Kida: Oh...my...fudge! There's so much drama in here!
Naruto: *Sighs* Okay, how much sugar did you have today?
Kido: She ate all her Christmas Chocolates that I said were for Christmas Day.
Kida: I couldn't help it! They were calling to me. They said 'Kida. Kida, come here and eat me. Indulge yourself in my milk chocolate richness'
Tamahome: You need some serious help. Ever hear of a mental hospital?
Kida: I have. I've also questioned my sanity...I think I'm pretty sane.
Tamahome&Kido&Naruto: Not even close.
Naruto: Kida Tenshi does not own Naruto or Fushigi Yuugi. She only owns Aika Hitsubasa and any other OCs. Enjoy!
Lady Aika, the Priestess of Suzaku, became gravely ill due to the serious stress and strain caused by the drastic changes in her life style. So the Emperor decided to send her back to her home where she belonged. But nobody had the knowledge to do so and the Emperor himself bore Lady Aika to Taikyoku Mountain to seek Taiitsukun, the wise being. Renowned as the one that controls the universe. During the journey, she got lost in the wilderness and wondered into a strange mirrored world. There she discovered another Aika. And uncanny likeness except for her disposition.
Aika looked at the smirking Aika who was standing next to a woman that looked exactly like her mother.
"Still the heart broken little girl that lost her mama who will now do anything just to be held by her. What a selfish little brat," the sinister Aika said as the real Aika stood across from her.
"Just who the hell are you?" Aika glared.
"Who am I? I am you, dummy. The you reflected in the mirror," the other Aika replied.
"I know you're me, but you act nothing like me!" Aika exclaimed. The sinister Aika gave that cold smirk.
"I guess you could say I'm the you that dwells in the darkness of your heart. The one that wants revenge on the ninjas that killed our mother," she said making Aika glare.
"I don't want revenge," she growled.
"Aika!" Aika heard Tamahome call. "Aika!" Tamahome called. Aika turned to see Tamahome walking by.
"Tamahome!" Aika called before the mirrored Aika pushed her away.
"Out of my way. You can remain here and be held by your mother as much as you need to," the other Aika said walking through the mirror into the real world.
"Just hold on a damn it!" Aika shouted before banging on the mirror. "Let me out!"
"Shut up!" The other Aika said before taking out some lipstick. "And I think Hotohori is a much better catch than Tamahome," she said as she applied the pink lipstick. "I love him and I'm going to stay here with him forever," she smirked. "I don't wanna go back to our old world. I wanna stay here as the Priestess of Suzaku where everyone adores me. It'll be loads of fun being an Empress, won't it?" She snapped her fingers before the mirror clouded over.
"Let me out of here, god dammit!" Aika shouted before doing some hand seals. 'Come on, Sasuke. I hope your training comes through for me,' she thought. "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" She shouted before attacking the mirror with fire that blew out of her mouth. "No…it's not ever scratched!" She didn't even acknowledge the fake mother that was there.
"Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!" The sinister Aika laughed.
"No! Come back! Let me out of here!" Aika banged on the mirror.
"No one outside can see or hear you. Don't you understand? Try to break my spell, Aika. If you really are the Priestess of Suzaku, prove it to me now!" An old woman told her. Aika turned with a glare.
"Okay, old hag, who the hell are you? And where are you?" She growled.
"She doesn't show much fear, does she?" The old woman mused to herself.
~0~
Tamahome couldn't find Aika and went back to Hotohori and Nuriko.
"Any luck?" Hotohori asked earning a head shaking from Tamahome.
"No," he replied until he heard a twig snap. They all looked over to see Mirror Aika walking over.
"Aika," Hotohori said relieved.
"Where the heck have you been, huh? What happened to you?" Tamahome asked her.
"Um, nothing," Mirror Aika smiled a bit as she walked up to Tamahome. "Were you worried about me, Tamahome?" She asked seductively.
"Uh, not really," Tamahome replied.
"You bitch! Get away from him right now!" Aika shouted worried for her friend's well-being.
"Well, I for one am glad you're safe," Hotohori smiled at Mirror Aika. She jumped into his arms, hugging him around his neck making everyone's eyes go bug eyed.
"Darling!"
"What the actually hell?!" Aika shouted seeing the sinister Aika hug Hotohori like that.
Mirror Aika let Hotohori go.
"Forgive me, darling," she said seductively to him.
"Aika! What do you think you're doing?!" Nuriko whined his demand.
"Oh, Nuriko. Does this upset you?" Mirror Aika sneered at her.
"Upset me? You-!"
"Oh come on. Isn't it about time you gave up on Hotohori? It's ridiculous. I mean, you are a man," Mirror Aika said in a bored tone. Nuriko yelped as he was now caught by Hotohori and Tamahome.
"Man? Y-you're a fella?" Tamahome asked him.
"Are you saying that…?" Hotohori began to ask, stopping when he realized that a member of his harem was male.
"How could you tell them?! It was a secret!" Nuriko cried, running away…breaking some trees down along the way. Mirror Aika just smirked cruelly as she watched.
"I don't believe it. There's another man alive who's almost as beautiful as I am," Hotohori said making Tamahome sweat-drop.
Aika banged on the mirror.
"Come on, guys! Hotohori, Tamahome, you have to know that's not me! You know I would never do that to Nuriko no matter how mad I was at him! If you don't help me then everyone will end up hating each other!" She shouted from the mirror the Mirrored Aika was carrying like a purse.
"Never mind all that. Come with me, Hotohori," Mirror Aika said to Hotohori, taking his hand and leading him away. "I have something to tell you in private." Tamahome watched them narrowed his eyes. He knew something wasn't right.
Aika growled and kicked the mirror.
"Ouch, dammit!" She hissed rubbing her shin and foot. "Today is not my day!"
"What did you want to say, Aika? Is anything wrong?" Hotohori asked her. Mirror Aika placed her hands on his chest.
"Hotohori, let's forget it," she said to him. Tamahome had followed them and was watching from afar. He was surprised to see Mirror Aika hug Hotohori like she was. "Let's stop looking for Taiitsukun's retreat."
"W-why?" Hotohori asked stunned.
"I don't wanna go back there if I have to live without you. You do love me, don't you?" Mirror Aika asked before pulling away to smile at him. "And I love you, Sire. Very much." She wrapped her arms around his neck and went to kiss him.
"Let me out! God dammit, let me out of here!" Aika practically screamed.
~0~
Naruto's and Yui's heads shout up and they looked around.
"Aika?" Yui called.
"Huh, I could have sworn I just heard her voice just now," Naruto said after they looked around for any sign of their friend. Yui sighed and looked back at the book.
"The imposter disguised as the Priestess of Suzaku is about to kiss the Emperor."
~0~
The real Aika watched with helplessness as she saw her other self going to kiss Hotohori. Hotohori glared and brought his sword up to the other Mirror Aika's neck.
"Tell me who you are, I command it," he demanded as the other Aika backed up.
"Uh, what do you mean 'who am I?'?" Mirror Aika asked him.
"The Priestess of Suzaku I know doesn't ever behave like this. Reveal your true form," Hotohori ordered as Tamahome walked up with a glare. Mirror Aika just giggled. "Watch yourself, Tamahome."
"What did you do with the real Aika?" Tamahome glared, fist ready.
"She's right here in front of you. I'm Aika's reflection, her shadow self. A part of her that even she is not aware of," Mirror Aika smirked coldly at them, arms crossed over her chest. The real Aika looked down ashamed.
'I had no idea I was like this somewhere deep inside me. But I can see it. Those times I was closed off from everyone…I was angry. I wanted the bastards that killed my mother dead. She really is me,' she thought.
"You really are a very foolish man. I have simply confessed my love to you after all your pleading," Mirror Aika smirked at him.
"Nonsense!" Hotohori snapped before going to attack her.
"Bad move there, big boy," Mirror Aika chuckled as she brought her mirror up in front of her. It glowed and there was suddenly white lightly surrounding Tamahome and Hotohori. The two men closed their eyes due to the bright light.
"Tamahome! Hotohori!" Aika shouted as she banged on the mirror.
"I-I'm losing all my power!" Hotohori shouted as he started to feel weak.
"I can't use my strength!" Tamahome struggled to say.
"You're both right. This mirror draws all of your power out and lets me absorb it to make myself stronger. The beloved Aika you're searching for is inside this mirror!" Mirror Aika said keeping her cold smirk as Hotohori dropped to his knees as did Tamahome.
"Inside of the…mirror?" Tamahome asked.
"You both promised to protect me, right? To protect the Priestess of Suzaku. It's only right then I secure more of their power. It's mine for the taking, isn't that right, Aika?" Mirror Aika said with a power hungry smirk.
"Stop it, dammit!" Aika shouted, worried for her friends.
"Stop it yourself if you want to save them, Miss Priestess of Suzaku!" Mirror Aika laughed. Aika looked at Hotohori and Tamahome as tears gathered in her eyes.
'How can I save them? How can I stop my darker self from hurting my friends?' She thought before seeing Tamahome look at the mirror.
"Aika…"
~0~
"How will you handle this situation, Priestess of Suzaku?" The old woman asked.
~0~
The Mirror Aika laughed her cold laugh. Aika thought to herself then suddenly remembered what the Mirror Aika had said.
"I'm Aika's reflection, her shadow self. A part of her that even she is not aware of," the Mirror Aika had said.
"Of course! How could I have been so stupid? If she's really a part of me…" Aika trailed off and looked at her 'mother'. She walked over and dug through her 'mother's' pouch, pulling out a kunai. The metal shined showing how sharp it was. 'If she's really me then I could…' she kept her eyes on the kunai. 'Then I should. I have to die,' she thought before stabbing herself in the chest, making sure not to hit any vital organs. She grunted and slid down a wall, wincing and grimacing from the pain.
~0~
Naruto grunted and placed a hand over his chest. Yui looked at him with question until her blue eyes widening as she saw blood over his heart.
"What's happening?"
"Whatever happens to the Priestess….happens to me too," Naruto grunted as he held his chest.
~0~
The Mirror Aika gasped as her eyes widened.
"G-go away, shadow reflection!" Aika growled a bit.
~0~
"She wouldn't!" The old man gasped.
~0~
Aika stabbed the kunai further making her grunt.
"I…I won't let you…hurt the people I care about! GO AWAY!" She shouted before the Mirror Aika screamed in pain.
"What is happening to me?!" Mirror Aika asked as a bright green light came from her chest. The Mirror Aika started changing as green ooze shot out of her, the broken mirror dropping to the ground. She looked more like a monster. The white lightning was gone now.
"My strength is returning now. Tamahome!" Hotohori called. Tamahome glared at the creature before jumping up. He then did a round house kick on the creature. He then flipped away. The creature reached over to him and stabbed her nails into his shoulder making him groan in pain. Hotohori ran over and cut her arm off. Suddenly a large boulder came down and landed on the creature. The two men looked up at a cliff. "Nuriko?" He asked seeing him. Nuriko clapped dust off his hands as he sighed.
"I figured something unusual was going on with her!" Nuriko said before jumping down and landing by them. Hotohori walked over to Tamahome who held his shoulder.
"Tamahome, are you hurt? Did she injure you?" He asked. Tamahome smiled a bit.
"I'm fine. Hotohori, your Majesty, you were pretty impressive out there," he said as Hotohori lent a hand out to him.
"No, it was you who was impressive," Hotohori smiled back. "Can you stand?" He asked as Tamahome took his hand before getting up. Nuriko smiled a bit until she saw the broken mirror.
"Sire, look!" Nuriko said as Aika started appearing. They all looked over to see Aika unconscious on the ground, blood on her chest with a kunai lodged in.
"Aika," Hotohori gasped. Tamahome ran over and knelt down, gently picking her upper half up into his arms.
"Aika, please hand in there," he said worried. Hotohori knelt down next to her as well.
"How could she do this?" He asked, worried as well.
"Now that I think about it, that monster in a skirt started bleeding from the exact same place," Nuriko told them. Tamahome's eyes widened slightly.
"So she must have done this in order to rescue us," Tamahome stated as he looked at Aika. "Aika!"
"Open your eyes, Aika!" Hotohori pleaded.
"Aika!" Tamahome tried to wake her up.
"Please, don't leave us!"
"Aika, you have to hang on!"
~0~
Aika slowly opened her eyes, but she didn't see them. Only an area that was like the realm she was just in.
"I hear their voices," she whispered before sitting up. "Where am I? What in the world happened to me?" She asked before remembering. "Oh yeah, I stabbed myself in the chest," she said placed a hand where she had stabbed herself.
~0~
"I didn't expect her to go that far!" The old woman gasped. "I've never seen anything like it before."
~0~
The mist had cleared and now it was clear out.
"Would you listen to me?! Calling her name over and over isn't gonna help her!" Nuriko told the two men.
"Well, what should we do then?" Hotohori demanded.
"First of all, you two turn around please," Nuriko said going up to Aika.
"What'll that do?" Tamahome demanded.
"Look, we need to take her clothes off to treat the wound, right?" Nuriko pointed out.
"But, uh, y-you're a man too, aren't you?" Tamahome asked still surprised by that.
"I'm a woman at heart so I'm the one to treat her," Nuriko said before undoing Aika's sash. He then opened the kimono. "This is worse than I thought it'd be. She really did a number on herself," he mused. He then used his teeth to rip the cloth off his sleeve.
"Wills he be alright?" Hotohori asked him after Nuriko wrapped the cloth around Aika's chest to stop the bleeding.
"She should be. She didn't hit anything vital. Now it's only a question of her own will to live," Nuriko said until the cloth became soaked with blood. "Oh no, the blood isn't stopping! We could still lose her!"
"Aika! Oh, don't give up now, Aika!" Tamahome pleaded.
"Oh please, please, Aika! You can pull through!" Hotohori said desperately.
'This is my fault. If I hadn't been so cold to you this wouldn't have happened,' Tamahome thought with guilt and sadness.
"Look at her face, it's getting paler," Hotohori said as Tamahome eyes clenched shut. "Nuriko, what should we do for her? What can we do?"
"She needs blood. If only we could give her some, but we have no way of doing that," Nuriko said to him. This only depressed Tamahome more.
~0~
Aika sat there, feeling dazed.
"I can't feel anything at all. I'm so alone here. Am I dying now? Or already dead? I've caused so much pain and trouble in many other people's lives. I've been useless to them. Selfish and greedy," she said to herself, feeling a lump in her throat. She saw a light and looked over to see a vision of a meadow. "It seems so peaceful. Would I be happy and free there?"
"Aika!" Naruto shouted making Aika's eyes widened.
"Aika!" Yui's voice shouted next.
"Naruto! Yui!" Aika called.
~0~
Naruto groaned a bit as he held his chest.
"Aika, where are you now?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know for sure. But I think I'm still in that strange world I disappeared to when we opened that book," Aika replied.
"That's what I thought. Tell me the truth, you're very badly hurt, aren't you?" Naruto asked worried. Yui was putting pressure on his wound in hope to stop the bleeding.
~0~
"Naruto, how did you figure that out?" Aika asked surprised.
"Can't you come back, Aika?" Yui asked desperate. Aika looked down.
"No, it's no use. I don't think I'll ever be able to come back there with you and Naruto again," she said sadly.
~0~
"Why not?" Naruto demanded as he gritted his teeth. "The Aika I know doesn't give up!"
"You have to come back!" Yui shouted.
"Please, Aika! You're my little sister…you have to come back!" Naruto said desperate.
~0~
"Aika!" Tamahome said as he held Aika in his arms.
"I can't even save the life of one young woman," Hotohori said looking away. "Is the power granted an Emperor really so miniscule?"
~0~
"There's gotta be away to get you home, Aika! Please, just don't give up!" Yui told her best friend.
"No, guys….it's too late now," Aika said closing her eyes.
"You think dying would make anyone happy?!" Naruto shouted with anger. "Can't you hear them all? Listen closely! Don't you hear the voices of the people who care so much about you? Like me and Yui! We love you, Aika. Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi love you too! Believe it!" He said surprising Aika.
~0~
"If she needs more blood…" Tamahome's eyes narrowed and he picked up the kunai.
"Then if she must have more blood…" Hotohori agreed as he drew his sword. "I will give you every single drop of blood in my body," he said with determination, the black at his wrist. "So that you will live!" Tamahome aimed the kunai at his own chest.
"I don't care if it costs me my life, just don't leave us, Aika!" Tamahome added. It's then both cut themselves, grunting from the pain as drops of blood fell onto Aika's chest.
~0~
"Aika, live!" Aika heard Hotohori shout.
"Please come back," she heard Tamahome plead.
"Don't give up, Aika!" She heard Nuriko plead next.
"You hear them, Aika? They want you back! You're not just come common villager! You're from the Village Hidden in the Leaves! You have the will of fire! Don't give up!" Naruto shouted. Aika's brown eyes started burning with determination.
"No, I won't! I won't give up!" She said firmly.
~0~
Naruto and Yui smiled at that.
"Oh Aika!" Yui said with relief as she leaned onto Naruto who was grinning like an idiot.
"I'm not going to die!" They both heard Aika say.
~0~
Aika's fingers twitched.
"Look, the bleeding has stopped," Nuriko smiled. Aika's eyes fluttered open to see all three around her.
"Aika?" Tamahome asked.
"Tamahome," Aika said looking to her right. She then looked up. "Hotohori." She then looked to her left. "Nuriko." She looked back at Tamahome before gently cupping his cheek. "I-I'm still alive." Tamahome smiled.
"Yeah," he agreed as Aika's thumb caressed his cheek.
"Tamahome," Aika said, relieved to see him again as she smiled. Tamahome then gently hugged her, surprising the raven haired girl.
"You scared me half to death," he said to her.
"Thank the Gods. What a relief," Hotohori smiled. Nuriko stood up.
"Oh for Heaven's sake, I always knew such a stupid silly girl who's too stubborn for her own good wouldn't die so easily," Nuriko said before sticking his tongue out at Aika.
"Hey! I don't call it stubborn! I have the will of fire, you big bully! Just like the rest of the people in my village do, so ha!" Aika said sticking her tongue out at him. Hotohori chuckled.
"But Nuriko was actually very worried about you too." Aika smiled.
"I know that already. After all, I could hear all three of you and my friends Naruto and Yui. That's why I'm back, why I didn't die. Because of you. So thank you, to all of you," she said hoping Naruto and Yui heard her as well.
~0~
"Through the prayers and efforts of her friends, the life of the Priestess of Suzaku was saved," Yui read.
"I knew it! This means the Priestess of Suzaku is Aika! Believe it!" Naruto grinned.
"The Priestess of Suzaku, with the three Celestial Warriors, found herself at Mount Taikyoku."
~0~
Aika looked at the area with the others.
"Okay, now what the heck is going on?" Aika muttered.
"The scenery just changed," Nuriko replied. There were waterfalls, pagodas, a mountain, and floating purple orbs.
"You have all proven yourselves to me and also to each other," and old woman's voice said. Aika's eyes narrowed.
"I know that voice," she mumbled
"Who's there?" Tamahome demanded.
"I am the one whom you seek," the old woman replied.
"Then this has to be Taikyoku," Hotohori said shocked. Aika looked up the steps and saw a figure.
"You are welcome here, Aika. Or should I say Priestess of Suzaku," the old woman said.
"You are Taiitsukun," Aika stated rather than questioned.
"I have seen how deeply you care for these three of your Celestial Warriors and how they have shown their great loyalty to you as well. I shall tell you now how you can return to your own world."
Kida: *Grins* I think I did pretty damn good!
Naruto: I actually had a part in helping Aika! Believe it!
Yui: I did too. Heh *Smiles*
Kida: *Glares at Yui* I've watched the anime...You betray your best friend, humph!
Hotohori: But she realizes her mistakes and makes up for it.
Kida: *Sighs* Dammit, do you have to be right? I wanna hit someone with this fan. *Looks at Kido* He'll do. *Hits Kido with paper fan*
Kido: x_x
Kida: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Please favorite and comment, loves!