Chapter 4: Seiryuus
Note: This chapter I co-wrote with Korin, so it gets kinda sappy at parts. Trust me, this is the only chapter. After this it regains its fun bounciness!! Heh. Waen's mad at me 'cause I accidentally said she was 29. She's really 19. Hikitsu's 21. Yeah, it wouldn't be quite right the other way
Disclaimer: see 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chapters
Mitsukake blushed. "Please, Waen! Tama-neko is only my pet!"
"Gods!" Waen fell over
The healer raised an eyebrow. "I am not going to ask."
"Don't! I'm sorry; I've got a hold of myself now. I was only thinking, if Tomo had a reincarnation, would it have a pet clam?!"
"How did this stem from Tama-neko's being my pet?"
"Pets! I was thinking of people devoted to their pets. And Tomo struck my mind."
"Aw, that's not so bad. Ne, Mitsy, doesn't it ever bother you that Hotohori's wife is named Shouka?" I asked tentatively.
Mitsukake returned, "No. She is a good person, but she is not the same person. Besides, Hidemi and I are happy, so I that I don't feel about Shouka. I know she'd want me to be happy." He smiled fondly at Hidemi. (Ahh, it's getting sappy, nooooo!)
Shouka grinned up at Hotohori. "And Nuriko doesn't mind that your girlfriend is named after his little sister who doesn't exist in this life."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she's been reincarnated as his brother's fiancé. "
"I pretended to faint. "Iie!"
"Hai."
"Iie."
"Hai."
"Iie!"
"Hai!"
We argued back and forth, all the while almost collapsing with laughter. Most of the others laughed too. Suddenly there was a knock at the door of the big conference room we were in.
"Enter," called Hotohori.
A guard stepped into the room. "Heika, there is a boy at the door asking for you. He says his name is Chuin."
"Bring him in."
Behind my back, otouto was making odd choking noises. "Matte...wasn't Chuin the seishi I fought for Miaka with?"
Otouto: Cough, choke.
"Um, after he stabbed me multiple times through the chest, I kinda blacked out. What DID happen?"
Otouto: Gasp, wheeze, choke.
"You did something to him, didn't you?"
Otouto: Nod, cough.
"You killed him?"
Otouto: Nod.
"Well, this should be a happy reunion, ne?"
Otouto: "ANIKI!!!"
"What?"
At that moment, Chuin stepped into the room. He was only about 11. (Someone younger than me! I could've jumped for joy.) He had longish silver hair, big gold eyes, and a very pale complexion. He was dressed mostly like a Konan-kokoku citizen. He stared up at me and said, "Konninichiwa, Koutoku-san. I'm really sorry about what happened last time we met."
This time I really did faint.
When I came to, I was lying on a couch type thing, and everyone was looking anxiously down at me.
"Konbanwa, minna."
"Koutoku, you bakayarou, have you any idea how worried we were? We thought the shock of seeing Chuin again might have killed you!"
"Well, sadly, I'm still alive. And so you'll have to keep putting up with me."
"Sad indeed."
"So where's Chuin?"
"Right here," said the boy in question.
"Konninichiwa, ni hao ma?"
"Genki."
"Ii. Didja dump the feathers?"
He held up four long feathers in answer.
"Keep em away from me, ok?"
He nodded. "Hai, Koutoku-san. Gomen nasai."
"Ah, daidoujobu. Don't cry." For he was. "It wasn't your fault!" I bonked him gently on the head. "It was Nakago's fault, not yours."
"Wakatte. Demo, I still feel so bad about it."
"I told you, it's ok! Then you don't still?"
"Iie." He shook his head. (Oh, I have to set him up with somebody! I know, Hoshi! You'll learn who she is soooon.)
"Ii. Listen, it's over, it happened a long time ago. Nobody cares now whether you were a Seiryuu seishi or a member of N'SYNC. You're you now. Nobody else! We respect that. Right?" I glared at all the other seishi, Tasuki and otouto especially.
"Right!" they chorused.
Then Tomoko asked, "What in Suzaku's name is N'SYNC?"
Otouto fell over laughing.
"My, you people seem to be prone to falling over when you find something funny," Tomoko remarked sourly. "What is it?"
"It's a band." I told her. "They're pretty well known in Miaka's world. Hate em myself."
Chuin laughed. "I can't imagine you hating any kind of music, Koutoku-san."
"Well, I do." I laughed as well, and gave him a noogie. (Okay, yeah that part is weird. Ouch. In my freaky family we call it a potato rub)
"Ne, minna? What about the other Seiryuu constellations?" asked Hidemi slowly. "What about Miboshi, say, or Nakago?"
"Yes, and speaking of Miboshi, what about Chiriko?" Yui asked, "He's the only Suzaku sei besides Tamahome you haven't got..."
"I don't know! Ah, Seiryuu seishi or no Seiryuu seishi, I want to know why in Suzaku's name ALL of us shichiseishi are being drawn back to Konan! Non-seishi too!" Nuriko yelled.
"Because something may happen that concerns us?" ventured Maze, "We ARE all linked to seishi somehow. Suzaku probably wants us there."
"Well, WHY?! Does it concern Seiryuu? Will we be fighting anyone? I mean, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?!?"
"Nuriko, calm down. We will know when it happens," Hotohori said calmly. Nuriko ground his teeth.
"Curse you and your infuriating logic."
"Nuriko!" Taira whapped him on the head. "You never used to speak to Hotohori like that! In fact, as I recall-"
But she was cut off. I was sick of the argument, and I had played everyone to sleep, saving otouto, Tomoko, Mitsukake, and Chuin.
"Let's have an organized conference. You each represent a different side. Tomoko, you speak for the wives of the seishi, Mitsukake, for the seishi, otouto, for us otherworlders, and Chuin, you are the only known reincarnated Seiryuu sei, and so you're the logical choice. Now, what do you propose we do?"
"Well, I think that whatever Suzaku has planned (And they don't know, IT'S HILARIOUS!!) we should accept it and just go along with it," said Tomoko.
"I agree with what Tomoko has said," Mitsukake stated firmly.
"Well, he had to have SOME reason for bringing us back into Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho. Whatever it was, it was probably a good one. So, I too say that we wait and go along with it," otouto agreed.
"Yes, whatever his reason for drawing me to Konan, I am here, and I will fight with the Suzakus if necessary. I am for Konan-kokoku!" Chuin announced.
"Right then, unanimous agreement?"
"Hai!" four voices chorused.
"Then we should probably wake the others."
"Good idea. While ignoring the fact that someone is knocking on the window?" asked Tomoko.
"Nani?" I stared at the window, where indeed, a small girl with perfectly white hair was knocking gently against the glass. I ran over and opened it. "Gomen nasai, little one."
"Arigatou. My name is Hoshi. I'm the reincarnation of the Seiryuu Sei Ashitare."
"What in Suzaku's name?!?!?!"
Heh. Ok, told you that chapter'd be weird. Hopefully the next one shall be more nor- I mean, less sappy. But still as weird. Heh.
Japanese/Chinese
Kokoku: Native land, homeland
Bakayarou: Stupid idiot
Ni hao ma: How are you?
Genki: Well, as in good
Ii: Good, as in that's a good thing
Daidoujobu: It's all right
Wakatte: I know
Sei: an abbriviation of seishi. **everyone throws rotting vegetables at KoK for stating what everybody already knows**
Hoshi: It means "star". Her full name is Iwanaga Hoshi. Iwanaga is Tomite's seiyuu's last name. I'm messed up. I created her first for my acting class. Poor Hoshi.
Note: This chapter I co-wrote with Korin, so it gets kinda sappy at parts. Trust me, this is the only chapter. After this it regains its fun bounciness!! Heh. Waen's mad at me 'cause I accidentally said she was 29. She's really 19. Hikitsu's 21. Yeah, it wouldn't be quite right the other way
Disclaimer: see 1st, 2nd, and 3rd chapters
Mitsukake blushed. "Please, Waen! Tama-neko is only my pet!"
"Gods!" Waen fell over
The healer raised an eyebrow. "I am not going to ask."
"Don't! I'm sorry; I've got a hold of myself now. I was only thinking, if Tomo had a reincarnation, would it have a pet clam?!"
"How did this stem from Tama-neko's being my pet?"
"Pets! I was thinking of people devoted to their pets. And Tomo struck my mind."
"Aw, that's not so bad. Ne, Mitsy, doesn't it ever bother you that Hotohori's wife is named Shouka?" I asked tentatively.
Mitsukake returned, "No. She is a good person, but she is not the same person. Besides, Hidemi and I are happy, so I that I don't feel about Shouka. I know she'd want me to be happy." He smiled fondly at Hidemi. (Ahh, it's getting sappy, nooooo!)
Shouka grinned up at Hotohori. "And Nuriko doesn't mind that your girlfriend is named after his little sister who doesn't exist in this life."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she's been reincarnated as his brother's fiancé. "
"I pretended to faint. "Iie!"
"Hai."
"Iie."
"Hai."
"Iie!"
"Hai!"
We argued back and forth, all the while almost collapsing with laughter. Most of the others laughed too. Suddenly there was a knock at the door of the big conference room we were in.
"Enter," called Hotohori.
A guard stepped into the room. "Heika, there is a boy at the door asking for you. He says his name is Chuin."
"Bring him in."
Behind my back, otouto was making odd choking noises. "Matte...wasn't Chuin the seishi I fought for Miaka with?"
Otouto: Cough, choke.
"Um, after he stabbed me multiple times through the chest, I kinda blacked out. What DID happen?"
Otouto: Gasp, wheeze, choke.
"You did something to him, didn't you?"
Otouto: Nod, cough.
"You killed him?"
Otouto: Nod.
"Well, this should be a happy reunion, ne?"
Otouto: "ANIKI!!!"
"What?"
At that moment, Chuin stepped into the room. He was only about 11. (Someone younger than me! I could've jumped for joy.) He had longish silver hair, big gold eyes, and a very pale complexion. He was dressed mostly like a Konan-kokoku citizen. He stared up at me and said, "Konninichiwa, Koutoku-san. I'm really sorry about what happened last time we met."
This time I really did faint.
When I came to, I was lying on a couch type thing, and everyone was looking anxiously down at me.
"Konbanwa, minna."
"Koutoku, you bakayarou, have you any idea how worried we were? We thought the shock of seeing Chuin again might have killed you!"
"Well, sadly, I'm still alive. And so you'll have to keep putting up with me."
"Sad indeed."
"So where's Chuin?"
"Right here," said the boy in question.
"Konninichiwa, ni hao ma?"
"Genki."
"Ii. Didja dump the feathers?"
He held up four long feathers in answer.
"Keep em away from me, ok?"
He nodded. "Hai, Koutoku-san. Gomen nasai."
"Ah, daidoujobu. Don't cry." For he was. "It wasn't your fault!" I bonked him gently on the head. "It was Nakago's fault, not yours."
"Wakatte. Demo, I still feel so bad about it."
"I told you, it's ok! Then you don't still?"
"Iie." He shook his head. (Oh, I have to set him up with somebody! I know, Hoshi! You'll learn who she is soooon.)
"Ii. Listen, it's over, it happened a long time ago. Nobody cares now whether you were a Seiryuu seishi or a member of N'SYNC. You're you now. Nobody else! We respect that. Right?" I glared at all the other seishi, Tasuki and otouto especially.
"Right!" they chorused.
Then Tomoko asked, "What in Suzaku's name is N'SYNC?"
Otouto fell over laughing.
"My, you people seem to be prone to falling over when you find something funny," Tomoko remarked sourly. "What is it?"
"It's a band." I told her. "They're pretty well known in Miaka's world. Hate em myself."
Chuin laughed. "I can't imagine you hating any kind of music, Koutoku-san."
"Well, I do." I laughed as well, and gave him a noogie. (Okay, yeah that part is weird. Ouch. In my freaky family we call it a potato rub)
"Ne, minna? What about the other Seiryuu constellations?" asked Hidemi slowly. "What about Miboshi, say, or Nakago?"
"Yes, and speaking of Miboshi, what about Chiriko?" Yui asked, "He's the only Suzaku sei besides Tamahome you haven't got..."
"I don't know! Ah, Seiryuu seishi or no Seiryuu seishi, I want to know why in Suzaku's name ALL of us shichiseishi are being drawn back to Konan! Non-seishi too!" Nuriko yelled.
"Because something may happen that concerns us?" ventured Maze, "We ARE all linked to seishi somehow. Suzaku probably wants us there."
"Well, WHY?! Does it concern Seiryuu? Will we be fighting anyone? I mean, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?!?"
"Nuriko, calm down. We will know when it happens," Hotohori said calmly. Nuriko ground his teeth.
"Curse you and your infuriating logic."
"Nuriko!" Taira whapped him on the head. "You never used to speak to Hotohori like that! In fact, as I recall-"
But she was cut off. I was sick of the argument, and I had played everyone to sleep, saving otouto, Tomoko, Mitsukake, and Chuin.
"Let's have an organized conference. You each represent a different side. Tomoko, you speak for the wives of the seishi, Mitsukake, for the seishi, otouto, for us otherworlders, and Chuin, you are the only known reincarnated Seiryuu sei, and so you're the logical choice. Now, what do you propose we do?"
"Well, I think that whatever Suzaku has planned (And they don't know, IT'S HILARIOUS!!) we should accept it and just go along with it," said Tomoko.
"I agree with what Tomoko has said," Mitsukake stated firmly.
"Well, he had to have SOME reason for bringing us back into Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho. Whatever it was, it was probably a good one. So, I too say that we wait and go along with it," otouto agreed.
"Yes, whatever his reason for drawing me to Konan, I am here, and I will fight with the Suzakus if necessary. I am for Konan-kokoku!" Chuin announced.
"Right then, unanimous agreement?"
"Hai!" four voices chorused.
"Then we should probably wake the others."
"Good idea. While ignoring the fact that someone is knocking on the window?" asked Tomoko.
"Nani?" I stared at the window, where indeed, a small girl with perfectly white hair was knocking gently against the glass. I ran over and opened it. "Gomen nasai, little one."
"Arigatou. My name is Hoshi. I'm the reincarnation of the Seiryuu Sei Ashitare."
"What in Suzaku's name?!?!?!"
Heh. Ok, told you that chapter'd be weird. Hopefully the next one shall be more nor- I mean, less sappy. But still as weird. Heh.
Japanese/Chinese
Kokoku: Native land, homeland
Bakayarou: Stupid idiot
Ni hao ma: How are you?
Genki: Well, as in good
Ii: Good, as in that's a good thing
Daidoujobu: It's all right
Wakatte: I know
Sei: an abbriviation of seishi. **everyone throws rotting vegetables at KoK for stating what everybody already knows**
Hoshi: It means "star". Her full name is Iwanaga Hoshi. Iwanaga is Tomite's seiyuu's last name. I'm messed up. I created her first for my acting class. Poor Hoshi.