-CHAPTER 2-
"So the warriors have finally awoken. Heh, interesting."
Somewhere in the bottom pits of hell where the sun never sets, and time forever stands still, a demon sat before his throne with his servant before him.
"My Lord Kucabara, what are your orders?"
The Lord Kucabara crossed his legs and rested his arms on the arm rest of his throne. "What do you suggest we do Bichura?"
Bichura, Kucabara's servant and follower looked taken aback. "What I suggest my Lord?"
Then right there, Kucabara chuckled. "You're right; a servant is not paid to think but to serve."
Bichura bowed while his face never wavered. "But you don't really pay me my Lord."
Soon, Kucabara was on his feet before slapping Bichura hard enough to send him flying across the room. "You insolent maggot! You dare talk back to me!"
Bichura had his hand on his cheek where his master had hit him, which was now swollen. "No my Lord. Forgive me for talking out of turn."
"Hn. Learn your place Bichura, the next time you speak to me in such a way, I'll have you for dinner."
"Yes, my Lord." Was all Bichura could say to his master who took his seat back on his throne.
"Now, as for the warriors, I'm interested to see who would dare go up against me. Why don't we visit their school?" Kucabara then stood up from his throne upon making a decision.
"As you wish. I will get everything ready." With a bow, Bichura left the throne room without a second delay.
Kucabara had an evil grin on his face. "I'm looking forward to making you suffer, Warriors of the World of Wishes."
…Meanwhile…
(Allie's House)
At this point in time, Allie was finally able to finish all her morning duties. And as much as she would have been relaxed of that fact…
Allie looked towards the tall figure wrapped in HER bathrobe with a glare. 'There's HIM.' Without even realizing it, a heavy sigh escaped her lips.
'Most Fushigi Yuugi fans would have probably fainted if they saw their favorite anime character in their bedroom one day, and to be honest, I feel like jumping mine, but this to me is beyond normal. Now the question is, how?' Allie was deep in thought.
"I'd probably wish for my drawings to come to life…"
"I wish life was like a book…"
Then suddenly, the wishes that Lucii and her made the other night came flooding back into her mind.
'No way… it couldn't have been the wishes, could it? But that's the only explanation…' Allie suddenly widened her eyes. "OHMYGOD! Lucii!"
…Meanwhile…
(Lucii's House)
A sigh escaped her lips as she leaned against her closest door. 'I should be jumping for joy for having Suzaku in my room right now, so then why do I have the sudden feeling of dread?'
"Teehee, are you enjoying your wish, Warrior Princess Lucii?"
Lucii snapped out of her thoughts when she suddenly heard a tiny, feminine voice speak to her.
"Most humans wouldn't have had the privilege to become the protector of the World of Wishes. Especially have their wishes granted in one night."
"Wh- Who are you? What do you want with me? And what do you mean?" Lucii said aloud, looking around the room. She was surprised to find time was frozen in her room.
Suddenly, a white rabbit with red eyes popped up in front of her.
"My name is Meroron. I come from the World of Wishes, and I will be your familiar from now on."
Lucii widened her eyes in complete surprise. "A talking rabbit… oh God, I think I'm going crazy."
The rabbit known as Meroron giggled. "Silly, you're not going crazy, what's happening right now is really true."
"If that's true, can you explain to me what's going on here? Cause frankly I'm really lost." Lucii now regained her calm self as she stood up straighter.
"Alright. You remember the wish you and your friend made the other night?"
Lucii nodded. That's right the night she hanged out with Allie.
"I wish my drawings would come to life…"
"I wish life was just like a book…"
"Well, those wishes were transmitted to our Queen Serain the World of Wishes. Long story short, she granted your wishes because she knew you both had potential to become protectors…"
Lucii widened her eyes. "So even Allie is in the same position?" she thought of how the other night she had been chanting 'Nakago' the whole time.
Meroron nodded with a smile. "That's right. I think she might be meeting her familiar very soon too. I wonder how it's going to turn out."
Lucii now had a worried look on her face as she stared out the window. 'Allie… I hope your okay…'
…Meanwhile…
(Allie's House)
Allie shoved every book and binder in her bag that she knew she might need for school that day.
Nakago turned from where he stood and noticed Allie packing his things into her bag. "Where do you intend to go?"
Allie let out an irritated sigh. "I don't know how you taught yourself when you were a kid, but in this world, what is it?"
"Well, it's basically a place people go when we want to learn something." Allie explained while she placed her backpack over her shoulder.
Am I able to attend such a place?" Nakago took a step forward as he said those words.
"Listen Nakago, I would just LOVE to bring you along but the thing is, in order to go there, you need to actually be PART of the school. And it's the middle of the year, they won't exactly be too happy on seeing you pop up all of a sudden."
"Why don't you just put him back in your story, and bring the story with you, with Him in it."
Allie let out a shriek when she heard a male voice speak out of nowhere. "Who's there?"
Suddenly, a small, pink, fluff ball with big, black, round eyes, and two devil- like wings and tail appeared in front of the door.
"What exactly ARE you?" Allie tilted her head in wonder as she examined the creature in front of her.
"Hi there! The name's Cheropin. I'm from the World of Wishes and starting today, I'm gonna be your familiar."
Allie shocked her head in disbelief. "Today just keeps getting weirder and weirder by the second."She turned to look at the clock and noticed it was already 7:15, and since she had to walk, she had no time to waste.
"Listen, since you seem to know a lot about what's going on than I do, I suggest you come with me. As for you…" she turned to look at Nakago.
"Grab the story he was normally suppose to be in then say, 'Ecrire'."
Allie did not what Cheropin said and grabbed the notebook Nakago was in. "Ecrire." Then, with a bright flash of light, Nakago was gone. "That's taken care of. Let's go."
…Meanwhile…
(Lucii's House)
Lucii had just placed the last binder she could fit in her bag before closing it, and looked at Suzaku's figure.
"What's the matter Lucii?" Meroron floated close to Lucii and looked at her questioningly.
"I want to bring Suzaku to school to show Allie, but I can't just let a man with wings walk around the school. A God no less." Lucii explained with an exasperated sigh.
"Why don't you just put him back into the drawing paper? It'll be easier, rather than having to hide him from people."
Lucii turned to look at Meroron with surprise. "I can do that?"
"Of course. Just pull out the paper he was originally in then say, 'Ecrire'."
"Oh, okay. I guess that's easy enough." Lucii grabbed the black piece of paper on her desk then faced it towards Suzaku. "Ecrire." Then with a flash, he was back on paper.
"See, easy as cake." Meroron had a grin on her face.
"Alright, now that, that's settled, let's get going." Lucii grabbed her bag, and Meroron was placed into her arms, before she headed out the door.