Disclaimer: I don't own anything including Fushigi Yugi. ~_~
AN: This fic takes place just after Miaka fails to summon Suzaku and Amiboshi "dies". So basically, everything from the first season is true for this story except for the end of the first season when Tamahome goes home and finds his family dead. But everything after the failed summoning of Suzaku does not apply since I'm basically rewriting the rest of the series. Also, I'm not a big expert on Japanese terms, so I'm going to stick with as many English terms as possible, sorry. But anyway…I hope you like and please review.
LostChapter One
Plotting Revenge
The emperor's palace was almost virtually quiet except for the silent thumps of someone's feet. It was late in the night and Suboshi was having trouble sleeping. He was in his room pacing back and forth across the way. But how could he sleep, he thought, when what happened… He stopped his movement for a moment recalling the feeling he had experienced earlier that day. It was like a part of him was ripped away from him. Slowly gaining his composure, he started pacing just as if he had never stopped.
'How can he be gone, it seems like I just saw him. This can't be real, there has to be some catch to this. Amiboshi sure is going to get it when he comes back for letting me worry like this.' Suboshi continually went over his emotions of losing his twin brother. But he was realizing he was having more difficulty with this than he had ever dealt with before. Sure he had dealt with loss before, like when his parents and his hometown had been destroyed a few years ago. But that was different. He at least had Amiboshi then to help him through it all. Now he was alone, completely and utterly alone and he didn't know what to do.
'Why did you do this, Amiboshi? Why did you leave me all alone? You stupid fool.' At this he again stopped pacing, but this time he started hitting his pillow on the bed, tears starting to trickle down his face. 'Why? Why? I need you…' He collapsed on his bed, tears flowing freely. 'I know it wasn't your fault, brother, I just miss you so much.' Almost immediately, his face changed to that of anger. He began wiping the stray tears off his face. 'No, it's not your fault. It's Suzaku's fault, every one of them. How dare they take away my brother?! I'll have my revenge for this crime. I'll have my retribution from every last one of them. Just you wait. Just you wait…'
With renewed purpose, he stood up from the bed, taking one last sweep of his hand to his face in a last ditch effort to clean his face. He shortly exited his room in search of a fellow seishi, Nakago.
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Nakago was also up sitting in his room, contemplating his next move. With the loss of Amiboshi, he was forced to draw his attention to acquiring the Shinzaho. In the long run, this way may be more beneficial since it wasn't required to have all of the celestial warriors in order to summon the beast god. But there was one set back he had yet found a way to solve. How was he going to dispose of that meddling Suzaku bunch? Before they hadn't posed too much of a threat since they were on a different path (looking for their seishi) than he was. But now with their failure to summon Suzaku, they were forced on the same route that he was now on. He could use them to his advantage though by letting them do all the menial work of retrieving the Shinzaho and then later stealing it away from them. That would save him a lot of time, but he was worried about his priestess. She had seemingly broken all ties with the Priestess of Suzaku, but he was still doubtful that she would be willing to play a continual role in opposition to the Priestess of Suzaku. He had come a long way in convincing her that the Priestess of Suzaku was her enemy, but he hadn't totally convinced her. This might be why Lady Yui still claims that Miaka will not fight against her. But he was not so confident of Miaka's unwillingness to fight.
'What can I do to weaken those Suzaku brats,' he thought to himself. Almost before he could finish his thought a knock was heard on his door. Nakago tensed, not really wanting to be bothered by stupid guard business or any business at that matter. But it may be important, so he very reluctantly decided to let whoever was there in. "Yes. Come in."
The door barely opened, letting a small head pop in just a little. Only able to distinguish the person's eyes, Nakago motioned them in so he could have a better look at his 'intruder'. The figure shyly walked the rest of the way in the room. The figure was young, not more than 16 or 17 at the most. He stood there a little timid while the moonlight reflected off his short greenish locks. Surprisingly, it was one of his seishi, Suboshi to be precise. He knew he was having trouble with the loss of his brother. Seeing the last remains of his dried tears, Nakago noticed it looked like he was still having trouble with that loss.
Feeling a little compassion in his hard demeanor, Nakago decided to hear him out even though it might not do him any good. "What is it you want, Suboshi?"
"Uh, Nakago, I was just wondering…well…I…" He stumbled off not able to get out what he came here to ask. Nakago losing any compassion he had had before, stared him down also losing a little patience. Becoming even more nervous do to his close scrutiny, Suboshi almost decided to leave. He started retreating when he remembered why he was there. Pulling up all the strength he had, he turned around and blurted out his words. "I want revenge!"
This caught Nakago a little off guard, but he quickly gained his composure. "What do you mean?" Losing all anxiety that he had before, Suboshi said, "You know what I mean. I want revenge for my brother. I can't just stand around and do nothing. They murdered him!" His last words were practically yelled. Taking a second to breath, Suboshi noted the sweat on his face and his clenched fists. Calming down a bit, he unclenched his fists and slumped again. "I'm sorry, Lord Nakago. Forgive me for my outburst. But I can't continue on with our quest without doing something. At this, though, I have no idea of what to do. That's actually why I came to you." Suboshi kneeled down on one knee also bowing his head. "Please, Nakago, tell me what to do to heal the pain that's in my heart." His words were almost a sob as he tried to contain his tears. But as soon as he had finished he lost all composure and began weeping uncontrollably.
Nakago paid little notice to his fellow seishi's loss of composure; instead he was lost in thought. 'Yes, this is a perfect chance to kill two birds with one stone. I can help Suboshi get over his loss so he can continue on and help Lady Yui during our quest for the Shinzaho and I can get rid of that troublesome Miaka. The loss of their priestess will destroy the rest of the Suzaku bunch and extinguish any doubts that the Lady Yui has about her morals.'
"Suboshi," Nakago began, "I think you're right, you deserve revenge." The younger seishi stopped crying from shock of Nakago's agreement with him. "Are you serious?" Suboshi asked still not believing his ears. "Yes," Nakago began to reiterate, "I even have the perfect plan and you'll have the key role. You are going to kill the Priestess of Suzaku." "But Lord Nakago how am I to do that? Even if I get close to her, she has a whole battalion of warriors to protect her. How am I to get past them alone?" "You won't be alone." Nakago stated. Suboshi opened his mouth to speak again, but Nakago cut him off. "It will be explained in due time. But at the moment I need you to fetch Lady Yui. She's a key component to my plan. Go!" Still not sure of what Nakago intended, Suboshi clumsily got to his feet and ran out the door, not wanting to receive Nakago's wrath from disobeying an order.
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"Miaka, you know you really should cut down on what you eat. You barely leave any food for the rest of us." Yui said to Miaka who was sitting across from her in some sort of café. It was a Saturday and the two of them had decided to get some extra studying in done before the high school entrance exams. The exams weren't for a while, but they wanted to be extra prepared. Well, actually it was more like Yui wanted to be prepared. It was her idea to go studying. Miaka had kind of been dragged along. Miaka had asked Yui if she wanted to do something during the weekend, but Yui refused saying that she was going to be studying at the library all day. Miaka's mom had overheard the conversation and insisted that Miaka went along hoping some of Yui's studying skills would rub off on Miaka. But it didn't appear that way. They had gotten up really early that morning and got to the library when it first opened. Both of them seemed enthusiastic, even Miaka was ready to get cracking. But not thirty minutes later was Miaka sleeping with her face down in the book. Yui hadn't noticed until the librarian had come up to them saying that they were being too noisy. At that, Yui looked over at her counterpart and saw that Miaka was totally knocked out on top of her Geometry book. Somehow she had positioned herself where her nose and mouth were squashed up against the book and inevitably causing her to croak out rather loud snores.
Yui had handled the situation rather well explaining to the librarian that her friend had stayed up too late the night before and had accidentally fallen asleep. The librarian gave Yui a warning (she wouldn't have given her much else since Yui was her favorite "customer") and suggested she wake up her friend. A little annoyed, Yui woke her up in a very unceremonious manner by slapping her across the back of her head. "I swear I didn't take that cookie…" is what she said once she woke up. Yui thought she was free from any more misfortunes after that incident until Miaka, while straining to get a stray jelly bean that she had dropped (even though you're not supposed to have food in the library), knocked over one of the book shelves. Books went everywhere. After thoroughly cleaning up their mess before anyone saw it, Yui decided they should leave for a while. Miaka liking the chance to get away from all the knowledge suggested that they go get some snacks.
That's where they were now, but that's not Yui's idea of a snack. Miaka had had five plates of "snacks" and was currently eating the remains of her dessert of ice cream all the while eyeing Yui's only snack, a slice of French silk pie. But when she heard Yui's words she disregarded Yui's snack and stared right at the source, Yui. "I don't eat that much. I only had five plates when I usually eat seven or eight. And I always leave some for anyone else, though not much." Noticing how silly her argument was, Miaka began laughing.
Not being able to keep a straight face anymore, Yui joined the contagious laughter. "Yui, you're my best friend. I hope we go to the same high school together. I don't know what I'll do without you." "I know what would happen, you'd make even more of fool of yourself. You need me." Yui put in a smug remark, leaning back in her chair to further express her superiority. "I do not make a fool of myself." Miaka responded crinkling up her forehead in a pout. Seeing her pout caused Yui to laugh again. "You know I'm only playing with you." "Yeah, I know," said a not so convincing Miaka. "But I do want to go to high school with you too, Miaka. You're my best friend as well." At that Miaka lost all control and lunged for Yui taking her in a tight embrace. They hugged for a few more seconds and decided to break it up. "We better head back to the library and try to get some more studying in, though I doubt they'll let us in if they see you," Yui began, starting to get up from their table. "But I'm still hungry," complained Miaka, "Can't we just wait…Get up Yui."
'What?' Yui thought, still feeling a little groggy.
"Please get up, Lady Yui."
Finally coming out of her dream, Yui slowly opened her eyes. And to her surprise, she saw Suboshi hovering over her. A little startled at his appearance in her room she involuntarily slapped him. His hand went up to his face where she had touched his face feeling the bruise already setting in. Jumping back to her senses, Yui noticed the dried marks on his face from obvious tears. 'He still must be having troubles with the loss of his brother. And great Yui! You just made it worse by slapping him. Way to go.' "Oh, Suboshi, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, you just startled me and it was kind of a reflex. I don't know what to do to…" But Suboshi jumped in before she could finish. "It's ok, Lady Yui. I don't blame you for getting startled by waking up with a strange man in your room. It's my fault, I should have been more cautious." Yui tried to butt in again but Suboshi raised his hand up to stop her. "I actually came here on business. Nakago has requested your presence. I will accompany you there."
With that said and done, Yui got up and headed for the door. When she got to the door she stopped and looked back towards her bed remembering the dream she had. She had to admit that she had had fun with Miaka. She was her best friend and a part of her misses her. But she couldn't forgive Miaka for what she did to her; at least she wasn't ready to, yet. She then slowly turned around and followed Suboshi back to Nakago's room.
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When Yui and Suboshi got to Nakago's room, Nakago was sitting at his table with his back to the door. He was just gazing out the window at the almost full moon barely noticing the duo when they entered the room. To Suboshi's surprise, he saw that Nakago was not alone. Soi, another Seiyru seishi, was in the room standing in the corner seeming to serve as a bodyguard, for what, Suboshi had no idea. He then cleared his throat in order to get their attention. Thankfully it worked. Nakago quickly moved his gaze from the sky to the duo.
"Lady Yui, I'm very glad you could come," Nakago started offering his hand to her. Very reluctantly she accepted it. "Why have you summoned me?" "I need to ask a favor of you," Nakago said as he led her to the chair he had just a moment ago been sitting. "Well, what do you need me for," she asked becoming a little more than flushed due to his close proximity to her. "I need you to write the Priestess of Suzaku a note." At this she gave him a questioning look. "You can't be serious? What purpose would that do?" "I have a plan. This plan gives both Suboshi here," he gestures toward him, "and you an opportunity to get even with those Suzakus. I need you to lure Miaka. Suboshi will do the rest, but it won't work if we don't have you're key support. Will you help us?" Not knowing what to do, she slowly looked around the room, hoping to find some sort of support. She landed on Suboshi. He had suffered so much for her how can she deny him help now? So she made her decision, "Yes, I will help you, Nakago."
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AN: Sorry not too much happening in this chapter, but I promise the next one has some action. Thanks for reading and please leave a review ^-^.