Moshimo...

Note: FY ain't mine. This chp. doesn't really have to do with Shiyo... Oh yeah, let's just say everybody got reincarnated and everything was okay. JUST FINE. Nobody died, that is. And it's pre-OVA. Er...Shiyo is mine. And everybody except Tamahome live in the palace, I dunno why, everybody meaning the Suzaku Shichiseishi.

The story begins...As usual.

2 : Chiriko

Shiyo and Miaka roamed the palace grounds. "Hey, Mi, why is that orange-haired bishoujo coming over holding that fan and looking as if she wants to kill me?" Miaka looked up and told her, "Oh. He must have found out you gave the potion to Nuriko, that's all." "What?! It's a he? I can't believe it...She's so pretty..."

"REKKA SHINEN!!!!"

Again, the birds flew out of the trees and screeched.

A fried Shiyo looked at Miaka, who had run away from the flames just in time. "MI~~~ You didn't tell me she- I mean, he has this flame producing element!" Tasuki snarled, "I don't have to look, YOU'RE the one who...who...MADE ME LIKE THIS!"

Meanwhile, in the great hall, which was under construction...

"And oxygen is made up of 2 atoms of oxygen, with the formula being O²- OUCH! *swoon*..."

"CHIRIKO!"

Chiriko got hit on the head by a stray wooden block from the ceiling and since no workers were there at the moment, nobody got blamed for it. But Mitsukake was called in to help.

* * *

"Apparently Chiriko has been hit on the head with a fairly solid object and this has affected his frontal lobe, thank goodness his cerebrum wasn't affected," Mitsukake diagnosed. Everybody looked at him blankly. "Speak English, please," Shiyo stated. "I don't speak English." "Heck, speak whatever language you can!" Mitsukake then said, "In simple terms, Chiriko got hit on the head with a wooden block and now he has become..." Mitsukake trailed off.

"Even more intelligent?" the feminine Nuriko quipped.

"Almost as beautiful as me?" Hotohori suggested.

"As piggy as Mi Yuuki?" Shiyo laughed, dodging a deadly blow of prawn crackers from Miaka.

"An idiot no da?" Chichiri said, fearing the worst. He had just woke up and had managed to catch Mitsukake's simple explanation.

"Chichiri is right. Chiriko has lost his seishi intelligence, and his normal intelligence, but I think it's temporary. *I hope it's temporary...*" Mitsukake crossed his fingers behind his back.

The plot thickens...As usual.

An hour later Chiriko woke up. He looked blankly at everyone in front of him. The 14-year-old started to drool.

"He's *beeping* doomed!" Tasuki screeched, then glaring at Shiyo, "IT MUST BE YOUR *BEEPING* FAULT YOU *BEEPING* JINX!!!" Shiyo looked offended. "Why you...little...WOMAN!!!" Then she stormed out of the room, as Miaka warned Tasuki, "She might not have a tessen, but her temper sure is fiery...You better watch where you leap, Tasuki."

Chiriko gurgled, "Nuuuu~" And lurched forward to drool on Nuriko. Screaming, *she* said, "Get of my breasts you little...!" Chiriko looked hurt and lurched towards Tasuki. Tasuki ran away, screaming, causing the birds to fly out of the trees once again. Mitsukake carried Chiriko and told the Shichiseishi, "Don't be afraid, he's just a little...Mentally handicapped right now. His brain is about the size of a cat's."

"How big is the brain of a cat?" Hotohori picked up Tama-neko and asked Mitsukake while looking at Tama-neko. Mitsukake said, "My cat can't talk!" "I'm asking you, Mits."

"Er...Look at what Miaka's eating. It's about the size of that."

A loud 'WHAT?!' from everybody, with the exception of Chichiri who said 'What no da', caused all the birds to fly out of the trees screeching their heads off again. As usual.

* * *

Shiyo was fuming in the garden and to let off some steam, she screamed as loud as she could. "I HATE TASUKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!" And yes, the birds flew out of the trees and screeched.

Then, she sat down at one of the stone chairs. I can't believe this boy genius who could actually rival MY intelligence which is 201 by the way on Earth's 'Genius-o-meter' has become an idiot, she thought. Then Miaka came out of the room, looking sad.

"Hey...Mi, why so sad?"

"Look at what I'm eating. It's the size of Chiriko's brain. Erk, I don't want to eat them anymore...I feel as if I'm eating Chiriko's brain!" She threw the packet on the floor.

Shiyo gaped in shock. "His brain's the size of a- Oh I just CAN'T imagine my brain being that size!"

"Yeah. Who would?"

"Maybe yours is that size too," Shiyo joked.

"You still can joke in this type of situation?!"

Well, maybe it's true, Shiyo thought to herself, grinning.

"Why are you grinning like this?"

"Nothing."

* * *

Tasuki grumbled, "Nuriko! *beep* Why did you give me that poisoned *beeping* cup of tea?" Nuriko laughed and said, "I just wanted to share my joy with you, pal. OOOH there's Hotohori!" And then *she* rushed off to flirt.

"Hotohori you notice anything different about me?" Nuriko asked the emperor seductively. Tasuki shook his head and walked off, muttering, "Women...*beep*...They're so *beeping* b*tchy." Then he looked at his chest. "*BEEEEEP* Oh bother. What's so great about boobs anyway?"

* * *

"Mit! Tah." Chiriko had defected speech and Mitsukake didn't manage to get EVERYTHING Chiriko tried to say. Chiriko kept voicing his demands for 'tah', whatever it was, and our poor Mits didn't know what to do. But there was somebody who did.

"Hey Mits!" Shiyo bounded into the room happily. Mitsukake said in a calm tone, "Don't call me Mits, please." "OKAY! I'll call you KAKE!" "........Mits will be fine."

"Mit! TAH!" Shiyo went over to Chiriko and cooed, "Hey little boy, what do you want?" Chiriko smiled with a type of childish shyness and said softly, "Tah..." "OH! He wants water, Mits! He speaks Signocian...?" "What on Earth's that?!" "It's not on Earth." Seeing Mitsukake's confused expression, Shiyo said, "Never mind." And she went to pour a cup of water for Chiriko.

* * *

Half an hour later, Shiyo was rummaging through her pockets for another vial she always brought along with her. Ah, found it! She then took out the strong, corrosive fluid and proceeded to Hotohori's room to ask for permission to use it on the near-death plants.

When she reached there and knocked on the door, Hotohori shouted as he opened it fiercely, "Do you know that it's a death penalty for ANYONE who DARES to enter or even KNOCK at the Emperor's room?! Now, you've got my face all wrinkled..." Shiyo gaped at him. "Uh...Heiki-sama...I just want to ask whether I could use this to help out our plants? They seem to be dying and this would revive the whole lot and another dying football field..."

Little did Shiyo know that Tasuki-the-woman was behind her and wanted to trip her over Hotohori's door so he, I mean, she pushed Shiyo and caused the chemical to be splashed on Hotohori's perfect face.

Nevertheless, the high pitched imperial shriek caused the birds to screech and fly out of their perches again.

Poor birds.

-OWARI-

Author's note: Big mistake, people. It shouldn't be OWARI it should be TSUTZUKU!!! Argh. An attempt at FY humor, Thursday, 15 November. Flames are most UNwelcome, but please give me your comments. Next chapter, Hotohori, coming up soon. JA~!