I was on my way home from school, it had been a long day, and I just wanted to go home and forget it all. First off I bombed a test, a test that would ensure me a chance at getting into the honor's class now my aunt would be all over my case. But the worst part about this day was the fact that Sai my boyfriend dumped me. I had really cared about him, too but I was no Tani Ouno that's who he had dumped me for, here lately my life had been in shambles nothing was going right and I just wished to get away.
To go some where I could forget, all my troubles but who was I kidding? There was no such place, if there was I would know. Just then my foot kicked something hard, I let out a curse as I looked down there laying on the side walk was a ancient looking mirror, I stooped down and picked it up. I wondered what it was doing outside, well there was no reason leaving it out here, as I started walking towards home I gazed back into the mirror and for a moment I thought I saw a flash of snow. But when I looked again, all I saw was my own reflection oh great now I was seeing things, looney bin here I come! Moments later I walked up into my yard, and I put the mirror in my bag and headed inside. When I got inside I put my bag in my room and decided to go ahead and tell my aunt the bad news, there was no sense in putting it off for too long besides she'd find out anyway. I found her in the living room watching t.v. as she usually was this time of day when I walked in though, she shut the t.v. off and beamed. "Well how did you do?" my aunt asked. I sighed, and replied. "I'm sorry aunt Kiyo I didn't make the cut." "Why?! You studied hard for weeks or was that a lie?!" she asked furiously. I know she'd react like this, no matter how hard I tried to get the grades I wanted I couldn't. "I studied very hard but I just didn't get it." I explained. My aunt got up from the chair she had been sitting in, and placed her hands on her hips as she all but shouted. "Too hard? I don't think so, I bet you weren't studying for your biology test! You were probably with that boy again!" At the mention of Sai, I winced it still hurt, for her to bring it up like that didn't make matters any better. "I wasn't I was studying!" I insisted. "Liar! Your just like your mother you cant get enough, of the guys!" my aunt spat out. Hearing her compare me to my mother, pushed me over the edge!
"Don't you dare compare me, to my mother when you don't even know me!" I shouted. From there I raced up to my room, and slammed and locked the door it was always like this when I couldn't please her with my grades! But tonight she had done something she never had before, she brought my mother into the fight. I stalked over to my bed, and sat down as I did I happened to look over at my bag my eyes went wide, as I saw my bag giving off a bright purple light. What the hell? I thought to myself as I lifted the flap of my bag and found that it was the mirror that was glowing. I picked it up and no sooner had I done that, I felt a strong gust of wind come from the mirror! What the hell was going on?! I wondered. I felt myself being scooted forward much to my horror, the wind was trying to pull me into the mirror! I tried planting my feet to the floor, so I could keep myself from being sucked in.
But the wind only got stronger, and before I knew it I was pulled into the mirror! I was tossed, and turned every which way it was enough to make me want to puke, I was scared and I had no clue what was going on, or why this was happening to me. A few moments later, I landed down on the cold, hard ground when I looked around I saw that everything was covered in snow, and it was freezing! Where was I?! What was going on?! I asked myself, silently as I got to my feet. "Hello is anybody there?!" I called out. But there was no answer, I walked around for a while in the freezing cold trying to find someone that could help me, but hours later way after I began to go numb I still hadn't found anyone. My steps became heavier, with each step I took and my vision began to go blurry just as I came to a cave I felt my feet give and seconds later the ground came rushing up to meet me. As I hit the cold ground, instantly everything went black.
Hikitsu's POV
A snow storm was raging outside, me Tomite, Uruki, and the priestess had all taken cover inside a cave a while ago before it hit. We now were warming ourselves by the fire, about that time a loud thud sounded through out the cave, and I wondered if that meant that the snow had covered the entrance.
Tomite must have been thinking the same thing by what he said. "Damn I bet we're stuck here now!" I rose to my feet, and started towards the entrance. "I'll go check it out, and let you know." I said. When I got to the entrance, I saw that we weren't snowed in after all but what I did see shocked me a girl about Takiko's age with long black hair, was laying there face down in the snow. I felt my feet move forward, before I realized what I was doing I was over there by her. I turned her over, and noted the strange clothes she had on they were nothing like I had seen before. I wondered where she was from, she was very pale and freezing cold I checked for a pulse and felt a faint one. If she didn't get warm soon, then she'd die of frostbite I scooped her up and carried her to where everyone was at. When they saw what I had in my arms I explained. "We aren't snowed in, the thud we heard was her falling. "Is she dead?" asked Tomite. I shook my head, and replied. "No but she will be if we don't warm her up, there's too many people around the fire right now. So she'll have to be warmed by body heat." I saw the lecherous look on Tomite's eyes as he said.
"Well I don't mind warming her up." "Don't let him near her, especially with that look in his eyes. I can change into a women to warm her I guess." replied Uruki. But I just shook my head, and replied. "No its okay I'll warm her." I saw everyone's shocked expression they probably weren't expecting me to say that. I walked towards the back of the cave, and lit a small fire and shed the girl of her clothes, and laid her on my mat. From there I took off my own clothes and laid down on top of her, I focused everything I could, on warming her up I laid my head onto her shoulder and laid perfectly still. The poor thing was freezing it, would probably take a while before she was warm.
Normal POV
No telling how many hours later, my lashes fluttered, and I opened my eyes. Huh? I was alive? That's when I noticed that something wasn't quite right, about that time is when I looked down to see a man on top of me! I tensed and squeaked out nervously. "What are you doing?! Get off of me!" I asked. The man then raised his head up, the fire that illuminated his face made it easy to see what he looked like, he had long silvery blond hair, and the one eye that wasn't covered up by a bandage was blue. "Your awake, forgive me you were freezing and would have died if I hadn't shared my body heat." replied the man. My eyes widened when I realized we were both naked, it was embarrassing and I didn't like it one bit but I decided to swallow my pride after all he had saved me. He then got up off me, and I turned my back to him, as I replied. "Thank you."
"Your clothes are still damp so you'll have to stay like that for a while." replied the man as he started to walk away. Because I didn't know where I was I reached out to the only human around. "Wait don't go I don't know your name, or where I'm at!" I said hurriedly. He then turned around, and asked. "I see your currently in Bel Jia and .... I'm Hikitsu where are you from? Who are you?" Bel Jia?! Where was that?! I wondered. "Where is Bel jia located?! I'm from Japan and I'm Chiyo Harasei." I said all in a rush. His face filled with confusion, he then turned and left only to come back with a pretty girl with long brown hair, and brown eyes. "Is she from your world?" Hikitsu asked her. I was filled with puzzlement, what did he mean by her world? Weren't we still on Earth? I asked myself silently.
The girl then walked forward, and studied me which kind of creeped me out a little. "The clothes are different, but I'm sure she is how did you get here?" she asked. Even though they'd probably think I was weird I related how I ended up here. "I see maybe it was Genbu's idea to bring you here." she said quietly. "Genbu who's that?" I asked. "One of the four gods that protects this region, but I doubt it was Genbu since the priestess has already been chosen." murmured Hikitsu. Confusion filled my face, I had no idea what they were talking about after all this kind of stuff wasn't suppose to exist. "I'm Takiko, you've already met Hikitsu come sit by fire, and I'll tell you everything I know." replied the girl.
I grabbed my clothes which by now were warm, and Hikitsu walked away so I could have some privacy. "You must be scared." said Takiko. As I finished dressing, I turned around and replied. "Just a little but more so just confused." From there I followed Takiko out into the front of the cave, where Hikitsu and two other young men were.
