Memories
Chapter Nine
~Selene Serenity~
Disclaimer: I don't own MKR. It is property of CLAMP. This fanfic does belong to me though so please don't copy or steal it.
Author's Notes: Hey look! Another chapter of Memories So what do you think so far? I hope everyone is enjoying it! Well let's get right to the story.
~Chapter Nine~
Clef, Presea, Umi, Fuu, Ascot, Ferio, Eagle, Geo, Zazu, Caldina and Lafarga were all walking together through a terrible snowstorm. Suddenly they heard a faint voice up above. They all looked up and spotted Fyula flying to them. On his back were Hikaru and Lantis calling for them and waving. "There they are. Fyula usually goes a little faster than that. Oh well." Clef shrugged. As Fyula came closer to the ground he became slower and slower until he stopped completely. Then he disappeared into Clef's staff leaving Hikaru and Lantis falling to the ground. Lantis took hold of Hikaru and covered her as they hit the ground so she didn't get hurt. As they sat up after the fall they helped each other up and Hikaru thanked Lantis by giving him a soft kiss on the cheek. "What happened Clef?" Umi wondered. "I'm not sure.wait.some of you, try using magic." Clef told the others. Ascot drew out the summoning circle in the air. "Beast, I summon thee!" He cried. Nothing happened. Caldina tried an illusion dance but once again nothing happened. "What the?" She gasped. "Just what I thought." Clef nodded. "What is it?" Presea asked. "This storm is stopping our magic. The power is still within us but this storm is magical and is not allowing us to use the magic." He explained. "So it looks like we're going to be walking to the castle. "Great." Everyone sighed. A few minutes later Umi and Fuu were shivering like crazy and were starting to turn blue. "Fuu, are you feeling okay?" Ferio asked. He too was cold but Fuu seemed much worse. Fuu sneezed. "I'm just very cold that's all." She stuttered. "Why are Umi and Fuu so cold?" Hikaru asked Clef. "I'm not cold at all." Clef, who until now had been just as confused about it, figured it out. "That's it! It's the elements of your magic. Umi and Fuu control Wind and Water which are the colder elements of the three, But Hikaru over here is fine because her power is fire. So the magic of the storm is making Umi and Fuu worse." He explained to everyone. "Here Fuu." Ferio handed her his cape and wrapped it around her. He then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to share what little heat he had. "Um." Ascot stuttered. "I don't have a cape or anything that will keep you warm but, um.here." He too stepped closer to Umi and wrapped his arms around her and continued to walk with her. "Thank-you Ascot." Umi chattered. Night came and the sky darkened but the storm did not let up. "We're going to have to stop." La Farga announced. "I don't think anybody has the energy to continue on without a good sleep." He was now holding on to Caldina as well. (AN: I mean think about what the girl wears!) "Okay everyone lets stop here." Clef agreed and pointed to some of the few trees they had come upon. "There will be less snow under there." *** Umi lay awake in the middle of the night. She was freezing and her shivering and chattering was proof. "Umi.are you still awake?" She heard Ascot ask from a small distance in the darkness. "Yyyyyeeeessss." She managed to say. "Still cold I see." "Ya." She then heard shuffling from where his voice came from and soon he was standing next to her. He slowly knelt down then kneeled down next to her. "You don't mind do you?" He asked. Umi could tell he was blushing just by his voice. She cuddled up next to him, her arms wrapped around him, her head lying on his chest. "I don't mind." She whispered. "Do you?" Ascot wrapped his arm her cold, frozen body and buried his face in her hair. *** "Now don't you tow look comfortable." A voice chimed in Umi and Ascot's ears. They slowly awoke thanks to voice. It was now early morning. The voice belonged to Ferio, who was now grinning broadly at them. Umi and Ascot sat up and both blushed. Caldina slammed her elbow into Ferio's head. "Why don't you swallow your words? You and Fuu were in the same position a minute ago." "Oh really?" Umi was the one grinning now, while Ascot had moved from a deep crimson to a light rose. "I suggest we all get going now." Geo laughed as he passed by the scene. The snow was still falling and the wind was still blowing so Umi stayed close to Ascot and Fuu near Ferio. As they continued to walk the storm began to die down, until it was gone completely. They were standing in green grass, surrounded by trees, flowers and animals. Hikaru looked back and the storm still stood there. She shook her head. "Cephiro is so weird." She sighed. "Is it now?" Lantis asked and held her in his arms. "But I wouldn't trade it for anything!" Hikaru giggled. "That's always good." Lantis smiled at her. Eagle stood off in the distance starring sadly at the couple. "Look at them." He sighed. "I could never make either of them smile like that." A rather large hand landed on his shoulder. "Don't worry buddy." It was Geo. They might smile like that for you but they both love you very much." He told Eagle. "You bet Eagle!" Zazu gave him the thumbs up sign. "Thanks guys." Eagle smiled at his two friends. Lantis and Hikaru had noticed Eagles sad look. They looked back at each other and they nodded, as if they knew each other's thoughts. Lantis let Hikaru down and she run at Eagle and hugged him, practically pushing him to the ground. "Please don't look sad Eagle!" She begged. "I don't like it when you're sad!" "Uh." Eagle blinked at the girl he now held in his hands. "And neither do I." Lantis said behind him and put his hand on Eagle's free shoulder. Eagle gave and individual smile to Lantis, Hikaru, Geo and Zazu. "Thank-you everyone." Hikaru squeezed Eagle in a tighter hug. "Now that's much better!" She smiled widely. "Hey you five! Let's go!" Umi called out. They all turned to where her voice had come from. All the others were all ready on Clef's Gryphon, ready to go. "Come on!" Hikaru smiled as she took Eagle and Lantis's hands and they head to the giant creature with Geo and Zazu following behind them. *** When they reached the castle they decided to freshen up before they planned against Shatano. Umi was planning on taking a nice warm shower the first chance she got. She grabbed some bath supplies and started to the private showers. On the way she bumped into Caldina. "Oh hey there little missy!" Caldina smiled. "Going to take a shower?" She asked. "Ya, it should feel great after all that snow." Umi sighed. "Well I started a shower up so you can go right ahead and use it." Caldina offered. "Really Caldina? Oh that was so nice of you. Thanks!" Umi smiled with appreciation and dashed to the shower. As she left a small smiled played on Caldina's lips. *** Ascot sat on his bed when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!" He called. The door opened and Caldina walked in. "Hey Ascot! How are you?" She asked as she sat down next to him. "I'm exhausted." He sighed and flopped down on the bed. "Why don't you go take a nice shower? That should make you feel better." She suggested. "You know what? That's sounds like a good idea." Ascot agreed. "Good! Because I started a private shower just for you!" Caldina jumped up. "The third one." "Thanks Caldina that's really nice of you." Ascot said as he grabbed his bath supplies and left the room. The smile spread across Caldina's face now. Ascot hummed a bit as he walked into the bathroom. He placed his things on the ground then walked over to the shower to test the water to see if it was too warm. Suddenly he noticed he wasn't alone. He slowly lifted his head and there stood Umi. *** Caldina leaned against the door to the bathroom so she could hear in. "3, 2, 1" She whispered. *** "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Umi and Ascot screamed together. Ascot ducked away from the shower and covered his face with his hands and blushed like there was no tomorrow. Umi shut the water off reached her hand out of the shower and grabbed a towel. She pulled it in the shower and wrapped it around her. She opened the shower curtain and stepped out with a furious face. "You can look now." She sighed. Ascot slowly peeled his hands from his face and looked into Umi's eyes, which were filled with anger. Umi whacked Ascot on the shoulder. "What even provoked you to think of doing this Ascot!? This isn't like you! Why'd you do it?" "Umi! You have to listen! I didn't do this on purpose! Caldina said this bathroom was empty!" Ascot explained frantically. "Say that again?" Umi said, her eyes narrowing. "Which part?" Ascot wondered. "Never mind you said Caldina. She told me that the bathroom was for me so she knew I was in her. Ascot was now standing up and the two of them were starring at each other. "CALDINA!!!!!!!!!!" The shouted and dashed for the door. *** "Uh oh." Caldina squeaked and ran to her room. Hikaru, Lantis, Fuu and Ferio were heading to the separate bathrooms for showers when Caldina dashed passed them. She was running so fast that the wind picked up and knocked all their bath supplies to the floor. "Ya.okay." They all sweatdropped. La Farga had been sitting in his room, which was connected to Caldina's room. Caldina skidded to a stop in front of him. "I've been in my room the entire time." She told him then ran into her room slamming the door behind her. "Sure." La Farga sighed. Hikaru, Fuu, Ferio and Lantis had just picked up all their things when Umi and Ascot ran past them. They were going even faster than Caldina had. Their things were thrown to the floor again. "Okay, now it's just getting old!" Ferio shouted at them and grumbled as he went to pick up his things as the others were now doing. Umi and Ascot burst into the room. La Farga had a shocked expression. He wasn't surprised that they were there; he knew Caldina's outburst had something to do with them. He was surprised because Umi was wearing a towel. "Where's Caldina?" She demanded. "She's been in here room the entire time." La Farga replied without any emotion. "Nice try." Ascot winked as Umi dragged him into the room. Caldina was sitting on her bed just waiting for the two. Umi smashed the door open and the two marched right up to her. "Caldina what was that about!?" Ascot demanded. "I mean this was just going too far!" Umi shook her fist. "Well I'm sorry but your little 'relationship' needed a little push!" Caldina replied, using finger quotes when she said relationship. "I mean Ascot hasn't made a move since out in the storm!" "You really don't think I can do this on my own do you!?" Ascot demanded. "Well you're not exactly the brave type of person you know!" They were now in each other's faces. "Don't think I'm brave do you!?" Ascot exploded. "Well who's this for brave?" He pulled Umi close to him and leaned down to give her a long, beautiful kiss. Umi's eyes widened in shock but the took her hands and hung them around Ascot's neck and kissed him back. Caldina smirked and slid out of the room. She silently closed the door. She walked over towards La Farga and clapped her hands together in triumph. La Farga cleared his throat and took Caldina's hands. "You know you really need to learn to stay out of other people's love lives and keep track of your own." He smiled. "La Farga?" Caldina blinked. With that La Farga bent down and kissed Caldina, just as much as Ascot had kissed Umi. *** Umi and Ascot eventually broke their kiss and they just stood there starring at each other. "Um, Umi, could I ask you something?" Ascot asked as his face blushed. "Sure Ascot." Umi smiled. Ascot dug into one of his pockets and pulled something out of his pocket. "I've been waiting for a while to ask you this, but." He got down on one knee. "Would you marry me?" He said as he lifted the top of the case in his hand. In the box was a silver ring with some type of Cephirian stone on it. Umi gasped. She couldn't believe what was happening. She didn't need to give it a second thought. She knelt down with Ascot and hugged him tightly, crying the whole time. "Of course I will!" She cried. "You will?" Ascot squeaked. "What? Did you think I was going to say no!?" Umi laughed. "But why don't we keep this a secret and wait to see when the Lantis and Ferio get the guts to propose to Hikaru and Fuu!" She giggled. "All right." Ascot agreed. "But you better take the ring. I'm afraid I'll lose it." "Okay." Umi agreed. She cleared her throat. "I better go change now." "Right." Ascot blushed and remembered she was still, only in a towel.
Author's notes: So what'd you all think!? I loved writing this chapter sooooooooo much. I hoped you enjoyed reading it just as much. There should be more F+F and H+L up ahead and the final battle with Shatano so keep a look out for it!
Disclaimer: I don't own MKR. It is property of CLAMP. This fanfic does belong to me though so please don't copy or steal it.
Author's Notes: Hey look! Another chapter of Memories So what do you think so far? I hope everyone is enjoying it! Well let's get right to the story.
~Chapter Nine~
Clef, Presea, Umi, Fuu, Ascot, Ferio, Eagle, Geo, Zazu, Caldina and Lafarga were all walking together through a terrible snowstorm. Suddenly they heard a faint voice up above. They all looked up and spotted Fyula flying to them. On his back were Hikaru and Lantis calling for them and waving. "There they are. Fyula usually goes a little faster than that. Oh well." Clef shrugged. As Fyula came closer to the ground he became slower and slower until he stopped completely. Then he disappeared into Clef's staff leaving Hikaru and Lantis falling to the ground. Lantis took hold of Hikaru and covered her as they hit the ground so she didn't get hurt. As they sat up after the fall they helped each other up and Hikaru thanked Lantis by giving him a soft kiss on the cheek. "What happened Clef?" Umi wondered. "I'm not sure.wait.some of you, try using magic." Clef told the others. Ascot drew out the summoning circle in the air. "Beast, I summon thee!" He cried. Nothing happened. Caldina tried an illusion dance but once again nothing happened. "What the?" She gasped. "Just what I thought." Clef nodded. "What is it?" Presea asked. "This storm is stopping our magic. The power is still within us but this storm is magical and is not allowing us to use the magic." He explained. "So it looks like we're going to be walking to the castle. "Great." Everyone sighed. A few minutes later Umi and Fuu were shivering like crazy and were starting to turn blue. "Fuu, are you feeling okay?" Ferio asked. He too was cold but Fuu seemed much worse. Fuu sneezed. "I'm just very cold that's all." She stuttered. "Why are Umi and Fuu so cold?" Hikaru asked Clef. "I'm not cold at all." Clef, who until now had been just as confused about it, figured it out. "That's it! It's the elements of your magic. Umi and Fuu control Wind and Water which are the colder elements of the three, But Hikaru over here is fine because her power is fire. So the magic of the storm is making Umi and Fuu worse." He explained to everyone. "Here Fuu." Ferio handed her his cape and wrapped it around her. He then wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to share what little heat he had. "Um." Ascot stuttered. "I don't have a cape or anything that will keep you warm but, um.here." He too stepped closer to Umi and wrapped his arms around her and continued to walk with her. "Thank-you Ascot." Umi chattered. Night came and the sky darkened but the storm did not let up. "We're going to have to stop." La Farga announced. "I don't think anybody has the energy to continue on without a good sleep." He was now holding on to Caldina as well. (AN: I mean think about what the girl wears!) "Okay everyone lets stop here." Clef agreed and pointed to some of the few trees they had come upon. "There will be less snow under there." *** Umi lay awake in the middle of the night. She was freezing and her shivering and chattering was proof. "Umi.are you still awake?" She heard Ascot ask from a small distance in the darkness. "Yyyyyeeeessss." She managed to say. "Still cold I see." "Ya." She then heard shuffling from where his voice came from and soon he was standing next to her. He slowly knelt down then kneeled down next to her. "You don't mind do you?" He asked. Umi could tell he was blushing just by his voice. She cuddled up next to him, her arms wrapped around him, her head lying on his chest. "I don't mind." She whispered. "Do you?" Ascot wrapped his arm her cold, frozen body and buried his face in her hair. *** "Now don't you tow look comfortable." A voice chimed in Umi and Ascot's ears. They slowly awoke thanks to voice. It was now early morning. The voice belonged to Ferio, who was now grinning broadly at them. Umi and Ascot sat up and both blushed. Caldina slammed her elbow into Ferio's head. "Why don't you swallow your words? You and Fuu were in the same position a minute ago." "Oh really?" Umi was the one grinning now, while Ascot had moved from a deep crimson to a light rose. "I suggest we all get going now." Geo laughed as he passed by the scene. The snow was still falling and the wind was still blowing so Umi stayed close to Ascot and Fuu near Ferio. As they continued to walk the storm began to die down, until it was gone completely. They were standing in green grass, surrounded by trees, flowers and animals. Hikaru looked back and the storm still stood there. She shook her head. "Cephiro is so weird." She sighed. "Is it now?" Lantis asked and held her in his arms. "But I wouldn't trade it for anything!" Hikaru giggled. "That's always good." Lantis smiled at her. Eagle stood off in the distance starring sadly at the couple. "Look at them." He sighed. "I could never make either of them smile like that." A rather large hand landed on his shoulder. "Don't worry buddy." It was Geo. They might smile like that for you but they both love you very much." He told Eagle. "You bet Eagle!" Zazu gave him the thumbs up sign. "Thanks guys." Eagle smiled at his two friends. Lantis and Hikaru had noticed Eagles sad look. They looked back at each other and they nodded, as if they knew each other's thoughts. Lantis let Hikaru down and she run at Eagle and hugged him, practically pushing him to the ground. "Please don't look sad Eagle!" She begged. "I don't like it when you're sad!" "Uh." Eagle blinked at the girl he now held in his hands. "And neither do I." Lantis said behind him and put his hand on Eagle's free shoulder. Eagle gave and individual smile to Lantis, Hikaru, Geo and Zazu. "Thank-you everyone." Hikaru squeezed Eagle in a tighter hug. "Now that's much better!" She smiled widely. "Hey you five! Let's go!" Umi called out. They all turned to where her voice had come from. All the others were all ready on Clef's Gryphon, ready to go. "Come on!" Hikaru smiled as she took Eagle and Lantis's hands and they head to the giant creature with Geo and Zazu following behind them. *** When they reached the castle they decided to freshen up before they planned against Shatano. Umi was planning on taking a nice warm shower the first chance she got. She grabbed some bath supplies and started to the private showers. On the way she bumped into Caldina. "Oh hey there little missy!" Caldina smiled. "Going to take a shower?" She asked. "Ya, it should feel great after all that snow." Umi sighed. "Well I started a shower up so you can go right ahead and use it." Caldina offered. "Really Caldina? Oh that was so nice of you. Thanks!" Umi smiled with appreciation and dashed to the shower. As she left a small smiled played on Caldina's lips. *** Ascot sat on his bed when there was a knock at the door. "Come in!" He called. The door opened and Caldina walked in. "Hey Ascot! How are you?" She asked as she sat down next to him. "I'm exhausted." He sighed and flopped down on the bed. "Why don't you go take a nice shower? That should make you feel better." She suggested. "You know what? That's sounds like a good idea." Ascot agreed. "Good! Because I started a private shower just for you!" Caldina jumped up. "The third one." "Thanks Caldina that's really nice of you." Ascot said as he grabbed his bath supplies and left the room. The smile spread across Caldina's face now. Ascot hummed a bit as he walked into the bathroom. He placed his things on the ground then walked over to the shower to test the water to see if it was too warm. Suddenly he noticed he wasn't alone. He slowly lifted his head and there stood Umi. *** Caldina leaned against the door to the bathroom so she could hear in. "3, 2, 1" She whispered. *** "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Umi and Ascot screamed together. Ascot ducked away from the shower and covered his face with his hands and blushed like there was no tomorrow. Umi shut the water off reached her hand out of the shower and grabbed a towel. She pulled it in the shower and wrapped it around her. She opened the shower curtain and stepped out with a furious face. "You can look now." She sighed. Ascot slowly peeled his hands from his face and looked into Umi's eyes, which were filled with anger. Umi whacked Ascot on the shoulder. "What even provoked you to think of doing this Ascot!? This isn't like you! Why'd you do it?" "Umi! You have to listen! I didn't do this on purpose! Caldina said this bathroom was empty!" Ascot explained frantically. "Say that again?" Umi said, her eyes narrowing. "Which part?" Ascot wondered. "Never mind you said Caldina. She told me that the bathroom was for me so she knew I was in her. Ascot was now standing up and the two of them were starring at each other. "CALDINA!!!!!!!!!!" The shouted and dashed for the door. *** "Uh oh." Caldina squeaked and ran to her room. Hikaru, Lantis, Fuu and Ferio were heading to the separate bathrooms for showers when Caldina dashed passed them. She was running so fast that the wind picked up and knocked all their bath supplies to the floor. "Ya.okay." They all sweatdropped. La Farga had been sitting in his room, which was connected to Caldina's room. Caldina skidded to a stop in front of him. "I've been in my room the entire time." She told him then ran into her room slamming the door behind her. "Sure." La Farga sighed. Hikaru, Fuu, Ferio and Lantis had just picked up all their things when Umi and Ascot ran past them. They were going even faster than Caldina had. Their things were thrown to the floor again. "Okay, now it's just getting old!" Ferio shouted at them and grumbled as he went to pick up his things as the others were now doing. Umi and Ascot burst into the room. La Farga had a shocked expression. He wasn't surprised that they were there; he knew Caldina's outburst had something to do with them. He was surprised because Umi was wearing a towel. "Where's Caldina?" She demanded. "She's been in here room the entire time." La Farga replied without any emotion. "Nice try." Ascot winked as Umi dragged him into the room. Caldina was sitting on her bed just waiting for the two. Umi smashed the door open and the two marched right up to her. "Caldina what was that about!?" Ascot demanded. "I mean this was just going too far!" Umi shook her fist. "Well I'm sorry but your little 'relationship' needed a little push!" Caldina replied, using finger quotes when she said relationship. "I mean Ascot hasn't made a move since out in the storm!" "You really don't think I can do this on my own do you!?" Ascot demanded. "Well you're not exactly the brave type of person you know!" They were now in each other's faces. "Don't think I'm brave do you!?" Ascot exploded. "Well who's this for brave?" He pulled Umi close to him and leaned down to give her a long, beautiful kiss. Umi's eyes widened in shock but the took her hands and hung them around Ascot's neck and kissed him back. Caldina smirked and slid out of the room. She silently closed the door. She walked over towards La Farga and clapped her hands together in triumph. La Farga cleared his throat and took Caldina's hands. "You know you really need to learn to stay out of other people's love lives and keep track of your own." He smiled. "La Farga?" Caldina blinked. With that La Farga bent down and kissed Caldina, just as much as Ascot had kissed Umi. *** Umi and Ascot eventually broke their kiss and they just stood there starring at each other. "Um, Umi, could I ask you something?" Ascot asked as his face blushed. "Sure Ascot." Umi smiled. Ascot dug into one of his pockets and pulled something out of his pocket. "I've been waiting for a while to ask you this, but." He got down on one knee. "Would you marry me?" He said as he lifted the top of the case in his hand. In the box was a silver ring with some type of Cephirian stone on it. Umi gasped. She couldn't believe what was happening. She didn't need to give it a second thought. She knelt down with Ascot and hugged him tightly, crying the whole time. "Of course I will!" She cried. "You will?" Ascot squeaked. "What? Did you think I was going to say no!?" Umi laughed. "But why don't we keep this a secret and wait to see when the Lantis and Ferio get the guts to propose to Hikaru and Fuu!" She giggled. "All right." Ascot agreed. "But you better take the ring. I'm afraid I'll lose it." "Okay." Umi agreed. She cleared her throat. "I better go change now." "Right." Ascot blushed and remembered she was still, only in a towel.
Author's notes: So what'd you all think!? I loved writing this chapter sooooooooo much. I hoped you enjoyed reading it just as much. There should be more F+F and H+L up ahead and the final battle with Shatano so keep a look out for it!