A/N: Sorry UmixClef fans! I know there wasn't much of Umi and Clef in the last chappie but I'll make it up in this one. Yawn maybe the next chappie. I don't know. depends. Soo here's the next chappie!!

Chappie 4: Healing

Umi woke up, her head ringing. She saw Clef dozing on a chair, sleeping peacefully. She smiled then remembered about last night. Kyuko.She closed her eyes feeling all her wounds being lashed on her again. Opening her eyes, she saw that Clef wasn't on the chair anymore. A pair of arms wrapped around her.

"How're you feeling?"Clef mummered, nuzzling her neck. "Pain." She muttered.

"Oh! I almost forgot! This will heal your wounds." He said as he pulled out a potion and handed it to Umi. She took it and gulped it down. The potion had a sweet yet bitter taste. Then feeling much better, she asked quietly," What happened last night?"

Clef looked down."Hikaru, gave herself up for you. We are going to get the jewels to get her back."He whispered.

"Hikaru is with that hag now and it's all my fault!"She flung on her pajamas and ran out the room. Clef hid in the shadows following her silently.

Umi sat on a tree in the palace garden. Hikaru. she thought.'Why?' Several tears ran down her face. Someone gently wiped them away. She turned and saw Clef. "Go away."Umi sobbed."How can you stand to be near me?" I couldn't even help my own friend!" she said sobbing even harder. Clef put a finger to her lips and wiped away all her tears then gently kissed her. Umi felt his warm breath tickling her neck and turn slightly red.

"It wasn't your fault. Hikaru knew what she had to do. I could tell. by the look on her face. She knows if you were in her place, you'd be willing to do the same for her and same with Fuu." He lifted his hand and brushed her cheek." Even Lantis doesn't blame you even though he's hurting. We all know its Kyuko. " He turned and sighed. "I swore. as the master mage of all Cephiro.. That I would be the one to destroy her. I'm not scared. the only thing is I fear. what if I don't survive the fight?" He said sadly." then who would you be with? Sometimes I wish I wasn't' the Master Mage. too many responsibilities and girls wouldn't be flocking around me for my title."

Noticing where he was heading in their conversation, Umi leaned slightly until she was an inch of two away from Clef's face.

"I don't care if you're the king of Zaban or whatever. Like you told me, I fell in love with you Guru Clef, not anyone else, and not your title." The two smiled and locked in a passionate kiss.

Fuu and Ferio had been watching Umi and Clef for a while now. They sat on a branch, but unknown to them, the branch was straining under their weight and had a rather large crack. They were so into their conversation that they didn't notice that Umi and Clef had stopped and Clef was whispering something into Umi's ear. A few seconds later, a rather large bird came close to Fuu and Ferio's branch and landed on it. CRACK!!! The two spies fell down and landed on each other.

A voice spoke." Well, well, what do we have here?"It was Clef and he was smirking. Umi spoke"Looks like two spies." The two exchanged glances and grinned evilly. Fuu and Ferio got a clue about what they were going to do and started to run. Clef held his hand up and the two froze on the spot.

"Going so quickly? But we were just about to play."Clef yawned.

Umi cut in."Shall we begin?" Clef nodded. Then a rather soaked and (courtesy of Umi) singed pair went to the castle to change. Umi and Clef breaking into fits of laughter behind them.

A/N: The next chappie preview:

As soon as they had got back to the castle, Clef and Lantis began to discuss plans. Clef decided to go research some more while the rest went to sleep.

Tune in next chappie! Ja ne!