Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi or any of the characters… (even
though that doesn't matter in the least in this chapter). I own all the
main characters though… And well… No one can own the random Towns Folk or
Villagers, they are like the bandits, they work for whoever needs them.
"Kira…" Yuki grumbled, and looked up at the clear blue sky, not a cloud to be seen. "KIRA…" Yuki tried again to talk to her friend. Kira was walking several paces ahead of Yuki; even though Yuki wasn't carrying the bag she still felt they needed a break. "…KIRA!"
"Hmm? What? Did you say something Yuki?" Kira looked back over her shoulder at Yuki.
"Are you zoned out or something? I called you several times and you didn't answer till now." Yuki looked hot, tired, and exasperated.
"Oh sorry!" Kira laughed, and held up a little black wire that seemed to be connected to her hip, and run up into her hood.
"You brought headphones…" Yuki grumbled, and sighed.
"Actually Jaki packed them in this bag." Kira laughed and scratched the back of her head. "What did you want to ask?"
"Alright… Well I know I won't like the answer…but where are we going?" Yuki looked around. They had landed in the middle of the hot sweltering desert. There wasn't any water or shade as far as the eye could see, or any villages.
"We're headed for that tree." Kira smiled, and pointed at a green spec off in the distance. Yuki would have wiped her glasses to make sure the spec wasn't just a piece of dust, that is she would have except she decided to wear her contacts today.
"You're kidding!" Yuki squinted and stared at the green spec.
"If we keep up this pace we can make it there by nightfall." Kira smiled, and started marching again.
"Slave driver…" Yuki grumbled and they walked on.
The two walked for a few more hours before Yuki's earlier realization became oh so painfully clear. The sweltering sun didn't bother Kira because the Kurare costume was conveniently light colored…whereas the Mihori costume was not. Yuki was burning up and it was just after noon.
"Kira, I'm dying back here, is there any water in that blasted bag?" Yuki whined and shaded her eyes with her right hand.
"Hey Yuki, are you nearsighted or farsighted?" Kira squinted off in the direction of the tree and shaded her eyes with her hand.
"Farsighted, but I don't see what that has to do with water…Kira. Hey Kira." Yuki walked up beside her friend and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Can you see anything near that tree?" Kira pointed off at the tree they had been walking towards for the last few hours.
"Uh… Hold on, I have to pop out my contacts… But I'd better get some water after this Kira, I'm warning you…" Yuki leaned over and took out her contacts. Yuki blinked and squinted as she stared off at the tree. " You know I may be farsighted, but my vision isn't THAT messed up…"
"Just tell me, do you see a town or not?" Kira lightly smacked her friend and pointed off at the tree again.
"Well… There IS something there…It could be a town, wait… Something moved it looked like a person!" Yuki blinked and turned to Kira. " There are people!"
"Alright! Were not going to die out here!" Kira leapt up into the air and shouted in joy. "Let's go!" Kira tapped Yuki on the back and started running over the sand.
"Woo-hoo!" Yuki followed after Kira, and soon both girls were running up and sliding down sand dunes as fast as they could.
The two ran up and down the sand dunes until they were no more than half a mile off. Finally Yuki had to take a break, she stopped and sat down on the top of one of the dunes. Yuki had always been a fast runner, though you couldn't tell it by looking at her, she had passed Kira some time ago and not until she stopped could Kira catch up.
"Look down at it." Yuki sighed, and took a deep breath. The sun was starting to set and they were above the small town. It had many buildings, all on the north side of a straight road that ran right through town. On the left side of the road there was a single tree, and a well. Behind the houses there was a small cliff.
"It looks familiar…" Kira stood atop the sand dune looking down at the small village. The sun was setting to Kira's back so both her and Yuki were shadowed against it. This must have been why a few of the villagers stopped and yelled.
"The Emperor's men have come!" On woman yelled back into the buildings.
In a matter of moments the town was in a flurry. Men were rushing back and forth, some carrying spears, some carrying bows, and some carrying swords. Finally they formed into a rather angry looking mob in front of the road. One man stepped forward, he held out a torch in the direction of Kira and Yuki, and he shouted.
"Who are you, and why have you come to this town!" He shouted, and the men behind him yelled. "Speak now or die, trespassers!"
"Uh…Kira…what do we do now." Yuki stood up, and backed towards her friend.
"I have an idea…Just play along." Kira whispered back at Yuki.
Kira stepped forward, and drew her sword. The sun faded away, and now the huge full moon was behind her. She pointed her sword towards the mob of men, and it gleamed in the moonlight. The wind shot past her and her cape seemed possessed of a mind all its own. The mob seemed to cower at the very sight of her, and Yuki could not believe her eyes, Kira seemed to have actually become Kurare.
"What is this before me!? Who of the mortal realm feels they are worthy to stand in our path! Cower in the light fools, for I am the darkness that surrounds you and the shadows within your soul! I am Kurare, The Desert Wind! Know my name and behold!" Kira pulled her sword up to her forehead, and the gleam off of the blade seemed reflected in her eyes.
Yuki stood forward, however instead of drawing her sword she pulled out the black whip that was part of her costume. "From the gates of the silent kingdom, behind the form of the Pale Queen. Lo men and fall before my name! I am Mihori the Black General, Keeper of the Souls, Empress of the Damned!" Yuki snapped her whip and kicked up a cloud of sand. The wind snapped past them and swirled the dust making them look even more frightening and demon-like.
The wind ripped past and all the torches of the mob flickered out violently. There was a prolonged silence as the crowd gasped and stared upon the two. The moon moved up and shined down upon them, giving them shape and form beyond that of a shadow.
"You think it worked?" Yuki whispered back to Kira.
"I hope so, nice performance by the way." Kira looked at her friend and put her Samshir away.
The man who had addressed them before yelled something back into the buildings and the villagers poured out. Despite what they had just seen they seemed overjoyed by the appearance of 'Kurare' and 'Mihori.'
"Prince Kurare! You have returned to us!" A woman crossed the road and cheered at Kira and Yuki.
"…Uh I think that means it worked…" Kira blinked, and started walking down to the town.
"Prince? …Well I knew that costume made you look a little masculine but, come on…" Yuki blinked and followed after her.
"Let them think what they want… I can be Prince Kurare, and you get to be General Mihori. It beats being hunted by an angry mob…" Kira slid down the sand dune and looked back at Yuki.
"True, I guess I'd better get into character cause here they come." Yuki sighed, and tried to look as unemotional and overpowering as she could.
"Prince Kurare! You have returned to us!" A small mob of people approached cheering.
"Now I remember this place! This was where I showed up the first time I was sucked into the book!" She whispered back to Yuki before regaining her composure.
"Prince! Prince!" The man who had been yelling at them before came running up with a white horse on a rope behind him. "This steed was the one you freed from the Emperor's grasp!" The white horse reared in the moonlight, and looked almost as magnificent as Kira had when she began her speech as Kurare.
"Prince who is this at your side?" One woman asked and leaned in closer to Yuki.
"This is Mihori, the Black General." Kira began and Yuki stood taller. Kira paused and came to a horrible realization. 'I forgot the line!' She thought to herself.
"I am the Countess Mihori Veda, I am the Black General of the Army Of the Moon." Yuki spoke in a flat tone with a very evil undertone. No one in the world could portray Yuki's characters better than her, with perhaps the exception of Kira as Kurare. The crowd awed and some in the back started inching away.
"Come you must eat with us! A feast is being prepared, for the Son of Destiny, Prince Kurare, has returned to us!" Both Kira and Yuki looked at each other, having a silent conversation and mentally asking 'Son of Destiny?'
"My name is Yamome, and this is my sister Moro." The man from before (hence forth to be known as Yamome) introduced them to a large woman who was carrying a basket of bread for the feast.
"Hello Prince Kurare!" The woman smiled and carried the basket off to a large building.
"The feast should be ready in a few more minutes, Prince." Yamome bowed and was about to rush off and help with preparations when Kira stopped him. It had been an hour since their arrival, they had been given grand tour of the village and many people made comments that neither Kira nor Yuki fully understood, however, they did realize that the towns folk expected them to do something.
"Why did you call me the Son of Destiny?" Kira asked while keeping in her Kurare tone of voice.
"What is the Son of Destiny?" Yuki pitched in right after Kira, remaining in full character.
"The Son of Destiny?" Yamome turned around and stared. "The Son of Destiny is the Just warrior who will free us from the tyrannous emperor. It is said that he will rise from the desert winds and force the four countries into a Divine Revolution. And when all four of the holy weapons are assembled, the gods will be summoned forth and the warrior will pull a great goddess from the Realm of the Dead and be granted the power to transform our world."
Kira looked to Yuki and they shared another silent moment.
"I must go and help prepare the feast, please enjoy yourselves!" With that Yamome waved and he ran off to the largest of the buildings.
"They think I'm the Just warrior that will free their world…" Kira blinked and looked at Yuki.
"Wow…talk about laying it on thick…" Yuki was looking at the building everyone seemed to be rushing in and out of.
"What should we do?" Kira sat down on the semi-firm ground and sighed.
"Why not just go along with it?" Yuki looked down at her. "These people look like we're their guardian angels… or at least you are. We'll see what exactly they want and then…well we'll wing it?" Yuki sighed and stretched her arms over her head. "This is just like the kind of play I wanted to write…"
"Well…I suppose we could find out a little more… but I don't want to crush anyone's dreams. Be they real, or people in a book." Kira sighed and looked off at the buildings.
"Nyaaa…"
"Hmm?" Yuki looked from Kira over to the single tree that had drawn them to this village. At first she didn't see anything but after a moment she spotted a large pair of bright golden eyes. She stared for a while, and a black cat leaped out of the tree and bounded off behind a building.
Yuki sighed, but she couldn't get over the feeling that something dark was upon them, and it wouldn't be too long until whatever it was struck.
Author's Notes: BUM BUM BUM!! *dramatic sounds* And I bet you all thought she was going to be a priestess, huh? ^^ Muwahaha… Well, we have the first chapter that is wholly in the Book!
Please Read and Review! Come one don't be shy! If you want to be a random villager, just ask! … Well off I go to work on chapter 6! La la la!
"Kira…" Yuki grumbled, and looked up at the clear blue sky, not a cloud to be seen. "KIRA…" Yuki tried again to talk to her friend. Kira was walking several paces ahead of Yuki; even though Yuki wasn't carrying the bag she still felt they needed a break. "…KIRA!"
"Hmm? What? Did you say something Yuki?" Kira looked back over her shoulder at Yuki.
"Are you zoned out or something? I called you several times and you didn't answer till now." Yuki looked hot, tired, and exasperated.
"Oh sorry!" Kira laughed, and held up a little black wire that seemed to be connected to her hip, and run up into her hood.
"You brought headphones…" Yuki grumbled, and sighed.
"Actually Jaki packed them in this bag." Kira laughed and scratched the back of her head. "What did you want to ask?"
"Alright… Well I know I won't like the answer…but where are we going?" Yuki looked around. They had landed in the middle of the hot sweltering desert. There wasn't any water or shade as far as the eye could see, or any villages.
"We're headed for that tree." Kira smiled, and pointed at a green spec off in the distance. Yuki would have wiped her glasses to make sure the spec wasn't just a piece of dust, that is she would have except she decided to wear her contacts today.
"You're kidding!" Yuki squinted and stared at the green spec.
"If we keep up this pace we can make it there by nightfall." Kira smiled, and started marching again.
"Slave driver…" Yuki grumbled and they walked on.
The two walked for a few more hours before Yuki's earlier realization became oh so painfully clear. The sweltering sun didn't bother Kira because the Kurare costume was conveniently light colored…whereas the Mihori costume was not. Yuki was burning up and it was just after noon.
"Kira, I'm dying back here, is there any water in that blasted bag?" Yuki whined and shaded her eyes with her right hand.
"Hey Yuki, are you nearsighted or farsighted?" Kira squinted off in the direction of the tree and shaded her eyes with her hand.
"Farsighted, but I don't see what that has to do with water…Kira. Hey Kira." Yuki walked up beside her friend and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Can you see anything near that tree?" Kira pointed off at the tree they had been walking towards for the last few hours.
"Uh… Hold on, I have to pop out my contacts… But I'd better get some water after this Kira, I'm warning you…" Yuki leaned over and took out her contacts. Yuki blinked and squinted as she stared off at the tree. " You know I may be farsighted, but my vision isn't THAT messed up…"
"Just tell me, do you see a town or not?" Kira lightly smacked her friend and pointed off at the tree again.
"Well… There IS something there…It could be a town, wait… Something moved it looked like a person!" Yuki blinked and turned to Kira. " There are people!"
"Alright! Were not going to die out here!" Kira leapt up into the air and shouted in joy. "Let's go!" Kira tapped Yuki on the back and started running over the sand.
"Woo-hoo!" Yuki followed after Kira, and soon both girls were running up and sliding down sand dunes as fast as they could.
The two ran up and down the sand dunes until they were no more than half a mile off. Finally Yuki had to take a break, she stopped and sat down on the top of one of the dunes. Yuki had always been a fast runner, though you couldn't tell it by looking at her, she had passed Kira some time ago and not until she stopped could Kira catch up.
"Look down at it." Yuki sighed, and took a deep breath. The sun was starting to set and they were above the small town. It had many buildings, all on the north side of a straight road that ran right through town. On the left side of the road there was a single tree, and a well. Behind the houses there was a small cliff.
"It looks familiar…" Kira stood atop the sand dune looking down at the small village. The sun was setting to Kira's back so both her and Yuki were shadowed against it. This must have been why a few of the villagers stopped and yelled.
"The Emperor's men have come!" On woman yelled back into the buildings.
In a matter of moments the town was in a flurry. Men were rushing back and forth, some carrying spears, some carrying bows, and some carrying swords. Finally they formed into a rather angry looking mob in front of the road. One man stepped forward, he held out a torch in the direction of Kira and Yuki, and he shouted.
"Who are you, and why have you come to this town!" He shouted, and the men behind him yelled. "Speak now or die, trespassers!"
"Uh…Kira…what do we do now." Yuki stood up, and backed towards her friend.
"I have an idea…Just play along." Kira whispered back at Yuki.
Kira stepped forward, and drew her sword. The sun faded away, and now the huge full moon was behind her. She pointed her sword towards the mob of men, and it gleamed in the moonlight. The wind shot past her and her cape seemed possessed of a mind all its own. The mob seemed to cower at the very sight of her, and Yuki could not believe her eyes, Kira seemed to have actually become Kurare.
"What is this before me!? Who of the mortal realm feels they are worthy to stand in our path! Cower in the light fools, for I am the darkness that surrounds you and the shadows within your soul! I am Kurare, The Desert Wind! Know my name and behold!" Kira pulled her sword up to her forehead, and the gleam off of the blade seemed reflected in her eyes.
Yuki stood forward, however instead of drawing her sword she pulled out the black whip that was part of her costume. "From the gates of the silent kingdom, behind the form of the Pale Queen. Lo men and fall before my name! I am Mihori the Black General, Keeper of the Souls, Empress of the Damned!" Yuki snapped her whip and kicked up a cloud of sand. The wind snapped past them and swirled the dust making them look even more frightening and demon-like.
The wind ripped past and all the torches of the mob flickered out violently. There was a prolonged silence as the crowd gasped and stared upon the two. The moon moved up and shined down upon them, giving them shape and form beyond that of a shadow.
"You think it worked?" Yuki whispered back to Kira.
"I hope so, nice performance by the way." Kira looked at her friend and put her Samshir away.
The man who had addressed them before yelled something back into the buildings and the villagers poured out. Despite what they had just seen they seemed overjoyed by the appearance of 'Kurare' and 'Mihori.'
"Prince Kurare! You have returned to us!" A woman crossed the road and cheered at Kira and Yuki.
"…Uh I think that means it worked…" Kira blinked, and started walking down to the town.
"Prince? …Well I knew that costume made you look a little masculine but, come on…" Yuki blinked and followed after her.
"Let them think what they want… I can be Prince Kurare, and you get to be General Mihori. It beats being hunted by an angry mob…" Kira slid down the sand dune and looked back at Yuki.
"True, I guess I'd better get into character cause here they come." Yuki sighed, and tried to look as unemotional and overpowering as she could.
"Prince Kurare! You have returned to us!" A small mob of people approached cheering.
"Now I remember this place! This was where I showed up the first time I was sucked into the book!" She whispered back to Yuki before regaining her composure.
"Prince! Prince!" The man who had been yelling at them before came running up with a white horse on a rope behind him. "This steed was the one you freed from the Emperor's grasp!" The white horse reared in the moonlight, and looked almost as magnificent as Kira had when she began her speech as Kurare.
"Prince who is this at your side?" One woman asked and leaned in closer to Yuki.
"This is Mihori, the Black General." Kira began and Yuki stood taller. Kira paused and came to a horrible realization. 'I forgot the line!' She thought to herself.
"I am the Countess Mihori Veda, I am the Black General of the Army Of the Moon." Yuki spoke in a flat tone with a very evil undertone. No one in the world could portray Yuki's characters better than her, with perhaps the exception of Kira as Kurare. The crowd awed and some in the back started inching away.
"Come you must eat with us! A feast is being prepared, for the Son of Destiny, Prince Kurare, has returned to us!" Both Kira and Yuki looked at each other, having a silent conversation and mentally asking 'Son of Destiny?'
"My name is Yamome, and this is my sister Moro." The man from before (hence forth to be known as Yamome) introduced them to a large woman who was carrying a basket of bread for the feast.
"Hello Prince Kurare!" The woman smiled and carried the basket off to a large building.
"The feast should be ready in a few more minutes, Prince." Yamome bowed and was about to rush off and help with preparations when Kira stopped him. It had been an hour since their arrival, they had been given grand tour of the village and many people made comments that neither Kira nor Yuki fully understood, however, they did realize that the towns folk expected them to do something.
"Why did you call me the Son of Destiny?" Kira asked while keeping in her Kurare tone of voice.
"What is the Son of Destiny?" Yuki pitched in right after Kira, remaining in full character.
"The Son of Destiny?" Yamome turned around and stared. "The Son of Destiny is the Just warrior who will free us from the tyrannous emperor. It is said that he will rise from the desert winds and force the four countries into a Divine Revolution. And when all four of the holy weapons are assembled, the gods will be summoned forth and the warrior will pull a great goddess from the Realm of the Dead and be granted the power to transform our world."
Kira looked to Yuki and they shared another silent moment.
"I must go and help prepare the feast, please enjoy yourselves!" With that Yamome waved and he ran off to the largest of the buildings.
"They think I'm the Just warrior that will free their world…" Kira blinked and looked at Yuki.
"Wow…talk about laying it on thick…" Yuki was looking at the building everyone seemed to be rushing in and out of.
"What should we do?" Kira sat down on the semi-firm ground and sighed.
"Why not just go along with it?" Yuki looked down at her. "These people look like we're their guardian angels… or at least you are. We'll see what exactly they want and then…well we'll wing it?" Yuki sighed and stretched her arms over her head. "This is just like the kind of play I wanted to write…"
"Well…I suppose we could find out a little more… but I don't want to crush anyone's dreams. Be they real, or people in a book." Kira sighed and looked off at the buildings.
"Nyaaa…"
"Hmm?" Yuki looked from Kira over to the single tree that had drawn them to this village. At first she didn't see anything but after a moment she spotted a large pair of bright golden eyes. She stared for a while, and a black cat leaped out of the tree and bounded off behind a building.
Yuki sighed, but she couldn't get over the feeling that something dark was upon them, and it wouldn't be too long until whatever it was struck.
Author's Notes: BUM BUM BUM!! *dramatic sounds* And I bet you all thought she was going to be a priestess, huh? ^^ Muwahaha… Well, we have the first chapter that is wholly in the Book!
Please Read and Review! Come one don't be shy! If you want to be a random villager, just ask! … Well off I go to work on chapter 6! La la la!