I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. It belongs to its respected owners.

Author's Notes: Hooray. I got a review. Thank you Thank you Thank you! Anyway, I fixed the paragraph spacing so now it's not bunched up. And finally, I think I have a direction!
I REALLY didn't want to do a romance story, but that's where my stupid imagination took me! Do not fret, it isn't... iexactly/i romantic. Be afraid!!!
Eh... I was just wondering if Tasuki says "yamero" or "yamete"... I don't remember...

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"A cow town...?" The redhead blinked.

"Hai no da!"

"... as in... a town full of cows?"

"Look at the moon no da!"

"Wha?"

"The moon no da!"

He turned his head to the light purple sky. It was vastly inaccurate to his senses as the world around him was completely well lit for the absence of the sun. Then there was that large moon staring straight at them. It was much too close for the comfort of the newcomer as he was used to the tiny 3-inch figure rather than the 3-foot one that looked like a huge beach ball floating in midair.

"What about it?" He frowned.

The fox-faced figure glanced at his partner helplessly. The larger man spoke up.

"Our ruler demands that the cow shall be flying over the moon." He looked up thoughtfully. "And the dish running away with the spoon." Expectantly, both of the strangers turned to the newcomer. But to their dismay, the newcomer seemed even more confused than ever.

"Eh... wha?" The redhead took glances back and forth from the strangers to the moon.

"How to explain this no da..." The blue-haired man rubbed his chin. "To achieve our highness' orders, one must wear the sacred robes of the ancient cow and fly over the moon no da. A task to which is said to be impossible no da. And when that cow achieves its task, a couple with the clothes of a dish and spoon must run away together no da!" He bounced up and down looking once again expectantly at the newcomer in front of him.

"Is there a reason ta do somethin' weird like that?" He stared.

"Weird no da?" The blue haired man inquired. "Who are you and where are you from na no da?"

"Oh..." He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "My name's Tasuki. I'm from the town." The part about being a half vampire was conveniently left out.

"Town? Which town no da?"

The redhead stared at them. "You know... the town..." He absently pointed in some direction where it supposedly was. "A town with humans. I guess that would be called 'Human Town'..."

"Humans no da?" Both of the strangers seemed quite interested. "What are they? Do they all have teeth like yours no da?"

"Eh..." BUSTED. "Well... I... I'm only half a vampire!" He yelled and stood up defensively. But seconds, then minutes past, and both strangers were still in the same position staring up at him.

"You're strange no da." The blue haired man got up and decided to dismiss the conversation for now. "I'm Chichiri no da!" He stuck his hand out. Tasuki scratched his head, unsure of what to do. He finally accepted it. "And this is Mitsukake no da!" The larger man just nodded.

"Chichiri, I'm going to go back now." Mitsukake dismissed himself.

"Bye no da!" The blue haired man turned back to Tasuki. "We were discussing a plan to get the cow over the moon no da!" He grinned mischievously at the redhead. "Would you like to help no da?"

"What would I have ta do?" Tasuki's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Wear this no da!" An oversized cow costume was tossed his way complete with the bell.

"Are ya fuckin' kiddin' me!"

"Please no da!" Chichiri's chibi form appeared once more and made a tiny saddened pout.

"No fuckin' way!"

"If you help us, then I'll show you around cow town no da!" The chibi clung to his leg. "SOMEONE must know where you live no da!"

"Get off me!" The chibi refused to let go of his leg no matter how much it swung. "Off!! Off!! Damnit let go!"

"Itai no da!" The blue haired man squeaked as the sharp air and the friction slapped painfully against his small form.

Finally, the redhead gave in. "Alright! I'll help ya, just get off!"

"Yatta no da!" Chichiri fell backward, with swirly eyes. "Itai... no... da..."

"Sucker!" Tasuki ran as fast as he could into the other direction. He came to a screeching halt and landed harshly on his butt when the fox face had suddenly appeared in front of him.

"It's not nice to walk out on a promise no da." The man in front of him scolded.

"Fuck! I didn't promise nothin'!" Tasuki yelled back. Before he knew it, the chibi had attached himself to the leg again. "Eh!?? Yamete!!" He clutched at the tiny form and pulled as hard as he could.

"Promise no da!" The chibi clung on tight. "Wear the costume over your leg no da!"

"Wha?"

"Put it on no da!!"

"Hell no!" He grabbed at the chibi's head.

"I'm not letting go no da." The chibi pouted and bit down on the pinkie. He earned a loud scream of pain and lots of profanity.

"Aren't ya gonna suffocate or somethin'?" The redhead frowned.

"I'll be fine. Just put it on no da."

Tasuki growled and shoved the costume on over the chibi and himself and put the stupid bell around his neck. "Now what?"

"You see the distant rock no da?" It strangely looked like his oddly shaped leg was talking to him.

"Yeah, now what?"

"Well, walk no da!"

"Are you fucking kidding me? That rock must be over a... AIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" The half-vampire squealed and jumped as the chibi figure crawled up his leg. "What the hell're ya doin!!!??" he screamed while it clung onto his stomach.

"I need a more comfortable place to rest while you walk us over there no da!" He felt the chibi snuggle onto HIS stomach.

"I walk 'us' over there???" Tasuki fumed but gave up after he heard tiny chibi snores coming from his stomach. His face flushed as he made his way over to the rock. "I hope no one fuckin' sees me like this. I look like I'm goddamn pregnant..."

The trip was long and he was tired when he got over to the now huge rock that lay before him. It also didn't make things better that he felt a big pool of water on his shirt to which he assumed to be the chibi's drool. But when he glanced up, for the first time he noticed that a feminine figure was sitting idly on the very top.

"Oi! Wake up!" Tasuki pounded his stomach.

"Daa..." ChichiriÕs voice mumbled as he lolled into consciousness.

"Now what do I do?" He growled.

"You see a pretty gu-girl na no da?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Climb the rock and talk to her no da!" The redhead immediately didn't like the sound of this.

"Fuck no! You talk to her!"

"Why don't you want to na no da? Shy no da?"

"I hate women!"

"Well, it's not like YOU could ever woo her into marriage no da." Before the redhead could say anything, Chichiri quickly added, "You'll just talk to her no da! Nothing more no da! Or I'll hang onto you forever no da!"

"Fine! Tell me what ta say! An' hurry up."

"Just ask about the weather and I promise I'll handle everything from there no da!"

"Promise?"

"Promise no da."

Tasuki climbed the rock onto the top. But on the way, he also purposely thrust his stomach into the hard wall, earning "Itai no da!"s along the way. He chuckled evilly each time he heard the tiny man complain. And the chibi always paid him back by biting his stomach.

"Who are you?" The feminine figure tossed its long violet braid over its shoulder and stared quizzically at the man.

"Hey, I'm Tasuki." He said between clenched teeth. The redhead also took note of the incredibly flat chest of the figure before him.

"Eh..." The seemed-to-be-girl stared at his stomach, not sure whether to burst out laughing or run away from this weirdo. "Are you pregnant?"

The redhead stared down and turned beet red. "What the fuck!? Hell no! It's just that... this costume came full of milk in the... thing... the pink thing... yeah..." She raised an eyebrow. Tasuki bit his lip and screamed angrily.

The girl laughed and patted the space next to her. "Go ahead and sit down. I see you're one of the many who's trying to make it over the moon, huh?"

"Well..."

And before he could answer, his stomach had things to say first. "Are you a man or woman, because your chest is really flat!!"

"What did you say!?" The girl jumped up.

"Wha?" The redhead was totally lost. How was his voice speaking?? "I didn't say nothin'!!"

"How dare you make fun of me!!" The girl cried and cried. But then, in almost an instant, her tears vanished. "Oh ho ho ho! But I DO look pretty enough don't I? I could've fooled anyone if it weren't for my chest!"

"That... means... you... are a... guy..." Tasuki started to get a migraine from confusion.

"But aren't I pretty?" The man did a lovely pose and Tasuki... well... he really didn't know what to do. When the redhead turned away trying to get the new information straight, the purple-haired beauty leaned in close. "Oi! Baka! What's wrong?"

Tasuki turned back and was face to face with him. He gazed into the cross-dresser's eyes and swallowed hard. Just as his lips parted to speak a breath full of air...

"Ew!! I think I smell roaches!!"

Both of their eyes widened in shock. Tasuki screeched. The feminine man gritted his teeth angrily.

"How DARE you!!!" With a swift punch, the redhead was flown into the sky.

"We're almost over the moon no da!"

"Chichiri!!! What the fuck did you think you were doinÕ!" Tasuki yelled before he slammed completely into the moon. Then, his weight peeled his form off the now-dented rock and he fell hard into the ground below.

"Ow..." Tasuki whimpered.

"Itai no da..."

"That'll teach you, you inconsiderate ruffian!" They heard a voice shout.

"Oh yeah, well you call that a hit, ugly?" Chichiri chimed in happily in Tasuki's voice.

The redhead wasn't as cooperative and started to strangle the figure on his stomach. But before he knew it, a fist was a split second in his vision followed by the soaring wind that brushed along his ears and through his hair. "UWAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"Shh, Tasuki no da! Look! We went over the moon no da!!"

"... Che... isn't that fucking wonderful?" The redhead murmured as he saw the large figure of the moon far beneath him.


To be continued...