Chapter 4: First Wish

After another hour of training, Michiru was able to form a larger barrier which stayed longer, much to her happiness – and to the pride of Haruka. "You are even more talented then I thought." The wizard complimented her student, causing Michiru to giggle and blush. "Thanks, Haruka." She then spoke, smiling, hoping that she smiled into the right direction. "But we should stop for today." Haruka then continued, her voice suddenly filled with worry. "If you train to much, you could collapse from exhaustion. It happened to me once, when I was younger." Michiru nodded, suddenly feeling awfully tired. "I think it's showing already…" she mumbled, yawning and rubbing her eyes. "Better lay down a little." Haruka advised her. "And take a short nap." Michiru nodded, yawning again and walking over to her bed. She let herself fall into it, immediately drifting off into dreamland.

When the aqua haired girl woke up again, the sun's position showed her that it was afternoon, probably soon evening. The grumbling of her stomach tore Michiru from her daytime musings, and she hurried down into the kitchen to get herself something to eat. "Slept well?" Harukas voice came, causing the aqua haired girl to jump a little. "Yes," she replied as soon s she had calmed down again, "like a rock." Haruka chuckled at that, and Michiru let out a small sigh. "Don't laugh at me!" She then demanded, earning a not totally serious "I'm sorry." There was silence for a few moments, then Michiru spoke up again. "Haruka…I want to make my first wish." "Yeah? So make it." Haruka replied. Michirus eyes concentrated on the ring on her finger when she slowly spoke: "I wish…that you are no longer invisible to me."

For a few moments, there was dead silence, then the air started to hum as if millions of bees were in the room. Multicoloured sparks flew through the room, and Michiru took a few steps back, already fearing that she had caused great disaster with her wish. Then, two meters away from her, two feet appeared, clad with black leather boots, followed by the appearance of muscular legs clad with a dark blue trouser. Next thing that came to view was a silver belt, the trademark of all wizards, followed by a pretty athletic upper body and strong arms, also clad in blue. And then, Harukas head finally became visible, and Michiru gasped when she saw how handsome the wizard was. The most fascinating thing about Harukas face were her teal, intense eyes; the cutest thing – in Michirus opinion – was the tousled blonde hair. "My God." Michiru now whispered, her eyes wide. "I never would've thought that you are…so handsome…" Haruka laughed and stepped closer to the aqua haired girl, and that was when Michiru realized that she could see the sun shine through the wizard's body. Her eyes widened until Haruka feared that they might fall out of their sockets, and she took one step back. "Hey…are you okay?" the blonde asked, worry in her voice. "I…I can see the sun shining through your body!" Michiru cried out, freaked out to no end. Haruka laughed and replied: "Yeah, that's because this is not my real body. It's just some kind of…image, I guess. And yes, I do look like that in reality, before you ask." Michiru calmed down again and even managed a little smile. "Good, because I like the way you look." She then informed the blonde, who coughed. If her ghostly image would have been able to blush, it surely would have done that now.

"So…" Michiru asked after standing and staring at Haruka for a few minutes, "will you stay visible forever now?" Haruka nodded, smiling. "Yeah…unless you wish for me to vanish again, that is." "Of course not!" Michiru shot back, grinning. "Why should I?" Haruka shrugged and grinned at the aqua haired girl. "Who knows? Maybe you'll get annoyed with me." Michiru gave her a cocky smile. "Haruka, dear, nothing can be as annoying as hearing your voice and not being able to see you." Haruka raised one eyebrow while she spoke: "I'll take that as a compliment now…" Michiru giggled and nodded. "It was one…well…sorta." The blonde grinned at her friend, who grinned back…when suddenly a loud scream from the door interrupted the moment: "HARUKA!"

Both Haruka and Michiru flinched and spun around, finding themselves face to face with Roberta, the old woman who had visited Michiru the day she had moved in. "…hi Roberta." Haruka finally spoke, giving the old woman a friendly smile. Roberta laughed with joy and started to hurry towards Haruka with surprising speed, considering her age, and Michirus eyes widened when she realized what the old woman intended to do. "Roberta, don't…!" she cried out, but it was too late. Roberta tried to hug the magician, with the end effect that she sailed right through the blonde and landed on the ground with a loud THUD. "Don't try to hug her." Michiru finished her sentence, letting out a small sigh, while Haruka cracked up laughing.