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AN: well, sorry I havent been updating much. You wont BELIEVE the number of times I flipped coins...Heads- A seishi's worth, tails- Tasuki and the THING, heads- The journey, tails- Until we meet again. And so on. . oh well. The Journey won... and I do hope that some people that actually read this review, I HOPE. Anyways, have I mentioned something? The Journey isnt just "collect seishi, get god, go home" no no no...there's also gonna be The journey- part 2. ^.^ if I don't get sick of it...oh well.
I made this chapter MUCH longer. Used to be only 3 pages. This one took up 5½!!!
Chapter 18: A new seishi...
By: fire demoness
A man slept soundly in a dark room. The dark violet curtains drew shade over the lying figure. There was a soft snore coming from the person, stating the fact that he was most soundly asleep.
Tanahashi let go of the curtains he held in one hand. He was standing on a windowsill and as he turned around, a single rock fell from the ledge. The man inside the room gave a loud snort and he froze, but there was no more movement.He leaped onto a large tree branch and jumped onto the ground.
"HEY! YOU THERE! Where are you going? State your business."
The guards at the front gate stared at him with their spears pointed at his face. Tanahashi didn't speak a word.
"well? Where- WHAT THE-"
The guard that asked immediately stopped talking, due to the fact that he had been punched in the stomach. He rolled over on the ground, unable to move. Tanahashi smiled under his hood. All was set. He fled out the doors before other guards could come and dissappeared into the safetly of the darkness.
*inside the room*
The man's eyes snapped open and he smiled a cruel smile.
"It's all going according to plan master..."
~*@*~
"jana...wake up...we have to go..."
Soft voices...whispering…what? getting up? Noo...she was so...soo...soo tired...
"Gimme five minutes..."
she groaned and turned over...to stare right into a smiling fox-face.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NO DAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"BE QUIET YOU TWO!"
Jana and Chichiri both stopped screaming to look slack-jawed at Tatara, who had never spoke above a semi-whisper. He had just YELLED! Tatara sighed and began to get up from the floor. Jana took this chance to notice her surroundings. She was still in the forest.
"Well, let's go."
After tending to Chichiri's wounds, Tatara decided it was better to go back for the horses and supplies. The three set out on foot and wandered around in the damp forest.
*after awhile*
"Chichiri...im so tired...we've been walking for at least 2 hours."
Jana heaved a huge sigh and plopped down on the ground. Chichiri stopped in his tracks and turned back to her. He squinted into the sunlight. Tatara was walking ahead, already too far to be seen.
"We should probably catch up to Tatara no da..."
Chichiri held out a hand to help Jana up, but even he couldn't resist the power of...the PUPPY-DOG EYES!!! (sorry! I was hyper. ^.^)He "da"d and sat down beside her.
*snap*
*Whoosh*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
they screamed as the ground underneath them suddenly...LIFTED. They were rushing up...up...still. Jana blinked and slowly withdrew from Chichiri's embrace, both embarrased. They were hanging suspended in midair, due to what seemed to be a thin lined but sturdy net. She poked at the rope, but it held fast.
*tap*
"stop...im trying to figure out a way to get out of this..."
Chichiri stopped tapping at her shoulders and concentrated on his chi. After a few minutes of Jana staring at him, and Chichiri looking frustrated, he finally snapped out of his trance.
"it's no use no da. I knew my powers would be weakened a bit if I'm out of suzkau land, but this is just ridiculous no da...i can't teleport."
Jana gasped, both from the fact that he could teleport, and from the fact that he COULDN'T. (O.o don't ask...)
Before she could say anything though, there came a voice from above.
"Soooo...what did I catch today?"
a young girl, about the age of 16 or so, jumped out from the tree. She had a light-blackish kind of hair, with dark midnight black eyes. She was dressed simply, though the clothes still screamed "rich girl!" she had a pearl-encrusted head ornament and 2 strands of hair on each side of her ears. (like Tokaki) her eyes were slanted (like Soi's) and she wore a small black choker with jewels. All in all,pretty girl, but not the typical forest hunter. (oh, also tasuki's earrings.)
"Who are you?"
Jana asked, admiring her choker. The girl glared at her silently, then with a swish of her hand-knife, which had remained hidden until now, she cut something in a bush beside her. The net immedietly dropped down. They landed with a soft OOF and the girl knelt down to look at Chichiri. A smile slowly spread across her face.
"Hmm..."
she stroked his bangs playfully, giving a crafy smile to Jana. Chichiri just "da"d, unable to string a sentence together. This GIRl, who had JUMPED out of a TREE, and freed them from a net, possibly hers, and was Flirting with HIM!??!
"*cough cough* hello? Can you cut us out?"
Jana gave a weak smile to the stranger, who just glared coldly back at her. She could FEEl the once-over the girl gave her. Jana shivered slightly, not liking the look the girl gave to her jeans. Of course, white jeans with small glass jewels encrusted on the bottom and a sparkly embrodered tank top was NOT common in ancient china.
The girl sighed and cut them out. Then, to Jana and Chichiri's surprise, the girl began to lag them off into a deep part of the forest...
~*@*~
Tatara wandered through the forest, brushing plants aside. If not for his power, he would have been scratched up pretty badly… he arrived at a small clearing...and in the distance...
"Jana? I found it!the horses! Our things!...Jana??...Chichiri?..."
Tatara searched all around him, but the 2 were nowhere to be seen.
~*@*~
they had been traveling for what seemed like forever now. After about 10 minutes of the girl lagging them along, she had finally agreed to let them walk,but they couldn't run away. She turned out to be not that bad, just that some people were in the forest killing animals, and so no one could be trusted.
"here we are..."
they arrived in a village to the far west of the forest, a part even Tatara probably didn't know about. They walked along the rocky road to a well-kept and fairly large house. There were flowers all around and a servant greeted them. Jana stopped to look at the flowers for a bit before going inside.
//wouldn't Tatara love one of those…?//
they arrived inside the house, which looked even better than the outside. She was right, the girl WAS rich. No one was home, but the girl led them to a room.
"stay here."
She left them and a click assured them that they wouldn't get away.
~*@*~
Jana was running...running...if she didn't get away, it would all be for nothing...she could hear the eerie groans behind her. There was no more escaping. She had to face them...she screamed as they swooped down on her...
//IT"S NOT MY FAULT!! LEAVE ME ALONE...alone...please...just go away.…//
"jana...Jana...JANA!"
Jana blinked as she slowly returned to conciousness. Tatara was shaking her by the shoulders and frowning at her worridly.
"wha- tatara? Whasamatter?"
she mumbled as he held her up. He didn't say a word, but instead grabbed her thin light blue see-through jacket and draped it around her. He motioned for Jana to follow him and he went carefully to the door. Jana watched intently as he took a seed out from his necklace of seeds and it grew rapidly. Soon it was long and thin enough to creap under the crack under the door.
*click*
Jana smiled as Tatara called back the seed. They were free. She turned around to shake Chichiri awake, and the threesome tiptoed out into the hall.
"so where do you think YOU'RE going?"
Jana yelped as a hand landed on her shoulder. She turned around sharply to face the girl that had led them here. Jana smiled sheepishly and looked helplessly at Tatara and Chichiri. They tried to get away, only to be caught by some other servants.
"Katori? What in the WORLD are you doing?"
a woman's voice rang through the hallway. The girl turned around sharply to face a stern-looking woman.
"mother I- MOTHER!!"
A man appeared next to the woman. She choked as a knife was pressed against her neck.
"mother!!"
Katori looked on in anguish as the man slowly led her mother down the steps. Jana struggled out of the girl's grasp and ran down the stairs. Soon footsteps behind her told her that Chichiri and Tatara were there.
"Don't move or she dies..."
a harsh voice spoke. The man, who was dressed in all black, smiled cruely and pressed the knife closer and closer to the woman's neck. A thin river of blood began to creep down her kneck and she whimpered. The man grinned widely as he swept his arm back and swung the knife down, aiming for the woman's side...
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
*FLASH*
...and promply stopped an inch from her. White light crackled around him, slowly pushing closer...closer...until... there was a unhuman shreak and he was gone.
Katori stood there on the steps, her hands held out in front of her in a pushing pose. She groaned once and collasped onto the ground.
"woah no da..."
~*@*~
*It was a few days after the whole Try-to-kill-Katori's mom thing. The robber- that's what Jana suspected it was- was most likely dead...due to the white cackling light.*
"Katori...can you tell us what happened?"
Katori remained silent, staring down at her glass of milk. Finally, she looked up at Jana's smiling face.
"You don't have to call me that. I'm Amefuri to you...my miko."
TBC
Well, it was TIME for another persoN! Ok Grace and Melissa's part wasn't in, so there wasn't much humor...sorry! but as I said. Working on a site. Grace doing HTML in a bride kinda to make me continue this. ^.^" actually I was working for a site just to post the Amefuri piccies and such but in the end...DESERT OASIS! I made the name! Like it? ^.~
OO!! Lookie at the piccies!! LOOKIES!!!!! JUST LOOK!
AN: well, sorry I havent been updating much. You wont BELIEVE the number of times I flipped coins...Heads- A seishi's worth, tails- Tasuki and the THING, heads- The journey, tails- Until we meet again. And so on. . oh well. The Journey won... and I do hope that some people that actually read this review, I HOPE. Anyways, have I mentioned something? The Journey isnt just "collect seishi, get god, go home" no no no...there's also gonna be The journey- part 2. ^.^ if I don't get sick of it...oh well.
I made this chapter MUCH longer. Used to be only 3 pages. This one took up 5½!!!
Chapter 18: A new seishi...
By: fire demoness
A man slept soundly in a dark room. The dark violet curtains drew shade over the lying figure. There was a soft snore coming from the person, stating the fact that he was most soundly asleep.
Tanahashi let go of the curtains he held in one hand. He was standing on a windowsill and as he turned around, a single rock fell from the ledge. The man inside the room gave a loud snort and he froze, but there was no more movement.He leaped onto a large tree branch and jumped onto the ground.
"HEY! YOU THERE! Where are you going? State your business."
The guards at the front gate stared at him with their spears pointed at his face. Tanahashi didn't speak a word.
"well? Where- WHAT THE-"
The guard that asked immediately stopped talking, due to the fact that he had been punched in the stomach. He rolled over on the ground, unable to move. Tanahashi smiled under his hood. All was set. He fled out the doors before other guards could come and dissappeared into the safetly of the darkness.
*inside the room*
The man's eyes snapped open and he smiled a cruel smile.
"It's all going according to plan master..."
~*@*~
"jana...wake up...we have to go..."
Soft voices...whispering…what? getting up? Noo...she was so...soo...soo tired...
"Gimme five minutes..."
she groaned and turned over...to stare right into a smiling fox-face.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NO DAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"BE QUIET YOU TWO!"
Jana and Chichiri both stopped screaming to look slack-jawed at Tatara, who had never spoke above a semi-whisper. He had just YELLED! Tatara sighed and began to get up from the floor. Jana took this chance to notice her surroundings. She was still in the forest.
"Well, let's go."
After tending to Chichiri's wounds, Tatara decided it was better to go back for the horses and supplies. The three set out on foot and wandered around in the damp forest.
*after awhile*
"Chichiri...im so tired...we've been walking for at least 2 hours."
Jana heaved a huge sigh and plopped down on the ground. Chichiri stopped in his tracks and turned back to her. He squinted into the sunlight. Tatara was walking ahead, already too far to be seen.
"We should probably catch up to Tatara no da..."
Chichiri held out a hand to help Jana up, but even he couldn't resist the power of...the PUPPY-DOG EYES!!! (sorry! I was hyper. ^.^)He "da"d and sat down beside her.
*snap*
*Whoosh*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
they screamed as the ground underneath them suddenly...LIFTED. They were rushing up...up...still. Jana blinked and slowly withdrew from Chichiri's embrace, both embarrased. They were hanging suspended in midair, due to what seemed to be a thin lined but sturdy net. She poked at the rope, but it held fast.
*tap*
"stop...im trying to figure out a way to get out of this..."
Chichiri stopped tapping at her shoulders and concentrated on his chi. After a few minutes of Jana staring at him, and Chichiri looking frustrated, he finally snapped out of his trance.
"it's no use no da. I knew my powers would be weakened a bit if I'm out of suzkau land, but this is just ridiculous no da...i can't teleport."
Jana gasped, both from the fact that he could teleport, and from the fact that he COULDN'T. (O.o don't ask...)
Before she could say anything though, there came a voice from above.
"Soooo...what did I catch today?"
a young girl, about the age of 16 or so, jumped out from the tree. She had a light-blackish kind of hair, with dark midnight black eyes. She was dressed simply, though the clothes still screamed "rich girl!" she had a pearl-encrusted head ornament and 2 strands of hair on each side of her ears. (like Tokaki) her eyes were slanted (like Soi's) and she wore a small black choker with jewels. All in all,pretty girl, but not the typical forest hunter. (oh, also tasuki's earrings.)
"Who are you?"
Jana asked, admiring her choker. The girl glared at her silently, then with a swish of her hand-knife, which had remained hidden until now, she cut something in a bush beside her. The net immedietly dropped down. They landed with a soft OOF and the girl knelt down to look at Chichiri. A smile slowly spread across her face.
"Hmm..."
she stroked his bangs playfully, giving a crafy smile to Jana. Chichiri just "da"d, unable to string a sentence together. This GIRl, who had JUMPED out of a TREE, and freed them from a net, possibly hers, and was Flirting with HIM!??!
"*cough cough* hello? Can you cut us out?"
Jana gave a weak smile to the stranger, who just glared coldly back at her. She could FEEl the once-over the girl gave her. Jana shivered slightly, not liking the look the girl gave to her jeans. Of course, white jeans with small glass jewels encrusted on the bottom and a sparkly embrodered tank top was NOT common in ancient china.
The girl sighed and cut them out. Then, to Jana and Chichiri's surprise, the girl began to lag them off into a deep part of the forest...
~*@*~
Tatara wandered through the forest, brushing plants aside. If not for his power, he would have been scratched up pretty badly… he arrived at a small clearing...and in the distance...
"Jana? I found it!the horses! Our things!...Jana??...Chichiri?..."
Tatara searched all around him, but the 2 were nowhere to be seen.
~*@*~
they had been traveling for what seemed like forever now. After about 10 minutes of the girl lagging them along, she had finally agreed to let them walk,but they couldn't run away. She turned out to be not that bad, just that some people were in the forest killing animals, and so no one could be trusted.
"here we are..."
they arrived in a village to the far west of the forest, a part even Tatara probably didn't know about. They walked along the rocky road to a well-kept and fairly large house. There were flowers all around and a servant greeted them. Jana stopped to look at the flowers for a bit before going inside.
//wouldn't Tatara love one of those…?//
they arrived inside the house, which looked even better than the outside. She was right, the girl WAS rich. No one was home, but the girl led them to a room.
"stay here."
She left them and a click assured them that they wouldn't get away.
~*@*~
Jana was running...running...if she didn't get away, it would all be for nothing...she could hear the eerie groans behind her. There was no more escaping. She had to face them...she screamed as they swooped down on her...
//IT"S NOT MY FAULT!! LEAVE ME ALONE...alone...please...just go away.…//
"jana...Jana...JANA!"
Jana blinked as she slowly returned to conciousness. Tatara was shaking her by the shoulders and frowning at her worridly.
"wha- tatara? Whasamatter?"
she mumbled as he held her up. He didn't say a word, but instead grabbed her thin light blue see-through jacket and draped it around her. He motioned for Jana to follow him and he went carefully to the door. Jana watched intently as he took a seed out from his necklace of seeds and it grew rapidly. Soon it was long and thin enough to creap under the crack under the door.
*click*
Jana smiled as Tatara called back the seed. They were free. She turned around to shake Chichiri awake, and the threesome tiptoed out into the hall.
"so where do you think YOU'RE going?"
Jana yelped as a hand landed on her shoulder. She turned around sharply to face the girl that had led them here. Jana smiled sheepishly and looked helplessly at Tatara and Chichiri. They tried to get away, only to be caught by some other servants.
"Katori? What in the WORLD are you doing?"
a woman's voice rang through the hallway. The girl turned around sharply to face a stern-looking woman.
"mother I- MOTHER!!"
A man appeared next to the woman. She choked as a knife was pressed against her neck.
"mother!!"
Katori looked on in anguish as the man slowly led her mother down the steps. Jana struggled out of the girl's grasp and ran down the stairs. Soon footsteps behind her told her that Chichiri and Tatara were there.
"Don't move or she dies..."
a harsh voice spoke. The man, who was dressed in all black, smiled cruely and pressed the knife closer and closer to the woman's neck. A thin river of blood began to creep down her kneck and she whimpered. The man grinned widely as he swept his arm back and swung the knife down, aiming for the woman's side...
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
*FLASH*
...and promply stopped an inch from her. White light crackled around him, slowly pushing closer...closer...until... there was a unhuman shreak and he was gone.
Katori stood there on the steps, her hands held out in front of her in a pushing pose. She groaned once and collasped onto the ground.
"woah no da..."
~*@*~
*It was a few days after the whole Try-to-kill-Katori's mom thing. The robber- that's what Jana suspected it was- was most likely dead...due to the white cackling light.*
"Katori...can you tell us what happened?"
Katori remained silent, staring down at her glass of milk. Finally, she looked up at Jana's smiling face.
"You don't have to call me that. I'm Amefuri to you...my miko."
TBC
Well, it was TIME for another persoN! Ok Grace and Melissa's part wasn't in, so there wasn't much humor...sorry! but as I said. Working on a site. Grace doing HTML in a bride kinda to make me continue this. ^.^" actually I was working for a site just to post the Amefuri piccies and such but in the end...DESERT OASIS! I made the name! Like it? ^.~
OO!! Lookie at the piccies!! LOOKIES!!!!! JUST LOOK!