Chapter 4

Well………. What did you think of the other chapters?!?!?! This one is gonna be……. Well….. I honestly don't know. I never know. Please tell me what you think of it! As I've said before, it's my FIRST FY fanfic and only my THIRD fanfic that I've EVER written and I wanna improve and stuff. Plus, I LIVE to read the reviews that people do!!

Sooo….. PLEASE R&R!!!!



Disclaimer: Uhhhhh…..I haven't done one of these in a WHILE. I think it's about time that I did one. *sigh* Anyway……. I don't own Fushigi Yuugi, any of the characters, or ANYTHING. I'm POOR. Or else I wouldn't be spending my time on FF.N. Instead, I'd be writing stuff for MAJOR companies and making BILLIONS. But I'm not. So I don't own anything. Believe me.



WARNING: REALLY WEIRD!!! Some *ahem*sex*ahem* talk. (By mainly Nuriko.) This is also my longest chapter yet.



Ummmmm….. I guess……. Yea. I'd better start writing now……. *sigh* here goes nothing!!!





Chapter 4:



Tamahome opened the door and walked in proudly and sat down.

"Well, what ideas do you have for rescuing Miaka, Tamahome?" I said, trying to be patient because he seemed to be taking his good old time and trying to *savor* being the first for some childish reason that I don't, and probably never will, understand.

"Well. It is my opinion that I should enter the palace in Kutou and rescue Miaka."

"What is your plan for rescuing her? Do you have a strategy? I don't think that they're just going to let you walk right in, tell them that you want to take her back here, and return with Miaka without a fight or struggle of some kind. Don't you think that you'd need the help of someone else, too, like Chichiri here? That's what I need to know." I said, hoping that the others have better thought out ideas.

"Uhhhhhhh……. Ummmmmmmmm……"For once in his life, Tamahome was speechless. "I don't know. I didn't really think about it."

"Well, think about it for a while. Why don't you go into your room and sit and think. Maybe you could take a stroll around the lake. Just relax and think. If you come up with a really good idea, feel free to come and tell me about it!! Thank you!" I said, happy to be rid of one person because I knew that I had SERIOUS thinking to do.

"Alright! Next! Nuriko!!!" I called out as Tamahome moved sluggishly to the exit. Obviously, all his pride and happiness for being first had dissipated.



Nuriko walked in, slightly less proud and happy than Tamahome, but nonetheless haughty.

"Do you have an idea of how to rescue Miaka, Nuriko?" I asked, hoping for an intelligent answer, which I knew would be an unlikely event.

"I think that I should go in and seduce all of the guards. Then, slip a sleeping pill into their drinks and have *fun* with them!!!!!! Meanwhile, someone can find Miaka and take her back here." Nuriko said and, for some ODD reason, seemed PROUD of her self!!

"Ummmmmm….." now it was MY turn to be rendered speechless. "I……… um…….. don't think that that would work. If…… um…… you come up with any OTHER suggestions, please make sure to… um…. Tell me about them. Um…. Thanks. I think." I said, not being able to think straight and being utterly revolted by what Nuriko had just suggested.

"Next!" I said, trying to get rid of Nuriko and move on to the next person.

"But WAIT!!" Nuriko said, obviously not happy that I refused his suggestion. "I want you to use my idea!!" he said, but I totally ignored him, which made him even angrier, but he eventually left.

Tasuki was a bit pissed about not being first in line, yet was still bragging to Mitsukake and Chiriko (while the others came in) that he got to go before those two. They, of course, being more easy-going than *some* people, didn't seem to mind being at the end and paid no attention to Tasuki, who was making a fool of himself trying to get a raise out of them or at LEAST get SOME reaction. The only reaction that *poor* Tasuki got was a tad bit of annoyance.

When he first entered, he seemed a little peeved that he couldn't get much of a reaction from the other two Suzaku Warriors, but managed to be a bit confident that HIS idea would be chosen. He had obviously noticed Tamahome and Nuriko coming out of my room upset and frustrated and was certain that HE would be the one to leave with a smile on his face.

"Tasuki, what idea do you have to share with me about how to save our Miaka?"

"Well, my idea is that I go into the Kutou palace with my fan and wipe out all the guards that get in my way while love-bird Tamahome here rescues his little Miaka. I don't get involved with girls, so Tamahome can rescue Miaka."

"Ugh!" I groaned, pounding my face on the wall, hard enough to hurt yet not hard enough to hurt my extraordinarily good looks. "No. No. No. NO!!! No more ideas like that! We have enough crappy ideas! Please, come up with an idea that's PLAUSABLE. Think about how we're going to get to Kutou, how we're going to find Miaka, how we're going to get past the Sieryu Seven, and other important angles that need to be reviewed before we can make such an important decision. Now, please, I ask you to go back to your room and think about the BIG picture and EVERYTHING that we'll need to take into account when we go to rescue Miaka."

"But…. I……."

"Goodbye."



"Don't you think that you kinda lost it and were mean, no da?"

I put my hand against my forehead, regretting my outbreak and yet exasperated at the Suzaku Seven for being so SELFISH at their requests, always wanting to be the one with glory or, in Nuriko's case, having the *fun* job. What was I supposed to do? I'm stuck with a bunch of selfish idiots as my fellow warriors. Not that I didn't like them. They're nice and I like them, but, they can be absolute morons at times.

My musing was interrupted when Mitsukake knocked on my door and entered.

"Hello, You're Highness. I came because you said that you needed ideas about rescuing Miaka. I have a feeling that everything is not as it seems. I don't think that we could just walk into the Kutou Palace and rescue Miaka, with or without a fight. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really don't think that Miaka is even AT the Kutou Palace. If I were the Emperor or Nakago, I wouldn't keep her where I know the enemy has penetrated before and run the risk of them entering again and escaping with my prisoner. I would just be too easy for the enemy. I think that they have her hidden somewhere else. It's just an idea. I have nothing after that. I haven't been able to figure out where or anything. Just wanted to give you what information I had. Sayonara, Hotohori. Thank you for your time."

With that, Mitsukake bowed and exited, leaving me speechless and amazed at the thought that this could be true.

"He has a point, Your Highness, no da? It might very well be true."

"Send in Chiriko, then, Chichiri," I said, happy that SOMEONE had the sense to THINK about the situation and come up with something logical.

Soon enough, in walked Chiriko.

"Good morning, Your Highness."

"Good morning" I said, realizing that it WAS morning and if I don't go to sleep soon my complexion will be……. Ugh. I don't even wan to think about that.

"I was talking to Mitsukake a little bit ago and he told me about his theory that Miaka is no in the Kutou Palace. I assume that he told you about this??"

I nodded.

"Good. Well, I'd like to add to that. I have a feeling that I know where Miaka is. I feel that they have taken her to a place that would be hard to find and out of the way. In other words; somewhere that we wouldn't think of looking. I think that they have taken her to a place known as the Dragon's Keep. This is an island far away. It is a part of a legend that has traveled throughout the Kutou Empire. It talks about a girl who had traveled with her family of fishermen. One day, there was a terrible storm and the ship sunk. The girl woke up a few days later on an island. There, a dragon nursed her back to health and back to life. The dragon then claimed her as his own and kept her with him until she grew so lonely that the dragon had no choice but to send her back to her hometown on his back in search of her family. Her parents and brother and 2 sisters had died in the shipwreck, but her aunt and grandparents were alive and they took her in, astounded that she was still alive. It is said that the girl still is alive and has returned to the island where she was nursed by the dragon since her family has died. I think that Miaka is there because the Sieryu Seven would be their strongest around a dragon and it is a place where no Suzaku Warrior could even think of going. It is a place where the Sieryu Seven could feel safe and the Suzaku probably wouldn't even guess about. Plus, it is surrounded by tall cliffs, making it almost impossible for use to penetrate. They could do what they want without us bothering them. They would be having us go in circles trying to find her. It's the perfect place for them."

"Well. That seems logical, too. We'll have to check that out."

And Chiriko left me thinking about HOW we could save Miaka. Oh, MIAKA!!!

TBC

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I think I need to start a new fanfic……. This one…….. well………… what do YOU think??? PLEASE R&R!!!!!!!! THANX(((

~Angel