Mima's Side of the Story
By: Satil
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None of the Fushigi Yuugi characters belong to me, but is rightfully owned by Watase Yuu. Only does the character Mima belong to me. And Mima would resemble me... I rather keep the same storyline. So don't sue me or anything if there's anything in here that you do NOT like. O.o;;;;; And I'd like to recieve reviews! ^_^ But no flames... @.x;;;
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~*Chapter 23*~
Friday, August 2, 2002 - Monday, August 4, 2002
"What the...?" I stuttered, jumping off of Tasuki's back.
"What is it, Mima?" Chiriko asked.
"It's.. it's... not true!" I pointed at the entrance. "He's dead! He's DEAD!" A wolf, with burns on its face, ran up to Miaka and snatched away the Shinzaho.
"No!" Miaka screamed.
"Miaka worked her ass off to get that freaking necklace, you bastard," I cursed. "I'm getting it back!" I changed into my favorite form, the tiger, and started to chase after the wolf.
"Give me back the Shinzaho!" Miaka also helped chase after the wolf.
'Why can't I keep up with this damned wolf?' I thought. 'The wolf seems to be so fast!'
Behind me, Miaka tripped over a root. I couldn't just leave her there, so I went back to her, letting the stupid wolf take away our Shinzaho that Miaka and I risked our lives for, and Nuriko really did lose his.
I let out a loud roar as a warning, and turned to my normal form to see if Miaka was alright.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Miaka insisted. "But..."
"Dammit, Miaka," I interrupted. "I promise you, we're going to get the Shinzaho back, okay?"
"Mhm..." Miaka agreed, but didn't sound so convinced, or convincing. I guess the reason why she didn't sound like it, was because she wasn't at all. She broke down into tears. "It's not fair... it's not fair! I just got that stupid Shinzaho, and Seiryuu just stole it! Nuriko lost his life to get it." She looked up at me. "It's not fair, Mima. Everything is really not fair."
"What is it Miaka?" I heard an old woman's voice say. We both looked up, and saw a lady floating in the air, wearing a green dress and pink ribbons all about her.
"Aahh!" I screamed, clinging to Miaka. "Sunakake Baba! Sunakake Babaaaa!" I yelled, pointing at the Sand Witch.
"Amateur," the lady said, smacking me.
"She's Taiitsukun," Miaka replied. We both stood up, facing the Sunakake Baba. "What'll I do? What should I do, Taiitsukun? The Shinzaho, it's my fault that I lost it."
"Miaka," I muttered.
"Without it and Sairo's Shinzaho, we can't call Suzaku," Miaka continued.
The Sunakake Baba closed in on us. "Oh, oh... I just acme to peek in on what's going on."
"Where'd he go? I'll go after him to regain it!" Miaka said.
"Miaka, it's too dangerous for you to go by yourself!" I told her.
"I don't care... I'll do anything to get it," Miaka snapped.
"So the two of you would go to Seiryuu's camp?" Taiitsukun asked.
"The two of us?" I repeated.
"Hai," Taiitsukun replied.
"Sure, because it's my fault that I lost it," Miaka said. "I'll go."
"Wait a minute," Taiitsukun interrupted. "The Shinzaho has just now been taken by Nakago. He put his chi around the Shinzaho as a barrier."
"Barrier?" Miaka and I said in unison.
"His chi is very strong. You're not good enough to break through it," Taiitsukun told us.
"Oh, great," Miaka said.
"But there's a way... it's uh..." Taiitsukun stuttered.
"What do I do?!" Miaka asked. "Tell me!"
"Sleep with him," Taiitsukun replied, flatly.
"Nani!?" I exclaimed. "But doesn't a Miko have to be a virgin to summon their God?!"
"Don't missunderstand me," Taiitsukun interrupted. "The coming together of male and female is reffered to as Bochu Magic. It's a strategy to control others' chi."
"Just by sleeping with him?" Miaka said.
"Done right, you can increase chi," Taiitsukun added. "Done wrong, you lose your own chi and have other side effects. By means of it though, you can restrict his chi."
"But as Mima said, doesn't a Miko have to be a virgin?" Miaka asked.
"Wasn't true," Taiitsukun answered.
"No way!" we exclaimed.
"I figured if I didn't tell you that, you wouldn't be able to accomplish your duties as Miko with the Seishi," Taiitsukun said.
"Are you saying that Miaka will just go around, seducting men, acting like a slut!?" I asked, furious.
"No," Taiitsukun replied. "But fact is, Yui isn't a virgin any more."
"What?" I asked.
"Regardless, you shouldn't think about it. You aren't capable of it," Taiitsukun continued. Miaka seemed to be stunned at the thought of doing it with Nakago, that bold, blonde Seishi I saw. It seemed impossible, since Miaka as only a fifteen year old girl and Nakago was in his twenties, including the fact that they are enemies.
"Miaka!" we heard Tamahome call.
"Mima!" I heard Tasuki's voice.
"Miaka, we should go back," I suggested.
"Okay," Miaka and I turned to leave when we noticed Taiitsukun was gone. We walked a couple feet, when I noticed that Miaka wasn't following me.
"Miaka?" I called out, but she was no where in sight.
"Mima!" Tamahome exclaimed, coming up to me. "Where's Miaka?"
"I don't know," I replied. "We were heading towards you two, and well... she disappeared."
"Did you manage to get the Shinzaho back?" he asked me, Tasuki coming up to him to see what we were talking about.
"I uh... well," I didn't know what to say. I didn't really want to tell Tamahome and Tasuki that Miaka had to seduce Nakago to get the Shinzaho back. "No, we didn't."
"Baka," Tasuki commented. "She doesn't know what she's going to run into."
"We have to find her," Tamahome suggested.
"No!" I stood right in front of him to block his way.
"Why?" he eyed me.
"Because, well, she's... she's..." I stuttered.
"She's taking a rest," I heard Taiitsukun's voice behind me. We I turned around.
But I was so surprised to see her face, that I pointed at her and cried out, "Sunakake baba!! Sunakake baba!!" Tasuki seemed to do the same.
"Baka!" Taiitsukun scolded. "It's just me."
"Taiitsukun," Tamahome said, "Where's Miaka?"
"She told me to tell you that she went to take a rest," Taiitsukun replied. "She doesn't want you to know."
"Why?" Tamahome asked.
"Girl reasons!" Taiitsukun barked, causing Tamahome and Tasuki to blush.
"She could have told me," I frowned.
"She wanted to be by herself, but she also had to do some girl stuff," Taiitsukun told me. "But she told me to tell you also that you should go right ahead to Sairo Country."
"I thought she felt she was the one responsible for the Shinzaho," Tamahome scratched his head.
"Before you get this one back, you should go to Sairo Country," Taiitsukun suggested.
"Without Miaka?" Tasuki asked.
"She'll catch up, don't worry," Taiitsukun reassured.
"Can't I find her?" I asked. "I'm a girl, and she won't mind."
"Didn't I just say she wanted to be alone, too?" Taiitsukun barked.
"Sorry I asked!" I snapped.
"Get the other Shinzaho before you get the one you lost," Taiitsukun continued. "I'll make it my responsibility to see to it that Miaka comes there."
"I see," Tamahome agreed. "Tell her, that I said, 'I'll go ahead so when you feel better, catch up as soon as possible.'"
"Okay," Taiitsukun agreed, and disappeared.
"Where'd she go?" Tasuki asked.
"Let's head on to Sairo Country, you moron," I pushed Tasuki back to our campsite, when I saw that Tamahome wasn't following. "You too, baka!" I grabbed his sleeve and pulled him with us.
"I-I'm coming!" he said.
"Say, Mima, what's that on your face?" Tasuki asked.
"Nani!?" I exclaimed, touching my face.
"No, no," Tasuki held my hands so I would stop fidgeting. "It's like a tattoo. It's red, and then turns gold."
"You serious?" I asked him, my eyes widening.
"Yeah," Tamahome said, "it's right under your left eye. I noticed it just now." He cupped my cheek in his hand, then rubbed his thumb where the mark was. "It's pretty cool looking." He took his hand off my face.
"How'd you get it?" Tasuki asked.
I shrugged. "I don't know."
"Chiriko should know," Tamahome said. "Go ask him."
We reached camp not a minute later, and saw everybody waiting for us.
"Where's Miaka?" Chichiri asked.
"She's resting," Tamahome replied.
The first thing I did when I got there was find Chiriko. I found him talking to Mitsukake about medicines and useless junk, but I turned him around to face me.
"Mima," Chiriko looked surprised, "what are you up to?"
"What is this?!" I pointed to where my mark was, acting as if it were his fault that it existed.
"Oh, that!" Chiriko exclaimed. "It looks like a mark from Suzaku."
"Suzaku?!" I repeated. "Why would Suzaku want to put a mark on my beautiful face!"
"I heard from somewhere that it's a sign of approval," Chiriko explained, sweat dropping. "It tells others to stay away from you."
I frowned, puzzled. "You're not making any sense to me. I can't comprehend." I scratched my head, and stomped my foot. "But right on my face!? What are my parents going to think!" I stomped off towards Tasuki and the others.
"What's the matter with you, no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Suzaku gave me this mark on my face," I answered. "I don't know what it looks like yet."
"Oh, I see, no da," Chichiri said, examining my face. "It's a good sign, no da. It tells others that they shouldn't do anything to you or there will be bad things to pay, no da. The sign also tells others that you're Suzaku no Miko's Seishi, no da. The other Animal Seishis got them too, no da. But they get them on different places, na no da."
I sighed. "But what about that sign on my hip? The one that reads Animal?"
"That's your temporary sign, no da. That one on your face is permanent, no da."
"So the one on my hip should be gone?"
"Yes, no da."
"But why now!!" I exclaimed.
"The other Animal Seishis were put to the test, no da. If they passed, they get the sign, and become stronger as a Seishi. Your test was back with the Genbu Seishi, no da. Remember? You passed and received that tattoo, na no da."
"You explain better than Chiriko, thanks Chichiri." I smiled at him.
"Ah, we should start going to Sairo country," Tamahome said.
"Yeah," Tasuki agreed.
Everybody packed their things and attached them to their horses. Then we all mounted them, me riding with Tasuki, again, and headed towards Sairo. The scenery totally changed the moment we left Hokkan.
Tasuki noticed, too. "The landscape changed since we left Hokkan."
"We're almost in the desert, na no da," Chichiri answered.
I heard Chiriko ask Tamahome if Miaka was going to catch up with us soon.
"Y-yes, so Taiitsukun said," Tamahome replied. But then, Tamahome pulled on the reigns of his horse, and then turned around. "Gomenasai, minna. But go ahead!"
"What are you doing, baka!" I cried, but then I had this bad feeling in my stomach, and answered my own question. "I think he's going to look for Miaka."
I wrapped my arms tightly around Tasuki's waist, so I wouldn't fall off, and fell asleep.
The dream I had while I fell asleep scared me. It really did scare me. It was Miaka, in Seiryuu's campground, being thrown around like a rag doll by Nakago. A necklace Miaka was wearing was torn to pieces by Nakago's chi. I had an instinct that there was special meaning to that necklace, because Miaka was in tears.
Right before Nakago was going to send another blast at Miaka, I woke up, screaming for Miaka.
"Geezez," Tasuki complained. "Can't you calm down?"
"Miaka... I have a really bad feeling about Miaka!" I exclaimed.
"What is it, na no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Nakago is..." I don't know, I didn't want to talk anymore. I just knew that Miaka was in danger, and we were too far from Hokkan to stop anything.
"Tamahome is with Miaka, no da," Chichiri said. "I'm sure everything is fine, no da."
'Miaka,' I thought. 'I hope that was just a mirage.'
By: Satil
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None of the Fushigi Yuugi characters belong to me, but is rightfully owned by Watase Yuu. Only does the character Mima belong to me. And Mima would resemble me... I rather keep the same storyline. So don't sue me or anything if there's anything in here that you do NOT like. O.o;;;;; And I'd like to recieve reviews! ^_^ But no flames... @.x;;;
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~*Chapter 23*~
Friday, August 2, 2002 - Monday, August 4, 2002
"What the...?" I stuttered, jumping off of Tasuki's back.
"What is it, Mima?" Chiriko asked.
"It's.. it's... not true!" I pointed at the entrance. "He's dead! He's DEAD!" A wolf, with burns on its face, ran up to Miaka and snatched away the Shinzaho.
"No!" Miaka screamed.
"Miaka worked her ass off to get that freaking necklace, you bastard," I cursed. "I'm getting it back!" I changed into my favorite form, the tiger, and started to chase after the wolf.
"Give me back the Shinzaho!" Miaka also helped chase after the wolf.
'Why can't I keep up with this damned wolf?' I thought. 'The wolf seems to be so fast!'
Behind me, Miaka tripped over a root. I couldn't just leave her there, so I went back to her, letting the stupid wolf take away our Shinzaho that Miaka and I risked our lives for, and Nuriko really did lose his.
I let out a loud roar as a warning, and turned to my normal form to see if Miaka was alright.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," Miaka insisted. "But..."
"Dammit, Miaka," I interrupted. "I promise you, we're going to get the Shinzaho back, okay?"
"Mhm..." Miaka agreed, but didn't sound so convinced, or convincing. I guess the reason why she didn't sound like it, was because she wasn't at all. She broke down into tears. "It's not fair... it's not fair! I just got that stupid Shinzaho, and Seiryuu just stole it! Nuriko lost his life to get it." She looked up at me. "It's not fair, Mima. Everything is really not fair."
"What is it Miaka?" I heard an old woman's voice say. We both looked up, and saw a lady floating in the air, wearing a green dress and pink ribbons all about her.
"Aahh!" I screamed, clinging to Miaka. "Sunakake Baba! Sunakake Babaaaa!" I yelled, pointing at the Sand Witch.
"Amateur," the lady said, smacking me.
"She's Taiitsukun," Miaka replied. We both stood up, facing the Sunakake Baba. "What'll I do? What should I do, Taiitsukun? The Shinzaho, it's my fault that I lost it."
"Miaka," I muttered.
"Without it and Sairo's Shinzaho, we can't call Suzaku," Miaka continued.
The Sunakake Baba closed in on us. "Oh, oh... I just acme to peek in on what's going on."
"Where'd he go? I'll go after him to regain it!" Miaka said.
"Miaka, it's too dangerous for you to go by yourself!" I told her.
"I don't care... I'll do anything to get it," Miaka snapped.
"So the two of you would go to Seiryuu's camp?" Taiitsukun asked.
"The two of us?" I repeated.
"Hai," Taiitsukun replied.
"Sure, because it's my fault that I lost it," Miaka said. "I'll go."
"Wait a minute," Taiitsukun interrupted. "The Shinzaho has just now been taken by Nakago. He put his chi around the Shinzaho as a barrier."
"Barrier?" Miaka and I said in unison.
"His chi is very strong. You're not good enough to break through it," Taiitsukun told us.
"Oh, great," Miaka said.
"But there's a way... it's uh..." Taiitsukun stuttered.
"What do I do?!" Miaka asked. "Tell me!"
"Sleep with him," Taiitsukun replied, flatly.
"Nani!?" I exclaimed. "But doesn't a Miko have to be a virgin to summon their God?!"
"Don't missunderstand me," Taiitsukun interrupted. "The coming together of male and female is reffered to as Bochu Magic. It's a strategy to control others' chi."
"Just by sleeping with him?" Miaka said.
"Done right, you can increase chi," Taiitsukun added. "Done wrong, you lose your own chi and have other side effects. By means of it though, you can restrict his chi."
"But as Mima said, doesn't a Miko have to be a virgin?" Miaka asked.
"Wasn't true," Taiitsukun answered.
"No way!" we exclaimed.
"I figured if I didn't tell you that, you wouldn't be able to accomplish your duties as Miko with the Seishi," Taiitsukun said.
"Are you saying that Miaka will just go around, seducting men, acting like a slut!?" I asked, furious.
"No," Taiitsukun replied. "But fact is, Yui isn't a virgin any more."
"What?" I asked.
"Regardless, you shouldn't think about it. You aren't capable of it," Taiitsukun continued. Miaka seemed to be stunned at the thought of doing it with Nakago, that bold, blonde Seishi I saw. It seemed impossible, since Miaka as only a fifteen year old girl and Nakago was in his twenties, including the fact that they are enemies.
"Miaka!" we heard Tamahome call.
"Mima!" I heard Tasuki's voice.
"Miaka, we should go back," I suggested.
"Okay," Miaka and I turned to leave when we noticed Taiitsukun was gone. We walked a couple feet, when I noticed that Miaka wasn't following me.
"Miaka?" I called out, but she was no where in sight.
"Mima!" Tamahome exclaimed, coming up to me. "Where's Miaka?"
"I don't know," I replied. "We were heading towards you two, and well... she disappeared."
"Did you manage to get the Shinzaho back?" he asked me, Tasuki coming up to him to see what we were talking about.
"I uh... well," I didn't know what to say. I didn't really want to tell Tamahome and Tasuki that Miaka had to seduce Nakago to get the Shinzaho back. "No, we didn't."
"Baka," Tasuki commented. "She doesn't know what she's going to run into."
"We have to find her," Tamahome suggested.
"No!" I stood right in front of him to block his way.
"Why?" he eyed me.
"Because, well, she's... she's..." I stuttered.
"She's taking a rest," I heard Taiitsukun's voice behind me. We I turned around.
But I was so surprised to see her face, that I pointed at her and cried out, "Sunakake baba!! Sunakake baba!!" Tasuki seemed to do the same.
"Baka!" Taiitsukun scolded. "It's just me."
"Taiitsukun," Tamahome said, "Where's Miaka?"
"She told me to tell you that she went to take a rest," Taiitsukun replied. "She doesn't want you to know."
"Why?" Tamahome asked.
"Girl reasons!" Taiitsukun barked, causing Tamahome and Tasuki to blush.
"She could have told me," I frowned.
"She wanted to be by herself, but she also had to do some girl stuff," Taiitsukun told me. "But she told me to tell you also that you should go right ahead to Sairo Country."
"I thought she felt she was the one responsible for the Shinzaho," Tamahome scratched his head.
"Before you get this one back, you should go to Sairo Country," Taiitsukun suggested.
"Without Miaka?" Tasuki asked.
"She'll catch up, don't worry," Taiitsukun reassured.
"Can't I find her?" I asked. "I'm a girl, and she won't mind."
"Didn't I just say she wanted to be alone, too?" Taiitsukun barked.
"Sorry I asked!" I snapped.
"Get the other Shinzaho before you get the one you lost," Taiitsukun continued. "I'll make it my responsibility to see to it that Miaka comes there."
"I see," Tamahome agreed. "Tell her, that I said, 'I'll go ahead so when you feel better, catch up as soon as possible.'"
"Okay," Taiitsukun agreed, and disappeared.
"Where'd she go?" Tasuki asked.
"Let's head on to Sairo Country, you moron," I pushed Tasuki back to our campsite, when I saw that Tamahome wasn't following. "You too, baka!" I grabbed his sleeve and pulled him with us.
"I-I'm coming!" he said.
"Say, Mima, what's that on your face?" Tasuki asked.
"Nani!?" I exclaimed, touching my face.
"No, no," Tasuki held my hands so I would stop fidgeting. "It's like a tattoo. It's red, and then turns gold."
"You serious?" I asked him, my eyes widening.
"Yeah," Tamahome said, "it's right under your left eye. I noticed it just now." He cupped my cheek in his hand, then rubbed his thumb where the mark was. "It's pretty cool looking." He took his hand off my face.
"How'd you get it?" Tasuki asked.
I shrugged. "I don't know."
"Chiriko should know," Tamahome said. "Go ask him."
We reached camp not a minute later, and saw everybody waiting for us.
"Where's Miaka?" Chichiri asked.
"She's resting," Tamahome replied.
The first thing I did when I got there was find Chiriko. I found him talking to Mitsukake about medicines and useless junk, but I turned him around to face me.
"Mima," Chiriko looked surprised, "what are you up to?"
"What is this?!" I pointed to where my mark was, acting as if it were his fault that it existed.
"Oh, that!" Chiriko exclaimed. "It looks like a mark from Suzaku."
"Suzaku?!" I repeated. "Why would Suzaku want to put a mark on my beautiful face!"
"I heard from somewhere that it's a sign of approval," Chiriko explained, sweat dropping. "It tells others to stay away from you."
I frowned, puzzled. "You're not making any sense to me. I can't comprehend." I scratched my head, and stomped my foot. "But right on my face!? What are my parents going to think!" I stomped off towards Tasuki and the others.
"What's the matter with you, no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Suzaku gave me this mark on my face," I answered. "I don't know what it looks like yet."
"Oh, I see, no da," Chichiri said, examining my face. "It's a good sign, no da. It tells others that they shouldn't do anything to you or there will be bad things to pay, no da. The sign also tells others that you're Suzaku no Miko's Seishi, no da. The other Animal Seishis got them too, no da. But they get them on different places, na no da."
I sighed. "But what about that sign on my hip? The one that reads Animal?"
"That's your temporary sign, no da. That one on your face is permanent, no da."
"So the one on my hip should be gone?"
"Yes, no da."
"But why now!!" I exclaimed.
"The other Animal Seishis were put to the test, no da. If they passed, they get the sign, and become stronger as a Seishi. Your test was back with the Genbu Seishi, no da. Remember? You passed and received that tattoo, na no da."
"You explain better than Chiriko, thanks Chichiri." I smiled at him.
"Ah, we should start going to Sairo country," Tamahome said.
"Yeah," Tasuki agreed.
Everybody packed their things and attached them to their horses. Then we all mounted them, me riding with Tasuki, again, and headed towards Sairo. The scenery totally changed the moment we left Hokkan.
Tasuki noticed, too. "The landscape changed since we left Hokkan."
"We're almost in the desert, na no da," Chichiri answered.
I heard Chiriko ask Tamahome if Miaka was going to catch up with us soon.
"Y-yes, so Taiitsukun said," Tamahome replied. But then, Tamahome pulled on the reigns of his horse, and then turned around. "Gomenasai, minna. But go ahead!"
"What are you doing, baka!" I cried, but then I had this bad feeling in my stomach, and answered my own question. "I think he's going to look for Miaka."
I wrapped my arms tightly around Tasuki's waist, so I wouldn't fall off, and fell asleep.
The dream I had while I fell asleep scared me. It really did scare me. It was Miaka, in Seiryuu's campground, being thrown around like a rag doll by Nakago. A necklace Miaka was wearing was torn to pieces by Nakago's chi. I had an instinct that there was special meaning to that necklace, because Miaka was in tears.
Right before Nakago was going to send another blast at Miaka, I woke up, screaming for Miaka.
"Geezez," Tasuki complained. "Can't you calm down?"
"Miaka... I have a really bad feeling about Miaka!" I exclaimed.
"What is it, na no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Nakago is..." I don't know, I didn't want to talk anymore. I just knew that Miaka was in danger, and we were too far from Hokkan to stop anything.
"Tamahome is with Miaka, no da," Chichiri said. "I'm sure everything is fine, no da."
'Miaka,' I thought. 'I hope that was just a mirage.'
