Disclaimer: Yes, I would give up all my worldly possessions to own it, but
I still don't. sigh
^*^AN^*^ Thanks to Moomoomoxo for reviewing! ^_^ Lana and Faia aren't in this chapter, but there's lots of Allelu- cuteness! ^-^
Warnings: Just some teasing of poor Schola. ^-^
Chapter 15
Marisa was staring up at the canopy above her bed. She just couldn't sleep. There were good and bad things that had happened, and trying to sort out one from the other was confusing. Okay, they had found three more warriors today, which meant they only had one left. Marisa ticked off the one's they already had on her fingers.
There was Lana, who was Tamahome, Marisa still found that hard to believe, but she supposed she would just ask Lana about it when she woke up, which would hopefully be soon, Rouin, who was Mitsukake, Schola, who was Chichiri, Sodom, who was Hotohori, that guy, 'Kami' was Tasuki, and Lana's 'little sister', Allelu, was Chiriko. That only left Nuriko, who was supposed to have super strength.
That was the good thing. The bad thing was Lana was already mad at her, and Kami and Allelu both disliked Sodom. Marisa had to admit, he could have used Lana's name at least ONCE, instead of 'this girl', and 'Marisa's friend', so Marisa was worried that all three of them would refuse to help her. She was sure Lana would forgive her soon, pretty sure anyway, but the other two red head's seemed a little less forgiving. She'd probably have to do some major begging to get them to work alongside Sodom. Marisa sighed and rolled onto her side, looking sadly at the wall.
If she summoned Suzaku, she and Lana could both go home, but now that Lana had a 'family' here, would she WANT to go back? Marisa groaned, and got out of bed, throwing on a robe. She would just go to Lana's room for a second to check on her, then go back to sleep. Lana would wake up soon, and then they'd talk. ....Hopefully.
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Kami growled and rolled over on his bed. That dang emperor, he had acted like Lana was only useful as Suzaku no Miko's lackey. He couldn't help being protective of Lana. She reminded him so much of his late sister, and he missed his oneesan badly. She had always been so full of laughter, and was good at keeping Allelu in line. Kami sighed and sat up, swinging his legs out of bed. Maybe a walk would help him get to sleep. Suddenly Kami heard quiet footsteps outside his door. He quickly snuck over and opened the door a crack. He saw Allelu walking down the hall.
"Allelu-chan? What're you doing?" Kami whispered loudly, aware that others were sleeping. Allelu looked over her shoulder, and whispered back, "I went to get some flowers from a garden I saw. I'll give them to Lana in the morning. Now I'm going back to our room." Kami sighed and opened his door all the way, closing it after him as he walked up to Allelu.
"Come on, I'll walk with ya down there. Wouldn't want you to get lost." he said, giving his younger sister a lopsided grin. Allelu smiled back, and took his hand, leading him down the hall. "Lan-chan reminds me so much of Oneesan, do you think she would be our sister for us?" Allelu asked, eyes hoping, but sad.
Kami smiled down at her, and squeezed her hand, saying, " She already is Allelu-chan, she loves us. She's family." Allelu smiled, and wiped her eyes, saying, "You're right. She loves us. Me, Mom, even you." Kami gave her a mock glare, and Allelu had to bite down on her fist to keep from laughing and waking someone up.
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Schola was also having trouble sleeping. He was confused about Lana. He shouldn't have been spying on her, but because he did, she got to a doctor before anything bad happened. So did that mean it was okay? And to top it all off, he STILL couldn't sleep.
"Maybe I'll just go see how she's doing..." Schola thought, but decided against it. His mind went back to what happened a while ago. Schola had actually been glad when Kami had said something. If he hadn't, Schola might have told off the emperor himself. Schola admitted that Sodom was doing a good job as the emperor, he was fair and honorable, but he just lacked necessary people skills, and seemed to say the wrong thing sometimes. If he wasn't careful the three red haired seishi might desert. Then Schola would have to save their hides as usual.
Schola sighed, feeling a little annoyed, and rolled over, trying once again to fall asleep.
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Marisa walked down the hall to Lana's room, thinking hard about what she would do if Lana wanted to STAY here. Drag her back kicking and screaming? No, Lana would resent her for the rest of her days. And Marisa couldn't leave without her, could she? Marisa groaned, and came to a bend in the hall, where Lana's room was. Marisa reached for the door handle just as someone else did.
Marisa slowly looked up, and saw the guy, Kami looking back at her with Allelu behind him looking curiously at her. Marisa'a eyes narrowed. Seishi or not, she didn't like the idea of a guy sneaking into Lana's room at night. "Hello, may I ask what you were planning on doing in Lana-chan's room?" Marisa asked politely, but was looking at Kami in suspicion. Kami blushed, and jumped back, saying, "I was just walking Allelu-chan here!"
Marisa looked at the small girl, who smiled innocently, and grinned back. Then Marisa said, "Okay, I was going to check on her. Do you have any idea when she'll wake up?" While she was saying this, Marisa opened the door to Lana's room, walking in and gesturing for the other two to follow her. Kami sighed, and said, "No, that guy, Schola, just told us that you were having him check on her, and Lana fainted, so he brought her here."
Marisa flushed slightly, and said, "Um, I didn't tell Schola-san to do anything, I think he was just checking on her of his own free will. Though I AM glad he got her here in time." Allelu grinned as she pulled a chair up to the side of Lana's bed, and said smugly, "I KNEW he like Lan-chan."
"Hmm, he WAS acting weird today when Mom told him I was a friend of Lana's, maybe he DOES-" Kami started to say, but was cut off by Marisa giggling, "Schola's a monk, I think it's against their religion to get girlfriends." Kami and Allelu face-faulted.
"You're not exactly the kind of Priestess I expected." Kami admitted, looking at Marisa out of the corner of his eye. "Good." Marisa said with a grin, and also pulled up a chair, sitting next to Allelu.
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Schola's room was next to Lana's, and he was just about asleep when he heard voices coming from the other side of the wall. "Daaaa...." he groaned miserably, and swung his legs out of bed, yawning and opening the door. "What are they DOING?!" he growled, rubbing his eyes, and knocked twice before sticking his head in Lana's door, and saying a tad grumpily, "What are you doing in here, no da?"
Marisa jumped, and said, "Oh, sorry Schola-san, I forgot you were next door." "Hello!" Allelu said with an impish grin, and said innocently, "It's too bad you're a monk, Lana's quite nice, she would have made a good wife."
Schola, now fully awake, blushed wildly, and stammered, "I- er, well... Good night, ya know?" and quickly backed out the door, still blushing.
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Kami and Allelu burst out in quiet laughter when he left, and Marisa exercised all of her self-control not to join them. "Now, that wasn't nice. Poor Schola doesn't need to be teased so much." Marisa scolded, but felt a grin tugging on the edge of her mouth.
"Aw, whatever. I think we need to get those two together. Lana could teach that guy to have a little fun." Kami said with a grin, keeping his voice down so Schola couldn't hear them. Marisa nibbled on her thumbnail, thinking about this possibility. Schola DID seem to be extremely serious, and Lana, she was known to pull ANYONE into her idiotic plans for fun. She was also the sweetest girl Marisa knew, if you got past her attitude towards the jerks at their school.
Marisa grinned back at the red-haired bandit mischievously, and said, "I think it might take a little work, but we might be able to pull it off."
Allelu giggled, and pulled both of them close to her so they could hear her whispering, "Now we just have to come up with a plan..."
^*^AN^*^ Thanks to Moomoomoxo for reviewing! ^_^ Lana and Faia aren't in this chapter, but there's lots of Allelu- cuteness! ^-^
Warnings: Just some teasing of poor Schola. ^-^
Chapter 15
Marisa was staring up at the canopy above her bed. She just couldn't sleep. There were good and bad things that had happened, and trying to sort out one from the other was confusing. Okay, they had found three more warriors today, which meant they only had one left. Marisa ticked off the one's they already had on her fingers.
There was Lana, who was Tamahome, Marisa still found that hard to believe, but she supposed she would just ask Lana about it when she woke up, which would hopefully be soon, Rouin, who was Mitsukake, Schola, who was Chichiri, Sodom, who was Hotohori, that guy, 'Kami' was Tasuki, and Lana's 'little sister', Allelu, was Chiriko. That only left Nuriko, who was supposed to have super strength.
That was the good thing. The bad thing was Lana was already mad at her, and Kami and Allelu both disliked Sodom. Marisa had to admit, he could have used Lana's name at least ONCE, instead of 'this girl', and 'Marisa's friend', so Marisa was worried that all three of them would refuse to help her. She was sure Lana would forgive her soon, pretty sure anyway, but the other two red head's seemed a little less forgiving. She'd probably have to do some major begging to get them to work alongside Sodom. Marisa sighed and rolled onto her side, looking sadly at the wall.
If she summoned Suzaku, she and Lana could both go home, but now that Lana had a 'family' here, would she WANT to go back? Marisa groaned, and got out of bed, throwing on a robe. She would just go to Lana's room for a second to check on her, then go back to sleep. Lana would wake up soon, and then they'd talk. ....Hopefully.
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Kami growled and rolled over on his bed. That dang emperor, he had acted like Lana was only useful as Suzaku no Miko's lackey. He couldn't help being protective of Lana. She reminded him so much of his late sister, and he missed his oneesan badly. She had always been so full of laughter, and was good at keeping Allelu in line. Kami sighed and sat up, swinging his legs out of bed. Maybe a walk would help him get to sleep. Suddenly Kami heard quiet footsteps outside his door. He quickly snuck over and opened the door a crack. He saw Allelu walking down the hall.
"Allelu-chan? What're you doing?" Kami whispered loudly, aware that others were sleeping. Allelu looked over her shoulder, and whispered back, "I went to get some flowers from a garden I saw. I'll give them to Lana in the morning. Now I'm going back to our room." Kami sighed and opened his door all the way, closing it after him as he walked up to Allelu.
"Come on, I'll walk with ya down there. Wouldn't want you to get lost." he said, giving his younger sister a lopsided grin. Allelu smiled back, and took his hand, leading him down the hall. "Lan-chan reminds me so much of Oneesan, do you think she would be our sister for us?" Allelu asked, eyes hoping, but sad.
Kami smiled down at her, and squeezed her hand, saying, " She already is Allelu-chan, she loves us. She's family." Allelu smiled, and wiped her eyes, saying, "You're right. She loves us. Me, Mom, even you." Kami gave her a mock glare, and Allelu had to bite down on her fist to keep from laughing and waking someone up.
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Schola was also having trouble sleeping. He was confused about Lana. He shouldn't have been spying on her, but because he did, she got to a doctor before anything bad happened. So did that mean it was okay? And to top it all off, he STILL couldn't sleep.
"Maybe I'll just go see how she's doing..." Schola thought, but decided against it. His mind went back to what happened a while ago. Schola had actually been glad when Kami had said something. If he hadn't, Schola might have told off the emperor himself. Schola admitted that Sodom was doing a good job as the emperor, he was fair and honorable, but he just lacked necessary people skills, and seemed to say the wrong thing sometimes. If he wasn't careful the three red haired seishi might desert. Then Schola would have to save their hides as usual.
Schola sighed, feeling a little annoyed, and rolled over, trying once again to fall asleep.
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Marisa walked down the hall to Lana's room, thinking hard about what she would do if Lana wanted to STAY here. Drag her back kicking and screaming? No, Lana would resent her for the rest of her days. And Marisa couldn't leave without her, could she? Marisa groaned, and came to a bend in the hall, where Lana's room was. Marisa reached for the door handle just as someone else did.
Marisa slowly looked up, and saw the guy, Kami looking back at her with Allelu behind him looking curiously at her. Marisa'a eyes narrowed. Seishi or not, she didn't like the idea of a guy sneaking into Lana's room at night. "Hello, may I ask what you were planning on doing in Lana-chan's room?" Marisa asked politely, but was looking at Kami in suspicion. Kami blushed, and jumped back, saying, "I was just walking Allelu-chan here!"
Marisa looked at the small girl, who smiled innocently, and grinned back. Then Marisa said, "Okay, I was going to check on her. Do you have any idea when she'll wake up?" While she was saying this, Marisa opened the door to Lana's room, walking in and gesturing for the other two to follow her. Kami sighed, and said, "No, that guy, Schola, just told us that you were having him check on her, and Lana fainted, so he brought her here."
Marisa flushed slightly, and said, "Um, I didn't tell Schola-san to do anything, I think he was just checking on her of his own free will. Though I AM glad he got her here in time." Allelu grinned as she pulled a chair up to the side of Lana's bed, and said smugly, "I KNEW he like Lan-chan."
"Hmm, he WAS acting weird today when Mom told him I was a friend of Lana's, maybe he DOES-" Kami started to say, but was cut off by Marisa giggling, "Schola's a monk, I think it's against their religion to get girlfriends." Kami and Allelu face-faulted.
"You're not exactly the kind of Priestess I expected." Kami admitted, looking at Marisa out of the corner of his eye. "Good." Marisa said with a grin, and also pulled up a chair, sitting next to Allelu.
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Schola's room was next to Lana's, and he was just about asleep when he heard voices coming from the other side of the wall. "Daaaa...." he groaned miserably, and swung his legs out of bed, yawning and opening the door. "What are they DOING?!" he growled, rubbing his eyes, and knocked twice before sticking his head in Lana's door, and saying a tad grumpily, "What are you doing in here, no da?"
Marisa jumped, and said, "Oh, sorry Schola-san, I forgot you were next door." "Hello!" Allelu said with an impish grin, and said innocently, "It's too bad you're a monk, Lana's quite nice, she would have made a good wife."
Schola, now fully awake, blushed wildly, and stammered, "I- er, well... Good night, ya know?" and quickly backed out the door, still blushing.
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Kami and Allelu burst out in quiet laughter when he left, and Marisa exercised all of her self-control not to join them. "Now, that wasn't nice. Poor Schola doesn't need to be teased so much." Marisa scolded, but felt a grin tugging on the edge of her mouth.
"Aw, whatever. I think we need to get those two together. Lana could teach that guy to have a little fun." Kami said with a grin, keeping his voice down so Schola couldn't hear them. Marisa nibbled on her thumbnail, thinking about this possibility. Schola DID seem to be extremely serious, and Lana, she was known to pull ANYONE into her idiotic plans for fun. She was also the sweetest girl Marisa knew, if you got past her attitude towards the jerks at their school.
Marisa grinned back at the red-haired bandit mischievously, and said, "I think it might take a little work, but we might be able to pull it off."
Allelu giggled, and pulled both of them close to her so they could hear her whispering, "Now we just have to come up with a plan..."