Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction ❯ Mysterious Play ❯ The meeting in the Forest ( Chapter 2 )

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Within the book of “The Universe of the Four Gods,” Natasha appears engulfed in a radiant red light. Natasha was brought into a forest near Conan, where emperor Hotohori rules. Stricken with panic Natasha looks around her surroundings. While taking a deep breath Natasha thinks to herself, “Can it be.. am I in the Universe of the Four Gods. No, it can’t be.. it was just a story my mom would tell me about.” *pause* “...or was it...”
Dazed and confused about her ware abouts, Natasha begins walking through the forest hoping that it was just another one of her dreams.

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...Meanwhile deep with in the forest...

Miaka and the seven celestial warriors, are wondering through the same forest on their way back to Conan. Miaka’s stomach growls, “Ohhh, I’m hungry, how much further to Conan?”
Nuriko yells back to her, “Is that all you think about Miaka!?”
Tasuki interrupts, “Why are we walking anyways, why can’t Chichiri just use his magic?”
Chichiri looks over at Tasuki and says, “My magic isn’t meant for that kind of stuff, ya know?”
Tasuki looks over at Chichiri and rolls his eyes. Hotohori says, “Well I for one am enjoying the scenery.”
Chiriko and Mitsukaka agree with him.

Tamahome walks over to Miaka and gives her a piece of bread he was saving. Miaka smiles up into his blue eyes. And within seconds the bread is gone.

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Natasha, feeling scared and lonely, begins wondering deeper into the woods. “It’s starting to get darker,” Natasha remarks as she looks around her.
Suddenly a loud noise comes from a bush, as if there was something moving. Natasha starts slowly backing up when a man in a dark robe jumps out from behind the bushes. Natasha runs in fear from the assassin. She begins running faster as the masked man begins to gain on her. Natasha stumbles on a log falling to the ground, hitting her head on a rock. With dark red blood running down her cheek she looks up to see the assassin. She screams.

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In the forest where the Suzaku seven have stopped to take a rest, they hear a loud scream. They all hop to their feet. Miaka looks through the trees and says, “What was that!?”
Miaka begins to run and Hotohori grabs her by the shoulder stopping her. “No Miaka, you stay here with Chichiri, Tasuki, and Chirko. It’s to dangerous for you go,” Hotohori said as he grabbed his sword f0rom his horse.
With that said Mitsukaka, Tamahome, Hotohori, and Nuriko run into the woods in the direction of the scream. The four celestial warriors stop in the woods when they come to a cross way. They hear a loud scream again. “It’s this way!” Tamahome says as he runs down the path to the right.

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Natasha looks up to assassin as he walks closer to her with a ball of energy in his hand. “Don’t worry it will all be over in a second, Priestess of Suzaku,” the assassin growled at her. “But I’m not...,” Natasha searched for the ability to talk but the pain from the cut on her head was to much.
Just as the assassin was about to throw the energy ball, Nuriko threw Hotohori’s sword, stabbing him in the back. Tamahome and Tasuki came running up behind the other two warriors. The assassin fell to the ground and looked over at Natasha, “Your kingdom will crumble.”
The four celestial warriors came closer to Natasha who was still on the ground shaking. Tamahome squatted down on the ground and asked, “Are you all right?”
As Tamahome’s face become clear to her, she murmured, “ Fa.. father?”
Tamahome leaned back, with a puzzled face he asked, “What?”
Then she fainted. Nuriko, Mitsukaka, Hotohori, and Tamahome rushed over to her side. Nuriko turned to Mitsukaka, “Can’t you heal her wound?”
“No, I can’t I don’t have enough strength after healing Tamahome’s father. We need to get her back to Conan as soon as possible,” Mitsukaka said picking up Natasha.
“Nuriko, go back and get the others,” Hotohori said.