Hikari's Light
By: finalfantasys-child

sigh I. . .I dunno what to say! I. . .I don't know what in Konan I am talking about. . .

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fushigi Yugi, Fushigi Akugi, or any of it's characters, keep that in mind!! MUAAHAHAHAHA!!! A. . .A CHOO!!!!! All this stress is making me vulnerable to colds. (I did not own that line either)

CHAPTER 4

Hikari's World and Back Again

"AAAIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!" Hikari ran down stairs, trailing dirt and dust behind her.
"WHAT DID I DO?!?!" Tasuki yelled, hiding behind the couch.
"NOTHING!!" Hikari answered. "ONLY THAT YOU PICKED A GOOD TIME NOT TO WAKE ME UP BY NOT FREAKING ME OUT!!!!"
"Ah, those two always fight, don't they?" Miaka asked, placing a hand on her cheek.
"Yep, they are quite lively." Taka answered.
"Lively?"
Hikari was standing on Tasuki's back, pulling on his arms.
"AAAHH!! NOO!!! HURTS!! PLEASE STOP!!! NNOOO!!!!"
"Um, Hikari? You don't want to be late, do you?" Miaka asked. Hikari stopped what she was doing.
"Awwww! But someone has to keep an eye ON THIS TROUBLE MAKER!!!" Hikari resumed to pull Tasuki's arms off.
"But. . .you've never been late." Taka crossed his arms.
"Can't Tasuki just put on a school uniform and come to school to?" Hikari whined. Miaka shook her head. "hmpf. Fine." Taka started to sniff the air. "W-what's that horrible odor?!" he asked, quickly covering his nose. Everyone glared at Tasuki.
"W-what? Wasn't me!!" he shook his arms everywhere. Hikari sniffed, and pointed.
"It's coming from the kitchen!" she yelled.
"Oh yeah! I forgot to put the fish back in the fridge last night!" Miaka said (Uh, I don't know if that could happen, but. . .I'm just a kid).
"Oh no! School!" Hikari shrieked. She quickly put on her shoes, and ran outside.
"Um, Hikari dear? Aren't you forgetting something?" Miaka asked.
"Food!"
"Eh? That too, but uh. . .you're still in your jammies."
"Oh."

"Hikari! Hey, I tried calling last night, but no one was there." Hikari's friend, Minami, waved.
"Oh, that's because. . .um, uh. . .I was out." Hikari answered, hoping that not telling her best friend about the Universe of the Four Gods was the right thing to do. Minami grinned.
"So. . .who is he?" the girl nudged her friend.
"W-who?"
"Come on, you can tell me. I promise I won't tell."
"Minami, it's no one, I was at the library!"
"Still got to get your grades up, huh?"
"Yeah."

"TAAASSSSUUUUKKKIIII!!!!!!" Taka called. He sighed. "it's no use, I can't find him anywhere!"
"He sure does run off when he's not supposed to." Miaka said, nodding to herself.

"I can't stay in one boring spot forever, you know!" Tasuki grinned. He looked around. "plus. . .is there something on my face? Why is everyone staring?"

"OOOOYYAAA!!!!! I love P.E.!" Hikari smiled.
"Maybe that's why you're so hyper." Minami said. They were on P.E. grounds, it was class time.
"Sukunami! Himuro! Ten laps! Go!"
"This is why I love P.E. I get to run! WWHHEEEE!!!!!" Hikari ran around the grounds.
"I admire her ability to run. . ." Minami said quietly to herself.
"HIMURO!!! MOVE IT!!!"
"Hai! Yes, Ma'am!"

"Hmmm, I know I saw her run this way. . .is this school?" Tasuki saw a long fence surrounding a big building. 'Reminds me of the capital.' The bandit walked over to the fence, and looked around. He figured that spying, in this world, was against the law, and decided to climb behind the tall tree nearby.

"Finished the fifteenth lap, Ma'am!" Hikari announced.
"But. . .I only asked for ten."
"I know!" then Hikari spotted Tasuki on the fence, looking around. 'W- Wha?"
"I think, Sukunami, since you're the best runner, I think you should rest."
"Yes, Ma'am! I feel a bit tired!"
Hikari ran over to the shade, near the fence where Tasuki was.
"WHAT ARE you DOING here?!?!?!?!" Hikari asked, crossing her arms. The bandit shrugged.
"Hm, I dunno. It is too boring over there, you know." He answered.
"But that doesn't give you the right to march off like an unharmed soldier with no notice!"
"Jeez, sorry grandma."
"Hey! I am what? Sixteen? And you're what? Late twenties? You have no right, Old Fart."
"Why. . .you. . .BRAT!" Tasuki growled between his clenched teeth.
"Hey, Hikari! Who are you talking to?" Minami ran up. Hikari turned to her friend with a 'hmpf'.
"Nobody!" the girl answered, and walked off.
"That's guy's gotta be somebody! Hikari! Wait up!"

"Ah, I'll tell you about it later, okay? See ya, Minami!" Hikari waved to her friend, and walked home. The girl sighed, hoping that nobody else besides Minami noticed Tasuki.
After several minutes, Hikari made it to her house. Sitting on the steps was Tasuki, in a new outfit (I don't feel like doing details, so if you haven't seen OAV 2, go on Google. Yahoo! Image search and search Tasuki OAV 2 or somethin' like that). Tasuki looked up.
"He, I found these near that book, I tried them on and now I am nineteen again." He said.
"Young again, huh?" Hikari studied the bandit.
"Well. . .your hair is shorter, that's for sure." The girl nodded to herself. "my friend thought you were a not so famous rockstar for some reason.
"A what?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot. You're from the old world, not like this world." Hikari walked passed him. "let's go inside, I heard it's going to rain soon."
"Oh. . .sure."

"AAAAAEEEEIIIII!!!! LET'S EAT!!!!" Hikari yelled with a fork in one hand, and a knife in the other.
"W-what's this yuck?" Tasuki asked. "why are there big chunks of meat in my noodles? Did you mess up on cooking again, Miaka?"
"Actually," Miaka began. "that's spaggetti and meatballs! It's really good, try it!"
"Okay. . .whatever."
"So Tasuki. Where were you all day?" Taka asked.
"I went to school!" Tasuki answered. "then I came back. That's about it."
"Where'd you get those new clothes?" Miaka said with a fork in her mouth.
"I found them near the book."
"Is that so? How'd they get there?"
"I dunno."
Hikari stood up from her seat.
"Hikari dear? Where are you going?" Miaka asked.
"Oh, I want to go into the back yard for some fresh air." Hikari answered, and then she walked out.

Hikari walked to the large pond that sat with a few gold fish. The girl sat on her knees and stuck her hand in the water. The fish quickly swam away, and Hikari giggled a bit.
"Yo."
Hikari jumped, and caught herself before she fell into the pond. She looked back.
"Tasuki. . ." the girl began. "DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!!!!"
"DON'T HURT ME, PLEEEAAAAASE!!!!!"

"This pond looks like the one in Konan." Tasuki said.
"Oh, you mean the one where my mom almost drowned in twice, and the one where that false priestess girl almost drowned herself because her dreams were shattered and she couldn't be with my dad and. . ."
"For a kid you like to talk a lot, don't ya?"
"Hey, I'm not a kid, you don't have the right to say that."
"First I call you Grandma 'No! You don't have the right to call me that!' and now it's kid." Tasuki shook his head. "what's wrong with ya?"
"I-I don't know." Hikari answered. She leaned over in the water and looked at her reflection. This time, it was her own.
'That girl isn't appearing.' She thought to herself. 'hm, must be shy.'
Hikari stood up.
"You're leader of the Mt. Reikaku Bandits, right?" Tasuki noded as an answer. "I believe. . .that you will stay leader. . .as long as you live!" Tasuki sat there.
'Huh? This reminds me of. . .Reirei?' he thought. He smiled to himself. 'she has some Reirei in her.' The bandit stood up.
"What brought that line up all of a sudden?" he asked, and placed his hand heavilly on Hikari's head. He grinned. "hmpf, I know why." The girl glared.
"I do not!" she yelled.
"Hahaha! Yer blushing! AHAHAHA!!!"
"Shut up." Hikari punched Tasuki in the arm, and looked at her reflection. She could tell it was barely raining, and smiled to herself. The girl walked towards the house.
"Let's get inside. It's raining."
"You said that last time, but with different words!"

"Tasuki! Hikari! The Universe of the Four Gods! The words are back!" Taka cheered.
"Maybe we can get back in the book!" Taka gave the book to Hikari, and the girl opened it. She started reading, but nothing happened.
"It's not working." She said. Tasuki grabbed the book.
"Yer reading at the wrong part! All this happened already!" he skid through the pages. "there we are!" the crimson light came back. Hikari and the bandit disappeared.

"I hear something, you know?" Chichiri said. Tasuki and Hikari fell from the sky.
"AAAHHHHH!!!!" they both fell into a pond. Tasuki opened his eyes while in the water.
'This looks like Konan's pond!' he thought. 'oh no! Where's Hikari!?' the bandit saw Hikari, awake and swimming. Tasuki sighed (or at least tried) in relief and swam to the surface.
"We found you!" Nuriko said running over to the two. The man stopped. "hey, Tasuki? You look younger."
"I know, is it because of my good looks (bling bling)?"
"Erm. . .no." Chichiri walked up. "where were you?"
"We found ourselves in my world!" Hikari exclaimed.
"We, huh?" Nuriko put his hands on his hips. "it used to be 'I'."
"Forget that!" Tasuki growled.

"Yeah! And that's not all! Hikari forgot all about that weapon o' hers!" Tasuki was telling Chichiri and Nuriko the story. At least, some of the truth. His friends sat there dumbfounded.
". . .Hikari?" Nuriko asked.
"Yes?"
"Tasuki said that you kept asking to marry him a billion times. Is that true?"
"THAT STUPID LITTLE. . . . !!!!!!" Hikari ran after Tasuki.
"What did I do?" the bandit asked.
"DON'T PLAY DUMB!! YOU STORY-CHANGING FREAK!!!!!"
"Freak? Come and say that to my face!"
"Fine. . .I'll say it. Freak."
"This'll go on forever, you know?" Chichiri sighed. Nuriko nodded.

Hikari stopped running. She stood by the pond and looked at her reflection. The girl. . . there's that girl again.
"That's Reirei!" Tasuki was standing behind the girl in shock.
"I'm sorry." Hikari apologized, but the voice wasn't Hikari's. It was much lighter, and sweeter. "You suffered so much, all these years. Genrou. . .I have come back." Tasuki was still in shock, and also happy.
'Reirei. . .Reirei's back!' he thought. At that, bright light with a form of a human girl walked out of Hikari, and Hikari fainted. The girl had black hair, tied in twin buns and she had hazel eyes (I think). I can't really explain her clothes (go here and look: http:members.xoom.virgilio.it/tasukinomiko/Anime/FY/Tasuki/Novel/GD- 59.jpg ).
"Hikari!" Nuriko yelled, running towards the group, with Chichiri running behind him. The girl gasped, then disappeared.
"Reirei! Wait!" Tasuki said, but she didn't come back.
"What happened to Hikari?" Chichiri asked.
"Um, I don't know!" Tasuki answered scratching the back of his head. "I think she fainted because she was hungry."
"Oh, how typical of her!" Nuriko said.

A half hour later, Hikari woke up, and found herself in one of the Konan Palace's rooms. Tasuki and Nuriko were sitting down on the floor napping, and Chichiri was off somewhere talking to Hotohori.
Hikari got out of the bed, and walke out of the room. Tasuki opened an eye, and followed her. The girl sensed she was being followed, and started running into the woods. The bandit lost sight of her, and gave up. He kept walking to where ever the direction he was going. Someone up ahead started walking towards Tasuki. The man squinted.
"Reirei!" he yelled. The figure ran up, and hugged the bandit.
"Genrou!" she said. "I came back! Sorry I took so long."
"I'll wait as long as I can." Tasuki paused. "why are you back from the dead?"
"Hey! I promised I would guard Mt. Reikaku with you, remember?"
"Oh yeah!"
Hikari was hiding behind one of the trees, her eyes wide. Tasuki was with that girl. . .from the mirror! And he's hugging her too?
'Can life get harder than it already is?' Hikari cried in her thoughts. She felt like crying out loud, plus she felt so bad she wanted to go home.
'Suzaku. . .please take me home!' Hikari yelled in her head. Suddenly the same crimson light appeared, and Tasuki's eyes turned to the tree.
'Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!' Hikari jumped from behind the tree, and ran away.
"Hikari! Wait!" Tasuki called. Reirei stood behind him, a look of disgust was hidden on her face. From far away, "TWO TIMER!!!" was heard from Hikari.
The girl kept running, the crimson light getting brighter.
'This is it. . .I am going home. . .' she thought. 'I will never see his face again!' Hikari disappeared, while tears were still flowing down her face.

Now it's time for: FUSHIGI AKUGI!!!

Nuriko: Number 1!

"Well. . .your hair is shorter, that's for sure." The girl nodded to herself. "my friend thought you were a hippee for some reason.
"A what?"
"Yup. She thought you were a highschool dropout who slept on other people's porches and all that."
"Um. . .excuse me. . ."
"Not only that, she thought that you and a bunch of other people slept in the same be-"
"I think you should stop now."

Tasuki: Number 2!

". . .Hikari?" Nuriko asked.
"Yes?"
"Tasuki said that you kept asking to marry him a billion times. Is that true?"
"Oh, yeas it is! You see, it was the other way around!"
"Huh?"
"Yup, then we had a huge wedding! The cake was delicious! I have pictures, see?"
"That looks like Miaka and Taka."
"I was jokin'!" Tasuki yelled.

Hikari: Number 3!

"Reirei!" he yelled. The figure ran up, and hugged the bandit.
"Genrou!" she said. "I came back! Sorry I took so long."
"Darn right you took so long! I shoved you out of my heart five years after you were dead!"
"Genrou?"
"WHAT?!"
"DIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!"

I know. . .my jokes aren't funny! Anyway, please review, and I will grant the wish of the update of another chappie!