Miaka: A Lost Soul
Chapter 3: Bad Hope
All characters, unless specified, are copywrite Watase Yuu.
"But it smells so good!" Miaka cried as she was being half dragged from the food stand.
"We need to get to the palace, Miaka. We've got to find out what happened to you
and how you got here. Besides, we already stopped to eat at THREE places."
It wasn't that Miaka was still even a little bit hungry that she kept on stalling. It was the
fact that she was nervous about being around strangers, even if she had known them
before. They would still want to know so much that she just didn't know how to explain.
Miaka stopped in her tracks. "Um..." She poked Tamahome in the back. "I was so hungry
that I forgot to ask you your name."
"Oh yeah. Hehe. I should've... uh... introduced myself. It's just that I'm so used to you
knowing who I am." He noticed Miaka frown and look to the ground.
"I'm sorry," she murmured. "I'm sure it's my fault." She twiddled her fingers.
"No, it's not your fault," he said in attempt to console her. "My name is Tamahome."
Miaka looked up again. "Tamahome... I like that name." She attempted a smile. 'How
I do wish I could remember everything... ANYTHING about my past,' she thought.
"Look, I know this is hard for you," Tamahome began. "I will do everything I can to help
you regain your memories. I know just how you feel. You helped me once, when I had
no memories, and now I will help you." He walked over and embraced her, then thought
to himself, 'But at least I knew who you were.' A tear rolled down his cheek.
......................................
Yui walked slowly through the city. She was still grieving over Miaka. 'Nothing will ever
be the same again,' she thought. 'What will I do without you?'
As if pulled by an invisible force, she made her way across the city and to the library...
the same library that she and Miaka had gone to since childhood... the same library
with the book. 'It's all that damn book's fault!'
She walked up the steps and into the library. Without knowing, she went into a
room. It was the room where the book, "The Universe of the Four Gods", was kept.
She unknowingly picked up the book and began to open it, when a blue light
enveloped her.
Yui woke up moments later, and noticed she was lying down. She looked around.
Different hues of blue surrounded her. She stood up and began walking around.
"Hello?!" she yelled out. "Is anyone here?"
After a few seconds, she heard a thundering voice. "I am."
"Who are you?" she asked, somewhat frightened.
"You do not need to know my name... yet. All you need to know is where your friend
can be found. I believe you would call her Miaka?"
Yui's face flushed with anger. "How dare you?! Miaka is dead! She's gone, FOREVER!
Let me out of this place! I want to go home!" She fell to the ground and began to
cry hysterically.
"Correction," the voice began again. "She WAS dead. She is now in what you would
call Ancient China."
"Ancient China?! She's back in that book again? How did she-"
Yui was stopped mid-sentence. "Well, yes she is in the book. Now she is now a part of
it. That is her world now, where she belongs."
"Where she belongs? You're telling me that my best friend in the world, in the UNIVERSE
even, is alive and well? Are you saying that I can't be with her again in my world?"
"I never said any of that. You can be with her again, and you can have her back in
your world, but there's only one way that is possible."
A shimmer of hope glowed in Yui's eyes. "Tell me! I'll do ANYTHING!"
"Fine then." A low, evil chuckle could be heard all around. "You will be sent to Ancient
China, back into the book. There you will recover for me the Four Sacred Stones that
once belonged to the Four Gods. You will then bring them to me."
"Well, that sounds simp-"
"Wait. I have not finished. You will be sent without your memories. The only thing you
will know is that you must retrieve the stones and bring them to me. There will be
people to guide and train you, for retrieving the stones will not be an easy task. When
the time is right, and you have collected all of the Four Sacred Stones, you will know
who I am. It will then be possible for you and your friend to return to your world."
"Why can't I have my other memories? Without them I won't even know who Miaka
is or why I am finding the stones," Yui said.
"This is done so that you will become one with the book as well. You must belong in
Ancient China, and have no memories of your life in your world. You will regain your
memories when the stones have been gathered and given to me."
"Alright, I'll do it." Yui stood and watched as a figure became visible through the
blue fog. As it came closer, she saw a familiar face. She gasped. "Naka-" In an instant
she was on the ground again, unconcious.
Nakago stared down at Yui and laughed. 'Foolish girl! Now I will have complete
control over her.' He then spoke aloud. "You'll have your friend and return to your
world, but whether she'll be a rotting corpse or not is a different story. It won't
matter anyways... you will all be dead by the time I'm through with you, and the
Age of Blue Darkness will take over your world."
After waving his hands over her, Yui's body disappeared.
......................................
Tamahome and Miaka arrived at the palace.
"Why don't you stay in my room, wash your face, and put on some fresh clothes?"
Tamahome suggested.
"Sure," was all Miaka could choke out. The thought of being in Tamahome's room
made her blush. Although she could not remember anything about Tamahome,
she still had an attraction to him.
He lead her to his room. "Here's a spare change of clothes," he said, handing her a
kimono. "I've got to go talk to the Emperor, and announce your return. I need to
explain a few things to him before he sees you."
Tamahome left Miaka to change. She couldn't help but wonder why he had a
woman's kimono in his room. She shrugged her wonder off for a moment, and began to
undress. Just then she heard footsteps coming towards the room, and the door
opened. In walked a beautiful woman with long, red hair.
The woman stared at Miaka and blinked. Simultaniously they asked, "Who are you?"
and Tamahome came walking in through the open door.
"I can explain," he muttered. Both women stared at him with anger in their eyes.
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Chapter 3: Bad Hope
All characters, unless specified, are copywrite Watase Yuu.
"But it smells so good!" Miaka cried as she was being half dragged from the food stand.
"We need to get to the palace, Miaka. We've got to find out what happened to you
and how you got here. Besides, we already stopped to eat at THREE places."
It wasn't that Miaka was still even a little bit hungry that she kept on stalling. It was the
fact that she was nervous about being around strangers, even if she had known them
before. They would still want to know so much that she just didn't know how to explain.
Miaka stopped in her tracks. "Um..." She poked Tamahome in the back. "I was so hungry
that I forgot to ask you your name."
"Oh yeah. Hehe. I should've... uh... introduced myself. It's just that I'm so used to you
knowing who I am." He noticed Miaka frown and look to the ground.
"I'm sorry," she murmured. "I'm sure it's my fault." She twiddled her fingers.
"No, it's not your fault," he said in attempt to console her. "My name is Tamahome."
Miaka looked up again. "Tamahome... I like that name." She attempted a smile. 'How
I do wish I could remember everything... ANYTHING about my past,' she thought.
"Look, I know this is hard for you," Tamahome began. "I will do everything I can to help
you regain your memories. I know just how you feel. You helped me once, when I had
no memories, and now I will help you." He walked over and embraced her, then thought
to himself, 'But at least I knew who you were.' A tear rolled down his cheek.
......................................
Yui walked slowly through the city. She was still grieving over Miaka. 'Nothing will ever
be the same again,' she thought. 'What will I do without you?'
As if pulled by an invisible force, she made her way across the city and to the library...
the same library that she and Miaka had gone to since childhood... the same library
with the book. 'It's all that damn book's fault!'
She walked up the steps and into the library. Without knowing, she went into a
room. It was the room where the book, "The Universe of the Four Gods", was kept.
She unknowingly picked up the book and began to open it, when a blue light
enveloped her.
Yui woke up moments later, and noticed she was lying down. She looked around.
Different hues of blue surrounded her. She stood up and began walking around.
"Hello?!" she yelled out. "Is anyone here?"
After a few seconds, she heard a thundering voice. "I am."
"Who are you?" she asked, somewhat frightened.
"You do not need to know my name... yet. All you need to know is where your friend
can be found. I believe you would call her Miaka?"
Yui's face flushed with anger. "How dare you?! Miaka is dead! She's gone, FOREVER!
Let me out of this place! I want to go home!" She fell to the ground and began to
cry hysterically.
"Correction," the voice began again. "She WAS dead. She is now in what you would
call Ancient China."
"Ancient China?! She's back in that book again? How did she-"
Yui was stopped mid-sentence. "Well, yes she is in the book. Now she is now a part of
it. That is her world now, where she belongs."
"Where she belongs? You're telling me that my best friend in the world, in the UNIVERSE
even, is alive and well? Are you saying that I can't be with her again in my world?"
"I never said any of that. You can be with her again, and you can have her back in
your world, but there's only one way that is possible."
A shimmer of hope glowed in Yui's eyes. "Tell me! I'll do ANYTHING!"
"Fine then." A low, evil chuckle could be heard all around. "You will be sent to Ancient
China, back into the book. There you will recover for me the Four Sacred Stones that
once belonged to the Four Gods. You will then bring them to me."
"Well, that sounds simp-"
"Wait. I have not finished. You will be sent without your memories. The only thing you
will know is that you must retrieve the stones and bring them to me. There will be
people to guide and train you, for retrieving the stones will not be an easy task. When
the time is right, and you have collected all of the Four Sacred Stones, you will know
who I am. It will then be possible for you and your friend to return to your world."
"Why can't I have my other memories? Without them I won't even know who Miaka
is or why I am finding the stones," Yui said.
"This is done so that you will become one with the book as well. You must belong in
Ancient China, and have no memories of your life in your world. You will regain your
memories when the stones have been gathered and given to me."
"Alright, I'll do it." Yui stood and watched as a figure became visible through the
blue fog. As it came closer, she saw a familiar face. She gasped. "Naka-" In an instant
she was on the ground again, unconcious.
Nakago stared down at Yui and laughed. 'Foolish girl! Now I will have complete
control over her.' He then spoke aloud. "You'll have your friend and return to your
world, but whether she'll be a rotting corpse or not is a different story. It won't
matter anyways... you will all be dead by the time I'm through with you, and the
Age of Blue Darkness will take over your world."
After waving his hands over her, Yui's body disappeared.
......................................
Tamahome and Miaka arrived at the palace.
"Why don't you stay in my room, wash your face, and put on some fresh clothes?"
Tamahome suggested.
"Sure," was all Miaka could choke out. The thought of being in Tamahome's room
made her blush. Although she could not remember anything about Tamahome,
she still had an attraction to him.
He lead her to his room. "Here's a spare change of clothes," he said, handing her a
kimono. "I've got to go talk to the Emperor, and announce your return. I need to
explain a few things to him before he sees you."
Tamahome left Miaka to change. She couldn't help but wonder why he had a
woman's kimono in his room. She shrugged her wonder off for a moment, and began to
undress. Just then she heard footsteps coming towards the room, and the door
opened. In walked a beautiful woman with long, red hair.
The woman stared at Miaka and blinked. Simultaniously they asked, "Who are you?"
and Tamahome came walking in through the open door.
"I can explain," he muttered. Both women stared at him with anger in their eyes.
I hope you enjoyed reading the third part of this fan fic. Don't ya just LOVE cliffhangers?
Please tell me what you think about my fic. ^_^ You can review here or email me at
ninixwhite@yahoo.com.