Ido not own Fruits Basket or it's characters. I do not own Fushigi Yuugi. Both series belong to their right ful owners of Natsuki Takaya and Yuu Watase. Though I do however own Miyuki and all the other original characters.
Chapter Two: Apparently What She Said Was True And The World Is Doomed Unless They Work Together
As the three of them were running, Mizuki slipped her hand into the pocket of her shorts and pulled out a metallic orange earpiece that she slid over her right ear. There were various buttons on the earpiece. Extending from the ear piece was what looked like half of a pair of glasses that covered her right eye. The lenses of it were orange. From the bottom of the earpiece there was a bar that came down about an inch then a small looking microphone piece extended so it was right in front of her mouth.
"What is that for?" Manabe asked.
"It's for communication reasons and it lets me detect where the aliens are attacking." She slowed down while she read the data that was appearing on the inside of the lenses.
Manabe and Yuki slowed down as well and stood on either side of her.
"It is coming from-" She was cut off by screams and people running past them.
Manabe grabbed a girl who was running past. "What is going on?"
"There is a girl in there. She is eating everything. All the food. Tables. Chairs. Counters. She even tried to eat me." She showed them her arm, where sure enough there were small oval bite marks. "She's an monster. I would run away to safely if I were you Prince Yuki. I don't think anyone could bear it if you got hurt."
"Where is it?" Mizuki asked impatiently.
"In the cafeteria." The girl said.
"I know that." Mizuki snapped. She rushed down the hallway. "I needed directions." She clicked a bottom on the earpiece. A detailed map of the school appeared on the glasses. "I see."
"Thanks." Manabe ran after her. So did Yuki.
"You guys are crazy." The girl turned and ran away.
Mizuki stepped into the chaos of the cafeteria. All the people had evacuated. There were tables knocked over that had gnawed marks on them. A few chairs had bite marks out of them. Spatters of food were everywhere and standing in the middle of all of this was a fifteen year old high school student. She was wearing a brown school uniform. Her hair was up in to buns on either side of her head. They were both being held up by two red ribbons. Mizuki pressed another button on the earpiece.
Yuki and Manabe stood a few feet from Mizuki.
"This is Yuuki Miaka. She is a Level Five alien. But when she summons Suzaku, she is a Level Two. So it's best to take her out before she summons him." Mizuki told them. She stepped forward so she and Miaka were a mere four feet away.
"She looks like an ordinary person… are you sure she is an alien? I was expecting big six-armed squid creatures." Manabe said.
"Not all of the aliens are humans like this one. But most of the time the humans are the most troublesome." Mizuki explained. She turned to Miaka. "Miaka, do you surrender willingly and return to your world?"
"Why are you asking that?" Yuki asked.
"It's protocol. Don't ask why." She sighed.
Miaka shook her head. "No, not until I eat some the special food that I was told was here. I ate this food and it tastes like my food back at home. So I can't leave until I have tried this special food." Miaka told them. "Do you know where the food is?" Miaka took a step forward… and fell on the ground. Once her body hit the ground, a tornado of fire and wind formed and slashed straight out ahead at Mizuki.
She had no time to dodge it. It hit her right in the chest, throwing her five feet in the air. She slammed in the wall behind her. She slid down the wall and said there, with her eyes close. Manabe and Yuki ran to her.
Miaka stood up and waited for Mizuki to get ready to fight.
"Zuki-chan… are you ok?" Manabe shook her gently.
"Don't shake her. She might have hurt her back. She hit the wall pretty hard. I should go get the nurse." Yuki rose to leave, but stopped when Mizuki grabbed his wrist.
"I'm… fine. This is… nothing compared… to some of the things… I've fought." She slowly opened her eyes and stood up with the help from Yuki and Manabe. "I have to send her back… before she eats everything. I'm going to transform into my fighting clothes. Manabe, watch me… so you can do it too. That is if you still want to fight."
"Of course I still want to fight." He assured her.
"Ok. Stand back and watch." She put her finger on the clock part of her watch. The time disappeared and became black. Then a red line appeared at the top and ran down to the bottom of the oval as if it was scanning her finger. "C'est moi, Mizuki. S'il vous plait aider moi. Moi volonte donner tu fuseau glace crème."
"Access granted." The watch said in a robotic female voice.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light. Miaka, Yuki and Manabe covered their eyes. When the light dissolved, they lowered their hands and found Mizuki wearing totally different clothing. On her head were a pair of fake orange cat years. Her hair was now bright orange. Remaining on her ear was the earpiece. On her body she was now wearing a tight orange dress that had sleeves that were tightly on her upper arm. Mizuki wore a black belt that hung loosely around her waist. On her right wrist was still the watch. Mizuki had a black cloth band on her left wrist that read "School Defense Force." The dress came down to her mid leg. An inch below her dress were two black bands on either leg that were each about five centimeters long. On her feet were black platform boots that came up to her knees. On Mizuki's back were two tinted transparent orange wings that fluttered slowly. In Mizuki's right hand she was grasping-
"Is that-" Yuki began.
"A umbrella, yes." Manabe finished.
Mizuki looked over her shoulder at them. "How do you like my outfit? And the umbrella is my weapon. Don't look at me like I'm crazy. It's a very reliable, good weapon. So don't be dis-ing it. Now, time for business. Manabe, hold off for a second. I should be able to take her out by myself, just observe how I fight her, ok?"
Manabe nodded. "Ok…"
"Here I go." Mizuki ran toward Miaka, holding her umbrella like a sword. When she was close to Miaka, she swung it to hit the other young woman in the side, but Miaka turned to go dodge, but tripped over her own feet and fell onto her rear, sending yet another fire tornado at Mizuki. It hit Mizuki again and she fell to her knees.
Yuki and Manabe were about to rush over, but Mizuki signaled for them to stay.
What is going on? I should be able to take her on easily. Did something go wrong when I was sent back in time… Did I revert back to when I first started to fight… Am I weak again… There is only one way to find out. Mizuki raised her orange umbrella and pushed the button at the bottom of the handle. Nothing happened… No! I'm weak again… Why? This makes this so much harder now! I fought so many aliens so I could be come stronger and now I am right back where is started. I- Her thoughts were cut short as another fire tornado was sent her way due to Miaka falling yet again. However, Mizuki had time to open her umbrella, causing the flames to go round her and disperse. Mizuki stood up and closed her umbrella and looked over at Manabe. "Manabe-san, it appears I may need help in this fight. What do you say?" She smiled.
He smiled back. "Awesome."
"You remember what to do right? Repeat what I said, but instead of saying my name, say your name."
"Ah, what did you say?" Manabe scratched the back of his head.
Miaka began to get bored and began to chew on a nearby chair.
"C'est moi, Mizuki. S'il vous plait aider moi. Moi volonte donner tu fuseau glace crème," said Mizuki. "But you would say, "C'est moi, Manabe. S'il vous plait aider moi. Moi volonte donner tu fuseau glace crème."
Manabe nodded. He put his finger on the watch. "C'est mou, Manabe. Sill vous plate aide mou. Mou volonte donner to fuseau grace cream."
"Access denied." Said his watch in a male robot voice.
"Ah, try again. It took me a few times too since it is in French." Mizuki smiled. "Remember, it's c'est moi, Manabe. S'il vous plait aider moi. Moi volonte donner tu fuseau glace crème."
Manabe cleared his voice. "C'est moi, Manabe. S'il vous plait aider moi. Moi volonte donner tu fuseau glace crème. Yes! I did it!"
"Access granted."
The same light appeared, causing Yuki and the others to cover their eyes. When the light faded, Manabe was wearing different clothing. On his head, he had fake black dog ears. Under his both of his eyes were two black lines that looked like boomerangs. Around Manabe's neck was a black cloth tied. He wore a black jacket that had the right arm sleeveless while the other one had a complete sleeve. His hands were now covered by fingerless black gloves. Under this jacket was white loose t-shirt. He wore black baggy shorts that went down to his knees that were held by a loose black belt. On his feet were black boots. And like Mizuki, on his back were two black transparent wings. In Manabe's right hand, he was holding a-
"If you shoot that rubber band, another one will magically appear. So You don't have an endless supply right now cuz you're new at this. But ah, as your level, I guess we should call it, goes up, the more your rubber band supply goes up. But if you run out, you'll just have to retransform again." She smiled. "I think you have about fifteen in use right now."
A rubber band? Does Mizuki-san really think they can defeat this girl with items like that? Yuki thought to himself.
"Now, are you ready Manabe?"
"Yea." He said.
"All right. I'll distract her and you shoot her whenever you can." Mizuki didn't want for a reply and rushed it toward Miaka.
Miaka dodged as Mizuki swung her umbrella.
Manabe found an opening and shot his rubber band. And just as she said, another band appeared.
They carried on like this for several minutes and it appeared like they were going to win, but then flames encircled Miaka.
"The four constellations in the heavens, and the four directions of the Earth, strengthened by law… truth and goodness." Miaka cried out.
"Oh no! She's trying to summon Suzaku! We have to stop her!" Mizuki ran toward Miaka, but was throw back by the flames. "I can't get close enough."
Manabe shot several rubber bands at her. But melted in the flames and disintegrated.
"Yuki, you're the only one who can stop her. Please help. You don't have to help out after this, this can be a one time thing. But please, will you help us? Only your weapon can stop her."
"Please tell the protector, of the south, Suzaku…that I will now speak the words." The flames began to intensify.
"C'mon Yuki. We need your help or the school and everyone in it is going to get destroyed." Kakeru pleaded.
"All right. But just this once." Yuki said.
"Thank you." She reached for her bag, but stopped when she realized she left it in the other room. "It's in the student council room! I'll run back and get it."
"I'll get it, you two try to slow her down." Yuki ran out of the room.
"All right. Let's do what Yun-Yun said." Manabe said, shooting more bands at the fire.
Mizuki ran toward the fire again and was once again thrown back. "I hope he hurries up."
"From your dwelling in the heavens to the earth, reveal yourself to us."
"She's almost halfway finished!" Mizuki looked around her anything she could use to stop Miaka, but she couldn't find anything.
"How long do you think it will take Yun-Yun to get it?' Manabe asked.
"I don't know. If he remembered the password, then he can probably transform as he is running here so that would save time. But if he forgot, then he would have to come back here and have me tell him and then that would take time that we don't have. But I'm sure he will remember it, he is a smart guy." Mizuki said rapidly.
"I'm sure he can do it. He's a pretty reliable guy." Manabe said. Yuki, hurry up, this is going to be bad if you don't get your ass back soon.
"From your dwelling in the heavens to the earth, reveal yourself to us." Miaka cried out. "For the good of mankind, please make extinct every kind of evil."
"That line made no sense. She is the one who is evil, so why would she want to extinct every kind of evil?" Kakeru questioned.
"Yea. But you must see it from her view. To us she is evil and to her we are evil. You see?" Mizuki said.
Manabe thought for a moment. "Yes, I guess I understand what you mean now."
"By using your divine powers, protect us. I ask only this… grant this request sescend from the heavens…and stand bef-" A rubber looking object flew toward Miaka. When it came to the flames, it melted, but managed to make it through. It landed on the lower part of her face, covering her mouth, preventing her from talking any more. The flames disappeared.
Mizuki and Manabe turned to look where the object had come from. Standing in the door way was Yuki, now with new clothing. On his wrist was a red watch like Manabe and Mizuki's. On his head were fake litte mouse ears. Instead of his normal hair color, it was now a dark red. He wore a red Chinese sleeveless shirt that extended down to his knees with slits up the side all the way up to his waist. Underneath this he wore black pants. On his feet were black plain shoes. Grasped in Yuki's hand was a red boucy ball. Also on his back were transparent red wings.
"Mizuki... why do I have a boucy ball as my weapon?" Yuki asked.
"Ah, um, don't know. But your coutume, I, ah, made sure Ayame didn't get too carried away with the design, so that is good... right?" Mizuki said nervously.
Yuki didn't say anything.
"Ok. Now it's time for Miaka to go back home, right?" Mizuki ran up close to Miaka and began to quickly draw a symbol on the ground. It was a circle with a square placed in the middle with a bunch of meaningless squigles in it. She then rushed behind Miaka and pushed her in. "Send this person back to where thy came from. Yuuki Miaka go back to Fushigi Yuugi."
There was a flash of light. When it faded, Miaka was gone.
"What just happened? Where did she go?" Yuki asked.
"She was sent back to her own world." Mizuki explained.
"Come on lets get back to the room so no one will see this and blame it on us." Manabe said.
Mizuki nodded.
The three of them ran back to the student council room. Manabe and Mizuki had to lead Yuki since he was shocked by all that he had seen.
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Will Yuki be all right? Will he go in to shock? Will he join the team for good? Or will he oppose the Student Defense Force? Find out next time! Yay!