Tale's of A World Traveling Witch
A/N: Gahhh! I'm feeling like shit today because of my allergies and the fact that a tooth is giving me some problems. I feel like my head is in the clouds and I hate it when that happens. Anyway, I was cruising the internet yesterday and I thought 'Hey, I should probably look up what Mikan means.' because I totally did not have a name planed for the fluff ball and I had just taken something from out of the back of my mind. It turns out that his name means tangerine… Yah, I snorted soda out my nose when I read that. A fluff ball named tangerine… *bangs head on table* Shikoen's name however I did put some thought into. His name is roughly translated to Shi- Death, Ko- Child, En- Hair ( like the next in line not the thing you have on your head. ) Ominous name huh? Makes you really wonder about his mother. Oh, I have drawn a picture of what Mikan looks like. As soon as I get a Deviantart account I will put it up. Now onto the Questions,
To Guest: Thank you for reading, as for the pairing please use poll.
To Lustful-Angel96: If you want a Aladdin pairing I would refer you to my other story, If I Die Young. In this one however she will be something like a sister to him. Sorry.
To ShaderaRio: Please use the Poll. Thank you for reading!
To TheMarphasChappers: *Snickers* Yep, Kinda scary huh? Shikoen will be her head of state when she leaves somewhere and is mostly like Ja'far. Mikan when he is older will be the head of the military. If Sinbad wins the poll I already have an idea set for how the state will be set up.
Now on to the chapter!
Chapter Ten: Of Vixens and Kitts.
To say that the dungeon was strange was something of an understatement. The second that they entered the inner chamber the trio had been almost overheated immediately. Wisteria after taking a quick look around had cursed rather colorfully when she realised that they were in a caldera. An active one to boot. Shikoen had gave the place a interested look before he had almost fainted from the heat. He had never been in such a hot place. Then again most of his people would have died from overexposure to heat by now. He found it slightly funny that his half breed status saved him from dieing, his father's people were an aquatic race after all. Mikan on the other hand had just shrugged and looked around the rocky terrain with a thoughtful glance. He was well used to heat.
They had been by the entrance for about half an hour trying to make a decision with how to proceed when the first dungeon monsters showed up. Shikoen was lounging on a pillar of rock when he caught something out of the corner of his eye. Giving the movement a lazy glance his metallic gold eyes widened with shock. Sitting on the rocky rim of the inner chambers was a fox. Not just an ordinary fox at that, no this one was made out of Lava and about three feet tall sitting. He choked on his spit and quickly calculated the chances of it being friendly. Not very likely.
"Uh… Hey, Wisteria…" He murmured quietly and pointed over to the Fire Fox with his eyes as soon as she glanced at him. She paled when she caught sight of it and grabbed Mikan's shoulder. She gave Shikoen a quick glance and flickered her eyes over to a side passage. He gave a discreet nod and repositioned himself accordingly. Mikan gave them both a look and then sniffed and stiffened when he caught a burning scent that was not there before. His red eyes widened and his peuples slit as he caught sight of the fox slide into a pouncing position. Wisteria hmmed and clinched her hands on the boys shoulder telling him not to move just yet. All three watched as the Lava Foxes 'Muscles' bunched as it wiggled. Just as it's hind legs twitched before it jumped they sprang into a run and took off. The fox slammed into the wall while the humans ran down a side corridor away from it.
Fifteen minutes later they came to a stop as the corridor dead ended into a long cave system that was made of obsidian. Wisteria was huffing slightly while Mikan was barely breathing heavy. The less said of Shikoen's stamina the better. He was half leaning on the wall of the cave as he gasped for air.
"That… Was…. So….. Troublesome…" The tall teen said as he panted with his hands on his knees.
"I've had to run longer, though I must say that running in this heat is uncomfortable." Wisteria said as she straightened and looked about the cavern. Mikan just made a inconsequential noise and wandered over to the middle of the cave. His ruby eyes flickered around as he sniffed. Suddenly his head whipped around and he stared at the left opening of the cave.
"Hey," The boy said and waited until he caught the attention of the two older people. "More burning things coming this way." Mikan said as he pointed down the tunnel that was beginning to light up with a orange glow. The woman swore and grabbed the taller male and took off down the other cave.
"Come on Mikan!" Wisteria shouted as she half dragged the tired teen. The child fanalis was quick to catch up and help her with carrying the tall male. 'This just keeps getting better and better,' Wisteria thought. 'Shikoen is right how troublesome.'
~~~~ Several Hours Later, Second Chamber of The dungeon ~~~~
Wisteria snarled as she dodged a flaming lava claw. This was the fifth time the foxes found them in just as many hours. The black haired woman dropped to the floor as another fox tried to tackle her. Casting her now electric green eyes around as she dodged and weaved her way in between at least seven Lava foxes Wisteria was able to find both Mikan and Shikoen in the mass of foxes dodging their own foes. She rolled out of the way of another fox and jumped to her feet dodging yet another. This was going nowhere fast.
"Wisteria the floor! Shatter the Floor!" Shikoen yelled over the lowed yips and growls of the foxes. Wisteria glanced over at him and then at the floor seeing the sight fractures that indicated that the floor was hallow. Taking a deep breath the woman quickly drew out Bahimits form and shattered the floor with one devastating punch. Her hart lodged itself firmly in her throat as she and her companions followed the lava animals down the dark crevice that she had opened up. She hopped the teen was right about this.
~~~~~ Some Time Later, Deep Within The Dungeon ~~~~~
Mikan groaned as he came to. His hands immediately went to his spinning head. Blink his large eyes the fanalis child glanced around. In spite of his slightly blurred vision Mikan could just make out the form of Wisteria lying not far from him her Djinn equip faded and her regular clothing torn and burnt in some places. She would have looked rater peaceful if not for the large gash along her right side that was still bleeding sluggishly. Mikan cried out softly at that and scurried over catching a glimpse of Shikoen laying on his face not far from the woman. The small red haired child slid beside the woman and frantically checked her over. He sighed in relief when he found that all though the cut was long it wasn't very deep. Mikan grabbed the bag strapped to Wisteria's back and began getting the medical supplies out. She could still bleed out if the cut wasn't taken care of soon.
Several minutes later Shikoen groaned low as he came to. The teen slowly sat up and held his nose as blood rushed out of it.
"Damn, we were lucky that Hana-Hime* there used the last of her Magoi to slow us down or we would have ended up like those foxes." The tall male said as he gave himself a pat over and looked off to the side where several pools of lava where cooling. Mikan gave a startled noise and glanced back at the woman he had just cleaned and bandaged up. He hadn't been aware of her using her power but then again he wasn't all that good at sensing it either.
"Look through," The half breed said pointing up ahead. Mikan glanced up and caught sight of what he missed before. Large doors that he had seen only once before stood not ten feet away. "The entrance to the Djinn's chamber."
"How did you know?" Mikan asked giving the other red head a confused look. The tall man sighed and checked to see if his nose was still bleeding. Seeing that no new blood came off onto his hand he rubbed off the crusting blood and gave the boy a sleepy look.
"*Sigh* I saw a scripture written into the wall in Torran just before we were ambushed that last time. It said 'you who dwell on the earth shall find what you are looking for underneath it.' after realising that we would have to go deeper in and that those things would keep ambushing us anyway I started to look for a way down. The only thing I saw, which Hime-Sama* caught as well even if she was too busy keeping us alive to think it through, was the cracks in the floor of the cavern. So seeing as the only way to get down to the doorways and get rid of the foxes from hell was to crack the brakes so that they fully broke I told her to shatter the floor." He explained flopping back onto the ground and putting his hands behind his head. "Anyway, we should rest. As soon as she wakes up Wisteria-Hime will likely want to continue on." Mikan gave a nod and the other male closed his eyes and fell asleep just like that. The boy sweatdropped when the man snorted loudly and rolled over. Mikan curled up with the still unconscious woman and closed his own eyes only to sigh loudly as the teen not to far away started to snore loudly.
It was going to be a long night.
~~~~~ Next Day ~~~~~
Wisteria groaned as she came to feeling the dull ache in her side. Jade green eyes groggily slipped open and stared as a blob of red came into view. Slightly discombobulated still the woman clutched whatever she was holding tightly to herself and started slightly as a muffled squeak came from it. Glancing down she giggled as she caught sight of Mikan blushing furiously as he was almost smothered in her chest. Outright laughing now she let the poor boy go and watched as he darted away. A loud snort came from behind her and she glanced over her shoulder to see Shikoen giving Mikan an amused look and munching on some dried fruit that she had in her pack. She raised an eyebrow as the teen glanced over to her. He pointed ahead of them and she nodded when she caught sight of the doors.
"After we all eat." she said and glanced down at her torn clothing. Wisteria smiled ruefully, the clothing merchant shure didn't guarantee for dungeon crawling. "I need to change my bandages and clothing as well. No need to risk infection."
As soon as all had eaten and Wisteria had changed back into her white dress that she had been wearing when she was sent to this world they headed on.
She walked up to the doors and placed a hand on either side. Wisteria glanced back at the two and received determined looks. The black haired woman smiled and pushed the doors.
"Open!"
Dark red light spilled forth and the three disappeared.
~~~~~ Djinn's Room ~~~~~
After hiking a while in the ruined city they had found themselves in they stood in a treasure room. The trio looked about and Wisteria zeroed in on a mask that sat on an altar with the star symbol carved into its forehead. The mask itself was made to look like a fox with swirling lines in silver on the matty black surface of the mask. It was rather beautiful for all that it was plane. Sneaking a look at the two boys Wisteria smiled softly when she found the two giving the ornate red and black room an awed look.
"That's the Djinn's current vessel." she said as she nodded her head to the alter. "I have to go up there."
"Shure, whatever." Shikoen's lazy drawl came. Mikan just gave a small nod. She had noticed the boy sticking rather close to her sense she had woken up. She may have scared him when he had seen her unconscious and bleeding. 'Ah, A flashback probably.' Wisteria thought as she took in the child's to pale face. She gave herself a small shake and started over to the raised platform. The black haired woman took in the room as she did so. The room looked like something out of a Asien palace with the red and black lacquered wood not to mention the high vaulted ceiling. Wisteria took all this in as she strode to the altar and stood in front of it. Giving the room a final look she reached out and touched the mask. She automatically closed her eyes as a familiar light flashed.
"Who would be King?!" A voice that reminded her of a rumbling volcano asked. Opening her green eyes the small woman took in the Djinn. She was slightly taken aback when she saw a large nine tailed Kitsune floating above the alter. Her, for it was a female, face was decorated with swirling lines that had been reflected on the mask.
"I would." Wisteria stated looking the great fox in the eye. Said fox examined her and took great interest in the two items that she carried that already held Djinn. Her ring that held her first djinn Bahimit and her wrist bangle that held Eon.
"I see that you carry two of my brethren already. Eon, the little smiling pervert and Bahimit, the perpetually cranky one." The Vixen rumbled in amusement. "Verry well, as the two with you have no desire to become king I will go with you." she humphed as she stared at the small woman. "Besides I sense a great deal of mischief in you little kit!" Wisteria grinned when she realised that she got a new partner in crime. Mikan whimpered slightly as he remembered the things that the woman had done just by herself, now she had a helper! Shikoen felt a shiver of foreboding.
"I am the forty third Djinn, Kurama, Djinn of Lava and Seduction!" The Kitsune purred out as she poked her nose against Wisterias form. The woman felt her smile widen she was going to have so much fun with that! A star engraved itself on the back of her jade earrings.
"Oh, just a warning this volcano will soon erupt when the dungeon collapses," Kurama said tilting her great head to the side. Everyone freaked out for a moment. Mikan blanched and attached himself to Wisteria who had frozen. Shikoen had put his hands over his face and began bemoaning his luck. "But I will transport you outside somewhere safe. Gather up the treasure, quickly now!" The fox exclaimed when she saw that no one had moved. The three exploded into motion and not twenty minutes later all the treasure was packed into Wisteria's shrinking trunk. ( Shikoen had exclaimed over that, asking if it had been a dungeon item and only receiving the answer that Wisteria would tell him the story latter.) They had gathered in front of the giant kitsune once more when Wisteria gave the giant fox a nod.
"We're ready when you are." The woman stated. The enormous fox gave them a searching look and then a transportation circle appeared below them. "Hold on to each other!" She bellowed as she faded away into the earrings. The trio griped each other's arms and they were gone.
~~~~~ In The Middle Of The Ocean, Not To Far From Sindria ~~~~~
There was a loud sound of displaced air as three people suddenly appeared over a great sea followed quickly by an equally loud splash as all three fell into the water.
"Ahhhh!*Hiss*"
"Mikan! Ouch! That's not a flotation device!"
A/N: And That is it for chapter ten! Sorry it took me so long! I ran out of my usual headache pills on top of having my sinuses all screwed up! I ment to finish this saturday but I was so out of it that I was not able to concentrate. Sooo Sorry! Anyway thank you for reading and please favorite and review!