This is a short chapter that I just wrote to prove my brain wasn't brain-
dead….ah well, it's short, if you haven't noticed, and I don't think its
that great, but the next few chapters will be very interesting 'cause I
think I'm getting ready to finish it before July…hope you like it!
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1 CHAPTER 10: MORE MYSTERIES
"What do you mean by that?!" Umi asked, frustrated. "Answer me!"
Mikoto said nothing, only gazed at the floor. Hikaru watched silently. Mikoto's clothing consisted of one main color: black. Just like Eagle's, the shirt was long-sleeved and went down to the waist, where there was a plain silver belt. Her skirt was very much alike the Magic Knights', except, again, it was plain black. However, there was one peculiar thing about her clothing. Unlike the Magic Knights, she wore no glove where she would have ordinarily drawn her weapon. The only thing that made her somewhat Cephiro-like was a band of cloth worn over the belt, resting on her hip, and it held the gem that showed on the Magic Knights' gloves, except it was lavender in color. 'Does she draw her weapon from there?' Hikaru wondered.
At that moment, something happened, well, actually, two things happened. Umi, angry at not getting any straight answers, drew her sword. Or, at least, she attempted to.
"What's wrong, Ms. Umi?" Fuu questioned, watching as her friend positioned her hand over the gem and waited in vain for the sword to appear in her hands.
"My…sword…IT ISN'T COMING OUT!" Umi thundered.
"Your sword?" Mikoto inquired, gazing blankly at Umi, and then, suddenly, an amused smile lit up her face. "Oh! Sorry about that! I think…you can't draw your sword because…I have it!"
"What?!" Umi, Fuu, and Hikaru exclaimed. Lantis blinked, showing his first sign of astonishment.
"Here," Mikoto said, extending her sword. She closed her eyes for a second, and shortly after, three blades of light split apart from the sword Mikoto held, hovering beside it until they all solidified. Everyone watched in bewilderment. "Well, what are you guys waiting for? I may be a Magic Knight, but I can't pick up any of your swords."
The three Magic Knights exchanged glances, and then outstretched their arms. In a split second, all the swords had flashed back into their owners' gloves. As if on cue, as soon as the Magic Knights' swords were recovered, Mikoto's sword zapped back into the gem on the band of cloth that contrasted sharply with her Autozam-ish clothing, and she sank to the floor, exhausted, and barely conscious.
Hikaru took a step forward to help Mikoto, but stopped when she sensed Rayearth's presence, like she usually did before he spoke. "She used our energy to stay upright. Now that you have retrieved your swords, the connection between you and her, she has regained her original status," Rayearth explained in his normal flat voice.
"Mikoto…" Hikaru muttered, gazing sadly at the weak form lying on the floor, who was already starting to be carried by the guards down the hallway.
"Wait!" Lantis commanded the guards, who stopped abruptly at his order, gazing uncertainly at Prince Ferio, who nodded. "Put her in a guest room…don't place her in one of the magic-protected rooms, because I don't think it will be more effective than before, which wasn't very," Lantis said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Hikaru let out a muffled gasp, which, gratefully, no one noticed. Lantis had shown some emotion! She couldn't believe it.
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Mikoto was in a room extremely alike the ones the Magic Knights occupied. Beside her bed was Mokona…and the puzzled, patient Lantis. He gazed at her with mixed emotions…confusion above all. There were so many things he wanted to know…he felt something for her, but it was different than for Hikaru…it felt like the feeling he had had for his brother. Then there was another thing, about her clothing. She looked like someone from Autozam, but then what was this band of cloth around her waist? He had never had so many questions he wanted answered than he did now.
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Mikoto groaned as she tried to sit up, but then a hand pushed her back down, and she blinked as she tried to see who it was.
"Lantis!" she gasped, startled.
"Mikoto," he replied calmly.
"What are you doing here…where am I?" Mikoto asked, examining her surroundings.
"You are in the Castle of Cephiro. Don't try to get up; you are to weak now," Lantis said, ignoring her first question.
"Oh I see…" Mikoto replied, averting her gaze to the white fluffy Mokona. "How are you doing?" she asked it as it jumped happily into her arms. It nuzzled against her, "pupu"ing. "Of course I'm all right now! It's not like I'm dead or anything," she chuckled when it was finished speaking.
"Exactly who are you, Mikoto?" Lantis questioned suddenly, placing a hand under her chin so she could look at him.
Mikoto was lost again, in those eyes that recalled so many unwanted memories, but she blinked hard so that the tears wouldn't come and replied quietly, "I am Mikoto."
"You know I did not ask you that question just for your name, which I already know," Lantis prodded.
A look of guilt flashed across her face for the briefest second, but then she replied, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Mikoto, you know what I mean!" Lantis persisted, looking right into her eyes.
"Stop that!" she yelled feebly, trying in vain to push his hand away, but in her weakened state, that was as affective as a fly swatter to an army of flies. Unsuccessful, she stopped struggling and whispered, "I'm sister to the High Priest Zagato, who just recently…passed away."
Lantis looked stricken, his eyes widening. His grip lost its hold and Mikoto was able to turn away from him, but she caught sight of a figure in the doorway of her room.
"Hikaru!" she breathed. "Umi! Fuu!" They were all there…how much had they heard? She was too weak to care…too many emotions to think straight…
Lantis turned to gaze at the Magic Knights, resuming the stony mask he usually wore around everyone. Hikaru and Fuu looked as shocked as he felt, and Umi had some measure of that surprise and a bit of mistrust in her face.
"That means you are…you're…" Hikaru couldn't finish.
Mikoto closed her eyes, unable to turn anywhere and get peace. "I'm younger than both Zagato and Lantis, and I'm also the shortest of them both," here a light smile touched her lips, "I knew them, watched them constantly while I was here, in Cephiro, but my visions didn't grant me the same thing while I was in Autozam. They never knew I existed, and I wanted to come back to see my brother at least one more time before I would leave again with Eagle on the NSX to Autozam."
"You're on Autozam's side?" Umi inquired.
Mikoto didn't reply, but instead allowed Umi's question to hang in the air. She carefully got out of her bed, and headed out the door, but stopped in front of the Magic Knights, all of who had not moved. She was about to say something when a shock of energy passed through her, and she gasped.
"Ms. Mikoto..?" Fuu began.
"Emeraude…" Mikoto's eyes were glassy, her voice distant, as if from far away, and then everything was back to normal. "Emeraude!"
In a few strides Mikoto had pushed past the Magic Knights at a run, sprinting quickly down the hallway. The small, dazed group inside Mikoto's room and the rest of the castle heard Mikoto's desperate cries, her voice filled with tears, as she ran down the corridors, "What in the world is happening?! If the Proof of the Pillar changes its shape…you'll disappear! Emeraude!!! DON'T DO IT!!!"
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I'm not getting a whole ton of reviews…so I'm getting really discouraged (- _-0). Please review, and I'll try to continue it as soon as I can!!! Thank you!
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1 CHAPTER 10: MORE MYSTERIES
"What do you mean by that?!" Umi asked, frustrated. "Answer me!"
Mikoto said nothing, only gazed at the floor. Hikaru watched silently. Mikoto's clothing consisted of one main color: black. Just like Eagle's, the shirt was long-sleeved and went down to the waist, where there was a plain silver belt. Her skirt was very much alike the Magic Knights', except, again, it was plain black. However, there was one peculiar thing about her clothing. Unlike the Magic Knights, she wore no glove where she would have ordinarily drawn her weapon. The only thing that made her somewhat Cephiro-like was a band of cloth worn over the belt, resting on her hip, and it held the gem that showed on the Magic Knights' gloves, except it was lavender in color. 'Does she draw her weapon from there?' Hikaru wondered.
At that moment, something happened, well, actually, two things happened. Umi, angry at not getting any straight answers, drew her sword. Or, at least, she attempted to.
"What's wrong, Ms. Umi?" Fuu questioned, watching as her friend positioned her hand over the gem and waited in vain for the sword to appear in her hands.
"My…sword…IT ISN'T COMING OUT!" Umi thundered.
"Your sword?" Mikoto inquired, gazing blankly at Umi, and then, suddenly, an amused smile lit up her face. "Oh! Sorry about that! I think…you can't draw your sword because…I have it!"
"What?!" Umi, Fuu, and Hikaru exclaimed. Lantis blinked, showing his first sign of astonishment.
"Here," Mikoto said, extending her sword. She closed her eyes for a second, and shortly after, three blades of light split apart from the sword Mikoto held, hovering beside it until they all solidified. Everyone watched in bewilderment. "Well, what are you guys waiting for? I may be a Magic Knight, but I can't pick up any of your swords."
The three Magic Knights exchanged glances, and then outstretched their arms. In a split second, all the swords had flashed back into their owners' gloves. As if on cue, as soon as the Magic Knights' swords were recovered, Mikoto's sword zapped back into the gem on the band of cloth that contrasted sharply with her Autozam-ish clothing, and she sank to the floor, exhausted, and barely conscious.
Hikaru took a step forward to help Mikoto, but stopped when she sensed Rayearth's presence, like she usually did before he spoke. "She used our energy to stay upright. Now that you have retrieved your swords, the connection between you and her, she has regained her original status," Rayearth explained in his normal flat voice.
"Mikoto…" Hikaru muttered, gazing sadly at the weak form lying on the floor, who was already starting to be carried by the guards down the hallway.
"Wait!" Lantis commanded the guards, who stopped abruptly at his order, gazing uncertainly at Prince Ferio, who nodded. "Put her in a guest room…don't place her in one of the magic-protected rooms, because I don't think it will be more effective than before, which wasn't very," Lantis said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Hikaru let out a muffled gasp, which, gratefully, no one noticed. Lantis had shown some emotion! She couldn't believe it.
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Mikoto was in a room extremely alike the ones the Magic Knights occupied. Beside her bed was Mokona…and the puzzled, patient Lantis. He gazed at her with mixed emotions…confusion above all. There were so many things he wanted to know…he felt something for her, but it was different than for Hikaru…it felt like the feeling he had had for his brother. Then there was another thing, about her clothing. She looked like someone from Autozam, but then what was this band of cloth around her waist? He had never had so many questions he wanted answered than he did now.
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Mikoto groaned as she tried to sit up, but then a hand pushed her back down, and she blinked as she tried to see who it was.
"Lantis!" she gasped, startled.
"Mikoto," he replied calmly.
"What are you doing here…where am I?" Mikoto asked, examining her surroundings.
"You are in the Castle of Cephiro. Don't try to get up; you are to weak now," Lantis said, ignoring her first question.
"Oh I see…" Mikoto replied, averting her gaze to the white fluffy Mokona. "How are you doing?" she asked it as it jumped happily into her arms. It nuzzled against her, "pupu"ing. "Of course I'm all right now! It's not like I'm dead or anything," she chuckled when it was finished speaking.
"Exactly who are you, Mikoto?" Lantis questioned suddenly, placing a hand under her chin so she could look at him.
Mikoto was lost again, in those eyes that recalled so many unwanted memories, but she blinked hard so that the tears wouldn't come and replied quietly, "I am Mikoto."
"You know I did not ask you that question just for your name, which I already know," Lantis prodded.
A look of guilt flashed across her face for the briefest second, but then she replied, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Mikoto, you know what I mean!" Lantis persisted, looking right into her eyes.
"Stop that!" she yelled feebly, trying in vain to push his hand away, but in her weakened state, that was as affective as a fly swatter to an army of flies. Unsuccessful, she stopped struggling and whispered, "I'm sister to the High Priest Zagato, who just recently…passed away."
Lantis looked stricken, his eyes widening. His grip lost its hold and Mikoto was able to turn away from him, but she caught sight of a figure in the doorway of her room.
"Hikaru!" she breathed. "Umi! Fuu!" They were all there…how much had they heard? She was too weak to care…too many emotions to think straight…
Lantis turned to gaze at the Magic Knights, resuming the stony mask he usually wore around everyone. Hikaru and Fuu looked as shocked as he felt, and Umi had some measure of that surprise and a bit of mistrust in her face.
"That means you are…you're…" Hikaru couldn't finish.
Mikoto closed her eyes, unable to turn anywhere and get peace. "I'm younger than both Zagato and Lantis, and I'm also the shortest of them both," here a light smile touched her lips, "I knew them, watched them constantly while I was here, in Cephiro, but my visions didn't grant me the same thing while I was in Autozam. They never knew I existed, and I wanted to come back to see my brother at least one more time before I would leave again with Eagle on the NSX to Autozam."
"You're on Autozam's side?" Umi inquired.
Mikoto didn't reply, but instead allowed Umi's question to hang in the air. She carefully got out of her bed, and headed out the door, but stopped in front of the Magic Knights, all of who had not moved. She was about to say something when a shock of energy passed through her, and she gasped.
"Ms. Mikoto..?" Fuu began.
"Emeraude…" Mikoto's eyes were glassy, her voice distant, as if from far away, and then everything was back to normal. "Emeraude!"
In a few strides Mikoto had pushed past the Magic Knights at a run, sprinting quickly down the hallway. The small, dazed group inside Mikoto's room and the rest of the castle heard Mikoto's desperate cries, her voice filled with tears, as she ran down the corridors, "What in the world is happening?! If the Proof of the Pillar changes its shape…you'll disappear! Emeraude!!! DON'T DO IT!!!"
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I'm not getting a whole ton of reviews…so I'm getting really discouraged (- _-0). Please review, and I'll try to continue it as soon as I can!!! Thank you!