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Mystic Illusions Chapter 5





"..." = talking '...' = thinking *...*= telepathy/mind











[Night- Cecilia's Room]













Lithy pushed the door open as she and Thory walked in slowly. Cecilia stopped brushing her hair and turned towards the two smaller girls and smiled at them. Kai just glarred at them coldly.

"Something wrong?" Cecilia said, resuming her work from before. Slowly brushing out her hair. Her brush appearantly got stuck in a tangle in her hair. All thanks to Kai.

Thory looked at her shyly and then smiled nervously, "we were just wondering... since you are going to Italy, could we... please come along as well?"

Cecilia smiled and nodded softly.

"Of course, I don't want to leave you two alone here."

Kai narrowed his eyes and them, feeling a sudden urge of killing someone. Thory seemed unfazed by that, as she laughed happily and clapped her hands.

"Thank you!" She cried before running out of the room to pack. Lithy followed her, but paused at the door and looked back at Cecilia, whom is still trying to straighten out the tangle.

"Cecilia... I'm sorry I slapped you before. I didn't mean it... it was on the heat of the moment." She said apologitically.

"Don't worry about it, I can understand." Cecilia said, as she watched Lithy gave her a real smile and closed the door behind her.

Working out the tangle.

Still working it out.

When will it straighten out? Kai grunted and put his hand over Cecilia's brushing one and just pulled it down her hair. The tangle is worked out, but Cecilia winced in pain and turned around to face Kai.

"What was that for?" She asked, holding a hand to where it hurts. Pain showing on her face clearly.

Kai's eyes softened, he slowly and carefully brushed the rest of her hair.

"Sorry.... " he started, "but that took too long." He said.

Cecilia sighed, not blaming him for not knowing anything about this.

"Kai, that's why I was going so slow. So it won't hurt." She said, and looked at him with laughter in her eyes.

He didn't say anything but to continue brushing her hair, this time, knowing to go slowly and carefully.













[Italy- Milan]

















"Italy! My favorite vacation country!" Amara cried dropping her bag and spread her arms out. The others appeared behind her and Naomi rolled her eyes.

"You say that to every country we go to."

Amara lost her large grin and blinked, "yeah.... I guess I have been saying that."

Hiura sighed and rolled her eyes. She then snapped her head towards the right, feeling someone starring at her.

Everyone looked normal, no one looked suspicious. With one last look, Hiura turned around in time to see everyone leaving.

A devilish smile touched her face as she walked forward and caught Cecilia's arm, causing her and Kai to stop and look at her.

"What do you want?" Kai said coldly catching everyone's attention.

"Nothing!" Hiura said, linking her arm with Cecilia's and gave him a smirk.

"Cecilia... don't go with him. Look at him, he'll hurt you later on, probably abuse or something like that. He's not worth your time." With that Hiura dragged Cecilia off.

Without a choice Cecilia threw Kai an apologitic look and was dragged outside by Hiura.

Kai cluntched his fist, if Hiura doesn't look so much like Cecilia, he would have seriously choked her. Charlotte blinked and shoved her hands into her pants pockets.

"Kai... Hiura's always like that, she never liked any guy close to Cecilia. Don't mind her." She said, hoping to calm Kai down.

"Don't worry Kai, I'm sure Cecilia doesn't think that way!" Ray said ressuringly as well.

Tyson just crossed his arms in front of his chest and snorted.

"I think Hiura is right! You'll probably abuse.... humph..."

Before he could finish, Naomi clapsed her hand over Tyson's mouth and looked at Kai calmly. "Nothing, he didn't say anything."

Kai threw Tyson an icy look before turning and walking away. Amara followed him and the others followed them.















[Outside- On the Streets]











"Hey, what are they doing?" Amara asked seeing Hiura and another guy having a stare down. Cecilia just stood off onto the sides and looked at them worriedly.

They hurried towards them and stood beside Cecilia.

"What's going on here?" Max asked.

Cecilia glanced back at him and tightened her mouth then tilted her head towards Hiura and the guy.

"That guy made some kind of comment to Hiura and she got mad, so now they are in a stare down." She said filling everyone in.

"Are you okay?" Kai asked, stepping beside her. Cecilia looked at him and nodded, then focusing back on Hiura and the guy.





Hiura starred at the guy in front of her. His reddish brown hair is just a bit past his shoulders. His eyes should be blue, but with the angle of the sun, they look almost purple. He stood in front of her, a few feet away from her. The smile on his face almost looks 'real'.

She narrowed her eyes, something about this guy is so familiar yet so irritating at the same time.

"As I was saying before, someone like you shouldn't be carrying a sword everywhere. It's a disgrace to swordsmen around the world." He said, finally hitting the point.

With a low grunt, Hiura pulled out the thin metal and aimed for the guy. She was fast, seems as if faster than the wind itself.

The guy tilted his head and just moved out of the way even faster than Hiura.

Whipping her head around she jumped up, wanting to slash the guy. Surprisingly, the guy caught the blade in between his hands, no scars nor blood at all.

Hiura looked at him surprised, and tried to pull her sword back, no luck. The guy give her a charming smile and twisted her blade, in a second the sword flew out of both of their hands and landed on the ground.

Hiura looked at the fallen sword, anger raising into her chest. She launched forward going for hand to hand combat, the guy stopped both of her arms and lifted them above her head.

*Hiura, stop.*

Hiura froze and blinked.

*Sensei?*

*Yes, it is me*

*Where are you?*

*In front of you*

Hiura looked at the guy in front of her, and her eyes widened.

"Yeah right you are my sensei! He should be a fifty year old guy! You are too young to be this skillful with the swords!" Hiura cried out, not believing this.

*Do you know anyone else who can speak with you through your mind?*

Hiura looked at him, before dropping her pose and bowed her head.

"Sensei..." She said, not believing her luck. Her sensei is around 20 year old, only about 5-7 years older than herself.

"Nice to meet you too Hiura."

Hiura bowed her head lower, so her hair hid her face. She then rolled her eyes unbelievably and sighed.

'Great, now what am I supposed to do?'

















[Milan- Montenapoleone]

















"I don't understand why the others don't want to come along with us! I mean, this is like the BEST place on Earth!" She said and stopped suddenly.

Taking in the sight around her, the large shopping mall where everything around the world is found! And no one wants to come!

"Amara, not everyone shares the same interest as you." Max said and gave her a smile.

No matter how long he has been with her, his girlfriend never ceases to amaze him. Amara half pouted half smiled and looked at him.

"Let's just say they are dumb! Let's go shopping!"

She said and with hands linked, they walked down the noisy hall way.

"So... who is this guy Hiura met off the streets?" Max asked.

Amara tiled her head, causing her hair to float a bit.

"I'm not completely sure, because Hiura only talks to Cecilia in detail. But, it seems as if the guy's name is Kazuya- Hiura's sensei for these years. He's just showed up to say hello to her."

"Sensei? Wow... he's young!" Max shook his head in amazement.

Someone spoke something in Italian to him, and he blinked, then pulled Amara's hand.

"Um... I heard Cecilia say that you guys need to know at least 5 languages... do you know Italian?" He asked nervously.

Amara laughed nervously and put a hand behind her head.

"Um... I was never a learner... I'm sure we have learned Italian, but I don't remember anything from it! I can't speak Italian, sorry." She said and laughed half-hearted.

Max sighed unbelievably, and looked towards the lady that just spoke to them, having no way to communicate. Surprisingly the lady smiled and sighed.

"Don't worry, I can speak English." Fluent English flew out of her mouth and Max took a step back.

"Cool, what did you call us for? Are you in trouble or something?" Amara asked and looked at the lady. She looks vaguely familiar.

"I have a set of rings here, and I think you might be interested in these two. They are called 'water magic'." She said holding up the two rings, they shone under the dozens of lights.

Linda took one of them of gasped, "wow, it's so beautiful."

"Yes it is! It is one of the prettiest sets I've got. It says that when a couple wears these two rings, the couple will stay together forever, never separating." The lady explained and looked at Max and Amara, whom starred at the rings in amazement.

Finally Amara looked up at the lady and a light shone in her eyes, "how much are these?"

The lady smiled and tilted her head, "I see you are really interested in them, and I really hope you two stay together through everything. I'll give them to you for free, just as long as you remember that love comes with pain. And you should always work out everything that is standing in your way." She said, and watched as Max and Amara each took a ring.

Max unclapsed his necklace and slipped the ring on, Amara put the ring onto her middle finger and examined it. Then suddenly, she looked up at Max sharply.

"This is not an engagement ring!" She said firmly, Max smiled and then laughed softly.

"Of course not... we'll call them... promise rings. Promise we will be together through everything." He said and Amara smiled.

After thanking the lady they walked further away, hand in hand, the two rings tying them together forever.

The lady watched them walk further and further away, when they were out of sight, her height dropped dramatically. And there no longer is a lady selling rings, but a little girl standing there wishing them good luck. And that girl is no other than Lithy herself....





TBC.............





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