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11) In Which Miaka is Introduced to HIM
Miaka walked behind Katey and Chiriko. Not knowing where they were going, she hoped that Katey wasn't going to lead her somewhere horrible, like to see an egotistical maniac who like to behead people with spirit bombs. Just as Miaka finished that thought Katey's shoulders began to shake and Miaka heard the sound of stifled laughter.
"Is something funny?" she asked, wondering what Katey was laughing at.
"Oh...nothing," Katey replied, still holding laughter back.
"Tell me!" Miaka whined.
"Be quiet!" Katey snapped. "You'll find out later.
"Oh, goody," Miaka clapped her hands together with joy.
She just doesn't realize what she's getting into, does she? Katey thought.
Nope. Not at all Megan replied, communicating telepathically with Katey.
Katey led Miaka to a fairly large clearing where she stopped. Chiriko's feeble attempt at coconut clapping ceased. Miaka looked around.
The clearing was set up in courtroom format. To Miaka's left were several seats that were (she assumed) for a jury. To her right was a witness stand. In the middle stood a judge's table.
"Why a courtroom setting?" she thought to herself.
A group of people entered the clearing. Tasuki, now experiencing a hangover, stumbled to one of the jury seats with the help of Megan and Koji. Nuriko followed behind them. Taiitsukun and the pink bubble floated in. The bubble popped, and Nyan- nyan appeared. They too sat down in the jury seats. Then a jingling was heard, and Chichiri made his appearance, accompanied by his jingly staff (tm). Hotohori was the last to arrive. He gracefully made his way to the last available seat on the jury, smiling the whole way. Several jurors (names remain anonymous) cringed as they were assaulted by sparkliness.
As the last juror settled into his seat, the sound of beautiful flute music echoed throughout the clearing. A young man with dirty-blond colored hair entered the clearing. When he reached the middle of the clearing--
The music suddenly ceased.
"Wait a minute!" the flute player yelled to Megan. "My hair is not dirty! I washed it this morning when I fell in the river!"
"It's just a figure of speech, Amiboshi. I can't say your hair is just plain blond, because that's what His is."
"Yes, but I'm still offended!"
Megan sighed and crossed out some writing on a pad of paper.
A young man with sandy-colored hair entered the clearing.
"Thank you!"
When he reached the middle of the clearing, the flute player stopped, and faced the jurors.
"May I present to you Him, Lord Nakago."
All the jurors stood as Nakago entered, including Tasuki, who leaned against Megan for support.
A large, blond haired man wearing scary looking armor entered the clearing, glaring at the woman who walked beside him, clinging to his arm. The woman had her red hair pulled into a one sided odango (actually it was more donut in shape). He walked up and stood in front of the jurors.
"I am Nakago." He said. "You may be--"
"And I'm Soi!" the woman interrupted.
Nakago glared at her once more, then continued. "You may be seated." All the jurors sat down. Miaka and Katey stood in front of the judge's table, waiting.
Megan stood and presented Nakago with a crowbar. He took it with his free hand and placed it between his arm and Soi's. He then proceeded to pry Soi off. Once free of her grasp he jumped back and let go of the crowbar. Soi 's arms snapped closed, and she held the crowbar in her arms of death.
"Oh, Nakago," she cooed, mistaking the crowbar for him.
Giving her a shove back the way they had come, Nakago and the others watched Soi walk away from the clearing holding her "Nakago."
Nakago turned and sat at the judge's table. "First order of business, " he said.
Katey approached the table. "It is concerning the matters of Tamahome, Nakago. He seems to have not---"
Katey was cut off as Tamahome rushed to the scene carrying a pouch.
