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Chapter 27
Hikaru opened her eyes and attempted to stand up, but something stopped her. Blinking, she realized that both Rayearth and Ka were standing in front of her, fire behind them both.
"Rayearth? Ka?" she asked pitifully, trying to get to them, but the closer she got, the father they moved away.
"Rayearth! Ka!" she shouted, tears running down her face as she ran. But her two friends just smiled and faded away, leaving the poor girl, sobbing.
"Why did you leave?" she cried, hands on her face. When she brought her hands back, she noticed they had blood on them. Touching her face, she realized she was crying tears of blood.
"What's going on? Someone help me…" she cried, hugging her arms around herself. She felt nothing on her skin and realized she was naked.
"Why am I naked?" she wondered out loud, trying to hide it more. She heard crying as well and turned to see Nova in front of her.
"Why are you crying?" she asked, standing up, about to walk over to her counterpart.
Nova looked up, tears of blood as well. "Hikaru-chan, help me…" she started, but a black light surrounded the girl and Hikaru heard a cry of pain coming from her.
"Nova!" she cried out, attempting to run over, but something stopped her. Looking down, she noticed she was sinking in quicksand!
"No." She whispered, then looked up to see Nova being tortured. "No!" she cried out, a bright red light surrounding the area.
Hikaru shot up, breathing hard with dried tears on her cheeks. Closing her eyes, she calmed herself down and opened them once more.
Looking around, she saw that she was in the village once more. By the looks of it, it was in the middle of the night and everyone was sleeping.
Taking the covers off, she saw that she was wearing a nightgown. She smiled, silently thanking whoever did it. She stepped outside into the cold air & instantly shivered.
"Hikaru, what are you doing out here?" a voice asked as a cape surrounded her.
She clutched it to her. "Just thinking, Lantis." She looked up to see him looking down at her with a look of concern on his face. "Don't worry." she told him.
But the look didn't leave. "Hikaru…" he started, but she stopped him.
"No, don't say anything. I'm just fine." She stood on her tip-toes & placed her lips onto his.
He deepened the kiss and hugged her to him. Hikaru let herself go, trying to concentrate on the man she loved.
She suddenly heard wolf whistles and whooping. Breaking apart, the couple blushed as they spotted their friends grinning at them.
"Way to go, Lantis!" Ferio shouted, laughing.
"Ferio…" he started, but began to laugh as well.
Hikaru watched this, still a little red. She smiled, but a sense of something sinister kept bothering her. Finally sighing, she announced she was going for a walk.
Instantly, her two friends jumped up and latched themselves onto both her arms. "Not without us." Umi smiled.
"Most definitely, Miss Hikaru." Fuu added.
Hikaru looked between them both and let out a sigh. "Fine. Not like I have much of a choice."
"Nope." Umi turned and shouted back. "We'll be back soon."
The three girls walked into the forest, laughing, as the guys watched them, a little worried.
Inside, both Umi and Fuu watch their red-headed friend, a little worried as well for her. She seemed distant since she woke up.
"Hikaru, are you all right?" Umi finally asked.
This must have surprised the girl, cuz she looked up, confused. "What do you mean, Umi-chan?"
"What Miss Umi means, is you seem to be unwell, Miss Hikaru." Fuu explained.
Hikaru looked at them both, then looked downward. "It's nothing. Just a dream…" she murmured, but she felt the grip on her arms tighten.
"What did we tell you about keeping things inside?" Umi asked.
"To share them. But…" Fuu interrupted the redhead.
"No buts. Now tell us, or face the wrath of wind & water." she teased.
Hikaru laughed. "Fine." She began to explain her dream to them. After she finished, the girls stood in shock.
"So…Nova's good?" Umi asked, shocked.
Fuu nodded. "It seems to be, Miss Umi."
Hikaru, standing in front of them, smiled weakly. "Guys, it's just a dream. It's nothing."
"No." Umi stood up, determined. "It has to mean something. All your dreams usually mean something. Now tell us."
But before anyone could say anything, the ground below them shook, causing them to grab onto trees to keep from falling.
"What was that?" Fuu asked, gripping onto a tree.
"I think it's Cephiro. She's in pain and trying to tell us." Hikaru suggested, pushing herself up. "We have to go to the earth realm now."
The other two nodded and pushed themselves off the trees. "Lets go." Umi said & they raced back to the village.
On the way, all three girls collided with something that would have sent them flying backwards if arms hadn't grabbed them.
"Whoa!" Hikaru shouted, trying to steady herself. She looked up to see Lantis staring down at her.
"You OK?" he asked.
Hikaru nodded. "Yeah, but we gotta go to the earth realm."
He nodded. "We'll leave in the morning…" he began, but Hikaru shushed him.
"No, we need to go now." she said with firmness.
Staring at her, Lantis sighed, giving in. "Fine, lets go."
Everyone was about to begin walking when they heard Ferio asked. "Fuu, what's up?"
They turned to see Fuu standing in place, shaking her head. "I have to say goodbye to Gin." She turned and ran back to the village.
Hikaru nodded. "I have to say goodbye to the woman who helped me." She ran behind Fuu.
She saw Fuu turn left as she turned right. Stopping in front of the house, she stepped closer to it when it suddenly exploded!
Hikaru screamed, shielding her face. "No!" she cried out, afraid someone was in it. She saw the others run to the explosion from the corner of her eye, but was distracted by a whimper.
Opening her eyes, she could see a little girl inside, huddling in the corner. She jumped up and ran towards the house, ignoring her friends shouts.
She hit the door, ignoring the pain she was feeling. "Hello?" she called out, coughing a little from the smoke inhalation.
She pushed into her house more, calling out again. She suddenly heard someone cry out back.
"I'm here to help! Please don't move!" she called out, barely missing a falling piece of ceiling. She finally made it into a room, where she saw a little figure huddled.
Hikaru walked over, holding out her hands. "Please take my hand!" she called out.
The girl looked up to see Hikaru. "Who are you?" she whimpered.
"I'm Hikaru and I'm here to help. Please take my hand." she pleaded, coughing some more.
The girl looked at her, then the hand, then back at her. Finally, she outstretched her hand and Hikaru grabbed it.
"Don't worry, we'll be out of here soon." she said, picking her up & holding her close.
The girl coughed some more and nodded, tears running down her face. Hikaru smiled, then looked back at the fire, noticing it seemed to be taking shape.
"What the…" she wondered as the fire formed into a dragon. "Who are you?" she asked, holding the girl closer.
The fire dragon seemed to be laughing at her as it struck at her. Hikaru immediately dodged it, but the dragon attacked again.
Hikaru dodged every attack, but knew she couldn't attack with her powers; it would just fuel it more. 'What should I do?' she thought, looking at the girl. 'Please at least let me get her out of here.' she prayed.
The fire dragon was about to attack again when a water dragon hit it straight on. A lot of smoke appeared and both Hikaru and the girl coughed, shielding their eyes.
When Hikaru finally opened them again, she saw Umi standing in front of her, worry in her eyes. "Hikaru, you're so dumb! Get out of here!" she shouted.
Hikaru nodded and ran past Umi, who was still putting out the fire. Hikaru finally reached the outside and instantly took a fresh breath of air.
Coughing, she put the girl down, who ran to the woman who had helped her before. "Momma!" she cried.
"Sweetie!" the woman cried, tears running down her cheek.
Hikaru watched, smiling weakly. The ordeal of what had just happened came back and she had to sit down.
"Miss Hikaru?" Fuu asked, sitting down next to her.
Hikaru looked up, smiling. "Hello, Fuu-chan. How is everyone?" she asked.
"Well, the guys are calming people down and Umi's finishing in there." Fuu turned to her, a serious look in her face. "Why did you go in there by yourself, Miss Hikaru. You could have been killed."
Hikaru looked downward and brought her knees to her chest. "I don't know, Fuu-chan. I just felt like I had to help her." She began to cry again. "I wasn't going to let someone else die cuz of me."
Fuu instantly realized what she meant and hugged the red-head. "No, it wasn't your fault, Miss Hikaru. It was her last wish."
Hikaru leaned in to her, still crying. "There must have been another way!" she cried out, trying to get away, but Fuu wasn't letting go.
"No." Fuu firmly said, tears appearing in her eyes as well. "We must move on. She is happy. They both are finally happy. You did them a favor."
But Hikaru finally broke free and jumped up. "No! Why would someone wish to die? I killed her! I killed them both!" She looked at her shaky hands. "With these hands. I killed them both with these hands." She brought her hands in front of her, still shaking & crying. "It's my fault. They're gone cuz of me. I'm a horrible person!" she cried out, clutching her hands together to hard that her fingernails soon drew blood.
Fuu jumped up as well and grabbed her hands. "I'm sorry, Miss Hikaru." Fuu said as she brought her hand up and brought it down to slap her across the face.
Everything went silent as everyone appeared to see Hikaru crying with a slap mark across her face and Fuu with her hand in the air, crying as well.
Hikaru brought her face back and weakly smiled at Fuu. "Thank you Fuu-chan. I needed that."
"Anytime, Miss Hikaru. Anytime." Fuu smiled back as she let go of her hands.
As soon as everyone said their goodbyes, our heroes were on their way to the earth realm. But unknown to them, another evil was out there, waiting.
Okay, finally, they're on their way to the next realm. Jeez. Please RR