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[Itena]

ooc: I'm actually a veteran wolf roleplayer, and I've really been wanting to rp MKR for a while. I may have a different roleplaying style than everyone else, so please bear with me.

Also, I'm not too sure of the rules here; so if you find an error, please correct me.

(based on an idea for a fanfiction I have ;P)


Tall gray buildings seemed to ascend forever to the heavens in the gray city that was Tokyo. The few trees that were there did little to help from receiving the constant exposure to the strong UV rays; which seemed to come in violent waves of heat, despite the fact that it was morning; slowing everyone down considerably.

Hikaru Shidou walked slowly towards her school; a grim look on her face as she remembered once again her recent test score that she had received the other day.

"59%..."

She had never received such an incredibly low mark, and it wasn't like she got a hundred percent on everything; but she always was a hard-working student. Hikaru didn't get why her mark had dropped so bad. Of course; there was the fact that her second great mission in Cephiro made her forget everything she had studied. This was a problem.



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As she walked slowly towards the middle school; her negative thoughts swirling through her mind, a familiar warning chill suddenly raced throughout Hikaru's body. Without thinking, her body jumped high in the air, did a forward flip, then landed gracefully a few meters forward on the pavement; a cloud of dust and pebbles accompanying a sliding sound of Hikaru skidding to a stop. Eyes wide with adrenaline and surprise, she looked at disbelief at what was in front of her.

A great monster, in the flesh, was standing before her; a growl being emitted from deep in it's stomach.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Umi spun the handle of the shower valve to the familiar position where she knew that it would give her just the right temperature and immediately the friendly sound of the falling water began. Removing her bathrobe, Umi craned her neck around to have a look at herself in the bathroom mirror. She grimaced in anguish as she saw the large, ugly bruises on her back and behind and then let out a sigh. "Thank goodness no one else will see me like this" Umi whispered quietly and stepped into the shower. The warm water in her hair and down her back was like a heavenly ecstasy after the ordeal that she had already been through this morning, so Umi closed her eyes to relish it, even if it was only for a moment.

"Umi ..."

A voice called to her in the darkness. Immediately Umi opened her eyes at the surprise of hearing her name. Even though the gentle hissing sound of falling water had never ceased or changed in her ears, Umi saw that she was no longer in her bathroom shower. She was in a darkened, high vaulted hall and in front of her was a stone wall containing a great and beautiful glyph of a dragon, a dragon that Umi knew well - Ceres. She was in the Sea Shrine of Cephiro. The glyph remained still, but again the voice of Ceres called to her

"Umi-sama"

"Ceres ..." Umi answered in astonishment. Never before had Ceres called to her while Umi was in Tokyo, her home world, so she was quite surprised to see her Mashin here now. It took a moment for Umi to gather her thoughts and inquire. "Why have you called me here Ceres? Is there something wrong in Cephiro?" Soon he answered

"Umi-sama, I have not been in Cephiro, but have remained resting in my dimension since our last meeting. However, I have sensed a great darkness in Cephiro, a great evil that I know not, festers and grows there. You must come to Cephiro Umi-sama and awaken me, the Magic Knights are needed there again."

Grimly, Umi pondered the words of Ceres and then thought of what had happened to her only hours ago. "Does this evil have anything to do with the monsters that attacked me and Hikaru ... err, the Fire Knight, in Tokyo this morning?" she asked.

There was a long pause and the longer she waited for Ceres to answer, the more worried Umi became. Eventually Ceres did answer but in a lower, more serious tone

"If the darkness has grown powerful enough to seek and attack you and the Fire Knight in your own world, it has grown faster and more powerful than any of us had realized. Indeed it may already be too late, the urgency is great Umi-sama. Don me now Knight of the Sea so that we may face this great darkness before all hope is lost!"

The urgency of Ceres' demand greatly alarmed Umi. A great danger was threatening Cephiro at this very moment and she was desperately needed. Her head was already in Cephiro with Ceres, however her heart told her differently. All too well Umi remembered that Cephiro's greatest enemies required the combined efforts of all three of the Magic Knights to defeat them. So no matter how much she wanted to help right now, Umi knew that she could not do it alone. She could not go without Hikaru and Fuu with her and so she answered Ceres "I understand Ceres the need for urgency, however I cannot depart for Cephiro at this time unfortunately. Hikaru, I mean the Fire Knight, was injured this morning in a battle with a monster of some kind and is not well enough to travel. She is in my care and should recover quickly, but it might be another day before she will be able to come to Cephiro. I'm very sorry Ceres, please allow me one more day."

"I understand. You are my master and as such I cannot deny any request Umi-sama. The news you have brought me from your world is grave and I fear that time is much shorter than any of us realized. I will inform the others of what you have told me and we will await your arrival in Cephiro in one day from now."

And when Ceres had finished, Umi let out a sigh of disappointment at her own inability to rise to the situation on the spot. But when she opened her eyes again, Umi squinted at the bright light of her own bathroom again. Quickly she finished washing herself, dried and put on her bathrobe again. "I must talk to Hikaru about this right away" Umi realized even though she had misgivings about waking her injured friend from her rest.

As she was walking quickly down the hall and tying her hair in a turban with a towel, Umi suddenly let out a gasp of shock "Eeeek! Hikaru!!" she squealed as she came across Hikaru in the hallway. It wasn't that far from Umi's room, but Umi could see that Hikaru had already lost her ability to stand. She ran to her dear friend and Umi embraced her as Hikaru slumped slowly to the floor. "Oh Hikaru ..." Umi said forlornly and tears began to well in her eyes. Umi was so used Hikaru's abundant energy and powerful spirit that it really hurt to see Hikaru in such a weakened state. For a moment Umi just hugged Hikaru to comfort her, but soon she picked Hikaru up again and carried her back to Umi's bedroom. Once Umi had Hikaru safely tucked back into bed, she pulled a chair over to the bedside and watched over her friend. The words of Ceres ran around and around in her head, but looking at Hikaru in bed had Umi in a greatly troubled state. "Please ... get well quickly Hikaru ... please ..." and Umi trailed off and began to sob quietly.