DESTRUCTION OF SHIJINTENCHISHO
Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. Yuu Watase owns them.
A/N: I hate writing chapter one's…but here it goes…
Chapter One: Reincarnation
It was summer…
Miaka blinked. She appeared to be standing in front of a newly built house.
"Huh? What is this place? Is this heaven?" Miaka asked herself.
She turned around and looked at the newly built house. Right next to the gate was a sign that says: YUUKI. Miaka gasped. Could this be her home? Impossible, the house looks different! Miaka approached the gate. There seemed to be no lock but the gate wont open. Suddenly, out of nowhere, some strange computer appeared. It examined Miaka's eyes and fingerprints.
"You are not recognized." The computer said as it revels some needle-looking gadget. It was so small that Miaka barely noticed it prick her arm.
"Ittai!" Miaka said in reflex.
"DNA recognized. Dozo, Yuuki Miaka-sama." The computer said as it folded itself back into its strange looking case that is hidden between the firm bricks.
The gate opened and Miaka entered. It took her ages to reach the door for she was used to walking slow (as an old woman would) in her past life. When she reached the door, the computer checked her eyes and fingerprints.
"Okaeri nasai" the computer said as the door opened. Miaka entered the house.
"Ojama shimasu." Miaka said as she skimmed the place with her eyes.
Miaka sensed movement from the corner of her eye. It was coming from her left. She walked towards it and right before her was a room. Its door was open so Miaka entered the room. As she entered the door she greeted by a sharp sword. It passed right in front of her that it would have slashed her if she had moved one step more. It was a teenage girl practicing her sword skills. She dropped her sword in surprise. She wore a shocked expression on her face. Her eyes were wide as she stared at Miaka.
"Kyah! Who are you!" the girl exclaimed.
Miaka was as surprised as the girl was. Woah! She almost died – again! Some how, she found her way back to her senses. She didn't answer the girl's question though.
"Are you all alone in this house?" Miaka said as she turned to face the girl.
"No my parents are upstairs, fighting as usual…" the girl said in a bored tone.
"Do you know someone by the name: Yuuki Miaka?" Miaka asked.
"Yeah, that's my great-grandmother. I was told she died some fifty years ago."
"Kyah! You! Y-you…are Kaito's daughter!"
"Sou desu."
"Yui!" Miaka exclaimed as she remembered her best friend. "Sorry, but I'll come back later. I got to go now."
"Wait! Don't leave me here! I don't want to stay here if there is something else I can do! I'm tired of hearing my parents fight." The girl pleaded.
"Okay, but we have to hurry." Miaka said as she walked slowly back to the entrance.
"If we're going to hurry, we better run or at least walk faster." The girl suggested as she pulled Miaka to a running speed.
"Ack! Wait! I can't ru-…I can run!" Miaka exclaimed, astonished. She saw her reflection as they passed by a window. "I am young!" Miaka said as she stopped to examine her reflection on the window glass.
"Something is weird with you." The girl said.
They went on their way to Yui's house. Though the buildings looks different (not to mention they look odd to Miaka's eyes too), the road was the same. When they reached the spot, they saw Yui, looking around as though she has no clue where in the world she was.
"Yui!" Miaka called as she and the girl ran towards Yui.
"Miaka! Oh my, you look so different!" Yui exclaimed as she recognized Miaka's voice.
"What's going on!" Miaka asked.
"I don't know…Where is this place anyway?"
"Uhm, let's go somewhere we can sit and talk." Miaka suggested.
The girl led them to the nearest café since Yui's house was replaced by something else. There they sat down and discussed things.
"Who's the girl?" Yui asked Miaka.
"Kaito's daughter…" Miaka replied.
"Kaito? Kaito who?"
"Kaito, my grandson, Yui." Miaka answered impatiently.
The girl looked at Miaka with a shocked expression. "You are my great-grandmother!" Her eyes were so wide that you'd think they'd pop out of their sockets any minute now. "You can't be my great-grandmother! She already died fifty years ago and besides she looked really old."
"Nan desu tte! Take that back!" Miaka yelled.
"Miaka! Give in, it's true anyway - at least it was…" Yui said.
"Mou, Yui!"
"You haven't told us your name yet, may I ask?" Yui asked the girl.
"Yuuki Mikaru." The girl answered plainly.
"So, if you are my great-grandaughter, then this is earth." Miaka stated. "I thought I was already in heaven! Huhuhu!"
"Miaka, do you have any idea why are we back here on earth (with our teenage looks)?" Yui asked.
"Uhm…no. All I remember was dying in a nightmare about Tamahome's death for the fiftieth time – Tamahome! Could he be alive too!"
"If you want to know we better check." Yui said.
Mikaru paid for their bill since Miaka and Yui had no "modern day" money. They first went back to the spot where they found Yui then after finding no luck, they decided to go back to the Yuuki Residence, since that's where Tamahome once lived. After looking around for half an hour, they decided to rest for a while.
"Great-grandmother-" Mikaru began.
"Kyah, Mikaru! You make it sound to painful to my ears! Am I that old? I guess you can call me older sister, it sounds better. Besides once people discover that you have a teenage-looking great-grandmother, they'll think we're crazy and laugh at us." Miaka said.
"Miaka-neesama, are you sure Tamahome-jiisama is really here?" Mikaru asked.
"Ack! Don't call Tamahome that!" Miaka exclaimed.
"Miaka, that guy looks familiar…" Yui said quietly as she pointed at the guy who was walking around and seemed to have lost his way.
"Tamahome!" Miaka exclaimed!
The guy heard his name and look at Miaka's direction. As he approached the three girls he started to recognize them. He's pretty sure that the one on the far right was Yui but the two other girls looked slightly alike. When he reached them, he greeted Yui and Yui greeted him back. Tamahome turned towards the two girls.
"Miaka." Tamahome said as he embraced Mikaru.
A sweat drop appeared behind Yui and Mikaru's head while Miaka looked as though she was going to explode.
"Tamahome! Kocchi dayo!" Miaka yelled.
Tamahome released Mikaru and looked at Miaka with a time-to-flee expression.
"Ah…haha? Sorry, Miaka, I couldn't tell which – you two looked alike. I couldn't remember how you looked when we were young…" Tamahome explained.
"Mou! Anyway, Tamahome, this is Yuuki Mikaru – our great-granddaughter…" Miaka introduced as she placed a hand on Mikaru's shoulder.
Decided to walk around the place as they question Tamahome if he had any knowledge of why they are back on earth. Unfortunately, all Tamahome could tell them was, he found himself in an old college school he once went to. As they turn round a corner, Yui bumped into someone, causing her to fall over.
"Itta!" Yui exclaimed as she looked up to see who it was.
"Nakago!" Miaka and Yui said in unison.
"Yui-sama." Nakago said as he pulled Yui up into a standing position. Nakago noticed Tamahome from the corner of his eye then continued walking.
"Matte, Nakago. I think you should come with us." Yui said as she followed behind him.
Nakago turned around to face her. "I don't want anywhere near that guy." Nakago said as he shot a dark glare at Tamahome.
"You don't know earth! You might get in danger or something. Besides there must be a reason why…we're alive again." Yui insisted.
"Fine, for your sake, Yui-sama."
Meanwhile in Morioka, Takiko opened her eyes and found herself lying on thick snow right in front of her parent's house, which was preserved for touring purposes. Everyone was wearing really odd clothes and she was surrounded by enormous odd buildings. In confusion she rushed into the ancient house. She decided to look around to make sure that it really was their house. All the furnitures were gone and she found not a thing except the manuscript her father translated. What would an old manuscript being doing in an ancient house while everything was gone? And where's her father's book? It was not long when a strange-looking man came and dragged her out of the house.
"What were you doing in there? No one is allowed to go in there unless you're the house maintainer. Did you know that? And why are you wearing those clothes?" the guy, who called himself "policeman" said.
"This is my family's house!" Takiko said.
"Ah, crazy girl. I will let you go this time but I hear you in that house again, I'll put you in jail." The policeman warned as he walked away.
Takiko walked around trying to remember the place, but to no avail since everything looked strange. Takiko sat down on the snow and thought about her old home. She was at the point of crying when someone called her name.
"Takiko?"
Takiko looked up and to her surprise it was Rimudo (who came all the way down from the mountain). She quickly stood up and embraced Rimudo, who hugged her back.
"Rimudo! I am so confused! What are we doing here!"
All Rimudo could say was, "I wish I know, Takiko, so I can tell you."
"Where would we go? They kicked me out of my own family's house!" Takiko asked. "Oh wait, Oosugi-san!"
They went to the nearest train station to find that it had changed a lot. By asking (lots of) questions, they made it into the train (phew). It was a long way to Tokyo but the trains of the modern world seemed to be faster than the trains during Takiko's time. In one hour and thirty minutes they reached Tokyo. They asked around for the Oosugi Residence but no one knew and people just ignored them. An old man heard their question and took pity on them. It happened that his family knew the Oosugi's and he somehow was able to point them to the house. It was an old abandoned house that was believed to be a "haunted house" and no one dared to enter. Seeing the gate open, Takiko and Rimudo decided to check the house. When they entered the house, they quickly sensed that they were not alone. They could hear footsteps coming somewhere in the house. Takiko and Rimudo quietly followed the sound of the footsteps and it lead them to one of the rooms. And there it is. From the shape of the shadow (there was no light since electricity was no longer flowing through the house), they could tell it was a girl.
"Uhm, excuse me?" Takiko asked.
"Kyaaaaah!" the girl screamed as she turned around to face Takiko and Rimudo. By the look of her ghostly white face, she was clearly surprised by Takiko's greeting that you would think the life was scared out of her. "Why did you do that for?" the girl asked, not furiously, and at the same time trying to calm herself down.
"Uh, I'm sorry." Takiko apologized. "We are looking for Oosugi Takao-san"
"My father has been dead for more than a century now. I am Oosugi Suzuno, his daughter." The girl said.
"Suzuno-chan! I'm Takiko Okuda. My father and Oosugi-san were friends. Oh and this is Rimudo." Takiko said as she looked at Rimudo who was stading beside her.
"Yes, I remember my father talking about you. Nice too meet you, Rimudo." Suzuno said
"Suzuno-chan, do you know where are we?" Takiko asked, hoping Suzuno has an answer.
"I asked around and found out that we are in the present-day earth. It's been about a hundred years after I died." Suzuno said.
Back with Miaka and company, Mikaru invited them to stay at the Yuuki house since it was getting late. Miaka and the others agreed but also warned Mikaru not to mention of their real identity to her parents since it would mean revealing even the seishis' real identity. The computer simply checked Mikaru's fingerprints and her eyes and the gate opened for all of them. When they entered the house, everyone except Miaka and Mikaru were astonished at the size of the house (even Tamahome!). They found out that the business of Kaito, Tamahome and Miaka's grandson, went well but unfortunately, having no time for the family caused the countless fights between Mikaru's parents.
Suzuno, Takiko and Rimudo decided to sleep in the old Oosugi house since there was no place else to stay.
Dictionary:
Ittai: painful
Dozo: go ahead
sama: used after the names of royal/noble/rich people/customer – in this case "miko"
Okaeri nasai: kind of welcome home
Ojama shimasu: is said when entering someone else's house
Sou desu: yes, that is so
Nan desu tte: what did you say
Mou: expression of annoyance
nee-sama: older sister
jiisama: grandfather
Kocchi dayo: here
Matte: wait
San/kun/chan: used after people's names
A/N: Don't forget this is fifty years later, so…everything would be more modernized – kind of…Anyway, the next chapter will follow if I receive reviews.
Who do you think the three other seishis are?
hope you like the story