Hearts Reunited - Chapter 7: Returning to Cephiro Purin-chan: I typed this one up real fast so the cliffhanger wouldn't be as bad X_x;. The whole "portal disappearing" thing isn't as big as you probably think it ish. Well here's the next chapter. *hic* >/ kuso...I have *hic* hiccups now X_X; *hic*. Need a drink of water..... Disclaimer: I don't own *hic* ........ >/ chikushou.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Where'd the portal go..." Hikaru said looking around frantically. "Hikaru-san." "What is it, Fuu-chan?" Hikaru asked. "Maybe Clef-san made it so that the rest of the people here wouldn't be able to see it," Fuu suggested. Hikaru lightened up. "Maybe! Let's go get our stuff then!" Hikaru said. Umi and Fuu nodded. "Onii-chan! Otou-san! Okaa-san! I'm home!" Hikaru yelled as she walked through the door. "Okaeri," her mom said. Hikaru walked up to her mom. "Would you mind if I slept over at a friend's house tonight?" Hikaru asked. Her mom turned around, "Of course you can." "Arigatou!" Hikaru ran upstairs to pack. (Hey does anyone know if Hikaru's mom and dad exist? Only her three brothers were mentioned in the anime.) "Mom! Dad!" Umi walked into her house. No one answered. "Mom? Dad?" Umi walked into the kitchen. There was a note on the refrigerator. "We won't be home until late tonight. Your dinner is on the stove. Love always, mom and dad." Umi's eyes welled up. "Why did they have to be gone now? I won't be able to say goodbye to them..." "Otou-san, onee-san, okaa-san!" Fuu said as she walked into her house. "Okaeri! Fuu-san!" Kuu said as she walked down the stairs to greet Fuu. "Where are mom and dad?" Fuu asked, taking off her shoes. "They went out grocery shopping," Kuu said. "Oh, well tell them that I'm going to a friend's house for the night," Fuu said as she walked up the stairs to her room. "Hai!" Thirty minutes remain... Hikaru hugged her parents and her brother goodbye. "Mata ne!" Hikaru said as she walked out the door. "See you tomorrow!" Kakeru and Masaru yelled after her. After the door closed, Hikaru turned around and took a long look at her house. "Sayonara..." she ran off towards Tokyo Tower in tears. Umi packed all her favorite clothes and items in her backpack. As she was leaving the house, she realized that she needed to leave a note for her parents. "I'm pretty sure that all memories of me will be erased, but just in case they aren't..." Umi thought to herself as she scribbled a note down. She stuck it beside her parents' note on the refrigerator. Umi was on her way out the door, when she saw a picture of her parents holding her when she was little. Her eyes teared up. She picked the picture up delicately and carefully put it in her backpack. She walked out the door and took one last look at the house she would never again return to. "Sayonara..." she said as she walked off towards Tokyo Tower. Fuu walked down the stairs with a half empty bag. "Is that all you're bringing?" Kuu asked her a bit surprised. Fuu nodded. "You should at least bring some pastries with you!" Kuu said giving Fuu a bag. Fuu sweatdropped. "Arigatou gozaimasu, onee-san," Fuu said as she walked out the door. "Mata ne!" Kuu said waving bye. Fuu waved back. "Sayonara," she said quietly. She headed towards Tokyo Tower. Fifteen minutes were left... "Fuu-chan! Umi-chan!" Hikaru ran up to them. "Did you find the portal?" Fuu and Umi shook their heads. "It doesn't seem to be here, Hikaru-san," Fuu said. "How can it not be here...?" In Cephiro... "What's the matter, Clef?" Sierra asked him. Clef looked very stressed. "The portal closed." "The portal?" "The portal that the magic knights are supposed to return in," Clef said as he gripped his staff. Sierra was worried. "What can we do then?" "Nothing. All we can do is wait for a miracle..." he said sadly. At Tokyo Tower... Hikaru fell down to her knees. "Where did it go..." she whispered as tears fell from her eyes. "Hikaru..." Umi got down and hugged her. Fuu bent down to hug her also. "We'll get back to Cephiro...somehow," Umi assured her. "Would you stop spying on them already!?" Zagato asked Emeraude. "There seems to be a problem..." she replied. "What kind of problem?" "They can't get back to Cephiro," she said. "And what do you suggest we do?" he asked her. She smiled. "Just leave everything to me." All three girls were crying now. "Magic knights..." "Emeraude Hime?!" They looked up in shock. "Do you wish with all your heart to go back to Cephiro?" her voice asked. Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu nodded. "Lend me your hearts..." she said. They closed their eyes and concentrated. The three girls disappeared in the light again. The light had engulfed the entire earth. All memories of them on earth were erased. The three girls had appeared in Cephiro in the same place where the portal had been. All three were unconscious. "Hikaru! Umi! Fuu!" Sierra said as she bent down and shook them. Lantis and Ferio came into the room then. "Hikaru!" Lantis ran over to her and held her up. "Fuu!" Ferio ran over to her and propped her up against him. Sierra held Umi up. "Will they be ok?" Sierra asked Clef. "I'm not sure...could you all take them to their rooms?" he asked. Lantis, Ferio, and Sierra nodded. Lantis and Ferio picked up Hikaru and Fuu with ease, but Sierra was having a hard time trying to carry Umi. "Should I call Ascot?" Clef asked. "I think that would be best..." Sierra replied as she set Umi back down. "Ascot!" "Clef?" "Come to my room now!" Clef's voice said. Ascot ran out his room towards Clef's. "What's wrong?" he asked as he opened the door. He then saw Umi lying on the floor unconscious. "Umi!" He ran over to her and propped her up. "What happened?" he asked Clef. "It's a long story, just take her to her room," Clef said. "Ok." Ascot picked her up as easily as Lantis and Ferio did. He carried her to her room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purin-chan: Agh, headache alert... I'll get the next chapter up soon...I think. I need Tylenol right now... My computer died again! How do you like that >/. This chapter is probably messed up now because my computer keeps shutting down on me. *mutter* Review please.