Title: Cities of Oz 1Author: Nbsire

Title: Cities of Oz 1
Author: Nbsiren
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Asami x Takaba
Spoilers: none
Warnings: Language
Summary: cracky fic. VF in Oz
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Yamane Ayano. Other characters are mine.
Author's note: Insane plot bunnies at work.

Akihito wakes up with the worse headache he's ever had. He sits up, groaning and holding his head as the pain makes everything spin.

He feels someone hand him a cold wet cloth, cracking open an eye he sees a skinny brunette next to him.

"It might be better if you lay down for a bit, you hit your head pretty hard when you fell. I'm Takato, I help out the farmer here with his crops."

"I'm Akihito. What farm am I at?"

"Farmer Guildman's Farm, he has the biggest farm here at Four Road Center."

Akihito tries to think of where Four Road Center is located outside of Tokyo and comes up blank.

"How close to Tokyo are we?"

"Tokyo? Is that where you're from?"

"Yeah. What's the closest city?"

"The farm is actually the crossroad point leading to the four cities of the land."

"Huh? That doesn't sound like anyplace that I know of in Japan."

"I've never heard of any place called Japan, this is Oz."

Akihito closes his eyes as he realizes he's stranded somewhere unknown.

"How do I get back home!?"

"The only ones that would be able to help you are the wizards, each city is ruled and guided by powerful wizards. You'll have to ask a wizard for their help in getting home."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know much about the cities, just whatever news and gossip that I've heard from merchants and such traveling to and from the cities."

So which one is the one that can help me?"

"I've heard that the wizard of Golden City is the most powerful of the four, so he's the one who has the best chance of getting you home."

Seeing that Akihito was starting to fall asleep, Takato covered him with a blanket when he lost the fight to stay awake.

I'll get Kou to come over, he knows more about the cities than I do.

[Onyx City]

Looking out on the city from the huge window, a bright flash of light from a sphere catches Mikhail's attention.

Going over to the sphere, what he sees in the sphere causes his anger to spill out.

"Yuri! Get in here! NOW!"

Akihito, Takato, and Kou talk as they follow the gold road that leads to Golden City.

"So you make jewelry Kou?"

"Yeah, I work with a lot of metals and gems and sell pieces in Golden and Cerulean cities. My teacher used to also sell in Onyx City but stopped and gave all his students warnings that it was changing and not in a good way. So when I started making my own pieces to sell, I stayed away from there."

"It's ok, what about the other cities?"

"Emerald City has the most stalls and shops that sell food and stuff from the farmers themselves. The other two cities sell food but no where near what you can find at Emerald City. Cerulean City and Golden City are merchant cities, there are plenty of stalls and shops that are unique to each city. There are some merchants though like myself that have a shop in both."

Arriving at the entrance to Golden City, Akihito's jaw drops at the sight of the city's walls, which were gold.

"So the city is actually made of gold?"

"The walls yes, the inside is normal. It's magically enchanted so the weather is always perfect."

Akihito stares wide eyed at the different stalls and shops they pass by as they make their way to Kou's shop.

Kou introduces Yoshida who helps run his shop in this city.

He takes Akihito and Takato to the second floor where a living area is at.

"I stay here at times when I change the inventory around or when other things pop up and I want to stay in the city."

"So where is the wizard I need to see?"

"His place is located at the center of the city. I wanted to give us a chance to get something to eat and clean up a bit before we go. I'm not sure how long of a wait we'll have when we get there."

"Good idea."

They stood waiting in the huge entrance hall of the central building in the city.

They made a request for a meeting with the wizard by talking to the tall dark haired guy with glasses, who was sitting at a counter. When the guy went inside all that was left was to wait.

Looking around at the people waiting to see him, Asami's eyes pause and look over a young man with hair a color not seen in Oz in a long time.

When the guy with glasses calls out his name, Akihito goes over to the door that would lead to the wizard that would hopefully be able to help him get home.

Akihito sees an empty chair on a raised platform and turns to look around the room when he's grabbed from behind.

Struggling to get loose, he freezes when the person that grabbed him leans in and sniffs him.

"What the hell!? Let go you pervert!"

He's turned around, tossed over a shoulder, and carried through a door behind the platform with the chair.

When he's carried into another room and lowered to the floor, he looks up to see a man with golden eyes staring at him.

"Akihito...you do know your punishment has compiled while you were gone."

"Huh? Who the hell are you and how do you know my name?