The Eighth Warriors
by: Kami and Tsuki
Chapter 2: New Beginnings
It was a few days before Seishin regained consciousness. She found herself in a fairly large house.
"Oh! You're awake!" an old woman said as she walked in.
"W- Where am I?" asked Seishin as she sat up in the bed.
"You're in Sairo-koku. I'm Subaru by the way."
"I'm Seishin. How did I get here?"
"Tokaki and Tatara found you lying in the street. You looked pretty beat up."
"If I may ask, what happened?" Subaru poured some tea for herself and Seishin and the young girl accepted it greatfully.
"I'm not sure. I remember some men" Subaru changed the subject realizing that Seishin was uncomfortable.
"How did you end up in Sairo?" Subaru asked as she sat down in the chair next to Seishin's bed.
"I walked."
"BY YOURSELF!?!?" Subaru asked incredulously spilling some of the tea.
"I used to live in Kutou. Until my village was attacked anyway."
"I've heard about those kinds of attacks from Kutou, but I never thought that they were true." said an old man as he entered the room.
"Seishin, this is my husband, Tokaki. Tokaki, Seishin." introduced Subaru.
"Pleased to meet you" said Seishin.
"The pleasure's all mine" replied Tokaki formally. "Do you have any relatives that
you know of?" he asked in a concerned voice.
"I think I have an aunt that still lives in Jozen City in Konan.....but I don't know if she's moved since we last met" replied Seishin.
"If that's the case I'll see if Tokaki will take you with him the next time he travels
to Konan." reassured Subaru.
"Domo Arigato, Subaru-san" replied Seishin.
"But until then, You may stay with us if you'd like."
"Thank You!" Seishin exclaimed happily.
"Now you'd better get some rest." Subaru said quietly as she shut the door and Seishin fell into a contented sleep, for once since her journey from Tenryo, not dreaming about the blonde Shogun's massacre on her village.
* * * *
Eikou followed a few paces behind Chichiri, the monk having insisted that she come with him after learning she had no family. She found it strange the way he was always SMILING constantly but she figured that since he was a monk he might be required to smile or something.
"So where are we going, Chichiri-san?"
"Mt. Taikyoku no da!" Eikou didn't ask what that was seeing as how she really could care less where they were going and the pair lapsed back into silence. Eikou's mind wandered back to the happier times that she had shared with her Hikaru-niichan.
"Ah! Hikaru-chan! Watch me!" Eikou shouted as she dived from the top of the rock and swam over to her older brother.
"That was very good, Imouto-chan." He said with a smile, kissing her on the forhead. "But now it's time to go home."
"Ok, Aniki!"
Eikou smiled when she remembered her sixth birthday. Money had been tight with Hikaru and her but he still had gotten her a present.
"It's so pretty, Aniki!" she exclaimed as she held the small silver hand mirror. It had a carving of all four of the gods on their respective cardinal points. Their God, Seiryu of the East; Konan's God, Suzaku of the South; Hokkan's god, Genbu of the North; and Sairo's god, Byakko of the West.
"It's still not as pretty as you, Imouto-chan. Aishiteru." He kissed her lightly on the cheek and smiled.
Eikou absently wiped a tear away. She still had that mirror in her pocket now, reminding her of Hikaru.
"--no da." Eikou, so deep in her own thoughts, missed what Chichiri was saying.
"Ara?"
"I said: We are going to have to go to an inn tonight no da!" Chichiri said.
"Ohok." Eikou said with a yawn. The blue-haired monk led them into the town.
"Nope. No rooms."
"Looks like we will have to camp out tonight no da. Gomen, Eikou-chan." Eikou, who reeeally didn't want to sleep on the ground had another idea.
"Are you POSITIVELY sure you don't have a room for a VERY tired girl and her companion?" she gave the innkeeper her most winning smile and he gave in.
"Ummmactually I do have one room left! Yes, right this way m'dear" Chichiri looked incredulously at Eikou and the innkeeper then shrugged and followed them.
"Howdid you manage to get us a room no da?"
Eikou yawned and flopped down on the bed making a mental note to bathe in the morning. "You just have to know how to handle these people, Chichiri-san."
"How do you 'handle these people' no da?" Chichiri's question fell on deaf ears for Eikou was already asleep.
* * *
Meanwhile Seishin was slowly waking up.
"Are you ready for your first lesson ?" asked a young lady.
"Who are you?" asked Seishin sleepily.
"Don't you remember me? I'm Subaru!" replied the lady while putting some clothes in front of Seishin.
"Subaru?!?!?" asked Seishin rather shocked.
"I am a Byakko Shichiseishi. My power is time manipulation.I changed, Tokaki and myself back to what we looked like 80 years ago"
"That's cool!! will you teach me how?" asked Seishin earnestly.
Subaru shook her head in the negative. "I inherited these powers from Byakko, I'm afraid I can't teach them,"
"Oh, that's OK." Seishin said in understanding.
"Now you have to get ready for your lesson with Tokaki! Here try these on" said Subaru as she handed Seishin some folded clothes.
"What exactly am I learning today with Tokaki?" asked Seishin as she
looked at the clothes.
"Tokaki, is a martial arts teacher" replied Subaru. Seishin lifted up the clothes and found out that it was a
dress.
"Ummm....Subaru, do you have any boy's clothes that I could borrow instead?" asked Seishin sheepishly.
"Why? Do you not like those?" asked Subaru.
"No. It's perfect it's just that I'm use to wearing boy's clothes
while I'm learning"
"I think that one of Tokaki's former students left some clothes."
"And can I please have some bandages?"
"What for? Are you injured?"
"My father always had me bandage myself in a few places before any type of training" replied Seishin.
"Oh" replied Subaru as she left the room to get Seishin's requests.
"Well, here they are!" said Subaru as she entered the room. "I'm sorry if they're too big." said Subaru as she handed Seishin the clothes. Seishin carefully bandaged herself up and got into the clothes. She manage to tie the pants on tight enough so that they would stay. She then put on the shirt. She had to tie it off in order for it to stay.
She and Subaru walked outside and found Tokaki in a tree. After
seeing Subaru in her "young" form he exclaimed "Honey! Sexy!!!" and glomped onto her.
Subaru hit him softly on the head. "Not in front of Seishin!" she whispered into his ear. She smiled at Seishin. "Have a nice day, dear."
Tokaki started slowly with just a few of the basic moves. The, seeing that Seishin knew most of them, he began with the more difficult moves.
By lunch-time Seishin was already wiped out and she lay on the ground panting.
"Did you ever have any former training, Jo-chan?"
"Um, kinda. Eikou's brother, Hikaru, used to teach me and Eikou."
"Oh, well then that explains it. You're very good and should soon be able to master some of the basic moves within a year." Tokaki said with a smile.
"Thanks" Seishin replied.
"Will I be able to train with Subaru as well?" Seishin asked as she ate.
"I think so. Although it would be more like 'learning' then 'training'" Tokaki replied. "I'll only be teaching you in the morning so the rest of the day is yours to choose what you want to do"
Seishin hurried and finished her sandwich. "I'll be taking a bath if anyone needs me" Seishin said as she walked hurried down to the lake. Tokaki watched her walk down the road. Then he smiled to himself as he returned to the house to visit his beautiful, young, and currently not doing anything important wife. "Ohhhhhh, sexy Honey!!!!" he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into their room slamming the door.
Seishin quickly undressed. Then she dived in. She smiled some as she remembered when she used race with Kotoku, Shunkaku and Eikou. Eikou was always good at swimming.
'Wonder what she's doing?'
* * *
Eikou stepped off the bed quietly and walked over to the vanity on the other side of the small room. Chichiri was still sleeping on the floor and the sun still hadn't risen.
"Seiryu, am I a wreck" she pulled a hairbrush out of her pocket and began brushing out the tangles. When she was done with that she felt the need to take a bath. After making sure that Chichiri was still asleep she stepped behind the screen.
By the time the monk had awaken Eikou was already changed into another pair of clothes and had taken a bath. She looked pretty sad though.
"Daijoubu?"
"I'm fine! PERFECTLY FINE!" she said wiping away a few tears.
"You can talk to me about it if you want no da."
"No,I'm ok!" Chichiri didn't believe THAT one for a second.
The sun still hadn't risen by the time they left the inn. For the most part they walked in silence, it only occasionally broken by a sigh of sniffle from Eikou.
* * *
"How was your first day?" Subaru asked as she entered the house.
"It was fun!" Seishin replied.
"Will you come and help me prepare dinner?"
"Sure!" Seishin replied and she followed Subaru into the kitchen. She was enjoying life with her new "family".
Eikou stared up at the large palace on top of Mt. Taikyoku. "Sugoi" she breathed in awe.
"Don't just stand there gawking, child!" An old woman literally appeared in front of Eikou, turning a sharp gaze to Chichiri.
"Who are you, child?" Taiitsu-kun asked
"My name's Eikou." She said bowing slightly not exactly sure what to do.
"I'm Taiitsu-kun, the creator. Why have you come, Eikou?"
"I'm not sure. Ask Chichiri-san." Taiitsu-kun turned to her young student and began to question him about the young girl he had brought with him. Before Eikou had a chance to escape Taiitsu-kun shouted something and six of seven little girls with cyan-colored hair popped Eikou and Chichiri into pink bubbles and zapped them to the top of Mt. Taikyoku.
Chichiri sighed. Why couldn't the Nyan Nyan's just let him WALK to the top of the mountain.
Eikou looked at her "teacher" amazed. Using his ki he had just splintered that tree.
"How did you do that, Chichiri-san!?"
"Focus on the power inside you no da" Chichiri watched Eikou as she closed her eyes and attempted to concentrate. For some odd reason Taiitsu-kun had wanted him to test out this girls abilities. He wasn't one to refuse the orders of a goddess so he did as he was told.
'WHAT POWER!?' Eikou thought angrily when nothing happened. Her mind began to drift back to Tenryo when the soldiers had come into her house
"Eikou-chan! We have to leave. Grab what you can carry and come on!"
Eikou shoved a small mirror into her pocket, a comb, and a few pairs of clothes into her bag. Hikaru picked his little sister up and grabbed for the door, but a few Kutou soldiers were already there. Hikaru pushed Eikou behind him and took a fighting stance knowing that there was no way he could win against armed soldiers. One rushed him and he aimed a kick high at the man's head, breaking his neck.
"Run!" he shouted to Eikou grabbing the fallen soldiers sword and taking out another soldier. Eikou ran and looked back when she hear her brother's cry of pain. A soldier had come behind him and stabbed him in the side.
"ANIKI!!!!" she cried about to run back to him.
"GOOO!" he cried "Ai" her brother fell and she ran, not looking back.
Eikou's eyes came open as rage filled her and released a powerful blast completely decimating the five trees in front of her. Chichiri blinked at her in amazement and Taiitsu-kun frowned as she watched. "God" was glowing brightly in blue on Eikou's forehead, she was the Seiryu HachiSeishi Kami. Eikou didn't know it, but at that moment, her destiny was set for her.
That's all for this chapter ^-^!! So what'd y'all think?? Short? Long? Send all comments to me at kasa_no_miko@mailcity.com |or| Tsuki-chan at Duo87@gundamwing.org
Shall I re-iterate I don't own Fushigi Yuugi????? I DON'T OWN IT!!!!