FY Land
Author: Seonaid Mist
DISCLAIMER: YES, MINE! FY IS MINE! ::lawyers appear out of nowhere:: …uh…YES, YOU GUESSED IT! I DON'T OWN FUSHIGI YUUGI! NOPE! …uh… you're supposed to leave now, right, lawyers…? ::lawyers bring out sheets of paper containing who-knows-what:: …uh… Boo? ::lawyers 'eep' and run away::
Author's Notes: Someone stop me! I'm starting a new fic! …Lessee…am making one in Slam Dunk…then Seiken Densetsu 3…and then I have two with Legend of Mana…one which I have to redo the plot…and I'm making a new one in Fushigi Yuugi…think I should stop? ::reader nods:: …hmm… I'd rather not. 'Sides, this is for my beautiful ::cough-cough-gag:: best friend, Chi. Uh-huh…she can't make her own fanfic…so I made one…for a bag of Gummi Bears…heh…for candy's sake, I'd probably be updating this more…eheh…uh, but don't sue me, alright? It was just a request that she made 3 years ago and am still not doing it, so she decided to use the 'Gummi Bear' thing on me…which always worked…hehe… Enjoy…
Chapter 1: The Television and the DVD Player
"Now, all of you can go…" said the old woman Taiitsukun, making shooing movements with her hand in a bored manner.
The Suzaku shichi seishis and the miko, Miaka, turned to leave the shrine.
"Except for you, Miaka. I wish to speak with you in private."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned back again, surprise etched into their faces.
"Why?" demanded Tamahome, his eyes narrowing suspiciously at the old woman.
Taiitsukun glared, seemingly not pleased with the prying of the said seishi. "Just go! Don't question me!" she raged suddenly, fangs sprouting from her mouth and eyes bulging as well as her head.
The Suzaku shichi seishi scampered off with no more words, except for a certain redhead muttering curses.
Miaka sweat-dropped at the sight of her scampering seishi. As soon as the shrine's door was closed behind them, she turned to the old woman. "What is it?"
There were several seconds of silence, with Taiitsukun staring at the brunette miko with an indecipherable expression. Then she cleared her throat. "You do realize that you've failed to summon Suzaku, right?" she began slowly, taking in the reaction of the girl as she spoke.
Miaka's eyes widened a little. Something was up, and she can feel it. Taiitsukun didn't seem to be too affected with them failing to summon the god—she even told them that there was some other way to do so, plus, she gave them all special gifts, even the miko herself received a boon. Yet something in the old woman's voice told her that failing for the first time meant that there were certain consequences she'll have to face. "Yes…" Miaka answered quietly, staring at the old woman before her.
Taiitsukun stared still. "I see then. Do you realize that this leads to a particular thing that you'll have to deal with?"
The girl nodded numbly. Seems that her mind had the accurate assumptions. "W-what thing i-is that?" she stammered, afraid of the answer.
"I'll tell you, but please see to it that you will not have a breakdown after I do so."
Again, the girl only nodded numbly. This sounds very dreadful…
Taiitsukun made a suspenseful silence after the response. Then, "As a result of your failure to summon on the first try," she started slowly, watching the girl. She paused again—for more suspense.
Miaka gulped. Oh no…what is it…?
"You have been demoted of your position as the Suzaku no Miko. Someone will be sent to take your place."
"WHAAAAAAT?!" came the chorus of incredulous shouts from the other side of the door.
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"WHAAAAAAT?!"
A raven-haired young man cringed and proceeded to protect his ears from the earsplitting shriek, courtesy of the also dark-haired female beside him.
"What?! How? That's not what happened in the series!" she cried, glaring at the TV screen. She stood up from the bed and stomped towards where the DVD player was innocently sitting. Her eyebrows furrowed and she began pushing random buttons on the said machine.
The other one just stared at her, completely bewildered. "Aya-chan, what the heck is up with that?" he inquired skeptically, also straightening up from the bed to stop the girl from pummeling the DVD player to itsy-bitsy scraps of metal. "Aya-chan," he said in a reprimanding tone as he took her hands away.
The girl, now known as Aya, turned towards her brother with twinkling cobalt orbs. "Demo, Aki-kun, that wasn't what happened in the series, and you know that!"
'Aki' blinked at the statement. "I do?" he asked, befuddled, as he released her.
"Yeah! But it changed because of the stupid DVD player!" was the loud reply, and Aya went for the machine again. "We must destroy it! It is the root of all evil!"
Aki blinked again. He opened his mouth to say something about this, but another woman's voice cut him off.
"KIDS, DINNER'S READY!"
The raven-haired girl suddenly stopped in mid-step. "Dinner?" Her blue eyes twinkled again. "Dinner!" she repeated and became a blur as she dashed past her twin towards the bedroom door. Her enthusiastic leaping down the stairs were accompanied by an excited shout of, "What's for dinner?!"
The young man merely gazed blankly at the space where his sister used to be, and then heaved a heavy sigh. He slowly went to turn the TV off. "Baka onna," he muttered to himself, shaking his head.
"Aki! Dinner!" shouted his mother from the room below.
"Hai, coming, okaa-san!" he yelled back as he turned his back from the TV set.
Unbeknownst to him, the FY episode still continued playing inside the DVD player.
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Tasuki stared disbelievingly at the big floating mirror-thingy that showed the scene above. Opening his mouth, he said, "But he's a guy…he can't be the new Suzaku no Miko!"
The rest of the seishis and the ex-miko sweat-dropped at his remark. Taiitsukun only bopped him on the head with his own tessen.
"Itai! What the hell was that for, ya old hag?!"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING OLD HAG??!!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!" A chibi redhead Tasuki was seen soaring over the peaks of Mt. Taikyoku. (They have teleported there after the…not-so-peaceful announcement.)
Cheery little girls looking annoyingly identical began popping out of nowhere at the sight of the yelling seishi flying overhead. "Nyan-nyan!" And they all flew after him with a chorus of, "We fix, we heal! We fix, we heal!"
Identical amused expressions spread over the faces of the other people in the room.
"That was strange, no da," Chichiri commented, a sweat-drop still on his head.
Taiitsukun turned to them menacingly. "Is there anyone else who thinks that the boy is the new miko?"
Seven heads shook 'no' vigorously.
"Good. As you all know, we are not allowed to take a random female from this world, so the new miko must come from another world, specifically, Miaka's." She turned to the mirror again, which was showing the raven-haired Aya eating dinner happily with her family. "Yet the Book of the Four Gods is far within the new miko's reach. Therefore, we will be using a new way to send her here."
Seven heads nodded in understanding.
(Or at least they pretended to nod with understanding even if they didn't understand it that much.)
"We will wait until she is alone again," ended the old woman, still watching the girl in the mirror.
Everyone else watched as well, except for a troubled Tamahome. He was watching Miaka, his brows furrowed in perplexity. "You seem to be taking this very well," he whispered in her ear.
The brunette turned to him, smiling brightly. "Being demoted from being the Suzaku no Miko doesn't mean I'll be leaving too soon," she answered, her voice eerily cheery. "So why shouldn't I take it well?"
Tamahome stared at her. "I guess…but…if you're not the Suzaku no Miko anymore, then that means I won't be around too much to protect you anymore…I mean…well, you know what I mean…don't you?"
Miaka then laughed gaily, turning the attention of everyone else in the room towards her. "Yes…but you don't have to worry about that, Tamahome," she replied, still laughing. "I won't be in too much trouble! I'm not the miko anymore! Most of the danger will be directed to the new miko now!" At this, her laugh became louder, a glint visible in her eyes.
Now they were all staring oddly at her.
"I see," was all that Tamahome can say. His eyes slid away uncertainly.
Miaka continued on laughing like everything was right in the world.
"Ah," said Taiitsukun suddenly, eyes focused on the mirror, and everyone quieted down to watch. "I suppose Suzaku is now moving…"
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"Ne, Aki-kun, what time are they coming?" asked Aya eagerly, arms laden with an assortment of snacks. She was beaming very brightly indeed; climbing the stairs back to her and her twin's interconnected rooms. They were expecting their friends to come for a sleepover that night and the girl was simply ecstatic.
Aki appeared at the bottom of the stairs, holding several cans of drinks in his arms. He smiled slightly at the girl's eagerness. "Around seven," he answered, balancing each can in his arms. "Don't worry, it's just fifteen minutes from now…"
Aya squealed delightedly. She began leaping on the staircase, taking two steps at a time. In her happiness, she forgot about her luggage, that one of them escaped from her hold and hit Aki, who was still trying to balance the cans in his arms, straight in the face.
"Oomph!" was what came out of his mouth, and his head drew back at the force, with him almost stumbling backwards. Fortunately, he managed to keep his equilibrium—and at the same time glare at the sheepish-looking girl before him.
The girl flinched at the glare. Then she smiled sheepishly. "Uh…oops?"
"'Oops' is right," said Aki, a hint of annoyance in his tone. He looked at the bag of potato chips that hit his face, then back at his twin. "Just go on up. I'll take care of it," he added more gently.
Aya looked somewhat surprised. "Uh…okay," she replied uncertainly, and made her way to the top of the staircase.
Humming cheerfully, she walked down the hall with the bags of snacks in her hands. She even managed to open their bedroom door. Smiling, she dumped the snacks on her twin brother's bed and went straight to the other door connecting their rooms. We're having a slumber party, we're having a slumber party, she sang merrily in her mind.
She stepped in her room, and her eyes immediately fell on the television. It was on, and a large red bird was gliding across the screen. Frowning, she picked up the remote from her bed and tried to turn off the television, thinking, Aki no baka, forgetting to turn off the TV…
But the television remained stubbornly on. She tried again and again, but it still remained on. She shook the remote, gazing quizzically at it. "Must be out of batteries," she supposed, throwing it back on the bed and going for the TV to turn it off.
Meanwhile, a disgruntled Aki, who was grumbling darkly to himself about careless sisters, made his way up the flight of stairs, the cans of drinks now in a plastic bag, with the bag of chips in his other hand. He entered his room, and seeing that the snacks were piled on his bed, he threw the bag of drinks and the chips beside it.
"Aya?"
Aya paused in mid-step from the TV upon hearing her brother's voice. "In here," she called back.
Aki appeared by her door seconds later. He looked at her and the television, where the red bird was still gliding on. "Still watching Fushigi Yuugi?" he inquired, eyebrow raised.
"No," answered the girl with a frown, "you forgot to turn the TV off, baka." She turned to the glowing screen. "But it's strange. I can't hear the opening song. Suzaku just kept on moving over the screen. It's been like that for a whole minute, and I don't think it's hanging…it's still kinda moving…"
A look of worry surfaced on Aki's features, his amber eyes darting at the DVD player on the floor. "I think you might've broken the player, Aya."
The girl fumed. "No, I didn't!"
"With your punching and pressing of buttons there, I don't think it's not possible."
Aya paused. "Well…you…you…you didn't turn it off! Maybe it overheated or something!"
Aki frowned as well. "I turned it off before we ate dinner, you know." He paused. Next, his frown deepened. "Actually, I turned the TV off…I thought you turned the DVD player off awhile ago…"
The girl smiled victoriously. "Told you! It's probably just overheating!" She turned to the TV, a twinkle in her eyes. "Aw…you poor television…my nasty brother overheated you and the DVD player…don't worry, I'll make sure to punish him!" she said affectionately, as though talking to a lost little child. She grinned broadly and patted the TV screen, not noticing that Suzaku has abruptly stopped moving and was now poised in one position.
Aki rolled his amber eyes to the heavens. "Whatev—" he began to say, but was cut off as blinding red light blasted from the television, lighting the whole room crimson. "What the—?" He moved towards his sister, whose hand was glued to the screen.
"Aki, something's happening," she whispered wide-eyed, and reached out for her twin. "I can't take my hand off the screen!"
Aki took her hand, amazingly calm. "Don't panic," he whispered back.
"B-but what if Sadako is on the other side of this TV and waiting for us?!" wailed the girl, clutching her brother's hand tighter. "She'll kill us!"
Aki raised an eyebrow. "I said don't panic," he said calmly, even though the red light was slowly swallowing them both, and that his eyes were now widening. The heck…?! Wonder what's up with the weird light show…
"No, no, no, no, no!" Aya screamed, trying to tug her hand from the TV screen. "Aki-kun!"
"Aya, don't panic! It's just light!" yelled Aki at the top of his lungs, just as a sudden force pulled him off his feet…
"IIA!" shrieked the girl, as she and her twin were pulled towards the TV, and were suddenly plummeting into space filled with red light…
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…uh…you think it's…clichéd? …lame?! …NO HUMOR?! ::breaks down:: WAAH! MEANIE!
::calms down:: Uh, well, yeah. I don't really know what you think, now do I? For me to know is… ::looks around mysteriously::::whisper-whisper:: you review…
BTW, in case you don't remember, this—uh—thing took place when Miaka and her seishi failed to summon the first time because of Amiboshi's interference. Ya all know that Taiitsukun appeared in the fire when they went back to the shrine after Amiboshi fell in the raging river and then she gave them gifts. Then she asked Miaka to stay cuz she wants to talk to her about something (ya know, the virginity of the miko and stuff)…but I changed what Taiitsukun was gonna tell her. So, I'm kinda altering the original story now, so this fic's slightly AU. Oh, and about my OCs Aki & Aya. Think Ayashi no Ceres, except for the hair and eye colors. And I don't like Miaka that much becuz am against very helpless girls. Uh—no offense to Miaka fans out there. ;;
So, uh, you like? - Um…just in case you do (or if you're at least interested), you can feast your eyes on this! ::dramatic music:: Taadaa! Chapter preview! ;
Preview of Chapter 2 (Faint, Faint, Faint—Drop Dead):
"NYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Pinkish light filled the chamber, and a figure appeared over the ceiling.
All necks were craned upwards to view who it was. Then…
"AAAH!" The figure came plummeting down.
"This isn't going very right," commented Miaka silently.
Several heads with sweat-drops on them nodded in agreement.
Not very interesting preview, huh? …er, well, at least I put it up. - Hope you liked my first installment so far! Please review and tell me what you think!