Scroll 3
Meeting the Priestess and Sending her Home
Rage awoke to find herself lying on a cold marble floor surrounded by bunches of identical little girls with blue hair.
" Aaah! Where the fuck am I! And who are you!" She yelled in surprise at the girls.
" You are on Taikyoku-zan, and Nyan-Nyan are Nyan-Nyan. Come Rage, Taiitsukun wants to see you," said one of the girls as she giggled.
" Okay," she said hesitantly, " Show me the way Nyan-Nyan."
" Follow Nyan-Nyan!" said one of them and began to drag her along. The Nyan-Nyan talked about random things that Rage didn't listen to while they walked to the room where this Taiitsukun person was. They arrived at a humongous marble French door with gold handles.
' Little extravagant don't ya think?' she thought as they walked through the doors.
" Hello, Rage. I am Taiitsukun, maker of the Universe." Said Taiitsukun extravagantly. She looked over and noticed that Rage was putting her blackout sunglasses on.
" What are you doing, Rage"
" Sorry Lady but your face isn't exactly a piece of fine art, but it sure is a piece of work", answered Rage cooly. Taiitsukun glared at her harshly and hid behind one of the rooms many pillars.
" Well ya better get used to it toots 'cause you'll be seeing this face a lot in the next three years." answered Taiitsukun harshly.
" What do you mean by that, ya ugly old decrepit hag?"
" I mean that you have been brought here to be my student so you can harness your Angel of Suzaku powers for when the Priestess of Suzaku and her seven warriors need your help. Got it, Punk?"
" For the most part, Grand-Ma. Who are the Priestess of Suzaku and her seven warriors and what the fuck is an Angel of Suzaku?"
" The Priestess of Suzaku is a girl from another world that was brought to summon Suzaku. Each of the four Beast Gods, Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryu, have a Priestess. The warriors are here protectors and helpers. Suzaku's Warriors are Tamahome, Hotohori, Nuriko, Chichiri, Tasuki, Mitsukake, and Chiriko. The warriors have powers that were given to them by the Gods just so they can protect their priestess. Each warrior has a kanji symbol some where on their body that appears when they are in battle, use one of their abilities, or are identifying themselves to the priestess. The Angel of Suzaku is Suzaku's daughter that was born from a mortal female. The daughter grows up in the world of the priestess and then is brought through the book to help the Priestess and her seven warriors summon Suzaku during the ceremony. Each god has one daughter. Some of the Angels that have already served their purpose are famous through out legend for what they did. If the Angel is not there at the time of the ceremony there can be no summoning. You are one of the angels. Your mother may not know that a god impregnated her because he did so in her dreams or while her and her husband were coupling. Got it now, ya little rat?" explained Taiitsukun.
" Sure. So when do you start teaching me?" asked Rage.
" Right now. This is your weapon." Said Taiitsukun and handed her a five foot long katana that she recognized to be a No Dachi, " You will use this to channel your powers and intensify your chi blast to their highest possible point."
Rage had been learning from Taiitsukun for almost three years now. Her muscles and body were now toned from all the manual labor and sword work she did every day. Her body now thought of the No Dachi to be and extension of her power. And she had finally started to get a grip of control on some of her powers, but not all of them.
When she had heard that her best friend Jade had come through the book she had almost choked on her lunch from surprise and excitement, but then Taiitsukun told her that Jade would be siding with their enemy, the Seiryu seven. Then she was told that the Priestess had arrived at the base of Taikyoku-zan and would be with them soon.
As she watched in one of Taitskun's mirrors for the priestess that she had been waiting for for almost three years came to come through the door she had to admit she was extremely disappointed when it happened. How could this little middle schooler save an entire country from its destruction? Sure she had the aura of a priestess but she didn't have any powers like Takiko, the priestess of Genbu. Rage changed out of her pajamas and headed into the room where they were.
She arrived just as the Nyan-Nyan were beginning to heal the group.
" Hello, I am Rage, Angel of Suzaku. You must be the Priestess and her warriors Hotohori, Tamahome, and Nuriko. Am I correct?" she said trying to hide her disappointment from the group.
" So you're the Angel we've been looking for?" said the priestess.
" Yes, now may I know your name or do I have to continue calling you Priestess?"
" Oh, I'm Miaka Yuuki."
" Charmed, I'm sure." She said and went to prepare her powers for the ceremony that she knew would come next.
She returned in what felt like a few minutes later just as they were about to begin.
" Ah Rage, I see you actually decided to join us in our little ceremony. Take you place over there, ya lil' punk." said Taiitsukun in an annoyed tone.
" You got it, Grand-Ma." she replied icily. She kneeled in the place appointed to her place next to the cross dresser Nuriko and the ceremony began.
One moment she was on the ground with her legs beginning to fall asleep, the next there was a bright flash and Miaka was gone.
" Well that was fun and all but don't you think it was a little retarded to wait for about a hundred years for the priestess to arrive and then return her home with no idea on when or more importantly HOW she's coming back?" said Rage in a slightly philosophical tone.
" She does have a point. How do we know that she'll be coming back any time soon? What if she takes to long and the Kutou army attacks and we all die. Then she can't summon Suzaku for us and everything is doomed." agreed Nuriko airily.
" Miaka will come back and she will summon Suzaku. How can you a celestial warrior or you the Angel of Suzaku doubt that. She is our priestess and by just arriving here, she has already fulfilled part of the prophecy. What makes you think she can't summon Suzaku and save our country from the Kutou armies?" protested Tamahome. Rage wasn't sure if he was protesting against Nuriko and herself or trying to reassure himself.
" I'm sure you're right Tamahome. I only said that to make you guys realize that Miaka's world has a notable time difference from this one so she may be gone for a long time and until she comes back there isn't anything we can really do. Except maybe defend against Kutou's attacks and try to get some idea where the other warriors are so when she does eventually return she can go find them so she can summon Suzaku. All right?" replied Rage cooly.
" She has a point. There is nothing any of you can do except go back to the palace and wait for her arrival." interjected Taiitsukun airily.
" Wait, the way that you said that suggested…"
" That is correct, Rage. You will be returning to the palace with them", answered Taiitsukun.
" Nyan-Nyan will teleport Miss Rage and friends to palace!" piped up Nyan-Nyan surprising everyone who had forgotten that she was there.
" Good. Rage go grab all of your property and then return to this room." Commanded Taiitsukun in a tone that left no room to negotiate or even reply.
Rage caught the tone in her voice and hauled ass towards the room she had been using for the last three years. She quickly stuffed all her stuff into her black backpack and then hurried back to the place where the others were waiting.
" Bye Nyan-Nyan! Bye Grand-Ma! I'll miss you!" shouted Rage as she was transported to the palace at the capital.
A/N: Okay criticize away those of you who actually read my poor excuse for a Fushigi Yuugi Fanfic. I would like to thank everyone that reviewed my last chapter. For those who reviewed this was dedicated to you. I would like to announce that I am still excepting ideas for names and profiles for siblings of Rage, a pet/nonhuman companion for Rage, and a rival of Nuriko's for Hotohori's affections. Hopefully see you in the next chapter.