Chapter 5: Prisoner Escape
When Steph arrived at the library, there was only about 15 minutes left before closing. She rushed in, and found the room again. Casually, she walked in; there was no time to army crawl, or slump against the wall. Steph grabbed the book and hid in the corner in case someone were to walk in. She opened the book and fingered through the pages. Finally, she found her place and began reading,
'Damn it' she thought to herself, '…she went back in!' Steph continued to read. Reading about how Sam met Tamahome again, their conversation, and the emperor. A sweat drop fell over her head,
"I can't believe she brought that foam finger!" she sighed, "Wait a minute…" Steph blinked, realizing something. Suddenly, she shrunk down to her chibi size, dropping the book onto the ground, "Sam! Why are you trying to get Hotohori's attention!? He's mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! This better be only Priestess business and no honky tonk! If I find out that it's more than Priestess business, you'll be sorry!" Steph shouted, jumping around frantically, waving her arms like a mad woman.
After a moment of spazzing out, Steph calmed down and returned to her regular size and continued reading:
From the middle of the village, the priestess and her new found partner Tamahome were taken to the dungeons of the Konan Castle…
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"Let me out of here, you…you…Nefarious Strumpet!!" Sam shouted, trying to fit her head between the bars of their cell.
"Will you just give it up?" Tamahome said from the back of the cell, "they're not going to let us out. Save your breath." He sat calmly cross-legged on the ground, watching Sam make a fool out of herself.
"I don't want to be stuck in here! I don't want the next person who comes through that door to tell me that I'm gonna die in five minutes!" Sam began to panic, pulling on the bars of their cell.
"Those bars are metal, you can't break them," Tamahome informed her with some common sense.
"How can you be so calm?" Sam asked him, finally giving up on the cell bars. She walked over to him and sat next to him as he shrugged to her question. Before either of them could say anything else, one of the guards walked into the prison.
"Hey! What are you two doing!?" the guard shouted. Sam dashed to the bars and pressed her face against them.
"Let us out!" she demanded, knowing that it was pointless.
"The Emperor has plans for you two!" the guard laughed at her. He walked up close to the bars and looked at her. "I wonder if he'll behead you…or hang you…"
"Oh my God! Don't say that!" Sam said, backing away from the bars. One of her hands went up to cover her mouth as if she had gasped, and her other hand was kept behind her. The guard threw his head back and laughed as he walked out of the prison.
"Okay, so now we should find a way out of here," Tamahome said, standing up.
"Problem solved!" Sam cheered as she held up the cell key that she took from the guard when he came close to the bars. Tamahome blinked when he saw the key,
"Hey, that's not bad," he said, smirking. Sam put her hand, along with the key, through the bars and managed to find her way to the key hole, opening the door.
"Ta-Da!" she said, pushing the door open.
"Now we're going to get you out of here," Tamahome said, grabbing her arm. He pulled her out of the prison and through the halls of the Castle.
"You know, I never found out your name," Sam said, trying to make conversation with him, even though she knew all about him. Tamahome didn't answer for a while trying find the way out. He pushed his way through a pair of huge doors, and they entered the shrine of Suzaku. Sam's jaw dropped in amazement.
"How…how beautiful!" she finally said at the sight of the Suzaku statue. Tamahome pulled on her arm, bringing her attention over to him.
"My name…is So Kishuku, but please, call me by my nickname, Tamahome," he finally told her, "And your name?" she smiled from ear to ear as she told him,
"I'm Samantha, but everyone calls me Sam!" He grinned,
"Alright then Sam, I guess I'll take you under my wing for a while." He turned his attention over to the statue of Suzaku and began to explain,
"This is one of the Four Gods, Suzaku, our God. Each of three other Empires has their own God to worship also. Seiryu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Genbu are the Four Gods…" Sam sniffed the air, smelling the most wonderful aroma,
'I'm so hungry…I haven't eaten anything in so long…' she thought to herself as she wandered out of the shrine, leaving Tamahome alone.
"But, we should get out of here before we get caught," Tamahome said as he turned around to notice that she wasn't there, "Sam!?"
When Steph arrived at the library, there was only about 15 minutes left before closing. She rushed in, and found the room again. Casually, she walked in; there was no time to army crawl, or slump against the wall. Steph grabbed the book and hid in the corner in case someone were to walk in. She opened the book and fingered through the pages. Finally, she found her place and began reading,
'Damn it' she thought to herself, '…she went back in!' Steph continued to read. Reading about how Sam met Tamahome again, their conversation, and the emperor. A sweat drop fell over her head,
"I can't believe she brought that foam finger!" she sighed, "Wait a minute…" Steph blinked, realizing something. Suddenly, she shrunk down to her chibi size, dropping the book onto the ground, "Sam! Why are you trying to get Hotohori's attention!? He's mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! This better be only Priestess business and no honky tonk! If I find out that it's more than Priestess business, you'll be sorry!" Steph shouted, jumping around frantically, waving her arms like a mad woman.
After a moment of spazzing out, Steph calmed down and returned to her regular size and continued reading:
From the middle of the village, the priestess and her new found partner Tamahome were taken to the dungeons of the Konan Castle…
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"Let me out of here, you…you…Nefarious Strumpet!!" Sam shouted, trying to fit her head between the bars of their cell.
"Will you just give it up?" Tamahome said from the back of the cell, "they're not going to let us out. Save your breath." He sat calmly cross-legged on the ground, watching Sam make a fool out of herself.
"I don't want to be stuck in here! I don't want the next person who comes through that door to tell me that I'm gonna die in five minutes!" Sam began to panic, pulling on the bars of their cell.
"Those bars are metal, you can't break them," Tamahome informed her with some common sense.
"How can you be so calm?" Sam asked him, finally giving up on the cell bars. She walked over to him and sat next to him as he shrugged to her question. Before either of them could say anything else, one of the guards walked into the prison.
"Hey! What are you two doing!?" the guard shouted. Sam dashed to the bars and pressed her face against them.
"Let us out!" she demanded, knowing that it was pointless.
"The Emperor has plans for you two!" the guard laughed at her. He walked up close to the bars and looked at her. "I wonder if he'll behead you…or hang you…"
"Oh my God! Don't say that!" Sam said, backing away from the bars. One of her hands went up to cover her mouth as if she had gasped, and her other hand was kept behind her. The guard threw his head back and laughed as he walked out of the prison.
"Okay, so now we should find a way out of here," Tamahome said, standing up.
"Problem solved!" Sam cheered as she held up the cell key that she took from the guard when he came close to the bars. Tamahome blinked when he saw the key,
"Hey, that's not bad," he said, smirking. Sam put her hand, along with the key, through the bars and managed to find her way to the key hole, opening the door.
"Ta-Da!" she said, pushing the door open.
"Now we're going to get you out of here," Tamahome said, grabbing her arm. He pulled her out of the prison and through the halls of the Castle.
"You know, I never found out your name," Sam said, trying to make conversation with him, even though she knew all about him. Tamahome didn't answer for a while trying find the way out. He pushed his way through a pair of huge doors, and they entered the shrine of Suzaku. Sam's jaw dropped in amazement.
"How…how beautiful!" she finally said at the sight of the Suzaku statue. Tamahome pulled on her arm, bringing her attention over to him.
"My name…is So Kishuku, but please, call me by my nickname, Tamahome," he finally told her, "And your name?" she smiled from ear to ear as she told him,
"I'm Samantha, but everyone calls me Sam!" He grinned,
"Alright then Sam, I guess I'll take you under my wing for a while." He turned his attention over to the statue of Suzaku and began to explain,
"This is one of the Four Gods, Suzaku, our God. Each of three other Empires has their own God to worship also. Seiryu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Genbu are the Four Gods…" Sam sniffed the air, smelling the most wonderful aroma,
'I'm so hungry…I haven't eaten anything in so long…' she thought to herself as she wandered out of the shrine, leaving Tamahome alone.
"But, we should get out of here before we get caught," Tamahome said as he turned around to notice that she wasn't there, "Sam!?"