Chapter 12: Give Me a Hint Sweet Lover
As the three traveled off to where their hearts only knew it was reaching late afternoon and they thought they would rest for a bit. Chichiri chased Sora around because she stole his hat and Tasuki was chasing Chichiri who ate his hidden stash in his saddlebag. Sora all of a sudden stopped as she looked off into the forest a little.
"Give me my hat NO DA!" Chichiri grabbed his hat quickly. Tasuki grabbed Chichiri's hat off him and hit him with it.
"YA IDIOT! That was my last rice roll you jerk!" Tasuki yelled. The both men looked up to notice Sora with a complexed expression on her face.
"Whacha doin'?"
"I have an idea. Hold up the fort for me ok?" Sora dashed off.
"Sure.but I don't see why." Tasuki questioned. Chichiri looked a little concerned.
"With all that is going on, I don't think Sora should be by herself no da."
"Yeah I agree but don't girls need their alone time? I mean who knows what she had on her mind." Tasuki teased as he made the 'coo coo' sign with his finger.
"Well let her be for a little bit and then go check on her no da." "Sure."
Only a few yards away Sora stood looking at a little ledge in the forest. She climbed up it and looked down at the six or seven-foot drop. "Maybe I CAN fly." Sora bit her lip and rolled up a sleeve. With a deep breath she spread her wings and jumped. CRASH!
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW! That hurt!" Sora yelled. She rubbed her butt a little from the pain of the fall. "Let me see if I can do this again." She climbed up and jumped once more. Her landing was delayed but she still hit ground. After about 10 tries, Tasuki came along. Just as Sora leapt off the ledge Tasuki had caught her.
"What in the hell are ya doin' that for?"
"I'm trying to fly."
"Well I'm sure it's a lot harder then that by the looks of it. But I guess you must be doing something right. I mean, you feel a little softer from the fall." Tasuki joked as he bounced her a bit in his arms.
"Well how about you give it try then!"
"Sorry doll but I am a mountain man, I stay out of the sky and out of the ocean. Not my place in life you see."
"I suppose. I wonder what my place is then." Sora's eyes lightened up a little and crossed her arms. Tasuki, still holding her, sat on a rock.
"Well I can not say for sure what or where your place is, but.but."
"But?" Sora looked at Tasuki with softened eyes.
"But I think it is here with Chichiri.an me." Tasuki choked out. Sora looked at Tasuki with blushing cheeks. Looked about his face as if though it could give her an answer.
"I miss my home.but.I love you and Chichiri so much."
"Someday you will have to go home though."
"I never even thought about that." Sora thought a moment with her heart full.
"I remember what you told me about Miaka and Tamahome.even though the gods had kept them apart they still found each other. Maybe.someday you and Chi- chan will be in my world."
"Maybe, but they had something special." Tasuki sighed. Sora tilted her head up towards Tasuki and looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"And.and we don't?" Tasuki looked at her shocked. As his answer delayed, he saw her face dim.
"Sora it's just." Sora looked down.
"It's ok.I understand."
"No no. Wait a sec here." She looked back up at him. Tasuki thought to himself, 'I think Sora and I are trying to say the same thing.' Tasuki drew his face in towards hers and Sora felt her face want to turn away in shock. She felt his breath on her cheek as he lay his lips on them. She brought her hand up to his cheek without a thought and touched his soft skin. As he lifted his lips from her cheek she turned his head. She gave him a sweet kiss on his cheek in return.
Chichiri looked from a distance. He smiled as his predictions became a reality. His smile felt bitter as sore memories and thoughts came to his head. None the less Chichiri walked back to camp.
Meanwhile. "Oh look at my pretty Kana and her new boyfriend. How sweet." Sora looked up with anger in her eyes as she saw Kurai sitting on a tree branch above them. Tasuki growled at him and took a protective stance in front of Sora.
"Come on down here and fight like a real man fucker!"
"Fucker? Me? Well fuck her?.yes." Kurai grinned. Sora pushed Tasuki to the side and whispered to him. "Please stay out of this. I think I can handle him now." Tasuki shook his head at her but she just ignored him. Sora stood below Kurai and felt her face get red as she commanded the branch to snap that he was sitting on. He floated down to the ground as if though it were nothing. She looked at him with what are now yellow eyes.
"I'm going to crush your fucking skull into the ground. " Sora spat at him.
"I didn't remember my sister having such rage in her."
"That is because I am NOT YOUR SISTER ANYMORE!" Sora struck her wings against the ground and she took flight. She thrust her hand towards the sky. Kurai looked up at her with wild eyes.
"My sister has come back to me! And more spunky then ever!" Tasuki looked up at Sora and did not see 'her'. He saw someone else. It had to have been Kana herself.
As Sora raised her hands and thrust them downward the ground around Kurai began to break and churn. His face began to bleed and his body began to shake. He took off towards her and hit her with an energy blast. Tasuki saw blood droplets fall to the ground. As he watched them fight puddles began to form and feathers began to fall. Was this the last battle?
Tasuki drew up his tessen and began to fire at Kurai. "Do you want to play as well?" Kurai send a blast down towards Tasuki. As he watched it draw close he saw brown eyes and hair flee in front of him. "My stupid sister." Tasuki heard Kurai mumble before Tasuki past out.
As the three traveled off to where their hearts only knew it was reaching late afternoon and they thought they would rest for a bit. Chichiri chased Sora around because she stole his hat and Tasuki was chasing Chichiri who ate his hidden stash in his saddlebag. Sora all of a sudden stopped as she looked off into the forest a little.
"Give me my hat NO DA!" Chichiri grabbed his hat quickly. Tasuki grabbed Chichiri's hat off him and hit him with it.
"YA IDIOT! That was my last rice roll you jerk!" Tasuki yelled. The both men looked up to notice Sora with a complexed expression on her face.
"Whacha doin'?"
"I have an idea. Hold up the fort for me ok?" Sora dashed off.
"Sure.but I don't see why." Tasuki questioned. Chichiri looked a little concerned.
"With all that is going on, I don't think Sora should be by herself no da."
"Yeah I agree but don't girls need their alone time? I mean who knows what she had on her mind." Tasuki teased as he made the 'coo coo' sign with his finger.
"Well let her be for a little bit and then go check on her no da." "Sure."
Only a few yards away Sora stood looking at a little ledge in the forest. She climbed up it and looked down at the six or seven-foot drop. "Maybe I CAN fly." Sora bit her lip and rolled up a sleeve. With a deep breath she spread her wings and jumped. CRASH!
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW! That hurt!" Sora yelled. She rubbed her butt a little from the pain of the fall. "Let me see if I can do this again." She climbed up and jumped once more. Her landing was delayed but she still hit ground. After about 10 tries, Tasuki came along. Just as Sora leapt off the ledge Tasuki had caught her.
"What in the hell are ya doin' that for?"
"I'm trying to fly."
"Well I'm sure it's a lot harder then that by the looks of it. But I guess you must be doing something right. I mean, you feel a little softer from the fall." Tasuki joked as he bounced her a bit in his arms.
"Well how about you give it try then!"
"Sorry doll but I am a mountain man, I stay out of the sky and out of the ocean. Not my place in life you see."
"I suppose. I wonder what my place is then." Sora's eyes lightened up a little and crossed her arms. Tasuki, still holding her, sat on a rock.
"Well I can not say for sure what or where your place is, but.but."
"But?" Sora looked at Tasuki with softened eyes.
"But I think it is here with Chichiri.an me." Tasuki choked out. Sora looked at Tasuki with blushing cheeks. Looked about his face as if though it could give her an answer.
"I miss my home.but.I love you and Chichiri so much."
"Someday you will have to go home though."
"I never even thought about that." Sora thought a moment with her heart full.
"I remember what you told me about Miaka and Tamahome.even though the gods had kept them apart they still found each other. Maybe.someday you and Chi- chan will be in my world."
"Maybe, but they had something special." Tasuki sighed. Sora tilted her head up towards Tasuki and looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"And.and we don't?" Tasuki looked at her shocked. As his answer delayed, he saw her face dim.
"Sora it's just." Sora looked down.
"It's ok.I understand."
"No no. Wait a sec here." She looked back up at him. Tasuki thought to himself, 'I think Sora and I are trying to say the same thing.' Tasuki drew his face in towards hers and Sora felt her face want to turn away in shock. She felt his breath on her cheek as he lay his lips on them. She brought her hand up to his cheek without a thought and touched his soft skin. As he lifted his lips from her cheek she turned his head. She gave him a sweet kiss on his cheek in return.
Chichiri looked from a distance. He smiled as his predictions became a reality. His smile felt bitter as sore memories and thoughts came to his head. None the less Chichiri walked back to camp.
Meanwhile. "Oh look at my pretty Kana and her new boyfriend. How sweet." Sora looked up with anger in her eyes as she saw Kurai sitting on a tree branch above them. Tasuki growled at him and took a protective stance in front of Sora.
"Come on down here and fight like a real man fucker!"
"Fucker? Me? Well fuck her?.yes." Kurai grinned. Sora pushed Tasuki to the side and whispered to him. "Please stay out of this. I think I can handle him now." Tasuki shook his head at her but she just ignored him. Sora stood below Kurai and felt her face get red as she commanded the branch to snap that he was sitting on. He floated down to the ground as if though it were nothing. She looked at him with what are now yellow eyes.
"I'm going to crush your fucking skull into the ground. " Sora spat at him.
"I didn't remember my sister having such rage in her."
"That is because I am NOT YOUR SISTER ANYMORE!" Sora struck her wings against the ground and she took flight. She thrust her hand towards the sky. Kurai looked up at her with wild eyes.
"My sister has come back to me! And more spunky then ever!" Tasuki looked up at Sora and did not see 'her'. He saw someone else. It had to have been Kana herself.
As Sora raised her hands and thrust them downward the ground around Kurai began to break and churn. His face began to bleed and his body began to shake. He took off towards her and hit her with an energy blast. Tasuki saw blood droplets fall to the ground. As he watched them fight puddles began to form and feathers began to fall. Was this the last battle?
Tasuki drew up his tessen and began to fire at Kurai. "Do you want to play as well?" Kurai send a blast down towards Tasuki. As he watched it draw close he saw brown eyes and hair flee in front of him. "My stupid sister." Tasuki heard Kurai mumble before Tasuki past out.