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Chapter 8: Broken"Wow. The sunset here in Cephiro is much more vivid than back at Earth…" Umi admirably told Ascot.
"Yeah, beautiful." Ascot replied, though Umi unaware that he was talking about her, not the sunset.
"Why can't she look admirably at me? How pathetic of me. Jealous of a sunset." Ascot sadly thought. Ascot was slowly going into a deep depression.
Umi suddenly hugged Ascot, making him snap out of his thoughts.
"You look like you need some cheering up." Umi simply explained.
Ascot sighed, while thinking, "What are you doing to me? You been so good to me, making me fall in love with you, but that love is killing me, slowly, painfully."
The next thing Ascot knew, he was looking deeply into dazzling sapphire eyes and was leaning closer and closer. Just as their lips were about to meet, Umi took a step back.
Umi didn't even notice that Ascot was about to kiss her. Ascot couldn't take it anymore and ran off.
"Ascot? ASCOT!" Umi yelled after him.
Ascot collapsed, his face streaked with tears, his eyes full of intense pain. "I am so pathetic, so weak, so worthless."
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"Fuu! Hikaru! Ferio! I can't find Ascot anywhere. We were just talking and then he just suddenly ran off!" Umi panicked, tears flowing from her eyes as she was running up to them.
Fuu and Ferio looked at each other with worried looks.
"Then we all got to go look for him!" Hikaru said.
"No. Let him be. He needs to sort out his feelings. He needs to think. He will come back when he is ready." Ferio said tightly.
"BUT WHAT FEELINGS!" Umi asked, "It is dark! It isn't safe, he could get hurt!"
Fuu just sighed, and pushed Umi in her tent. "Get some rest. He can take care of himself. He isn't a little boy. He will be back in the morning."
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Next morning>
Ascot came into camp with a soiled face, puffy red eyes, and messed up hair. Hikaru was the first to see him.
"Omg! Ascot! What happened?" Hikaru asked, wetting a rag to wipe off the soil from his face.
"I tripped."
Hikaru knew that no way in hell that he tripped, but didn't push the topic.
Umi then saw him, and ran over. "Where were you? We were so worried about you! Ascot, please don't ever do that again!"
Ascot slowly looked up, looking her straight in the eye. "Get away from me."
Umi went wide-eye, hurt. "Ascot?"
"I SAID GET AWAY FROM ME! NOW!" Ascot screamed.
Umi slapped him, before she stormed off, pissed.
Fuu told Ferio to go to talk to Ascot while Fuu went over to talk to Umi.
"How dare he! I was so worried, and he dare say get away from me? What is wrong with him? Does he not care? Does he not care about us… about me?" Umi finally breaking down into Fuu's arm.
"If only you knew, if only you knew…" Fuu thought, hugging Umi.
"Didn't you think that was too harsh?" Hikaru said, quietly. She never saw Ascot this mad.
Ascot looked at Hikaru with such misery in his eyes that it made her heart shudder.
"JUST WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?" Ferio growled at Ascot, grabbing him by his shirt, but then saw the pain in his eyes and left go.
"If she hates me, then I don't have to around her. I don't have to be hurt.." Ascot whispered.
Ferio just shook his head. "You are just causing more harm to yourself and her."
Ascot just kept his head lowered. Hikaru gave Ascot a comforting hug. It upset her so much to see him in this much pain. Ferio just patted Ascot's shoulder before walking off.
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Primera was furious! All of her plans of seducing Lantis were all failures, and Hikaru was coming back today. " The tramp has Lantis under a rather strong spell. I got to think of a new plan."
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Hikaru bit her lip. Ascot and Umi still weren't talking. They were sitting as far away from each other as possible on Fyula. There was so much tension that even Fyula felt uncomfortable. Ferio couldn't stand it anymore.
"You retards! Why be so stubborn? You know that you want to forgave each other!"
Silence was all that greeted Ferio. Ferio sighed, giving up, then looked at Hikaru. "Hikaru, you looked like you have been looking for something for the whole trip. So spill. I know you are hiding something from us."
Hikaru bit her lip once again, her bottom lip sore from the abuse. Ferio just stared at her, making her even more anxious. Fuu gave her a smile, trying to encourage her to confess. Umi turned around to stare at her as well. The only one who wasn't looking at her was Ascot, his back to all of them.
Hikaru broke.
"Oh right! Oh right! I have been looking for someone! I have been looking for Primera's family." Hikaru confessed. "I'm sorry. I wouldn't have told ya earlier but I promised Primera not to tell anyone because all of everyone telling her to stop looking for her lost family." Ascot then turned to look at her as well, with a confused look, Ferio mirroring Ascot's expression.
"What?" Hikaru asked.
"Pixies don't have families." Ferio told her.
"What?" Hikaru asked, confusion munching at her brain.
"Pixies don't have families. Pixies are born when Fairy flowers mave with the Hua flower." Ferio explained.
"Mave?" Fuu asked.
"Yes, mave. Maving is when two flowers combine their powers, but this only happens when both reach full power and it doesn't matter the distance from each other, which is another example of power of will. The Fairy and Hua flower have some kind of chemical structure that are attracted to each other. Pixies are rare to find because both flowers bloom only one night, and both have to be in full power and be in bloom the same night to mave. The Hua flower dies, and after a few weeks, a pixie is born from the Fairy flower. Each flower can only make one pixie, because both die. The Fairy flower after the birth of the pixie, and the Hua flower after maving. It is impossible for pixies to have blood relatives." Ferio explained.
"How lonely.." Hikaru thought, "No wonder Primera fell in love with Lantis after he rescued her. wait..."
"That means she lied to me, but ...why?" Hikaru finally realized.
"Well, you have to find yourself when we get back." Fuu said.
"Hey, we are finally here." Umi suddenly said, startling everyone.
They all saw Clef waiting down below, waving.
"So how was the trip?" Clef asked.
"Lets just leave it at quite interesting.." Fuu replied, twirling a string of hair.
Clef just nodded satisfied with the answer, seeing how Umi and Ascot were acting very distant to each other.
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Hikaru looked everywhere for the little pixie but couldn't find her anywhere. Hikaru then spotted beautiful women who looked similar to Primera but couldn't be because she was a mortal. Hikaru decided to ask her if she has seen the pixie.
"Um.. excuse me?" Hikaru asked. The women jumped, surprised.
"Sorry to interpret, but have you seen a little pixie, that looks…well like you? The same hair color and same color eyes." Hikaru asked. As she keep looking at her, she noticed that the more she looked at the unknown woman, the more she realized that she looked increasing like Primera. "You look just like her!"
Primera mentally laughed at Hikaru. "She has no idea that it is me. Perfect."
"No, I haven't, sorry. You are such an adorable little girl! You have to be Hikaru!" Primera said.
"Yes… but how did you know my name?" Hikaru asked though was thinking "Little girl? Adorable? I am not an adorable little girl! I'm 16 years old for crying out loud!"
"Well, Lantis told me all about you!" Primera said.
"You know Lantis?" Hikaru asked, eyes widening a bit, and an uninvited tingle of insecurity starting to radiate within.
"Yes. We know each other very well. I'm his lover." Primera told her, with a smile on her face.
Hikaru felt like she was just slapped.
"What…?"
Primera smirked.
"No… it isn't true… please… don't be…no…it can't be…. I don't believe you…"
Hikaru's heart hurt, her soul ached, "Why..? What is this….my heart….?"
"Yes. We are very much in love. Lantis has told me all about you. I see why he loves you so much like a sister." Primera continued, her smirk growing.
"Um… I have to go." Hikaru voiced cracked, wincing from how she allowed her weakness to show. Hikaru walked out, trying to keep her cool but tears were falling from her eyes and wouldn't stop.
Hikaru bumped into someone.
"Are you okay, Hikaru?" A deep, rich voice asked her.
Ice blue eyes meet fire red eyes, but the ice melted from his and the fire gone from hers.
"I'm fine.. Lantis." Hikaru replied, looking at Lantis's well-built figure, unable to look at his eyes.
She wouldn't allow herself to do that.
Lantis wiped a tear from her cheek. "What's wrong?"
Hikaru couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't let Lantis see her like this.
She couldn't see Lantis.
She ran.
Lantis started to run after her, but lost her after she turned a corner. He looked into her room, everywhere in the castle, but couldn'tfind her anywhere. "Where did she do? Hikaru…."
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The word 'sister' kept echoing in her mind. "No wonder he loves her so much, she is beautiful." Hikaru sadly thought.
"My heart, it hurts… it hurts so much-
"-I … love him.
I love Lantis-
..but, now, it is too late and he has found a new love. There is no way I can compare to her. She seemed nice.
I'm only a sister to him, nothing more.
But…I love him…
a sister only…."
Everything went black.
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"Hikaru? Hikaru?" A familiar voice said.
Hikaru slowly opened her eyes to see a worried Presea, Fuu, and Umi in front of her.
"What happened?" Hikaru asked.
"Presea found you outside, fainted." Fuu replied, placing a hand on Hikaru's forehead to check if she had a fever or not.
"Ohh." Hikaru said, all the memories coming back to her.
The women. Her words. The pain.
"What happened? You look so pale." Umi said, taking one of Hikaru's hand into her own.
"Nothing! I'm fine!" Hikaru forcing herself to smile, not wanting to worry them.
"You lie!" Umi retorted.
"If you need to talk, we are here to listen. Okay? But for now, rest. Get your sleep." Fuu commanded, while pushing out Umi.
Hikaru laid back down, crying herself to sleep. The unknown woman's words still echoing in her head…
"he loves you so much like a sister...
sister...
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It was official. Tatra, elder princess of Chizata, and commander in chief of Autozam, Eagle, were dating. Everyone was talking about it, from world to world.
"Eagle and Tatra! They make such a perfect couple. Both gorgeous, smart, nice and kind, excellent fighters, determined! They are just made for each other!" Tarta heard a group of girls giggling.
Tarta snapped.
"Shut up! All of you!" Tarta screamed, while running away.
"Hey, wasn't that Tatra's twin sister? She's weird." The groups of girls agreed.
"Why? Why? It just isn't fair." Tarta thought, sobbing before collapsing on her bed.
A/N: Well, what do you think? Hating Primera more and more? Please review what y'all thought! It keeps me inspired to update faster! Thanks to all who are still reviewing!
Silvercats: lol. Don't be so surprised. Your reviews seem to make me laugh. Well, it wasn't like Fuu was protesting. Lol. Thanks!
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