Hikari's Light
By: finalfantasys-child

yawns loudly YATAAAIII!!!!!!!! Oh, konnichiwa! Welcome! I hope you like another 'thrilling' and 'exciting' chapter!

Oh yeah, I got a review saying that Chichiri has been saying "You know" instead of "no da" I am very sorry about that (kinda), but I make him say "You know" like in the anime instead of "no da" in the manga (and the Japanese version of the anime), because my jokes just wouldn't work if he said "no da." Yeah, I had to make him say "You know" because. . .well, remember in one of the chapters (I forgot which) when Hikari and the group were looking for Chiriko (or Mistukake, I don't remember which) and Chichiri says something, and Hikari's all, "I didn't know that!" That's why I have hime say "You know"

DISCLAIMER: breaks into tears I do not own Fushigi Yugi!! If I did, I would draw WAY better than I do now!!!

Chapter 5

The Youkai and Hikari

Hikari sat on her bed in the Konan Palace. She looked out the window in a daze.
'I'm sorry, but I don't have those feelings for you. I hope you understand. . .' was what Tasuki said ten minutes ago. Yes, the dreaded sentences of reject. The cursed sentences of fear.
The girl sighed and lay on the bed. Here she went again, looking at the ceiling in thought. Yes, she seemed to do that a lot lately just to pass time.
Hikari sat up again, and looked out the window once more. She saw something jump away behind the trees.
'Hm?' she walked out of the palace, and went to the spot where she saw the thing jump. Up ahead, the same thing was jumping away. Hikari followed it, but then she found herself lost.
"Ah! Why didn't this happen before?!" the young girl cried. She heard someone laugh, and a sweet scent filled the air.
"Dokuro!" Hikari yelled. The youkai appeared before her, clapping.
"Great job on getting yourself lost." Dokuro said. The younger girl glared.
"What are you doing here, you ugly-Youkai?" she asked. "I'm safe for now."
"What makes you think that?" Dokuro popped her knuckles.
"Dang it."

Near the pond of the Konan Palace, Tasuki, Chichiri, and Nuriko were having a picnic.
"Where's Hikari?" Chichiri asked. "Tasuki, did you get that. . .uuhh. . .super glue. . .whatever it's called, on Hikari's chair?"
"Heck no! Not even I'm that retarded!" Tasuki yelled.
"I'm worried." Nuriko got up. That's when they heard a blood-freezing scream.
"It's Hikari, you know!" Chichiri grabbed his staff. "let's go!" Nuriko and Tasuki nodded.
"Right." The seishi ran through the forest, Tasuki in the lead.
'This is probably all my fault,' he thought. 'only if I. . .if I hadn't lied. . I!'
"Tasuki! Wait up, you know!" Chichiri yelled. The bandit didn't slow down, and soon he was out of site.
"Why didn't you bring your hat?"
"It's back in the palace, you know!"
"You were usually prepared!"

Tasuki kept running, almost out of breath. He stopped, and fell, in need of air. He looked up ahead, and saw a girl.
"Hi-Hikari!!" he yelled. The girl ran to the bandit.
"Tasuki! What happened?" she asked.
"I was looking for you. We heard you scream." Hikari helped Tasuki get up.
"I don't know what your talking about. . ."
Then Tasuki fell over, a pain in his back. In Hikari's hand, was a bloody knife.
"W-why. . .?" then the bandit's eyes widened. 'Why didn't I notice that scent before!?'
Hikari transformed back into Dokuro.
"Idiot, humans just don't think much, do they? They should be more careful." Dokuro laughed. Tasuki cursed under his breath, before fainting.
"DEMON!!!" Nuriko jumped at the youkai. She dodged.
"Where's Hikari?!" Chichiri demanded. Dokuro chuckled, before bringing out Hikari, knocked out and tied in chains.
"Hikari!" Nuriko yelled. The younger girl disappeared.
"I won't kill her. . .yet." the youkai evilly laughed. "I want that tessen, I want it back. Bring it back before midnight, or. . ." Dokuro made the death sign, by pretending to cut off her head with her finger. Tasuki kind of woke up, but he barely got his eyes opened.
"Stup. . .id. . .youk. .ai. ." he mumbled.
Nuriko and Chichiri helped get the bandit back to the palace.
"I'll go fetch Mitsukake." Chichiri said. The strong seishi nodded.
"I'll keep an eye on the bloodless jerk." He smiled. The monk disappeared within his hat.
"Nuriko. . ." Nuriko looked over at Tasuki, who was laying in bed.
"Yeah, what?"
"What would you do. . .if a girl said she loved you. . .and you lied by saying somethin' about not your type, or you don't have feelings for her?"
"Hmm, talking about Hikari now, are we?" Nuriko grinned. "well, for once, just to see her down, I would feel very bad."
"He, I see."
"Besides feeling bad, it would bug me for the rest of my life if I don't fix something about it. I would have to fix it soon, or it would be too late to do anything about it."
"I'm back, you know!" Chichiri popped out of his hat with Mitsukake.
"Tasuki, let me heal you."
"Sure man, at least I didn't break any ribs."
"You still remember that?"

"Your friends are on their way." Dokuro said. Hikari was glaring at the youkai.
"Do you think they'll give you that tessen?" she asked.
"Of course not, that's why I'm going to kill you first. And when your friends are all in gloom, I kill them and take back my tessen."
"What do you mean YOUR tessen? You never. . ."
". . .owned it? Yes I have. Two hundred and fourteen years ago, I was the first owner, then someone sealed me away. But now, I've come back." Dokuro grinned. "I'll turn all of Konan into stupid human corpses!"

"Man, Chichiri! Can't we just transport there?!" Tasuki whined.
"We can't you know. Even if we could, we would still get hurt by the barrier, you know."
"WHAT barrier!?"
"It's around the forest, dummy." Nuriko hit Tasuki on the head (and hit for Nuriko is head bashing in for anybody normal). "didn't you notice?!"
"No."

"Closer they come. . ."

"I think Dokuro is planning something, you know?"

"Yes, only two hours until you die."

"I'm tired of walkin'! Let's run!"

"If you kill them, I'll haunt you until you die!"

"We have to save our energy, you know."

"Stupid girl. Don't you know that I will never die?"

"I want to save Hikari, and that's what I'm gonna do!"
"Tasuki! Wait!"

"They are coming closer. . ."
"Stop blabbering!"
"What?"
"I'm not scared of you! Tasuki's gonna save me! We're both gonna live full lives!"

"Tasuki! Wait!"
"I'm not afraid anymore! If I die, I'll die with honor!"

"Then I'll defeat you!"
"Stupid girl."
"Don't 'Stupid Girl' me. You're scared, and I know it!"
"Won't be quiet? Fine, I'll make them fight you first, he, if they can."

Chichiri and Nuriko found Tasuki had stopped, part way through the forest. He was looking at a giant door, that hadn't been there before.
"This is it, you know." Chichiri said, taking off his mask.
"Yeah, let's save Hikari!" Nuriko cheered.
"Darn it. I barely remember that incantation! Been too long."
Tasuki pushed open the large doors. His fellow seishi stood behind him, ready to charge in. Inside, chanting was heard. Hikari stood in the middle of the room, with red eyes.
"Hikari!" Tasuki ran forward, but Chichiri stopped him.
"No, this isn't Hikari, I mean, she is, but she just isn't."
"There you go, rambling again."
Up in the ceiling, Dokuro's voice was heard.
"Oh, this is the girl all right, let's see if you can fight her. . ." at that, Hikari flew forward, a sword extended from her hand.
"Hikari! Open your eyes!" Chichiri yelled.
"They ARE opened!" Tasuki tried to dodge the attacks, but the girl was too fast.
"That's not what I meant!"
"Ahaha. You can't fight the girl, but she can you. Does she have something against you? Or maybe it's for revenge, or maybe jealousy?"
"Where is Nuriko?!" Tasuki yelled. "don't tell me he ran away!"
Hikari kept attacking the two seishi, not slowing down. Tasuki and Chichiri were getting injured. The two men fell to the ground, and just as Hikari raised her blade, and about to stab them. . .
"Hikari!!" Nuriko appeared behind the girl, and grabbed her by the arms. Chichiri slowly got up, wincing at a very painful gash on his left arm. He helped Tasuki up, and the bandit ran over to Hikari.
"Wake up! Wake up, Hikari! Wake up!" he ordered. The girls eyes were still glowing red, but she stood still like a lifeless statue. Then Dokuro appeared at the very end of the room, a large, evil grin on her face.
"You monster. . ." Tasuki glared. He slowly took the tessen from his back. "last time, I was an amateur at this, but now I've gotten stronger." He held the fan up. ". . .Rekka. . .SHINEN!!!!" the fire flied at Dokuro, but she took no time to get away. She raised a hand, and the fire got deflected back at Tasuki. The bandit was taken by surprise, and quickly jumped out of the way.
"Hikari! Please wake up." Nuriko said. The red light in the younger girl's eyes were fading back into the normal color. "yes!" Chichiri smiled.
"She's going to have to run once she comes to, you know." He said. Nuriko nodded. The seishi leaned Hikari on a wall, and got up.
"We have to help Tasuki." Nuriko and Chichiri ran to help fight Dokuro.
"You? Think you can defeat me? Ha!" the youkai bragged. "I don't think so."
"You blasted demon." Tasuki mumbled. Dokuro laughed her annoying laugh again.
"We have to work together!" Chichiri said.
"Right!" the monk started chanting some words, while Nuriko picked up a boulder.
"HAA!!!" he yelled.
"KAA!!" Chichiri finished the chant.
"REKKA SHINEN!!!" Tasuki's tessen fired at Dokuro.
"Remember what happened last time?" the youkai grinned.
"Oh no!" the fire, the spell, and Nuriko's boulder got thrown back at the seishi.
"I told you you wouldn't beat me."
"When?"
"Just shut up and DIE!!!!" Dokuro charged at Tasuki, with a sharp claw ready to tear him apart. The bandit shut his eyes. A loud scream echoed in the room.
"HIKARI!!!!"

Ohoho. A cliffy. You hate cliffies, don't you? Ah, review if you want to know what happens!!

Ah, I can't help but not want to change anything for Fushigi Akugi. . .Sorry!