Fushigi Yuugi: The Other OTHER World Series Chapter 1: No Need for a Suprise!

After what seemed and eternity Mihara reached Tasuki and threw herself in his arms. "Tasuki! What are you doing here? How did you get here?"

Tasuki softly stroked her hair and quieted her. "Hush, hush."

"Awwwww, isn't that cuuuuuute?"

Mihara jerked out of Tasuki's embrace and looked behind him were all six of the Suzaku seishi, Amiboshi, Suboshi, and Koji stood. "Ano... how did you all get here?"

Ichidou was still grinning. "That's all due to me."

Everyone now looked at her.

"You see, I knew you were going to be super depressed over leaving Tasuki and my original plan was to follow you wherever you went in the real world. So, I figure why I don't we bring the guys?"

Mihara cocked up an eyebrow. "But Kyuu said that that was the only wishes the Gods couldn't grant."

"Ahhh, that's true," Ichidou agreed. "But I made it so that that wish could be wished."

"Um," Tasuki said, pulling Mihara closer to him as if afraid they might be separated again. "How did you manage that?"

"I simply said 'I wish for the wish that is not able to be wished be able to be wished."

Everyone fell over instantly, attracting many strange glances from New Yorkan passerby.

"Maybe we should move this party to my house," Mihara said, getting up with a sweatdrop attatched to her head. "It would be alot easier. Problem is...I've been missing, I'm sure and my parents wouldn't appreciate on my first day back home bringing 10 strange guys and an even stranger girl home with me."

"Oh, that reminds me," Ichidou said suddenly. "Kaijin."

The sky grew dark, and everyone looked in the air expecting the huge Seiryuu dragon.

"Um guys?" Ichidou said. "He's right here." She pointed the miniture Seiryuu that fit in the palm of her hand.

Everyone fell over...again.

"Ichidou!" Amiboshi said. "What have you done to our mighty god beast?!?"

Ichidou grinned her mischevious grin. "Oh I was just thinking that since I have infinate wishes that the people of this world wouldn't appreciate Seiryuu popping up every time I needed to go to the grocery store. SO I made him pocket size."

Mihara slapped her forehead. "Your pitiful."

Ichidou grinned even wider. "I know. Now... back to the point. I've been thinking -"

"I thought I smelled something burning," Mihara said, rousing sniggers from the group behind her. "OUCH!"

Ichidou moved back from behind Mihara, the brown-headed girl rubbing the spot on her head from where Ichidou smacked it. "Moving right along... I was thinking that since the eleven of us are going to need a place to stay, I could just wish for a few houses for us to live in." She looked at the others.

"Not a bad idea," Mihara said nodding slowly. "I'm surprised I didn't think of it myself."

Ichidou raised her hand, and Mihara cringed. "Thankyou. SO! Seiryuu, I wish that Koji, Amiboshi, Suboshi, and I had a house and that the Suzaku seishi had their own house. Preferably in Mihara's neighborhood."

"Your wish is granted." The miniture Seiryuu said in a miniscule voice. The sky grew light again and Seiryuu disappeared.

"Baka Seiryuu," Ichidou said, shifting her pack on her shoulders and turning the others. "He didn't tell us which house was which." She shoved her hands in her pockets and turned to go when she stopped. She withdrew her hand from her pocket and she held two keys and a slip of paper.

She read the paper, then scoffed. "Listen to this:

Dear Seiryuu no Miko, Here are the keys to your houses. These are the adresses: 7101 Dragonscale Circle for you and my seishi, and 452 Pheonix Feather Lane for the Suzaku..."

"I don't remember those streets being in my neighborhood," Mihara said thoughtfully.

"Wait..something else just appeared on the paper. 'You don't remember them becuase I took the liberty of changing some of the more boring street names to something that fit.'"

Nuriko slapped his forehead. "The dragon has a sense of humor! Who'da thought it?"

"There's a bit more," Ichidou continued. "'I hope you are comfortable in your new homes and call on me when you need something important, that isn't just something from the grocery store.

Seiryuu P.S. And don't think I didn't hear you call me an idiot.'" Ichidou looked up, a slightly confused look on her face.

"Well then lets go!" Mihara said. "After you check out your new pads you can come meet the parents." She began to walk off, hooking arms with Tasuki and Ichidou, the others following uncertainly.

*****

Mihara took a deep breath. Slowly she reached for the front door handle. She and everyone else stood on the porch of her house, waiting to go inside. After a long moment with her hand rested on the door knob, she let herself in.

The house looked the way it did when she left. Breathing deeply, she walked into the living room.

There on the couch sat her father with a comforting arm around her mother who was crying inconsolably. He was rocking her back and forth in an effort to comfort her, but to no avail.

"Mom...dad?"

The two of them looked up and beheld their daughter. The girl was clothed in strange out-landish clothes. Her hair seemed a bit longer, and though she hadn't grown she stood taller.

Mrs. Hillside stood and ran to her daughter, gathering her in her arms. Her sobs had not decreased.

"Mom, mom. Its okay. I'm fine really." Despite Mihara's assurance, her mother did not let go.

Mihara gave up and peered over her mother's shoulder to her father. "Well, I'm guessing you're wondering where I've been these past six months."

At these words Mrs. Hillside did draw back. "Six months?" She said inquisitively. "You've only been missing for three days."

Mihara flinched. "What?"

There was silence. Mrs. Hillside searched her daughter's face, which seemed to be in distress.

"Ahem."

Everyone turned and looked out into the entrance hallway. There stood eleven people. One girl, and ten boys, all clothed in very strange outfits, and all looking confused and slightly embarresed.

Mr. Hillside stepped forward. "What are you doing here. Are you Josh's abducters?"

"Josh?" Tasuki murmured.

Mihara stepped forward. "No Daddy, these are the people... that rescued me. That's it!" She winked behind her parents' backs at the group. "Mama, Daddy, may I introduce you to these fine people." She pointed at Ichidou. "That's Ichidou."

Ichidou waved enthusiastically. "Nice ta meet'cha!" She said.

And these people are "Koji, Amiboshi, Suboshi, Tamahome, Hotohori, Nuriko, Chichiri, Mitsukake, Chiriko, and my favorite Tasuki."

Her parents looked them over. Suddenly her mother walked up to Ichidou and gave her a warm maternal hug. "Thankyou so much for rescuing my daughter. We are eternally in your debt." She let go of Ichidou and hugged each of the others in turn, each of them fully embarressed now.

Mihara grinned at her parents. "Well, now that you've met them we can be going. They've got houses, surprisingly enough, in this neighborhood and I'd like to go check them out." She began to usher her friends out the door.

"Wait!" Her mother said. "Aren't you going to stay and tell us what happened?"

Mihara stopped on her way out the door and turned. "I would," she said with a wink. "But you wouldn't believe me."

End Chapter 1!!

Well, there it is! Chapter 1! Finally here! I'm very excited for this season, because it will be longer, and more humorous than The One Who Is Lost, but still keeping an inner serious composure that will come out every now and then.

And don't ask about the name "Fushigi Yuugi: The Other OTHER World Series" It was something I came up with while ago for a different story that never went anywhere, so now I'm recycling the name.

And one other thought. I didn't know what Mihara should be dressed in when she came back to the real world. Because Miaka didn't summon Suzaku in the summoning robes... so I didn't know that when the Miko came back to the real world after summoning the god if they came back in the summoning robes, or the clothes that they were wearing when they first came into the book world in. I ruled out being stark naked for obvious reasons. Although it would be quite humorous... To have Mihara in an emotional scene in the middle of New York city when she's BUCK NAKED. And then go back to her house and confront her parents BUCK NAKED. So I just stuck with the summoning robes.

Okie well, naturally I'm leaving to many comments. So please review and help me get this season on its feet! Ja ne!