Memories: Makimachi Misao's journey

disclaimer: None belongs to me!

*ALternate universe in a way*

Chapter 1

"Misao! Get out of there now!"

"JIYA!!!HELP!!"

Misao screamed frantically as a weird energy force surrounded her. She felt as though she was sucked

into a vacuum.Misao grew dizzy and fainted just as the swirling energy force carried her off.

"MISAO!!!!!!!" Jiya shouted, but to no anvail. His pretty Misao was gone.

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It all happens when a strange looking man came to the Aioya one day. He looked like a magician, dressed

up in a black tuxedo with a cape, wearing a top hat. He had been very friendly, chatting up with Misao

as the over-excited girl fired him with questions about his adventures. He had told her about a certain

journey to the future, to "another world", and Misao being Misao, lapped at his words like a curious cat.

It was then she requested the stranger to show her the "another world".

Strangely, the stranger agreed and told Misao to meet him at the woods. Okina had followed out of concern

for the girl's obvious curiosity. Okina then witnessed the most extra-ordinary scenes in his life.

The stranger took out an amulet and started chanting while Misao looked on with awe. An energy force then

surrounded Misao and she then, started panicking. But all was gone in a blur. Misao had disappeared

into thin air. The stranger chanted his last words and seemed to vanish too.

Shocked, Okina sat down against a tree.

"MISAO!!!!!"

His scream echoed through the entire woods.

"Aoshi, i must tell Aoshi."

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Akira Hanashi was trudging down his normal route back home when he spotted person, lying unconcious

on the pavement. He stopped and took a good look at the person. It was a girl.

"Wonder who she is? And what strange clothes she's wearing too.."

Akira Hanashi had been a bachelor for 20 years and did not have any children. He felt some softness for the girl

and decided to bring her home. Picking her up gently from the ground. He walked home quickly, so as to

not arouse any suspicion.

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Three days have passed and the girl slowly stirred from her sleep while Akira kept watch next to the bed.

It was when she opened her eyes, revealing jade green eyes when he asked softly.

" Are you allright?"

The girl, though seemed a bit confused, nodded.

" What is your name?" Akira asked.

The girl then rushed to answer.

"I'm -"

The girl paused.

"I'm - " She tried again.

"I DON"T KNOW!I DON"T KNOW!?"

Akira sensing the panic from the girl, assured her silently.

" Calm down, you've been in an accident. I'm your godfather. Don't you remember?" Akira lied, so as to

calm the hysterical girl down.

"God-father?...really?.."

"Yes, Of course. You have been staying here with me since you were a baby.."

"Oh...i must have forgotten due to the accident. Maybe i'm suffering from amnesia or something."

"Yes. That must be it."

"So God-father, can you tell me what my name is?"

Akira hesitated, then, remembering her jade green eyes, said

" Of course, your name is Jade Hanashi."

"Jade Hanashi.." The girl tried the name out.

"Its a pretty name." The girl beamed.

"Yes, indeed."

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"AOSHI!!AOSHI!!!" Okina rushed to the temple, shouting Aoshi's name at the top of his lungs.

"Okina. What is it?" Aoshi asked, expressionless as usual.

"Misao!Misao's GONE!VANISH!INTO THIN AIR!I SAW THAT MAN CHANTING AND MISAO JUST WENT PROOF!!-"

"OKINA!Calm down. Repeat what you said, SLOWLY." Aoshi "requested" in his serious tone.

Okina then retold the story to Aoshi who by the end of the story, gasped in disbelief.

"WHAT?So Misao might be in another world for all we KNOW?IS THAT POSSIBLE?"

Shinomori Aoshi loses his calm and cool for the first time as he tried to sort out his thoughts.

"Look, i have a friend who might know stuff about these. We'll visit him at sunset."

"Yes AOshi, anything to get Misao back."

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It had been 3 weeks since Jade Hanashi had walked into Akira Hanashi's life.

It had been an enjoyable time and Jade had become an important family to Akira.

"J--ADE...I was wondering, instead of helping me do my odd jobs, why not go to school?"

"School..."

"You know, to pursue your education?"

"Education..Of course, yes." Jade replied enthusiastically. Jade's mind seemed to tell her that

she enjoys studying when she was younger.

"So Jade, i'll enroll you to Shoyo High all right?"

"Sure Aki!" Jade grinned as she used her annoying nickname for her god-father.

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