Welcome back! Before intermission, Tamahome fell victim to Miaka's vibrating eyes, and agreed to get candied apples with chopped nuts sprinkled on top from the evil sorcerer's garden. And so now we return to...

Nurikopunzel

***I haven't stolen the Fushigi Yuugi characters; they belong to Yuu Wastase. I'm only borrowing them for the moment.***

Late that night the man sneaked into the evil sorcerer's garden. He had just reached the candied apple (with chopped nuts, of course) tree when he saw the sorcerer.

Nak: You damn Suzaku seishi, always sneaking in and...oh, Tamahome. It's you. What a pleasant surprise... *evil glint in eyes*

Tama: *falls to knees, pleading* Please don't hurt me! I'm a poor, straight man trying to find something for his wife to eat. You know how Miaka gets sometimes...

Nak: Yes... *pause* Take as many apples as you like. In fact, take the whole tree. But... *licks lips, evil glint in eye still there* you must pay me back.

Tama: *backs up at Nak's innuendo* Uhh... heh-heh-heh...I'm not like that, you know...I have a wife...Did I mention I have a wife? *sweatdropping*

Nak: *no expression* Give me your first born seishi.

Tama: *relieved that that was all Nak wanted* Deal! *carries tree home (very quickly)*

Because of the wife's horrible diet of candied apples, the couple were unable to have children. So they adopted -- a little boy of about eight years and who had purple hair. Suddenly the evil sorcerer appeared.

Nak: I'm hear for the child.

Tama: But we adopted. *shows adoption papers* And you clearly said "first born seishi."

Nak: Well... *thinks hard* Is he a seishi?

(boy runs past, a red symbol blazing on his chest)

Miaka: Please don't take him. *under her breath* You big meanie...

Nak: *pulls out whip* Well, if Tamahome is willing to give me something else...

Tama: EEEP! *pushes boy to Nak* I'm just a poor man with a wife. Did I mention I was married? To a female?

Miaka: Tamahome! You meanie! You gave our child away!

Despite the wife's protests, and let me say, they were quite loud, the evil sorcerer took the little boy into his possession. He named the boy Nuriko, after the constellation, for the child was a seishi. Then the evil sorcerer revealed his evil plan.

Nak: I will use Nuriko's seishi power and take over the world. And I will use only his power. (hint: nothing sexual here, folks! At least, not with Nuriko) I have my eyes set on another certain seishi...

(sudden cut to Tama)

However, there was an unforeseen twist in this plot. The boy Nuriko had recently witnessed his sister's brutal death-from-wagon and was grieving.

Nuri: I lost my sister...

Nak: You will do as I say--

Nuri: *holding up girl clothes* But if I become her, then we can still be together.

Nak: *eyes bulging at the mess of clothes thrown around the room* WHAT - IS - THIS?!

Nuri: That way we'll never be separated again.

Nak: *symbol appearing on forehead* I told you not to go in my closet, you brat!

Brief Intermission

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