Miko no Chikyuu, Gejo no Nihon
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/This means she is having a premonition./
*~Several Days Later~*
Two horses rode up to the temple's stables and then stopped. Mizurei flipped off the horse while someone had to help Hotaru down.
"I hope we beat them!" Mizurei shouted more over asking the slaves.
"Yes you have Mistress. But they should be here soon." Said one of the slaves looking down at the ground while taking away the horses.
Mizurei then had a big smile plastered all over her face. "Alright! Then we must fix you up Hotaru and find you an appropriate name!"
Hotaru wasn't paying attention to anyone though. She was just staring blankly.
/Two, seemingly important, "men" jumped out of a carriage./
/The older boy started to talk to Mizurei, although no words came out. The smaller boy started throwing a tantrum and ran off, but was followed by a boy with messy chocolate brown hair./
/The second man was just infuriated and started to yell and stamp his feet. The whole time Mizurei just seemed to be glaring at Hotaru with an evil eye, and then yelled at her, with no words./
"Hotaru! Hotaru!" Hotaru then blinked and looked up quickly. Mizurei was looking at her with a motherly gaze. "Were you having a premonition?" Hotaru then looked at her with shock-filled eyes. "How'd- How di-?" Hotaru was speechless.
"I was right about you! Do you know how long it took for me in training to have the ability to have premonitions." Mizurei said beaming.
"No." Hotaru replied timorously.
"Almost 15 years! And to know that you already have that power is incredible!" Mizurei said grabbing her hand. She then started to pull Hotaru towards the main entrance of the shrine.
"Can I ask you something?" Hotaru asked looking at her feet, with shame.
"What?" Mizurei asked not looking down at the young child, but ahead at several slaves up ahead with miscellaneous items in their hands.
"How did you know to chose me?" Hotaru asked looking forward at the maids now as well.
"I already told you I developed telepathy. And many other things which I intend to teach you." Mizurei said letting her hand go and pushing her into the maids. "Now you do what they say and I'll be back in awhile. Mizurei then walked off towards the beach, which was only several acres away.
Several hours, or what seemed to be hours, Hotaru emerged with a red silk kimono on with designs of the setting sun with all its pastel pink, orange, and yellow colors to go with. Her obi (That's what is around the waist of the kimono) was fully orange with several little birds flying towards the sun. She had on a cherry red lipstick which was only on her bottom lip and her upper was only slightly more red.
Mizurei then came strolling around the corner to see Hotaru standing there. Mizurei's face then lighted up. "There's no way the prince can turn you down now. He will be so pleased now come on they just arrived here can't keep them waiting, one must be punctual you know!" Mizurei then started to take off towards the front gate practically dragging Hotaru behind her.
/At times I wish I never met the young prince, but if I hadn't then I wouldn't have found the love of my life./**
One young man, who looked to be about 13, jumped out and then followed a younger boy, who seemed to be Usagi's age, jumped out as well.
"Highnesses! So glad you got here safe and sound." Mizurei said giving the older boy a little hug, which he gratefully returned. The younger boy just grunted and looked at Hotaru, who was just staring at him as well, with fearful eyes.
"Wufei say hello to the Mistress." The older boy with platinum blond hair ordered him.
"I don't take orders from you! I can do things on my own Milliardo." Wufei glared at him. At that moment another boy, with chocolate brown hair who seemed to be Wufei's age, jumped out.
"There you are Hiiro!" Wufei said staring at his "friend."
Hotaru then couldn't take her eyes off of him, and Mizurei noticed this, and hated it! "Anyway Wufei-sama I'm sure you're happy with your new bride." Mizurei cheerfully said, but it did not come out the way she planned.
"Bride! The only way I'll ever get married to that is if I'm dead in my coffin!" Wufei yelled stamping his feet, before running off towards the beach. Hiiro then looked at Hotaru for a quick second before running off to follow Wufei.
"Little brother get back here! You are so rude! Did father never teach you any respect or manners! I swear you are a disgrace to this family!" Milliardo screamed at Wufei who paid him no heed.
The prince then trudged into the shrine whispering several curses along the way. That left Mizurei and Hotaru alone. And Mizurei was not happy!
"Look what you did now you stupid little girl!" Mizurei glared at Hotaru, who merely stared back at her, fighting back tears. Mizurei then lightly slapped Hotaru across the face. "Next time don't be such a disappointment!"
Mizurei then walked into the house, probably to apologize to the young prince. Tears then started falling down Hotaru's face, which she quickly wiped away. But they just kept coming, like a flooded river. Hotaru then fell on her knees hands trying to rub away every tear that fell. She knelt there not moving totally oblivious to everything.
/That evening I think I cried so hard I think I would just shrivel up and die, and at times I wish I had./**
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Usagi and Kiray were now at their final destination. It wasn't exactly Tokyo but there were still rich merchants and other people there. They continued to walk until they stopped in front of the largest house in the "city."
"Wow! He lives in there!" Usagi said with wide-eyes.
"Who cares where he lives! He could live in the cemetery for all I care! We have to sleep in his barn. I especially hate winters here! You'll be lucky if you survive that time. We hardly get any food, so we're forced to steal. He beats you for even the most minute of things. The farming land he owns we have to do everything for it! Plus feed and clean his animals! This isn't exactly as glamorous as it seems." Kiray said with a disgusted look.
"God I can't wait till we become vagabonds. Then we won't have to take anything from anybody!" Kiray said looking up towards the sky.
"What's a vagabond?" Usagi asked with an inquisitive mind. Kiray merely laughed at her comment, which Usagi frankly did not get.
A young woman with a silk kimono on, white make-up covering her face, and laughing so full heatedly with her arm wrapped around a young mans arm.
"I don't see what there is to laugh at!" Usagi scowled at the young woman after they had already passed by.
"I hate people like her! They call them Geishas nowadays. They are so arrogant! I hate them all!" Kiray viciously said glaring at the young woman's back. (Now I don't know weather or not they had Geishas back then but I thought why not!)
"Geishas? Why didn't you become one?" Usagi asked staring at the young woman who was now almost out of full view.
"I guess it's cause I'm not good looking! And anyway I don't want to become one anyway! That's one of the worst things a woman can become! They have no dignity or pride at all!" Kiray said walked into the gates.
"And like we do!" Usagi said trying to make a joke, which Kiray didn't find as funny at all.
"We have pride! But they took our dignity away, like everything else." Kiray said with a harsh tone. Usagi only stared at Kiray with sad eyes and balled her hands tightly into a fist.
/That was my first indication of the hardships I was about to face./*
TBC…………..
AN: Alright now I hope you liked it and I hope you'll review this as well! And as for anybody that doesn't know what Kiray looks like here are her characteristics…
She has silverish-purple eyes with light pastel-like purple hair. Ok! Well Thank you for reading!