Magic Knight Rayearth; Level 7
WHAM! Yunari slammed into something head-first, and fell to the ground, clutching her head for a moment. "What was THAT?!" she muttered under her breath. But before she could see who or WHAT it was, a pair of strong, muscular arms hoisted her up, gathered her in a tight grip, and turned her to face forward.
"Don't say anything, or you'll scare it away," said a cool voice.
She couldn't do anything but do as she was told. And as she stared forward she saw something that shocked her out of her wits.
There was Raika, his black fur glowing slightly, and two tiny golden feathers protruding from his shoulders. But as if that wasn't shocking enough, there, right next to Raika, was a glowing outline of the creature. The creature from her dream.
She opened her mouth, gaping in utter surprise, but as she did, it caught a glimpse of her captor and herself, and it dashed away off towards the same glowing forest from her dream.
Raika then proceeded to pounce upon Yunari, knocking her onto her captor's lap. She was going to laugh and apologize, but when she turned and saw who it was, she quickly fought off Raika and blushed a deep maroon color. 'Oh JOY,' she thought to herself. 'It's the absolute LAST person I'd want to clumsily run into!'
Kaoru was just able to stop himself from laughing out loud. "Don't sweat it," he grinned, reading Yunari's face. "Dogs do that sometimes, and it's really difficult to see or control where you're landing."
"Yeah, well I'm sorry for running into you in the first place," she muttered densely.
"I can't blame you. Everything in these gardens are so beautiful; even if you've been in them one million times, you can't help but stare at things.." Yunari didn't notice that as he spoke those words, he was staring directly at her. Instead, she was too busy wondering why he was being so much more friendly than normal....Had someone forced him to drink again, so now he was drunk again?
"Well, sorry for disturbing you on your, er...mid-night walk. I better be headed back to my room now, though; I need some more sleep before I really wake up," Yunari said, managing a small giggle.
"Sure. But I'll walk you to your room; I sleep outside for now, and it gets lonely walking by myself."
"You know," she began to change the subject, "I was wondering...how many times have you actually seen that creature?"
"About eight times," he responded, almost automatically. Yunari was stunned at his honesty. 'He could have simply lied to me,' she thought to herself.
Being so busy thinking, she barely noticed when they reached her open door.
"This is your room, right?" Kaoru motioned towards her door and led her inside. He began to say, "Good night", but before he could, Raika cunningly appeared out of nowhere, shoved the two inside Yunari's room, and shut the door, sitting in front of it. Meanwhile, Mokona conjured up an extra bed, and magicked Kaoru into the spare, and Yunari into her own.
"YOU LITTLE..LET US.ER.HIM OUT!" Yunari hollered, struggling to get loose.
"Well, actually....now that I'm sort of stuck here, may I spend the night? After all, I don't have anywhere to sleep otherwise except in my tree- branches-and-leaves bed," Kaoru asked simply. Yunari became dead silent for a few moments, and then replied with a whispered "yes" as she once again blushed a deep reddish color.
"Thanks," he muttered quietly. "Good night, Yunari."
Yunari, tired of struggling for freedom, and extremely embarrassed, just managed to utter "Good night, Kaoru." Then, as Raika crept onto his bed next to hers, she scratched his head and giggled gently, muttering "You big butthead; you did that on purpose." Then, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Kaoru could barely sleep. He couldn't help but stare at Yunari, wondering how something so and fragile could be a Magic Knight. Then, he noticed she seemed to be cringing in fear at a nightmare. Despite the fact that he hated most girls, he felt sorry. He mentally beat his head on the wall when he realized that he had brushed her hair out of her face. "Stupid girl," he thought to himself. slipping into his own bed and falling to sleep.
~*~
The next morning went fairly well; Kaoru woke Yunari up and took her down to breakfast, where he told her that Clef wanted to see her at the garden fountain later that afternoon.
"And after that, he wants to see you in his study. I don't know what for, but it may be something about your weapon. And by the way, thanks for letting me sleep in a bed. You don't have a clue how much damned pain I feel after sleeping in trees all night." "Yeah, sure." "Well, let's go." "All right."
~*~
"Hey! Clef! What did you want?" Yunari asked, running up to him. "Yunari...I'm terribly sorry for surprising you so soon with this startling information. You too, Hikaru," Clef said, leading the two girls outside.
"Well, what is it, Clef?" Hikaru asked, bending down to his height.
"I'm sorry that I must rush to tell you this but...you two are sisters."
"WE'RE WHAT?!....YOU MEAN MY DREAMS WERE TRUE?!" yelped the two girls in unison. They glanced at each other, however, and then laughed hysterically, accepting the truth very quickly and easily.
"Well, we're sorry for rushing YOU, Clef, but..." Yunari began.
"We have to go tell Umi and Fuu and the others about this," Hikaru said, laughing as she finished her sister's sentence.
"Yes, well, then, I shall see you later," Clef called out to their departing backs. "Women and teenage girls," he muttered.
"EXCUSE ME?!" Presea said, hovering over him.
"Eh....heh heh...help!"
WHAM! Yunari slammed into something head-first, and fell to the ground, clutching her head for a moment. "What was THAT?!" she muttered under her breath. But before she could see who or WHAT it was, a pair of strong, muscular arms hoisted her up, gathered her in a tight grip, and turned her to face forward.
"Don't say anything, or you'll scare it away," said a cool voice.
She couldn't do anything but do as she was told. And as she stared forward she saw something that shocked her out of her wits.
There was Raika, his black fur glowing slightly, and two tiny golden feathers protruding from his shoulders. But as if that wasn't shocking enough, there, right next to Raika, was a glowing outline of the creature. The creature from her dream.
She opened her mouth, gaping in utter surprise, but as she did, it caught a glimpse of her captor and herself, and it dashed away off towards the same glowing forest from her dream.
Raika then proceeded to pounce upon Yunari, knocking her onto her captor's lap. She was going to laugh and apologize, but when she turned and saw who it was, she quickly fought off Raika and blushed a deep maroon color. 'Oh JOY,' she thought to herself. 'It's the absolute LAST person I'd want to clumsily run into!'
Kaoru was just able to stop himself from laughing out loud. "Don't sweat it," he grinned, reading Yunari's face. "Dogs do that sometimes, and it's really difficult to see or control where you're landing."
"Yeah, well I'm sorry for running into you in the first place," she muttered densely.
"I can't blame you. Everything in these gardens are so beautiful; even if you've been in them one million times, you can't help but stare at things.." Yunari didn't notice that as he spoke those words, he was staring directly at her. Instead, she was too busy wondering why he was being so much more friendly than normal....Had someone forced him to drink again, so now he was drunk again?
"Well, sorry for disturbing you on your, er...mid-night walk. I better be headed back to my room now, though; I need some more sleep before I really wake up," Yunari said, managing a small giggle.
"Sure. But I'll walk you to your room; I sleep outside for now, and it gets lonely walking by myself."
"You know," she began to change the subject, "I was wondering...how many times have you actually seen that creature?"
"About eight times," he responded, almost automatically. Yunari was stunned at his honesty. 'He could have simply lied to me,' she thought to herself.
Being so busy thinking, she barely noticed when they reached her open door.
"This is your room, right?" Kaoru motioned towards her door and led her inside. He began to say, "Good night", but before he could, Raika cunningly appeared out of nowhere, shoved the two inside Yunari's room, and shut the door, sitting in front of it. Meanwhile, Mokona conjured up an extra bed, and magicked Kaoru into the spare, and Yunari into her own.
"YOU LITTLE..LET US.ER.HIM OUT!" Yunari hollered, struggling to get loose.
"Well, actually....now that I'm sort of stuck here, may I spend the night? After all, I don't have anywhere to sleep otherwise except in my tree- branches-and-leaves bed," Kaoru asked simply. Yunari became dead silent for a few moments, and then replied with a whispered "yes" as she once again blushed a deep reddish color.
"Thanks," he muttered quietly. "Good night, Yunari."
Yunari, tired of struggling for freedom, and extremely embarrassed, just managed to utter "Good night, Kaoru." Then, as Raika crept onto his bed next to hers, she scratched his head and giggled gently, muttering "You big butthead; you did that on purpose." Then, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Kaoru could barely sleep. He couldn't help but stare at Yunari, wondering how something so and fragile could be a Magic Knight. Then, he noticed she seemed to be cringing in fear at a nightmare. Despite the fact that he hated most girls, he felt sorry. He mentally beat his head on the wall when he realized that he had brushed her hair out of her face. "Stupid girl," he thought to himself. slipping into his own bed and falling to sleep.
~*~
The next morning went fairly well; Kaoru woke Yunari up and took her down to breakfast, where he told her that Clef wanted to see her at the garden fountain later that afternoon.
"And after that, he wants to see you in his study. I don't know what for, but it may be something about your weapon. And by the way, thanks for letting me sleep in a bed. You don't have a clue how much damned pain I feel after sleeping in trees all night." "Yeah, sure." "Well, let's go." "All right."
~*~
"Hey! Clef! What did you want?" Yunari asked, running up to him. "Yunari...I'm terribly sorry for surprising you so soon with this startling information. You too, Hikaru," Clef said, leading the two girls outside.
"Well, what is it, Clef?" Hikaru asked, bending down to his height.
"I'm sorry that I must rush to tell you this but...you two are sisters."
"WE'RE WHAT?!....YOU MEAN MY DREAMS WERE TRUE?!" yelped the two girls in unison. They glanced at each other, however, and then laughed hysterically, accepting the truth very quickly and easily.
"Well, we're sorry for rushing YOU, Clef, but..." Yunari began.
"We have to go tell Umi and Fuu and the others about this," Hikaru said, laughing as she finished her sister's sentence.
"Yes, well, then, I shall see you later," Clef called out to their departing backs. "Women and teenage girls," he muttered.
"EXCUSE ME?!" Presea said, hovering over him.
"Eh....heh heh...help!"