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Otaku Pitcher: It's one of my favorite chapters, too. And I made it a comic relief chapter because the past few and next couple are going to be depressing again. So you should be happy. Glad I got originality points. I don't like to think of myself as unoriginal. o.O Yume is becoming a bit more refined, I suppose, but let's see how long that'll last. Hehe.
neppy: Yup, she always bets on the wrong person.
Songwind: Yes, Byakko is awesome. I love him. ::hugs Byakko:: (Don't tell nobody but I am working on that idea of yours just for laughs. . .)
Fyfangirl26: I am so glad that chapter amused everyone! It makes me happy to know that my (some times) pathetic attempts at comedy work. I didn't think anyone ever defined the gods so I made them my way. Thanks for the review!
KisnetNoelani: Thanks for taking the time to review. You might not wanna follow this for Fushigi Yuugi because I am no longer following the story line. But I do appreciate your review.
Author's Note: Wow! I must say that I am overwhelmed by the response I got on that last chapter. I was hoping for something like that but man! You guys surprised me! I know it took a while longer to get this up but if you want to know why, read the end author's note. This one is, as the chapter title implies, a long over-due explanation so sit back and enjoy the ride. Umm. . .everything isn't explained but most is so be happy! Smack is being nice!
'. . .' are dialogue inside Yume's mind which means only she can hear it
Chapter 25: A Long Over-due Explanation!
The one with the light brown hair, ('Katana,' Suzaku told me), waved her hand and the shield dropped, revealing the fourth girl, ('Renee'), and my "friends." They just stared dumbfounded, nobody making a move towards me, nobody even thinking of asking if I'm ok. I just nearly died but you know, who gives a shit about that anymore? 'It's the hair, isn't it?' I asked my friends upstairs. 'That and your new body markings,' Byakko answered. 'You mean the scars?' 'Yup. They don't always go over well with the public,' he replied. 'Gotcha.'
"There will be plenty of time to gawk at Miss Yume later. Right now she has an appointment with Destiny," Katana ordered. "We must take her to see Taiitsu-kun."
My bag materialized next to me and I decided to break the awkward stares and overall ignoring of my presence. "Are you going to tell me what's going on now?" I asked the four girls.
"You mean you don't know either?" Tamahome exclaimed in disbelief.
"Do I ever?" I countered.
"All will be explained in time but now you must ready yourself for our travel," Katana said omnisciently.
"So people keep telling me. Sorry, but I've learned not to believe that."
"And we've learned not to believe you," I heard Tamahome mutter. I narrowed my eyes at him and he looked away.
The rest of the group was pretty much staying out of our discussion, almost afraid to talk to me. I looked around for some sort of friendly face. Not even Chichiri would look at me. Tasuki wouldn't meet my gaze, either. But I didn't really care anymore. 'I'm on my own again. Such is my fate.' I spotted Shiriko and walked towards him. He jumped up on me and licked my face. I couldn't help but smile at him. At least he was happy that I was alive. "We're going to leave now." Katana, not even waiting for a response, waved her hand yet again and we seemed to disintegrate and then materialized outside some sort of bizarre palace.
"I see you underwent your transformation perfectly. I must say, not only am I slightly proud, but I'm also extremely surprised," a grouchy voice I immediately recognized as Taiitsu-kun's said.
"I'm not sure if that was an insult or a compliment so I'll take it as a compliment, for your sake," I replied. 'Humph. Yet another person who expected me to fail.'
"Well now, don't do me any favor."
"Don't worry, I won't."
"I suppose you want an explanation," she said, sounding more than a little annoyed with this ordeal.
"It would be nice. I was told those four would give me one but I have yet to hear anything other than that they had a bet going on whether or not I'd live," I responded irritably, tired of being clueless.
"Follow me inside, then. Katana, Seppuka, Renee and Fae come with us. The rest of you, go with Nyan-nyan. She'll show you to your rooms so you can get settled in before dinner." A strange little blue haired girl appeared and grabbed hold of the warriors and priestess. This may seem mean, but I was happy to see them go. I followed Taiitsu-kun and the girls to wherever they were leading me. 'I still wish I knew what was going on,' I complained. 'You have to be patient Yume. They'll explain it eventually,' Suzaku scolded. 'I know, I know.'
We finally arrived in a big room with a giant mirror in it along with a few chairs. "You may want to sit down for this. It could take a while and I doubt you are feeling great," Taiitsu-kun said.
"I prefer to stand, thank you," I replied curtly.
"Suit yourself. What do you wish to know first?" she asked.
"Hmm. . .I don't know. How about why I suddenly have four guys in my head and who those girls are?" I responded allowing more than a hint of annoyance to be present in my voice. I was sick of being polite. I earned my rudeness.
"Not an unreasonable request. The four people you speak of are Suzaku, Byakko, Seiryuu, and Genbu, the four gods of the four countries of this world," she answered.
"I already knew that. Care to tell me something new?" The scar on my lower neck grew warm and I heard myself say, "Taiitsu-kun, just tell her what she has to do already. Both Seiryuu and I have more important things to do with her than listen to you blab about non-relevant things." The warmth left. 'Ok, what was that?' I asked my mind. 'Suzaku used you to speak. That's your job as an Oracle,' Seiryuu answered. 'Well, I wouldn't know that seeing how nobody is telling me what my job is!'
"Yes, of course Suzaku. It seems the gods have chosen you as their new Oracle." I heard a grunt from my mind, which I identified as Genbu's. 'Oh come on, Genbu. You know ya love me,' I taunted. 'You're merely a tool for us to use and dispose of as we see fit,' he responded indignantly. 'And I don't love you, you obnoxious brat.' 'Whatever you have to tell yourself, sweetheart.' 'Grr. . .'
"So what do I have to do? I keep getting pieces from my 'friends' upstairs but I'm still confused," I confessed.
"I was getting to that. What an impatient girl you are! Humph. As I was saying, she glared at me a little before continuing, "every so often when the search for celestial warriors becomes too hectic or when chaos is brewing in the countries, a young woman appears and sheds light to the situation or so the legend says."
"Look, Taiitsu-kun, you're making this all sound so important and mystical when it's really not. Some chick is inhabited by the gods and used to help them get their point across. You have to do exactly what they tell you voluntarily or they will take control of your body and force you to do it anyway. They can travel in and out of your mind at their will and you won't know. They can also go through any part of your mind at any time they want and you can't do anything about it. End of story," Seppuka "explained." "Our job is unfortunately to assist you. Each one of us specializes in a god. Mine is Seiryuu."
"I've got Suzaku," Katana said.
"Mine's Byakko," Renee told me.
"Genbu's my boy," Fae added.
"Hold on a second. I have to have a little chat," I told them. 'Ok. . .how come nobody told me that I was basically just a dignified puppet?' I asked. 'If we did, would you have wanted the job?' Seiryuu countered. 'Do I really have a choice?' 'Well. . .no. I suppose not,' he answered. 'Is that all I need to know, o puppet masters?' 'Don't be mad at us, Yume!' Byakko cried. 'Yes, that is all although Seppuka put it rather bluntly,' Suzaku replied. 'Ask them about the box.' "What about that box?"
"If at any time you need to invoke the power of a god or talk to them when they aren't in your mind, you can communicate with them using it. They can choose to ignore you if they feel it isn't important. It has other abilities but you don't need to know them now," Taiitsu-kun explained. "Anything else?"
"Let me check." 'How come I don't get to know the rest?' I asked. 'It's not important now. I think that's all you need to know now,' Byakko answered. "Guess that's it."
"Good. Let's get something to eat. Then we can get to know each other or whatever," Fae suggested.
Taiitsu-kun led the way to the dining area where the others were already waiting. I was greeted with the looks of distrust and curiosity that I was beginning to get accustomed to. It was the strange voices in my head and new hair color that were still giving me problems. 'Mmm. . .food. It looks so good,' Byakko mumbled. 'I know. It's been a while since we last ate. But watching my priestess eat, I doubt there will be much left soon,' Suzaku agreed. 'Ew. How can she call herself a lady?' Byakko remarked. 'I don't know, but we could take turns controlling her and eating whatever we want,' Seiryuu suggested. 'Sounds like a plan!' I felt my lower neck grow warm again and watched myself reach toward some strange food that I had been afraid to try.
"What are you doing, Yume? You never eat that," Tasuki asked.
"Be quiet stupid mortal. How dare you question what I eat? I want this," I heard myself say. The warmth left as the food was consumed. I coughed. "I'm sorry Tasuki! That wasn't me. Honest." 'You need to stop, Suzaku! You're going to jeopardize my already touchy relationship with Tasuki! I'm lucky they haven't asked me about Nakago yet.' 'Oh. . .someone has a crush on Tasuki,' Byakko teased. I blushed. 'I do not!' 'Stop lying. We're in your head. We know what you're thinking.'
The others stared at me strangely as I engaged in a mind battle that ended in me blushing some more. "What's she doing?" Tamahome asked, eying me suspiciously.
"Fighting with herself," Fae answered, looking amused.
"With herself? What do you mean? We all knew Yume was strange but to fight with herself. . .that's weird even for her," Miaka questioned.
"She's got some guests upstairs and they're obviously saying or suggesting things that she doesn't approve of. She'll get over it, don't worry," Katana responded.
'We could just tell Tasuki how you feel. I bet it'd make him feel a lot better,' Seiryuu offered, joining in the "fun." 'NO! I already blew my chances with him. Besides, don't I have to be "pure" or something like Miaka?' I heard them burst out laughing in my head. Even Genbu was exploding with laughter. "STOP LAUGHING!!!" I yelled. Everyone looked at me with even weirder looks. "Did I just say that out loud?" They nodded. "I think I'm going to bed now. I need sleep." 'Nice job, Yume,' Byakko teased. 'Shut up.'
"Good idea. Nyan-nyan, show her to her room," Taiitsu-kun ordered. I was pulled to my feet by the strange little girl and felt the stares of the group on my back as I took the walk of shame out of the dining area.
I was left in a nice room with my bag and Shiriko. It was bigger than my room at Konan but not as nice. 'Don't be so ungrateful,' Seiryuu scolded. 'Are you guys going to leave. I have to get changed and. . .' I let that one hang open. 'Party pooper,' Byakko called me. 'Fine, be that way. We'll leave but we'll be back in the morning or maybe in your dreams. . .' Suzaku responded. 'Oh, and for future reference, you don't have to be "pure." What fun would there be in that?' Byakko told me. Before I could respond, I felt something leave my mind. I felt alone. "Well, Shiriko, I guess it's just you and me again," I said. I changed into my pajamas and was just about to call it a night when there was a knock at my door. "Now what?"
I opened the door to find Chichiri standing there, mask off, looking a little distressed as though he wasn't sure he should be here. "Sorry to intrude but I wanted to talk to you before tomorrow morning," he greeted.
"Fine. Come on in." I sat on my bed. "What?"
"I wanted to apologize for the way everyone treated you when we found you in the forest. You might not believe it, but we were all really worried about you. It was just we met up with a member of the Seiryuu seven who told us you were working for Nakago and then we you showed up with those girls and looking all weird. . .the reality of what he said just overwhelmed us," he explained. "We weren't sure how to act at that point. But we know what we have to do now. . ."
"Don't worry about it. I expected no different. I betrayed your trust. Frankly, what Tomo presented to me as reality was far worse than what you guys did. I only hope someday you will understand that I had no choice in the matter. It was that or. . ."
"I am sorry, though, Yume. I'm sorry for today and what will happen to you tomorrow. I only hope you can find it in your heart to understand why we have to do what we have to do," he responded quietly. "I'll let you sleep now, you know."
He left leaving me to think about his words. 'Apologize to me? Why?' I wondered. 'Oh yea. Tomorrow will probably be when they question me and decide my fate. Exile, death, or absolute hatred? What awaits me next? You never know what's around the corner in Yume's World, the not so fun new theme park where life sucks and you can't do a thing about it.' I laid down on my bed and attempted to fall asleep. 'I just hope the gods stay out of my subconscious mind. That would be bad. Genbu would probably try to make Yume's World into a real place just to piss me off.'
Author's Note: There you have it. I actually explained Yume's role in the world! That has got to be a first in this fic. Yay! Go me! As for the four girls, I chose the gods based on the personalities of that I was given. The only one who chose their god was Seppuka/neppy. Poor, poor Yume! I wonder what will happen to her tomorrow that would make Chichiri come by and apologize to her on behalf of everyone? And what about the gods? Will that work out? And what exactly did Byakko mean by his little quote about being pure? Hehe. I've asked enough questions for you. I'll give you the quote now. . .
I felt like a convict standing in the gas chamber, when all the people whose lives you ruined are standing around, jeering at you, thinking how great it will be when the gas is administered and your life ends. Justice. That's what it is to them. Sick, Hammurabi justice. Though I must say, right about now, the gas sounds pretty darn good compared to this.
Yea, weird quote, I know. But I like it. Oh, for all of you people who don't know who Hammurabi is, he's the Babylonian king who did the infamous "eye for an eye" rule. But he's important because he made the first major body of laws (I just wrote a thematic essay on him so I do know something) and had them displayed on pillars all around his kingdom. I doubt you care but that's pretty important. Anyway, that's it for now. Oh wait. . .one last thing. It's getting towards the end of the school year and all my teachers are assigning craploads of homework so updates won't always be as frequent as I would like. I'll try to get one or two a month, maybe three, but no more if you want the quality of my writing to stay good. That's all (for real this time).
~Smack
Thanks to. . .
Otaku Pitcher: It's one of my favorite chapters, too. And I made it a comic relief chapter because the past few and next couple are going to be depressing again. So you should be happy. Glad I got originality points. I don't like to think of myself as unoriginal. o.O Yume is becoming a bit more refined, I suppose, but let's see how long that'll last. Hehe.
neppy: Yup, she always bets on the wrong person.
Songwind: Yes, Byakko is awesome. I love him. ::hugs Byakko:: (Don't tell nobody but I am working on that idea of yours just for laughs. . .)
Fyfangirl26: I am so glad that chapter amused everyone! It makes me happy to know that my (some times) pathetic attempts at comedy work. I didn't think anyone ever defined the gods so I made them my way. Thanks for the review!
KisnetNoelani: Thanks for taking the time to review. You might not wanna follow this for Fushigi Yuugi because I am no longer following the story line. But I do appreciate your review.
Author's Note: Wow! I must say that I am overwhelmed by the response I got on that last chapter. I was hoping for something like that but man! You guys surprised me! I know it took a while longer to get this up but if you want to know why, read the end author's note. This one is, as the chapter title implies, a long over-due explanation so sit back and enjoy the ride. Umm. . .everything isn't explained but most is so be happy! Smack is being nice!
'. . .' are dialogue inside Yume's mind which means only she can hear it
Chapter 25: A Long Over-due Explanation!
The one with the light brown hair, ('Katana,' Suzaku told me), waved her hand and the shield dropped, revealing the fourth girl, ('Renee'), and my "friends." They just stared dumbfounded, nobody making a move towards me, nobody even thinking of asking if I'm ok. I just nearly died but you know, who gives a shit about that anymore? 'It's the hair, isn't it?' I asked my friends upstairs. 'That and your new body markings,' Byakko answered. 'You mean the scars?' 'Yup. They don't always go over well with the public,' he replied. 'Gotcha.'
"There will be plenty of time to gawk at Miss Yume later. Right now she has an appointment with Destiny," Katana ordered. "We must take her to see Taiitsu-kun."
My bag materialized next to me and I decided to break the awkward stares and overall ignoring of my presence. "Are you going to tell me what's going on now?" I asked the four girls.
"You mean you don't know either?" Tamahome exclaimed in disbelief.
"Do I ever?" I countered.
"All will be explained in time but now you must ready yourself for our travel," Katana said omnisciently.
"So people keep telling me. Sorry, but I've learned not to believe that."
"And we've learned not to believe you," I heard Tamahome mutter. I narrowed my eyes at him and he looked away.
The rest of the group was pretty much staying out of our discussion, almost afraid to talk to me. I looked around for some sort of friendly face. Not even Chichiri would look at me. Tasuki wouldn't meet my gaze, either. But I didn't really care anymore. 'I'm on my own again. Such is my fate.' I spotted Shiriko and walked towards him. He jumped up on me and licked my face. I couldn't help but smile at him. At least he was happy that I was alive. "We're going to leave now." Katana, not even waiting for a response, waved her hand yet again and we seemed to disintegrate and then materialized outside some sort of bizarre palace.
"I see you underwent your transformation perfectly. I must say, not only am I slightly proud, but I'm also extremely surprised," a grouchy voice I immediately recognized as Taiitsu-kun's said.
"I'm not sure if that was an insult or a compliment so I'll take it as a compliment, for your sake," I replied. 'Humph. Yet another person who expected me to fail.'
"Well now, don't do me any favor."
"Don't worry, I won't."
"I suppose you want an explanation," she said, sounding more than a little annoyed with this ordeal.
"It would be nice. I was told those four would give me one but I have yet to hear anything other than that they had a bet going on whether or not I'd live," I responded irritably, tired of being clueless.
"Follow me inside, then. Katana, Seppuka, Renee and Fae come with us. The rest of you, go with Nyan-nyan. She'll show you to your rooms so you can get settled in before dinner." A strange little blue haired girl appeared and grabbed hold of the warriors and priestess. This may seem mean, but I was happy to see them go. I followed Taiitsu-kun and the girls to wherever they were leading me. 'I still wish I knew what was going on,' I complained. 'You have to be patient Yume. They'll explain it eventually,' Suzaku scolded. 'I know, I know.'
We finally arrived in a big room with a giant mirror in it along with a few chairs. "You may want to sit down for this. It could take a while and I doubt you are feeling great," Taiitsu-kun said.
"I prefer to stand, thank you," I replied curtly.
"Suit yourself. What do you wish to know first?" she asked.
"Hmm. . .I don't know. How about why I suddenly have four guys in my head and who those girls are?" I responded allowing more than a hint of annoyance to be present in my voice. I was sick of being polite. I earned my rudeness.
"Not an unreasonable request. The four people you speak of are Suzaku, Byakko, Seiryuu, and Genbu, the four gods of the four countries of this world," she answered.
"I already knew that. Care to tell me something new?" The scar on my lower neck grew warm and I heard myself say, "Taiitsu-kun, just tell her what she has to do already. Both Seiryuu and I have more important things to do with her than listen to you blab about non-relevant things." The warmth left. 'Ok, what was that?' I asked my mind. 'Suzaku used you to speak. That's your job as an Oracle,' Seiryuu answered. 'Well, I wouldn't know that seeing how nobody is telling me what my job is!'
"Yes, of course Suzaku. It seems the gods have chosen you as their new Oracle." I heard a grunt from my mind, which I identified as Genbu's. 'Oh come on, Genbu. You know ya love me,' I taunted. 'You're merely a tool for us to use and dispose of as we see fit,' he responded indignantly. 'And I don't love you, you obnoxious brat.' 'Whatever you have to tell yourself, sweetheart.' 'Grr. . .'
"So what do I have to do? I keep getting pieces from my 'friends' upstairs but I'm still confused," I confessed.
"I was getting to that. What an impatient girl you are! Humph. As I was saying, she glared at me a little before continuing, "every so often when the search for celestial warriors becomes too hectic or when chaos is brewing in the countries, a young woman appears and sheds light to the situation or so the legend says."
"Look, Taiitsu-kun, you're making this all sound so important and mystical when it's really not. Some chick is inhabited by the gods and used to help them get their point across. You have to do exactly what they tell you voluntarily or they will take control of your body and force you to do it anyway. They can travel in and out of your mind at their will and you won't know. They can also go through any part of your mind at any time they want and you can't do anything about it. End of story," Seppuka "explained." "Our job is unfortunately to assist you. Each one of us specializes in a god. Mine is Seiryuu."
"I've got Suzaku," Katana said.
"Mine's Byakko," Renee told me.
"Genbu's my boy," Fae added.
"Hold on a second. I have to have a little chat," I told them. 'Ok. . .how come nobody told me that I was basically just a dignified puppet?' I asked. 'If we did, would you have wanted the job?' Seiryuu countered. 'Do I really have a choice?' 'Well. . .no. I suppose not,' he answered. 'Is that all I need to know, o puppet masters?' 'Don't be mad at us, Yume!' Byakko cried. 'Yes, that is all although Seppuka put it rather bluntly,' Suzaku replied. 'Ask them about the box.' "What about that box?"
"If at any time you need to invoke the power of a god or talk to them when they aren't in your mind, you can communicate with them using it. They can choose to ignore you if they feel it isn't important. It has other abilities but you don't need to know them now," Taiitsu-kun explained. "Anything else?"
"Let me check." 'How come I don't get to know the rest?' I asked. 'It's not important now. I think that's all you need to know now,' Byakko answered. "Guess that's it."
"Good. Let's get something to eat. Then we can get to know each other or whatever," Fae suggested.
Taiitsu-kun led the way to the dining area where the others were already waiting. I was greeted with the looks of distrust and curiosity that I was beginning to get accustomed to. It was the strange voices in my head and new hair color that were still giving me problems. 'Mmm. . .food. It looks so good,' Byakko mumbled. 'I know. It's been a while since we last ate. But watching my priestess eat, I doubt there will be much left soon,' Suzaku agreed. 'Ew. How can she call herself a lady?' Byakko remarked. 'I don't know, but we could take turns controlling her and eating whatever we want,' Seiryuu suggested. 'Sounds like a plan!' I felt my lower neck grow warm again and watched myself reach toward some strange food that I had been afraid to try.
"What are you doing, Yume? You never eat that," Tasuki asked.
"Be quiet stupid mortal. How dare you question what I eat? I want this," I heard myself say. The warmth left as the food was consumed. I coughed. "I'm sorry Tasuki! That wasn't me. Honest." 'You need to stop, Suzaku! You're going to jeopardize my already touchy relationship with Tasuki! I'm lucky they haven't asked me about Nakago yet.' 'Oh. . .someone has a crush on Tasuki,' Byakko teased. I blushed. 'I do not!' 'Stop lying. We're in your head. We know what you're thinking.'
The others stared at me strangely as I engaged in a mind battle that ended in me blushing some more. "What's she doing?" Tamahome asked, eying me suspiciously.
"Fighting with herself," Fae answered, looking amused.
"With herself? What do you mean? We all knew Yume was strange but to fight with herself. . .that's weird even for her," Miaka questioned.
"She's got some guests upstairs and they're obviously saying or suggesting things that she doesn't approve of. She'll get over it, don't worry," Katana responded.
'We could just tell Tasuki how you feel. I bet it'd make him feel a lot better,' Seiryuu offered, joining in the "fun." 'NO! I already blew my chances with him. Besides, don't I have to be "pure" or something like Miaka?' I heard them burst out laughing in my head. Even Genbu was exploding with laughter. "STOP LAUGHING!!!" I yelled. Everyone looked at me with even weirder looks. "Did I just say that out loud?" They nodded. "I think I'm going to bed now. I need sleep." 'Nice job, Yume,' Byakko teased. 'Shut up.'
"Good idea. Nyan-nyan, show her to her room," Taiitsu-kun ordered. I was pulled to my feet by the strange little girl and felt the stares of the group on my back as I took the walk of shame out of the dining area.
I was left in a nice room with my bag and Shiriko. It was bigger than my room at Konan but not as nice. 'Don't be so ungrateful,' Seiryuu scolded. 'Are you guys going to leave. I have to get changed and. . .' I let that one hang open. 'Party pooper,' Byakko called me. 'Fine, be that way. We'll leave but we'll be back in the morning or maybe in your dreams. . .' Suzaku responded. 'Oh, and for future reference, you don't have to be "pure." What fun would there be in that?' Byakko told me. Before I could respond, I felt something leave my mind. I felt alone. "Well, Shiriko, I guess it's just you and me again," I said. I changed into my pajamas and was just about to call it a night when there was a knock at my door. "Now what?"
I opened the door to find Chichiri standing there, mask off, looking a little distressed as though he wasn't sure he should be here. "Sorry to intrude but I wanted to talk to you before tomorrow morning," he greeted.
"Fine. Come on in." I sat on my bed. "What?"
"I wanted to apologize for the way everyone treated you when we found you in the forest. You might not believe it, but we were all really worried about you. It was just we met up with a member of the Seiryuu seven who told us you were working for Nakago and then we you showed up with those girls and looking all weird. . .the reality of what he said just overwhelmed us," he explained. "We weren't sure how to act at that point. But we know what we have to do now. . ."
"Don't worry about it. I expected no different. I betrayed your trust. Frankly, what Tomo presented to me as reality was far worse than what you guys did. I only hope someday you will understand that I had no choice in the matter. It was that or. . ."
"I am sorry, though, Yume. I'm sorry for today and what will happen to you tomorrow. I only hope you can find it in your heart to understand why we have to do what we have to do," he responded quietly. "I'll let you sleep now, you know."
He left leaving me to think about his words. 'Apologize to me? Why?' I wondered. 'Oh yea. Tomorrow will probably be when they question me and decide my fate. Exile, death, or absolute hatred? What awaits me next? You never know what's around the corner in Yume's World, the not so fun new theme park where life sucks and you can't do a thing about it.' I laid down on my bed and attempted to fall asleep. 'I just hope the gods stay out of my subconscious mind. That would be bad. Genbu would probably try to make Yume's World into a real place just to piss me off.'
Author's Note: There you have it. I actually explained Yume's role in the world! That has got to be a first in this fic. Yay! Go me! As for the four girls, I chose the gods based on the personalities of that I was given. The only one who chose their god was Seppuka/neppy. Poor, poor Yume! I wonder what will happen to her tomorrow that would make Chichiri come by and apologize to her on behalf of everyone? And what about the gods? Will that work out? And what exactly did Byakko mean by his little quote about being pure? Hehe. I've asked enough questions for you. I'll give you the quote now. . .
I felt like a convict standing in the gas chamber, when all the people whose lives you ruined are standing around, jeering at you, thinking how great it will be when the gas is administered and your life ends. Justice. That's what it is to them. Sick, Hammurabi justice. Though I must say, right about now, the gas sounds pretty darn good compared to this.
Yea, weird quote, I know. But I like it. Oh, for all of you people who don't know who Hammurabi is, he's the Babylonian king who did the infamous "eye for an eye" rule. But he's important because he made the first major body of laws (I just wrote a thematic essay on him so I do know something) and had them displayed on pillars all around his kingdom. I doubt you care but that's pretty important. Anyway, that's it for now. Oh wait. . .one last thing. It's getting towards the end of the school year and all my teachers are assigning craploads of homework so updates won't always be as frequent as I would like. I'll try to get one or two a month, maybe three, but no more if you want the quality of my writing to stay good. That's all (for real this time).
~Smack