Chapter 9: New Hope and Determination
"So, what should we do now?" My mother asked the men. John was a little mad at us; I won't blame him.
"Well, Keisuke and myself, we will go to the National Library in see what they might have." Tetsuya said he got up from his seat.
"Okay, fine. But, what should we do?" John said as he looked at Tetsuya.
"Umm, how about you do some research? When we call you to tell you something, you can look it up for us!" Keisuke said as John nodded. Mother doesn't know how to work a computer, but she can answer the calls.
"That's fine. You guys better get going! The library closes in about a good hour." Mom said as the clock said seven o'clock.
"That should be enough time...Wish us luck!" Keisuke said as he walked out of the door with Tetsuya. John and my mother went to the computer and waited to get onto the internet.
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I couldn't believe how dark it gets here in Hokkan! Well, it DOES get dark early when it IS winter... I grabbed my notebook and walked outside with a blanket around me. It was possibly a good ten degrees below zero!
"Un-Unbelieveable! How can it b-be this cold and people here can h-handle it?!" I was not adapt to the cold weather yet; so I found a tree and planted myself there. Tamahome took the little kid that Jacob saved into the forest to help him ride better. He is sweet, unlike Jacob...I opened my notebook and thought that I would write my letter to Hotohori. It would be good to tell him we made to Hokkan in one piece, and tell how we are doing...But, how can he read english handwriting?!
"Hey Brittany. What are you doing, you know?" I look up and saw Chichiri looking at my notebook and pen.
"Umm...Well I was just about to write back to Hori-sama to tell him we are in Hokkan now...But that's impossible..." I said as I looked down at the notebook again.
"Why is it?" Chichiri asked as he walked around me and sat next to me.
"Because I highly doubt it that Hotohori can read eng- I mean my handwriting because I'm from another world..."
"Let me try my new spell out!" Chichiri then told me to write a sentence. I obeyed I wrote, We are okay and we made it to Hokkan and Chichiri cast a little spell. Before my eyes, the words went from that, to Chinese!
"Chichiri! That is amazing!" I was shocked, happy and relieved all at the same time.
"I'm amazed that it worked at all! Well, start that letter, you know!" He said and I nodded.
Hotohori,
It's me, Brittany. I'm writing to tell you we made it in one piece to Hokkan. It is VERY cold and I wished that I brought a warmer outfit...Anyway, how have you been? Are you hanging in? I hope you are doing well, and hope the empire is doing good as well...
To tell you the truth, we was attacked by a Seiryu Warrior! Several people being klutzes, Tasuki, Miaka, and Tamahome and myself had to save them. Nuriko and Jacob fell in too, no less, but Tasuki was on the ship, safe and sound. Nuriko found a little shelter for us until Chichiri and the others can find us, and Jacob risked his life by saving Miaka, Nuriko, Tamahome, and even me! He was being an idiot, but he survived and I scolded him. Nuriko joined in it too...
Nuriko told us 'bout his little sister, I understood now why Nuriko dressed liked a girl...His little sister got killed in front of his eyes and never wanted to forget her, he became a girl in her place...
Soi, from the Seiryu Seven, attacked us, we all was on the ship, and your sword saved my life...She send a huge lighting attack at me and the sword absorbed it! I defeated Soi, and we made it to Hokkan...I know this had to frighten you, but we all are safe with no cuts, bruises, so on and so forth...
What is it with people saving my butt everywhere I look?! I usually don't write long letters, but this is my first to you, so I decided to go long, at least...
I wish you was here, so I can talk to you face to face, at the most... And I'm nervous now...I heard from a village elder that the Priestesses of Genbu have already summon Genbu, and I could tell that something bad happen...I don't want anything bad to happen at all...
I'm running out of paper, so I'll finish...
Take care and pray for our save return,
Brittany
Chichiri took a good look at the letter and made it into Konan's literature language. I then put it into a folder and gave it to Chichiri.
"I want this to be delivered directly to His Majesty via you. Is that no problem?" I asked as I got up from the tree.
"Nope. I'll give it to him by tonight, if you don't mind, you know." I shooked my head and he dissappeared into his kasa. I heard a noise and noticed Tasuki coming out and sitting where I was.
"What's wrong with you?" I said looking at him.
"That stupid little kid said that my face was scary!" He gave me a scary face; no offense but I won't blame the kid.
"Oh he did! That was very rude!" I said, playing sweet, innocent Brittany to Tasuki.
"Thank you! Somebody understands how I feel!!" Tasuki said out loud as Nuriko and Miaka came out of the tent.
"Oh! At least my face IS normal!" Nuriko said as they start arguing again. These two can never argue about normal things can they...I sweatdropped.
"Guys! Calm down, please! It is dark out and the other villagers are trying to fall asleep..." Nuriko stopped arguing and so did Tasuki as I stepped in. At least I can stop them...
"Hey, have you seen Tamahome around?" Miaka asked around us.
"Yeah. I think he went into the forest a little while ago." I said pointing where I saw him go last.
"Here. Take a blanket. Tama-kins might be a little cold from the weather." Nuriko threw a blanket at Miaka and she caught it. She nodded and went to wards Tamahome.
"Tasuki, go inside...I think the cold has got to your head." Nuriko said as he picked Tasuki up and threw him in the tent.
"Hey!! Don't I get a sayin' in this too?" He said getting up from inside the tent.
"Let me think...Nope!!" Nuriko said and went inside the tent. I chuckled and stayed outside for a little bit longer. It might be cold, but the scenery is nice and easier to see than in Konan.
"Brittany? Are you coming in?" Nuriko said as he poked his head outside of the tent.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Just...relaxing, that's all." I was looking at Nuriko as he came outside, again. Tasuki was actually falling asleep and I was able to relax.
"Why?" Nuriko walked over to me and sat down next to me.
"Well, look at what we have been through over the last couple of days..." Nuriko looked back and nodded his head.
"You're right. I guess this is what relaxing is really. Being able to sit down, let the air go through you and letting the time go by slow. This is rela-" Nuriko looked at his shoulder and noticed that I fell asleep. I was tired and needed the sleep.
"Klutz. That's what you are Britt." Nuriko scooped me up and took me in the tent. He covered me up with blankets and put my head on a pillow. Nuriko decided to wait until the others got back, so he went outside and thought that he would go sneak on Tamahome and Miaka.
'Oh, this is going to be 'oodles of fun!!' Nuriko giggled and walked his way towards the 'lovebirds'.
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"Tamahome!!" Miaka called out to him. He was with the little kid, still, and Tamahome looked up.
"Well, guess it is time for you to get home now. Get some good sleep!" He called out to the kid. He nodded and went in the direction that Miaka came from.
"Kids sure adore you!" Miaka said as she walked over to Tamahome, handing him the blanket she got from Nuriko.
"Well they should! And you should too!" Tamahome said, wrapping himself up in the blanket.
"I'm not a little kid anymore!!" Miaka said giving Tama a disgusted face.
"Well, that was how I thought of you..." Tamahome said as he thought of the first time he met Miaka in town.
"So that's how you see me! As a little kid..." Miaka said as she turned her head away from Tamahome.
"At first, but now, that's why I'm falling in love with you." Tamahome looked at her. She gave him a smile in return.
"Much better..." She told him. They walked together back to the tent, side by side.
"After our mission is complete, I want us to be together." Tamahome said as they passed the biggest tree in the village. Miaka gasped. "I mean it."
"I want to be with you too, Tamahome!" Miaka said as she was slowing down.
"But where? Where will we live together?" Miaka stopped as Tamahome stopped as well. Miaka was looking at him, seeing what else he had to say. "I've been thinking about it, over and over, what the Priestesses of Genbu did after they summon Genbu here."
"I have a question. The Priestesses of Genbu, when they summoned Genbu, did they go back to their world?"
"Tamahome?" Miaka said as she turned around.
"Maybe, but I do not know the details." The elder told him.
"Will you go back to your world after Suzaku is summoned?" Tamahome asked as he turned around to face her. A gentle wind passed under them and silence. "I don't know about your world and I'm sure that I can't go there, but as a priestess, you surely can."
'Tamahome doesn't know that he is just a character in a book...And I'm a person from the real world...I've always knew it, but I never want to think about it. I'm only a high school student, about to take my ACT exams; And my mother, brother, and all my friends live there...There, where I spend all 15 years of my life...My real world, where Tamahome doesn't exist...' Miaka thought while she was speechless.
"I...I don't know...what to say..." Miaka looking down and let the truth pass her.
"...Don't go." Tamahome said as Miaka looked up at him. She was shocked that he would say that. "Don't go back there. Please stay here with me!" Tamahome went over to Miaka and hold her.
"No! Tamahome! We can't do this! Remember what I told you!" Miaka was trying to get away from his grasp.
"I don't want to. All the time...all the time I worry. I never want to lose you." Tamahome said, still hugging the one he loves. Miaka looks up at him and stares at him.
'If I stay here, I would give up my world forever! But, in exchange, I'll never have to leave Tamahome...'
"I don't want to leave you...I love you!" Miaka jumps up and gives him a hug to hold. "I'll stay here...I'll stay here forever!" Miaka whispers into his ear.
'I'll give up my family, my friends, and the life I had! If I can be here with Tamahome I can give it all up! I want to be with him!'
Still hugging each other, Nuriko was right behind them, hiding behind a tree...
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Getting ready to go to Touran, I have noticed that Chichiri wasn't back yet. If Chichiri isn't back in a few minutes, I'll ride his horse into town.
"So, we ready to go?" Jacob asked as he got on his own horse. Mitsukake and Chiriko was riding together, and the same with Miaka and Tamahome. Tasuki, Nuriko, Jacob, and myself had our own horses, but when Chichiri gets back, I'm riding with Nuriko!
"We should be." Chiriko said as Mitsukake got on their horse. Tasuki then put Chiriko up there as well. We was wearing warm clothes the people made in the village. There was at least 2 of us wearing the same color; Miaka and Chiriko had pink, Tasuki and Tamahome had a dark green, Chichiri and Mitsukake had light purple, Jacob and Nuriko had dark blue, and I had orange on. Miaka and I had matching hats on and it was very cute!
"First and for most, take care of yourselfs." The elder said from yesterday. Tamahome was getting the horses ready to ride on.
"We will and thank you for your hospitality!" Miaka said as she bowed to them. The little kid came up and tugged at Tamahome's outfit.
"Big Brother!"
"Hey there." Tamahome said as he turned around.
"I will learn how to ride, I promise! And then I can come over to your country and visit you there!" The kid started to have tears come down his eyes. Tamahome crouched down to the little kid's height.
"Okay. That's a promise, then. I'll see you later." Tamahome got back up and grabbed Miaka and put her upon the horse. The little kid waved back to Jacob, he waved back, and then he saw Tasuki.
"Bye Mr. Scary face! Bye! Don't scare any little children, 'kay!" The kid waved to him, and Tasuki waved back to him, weakly. Tasuki turned around to fasten the saddle.
"That kid will NOT shut up about my face!" Tasuki said whispering, as he had the scary face, again. Everyone was on their horses and Mitsukake started off, galloping first as Tamahome and Miaka was last.
"Take care of yourselfs! Bye!" Miaka waved back to them and they did the same. Miaka turned around and held onto Tamahome.
'We are almost there! We have to find the shinzaho in Touran! I'm sorry 'bout this Daffney and Danielle- No. For their sake, we have to summon Suzaku as quickly as Brittany and I can. We have to!' Miaka thought as we passed through a pathway with deers at the side.
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In a dark tent, Nakago stepped on a fresh bone that broke into pieces.
"It's your turn now, Ashitare." The beast looked up at the person he called 'Master'. "Lady Daffney went with Suboshi into town to find about the shinzaho. This is the land of your ancestry." Nakago said as he looked down towards the beast. "You'll know where the Priestesses of Suzaku will be and with that native strength, you'll slaughter them." The beast, Ashitare, growled and roared at the thought.
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"So, this must be Touran." Tamahome said as he stopped the horse.
"We finally made it! Man am I glad!" Tasuki said as he got off the horse. Jacob, Nuriko, and I did the same. There was a tap on my shoulder, so I turned around and saw that it was Chichiri.
"Chichiri! You made it! Did Hotohori get my letter?" He nodded and gave me my folder back.
"He left a letter for you in there, you know. I already made it into your language, so you can read it anytime, you know." Chichiri said as I gave him the clothes the villagers made him.
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to read it!" I was excited and bowed to Chichiri.
"Look guys! It's snowing!" Jacob made us look up and it was really snowing.
"You rarely see it snowing back in Konan." Nuriko said as he button his jacket up.
"Wow! Where we live, it snows hard on some days." Miaka said as she held her hand out to catch the snowflakes.
'Oh. That's right. I decided, last night, that I will make this my home once I summon Suzaku. I said I'd give up my old life to make a new one with Tamahome.' Miaka hugged herself closer to Tamahome. Tasuki found a inn, and we got ourselves some rooms.
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We found a table that sat all of us and I decided to get the letter Hotohori wrote back to me.
"What did Hotohori say back to you?" Jacob said nudging at me.
"Oh, be quiet! I was going to read it, but knowing some people are acting like idiots..." I said turning away from him. Nuriko was right next to me; he was giving me a puppydog face. I know that he wants to listen. Hotohori, Nuriko, and myself are possibly the closest to each other as friends, and not as lovers.
"Oh Nuriko! Fine, I'll read it. Let's see..." I grabbed my folder and took the letter out.
"It says...
Brittany,
I'm relieve that you made it there! My prayers have been with you all since you left. I am doing fine, bored, but doing well. The empire has saw no attacks from Kuto, yet, but all the villages have been build back to the way they was before.
I can't believe that you was attacked by lighting! No less by a Seiryu Warrior...I wish I could be by your side, protecting you from anything that has come up. You know that I am only a few minutes away, if you ever want to come back, via Chichiri...
I'm terribly sorry if this letter is a little late then usual. I had some meeting to attend to and Chichiri gave me the letter after it was over. It was an overnight meeting, and I thank you for your patience.
Days here have gone slower since you all have left for your journey. I know that you are possibly closer to the shinzaho, and I wish you luck. I hope you are reading this out to everyone.
I'm glad I got to write to you...Got to go, advisors need me for something, "special". Oh, joy! Hope to see you soon.
Hotohori
P.S.-Flip the page over; That part is strictly for your eyes only...
"Read the rest!" Jacob said as he was trying to grab it out of my hands. I hit him on the head.
"No!! That part was for everyone, and the next part is for me only!" I said and made Nuriko trade spots with me.
"Anyway, where should we go next?" Tasuki asked Chichiri as he laid a map of Touran in front of us.
"Well, we are at the city's gate, you know. We should split up and find clues on the shinzaho. Since Chiriko is young, he and I will partner up together." Chiriko thanked him as Chichiri continued. "And since Tasuki is a hothead, he and Mitsukake will partner up together."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Tasuki said as he sipped some alcohol.
"And naturally, I should be with Miaka." Tamahome said as he smiled at Miaka. She was stuffing her face up with food.
"What about Nuriko, Jacob, and Brittany?" Miaka asked as she took a moment to let the food digest.
"Well, we can go together in a group, but hang around Tamahome and Miaka!" I asked them.
"That doesn't sound bad. And I did promise Hotohori that I would protect you both." Nuriko said as Miaka smiled at him. Someone was poking Nuriko on the back.
"Hey, babe! You're a pretty one! How 'bout sharing a drink wit me?" The man grabbed Nuriko's chin. Anyone could tell that most of the men here was drunk. Nuriko slapped him really hard and made him land into another table. I sweatdropped, and chuckled.
"Sorry. But I'm not that kind of 'girl'." Nuriko sat down at the table again as Tasuki was looking at Nuriko funny. He was drunk also...No surprise there!
"Hey baby! Maybe it's not such a good idea to pair up with Miaka and Britt. There's a lot of rednecks in this joint..." Tasuki said as Tamahome was laughing at them. Around us, men was trying to get Nuriko to share a drink with them.
"If the sight of three girls together makes this much excitement, we'll get nowhere in this town!" Tamahome said as Tasuki was still drunk.
"Yeah yeah! I get it! The problem is that I look like a girl!" Nuriko said and grabbed His Majesty's holy sword, and he cut his long hair and shocked everyone at the table. Miaka actually stopped eating and has her mouth wide open. He was holding his long braid in his hand.
"W-What a waste!" Tamahome said as he was still looking at it.
"Nuriko, are you sure about this? Are you ready to give up looking like a girl?" Miaka asked as she looked up at Nuriko and the braid a several times. I was shocked! Why did he do that?!
"It's okay. I don't feel the need to dress up anymore. Besides, I can't have this hair main get in the way when we are trying to fight the Seiryu Seven." Nuriko said as he put the braid in a little bag.
"The Seiryuu Seven; They may attack us when we less expect it." Tamahome said as Tasuki was getting out of his drunken sputor.
"Exactly. The problem is that if I use any of my magic when we are split up, they can find us much easier then." Chichiri said as he had his arms crossed.
"Yeah, that's tricky..." Tasuki said.
"Hey I got an idea!" Chiriko said getting in front of Tasuki's face.
"What is up with the close-up feature?!" Tasuki said as he was yelling at Chiriko.
"What's your amazing idea Chiriko?" Jacob asked as he sipped the rest of his soup.
"Theses!" Chiriko brought out flares from his bag and sat them onto the table.
"Signal flares?" Jacob asked.
"Yes! If you find anything out about the shinzaho, you can use these and light them into the sky. They can be seen from everywhere!" Chiriko said as he gave each group one. After we ate, we left the inn and went our separate ways.
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"I can smell it! The smell of the Priestesses of Suzaku!" The beast, Ashitare, said in his deep, monstrous voice. "This will be easier than I thought!" The beast roared as he looked down onto the town of Touran.
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"W-What in the world was that?" Miaka asked. "What makes a sound like that?"
"A wild hog?" Jacob wondered as he buttoned his jacket.
"Dummy! It could be a wild dog! No hogs can live in this climate!" Miaka said.
"Well, Jacob's a hog and he's surviving!" Tamahome added. Jacob was ignoring it all, and man was I laughing, inside.
'Man, why do I feel like something horrible is coming, and that something bad will happen?' I gripped my dress at the thought.
"Hey guys! Look at this!" Nuriko pointed at an old momentum. We moved closer to it as the snow began to fall a little bit more.
"What is it?" Miaka asked as she got closer herself.
"There's a carving of Genbu at the top. Think that can give us a clue about the shinzaho?" Nuriko asked.
"Look at the writing! It looks like worm trackings!" Tamahome pointed out.
"Oh, ma'am! Do you know what this says?" Miaka asked a young lady he was going by.
"Oh this? Most people can't read this because it is an ancient writing we used 200 years ago."
"An ancient writing?" Miaka questioned herself.
"The only people who can read this is master scholars."
"I know someone who can read that." A man said. He was right next to the momentum, sitting on the railing. We looked over at him, even the lady did too. "Are you all travelers in our country?"
"You KNOW someone who can actually read this?" Miaka asked the man.
"Yeah, my father. Come with me and he'll tell you." The man got up and walked towards the direction to his father.
"Awesome! Let's go gu-" The young lady inter upped Miaka speaking by holding to her clothing.
"Hold it! I wouldn't if I was you. His father WAS a scholar, but he's fallen on hard times now."
"Well, don't come then." The man began to walk away.
"I'll go. Nuriko, Jacob, protect them." Tamahome said as he walked a few feet.
"No! I'm going with you anyway. Jacob, protect the girls." Nuriko said.
"S-Sure." Jacob agreed and with that, Nuriko and Tamahome went off with the man.
"I hope they will be alright..." The young lady said and left us alone.
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In another part of town, Daffney and Suboshi was walking with the horse by them.
"You are not cold are you, Lady Daffney?" Suboshi asked nicely.
"Yes I am!" Daffney exclaimed as she snarled at him.
"You don't have to be so direct about it..." Suboshi said to himself. "Nakago said that we should find clues about the Shinzaho if we search here in Touran. He also said that he was sending Ashitare to deal with the Suzaku Seven." Daffney stopped a few feet ahead of Suboshi.
"Have...Have Brittany and Miaka made it here already?" Daffney asked him.
"I heard this from Nakago; He said that a guy rejected you. Was it Ta-" Daffney turned around and threw snow right at Suboshi's face and she ran away. "Lady Daffney I-" He rubbed the snow off his face and noticed she was gone. "Lady Daffney? Lady Daffney? Where she go?!" Suboshi looked around and wasn't sure what to do.
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Nuriko and Tamahome was with the man as they went down an alleyway. 'Oh boy. I don't like this place at all...' Nuriko thought of as he bumped into Tamahome.
"We're here." The man pointed to the doorway as Nuriko moved in front of Tamahome. The man open the door and Tamahome stepped in first, followed by Nuriko and the man. The place had a very bad vibe and they didn't like it at all.
'Yikes...I've got a terrible feeling about this...' Tamahome thought as the man grabbed a knife, pointed it to Tama's throat, and grabbed Nuriko's arms.
"Man! What in the world are you doing?!" Nuriko said, fighting away from them.
"Hand me all your money." The man, with the knife, said.
"I had a feeling it would be like this. And you were lying wasn't you?" Tamahome said. He was calm and cool.
"I didn't lie. That guy over at that table IS my father." The man moved his eyes over to the table. "It's obvious you've traveled this far, so you had to have money. So, hand it over!"
"We don't even have any money, so how about you give us some?" Tamahome asked as he smile happily.
"I see...Well, you can pay with your body!" The man said as Nuriko was still fighting away from some other men.
"You guys are into THAT?! Sorry men, I like girls." Tamahome said blocking himself from an attack.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Since you're just standing there, you'll pay the price with a little pain!" The man snaps his fingers and more guys went after the two of them. Nuriko kicked a man in the stomach and Tamahome fought of some with his karate. Nuriko even threw some men on a table. Then, it was silence...
"That's how it goes. He should of listen to me and nothing would-" The man turns around and saw Nuriko and Tamahome on top of eleven men.
"Boy! I needed the exercise!" Nuriko said stretching his arms.
"Yeah, that felt good! So, ya done now?" Tamahome asked as the man was shocked. The man took his fist and went towards Tamahome. He ducked and aimed his foot right at the man's face.
"Hold it. You two are not the usual sort of treasure hunters we get around here. Son, you lost." The man's father said as Tama's foot was a good inch away from the man's cheek.
"You got that right. Another half second and his face would be smashed. But, for an understanding father, I'll show some mercy."
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Nuriko and Tamahome left the place, without a scratch, and walked back to where the gang was.
"Nuriko, go ahead. I'm coming right behind you as I go get Miaka some food." Tamahome said as he went inside a inn with food.
"Okay, see you later." Nuriko said, waving and walking back the way they came from. When Nuriko was out of sight, Tamahome went the opposite direction.
'I need some alone time before I go back with the others. They won't mind, won't they?' Tamahome thought as he rounded a corner.
He didn't look where he was going and bumped into Daffney.
"Ta-Tamahome!"
"Daffney?!" Tamahome and Daffney looked at each other.
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"What's taking them so long?" Miaka said as she sat on the momentum's stairs.
"Relax. They just left a while ago." Jacob said as he was standing up.
"Well, what do you think 'bout Nuriko's new haircut? Isn't it cool?" I asked around.
"I like it! It is nice he did, but I like the old haircut though..." Miaka was disappointed, but smile anyway.
"I agree; Nuriko looks good with any haircut." Jacob said. I was shocked! He actually said something nice about him for once!
"I bet they'll be back within fifteen minutes!" I said as I sat next to Miaka and open the letter that Hotohori wrote to me.
"I hope you're right..." Miaka just sighed. I looked at the back of the letter. Reading it, I almost cried.
"Britt, you okay?" Jacob asked me. I nodded and looked up.
"Oh, I'm fine...Hotohori is probably happy now..." I dried the tears that came down my eyes. Jacob sat next to me and read it. He couldn't believe what he just read...
Brittany,
I've been in my harem a couple of times, and yesterday, I found a special person there. She looks excatly like Nuriko and acts like you...
Please, don't cry, but I love you a lot, and knowing it would not work out for us at all...The lady is now...My wive...
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"Wh-What are you doing here? Well, you're here for the shizaho too." Tamahome asked. He looked around, in shock, to see if anyone was with her.
"I am alone. Nakago and Suboshi aren't here with me." Daffney uttered directly to him.
"Do you consider yourself Miaka's enemy? And does Danielle think her enemy still is Brittany?" Daffney turned her head away from Tamahome's words. "I think you know her better than that. You should know that they didn't betray you!" Tamahome said reaching his hand out.
"No more of that! Don't you see that doesn't make no difference at all now?! Me and Danielle are the Priestesses of Seiryuu, and that makes us your enemy! This is your BIG chance, isn't it? Why, don't you kill me?!" Daffney slipped in the snow and Tamahome cached her. She let that feeling absorb her for a moment.
"Let go!!" Daffney got up and slapped Tamahome right on the face. That shocked Tamahome out of his mind. "Why do you always have to act so nice?! Especially when you don't even care 'bout me!" Daffney said yelling to him.
"Daffney, that's not true! You're a good person and Miaka and Brittany's best fri-"
"Stop it!" Daffney turned away from Tamahome and had tears down her eyes. "We can NEVER be friends...Not ever again!"
"Why are you so stubborn?! There still is time left because you haven't summon Seiryu yet!" Tamahome said as he held his hand up to his cheek.
"No...I've made my mind up and I'm going to summon Seiryu. Oh, but don't worry! I don't intend to do it to get to you...I'm sure Miaka's wish was going to be that and Brittany's, goodness I don't care about her now. She would wish for you to be with her, right? It is such a stupid wish! And if she doesn't summon Suzaku, there would be no way that you and Miaka can be together!!" Daffney turned towards the person she hates, next to her best friends.
"Who even CARES about you anyway?! You're just a character in a storybook!!!" Tamahome stood there with his eyes wide open.
'Wh-What did she just say?' Tamahome stood there as if someone just stole his heart.
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A cold chill went down Miaka's back and frighten her.
"Miaka? Are you okay? Are you cold?" Jacob asked her as she grabbed her arms together.
"No...I just suddenly got a very bad feeling..." Miaka said as she tensed her shoulders.
"A feeling?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I'm going to look for Nuriko and Tamahome!" Miaka got up and walked down the stairs.
"Miaka! Wait for us!" Jacob said as he help me with Miaka's bag and mine.
'Ah ha! I found you, Priestesses of Suzaku!' Ashitare thought of as he was on top of the roof of an house.
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Keisuke and Tetsuya was at the library, looking for something on the four gods. Keisuke's phone ranged.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Listen to what I just read, 'As Nakago had ordered, Ashitare arrived to killed the Priestesses of Suzaku...' " John said over the phone.
"WHAT?!!!" Keisuke said over the phone really loud.
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"Priestesses of Suzaku!" Miaka and I turned around and saw a big, huge, wolf man, stand on his two legs and looking right at us. "You both will die!!" And he leaped at us.
"MIAKA!!!" I hear Jacob call out Miaka's name, and another voice called my name...
"BRITTANY!!!"
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