| Title: "Akewateru" : The Morning Light
I found myself briskly pacing through the almost pastel-like halls of Jonan High. I sang to myself, incredibly amused at the fact that my voice echoed pretty far down. My voice was the only sound in the morning halls accompanied by the tapping of my boots as I walked down the hall. My walk continued until the person I was looking for came into view dressed in an earthy red suit. I stopped in mid lyric and fumbled to remember her name. Lucky for me, I was as smooth as ever and her named rolled off my tongue easily. "Fukao-sensei!! There you are, I've been looking for you! Ogenki desu ka?" "I'm very fine this morning, how are you?" she replied and bowed slightly. I grinned widely and pushed back my hardhat. "You're the principal, ne?" "Hai," she said, "What can I do for you? Is this news of the construction??" "Um, iie. Not really. I've actually come here to look for a someone." "A student or perhaps one of the faculty members…" "The first. You think you could help me?" She nodded and I eagerly replied, "Great!" "His name?" "Eh … I kind of at a loss for his name this moment. I can't tell you what he looks like, though- he's just about yay high," I said, holding my hand up, "… bright red hair, and fangs, um really loud and obnoxious. Has a temper, sometimes really dense? And he's not exactly the brightest guy in the -" "Nuriko!!" "Ack! Tasuki- Joking!" I comically launched myself back, preparing for a blow that never came. I only found only Taka approaching the two of us. There was a little disappointment that settled in my chest. I really didn't know what it was. I think it might have been the unconscious dodge that had actually been for Tasuki. I couldn't help it, though. I missed the guy. "Nuriko! What are you doing here?" he asked, "I thought you were working across the street??" I turned to him and shrugged, trying to brush off any disappointment that might have shown on my face. "Yeah, well, I'm on break and I figured I might bug Tasuki," I laughed. A sweat droplet appeared on Taka's forehead. The principal glanced quickly at the clock that hung on the wall beside us. She stepped forward. "Sumimasen, but I'd prefer it if you weren't to bother my students during their classes. They have work to do and I'd rather they focused on their studies rather than-" "Oooh, Iie! I wouldn't dream of bothering him during classes!" I said, "But I was planning on catching him during break or something. Or maybe right now, before classes actually start." "Sou ka," she said. But just then, a redhead appeared from around the corner and I did a double take. I leaned over to whisper to Taka, "That's him, isn't it?" I didn't take my gaze off him for a second. "Yeah. And I gotta talk to you about him later," Taka said a little darkly for my tastes. But before he could say anything else about it, the principal spoke up, "I'm afraid you may be mistaken. That is one of our latest in our recent transfer program. He doesn't go by the name of Tasuki." "Then…" I said, trailing off. "It's Miyazaki Souji," she informed us. I nodded idly and watching him walk past. He noticed me staring at him and lowered his head as if he was ashamed of something. I raised an eyebrow and waved to him, "Hi sweety!" I said brightly. His cheeks turned up a blush, but he didn't reply. I laughed to myself. "You know, it's going to be pretty hard to make friends with him if you freak him out," Taka said, but he was silenced by a swift fist to the head. "Taka, dear…mouth shut," I said to him curtly. The principal smiled politely and excused herself, continuing on her way. Taka turned to me, but something had suddenly caught my attention. I slapped a hand over his mouth. "Did you see that!?" I hissed. Taka shook his head and waited for an explanation. I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't watched Tasuki turn the corner. And from the confused look on Taka's face, he hadn't seen what I had. It was a brief flash of something silver and the quick blur of a dark shadow on the tile floor. "Fine. Go back to class. It should be starting in about ten minutes. If anything happens, I need you to keep the students distracted or as far away from here as possible. Do whatever it takes. And if things get out of control, call Hotohori-sama. He should be near by. He is a senior here, isn't he?" "Hai," He nodded. "His first class has been canceled so I think it should be no problem for him." [1] "I'm going after whatever the heck that was," I told him. "Was it-?" "Yeah. It was following Tasuki. I think I can handle it though. Nothing a little Nuriko ingenuity won't solve!" I said and I broke into a heavy run after the shadow. *~*~*~*~*~* By the time I caught sight of Tasuki, he was already heading down the stairs and walking across the courtyard towards what I suspected was his first class. I slid open the window and I jumped out, easily landing on my two feet. It wasn't too high a jump. Lucky for me, I recalled a few stray memories from my past life. And I was lucky enough to be born with my Seishi strength. It wasn't something that I needed to remember because it was a part of my physical prowess and not something I had to learn. A small patch of brickwork caught my eye as I stood and I grinned to myself as I picked up a brick from a wheelbarrow that was there. I threw it forward. It shot out into the courtyard and expectedly stopped as it hit something in midair and clanked onto the ground. I knew it. Something, or rather … someone appeared right where it had hit clutching its injured head. "Kite Kite!" I said happily. He only glared in reply to my, "I see you!" It was a creepy figure that I would expect crawled on all fours. His head was shaven clean except for a small ponytail on the back of his head. He let out an inhuman hiss and brought forward a small, handheld scythe that he wielded skillfully in his right hand. "Well, that's not quite fair. I haven't a way to defend myself," I said. He ran forward and he sliced at me. He managed to graze my shirt and create a small hole in what should have been my torso if I hadn't reacted as I did. Oh damn…he's fast. I thought to myself. I'd better not let him catch me by surprise. He came forward and let loose a flurry of swipes. I expertly dodged each one, backing up until I found myself against the wall. An idea immediately popped into my head and I feigned a terrified look. He fell for it easy. He brought his scythe forward. So I tilted my head, allowing him to lodge it into the wall beside me. "Whoops, big mistake!" I smiled bloody murder as I rushed forward and caught him while he tugged uselessly at his weapon. I kneed him in the stomach, tossing him into the air. I quickly elbowed his back, caught the front of his shirt and heaved him to the side. He crashed into the wheelbarrow and it tumbled over with a loud crash. "Oo… I should really keep it quiet down here. Someone might just pass by and get caught in the fight." I thanked Suzaku it was still early. That meant that most of the students hadn't arrived yet and there wouldn't be too much interference. Had it been in the afternoon, I knew there would probably be a crowd and that meant potential hostages that could be used against me. I cursed as I carefully walked up to where I had thrown him. He was nowhere in sight, but I could still feel his presence. He was probably going into stealth mode- or whatever the heck he called that. Immediately, I dove to the side and rolled just as the blade was thrown where I had just been standing only moments ago. I jumped into my battle stance, amazed that I still had my hardhat on after all the acrobatics I was doing. But that was sliced in half when he came forward again, going straight for my face. I had held it in front of me, and luckily, he couldn't tell where my face was and only nicked one of my hairs when I arched my neck to avoid it. "What were you doing following him, huh!?" I asked, while dodging another strike. "What do you want with Tasuki!?" He hissed again. "None of your business, Suzaku bastard," He breathed. My eyes widened. He wasn't supposed to know who I was! Everyone who did know was either on our side, or was obviously still inside of the book! The only answer I could think of was him being a Seiryuu seishi. But as far as I knew, he didn't look anything like the Seiryuu seven. Who else could it be? It couldn't be the others, because Byakko and Genbu had no bones to pick with Suzaku, let alone Tasuki and us. "Who are you!? Why-," He brought his leg behind mine and I fell backwards. I landed hard on the cement and found myself open to attack. The blade was pressed up against my neck and he brought his face close to mine. I could feel his breath on my skin and I grimaced. "He's ours now, so don't bother," I caught his hands as he brought down the final blow. I stopped it easily, but found I could do nothing on my back. I threw him to the side by his arms and jumped to my feet once more. But before I could even look up again, he was already charging at me. There was no way I'd win if he kept up with the speed! When I did land a blow it was devastating to him, but I could only land blows when he was preoccupied or when he was vulnerable. And he was getting smarter by the minute. The back of my boot was caught on a crack in the sidewalk he had made in a previous blow. I felt myself fall backwards and I watched helplessly as he ran forward to take advantage of it. I let out a small 'Ooph!' as I landed on my back. In a weak attempt to shield myself, I threw up my arms as if it would stop him. The blow never came. But there was a loud clang that caused me to open my eyes, and I found Hotohori in front of me, sword in hand. He easily deflected the next attack. "Hotohori-sama!" I said, "Your sword?" "It's not the original. My father keeps a collection of old samurai swords at home. I've been bringing them to school for such an occasion as this!" he smiled and engaged the shadow once again. Only a few more blows were exchanged before it muttered a curse and disappeared for good. "Shimatta," Hotohori said briskly. He sheathed his sword, the action bringing back old memories with his highness. Or… former highness, anyway. I easily imagined him in his long elegant robes and cloaks and I felt instantly giddy. "He's gone." He turned to me and my breath got caught up in my throat as the morning sun shone off his long, dark hair. Suzaku, he's still beautiful… "Daijoubu ka? You're not hurt, are you?" I shook my head once I was off the ground and dusted myself off. I pinched at the tear in my shirt and sighed. "Che, and I really like this shirt too," Hotohori shook his head at this and sighed, looking off in the direction that the shadow had left. "Damned Shadow thing." He turned towards me. "You know what that was?" "Heck no. I just saw it following Tasuki and decided to go after it," I said. "Tasuki? What did it want with him?" "Wakarinai. I really don't like this. This is … not good. He told me that Tasuki was 'theirs.' What do you suppose they meant by that!?" "Hn… we'll take it up with the others later. First off, let's get out of here before someone comes around and starts asking questions about the mess." I laughed, "Oh. That. Eheh. Gomen ne. I got a little carried away." "It's fine. It doesn't matter. It isn't too bad," he said, looking grimly at the site, "Next time, try to keep a low profile. There's no sense in alerting the authorities or the press in any way. But if things begin to escalate, I'm afraid that both will catch wind of our conflict…" He took one last look before turning away and saying to me, "Nevermind, let's just get out of here." "Hai, Hotohori-sama," I said and I jogged after his retreating form. [1] Do they have free block/ free period in Japan? And are classes ever cancelled? Eh… I'll find out later. Author's Note: Ehehh... short chapter. Anyway, next chapter: Nuriko takes the wheel next chapter and has a first encounter with the enemy, raising all new questions about their purpose. Sue and you will receive a ticking envelope. Please open as soon as possible: This fanfic was written without outside influence and is based on my ideas and my ideas alone. This means that any similarities between this fanfic and any others are simply coincidence. I copied no one. Liez-
So far, I only count the two new characters as OC. And one of them might
not even be an OC. lol. You'll find out. As for Keiko- well, how come no
one has figured out that Keiko is Nyan Nyan?? Lol!! Read. Click. Review. Thanks!! |
Akewateru
By: TeddysFromHeyll
The seishi have been reborn and are living their lives out as they please. But as the seishi find themselves drawn back to Miaka, they realize that maybe the peace they’ve finally found is not to last… especially for Tasuki.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure/Romance - Tasuki - Chapters: 8 - Words: 20,317 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 2 - Updated: Nov 20, 2002 - Published: Aug 31, 2002 - id: 943609
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