Chapter 2
Here is the 2nd chapter! Enjoy! Review after please!! Thank you!!
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The next morning, Fakir walked out of his house carrying duck in his arms. It was pretty rare, Fakir was running to the meeting place with a smile of excitement. Its as if he could instantly change her back to normal when they go to the outside world.
"It won't be long Ahiru.. I'll wish for you to become a real girl again.." he smiled as he increased his speed to the meeting place.
There they see Mytho and Rue waiting for them, with somewhat excited faces also.
"Hey guys.. Were you guys waiting long?" Fakir panted,
"Nope.. We also just got here.." Mytho said,
"C'mon lets go.." Rue said also being excited, "I heard that you could find interesting things in the outside world.. We got word from a person who was able to return.."
"A person who was able to return? How did they return?" Fakir asked,
"They say their wish was fulfilled the instant they asked for it.." Rue said. Then she points her finger to add information, "But they say that you have to pay a price that's equal to your wish.."
Fakir's good mood faded a bit, hearing that she can't be brought back for free. He looked at Ahiru and remembered the night he whisper to her, I'll hold you like this again when you turn into a girl again. Just thinking about Ahiru he cheers up already, "I see.. Well.. No matter what it costs I'll wish Ahiru back to her human form,"
Ahiru quacked a reaction and looked up at Fakir. Fakir… your such an idiot for sacrificing anything for a duck like me. She thought to herself.
"Well.. Shall we head to the outside world now?" Mytho asks. The rest nodded, they walked up to the main entrance and meet one person in front of it.
"Are you here to have your wishes granted?" the person asked. Ahiru's eyes widened seeing the person took the appearance of Edel, the female puppet who helped her out a lot and the one who warmed Fakir. But she looked different, her skin didn't look like a white puppet bur her skin was flesh and humane.
Mytho nodded, "Yes.. Will we be able to come back if our wishes are granted?"
"Yes.. But.. To those who goes in the outside world without a wish.. You cannot go back to this world until you have a wish.." she said.
Rue and Mytho looked at each other, "Do we have a wish?" Rue asked.
Mytho gave her a smile, "My wish is already granted.. And that is that you're my princess.."
Rue smiles back, "Then I should wish we could have a good life together.."
"Then its settled, all of us has a wish," Mytho told the human Edel look-a-alike. She nods and opens the door, she holds out her hand.
"Proceed.. And good luck… May all your wishes come true.." she smiled.
The door was a portal, it was light and was like a vortex, they looked afraid because they might slip and get sucked in the vortex. But as they stepped in, it was flat and solid, they were relieved that the vortex didn't suck them in. They proceeded walking seeing another opening at the other end. Ahiru looked front and felt a tight grip in her tummy, she noticed Fakir was getting more anxious to have his wish come true. She flapped her wings to give him attention.
Fakir looked at her, "What is it?" Ahiru pointed at him and compressed herself at the same tight struggling expression saying she can't breathe with his tight grip around her. "Oh.. Sorry.." he chuckled a bit and loosened his tight hug, "Sorry about that. I'm just too excited to get to that place who grants wishes." Ahiru pouted, though in her mind she was also excited to see the place. But she also wondered what price do they have to pay to make it equal.
Moments later, they get through the other end. They covered their eyes as the light shinned their eyes. Arriving at the place, they blinked their eyes to clear their view. The place was very different to them that they don't even have some of the objects around them in their own world.
Tall buildings, cemented roads, strange looking carriages that moves with no need of a horse and people were wearing clothes that were far to advanced for their time clothing now. As they walked further in, they could see people talking to themselves while they had something in their ears enabling them to contact another person. The houses looked more modern than their houses back at home.
"The place looks so….. Foreign.." Mytho said looking from side to side.
"You won't see this in our world," Rue smiled, "Now I wonder what kind of interesting things are here…" she said looking around at the shops with glass and mannequins with style clothing displaying inside of it.
Fakir looks around silently, looking for the place where they grant wishes. Problem is, he didn't have any idea what the place looks like. Until his caught a place that made him stop walking. It was a dojo with a green roof with a moon crest at the end of the tall wooden fence. He had this feeling that this is the place he was looking for.
"I think this is it.." Fakir said peeking inside of the tall fence,
Mytho and Rue tilted their heads, "What place? I don't see anything but grass…" Rue said looking around seeing nothing but grass.
Fakir and Ahiru looked at each other, "Can you see it Ahiru?" Ahiru nodded, "See? Ahiru can see it.."
"Well I don't see it either, sorry to say, " Mytho said seeing the same spot where he just sees plain glass.
"You might be hallucinating Fakir," Rue said,
"No.. I'm not.. Its really there…" Fakir said, pointing at the dojo, "Why can't you see it?"
"Its because they don't have a wish.." two girls' voices suddenly said. Fakir instantly looked back and his eyes widened seeing two girls standing in front of the open door. He didn't even hear it open.
The two girls smiled at him and Ahiru. One of them had long blue hair and the other was short pink haired. They walked while giggling and the pink haired took Ahiru and the blue one pulled Fakir's hand letting them go inside.
"Hey.. Guys! Where are you going?" Mytho shouted. And suddenly the two disappeared.
"Where'd they go?" Rue looked and didn't see them, leaving no trace. The couple was left outside wondering where their friends went too.
Ahiru was being carried by the pink one and the blue one continued to pull Fakir inside.
"Hey.. Where are you taking us?" Fakir asked,
"To the mistress!" the two said in unison. Fakir just looked forward looking at the butterfly patterned door and he was stopped right in front of it and Ahiru was given to him again in his arms.
"A person's wish can be granted at anytime, but. In order for the wish to be granted. A compensation must be given to equalize ones wish.." a lady said behind the door. It sounded mysterious and sounded elegant, "Our meeting is fate.. And that means you have a wish"
The two girls held each handle of the door, "Come in" they said as they opened the door showing an incensed room. They couldn't tell the feeling if the place was bad or not.
Ahiru and Fakir just stood there idly seeing a woman lying down on her couch, holding her pipe smoke. She was with a boy holding a tray while wearing an apron and a bandana.
"Welcome.. To my shop of wishes," the lady said sitting up. She wore a flower patterned red yukata with a large yellow ribbon at the front. "My name is Yuko Ichihara, shall I grant your wish?" she said hanging her black hair at the side of her ear, blowing her pipe smoke again.
Fakir walked in slowly, feeling a bit nervous that Ahiru could feel him shake a bit. "Yes.. I have a wish.."
Yuko smiled and stood, "Let us proceed to the other room. The smoke here is not good for the girl your holding in your arms,"
Ahiru quacked softly for a silent gasp. How did she know I was a duck? She thought looking at the mysterious woman walking out of the room.
Fakir stood there for a while, then the boy who was wearing an apron stood at his side. "C'mon.. Yuko-san wont bite……………………. Yet.." he chuckled..
The door slammed opened, "I HEARD THAT WATANUKI!!" Yuko shouted,
"A-ah!!! Sorry Yuko-san!!" he bowed in a strange way.
Fakir smiled a bit, feeling enthusiasm in the room, "So your name is Watanuki?"
Watanuki stood up and smiled, "Yes.. Watanuki Kimihiro.. Pleased to meet you.." he bowed a greeting.
"I'm Fakir.. This little duck here is Ahiru.." he smiled pointing at Ahiru. She bowed her head and smiled,
"Pleased to meet you Ahiru-san" Watanuki greeted with a smile. Ahiru's face turned red seeing his gentle smile, almost the same a Mytho's but his was more active and warm.
Fakir went on to the other room and sat at the table where Yuko was sitted in. Watanuki served them tea with some appetizer foods, he bows closing the door leaving the client and the owner converse.
Yuko took a sip of her sake, "Tell me boy… Your desire.."
Fakir settled Ahiru on the table, without hesitation, he uttered, "I wish for my friend Ahiru to become a girl again."
Yuko smiled looking at the duck staring at her with pleading eyes. She gave a soft chuckle and she patted the duck's head, "That doesn't sound like your wish my boy.." she said,
"What do you mean?? This is my wish…" Fakir said.
"This sounds like a wish from this little girl right here.." Yuko smiled at Ahiru.
Ahiru looked confused, but then she realizes that it is her wish to become a real girl since she is the unfortunate one.
"Both of you was able to come in here because each of you had different wishes in each of your hearts.. The other two waiting outside did not have any wish in their hearts so there was no need for them to see this place." Yuko said crossing her legs.
Fakir was all the more confused with the lady's words, he didn't know that he still had a hidden desire in his heart.
"You wish to be able to protect someone other than writing right? You don't want to be useless man who was suppose to die in vain right?" Yuko smirked resting her chin on her hand.
"H-how did you know that?" Fakir almost forgot about his old role in the story that he sealed that desire away. But now that the lady mentioned it, he still wanted to have the desire to protect the ones he love, not just by writing but also with a talent to handle a weapon incase worst case scenarios happen.
"You look like the kind of guy who would protect this little duck if she was in danger," she smiled. "And that this little duck here wouldn't just want to stand on her duck feet seeing you struggle if you were protecting her." Yuko looked at Ahiru with a mysterious smirk on her face, Ahiru couldn't tell if the lady has something good or bad in her mind. Though at least she didn't see her like Drosselmeyer, who loves to manipulate people's hearts for his own content.
Fakir looked up at her, "But.. The story has ended in our world, I think that there will be no more mischief in their anymore.." his faced looked afraid for some reason.
Yuko looked at his face, she chuckled and she extended her arm pointing it to his lips. "Your afraid aren't you? Your afraid.. That if you died in vain again, you would have saddened the little duck…" Yuko's hair began to float and her eyes looked mischievous but promising at the same time, "Every story's end.. Always have a new beginning.. You may have thought that the climax has ended .. But… you'll never know…"
Watanuki, together with the two girls are peeking inside, "ehh… Poor man, his gonna get poisoned by Yuko-san.." he whispered,
"poison.." "POISON!" the two girls shouted behind.
"I HEARD THAT! Watanuki, maru, moro!!" Yuko pointed behind the door. The three gasped and screamed, running away from the room.
Yuko's frowned turned mysterious again when she looked at Fakir, "Summing up all things.. You, wish to be able to protect someone not just by a pen and a paper. And this little duck here.. Wishes to be a girl again.."
"Yes.." Fakir said with a determined look.
"Very well… But their will be a price.." she added. This was the part where Fakir and Ahiru gets anxious. Yuko pointed at Fakir, "You… Are you willing to give your writing power away just to wield a weapon?" she asked.
Fakir gasped, "My powers?"
"Yes.. Your power that runs through your family bloodline.. It is a powerful but at the same time dangerous power to wield.. You could even let a person di--"
"Quack! Quack!!" Ahiru flapped her wings not letting Yuko finish her phrase. She didn't want Fakir remember the past he did when he was a child, the time her wrote a story that took his parents' life.
Yuko blinked, surprised at the little duck's actions. Her eyes slowly softened and turning to a smile, "It appears this little duck really cares about you my dear boy.."
Fakir looked at Ahiru worried about him, she thought that he was thinking of his past that she had to do something to snap him out from that horrible past. He let out a soft chuckle and rubbed her head, "Its alright Ahiru. I'm alright, you don't need to worry.. That's all in the past.."
Ahiru looked at Fakir, seeing his reassuring smile she calmed down. She turned back to Yuko to proceed with the deal.
Fakir gave it a deep thought, he took a deep breath and looked up at Yuko, "I'll do it.. I would like to have the power to protect the ones I love.."
"But then you'll lose your powers.. Your power is more powerful than a weapon.." Yuko smirked,
"You said that my power is useless in this world right? So I wont be able to use it anyway.." Fakir said, "Besides.. You said that a story might begin again right? Will it be in this world?"
"A happy ending, a cruel ending or maybe…. Something else.. That is what the writer in this world is thinking right now.. She is getting people from your world to get as many characters for her story in this world.." Yuko said,
Fakir nodded, without thinking of it again, he said, "Then I wish for the power to wield a weapon again."
Yuko smiled and looked to the side, "Alright.. Watanuki.. Stop eavesdropping and comein here"
A large thump was heard outside again, Maru and Moro opened the door showing Watanuki bump his back head. Watanuki instantly stood up, "Yes?! Yuko-san?!" he responded with a military shout.
"Tell Doumeki that I need him, tell him to come here.." Yuko said,
Watanuki suddenly gave a frown, "Why him??!! His an idiot c'mon!!"
"Aww.. Little Watanuki is shy to see his close friend again," Yuko's voice turned playful.
"HE IS NOT MY CLOSE FRIEND!!!" he stomped his feet, clenching his teeth.
Yuko giggled, "But I still need him for this man right here.."
Watanuki looked at Fakir, "Your gonna train to wield a weapon.."
"Yes.." Fakir responded with a straight look of determination.
Watanuki sighed seeing he can't do anything about it, "Alright, I'll call Doumeki for you.."
"Then its settled." Yuko turned to Ahiru, "Now its your turn for your wish little duck.. You wish to turn into a girl again right?" Ahiru responded with a big nod. "Heh.. Such enthusiasm.. Alright now for your price" Ahiru gulped but prepared herself.. "Watanuki.." she turned to her part timer.
"Yes?" he responded,
"Meet your new part timer.." she said holding out her hand on the duck.
"Eh?" "Quack?" the two wondered in unison.
Watanuki blinked, "Eh??"
End of chapter 2!! I noticed that chapter almost ended up being a long story.. I'm sorry!! I know you noticed Black Mokona isn't there but I'll find a funny way to make her appearance. Hope you liked it! Review please!! Look forward to Chapter 3!!
