I have finally gotten chapter 4 done. Yay! Sorry it took so long,
school helped to contribute to that. Anyway, I was able to complete this
story with thanks to a snow day! I love the snow. Well, I'll stop rambeling
on and let you get to the story. Enjoi! (Enjoy!)
Kiraa Komachi
"Killer Beauty"
The young girl sat up and stretched. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. With a wave of her hand a man walked in the room. "Yes, Priestess." He bowed. "Have breakfast prepared." "Of coarse." The man turned and left the room. The girl got out of bed and put on her clothes. Just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in."' The young man entered and wrapped his arms around the girl. She blushed. "Evan..." "Megan." Evan leaned down and kissed Megan's forehead. Megan giggled. "Oh, Evan." "Come on Megan, let's go get breakfast." The two walked hand in hand down to the dining hall. Meg-chan took her seat at the table. Evan sat next to her. The emperor sat at the opposite end of the table. "Priestess, I have some people I'd like you to meet. To my right here is Jikoku. He is one of he Byakko seven." Jikoku stood and bowed to Meg-chan. Jikoku was a short old man with a long white beard. He was covered with a long brown robe that covered his eyes. He held a large hourglass. Meg-chan acknowledged Jikoku's bow before she spoke. "Yes, I have heard of you, Jikoku. You have the ability to stop time with your hourglass." "That is correct, Priestess." "Wonderful, you may be seated." Jikoku sat back down. The emperor cleared his throat. "And this is Dokufu. She is not one of the Byakko seven, but is an ally. She has agreed to be a spy and tell us of the Priestess of Suzaku's plans." A blonde woman with a jade green headband and matching clothes stood up. Her eyes met Meg-chan's. The tip of her bang appeared as if it had been dipped in red dye. Meg-chan felt a cold chill run down her spine as Dokufu's icy stare bore deep into Meg-chan's soul. Meg-chan blinked and fell out of her trance. "I am very pleased to meet you Dokufu. And I would like to thank you in advance for your services." Dokufu smiled. "Priestess, it is an honor to be serving you." Meg-chan smiled and finished her breakfast. "We shall bid all the land to be on the look out for anyone with a symbol on their body. I want them all found."
Many miles away E-chan's eyes opened to the morning's first ray of light. (Okay, so it's lunch time) "It's about time you woke up." "Sorry, Kochou. I was having a really good dream." "Really, what about." "It was about Jougen." "Jougen, who's that?" "The really hot guy that saved me yesterday." Kochou rolled her eyes. "Baka!" E-chan lost the dreamy expression in her eyes and glared at Kochou. "Did you say something?" Kochou stiffened as a sweat drop formed on her head. "N-no." Erufu hung upside down from a branch. "Kochou, what does 'baka' me..." Kochou quickly put her hand over Erufu's mouth. "Hehe...um...let's get going." E-chan glared at Kochou before getting up and packing. "So where are we going, Kockou?" Kochou threw the last of the luggage on the wagon. "I guess back to the palace. We'll see if anything new has come up." They all climb up onto the wagon and head toward the palace. As they leave Jougen comes out from behind a bush. 'I can't believe she thinks I'm hot.' Jougen pauses and puts his hand on his forehead. 'That's strange, I don't feel hot.' He shrugs and continues to follow E-chan and the others. E-chan and company arrive at the palace the next day. Just before the enter, Jougen tries to run up to E-chan but the guards stop him. Jougen easily beats them up and runs toward E-chan. Kochou rolls her eyes. 'They have got to get better guards.' Kochou and Erufu quickly step in front of E-chan as Jougen approaches them. E-chan shoves through them with big hearts in her eyes, also knocking them down in the process. (E-chan has a definite problem with knocking people down) "Jougen, long time no see!" E-chan runs up and gives Jougen a big hug. Jougen gets a sweat drop on his head. "Um...E-chan, there's something I need to tell you. I'm one of the Suzaku seven." E-chan smiles. "Awesome!" Kochou and Erufu come up to E-chan and Jougen. "Come on, Priestess. We're late." As they enter the palace E-chan talks with the newest Suzaku warrior. "Kochou can fly, and Erufu can talk to animals. So what's your talent?" "Well, I control the wind. I also use the wind to carry conversations for me." E-chan stopped and faced Jougen. "So, that means you heard everything I said about you?" Jougen nodded. "Yep." E-chan's face turned bright red. "Oh my god! So you know I like you?!" "So, that's what that meant when you said I was hot." E-chan turned even redder. "Oh my god!" Jougen put his finger on E-chan's nose. Don't worry, I think you're cute too." Just than a servant came up to E-chan. She bowed as she spoke. "Pardon me Priestess, but the meeting with the emperor has begun. Miss Kochou requests your presence." "Oh, no!" E-chan grabbed Jougen's hand and pulled him in the direction of the meeting. Erufu greeted them in the hallway. "They're waiting for you. Hurry and go in!" Erufu threw open the door. "They're here!" E-chan and Jougen took their seats. A woman with jade green clothes and blond hair with a red tip glared at them as they entered. The emperor stood. "This is Dokufu. She has agreed to report any information regarding the Priestess of Byakko." Dokufu answered E-chan's question before she could ask it. "Yes, Byakko has also found a young girl from another world. I think her name is Megan or something like that. She also has a boyfriend, Evan. Do you know her?" E-chan jumped up. "Yes she's my best friend." Dokufu smiled. "Oh really. Well, his proposes quite a problem. If you must face each other..." "Don't say that! Meg-chan and I won't fight each other. She's my friend." "Well, that's not what she said. She said..." "Stop it! Meg-chan would never say that. You're lying!" Jougen put his hands on E-chan's shoulders restraining her. "Well, I never...I don't appreciate being called a liar. Now if you'll excuse me, I must be going." Dokufu stood and walked towards the door. As she left she winked at Jougen. Jougen paid her no attention. Dokufu scowled and left. E-chan sat back down. "Do you think she was right? Do you think Meg-chan really doesn't care?" Jougen held E-chan's hand. "Forget about her. Let's all go to the festival tonight and have some fun. How 'bout it?" E-chan nodded. "Okay."
"Wow, this is so great!" E-chan gazed over the festival decorations. There were colored lanterns strung all around the booths. Confetti showered from the sky. Children ran through the streets with sparklers. Families laughing and talking together. Young couples kissing in the shadows. Erufu grabs E-chan and Jougen's hand and begins to pull them through the crowds. As more people arrive, Erufu begins to become smothered by the crowd. Jougen quickly pulls Erufu out of the crowd and places her on his shoulders. Erufu claps as she rides on Jougen shoulders. "Wee!" She then sees two young boys pass by with a bag of goldfish. "Jougen, I want a fishy." "Okay." Jougen, Erufu, and E-chan all walk together to the booth. Jougen takes Erufu off his shoulders and hands her a net. She bends down to the water and tries her best to catch a fish before her net breaks. When she doesn't catch a fish she begins to cry. "Here, Erufu, let me help." E-chan stoops down and guides Erufu's hand in the water. After a couple tries E-chan and Erufu finally catch a small fish. The fish is then put in a bag with water. Erufu takes the bag and takes off running. "I'm going to go show, Kochou!" "Erufu wait!" E-chan takes off running after Erufu. Erufu turns and waves to E-chan before she disappears. "Don't worry, I know the way!" E-chan stops. She takes a few deep breaths and looks around for Jougen. She begins to walk through the festival scanning for Jougen. She becomes nervous. 'Oh, no. I've lost Jougen.' She continues walking till she reaches the end of the festival and enters a small tavern. 'I'll rest here before going back.' E-chan takes a seat at an empty table. As she looks around the tavern she notices a man covered in a black robe staring at her. She looks away trying not to notice, but can't help glancing at him. The man finishes the last of his drink and rises from his seat. A woman flirting with another man looks up and begins to suspiciously watch the man capped in black. She reaches inside her low red collared dress and pulls out a small fan. E-chan's heart begins to race. 'I've got to get out of here. This guy is giving me the creeps.' The moment E-chan stood, a dart whisked through the air. E-chan closes her eyes, preparing for the impact. She then opens one eye and sees the dart had just missed her and hit the man beside her. He lay on the floor of the tavern dead. E-chan moved next to the woman in the short dress, away from the dead man. The woman held up her fan and with a flick of her wrist the fan opened to its full size. The woman holds it up and waves it through the air, causing the man in the black cape to sail through the air and collide with the wall. E-chan and the woman slowly approach the unconscious man. The woman then leans forward removing the cloth covering the man's face. Both girls gasp as the scar on the man's forehead glows a deep greenish color. The man quickly opens his eyes and shoves both girls onto the floor. He then scrambles up and flees from the bar. The woman stood and dusted off her butt. The men in the bar stared as the woman put her fan between her breasts. She went behind the counter and looked into the full length mirror. She took down her two buns and began to comb her glistening lavender hair. After she had finished fixing her hair she turned to the men in the bar. She got a pathetic expression on her face as tears filled her eyes. "Oh, no. My boss will not be happy about this mess. And I don't think I can clean it all by myself." Tears began to fall from her eyes. "I guess I'll be fired from another job." The woman folded her arms, laid her head on the counter, and began to weep. E-chan stood with a very dumfound look on her face. 'What is this lady doing?' Just then all the men in the bar jumped from their seats and began to clean the tavern. When the men had finished they gathered around the woman and smiled. "Kajin, look!" The woman looked up and wiped the tears from her face. She smiled when she saw the spotless tavern. She smiled. "Oh, thank you! You are so kind." As she said this a clock chimed in the background. Kajin jumped. "Well, my shift is over." The men created a path so Kajin could walk through. "See ya later boys." She blew them a kiss and left the tavern. E-chan immediately pursued her. She ran up next to her. "Hi. I'm E-chan. I want to thank you for saving me." "It's no problem." "Anyway, I was wondering, how exactly were you able to throw that guy across the room?" "It's a power I've had ever since I can remember. But I just don't throw men around, I can do that without magic, but I can cast many different spells." Just then Jougen pushed through the crowd. He was sweaty and breathing heavily. "E-chan...(huff)...I...found you." Jougen collapsed on the ground. Kajin pulled out her fan and began to create a small breeze for Jougen. "Don't worry. This happens a lot around me." E-chan laughed.
Kiraa Komachi
"Killer Beauty"
The young girl sat up and stretched. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. With a wave of her hand a man walked in the room. "Yes, Priestess." He bowed. "Have breakfast prepared." "Of coarse." The man turned and left the room. The girl got out of bed and put on her clothes. Just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in."' The young man entered and wrapped his arms around the girl. She blushed. "Evan..." "Megan." Evan leaned down and kissed Megan's forehead. Megan giggled. "Oh, Evan." "Come on Megan, let's go get breakfast." The two walked hand in hand down to the dining hall. Meg-chan took her seat at the table. Evan sat next to her. The emperor sat at the opposite end of the table. "Priestess, I have some people I'd like you to meet. To my right here is Jikoku. He is one of he Byakko seven." Jikoku stood and bowed to Meg-chan. Jikoku was a short old man with a long white beard. He was covered with a long brown robe that covered his eyes. He held a large hourglass. Meg-chan acknowledged Jikoku's bow before she spoke. "Yes, I have heard of you, Jikoku. You have the ability to stop time with your hourglass." "That is correct, Priestess." "Wonderful, you may be seated." Jikoku sat back down. The emperor cleared his throat. "And this is Dokufu. She is not one of the Byakko seven, but is an ally. She has agreed to be a spy and tell us of the Priestess of Suzaku's plans." A blonde woman with a jade green headband and matching clothes stood up. Her eyes met Meg-chan's. The tip of her bang appeared as if it had been dipped in red dye. Meg-chan felt a cold chill run down her spine as Dokufu's icy stare bore deep into Meg-chan's soul. Meg-chan blinked and fell out of her trance. "I am very pleased to meet you Dokufu. And I would like to thank you in advance for your services." Dokufu smiled. "Priestess, it is an honor to be serving you." Meg-chan smiled and finished her breakfast. "We shall bid all the land to be on the look out for anyone with a symbol on their body. I want them all found."
Many miles away E-chan's eyes opened to the morning's first ray of light. (Okay, so it's lunch time) "It's about time you woke up." "Sorry, Kochou. I was having a really good dream." "Really, what about." "It was about Jougen." "Jougen, who's that?" "The really hot guy that saved me yesterday." Kochou rolled her eyes. "Baka!" E-chan lost the dreamy expression in her eyes and glared at Kochou. "Did you say something?" Kochou stiffened as a sweat drop formed on her head. "N-no." Erufu hung upside down from a branch. "Kochou, what does 'baka' me..." Kochou quickly put her hand over Erufu's mouth. "Hehe...um...let's get going." E-chan glared at Kochou before getting up and packing. "So where are we going, Kockou?" Kochou threw the last of the luggage on the wagon. "I guess back to the palace. We'll see if anything new has come up." They all climb up onto the wagon and head toward the palace. As they leave Jougen comes out from behind a bush. 'I can't believe she thinks I'm hot.' Jougen pauses and puts his hand on his forehead. 'That's strange, I don't feel hot.' He shrugs and continues to follow E-chan and the others. E-chan and company arrive at the palace the next day. Just before the enter, Jougen tries to run up to E-chan but the guards stop him. Jougen easily beats them up and runs toward E-chan. Kochou rolls her eyes. 'They have got to get better guards.' Kochou and Erufu quickly step in front of E-chan as Jougen approaches them. E-chan shoves through them with big hearts in her eyes, also knocking them down in the process. (E-chan has a definite problem with knocking people down) "Jougen, long time no see!" E-chan runs up and gives Jougen a big hug. Jougen gets a sweat drop on his head. "Um...E-chan, there's something I need to tell you. I'm one of the Suzaku seven." E-chan smiles. "Awesome!" Kochou and Erufu come up to E-chan and Jougen. "Come on, Priestess. We're late." As they enter the palace E-chan talks with the newest Suzaku warrior. "Kochou can fly, and Erufu can talk to animals. So what's your talent?" "Well, I control the wind. I also use the wind to carry conversations for me." E-chan stopped and faced Jougen. "So, that means you heard everything I said about you?" Jougen nodded. "Yep." E-chan's face turned bright red. "Oh my god! So you know I like you?!" "So, that's what that meant when you said I was hot." E-chan turned even redder. "Oh my god!" Jougen put his finger on E-chan's nose. Don't worry, I think you're cute too." Just than a servant came up to E-chan. She bowed as she spoke. "Pardon me Priestess, but the meeting with the emperor has begun. Miss Kochou requests your presence." "Oh, no!" E-chan grabbed Jougen's hand and pulled him in the direction of the meeting. Erufu greeted them in the hallway. "They're waiting for you. Hurry and go in!" Erufu threw open the door. "They're here!" E-chan and Jougen took their seats. A woman with jade green clothes and blond hair with a red tip glared at them as they entered. The emperor stood. "This is Dokufu. She has agreed to report any information regarding the Priestess of Byakko." Dokufu answered E-chan's question before she could ask it. "Yes, Byakko has also found a young girl from another world. I think her name is Megan or something like that. She also has a boyfriend, Evan. Do you know her?" E-chan jumped up. "Yes she's my best friend." Dokufu smiled. "Oh really. Well, his proposes quite a problem. If you must face each other..." "Don't say that! Meg-chan and I won't fight each other. She's my friend." "Well, that's not what she said. She said..." "Stop it! Meg-chan would never say that. You're lying!" Jougen put his hands on E-chan's shoulders restraining her. "Well, I never...I don't appreciate being called a liar. Now if you'll excuse me, I must be going." Dokufu stood and walked towards the door. As she left she winked at Jougen. Jougen paid her no attention. Dokufu scowled and left. E-chan sat back down. "Do you think she was right? Do you think Meg-chan really doesn't care?" Jougen held E-chan's hand. "Forget about her. Let's all go to the festival tonight and have some fun. How 'bout it?" E-chan nodded. "Okay."
"Wow, this is so great!" E-chan gazed over the festival decorations. There were colored lanterns strung all around the booths. Confetti showered from the sky. Children ran through the streets with sparklers. Families laughing and talking together. Young couples kissing in the shadows. Erufu grabs E-chan and Jougen's hand and begins to pull them through the crowds. As more people arrive, Erufu begins to become smothered by the crowd. Jougen quickly pulls Erufu out of the crowd and places her on his shoulders. Erufu claps as she rides on Jougen shoulders. "Wee!" She then sees two young boys pass by with a bag of goldfish. "Jougen, I want a fishy." "Okay." Jougen, Erufu, and E-chan all walk together to the booth. Jougen takes Erufu off his shoulders and hands her a net. She bends down to the water and tries her best to catch a fish before her net breaks. When she doesn't catch a fish she begins to cry. "Here, Erufu, let me help." E-chan stoops down and guides Erufu's hand in the water. After a couple tries E-chan and Erufu finally catch a small fish. The fish is then put in a bag with water. Erufu takes the bag and takes off running. "I'm going to go show, Kochou!" "Erufu wait!" E-chan takes off running after Erufu. Erufu turns and waves to E-chan before she disappears. "Don't worry, I know the way!" E-chan stops. She takes a few deep breaths and looks around for Jougen. She begins to walk through the festival scanning for Jougen. She becomes nervous. 'Oh, no. I've lost Jougen.' She continues walking till she reaches the end of the festival and enters a small tavern. 'I'll rest here before going back.' E-chan takes a seat at an empty table. As she looks around the tavern she notices a man covered in a black robe staring at her. She looks away trying not to notice, but can't help glancing at him. The man finishes the last of his drink and rises from his seat. A woman flirting with another man looks up and begins to suspiciously watch the man capped in black. She reaches inside her low red collared dress and pulls out a small fan. E-chan's heart begins to race. 'I've got to get out of here. This guy is giving me the creeps.' The moment E-chan stood, a dart whisked through the air. E-chan closes her eyes, preparing for the impact. She then opens one eye and sees the dart had just missed her and hit the man beside her. He lay on the floor of the tavern dead. E-chan moved next to the woman in the short dress, away from the dead man. The woman held up her fan and with a flick of her wrist the fan opened to its full size. The woman holds it up and waves it through the air, causing the man in the black cape to sail through the air and collide with the wall. E-chan and the woman slowly approach the unconscious man. The woman then leans forward removing the cloth covering the man's face. Both girls gasp as the scar on the man's forehead glows a deep greenish color. The man quickly opens his eyes and shoves both girls onto the floor. He then scrambles up and flees from the bar. The woman stood and dusted off her butt. The men in the bar stared as the woman put her fan between her breasts. She went behind the counter and looked into the full length mirror. She took down her two buns and began to comb her glistening lavender hair. After she had finished fixing her hair she turned to the men in the bar. She got a pathetic expression on her face as tears filled her eyes. "Oh, no. My boss will not be happy about this mess. And I don't think I can clean it all by myself." Tears began to fall from her eyes. "I guess I'll be fired from another job." The woman folded her arms, laid her head on the counter, and began to weep. E-chan stood with a very dumfound look on her face. 'What is this lady doing?' Just then all the men in the bar jumped from their seats and began to clean the tavern. When the men had finished they gathered around the woman and smiled. "Kajin, look!" The woman looked up and wiped the tears from her face. She smiled when she saw the spotless tavern. She smiled. "Oh, thank you! You are so kind." As she said this a clock chimed in the background. Kajin jumped. "Well, my shift is over." The men created a path so Kajin could walk through. "See ya later boys." She blew them a kiss and left the tavern. E-chan immediately pursued her. She ran up next to her. "Hi. I'm E-chan. I want to thank you for saving me." "It's no problem." "Anyway, I was wondering, how exactly were you able to throw that guy across the room?" "It's a power I've had ever since I can remember. But I just don't throw men around, I can do that without magic, but I can cast many different spells." Just then Jougen pushed through the crowd. He was sweaty and breathing heavily. "E-chan...(huff)...I...found you." Jougen collapsed on the ground. Kajin pulled out her fan and began to create a small breeze for Jougen. "Don't worry. This happens a lot around me." E-chan laughed.