Disclaimer: Yes, I own Fushigi Yuugi. As well as Planet Earth. -_-
^*^AN^*^ Boy, THIS is gonna take a while. First off, I think I'm gonna apologize for all the sentences being crammed together. ^_^; I got a lot of reviews about that, and would like to thank those who pointed it out to me. I hope it's easier to read now! ^_^
~Viette Adele~ No, Serena and Selena are not the same person, just similar names. Yeah, I think I DID spell Kutou's God's name wrong, Gomen! ^_^; Yes, Joses is Koji's descendent! ^_^ I just love Kouji too much to leave him outta the story. ^___^ And yes, it SHOULD have been Grandson-in-law. -_-; I need to read over these better before I post 'em... But anyway, thank you SOOO much for your reviews! I'll write more chapters soon! ^_^
~Eria~ Good to see you reviewed again! ^_^ But I kinda had more reviews for Schola/Lana, so I think that's the pairing I'm gonna use. Gomen! If you have any other favorite pairings, let me know and I'll see what I can do! Ja!
~Saihitei no Miko a.k.a. Sanomi~ *swirly eyed * Boy, you sure figured out who you wanted to be together FAST. I'll see what I can do for Marissa/ Joses, and Schola/Lana is a definite possibility. And YES, I'd be very proud to have my story on your favorites list!!! ^___^
Oh yeah, 'Kasa' is Chichiri's hat, and 'Kesa' is his cloak, I think.
Warnings: None for this chapter! I'm so proud!
Chapter 13
Lana felt her wrists burning with intense pain, but couldn't wake up. Not just yet. "Sister, you can tell no one about me, it would put you and your friends in danger. As long as no one knows you and I are one, everything is safe." Lana heard a voice telling her, and another, sounding far away, saying, "Lana! Lana, wake up, na no da!" and something holding her.
"Be safe, and watch for signs of Black Fire. It will be hard on your body for a few days to accept having me with you, you may be unconscious for a while, but you should get used to it soon. Farewell, my friend." the voice finished, and Lana slowly opened her eyes.
"Schola?" she asked softly, seeing a pair of amber eyes looking at her worriedly.
"Thank goodness, no da." Schola sighed, and looked down at her wrists. "Are you all right, no da?" he asked. Lana followed his gaze, let out a gasp, and held her wrists to her chest, then noticed Schola had his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
"Itai, wh- what are you doing here, Schola?" Schola gently let go of Lana, and said, "I need to take you to Rouin. He'll heal you."
"Who?" Lana asked, gritting her teeth against the pain that was now spreading throughout her whole body. Just her pulse beating in her wrists and temples caused intense pain, and her vision was beginning to get blurry.
"He's a healer back at the palace, he'll heal you right- Lana?!" Schola started to explain, but cried out as Lana passed out.
Schola didn't waste any time. He gently wrapped one arm around Lana's waist, and pulled his kasa down over the two of them with the other. As soon as he was back in his room, he threw his kasa on the bed, picked Lana up, one hand supporting her head, the other under her knees, and threw open his doors, running down the hall yelling for Rouin.
"What's wrong, Schola?" Marisa asked, sleepily coming out of her room, at the same time as Sodom and Rouin.
She blinked her eyes a few times, then screamed, "LANA!!! OMG, WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Kami and Joses woke with a start when they heard someone yell.
"Who the heck was that? It didn't sound like any of the girls." Kami said, rubbing his eyes.
Joses quickly got up, and said, "Come on. It came from Lana's room."
"You mean MY room." Kami growled, but also got up. Joses rolled his eyes. Kami had grumbled about the fight over his room for about an hour before he finally fell asleep. Joses and Kami both ran to the room, and threw open the door. Seeing a green haired man holding Lana a second before he disappeared.
"LANA!" they both yelled, but he was already gone.
"Hey! That was the guy from the brook earlier today!" Joses suddenly exclaimed, and Kami whirled around, saying, "What do you mean?!"
Joses sweatdropped, and rubbed the back of his neck, saying, "Oh yeah, I never told you about that did I? Heh heh."
Kami grabbed Joses by the front of the shirt, and growled, "What happened, ya jerk?!"
"I don't know, no da. She needs healed, though. Rouin, can you-" Schola started to say, but the healer had already taken Lana from him. "Daaaa, he's fast." Schola said, sweatdropping, as Rouin checked Lana over, removing the bandages from her injured arm.
"Her wrists need to be tended to first, Schola, please go get me some herbs." Schola nodded, and ran off.
"Why don't you use your powers?" Marisa asked, looking at Lana and biting her thumbnail.
"It's not bad enough to where I need to drain myself. It should only take a few hours for her wrists to heal, and the cut isn't that bad." Rouin told her, and thanked Schola, who had returned with the herbs. Marisa suddenly looked from Schola to Lana, and back again a suspicious look forming on her face.
"Schola, what were you DOING?" Marisa asked.
"How did this happen?" Sodom added, also looking at Schola with a strange expression.
"Nani?" Schola said, confused.
"How did you know Lana was hurt?" Marisa asked, and Sodom asked, "Who IS this girl?"
Schola purposely answered Sodom first. "This is the friend of Marisa-san's she was talking about. I found her by searching for her chi." Schola said.
Marisa opened her mouth to ask her question again, but Schola quickly said, "I should probably tell her friends where she is, no da." and ran out, throwing on a shirt and teleporting.
"And I don't know what he was doing with Lana, but I don't think there's any way to find out where he went." Joses finished, and Serena, Kami, and Allelu all groaned.
"Maybe he'll bring her back?" Allelu asked innocently.
Kami scratched the back of his neck, and said, "Er, Allelu, if any guy kidnapped Lana, I don't think they'd bring her back anytime soon."
"Why not?" Allelu asked, eyes wide.
Kami sighed, and then said, "I was a bandit don't forget. When WE kidnapped women, we always kept them for at LEAST a week. And that was IF their families paid the ransom."
"Was?" Joses asked, eyebrow raised.
"Er, AM." Kami said, looking slightly nervous.
"DAAA!!!" a voice suddenly cried, and the green haired guy appeared in SD form on the table.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Joses and Kami yelled, going through the roof, then landing again with a thud.
"Hello, no da! Are you Lana ch-san's friends?"
"Why yes, who are you?" Serena asked politely.
"I'm Schola, no da, of the Suzaku seishi. I just came to tell you that Lana's at the palace in Konan, and not to worry." Schola told her, jumping off the table and going into normal form.
"Lan-chan's at the capitol?" Allelu asked, starting to grin.
"Hai, no da." Schola said, nodding, but was attacked by Kami.
"TAKE. ME. TO. LANA. NOW!!!!" Kami growled, grabbing the front of Schola's shirt.
"Who are YOU, no da?" Schola said, eyes narrowing.
"This is my son, Kami. He's a friend of Lana-chan's." Serena explained, prying her son off the monk.
"How close of a friend?" Schola asked before he could stop himself.
"I'm Allelu!" Allelu introduced herself just in time to stop a fight from breaking loose between the two boys.
"Are YOU going to marry Lan-chan?" she asked, face all innocent. You could just see the halo.
Schola squawked, and blushed deeply, stammering, "Wh- what? Me? Why do you ask, na no da?"
"You almost called her Lana-chan, and you like her, don't you?" Allelu said, eyes wide in innocence, and twisting a strand of her hair.
Schola shook his head violently, and said, "I don't know what you're talking about, no da! I just met her in person a few minutes ago!"
"Speaking of which, what were you doing in Lana's room? Oh, by the way, nice to see you have a shirt on now." Joses smirked, and smirked even more when Schola turned several shades of crimson.
"I was checking on her for Marisa-chan, and saw she had burned her wrists, so I took her to the palace healer. I was just about to go to sleep when I came and got her, no da!" Schola said, knowing the thing about Marisa was a flat out lie, but not caring at the moment.
"Lana never burned her wrists." Kami said, looking at Schola in suspicion and distrust. Allelu on the other hand was more believing.
"Lana's hurt? Please take me to her, Schola-san." she said in a surprisingly adult voice.
Schola thought for a second, before saying, "Okay, no da." and taking off his kesa.
"Wait a second, if you're gonna take her, you're taking ME too!" Kami snarled.
"I'm coming if Kami is." Joses said too, crossing his arms.
"I would like to check on Lana-chan too if you don't mind, she's like a daughter to me." Serena added. By now poor Schola had swirls in his eyes and was back in SD form.
"Schola-san?" Allelu asked gently, and shook his shoulder.
"Okay, you can all come, no da. YOU'RE going to have to explain to the emperor what you're doing at the palace though." Schola said finally, looking like he had a headache.
"We'll just use whatever excuse Lana did." Kami said with a shrug.
Schola sweatdropped. "Um, Lana didn't use an excuse, no da." he told them, not sure how he was going to explain this one.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked, confused.
Schola poked the tips of his index fingers together, and said nervously, "Um, Lana-san's been unconscious since before I brought her to the palace, no da."
"Why won't Lana wake back up, Rouin?" Marisa asked worriedly, putting a cool cloth on Lana's forehead. While they had been treating her wrists and the cut on her arm, Lana had broken out in a fever.
"This just keeps on getting worse and worse." Rouin sighed, and finally set the herbs aside, sighing and saying, "Alright Marisa-san, stand back. I'm going to have to use my powers on her." Marisa nodded and stood a little ways away from the bed. Rouin held up a hand to Lana, and a glowing red symbol appeared on his palm. Marisa sighed in relief when she saw that Lana's flushed face went back to normal, and the cut on her arm healed.
Rouin took his hand away, and said, "That should do i- What? Her wrists are still burned, they should be healed!" Marisa leaned over, and saw that indeed, Lana's wrists were still an angry red.
"Maybe we should just bandage them with some herbs like earlier." she suggested. Rouin reluctantly nodded, looking confused, and smeared a paste made from several herbs on Lana's wrists, then put bandages over them.
"How is your friend?" Sodom asked, looking into the room.
"Her wrists are still burnt, and she has not regained consciousness." Rouin sighed, and stood.
"I suggest we let her rest, and get some sleep ourselves." Sodom and Marisa nodded in agreement, and walked out of the room.
"Shouldn't Schola be back by now?" Marisa asked.
^*^AN^*^ Boy, THIS is gonna take a while. First off, I think I'm gonna apologize for all the sentences being crammed together. ^_^; I got a lot of reviews about that, and would like to thank those who pointed it out to me. I hope it's easier to read now! ^_^
~Viette Adele~ No, Serena and Selena are not the same person, just similar names. Yeah, I think I DID spell Kutou's God's name wrong, Gomen! ^_^; Yes, Joses is Koji's descendent! ^_^ I just love Kouji too much to leave him outta the story. ^___^ And yes, it SHOULD have been Grandson-in-law. -_-; I need to read over these better before I post 'em... But anyway, thank you SOOO much for your reviews! I'll write more chapters soon! ^_^
~Eria~ Good to see you reviewed again! ^_^ But I kinda had more reviews for Schola/Lana, so I think that's the pairing I'm gonna use. Gomen! If you have any other favorite pairings, let me know and I'll see what I can do! Ja!
~Saihitei no Miko a.k.a. Sanomi~ *swirly eyed * Boy, you sure figured out who you wanted to be together FAST. I'll see what I can do for Marissa/ Joses, and Schola/Lana is a definite possibility. And YES, I'd be very proud to have my story on your favorites list!!! ^___^
Oh yeah, 'Kasa' is Chichiri's hat, and 'Kesa' is his cloak, I think.
Warnings: None for this chapter! I'm so proud!
Chapter 13
Lana felt her wrists burning with intense pain, but couldn't wake up. Not just yet. "Sister, you can tell no one about me, it would put you and your friends in danger. As long as no one knows you and I are one, everything is safe." Lana heard a voice telling her, and another, sounding far away, saying, "Lana! Lana, wake up, na no da!" and something holding her.
"Be safe, and watch for signs of Black Fire. It will be hard on your body for a few days to accept having me with you, you may be unconscious for a while, but you should get used to it soon. Farewell, my friend." the voice finished, and Lana slowly opened her eyes.
"Schola?" she asked softly, seeing a pair of amber eyes looking at her worriedly.
"Thank goodness, no da." Schola sighed, and looked down at her wrists. "Are you all right, no da?" he asked. Lana followed his gaze, let out a gasp, and held her wrists to her chest, then noticed Schola had his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
"Itai, wh- what are you doing here, Schola?" Schola gently let go of Lana, and said, "I need to take you to Rouin. He'll heal you."
"Who?" Lana asked, gritting her teeth against the pain that was now spreading throughout her whole body. Just her pulse beating in her wrists and temples caused intense pain, and her vision was beginning to get blurry.
"He's a healer back at the palace, he'll heal you right- Lana?!" Schola started to explain, but cried out as Lana passed out.
Schola didn't waste any time. He gently wrapped one arm around Lana's waist, and pulled his kasa down over the two of them with the other. As soon as he was back in his room, he threw his kasa on the bed, picked Lana up, one hand supporting her head, the other under her knees, and threw open his doors, running down the hall yelling for Rouin.
"What's wrong, Schola?" Marisa asked, sleepily coming out of her room, at the same time as Sodom and Rouin.
She blinked her eyes a few times, then screamed, "LANA!!! OMG, WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Kami and Joses woke with a start when they heard someone yell.
"Who the heck was that? It didn't sound like any of the girls." Kami said, rubbing his eyes.
Joses quickly got up, and said, "Come on. It came from Lana's room."
"You mean MY room." Kami growled, but also got up. Joses rolled his eyes. Kami had grumbled about the fight over his room for about an hour before he finally fell asleep. Joses and Kami both ran to the room, and threw open the door. Seeing a green haired man holding Lana a second before he disappeared.
"LANA!" they both yelled, but he was already gone.
"Hey! That was the guy from the brook earlier today!" Joses suddenly exclaimed, and Kami whirled around, saying, "What do you mean?!"
Joses sweatdropped, and rubbed the back of his neck, saying, "Oh yeah, I never told you about that did I? Heh heh."
Kami grabbed Joses by the front of the shirt, and growled, "What happened, ya jerk?!"
"I don't know, no da. She needs healed, though. Rouin, can you-" Schola started to say, but the healer had already taken Lana from him. "Daaaa, he's fast." Schola said, sweatdropping, as Rouin checked Lana over, removing the bandages from her injured arm.
"Her wrists need to be tended to first, Schola, please go get me some herbs." Schola nodded, and ran off.
"Why don't you use your powers?" Marisa asked, looking at Lana and biting her thumbnail.
"It's not bad enough to where I need to drain myself. It should only take a few hours for her wrists to heal, and the cut isn't that bad." Rouin told her, and thanked Schola, who had returned with the herbs. Marisa suddenly looked from Schola to Lana, and back again a suspicious look forming on her face.
"Schola, what were you DOING?" Marisa asked.
"How did this happen?" Sodom added, also looking at Schola with a strange expression.
"Nani?" Schola said, confused.
"How did you know Lana was hurt?" Marisa asked, and Sodom asked, "Who IS this girl?"
Schola purposely answered Sodom first. "This is the friend of Marisa-san's she was talking about. I found her by searching for her chi." Schola said.
Marisa opened her mouth to ask her question again, but Schola quickly said, "I should probably tell her friends where she is, no da." and ran out, throwing on a shirt and teleporting.
"And I don't know what he was doing with Lana, but I don't think there's any way to find out where he went." Joses finished, and Serena, Kami, and Allelu all groaned.
"Maybe he'll bring her back?" Allelu asked innocently.
Kami scratched the back of his neck, and said, "Er, Allelu, if any guy kidnapped Lana, I don't think they'd bring her back anytime soon."
"Why not?" Allelu asked, eyes wide.
Kami sighed, and then said, "I was a bandit don't forget. When WE kidnapped women, we always kept them for at LEAST a week. And that was IF their families paid the ransom."
"Was?" Joses asked, eyebrow raised.
"Er, AM." Kami said, looking slightly nervous.
"DAAA!!!" a voice suddenly cried, and the green haired guy appeared in SD form on the table.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Joses and Kami yelled, going through the roof, then landing again with a thud.
"Hello, no da! Are you Lana ch-san's friends?"
"Why yes, who are you?" Serena asked politely.
"I'm Schola, no da, of the Suzaku seishi. I just came to tell you that Lana's at the palace in Konan, and not to worry." Schola told her, jumping off the table and going into normal form.
"Lan-chan's at the capitol?" Allelu asked, starting to grin.
"Hai, no da." Schola said, nodding, but was attacked by Kami.
"TAKE. ME. TO. LANA. NOW!!!!" Kami growled, grabbing the front of Schola's shirt.
"Who are YOU, no da?" Schola said, eyes narrowing.
"This is my son, Kami. He's a friend of Lana-chan's." Serena explained, prying her son off the monk.
"How close of a friend?" Schola asked before he could stop himself.
"I'm Allelu!" Allelu introduced herself just in time to stop a fight from breaking loose between the two boys.
"Are YOU going to marry Lan-chan?" she asked, face all innocent. You could just see the halo.
Schola squawked, and blushed deeply, stammering, "Wh- what? Me? Why do you ask, na no da?"
"You almost called her Lana-chan, and you like her, don't you?" Allelu said, eyes wide in innocence, and twisting a strand of her hair.
Schola shook his head violently, and said, "I don't know what you're talking about, no da! I just met her in person a few minutes ago!"
"Speaking of which, what were you doing in Lana's room? Oh, by the way, nice to see you have a shirt on now." Joses smirked, and smirked even more when Schola turned several shades of crimson.
"I was checking on her for Marisa-chan, and saw she had burned her wrists, so I took her to the palace healer. I was just about to go to sleep when I came and got her, no da!" Schola said, knowing the thing about Marisa was a flat out lie, but not caring at the moment.
"Lana never burned her wrists." Kami said, looking at Schola in suspicion and distrust. Allelu on the other hand was more believing.
"Lana's hurt? Please take me to her, Schola-san." she said in a surprisingly adult voice.
Schola thought for a second, before saying, "Okay, no da." and taking off his kesa.
"Wait a second, if you're gonna take her, you're taking ME too!" Kami snarled.
"I'm coming if Kami is." Joses said too, crossing his arms.
"I would like to check on Lana-chan too if you don't mind, she's like a daughter to me." Serena added. By now poor Schola had swirls in his eyes and was back in SD form.
"Schola-san?" Allelu asked gently, and shook his shoulder.
"Okay, you can all come, no da. YOU'RE going to have to explain to the emperor what you're doing at the palace though." Schola said finally, looking like he had a headache.
"We'll just use whatever excuse Lana did." Kami said with a shrug.
Schola sweatdropped. "Um, Lana didn't use an excuse, no da." he told them, not sure how he was going to explain this one.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked, confused.
Schola poked the tips of his index fingers together, and said nervously, "Um, Lana-san's been unconscious since before I brought her to the palace, no da."
"Why won't Lana wake back up, Rouin?" Marisa asked worriedly, putting a cool cloth on Lana's forehead. While they had been treating her wrists and the cut on her arm, Lana had broken out in a fever.
"This just keeps on getting worse and worse." Rouin sighed, and finally set the herbs aside, sighing and saying, "Alright Marisa-san, stand back. I'm going to have to use my powers on her." Marisa nodded and stood a little ways away from the bed. Rouin held up a hand to Lana, and a glowing red symbol appeared on his palm. Marisa sighed in relief when she saw that Lana's flushed face went back to normal, and the cut on her arm healed.
Rouin took his hand away, and said, "That should do i- What? Her wrists are still burned, they should be healed!" Marisa leaned over, and saw that indeed, Lana's wrists were still an angry red.
"Maybe we should just bandage them with some herbs like earlier." she suggested. Rouin reluctantly nodded, looking confused, and smeared a paste made from several herbs on Lana's wrists, then put bandages over them.
"How is your friend?" Sodom asked, looking into the room.
"Her wrists are still burnt, and she has not regained consciousness." Rouin sighed, and stood.
"I suggest we let her rest, and get some sleep ourselves." Sodom and Marisa nodded in agreement, and walked out of the room.
"Shouldn't Schola be back by now?" Marisa asked.