Hearts Reunited - Chapter 3: Hikaru's Dream

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"I'm so glad to be back in Cephiro," Hikaru said while putting on her pajamas, "especially since I
get to be with Lantis again." Hikaru giggled. "I'm tired though. I'll catch up with Lantis tomorrow
when I wake up." Hikaru yawned as she jumped in bed.

Fuu stared at her reflection in the mirror. "I must be lucky to have someone like Ferio to love me
like that. Really, I do not see what he can see in me. I'm just your normal everyday average school
girl...with super powers." Fuu giggled softly as she put her glasses on the table beside her
bed and went to sleep.

"I'm really really sorry..."
"Umi, you have no reason to be sorry." Ascot told her as he gently wiped her tears away.
"But I refused you for someone who refused me..." she wept back.
"Umi..." Ascot embraced her again.
"Arigatou...Ascot"

[In Hikaru's dream]
"Eeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaagggggggglllllllleeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!" Hikaru screamed as Eagle was killed by Debonair.
"DE-BO-NAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hikaru turned to Debonair in anger with tears in her eyes.
'not again...'
The three mashins combined into one.
'not this again...'
It flew towards Debonair, only to be stopped by Nova.
'Eagle...'
"I won't let you get away! Magic knights!" Nova attacked them with her spinning tops.
'you risked your life for us...'
The combined mashin grabbed Regalia's hands and crushed them.
'I'm really sorry...I couldn't save your life either...'
Nova's scream. Then the picture went all black. Hikaru appeared in the middle of the vast nothingness.
"Where am I? This isn't a part of that memory." Hikaru said while wandering around.
"Konn'chiwa."
Hikaru turned around, "Eagle???"
[Out of Hikaru's dream]

"Should I walk you to your room?" Ascot asked Umi.
"No I'm fine. Thank you again." Umi smiled.
Ascot smiled back, "Anytime." 
Umi headed back to her room wiping away her tears again. Ascot took one last look at Umi, and went 
back to his.

[Back in Hikaru's dream]
"Eagle!!! You're alive!" Hikaru ran up and hugged him.
"Hikaru, it's nice to see you again." Eagle replied smiling. Eagle was wearing clothes similar to
his black clothes he wore when he was captured, except now they were white.
"But how did you get here? For that matter, how did I get here?" Hikaru asked.
"This is your dream world Hikaru. Ghosts can only talk to the living through their dreams." Eagle said.
"So you're really not Eagle?" Hikaru backed away.
"I am Eagle. Just a ghost. I came into your dream." Eagle said to her, sad that Hikaru had gotten out
of the embrace.
"I think I understand..." she said.
Eagle smiled, "However, ghosts can only wander around in the world of the living only if they still
have some unfinished business to take care of."
"Unfinished business?" Hikaru wondered.
Eagle nodded. "In my case, I didn't tell somebody something they needed to know."
"Like what?"
Eagle smiled again, "How I felt about her."
The black faded and the fountain where Mokona led Hikaru to Lantis appeared.
"Do you remember this place?" Eagle asked.
Hikaru nodded, "This is where Lantis gave me his pendant..." Hikaru took a moment to take the pendant
out.
Eagle held out his hand. Instead of a bird, a fairy-type creature came out and landed on his finger.
The fairy was simply a glowing sphere with wings. Several more came out then.
"Are those..." 
"Yes, these are people who have passed away and have finished their unfinished business." Eagle said.
"So that means that I can see you here when I come here?" Hikaru asked.
Eagle nodded, "But first, I must settle my unfinished business."
"And what's that?" Hikaru asked looking at the fairies.
Eagle smiled. He walked over to Hikaru and bent over to whisper in her ear, "Aishteru."
Hikaru gasped and her eyes widened with shock. "D-demo..."
"That's why I want you to be happy. Stay with Lantis, and be happy." Eagle said smiling.
"Eagle?"
Eagle started to disappear.
"Eagle!?"

"Eagle!!!" Hikaru screamed as she woke up. She looked at the clock.
9:00
"Is 9:00 in Cephiro the same as 9:00 our time?" She wondered. Hikaru changed out of her pajamas,
into her normal clothes. "I wonder where Lantis is..." Just then, Hikaru remembered the fountain.
She left her room and walked towards that direction.

"Ohayo gozaimasu Umi-san. Ohayo Ferio. Have either of you seen Hikaru this morning?" Fuu asked.
"No I haven't" Umi replied. She noticed that Fuu had been informal with Ferio, but had a lack of sleep
because of last night and didn't have the energy to tease her about it.
"I haven't either. I haven't seen Lantis either this morning. You don't suppose they..." Ferio said.
"Ferio! Don't suggest such things!" Fuu replied.

Hikaru arrived at the water fountain. Lantis was sitting on the other side of the fountain, as usual.
"Lantis!!" Hikaru ran over to him, "Ohayo!"
Lantis smiled one of his rare smiles. "How is my Hikaru today?" 
Hikaru giggled at the "my". Then she remembered what happened in her dream.
'These are the people who have passed away and have finished their unfinished business'
Hikaru held her hands in a cup-like fashion. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Lantis wondered
what she was doing. Soon, a small golden ball of light appeared in her hands, the same color as Eagle's
eyes. Hikaru smiled.
"Hikaru...what is that?" Lantis asked, walking over to her.
"Eagle, Eagle is watching and protecting our relationship." Hikaru said smiling.

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Purin-chan: So how was it? I hope it was good, because I came up with this while I was trying to
fall asleep, and actually bothered to get back out of bed and type it. In fact, it's 1:46AM right
now. Poor Eagle ; _ ;. I cried so much when he died.

Translations:
Arigatou - Thank you
Konn'chiwa - Konnichiwa - hello
Aishteru - I love you
Demo - but
Ohayo - good morning