"YUI! Where did she go? I thought I saw her here just a second ago." A young woman said, striking a thinking pose. Her hair was tied up in two buns and she wore a school uniform.
"Priest of Suzaku … you must find the chosen ones to save the universe of the four gods as well as your own world. Find the ones of Neko Henten and Ranma and Akane. There shall be a spunky girl with dark blue hair with silver streaks. She shall be called Rythan. And then th-" The mysterious voice was interrupted by the young girl's laughter.
"Oh my god, who in their right mind would name their kid that!?" Her stomach growled with hunger.
"Miaka, LISTEN TO ME! Not to your stomach! Well, your name is pretty retarded so you shouldn't talk. Humph! Anyway, listen to what your powers say; that will lead you to them." The voice trailed off in an echo. (Oh, spooky, wow.) Miaka was taken by a red light (the light of Suzaku) and fell from the sky screaming.
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"Ha! Tama, you think you can beat me and my tessen, eh?!" said a man with bright orange hair dressed in a black coat that reached to about his knees, boots and khaki-colored pants. (Tasuki is my fav, he is so cool and cute! Yes, yes, he is… heh heh…)
"Boy, aren't we confident today, Tasuki." Said another man who had blue hair and the sign "oni" on his forehead. He was wearing all black with gold lining. (Tamahome, he is cool and cute, but Tasuki is much, much, much, etc… better. The bestest, the extreme-most-haha-super-cool-dude-persons!!!)
The battle between the two of them began. They both charged at each other at super speed. Tama jumped into the air doing a double summersault over Tasuki, landing on his hands to form a tornado spin kick. Tasuki got cornered into a tree, forcing him to get hit with one kick after the other. Tasuki was able to escape using his fire spell encircling Tama with intense flames. 'Damn you Tasuki, you bastard!' Tama tried to come up with strategies to escape but was clueless. The flames extinguished and nothing but smoke could be seen.
"Tasuki, where are you? Damn it all!" When Tama finally realized where Tasuki was, it was too late; he had begun his assault. Tama was being smacked left and right with the tessen. Tama could now read his attacks and caught his arm and threw him into a rock. Tasuki's back slammed into it hard and he coughed up blood.
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"AIIIIIIIII!!!" Miaka was free falling from the sky.
"What?! Is that Miaka?" Tama stopped and looked up to the sky. Miaka had fallen on top of Tasuki's chest, knocking the wind out of him. When Miaka opened her eyes she looked to see what she had landed on. What she saw was a limp, bloody Tasuki.
"Oh my God! Tasuki, are you alright?" She quickly jumped off and placed Tasuki's head on her lap. "Tasuki say something!" There was no reply. "Tasuki!" she screeched.
" Mi…aka?" He finally replied, unaware of what was going on.
"Oh, Tasuki. At first I thought you were gone." She smiled in relief.
"Miaka … is that really you? Wow, sorry to scare you." Tasuki had been in love with Miaka for a while, but he knew that she was in love with Tamahome, so he had no chance. Miaka helped Tasuki back to his feet.
"Tama! I have missed you so much!" she ran up to Tama and hugged him tightly.
He pulled her away, said, "Nice to see you again," and leaned up against a tree.
"What's wrong Tamahome? Did I do something wrong?" Miaka was very confused and now felt uncomfortable. Miaka had been away for 3 years and Tama had been wandering around. He had met this one girl that he had a stronger passion for than Miaka. Now he felt more like an older brother to Miaka than a lover.
"Miaka, I have fallen in love with another person. I feel like a brother to you—no, a distant cousin." Miaka was baffled; she understood what he said, but who and why?
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold up! You fell in love with another person?! Other than Miaka?! How could you be such a bastard, a—" Miaka held up her hand to stop him.
"So then our relationship is over. I see. I have been gone awhile so—" She was holding back a river full of tears. Then she couldn't hold them any longer and the dam broke. Tama just turned his back. Tasuki was enraged at Tama but didn't like seeing her cry uncontrollably. Tasuki placed his hand on her shoulder, wanting to grab her, but had to restrain himself. She hugged him close and hard and he was glad to hold Miaka in his arms. "Tasuki, thank you." She said in a whisper. Tama turned around to see the two together.
"Get your bloodstained hands off of her, you BASTARD!!" Tama charged at Tasuki at full speed. Tasuki, because he had to protect Miaka, threw her away from him and took a hard hit, sending him flying. He hit a tree and a branch stabbed him in his side. He fell from the tree's grip but still had the branch in his side. Miaka looked up to see what was happening. She saw Tasuki kneeling on one knee moaning and shuddering in pain. Tama was going to deliver the finishing blow when Miaka shouted.
"Stop! Tamahome, JUST STOP!" he stopped and realized what he was doing. 'Tasuki you vulture, I will kill you.' He got up and walked away.
"Tasuki are you alright?" She began to cry again.
"I am fine… I didn't hurt you did I?" he picked up his hand to wipe her tears away. She simply shook her head. He was sick and tired of this pain in his side and decided to pull it out. He sat up and cursed under his breath. "Ready, Task, this is going to hurt, but…" he began to pull it out. "Damn branch!" he finally freed himself from its grasp. "Much better… ouch." Miaka helped him up to a rock to lean up against.
"Tasuki, no da! Miaka too!" Chi-Chiri walked up and saw Tasuki's wound, he quickly gave Tasuki some medical attention. Miaka told her story of why she was there. "So we head up to Konan Palace in the morning, no da." the other two nodded.