Disclaimer:
Sorry if I have the order of age of the three brothers mixed up! All I know is, in the comic Masaru was the oldest- I think, maybe? I just screwed up! No biggie! You MKR fans know who is who, so why should I explain it in the first place?
Hope you're enjoying the story so far! The action is soon to come...mwuahhaa
-I don't own Rayearth.
"Lantis!" Hikaru whispered hoarsely. Lantis stared clueless, where the hell was he? Hikaru kneeled down in the closet doorway, an overwhelming shock overflowing her emotions and senses. It wasn't long before her eyes spilled with more tears and she stammered stubbornly. Hikaru's words spilling faster than her tears.
Lantis stoic expression quickly changed when he saw the redhead. He was equally as shocked. Hikaru's expression and heart was reluctant. Was this even real? Lantis unwound himself from the clothing rack and shelves.
"Hikaru?" His voice was deep with desire but confusion sat on the tip of his tongue.
Hikaru took a minute to breathe and spoke, "How did you get here?"
Lantis spoke, almost timidly. "I'm not too sure," A quizzical look painted itself upon his face. Lantis ran a hand through his raven-hair, pushing back wayward strands. His eyes were a fascinating silvery-gray, and he was around 6 foot eight in height.
Lantis stood apprehensively and looked up the girl who was still on her knees, in shock. He knelt down to her level, resting his hand upon hers. Lantis lifted her to her feet. Hikaru couldn't stand it any longer. Lunging at him, they embraced. Hikaru had grown in height, leaving it available to lean down and rest his head on hers. Hikaru sobbed into his chest as he nuzzled her gently.
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Umi lay stomach down on her bed, hair strewn about her. She looked exhausted. Kicking her legs in the air, she leaned her head on her arms. Umi grew frustrated with each passing second. Down the hall annoying music interrupted her thought process. Umi growled, eye brow twitching. "Kaguya..."
A period of fifteen minutes the music progressively got louder. Umi and her younger sister lived in a mansion, so it wasn't like her parents cared.
Throwing open her bedroom door, Umi stormed down the hall slamming fists on her younger sister's door. The music continued to boom louder. Umi flinched. She picked the door's lock and flung open the door.
Kaguya spun just as Umi flung open the door. Her bright blue eyes challenged Umi's. Her hair glistened. It was a darker shade than Umi's, and it was more of a purple color. It reached her mid back, and her bangs were cut like Umi's but curved softly. Kaguya was shorter but physically she was built like Umi.
Umi's eyes narrowed, a dark cloud hung in the air. "Turn it down! I am not listening to your shit this late at night!"
"He, he..." Kaguya mocked, "My room! Nothin' you can do about it! NAH!" Kaguya stuck out her tongue, smirking wickedly.
Umi clenched her fists. "Kaguya, I wouldn't recommend testing my ability to hurt you..." Umi trailed off, angered.
Kaguya continued dancing to her music, taunting Umi with her every movement.
Moment's later the sisters were estranged by a fistfight. Wrestling, rolling, yelling. Finally the two were directly across from one another, eyes totally focused. Kaguya was ready to leap for a tackle at her dearest sister when the ground shook violently knocking everything around. The lights shut off, and things fell over, including the girls.
"What's going on?!" Umi cried. The ground shook again. Glass shattered and walls cracked. Outside thunder roared and lighting clashed. The rain poured heavily down, yet the moon attempted to pry its brightness through the falling darkness.
Umi felt a burning sensation on her right hand. "Ouch!" She shrieked.
At that same moment in time Hikaru and Fuu felt the similar pain course through their hands.
"Umi!" Kaguya called from the other side of the room. The earthquake continued to roll the entire room about. Umi realized her little sister wasn't screaming due to the earthquake or Umi's sudden pain; it was more likely the slimy creature that hovered over her. A large serpent slithered around Kaguya.
"KAGUYA!!!"
Even though her hand throbbed insanely, she jumped to her feet as best she could. Umi stumbled due to the quake, squeaking. The serpent heard her voice its and its eyes snapped, turning to meet hers. A thirst for blood lurked in the glistening red eyes of the monster. The monster slyly grinned, its wispy tongue flicking. It casually turned back to Kaguya, allowing Umi's anxiety to flourish.
"Move! Quickly Kaguya!"
The monster slithered towards Kaguya. Just as it was going to attack Kaguya lunged to the side, and the serpent swiftly turned lunging for Umi. Umi rolled taken aback by the monster's actions. Slowly the serpent lifted itself from the whole in the wall with its and aimed for Umi once more. This time Umi had no where to run. Clutter and disaster filled the room.
The red eyes of the serpent snuck up on Umi's. Its face was too close for comfort. She could feel, smell, and nearly taste the horrid stench it provided. Amongst the awful stench she cold smell a faint bit of Cephiro's luscious forest; giving her even more proof it was from Cephiro.
"Umi! Kaguya!" The girls' mother stood in the doorway, exasperated. At the sight of the creature, she let out a spine tingling scream that even rattled Umi's ears.
Kaguya stood, trying to brace her-self on the nearby bed. "Mom! Where's Papa?" Kaguya wavered as the ground vibrated more. Umi dodged the bullet of the serpent once, monitoring the serpent's movements very carefully as her mom and sister conversed.
"He's..." the mother eyed the serpent anxiously, "gone to get help!" With that the mother couldn't stand it anymore. Fainting she collapsed on the floor.
"AH!" Kaguya pushed with all her might form the bed she grasped, just to get to the doorway. "Umi! Hurry up! Get away from that thing!" Kaguya supported her mother and back from the entryway.
Umi and the monster's gaze were glued to one another's. The two of them knew there could be one of three movements made. Umi could find some object and attempt to kill the thing. The serpent could wrap its long tail around Umi and suffocate her. Or, Umi could run for her life.
Umi waited patiently, she would not be the main course on this bugger's menu. She was waiting for that one moment, that one life altering moment. One wrong move and it was over.
The ground wrenched its most ruthless quake yet, and in that instant the creature charged forward to consume the head of the magic knight.
Umi jumped just as the quake hit, giving her more height in her jump. Enough height to fly over the beast's head. Umi quickly landed a blow to the serpent's head with her heel at a sharp angle. Hopefully she hit a soft spot! She landed in front of the door, and the serpent crashed through the wall. Umi staggered up, she grinned weakly. Although she had become the casualty by twisting her ankle, she was rather proud.
"Let's go!" Kaguya supported her mother and darted down the shivering halls. Umi limped after. Umi knew it wouldn't take the monster long to get itself out of that hole, but falling shrapnel would delay it, hopefully.
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Outside Umi hit the ground with her knees. An ambulance chopper hovered above the ground. Umi sighed, forcing herself to stand. Her expression quickly went blank. She watched as her house lay in ruins, eyes brimmed with anger and annoyance. The rain drizzled down her face soaking beyond her skin and into her heart. She turned on her heel to help her sister get their mom into a recently arriving helicopter.
Once in the helicopter, Umi stared down at the ruble that was being consumed by Earth. The serpent arose from the ruble and floated into the air. Its eyes met Umi's; telling her that this wasn't over. Just as quickly as it had appeared, it disappeared.
Umi felt an odd rage fumigating inside her. Ever since Cephiro's savoir she'd changed, along with Hikaru and Fuu. She wondered how Fuu and Hikaru were doing. Were they attacked as well? How had this affected them?
One other thing worried her. How would this look on news reports?
-Unexpected storm, Our weather currents did not detect it. Has an outside force caused this...-
The thought sent a chill up Umi's spine. The three girls were in for a long ride. This roller coaster would be shot into space, jumbled around till they were all sick and dying, then thrown back onto dry gravel for a painful landing.
Kaguya watched her sister's expression. She had never ever seen Umi in such concentration. Kaguya sighed, and leaned back in her seat. She pondered; maybe if she hadn't of toyed with her sister's mind this wouldn't have happened...
Kaguya felt her eyes droop -Might as well take a nap...- Kaguya's lidded eyes glazed over in a thick purple. As Kaguya slept, she swore she heard Umi's voice in her head, but knew it was just a dream.
After five minutes of 'peaceful' sleeping in the chopper, Kaguya shot up. Sweat condensed on her forehead. For a five-minute dream and or nightmare, that was pretty heavy! Kaguya looked at her sister. -Was that truly a dream? - Kaguya pondered in her mind.
-I can't imagine what's going on...- Umi's voice danced across Kaguya's mind. Kaguya flinched. -Is this his doing...or is their someone else who summons a similar monster...wait what am I thinking!? Grrrrr....- Umi's voice trailed off in an annoying growl.
Kaguya rubbed her temples. "Whatever..." she grumbled, blocking all of her thinking process to really get some sleep.
Umi's shoulders slumped, "Oh well. I'll just have to talk with Hikaru and Fuu later. I have my family and I to worry about right now." She turned to her father and explained all the events that had taken place while he wasn't around. As she spoke, an odd sadness filled her soul. Something was wrong. Something else, she could sense it.
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"Beast I summon the!" Lantis' voice boomed through the air. Hikaru held on for dear life as the house threatened to take the lives of the Shidou family. Hikaru wrapped her arms around Lantis' neck, holding on for dear life.
A black horse appeared before the two, whinnying fiercely. Strong blue flames flickered for a mane and tail on the gorgeous black stallion. Lantis took himself and Hikaru up onto the horse. The horse rose not far into the air and Lantis searched for the family members of Hikaru.
"Look!" Hikaru called, pointing towards a chopper. "They're getting on that!"
Lantis nodded. He wasn't quite sure what the thing flying was, but if Hikaru was okay with it, so was he.
"We have to take cover! We'll find your family later!" The black stallion reared and flew low to the ground. Hikaru held herself as close to Lantis as she could get; her eyes were wide and frightened.
"What's going on..." she whimpered.
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Fuu held on for dear life. Her blond hair was drenched and was practically plastered to her skull. She felt her hands slipping on the mud. Tears arose in her glistening green eyes. Her entire body was drenched and muddy. Her grip loosened with every second.
"Oh Ferio..." Fuu sniffled, "Hikaru...Umi...please...help!" Fuu felt her heart beat increase and her fear of slipping went up even more.
That's when she saw its red eyes, and its thirst for blood. The red eyes peered over the muddied ledge at the sliding Fuu. Its eyes burned with rage from an earlier event. Its scaly tale lifted to strike.
"No....please..." The tale closed in fast. A shriek echoed from Fuu's vocals. "FERIO!"
The lighting clashed and the thunder roared. The rained poured in the fierce wind as the lingering screech faded.
