I think this is the longest chapter I've posted thus far. Sorry if it seems a bit long, this is the best
place I could find to stop it, without it dragging on another few pages. Well, I hope you like
chapter5. I have eight reviews!!! =)
The Ring of Light: Part 5
Hikaru, Umi, and Toya are in a well lit library with bookshelves, overflowing with books,
placed in rows from wall to wall, except for a moderately sized sitting area where Toya and Umi
sit at different areas poring through books strewn all over the floor, hoping to find some
information on Aya's ring and or necklace. Hikaru is digging for more books in one of the
bookshelves. "Hey! Look what I found!" She says bubbling with excitement. Toya and Umi jump
up from their book encircled spots and rush over to Hikaru, where they curiously stare at her
while holding their breath. Hikaru pulls a small book out of the shelf and shows it to the two. "I
found the forth Fushigi Yugi book! I've been looking for it forever!" She pauses with an
extremely clueless look on her face. "I wonder how it got here?" Toya and Umi exchange a
mutual glance and mutter under their breath. "How much more dense can she get?" Toya returns
to his spot, picks up a random book and starts flipping pages. "Hikaru, we're supposed to be
looking for info on Aya's jewelry, not reading comic books!" Umi says angrily. Hikaru turns to
Umi to have water splash in her face. Hikaru is wide- eyed, and stunned for a moment, then she
carefully and gently deposits the book back on the shelf and lunges for Umi, who dodges and
conjures a puddle at Hikaru's feet. Hikaru goes slipping through the rows of bookcases into the
wall, where she collapses to the floor. Toya, ignoring the noise, continues to flip through a book.
"It's a good thing the floor is wood, cleanup wont take long." He sighs. Hikaru slowly pushes
herself up off the floor with a bruise forming on her left cheek. "BLUE, your so dead! You're
goin' to pay for that!" She screams across the room at Umi. "Oh yeah, come and get me Miss
Pyro." Umi says threateningly. Hikaru forms a fireball in her hand and is about to fling it at Umi
when Toya jumps up, his hands above his head in a surrendering gesture. "Woah! Hey no fire in
the house, you know the rules, take it outside." He points to a side door. Umi runs out of the
doors leading from the library tailed by Hikaru who leaves the doors wide open. They race across
level ground, the perfect spot for a fight. Toya watches wisps of flame and torrents of water fly
back and forth pass the door, with an occasional wet Hikaru, and singed Umi. They eventually
abandon their powers and start an all-out brawl, with dust clouds starting to lift. Toya shakes his
head and walks toward the door. "I think this has gone far enough." He walks outside, and up to
the two girls completely oblivious to him. "Okay, okay, break it up." They continue to wrestle.
Toya sighs and waves his hands to his sides. Umi and Hikaru are pulled away from each other,
struggling to get back at one another. Toya moves them closer, so there is a gape five feet wide
between them as they are floating two feat above the ground. When the two stop struggling,
realizing they can't get out of their invisible bonds, Toya speaks. "Well, don't you two look
pretty!" He said with obvious sarcasm and scorn. Umi's hair is frizzed and in disarray, she has a
nasty bruise on her chin, blood trickling down the corner of her mouth, (Thanks to one of
Hikaru's punches no doubt.) and singed clothes. Hikaru is sopping wet with scratch marks all
over, blood beginning to well at spots. Both are covered in dirt, or mud in Hikaru's case. Toya
steps in the void between them to stop there acid glares. "When will you two learn to leave each
other alone? Your going to kill each other!" Hikaru and Umi yell in unison. "That's the POINT!"
Sakura, Fuu and Aya speed up the driveway to this welcoming scene. Aya jumps off the
bike as soon as it stops and collapses to the ground followed by Fuu. They both tear off their
helmets gasping for breath. Aya manages to say "And she has a license?!" Fuu shakes her head
while holding her stomach. "I never said that." She said calmly. Aya looks at Fuu in shock while
she continues. "I said she could drive; I never said she had a license." She uttered quite matter of
factly. "I don't see why we were in such a hurry, though." She inquired to Sakura, who was
getting off of her motorcycle and lifted the visor of her helmet. "Can't you see we missed another
battle of the opposing forces!" She said sounding rather disappointed while pointing at Toya,
Umi, and Hikaru. Fuu turned back to Aya. "I guess she isn't used to driving with the extra weight
on the motorcycle. But you learned to 'lean' pretty quickly." She said encouragingly "If I hadn't
we wouldn't have made it a block away from the school!!"Aya squeaked. Sakura, who was now
walking toward the captives and their captor, said. "The best way to learn is under pressure, ya'
know. . . So Toya, have you settled everything here, or do these two need a time out?" She said
teasingly. Hikaru and Umi glared at Sakura, rage and hate clearly shown in their eyes. Sakura
backed away. "Yikes, sorry! No offense meant!" "Sakura, didn't you have some information to
tell Aya" Fuu said as Aya and her joined the motley group. "Yeah, that's right. Lets go inside
though." Sakura said while walking towards the wide open door. Fuu followed next, with Toya
and his captives next, and Aya brining up the rear looking at the floating girls curiously. "Can we
be let go when we get inside, or are we going to be bound all day?!" Hikaru complained.
Inside Toya is sitting back in his studying spot leaning against a bookcase with his arms
crossed over his chest. Hikaru is sitting to his right, now happily unbound (But still muddy)
flipping through the Fushigi Yugi book she had found earlier, Sakura is seated to her right. Aya
is sitting in a chair opposite Toya near a table where Fuu and Umi sit. Umi is actively drawing on
a paper in front of her. Sakura launches into her discussion of the information she discovered.
"Okay, like I said, last night I searched through some of the books in here. I found a very good
book last night, but it seems grandma has put it away, I'll go look for it." She gets up and goes
into one of the many rows of books. Aya leans over to the table. "Fuu, what does she mean
'grandma'?" "Well, we all call Hikaru's grandmother 'grandma'." "Oh. . ." Aya nods. Sakura's
voice is heard from the bookcases. "Hmm. . . This is where I found it before. . . Well, anyways, it
mentioned several rings and a few other objects with special properties." Sakura walks to a
different isle. "There were the rings of fire," Hikaru bows. "water," Umi quickly looks up from
her drawing. Aya, who is listening intently, scoots her chair next to Umi to see what she is
drawing. "Wind, that would be me, and earth." Fuu looks at her ring. "As you may have noticed,
these four rings symbolize the four elements." Sakura walks between another pair of bookcases.
Fuu whispers to Aya and Umi. "Since when does she know so much about this!?" "I guess since
last night." Aya says. Sakura continues to explain. "But other rings harness other powers that can
be just as powerful. Such as Toya's, the ring of telekinesis. . . AH HA!!! I found it!"
"Finally!"Umi mutters. Sakura rushes back to where she was previously sitting and flips back
and forth through the ancient book in her hands until she finds what she is looking for. "A few
other rings would be: telepathy, shape-shifting, light and darkness, bodily possession, and
illusion for example. The list is pretty long." "What do you mean? Does the book actually have a
list?!" Fuu sais breathlessly. "Uh huh, It also has pages dedicated to each object." Sakura says
casually. Fuu gets up and snatches the worn book away from Sakura. "HEY." She objects. Fuu
flips to the cover of the book. "'The Tome of Ancient Artifacts'! It is soooo obvious. . . Why
could we not find this book before now?" Everyone looks at Sakura. "WHAT?!!" She pleads.
"Where," Fuu shakes her head. "HOW did you find this?!" She continues to interrogate Sakura in
the background. At the table, Aya and Umi are whispering as Umi continues to draw avidly.
Hikaru, who has been curiously been watching Umi draw over the top of her book whispers to
Toya, who is paying attention to Fuu and Sakura. "Hey Toya, do you think you could pull that
drawing of Umi's over here so I could take a peek at it?" She begs. Toya looks at Hikaru who
puts on a pleading face. "Okay, cut the act." Hikaru hugs Toya. "Thanks!" "No problem." He
says cooly as he waves his hand, and the paper flies out from under Umi's arm. Umi tries to
catch the paper as it lifts of the desk, but misses. She then shrugs and turns to listen to Fuu and
Sakura. Aya watches Toya and Hikaru with interest. The paper slips into Toya's hand. He looks
at it and holds back a grin. "Are you sure you want to see this, Hikaru?" He asks. "Of course I'm
sure I want to see it. I asked you to get it for me, didn't I?!" Toya passes the paper to her, and she
snatches it. As soon as her eyes glide over the paper her face turns a vivid red and her eyes get
extremely wide. The paper depicts a dosing Hikaru, who is dreaming of kissing Toya. Hikaru
crumples up the picture in one hand and envelopes it in flames, rage sparked anew in her eyes.
Her face still burning, she clears her throat. "Well! That was a perfect, UNTRUTHFUL, display
of Umi's artistic ability!" Aya is covering her mouth with one hand, trying to hide her
amusement from Hikaru. Toya can't help not to laugh as well. Hikaru ignores Aya and Toya
while she gets up and stomps her way over to the arguing duo. She grabs Sakura by the collar of
her uniform. "Where did you find the book?!" She yells into Sakura's face. Umi and Fuu are
ready to back Sakura up if things get to close. "Calm down! You don't have to be so
brutal."Sakura whines. Hikaru glares at her, not having to say a word as flames dance in her eyes
and Sakura's collar gets extremely hot. "Okay! Okay! I'll talk, just let go of me you postal pyro!
What's your problem? I didn't do anything!" She demands as she is trying to squirm out of her
Hikaru's grasp. Hikaru lets go of her forcefully and looks away. Sakura readjusts her collar
before she realizes that Aya and Toya are recovering from their laughter. Aya wipes tears from
her eyes as Toya clears his throat. "Uh oh, somethin' must've happened. . . And I missed it!" She
thinks, and looks at Hikaru, who is clenching her fists. "Geez, I better talk before she goes
ballistic!" Sakura launches into another explanation. "So, last night, I walked into the third row
of bookcases and tripped. I fell into the bookcase and a lot of the books fell on me. You guys
didn't here, 'cause you were arguing in the other room, but when I got up this book," She
indicates the book in Fuu's arms. "Was lying right in front of me. I don't know where it was
before, but that is how I found it. So BACK OFF!" She screams to Hikaru. Fuu butts in calmly.
"Do you know if there were any other books similar to this?" "I don't know, it was late. I just
noticed this one." she retorts. Fuu sits at the table and opens the old book in front of her.
"What are you looking for?" Umi asks. "I'm looking for the descriptions of the items." Fuu says
while flipping the pages of the book. "Well, anyway, Aya can you come here please?" Sakura
asks calmly. Aya gets up and goes to Sakura. "Cam I see your ring, please?"She asks. Aya lifts
her hand. "Sure." Sakura examines the ring closely, turning Aya's hand over. "As I thought." She
says. "What?" Aya asks. Sakura puts Aya's hand down. I was looking through the description
pages before the book was snatched away from me, and I think you have the Illusion Ring." "The
Illusion Ring. Do you really think so?" Aya asks excitedly. Fuu shakes her head. "Aya, let me
see." Aya splays her hand to Fuu, she does the same as Sakura. "No, Sakura, I don't think it is the
Illusion. It doesn't have the same patterns as the illustration." She thinks for a second still
searching Aya's ring. She suddenly looks as if a light has lit up in her head, and drops Aya's
hand. "It may not be the Illusion, but. . ." She flips back a few pages, then snatches Aya's hand
again. "It seems identical to the Ring of Light." Everyone is now crowded around the small table.
Toya leans in close to get a better look. "I think you're right, Fuu. The markings look exactly the
same." Umi claps and says, "Good job, Fuu!" Sakura pipes in. "Hey, who is the one who found
the book?!" "You only found it out of clumsiness." Hikaru says while rolling her eyes. "That's
not fair! It was dark." Sakura objects. "Have you ever heard of using a flashlight?" Hikaru snaps.
While they are bickering in the background Fuu whispers to Toya. "Toya, we don't need yet
another brawl, and especially not between those two. Would you mind stopping Hikaru?" She
asks. Toya shakes his head. "Just give me a second." He turns around and waits for a chance to
interrupt the two. "Good, she'll finally shut up." Umi mutters. "Umi, do you mind, this is
important." Aya says to her. She looks hurt, she didn't expect Aya to say anything. Fuu smiles.
"You were asking for it, Umi, you always start the fights." Umi sits down in her seat. "Fine."
Sakura and Hikaru take a breath, and Toya jumps in. "Hey, why don't the two of you calm down;
just forget about each other for a while. Hikaru, so she forgot a flashlight, everyone makes
mistakes. And Sakura, you did a great job finding that book, even if it was a mistake." He puts
his arm around Hikaru's shoulders and walks her over to a chair across the room. "Now Hikaru,
how about we go sit over here? We'll be able to hear everything they say perfectly well." Hikaru
allows Toya to settle her into the chair. "Okay." She says quite calmly. Fuu whispers to those
around the table. "She will do anything if he asks her to." "I think it's sweet." Aya adds. Umi
sighs. "I have to admit, they'd make a good couple." She says with a hint of jealousy in her
voice. "Yeah, and I'm sure that drawing of yours helped."Sakura says as she joins their
conversation. "Of corse it did. I knew she would ask him to get it for her, she probably thought I
was drawing a picture of her being tortured." Sakura nods her head in Hikaru's direction. "Maybe
she'll get the guts to make a move now, since he knows." Umi nods proudly. "My thoughts
exactly." "Why is it so quiet over there, doesn't the book say anything important?" Toya asks
from across the room, as Hikaru glares in their direction. "Uh. . . yes," Fuu says as she buries her
head in the book. "I'll. . . um. . . read part of it out loud now." She lifts her head slightly, to help
project her voice. "The Ring of Light is the opposing force to the Ring of Darkness, the power of
the rings alone would cancel each other out. The soul behind the Ring of Light would have to be
stronger than that of the Ring of Darkness to overpower it's foe." "So they have an equal amount
of power?" Aya interrupts. "It would seem that way." Umi answers. Fuu continues. "The Ring of
Light feeds off the soul of the wearer, the stronger the soul, the stronger the ring becomes.
However, the ring must be in the hands of the just in order to unleash its power. It will not yield
to those of evil intent." "So, this ring would be useless to evil people."Umi provides. "That's
what it says." Sakura nods. "But, then why does Ultimecia want it?" Aya asks. "Probably
because she doesn't want it to be used against her." Toya adds. "Do you mind if I continue?" Fuu
asks slightly annoyed. Everyone shakes their heads. "The ring has the power to form any weapon
out of light, to teleport the wearer from one point to another; but there are limitations on the
length of the journey. The ring can of coarse create light, and is capable of other abilities, though
some are thought to be nothing but rumor or are mysteriously unknown."She finishes. Aya
expecting more asks, "Is that all?" "All that seems to be of any importance." Fuu answers. "What
about her necklace?" Hikaru asks. "It mentioned necklaces somewhere, but I don't remember
where." Sakura says as she tries to take the book from Fuu, who just pulls it back. "I'll look."
She says as she flips through the pages once again. Aya stands. "How does everyone know about
my necklace?" She asks stubbornly. "Fuu told us last night." Hikaru replies. It is silent for a few
seconds until Aya speaks again. "Ok, I have a question." Everyone except Fuu looks at her.
"How do I use my power?" She asks bluntly. At first no one answers. "Well, my power first
showed when I got really mad while playing a baseball. I threw the ball and it flew through the
air on fire for a while, then turned to ashes. I had only had my ring for about a week." Hikaru
spoke solemnly. "I first noticed my power after three weeks."Umi says. "About ten days for me."
Fuu says unsurely. "Same here."Sakura agrees. After a short pause Toya adds. "It took me two
months." "Really? That's quite a while!" Hikaru says astounded. "Yeah, and I didn't have a clue
what was causing it at the time, either." He says ruefully. "Well, none of us did." Umi says. "But
you have the advantage, Aya." Sakura pats her on the head. "You can try to unlock your power
on purpose. And it shouldn't take to long, hopefully." "Wait, it says here that the artifacts bond
with the soul of the wearer, that is how the power is unlocked, and thus the time depends on the
person, and the item." Fuu interjects. "Have you found the necklace yet?" Umi asks irritably.
"I'm working on it!" Fuu snaps back. "A bond?" Aya asks. "Hikaru's bond was probably quick
because she's fiery enough without the ring." Hikaru jabs Toya in the ribs. "Hey, no offense
meant, but it's true." He smiles at Hikaru, who blushes and turns away. "Well, my bond probably
took so long because I've always done things physically, not mentally."He says. Fuu jumps out of
her seat energetically. "Hey guys, I found it! Well, I think this is it, Aya let me see your
necklace." Aya pulls the necklace from under her shirt and holds it up for Fuu. "Yes! This is it ,
lets see what this old book has to say!"She says as she sits back down. "This necklace creates a
protective and sometimes reflective shield, or barrier against opposing or hostile action." Fuu
suddenly loses her enthusiasm. "That is it. There is nothing more to be said about your necklace."
"That's all it does!" Hikaru says jumping from her seat heading for the table. Toya quickly
detains her before she goes far. "I think it sounds helpful." Aya says as she remembers Kusinagi
failing to take her ring. "Well, if you think it's so helpful, why don't we test it out?" She breaks
away from Toya grabs Aya, and drags her outside.
place I could find to stop it, without it dragging on another few pages. Well, I hope you like
chapter5. I have eight reviews!!! =)
The Ring of Light: Part 5
Hikaru, Umi, and Toya are in a well lit library with bookshelves, overflowing with books,
placed in rows from wall to wall, except for a moderately sized sitting area where Toya and Umi
sit at different areas poring through books strewn all over the floor, hoping to find some
information on Aya's ring and or necklace. Hikaru is digging for more books in one of the
bookshelves. "Hey! Look what I found!" She says bubbling with excitement. Toya and Umi jump
up from their book encircled spots and rush over to Hikaru, where they curiously stare at her
while holding their breath. Hikaru pulls a small book out of the shelf and shows it to the two. "I
found the forth Fushigi Yugi book! I've been looking for it forever!" She pauses with an
extremely clueless look on her face. "I wonder how it got here?" Toya and Umi exchange a
mutual glance and mutter under their breath. "How much more dense can she get?" Toya returns
to his spot, picks up a random book and starts flipping pages. "Hikaru, we're supposed to be
looking for info on Aya's jewelry, not reading comic books!" Umi says angrily. Hikaru turns to
Umi to have water splash in her face. Hikaru is wide- eyed, and stunned for a moment, then she
carefully and gently deposits the book back on the shelf and lunges for Umi, who dodges and
conjures a puddle at Hikaru's feet. Hikaru goes slipping through the rows of bookcases into the
wall, where she collapses to the floor. Toya, ignoring the noise, continues to flip through a book.
"It's a good thing the floor is wood, cleanup wont take long." He sighs. Hikaru slowly pushes
herself up off the floor with a bruise forming on her left cheek. "BLUE, your so dead! You're
goin' to pay for that!" She screams across the room at Umi. "Oh yeah, come and get me Miss
Pyro." Umi says threateningly. Hikaru forms a fireball in her hand and is about to fling it at Umi
when Toya jumps up, his hands above his head in a surrendering gesture. "Woah! Hey no fire in
the house, you know the rules, take it outside." He points to a side door. Umi runs out of the
doors leading from the library tailed by Hikaru who leaves the doors wide open. They race across
level ground, the perfect spot for a fight. Toya watches wisps of flame and torrents of water fly
back and forth pass the door, with an occasional wet Hikaru, and singed Umi. They eventually
abandon their powers and start an all-out brawl, with dust clouds starting to lift. Toya shakes his
head and walks toward the door. "I think this has gone far enough." He walks outside, and up to
the two girls completely oblivious to him. "Okay, okay, break it up." They continue to wrestle.
Toya sighs and waves his hands to his sides. Umi and Hikaru are pulled away from each other,
struggling to get back at one another. Toya moves them closer, so there is a gape five feet wide
between them as they are floating two feat above the ground. When the two stop struggling,
realizing they can't get out of their invisible bonds, Toya speaks. "Well, don't you two look
pretty!" He said with obvious sarcasm and scorn. Umi's hair is frizzed and in disarray, she has a
nasty bruise on her chin, blood trickling down the corner of her mouth, (Thanks to one of
Hikaru's punches no doubt.) and singed clothes. Hikaru is sopping wet with scratch marks all
over, blood beginning to well at spots. Both are covered in dirt, or mud in Hikaru's case. Toya
steps in the void between them to stop there acid glares. "When will you two learn to leave each
other alone? Your going to kill each other!" Hikaru and Umi yell in unison. "That's the POINT!"
Sakura, Fuu and Aya speed up the driveway to this welcoming scene. Aya jumps off the
bike as soon as it stops and collapses to the ground followed by Fuu. They both tear off their
helmets gasping for breath. Aya manages to say "And she has a license?!" Fuu shakes her head
while holding her stomach. "I never said that." She said calmly. Aya looks at Fuu in shock while
she continues. "I said she could drive; I never said she had a license." She uttered quite matter of
factly. "I don't see why we were in such a hurry, though." She inquired to Sakura, who was
getting off of her motorcycle and lifted the visor of her helmet. "Can't you see we missed another
battle of the opposing forces!" She said sounding rather disappointed while pointing at Toya,
Umi, and Hikaru. Fuu turned back to Aya. "I guess she isn't used to driving with the extra weight
on the motorcycle. But you learned to 'lean' pretty quickly." She said encouragingly "If I hadn't
we wouldn't have made it a block away from the school!!"Aya squeaked. Sakura, who was now
walking toward the captives and their captor, said. "The best way to learn is under pressure, ya'
know. . . So Toya, have you settled everything here, or do these two need a time out?" She said
teasingly. Hikaru and Umi glared at Sakura, rage and hate clearly shown in their eyes. Sakura
backed away. "Yikes, sorry! No offense meant!" "Sakura, didn't you have some information to
tell Aya" Fuu said as Aya and her joined the motley group. "Yeah, that's right. Lets go inside
though." Sakura said while walking towards the wide open door. Fuu followed next, with Toya
and his captives next, and Aya brining up the rear looking at the floating girls curiously. "Can we
be let go when we get inside, or are we going to be bound all day?!" Hikaru complained.
Inside Toya is sitting back in his studying spot leaning against a bookcase with his arms
crossed over his chest. Hikaru is sitting to his right, now happily unbound (But still muddy)
flipping through the Fushigi Yugi book she had found earlier, Sakura is seated to her right. Aya
is sitting in a chair opposite Toya near a table where Fuu and Umi sit. Umi is actively drawing on
a paper in front of her. Sakura launches into her discussion of the information she discovered.
"Okay, like I said, last night I searched through some of the books in here. I found a very good
book last night, but it seems grandma has put it away, I'll go look for it." She gets up and goes
into one of the many rows of books. Aya leans over to the table. "Fuu, what does she mean
'grandma'?" "Well, we all call Hikaru's grandmother 'grandma'." "Oh. . ." Aya nods. Sakura's
voice is heard from the bookcases. "Hmm. . . This is where I found it before. . . Well, anyways, it
mentioned several rings and a few other objects with special properties." Sakura walks to a
different isle. "There were the rings of fire," Hikaru bows. "water," Umi quickly looks up from
her drawing. Aya, who is listening intently, scoots her chair next to Umi to see what she is
drawing. "Wind, that would be me, and earth." Fuu looks at her ring. "As you may have noticed,
these four rings symbolize the four elements." Sakura walks between another pair of bookcases.
Fuu whispers to Aya and Umi. "Since when does she know so much about this!?" "I guess since
last night." Aya says. Sakura continues to explain. "But other rings harness other powers that can
be just as powerful. Such as Toya's, the ring of telekinesis. . . AH HA!!! I found it!"
"Finally!"Umi mutters. Sakura rushes back to where she was previously sitting and flips back
and forth through the ancient book in her hands until she finds what she is looking for. "A few
other rings would be: telepathy, shape-shifting, light and darkness, bodily possession, and
illusion for example. The list is pretty long." "What do you mean? Does the book actually have a
list?!" Fuu sais breathlessly. "Uh huh, It also has pages dedicated to each object." Sakura says
casually. Fuu gets up and snatches the worn book away from Sakura. "HEY." She objects. Fuu
flips to the cover of the book. "'The Tome of Ancient Artifacts'! It is soooo obvious. . . Why
could we not find this book before now?" Everyone looks at Sakura. "WHAT?!!" She pleads.
"Where," Fuu shakes her head. "HOW did you find this?!" She continues to interrogate Sakura in
the background. At the table, Aya and Umi are whispering as Umi continues to draw avidly.
Hikaru, who has been curiously been watching Umi draw over the top of her book whispers to
Toya, who is paying attention to Fuu and Sakura. "Hey Toya, do you think you could pull that
drawing of Umi's over here so I could take a peek at it?" She begs. Toya looks at Hikaru who
puts on a pleading face. "Okay, cut the act." Hikaru hugs Toya. "Thanks!" "No problem." He
says cooly as he waves his hand, and the paper flies out from under Umi's arm. Umi tries to
catch the paper as it lifts of the desk, but misses. She then shrugs and turns to listen to Fuu and
Sakura. Aya watches Toya and Hikaru with interest. The paper slips into Toya's hand. He looks
at it and holds back a grin. "Are you sure you want to see this, Hikaru?" He asks. "Of course I'm
sure I want to see it. I asked you to get it for me, didn't I?!" Toya passes the paper to her, and she
snatches it. As soon as her eyes glide over the paper her face turns a vivid red and her eyes get
extremely wide. The paper depicts a dosing Hikaru, who is dreaming of kissing Toya. Hikaru
crumples up the picture in one hand and envelopes it in flames, rage sparked anew in her eyes.
Her face still burning, she clears her throat. "Well! That was a perfect, UNTRUTHFUL, display
of Umi's artistic ability!" Aya is covering her mouth with one hand, trying to hide her
amusement from Hikaru. Toya can't help not to laugh as well. Hikaru ignores Aya and Toya
while she gets up and stomps her way over to the arguing duo. She grabs Sakura by the collar of
her uniform. "Where did you find the book?!" She yells into Sakura's face. Umi and Fuu are
ready to back Sakura up if things get to close. "Calm down! You don't have to be so
brutal."Sakura whines. Hikaru glares at her, not having to say a word as flames dance in her eyes
and Sakura's collar gets extremely hot. "Okay! Okay! I'll talk, just let go of me you postal pyro!
What's your problem? I didn't do anything!" She demands as she is trying to squirm out of her
Hikaru's grasp. Hikaru lets go of her forcefully and looks away. Sakura readjusts her collar
before she realizes that Aya and Toya are recovering from their laughter. Aya wipes tears from
her eyes as Toya clears his throat. "Uh oh, somethin' must've happened. . . And I missed it!" She
thinks, and looks at Hikaru, who is clenching her fists. "Geez, I better talk before she goes
ballistic!" Sakura launches into another explanation. "So, last night, I walked into the third row
of bookcases and tripped. I fell into the bookcase and a lot of the books fell on me. You guys
didn't here, 'cause you were arguing in the other room, but when I got up this book," She
indicates the book in Fuu's arms. "Was lying right in front of me. I don't know where it was
before, but that is how I found it. So BACK OFF!" She screams to Hikaru. Fuu butts in calmly.
"Do you know if there were any other books similar to this?" "I don't know, it was late. I just
noticed this one." she retorts. Fuu sits at the table and opens the old book in front of her.
"What are you looking for?" Umi asks. "I'm looking for the descriptions of the items." Fuu says
while flipping the pages of the book. "Well, anyway, Aya can you come here please?" Sakura
asks calmly. Aya gets up and goes to Sakura. "Cam I see your ring, please?"She asks. Aya lifts
her hand. "Sure." Sakura examines the ring closely, turning Aya's hand over. "As I thought." She
says. "What?" Aya asks. Sakura puts Aya's hand down. I was looking through the description
pages before the book was snatched away from me, and I think you have the Illusion Ring." "The
Illusion Ring. Do you really think so?" Aya asks excitedly. Fuu shakes her head. "Aya, let me
see." Aya splays her hand to Fuu, she does the same as Sakura. "No, Sakura, I don't think it is the
Illusion. It doesn't have the same patterns as the illustration." She thinks for a second still
searching Aya's ring. She suddenly looks as if a light has lit up in her head, and drops Aya's
hand. "It may not be the Illusion, but. . ." She flips back a few pages, then snatches Aya's hand
again. "It seems identical to the Ring of Light." Everyone is now crowded around the small table.
Toya leans in close to get a better look. "I think you're right, Fuu. The markings look exactly the
same." Umi claps and says, "Good job, Fuu!" Sakura pipes in. "Hey, who is the one who found
the book?!" "You only found it out of clumsiness." Hikaru says while rolling her eyes. "That's
not fair! It was dark." Sakura objects. "Have you ever heard of using a flashlight?" Hikaru snaps.
While they are bickering in the background Fuu whispers to Toya. "Toya, we don't need yet
another brawl, and especially not between those two. Would you mind stopping Hikaru?" She
asks. Toya shakes his head. "Just give me a second." He turns around and waits for a chance to
interrupt the two. "Good, she'll finally shut up." Umi mutters. "Umi, do you mind, this is
important." Aya says to her. She looks hurt, she didn't expect Aya to say anything. Fuu smiles.
"You were asking for it, Umi, you always start the fights." Umi sits down in her seat. "Fine."
Sakura and Hikaru take a breath, and Toya jumps in. "Hey, why don't the two of you calm down;
just forget about each other for a while. Hikaru, so she forgot a flashlight, everyone makes
mistakes. And Sakura, you did a great job finding that book, even if it was a mistake." He puts
his arm around Hikaru's shoulders and walks her over to a chair across the room. "Now Hikaru,
how about we go sit over here? We'll be able to hear everything they say perfectly well." Hikaru
allows Toya to settle her into the chair. "Okay." She says quite calmly. Fuu whispers to those
around the table. "She will do anything if he asks her to." "I think it's sweet." Aya adds. Umi
sighs. "I have to admit, they'd make a good couple." She says with a hint of jealousy in her
voice. "Yeah, and I'm sure that drawing of yours helped."Sakura says as she joins their
conversation. "Of corse it did. I knew she would ask him to get it for her, she probably thought I
was drawing a picture of her being tortured." Sakura nods her head in Hikaru's direction. "Maybe
she'll get the guts to make a move now, since he knows." Umi nods proudly. "My thoughts
exactly." "Why is it so quiet over there, doesn't the book say anything important?" Toya asks
from across the room, as Hikaru glares in their direction. "Uh. . . yes," Fuu says as she buries her
head in the book. "I'll. . . um. . . read part of it out loud now." She lifts her head slightly, to help
project her voice. "The Ring of Light is the opposing force to the Ring of Darkness, the power of
the rings alone would cancel each other out. The soul behind the Ring of Light would have to be
stronger than that of the Ring of Darkness to overpower it's foe." "So they have an equal amount
of power?" Aya interrupts. "It would seem that way." Umi answers. Fuu continues. "The Ring of
Light feeds off the soul of the wearer, the stronger the soul, the stronger the ring becomes.
However, the ring must be in the hands of the just in order to unleash its power. It will not yield
to those of evil intent." "So, this ring would be useless to evil people."Umi provides. "That's
what it says." Sakura nods. "But, then why does Ultimecia want it?" Aya asks. "Probably
because she doesn't want it to be used against her." Toya adds. "Do you mind if I continue?" Fuu
asks slightly annoyed. Everyone shakes their heads. "The ring has the power to form any weapon
out of light, to teleport the wearer from one point to another; but there are limitations on the
length of the journey. The ring can of coarse create light, and is capable of other abilities, though
some are thought to be nothing but rumor or are mysteriously unknown."She finishes. Aya
expecting more asks, "Is that all?" "All that seems to be of any importance." Fuu answers. "What
about her necklace?" Hikaru asks. "It mentioned necklaces somewhere, but I don't remember
where." Sakura says as she tries to take the book from Fuu, who just pulls it back. "I'll look."
She says as she flips through the pages once again. Aya stands. "How does everyone know about
my necklace?" She asks stubbornly. "Fuu told us last night." Hikaru replies. It is silent for a few
seconds until Aya speaks again. "Ok, I have a question." Everyone except Fuu looks at her.
"How do I use my power?" She asks bluntly. At first no one answers. "Well, my power first
showed when I got really mad while playing a baseball. I threw the ball and it flew through the
air on fire for a while, then turned to ashes. I had only had my ring for about a week." Hikaru
spoke solemnly. "I first noticed my power after three weeks."Umi says. "About ten days for me."
Fuu says unsurely. "Same here."Sakura agrees. After a short pause Toya adds. "It took me two
months." "Really? That's quite a while!" Hikaru says astounded. "Yeah, and I didn't have a clue
what was causing it at the time, either." He says ruefully. "Well, none of us did." Umi says. "But
you have the advantage, Aya." Sakura pats her on the head. "You can try to unlock your power
on purpose. And it shouldn't take to long, hopefully." "Wait, it says here that the artifacts bond
with the soul of the wearer, that is how the power is unlocked, and thus the time depends on the
person, and the item." Fuu interjects. "Have you found the necklace yet?" Umi asks irritably.
"I'm working on it!" Fuu snaps back. "A bond?" Aya asks. "Hikaru's bond was probably quick
because she's fiery enough without the ring." Hikaru jabs Toya in the ribs. "Hey, no offense
meant, but it's true." He smiles at Hikaru, who blushes and turns away. "Well, my bond probably
took so long because I've always done things physically, not mentally."He says. Fuu jumps out of
her seat energetically. "Hey guys, I found it! Well, I think this is it, Aya let me see your
necklace." Aya pulls the necklace from under her shirt and holds it up for Fuu. "Yes! This is it ,
lets see what this old book has to say!"She says as she sits back down. "This necklace creates a
protective and sometimes reflective shield, or barrier against opposing or hostile action." Fuu
suddenly loses her enthusiasm. "That is it. There is nothing more to be said about your necklace."
"That's all it does!" Hikaru says jumping from her seat heading for the table. Toya quickly
detains her before she goes far. "I think it sounds helpful." Aya says as she remembers Kusinagi
failing to take her ring. "Well, if you think it's so helpful, why don't we test it out?" She breaks
away from Toya grabs Aya, and drags her outside.