No Time for Grief! : Lisa and Bud Take Action

Miizu enetered her house bracing herself for a huge mess but what she walked in on were two little sorcerers cleaning the house. She stood there...frozen by emotions that swelled up in her heart. The children looked up and in a flash of joy they ran to her. She took them up in a long embrace and held them tightly.

"Lisa...Bud..."She whispered there names as if they were a secret kept lock in her heart. "I'm so sorry that this happened." It was only now she realized how much she loved the little rascals.

"It's not your fault, Miizu!" Lisa cried. "We weren't strong enough!"

"Besides..." Bud shrugged. "Hiinu's a pretty cool guy."

"I can't take this..." Miizu stood up with her fists balled up. "He's taking advantage of the fact that I love so many people...How could he be so evil...?"

"But...he started to say something about you." Lisa whispered to her. "He couldn't finish though 'cuz he was so mad at himself. He said that the only way to protect you was to distract you."

"Did he tell you what he was up to?" Miizu inquired.

"Nope." Bud made his answer clear with a shake of his head.

"He just said 'Miizu is going to kill me if she finds out. She worked so hard and now I'm unraveling everything.' It didn't make sense, Miizu" Lisa pouted. "What did you work so hard on?"

"I...don't know..." Miizu tipped her head back in deep thought. "I helped...I helped Matilda...and...Larc and...Sierra...and the Jumi race..." Miizu covered her face. "It wasn't too hard at all...I just helped my friends. Elazul...Rachel...Watts...All of them...I helped them all. I worked hard to help them so how is he supposed to undo it? I thought Hiinu loved me..." Miizu sat at the table and pounded her fist on it. "Does he want me to be alone?"

"We'll never leave you alone!" Lisa cried out.

"Yeah! We're still your apprentices!" Bud smirked. "You ain't getting rid of us so easy!"

"Thank you..." Miizu sighed. "I think I'm going to go to sleep..." She stood up and went upstairs to her room. Bud and Lisa looked at eachother with concern in their eyes.

"I think something else is bothering her..." Lisa murmured with a frown.

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Miizu sat on her bed with her knees pulled to her chest and her arms hugging them. Why was she thinking about him...Elazul...Why did she feel this way?

"Miizu...Get a hold of yourself...You've gone through worse..." Miizu declared with a shake of her fist. "I'm not gonna sit around boring myself to tears by thinking about some guy...I'll...I'll go to the orchard!" And so she ran down her stairs and almost knocked the little sorcerers down. They managed to catch their balance by grabing on to her legs.

"Where are you going, Miizu?" Lisa inquired blinking up at her. "If you're going somewhere I'm going along!"

"I'm just going to the orchard to pick some produce." Miizu replied with a shrug. "If you two want to help, you're more than welcome to."

"Alright!" Bud posed triumphantly. "I'll help you since I'm a strong man and all." The only reply he got to that was laughter. So they left the house and went staright to the orchard that was quite nearby. Trent welcomed them with a "hello" before they went to pick some fruits and vegetables. When they had finished, Trent gave them seeds he found and Miizu had him plant some more. After leaving the garden, they went to check on the pets in the barn and fed them. All of this was done in silence for Bud and Lisa did not know what to say to the dazed Miizu. Finally as th sun set on the horizon, Miizu herded Lisa and Bud inside to have dinner.

"I haven't made you two some of that delicious soup of mine in a while." Miizu smiled as she went into the kitchen to concoct some stew. As Miizu brewed, Lisa and Bud muttered to eachother.

"She's trying so hard to look happy but it's obvious she isn't..." Lisa sighed.

"Something must've happened when she was searching for us." Bud whispered.

"Well...maybe we should...figure out what happened while she was trying to find us." Lisa suggested with a nod.

"Alright!" Bud grinned. "But what if she doesn't tell us?"

"Uhm...I'll figure something out." Lisa shrugged. Miizu enetered the room and sat at the table.

"Alright I just have to let it simmer for a while." She announced.

"Uhm, Miizu?" Lisa stood next to Miizu and looked up at her.

"Yeah?" Miizu turned and bent down a little to be eye-level.

"We like hearing of your adventures and we kind of wanted to know what happened when you were looking for us." Lisa looked at her foot as she spoke.

"Oh?" Miizu blinked and nodded her head. "Uh sure I guess I can give you the accounts of my journey. Where to start...? Ah!" Miizu cleared her throat and sat up straight. "Well..."

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When Miizu had finished her story, Bud and Lisa had become very silent.They had already finished the soup and now they stared at their empty bowls. Miizu blushed and sighed miserably.

"I...should have told the truth..." Miizu closed her eyes. "I..." She couldn't even say it know. She could tell them how much she cared for him...how much she loved him.

"We know..." Bud murmured quietly.

"You know?" Miizu blinked. "but I..."

"We can see it in your actions." Lisa explained. "We've seen how you felt for him for a long while."

"If you could see...then...everyone else knew!" Miizu closed her eyes. "But no one said anything..."

"Elazul doesn't know..." Lisa whispered. "We wanted you to tell him...But you didn't. Why didn't you, Miizu?"

"I..." Miizu sighed and shook her head. "Why didn't I...? I'll tell him right now! I...I will!" She walked toward the door and turn to them. "Thank you...both of you..."

"You're welcome!" Bud grinned and Lisa giggled.



"Good luck!" Lisa gave her thumbs up and winked. With that, Miizu stepped outside to the dark starry sky with much determination. It soon faded into shock as her eyes fell on Elazul. He was just about to climb the steps when she had stepped out.

"Elazul..." Miizu gasped meeting Elazul's surprised gaze. "What are you doing here?"

"I had to tell you something..." Elazul replied.

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PREVIEW OF NEXT CHAPTER: What? Elazul has something to say? But what can it be?

Lisa: "But...Miizu? Why is your face so red?"

Next chapter... "MIIZU'S CONFESSION"

Author's Note:I wanted the preview to be all anime like...hehehe.... AHAHAHAHA! This chapter finished!....that is all -.-;