"Hikaru!" Umi screamed and ran forward as Hikaru's body almost hit the hard floor. Hikaru had fallen into a crouch and one weak hand held her body weight, the other clutched her knee. Umi quickly knelt and wrapped her arms around her.

Fuu bent over, "Are you alright Miss Hikaru? Should we take you to a doctor?"

"No, Fuu. I'm…fine," came Hikaru's weak voice.

"You are not fine," responded Umi loudly, softer she added, "You've scared us horribly,"

"I didn't mean to scare you guys. I just felt weak all of a sudden. I'll be ok."

Hikaru struggled up with Umi grasping one side of her. Fuu quickly grabbed her other arm and they shuffled off to a table. They both looked at Hikaru with concern for a few moments.

"Really, you guys, I'll be alright. I'm not sure why I fell, but I'm sure it's nothing."

Neither Umi or Fuu was convinced but Hikaru insisted on their keeping with their original plans. Standing in the line, Umi glanced back as covertly as she could manage and noticed that Hikaru looked rather pitiful.

"Oh, maybe we should just leave Fuu. There's no point in her being here miserable."

"I agree. But perhaps walking back will be easier on her if we wait."

"You think of everything Fuu." said Umi in conciliation, "I wish we could do something to help Hikaru."

"Since we do not know wait ails her that is almost impossible. I almost wish I had my Winds of Healing, but I doubt they would help."

Umi felt irritation at the mention of Cephiro again. "Yeah, I think Hikaru is sick and not injured." Umi paused, feeling as if now were not the time to mention it but also feeling a compulsion to do so, "Fuu, do you ever feel weird about Cephiro?"

"Weird? What exactly do you mean Miss Umi?"

"I mean, I love seeing you guys, but whenever I hear one of you talk, or even hear myself think about Cephiro, I feel annoyed. I know I didn't like being there to begin with, and I did everything at first with the hope of going home to my fencing tournament but…I really cared about the people and things there. And now…it's like I just don't want to hear it. Isn't that weird?"

"I don't know about being annoyed Miss Umi, but I think I feel something similar sometimes too. Since we can't go back, there's a longing associated with Cephiro which is often unpleasant."

"Do you think we'll really never see any of the people of Cephiro again, Fuu? Do you think we'll really never go back?"

"To my knowledge Miss Umi, we have no way of going back and they have no way of coming to us. So I suppose, that is the only answer I can give."

Umi and Fuu reached the front of the line and ordered desserts and drinks for the three of them. Umi debated rather to ask Hikaru or not but when they reached the table and Hikaru smiled cheerily, but very weakly, Umi was mad at herself for even thinking of asking her such a depressing question at a time like this.

"Umi, what's wrong? You look like you have something on your mind."

"It's nothing."

"Are you sure Umi? I want to know if something's bothering the two of you."

Hikaru looked at Umi with her honest expression and it made Umi feel it was unfair to hide it, "We were just talking about Cephiro, and how we felt about it. How do you felt about it Hikaru?"

"How do I feel about Cephiro?" Hikaru paused and her voice got sad. "I miss Cephiro, I miss Clef and Mokona and everybody we met there."

"And Lantis?" questioned Fuu knowingly.

"Yeah, I miss Lantis too."

Hikaru looked so sad that with her sickness in mind Umi changed the subject as quickly as possible.

"Look at the marshmallow in my brownie. If Mokona were here I'd have to be sure to eat it right in front of his face."

The three of them laughed.