Hearts Reunited - Chapter 17: The Castle

Purin-chan: I'm home again!!!!!!!! *runs over and hugs her tv, vcr, and anime tapes* I missed you
so much ^-^ *huggie* Uhhh... *notices people staring at her* Umm err...eheheheheh...*lets go* So
how did everyone survive not knowing what would happen next? ^_^;;; Anyway... I still don't know
what to do with Umi and Ascot e_e; (©SNIA). Choice 1: Put them together Choice 2: Keep them apart
Choice 3: Create a new character for Ascot to fall in love with (note I didn't say anything about
Umi X_x;). I'm not sure what to do with the castle either, just see how it turns out.

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The sun shone on six sleeping figures.
Ferio muttered, Fuu still in his arms. Lantis was sleeping against a tree with Hikaru in his lap.
Eagle was watching the sunrise (*feels groggy just thinking about waking up that early*). Umi was
sleeping near Fuu and Ferio, and Ascot was asleep near her.
Eagle looked over at everyone. "Who should I wake up first..." he wondered. Lantis was an absolute
no. Eagle knew how mad he gets when someone wakes him up early. It was best to leave Hikaru in his
lap. Fuu and Ferio were too cute to disturb. So the choice was either Umi or Ascot.
Eagle sweatdropped. Waking Umi up was very hazardous. He didn't know if she would attack or not.
"Guess I'd better wake him up then," Eagle thought to himself as he walked over to Ascot and gently
shook him.
Ascot muttered something Eagle couldn't make out.

(Ow...sorry for this blab but...I just need someone to pity me right now X_X. I just woke up a few
hours ago, yes it is the next day, and I still feel like I'm on that boat I took to go scuba diving
during my vacation. I stood up out of bed and fell over onto my computer table, the pointy part
of my computer table. Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww......)

Eagle shook him again. This time Ascot woke up.
"Is it morning already..." Ascot muttered while yawning.
"Yes it is. Why don't you go wake Umi up?" Eagle asked him.
Ascot stood up in a dizzy spell. He walked towards Umi.
"Who's the next kindest one here..." Eagle wondered. He walked over to Hikaru and Lantis.
"Hikaru, wake up Hikaru." Eagle nudged her gently.
Hikaru groaned and snuggled into Lantis.
Eagle smiled. He nudged her again, a little harder this time.
Hikaru opened one eye. "Do I have to get up now..." she asked Eagle.
He laughed softly. "Yes you do."
Hikaru yawned as she sat up and stretched. Then she turned around and kissed Lantis.
"Wake up Lanti-poo," she said, smiling at him when he opened his eyes.
(The name Lanti-poo is starting to scare me @_@;)
He smiled back and kissed her, pulling her into his lap at the same time.
Eagle smiled and walked over to the other sleeping couple.

"Umi..." Ascot didn't want to get any closer in case she would scream at him as a reflex.
"Umi..." he repeated a little louder this time.
Umi's eye twitched.
"Umi................."
She sat up abruptly with a sharp "What!?", knocking Ascot backwards.
"Ouch..." Ascot rubbed the place he had fallen down on.
Umi yawned and lied back down, going back to sleep.
"This isn't getting anywhere..." Ascot muttered, putting his hat on.

Fuu's head was resting against Ferio's chest. Ferio was smiling.
"I assume you're awake?" Eagle asked Ferio, kneeling down beside them.
"You assumed right," Ferio answered not opening his eyes.
Eagle sighed. "Did you sleep at all last night?" he asked.
"A few hours maybe. It's enough," Ferio replied as he sat up, careful not to wake Fuu.
"I'll leave you two alone then," Eagle said, standing up and walking away.

Thirty minutes later...
"Is she up YET?" Ferio whined.
"Not yet, and I think we're all too scared to go and try to wake her up," Ascot said standing
3 feet+ away from Umi. They were all gathered in a half-circle around the still sleeping Umi.
"I'll try waking Umi-chan up," Hikaru said getting closer to Umi. Everyone else backed away a foot.
"Umi-chan..." Hikaru nudged her a little.
Umi grumbled, "What..."
"Can you wake up now?" Hikaru asked sweatdropping now.
"No." Umi pulled her hair over her face thinking it was her bedsheets.
Everyone sweatdropped and sighed.
"I'll just carry her," Ascot said, kneeling down to pick her up. Umi was too sleepy to refuse.
"Let's go then," Hikaru said happily as she marched down the hill towards the castle.

"Kawaii..." Hikaru stopped at the thirteenth animal they saw that day to adore it. Everyone else
sat down to rest. Umi had woken up at noon and insisted on walking. No one had pointed out that
she was blushing. (I guess I'll put Umi and Ascot together after all. Just not as much mush as
the other two couples ~_^. Can't do that to little Ascot-kun ^_^)
"Not much longer until we reach the castle," Ferio pointed out.
The blue atmosphere appeared again.
"Let's go then!" Hikaru said walking past the animal.
Everyone else followed hesitantly.

"We're there!" Hikaru said happily.
Everyone stood away from the castle.
"You go ahead and open the door Hikaru!!!" Umi yelled.
"Hey how come my little Hika-chan has to be sacrificed?" Lantis snapped.
Hikaru giggled. "It's ok. I'll open it." She walked up to the door and knocked.
No one answered.
"I guess no one's home. I'll just open the door then." Hikaru pulled on one of the rings attached
to the door.
What she saw was something no one had expected.

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Purin-chan: :B Yay my second cliffhanger ^_^. Go me! Um ok...so I think I've decided to put Umi
and Ascot together after all. I know what the castle's gonna be now (took me an entire night to
ponder this). Lalalalala *goes to start the next chappie*

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