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After the Pillar is Gone
by Akoya
chapter 9
`the throne room`
Lantis had been talking to Clef when Eagle, Prasea, and Ferio ran into the room. Both of
the previous occupants looked at each other and did a mental shrug before looking a little
irritatedly at the intruding party. "they (huf, huf) haven't made (break for more life inducing air)
it to (another breath) the...." all three are trying to get their wind back since they made a mad
dash from Presea's room. "room." and all three collapsed into varying positions on the floor in
front of the again closed doors.
"I could have made chairs for you if you had asked." Clef offered. All three people glared
at Clef and he shrugged and turned back to Lantis. "So what are you going to do? It might have
been Hikaru, but only one former Magic Knight? What about the other two? Why aren't they
here?" Lantis just stared at his former master and then looked over at the mob that had been
sitting so quietly on the floor.
"Why are you staring at us?" Lantis.
"You already know. Well, and we ran all the way here so as to come here ahead of
them." Ascot looked at his friends and stood up. "I'll just slip out before they get here. bye!" and
Ascot turned and made a beeline to the door only to get knocked on his but when the doors
opened. "ouch."
All the people in the room stared at the grown up Magic Knights. "Were Here!!" Umi
announced walking into the room. Hikaru and Fuu shook their heads and Hikaru looked at Fuu.
"She's getting more like me in her old age." Hikaru said it so Umi could hear. and as
expected Umi spun around, but instead of stalking to her friends on one of her rampages she
tripped over a certain someone that hadn't gotten off the floor yet. ThuD. falling into the arms of
the person she tripped over she turned to give him or her a piece of her mind but only gasped as
she saw who it was.
"Oops." was all she got out before both scrambled to stand up and brush off their cloths.
the entire group had been watching and were trying to hide the laughter but someone giggled.
That set off the rest of the people in the room and both Ascot and Umi started blushing. when
Umi looked at Ascot she was surprisingly enough the same height as him and would have looked
him in the eye, but he was looking at the ground at his feet. she could see the faint smile dash
across his face as he tried not to laugh. "go ahead and laugh. but I'll get you for this." she said it
so seriously that Ascot, startled, looked at her. only to see her eyes laughing at him and let out a
sigh of relief. a pissed of Umi is not something he wanted to deal with.
"What in the world?" Clef put a hand to his head and turned around back to the seeing
globe, his robes swirling around him. Hikaru noticed that he had grown a bit. not much but just
enough to be noticeable. "Lantis, it's her. Nomki is attacking Caldina and La Farga in the
forest."
Lantis strode over to the globe and watched as she threw multiple lightening bolts at the
two people. The former magic Knights and co. also gathered around to watch. Lantis seemed to
be looking for something. "there." Lantis, Ferio, and Clef saw a flash of black with red and blue
tinted hair as someone ran away from the fight. Nomki threw a last bolt over her shoulder as she
ran and caught up to the other girl. They both ran to a camp site and started to pack up. "That's
where I saw them before."
The two girls that had no clue they were being watched were about to leave the camp
when suddenly Hikaru touched the globe and it came into focus right in front of the new girl.
Eagle, Ferio, Presea, Umi, Fuu, and Ascot all gasped as they looked at the girl. Clef and Lantis
just stared at Hikaru. "You must have a very strong bond with this person Hikaru. Not many
people could take control from me and focus so closely on one person."
By this time everyone was looking at ether Hikaru or Clef. But Hikaru wasn't listening.
She reached out with her mind and willed that her daughter would hear her. "Koneko, I'm here."
she whispered. Umi and Fuu were looking at the floor while the rest were all staring at Hikaru.
suddenly the globe burned up in flame and Hikaru's eyes went dead as she collapsed where she
was standing.
"Hikaru!" both girls cried out, but Lantis caught her before she hit the floor and Clef
created a seat for her to rest in.
"Couldn't I just take her to her room?" Lantis asked as he looked from the chair to Clef.
Clef shook his head slowly from side to side. "No, we must know her connection to this
new factor. Nomki sees things as a game and so we must think ahead of her." Lantis layed
Hikaru in the chair and made sure she was alright.
"Why can't Fuu and Umi tell you?" Ascot asked.
"Because, If I understand their friendship right, it's Hikaru that has to tell us. You girls
think that it's her right to tell us not you, huh?" Ferio.
Both girls looked at each other then back at the floor. " We can say one thing at least.
The girl is the reason we were able to come back and she isn't evil." Umi said this with
conviction though her eyes were on the ground.
"But how do you know that? Do you know her personally?" Eagle asked suddenly, but
stopped when the girls shook their heads.
"Like Ferio said, it's her story to tell not ours. I hope she wakes up soon. She is so
worried." Fuu.
"Well can you at least tell us why you haven't come back till now?" Ascot asked.
Umi and Fuu looked at each other again and nodded. "may we sit down first?"
Clef materialized more chairs for everyone. "Well it was because we couldn't come."
"Couldn't or wouldn't?" Eagle.
"Couldn't Eagle-chan. You see the portal that connected our worlds closed for some
reason. On the day we were going to come for the picnic we couldn't open the portal. Satoru told
us that the magic that was there was like a locked door and only we had the key-" Fuu was
interupted.
"Who's Satoru?" Asked Ferio.
"He's Hikaru's oldest brother." Umi explained.
"Oh. continue please."
"Well like I said, he told us that the magic was like a door and that the door was no
longer there. so we had the magic to go but no way to get there. Sorry if that's a bit confusing."
Fuu finished.
"We still tried." Hikaru said startling most of the people in the room.
"Hikaru?! Is it really you this time?" Caldina and La Farga entered the room and Caldina
made a beeline for Hikaru. Glomping her Caldina turned tot he rest of the group. "We met this
little girl earlier that looked almost exactly like Hikaru." She let go of Hikaru and put one hand
on her hip and the other to her mouth thinking. "but her hair was slightly longer and it also had a
blue tint to it besides the red."
"Do you know what her name is?" Hikaru asked as she gasped for breath.
"Huh?" Caldina turned to Hikaru. "oh, I didn't have time to. I told her that she had to
check in with Mage Clef since she was all alone. then Nomki said that she was coming with her
and started to attack us. I grabbed the girl to keep her safe and she runs away into the forest. the
girl then yells something to Nomki and they both leave."
The rest of the group, well besides La Farga, was nodding remembering what had been
shown in the globe. Ferio. " they went back to their camp, packed up and left."
"So you guys were watching?" they nodded at Caldina's question.
"We were trying to find Nomki so we could figure out who her conpanion was." Clef
supplied.
"Then you already knew about the girl?" Eagle asked.
"Yes, Lantis was going after Nomki last night and this Hikaru look-alike stopped them
from fighting." Clef.
"Is that how you got the burns on your hands Lantis?" Hikaru asked quietly.
Lantis looked up startled "Not from Nomki but from the girl. Kumohi as Nomki yelled
after me. I ran after the girl and she jumped over me and used your 'flame arrow' at the top of
her arch in the air. I wasn't ready for an attack so it took me a second to long to put up a shield."
Lantis hadn't looked away from her face and so saw the wince when she heard who had hurt
him.
Ascot "Why would she do that? Is she that mean -"
"NO!!" Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi shouted at the same time.
Ascot looked hurt or at least taken aback by the force of their words. "why do you think
that?" Eagle asked. "if she attacked Lantis and didn't do it because she was on their side."
"She was frightened." Lantis stated. "I could see it in her eyes when I looked up at her
when she attacked." Lantis gave the three girls a searching look. "but what I want to know is
what type of bond you have with that girl, Kumohi, Hikaru."
Hikaru sighed and turned around almost like she was going to leave. "she is my
daughter."
There! I'm getting back into the groove of things. I think. well have a fun time while summer
lasts people. I'll see you next time I update. soon I hope. this is getting too complicated for me to
remember unless I do it all at once. well JaNe
Akoya
After the Pillar is Gone
by Akoya
chapter 9
`the throne room`
Lantis had been talking to Clef when Eagle, Prasea, and Ferio ran into the room. Both of
the previous occupants looked at each other and did a mental shrug before looking a little
irritatedly at the intruding party. "they (huf, huf) haven't made (break for more life inducing air)
it to (another breath) the...." all three are trying to get their wind back since they made a mad
dash from Presea's room. "room." and all three collapsed into varying positions on the floor in
front of the again closed doors.
"I could have made chairs for you if you had asked." Clef offered. All three people glared
at Clef and he shrugged and turned back to Lantis. "So what are you going to do? It might have
been Hikaru, but only one former Magic Knight? What about the other two? Why aren't they
here?" Lantis just stared at his former master and then looked over at the mob that had been
sitting so quietly on the floor.
"Why are you staring at us?" Lantis.
"You already know. Well, and we ran all the way here so as to come here ahead of
them." Ascot looked at his friends and stood up. "I'll just slip out before they get here. bye!" and
Ascot turned and made a beeline to the door only to get knocked on his but when the doors
opened. "ouch."
All the people in the room stared at the grown up Magic Knights. "Were Here!!" Umi
announced walking into the room. Hikaru and Fuu shook their heads and Hikaru looked at Fuu.
"She's getting more like me in her old age." Hikaru said it so Umi could hear. and as
expected Umi spun around, but instead of stalking to her friends on one of her rampages she
tripped over a certain someone that hadn't gotten off the floor yet. ThuD. falling into the arms of
the person she tripped over she turned to give him or her a piece of her mind but only gasped as
she saw who it was.
"Oops." was all she got out before both scrambled to stand up and brush off their cloths.
the entire group had been watching and were trying to hide the laughter but someone giggled.
That set off the rest of the people in the room and both Ascot and Umi started blushing. when
Umi looked at Ascot she was surprisingly enough the same height as him and would have looked
him in the eye, but he was looking at the ground at his feet. she could see the faint smile dash
across his face as he tried not to laugh. "go ahead and laugh. but I'll get you for this." she said it
so seriously that Ascot, startled, looked at her. only to see her eyes laughing at him and let out a
sigh of relief. a pissed of Umi is not something he wanted to deal with.
"What in the world?" Clef put a hand to his head and turned around back to the seeing
globe, his robes swirling around him. Hikaru noticed that he had grown a bit. not much but just
enough to be noticeable. "Lantis, it's her. Nomki is attacking Caldina and La Farga in the
forest."
Lantis strode over to the globe and watched as she threw multiple lightening bolts at the
two people. The former magic Knights and co. also gathered around to watch. Lantis seemed to
be looking for something. "there." Lantis, Ferio, and Clef saw a flash of black with red and blue
tinted hair as someone ran away from the fight. Nomki threw a last bolt over her shoulder as she
ran and caught up to the other girl. They both ran to a camp site and started to pack up. "That's
where I saw them before."
The two girls that had no clue they were being watched were about to leave the camp
when suddenly Hikaru touched the globe and it came into focus right in front of the new girl.
Eagle, Ferio, Presea, Umi, Fuu, and Ascot all gasped as they looked at the girl. Clef and Lantis
just stared at Hikaru. "You must have a very strong bond with this person Hikaru. Not many
people could take control from me and focus so closely on one person."
By this time everyone was looking at ether Hikaru or Clef. But Hikaru wasn't listening.
She reached out with her mind and willed that her daughter would hear her. "Koneko, I'm here."
she whispered. Umi and Fuu were looking at the floor while the rest were all staring at Hikaru.
suddenly the globe burned up in flame and Hikaru's eyes went dead as she collapsed where she
was standing.
"Hikaru!" both girls cried out, but Lantis caught her before she hit the floor and Clef
created a seat for her to rest in.
"Couldn't I just take her to her room?" Lantis asked as he looked from the chair to Clef.
Clef shook his head slowly from side to side. "No, we must know her connection to this
new factor. Nomki sees things as a game and so we must think ahead of her." Lantis layed
Hikaru in the chair and made sure she was alright.
"Why can't Fuu and Umi tell you?" Ascot asked.
"Because, If I understand their friendship right, it's Hikaru that has to tell us. You girls
think that it's her right to tell us not you, huh?" Ferio.
Both girls looked at each other then back at the floor. " We can say one thing at least.
The girl is the reason we were able to come back and she isn't evil." Umi said this with
conviction though her eyes were on the ground.
"But how do you know that? Do you know her personally?" Eagle asked suddenly, but
stopped when the girls shook their heads.
"Like Ferio said, it's her story to tell not ours. I hope she wakes up soon. She is so
worried." Fuu.
"Well can you at least tell us why you haven't come back till now?" Ascot asked.
Umi and Fuu looked at each other again and nodded. "may we sit down first?"
Clef materialized more chairs for everyone. "Well it was because we couldn't come."
"Couldn't or wouldn't?" Eagle.
"Couldn't Eagle-chan. You see the portal that connected our worlds closed for some
reason. On the day we were going to come for the picnic we couldn't open the portal. Satoru told
us that the magic that was there was like a locked door and only we had the key-" Fuu was
interupted.
"Who's Satoru?" Asked Ferio.
"He's Hikaru's oldest brother." Umi explained.
"Oh. continue please."
"Well like I said, he told us that the magic was like a door and that the door was no
longer there. so we had the magic to go but no way to get there. Sorry if that's a bit confusing."
Fuu finished.
"We still tried." Hikaru said startling most of the people in the room.
"Hikaru?! Is it really you this time?" Caldina and La Farga entered the room and Caldina
made a beeline for Hikaru. Glomping her Caldina turned tot he rest of the group. "We met this
little girl earlier that looked almost exactly like Hikaru." She let go of Hikaru and put one hand
on her hip and the other to her mouth thinking. "but her hair was slightly longer and it also had a
blue tint to it besides the red."
"Do you know what her name is?" Hikaru asked as she gasped for breath.
"Huh?" Caldina turned to Hikaru. "oh, I didn't have time to. I told her that she had to
check in with Mage Clef since she was all alone. then Nomki said that she was coming with her
and started to attack us. I grabbed the girl to keep her safe and she runs away into the forest. the
girl then yells something to Nomki and they both leave."
The rest of the group, well besides La Farga, was nodding remembering what had been
shown in the globe. Ferio. " they went back to their camp, packed up and left."
"So you guys were watching?" they nodded at Caldina's question.
"We were trying to find Nomki so we could figure out who her conpanion was." Clef
supplied.
"Then you already knew about the girl?" Eagle asked.
"Yes, Lantis was going after Nomki last night and this Hikaru look-alike stopped them
from fighting." Clef.
"Is that how you got the burns on your hands Lantis?" Hikaru asked quietly.
Lantis looked up startled "Not from Nomki but from the girl. Kumohi as Nomki yelled
after me. I ran after the girl and she jumped over me and used your 'flame arrow' at the top of
her arch in the air. I wasn't ready for an attack so it took me a second to long to put up a shield."
Lantis hadn't looked away from her face and so saw the wince when she heard who had hurt
him.
Ascot "Why would she do that? Is she that mean -"
"NO!!" Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi shouted at the same time.
Ascot looked hurt or at least taken aback by the force of their words. "why do you think
that?" Eagle asked. "if she attacked Lantis and didn't do it because she was on their side."
"She was frightened." Lantis stated. "I could see it in her eyes when I looked up at her
when she attacked." Lantis gave the three girls a searching look. "but what I want to know is
what type of bond you have with that girl, Kumohi, Hikaru."
Hikaru sighed and turned around almost like she was going to leave. "she is my
daughter."
There! I'm getting back into the groove of things. I think. well have a fun time while summer
lasts people. I'll see you next time I update. soon I hope. this is getting too complicated for me to
remember unless I do it all at once. well JaNe
Akoya