A/N: Chapter two ahoy! Thanx to my (1) reviewer who reviewed with such helpful advice for the summary. I wasn't sure what to write at first so I just wrote what came to my mind at that moment. I really appreciate it and I'm pleased you liked it. I hope this chapter helped your confusion of the last paragraph.
Disclaimer: I don't feel like repeating.
Dedicated to: My friend Kat and Scarlet.
Different Worlds
In search of Paradise
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His eyes were travelling frequently from the bushes to the girl asleep in front if him. She's been knocked unconscious during the journey. He should have used less force while transporting; but he had no choice, he knew her power and though she didn't, it could unleash at any moment. She scared him, but it was okay… she scared the enemy too and that was what mattered… but for now, she was asleep and he wasn't going to move towards their destination till she awoke.
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Recca's hand was still shooting out fireballs but they seemed to hardly affect the woman standing in front of him.
"Hime, run… get help." He said as he struggled to fight on. Yanagi nodded and ran through the park, past the young mother and children until she was out of sight.
Meanwhile Recca was still shooting fireballs at the woman. A slight glow began forming around her and the next minute Recca found himself in darkness.
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Fuuko's grasp on the railing was tightening. She had looked all over school and the park but now she was exactly where she started. The school steps. Frustrated and afraid for her friend she kicked the pebble in front of her, and gripped the railing until she could no more. Then she kicked another pebble and as her eyes followed it she sensed somebody else. Indeed there was somebody else and it was that person's foot that the pebble crashed into.
Fuuko looked up into the brown eyes of Arrow. No, it wasn't Arrow, it was somebody who resembled her; but she was younger, and wearing a toga.
"You're not Arrow by any chance are you?" she asked. The girl shook her head but did not answer. Instead she lifted her hand and a slight glow began to form around her. For a moment there was complete stillness then Fuuko fell into darkness.
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His finger curled round into a circle as he dropped a piece of glass into the water. Through the circle he glimpsed emptiness…
"Damn, she's not in the same world anymore… HUGH! COME IN AT ONCE…" he screeched. Immediately a shadow appeared.
"Find Paradise… look in all 506 worlds, I want her exact location, now!" he screamed at it. The shadow faded and the man looked back into the circle of his finger. "I'm going to find you princess, weather you like it or not." He whispered maliciously.
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Recca swung his arm out and surprisingly it landed on a person not a piece of his bed. His eyes opened and in front of him lay Fuuko.
"Wha?" he screamed as he got up. It took him a moment to calm down, after which he looked around and realized that he was on grass with Fuuko on one side of him and Arrow on the other. Trees so close together you couldn't see past them, surrounded the circle of grass. The sky above them was not blue but in layers of stars… It seemed as if it was folded again and again onto each other with a transparent layer. Then his eyes settled on the three figures that sat in front of him. None of them had noticed him and were busy in conversation.
"Princess Paradise we need, but the other two we can leave… they have no use to us."
"Are you crazy? Those two are so necessary to the whole operation. Paradise won't remember us until we find the spell of eternity memory, till then we need her companions with us. If not to calm her, then as hostages…"
"Scarlet, the boy attacked me because he thought I was a monster… I'm not going to baby-sit him."
"Hush Misty. Scarlet's right. We need those two… and they seem to have a powerful aura arising from them. I believe they may be much more useful than we think or estimate they would be. Specially the boy, he has the ability of Fire… fire Misty, the same as Paradise's power to control fire… same as Scarlet's same as mine. The girl controls wind, and their friends control water and rock and other such elements. We should bring them all here." Said a third voice.
"Mhh…" mumbled Arrow as she opened her eyes. She looked up into Recca's and got up. One look at his face told her she shouldn't speak. Recca turned over and nudged Fuuko awake and as she awoke he put a finger on his lips motioning her to be quite. Fuuko nodded and got up. The three of them sat motionless listening to the other three shadows mumbling. Finally one of them seemed to notice them.
"They're awake." She said. The other two looked their way and got up and came into view. Arrow gasped as she looked at the two. The first was the guy who had kidnapped her and the second was the girl who had been calling her sister in the school hallways.
The boy smiled at her and bent down and kissed her hand.
"Princess, let me apologize for dragging you here but I had no choice… I'm am Ricky and this is Scarlet, you don't remember us I know but once we get your memory back you will remember us." Then the girl called Scarlet turned to the other two.
" I apologize for you two also, I planned this. I was hoping to drag along your water controlling friend and the other two but we only had enough time for you two…" she said.
"Who are you and what do you want?" asked Recca bravely while focusing on the shadowed woman.
"Sit by the fire and we'll tell you all. You must be hungry, we've got food." She said.
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Darkness was crawling in, there was only a slight pinkish light coming from the sky but apart from that the world was black.
"We're in Jinnialgron… it's the 40th world, there are 508 in total; but one of them is an eternal prison where the worst of the worst are banished to, but not many worlds know of them. In fact you people in the 40th world don't even know of them despite you being the most intelligent of all worlds." Explained Scarlet as she served them some roasts something, while what seemed to be applesauce. "The world that you belong to princess is Waiw,"
"The world of Waiw is completely controlled by elements such as Earth, Wind, Water and Fire. They are a necessity depending on the state, like Japanese is in Japan. Magic is like learning what you people call Science… it is a necessity but for the entire World. It is an Old World, older than many others, yet younger than Kuldero's."
"Who's Kuldero?"
"He's a sorcerer, from Firseon… that's where the dark art's originated. Ten billion years ago he came from his world into ours, trying to take over, but you Princess… you saved us… at your own risk. Our youngest sister trued to save you, you unleashed the curse of the heavens… you banished Kuldero forever. Yet you had to pay for it, because to use the curse of the heavens mean terror… we had to seal it off, with you. The demons from above, in your body. Nalila had to send you off into a different world, she wasn't thinking then… she sent you to another world. We had so much trouble finding you… but you're here now… and we got your before the evil…" Scarlet broke off and hugged Arrow.
"I'm so glad you're back!" she cried. Fuuko and Recca stared at the two for a moment then started to clap.
"Bravo, bravo!" shouted Recca and Fuuko got up.
"Okay, you had us fooled, you people can come out now…" she shouted off into the woods. Recca got up and they both started to call out to the surrounding. Ricky turned to Misty.
"Your words are beginning to make sense, they are hopeless." He said. Arrow gently pushed Scarlet off and smiled politely.
"I'm sorry, I don't know who you're talking about but it definitely isn't me." She said. Scarlet frowned. Then there was a scream and Fuuko and Recca both came running back.
"Run! It's a pack of wolves!" they shouted and Recca jumped straight into Ricky's arms. Misty sighed.
"Boys…" she said as she shot two lightning bolts out of her hands into the woods. "They're gone now." She said. Fuuko and Recca sat down and Ricky sniggered.
"You make me laugh." He said to Recca. Recca's eyes boiled
"I make you laugh? You good-for-nothing ugly… ugly…. Sea monkey!" he screamed after searching for a good insult. Ricky clasped his hands together like a lady would and sighed in a feminine way.
"Why, I think sea monkeys are adorable. Thank you…" he said fluttering his eyelashes and waved his hands around his face as if trying to cool himself. Recca made a face and joined Fuuko who was staring at Arrow then Scarlet.
"Oh please sister Paradise…" squealed Scarlet. "You have to believe us… the evil inside you will destroy you if you can't fight it and how on earth can you fight it if you've got not knowledge of these demons." Arrow sighed.
"I'll find out about them when they take me over." She said and got up. She grabbed Fuuko's hand and marched off with her into the woods.
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The girl's head moved to one side as she leaned against a staircase. The door behind her opened and a figure came out.
"Samuel… Sam… there's a girl out here!" screamed a woman. A man came out and looked at the girl.
"She's unconscious… quick phone the authorities and the hospital." He said as he lifted the girl up from the rain.
"Father…" mumbled the girl. "… is that you, father?"
The woman rushed inside as the man carried the girl inside.
"She's speaking a very funny language." He said as he put her on the couch. "Do you think she's lost?"
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It was dark and Yanagi and Mikagami had been searching for ages.
"Where could they have gone?" she asked clinging onto Mikagami's sleeve. "Do you think that woman harmed Recca-kun? Oh… Oh…" she began to sob. Mikagami put an arm around her and sighed' but he said nothing. He saw Karou run up to him eagerly and wave a back pack in the air.
"This, Domon found it at the stairs… he's crying like a baby and mourning Fuuko at the moment as if she's died but I don't think anything bad happened to her… Their disappearances are connected aren't they." He said speaking fast. Mikagami calmly emptied the bag and looked through the contents. Then he looked up at Yanagi and Karou.
"Arrow went missing this morning too…" he added. Suddenly a light flashed and the three of them found themselves in a dark cell staring at an old man with a red and green cloak draped around him.
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Arrow and Fuuko were lost. They'd been wandering around in the dark for an hour and they were sure they were lost.
"You think they brought us to a real forest?" asked Fuuko her eyes darting nervously through the trees.
"N-not possible." Said Arrow who was extremely tense at the moment. Fuuko peered through the tree.
"I see a light. Let's follow it." She said. Arrow and Fuuko ran towards the direction Fuuko had pointed at and as soon as the camp fire came in clear view they stopped and gasped for breath when the looked up they were quite shocked to see Scarlet, Misty and Ricky sitting there trying to calm down Recca. Misty looked up and exclaimed:
"See! They're back already! This forest takes you round in diagonal circles till you reach the starting point. It's the least explored world of all the worlds." She ended off in explanation. Arrow groaned and Fuuko sighed.
"Okay we give up. We'll do whatever you want as long as you return us back to our world once we're done and that better be before the weekend is over." Said Fuuko. Arrow hit Fuuko on the head with all her force and screamed:
"Speak for yourself." Fuuko rubbed her head with tears in her eyes.
"You didn't have to hit me!" she exclaimed. Arrow sighed and with a clenched fist turned to Scarlet.
"Okay, tell me what exactly I have to do." She said giving up and sinking to the floor. Scarlet smiled in victory as Recca and Fuuko exchanged sighs and sat down next to them.
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Domon had been searching for hours, yet no sign of any of his friends was visible.
"What is this? Where is everyone?" he wondered as he walked through the night streets. His wanderings had led him to Recca's place. He looked around and sighed then knocked on the door. Shadow opened it and smiled at him.
"Come in Domon. I was expecting you…" she said. Domon followed her into the living room and sat down on the floor opposite the bowl of water on the table.
"What going on?" he asked. Shadow sighed and told him to look into the bowl.
"They've been entangled into a new adventure Domon. Arrow's not as ordinary as she looks… anyway, this means I'll have to find a way to send you and Ganko to some other world to save them, since you two are the only ones still here with us." She said briefly. Domon stared at the water and blinked often but saw nothing. Shadow hit her hand on her forehead.
"Oh yeah, I forgot… you can't see into this. Only I can." She said then pushed the bowl aside.
"Listen up, we've got a day to prepare so go get Ganko and I'll explain everything to you and her. Tell her to bring her puppet master and you bring your Ring of Saturn. We might have to call up Team Ku and the Uruha but not at the moment. Right now we have to figure out what to do."
Domon was confused but said nothing. Shadow was acting stranger as every minute was passing. What the hell was going on?
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TO BE CONTINUED…
Writer's Note:
So, I guess that you people know a little more about Arrow now. Her 'secret' past has been revealed before you even got the impression that it was supposed to be a secret _;; I guess I just wanted to get my plot solidified before the third chapter.
I guess you people are intelligent enough to figure out where Mikagami, Yanagi and Karou have been brought too. And yes, Ganko may be included in this fic as a member of the Hokage. I wasn't planning to use her though (even though she does come in my top 10 fav FoR chara~ list.). But the again, maybe I will use her as a prime character. Or second… most likely third though…. Oh what ever…. I'm confusing you ppl now ain't I?
I know this chapter is shorter too but I ran out of things to say.