Mima's Side of the Story
By: Satil
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None of the Fushigi Yuugi characters belong to me, but is rightfully owned by Watase Yuu. Only does the character Mima belong to me. And Mima would resemble me... I rather keep the same storyline. So don't sue me or anything if there's anything in here that you do NOT like. O.o;;;;; And I'd like to recieve reviews! ^_^ But no flames... @.x;;;
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This is a very long chapter, compared to my others, so make some popcorn, get your soda, and relax in your chair. ^^ This one is going to take a while.
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~*Chapter 36*~
Tuesday, August 6, 2002
"Rekka Shinen!" Tasuki chanted, and sent a greater sea of fire towards Nakago, causing a building to burn up. Unfortunately, Nakago moved out of the way.
"Our powers are back, na no da!" Chichiri exclaimed.
"No shit, Sherlock," I grinned, and took the form of a dragon similar to Seiryuu, but with arms and legs, and only the height of eight feet. My body stretched itself out into a body with red scales, grew out large wings, and the thirst for some Seiryuu Seishi blood.
I let out a roar, sending a burst of flames out of my mouth and out into the sky. 'It's a showdown!' I thought.
"Now that Suzaku's been summoned," Chichiri said, "you have no possibility of winning, no da!" He made the building behind Nakago break into two, causing it to crash down, hoping it'll bring Nakago down with it.
But it was no use. Nakago still stood his ground, and started laughing. "Well, we'll see about that," he laughed. "That girl should know what will happen to her if she merges with the divine beast."
I flapped my wings and brought myself up above Chichiri and Tasuki, hovering over them, listening to what Nakago has to say.
"That's why I put my life on the line, and appealed to Seiryuu no Miko," Nakago continued. "Knowing that she'll be devoured, will she actually merge with him?"
Miaka's red light around her began to glow even more, until it surrounded all of us.
"Miaka!" Chichiri and Tasuki exclaimed in unison.
'Let's take this bastard down already!' I thought, anxious to kill him. I opened my mouth, and got ready to let loose of fire at Nakago, when I heard Miaka say 'Kai-Jin.' I turned around, and saw her facing Seiryuu and Suzaku, who were battlnig each other.
"Here and now, giveb ack Yui!" Miaka wished. "Give me back my best friend!" A light inside of Seiryuu appeared, and out came a small, blue ball with Yui in it.
Miaka then fell down to her knees, hugging herself. Tasuki and Chichiri ran towards her, but I just flew over to see if she was all right.
'She's being devoured by Suzaku,' I thought.
Nakago sent a chi blast at us, sending Tasuki and Chichiri back. But I just dodged it by flying up, and sending my own share of power right at him, which was a blast of hell's fire. 'I won't let him kill the one I love, or Chichiri, or Miaka!' I thought, angrily.
Just then, the tip of a building began to fall on top of Miaka, and the three of us were too far away to stop it. But just as it was going to crush her, the thing stopped. I went back into my normal form, and saw that Nuriko was keeping it from landing on her!
"Nuriko!" I cried.
"Geeze," Nuriko said, disapproving the way we were fighting. "You guys can't do anything by yourselves. I got worried, so I came over."
Nakago sent two cars towards Miaka and Nuriko, attempting to kill her again, but the cars bounced off a red light, and the one who stopped the objects was the Emperor himself, Hotohori!
"Oh my God..." I gasped. "What the hell is happening?" I looked over and looked at Chichiri and Tasuki, seeing how they were taking it, and right behind them was Mitsukake and Chiriko!
"Chiriko! You were hale and hearty!?" Tasuki exclaimed, and hugged Chiriko.
I glared as I looked at the two. 'So, he gives stupid Chiriko a hug, and not his own girlfriend?!' I thought, angrily, but then sighed. 'Oh, well. Chiriko was the cutest Seishi out of all of us, anyway. And did sacrifice himself to save all of us.' I walked over to Chichiri, Tasuki, Mitsukake, and Chiriko. "Oh my God, how are you guys able to appear?" I asked.
"Oh, where's Tamahome, Miaka?" Nuriko asked.
"Oh, yeah. All that's left is Tamahome," Hotohori said.
"Tamahome!" Miaka cried. "Tamahome! Tamahome!" She kept calling over and over again, crying. "Tamahome! Tamahome!"
I watched as Miaka cried out his name, until a blast from Nakago came straight on at us. But luckily, Chichiri made a barrier to keep it from coming.
"Nakago!" we heard Tamahome scream, then red chi blasts aiming at Nakago.
"Tamahome," Miaka quietly said.
"I still have many things to do," Tamahome stepped up and stood before us, his eyes focused on Nakago. "So I came back! Everyone, take care of Miaka. I'll take care of him!"
Tamahome tried getting a hit in at Nakago, but Nakago just blocked them. Finally, Nakago sent Tamahome backwards, landing on his back.
"Don't play around, brat," Nakago said. "Don't confuse the summoning of Suzaku with victory. Let me educate you. Seiryuu is the God of Battle." Nakago sent his fist at Tamahome, and finally he kicked him right up in the face.
"Everyone, our power!" Hotohori cried. "Let's focus our chi on Tamahome!"
Chichiri stabbed his staff into the ground, making the hard concrete indent. "Miaka, grab a hold of this, no da. You must send our power to Tamahome, no da!"
I closed my eyes, putting my hands in a praying position, and focused on my chi leaving my body, and entering Tamahome's. My body got slightly weaker, but at least Tamahome was receiving my ability to change into any form of an animal, and have the agility, smell, and eyesight of a tiger that I recently developed.
I heard buildings falling all over the place, with Tamahome being shattered beneath them. I opened my eyes, still focusing my chi, but for sure, I thought Tamahome was going to die by the hands of Nakago.
What challenged my thoughts was the sight of seeing Tamahome holding up a big chunk of a building up above him. He had the strength of Nuriko inside of him. The knowing of Tamahome still being alive, I closed my eyes and focused even more on my chi being inside of him.
I heard things crashing, and then a gust of wind passing by me. I opened my eyes, to see that Nakago still stood after the huge chi blast Tamahome sent.
"Excuse me, Miaka," Chiriko said. "Can't we somehow seal Seiryuu?"
I overheard him suggesting this, and I added, "Yeah, if we sealed Seiryuu, Tamahome will be able to defeat Nakago."
"That'll be difficult, no da," Chichiri said. "Unlike the time with Suzaku, Seiryuu has already appeared, no da!"
"This scroll that Taiitsukun gave me... this scroll as some divine power," Chiriko explained. "If we could somehow seal Seiryuu into this..." We all looked behind us to take a look at the huge, blue dragon that fought against Suzaku, just as Nakago fought against Tamahome. 'Blue sadness versus red bitterness,' I thought.
"Don't be an idiot!" Tasuki exclaimed. "If we make her do something like that, she'll be consumed by Suzaku!"
"That's right!" Mitsukake agreed. "I've healed her wounds, but there's nothing I can do about Suzaku inside her!"
"Miaka, remember what you said to Yui? If you have a strong will, you can't withstand the animal god?" I asked. "I'm sure you do have a strong will, and good heart! Can't you go against Suzaku?"
Miaka heard me, but denied against it. "Chiriko, hand it over." She threw the scroll into the air, then said, "Kai-Jin." Yet again, Suzaku's symbol appeared upon her forehead, and she started to glow red. "I won't lose! I won't lose, no matter what!"
"Miaka's going to be devoured," I said. "Can't we stop this?"
"Seal off Seiryuu!" Miaka wished. I watched as the power of Suzaku overflowed Tamahome, and his fist went right through Nakago.
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~AN: I'm going to explain what Tamahome saw of Nakago's past~
"Mother." A little boy, who looked like the kid version of Nakago, took the hands of an elderly woman, and walked down a trail, happily.
"Hey, they're from a blonde tribe!" a woman exclaimed. "Don't go near them!"
"They're dangerous!" another man warned.
"Why, Mother?" Nakago asked. "Why do they hate us?" He innocently stared at the people around him, his happiness turning to sadness. His bright blue eyes were full of curiosity and youth. "We haven't done anything to them."
Later that day, a swarm of Kutou soldiers were attacking the village, and more soldiers raping Nakago's mother.
"Nakago! Nakago!" his mother cried. "Hurry... hurry, run!"
Nakago watched, sadly, as the soldiers all had some sick, sad fun with Nakago's mother. Tears appeared in his eyes as he watched, anger and heavyheartdness building up inside of him.
The tears fell as he said his mother's name. "Mother...! Mother...!" His heart started beating, and he began to scream. A sign on his forehead, reading 'heart,' appeared, and along with it, a blue light. This blue light killed off all the soldier, including his mother.
In Kutou, Nakago was brought to the Emperor.
"One of the Seiryuu Seishi? This child?" the Emperor asked.
"Yes," replied one of the soldiers. "He incinerated five soldiers and his own mother in an instant."
"Is he dangerous?" Emperor questioned.
"No," replied the second soldier. "He's been like this since that incident. He's not capable of that kind of power at the moment."
"I see," Emperor said. "He has a beautiful face, like a woman's."
The eleven year old child, Nakago, looked dazed, and seemed not to pay any attention of the things going around him. His shirt was sliding off his shoulder, and the memory of his mother and the soldiers kept replaying over and over in his mind, causing him to be torn apart inside.
"I like you," the Emperor continued. "You may stay by my side."
Some of the Emperor's concubines giggled, "How cute! You've managed to acquire a wonderful toy, Emperor!"
"What're you talking about?" His Majesty said. "He's aSeiryuu Seishi who will protect Seiryuu no Miko who will arrive from another world. We have to take care of him until then."
Nakago lied in his bed, listening in on the Emperor and his concubine's conversation. 'Until Seiryuu no Miko arrives... by then...' he thought.
When he was a grown man, he swore, "I have to be able to use my powers by then. And... someday, I'll change everything! I'll have my revenge against the heaven which has only given me hell!"
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I saw Nakago's body disappear, and Tamahome's arm still in the same position.
Miaka left her spot and went towards Tamahome. She told him something that the rest of us couldn't hear, but then she ran up to him and gave him a hug, glad to see him alive again.
"What's the meaning of this?" Tamahome took a look at us.
"Why is everybody here?" Miaka asked.
"Thanks to me!" Taiitsukun appeared, and the couple freaked out.
"Sunakake baba! Sunakake baba!" I screamed. But then, Nuriko, Mitsukake, Chiriko, and Hotohori's bodies became transparent, and little pink balls floated from them, and out came little girls that all looked the same.
"Nyan Nyan!" Miaka exclaimed.
"What do you think?" Taiitsukun asked. "They just 'borrowed' the Nyan Nyan's bodies."
We all watched (with glum faces, mind you) the Nyan Nyans rant on and on about how the Suzaku Seishi were tough and that was why they helped them out, and blah blah blah...
"Shut up!" Taiitsukun shouted.
"They're hopeless," Tamahome said.
"You've done well in summoning Suzaku, Miaka," Taiitsukun praised, and showed a vision of Kutou. "The once powerful country of Kutou has lost its ruling class, and has crumbled. But no need to worry, they'll probably start from scratch as a new country. They'll form an alliance with Konan and rebuild. The countries of Hokkan and Sairo are safe as well. You summoned Suzaku and protected the world. You've fulfilled your duty as Suzaku no Miko."
Chichiri gave the thumbs up, and suggested, "Now, let's use the final wish and get the two of you together!"
"That's right, that still needs to be done," Hotohori agreed.
Miaka and Tamahome looked at us, all glum-like.
"But, how should they wish it, no da?" Chichiri asked. "It didn't work with Byakko, no da."
"Well, they're already married," I grinned, folding my arms.
"NANI?!" everybody exclaimed.
"How do you know, Mima!?" Tamahome asked, blushing.
"Oh, I overheard you two," I answered, smiling.
"Well, um..." Nuriko said, "You'll never know unless Miaka and Tamahome try to stay together."
"Try, 'You'd better make Tama-chan a guy of this world, or else!'" Tasuki laughed.
"What's the point of threatening him?" Chiriko scolded.
"IN the meantime, let's ask him for me and Miaka to be in this world," Hotohori suggested.
"What're you talking about?!" Nuriko exclaimed.
"Bring Shoka back to life," Mitsukake said.
"Fix Taiitsukun's face!" the Nyan Nyans suggested.
"How about going back in time before the Shijin Tenchi Sho was opened?" Hotohori said.
"And then what?" Nuriko asked.
"How about for all of you to come back to life?" I asked. "You guys are freaking me out with being transparent and everything!" I exclaimed, looking as Nuriko's arm was going through mine.
"Oh, really, hmmmm...?" Nuriko got really close up to my face, until his nose went through mine.
"N-Nuriko!" I stuttered. "S-stop it!"
"Kai-Jin!" we heard Miaka say, and we all turned. "Suzaku... restore this world to its original condition."
"What the...!" Tasuki started.
"So good natured," Nuriko praised.
"She's stupid, too!" Tasuki said.
"Daaa...!" Chichiri sighed.
"What's going to happen to you and Tamahome?" Chiriko asked.
Tasuki and I looked at each other with sad eyes. "What's going to happen to us?" we asked, quietly, so nobody would hear us. But our attention returned to Miaka and Tamahome.
"Is this all right with you, Miaka?" Mistukake questioned.
"Y-you two..." Hotohori mumbled.
"Thank you, everyone, for being so concerned for us," Miaka thanked. "But I didn't think it was something to ask of Suzaku. All of you have shown me that there's something that even I can do. I've always thought I was insignificant. I've always blamed my environment, my parents, my school, my exams... I've always felt as though I was being pushed around. But I was wrong. I'm choosing to take the exams. Nobody's forced me to take them. You've given me the ability to believe in myself, the ability to think of other people, and to know there are people who love me!" Tears were streaming down her cheeks. "You've all taught me how to do that..."
"Nyan Nyan, could I borrow your body again?" Nuriko asked. "I'd like to give her another hug." I watched Nuriko and Miaka hug.
"What changes the future are the thoughts of the person," Taiitsukun said.
Miaka and Tamahome looked at all of us while they held each other.
"Everything will be okay, no da! You two can create a miracle, na no da!" Chichiri said.
"Mima, take care of Miaka," Nuriko said to me. "You'll be living in this world. With her."
"Miaka, is studying boring?" Chiriko asked, all teary.
"No. From now on, I'll just think that you wrote all the textbooks," Miaka replied.
"What? Sorry, but I don't have any parting words for you," Tasuki said, and turned his back on them. "Oh, by the way, Miaka. I'll stop hating women from now on. If I don't like 'em, the hell with 'em!" He gave a funny face.
I smacked Tasuki up in the head. "THEN WHAT AM I TO YOU, BAKA!" I glared at him, tapping my foot.
"O-onegai! I still love you!" Tasuki apologized, bowing down at my feet.
"Thank you," Miaka said. "Thank you. Everyone... Thank you, everyone!"
Tasuki held me in his arms, and we stayed like that just for a moment.
"Tasuki, will you remember me? Are you going to forget about me?" I asked.
"Of course not," he answered. "Why would I?"
"Please, don't leave me, Tasuki," I pleaded. "How can I ever be happy without you?"
"I won't ever leave you, Mima," Tasuki reassured me. "I'll always be with you. No matter what. When your upset, lonely, you must think of me, as I will do the same."
"Tasuki... Tasuki...!"
"Aishiteru, Mima. Aishiteru."
Suddenly, I felt him slipping away from my fingers. I opened my eyes, and he wasn't in front of me anymore.
I heard Chichiri teasing him about me, but that's the last thing I could hear from them.
I stumbled forward, but regained my balance, unlike Miaka. She fell down to her knees, and stared at the Shijin Tenchi Sho. She picked up the book, and clutched it against her chest.
"Oniichan..." Miaka said. "This book wasn't a book of magic, not was it a dangerous book." She looked up at her brother. "It was the most wonderful book I've ever read."
"You're right," Keisuke agreed.
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~AN: Sorry. ^^; But I just have to write what Tamahome wrote in the letter he placed on Miaka's desk!~
Miaka sat at her desk, ready to study for her exams, when she opened her drawer and found a letter. She sat back and read it, figuring it was from Tamahome.
'Dear Miaka, by the time you read this, we'll probably be seperated. But, even if we're seperated now, I believe that someday we'll meet... no, that I'll find you someday. I promise. Even if my appearance changes... even if thousands, or tens of thousands of years pass... no matter what world that may be, I'll come to see you. I'll conquer them all. Then I'll say this again in front of you. "Wo Ai Ni."'
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I sat at home, studying over my seventh grade reviews.
"Why do I have to study what I learned in seventh grade, when I'm in eighth now?" I complained, when the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Mima, is that you?" I heard Keisuke's voice on the other end.
"Yeah, what is it?" I asked.
I listened in on what Keisuke had to say.
"N-nani?! Okay, I'll be over right away!" I hung up the phone and hurried over to his place.
(AN: They just show the credits here, and you can't see what they're doing, but they're just talking.)
Miaka: Tamahome... everyone. Are you watching me? I graduated from middle school.
Yui: Miaka.
Miaka: Yui?
Yui: Why so dazed? You qualified for Yotsubadai High School, after all.
Miaka: Yui... I didn't think you'd fail to get into Jonan High.
Yui: Well, even monkeys fall from trees.
Miaka: Yui, looks like we have different classes.
Yui: Mine's next to yours. We'll all be together during P.E.
Miaka: Yui? What's that?
Yui: Well, it's Nakago's. It's strange, but it didn't dissappear. Even now, I still can't hate him. He was like me. A part of him was inside of me, so I'm trying not to forget his mistakes.
Miaka: Yeah... you're right. He was probably inside of me, too. And everybody else, as well... inside our hearts.
I met up with Keisuke at the park, and he lead me to where Miaka, and Yui were.
"That's right," Keisuke recited the lines of some story he was writing. "They all live within the young womens' hearts. And inside the heart of this handsome young man as well."
"Why did you come out of nowhere and suddenly become the narrator?!" Miaka complained.
Keisuke laughed. "Tetsuya's waiting ahead. I'll treat you to something. Come on."
I whispered to Keisuke, "Is it true?"
He just looked at me, smiling, as we walked on.
"Well, I thought about it a lot," Keisuke said out loud. "There's a little something to this world, after all. This spring, a new transfer student arrived in my class, and he's a little different. He says that he has all of his memories from a previous life since his childhood. In that life, he had a star and mission where he was out to protect a certain young lady."
Up ahead, I saw the silhouette of a college student the back of his left hand up by his head. I saw Yui's eyes widened with surprise, her jaw dropping with joy, when she finally realized who it was. But the problem was, Miaka wasn't looking. She was just listening to her brother's story, being quiet.
"He was one of seven people, eight including another, and before he was reborn, he made that girl a promise. Even if his appearance changed..." Keisuke, continued.
Miaka looked up.
"Even if thousands or tens of thousands of years passed... that he'd search for you... no matter what," Keisuke finished.
The figure stepped into the light, revealing a man with blue-green eyes, and hair of blue. When Miaka took a look at him, her eyes watered, and she covered her mouth with her right hand, and then er left.
"Finally..." Tamahome said, raising his hand up to his face, revealing a ring on his ring finger. "Finally... I've found you."
By: Satil
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None of the Fushigi Yuugi characters belong to me, but is rightfully owned by Watase Yuu. Only does the character Mima belong to me. And Mima would resemble me... I rather keep the same storyline. So don't sue me or anything if there's anything in here that you do NOT like. O.o;;;;; And I'd like to recieve reviews! ^_^ But no flames... @.x;;;
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This is a very long chapter, compared to my others, so make some popcorn, get your soda, and relax in your chair. ^^ This one is going to take a while.
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~*Chapter 36*~
Tuesday, August 6, 2002
"Rekka Shinen!" Tasuki chanted, and sent a greater sea of fire towards Nakago, causing a building to burn up. Unfortunately, Nakago moved out of the way.
"Our powers are back, na no da!" Chichiri exclaimed.
"No shit, Sherlock," I grinned, and took the form of a dragon similar to Seiryuu, but with arms and legs, and only the height of eight feet. My body stretched itself out into a body with red scales, grew out large wings, and the thirst for some Seiryuu Seishi blood.
I let out a roar, sending a burst of flames out of my mouth and out into the sky. 'It's a showdown!' I thought.
"Now that Suzaku's been summoned," Chichiri said, "you have no possibility of winning, no da!" He made the building behind Nakago break into two, causing it to crash down, hoping it'll bring Nakago down with it.
But it was no use. Nakago still stood his ground, and started laughing. "Well, we'll see about that," he laughed. "That girl should know what will happen to her if she merges with the divine beast."
I flapped my wings and brought myself up above Chichiri and Tasuki, hovering over them, listening to what Nakago has to say.
"That's why I put my life on the line, and appealed to Seiryuu no Miko," Nakago continued. "Knowing that she'll be devoured, will she actually merge with him?"
Miaka's red light around her began to glow even more, until it surrounded all of us.
"Miaka!" Chichiri and Tasuki exclaimed in unison.
'Let's take this bastard down already!' I thought, anxious to kill him. I opened my mouth, and got ready to let loose of fire at Nakago, when I heard Miaka say 'Kai-Jin.' I turned around, and saw her facing Seiryuu and Suzaku, who were battlnig each other.
"Here and now, giveb ack Yui!" Miaka wished. "Give me back my best friend!" A light inside of Seiryuu appeared, and out came a small, blue ball with Yui in it.
Miaka then fell down to her knees, hugging herself. Tasuki and Chichiri ran towards her, but I just flew over to see if she was all right.
'She's being devoured by Suzaku,' I thought.
Nakago sent a chi blast at us, sending Tasuki and Chichiri back. But I just dodged it by flying up, and sending my own share of power right at him, which was a blast of hell's fire. 'I won't let him kill the one I love, or Chichiri, or Miaka!' I thought, angrily.
Just then, the tip of a building began to fall on top of Miaka, and the three of us were too far away to stop it. But just as it was going to crush her, the thing stopped. I went back into my normal form, and saw that Nuriko was keeping it from landing on her!
"Nuriko!" I cried.
"Geeze," Nuriko said, disapproving the way we were fighting. "You guys can't do anything by yourselves. I got worried, so I came over."
Nakago sent two cars towards Miaka and Nuriko, attempting to kill her again, but the cars bounced off a red light, and the one who stopped the objects was the Emperor himself, Hotohori!
"Oh my God..." I gasped. "What the hell is happening?" I looked over and looked at Chichiri and Tasuki, seeing how they were taking it, and right behind them was Mitsukake and Chiriko!
"Chiriko! You were hale and hearty!?" Tasuki exclaimed, and hugged Chiriko.
I glared as I looked at the two. 'So, he gives stupid Chiriko a hug, and not his own girlfriend?!' I thought, angrily, but then sighed. 'Oh, well. Chiriko was the cutest Seishi out of all of us, anyway. And did sacrifice himself to save all of us.' I walked over to Chichiri, Tasuki, Mitsukake, and Chiriko. "Oh my God, how are you guys able to appear?" I asked.
"Oh, where's Tamahome, Miaka?" Nuriko asked.
"Oh, yeah. All that's left is Tamahome," Hotohori said.
"Tamahome!" Miaka cried. "Tamahome! Tamahome!" She kept calling over and over again, crying. "Tamahome! Tamahome!"
I watched as Miaka cried out his name, until a blast from Nakago came straight on at us. But luckily, Chichiri made a barrier to keep it from coming.
"Nakago!" we heard Tamahome scream, then red chi blasts aiming at Nakago.
"Tamahome," Miaka quietly said.
"I still have many things to do," Tamahome stepped up and stood before us, his eyes focused on Nakago. "So I came back! Everyone, take care of Miaka. I'll take care of him!"
Tamahome tried getting a hit in at Nakago, but Nakago just blocked them. Finally, Nakago sent Tamahome backwards, landing on his back.
"Don't play around, brat," Nakago said. "Don't confuse the summoning of Suzaku with victory. Let me educate you. Seiryuu is the God of Battle." Nakago sent his fist at Tamahome, and finally he kicked him right up in the face.
"Everyone, our power!" Hotohori cried. "Let's focus our chi on Tamahome!"
Chichiri stabbed his staff into the ground, making the hard concrete indent. "Miaka, grab a hold of this, no da. You must send our power to Tamahome, no da!"
I closed my eyes, putting my hands in a praying position, and focused on my chi leaving my body, and entering Tamahome's. My body got slightly weaker, but at least Tamahome was receiving my ability to change into any form of an animal, and have the agility, smell, and eyesight of a tiger that I recently developed.
I heard buildings falling all over the place, with Tamahome being shattered beneath them. I opened my eyes, still focusing my chi, but for sure, I thought Tamahome was going to die by the hands of Nakago.
What challenged my thoughts was the sight of seeing Tamahome holding up a big chunk of a building up above him. He had the strength of Nuriko inside of him. The knowing of Tamahome still being alive, I closed my eyes and focused even more on my chi being inside of him.
I heard things crashing, and then a gust of wind passing by me. I opened my eyes, to see that Nakago still stood after the huge chi blast Tamahome sent.
"Excuse me, Miaka," Chiriko said. "Can't we somehow seal Seiryuu?"
I overheard him suggesting this, and I added, "Yeah, if we sealed Seiryuu, Tamahome will be able to defeat Nakago."
"That'll be difficult, no da," Chichiri said. "Unlike the time with Suzaku, Seiryuu has already appeared, no da!"
"This scroll that Taiitsukun gave me... this scroll as some divine power," Chiriko explained. "If we could somehow seal Seiryuu into this..." We all looked behind us to take a look at the huge, blue dragon that fought against Suzaku, just as Nakago fought against Tamahome. 'Blue sadness versus red bitterness,' I thought.
"Don't be an idiot!" Tasuki exclaimed. "If we make her do something like that, she'll be consumed by Suzaku!"
"That's right!" Mitsukake agreed. "I've healed her wounds, but there's nothing I can do about Suzaku inside her!"
"Miaka, remember what you said to Yui? If you have a strong will, you can't withstand the animal god?" I asked. "I'm sure you do have a strong will, and good heart! Can't you go against Suzaku?"
Miaka heard me, but denied against it. "Chiriko, hand it over." She threw the scroll into the air, then said, "Kai-Jin." Yet again, Suzaku's symbol appeared upon her forehead, and she started to glow red. "I won't lose! I won't lose, no matter what!"
"Miaka's going to be devoured," I said. "Can't we stop this?"
"Seal off Seiryuu!" Miaka wished. I watched as the power of Suzaku overflowed Tamahome, and his fist went right through Nakago.
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~AN: I'm going to explain what Tamahome saw of Nakago's past~
"Mother." A little boy, who looked like the kid version of Nakago, took the hands of an elderly woman, and walked down a trail, happily.
"Hey, they're from a blonde tribe!" a woman exclaimed. "Don't go near them!"
"They're dangerous!" another man warned.
"Why, Mother?" Nakago asked. "Why do they hate us?" He innocently stared at the people around him, his happiness turning to sadness. His bright blue eyes were full of curiosity and youth. "We haven't done anything to them."
Later that day, a swarm of Kutou soldiers were attacking the village, and more soldiers raping Nakago's mother.
"Nakago! Nakago!" his mother cried. "Hurry... hurry, run!"
Nakago watched, sadly, as the soldiers all had some sick, sad fun with Nakago's mother. Tears appeared in his eyes as he watched, anger and heavyheartdness building up inside of him.
The tears fell as he said his mother's name. "Mother...! Mother...!" His heart started beating, and he began to scream. A sign on his forehead, reading 'heart,' appeared, and along with it, a blue light. This blue light killed off all the soldier, including his mother.
In Kutou, Nakago was brought to the Emperor.
"One of the Seiryuu Seishi? This child?" the Emperor asked.
"Yes," replied one of the soldiers. "He incinerated five soldiers and his own mother in an instant."
"Is he dangerous?" Emperor questioned.
"No," replied the second soldier. "He's been like this since that incident. He's not capable of that kind of power at the moment."
"I see," Emperor said. "He has a beautiful face, like a woman's."
The eleven year old child, Nakago, looked dazed, and seemed not to pay any attention of the things going around him. His shirt was sliding off his shoulder, and the memory of his mother and the soldiers kept replaying over and over in his mind, causing him to be torn apart inside.
"I like you," the Emperor continued. "You may stay by my side."
Some of the Emperor's concubines giggled, "How cute! You've managed to acquire a wonderful toy, Emperor!"
"What're you talking about?" His Majesty said. "He's aSeiryuu Seishi who will protect Seiryuu no Miko who will arrive from another world. We have to take care of him until then."
Nakago lied in his bed, listening in on the Emperor and his concubine's conversation. 'Until Seiryuu no Miko arrives... by then...' he thought.
When he was a grown man, he swore, "I have to be able to use my powers by then. And... someday, I'll change everything! I'll have my revenge against the heaven which has only given me hell!"
---
I saw Nakago's body disappear, and Tamahome's arm still in the same position.
Miaka left her spot and went towards Tamahome. She told him something that the rest of us couldn't hear, but then she ran up to him and gave him a hug, glad to see him alive again.
"What's the meaning of this?" Tamahome took a look at us.
"Why is everybody here?" Miaka asked.
"Thanks to me!" Taiitsukun appeared, and the couple freaked out.
"Sunakake baba! Sunakake baba!" I screamed. But then, Nuriko, Mitsukake, Chiriko, and Hotohori's bodies became transparent, and little pink balls floated from them, and out came little girls that all looked the same.
"Nyan Nyan!" Miaka exclaimed.
"What do you think?" Taiitsukun asked. "They just 'borrowed' the Nyan Nyan's bodies."
We all watched (with glum faces, mind you) the Nyan Nyans rant on and on about how the Suzaku Seishi were tough and that was why they helped them out, and blah blah blah...
"Shut up!" Taiitsukun shouted.
"They're hopeless," Tamahome said.
"You've done well in summoning Suzaku, Miaka," Taiitsukun praised, and showed a vision of Kutou. "The once powerful country of Kutou has lost its ruling class, and has crumbled. But no need to worry, they'll probably start from scratch as a new country. They'll form an alliance with Konan and rebuild. The countries of Hokkan and Sairo are safe as well. You summoned Suzaku and protected the world. You've fulfilled your duty as Suzaku no Miko."
Chichiri gave the thumbs up, and suggested, "Now, let's use the final wish and get the two of you together!"
"That's right, that still needs to be done," Hotohori agreed.
Miaka and Tamahome looked at us, all glum-like.
"But, how should they wish it, no da?" Chichiri asked. "It didn't work with Byakko, no da."
"Well, they're already married," I grinned, folding my arms.
"NANI?!" everybody exclaimed.
"How do you know, Mima!?" Tamahome asked, blushing.
"Oh, I overheard you two," I answered, smiling.
"Well, um..." Nuriko said, "You'll never know unless Miaka and Tamahome try to stay together."
"Try, 'You'd better make Tama-chan a guy of this world, or else!'" Tasuki laughed.
"What's the point of threatening him?" Chiriko scolded.
"IN the meantime, let's ask him for me and Miaka to be in this world," Hotohori suggested.
"What're you talking about?!" Nuriko exclaimed.
"Bring Shoka back to life," Mitsukake said.
"Fix Taiitsukun's face!" the Nyan Nyans suggested.
"How about going back in time before the Shijin Tenchi Sho was opened?" Hotohori said.
"And then what?" Nuriko asked.
"How about for all of you to come back to life?" I asked. "You guys are freaking me out with being transparent and everything!" I exclaimed, looking as Nuriko's arm was going through mine.
"Oh, really, hmmmm...?" Nuriko got really close up to my face, until his nose went through mine.
"N-Nuriko!" I stuttered. "S-stop it!"
"Kai-Jin!" we heard Miaka say, and we all turned. "Suzaku... restore this world to its original condition."
"What the...!" Tasuki started.
"So good natured," Nuriko praised.
"She's stupid, too!" Tasuki said.
"Daaa...!" Chichiri sighed.
"What's going to happen to you and Tamahome?" Chiriko asked.
Tasuki and I looked at each other with sad eyes. "What's going to happen to us?" we asked, quietly, so nobody would hear us. But our attention returned to Miaka and Tamahome.
"Is this all right with you, Miaka?" Mistukake questioned.
"Y-you two..." Hotohori mumbled.
"Thank you, everyone, for being so concerned for us," Miaka thanked. "But I didn't think it was something to ask of Suzaku. All of you have shown me that there's something that even I can do. I've always thought I was insignificant. I've always blamed my environment, my parents, my school, my exams... I've always felt as though I was being pushed around. But I was wrong. I'm choosing to take the exams. Nobody's forced me to take them. You've given me the ability to believe in myself, the ability to think of other people, and to know there are people who love me!" Tears were streaming down her cheeks. "You've all taught me how to do that..."
"Nyan Nyan, could I borrow your body again?" Nuriko asked. "I'd like to give her another hug." I watched Nuriko and Miaka hug.
"What changes the future are the thoughts of the person," Taiitsukun said.
Miaka and Tamahome looked at all of us while they held each other.
"Everything will be okay, no da! You two can create a miracle, na no da!" Chichiri said.
"Mima, take care of Miaka," Nuriko said to me. "You'll be living in this world. With her."
"Miaka, is studying boring?" Chiriko asked, all teary.
"No. From now on, I'll just think that you wrote all the textbooks," Miaka replied.
"What? Sorry, but I don't have any parting words for you," Tasuki said, and turned his back on them. "Oh, by the way, Miaka. I'll stop hating women from now on. If I don't like 'em, the hell with 'em!" He gave a funny face.
I smacked Tasuki up in the head. "THEN WHAT AM I TO YOU, BAKA!" I glared at him, tapping my foot.
"O-onegai! I still love you!" Tasuki apologized, bowing down at my feet.
"Thank you," Miaka said. "Thank you. Everyone... Thank you, everyone!"
Tasuki held me in his arms, and we stayed like that just for a moment.
"Tasuki, will you remember me? Are you going to forget about me?" I asked.
"Of course not," he answered. "Why would I?"
"Please, don't leave me, Tasuki," I pleaded. "How can I ever be happy without you?"
"I won't ever leave you, Mima," Tasuki reassured me. "I'll always be with you. No matter what. When your upset, lonely, you must think of me, as I will do the same."
"Tasuki... Tasuki...!"
"Aishiteru, Mima. Aishiteru."
Suddenly, I felt him slipping away from my fingers. I opened my eyes, and he wasn't in front of me anymore.
I heard Chichiri teasing him about me, but that's the last thing I could hear from them.
I stumbled forward, but regained my balance, unlike Miaka. She fell down to her knees, and stared at the Shijin Tenchi Sho. She picked up the book, and clutched it against her chest.
"Oniichan..." Miaka said. "This book wasn't a book of magic, not was it a dangerous book." She looked up at her brother. "It was the most wonderful book I've ever read."
"You're right," Keisuke agreed.
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~AN: Sorry. ^^; But I just have to write what Tamahome wrote in the letter he placed on Miaka's desk!~
Miaka sat at her desk, ready to study for her exams, when she opened her drawer and found a letter. She sat back and read it, figuring it was from Tamahome.
'Dear Miaka, by the time you read this, we'll probably be seperated. But, even if we're seperated now, I believe that someday we'll meet... no, that I'll find you someday. I promise. Even if my appearance changes... even if thousands, or tens of thousands of years pass... no matter what world that may be, I'll come to see you. I'll conquer them all. Then I'll say this again in front of you. "Wo Ai Ni."'
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I sat at home, studying over my seventh grade reviews.
"Why do I have to study what I learned in seventh grade, when I'm in eighth now?" I complained, when the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Mima, is that you?" I heard Keisuke's voice on the other end.
"Yeah, what is it?" I asked.
I listened in on what Keisuke had to say.
"N-nani?! Okay, I'll be over right away!" I hung up the phone and hurried over to his place.
(AN: They just show the credits here, and you can't see what they're doing, but they're just talking.)
Miaka: Tamahome... everyone. Are you watching me? I graduated from middle school.
Yui: Miaka.
Miaka: Yui?
Yui: Why so dazed? You qualified for Yotsubadai High School, after all.
Miaka: Yui... I didn't think you'd fail to get into Jonan High.
Yui: Well, even monkeys fall from trees.
Miaka: Yui, looks like we have different classes.
Yui: Mine's next to yours. We'll all be together during P.E.
Miaka: Yui? What's that?
Yui: Well, it's Nakago's. It's strange, but it didn't dissappear. Even now, I still can't hate him. He was like me. A part of him was inside of me, so I'm trying not to forget his mistakes.
Miaka: Yeah... you're right. He was probably inside of me, too. And everybody else, as well... inside our hearts.
I met up with Keisuke at the park, and he lead me to where Miaka, and Yui were.
"That's right," Keisuke recited the lines of some story he was writing. "They all live within the young womens' hearts. And inside the heart of this handsome young man as well."
"Why did you come out of nowhere and suddenly become the narrator?!" Miaka complained.
Keisuke laughed. "Tetsuya's waiting ahead. I'll treat you to something. Come on."
I whispered to Keisuke, "Is it true?"
He just looked at me, smiling, as we walked on.
"Well, I thought about it a lot," Keisuke said out loud. "There's a little something to this world, after all. This spring, a new transfer student arrived in my class, and he's a little different. He says that he has all of his memories from a previous life since his childhood. In that life, he had a star and mission where he was out to protect a certain young lady."
Up ahead, I saw the silhouette of a college student the back of his left hand up by his head. I saw Yui's eyes widened with surprise, her jaw dropping with joy, when she finally realized who it was. But the problem was, Miaka wasn't looking. She was just listening to her brother's story, being quiet.
"He was one of seven people, eight including another, and before he was reborn, he made that girl a promise. Even if his appearance changed..." Keisuke, continued.
Miaka looked up.
"Even if thousands or tens of thousands of years passed... that he'd search for you... no matter what," Keisuke finished.
The figure stepped into the light, revealing a man with blue-green eyes, and hair of blue. When Miaka took a look at him, her eyes watered, and she covered her mouth with her right hand, and then er left.
"Finally..." Tamahome said, raising his hand up to his face, revealing a ring on his ring finger. "Finally... I've found you."
