A/N: If it weren't for the fact that I'm actually really enjoying writing this fanfic I would've quit already cause there seems to be no response. Never mind, I've already planned the entire series out and if I don't get 5 reviews until the 5th chapter then I'm taking it down and re-writing it to make it an original fic in the fantasy section; 'cause I just love the plot….
Disclaimer: You know what's mine and what's not. I do not feel any need to repeat.
Dedicated to: Myself… because I feel like I deserve this chapter ^_^.
Different Worlds
Travelers by Night
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"Michigico." Cooed the girl as she looked up into the white woman's eyes.
"She's pale… like snow." Said the slightly pinker one.
"She's a pretty child, how could somebody abandon her like that? Do you think she belongs to the family they found in the river this morning?" said a third who's skin looked like chocolate.
"I'm adopting her… I do believe that her parents are the ones from the river. They were too messed up to identify so we don't know weather they are hers or not. However I can gain rights to be guardian." Said a fourth, the one who had taken out the girl from the rain.
"Can she speak English."
"I don't think so."
"I can speak English," said the girl suddenly. The entire room went silent and stared at her. It was then that her next life's memories began and it was then that she forgot her old ones.
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Arrow stared at the sky for a long time before finally got up. Besides her lay Fuuko and Scarlet. Misty stood floating over them, asleep like the other two. Ricky and Recca a bit further away. The sky wasn't blue but lilac. However it was obvious that it was daytime, and if you listened really hard you could hear birds singing. If you listened really carefully you could hear a market buzzing and if you listened even more carefully…
"Psst Arrow, are you awake." Fuuko's face covered the lilac sky and stared down at Arrow. Arrow screamed then sat up. With her scream Ricky, Misty and Scarlet woke up too. Only Recca lay asleep, snoring.
"Princess, are you okay?" asked Ricky while Misty floated down and sat next to her. Arrow sighed and Fuuko started laughing. Then Arrow joined in and slowly so did Scarlet, Ricky and Misty.
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Yanagi clutched onto Mikagami's shirtsleeve.
"Who are you and what do you want from us?" asked Karou staring at the man in front of them. The man smiled then sighed.
"You humans are so interesting. Its so easy to read you." He said looking at each of their faces on by one. Then he clapped his hands twice and a table appeared in front of them. Four chars appeared. He sat down on one and motioned for them to take over the other three. They hesitantly sat down. The man stared at each of the three again then laughed.
"I am your friend. I do not wish to harm you." He said. "Please, do not be frightened. I have called you her because I have been told of your bravery and strength and I believe you can help me incredibly." He told them. Mikagami looked uncertain but Karou and Yanagi were calming down a bit.
"Why did you summon us here using… what ever you used… instead of coming over and asking us." The old man's expression changed to one of slight surprise.
"Because… I can not leave this place. I am confined here, that is why I am going to ask you people to handle my mission." He said. Mikagami got up.
"Look, we're not a hiring agency to just do stuff for other people just like that with out even being asked whether we want to do it or not nor do we stand for being forcibly transported from one place to the next. We're leaving." He said and marched to what he thought was the door but as he stretched out his hand to twist the doorknob a force field type thing blasted him back to the other side of the room. He looked around cautiously then sprang up.
"Who are you?" he asked, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the man standing in front of him with more caution. Yanagi and Karou got up and ran to Mikagami, hiding behind him as if in support.
"Ah, but I don't want to hurt you. I just need your help." He said. Mikagami advanced slowly and the man sighed with playful frustration. "What am I going to do with you stubborn kids?" he asked, evil shadows darkening his face.
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It seemed to be mid-day yet the three mortals were slightly unsure about it. The sky was very deceiving in this world. Scarlet and Misty finished cleaning up the camp, while Ricky opened up another portal. Arrow stepped inside, following Scarlet and Misty, Recca followed Arrow but Fuuko hesitated a bit before she stepped inside. Ricky raised an eyebrow.
"Scared?" he asked. Fuuko shook her head and narrowed her eyes.
"I still don't trust you." She said. Ricky laughed slightly.
"Okay, I'll go in and you follow. But be-warned. You better make up your mind quickly because my portal close within 10 seconds of my going inside." He said and stepped in. Fuuko frowned still unsure. Yet what would waiting in this deserted 'Middle-of-no-where' do? She took a deep breath and jumped in just as the portal closed behind her and she was in a completely new world, or more like an extinct one.
"What happened here?" asked Arrow as she looked around. Fuuko got up from the ground and looked up at the portal overhead that closed in front of her eyes. She turned around and looked at Ricky as he winked at her teasingly.
The world they had traveled to was dark. The sky was clouded with dark gases and the only light that shone on the ground was from the fire torches around them. There was a pathway among the ruins of this world. It was obvious that it had been a flourishing city once, and that it had been till the last minute. Something about the ruins told Fuuko that it's end had been sudden and unexpected, and there still were some survivors.
"Is… is this…?" Arrow tried to ask the question which was on the three mortal's minds. Scarlet shook her head and Misty almost choked from the surprise of the question.
"No… this is another world. Not ours Princess… we can't go to ours yet. We have something to do first." Said Ricky and he began walking down the path. The rest followed with Misty at the end, looking out for everybody.
They walked for a long time but nobody noticed, for they were busy being cautious of every step or so. Fuuko could've sworn she'd seen a monkey on top of one of the ruins of a coliseum.
"Arrow… " Fuuko began, yet never completed her sentence. They had arrived in front of a huge tent… there were 4 torches, one next to each pole, and in the center stood a crystal ball. An old lady sat facing them.
"So, you've finally arrived." She said smiling at the six. Ricky stepped forwards and bowed.
"Ah, priestess of the ruined worlds… we greet you and ask for your forgiveness for our intrusion. We've brought you our Princess… after years of searching. May we please now be enlightened of our world's re-inhabitation." He asked. The priestess smiled at them with sympathy.
"My dear people, it is too late. The evil one has caught hold of your world… you may not make it in time… there is too much to do." She said. Scarlet's breathing became angry and hard.
"What do you mean too late? We brought the damn stone and we've found our heir! What else do you want?" she half-screamed, her face's features contorted into one of anger mixed with desperation.
"Scarlet…" said Misty placing an arm on her shoulder.
"But she-" began Scarlet. The woman shook her head in sympathy and her hands began to hover around her crystal ball. A slight mist began to form inside along with a few crackles of light.
"There is nothing left you can do…" she said "…except maybe, talk to… no never mind."
"No, we want to know. We have to give it a shot! What are we to lose anyway apart from our lives, which are no use if we couldn't use them to save our world." Cried Scarlet. Ricky nodded. The woman smiled slightly and Fuuko felt shivers run down her spine.
"Well, if you must insist…" she pointed towards an opening in the sky, "… two years ago I lost a valuable spell book in there. I myself am now to old to journey into that portal, however, you are young and many and can retrieve it for me, from there I can find the solution." She said. Scarlet nodded and began to jump into the opening in the sky.
"However, there is something I feel you must use when in there." She reached under her cloak and pulled out six objects. She beckoned to Scarlet, who came up obediently. The old woman handed her a crescent-shaped boomerang. "Use it well, I believe you'll know how to use it." She said. The she called Ricky to whom she handed over a small stick. "A bit of will-power and it'll work just fine." Misty automatically marched up and she was handed a yo-yo. Misty stared at it a bit shocked while the rest stifled their laughter. The old woman smiled.
"No, there are no magic powers… you have plenty, this is just something to entertain you on the way." She said winking. Misty floated back to the rest slightly down. Then the old woman turned to the other three. "Paradise… or shall I call you Arrow? Come here." She said.
"Arrow is fine." She said walking up to her. She was handed a dagger.
"Your time will only come when you are at the temple. Till there, stay safe." She said. Then she turned to Fuuko and Recca.
"You two possess a greater power than I do. Yet I still have something to give to the two of you. Fuuko, the orbs on your Fuujin may have gone and you may still not have found the center piece yet, but the real power comes from your mind and if you look deep enough you'll find it." She said. Fuuko looked at her empty hand; she didn't have the Fuujin with her at the moment. What was the old hag talking about anyway?
"Ah, and Recca. The fearless, yet idiotic leader of the Hokage clan… have you ever even tried making your flame's liquid?" she asked. Recca shook his head. "I supposed you hadn't. Well try it sometime… now all of you, jump into the portal." She said and before Recca could inquire further a strong force blew them all into the portal and they found themselves dropping out of the sky into a fast moving river. Fuuko spun felt her feet being pulled and the last thing she saw before she was sucked in was that they were just meters away from a waterfall.
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The trio walked through the mist in a line. Mikagami at the front, Yanagi in the middle and Karou at the back; all were shielded and held weapons; but none felt safe without their madagous (and without the other three Hokage ninjas.)
Mikagami walked slowly, Yanagi even slower, causing Karou to get irritated by the slow pace.
"Hurry. Let's just get this over and done with then save Fuuko and Recca, give this guy the Mysterious Thing and get out of here." He said. Mikagami shook his head.
"I don't trust that man. I don't believe it would be that simple otherwise he wouldn't have given me this bottle of black sand and purse of yellow dust… I do believe we are in much more trouble than we think- Shhh…." Mikagami suddenly stopped talking and he put an arm in front of Yanagi and Karou.
"Is that a light? I can't see anything through this mist." Said Karou. Yanagi nudged him and whispered,
"That's because this place is nothing…we're in the middle of nowhere, I think that's as opening." She said pointing to it. They edged towards it very, very slowly. The light came towards them. Even when they stopped moving, Mikagami barely had time to spin around and yell to the other two to run when the light had consumed all three of them.
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"Nalila… what a pretty name." Exclaimed the man as he leant against the pillar, supported by one arm while the other held the pink rose. His sharp features, his elegant stature, his straight, un-creased trousers, and his dark waistcoat… all of them so out of place in the Roman-styled centerpiece of the palace. The fountain was covered in rose petals, and there were roses in every pot surrounding the veranda of the centerpiece. He looked so beautiful…
The girl with brown hair blushed and her eyes turned towards her feet. The girl with the red hair bit her lip and stared past the man, fighting back tears.
"Nalila… and you're Paradise? The heir to the thrown…ah what a beautiful position." He said as he looked at Princess Paradise then back to Nalila.
"How is it like being the runner-up?" he asked her. Nalila just smiled and flicked away a piece of hair from her eyes.
"It's okay. I'm not committed to anything, or anyone." She said, stressing the last word a little and making Paradise cringe. The man looked at Paradise and smiled.
"And what lucky man would that be? That took away your freedom? Or will soon." He asked. Paradise shrugged and decided to make her exit. Her sandals clicked, and her robes rustled. She walked out into the gardens and straight out of the back gates that were conveniently left unguarded. She walked for hours and hours on an end until she reached the temple of Hayuk. She stared up at the huge statue of the mighty one for a long time before she walked up to it, paid her respects and walked in side, into darkness, uttering one word: Treachery.
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Arrow opened her eyes and turned her head to one side. Recca sat near a tree trunk nearby but nobody else was in sight. She groaned and hoisted herself up.
"What happened?" she asked. Recca grimaced.
"Waterfall… I grabbed the first person I could before the waterfall sucked each and every person down. I tried to grab a second but… I guess I was too late." He said as he stared at the ground. Arrow fell back coughed a little, then as she looked up into the light shining from the sky she replied:
"They're alive… I know it…" she said as she coughed a little more and closed her eyes again.
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Shadow looked at the two that sat in front of her. Then she turned to the bowl of water besides her and placed the eikei ball inside it. An image formed slowly. Domon and Ganko looked into it too.
"That's Fuuko! Is she dead?" asked Ganko. Domon's eyes widened.
"No." said Kagerou as she picked up a feather and used it to cause ripples in the water. "I'm not going to send you in right now. We'll wait until their situation gets worse. Too many people can lead to disaster." She said as she dropped the feather into the water.
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Fuuko's eyes opened slowly, she looked up to see a feather flying towards her. It landed on her eyes, she tried to raise her arm but her body hurt too much.
"Ouch…" she mumbled.
Fuuko, it's Kagerou… can you hear me?
Kagerou… what the…
Keep this feather safe. It's for communication. I won't explain anything just yet. Danger approaches. Fuuko managed to pick up the feather stick it into her bandanna as a shadow appeared over her.
"Ricky? Recca? Scarlet? Arrow? Misty?" she asked hopefully. The shadow leaned closer and the face became apparent.
"No, it's Mikagami. Disappointed?" he asked.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
Writer's Note:
Not much to say. To tell you the truth I expected this fanfiction to get better feedback but alas the disappointment! However, I'm just dying over the fact that you ppl actually like Lost… Not much to say. I won't be uploading till Jan. Exams then holidays so you won't have to put up with me till then. Adios! ;^).