Hearts Reunited - Chapter 8: Deadly Illnesses

Purin-chan: Uhh...I'm really starting to hit writer's block on this fic now so don't blame me if
the next few chapters turn out a bit weird...I guess the fic will be all mush until an idea smacks
me in the face... *Looks over to the pile of mkr tapes* X_X I guess I'll be watching all those again...

Disclaimer: ....................................

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Emeraude fell to her hands and knees. She grabbed her head in pain.
"What's the matter?" Zagato asked her.
"I was able to transport them over to Cephiro, but now they are gravely ill," she said.

Lantis gently set Hikaru down on her bed. He headed back towards the door.
"Lantis..."
His hand stopped an inch short of the doorknob.
"Well I guess I had better stay here and watch out for her..." Lantis turned around and walked over
to the side of Hikaru's bed. He kneeled down and touched her forehead.
It was really warm.
"Probably a fever." Lantis got a bowl of cold water and a washcloth. He wet the washcloth and put it
on Hikaru's forehead.

Ferio set Fuu down on her bed and pulled the sheet covers over her. He gently kissed her on the forehead.
Fuu's eyes twitched.
"Fuu?" 
Fuu went back to sleep. Ferio sighed. He reached over and gently caressed her cheek. He pulled his
hand away in shock. Fuu was freezing cold.
"Fuu!?" Ferio tried to shake her awake. Fuu didn't stir.
Ferio looked around the room in panic for something to keep her warm. There was nothing, no extra
blankets, no blanket heaters, nothing.
Ferio sighed. "I guess I have no choice." He pulled off his boots and climbed in bed beside her.
Ferio gently wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm.
"Ferio..."
"Fuu?" Fuu was still asleep. Ferio sighed again and buried his face in her hair.

Ascot didn't bring Umi to her bedroom. He brought her to his instead. There he set her down on
his bed.
"Umi? Umi!?" he tried to shake her awake. Umi groaned in response.
He sighed. All Ascot could do was wait for her to wake up.
Umi started to shiver violently.
"Umi!?" he placed a hand on her shoulder.
She started to cough.
"Are you...ok?"
Umi spat up blood all over the edge of the bed.
Ascot was surprised and stepped away from her.
"Umi......."

(Uhhh...this is turning out a BIT more serious than I had originally intended it to be... All well)

Emeraude leaned against Zagato.
"Can you help them?" he asked her.
"I can, once I get my strength back." She tried to move, but ended up wincing and sitting back down.
"Need anything?" he asked her.
"Just some rest..." her eyelids closed and she dozed off.

Hikaru clenched at her heart. She felt as if someone had ripped it out of her.
"Such pain..." she thought as she jerked around in her bed. A pair of reasurring arms wrapped around
her. She calmed down.
"Lantis...?" Hikaru whispered, eyes still closed from all the pain.
"I'm here," he whispered back.

Fuu was becoming deadly still.
"I have no energy left..." she thought. "It feels as if all of it had been drained away..."
Fuu stopped breathing.
"Fuu?!" Ferio no longer felt her chest moving. He rolled her over so that she was on her back.
He bent over to check and see if she was breathing.
Nothing.
"Does this mean I have to do CPR?" Ferio groaned. He bent over and started giving Fuu CPR.

(*-* Kawaii desu wa! Err...anyway...)

Ascot ran out of his room towards Clef's place. Lucky for him, it wasn't that far away.
"If anyone knows what's wrong with Umi, it has to be Clef," he thought as he reached Clef's door.
He barged in.
"Clef! There's something really wrong with U..." Clef's staff was on the floor and he was bent over
clutching his head.
"Clef!?" Ascot ran over to him and helped him up. "What's wrong?"
"The girls from another world are dying..." he muttered.
"They're WHAT???" Ascot yelled a bit too loudly.
Clef winced. "Their life energy is being drained," he muttered before collapsing.
"Clef? Clef!?"

Umi started to spit up blood non-stop.
Fuu had completely stopped breathing.
Hikaru was still jerking around in her bed clutching at her heart.

"Emeraude...I think now would be a good time to help them..." Zagato said.
"I don't have enough of my strength back," she muttered back.
Zagato sighed. "I guess I'll have to take matters into my own hands." He gently laid Emeraude down
and walked over to three portals that showed the dying knights. He chanted a spell.

Umi's coughing slowed down, though it didn't completely stop.
Fuu began to breathe again, but her body temperature was still very low.
Hikaru stopped jerking around, but the high fever remained.

Zagato walked away from the portals. "That's all I can do, the rest is up to you," he said bending
over to wipe a strand of hair away from Emeraude's face.
"Didn't I tell you that I'd take care of everything..." Emeraude muttered in her sleep.
Zagato sighed. "Yes you did. I just decided to help you out a bit, that's all."

Ferio and Lantis looked up.
"Onii-san?!/Onee-san?!" they both gasped in shock.
"Zagato..." Clef muttered. Ascot was surprised at what Clef said. He ran back to his room to see
that Umi had slowed down her coughing.
"Was it Zagato? Or Emeraude Hime?" he wondered.

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Purin-chan: X_X now I feel sick. *cough cough* Pepto bismol please... *remembers that people are
reading this* Oh uhh...I'll get the next chapter up soon! ^_^;;;;;;;;;;;;.

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