Fushigi Yuugi: The Next Generation - Part 31

Disclaimer: Yuu Watase owns Fushigi Yuugi. I own all the new characters and the story.
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Author's Note: We now travel to the eastern country of Kutou. In case any of you were wondering, yes…I was born on the year of Suzaku (the mighty red chicken or rooster) and I have the same sign as Tamahome (a Cancer ^_^). I'm sure all of you wanted to that (not!). I don't care you probably skip over this thing anyway. Anyway, that should explain my lunacy. I also love money. The Seiryuu group cast is in the forum.

The Seiryuu group was at the Imperial Palace in the capital city of Kutou. Emperor Feng was horrified to hear about the trial that Miwa and her seishi had to undergo. Ryu was fully recovered, but when they arrived Emperor Feng insisted that he rest. They were all gathered in one of the empty dens. Emperor Feng cleared off some of the rooms for the seishi even though Miwa insisted that he didn't have to do that.

Hoseki didn't want to tell her brother about what had happened to them. Miwa did because she thought he had a right to know. They both pleaded with Emperor Feng not to do anything to the villagers. He accepted it, and said that Seiryuu will take care of them soon enough.

"It looks so simple, but it's so vague," said Miwa out loud. She was looking at the first scroll again. She had just finished talking to the other girls using the shinzahou.

"We'll have to figure it out soon," commented Hoseki in a worried voice. Kutou was now in worse shape. The tremors and flooding were getting worse. The palace was filled to capacity. Her brother was too kind hearted to send people away when they needed shelter.

"I just want to see my little sister again. And soon," said Ryu out loud. He wasn't going to say that he was almost killed because he didn't want to alarm Mariko needlessly. He just missed his sister. Ryu wondered if Mariko had spoken with Tasuki and Chichiri. Ryu really wanted to meet them.

"Don't worry. She's probably got some great seishi. The last group was really strong, but not as strong as the last Seiryuu group," commented Kaga.

Ryu tried to give him a smile. They had found Kaga just before they had returned to the capital city of Kutou

:::Flashback:::

A week before Shiro of the Suzaku Group joined with his miko and fellow seishi.

They were a village near the capital they had stopped because it was time for a rest. Iwa and Ryu were awry of anything that was happening. They were more careful about telling people who they were. They had a general distrust of people that they didn't have when their journey had began. Ryu had found out that his powers were maturing more. He could now teleport and do shielding using his chi. Ryu practiced with his new powers. He also continued training Hoseki, Omoi, and Kai in martial arts.

"We should be back at the capital in a few days, Ryu. I can feel the summoning coming close," said Iwa in serious tone.

"I hope it's soon. We haven't even found the last seishi yet," commented Ryu.

Mori was looking around the air. There was something strange in the air. It was like time was stopping or slowing down. She shook her head. The end was coming near. Kutou would be seeing its last sunrise soon.

"What is it, Mori?" asked Miwa.

"Did you know that animals can sense danger before it comes?" asked Mori.

Miwa nodded and answered: "Yes. In Tokyo, we have lots of earthquakes. It's natural. Not like here, I suppose. But, I use to have this dog that knew that an earthquake was coming before it hit."

"The animals know that world is coming to an end. They have known it for quite some time. We're going to have to summon Seiryuu very soon," said Mori in a quiet voice.

Hoseki, Omoi, and Kai stopped playing around. Mori looked very serious. Iwa was wondering if she was a seer, but he knew that she could see things the way animals knew how. Iwa always thought that animals were stupid, but Mori proved him wrong.

There was a group of men that came up to Ryu. They were dressed in black and had menacing looks on their faces. Ryu looked at them. He didn't appear to be the slightest bit disturbed by the their looks. They surveyed the coach and the horse. They looked at the clothes that Iwa, Ryu, Hoseki , and Miwa wore. They had been dressed in the finest clothes out of the palace.

"What is it you want?" demanded Ryu in a low tone.

"We want all of your valuables. That includes the ladies," said the head of the bandits.

"I don't think so," said Iwa as he drew his spear. Omoi and Kai herded Hoseki and Miwa closer to the coach. Mori drew out her crossbow and loaded it.

The man turned around. There came a volley of fireballs. The fireballs were created using sake bottles that were lit to burn and explode when they hit some thing solid. Ryu shield Iwa and himself using his chi. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to shield the others.

"Scramble!" shouted Miwa. Moving around would improve their chances. Hoseki and Omoi ran in one direction while Miwa and Kai went another. Mori fired some arrows, and was reloading quickly.

A sudden tremor hit during the attack. The ground was now shaking and there was fire everywhere. The ground under Miwa was going to give way.

"JUMP, MIWA!" shouted Ryu. He used his powers and hurled the men against the tree trunks without so much a gesture. The men turned tail and took off running.

The ground gave way before Miwa could move. The earth was swallowing her up. Her legs were in the crevice in the ground. "HELP!" shouted Miwa in a panicked voice. Kai couldn't get to her fast enough. There was a figure that surrounded Miwa. The figure and Miwa was gone in a less than a second.

"What the HELL?!" exclaimed Kai. His hand was still reached out to catch her. His eyes were wide.

"Where did she go?" asked Omoi.

"If I knew do you think I would be asking!" shouted back Kai to his twin.

"Calm down," said Omoi with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Well, she couldn't have gone far. If that person didn't show up, then she would have fallen in," commented Mori.

"What are you saying? That I wouldn't have gotten there soon enough!" yelled Kai in a defensive voice.

"We know that you tried your best, Kai. You're mad at yourself," said Iwa in a calm voice. Kai looked at him. He knew that Iwa was right. He was mad at himself for not doing a good job.

"MIWA!" shouted Ryu out loud. It didn't hurt to call out.

"MIWA!" shouted Hoseki.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" shouted Mori.

Miwa was somewhere else. A pair of arms was wrapped around her. "Are you all right?" asked a soft male voice.

"Yes. I'm fine," said Miwa, "Who are you?"

"My name is Bi Jingang, but my friends call me Kaga," said the young man. He looked about Miwa's age. "Let's go back shall we. The others will be waiting for us."

"How did you know?" asked Miwa. Before she could finish her question they were teleported back in front of the others. Omoi, Kai, and Hoseki were superdeformed.

"Are you a Seiryuu Seishi?" asked Iwa as he waved his arm over Kaga.

"Yes," answered Kaga in a trance. Iwa was satisfied and removed the trance. Kaga blinked twice. "That was weird."

"Your powers are some form of teleportation. What else can you do?" asked Ryu.

"I can go through solid object and other barriers," answered Kaga.

"Where's your kanji?" asked Hoseki. All the other seishi glowed their kanji. Kaga nodded. He pulled up the left pant leg of his pants. He glowed his kanji on his left knee. It was the kanji for Shadow.

"ALRIGHT! WE GOT THE LAST SEISHI! ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SUMMON SEIRYUU!" shouted Kai out loud.

"But, we still don't know if the other groups had any luck finding everyone and everything they need. We don't even know where the summoning is going to take place," his twin said.

"You know you're a real kill joy, Omoi," said Kai as he narrowed his eyes at him. Omoi stuck out his tongue at Kai.

"All right. You two can stop that now. You're suppose to get along better than that," said Miwa.

"Can't you see that's how they show affection?" commented Ryu with a laugh. Omoi and Kai stopped glaring at each other.

"Hi! How's everyone doing?" asked Kaga with a wave.

Everyone else fell over. At least the tension was gone.

:::End of Flashback:::

"All the groups are already and assembled for the summoning of the gods," said Miwa, "but we still don't know where the summoning is going to take place. The riddle is so vague. The summoning could be anywhere."

"Maybe, Mori can ask the animals," suggest Omoi.

"I've already asked. They don't know where all the energy converges, " replied Mori.

"Maybe, the riddle is talking about life energy, chi," in toned Kaga.

They all were tired. Miwa had a large headache. This wasn't getting them anywhere. All she wanted to do at this point was bang her head against the table where the scroll was spread out.

"But, chi comes from the individual," commented Ryu.

"Ryu, chi can still be channeled to one area," corrected Hoseki.

"But, Hoseki, too much chi directed away from the individual could killed him or her," said Omoi.

"That's why our father stays close to the our village without living in it. But, he's more well trained in channeling his chi than anyone of us," said Kai.

"Before we came here, we were told that our world was also in danger, Miwa," said Ryu.

"You're thinking that the summoning might take place in our world," said Miwa with her eyes wide open.

"I don't think so," observed Iwa, "I think it has to take place in our world. Are there seishi with powers like ours in your world?"

"No. I suppose you're right. The summoning has got to be in this world," sighed Ryu.

They were thinking in circles.

Time was running out.

~*ClareBear's Omake*~

Chiriko: It's so obvious! How could they not know?!

Miaka: Because none of them have been there before. Only members of the Suzaku group have been there. None of the other groups, past or present, have ever been there. There was no need for any of them to go there.

Tamahome: Stop dropping hints, Miaka. ClareBear doesn't want you to spoil the story.

Hotohori: Kutou is in worse shape than any of the other empires.

Tamahome: Actually, things look bad in Sailo and Hokkan.

Nuriko: That's true. Sailo's crops are dying. Hokkan is being bombarded with snowstorm after snowstorm.

Tamahome has question marks all around him.

Miaka: What are you thinking about, Tamahome?

Tamahome: What about Konan? It seems to be in the best shape out of the four. Why is that?

Mitsukake: Even we don't know that and we should know more than the readers.

Nuriko: This is a serious lax in communication from ClareBear. It's like she doesn't trust us. We still haven't said where the summoning was going to be. In that case, I'll say it…it's going to be…

:::Signal Cuts off:::

Tomo: Stop playing with that, Suboshi. Oh great, you just cut the signal to the omake.

Suboshi is holding some wires.

Suboshi: It's not my fault. I got orders from Nakago to do this. Something about them knowing too much. I don't know.

Tomo (cackling): Hee. Hee. Well, I guess if it was Nakago who sent you down here, then it's no problem.

Suboshi just shrugs his shoulders.