Unseen Melody 5: Summoning Suzaku

*pahoua(akimi)xiong*

A cart dragged by four horses raced toward Konan. A man sat outside to controlled the horses while two other people sat inside the cart. "We must hurry!" The boy commanded. "The star of Suzaku tells misfortune."

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The seven celestial warrior of Suzaku waited patiently while their priestess was being served. The day they've been waiting for had finally came. Excited about the main event no one paid attention to Miaku, who stood by the door, her mind not at ease. What dose Chiriko mean by what he said earlier?

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"Miaku, forgive me." Chiriko stood before Miaku not daring to look at her.

"Nani? What are you talking about, Chiriko?"

He didn't look up but stared at the floor motionless. On his face she could read no sign of anything but something he doesn't want to tell her. Miaku couldn't take it anymore. She lunged forward and grabbed him by the shoulder. "Chiriko look at me! Look at me!" Miaku shouted at the same time shaking him.

"I'm sorry Miaku but whatever happen...I just want you to know that-that I still cared for you!" With that he dashed out of the room before she got the chance to stopped him.

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There was a noise at the door catching everyone's attention. Two maids stepped out of the way revealing Miaka. From head to toe, she was dressed in rich cloth and fine shinny jewelry. Her red dress with a slit in the front, showing her knee, to the yellow ribbon tied around her slimmed waist just made her more beautiful than ever.

Miaka stepped in and the maids closed the door behind her. Miaka approached the Suzaku statue, which stood in the middle. Her heart raced with her thoughts like there was a battle was going on in her mind.

"Everyone focused all of your life force into Miaka." Hotohori spoke.

"But if we do that..." Nuriko started.

"And someone attack us we'll be helpless!" Tasuki finished off.

"It'll be all right you know." Chichiri said, then he turned to Miaka. She nodded, ready, at him. Miaka held her hand together about face level and concentrated all that she could about her three wishes. The lines for summoning Suzaku came to her head and she called to the god.

"The four palaces of the heavens.

The four corners of Earth.

In the name of secrete law, faith, and virtue

I summon the, Suzaku, guardian of the South

I besitch you to appear on Earth from the palaces of heaven

For the sake of those here who adore you and awaits your presences

Come to us and with your mighty powers destroyed all that is evil

Save us and grant us our wishes"

Miaka threw the scroll into the flames and it burned into ashes the minute the fire touches it. "Descant to us now by the heavens above!" Miaka shouted out.

The fire in the pot, below Suzaku's statue, burned heavily. The flames motioned were like the wings of a great firebird, opening itself. One by one, the flames grew stronger. The sound as the flames grew was harsher than that of the spooky wind in the mid-autumn. B-bump! B-bump. Their hears slowly followed each other until it beats to the same excited rhythm...BUT...nothing appeared.

"Su-Suzaku?" All of Miaka's hopes vanished as her heart was suddenly pierced.

Miaku noticed that no one was moving, not to mentioned, almost not breathing. "(Sweat drop) umm... guys...are...." Her voice trailed off, as she sensed no point in talking. Miaku slowly creped her way in between Tasuki and Tamohome them. Then a sound distracted their attention from their shocked, a flute.

"Chiriko." Miaka stated. "*Ugh*"

Like a bolt from the sky, a deadly tune filled their mind. Everyone excepted for Chiriko were clutching to his or her head while kneeling down. The Suzaku seven, Miaka, and Miaku all screamed out in pain as the tune cut deeply into their mind. Then Chiriko stopped.

"You have all failed here on your mission. Now Suzaku will never appeared." He smirked.

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While Chiriko was attacking the Suzaku seven, Miaka, and Miaku, a figure stood before the gate of the Empire. This little boy, who wore his hair up in a pointed ponytail, stared at the door.

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"*Ugh* You're of the Seiryuu Seven!" Tamohome worded out.

"LE-LEEKA SHIENNN!" Tasuki yelled. The background around him changed, shades of red combined and fire rose from out of no where. Tasuki, who seemed to be in another image, turned his back toward his Amiboshi. Then with one full spin, the flames around him were sucked into his tessen. From then a powerful flame shoot out of his tessen toward Chiriko, missing him by an inch. The flame were so hot that the fabric on Chiriko's shoulder ripped which revealed his Seiryuu mark.

"Yes, I am of the Seiryuu seven, Amiboshi. I was sent by Nakago to infiltrate your group and destroyed the summoning of Suzaku." He admitted. Before Amiboshi continued his divesting tune he added. "You're greatest weakness is that you trusted people too easily."

When all seemed lost for the Suzaku and their luck were about gone, a different tune came in, a leaf. In this new tune, there is no anger or death, only tune of peaceful music. It creped its way into the deadly melody, soon the strong bond of Amiboshi's flute and his opponents were broken.

Distracted by the leaf tune; Amiboshi stopped playing. Tamahome attacked then and was able to knock Amiboshi into a another world for a second. Knowing that he had no chance of defeating them now; Amiboshi made an attempted to escaped instead. Tamahome and Tasuki followed him as he ran.

"Quickly, Chichiri, take me and followed them!" Miaka ordered.

"You got it, you know."

"Wait for me!" Miaku shouted out. "I'm coming too!"

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The chased led them to the rooftops of the houses in Konan.

"Stop right there!" Tamohome yelled out after Amiboshi.

"Lekka shein!" Once again the flame of the mountain bandit came.

"Will you watch where you're swinging that fan of yours!" Tamahome, burned by Tasuki's flames, yelled.

"Oh sorry Tama didn't see you."

The event between Tasuki and Tamahome bought Amiboshi sometime to get away, but not far. He soon found himself stuck at a dead end by the side of a raging river. Tasuki and Tamohome finally caught up to him and cornered him.

"So how many of the Seiryuu Seven had been gathered?" Tamohome questioned but no answered came.

"We don't need to ask him anything. After we took him in as our friend-" Tasuki was cut short when Miaka's voice struck him. He looked up to find himself being squashed under Chichiri's cape. Miaka got off the cape and approached Amiboshi. With his only chanced left, Amiboshi attacked her with all the strength he had left. Miaka stopped and gasped. Amiboshi was coming down at her with his flute, held by his hand, behind his head.

"Miakaaa!!" Tamahome dashed toward her quickly, but someone had already taken the blow. Miaku had pushed Miaka out of the way and accepted the blow in place.

"Mi-Miaku." Amiboshi mumbled her name out as he looked at her face. Her left eye was half way opened as a strained of blood fell from her head and passed over her left eye. Her browse narrowed and her eye starred at him. Ami-Ami-

"Amiboshi...." Her voice tone down as her body collapsed to the ground.

Tasuki ran to Miaku and embraced her body in his arms. "You! How dared you!!" Gently he set Miaku on the ground and was about to pounce on Amiboshi but was stopped by Miaka.

"There's no reason to fight!" She faced her back to Tasuki. "And I know that's not why you played such beautiful song on your flute. It's to comfort people, to bring happiness, and joy into their heart."

Amiboshi, shocked by Miaka's word, landed, not realizing, on the crumbling edge of the bridge. From beneath him, he felt himself slipping, as the place where he stood cracked. As he fell into the raging river, Miaka managed to catch his flute, with Amiboshi holding onto the other end.

At the same time Miaku was slowly waking up from her consciousness.

I understand. You, of the Suzaku, aren't bad people. All you ever wanted was to summoned Suzaku and bring peace to this world. If I was gone then everything of the Seiryuu would be gone and your path for peace won't be blocked anymore. I'm sorry...Miaku. Amiboshi thought to himself. He smiled at Miaka and happily let go of his hand allowing himself to fall.

"CHIRIKOOO!" Miaka yelled as she could do nothing but watched. Suddenly a figured passed her right side and jumped into the water. Miaku? Before Amiboshi could reach the rushing water, Miaku's body reached his. She wrapped her arm tightly around his neck as they smashed into the water. Without thinking, Tasuki jumped into the water after Miaku. Tasuki! Miaka thought to herself.

"TASUKIII!!" Her body fell, backward, as her mind gave up. Tamahome caught her in his arms.

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Suboshi's tears rushed down his cheek when he felt his twin brother's life force vanished from his body. There was nothing left of Amiboshi...but coldness. Suboshi called his brother name as thoughts of what the Suzaku seven could have done to him.

In another room, Yui was eating her breakfast. Nakago came in and asked her to please go with him. His eyes showed of sadness and disappointment. Yui made a joke at first but then when she noticed that Nakago was talking serious, she followed him. They came upon a room and Yui looked in to find Suboshi crouching down while his ryuuseisui floated above him.

"What's wrong with Suboshi, Nakago?"

"The Suzaku had killed his brother."

"They-" Yui walked into the room. She kneeled down beside Suboshi and hugged him. He pushed her away, gently, but she hugged him again. "Cry. Cry all you want Suboshi." She said in a comforting tune.

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Chichiri searched the river; trying to make a life force. Finally he found Tasuki's life force. Chichiri pulled his hand together and started mumbling some spell. He placed his staff in front of him and started spinning it. The river swung back and forth with more force than ever. Then the water split apart, Tasuki was holding Miaku in his arm, at the bottom of the river. Tasuki opened his eyes to find Chichiri's cape wrapped him and Miaku, carrying them unto land.

Tasuki cough once he was on land again. He kneeled on the ground while Chichiri carried the unconscious Miaku in his arm.

"Tamahome, is Miaka okay?" Chichiri asked.

"Yes, she's awake now."

"Miaku! Tasuki!" Miaka cried out as she saw Tasuki and Miaku.

"It's okay now, you know. We should get back to the Empire now."

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"What happened to...?" Nuriko asked.

"He's gone." Miaka answered. Her voice dull and plain. Chichiri ignored them and took Miaku to her room.

"I have to say. I feel better knowing someone evil is gone." Hotohori said.

"You're wrong!" Miaka shouted. "He's not evil. Amiboshi isn't evil. Someone-someone who plays music so clearly and beautifully isn't evil-"

"I agreed." A child's voice interrupted her.

They all looked at the door and saw a boy about 13 years old. The boy smiled at them. The two guards at the door stopped him, thinking, he was also an imposter. "Stand aside!" Hotohori commanded after the boy pulled out a leaf and blow the same tune that had saved their life.

Miaka, bend down to the boy. "What's your name?" He didn't say anything but lifted up his long pant, on his foot, a Suzaku mark shined.

"You're-you're the real Chiriko!" Tasuki announced.

"Hai!" Chiriko answered.

"What are you doing here now?" Tamohome asked.

"I was busy studying."

They were too busy talking about Chiriko that no one noticed when Taiitsukun appeared. "What are you doing now?! Where's Miaku?!"

"Tai-Taiitsukun." Miaka stated.

Miaka and her seishis looked at Taiitsukun like there was trouble coming or something. "Why's everyone looking at me like that?" Taiitsukun questioned. "We have business to talk about. Where's Miaku?"

"She-she's unconscious and sleeping in her room." Miaka answered, curiously.

"Will we have no time to waste! Follow me."

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Miaku got up from her sleeping positioned to talked with the others. Miaka sat next to her while some of the Suzaku seishis sat around the table and some stood. Taiitsukun floated in the middle.

"You all have failed...." She began. "....even though I'd given you the mirror as guide. But I didn't come here to lecture any of you." She held out her hand and a crystal ball appeared "Observed please."

The ball sparkled a while then it was covered in black. Everyone observed closely. From the middle of the crystal ball a white light blinked. Then soon a form of red lights started to surround the white light and the two colors joined together. As the two colors joined, fog started appearing, and blocked the site. Once the ball was completely covered in fog, Suzaku appeared. In a blink of any eye, Suzaku's body was ripped into little pieces, as a baby's cried was heard.

"Nani?" Everyone asked in shocked.

"What-what is this supposed to mean?" Nuriko asked pointing to the ball. Taiitsukun closed her palm and the crystal ball vanished.

"Hmmm....a red light." Hotohori examined. "It could only mean the light of Suzaku." Taiitsukun nodded yes.

"The two lights joining together means two things. Like human or element mixing as one." Added Chichiri and Taiitsukun nodded yes again.

"I can understand that." Tasuki got up. "But I don't understand the part when Suzaku's body was...was...."

"I don't understand either." Miaku said. Her voice shock like she had just seen something. "Taiitsukun, could you-could you...." I-I...why is my body...acting like this? As if...as if....

"I shouldn't have to say more than this, you understand, Miaku." Taiitsukun's voice was cold and narrowed only to Miaku. Tasuki and everyone else wondered why was Taiitsukun acting so weird. "Or would it make more sensed if I say dark priestess of Suzaku?"

Everyone gasped. "Da-dark priestess of Suzaku?!" Tasuki shouted.

"I-I don't understand?" Miaku whispered to herself but Taiitsukun heard it.

"Oh but you do, don't you. You're no one but daughter of the priestess of Suzaku."

Miaka, Tamohome, Hotohori, Nuriko, Tasuki, Chichiri, Mitsukake, and Chiriko gasped in shocked of what they've just heard. Their mind swept away by Taiitsukun's word, leaving them wordless. Miaku sat still with her head down.

"Miaku! What the hell is going on here?!" Tasuki launch toward Miaku but was frozen in place by Taiitsukun.

"Don't move." Taiitsukun commanded. Nyan Nyan, a servant of Taiitsukun, appeared, and created a see through barrier around them. A minute later, red lights shoot out of Miaku's body. " AHHH!!!" Miaku cried out as her blood spilled out of her body when her school uniform ripped into thousands of little scrapped, showing her bra and panty, only.

"Mi...Miakuuu!" Tasuki screamed trying to break free of Taiitsukun's power.

Mama, papa...Miaku thought before she saw the world around her vanished into a black hole and her strength faded....

**Well here's the fifth chapter...sorry too have taken so long. My computer keeps dying on me for some odd reason and somehow I can't seemed to get into Fanfiction.Net**