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Chapter 2: Forget All Reason, Give In To Your Heart
"Okay class, that's about it. I don't think I missed anything. Oh yes! We have a new student; please welcome him when you all have time. I believe his name is Tyler Maxwell. Okay, dismissed." Said the teacher. The students on cue, bolted out the door a.s.a.p. While everyone was heading for the lunch line, Fuu who just came back from her snack decided to greet the new student. She saw a major crowd of people formed in a circle. A friend of hers came.
"Hey Fuu! Did you see the new sophomore? OOH!" she squealed in delight. "One TOTAL HUNK!" "Those gorgeous golden eyes…and that tousled green hair!!!"
"Uh…okay." Replied Fuu with a confused yet still polite voice. Then slowly, the crowd started walking away one by one. Fuu finally was able to make her way towards the new student. His back was turned to her at first.
"Hello." She said very politely. The teenager turned around quickly and his expressionless face broke into a huge lopsided grin.
"Hi!" he said winking at her.
"My name is Fuu Hououji. Nice to meet you." She said politely and gave a quick bow.
"Fuu Hououji? Unusual name. Doesn't it mean…wind?"
"Yes…it does."
"I am Tyler Maxwell." He said. Fuu didn't understand. But there was something familiar about this good-looking green haired youth. Her brain searched almost desperately for an answer. She suddenly pictured a boy like him, except with unusual clothes and some scars.
"Fe…" started Fuu unsure.
"Fe? Are you okay Fuu? Fuu?"
"Fe…ri…o?" she said. "Ferio!" she said once again with much more confidence.
"Huh?" at the moment…Tyler Maxwell was trying to keep that sincere smile, but somehow a familiar feeling was boiling inside of him, the way she called his name. ~Why is my heart beating so fast?~ Thought Tyler. "D…do I know you? I mean, have we met before?" asked Tyler unsure of what else to say.
"I…don't know…um…maybe?" said Fuu also very confused and annoyed.
"Hey…can I…walk you to lunch?"
"Sure…" replied Fuu blushing a bit. That was the start of a beautiful relationship…or maybe…the continuation of a beautiful relationship.
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~"I wanna do some good this time. I want to look back and have no regrets! And this time, it's gonna be from my own will."~
"Are you sure about this, Hikaru Shidou? This is a big job on top of your own dojo." Said the teacher, as Hikaru once again was so rudely jolted out of her thoughts.
"Huh? Of course it is! I want to do some good this time! I want to fight for our Kendo team because of my own will and not something forceful. And, I wanna look back at this and have no regrets of turning it down or accepting it." She finished paraphrasing sentences that automatically popped up in her mind.
"That was quiet a speech." Chuckled the teacher. "Oh, alright. You show them all you've got Miss. Shidou. Welcome to Rayearth."
"Thank you." Replied Hikaru with a small smile plastered on her face. She turned and was about to leave the room when the principle called for her again.
"Oh, Hikaru?" said the principle suddenly.
"Yes?"
"Now that your going to represent this school as the leader of the Kendo team, it is in you best interest to meet new people. You should head to the studio across the street from this school and sign up, and meet some boys." Said the teacher playfully. "You can go and show them your moves!" She joked having that be double meaning. But all Hikaru could say was…
"The moves?"
Umi yawned once again. So the assignment was entertaining, but school was still school. It's a good thing it just now ended. She was allowed to have the rest of the day off. ~And that's thanks to my brilliant fencing skills!~ She looked at her watch and ran out of the school, heading towards the studio. She quickly spotted Miss Cal.
"Hey!" said Umi energetically.
"Why hello yourself." Miss Cal said with a yawn. "You're a little early dear, but I'll sign you up anyway. I know the info so why don't you do me a favor…hm?"
"Sure…I don't see why not."
"Great! Please go to the ice cream parlor and meet my little brother. I totally forgot I had to do this. He has short brown hair and pretty green eyes that's usually covered by those bangs of his. Be a dear and go tell him I can't make it." Said Miss. Cal.
"Alright…why not? Bye." And with a wave she was gone without hearing Miss. Cal's thank you. She ran towards the parlor snickering at the thought of this guy, and if he talks all weird like her Lit. Teacher. When she walked into the parlor, she saw a man dressed in Cephiro High's senior uniform. He was exactly like how Miss Cal had described him with big bangs covering half his face. Umi walked towards him and giggled a bit until he raised his head to meet her gaze. His green eyes pierced through Umi's sapphire ones. She gasped seeing his pretty eyes.
"Uh…Miss?" asked the guy uncertainly
"Oh…um…my name is Umi Ryuuzaki and your sister told me she couldn't make it." Said Umi choking the words out. She waited for a reply, but all the guy can do was stare and memorize Umi's face. He finally spoke.
"I-I-I-I… see. I'm sorry she had to trouble you over this trivial thing." He bit the words out slowly.
"No trouble at all."
"I'm Scott. Scott Cal. W-Would…you like to stay? My treat." He said shyly.
"Sure Ascot…I would love to stay! I have to meet someone here later on anyways." Umi replied not realizing what she said.
"Ascot? That seems so familiar…" He went into to pensive mode.
"I'm sorry. Is that what I called you?" she said nervously.
"Y-Yeah, but it's all right. N-No problem. That's a really k-kewl name lol." ~That was soooo lame~ thought Scott.
"Okay then." And with both of them smiling, Umi pulled up a chair and sat in front of Ascot.
Tyler found Fuu to be quite the lady. Polite, soft spoken, sweet, and…~let's not forget beautiful. Wow, what a girl!~ They were at lunch and chatting about whatever came to mind. In simpler words, they hit it off extremely well. Most girls and guys passing by glared at the couple with envious looks.
"So, you have an older sister huh? K…uu Hououji…right?" said Tyler looking pensive…for once.
"Yes, that's her. Fer…I mean Tyler-san." She blushed at her constant slip.
"Hey, you can call me Ferio. It's no problem, I kinda like that name for some reason." He ended with a low chuckle. In turn, Fuu just blushed with embarrassment.
"Okay then, Ferio, what about your family?" asked Fuu almost shyly.
"Well, I was actually adopted." 'Ferio' said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"I'm sorry." She said feeling a bit guilty now. Ferio sensing her distress decided to change the subject. For some reason, he hated seeing her sad. It felt like an angel was crying, and that's exactly what Ferio thought. ~My angel. Whoa! Slow down there…MY angel?~ Their conversation came to an end as the bell rang.
"Hey Fuu! How about you and me go to the ice cream parlor near that studio after school? I'll meet ya at the front gate…k? We'll stop by the studio after since you told me you needed to sign up, so do I anyway." Ferio said, deciding to take the chance.
"It would be my pleasure." Replied Fuu with a small smile and a pretty horizon of red across her face.
While most young ladies are still in school listening to lectures during school, one young eleven year old look alike bounded happily towards the studio to sign up and get 'acquainted'. There she will meet with her rivals and possibly make some new friends. She will also be meeting her 'friend' Umi at the ice cream parlor next door right after. Everything is going to be perfect. As the studio came into view, she grinned and started taking longer strides to get there faster. She finally saw a line of girls and a line of guys separated, waiting to register from the inside of the glass doors. She walked up the tiny flight of stairs. She felt a fresh breath of air condition render the heat she felt outside, and play with her long braid. She attentively stood in line, anxious eyes roaming around to see all her will-be competitors. She almost couldn't contain herself from bouncing up and down and greeting everyone. As she looked around, her eyes set on someone who just walked in, also sizing everyone up. His gaze soon rested on her and they locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity when…
"Miss?" asked an uncertain voice from her side.
"Huh?" was all Hikaru could say as her attention was now drawn to the young lady with a heavy accent. She hadn't even realized that she was now in the front of the line.
"Come on little missy! I don't got all day, please stand aside." Said the beautiful young lady with pink hair, dressed in a skimpy out fit.
"Oh, um…I'm actually in the competition too!" replied Hikaru looking a bit sheepish. "My name is Hikaru Shidou, I'm going to transfer into Rayearth High and am representing it in this tournament against Celes, Windom, Autozam, and Cephiro High. I know my name is not on the list for Rayearth yet cause it isn't official, but I already talked to Sierra-san about this." She quickly finished and took a couple short breaths.
"Giggle my, my, my, and here I thought you were just some martial artist's little sister. Alright missy, so what tournament?"
"What do you mean?" answered Hikaru with question marks around her head.
"Well, it's either kendo, fencing, archery, gymnastics, other forms of actual martial arts, or other misc. stuff. Which one ya doin' missy?"
"Kendo. I had no idea they were going to do everything in one day. Oh, and I'm a sophomore." She was slightly embarrassed, knowing everyone thought she was a kid.
"Oh don't take what I said personally Hun! Your cute the way you are." She said with a wink and a sly grin. All Hikaru could do was flush. "Well your all signed up. Be here Saturday and bring all you need to practice in. Bring, not wear."
"T-thanks." A flushed Hikaru quickly turned and stepped out of line. She lifted her eyes and met that other guy's gaze once again. Crimson met amber. She felt her heart beet twice as fast as normal. She wouldn't be surprised if everyone could hear her heart beat. The man had a similar reaction. He just simply gazed into her crimson eyes and felt his heart shatter. For some reason he could not place, he felt as if his heart would break. ~This girl, her eyes seem to penetrate my soul. Why does my heart hurt like this?~
Hikaru didn't know what she was feeling, not once has she ever recalled feeling this way. ~This man…his eyes are so lonely, so sad.~ The magic was interrupted when someone put a hand on the man's shoulder. Hikaru looked away and hurried to greet others.
"Cam, you okay?" asked a deep almost emotionless voice.
"Huh? Oh I'm fine." Said 'Cam' as he turned his face to see his best friend since High School.
"So, what brings you here Lance?" asked 'Cam' quickly.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to…"
"Hey you two!" came a sudden voice. "Don't just stand around, are you boys going to register?" Said the blond haired man with a slight smirk.
"Why if it isn't our favorite PE teacher, Mr. Lafarga!" said 'Cam' while making his voice dripping with sarcasm but surprisingly polite as well.
"I don't got all day. Get your butts here now!" yelled Lafarga-san sternly. The two guys looked uncertain as they marched towards the desk where there used to be a line of guys.
"Cameron Vision, Autozam High, Senior, Kendo." Before the teacher could say anything, he was quickly silenced by,
"Lancer Sol, and everything else the same."
"Good, I went and figured but I guess you just had to waste my time as usually huh? I assume you know the schedule. Now get." And they did. Lancer didn't want to have anything else to do with these "looser" rivals as he puts it and was about to go until Cameron thought other wise. He quickly convinced him to be polite.
"Oh come on. We should meet people who we are going to be training with and seeing for a while for the next month. Just 'pretend' to enjoy it…k?" Cameron was hoping to get his friend's stoic figure to loosen up a bit. He had to think fast before his friend could ditch him and the rest of these 'could-be' friends. "Plus! I saw this r e a l l y cute girl signing up, and I wanna go find her." Lancer's posture was starting to relax and his demure attitude starting to slightly quiver, but Cameron knew it was going to take more then that to stop his friend from leaving. He forced his brain to work double time. "Don't you have a 'date' with Mera today?" Lancer suddenly flinched. ~Check and… "This will be a great excuse for not showing up, since we both know she is crazy and you have zero to negative one interest in her." Lancer smirked and nodded a bit at his friend and gazed sidelong to Cameron that clearly read, 'okay, you win'. Checkmate,~ thought Cameron with an innocent smile on his face.
"A table for two?" asked a sweet girl with an accent.
"Yep, that'll do." Said Ferio
"Please follow me." Ferio shyly grabbed Fuu's hand and led her to the table, following the hostess. Ferio and Fuu sat down and thanked the nice lady while she gave them menus and left. Fuu scanned her surrounding while Ferio looked intently at the menu.
"I've never been here even though it's the only place people can find students from Rayearth, Celes, Windom, Cephiro High, and Autozam High actually interact with each other in some way other then competition." Said Fuu admirably as she drank in the place, seeing many people in different uniforms. Ferio looked up from his menu.
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
"I always thought it was just an ice cream parlor, but not a café too."
"Go figure since it's called the Mokona Ice Cream Parlor. By the way, did you know I use to go to Cephiro High?"
"Huh? Really? I had no idea Ferio." Replied Fuu finally looking at Ferio. She flashed him one of her sweet trademark smiles that always cast a spell on Ferio. ~Dang, what is this girl doing to me. This is crazy, I'm feeling things people who JUST MET aren't suppose to feel! I-'m…in lo…~ "Ferio?"
"Y-yes?" he stuttered being caught off guard.
"Thank you so much for taking me here. It's a beautiful place and…thanks." She said with a loss of words.
"Yeah…beautiful." He answered gazing at Fuu while she absently studied the architecture of the place. He caught a nice profile; the side of Fuu's lovely face. She turned her head, 'feeling' Ferio's eyes on her. She blushed heavily when he chuckled.
"Is there s-something on my face?" she asked a bit hastily.
"Chuckle actually, yes." And gaining courage, he reached across the table and lightly took Fuu's glasses off. "Ya know, you're a lot prettier without your glasses." That being the only line that stuck out at him. Fuu gave him her little trademark gasp.
"Thank you." Was all she said with a blush creeping up. She smiled.
"Anyway…so like I'm like…totally like…" and as usual Cameron was talking to some girl with a nice figure and no brain. It's not like he wanted to start a conversation with her, but it seems like the female population wouldn't stop gaining up on him. Most girls who approached Lancer received 'the death glare' and quickly turned around or averted back to Cameron. Cam quickly cut the 'nice' lady off.
"I'm sorry, I uh…got to go…bye!" and with that, Cameron pulled Lancer away along with him. "Sigh G, now how many girls like that have we talked to?" asked Cameron uncertainly, but most likely disgusted. Lancer just looked at him lamely, and decided against his will to say, 'I told you so'.
"YOU…"corrected Lancer. "Talked to 12 girls so far and they ALL acted like that." Was all Lancer could say calmly through gritted teeth. Okay, not so calmly.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, so what? At least I held a conversation." Said Cameron while Lancer grimaced.
"Like, Hardly, like." Replied Lancer in a not so serious voice, attempting to mock that young ditz. All Cameron could do was stare and laugh while Lancer crossed his arms and turned, his back facing him.
"Okokokok, let's try to talk to the m…"
"Hi!" came a cheerful and a distinctly feminine voice. All Lancer could think of was…~I swear Cam, you are such a girl magnet. Might as well just post up a sign saying, 'Single and looking'.~
"Oh hey!" Lancer hearing how incredibly cheerful Cameron sounded was now a bit confused. His voice sure didn't sound like he wanted to leave this newfound girl anytime soon. He decided to turn around and see who just won his best friend's interest. He was surprised to see a beautiful girl with scarlet hair and eyes. They locked eyes, and crimson met violet. Separate thoughts roamed their minds.
~Such pretty eyes, the color of…Cephiro's skies?~
~Eyes of someone with a heart stronger than anyone else.~
"Uh…" Cameron rudely interrupted them.
"Oh! My name is Hikaru Shidou, please to meet you…both." She added on a second thought.
"Now, allow me to introduce myself. I am Eagle Vision of Autozam, commander of this fine vessel, the NSX." And right after he said it, he knew that it was the right thing to say despite not having a clue. He ran a hand nervously through his platinum hair.
"E-excuse me." Hikaru didn't want to admit it, but somehow he knew exactly what he was going to say before he said it.
"Um…"
"Cam, your hopeless. Lancer Sol. Nice to meet you." He said. He in turn also ran a hand through his raven hair.
"N-nice… to meet you." Replied Hikaru flashing a warm smile to both of them. ~Kawaii…~thought both men.
"Okay lol let me try again. My name is Cameron Vision. The honor is all mine." He said smiling also. "So, let's get some info from you, beautiful." Hikaru's face was about the color of her hair after he pulled one of those very old pick up lines.
"Uh…I'm a sophomore from Rayearth. I will be in Kendo." She finished slightly returning to a normal color while gaining composure. Cameron smiled even wider if it were possible.
"Well, what do you know? I'm doing Kendo too. I'm a senior, from Autozam High like him." Said Cameron pointing to the place where his best friend used to stand. "Uh…"
"Isn't that him?" asked Hikaru politely pointing behind Cameron. He quickly turned to find his friend being glomped by the one and only…
"Mera! Please…get off." Said Lancer
"Oh Lancy! Your soooo mean. You were suppose to take me out today, but you didn't show up. Sniff I went looking everywhere for you, but I couldn't find you! Then someone told me you were here and so I came…and here you are! Oh Lancy let's get out of here!" the sight was really quite funny. Cameron cleared his throat and Lancer with Mera hugging him turned towards the other two.
"I'm sorry for interrupting your, ahem private time. Anyways…Hikaru, meet Mera Pri. Captain of our cheerleading basketball team. Mera, this is Hikaru Shidou; sophomore, Rayearth." The girl finally ditatched herself from Lancer and walked haughtily towards Hikaru, long light blue tresses swaying back and forth. She glared at Hikaru.
"By the way, I happen to be Lancy's girlfriend. So don't you dare put the moves on my Lancy!" Mera yelled.
"The moves?" Hikaru asked and Lancer could have sworn he saw little cat ears popping up.
"While I'm usually easy going, but I'm pretty competitive when it comes to rivals in romance. So don't expect me to go easy on you." She said pointing a finger at the utterly confused girl.
"Mera, I am not your boyfriend." Lancer attempted.
"Yes you are! You saved my life and my daddy says I should date you and marry you when we get older!" she bounced up and down happily. She quickly turned back to Hikaru, fire in her eyes. Cameron could only sweatdrop.
"L-look Mera, we just met her." Cameron's words didn't even reach the anger-crazed girl.
"As you can see my Lancy is oh so very handsome. And he's also MINE!" screamed Mera. Lancer gave Cameron a look telling him to do something since Hikaru just kind of stood there. He quickly got in front of Hikaru, almost in a protective manner.
"Mera! Calm down. Don't you get it? She's N O T Lance's girlfriend." Said Cameron trying to calm her.
"YOU DARN RIGHT SHE ISN'T, CAUSE HE'S MINE!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Mera, silencing the whole studio. Everyone just stared, but a death glare from Lancer got everyone back to doing what he or she was doing. At this, Hikaru let out a small giggle from behind Cameron. "Oh, please tell me, what is soooooo funny?" hissed Mera.
"I just thought that Lantis always had a way with people, ya know, the commanding type. But he could never control you Primera. I just thought it was cute." Then Hikaru gasped realizing what she just said. It also silenced Mera quite well.
"I-I think so too." Mera finally said breaking the silence in the group.
"Excuse me…" and with that, Hikaru left quickly, followed by Cameron.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Cameron with gentleness.
"No…I'm not okay. I think I'm going crazy." Hikaru shivered, loosing all traces of how those lines had popped up.
"Your not crazy Karu. Uh…is it okay if I call you that? Heck, let's make it official. If I could, I would like to be friends with you, a stranger I set eyes on when I first walked in to this place." Cameron said to the girl with her face in her hands. "I'll let you rest k? I'm gonna go get those two, be right back." He was about to rush back when two little hands grasped his arms.
"Eagle?" They were both surprised, hearing what came out of Hikaru's mouth, but even more so when Cameron instinctively turned towards her. She smiled, making him catch his breath. "Only if I get to call you Eagle." She shyly said.
"Then Eagle, will be my name for now on, my lady." He said with a wink.
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Ferio and Fuu walked out of the parlor hand in hand. Fuu had put her glasses in her bag and they were heading towards the studio right next door. When they were close to the sliding doors, they saw a funny sight. A tall handsome man with a serious face walked out with a jumpy cute girl dangling all over him, and continuously laughing. Ferio lightly squeezed her hand and she averted her gaze to him, and saw him trying to contain his laughter. Fuu just smiled and squeezed back. The couple past and right when Ferio and Fuu were about to go through the sliding doors, another couple walked out and they went their separate ways at the exact same time. All of a sudden Fuu felt a terrible emptiness stab through her almost painfully. She gasped out loud and quickly glanced to her right and emerald met ruby without stopping. Then the sliding doors closed, separating them from destiny.
"Fuu? Fuu?" asked Ferio hastily.
"Huh?"
"Are you okay." Said Ferio as he cupped her face and wiped away her tears with his thumb.
"I…I don't know." ~Why am I crying?~
"Do you want to sit down?"
"I-I-I-I…" Fuu tried to say but only ended up gasping for breath as the tears kept coming. Continuous sobs racked her body needing her to painfully gasp for breath. Ferio quickly led her farther away from the sliding door and let her stand near the corner. He had no clue what to do, so he let instinct take over. He wrapped his arms around her and felt her arms responding, wrapping them around his waist. He just stood there and let her cry into his shoulder as he tried to play out the events of what just happened. Try as he may, but the only thing he could think of was the precious bundle he was holding in his arms.
She ignored the pain she felt when she walked past the sliding glass door of the studio. ~That girl with emerald eyes and that sad look she gave me…it was like she was apologizing.~ Her thoughts ended when that stab of emptiness became worse. Her steps faltered and she almost fell.
"Whoa! Karu?" 'Eagle' wanted to press on, but he couldn't see her face because it was facing towards the ground and her hair was like a mini- curtain. He quickly led her towards a near by wall. He had both arms supporting her on the ground, while he was kneeling. "Karu?" he asked again uncertain. He was about to help her stand up when her hands fell from his hands and onto the ground. Then he noticed how the ground was marked with little splash marks. He heard and agonizing gasp from her. "Oh…Karu…" he said, sympathetically. ~Watching her like this is killing me…~he thought. He then heard her take a long shaky breath, trying to control herself. "No, that's not going to work. Let it out Karu…you'll feel better." He said while embracing her. He slowly sat on a bench with her next to him and his hands on her shoulders. He caressed her cheek and lifted her chin up to see her pretty crimson eyes sparkling with unshed tears. She attempted to explain.
"Gasp I-I'm…" the tears kept coming and wouldn't stop.
"No…it's okay. People always have feelings they can't control." He said taking her into his arms. All she could do was keep crying. Her hands on his chest and sobs were racking her small frame as Eagle put his arms around her protectively.
In a distance, a certain mage looked on. Tears of pain trickled down his cheek, betraying his emotionless face. ~Please be well. Forget your childish worries Ascot. Forget your pride Lantis. Forget your past fate Eagle. Forget reality my Prince. Forget all reason Magic Knights. Give in to your heart…~
Disclaimer: I don't own Rayearth.
Chapter 2: Forget All Reason, Give In To Your Heart
"Okay class, that's about it. I don't think I missed anything. Oh yes! We have a new student; please welcome him when you all have time. I believe his name is Tyler Maxwell. Okay, dismissed." Said the teacher. The students on cue, bolted out the door a.s.a.p. While everyone was heading for the lunch line, Fuu who just came back from her snack decided to greet the new student. She saw a major crowd of people formed in a circle. A friend of hers came.
"Hey Fuu! Did you see the new sophomore? OOH!" she squealed in delight. "One TOTAL HUNK!" "Those gorgeous golden eyes…and that tousled green hair!!!"
"Uh…okay." Replied Fuu with a confused yet still polite voice. Then slowly, the crowd started walking away one by one. Fuu finally was able to make her way towards the new student. His back was turned to her at first.
"Hello." She said very politely. The teenager turned around quickly and his expressionless face broke into a huge lopsided grin.
"Hi!" he said winking at her.
"My name is Fuu Hououji. Nice to meet you." She said politely and gave a quick bow.
"Fuu Hououji? Unusual name. Doesn't it mean…wind?"
"Yes…it does."
"I am Tyler Maxwell." He said. Fuu didn't understand. But there was something familiar about this good-looking green haired youth. Her brain searched almost desperately for an answer. She suddenly pictured a boy like him, except with unusual clothes and some scars.
"Fe…" started Fuu unsure.
"Fe? Are you okay Fuu? Fuu?"
"Fe…ri…o?" she said. "Ferio!" she said once again with much more confidence.
"Huh?" at the moment…Tyler Maxwell was trying to keep that sincere smile, but somehow a familiar feeling was boiling inside of him, the way she called his name. ~Why is my heart beating so fast?~ Thought Tyler. "D…do I know you? I mean, have we met before?" asked Tyler unsure of what else to say.
"I…don't know…um…maybe?" said Fuu also very confused and annoyed.
"Hey…can I…walk you to lunch?"
"Sure…" replied Fuu blushing a bit. That was the start of a beautiful relationship…or maybe…the continuation of a beautiful relationship.
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~"I wanna do some good this time. I want to look back and have no regrets! And this time, it's gonna be from my own will."~
"Are you sure about this, Hikaru Shidou? This is a big job on top of your own dojo." Said the teacher, as Hikaru once again was so rudely jolted out of her thoughts.
"Huh? Of course it is! I want to do some good this time! I want to fight for our Kendo team because of my own will and not something forceful. And, I wanna look back at this and have no regrets of turning it down or accepting it." She finished paraphrasing sentences that automatically popped up in her mind.
"That was quiet a speech." Chuckled the teacher. "Oh, alright. You show them all you've got Miss. Shidou. Welcome to Rayearth."
"Thank you." Replied Hikaru with a small smile plastered on her face. She turned and was about to leave the room when the principle called for her again.
"Oh, Hikaru?" said the principle suddenly.
"Yes?"
"Now that your going to represent this school as the leader of the Kendo team, it is in you best interest to meet new people. You should head to the studio across the street from this school and sign up, and meet some boys." Said the teacher playfully. "You can go and show them your moves!" She joked having that be double meaning. But all Hikaru could say was…
"The moves?"
Umi yawned once again. So the assignment was entertaining, but school was still school. It's a good thing it just now ended. She was allowed to have the rest of the day off. ~And that's thanks to my brilliant fencing skills!~ She looked at her watch and ran out of the school, heading towards the studio. She quickly spotted Miss Cal.
"Hey!" said Umi energetically.
"Why hello yourself." Miss Cal said with a yawn. "You're a little early dear, but I'll sign you up anyway. I know the info so why don't you do me a favor…hm?"
"Sure…I don't see why not."
"Great! Please go to the ice cream parlor and meet my little brother. I totally forgot I had to do this. He has short brown hair and pretty green eyes that's usually covered by those bangs of his. Be a dear and go tell him I can't make it." Said Miss. Cal.
"Alright…why not? Bye." And with a wave she was gone without hearing Miss. Cal's thank you. She ran towards the parlor snickering at the thought of this guy, and if he talks all weird like her Lit. Teacher. When she walked into the parlor, she saw a man dressed in Cephiro High's senior uniform. He was exactly like how Miss Cal had described him with big bangs covering half his face. Umi walked towards him and giggled a bit until he raised his head to meet her gaze. His green eyes pierced through Umi's sapphire ones. She gasped seeing his pretty eyes.
"Uh…Miss?" asked the guy uncertainly
"Oh…um…my name is Umi Ryuuzaki and your sister told me she couldn't make it." Said Umi choking the words out. She waited for a reply, but all the guy can do was stare and memorize Umi's face. He finally spoke.
"I-I-I-I… see. I'm sorry she had to trouble you over this trivial thing." He bit the words out slowly.
"No trouble at all."
"I'm Scott. Scott Cal. W-Would…you like to stay? My treat." He said shyly.
"Sure Ascot…I would love to stay! I have to meet someone here later on anyways." Umi replied not realizing what she said.
"Ascot? That seems so familiar…" He went into to pensive mode.
"I'm sorry. Is that what I called you?" she said nervously.
"Y-Yeah, but it's all right. N-No problem. That's a really k-kewl name lol." ~That was soooo lame~ thought Scott.
"Okay then." And with both of them smiling, Umi pulled up a chair and sat in front of Ascot.
Tyler found Fuu to be quite the lady. Polite, soft spoken, sweet, and…~let's not forget beautiful. Wow, what a girl!~ They were at lunch and chatting about whatever came to mind. In simpler words, they hit it off extremely well. Most girls and guys passing by glared at the couple with envious looks.
"So, you have an older sister huh? K…uu Hououji…right?" said Tyler looking pensive…for once.
"Yes, that's her. Fer…I mean Tyler-san." She blushed at her constant slip.
"Hey, you can call me Ferio. It's no problem, I kinda like that name for some reason." He ended with a low chuckle. In turn, Fuu just blushed with embarrassment.
"Okay then, Ferio, what about your family?" asked Fuu almost shyly.
"Well, I was actually adopted." 'Ferio' said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"I'm sorry." She said feeling a bit guilty now. Ferio sensing her distress decided to change the subject. For some reason, he hated seeing her sad. It felt like an angel was crying, and that's exactly what Ferio thought. ~My angel. Whoa! Slow down there…MY angel?~ Their conversation came to an end as the bell rang.
"Hey Fuu! How about you and me go to the ice cream parlor near that studio after school? I'll meet ya at the front gate…k? We'll stop by the studio after since you told me you needed to sign up, so do I anyway." Ferio said, deciding to take the chance.
"It would be my pleasure." Replied Fuu with a small smile and a pretty horizon of red across her face.
While most young ladies are still in school listening to lectures during school, one young eleven year old look alike bounded happily towards the studio to sign up and get 'acquainted'. There she will meet with her rivals and possibly make some new friends. She will also be meeting her 'friend' Umi at the ice cream parlor next door right after. Everything is going to be perfect. As the studio came into view, she grinned and started taking longer strides to get there faster. She finally saw a line of girls and a line of guys separated, waiting to register from the inside of the glass doors. She walked up the tiny flight of stairs. She felt a fresh breath of air condition render the heat she felt outside, and play with her long braid. She attentively stood in line, anxious eyes roaming around to see all her will-be competitors. She almost couldn't contain herself from bouncing up and down and greeting everyone. As she looked around, her eyes set on someone who just walked in, also sizing everyone up. His gaze soon rested on her and they locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity when…
"Miss?" asked an uncertain voice from her side.
"Huh?" was all Hikaru could say as her attention was now drawn to the young lady with a heavy accent. She hadn't even realized that she was now in the front of the line.
"Come on little missy! I don't got all day, please stand aside." Said the beautiful young lady with pink hair, dressed in a skimpy out fit.
"Oh, um…I'm actually in the competition too!" replied Hikaru looking a bit sheepish. "My name is Hikaru Shidou, I'm going to transfer into Rayearth High and am representing it in this tournament against Celes, Windom, Autozam, and Cephiro High. I know my name is not on the list for Rayearth yet cause it isn't official, but I already talked to Sierra-san about this." She quickly finished and took a couple short breaths.
"Giggle my, my, my, and here I thought you were just some martial artist's little sister. Alright missy, so what tournament?"
"What do you mean?" answered Hikaru with question marks around her head.
"Well, it's either kendo, fencing, archery, gymnastics, other forms of actual martial arts, or other misc. stuff. Which one ya doin' missy?"
"Kendo. I had no idea they were going to do everything in one day. Oh, and I'm a sophomore." She was slightly embarrassed, knowing everyone thought she was a kid.
"Oh don't take what I said personally Hun! Your cute the way you are." She said with a wink and a sly grin. All Hikaru could do was flush. "Well your all signed up. Be here Saturday and bring all you need to practice in. Bring, not wear."
"T-thanks." A flushed Hikaru quickly turned and stepped out of line. She lifted her eyes and met that other guy's gaze once again. Crimson met amber. She felt her heart beet twice as fast as normal. She wouldn't be surprised if everyone could hear her heart beat. The man had a similar reaction. He just simply gazed into her crimson eyes and felt his heart shatter. For some reason he could not place, he felt as if his heart would break. ~This girl, her eyes seem to penetrate my soul. Why does my heart hurt like this?~
Hikaru didn't know what she was feeling, not once has she ever recalled feeling this way. ~This man…his eyes are so lonely, so sad.~ The magic was interrupted when someone put a hand on the man's shoulder. Hikaru looked away and hurried to greet others.
"Cam, you okay?" asked a deep almost emotionless voice.
"Huh? Oh I'm fine." Said 'Cam' as he turned his face to see his best friend since High School.
"So, what brings you here Lance?" asked 'Cam' quickly.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to…"
"Hey you two!" came a sudden voice. "Don't just stand around, are you boys going to register?" Said the blond haired man with a slight smirk.
"Why if it isn't our favorite PE teacher, Mr. Lafarga!" said 'Cam' while making his voice dripping with sarcasm but surprisingly polite as well.
"I don't got all day. Get your butts here now!" yelled Lafarga-san sternly. The two guys looked uncertain as they marched towards the desk where there used to be a line of guys.
"Cameron Vision, Autozam High, Senior, Kendo." Before the teacher could say anything, he was quickly silenced by,
"Lancer Sol, and everything else the same."
"Good, I went and figured but I guess you just had to waste my time as usually huh? I assume you know the schedule. Now get." And they did. Lancer didn't want to have anything else to do with these "looser" rivals as he puts it and was about to go until Cameron thought other wise. He quickly convinced him to be polite.
"Oh come on. We should meet people who we are going to be training with and seeing for a while for the next month. Just 'pretend' to enjoy it…k?" Cameron was hoping to get his friend's stoic figure to loosen up a bit. He had to think fast before his friend could ditch him and the rest of these 'could-be' friends. "Plus! I saw this r e a l l y cute girl signing up, and I wanna go find her." Lancer's posture was starting to relax and his demure attitude starting to slightly quiver, but Cameron knew it was going to take more then that to stop his friend from leaving. He forced his brain to work double time. "Don't you have a 'date' with Mera today?" Lancer suddenly flinched. ~Check and… "This will be a great excuse for not showing up, since we both know she is crazy and you have zero to negative one interest in her." Lancer smirked and nodded a bit at his friend and gazed sidelong to Cameron that clearly read, 'okay, you win'. Checkmate,~ thought Cameron with an innocent smile on his face.
"A table for two?" asked a sweet girl with an accent.
"Yep, that'll do." Said Ferio
"Please follow me." Ferio shyly grabbed Fuu's hand and led her to the table, following the hostess. Ferio and Fuu sat down and thanked the nice lady while she gave them menus and left. Fuu scanned her surrounding while Ferio looked intently at the menu.
"I've never been here even though it's the only place people can find students from Rayearth, Celes, Windom, Cephiro High, and Autozam High actually interact with each other in some way other then competition." Said Fuu admirably as she drank in the place, seeing many people in different uniforms. Ferio looked up from his menu.
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
"I always thought it was just an ice cream parlor, but not a café too."
"Go figure since it's called the Mokona Ice Cream Parlor. By the way, did you know I use to go to Cephiro High?"
"Huh? Really? I had no idea Ferio." Replied Fuu finally looking at Ferio. She flashed him one of her sweet trademark smiles that always cast a spell on Ferio. ~Dang, what is this girl doing to me. This is crazy, I'm feeling things people who JUST MET aren't suppose to feel! I-'m…in lo…~ "Ferio?"
"Y-yes?" he stuttered being caught off guard.
"Thank you so much for taking me here. It's a beautiful place and…thanks." She said with a loss of words.
"Yeah…beautiful." He answered gazing at Fuu while she absently studied the architecture of the place. He caught a nice profile; the side of Fuu's lovely face. She turned her head, 'feeling' Ferio's eyes on her. She blushed heavily when he chuckled.
"Is there s-something on my face?" she asked a bit hastily.
"Chuckle actually, yes." And gaining courage, he reached across the table and lightly took Fuu's glasses off. "Ya know, you're a lot prettier without your glasses." That being the only line that stuck out at him. Fuu gave him her little trademark gasp.
"Thank you." Was all she said with a blush creeping up. She smiled.
"Anyway…so like I'm like…totally like…" and as usual Cameron was talking to some girl with a nice figure and no brain. It's not like he wanted to start a conversation with her, but it seems like the female population wouldn't stop gaining up on him. Most girls who approached Lancer received 'the death glare' and quickly turned around or averted back to Cameron. Cam quickly cut the 'nice' lady off.
"I'm sorry, I uh…got to go…bye!" and with that, Cameron pulled Lancer away along with him. "Sigh G, now how many girls like that have we talked to?" asked Cameron uncertainly, but most likely disgusted. Lancer just looked at him lamely, and decided against his will to say, 'I told you so'.
"YOU…"corrected Lancer. "Talked to 12 girls so far and they ALL acted like that." Was all Lancer could say calmly through gritted teeth. Okay, not so calmly.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, so what? At least I held a conversation." Said Cameron while Lancer grimaced.
"Like, Hardly, like." Replied Lancer in a not so serious voice, attempting to mock that young ditz. All Cameron could do was stare and laugh while Lancer crossed his arms and turned, his back facing him.
"Okokokok, let's try to talk to the m…"
"Hi!" came a cheerful and a distinctly feminine voice. All Lancer could think of was…~I swear Cam, you are such a girl magnet. Might as well just post up a sign saying, 'Single and looking'.~
"Oh hey!" Lancer hearing how incredibly cheerful Cameron sounded was now a bit confused. His voice sure didn't sound like he wanted to leave this newfound girl anytime soon. He decided to turn around and see who just won his best friend's interest. He was surprised to see a beautiful girl with scarlet hair and eyes. They locked eyes, and crimson met violet. Separate thoughts roamed their minds.
~Such pretty eyes, the color of…Cephiro's skies?~
~Eyes of someone with a heart stronger than anyone else.~
"Uh…" Cameron rudely interrupted them.
"Oh! My name is Hikaru Shidou, please to meet you…both." She added on a second thought.
"Now, allow me to introduce myself. I am Eagle Vision of Autozam, commander of this fine vessel, the NSX." And right after he said it, he knew that it was the right thing to say despite not having a clue. He ran a hand nervously through his platinum hair.
"E-excuse me." Hikaru didn't want to admit it, but somehow he knew exactly what he was going to say before he said it.
"Um…"
"Cam, your hopeless. Lancer Sol. Nice to meet you." He said. He in turn also ran a hand through his raven hair.
"N-nice… to meet you." Replied Hikaru flashing a warm smile to both of them. ~Kawaii…~thought both men.
"Okay lol let me try again. My name is Cameron Vision. The honor is all mine." He said smiling also. "So, let's get some info from you, beautiful." Hikaru's face was about the color of her hair after he pulled one of those very old pick up lines.
"Uh…I'm a sophomore from Rayearth. I will be in Kendo." She finished slightly returning to a normal color while gaining composure. Cameron smiled even wider if it were possible.
"Well, what do you know? I'm doing Kendo too. I'm a senior, from Autozam High like him." Said Cameron pointing to the place where his best friend used to stand. "Uh…"
"Isn't that him?" asked Hikaru politely pointing behind Cameron. He quickly turned to find his friend being glomped by the one and only…
"Mera! Please…get off." Said Lancer
"Oh Lancy! Your soooo mean. You were suppose to take me out today, but you didn't show up. Sniff I went looking everywhere for you, but I couldn't find you! Then someone told me you were here and so I came…and here you are! Oh Lancy let's get out of here!" the sight was really quite funny. Cameron cleared his throat and Lancer with Mera hugging him turned towards the other two.
"I'm sorry for interrupting your, ahem private time. Anyways…Hikaru, meet Mera Pri. Captain of our cheerleading basketball team. Mera, this is Hikaru Shidou; sophomore, Rayearth." The girl finally ditatched herself from Lancer and walked haughtily towards Hikaru, long light blue tresses swaying back and forth. She glared at Hikaru.
"By the way, I happen to be Lancy's girlfriend. So don't you dare put the moves on my Lancy!" Mera yelled.
"The moves?" Hikaru asked and Lancer could have sworn he saw little cat ears popping up.
"While I'm usually easy going, but I'm pretty competitive when it comes to rivals in romance. So don't expect me to go easy on you." She said pointing a finger at the utterly confused girl.
"Mera, I am not your boyfriend." Lancer attempted.
"Yes you are! You saved my life and my daddy says I should date you and marry you when we get older!" she bounced up and down happily. She quickly turned back to Hikaru, fire in her eyes. Cameron could only sweatdrop.
"L-look Mera, we just met her." Cameron's words didn't even reach the anger-crazed girl.
"As you can see my Lancy is oh so very handsome. And he's also MINE!" screamed Mera. Lancer gave Cameron a look telling him to do something since Hikaru just kind of stood there. He quickly got in front of Hikaru, almost in a protective manner.
"Mera! Calm down. Don't you get it? She's N O T Lance's girlfriend." Said Cameron trying to calm her.
"YOU DARN RIGHT SHE ISN'T, CAUSE HE'S MINE!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Mera, silencing the whole studio. Everyone just stared, but a death glare from Lancer got everyone back to doing what he or she was doing. At this, Hikaru let out a small giggle from behind Cameron. "Oh, please tell me, what is soooooo funny?" hissed Mera.
"I just thought that Lantis always had a way with people, ya know, the commanding type. But he could never control you Primera. I just thought it was cute." Then Hikaru gasped realizing what she just said. It also silenced Mera quite well.
"I-I think so too." Mera finally said breaking the silence in the group.
"Excuse me…" and with that, Hikaru left quickly, followed by Cameron.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Cameron with gentleness.
"No…I'm not okay. I think I'm going crazy." Hikaru shivered, loosing all traces of how those lines had popped up.
"Your not crazy Karu. Uh…is it okay if I call you that? Heck, let's make it official. If I could, I would like to be friends with you, a stranger I set eyes on when I first walked in to this place." Cameron said to the girl with her face in her hands. "I'll let you rest k? I'm gonna go get those two, be right back." He was about to rush back when two little hands grasped his arms.
"Eagle?" They were both surprised, hearing what came out of Hikaru's mouth, but even more so when Cameron instinctively turned towards her. She smiled, making him catch his breath. "Only if I get to call you Eagle." She shyly said.
"Then Eagle, will be my name for now on, my lady." He said with a wink.
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Ferio and Fuu walked out of the parlor hand in hand. Fuu had put her glasses in her bag and they were heading towards the studio right next door. When they were close to the sliding doors, they saw a funny sight. A tall handsome man with a serious face walked out with a jumpy cute girl dangling all over him, and continuously laughing. Ferio lightly squeezed her hand and she averted her gaze to him, and saw him trying to contain his laughter. Fuu just smiled and squeezed back. The couple past and right when Ferio and Fuu were about to go through the sliding doors, another couple walked out and they went their separate ways at the exact same time. All of a sudden Fuu felt a terrible emptiness stab through her almost painfully. She gasped out loud and quickly glanced to her right and emerald met ruby without stopping. Then the sliding doors closed, separating them from destiny.
"Fuu? Fuu?" asked Ferio hastily.
"Huh?"
"Are you okay." Said Ferio as he cupped her face and wiped away her tears with his thumb.
"I…I don't know." ~Why am I crying?~
"Do you want to sit down?"
"I-I-I-I…" Fuu tried to say but only ended up gasping for breath as the tears kept coming. Continuous sobs racked her body needing her to painfully gasp for breath. Ferio quickly led her farther away from the sliding door and let her stand near the corner. He had no clue what to do, so he let instinct take over. He wrapped his arms around her and felt her arms responding, wrapping them around his waist. He just stood there and let her cry into his shoulder as he tried to play out the events of what just happened. Try as he may, but the only thing he could think of was the precious bundle he was holding in his arms.
She ignored the pain she felt when she walked past the sliding glass door of the studio. ~That girl with emerald eyes and that sad look she gave me…it was like she was apologizing.~ Her thoughts ended when that stab of emptiness became worse. Her steps faltered and she almost fell.
"Whoa! Karu?" 'Eagle' wanted to press on, but he couldn't see her face because it was facing towards the ground and her hair was like a mini- curtain. He quickly led her towards a near by wall. He had both arms supporting her on the ground, while he was kneeling. "Karu?" he asked again uncertain. He was about to help her stand up when her hands fell from his hands and onto the ground. Then he noticed how the ground was marked with little splash marks. He heard and agonizing gasp from her. "Oh…Karu…" he said, sympathetically. ~Watching her like this is killing me…~he thought. He then heard her take a long shaky breath, trying to control herself. "No, that's not going to work. Let it out Karu…you'll feel better." He said while embracing her. He slowly sat on a bench with her next to him and his hands on her shoulders. He caressed her cheek and lifted her chin up to see her pretty crimson eyes sparkling with unshed tears. She attempted to explain.
"Gasp I-I'm…" the tears kept coming and wouldn't stop.
"No…it's okay. People always have feelings they can't control." He said taking her into his arms. All she could do was keep crying. Her hands on his chest and sobs were racking her small frame as Eagle put his arms around her protectively.
In a distance, a certain mage looked on. Tears of pain trickled down his cheek, betraying his emotionless face. ~Please be well. Forget your childish worries Ascot. Forget your pride Lantis. Forget your past fate Eagle. Forget reality my Prince. Forget all reason Magic Knights. Give in to your heart…~