http://clampfix.fanworks.net/re-fix/crime10.txt </head><body><pre>Act 10 The Show The group was walking to the abbey, Terrisa was very nervous, Fuu, Kaori and Hikaru were not sure that they liked the idea too much, but surely Hiei would like it. He was the one who would trip her, and it would be so real. Kaori and Terrisa was walking side by side. The royal coach approached, Umi was in it, when she gave Hiei the signal, Hiei will trip her. Kaori, Fuu and Hikaru walked away from Terrisa as soon as the royal coach is near. Umi looked out of the carriage, did a little wave then disappeared back into the carriage. Mokona gave a loud "Puu." Then disappeared in the people and was into Kaori's arms. Terrisa felt that she was falling in the moment. She let out a scream. "Stop!" a guy's voice was heard in the carriage. The blonde head popped out. Umi did the victory sign to her friends. Fuu shook her head while Yuusuke did the victory sign back to her. Hikaru just walked faster away with Kaori beside her. Terrisa got up. The boy asked "Are you all right?" Terrisa stared at him, Umi's brother, she blushed, lowered her head, then ran into the crowd. Hajime shook his sister. "See her, the girl I have seen that day." Umi stared at him in a teasing manner "Okay, I have seen her, the one you drooled over, right?" Her brother fell silent, then looked away. Kaori and Hikaru greeted Lantis and Eagle in the hallway of the church. "Real big, huh?" Eagle asked. "There's a history as well." Hikaru said taking Lantis's hand. "What is it then?" he asked smiling at her. Hikaru's kitten tail and ears sprang out. "I forgot." Kaori said looking wise " Some bloody history, I don't mind looking it up for you after my birthday." Lantis nodded "Yeah, look it up later, but don't swear in a church." Kaori said "The history is bloody, and I used this word not because its a swear word, but because its the most appropriate word." Eagle nodded as they walked to the seats. "I'm not a Christian." Umi complained to Ascot. Ascot blushed when they saw people staring at them. "But that's family tradition." Umi sighed "What does it mean? Family tradition?" Ascot said "Something you must make most out of it, cause you can't change it." Umi smiled "But it will be the best Christmas ever." Ascot turned away as people giggled when they saw them, most of them courtiers. Umi smiled "Let them stare, I don't care. Sit with me?" Ascot nodded, then blushed as Umi led the way holding his hand. Ferio and Fuu sat down next to each other in the public seats. "The first time I'm in a church." Ferio whispered in her ear. Fuu looked away, "What bothers you then?" she asked smiling at him. "Nothing." he said as he took her hand. "Just, this is gloomy." Fuu giggled softly since the midnight mass have not started yet. "No, it won't be so in the daytime." "We'll come here together after three years." Fuu asked "Pardon?" Ferio kissed her hand "Marry me in three years time, I think you will be ready then." Fuu smiled through her blush "Ask me again later." Ferio asked "What…" The bishop walked up to the front behind the stand. Terrisa sat just under Umi. Shuuichi and Hiei were hiding somewhere behind Umi, they would make reflection rays by reflecting lights from Terrisa's ring, the super star. Yuusuke was trying not to fall asleep, Keiko was beside him, praying. Yukina and Botan were not really paying attention, Yukina was a koorime, a snow demon, Botan was Death, so both of them didn't know what they were doing there. Koenma was actually the king of reikai, the spiritual kingdom, so he, too have nothing to do but pretend that he was praying. Kuwabara spent the rest of his time staring at Yukina. Umi made a little clicking noise. Hiei and Shuuichi shone their torches. Hiei swore, Hajime frowned "What have I heard?" he asked himself. Shuuichi nudged Hiei, Hiei grunted. The ring on Terrisa's finger let out a tremendous amount of light. Hajime spotted her again. One of the guards said "The girl stole the diamond." Hajime looked back "It can't be her." He said in his royal tone. Kaori and the others looked up, the bishop coughed. Everyone sat down at once. Terrisa continued to stare at the prince while the prince was thinking of a way to see her again. After the show. Umi was getting ready with her brother for the ball in the park that night. Umi said absently "That girl was my friend Hikaru's cousin." Her brother turned to her. "Got a way to give her an invitation?" Umi nodded "Yes, I can give her one, do you want me to?" Her brother shook his head, he gave her a card with a blush, "Send this to her please. You remembered her as this girl, right?" Umi asked "What?" Hajime blushed "I mean, not uncle Ferio's girlfriend? I mean both of them got blonde hair." Umi laughed "Of course not! I'm not blind, this girl got long straight blonde hair and Fuu-chan got shoulder length curly blonde hair. Why didn't you say something like 'make sure its not aunt Emeraude.' She got blonde hair and blue eyes!" he was flustered. "Okay, just wondering why you would blush so easily like Ascot." Umi said then sighed as she got the card from him. He smiled "I seemed to understand you now." Umi asked "You did?" He nodded "Maybe." The performers were changing. Ferio asked "Why do we have to do this?" Kaori replied " That's Umi's idea." Ferio complained "But the show was unnecessary!" Fuu put her hand in his as they walked off to the frozen lake. Ferio asked again "Why did you want me to ask again." Fuu stopped and looked at him, smiled. Whispered in his ear "Ask me when no one's around tonight. Please." He looked at her, she was staring at the ice at her feet. "Okay." He smiled as she gave him a quick hug then flew up to the tree. Ferio called "Give me a specific answer no matter you let me down or not, I won't stop harassing you unless you give me an answer I want!" Fuu called back "Yes, then!" Hikaru gave Lantis a good luck kiss before she went off with Kaori and Mokona. Kaori was holding Mokona in her arms. "If it wasn't you, I won't have to do this tonight!" she complained, while Mokona let out a soft "Puuupuuu!" Hikaru pat Kaori's shoulder "Lighten up, its your birthday." Kaori grunted again "That's it, I'm into this stupid outfit in my birthday." Hikaru giggled "You should feel grateful, at least you don't have to dress in Terrisa's suit." Kaori smiled "Yeah, suppose I should be." Eagle checked the machine, it works perfectly. Lantis asked " Don't have to swim?" Eagle rolled his eyes "I hated looking like a fool in front of the public." Lantis nodded "Me too, I don't really want people to laugh at you." Eagle smiled "Because you are such a nice person." Lantis sighed "Of-course, I forgave you at once when you tried to build that bomb." Eagle laughed then went off. Umi and Ascot finally went there. "Okay. Wish that our show would be a success." She went over to Terrisa. She handed her the card. "Hajime gave you this." Umi said smiling teasingly. "Thank you." Terrisa said taking the card with a blush. Hiei swore one last time before the show started. The lights went out suddenly. "What happened?" The guests shrieked. Then soft music was heard. The spot light was shone over Ferio. Ferio smiled once then they heard shrieking when Ferio gave the show. After the flying camel spin and sit spin Fuu descended slowly. Ferio caught her and did the slow jump. When Ferio tossed Fuu up Fuu nearly screamed. Ferio kissed her before she could scream, Ferio instructed "Spin, I'll catch you." Fuu bit her lip as she felt that Ferio's grip was not on her anymore. She spun, she didn't know how much times, but soon the spot light went out as Ferio caught her. "Why did you…" she asked. Ferio smiled as he pointed to Hikaru and Kaori was there dodging every where to catch Mokona. "I think you did it pretty well." Fuu sighed. Ferio put his arm around her as he led her off the ice. Singing from Hikaru was heard. Then the eight guys were doing the changing places some shrieking were heard, most compliments went to Hiei, Shuuichi, Eagle, Ascot, Lantis and Koenma. Yuusuke got nothing while someone asked why was a big ugly guy was in between seven bishounens. Kuwabara would have burst if Yukina was not heading his way smiling at him. Koenma asked Botan "Are you still mad at me for shouting at you." Botan pinched his nose and smiled "Not anymore." Koenma smiled "Thank you!" Yuusuke held Keiko, "I guess I looked like a real banana." Yuusuke sighed. Keiko touched his cheek "You always looked silly." Yuusuke grunted "So honest." Umi's singing was heard and she was in the middle of the square under the trees. Hikaru was heading for Shuuichi and Hiei, another swore was heard from him. Hikaru did the back flip then sighed. She stood there. Then Kaori and Mokona flew to Lantis and Eagle. But Mokona was awed by so much spotlights and was too excited, Kaori's arms loosened around the animal when it floated down to the audience, some of them were just thinking that its part of the show. Kaori swooped down head first, caught Mokona before he fell onto a woman's head then got up head first as she spun the rest of the way to Lantis and Eagle. Eagle wiped the sweat off his brow " That was a close call." He said. Kaori nodded as she wiped the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. Fuu's singing was heard when Mokona got out of control and he floated in the air as Terrisa went off the ground. The red crystal in Mokona's forehead let out a ray of light that lighted up the whole place. "We start the chorus?" Hikaru asked. Lantis nodded "I suppose." They sung the chorus when Terrisa was getting down to the prince. Hajime was looking at the girl. But before he knew it, the girl fell and was in his arms a moment later. She blushed as she put the diamond back in his hands. All the performers bowed then. Ferio and Fuu changed back. Fuu was in white boots when they met. Umi was on a stage "This is Christmas, like my Christmas Show? And this is my brother's day to be crowned, also, my best friend Kaori's birthday!" an applause was heard. "Uncle Ferio was found, that is the skating champion was here today, and gave us a lovely show." Another applause was heard. "Brother, Hope that you liked my present. Got to go now." Umi said as she skipped off the stage with the microphone still in her hand. "And by the way, I'll tell the nosy reporters that my boyfriend is Ascot, my bodyguard. You got something to write now, instead of saying that how I jumped at every little thing." Roar of laughter was heard then. "Why didn't you ask me where did the I found this?" Terrisa asked as she danced with the prince. "Because I believed you, you could not have stolen it." He smiled at her. Terrisa blushed as she rested her head on his shoulder. Hikaru sat on a tree with Lantis and Eagle beside her. "Just glad that this business ended." Eagle said "Its kind of fun, I didn't mean giving the show. I mean the looking up clues and working out the theory." Lantis asked "Who worked out the theory? You or Kaori?" Eagle smiled "Both, we have the same idea then we happened say the same thing when we asked each other what we thought." Hikaru asked "Where's she now?" Lantis asked "You didn't know that we all planned to give her a big birthday present?" Hikaru asked uncertainly "Not atomic bombs, right?" Lantis said "I have better sense then Eagle." Eagle smiled "She will like it." Hikaru asked "Where's she then?" Eagle said "We drew her a map, and now, she's going around to look for it." Hikaru asked "What is it?" Eagle gave her wink. "Its a secret." Umi and Ascot were behind the stage. "Guess that at last we could be together without someone pulling a fuss." Ascot said smiling and blushing at the same time. Umi giggled. "Yeah, And you would be a great star tomorrow." Ascot asked "A great star?" Umi nodded "I know you hated publicity, but I can't help blurting out that you were my boyfriend." Ascot blushed. "Don't blush when there was nothing embarrassing." Umi said softly, leaning close as she gave him a kiss. "Answer that question." Ferio insisted as they strolled a little way from the crowd. Fuu smiled. Walked a little way in front of him. "I have answered you." She smiled. Ferio asked "When?" Fuu smiled as she walked to him, really near. "When you asked again before the show." Ferio asked "Did you give me an answer?" Fuu smiled, leaned on him as she said "I said yes." Ferio asked "When?" Fuu turned away from him "when you said that you would keep harassing me if I have not given you the answer you wanted!" Ferio smiled as he tilted her chin up. "Sure." He knelt down. Kissed her hand. She smiled as she knelt down as well and kissed him. Kaori was giving up on her present. The map Eagle had drawn was just like scribbles, she didn't know what Eagle was drawing. "What sort of map is this?" she looked at it in different angles and it didn't give her a clue. She rolled her eyes, she hated losing especially in front of Eagle. But she can't think of any thing. She kept walking in the feathery snow with Mokona bouncing happily beside her. She knelt down "What do you think." Mokona said "Pupupupu." Encouragingly jumping from one foot to the other. "I wish you could find it for me." "Pupu" Mokona said again, this time he told her to follow him. Kaori who could do nothing but followed Mokona until he led her to a clearing, there was a huge red box standing in front of her. "This is the thing?" She asked as she stared at the box. She jumped when something popped put of the box. A head of an animal. She walked closer, and tear the wrappings off, The animal was chewing on bamboo leaves. Kaori's mouth dropped open. A Panda was sitting in front of her. "Kyaaaaaaa!" she let out a scream. Hikaru exclaimed "Kaori-chan's scream!" Eagle smiled "She found the present. Go and have a look!" Lantis said "I still think your idea was still a bit too wild, getting the animal in a zoo for her birthday present." Hikaru asked "Animal in the zoo?" she spotted Umi and Ascot running towards the direction where the scream has been. They reached the clearing, Ferio and Fuu were already there. Staring at the animal and Kaori before their eyes. "A panda…" Fuu said under her breath. "Mokona and the panda were playing." Hikaru said. Kaori looked at Eagle, "This is my birthday present?" Eagle nodded. Lantis said "You liked it?" Kaori tried to smile "Yeah." Lantis woke up on the sofa, Eagle was sprawling on the floor with Hikaru beside him. Umi and Ascot was near the window still drunk from the Christmas and birthday party. Yuusuke was in the kitchen on the floor with Kuwabara beside him. Yukina, Botan and Keiko was sleeping at the kitchen table. Koenma, Hiei and Shuuichi left the house, Terrisa stayed with the prince that night. Ferio was on the floor beside Lantis, and Fuu was sleeping her head resting on his shoulder. "Where's Kaori?" Lantis wondered briefly when he realized that the party thrown last night was a bit too wild so everyone got a bit drunk and definitely too tired. "I got today's paper." Kaori announced. The panda and Mokona followed her into the living room. All the people woke up from the floor, Yuusuke, Kuwabara Botan, Keiko and Yukina left the kitchen. Eagle and Hikaru sat up from the floor. Ascot and Umi straightened up. Fuu rubbed her eyes and Ferio yawned. Kaori sat down on the pale blue carpet, the panda sat beside her with Mokona, in the usual place, on her lap. She spread the newspaper out. There were lots of colored photos. There was one taken when Terrisa fell into the prince's arms and the red crystal on Mokona's forehead was shining. "This is nothing, right?" Kaori asked with a funny smile on her face. "There were three you would be very interested in." She said smiling. Lantis looked at her with a funny expression on his face. "There were nothing about the people which were not in the royal family." Lantis's eyes fell automatically on Ferio. Kaori turned the page. There were one with Terrisa and the prince kissing, the other with Umi in Ascots arms. And one with Ferio kissing Fuu's hand. Hikaru said "Congratulations to the people in the newspaper." Ascot blushed as Umi smiled. Ferio had a grin as Fuu frowned slightly and the blush appeared on her face boldly. Then they spotted a little picture in the bottom, that was Mokona. "I guess this was the most special Christmas we have spent." Eagle said smiling. Kuwabara murmured "Yeah, doing stupid shows for the public." "But everything turned out to be good then?" Kaori asked. "Sure." Lantis replied. Kaori smiled "Its fun, right?" Hikaru nodded. "Yeah, though some tragedy fell upon Shuuichi and Hiei nii-san, but every thing turned out all right." Ferio said "That would be definitely the last skating show I will give to the public, but the first time I have done it with a partner, someone who barely knew how to skate." Umi patted Fuu's back "You did well, you did five spins, do you know that?" Fuu's eyes went real wide. Ferio nodded "I can't do more than four and a half." Yuusuke said "Anyway, got to go now, promised my mom I'll be back by twelve and its eleven now." Kuwabara also rose and left with Keiko and Yukina. Botan left also for Koenma. Kaori looked at the scene. "We going to clear this up?" she asked uncertainly, there were spilled beer, broken beer and soft drink bottles. Pillows and sheets everywhere with other junk. Eagle locked the door. "You will not leave unless this is cleared." Kaori and Lantis nodded. The others sighed "I wished we could have the party in Umi's place, so none of us dares to be too excited to spill beer everywhere." Ascot said. Umi smiled as everyone got ready for work "We'll have the party at my place then, its still Christmas right? I bet Terrisa will be there." She said eyeing Hikaru. "She stayed the night there with your brother last night." Ferio said. Fuu, Umi blushed as Kaori, Ascot and Lantis coughed. Eagle smiled as Hikaru looked clueless. "What matters?" Hikaru asked. Umi said "Forget it." Hikaru turned to Lantis "Hajime's barely eighteen and Terrisa's sixteen, both of them were still young, what could happen?" Lantis blushed then went away. Eagle said "Do you really want to know?" Hikaru asked "Is it something bad?" Ferio said "No, they were thinking of something bad, but I didn't mean what they think." Hikaru asked "What is it then?" Ferio grinned "Just what I said." "Clear up, quick." Lantis said gently. </pre><p><a href="./">Back</a></p><p><a href=http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=216><img border=0 alt="Donate towards our web hosting bill!" src=https://secure.newdream.net/donate1.gif></a></p></body></html>