A/N: And here's chapter 3! Sorry about the wait wasn't in the same country as my chapter and had no computer. Anyways…
Suzako no Miko Copy cabbit: How Kyari got her scar is a secret for now. She'll tell later. And of course the traditional disclaimer…
Fushigi Yuugi isn't mine (though I wish it was) so don't sue me for being creative. ^_^ So on to the fic…
Chichiri led the girl down the hall and around a corner to a room with dark cherry-wood floorboards and antique looking furniture decorating the interior. A window, that took up a good part of the right wall, let sunlight stream in and play gently across the light blue bedspread that covered a soft-looking four-poster.
" Wow!" Kyari breathed in total amazement "A-Are you sure I can stay in here?" she asked a little shakily "I mean this sort of room must be meant for royalty not people like me…"
The girl felt a little intimidated by the room and felt more out of place than ever.
Chichiri laughed a little bit at her reaction. "Of course you can use this room, no da. It's a guest room for a reason." he told her "Unless you'd rather stay soaking wet and cold, no da."
Kyari couldn't help but smile at the monk. Somehow just hearing his voice made her feel better about her situation. "I think I'll opt for dry clothes." She told him stepping into the room.
The other returned her smile and turned to head back down the hall. "Oh yes, and I'll be back soon to take you to see Hotohori-sama. Alright, no da?"
Kyari nodded. "Arigato, Chichiri." she said as the young man headed back down the hallway.
"Doitashimashite, na no da." he called back over his shoulder.
I said and understood that how? Kyari wondered as she opened up a closet. Must have been the book she decided, pulling out a waist length dark-purple kimono and navy pants like Mitt's.
She laid the clothes on the bed and stood back to see if they matched properly. The girl stood there for five minutes regarding the pair then decided she couldn't figure out if they matched or not.
"If anybody asks, I'm colorblind." she laughed to herself.
She pulled on a pair of the tai chi like slippers and tugged her elastic out of her hair, letting it fall lightly over her shoulders. The girl let herself fall backwards onto the bed and stared up at the ceiling.
A soft tap on the door jolted her out of her thoughts.
"Kyari?"
It was Chichiri.
"Yeah?" she said pulling the door open "Time to go already?"
Chichiri nodded and told the girl to follow him.
They walked down the hallways in relative silence, as neither was really that talkative, and stopped in front of a pair of sliding Chinese doors. Chichiri waved his hand and the door slid gently to the side. Kyari stared and the blue haired monk smiled at her and motioned for the girl to go in before him. She nodded and stepped into the emperor's throne room. For about the millionth time that day Kyari's eyes widened and she nervously followed Chichiri up to where the emperor was seated.
The room was decorated with pillars and gold carvings of a phoenix. A red carpet covered the floor and in the middle at the very back of the room, sat the emperor himself. He was sitting on a dais made almost entirely of gold. He was so beautiful it was strange. His light brown eyes sparkled under grayish-brown bangs and his flowing kimono seemed so regal it was all the girl could do not to turn and run.
She gasped and bowed low with her arms in the sleeves of her kimono.
"You may rise, Kyari." Hotohori said in his deep and gentle voice.
Kyari straightened and looked up into the emperor's soft eyes.
"Now tell me, how do you come to be in Konan and where do you really come from?"
"How'd you know I don't come from here?" the girl asked in surprise.
The emperor smiled at her. "Chichiri has informed me of everything that has happened since he met you."
"Oh…"
So Kyari told him everything. From the aqua light to how she'd run into Chichiri.
"…. So y'see, sir, I'm not sure exactly how I come to be here. I think the book brought me here." she finished with a small shrug.
"I see." Hotohori said gravely "The scrolls of Suzaku don't seem to mention you so it might be that you were brought here by accident." He paused, apparently deep in thought, and Kyari cut in.
"All I want to do is go back home. I'm tired and confused and, aw hell, totally scared. Please just send me home." Tears threatened to fall and Kyari felt her left cheek burn.
Damn it all, not now! she thought, desperately putting a hand up to her cheek.
It was too little too late however and the purple light shone through her fingers.
Chichiri jumped in surprise.
"Sorry…" Kyari mumbled, tuning her face a little "It does that sometimes."
"Please, it's alright." The emperor told her, going over to the girl. He gently took her hand away from her cheek to reveal a light purple symbol.
"The peace symbol, no da!" Chichiri exclaimed, eyes widening in surprise.
"I-Is that bad?" Kyari asked.
"Not at all." said Hotohori "I seem to remember an older legend that my advisors told me as a boy. It said that would one day, Suzaku would send a child to help keep the peace in Konan. Her role would be to save the Miko from error so that they could finally summon Suzaku."
"What exactly does that mean?" the girl asked shakily.
"It means that you were sent here by Suzaku to become the peacekeeper, Kyari." the emperor explained "And if you accept the responsibility of becoming the guardian of both Suzaku no Miko and her seven Seishi, you are also helping to bring peace to all of Konan."
"How could I be helping a whole country if I'm only supposed to look after Suzaku no Miko and her s-sei-seich… those other guys?"
"By protecting Miaka and us seishi, you can make sure that we summon Suzaku, no da." Chichiri piped up "If we summon Suzaku then Miaka gets three wishes. She'll use one of her wishes to bring peace to Konan and then the others for whatever she wants, no da."
"And if you lose a seishi what happens?"
"Then Suzaku can never be summoned." Hotohori said gravely "Just as if we lose the priestess, Suzaku will not appear."
"Okay. So if I become peacekeeper, I can't let even one seishi die or else we're toast and I especially have to watch out for Suzaku no Miko 'cause she's the one who actually has to summon this Suzaku person. Got it. One last question: Who's Suzaku?"
"He's our guardian, no da." Chichiri told her " There're four; Genbu to the north, Suzaku to the south, Seriyuu to the east and Byakko to the west."
Kyari nodded. "Alright. I'll become the peacekeeper." she said turning to Hotohori.
"Thank you Kyari. All of Konan is counting on you." the emperor told her gratefully.
"I'll do my best, sir." The girl said with a bow.
"Chichiri, show Kyari back to her room please." Hotohori said turning towards his planning room.
"Hai" the monk bowed and led Kyari back to her room.
***** As usual I'm sorry it took so long to put this up and I hope you liked it. Here are some words you might not have understood: ****************
Doitashimashite- you're welcome
Arigato-thank you
Hai-yes or right
Anyhow tell me what you guys think.
~Tenshi Kitsune~
