Chapter 2:
Arisa was surrounded by a red light, she turned and saw her sister for a moment, and then she fell unconscious. ".Hikar."
When Arisa regained consciousness she felt that she was in shallow water. Her clothes were soaked. She stood, and shivered. It was late fall, and the air was cold. She did not recognize where she was.
Suddenly, she was on the ground in a tight hug. "Miaka, you're back! I can't believe it!" A woman of about 20 was smiling down at her. "I thought you'd left the book for good!" The woman had long purple hair.
The woman noticed the strange look on Arisa's face, "Miaka? You remember me, right? You haven't lost your memory like Tamahome did that once? That would really suck!"
"Um, excuse me, but my name isn't Miaka."
"So you have lost your memory!! Oh no!" The woman cried, "My name is Nuriko. I was one of the celestial warriors that protected you. I was a man in my past life, but I was reborn, again as Nuriko, yet now I am a girl! My wish has finally come true." Nuriko stood and helped Arisa up.
"No, I don't think you understand. uh, Nuriko. My mother's name is Miaka, and my father's is Tamahome. My name is Arisa, and my sister is called Hikari."
"Hikari. Hikari, the name rings a bell. Oh yeah! Miaka said that she and Tamahome would name their daughter that! So, you're their second daughter?"
Arisa nodded.
"Oooh! They're gunna get it! They had another child and they didn't tell me! I'm insulted. I didn't get to say congratulations or anything!"
"Um, excuse me, Nuriko?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I got a little carried away."
"Well, you see, I was looking for my parents today, and I couldn't find them. There was a book on their bed, it was written in a strange language, I didn't understand it. But, on one of the blank pages, the book was writing itself. That was kinda weird. Then as I was flipping through it, it began to burn my hands, so I dropped it. It flipped through to one page, and a red light shined out of it, and surrounded me. I saw my sister, and that's all I remember, until you came."
"Hmm, the others would be overjoyed to see the daughter of our priestess. Come with me, maybe we can find your parents, they're probably in the book somewhere."
* * *
"Ok, calm down Hikari, you say you just saw her, so she couldn't have gone far. Maybe she ran off when the light was at it's brightest and you couldn't see it." Kenji attempted to comfort Hikari. "Listen, I'll help you search through your house for her, ok? Why don't you start in your parent's bedroom, that's the most likely place she'll be, I'll look around here, and in the kitchen."
Hikari nodded, and went to search through her parent's room. Kenji looked in every space downstairs, but couldn't find her. He went to see how Hikari did. When he reached the room, he saw Hikari looking through a book.
"Hikari, what's that?"
"This book, it's about my parents. I can understand this old Chinese. The beginning says that my mother is only a high school student, but when I flip to the end, it's blank. But if I go back a little, the book is writing itself." Hikari showed the odd book to Kenji. "The stranger part, is that the book is speaking about my sister!"
Arisa was surrounded by a red light, she turned and saw her sister for a moment, and then she fell unconscious. ".Hikar."
When Arisa regained consciousness she felt that she was in shallow water. Her clothes were soaked. She stood, and shivered. It was late fall, and the air was cold. She did not recognize where she was.
Suddenly, she was on the ground in a tight hug. "Miaka, you're back! I can't believe it!" A woman of about 20 was smiling down at her. "I thought you'd left the book for good!" The woman had long purple hair.
The woman noticed the strange look on Arisa's face, "Miaka? You remember me, right? You haven't lost your memory like Tamahome did that once? That would really suck!"
"Um, excuse me, but my name isn't Miaka."
"So you have lost your memory!! Oh no!" The woman cried, "My name is Nuriko. I was one of the celestial warriors that protected you. I was a man in my past life, but I was reborn, again as Nuriko, yet now I am a girl! My wish has finally come true." Nuriko stood and helped Arisa up.
"No, I don't think you understand. uh, Nuriko. My mother's name is Miaka, and my father's is Tamahome. My name is Arisa, and my sister is called Hikari."
"Hikari. Hikari, the name rings a bell. Oh yeah! Miaka said that she and Tamahome would name their daughter that! So, you're their second daughter?"
Arisa nodded.
"Oooh! They're gunna get it! They had another child and they didn't tell me! I'm insulted. I didn't get to say congratulations or anything!"
"Um, excuse me, Nuriko?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I got a little carried away."
"Well, you see, I was looking for my parents today, and I couldn't find them. There was a book on their bed, it was written in a strange language, I didn't understand it. But, on one of the blank pages, the book was writing itself. That was kinda weird. Then as I was flipping through it, it began to burn my hands, so I dropped it. It flipped through to one page, and a red light shined out of it, and surrounded me. I saw my sister, and that's all I remember, until you came."
"Hmm, the others would be overjoyed to see the daughter of our priestess. Come with me, maybe we can find your parents, they're probably in the book somewhere."
* * *
"Ok, calm down Hikari, you say you just saw her, so she couldn't have gone far. Maybe she ran off when the light was at it's brightest and you couldn't see it." Kenji attempted to comfort Hikari. "Listen, I'll help you search through your house for her, ok? Why don't you start in your parent's bedroom, that's the most likely place she'll be, I'll look around here, and in the kitchen."
Hikari nodded, and went to search through her parent's room. Kenji looked in every space downstairs, but couldn't find her. He went to see how Hikari did. When he reached the room, he saw Hikari looking through a book.
"Hikari, what's that?"
"This book, it's about my parents. I can understand this old Chinese. The beginning says that my mother is only a high school student, but when I flip to the end, it's blank. But if I go back a little, the book is writing itself." Hikari showed the odd book to Kenji. "The stranger part, is that the book is speaking about my sister!"