HI!! ^_^ Tis me! Bunnie here with a fic that I just had to create....I
just finished Magic Knight Rayearth (the manga), and I absolutely LOVED
IT!! But something was missing......like, did the people of Autozam solve
their air pollution problems? Is Cephiro really better off without a true
pillar? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY......who got together with who??!! (or is it
whom? Hmm.......) Well, I just had to write a continuation.....so here
goes!!
P.S.: Duh, I don't own this! None of this!! MKR belongs to the wonderful people of CLAMP!
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Chapter 1
Hikaru glanced sadly out of the window at the rain dripping down the panes. She would be 16 in a matter of days, but she knew what was coming to her.
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Two weeks before, Hikaru was happily challenging her oldest brother to a karate match. The little girl had him on the ground in a matter of seconds and was keeping him pinned down, when her mom's voice wafted into the room. "HIKARU?!" she yelled, her footsteps coming closer. Hikaru's brother made a failed attempt to throw the unusually strong girl off of him, but that only resulted in his arms and legs flailing about stupidly. Then, her mother pushed open the thin door, taking one look at her two children. "Oh, my dears! Your father is coming home tomorrow!"
"Mmphh?!" answered the defeated boy. Hikaru turned to look up at her mom's face, her beautiful eyes sparkling. She was off of her brother in a flash, holding her hands excitedly and jumping up and down, screaming, "Daddy's coming home! Daddy's coming home!"
Hikaru's brother got up, nursing his wounds. "It's about time. I thought he would never return after his 5 year old daughter had beat him unmercilessly......" He grinned mischieviously. Hikaru smacked him upside the head.
"It's not funny...." she had said, crossing her arms and pouting.
"As a matter of fact, your dad is coming home to see you especially, my little kung fu master!" their mom said, pinching Hikaru's cheeks and pulling them every which way. Hikaru blushed and made the woman stop.
"Stop it mom, you're embarrassing me!" Hikaru said, rubbing her swollen face.
"He...he has to tell you something dear...." her mom said, with a weird tone. She lookeda t the ground as she shuffled her feet.
"Something wrong mom?" Hikaru's oldest brother asked. Their mother just snapped her head back up and faked a smile.
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The next day, Hikaru got up extra early. She hopped out of bed and ran to the front porch of her house to wait for her dad. Hikari met her there, licking her face until Hikaru felt like she was sopping wet. Her eyes shone brightly with wonder as she watched the sun rise gloriously on the horizon.
Hikaru sighed as she sat on the steps to the porch, wondering why her father wanted to see her so bad. Then, her thoughts wandered to the friends she saw nearly every month. Hikaru loved to see them and catch up with them, and see if her home away from home was doing well. And right now, everything seemed to be going right for her.
Suddenly, Hikari barked, and wriggled out of Hikaru's grasp. The dog then ran on down the path. Hikaru blinked, wondering what had gotten into Hikari, when a familiar voice called out, "Oh, hello there Hikari!"
Hikaru looked up to see the friendly face of her father. "DAD!" she screamed with joy as she knocked him over as she tried to jump into his arms. She was sitting on his chest, smiling.
"My sweet little Hikaru! My, you've grown! You're just as beautiful as all those pictures your mom sent me!" He lifted her off of himself and stood up, almost two feet taller than she was. He cupped her face with his hand as she cried some silent tears of joy.
"Daddy, I've missed you so much," she said, hugging him around the waist. Her father placed a hand on her head and replied, "I've missed you too."
"My, my she is a short one!" a weary voice said from behind Hikaru's father. Hikaru's eyes opened in surprise, and she peeked around her beloved dad to see an old woman standing there, her hands grasping the shoulders of a boy that looked around 17. He was staring at the ground.
The old woman let go of the boy and floated over to where Hikaru was standing in her nightgown, her long, red hair flowing down to her waist. Then, the lady proceeded to move the hair off of Hikaru's face, pushing the wispy bangs out of her eyes. She cupped the little chin in her hand, turning Hikaru's face from side to side and examining it closely. Hikaru noticed that the elderly woman's eyes were nearly all white and glazed over, and she shivered as those eyes ran over her.
The old lady smiled a toothless smile. "But, true to your word, Mr. Shidou, she is very beautiful. A perfect match for Yuri!" She signaled to the boy, who walked over slowly. He extended his hand, and she placed it in his, ready to shake it.
"Uh, I'm Hikaru!" she said, but no sooner had she said so, then the boy leaned forward and kissed the back of her hand. She blushed, and removed her hand abruptly. Hikaru, thoroughly confused, looked from the old woman, to the boy, and then to her father, who was avoiding her gaze. But, she wasn't so naive anymore, and caught up soon with what was happening.
She looked wildly at her father. "Y-y-you came from China, right? You were t-t-training there....." Hikaru started backing away. "A-and, this is what you bring back?"
"Oh, please let me explain, Hikaru," her father started. Hikaru was staring at the ground, her fists clenched.
She looked up, happiness shining from her. "You have brought me back a Chinese adversary!" She put her hands over her mouth, giggling (okay, maybe she was still very naive).
Then, she began to circle the boy, who had a look of astonishment written across his face. "Hmm, he seems tough enough....big muscles, pretty tall......." Then she stopped and stood still right in front of him. "So, you want a piece of me?" she taunted, going into a fighting stance.
The boy looked at the old woman, who shot and evil look at Hikaru's father. Apparently, he was very pale. "Hikaru, please come with me," he said sternly.
"But, first I must defeat this very worthy opponent!" she said, smiling very big. She felt a tug on the back of her nightgown. Her dad dragged her all the way inside into the kitchen, where her father and her brothers were eating breakfast.
"Hikaru, don't you understand?" he said, becoming very scary all of a sudden. He backed her into a corner, where she cowered in fear, a thing she hadn't done in a very long time. "Don't you know who those people are?" Hikaru nodded her head, then shook her it slowly, her eyes wide.
"Aren't they great Chinese martial artists, papa?" she asked sheepishly. Her father placed his hand on his forehead, contorting his face in anger. Then he turned on her mother.
"Miki! Didn't I tell you to tell her about them?! I told you to inform her what's supposed to happen when she turns 16!" Hikaru's mother grew pale and stared at the ground again.
In that weird tone of voice, she mumbled, "I....I couldn't tell her......She was just too happy about seeing you again...."
Hikaru's father turned back to his beloved daughter and took in a few deep breaths, running his hand through his hair. "Honey," he said, clenching his teeth a little bit. "Honey, that nice lady out there is a Chinese matchmaker, and that is your future husband out there...."
"Oh silly Dad! I can't marry that boy! I barely even met him!" Hikaru started giggling uncontrollably again. No one else was laughing. She looked at the kitchen table, where her brothers had stopped in mid-bite, some food dribbling out of their mouths. "Right?"
"You have to....." her mother said, holding her wrist tightly. "You have to by your 16th birthday....."
"No...." Hikaru whispered more to herself than to anybody else. She started to back away.
"I'm so sorry sweetie.....That boy's father saved my life while I was up on that mountain training, and the matchmaker said you two would be perfect together.....I am indebted to Yuri's father..."
"No! I won't! I will never marry, unless it is for love!" Hikaru fled , sobbing, back into her room. She cried into her pillow, as Hikari came to comfort her. The dog put his head in her lap, as she sniffled and tried to calm down.
She heard voices back in the kitchen. All her brothers were yelling at once.
"How could you?!"
"You can't do this!"
"We are not going to let our little sister marry some stranger!" Hikaru felt somewhat comforted by her overprotective brothers, but knew she couldn't escape the decisions of her parents.
She thought to herself, A husband? At this age? But, she was in love with a different life than this, one that she chose to leave behind....
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Umi woke with a start. She rested her throbbing head on her hand, as she tried to remember what had made her wake up. She noticed she was sweating, and jumped out of her bed. She looked out the window, hoping to see that mid-morning sunshine, but found only a cloudy sky.
Running her fingers through her long, blue locks, she concentrated hard. What had disturbed me so much?, she asked herself. She seemed to remember that it had something to do with Hikaru, her little best friend. Umi then recalled that the little girl had been in pain in her dream.
She sat down at her desk, still trying to remember the whole dream, or was it a nightmare? She looked down at her desk, and saw a music box, her favorite music box, lying closed in the center. Someone had given it to her only a year or two ago, on her birthday, and she cherished it so. Absentmindedly, Umi opened it, and up popped a little bride. The little figure spun around and around to the disheartened melody. But then, Umi noticed something different about her music box. The hair on the beautiful bride used to be black.....not red.....
Then she gasped. Umi covered her mouth, and felt faint, as she started to breathe faster and faster. She now remembered her dream, about Hikaru, and her arranged marriage. Umi cast a glance back at the sad bride, but realized that she had just imagined the red hair adorning it. Then, she collapsed on her bed.
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Fuu was taking a leisurely walk in the park, pondering her life. She had already graduated early from that prep school she went to, skipping a few grades along the way. Yet, she didn't know what she should do next with her life.
Fuu played with her hair, twirling it around her finger, as she strolled by many, many trees. They reminded her of the best adventure she had ever had, and the place she would be able to revisit soon. Maybe I should just go and live there, she thought to herself. I should stay there with the people I love so dearly.
Suddenly, she saw a traditional Japanese garden, and sat on the bridge extending over the little lake. She dangled her feet over the edge, looking into the clear reflection of the water. She stared more closely, watching as some odd, large goldfish swam by. But, not all of them were the usual orange color. There were three in particular, swimming underneath Fuu, that interested her very much.
The large,unusual fish stuck together in a trio. One was light blue, the largest, but the emerald green one wasn't much smaller. The last of the group was a tiny red one, flitting back and forth as if it were excited. Fuu wished that she could understand animals, like her best friend, Hikaru, as she stared down at the fish. Then, something strange occurred. The little red fish was taken away by one of the other ones. It tried to go back, but the other, normal fish held it back from the other unique fish.
Fuu watched this with detached curiousity, wondering how fish could act so strangely, when something clicked in her brain. Fuu, her face stricken with fear, got up from the bridge. She need to see her best friends Umi, and more importantly, Hikaru, immediately...
P.S.: Duh, I don't own this! None of this!! MKR belongs to the wonderful people of CLAMP!
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Chapter 1
Hikaru glanced sadly out of the window at the rain dripping down the panes. She would be 16 in a matter of days, but she knew what was coming to her.
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Two weeks before, Hikaru was happily challenging her oldest brother to a karate match. The little girl had him on the ground in a matter of seconds and was keeping him pinned down, when her mom's voice wafted into the room. "HIKARU?!" she yelled, her footsteps coming closer. Hikaru's brother made a failed attempt to throw the unusually strong girl off of him, but that only resulted in his arms and legs flailing about stupidly. Then, her mother pushed open the thin door, taking one look at her two children. "Oh, my dears! Your father is coming home tomorrow!"
"Mmphh?!" answered the defeated boy. Hikaru turned to look up at her mom's face, her beautiful eyes sparkling. She was off of her brother in a flash, holding her hands excitedly and jumping up and down, screaming, "Daddy's coming home! Daddy's coming home!"
Hikaru's brother got up, nursing his wounds. "It's about time. I thought he would never return after his 5 year old daughter had beat him unmercilessly......" He grinned mischieviously. Hikaru smacked him upside the head.
"It's not funny...." she had said, crossing her arms and pouting.
"As a matter of fact, your dad is coming home to see you especially, my little kung fu master!" their mom said, pinching Hikaru's cheeks and pulling them every which way. Hikaru blushed and made the woman stop.
"Stop it mom, you're embarrassing me!" Hikaru said, rubbing her swollen face.
"He...he has to tell you something dear...." her mom said, with a weird tone. She lookeda t the ground as she shuffled her feet.
"Something wrong mom?" Hikaru's oldest brother asked. Their mother just snapped her head back up and faked a smile.
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The next day, Hikaru got up extra early. She hopped out of bed and ran to the front porch of her house to wait for her dad. Hikari met her there, licking her face until Hikaru felt like she was sopping wet. Her eyes shone brightly with wonder as she watched the sun rise gloriously on the horizon.
Hikaru sighed as she sat on the steps to the porch, wondering why her father wanted to see her so bad. Then, her thoughts wandered to the friends she saw nearly every month. Hikaru loved to see them and catch up with them, and see if her home away from home was doing well. And right now, everything seemed to be going right for her.
Suddenly, Hikari barked, and wriggled out of Hikaru's grasp. The dog then ran on down the path. Hikaru blinked, wondering what had gotten into Hikari, when a familiar voice called out, "Oh, hello there Hikari!"
Hikaru looked up to see the friendly face of her father. "DAD!" she screamed with joy as she knocked him over as she tried to jump into his arms. She was sitting on his chest, smiling.
"My sweet little Hikaru! My, you've grown! You're just as beautiful as all those pictures your mom sent me!" He lifted her off of himself and stood up, almost two feet taller than she was. He cupped her face with his hand as she cried some silent tears of joy.
"Daddy, I've missed you so much," she said, hugging him around the waist. Her father placed a hand on her head and replied, "I've missed you too."
"My, my she is a short one!" a weary voice said from behind Hikaru's father. Hikaru's eyes opened in surprise, and she peeked around her beloved dad to see an old woman standing there, her hands grasping the shoulders of a boy that looked around 17. He was staring at the ground.
The old woman let go of the boy and floated over to where Hikaru was standing in her nightgown, her long, red hair flowing down to her waist. Then, the lady proceeded to move the hair off of Hikaru's face, pushing the wispy bangs out of her eyes. She cupped the little chin in her hand, turning Hikaru's face from side to side and examining it closely. Hikaru noticed that the elderly woman's eyes were nearly all white and glazed over, and she shivered as those eyes ran over her.
The old lady smiled a toothless smile. "But, true to your word, Mr. Shidou, she is very beautiful. A perfect match for Yuri!" She signaled to the boy, who walked over slowly. He extended his hand, and she placed it in his, ready to shake it.
"Uh, I'm Hikaru!" she said, but no sooner had she said so, then the boy leaned forward and kissed the back of her hand. She blushed, and removed her hand abruptly. Hikaru, thoroughly confused, looked from the old woman, to the boy, and then to her father, who was avoiding her gaze. But, she wasn't so naive anymore, and caught up soon with what was happening.
She looked wildly at her father. "Y-y-you came from China, right? You were t-t-training there....." Hikaru started backing away. "A-and, this is what you bring back?"
"Oh, please let me explain, Hikaru," her father started. Hikaru was staring at the ground, her fists clenched.
She looked up, happiness shining from her. "You have brought me back a Chinese adversary!" She put her hands over her mouth, giggling (okay, maybe she was still very naive).
Then, she began to circle the boy, who had a look of astonishment written across his face. "Hmm, he seems tough enough....big muscles, pretty tall......." Then she stopped and stood still right in front of him. "So, you want a piece of me?" she taunted, going into a fighting stance.
The boy looked at the old woman, who shot and evil look at Hikaru's father. Apparently, he was very pale. "Hikaru, please come with me," he said sternly.
"But, first I must defeat this very worthy opponent!" she said, smiling very big. She felt a tug on the back of her nightgown. Her dad dragged her all the way inside into the kitchen, where her father and her brothers were eating breakfast.
"Hikaru, don't you understand?" he said, becoming very scary all of a sudden. He backed her into a corner, where she cowered in fear, a thing she hadn't done in a very long time. "Don't you know who those people are?" Hikaru nodded her head, then shook her it slowly, her eyes wide.
"Aren't they great Chinese martial artists, papa?" she asked sheepishly. Her father placed his hand on his forehead, contorting his face in anger. Then he turned on her mother.
"Miki! Didn't I tell you to tell her about them?! I told you to inform her what's supposed to happen when she turns 16!" Hikaru's mother grew pale and stared at the ground again.
In that weird tone of voice, she mumbled, "I....I couldn't tell her......She was just too happy about seeing you again...."
Hikaru's father turned back to his beloved daughter and took in a few deep breaths, running his hand through his hair. "Honey," he said, clenching his teeth a little bit. "Honey, that nice lady out there is a Chinese matchmaker, and that is your future husband out there...."
"Oh silly Dad! I can't marry that boy! I barely even met him!" Hikaru started giggling uncontrollably again. No one else was laughing. She looked at the kitchen table, where her brothers had stopped in mid-bite, some food dribbling out of their mouths. "Right?"
"You have to....." her mother said, holding her wrist tightly. "You have to by your 16th birthday....."
"No...." Hikaru whispered more to herself than to anybody else. She started to back away.
"I'm so sorry sweetie.....That boy's father saved my life while I was up on that mountain training, and the matchmaker said you two would be perfect together.....I am indebted to Yuri's father..."
"No! I won't! I will never marry, unless it is for love!" Hikaru fled , sobbing, back into her room. She cried into her pillow, as Hikari came to comfort her. The dog put his head in her lap, as she sniffled and tried to calm down.
She heard voices back in the kitchen. All her brothers were yelling at once.
"How could you?!"
"You can't do this!"
"We are not going to let our little sister marry some stranger!" Hikaru felt somewhat comforted by her overprotective brothers, but knew she couldn't escape the decisions of her parents.
She thought to herself, A husband? At this age? But, she was in love with a different life than this, one that she chose to leave behind....
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Umi woke with a start. She rested her throbbing head on her hand, as she tried to remember what had made her wake up. She noticed she was sweating, and jumped out of her bed. She looked out the window, hoping to see that mid-morning sunshine, but found only a cloudy sky.
Running her fingers through her long, blue locks, she concentrated hard. What had disturbed me so much?, she asked herself. She seemed to remember that it had something to do with Hikaru, her little best friend. Umi then recalled that the little girl had been in pain in her dream.
She sat down at her desk, still trying to remember the whole dream, or was it a nightmare? She looked down at her desk, and saw a music box, her favorite music box, lying closed in the center. Someone had given it to her only a year or two ago, on her birthday, and she cherished it so. Absentmindedly, Umi opened it, and up popped a little bride. The little figure spun around and around to the disheartened melody. But then, Umi noticed something different about her music box. The hair on the beautiful bride used to be black.....not red.....
Then she gasped. Umi covered her mouth, and felt faint, as she started to breathe faster and faster. She now remembered her dream, about Hikaru, and her arranged marriage. Umi cast a glance back at the sad bride, but realized that she had just imagined the red hair adorning it. Then, she collapsed on her bed.
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Fuu was taking a leisurely walk in the park, pondering her life. She had already graduated early from that prep school she went to, skipping a few grades along the way. Yet, she didn't know what she should do next with her life.
Fuu played with her hair, twirling it around her finger, as she strolled by many, many trees. They reminded her of the best adventure she had ever had, and the place she would be able to revisit soon. Maybe I should just go and live there, she thought to herself. I should stay there with the people I love so dearly.
Suddenly, she saw a traditional Japanese garden, and sat on the bridge extending over the little lake. She dangled her feet over the edge, looking into the clear reflection of the water. She stared more closely, watching as some odd, large goldfish swam by. But, not all of them were the usual orange color. There were three in particular, swimming underneath Fuu, that interested her very much.
The large,unusual fish stuck together in a trio. One was light blue, the largest, but the emerald green one wasn't much smaller. The last of the group was a tiny red one, flitting back and forth as if it were excited. Fuu wished that she could understand animals, like her best friend, Hikaru, as she stared down at the fish. Then, something strange occurred. The little red fish was taken away by one of the other ones. It tried to go back, but the other, normal fish held it back from the other unique fish.
Fuu watched this with detached curiousity, wondering how fish could act so strangely, when something clicked in her brain. Fuu, her face stricken with fear, got up from the bridge. She need to see her best friends Umi, and more importantly, Hikaru, immediately...
