Hikari's Light
By: finalfantasys-child
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Fushigi Yugi, why do you always bother me about it?! LEMME ALOOONNE!!!!
Chapter 4
Ghost
Hikari found herself in her room, on her bed. She rubbed her eyes, not crying anymore.
'Why do I feel this way?' she asked herself. The girl got up and walked out of the room. No one was home.
'No, I can't go back to that world now. It's all over. But, my role there isn't done yet, so. . .no! I will never go back!'
Hikari walked to the back yard, where the pond was, and sat down. She looked at her reflection in the water. She was ready to cry again.
'I. . .I want to go back though. I want to see. . .' the girl gasped. 'yeah. That's it. I'm. . .I'm in love. In love with. . .Tasuki.'
She brought her knees up to her chest and looked up at the dimming sky. The stars were appearing, one by one. Hikari looked for the Suzaku constellations.
"There's Tamahome, Chiriko, Mitsukake. . .Tasuki." the girl paused, and got up. She slowly walked into the house, where Miaka was in the kitchen with several bags of groceries.
"Hikari! What are you doing here?" she asked. Hikari couldn't hold back the tears. She ran to her mother with a hug, and started crying.
"I see." Miaka quietly said, and rubbed the girl in the back.
Chichiri jumped up.
"I can't sense Hikari's life force anymore, you know?!"
"What about Tasuki?" Nuriko asked, dropping some fried fish in shock.
"He's still here."
"Oh."
"Genrou? What are you going to do now?" Reirei asked. Tasuki shrugged. He put on a smile.
"Let's return to Mt. Reikaku." He answered. The younger girl jumped up. The two started walking, and a smirk appeared on Reirei's face.
'I lost to you before, Bandit. This time, you DIE.' She thought. 'I will kill you, that friend of yours, and all of the bandits. That tessen will be mine once again, like it had been decades ago.'
"Taka, Hikari has been stuck in her room since yesterday." Miaka said. "she's not even eating. What happened?"
"I want to figure that out, too." Taka answered, holding the Universe of the Four Gods.
"Maybe we should read it?" the woman sighed and took the book.
"We should."
"Genrou, look! There's the mountain!" Reirei pointed. They both ran towards Mt. Reikaku. Tasuki ran in first, then Reirei, but she got thrown back.
"Owww. . ." she whined.
"Reirei! What happened?" Tasuki asked.
"I think that the mountain thinks I'm evil because I was dead." Tasuki stood in thought. Then he had an idea.
"I'll bet that Kouji will be happy to see you! Be right back!" the bandit ran into Mt. Reikaku. The young girl sat up, her beautiful face turning into a demonice face with a huge scar crossing one half of her face.
"Stupid mountain. . ." she mumbled.
Hikari lay in bed. She stared up at the ceiling in a daze. She didn't care what happened anymore. She kept thinking that her soul was broken and nothing anyone would try would save her now. Suzaku must be punishing her, she kept thinking. But there was one thing she could never stop thinking of. There was Tasuki, and his attitude. She hated his guts, but then in time, she fell for him. Did he feel the same?
The girl sighed, and turned over. Yeah, staying in the same room for a long time with nothing to do is boring. Thinking is an exception. How would Tasuki even feel? He hated women, but what about that girl?
Hikari broke from her thoughts when there was a knock on her door.
"Hikari? There's something you need to know." It was Taka. "Tasuki, is in danger. That girl. . .is a demon."
His daughter shot up from the bed. She opened the door, and grabbed the book from his hands. Before getting a chance to read, even a letter, Hikari was sucked into the book, for the third time. Miaka sighed.
"And she didn't bother to bring extra clothes."
"I sence Hikari's life force!" Chichiri yelled. Once again, Nuriko dropped a fried fish in shock.
Hikari found herself near the Konan Palace. She looked around for Tasuki, cursing at herself on breaking the promise that she would never come back. She ran through the forest, not giving a second thought on where she was going.
"Hikari seems to be heading to Mt. Reikaku, you know?" Chichiri said. Nuriko gasped.
"Really? Maybe that's where Tasuki is?"
"I think so."
Tasuki walked out with Kouji, and Reirei stood up with a wide smile.
"Kouji!!" she cheered, jumping up and down.
"Reirei! You're alive!!"
"Yeah! I know! Isn't it great?"
"Yeah!"
'This could go on forever.' Tasuki thought to himself. Then the thought of Hikari flew through his mind.
Hikari kept running, not feeling tired yet. She had to save Tasuki, he had been deceived. She saw Mt. Reikaku up ahead.
"Reirei! What's it like being dead?" Kouji asked. The young girl shrugged.
"Oh, I don't know."
Just then, Hikari shot out of the forest, panting.
"Wha-? Hikari?" Tasuki asked, surprised.
"That girl. . .deceived you! She's actually a demon!" Hikari yelled. Kouji sniffed.
"That sweet smell! Dokuro!" he gasped.
"The youkai!" Tasuki took out his tessen. Reirei (or now Dokuro) laughed evilly.
"Don't think you can defeat me easilly!" the two bandits stopped, and looked at Hikari. Their eyes were glowing red, and they started walking towards the frightened girl. She backed away, turned, and ran as fast as she could. Hikari was still tired from running all the way here, so she wasn't as fast as she was supposed to be.
The girl heard Tasuki and Kouji coming closer, and closer. Hikari shut her eyes, not caring whether she would trip, or run into a tree.
"This is it. This is the end." She whispered. The girl was grabbed by the two bandits, and shoved to the ground. Tasuki slowly paced around Hikari, with an evil grin on his face.
"HIKARIII!!!!" Chichiri and Nuriko ran to the scene, Nuriko knocking out Tasuki and Kouji. The young girl got up.
"Hikari, are you all right?" Nuriko asked.
"Yeah. . .I'm fine." The younger girl answered, looking at the un- conscious Tasuki. She was glad that Nuriko and Chichiri raced onto the scene, or else something bad would have happened. The girl looked at Nuriko.
". . .I was scared." She said with tearful eyes. ". . .I was so scared. I didn't want to come back, but I had to warn Tasuki about the Youkai."
"Youkai?" Chichiri asked.
"A Youkai disguised as a girl." Hikari paused. "yeah, a Youkai disguised as a girl."
"Is that so?" Nuriko said, then Tasuki got up grumbling to himself.
"What happened?" he asked. "I remember when I was about to. . ."
"About to what?" Chichiri asked. The bandit shook his head.
"Nothin' any of us should ever know." He replied. He kicked at the un- conscious Kouji.
"Get yer lazy bum off the ground. Ya got bandits to take care of." He ordered. Kouji grumbled and got up.
"Genrou, what was gonna happen?" Kouji asked.
"Nothin' neither of us should know," Tasuki answered with a smile on his face. He pointed at Mt. Reikaku, and Kouji nodded. The blue haired man waved, and went back to the mountain.
"Let's go back to the Konan Palace, okay?" Nuriko said. The bandit shrugged, while Hikari hid behind the strong Suzaku seishi. Chichiri led the way, and they all walked back to the capital.
"Thank Suzaku she's safe!" Miaka sighed in relief.
"I outta take his head for that!!" Taka yelled.
"Don't be silly."
"Hiiiikaaaariii!!!!" Nuriko sang with a tray full of food. "time to eat!" the seishi walked in the girl's room.
"Thanks." Hikari was sitting on the bed with a brush in one hand. Nuriko placed the tray on the table.
"You have lots to be thankful for!" he said. "you have a room, people who care, and you better be thankful that we saved you!" Hikari smiled, with a sad look in her eyes.
"I guess your right." She looked down.
"What's up?" the seishi asked, sitting next to the girl. She shook her head.
"It's nothing, don't worry."
"Don't worry?" Nuriko got up and placed his hands on his hips. "this isn't the Hikari I know. The Hikari I know would never look sad! She would always have a happy smile on her face, and no matter what, she would eat the food the cooks were kind enough to make!"
Hikari looked up.
"I guess your right. Thanks Nuriko." She said.
"Good." Nuriko picked up the tray, and handed it to the young girl. "now eat up, or get sick!" the seishi walked out of the room, and quietly shut the door. Tasuki was leaning against the wal across the hallway.
"Did she say anything?" he asked. Nuriko shook his head.
"No, but she looked pretty sad."
"I see."
"Nothing to worry about. She'll get over it."
Hikari snuck out of her room, and to the pond. She liked the pond, for some reason, and liked it there. The girl stood at the edge.
"Don't tell me you're gonna drown yourself." Someone said. Hikari jumped, and looked back. It was Tasuki. The bandit walked over to the girl.
"I mean, come on! Miaka tried to, and got saved by Hotohori, while ten years later, a girl called Mayo tried, and was saved by Taka, what's up?!"
"Don't tell me, if I try to drown myself, you'll save me?" Hikari asked. Tasuki snorted.
"That's not what I meant!!"
"Then what?"
"I was just saying that if you try to drown yourself, you're just gonna end up failing it terribly." Tasuki crossed his arms. "I mean, that's the thing with this pond."
"Jeez, Tasuki. I never heard you so worried." Hikari said, sitting down. The bandit glared.
"Oh yeah? Well, I never imagined you coming to my rescue to show that Reirei was a fake!"
"Reirei, huh? I bet you just can't get her out of your mind."
"What do ya mean?!"
"Yeah, that's it. You love her. She's dead though. . ." Hikari trailed off. Tasuki clenched his fists.
"She's not dead!" he yelled.
"She is, she's dead because of the youkai." Tasuki sighed, and sat on the grass.
"I keep believing she would come back someday, I thought she really did today. I guess, I should stop, and go on."
Hikari got up and walked away.
"I think you should," she said. Tasuki ran in front of the girl.
"What's up?! You're not the same!" he yelled.
"I guess you're right." The girl answered. She walked passed the bandit. Still, he refused to let her leave.
"Hey, tell me. What's on your mind?" Tasuki asked, in a calmer tone. Hikari shook her head.
"Nothing." The bandit grabbed the girl by the shoulders.
"There can't be nothing on your head! There's gotta be something!" the bandit yelled.
"I. . .I can't help. . .I can't stop thinking. . .about. . ." Hikari paused.
"Huh?"
". . .about. ." the girl pushed Tasuki away. "it's nothing, I said it before." She walked away, and back into the Konan Palace. The bandit just stood there.
"About what?" he asked himself. "about who?"
That next morning, Hikari was herself. She walked to the dining room.
"Nuuuuriiiikoooo!" she sang with the same voice Nuriko sang in last night, "what's for breakfast?"
"You seem happy." Nuriko smiled. "let's see. . .there's. . .oh! Good morning Tasuki."
"G'mornin' Nuriko." Tasuki yawned. Hikari glanced at the bandit, and remembered what happened the night before. She looked away.
"Have a seat, you know." Chichiri said to Hikari. She jumped, then said okay. The girl sat in a chair, glad that she was away from a certain bandit.
That morning at breakfast, Hikari did eat a lot, but not a lot as she normally does. She just didn't seem hungry anymore.
The girl walked through the halls of the palace, and saw Tasuki waiting up ahead. She sped up, trying to get passed him, but the bandit grabbed her hand. He pulled the girl close to him.
"Tell me. . .who were you talking about last night?" he asked. Hikari didn't speak. "it was me, wasn't it?" the girl still didn't say anything. She was ready, she was ready to be rejected by someone she loved. Tasuki wrapped his arms around Hikari, which shocked the girl very much.
"Listen. . .I don't have those feelings for you. I hope you understand." He said. Hikari wiped her eyes, and broke away from the bandit. She smiled, and walked away.
Oh, gomen-nasai for anyone who wants to see another Fushigi Akugi. But it has been cancelled for this chapter because I just can't think of anything funny for some of the parts of the chapter. Hai, I'm very sorry starts bowing like Tasuki in the second OAV for forgiveness like crazy
Remember, review! Only a few more chapters, and this story will be done!
By: finalfantasys-child
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Fushigi Yugi, why do you always bother me about it?! LEMME ALOOONNE!!!!
Chapter 4
Ghost
Hikari found herself in her room, on her bed. She rubbed her eyes, not crying anymore.
'Why do I feel this way?' she asked herself. The girl got up and walked out of the room. No one was home.
'No, I can't go back to that world now. It's all over. But, my role there isn't done yet, so. . .no! I will never go back!'
Hikari walked to the back yard, where the pond was, and sat down. She looked at her reflection in the water. She was ready to cry again.
'I. . .I want to go back though. I want to see. . .' the girl gasped. 'yeah. That's it. I'm. . .I'm in love. In love with. . .Tasuki.'
She brought her knees up to her chest and looked up at the dimming sky. The stars were appearing, one by one. Hikari looked for the Suzaku constellations.
"There's Tamahome, Chiriko, Mitsukake. . .Tasuki." the girl paused, and got up. She slowly walked into the house, where Miaka was in the kitchen with several bags of groceries.
"Hikari! What are you doing here?" she asked. Hikari couldn't hold back the tears. She ran to her mother with a hug, and started crying.
"I see." Miaka quietly said, and rubbed the girl in the back.
Chichiri jumped up.
"I can't sense Hikari's life force anymore, you know?!"
"What about Tasuki?" Nuriko asked, dropping some fried fish in shock.
"He's still here."
"Oh."
"Genrou? What are you going to do now?" Reirei asked. Tasuki shrugged. He put on a smile.
"Let's return to Mt. Reikaku." He answered. The younger girl jumped up. The two started walking, and a smirk appeared on Reirei's face.
'I lost to you before, Bandit. This time, you DIE.' She thought. 'I will kill you, that friend of yours, and all of the bandits. That tessen will be mine once again, like it had been decades ago.'
"Taka, Hikari has been stuck in her room since yesterday." Miaka said. "she's not even eating. What happened?"
"I want to figure that out, too." Taka answered, holding the Universe of the Four Gods.
"Maybe we should read it?" the woman sighed and took the book.
"We should."
"Genrou, look! There's the mountain!" Reirei pointed. They both ran towards Mt. Reikaku. Tasuki ran in first, then Reirei, but she got thrown back.
"Owww. . ." she whined.
"Reirei! What happened?" Tasuki asked.
"I think that the mountain thinks I'm evil because I was dead." Tasuki stood in thought. Then he had an idea.
"I'll bet that Kouji will be happy to see you! Be right back!" the bandit ran into Mt. Reikaku. The young girl sat up, her beautiful face turning into a demonice face with a huge scar crossing one half of her face.
"Stupid mountain. . ." she mumbled.
Hikari lay in bed. She stared up at the ceiling in a daze. She didn't care what happened anymore. She kept thinking that her soul was broken and nothing anyone would try would save her now. Suzaku must be punishing her, she kept thinking. But there was one thing she could never stop thinking of. There was Tasuki, and his attitude. She hated his guts, but then in time, she fell for him. Did he feel the same?
The girl sighed, and turned over. Yeah, staying in the same room for a long time with nothing to do is boring. Thinking is an exception. How would Tasuki even feel? He hated women, but what about that girl?
Hikari broke from her thoughts when there was a knock on her door.
"Hikari? There's something you need to know." It was Taka. "Tasuki, is in danger. That girl. . .is a demon."
His daughter shot up from the bed. She opened the door, and grabbed the book from his hands. Before getting a chance to read, even a letter, Hikari was sucked into the book, for the third time. Miaka sighed.
"And she didn't bother to bring extra clothes."
"I sence Hikari's life force!" Chichiri yelled. Once again, Nuriko dropped a fried fish in shock.
Hikari found herself near the Konan Palace. She looked around for Tasuki, cursing at herself on breaking the promise that she would never come back. She ran through the forest, not giving a second thought on where she was going.
"Hikari seems to be heading to Mt. Reikaku, you know?" Chichiri said. Nuriko gasped.
"Really? Maybe that's where Tasuki is?"
"I think so."
Tasuki walked out with Kouji, and Reirei stood up with a wide smile.
"Kouji!!" she cheered, jumping up and down.
"Reirei! You're alive!!"
"Yeah! I know! Isn't it great?"
"Yeah!"
'This could go on forever.' Tasuki thought to himself. Then the thought of Hikari flew through his mind.
Hikari kept running, not feeling tired yet. She had to save Tasuki, he had been deceived. She saw Mt. Reikaku up ahead.
"Reirei! What's it like being dead?" Kouji asked. The young girl shrugged.
"Oh, I don't know."
Just then, Hikari shot out of the forest, panting.
"Wha-? Hikari?" Tasuki asked, surprised.
"That girl. . .deceived you! She's actually a demon!" Hikari yelled. Kouji sniffed.
"That sweet smell! Dokuro!" he gasped.
"The youkai!" Tasuki took out his tessen. Reirei (or now Dokuro) laughed evilly.
"Don't think you can defeat me easilly!" the two bandits stopped, and looked at Hikari. Their eyes were glowing red, and they started walking towards the frightened girl. She backed away, turned, and ran as fast as she could. Hikari was still tired from running all the way here, so she wasn't as fast as she was supposed to be.
The girl heard Tasuki and Kouji coming closer, and closer. Hikari shut her eyes, not caring whether she would trip, or run into a tree.
"This is it. This is the end." She whispered. The girl was grabbed by the two bandits, and shoved to the ground. Tasuki slowly paced around Hikari, with an evil grin on his face.
"HIKARIII!!!!" Chichiri and Nuriko ran to the scene, Nuriko knocking out Tasuki and Kouji. The young girl got up.
"Hikari, are you all right?" Nuriko asked.
"Yeah. . .I'm fine." The younger girl answered, looking at the un- conscious Tasuki. She was glad that Nuriko and Chichiri raced onto the scene, or else something bad would have happened. The girl looked at Nuriko.
". . .I was scared." She said with tearful eyes. ". . .I was so scared. I didn't want to come back, but I had to warn Tasuki about the Youkai."
"Youkai?" Chichiri asked.
"A Youkai disguised as a girl." Hikari paused. "yeah, a Youkai disguised as a girl."
"Is that so?" Nuriko said, then Tasuki got up grumbling to himself.
"What happened?" he asked. "I remember when I was about to. . ."
"About to what?" Chichiri asked. The bandit shook his head.
"Nothin' any of us should ever know." He replied. He kicked at the un- conscious Kouji.
"Get yer lazy bum off the ground. Ya got bandits to take care of." He ordered. Kouji grumbled and got up.
"Genrou, what was gonna happen?" Kouji asked.
"Nothin' neither of us should know," Tasuki answered with a smile on his face. He pointed at Mt. Reikaku, and Kouji nodded. The blue haired man waved, and went back to the mountain.
"Let's go back to the Konan Palace, okay?" Nuriko said. The bandit shrugged, while Hikari hid behind the strong Suzaku seishi. Chichiri led the way, and they all walked back to the capital.
"Thank Suzaku she's safe!" Miaka sighed in relief.
"I outta take his head for that!!" Taka yelled.
"Don't be silly."
"Hiiiikaaaariii!!!!" Nuriko sang with a tray full of food. "time to eat!" the seishi walked in the girl's room.
"Thanks." Hikari was sitting on the bed with a brush in one hand. Nuriko placed the tray on the table.
"You have lots to be thankful for!" he said. "you have a room, people who care, and you better be thankful that we saved you!" Hikari smiled, with a sad look in her eyes.
"I guess your right." She looked down.
"What's up?" the seishi asked, sitting next to the girl. She shook her head.
"It's nothing, don't worry."
"Don't worry?" Nuriko got up and placed his hands on his hips. "this isn't the Hikari I know. The Hikari I know would never look sad! She would always have a happy smile on her face, and no matter what, she would eat the food the cooks were kind enough to make!"
Hikari looked up.
"I guess your right. Thanks Nuriko." She said.
"Good." Nuriko picked up the tray, and handed it to the young girl. "now eat up, or get sick!" the seishi walked out of the room, and quietly shut the door. Tasuki was leaning against the wal across the hallway.
"Did she say anything?" he asked. Nuriko shook his head.
"No, but she looked pretty sad."
"I see."
"Nothing to worry about. She'll get over it."
Hikari snuck out of her room, and to the pond. She liked the pond, for some reason, and liked it there. The girl stood at the edge.
"Don't tell me you're gonna drown yourself." Someone said. Hikari jumped, and looked back. It was Tasuki. The bandit walked over to the girl.
"I mean, come on! Miaka tried to, and got saved by Hotohori, while ten years later, a girl called Mayo tried, and was saved by Taka, what's up?!"
"Don't tell me, if I try to drown myself, you'll save me?" Hikari asked. Tasuki snorted.
"That's not what I meant!!"
"Then what?"
"I was just saying that if you try to drown yourself, you're just gonna end up failing it terribly." Tasuki crossed his arms. "I mean, that's the thing with this pond."
"Jeez, Tasuki. I never heard you so worried." Hikari said, sitting down. The bandit glared.
"Oh yeah? Well, I never imagined you coming to my rescue to show that Reirei was a fake!"
"Reirei, huh? I bet you just can't get her out of your mind."
"What do ya mean?!"
"Yeah, that's it. You love her. She's dead though. . ." Hikari trailed off. Tasuki clenched his fists.
"She's not dead!" he yelled.
"She is, she's dead because of the youkai." Tasuki sighed, and sat on the grass.
"I keep believing she would come back someday, I thought she really did today. I guess, I should stop, and go on."
Hikari got up and walked away.
"I think you should," she said. Tasuki ran in front of the girl.
"What's up?! You're not the same!" he yelled.
"I guess you're right." The girl answered. She walked passed the bandit. Still, he refused to let her leave.
"Hey, tell me. What's on your mind?" Tasuki asked, in a calmer tone. Hikari shook her head.
"Nothing." The bandit grabbed the girl by the shoulders.
"There can't be nothing on your head! There's gotta be something!" the bandit yelled.
"I. . .I can't help. . .I can't stop thinking. . .about. . ." Hikari paused.
"Huh?"
". . .about. ." the girl pushed Tasuki away. "it's nothing, I said it before." She walked away, and back into the Konan Palace. The bandit just stood there.
"About what?" he asked himself. "about who?"
That next morning, Hikari was herself. She walked to the dining room.
"Nuuuuriiiikoooo!" she sang with the same voice Nuriko sang in last night, "what's for breakfast?"
"You seem happy." Nuriko smiled. "let's see. . .there's. . .oh! Good morning Tasuki."
"G'mornin' Nuriko." Tasuki yawned. Hikari glanced at the bandit, and remembered what happened the night before. She looked away.
"Have a seat, you know." Chichiri said to Hikari. She jumped, then said okay. The girl sat in a chair, glad that she was away from a certain bandit.
That morning at breakfast, Hikari did eat a lot, but not a lot as she normally does. She just didn't seem hungry anymore.
The girl walked through the halls of the palace, and saw Tasuki waiting up ahead. She sped up, trying to get passed him, but the bandit grabbed her hand. He pulled the girl close to him.
"Tell me. . .who were you talking about last night?" he asked. Hikari didn't speak. "it was me, wasn't it?" the girl still didn't say anything. She was ready, she was ready to be rejected by someone she loved. Tasuki wrapped his arms around Hikari, which shocked the girl very much.
"Listen. . .I don't have those feelings for you. I hope you understand." He said. Hikari wiped her eyes, and broke away from the bandit. She smiled, and walked away.
Oh, gomen-nasai for anyone who wants to see another Fushigi Akugi. But it has been cancelled for this chapter because I just can't think of anything funny for some of the parts of the chapter. Hai, I'm very sorry starts bowing like Tasuki in the second OAV for forgiveness like crazy
Remember, review! Only a few more chapters, and this story will be done!