Okieday people. This is one of my more serious and...poetic...I guess you
would call it... chapters. More details at the bottom.
Chapter 17: Destiny: A Tribute to the Hardships of Being a Miko
Mihara took a deep breath and stared out the window of her room back in the palace in Konan. All of the memories that had been restored were flooding her. Her life in America, her friends, family. Looking back on it all she didn't want that life. No she'd rather stay in the book world with Tasuki and the others than go back to that life. True, her life had given her all that a girl could ask for. Loving parents, lots of friends, a roof over her head, a good education. But one thing that her old life failed to supply her with. Someone to care about. To love. Tasuki had filled that void. She would rather stay with him, and all the other Suzaku seishi than go back to her old life. Here she was carefree, under the protection and love her of her beloved Tasuki. But it was her destiny. She ahd been called into the book to summon Tasuki's and the other's beast god. She recalled Kyuu's words from the day they first met, a long time ago. If she were to use her last wish, she would be separated from the one she loved. "Mihara-chan?" Mihara turned and saw Tasuki in the doorwary, moonlight illuminating his features. His eyes were full of sorrow. His hair had been smoothed back, as if he had pushed it out of his face in frustration. When he spoke, his voice rang with regret. "I spoke to the others," he said quietly. "We all agreed that you should... should carry out all three of your wishes." He trailed away, waiting fo Mihara's reply. "Tasuki, don't you understand?" The brown-headed girl asked. "I don't want to leave you. Nothing that I had in the other world can amount to what I share with you." "I'm not going to let you throw your life away because of me!" Tasuki shot back, his voice raising slightly, in anger and frustration. "I don't know what kind of opportunities you had there but what do you have here?" "I have you Tasuki," Mihara said quietly. "That's all I need." Tasuki sighed, and ran his hand through his thick hair. "Listen, do you think this is any easier on me? I want to be with you. I love you so much." "Then why do you want me to leave you? Why do you agree for me to use all three wishes?" Mihara yelled, ignoring the lateness of the hour, and the fact the remaining six seishi needed their sleep. "I want you to go because I love you. I want the best for you. You won't find the best here. Use your three wishes and get back to your old life." He broke off, turning away, unable to face her." You'll find someone else. You'll forget about me. Its better that way." Mihara's eyes welled up with tears. She walked to Tasuki, his shoulders heaving with unseen sobs. She took his chin in her hand and guided it down to hers. She kissed him deeply, her hand moving to behind his back, embracing him. Tasuki broke the kiss, and pushed Mihara away. "We shouldn't do this. You're the Miko, I'm a seishi. There is nothing between use anymore." He straightened, suddenly resolute. "Mihara-sama," he said, using the official title instead of his normal endearing remark. "I spoke to Ichidou-sama. She said she would be happy to use one of her wishes to make you able to summon Suzaku, despite-" He paused angrily. "Despite that that peice of filth Nakago-" he stopped again, regaining his composure. He walked to the door before speaking again. "Good night Mihara-sama, I will be in my quarters. I suggest you get some sleep. Tomorrow is a busy day." Mihara listened to him speak, nodding. Her eyes were red, but no more tears came. "Yes, Tasuki-chan." The barrier broke and she fled into his arms. "I can't do this Tasuki! I can't live without you!" Tasuki squeezed her closer to him, savoring th warmth her body was giving off. This was the last night he was able to do this. Would he really be able to let her go after tomorrow? He gently rocked and shushed her until she fell asleep. He laid her down in the bed and crawled in beside her, not wanting to let her go.
Mihara's eyes sprang open. The sun was shining through the window. Tasuki was staring right back into her violet eyes. "I was watching you sleep," he said softly. He kicked back the covers and rolled out of bed. "Get up sleepy head." He began to change. "Go and have breakfast and then you need to go and purify yourself. While you're being purified Ichidou will make the wish and then we'll start the summoning processes." He's so cheerful, Mihara thought. She climbed out of bed and hugged Tasuki from behind. "Then this is the last time I can do this," she said, resting her head on his broad back. He tensed, but didn't reject her embrace. "Mihara..." She nestled her cheek into his shirt. "Yes I know what you're about to say. I'm the Miko, you're a seishi. We're not allowed to do this. But this is the only thing I have left. After I leave this room, I really can't do it. So just let me be for a few minutes." Tasuki couldn't say no to her. He let her squeeze him tight as a full quarter of an hour passed. Just when he was beginning to think she had fallen back asleep, she removed her hands from around him. She dressed quickly and silently. Before leaving the room, she gave him an extremely pained look that broke his heart in an instant. And then she was gone.
Mihara found a corner of the pool where she was purifying herself and buried herself in it. She let her tears flow like a river for a while, until she remembered what she was doing there. She finished cleaning and climbed out of the bath. She wrapped a towel around herself and entered the next chamber over, where she would get dressed and ready for the Summoning process. She looked at the clothes for a long while. The last outfit she would wear in the bookworld. The last time she would ever she Tasuki. She clothed herself and arranged her hair that had been specified to her. She looked around the room, and thought back to her old life. She would be able to see Nikki and Jayce, her two best friends in the whole world. Her mother and father. Little brother and sister, Jamie and Jessie. But she was leaving Tasuki. Thinking of this caused more tears to come to Mihara's already reddened eyes. She wiped them away at once. Suddenly resolute, but heartbroken by the duty she was to fufil, she flung open the doors, and strode down the halls to the summoning chamber.
End Chapter 17
*tear* I'm really going to cry.
Okieday, here's the whole thing with this chapter. Way back in like June (wow that was like chapter 12 or 13 days) when I first got my laptop I typed up basically the same chapter on it. To be perfectly and totally honest, the entire first half of this chapter came straight off my laptop. The original chapter was getting long and drawn out. Before Mihara purifies herself, she has to go say goodbye to Suzuhara and the bandits at Mt. Leikaku and so forth and so on. But my head is litterally bursting with ideas for season two, so I need to finish.
Either way.... well, I'm off to go finish the series with chapter 18, One Beloved Gift. Ja ne!!!
Mihara took a deep breath and stared out the window of her room back in the palace in Konan. All of the memories that had been restored were flooding her. Her life in America, her friends, family. Looking back on it all she didn't want that life. No she'd rather stay in the book world with Tasuki and the others than go back to that life. True, her life had given her all that a girl could ask for. Loving parents, lots of friends, a roof over her head, a good education. But one thing that her old life failed to supply her with. Someone to care about. To love. Tasuki had filled that void. She would rather stay with him, and all the other Suzaku seishi than go back to her old life. Here she was carefree, under the protection and love her of her beloved Tasuki. But it was her destiny. She ahd been called into the book to summon Tasuki's and the other's beast god. She recalled Kyuu's words from the day they first met, a long time ago. If she were to use her last wish, she would be separated from the one she loved. "Mihara-chan?" Mihara turned and saw Tasuki in the doorwary, moonlight illuminating his features. His eyes were full of sorrow. His hair had been smoothed back, as if he had pushed it out of his face in frustration. When he spoke, his voice rang with regret. "I spoke to the others," he said quietly. "We all agreed that you should... should carry out all three of your wishes." He trailed away, waiting fo Mihara's reply. "Tasuki, don't you understand?" The brown-headed girl asked. "I don't want to leave you. Nothing that I had in the other world can amount to what I share with you." "I'm not going to let you throw your life away because of me!" Tasuki shot back, his voice raising slightly, in anger and frustration. "I don't know what kind of opportunities you had there but what do you have here?" "I have you Tasuki," Mihara said quietly. "That's all I need." Tasuki sighed, and ran his hand through his thick hair. "Listen, do you think this is any easier on me? I want to be with you. I love you so much." "Then why do you want me to leave you? Why do you agree for me to use all three wishes?" Mihara yelled, ignoring the lateness of the hour, and the fact the remaining six seishi needed their sleep. "I want you to go because I love you. I want the best for you. You won't find the best here. Use your three wishes and get back to your old life." He broke off, turning away, unable to face her." You'll find someone else. You'll forget about me. Its better that way." Mihara's eyes welled up with tears. She walked to Tasuki, his shoulders heaving with unseen sobs. She took his chin in her hand and guided it down to hers. She kissed him deeply, her hand moving to behind his back, embracing him. Tasuki broke the kiss, and pushed Mihara away. "We shouldn't do this. You're the Miko, I'm a seishi. There is nothing between use anymore." He straightened, suddenly resolute. "Mihara-sama," he said, using the official title instead of his normal endearing remark. "I spoke to Ichidou-sama. She said she would be happy to use one of her wishes to make you able to summon Suzaku, despite-" He paused angrily. "Despite that that peice of filth Nakago-" he stopped again, regaining his composure. He walked to the door before speaking again. "Good night Mihara-sama, I will be in my quarters. I suggest you get some sleep. Tomorrow is a busy day." Mihara listened to him speak, nodding. Her eyes were red, but no more tears came. "Yes, Tasuki-chan." The barrier broke and she fled into his arms. "I can't do this Tasuki! I can't live without you!" Tasuki squeezed her closer to him, savoring th warmth her body was giving off. This was the last night he was able to do this. Would he really be able to let her go after tomorrow? He gently rocked and shushed her until she fell asleep. He laid her down in the bed and crawled in beside her, not wanting to let her go.
Mihara's eyes sprang open. The sun was shining through the window. Tasuki was staring right back into her violet eyes. "I was watching you sleep," he said softly. He kicked back the covers and rolled out of bed. "Get up sleepy head." He began to change. "Go and have breakfast and then you need to go and purify yourself. While you're being purified Ichidou will make the wish and then we'll start the summoning processes." He's so cheerful, Mihara thought. She climbed out of bed and hugged Tasuki from behind. "Then this is the last time I can do this," she said, resting her head on his broad back. He tensed, but didn't reject her embrace. "Mihara..." She nestled her cheek into his shirt. "Yes I know what you're about to say. I'm the Miko, you're a seishi. We're not allowed to do this. But this is the only thing I have left. After I leave this room, I really can't do it. So just let me be for a few minutes." Tasuki couldn't say no to her. He let her squeeze him tight as a full quarter of an hour passed. Just when he was beginning to think she had fallen back asleep, she removed her hands from around him. She dressed quickly and silently. Before leaving the room, she gave him an extremely pained look that broke his heart in an instant. And then she was gone.
Mihara found a corner of the pool where she was purifying herself and buried herself in it. She let her tears flow like a river for a while, until she remembered what she was doing there. She finished cleaning and climbed out of the bath. She wrapped a towel around herself and entered the next chamber over, where she would get dressed and ready for the Summoning process. She looked at the clothes for a long while. The last outfit she would wear in the bookworld. The last time she would ever she Tasuki. She clothed herself and arranged her hair that had been specified to her. She looked around the room, and thought back to her old life. She would be able to see Nikki and Jayce, her two best friends in the whole world. Her mother and father. Little brother and sister, Jamie and Jessie. But she was leaving Tasuki. Thinking of this caused more tears to come to Mihara's already reddened eyes. She wiped them away at once. Suddenly resolute, but heartbroken by the duty she was to fufil, she flung open the doors, and strode down the halls to the summoning chamber.
End Chapter 17
*tear* I'm really going to cry.
Okieday, here's the whole thing with this chapter. Way back in like June (wow that was like chapter 12 or 13 days) when I first got my laptop I typed up basically the same chapter on it. To be perfectly and totally honest, the entire first half of this chapter came straight off my laptop. The original chapter was getting long and drawn out. Before Mihara purifies herself, she has to go say goodbye to Suzuhara and the bandits at Mt. Leikaku and so forth and so on. But my head is litterally bursting with ideas for season two, so I need to finish.
Either way.... well, I'm off to go finish the series with chapter 18, One Beloved Gift. Ja ne!!!