Disclaimer: I don't own Magic Knight Rayearth, it belongs to CLAMP! ^_^
CLAMP rocks, they're my favorite mangaka. Go buy some Chobits to support or
something.
This story takes place a half-year after the decimation of the Pillar System. There's going to be some Hikaru x Lantis, Fuu x Ferio, and maybe an Umi x Ascot x Clef love triangle, depending on how creative I'm feeling =P
"How much longer do I have to cry before tomorrow's light? A night full of sorrow..."
Chapter One - Solace
"He's in the back of your mind
all of the time
learn to forget
love. leave. forget.
And when I sit alone
I think of what you said
"better off just friends"
I'm better off just dead
And the hardest thing I do
is wake up without you
when everything falls apart
the emptiness leaves a mark"
"One season too late" by Keepsake
Silver moonlight shone through a side window, the moonbeams gently washing over the figure that was laid on a single mat in the center of the floor. Hikaru Shidou cracked open her eyes and turned her gaze to the full moon outside. 'Was he able to see the same beautiful moon?' She asked herself silently. She reached for her chest and curled her fingers around the golden locket that he had given her the last time that she had been in Cephiro. The gold element was cool to the touch, but brought back a flood of warm memories. The last time Hikaru saw him he had smiled at her so tenderly... but then she had to leave. After Cephiro's need for a pillar had been abolished, there was no reason for her to stay there as a Magic Knight. Almost a half-year had gone by, and Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu were in high school. The last time Hikaru had seen Lantis; they had finally acknowledged their mutual feelings for each other. It only took that one gentle smile, and the tender look in their eyes had said it all. Poor Lantis had no one now. The same cruel fate that had snatched his elder brother from him had also stolen his best friend. And that was why... that was why...
"I want to be there for him!" Hikaru said out loud, as she sat up in a sitting position. She looked around, with the realization that she might never see him again hitting her full force. With this thought, Hikaru covered her face with her delicate hands and began to weep bitterly, the salty tears sliding down her cheeks. She felt as if her heart was shattered beyond repair and that nothing else could possibly make her hurt more than she did at this moment. She finally lay back down and pulled her blanket well over her head, and soon fell into a fitful rest devoid of dreams.
* ~ * ~ *
The next morning Hikaru woke up to the warm rays of the morning sunlight resting on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and sat up, using her right fist to rub the remaining sleep from her eyes. She felt horrible and didn't even want to live, let alone get out of bed. This wasn't like Hikaru at all, but she felt so helpless. She had fallen for Lantis... hard. And just that should have made her feel content, but she missed him horribly.
"It's Saturday... I've got to meet Umi and Fuu today at noon." she remembered, using that little bit of motivation to drag her body out of bed. Hikaru went through her closet and grabbed the first outfit that caught her eye, not even caring enough to make sure it matched. Even though it was a Sunday, Hikaru had put on her newly pressed Itoshima High School uniform. The charcoal pleated skirt and grey vest seemed to match her mood, but the lovely crimson bow was a cheerful splash of color that nicely accented her own red hair. Hikaru trudged to the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water, then made sure to brush her teeth. When she lifted her head up and looked into the mirror Hikaru could hardly recognize the hollow and empty face that stared back at her. The expression that adorned her face was one of sorrow, and her eyes were downcast. Nowadays, Hikaru found it difficult to smile. No one would ever believe that the ever cheery and optimistic Hikaru Shidou could get this messed up over something seemingly so little. But why couldn't she just be happy? After all, with the help of Umi and Fuu she had saved Cephiro from the threats that it faced. She made so many new friends from countries other than Cephiro. She had even been able to achieve what Lantis had wanted, the decimation of the Pillar system. The very system that forced him to witness the tragedy that Zagato had endured with Emeraude. Now, no one would ever have to go through a life devoid of love ever again. So everyone should be happy, right...? Everyone except for Hikaru, it seemed.
"No... I won't cry now. I've got to be strong." she chided herself, pushing away the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes. After she finished in the bathroom, Hikaru joined her brothers for breakfast. When she entered the room they all looked up at her with concerned and sad expressions. They were all worried about their baby sister, because this was the second time that she had acted so depressed to this extent. But Hikaru always preferred to fix things on her own so they let her be. With another heavy sigh, Hikaru slipped on her shows and strode out the door.
* ~ * ~ *
Not even the beauty of the lightly falling sakura petals all around her was able to bring a smile to her face as she walked down the quiet streets toward the park at Tokyo Bay where she was meeting her two best friends for a picnic lunch. As she walked, Hikaru kept her eyes shifted to the ground, her feet dragging slightly as she walked. 'I wonder how long I'm going to feel like this? I can't go on like this. I need him. Oh, Lantis.' Hikaru reached the outskirts of the park, and she looked up, using her hand to shield her eyes from the bright sunlight as she sought out her friends. 'I had better at least try to look happy for them. I can't let Umi and Fuu worry about me!' she thought, rubbing her eyes one last time and allowing a small (although forced) smile to spread across her lips.
"Miss Hikaru!"
"Hikaru!" They were calling her name. Hikaru whirled around with that smile plastered onto her face, and she looked to her friends. Fuu and Umi did not change much, and it didn't surprise Hikaru to see that both of them were wearing their own high school uniforms. Fuu attended Tamagawa Gakuen, a private high school. Her uniform consisted of a crisply pleated brown skirt with a matching jacket, and a green tie at her throat. It made Fuu look very mature, but it didn't take much to do so as Fuu was always the mature one of the trio.
"Miss Hikaru, it's very nice to see you today", Fuu said with a kind smile. Her emerald eyes twinkled as she smiled down at her much shorter friend. She held in her left hand a large set of lunchboxes, containing their picnic lunch no doubt. They were tied together with a pink cloth covered with a bunny rabbit print.
"Hey Fuu, Umi. It's nice to see you guys too!" Hikaru said, giving a genuine smile in spite of herself. Umi grunted another greeting as she walked closer to Fuu and Hikaru, struggling under the weight of a foldable lawn chair. Umi, the daughter of a very wealthy and active political couple, attended Seisen International, a private all-girls high school. Her uniform was a colorful array of blues, which complimented Umi's natural power-blue hair nicely. An actual laugh erupted from Hikaru's throat, as she found Umi and her chair quite humorous. Leave it to Umi, a total princess, to bring a lawn chair to a picnic.
"What's so funny, Hikaru?" Umi asked with a grin, pretending to be miffed. She shifted her weight, but unsuccessfully because she ended up dropping her chair onto her left foot. "Yeowch!" she yelped, hopping up and down on her uninjured foot. Fuu placed her right hand on her temple, massaging it gently as she cringed while imagining Umi's pain.
"Umi, you okay?" Hikaru questioned, concern shining in her eyes as she suppressed laughter.
"Yes, Miss Umi, that looked quite painful. It appears that you should not have bothered yourself to bring that large chair." Fuu chimed in.
"Yes, I'm okay. Thanks for your concern." Umi replied, kneeling down to set up her chair. She plopped into it with a sigh, then removed the shoe of her injured foot and began to massage her toes. "Let's sit here so I don't have to move this chair anymore for awhile!"
"As you wish Miss Umi" Fuu said with a smile. She looked up to the clear blue sky, with a few traces of clouds dotting the horizon. It was such a beautiful day. "I'll bet Cephiro is back to it's original state now. but even more beautiful." she said to herself quietly, a wistful tone overtaking her voice.
"Fuu, did you say something?" Hikaru asked, curious about what she had missed out on.
"Nothing important, I'm just thinking to myself. Now, let's eat the lunch that I brought!"
"All right!" Hikaru replied cheerfully. It seemed as if she had temporarily forgotten her distress, because Umi and Fuu were the best friends ever, always able to take her mind off of her pain.
This story takes place a half-year after the decimation of the Pillar System. There's going to be some Hikaru x Lantis, Fuu x Ferio, and maybe an Umi x Ascot x Clef love triangle, depending on how creative I'm feeling =P
"How much longer do I have to cry before tomorrow's light? A night full of sorrow..."
Chapter One - Solace
"He's in the back of your mind
all of the time
learn to forget
love. leave. forget.
And when I sit alone
I think of what you said
"better off just friends"
I'm better off just dead
And the hardest thing I do
is wake up without you
when everything falls apart
the emptiness leaves a mark"
"One season too late" by Keepsake
Silver moonlight shone through a side window, the moonbeams gently washing over the figure that was laid on a single mat in the center of the floor. Hikaru Shidou cracked open her eyes and turned her gaze to the full moon outside. 'Was he able to see the same beautiful moon?' She asked herself silently. She reached for her chest and curled her fingers around the golden locket that he had given her the last time that she had been in Cephiro. The gold element was cool to the touch, but brought back a flood of warm memories. The last time Hikaru saw him he had smiled at her so tenderly... but then she had to leave. After Cephiro's need for a pillar had been abolished, there was no reason for her to stay there as a Magic Knight. Almost a half-year had gone by, and Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu were in high school. The last time Hikaru had seen Lantis; they had finally acknowledged their mutual feelings for each other. It only took that one gentle smile, and the tender look in their eyes had said it all. Poor Lantis had no one now. The same cruel fate that had snatched his elder brother from him had also stolen his best friend. And that was why... that was why...
"I want to be there for him!" Hikaru said out loud, as she sat up in a sitting position. She looked around, with the realization that she might never see him again hitting her full force. With this thought, Hikaru covered her face with her delicate hands and began to weep bitterly, the salty tears sliding down her cheeks. She felt as if her heart was shattered beyond repair and that nothing else could possibly make her hurt more than she did at this moment. She finally lay back down and pulled her blanket well over her head, and soon fell into a fitful rest devoid of dreams.
* ~ * ~ *
The next morning Hikaru woke up to the warm rays of the morning sunlight resting on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and sat up, using her right fist to rub the remaining sleep from her eyes. She felt horrible and didn't even want to live, let alone get out of bed. This wasn't like Hikaru at all, but she felt so helpless. She had fallen for Lantis... hard. And just that should have made her feel content, but she missed him horribly.
"It's Saturday... I've got to meet Umi and Fuu today at noon." she remembered, using that little bit of motivation to drag her body out of bed. Hikaru went through her closet and grabbed the first outfit that caught her eye, not even caring enough to make sure it matched. Even though it was a Sunday, Hikaru had put on her newly pressed Itoshima High School uniform. The charcoal pleated skirt and grey vest seemed to match her mood, but the lovely crimson bow was a cheerful splash of color that nicely accented her own red hair. Hikaru trudged to the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water, then made sure to brush her teeth. When she lifted her head up and looked into the mirror Hikaru could hardly recognize the hollow and empty face that stared back at her. The expression that adorned her face was one of sorrow, and her eyes were downcast. Nowadays, Hikaru found it difficult to smile. No one would ever believe that the ever cheery and optimistic Hikaru Shidou could get this messed up over something seemingly so little. But why couldn't she just be happy? After all, with the help of Umi and Fuu she had saved Cephiro from the threats that it faced. She made so many new friends from countries other than Cephiro. She had even been able to achieve what Lantis had wanted, the decimation of the Pillar system. The very system that forced him to witness the tragedy that Zagato had endured with Emeraude. Now, no one would ever have to go through a life devoid of love ever again. So everyone should be happy, right...? Everyone except for Hikaru, it seemed.
"No... I won't cry now. I've got to be strong." she chided herself, pushing away the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes. After she finished in the bathroom, Hikaru joined her brothers for breakfast. When she entered the room they all looked up at her with concerned and sad expressions. They were all worried about their baby sister, because this was the second time that she had acted so depressed to this extent. But Hikaru always preferred to fix things on her own so they let her be. With another heavy sigh, Hikaru slipped on her shows and strode out the door.
* ~ * ~ *
Not even the beauty of the lightly falling sakura petals all around her was able to bring a smile to her face as she walked down the quiet streets toward the park at Tokyo Bay where she was meeting her two best friends for a picnic lunch. As she walked, Hikaru kept her eyes shifted to the ground, her feet dragging slightly as she walked. 'I wonder how long I'm going to feel like this? I can't go on like this. I need him. Oh, Lantis.' Hikaru reached the outskirts of the park, and she looked up, using her hand to shield her eyes from the bright sunlight as she sought out her friends. 'I had better at least try to look happy for them. I can't let Umi and Fuu worry about me!' she thought, rubbing her eyes one last time and allowing a small (although forced) smile to spread across her lips.
"Miss Hikaru!"
"Hikaru!" They were calling her name. Hikaru whirled around with that smile plastered onto her face, and she looked to her friends. Fuu and Umi did not change much, and it didn't surprise Hikaru to see that both of them were wearing their own high school uniforms. Fuu attended Tamagawa Gakuen, a private high school. Her uniform consisted of a crisply pleated brown skirt with a matching jacket, and a green tie at her throat. It made Fuu look very mature, but it didn't take much to do so as Fuu was always the mature one of the trio.
"Miss Hikaru, it's very nice to see you today", Fuu said with a kind smile. Her emerald eyes twinkled as she smiled down at her much shorter friend. She held in her left hand a large set of lunchboxes, containing their picnic lunch no doubt. They were tied together with a pink cloth covered with a bunny rabbit print.
"Hey Fuu, Umi. It's nice to see you guys too!" Hikaru said, giving a genuine smile in spite of herself. Umi grunted another greeting as she walked closer to Fuu and Hikaru, struggling under the weight of a foldable lawn chair. Umi, the daughter of a very wealthy and active political couple, attended Seisen International, a private all-girls high school. Her uniform was a colorful array of blues, which complimented Umi's natural power-blue hair nicely. An actual laugh erupted from Hikaru's throat, as she found Umi and her chair quite humorous. Leave it to Umi, a total princess, to bring a lawn chair to a picnic.
"What's so funny, Hikaru?" Umi asked with a grin, pretending to be miffed. She shifted her weight, but unsuccessfully because she ended up dropping her chair onto her left foot. "Yeowch!" she yelped, hopping up and down on her uninjured foot. Fuu placed her right hand on her temple, massaging it gently as she cringed while imagining Umi's pain.
"Umi, you okay?" Hikaru questioned, concern shining in her eyes as she suppressed laughter.
"Yes, Miss Umi, that looked quite painful. It appears that you should not have bothered yourself to bring that large chair." Fuu chimed in.
"Yes, I'm okay. Thanks for your concern." Umi replied, kneeling down to set up her chair. She plopped into it with a sigh, then removed the shoe of her injured foot and began to massage her toes. "Let's sit here so I don't have to move this chair anymore for awhile!"
"As you wish Miss Umi" Fuu said with a smile. She looked up to the clear blue sky, with a few traces of clouds dotting the horizon. It was such a beautiful day. "I'll bet Cephiro is back to it's original state now. but even more beautiful." she said to herself quietly, a wistful tone overtaking her voice.
"Fuu, did you say something?" Hikaru asked, curious about what she had missed out on.
"Nothing important, I'm just thinking to myself. Now, let's eat the lunch that I brought!"
"All right!" Hikaru replied cheerfully. It seemed as if she had temporarily forgotten her distress, because Umi and Fuu were the best friends ever, always able to take her mind off of her pain.
