School started today! I can now officially say I'm a senior! This was the last first day of high school…boo hoo. I don't own MKR.
Previously
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.
Chapter 10
The six people walked in silence for a while until Hikaru finally spoke up, breaking the silence. "Um…what realm are we going to now?"
Thankful that someone did it, Ascot was quick to answer. "We can use this." He pushed a button on his cape & a map appeared.
"Whoa…." Umi said, the map's lights on her face.
Ascot blushed, but recovered quickly. "This is where we are." He pointed to a spot that was blinking red. "It looks like we're going to the wind realm first." He pushed it again & the map disappeared.
Turning to Fuu, Hikaru grinned. "Hey, Fuu-chan, that's your element. Maybe you can talk to the realm guardians." She laughed as everyone sweat dropped.
"Miss Hikaru, I'm not sure it'll work that way…" Fuu said cautiously as Hikaru kept laughing.
Hikaru stopped laughing, but still smiled. "Well, at least I tried." She turned to go when something caught Umi's eyes.
"Hikaru, look out!" She pushed the red head out of the way just as a blast hit her straight in the stomach!
Hikaru rolled, then looked up. "Umi-chan!" she screamed as she jumped up & ran over to her. Both her & Fuu reached her at the same time.
Dropping to her knees, Hikaru began to cry. "Umi, you better be okay…" she said, trying to stop her tears.
Fuu's eyes watered as well. "Don't worry, Miss Hikaru. I can heal her." She stood up to use her healing winds. But as she lifted her hands up, another blast hit her in the side, sending her flying toward a tree!
"Fuu!" Ferio shouted as he ran over to her. Hikaru backed away slowly as Ascot bent down to Umi.
"Guys, what happened?" she cried, feeling a pair of arms surround her. She turned & cried into Lantis' chest.
"It'll be fine, Hikaru. It'll be fine." But just as he said that, her body went limp. "Hikaru, Hikaru!" he shouted, holding her out.
Her eyes held unshed tears & she fell to the ground. Lantis watched with wide eyes at the arrow in her back.
"Hikaru…" he said, picking her up & brining her to the other two girls. "What's going on?" he asked the other guys.
But before they could answer, an evil giggle was heard. "Who's there?" Ascot shouted.
A flash & 3 figures were seen through the smoke. "Who are you!" Ferio cried out.
A giggle. "Don't you recognized your own girlfriend?"
Ferio narrowed his eyes. "You're not Fuu!" he shouted.
"Well, that's a loaded question." the giggling voice was heard again as the smoke cleared. And, indeed, floating in front of them were 3 evil twins of the Magic Knights.
Ascot's & Ferio's eyes widened as Lantis' narrowed. "You have friends now Nova, so leave us alone."
Nova chuckled. "These two aren't my friends. Hikaru's my only friend & I want to play…" Her eyes flared up & her hair stood on end. "NOW!"
Lantis called out his sword. "Over my dead body." he said with a cold voice.
"That can be arranged!" Nova began to attack with her lances.
Meanwhile, the guys had recovered & had the same reaction as Lantis'. Unfortunately, Stellar & Ally weren't interested in small talk.
Stellar created a long, thin, red blade and a jeweled hilt sword. "It's time for you to die!" she shouted as she created a fireball with her sword.
Ascot barely dodged it & countered with his astral beam, but Stellar knocked it away with her sword. Grinning evilly, she flew down to him, sword raised.
Ally created her own blue spear with a long curving dragon intricately carved into it. It was a little taller than her.
"Take this!" she threw it hard at Ferio, who knocked it aside with his sword.
"Ha! Take that…." he rambled off as Ally willed the spear back to her. 'This is going to be harder than it looks.' he thought as he began to fight.
The next thing Hikaru heard was a clash of swords & swearing. Groaning, she pushed herself up. "Where am I…?" she wondered out loud, squinting her eyes.
She took in her surroundings; Fuu & Umi laid by her, unconscious.
"Guys…" she cried as she tried to get up, but something stopped her. Holding in her cry of pain, she saw an arrow next to her with what seemed to be blood on it.
"What the…" she murmured as she reached back & felt Lantis' loosely wrapped cape around her side. When she felt it, she noticed it was wet.
When she brought her hand back, she noticed that her hand was red. "Was I bleeding?" she wondered as she began to push herself again.
Fuu & Umi stirred as well. Slowly opening their eyes, they moaned as well. "I feel like I just got hit by a ton of bricks…" Umi complained, trying to push herself up.
"As do I, Miss Umi. As do I." Fuu agreed, trying to sit up. Hikaru watched them & when they had sat up, she attempted a smile. "You guys OK?"
They nodded slowly. "Been better, but I'm alive." Umi smiled.
"I'm just fine, Miss Hikaru." Fuu then gasped. "Look!" she pointed.
The girls turned to see the guys fighting what seemed to be their doubles!
"Who are they?" Umi asked, shocked.
"Well, judging by the fact they look just like you, I'm going on a limb here & suggest that that's Ally & Stellar." Hikaru pointed out, purposefully avoiding Umi & Fuu's glares.
"Well, whoever they are, we have to help the guys." Umi tried to stand up, but her knees gave way & she fell hard, holding in a cry of pain.
"Umi-chan, we can't help in this condition." Hikaru sighed. "As much as I want to, we'd be a nuisance."
Umi looked at Hikaru, then Fuu, who nodded. Finally sighing, she gave in. "Fine…" But just as she said that, the doubles struck the guys, sending them flying back, unconscious.
Hikaru's eyes widened as she watched Lantis bleeding from a cut on his forehead. 'No Lantis. I won't let you die!' she thought, shutting her eyes, tears coming out.
Umi covered her mouth with her hand as she watched Ascot's labored breathing. 'No, Ascot. You can't leave me…' she cried silently, shutting her eyes as well.
Fuu began breathing hard as she watched Ferio laying there, not getting up, eyes closed. 'Ferio, wake up! I need you!' she screamed in her head.
Suddenly, three lights flew at them & hit the girls straight on. They began to glow as their hair grew longer, their clothes changed to a deep crimson dress, an aqua dress & a jade dress. Lastly, two angel wings appeared on their backs.
When they finished, they opened their eyes. But they weren't as carefree as before; they held a wiseness beyond their years.
The doubles had stopped what they were doing, the light blinding them. "What is that light!" Nova screeched, shielding her eyes.
"I don't know, but I wish it would stop!" Stellar shrieked.
"Stop screaming & figure out what's wrong!" Ally squealed.
The light finally died down & in its place were three angels, eyes holding anger & fire in them. The doubles stared at them in awe until Nova recovered, smirking.
"So you showed your face again." she said to 'Hikaru.'
'Hikaru' fixed her eyes on her & Nova winced. The eyes held no sign of the carefree, innocent girl. They held a horrible anger that Nova knew she had caused.
"We will not let you hurt these men." she said, calmly, eye fixed on Nova.
Stellar laughed. "And you're going to stop us?"
'Umi' fixed her glare onto Stellar, but she didn't flinch, just glared right back. "If we must, we will."
Ally snickered. "We'd like to see you try."
'Fuu' also fixed her stare at Ally, who met her eyes with a stare of her own. "We do not wish to hurt you, but we will if we have to."
They all laughed. "Let's see you try!" They created their weapons & struck at the girls. Their weapons just stuck at a barrier surrounding them.
'Hikaru' put her hands together & revealed a sword of fire. "You will know what pain is now." she said as she struck at Nova, who didn't dodge it in time. It hit straight on.
"Aaaa!" she screamed as the sword sliced her on the arm, knocking her backwards.
Stellar & Ally turned to see 'Umi' & 'Fuu' create swords of water & wind. Before they could react, they attacked, slashing at legs & chests.
As the doubles sat on the ground, shocked at the speed, 'Hikaru' walked over, eyes still on fire, sword flaring up. "Do you give up?"
"Who are you?" Nova asked, in awe of this girl.
"I am Ka, the stone of fire." 'Hikaru' bowed.
"I am Sui, the stone of water." 'Umi' bowed.
"And I am Kaze, the stone of wind." 'Fuu' bowed.
The doubles stared at them, in shock. "Ka, Sui & Kaze?" Stellar asked. "Then why do you look like the Magic Knights?"
Sui laughed. "It is because we are inhabiting their bodies. We gave them power to teach you a lesson."
"But we must leave before they are hurt any further." Kaze went on.
They lifted their sword one more time &, smiling, brought it down on the doubles. This time, the doubles dodged it.
In the air, they shouted angrily. "We'll be back!" They disappeared into a black hole.
Ka stared up at them, her sword disappearing. "Yes, & hopefully they will be ready." She turned to Sui & Kaze as their swords disappeared. "Ready?"
They gave their okay & closed their eyes. The light came out again; red, blue & green lights. The lights flew in three different directions.
The girls, out of energy, cuts & bruises appearing. But with their last energy, they reached out & grabbed their beloved's hand & squeezed.
The guys' eyes slowly opened to see three pairs of tired, hurt eyes. Shocked, they jumped up & brought them into a hug.
"Hikaru…" Lantis whispered as he stroked her hair, trying to take her mind away from the pain of her cuts.
Hikaru pushed away from him, but Lantis wouldn't let go. "I'm bleeding on your armor…" Hikaru said, trying to do her best to keep away.
"I don't care. I just want to hold you." he said, hugging her to him. Hikaru gave in & leaned into him.
Ferio was caresses Fuu's hair, kissing the top of her head, murmuring her name. He could feel her move beneath him. "Fuu, stay still."
"But I'm ruining your clothes." she said, trying to move away, but Ferio wouldn't let her.
"Don't care. I'm just glad you're okay." Ferio kissed the top of head again.
Ascot was holding onto Umi so tightly, she had to tell him that he was hurting her. He instantly let go, not wanting to hurt her more.
"It's okay…" she said, leaning into him. Ascot stared down at her cuts & bruises & felt such an anger towards Stellar.
Umi must have noticed because she softly said. "Don't be mad at her. She's misunderstood."
Ascot, surprised, looked down at her. "What do you mean? She did this to you." he said, trying to keep his voice down.
"She didn't mean to…" was what Umi said before she fell asleep. Ascot watched her sleep, tears forming in his eyes. The three couples sat there for a few hours until Hikaru pushed herself up & smiled.
"I'm ready." she said, trying to stand. She stumbled a little, but quickly gained her balance.
Umi & Fuu nodded & stood up as well. "Lets go." Fuu said, wincing at a little pain in her ankle.
Lantis seemed to be in deep thought, then said out loud. "I don't care what Master Guru Clef said, I'm calling on the horse. Clefto!"
The familiar black horse appeared as Lantis lifted Hikaru onto it. Getting on it behind her, he turned to the other four & nodded.
Finally giving in, Ascot called on two flying monsters. Once everyone was situated, they flew off.
"Why didn't we do this in the first place?" Umi asked, leaning onto Ascot.
"And what did you mean, 'what Clef said'?" Hikaru asked, but received silence in an answer. Giving in, she just enjoyed the air in her hair & shut her eyes, falling asleep.
Dramatic…I couldn't find a good stopping point that I actually wanted to stop at. Since it's 10 & I gotta go to school tomorrow, I'll just stop here. Please RR