Byakko's Act

By: Satil

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Chapter Two

Suicidal Teen to Legendary Miko - Part II

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Disclaimer: I do not own Mayo, Saori, Kouji, Genrou, Byakko, or any of the original Fushigi Yuugi characters that will be in this story. The other character I don't own either is Kitsune, who belongs to somebody else.

(+:coughcough:+ a friend of mine…)

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|+| Reirei |+|

I woke up feeling heat beat down on me. In my mouth was an awful, foul taste when I realized I had sand in my mouth.

"Yuck!" I was spitting sand out in an instant. Opening my eyes, I found out I was laying face down on a mound of sand. "What the…? Sand?" I got up and looked at my surroundings. What I saw absolutely surprised me! It left me practically speechless.

All around me was a sea of sand. The only other thing that appeared was a mountain in the far-off distance, which I had to squint to figure out it wasn't an illusion. But when I turned around, there was something else besides sand and that mountain.

"A city!" I cried, relieved and happily. The city lit up with bright lights, showing such liveliness.

Limping towards it, my hopes were high that somebody would possibly tell me where I could be.

'But wasn't I in the library a moment ago…?' I thought, puzzled. 'I read the book, there was a bright light, that beautiful man…' I stopped in my tracks, only a few yards away from entering the city. 'Could I be in that book…? That beautiful man said he was the Avatar of some Tiger God named Byakko. Could he have brought me here…?' But I only laughed at the thought.

"This could be a dream. A crazy dream," I laughed and continued my way through the desert and to the city, until I set foot in the area.

Before my eyes were people who were busily shopping. Kids on my left were playing a game of tag. My eyes widened with curiosity and… amazement.

No, no, it wasn't the people shopping and the kids playing. It was the clothes that they wore! They were Ancient Chinese-like!

My ankle feeling better than a few moments ago, I began walking further into the city. I could feel the dirty looks people were giving me, making me feel insecure.

"Stay away from that girl," I heard a woman say, which made me cringe. "She wears strange, foreign clothes. She could be a witch, for all we know!" A vein probably popped from my forehead. I growled.

When I got my cool back, I tried to ask people where I was. They only replied with a glare.

"Gosh, people here are so rude!" I complained, rolling my eyes.

While I was working my way to an empty alley, I was being pushed this way and that. But I managed to make my through.

Leaning against a building, I sighed. "This can't be a dream. Everything is too real."

I heard some guys snickering on my left. Turning my head, I saw five guys looking at me, wearing the same nasty grin my coach had.

"Her clothes are different," one of them said.

"She would be a great sell," another snickered.

My eyes widened.

"Let's have some fun with her, first," another guy suggested. They started to close in on me.

"No…" I said, backing away from them. "Get away from me! No!"

To my ultimate fear, they charged at me. One of them pinned me up against the wall, us looking at each other in the eye. My body trembled unstoppably.

'Not again,' I thought, on the verge of crying. 'Not again! Stop!'

"How about some fun, eh?" the man began kissing my neck, sending chills of discomfort throughout my body.

"Yamatte…" I begged, crying. "Onegai… yamatte."

But the man kept going on.

"NO!" I pushed the guy away and tried running for it, but they grabbed me before I could. "No! No… NOOO!" They threw me on the ground, holding me down.

I kicked, I screamed, wanting them to go away!

"Leave me alone!" I shouted. "NO!"

"Hold still, damn you!" one of them slapped me across my face, his other hand sliding up my leg.

'I wish that nobody would experience the feeling of being… raped…' I thought.

"She said to leave her alone," a childish voice interrupted my cries and the men's laughs.

The ruthless men turned to see who had disturbed their fun, when a female lion began kicking and scratching at them, making them become unconscious or had the common sense to flee.

One by one, I watched as the vicious animal was attacking the men. When it was done, it walked towards me, slowly. I was pressed up against the wall, fearing for my life.

Just when the lion was face to face with me, sweat pouring down the sides of my face, it disappeared into a cloud of purple smoke, but when the smoke disappeared, a little girl was in its place.

"N-nani!?" I slowly got up, staring down at her as she stared up.

"Hi!" she gave me the most adorable, sweetest little girl smile. "Are you otay?"

I nodded, slowly. "But, how…?"

The little girl stood at about 4'5". She had beautiful purple hair put into two pigtails, and the pigtails were divided into 3 braids. Her eyes were a gorgeous cerulean color that reminded me of the ocean in Cancun. She was just so adorable! She wore a pink kimono-like outfit with red roses as a design imprinted on it, and a yellow sash to keep it from falling apart. To make her any cuter, she had a little girl, babyish voice! But her clothes looked too clean, and it stood out from any other person's clothes that I've seen so far. The material of her clothes was silk and too royal looking.

I noticed something the color of silver was imprinted on her cheek. When I looked closer at it, I realized it was the symbol for 'Animal.'

Her big, cerulean eyes examined me, especially my clothing.

"You're not from around here, are you?" she asked, still looking at me.

I shook my head, sadly.

"Then I will take you to where I stay at! Otay?" her small hand held mine as she lead me out of the alley and back into the busy streets of ignorant people.

"Um… ano…" I said, being pulled by the skipping little girl. "Where am I, anyway?"

"Sairo country, of course!" she happily replied. She looked back at me to send a cute, little girl smile.

"Sairo country!" I exclaimed, louder than I really thought. People were staring at me from my surprised cry. "Where the hell…! Er… where is that?"

Mental note: Don't cuss in the presence of a little girl, as young as HER.

She giggled, still skipping and pulling me deeper into the city. "China, of course."

I nearly stopped dead in my tracks, the little girl almost losing me. My eyes were probably the size of bowling balls, my face as pale as a ghost was.

"Ne, ne…" I said, sounding dazed. "China, you say…?"

"Yup! Beautiful China!" she replied, was sounding cheerful (as usual). "Don't you know?"

I sighed, and started to walk behind her as she led me through the streets.

"What's your name anyway, little girl?" I asked, tired of knowing her as that 'Cute Little Girl.'

"Kou Shorai, but people call me Kaen," she replied. "We're here!"

"'We're here'…?" my eyes darted from Kaen to a palace that stood before us. "S-sugoi! A palace!" I bet you anything that my eyes were big, glossy, and starry.

"Mhm!" Kaen giggled. "It's Sairo Palace. I stay here, with the Emperor and Soldiers! The soldiers are so strong, and protective, and very cool! Well, the Emperor is just as cool, but he's always busy and doesn't play with me anymore. He's very beautiful, too! Almost like a lady…"

I drowned out Kaen's strange ranting while I looked at Sairo Palace in awe. It was very beautiful, with the main theme colors being white and gold. I've never seen anything so beautiful in my life!

'Places in Ancient China are beautiful… more beautiful than I've ever thought,' I thought, still dazzled. 'The people here aren't so bad looking either…'

"Lady?" Kaen interrupted my thoughts.

"Yeah?" I didn't look at her because my eyes were still on the whole palace.

"You're drooling, you know." She gave me an awkward look.

"……" I wiped my chin with the back of my hand, and wiped my hand on my blue skirt.

"Come on, Lady!" Kaen pulled on my hand again and dragged me into the palace, right by the guards.

But one of them called out to her, "Little Kaen, who is that girl with strange clothes?"

She let go of my hand and went up to the guard and whispered something in his ear. His eyes widened, but nodded.

"Let's go, Lady!" Kaen skipped right by me and I had to run to catch up with her.

"You can call me Reirei, you know! AGH!" I tripped over my own feet, landing flat on my face.

"H-Heika!" Kaen stuttered, who stopped her happy skipping. "Good day to you, ne?"

"Heika…?" I raised my head to see whom Kaen was talking to, and there was a handsome man standing on a small flight of stairs before us. He wore robes with the colors of gold and silver, his hair tied up into some sort of bucket-looking hat. There were simply no flaws in his looks, with his green eyes, dirty blonde hair, pointy nose, and broad figure. He probably stood at the height of 6'1".

The most moronic mind in the world would know I felt like the most idiotic fool in the whole entire universe. I tripped over my own feet right in front of somebody with such royalty!

"Little Kaen…" the Emperor looked at me with his beautiful face, his eyebrow raised. "Who is that girl…?"

I must have turned ten different shades of red when I finally stood on my feet, bowing down to the Emperor. 'This guy is so handsome, and I gave him the impression I'm a klutz! Baka…' I thought, ashamed.

"She's a girl I rescued in an alley!" Kaen replied, still being cheery. "Do you see her weird clothes? She could be the girl who will save us!"

"You know I don't want you wandering the streets by yourself, Kaen," the Emperor scolded.

"Gomen, Heika…" Kaen apologized, shamefully.

When I looked up, my face turned ten more shades of red. "S-save…?!"

The Emperor observed me, most likely my clothes and the way my hair was down, instead of the typical two buns I heard most Ancient Chinese girls wore their hair.

"What is your name?" the handsome, royal man asked.

"My… my name?" my eyes bugged out. I was so caught up in the whole situation; I practically forgot my name! "Maoni Reirei, Your Highness."

He flashed a gentle smile that I almost thought I was going to have a melt down. "May the two of you follow me?"

"H-hai!" Kaen and I said in unison. (Kaen didn't stutter, though.)

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In a beautiful room with a red carpet leading to a throne which the Emperor sat in, we discussed where I was from.

"You are not from around here, are you?" the Emperor asked, looking at me with his beautiful green eyes.

I was sitting on my legs, still bug-eyed while looking at the Emperor. "No, I'm not." My face felt hot, and I knew I was blushing… still.

"Where exactly," the Emperor cleared his throat, "are you from?"

My eyebrows furrowed as I struggled with what I should say. Finally, "I'm from another world. My world looks much, much different than of this place, which is Sairo Country, so Kaen says."

The Emperor nodded. "Yes, this is the city of Sairo. I am the Emperor of Sairo."

I gulped.

"You, Reirei, being from another world… I ask you a favor."

I looked at Kaen from the corner of my eye. For the first time since the moment I met her, she had a serious expression on her face. "Yes?"

"Will you save this country by being Byakko no Miko?" He, too, had a serious expression.

My expression was dumbfounded. "N-nani? Miko?"

"Yes," he said, firmly. "By being Byakko no Miko, you are able to have three wishes granted. The wishes can be of anything."

"Three wishes?" I repeated. My eyes were probably big, glossy, and starry all over again. 'Three wishes…' I thought. 'I remember wishing in that alley way that nobody should be capable of experiencing the horrid feeling of being raped…' I shuddered.

"You don't have to make up your mind right now, Reirei. I can give you all the time and space to think it ov-"

"I'll do it!" I interrupted, standing up with a hard look. "I'll become your Byakko no Miko! I will!"

|+| The Boy in the Library |+|

"'The mysterious girl graciously accepted the Emperor's request to become Byakko no Miko. Even in life or death situations, she must continue her quest on summoning the Almighty Tiger God, Byakko…'"

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Reirei: So, how did you all like it?

+:laughs like Beavis (or is it Butthead?):+ My story… mine mine…!

Reirei: …O_o;