Fushigi Yuugi: The Next Generation - Part 11
Disclaimer: I still don't own Fushigi Yuugi. And I never will, Yuu Watase does. I do own a bunch of the new original characters. Please don't steal them because it was really hard to come up with them. How would you feel?
Author's Note: I am still in Konan. Yes, Kou Lei is a seishi for the Suzaku Seven. Further explanation on this fic, read the post on the Forum. I also have some spoilers from the OVAs. No, I haven't seen them, but I have read about them. For those of you who were wondering about the constellations, the new seishi still have the same constellations as the previous. It makes sense, and it's easier on me.
Sukunami Mariko, the new Suzaku no Miko, was still at the Imperial Palace in the capital city of Konan, Eiyou. Emperor Boushin was the second seishi located. He was now going by his seishi name, Odayaka. Seijitsu and Odayaka were getting along very well. They were becoming the best of friends quickly.
Mariko still said nothing about her parents. She didn't want to. Mariko wanted to keep the details about her parents a secret. She especially didn't want Chichiri and Tasuki to know about her mother and father. Mariko was worried about how they would react to the news about their deaths. For Mariko, this was new experience. She never had any doubts as to who she was, and now was racked with them. Mariko was always comfortable with her life. Now, it was as if her world had been turned upside down. Before it didn't bother her that her parents were dead. 'It's hard to miss something that you don't remember having,' Mariko would always tell herself.
Sei and Odayaka were talking about their powers, and their duty to Mariko. Odayaka asked questions about Sei and his life in his world. Odayaka found it all very fascinating. Sei was very impressed with Odayaka's powers and asked him how Odayaka got trained. Odayaka told him the story.
~*~Flashback~*~
Boushin was about three years old when he began his training with Chichiri. He was a very lively and active boy, but he wouldn't talk to anyone. It wasn't that he didn't know how to talk, but his mother's mourning had effected him. Boushin would wander around the palace carrying a teddy bear. The teddy bear belonged to Miaka, and was given to his father. Boushin was given it, and it was his childhood toy.
Empress Houki knew that she had done something wrong. Her little boy was not talking to anyone, even to her. Houki asked Chichiri and Tasuki to help. Both agreed. When Boushin was introduced to the two seishi, he said nothing. All he did was clutch his teddy bear tighter, and looked at them with eyes that were identical to his father's.
Tasuki tried his hardest to get Boushin to at least talk to him. He did every thing short of shaking him.
"AT LEAST TELL ME YOU DON'T LIKE THIS! I THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO TALK! SAY SOMETHING!" yelled Tasuki in frustration as he bared his fangs.
Little Boushin just stood there looking at Tasuki. He held on to his teddy bear. He thought that the man was very strange, but maintained his silence.
"AAARGH!" bellowed Tasuki in sheer frustration.
"Tasuki, stop yelling at him- da. He'll talk when he wants to-no da. Don't force him-no da," said Chichiri calmly. He spent a lot of time with Boushin. He observed the child's behavior. Chichiri noticed that Boushin had a lot of focus for a small child. Chichiri saw a lot of potential in Boushin.
One day, Boushin was in one of the dens with his teddy bear. He rarely put down his bear. The bear went with him everywhere. Chichiri found him. Boushin looked up at him with a smile on his face. Boushin really liked Chichiri and Tasuki.
"Let me show you something, da," said Chichiri. He held out his index and middle fingers of his right hand in front of him, and focused his chi. The air was filled with energy. Boushin looked down at his teddy bear which was sitting next to him on a large cushioned chair. The teddy bear stood up on its own and began to dance around the room. Boushin started to laugh in great amusement. Soon Chichiri stopped the bear from dancing around the room. Boushin looked very disappointed to see that the bear had stopped moving.
"How did you do that?" asked Boushin in a voice of awe as he looked at Chichiri.
Chichiri smiled at Boushin. These were the first words that Boushin had ever spoken to anyone. On top of that it was a whole sentence.
"Perhaps, if you want to learn, I'll teach you. All you have to do is keeping talking and asking questions-da," promised Chichiri. Boushin looked at Chichiri solemnly.
"Yes. Sensei," answered Boushin.
Thus, began the training of Boushin in the magical arts and healing arts as well. Eventually, Boushin talked to Tasuki. At first, the only two people he would speak to were Chichiri and Tasuki. But soon, Boushin would talk to everyone else. He even tried to talk to his mother.
~*~End of Flashback~*~
Mariko had to be fitted for some new clothes. Sei decided to wait for his. There were fitters and seamstresses in the chambers assigned to her. Sei and Odayaka had chosen a bad time to see her. When they burst into the room without making sure that she was properly dressed, they were promptly thrown out.
"GET OUT NOW YOU, HENTAI!!!" shouted Mariko in a loud voice. She was covering up her breasts. Her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Sorry!" both Sei and Odayaka said in unison as they ran out of the chambers.
They ran outside and sat on the floor across the from the door. Tasuki and Chichiri came in rushing down the hall when they heard Mariko's scream.
"What happened?" asked Tasuki when he noticed the two young seishi on the floor.
"We went in there without making sure she was properly dress, Lord Tasuki," said Sei.
"She called us perverts and threw us out. I can't believe I was just thrown out a room in my own palace!" exclaimed Odayaka.
Tasuki looked at Chichiri. They burst out laughing. Odayaka and Sei were superdeformed looking at them with question marks around them.
"Hahahaha. Doesn't that bring back some memories, Chichiri?" asked Tasuki who was still laughing.
"It does, da," answered Chichiri laughing.
"Was the last Miko like her?" asked Odayaka.
"Hai! She was embarrassed easily to be seen without clothes for the most part. Another on of our fellow seishi kept getting into trouble for it-no da," said Chichiri.
"Yeah. Little Ghost. Better known as Tamahome," confirmed Tasuki who had finally gotten over his fit of laughter.
"All right. I am now dressed," called Mariko from the inside of the room. "You can come in now."
All four men entered the room. Odayaka and Sei stood behind Tasuki and Chichiri. Mariko was dressed in a fine red robe. Her feet were bare, but she was fully dressed. Sei gave back a headband that belonged to her. It was a plastic band that had teeth all around it. The plastic was high elastic and there were teeth that slide in place to keep the headband in place. Her hair was now pulled back away from her eyes. Her short hair was shiny. Her eyes were hazel like her father's and her hair was a few shades darker than her mother. Tasuki and Chichiri looked at her. They knew that there was something very familiar about this girl. They just couldn't put their fingers on it.
"You look great," complimented Sei.
Mariko smiled at him.
"Do you know anything about the other miko, Seiryuu no Miko?" asked Sei quietly. Even though he knew about the events in the book, he still wanted to know more. Tasuki had a thoughtful look on his face.
"She was the best friend of our miko-da. However, they became enemies while they were in our world. Her seishi, Nakago, was an evil man. He manipulative man. But, I couldn't help, but feel a little pity for him in the end," said Chichiri in a normal voice.
"Yeah. But, Chichiri, when Yui was Miaka's enemy, she was a real bitch!" exclaimed Tasuki.
"I think she just forgot that she was friends with Miaka, da," said Chichiri.
"She tried to do all sorts of things. She was stupid enough to be fooled by Nakago. Yui took the shinzaho from Miaka. Yui even tried to take Tamahome from Miaka. All that because Yui believed Nakago over Miaka. She was very petty about it. I can't believe Miaka held out for her," said Tasuki.
"Without Yui, Miaka couldn't have summoned Suzaku, Tasuki," said Chichiri.
"Yui wouldn't have to use her last wish to break the seal on Suzaku, if she didn't seal him in the first place. Yui was lucky that Miaka saved her. I still say she was a bitch," insisted Tasuki forcefully.
"THAT'S MY MOTHER THAT YOU'RE CALLING A BITCH!!!" exploded Sei. He just couldn't take it anymore. No one insults his mother. No one.
"I was wondering who you looked like," said Tasuki thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin. He was superdeformed.
Everyone else in the room was sweatdropped.
"Your mother was the Seiryuu no Miko?" asked Chichiri with some disbelief in his voice. He was also superdeformed.
"Yes. She's my mother," said Sei through his teeth. He was absolutely fuming in anger.
"I am sure they are sorry, Sei. They didn't know that Aunt Yui is your mother," said Mariko calmly trying to soothe Sei.
"Aunt Yui?" asked Tasuki.
"She's my godmother," answered Mariko. Then, she suddenly realized how much information she just let escape, and quickly clamped her mouth shut. Tasuki and Chichiri scrutinized her even more. Odayaka noticed and looked at Tasuki and Chichiri.
"That because Mariko's mo…" started Sei. He was stopped by the sensation of pain he felt on his foot. Despite the fact that Mariko still didn't have her shoes on she was still able to create lots of pain, by stepping on Sei's foot, and then twisting her heel. "OWWWW!" exclaimed Sei. Sei grabbed his injured foot and crumpled onto the floor.
"Oops. Clumsy me. I am so sorry, Sei. Did I hurt you?" asked Mariko sweetly. Sei looked up at her in a glare. Everyone else had question marks and sweatdrops.
"Now. Now. Let's all stopped this," said Odayaka calmly.
"Yes. We have plans to make, no da," agreed Chichiri.
* * *
Lei was feeling very strange. She had the oddest feeling in her body. Like the forces in her body were building up. The sensation on her neck came and went regularly. Lei didn't think of looking at a mirror. She didn't think it was a kanji. Lei needed to go to see her trainer, Miss Zhang. She felt like she had to talk to her about the strange feelings in her body.
Miss Zhang looked at Lei very carefully when Lei had finished telling her story.
"Take off your outer robes. And leave your inner robes on," ordered Miss Zhang. She had a feeling that Lei was something special from the moment she had began training her. Not because of who her father was, but there was always something more about Lei.
Lei took off her outer robes. She left her hair ornament on. Miss Zhang was an elderly lady. Miss Zhang went into her hut. She lived a little outside Eiyou. Her hut was something most people avoid. Miss Zhang came back with a torch of fire, and a bottle of sake. Lei looked at her strangely. The wind rustled the inner robe on her body.
"Trust me, Lei. Stand still. Let the fire touch you," ordered Miss Zhang in a firm voice. She down a big gulp of sake, and blew into the torch. There was a swirl of fire that came from the torch.
"NO!" shouted Lei in a panic. The fire swept around her. The flames touched her skin. She could feel the heat. The oddest thing was that the fire never hurt her body. It burned off all her inner robes leaving her naked on the ground kneeling. The wooden hair ornament was burned to a crisp and crumbled onto the ground. Her red hair was down. She looked at her body there were no burn marks anywhere. The fire never touched her body. The kanji on her neck behind her right ear was glowing brightly.
Lei was kneeling on the ground naked. She was covering her breast with one arm and her lower part with the other. There were scorch marks around her. Fortunately, no one saw this.
"Just as I thought. You are a Suzaku seishi," confirmed Miss Zhang.
"IT'S OFFICIAL YOU HAVE GONE GODDAM CRAZY!!! I AM NOT A SEISHI!!! MY FATHER IS A SEISHI, YOU CRAZY OLD HAG!!!" shouted Lei. She was frantically trying to cover herself. She was very humiliated.
"Here are you robes, Suzaku seishi," said Miss Zhang with a smile. Lei put on her robes quickly. Her hair ornament was gone, so she raked her fingers through her long red hair. "Your training has now been completed, Kou Lei. Hono'o," said Miss Zhang adding her kanji name to the end. Blaze.
Miss Zhang went back into her hut, and shut the door quietly behind her.
Lei stood there staring after her. Lei shook her head. 'I can't possibly be a seishi. My father is a seishi. Lighting doesn't strike twice in the same spot,' thought Lei as she walked home.
"Please, don't hurt us! Take our money," said woman who was with a three small children. There was about a dozen bandits that surrounded them. The woman was trying to protect her children with her body.
"Leave those people alone," said Lei quietly from behind them. She hated it when stronger people picked on weaker people.
The men turned around to see her. They started to leer at her suggestively. Lei shook her head in disgust. She stepped back away from them on purpose.
"What are you going to do about it, little girl? Or would you like to find out what we'd like to do to you?" said the head bandit.
"I've seen better bandits than you pathetic losers," sneered Lei. Lei felt her chi build up in her body. She placed her right palm over her left palm, and discharged a fire ball. It hit the bandits on one side.
"Run! Get out of here!" ordered Lei. The woman and her children took off running.
"How did you do that? Are you some kind of mage?" asked one of the bandits with a look of fear in his eyes.
"GET HER!" ordered the head bandit.
Lei jumped back away from them. As the came closer, she created a fire shield in front of her. Some of the men stumbled back. Others ran away. Most of them continued advancing towards her. Lei jumped forward, and place her arms in front of her. Her right wrist was over her left. Her index and middle fingers on both hands were pointing up. An incantation came from her lips.
"SUZAKU'S FIRES BURN!" shouted Lei as she released a destructive arrow of fire.
The arrow cut through most of the other men, but they got up to come towards her again. Lei felt a big surge chi in her body.
Lei threw her right arm into the air. A fire swirl gathered around her. The flames encircled her body. The energy built up.
Lei said nothing she just discharged that fire swirl. That sent the bandits running away. The fire swirl traveled and burned things around Lei. The earth was scorched black from Lei's final attack.
Lei made a mistake. The fire swirl caused too much of a drain on her chi. Lei crumpled onto the ground. She closed her eyes.
It just so happened that Tiaowo was walking by. He saw that the ground was burnt, but then he noticed that there was figure lying on the ground. He ran to it. It was his sister.
"Lei? Lei? Wake up, Lei," said Tiaowo in soft voice as he tried to shake her a little bit to wake up. Lei laid there perfectly still. Tiaowo noticed that she was paler than usually, and that her skin was cold to the touch. He picked her up from the ground, and took off running to the house. When he got there, he couldn't open the door because it would mean that he would have to put her down.
"WANGSHI! LINGSU! OPEN THE DOOR!" shouted Tiaowo.
Lingsu opened the door.
"What's going on, Tiaowo? You can't be ordering me around…" started Lingsu. He stopped the moment he saw their sister laying limp in Tiaowo's arms.
"Hey! Lei! What's wrong with her, Tiaowo?" said Wangshi from behind Lingsu.
"I don't know I found her on the ground on the way home. She was just laying there," said Tiaowo.
"MOTHER!" shouted Wangshi.
Ling came running in. She came to a stopped when she saw Lei.
"Lei? Oh my God! Wangshi go and get the doctor. Lingsu go to the palace and bring your father home. Tiaowo bring Lei upstairs," ordered Ling in a calm authoritative voice.
When Tiaowo placed Lei on her bed, Ling ordered him to bring some water and some cloths. Wangshi came back with the doctor. He told them to bring some blankets. The doctor didn't understand why Lei's skin was so cold. It was spring. Almost summer. Eiyou was never cold enough to do something like this.
Meanwhile, Lingsu sprinted to the palace. The Imperial guards told him where to find Tasuki. Lingsu came into the room. He didn't notice Mariko and Sei. He did see Emperor Boushin and bowed to him. Lingsu turned his attention to his father.
"What's wrong, Lingsu? What are you doing here?" asked Tasuki.
"There's something wrong with Lei. She's passed out. They don't know what's wrong with her," said Lingsu as he was trying to catch his breath.
Tasuki had a stricken look on his face. Not his daughter. "I'll return later," said Tasuki
"I'll go with you. I'll check on Lei, no-da," said Chichiri. Tasuki nodded. Chichiri focused his chi and teleported the three of them back to Kou house.
They were teleported downstairs, so they had to go upstairs. Tasuki ripped the door opened. His two other sons were in the room, and Ling looked worried. The doctor stood there. Tasuki gave him a dirty look. He never liked doctors. Chichiri walked over to her. He checked her over.
"It seems that all the chi has been drained out of her body," stated Chichiri, "All we can do is wait. Her body should recover."
Tasuki walked over to Lei's side. He moved the hair away from her face. Lei's eyes opened. Tasuki hushed her quietly.
"Papa?" said Lei in a soft voice.
"It's alright. You're home. Just go back to sleep after you get some water. Wangshi bring some water for your sister," ordered Tasuki softly. He didn't want to excite his daughter.
Suddenly, Lei seized up in pain. Tasuki held her down a little bit. Her breathing increased.
"What's wrong?" asked Tasuki he ignored the doctor.
"There's something burning my neck. Behind my ear," gasped Lei in pain. She turned her neck to the right side. Tasuki leaned forward to see her neck. He turned her head slowly. Tasuki's eyes widened when he saw the glowing red kanji on Lei's neck.
"Chichiri, she has a kanji on her neck. She's a seishi. A Suzaku seishi," said Tasuki.
~*ClareBear's Omake*~
Hotohori: Mariko just called my son a pervert!
Tamahome: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was funny. She threw them out!
Miaka: Didn't Tasuki call you "Little Ghost?"
Tamahome (building a red aura around him): TASUKI!!!
Nuriko (arms folded over chest): Remember, Tamahome, you're dead. Your powers don't work.
Tamahome: DAMMIT!
Chiriko: Tasuki's daughter is very powerful.
Nuriko: YEP! She's pyro like her father.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Fushigi Yuugi. And I never will, Yuu Watase does. I do own a bunch of the new original characters. Please don't steal them because it was really hard to come up with them. How would you feel?
Author's Note: I am still in Konan. Yes, Kou Lei is a seishi for the Suzaku Seven. Further explanation on this fic, read the post on the Forum. I also have some spoilers from the OVAs. No, I haven't seen them, but I have read about them. For those of you who were wondering about the constellations, the new seishi still have the same constellations as the previous. It makes sense, and it's easier on me.
Sukunami Mariko, the new Suzaku no Miko, was still at the Imperial Palace in the capital city of Konan, Eiyou. Emperor Boushin was the second seishi located. He was now going by his seishi name, Odayaka. Seijitsu and Odayaka were getting along very well. They were becoming the best of friends quickly.
Mariko still said nothing about her parents. She didn't want to. Mariko wanted to keep the details about her parents a secret. She especially didn't want Chichiri and Tasuki to know about her mother and father. Mariko was worried about how they would react to the news about their deaths. For Mariko, this was new experience. She never had any doubts as to who she was, and now was racked with them. Mariko was always comfortable with her life. Now, it was as if her world had been turned upside down. Before it didn't bother her that her parents were dead. 'It's hard to miss something that you don't remember having,' Mariko would always tell herself.
Sei and Odayaka were talking about their powers, and their duty to Mariko. Odayaka asked questions about Sei and his life in his world. Odayaka found it all very fascinating. Sei was very impressed with Odayaka's powers and asked him how Odayaka got trained. Odayaka told him the story.
~*~Flashback~*~
Boushin was about three years old when he began his training with Chichiri. He was a very lively and active boy, but he wouldn't talk to anyone. It wasn't that he didn't know how to talk, but his mother's mourning had effected him. Boushin would wander around the palace carrying a teddy bear. The teddy bear belonged to Miaka, and was given to his father. Boushin was given it, and it was his childhood toy.
Empress Houki knew that she had done something wrong. Her little boy was not talking to anyone, even to her. Houki asked Chichiri and Tasuki to help. Both agreed. When Boushin was introduced to the two seishi, he said nothing. All he did was clutch his teddy bear tighter, and looked at them with eyes that were identical to his father's.
Tasuki tried his hardest to get Boushin to at least talk to him. He did every thing short of shaking him.
"AT LEAST TELL ME YOU DON'T LIKE THIS! I THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO TALK! SAY SOMETHING!" yelled Tasuki in frustration as he bared his fangs.
Little Boushin just stood there looking at Tasuki. He held on to his teddy bear. He thought that the man was very strange, but maintained his silence.
"AAARGH!" bellowed Tasuki in sheer frustration.
"Tasuki, stop yelling at him- da. He'll talk when he wants to-no da. Don't force him-no da," said Chichiri calmly. He spent a lot of time with Boushin. He observed the child's behavior. Chichiri noticed that Boushin had a lot of focus for a small child. Chichiri saw a lot of potential in Boushin.
One day, Boushin was in one of the dens with his teddy bear. He rarely put down his bear. The bear went with him everywhere. Chichiri found him. Boushin looked up at him with a smile on his face. Boushin really liked Chichiri and Tasuki.
"Let me show you something, da," said Chichiri. He held out his index and middle fingers of his right hand in front of him, and focused his chi. The air was filled with energy. Boushin looked down at his teddy bear which was sitting next to him on a large cushioned chair. The teddy bear stood up on its own and began to dance around the room. Boushin started to laugh in great amusement. Soon Chichiri stopped the bear from dancing around the room. Boushin looked very disappointed to see that the bear had stopped moving.
"How did you do that?" asked Boushin in a voice of awe as he looked at Chichiri.
Chichiri smiled at Boushin. These were the first words that Boushin had ever spoken to anyone. On top of that it was a whole sentence.
"Perhaps, if you want to learn, I'll teach you. All you have to do is keeping talking and asking questions-da," promised Chichiri. Boushin looked at Chichiri solemnly.
"Yes. Sensei," answered Boushin.
Thus, began the training of Boushin in the magical arts and healing arts as well. Eventually, Boushin talked to Tasuki. At first, the only two people he would speak to were Chichiri and Tasuki. But soon, Boushin would talk to everyone else. He even tried to talk to his mother.
~*~End of Flashback~*~
Mariko had to be fitted for some new clothes. Sei decided to wait for his. There were fitters and seamstresses in the chambers assigned to her. Sei and Odayaka had chosen a bad time to see her. When they burst into the room without making sure that she was properly dressed, they were promptly thrown out.
"GET OUT NOW YOU, HENTAI!!!" shouted Mariko in a loud voice. She was covering up her breasts. Her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Sorry!" both Sei and Odayaka said in unison as they ran out of the chambers.
They ran outside and sat on the floor across the from the door. Tasuki and Chichiri came in rushing down the hall when they heard Mariko's scream.
"What happened?" asked Tasuki when he noticed the two young seishi on the floor.
"We went in there without making sure she was properly dress, Lord Tasuki," said Sei.
"She called us perverts and threw us out. I can't believe I was just thrown out a room in my own palace!" exclaimed Odayaka.
Tasuki looked at Chichiri. They burst out laughing. Odayaka and Sei were superdeformed looking at them with question marks around them.
"Hahahaha. Doesn't that bring back some memories, Chichiri?" asked Tasuki who was still laughing.
"It does, da," answered Chichiri laughing.
"Was the last Miko like her?" asked Odayaka.
"Hai! She was embarrassed easily to be seen without clothes for the most part. Another on of our fellow seishi kept getting into trouble for it-no da," said Chichiri.
"Yeah. Little Ghost. Better known as Tamahome," confirmed Tasuki who had finally gotten over his fit of laughter.
"All right. I am now dressed," called Mariko from the inside of the room. "You can come in now."
All four men entered the room. Odayaka and Sei stood behind Tasuki and Chichiri. Mariko was dressed in a fine red robe. Her feet were bare, but she was fully dressed. Sei gave back a headband that belonged to her. It was a plastic band that had teeth all around it. The plastic was high elastic and there were teeth that slide in place to keep the headband in place. Her hair was now pulled back away from her eyes. Her short hair was shiny. Her eyes were hazel like her father's and her hair was a few shades darker than her mother. Tasuki and Chichiri looked at her. They knew that there was something very familiar about this girl. They just couldn't put their fingers on it.
"You look great," complimented Sei.
Mariko smiled at him.
"Do you know anything about the other miko, Seiryuu no Miko?" asked Sei quietly. Even though he knew about the events in the book, he still wanted to know more. Tasuki had a thoughtful look on his face.
"She was the best friend of our miko-da. However, they became enemies while they were in our world. Her seishi, Nakago, was an evil man. He manipulative man. But, I couldn't help, but feel a little pity for him in the end," said Chichiri in a normal voice.
"Yeah. But, Chichiri, when Yui was Miaka's enemy, she was a real bitch!" exclaimed Tasuki.
"I think she just forgot that she was friends with Miaka, da," said Chichiri.
"She tried to do all sorts of things. She was stupid enough to be fooled by Nakago. Yui took the shinzaho from Miaka. Yui even tried to take Tamahome from Miaka. All that because Yui believed Nakago over Miaka. She was very petty about it. I can't believe Miaka held out for her," said Tasuki.
"Without Yui, Miaka couldn't have summoned Suzaku, Tasuki," said Chichiri.
"Yui wouldn't have to use her last wish to break the seal on Suzaku, if she didn't seal him in the first place. Yui was lucky that Miaka saved her. I still say she was a bitch," insisted Tasuki forcefully.
"THAT'S MY MOTHER THAT YOU'RE CALLING A BITCH!!!" exploded Sei. He just couldn't take it anymore. No one insults his mother. No one.
"I was wondering who you looked like," said Tasuki thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin. He was superdeformed.
Everyone else in the room was sweatdropped.
"Your mother was the Seiryuu no Miko?" asked Chichiri with some disbelief in his voice. He was also superdeformed.
"Yes. She's my mother," said Sei through his teeth. He was absolutely fuming in anger.
"I am sure they are sorry, Sei. They didn't know that Aunt Yui is your mother," said Mariko calmly trying to soothe Sei.
"Aunt Yui?" asked Tasuki.
"She's my godmother," answered Mariko. Then, she suddenly realized how much information she just let escape, and quickly clamped her mouth shut. Tasuki and Chichiri scrutinized her even more. Odayaka noticed and looked at Tasuki and Chichiri.
"That because Mariko's mo…" started Sei. He was stopped by the sensation of pain he felt on his foot. Despite the fact that Mariko still didn't have her shoes on she was still able to create lots of pain, by stepping on Sei's foot, and then twisting her heel. "OWWWW!" exclaimed Sei. Sei grabbed his injured foot and crumpled onto the floor.
"Oops. Clumsy me. I am so sorry, Sei. Did I hurt you?" asked Mariko sweetly. Sei looked up at her in a glare. Everyone else had question marks and sweatdrops.
"Now. Now. Let's all stopped this," said Odayaka calmly.
"Yes. We have plans to make, no da," agreed Chichiri.
* * *
Lei was feeling very strange. She had the oddest feeling in her body. Like the forces in her body were building up. The sensation on her neck came and went regularly. Lei didn't think of looking at a mirror. She didn't think it was a kanji. Lei needed to go to see her trainer, Miss Zhang. She felt like she had to talk to her about the strange feelings in her body.
Miss Zhang looked at Lei very carefully when Lei had finished telling her story.
"Take off your outer robes. And leave your inner robes on," ordered Miss Zhang. She had a feeling that Lei was something special from the moment she had began training her. Not because of who her father was, but there was always something more about Lei.
Lei took off her outer robes. She left her hair ornament on. Miss Zhang was an elderly lady. Miss Zhang went into her hut. She lived a little outside Eiyou. Her hut was something most people avoid. Miss Zhang came back with a torch of fire, and a bottle of sake. Lei looked at her strangely. The wind rustled the inner robe on her body.
"Trust me, Lei. Stand still. Let the fire touch you," ordered Miss Zhang in a firm voice. She down a big gulp of sake, and blew into the torch. There was a swirl of fire that came from the torch.
"NO!" shouted Lei in a panic. The fire swept around her. The flames touched her skin. She could feel the heat. The oddest thing was that the fire never hurt her body. It burned off all her inner robes leaving her naked on the ground kneeling. The wooden hair ornament was burned to a crisp and crumbled onto the ground. Her red hair was down. She looked at her body there were no burn marks anywhere. The fire never touched her body. The kanji on her neck behind her right ear was glowing brightly.
Lei was kneeling on the ground naked. She was covering her breast with one arm and her lower part with the other. There were scorch marks around her. Fortunately, no one saw this.
"Just as I thought. You are a Suzaku seishi," confirmed Miss Zhang.
"IT'S OFFICIAL YOU HAVE GONE GODDAM CRAZY!!! I AM NOT A SEISHI!!! MY FATHER IS A SEISHI, YOU CRAZY OLD HAG!!!" shouted Lei. She was frantically trying to cover herself. She was very humiliated.
"Here are you robes, Suzaku seishi," said Miss Zhang with a smile. Lei put on her robes quickly. Her hair ornament was gone, so she raked her fingers through her long red hair. "Your training has now been completed, Kou Lei. Hono'o," said Miss Zhang adding her kanji name to the end. Blaze.
Miss Zhang went back into her hut, and shut the door quietly behind her.
Lei stood there staring after her. Lei shook her head. 'I can't possibly be a seishi. My father is a seishi. Lighting doesn't strike twice in the same spot,' thought Lei as she walked home.
"Please, don't hurt us! Take our money," said woman who was with a three small children. There was about a dozen bandits that surrounded them. The woman was trying to protect her children with her body.
"Leave those people alone," said Lei quietly from behind them. She hated it when stronger people picked on weaker people.
The men turned around to see her. They started to leer at her suggestively. Lei shook her head in disgust. She stepped back away from them on purpose.
"What are you going to do about it, little girl? Or would you like to find out what we'd like to do to you?" said the head bandit.
"I've seen better bandits than you pathetic losers," sneered Lei. Lei felt her chi build up in her body. She placed her right palm over her left palm, and discharged a fire ball. It hit the bandits on one side.
"Run! Get out of here!" ordered Lei. The woman and her children took off running.
"How did you do that? Are you some kind of mage?" asked one of the bandits with a look of fear in his eyes.
"GET HER!" ordered the head bandit.
Lei jumped back away from them. As the came closer, she created a fire shield in front of her. Some of the men stumbled back. Others ran away. Most of them continued advancing towards her. Lei jumped forward, and place her arms in front of her. Her right wrist was over her left. Her index and middle fingers on both hands were pointing up. An incantation came from her lips.
"SUZAKU'S FIRES BURN!" shouted Lei as she released a destructive arrow of fire.
The arrow cut through most of the other men, but they got up to come towards her again. Lei felt a big surge chi in her body.
Lei threw her right arm into the air. A fire swirl gathered around her. The flames encircled her body. The energy built up.
Lei said nothing she just discharged that fire swirl. That sent the bandits running away. The fire swirl traveled and burned things around Lei. The earth was scorched black from Lei's final attack.
Lei made a mistake. The fire swirl caused too much of a drain on her chi. Lei crumpled onto the ground. She closed her eyes.
It just so happened that Tiaowo was walking by. He saw that the ground was burnt, but then he noticed that there was figure lying on the ground. He ran to it. It was his sister.
"Lei? Lei? Wake up, Lei," said Tiaowo in soft voice as he tried to shake her a little bit to wake up. Lei laid there perfectly still. Tiaowo noticed that she was paler than usually, and that her skin was cold to the touch. He picked her up from the ground, and took off running to the house. When he got there, he couldn't open the door because it would mean that he would have to put her down.
"WANGSHI! LINGSU! OPEN THE DOOR!" shouted Tiaowo.
Lingsu opened the door.
"What's going on, Tiaowo? You can't be ordering me around…" started Lingsu. He stopped the moment he saw their sister laying limp in Tiaowo's arms.
"Hey! Lei! What's wrong with her, Tiaowo?" said Wangshi from behind Lingsu.
"I don't know I found her on the ground on the way home. She was just laying there," said Tiaowo.
"MOTHER!" shouted Wangshi.
Ling came running in. She came to a stopped when she saw Lei.
"Lei? Oh my God! Wangshi go and get the doctor. Lingsu go to the palace and bring your father home. Tiaowo bring Lei upstairs," ordered Ling in a calm authoritative voice.
When Tiaowo placed Lei on her bed, Ling ordered him to bring some water and some cloths. Wangshi came back with the doctor. He told them to bring some blankets. The doctor didn't understand why Lei's skin was so cold. It was spring. Almost summer. Eiyou was never cold enough to do something like this.
Meanwhile, Lingsu sprinted to the palace. The Imperial guards told him where to find Tasuki. Lingsu came into the room. He didn't notice Mariko and Sei. He did see Emperor Boushin and bowed to him. Lingsu turned his attention to his father.
"What's wrong, Lingsu? What are you doing here?" asked Tasuki.
"There's something wrong with Lei. She's passed out. They don't know what's wrong with her," said Lingsu as he was trying to catch his breath.
Tasuki had a stricken look on his face. Not his daughter. "I'll return later," said Tasuki
"I'll go with you. I'll check on Lei, no-da," said Chichiri. Tasuki nodded. Chichiri focused his chi and teleported the three of them back to Kou house.
They were teleported downstairs, so they had to go upstairs. Tasuki ripped the door opened. His two other sons were in the room, and Ling looked worried. The doctor stood there. Tasuki gave him a dirty look. He never liked doctors. Chichiri walked over to her. He checked her over.
"It seems that all the chi has been drained out of her body," stated Chichiri, "All we can do is wait. Her body should recover."
Tasuki walked over to Lei's side. He moved the hair away from her face. Lei's eyes opened. Tasuki hushed her quietly.
"Papa?" said Lei in a soft voice.
"It's alright. You're home. Just go back to sleep after you get some water. Wangshi bring some water for your sister," ordered Tasuki softly. He didn't want to excite his daughter.
Suddenly, Lei seized up in pain. Tasuki held her down a little bit. Her breathing increased.
"What's wrong?" asked Tasuki he ignored the doctor.
"There's something burning my neck. Behind my ear," gasped Lei in pain. She turned her neck to the right side. Tasuki leaned forward to see her neck. He turned her head slowly. Tasuki's eyes widened when he saw the glowing red kanji on Lei's neck.
"Chichiri, she has a kanji on her neck. She's a seishi. A Suzaku seishi," said Tasuki.
~*ClareBear's Omake*~
Hotohori: Mariko just called my son a pervert!
Tamahome: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was funny. She threw them out!
Miaka: Didn't Tasuki call you "Little Ghost?"
Tamahome (building a red aura around him): TASUKI!!!
Nuriko (arms folded over chest): Remember, Tamahome, you're dead. Your powers don't work.
Tamahome: DAMMIT!
Chiriko: Tasuki's daughter is very powerful.
Nuriko: YEP! She's pyro like her father.
