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Welcome Home: A Heroes RewardA Magic Knight Rayearth Story
Ok. To start with, the characters and places in this fanfic aren't
mine. They belong to Clamp. I'm using them in this fanfic because I like Magic Knight Rayearth. Secondly, Nightmare helped me work on this story. So don't shoot us if you don't like it. Any way, I hope you like the story. Email any and all comments (even burns) to Silver_Wolf1_99@yahoo.com
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Fuu looked at the phone as it started to ring. She placed the photo album she was looking at aside and picked up the receiver. "Hououji residence. Fuu speaking," she said calmly. "Hey girlfriend, how've you been?" said a familiar voice. "Hey Hikaru. I'm fine, how about you?" Fuu asked as she smiled. "Fuu, stay put. Me and Umi will be over in seven minutes," Hikaru said before the line went dead. She put the receiver on the hook and sighed. Now what? Returning to the couch, she picked up the album and returned it to the bookshelf. Well, I'll know soon enough, she thought. I think I'll make some tea for when they get here. She turned towards the kitchen and looked around her fathers study. I still can't believe they're gone. A tear rolled down her cheek as she looked at a picture of her parents and sister. They were coming to pick her up from archery practice when they were involved in a terrible accident, leaving no survivors. She wiped the tear away just as the door bell rang. "I'm coming," she yelled as she walked to the front door. That was quick. She opened the door expecting to find her friends, but found a mailman holding three small boxes. "May I help you?" she asked. "I sure hope so. I think I'm lost," he said with a weak smile. "Who are you trying to find?" she asked. He looked at the names on the boxes and said, "Hikaru Shidou, Fuu Hououji, and Umi Ryuuzaki." "What?" Hikaru asked as she and Umi came walking up behind up. The mailman turned around and asked, "Are you Hikaru Shidou?" She smiled and said, "That's correct sir." He slowly looked at Umi and asked, "By any chance, are you Miss Ryuuzaki?" Umi nodded and said, "Yes sir." He looked back at Fuu as she said, "And I'm Fuu Hououji." With a sigh of relief, the mailman murmured, "Thank goodness." He chuckled as the girls just looked at him then each other bewilderedly. "I've been up and down this street a half a dozen times trying to find #910. I finally gave up and came to ask directions and here you all are," he told them. Fuu turned to look at the number on her house. Smiling, she turned the number on her door right side up, saying, "I'll have to get that nailed back up. Sorry and thank you, I wouldn't have noticed other wise." "You're Welcome, Miss Hououji," he said. Umi asked, "Excuse me, but why were you looking for us? Is something wrong?" Turning back to look at all three, he told them, "Oh! No, nothing is wrong. I was just delivering these packages. I have one for each of you." After handing them the boxes, he handed them a clip board saying, "Now if you'll just sign your names, I'll be done for the day." The girls each sighed their names and bid the mailman a good day. "Okay Fuu, what's wrong?" Hikaru asked as soon as they were inside. "Nothing. Why do you think something is wrong?" Fuu asked. "For as long as we have known each other, you have always called us Miss Hikaru and Miss Umi. You didn't call me that when we talked on the phone," Hikaru said. Fuu looked both startled and confused as she first looked at Hikaru then Umi and back again. "I didn't? I do? Oh! I never realized that," then with a small laugh she grinned saying, "I guess I do. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. I--uh--I was just feeling sort of down. I had found an old photo album--and--" Fuu looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry. I just miss them so much," she said as a tear slid down her cheek. Umi and Hikaru were beside her in second. "Oh Fuu. We know how you feel. we miss our families too," Umi told her. "That's right," Hikaru said giving her a hug, "but you still have us." "And you always will," Umi said. "Yes. Thank you. I'll always miss them, but someday maybe it won't hurt so bad." They were silent for a few minutes. Each thinking their own thoughts. "Enough sad thoughts," Umi said, "Let's find out what's in the boxes. Who sent them anyway?" Fuu looked at the label and said, "Mine is from Windam Incorporated." "Mine says Selece Unlimited," Umi said with a puzzled look. "Have you guys ever heard of the Rayearth Company?" Hikaru asked. Wait a minute! Windam, Selece, and Rayearth were the names of the Rune-gods of Cephiro, Fuu thought as she walked towards the kitchen. "Hey Fuu, where are you going" Umi asked as Fuu entered the kitchen. "To get a kni--fe. Uh--Umi, would you please come in here. NOW!?!" Fuu said as she starred out the back door. Hikaru and Umi stood just behind her starring. "Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," Umi murmured quietly. Just then, through the open window, they heard voices. Familiar voices. "Ascot, get back here!" Caldina hollered as they watched Ascot race around the corner. Fuu blinked, looked at her friends and whispered, "Ascot? Cephiro?" Umi looked back out the door just as Caldina rounded the corner. Hikaru thought, Lantis, then shook her head. "Can't be. Can it?" Fuu slowly turned back to the door. Slowly she opened it and peeked outside. "How in the world did we get back here?" Umi asked quietly. Fuu looked at the box in her hand and quickly opened it. Please let this be real, she thought as she viewed it's contents. Inside were two items. The first was the orb Ferio had given her. The second was a green velvet jewelers box with Windam's emblem in gold on the top. Fuu's hand trembled as she opened it. There inside, laying on a bed of white satin, was the most fantastically, delicately, beautiful ring she had ever seen. "Oh my," she breathed. Suddenly she heard Ferio's voice. "Ferio?" she whispered, looking up slowly. Umi watched Fuu for a few second then look down at the box she still held in her hands. Her hands shook as she opened it. She gave a small gasp as she looked into the box. Inside was one of Ascot's hats and blue velvet jewelers box with Selece's emblem in gold on the top. Gently, she touched the hat and smiled as she picked up the box. Inside was a ring, the most amazing, delicately, beautiful ring. "Oh Ascot," she sighed and looked back at the window. Hikaru watched her two friends silently open their packages. With tears in her eyes she started to open her own package. If only..., she thought the stopped for inside she found not only a red velvet box with Rayearth's emblem in gold on top, bit is was nested in one of Lantis's cloaks. Then she heard his voice. Slowly, she looked out the window as a tear rolled down her cheek. Clearing her throat, Umi put Ascot's hat on her head and turned to look at Fuu and Hikaru. "Well ladies," she said with a sassy grin, "let's go find Clef." With giggles, Hikaru put on Lantis's cloak and Fuu picked up the orb. Each girl had also put the ring on. Laughing, they walked out the door and into the garden in another world. |
