Fushigi Yuugi: The Next Generation - Part 15

Disclaimer: Fushigi Yuugi is owned by Yuu Watase. I own the new characters. For example almost every character this part is mine. Do not steal them. I went a lot of work to come up with characters.

Author's Note: We have just left Kutou. Now we travel west to Sailo to be with the Byakko group. I am still taking from the TV series, but not really from the OVAs. The Byakko group is still three people: Amai, Inochi, and Sakana. The western country has been spelled many different ways based on different websites. I've decided to stick to "Sailo." No comments on the spelling.

Amai, Inochi, and Sakana were still traveling in Sailo. It was so hot and the sun was bearing down upon them. Amai looked like she was going to wilt underneath the sun light. Inochi and Sakana looked a little concerned. Then, they spotted a large gathering.

"Maybe, it's a mirage. It's just so hot," said Amai.

"I see it," said Inochi.

"Me, too," agreed Sakana.

They rode down to a small village that was hosting some sort of arts fair. Amai was helped off her horse by Inochi. Sakana dismounted his horse. They lead their horses to an inn. There was a very friendly innkeeper who offered the rooms in the inn for free to the three of them when he found out who they were. This was after Sakana showed his powers and kanji.

"Of course, you can have a room, Byakko no Miko. Two rooms for you three. One for just the miko. You boys will have to share," said the innkeeper.

"That's fine. Thank you for your kindness," said Sakana as he opened his money pouch to pay the innkeeper. The innkeeper refused payment from him.

"It's on the house. I hope you don't mind, but the rooms are on the top floor. Those are the only rooms left. Byakko must have truly blessed you because every year my inn is full by now," said the innkeeper.

"What is going on around here?" asked Amai.

"There is the arts fair. The performing arts fair. All around the village there are performances happening for three days solid. There are going to be acrobats, singers, dancers, actors, and craftsman," said the innkeeper excitedly.

"Let's check it out!" exclaimed Inochi.

The three of them went to see the acts that were around the village. Amai and Inochj began to think of something strange.

"Don't you think it's odd that they're having a fair when the world is ending?" thought Amai out loud.

"Like I said before, most people don't want to think that the world is going to end. Everyone is really friendly to us because they believe in us. But, we are proof that the world is going to end," replied Sakana.

"I wonder what's going to happen over there," said Inochi as he pointed to a crowd that was gathering near a stage.

"That's a singing chorus from the capital city of Sailo. They are supposed to be one of the best groups in all of Sailo," said Sakana taking Amai's arm, "Let's go over there and listen."

"How can you tell, Sakana?" asked Inochi who was trailing behind them. He ran a little bit to catch up with them.

"The symbols on the stage, and that coach. It means that they have performed for the Emperor of Sailo himself," answered Sakana.

The three of them took seats near the stage in the front row. The performance was an opera. There were bright and beautiful costumes. Musicians played along with the singers in accompaniment.

One of the singers did a solo a capella. Her voice was beautiful and mesmerizing. The crowd including Amai, Inochi, and Sakana were also hypnotized by her singing. The young woman looked about eighteen years old. She had a very ample figure. Her legs were very long, and her breast were large.

Inochi and Sakana were staring at her chest. They are superdeformed and smiling. Amai looked at them and shook her head. 'Hentai,' thought Amai. Then, there was a white kanji glowing on her right breast. Inochi and Sakana's eyes opened wide. Amai was sitting between them, and both of them told her.

"Look, Amai. On her chest!" exclaimed Inochi quietly as he tapped her shoulder.

"On her right breast!" added Sakana excitedly. Amai refused to look over there. She was turning red with embarrassment. She ignored the boys.

"I can't believe you two. First of all you guys are gamblers. Now you are a pair of hentai. Stop staring at that girl's chest!" exclaimed Amai in a frustrated whisper, "Now, SHUT UP!" ordered Amai loudly. This earned her some hushes from the other audience members. Amai went quiet, and was still very red. The singer on stage didn't seem to care that the three of them were disrupting her performance. Finally, Amai looked up at her. The singer's breast were just too big to avoid. There was the glowing white kanji. Kaze. Wind. Amai's eyes opened wide, and she looked at her first two seishi. They smirked at her with "We told you so" looks.

"You didn't say that she had a kanji," whispered Amai looking at both of them sharply.

"We told you to look for yourself," said Inochi with a grin. Sakana nodded in agreement. She was about to say something more, but the performance was over. Sakana gestured for them to follow him backstage to meet the singer. All three of them were now in the busy backstage.

"We're looking for the last soloist. Can you help us?" asked Amai sweetly. The boys tried their best to look like angels.

"Oh, you mean Ma Aiwu. She should be in her dressing coach," answered the man. The three of them left after the man gave them directions as to which coach she was at. They walked along a row of coaches. The coaches looked like a gypsy camp. Amai came to a coach and knocked at the door.

"I am not ready for my next performance yet," called Ma Aiwu from inside the coach.

"We're not the stage handlers. We would like to talk to you," said Amai.

"Fans! I'll be right out," answered Ma Aiwu in an excited voice. She opened the coach door. She had a bright smile on her face. Her long hair was brown and her eyes were reddish-brown. "Come inside. I never miss a chance to meet with my public," said Aiwu in a friendly voice. The three of them looked at each other. They shrugged their shoulders and went inside.

"Hello, my name is Okano Amai. I know that you're probably not going to believe this, but I am…" started Amai.

"What strange things you are wearing on your face?" interrupted Aiwu as she pointed at Amai's glasses.

"Yes. They help me see things clearly. Anyway, as I was saying I am the By…" started Amai.

"You don't look like you're from around here," interrupted Aiwu again.

"WILL YOU STOP INTERRUPTING THE BYAKKO NO MIKO?!!!" shouted Sakana at the top of his lungs. Amai and Inochi are superdeformed with swirls in their eyes.

"You're the Byakko no Miko!" exclaimed Aiwu in awe. Amai nodded. Aiwu got up in the coach, which was hard to do. She bowed in a low curtsey. When she did her kanji glowed brightly. "I am your seishi, Kaze. I can manipulate things using my chi with my voice."

"My powers is to create doubles of things, including people," said Sakana.

"I can make plants grow with my powers," mentioned Inochi with a smile on his face.

"We need you to come with us, please Kaze. We also have to find four more seishi, the shinzaho, and the summoning scrolls," said Amai.

"Of course, I'll come with you. I have been waiting for so long for a miko to come. Up until now, I was making money singing. I grew up with the legends of the last Byakko no Miko. I would like to be part of the legends as well," said Kaze sincerely.

"Now we have three seishi," said Inochi excitedly.

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Later on that evening, Kaze gave her last performance with the singing group. The singing group was sad to see her go, but they knew the duty that Kaze had to perform. Kaze moved her things to the inn. She and Amai were now sharing the room. They all decided to go see another performance, then go to bed, and move on the next morning.

"This is suppose to be one of the best plays in recent years," said Kaze. She knew a lot about the art and culture of Sailo.

"What is the play called?" asked Amai.

"It's called 'The Assassin and her True Love.' It's a tragedy. Then again, almost all the plays are tragedies," said Kaze.

Everyone in the audience was quiet and the play started. The actress in the title role was very beautiful and tall woman. She was elegant. The first act of the play consisted of the great adventures of the assassin. The assassin was that beautiful actress. The assassin is a good killer. She lives by a code of honor and skill. She kills all sorts of people on stage some men, and some women. The actress also did the physical actions on stage. There were several stage fights. The woman was very skilled.

The second act of the play was about the assassin meeting a man. The two fall in love. Their love is passionate and strong. However, the assassin is given a new target by her master. The target is her true love. She struggles between duty and love. The actress was very passionate. She laments her problem of killing her love and following her master's orders.

In the final act of the play, the two lovers confront each other. The man wants to know why she is avoiding him. She reveals her identity to the man. He swears his undying love for her. He tells her to kill him, so that her honor will not be destroyed. The assassin swears that she cannot. He takes her sword from her, and kills himself before she can stop him. The assassin weeps over her love. She talks a small dagger from her hair, and stabs herself in the heart. She tips her neck back and crumples to the ground. There is a glowing kanji on her neck. It is the character for fox.

Kitsune. The kanji is glowing a bright white on the hallow of her throat. Amai and her seishi's eyes lit up. When the performance was over, they went to go find the actress.

They found her backstage calmly sipping a cup of green tea. She had changed out of her elaborate costumes. Suddenly, she stood up, and was quickly enough to get her wooden tendo sword.

"What do you want?" she demanded in a cold voice.

Inochi and Sakana got in front of Amai right away. Kaze stepped forward to talk to the actress.

"I am Kaze. A Byakko seishi. We saw your kanji. These two other men are seishi as well. Inochi and Sakana. The young woman they are protecting is Lady Amai, the new Byakko no Miko. You are a Byakko seishi just like the rest of us," said Kaze in a friendly voice.

The woman lowered her weapon. The kanji on her throat was glowing. Inochi, Sakana, and Kaze's kanji were also glowing brightly. The woman let out a sigh.

"My name is Mao Fei. I don't really have a power. I suppose it's speed. I am trained how to do stage fighting. I can take almost anything and make it into a weapon in my hands," said Mao Fei in a calm voice.

"Are you coming with us, or aren't you?" asked Sakana.

"What choice do I have? Of course, I'll come along. I was getting bored with acting anyway," said Mao Fei in a nonchalant voice.

"Welcome, Kitsune," said Inochi with a smile on his face.

"We'll all leave tomorrow," said Amai.

"Wait, Lady Amai," said Kitsune.

"What?" asked Amai.

Kitsune gave her miko a low bow of respect.

Amai smiled.

~*ClareBear's Omake*~

Tamahome: The groups are sure assembling quickly.

Nuriko: Our group took longer to assemble. The Seiryuu group is way ahead of the other groups. They have six people already. The Suzaku group is a little behind.

Miaka: Just like the last time.

Hotohori: The only reason why the Seiryuu group was able to gather so fast was because of Amiboshi.

Miaka: They also have the shinzaho. Yui's earrings. I hope that Chichiri and Tasuki are guarding the shinzaho for our group well. They'll have to test Mariko. It's only fair.

Nuriko: The Genbu group is next. Still none of the other groups are ahead like the Seiryuu group.

Tamahome (shaking his head): It's too easy.

Miaka: What do you mean?

Tamahome: It's too easy. Even Nakago had problems. There's something that's going to happen.

Hotohori: I am more worried about the Suzaku group. They have bigger problems. That woman.

Miaka: The Byakko group is all right. There's two gamblers, a singer, and an actress. Wow. They could open their own performance arts show.

Tamahome: And sell tickets. Or better yet, a casino. Imagine the money they'd make. (Tamahome has large eyes and a dream background)

Everyone else falls over superdeformed. Yet again.