Part Two of S3 (Revised Version): The Retelling
By Snow Moon
GldnJewl@aol.com
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"I think we should do it." Yuushou said.
The three were sitting against the trees and walls in the place that
they had arrived at. The girl was still out, they had proped her up
against a wall.
"That's what you've been saying, Yuushou." Hikaru reminded him.
"Well, something good might come of it... Maybe Queen Rin set this
up."
Hikaru sighed. "Maybe, but what about her? We can't just..."
Yuushou looked at the sleeping brunette. "Well, maybe this is part
of it. The test, I mean."
"I think Yuushou's right. We should at least try to see what's going
on. Even if it's something difernt than what we're supposed to do, it
could still be something important."
Hikaru sighed. "All right. If the girl wasn't here, maybe I'd go for
it. But what are we going to do with an unconcious human?!"
"We won't get another chance!" Kakou fianlly yelled.
Hikaru sighed. "Well, I suppose... okay, okay! I'll go along with
it!"
Yuushou nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, now you say that!" Hikaru snarked. She folded her arms across
her chest and glowered.
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In her golden palace, Electra was outraged. "What?! What do you mean
you failed?!" She screamed at the kneeling man before her. He was
dressed in silver armor, his sword layed in front of him.
"I am sorry, my queen. But it seems that the situation there is
worse than we feared..." Lock apologized. He was worried about his
queen. She had been acting strangely ever since a few weeks ago, when
they had gone to visit the queen of a neighboring dimension.
"I am NOT pleased!!" The golden child screamed, picking up a crystal
orb and throwing it against a wall. Lock winced as it shattered. Why
was she so angry?
Electra seemed to calm down after that. "No matter. Lock, I have
something for you to do..."
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"Hey... you awake?"
Yukiko blinked her eyes open. It was dark. There was a fire going a
few feet away, and tow girls were asleep next to it.
She sat up a too fast and almost hit the ground again, but was
caught by another person. She looked up at him quizically.
"Here, let me help you." He said. He helped her sit up and lean
against a tree.
"What... what's going on?" Was all Yukiko could think to say.
The boy smiled and answered, "Well, it's a rather long story... do
you remember being attacked in an alley?"
Yukiko's eyes widened as it came back to her. She had been sure that
was just a dream.
The boy smiled. "Well... I'm Yuushou. Listen... I'll tell you
everything tomorrow, okay? Why don't you get some rest?"
She looked down. "All right... I am kind of tired.""
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Yukiko yawned and stretched.
"Goooood morning!"
Yukiko blinked a the perky girl in front of her. Slowly, she
realized again that it wasn't a dream. She really was with three
strange people in a strange place... none of which she recognized.
"Oh, silly me. My name is Kakou." The firey girl introduced herself.
"What's your name?"
"Ah... Yukiko Tsuki. Nice to meet you..."
"Hey! Stop fooling around!" The second girl snapped. She handed
Yukiko some food and smiled. "I hope you're hungry... if not, that's
all right. We can save it for later."
"Um, thank you... do you mind tlling me about what's going on,
though?"
"Of course not. I said we'd explain last night, didn't I?" Yuushou
said.
Yukiko nodded and began to eat.
"Well, to start out, we're Reijin." Yuushou started. "Reijin and
Akurei come from alternate realities, dimensions, than humans. We
didn't come from this dimension, though. We came from a dimension
for another planet called Asculepus."
"Akurei are spirits that have been tainted, which makes them evil,
but controlable, or else they're like animals. The one that attacked
you was the former. Reijin are like people. Not all Reijin have powers
like ours, however.
We are Reijin knights. Reijin knights have been blessed by the queen
of a certain dimension dimension, to whom they owe a life debt.
"Our queen, Rin, has gone into hiding in order to test us. We've
been looking for her for quite some time now.
"On the other hand, the queen of this dimension is Electra, who, for
some reason, also feels the need to test us. She sent one of her
knights to bring us here for an unknown reason.
Yukiko sighed. "I see... This is so weird."
Yuushou nodded. " know. We had a hard time with your reality at
first, believe it or not."
Yukiko swallowed the last bite of her food. "So now what? I mean,
what are we supposed to do?"
Kakou stepped in. "We have to go to the castle-palace-place at the
other side of the city."
"Oh... so I guess we'd better get stared, huh?"
Yukiko stood up. Yuushou and Kakou did the same. Hikaru was already
standing.
"You don't mind being dragged into this?" Hikaru asked.
"No, not really. It might be fun." Yukiko said with a shrug. "I
always kind of wanted something like this to happen to me, so why
should I complain?"
"Why would someone want this to happen to them?" Kakou asked
uncertainly.
"Well, I kinda watch a lot of anime..." Yukiko admitted.
"Really?! Wow! I love anime!" Kakou chirped.
The two talked as they began their long trip to the other side of
the city.
"Why do I get the feeling that this is going to get on my
nerves...?" Hikaru asked Yuushou.
"Well, probably because it will." He answered.
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End of part two
Notes
This started out completely different, but it was pretty much
pointless. Especially since I changed a bunch of the story. (What else
are revisions for?)
I really like the new version, though. I think I've improved over
the year, how about you? You can compare it to the old one, which is
still posted on my website.
The title is from the fact that, since this is the revision, it's
also the second time I've told my Reijin story, there. (^^)
Also, Electraoriginally talked inthird person. I thought that was a
little too psycho, so I did away with it.
More on Electra? I have a lipstick that's gold called Electric,
which is where her name came from.
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