Disclaimer: For the last time, I DON'T OWN FUSHIGI YUUGI!!! ::looks at
group of lawyers hanging around in the corner of the room:: Go prey on some
other law breaker, you money leeches.
Fushigi Yuugi: The Saga Continues
Chapter 9: Search and Rescue
"Where are they?" Nuriko sighed as they road along the main northern road.
"They'll show up somewhere, no da." Chichiri nodded, glancing at the people walking in the road.
"I hate to put the search on hold, but can we stop for a drink? It's hot." Amiboshi asked as they passed a tavern. The other two men looked at each other and shrugged.
"Why not. Maybe they'll be in there." Nuriko joked.
The men dismounted and tethered their horses to a pole in front, right next to a horse hitched to a wagon. Right as Chichiri opened the door, the crash of glass and a scream of what sounded to be a teenaged girl reached the men's ears. The three ran into the tavern to be greeted with the sight of four strange looking teenaged girls huddled in the corner with a large surly man roughly holding the forearm of the foremost girl.
"Listen here girly, no one hitches a ride in my wagon without payin' or even me knowin' it!" The man hollered, wrenching the girl's arm back till it snapped, causing the girl to cry out in pain.
"Hey!" Amiboshi yelled and ran at the man. He rammed his elbow into the small of the man's back, making him yell and drop the girl's arm. Nuriko joined Amiboshi and slugged the man in the jaw, sending him flying into a table across the room.
"These girls are protected by order of the Emperor. If anyone lays a finger on them, expect guards at your front door." Chichiri stated from his place on the floor next to the girl, who was clutching her injured arm to her chest. He tucked his hand under the girl's good arm and gently helped her to her feet. "Are you alright, other than your arm?" He asked.
"Y-yeah. I'll be o-ok." The girl said, hissing from the pain.
"Let's get outta here." Amiboshi said, grabbing the hands of two of the girls and pulled them, gently, out the door. Nuriko ushered the third girl out, while Chichiri helped the last girl steady herself and lead her outside.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING IN A JOINT LIKE THAT?!?!?" Nuriko roared, turning on the girls.
"Well, we just spent the last hour riding in the back of a rickety wagon, under a wool cover, in THIS heat, so excuse us IF WE WERE THIRSTY!!! Also I don't' see how you can criticize us if WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU ARE!!!" The light blond haired girl yelled back.
"Sorry to interrupt your screaming match, but can you help us? I think we're lost..." The long blue haired girl with the injured arm asked.
"Sure, but you have to come with us first." Amiboshi grinned. The long blue haired and light-blond haired girls eyed him warily.
"Hold on." The darker blond answered. She pulled her friends into a huddle.
"Should we?" Usagi whispered. She looked at the men.
"Yeah, I think we should. They're gonna help us." Ami replied.
"If they are up to no good, then we'll kick 'em where it hurts, steal their horses, and run for our bloody lives." Sakura added. The girls laughed at that.
"Yeah, we'll come with you." The dark blond girl answered.
"Good." Chichiri smiled at the long blue haired girl, who, in return, blushed. "Can any of you ride?" He asked. The light blue and long blue haired girls nodded in response. "Can you ride that horse?" Chichiri asked the light blue haired girl, nodding to the spare horse. She nodded.
The other blue haired girl smacked her forehead. "Where are our manners?!? I'm Ami, my friend on the horse is Sakura, the fuming light- blond is Hope, and the other blond is Usagi."
"I'm Chichiri. My feminine looking companion is Nuriko, and I assure you he's male," Chichiri paused to dodge a rock thrown by the offended aforementioned, "and the blond is Amiboshi."
"Nice to meet you all." Ami said, bowing slightly. "And thank you for the rescue."
Nuriko cleared his throat. "We should go tell the others we've found them. You, Ami, can ride with me."
"No!" Chichiri yelped. He blush very slightly as the other two men stared at him for his out burst. "I mean...she's riding with me. You ride too rough and she's hurt."
"Fine. Um...Hope? Need a lift?" Nuriko shrugged.
"Sure" She smirked as she climbed up behind him.
"I guess that means I'm riding with you." Usagi said, turning to Amiboshi. He chuckled when she slipped trying to climb up behind him, and then offered a hand. "Thanks." She laughed.
"I'll meet you all back at the palace. I'm gonna go find Mitsukake, no da." Chichiri said, turning to look at Ami.
"Okay! See you later!" Nuriko called as he, Amiboshi and Sakura road off.
"Let me look at that, no da." Chichiri said, holding Ami's arm out lightly. As he gently pressed on various spots he asked, "Does this hurt?"
"No...YOW!" Ami yelped as he pushed a spot on the top of her arm.
"Broken, maybe fractured. We need to find Mitsukake." Chichiri though out loud.
"Is he a doctor?" Ami asked.
"Sort of. Hey! What's this?" Chichiri asked, caching Ami's chin in his hand and eyed the bruise on it.
"Must be from the wagon ride..." Ami blushed, then her eyes widened with shock. "Crap! Our bags!" She yelped, lookin at the wagon.
"No problem. I'll ward it." Chichiri replied, mumbled a few words, and, poof, no more wagon.
"What the... How did you do that?!?" Ami laughed amazed. "That was so cool!"
"An illusion trick I learned, no da." Chichiri grinned. "Anyway, let's go find Mitsukake."
"Alright!"
A.N.: I hope that was long enough... Just wanted to tell you that the next chapter is gonna be split into 2 mini-chapters, one for Chichiri's trip and the other for Nuriko's group's. Well, see ya'll then! I also want to that chiri26 for being the first person who I personally didn't know to review. ::sobs:: You have no idea how much it means!
Fushigi Yuugi: The Saga Continues
Chapter 9: Search and Rescue
"Where are they?" Nuriko sighed as they road along the main northern road.
"They'll show up somewhere, no da." Chichiri nodded, glancing at the people walking in the road.
"I hate to put the search on hold, but can we stop for a drink? It's hot." Amiboshi asked as they passed a tavern. The other two men looked at each other and shrugged.
"Why not. Maybe they'll be in there." Nuriko joked.
The men dismounted and tethered their horses to a pole in front, right next to a horse hitched to a wagon. Right as Chichiri opened the door, the crash of glass and a scream of what sounded to be a teenaged girl reached the men's ears. The three ran into the tavern to be greeted with the sight of four strange looking teenaged girls huddled in the corner with a large surly man roughly holding the forearm of the foremost girl.
"Listen here girly, no one hitches a ride in my wagon without payin' or even me knowin' it!" The man hollered, wrenching the girl's arm back till it snapped, causing the girl to cry out in pain.
"Hey!" Amiboshi yelled and ran at the man. He rammed his elbow into the small of the man's back, making him yell and drop the girl's arm. Nuriko joined Amiboshi and slugged the man in the jaw, sending him flying into a table across the room.
"These girls are protected by order of the Emperor. If anyone lays a finger on them, expect guards at your front door." Chichiri stated from his place on the floor next to the girl, who was clutching her injured arm to her chest. He tucked his hand under the girl's good arm and gently helped her to her feet. "Are you alright, other than your arm?" He asked.
"Y-yeah. I'll be o-ok." The girl said, hissing from the pain.
"Let's get outta here." Amiboshi said, grabbing the hands of two of the girls and pulled them, gently, out the door. Nuriko ushered the third girl out, while Chichiri helped the last girl steady herself and lead her outside.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING IN A JOINT LIKE THAT?!?!?" Nuriko roared, turning on the girls.
"Well, we just spent the last hour riding in the back of a rickety wagon, under a wool cover, in THIS heat, so excuse us IF WE WERE THIRSTY!!! Also I don't' see how you can criticize us if WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU ARE!!!" The light blond haired girl yelled back.
"Sorry to interrupt your screaming match, but can you help us? I think we're lost..." The long blue haired girl with the injured arm asked.
"Sure, but you have to come with us first." Amiboshi grinned. The long blue haired and light-blond haired girls eyed him warily.
"Hold on." The darker blond answered. She pulled her friends into a huddle.
"Should we?" Usagi whispered. She looked at the men.
"Yeah, I think we should. They're gonna help us." Ami replied.
"If they are up to no good, then we'll kick 'em where it hurts, steal their horses, and run for our bloody lives." Sakura added. The girls laughed at that.
"Yeah, we'll come with you." The dark blond girl answered.
"Good." Chichiri smiled at the long blue haired girl, who, in return, blushed. "Can any of you ride?" He asked. The light blue and long blue haired girls nodded in response. "Can you ride that horse?" Chichiri asked the light blue haired girl, nodding to the spare horse. She nodded.
The other blue haired girl smacked her forehead. "Where are our manners?!? I'm Ami, my friend on the horse is Sakura, the fuming light- blond is Hope, and the other blond is Usagi."
"I'm Chichiri. My feminine looking companion is Nuriko, and I assure you he's male," Chichiri paused to dodge a rock thrown by the offended aforementioned, "and the blond is Amiboshi."
"Nice to meet you all." Ami said, bowing slightly. "And thank you for the rescue."
Nuriko cleared his throat. "We should go tell the others we've found them. You, Ami, can ride with me."
"No!" Chichiri yelped. He blush very slightly as the other two men stared at him for his out burst. "I mean...she's riding with me. You ride too rough and she's hurt."
"Fine. Um...Hope? Need a lift?" Nuriko shrugged.
"Sure" She smirked as she climbed up behind him.
"I guess that means I'm riding with you." Usagi said, turning to Amiboshi. He chuckled when she slipped trying to climb up behind him, and then offered a hand. "Thanks." She laughed.
"I'll meet you all back at the palace. I'm gonna go find Mitsukake, no da." Chichiri said, turning to look at Ami.
"Okay! See you later!" Nuriko called as he, Amiboshi and Sakura road off.
"Let me look at that, no da." Chichiri said, holding Ami's arm out lightly. As he gently pressed on various spots he asked, "Does this hurt?"
"No...YOW!" Ami yelped as he pushed a spot on the top of her arm.
"Broken, maybe fractured. We need to find Mitsukake." Chichiri though out loud.
"Is he a doctor?" Ami asked.
"Sort of. Hey! What's this?" Chichiri asked, caching Ami's chin in his hand and eyed the bruise on it.
"Must be from the wagon ride..." Ami blushed, then her eyes widened with shock. "Crap! Our bags!" She yelped, lookin at the wagon.
"No problem. I'll ward it." Chichiri replied, mumbled a few words, and, poof, no more wagon.
"What the... How did you do that?!?" Ami laughed amazed. "That was so cool!"
"An illusion trick I learned, no da." Chichiri grinned. "Anyway, let's go find Mitsukake."
"Alright!"
A.N.: I hope that was long enough... Just wanted to tell you that the next chapter is gonna be split into 2 mini-chapters, one for Chichiri's trip and the other for Nuriko's group's. Well, see ya'll then! I also want to that chiri26 for being the first person who I personally didn't know to review. ::sobs:: You have no idea how much it means!