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~*~ The Final Battle for Cephiro, and a New Beginning ~*~
Normal Life with the Knights

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"Fuu! Hurry up! We're late enough as it is!" called Kuu, Fuu's older sister. Fuu had
decided to enroll in the same high school as Kuu and had started the archery team and was now
the top scorer of every test. Fuu stuffed the rest of her toast in her mouth on her way out the
door. "Damn," she muttered, "I hate waking up late."


Then, she smiled shyly as she remembered what she had been dreaming before her alarm's
rude awakening. She had been arm in arm with her first love, Prince Ferio. They had been
leisurely strolling along a moonlit shore of a huge lake. He had pulled her close and about to kiss
her when she had fallen out of bed at the first shriek of her alarm. Pulling out of her daydream,
she realized that they had already boarded the train headed for school, so she turned to her sister.


"Kuu, after school, I will be meeting my friends at the Tower, so you can head home."


"Are you sure?" asked Kuu, "It seems that when ever the three of you meet there, you
become very depressed afterward."


"I am sure, Onee-chan," Fuu replied softly.


"Alright, only if you're sure, Fuu," Kuu sighed.


They had just gotten off the train when Kuu exclaimed, "Oh! Fuu, while you're there, will
you please get me some of those chick pastries? I just love them!"


"Of course, I always do," Fuu said with a grin.


Kuu clapped happily as they ran the rest of the way to school.


* * * * *


"Umi, dear, I'll give you a ride to school, but you must hurry," Mr. Ryuzaaki called to his
daughter, who was up-stairs in her studio.


"Just a sec, Otou-chan! I just have to finish this one last detail!" Umi called back. She
turned back to her sculpture and studied it, knowing that something was missing. Sighing, Umi
closed her eyes and called upon her memory of the one whom her heart yearned to see again.
Concentrating on his form, she opened her eyes and added that one last detail, a jewel to the left
hand. "Umi, are you..." her mother started to ask as she came in the room, "Oh, goodness! Dear, come and see!"


"Yes, dear?" her father asked as he too came into Umi's sun lit studio. Both of Umi's
parents 'oohed' and 'ahhed' over her newest creation, which was of the figure of a young man in
a cloak, and a hat that fell over his eyes.


"This is unlike the others," her father stated, "What are you going to name this one, Umi-chan?"


"This one I'm going to keep. He is Ascot, a Palu of Cephiro," Umi said with a sad smile.


"He looks like a trainer. Is he the keeper of your other creations, dear?" Mrs. Ryuzaaki
asked as she studied the sculpture.


"I guess you could call him that," Umi sighed, and her heart whispered, // ...and the
master of my soul. \\


* * * * *


In the Shidou Dojo, two warriors faced each other, kendo swords at the ready. The sizes
of the two made the match seem unfair, but the students knew that size didn't matter between
these two. In fact, the match had been going on for about an hour and neither warrior seemed to
back down. The taller of the two struck out, but barely missed the other.


"Hikaru, stay focused!" Satoru, the oldest of the Shidou siblings said with suppressed impatience.


"Dammit, Onii-san, I'm trying!" Hikaru grated through clenched teeth. They faced each
other once again. Hikaru, who was panting hard, stared down her eldest brother, and then she
saw the flash of deep gray eyes. That was enough of an opening Satoru needed, and he lashed
out, knocking Hikaru to the mat. He pulled his facemask off and frowned at her.
"Hikaru, why are you so unfocused?" he demanded.


Hikaru, breathless and annoyed with herself, pulled off her facemask and sighed, "I don't
know why, Onii-chan.... I'm just so stressed out right now. You know how it is. I'm helping you
with the Dojo, then school, and then..."


She ducked her head to swipe away the tears that had begun to fall, and she whispered, "My heart hurts."


Even as she did this, Satoru knew what she meant. About six months ago, Hikaru had
broken down and told her brothers everything, even about Cephiro. Her other two brothers,
Masaru and Kakeru, had gone nuts, but Satoru had understood and comforted her as best as an older brother could.


"Hikaru, if the stress is too great, then I will get Kakeru to help out here more and you
concentrate on your studies. I want to help you, but I don't know how."


He bent down, placing a hand on her head, "You've become a great athlete and your
academics are superb, but your teachers have told me that they worry about you. You sit alone at
lunch, have no close friends in you classes, and you've just become reclusive. I guess that's why
I let you stay home today."


Hikaru sighed, "I'm sorry that I've worried every one, but I am a little stressed. I
appreciate your wanting to help me, but I have to deal with it, alone." She looked up then and
smiled. "Don't worry, Onii-chan. I'll get through this. Just give me some time." Satoru smiled
gently. He knew his little sister would pull through, just as she did when their parents were
killed in a car accident when she was six.


"Are you going to the Tower to meet your friends?"


"Yeah, I need Umi's and Fuu's support right now."


Satoru nodded, "Well then," he began as he rose to his feet and put his mask back on,
"Wanna try your luck again, Hikaru-chan?" Hikaru grinned, got to her feet, and put her mask on.


"Ready and willing, Onii-chan!"



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Notes from Twin Star
*waves* hey-o minna-sama! ^_^;; heh, i know, i know, "bad Llama" on Me'sa, but as I'm sure, some of ya'll know how hard it is to be a Jounior in High school..... and even with my Creative Writing class, it doesn't help much..... but anyway! To any and EVERY one that's complained about my chapters be'n too short, IS THIS LONG ENOUGH FOR EVERY ONE?!?! *cough* .::ahem::. gomen ne..... well, anyway! um..... i'll be try'n to redo some of the chapters and stuff.... the content won't change that much, but if there are any major changes I'll say so.... *Yawn* well, i'd better fly, so Look for me'sa updates, ne?

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