Author's notes: WAH! Nobody's reviewing except for Hanakin-chan. T_T Nobody loves my fic! *gets all depressed and doesn't feel like writing anymore* If nobody reviews this chapter, it will be the last one. And then I'll be all sad because I had such great plans for this fic. And I won't write anymore. So if my writing career is ruined, then it's all you non-reviewers' fault. Or even worse, everyone who reads my fic *is* reviewing. *gets even more depressed* Foo. Now I *really* don't want to write. But I will anyway, because I have so many good ideas floating around in my head.
"Urrgh..." Chisa woke up with a groan, every part of her body aching. "Gods damn it," she muttered. "*Why* do I have to keep waking up in pain lately?" Then she saw the ugliest thing she had ever seen staring straight into her face! She squeaked in terror and reflexively hit it. "Get *away* from me!"
The ugly thing went flying. Chisa curled back up. "I don't wanna get up," she muttered. Then she heard an old lady's voice saying, "Hotohori! Can't you control your wife?"
"No," came the immediate response. "Nobody can control her. I've been asked that many times by my advisors."
"Hey, you old ghoul," Chisa said, wincing as she got up. "Where the hell am I and who the hell are you? And why the hell do I keep on waking up in so much gods-damned pain?" She didn't mean to curse so much; she was in a bad mood, and tended to curse when she was mad.
"This is Sunukake Baba," Tamahome said, and he was whacked over the head. Chisa, however believed him.
"Oh Suzaku, no way," she cried, a slight note of panic rising in her voice. She took a fighting stance. "You won't eat me or my friends while I'm alive, you monster!" Everyone sweatdropped slightly at how gullible she was.
"Relax, no da. It's just Taiitsu-kun, no da," Chichiri tried to calm her down.
"Huh?" Chisa relaxed her stance and stared at the Oracle. "As in the Creator of Our World? Heh, no wonder she's so ancient." Taiitsu-kun glared at her.
Chisa realized she wasn't helping to give Taiitsu-kun a good first impression, but she didn't care. She was nervous, and when she was nervous, she was rude. Taiitsu-kun, however, had had enough. Chisa was sent into orbit, Nyan-Nyan style. She quickly returned, looking rather pissed.
~**~
Taiitsu-kun and the seishi were in a conference. Chisa was standing outside with the Nyan-Nyan, sulking because Taiitsu-kun wouldn't let her participate.
"Since Shimizu has come into power, your lives are all in immediate peril. Hotohori, do you know of any place that you could go into hiding where your brother would not find you?" Taiitsu-kun said.
"No. Knowing my older brothers, he has spies all over the country searching for us. There is nowhere where we would be safe."
"We could stay with the bandits," Tasuki put in. "They'd let us stay."
"No; we would not even be safe among the bandits."
"Perhaps we could flee to another country," Nuriko suggested.
"Once again, it would be useless. My brother would track us down or have the rulers put us to death."
Everyone was quiet for a few minutes. It seemed hopeless. Taiitsu-kun sighed. "I suppose I have no choice. You may have a choice. You may live here on Mount Taikyokuzan with me, or you may choose to go live in the universe which Miaka and Tamahome live in now. You needn't decide right away. I will give you time."
The council was dismissed. As soon as Chisa saw them, she ran over. "What's going to happen to us?" she cried. Terror was evident in her eyes. She had been brooding over the possibilities during her time alone, and she was starting to despair. She wrapped her arms around Hotohori and buried her face in his chest. Uncharacteristically, he made no move to return the affection.
Chichiri explained the situation, and Chisa's eyes lit up. "Oh, I want to go live with Miaka and Tamahome," she exclaimed, clapping her hands childishly. "Do you want to, Hotohori?" she asked, looking up at her husband and hoping for a change in the dead expression on his face. Her hopes were not realized. But everybody else smiled and agreed.
"Then it's settled. As soon as I am able to contact Miaka and Tamahome in the other world, I will transport the six of you." Taiitsu-kun floated off, leaving Chisa jumping up and down with glee.
End notes: I am feeling extremely discouraged and uninspired for this fic, so I'm taking a hiatus on it. I don't know how long it will last; until a) I feel better about it and I get more reviews and b) I start getting ideas for it, and I know where I actually want to go with it. So if you have any suggestions, please review or e-mail me at SageDestiny@aol.com. Any encouragement is also welcome. I'm going to start work on my CCS fic, "Bloodlines". Please read it as soon as it's posted.
"Urrgh..." Chisa woke up with a groan, every part of her body aching. "Gods damn it," she muttered. "*Why* do I have to keep waking up in pain lately?" Then she saw the ugliest thing she had ever seen staring straight into her face! She squeaked in terror and reflexively hit it. "Get *away* from me!"
The ugly thing went flying. Chisa curled back up. "I don't wanna get up," she muttered. Then she heard an old lady's voice saying, "Hotohori! Can't you control your wife?"
"No," came the immediate response. "Nobody can control her. I've been asked that many times by my advisors."
"Hey, you old ghoul," Chisa said, wincing as she got up. "Where the hell am I and who the hell are you? And why the hell do I keep on waking up in so much gods-damned pain?" She didn't mean to curse so much; she was in a bad mood, and tended to curse when she was mad.
"This is Sunukake Baba," Tamahome said, and he was whacked over the head. Chisa, however believed him.
"Oh Suzaku, no way," she cried, a slight note of panic rising in her voice. She took a fighting stance. "You won't eat me or my friends while I'm alive, you monster!" Everyone sweatdropped slightly at how gullible she was.
"Relax, no da. It's just Taiitsu-kun, no da," Chichiri tried to calm her down.
"Huh?" Chisa relaxed her stance and stared at the Oracle. "As in the Creator of Our World? Heh, no wonder she's so ancient." Taiitsu-kun glared at her.
Chisa realized she wasn't helping to give Taiitsu-kun a good first impression, but she didn't care. She was nervous, and when she was nervous, she was rude. Taiitsu-kun, however, had had enough. Chisa was sent into orbit, Nyan-Nyan style. She quickly returned, looking rather pissed.
~**~
Taiitsu-kun and the seishi were in a conference. Chisa was standing outside with the Nyan-Nyan, sulking because Taiitsu-kun wouldn't let her participate.
"Since Shimizu has come into power, your lives are all in immediate peril. Hotohori, do you know of any place that you could go into hiding where your brother would not find you?" Taiitsu-kun said.
"No. Knowing my older brothers, he has spies all over the country searching for us. There is nowhere where we would be safe."
"We could stay with the bandits," Tasuki put in. "They'd let us stay."
"No; we would not even be safe among the bandits."
"Perhaps we could flee to another country," Nuriko suggested.
"Once again, it would be useless. My brother would track us down or have the rulers put us to death."
Everyone was quiet for a few minutes. It seemed hopeless. Taiitsu-kun sighed. "I suppose I have no choice. You may have a choice. You may live here on Mount Taikyokuzan with me, or you may choose to go live in the universe which Miaka and Tamahome live in now. You needn't decide right away. I will give you time."
The council was dismissed. As soon as Chisa saw them, she ran over. "What's going to happen to us?" she cried. Terror was evident in her eyes. She had been brooding over the possibilities during her time alone, and she was starting to despair. She wrapped her arms around Hotohori and buried her face in his chest. Uncharacteristically, he made no move to return the affection.
Chichiri explained the situation, and Chisa's eyes lit up. "Oh, I want to go live with Miaka and Tamahome," she exclaimed, clapping her hands childishly. "Do you want to, Hotohori?" she asked, looking up at her husband and hoping for a change in the dead expression on his face. Her hopes were not realized. But everybody else smiled and agreed.
"Then it's settled. As soon as I am able to contact Miaka and Tamahome in the other world, I will transport the six of you." Taiitsu-kun floated off, leaving Chisa jumping up and down with glee.
End notes: I am feeling extremely discouraged and uninspired for this fic, so I'm taking a hiatus on it. I don't know how long it will last; until a) I feel better about it and I get more reviews and b) I start getting ideas for it, and I know where I actually want to go with it. So if you have any suggestions, please review or e-mail me at SageDestiny@aol.com. Any encouragement is also welcome. I'm going to start work on my CCS fic, "Bloodlines". Please read it as soon as it's posted.