A.N. Well I'm not really sorry that it took me so long to write this
chapter, you know I have a life and need to live up to it's standards. But
more importantly I skipped a week worth of school (last week to be exact)
for a humorous road trip (actually it was quite boring)... yup I had to
visit some of my relatives (on my moms side) man I had tons of Asian food
to pig out on! Ahh kimchee I could live off kimchee and rice... and a
little bit of spicy curry...*drool*(I love my aunty, she's like the best
cook I've ever known)
Anyways I was lucky that my aunty had her computer fixed (and her printer) *evil cackle* so I was able to print all those stories that everyone had been so nice to share with me! I didn't read any of them yet but I had skimmed through some of them and I suppose they're good stories that Amber- chan would enjoy reading... *yeah, I wasted about sixty papers front and back jammed with tinny words in times new roman font size 10... hopefully she'll be able to read the words... Oh and I promise after I post this chapter I'll actually spend time to read and review ALL stories suggested to me and to make all you reviewers happy I'll try to read your stories too...*slightly green* ok....
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Divinity Relapse
Written by: Bawdy
Chapter 2 Test of Spirit
"When will she stop that horrid racket?" A white haired man asked his companion patiently.
"When her face turns purple and she passes out in space?" A dark figure draped in shadow replied while sniggering in amusement.
"Or perhaps she'll fall silent if I give her a long sensual kiss?" The new speaker thought of what he just said for a moment and became quite excited, ".... oh that sounded marvelous! I think I'll do it now!" He proclaimed seductively, making his way towards the screaming beauty.
"You're all baka's! And you, Suzaku, are the most stupid of us all!" A blue haired divinity called out sarcastically.
"Now, now. Seiryuu, just because I'm not emotionally constipated like a blue scaled lizard I know, doesn't mean you should be a bigotry nitwit to your fellow associates and harass me with meaningless threats." Suzaku mocked his fatalistic companion.
"Jump into a black hole why don't you." Seiryuu sneered at the crimson haired man, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You know what Seiryuu? I can't wait until my miko summons I, Suzaku, and wishes you to be sealed away." Suzaku imitated Seiryuu and crossed his arms as well.
"Oh? You mean the sniveling whiner good-for-nothing-miko that returned to her home world just because she was a little home sick?" Seiryuu tried his damnedest to prevent himself from cracking a grin at Suzaku's fuming stare.
"She was lonely!" the Phoenix god seethes while defending his precious miko.
"Both of you stop quarrelling this instant, we don't have time for this nonsense. We have a guest and we should be on our best behavior... or is this the manners you bestow upon all immortals?" Byakko heartlessly reprimanded his bickering peers.
"Aww, Byakko's such a grouch... could it be because his pretty miko's now a corps and he's lonely?" A raven-haired man laughed at Byakko's emotionless stare.
"Look who's talking Genbu," the Tiger god scowled.
"Hahaaa, that's a good one Genbu!" Seiryuu patted the gods back proudly, "I always favored you the best... um where'd turkey-breath go?" (He's talking about Suzaku.) The Dragon god asked his other two companions in mild confusion.
One minute Suzaku was nursing his emotional wounds surrounding his inadequate miko, the next minute... he seemed to have... disappeared.
However, the three befuddled gods were confused no more, but were now rather annoyed at what the god of the South was scheming....
During the time Usagi finally ceased her endless shrieking she had caught sight of the four beautiful men in the middle of.... umm... in the middle of deep conversation to put it nicely. But to her it was all really boring indeed; why, she was even tempted to pull out the chocolate bar from her bag and have an afternoon snack while she waited for the four weirdo's to get their act together.
However, during her attempt to fetch the desired chocolate bar: weirdo number one had unexpectedly approached her. Usagi had panicked as their eyes locked upon each other and she nearly screamed again, but the young crimson haired man merely smiled at her in a gentlemanly manner.
The young man wore a rich array of ruby silk and intricate golden chains adorn all over his toned body. His fiery hair matched perfectly with his deep hypnotic eyes and he seemed to possess a strange aery quality to him. "Come this way fair maiden, you must have been dreadfully uncomfortable in such an awkward position for so long..." Suzaku's seductive voice and masculine charms was successfully soothing the frazzled maiden.
"Why... thank you sir... it was getting a little stuffy just floating around in that silvery thing," Usagi stated matter-of-factly.
"Ah yes. Byakko has no sense of how to satisfy a woman... like how I can." Suzaku grinned triumphantly at the deep flush spreading across Usagi's cheeks. The Phoenix god escorted the blond teenager out from her odd perch and quickly ushered the relieved girl away from the other three gods. (As quickly as possible.)
Noticing how exhausted his little companion was he asked in a concern whisper, "perhaps you might fancy a nice massage; a backrub... or mayhaps a steaming bubble bath with I, Suzaku. It would sooth you most certainly." He nearly purred in Usagi's ear. (A.N. Eee-gawds!! What a girl wouldn't do to take a bath with Suzaku!)
"...I... I... don't know what to say..." Usagi nearly squeaked out in total shock. The warmth of trust between her and the red head quickly smothered away.
"Say yes." He urged her, practically oozing sexuality from every pore in his divine body.
*Is this guy for real? I don't even know his name! Oh dear I really need to go...* Usagi was almost hysterical and her face was burning with discomfiture as the Phoenix god held both her hands in his.
"Suzaku, enough. Can't you see the poor girl's nearly petrified?" Byakko elegantly strolled in front of Suzaku, blocking the Phoenix gods' path, he then continued talking boringly, "Instead of boosting your libido, we have more dire matters to deal with at the moment." Byakko easily ignored the fickle glare Suzaku threw at him while steering the slightly dazzled girl towards the more tolerable gods whom were lounging lazily in the background.
Slowly turning his attentions back towards the confused blond, Byakko summoned a cushioned chair to materialize behind the fair maiden and advised her to sit down. After Usagi finally seemed slightly focused enough to listen, he introduced himself to her, "I'm dreadfully sorry for not introducing myself sooner. I am the White Tiger god of the West, Byakko." He drawled unhurriedly.
"H-hello..." Was the only word Usagi could produce, she was enthralled by the exotic man before her. His stormy gray eyes seemed to have a sense of urgency reflecting from their emotionless depths, and on ether side of his face, there seemed to be a pair of black horizontal stripes starting from the base of his ears and ended at the curve of his soft cheekbones. Usagi suddenly had an urge to run her finger through the handsome mans glossy hair that shined like ivory and trace her fingers over the black streaks marring his unearthly features, however she kept that desire at bay.
The raven-haired man who had miraculously hidden himself in the shadows clasped Usagi's hand and pressed a feathery soft kiss upon her cold knuckles, "And I, madam may be called Genbu, Black Turtle god of the North. It is a pleasure to finally meet you." He murmured in a low husky tone, his coal black eyes never once left her deep indigo ones.
"The pleasures all mine... I think." Usagi removed her shaking hand from the darkly tanned hand that held hers so adoringly.
"I'm not one for formal greetings so just call me Seiryuu.... hopefully you can remember all these names being thrown at you left to right." A sarcastic voice came from Usagi's left, "however our names aren't all that important." The dragon god assured her.
"That's absolutely correct," Genbu agreed, "what concerns us now is the security of our world. As you can see, there has been an immense amount of negative energy secreting into our land. This energy has no purpose appearing in this part of the universe. Since this problematic force seemed to have sprouted from your timeline, we had brought you, the protector, here to deal with the dilemma. This miasma of darkness is not our problem to begin with. It is yours. Do you understand?"
Usagi stared into the ebony eyes of Genbu, trying her best to comprehend his words. The god of the North was a very fast talker; Usagi noticed that he failed to even take a single breath throughout his entire speech!
"Um... could you repeat everything from the absolutely correct part? I kinda lost you around there."
Usagi noticed a few sweat drops appearing on all the gods' foreheads.
"Can you believe this?" Seiryuu whispered in Suzaku's ear, "She acts just like that goofball miko of yours!" He tried to suppress his chuckle of amusement as Suzaku stared at the blushing woman as if scrutinizing her.
"Now that you mention the comparison..." Suzaku trailed off and in a thrilled tone he added, "I want her more!" Suzaku grinned as he imagined the blond role-playing as his miko in his bedroom chambers... her, destined to summon him to grant everything her heart desired and much more after they shed each other's clothes and.... He failed to notice Byakko stepping forward towards Usagi and patiently talk to her as if she was a four-year- old child; Suzaku was currently oblivious to reality and allowed his churning mind to wander to things he would soon be performing in his private chambers.
"Now, tell me the truth; who are you?"
*What kind of stupid question is that!?* Usagi asked herself but quickly answered the handsome deity, "I-I-I'm Tsukino Usagi..." She trailed off, expecting for another questing but none came so she continued with a heavy sigh. "I am also Eternal Sailor Moon, protector of earth..." She murmured the last proclamation reluctantly, "and future Neo-queen... Selenity..." Usagi tensely ignored informing the god that she would one day become Sailor Cosmos, but she assumed he already knew this fact and chose to drop the subject.
Byakko nodded good-naturedly, "As Selenity, what do you do?" He asked. His tone was so soft and patient with her that Usagi felt compelled to answer all his questions in the best of her abilities.
"I am to rule and protect my kingdom from the dark forces..." Usagi clenched her hands in the lap of her skirt, nervously anticipating the next question.
"Describe this dark force to me my dear." He asked politely, his soft voice pleasantly lulled the girl's overemotional state to rest and easily caused her to trust him unconditionally.
"Umm, well it mostly resembles that thing..." The blond hesitantly pointed a finger towards the dark shadows surrounding the planet seemingly identical to her own and continued talking, "however the miasma released from that one seems weaker than what I normally sense from other enemies I encountered before."
"And what do you do when one of those...things appear in your world?" Byakko asked.
Usagi hesitantly glanced at the other three gods. Two of the gods appeared focused solely on her while the other seemed terribly uninterested in her answers. The Dragon god was currently filing his polished nails and blowing the powdery substance away, he quickly felt eyes focused on him so he turned his attention back towards the fidgeting girl and winked at her, silently urging Usagi to continue.
"I, with my fellow warriors, are destined to destroy it before it causes damage to the earth and it's inhabitance..." Usagi gasped, finally comprehending her situation and what the four men, trying to act like respectable gods wanted her to do.
The Tiger god smiled as realization finally dawned on her, "Do you understand now?"
She shook her head in agreement; "Since this dark force derived from the universe that I live in... You want me to destroy it before it gathers enough power to re-enter my domain and before it ruins your world.
Genbu again approached the slightly sedated girl, "Precisely as you say. However, as easy as it may sound there are many technicalities to face when entering our domain. You cannot cross the threshold into our universe dressed in such foreign attire for you will be mistaken as a new miko from another world. We must avoid this catastrophe at all cost." He hesitantly reached forward and grasped Usagi's clenching hands, causing her cold tiny fingers to relax in his warm reassuring ones.
Usagi tried her best to act more dignified and less immature in front of the four gods; she sat up straight in her chair and forced the unsure tone of her voice to sound more confident than she already was. "But it still doesn't make sense, why would my enemies want to come to your world and gather energy here instead of heading towards Tokyo and collecting the energy there like they always did before?"
"Things change I suppose," Seiryuu yawned as he examined his nails, "Perhaps your enemies are getting smarter and didn't want to disturb your grandness with their lowly presence just yet."
Usagi nodded in silent agreement, this seemed very important to the four gods. These divine beings were relying on her to cleanse their land of this alien force before it became overpowering, she knew perfectly well of what she had to do. "I can easily purify the land if you wish, It'll take me no more than a few seconds... but there is one problem." Usagi exhaled deeply and took in a weary breath, "I do not wish to destroy the ones that have already taken a human host..."
Usagi easily caught the mixed confusion in the gods' eyes and hasty corrected her misleading statement, "What I meant to say is that I don't like hurting innocent people that usually becomes possessed by these creatures, it's unethical and violates the code of justice I hope to represent. But I promise I will deal with the ones living in the bodies of humans in a different way."
Usagi studied the tight-lipped Genbu who seemed to be deep in his own thoughts. The god still held both her hands in his own and was unconsciously rubbing a smooth thumb over the knuckles of her cool flesh: this stimulation of warmth caused the girls pink cheeks to turn a shade darker.
"Let the girl do as she pleases," Seiryuu pocketed his nail file and patted the startled girls shoulder, "It might be amusing to watch this whole fiasco take root! Don't you agree Genbu?"
The god of the West freed his gentle hold of Usagi's hands and was untimely released from his reverie; "Perhaps it would... besides this is Tsukino- san's fight so she should do as she pleases."
"Please call me Usagi." The blond smiled in a friendly fashion.
"Hai...Usagi..." Genbu tucked a rebellious strand of coal black hair behind his ear, away from his slightly flushed cheeks. He took a few steps away from the girl and was again incased in shadow.
Suzaku seemed strangely irked but kept silent throughout the questioning.
"Alright then, Byakko, what do we do with her now? Do we strip her out of those clothes or what?" Seiryuu asked impatiently.
Usagi gasped in shock and clutched at her shirt, determined that they wouldn't try anything perverted with her.
Suzaku's sour mood changed drastically, "I'll assist the striping."
Byakko ignored his companions, "First let us see how efficient you are in dealing with the mass swarm, then we shall handle the ones taking hosts. Seiryuu, take her down to the planet. Give her no more than a minute to complete her task, once she is finish send her back here so we may inform her about another little chore she must deal with."
"What other chore?" Usagi asked in confusion, she tentatively clutched her brooch in preparation of the inevitable. No sooner had she asked her question, blue light engulfed her body and sent her lurching towards the nearby planet.
"You'll find out soon enough my dear," a voice seemingly belonging to Seiryuu echoed in Usagi's confused mind, "Now, be a doll and transform into that little thing I like." He inquired amusingly.
"Pervert..." Usagi seethed.
Seiryuu chuckled to himself while directing the girl towards his country border. There was an unbelievable amount of alien energy there and he would rather damn himself to hell than ever sending the young girl anywhere else except his own territory! 'Pride over duty' was his motto and he'd stick to it to the very end... and the world would be buzzing both rumors and praises about the great healing light nascent from his domain. He could definitely feel an ego boost coming his way!
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A.N. I wanted to end the chapter right here but then I told meself that five pages wouldn't be worth much to a reader, so I ended up calling meself a 'snotty bitch' and wrote some more.
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In the eyes of a mortal
It had been a warm midsummer's day, one of those relaxing days when you could spend time with family, lay idly by a rushing stream and enjoy the cool sensation of water washing over exposed calves and knees. However, for him, he ignored the serene scenery and the soft breeze playing with his short ashen brown hair. The sight of a troop of armed soldiers making their way through a tiny village on horseback disfigured the semblance of peace nature freely gave. These men were ruthless individuals sent on a mission, which lead them towards the border separating Kutou from Konan. The emperor of Kutou gave the troops an order to raid the nearby villages in Konan's province and to strip the lands of its natural resources if possible.
The young lad secretly fallowing the troop was not part of the assemblage and was only there because of his shogun's personal interest of this group of warriors. The shogun himself would have ventured forth and observe their advancement but a strange sensation of power caused the older warrior to abandon his previous plan and investigate the rippling sensation of power somewhere in Kutou's marketplace.
It was a good thing that the Seiryuu warrior was not present, a horde of demonic beings seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and were waiting silently in the tall grassy valley signifying the boarder into Konan. The hidden nemesis caused the horses to whine and rebel over their rider's constant whippings to continue through the forest and into the foreboding meadow.
The young spy was perched high in the protective branches of trees, his vision of the fields beyond and the small dip of a valley was clear as day. He could see the threat easily, they were the same ones that had appeared the day before. The odd creatures resembling that of a females were ruthless killers that sucked the very essence of a human, leaving its pray weak and on the brink of death; he himself had great distaste in fighting these new foes and chose not to do so now.
Keeping silent, he watched from his safe perch. Nothing in his orders required him to intersect the group and forewarn them of anything dangerous. The order he received was to only investigate the soldiers' progress and report to his older brother of his findings, whether the attack on Konan's neighboring villages was successful or not... unfortunately at this point the young man thought that this caravan wouldn't succeed in their mission let alone survive the encounter with the foreign monsters.
It was a bewildering sight, everything happened so quickly he could barely put it into words.
One moment the sun was high in the sky, the next, everything was gradually fading into darkness as the moons blockage prevented the suns rays from touching earth in its warm embrace. An eclipse had aroused the suspicions of a bad omen: a warning causing the solders to halt in fear. Suddenly as the darkness engulfed the land of precious light, the young spy in the trees watched as the odd humanoid monsters hidden in the glen raced towards the energy source their master desperately craved.
They tackled a few of the warriors off their horses with ease; the terrified screams of shock and anger erupted in the forest. Imitation light from stolen chi swarmed around the hands of the attackers and aided the silent spy to leap from his high perch to another branch albeit farther from the fleeing troop and attacking beasts.
And as if in a lucid dream, the young lad caught sight of an enormous spiral of azure light funneling its way from the darken moonscape. Either the light in the form of a sheer dragon caused everything in the vicinity to fall silent as if paying respect to their god or the enthralling maiden, with hair resembling that of liquid gold, incased in the azure dragon had caught the breath of everything around her.
It was as if he was in empty space, time had ceased ticking away; no sound escaped the lips of the troop of terrified warriors and even the animalistic grunts and growls of determination from the humanoid monsters quieted at the breathtaking manifestation of saintly beauty. The glow of energy in the monstrous claws of the dark attackers seemed to fade from existence in comparison to the bedazzling sight of intermingling divinities floating peacefully in the field.
His gasp of amazement was jammed in his throat as the winged angel opened her exotic, indigo eyes and silently summoned a thrilling power of silver light from a staff she held in her left hand. The life force that the demons held in their hands were sucked dry from their clutches and in streaks of hot flashing lights began to merge into the wand held by the goddess who was being smothered in the possessive embrace of the Dragon god Seiryuu.
The woman's rapturous voice broke the veil of silence and caused the spy to feel delightfully dizzy from the exhilarating experience. He refused to blink his eyes for if he did he would surely lose the vision of this divine creature floating so serenely in the fields; however, an overpowering flash of light reluctantly forced him to shield his eyes. Energy so pure and innocent flooded over him, through him, in his lungs, through his veins and cascading everything in radiance. The young man knew in his gut that this maiden from the heavens was obliterating the vicious chi-sucking creatures from the land, almost as if she was purifying the world.
The feel of her power was intoxicating, it felt like she was revitalizing his lost strength from traveling so far in one day and he silently thanked Seiryuu for allowing him to immerse in the divine presence of this angelic creature and silently praying for more of her power to swamp him silly and overload his senses. However, as soon as he thought of those selfish words, the Dragon god had made its swift ascend up the spiraling stairway of heaven with his precious prize in his custody.
The spell bounding vision lasted no more than a few seconds and yet it would burn forever in his mind, body, and soul. He exhaled the breath he was holding and inhaled deeply, the air still tingled of her powdery sent and power. The beautiful angel with lustrous blond hair, glowing the suns warm rays... He quickly pulled himself out of his trance and glanced down at the sight far below him.
The men who were once sucked dry from the deadly encounter seemed neither injured nor physically drained from the attack a few seconds ago. They timidly mounted their horses and glanced curiously at one another, questioning their peers if they too saw the flash of light, or if it was the trick of light caused by the eclipse that caused them to hallucinate the bizarre encounter.
The leader of the troops gruffly yelled at his men to forget about the damned vision and to focus on their main objective, the soldiers continued their journey across the border and into enemy territory, both their energy and spirit seemingly restored by the blessed light which seem to promise them that victory would be theirs for the taking.
The young lad hidden in the trees quickly unbound the leather straps from his left arm and pressed a sharp pinky nail into his flesh, causing his skin to turn pink from the scratching pressure, Something truly amazing had transpired here dear brother... The young man quickly began writing upon his arm about the celestial deity protected by Seiryuu himself. A lopsided grin graced his lips as memories already began its endless journey through his mind. Visions of a maiden so lustrous and magnificent that the angels themselves would have shed tears of loss, for they could never compare to the beautiful deity full of innocents and a sense of love.
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A.N #2
I'm sorry but I refused to write about four gods with no personalities so I made Suzaku all sexy, full of charisma and holds tons of revulsion for the god of the East. Seiryuu is cynical in the humorous sort of way, sometimes impatient and very blunt about his feelings. For some reason my devotion to Sesshô-Maru had unintentionally (yeah right) turned poor Byakko into the splitting image of fluffy-sama but instead of the blue crescent moon that Sess-baby has on his forehead it's been replaced with the symbol of Byakko! Now comes Genbu... think satanic Kira from Angel Sanctuary but his skin is darkly tan (very polite and when it's only him and the other three gods he becomes a real ass!)
It's still hard for me to accept crossovers... in general... but I know I could get used to the idea since my friend seems to enjoy reading them in her spare time... one day... hopefully soon so I won't feel so... guilty about being so anti about it anymore... and to tell you the truth I kinda enjoyed writing the last few pages of this story^.~
Anyways I was lucky that my aunty had her computer fixed (and her printer) *evil cackle* so I was able to print all those stories that everyone had been so nice to share with me! I didn't read any of them yet but I had skimmed through some of them and I suppose they're good stories that Amber- chan would enjoy reading... *yeah, I wasted about sixty papers front and back jammed with tinny words in times new roman font size 10... hopefully she'll be able to read the words... Oh and I promise after I post this chapter I'll actually spend time to read and review ALL stories suggested to me and to make all you reviewers happy I'll try to read your stories too...*slightly green* ok....
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Divinity Relapse
Written by: Bawdy
Chapter 2 Test of Spirit
"When will she stop that horrid racket?" A white haired man asked his companion patiently.
"When her face turns purple and she passes out in space?" A dark figure draped in shadow replied while sniggering in amusement.
"Or perhaps she'll fall silent if I give her a long sensual kiss?" The new speaker thought of what he just said for a moment and became quite excited, ".... oh that sounded marvelous! I think I'll do it now!" He proclaimed seductively, making his way towards the screaming beauty.
"You're all baka's! And you, Suzaku, are the most stupid of us all!" A blue haired divinity called out sarcastically.
"Now, now. Seiryuu, just because I'm not emotionally constipated like a blue scaled lizard I know, doesn't mean you should be a bigotry nitwit to your fellow associates and harass me with meaningless threats." Suzaku mocked his fatalistic companion.
"Jump into a black hole why don't you." Seiryuu sneered at the crimson haired man, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You know what Seiryuu? I can't wait until my miko summons I, Suzaku, and wishes you to be sealed away." Suzaku imitated Seiryuu and crossed his arms as well.
"Oh? You mean the sniveling whiner good-for-nothing-miko that returned to her home world just because she was a little home sick?" Seiryuu tried his damnedest to prevent himself from cracking a grin at Suzaku's fuming stare.
"She was lonely!" the Phoenix god seethes while defending his precious miko.
"Both of you stop quarrelling this instant, we don't have time for this nonsense. We have a guest and we should be on our best behavior... or is this the manners you bestow upon all immortals?" Byakko heartlessly reprimanded his bickering peers.
"Aww, Byakko's such a grouch... could it be because his pretty miko's now a corps and he's lonely?" A raven-haired man laughed at Byakko's emotionless stare.
"Look who's talking Genbu," the Tiger god scowled.
"Hahaaa, that's a good one Genbu!" Seiryuu patted the gods back proudly, "I always favored you the best... um where'd turkey-breath go?" (He's talking about Suzaku.) The Dragon god asked his other two companions in mild confusion.
One minute Suzaku was nursing his emotional wounds surrounding his inadequate miko, the next minute... he seemed to have... disappeared.
However, the three befuddled gods were confused no more, but were now rather annoyed at what the god of the South was scheming....
During the time Usagi finally ceased her endless shrieking she had caught sight of the four beautiful men in the middle of.... umm... in the middle of deep conversation to put it nicely. But to her it was all really boring indeed; why, she was even tempted to pull out the chocolate bar from her bag and have an afternoon snack while she waited for the four weirdo's to get their act together.
However, during her attempt to fetch the desired chocolate bar: weirdo number one had unexpectedly approached her. Usagi had panicked as their eyes locked upon each other and she nearly screamed again, but the young crimson haired man merely smiled at her in a gentlemanly manner.
The young man wore a rich array of ruby silk and intricate golden chains adorn all over his toned body. His fiery hair matched perfectly with his deep hypnotic eyes and he seemed to possess a strange aery quality to him. "Come this way fair maiden, you must have been dreadfully uncomfortable in such an awkward position for so long..." Suzaku's seductive voice and masculine charms was successfully soothing the frazzled maiden.
"Why... thank you sir... it was getting a little stuffy just floating around in that silvery thing," Usagi stated matter-of-factly.
"Ah yes. Byakko has no sense of how to satisfy a woman... like how I can." Suzaku grinned triumphantly at the deep flush spreading across Usagi's cheeks. The Phoenix god escorted the blond teenager out from her odd perch and quickly ushered the relieved girl away from the other three gods. (As quickly as possible.)
Noticing how exhausted his little companion was he asked in a concern whisper, "perhaps you might fancy a nice massage; a backrub... or mayhaps a steaming bubble bath with I, Suzaku. It would sooth you most certainly." He nearly purred in Usagi's ear. (A.N. Eee-gawds!! What a girl wouldn't do to take a bath with Suzaku!)
"...I... I... don't know what to say..." Usagi nearly squeaked out in total shock. The warmth of trust between her and the red head quickly smothered away.
"Say yes." He urged her, practically oozing sexuality from every pore in his divine body.
*Is this guy for real? I don't even know his name! Oh dear I really need to go...* Usagi was almost hysterical and her face was burning with discomfiture as the Phoenix god held both her hands in his.
"Suzaku, enough. Can't you see the poor girl's nearly petrified?" Byakko elegantly strolled in front of Suzaku, blocking the Phoenix gods' path, he then continued talking boringly, "Instead of boosting your libido, we have more dire matters to deal with at the moment." Byakko easily ignored the fickle glare Suzaku threw at him while steering the slightly dazzled girl towards the more tolerable gods whom were lounging lazily in the background.
Slowly turning his attentions back towards the confused blond, Byakko summoned a cushioned chair to materialize behind the fair maiden and advised her to sit down. After Usagi finally seemed slightly focused enough to listen, he introduced himself to her, "I'm dreadfully sorry for not introducing myself sooner. I am the White Tiger god of the West, Byakko." He drawled unhurriedly.
"H-hello..." Was the only word Usagi could produce, she was enthralled by the exotic man before her. His stormy gray eyes seemed to have a sense of urgency reflecting from their emotionless depths, and on ether side of his face, there seemed to be a pair of black horizontal stripes starting from the base of his ears and ended at the curve of his soft cheekbones. Usagi suddenly had an urge to run her finger through the handsome mans glossy hair that shined like ivory and trace her fingers over the black streaks marring his unearthly features, however she kept that desire at bay.
The raven-haired man who had miraculously hidden himself in the shadows clasped Usagi's hand and pressed a feathery soft kiss upon her cold knuckles, "And I, madam may be called Genbu, Black Turtle god of the North. It is a pleasure to finally meet you." He murmured in a low husky tone, his coal black eyes never once left her deep indigo ones.
"The pleasures all mine... I think." Usagi removed her shaking hand from the darkly tanned hand that held hers so adoringly.
"I'm not one for formal greetings so just call me Seiryuu.... hopefully you can remember all these names being thrown at you left to right." A sarcastic voice came from Usagi's left, "however our names aren't all that important." The dragon god assured her.
"That's absolutely correct," Genbu agreed, "what concerns us now is the security of our world. As you can see, there has been an immense amount of negative energy secreting into our land. This energy has no purpose appearing in this part of the universe. Since this problematic force seemed to have sprouted from your timeline, we had brought you, the protector, here to deal with the dilemma. This miasma of darkness is not our problem to begin with. It is yours. Do you understand?"
Usagi stared into the ebony eyes of Genbu, trying her best to comprehend his words. The god of the North was a very fast talker; Usagi noticed that he failed to even take a single breath throughout his entire speech!
"Um... could you repeat everything from the absolutely correct part? I kinda lost you around there."
Usagi noticed a few sweat drops appearing on all the gods' foreheads.
"Can you believe this?" Seiryuu whispered in Suzaku's ear, "She acts just like that goofball miko of yours!" He tried to suppress his chuckle of amusement as Suzaku stared at the blushing woman as if scrutinizing her.
"Now that you mention the comparison..." Suzaku trailed off and in a thrilled tone he added, "I want her more!" Suzaku grinned as he imagined the blond role-playing as his miko in his bedroom chambers... her, destined to summon him to grant everything her heart desired and much more after they shed each other's clothes and.... He failed to notice Byakko stepping forward towards Usagi and patiently talk to her as if she was a four-year- old child; Suzaku was currently oblivious to reality and allowed his churning mind to wander to things he would soon be performing in his private chambers.
"Now, tell me the truth; who are you?"
*What kind of stupid question is that!?* Usagi asked herself but quickly answered the handsome deity, "I-I-I'm Tsukino Usagi..." She trailed off, expecting for another questing but none came so she continued with a heavy sigh. "I am also Eternal Sailor Moon, protector of earth..." She murmured the last proclamation reluctantly, "and future Neo-queen... Selenity..." Usagi tensely ignored informing the god that she would one day become Sailor Cosmos, but she assumed he already knew this fact and chose to drop the subject.
Byakko nodded good-naturedly, "As Selenity, what do you do?" He asked. His tone was so soft and patient with her that Usagi felt compelled to answer all his questions in the best of her abilities.
"I am to rule and protect my kingdom from the dark forces..." Usagi clenched her hands in the lap of her skirt, nervously anticipating the next question.
"Describe this dark force to me my dear." He asked politely, his soft voice pleasantly lulled the girl's overemotional state to rest and easily caused her to trust him unconditionally.
"Umm, well it mostly resembles that thing..." The blond hesitantly pointed a finger towards the dark shadows surrounding the planet seemingly identical to her own and continued talking, "however the miasma released from that one seems weaker than what I normally sense from other enemies I encountered before."
"And what do you do when one of those...things appear in your world?" Byakko asked.
Usagi hesitantly glanced at the other three gods. Two of the gods appeared focused solely on her while the other seemed terribly uninterested in her answers. The Dragon god was currently filing his polished nails and blowing the powdery substance away, he quickly felt eyes focused on him so he turned his attention back towards the fidgeting girl and winked at her, silently urging Usagi to continue.
"I, with my fellow warriors, are destined to destroy it before it causes damage to the earth and it's inhabitance..." Usagi gasped, finally comprehending her situation and what the four men, trying to act like respectable gods wanted her to do.
The Tiger god smiled as realization finally dawned on her, "Do you understand now?"
She shook her head in agreement; "Since this dark force derived from the universe that I live in... You want me to destroy it before it gathers enough power to re-enter my domain and before it ruins your world.
Genbu again approached the slightly sedated girl, "Precisely as you say. However, as easy as it may sound there are many technicalities to face when entering our domain. You cannot cross the threshold into our universe dressed in such foreign attire for you will be mistaken as a new miko from another world. We must avoid this catastrophe at all cost." He hesitantly reached forward and grasped Usagi's clenching hands, causing her cold tiny fingers to relax in his warm reassuring ones.
Usagi tried her best to act more dignified and less immature in front of the four gods; she sat up straight in her chair and forced the unsure tone of her voice to sound more confident than she already was. "But it still doesn't make sense, why would my enemies want to come to your world and gather energy here instead of heading towards Tokyo and collecting the energy there like they always did before?"
"Things change I suppose," Seiryuu yawned as he examined his nails, "Perhaps your enemies are getting smarter and didn't want to disturb your grandness with their lowly presence just yet."
Usagi nodded in silent agreement, this seemed very important to the four gods. These divine beings were relying on her to cleanse their land of this alien force before it became overpowering, she knew perfectly well of what she had to do. "I can easily purify the land if you wish, It'll take me no more than a few seconds... but there is one problem." Usagi exhaled deeply and took in a weary breath, "I do not wish to destroy the ones that have already taken a human host..."
Usagi easily caught the mixed confusion in the gods' eyes and hasty corrected her misleading statement, "What I meant to say is that I don't like hurting innocent people that usually becomes possessed by these creatures, it's unethical and violates the code of justice I hope to represent. But I promise I will deal with the ones living in the bodies of humans in a different way."
Usagi studied the tight-lipped Genbu who seemed to be deep in his own thoughts. The god still held both her hands in his own and was unconsciously rubbing a smooth thumb over the knuckles of her cool flesh: this stimulation of warmth caused the girls pink cheeks to turn a shade darker.
"Let the girl do as she pleases," Seiryuu pocketed his nail file and patted the startled girls shoulder, "It might be amusing to watch this whole fiasco take root! Don't you agree Genbu?"
The god of the West freed his gentle hold of Usagi's hands and was untimely released from his reverie; "Perhaps it would... besides this is Tsukino- san's fight so she should do as she pleases."
"Please call me Usagi." The blond smiled in a friendly fashion.
"Hai...Usagi..." Genbu tucked a rebellious strand of coal black hair behind his ear, away from his slightly flushed cheeks. He took a few steps away from the girl and was again incased in shadow.
Suzaku seemed strangely irked but kept silent throughout the questioning.
"Alright then, Byakko, what do we do with her now? Do we strip her out of those clothes or what?" Seiryuu asked impatiently.
Usagi gasped in shock and clutched at her shirt, determined that they wouldn't try anything perverted with her.
Suzaku's sour mood changed drastically, "I'll assist the striping."
Byakko ignored his companions, "First let us see how efficient you are in dealing with the mass swarm, then we shall handle the ones taking hosts. Seiryuu, take her down to the planet. Give her no more than a minute to complete her task, once she is finish send her back here so we may inform her about another little chore she must deal with."
"What other chore?" Usagi asked in confusion, she tentatively clutched her brooch in preparation of the inevitable. No sooner had she asked her question, blue light engulfed her body and sent her lurching towards the nearby planet.
"You'll find out soon enough my dear," a voice seemingly belonging to Seiryuu echoed in Usagi's confused mind, "Now, be a doll and transform into that little thing I like." He inquired amusingly.
"Pervert..." Usagi seethed.
Seiryuu chuckled to himself while directing the girl towards his country border. There was an unbelievable amount of alien energy there and he would rather damn himself to hell than ever sending the young girl anywhere else except his own territory! 'Pride over duty' was his motto and he'd stick to it to the very end... and the world would be buzzing both rumors and praises about the great healing light nascent from his domain. He could definitely feel an ego boost coming his way!
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A.N. I wanted to end the chapter right here but then I told meself that five pages wouldn't be worth much to a reader, so I ended up calling meself a 'snotty bitch' and wrote some more.
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In the eyes of a mortal
It had been a warm midsummer's day, one of those relaxing days when you could spend time with family, lay idly by a rushing stream and enjoy the cool sensation of water washing over exposed calves and knees. However, for him, he ignored the serene scenery and the soft breeze playing with his short ashen brown hair. The sight of a troop of armed soldiers making their way through a tiny village on horseback disfigured the semblance of peace nature freely gave. These men were ruthless individuals sent on a mission, which lead them towards the border separating Kutou from Konan. The emperor of Kutou gave the troops an order to raid the nearby villages in Konan's province and to strip the lands of its natural resources if possible.
The young lad secretly fallowing the troop was not part of the assemblage and was only there because of his shogun's personal interest of this group of warriors. The shogun himself would have ventured forth and observe their advancement but a strange sensation of power caused the older warrior to abandon his previous plan and investigate the rippling sensation of power somewhere in Kutou's marketplace.
It was a good thing that the Seiryuu warrior was not present, a horde of demonic beings seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and were waiting silently in the tall grassy valley signifying the boarder into Konan. The hidden nemesis caused the horses to whine and rebel over their rider's constant whippings to continue through the forest and into the foreboding meadow.
The young spy was perched high in the protective branches of trees, his vision of the fields beyond and the small dip of a valley was clear as day. He could see the threat easily, they were the same ones that had appeared the day before. The odd creatures resembling that of a females were ruthless killers that sucked the very essence of a human, leaving its pray weak and on the brink of death; he himself had great distaste in fighting these new foes and chose not to do so now.
Keeping silent, he watched from his safe perch. Nothing in his orders required him to intersect the group and forewarn them of anything dangerous. The order he received was to only investigate the soldiers' progress and report to his older brother of his findings, whether the attack on Konan's neighboring villages was successful or not... unfortunately at this point the young man thought that this caravan wouldn't succeed in their mission let alone survive the encounter with the foreign monsters.
It was a bewildering sight, everything happened so quickly he could barely put it into words.
One moment the sun was high in the sky, the next, everything was gradually fading into darkness as the moons blockage prevented the suns rays from touching earth in its warm embrace. An eclipse had aroused the suspicions of a bad omen: a warning causing the solders to halt in fear. Suddenly as the darkness engulfed the land of precious light, the young spy in the trees watched as the odd humanoid monsters hidden in the glen raced towards the energy source their master desperately craved.
They tackled a few of the warriors off their horses with ease; the terrified screams of shock and anger erupted in the forest. Imitation light from stolen chi swarmed around the hands of the attackers and aided the silent spy to leap from his high perch to another branch albeit farther from the fleeing troop and attacking beasts.
And as if in a lucid dream, the young lad caught sight of an enormous spiral of azure light funneling its way from the darken moonscape. Either the light in the form of a sheer dragon caused everything in the vicinity to fall silent as if paying respect to their god or the enthralling maiden, with hair resembling that of liquid gold, incased in the azure dragon had caught the breath of everything around her.
It was as if he was in empty space, time had ceased ticking away; no sound escaped the lips of the troop of terrified warriors and even the animalistic grunts and growls of determination from the humanoid monsters quieted at the breathtaking manifestation of saintly beauty. The glow of energy in the monstrous claws of the dark attackers seemed to fade from existence in comparison to the bedazzling sight of intermingling divinities floating peacefully in the field.
His gasp of amazement was jammed in his throat as the winged angel opened her exotic, indigo eyes and silently summoned a thrilling power of silver light from a staff she held in her left hand. The life force that the demons held in their hands were sucked dry from their clutches and in streaks of hot flashing lights began to merge into the wand held by the goddess who was being smothered in the possessive embrace of the Dragon god Seiryuu.
The woman's rapturous voice broke the veil of silence and caused the spy to feel delightfully dizzy from the exhilarating experience. He refused to blink his eyes for if he did he would surely lose the vision of this divine creature floating so serenely in the fields; however, an overpowering flash of light reluctantly forced him to shield his eyes. Energy so pure and innocent flooded over him, through him, in his lungs, through his veins and cascading everything in radiance. The young man knew in his gut that this maiden from the heavens was obliterating the vicious chi-sucking creatures from the land, almost as if she was purifying the world.
The feel of her power was intoxicating, it felt like she was revitalizing his lost strength from traveling so far in one day and he silently thanked Seiryuu for allowing him to immerse in the divine presence of this angelic creature and silently praying for more of her power to swamp him silly and overload his senses. However, as soon as he thought of those selfish words, the Dragon god had made its swift ascend up the spiraling stairway of heaven with his precious prize in his custody.
The spell bounding vision lasted no more than a few seconds and yet it would burn forever in his mind, body, and soul. He exhaled the breath he was holding and inhaled deeply, the air still tingled of her powdery sent and power. The beautiful angel with lustrous blond hair, glowing the suns warm rays... He quickly pulled himself out of his trance and glanced down at the sight far below him.
The men who were once sucked dry from the deadly encounter seemed neither injured nor physically drained from the attack a few seconds ago. They timidly mounted their horses and glanced curiously at one another, questioning their peers if they too saw the flash of light, or if it was the trick of light caused by the eclipse that caused them to hallucinate the bizarre encounter.
The leader of the troops gruffly yelled at his men to forget about the damned vision and to focus on their main objective, the soldiers continued their journey across the border and into enemy territory, both their energy and spirit seemingly restored by the blessed light which seem to promise them that victory would be theirs for the taking.
The young lad hidden in the trees quickly unbound the leather straps from his left arm and pressed a sharp pinky nail into his flesh, causing his skin to turn pink from the scratching pressure, Something truly amazing had transpired here dear brother... The young man quickly began writing upon his arm about the celestial deity protected by Seiryuu himself. A lopsided grin graced his lips as memories already began its endless journey through his mind. Visions of a maiden so lustrous and magnificent that the angels themselves would have shed tears of loss, for they could never compare to the beautiful deity full of innocents and a sense of love.
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A.N #2
I'm sorry but I refused to write about four gods with no personalities so I made Suzaku all sexy, full of charisma and holds tons of revulsion for the god of the East. Seiryuu is cynical in the humorous sort of way, sometimes impatient and very blunt about his feelings. For some reason my devotion to Sesshô-Maru had unintentionally (yeah right) turned poor Byakko into the splitting image of fluffy-sama but instead of the blue crescent moon that Sess-baby has on his forehead it's been replaced with the symbol of Byakko! Now comes Genbu... think satanic Kira from Angel Sanctuary but his skin is darkly tan (very polite and when it's only him and the other three gods he becomes a real ass!)
It's still hard for me to accept crossovers... in general... but I know I could get used to the idea since my friend seems to enjoy reading them in her spare time... one day... hopefully soon so I won't feel so... guilty about being so anti about it anymore... and to tell you the truth I kinda enjoyed writing the last few pages of this story^.~