Midoriko looked at the groups of people around her. Caldina and Lafarga were on Twig, Hikaru and Lantis were on Saka, Fuu and Ferio were on Suun and Umi and Ascot on Zymi. She sighed and glanced at Clef, but looked away when she saw he was staring at her.

"Ready, Clef?" She turned to him again.

"Everyone is. Shall we leave?" Clef turned red for reasons Midoriko didn't understand.

"Of course! WE'RE GOING!" She yelled down at the waiting crowd.

The dragon's wings beat slowly, but they increased in speed as they rose from the ground. When they got as high as the clouds, Umi shrieked, looking down. Ascot grabbed her hand, the blushed when he realized what he was doing, but blushed even more when Umi refused to let go and buried her head under his chin, eyes closed tight.

"TOO HIGH! TOO HIGH! " She screamed.

Midoriko glanced at poor Umi and even poorer Ascot. She quickly flew to them.

"Umi, calm down! Zymi won't drop you! I must have put ten spells on each of the dragons for protection with help from CLEF, the MASTER MAGE of Cephiro." Umi relaxed but didn't leave from Ascot. Midoriko sighed and winked at Ascot before flying back to Clef.

Meanwhile, Fuu and Ferio were *happily* talking about ordinary Cephiro and it's land.

"Anyway, have you seen any monsters lately? " Fuu asked Ferio.

"Yeah, but not too often. The monsters are few and the number has greatly decreased, but they're still here."

"How dangerous are they?"

"(Pause for thinking! Think, think, think...) Very."

"I see. Have any people been killed?"

"Nope. None that we've heard of. Everyone has some sort of weapon in their homes now."

Fuu sighed and looked around her. Ferio blinked in confusion.

"Uh...Fuu?" Ferio looked at her face then at her hand where the golden ring that he had given her sparkled to catch his attention. Ferio just smiled and stayed quiet to let Fuu think.

* * *

Hikaru smiled as wind blew her hair out of her face. Saka flew steadily and quietly as the dragons headed west. Lantis' cape was wrapped around both he and Hikaru tightly, but not tight enough. It flew off and onto its' owners face. Hikaru helped yank it off.

"Lantis, I have two questions."

"What are they?"

"Well...how has Eagle been doing?"

"Quite well. It's thought that he will waken by the time we return. That's what Midoriko's prediction is anyway. She told me after you Magic Knights went to sleep."

"How does Midoriko know so much? Clef wasn't able to even guess at all! "

"Clef told me that Midoriko was as powerful as him in some ways, weaker in some ways, and even stronger in some ways. He says that it's because of the fact that Midoriko's half Palu and half Guru. He even told me that while he was better at making spells, reading them and editing them to become stronger, Midoriko is better at using them for battles. I think you've seen him fight before, and he's very good...I can't imagine anyone being stronger. He didn't explain any more than that. I find it all too confusing, to tell you the truth."

"I agree." A dizzy, swirly-eyed Hikaru replied.

"What's the second question? "

"Oh, yeah! Where's Primera? I haven't seen her in a long time."

"Oh, she left to go back to the woods. I told her that her debt was repaid and she should leave."

"Oh! Wasn't she sad? "

"Not really. She got over me...(thank Cephiro)"

Hikaru laughed and they continued to talk about EVERYTHING, which is way too long to list.

* * *

"Midoriko, where are we headed off to anyway? " Clef looked at his friend, confused.

"A town near my home. I want to get the news there and then get rest. We have to know something about this person we're fighting."

As Clef nodded, Midoriko cocked her head to the side, listening.

"Clef, I don't understand something. "

"That's a first. " Clef mocked, "What is it?"

"What happened to the creator, Monoka? Where did he go? " Midoriko ignored his comment.

"Before he left with the Mashin, he told us that he was leaving with them to go somewhere far away....I don't know where."

"Off to create another world, perhaps?" Midoriko gave Clef a REALLY small smile. "I really wouldn't want to be him...to see so much more death, and to create rules and everything!"

Clef smiled back and turned to look straight ahead. His smile quickly faded and opened wide, speechless. Even his eyes opened as wide as they could go. Midoriko looked at him for a second, but when she turned to look at what was wrong, her eyes and mouth did the same thing.

"WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ahahahahaha! Gotta stop here! REVIEW! O...I don't own Rayearth, but I own Midoriko, Saka, Suko, Suun, Twig, and Shinka!