Greetings and salutations! Whoo! It's good to be back! I've really missed it... I feel like I've said that before... hmm... anyhoo! I've decided to explain why I like this ficcy so much and keep updating... it's because I'm in love with it. I love Rayearth and I love this fanfiction. This is probably one of the best ones I've had so far... so yeah... I'm really, really enjoying this... Anyhoo! Special thanks goes to...

Darkmoonfang- (sighs) yeas that's right, you can't hate me... 'cause you like me sooooo much! Haha! So there!

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NoW rEaD aNd EnJoY!

"Where's Fuu?" she asked looking from Hikaru to Umi.

"You mean you don't remember?" Hikaru asked, Presea shook her head. "What about being substitute? Or anything else like that?"

Presea stared at her. "Um... what are you talking about?"

"In answer to your question..." Umi was in turn to answer her question. "Fuu's... in the hospital..."

Part 2

Fuu stared at the equation silently, gnawing on the end of her pencil. She sat there for minutes before sighing in defeat. She leaned her head back miserably. "Just one more week..."

Yes that's right... one more week and she'd be out of this living hell... She hated hospitals so much... and for a whole month now; she'd been living in one.

She set her math work down on the floor plainly. "I can't concentrate..." Not that she didn't have enough time; it wasn't like she was behind or anything, she just wanted to get it out of the way...

Fuu was instantly pulled out of her thoughts from a knock on the door.

"Yes?"

The door opened slowly, revealing a pink haired woman with a huge smile plastered on her face. "What's up Fuu?" she walked in and sat on the end of the bed, crossing her legs femininely.

"Hello Miss Caldina." Fuu said with a slight giggle, watching Caldina pet the small kitten on her bed. "It's been a while since I've last seen you."

"Yup," she said giggling slightly when the kitten licked her thumb. "When'd ya get this?" she asked motioning to the snow white kitten.

"The day you first visited me, Miss Caldina." Fuu said with a grin.

Caldina smiled girlishly. "What's his name?" she asked not taking her eyes off the animal.

"Mokona" Fuu answered simply, Caldina lifted her head to look at the Wind Knight.

"Hey..." Calidina silently pondered for a moment. "Where've I heard that before..."

Fuu sighed, so she remembered after all. "From Cephiro Miss Caldina--"

"Oh, that's right! It was like that little bunny that you were with there!" she said in a rush, then she grinned; she seemed quite proud of herself. "Yeah, I remember... that little fluff ball who was like... 'Puu' all the time."

Fuu giggled at the quotations she used for highlighting "puu" when she had said it. "So you really do remember."

Caldina nodded.

All of the sudden, Fuu felt a urge to change the subject.

She started to pet Mokona lightly. "How are Sir Ascot and Sir Lafarga?" she asked, seriousness in her tone.

Caldina pretended not to notice. "Ascots really doing well... and so is Lafarga." Fuu noticed her slight blush when Caldina mentioned the Cail... interesting...

Fuu smiled at the thought, Caldina had mentioned why she had stayed in Cephiro... though she hadn't gone too much into the subject, Fuu had caught on.

Caldina stared at Fuu questionably, she was confused by the sudden silence.

Fuu decided she would think about romance later. She looked back to the illusionist. "So has there been any word from Mister Clef?"

Caldina shook her head hesitantly. "Unfortunately no, there hasn't been any word from him since Cephiro was annihilated..."

Fuu nodded, she sighed. Something about the word 'annihilated' and 'Cephiro' in the same sentence made her skin crawl. "Let me get all the cards down on the table," Fuu sighed at the starry eyes Caldina made at the thought of a card game. Probably because of her hobby of gambling and her obsession for money. "It's a figure of speech... Anyway, so all we know is that Ascot, Lafarga, and yourself are the only ones that have been reincarnated so far?"

Caldina nodded, "we do need to look out for the other though."

"Do we have any idea how many people we're talking here?" Fuu asked. "I mean, there are so many people in Cephiro, will they all be reincarnated?"

Caldina shook her head "Clef said that the only people that'll be reincarnated 'll be the people that knew you Magic Knights, or knew about the legend. " she confirmed.

Fuu thought about that for a moment; only the people who knew of the legend... "so that would be Miss Presea, Mister Clef, Sir Lafarga, Sir Ascot..." Fuu's eyes widened as realization hit her. Hard.

"Fuu?" Caldina waved her hand in front of her face. "What's wrong little missey?" she asked, a worried expression written on her features.

On the other hand, Fuu suddenly felt her face heat up. She payed no attention to it. Her thoughts were all focused one thing; one thought; one sentence that knumbed her from head to toe:

Ferio knew the legend.

Umi sighed miserably, she walked down the street following the chattering girls. 'Are reunions suppose to be so... giddy?' She watched silently as she pondered. Replaying Clef's message over and over in her head. She closed her eyes and consintrated, trying to piece the puzzle.

Dearest Magic Knights who saved all of Cephiro, I am sorry that you where sent back to your own world, with non of your questions answered. But I'm afraid there isn't time. I must give you terrible news: Cephiro is on the verge of annihilation. It would seem that the Princess' souls was split in two: one has been put to rest and the other... The other is seeking vengence against the Ledgendary Magic Knights. Magic Knights, her 'evil' soul is still Emeraud of Cephiro... and she wished for the total annihilation of our beloved Cephiro. I simply don't have any more strength... Magic Knights... Wait for us...all of us... when the time comes... please... search for us when we a re-

Reincarnated? Reborn? It didn't matter, it meant the same thing. The people of Cephiro were being reborn here: in Tokyo.

Only question is; How?

"Umi?" Hikaru's innocent voice tugged her from her thousand piece puzzle. "Are you okay?" she asked again.

Umi nodded, putting her hand on Hikaru's shoulder affectionately. "Yeah, let's get to your house." she said and walked ahead of the other two girls.

Presea smiled inwardly at the two of them. Their friendship hadn't changed since their summoning to Cephiro.

If anything, it had gotten stronger.

If that were even possible.

A quiet breeze crept through them and the leaves flew, twirled, and spun in the November air. Presea shivered, never in Cephiro did we have weather of this sort. Either it was warm and sunny-which it always had been since princess Emeraude's heart was still in peace- or it was stormy and dark-which was after the magic knights had been summoned.

It was strange being able to see your own breath as it was released into the cold air. So this is what the Magic Knights' world was like... just as magical as they were...

Still, that didn't change the fact that it was freezing.

And as soon as she had thought those words, a warm knit sweater was pulled over her head. Her eyes widened as Hikaru pulled it down and over her head.

"Uh... Hikaru?" Presea asked still surprised. "Oh, Hikaru, you're gonna freeze if you give this to me." Presea said noting that she had her uniform blouse. A sleeveless blouse no less.

Hikaru laughed, oblivious to Presea's concern "I guess your not used to this kind of weather."

"Hikaru," Presea started refusing to have her put her other arm the rest of the way through the sweater sleeve. "You're gonna freeze..."

Hikaru shook her head, her red, waist long hair dancing around her shoulders. "I'm used to this kinda weather Presea!" she turned her heal and kept walking, closing the door on any protests Presea might have given.

It was then that Presea realized it.

...Vengeance... hatred... murderous vows...

All were lurking in Hikaru's soul.

Hikaru was now a dark shadow.

Ready to kill one who steps in her path.

...That means anyone...

"Satoru! Kakeru! Masaru! I'm home!" Hikaru called walking inside the house (A/N: Well, frankly 'school' would be more accurate seeing as it's a kendo school but oh well. It's my fanfiction! So back off! Nya: -P (jk)) She looked around the front room for any sign of her elder brothers. She looked to the stairway, expecting to hear her doggie run down the steps, and jump into her arms and lick her face and she'd tell him that he was such a good friend and someone she could always depened on... but no sound of a happy dog running down the steps was heard. And Hikari didn't come down to say hello...

He never would again...

Umi's hand being placed on her shoulder was somewhat comforting. She had a pretty good idea of what Hikaru's mind was in, and how she felt.

'All you can do is try. You couldn't understand what kind of torture I've been living in the past twenty-four hours if you could even pray for it.' Hikaru's mind hissed bitterly. 'What would a snob like you know anyway? If anything happened to you like this, you could cry to mommy and daddy and--'

Hikaru gasped, what kind of horrible beast had possessed her? Had she really become that hatful and...

"Come on Hikaru." Umi said keeping a firm grip on her shoulder.

"...whatever..." she mumbled, trying to hide the venom brewing in her throat. She was about to walk to the stairs when Umi stopped her.

"What's up with you?" she asked annoyance prickling at her chest.

"Nothing." Hikaru spat dryly.

"Don't lie to me." Umi said simply. "Hikaru tell —"

"Let. Go. Of. Me." she commanded ferociously. Umi's eyes widened in shock. Hikaru slapped her hand. Hard. She turned her heal and walked over to the staircase. "Mark my words: Don't think you can ever help me. Cause if you dig yourself too far into this hole. Your not getting out alive..." she was more enthusiastic with her last sentence. She turned and walked up the steps fuming.

Umi just stared at where the ruby eyed girl had been.

"That... wasn't... that wasn't the sound of my heart breaking..." Umi whispered voice trembling uncontrollably. She held herself in her arms for a moment letting the venom in the air suffocate her.

Hikaru walked through the hallway to her bedroom. She shut the door behind her slowly, she turned her back to her door and leaned against it. What did I just... do...?

She slumped down to the ground lifelessly. She leaned her head back against the dark wood.

"...I'm sorry Umi..." she whispered closing her eyes. "I'm so, so sorry..."

Hikaru opened her fierce ruby eyes. "... focus..." she told herself gripping the dark red carpet. "What came over me...?"

It was like she had become possessed... by some horrible monster. Her eyes widened, she had heard a voice. Was it her? A little voice in the back of her head... that's what it was like... it was a female voice... she was sure of that... Every turn her mind took, it all aimed back to the one conclusion.

She had said all those horrible things. It was her that slapped Umi.

"No!" Hikaru cradled herself in her arms. "It couldn't have been! I would have never said those horrible things to my sister!"

Every word you say to yourself... trying to comfort yourself... what you think is the horrible beast... is you Hikaru...

W-what...?

Who is that voice...? is it me...?

...No...

...It can't be...

Aww... is little weak Hikaru scared...? A giggle was all that it started out as, then the feminine voice got louder and louder. She was mocking Hikaru, laughing loudly a grin on her face. Hikaru! You're so cute! And so weak!

"...S-stop it..." Hikaru whispered hands covering her ears. But no matter how much she willed the laughter to stop, it just stayed.

It was in her head.

"Stop it!" Hikaru yelled loudly, she curled up into a ball, still covering her ears. She bit down on her bottom lip. Hard.

Blood trickled from her mouth, as she fought back tears.

Ohhh! Hikaru, that cry for help was absolutely adorable!... let's hear some more of those cute screams for help...

"Nooo!" Hikaru screamed, tears now trickling down her cheeks. "Umi! Help me!"

Umi's head jerked up from her position on the chair. "H-Hikaru….?" Umi immediately stood up and ran to the steps and dashed up as fast as she could. As she turned on the landing, something caught the corner of her eye; Satoru walked in the door. "Satoru-san! Come here for a second!" Umi called dashing down the hallway. ''Hikaru... are you hurt...?'

Umi reached the door, she heard Hikaru's pain filled screams. Umi tried to open the door with no avail; Something was blocking it. Umi banged on the door as loudly as she could muster, "Hikaru, it's me! Let me in!"

Satoru came up behind her breathless. "Umi-san... w-what is it...?"

Not turning to him she replied simply; "it's Hikaru." then she continued to call for Hikaru. "Hikaru! Open. Up!" she screamed. She gasped suddenly, she turned to Satoru, eye brows furrowed. "Satoru, help me get in."

All that was given was a nod from him; and it was all she needed. He came up beside Umi and turned the door knob. "Her chair is in the way..."

Umi was about to respond when another blood curdling scream filled the house. Umi covered her ears immediately, wincing slightly.

Umi!... my head... it's splitting...!

Umi's eyes widened, Hikaru's voice was now in her head, crying for help.

"Hikaru! Open the door!"

Hikaru's screams and howls didn't stop for a moment.

Umi banged on the door again this time harder. "Come on Hikaru! Do it!"

B-but I can't... Hikaru whimpered in Umi's mind. She'll huirt me if I do-

"Who?"

The person in my head!

Umi began to grow inpatient. "No ones gonna hurt you Hikaru!"

Hikaru screamed again, this time louder that any of the others. She is too! She said she's gonna kill me, you and--!

"Hikaru! Open the damn door already!" Umi screamed the loudest, blocking out Hikaru's.

At the sound of Umi's rage, Hikaru crawled over to the door weakly.

What the hell do you think you're doing? Said the voice, almost sounding mad.

Hikaru winced in pain as the woman's voice rang in her mind. "...U... Umi..." she reached up to the door knob, trembling and shaking. "...I'm going... t-to..." She gripped the door knob and turned, opening the door.

...Umi...

The door slung open revealing a shaken Umi and a Satoru running up behind her.

Umi gapped; Hikaru lay motionless on the ground, sweating and twitching. "Hikaru!" Umi kneeled next to her, she pulled up her twitching body. Something glowing caught her eye and her head jerked up to meet the raging eyes of a girl.

She had long wavy pink hair and red eyes. And pointed ears- obviously not human...

She looked like...

Hikaru...?

She clenched her fists "D-damn you..." Her pink eyes flying towards Satoru, to Umi. "Damn you all... I almost had her..."

"Who are you?" Umi demanded, keeping Hikaru's head on her lap. "And what do you want with Hikaru!"

The pink haired girl grinned insanely, "me? You want to know who I am, and what I want with Hikaru...?" she smirked, eyes narrowing as she kept her eyes glued on the baby blue ones glaring back at her. "...I want to... I want to kill her." with that, she leaned her head back and laughed crazily.

Umi gritted her teeth. "That still doesn't answer my answer." she said venom brewing in her words. "Who the hell are you?"

The girl looked down at a furious Umi, she smiled evily. "Me? My name is Nova." She put her hand on her hip, still grinning mischievously. "It seems my time here is done." She finally took her eyes off Umi to look at Hikaru's body. Her smile only grew. "I'l see you later Hikaru... next time..." she began to disappear. "Next time I will kill you..." (A/– and your little dog too! Just kidding.) And she vanished. Though her laughter still remained. And drifted off slowly...

Until it was gone.

Hikari...

"Aww Hikari your such a good doggie!"

"...Some of the boys at school pick on me 'cause I'm short..."

"I'm so glad you're here with me Hikari!"

"Your always so protective of me... is it because you feel the same way I do?"

Princess Emeraude...

"Kill me... and save Cephiro!"

"I fell in love... I just couldn't forget him!"

"Would those you love with to hurt you in anyway?"

"Thank you Magic Knights... thank you..."

Umi...

"You're like a little sister to me!"

"You're so concerned about everyone else, but you must take care of yourself too..."

"There's no way we're gonna lose!"

"You're so cute! It's absolutly adorable!"

Fuu...

"So you do kendo at your school Miss Hikaru? I'm on the archery team at my school!"

"You have such a baby face!"

"I am also very grateful that I am here with the two of you."

"It is because you are here that I am happy."

What if I lose them too? Like Princess Emeraude and Hikari...?

What'll I do...?

Would I be able to go on?

Would I lose myself?

Would I-

"Hikaru...?"

"Hnn..."

"You okay...?"

Ruby red eyes found those of sapphire blue. "U... Umi...?" asked Hikaru weakly, she rubbed her eyes. 'Still bleary...'

"Hikaru? Who was that woman?" Umi asked looking down at confused eyes. Hikaru was still on her lap. Looking up at her, Hikaru stared quietly before shrugging. "That woman... you know... the one with pink hair and red eyes?"

'What had happened...?'

Hikaru gasped, she jolted forward. "Satoru, where's Satoru!"

"C-calm down Hikaru."

"Where is he?" Hikaru asked looking right to left for her older brother.

Umi sighed. "He's down stairs getting you so water."

Before Umi could blink, Hikaru stood up and left her room. She ran down the hall and turned the corner to the stairway, only to collide with her brother.

"Oh!" Hikaru fell backwards, immediately feeling ice cold water spill on her pink uniform blouse soaking it in. Trickling down her neck and finally felt it under her shirt.

After feeling the cool water dripping down her body, she felt pain. Pain on her right palm. She looked at her hand and saw blood trickling down her arm from her hand. She looked to the ground and saw the broken glass. Strange this was, when she had felt the sting and pain... she hadn't batted an eyelash. She just sat there dumbfounded until Satoru noticed who he had collided with.

"Hikaru." Satoru kneeled down next to her. "Sorry I didn't s-"

"Hikaru!" Umi marched down the hallway. She glared daggers at Hikaru, hands on her hips, legs spread, air chilled; Umi is one to fear...

"How dare you just up and leave! Do you have any idea how w-" her eyes caught sight of the blood dripping on the carpet. Instantly staining it. "Oh my gosh! Hikaru!" She knelt beside her friend and took her hand and pulled it closer to her face for examination. "We've gotta wrap it up for you--"

"This is nothing!" Hikaru said sternly. She gasped st the heartbroken look she received from Umi. "S-soryy... I didn't mean to say it like that..."

Umi nodded, a solemn look on her face. Though on the inside...

Hikaru looked to Satoru who was picking up the glass. "Satoru." she said firmly.

He looked at her plainly, stopping what he was doing. "Yes Hikaru?"

She closed her eyes, as if deciding something to herself. Then she opened her fiery eyes, looking more determined then ever.

It was now or never...

"Satoru... I want you to tell me..." Hikaru clenched her bloody fist. "Tell me how the hell my dog died."

Umi watched, mouth opened slightly. Dumbfounded face.

Never... and I mean never did Hikaru curse...

She looked to Satoru. Mind reeling, didn't Hikaru say that she had no idea about the who the person was that... slaughtered her dog?

Then it hit her. The phone call she had received from Satoru on her cell phone that day at the hospital... he had been home... Does that mean... he could possibly know...?

"What are you talking about Hikaru...?" Her brother asked as steadily as he could.

Hikaru didn't bat an eyelash. She wasn't going to give up that easily. 'No matter how hard you try.'

"Satoru, let me tell you something; if you plan to keep secrets from me about the murder of my dog..." she hissed darkly. "I will show no mercy in the long run..." Hikaru icily glared at her so-called "brother" who was keeping secrets that she had to know- no; that she would know...

Satoru kept his cool and sighed. "...you really want to know...?"

Hikaru icily stared. "I wouldn't ask if I didn't want to know."

Satoru sighed, he wasn't going to enjoy this...

"Alright Hikaru..." he sat down on the step. No even hesitating. "I'll tell, but... you wont like it..."

She continued to keep the same expression on as she had the last few minutes.

"And you must promise that you will not go looking for... it..."

Umi stared bewildered while Hikaru didn't flinch, just nodded. She leaned back against the wall, trying to hide her crossed fingers...

The birds chirped as Satoru stepped out into the yard. The small tree's leaves swayed back and forth in the fall wind. He sighed as he lost himself in his thoughts. Completely oblivious to the black sword being pulled from it's sheath.

"Hikari!" he called. The brown furred dog came out from behind the bushes, wagging his tail excitedly. The dog ran over to him, only to stop staring at a bewildered Satoru. Hikari hunched over with his tail low. A rumbling low growl lingering in his throat.

"Hikari?" Satoru begain to make a move over to the growling dag, but stopped dead in his tracks as Hikari started backing wildly.

Hikari made the next move, running towards Satoru fangs barred. Hikai jumped and Satoru fell backwards. Hikari had gone right over him.

WHOOSH

Right behind him her heard a yelping dog and the clack of a metallic object. Satoru turned around, while still on the ground.

What his eyes met was pure torture;

He saw Hikari, his brown fur soaked in dark red blood, as he lay motionless on the ground.

He also saw the perpetrator, he couldn't see much because the sun was next to her face in the background. "Heh... stupid pooch." she laughed while gripping the sword that murdered the dog. Blood trickling down it, and onto the cement. "But I suppose this will do just fine. Because as long as he's dear to her, than my job here is complete--"

Satoru finally got the lump out of his throat enough to speak. Barely just. "Dear to who?"

"Hmmm, aside the point. You should be grateful." she put her sword back in it's resting place; The jem on her glove.

"...for what? Murdering our dog?" he asked ever so dryly.

He could feel she was grinning evilly. "Why? Because you were my original target."

"I couldn't see her features, I could only make out the outline of her..." Satoru confirmed, not wanting to look towards Hikaru nor Umi.

"What did you manage to see?" Hikaru asked quietly.

"She had long hair, and I think a baggy shirt too, and pants. She was about Umi's height and an English accent."

Hikaru and Umi gaped.

Satoru continued. "But she wasn't human. I can tell you that."

Hikaru felt a sudden urge to ask him why. So she did, with complete shock for a response.

"Because she had ears of an animal..."

Hikaru stood up suddenly startling both her brother and Umi. "Let's go Umi."

"Where?"

"To Fuu."

Satoru sighed; he was going to have to step-in if she was going anywhere else but there. He let Hikaru slip past him and down the steps. "Come on Umi."

Umi sighed. "Alright..." she stood up and followed the short young girl out the door.

"Hikaru," Umi said still following the ruby eyed girl next to Presea. "Where are we really going?"

Hikaru turned to look fully at Umi. Hikaru fiery eyes looked more like they were glowing. "We're going to go see Fuu's friend."

WhiteRose... you will not get away with this...

Hahahaha! Major cliffy for you guys! Hahaha! I know what's gonna happen and youuu doooooon't! hahahaha! Keep the reviews commin' peoples. I let ya off the hook this time, but I must have 5 reviews for this chapter! Please review! And I forgot to add, Presea is in Hikaru's basement, so she wouldn't found by Satoru or any of her brothers.

Thank you very, very much!

Love as always,

Ari Takiyuki

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