence.
"Clef, I don't care what you are going to say, but I will go to the place where thsy are fighting NOW! Lantis, Askot, will you come with me?" asked Ferio.
"Sure." Replied Lantis with a different tone in his voice. A kind of warm, of the feeling of care...
"Yeah, let's go. I can't wait any longer, I am getting mad with all this."
The three brave men left the safety of the palace and ran straight into the Forest, their heart beating quickly, afraid of what they might find out. When thay saw that morbid scenary, their hearts seemed like they had frozen. The three girls, once so happy and joyful, full of life, lied on the floor, unconscious. Ferio gently picked Fuu up and embraced her in his warm arms with all the love he could show. Lantis also had Hikaru in his arms, in a tight but also caring embrace, afraid of losing his most prcious treasure. Askot was crying, and his cristaline tears fell on Umi's face, cleaning her blood stained face. Then, he also picked her up and the three went into the palace.
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"Oh my God! What happened?!" cried out Emerauld. When Caldina saw the three girls in that state, she fainted. Zagato showed sorrow ih his deep dark eyes and Clef had regret on his face.
"Put them over those tables. I will try my best to cure their wounds. Now, you all should leave."
"No. I will stay here with Fuu."
"Me too." Said Askot.
"The same for me." Said Lantis.
"Zagato and I will leave this room. Lafarga, please take Caldina to her bedroom. She must be exhausted after all this...occurrences." said princess Emerauld.
So the four people left the room where more four people stayed, three of them refusing to leave that place.
Clef sighed. Actually, he wanted to stay alone with Umi to apologize her for all the things that were happening lately, specially not letting Lafarga and no one else go and help them. "It is all my fault....'
Clef started to inspect their wounds and noticed that they were very serious. They losing blood very quickly and their faces were very pale, indicating him that they needed a blood transfusion immediately until it became too late.
"I will tell you the truth. I know a spell that can heal all a person's wounds and revitalize her magic. But, it is a very powerful spell and I have only strenght to heal one of them. The problem now is, whom should I heal first? I will only be able to perform it again only tomorrow afternoon.And...I am not sure if the other two will survive till then." So he said what he had to say. It was their decision what to do.
Lantis, Ferio and Askot looked at each other, Each of them wanted their respective loved ones to be healed first, but they knew that it was selfishness. It was a really hard dilemma. Suddenly, Fuu started to move and she tried to open her eyes and focus on someone.
"Ferio...Ferio..."
"Fuu! Are you ok? How do you feel?"asked an eager Ferio.
"I...It hurts so much..."
"Calm down. Clef knows a spell to heal a person so don't worry."
"Oh, good. And Umi, Hikaru..."
Ferio bit his lips. He did not want to tell her their critical state, but it was necessary. Besides, he had to tell her that Clef was only able to heal one of them and the other two would...die.
"Fuu...I...There is something I hadn't told you."
"What is it?"
"Clef can only heal one of you..."
"Oh..."she closed her eyes. She didn't want to cry. No, she wouldn't cry, for the sake of her friends.
'So there is no hope at all? No, please, PLEASE, there must be a way, please, someone, tell me!' she thought angrily. She couldn't restrain her tears anymore and they flood down her cheeks. She looked sadly at Lantis and Askot and saw sorrow in their eyes. 'Life is so unfair...'
"Well, Fuu, who do you think I should heal first?" Clef spoke.
"I don't know, I don't know...Why...It hurts so badly my heart..." she started to sob. She couldn't controll her body and she started to tremble.
"You must decide, we don't have much time..."
"WHY SHOULD I DECIDE WHO WILL LIVE AND WHO WILL NOT?!!They are my dearest friend and I will not leave alone! I will...We will stay together forever, as we have promised."she said, a fire burning in her eyes. Ferio was taken aback by her attitude but he understood her. If he were to decide if whether his dear sister lnor Fuu should live, he would have shouted, screamed and ran away.
"...Humm...Where am I? " asked a confused Umi.
"Umi! You are awake!" shouted happily Askot. But, his sudden bright face was substituted by a sad one.
"Askot...Why are you so...down..?"
"Umi...I...I wanted to say that I...I do care a lot for you!" blurted out Askot. Umi blushed slightly, rosing her pale cheeks.
"As...Askot, why are you telling me this?"
"Because it is the truth and I eanted you to know it."
"I...I also...care about you..." she said shily. Askot's face brightened and he started to cry silently. Everyone was looking at the couple spilling out their feelings to each other, so no one so Clef's face when Umi said that. No one except Fuu, eho was watching him very intently. Fuu saw his eyes blank suddenly as if his heart had been broken into thousands of pieces. Clef closed his eyes, trying to stop the tears, which he successfully did. Fuu saw and felt all his sorrow and felt an urge to hug this poor man whose heart had been badly broken.
"Askot...I think we shouldn't be talking about this here. Where is Hikaru? And Fuu?"
"I am here Umi-san."
"Fuu! Are you ok?"
"Yes, hust tired. And you?"
"Me too....I want so badly to....sleep..."
"Umi-san!! Please, don't sleep...or you will never wake up anymore..."
Askot saw her eyes slowly closing down, and he got desperate. 'Umi can't sleep or else, she will leave forever! ' He thought. He shook her shoulders, trying to keep her conscious.
"Umi-san...Umi..please, stay alive so we can...grow up together..." pleaded Fuu. She was crying very hard, Umi was almost leaving her, and she didn't know what to do. One of her best friends was going to die in front of her eyes! She had to do something, even if it costed her life.
"Hea...Healing...Winds!" cried out Fuu. Then, her body went limp and hard.
"Slowly, green winds started to envolve Umi's body. Everytime a slight breeze touched a wound, it would clode it and take away the blood that once covered that place, as if there had never been a wound there. Her magical power were also returning to her, she could feel getting stronger and stronger. She felt the water inside of her, boiling from the great amount of energy in her whole fragile body. Then, it stopped and Umi opened her eyes. They were calm and peaceful.
"Humm...What happened? I'm feeling great! How is it possible? Where is Fuu? I was talking to her when...NO!Fuu! What happened!?" she asked , running to her fallen friend in Ferio arms, who was creing all the while.
"She...used a spell and then you were haled somehow" told her Lantis. Then, she saw Hikaru in his arms, well, actually he was only caressing her hair. She saw the pain in his eyes and the pracarious state of her friend.
"NO...Fuu...Hikaru..."
"Umi, can Fuu do this spell again once she is healed?" asked Clef. He has seen the spell and how it had healed Umi's wounds in just some minutes.
"What?Yes...She can...Why?"
"Fon, suei, kon chí, huou, thíen hán thü, pan uo iou lí chí lai pan zhé ghe nü hai...Healing Powers!"he cried out.
Fuu's body started to levitate in midair, and a light engulfed her body completely. Everyone had to shut thei eyes so they wouldnt get blind. Ten minutes later, the light disappeared and Fuu was once again in Ferio's arms. She slowly opened her eyes.
"Ferio..."
"Fuu...ou are ok..." he said, tears rolling down his face.
"Fuu, quick, use your healing magic to heal you friend Hikaru." Told her Clef, who was sweating and panting.
Fuu immediately rose to her feet and went into Lantis direction. He nodded andstepped back.
"Healing Winds!"
The same wind started envelope Hikaru's body as it had done to Umi's, and some minutes later Hikaru was brand new once again. When Hikaru opened her eyes, she saw black eyes full of happiness. She smiled and kissed his cheek. Fuu and Umi, who where running to where she was, stopped abruptly and both of them blushed furiously. Ferio and Askot smiled and eack hugged their beloved ones.
After this affectionate scene, Clef left the room to his room, his heart happy and sad at the same time. He was happy that his beloved one was safe and healthy, but she was in another's man's arms, and he couldn't do anything about it.
The three girls hugged each other with joy. Then, their faces darkened. They weren't strong enough to defeat Alcyonne, even uniteng thei forces. The boys noticed thei hard features and decided to leave them alone. Ferio gave a gentle kiss on Fuu's cheek, whom blushed a lot. Hikaru gave a little peck on Lantis's lips and Umi hugged Askot and kissed his cheek.
"What are we going to do? We can't save Cephiro after all." Replied a sad Hikaru.
"No, we must protect this land. This is Askot's land and I will protect it!"
"Wow, you are really in love with him" winked Hikaru.
"I...Ahn...And what about you?! "
Hikaru giggled.
"I love Lantis since the first time I saw him."
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
"Girls, I think I have the solution." Told them Fuu. Two pairs of eyes immediately turned to the quiet girl that had spohe those simple yet important words.
"What is it?" asked Umi and Hikaru anxiously.
"Our mashins. We will have to call for our rine Gods."
"No! I don't want to involve Rayearth with all this fight."
"But it is necessary. WE couldn't defeat her normally. With our mashins, there is a big possibility of defeating her."
"Selece...So we will call them , right?"
"Yes, it is our only chance. Do you agree with me?"
Umi and Hikaru looked at each other and nodded.
"Yes, we do." Both the girls replied solenmly.
Sissi
P.S.: I don't own Magic Knight Rayearth.
Chapter Nine
The dinner room was almost complete, except for Fuu and Ferio. Princess Emerauld was sitting on her chair, talking to Zagato. Hikaru was also sitting on a chair, near Emerauld and Lantis, whom she tried desperately to catch his attention. But, he stayed frozen, staring at the table. On a corner of the room...
"Hey, I am starving! When will the dinner arrive?" asked a famished Umi.
"We need to wait for Fuu and Ferio to arrive. He is the prince and we cannot start eating without him" replied Askot.
"Humm...Fuu is also missing...I wonder with whom she is at the moment..." she said, a grin spreading over her lips.
"What do you mean?" asked a confused Askot.
"Don't you see? Ferio and Fuu are missing...very suggestive..."
"Huh...you don't think that they are together, do you?"
"Of course I am ! Isn't it obvious?"
"To tell you the truth, no. It could be simply luck that they haven't arrived yet. I reckon that you are only imagining things."
"Am I? So look who are entering the room right now" pointed out Umi.
Askot turned his head and saw the couple together, smiling a lot and with their hands together. He was wordless.
"It seems that I was correct. Wow, aren't I the best?" she said, winking at Askot.
Askot blushed and didn't respond. 'It is so strange...I feel so nervous when I am around her. I have butterflies in my stomach everytime she gives a wink or smiles. Why?' he thought fiercely. Before he could clear his mind, Umi dragged him by his shirt's sleeves to the dinning table.
"Finally you both arrived. Did you have fun together?"asked a teasing Caldina.
"I...I don't know what you are talking about, Caldina-san."replied shily Fuu.
"Oh, come on, call me only Caldina, and you know what I am referring to."She gave Ferio a wink a huge smile. Lafarga, noticing their discomfort, decided to start a talk with Caldina, to distract her from them.
The two sat far from each other. Then, Umi appeared dragging Askot. She sat down on her chair with a hungry face. Emerauld clapped and the maids appeared from the door, each of them with delicious food on their hands. The dinner started very cheeful and they talked about many things except for the war that would soon begin. They did not want to tense, at least for now, so Clef told the magic knights that they would discuss about it the next day, which they agreeded.
They were in the middle of the dinner when they felt the floor trembling.
"What's this?" asked Askot.
"Hikaru! Watch out!" shouted Fuu, watching the floor where her friend stood start to cramble. Hikaru, hearing her friends warnings, jumped away from the soon immense hole that soon was created at the exact spot where she had been some seconds ago.
"Does Cephiro has constant earthquakes?"
"No. Actually, it is the first time that we have it." Answered Emearauld, fear in her eyes.
Umi, Hikaru and Fuu looked at each other and shouted together.
"Alcyone!" With that, they walked away from the room, leaving all the others astonished.
Lafarga was going to follow them when Clef stopped him.
"No, stay here."
"But Clef...I need to help them."
"It is not your fight. You have no chance, you will only distract them."
"What! No, I will not. "He greeted his teeth, knowing that what Clef told him was true. But, he wanted to help them. He couldn't let those girls fight all by themselves.
"Clef, what should I do?"asked Emearald.
"You should pray, asking for the safety of the magic knights and of this castle. All the citizens of Cephiro are here. We must protect them. Caldina and Lafarga, go calm them."
Caldina and Lafarga left.
"Clef, how is it that Alcyone is here? I thought she was still in the North." Asked bluntly Lantis.
"It seems that we were mistaken or Alcyone has trapped us."
"What shall we do?"
"All we can do is to wait."answered a sad Clef. And so they waited.
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Umi, Hikaru and Fuu ran out of the castle. They were entering a deep forest, because they felt a strong evil energy there. They were right. Alcyonne was there, grinning at them.
"So, you are really going to fight with me?" she asked playfully.
"Yeah, we will. Is there any problem?" asked an angered Umi.
"Actually no, but I will warn you now: you will never defeat me, so why try? You will only lose your precious lives."
The three knights were angered by this. The three of them called for their swords, and they appeared from their respective gems.
"Iiiaaa..."the three magic knights shouted in unisson.
Although they were fighting together, Alcyone easily dodged each attack with her magical stick. She was smiling all the while, having a real nice time. While Hikaru was busy regaining her breath, Alcyonne punched Hikaru's stomach and kicked Fuu, making them fall to the ground. Umi, oustraged that her friends were harmed, she used her strongest spell.
" Sapphire Typhoon!" a huge blue amount of water appeared from the bottom of her hands and aimed itself at Alcyone. But, she made up a transparent barrier , protecting her from the attack.
"I can't believe it..." Umi said, in a loss of words.
"Did you see this? You will never defeat me. Mortal daggers!"
"What!" Umi shouted. There were thousands of daggers aiming at her. Even if she used her spell again, she wouldn't be able to destroy all the daggers. So, she waited for the blast.
"Guardian Winds!" wind started to protect Umi, envolving her.
"Fuu!Are you ok?"
"Yes, I am fine. And you, Hikaru-san?"
"I am fine. You know that I am very difficult to be defeated."
"Right!"shouted happily Umi, seeing that her friends were ok.
"Tsc,tsc,tsc...you shoudn't hane done that, my dear child. You just postponed your friend's death a little longer, but she will die in the end."
"Stop! I will not hear you. Hikaru-san, Umi-san, let's attack together, like the legend."
"Sure" the two other knights replied. Soon, the three of them were ready for the triple attack.
"Emerald Whirlwind!"
"Ruby Lightning!"
"Sapphire Typhoon!"
The three attacks united aimed the same enemy : Alcyone. But, instead of getting afraid, she just laughed. An evil laugh. Then, she grabbed her magical stick and conjured another spell, turning the three attacks into dust.
"How?" mumbled Umi.
"It's impossible..." said quietly Fuu.
"I can't believe it..."replied Hikaru.
"So, did you see that? You will never win. Freezing Hurricane!" shouted Alcyone, creating a huge hurricane made of mortal ice.
"Wind Shield!"
Fuu tried her best to protect herself and her friends but it was too strong. She couldn't take it any longer, and then, her shield disappeared, and the three knights were dragged into unconsciousness, in a pole of blood and sweat.
The night was calm and serene. There was no sign of life in the forest except for a slender form hidden by the shadows.
"Humm...It was so good this little fight.I was missing this smell of blood and this adrenaline. I should do it more often. I think I will let you three alive, so you may play with me again tomorrow. Until then, try to get any stronger. You were so weak..." and with that, she disappeared in a matter of seconds.
The three magic knights laid on the floor, covered in their own blood. Their faces were pale and showed pain. Not only the physical pain but also the one bacause of their hurt pride.
Time was passing quickly and the three girls hadn't arrived yet. All the people in the palace were getting nervous. There was no sound of a probable fight, only silence. A discomfort silence.
"Clef, I don't care what you are going to say, but I will go to the place where thsy are fighting NOW! Lantis, Askot, will you come with me?" asked Ferio.
"Sure." Replied Lantis with a different tone in his voice. A kind of warm, of the feeling of care...
"Yeah, let's go. I can't wait any longer, I am getting mad with all this."
The three brave men left the safety of the palace and ran straight into the Forest, their heart beating quickly, afraid of what they might find out. When thay saw that morbid scenary, their hearts seemed like they had frozen. The three girls, once so happy and joyful, full of life, lied on the floor, unconscious. Ferio gently picked Fuu up and embraced her in his warm arms with all the love he could show. Lantis also had Hikaru in his arms, in a tight but also caring embrace, afraid of losing his most prcious treasure. Askot was crying, and his cristaline tears fell on Umi's face, cleaning her blood stained face. Then, he also picked her up and the three went into the palace.
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"Oh my God! What happened?!" cried out Emerauld. When Caldina saw the three girls in that state, she fainted. Zagato showed sorrow ih his deep dark eyes and Clef had regret on his face.
"Put them over those tables. I will try my best to cure their wounds. Now, you all should leave."
"No. I will stay here with Fuu."
"Me too." Said Askot.
"The same for me." Said Lantis.
"Zagato and I will leave this room. Lafarga, please take Caldina to her bedroom. She must be exhausted after all this...occurrences." said princess Emerauld.
So the four people left the room where more four people stayed, three of them refusing to leave that place.
Clef sighed. Actually, he wanted to stay alone with Umi to apologize her for all the things that were happening lately, specially not letting Lafarga and no one else go and help them. "It is all my fault....'
Clef started to inspect their wounds and noticed that they were very serious. They losing blood very quickly and their faces were very pale, indicating him that they needed a blood transfusion immediately until it became too late.
"I will tell you the truth. I know a spell that can heal all a person's wounds and revitalize her magic. But, it is a very powerful spell and I have only strenght to heal one of them. The problem now is, whom should I heal first? I will only be able to perform it again only tomorrow afternoon.And...I am not sure if the other two will survive till then." So he said what he had to say. It was their decision what to do.
Lantis, Ferio and Askot looked at each other, Each of them wanted their respective loved ones to be healed first, but they knew that it was selfishness. It was a really hard dilemma. Suddenly, Fuu started to move and she tried to open her eyes and focus on someone.
"Ferio...Ferio..."
"Fuu! Are you ok? How do you feel?"asked an eager Ferio.
"I...It hurts so much..."
"Calm down. Clef knows a spell to heal a person so don't worry."
"Oh, good. And Umi, Hikaru..."
Ferio bit his lips. He did not want to tell her their critical state, but it was necessary. Besides, he had to tell her that Clef was only able to heal one of them and the other two would...die.
"Fuu...I...There is something I hadn't told you."
"What is it?"
"Clef can only heal one of you..."
"Oh..."she closed her eyes. She didn't want to cry. No, she wouldn't cry, for the sake of her friends.
'So there is no hope at all? No, please, PLEASE, there must be a way, please, someone, tell me!' she thought angrily. She couldn't restrain her tears anymore and they flood down her cheeks. She looked sadly at Lantis and Askot and saw sorrow in their eyes. 'Life is so unfair...'
"Well, Fuu, who do you think I should heal first?" Clef spoke.
"I don't know, I don't know...Why...It hurts so badly my heart..." she started to sob. She couldn't controll her body and she started to tremble.
"You must decide, we don't have much time..."
"WHY SHOULD I DECIDE WHO WILL LIVE AND WHO WILL NOT?!!They are my dearest friend and I will not leave alone! I will...We will stay together forever, as we have promised."she said, a fire burning in her eyes. Ferio was taken aback by her attitude but he understood her. If he were to decide if whether his dear sister lnor Fuu should live, he would have shouted, screamed and ran away.
"...Humm...Where am I? " asked a confused Umi.
"Umi! You are awake!" shouted happily Askot. But, his sudden bright face was substituted by a sad one.
"Askot...Why are you so...down..?"
"Umi...I...I wanted to say that I...I do care a lot for you!" blurted out Askot. Umi blushed slightly, rosing her pale cheeks.
"As...Askot, why are you telling me this?"
"Because it is the truth and I eanted you to know it."
"I...I also...care about you..." she said shily. Askot's face brightened and he started to cry silently. Everyone was looking at the couple spilling out their feelings to each other, so no one so Clef's face when Umi said that. No one except Fuu, eho was watching him very intently. Fuu saw his eyes blank suddenly as if his heart had been broken into thousands of pieces. Clef closed his eyes, trying to stop the tears, which he successfully did. Fuu saw and felt all his sorrow and felt an urge to hug this poor man whose heart had been badly broken.
"Askot...I think we shouldn't be talking about this here. Where is Hikaru? And Fuu?"
"I am here Umi-san."
"Fuu! Are you ok?"
"Yes, hust tired. And you?"
"Me too....I want so badly to....sleep..."
"Umi-san!! Please, don't sleep...or you will never wake up anymore..."
Askot saw her eyes slowly closing down, and he got desperate. 'Umi can't sleep or else, she will leave forever! ' He thought. He shook her shoulders, trying to keep her conscious.
"Umi-san...Umi..please, stay alive so we can...grow up together..." pleaded Fuu. She was crying very hard, Umi was almost leaving her, and she didn't know what to do. One of her best friends was going to die in front of her eyes! She had to do something, even if it costed her life.
"Hea...Healing...Winds!" cried out Fuu. Then, her body went limp and hard.
"Slowly, green winds started to envolve Umi's body. Everytime a slight breeze touched a wound, it would clode it and take away the blood that once covered that place, as if there had never been a wound there. Her magical power were also returning to her, she could feel getting stronger and stronger. She felt the water inside of her, boiling from the great amount of energy in her whole fragile body. Then, it stopped and Umi opened her eyes. They were calm and peaceful.
"Humm...What happened? I'm feeling great! How is it possible? Where is Fuu? I was talking to her when...NO!Fuu! What happened!?" she asked , running to her fallen friend in Ferio arms, who was creing all the while.
"She...used a spell and then you were haled somehow" told her Lantis. Then, she saw Hikaru in his arms, well, actually he was only caressing her hair. She saw the pain in his eyes and the pracarious state of her friend.
"NO...Fuu...Hikaru..."
"Umi, can Fuu do this spell again once she is healed?" asked Clef. He has seen the spell and how it had healed Umi's wounds in just some minutes.
"What?Yes...She can...Why?"
"Fon, suei, kon chí, huou, thíen hán thü, pan uo iou lí chí lai pan zhé ghe nü hai...Healing Powers!"he cried out.
Fuu's body started to levitate in midair, and a light engulfed her body completely. Everyone had to shut thei eyes so they wouldnt get blind. Ten minutes later, the light disappeared and Fuu was once again in Ferio's arms. She slowly opened her eyes.
"Ferio..."
"Fuu...ou are ok..." he said, tears rolling down his face.
"Fuu, quick, use your healing magic to heal you friend Hikaru." Told her Clef, who was sweating and panting.
Fuu immediately rose to her feet and went into Lantis direction. He nodded andstepped back.
"Healing Winds!"
The same wind started envelope Hikaru's body as it had done to Umi's, and some minutes later Hikaru was brand new once again. When Hikaru opened her eyes, she saw black eyes full of happiness. She smiled and kissed his cheek. Fuu and Umi, who where running to where she was, stopped abruptly and both of them blushed furiously. Ferio and Askot smiled and eack hugged their beloved ones.
After this affectionate scene, Clef left the room to his room, his heart happy and sad at the same time. He was happy that his beloved one was safe and healthy, but she was in another's man's arms, and he couldn't do anything about it.
The three girls hugged each other with joy. Then, their faces darkened. They weren't strong enough to defeat Alcyonne, even uniteng thei forces. The boys noticed thei hard features and decided to leave them alone. Ferio gave a gentle kiss on Fuu's cheek, whom blushed a lot. Hikaru gave a little peck on Lantis's lips and Umi hugged Askot and kissed his cheek.
"What are we going to do? We can't save Cephiro after all." Replied a sad Hikaru.
"No, we must protect this land. This is Askot's land and I will protect it!"
"Wow, you are really in love with him" winked Hikaru.
"I...Ahn...And what about you?! "
Hikaru giggled.
"I love Lantis since the first time I saw him."
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
"Girls, I think I have the solution." Told them Fuu. Two pairs of eyes immediately turned to the quiet girl that had spohe those simple yet important words.
"What is it?" asked Umi and Hikaru anxiously.
"Our mashins. We will have to call for our rine Gods."
"No! I don't want to involve Rayearth with all this fight."
"But it is necessary. WE couldn't defeat her normally. With our mashins, there is a big possibility of defeating her."
"Selece...So we will call them , right?"
"Yes, it is our only chance. Do you agree with me?"
Umi and Hikaru looked at each other and nodded.
"Yes, we do." Both the girls replied solenmly.