Disclaimer: All Fushigi Yuugi characters, names, and settings do not belong to me, they belong to the original creator whom I have forgotten the name of. Haha. OH! It's Yuu Watase... right? Anyway, this is the only disclaimer you will see throughout the whole story, because I am lazy and don't want to type the same thing over and over and over again for twenty chapters. So, BE HAPPY!
Tomoe-Chan: Hey there. It's my new version of Tasuki In Love? I hope you all like it since it's better and more of a story that just a bunch of talking. I'm pretty proud of this, and I honestly think you all will like it better than the first version. I have to thank my roleplaying that got me to do such good story-form writing.
I honestly love this version, and am already nearly finished with chapter two. I actually have a story line typed up, so I know what I'm going to be doing for each chapter. Though I must warn you, my fight scene skills aren't great, so it may seem like the one I want to win is a god and can't be harmed and such. Though I will try and not do that.
As a warning, there will be 20 chapters, and chapter 10 will have a fight, as will chapters 12 through 19... The fights are still in progress and I haven't decided who will win and who will loose. I'm still thinking of people for the Suzaku Seven to go up against. Though I can assure you Tasuki will be the last to battle and he will be fighting the head evil man.
And don't be surprised by character name changes. I didn't like the plainness of the original names, so I'm changing them. Emi is now Karin, and Rajah is now Craven. You'll see Craven in Chapter 6. I hope you all enjoy the old story made new!
It was a beautiful day in the Conan empire, and Emporer Hotohori was busily dealing with his daily duties. The Suzaku Seven had recently returned from visiting their respective homes, and the day was slow and lazy. Tasuki was laying around near the garden of the palace, a plate of food and jug of alcohol nearby. While Tamahome, and Miaka strolled through the garden on this wonderful afternoon. Chichiri and Chiriko were, as per usual, in the library, reading, and all else. Nuriko was in the harem, visiting the women he had once lived with for the longest time. Of course at first they were all surprised to find out he was really a man, but they learned to love that fact. Mitsukake was the only one not lazing around the palace, as he was in the city of Conan using his healing abilities to help the sick and injured.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a comotion near the front gates of the palace. The gaurds could be heard yelling, and a shrill shreik in reply. The group was startled, and wondered what was going on. So, they all, taking seperate routes of course, found their way to the main room where Hotohori took care of business. They all stood around the edges of the room as a young girl, dressed in unusual clothes, was dragged into the room by the gaurds. She had jet black hair, that fell in thick, straight locks around her face. It was long, and the ends of it were a firey red. Her eyes blazed with anger, making the ice blue of her eyes seem like a boiling liquid. Her complextion was pale, almost glowing against her black hair. She glared daggers at the guards that held her.
Hotohori looked her over, knowing that she must be from the same world as Miaka. He stood, and stepped down from his throne, moving over to her and the gaurds. "Release her." he stated, looking at the men. They complied, and let her go, stepping back, but staying on guard in case she tried anything dirty. Hotohori gazed at the girl, then looked at the others around the room. He nodded to Miaka, and she stepped foreward. "Yes, Hotohori?" she asked lightly, curious as to what the emporer wanted.
"Could you take her to your room, and speak with her? I'm not going to make her a spectical for this room." Hotohori said, looking back at the girl. He gestured for her to follow Miaka, though he recieved a glare from her. "Don't worry, miss. You'll be safe. You have my blessing to be here." he told her gently, stepping back, then turning to move back to his throne.
Miaka nodded, and pranced foreward. She took hold of the girl's hand, "Come on. Let's go. I'll show you around, and we can talk." she said with a smile. The girl stared at her a moment, registering what Miaka was wearing. She recognized the uniform from on the of schools, and decided to follow her. They walked quickly to Miaka's room, and soon were sitting on the bed, Miaka talking almost a mile a minute.
After awhile, the girl was wandering around the palace, mainly avoiding who she could. Miaka, of course, was promptly explaining what she had learned to Hotohori and the others. Though, Tasuki was out of the loop since he was busily following the new girl. He seemed to have taken an intrest in her, and didn't know why. So he wanted to find out. "Hey! You there." he called to her, jogging a little to catch up to her.
She stopped, and stared at him. Her gaze was back to ice, no longer as pissed off as she had been earlier. She didn't know what this guy wanted, and she really didn't care. Though he was amusing, since he was dressed funny. He reminded her of the bandits she used to read about in her books. She mentally laughed, picturing him in a situation she had read about.
"So, what's your name?" Tasuki asked, pausing for an answer. He frowned when she didn't speak. "Are you a mute, or something?" he asked, trying not to snap at her. Again, she didn't reply to him, and so he sighed, and fell silent. When she started walking again, he followed her. It was almost like he had subconsiously self-appointed himself as her gaurdian. That would cause problems, since he wasn't crazy about girls. He left her as she continued to wander, and decided to go find some of the others.
Tasuki walked around, and soon ran into Hotohori. "Hey there, Hotohori. What's up with that girl?" he asked, shoving his hands into his pockets. He looked around, wondering where the emporer's counsel was. They normally followed him around where ever he went. Though it was possible that Hotohori had ordered them not to follow. Which was also odd for the emporer.
"As I suspected, she is from Miaka's world. She had found the book in a cafe when a man, what I'm guessing is Miaka's brother, left it behind." Hotohori explained, also looking around, mainly out towards the gardens. "Tasuki, I want you to watch over her. Make sure she doesn't get into trouble since I won't be able to." he said lightly, turning his gaze back on the bandit he knew as a friend.
Tasuki stared at him, feeling his mouth drop open. "No! She's a girl! She'll be fine." he snapped, crossing his arms over his chest. Though, from the look on the emporer's face, he sighed. "Fine. I'll watch her. But if she gets me into trouble, I'm not doing it anymore." he stated, and stalked off to find the girl once again. He found her in the garden, near the pond that Miaka had almost once drowned in.
"Hey there. I've just been informed that I'm to watch over you so you don't get into trouble." Tasuki grunted, walking over to stand beside her. Of course, she just looked at him, only instead of anger coloring her eyes, it was just a dull, bored look. He wondered what was going through her mind as the afternoon began to fade into the blackness of the night. "Let's go get some grub." he said suddenly, realizing it was past dinner time.
Tomoe-Chan: Well, there's the end of Chapter one, I couldn't really think of a good end, but I promise you'll see more cliff-hangers when I get the story really moving. Please review and tell me what you think of the new and improved!