SHONEN ALLIANCE
THE UNTOLD STORIES
ADVENTURE 8
Crisis at Mount Taikyoku
Opening Theme - Go(Naruto 4th Opening)
Inside the Imperial Palace of Konan, the war committee, which are composed of the emperors of the four countries, Konan, Kutou, Hokkan and Sairou, along with their generals and ministers are being briefed on what happened to Kutou.
"So... Kutou had fallen..." The Emperor of Sairou sighed, disappointed on the events that happened to the fallen country.
"Even the Four Gods, are powerless to stop those creatures... We are doomed..." One of the ministers from the Country of Hokkan feared, as the majority of the war committee debated and panciked regarding the situation.
"How do you plan to turn this situation around Nakago?!" The Prime Minister of Kutou demanded, "Our country has been bur-"
"Prime Minister..." The Emperor of Kutou, who is the youngest emperor among the group, interrupt "This is not the time to point fingers on who is to blame for what happened to our countries. The general did his best to make a stand and try to turn the tide of this war on our favor."
"Speak for yourself boy!" the Emperor of Hokkan snarled, "You're just a peasant kid, who was put on the throne by this madman after he kills your cowardly predecessor during the war of Konan and Kutou and for you to be his puppet !" as he points his finger to the general.
The general, who had a long blonde hair and a blue piercing eyes that matches his face, wears a silver armor that had a design which is patterned to a dragon and a blue cape, is just calm during the commotion but his aide, a woman who had a magenta hair, fair skin, black eyes and had a seductive face that wears a red armor did not take this lightly.
"Don't you dare to talk to the Emperor and to lord Nakago like that!" she protested, "You know nothing!"
"Soi, that is enough" Nakago calmly ordered his trusted aide, which is obediently followed.
The Prime Minister of Konan, who is wearing a red robe decorated with white and gold linings, indicating his rank in the government. He had a sky-blue hair that matches his black eyes and calm looks, stands from his seat to get everybody's attention.
"My lords..." he pleaded as everyone turn to his attention, "If you may know, that my lord, Emperor Hotohori, who is with us right now, fought side-by-side with general Nakago in Kutou, until they were driven back by those monsters. Your majesties, this is not the time to bicker among ourselves."
"Then what do you want us to do, Prime Minister Yi?! Fight up to the last man defending this country and see to it that it will also burn into ashes like ours?! No! We need to talk to its master and negotiate a truce!" the Emperor of Hokkan declared as another debate started regarding a truce or not.
But Hotohori, the emperor of Konan who had long black hair and wears a red-colored battle armor on top of his white robe made of silk, stands up from his sit and simply walks-out from the meeting carrying his helmet. The committee then looked at him either warily or confused.
"Emperor Hotohori, would you mind share your thoughts to us before leaving?" one of the ministers sarcastically said, in which the emperor glared at him.
"You already know my opinion, so there is no point of telling it. So, if I may excuse myself, I need to see my wife and son." he calmly replied, then the emperor, whose morale is already battered from the battle of Kutou, turned his back to the committee and walk towards the hallway.
...
Meanwhile, the Princesses and the rest of the Full Moon Alliance with the survivors of Kutou is aboard the Always Happy, their own gummi ship, but unlike the usual gummi ship, it is based on the Straw Hat Pirate's Thousand Sunny, it had a Straw Hat Jolly Roger in front of a full moon lunar on its sail and flag, while its figure head is a smiling Great Ape, but unlike the Saiyan transformation, it had white irises and black pupils on its eyes and a goofy smile like Going Merry and Thousand Sunny.
"I'm hungry..." Luffy whined as he lean to one of the sides of the ship and looked on the surrounding areas
"Me too... I want some ramen..." Naruto seconded, also at the side of the ship with his fusion partner.
"Well, the flame is good in this fan" Natsu replied to them as he waved the Tessen from his face and gobbled its fire. "That hits the spot, want some?" He offered to his fellow stooges.
"Thanks... But I prefer ramen..." Naruto replied in a sad tone.
"Okay, suit yourself" Natsu happily replied as he try to use the Tessen one more time but someone managed to snatch it away from him.
"Hey! That is my snack!" Natsu angrily protested
"Your snack?! This is my Tessen!" Tasuki returned, "I've been looking for this on the entire trip, and you just had it all the time?!"
"Well I'm hungry! So I just borrow it for some snack!" Natsu retaliated.
"Well you can't have it!" Tasuki angrily replied, in which Natsu lunged at him and the two had an all-out brawl only to be stopped by Ezra, giving each a big lump on the head.
"I'M HUNGGGRRYYY! I WANT MEAAAT!" Luffy shouted as he is frustrated for not eating during the ride
"AND I WANT RAMEEENNN!" Naruto joined as his stomach grumbled for not having a meal
"WOULD YOU TWO SHUT UP!" Clare growled, as she and Moka clobbered the rubber boy and the shinobi.
"Those two never learned their place," Moka sighed, as the pirate and ninja, recovered and continued whining.
"Are they really like this?" Amiboshi asked, still shocked at the behavior of the three stooges
"It's just only the tip of an ice berg, wait until you see them in their full stomach" Vine replied, which Amiboshi only sighed.
"How long before we arrived in Konan Taka?" Teresa asked as she looked at the horizon.
"We are almost there, look!" Taka replied as he point his finger at a certain city at the horizon. "That's Konan, I'll just send a message to inform them and give us a clearing spot to land. It'll take another hour for them to give us a landing spot."
"Ah great, now we need to endure another hour with those three whining about food" Suboshi sighed, feeling that he had seen everything about the three stooges.
"Umm... Susboshi is it?" Isara asked, getting the attention of the Seiryuu warrior, "How come your world is like a combination of an ancient and modern world?".
"Yeah, I also had the same thought, when I saw these soldiers" Alicia added, that left the Seiryuu and Suzaku warriors silent.
"It will be better for you guys to spill the beans right now, because it is already obvious on your faces that your world is not what that used to be." Alita bluntly said to the warriors.
"Okay..." Taka sighed, "If you guys insist..." as he closed his eyes and recalled what happened back then
...
(Flashback)
It was an ordinary day for Taka, having a date with his fiancée, but this is no ordinary date, but more of a group date, because with them is his fiancée's brother, his fiancée's best-friend and her lover.
Being a wise spender and aware of his fiancée's extreme appetite, Taka treats them in an all-you-can eat buffet.
"Lucky you find this place Taka," the guy wearing sunglasses said, his hair is black and wears a green shirt underneath the jacket and a blue pants, while putting various dim-sum on his plate "it's really cheap considering your girlfriend's appetite".
"You know Miaka, Tetsuya, her appetite is really inhuman, comparing to Yui and other girls." Taka replied, doing the same thing as Tetsuya.
"Make that any human beings" Miaka's older brother corrected, as he join the two boys and pick his favorite dim-sum. He had a brown hair, black eyes and wears a typical yellow long-sleeved shirt and jeans.
"C'mon Keisuke, have a heart, she is still your little sister." Tetsuya replied sympathetically. "On the bright side she still had a good figure like Yui despite her appetite."
"You know, it always amaze me why Miaka, never gets fat, based on her appetite." Taka wondered.
"Maybe it's one of the abilities of being the Priestess of Suzaku. Like Yui, I always think her intelligence is her ability being the Priestess of Seiryuu." Tetsuya assumed.
"Hey we heard that!" a female voice protested, she is a brunette whose hair length is shoulder level that matches her brown eyes and wears a red jumper over her white blouse. She carries a plate, that is filled with various dishes.
"You boys are really mean don't you know that?" declared by another female voice, who is with the brunette girl. She had a blonde boy-cut hair, blue eyes and wears a blue shirt and black jeans, she also wears an earring, whose color matches her eyes.
"Hi Miaka, Hi Yui, don't know you girls are here..." Tetsuya replied and chuckled awkwardly to the brunette and blonde, respectively.
"No we are not, that's why WE didn't hear that Miaka had an extreme appetite." Yui sarcastically replied, as Miaka angrily nodded while stuffing a sushi on her mouth.
Then a voice was heard, but he is only heard by Taka's group and said, "Priestess of Suzaku!"
"S-Suzaku?" Miaka stuttered, wondering why the god calls her.
"Yes, it is me priestess, you, Lady Yui, Taka and your friends need to do us a favor" the Vermillion Bird replied.
"What do you want from us?" Keisuke demanded with little hostility to the god, "Go back to that book?!".
"You better watch your mouth boy." suddenly by an another voice, this time its not Suzaku, and had a short tempered attitude.
"Calm down, Byakko, The Priestess's brother is only protecting her." replied by a different voice, this time it reflects a calm personality.
"G-Genbu?!" Yui suprised, being familiar with the god's voice. And as she look at her surroundings, she noticed that the people around them are in a state of stasis, "What's going on?! Why everyone around us just freeze?!"
"Lady Yui..." The last voice said, this time it reflects a cold and calculating personality.
"Seiryuu!" Yui shouted, knowing too well the voice of the Eastern God, that she summoned back then. "Tell me, what is going on?!"
"There is no time," the Azure Dragon replied, this time with a tone of urgency. "you and your friends need to help us..."
"Help you? B-but why and how?" Miaka replied, feeling scared and confused as her instincts told her that something is wrong.
"We will tell it later, but for now please bear with us." Suzaku pleaded, making the group more confused.
"It is our only chance..." Genbu added
"Or our world and yours are doomed." Byakko finished.
"If that is the case, then tell us what to do..." Yui said to the four deities, then her blue earrings suddenly glowed and a blue light bursts out of it. And from that light, Nakago in his spirit form materialized.
"N-Nakago?!" the five chorused, very surprised and hostile, except for Yui, that their dead adversary has comeback in its spirit form.
"What are you doing here?!" Tetsuya hissed, standing between his girlfriend and Nakago.
"Relax.." Nakago replied, "I'm not here to harm Lady Yui or The Priestess of Suzaku... In fact, I'm surprised why I'm awaken from my sleep..."
"I awakened you Nakago..." Seiryuu answered, "You will support Lady Yui like how you summoned me."
"Same thing to you, Taka, you will support also Lady Miaka..." Suzaku added in which the latter nodded.
"Now, you, the brother of Lady Miaka," Byakko commanded, "take your position to the west. You will represent me as my priest."
"Hey, Is it only a girl that can become the priestess of you guys?" Keisuke asked, confused on what the White Tiger had commanded.
"Are you questioning my actions boy?!" The god snarled, making Keisuke and the others jumped "Time is short and do what you are told!" from there the human, followed his orders and take the position at the west side of their group.
"Tetsuya, you will represent me and take the northern side" Genbu orderded and the former obediently complied.
Yui and Miaka did the same thing taking their respective location, east and south. And as they form their respective hand signs, they notice a red aura descends to engulf the area.
"Wh-what is that?!" Keisuke panicked as he and the others see the light comes nearer.
"All of you focus!" Sieryuu ordered, "If we fail, that light will surely destroy our worlds!"
After hearing the Azure Dragon's voice, Miaka and the others concentrated. Then they all glow and its color is golden yellow, the floor that they are standing generates a strange circular symbol and their formation represents a diamond shape symbol inside the circle.
The same symbol is also created as the Four Gods did their hand signs and they glow together with their respective colors, black for Genbu, azure for Seiryuu, vermillion for Suzaku and white for Byakko. And as they notice the red aura is consuming their worlds, the Four Gods clapped their hands together and place it down on the ground to finalize the spell. Then a golden yellow light appeared from the strange symbol and consumed them, repelling the red light that is trying to consume their world.
The same thing happened to Miaka and Yui's world, they are consumed by the golden yellow light and repelled the red light.
(End of Flashback)
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"That spell had met its objectives, protecting the integrity of our worlds, limiting only to the Suzaku and Seiryuu warriors the revival, at the same time retaining our memories and the memories of the book world..." Taka grimly narrated, "But there is a rebound effect... The two worlds need to merge as a single world, and forcing the other world, Miaka's world, to lose their memories..." he finished as he clenched his fist.
'No one is above the Law of Equivalent Exchange, not even us Four Gods...' as he recall in his mind the what Suzaku has told them after the merge.
The alliance felt pity for what happened, they knew that it is Corruption who did that.
"If we only managed to finish him back in Amestris, he won't had a chance to cast that spell in the Full Moon Kingdom and affecting other worlds as well..." Rene bitterly declared, clenching her fist.
"Corruption only won the battle during that time..." Teresa reminded them, "But he will never win the war, and we will make sure that he and his lackeys in this world will not succeed". After that, they hear an incoming message from one of the watch towers that Taka made contact earlier, and receive it.
"Ok, they said, we can land outside the gates of the main city near the stables and tank garage in the north east." Taka said to them, then Usop, who is at the helm of the ship and with Nami's navigation expertise, turn the ship on that direction.
"Taka," Shantella asked the Suzaku Warrior, "you mentioned earlier that a strange symbol appears when you and your friends helped the Four Gods to save this world right?"
"Yes, why?" he replied, confused on the curiosity of the princess.
"Can you draw it here?" Shantella requested giving a piece of pen and paper, ignoring the fact that she's been asked by Taka. The latter obliged and give the sketch of the symbol to Shantella.
When Shantella sees it, her eyes widened at the very familiar symbol. 'It can't be!'
(A.N: If you folks are wondering why Yui, managed to know Genbu's voice, try to watch the first ova of Fushigi Yuugi. She became a priestess of Genbu for a short time and use its powers to asked the Four Gods to seal the main antagonist of this saga.)
Ending Theme - Kamo Shirenai (Fushigi Yuugi OVA2)