Blah, blah, blah….school starts Wednesday:' (….Oh well, it's my senior year! Yesss! I don't own MKR.

Previously

"No, Nova. I'm here to tell you to leave me alone. I'm happy & you can't take that away

from me." she said seriously, staring at the girl.

Nova giggled again. "You can't get rid of me. I'm a part of you, now & forever."

"I realize that, but you have no right coming into my dreams & making me think I'm at fault. I have friends who love me for who I am & you are not going to take that away!" Hikaru shouted as a bright light flew from her, flying at Nova.

Nova, shocked at this power, barely dodged the blast. Floating in the air, she stared down at the girl. She knew something had awakened in the girl & Nova didn't want to mess with it.

"We'll play later. Gotta go!" she disappeared as Hikaru glared up at the spot where Nova was.

"We will, Nova. We will." Hikaru said as the light died down. "Now it's time to go home." She closed her eyes & fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter 9

It took Hikaru a few moments to realize where she was & why her bed seemed to hard & smelt really good. Looking up to see a still sleeping Lantis, she withheld her giggle. Slowly maneuvering out of his hug, she stood up, stretching.

"Morning, Miss Hikaru." a voice startled Hikaru.

She turned to see a grinning Fuu. "Morning, Fuu-chan." She sat down next to her, stretching her legs out. "What time did you get up?"

"Just 20 minutes ago. I could never sleep in." She looked over at Ferio's sleeping figure & giggled softly. "Ferio doesn't have that problem."

Hikaru giggled as well, nodding. "No he doesn't." She became serious & turned to Fuu. "You're still not self-conscious about him loving you, are you?"

Fuu shook her head. "Not any more."

Hikaru scooted towards the girl, an evil grin on her face. "Really? Spill…."

Fuu laughed at her face & nodded.

Flashback mode

Still worried about Hikaru, Fuu had gotten up & walked away. Staring into the sky, she couldn't help but wonder about Ferio loving her.

"No, Miss Hikaru's right, he told me he loved me & he still does…" she tried to tell herself, but tears formed anyway. "Though I can never figure out why…"

"Because you're one of a kind." a familiar voice said behind her.

Fuu spun around to see Ferio standing behind her. Trying to hide her tears, she attempted a smile. "Whatever do you mean, Ferio?" she asked.

Ferio didn't answer. He stared at her with his intense yellow eyes. "Fuu, why do you doubt my love?" he asked simply.

Fuu looked downward & began to fiddle with her hands. "It's not that. It's just that there are so many beautiful girls in Cephiro & I'm so plain & you, being the prince, deserve someone better &…" But her rambling was cut off when Ferio placed his lips over hers.

Surprised, but happy, Fuu kissed him back, already knowing his answer. She felt tears come to her eyes & she embraced the prince. When they finally broke apart, Ferio smiled down at her. "Don't you ever think there's someone better than you. It is me who doesn't deserve you."

Fuu smiled, tears falling down her cheeks. "Why are you crying?" Ferio asked, worried for his Fuu.

Fuu shook her head. "They're happy tears."

Ferio smiled the smile only for her. "Good. You look beautiful all the time. But you look more beautiful when you're happy…" He kissed her again & they walked back to the others.

End flashback

Hikaru was in tears by the time Fuu finished. "That's so beautiful, Fuu!" she exclaimed, waking the others.

"Jeez, Hikaru. Keep it down…" Umi complained as she rubbed her eyes.

Both Ascot & Lantis took a while to wake up. Ferio on the other hand, was still snoring logs.

The girls exchanged evil glances & they walked over to the sleeping prince. Winking, Umi created a water bubble & let it drop on him, shocking him. Fuu then used her wind to freeze some of the water on his face. Sitting up, he tried to chip the ice off, but nothing worked.

The girls laughed hard as the guys tried not to laugh at Ferio's red face. Hikaru finally felt sorry for him & melted the ice off.

"Not funny, girls." Ferio said, eyes warning.

The girls exchanged glances again & nodded. "Run away!" All three sprinted away as the angry prince ran after them.

Fuu ran slowly on purpose to be caught by him. She stopped suddenly, causing Ferio to tackle her on accident. They rolled for a while until they finally stopped with Fuu on top.

Ferio grinned. "I could get used to this."

Fuu glared at him, blushing. "Mind out of the gutter." she said, kissing him quickly on the lips, then getting off of him.

The guys appeared as Fuu was helping Ferio up. "Where'd Umi & Hikaru go?" Lantis asked.

But before Fuu could answer, they saw an energy blast ahead of them. Dreading that the girls were there, all four people took off running to the blast.

Stopping, they all gasped when they saw a huge eight limbed, four eyed monster roaring in front of them. Fuu saw what seemed to be a red sash & a piece of blue skirt & almost burst into tears.

The guys saw it as well & two hearts broke at that sight. Ferio brought Fuu into a hug to calm her down as Lantis & Ascot walked over to the pieces of fabric.

Picking the sash up, it took all of Lantis willpower to not cry. 'I can't believe she's gone. Just when we got her back, she leaves us again…I should have held on longer.' he thought, clutching the sash to his heart.

Ascot held the skirt to his heart as well, tears forming into his eyes. 'Umi, my blue-haired love, why did you have to leave me? I swear I'll get my revenge.' he thought, eyes flaring up.

The two men stood up & glared at the monster with anger & sorrow. Fuu had recovered as well & had called out her long sword to take revenge. Ferio took out his sword to help.

But before anyone could strike, the monster sent out an energy blast. The four people couldn't dodge it in time until they heard a familiar voice. "Red Bolt!"

An electric bolt hit the blast, knocking it into the mountain above them. Every being in the area was shocked, but they were even more shocked when they heard "Blue Tornado!"

A circling tornado of raging waters attacked the monster, sending it backwards into the trees. Everyone watched as the two girls appeared, weapons in hand.

"Hey, guys. Why you just standing there? The monster isn't going to kill itself!" Hikaru laughed as she ran toward the monster with her two-handed sword, Umi close behind with her rapier.

Finally broken out of the shock that they were alive, Fuu ran after them, with the guys close behind, weapons in hand.

"Take this, you ugly thing!" Hikaru shouted as she slashed one arm off.

"Don't forget about me!" Umi yelled as she stabbed her rapier into one of its eyes.

The monster roared in pain, alternating between its missing arm & its missing eye, that it didn't see Fuu run up to it, sword in hand. She stabbed him directly in the chest, sending him downward. Ferio attacked with his sword, slashing a leg off.

Ascot called forth Atlante, a huge caterpillar that turned into a gigantic butterfly. Atlante attacked with its wing, sending forth a strong wind, sending the monster backwards once more.

Lantis shouted out "Chronos!" & a powerful lighting flew from his sword, straight at the monster, seemingly destroying it.

As everyone breathed heavily, the smoke cleared from the last attack. To everyone's shock, the monster was still alive.

It seemed to be collecting all its energy for one last attack. Fuu shouted out "Guardian Wind!" The wind surrounded everyone, but Hikaru broke through anyways!

"Hikaru!" Lantis shouted, about to follow her, when the monster attacked. It seemed as if time had stopped as the blast hit Hikaru. Once the smoke cleared, all that seemed to be left of Hikaru was a burnt boot.

Lantis collapsed, tears forming in his eyes, not caring who saw. Umi sobbed as well, afraid she lost her best friend. Fuu, wanting to do as Umi did, held up her shield, but tears fell down anyways.

The monster laughed & got ready to attack once more, seeing their despair, when a black force came at him

Shouting in pain, the monster was destroyed. Fuu slowly lowered her shield, shocked about what happened, as was everyone else.

"Hey, guys. Crazy, wasn't it?" a voice called out from a tree top. Everyone looked up to see Hikaru in the arms of a strange man.

He was about 5'11", with long purple hair pulled back into a low ponytail & eyes that spoke of horrors. He wore a simple outfit of black pants & a white t-shirt. He had black shoes on as well & seemed to be laughing.

"Who are you?" Umi shouted out, wary of this man who held Hikaru in his arms.

He leapt down, putting Hikaru down. She grinned, then saw the sash & boot in Lantis' hands. "You saved them!" she exclaimed, running over to him.

Lantis was so shocked about this that she had took her stuff, put them back on & was back over by the strange man again before he came back to reality.

"You didn't answer the question. Who are you?" Umi asked, eyes holding suspicion.

Hikaru giggled. "Don't be so negative guys! This is Jomei. He's a swordsman who saved me."

Jomei smiled at the red head as she giggled. "Anything for a pretty girl like you." he flirted, not noticing Lantis seething.

Hikaru blushed at this announcement, then turned back to the others. "He's really nice & strong. I think he should come with us."

This received a reaction that Hikaru was surprised of; Umi & Fuu held suspicious faces, Ascot & Ferio were staring at Jomei cautiously & Lantis was P.O., even though he tried to hide it.

"Or not…." Hikaru sweat dropped, but Jomei put his arm around her waist, bringing her close, angering Lantis even more & causing Hikaru to blush.

"Hikaru-chan, I see I am not wanted. I will just leave." He got a gleam in his eye. "But before I go…" He bent down & kissed her cheek!

Hikaru went as red as her hair & her back straightened up. Everyone was shocked by this display.

"Jomei…what was that for…?" she asked, holding her cheek.

"Just a goodbye gift." He jumped into the tree & blew a kiss to her. "Until we meet again, sweet fireball." He jumped off, leaving an embarrassed Hikaru, a shocked Fuu, Umi, Ascot & Ferio & an angry Lantis.

Calming herself down, Hikaru turned back to them. "Well, we better go." She began to walk.

The girls exchanged glances & nodded. They followed her, followed by a still angry Lantis & two wary men trying to not get on his bad side.

Whoa…love triangle…Please RR.