Hello!
Here I go, I started another new story. This one, is different from the others... what I mean by different is that I work on this one at school. During those boring classes, I write. Which is in French, Math, Sc. Phys., Religion, History and sometimes in English. First, I started to write one story about Yamato being the son of the head of the mafia who goes to the same school as Mimi but school life is too complicated so I ripped the pages off. Second, I used the same idea but without Yamato going to school so he's old enough... but my head became blocked and I ripped it off again. My friend got pissed at me though... so she took the ripped off pages and decided to continue it with her own ideas. I can't wait till she posts it on I'm done with my blablas once again. I know I sound like an old grandma.
"This will be your room Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa. Miss Tachikawa, your room is the next one on the left." The old monk left soon after.
"Mama, why do we have to stay at the Temple? I don't like it. It's kinda creepy here."A brown haired girl complained.
"Mimi, even though we live in New York, you still have to lean a little thing about your origin."
"Hai, hai. Anyway... I'm going to walk around the area."
Mimi put down her luggage and walked around the Japanese temple. She ended up in front of a door. For unknown reasons, Mimi wanted to take a peek in the room. As she was about to open the door, somebody grabbed her hand. Mimi turned around and found an old monk.
"This is a forbidden room. Even for the monks in this temple."
"How about you?"
"I am only allowed to go in there to clean the place."
"What is there in this room?"
"There's nothing much in this room. It's just like the other rooms except that it is cursed."
"Cursed?" Mimi was getting curious. She wanted to know more about the mysterious room.
"Yes... the previous master of this temple told me that long ago, the master of this temple promised his friend, the emperor, to protect one of the four treasures. The master hid the treasure in this room and also put a curse in there that only the master of the temple may go in."
"I see... So, what's the treasure?"
"I don't know what it looks like... but I do know that once the four treasures meet, it will grant the wisher a wish."
"Cool! It's just like a manga story."
"Maybe..." The old monk smiled to Mimi and left.
After dinner, a young monk gave Mimi a white pyjama yukata (Japanese traditional clothe). Mimi heads to the bath. After a warm bath, Mimi dressed into her yukata. As she was walking back to her room, she passed by the forbidden room. Maybe I should just take a little peek... No! What if there really is a curse? Nah! I'm old enough to not believe in that stuff. Yea... just a little peek won't do much... Mimi opened the door and stepped in.
"Heh! There really is nothing in this room! Bo-ring!" Mimi suddenly felt sleepy. She was trying to keep her balance. She lost balance, fell on the table and slipped down on the floor. A little box also fell down in front of Mimi. A shiny crystal ring fell out of the box. Mimi, who was half-conscious, grabbed the shiny object. Once she held onto it, a blue light surrounded the room and Mimi lost consciousness.
Mimi slowly opened her eyes. She sat up and found herself in a different room.
"Ah! You're finally awake." A short brown haired girl walked in.
"Where am I? What's this place?"
"You are in my house. I found you unconscious near the bridge so I asked someone to help me carry you here. I'm Hikari Yagami."
"I'm Mimi Tachikawa." Mimi stood up and looked outside. There were many people with little wood houses. Everybody was wearing a yukata with the traditional hairstyle. "No way... you've gotta be kidding me!"
"What? I don't really understand what you mean by this but you sure have a pretty ring." Mimi stared at the fourth finger of her right hand. Around her finger, she found the little crystal ring that she found in the old temple. Don't tell me that I have been teleported back to another time... Mimi tried to explain her situation to Hikari. At first, she looked confuse but she tried to understand Mimi's situation and actually believed her.
"What should I do? I really need to go back! Do you know what kind of commotions it will make if my parents call the police!"
"Police? I don't understand what that is but all I know is that you have to stay here while we find a way to send you back."
"Hai..." Mimi sighed.
"Good. Know that you'll have to work too. I'm poor so I can't support your life here."
"I understand. At least, you didn't kick me out right after I regain consciousness. Oh! Thanks for believing me."
"Do you want to work at the same place as me?"
"Yeah! Where do you work? What do you do?"
"I'm a maid. I serve the prostitutes; wash their clothes and many other things. Basically, I'm a servant in a prostitution house."
"Umm... Do you... do you do those things too...?" She stared at Hikari. She didn't look like a prostitute.
"I said that I'm a maid! I don't do those things!" Hikari blushed. "I'm going to introduce you there later. For now, just eat and rest. I'm going to give you another yukata."
"Thank you!"
As Mimi started to eat some buns, Hikari left to get a yukata for Mimi. Mimi dressed into the baby purple yukata with some cherry blossoms' petals printed on it. Soon, the two ladies left the house.
"Miyako-san!" Hikari shouted at their arrival to the prostitution house. A young lady walked out. "The other day, you said that you needed more help right? Do you mind hiring my friend, Mimi?"
The purple haired lady stared at Mimi from head to toe. "It would be nice if she served the men instead. She has the look and the body just like you, Hikari."
"No way! I'm only 15! I ain't doing anything with those old geezers! You're going to be arrested for doing that!" Mimi shouted back.
"Being arrested? You've gotta be kidding me! Those officers and guards or whatsoever they are, come here themselves to get some young fresh girls of 14 years old and older."
"Eh! You serious!"
"Of course. I don't know where you come from but every house is like that. You are really rude though. You're probably going to scare all my customers away. I was just kidding about making you a prostitute. I wouldn't turn Hikari's friend into one. Anyway how, both of you start working now. I'm Miyako Inoue, the Mama of this house. You are Mimi...?"
"I'm Mimi Tachikawa." Miyako smiled to Mimi who smiled back. She quickly head back into the house. "Is it I or is she super young for a mama? She looks like my age!"
"Well... Let's just say that she has the talent of business." Hikari sweat dropped. Mimi followed Hikari to the kitchen. "We're going to start making dinner then wash the clothes."
"Hai! Um... microwave anyone?"
"A what?" Hikari stared at Mimi weirdly.
"Never mind... I shouldn't even bother to ask in the first place... How about a normal stove...? Not the ones that you have to shove wood in it to make it work."
"How do you expect to cook anything without heating the stove with woods? Whatever... I'll make you wash the clothes..." Hikari brought Mimi to the backyard surrounded with tall thick walls.
"These clothes shall be hand washed. Don't say anything that doesn't exist over here."
"Yes... I know how to hand wash clothes... I guess... Anyway! Leave it to me and go back to the kitchen." Hikari smiled and left. Mimi drowned the big piece of clothing in a basket filled with water.
"Hey you! What do you think you're doing!" An old lady shouted.
"Huh? Washing the clothes of course!"
"Quit wasting your time! I can't believe youngsters like you still do something else except to help an old lady like me who hurt her back!"
"Hai... How should I help you grandma?" Mimi sweat dropped. The old lady scared Mimi.
"Hurry up and go to the kitchen and bring some sake and dry sweets to Ishida-sama!"
"Ishida-sama?"
"HURRY UP!"
"Haiii!" Mimi dropped the big yukata she was supposed to wash and ran back to the kitchen where everybody suddenly seemed to panic.
"Hikari?" Hikari totally ignored Mimi. The same old lady that picked on Mimi was picking her on. Hikari was running from left to right like the Cinderella. The old lady shoved a cabaret with a bottle of sake and dry sweets to Mimi.
"Don't just stand there!" She said with her high pitched voice. "Hurry up and bring this to the royal room!"
"Yes...! Right away, commander!" Mimi ran off still thinking about the old lady's scary face. She ran up to the third floor where a bunch of prostitutes were gathering up.
"Kyaah! Ishida-sama came today! He also brought his younger brother with him!"
"Apparently, they are both good looking. I never saw the younger brother though... Whenever he came out, he never really exposed his identity and rarely attends the ceremonies."
"I wonder whom Ishida-sama will pick today."
"Do you even have to ask? It's probably Jun again." The two women sighed. The others that overheard the conversation also sighed.
"Sorry to bother. Can you tell me where the royal room is? I need to bring this in." Mimi asked the women.
"Not good. Too perfect looking."
"Where's the old hag?"
"She hurt her leg... So I was asked to bring this for her."
"I see..." The women started to mess Mimi's hair and whipped the makeup off of her face leaving some lipstick on her corner of her lips and eye shadow on her forehead.
"Hey, hey! What are you doing!" She said while struggling.
"There you go! All pretty! The door is right over there!" Mimi stared at the ladies horrified. She slid the door open and shut it back after getting in.
"Hello? I came to bring you sake!"
Mimi looked around the room but found no one. She stepped closer to the small table and put down the cabaret. She fixed her hair in front of a small mirror on a desk. Weird... I was sure that there would be an ugly old geezer here like in the movies. Phew! I got scared for nothing. She whipped off the rest of the makeup marked on her face while humming. Suddenly, Mimi saw a man's body behind her on the small mirror. The mirror was small enough to not reveal the face. Ehh! An arm wrapped around Mimi's waist and a hand dug into Mimi's Yukata reaching her breast. For a few seconds, Mimi couldn't move because of the shock. When she finally came back to her senses, Mimi grabbed the man's arm and flipped him over her.
"Kyaaa! Pervert!" Mimi quickly covered her chest. Thank you dad for forcing me to go to all those auto defence and fighting classes!
"Miyako-san! A pervert sneaked into the royal room!" Mimi shouted. "I don't see Ishida-sama! The pervert probably murdered that old geezer too!" Mimi shouted.
"Oii! Wait a minute!" The guy sat up.
"Don't move or I'm going to flip you over again!" The door slid open and a purple haired girl ran in.
"Wooo! What's happening over here!"
"That pervert! He..." Before Mimi could continue, Miyako was already bowing down. "Miyako-san?"
"Yamato, please excuse her. She's new over here."
"Who is that pervert?"
"Quit calling him a pervert, you idiot! He's my number one customer Yamato Ishida!"
"Ahh! He's the one that everybody was talking about! What's so great about him except that he is rather hot...?"
"No way... I thought you were only clueless about the age of the girls that are in this house but you don't know who the Ishida are!"
"Well... I wouldn't be asking if I knew..."
"He's the emperor's oldest son! He is going to be the future Emperor! That makes him a prince!" Miyako was about to strangle Mimi. Mimi just simply stared at Yamato.
"Oh." She said plainly. "You said oldest son right? Does that mean he has another brother?"
"Yes... why?"
"Then, that doesn't make him the future Emperor anymore. I'm sure that the emperor is smart enough to not give him the throne. Let's just hope that his brother is better."
"I have been keeping quiet quite long enough... You've been really disrespectful toward me. You can be executed any time for that!" Mimi hid behind Miyako.
"Yamato... come one! Forgive her. You can tell that she comes from a weird place just by looking at her personality. Mimi, apologize." Miyako said. She grabbed Mimi and pushed her forward.
"No way! I didn't do anything! If you want my sorry, catch me on your own without help and I'll give it to you! I-di-ot!" Mimi stuck her tongue out and ran out of the room chased by Yamato who was playing along.
"Wait till I get my hands on you! I'll make you feel so sorry and I'll make you my slave!" Yamato ran down the stairs pushing people along the way.
"Yeah! As if that would happen, you good for nothing prince!" Instead of running, Mimi slid down the stairs on the ramp.
Hikari walked out of the kitchen to find Mimi. All she sees in the backyard was a basket of water and a pile of dirty kimonos.
"Hikari! What are you doing here spacing out!" the old lady scolded.
"Sorry but have you seen a young girl washing the clothes here a while ago? She just started to work today."
"I remember an unfamiliar face that I called to bring the sake to Ishida-sama instead of me."
"What!" Hikari ran quickly in the direction of the main house. I'm not allowed to go in there normally but I have to find Mimi before she does anything! She has no manners at all and speaks rudely...! What if she insults the prince! She ran into the main house. A man stood in front of her blocking her way.
"Hey young lady. I never saw you around here. You're new eh? Want to have some fun with me? I'll pay you more than the other women."
"MOVE!" Hikari shouted. The man moved out of the way quickly. Hikari tried to push her way through the crowd. What in the world is with all these commotions! As she was about to run again, someone suddenly grabbed her arm preventing her to proceed forward.
"What is happening in here?" Asked the young blond man who grabbed onto Hikari.
"How should I know! I'm in a hurry! Let go of me!" She said rudely.
"You're being rude to me..." Hikari freed herself from the man's grip and continued to dig a passage from the people.
"I heard that Yamato Ishida is running after a servant here!" A man said.
"You serious! I wondered what happened between those two..." Another one said.
"I heard that the girl stole something from him!"
"That's not what I heard! I heard that he wanted to sleep with her but she's refusing!"
Hikari listened to all the chattering. She was getting more and more worried about her friend. To her surprise, the blond guy was following her.
"Why are you running after me!"
"You're searching for the girl that everybody is talking about right?"
"Yea..." Hikari slowed down and stopped running.
"Well... I'm searching for that chaser. You don't mind if I search with you right? I don't know the place very well."
"Ah! I know!"
"What?"
"Since you're after that Yamato Ishida, you must be..."
"Hehe... I guess I got find out. Well it is pretty obvious right? I hope you won't stop talking to me normally because of that..."
"Of course not! I understand you! I'm a servant just like you!"
"What!" The blond guy almost fell from surprise. He sweats dropped. "Umm..."
"Yes?"
"Never mind... You know, I thought you were a prostitute..."
"Hey! What is that suppose to mean! Are you saying that I look like a whore!"
"No! You're just so cute that I thought nobody would let you off. I might even become a regular customer here if you really were one..." Both of them blushed.
"Hikari! Great that you're here! Hurry up and find Mimi!" Miyako shouted from the third floor while running down the stairs.
"Hai! I'll talk to you later! Bye!" Hikari ran off.
"Master Takeru, it's about time to head back to the castle." A blue haired guy said.
"Yea... Ken, go find my brother."
"Yes..." Ken quickly disappeared in the crowd who was still talking about the maid and the prince's marathon.
End of chapter one