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ReWrite Version 3.0 [1/20/03]

~*~ The Final Battle for Cephiro & New Beginings ~*~
Chapter 2: Journey back home...

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" " - Spoken
// \\ - **In italics** What the Heart and Mind Whispers
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Later that day, the three girls met at Tokyo Tower. They hugged each other in
greeting, but were solemn and quiet. They all turned to the windows where they had first
seen Emeraude-hime before they had been summoned. They joined hands and closed
their eyes, willing to go back to Cephiro, even when they knew it wouldn't work. They
had tried, many times before, but they were unsuccessful.


Fuu, who knew it wouldn't work again, sighed in disappointment, //Oh, Ferio, I
wish I was there by your side. Even if I could never come back to this world, I would
rather be there in Cephiro than anywhere else in the world. \\


Umi started to cry silently, //Dammit! Why won't it work? Ascot! Can you hear
me? Bring me back! I can't live here with out you any more! I wish with all my heart
that I was with you in Cephiro! \\


Tears seeped through Hikaru's closed eyes, //Why?! Why won't it work? I'm the
pillar now, why can't I make it work? I wish with all my heart that I was in Cephiro and
that we could travel back and forth between our worlds, and even if that wasn't possible,
I would want to be in Cephiro... FOREVER! \\


As they stood there, the air around them began to glow. Umi smiled faintly
through her tears, "I can almost hear the calls of the monsters in the Forrest of Silence."


"I can smell the fresh smell of the lakes and the sea," Fuu murmured.


Since the girls hadn't opened their eyes, they hadn't seen that Tokyo Tower had
faded and they had teleported back to Cephiro for real. Hikaru sighed, and began to open
her eyes when she felt the fluttering of her skirt. When she realized this, her eyes
snapped open, "Oh my god! We're... FALLING!"


The others opened their eyes and then, in SD form, began to fall towards the
ground, Umi screaming all the while.


**Boink** **Boink** **Boink**

Fuu, out of breath, looked at what she had landed on. "Fyula!" she exclaimed,
"Hikaru-san! Umi-san! I believe that we have returned!!"


"What?" cried Umi as she opened her eyes. "Oh, Fyula, Thankyouthankyou!" she
said as she cuddled the giant, flying fish. The other knights were astonished, and Hikaru
whispered to herself, "Is it possible that our wishes have been granted for real?"


"Whop!" cried Fyula as he gave them a 'fishy' smile.


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"Here they come!" cried Caldina as every one watched Fyula approach.
"Well then, give them some room, you silly underdressed chick!" Ascot said with
excitement. The rest of the group just chuckled as Caldina got huffy, "What was that,
Monster Boy?"


SD-Ascot stretched out his face and taunted, "You heard me, you old lady!" With
that, SD-Caldina started chasing SD-Ascot around, threatening to kill him with a blunt
object. "Aren't you going to do something about your wife, Lafarga?" Clef asked,
rubbing his temple where a migraine threatened.


"Would you try if she were your wife?" Lafarga returned with a small smile. Clef
sighed, "I guess not. I'd rather keep my life."


Throughout this entire exchange, Fyula had landed and the knights were now
wondering how to get down. Fuu, with her natural grace, slid down to the ground and
landed lightly on her feet. Hikaru just hopped down as if gravity didn't affect her. After
a few moments, they looked up at a very stressed-out Umi. "Umi, are you just gonna stay
up there forever?" Hikaru called up to her.


"Dammit, Hikaru, you know I hate heights!" Umi, in SD, cried down to the other two.


"** Recovering Winds **", Fuu called out as she used her magic. The spell
worked by picking Umi up and setting her on her feet in front of Hikaru.


"Wow, Fuu-chan! Is that a new spell?" Hikaru asked brightly. Fuu just grinned
back and nodded.


"I've been trying to figure out that spell since we spotted the castle," she explained.


"I wonder where everyone is," Umi said, smoothing out her skirts. The three of
them looked around them, question marks flashing over their heads, when Fuu shrieked
suddenly. Umi and Hikaru jumped, startled by the sound, when they were swept up by
strong arms that they had only dreamt about.


"Lantis-kun," Hikaru squealed as she threw her arms around his armored plated shoulders.


"Ascot!" Umi nearly sobbed as Ascot twirled her about, his cloak fluttering behind him.


"Ferio," Fuu sighed as the prince cuddled her close and took a ring from his ear,
then whispered something in her ear, which made her blush.


"Welcome back, Magic Knights!" Guru Clef said with a grin on his face, "It has
been a long time."


"Too long, if you ask me," Presea said as she nudged her tall, well-proportioned
fiancé. The girls blinked and glanced at each other.


"Uh.... Clef? Is that really you?" Umi said as she studied him warily. He chuckled
warmly, "Hai, Umi. It's me."


"My God! You... you... GREW!" Umi stuttered in disbelief. The entire group
chuckled at her expression, just as they had when she had a conniption fit over how Ascot
had grown the last time.


"Clef decided to change when he asked Presea to merry him last year," Ascot
explained, "Besides, we had been bugging him to change anyway. The people didn't
respect a leader that looked like he was four years old and had the nickname of 'Football boy'."


"Is Sierra here, too?" Hikaru asked, "And where is Mokona and that pixie chick?"
Lantis laughed at that, "Her name was Premera, and she now heads the Fairy Ring."


"Sierra is back at the forge in the Forrest," Presea added.


"And no one really knows where Mokona went. He just disappeared after ya'll
left," Caldina chimed in. Everyone just stood there and chatted when Ascot suddenly
realized something, "Umi! You cut your hair!!"


Umi, startled by his out burst, fell over, but recovered instantly, "It took you this
long to notice that?" She stuck out her tongue at him and said, "It was time for a change
any way." The group snickered a bit, but soon Caldina looked around. "Hey, ya'll,
where's the prince and Fuu?" Every one looked about, but it was apparent that the
couple was missing.


"Oh well, I'm sure Ferio just wanted to be alone with her for a while," Lafarga
said, unperturbed by their disappearance. "And I think we should all change for dinner,"
Clef said, "I'm sure the young ladies would like to change their clothes." Hikaru and
Umi nodded their thanks.


"Alrighty! Lantis'll show ya gals ya rooms and I'll go see what clothes I can fine!"
Caldina said happily as she, and the rest of the group, moved into the castle.

"And no one really knows where Mokona went. He just disappeared after ya'll
left," Caldina chimed in. Everyone just stood there and chatted when Ascot suddenly
realized something, "Umi! You cut your hair!!"


Umi, startled by his out burst, fell over, but recovered instantly, "It took you this
long to notice that?" She stuck out her tongue at him and said, "It was time for a change
any way." The group snickered a bit, but soon Caldina looked around. "Hey, ya'll,
where's the prince and Fuu?" Every one looked about, but it was apparent that the
couple was missing.


"Oh well, I'm sure Ferio just wanted to be alone with her for a while," Lafarga
said, unperturbed by their disappearance. "And I think we should all change for dinner,"
Clef said, "I'm sure the young ladies would like to change their clothes." Hikaru and
Umi nodded their thanks.


"Alrighty! Lantis'll show ya gals ya rooms and I'll go see what clothes I can fine!"
Caldina said happily as she, and the rest of the group, moved into the castle.
"And no one really knows where Mokona went. He just disappeared after ya'll
left," Caldina chimed in. Everyone just stood there and chatted when Ascot suddenly
realized something, "Umi! You cut your hair!!"


Umi, startled by his out burst, fell over, but recovered instantly, "It took you this
long to notice that?" She stuck out her tongue at him and said, "It was time for a change
any way." The group snickered a bit, but soon Caldina looked around. "Hey, ya'll,
where's the prince and Fuu?" Every one looked about, but it was apparent that the
couple was missing.


"Oh well, I'm sure Ferio just wanted to be alone with her for a while," Lafarga
said, unperturbed by their disappearance. "And I think we should all change for dinner,"
Clef said, "I'm sure the young ladies would like to change their clothes." Hikaru and
Umi nodded their thanks.


"Alrighty! Lantis'll show ya gals ya rooms and I'll go see what clothes I can fine!"
Caldina said happily as she, and the rest of the group, moved into the castle.



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Twin Star's notes/commentary:
yay! ^_^ i'm so happy i'm getting this done.... heh.... ^^;; anyway.... um..... work'n on the next chapter, but suffering from MAJOR MAJOR WRITERS BLOCK!! no kidding! argh! it's horrible and i feel so sad cause of it..... oh well, i'm work'n on it! *l* anyway, um.... yeah..... i was kinda grove'n to MoonLight Shadow techno.... ^_^ i love the song! hehe! well, anyway, um.... i'll try to get the new chap up soon, but i'm not make'n any promises as to when! so yeah.... matta ne, minna-sama!!

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