Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction ❯ The Mysterious Play: Legend of the Moon and Sun ❯ In Miaka's World ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

AN: This story is taking place 2 years after Miaka comes out of the book, she is now 17 but in the book time it's been 4 years (cut me some slack since I had no idea how to calculate that time difference and it's too my purpose that it's 4 years). It will be a bit different hopefully than any other that you've read and will be my normal NC-17 later on. So read and enjoy!

The Mysterious Play: Legend of the Moon and Sun
Chapter 1: In Miaka's World

Written by: Scandalous Behavior

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The bedroom had never been a quiet place for the two years that the teenager had lived in the room that was her own. In the middle of the spacious room was a queen-sized bed with its occupant thrashing around on the bed, seeming to be unaware of the havoc she was causing the blue and white plaid comforter and blue flat sheets that were wrinkled and tossed every which way. The two pillows that should have her head resting on one or the other were on the right side of the bed, on the floor. The white wicker table beside the bed had a lamp and the clock with the reading 2:13 a.m. It was another night just like every other, starting out in the middle of the night with dreams that were so vivid and real that when the occupant of the bed woke up it felt like she had just gone to bed.

For six months the dreams had gotten worse from the ones she had been having since she was five years old and still never remembered what she dreamt when she woke up. It was a nightly torment that had the youngest two members in the house worried for her, while the eldest had no idea anything strange was going on. Most of the time the eldest had been gone on some trip and the girl in the bed was forced to become the adult, which woke up in the middle of the night covered in sweat or to a scream in her throat when she couldn't think why she was going to scream. As much as she tried to hide how very tired she was, the more certain people noticed. One of which had to hide his feelings for reasons even he didn't understand.

To sense the build up of something, flickering eyelids opened to reveal brown eyes of another girl in the bedroom next door. Pushing her own blankets off of her, she set her feet on the white carpet floor and walked to her door, opening it and tip-toeing to the bedroom next to hers opening it to see the girl in the bed saying words that she couldn't understand and was sure that her cousin didn't know the language she was speaking. Calling out names that she had never heard her cousin talk about, worry entered her eyes.

"I wish I knew what was going on with you, Kaori." Sachiko Yagami whispered to her cousin before stepping out of the room and back to her own. A decision to get to the bottom of it clearly on her face.

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Kaori woke up as she always did in the morning with a headache and sleepiness in every limb of her body. Cursing the stupid dreams that kept her from the desperate need of sleep she had, her feet touched the floor and she patted to her bathroom.

Dressed in the green school uniform, her hair in a tight bun at the back of her neck and thin glasses on her face she woke up the youngest member of the house, who rolled over. With an amused smile on her face, Kaori reached into the racecar-sheeted bed and yanked on a leg. A pair of tired blue-violet eyes glared up at her from the eight-year-old face of Akio Takashi.

"Five more minutes, Kaori?" his tousled black head lifted and a yawn escaped his mouth.

"Sorry, kiddo, but I got to get to school early this morning to work on the drama set and you have to take that spelling test."

"Oh, man." came the reply she expected before she shut her baby brother's bedroom door and saw the raven curled head of Sachiko leaning over the bar area of the kitchen with a plate of something that resembled chocolate on it.

"Sachiko!"

Startled the girl turned with a piece of double-fudge half way to her mouth.

"Geez, Kaori, don't sneak up on me like that."

Kaori rolled her eyes at the always-sensual appearance of Sachiko, who prided herself on being perfectly proportioned and then to see her pigging out on chocolate.

"Well, what do you expect me to do? Let it go to waste? You don't eat it and if Akio got his grubby hands on it the chocolate would be all over the place and the maid won't be here till tomorrow."

Sachiko gave a pout and then stuck the entire thing in her mouth.

"Since Grams....left us we have to be careful with things like food since we can't have the social worker coming and finding us shoveling junk food into our mouths." Kaori told the other girl, who pushed the plate away and eyes traveled to her elder cousin's face.

"You know, Kaori honey, you really need to lighten up. The social worker is less worried about us than any one else ever has been. All they want to see is that we are taking care of ourselves and of Akio, who is the only pain of this whole new situation," at Kaori's glare over the top of her glasses, Sachiko sighed, "I love the kiddo too but you have to let it go, Kaori. You can't be your mom and our grandma for your brother. Until you turn eighteen you just need to be big sis to him and then you'll be legal guardian of him. Hell," Sachiko's eyes twinkled, "with all the money Grams left us I'd say I'm surprised would be protectors haven't been knocking down our door. You still have six months till your eighteen and I have eight."

"And you read entirely too many romance novels to think that some guy would come to into our lives and willing to be guardian to a eight year old boy, a very melodramatic brunette and me."

"That's not what I was thinking, doll." a wicked look came into the brunette's eyes, "and I resent being called melodramatic. I am just very animated."

"What you two talking about?" Akio asked coming down the side stairs that connected directly to the kitchen.

"Nothing. Ready to go?"

Akio gave a pleading look to Sachiko to drive him, but she shrugged.

"Can't be helped, Akio. I have to be in early today too."

"Oh, yeah, forgot you're in the play, right?"

"Right. So be good for Drill Sergeant over there and I'll see you after school."

Kaori shook her head at her cousin's words before leading Akio to the door, picking up her bookbag and an extra bag for things for the play.

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Sachiko peered out the window making sure that Kaori's old mustang convertible was pulling away from the exclusive penthouse building before snatching up the cordless phone in the massive white furnitured living room and dialed the number to a certain guy's cell phone. Tapping her cherry red nails on the 18th century Victorian coffee table, she waited for it to picked up.

"Hello?" came the voice she knew all too well.

"Good morning, handsome."

She could almost hear his groan.

"Morning, Sachiko."

"Don't sound so happy to hear from me, gorgeous, I come baring words of concern."

"If this is about your need to have a strong guy work on that car of yours.."

Sachiko laughed, "No, no. Nothing like that. Actually it's about Kaori."

A small period of silence came from his end. An inner smirk came to her ruby-red lipsticked lips and she knew she had his attention. Talk about being able to read people, she thought smugly.

"You still there, Taka?"

"Still here."

"Let's just say that she's not getting any better and I need someone to find out why. Besides her being over protective, which is almost her normal thing."

"Why me?" his voice was soft and Sachiko would swear she could hear his own concern.

"Cause you got a connection to reach that girl that even I, her own cousin, don't seem to have. Just do it soon, okay? The girl is turning into a walking zombie, mumbling weird things in her dreams and such," Sachiko paused, "and if you want get that little redhead to help you. Nothing like using a bulldozer to knock down a brick wall. See you."

Pressing the clear button with 'End' on it, she placed it back in its cradle holder and grinned to herself.

"Damn if I'm not jealous of Kaori, having that hunk worry after her," Sachiko grabbed her leopard fur lined collared black jacket, "can't wait to see what happens."

And with that she grabbed her car keys to her Jaguar and headed downstairs to the parking lot.

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The guy known in this world as Taka hung up his portable cell phone and stared at it as he set it on the kitchen table he had been sitting at in his small, comfortable apartment all of two blocks from Famille Kishiwa, the apartment complex where his girlfriend lived with her mother and brother. His eyes were looking at the gray metal phone but no really seeing it. Rethinking over why that irritating brunette seemed to think that he was involved in her straight-laced cousin's life. He wasn't really. Not in the way he was in Miaka Yuuki's life.

Honestly he had only met the brunette and her very anti-social cousin a year ago, when Sachiko had introduced the blond to Miaka and Yui Hongo, who at the time had some of the same classes as Sachiko. It was before school had begun, and as usual for the past two years he had walked Miaka to school. Something strange hit him when he saw the blond. Her hair was different, not that blond was all the unusual, but it was like white mixed with gold pulled back into a severe bun at the base of her neck with thin silver framed glasses that hid her grayish colored eyes. Kaori Yagami Takashi she was introduced as, the oldest of the billionairess Emiko Yagami's grandchildren. Sachiko had explained that Kaori and her younger brother, Akio, were now living in the penthouse apartments in the Upper Class area with her and their grandmother. Kaori hadn't seemed all the interested in meeting them, at first. Miaka seemed to sense something about her and became instant friends with the distant blond, while Yui was still wary of the girl that seemed to have everything but acted like she had nothing. The differences in the cousins were staggering. Sachiko was the first to admit how wealthy the family was and how big her trust fund account amounted to, always in the spotlight and blunt to the point of being rude most times. Kaori was older, which didn't surprise anyone only that the way Sachiko dressed and was about three inches taller than the petite blond made people wonder at first, and was involved in things that took up a lot of her time.

Even with Miaka, who as he had to admit was a bulldozer about certain things especially when it came to her friends, Kaori seemed to be in her own box that no one and nothing was allowed into without permission. Like she was protecting herself and everyone else from something. Then again she had lost her mother only months before she moved to Japan from New York. Though it was strange because the way Sachiko acted she'd fit right into being an American rather than her cousin.

For some reason the last couple of months he had sensed something strange with Kaori. A problem he couldn't put his finger on and that was causing Miaka to worry. The few times he had actually talked to Kaori just the two of them, a feeling of comfort and protectiveness always came over him as it did around Miaka, that completely confused him. She was a stranger to him so why should he feel anything for the girl. He remembered once he had taken her hand in order to break whatever spell she had put herself in while standing in the middle of the empty school hallways and felt like he had been taken back in time and then thrown into this one. The connection was so intense that Kaori pulled away as if his touch burned her, the lost look on her face had been enough to get a certain short haired sandy blond by the name of Yui to accuse him of cheating on Miaka.

If only it was that simple, he thought sliding the phone in the back pocket of his pants and grabbing his jean jacket to get ready to go by Miaka's. Snatching his apartment keys off the hook next to the door, he locked it after him and headed down the stairs to the first floor and out the double glass doors.

What bugged him the most was that Sachiko seemed to know something that he didn't. That he would talk to Kaori, for all the good it would do, but that the brunette knew she could pull his strings was getting on his nerves. Always dreading her phone calls, that happened at all times of day and then to get one that was completely for her cousin made him rethink that Sachiko might not be as shallow as he once thought. Until she went and reversed that again.

Passing by the gates that led into Miaka's apartment complex, he was prepared for the running tackle hug that his head shorter girlfriend always felt the need to give him whenever she saw him. Not that he minded in the least, it was just another show of affection and he did love her afterall. Bending to touch his lips ever so gently over her soft pink ones, she sighed into his mouth her arms locked around his neck until she decided to let go.

"Morning, Taka." Miaka's sweet voice announced, pulling her arms down from his neck only to lock them on his left arm.

"Good morning, Miaka. Ready to head to another fun filled day of high school?" he teased as she gave a sour look at the idea of school being fun.

"School isn't fun, Taka, how many times do I have to tell you that?" Miaka commented, walking with him down the sidewalk in the direction of the high school.

"I like school."

Glaring up at him she said, "You would. You and Yui have to be the only two people in the world that think school is a good idea. It's so boring!"

"Just one more year after this one."

"Do you have to keep reminding me?" Miaka groaned.

Coming to the school grounds of Yatsubadsi High School, Miaka's curious green eyes took everything in as the banners for the new school play was being put up in front of the double door walk way into the school. Then with a smile on her face, she saw Sachiko Yagami in her classic outfit of manipulating the school dress code by adding every single drop of red and black she could to the green and white uniform. A wave from her manicured hands at Miaka and Taka, that Miaka looked up to see the distress in her boyfriend's face.

"Oh, come on, Taka, Sachiko isn't that bad. Just fun."

"Fun is not the word I would use for her." He mumbled before his girlfriend pulled on his arm over to the grassy area of the front lawn where Sachiko stood, hands on hips directing the two pathetic boys infatuated with her on ladders hanging the banner.

"Miaka, Taka, isn't it a great morning? I was just explaining to Principal Juno that the play tonight is going to be a big hit, that you two are coming to." Sachiko stated, giving them no room to refuse that they were coming or not.

"Still telling people what to do, Sachiko? What if someone doesn't want to see you on stage again?" Yui Hongo asked, the sandy-haired blond with critical blue eyes observing the shoulder-length raven curls haired girl.

"Was I talking to you, Hongo? No? I didn't think so," Sachiko turned her brown eyes back onto to ponytailed turquoise haired hunk and his pretty redhead girlfriend, "as I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted that you two are coming to the play which my cousin will be helping with."

Yui's eyes narrowed at the girl that she hadn't gotten along with from day one and that she didn't like. The feelings were completely mutual as Sachiko thought Yui as a backstabbing troublemaker.

"No! The banner goes to the left so that the picture of me is clearly seen from the road!" Sachiko yelled all of a sudden seeing that the tree right next to the stairs was blocking the side of the banner with her clearly displayed on it at the two boys.

"Sachiko," came the calm voice of Kaori coming down the stairs, "I am sure that the world will not end from people not being able to see your picture. Now would you please do as I asked earlier and get fitted for your costume so Uta doesn't have to stand in place like a statue and block the stage crew just to wait on you."

"Alright," Sachiko replied, "but make sure those two blundering fools put the banner where it goes. Am I not the star?"

Tossing her curls she headed up the stairs passing her cousin, who only shook her head and looked apologetic to Miaka, Taka, and Yui.

"I am sorry," Kaori sighed as Miaka genuinely smiled, "the day of the play always puts Sachiko into a holier-than-thou attitude. You really don't have to come if you don't want to."

"Don't worry, Kaori. We'll be there, I can't wait to see your dress designs and the stage. The craft department has been talking about it for days." Miaka praised.

"Thanks, Miaka," Kaori smiled to an emotionless faced Yui and then to Taka, "I have to get back to the auditorium. I'll see you in class, Miaka, Yui."

Realizing that he needed to talk to Kaori and that she'd be busy with the performance later, he called out to her as she moved to go up the stairs.

"Kaori, can I talk to you for a minute?" his voice carried to her and a questionable look spread over her face, taking in Miaka's expression of interest and Yui's raise of an eyebrow.

"Sure, I guess."

Kissing Miaka on the mouth lightly he headed up the stairs with Kaori, leaving the girl standing there.

"Well, isn't that interesting?" Yui commented watching the two disappear behind the doors.

"What? Taka and Kaori are friends, Yui." Miaka told her.

"Friends like you and her or more like got a crush on him friends?"

"What are you saying? That Kaori likes Taka?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Miaka only looked at her friend with a never-would-happen look.

"Kaori doesn't like Taka like that."

"What about Taka? Are you sure he doesn't have feelings for her, going after her like that?"

Miaka just shook her head and walked up the stairs, wondering what Yui was trying to prove. Taka loved her, she loved him. They were destined to be together. She trusted Kaori so much it was strange, just as she trusted Taka. Something that she was still working on with Yui ever since coming back out of the Universe of the Four Gods. Taka loved her and that was all she needed to know.

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Sachiko was in the red velvet dress of medieval design that had long V-shaped sleeves and a rounded neck, with a red tiara in her hair she could pass for ancient royalty. Satisfied with her reflection she turned from the full-length mirror in the dressing room to the mousy brown haired Uta, waiting on Sachiko's opinion.

"It needs something, like a cape." Sachiko told the other girl, who nodded.

Watching the doorway, Sachiko felt a smile lift her lips as Kaori walked by closely followed by Taka. Getting down off the foot stool, she put a finger to her lips and crept over to the doorway, peeking around the corner to see the two figures in the empty drama department hallway with only the light from the weak light bulbs and the natural light from the doors windows at each end of the long hall. Taka's voice was even and she knew he was taking her advice, which she wanted to be clued in on. Walking away from the doorway to the vent that was right above where they were talking about and climbing on one of the chairs, she motioned Uta to go away and lifted her head up to listen to the conversation she was dying to know about.

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"So what did you need to talk to me about that you couldn't say in front of Miaka?" Kaori asked, calmly staring at the guy leaning against the wall across the hall from her.

Taka took in that Kaori was not going to be the easiest person to communicate with, then again he survived Tasuki and Hotohori.

"Well, it's just that you haven't been acting yourself lately and I wanted to talk to you about it."

Kaori got an amused smile on her face at his words that he glanced at her.

"What?"

"Nothing. Only you don't really seem the type to find this easy to do."

"How'd you guess?" his voice filled with humor.

"Look, Taka, I know that you are concerned and that's really nice that you are but I'm fine. I'm kinda of a big girl and I can take care of myself."

At those words on the other side of the wall Sachiko almost burst out with a remark on how that was so not true but Taka did it for her.

"Then why haven't you been sleeping?"

Startled she turned her face from staring at him to the side, to down the hall.

"I sleep."

"Right. People that sleep have bags under their eyes and look like zombies."

Her gray eyes narrowed at him over her glasses and he only met her eyes with his own gray-violet ones.

"You might be Miaka's boyfriend, for which certain politeness is due, but I draw the line at you inviting your opinions into my life. You don't know anything about me, Taka, so don't pretend that you do."

"That's because you won't let anyone, not even your own cousin, in. Whose fault is that, Kaori?"

"Mine. I take full responsibility for my actions, Taka. Something that you should probably give a try sometimes."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" his voice flared with anger and he took two steps towards her.

"You aren't exactly an open book, only Miaka knows how to read you. I don't see you with friends to confide in and giving information of yourself away freely. Maybe you should take a look in the mirror before you accuse people of things you are guilty of."

"Forget it," he stood over her, "I told Sachiko I'd try to talk to you but I see this isn't going to go anywhere."

"Sachiko?"

Inside, Sachiko mumbled 'damn' and jumped off the chair, nearly falling due to the long skirt of the dress.

"Your cousin is so worried about you she asked me to talk to you. I see that was a big mistake."

Putting his hands in the pockets of his jeans he headed down the hall.

"I'm sorry, Kichiku-chan." Kaori sadly replied, as he turned in mid-step.

Before she knew what was happening his hands clamped on her shoulders and his eyes seemed to be searching for something.

"What did you call me?" his voice barely above a whisper but demanding.

A hand came up to her head and she closed her eyes.

"So Kichiku, that is your name isn't it? From Hakukou? The Seishi Tamahome."

Her voice was distant, as if coming from someone else startling him.

"How?"

"I don't know," she felt her head as if to get answers, "god, I wish it would stop."

His hands dropped from her shoulders.

"Stop what, Kaori? How do you know that is my name? How could you possibly...?"

Sachiko came to cough and make her presence known at the doorway.

"Cause, handsome, that's the name she yells in her sleep. In that strange accent, along with 'Suzaku no Miko' and a bunch of guy names then it changes and she says other things with 'no Miko' at the end. Like she gets possessed in her sleep."

"How did you know that I went by that name at one time?"

"I can't answer that. I don't know," Kaori looked at Sachiko, "just leave it alone."

"Not until you tell me.." Taka had grabbed her hands to keep her from moving and the contact made them both sway on their feet.

Images flashed in their heads of a beautiful woman with blue-black hair kissing them both and then at Tamahome's village where his father had taken the boy that he knew was himself from the woman. Images of before of the land and then of a small girl looking too much like Kaori and then people pointing and whispering about her, in strange clothes Kaori didn't recognize.
The visions stopped and Sachiko ran over to keep Kaori on her feet. Taka pulled back and nearly collapsed to his knees.

"Whoa, you guys sure know how to give out a power punch. Lots of white and red."

Kaori seemed to be inhaling air, her glasses moved off her face into her palm and then she glanced over to a stunned Taka. His violet-gray eyes met the gray-violet ones of her own.

The bell rang and Kaori shook off the images and thoughts.

"I gotta get to class. Sachiko get changed."

Ignoring Taka completely she ran down the hall only to hear his voice yell out to her and closing the entrance to the drama hallway she composed herself and walked to class.

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Refusing to believe in anything such as magic or visions, Kaori went to get Akio from school and then home to pick up some things for the play along with a change of clothes in her bag for when she got back to school. Akio only stared at her like she had gone crazy running around doing a hundred little things.

"Kaori, are you okay?" Akio finally asked having followed her into the closed off room of their mother.

"Fine, Akio."

"Why are you in Mom's room?"

"Looking for something that Sachiko needs for the play, will you go get some food packed in my extra bag and get your overnight bag? I got permission from Mrs. Hayashi for you to spend the night with Yoshikazu."

Akio's face lit up at being able to hang out with his best friend after Sachiko's play.

"You rock, Kaori."

Disappearing out of the room, she collapsed on her mother's bed.

"At least someone thinks so. Me, I'm not so sure," catching the wooden chest that hid away many of her mother's prized possessions she climbed off the bed and onto the floor opening the chest to find the object she was looking for.

Pulling it out it became a long dark blue to being almost black velvet cloak with a hood lined with sapphire silk. The chain that kept it was thin silver with the symbol of a tiger as the clasp. It was beautiful and Kaori knew it would be great with Sachiko's other dress for the play. As she set it on the bed a small object fell out of the cape and rolled on the bedspread. Putting the chest back in order, Kaori stood and saw the object out of the corner of her eye. Picking it up she saw it was a small silver ring, again with the tiger on it encrusted with diamonds, feeling as if it was beckoning her to it she slid it on her right hand ring finger. Taking the cloak she closed her mother's bedroom door and headed downstairs to put it in her bag.

Once she and Akio got to the school she made sure he was occupied in the corner of the dressing room with one of his many hand held video games and headed to find Sachiko. Instead running right into Miaka and Taka, with Miaka's blond older brother Keisuke, Yui and Yui's boyfriend Tetsuya wearing his trademark sunglasses. Reacting instinctively Taka's hands came out to steady Kaori, who made a subtle movement to get out of his reach.

"Better be careful, Kaori, or Taka will think my klutziness is wearing off on you." Miaka teased lightly.

"Glad to see you made it. I would take you out to the seats but I need to get this to Sachiko."

Moving away, avoiding eye contact a calculating look came onto Yui's features and she saw Taka glance at the moving away Kaori.

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While all the older kids were involved in either the play itself or in the crowd not a single one took notice of the strange figure that entered the room, which happened to be locked up so that Akio couldn't be lost in the big school. The figure moved so as not to be seen by the young boy, who unknown to the figure could sense the evil intentions and moved out of the way as the figure went to grab at him with a knife in his hand that cut the upper right arm of the boy. Staring at the black figure, Akio moved away with all the courage of his eight year old heart he stood up to the figure.

"What do you want?!"

"What a demanding little brat, just wait little boy, you'll find out soon enough."

With that the figure enveloped Akio and the boy lost consciousness. The figure smiled darkly before disappearing and all that remained was a scroll with a small paper attached to it. Within the darkness, Akio used the last remaining thought on his mind to call out for the one person he loved above anyone else.

"Kaori!"

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The performance went without a single problem. Sachiko, as usual, gave a captivating performance as if she was born for each part she played and when she headed back to the dressing room with Kaori, who was carrying the two bags she had with her. As soon as Sachiko unlocked it, Kaori stopped her from entering it sensing something.

"Akio?" Kaori asked, entering it and then in the back of her mind she heard him call her name and then nothing.

"Akio! Akio?!" Kaori yelled and went to where she had left him finding the scroll with runes printed on it and a small paper with just a few symbols on it but what disturbed her was the two red splotches on the small paper.

Somehow nothing that whatever did this was connected with Taka, she grabbed the papers in her empty hands since the bags were on her shoulders and went out of the room with only a lost Sachiko left to follow her.

The doors to the drama department slammed opened and when Kaori caught sight of the guy she was looking for she headed straight to him and with a strength due to her worry and anger she forced him back into one of the trees in the darkened front lawn. A shriek came out of Miaka, Yui gasped in being startled and both the older guys just stared at the enraged blond.

"What the hell did you do with Akio?!" she hissed at him.

"Kaori, what the.....what do you mean what did I do with Akio?" Taka asked her, feeling the anger seeming to embody her entire presence.

"I want to know what you've done with him. He was left in the dressing room, the door locked and all I found when I came back was this scroll that I know you know what it says and a note with HIS blood on it and I want to know what the hell you did with him!!!"

"Kaori honey, maybe you should take a chill pill and back off of Blue Boy." Sachiko called coming to finally get close enough to talk, reminding herself what a bitch it was to run in high heels.

"Scroll?" Miaka asked, having Kaori only glance at her friend before handing over the scroll to Miaka who moved closer to a now able to move Taka, as Kaori backed away," Ohmigod."

Everyone looked at Miaka, who showed the scroll to Taka.

"It's the Universe of the Four Gods." Miaka announced.

Kaori glanced away and then looked at Taka, "It is Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho."

"The Genbu and Byakko scroll?" Taka asked her, as Miaka was startled to hear those words from her friend.

"Yes," Kaori answered, not knowing how she knew all this, "those bastards have my baby brother and what I want to know is why you know about it."

"Whoa, calm down, Kaori." Yui said, "what makes you think we know anything about this 'Universe of the Four Gods'?"

"Don't play games with me, Seiryuu no Miko." Kaori's voice was angered and Yui took noticeable two steps back from being called that again.

"What is going on out here, Miss Takashi?" came the voice of Principal Juno.

Taking in a breath, Kaori glanced up at the man.

"Nothing, sir. Everyone was just congratulating Sachiko on her performance."

Seeming satisfied with the answer he moved to his car and Kaori looked back to Taka.

"Listen to me, Tamahome, you either tell me what I want to know or I'm gonna take a page from Miaka and go into that damn scroll and get my brother back."

"Kaori, hold on a minute you don't understand the power of that scroll..." Taka called as she grabbed it from him.

"No, you don't understand. He's my brother. One of the remaining people in my family and I will not let him go because of some stupid scroll." Kaori's voice was filled with unshed tears and with a pain that came from the years of losing the people she loved, a white-silver light covered her entire person with her green uniform and the two bags and she disappeared.

"Kaori!" Sachiko yelled.

As the scroll dropped to the ground, Taka saw Miaka and Sachiko gather around it and Miaka opened it to find Kaori's name written in it. Sachiko turned to the group who had seemed more surprised at Kaori's anger than the disappearance of her.

"Now, what the hell was that and what the hell is going on?" Sachiko demanded, leaving five people staring at her.

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So what do you think? I've only seen certain episodes, although I got what happens at the end off websites. I know I am making Yui into a bad person, but I've never liked the girl so what can I say? In the next chapter Kaori is now in the scroll with strange people and things are going to get even more interesting when she meets the Emperor of Konan. I promise more Miaka and Tamahome in the next chapter since they are major characters and I love them both. Let me know what you think.

~Scandal~
October 14, 2001