Power of an Angel I was sitting in the confession cubicle again. Its the third time in this week.. Yumi the suppose to be sister in training, she ran off to see the troubled youths again. This time one of those people declared that they would commit suicide. I just don't know why Yumi would care about these hollow threats, these people would not do it anyway. They were just making trouble-for me. Kurama was troubled and knew it. It was something hovering in his mind but he know nothing about it. It was a young girl with beautiful blond hair and blue eyes haunting him in his dreams, she was crying on top of the Tokyo Towers. Kurama was still thinking a way out of this. He definitely needed someone to talk to but who? Could he talk to Hiei about this? Probably not, he wouldn't want Hiei to worry about him. By the way he would want to talk to a human about this not that he wanted any human to know his dark secrets but humans know a lot of these haunting stuff.(He had never been haunted by a girl before, especially a girl who he had never seen or heard before.) He was wondering around until he saw a convent and the school next to it. He was thinking the last time he got here none of the girls stared at him as if he was an idol or something like that. Some even smiled at him like he was their old friend. He liked this place at once though he was no Christian (can youkais be Christians I wonder). He knew he could go into the confession cubicle and find a nun to talk to him. So he went inside. He asked a middle aged nun if he could go in the cubicle. The nun smiled in a kind way and told him to get in. Then he met her. The weirdest girl or maybe the most normal female youkai he ever met. The girl sitting opposite to him was about thirteen with sea deep blue eyes and waist length silvery green or yellow hair. Everything was snowy about her. He said "Sister, I have something to confess.." the girls said hastily "I'm sorry I'm not a nun. But please don't tell sister Madeleine. She would kill Yumi and I." Kurama said "Calm down please you said that you were not a nun that means?" she said "one of Yumi my sister's friends said that she was going to kill herself so Yumi ran off to calm her down and I'm here to wait for people to come. Do you want a real nun to talk to? I can find you one. But please don't tell sister Madeleine about this." Kurama sighed "You looked sincere enough, so talking to you wouldn't hurt much." Clef was not feeling well, Princess Emeraude's spirit was hovering in his head. Presea knew there was something wrong. So she sent a message to the land called "Earth" for the three Magic Knights Hikaru, Umi and Fuu. After receiving the message from Presea the three girls went to Tokyo Tower At the highest floor of the tower they spotted two people. Two beautiful young people one of them was a girl about twelve or thirteen with silky long green curly hair and blue eyes they other was a guy with long red hair and green emerald eyes. Looks like brothers and sisters. The girl was talking in an excited manner. Hikaru remembered the first time she was here. That is the first time she went to Cefiro. They joined their hands to transfer themselves to Cefiro. The two people turned to look at them. As soon as they opened their eyes the two people was in front of them. They were bewildered. She said "This place seemed to be a better place than Tokyo, But where on earth is here?" The guy was a lot calmer he just said "This is not Makai or Ningenkai." Hikaru somehow found this girl very sweet. She was looking at them now. "Are you all psychics? Excuse me, where are we." Fuu said "This is a place that no normal people would go to." She asked "Only psychics could come?" Fuu said "Not exactly but something like that." I was still wondering where am I when a blond woman appeared she greeted the three girls warmly. The girl with red hair said "I'm Hikaru Shiido fourteen years old." Then followed by the girl with blue hair "I'm Umi Ryuuzaki fourteen also." then followed by the girl who hinted to me what is this place "I'm Fuu Hououji fourteen also." I said "I'm Asuka Yuri thirteen, I'm a mind reader but before getting people's permission I won't do it." Then Shuuichi said "Minamino Shuuichi eighteen. The only adult and male in your group of girls." He followed by a smile and a little bow. The blond woman eyed us suspiciously and said "I'm Presea and are now going to lead you all to the castle." We followed her, Hikaru-chan was the one who talked to me most. She told me she had a dog called Hikari and I told her I had a little kitten called "Hello Kitty". She said "You look as if you like to talk in English." I replied "I was born in England I have just moved here because my father a magician wants to have a show here. He and my mother would go away but my sister and I will stay. Yumi was my twin sister she was a second older than me, we looked exactly the same." Umi whispered to Fuu "what do you think of these two people. Fuu said "There was certainly nothing about the little girl but about the young man Minamino-san, he was- well I don't know how to express this but he looked haunted. And there was definitely something that was secretive in him." Umi whispered again "Don't you think he was kind of cute?" Fuu blushed "I.he was good looking but." Umi smiled "It's okay, I'm just joking because both of you were quick and smart.." When we got into the castle a white headed child was waiting for us with a two exceptionally tall man. One of them dressed in black the other dressed in white both quite good looking. And another one with green hair and brown eyes dressed in a white robe and was staring at Fuu-chan. Later they stared at us. Presea said "Yuri and Shuuichi came here accidentally before we could figure out a way why they were here I suggest that we could let them stay here. The tall man in white said "There seemed to be a lot of rooms here." Clef said "Just don't interfere with anything." I nodded can't help saying "You're not in a good mood because you don't feel well, you were haunted right?" All of them stared at me. "How do you know all this." I said "I told you, I was and still am a mind reader, something in your mind was just too strong the image just seeped into my mind." Shuuichi asked "Is that a girl with blond hair with blue eyes?" I looked at him "The girl you said crying and asking for help on Tokyo Tower?" Hikaru-chan asked "Princess Emeraude?" I asked "That girl fits this description. If you all don't mind me saying so I have saw this girl while I was watching T.V . That time I was quite tired so I didn't block out other people's voices. I heard her crying. I just thought it was my neighbor. That girl said something like "Cefiro was in danger help them please" Something like that." Clef muttered under his breath "Why was this happening again? Princess Emeraude where are you now?" Then he collapsed. I was quite relieved when this white headed child regained his consciousness. I asked "Did I say anything wrong?" Umi-chan said "No, its just that you talked about something that we thought was ended. We were being called here in a legendary battle. And the same thing happened last time, we all heard a girl crying and asking for help." I said "This seemed complicated." Shuuichi said "I think every psychic felt that wave of despair sweeping through their minds. That wave was so strong that I dreamed about her every night." I asked "I didn't mean to be blunt but is this princess Emeraude dead?" They all looked down I said "I understood. Then she was a very good person then?" They all nodded some even started weeping. I said "Then she should be with god in heaven and be happy." Shuuichi said "Don't bring your Christian point of view here." I said "But this should be so." Hikaru-chan asked "Clef are you dreaming of the same thing as Yuri-chan and Shuuichi-kun?" Clef stiffened a little "Yes.yes. Yuri, Shuuichi I think you two can't be avoided from this business." I nodded "I was on this case also. Shuuichi-kun brought me to the Tokyo Towers because he wanted me to see this girl. And get all this cleared up, I'm his counselor. I was suppose to listen to people's confessions, if anything you want to tell me if you don't mind I will try my best to help." The tall black man said "Surprising that some human girl could say so much things without taking a breath." The other tall man said "I'm Eagle and that is Lantis. The green head is the prince of this land, Princess Emeraude's little brother." We both nodded Clef said suddenly "Sorry about the way I talked to you." We both nodded As we were going out Eagle called "Little girl I think you looked more like Ice cream to me." Hikaru asked "Ice-cream?" Eagle smiled "Yes, you told me, Ice cream was something cold and sweet and some of them were white. She was white and sweet so she was the Ice cream." I asked "You didn't tell him that ice cream was suppose to be a kind of food? Eagle, don't eat me up." Hikaru smiled "I think he had a better sense than this." That night Fuu was standing in the corridor thinking. Ferio went up to her. She turned and smiled politely at him. Ferio smiled back but not politely, in fact in a teasing way. "What are you thinking about?" he asked. She replied "Yuri-san and Shuuichi-san." He asked "What's wrong with them?" She answered "They were far from normal people. Though they told us that they were psychics and even showed us they were. But no matter how powerful they were they should be startled to hear this. But instead they believed every thing we said and looked as if they knew perfectly well what was happening here." Ferio said "Don't worry." He took her hand in his then took off his wrap and wrapped it around her. You'll get quite sick in the morning if you carried on standing here." Fuu blushed. Clef's voice echoed through their heads "Go to the garden now quick." Both of them ran there and every body was there. They saw Yuri and a blond girl. Yuri seemed to be praying but the other girl was just looking at her a sad smile on her face. Then touched Yuri's hair and said in a soft whisper voice "Praying won't help but thanks for listening to me." Yuri said "I know just praying will not work but did it make you feel any better? God loves every one so he'll help you if you would pray with all your heart." The other girl let a tear run down her face and disappeared. Kurama was the first one to run to Yuri. "What's wrong? Why are you talking with that girl?" Clef just said "Princess Emeraude." she said "She was weeping so bitterly and I noticed that she was in this direction so I came out. I told her that praying might help so we prayed together. Later when you all come out she disappeared. She told me that she loved this land and soon this land would be in trouble. What does all this mean?" Ferio said "She was my sister Princess Emeraude, she had once summoned The three Magic Knights to kill her so she could be with the man she loved." After listening to every detail of the story of Princess Emeraude I came out with the conclusion that Zagato was in hell and Princess was in heaven. But I didn't tell anyone this, after all this was a childish thought. Shuuichi asked "Are they in Reikai?" Hikaru-chan asked "What is Reikai?" Shuuichi said "Its where dead people went." Umi-chan said "Is this another religion?" He said "That is no religion. There was a Reikai I have been there once. That is another world like here but not so beautiful. I was one of their detectives." I said sincerely "I believe this." Surprisingly everybody believed every thing he said. Fuu said "They were supposed to be in different levels." Shuuichi said "I think I should tell you what I am I`m not really a human being. I was a reincarnated fox spirit." I asked "Youkai?" He said "You could call me that." I asked "What's your real name then?" He said "Kurama. Clef, has any other people got illusions of Emeraude-hime?" Clef shook his head weakly "I don't know." I asked "How about making a poster to tell people to come here if they got illusions as well?" Ferio asked "What is a poster?" Fuu said "Its a big picture with sentences that tells people what to do." Clef said "Then who will draw it?" I said "Someone who had seen Princess Emeraude all her life, How about you Clef?" Clef said "I can't draw. I'm not good with arts." Ferio said "Don't look at me." Then I looked at Presea she said "Don't expect too much from me." I said "I could draw her, I remembered her very well. Especially her sad face. I got a B for art." Fuu smiled " I hate art and got a C. The only subject I got lower than a B." I smiled "Start working now. Clef, are there paints here?" Clef sighed "Why would I know these things? By the way what are paints?" I said "I thought you're suppose to know." Hikaru-chan said "I know a way of making paints. You could get flower petals squeeze all the liquid out of it and the liquid should be the color of that flower and you could use the feathers of birds to be your paint brush. I'll help you." I asked again "Is there paper here?" Clef asked again "What paper? What is it?" I nearly fainted and said "This is ridiculous!" Clef said "Don't scream at me, young lady." I said "Sorry but I didn't scream at you." Then the scull head looking stick of Clef flashed, thin sheets came out of it. I felt it. Kurama said "I don't call this paper but it's fine material and the paint would get absorbed to it quite quickly." I asked "Can I go out to your strange garden to paint? I remembered her quite clearly there." Clef just said "Go now and get all the things you want." I got the sheets got a pencil and eraser out of my back pack. I always brought a back pack so that I could bring candy or that kind of stuff with me, pretty childish right? I offered a candy to everybody. I heard Clef said "At last I got that pest out of here. What is that food she said?" I asked Hikaru "Clef loves quiet?" She said "Yes don't mind him calling you a pest. Because you really were the type he was afraid of." I asked "I never got disapproved of." Hikaru said "Never mind every body likes you." I said "I know." Hikaru smiled "Pretty sure and confident of yourself?" I said "Of course." We started working. Kurama came out to give me comments. The picture was not bad at all but everyone felt sad when they saw it. I said "I'll stick it up out side." As I turn to run. Ferio said "Can I have it?" I turned back to him "But this would bring you pain when you looked at it." He said "I.I did miss her." I smiled and before I gave it to him I said "I want to sign on it." Fuu laughed "Like a real artist?" I said "Right." After a few days no one came. I have seen Princess Emeraude twice that time. I've talked to her and she allowed me to cheer her up. We had prayed together. But every time I saw her she had that sad smile on her lips. She really needed heavy counseling. I realized Fuu and Ferio were pretty thick sometimes. Kurama was still talking to me about things he had experienced. I knew a few more people, Ascott, Rafaga and Caldina. All of them mistook me as Kurama`s sister. I didn't mind having such a handsome and intelligent brother. Plus he knew how to fight. I did well in P.E lessons but never fought with people before. My chance came. That day while I was painting a picture of Umi (she asked me to do it. And I felt flattened so I did it for her.) Clef's voice came again. "There are a hoard of barbarians coming near our land. Any people who can fight quickly go to Presea." I said "Umi-chan you're a magic knight?" She said hurriedly "Come into the castle now. It might be very dangerous in the garden now." But she was too late a space craft like thing descended we ran of course. Hikaru and Fuu came out in a hurry didn;t seemed to be ready to fight. (Remember they can't fight now, they have no weapons or robots.) Kurama ran out also. Pulled a rose out of his long red hair. I shouted "Kurama are you nuts? Want to give them a rose?" He said in a calm voice "Tell me that I'm the nuttiest person later." He lashed a whip out of that rose. A man came out of the space craft. Kurama let the whip fall from his hands he seemed surprise for the first time. The man who came out was blind with long black hair. That man said "We haven't seen each other for quite a while Kurama hope you still remember me." Kurama asked in a barely calm voice "Yomi, what are you doing here?" He said in a mocking voice "To see you of course my dear. You have always been running from me when I suggested that we could know each other a little better." Kurama was frustrated "You know that I was not interested in these sort of things. Though there were rumors about it." Yomi said hotly "You always say this in fact you gave everything to Hiei." Kurama said blocking in front of me "This is ridiculous I never did that. Hiei won't be approve of these sort of things also. You still didn't answer me about you being here in Cefiro." Yomi laughed "Determined to protect your little sister? I thought I remembered her name as Yuri. I'm here to get this land and I hope you'll help me." Kurama exclaimed "I'm not going to help you doing these sort of things. By the way Yuri was no sister of mine." Yomi laughed "I see that you never knew that your father got married and give birth to her. Thirteen years ago that is she was one years old I think her name was Snow or Yuki I don't know. Her parents got killed she used the same way like you to escape to the human world for survival as a little pest called Asuka Yuri. She lost all her memories. Never mind about that, she never knew your existence." I asked "What is it?" Kurama didn't reply too startled to reply. Yomi continued to laugh in a low menacing sort of way. I gave a shriek, that laughter was piercing into my brain. I knelt down shaking as some thing came out of my head. I seemed to be in a dream I looked at people in another angle, I don't have to look up so much to Kurama. Yomi finished laughing "Kurama see that? She was a youko also. Extremely powerful for a fourteen year old." I asked "What are you talking about Yomi- san?" he chanted "Simply beautiful, like Kurama. Snow." I asked "Snow?" he said "This one you should find it for yourself, come with me now." I smiled in a mocking way "Why should I?" Kurama blocked in front of me. "If she is my sister I surely won't let you touch her." I somehow shifted into something else there was light around my body. Fuu asked "Angel?" I nodded. I screamed "Lights from heaven! Shine down on these unfortunate souls!" I honestly didn't know what happened but look as if Yomi would be injured if he didn't get out of the way quickly enough. Some of the light still shone on his arm and burned him. Now I really did shift back to Yuri's body who was now collapsed on the floor. I got up. Fuu helped me up. I asked "Kurama, I guessed he was your friend? Tell me exactly who you are. Are you really my brother?" He said "I don't know. I don't know exactly how much brothers and sister I have got since my father had ten dozen woman who had slept with him. But I do believe you were my sister." I said "I don't want to know what you believe. But look as if we might be related." We were being questioned later during the day. Ferio and Fuu was questioning me while Umi and Ascott was questioning Kurama. Fuu said "I could see that you were no normal student before this. You had showed us that you were a mind reader. But what are you? Just a minute ago you transformed yourself into a Youko and then later you became an angel." I said "I don't know a thing about that. I have lived through thirteen normal years. Until now I realized that I have the power to use magic. I don't know do you believe me or not but I can swear with all my heart and hope to die that I didn't lie." Ferio said "We believe you, you did save us but I want to be sure that you were a friend and not an enemy because we all know that you could be our best friend or our worst enemy." I said "That is good. I can also assure you that Kurama who might be my brother is not an enemy also." they looked doubtful. I carried on "That person that said he was he was Kurama's friend was definitely an enemy but Kurama is not. He fled to here I think. Plus I don't think Princess Emeraude would send a message to some enemies. Right?" Ferio said "Are you sure that my sister send a message and it is not that you two felt it?" I asked "you have told me that Princess Emeraude was well liked by people here then why didn't they come when they knew their beloved princess was in trouble instead we two came here?" Ferio said "Was it just like how the magic knights came here?" I asked "What magic knights?" He said "The magic knights must be from another world so maybe you two were new knights." I said "Incredible." Fuu said "But the Pillar system was destroyed by Hikaru-san already." Ferio said "Maybe Mokona is coming back then." I asked "What is the Mokona?" Ferio said "you won't believe it. He is the creator of your land and this world." I said "God's name is Mokona? I thought it's Jehovah." Fuu said "He's not a Christian." I said "I don't know do I believe it or not." Ferio said "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. It's just the matter of you co-orperate with us or not." I said "I would do anything to help this land." Ferio smiled and we shook hands "Thanks for your co- orperation." I asked "Then what about Kurama?" Ferio said "I don't know we must see what he had to say." Kurama was waiting outside Fuu's room. The questioning was in Fuu's room. Kurama said "At last I proved to them that I was innocent. It's so tiring." Ferio asked "So that you are now willing to help us?" Kurama sighed "I have been wanting to help you in the first place I didn't know Yomi would find a bridge to connect Makai and Cefiro." I said "Kurama come I have something private to say to you. Don't get me wrong I'm not going to say something like I was glad that you were my brother but something concerning you and Yomi." Kurama said "Okay let's go to your room." I led him there. He sat down on the bed side. I pulled a chair facing him. "So what's that Yomi talking about something like he wanted to know you better?" Kurama said "And did you hear me saying that I have no interest in that kind of thing?" I said "I'm not talking about you being.I just want to know how intimate the relationships between you two were I'm afraid that you might go helping him instead." Kurama said "Do I have to repeat the conversation between Umi and I?" I said "If you wish." He sighed "I won't go and help him he had once threaten me into doing things for him by using my parents. But he was neither my enemy and nor my friend. We have been friends once but something happened and we were never having that close relationships again. As close as best friends. That was what I assumed." I nodded "guess that I have no reason not to believe you. How much does he know about me?" Kurama said "More than me. I just know that I had a sister. Now I seemed to understand why Hiei never didn't want Yukina to know he was her brother. It did brought trouble and danger to both of them." I asked "Hiei and Yukina?" Kurama looked away "He was my best friend. I always wanted him to tell his sister Yukina the relation between them but he didn't. I would do the same if I was him." I nodded "I too think so. I felt flattened to have a brother like you but soon I saw that I was in danger. Yomi wanted to capture me to threaten you." Kurama said in a far away voice "Yomi would never do anything of that kind to her." I could see that he was tired of talking about things that he wanted to keep it a secret, so I went out of the room with him. Kurama and I were in the garden now he was teaching me some tricks with plants. I found them quite amusing. Kurama was just choosing the easy and fun ones to teach me. It's rather like learning magic tricks. He was teaching me how to make a flower grow out of a seed in only a minute and making petals back to a seed. Then I heard Clef's voice announce "Every body come here quick. Especially Ferio." Kurama said "Better go there now. I'll teach you something more funny later." I nodded and got up to run to the hall of the palace. All of the people were waiting there. Clef said "I guess Ferio and all of you have to know this." He glanced at Fuu for a moment then returned to his speech. "We will have new and powerful friends if.if Ferio would like to marry their um.leader's daughter." Ferio choked. Fuu looked surprise and disappointed in some way but was fighting to control her manners. Others just gasped out including me. But Kurama was calmed as always. He said "I could see that there Cefiro was facing danger and we needed someone who would have an army to protect here but do we have to um. sacrifice Ferio for that?" Clef looked at Fuu again "Just want to know if he would want it or not. All I'm afraid was that land might want to be Yomi's ally if we don't take them we don't want any more trouble makers." Fuu was now playing with her hands nervously biting her lower lip. Ferio put his arm around her but she just stepped off looked at him as if she was about to cry. I asked "Does that person had to be Ferio? Do they know what Ferio looked like?" Clef asked "You wanted to find another man to pretend to be Ferio and marry her?" I asked "If someone would be willing to and he had good looks and manners." Clef said "I'm sorry they had known who Ferio is, what does he looked like and acted like so I guess that it was useless to lie to them like this. Plus Emeraude Hime had arranged this a long time ago. She didn't know that Ferio would fell in love with somebody and that daughter of the chief had good qualities." Hikaru whispered to Umi, Umi looked at Fuu. Fuu muttered "Please excuse me." then ran off. I could see that she had tears in her eyes. I said "I'll follow her and make sure she did nothing silly." Clef nodded and I ran off after her. I remembered the look Ferio had when he saw Fuu ran off in such a hurt way. He was in pain also. I was having dinner with Fuu in her room. She had said "You could go out with them I'm all right." I said "Don't stop yourself to express your feelings. You wanted to cry now, so cry. Have all your tears out so you'll feel better." She looked at me with eyes that welled up with tears. I said "I'll go to the toilet now." And went out of the room. I saw Ferio waiting outside. He asked grimly "Did she talk to you?" I said "No, she just told me to go out, look as if she doesn't want anyone to see her crying for you. Ferio only you could handle this situation." I went off to the others. Eagle asked "Ice-cream (he had been calling me ice-cream even when Hikaru had explained to him what was ice-cream.) Fuu was feeling really bad now right?" I answered "Far from good." Lantis said "Someone's going to sacrifice for this piece of land again. First princess Emeraude and Zagato then Ferio-and Fuu. Why does this piece of land needed so much people to die for it and sacrifice their lovers for it." Clef said "Only Ferio could handle this." I asked "but he would not leave Fuu and Cefiro. both of the choices were really tough." Clef just said "He could manage it." Ferio went into the room he heard some quiet and painful sobs. So he went closer. Fuu was crying for him. He felt flattened and happy but pained, sad and guilty altogether. Fuu looked up and expected it might be Yuri returning for her dinner. She didn't expect the visitor was Ferio. She dried her eyes quickly and looked up. "Sorry that I lost all my manners today." She manage to say. Ferio looked down Fuu pulled something out under the blankets. And held up to him. "Thank you for your wrap." She bit her lip again. Ferio took it and used it as a handkerchief to dry her tears. She was startled at first but relaxed later. Ferio said "I won't leave this land in a mess. And I won't leave you." Fuu looked down and blushed. "Cefiro was more important than me. Marry that girl and save here" Fuu said with another tear running down her cheek. I was sitting in the court garden with Ferio. I was doing the role of a sister listening to confession. He said "She seemed to think that she meant nothing to me." I said "did she mean anything to you then?" Ferio said hotly "Of course she was very important. As important as Cefiro to me." I asked "Then what would you choose between her and Cefiro? I know both of them was tough." Ferio hesitated for a moment. "Can I choose both. I chose to fight by ourselves . You and your brother can be a warrior. So there would be five now." I said "But five people just can't be an army. Yomi had hundreds of real strong youkais to help him. Five people was just too little. Face it. Unless.." Ferio finished for me "Unless the other countries like Autozam would help us." I nodded "It's true." I changed the subject and continued "But Fuu might have to leave you. She was not a girl of this land. And you might have to wait a long while before you could marry her." Ferio said "I could leave here to go to Fuu's land and leave this land to Doshi Clef. He was the rightful leader of this land. I was born the prince but not the born leader, I never had the quality to be one. But I love Cefiro." I nodded "Remember just don't sacrifice your lover and your love for her. Or you might end up like Princess Emeraude." Ferio turned to leave. "Thanks for talking to me." Kurama was thinking about his little sister. "Why does Yomi know so much about her. Snow that's what he called her." Eagle walked into his room while he was still in his thoughts. "Hi Kurama!" he called behind him. Kurama turned and smiled "Hi Eagle-san." Eagle said "I wanted to ask you something. Would you like to be a warrior to protect here?" Kurama said "I don't ind being one." Eagle said "Its good then. You looked as if you were pretty powerful." He nodded "I was an A-class. Yomi was an S-class. He was much more powerful than me. he could kill us with one finger if Yuri had not throw an unexpected spell on him. Even her spell was not enough to hurt him very severely." Eagle nodded. "Ice-cream was not powerful enough now but she would be." Fuu at last unlocked herself from her room. But still refused to talk to Ferio or even looked at him. I just wonder what that girl was like I mean Ferio's bride to be. Why did Emeraude Hime chose her. I have never seen the princess in the past few weeks. She refused to show up. Clef had gathered us together again. He made an announcement "Ferio's um.bride to be would show up this after-noon everyone please control your temper don't swear or do anything of that kind to her." Kurama said "That's not a problem but we just can't be very nice to her." Fuu said "We must try to be then." Hikaru-chan said "Fuu-chan.." I knew that both she and Ferio would be the two people that would feel the pain most severely. Kurama looked at me "Did you talk to them?" I said "Yes but it won't heal anything. I agree that only Ferio and Fuu could handle this kind of thing. That afternoon came, Fuu didn't lock herself up as I expected. Ferio and Fuu were looking awful. They dressed in pretty clothes but their expressions were so bad that I really felt sorry for his bride-to be and hoped that girl would finally give Ferio up for someone else. I dressed in a cute white dress while Kurama dressed in a white tuxedo and looking very presentable. He always looked presentable. What happens if the girl decided that she liked Kurama better? Then I might have a sister in law. We were standing in the hall when finally a girl walked up to see Clef. Clef said in a formal voice, "I noticed that your country would help us out if prince Ferio would marry you. Is it?" The girl's face was covered with a pale blue silk so we can't see her face. I thought to myself "I think she might be the most ugly person in the world." The girl uncovered her face. What I have thought was really wrong she had light long and thick brown hair and simple blue eyes a little shorter than Ferio. She was very pretty. Kurama thought "Koenma-sama could never resist a girl like her. I hope Ferio would be better than him." Ferio was shocked by that girl's beauty for a moment but resumed his grim expression when he looked at Fuu-chan. Fuu was looking at the floor. Umi had put her arm around Fuu shoulders. Hikaru looked worried. Eagle looked at Fuu then at Ferio. Lantis looked at Hikaru then motioned to Fuu. Hikaru just shrugged helplessly then they all looked at me. I looked at Kurama, Kurama looked at Presea and Presea looked at Clef for instructions. Clef caught all this so he coughed formally. The girl said hopefully "It was the people of my land and my own personal will to marry prince Ferio I do hope that I could make a good wife to him." Clef was looking helpless, he was searching for his speech. Ferio blurted out. "Sorry I don't want to marry you.I already have someone I love." I just can't help staring at him. Fuu had held up her face for the first time, she wiped a tear off her face. Ferio looked at Fuu with some meanings I can't read in his eyes. Umi gaped openly then blushed when she saw everyone looking at her. But I'm sure that she was very glad that he decided that he liked Fuu better than that girl. The girl was surprised and angry at the same time. "But your last princess Emeraude Hime arranged all this." Umi nudged Hikaru. Hikaru said "We all know that she arranged all this but what about if Ferio didn't want it?" She said "She was the pillar everybody must obey her orders." Umi said "Then what if the present Pillar said that she would want this to be abolished?" I sighed they were just making the matter worst by talking too much. Kurama said "That is true, I know what you felt. But sometimes things have to be like this." I just don't know what he was talking about. Clef had to handle the whole situation. Zazu and Geo, the two engineers of Autozam now said "I saw that Ferio and Fuu were pretty thick so no body should get in the way while their relations go on." Clef looked as if he might burst. He coughed loudly so everyone gave their full attention to him. He said "Its true that Ferio was in love with Fuu. But still hoped that you won't take it so hard." The girl said in an angry voice "That means declaring war to our country. Father would have killed all of you. But I liked to use a more subtle way to do it. Prince Ferio, I will have your heart, I will make you love me. Until you did what I wanted you to do, I will not leave here." Clef said "Fine, please take princess." The girl said "Sefire." Clef finished his sentence "to her room." A maid left with the princess and her servants. Clef burst out angrily when the princess was gone. "Just what do all of you want? What this land to get messed up or Fuu and Ferio in trouble?" We all looked down. Clef sank down on his couch. Still angry and red in the face. Fuu said in a weak voice "If I go, Ferio would marry princess Sefire, if this would help your land I will leave here now." She turned and ran. Ferio announced "I won't do anything to hurt Fuu. She had risked her life for me. I loved her." Then he ran off after her. Fuu was weeping in the woods quiet and painful. Ferio was searching for her, he didn't know that Fuu could run that fast. Then he heard the sobs he heard in Fuu's room before. He knew that she needed to be by herself now, But he can't help having the thought that he must hold her in his arms and comfort her now. He still remembered what Yuri said. "I shouldn't sacrifice Fuu for this land. I love her." He found her under a tree. Weeping bitterly and burying her face in her arms. She looked so weak and small. Ferio said lightly "Fuu!" She looked up prepared to get up and ran away again as he hold her tightly in his arms in a swift motion. She didn't try to push him off but leaned on him burying her face in his chest. Ferio kissed her forehead but said nothing. "I'm so worried about Fuu-chan. She never acted like this before." Hikaru said worriedly. I said "Ferio would look after her. So she won't be in any trouble. Ferio and Fuu were lovers for a long time?" Hikaru said "They had a crush on each other for a long time. It was when Princess Sefire appeared that they noticed how important they meant to each other." I said "I don't quite understand this. I never had a crush on anyone nor have a boyfriend." Hikaru gaped "No boyfriend?" I nodded "Was this so strange?" Hikaru said "My god, this is very strange. I thought you would have a whole school in love with you." I said "I'm in a girls' school." Hikaru said "Then I think that all the student of boys' school would fall for you. I think its just that you didn't notice anything." I nodded "But Fuu should have boyfriends before." Hikaru said "Then Ferio is the one who's for her. Who will Ferio choose between them?" I said "The one he loved." Hikaru said "I hope so." Lantis came to take her to a date. I knew that Lantis loved her this minute. Ferio was pretending to be asleep with Fuu in his arms now. They had not done anything wrong, just some comforting and kissing. Fuu was exhausted from crying and had fallen asleep leaning against him. Ferio had just realized Fuu's body was so soft. He closed his eyes and fell asleep in an instance. The two of them had finally came back to the palace. We were having breakfast, I'm nibbling on a bread-like food. Hikaru ran to give Fuu and big hug Fuu hug her back with a smile on her face. I stood up as the Sefire entered the breakfast table. Glaring at Fuu. Fuu stared back at her. I said "Fuu, Get some breakfast before they finished all of it." Fuu sat down, Sefire was still glaring at her, Fuu was just pretending that she saw nothing. I finished my breakfast quickly. Kurama said "Yuri, go out to the garden, We'll carry on with our lessons." I nodded. I knew that he wanted to go away. I followed him out. I said "Sefire was just horrible. She looked as if she wanted to kill Fuu." Kurama said "Sefire was surely not the most popular person here." Kurama was holding a rose out to me. I asked "What tricks are you teaching me now?" He said "This". His body glowed as he lashed. A red rose replaced by the whip. I was looking in awe as he did this. I picked a bell like white little flower from the ground. I made myself do the same thing, but nothing happened. Kurama said "Use more ki, you have it." I tried it again and again but still I can't do it. Suddenly Kurama attacked me. He said "If you can't do it now, I might kill you, now fight back." I have to jump out of the way I never knew I could jump that high. But I still can't do anything. Soon I can't fight back anymore. Look as if I might get killed by my own brother when the flower transformed into a string of bells and collided with Kurama's whip. He stopped and smiled "That was good." I was still panting "I really believed that you would have killed me if that string of belles didn't block the way." Kurama said "I could stop in the mid way but you have got your attack now that I don't need to save you from getting killed by me." I nodded. Umi came out "That was good Yuri-chan, Ferio and Fuu-chan seemed to clear things up for them. Ferio said that it's you who made him understand and cleared things up for him. What did you say?" I said "I told him never to sacrifice someone he loved and the love for her." Umi said "Then he realized that he loved Fuu more than this land after all?" I said "No he figured that he loved both of them better than anything. And that he won't marry Sefire." Fuu was in Ferio's room discussing what they should do to get Cefiro out of this mess. Fuu asked "Clef had decided to make Kurama and Yuri to be new magic knights? But they would have no machine gods?" Ferio said "They don't need it now, we will all fight together. You know that I felt useless when the three of you just zoomed off into the battle field when I have to look at you all and do nothing?" Fuu said "you gave us support. And thank you for doing so." Ferio changed the subject "You looked so weak last night do you know that?" Fuu blushed "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, well I fell asleep in your arms.do you mind that?" Ferio smiled "No, I like it, at least I know that you felt something for me. I always hoped that you would have something for me while I had a terrible crush on you." Fuu blushed like a beet root. Ferio stared at her, unable to hold it any longer. He tilted her head up and locked his lips on hers. Fuu seemed to have taken aback for a second but gave in to the kiss and kissed him back. While Ferio was holding her in his arms again. Felt the warm and softness of her body under him. Kurama said "Have you recovered yet?" I said "Yes, lets practice again." Kurama said "Did you notice that you looked awful?" I said "Is it?" Kurama said with concern "You don't have to wear yourself out. You had succeeded in making the string of bells out of that flower so you could relax for a while." I nodded. But I still collapsed into his arms. He said "You are using all your youki up. Now take mine." He put his hand on my forehead. I felt a cool wave flowing into my body. It was pure energy and it did make me feel better. When he taken his hand away, I felt better immediately. He ordered "Go back to your room and take a nap. This is an order!" I frowned "I can still do some more practicing." He said "Hear that? That is an order from your most honorable brother me." I ran off, turned back and said "You are not honorable at all." I was still glad that I have taken the nap. Hikaru woke me up at dinner time. "You must have taken really hard training to end up sleeping for the last four hours." I jerked myself up right. "Did I sleep that long?" She smiled "Yes nearly five hours to be accurate." I sighed "Then Kurama might have to practice with me at night." Hikaru laughed "He sent me to tell you that he would not do anymore practice with you in the future twenty four hours. He said you have wear yourself out into a thread." "Did I" I asked again. Hikaru said "You looked better now. Kurama was right, you needed your rest." I sighed and followed her to the dining room. I was fingering the plant while I was eating. Kurama glared at me "Put that down and concentrate on your dinner." I frowned back at him "You don't have to be so mean." Kurama exclaimed "Mean? Me? you were not going to get any training in the next twenty four hours it was all because you were stressing yourself out too much. And that was not of my doing so." I looked back down on my plate and did concentrate on my food. Kurama's words could be quite affective somehow. Sefire was eating in a well bred manner but still glaring at Fuu at times. Fuu was just pretending that she never saw it. Ferio kept on smiling to Fuu. Lantis was eyeing Hikaru in a way that I can't read. Eagle was eyeing both of them with a funny expression on his face. Umi was looking at Clef who was concentrating on his dinner and didn't notice then she looked at Ascott who was staring openly at her. Kurama was still looking at me and making sure that I was thinking nothing but food and sleep. I stood up and prepared to go when Clef said "Yuri did you ever seen Princess ever since?" I said "No." Sefire said "Tell her that her precious little brother didn't listen to her words." I said "What girl to choose was Ferio's choice. Ferio could pick his girl. Now excuse me." She said "What sort of manner was that?" I said "The best manner. I was working very hard to control my manner." Look as if I was starting a fight now. Kurama shook his head Eagle was looking amused look as if he wanted to be in my shoes right now. Ferio can't help smiling to himself, Fuu looked worried. Clef was motioning for me to shut up right now. I did, and walked proudly out of the room. Narrowing his eyes Kurama muttered to himself "How could a girl be so much like Yuusuke in this way. Glad that she didn't swear." Umi looked triumphantly at Ascott. Ascott smiled shyly at her while Clef just rolled his eyes. Sefire left the room to go back to her room. She turned back to throw Fuu another poisonous glance. I was sitting by the fountain not planning to do anything for a while. Zazu came out. "Hi I remembered your name as Yuri right?" I smiled nodded "Yeah the one who just nearly got herself in a fight with Sefire." Zazu opened his eyes real wide "You did?" I said "I didn't do that on purpose. Sefire was getting on my nerves. I would have killed her if she was not declaring war in here while my brother's *friend* was doing the same thing." Zazu said "You looked like Hikaru." I asked "What?" He said "I don't mean that kind of look. I mean that you were as na‹ve as her at times. And that was cute." I said "Thanks. You were the first one after Eagle who said that I'm cute. Eagle mistook me as a kind of food, I hope you didn't." He said "You would be a sweet kind of food if you were one. I would like to eat you up." I sighed "Quit it. I am feeling like hell now." He said "Sorry. Sefire did get on your nerves." I said "Yes she did. Glad that Ferio had better taste that he choose Fuu. Who would you choose if you were Ferio?" He said with out hesitating "Fuu. She was smart and kind and kind of cute." Look as if every one had taken on Fuu's side. Fuu and Ferio was in a private part of the court. Fuu was slightly embarrass to think about the kiss that Ferio and she had shared. But she liked it somehow. She sat down on the couch somewhere in a room. Ferio just wondered what he was going to say to Fuu while he saw that blush on her again. He can't just get near her and kiss her the way he did last time. He had shocked her but she still didn't refuse him. He sat next to her. Fuu said "Sorry about this afternoon." He smiled "What about it?" Fuu looked down "I was losing my control again I guess that you did mind that I kissed you." Ferio smiled more teasingly "I would like to do it again." Fuu said "Please stop joking." As she was feeling her cheeks burning. Then suddenly they heard a loud crash. The couples hurried out to take a look. They saw that Yuri was with Zazu outside staring at five people two normal looking and the other was a bit short with black hair. Then they stared at two girls in the air one was dressed in pink with a blue pony tail controlling an oar like thing the other was pretty with brown hair and a sailor fuku. Kurama ran out. The tall guy with orange hair swore. Followed by the other slightly shorter companion. Kurama smiled "Didn't know that all of you would be here." The orange headed ugly guy said "Did Ko-enma sent you this mission?" The blue headed girl said "Ko-enma sama didn't do such a thing, I saw Kurama coming with a girl by themselves." The other guy who swore said "Girl? I thought Kurama you were not attracted to girls." Kurama smiled "Did I say that? Botan-san, you saw that girl right?" Botan said "Yes, she looked like your little sister. About thirteen." Kurama said "She in fact was my long lost sister. Half sister." He looked at the real short guy. Ferio shouted down "Kurama, Are these your friends?" Kurama shouted back "Yes. I'll do the introduction." They were all introduced. The tallest one was called Kuwabara Kazuma then the slightly shorter one was called Urameshi Yuusuke. The shortest one was called Hiei who gave a grunt and not a smile. The blue head was called Botan and the other was called Yukimura Keiko. All of them were what Kurama called *his gang*. I ran up to Kurama. Kurama smiled "This is my sister. Yuri Asuka or Snow. Thirteen." Hiei was staring at me. Kuwabara said "How come? This girl looked really like Yukina-san." I asked "Yukina.?" Kurama said "Yes looked like her in some way, the green hair I suppose." Botan smiled "Hi Yuri-chan? I remembered that it was you who I saw going up to the Tokyo tower. You looked really excited." I laughed "I was." They all got introduced to Clef. Clef had to stop frowning to himself deliberately. One of them was scowling the other two were swearing at each other. He thought to himself "I thought Kurama's friends would be as nice as him.but." he sighed again. I kept on laughing at Clef's expression afterwards in Fuu's room while the three girls all gathered there. Umi laughed as well. I said "I was too tired to block out what Clef was thinking, and what he thought about Hiei, Yuusuke and Kuwabara was extremely funny. Definitely not a very good impression." Keiko said "Sure, Yuusuke was swearing in front of such an elderly is just not right." Hikaru had a big sweat drop on her forehead. "Kurama looked so gentle how could his friends swear and fight with each other? I bet its how live goes." Fuu smiled. Umi said "Fuu- chan, its the first time I ever see you smiled without that pain in your eyes. I'm so glad you have finally solved your problems with Ferio." Fuu looked down "We didn't but things seemed to turn better now. Yuri you're the one who told Ferio that he can't sacrifice love?" I said "I did, that was something Yumi taught me. She said that just tell some troubled couples they must not lose faith in each other. But somehow I think that using the word "Never sacrificing love seemed to be better so I told him that" Fuu smiled. Botan said "Ferio was betrothed? I can't believe it, he looked even more younger than me." Umi said "Who knows how old he was. Older than everyone of you I bet since they could keep on living forever." Botan said "I don't believe it this sort of betrothing things still happened in this century" Fuu said "It happened to be so. Umi and Yuri had nearly got themselves in a fight for this. I guess I was not that smart after all." I asked "What?" She said "I decided to leave Ferio. I didn't realize that I would bring so much people into trouble." She smiled apologetically. Umi put her arm around her. "you have every right to bring us into trouble. We won't feel it. As long as you could feel happy." Keiko smiled "I would be willing to do anything to help also though I can't fight." Botan said "I could help you also but don't tell me anything too hard to understand. Since I know that I'm not what people called first grade intelligence." Fuu smiled "Thank you." The next day Ferio and Fuu were walking through the garden hand in hand. Fuu didn't seem to be used to that idea very much. But later found that she was holding his hand also. "All the people seemed to be visiting around. That left us together. Zazu seemed to take a great liking to Yuri." Ferio smiled at her. She smiled back. Since they have the same height Ferio could easily make Fuu rest her head on his shoulder. Fuu felt his breath on her face as she lifted her face. Ferio kissed her on her forehead lightly. This time Fuu gave him a peck on the cheek before turning all pink. Sefire stepped out of the dark now. Ferio stepped in front of Fuu. I was riding on Botan's oar. When I saw all this, I happen to jump down while Botan just screamed "You trying to kill yourself?" I landed on a tree trunk motioning for Botan to shut up. She landed next to me. "What are you trying to do?" I said "Listen." Sefire said "At last! You were spending all your time with her? I'm suppose to be your real wife!" Fuu looked down. Ferio said calmly "But I never knew you. Fuu was suppose to know me first and showed concern for me first. She didn't hesitate to save me from Ascott when I was being held as a prisoner!" Sefire said "I would do it if I was there! You're not giving me a fair chance!" I thought to myself "Life was never fair." Ferio said "I'm very sorry about that but life is not that fair." Sefire pulled a knife out of her coat. Glaring at Fuu she plunged forward. Ferio pushed Fuu out of the way but his arm caught the blade of the knife. Fuu holds onto Ferio's hand. Sefire cried "Why did you use your life to save her?" I thought "Is Sefire crazy or something wrong." Tears stream down her face as she plunged the knife into Ferio's shoulder. I decided that I can't just watch. I pulled the bell flower out of my pocket lashed it down onto the knife. The knife flew off Sefire's hand. I jumped down. "What are you trying to do?" I asked. Fuu sat up examining Ferio's shoulder. As I continue to stare at Sefire. She lose her knife then ran away. Ferio shoulder was a mess. Kurama looked at it "Pretty strong cut but luckily the bones didn't break. The shoulder was all bloody." Yuusuke said "Luckily Keiko was only a hag and not a murderer." Keiko screwed up her eyes at him "What did you just called me?" Yuusuke said "I called you a hag." Keiko said "Barbarian!" Kurama said "Fuu, would you like to take a look at it? Don't say that I didn't warn you. The scene was horrible. The blood still came out although I used up all the bandages." Fuu went in. Kurama said "Have you been following them?" I smiled "Just happened to drop by when Ferio's shoulder got stabbed." Kurama said "Using up your Youki for nothing?" I asked "For nothing?" Kurama said "You could just kick the knife out of her hand in a simple and swift movement." I said "Did you ever taught me that?" Kurama said "I would leave that to Yuusuke." I muttered "Prepare my death certificate." Fuu looked at Ferio's wounds muttered "Sorry Ferio." Ferio smiled back at her. "Don't be, It's me who wanted to protect you not you using me as a shield." Fuu said "Sorry. Its me that you would try to protect and its me who hurt you." Ferio smiled as he said "Don't blame yourself for that." Fuu looked at his hand. Took out her handkerchief, wiped the blood away from it, washed the handkerchief and wrap it around his hand. Ferio smiled "I guess this was my lucky day." Fuu eyed him worriedly. Ferio laughed "I got you to take care of my hand." Fuu sighed "How could you possibly joke about this kind of stuff now?" Ferio sat up catching Fuu by surprise, he kissed her again. He smiled, his face was just inches away from hers "I really believed that this is my day." I took up the coarse of Yuusuke's fighting class. Just as I had expected Yuusuke was killing me. Always complaining that I must jump higher or kick higher. I'm really glad that I'm a girl. Yuusuke said "If you were a boy, I would have killed you long ago." Hiei grunted nearby. He said in a cold voice, that was perfectly normal for him. "Do you realize how hard Genkai had to teach you now? I dare say that she was doing a lot better than you." Yuusuke asked "Since when would you start saying that other people were not *weak* ?" Hiei grunted again and disappeared. Yuusuke said "But sure you're not bad at all. Still need to work harder on kicks and punches. I might ask Kuwabara to do some practice fights with you. He was pretty weak and he won't hit girls too hard or he might just let you punch him without fighting back." I said "I still say that Kurama should prepare my death certificate. Kuwabara could still kill me even if he was not hitting me that hard." Yuusuke had an evil grin on his face. He said "Have you got a pale blue or green outfit?" I nodded. He carried on "Can you tie your hair back with a red ribbon?" I nodded. He laughed "That is great then. He won't dare hit you back then." I said to my self "I'm not sure would I like that idea or not." But I still did what Yuusuke told me to do. I borrowed a red ribbon from Fuu. Botan tied it up for me. It was a very strange bow she tied. Yuusuke looked at me "That looked okay but if you got reddish brown eyes that would be much better." I asked "What have you got in mind?" Yuusuke smiled his evil smile again. Kuwabara gasped when he saw me. I looked at him. He muttered "Yukina-san?" I looked at Yuusuke "That is the trick that you were playing on me?" Kuwabara asked "Yuri?" I said "Yes, I didn't want to do that to you. Yuusuke was the one who planned all this." Kuwabara screamed at Yuusuke "You jerk!" Yuusuke said "I thought you have missed Yukina so I made Yuri pretend to be her." I took that ribbon off my hair. "Yuusuke you're being too mean. Kuwabara wanted the real one not a fake one. And what I wanted to do was more practicing." I walked out. Yuusuke said "I can't believe that anyone would work so hard." Kuwabara said "She's a lot better than you." I returned the ribbon to Fuu. She seemed to be deep in thought so I just dropped it on her desk and went out. Ferio was waiting outside again, his injured arm was in a huge cast. I exclaimed "Ferio you looked like a huge mummy." Ferio smiled "I know. Kurama did that, he said that would stop it from the bone getting break since the protection of the skin was gone." I said "I felt sorry for you and happy for you at the same time." Ferio asked "What?" I said "Sorry for you because you got injured by Sefire severely. Happy for you because you could always make Fuu stay by your side until you got better." Ferio said "I thought about that too. But she refused to do anything of that kind." I said "She need some time of her own do you know that?" Ferio said "I know." I left him waiting outside Fuu's room. Clef threw a dinner party that night to cheer everybody up especially Sefire's, after all she might create trouble by changing her mind about staying here and went back to her father and declare war here. It was in the garden the party was held in. Hikaru wore red, I think she was born for red. Never mind as long as Lantis and Eagle liked it both of them wore formal clothes, they looked unusually tall among us. Umi dressed in a blue and black sexy out fit that showed off her long shapely legs. Ascott was drooling head over heels. Fuu looked like a June lily in a white and green gown. I convince her not to wear glasses and that was good, because it showed the pretty green in them. Ferio admired her of course. Fuu seemed to get used to Ferio sweeping her off her feet. Glad that they were happy now. Caldina looked sexy as always in a red and black straight and skin tight dress. Rafaga didn't stop looking at her and blushing. Presea dressed in a white and yellow formal gown Clef liked it. Keiko dressed like a princess in a pale orange, Yuusuke did stop calling her a hag and that was a success, Yuusuke looked like a clown, not as clown-like as Hiei, I think he would rather walk around naked than to wear that stupid tuxedo Kurama persuade him all day to wear. Botan was in a pink flower like dress and simply got every guy who was taller than her to dance with her once or twice(that includes Kurama and Lantis. What a sight.) she dances gracefully. Sefire was beautiful also she was dressed in a deep violet gown that reached the floor. And she was unusually polite to everybody. Clef took it as a success. I was sitting on a tree branch munching an apple like fruit I have just picked swinging my legs. I wore a cute pale pink short dress matched with a pink cap and boots with pink socks. Everyone seemed to be having a good time until I saw a dagger beside me. I looked above me. I saw red eyes in a strangely pale face and blue lips. I jumped down from the tree. Kurama looked at me "What's wrong?" that person flopped down from the tree laughs evilly in a high pitch kind of laughter. I stepped back That person laughed "Hi Kurama I remembered you, I saw you in Yomi- sama's picture before. I recognize your youki." Kurama stepped in front of me "What do you want?" He smiled "You and your sister!" he threw a few darts at us. All of us easily got out of the way. But he didn't let us reach the floor before getting on giving us another attack. Kurama changed direction in the air but I used a tree's trunk to bounce me into a higher and bigger branch. I stayed there for a while before that guy leaped up beside me. I lashed the string of bells to another tree trunk, that guy seemed to be expecting me to slide to another tree trunk but instead I jumped down. I didn't know how tall that tree was but I don't care, I didn't feel anything when I landed. That I used half a second to gather a handful of bell flowers. That guy was startled when he saw all the bells. I used that time to run back to my brother. All the people who was not that good at fighting already got inside. Yuusuke smiled "Sure you took what I told you." I said "I used up a lot of youki now." Ferio stood in front of Fuu. Ascott blocked in front of Umi. Both of Eagle and Lantis stood in front of Hikaru like a fence a large and tall fence that looked like a wall. That guy ran back to us in a second. Yuusuke attacked him with a crazy wave of punching. That guy was not half as quick as Yuusuke he was bleeding in every part now. He threw each of us a glance then threw Ferio a dart. Fuu pushed him out of the way this time the dart cut into her arm she let out a scream. That guy left immediately. Ferio helped Fuu to sit up Kurama get over to look at her wound. He frowned "What the." I asked "What's wrong?" He said "There were poison on the dart. Fuu stop moving immediately or else you would die within five seconds and this is the truth." Hikaru asked "What did you just said?" Kurama said "Fuu was poisoned by that dart. Now stop giving her any shocks. Ferio take her back into her room and lie her down on the bed as gently as possible. And don't run." Hikaru and Umi was in hysterics. Fuu just gave us a smile to assure us that she was all right. I was swearing at that guy right now. I don't swear with my mouth, I swear in my mind. Ferio was talking to Fuu "You would be okay. I will get that guy to give you some solvents to get the poison." Fuu smiled up at him. Ferio was stopping himself from letting tears fall from his eyes. Kurama said "Yuri go and pull that dart out of her arm." Hikaru offered "I could do it." Kurama said "I know you were dying to help her but you were in hysterics and I can't trust you for doing this. Yuri might be swearing now but she was the most calm of all of you." I obeyed his *orders*. Pulled the dart out as gently as possible. The blood that came out was black. Kurama said "We must find the solvents for this poison at once. Fuu could only lie here one day if we can't come back here with the solvents Fuu would die without question." We changed quickly. I later found Ferio kneeling in front of Fuu. He asked "Can you stay with me forever? If I can get back and save you quick enough?" Fuu smiled and said a faint and simple "yes." Ferio kissed her hand lightly. I felt a power inside me urging me that I must get the solvents for these happy and in love couples sake. We set off everybody sat on Pu. Pu was Yuusuke's big blue bird. Kurama made a plant into a pair of white wings. I shifted myself into the form of an angel. Yomi's castle was in the air. It was a stormy day. There were hoards of youkais blocking the way. Yuusuke screamed "Get the hell out of my way!!" He shoot the reigan four times. Killed all the youkais in a second. But after all the youkais were killed another hoard came out. I asked "Yomi was blind right? Then he must be exceptionally sensitive about sound?" Kurama asked "Are you going to." I screamed at the very top of my voice "Yomi!! We have came here to find you! So open the door and get these hoards to youkais out of the way now!" Kurama finished his sentence "You trying to do what Yuusuke did last time?" Yuusuked laughed also. The Youkais did let us past without making trouble. I was coughing and rubbing my throat. Umi said "I thought I'm going to be deaf." I said "Sorry." Then coughed some more. That same horrible youkai was waiting for us. Holding a long sword smiling wickedly. "I know you would be here to get solvent for that girl. Prince Ferio come here!" Ferio got his sword out of its holder and ran towards the youkai. I screamed "Stop! That might be a trap." Too late Ferio already got captured in a certain area by That youkai. Hikaru and Umi was trying to free Ferio but since they have no powers they can't do a thing. Yuusuke tried to blast that thing off by shooting his reigan but still nothing happened. Ferio had hurt his face his shoulder, his legs and his other arm within seconds. I thought of an idea suddenly. Kurama happened to think of the same idea as well. Kurama said "Ferio acted like Kuwabara this time. So I would use the *Yukina plan*." I asked "The *Fuu plan* this time?" Kurama said "I wonder have you got enough powers to do that." I said "Its okay. Hikaru, Umi help me!" They came to me I hold their hand to form a triangle. I asked in my mind gently "Fuu? Fuu? Can you hear me?" A drowsy and weak voice answered my by a yes. I said "Please say something to Ferio now." I touched the walls of that ball that locked Ferio inside. There were electric currents shooting up my body. Umi and Hikaru were draged away by Lantis and Ascott. Strangely I didn't feel anything. Ferio heard Fuu's voice, it was far away but clear enough. Fuu said in a soft and weak voice "Ferio?" Ferio asked "Fuu? Are you okay?" She said "Yes please Ferio look out." I broke down maybe too much electric currents in my body. Ferio suddenly look very healthy and strong to me. He smiled at that that youkai then threw the holder of his sword at him. The youkai got out of the way easily enough. Ferio plunged forward with his sword the sword hit the youkai's stabbed chest he laughed "You got distracted too easily, the way Yuri had thrown her flowers every where gave me this idea." The youkai laughed and broke the ball. He laughed "You.could never.save that girl.there was no solvent for that poison I have.just created." Ferio was startled for a moment. The youkai seized the chance and plunge forward. Eagle got his sword out this time and stabbed on the youkai until he was not moving at all. Ferio got out under the youkai but was still in a shock. The youkai suddenly moved again. Grabbed Eagle's sword and try to hit Ferio with it. Some how there was a fire of rage in Ferio's eyes, he lowered his head and hit the youkai through the chest with so much raw power that the youkai got burned up in mid air. Fuu's voice came again "Ferio are you all right? Don't care about the solvents." Ferio said weakly there was no solvents.no one could save Fuu?" I know someone could but refuse to tell them at that moment I knew they would stop me from finding that person, especially Kurama. We walked along the long dark and narrow corridor. Ferio was wincing slightly Kuwabara offered him his shoulder but look as if he was too tall for Ferio. They walked rather awkwardly. We saw a dim blue light in front of us Kurama said "Slow down!" Yuusuke stopped everybody abruptly. Lantis and Eagle didn't seem to like the idea of being ordered around but looking into Yuusuke's eyes they realized this boy might be short but definitely full of power and skillful in fighting. Kurama said "There might be some more powerful enemy in front." Kurama threw a rose into the blue light then it got exploded. I got pushed down by Kurama in time. Hiei seemed to be the only the only one who doesn't need to get down. (Even I am an inch taller than him.) A man or woman like youkai was standing in front of us in the mist, but in the corner of my eye, I saw something else I saw a shadow of a girl with long blond hair she flitted away within two seconds. The youkai laughed in a bisexual voice "I am the ghost of smoke." Hiei asked "Is it?" he ran forward, Hiei was really quick but that ghost just disappeared. Kurama screamed "Behind you Hiei." There was a wicked smiled displayed on Hiei's lips. The sword of Hiei stabbed backwards. That thing was invincible, he was just made up of smoke, Kuwabara screamed as he ran forward with his reikan as if he was going to break this ship. "Go to hell!" but that did not harm that thing instead they got surrounded by that thing with wisps of gray smokes. Kurama smiled "Yuri, look carefully at that symbol on the thing's forehead." I caught a scar like thing. He asked again "Do you think what I think?" I smiled "Yes." Kurama said "Hiei thought the same." I could see that smug smile on Hiei's lips again. As the blade of the knife stabbed into the symbol. The thing laughed evilly again. I asked "Why was it that?" Kurama said "We were right I'm sure its just not enough power in it." Hiei ripped the bandage around the Jagan off. Immediately there was a black fireball in front of him in his right hand. I can't hear anything the smoke had blocked noise but not vision. Eagle asked "What was that?" Lantis said "Kind of power called youki, Kurama had talked about it." Hikaru muttered "Hiei was really strong." That fireball became more and more fiery, it burned through the body of the ghost. But didn't harm him enough to kill him. Kuwabara came up with an idea, I read his lips it seemed to be saying "We could attack him together. That would be enough ki to defeat that monster!" the smoke was tightening around then choking them. Wisps of smoke surrounded us also. Hiei grunted "Thinking that I can attack with you idiot? You must be dreaming!" Kuwabara then strike his sword at the monster again I started to choke like everybody. Kuwabara looked out as us. Yuusuke was fighting the smoke feverishly but nothing happened. Kurama pulled a seed out of his pocket used his youki to make a lily bloom and handed one to each of us. "Breath in it, it could last a few minutes." We did what we were told, look as if Lantis and Eagle would not last as long as us since they have bigger bodies that demand for more oxygen. Kuwabara screamed "Idiot? Do you want to die with me right now?" Hiei looked at us. Kurama got an idea and laughed "Hiei, you didn't tell me that you actually liked Kuwabara so much that you would be willing to die with him!" Yuusuke got that idea and laughed also "Hiei! Were you that deep with Kuwabara. hahahaha! " Hiei growled angrily at them but they continued to laugh. Kuwabara asked in mock sincerity "Is it true? Hiei that is sweet of you!" Hiei glared at him "I would rather be used to feed cockroaches or eaten up by Mukuro than to die with you!" At this Hiei put his youki at full force with Kuwabara's reiki. Shoot with all their power at that monster. At that time a few of us had already broke down. The rest were already on their knees. The power ball of youki and reiki had blasted all the smoke away that thing became a piece of ice when all the smoke was gone Hiei went to sleep and Kuwabara dropped down on his knees and collapsed on the floor. I got up. Kurama smiled "I knew Hiei would agree to do anything to get himself away from Kuwabara. Even cooperating to join forces with him." I asked "The two of you were hilarious." Ascot got up "I can't possibly talk about that kind of thing when I was in that position." Yuusuke said "You knew too little about Hiei, he would ignore you if he could. But he would do anything he wanted to or to get out of trouble." We carried on getting forward Kuwabara had to carry Hiei on his back so Ferio was supported by Kurama. That looked better at least Ferio didn't look as if he was hanging like a rope by Kuwabara. We ran into a room that was decorated like a forest with lots of trees. Kurama said "Yomi! I know you are here, come out!" A pale figure with long black hair stepped out of the dark. A smile which sent shivers down our backs. I looked at my watch. We had only got three more hours left. Ferio looked as if he didn't lose his hope to bring Fuu back to life and that was good. Yomi said "How do you like it Kurama? You have left me for freedom last time and you have told me that you love to be in the wood than with all my technology!" Kurama looked at everybody "Yomi, I thank you for your liking me but.I am not that kind of.I love girls. You know what I mean?" Ferio asked "Then why did you have someone to hurt Fuu?" Hikaru stepped forward followed by Umi. "You were unforgivable! Why do you have to hurt Fuu? She was innocent! You didn't stop to think about the feelings of all of us! And Fuu's feelings!" Kurama said "Yomi, you could always go after me! you don't have to create harm to other people. And you could always find a better girl than me! I am not a girl." Yomi said "You know what I felt for you in the first time I saw you. And you showed me that you liked me!" I looked at Kurama frowned "I thought that was mere friendship at that time!" Yomi said with rage "But you were the one who blinded me on purpose!" Kurama said calmly "That doesn't mean that you could have control over me forever! And you have accepted that fact for a long time!" Yomi snarled. And blow us a huge bomb like fireball. That exploded in the mid air like fireworks except that it was not pretty at all, but harmful. Somehow Umi and Hikaru ran forward they didn't seem to care about that they might be poisoned or burned by the little bombs. They got scratched by the little pieces of rocks that blew up from the floor. Somehow after a the smoke of the explosion was cleared away they were in their armors. I thought they still hadn't got their powers. They pulled their swords out of the gem on their gloves. And attacked Yomi with it. That didn't seem to bother Yomi one little bit. Yomi just brushed them off with one hand. Lantis and Eagle did the same but Yomi did nearly the same thing but with one finger. Yuusuke blasted him with several blows of the reigan. Yomi just easily blocked it all away with one little motion. Just when he was facing me, Kurama ran forward and block in front of me. Yomi laughed "Blocking in front of her won't help at all. You had get away from me and now I'm going to kill your little sister whom you loved so much. I feel great when I saw her lying dead in front of you." I backed up a step stared at Yomi. I felt something I never felt before. Fear. Its not that I have never been scared before but not this kind of fear. I wanted to scream. But I stopped myself I know if I did anything to display my weakness Yomi would be much more confident that he could kill me. This is all for myself. Kurama screamed "Kill me for your revenge but don't do anything to Yuri!" "Kurama.NO!" screamed Hikaru, she manage to get up looked as if some of her bones were broke. I got beside Kurama holding my flower tightly. Ferio got in front of us. "It was suppose to be my revenge! You killed Fuu! If Fuu died its your fault!" He was trying to attack again but Yomi didn't bother to get any defense at all. Ferio can't get near him without some kind of harmful ki going through his body, After an hour of chaos everyone was injured including me I got hit on the head several times on the time by him with his youki it was bleeding nonstop. Then I saw that shadow again. She was in a stronger form now. That shadow was Princess Emeraude. She was floating behind him. I asked in my mind "Emeraude hime, why are you here?" She said in a calm yet sympathetic voice. "I'm here to tell you all what to do." I asked "We're dying now." She smiled "There was still enough power in all of you to save him." I asked ""Save him?" Princess Emerade said "He was actually very lonely so when Kurama entered his life he felt that he had finally found out that light had come to him. But when Kurama left him blind and betrayed he felt that dark had got him again. At that time a minor youkai came. That youkai was very weak but was terribly convincing. He put ideas into Yomi's mind he put in that Yomi was actually in love with Kurama and that only if he could kill all the ones Kurama loved could end all his pains. He killed that youkai of course but that idea had got into his mind, the more he thought about it the more convincing it was. He actually believed what that youkai said. So he carried out his plan." I smiled "I understood everything and I know how to save him." I got up threw my string of bells on the floor. Got near Yomi, he smiled evilly at me but I continued to get near him. Kurama asked urgently "What are you trying to do?" I said "End this up and save Fuu." I walked into the circle of ki of Yomi. That sent a certain amount of poison into my body but that didn't affect much. My body glowed Kurama's body glowed also we shifted we became youkos. Yomi was astonished for a moment. He blasted a huge power fireball at me. Kurama *handled* the fireball for me. He made it explode in midair. So that it won't hit me straight on the head. The poisonous gas was filled in the room. Yuusuke cleared the air by shooting his reigan. I got Yomi's hand. He was taken aback but I hold on to it firmly. I read his mind. It was really what princess Emeraude had said really dark with no lights. Then I caught a glimpse of silver hair. I looked into it, it was Kurama in his youko form. I asked him in his mind "Do you really love Kurama that much?" He replied me curtly while he was throwing another one of the fireballs at Yuusuke. Yuusuke got out of the way and jumped in front of him prepared to punch him. Yomi blasted him off. Hikaru and Umi tried to hit him in all directions but nothing happened. I asked again "Did he love you?" He said "Of course." I asked "Then why would he hurt your feelings if he loved you that much?" Yomi considered for a minute. I asked again "Will someone who loved you hurt your feelings?" He answered "But he did." I asked again "Will you do it so to hurt him?" Yomi answered "I have no choice! He forced me to!" I asked "But the body is yours you could stop hurting him and later if he really did love you, he would understand your feelings even if he didn't love you the way you did, but both of you would feel better." He stopped blasting energy. Yuusuke then shooted his reigan at full force. If Yomi didn't get into action right now he would get killed within one second. Strangely I blocked the way of the energy. I felt as if I was being swallowed in it. It was tearing me apart yet I felt a strong power inside me that I could resist that. But I broke down. Better say that I lost my conscientious. Yuusuke regretted shooting that reigan at Yomi, Now he was not killing Yomi but was killing Yuri. Yuri was swallowed in the green light of his pure power reigan. But then a blinding silver light fought back at his power. Floating in front of him was not Yuri in her youko form. It was Yuri in a matured angel form. She was beautiful with an air of elegance, grace and an atmosphere with holiness around her. Yomi knelt down at that beautiful unearthly figure. She said in a cold yet sympathetic voice "There was bad thoughts in everybody. Yomi was just led astray by it. That was naturally not his fault. Forgive him please." She touched Yomi's forehead tenderly as if he was her child. By that touch Yomi fell into a deep sleep. The light of the angel died away. Yuri fell on the ground fainted. I woke up in about thirty minutes time. I saw everybody staring at me. I jerked upright. Looked at my watch. "Gosh! I must hurry!" I shifted into an angel form and flew away. Kurama asked "What are you trying to do?" I said "To finish something I wanted it to finish." Kurama grew alarmed right away. He ordered "Ferio, Yuusuke, chase after her, I'm afraid she was going to do something beyond her powers. Check if Fuu would wake up, if Fuu woke up, its too late, prepare for Yuri's funeral." I flew back as fast as possible, I'm afraid that it might be too late. I remembered that fairy tale my father had told us, he said that all people had a silver thread inside our bodies we could save people by transferring our threads into their bodies but only the mind readers could transfer that kind of power because they have the power of communication and "passing on". I had asked my father "What will happen if the mind reader had transferred their thread of life into other people?" He looked sad for a moment. Then he said "that mind reader would die.". At last reached the castle, ran as fast as I could to Fuu's room, there was one minute left. Fuu was lying there all green in the face. I touched her forehead. I saw the silver thread then Fuu's spirit came out with it. Fuu smiled "Hi Yuri-san you have come back I knew there would be no solvents." She sighed lightly. I said "I could save you." Fuu looked at me "You can't, even if you were an angel you can't control over life and death. When I died please cheer Hikaru-san, Umi-san, and Ferio up for me, I'm afraid that they might take it too hard." I said "You don't have to die because you would take my thread off me." Fuu looked at the thread I hold on my hand. Mine was so shiny and so straight. She's was so dim and thin. She asked "What is this?" I smiled "Solvents that could save you." She looked doubtful. I took her hand and close it on my silver thread. What Kurama had predicted did happen, Yuri was lying dead in Fuu's arms. Fuu was awoke crying for Yuri, The blood on Yuri's face was all gone. Ferio rushed over to Fuu. He touched Yuri, she was so small so young yet so strong. Yuusuke couldn't move Kurama seemed to be in a trance beside him. Kurama never acted like that, probably because he had never felt so much love for a girl other than his human mother. Later Yuri's body was in the coffin. Kurama still refused to get back to himself he was still looking dumbly his eyes dull with no more light. Yuri was dead, but the atmosphere she created was still there. There seemed to be a halo around her head. All of them do hope that she was happy in heaven. All of the people from earth and Ferio had returned to Tokyo tower. All their expressions grim, Kurama never said a word since he saw Yuri's body. Hikaru broke down to a cry. "Its the second death in Cefiro." Umi said in her tears. Fuu cried in Ferio's chest while he closed his eyes. Kuwabara looked grim. Keiko wept quietly while Yuusuke was not saying anything and looking at the floor. Botan bit her lower lip with tears in her eyes. Kurama was still in his trance looking dull. Hiei had nothing in his face but his eyes showed that he had cared for Kurama's feelings. Suddenly a voice behind them asked "Who died in Cefiro?" They turned to see a girl with long yellow green hair smiling at them with a lady with beautiful blond hair standing beside her, her hand resting on the girl's shoulder. "Yuri-chan?" Botan managed to ask. She nodded "You know me, why do all of you have to ask stupid questions, I didn't die there!" The lady smiled "You did die." Yuri said "Yes I did." Kurama's eyes became bright with light that had never appeared in his eyes before. He ran to her and picked her up. Yuri was giggling. When Kurama had finally put Yuri down, She explain "I did die when I gave Fuu-chan my silver thread, but later I saw Princess Emeraude. I thought I was in heaven." The lady smiled "She came to me, asked me some strange questions, then asked if she could stay there with me. I told her she could. But I knew that I must grant Kurama one wish. The greatest wish seemed to be that this little girl could come back to life." Kurama asked "Why do you have to grant me any wishes?" She smiled "You were the one who freed me from that blue lamp. At that time my powers were so weak that even the Magic Knights can't feel my presence, but you two can, I could feel that Yuri's mind was full of curiosity towards this business. So I appeared to give her instructions of what to do." Ferio asked "You learned so much about how people's minds work now?" She smiled "Yes, my dear brother, Zagato had taught me all this. He said that to make people do things for us, we must capture their hearts and curiosity or their love. I just captured Yuri's curiosity and made Kurama troubled so he would want to do anything to get himself cleared. I'm sorry but I at least brought Yuri back to life." Kurama laughed sarcastically "It was you who tried to look sad and heart broken to haunt me in my dreams!" She said "I told you I'm sorry but if it was not for me, you would have never found you long lost sister. Now I'm going to go back to Zagato. Yuri had been a huge pest in front of him." She disappeared. Clef and Presea had got the message from Ferio that Yuri got back to life by Princess Emeraude's help. Princess Emeraude looked as if she was very happy with Zagato now that she had finally got a proper smile and a sense of humor with her. Clef was so relieved to hear this, he didn't expect Yuri would give up her live for anybody, and now she gave it up for a girl that she had only known for a couple of weeks. Another thing was that Princess Emeraude was happy with Zagato, he always pretend that Princess Emeraude and Zagato was his son and daughter, he was deeply hurt by learning that Zagato and Emeraude was killed. Now at least he knew that they were happy. Ferio had got himself free from the marriage that Princess Emeraude had arranged for him. Princess Emeraude had appeared in front of all the people in Cefiro. She apologized to Sefire that Ferio had found someone he loved so it would be best to let him decide. Sefire had given up Ferio the day when she had stabbed him, she realized that no matter how hard she tried she would never charm Ferio. Ferio was living with Kurama as an exchange student. He looked extremely hilarious when he got that red school uniform on. But at least he charmed some of the girl students to be his fans. Kurama was grateful for this at least he got some time to himself now. Every Sunday we got to go to Cefiro once. Everybody seemed to be in a good mood in these days. Fuu got famous by being Ferio's girl. I think that was ridiculous but never mind, I like it. I was still helping Yumi to listen to people's confessions, quite amused by how much ways people invented to torture their souls and how pathetic they were. I know I shouldn't be amused but sometimes its just hard to hide a smile on your face. I think I liked this job finely now that I don't think those suicidal inclination friends of Yumi was that nauseating at all. Live goes on as usual. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forgive me if anything goes wrong in the story or that I put in too much rubbish. Kurama's definitely out of the character, I can't handle Kurama's character properly, but never mind I'll try harder next time. That is if next time ever came. Thanks for reading my garbage. There was not enough details and vocabulary, its too hard to manage everything in a week. I think I talked too much about Ferio and Fuu and missed Hikaru, Lantis and Eagle, Umi, Ascott, out. But their relation was still a bit too complicated that I don't know how to write anything about them. I don't why I put the other five Yu Yu character in the story also. I know this story was pretty lame, But hope that you don't mind reading these garbage because I will work harder next time. At last I finished this piece of garbage, at least it's short and the English is easy with little sex stuff. Bye!