Title: The Story Between

Author: lavenderhana5 (I changed my name from sakuratsubasa5 to this… :D)

Chapter 3- part 2: sLeEpiNg BeAuTy—ThE LoNg AwAiTeD EnDiNg…

Disclaimer: I do not own Daa! Daa! Daa!

FLasH BaCk of Chap. 3-Part

In the Forest…

"Why would they want me to go outside and leave the house?" Miyu thought.

Suddenly, she heard the footsteps of a horse coming towards her. It's getting louder and louder. Miyu turned to her back and then she saw…

EnD oF FLasH BaCk

"Kanata?" Miyu gasped. "But how did you…?"

"I don't know, I just went to Lou and Bow Meow's old room to check what happened to you and then suddenly, I was awakened by my dad, who they said was a King. Later, I realized that I was just a kid and I saw a baby who looks exactly like you. They told me we were going to marry when you are already 18."

"So…you're the…the prince? AGAIN!" Miyu blushed, a little frustrated. "Well, who do you expect, Nozomu?" Kanata said, a little disappointed. "Hmpf!" he added.

"Actually…NO…" Miyu blushed in embarrassment. "From the first time I saw you as a kid in this story, I had a hint that it was you."

"Me too, when I saw you as a baby, I already knew it was you."

"Well, in this part of the story, the prince will leave and promise to come back, right?"

"Wrong! You should ask me to go with you to the palace and then I will disagree and that is the time you will do what you said earlier."

"Oh…ok!" "Sweet lady, please come with me to the palace for me to introduce you to my father." "I'm afraid I can't dear prince, I'm forbidden to ever go far away from the cottage."

"I must leave now, although, I promise to come back." "You are most welcome to come here again." "Ok, see you later!" "Bye!"

Back in the cottage…

"Ok, everyone ready? I'll be calling the princess now." Insisted Mikan. "Ok, but don't persuade the princess!" Aya said while preparing the cake and all the decorations.

Miyu and Mikan arrived at the cottage, when Miyu opened the door… "Happy Birthday Princess!" Is it MY birthday? She thought to herself. "Here, wear this Miyu…err…Princess." "Ok Nanami…I mean fairy." Miyu hurriedly wore the gown. "Wow! This looks great on me!" said Miyu, wearing a sleeveless pink gown with a floral design made of sequins. She had a crown-like headband made of fresh flowers (like those seen on the heads of fairies). Miyu was so happy that the fairies didn't know how to tell her the truth. "How will we tell her that she really is a princess…?" Mikan whispered to Aya and Nanami. "We don't know." The other fairies said.

"Hey, what are you three discussing in there?" Miyu asked curiously. "What! No! We're not talking anything about you being a-" Aya covered her mouth before she spills the beans.

"About me being a what?" Miyu moved closely to them, like she was saying to them that 'they must tell her or else…' "Are you going to tell me or what?" Uhh…ok…Mikan took a deep breath and started to begin. "Well, what we were talking about is…how to say to you that you're a-a…a PRINCESS…" Wow! Glad that was over! Nanami thought. "What! Am I deaf, or did I hear Mikan say that I'm a-a Princess?" Miyu said to them, as if she doesn't know what will happen next. "Wow Miyu! You're a very good actress! You managed to memorize the whole 'SLEEPING BEAUTY' SCRIPT!" said Aya, while shaking hands with, none other than Miyu.

"Oh…thanks, Aya! Uhm…erm…as I was saying, how could you three fairies do this to me?" Miyu said face to face with the fairies. Then, after looking at them furiously, madly and-and…anyway, she's MAD at them, she decided to just follow the script and run away. So, she did run away. She ran and ran and ran and ran and—(OMG! Typing this part is sOoOoOoOo exhausting!) Well, point is, she ran very far away from the fairies' cottage. She didn't know that she already bumped into-Christine (Do you remember? The evil fairy/witch?).

"Ouch! Why you insolent little—oh! Your highness! I'm sorry; I didn't know it was you." The wicked fairy said while bowing and then removing the dust from her black dress. "Uhm…pardon me, miss, but do I know you?" The princess asked. She looked directly at Christine's eyes (a.k.a. Evil Fairy/Witch) She really is Christine, but very different from the original Christine's attitude, what I mean is, the real Christine is very sweet, easily loses temper—'sometimes…', and is a very good friend, while this Christine in this extraordinary story is very very very wicked evil, and she has a very hard heart of stone. Miyu thought to herself.

"Well, your highness, why would you ask me that silly question?" Christine suspiciously asked. "Huh? Silly question? What made it so silly?" she confusingly asked. "Well, for starters, I AM the most LOYAL fairy who has served your father, the king, for many wonderful years." "Oh…I'm so sorry about my question. Anyway, could you help me, dear fairy, to go to the castle and meet my father?" Miyu begged, acting very seriously, as if the role of the princess was the same as her life.

Christine showed a smirk on her face. "Sure, your highness, I shall definitely go with you." What a stupid princess! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! She thinks she's safe with me, but on the contrary, she's surely NOT! She thought, very wickedly. They began to walk through the woods and at last, they reached the castle. "Now hurry up and follow me princess." Christine said in a hoarse voice. She led Miyu upstairs, where she hid a spinning wheel that is prohibited from the whole kingdom and also the neighboring kingdoms. Miyu saw the spinning wheel. Christine began to hypnotize Miyu to her control, with the use of her strong power. She controlled Miyu to go near the spinning wheel to prick her finger and eventually, DIE.

Miyu walked towards the spinning wheel, and she put her finger closer and closer to the sharp needle… (I don't want to watch this folks! ( . ) ) "Oh…I'm—I'm feeling a little…a little…" Before Miyu could finish what she was saying, she fainted and fell on the floor. "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! Now, my revenge is complete!" Christine laughed loudly, and then she disappeared in a big puff of smoke.

The fairies began to search for the missing princess, who obviously ran away from them. "Maybe she's in the castle already." Mikan said. "Yeah, you're probably right, Mikan." Said Nanami. "Then, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Aya said, flying towards the castle. The moment the three worried-sick fairies reached the top of the castle, they saw sleeping beauty (a.k.a. Miyu) lying on the floor. "THE PRINCESS!" they all gasped. "Who did this to her?" Nanami asked her other companions. "I have a feeling that it was the evil fairy." Aya said. "Who's the evil fairy again?" Mikan asked. "CHRISTINE!" the other fairies answered. "Oh." Mikan said, as she felt herself shrinking in embarrassment.

"We must put her on a bed and put all people in and out of the castle, including the royal majesties INTO A DEEP SLUMBER." Aya said, beginning to signal Mikan and Nanami to help her carry Miyu with the use of their magic powers. "Ok, one, two, three!" they all said, to put all people, except for themselves to sleep. "Ok, now that all people are asleep, what should we do next?" Nanami asked. "I know! We should find the prince to awaken the elegant princess with a KISS. And if the princess awakens, so will the people in and out of this castle." Mikan said. "Wow! Very clever Mikan!" the two other fairies said in chorus.

"But, we only have one very teeny, tiny little detail that we forgot…who's the PRINCE?" Nanami asked patiently. "Good and tough question you have there, Nanami." Aya said. "Don't worry, fellow fairies, I have an idea." Mikan said, pulling out from her jacket a crystal ball. "Wow! A crystal ball! Where did you get that Mikan? And how did it fit your jacket?" Nanami said. "Well, I…" Mikan could not explain either. Aya approached Nanami and said, "Don't question the script, Nanami, and just follow it!" She said impatiently. "Okay, okay, don't be so rude." Nanami said.

"Huh, okay Mikan, do what you must." Aya said. "Magic crystal ball; show us the prince that will save our dear Princess…" Mikan started. With one flick of their wands, the crystal ball showed the image of the savior of the damsel in distress. "KANATA!" they all gasped surprisingly. "So it means that, the prince we're looking for…is Kanata Saionji?" Aya asked and her two fairy companions nodded together. "Okay, the next task is to find Kanata and tell him about the Princess stuff." Nanami said. "Right Nanami, okay, I know only one kingdom that's close by, and it has a young and handsome prince…" Mikan said. "Okay, Mikan, lead the way!" Aya said and they took off.

They flew to a different castle; it was a larger one and there, they eventually saw what they're looking for. "KANATA!" they said in chorus. Kanata looked up and saw the three fairies. "Mikan? Aya and Nanami? What're you three doing in this complicated story?" He asked them. "Well, it's obvious isn't it? We have wings, we fly, we have a weird costume and we have wands, we're fairies…duh!" Aya said. "Anyway, your highness, we have a favor to ask of you." Mikan said. "Your highness? How did you three know that I'm the prince in here?" Kanata asked. "It's not really important, what is really what we have to worry about is that you have to rescue the princess from permanent death." Nanami said. "Permanent DEATH! The princess! Miyu!" Kanata said worriedly. "Yup, you got that right, it is Miyu." Aya said.

This sure is going to be really exciting! Now that I know that Miyu and Kanata is the royal pair in this wonderful story, I have to find out and watch the KISS! Aya told herself. "Where is she?" Kanata suddenly told the fairies. "She's inside the top floor of the castle. We must hurry up or Miyu will…well, eventually I suppose she will…DIE." Mikan answered. Kanata was very desperate to rescue her that he managed to run very very very fast. The three fairies followed him. "This is getting very exciting." Said Mikan, while writing on her mini notebook.

But before Kanata reached the very top of the castle, terror came first. There she was, the evil fairy, on her position to attack the young prince. "KA-NA-TA!" she said, while preparing to toss to her nemesis a GIANT boulder. "What should I do now!" Kanata shouted to the three fairies. "FIGHT! Here, we'll MAGICALLY give you a sword and shield." They handed Kanata a VERY heavy SWORD and a shield. He began to fight Christine, but she is just TOO STRONG! (OMG! How will they save Miyu now? This is a nail biting moment… )

After a few scratches, more serious injuries and fractures, FINALLY Christine, the evil fairy was defeated. How is this possible, you might ask? Well, our three clever fairies figured out that if in real life, Christine likes…LOVES Kanata, and then probably, this story has the same situation. So, in order to save MIYU…they got an idea that maybe…just maybe…if Kanata hugs her, then she will lose control, let them pass through and eventually…FAINT and FALL OFF THE CLIFF. And guess what? They were right!

Anyway, their mission continues as they finally defeated the evil fairy. They continued to go up, towards the only room on the very top of the castle. After they had finally reached the room, where Miyu, the princess, is, Kanata stopped near the door, with the fairies behind him. "Kanata, why did you stop?" Nanami asked. "Yeah, this is near the end of the story…Don't you want to finish it?" Mikan wondered. "No, it's not that…it's just…well…just…" Kanata murmured.

"Just that he is too shy to kiss Miyu, because she is very special to him and she is now very beautiful." Aya continued what Kanata was supposed to say. "Wait how did you—Never mind, I'll just go on with the story and FINISH this NONSENSE." Kanata said angrily. He gently walked towards the young princess, who is in a very deep slumber, that can only be awakened by a special kiss by her TRUE LOVE. "Does this mean that if Miyu will not be awakened, then Kanata must not be her true love, however, if she does, then, he IS exactly the one for her." Mikan said. "You're right, so this means that we have to watch them closely." Aya said.

So, this is it…I really have to kiss Miyu…for the 2nd time, I think…but…I feel very NERVOUS and afraid—I guess that this is because of the fact that if after the kiss, Miyu will not wake up, then that means that I…I…did not protect her. He thought to himself. But, I must try… So, he bent down and tried to kiss the princess. This is just a story…this is just a story! And this is a way to save Miyu from death so we can get out of here…He said to himself.

Finally, he found the courage to do it and FINALLY he kissed Miyu…

Miyu, as we all have expected, woke up from her very deep sleep…

'YAWN' "What happened?" The still sleepy princess asked. "Uhm…nothing much…you just fell asleep, that's all!" said Kanata, looking very suspiciously. ( Kanata's face is like this.) Miyu raised her eyebrow and looked at the suspicious-looking Kanata. "C'mon! I know something had happened, and let me tell you this, Kanata; you're not very good at lying. Kanata brought out a large sigh, "I guess you're right, Miyu…Well…" Kanata looked at the fairies with disappointment. "You tell her!" He said to them. 'SIGH' "Fine! We'll handle this…SCARDEY-CAT!" They all said to him.

"Grr! Just do what you have to!" He said to them aggressively, then he went downstairs. "Ok!" They turned to Miyu, "Okay princess, this is what really happened…" Aya started.

"First…You ran away from us, and then you bumped into a lady." Mikan said. "The lady that you bumped into was the evil fairy that once attempted to kill you. We decided to look for you at the castle, and there you were. You pricked your finger, which is not supposed to happen to you. As we have expected, you went into a deep-…" "STOP! I already know what happened, because I already read the story. What I'm wondering is…" She stopped and started to whisper to them, "Who in this world kissed me to wake me up?"

The fairies started giggling… "May I ask why you three are giggling?" They started to whisper… "Your highness, the one who kissed you was the one and only…KANATA!" Their giggling turned into laughing… 'BLEH!' 'COUGH…COUGH!' "WHAT! You let HIM kiss ME? But, WHY?" Miyu said, turning as red as a rose. "Hehehe…there's no other way to keep you from receiving PERMANENT DEATH! And besides, we know you want a kiss from him, don't you?" "HUH! Why do you keep saying that! Anyway, we should go down and finish the story…" "Ok, but before you go downstairs, we should get you into another dress, more beautiful than the one you are wearing!" They all said happily.

DOWNSTAIRS…AT THE BALLROOM…

"Where is she?" Kanata kept asking himself.

Miyu got dressed in an elegant light blue gown. All people inside the castle gasped, including the confident Kanata. Why is everyone staring at me? It's just a crown and an old-fashioned dress…And look, there's Kanata! He looks so handsome…Wait! Snap out of it, Miyu! This is just a fairytale! She thought.

Kanata bowed, "Well, we should probably dance to end this stupid story…" "Yeah, I think we should…" So, they waltzed around the whole ballroom, with all the people, including the three fairies and the royal majesties. Suddenly, a green light appeared and they started to disappear. "Okay, here we go!" Miyu said, holding Kanata's hand.

5…4…3…2…1…and poof! They came back their world.

"That was a weird experience!" Miyu said, trying to laugh to forget the 'thing' that happened… "Yeah, that was pretty unusual…" Kanata said, making a fool out of himself, by trying to laugh, just like Miyu, to forget it all. "Well, we should probably sleep now, right Miyu?" "Yeah, I'm feeling a little tired myself, even after I took a very deep sleep, I still feel tired." Miyu said. "Well goodnight!" said Kanata, and went to his room. "Goodnight!" Miyu said to him, and then blushed in pink, while smiling…

Whew! It's finally DONE! I can't wait to finish the other story…THE LAST BLOSSOM TO BLOOM…BTW, sorry for the very bad kissing scene; I just don't know how to type it, so forgive me people! Please R&R! Thanks for all your reviews, it makes me feel happy that people are reading my work and that I give them happiness and contentment while they're reading it. Until the next chapter, see you again…BYE!