Chapter I: The Mirror
by blindangel10
Disclaimer: I do not own Saiyuki, I only own the other characters.
(A/N) This story is just a repost. I decided to repost it, that's why..
The name's Aki Genjo, a 19 year-old student at the Fre'da Manor, the most prominent institute in the town of Ryda. I started studying black magic when I was 17. I have a long, straight midnight blue locks that reaches to my waist, and the amethyst of my eyes sparkled best under the dazzling sun. My mother, Aya Genjo, died of leukemia when I was only 9 years old, since then, I was left in the care of my father, Shin Genjo. I've been living in the Manor for 2 years already, but I come home with my sister every once in a while to visit him.
I began this journey hoping to find someone to take away my pain…but somehow I know that may never happen…I would cry every night because I was too afraid to sleep. I tried to compel to myself that everything's fine and i need not to cry. Everything was fatefully painful for me.
Everything was blurry as i was making my way to my room, I struggled to balance my books to keep them from scattering all over the floor.
"Shit! It's almost 5:30 pm! Why does he have to babble about the same damn things over and over! We went overtime again." I said to myself as I crossed the grass lawn that stretched for several meters.
As soon as I reached my room, I threw my books on to my bed and looked down at my wristwatch, "Great! 15 before 6."
I remembered I have to meet a few friends this evening, so once again, I rushed back through the broad corridors of the institute, down the long winding stairs, through the outskirts, through the lawn, and finally out the front gate. I slowed down for a while to catch my breath as I walked through the road. "It's funny how the sky perfectly blends with the hues and shades of my loneliness." I thought, looking up to the everlasting skies, "No one was really there for me...Not even my dad..He was only there for her..." I sarcastically smiled but quickly shook the thought off, "Too much drama..."
I walked past the little tree house beside the river, that used to be the place where we always play until dark, and also our meeting place. I looked around but I couldn't find them. I went to take a short walk in the woods when suddenly a guy bumped into me.
"Itai!! That hurts!" he whined as he caressed his sore forehead.
"Watch where you're going..." I said coldly, I think almost emotionless.
"But it really hurts, you know!!!" he wailed even harder, he wailed so hard as if I wasn't hurt..
He was about 18, I think. He's a little shorter than me, he has brown hair and golden eyes. There was this gold circlet that rests on his head, whatever it may be. There was this strange feeling inside me that tells me that I know this guy. But...I don't.
"Aki-san!!" he called. "Aki-san, is that really you? It's been a long time since I last saw you...I missed you!" he continued excitedly, it doesn't even look like he's making it up, he even embraced me.
"Who are you? How did you know my name? Excuse me, but I don't really know you." I told him as I quickly pulled away.
From the distance we heard a violent groan, he suddenly ran through the depths of the woods, "Aki-san, I'll tell you about it next time! Bye bye!!" he shouted as he ran. Then the groan suddenly faded away.
Who the hell was that? Hmmmm...No idea...
Í walked back to the tree house to see if they're already there. It was almost dark.
"I thought we're gonna meet here? What kind of stupid joke is thi--"
My eyes suddenly went dark, as if someone blindfolded me or something. Then I recognized my sister's perfume, lavender.
"Summer, please take your hands off my eyes. I know it's you, okay? I know your perfume." I said to her, and she backed away.
"Awwww! Why do you always recognize me!" she whined.
Summer's my sister. She's 3 years younger than me. She also studies in the Fre'da Manor, well, all of us are, but she studies White magic. She gets along well with me and my two other friends, Rhye and Chi. She's the boyish type, and she's also the youngest. She's adventurous but she's also the scaredy-cat of the group. Ever since my mom died, my father focused his attention to her, her only...maybe because she resembles my mom. Her golden curls, her amber-colored orbs, and her pale skin, all of my mother's. Somehow, I'm jealous of her coz of that.
As I opened my eyes, flames of a small sizes became visible to my sight. Candles. Then I saw Rhye and Chi holding a small cake up to my face.
Rhye is my childhood friend and also my bestfriend. Rhye is 19 and has long brunette tresses, bronze eyes, and slightly tanned skin. She's the most brave of all of us. But somehow I know she's a maskwearer. She's been trying to be strong for everyone. She doesn't let anyone in easily.
While Chi, the most elegant of us all, is an overindulged damsel with short silky black hair and a pair of azure orbs. She grew up in luxury, but just like me, her parents won't give her the care she always wanted to have. She's 18 now.
"Happy Birthday, Akimi!" they all said in unison.
"We baked your favorite cake, creme brulee." Rhye said holding it nearer to my face, almost touched the tip of my nose.
I stopped and thought for a while.
"Ne, onechan, is there something wrong?" Summer asked.
"Didn't you like the cake we baked? I told you, Rhye I'm not good at baking!! This was my first time to bake! Huhu!" Chi continued in a worried tone.
"It's also my first time, Chi! It's that stupid cookbook! I should've never bought that evil thing!" Rhye answered.
"Is it my birthday today?" I suddenly asked, I think I lost track of time cramming.
"Duh? It's 24, remember? 24th of September? Today is the day you blow your candles, A-chan! Your 20!" Rhye reminded me.
"Whoaaaa!!! I'm too old..." I said as I felt my face, which I feared to have its wrinkles already.
They all laughed at me, can you believe that? I started laughing as well realizing how fortunate I am to have these girls.
That night, we went to Chi's quarters, and decided to sleepover.
"Hey, guys..You know the four men, believed to be the redeemers of this land, the ones that the elders were lecturing about in history class?" Asked Summer who was eating a gallon of ice cream at the moment.
Nobody seemed to be interested on the subject so nobody reacted, Who would be interested in history topics anyway? Rhye and Chi were busy doing each other's nails and I was busy reading my history book, I had to read it, you know? I have an exam three days from now!, it was just about the same thing that Summer was talking about. The four gents who stopped the revival of some sort of demon. Whatever it was, it wasn't stated here, I don't care.
"hey..." Summer mumbled.
"I just remembered!!!" Rhye shrieked as she jumped from the sofa.
"Hayaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! You ruined my nail, Rhye!!!!!!" Chi squealed.
"Ahihi! Gomene, Chi. I'll do it again later. Anyways, I was exploring the top floor of the Manor, and I checked out the attic and..."
"YOU WHAT?!?!"
"ATTIC?"
"NO WAY!!!!!"
We responded in unison.
"I checked the attic out?" she said as if not knowing that it's forbidden.
"It's against school rules to go to that area!!" I scolded her.
"Well, it's worth it, A-chan." she smirk at us as she spoke, "The rumors were true...The magic mirror that used to be a fairy-tale to me was there, covered with dust."
"Shut up!!!" Summer reacted, visibly amazed.
"Duh? Probably, it's just an old mirror, owned by some of the teachers here." Chi assumed, while applying acetone to her smudged nail-polish.
"I don't think so...It looks like it's much older than Professor Rayburn." she explained and the girls laughed, Oh, and just to let you know, Professor Rayburn is in his 90's now, and still going strong.
"You know, the magic mirror are two mirrors that faces each other. They say you can go anywhere if you stand in the middle, if you're lucky, it only works if the moon is full. Besides, it's only a myth! The gods know what else it's capable of." I clarified.
"Whatever!! If you don't want to believe me, it's okay. If you want, you go check it out yourselves."
It's around 1:15 a.m. already, and I really want to sleep. The day had been very long for me. So I decided to retire for the night. I stood up and left the other three chatting about that stupid mirror.
I woke up that night from Chi's piercing and very irritating voice.
"Aki! Wake up!! Wake up!!!!!"
"Eh? What? What happened.?" I asked, my eyes half-open, I looked at the clock, 3:45a.m!
"Chi!! What is your problem? Wakin me up at this hour?"
"It's Rhye and Summer!!" she was jumping hysterically now.
"What about them?" still under my blanket.
"They...used...I mean, they went in...No, they were sucked in...in...the m-magic mirror, or whatever it was called!" she was crying now, really.
"What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
To be continued...please read and review!