A/N: Well here it is folks ch.5! Sorry that I always take so long to update, I'm just really horrible at typing so I try not to do it (not that that's a good thing mind). Plus school just started so there goes half my day. Anyhow I apologize to everyone who reads this and then has to wait like a month and a half for the next chapter. So on to that stupid disclaimer I always have to put: Fushigi Yuugi=not mine Kyari=mine. And now the chapter.
Kyari and Chichiri were sitting on the rock by the side of the lake in silence watching the water and generally getting lost in thought.
"Hey Chichiri?" Kyari ventured, breaking the silence.
"Yes?" the young man answered turning to face her.
" You know how you're a seishi and the girl, Miaka, is the Miko?"
The other nodded.
"Well, is that it? I mean are you the only seishi who's actually been tracked down?"
Chichiri shook his head " I'm not the only one, no da. We found and tracked down all seven seishi. There's Tasuki (the guy with red hair you met yesterday), and then there's Mitsukake (he's the healer you saw yesterday), plus Hotohori-sama (he's the emperor of Konan), Nuriko Chiriko and Tamahome. You haven't seen the last three yet but you will soon enough, no da."
The girl nodded and turned back to the calm water.
This definitely isn't as bad as I figured. she thought happily.
The pair stayed like that for awhile and still weren't planning on going anywhere anytime soon, when Tasuki pushed his way through the brush that surrounded the rock and told them they had to follow him.
"Why?" Kyari demanded a little annoyed.
"Because there's a meeting and Hotohori says everyone except Miaka has to be there. 'Including the peacekeeper' were his words, now c'mon or we'll be late!" the flame haired seishi said impatiently.
Chichiri got to his feet almost immediately and extended a hand to Kyari.
" I guess that's a good reason." Kyari said taking his hand and reluctantly getting to her feet.
The three set off for the conference room where the meeting was to be held.
"So what's the meeting supposed to be about, no da?" Chichiri asked after a while of walking in silence.
"Probably about how we're supposed to get to Hokkan." The flame haired seishi answered.
"Hokkan? T'hell's that?" Kyari asked quizzically.
" That's the town we're supposed to go to, no da. It's where Taitsikun told us we could find the Shin-Zaho stone." Chichiri told her.
Seeing the slightly confused look on the peacekeeper's face, Chichiri explained to her that the Shin-Zaho would be used to summon Suzaku since they had lost the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho.
"Oh. So I'm guessing the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho was the thing you were supposed to use to summon Suzaku?" Kyari said shaking her head.
"Right. We're there." Tasuki piped up leading them into a room with red carpets and a huge wood desk in the middle.
At the desk sat Hotohori and standing around the desk were four other people. One was a tall, handsome young man with teal colored hair and sparkling gray eyes dressed in black pants and dark blue tunic-like top. Next to him stood a young boy of about thirteen with brown hair tied up on top of his head, a green kimono and large, intelligent, brown eyes. Finally next to the small boy was what appeared to be a beautiful young woman. She had dark purple hair tied into a braid that fell down to the center of her back, large violet eyes and wore purple pants and a purple vest. Slightly behind her stood the tallest of the seishi, Mitsukake, Tama-Neko perched on his shoulder.
Kyari's eyes widened at the impressive site of an official meeting of the Sichiseishi of Suzaku. Tasuki went to stand next to Mitsukake. Chichiri was about to follow but, he notice Kyari hanging back
"What are you waiting for, Suzaku no peacekeeper?" Chichiri asked gently.
Kyari smiled a little at the formal address, ducked her head respectively and went to stand next to Chichiri and Tasuki.
Hotohori clapped his hands together softly to bring the meeting to order. "Now that we are all assembled, the first order of business is to introduce the newest member of the Suzaku Seven. Kyari, step forward please." the emperor said addressing everyone formally.
Kyari swallowed nervously and hesitantly stepped forward.
"Kyari has been chosen to become the Peacekeeper for the Suzaku seishi. She has been chosen by Suzaku to help protect the Miko and her warriors. This means that she will be accompanying you all to Hokkan tomorrow." Hotohori continued.
"Protect us?" Tasuki interrupted " She's so tiny I feel like I should be protectin' her!"
Kyari looked down at her shoes, feeling three feet tall.
"Now was that fair, Tasuki?" demanded the purple haired seishi.
"Maybe not, but it's true!" the flame haired young man retorted.
"Nuriko's right. We should give the kid a chance." spoke up the teal haired seishi. " She probably has some really great battle moves or something. I mean Suzaku wouldn't have chosen her if she were a useless weakling."
"That's right, no da." Chichiri chimed in " How will we know what Kyari's capable of if we don't give her a chance, no da?"
Tasuki scowled then admitted defeat. " But I still gotta see her skills before I'll put my life in her hands." he muttered.
Hotohori shook his head then went on " If Tasuki's done putting down the one destined to help us in our quest, then we'll resume our meeting. I haven't called you here to discuss the intelligence of Suzaku's choices or their repercussions, I called you all here to see if you would be ready to leave tomorrow."
Everyone nodded or said yes.
"Right. Kyari will this leave you enough time to prepare?" the emperor asked the peacekeeper.
" Sure. It's not like I have anything to bring…. Lost my schoolbag when I fell in the river." the girl answered a little sullenly.
"Is it purple and dark blue, no da?" Chichiri asked
Kyari looked up at him and nodded "Why? You seen it?" she asked eagerly.
"Hai. It was by the riverside, no da. I'll show you after the meeting's done." he answered.
Kyari smiled at him then turned back to Hotohori. " In that case gimme about two hours to track down my bag, and then I'll be ready." she revised her previous answer.
The emperor nodded and dismissed everyone. As they left the purple haired seishi and the small boy came up to Kyari.
"By the way Kyari, my name's Nuriko and this here's Chiriko." the seishi told the girl, pointing first at herself then gesturing to the boy.
"Nice to meet you guys. And thanks for sticking up for me in there Nuriko. It's pretty cool that you did seeing as you don't know me." she told the older seishi.
"Anytime. Don't take Tasuki too seriously though, he acts big and mean but he's just a big two-year-old." Nuriko replied.
"Who was that other guy? The one with tealish hair?" Kyari asked "Since I'll be with you guys for awhile, I figure I might as well know you're names y'know?"
"Good idea and his name is Tamahome." Chiriko spoke up.
"Thanks…um Chiriko right?"
The boy nodded and said " I should go prepare for tomorrow, as we'll be up early. See you at dinner."
With that he hurried off towards his room.
"I should go find Chichiri and then my pack." Kyari agreed " See ya later."
Nuriko waved and headed towards her room while Kyari went the opposite way, where she'd last seen Chichiri headed.
*********************** Well, whatcha think? Better? Worse? And for all you guys out there who think that I made a mistake when I was writing the Nuriko parts up, I didn't for now Kyari thinks of him as a girl so I use 'she' or 'her' to describe him 'till Kyari figures out he's a him. (And if you made any sense outta that ten points for you.) 'til next chappy,
~Tenshi Kitsune~
