"Well this is embarrassing," said Hikaru once Umi, Fuu, and the rest had left, "Umi sure is a good friend but she's really stubborn."
"Does she have reason to be stubborn in this case Hikaru?" said Lantis, looking at her intently.
"I don't know," said Hikaru, looking away and turning red, "What she said is true. I have been sick and nobody knows why."
Hikaru continued timidly, "Umi and Fuu got the idea that if they brought me to Cephiro that I would feel better. And I had the same idea. We didn't really talk about it but I think we all three thought the same thing, that somehow I was making myself sick. Like how I created Nova because I couldn't deal with my feelings."
The waterfall was very pretty but Umi couldn't keep her mind off of Hikaru and Lantis. Snap out of it Umi! Whatever will happen, will happen. You're not being a good friend if you don't want what's best for her. At this point she noticed that Fuu was brooding too while Caldina, Fionia, and Mokona played in the water and Clef watched.
"Don't let that crab bite ya!" Caldina shrieked, snatching her child out of the water suddenly, "Oh, it's just a rock," she said, setting the girl back down.
"I haven't the slightest idea where Miss Fionia acquired her overreaction to small creatures," said Fuu after she closed the gap between her and Umi.
"Oh, no, not the slightest," agreed Umi as the two laughed behind their hands.
"You know, maybe we should join them."
"That sounds like a good idea, Miss Umi."
"It's a good thing we both decided to wear skirts. That will make wading easy. Although, I can hardly imagine wearing pants in Cephiro. It would just be too weird after all that time in our junior high uniforms!"
Umi kicked off her sandals and waited for Fuu to finished unbuckling hers. Then she stepped forward into the water and BAMB! She hit the rocks after sliding on a slippery one.
"I've hardly been here and I've already fallen twice! How did this happen?"
"Puu! Puu!" Mokona flew into Umi's face and then jumped onto her head, leaking water into her hair.
"And how can a marshmallow hold so much water in its fur!"
Umi started to cautiously pick herself up, taking the hand that Fuu offered and trying to recover her dignity.
"My clothes are all wet." Moaned Umi.
"Perhaps we could get you some new ones."
"We could go back to the palace, I've got some ones ya could borrow." offered Caldina
"Oh, that's ok," said Umi, suddenly imagining herself in one of Caldina's dancing outfits, "I don't want to ruin your fun. I'm sorry I complained."
"I know you don't mean anything by your temper Missy. It is legendary in Cephiro but I know it's all smoke and no fire."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY LEGENDARY TEMPER!" Umi added a stomp to her tirade then stopped suddenly and laughed. "I guess I haven't learned as much as I thought in the last 4 years."
"You acted just as you did when we were 14," said Fuu, giggling softly.
"That's alright Missy, I reckon even the most grown up adults have the right to scream like banshees every once in a while." Umi and Fuu laughed harder.
"I think we should do what Caldina suggested and return to the palace to get you new clothes." said Clef.
"Well, it would be neat to see the new place but I don't want to wreck your fun. It's not like I'll catch a cold or anything."
"Oh, forget that Umi, we can come to the waterfall any old time. How often do ya get to show the Legendary Magic Knights your home?"
"Alright then, let's go."