Chapter 2: The Demon Awakens.



Miaka awoke laying in a large comfy bed with silk blankets. She slowly sat up and observed the room she was in. It looked like someone of a very high status or very wealthy lived there. The room also had a masculine feel to it. Where the fuck am I? She wondered. Her head then began to throb with pain. She slowly crept out of the bed and walked onto the balcony. She looked at the city below her in awe. It was so beautiful but old fashioned as well. She then looked up at the sky where she not on, but two moons. Holy shit! Could I be on Gaea? She wondered.



Merle walked into Van's room to wake him up as she usually did. She looked at the bed and saw it was empty. She then looked around the room and still no sign of him. Where is he? She thought. She had noticed that the door to the balcony was opened. She cheerfully walked onto the balcony not to see Van, but some strange girl standing there. She was tall and had long black hair. She also noticed that she was wearing the same strange clothing that Hitomi wore.



"Who are you?" Merle blurted out. Miaka was a little startled. She turned around and saw a young cat like girl just standing there watching her every move.

"I'm Miaka Tikochi. Who are you?" Merle was confused. Why isn't she afraid of me like Hitomi was? She wondered.

"So, you are?" Miaka asked the cat like girl again.

"Oh, me? Oh, um, I'm Merle."

"You're Merle? Well, so you're that over protective cat girl that Hitomi had told me about."Miaka remarked as she sat down on the railing of the balcony. Over Protective?!?! Merle was full of anger, but she did want to act childish.

"So, how do you know Hitomi?" Merle asked as she leaned against the door frame.

"Well, me and her use to be friends up until a day ago." she began. Merle got interested.

"So, what happened? Why aren't you two friends anymore?" Merle asked. Miaka's soft smile left her face as she stared at the floor.

"Well, you see, when a friend of mine named Yukari told me that Hitomi was going steady-" Miaka saw the confused look on the cats girl's face, she figured the people here never heard the term 'going steady.' "It means when a guy and a girl are in love."Miaka informed. Merle sort of understood so she just nodded. "As I was saying, when I heard she was going steady with this popular guy at our school named Tai, I confronted her and, sort of, slapped her across the face because she was so in love with this guy named Van that she would talk about non stop then she suddenly stops liking him. I had to knock some sense into her." she concluded.

"So that's it? Just because you slapped her? Well, ok, you Mystic Moon people are weird." Merle remarked. Miaka then blushed and began to chuckle.

"That's not all." Merle's head jerked up and she looked right at Miaka and motioned for her to tell her the rest. "I kind of, well, broke her new boyfriend's nose." she said very quietly.

"Well I guess that would do it." Merle said shaking her head and letting out a sigh. Man, people from the Mystic Moon are really strange, she thought to herself.



Merle had a good feeling about Miaka. She seemed very trustworthy. Merle wasn't exactly sure what it was, all she knew is that Miaka seemed more normal than Hitomi. To Merle it was like Miaka gave off a comforting feeling. Merle felt no need to be overly suspicious of this one.





The following day Yukari walked into her home room class alone. Miaka never showed up at their locker that morning. Yukari was getting worried that something bad had happened to her because Miaka has never missed, skipped or was late for school ever. Hitomi and Tai walked into class late as usual and of course, locking lips. Yukari was actually starting to get sick of the sight. Where is Miaka? She wondered slumped back in her chair.



Lunch came around and still there was no sign of Miaka. Yukari sat with her friends and ate her lunch. She had a really bad feeling this time about Miaka. She knew there was something wrong, but she didn't know exactly what it was.



"Hey Yukari, what's wrong?" Hitomi asked as she sat down beside Yukari at the picnic table outside. She just looked at Hitomi and then looked away.

"I don't think you would care Hitomi." she mumbled. She just stared at her Yukari.

"And why do you say that?" she asked in a arrogant way.

"Because it's about Miaka and I know you two aren't at good terms right now so that's why you wouldn't care." she snarled. Hitomi just rolled her eyes. Yukari saw her do this, she just sighed and finished her lunch.



"Hey, did you here that Miaka has gone missing?" a girl asked Yukari. She looked at the girl very stunned. Hitomi sat up and got ready to leave

"She's what?" Yukari asked shocked. The girl took a step back. "When did you find this out?" she demanded.

"W-well, Ta-Ta-Tai wa-was sayin that uh, Mi-Miaka dis-disappeared ri-right in-in front of him-him" she stuttered.

"She disappeared . . ."Yukari repeated. The girl nodded.

"Ya, and he said she was taken away in a bright light." another girl added. When Hitomi heard that she was taken away by a bright light, she stopped in her tracks and walked over to the girls.

"When did this happen?" she asked. Yukari looked at Hitomi.

"Hey I thought you didn't care about Miaka, that's what you said to me on the phone last night." Yukari asked.

"Well, I still kinda care about her Yukari." Hitomi confessed. Yukari had a satisfied look on her face. Hitomi then asked the girl again.

"It happened last night about an hour after school I think. Well that's what time everyone's been saying." she responded. Why didn't Tai tell me about it? Hitomi wondered. She then walked away towards the football field. Hitomi leaned over the fence surrounding the football field and watched as the schools' team practise. Tai saw his girlfriend leaning on the fence. He ran over to her.

"Hey, why so glum?" he asked. She stared into his brown eyes. Was it a good idea to let Van go for him? She wondered. "So, what's the matter angel?" he asked Hitomi again.

"Tai, how come you didn't tell me what happened to Miaka last night?" she asked in the sweetest way she could.

"Oh that, well I didn't think it was important angel." he told Hitomi while hopping over the fence.

"Oh," Hitomi replied as they walked off together.



After the Merle had left the room Miaka felt adventurous. She wanted to explore the city. She wondered out of the room and looked down the hallway. Whoa, this place is like mediaeval, she thought to herself. As she began walk down the hallway she wondered how did she get on Gaea. She then soon got herself lost in the maze of corridors. Shit, this always happens to me! Why? Why?!? She thought looking around to maybe find an exit or something. She walked right into a tall man with long blond hair. Miaka noticed he had a sword. He must be a knight or something, she wondered.

"I am so sorry!" Miaka apologized to the man. Oh God, please don't let him be mad! She prayed. He just smiled at her. Huh? Why is he smiling? Shouldn't he be mad? She pondered.

"It's okay young lady." he said. He voice was so heavenly. "Is something the matter?" he asked in concern.

"Um, I'm uh, kinda, lost."she responded blushing madly. He just laughed. Great, he's laughing at me, she thought to herself.

"Here, follow me." he said as he gestured for her to follow him. "So who are you?" he asked in the kindest way.

"Um, I'm Miaka Tikochi and you might be?" she asked curiously.

"I am Allen Schezar, Knight of Cali." He's the Allen that Hitomi fell for? How could she be in love with him? He's got longer hair than any other girl I know! She thought to herself.

"Cool," Miaka didn't know what else to say. He just gave her a strange look.

"Are you cold?" he asked.

"No, why do you ask?" Miaka asked politely.

"You just said cool so I thought you were cold or something." he explained.

"Oh, it's just a word me and my friends use." Miaka told him.

"So where are you from then?" he asked.

"Well, um, shit, what do you guys call it here? Oh, I think I remember! The Mystic Planet, no that's not it . . . . . . oh I remember now! The Mystic Moon." she said cheerfully.

"You're from the Mystic Moon?!?" he exclaimed.

"Ya, is there something wrong with that?" She demanded.

"No, but if you're from there, how do you know about Gaea and how did you get here?" Allen was both shocked and amazed that someone from the Mystic Moon was here on Gaea.

"Well my friend Hitomi told me all about Gaea and I'm not sure how I got here." she replied smiling as usual. Allen showed Miaka to one of the castle's many court yards. Then Miaka asked if he would show her around the city. Allen was more than happy to, he nothing better to do.



Van sat alone in his large bath tub relaxing and trying not to think about what happened the pervious night. He wished it never happened. I knew going there was a bad thing. Why did I listen to Merle. I should have just stayed then that way I wouldn't have this pain in my heart and I that girl wouldn't be here either. What is her name any ways? She never told me. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of foot steps coming from the door. He sat up and looked around. It was just Merle. Van gave her a cold look.

"Lord Van! Where have you been?" she demanded.

"Here." he answered coldly.

"Lord Van, what's the matter?" she asked him sitting down on the cold marble floor.

"She doesn't love me . . ." he answered hesitantly.

"Who Lord Van?" Merle asked.

"You know very well who Merle!" Van yelled at the young cat girl. She stood up and headed for the door. "Wait Merle, I'm sorry." he said as he got out of the tub and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his lower body.

"Ya you better be." she snarled. She then remembered about that Miaka girl. "Hey Lord Van." she began. He turned to her.

"Yes Merle, what is it?" he asked drying himself off.

"Who was that girl that I found in your room this morning?" she asked curiously.

"Oh her, I met her on the Mystic Moon." he answered now putting on his pants.

"So you just thought you should bring her here?" Merle was confused.

"No, I didn't plan on bringing her here. I found her unconscious and bleeding from her head. All I did was pick her up then that pillar of light took us here." he stated as he walked into his room with Merle following not too far behind.

"So do you even know anything about her?" Merle questioned the half naked king.

"All I know is that she know's Hitomi and that's it." he said as he dug through his dresser drawers looking for a shirt.

"That's just like you Lord Van. Well she use to be Hitomi's friend until they got into an argument and her name is Miaka." she informed him as she sat down on his large bed.



"Wow, all these rings are so cool!" Miaka exclaimed as she looked at all the different jewellery. Allen just laughed. He hadn't seen someone go so crazy about rings except for all those stuck up princesses, queens, and women of high order.

"Would you like me to buy you one?" he asked Miaka. When she realized what he had just offered, she couldn't refuse.

"Sure, thank you so much. You know I probably wont be able to repay you." she told him still looking at the rings.

"It's ok, you wont have to repay me." he told her. "So which one do you want?" he asked.

"Um, oh my god, this is so hard! They're all so beautiful." Miaka remarked. She looked at every ring carefully. She wanted to pick one that wasn't too expensive or cheap. One caught her eye. She had to have it. It a silver dragon that wrapped around the finger and in between where the head of the dragon and it's tail pass each other was a dark blue sapphire which was the same colour as Miaka's eyes. She picked up the ring and tried it on. Lucky for her it fit perfectly.

"I'll have this one! It's just so beautiful!" she exclaimed. Allen smiled and paid the man for the ring. "Thank you so much Allen. Now this will make 100!" she said cheerfully. Allen was confused.

"What do you mean it will make 100?" he asked. Miaka laughed.

"I have a collection of rings. I had 99, but now I have 100. I've been collecting since I was 5 years old." she explained to him. They then headed back to the castle for lunch.



Back at the castle the servants began to prepare the dinning hall for lunch as Merle and Van searched the castle for Allen and Miaka. after searching for a half an hour, Merle and Van went to the dinning hall where the found Allen and Miaka sitting at the table waiting for them to show up. When lunch was served Miaka just looked at the table. There were so many different forks, spoons, and knives. She didn't have a clue on which one she was to use. She looked around the room. Merle was half way done eating as was Allen and Van. She was so hungry but she didn't want to make a fool of herself by using the wrong fork or knife. Van looked up from his plate and saw that Miaka hadn't touched her food at all.

"Are you not hungry?" he asked her. She was hesitant one answering.

"I am hungry but, I uh, don't know which um, fork I'm supposed to use." she admitted. Merle was the first to laugh silently, then Allen and Van joined the laughter. Miaka just blushed. Why is that everyone must laugh at me when I admit to something? Like even on earth whenever I admitted to not knowing something or knowing how to do something, every would then laugh at me. Why? She wondered. Allen showed her which forks or knives to use because her was sitting closest to her.



After lunch the four of them went outside to one of the court yards. Van practised his sword skills with Allen. Merle tired to catch some fish out of a pond and Miaka layed under a tree glazing up at the sky. Hm, will I ever get home? Or do I even want to go home? Or is this just some dream? Ugh! All this thinking is hurting my head! Miaka thought.



Merle gave up on trying to catch the fish. She wasn't willing to get her short amber dress soaked for the tenth time in the last three days. She walked over to Miaka and sat down beside her.



Allen was getting tired of constantly beating Van in their little sword fights. Van hated losing especially to Allen. No matter how many time they fight each other, Allen always came out the victor.

"Van I think that'll be enough for today." Allen said as he put his sword in to it's sheath and sat down on a bench. Van, of course, was angry that he had lost again to Allen. Van removed his pant's belt and his sweaty forest green tunic and placed them on the ground.



As Miaka looked around and she saw Van with his shirt off. Whoa! He is HOT! She thought to herself. She had never seen any other guy her age that looked so sexy to her. Merle noticed the expression on Miaka's face. She just laughed at the sight. Merle had gotten use to girls looking at her king that way. Before she would threaten to use any girl who looked at Van in the way as a scratching post. Van would laugh at her for being over protective but he never told her that she was or she would surely use him for a scratching post.



"You think he looks hot don't you?" Merle asked cunningly. Miaka nodded.

"Oh ya, he looks so hot." she whispered back to Merle.

"You're not the only one. Pretty much most girls your age on Gaea want Van. Even some that are younger." Merle stated. The two young girls giggled. Miaka's giggling came to an end. She actually missed Earth. She missed her conversations about guys with her friends and teasing all the guys at school. She also missed her best friend Taiki. He and Miaka had been friends since they were toddlers. They did date for a while but they decided to be just friends when she had to move to Tokyo but she's always looked at him as a boyfriend. Now they were even further away from each other. Miaka could have cried right then and there but she held back the tears.



"Hey Miaka, what the matter?" Merle asked concerned. Miaka stood up and told her it was nothing and walked away.

"Where's she going Merle?" Van asked curiously. Merle stood up and followed her. Miaka felt like she could crawl into some hole and just cry her eye's out. She never thought that in her entire life she would want to actually be on Earth. All her life she had hoped for something like this. Something to take her away from the stress of being a teenager. She ran through the maze of corridors not even thinking of where she was going. She finally gave up when she reached the room she woke up in. She didn't even know if it was a guest room or someone's room. She collapsed on the bed and let it all out. Why am I getting all worked up over this? I've only been here a day! ONE FUCKING DAY! She thought. Then she had remembered that if she was on Earth, it would have been exactly one year since she broke up with Taiki. Am I so upset about that? She wondered. She layed sprawled across the bed thinking.



Merle walked up to Van's semi-opened bedroom door gasping for air. She can run pretty fucking fast! She thought. I wonder what's wrong with her? She walked over to Van's bed and sat down beside Miaka.

"Hey, what's wrong Miaka?" she asked cheerfully. Miaka had blocked out every noise. All she could hear were her thoughts. Merle, as mature as she had become still got annoyed easily. One of her biggest peeves was when she was ignored. She began to poke at Miaka's head to get her attention. "Miaka! What the FUCK IS WRONG?!?!"she yelled.

"You wouldn't understand Merle." she sighed. Merle was pissed off. She hated when anyone said things like that.

"And why do you say that?!? Maybe I might just understand!" she snarled.

"Have you ever been truly in love with someone?" she asked sitting up and drying her tears.

"Well, sort of." she answered quietly. I guess I'll just tell her any ways.

"Well, I guess I'll tell you any ways. You see, I was in love with this guy Taiki, we were going steady for about three years, until I had to move to Tokyo. We decided to just be friends but I haven't heard from him since then." she told the intrigued cat girl. She could feel the tears form in her eyes but held them back. She never liked to cry in front of others. She always felt like it made her seem weak and vulnerable.

"He hasn't contacted you in a year?!? Some friend he is!" Merle said with disgust.

"We've been friends since we were toddlers-" Miaka began

"So what! If he was really your friend he would at least send you a letter!" Merle shouted. Maybe she's right, maybe we aren't such great friends. Like I've called him and he's never home or is too busy to talk to me. Miaka thought to herself. A smile appeared on Miaka's face. Merle smiled with satisfaction, she had once again cheered someone up. She usually only liked to cheer her Van up but recently she had found herself having fun cheering up other people as well.



Celena sat alone in the library in the Asturian Castle. She stayed with Millerna and Dryden when her brother was not able to watch her. Millerna didn't mind. She enjoyed having another female around other than her elder sister Eries. Celena loved to read. She would often read non-stop. Dryden and Millerna had to almost literally drag her out of the library at times. The book she was reading at the time was a book about a great war that destroyed everything. Now Celena usually stayed away from those types of books because she found them to be frightening. But for some reason, she felt drawn into reading it. She was getting excited at all the fighting and killing but she did not know why. Suddenly her head began to throb with unbelievable pain. She dropped the book and held her head in her hands. Her body trembled with fear. What's happening to me? She wondered as the pain got much worse and unbearable. She screamed out in pain. Would it ever end? She asked herself.



Meanwhile Millerna and Dryden were practising their ballroom dancing in the banquet hall. Dryden needed a lot of practise in Millerna's opinion when they first danced together. As they were practising, they head a woman's scream coming from the library. Dryden had almost dropped Millerna as he dipped her when he heard the cry. The both hurried down the hall to the library where they saw Celena on her knees holding her head with her hands and screaming out in pain. Millerna walked over to the distressed young woman and knelt down beside her. She placed her hand on her shoulder and opened her mouth to speak but then Celena fell silent.

"Celena, are you okay?" she asked very concerned. Celena said and did nothing. She just sat there starring at the book on the floor.

"Celena? What's wrong?" Millerna asked again. Celena got a devilish grin on her face and she jab her fist powerfully into Millerna's abdomen. Millerna fell backwards and wrapped her arms around her stomach. Dryden rushed over to his injured wife. Celena stood up. Dryden looked back at Celena but she didn't seem like Celena anymore. She shoulders become more broad, she lost her curved middle and her hair changed from long to short and it also changed from a blond to silver.

"Celena?" Dryden said stunned at what he had just witnessed.

"Celena?" the voice came from Celena but in was not her voice, but the voice of a man. One name came to mind when both Millerna and Dryden heard that devilish voice, Dilandau.



A/N: OH Cliffhanger!!!!HAHAHA!!!! Sorry, I just got a little carried away! Any ways, I've started to write TWO more fan fics! And YES! I know I'm already writting THREE but I got these really good ideas!!! You wont see them for a while though, I haven't got them on my computer yet. Please R&R!! Thanx!