Umi chapter! I don't own MKR.

Chapter 24

Umi blinked a couple of times before she realized she wasn't in the palace. She was in a room with aqua blue walls and ceiling. Her room was furnished just as Hikaru's was, except she was in a bed with cerulean covers.

"Where am I?" she wondered, about to get up.

"My home." a voice called out, causing Umi to fall out of her bed.

"Ow…" she murmured, then looked up. "Chika! I'm still here?"

Chika nodded, sitting on the bed. "Yes you are. Are you hungry?"

Umi's stomach growled as she sweat dropped. "Yeah."

Chika giggled. "Come on."

The two girls stood up and walked into the kitchen. Umi looked around to see an aqua refrigerator, an oven, a dishwasher, & a table.

"Cozy." Umi commented, sitting on the chair closest to her.

"I like it." Chika began to cook as Umi jumped up. "I'll help." she offered, walking over.

"It's really fine." Chika said, frying the bacon.

Umi grabbed the waffle maker and began to make waffles. "No, I like cooking anyways."

Chika smiled. "OK."

10 minutes later, they were eating waffles, bacon and drinking milk.

Umi smiled as she took a bite from her waffles. "We should go into business together." she joked.

"Maybe." Chika giggled as they ate in silence.

When it was all gone, Chika got up to clean up, but Umi began helping. Before she could protest, Umi said "I helped cook, I'll help clean." As she grabbed the plates, she realized she wasn't wearing her armor.

She was an exact copy of Hikaru's, except it was cerulean with silver straps. The breastplate had sapphires and the dress was belted by a cerulean-colored sash. But she wore Ascot's ring as well as a pair of drop sapphire rings Her short blue hair was let loose.

"This is gorgeous." Umi murmured as she spun around.

Chika grinned. "Really? Then have it." She began to start cleaning again, but Umi stopped her.

"Wait, I can't take this. It's too gorgeous." Umi protested as she sat down again.

Chika smiled again as she walked out the room. "If you don't take it, I'll be sad."

Chika watched as she began to clean up, looking at the dress. "This is just so gorgeous. I can't take it." She sat on the bed, twisting the earrings around. "But Chika said she'll be sad if I don't."

Chika finished cleaning. "Ready?"

Umi looked up, out of her daze. "What?"

Chika laughed. "I thought you would want to go home."

Umi nodded as she stood up. "Yes, of course. But first, where's my uniform?"

"I fixed it." She walked out of the room & brought back the uniform.

Umi gasped as she stared at her revamped uniform. "It's gorgeous!" she exclaimed, inspecting the blue wave marks on the trim.

"I'm glad."

Umi nodded. "Well, I should go cuz my friends must be worried sick. How long was I out?"

"Just a night." Chika began to push the girl.

"Why are you pushing me?"

"Cuz you don't have much time." Chika said. "You might want to change first, though. Hurry." She walked out, leaving a very confused Umi.

"Time for what?" she wondered, but slowly changed. 5 minutes later, she came out with her uniform on and the dress on her arm.

Chika produced a bag to put the dress in & a bag of food. "Here, it's the specialty of the water realm."

Umi took it, smiling. "I wish I had something to give you for doing all this for me, but I don't have any money."

Chika shook her head. "Just go save Cephiro." She paused. "You probably don't want to walk all the way."

Umi remembered the fact she had to swim underwater, not to mention she wasn't sure where she was. "Not really." she admitted.

Chika smiled. "No prob." Using her magic, she created air bubble, which surrounded Umi's body and flew out of the palace. It flew through the water and jumped out, heading to the village.

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