| Part 4 She was lying on the ground and thenand then she had no clue. She was surrounded by white, pure white. She couldn't remember how she had gotten there. She didn't even know where there was. She sat up and found that she was lying in a bed. She tugged the white sheet up past her chest and stared out into the space. "Feeling better, no da?" a cheerful voice asked from the right. Reese turned. It was the guy from the ruins. "Who the hell are you, and what the hell do you want with me?" she asked violently. "I'm Chichiri, no da. And I just want to talk to you, no da." "Oh. Can I get dressed first?" Chichiri's face turned bright red and he turned around as Reese stepped out of the bed and dressed in her clothes. "Okay. Talk," she ordered when she was decent. Chichiri walked out of the room. Reese had no choice but to follow him if se ever wanted the answer she thought she deserved. He motioned to a room. Reese cautiously went in before him and sat on the edge of the bed. Chichiri went to the window and sat on the ledge. He took off his mask as he looked out at the mountains. "Do you about Nakago?" "Only what they told me. Why? What did he do that was so bad?" Chichiri sighed. "You don't know why he was sealed?" At Reese's shake of the head, he proceeded to tell her about two friends, Yuuki Miaka and Hongo Yui who entered the Universe of the Four Gods. He told her how Miaka became the Suzaku no Miko while her best friend became the Seirruy no Miko. He told her how a war, along with Nakago's constant lying to Yui, tore the two girls apart. He told her how Nakago had told Yui that she had been raped, and how Miaka didn't really care about her at all. His lies caused Yui to hate her once best friend and only want to make Miaka's life miserable. He told her about how Nakago called Tamahome to him and then proceeded to poison him with a kill curse. How Nakago sent Tamahome to kill Miaka. He told her about Soi and about how Soi had loved Nakago so much and how he never returned that feeling to her. He had only used her as a tool. He told her how Nakago had manipulated Suboshi into brutally killing Tamahome's entire family for something Tamahome never did. How he had sent Astire to kill Nuriko and then killed Astire because he was no longer useful. He told her how he had Miboshi possess Chirko causing Chirko to kill himself. He told her how Nakago had killed Hotohori with his own hands. He told her about the events in her world and how no matter what Miaka told Yui, she never believed her friend. Then he told her about the wish that Nakago wanted Yui to make for him. Miaka had begged Yui to listen to her, but Yui made the wish. Yui wished that Nakago would be a God in his own world. He told her how Nakago, once a God, had killed Tamahome right before Miaka's eyes, not caring that Yui had been devoured by Seirruy. He told her how Nakago would have killed Chichiri and Tasuki too if he hadn't been dragged back into the book world. He told her briefly of the tragedy that Nakago, as a God, cause to Kutuo and Konan as well as the other two countries. The entire time he talked, he stared out the window, not really talking to her at all. At the end, he turned to her, tears in his one good eye. "That is why he was sealed by the Bykka no Miko." "So...I'm guessing that you don't want me to unseal him, right?" "He didn't just do things to this world, Nakago no Miko." "Call me Reese, and what do you mean?" "He changed your world as well. Miaka was suppose to live a long and happy life with Tamahome. Yui was never suppose to be devoured by Sierruy. She too was suppose to live a happy life. And it changed your life as well, Reese." He examined her as he let the information sink in. "What...what do mean it changed me too?" "This was not the way you were to be. By becoming a God, Nakago changed your life by not being reborn in your world. He was suppose to die that day, Reese." "How do you know all this?" Reese was very skeptical of the things he was telling her. It just didn't seem right that he would know what should have happened. Chichiri didn't answer. He just put his mask back on. "Okay...so what do you want me to do?" "We wantcha to set this all right," a voice that, although deeper, sounded a lot like Wataru's in mannerism and speech pattern. Reese whipped around the bed to see the red haired guy standing in the doorway. He was wiping a tear from his amber eyes as he spoke to her. "We wantcha to wish that that aho was never made a God. That's what." "And...just how am I suppose to do that?" "Unseal him, girl, and wish him away," a new voice added. "AH! What the hell is that ugly thing?" Reese screamed as Taiitskun suddenly appeared in front of her. Chichiri facefaulted as Tasuki, too, screamed. "I'm never going to get use to that," he groaned. Taiitskun hit him over the head with a mallet. She turned back to Reese. "Gomen!" Reese quickly apologized to the Goddess of Worlds. "But...I don't understand what you mean? You want me to unseal Nakago when the blue haired guy just told me that he was sealed because he was pretty mean guy? And how do I 'wish him away'?" "Didn't those Seishi of yours tell you anything? As the Nakago no Miko, you get three wished from him. We want your first one to be that Nakago was never a God. Will yuo do it, Nakago no Miko?" "Do I have a choice?" **** "Ow! Shit!" Reese cursed as she rubbed her sore bottom. Ketsa and Wataru spun around on their heels and stared at her for a second before they both rushed her. "You're all right. You're okay. They didn't hurt cha. If they had harmed one hair on your head I will kill 'em," they both spoke at once as they hugged her. Kain came up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I'm glad to see that you are safe, Reese-sama. What did the Suzaku Seishi have to say to you?" he asked in a very suspicious voice with his eyebrow raised. "They just told me some interesting things about Nakago. Don't worry though. I'm still going to unseal him. It's what I'm here for. I really don't believe what they told me anyway. How can a guy that sounds so evil do something like he did for his people? I have no reason to believe them after everything that you have told me. So, should we do this or what?" Reese turned away from the four Seishi and went into the desert hut. After a slight hesitation, Ketsa followed her in. He stood in front of the bedroom door as she changed into the traditional gown for the calling. "Reese-sama, what happen to you? You seem different," he questioned. Reese heard hidden anger in his voice. It was not like the Ketsa she knew and it scared her a little. "Nothing happen to me. Chichiri-san talked to me and that was it. Look, I'm going to unseal Nakago so what are you worried about." She opened the bedroom door and stepped out. Ketsa blushed when he saw her in a gown that barely covered her chest and clearly showed her flat stomach. Reese didn't seem to notice. She was use to people staring at her, and it didn't bother her in the least. "I'm no different, but you are. Why can't anyone just believe me, for crying out loud." She brushed past him and went out into the desert. The other three were waiting for her. "Where do we do this?" Kain and Kaijin exchanged a glance, but they led Reese to the altar they had set up years ago. "Do you remember the incantation?" Kaijin asked. "Yes." She began. The four Seishi stood around her as she spoke, calling upon Nakago. As Reese said the spell, she began to think of the things that Taiitskun had told her. "Do I have a choice?" "Yes, you could say no." "What happens if I do?" "Nakago will be released and this world will end as we know it." "How nice. But what about me? Will I remember any of this? What will happen to me?" "You will remember everything and more, Reese," Taiitskun replied smugly. Reese sighed. She didn't know what Taiitskun meant by that, but it seemed like everything would turn out better if she did this. It would mean that she would have to betray her new friends, though. She would have to betray Ketsa. Ketsa had become the Jake of this world. In the month or a half that she had been here, she had come to think of Ketsa as her brother or best friend. How could she ever betray him? "You need some time to think, no da. It is a big responsibility that we are putting on you, no da. But only you can make a decision, Reese-sama, no da," Chichiri offered. Reese just nodded. She was so dumbfounded by this. Chichiri and Taiitskun had just said she was the only hope for this world and her own. She was only just 18 for crying out loud. This was way too much. Not just that. What did they mean by it had changed her life as well? Reese was about to find out now just what they had meant. She was about to find out just who this Nakago guy they had all been speaking of was. She spoke the last words of the incantation, and a tall blond man with the most beautiful crystal blue eyes she had ever seen appeared in front of her. "You have called me, my Miko." His voice was silky smooth and emotionless. It sent shivers down Reese's spine. She also felt something else, way down in the depths in the stomach. It felt like butterflies. It also felt like she knew Nakago from sometime long ago in a distant land. "Ye...yes. Yes I have." A small smirk appeared on Nakago's lips. "You will get three wishes after we have merged. Do you wish to merge with me?" "Merge? I..." "Than you must do this to save the two worlds. It is now up to you, Reese." "I..." She took a deep breath. "Yes." Although she shook, her voice was very confident in every manner. She looked Nakago in the eyes, her gaze never leaving his as she took two steps forward. He closed his eyes and nodded his head, admiring the girl for her strength and courage. And when they merged, Reese first screamed out in pain then it was suddenly very warm and very pleasant. It felt like she was surrounded by a warm liquid, like she floating in it. It was so comforting. "When you need to make a wish, call me again. Just say Kaijin," His voice was the best part. So smooth and soft yet still harsh in so many ways. Then it was over. She was standing in the desert again in front of the altar. Her eyes remained closed as she breathed in deeply, thinking about what had just happened. She was his Miko? That man, that beautifully handsome man was the guy that had killed so many. His voice had been cold, yet it made her feel so warm. She sighed. "Reese-sama? Did...is he unsealed?" Reese looked at Wataru blankly. "Oh. KAIJIN!" "You called me, Miko?" Nakago answered in that same silk like voice. "Do you wish to make your first wish?" "Hai. I...I wish that the Nakago Seishi had their full powers back." "Granted." Dark clouds filled the once bright sky. The four Seishi glowed a dull gray as their powers were returned to them. A bolt of electricity flashed behind Wataru. Kain glowed gray as his symbol flashed on his cheek. Wind swirled Kaijin's yellow hair as she closed her eyes. Reese looked at Ketsa's crouched form. His symbol was glowing under his shirt on his stomach. He lifted his head. His eyes, still blue, looked remarkably like those of a cat. He smiled at her. She smiled back. Pain suddenly rippled through her body. She doubled up and dropped to the ground. It was happening all ready. "You must wish him away on your second or first wish, no da. If you wait until your third, you will be too far devoured by Nakago, no da." "What? What do you mean 'devoured by Nakago'? Iwill I remember that?" "No, you will not, but it must be done. All the Miko's get devoured by their God." "Well...I guess I can handle the pain." Or so she had thought. It hurt so badly. "I guess...I guess it's time." "Time for what?" Ketsa whispered to her. She didn't even see him come over to her, yet here he was. Reese clenched her hands and shut her eyes tightly together. "I'm sorry, Ketsa. This has to be done. KAIJIN!" "You wish to make your second wish?" "Yes. I wish...I wish that Yui believed Miaka and never made you a GOD!" Reese screamed out. Tears floored her eyes as Nakago closed his brilliant eyes and sighed. "Your wish is granted," he calmly stated. **** "Stop it. Stop it Nakago!" Yui screamed as Nakago pelted Miaka with pebbles. The pebbles fell to the ground, as did Miaka. "Kaijin." Yui was engulfed in blue light. Nakago smiled but his smiled faded when he heard Miaka saying the incantation to call Suzaku. "She gave her life to save that girl." He smiled sadly. The next thing he knew, rocks were flying down at him as Chichiri fired a spell at the building behind him. Then he was standing in front of Tamahome. The younger man was running for him. Nakago merely closed his eyes and let Tamahome ram his fist through Nakago's chest. Tamahome had been the only person to know what was hidden all along in Nakago's frozen heart. "I don't need your pity." Then Nakago died. **** The papers flew out of the locker and littered the locker bay floor. Reese screamed out in frustration as she bent down. She grabbed one of the books - English. She stopped. This felt so familiar. "Um...do you need some help?" Reese turned her head up from the mess of papers on the ground to find herself staring into crystal blue eyes. His voice sounded exactly the same, as smooth as silk, but there was something different about it as well. He extended a hand down to her, which Reese gladly excepted. "I would love some help. I'm Reese." "I'm Nick. A strand of black hair blew into her brown eyes. The man lifted his hand and brushed it away. A spark of electricity zapped between the two and blue light erupted from their bodies. Both took in a sharp breath. "Soi?" "Nakago." She now understood what Taiitskun had said to her in that alternate reality. "You will remember everything and more, Reese." It all made sense now. A board smile spread across her face as she stared at Nick. He leaned down and passionately kissed her. "I will forever love you," he whispered against her lips. She closed her eyes, believing every word to be true **** Taiitskun looked down at the scene. How fitting that a woman who loved him so much in on life became his Miko in another. She smiled to herself. Now they could live together forever. To read more of my stories visit http://home.att.net/~dreamforever Note: Nakago, Yui, Miaka, Tamahome, Chichiri, Tasuki, Nick, Soi and Taiitskun along with the idea for Fushigi Yugi do not belong to me. They belong to their respected author and whatnot. Ketsa, Wataru, Kain, Kaijin, Reese, Shelly, and Jake alomg with the ides for this story, "Who's no Miko?", do belong to me and are copyrighted by me, D. Doskocil, 12/2001. |
