Kougo Yuugi - Volume 1
C. Jirardesu
Disclaimer: Tamahome, Nuriko, Hotohori, and other Fushigi Yuugi characters are property of Yuu Watase. I do not claim ownership over any of the character, nor do I claim ownership over Fushigi Yuugi. I do not plan on turning this into a manga and selling it.
Word from the Author
I'm glad to hear that I'm improving. Althought right now I'm starting this chapter at 1 AM on a Friday night. There might be a few mistakes at the beginning as a reason. I apologize for this beforehand.
Believe it or not but this series used to be another. A failed series that only got to three chapters and then died from my own laziness. I'm determined to finish what I started this time! I know that since this is a somewhat unofficial sequel to Fushigi Yuugi that this series will be just as long--if not longer. Which means that I'm aiming at about 20 volumes--or short books. Each volume consisting of six chapters each. Doing the math you come up to 80 chapters. We have a long way to go yet.
I ended this chapter a few days after I started it. I had very little to go on, so I apologize if you think this chapter stunk. It is also my shortest chapter yet.
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Chapter Four
Home Again, Female Again
The next morning Chimou had been summoned to the throne room for a conference with Hotohori. She had skipped breakfast to do this--she wasn't hungry anyway. Entering the room, she felt skeptical looks fall on her. Not caring about the looks, she continued to Hotohori and kneeled down before him.
"You really don't need to do that, Priestess." the emperor said warmly. Shrugging, he sat uncomfortably in the chair, but continued to keep his pleasant face. "I had forgotten to explain one thing to you yesterday." he explained.
Cocking an eyebrow, Chimou asked, "What?"
"You see..." the emperor began, "there are seven Seishi of Suzaku that you must find." He looks at the young girl before him. "Two of which you already know."
"I do...?" Chimou questions.
"Yes..." Hotohori nods. "Tamahome and myself." Chimou's eyes go wide. "Tamahome has a symbol that appeared on his forehead. And..." Hotohori pulled back his long hair and exposed a symbol on his neck.
Chimou didn't know what her reaction was, but something in her heart ached in an odd sense of foreboding that she didn't understand. But suddenly she remembered what she wanted to talk to Hotohori about. The priestess looks at the emperor and asked softly, "Any leads on how I can get home?"
He stood up and said, "Yes; it says that if the portal is open that the priestess may enter the other world freely. But in the occurance that the portal is blocked, the priestess may return to the other world if there is something in her possession that also exists in the other world by someone close to her."
"All right, I'm going now." The priestess stopped when she remembered Tamahome and what he had said the following night. "And please inform the others that I will be back as soon as possible." Chimou reassured Hotohori with her brightest smile.
Chimou really didn't know how to re-enter her world from this place--but she had to give it a shot. Suddenly she remembered the ribbon that she had put in her hair that morning and touched it softly and with care. "Shannon..." she muttered gently, "he has the other ribbon..."
Not really understanding, Hotohori sat back down on his throne and just watched. Chimou gave Hotohori a final smile before closing her eyes. She focused on Shannon and the ribbon that was in his possession. An intense red light surrounded her and soon filled the room and easily beat off the sunlight coming in through the windows. Chimou got the feeling like she was flying through space in time. Her body felt almost weightless. Although all this was happening, Chimou did not dare open her eyes.
Suddenly Chimou's eyes did open. She looked around herself in confusion and found herself in her room.
"Chi-Chimou-chan...?" came a voice at her door.
Looking over, Chimou saw her mother staring at her in bewilderment. Chimou jumped off her bed and gives her mother and tight and warm hug. "Kaa-san!! I'm back!" she said happily.
Mrs. Jirardesu's relief easily beat off her anger as she returned the hug. Though she breaks the hug and blinks again. She looks down at Chimou's chest and sees two mounds that she had never seen present on Chimou's body before. "Chimou-chan...what is the meaning of this?!"
Chimou's eyes go wide as she touches her breasts and realizes that her body didn't turn back to its male form. "I don't know, Kaa-san..."
"How did this happen to you?!" her mother asked her furiously, causing Chimou to back up in fear. "Is that why you weren't home? You had someone mess your body?!"
"No, Kaa-san!" she answered and shakes her head. "I don't know what happened." She was telling the truth. Even if the explanation is the book: why would she turn into a female while she is in the book? So there is no explanation she can think of. "I...blacked out after Shannon brought me home and I woke up here."
Without warning, the older woman grabs her "daughter" and pulls her pants down and checks Chimou's gender for herself. She found exactly what she had been fearing. "Who could have done this to you?!"
Trembling, Chimou answered, "I don't know..."
Lina lets her daughter go and Chimou sat there feeling shameful of going back into that book. "I'll find who did this to you, Chimou-chan!" her mother yells in fury.
Chimou knew that would be futile because that person was in the same room. Chimou had done this to herself. It is true that Chimou had wanted to be a girl her whole life. But she did not want it to be this way. What is it that she can do from this point? Who can she turn to?
The answer came in the form of a knock at the front door. Lina quickly left the room to answer it. Chimou bent over and pulled her pants and underwear back up and zipped and buttoned the khakis.
When Chimou reached the door she saw a worried Shannon at the door, with a familiar pink ribbon in his right hand. She waited for a moment, listening to her mother, "Yes, I found Chimou in his room."
"You did?!" Shannon exclaimed with relief.
Chimou walked up the stairs and faced Shannon, who saw the former boy immediately. Shannon ran over and smiled at Chimou. "You're okay!" he seemed to happy to notice the difference in Chimou's body--just as her mother had been.
"For the most part I'm okay." she replied to her friend.
Blinking, Shannon looked at Chimou. "Your voice..." Then he noticed Chimou's body and nearly fell over from the shock. "What the hell happened?!" he exclaimed.
Lina Jirardesu sighed and shook her head. "We don't know for sure. All we know is that Chimou blacked out a moment after you left and woke up here right after I had gone out to look for him." she explained firmly.
"Is he...a whole woman...?" Shannon relunctantly asked.
"Yes--and I did check to make sure too." Chimou's mother answered.
Chimou blushed from what her mother had said, but didn't allow it to distract her concentration. She was up to her shoulders in confusion. Again she seemed to be questioning whether or not what she had just experienced was real or just a fantasy from being knocked out by a chemical and then dragged away by a dark person. That for whatever reason that person did something to her body and that she is now female. As farfetched as that seemed, she was beginning to by it until the image of Tamahome reappeared in her mind. No, it had really happened. she thought to herself.
"Oh!" Shannon shattered Chimou's thought. "Here." The teenage boy held out the Universe of the Four Gods to her and she quickly took it. "Your mom found it in your room and I held on to it for a while for you." Shannon then realized something. If someone had grabbed Chimou at the door, how did the book get into his room? Maybe the person had brought Chimou and brought him to his room before bringing him elsewhere. At any rate, it didn't seem to matter right now.
Later that night Chimou was sitting in her room and her eyes were constantly moving on to the book. It had been morning in the book when she had left, so right now she was too awake to be able to fall asleep. Then her mother walked into the room and her eyes were still watering.
"When I got home and you weren't here... I assumed the absolute worst..." her mother began. "I couldn't stand to lose you, Chimou-chan... First your father dying, then your older sister moving so far away, and now you could have been dragged off somewhere never to be seen again..."
Sighing, Chimou stood up and gently escourted her mother toward the door. "Kaa-san, you know that Onee-chan will be coming home tomorrow. Please get some sleep."
The middle-aged woman nodded and then walked out of the door. "You should too--You've had a frightful day." she said firmly and Chimou nodded.
Chimou closed the door with a soft click. She crawled on to her bed and looked up at the stars and somehow she could see Tamahome staring back at her. Smiling, she got lost in the sky. She didn't quite know why but just thinking about that boy made her feel warm and at peace. She wanted to know why. Little did see know that the reason was right under her nose--or rather her heart.
A falling star streaked across the clear country midnight sky. Chimou closes her eyes gently as she lays down on her bed and said sweetly, "I'll see you again, Tamahome-san... Sometime real soon..." Then she was suddenly overcome by a heavy exhaustion and slumber claimed her mind.
C. Jirardesu
Disclaimer: Tamahome, Nuriko, Hotohori, and other Fushigi Yuugi characters are property of Yuu Watase. I do not claim ownership over any of the character, nor do I claim ownership over Fushigi Yuugi. I do not plan on turning this into a manga and selling it.
Word from the Author
I'm glad to hear that I'm improving. Althought right now I'm starting this chapter at 1 AM on a Friday night. There might be a few mistakes at the beginning as a reason. I apologize for this beforehand.
Believe it or not but this series used to be another. A failed series that only got to three chapters and then died from my own laziness. I'm determined to finish what I started this time! I know that since this is a somewhat unofficial sequel to Fushigi Yuugi that this series will be just as long--if not longer. Which means that I'm aiming at about 20 volumes--or short books. Each volume consisting of six chapters each. Doing the math you come up to 80 chapters. We have a long way to go yet.
I ended this chapter a few days after I started it. I had very little to go on, so I apologize if you think this chapter stunk. It is also my shortest chapter yet.
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Chapter Four
Home Again, Female Again
The next morning Chimou had been summoned to the throne room for a conference with Hotohori. She had skipped breakfast to do this--she wasn't hungry anyway. Entering the room, she felt skeptical looks fall on her. Not caring about the looks, she continued to Hotohori and kneeled down before him.
"You really don't need to do that, Priestess." the emperor said warmly. Shrugging, he sat uncomfortably in the chair, but continued to keep his pleasant face. "I had forgotten to explain one thing to you yesterday." he explained.
Cocking an eyebrow, Chimou asked, "What?"
"You see..." the emperor began, "there are seven Seishi of Suzaku that you must find." He looks at the young girl before him. "Two of which you already know."
"I do...?" Chimou questions.
"Yes..." Hotohori nods. "Tamahome and myself." Chimou's eyes go wide. "Tamahome has a symbol that appeared on his forehead. And..." Hotohori pulled back his long hair and exposed a symbol on his neck.
Chimou didn't know what her reaction was, but something in her heart ached in an odd sense of foreboding that she didn't understand. But suddenly she remembered what she wanted to talk to Hotohori about. The priestess looks at the emperor and asked softly, "Any leads on how I can get home?"
He stood up and said, "Yes; it says that if the portal is open that the priestess may enter the other world freely. But in the occurance that the portal is blocked, the priestess may return to the other world if there is something in her possession that also exists in the other world by someone close to her."
"All right, I'm going now." The priestess stopped when she remembered Tamahome and what he had said the following night. "And please inform the others that I will be back as soon as possible." Chimou reassured Hotohori with her brightest smile.
Chimou really didn't know how to re-enter her world from this place--but she had to give it a shot. Suddenly she remembered the ribbon that she had put in her hair that morning and touched it softly and with care. "Shannon..." she muttered gently, "he has the other ribbon..."
Not really understanding, Hotohori sat back down on his throne and just watched. Chimou gave Hotohori a final smile before closing her eyes. She focused on Shannon and the ribbon that was in his possession. An intense red light surrounded her and soon filled the room and easily beat off the sunlight coming in through the windows. Chimou got the feeling like she was flying through space in time. Her body felt almost weightless. Although all this was happening, Chimou did not dare open her eyes.
Suddenly Chimou's eyes did open. She looked around herself in confusion and found herself in her room.
"Chi-Chimou-chan...?" came a voice at her door.
Looking over, Chimou saw her mother staring at her in bewilderment. Chimou jumped off her bed and gives her mother and tight and warm hug. "Kaa-san!! I'm back!" she said happily.
Mrs. Jirardesu's relief easily beat off her anger as she returned the hug. Though she breaks the hug and blinks again. She looks down at Chimou's chest and sees two mounds that she had never seen present on Chimou's body before. "Chimou-chan...what is the meaning of this?!"
Chimou's eyes go wide as she touches her breasts and realizes that her body didn't turn back to its male form. "I don't know, Kaa-san..."
"How did this happen to you?!" her mother asked her furiously, causing Chimou to back up in fear. "Is that why you weren't home? You had someone mess your body?!"
"No, Kaa-san!" she answered and shakes her head. "I don't know what happened." She was telling the truth. Even if the explanation is the book: why would she turn into a female while she is in the book? So there is no explanation she can think of. "I...blacked out after Shannon brought me home and I woke up here."
Without warning, the older woman grabs her "daughter" and pulls her pants down and checks Chimou's gender for herself. She found exactly what she had been fearing. "Who could have done this to you?!"
Trembling, Chimou answered, "I don't know..."
Lina lets her daughter go and Chimou sat there feeling shameful of going back into that book. "I'll find who did this to you, Chimou-chan!" her mother yells in fury.
Chimou knew that would be futile because that person was in the same room. Chimou had done this to herself. It is true that Chimou had wanted to be a girl her whole life. But she did not want it to be this way. What is it that she can do from this point? Who can she turn to?
The answer came in the form of a knock at the front door. Lina quickly left the room to answer it. Chimou bent over and pulled her pants and underwear back up and zipped and buttoned the khakis.
When Chimou reached the door she saw a worried Shannon at the door, with a familiar pink ribbon in his right hand. She waited for a moment, listening to her mother, "Yes, I found Chimou in his room."
"You did?!" Shannon exclaimed with relief.
Chimou walked up the stairs and faced Shannon, who saw the former boy immediately. Shannon ran over and smiled at Chimou. "You're okay!" he seemed to happy to notice the difference in Chimou's body--just as her mother had been.
"For the most part I'm okay." she replied to her friend.
Blinking, Shannon looked at Chimou. "Your voice..." Then he noticed Chimou's body and nearly fell over from the shock. "What the hell happened?!" he exclaimed.
Lina Jirardesu sighed and shook her head. "We don't know for sure. All we know is that Chimou blacked out a moment after you left and woke up here right after I had gone out to look for him." she explained firmly.
"Is he...a whole woman...?" Shannon relunctantly asked.
"Yes--and I did check to make sure too." Chimou's mother answered.
Chimou blushed from what her mother had said, but didn't allow it to distract her concentration. She was up to her shoulders in confusion. Again she seemed to be questioning whether or not what she had just experienced was real or just a fantasy from being knocked out by a chemical and then dragged away by a dark person. That for whatever reason that person did something to her body and that she is now female. As farfetched as that seemed, she was beginning to by it until the image of Tamahome reappeared in her mind. No, it had really happened. she thought to herself.
"Oh!" Shannon shattered Chimou's thought. "Here." The teenage boy held out the Universe of the Four Gods to her and she quickly took it. "Your mom found it in your room and I held on to it for a while for you." Shannon then realized something. If someone had grabbed Chimou at the door, how did the book get into his room? Maybe the person had brought Chimou and brought him to his room before bringing him elsewhere. At any rate, it didn't seem to matter right now.
Later that night Chimou was sitting in her room and her eyes were constantly moving on to the book. It had been morning in the book when she had left, so right now she was too awake to be able to fall asleep. Then her mother walked into the room and her eyes were still watering.
"When I got home and you weren't here... I assumed the absolute worst..." her mother began. "I couldn't stand to lose you, Chimou-chan... First your father dying, then your older sister moving so far away, and now you could have been dragged off somewhere never to be seen again..."
Sighing, Chimou stood up and gently escourted her mother toward the door. "Kaa-san, you know that Onee-chan will be coming home tomorrow. Please get some sleep."
The middle-aged woman nodded and then walked out of the door. "You should too--You've had a frightful day." she said firmly and Chimou nodded.
Chimou closed the door with a soft click. She crawled on to her bed and looked up at the stars and somehow she could see Tamahome staring back at her. Smiling, she got lost in the sky. She didn't quite know why but just thinking about that boy made her feel warm and at peace. She wanted to know why. Little did see know that the reason was right under her nose--or rather her heart.
A falling star streaked across the clear country midnight sky. Chimou closes her eyes gently as she lays down on her bed and said sweetly, "I'll see you again, Tamahome-san... Sometime real soon..." Then she was suddenly overcome by a heavy exhaustion and slumber claimed her mind.