Back and Forth

by Sk8er7

Chapter 2

In Feudal Times

"Oh..." groaned Megumi. She opened herheavy eyes. As they focused, she looked at her surroundings. Her eyes widened.

She was outside. Apparently in an alley. How did she get from the library to outside? She had been talking to Keisuke and then she looked at that book. There had been a blue light and then -- here she was.

Standing up, Megumi wiped off her blue jeans of dust. Tightening her ponytail, she set off.

'Oh no,' thought Megumi. 'I'm still lost!' She spotted a young girl not far away.

"Do you know where we are?" Megumi asked. The young girl looked at her strangely before replying, "We are in Kutou Country." With that, she ran away. Megumi raised an eyebrow but shrugged. At least she knew where she was, even though she had no idea what it was.

"Now!" yelled a voice. Megumiturned her head in the direction of the sound. That was a mistake. Immediately she was bombarded with rocks. For a brief moment, she thought she saw several children throwing rocks at her.

"Ow!" cried Megumi. Some rocks were big. She clenched her teeth. And some were sharp. She felt a large rock connect with her head. Before she blacked out, she heard the little girl that she had asked where they were. "Get her! She's a freak!" She was swallowed by darkness.

"Ow..." Megumi groggily opened her eyes. She lifted her hand to touch her head. She winced from the pain. 'You know, I'm really bored of waking up from unconsciousness...' She looked around her. She was in a bed. The bed posts were made of mahogany. The sheets, blanket and pillow were white. The room was spacious, but was bare except for the bed and a single wooden chair. Instead of her normal clothes, she was wearing a white silk shirt. It was so big that it reached past her knees. The sleeves were inches past her hands when she stretched her arms out. Her elastic had been taken out and her wavy hair reached her armpits.

Megumi stood up and began to stretch. She rubed her eyes and clapped her cheeks. She yawned. She began to walk towards the door. Opening it just enough for her head to stick through, she looked around. There was no one. Stepping out, she began to walk. The marble floor was cold against her bare feet. She felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Where are you going?" asked a deep masculine voice. She turned around slowly. It was a man. He had blond hair that slightly surpassed his shoulders. He was wearing armour and wore blue cloth over his armour. He looked like a cold person.

"Ha-ha," laughed Megumi nervously, "someone brought me here and I want to think them. Did you bring me here?" Without changing his expression, ne nodded. She thanked him and without warning, she jumped into him to give him a hug.

"Well Nakago, you're making friends I see." A pretty girl with boyishly cut blonde hair walked up to them. She wore a brown school uniform.

"Um," began Megumi, "don't you go to that junior high? I can't remember the name, but it's by Yotsubadai High School." The girl looked slightly schocked. But she smiled and said, "Then you are from the real world." ('Real world?' thought Megumi) The girl knelt down. "You're cute. Are you nine years old?"

"Humph!" Megumi looked offended. "I'm ten and three months old!" The girl laughed.

"My name is Yui. And this," she gestured to the man, "is Nakago. Hebrought you here." Megumi nodded and began to look at Nakago with gratitude-filled eyes. His expression did not change.

"Yui-sama was the one that wanted tobringyou here," he told her. Immediately she gave Yui a tackle hug. Yui was thrown off balance and they both fell down. Yui began laughing. Megumi joined in too. Soon the halls were ringing with their laughter.

"Someone told me that we were in Kutou Country. Where is that?" asked Megumi. Yui had taken Megumi to her room, and Nakago had gone off somewhere.

"Did you, by any chance, read a book called 'The Universe of the Four Gods'?" Megumi nodded. "That book has magic in it. Usually it only brings in Maidens of different countries," Yui explained.

"What are Maidens?" asked Megumi.

"Maidens gather seven Celestial Warriors from their country. When they're all together, the Maiden calls out the divine beast that the Maiden represents. The Maiden gets granted three wishes to help their country. There are four beasts: Seiryuu, Suzaku, Genbu and Byakko. In Kutou country the divine beast is Seiryuu. So I'm..." Yui trailed off.

"So you're the Maiden of Seiryuu!" exclaimed Megumi. "Do you have magic powers of something?"

"I don't think I have any powers, except for the one to call upon Seiryuu," replied Yui. Megumi nodded in awe.

"But how do you find the Celestial Warriors?" Megumi asked.

"Each country has a scroll called 'The Universe of the Four Gods'. It gives clues to find them. How to do he ritual is also in there." Yui smiled at Megumi.

"Are all the other Maidens looking for their guardians too? And what do guardians do?" Megumi was full of questions.

"Genbu and Byakko's Maidens came and left. They chose their wishes. Only Suzaku and Seiryuu are looking for their guardians. And for your second question, the guardians protect their Maidens. They have Chinese symbols on their bodies and those give them a certain power. For instance, Nakago is one of the guardians. His symbol is on his forehead." Megumi pictured Nakago. Through his bangs, she could see something on his forehead.

"Wow," Megumi said. She suddenly had a thoughtful look on her face. "Are all Maidens fron the real world? Do you know anything about the Maiden of Suzaku?" Yui's eyes went cold.

"Yes, I know about her," Yui began icily. "Her name is Miaka and she used to be my best friend." Megumi stared at her idol. What had happened? She was so nice, but now she was so cold.

"She left me here for three months where I was --" Yui stopped herself. She shouldn't be telling a child this. She looked at Megumi, and was startled to see a sad smile on her face.

"I think I know what you were going to say. That's what happened to my mom. She was in an alley. I'm what came from that happening. My mom gave me away when I was a baby. My foster parents told me." Tears began to fall from her eyes. "When I think about how awful it was..." Megumi was surprised to feel arms wrapped around her.

"It's okay," she heard Yui whisper, "cry all you want."

DONE!

im only writing this until i can think of a much better story to write. this is crap. ill have a much better story later. i think the plot is thousands of times better than this. if you want to know what it's about, review me and ill email you back. (or review u)

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