Hikari's Light
By: finalfantasys-child
Wah! I saw the 2nd OVA today! Except, I typed the chapter last night so. . . I found that Hikari was a boy (or at least he sounded like one Oo) I like the Omake or Fushigi Akugi they have at the end of every episode!
Kid who looks & sounds like Tasuki: Papa! Mama! Look! The stars are looking down at us!
Taka: glare Are you sure nothing happened in the bar that night?
Miaka: Oh shove it. (or something like that ;)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fushigi Yugi, if I did, I would have enough money to buy my own DVDs for once.
Chapter II
Lightning, Baseball Bats and. . .FOOD!!!
Tasuki sat on his horse holding an icepack to his head.
"Stupid brat. . ." he muttered. Hikari glared at him.
"Hm? Did you say something?"
"No."
"Good, because I have a bat that's made of solid iron." Tasuki gulped. While the two were fighting, Nuriko and Chichiri put down camp.
"They're still fighting about the bat incident. . ." Nuriko sighed. Chichiri nodded.
"They're worse than Nakago and all the other Seiryu Seishi put together, you know?" behind them, Tasuki cussed at Hikari, and Hikari started slowly walking towards the bandit with the iron baseball bat hidden behind her.
"Come on guys. Time to find Mitsukake." Chichiri interrupted. Hikari stopped what she was doing, and climbed onto a horse (or at least tried).
"Hurry up, would ya?!" Tasuki yelled. The girl glared at him.
"Hey, at least I don't get beat up by a horse, Mr. I-Love-My-Harisen- More-Than-Humans-and-If-It-Gets-Scratched-You-Will-Die." She said. Tasuki growled.
"Shut up!!" he flamed. Hikari snickered.
"We should go now, you know." Chichiri said, trying to calm the two down before someone got hurt.
After several minutes of fighting, Nuriko hurled a boulder at them, hoping they would notice. The two did, and quickly jumped out of the way.
"WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL US??!!" Tasuki fumed.
"It's about time to go now." Nuriko said, patting dust off his sleeves. "we were ready ages ago."
The group got on their horses, and trotted away to Mitsukake's village. Hikari sat there with her arms crossed like a spoiled little kid who didn't get candy. Tasuki sat behind her, with the same look on his face. The two were silent through most of the journey.
"Wow, those two sure are quiet, you know?" Chichiri said to Nuriko. The strong seishi sighed happily.
"Yes, they always fight over the littlest things, quite the lover's spat." He said. Tasuki and Hikari glared at him.
"WE ARE NOT HAVING A LOVER'S SPAT!!!!!" They both yelled in unison.
"No need to get mad about it." Nuriko snorted. The group traveled silent again, but then Hikari saw something up ahead. She pointed.
"Hey, Guys! I think I see a village up ahead!" she yelled.
"That must be the village Mitsukake lives in, you know?" Chichiri said.
The group reached the village, and got off the horses. They walked in, and found it was a little crowded.
"Wow! There are lots of people here!" Hikari exclaimed looking around.
"Yeah, if there were anymore, we wouldn't be walking right now." Tasuki said, placing his hands behind his head.
"Back at home, on busy days, kids aren't allowed to go outside because there were too many people." Hikari nodded her head as she spoke. Nuriko leaned over to Chichiri.
"Wow, I cant's believe it. They're finally agreeing." He said.
"No one's askin' fer your personal life stories, Brat!" Tasuki yelled. "Take back what I said," Nuriko mumbled. Chichiri calmed the two down.
"We have to find Mitsukake, you know? Stop fighting, or I'll say it." He said.
"Fine." Tasuki and Hikari said, both crossing their arms and looking away from each other with a 'hmpf'.
The group asked people around if they knew anyone who could heal with magic. One said he lived in a small cottage up on a hill, with his cat.
"Aw, man! Don't tell me that he's a crab again!" Tasuki whined.
"I think you mean 'hermit', you know." Chichiri corrected. In the backround, Hikari's snickering could be heard.
The party walked to the east direction of where the hill was. They spotted a small cottage, and a man watering flowers. The man looked back.
"Yo! Mitsukake!" Tasuki called. The man waved and walked to the group.
"Long time, no see, you know?" Chichiri said.
"So he isn't a crab after all." Tasuki mumbled. Of course, there's the "snicker snicker" coming from Hikari.
"We came here to introduce Hikari, you know?" Chichiri stated.
"Hikari?"
"Yeah, Taka and Miaka's daughter." Nuriko said. Mitsukake was shocked.
"Two years and this old?!"
"Sixteen years in the other reality, you know."
"Ah."
"Where's Tama?" Chichiri asked, looking around. Just then, a white cat that looked like a mini version of Chichiri (closed eyes, looking happy) came walking up.
"Oh, that's a cat?! So cute!!!" Hikari squealed. "I love cats!!!" the others sweat dropped as the girl picked up Tama and started petting him and talking to him.
"So. . .she's a cat lover. . ." Mitsukake said.
"Seems so," Nuriko laughed. Hikari sat on the ground and kept petting Tama.
Hikari was introduced to all of the seishi, but still didn't know how to go to her world. Chichiri found out that maybe Hikari had to do something, like Miaka had to fulfill her role as priestess twelve years ago. But what should Hikari do?
"Maybe it has something to do with Tasuki? Those two are always fighting like a married couple." Nuriko said.
"We do not!!" Tasuki yelled, Hikari nodded with her arms crossed.
"See? They're admitting it, too." The strong seishi said sitting down, resting his chin on one hand.
Just then, there was a small poof, and pink smoke. An old lady with a green, yellow, white, and red robe appeared, and Tasuki freaked.
"Why do you always pop up in the unexpected, Old Hag?!" he cried.
"You have no right to call me that."
"Taiitskun, what are you doing here? Nuriko asked.
"It's about the girl." The old woman spoke.
"What about Hikari?" Chichiri looked at Taiitskun.
"Is it Tasuki's fault that I'm here?!" Hikari yelled pointing at the bandit.
"Why is everything my fault?!!?" Tasuki glared at the girl. She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Because it is."
Nuriko walked over to Taiitskun.
"Sorry about all this, they've been fighting, probably ever since they met." He apologized.
"I have been watching ever since the girl came here. Answer to her question is both yes and no." Taiitskun answered. Tasuki's jaw dropped, as he and Hikari stopped quarrelling.
"Why is it 'yes' and 'no'?" Hikari asked. Taiitskun laughed.
"You really are one to ask questions," she said, "but be careful, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat." Hikari screamed in horror.
"It killed the cat?!" she cried. The old woman cleared her throat.
"I meant, curiosity killed Tasuki." Tasuki glared. Hikari sat up.
"Why is it 'yes' and 'no'?" she asked again.
"That is for you to find out, child." Taiitskun answered, and disappeared in a puff of smoke, but then came back.
"What do you want now, Old Lady?" Tasuki asked. The old woman glared at the bandit.
"I'll give you something to help," she said, and another puff of pink smoke appeared. In Hikari's hands was a crystal ball.
"What's this for, Taiitskun?" she asked.
"It tells you what you have to do, sometimes it can be stingy and not tell you." The woman answered, and disappeared.
"What did she mean by that?" Tasuki whined.
"Maybe the crystal ball will tell us where to go." Hikari answered, looking at the large jewel laid in her hands.
Taka and Miaka sat there, reading what was happening to their daughter. Miaka sighed.
"I hope she doesn't get hurt," she said.
"Let's just keep reading, and hope for the better." Taka answered closing his eyes.
"Is the crystal ball saying anything?" Tasuki asked.
"No, not yet." Hikari answered with a yawn.
"Hmpf. Peace of junk."
"Hm, it's getting late, you know?" Chichiri said, looking at the dimming sky. "this doesn't really look like a good place to stay."
"Well I'm not tired! We'll keep going and search for a good place to stop!" Tasuki yelled like he wanted to be a hero.
Thunder was heard far away, and frightened Hikari. It started raining, and lighting flashed in the dark clouds that drew nearer and nearer. A loud BOOM shook the ground, and Hikari covered her ears in fright. Tasuki noticed the situation.
"Hey, don't tell me yer just afraid of a little thunder." He said.
". . .Are we. . .near a. . .town yet?" Hikari asked in a frightened voice.
"I don't think so, you know." Chichiri answered. "what's wrong?"
"N-nothing. . ." Hikari put her hands down. It kept raining, and Hikari winced every time thunder was heard.
"It's still raining." Nuriko said. Everyone was soaked.
"I don't think it's stopping, you know." Chichiri looked up. "we have to find a good spot to stay, you know."
"Hey, Hikari's unusually being quiet. What's up?" Tasuki asked.
"I-it's nothing, really." The girl answered in a low voice.
"Hm, okay." The bandit shrugged. Just then, a very loud boom of thunder made Hikari shreak, and cover her ears again.
"Hey, are you going to be all right?" Nuriko asked.
No answer.
"Hikari?" Tasuki looked down at the girl. "she's been shocked so bad she got knocked out!"
"That girl must really be scared, you know?" Chichiri said.
Just then, in Hikari's bag (I know, I didn't say she brought one, but she had one with her), the crystal ball glowed. Tasuki reached in the bag, and took it out.
"Hm, it says town up north." He said. "what does that mean?"
"We are heading north of Kounan, you know." Chichiri answered. "maybe it's talking about the Genbu village." Hikari still sat there, not moving an inch.
"But. . .isn't it supposed to get colder?" Nuriko asked.
"That strikes me kind of odd, you know?"
"We better get there fast, and find a hotel." Tasuki rubbed his nose.
The party finally got to the Town of Genbu (I think that's the name, I just forgot), and got off their horses. Nuriko helped Hikari walk, because she was still holding her ears.
"I found a place to stay at, you know?" Chichiri said, pointing at a small hotel.
"I'm sorry, but we only have three rooms available." The desk clerk apologized.
"Three rooms?" Nuriko asked.
"What do we do now?" Tasuki let out a big sigh.
"We get those rooms, you know. Which on is Hikari going to sleep in?" Chichiri scratched his chin.
"In my room because I was a woman once." Nuriko said.
"Good idea! Let's get goin'!" Tasuki pounded his fist into his other hand. Just then in Hikari's bag (which Tasuki was carrying), the crystal ball started glowing again. Tasuki got it out, and on it said, 'No.'
"What the. . .what in the name of Suzaku does that mean?!" Tasuki growled. Then the letters changed and said, 'Reirei.' Tasuki gasped.
"Who's Reirei?" Chichiri asked. The bandit stuttered a bit then found out what he was going to say.
"I-I don't know." He put the ball back, or at least tried, but it stuck to his hand, having more to say.
The words changed to 'Gen-chan'.
"GEN-CHAN??!!!!" Tasuki shrieked. He used his other hand to get the ball off, which worked because the ball was finished talking, and the bandit stuffed the ball back into the bag.
"What was that all about?" Nuriko asked. Tasuki shook his head like mad.
"I DON'T KNOW!!!!!" he yelled. He pointed at Hikari. "BUT SHE'S SLEEPING IN MY ROOM!!!!! STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!!!" Chichiri and Nuriko watched Tasuki yell at himself back and forth.
"Maybe Hikari was right. He does have mental problems, you know?" Chichiri scratched the back of his head.
"THAT'S IT!!! SHE'S SLEEPING IN MY ROOM! END DISCUSSION!" Tasuki marched off to where the rooms were. He stopped, and looked back at his friends.
"Uh. . .she's sleeping in your room, right Nuriko?" he asked with a blank look on his face. Nuriko crossed his arms, and shook his head, not wanting to stay up all night because Tasuki was fighting with his other self, or maybe with a little Kouji with Devil Horns, while a Tamahome with Angel Wings was trying to talk him out of it.
Tasuki grumbled about everything not being fair, and why he was stuck guarding a weakling. He just never gets a room to himself anymore. Even as a kid, one of his five older sisters would barge in and trash the room.
'Ah, I can't sleep.' He thought to himself. Tasuki got up and walked out of the room. He went outside, and saw it stopped raining. Then, he saw one of his favorite places to go to. The bandit walked in.
"Wow, they actually talk about Tasuki!" Taka laughed.
Hikari woke up, relieved that it wasn't raining. She got out of the room, and wondered how she got in the hotel. Then she thought that the party found a town and a place to stay. She rubbed her eyes, and started walking. A nearby door opened and out peaked Nuriko. He had been awake when Tasuki went out.
"Hey, Hikari, what are you doing out of bed?" the warrior asked. Hikari looked back, and saw it was Nuriko, and shrugged.
"I dunno. I feel like going outside, I guess." She answered.
"I bet your looking for Tasuki, huh?"
"Heck no!!! Who would want to look for that guy?!" Hikari yelled.
"Oh, you would once you find out that the poor guy was worried about you during the storm, and volunteered to keep an eye on you." Nuriko grinned. The younger girl turned starry eyed.
"Really?!"
Nuriko nodded, still grinning. Hikari then straightened up and put on a serious look.
"I mean. . .where is he? I want to know some sense into that brain of his!"
"He walked into that bar across the street." Nuriko answered. Hikari started whining and hung her arms.
"I'm too young to drink!!!" she cried. Then, Nuriko had another idea.
"Stay there." The man shut the door, and came out again. "don't worry, you don't have to drink! I'll come with you to let you in." Hikari lightened up.
"Thanks, Nuriko!" she said.
There was a guard at the door. He stopped Nuriko and Hikari before they went in. Hikari was about to speak, but Nuriko stopped the girl.
"My little sister's fiance is in there!" he said. Hikari's jaw dropped.
'What in the world. . .?" the girl thought to herself.
The guard sighed and let the two through. After they went in, Hikari looked at Nuriko.
"Listen, I know your strong, smart, and have a sense of humor, but really, fiance? Come on!" she said. Nuriko.
"Hey, would there be any other way to go in?" he asked. The girl raised an eyebrow.
"Fine, but please, don't do anything embarrassing." She said with a sigh. Nuriko chuckled.
"Tamahome used to go to pubs at the age of seventeen!" he said. Hikari gasped.
"Under-age?!"
After walking to the counter, Nuriko spotted Tasuki sitting on a chair.
"Yo, Tasuki!" he called. The bandit jumped up, and saw his friend and Hikari. He ran over to them.
"What are you doing here?!" he asked. Nuriko placed a hand on Hikari's head and chuckled a bit.
"She was worried."
"I was not!!!" Hikari yelled. "who would be worried about him?!"
"You would," Nuriko answered.
"No I wouldn't!"
"Anyway. . ." Nuriko began, ". . .we came here to pick you up!"
"I can't sleep, though!" Tasuki whined. Then Nuriko started talking in a loud voice.
"Oh please! My little sister is worried about her husband-to-be!" he said. Hikari smacked Nuriko's arm.
"Not that junk again!!!" she yelled. Tasuki stood there with a blank face.
"Um. . .okay. . .uh. . .what?" he asked. Hikari glared at the bandit.
"It's either come back, or come face-to-face with my iron baseball bat!" she ordered. Tasuki jumped and grabbed Nuriko and the girl.
"Um. . let's go, ne?" he gulped. Hikari gave Nuriko a thumbs up.
"Works every time," she whispered.
"Ehehehe?" Nuriko laughed a bit and sighed.
Taka laughed. "Iron baseball bat? She actually brought that with her? AHAHA!!"
"Come on, Taka. What if she actually used it?" Miaka asked. Taka stopped laughing.
"Hm, I don't know."
The three reached the hotel, and Hikari gave a thumbs up to show that Tasuki was safe. Tasuki sighed in relief.
"Wow, the sun is rising already?" Nuriko looked at a window where bright light was shown. Tasuki sat down and yawned.
"I'm tired." He sighed. Chichiri walked out of his room and saw the group.
"Wow, up already?" he asked.
"Actually," Nuriko began, "he has been up all night at a bar."
"Yeah, and I forced him to get out using my iron baseball bat!" Hikari let out a big smile. "uh. . .I'm hungry. Where can we eat?"
"No where! You eat twice as fast as Miaka, and you always wonder where the desert is after you already ate it!" Tasuki yelled, looking like he was fully awake.
"There's a restaurant nearby, you know." Chichiri said. Hikari ran out the door, looking for the restaurant.
"Where are we going to get the money to pay for the food?" Tasuki asked. Chichiri paused.
"Ummm. . .I dunno."
Hikari came back in, with a blank look on her face.
"I couldn't find it." She whined.
"I put a magic barrier around the restaurant so she couldn't see it just in time, you know." Chichiri whispered to Nuriko.
On their way to the horses, Nuriko told Chichiri what happened that night.
"Little sister?" the monk asked.
"AHAHAHAHA!! I know! They totally fell for it!" Nuriko laughed.
"Heehee. So, worried, huh?" Tasuki grinned.
"Shut up, or meet the wrath of my iron baseball bat." Hikari glared.
By the time the group reached the horses, the crystal ball inside Hikari's bag started glowing. The girl got it out.
"Town to the West? What does that mean?" she asked.
"I think it means the next town, which is in the north, you know." Chichiri answered.
"Wwaaaaahhhhh, I'm tired of these 'cities to the whatever direction'!" Tasuki whined. "I think I'll puke if I hear another word about north, south, east, or west."
"North." Hikari said.
"AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!" the bandit growled.
"Seems more like anger than sickness, Baka." The younger girl snickered.
"It seems no matter what, those two fight," Nuriko sighed. Chichiri nodded in response.
The group rode to a very small village in the west.
"It's no more than a tiny village? How come the crystal ball said town?" Hikari asked.
People were working on fields, rice farms, markets, and children were playing outside. The group looked around, wondering what to do next.
"It's like we're totally helpless without whatever the magic ball says!" Tasuki said.
"I know," Chichiri answered. He looked at Hikari, "is it saying anything yet?" the girl just shook her head.
"Plus, I'm hungry." She sighed.
"Shut up about your stomach and pay attention to the crystal ball." Tasuki ordered.
"You're not the boss of me!!" Hikari glared.
"Oh yeah? Then what are you going to do with that non-thinkable brain of yours, huh?"
"What did you mean by that?!"
"It's never another day without those two fighting." Chichiri said. "and it used to be so peaceful, you know." Nuriko shrugged.
"At least I'm not the one who drinks under-age!!!" Hikari yelled.
"What do you care!!??? You're not the one suffering as the youngest boy of a family with five older sisters!!!" Nuriko sighed once again at the mindless fight. He walked between the two.
"Come on, Guys. We're here so that Hikari can go back to her reality, not to cause a scene." Tasuki and Hikari looked around, and saw that people were staring.
"This is all your fault!!" Hikari yelled.
"No it wasn't!!!" Tasuki yelled back. Hikari got the iron baseball bat from her bag.
"Uh oh, that isn't good, you know." Chichiri shivered. Tasuki gulped.
"Um. . .Hikari? You can put that away now. . ." Nuriko said. Hikari decided she didn't want to stain her baseball bat with blood, so she put it away.
"Let's go!" she called. Tasuki sat on the ground, a big sigh of relief that he is alive right now.
"Thanks, Nuriko." He said.
"No, problem!"
Hikari came running back to the group with the crystal ball in her hand.
"It's saying something, Guys!!" she yelled.
"It says. . .y-youkai?!" Tasuki grabbed the ball and looked at it closely. The word didn't change.
"What's up, Gen-chan?" Hikari asked.
"Gen-chan?" Chichiri and Nuriko looked at the girl with weird looks on their faces.
". . .I mean! I meant Tasuki!!" she hit herself lightly on the head. "what am I thinking? Ehehe?"
The crystal ball changed, and an arrow pointed back to the horses. The group walked, and the crystal ball started floating into one of the saddlebags. Hikari reached in and picked out a hairpin.
"What's a hairpin have to do with going back?" she asked. Tasuki wondered why it looked so familiar, and then he figured it out. His eyes widened and he grabbed the hairpin.
"Th-this is. . .h-her. . .ha-hair pin!" he stuttered. The group looked at him with confused eyes. Tears spilled out of the bandit's eyes.
"Sh-she's dead! S-she died. . .at the age of fourteen! Ma-many y- years ag-ago!" Tasuki fell to the ground, and cried out loud.
So, what do you think of the chapter? I will continue if you readers out there review!! Yeah, that's right! It's the little blue button at the bottom-left side of the screen. Click it, and review!!!
By: finalfantasys-child
Wah! I saw the 2nd OVA today! Except, I typed the chapter last night so. . . I found that Hikari was a boy (or at least he sounded like one Oo) I like the Omake or Fushigi Akugi they have at the end of every episode!
Kid who looks & sounds like Tasuki: Papa! Mama! Look! The stars are looking down at us!
Taka: glare Are you sure nothing happened in the bar that night?
Miaka: Oh shove it. (or something like that ;)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fushigi Yugi, if I did, I would have enough money to buy my own DVDs for once.
Chapter II
Lightning, Baseball Bats and. . .FOOD!!!
Tasuki sat on his horse holding an icepack to his head.
"Stupid brat. . ." he muttered. Hikari glared at him.
"Hm? Did you say something?"
"No."
"Good, because I have a bat that's made of solid iron." Tasuki gulped. While the two were fighting, Nuriko and Chichiri put down camp.
"They're still fighting about the bat incident. . ." Nuriko sighed. Chichiri nodded.
"They're worse than Nakago and all the other Seiryu Seishi put together, you know?" behind them, Tasuki cussed at Hikari, and Hikari started slowly walking towards the bandit with the iron baseball bat hidden behind her.
"Come on guys. Time to find Mitsukake." Chichiri interrupted. Hikari stopped what she was doing, and climbed onto a horse (or at least tried).
"Hurry up, would ya?!" Tasuki yelled. The girl glared at him.
"Hey, at least I don't get beat up by a horse, Mr. I-Love-My-Harisen- More-Than-Humans-and-If-It-Gets-Scratched-You-Will-Die." She said. Tasuki growled.
"Shut up!!" he flamed. Hikari snickered.
"We should go now, you know." Chichiri said, trying to calm the two down before someone got hurt.
After several minutes of fighting, Nuriko hurled a boulder at them, hoping they would notice. The two did, and quickly jumped out of the way.
"WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL US??!!" Tasuki fumed.
"It's about time to go now." Nuriko said, patting dust off his sleeves. "we were ready ages ago."
The group got on their horses, and trotted away to Mitsukake's village. Hikari sat there with her arms crossed like a spoiled little kid who didn't get candy. Tasuki sat behind her, with the same look on his face. The two were silent through most of the journey.
"Wow, those two sure are quiet, you know?" Chichiri said to Nuriko. The strong seishi sighed happily.
"Yes, they always fight over the littlest things, quite the lover's spat." He said. Tasuki and Hikari glared at him.
"WE ARE NOT HAVING A LOVER'S SPAT!!!!!" They both yelled in unison.
"No need to get mad about it." Nuriko snorted. The group traveled silent again, but then Hikari saw something up ahead. She pointed.
"Hey, Guys! I think I see a village up ahead!" she yelled.
"That must be the village Mitsukake lives in, you know?" Chichiri said.
The group reached the village, and got off the horses. They walked in, and found it was a little crowded.
"Wow! There are lots of people here!" Hikari exclaimed looking around.
"Yeah, if there were anymore, we wouldn't be walking right now." Tasuki said, placing his hands behind his head.
"Back at home, on busy days, kids aren't allowed to go outside because there were too many people." Hikari nodded her head as she spoke. Nuriko leaned over to Chichiri.
"Wow, I cant's believe it. They're finally agreeing." He said.
"No one's askin' fer your personal life stories, Brat!" Tasuki yelled. "Take back what I said," Nuriko mumbled. Chichiri calmed the two down.
"We have to find Mitsukake, you know? Stop fighting, or I'll say it." He said.
"Fine." Tasuki and Hikari said, both crossing their arms and looking away from each other with a 'hmpf'.
The group asked people around if they knew anyone who could heal with magic. One said he lived in a small cottage up on a hill, with his cat.
"Aw, man! Don't tell me that he's a crab again!" Tasuki whined.
"I think you mean 'hermit', you know." Chichiri corrected. In the backround, Hikari's snickering could be heard.
The party walked to the east direction of where the hill was. They spotted a small cottage, and a man watering flowers. The man looked back.
"Yo! Mitsukake!" Tasuki called. The man waved and walked to the group.
"Long time, no see, you know?" Chichiri said.
"So he isn't a crab after all." Tasuki mumbled. Of course, there's the "snicker snicker" coming from Hikari.
"We came here to introduce Hikari, you know?" Chichiri stated.
"Hikari?"
"Yeah, Taka and Miaka's daughter." Nuriko said. Mitsukake was shocked.
"Two years and this old?!"
"Sixteen years in the other reality, you know."
"Ah."
"Where's Tama?" Chichiri asked, looking around. Just then, a white cat that looked like a mini version of Chichiri (closed eyes, looking happy) came walking up.
"Oh, that's a cat?! So cute!!!" Hikari squealed. "I love cats!!!" the others sweat dropped as the girl picked up Tama and started petting him and talking to him.
"So. . .she's a cat lover. . ." Mitsukake said.
"Seems so," Nuriko laughed. Hikari sat on the ground and kept petting Tama.
Hikari was introduced to all of the seishi, but still didn't know how to go to her world. Chichiri found out that maybe Hikari had to do something, like Miaka had to fulfill her role as priestess twelve years ago. But what should Hikari do?
"Maybe it has something to do with Tasuki? Those two are always fighting like a married couple." Nuriko said.
"We do not!!" Tasuki yelled, Hikari nodded with her arms crossed.
"See? They're admitting it, too." The strong seishi said sitting down, resting his chin on one hand.
Just then, there was a small poof, and pink smoke. An old lady with a green, yellow, white, and red robe appeared, and Tasuki freaked.
"Why do you always pop up in the unexpected, Old Hag?!" he cried.
"You have no right to call me that."
"Taiitskun, what are you doing here? Nuriko asked.
"It's about the girl." The old woman spoke.
"What about Hikari?" Chichiri looked at Taiitskun.
"Is it Tasuki's fault that I'm here?!" Hikari yelled pointing at the bandit.
"Why is everything my fault?!!?" Tasuki glared at the girl. She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Because it is."
Nuriko walked over to Taiitskun.
"Sorry about all this, they've been fighting, probably ever since they met." He apologized.
"I have been watching ever since the girl came here. Answer to her question is both yes and no." Taiitskun answered. Tasuki's jaw dropped, as he and Hikari stopped quarrelling.
"Why is it 'yes' and 'no'?" Hikari asked. Taiitskun laughed.
"You really are one to ask questions," she said, "but be careful, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat." Hikari screamed in horror.
"It killed the cat?!" she cried. The old woman cleared her throat.
"I meant, curiosity killed Tasuki." Tasuki glared. Hikari sat up.
"Why is it 'yes' and 'no'?" she asked again.
"That is for you to find out, child." Taiitskun answered, and disappeared in a puff of smoke, but then came back.
"What do you want now, Old Lady?" Tasuki asked. The old woman glared at the bandit.
"I'll give you something to help," she said, and another puff of pink smoke appeared. In Hikari's hands was a crystal ball.
"What's this for, Taiitskun?" she asked.
"It tells you what you have to do, sometimes it can be stingy and not tell you." The woman answered, and disappeared.
"What did she mean by that?" Tasuki whined.
"Maybe the crystal ball will tell us where to go." Hikari answered, looking at the large jewel laid in her hands.
Taka and Miaka sat there, reading what was happening to their daughter. Miaka sighed.
"I hope she doesn't get hurt," she said.
"Let's just keep reading, and hope for the better." Taka answered closing his eyes.
"Is the crystal ball saying anything?" Tasuki asked.
"No, not yet." Hikari answered with a yawn.
"Hmpf. Peace of junk."
"Hm, it's getting late, you know?" Chichiri said, looking at the dimming sky. "this doesn't really look like a good place to stay."
"Well I'm not tired! We'll keep going and search for a good place to stop!" Tasuki yelled like he wanted to be a hero.
Thunder was heard far away, and frightened Hikari. It started raining, and lighting flashed in the dark clouds that drew nearer and nearer. A loud BOOM shook the ground, and Hikari covered her ears in fright. Tasuki noticed the situation.
"Hey, don't tell me yer just afraid of a little thunder." He said.
". . .Are we. . .near a. . .town yet?" Hikari asked in a frightened voice.
"I don't think so, you know." Chichiri answered. "what's wrong?"
"N-nothing. . ." Hikari put her hands down. It kept raining, and Hikari winced every time thunder was heard.
"It's still raining." Nuriko said. Everyone was soaked.
"I don't think it's stopping, you know." Chichiri looked up. "we have to find a good spot to stay, you know."
"Hey, Hikari's unusually being quiet. What's up?" Tasuki asked.
"I-it's nothing, really." The girl answered in a low voice.
"Hm, okay." The bandit shrugged. Just then, a very loud boom of thunder made Hikari shreak, and cover her ears again.
"Hey, are you going to be all right?" Nuriko asked.
No answer.
"Hikari?" Tasuki looked down at the girl. "she's been shocked so bad she got knocked out!"
"That girl must really be scared, you know?" Chichiri said.
Just then, in Hikari's bag (I know, I didn't say she brought one, but she had one with her), the crystal ball glowed. Tasuki reached in the bag, and took it out.
"Hm, it says town up north." He said. "what does that mean?"
"We are heading north of Kounan, you know." Chichiri answered. "maybe it's talking about the Genbu village." Hikari still sat there, not moving an inch.
"But. . .isn't it supposed to get colder?" Nuriko asked.
"That strikes me kind of odd, you know?"
"We better get there fast, and find a hotel." Tasuki rubbed his nose.
The party finally got to the Town of Genbu (I think that's the name, I just forgot), and got off their horses. Nuriko helped Hikari walk, because she was still holding her ears.
"I found a place to stay at, you know?" Chichiri said, pointing at a small hotel.
"I'm sorry, but we only have three rooms available." The desk clerk apologized.
"Three rooms?" Nuriko asked.
"What do we do now?" Tasuki let out a big sigh.
"We get those rooms, you know. Which on is Hikari going to sleep in?" Chichiri scratched his chin.
"In my room because I was a woman once." Nuriko said.
"Good idea! Let's get goin'!" Tasuki pounded his fist into his other hand. Just then in Hikari's bag (which Tasuki was carrying), the crystal ball started glowing again. Tasuki got it out, and on it said, 'No.'
"What the. . .what in the name of Suzaku does that mean?!" Tasuki growled. Then the letters changed and said, 'Reirei.' Tasuki gasped.
"Who's Reirei?" Chichiri asked. The bandit stuttered a bit then found out what he was going to say.
"I-I don't know." He put the ball back, or at least tried, but it stuck to his hand, having more to say.
The words changed to 'Gen-chan'.
"GEN-CHAN??!!!!" Tasuki shrieked. He used his other hand to get the ball off, which worked because the ball was finished talking, and the bandit stuffed the ball back into the bag.
"What was that all about?" Nuriko asked. Tasuki shook his head like mad.
"I DON'T KNOW!!!!!" he yelled. He pointed at Hikari. "BUT SHE'S SLEEPING IN MY ROOM!!!!! STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!!!" Chichiri and Nuriko watched Tasuki yell at himself back and forth.
"Maybe Hikari was right. He does have mental problems, you know?" Chichiri scratched the back of his head.
"THAT'S IT!!! SHE'S SLEEPING IN MY ROOM! END DISCUSSION!" Tasuki marched off to where the rooms were. He stopped, and looked back at his friends.
"Uh. . .she's sleeping in your room, right Nuriko?" he asked with a blank look on his face. Nuriko crossed his arms, and shook his head, not wanting to stay up all night because Tasuki was fighting with his other self, or maybe with a little Kouji with Devil Horns, while a Tamahome with Angel Wings was trying to talk him out of it.
Tasuki grumbled about everything not being fair, and why he was stuck guarding a weakling. He just never gets a room to himself anymore. Even as a kid, one of his five older sisters would barge in and trash the room.
'Ah, I can't sleep.' He thought to himself. Tasuki got up and walked out of the room. He went outside, and saw it stopped raining. Then, he saw one of his favorite places to go to. The bandit walked in.
"Wow, they actually talk about Tasuki!" Taka laughed.
Hikari woke up, relieved that it wasn't raining. She got out of the room, and wondered how she got in the hotel. Then she thought that the party found a town and a place to stay. She rubbed her eyes, and started walking. A nearby door opened and out peaked Nuriko. He had been awake when Tasuki went out.
"Hey, Hikari, what are you doing out of bed?" the warrior asked. Hikari looked back, and saw it was Nuriko, and shrugged.
"I dunno. I feel like going outside, I guess." She answered.
"I bet your looking for Tasuki, huh?"
"Heck no!!! Who would want to look for that guy?!" Hikari yelled.
"Oh, you would once you find out that the poor guy was worried about you during the storm, and volunteered to keep an eye on you." Nuriko grinned. The younger girl turned starry eyed.
"Really?!"
Nuriko nodded, still grinning. Hikari then straightened up and put on a serious look.
"I mean. . .where is he? I want to know some sense into that brain of his!"
"He walked into that bar across the street." Nuriko answered. Hikari started whining and hung her arms.
"I'm too young to drink!!!" she cried. Then, Nuriko had another idea.
"Stay there." The man shut the door, and came out again. "don't worry, you don't have to drink! I'll come with you to let you in." Hikari lightened up.
"Thanks, Nuriko!" she said.
There was a guard at the door. He stopped Nuriko and Hikari before they went in. Hikari was about to speak, but Nuriko stopped the girl.
"My little sister's fiance is in there!" he said. Hikari's jaw dropped.
'What in the world. . .?" the girl thought to herself.
The guard sighed and let the two through. After they went in, Hikari looked at Nuriko.
"Listen, I know your strong, smart, and have a sense of humor, but really, fiance? Come on!" she said. Nuriko.
"Hey, would there be any other way to go in?" he asked. The girl raised an eyebrow.
"Fine, but please, don't do anything embarrassing." She said with a sigh. Nuriko chuckled.
"Tamahome used to go to pubs at the age of seventeen!" he said. Hikari gasped.
"Under-age?!"
After walking to the counter, Nuriko spotted Tasuki sitting on a chair.
"Yo, Tasuki!" he called. The bandit jumped up, and saw his friend and Hikari. He ran over to them.
"What are you doing here?!" he asked. Nuriko placed a hand on Hikari's head and chuckled a bit.
"She was worried."
"I was not!!!" Hikari yelled. "who would be worried about him?!"
"You would," Nuriko answered.
"No I wouldn't!"
"Anyway. . ." Nuriko began, ". . .we came here to pick you up!"
"I can't sleep, though!" Tasuki whined. Then Nuriko started talking in a loud voice.
"Oh please! My little sister is worried about her husband-to-be!" he said. Hikari smacked Nuriko's arm.
"Not that junk again!!!" she yelled. Tasuki stood there with a blank face.
"Um. . .okay. . .uh. . .what?" he asked. Hikari glared at the bandit.
"It's either come back, or come face-to-face with my iron baseball bat!" she ordered. Tasuki jumped and grabbed Nuriko and the girl.
"Um. . let's go, ne?" he gulped. Hikari gave Nuriko a thumbs up.
"Works every time," she whispered.
"Ehehehe?" Nuriko laughed a bit and sighed.
Taka laughed. "Iron baseball bat? She actually brought that with her? AHAHA!!"
"Come on, Taka. What if she actually used it?" Miaka asked. Taka stopped laughing.
"Hm, I don't know."
The three reached the hotel, and Hikari gave a thumbs up to show that Tasuki was safe. Tasuki sighed in relief.
"Wow, the sun is rising already?" Nuriko looked at a window where bright light was shown. Tasuki sat down and yawned.
"I'm tired." He sighed. Chichiri walked out of his room and saw the group.
"Wow, up already?" he asked.
"Actually," Nuriko began, "he has been up all night at a bar."
"Yeah, and I forced him to get out using my iron baseball bat!" Hikari let out a big smile. "uh. . .I'm hungry. Where can we eat?"
"No where! You eat twice as fast as Miaka, and you always wonder where the desert is after you already ate it!" Tasuki yelled, looking like he was fully awake.
"There's a restaurant nearby, you know." Chichiri said. Hikari ran out the door, looking for the restaurant.
"Where are we going to get the money to pay for the food?" Tasuki asked. Chichiri paused.
"Ummm. . .I dunno."
Hikari came back in, with a blank look on her face.
"I couldn't find it." She whined.
"I put a magic barrier around the restaurant so she couldn't see it just in time, you know." Chichiri whispered to Nuriko.
On their way to the horses, Nuriko told Chichiri what happened that night.
"Little sister?" the monk asked.
"AHAHAHAHA!! I know! They totally fell for it!" Nuriko laughed.
"Heehee. So, worried, huh?" Tasuki grinned.
"Shut up, or meet the wrath of my iron baseball bat." Hikari glared.
By the time the group reached the horses, the crystal ball inside Hikari's bag started glowing. The girl got it out.
"Town to the West? What does that mean?" she asked.
"I think it means the next town, which is in the north, you know." Chichiri answered.
"Wwaaaaahhhhh, I'm tired of these 'cities to the whatever direction'!" Tasuki whined. "I think I'll puke if I hear another word about north, south, east, or west."
"North." Hikari said.
"AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!" the bandit growled.
"Seems more like anger than sickness, Baka." The younger girl snickered.
"It seems no matter what, those two fight," Nuriko sighed. Chichiri nodded in response.
The group rode to a very small village in the west.
"It's no more than a tiny village? How come the crystal ball said town?" Hikari asked.
People were working on fields, rice farms, markets, and children were playing outside. The group looked around, wondering what to do next.
"It's like we're totally helpless without whatever the magic ball says!" Tasuki said.
"I know," Chichiri answered. He looked at Hikari, "is it saying anything yet?" the girl just shook her head.
"Plus, I'm hungry." She sighed.
"Shut up about your stomach and pay attention to the crystal ball." Tasuki ordered.
"You're not the boss of me!!" Hikari glared.
"Oh yeah? Then what are you going to do with that non-thinkable brain of yours, huh?"
"What did you mean by that?!"
"It's never another day without those two fighting." Chichiri said. "and it used to be so peaceful, you know." Nuriko shrugged.
"At least I'm not the one who drinks under-age!!!" Hikari yelled.
"What do you care!!??? You're not the one suffering as the youngest boy of a family with five older sisters!!!" Nuriko sighed once again at the mindless fight. He walked between the two.
"Come on, Guys. We're here so that Hikari can go back to her reality, not to cause a scene." Tasuki and Hikari looked around, and saw that people were staring.
"This is all your fault!!" Hikari yelled.
"No it wasn't!!!" Tasuki yelled back. Hikari got the iron baseball bat from her bag.
"Uh oh, that isn't good, you know." Chichiri shivered. Tasuki gulped.
"Um. . .Hikari? You can put that away now. . ." Nuriko said. Hikari decided she didn't want to stain her baseball bat with blood, so she put it away.
"Let's go!" she called. Tasuki sat on the ground, a big sigh of relief that he is alive right now.
"Thanks, Nuriko." He said.
"No, problem!"
Hikari came running back to the group with the crystal ball in her hand.
"It's saying something, Guys!!" she yelled.
"It says. . .y-youkai?!" Tasuki grabbed the ball and looked at it closely. The word didn't change.
"What's up, Gen-chan?" Hikari asked.
"Gen-chan?" Chichiri and Nuriko looked at the girl with weird looks on their faces.
". . .I mean! I meant Tasuki!!" she hit herself lightly on the head. "what am I thinking? Ehehe?"
The crystal ball changed, and an arrow pointed back to the horses. The group walked, and the crystal ball started floating into one of the saddlebags. Hikari reached in and picked out a hairpin.
"What's a hairpin have to do with going back?" she asked. Tasuki wondered why it looked so familiar, and then he figured it out. His eyes widened and he grabbed the hairpin.
"Th-this is. . .h-her. . .ha-hair pin!" he stuttered. The group looked at him with confused eyes. Tears spilled out of the bandit's eyes.
"Sh-she's dead! S-she died. . .at the age of fourteen! Ma-many y- years ag-ago!" Tasuki fell to the ground, and cried out loud.
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