AH! How the hell did I manage that one, no da? Gomen nasai, Chiriko-kun
is right(but then again, he was always the smart one, ne?) Now it reads
Suzaku no Chichiri.
Man, I should write more often, but you haven't been forgotten (I hope I haven't either what with never being able to write and all, no da. -_-;;
Anyway, all past disclaimers are still in effect and Damon and Arcadia are my guys, ok?
Enjoy! R + R = Next chapter / time * college = asap -_-;; does that make sense?
Fushigi Akugi
Chapter 8: Ganbatte: The End of Act One (1)
Tenkou smiled and sank deeper into the temperate crimson liquid he was soaking in.
"Soon," he chuckled. "Very soon, my plan will come to fruitation."
"And then you'll have the boy, but what of his friends?" a female voice questioned.
"What of them? Once I have what I need, this world will be destroyed."
"The woman sighed from her perch, which was well above the pool of blood. "Have it your way. Shall I go now?"
"Yes, but just one last thing," he said, standing up and facing her. He stood waist deep in his bath, blood streaming down his pale flesh like water. Hanging from his neck by a black cord was a small, red key that had a design of four loops coming from a center circle, two ends within each loop gently curving away from each other (2). He formed a bubble in his hand and tossed it up to her. "Get rid of Tomo as well."
"A smile formed on the woman's mouth as she caught the sphere to find if contained an ice-blue key similar to Tenkou's/
"Consider it done." In a flash, she vanished and Tenkou turned to one of the white walls that rose out of the pool.
"It seems that my plan is working," he smiled at his prisoner. He was a young man who seemed to be in his early thirties and had waist-length dark purple hair. He wore a blue tunic and pants outfit that was trimmed in yellow with a sash of the same color tied at his waist. His arms were stretched to either side and held in place with dark bands of energy, his feet hanging just above the blood bath. His skin was pale, but not from contributing to the pool below him. He knew as well as Tenkou that his death would mean the end of everything, and the demon lord didn't want that. His yellow-jade eyes slid open to look upon his silver-haired captor and seemed to speak for him.
"Hmph, not as powerful and threatening now, are you Damon? Do you still believe that good will win?" When he didn't receive a response, he merely laughed. "And to think Arhes told me to be wary of your power."
"You won't win," Damon said quietly.
"And I suppose you think your brother or the boy will come and save you?" Tenkou scoffed. "Once I have the boy, I will rule everything, including your realm."
"I have watched over the time streams all of my life," Damon began, closing his eyes. "I have seen those like you who have risen to power only to underestimate an ally of good and be destroyed. I have watched the shadows of yourself that you sent to other realms fall before a power as simple as the love between two people." His eyes opened again, showing the demon nothing he could use against him. "You will fail as well."
"Hmph, and you are deluded, little time god." He rose out of the water, his black robes forming around his body as he did. "He will be the one to fail and then you will be expendable. I have other things to attend to. Soon, the first act of my Fushigi Akugi will come to a close, but not before one last character makes his grand entrance." With that, Tenkou vanished, leaving Damon alone again.
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"What are you doing here, Tomo?" Hikou asked, folding his arms over his chest.
"Ain't ya 'sposed to be dead?" Tasuki added, facing the painted seiryuu seishi, his tessen still clutched in his hand. At this, Tomo cackled lightly and brought up a hand. Suddenly, several vines rose out of the ground, wrapping tightly around the arms and legs of everyone present save Houjun and Hikou.
"I've come to kill the Dove of Suzaku, of course."
"Tomo...?" Houjun repeated the name. He shook his head and made a face. "I don't even know who you are. Why do you want to kill me?"
"Tomo's one a the Seiryuu seishi," Tasuki said, struggling against the taunt vines. Houjun, still a little perplexed, started towards him only to be pulled back by several vines as well.
"You may not remember me," Tomo began. "But I will never forgive you for kill Nakago-sama."
"Nakago? But I-"
"Killed him," a new voice cut in.
"Lady Arcadia (3), how good to see you again," Tomo smiled, bowing to her. She wore a long black dress that was slit on either side to the hip which revealed slender, pale legs and black, heeled sandals with ties that criss- crossed up the middle of his calves. He long black hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and still managed to drag on the ground and her crimson eyes gave away her evil nature.
"A-arcadia!" Hikou gasped, his eyes widening. Kouji noted that the water mage's face had gone deathly pale.
"Good to see you again, Kanki," Arcadia purred, approaching the frightened mage. Hikou trembled and took a step back, afraid of what the witch would do to him now that he was free of her control (4). Kouji snarled and fought against his restraints as the woman brought up a glowing hand. A burst of energy slammed into Hikou, sending him crashing back against a tree hard enough to leave a slight imprint. He slumped to the ground, unconscious, as Arcadia turned towards Houjun. The teen looked back, anger burning in his eyes.
"As for you," she made a motion with her hand and the vines lifted him off the ground. "You are in the way. And Tomo?"
"Yes Lady Arcadia?" the Seiryuu seishi asked, approaching his superior. Suddenly, a vine coiled around his waist and pulled him off the ground.
"You are a waste of space. Lord Tenkou no long has need of your services and that makes you expendable." She waved her hand again and the vines carried the two warriors back towards the edge of the cliff. One coiled around Houjun's right wing and, with seemingly no effort, broke it. The teen vaguely heard himself cry out in pain as the offending vine kept pressure on the fracture, but the pain soon seemed to fade as did his surroundings. His eyes slid closed as the vines pulled back, letting him fall over the edge, his mind not quite registering his predicament.
"Houjun!" Tasuki cried out, but the vines held him back until his lover had vanished over the edge. Arcadia laughed and vanished, the vines disappearing with her. Tasuki sank to his knees, not wanting to believe what had just happened. He knew, from the look on Houjun's face, that something was broken, but he didn't know what. "No..."
Kouji sighed, not knowing what to do. He went to Hikou and checked him over.
"He'll be alright," Fuji suddenly said, appearing at Tasuki's side.
"The Dove of Suzaku can't die from something like this. I'm sure that if we go to the bottom of the cliff he'll be there. He might need medical attention, but Houjun-san will be there," Yama reassured the bandit. Tasuki nodded after a moment and rose to his feet.
"Then let's go. We gotta go and help Chichiri."
"Tasuki," a familiar voice called from behind the other seishi. Everyone turned in shock and stared disbelieving at what they saw. "I-I'm right here, no da. I'm fine."
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The sun was only a sliver of light on the horizon when Tomo's gold eyes finally opened slightly. Confused, he tried to rise and felt a weight on his back shift and slide to one side. Sitting on his knees, he looked to his right to see Houjun's limp form slumped beside him. He suddenly recalled that the teen had caught him around the waist at some point before they had hit the ground and attempted to save him.
'But why?' he wondered slightly.
Houjun shift uncomfortably, groaning in pain as he moved his broken wing. He opened his left eye a bit and looked up at Tomo, but didn't move. His temple throbbed painfully and he didn't feel as though he had the strength to get up just yet. He didn't want pity, but the look in his eye was one that could melt even the coldest of hearts.
'Like an injured dove…' Tomo thought as he tried to stand. However, something about the teen made him stay beside him. With a sigh, he ran a hand across the teen's chest in search of broken ribs.
"What are you doing?" Houjun asked, his voice nearly inaudible.
"Seeing what else you've broken," Tomo replied, his hand moving to roam over his back.
"Just my wing. I'm just tired right now and can't move. That and the fall wasn't exactly fun."
"How is it we weren't killed?"
"I managed to keep us from hitting the ground too hard," the teen explained, attempting to sit up. "I didn't mean for us to hit the ground that hard, though. Are you ok?"
Tomo blinked and stared unbelieving at the boy before shaking his head. He huffed and got to his feet, briskly waking away from Houjun and into some nearby trees. He returned with an armload of branches and found the teen stretching his back, his wings gone and his mouth opened widely in a deep yawn. He dumped the wood on the ground and took out two pieces of flint he kept with him incase something of this nature were to happen and he needed a fire.
"What should we do now, you think?" Houjun asked.
"…Wait until morning, I suppose," the older seishi replied and a spark finally landed on the wood before him. He gently blew on it until it grew and began to consume the wood hungrily. It noticed the teen watching him intently and rose to his feet. He turned and left in search of food while Houjun studied the fire. He'd gone camping before, but had never actually seen someone start a fire using flint. As he recalled, even in his past, Tasuki had just rekka shinened their wood. He smiled as he remembered the numerous times his trick had backfired and as well as the first aid he'd have to administer to the charred bandit. He shook his head as he heard someone approach and looked up curiously at the man. Long, silvery-black hair (5) hung loosely pulled back in a ponytail and deep, gold-brown eyes looked back at him. If it weren't for the familiar clothing, Houjun wouldn't have even recognized the man before him as Tomo.
"Here," the older seishi said, handing him some fruit. "It was all I could find." He returned to the other side of the fire and sat down before eating. After a few moments of silence, he realized the teen was staring at him. "What?"
"Hmm? Just thinking… You look a lot better without the face-paint, no da."
"Hmph."
"I'm serious! Why do you wear it, anyway?"
"Is it any of your business?" Tomo snapped. Houjun made a face and thought for a few minutes, absently munching.
"So…where's your symbol at? I've never seen it."
Tomo made a noise that suggested annoyance and the teen decided it was futile talking to him. Instead, he opted to play Kouji and talk to himself.
"My symbol's on my right knee, no da. It means well, but I don't know why, yet. I probably knew before I died in this world. Oh well, maybe it has something to do with a "well" of knowledge or something…it is at the head of Suzaku…I think…that would make sense since a god should be intelligent and all." He tilted his head back, leaning back until his hands rested on the ground, and scanned the sky. "Yeah, there it is, no da! My constellation's right there," he stretched a hand up and connected the stars that made it up. "And Tasuki's is right there, na no da! It's pretty close to mine, no da! Maybe that's a good sign that I belong with him, ne?"
"Do you ever shut up?" Tomo huffed, annoyed with the teen's ramblings. He heard him sigh and drop back on the ground.
"…"
'That's better', Tomo thought. He closed his eyes and tried to figure out how far away Tasuki and the other Suzaku warriors were.
"I-I'm sorry, no da." He looked up and glared at the teen for interrupting him, but Houjun took no notice. "I…tend to ramble when I'm…scared…" Tomo raised an eyebrow.
"You're scared?"
"Well…" the teen sat up and folded his hands in his lap. "I've never been fond of camping…but I feel like something bad's going to happen in the morning and I'm usually right when I get premonitions like that…"
"What could possibly happen? Mt. Reikaku is a holy mountain and the bandit's keep it and its travelers safe from what I've heard."
"I know…but I still think something bad's going to happen…"
"Don't worry about it. Nothing will happen. We should go to sleep and try to find your friend's in the morning."
"Hai, no da…" Houjun sighed, edging closer to the fire. He settled on his side and closed his eyes, but still felt uneasy. "Ne, Tomo?"
"What?" To his surprise, Tomo hadn't snapped at him.
"You never told me where your symbol is." He waited a moment and then sighed and closed his eyes.
"Its on my abdomen. It means root. Is that all you wanted to know?"
"…Well, I was wondering why you wore that face-paint to."
Tomo sighed and continued a light conversation with the teen until he'd fallen asleep. He watched him across the dying embers of the fire for nearly an hour afterwards before falling asleep himself.
The first rays of light stirred Tomo from his sleep and he froze instantly when he realized that Houjun and he weren't alone. From the gruff whispers, he guessed the owners of the voices to be either slave traders of bandits not from Mt. Reikaku. He also decided that he didn't want to wait and find out if he was right. He reached into his robe and pulled out his Shin (6), carefully weaving a spell in the air.
"Where's dey go?" one of the men asked aloud, startled.
"What? Ya lost them already? Dumb ass!"
The Seiryuu seishi quietly rose and shook Houjun awake, motioning him to be silent. The two rose and cautiously made their way to the path Tomo had found the night before, which meant sneaking past the two men that were arguing. They had nearly made it when one of them pulled his arm back to ready a punch to the other man, who was obviously his lackey. His elbow slammed into Tomo's arm, causing him to drop his Shin.
"There they are! Grab them!" he cried to three other men. They came after the pair only to stumble back half blind as Houjun through a light spell at them. The caught Tomo's arm and led him up the path, their pursuers recovering quickly and giving chase.
"We're not going to make it," Tomo informed him.
"Great," Houjun spat. "And I'm not strong enough to fly yet.
Tomo stopped suddenly and spun around to face the men that were following them.
"What are you doing?" the teen asked frantically. "We can't take them on by ourselves!"
"Who said anything about 'we'?"
"You think I'm leaving you alone to fight?"
"Go." He looked back at Houjun, a faint smile crossing his lips. "You have a destiny to fulfill and I have to atone for my sins."
"But…" Houjun hesitated. He sighed, seeing that Tomo was determined to stay, and turned to go. "Be careful, no da."
"You too, Hato."
The teen ran off, unsure of where he was going but sensing that he was closing in on Tasuki. He smiled when he caught sight of his lover's bright hair and sped towards him with a warm smile.
"Tasuki-chan, no da!"
Tasuki looked towards him and smiled, but there was something wrong. Houjun skittered to a stop in front of him, his smile fading. "Doushita, no da? Is something wrong? You look like you didn't sleep well last night."
"Tasuki-chan, no da?" Houjun's heart stopped when he heard the voice and looked further up the trail to see the others trying to catch up to the bandit, his eyes locking on the owner of the voice. The other man looked back at him, frozen in his tracks by what he saw: what the others had been explaining to him the night before. Neither moved nor knew just how to react, but one thing was clear. Despite the scar that sealed the older man's left eye shut, there was no mistaking that he was the same person: he was Suzaku no Chichiri.
insert end theme from OVA II here
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (all caps because it's finally done, no da^_^)
OK, that sounded lame to me, but do tell me what you think, no da.
1) Anyone ever play Lunar SSS complete? Ghaleon said something to the effect of "This is only the end of Act one. We aren't supposed to fight until at least the end of act 2"
2) Does this make sense? I own the model, I just can't describe it too well- _-;;
3) She baaaaaaaack.
4) Sound familiar? "What if...?" can explain this a bit more if you haven't read it.
5) Is that the right color, no da^.^?
6) yes…HIS Shin, no da^_~*
What else will happen to our heroes? Why in the name of Suzaku are there TWO Chichiris (the more the merrier?)? What is Tenkou's ultimate plan?
Stay tuned to find out in the next exciting (?) chapter:
Fushigi Akugi
Chapter 9: Aoi Jiyuu Shiroi Nozomi: To Stay With You Forever
Another corny title! Yea!
Love, Peace, and Chibis,
~Mysia Ri
|Tasuk|The stars also shine in the | |i: |wilderness. |
~Aoi Jiyuu Shiroi Nozomi lyrics
Man, I should write more often, but you haven't been forgotten (I hope I haven't either what with never being able to write and all, no da. -_-;;
Anyway, all past disclaimers are still in effect and Damon and Arcadia are my guys, ok?
Enjoy! R + R = Next chapter / time * college = asap -_-;; does that make sense?
Fushigi Akugi
Chapter 8: Ganbatte: The End of Act One (1)
Tenkou smiled and sank deeper into the temperate crimson liquid he was soaking in.
"Soon," he chuckled. "Very soon, my plan will come to fruitation."
"And then you'll have the boy, but what of his friends?" a female voice questioned.
"What of them? Once I have what I need, this world will be destroyed."
"The woman sighed from her perch, which was well above the pool of blood. "Have it your way. Shall I go now?"
"Yes, but just one last thing," he said, standing up and facing her. He stood waist deep in his bath, blood streaming down his pale flesh like water. Hanging from his neck by a black cord was a small, red key that had a design of four loops coming from a center circle, two ends within each loop gently curving away from each other (2). He formed a bubble in his hand and tossed it up to her. "Get rid of Tomo as well."
"A smile formed on the woman's mouth as she caught the sphere to find if contained an ice-blue key similar to Tenkou's/
"Consider it done." In a flash, she vanished and Tenkou turned to one of the white walls that rose out of the pool.
"It seems that my plan is working," he smiled at his prisoner. He was a young man who seemed to be in his early thirties and had waist-length dark purple hair. He wore a blue tunic and pants outfit that was trimmed in yellow with a sash of the same color tied at his waist. His arms were stretched to either side and held in place with dark bands of energy, his feet hanging just above the blood bath. His skin was pale, but not from contributing to the pool below him. He knew as well as Tenkou that his death would mean the end of everything, and the demon lord didn't want that. His yellow-jade eyes slid open to look upon his silver-haired captor and seemed to speak for him.
"Hmph, not as powerful and threatening now, are you Damon? Do you still believe that good will win?" When he didn't receive a response, he merely laughed. "And to think Arhes told me to be wary of your power."
"You won't win," Damon said quietly.
"And I suppose you think your brother or the boy will come and save you?" Tenkou scoffed. "Once I have the boy, I will rule everything, including your realm."
"I have watched over the time streams all of my life," Damon began, closing his eyes. "I have seen those like you who have risen to power only to underestimate an ally of good and be destroyed. I have watched the shadows of yourself that you sent to other realms fall before a power as simple as the love between two people." His eyes opened again, showing the demon nothing he could use against him. "You will fail as well."
"Hmph, and you are deluded, little time god." He rose out of the water, his black robes forming around his body as he did. "He will be the one to fail and then you will be expendable. I have other things to attend to. Soon, the first act of my Fushigi Akugi will come to a close, but not before one last character makes his grand entrance." With that, Tenkou vanished, leaving Damon alone again.
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"What are you doing here, Tomo?" Hikou asked, folding his arms over his chest.
"Ain't ya 'sposed to be dead?" Tasuki added, facing the painted seiryuu seishi, his tessen still clutched in his hand. At this, Tomo cackled lightly and brought up a hand. Suddenly, several vines rose out of the ground, wrapping tightly around the arms and legs of everyone present save Houjun and Hikou.
"I've come to kill the Dove of Suzaku, of course."
"Tomo...?" Houjun repeated the name. He shook his head and made a face. "I don't even know who you are. Why do you want to kill me?"
"Tomo's one a the Seiryuu seishi," Tasuki said, struggling against the taunt vines. Houjun, still a little perplexed, started towards him only to be pulled back by several vines as well.
"You may not remember me," Tomo began. "But I will never forgive you for kill Nakago-sama."
"Nakago? But I-"
"Killed him," a new voice cut in.
"Lady Arcadia (3), how good to see you again," Tomo smiled, bowing to her. She wore a long black dress that was slit on either side to the hip which revealed slender, pale legs and black, heeled sandals with ties that criss- crossed up the middle of his calves. He long black hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and still managed to drag on the ground and her crimson eyes gave away her evil nature.
"A-arcadia!" Hikou gasped, his eyes widening. Kouji noted that the water mage's face had gone deathly pale.
"Good to see you again, Kanki," Arcadia purred, approaching the frightened mage. Hikou trembled and took a step back, afraid of what the witch would do to him now that he was free of her control (4). Kouji snarled and fought against his restraints as the woman brought up a glowing hand. A burst of energy slammed into Hikou, sending him crashing back against a tree hard enough to leave a slight imprint. He slumped to the ground, unconscious, as Arcadia turned towards Houjun. The teen looked back, anger burning in his eyes.
"As for you," she made a motion with her hand and the vines lifted him off the ground. "You are in the way. And Tomo?"
"Yes Lady Arcadia?" the Seiryuu seishi asked, approaching his superior. Suddenly, a vine coiled around his waist and pulled him off the ground.
"You are a waste of space. Lord Tenkou no long has need of your services and that makes you expendable." She waved her hand again and the vines carried the two warriors back towards the edge of the cliff. One coiled around Houjun's right wing and, with seemingly no effort, broke it. The teen vaguely heard himself cry out in pain as the offending vine kept pressure on the fracture, but the pain soon seemed to fade as did his surroundings. His eyes slid closed as the vines pulled back, letting him fall over the edge, his mind not quite registering his predicament.
"Houjun!" Tasuki cried out, but the vines held him back until his lover had vanished over the edge. Arcadia laughed and vanished, the vines disappearing with her. Tasuki sank to his knees, not wanting to believe what had just happened. He knew, from the look on Houjun's face, that something was broken, but he didn't know what. "No..."
Kouji sighed, not knowing what to do. He went to Hikou and checked him over.
"He'll be alright," Fuji suddenly said, appearing at Tasuki's side.
"The Dove of Suzaku can't die from something like this. I'm sure that if we go to the bottom of the cliff he'll be there. He might need medical attention, but Houjun-san will be there," Yama reassured the bandit. Tasuki nodded after a moment and rose to his feet.
"Then let's go. We gotta go and help Chichiri."
"Tasuki," a familiar voice called from behind the other seishi. Everyone turned in shock and stared disbelieving at what they saw. "I-I'm right here, no da. I'm fine."
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The sun was only a sliver of light on the horizon when Tomo's gold eyes finally opened slightly. Confused, he tried to rise and felt a weight on his back shift and slide to one side. Sitting on his knees, he looked to his right to see Houjun's limp form slumped beside him. He suddenly recalled that the teen had caught him around the waist at some point before they had hit the ground and attempted to save him.
'But why?' he wondered slightly.
Houjun shift uncomfortably, groaning in pain as he moved his broken wing. He opened his left eye a bit and looked up at Tomo, but didn't move. His temple throbbed painfully and he didn't feel as though he had the strength to get up just yet. He didn't want pity, but the look in his eye was one that could melt even the coldest of hearts.
'Like an injured dove…' Tomo thought as he tried to stand. However, something about the teen made him stay beside him. With a sigh, he ran a hand across the teen's chest in search of broken ribs.
"What are you doing?" Houjun asked, his voice nearly inaudible.
"Seeing what else you've broken," Tomo replied, his hand moving to roam over his back.
"Just my wing. I'm just tired right now and can't move. That and the fall wasn't exactly fun."
"How is it we weren't killed?"
"I managed to keep us from hitting the ground too hard," the teen explained, attempting to sit up. "I didn't mean for us to hit the ground that hard, though. Are you ok?"
Tomo blinked and stared unbelieving at the boy before shaking his head. He huffed and got to his feet, briskly waking away from Houjun and into some nearby trees. He returned with an armload of branches and found the teen stretching his back, his wings gone and his mouth opened widely in a deep yawn. He dumped the wood on the ground and took out two pieces of flint he kept with him incase something of this nature were to happen and he needed a fire.
"What should we do now, you think?" Houjun asked.
"…Wait until morning, I suppose," the older seishi replied and a spark finally landed on the wood before him. He gently blew on it until it grew and began to consume the wood hungrily. It noticed the teen watching him intently and rose to his feet. He turned and left in search of food while Houjun studied the fire. He'd gone camping before, but had never actually seen someone start a fire using flint. As he recalled, even in his past, Tasuki had just rekka shinened their wood. He smiled as he remembered the numerous times his trick had backfired and as well as the first aid he'd have to administer to the charred bandit. He shook his head as he heard someone approach and looked up curiously at the man. Long, silvery-black hair (5) hung loosely pulled back in a ponytail and deep, gold-brown eyes looked back at him. If it weren't for the familiar clothing, Houjun wouldn't have even recognized the man before him as Tomo.
"Here," the older seishi said, handing him some fruit. "It was all I could find." He returned to the other side of the fire and sat down before eating. After a few moments of silence, he realized the teen was staring at him. "What?"
"Hmm? Just thinking… You look a lot better without the face-paint, no da."
"Hmph."
"I'm serious! Why do you wear it, anyway?"
"Is it any of your business?" Tomo snapped. Houjun made a face and thought for a few minutes, absently munching.
"So…where's your symbol at? I've never seen it."
Tomo made a noise that suggested annoyance and the teen decided it was futile talking to him. Instead, he opted to play Kouji and talk to himself.
"My symbol's on my right knee, no da. It means well, but I don't know why, yet. I probably knew before I died in this world. Oh well, maybe it has something to do with a "well" of knowledge or something…it is at the head of Suzaku…I think…that would make sense since a god should be intelligent and all." He tilted his head back, leaning back until his hands rested on the ground, and scanned the sky. "Yeah, there it is, no da! My constellation's right there," he stretched a hand up and connected the stars that made it up. "And Tasuki's is right there, na no da! It's pretty close to mine, no da! Maybe that's a good sign that I belong with him, ne?"
"Do you ever shut up?" Tomo huffed, annoyed with the teen's ramblings. He heard him sigh and drop back on the ground.
"…"
'That's better', Tomo thought. He closed his eyes and tried to figure out how far away Tasuki and the other Suzaku warriors were.
"I-I'm sorry, no da." He looked up and glared at the teen for interrupting him, but Houjun took no notice. "I…tend to ramble when I'm…scared…" Tomo raised an eyebrow.
"You're scared?"
"Well…" the teen sat up and folded his hands in his lap. "I've never been fond of camping…but I feel like something bad's going to happen in the morning and I'm usually right when I get premonitions like that…"
"What could possibly happen? Mt. Reikaku is a holy mountain and the bandit's keep it and its travelers safe from what I've heard."
"I know…but I still think something bad's going to happen…"
"Don't worry about it. Nothing will happen. We should go to sleep and try to find your friend's in the morning."
"Hai, no da…" Houjun sighed, edging closer to the fire. He settled on his side and closed his eyes, but still felt uneasy. "Ne, Tomo?"
"What?" To his surprise, Tomo hadn't snapped at him.
"You never told me where your symbol is." He waited a moment and then sighed and closed his eyes.
"Its on my abdomen. It means root. Is that all you wanted to know?"
"…Well, I was wondering why you wore that face-paint to."
Tomo sighed and continued a light conversation with the teen until he'd fallen asleep. He watched him across the dying embers of the fire for nearly an hour afterwards before falling asleep himself.
The first rays of light stirred Tomo from his sleep and he froze instantly when he realized that Houjun and he weren't alone. From the gruff whispers, he guessed the owners of the voices to be either slave traders of bandits not from Mt. Reikaku. He also decided that he didn't want to wait and find out if he was right. He reached into his robe and pulled out his Shin (6), carefully weaving a spell in the air.
"Where's dey go?" one of the men asked aloud, startled.
"What? Ya lost them already? Dumb ass!"
The Seiryuu seishi quietly rose and shook Houjun awake, motioning him to be silent. The two rose and cautiously made their way to the path Tomo had found the night before, which meant sneaking past the two men that were arguing. They had nearly made it when one of them pulled his arm back to ready a punch to the other man, who was obviously his lackey. His elbow slammed into Tomo's arm, causing him to drop his Shin.
"There they are! Grab them!" he cried to three other men. They came after the pair only to stumble back half blind as Houjun through a light spell at them. The caught Tomo's arm and led him up the path, their pursuers recovering quickly and giving chase.
"We're not going to make it," Tomo informed him.
"Great," Houjun spat. "And I'm not strong enough to fly yet.
Tomo stopped suddenly and spun around to face the men that were following them.
"What are you doing?" the teen asked frantically. "We can't take them on by ourselves!"
"Who said anything about 'we'?"
"You think I'm leaving you alone to fight?"
"Go." He looked back at Houjun, a faint smile crossing his lips. "You have a destiny to fulfill and I have to atone for my sins."
"But…" Houjun hesitated. He sighed, seeing that Tomo was determined to stay, and turned to go. "Be careful, no da."
"You too, Hato."
The teen ran off, unsure of where he was going but sensing that he was closing in on Tasuki. He smiled when he caught sight of his lover's bright hair and sped towards him with a warm smile.
"Tasuki-chan, no da!"
Tasuki looked towards him and smiled, but there was something wrong. Houjun skittered to a stop in front of him, his smile fading. "Doushita, no da? Is something wrong? You look like you didn't sleep well last night."
"Tasuki-chan, no da?" Houjun's heart stopped when he heard the voice and looked further up the trail to see the others trying to catch up to the bandit, his eyes locking on the owner of the voice. The other man looked back at him, frozen in his tracks by what he saw: what the others had been explaining to him the night before. Neither moved nor knew just how to react, but one thing was clear. Despite the scar that sealed the older man's left eye shut, there was no mistaking that he was the same person: he was Suzaku no Chichiri.
insert end theme from OVA II here
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (all caps because it's finally done, no da^_^)
OK, that sounded lame to me, but do tell me what you think, no da.
1) Anyone ever play Lunar SSS complete? Ghaleon said something to the effect of "This is only the end of Act one. We aren't supposed to fight until at least the end of act 2"
2) Does this make sense? I own the model, I just can't describe it too well- _-;;
3) She baaaaaaaack.
4) Sound familiar? "What if...?" can explain this a bit more if you haven't read it.
5) Is that the right color, no da^.^?
6) yes…HIS Shin, no da^_~*
What else will happen to our heroes? Why in the name of Suzaku are there TWO Chichiris (the more the merrier?)? What is Tenkou's ultimate plan?
Stay tuned to find out in the next exciting (?) chapter:
Fushigi Akugi
Chapter 9: Aoi Jiyuu Shiroi Nozomi: To Stay With You Forever
Another corny title! Yea!
Love, Peace, and Chibis,
~Mysia Ri
|Tasuk|The stars also shine in the | |i: |wilderness. |
~Aoi Jiyuu Shiroi Nozomi lyrics