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~*~ The Final Battle for Cephiro and A New Beginning ~*~
Chapter 17: Finding more questions than answers

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"I wonder why we appeared here instead of where we were in the castle," Hikaru

wondered outloud as she looked around them. "This is where Umi disappeared," called a

voice from the dark shadows of the forest greenery. Looking closer, Fuu peered into

where the voice sounded and called, "Ascot-san?" Popping out from behind a bush,

Ascot's hat and face was seen clearly, "Hai, Fuu, it's me." Feeling a bit better, Hikaru

looked around again, and said, "This is where she disappeared, huh? Maybe there's some

clues as to who took her."


"We already looked," Ascot said, brushing off leaves and twigs that had stuck to

his robes. "'We'?" Fuu asked, tilting her head to the side in puzzlement. "Did you

honestly think we'd let you girls get all the glory?" asked a voice from behind the girls.

Turning to look, Ferio grinned at them and Lantis smirked in amusement, "And we

thought that you two knew us better." Walking over to Ferio, Fuu took his hand and said

sadly, "The gods could not help us." Nodding, Ferio hugged her close, "We thought as

much. There's a part of an ancient contract between the gods and the rulers of Cephiro

that states that there has to be three knights in order for them to leave their realm or their

shrines." Sighing with regret, Fuu just snuggled into Ferio's arms and the rest of the

group discussed what to do next. "Well, Ascot, why don't you explain what happened

here," Hikaru said. As he was about to start, a high pitched squeal sounded from the

forest, not far from where they were. Quickly taking action, both Fuu and Hikaru ran to

see if it might have been Umi, and the guys hot on their trail. Coming to a clearing, they

stopped and visually searched the area for any sign of the thing that had alerted them.

Then they heard a soft giggle, "I could tell you what happened to the girl, but that would

be too easy." Looking up into one of the tall trees, they saw a girl who was tall, had

mudd colored hair and even darker eyes and wearing a dark maroon body suit with armor

covering it. Summoning her sword, Hikaru yelled to the girl, "Who are you and where is Umi!"


"And more importantly, why do you look like Fuu!" Ferio demanded angerly,

shielding Fuu behind him. Shrugging slightly, the girl said, "You're water sprite is

staying with me and my lady as a.... guest." Then, pointing to Fuu, "As to why I look like

her, why don't you ask her that." Snorting softly, she shimmered and vanished before

them, leaving them even more confused than before. Turning to Fuu, they started to ask

what the girl meant when they noticed how deathly pale she had gone and the animalistic

fear that shimmered in the depths of her eyes. "Fuu?" Ferio asked softly, hoping not to

scare her any more than she already was. But, nonetheless, Fuu moaned in agony and

collapsed into Ferio's arms. Crying silently, she whispered into Ferio's robes, "I didn't do

anything wrong! I didn't do anything wrong....," and with that, she let the darkness

around her take her into it's healing grasp of sleep.



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Suzaku's corner
TAHDAH!!!! here's the next chapter!!!!!! sorry it took so long guys, but it's been a hard few weeks with school and life in general, so be happy that i've found the time to get atleast this chapter up! I'm trying to work on 3, yes 3, fanfics and it's not easy when also battling a cold and writer's block... so i hope ya'll will forgive me. umm.... anyway, i'm gonna see if i can add more to my other stories too, so matta ne!!


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