Unseen Melody 4: The preparation of Summoning Suzaku

*pahoua(akimi)xiong*

Bebe! Bebe! Miaku's little alarm on her watch clicked. Miaku slowly moved in place and yawned as she opened her eyes.

"It's morning already...I'm so exhausted, I can't get up." She pulled the blanket over her head and went back to sleep. A group of red birds with green long tails flew into the Imperial garden. They called to their partners who sat on the branches of the flower trees in the garden. A yellow bird with a red beak stopped by Miaku's room for a short visit. The bird shook its head back and forth, like saying no, while it sang loudly and clearly into the room.

"All right! All right, I'm up." Miaku leaped out of her bed. She tossed her hair back as she begins to hum and danced a crossed her bedroom. Miaku slipped into her clothes and danced out the door.

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In the Shrine of Suzaku, servants were busy fixing the room for the ceremony of summoning Suzaku. Hotohori, Chichiri, Nuriko and Mitsukake stood and observed that everything was going according to plan. Tamohome, showed up at the door of the shrine, all out of breath.

"Nuriko, have you seen Miaka?!"

"N-No. Why?"

"I can't find her in her room or anywhere!"

"Nani!!" Hotohori shouted.

"H-hey its not my fault." Tamohome's ponytail spiked out as he back away from Hotohori's face; as it grew to be bigger than his body.

"What's up with all the noise?" Miaka asked Nuriko over his shoulder.

"Tamohome came charging in here looking for you. Than his highness-Miaka!!" Nuriko shouted.

"Where? Where?" Both Hotohori and Tamohome searched the room. From ceiling to the statue and then out the door.

Nuriko sighed. "Miaka plug your ear, will ya?" Miaka blinked but do as asked. Nuriko took a deep breath and screamed. "MIAKA IS IN HERE!!!"

Miaka shook in place as the sound echo throughout the Empire.

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In the morning, everything was very pretty and the weather was just right. Now as the sun made its way into the sky, the day became brighter and hotter. The afternoon was the time where everyone was busy doing their sort of things. As for Miaku, she wondered off by herself.

A group of cardinals flew out from a tree and sore through the sky. Down below them Miaku paced slowly just observing the place. She takes in a deep breath. "Wow this is very beautiful." Miaku threw her hands behind her head and closed her eyes. Unexpectedly, she tripped over a small rock and went tumbling down a small hill, that she had missed when she looked before, and crashed into a deep spring below.

The crashed created a huge splash noise. Under water she struggle to get up to the surface. Shit! I can't swim...help...someone... She kicked her leg as hard as she could and flopped her hands as fast as she could but in the end it's the same result. Miaku let out a low line of bubble from her mouth and fell backward. The waves of the water carried her body deeper and deeper under water where no air-life form could survive.

Chiriko was not far by, cleaning his flute, when he heard the splashed. Nani? I thought I felt Miaku's life force appeared just a second ago. Did she- Chiriko hopped of the wall he was sitting on and sprint a crossed the yard. When he reached the spring he searched the place quickly with his eyes. A moment later one of Miaku's head ribbon floated to the surface. "Miaku!"

Chiriko dropped his flute on the ground and lunged into the water. Miaku, where are you? Chiriko gasped at the sight of her. Miaku was at the bottom of the spring, motionless. Miaku!! He swam to her with all his might. With no time wasted, once he reached her, Chiriko swam to surface. Fighting with time, breath, and Miaku's life.

Chiriko shot his head out of the water, gasping for air, with Miaku in his arms. He swam to the edge and lifted Miaku unto to stoned pathway. Chiriko pulled his body out of the water and sat next to Miaku's body. He placed his ear on her chest trying to make a heart beat.

"*Ugh*"

Chiriko gasped. He shifted his head from her chest and over to her wet pale face, looking down on it. Miaku's head slowly moved then her eyes opened, weakly. "Chi-Chiriko."

He smiled happily. "Thank goodness you're okay. I was so-"

Miaku had planted her lips tightly onto his. Her arms wrapped around his neck pressing him tighter onto of her body. Surprised by her sudden moved Chiriko was frozen in place. Miaku let out a small moan between switching her lip position. Then slowly Chiriko felt his strength being drained from his body and he pulled away.

"M-Miaku." Chiriko stated. He got off her and she sat up.

"I-I'm sorry Chiriko." Miaku got up and dashed out of the placed leaving Chiriko questionable.

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"You should be okay now Tasuki. Just don't get into anymore trouble and you'll live." Mitsukake explained as he wrapped up the healing. No words were heard from them for what seemed a while, until a subject popped in Mitsukake's mind. One that had been on his mind for sometime now. "Tasuki about Miaku."

"Yeah, what about her?" Tasuki sat up from his lying positioned and stepped onto the floor not paying attention to Mitsukake. He flexed his arms into the air making sure that they work as well as before and then continued stretching the other parts of his body. He cracked his knuckles and his neck to wake his bone up from their long sleep.

"You should at least go and say thank you. She came to your rescued when you were pretty much dead."

"I...didn't ask her to."

"Hmm. I see. What is the matter with you?!" Mitsukake grabbed Tasuki by the neck and pulled him closer. "A little thank you won't hurt you that much, does it?"

"Mi-Mitsukake I-eh?" Tasuki spotted Miaku across his room from the little opening in his door. She was soaking wet and could barely walked. Miaku opened her door slowly and stepped inside, but clasped the moment she stepped foot into her room. Tasuki pushed Mitsukake out of his way and ran out towards Miaku.

Mitsukake spanned around to shout after Tasuki. "Tasuki, are you even-oh." He was out of words when he noticed what Tasuki was heading for.

Tasuki jumped over the wall and landed next to Miaku's body. "Miaku! Miaku!"

"Screaming her name like that won't do her any good." Mitsukake suggested behind Tasuki.

"Huh?"

"Take her to her bed." Tasuki lifted Miaku up and set her nicely on her bed.

"Now what?" Tasuki asked.

"Stay here. I'll be right back."

Miaku, woke up to find a familiar face looking down at her.

"Ahh!" POW!! Tasuki went flying into her closet upside down. "Eh? What did I just hit?" Miaku was already sitting up from her sudden reaction. "Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry Tasuki!" She placed her hand on her mouth when she realized what she had hit.

"All better already huh?"

Miaku looked at the door way and saw Mitsukake with a pot of what looked like medicines. She smiled and nodded.

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Miaku. Chiriko took off his strap around his waist. When you...kissed me. My life forced, it seemed like its being drained away from me. Is there something about you that I...don't know?

He sat on the side of his window after changing into some dry clothes. Chiriko had his mind somewhere else when a maid's voice interrupted him.

"Excused me, but lunch is ready."

"Thanks. I'll be coming." He answered. Once the maid was gone his questions and thoughts took over him again, but setting that aside, he headed for the dinning place.

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Everyone was in the room when Miaku showed up at the door. Chichiri was the first one to notice her then Chiriko, and so on. They all gasped at the sight of her like they had just seen a ghost or something worse.

Miaku had changed into a white and purple Chinese dress. Her hair was half put up and half left down with a white head piece. She had on a long white dress with another layer of purple cloth over, like a coat. The coat was half dragging on the floor. Long straps of white cloth dropped at both sides of her shoulders.

"Alright I know I look funny in these." Miaku had her hands on her hips. "But why is everyone looking at me like that?!!" Her voice strike through their ears making them vibrated in place and echoed into the distanced.

"Umm...it's nothing!" Miaka finally answered after sometime. "Here. Come sit next to me." Miaka waved to Miaku.

Miaku walked around Hotohori and passed Miaka, to where her sit was.

Hotohori was still shocked by the sudden changed in Miaku's look. "Let's eat." He said once he found his voice.

All through out lunch Chiriko couldn't kept his eyes off her, not to mention Tasuki too. Miaku couldn't eat peacefully...she felt like someone was watching her. Not just that but her mind was driving her crazy about the moment after Chiriko had saved her. I wondered how Amiboshi feels about me now? After he saved me. I just went on and stole his life force. But how? How was I able to such a thing? I wondered- Miaku stopped when noticed Tasuki, out of the corner of her eyes, starring at her. What is with Tasuki too? Give it a break Miaku. You're going to drive your brain crazy if you keep on thinking like this!

Miaku sighed quietly to herself and continued eating.

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Miaka kissed Tamohome passionately before Tamohome departed from her bedroom.

"Night Tamohome." Miaka called after Tamohome. He turned around and shoot her a winked. Miaka sighed then closed the door.

Down the corner Miaku sighed as she watch Tamohome turned the cornered. Miaka truly loves Tamohome and he truly loves her. What a love. Miaku sighed again.

"What's with all the sighing?"

"AHHH!!!" Miaku screamed as she did reflex a moved without thinking, sending the figure flying into the water. Splash!! "Oh shit! Now what did I hit? I really wished people around here would stop popping out of nowhere!!" Miaku stumped toward the little spring.

Nuriko popped his head out of the water. "You didn't have to hit me so hard." He squint his eyes.

"Hahaha...I'm sorry I didn't mean to punch you like that." She reached out a hand to help Nuriko out of the water, Nuriko accepted her hand. "You shouldn't had scared me like that."

"Well next time I'll know better. Oww." He rubbed his nose. "Quite a punch you got there Miaku." Nuriko looked down at her fist.

"Huh?" Miaku brought her hand up to exam it, she pulled her hand away. Nuriko and Miaka looked at each other then started to crack up.

"Well Miaku you better get some sleep. Tomorrow is a big day!"

"Hai."

Nuriko got up and headed back when he stopped. "Miaku."

"Yeah."

"Is there something...you won't tell us?"

"...." What does he mean by that?

"I don't know if it's just me or anyone else. But you seemed and look a lot like a combination of Miaka and Tamohome."

"Na-nani?"

"What the hell am I talking about? Look just forget I said anything okay." And he strolled away.

Nuriko? Miaku took a deep breath. That reminds me...I can't seemed to remembered anything about my parents, now. Not even how they look. Why's that? Why- Miaku's mind went blink as her tiredness took over. "He's right I should get some sleep." And she made her way to her room, yawning.

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Nakago approached Yui's room with a medium height figure following behind him. The hallways were dimmed and the color blue on the wall stood out so nicely with the deadly mood. The day had just begun for everyone...even Yui. Nakago first appeared inside of Yui's room.

"Lady Yui." Nakago called. "I have to show you something. Will you get up, you've been in bed far too long."

Yui, ignored his called for a while than spoke. "What is it that you want to show me, Nakago?"

"If you won't get up then I'll have to bring him here later."

"No, bring him in." Yui commanded as she sat up. Nakago nodded and waved his hand. A figure entered the room and walked into the light. A young boy of age 15 with green hair and blue eyes kneeled before her.

"This is?"

"I am Suboshi of the Seiryuu seven at your service."

"Nakago, how could he be of a celestial warrior?" Yui questioned Nakago, who ignored her rude questioned.

"Sorry Suboshi. But Lady Yui have had some hard time for the past couple of days."

Suboshi only smirked at what Nakago had said and narrowed his eye browse.

"Nakago, how is he supposed to help us?" Yui asked again.

"You've heard that twins are not at all like others. They shared a strong connection."

Yui gasped. "You-you mean...."

"Yes, Lady Yui. My plan."

"Meaning that in Konan with Miaka them is...."

"My twin brother, Amiboshi." Suboshi finished off, looking at her, with an evil smile on his face.

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Sorry for the long wait!! I had to do something...but hey, here's the fourth chapter. R&R!!