Title: Fushigi Reincarnated
By: Paru-chan
Email: Hummingbird1@westwindstudio.com
Chapter 1- Chichiri
Strange things have happened to Yukito all his life, with the blackouts, and paranormal things just all around campus, but this had to be the strangest. It was like someone had lifted a blindfold for his eyes, letting him see the hidden memories from the past. He realized the two hidden parts of him. Yue, and the new part, the own that was him and when awoken, saw fit to remove the blindfold put there by the lesser Yue.
He remembered all the part in the past, when he had been Yue. When Yue first awoken, and challenged Sakura-chan, coming close to killing her. He was horrified by that. He was also introduced to all the part when he had acted as Sakura's guardian, protecting her, with the lion Sun Guardian, Keroberos, or Kero-chan. Nakura-san's comments made more sense now.
He seriously needed to talk to Keroberos right now, and this was the bet place to do it. He was at Toya's, going over college entrance exams. He looked up at the hard working Toya. "Toya?" Toya looked over distractedly. "What is it Yukito?" Yukito closed his eyes, smiling. "Do you mind if I go up and talk to Sakura-chan?"
"Why do you need to talk to her?" Toya snorted. Yukito sighed. "Not just her- more that stuffed animal of hers..." He trailed off. Toya's eyes narrowed, becoming more focus on Yukito.
"Yue?" Toya barely kept himself from growling out. He had seen Yue take over his friend several times, but that didn't he liked it at all. Yukito opened his eyes, revealing not the sapphire eyes of Yue, but his normal eyes.
"Nope!" He said grinning. "And when won't have to deal with him for much longer." Said person mentally gasped outraged in Yukito's mind. "And he isn't very happy about it."
Toya smirked. "Then go. The faster he is gone, the better." Yukito nodded and headed upstairs.
"Sakura-chan?" Yukito said softly, opening the door slowly. He pretended he didn't see Sakura shushing Kero and walked over to her, kneeling beside her. "What is it Yukito-san?" She chirped happy to have him to talk to, but turning serious noticing the solemn look on his face.
Yukito noticed Sakura calming down, and smiled sadly at her. "I have to leave Sakura-chan, and I might not be back. Ever." A certain "stuffed animal" was majorly twitching in the background.
Whatever Sakura thought was coming, this wasn't it and it struck her hard. Her eyes watered up, and she looked about to cry, but held off, trying to find out why. "why..???" she whispered.
"I'll tell you, all in due time, but first off, tell your little stuffed animal I know who he is." Yukito said. That alone sent Kero off on a rant. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?! YOU KNOW WE NEED YOU HERE TO PROTECT SAKURA-CHAN! WHAT ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AS YU--" Yukito shut Kero up with a small caramel candy. As Kero was fighting to get it out of his mouth, Yukito took this time to do a bit of explaining. "I have a lot more power than you think. Yue is a small fry compared to me, in fact, even Clow barely rose above me, and that was only in his genius to mix English majiks and Chinese majiks. I'll be getting rid of Yue."
And with that he was covered with a bright white-blue glow, that covered him entirely, so thick you couldn't see him. Sakura didn't know what was happening, but knew better than to interrupt this. A small ball of light broke off from Yukito, and as the glow died down, Yukito could be seen, and along side him, floating in midair, a small pixie like Yue. "NANI?! THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!!" chibi-Yue shrieked, before fainting.
Yukito caught chibi-Yue and handed him to Sakura, stunned at what happened. "What isn't fair is using me for all those long year, until I fully awoke," he whispered harshly. "This will now be your temporary form. You reap what you sow." Kero caught that, and flew up to him. "I apologize," Kero-chan said in his high voice. "For Yue, and for me. But I do wish an explaination."
Sakura nodded. "Yes, I would too! How did you do that??" Yukito sat down cross legged, giving Sakura-chan a weary smile. "You see, long before Yue was created, I was a man named Chichiri. I was one of the seven guardians for the Suzaku no Miko, in Ancient China. Each of us had different skills used to protect her with, and mine was magic. Her job was to summon our god, and put our land into peace, and we would protect her until she could. To the point, it happened, she disappeared, and we grew old. I studied magic until I died, becoming ever stronger, and coming up with my own spells. In fact, some of the spells Clow used was based on my creations."
"But what does this have to do with your leaving??" Sakura-chan asked. Yukito clicked his tongue. "Well the thing was, that the Suzaku no Miko was from this time. In fact, I can sense her even now. She's in danger again, and I have to find the rest of the seven guardians. They've all be reborn too. That is why I must leave."
Sakura nodded wisely, having seen enough to understand. "I'll miss you Yukito-san. Please try to visit." Yukito smiled. "I will try. If not for you, your brother. I'll bring gifts!" He stood up, and stretched. "Bai Sakura-chan. Sayonara." He exited the room, and went downstairs.
"Oy, Toya?" Yukito called as he entered the dining area where they had been studying. Toya looked up and grinned. "Was that power rise I felt earlier you banishing Yue for all eternity?" Yukito chuckled. "Nope, it was worse. I turned him Chibi like that doll of Sakura's. She'll probably try to dress him up or something." He mood suddenly did a turnaround, and all smiles disappeared. "Toya."
Something in Yukito's tone of voice made Toya turn sharply towards him. And all at once he knew. "You're leaving." It was a statement, not a question. Somehow Toya knew it would come to this. Yukito was too magical to stay.
"Yes." Yukito said solemnly. Toya stood suddenly. "Not without me you aren't." Yukito wasn't surprised at all. Toya would follow him to the ends of the earth, and long as they could be together. "You may never come back," Yukito said. Yukito wasn't about to refuse Toya.
Toya nodded. "Somehow I knew that. I don't care." Toya lowered his head. "I've been meaning to say this for awhile, but couldn't, not with Yue around. Now I can." Toya looked up. "Ai shiteru, Yukito." Yukito smiled. "I knew that too. Ai shiteru Toya."
Yukito raised his hand a grabbed an old Chinese straw hat out of no where. "All aboard Yukito express. Next stop, the future." He bowed slightly, then walked over to Toya, looking up at the taller man. "Hold on tight.." Yukito whispered. "I don't want to lose you on the ride." He reached up with the hand that had the hat on it, pulling Toya's head down toward his own.
Toya kissed Yukito's soft lips, and wrapped his arms around his shorter love, closing his eyes. Yukito dropped the hat over the both of them, and it fell to the floor, seeming to swallow them. Toya felt a tug, and opened his eyes to swirling color, still kissing Yukito. "We'll be there soon." Yukito said into Toya's mind. "Usually I'm the only person to see this in-between place, but with your powers, and our bond, you see it as well." Toya closed his eyes again, so not to become dizzy, and decided to wait until they were there to open them up again.
And while they were traveling through time, Sakura-chan sat on the stairs, watching the old straw hat disappear, she cried. For the loss of her brother, and Yukito. For now she realized, that even if he was to come back, she would never have Yukito.
Chapter 2- Nuriko
A few minutes later Yukito and Toya were upended in the grass by the hat, that drifted mischievously to the ground. Yukito blinked up at the stunned motionless Toya laying on top of him. He fixed his crooked glass, and blinked up at the still Toya. "Toya-koi, as much as I like this position, this isn't the time or place to be doing it. I've got work to do." Flustered Toya jumped up, pulling Yukito up and stammering excuses, his normal mature act gone as he acted like the teenage boy he was. Finally Yukito cut him off by giggling slightly. "Don't worry Toya. That stupid hat usually does that." At the mention of the hat Toya looked around, not seeing any. "It usually disappears until needed. Now back to business." Toya and Yukito turned to face a huge mansion. "Erm, well this is where he is supposed to be staying," Yukito said, slightly unnerved. "Ne, by the way Toya, when we find the boy who Nuriko, one of the guardians, was reincarnated as, I may talk strange for a bit, but that would only be to free up his locked memories. I'll stop after that." Toya nodded, looking around. "You sure meant it when you said we were going to be in the future," he said, looking up at the metal sky of the colonies. Yukito walked over to the large gate, with the name "WINNER"on it. Going over to the intercom, he pushed the button. BZZT! "Hello, Winner residence?" A male voice said over the intercom. Yukito smiled. Whoever answered this was an empath, and he could tell by the voice. "I'm looking for a Mr. Winner, to talk about the were about of a missing friend of mine he might know, no da." the Chichiri part of Yukito said. "Um, well..." the voice said. Yukito heard some arguing, before it became clear again. "Come in please, but leave all weapons out there." Yukito smiled. "That great, for we haven't any weapons, no da." The large gate opened, and the two walked in, Toya looking around paranoidly. As they walked up to the door of the mansion, they saw it was open, a kind blond boy with blue eyes smiling out. "I'm Quatre Winner, please come in." He turned around, and walked in, Toya and Yukito following. The door closed behind them with a slam, and they jumped and turned to see a harsh looking boy, with mussed up brown hair and glaring blue eyes. "Hiiro!" Quatre chided. "These people haven't done any harm." Quatre turned and smiled apologetically at Yukito and Toya. "I apologize." By now they had reached a small sitting room, and he motioned for them to sit down. "It is quite all right, no da. He is just trying to protect you, no da." Quatre nodded, sitting himself. "He has a habit of doing that. I can protect myself." "Now who are you looking for?" He asked politely. Yukito smiled. Finally! "Well, he may be under a different name, but he probably has a long braid, and he has a really playful nature, no da. A kind kind soul, no da." Quatre thought for a moment. "Well we have a friend with that description, but tell me how you know him. I'd have to know that before I let him see you." Yukito nodded. "Only fair, no da. And I have a feeling you'd believe me, no da. You see, he would be a reincarnation of a loyal friend of mine, no da. In fact, I'm a reincarnation too, no da. I had make a bit of a time jump though, because somehow, he got misplaced, no da." Quatre looked at Yukito very quite for a moment. "I can sense the sincerity of your words. Fine then, but he may not be what you expect." Quatre turned to Hiiro. "Get Duo would you?" Hiiro stared at Quatre unbelieving. "Do you expect me to believe this?" Quatre sighed. "Don't you trust my abilities?" "Hn." Hiiro left to get Duo. In a few minutes you could hear voices getting closer. "Who's there Hii-chan? Who came to see me? Who who who?" A blur of black and brown burst into the room, before stopping in front of Yukito and Toya, staring for a moment. "Nuriko-chan! You've barely change, no da! I'm glad you kept your braid, no da!" Yukito jumped up and circled Duo. "I am surprised that you aren't wearing something cuter, no da! But you did decide to give that up, no da." Duo stared and stared and stared. "Chichiri...oh NO! Nonononononono! This can't be happening! Those were dreams~! Not real!" Duo ranted, afraid of what would come if he believed it. Yukito sighed. "Nuriko-chan, something happened when we were reincarnated. It seems that Seiryuu wasn't the only ones out to get us. Something purely demon scattered us. Most of us were born in the same time frame, even if we were distant city wise. Unfortunately, you got sent to the future, and poor Chiriko got sent to the past. I can't tamper with the past, Chiriko would have to get here of his own accord, but I can go to the future. But I won't force you. I'll I say is, that without you, we may not be able to protect Miaka. Remember her at least? The Suzaku no Miko?" "Miaka.... hey! You aren't going "no da"!!" Duo pointed out. Yukito shrugged. "I lived my life normally for the most part. I don't do that anymore, and I only did it now to jog your memory." Duo sighed. "But you're right again Chichiri. I can't desert Miaka-chan, not after everything she gave up for us. What do I need to bring?" "Nothing, everything can be supplied by me. I've got plenty to spare. By the way Nuriko-chan, your hair will be changing back to its former color." Duo winced. "Ouch...I really don't want purple hair again." By now the rest of the Gundam Pilots were in the room. "So braided baka with be a violet haired braided baka?" Wufei smirked. "Thats great!" Duo pouted. "But Wu~man!" "You're leaving Duo?" Trowa spoke out. "Uh..yeah." He said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Not without us," said Quatre. "We are a team, and we can't just let you leave on your own for whatever insane battle you are plunging in to." "You guys, this isn't a normal battle! Its a battle with magics and demons.. like a bad Shouj manga!" Duo exclaimed. Wufei snorted. "If your going to use manga references, we've been living a evil mecha manga for the entire war. How much worse can that be. I've gotta make sure a baka like you doesn't get into trouble." "I suppose..." Duo said, turning to Yukito. "What do you think?" Yukito thought for a moment, and smiled. "They have no major part in history anymore, so if they leave, no one will really mind." And all of a sudden he brandished the straw hat of DOOM. Duo shuddered. Great, that got reincarnated too. Yukito smirked. "You know what to do." Duo stared at the hat, a grim look on his face. "Hai hai..." He ran and jumped into the hat, disappearing. "Anyone else going, jump in the hat." Trowa went first, performing a flip to get in, Hiiro second, just jumping. Wufei stared at the hat for a moment, thinking whether he would really want to give up his life here, to follow that baka. But he knew he already did. Ethnic placing aside, the boy was like a younger annoying brother. He dove into the hat head first. No one noticed the piece of paper Quatre dropped, before walking right into it. Yukito turned to Toya with a smile. "Time to go back to our own time, koi." Toya embraced Yukito, as the hat dropped over them both. A couple days later, Rashid came by to visit. The only sign was the note on the floor.
Dear Rashid,
I've gone away with my friends now, and I will never see you again. While I may miss you, my loyalties lie with them the most. I live you my money and estate, to share with my sisters. Don't try to find me. I lie in the past, while you must look towards the future.
Love, Quatre Raebera Winner
And although told not to, Rashid searched and searched. He finally stopped when he found an old newspaper article, showing the prize violinist of a certain school. IT was Quatre, a bright smile on his face. The newspaper was dated year 1998A.D.
Chapter Three- Hotohori
Mu Tsu sat at one of the tables of Neko-Haten alone, since it was too early for the restaurant to be open. He was having a serious identity crisis right about now. His glasses lay beside him on the table, having become no use to him anymore. As he stared into the small mirror he held, he watched his eyes color change from blue to brown, finally settling on brown. "I'm not who I thought I was.." he whispered to himself. His love for Xian Pu was only based on some love he had held for a girl named Miaka, who he had only seen in his memories of a past life. Xian Pu just looked a bit like her. It didn't make sense to him, yet it made utter and total sense at the same time. He snorted, rather un-emperor like of him. He must have figured it out before Ranma did. Ranma he realized, by looks and attitude alone, was Tamahome. No wonder he was always trying to pick fights with Ranma over Xian Pu. It was the same to him as fighting Tamahome over Miaka. And it explained why pig-boy, erm, Ryoga Hibiki, was always fighting Ranma as well. Ryoga was drawn to fight Ranma, like Tasuki always had to fight Tamahome over the silliest things. A of course, the way Dr. Ono Tofu recognized Mu Tsu when he saw Mu Tsu for the first time, he must have gotten his memories as Mitsukake long before anyone else did. The only ones not here where Chichiri, Nuriko-chan, and Chiriko. But they'd be here soon enough. Mu Tsu heard the dinging of Xian Pu's bike, and sat up straight and proud, like the royalty he was. He had his hair tied back like he used to have it, and was wearing not his robes, but his traveling outfit. The only weapon on him was his old sword, from when he was Hotohori. Finding that itself was hard enough, and cleaning it up was harder, but it was worth it. Xian Pu skipped in to Neko-Haten, having obviously bugged Ranma this morning. Mu Tsu could recognize that walk anywhere. "Nihao blind duck!" Mu Tsu turned around, and she found herself looking into unfamiliar eyes. It scared her. "I am not blind, as you can see, and if you'd want to try it out yourself, I am no longer cursed," Mu Tsu said, handing her the pair of glasses he couldn't use. Xian Pu blinked in shock, but didn't doubt his word. One thing was that Mu Tsu never lied, especially to her. "How did you cure yourself Mu Tsu?" Xian Pu asked in Chinese. Mu Tsu raised an eyebrow. "I cured myself, because I am no longer who I was. My name is not Mu Tsu, it is Hotohori, and you will refer to me as such. I now must wait for the honorable matriarch, so I may permanently leave the Amazon tribe forever." "Are you sure of that?" Ku Lon asked from behind him. He turned to face her, and she cut off a gasp, seeing his brown eyes. "Yes," He said. "I am not an Amazon, so I can no longer call myself one. My name is Hotohori, and I am the Emperor of the destroyed city of Kohan. I must leave to gather my warriors so that I may protect the Suzaku no Miko." Ku Lon nodded, her eyes narrowed. "And I suppose you know what you are doing next?" Hotohori nodded. "I am greeting the newly arrived visitors at the front door." And like he had predicted it, there was a large THUMP~! in the front. The Gundam Pilots landed in a haphazard pile, and Yukito and Toya floated down carefully, still in an embrace. Of course, Duo had landed on the top, and with his newly violet hair, and bright violet feminine eyes, he jumped up and dashed into the building, having sensed a familiar energy. "HOTOHORI-SAMA!" Nuriko cried out as she..erm he burst into the building, rushing past a stunned Xian Pu and glomping Hotohori. Hotohori smiled down at the bubbling youth. "Nuriko-chan. Nice to see you haven't changed much. What are you wearing that for though?" He asked gently. Nuriko hopped up, and rocked back and forth on her heels. "Well, its kinda a momentum to people I cared about..." he said sadly. "They died when I was young." Hotohori stepped forward and embraced the saddened Nuriko. "Poor thing. You must have had a hard life." Hotohori kissed the top of Nuriko's head. He looked up with glittering eyes. "Yeppers, but I'm here now!" he said, grabbing Hotohori's hand and tugging him toward the door. "Chichiri is out there and guess what! He's gotta ~boyfriend~!" He said the last part in a sing song voice. Hotohori stopped suddenly and chuckled. "Out of all of us, I never expected him to be gay. Who else is out there; it sounded more than you three." Nuriko started giggling. "Well a bunch of my friend decided to follow me from my time-" "Time?" Hotohori asked, an eyebrow raised. "Erm, yeah long story. Well, there's Quatre, who's an empath physic person, and Trowa, who an acrobatic fighter, and Wu-man, who handles a sword almost as good as you- but no one can beat you! And Hiiro, who a bit of a anti-social perfect soldier. A loyal friend though..." Nuriko smiled happily. Wufei stomped in. "Don't call me Wu-man! My name is Wufei you braided baka! I'll cut off that braid of your--" He stopped at the sword pointed at his throat. "Never insult Nuriko-chan, even worse, threaten to cut of his braid." Hotohori noticed that he had three guns leveled at his head. One being held shakily by the blond he assumed to be Quatre, one perfectly held by an emotionless Perfect Soldier, obviously Hiiro, and then the other Trowa, but default. The tension was broke by Yukito who merrily skipped in and started smacking people upside the head. "We're all on the same side, you bunch of baka!" He grinned as Hiiro shot at him and he froze the bullet in mid air, it dropping to the floor. "Chichiri?" Hotohori questioned. Yukito smirked. "Yep, but call me Yukito. I'm more Yukito now anyhow." Duo stepped forward, playing with the tip of his violet braid. "I think I prefer to be called Nuriko. Even the name Duo Maxwell comes with a haunting past." Xian Pu started to twitch, and pulled a Gundam Wing manga out of her purse. "Um... Mu, erm Hotohori-san?" she questioned. "Nani?" Hotohori questioned, turning to see what Xain Pu was holding up. Hotohori paled, and blanched, finally putting his hand to his forehead, trying to hold on the oncoming headache. "What's wrong Hotohori-sama?" Nuriko asked. Hotohori pointed toward Xian Pu, with one thing to say. "Look at what she is holding." Nuriko looked, and paled, his legs giving out. "Crap," he said. "Girl, you better hide that, okay? They'll find out soon enough, but I'd rather it not be here with you in danger." Xian Pu nodded and turned to Hotohori. "I never see you again maybe?" Hotohori nodded. "I sorry Hotohori-san. You still good friend from young. Bai.." She dashed off into the back. The other Pilots wanted to see what she had, but knowing they would see it later calmed them, a bit. Hotohori helped Nuriko up, and they got ready to leave. "Hotohori," Ku Lon said. "Good luck in your endeavors. You have help here if needed." Hotohori nodded solemnly, and they all left. "Good luck..." She whispered to an empty room. Yukito frowned. "I can't tell were to go next. All the chaotic magic in this area is messing up my locator spells." To every ones surprise, Hotohori started to laugh. Wiping a tear from his eye, he chuckled. "This would be the place. Nerima is the tops spot where all the curses and demons like to hit, excluding only Juuban, just by a little. In fact, Tamahome's reincarnation in heaps of trouble to that extent. Curses, to many fiancees to count, people out for his blood. And that's normal around here. It did get really weird around here when he had to kill Saffron." Yukito started suddenly coughing. "You know, *cough cough*... Saffron was Suzaku's son... *cough cough*" Hotohori sweatdropped. "Okay, so taking out Saffron was a bit of a mistake, but hey, he went evil and he did get reborn after words!" Yukito sighed. "I suppose. Where should we head now?" "Mitsukake has already remembered. I suspect he has remembered for a long time. His name here is Dr. Ono Tofu, but we just call him Dr. Tofu. And he is just down the road. We can camp there for awhile till we get the utterly stubborn Tasuki and Tamahome to remember." Yukito nodded as he walked hand in hand with Toya. The pilots followed behind, looking around the "modern day" earth. Nuriko chattered happily with Hotohori about meaningless things and Hotohori smiled and nodded. After finally getting there, Hotohori took leadership, and volunteered to go in. "It would be to crowded for all of us." Going up to the assistant's desk, he smiled at the pretty little thing, getting the reaction he wanted as she blushed. "Could you get Dr. Tofu and tell him that a Hotohori, Nuriko, and Chichiri are outside to see him. It is an emergency." She nodded, and went into the office. Hotohori walked outside, and stepped beside Nuriko. He had hardly been out there a second, when Tofu came rushing out, smiling warmly at them all. "Finally! I thought when you first didn't recognize me, that I was insane, and it is never good for a Doctor to be insane. Now who are these people?" Yukito smiled. "Toya, the one next to me, came with me, and the others with Nuriko. He made a lot of loyal friends evidently. Where is Tama- chan?" At the mention of his cat, he looked a bit downcast. "I had to get rid of her when Tamahome, I mean Ranma, expressed a great fear in cats, with an terrible side effect. I'm not telling you unless he tell you himself. It would be unprofessional as a doctor." Tofu turned to Hotohori. "Ne, Mu Tsu, or Hotohori. We're never telling Nuriko of the Nyannichaun, are we?" "Please call me Hotohori. If at all possible we'll keep quiet. And it will probably disappear when Tamahome wakes. I don't go duck anymore at least." Hotohori was happy of that fact. "Well that's good," Dr. Tofu said.
Nuriko turned to the rest of the pilots. "I know this is weird, and from what I hear its going to get weirder, but I'm happy you all are here. We've gotta get Tasuki and Tamahome, and as quietly as possible, so if you all can just wander around and meet back here sometime in the late afternoon? And no guns! If you have to fight, do it with fists, if at all possible." Nuriko grinned impishly. "Bai!" he chirped, before latching onto Hotohori's arm. Hotohori, Nuriko, Yukito, Toya, and Mitsukake left toward Furiken high school, where they felt two energies that most of them identified as Tasuki and Tamahome, clash. The pilots watched them leave, and turned to one another. "Do you notice how Duo, or now Nuriko-chan, is acting like a girl?" Quatre asked. "Yeah, like some baka onna!" Wufei ranted. "I think that's what he is trying to do." Trowa said softly. "Hn.."Hiiro grunted. "We might as well scout the area." And so they split into different directions, promising to meet back in an hour.
(A.N. Hey, I did all of this between 930pm and 230am. Feeling kinda sleepy sick, and I'm doin more typo's than usual. Sorry I can't do more, but my right hand hurts too much. Gotta get up earlier monday than planned, but its Martin Luther King's day, so at least I can nap some in the afternoon. Hope this is good. Unfortunately inspiration always hits me late. Will try to continue this fanfiction, even though I like reading fanfiction more than writing it.I would appreciate it if you can give me the places where Chiriko, Chichiri, and Hotohori's seishi marks show up. Reviews are nice. Kindly correct my series errors if you can. Tell me what you think for the reincarnation pairing so far, and try to guess who Chiriko is gonna be! I'll give you a clue, the same author who wrote Ranma 1/2 did the series the Chiriko character is, plus, the fact the Chiriko is in the past should help, PLUS the fact he can get to the future!
Gotta get some sleep. If I wake up, I'll try to write more. Bai!!)
Next Chapter Chapter Four- Tasuki and Tamahome
When Tasuki remembers before Tamahome does, how much will Tasuki have to torch Ranma to get Tamahome to wake up? How will people deal with a red haired, women hating, cursing rude Ryoga Hibiki with a blowtorch fan?? Check it out next time!!
Chapter 1- Chichiri
Strange things have happened to Yukito all his life, with the blackouts, and paranormal things just all around campus, but this had to be the strangest. It was like someone had lifted a blindfold for his eyes, letting him see the hidden memories from the past. He realized the two hidden parts of him. Yue, and the new part, the own that was him and when awoken, saw fit to remove the blindfold put there by the lesser Yue.
He remembered all the part in the past, when he had been Yue. When Yue first awoken, and challenged Sakura-chan, coming close to killing her. He was horrified by that. He was also introduced to all the part when he had acted as Sakura's guardian, protecting her, with the lion Sun Guardian, Keroberos, or Kero-chan. Nakura-san's comments made more sense now.
He seriously needed to talk to Keroberos right now, and this was the bet place to do it. He was at Toya's, going over college entrance exams. He looked up at the hard working Toya. "Toya?" Toya looked over distractedly. "What is it Yukito?" Yukito closed his eyes, smiling. "Do you mind if I go up and talk to Sakura-chan?"
"Why do you need to talk to her?" Toya snorted. Yukito sighed. "Not just her- more that stuffed animal of hers..." He trailed off. Toya's eyes narrowed, becoming more focus on Yukito.
"Yue?" Toya barely kept himself from growling out. He had seen Yue take over his friend several times, but that didn't he liked it at all. Yukito opened his eyes, revealing not the sapphire eyes of Yue, but his normal eyes.
"Nope!" He said grinning. "And when won't have to deal with him for much longer." Said person mentally gasped outraged in Yukito's mind. "And he isn't very happy about it."
Toya smirked. "Then go. The faster he is gone, the better." Yukito nodded and headed upstairs.
"Sakura-chan?" Yukito said softly, opening the door slowly. He pretended he didn't see Sakura shushing Kero and walked over to her, kneeling beside her. "What is it Yukito-san?" She chirped happy to have him to talk to, but turning serious noticing the solemn look on his face.
Yukito noticed Sakura calming down, and smiled sadly at her. "I have to leave Sakura-chan, and I might not be back. Ever." A certain "stuffed animal" was majorly twitching in the background.
Whatever Sakura thought was coming, this wasn't it and it struck her hard. Her eyes watered up, and she looked about to cry, but held off, trying to find out why. "why..???" she whispered.
"I'll tell you, all in due time, but first off, tell your little stuffed animal I know who he is." Yukito said. That alone sent Kero off on a rant. "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?! YOU KNOW WE NEED YOU HERE TO PROTECT SAKURA-CHAN! WHAT ABOUT YOUR DUTIES AS YU--" Yukito shut Kero up with a small caramel candy. As Kero was fighting to get it out of his mouth, Yukito took this time to do a bit of explaining. "I have a lot more power than you think. Yue is a small fry compared to me, in fact, even Clow barely rose above me, and that was only in his genius to mix English majiks and Chinese majiks. I'll be getting rid of Yue."
And with that he was covered with a bright white-blue glow, that covered him entirely, so thick you couldn't see him. Sakura didn't know what was happening, but knew better than to interrupt this. A small ball of light broke off from Yukito, and as the glow died down, Yukito could be seen, and along side him, floating in midair, a small pixie like Yue. "NANI?! THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!!" chibi-Yue shrieked, before fainting.
Yukito caught chibi-Yue and handed him to Sakura, stunned at what happened. "What isn't fair is using me for all those long year, until I fully awoke," he whispered harshly. "This will now be your temporary form. You reap what you sow." Kero caught that, and flew up to him. "I apologize," Kero-chan said in his high voice. "For Yue, and for me. But I do wish an explaination."
Sakura nodded. "Yes, I would too! How did you do that??" Yukito sat down cross legged, giving Sakura-chan a weary smile. "You see, long before Yue was created, I was a man named Chichiri. I was one of the seven guardians for the Suzaku no Miko, in Ancient China. Each of us had different skills used to protect her with, and mine was magic. Her job was to summon our god, and put our land into peace, and we would protect her until she could. To the point, it happened, she disappeared, and we grew old. I studied magic until I died, becoming ever stronger, and coming up with my own spells. In fact, some of the spells Clow used was based on my creations."
"But what does this have to do with your leaving??" Sakura-chan asked. Yukito clicked his tongue. "Well the thing was, that the Suzaku no Miko was from this time. In fact, I can sense her even now. She's in danger again, and I have to find the rest of the seven guardians. They've all be reborn too. That is why I must leave."
Sakura nodded wisely, having seen enough to understand. "I'll miss you Yukito-san. Please try to visit." Yukito smiled. "I will try. If not for you, your brother. I'll bring gifts!" He stood up, and stretched. "Bai Sakura-chan. Sayonara." He exited the room, and went downstairs.
"Oy, Toya?" Yukito called as he entered the dining area where they had been studying. Toya looked up and grinned. "Was that power rise I felt earlier you banishing Yue for all eternity?" Yukito chuckled. "Nope, it was worse. I turned him Chibi like that doll of Sakura's. She'll probably try to dress him up or something." He mood suddenly did a turnaround, and all smiles disappeared. "Toya."
Something in Yukito's tone of voice made Toya turn sharply towards him. And all at once he knew. "You're leaving." It was a statement, not a question. Somehow Toya knew it would come to this. Yukito was too magical to stay.
"Yes." Yukito said solemnly. Toya stood suddenly. "Not without me you aren't." Yukito wasn't surprised at all. Toya would follow him to the ends of the earth, and long as they could be together. "You may never come back," Yukito said. Yukito wasn't about to refuse Toya.
Toya nodded. "Somehow I knew that. I don't care." Toya lowered his head. "I've been meaning to say this for awhile, but couldn't, not with Yue around. Now I can." Toya looked up. "Ai shiteru, Yukito." Yukito smiled. "I knew that too. Ai shiteru Toya."
Yukito raised his hand a grabbed an old Chinese straw hat out of no where. "All aboard Yukito express. Next stop, the future." He bowed slightly, then walked over to Toya, looking up at the taller man. "Hold on tight.." Yukito whispered. "I don't want to lose you on the ride." He reached up with the hand that had the hat on it, pulling Toya's head down toward his own.
Toya kissed Yukito's soft lips, and wrapped his arms around his shorter love, closing his eyes. Yukito dropped the hat over the both of them, and it fell to the floor, seeming to swallow them. Toya felt a tug, and opened his eyes to swirling color, still kissing Yukito. "We'll be there soon." Yukito said into Toya's mind. "Usually I'm the only person to see this in-between place, but with your powers, and our bond, you see it as well." Toya closed his eyes again, so not to become dizzy, and decided to wait until they were there to open them up again.
And while they were traveling through time, Sakura-chan sat on the stairs, watching the old straw hat disappear, she cried. For the loss of her brother, and Yukito. For now she realized, that even if he was to come back, she would never have Yukito.
Chapter 2- Nuriko
A few minutes later Yukito and Toya were upended in the grass by the hat, that drifted mischievously to the ground. Yukito blinked up at the stunned motionless Toya laying on top of him. He fixed his crooked glass, and blinked up at the still Toya. "Toya-koi, as much as I like this position, this isn't the time or place to be doing it. I've got work to do." Flustered Toya jumped up, pulling Yukito up and stammering excuses, his normal mature act gone as he acted like the teenage boy he was. Finally Yukito cut him off by giggling slightly. "Don't worry Toya. That stupid hat usually does that." At the mention of the hat Toya looked around, not seeing any. "It usually disappears until needed. Now back to business." Toya and Yukito turned to face a huge mansion. "Erm, well this is where he is supposed to be staying," Yukito said, slightly unnerved. "Ne, by the way Toya, when we find the boy who Nuriko, one of the guardians, was reincarnated as, I may talk strange for a bit, but that would only be to free up his locked memories. I'll stop after that." Toya nodded, looking around. "You sure meant it when you said we were going to be in the future," he said, looking up at the metal sky of the colonies. Yukito walked over to the large gate, with the name "WINNER"on it. Going over to the intercom, he pushed the button. BZZT! "Hello, Winner residence?" A male voice said over the intercom. Yukito smiled. Whoever answered this was an empath, and he could tell by the voice. "I'm looking for a Mr. Winner, to talk about the were about of a missing friend of mine he might know, no da." the Chichiri part of Yukito said. "Um, well..." the voice said. Yukito heard some arguing, before it became clear again. "Come in please, but leave all weapons out there." Yukito smiled. "That great, for we haven't any weapons, no da." The large gate opened, and the two walked in, Toya looking around paranoidly. As they walked up to the door of the mansion, they saw it was open, a kind blond boy with blue eyes smiling out. "I'm Quatre Winner, please come in." He turned around, and walked in, Toya and Yukito following. The door closed behind them with a slam, and they jumped and turned to see a harsh looking boy, with mussed up brown hair and glaring blue eyes. "Hiiro!" Quatre chided. "These people haven't done any harm." Quatre turned and smiled apologetically at Yukito and Toya. "I apologize." By now they had reached a small sitting room, and he motioned for them to sit down. "It is quite all right, no da. He is just trying to protect you, no da." Quatre nodded, sitting himself. "He has a habit of doing that. I can protect myself." "Now who are you looking for?" He asked politely. Yukito smiled. Finally! "Well, he may be under a different name, but he probably has a long braid, and he has a really playful nature, no da. A kind kind soul, no da." Quatre thought for a moment. "Well we have a friend with that description, but tell me how you know him. I'd have to know that before I let him see you." Yukito nodded. "Only fair, no da. And I have a feeling you'd believe me, no da. You see, he would be a reincarnation of a loyal friend of mine, no da. In fact, I'm a reincarnation too, no da. I had make a bit of a time jump though, because somehow, he got misplaced, no da." Quatre looked at Yukito very quite for a moment. "I can sense the sincerity of your words. Fine then, but he may not be what you expect." Quatre turned to Hiiro. "Get Duo would you?" Hiiro stared at Quatre unbelieving. "Do you expect me to believe this?" Quatre sighed. "Don't you trust my abilities?" "Hn." Hiiro left to get Duo. In a few minutes you could hear voices getting closer. "Who's there Hii-chan? Who came to see me? Who who who?" A blur of black and brown burst into the room, before stopping in front of Yukito and Toya, staring for a moment. "Nuriko-chan! You've barely change, no da! I'm glad you kept your braid, no da!" Yukito jumped up and circled Duo. "I am surprised that you aren't wearing something cuter, no da! But you did decide to give that up, no da." Duo stared and stared and stared. "Chichiri...oh NO! Nonononononono! This can't be happening! Those were dreams~! Not real!" Duo ranted, afraid of what would come if he believed it. Yukito sighed. "Nuriko-chan, something happened when we were reincarnated. It seems that Seiryuu wasn't the only ones out to get us. Something purely demon scattered us. Most of us were born in the same time frame, even if we were distant city wise. Unfortunately, you got sent to the future, and poor Chiriko got sent to the past. I can't tamper with the past, Chiriko would have to get here of his own accord, but I can go to the future. But I won't force you. I'll I say is, that without you, we may not be able to protect Miaka. Remember her at least? The Suzaku no Miko?" "Miaka.... hey! You aren't going "no da"!!" Duo pointed out. Yukito shrugged. "I lived my life normally for the most part. I don't do that anymore, and I only did it now to jog your memory." Duo sighed. "But you're right again Chichiri. I can't desert Miaka-chan, not after everything she gave up for us. What do I need to bring?" "Nothing, everything can be supplied by me. I've got plenty to spare. By the way Nuriko-chan, your hair will be changing back to its former color." Duo winced. "Ouch...I really don't want purple hair again." By now the rest of the Gundam Pilots were in the room. "So braided baka with be a violet haired braided baka?" Wufei smirked. "Thats great!" Duo pouted. "But Wu~man!" "You're leaving Duo?" Trowa spoke out. "Uh..yeah." He said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Not without us," said Quatre. "We are a team, and we can't just let you leave on your own for whatever insane battle you are plunging in to." "You guys, this isn't a normal battle! Its a battle with magics and demons.. like a bad Shouj manga!" Duo exclaimed. Wufei snorted. "If your going to use manga references, we've been living a evil mecha manga for the entire war. How much worse can that be. I've gotta make sure a baka like you doesn't get into trouble." "I suppose..." Duo said, turning to Yukito. "What do you think?" Yukito thought for a moment, and smiled. "They have no major part in history anymore, so if they leave, no one will really mind." And all of a sudden he brandished the straw hat of DOOM. Duo shuddered. Great, that got reincarnated too. Yukito smirked. "You know what to do." Duo stared at the hat, a grim look on his face. "Hai hai..." He ran and jumped into the hat, disappearing. "Anyone else going, jump in the hat." Trowa went first, performing a flip to get in, Hiiro second, just jumping. Wufei stared at the hat for a moment, thinking whether he would really want to give up his life here, to follow that baka. But he knew he already did. Ethnic placing aside, the boy was like a younger annoying brother. He dove into the hat head first. No one noticed the piece of paper Quatre dropped, before walking right into it. Yukito turned to Toya with a smile. "Time to go back to our own time, koi." Toya embraced Yukito, as the hat dropped over them both. A couple days later, Rashid came by to visit. The only sign was the note on the floor.
Dear Rashid,
I've gone away with my friends now, and I will never see you again. While I may miss you, my loyalties lie with them the most. I live you my money and estate, to share with my sisters. Don't try to find me. I lie in the past, while you must look towards the future.
Love, Quatre Raebera Winner
And although told not to, Rashid searched and searched. He finally stopped when he found an old newspaper article, showing the prize violinist of a certain school. IT was Quatre, a bright smile on his face. The newspaper was dated year 1998A.D.
Chapter Three- Hotohori
Mu Tsu sat at one of the tables of Neko-Haten alone, since it was too early for the restaurant to be open. He was having a serious identity crisis right about now. His glasses lay beside him on the table, having become no use to him anymore. As he stared into the small mirror he held, he watched his eyes color change from blue to brown, finally settling on brown. "I'm not who I thought I was.." he whispered to himself. His love for Xian Pu was only based on some love he had held for a girl named Miaka, who he had only seen in his memories of a past life. Xian Pu just looked a bit like her. It didn't make sense to him, yet it made utter and total sense at the same time. He snorted, rather un-emperor like of him. He must have figured it out before Ranma did. Ranma he realized, by looks and attitude alone, was Tamahome. No wonder he was always trying to pick fights with Ranma over Xian Pu. It was the same to him as fighting Tamahome over Miaka. And it explained why pig-boy, erm, Ryoga Hibiki, was always fighting Ranma as well. Ryoga was drawn to fight Ranma, like Tasuki always had to fight Tamahome over the silliest things. A of course, the way Dr. Ono Tofu recognized Mu Tsu when he saw Mu Tsu for the first time, he must have gotten his memories as Mitsukake long before anyone else did. The only ones not here where Chichiri, Nuriko-chan, and Chiriko. But they'd be here soon enough. Mu Tsu heard the dinging of Xian Pu's bike, and sat up straight and proud, like the royalty he was. He had his hair tied back like he used to have it, and was wearing not his robes, but his traveling outfit. The only weapon on him was his old sword, from when he was Hotohori. Finding that itself was hard enough, and cleaning it up was harder, but it was worth it. Xian Pu skipped in to Neko-Haten, having obviously bugged Ranma this morning. Mu Tsu could recognize that walk anywhere. "Nihao blind duck!" Mu Tsu turned around, and she found herself looking into unfamiliar eyes. It scared her. "I am not blind, as you can see, and if you'd want to try it out yourself, I am no longer cursed," Mu Tsu said, handing her the pair of glasses he couldn't use. Xian Pu blinked in shock, but didn't doubt his word. One thing was that Mu Tsu never lied, especially to her. "How did you cure yourself Mu Tsu?" Xian Pu asked in Chinese. Mu Tsu raised an eyebrow. "I cured myself, because I am no longer who I was. My name is not Mu Tsu, it is Hotohori, and you will refer to me as such. I now must wait for the honorable matriarch, so I may permanently leave the Amazon tribe forever." "Are you sure of that?" Ku Lon asked from behind him. He turned to face her, and she cut off a gasp, seeing his brown eyes. "Yes," He said. "I am not an Amazon, so I can no longer call myself one. My name is Hotohori, and I am the Emperor of the destroyed city of Kohan. I must leave to gather my warriors so that I may protect the Suzaku no Miko." Ku Lon nodded, her eyes narrowed. "And I suppose you know what you are doing next?" Hotohori nodded. "I am greeting the newly arrived visitors at the front door." And like he had predicted it, there was a large THUMP~! in the front. The Gundam Pilots landed in a haphazard pile, and Yukito and Toya floated down carefully, still in an embrace. Of course, Duo had landed on the top, and with his newly violet hair, and bright violet feminine eyes, he jumped up and dashed into the building, having sensed a familiar energy. "HOTOHORI-SAMA!" Nuriko cried out as she..erm he burst into the building, rushing past a stunned Xian Pu and glomping Hotohori. Hotohori smiled down at the bubbling youth. "Nuriko-chan. Nice to see you haven't changed much. What are you wearing that for though?" He asked gently. Nuriko hopped up, and rocked back and forth on her heels. "Well, its kinda a momentum to people I cared about..." he said sadly. "They died when I was young." Hotohori stepped forward and embraced the saddened Nuriko. "Poor thing. You must have had a hard life." Hotohori kissed the top of Nuriko's head. He looked up with glittering eyes. "Yeppers, but I'm here now!" he said, grabbing Hotohori's hand and tugging him toward the door. "Chichiri is out there and guess what! He's gotta ~boyfriend~!" He said the last part in a sing song voice. Hotohori stopped suddenly and chuckled. "Out of all of us, I never expected him to be gay. Who else is out there; it sounded more than you three." Nuriko started giggling. "Well a bunch of my friend decided to follow me from my time-" "Time?" Hotohori asked, an eyebrow raised. "Erm, yeah long story. Well, there's Quatre, who's an empath physic person, and Trowa, who an acrobatic fighter, and Wu-man, who handles a sword almost as good as you- but no one can beat you! And Hiiro, who a bit of a anti-social perfect soldier. A loyal friend though..." Nuriko smiled happily. Wufei stomped in. "Don't call me Wu-man! My name is Wufei you braided baka! I'll cut off that braid of your--" He stopped at the sword pointed at his throat. "Never insult Nuriko-chan, even worse, threaten to cut of his braid." Hotohori noticed that he had three guns leveled at his head. One being held shakily by the blond he assumed to be Quatre, one perfectly held by an emotionless Perfect Soldier, obviously Hiiro, and then the other Trowa, but default. The tension was broke by Yukito who merrily skipped in and started smacking people upside the head. "We're all on the same side, you bunch of baka!" He grinned as Hiiro shot at him and he froze the bullet in mid air, it dropping to the floor. "Chichiri?" Hotohori questioned. Yukito smirked. "Yep, but call me Yukito. I'm more Yukito now anyhow." Duo stepped forward, playing with the tip of his violet braid. "I think I prefer to be called Nuriko. Even the name Duo Maxwell comes with a haunting past." Xian Pu started to twitch, and pulled a Gundam Wing manga out of her purse. "Um... Mu, erm Hotohori-san?" she questioned. "Nani?" Hotohori questioned, turning to see what Xain Pu was holding up. Hotohori paled, and blanched, finally putting his hand to his forehead, trying to hold on the oncoming headache. "What's wrong Hotohori-sama?" Nuriko asked. Hotohori pointed toward Xian Pu, with one thing to say. "Look at what she is holding." Nuriko looked, and paled, his legs giving out. "Crap," he said. "Girl, you better hide that, okay? They'll find out soon enough, but I'd rather it not be here with you in danger." Xian Pu nodded and turned to Hotohori. "I never see you again maybe?" Hotohori nodded. "I sorry Hotohori-san. You still good friend from young. Bai.." She dashed off into the back. The other Pilots wanted to see what she had, but knowing they would see it later calmed them, a bit. Hotohori helped Nuriko up, and they got ready to leave. "Hotohori," Ku Lon said. "Good luck in your endeavors. You have help here if needed." Hotohori nodded solemnly, and they all left. "Good luck..." She whispered to an empty room. Yukito frowned. "I can't tell were to go next. All the chaotic magic in this area is messing up my locator spells." To every ones surprise, Hotohori started to laugh. Wiping a tear from his eye, he chuckled. "This would be the place. Nerima is the tops spot where all the curses and demons like to hit, excluding only Juuban, just by a little. In fact, Tamahome's reincarnation in heaps of trouble to that extent. Curses, to many fiancees to count, people out for his blood. And that's normal around here. It did get really weird around here when he had to kill Saffron." Yukito started suddenly coughing. "You know, *cough cough*... Saffron was Suzaku's son... *cough cough*" Hotohori sweatdropped. "Okay, so taking out Saffron was a bit of a mistake, but hey, he went evil and he did get reborn after words!" Yukito sighed. "I suppose. Where should we head now?" "Mitsukake has already remembered. I suspect he has remembered for a long time. His name here is Dr. Ono Tofu, but we just call him Dr. Tofu. And he is just down the road. We can camp there for awhile till we get the utterly stubborn Tasuki and Tamahome to remember." Yukito nodded as he walked hand in hand with Toya. The pilots followed behind, looking around the "modern day" earth. Nuriko chattered happily with Hotohori about meaningless things and Hotohori smiled and nodded. After finally getting there, Hotohori took leadership, and volunteered to go in. "It would be to crowded for all of us." Going up to the assistant's desk, he smiled at the pretty little thing, getting the reaction he wanted as she blushed. "Could you get Dr. Tofu and tell him that a Hotohori, Nuriko, and Chichiri are outside to see him. It is an emergency." She nodded, and went into the office. Hotohori walked outside, and stepped beside Nuriko. He had hardly been out there a second, when Tofu came rushing out, smiling warmly at them all. "Finally! I thought when you first didn't recognize me, that I was insane, and it is never good for a Doctor to be insane. Now who are these people?" Yukito smiled. "Toya, the one next to me, came with me, and the others with Nuriko. He made a lot of loyal friends evidently. Where is Tama- chan?" At the mention of his cat, he looked a bit downcast. "I had to get rid of her when Tamahome, I mean Ranma, expressed a great fear in cats, with an terrible side effect. I'm not telling you unless he tell you himself. It would be unprofessional as a doctor." Tofu turned to Hotohori. "Ne, Mu Tsu, or Hotohori. We're never telling Nuriko of the Nyannichaun, are we?" "Please call me Hotohori. If at all possible we'll keep quiet. And it will probably disappear when Tamahome wakes. I don't go duck anymore at least." Hotohori was happy of that fact. "Well that's good," Dr. Tofu said.
Nuriko turned to the rest of the pilots. "I know this is weird, and from what I hear its going to get weirder, but I'm happy you all are here. We've gotta get Tasuki and Tamahome, and as quietly as possible, so if you all can just wander around and meet back here sometime in the late afternoon? And no guns! If you have to fight, do it with fists, if at all possible." Nuriko grinned impishly. "Bai!" he chirped, before latching onto Hotohori's arm. Hotohori, Nuriko, Yukito, Toya, and Mitsukake left toward Furiken high school, where they felt two energies that most of them identified as Tasuki and Tamahome, clash. The pilots watched them leave, and turned to one another. "Do you notice how Duo, or now Nuriko-chan, is acting like a girl?" Quatre asked. "Yeah, like some baka onna!" Wufei ranted. "I think that's what he is trying to do." Trowa said softly. "Hn.."Hiiro grunted. "We might as well scout the area." And so they split into different directions, promising to meet back in an hour.
(A.N. Hey, I did all of this between 930pm and 230am. Feeling kinda sleepy sick, and I'm doin more typo's than usual. Sorry I can't do more, but my right hand hurts too much. Gotta get up earlier monday than planned, but its Martin Luther King's day, so at least I can nap some in the afternoon. Hope this is good. Unfortunately inspiration always hits me late. Will try to continue this fanfiction, even though I like reading fanfiction more than writing it.I would appreciate it if you can give me the places where Chiriko, Chichiri, and Hotohori's seishi marks show up. Reviews are nice. Kindly correct my series errors if you can. Tell me what you think for the reincarnation pairing so far, and try to guess who Chiriko is gonna be! I'll give you a clue, the same author who wrote Ranma 1/2 did the series the Chiriko character is, plus, the fact the Chiriko is in the past should help, PLUS the fact he can get to the future!
Gotta get some sleep. If I wake up, I'll try to write more. Bai!!)
Next Chapter Chapter Four- Tasuki and Tamahome
When Tasuki remembers before Tamahome does, how much will Tasuki have to torch Ranma to get Tamahome to wake up? How will people deal with a red haired, women hating, cursing rude Ryoga Hibiki with a blowtorch fan?? Check it out next time!!