Magic Knight Rayearth 3 Chapter 4
The girls had walked to their rooms, guided by virtual maps Clef had provided them with. Once there, they each thoroughly bathed and changed into fresh clothes in their own *deluxe* bathrooms. (And lord do I mean DELUXE! Try two spa-baths and one massager-bath AND one shower and a few other neat things! ^_~; ). However, they still had plenty of time afterwards before the actual party actually began, so they decided on reacquainting themselves with each other, with Cephiro, and with the living beings of Cephiro.
Diamond and Shira met each other in the hallways while looking at their maps. "Hey, Diamond? That you?" Shira asked rather puzzled. "Yeah, it's me. Who else would it be? Though I must admit, this dress does make me look better, huh?" "Oi! You always look nice, Diamond! That's just the way you are! And now we know one more reason why you are that way, huh? You sure you didn't know that you were a Cephiran Princess?" Shira asked. Diamond just made a face at Shira that said 'Duh! Of course I didn't!' Before Shira could make any comments, their conversation was interrupted by a some-what boastful voice coming from around a corner.
"YES! I told you Hikaru would already be off to talk with her! I told you, I told you!" "Yes, well we don't actually know that she's talking with HER! For all we do know, she could've snuck out to the party area already!" The two people talking rounded the corner. To Diamond and Shira's surprise, the people turned out to be an extremely beautiful Umi and Fuu.
Umi snorted in reply to Fuu's last comment. "Yeah right. She wouldn't bother breaking a rule the day she gets to the castle! But if you're right, I'll bet she's off talking with Lantis and Eagle. "
Fuu smiled as she replied. "I'd have to say I can't argue with that." Her face fell into a slight frown. "But I do feel kinda bad for her. I mean, the poor thing's worried whether or not they even remember her, and if they don't.."
".....Oh.....yeah, you're right." The grin disappeared from Umi's face. "Well, I hope that's not the case. It would break her heart if they didn't remember her at all. Especially after all they've...hey, it's....Shira?!" "And Diamond, too, Umi! Let's go meet them!"
"HEY SHIRA! HEY DIAMOND!" Umi yelled out to them in friendly greeting.
"HEY UMI, HEY FUU!" The two shouted back. Once they were close enough, they began talking in normal tones as they wandered through the halls. "Wow, you two look really pretty in those dresses, don't they Fuu?" "Yeah! Diamond, that dress makes you look like a princess even more than you already look like one! And Shira looks like a princess too....in fact..OH MY GOSH! Umi!" Fuu turned to look at Umi while she spoke. "They really do resemble those princesses now, don't they? You know, we should introduce them to those princesses tonight!..I mean, the Chizetan ones, anyway." Fuu bowed her head in respect as she thought of the death of the Pillar-Princess. Umi nodded and bowed her head as well. Shira finally broke the silence that followed.
"Well, you know," she began, "you two look beautiful in those dresses too!" Umi and Fuu blushed slightly as Umi snorted "yeah right" under her breath. The four teens were soon looking at each others' new outfits.
Diamond had on a beautiful gown. It wasn't poofy, but it did look like something royalty would wear. It flowed around her, just as did her hair.
Shira was wearing a very beautiful Chizetan wardrobe. It looked exactly like Tatra's; however, it was creme baby blue and light creme orange instead of red and gold. She also had a sort of long, flowing skirt around the bottom half. This skirt-like thing flowed around her back half, and ended at each side.
Umi had on her dragon-tamer outfit. The flowing scarf-like accessory was absent; she wasn't currently using it. (You'll see her wearing this outfit in the picture of her and Celeste where she's patting Celeste's head with one hand. She's very small compared to Celeste, who's in his normal dragon form.)
Fuu had on a beautiful dress that looked somewhat like Presea's weapon- making gown. However, Fuu's had a normal top half with short sleeves. At the end of each sleeve was a light leaf-green trim.
When they were done admiring each other's new looks, Fuu concluded that they go look for Hikaru and Yunari.
"Hey, maybe that walking-white-marshmallow called Mokona could pull up his location map you told Shira and I about," Diamond suggested.
"Hey, that might just work, Diamond!"
With that, Mokona did as he'd heard he was to do. Four blinking lights represented them in the hallway, and two other lights revealed that Yunari and Hikaru were walking towards Yunari's room.
"We have TWO bogies at 12:00," Umi said as she laughed. She then continued rubbing it in for Fuu. "We also have confirmation that Ms. Ryuuzaki has won the bet with Ms. Hououji!". "I give up, Umi; I give up, " Fuu sighed in defeat. Umi nodded in satisfaction, eyes closed, as she said "I told you so, Fuu."
They all then began walking toward Yunari's room so as to intercept Hikaru and Yunari.
Meanwhile, the two girls they were after were walking towards Yunari's room at a quick pace.
"So, hold on a minute. You're saying you're in love with this guy called Lantis?"
"Uh...NO, I'm not...in love....with Lantis, I just really like him. To me, he's like a.....a..." Hikaru paused as they walked into Yunari's room, and out onto her balcony. "A boyfriend?" Yunari smirked as Hikaru blushed furiously. "NO!....like a brother!".
"SURE, Hikaru. Whatever you say. But that's not what Umi and Fuu will tell me ..." Hikaru blushed even more, but she used Yunari's question's to her own advantage. "Have YOU ever been in love with anybody?".
Yunari turned and looked incredulously at Hikaru. "Earth to Ms. Shidou? Do I even LOOK suitable enough for any guy, let alone beautiful enough to attract one?". "Yeah, of course you're pretty! How could you possibly say that you're not beautiful; you ought to know you are!"
Yunari cheeks turned a bright pink as she blushed in shame. "I'm probably pretty ugly, huh?"
Hikaru looked stunned. "No, you're not!" she said gently. "Especially in that cool outfit, now that I think about it...which wardrobe closet did YOU look in? that's a really pretty dress!"
"Oh...I got it out of the one that that beautiful princess named Princess Emeraude was using..."
"Hold on a sec....what do you mean using? You don't mean you met Emeraude's spirit, do you?"
"Oh, heck no! What have you been eating? Pure sugar? I met her in person...."
Hikaru stepped back a pace, extremely stunned. "What do you mean?! She's dead, remember? We told you how we killed her to fulfill her wish, and now you're saying that.."
"You're right! Holy rainbow trout!"
"That must be some pretty damn good dinner!"
The two girls turned around to see Umi, Diamond, Fuu, and Shira standing in the room.
"Hey, I never saw a balcony in my room!" Fuu yelped.
"Oh, there are buttons hidden in the rooms that open the path to them," Yunari explained.
"What's Hikaru's problem?" Shira asked carefully, looking at Hikaru's shocked look.
"Emm...Emeraude..," Hikaru sputtered.
"What about Emeraude?" everyone but Yunari asked.
"Emeraude's back....she's.....ALIVE.."
"WHAT!?!"
"I saw Emeraude....she was at her old wardrobe closet..that was the one where I'd been looking. She looked like a teenager again....and she saw me looking and said she had the perfect dress for me...and then she gave me this dress, which I don't really deserve...."
"ARGH! You do too deserve it, Yunari-san, so stop saying you don't!"
"But I..."
" Hikaru's right, stop being so hard on yourself," Shira said calmly.
"Anyway, where were you and Yunari, Hikaru? We've been looking all over this area of the castle for you two...." Umi, Fuu, and Hikaru began to talk. Shira and Diamond looked around the room with Yunari's permission, having not had a closer look at their own rooms. Yunari sighed. She began to walk back to the room with the other girls, but she suddenly stopped as she heard a soft howling from outside. Her eyes widened and she turned back and ran out to the balcony, looking down as she reached the edge. She then squinted as she looked in the darkened garden below. It didn't take long before a growling noise was heard, and Yunari directed her sights on the area the growl was coming from. As she looked on in amazement, a huge wolf- like creature stepped out from behind a beautiful flowering bush. Yunari, though frightened, couldn't help but feel that this animal knew her, and she knew it. Then, as soon as it had stepped out from behind the bush, it looked at Yunari once, and then it dashed off behind another tree. Yunari then sighed again as she stepped off the balcony, wondering who or what that creature was. But as soon as she reached the girls inside her room, a swishing sound was heard, followed by a soft pounding noise with a hint of a click. Yunari ignored it at first, but when the clicking seemed to come closer and then stop, she slowly turned around.
When she turned, she was looking down, and she saw two huge white paws. Yunari then slowly pulled her head up, dragging her sights along the now clear animal that she had seen in the garden. She would have screamed in fear, had not the wolf-dog looked her straight in the eyes, and then bent his head for her to scratch it. Only one animal in the universe could ask to be scratched in such a slow, kind manner...
"RAIAKA! It's YOU! But how did you get here? And how did ya get so dang BIG?! I mean, for crying out loud, you're the size of Princess Mononoke San's wolf brothers!" At this, the other girls turned around and yelped in fear, awe, and surprise.
"That IS Raiaka!" Shira yelled.
Before all the girls could talk about their wolf friend's arrival, they a knock sounded on the door.
As Hikaru answered it, she saw that Presea (Yes the ACTUAL Presea) stood at the door.
"You girls need to hurry! The party's started, and my sister and I were late getting here, because one of Ascot's monsters kinda stole Sierra, since she usually plays with him," Presea said quickly.
"Right!"
"All right then, I'll see you girls there!"
Presea closed the doors, leaving behind six slightly nervous girls.
"How will we get there on time?" Fuu asked.
"Tataka will take us!"
"Huh?" Hikaru asked. They all turned to see Yunari sitting on Tataka's back. "He offered for me to get up, and he said two of you can jump on, too!" Yunari happily announced.
The girls nodded and jumped on happily. Tataka flew off, flying out the huge doors, followed by Raiaka running on the ground.
"Looks like Karaka's coming too," Yunari laughed, watching Raiaka down below as he was joined by his brother, Karaka.
Fuu sweatdropped. "I guess you were right when you said you liked names that ended in "ka". You have three already!"
"Yeah, I guess so...heh heh," Yunari laughed and sweatdropped as well.
At the doors to the party rooms, Tataka stopped and landed next to where Yunari's wolf-dogs were standing. As soon as Yunari hopped off, they licked her hand.
"Stop it you guys, that tickles!!!" Yunari exclaimed, cracking up.
"I know how you feel, Yunari. They do that to me when they come and visit and when I take care of them!" Hikaru said, laughing as she remembered that.
"Well, we better go inside now, huh?" Shira suggested.
"Oh, yeah.....we *might* just wanna do that," Fuu agreed.
Before they could go to open the doors, the doors began opening by themselves. When the doors were halfway open, despite their desperate protests, Raiaka and Karaka were shooed off to the garden by Yunari.
"I'll come get you after the party, OK? I promise. Otherwise I have to give you both expensive treats, all right? Good! See ya later!"
Raiaka, Karaka, and Tataka all left for the garden as the girls, all beautifully dressed, walked through the open doors into a huge party room.
As soon as they walked in, they couldn't believe their eyes. The dance floor was great enough, and huge, too. But there was a room with a pool and a hot tub in it, and there were gaming rooms as well.
"Woah! It's awesome in here!" Umi squealed.
Hikaru began to reply with a "Yeah," but she was cut off when two pairs of strong hands set themselves on her shoulders. Hikaru turned around slowly to find herself looking into the eyes of Lantis and Eagle. "Oh my...GOSH! You really ARE awake, Eagle!" she exclaimed happily as she threw her arms around the two of them.
"I just came over to say hi, and I also wanted to meet your friends," Lantis said, and Eagle nodded in agreement.
"Oh! Well, you know us, but this is Shira Waytye, the girl over there with the gold-blond hair is Yunari Hie-sine, and this girl is Diamond Faye-tul. Diamond is a Cephiran princess, and Yunari is the newest Magic Knight. Her element is Thunder."
"Ask Clef for the details, though," Umi interrupted, " cause we came to party!"
"All right, In that case, Hikaru, would you like to dance?"
Hikaru blinked and looked at Lantis. "Me...dance...with you?"
"Yeah."
"OK..I guess. I'm not that good, though."
"What do you mean?" Lantis looked really confused.
"I mean...*sigh* I really suck at dancing."
"HIKARU! That's a load !....Oh, heh heh...Sorry about my language," Yunari sweatdropped as a few people nearby stared at her for a moment.
"*A-HEM!* Anyway, Yunari's right, Hikaru.." Umi began.
"We've seen you dance before...." Fuu continued their "speech".
"...Even though you didn't know we were watching...." Diamond kept it up.
"...And we'd have to conclude that you dance very well," Shira concluded.
"Uh...Heh heh.." Hikaru laughed a bit as she sweatdropped and scratched the back of her head. "I guess I could try to dance like I do at home."
"Good. Now let's go," Lantis suggested. He literally picked her up by her shoulders, pulling her into one of the dance rooms, and as he did, Hikaru gained her cat tail and ears.
Fuu laughed. "She actually looked like a cat in a way that time. It was a perfect moment to go cat-SD."
"You know, you're right, Fuu!" Umi exclaimed. "You usually pick up a cat by it's shoulders, and that's exactly what Lantis did to her!"
"You two told me she was real cute when she 14 and 15 years old. But she was probably even cuter in this instance!"
"We'd have to agree with that," Fuu and Umi nodded at the same time. Then, they looked at each other and laughed. Shira started laughing as well, and soon they all were cracking up. After a while they looked from the bar-plex tables, trying to find Hikaru and Lantis. When they did find them, they saw that they were dancing with each other.
"Awwww, how cute," Diamond sighed. However, their gazes were broken when four extremely handsome guys (Just the right height! ^_- ) stepped in front of them. The girls all turned around to find Ferio, Eagle, and Ascot, all of them still the little hotties they were. However, accompanying them was a taller and amazingly handsome Zazu Torque.
"Hell-o chik-os. It's been a while."
"OH MY GOSH!" Umi and Fuu yelled as they hugged everybody and greeted them warmly.
"Can we ask you ladies to dance?" Ferio asked, for the all of the guys. Then, not waiting for a reply, he took Fuu's hand and he led her out to the dance floor.
Eagle walked to Diamond, took her hand, and said softly, "You're very beautiful, you know?" As she looked into his eyes she knew that he meant it, so she followed him to the floor as well.
Ascot had only to look into Umi's eyes and smile. She returned the favor, and then she hugged him, exclaiming, "It's been so long since I last saw you!" Her eyes filled with tears of joy as she continued. "I don't know why, but I really couldn't get you off my mind while I was gone. I was so worried something would happen to you, even though you are so darn strong."
"It's all right, Umi. You're here now, and that's all that matters.....That was so darn un-creative!" Ascot said, suddenly ticked off at himself. "I should have said something ORIGINAL!"
"Yeah, but I liked it." Umi smiled at him. "And it was really kawaii."
Ascot blushed slightly as he smiled at Umi, somewhat speechless. "Thanks."
He then led her out to dance.
Zazu gently led Shira to the dance floor. They both wanted to dance with each other, even though they had only just met. They blushed as they caught themselves staring at each other, and for a moment they looked away.
But soon, everyone was casting aside their shyness and their problems, and they settled into party mode.
Even Yunari, though slightly downcast that she had not yet met a guy she loved (Possibly at first sight?), got into the party spirit. She went to the billiards room and she looked through an indoor window, watching her friends dancing as she played a round of billiards.
And so the confusion was beginning to fade away, though all six girls knew it could have been just the beginning of it all. After all, they had a mission once more.
But as Yunari thought, she became more upset that she wasn't liked...or possibly, *loved*, by any cute guys whom she liked back. She did see a couple nice ones that liked her, but when she went to dance with them, it felt like more of a friend kind-of relationship.
She didn't want to bother her friends after she got so fed up with loneliness, so she went to exit the room. But just as she was leaving, she heard a voice in the doorway that was directed at her...
"Hey wench. You're sexy tonight, but you look kind of lonely. What's your name?"
The girls had walked to their rooms, guided by virtual maps Clef had provided them with. Once there, they each thoroughly bathed and changed into fresh clothes in their own *deluxe* bathrooms. (And lord do I mean DELUXE! Try two spa-baths and one massager-bath AND one shower and a few other neat things! ^_~; ). However, they still had plenty of time afterwards before the actual party actually began, so they decided on reacquainting themselves with each other, with Cephiro, and with the living beings of Cephiro.
Diamond and Shira met each other in the hallways while looking at their maps. "Hey, Diamond? That you?" Shira asked rather puzzled. "Yeah, it's me. Who else would it be? Though I must admit, this dress does make me look better, huh?" "Oi! You always look nice, Diamond! That's just the way you are! And now we know one more reason why you are that way, huh? You sure you didn't know that you were a Cephiran Princess?" Shira asked. Diamond just made a face at Shira that said 'Duh! Of course I didn't!' Before Shira could make any comments, their conversation was interrupted by a some-what boastful voice coming from around a corner.
"YES! I told you Hikaru would already be off to talk with her! I told you, I told you!" "Yes, well we don't actually know that she's talking with HER! For all we do know, she could've snuck out to the party area already!" The two people talking rounded the corner. To Diamond and Shira's surprise, the people turned out to be an extremely beautiful Umi and Fuu.
Umi snorted in reply to Fuu's last comment. "Yeah right. She wouldn't bother breaking a rule the day she gets to the castle! But if you're right, I'll bet she's off talking with Lantis and Eagle. "
Fuu smiled as she replied. "I'd have to say I can't argue with that." Her face fell into a slight frown. "But I do feel kinda bad for her. I mean, the poor thing's worried whether or not they even remember her, and if they don't.."
".....Oh.....yeah, you're right." The grin disappeared from Umi's face. "Well, I hope that's not the case. It would break her heart if they didn't remember her at all. Especially after all they've...hey, it's....Shira?!" "And Diamond, too, Umi! Let's go meet them!"
"HEY SHIRA! HEY DIAMOND!" Umi yelled out to them in friendly greeting.
"HEY UMI, HEY FUU!" The two shouted back. Once they were close enough, they began talking in normal tones as they wandered through the halls. "Wow, you two look really pretty in those dresses, don't they Fuu?" "Yeah! Diamond, that dress makes you look like a princess even more than you already look like one! And Shira looks like a princess too....in fact..OH MY GOSH! Umi!" Fuu turned to look at Umi while she spoke. "They really do resemble those princesses now, don't they? You know, we should introduce them to those princesses tonight!..I mean, the Chizetan ones, anyway." Fuu bowed her head in respect as she thought of the death of the Pillar-Princess. Umi nodded and bowed her head as well. Shira finally broke the silence that followed.
"Well, you know," she began, "you two look beautiful in those dresses too!" Umi and Fuu blushed slightly as Umi snorted "yeah right" under her breath. The four teens were soon looking at each others' new outfits.
Diamond had on a beautiful gown. It wasn't poofy, but it did look like something royalty would wear. It flowed around her, just as did her hair.
Shira was wearing a very beautiful Chizetan wardrobe. It looked exactly like Tatra's; however, it was creme baby blue and light creme orange instead of red and gold. She also had a sort of long, flowing skirt around the bottom half. This skirt-like thing flowed around her back half, and ended at each side.
Umi had on her dragon-tamer outfit. The flowing scarf-like accessory was absent; she wasn't currently using it. (You'll see her wearing this outfit in the picture of her and Celeste where she's patting Celeste's head with one hand. She's very small compared to Celeste, who's in his normal dragon form.)
Fuu had on a beautiful dress that looked somewhat like Presea's weapon- making gown. However, Fuu's had a normal top half with short sleeves. At the end of each sleeve was a light leaf-green trim.
When they were done admiring each other's new looks, Fuu concluded that they go look for Hikaru and Yunari.
"Hey, maybe that walking-white-marshmallow called Mokona could pull up his location map you told Shira and I about," Diamond suggested.
"Hey, that might just work, Diamond!"
With that, Mokona did as he'd heard he was to do. Four blinking lights represented them in the hallway, and two other lights revealed that Yunari and Hikaru were walking towards Yunari's room.
"We have TWO bogies at 12:00," Umi said as she laughed. She then continued rubbing it in for Fuu. "We also have confirmation that Ms. Ryuuzaki has won the bet with Ms. Hououji!". "I give up, Umi; I give up, " Fuu sighed in defeat. Umi nodded in satisfaction, eyes closed, as she said "I told you so, Fuu."
They all then began walking toward Yunari's room so as to intercept Hikaru and Yunari.
Meanwhile, the two girls they were after were walking towards Yunari's room at a quick pace.
"So, hold on a minute. You're saying you're in love with this guy called Lantis?"
"Uh...NO, I'm not...in love....with Lantis, I just really like him. To me, he's like a.....a..." Hikaru paused as they walked into Yunari's room, and out onto her balcony. "A boyfriend?" Yunari smirked as Hikaru blushed furiously. "NO!....like a brother!".
"SURE, Hikaru. Whatever you say. But that's not what Umi and Fuu will tell me ..." Hikaru blushed even more, but she used Yunari's question's to her own advantage. "Have YOU ever been in love with anybody?".
Yunari turned and looked incredulously at Hikaru. "Earth to Ms. Shidou? Do I even LOOK suitable enough for any guy, let alone beautiful enough to attract one?". "Yeah, of course you're pretty! How could you possibly say that you're not beautiful; you ought to know you are!"
Yunari cheeks turned a bright pink as she blushed in shame. "I'm probably pretty ugly, huh?"
Hikaru looked stunned. "No, you're not!" she said gently. "Especially in that cool outfit, now that I think about it...which wardrobe closet did YOU look in? that's a really pretty dress!"
"Oh...I got it out of the one that that beautiful princess named Princess Emeraude was using..."
"Hold on a sec....what do you mean using? You don't mean you met Emeraude's spirit, do you?"
"Oh, heck no! What have you been eating? Pure sugar? I met her in person...."
Hikaru stepped back a pace, extremely stunned. "What do you mean?! She's dead, remember? We told you how we killed her to fulfill her wish, and now you're saying that.."
"You're right! Holy rainbow trout!"
"That must be some pretty damn good dinner!"
The two girls turned around to see Umi, Diamond, Fuu, and Shira standing in the room.
"Hey, I never saw a balcony in my room!" Fuu yelped.
"Oh, there are buttons hidden in the rooms that open the path to them," Yunari explained.
"What's Hikaru's problem?" Shira asked carefully, looking at Hikaru's shocked look.
"Emm...Emeraude..," Hikaru sputtered.
"What about Emeraude?" everyone but Yunari asked.
"Emeraude's back....she's.....ALIVE.."
"WHAT!?!"
"I saw Emeraude....she was at her old wardrobe closet..that was the one where I'd been looking. She looked like a teenager again....and she saw me looking and said she had the perfect dress for me...and then she gave me this dress, which I don't really deserve...."
"ARGH! You do too deserve it, Yunari-san, so stop saying you don't!"
"But I..."
" Hikaru's right, stop being so hard on yourself," Shira said calmly.
"Anyway, where were you and Yunari, Hikaru? We've been looking all over this area of the castle for you two...." Umi, Fuu, and Hikaru began to talk. Shira and Diamond looked around the room with Yunari's permission, having not had a closer look at their own rooms. Yunari sighed. She began to walk back to the room with the other girls, but she suddenly stopped as she heard a soft howling from outside. Her eyes widened and she turned back and ran out to the balcony, looking down as she reached the edge. She then squinted as she looked in the darkened garden below. It didn't take long before a growling noise was heard, and Yunari directed her sights on the area the growl was coming from. As she looked on in amazement, a huge wolf- like creature stepped out from behind a beautiful flowering bush. Yunari, though frightened, couldn't help but feel that this animal knew her, and she knew it. Then, as soon as it had stepped out from behind the bush, it looked at Yunari once, and then it dashed off behind another tree. Yunari then sighed again as she stepped off the balcony, wondering who or what that creature was. But as soon as she reached the girls inside her room, a swishing sound was heard, followed by a soft pounding noise with a hint of a click. Yunari ignored it at first, but when the clicking seemed to come closer and then stop, she slowly turned around.
When she turned, she was looking down, and she saw two huge white paws. Yunari then slowly pulled her head up, dragging her sights along the now clear animal that she had seen in the garden. She would have screamed in fear, had not the wolf-dog looked her straight in the eyes, and then bent his head for her to scratch it. Only one animal in the universe could ask to be scratched in such a slow, kind manner...
"RAIAKA! It's YOU! But how did you get here? And how did ya get so dang BIG?! I mean, for crying out loud, you're the size of Princess Mononoke San's wolf brothers!" At this, the other girls turned around and yelped in fear, awe, and surprise.
"That IS Raiaka!" Shira yelled.
Before all the girls could talk about their wolf friend's arrival, they a knock sounded on the door.
As Hikaru answered it, she saw that Presea (Yes the ACTUAL Presea) stood at the door.
"You girls need to hurry! The party's started, and my sister and I were late getting here, because one of Ascot's monsters kinda stole Sierra, since she usually plays with him," Presea said quickly.
"Right!"
"All right then, I'll see you girls there!"
Presea closed the doors, leaving behind six slightly nervous girls.
"How will we get there on time?" Fuu asked.
"Tataka will take us!"
"Huh?" Hikaru asked. They all turned to see Yunari sitting on Tataka's back. "He offered for me to get up, and he said two of you can jump on, too!" Yunari happily announced.
The girls nodded and jumped on happily. Tataka flew off, flying out the huge doors, followed by Raiaka running on the ground.
"Looks like Karaka's coming too," Yunari laughed, watching Raiaka down below as he was joined by his brother, Karaka.
Fuu sweatdropped. "I guess you were right when you said you liked names that ended in "ka". You have three already!"
"Yeah, I guess so...heh heh," Yunari laughed and sweatdropped as well.
At the doors to the party rooms, Tataka stopped and landed next to where Yunari's wolf-dogs were standing. As soon as Yunari hopped off, they licked her hand.
"Stop it you guys, that tickles!!!" Yunari exclaimed, cracking up.
"I know how you feel, Yunari. They do that to me when they come and visit and when I take care of them!" Hikaru said, laughing as she remembered that.
"Well, we better go inside now, huh?" Shira suggested.
"Oh, yeah.....we *might* just wanna do that," Fuu agreed.
Before they could go to open the doors, the doors began opening by themselves. When the doors were halfway open, despite their desperate protests, Raiaka and Karaka were shooed off to the garden by Yunari.
"I'll come get you after the party, OK? I promise. Otherwise I have to give you both expensive treats, all right? Good! See ya later!"
Raiaka, Karaka, and Tataka all left for the garden as the girls, all beautifully dressed, walked through the open doors into a huge party room.
As soon as they walked in, they couldn't believe their eyes. The dance floor was great enough, and huge, too. But there was a room with a pool and a hot tub in it, and there were gaming rooms as well.
"Woah! It's awesome in here!" Umi squealed.
Hikaru began to reply with a "Yeah," but she was cut off when two pairs of strong hands set themselves on her shoulders. Hikaru turned around slowly to find herself looking into the eyes of Lantis and Eagle. "Oh my...GOSH! You really ARE awake, Eagle!" she exclaimed happily as she threw her arms around the two of them.
"I just came over to say hi, and I also wanted to meet your friends," Lantis said, and Eagle nodded in agreement.
"Oh! Well, you know us, but this is Shira Waytye, the girl over there with the gold-blond hair is Yunari Hie-sine, and this girl is Diamond Faye-tul. Diamond is a Cephiran princess, and Yunari is the newest Magic Knight. Her element is Thunder."
"Ask Clef for the details, though," Umi interrupted, " cause we came to party!"
"All right, In that case, Hikaru, would you like to dance?"
Hikaru blinked and looked at Lantis. "Me...dance...with you?"
"Yeah."
"OK..I guess. I'm not that good, though."
"What do you mean?" Lantis looked really confused.
"I mean...*sigh* I really suck at dancing."
"HIKARU! That's a load !....Oh, heh heh...Sorry about my language," Yunari sweatdropped as a few people nearby stared at her for a moment.
"*A-HEM!* Anyway, Yunari's right, Hikaru.." Umi began.
"We've seen you dance before...." Fuu continued their "speech".
"...Even though you didn't know we were watching...." Diamond kept it up.
"...And we'd have to conclude that you dance very well," Shira concluded.
"Uh...Heh heh.." Hikaru laughed a bit as she sweatdropped and scratched the back of her head. "I guess I could try to dance like I do at home."
"Good. Now let's go," Lantis suggested. He literally picked her up by her shoulders, pulling her into one of the dance rooms, and as he did, Hikaru gained her cat tail and ears.
Fuu laughed. "She actually looked like a cat in a way that time. It was a perfect moment to go cat-SD."
"You know, you're right, Fuu!" Umi exclaimed. "You usually pick up a cat by it's shoulders, and that's exactly what Lantis did to her!"
"You two told me she was real cute when she 14 and 15 years old. But she was probably even cuter in this instance!"
"We'd have to agree with that," Fuu and Umi nodded at the same time. Then, they looked at each other and laughed. Shira started laughing as well, and soon they all were cracking up. After a while they looked from the bar-plex tables, trying to find Hikaru and Lantis. When they did find them, they saw that they were dancing with each other.
"Awwww, how cute," Diamond sighed. However, their gazes were broken when four extremely handsome guys (Just the right height! ^_- ) stepped in front of them. The girls all turned around to find Ferio, Eagle, and Ascot, all of them still the little hotties they were. However, accompanying them was a taller and amazingly handsome Zazu Torque.
"Hell-o chik-os. It's been a while."
"OH MY GOSH!" Umi and Fuu yelled as they hugged everybody and greeted them warmly.
"Can we ask you ladies to dance?" Ferio asked, for the all of the guys. Then, not waiting for a reply, he took Fuu's hand and he led her out to the dance floor.
Eagle walked to Diamond, took her hand, and said softly, "You're very beautiful, you know?" As she looked into his eyes she knew that he meant it, so she followed him to the floor as well.
Ascot had only to look into Umi's eyes and smile. She returned the favor, and then she hugged him, exclaiming, "It's been so long since I last saw you!" Her eyes filled with tears of joy as she continued. "I don't know why, but I really couldn't get you off my mind while I was gone. I was so worried something would happen to you, even though you are so darn strong."
"It's all right, Umi. You're here now, and that's all that matters.....That was so darn un-creative!" Ascot said, suddenly ticked off at himself. "I should have said something ORIGINAL!"
"Yeah, but I liked it." Umi smiled at him. "And it was really kawaii."
Ascot blushed slightly as he smiled at Umi, somewhat speechless. "Thanks."
He then led her out to dance.
Zazu gently led Shira to the dance floor. They both wanted to dance with each other, even though they had only just met. They blushed as they caught themselves staring at each other, and for a moment they looked away.
But soon, everyone was casting aside their shyness and their problems, and they settled into party mode.
Even Yunari, though slightly downcast that she had not yet met a guy she loved (Possibly at first sight?), got into the party spirit. She went to the billiards room and she looked through an indoor window, watching her friends dancing as she played a round of billiards.
And so the confusion was beginning to fade away, though all six girls knew it could have been just the beginning of it all. After all, they had a mission once more.
But as Yunari thought, she became more upset that she wasn't liked...or possibly, *loved*, by any cute guys whom she liked back. She did see a couple nice ones that liked her, but when she went to dance with them, it felt like more of a friend kind-of relationship.
She didn't want to bother her friends after she got so fed up with loneliness, so she went to exit the room. But just as she was leaving, she heard a voice in the doorway that was directed at her...
"Hey wench. You're sexy tonight, but you look kind of lonely. What's your name?"