Okay people. I have to get the comments from the last chapter in now.
The last chapter I had planned out perfectly in my mind, but I didn't know how to word it. And on top of that I was rushed so I could put it up the same day I put up eight. Yeah, yeah. It took me an hour or so to complete it. But that was cuz I was rushed ^^'. Oh well.
You find out what the heck Kyuu is doing in Konan, and why she is looking for the Suzaku no Miko.
So get on with the show....fanfic!!!
Chapter 10: Unbroken Faith
"Suzaku no Miko, I am the Byakko no Miko. Kyuu." The girl stepped out of the way of the sunset so she could be observed. She had grey eyes, that reminded Mihara of a thunderstorm. Her blue hair was sperated into twin buns. She dressed unlike a Miko. More like a common village girl.
Mihara smiled. "Hello Kyuu-Sama. But I am afraid you are mistaken. I am not the Suzaku no Miko. True my memory has been erased, but we have already learned that I have been here for more than a month before losing my memory, and I was not the Miko before that."
Kyuu looked slightly confused. "But I've seen you. You're with them all the time."
Mihara laughed. "Let me explain. When I lost my memory I was rescued by Tasuki and the others. I'm traveling with them to help regain my memory. Besides -" she looked at the ground, blushing. "I am in love with Tasuki. I wouldn't leave him for the world."
Kyuu smiled knowingly. "I know the feeling."
The two were silent for a moment.
"Well then," Kyuu said, going back to the original subject. "Can you take me to your friends. If you are not the Miko then I must tell them something."
"Of course," Mihara said, standing, and dusting herself off.
They made their way back to the inn. She told her to wait downstairs and she would get the others. They could talk over dinner, because it was getting late and the Seishi would be hungry.
Just as Mihara was about to go into her room to wake up Tasuki, her bandit boy came careening out of the room. When he saw her, his expression softened and he took her in his arms. "I thought you had left me," he whispered into her hair.
Mihara put her arms around him. "Never. Wo ai ni, till the end. Nothing can seperate us. Even in death." She kissed him softly. "Now go downstairs. There's a girl you and the other seishi need to meet." She let go of him, but he grabbed her arm and kissed her passionately.
Mihara returned the kiss, gratefully. When they broke away Tasuki smiled and went downstairs. Mihara stared after him for a moment then walked into the other's room. "Guys, the Byakko no Miko is downstairs. She said that she needed to talk to yall."
There was a quick rush to leave the room. When Nuriko passed by her, Mihara held a hand out and put it to his chest, stopping him. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure what about," Nuriko said, resuming a sitting position on the bed.
Before speaking she followed the last seishi and shut the door behind a bewildered Chichiri. "Only for a second," she said. She turned back to Nuriko. "I just want to thankyou for saving me. If you haven't been so supportive of my living, Tasuki wouldve....And then....It would have been terrible. I made an awful mistake. If there is any way I can repay you for you kindness just name it."
Nuriko remained silent for a moment. He stood and put his back to her, seeming fascinated in the tree outside the window. "Just name it.... Then-" he paused facing her. "I want you to kiss me."
Mihara was taken aback. "K-Kiss you?" She stuttered. "But me and Tasuki... Tasuki and I... He would be-"
"But he doesn't have to know," the purple haired warrior said. "Listen, I know that you are his, but hear me out. I think that everyone in some odd form or fashion loves you. Hotohori loves the way you respect him, Tamahome-your cooking and so on. As for Tasuki and myself. We love you for you. But, understandably, you love Tasuki. I just want one kiss, and I want bother you ever again. If you won't tell, I won't tell."
Mihara was wringing her hands. "Okay, but we only do it once. And...don't ask me to do this again, this is very straining."
"Just once."
"O-kay."
Mihara leaned on him, allowing him to throw an arm around his waist. She tilted her head up and Nuriko pushed his lips into hers.
After what seemed an eternity, but really only lasted a few moments, the kiss broke. Mihara stepped backward out of the room, then she ran downstairs to join Tasuki and the others.
When Nuriko came downstairs, the group was sitting at a large table. They all seemed to be listening to a blue-haired girl. The girl was talking low and fast, and her hand motions were explicit.
"Oi Nuriko," Tasuki chirpped from his seat next to Mihara (who was looking uncomfortable, and avoided Nuriko's eyes). "You just missed it. This girl is the Byakko no Miko. What kept ya?"
Nuriko shrugged. "I guess I'm just slow." He went to the bar to order drinks. "Can I get 9 Nuriko Specials please," he said to the bartender. When they arrived her called Mihara to help him to carry the glasses.
The girl approached him carefully.
"Just act like you always do," Nuriko said under his breath to Mihara. "Nothing has changed between us."
"Uh...right." Mihara picked up three glasses in her hands and set them down in front of Tasuki, Kyuu, and herself. She resumed her place at the table and sipped her drink.
"Thankyou for listening to me. Now I must tell you a few things. First, I have already summoned Byakko. He is -" she put a hand to her chest. "Sleeping inside of me. I do not want to use the last wish because I do not want to return to my own world. I have found love in Sailo. But as you all should know, should I use the last wish my love and I will be torn apart. Seeing as being together with someone from this world is the only wish the gods cannot grant. I have made two wishes and kept the third to myself. Second, all of the four Miko's have been called to this world. Soon a new round of Miko's will be called here, and us four now will be erased. One of us must use one of our wishes to make sure that doesn't happen. Third, Seiryuu seishi Nakago is growing more powerful. My seishi have been keeping track of him. His animosity towards Suzaku is astounding. Eventually you will have to fight him, so train hard and be prepared at all times. But because of the kindness you have showed me here I will garuntee an aliance between Sailo and Konan." She drained the remnants of her drink and then stood. "I must be going. I promised my seishi I wouldn't be long."
Everyone murmured their goodbyes, and Kyuu left the inn.
"If it means leaving you then I doubly don't want to be the Miko."
Tasuki and Mihara were sitting on their bed talking quietly, letting the moon bathe them in light. It was full so they could see each other clearly.
Mihara was silent for a few moments. She was thinking about the kiss she shared with Nuriko. She knew that if she told Tasuki that he would be angry, but she couldn't hold it inside her any longer. "Tasuki," she said suddenly. "Can I tell you something?"
"Sure. Anything."
Mihara sighed. "Promise you won't get mad?"
"Yes."
"I told Nuriko thankyou earlier tonight. For saving me. Watching over me while you were away. Told him if there was anything he wanted to name it and I would do it. He - He wanted me to kiss him. Said he was in love with me, as you are." She looked away from Tasuki's face, tears forming. "Tasuki- Chan, what are you thinking? Are you mad?"
Tasuki was looking down at his knees. His breathing came in long sighs. "No. I'm not mad." He looked up at Mihara. "I promised I wouldn't get mad, and I'll never break a promise I made to you. I still love you. I will always love you, even if you let go of me and go with other guys. I love you. Only you. Forever."
Mihara's tears were now flowing with joy. She threw herself into his arms, kissing his lips repeatedly. Wo ai ni, she thought to herself as they settled down into bed with Tasuki's arm protectively around her waist. Forever.
End Chapter 10
Whatcha think? Bit of a romantic chapter, ne? Damn, I think I'm starting to sound alot like Yuu. *goes SD and bows down to Yuu Watase* Gomen gomen. I hope I'm not violating the copyright law too bad.
Sorry it took so long to put up. We're going through a family crisis here in my house. But as Mini-Urd says in the first episode of the Adventures of the Mini-Godesses "Don't concern yourself with the minor details.^^"
I figured out a few things over the past few days.
1) Tasuki is not a virgin. He was taken to a brothel by Koji at age 15. It was like a ritiual or something to banish away the remnants of childhood. You had to do it to get into the bandits so I guess it was all or nothing, ne?
2) In the OAV (no I have not seen it *wails spastically*) Tasuki tries to express his feelings toward Miaka (I hope I'm not spoiling it for some of you) but the only way he knows how is through sexual means. As you can plainly see, I started writing this fic before I had that knowledge.
What else was there. *thinks for a moment* Baka! Oh yeah.
3) When a Miko crosses over into the book world she is given the gift to communicate to people understanding only Chinese. To explain when Miaka travels into the book everyone in Ancient China can magically speak Japanese. This is not true. Yuu said that a Miko is actually speaking her own tongue. She hears her own dialect and hears it but vise versa for the people there. They hear Chinese and talk Chinese but their Miko is not really speaking in Chinese. Unless she comes from China.
I am currenly writing Mihara's mini-back story. The story of how she got into the book, how she became friends with Suzuhara, and how she got raped by Nakago. Fun, ne? Be on the lookout. It will be titled: Josh's Journey. How It All Started. Yes yes, Mihara was an American when she fell into the book. And her name was Josh...You find out why in the backstory. Anyway its two in the morning and I got to go to school tommorrow so I'll see you in chapter 11!!
The last chapter I had planned out perfectly in my mind, but I didn't know how to word it. And on top of that I was rushed so I could put it up the same day I put up eight. Yeah, yeah. It took me an hour or so to complete it. But that was cuz I was rushed ^^'. Oh well.
You find out what the heck Kyuu is doing in Konan, and why she is looking for the Suzaku no Miko.
So get on with the show....fanfic!!!
Chapter 10: Unbroken Faith
"Suzaku no Miko, I am the Byakko no Miko. Kyuu." The girl stepped out of the way of the sunset so she could be observed. She had grey eyes, that reminded Mihara of a thunderstorm. Her blue hair was sperated into twin buns. She dressed unlike a Miko. More like a common village girl.
Mihara smiled. "Hello Kyuu-Sama. But I am afraid you are mistaken. I am not the Suzaku no Miko. True my memory has been erased, but we have already learned that I have been here for more than a month before losing my memory, and I was not the Miko before that."
Kyuu looked slightly confused. "But I've seen you. You're with them all the time."
Mihara laughed. "Let me explain. When I lost my memory I was rescued by Tasuki and the others. I'm traveling with them to help regain my memory. Besides -" she looked at the ground, blushing. "I am in love with Tasuki. I wouldn't leave him for the world."
Kyuu smiled knowingly. "I know the feeling."
The two were silent for a moment.
"Well then," Kyuu said, going back to the original subject. "Can you take me to your friends. If you are not the Miko then I must tell them something."
"Of course," Mihara said, standing, and dusting herself off.
They made their way back to the inn. She told her to wait downstairs and she would get the others. They could talk over dinner, because it was getting late and the Seishi would be hungry.
Just as Mihara was about to go into her room to wake up Tasuki, her bandit boy came careening out of the room. When he saw her, his expression softened and he took her in his arms. "I thought you had left me," he whispered into her hair.
Mihara put her arms around him. "Never. Wo ai ni, till the end. Nothing can seperate us. Even in death." She kissed him softly. "Now go downstairs. There's a girl you and the other seishi need to meet." She let go of him, but he grabbed her arm and kissed her passionately.
Mihara returned the kiss, gratefully. When they broke away Tasuki smiled and went downstairs. Mihara stared after him for a moment then walked into the other's room. "Guys, the Byakko no Miko is downstairs. She said that she needed to talk to yall."
There was a quick rush to leave the room. When Nuriko passed by her, Mihara held a hand out and put it to his chest, stopping him. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure what about," Nuriko said, resuming a sitting position on the bed.
Before speaking she followed the last seishi and shut the door behind a bewildered Chichiri. "Only for a second," she said. She turned back to Nuriko. "I just want to thankyou for saving me. If you haven't been so supportive of my living, Tasuki wouldve....And then....It would have been terrible. I made an awful mistake. If there is any way I can repay you for you kindness just name it."
Nuriko remained silent for a moment. He stood and put his back to her, seeming fascinated in the tree outside the window. "Just name it.... Then-" he paused facing her. "I want you to kiss me."
Mihara was taken aback. "K-Kiss you?" She stuttered. "But me and Tasuki... Tasuki and I... He would be-"
"But he doesn't have to know," the purple haired warrior said. "Listen, I know that you are his, but hear me out. I think that everyone in some odd form or fashion loves you. Hotohori loves the way you respect him, Tamahome-your cooking and so on. As for Tasuki and myself. We love you for you. But, understandably, you love Tasuki. I just want one kiss, and I want bother you ever again. If you won't tell, I won't tell."
Mihara was wringing her hands. "Okay, but we only do it once. And...don't ask me to do this again, this is very straining."
"Just once."
"O-kay."
Mihara leaned on him, allowing him to throw an arm around his waist. She tilted her head up and Nuriko pushed his lips into hers.
After what seemed an eternity, but really only lasted a few moments, the kiss broke. Mihara stepped backward out of the room, then she ran downstairs to join Tasuki and the others.
When Nuriko came downstairs, the group was sitting at a large table. They all seemed to be listening to a blue-haired girl. The girl was talking low and fast, and her hand motions were explicit.
"Oi Nuriko," Tasuki chirpped from his seat next to Mihara (who was looking uncomfortable, and avoided Nuriko's eyes). "You just missed it. This girl is the Byakko no Miko. What kept ya?"
Nuriko shrugged. "I guess I'm just slow." He went to the bar to order drinks. "Can I get 9 Nuriko Specials please," he said to the bartender. When they arrived her called Mihara to help him to carry the glasses.
The girl approached him carefully.
"Just act like you always do," Nuriko said under his breath to Mihara. "Nothing has changed between us."
"Uh...right." Mihara picked up three glasses in her hands and set them down in front of Tasuki, Kyuu, and herself. She resumed her place at the table and sipped her drink.
"Thankyou for listening to me. Now I must tell you a few things. First, I have already summoned Byakko. He is -" she put a hand to her chest. "Sleeping inside of me. I do not want to use the last wish because I do not want to return to my own world. I have found love in Sailo. But as you all should know, should I use the last wish my love and I will be torn apart. Seeing as being together with someone from this world is the only wish the gods cannot grant. I have made two wishes and kept the third to myself. Second, all of the four Miko's have been called to this world. Soon a new round of Miko's will be called here, and us four now will be erased. One of us must use one of our wishes to make sure that doesn't happen. Third, Seiryuu seishi Nakago is growing more powerful. My seishi have been keeping track of him. His animosity towards Suzaku is astounding. Eventually you will have to fight him, so train hard and be prepared at all times. But because of the kindness you have showed me here I will garuntee an aliance between Sailo and Konan." She drained the remnants of her drink and then stood. "I must be going. I promised my seishi I wouldn't be long."
Everyone murmured their goodbyes, and Kyuu left the inn.
"If it means leaving you then I doubly don't want to be the Miko."
Tasuki and Mihara were sitting on their bed talking quietly, letting the moon bathe them in light. It was full so they could see each other clearly.
Mihara was silent for a few moments. She was thinking about the kiss she shared with Nuriko. She knew that if she told Tasuki that he would be angry, but she couldn't hold it inside her any longer. "Tasuki," she said suddenly. "Can I tell you something?"
"Sure. Anything."
Mihara sighed. "Promise you won't get mad?"
"Yes."
"I told Nuriko thankyou earlier tonight. For saving me. Watching over me while you were away. Told him if there was anything he wanted to name it and I would do it. He - He wanted me to kiss him. Said he was in love with me, as you are." She looked away from Tasuki's face, tears forming. "Tasuki- Chan, what are you thinking? Are you mad?"
Tasuki was looking down at his knees. His breathing came in long sighs. "No. I'm not mad." He looked up at Mihara. "I promised I wouldn't get mad, and I'll never break a promise I made to you. I still love you. I will always love you, even if you let go of me and go with other guys. I love you. Only you. Forever."
Mihara's tears were now flowing with joy. She threw herself into his arms, kissing his lips repeatedly. Wo ai ni, she thought to herself as they settled down into bed with Tasuki's arm protectively around her waist. Forever.
End Chapter 10
Whatcha think? Bit of a romantic chapter, ne? Damn, I think I'm starting to sound alot like Yuu. *goes SD and bows down to Yuu Watase* Gomen gomen. I hope I'm not violating the copyright law too bad.
Sorry it took so long to put up. We're going through a family crisis here in my house. But as Mini-Urd says in the first episode of the Adventures of the Mini-Godesses "Don't concern yourself with the minor details.^^"
I figured out a few things over the past few days.
1) Tasuki is not a virgin. He was taken to a brothel by Koji at age 15. It was like a ritiual or something to banish away the remnants of childhood. You had to do it to get into the bandits so I guess it was all or nothing, ne?
2) In the OAV (no I have not seen it *wails spastically*) Tasuki tries to express his feelings toward Miaka (I hope I'm not spoiling it for some of you) but the only way he knows how is through sexual means. As you can plainly see, I started writing this fic before I had that knowledge.
What else was there. *thinks for a moment* Baka! Oh yeah.
3) When a Miko crosses over into the book world she is given the gift to communicate to people understanding only Chinese. To explain when Miaka travels into the book everyone in Ancient China can magically speak Japanese. This is not true. Yuu said that a Miko is actually speaking her own tongue. She hears her own dialect and hears it but vise versa for the people there. They hear Chinese and talk Chinese but their Miko is not really speaking in Chinese. Unless she comes from China.
I am currenly writing Mihara's mini-back story. The story of how she got into the book, how she became friends with Suzuhara, and how she got raped by Nakago. Fun, ne? Be on the lookout. It will be titled: Josh's Journey. How It All Started. Yes yes, Mihara was an American when she fell into the book. And her name was Josh...You find out why in the backstory. Anyway its two in the morning and I got to go to school tommorrow so I'll see you in chapter 11!!