Konichiwa (hello), everyone! This chapter is the least inventive of any
chapters I have ever written for any story. Why? Because it's almost a
direct copy of the DVD of Magic Knight Rayearth. I did change a part or
two, but this is mainly the episode of "Revive! Hikaru's Sword!". The
episode fit so well into my story that I found no reason to change it, so I
spent some painstaking time watching, pausing, and describing what was
happening. Enjoy! (hopefully, anyways)
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1 CHAPTER 6: BATTLE FOR HIKARU'S HEART
Nova shot at Hikaru with beams of magic time and time again. Finally, a strong beam threw Hikaru backwards onto the harsh, rocky surface of the battleground her heart had created. Unable to defend herself, and weak from the repeated attacks, Hikaru could barely rise. Nova had her cornered, and shot her ceaselessly with each attempt to rise, until she could not get up at all. Hikaru lay there, eyes closed, her breathing shallow and labored.
"I hate everything you love," Nova whispered to Hikaru. "Because you hate yourself, I love you."
"I...hate myself?" Hikaru's eyes were wide with surprise.
"Hikaru, stay with me forever," Nova lay down next to the fallen Hikaru, still contemplating the new thought. "Don't look at the outside world. Just play with me…"
"I…"
"Hikaru, I love you," Nova continued, pushing her advantage further. She bent down to kiss the daze Magic Knight, when a beam of light engulfed Hikaru. A blue gem the color of clouds, about the shape and style of Escudo, appeared in front of Hikaru's eyes. Presea's image was reflected in it, and Hikaru gazed at it in wonder.
"Remember your wish! You said you would revive your sword even if it mean risking your life. Remember why you said that! What are you fighting for?" Presea said, saying each word with fierceness that burned into Hikaru's memory.
Hikaru's eyes widened as she recalled past memories. Images of Umi, Fuu, and the people she had come to know and care for in Cephiro flashed before her eyes, and strengthened her resolve.
"Shut up!" Nova shouted in anger, getting up. She shot a ray of magic towards Presea's presence, and Presea screamed in shock and pain as the gem shattered into glistening pieces that soon disappeared into nothingness. Nova looked up to see Hikaru engulfed in the glowing red light of her spirit.
"Dammit!" Nova yelled. She shot magic at Hikaru again in a futile attempt to regain Hikaru's previous state. However, an unseen force deflected each shot, and none ever even touched the Magic Knight it looked for.
Nova's eyes narrowed, noticing how her shots had done. "Flame Arrow!" she shouted, throwing a fistful of fire at Hikaru.
This, too, was repelled, and Hikaru raised her own hand and commanded, "Flame Arrow!" Nova's shrewd look returned as she looked upon the smallest Magic Knight.
"I'm going back," Hikaru declared, "Back to everybody."
"You can't!" Nova drew out the two long bars of yellow that served as her weapon, and crisscrossed them in front of her. "I'll never let you go back!"
Nova threw her weapon at Hikaru with all the strength she had. Hikaru knocked it away with her hand, but did not escape uninjured. After the weapon was hit aside, her wrist bled freely from where it had struck.
"I'm going back to my friends. I'm going back to the people who are waiting for me," Hikaru announced quietly. A column of fire shot up around her, creating a fiery pathway back though the mazes of her heart. Nova's eyes widened, and she took a step back as Hikaru spoke again.
"I will fight…for the promise I made to the people I care about! And…for my own heart!" As Hikaru spoke the last word, red light glowed brightly around her form, and her armor reappeared with a sudden surge of the same light. She raised her arms above her, and Rayearth, in the form she had first seen him, appeared with a blasting roar over her hands for a single second. It swirled into a single mass of fire, and took the shape of the sword Hikaru had once carried. The sword glowed a brilliant white, and Nova watched warily form a distance as Hikaru's sword was revived. With a determined, set look in her eyes, Hikaru raised the sword and swung it in Nova's direction as liquid light ran down its gleaming blade.
Grimacing, Nova tried to block the wall of powerful light from hitting her. With a scream of rage, Nova was thrown back and fell hard as the light fell upon her with the force of Hikaru's soul.
Lantis ran into the Chamber of Recreation. Mokona jumped into his arms as he came in. Mikoto watched silently from the shadows, observing everything as it happened. Since no visions were there to watch in her head, she knew that she was in the right place. Lantis gazed at the forms of Presea and Hikaru, both sapped of their energy and lying motionless on the floor, too weak to move. Suddenly, a red aura surrounded Hikaru, and for a moment, Lantis caught a glimpse of Nova. She picked herself up, wincing with pain.
"Hikaru?" questioned Lantis as she stared at Nova. Lantis's eyes shone with disbelief and confused emotions. Nova's slightly transparent form flew up to Lantis, placed her hands on his chest, looked straight into his eyes, and, with a murderous glint in her eyes, she said softly, "I will kill Hikaru," flew over his shoulder, and faded. He turned, but she had already disappeared. Behind him, Presea got up and immediately noticed Hikaru on the floor.
"Hikaru!" Presea cried, rushing over to her. "Pull yourself together, Hikaru!"
Lantis, too, walked over to Hikaru and gently picked her up off the floor. "Hikaru!" he hissed fervently.
She opened her eyes at the sound of his voice, blinked with some effort, and looked up at him. When she stared into his eyes, she saw the concern in them and his face, and a recollection of her recent experience flashed before her eyes. Nova, whispering in his ear…. With deep sorrow shining in her eyes, Hikaru looked up at Lantis, raised her trembling, feeble arm, and muttered, "I'm sorry…" she began, barely touching his face, "But…I love you…." With the last word of her short declaration, her arm fell from its unstable position as she lost all consciousness, her eyes closing into blissful sleep.
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No, this isn't the last chapter, so keep checking back if you like this story! Oh yeah…I'm updating this VERY often now, because it got a few reviews more than the others, but that might change, 'cause my story 'Entwined Fates' has about one or two reviews less than this one…anyways, please review! Arigato (thank you) for reading! (o^_^o)
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1 CHAPTER 6: BATTLE FOR HIKARU'S HEART
Nova shot at Hikaru with beams of magic time and time again. Finally, a strong beam threw Hikaru backwards onto the harsh, rocky surface of the battleground her heart had created. Unable to defend herself, and weak from the repeated attacks, Hikaru could barely rise. Nova had her cornered, and shot her ceaselessly with each attempt to rise, until she could not get up at all. Hikaru lay there, eyes closed, her breathing shallow and labored.
"I hate everything you love," Nova whispered to Hikaru. "Because you hate yourself, I love you."
"I...hate myself?" Hikaru's eyes were wide with surprise.
"Hikaru, stay with me forever," Nova lay down next to the fallen Hikaru, still contemplating the new thought. "Don't look at the outside world. Just play with me…"
"I…"
"Hikaru, I love you," Nova continued, pushing her advantage further. She bent down to kiss the daze Magic Knight, when a beam of light engulfed Hikaru. A blue gem the color of clouds, about the shape and style of Escudo, appeared in front of Hikaru's eyes. Presea's image was reflected in it, and Hikaru gazed at it in wonder.
"Remember your wish! You said you would revive your sword even if it mean risking your life. Remember why you said that! What are you fighting for?" Presea said, saying each word with fierceness that burned into Hikaru's memory.
Hikaru's eyes widened as she recalled past memories. Images of Umi, Fuu, and the people she had come to know and care for in Cephiro flashed before her eyes, and strengthened her resolve.
"Shut up!" Nova shouted in anger, getting up. She shot a ray of magic towards Presea's presence, and Presea screamed in shock and pain as the gem shattered into glistening pieces that soon disappeared into nothingness. Nova looked up to see Hikaru engulfed in the glowing red light of her spirit.
"Dammit!" Nova yelled. She shot magic at Hikaru again in a futile attempt to regain Hikaru's previous state. However, an unseen force deflected each shot, and none ever even touched the Magic Knight it looked for.
Nova's eyes narrowed, noticing how her shots had done. "Flame Arrow!" she shouted, throwing a fistful of fire at Hikaru.
This, too, was repelled, and Hikaru raised her own hand and commanded, "Flame Arrow!" Nova's shrewd look returned as she looked upon the smallest Magic Knight.
"I'm going back," Hikaru declared, "Back to everybody."
"You can't!" Nova drew out the two long bars of yellow that served as her weapon, and crisscrossed them in front of her. "I'll never let you go back!"
Nova threw her weapon at Hikaru with all the strength she had. Hikaru knocked it away with her hand, but did not escape uninjured. After the weapon was hit aside, her wrist bled freely from where it had struck.
"I'm going back to my friends. I'm going back to the people who are waiting for me," Hikaru announced quietly. A column of fire shot up around her, creating a fiery pathway back though the mazes of her heart. Nova's eyes widened, and she took a step back as Hikaru spoke again.
"I will fight…for the promise I made to the people I care about! And…for my own heart!" As Hikaru spoke the last word, red light glowed brightly around her form, and her armor reappeared with a sudden surge of the same light. She raised her arms above her, and Rayearth, in the form she had first seen him, appeared with a blasting roar over her hands for a single second. It swirled into a single mass of fire, and took the shape of the sword Hikaru had once carried. The sword glowed a brilliant white, and Nova watched warily form a distance as Hikaru's sword was revived. With a determined, set look in her eyes, Hikaru raised the sword and swung it in Nova's direction as liquid light ran down its gleaming blade.
Grimacing, Nova tried to block the wall of powerful light from hitting her. With a scream of rage, Nova was thrown back and fell hard as the light fell upon her with the force of Hikaru's soul.
Lantis ran into the Chamber of Recreation. Mokona jumped into his arms as he came in. Mikoto watched silently from the shadows, observing everything as it happened. Since no visions were there to watch in her head, she knew that she was in the right place. Lantis gazed at the forms of Presea and Hikaru, both sapped of their energy and lying motionless on the floor, too weak to move. Suddenly, a red aura surrounded Hikaru, and for a moment, Lantis caught a glimpse of Nova. She picked herself up, wincing with pain.
"Hikaru?" questioned Lantis as she stared at Nova. Lantis's eyes shone with disbelief and confused emotions. Nova's slightly transparent form flew up to Lantis, placed her hands on his chest, looked straight into his eyes, and, with a murderous glint in her eyes, she said softly, "I will kill Hikaru," flew over his shoulder, and faded. He turned, but she had already disappeared. Behind him, Presea got up and immediately noticed Hikaru on the floor.
"Hikaru!" Presea cried, rushing over to her. "Pull yourself together, Hikaru!"
Lantis, too, walked over to Hikaru and gently picked her up off the floor. "Hikaru!" he hissed fervently.
She opened her eyes at the sound of his voice, blinked with some effort, and looked up at him. When she stared into his eyes, she saw the concern in them and his face, and a recollection of her recent experience flashed before her eyes. Nova, whispering in his ear…. With deep sorrow shining in her eyes, Hikaru looked up at Lantis, raised her trembling, feeble arm, and muttered, "I'm sorry…" she began, barely touching his face, "But…I love you…." With the last word of her short declaration, her arm fell from its unstable position as she lost all consciousness, her eyes closing into blissful sleep.
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No, this isn't the last chapter, so keep checking back if you like this story! Oh yeah…I'm updating this VERY often now, because it got a few reviews more than the others, but that might change, 'cause my story 'Entwined Fates' has about one or two reviews less than this one…anyways, please review! Arigato (thank you) for reading! (o^_^o)