Disclaimer: Nuriko isn't mine. Life is so crewel.
Nuriko signaled Nakago to come. He was ready to fight. Even though Nakago had the power of mind, Nuriko knew that if he fought fair, he would win. He had to make time for Tamahome and the other to run away. Nakago looked around the hall they were in. "Throwing away your life once again?" Nakago shook his head. "You should have run off instead of approaching me. You have no chance."
Nuriko glared at Nakago. "We'll see about that." Nuriko knew not to make the first move. So, he waited for Nakago's. Nakago's first move though was not what Nuriko expected. He grabbed Miaka's shirt and Miaka clutched onto something tightly in her hands.
"Mia-chan!" Nuriko yelled. He could feel himself growing angrier.
"What will you do? Not only do I have your precious Suzaku no Miko, I also have the Shinzaho." Nakago said as he smirked at Nuriko.
Nuriko watched as Miboshi floated behind Miaka and casted a spell on her, floating her from Nakago's grasp. "Shit."
Nakago smirked. "I'm ready now to kill you for good." Nakago informed Nuriko.
Nuriko looked at Miaka and watched as she flicked her wrists to show him his bracelets. Nuriko smirked. 'I understand, Mia-chan.'
Nuriko rushed towards Nakago and threw a punch towards his head. Nakago quickly moved towards the side and smirked as he jabbed Nuriko in his side. Nuriko didn't falter. He was right where he wanted to be. Miaka held out his bracelets and he jumped up and grabbed them.
He quickly slid them on just as Nakago used his mind chi to throw Nuriko into a stonewall.
"Those toys will have no effect on me." Nakago informed Nuriko as he threw Nuriko again from the stonewall to the stonewall across from him. Nuriko slid down the ruff wall and onto the ground. His eyes were shut and his body went limp when he hit the floor. Nakago raised an eyebrow with interest. "Already had enough?" He walked over to Nuriko's limp body. Nuriko suddenly snapped his eyes open, grabbed Nakago's ankle, and launched him across from him. Nuriko jumped up and held his fists in front of him, ready to punch Nakago.
"Not bad, for a puny little weasel." Nakago observed as he wiped his lip and saw blood on the back of his hand. "Not bad at all. Play time is over though." Nakago used his mind chi to pick up Nuriko and propel him down the hall once again. Nuriko slammed against the hard stones but did not falter. He turned around and grabbed onto the stonewall and jerked its stones and threw them at Nakago.
Nakago glared at Nuriko as he steadily stepped to the side to allow the stones to fly past him. "Pitiful." As Nuriko threw more, Nakago stopped them with his mind, forcing them to float around him. Nuriko turned around once he had ran out of stones and saw that he had only added ammo to Nakago's fire.
"Shit…" Nuriko muttered as Nakago smirked. "Lets see how you respond to your own attack." The stones flew towards Nuriko like missiles. Nuriko jumped behind the wall and rolled a few feet away. The stones busted through the wall and slammed into the other side of the hall.
Miaka tried as hard as she could to scream back to him. It was tearing at her very soul to see Nuriko getting beat by Nakago. Tears swelled up in her eyes as she shook her head and tried to scream to Nuriko.
"Lekka-Shinen!"
For once, Nuriko was thrilled to hear that sound. Flames flew all around Nakago as Tasuki walked into their view. He smiled a smug smile as he placed his fan on his shoulder. "OI! I helped you again! Yer fag boy!" He laughed as he then glared at Nuriko. "Yer ass es mine later, fag boy."
Nuriko smiled as he stood up. "You could have gotten here a bit sooner."
"Oi, yer da one who left me for dead back there." Tasuki informed his violet hair friend.
"Nakago, we need to…" Miboshi began. He had to get Yui from the Suzaku seishi. "We are too close to…"
Nakago let out a sigh. "This is not over, Suzaku seishi." Then Nakago and Miboshi disappeared, taking Miaka with them.
Nuriko reached out to her. "Mia-chan!"
"Woah! 'eep yerself still." Tasuki muttered as Nuriko ran towards the flames that Nakago escaped.
"Bastard." Nuriko muttered under his breath.
Yui stared at Tamahome in wonder. She loved looking into his beautiful blue eyes.
"Are you alright?" Tamahome asked her. Yui opened her mouth but was interrupted.
"Yeah, but my body is growing old by the second. Do you still have the Shinzaho?" Tatara leaned over the two. Yui nodded as she pulled out the Shinzaho.
Tokaki who had met them outside along with his partner, Mitsukake and Chiriko. The three were astounded to see Yui and Tatara with Tamahome.
"Good… we must get it to Suzaku no Miko so she can summon Suzaku!" Tatara informed the group eagerly. He suddenly began to cough. "My time here is growing briefer by the minute…"
Yui looked at Tamahome who nodded to Tatara. "We will get her now."
"I do not think so, Suzaku seishi." A voice called out to them. The seishi all turned to see Miboshi floating behind them. "It's my turn now."
Nuriko and Tasuki ran down the halls towards the exit of the building. Tasuki kept his fan out, ready to attack them when he saw them.
"Guys! Wait up!" Chiriko yelled as he rushed over to join them.
"Chiriko!" Tasuki greeted as they continued to run.
"Where is Miaka?" Chiriko inquired.
"With Nakago." Nuriko informed the young seishi.
"What?" Chiriko yelled in shock as they made a turn and saw the exit.
"Give us back the Seiryuu no Miko!" Miboshi held up his Tibetan prayer wheel with sutras inscribed on it. His eyes gave off a reddish glow at the Tibetan began to turn.
"He's summoning a monster!" Chichiri shouted to the others.
Tatara pulled out a seed from his shirt and tossed it onto the ground. A vine grew out of the seed as a few monsters grew from the ground. Tatara used the vine as a whip and began to slice the monsters in twos. Nuriko leaped into the air and kicked a couple of the monsters at once.
"If you do not give us back our Seiryuu no Miko, I will be forced to kill you precious Suzaku no Miko." Miboshi informed the seishi. They all watched as Miaka appeared once again and a black two-headed monster grabbed her from behind.
"Mia!" Yui screamed out.
'Yui-chan…' Miaka thought as the monster sent it's claws into her side, penetrating her soft flesh. She tried to scream, but could not with out a voice.
"Mia-chan!" Nuriko yelled as he gritted his teeth. He rolled up his sleeves and leaped towards the monster.
"I do not believe you want to do that," Miboshi taunted as he continued to spin the Tibetan prayer wheel. More monsters appeared as Nuriko tried to leap past them.
Tamahome leaped up and began punching the monsters and side kicked a few others. "Save Miaka, Nuriko!"
Nuriko nodded, but was caught from behind by another monster. Nuriko quickly threw the monster off his back and rushed towards Miaka.
"I shall not allow you to have her!" Miboshi yelled as the two headed monster sent it's claw all the way through Miaka's chest. The pupil of Miaka's eyes shrunk as her body went limp on the monster's claw. The seishi stopped fighting, shocked at what had happened.
"Miaka!" Tamahome shrieked.
Nuriko grabbed Miaka, pulled her from the beast's claw, and landed on the ground. He gazed down at her limp body. Tears welded up in his eyes. "Mia-chan…"
Tamahome fell to his knees. "No…"
"Impossible!" Tasuki gasped.
Yui pushed her way towards Miaka's limp body. "NO!" She fell to her knees and grabbed Miaka's bloody hand. "Mia-chan! Don't you leave me!"
Miboshi laughed as a monster appeared behind Yui and grabbed her from behind.
Tatara flicked his wrist and sent his vines flying towards the monster that held Yui. She let out a shriek as the vine sliced the monster in half.
"We must save ourselves and Yui-san." Chiriko yelled. "Nuriko, take Miaka away, now!"
"Come with me!" Mitsukake yelled to Nuriko as he held out his arms to him.
Tasuki yelled out, "Lekka-Shinen!" As a couple of monsters tried to pounce on Nuriko.
Nuriko grabbed Miaka's limp figure and quickly dodged the monsters that Tasuki was fighting as he ran towards Mitsukake. Nuriko placed Miaka's limp body on the ground and Mitsukake leaned over her and held his palm above her body. A golden glow formed between his hand and Miaka. Chiriko dashed to their side in hopes of helping if possible.
Tatara tried to grab Yui, but his state of his body caused him stumble. He fell to his knees in a coughing fit.
"You're trying very hard aren't you? But how long can you keep that spell going with that weak body?" Miboshi taunted Tatara.
Tatara stood up and glared at Miboshi as he turned to grab Yui. However, Nakago appeared behind her and grabbed her by her waist.
"Let me go!" Yui screamed.
Nakago disregarded Yui's command and nodded towards Miboshi before vanishing once again.
"Yui-san!" Tatara yelled just as a monster grabbed him from behind with its tentacles.
"Tatara!" Tokaki shouted, devastated that the monster caught him.
"His body appears young, but inside he is more than a hundred years old." Miboshi observed. "It appears that he lacks the strength to maintain his spell. If anyone moves, I'll kill him."
Nuriko gasped as he watched the situation unfold between Tatara and Miboshi. Mitsukake withdrew his hand from Miaka. Nuriko looked at him and then at Miaka.
"All I could do was heal her wounds. However, she's already gone." Mitsukake whispered to Nuiko.
Nuriko shook his head. "Impossible…" He whispered in shock.
"Don't move!" Miboshi yelled at Nuriko.
Tatara put all of his concentration into his seed once again. The vines erupted from the seed and wrapped themselves around Miboshi. The vines yanked Miboshi in front of Tatara and a tentacle stabbed Miboshi in his chest. Blood erupted from Miboshi's mouth and the monsters started to vanish. Tatara and Miboshi fell forwards onto the soil.
"Tatara!" Tokaki yelled as he and Subaru surged to his friend's side.
"To...kaki...Subaru..." Tatara weakly said as Tokaki carefully set his head on his lap. "Forgive me… Looks like...I'll be going to heaven first."
Tokaki grew upset. "You asshole! What the hell're you talking about?! You promised Suzuno ninety years ago that you'd live and die with her at the same time!"
Tasuki shoved his fan into it's holder on his back. "Come on! We'll go after the Seiryuu no Miko!" Tasuki turned to run off into the imposing building, but a door had closed off the entrance, causing Tasuki to run right into it.
Chichiri waved his hand at Tasuki's back, "It just turned closed up."
Nuriko pulled Miaka up and embraced her corpse. He felt his eyes start to burn. "Mia-chan…"
Tamahome sat next to Nuriko. "I-let her assume that I didn't love her any more. I did it to save her heart break… but…" Tamahome shook his head feverishly. "Damn it!"
Tatara carefully opened his eyes and looked at the seishi that surrounded him. "Even though we knew we would be parted I and Suzuno, the Byakko no Miko...loved one another."
Tamahome turned to look towards Tatara as he continued. "When the time for parting came, and we couldn't meet again, we had no regrets. Someday, back in her world, she'd marry another man, have children, but if that will make her happy… if the woman I love became happy...then I saw that as my own happiness. Our hearts were tied together. So even though we lived in different worlds, we were together, and all this time...all this time, I wouldn't let go of that belief."
-Flash Back-
Suzuno looked at Tatara, "We'll always be together." She quickly embraced him. "Always..."
-End of Flash Back-
They watched as Tatara closed his eyes for one last time…
Nuriko snuggled Miaka close to him, not wanting to let her go. "Can't be…" He mumbled as a tear slid down his cheek.
Tamahome reached out to her but hastily withdrew his hand. "Miaka…"
Subaru stood up and wiped the tears from her cheeks as she caught sight of Miaka in Nuriko's arms.
She quickly rushed over and eyed the young woman. "Let me take a look at her…" She eyed Miaka's body and placed her ear against her chest. Her eyes widened and she swiftly pushed herself from Miaka. "You're wrong, she's still alive… barely. Let me work on her…" Subaru knelt by her side. "Ohmiikawatara wamisumiaka."
Miaka opened her eyes and bit into Nuriko's shoulder. "Hamburger!"
Nuriko bit his lip. "Miaka!" He then pulled her closer to him and squeezed her tightly. "I thought I lost you!"
Subaru smiled at her but grunted in pain. "I used a spell to return your body to what it was in the past."
"Subaru!" Nuriko and Tamahome exclaimed in unison as the older woman wobbled from weakness.
Subaru waved the two men off. "You can use your voice now, right? You're the only one who can stop the Seiryuu no Miko. For the sake of the seishi of Byakko...for the sake of our dead Tatara... you must stop her."
"Subaru-san…" Miaka whispered before nodding her head.
"Even in this body… I won't let you…" Miboshi grumbled as he tried to move. His eyes searched for someone. Then, his eyes fell on Chiriko who was looking at Miaka.
A/N: Does the same fate fall upon Chiriko once again? Eap! You tell me what you want!
Sorry this took so long to come out, there were many issues going on over here and I had gotten a huge writer's block dilemma… but I've over come it and I'm bac
