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Author's Notes: Here in contains a very silly chapter. View at your own risk. If you suffer from any medical problems due to laughter, find yourself a nice romance or drama fic. Thank you. This takes place after the Tasuki/Tamahome battle in episode 20. This is basically what would happen if someone from Tasuki's past decides to visit while he's injured in episode 21. Rated R because Tasuki and his visitor have such a large vocabulary
1 Thinking in * *
2 Tasuki's Harem Trouble Part 2: Return of the Sister From Hell
Tasuki winced in pain as Mitsukake wrapped another bandage around his broken arm. The bandit was completely wrapped up in bandages after he arrived back from Kutou. Tamahome really did a number on him from their battle earlier that night. In the distance, he could hear Chiriko's flute playing. No doubt the young musician was trying to cheer Miaka up. Suzaku knew she needed it after Tamahome, her true love, brutally attacked her.
"That should do it for now," Mitsukake said as he tied off the last bandage. "Once my powers return, I will be able to heal you."
Tasuki nodded, painful as it was. The giant healer had already used his powers to heal Miaka's broken arm. Though he was in much worse condition than the miko, Tasuki agreed to let her be healed first. After all that happened earlier, she didn't need any physical pain on top of the emotional trauma she was already going through.
Tama-neko hopped onto Mitsukake's shoulder as the healer put away his medicinal herbs and bandages. The healer was about to leave so that Tasuki could rest when the door opened and slammed into Mitsukake's face. Nuriko stepped in with that silly grin plastered all over his face.
"How're you feeling Tasuki-kun?"
Tasuki turned his head toward Nuriko, despite the pounding headache that the tiny motion gave him. "Let's just say I've been better. Suzaku, I only hope that Tanika lady doesn't find out about this. If she tries to rape me again, I won't be able to fight back."
Nuriko's grin, by some remarkable feat, broadened. "You're in luck. Tanika's gone."
"Nani?"
"Yeah! She heard that there was a red headed lord in Kutou and took off."
Tasuki chuckled lightly. "I guess Hotohori's gonna have one less admirer now."
"That'll be the day," Nuriko chuckled in response. "Actually, Hotohori- sama's advisors found a replacement for Tanika the moment she left. You might like this one. She looks and even acts like you."
Tasuki managed a smile. "You're kidding, right? How could there be another person as charming as me?"
The door suddenly flung open, smacking Mitsukake in the face again, and a cross-looking woman with hair identical in color to Tasuki's stormed in. Tasuki took one look at her and facevaulted. Of all the women in Konan, why did SHE have to be chosen for the harem?
The woman sauntered over to Tasuki's bed and looked at him with mock concern.
"Awwwww! Did my baby bwoder get a boo-boo?"
Tasuki cringed. "Um…hi Aidou…"
Without warning, Aidou began to pummel Tasuki in the face. "Kou Shun'u, you little shit! I can't believe you just ran away from home like that! It's been two years and you never wrote once! Not that I expect a brain dead a- hou like you to ever learn how to write! You could've at least said something about being a Suzaku seishi, but nooo! You think you're sooo high and mighty, but you are just a worthless, good-for-nothing, little
shit!!"
Aidou stopped briefly to catch her breath. Taking full advantage of the pause, Nuriko's hand shot out. "Hi, I'm Nuriko."
Aidou's personality suddenly did a 180º flip. "I'm Aidou. It's a pleasure to meet you, Nuriko," She smacked Tasuki in the head again. "Shun'u aren't you going to tell them about me?"
Tasuki, now bloodier than ever, sweatdropped. "Aidou's one of my older sisters. She's a psychotic-"
Aidou immediately started punching Tasuki again. "What the hell are you talking about?! How dare you call me psychotic! You little shit! You're nothing more than an a-hou who just happened to get lucky! If it weren't for all this Suzaku shit you'd be just another worthless pile of human flesh that could never amount to anything! Kisama! You couldn't even find yourself a damn wife if you tried!"
In the background, Nuriko looked at Aidou with starry eyes. "There's nothing more beautiful than the love between a brother and sister."
Mitsukake just sweatdropped and reached for the bandages again.
* * *
The sun shone brightly down on Tasuki as he painfully hobbled out of his room. The bandit paid no attention to the warm light through. He was too busy plotting ways to get rid of Aidou. There had to be a way to get her booted out of the palace before her fists of fury killed him. Tasuki winced involuntarily as he painfully remembered all of the things she had done to him as a kid. He would be innocently chopping wood or filling the water jug when Aidou would pop out of nowhere and chuck logs at his head. Other times he would be preparing to eat when Aidou would appear and steal all of his food. Now that he thought about it, all five of his older sisters did that to him…but Aidou was definitely the worst.
"Shun'u you a-hou!" Aidou was storming down the walkway toward him.
"Speak of the devil," Tasuki grumbled and tried to limp away.
Aidou grabbed his robe and slammed Tasuki into a sitting position on the floor. Despite Tasuki's cry of pain as he hit the ground, Aidou proceeded to scream into her little brother's face.
"What the Hell are you doing out of bed?! You are such a bull headed baka! You probably don't even realize how injured you are! How the hell are you supposed to help save Konan if you can't even take care of yourself?!"
"Is that sisterly concern I hear?" Tasuki paled when he realized he'd said that out loud.
Fire blazed in Aidou's eyes. "Did you just talk back to me?"
"No no! I didn't say anything!" Tasuki shook his head madly and tried to scurry away.
It didn't work. "Don't even think of running away, Shun'u! I don't like it when people talk back to me! Do you want to know what I do to people who talk back to me?"
"Ano…" a timid voice piped up behind Aidou.
Aidou whirled around in surprise. Standing on the walkway, flute in hand, was Chiriko. The blonde seishi stared at Aidou with an absolutely clueless face. Aidou smiled sweetly at Chiriko.
"Can I help you?"
Chiriko looked even more puzzled. "I was just coming to see how Tasuki was doing. Are you really his sister?"
Aidou frowned. "Yeah, lucky me."
"Then why are you yelling at him? Out of all the people here, you should be the one who's most concerned about his health."
Her eye twitched and her voice lowered into a growl. "Look, flutey-boy, I'll handle Shun'u the way I want to and you can handle him the way you want to. Got it?"
Chiriko nodded and watched as Aidou walked away. The youngest seishi sighed and pulled Tasuki back onto his feet. The red head leaned heavily on Chiriko as he staggered back to his room. Tasuki laid back down on his bed and sighed heavily. Chiriko watched him for a while until he couldn't stand it anymore. He had to ask.
"Shun'u?"
Tasuki groaned. "It's my real name. I hate it. It sounds like someone sneezing. Aidou doesn't respect me enough to call me by my seishi name. Hell, she doesn't give a flying rat's ass about respect, period."
Chiriko nodded and picked up his flute. "Would you like me to play a song for you, Shun'u?"
Chiriko's answer was a whack on the head from the tessen that magically appeared in Tasuki's hand.
* * *
"And then there was this one time when Shun'u was three and he tried to use this giant axe to chop wood. But it was too big for him to handle. So, when he tried to pick it up, he fell backwards and ended up chapping a leg off of his bed! Our mom was so mad at him that she made him cut up these huge logs with a little dull butter knife!"
Tasuki growled. From his position on the walkway, he could hear Aidou telling embarrassing stories about him to the other seishi in the nearby garden. Everyone was laughing, including Mitsukake and Hotohori. Tasuki balled his hands into fists and began to feebly punch the banister. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that he was hitting the banister with his broken arm until a sharp jolt of pain shot through his body. Tasuki yelped and began to dance around the walkway in pain. That was when he realized that he was also hopping on his broken leg. Tasuki yelped again and crashed to the floor.
That was when he noticed a couple of fist sized rocks lying near his head. And Aidou was within firing range! Tasuki grinned wickedly and picked up the first rock. The bandit struggled back to his feet and leaned against the banister. He pulled back his arm and was about to throw when Chichiri suddenly popped up behind him.
"Watcha doing no da?"
"Aaaack!" In his surprise, Tasuki let the rock fly and completely missed Aidou. Instead, the rock smacked into a tree, causing the branches to bend back and then snap forward. The rock came flying back and smacked into a new target, Tasuki's bandaged head.
Chichiri leaned over Tasuki. "Tasuki-kun, how many fingers am I holding up no da?"
Chibi Suzaku's were fluttering around Tasuki's head. "Um…eighty-three?"
"Close enough. Let's get you back to bed no da. I'll go get Mitsukake no da."
"But Mommy, I'm too old to breast feed."
* * *
Later on, Aidou was telling Chiriko and Mitsukake more embarrassing stories about Tasuki's childhood.
"So anyway, we all walked into the house and saw all these animals inside. You wouldn't believe what was there; cats, dogs, birds, sheep, chickens, cows, a horse, and even a deer! And little ten-year-old Shun'u is sitting on the floor with a kitten in his lap. He looks up at Mom with these puppy dog eyes and says 'they followed me home. Can I keep them?'."
Tasuki resisted the urge to roast Chiriko and Mitsukake when he heard them howling with laughter. No, his mission was to get rid of his sister from Hell. Grunting, he hefted a heavy log onto his back and almost fell over. Of course, having several broken bones and no reserve strength didn't help. Staggering under the log's substantial weight, Tasuki edged closer to Aidou.
"You've been throwing logs at my head for years, nee-san. Now it's your turn to suffer. Heh, turnabout's fair play."
"Hey there, Tasuki-kun! Feeling better?"
Nuriko had suddenly appeared and slapped Tasuki on the back. Tasuki lost his grip on the log as he flew forward. The log crashed down as well, on top of Tasuki.
"Whoops! Sorry, Tasuki-kun! I guess I still don't know my own strength. I guess I'll go now. Ja!"
* * *
When Tasuki woke up, he was back in bed. Outside, rain came pouring down on the palace grounds. Thunder rumbled in the distance. Mitsukake was putting away his bandages once again. The other seishi, minus Hotohori and of course Tamahome, were sitting around his room. Tasuki groaned and opened his eyes.
"Are you awake?" the healer asked.
"Tasuki nodded. "I feel like shit."
"I wouldn't be surprised," Nuriko chuckled. "That log rebroke your bones. You had a complete relapse."
It was then that Tasuki noticed he was almost completely mummified in gauze and bandages.
"What were you doing with that heavy log anyway no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Yeah, Tasuki," Nuriko smirked. "I'm the only one around here who's supposed to do all the heavy lifting."
Tasuki groaned again and closed his eyes. "I've gotta get rid of Aidou. She's making my life even more hellish then when I was a kid. She's one of the reasons why I left home and joined the bandits in the first place. I was just fuck'n sick of having her beat me up and tease me and treat me like a little baby. And now she's here and making my life miserable again."
"Tasuki?" Nuriko sat down on the bed.
"Hai?"
"If you start blubbering, I'm going to smash your face in."
"Mitsukake, where's my tessen!?"
Chichiri reached over and whapped Tasuki on the head. "You're not strong enough to use your tessen now no da."
"Oh, but I'm strong enough to get pounded, huh?"
"Tasuki, you need to rest," Mitsukake chided the bandit gently.
Tasuki sighed. "So, did I miss anything while I was out?"
While everyone else sweatdropped, Chichiri informed Tasuki. "Oh, you didn't miss much no da. Miaka only tried to kill herself by drowning in one of the ponds no da. And then Hotohori-sama jumped in to save her no da. And nothing much happened after that aside from the fact that Suzaku's power surged through him and he flew out of the water with Miaka in his arms no da. Other than that, nothing's happened no da."
Tasuki sweatdropped. "Just how many days was I unconscious!?"
"Actually," Mitsukake smiled. "You've only been out of it for an hour. You've had a busy day."
"Day? Was it just this morning that I got crushed by that log? Geeze, that means that Aidou's been here for at least two days. I don't think I can take this much longer."
"But, Aidou just arrived this morning," Chiriko smiled. "You've been drifting in and out of consciousness all afternoon, Tasuki. That's why you feel like time has passed so quickly."
Tasuki groaned yet again. "That mean's Aidou's only been here for a day! I can't take it, guys. I've gotta get rid of her before I go absolutely insane!"
Nuriko giggled. "You've been having a lot of trouble with women lately, huh Tasuki? First Tanika gets the hots for you and tries to rape you, then I try to help you by pretending to be your girlfriend, then you almost got yourself killed to protect Miaka, and now your sister is here."
"Hai," Tasuki nodded weakly. "They're nothing but a-wait a minute! You're not a woman!"
"He hasn't noticed that before?" Chiriko whispered to Mitsukake. The healer snickered.
"I heard that."
The door suddenly flung open, letting the rain pour into the rain and getting everyone soaked. Aidou stood in the doorway with her red hair plastered against her face from the rain. Tasuki tensed up and tried to bury himself under his sheets. Aidou walked over to her brother with a mock pout on her face.
"Did my widdle baby bwoder get anoder boo-boo? Aaaaawwww! Poor poor widdle Shun'u."
Tasuki bit his lip. *Don't say anything! You know what happens when you talk back to her! Don't do it Shun'u! Kisama!!!!!! Now she's got me calling myself by that damn name!*
Aidou smirked as she watched her little brother try to keep his big mouth shut for once. Behind her, Nuriko kept mouthing 'be a man!' to Tasuki. The bandit looked skeptical at first, but finally took a deep breath.
"I'm not a baby anymore," his mumble was barely audible. The other seishi fell over.
On the other hand, Aidou looked like she was about to explode.
"You little shit!" She screamed as she pounded Tasuki into a bloody pulp. "How dare you speak like that too me! If it wasn't for this damn seishi business, I'd kill you! On second thought, I think I'll just kill you anyway!"
"Itai!" Tasuki whined like a little baby as his sister smashed her fists into his face. "Stop it! That hurts!"
Chichiri and Nuriko exchanged surprised looks. "This is one side of Tasuki that I've never seen before no da."
"Yeah, who'd have thought he could squirm like a little girl? I like it!"
Aidou continued to pummel her brother. "You think that because you're a boy, you can just say what you want! Well, I've got news for ya, mister! Nobody gets a woman pissed off! You know why? Because we can kick back as hard as we damn well please a-hou!" She suddenly stopped and turned to the other seishi in the room. "By the way, your buddy Tamahome is in the palace courtyard right now, trying to assassinate Suzaku no Miko." She returned her attention to killing Tasuki. "And further more, shit head, you know for a fact that I can kick your ass any day of the week!"
Chichiri jumped up. "We've got to stop him from getting to Miaka no da!"
The others nodded in agreement and raced out of Tasuki's room. The bandit sweatdropped as he watched them go from beneath Aidou's fists of fury.
"What about me?" he whimpered.
Aidou grabbed the collar of Tasuki's robe and pulled him up so that they were face to face. "Look, Shun'u," she hissed. "Go help your precious miko. We'll finish this later."
"Huh?" The look on Tasuki's face was beyond clueless.
"You heard me. My domination over your eternal soul comes second only to the future of Konan. Get the hell out of here."
Tasuki nodded shakily and grabbed the crutch Mitsukake had given him. He slowly hobbled away, but paused at the door. Something was bothering him. He turned around to look at Aidou.
"Since when did you want to dominate my eternal soul? I thought you just liked to beat the shit outta me."
Aidou shrugged. "I don't know. When I was asked to join the harem, I decided to give myself a little project."
"Oh."
"Don't worry, Shun'u," she winked. "I'm gonna be hanging around here for a loooooong time."
Tasuki shuddered. "Suzaku help me."
Aidou just smirked.
Author's Notes: Here in contains a very silly chapter. View at your own risk. If you suffer from any medical problems due to laughter, find yourself a nice romance or drama fic. Thank you. This takes place after the Tasuki/Tamahome battle in episode 20. This is basically what would happen if someone from Tasuki's past decides to visit while he's injured in episode 21. Rated R because Tasuki and his visitor have such a large vocabulary
1 Thinking in * *
2 Tasuki's Harem Trouble Part 2: Return of the Sister From Hell
Tasuki winced in pain as Mitsukake wrapped another bandage around his broken arm. The bandit was completely wrapped up in bandages after he arrived back from Kutou. Tamahome really did a number on him from their battle earlier that night. In the distance, he could hear Chiriko's flute playing. No doubt the young musician was trying to cheer Miaka up. Suzaku knew she needed it after Tamahome, her true love, brutally attacked her.
"That should do it for now," Mitsukake said as he tied off the last bandage. "Once my powers return, I will be able to heal you."
Tasuki nodded, painful as it was. The giant healer had already used his powers to heal Miaka's broken arm. Though he was in much worse condition than the miko, Tasuki agreed to let her be healed first. After all that happened earlier, she didn't need any physical pain on top of the emotional trauma she was already going through.
Tama-neko hopped onto Mitsukake's shoulder as the healer put away his medicinal herbs and bandages. The healer was about to leave so that Tasuki could rest when the door opened and slammed into Mitsukake's face. Nuriko stepped in with that silly grin plastered all over his face.
"How're you feeling Tasuki-kun?"
Tasuki turned his head toward Nuriko, despite the pounding headache that the tiny motion gave him. "Let's just say I've been better. Suzaku, I only hope that Tanika lady doesn't find out about this. If she tries to rape me again, I won't be able to fight back."
Nuriko's grin, by some remarkable feat, broadened. "You're in luck. Tanika's gone."
"Nani?"
"Yeah! She heard that there was a red headed lord in Kutou and took off."
Tasuki chuckled lightly. "I guess Hotohori's gonna have one less admirer now."
"That'll be the day," Nuriko chuckled in response. "Actually, Hotohori- sama's advisors found a replacement for Tanika the moment she left. You might like this one. She looks and even acts like you."
Tasuki managed a smile. "You're kidding, right? How could there be another person as charming as me?"
The door suddenly flung open, smacking Mitsukake in the face again, and a cross-looking woman with hair identical in color to Tasuki's stormed in. Tasuki took one look at her and facevaulted. Of all the women in Konan, why did SHE have to be chosen for the harem?
The woman sauntered over to Tasuki's bed and looked at him with mock concern.
"Awwwww! Did my baby bwoder get a boo-boo?"
Tasuki cringed. "Um…hi Aidou…"
Without warning, Aidou began to pummel Tasuki in the face. "Kou Shun'u, you little shit! I can't believe you just ran away from home like that! It's been two years and you never wrote once! Not that I expect a brain dead a- hou like you to ever learn how to write! You could've at least said something about being a Suzaku seishi, but nooo! You think you're sooo high and mighty, but you are just a worthless, good-for-nothing, little
shit!!"
Aidou stopped briefly to catch her breath. Taking full advantage of the pause, Nuriko's hand shot out. "Hi, I'm Nuriko."
Aidou's personality suddenly did a 180º flip. "I'm Aidou. It's a pleasure to meet you, Nuriko," She smacked Tasuki in the head again. "Shun'u aren't you going to tell them about me?"
Tasuki, now bloodier than ever, sweatdropped. "Aidou's one of my older sisters. She's a psychotic-"
Aidou immediately started punching Tasuki again. "What the hell are you talking about?! How dare you call me psychotic! You little shit! You're nothing more than an a-hou who just happened to get lucky! If it weren't for all this Suzaku shit you'd be just another worthless pile of human flesh that could never amount to anything! Kisama! You couldn't even find yourself a damn wife if you tried!"
In the background, Nuriko looked at Aidou with starry eyes. "There's nothing more beautiful than the love between a brother and sister."
Mitsukake just sweatdropped and reached for the bandages again.
* * *
The sun shone brightly down on Tasuki as he painfully hobbled out of his room. The bandit paid no attention to the warm light through. He was too busy plotting ways to get rid of Aidou. There had to be a way to get her booted out of the palace before her fists of fury killed him. Tasuki winced involuntarily as he painfully remembered all of the things she had done to him as a kid. He would be innocently chopping wood or filling the water jug when Aidou would pop out of nowhere and chuck logs at his head. Other times he would be preparing to eat when Aidou would appear and steal all of his food. Now that he thought about it, all five of his older sisters did that to him…but Aidou was definitely the worst.
"Shun'u you a-hou!" Aidou was storming down the walkway toward him.
"Speak of the devil," Tasuki grumbled and tried to limp away.
Aidou grabbed his robe and slammed Tasuki into a sitting position on the floor. Despite Tasuki's cry of pain as he hit the ground, Aidou proceeded to scream into her little brother's face.
"What the Hell are you doing out of bed?! You are such a bull headed baka! You probably don't even realize how injured you are! How the hell are you supposed to help save Konan if you can't even take care of yourself?!"
"Is that sisterly concern I hear?" Tasuki paled when he realized he'd said that out loud.
Fire blazed in Aidou's eyes. "Did you just talk back to me?"
"No no! I didn't say anything!" Tasuki shook his head madly and tried to scurry away.
It didn't work. "Don't even think of running away, Shun'u! I don't like it when people talk back to me! Do you want to know what I do to people who talk back to me?"
"Ano…" a timid voice piped up behind Aidou.
Aidou whirled around in surprise. Standing on the walkway, flute in hand, was Chiriko. The blonde seishi stared at Aidou with an absolutely clueless face. Aidou smiled sweetly at Chiriko.
"Can I help you?"
Chiriko looked even more puzzled. "I was just coming to see how Tasuki was doing. Are you really his sister?"
Aidou frowned. "Yeah, lucky me."
"Then why are you yelling at him? Out of all the people here, you should be the one who's most concerned about his health."
Her eye twitched and her voice lowered into a growl. "Look, flutey-boy, I'll handle Shun'u the way I want to and you can handle him the way you want to. Got it?"
Chiriko nodded and watched as Aidou walked away. The youngest seishi sighed and pulled Tasuki back onto his feet. The red head leaned heavily on Chiriko as he staggered back to his room. Tasuki laid back down on his bed and sighed heavily. Chiriko watched him for a while until he couldn't stand it anymore. He had to ask.
"Shun'u?"
Tasuki groaned. "It's my real name. I hate it. It sounds like someone sneezing. Aidou doesn't respect me enough to call me by my seishi name. Hell, she doesn't give a flying rat's ass about respect, period."
Chiriko nodded and picked up his flute. "Would you like me to play a song for you, Shun'u?"
Chiriko's answer was a whack on the head from the tessen that magically appeared in Tasuki's hand.
* * *
"And then there was this one time when Shun'u was three and he tried to use this giant axe to chop wood. But it was too big for him to handle. So, when he tried to pick it up, he fell backwards and ended up chapping a leg off of his bed! Our mom was so mad at him that she made him cut up these huge logs with a little dull butter knife!"
Tasuki growled. From his position on the walkway, he could hear Aidou telling embarrassing stories about him to the other seishi in the nearby garden. Everyone was laughing, including Mitsukake and Hotohori. Tasuki balled his hands into fists and began to feebly punch the banister. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that he was hitting the banister with his broken arm until a sharp jolt of pain shot through his body. Tasuki yelped and began to dance around the walkway in pain. That was when he realized that he was also hopping on his broken leg. Tasuki yelped again and crashed to the floor.
That was when he noticed a couple of fist sized rocks lying near his head. And Aidou was within firing range! Tasuki grinned wickedly and picked up the first rock. The bandit struggled back to his feet and leaned against the banister. He pulled back his arm and was about to throw when Chichiri suddenly popped up behind him.
"Watcha doing no da?"
"Aaaack!" In his surprise, Tasuki let the rock fly and completely missed Aidou. Instead, the rock smacked into a tree, causing the branches to bend back and then snap forward. The rock came flying back and smacked into a new target, Tasuki's bandaged head.
Chichiri leaned over Tasuki. "Tasuki-kun, how many fingers am I holding up no da?"
Chibi Suzaku's were fluttering around Tasuki's head. "Um…eighty-three?"
"Close enough. Let's get you back to bed no da. I'll go get Mitsukake no da."
"But Mommy, I'm too old to breast feed."
* * *
Later on, Aidou was telling Chiriko and Mitsukake more embarrassing stories about Tasuki's childhood.
"So anyway, we all walked into the house and saw all these animals inside. You wouldn't believe what was there; cats, dogs, birds, sheep, chickens, cows, a horse, and even a deer! And little ten-year-old Shun'u is sitting on the floor with a kitten in his lap. He looks up at Mom with these puppy dog eyes and says 'they followed me home. Can I keep them?'."
Tasuki resisted the urge to roast Chiriko and Mitsukake when he heard them howling with laughter. No, his mission was to get rid of his sister from Hell. Grunting, he hefted a heavy log onto his back and almost fell over. Of course, having several broken bones and no reserve strength didn't help. Staggering under the log's substantial weight, Tasuki edged closer to Aidou.
"You've been throwing logs at my head for years, nee-san. Now it's your turn to suffer. Heh, turnabout's fair play."
"Hey there, Tasuki-kun! Feeling better?"
Nuriko had suddenly appeared and slapped Tasuki on the back. Tasuki lost his grip on the log as he flew forward. The log crashed down as well, on top of Tasuki.
"Whoops! Sorry, Tasuki-kun! I guess I still don't know my own strength. I guess I'll go now. Ja!"
* * *
When Tasuki woke up, he was back in bed. Outside, rain came pouring down on the palace grounds. Thunder rumbled in the distance. Mitsukake was putting away his bandages once again. The other seishi, minus Hotohori and of course Tamahome, were sitting around his room. Tasuki groaned and opened his eyes.
"Are you awake?" the healer asked.
"Tasuki nodded. "I feel like shit."
"I wouldn't be surprised," Nuriko chuckled. "That log rebroke your bones. You had a complete relapse."
It was then that Tasuki noticed he was almost completely mummified in gauze and bandages.
"What were you doing with that heavy log anyway no da?" Chichiri asked.
"Yeah, Tasuki," Nuriko smirked. "I'm the only one around here who's supposed to do all the heavy lifting."
Tasuki groaned again and closed his eyes. "I've gotta get rid of Aidou. She's making my life even more hellish then when I was a kid. She's one of the reasons why I left home and joined the bandits in the first place. I was just fuck'n sick of having her beat me up and tease me and treat me like a little baby. And now she's here and making my life miserable again."
"Tasuki?" Nuriko sat down on the bed.
"Hai?"
"If you start blubbering, I'm going to smash your face in."
"Mitsukake, where's my tessen!?"
Chichiri reached over and whapped Tasuki on the head. "You're not strong enough to use your tessen now no da."
"Oh, but I'm strong enough to get pounded, huh?"
"Tasuki, you need to rest," Mitsukake chided the bandit gently.
Tasuki sighed. "So, did I miss anything while I was out?"
While everyone else sweatdropped, Chichiri informed Tasuki. "Oh, you didn't miss much no da. Miaka only tried to kill herself by drowning in one of the ponds no da. And then Hotohori-sama jumped in to save her no da. And nothing much happened after that aside from the fact that Suzaku's power surged through him and he flew out of the water with Miaka in his arms no da. Other than that, nothing's happened no da."
Tasuki sweatdropped. "Just how many days was I unconscious!?"
"Actually," Mitsukake smiled. "You've only been out of it for an hour. You've had a busy day."
"Day? Was it just this morning that I got crushed by that log? Geeze, that means that Aidou's been here for at least two days. I don't think I can take this much longer."
"But, Aidou just arrived this morning," Chiriko smiled. "You've been drifting in and out of consciousness all afternoon, Tasuki. That's why you feel like time has passed so quickly."
Tasuki groaned yet again. "That mean's Aidou's only been here for a day! I can't take it, guys. I've gotta get rid of her before I go absolutely insane!"
Nuriko giggled. "You've been having a lot of trouble with women lately, huh Tasuki? First Tanika gets the hots for you and tries to rape you, then I try to help you by pretending to be your girlfriend, then you almost got yourself killed to protect Miaka, and now your sister is here."
"Hai," Tasuki nodded weakly. "They're nothing but a-wait a minute! You're not a woman!"
"He hasn't noticed that before?" Chiriko whispered to Mitsukake. The healer snickered.
"I heard that."
The door suddenly flung open, letting the rain pour into the rain and getting everyone soaked. Aidou stood in the doorway with her red hair plastered against her face from the rain. Tasuki tensed up and tried to bury himself under his sheets. Aidou walked over to her brother with a mock pout on her face.
"Did my widdle baby bwoder get anoder boo-boo? Aaaaawwww! Poor poor widdle Shun'u."
Tasuki bit his lip. *Don't say anything! You know what happens when you talk back to her! Don't do it Shun'u! Kisama!!!!!! Now she's got me calling myself by that damn name!*
Aidou smirked as she watched her little brother try to keep his big mouth shut for once. Behind her, Nuriko kept mouthing 'be a man!' to Tasuki. The bandit looked skeptical at first, but finally took a deep breath.
"I'm not a baby anymore," his mumble was barely audible. The other seishi fell over.
On the other hand, Aidou looked like she was about to explode.
"You little shit!" She screamed as she pounded Tasuki into a bloody pulp. "How dare you speak like that too me! If it wasn't for this damn seishi business, I'd kill you! On second thought, I think I'll just kill you anyway!"
"Itai!" Tasuki whined like a little baby as his sister smashed her fists into his face. "Stop it! That hurts!"
Chichiri and Nuriko exchanged surprised looks. "This is one side of Tasuki that I've never seen before no da."
"Yeah, who'd have thought he could squirm like a little girl? I like it!"
Aidou continued to pummel her brother. "You think that because you're a boy, you can just say what you want! Well, I've got news for ya, mister! Nobody gets a woman pissed off! You know why? Because we can kick back as hard as we damn well please a-hou!" She suddenly stopped and turned to the other seishi in the room. "By the way, your buddy Tamahome is in the palace courtyard right now, trying to assassinate Suzaku no Miko." She returned her attention to killing Tasuki. "And further more, shit head, you know for a fact that I can kick your ass any day of the week!"
Chichiri jumped up. "We've got to stop him from getting to Miaka no da!"
The others nodded in agreement and raced out of Tasuki's room. The bandit sweatdropped as he watched them go from beneath Aidou's fists of fury.
"What about me?" he whimpered.
Aidou grabbed the collar of Tasuki's robe and pulled him up so that they were face to face. "Look, Shun'u," she hissed. "Go help your precious miko. We'll finish this later."
"Huh?" The look on Tasuki's face was beyond clueless.
"You heard me. My domination over your eternal soul comes second only to the future of Konan. Get the hell out of here."
Tasuki nodded shakily and grabbed the crutch Mitsukake had given him. He slowly hobbled away, but paused at the door. Something was bothering him. He turned around to look at Aidou.
"Since when did you want to dominate my eternal soul? I thought you just liked to beat the shit outta me."
Aidou shrugged. "I don't know. When I was asked to join the harem, I decided to give myself a little project."
"Oh."
"Don't worry, Shun'u," she winked. "I'm gonna be hanging around here for a loooooong time."
Tasuki shuddered. "Suzaku help me."
Aidou just smirked.
