Ok, I realized something due to the reviews I received on I Just Want Him To Be Happy, namely: people liked that story...and also: people would actually read a sequel if I wrote it! So, since so many of you reviewers asked for a sequel: Here it is! I'm going to try to make it also work as a stand-alone.

By the way: to all of my 5 reviewers on I Just Want Him To Be Happy, you guys are the greatest. Thank you soo much for bothering to review my fic. I agree with you all: Tasuki/Chichiri is a WAY better couple than Tasuki/Nuriko. I've always known that, it's just that I got the idea for that fic, and, well, I couldn't help but write it.

And again: It's yaoi. If that bugs you, don't read it.

Anyway: I don't own FY. No matter how much I wish I did...

-------------- True Happiness --------------

I think he likes Miaka. Not just as a friend. We all like her like that. Nope, I think he's started to see her as something more than just our Miko. I'm kind of disappointed. Not in him--well, yes, a little in him, of course, but I'm more disappointed in myself.

Shouldn't it hurt more?

I mean, I thought I loved him. I thought I could be with him for the rest of my life and not ever want anyone else. Not that I do want anyone else, but, well, with that kind of feeling, it seems like you ought to be horribly sad if you think the one you love doesn't return your feelings.

I don't know it for sure, but I'm thinking maybe even if it isn't true that he likes Miaka, I ought to break it off. I just don't know how I feel about him anymore.

He's running towards me now. He's got that grin on his face, the one that used to make my heart turn over. It doesn't do that anymore, but it does make me feel happy. Hell, how can you not feel happy when there's someone next to you who's smiling like that?

He's telling me that Miaka and Tamahome figured out where the Shinzaho is, and how we're going to split into groups tomorrow to try to get it. I'm not really listening. I'm still wondering what I feel for the man standing next to me.

"Hello, Earth to Tasuki!" He's using one of the expressions he picked up from Miaka. "Anybody home? I was just saying that we probably ought to find the others." He looks at me expectantly.

"H'm? Oh, yeah, sure. Yer right, it's gettin' late."

He looks at me curiously for a second, trying to figure out what I'm thinking, I guess, then nods quickly and turns to lead me back to the inn we're staying at.

As we walk through the door, my eyes land on Chichiri. He's got his mask on. I hate that thing. What does he think he needs to hide, anyway?

As soon as he sees me watching him, he has his mask flash me a bright smile. Right. Like I don't know him well enough that his mask can't keep me from seeing that something's wrong. He looks away and tries to appear interested in a conversation Chiriko and Mitsukake are having.

He's been acting weird for a while now...a really long while...I shrug mentally and chalk it up to anxiety about the Shinzaho. But that's not right, I realize. He's been acting funny since before the Ceremony failed.

I'm yawning as I think about it, and that's when I see that Nuriko really was right about it being late. I glance at Chiriko. Why's he still up?

Well, whatever. Suddenly, I'm too tired to think about anything anymore.

" 'Night, everyone." I'm yawning again. I drag myself up the stairs to my room, ready to fall into bed, fervently hoping that things will make more sense in the morning.

------To be continued.

Sorry if this chapter's a little short. I just couldn't figure out how to break this thing into chapters, but I think this is the best way. I also thought that it was better to have Tasuki be unsure about how he felt about Nuriko before Nuriko died. Tasuki just seems like the kind of person who'd go on loving someone even after they died, so I thought he couldn't be in love with Nuriko when he died. I hope you like it so far. Tell me what you think! I need reviews, because if I don't get any, this story just might end up collecting dust.

--Mikazuki