YUME-MI

A fanfic by Jashi

Hola. Hola. And more hola. I am now splitting Yume-Mi up into parts. The first part, Yume, consists of Chapters One through Ten. It will not always be like that! Just a warning… I don't know how many parts there will be.

Now, it is time to get off the Test thingie… and move on to the next road to take, to begin the new journey… I pronounce PART ONE over! PART TWO must now begin!

PART II: FINALITE

Chapter Eleven…

(a/n: "Finalite" means "purpose" in French ^_^)

(AYAKO'S POV and I'm sorry minna, but the POV's will be kinda confuzzling)

Ah…they are leaving. To find the shinzaho is their mission. I told them to go, to fulfill the destiny and save Konan, and to hurry to do it. They must save themselves and Konan.

That is their purpose.

They left a few days ago. And this is my third day of training.

*sigh*

I have learned to speak into minds, telepathy it's called, in three days. Now Taiitsukun is making me speak only in my mind to her. Gods above, this is annoying! She hits me with that friggin' mallet every time I speak with my mouth! Gerrrrr…

And now I am staring into a pool of water. Mizu Kagami. My new lesson:

Learn how to see things…before they happened, when they happened, and as they happened in this water-mirror.

((Ayako, you must concentrate totally and fully! Let your power flow into the water. Take the image in your mind and shove it into the water.)) she mind-speaks to me. Shove it into the water, eh? That shouldn't be too difficult. I wonder what I should try to see…

Ah, that's it. I'll try to see the seishi on their boat sailing for Hokkan. It's easier than trying to see what'll happen tomorrow.

((Ayako! *mental mallet whack* Stop dawdling! You must surrender your vision and mind to the water.))

Feh. Easy for her to say.

A boat…on water…blue, lots of blue. The water in the shallow bowl begins to churn as my mind tries to latch on to it. Music drifts through my head…

Oh wow…a thousand rivers flowing through me. Rushing flowing flying. Then it starts to fade and my eyes snap open to see still water in the bowl.

Dammit.

((Er…whoops. Sorry Taiitsukun. What did I do wrong?)) I mind-speak sheepishly. She sighs.

((Try again, Ayako. This time, put your soul into it. Just try it again.))

I sigh as she did, and grip the edge of the table. I focus, and this time, I tried harder than I have ever tried in these passed one and one-half days. Gods above…

I close my eyes, and suddenly, it seems as if it is all complete, all in place. My heart begins to rise, and a soft wind seems to play with my hair. The water is churning in a clock-wise direction, faster and faster and faster. More wind, more flight. I can almost see the image as I myself spill over. As though I am overflowing.

But then I am twisting. Spiraling into darkness. I am falling falling falling falling falling falling.

Twisting, spiraling into the dark world where I do not know what is real and what is not. A dream? No.

Something is taking me somewhere.

My only question is: Why?

(Erm…ON THE BOAT THE SUZAKU SEISHI WERE ON WHEN GOING TO GET THE SHINZAHO!

Hehe. Alright, who's POV should I put this in? Mine or Ayako's? Oh no…how about CHICHIRI!

CHICHIRI's POV)

I stand on the deck of the ship. Tasuki is currently getting sick on the other side, and its not a pretty sight.

Everyone is bored. There is not much to do on this ship. I feel a strong ki, sudden and powerful flying at a remarkable speed towards the ship. Shimatta no da. I stand and something begins to appear at the front. The others come over as well, and a very green-colored Tasuki groans. He hobbles over.

"Oh god, oh god, it better not be a Seiryuu. Or I really will puke." he mutters. A figure appears from a bluish light.

(AYAKO'S POV)

HOLY SHIT!

And more HOLY SHIT!

WHAT THE HELL DID I DO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I am floating in midair above the prow of the ship. There is a blue-white, crackling electric aura around me. And if that aura disappears, I will surely go plunging to my doom in the waves.

'Cuz I can't swim. At least not very well. Right now, I could use lessons.

The seishi are gawking as I come into focus.

"Holy SHIT!" goes Tasuki.

"Erm…Konnichi wa." I say, and now I'm sweating bullets.

Chichiri peers up at me. "You did something wrong during training, didn't you no da?" he says evilly.

"Yeah…" I say sheepishly, and the rest of them sweatdrop.

"Oh God, Taiitsukun's gonna kill you!" says Miaka, grinning.

"Don't remind me…" I say.

"So what were ya doin'?" drawls Tasuki.

"I was trying to see the boat on a mizu kagami. A Water-Mirror. And…well…I don't know what I did. I think I tried to hard and ended up transporting myself here. But I don't know how to get back…" I muse.

Nuriko gives me a look of mock horror.

"Ayako, tell me, can you swim?" he asks, that mischievous glint in his eye. And I want to kill him.

"No…" I say. "Why?"

"Because your aura is FADING!" he says, and sticks his tongue out at me.

"Well then…" I say, trying not to let the nervousness come back into my voice, "I'm going to have to figure out how to teleport back to Taiitsukun's."

Oh shit. I realize I am steadily sinking towards the water. OH shit.

*light bulb*

"That's IT!" I yell. This sudden burst of energy makes me sink a lot lower than before. When I teleported, the water was spinning clockwise. Now, if I could use that same effort and make the water go counter-clockwise! And I would go BACKWARDS! I AM A GENIUS!

Only…I'm above an ocean, not standing on ground in front of a water-bowl. And I have less time, and only one chance. And I've only done this once. Oh well. Here it goes.

"What's IT no da!?" yells Chichiri

"THIS!" I scream, and I surrender my mentality to the water. My soul floats away, and I can feel the ocean begin to churn in a counter-clockwise direction beneath me. My hair blows upwards and I can hear the shouts of the seishi and miko.

Suddenly the spiraling feeling comes back, and the tune is replayed through my head.

I am spiraling back into horror and I don't know where I will end up.

Where will I go…

Where will I stay…

Where will I be tomorrow…

But now…

I must worry about today.

Where am I going?

I'll never know.

As long as I'm alone, or with someone else.

As long as I have myself.

I'll be okay, I think.

I think I may be dead or worse

I may just be alive.

But this hell won't stop

Until I scream.

And then refuse to cry.

I'm falling I'm falling

And no one's there to catch me

But that's okay.

I'm used to that.

I'll land on my own feet.

And when I land

I'll look back up

At the path I took

And just maybe start to cry…

^&^&^&^&^

Yay! This chapter wasn't insanely short. That's awesome. I like the poem thing at the end. It's just her thoughts as she teleports to…who knows where? Hehehe. Have fun reading!

~Jashi