Reversed Reality

Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yugi...

A/N: WOO! Well I'm finally back, and I'i sorry it took so long to post the next chapter. From now on it will probably take a little longer to post quizzes because my schedual is so busy now, but thanks for waiting for this one...

Reviewer Responses:
Auron's Fan: He he, yeah lucky Miaka.
Tiki-Chan:Woop! Yeah I thought so too. And I'm sorry it took so long to update but here it is!
Queen Asinoe:Ooops, Thanks for pointing that out. Yeah I like my collection as well, and yeah it does get pretty confusing sometimes trying to write it from Tamahome's point of view when I'm so used to it being Miaka's.
Lyssah: Yay! Yeah, I realised that mistake after I posted it and I'll eventually get around to fixing them. Oh no, it got erased 2 times! that sucks. Yeah I'll check out the script, I'm sure it's good. And when is school not hell? no offense chiriko haha
Fallen Angel Mistu:Yay, I'm glad you like it. I love movies tooso I'm right there with ya. I'm trying to make it as least confusing as possible but it get hard sometimes haha. But thanks, and I'm glad you like.

R&R

Chapter 11:Come Back Home

"Damnit Tamahome, don't give up." Miaka said holding back the rest of her tears.

"He needs blood right? Well if that's what h needs then I'll give him blood." Hotohori said in a determined voice.

Silently Miaka followed Hotohori's reaction, both hardly aware of the others actions. God, I do whatever it takes to keep you here with us Tamahome, here with me. So if blood is what you need, so be it…

"Miaka? Hotohori?….I-I will not give up! I don't wanna die, I won't!

"Look the blood! He's stopped bleeding!" Nuriko said looking at Tamahome astonished.

Slowly, Tamahome's eyes fluttered open, Miaka and Hotohori looking down upon him, a hand upon their self inflicted wounds.

"Tamahome!" The cried collectively.

What's going on? Am I still alive?

Tamahome reached up and poked Miaka in the face, earning a slap across the hand. That's a yes.

"So I'm not dead after all." He said with a faint grin on his lips.

"You jerk, you scared the hell out of us." Miaka said, a smile on her face despite her almost angry voice.

"It was odd. The place I was in. There was no light but suddenly I found this awesome place and I wanted to stay but I heard all of you calling me so I came back."

Thank you.

The group stopped suddenly and turned to find the speaker of the voice.

"What! This isn't where we were before. It's totally different where are we?" Nuriko said whirling around in circles as if that would help establish where they now stood.

It is clear the bond you all share. You have now arrived in the land of my home.

"So this is heaven? Hmm, little different than I expected but…" Miaka trailed off as she looked around the group. Apparently she was the only one who had the thought that this was Heaven.

Hotohori ignored his comrades moment of stupidity, "No this has to be Daichi-San Mountain!"

Slowly a shadowed figure made its way down a long stone staircase, "Welcome Tamahome, Priest of Suzaku. I can now tell you and your warriors the method that will send you home."

As the figure finished the last few words the shadows dissipated and the figured was brought into the light.

"AHHH!" Nuriko let out a startled yelp as Tai-Yi-Jun emerged from the shadows.

"A Witch!" Miaka cried out as next to her Tamahome stood dumbfounded.

Miaka earned a heavy glare from Tai-Yi-Jun for her outburst.

"So you are the real Tai-Yi-Jun?" Tamahome questioned the old woman, taking in her almost frightening appearance. She as dressed in elegant robes a form of headdress or tiara on her head but she looked as far from an elegant woman as possible.

"That is correct. I rule this world." She said matter-of-factly.

"But all things aside, I see that all of you; with the exception of Nuriko, are wounded." She looked to Tamahome, "Especially you." She continued after a short pause. "I was giving you a test to see the bond that had formed between all of you; to se if you cared for each other."

"TESTING!" Tamahome shouted before doubling over in pain, the aggravation was obvious in his raised voice.

Miaka and Hotohori were at his side in a second. "Careful Tamahome, don't aggravate your wounds."

"Now that everything has been explained we will go to my palace. We shall talk further there." With that, the old woman began hovering above the ground and a carpet appeared under Tamahome and the others and lifted them off the ground.

Looking around Tamahome was awed. All around him were tranquil waterfalls and lush green grass, a little further off Tamahome could make out the large rugged form of a mountain.

Beside him, Nuriko sat talking quickly to himself about how they were all perfectly safe and they wouldn't fall of the tiny square of material.

Tamahome couldn't help but smile when the carpet gave a tiny lurch and Nuriko grabbed on for dear life; the expression on his paled face was priceless.

In front of them, Tai-Yi-Jun spoke up. "The only one who ever gets to see this mountain; others only see a simple hill."

"Yes! Here it is!" Yui felt a wave of relief wash over her as she reached to pull the book from it's spot on the shelf.

"Where are you Tamahome…" She said quietly to herself.

As Yui opened the book, she began to read. Skimming lightly over the text. "Tamahome…he's the 'young man' they mention in the book."

"Miaka. That's that girls name. The one who helped us."

As Yui skimmed further on she discovered the connection between her and Tamahome. "I feel the pain he does. We are somehow connected to each other….but how?"

"Alright. First we must heal your wounds. Then we can talk." Tai-Yi-Jun had wasted no time in getting things started once they had reached the palace.

"LAI LAI!" She bellowed, catching everyone off guard.

Moments later a tiny girl came skipping into the room, followed by a few more identical girls. They too were dressed in fancy robes and wore their hair in two braided buns on each side of their head.

"Treat their wounds." Tai-Yi-Jun's order was simple and the girls quickly went to work.

One of them quickly began pulling on Tamahome's arm. "You, boy. Come this way." She began to lead Tamahome from the room.

Another approached Nuriko. "I fix heal you too." she said excitedly.

"Uh, I'm not wounded." Nuriko said looking at the female oddly.

"No, I heal your perversion."

Without a second thought Nuriko backhanded the girl upside the head.

Back in the other room Tamahome argued with Lai Lai and Tai-Yi-Jun. "I think you should worry about healing Miaka and Hotohori before me. My bleeding's stopped, theirs hasn't.

"Nope! I fix you now." Before Tamahome could even blink Lai Lai was ripping his clothes off.

Tamahome turned around only for his face to be mere inches from Tai-Yi-Jun's face. He winced.

"Look, if you don't let them heal you quickly it will only take longer for you to return home, so I suggest you let them. Don't worry about your friends, we will help them as well."

I wish she wouldn't sneak up like that…someone's gonna have a heart attack… Tamahome thought dryly as he watched the old woman turn away.

"Tai-Yi-Jun. I have to go back, tell me how." Tamahome voice was soft but it also held the air of a demand.

"Look at yourself. There is no way you are in any condition to go home, you have almost no strength now as it is, do you really think you can travel home?" Tai-Yi-Jun's words left no room for an argument.

"If it's blood he needs, give him ours." Tamahome turned to see Miaka and Hotohori standing behind him. Each held a hand to their wound to stem the blood flow.

"No! You can't do that, you don't need to." Tamahome said quickly.

Tai-Yi-Jun gave a small nod. "Yes, that could work, but you would be left with almost no strength."

"Please, do it." Miaka answered without hesitation. "It's not like I have any use for my blood when it's outside my body, or on the ground."

Miaka…Hotohori… Tamahome couldn't believe they were willing to do this for him.

"Alright. If this is what you want." Tai-Yi-Jun said. Moments later the girls were enveloped into spheres hovering slightly off the ground.

Seconds later Tamahome was taken into one as well.

"I am now going to pass your blood through your bubbles into Tamahome's wound; into his body. As a warning, this will be painful but suck it up."

She's certainly blunt isn't she….

Tamahome's thoughts were cut short as he looked to Miaka and Hotohori, seeing their pained expressions as blood seeped from their already open wounds.

"Really you don't have to do this!" He cried out, but it was no use, they weren't going to stop.

Tamahome let out a short gasp as the first wave of blood entered his body. It's hot…

Moments later he felt the first twinge of pain as the blood was forced back into his veins. Miaka and Hotohori's blood is now in me…their blood flows with mine…it's like I'm now connected to them.

"HERE! Finally, I found it. The living blood of Miaka and Hotohori….mingled…young man…" Yui said out loud as she skimmed the entry. "This is where Tamahome is."

Yui suddenly felt a light warmth on her chest. Looking down she watch as the blood flow slowly ebbed away and the blood stain began to fade. "The blood, it's vanishing, as well as the pain…"

Yui would have been more interested in this revelation had she not heard the police sirens arriving outside the library. Damn, the police…I gotta get outta here!

Yui could hear the voices outside the doors. "So you're telling us that a girl began bleeding profusely and then collapsed…here?" The police man indicated to the stairs.

"Yes! Right there, on those steps." The librarian flung a hand behind him to indicate the exact stairs he was talking about. But his voice trailed off when he looked behind him to see nothing on the steps. No body; no blood, nothing.

"Sir, there's nothing here." the officer said.

"There has to be! I saw it with my own eyes just a few minutes ago, I swear it! There was blood, blood everywhere, she was bleeding from a wound in her chest."

The librarian trailed off once more when he saw the more than skeptical looks on the officers faces.

"Something's not adding up. You need to come back with us to the station."

"AH! Wait, I know what I saw!"

The two remaining officers exchanged sideways glances. "You think we should check it out?"

The other looked from the librarian to the building, back to the librarian and then back to the building before looking at his partner, "This guy seems like a nut job but should check it out anyway."

"There. That should be good." Tai-Yi-Jun said as the bubbles disappeared and Miaka and Hotohori slumped to the ground.

Tamahome fell to the floor as well and seconds later Lai Lai was rushing around him saying something about clothes. He just nodded as he felt the cloth being slipped onto his body.

As soon as he snapped out of it he ran over to Miaka and Hotohori. "Miaka, Hotohori are you guys alright?" He asked, looking back and forth between the two.

"Yeah, we're fine." Miaka nodded reassuringly although her face looked slightly pale.

"Thank you both so much, you didn't need to do that for me."

Both girls smiled, "We wish you to be well, nothing more."

Tai-Yi-Jun now stepped in, "Now what that's over and done with and Tamahome is feeling better, I can tell you how to reach your home."

"Alright. Listen carefully Tamahome. Since the duration of your stay was much longer than your first one you cannot go home simply by finding and opening. You have to utilize the two things that connect this world and yours. The first being something that is identical both here and there; something that will reach both worlds…."

Tamahome thought hard; and, back in the library Yui thought as well then it hit them, "Our uniforms!" Although Yui's uniform was in deed different from Tamahome's since hers was a girl uniform, the uniform jackets were identical for both boys and girls.

"…It must connect with a person who owns that identical item or with a place where that item can be found. The second thing you need is a strong will and intensely shared feelings."

"TAMAHOME! I'm right here! Come back home!" Yui shouted at the book as though Tamahome could hear her.

"Yui?" I could have sworn that was Yui's voice just then…

"If you had found all seven of the warriors this would be much easier. Seeing as the amount of spiritual energy need is enormous and Nuriko is the only one here not injured this may prove to be very difficult.

"We can do it." Tamahome turned to see Miaka, a smirk of confidence on her face.

Hotohori nodded, "Yes we can and we will return you to your home."

Even Nuriko smirked, "Yeah, don't worry bout it. We'll get you back home."

Tamahome watched as Miaka walked over and knelt down in front of him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Yes, we'll send you home, but you gotta promise to come back. Everyone will be waiting for you." I'll be waiting for you…Miaka thought to herself.

Yeah…she's right…I'm going back home…Tamahome face brightened for only a moments before a sad expression replaced his happy one, That means that I won't get to see Miaka…

"Now we shall commence…"