A/N: Ch 4 is here! Would have had it up sooner but thanks to Videotron (my internet supplier) I couldn't. So anyways as usual the characters from Fushigi Yuugi aren't mine but Kyari is. So now that I said that don't make me pay up money I don't have. And on to the fic.
Chichiri led Kyari back to the guest room she'd been using earlier.
" You can stay here, no da. If you want anything just ask me or someone and they'll see what they can do." the young man told her.
"Alright. Thanks again for helping me out." The girl smiled dispiritedly and turned to go into her room.
Chichiri put a hand on her shoulder. " Are you okay, no da?" he asked, concern in his voice.
Kyari shook her head to clear it then nodded. "Yeah. I'm okay."
The other gave her a suspicious look and the girl waved at him as she shut the door firmly behind her.
"Close one." The girl breathed, "All I'd need now is to be spilling my feelings to strangers."
She collapsed on her bed staring at the ceiling. Thoughts chased themselves around her more than confused brain and the girl tried to shake them off.
"It's alright." She whispered to herself, right hand unconsciously tracing the thin line of her scar " That's far behind you now and you'll never pull anything like it ever again."
Somehow, in a few more minutes the newly named peacekeeper fell asleep without realizing it.
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The next morning Kyari woke up to find it was still half dark outside.
"Great." she muttered bitterly "Even the time zone has to change on me…"
Throwing off the covers, she figured she might as well go exploring in the palace grounds since sleep was out of the question now.
She pulled on her now dry capris, a dark purple tunic and tied her trademark bandana around her head. Pulling her hair into a ponytail, she added tai-chi slippers to the outfit and regarded herself in a mirror. Nodding her approval she headed out the door.
Once outside the girl shut her eyes and spun in a circle.
"Wherever I'm facing I go." she told no one in particular.
She opened her eyes and found herself facing a wall.
"Yeah okay…maybe I'll just go the other way."
So she turned and headed straight thinking at least it was nice outside and not totally pitch black. After about twenty minutes of pointless wandering, she found herself in a small grove of trees near a lake.
Smiling at the beauty she was looking at, Kyari climbed up onto a nearby boulder that overlooked the mirror-like surface of the lake and lay down on her stomach quietly watching small fish dart back and forth.
She sighed contentedly and shut her eyes, daydreaming. The girl stayed like that for awhile just happy to be away from everyone and everything.
When she finally opened her eyes, the sun was almost fully risen and she sat up, leaning back on her hands, to watch the rest of the sunrise.
"This isn't as bad as I figured." The girl thought now in a better mood then when she had first started out.
Then she stood up, intending to leave, but the clear, still water kept her gaze for a second longer. When she finally turned to leave, she was facing a young man with blue hair and bangs that stood straight up in the air.
She yelled in surprise, forgetting for a minute that she knew who he was, and took a step backwards. She stepped into nothing one foot on the rock, the other off.
"Chichiri! Help!" the girl cried in panic, arms pin-wheeling wildly.
The other quickly sprang forward and pulled Kyari forwards. She tripped and her head fell onto his chest. The peacekeeper stayed there for a minute a fistful of Chichiri's kesa in each hand, close to tears.
"Thanks. If there's one thing I'm scared of it's falling off high places." she told him in earnest, looking up into his face " You saved my life."
The young man looked as if he might be blushing, but Kyari couldn't tell for sure because there was no color on his cheeks.
She smiled at him and let go of his kesa. "So whatcha up to?"
"Not much, no da. I just wanted to enjoy the view of the lake." he answered simply.
"Me too." replied the girl "I'll leave you alone so you can think or whatever."
She turned to leave.
Chichiri hesitated a second then put a hand on her shoulder. "You could stay if you wanted to, no da." he told her a little shyly.
Kyari nodded and the two sat there side by side just appreciating each other's company and the general calm around them.
******************** Well another part of the story unfolded. As usual tell me whatcha think. What you say really matters and getting reviews makes me want to write more. Plus thanx to those who already reviewed my fic. ~Tenshi Kitsune~
