A/N: Well it's chapter 8 and I still got at least one person reading this. So here we go with that stupid disclaimer I always gotta put up Fushigi Yuugi isn't mine but Kyari is. So on to the chapter…
As Kyari wandered around, she saw the rock where she'd almost fallen that morning. She smiled as she remembered who had saved her and what had happened by the river just ten minutes before.
He's something else, that monk. she thought to herself as she rounded a turn in the hall. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she smashed right into Miaka.
"Owww!" the priestess cried, more in surprise then in pain.
"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry!" Kyari stammered, picking herself up off the floor where she'd fallen.
Miaka smiled good-naturedly. " Don't worry about it." she chirped cheerfully " Hey, about the festival tonight… Tasuki and Nuriko are coming too. Is that alright?"
The peacekeeper groaned inwardly at the mention of the fiery seishi but she smiled and said "Yeah sure. So meet you guys in front of the gates at around eight tonight?"
"Yup. See you there." Miaka turned and started in the direction of her room "I still have some last minute packing to do, so I gotta go. But, we'll see each other at the festival, 'kay?"
" Sounds good to me. I have some stuff to do too. See you later!" Kyari called as she turned back to the pond. It might not be the most important stuff in the world, but it's still stuff.
She walked to the edge of the water and smiled down into it. "Beauty in it's purest form." she sighed. "The water not me, mind." she added for the benefit of the frog she'd been talking to. The frog looked up at her, blinked as if to ask 'why are you talking to me?' and hopped into the water with a splash. Kyari giggled and kept walking. She was halfway around the lake when she felt eyes on the back of her head. Her footsteps faltered a bit and she turned sharply. Nobody. Feeling a little creeped out, the girl shook her head and continued walking, only a bit faster this time.
Out of nowhere a pair of hands seized the peacekeeper's shoulders and she gasped in surprise. Whirling to face her attacker, Kyari put both hands in front of her and concentrated. A purple light glowed in the center of each palm.
"Don't shoot!!! Don't shoot!" yelped whoever had grabbed her.
"Tasuki?" Kyari stammered, hurriedly dropping her hands "What the hell?"
"Why didn't ya tell somebody you could throw ki blasts?" demanded the bandit "Ya coulda killed me!"
"Well you're the moron sneaking up on me. You forget I used to live in another world, where if someone grabs you by the shoulders you stun them first ask questions later." the girl told him evenly "Why did you anyways? Sneak up on me I mean"
Tasuki shrugged. "I was just teasin'." he said simply
"Usually the worst that'll happen is I end up in a brawl with Tama. I wasn't
expectin' ki blasts."
Kyari gave him an apologetic smile. "Sorry about that." she said guiltily "Are
you okay?"
The fiery seishi nodded. "Yeah. An' that was my fault after all. You were just acting in self defense." He flashed her a reassuring grin that showed off his fangs.
"Cool fangs." the girl remarked, thinking that maybe, just maybe, she could actually get to like this hotheaded young man.
He grinned at her again and the pair continued walking around the pond, talking unconcernedly. They came to the edge of a forest and all of a sudden without knowing why, Kyari turned and hugged Tasuki round the middle.
"What th'…!" he exclaimed sharply, cheeks going pink.
"I have no idea." Kyari admitted, her eyes twinkling to match her smile "I'm just so happy! I have friends! And they like me! And I like them!"
She let go of the bewildered bandit she'd been hugging and ran ahead a few meters. She pulled a handspring then punched the air crying "Yeeeaaahhh!".
Her flame-haired companion just stared.
"Heheheheh…" Kyari laughed sheepishly "Now that I've regained my sanity…" she said as she went back to walk with Tasuki "What were you doing before you grabbed me?"
Tasuki shrugged "Nothin'. Just walkin' around and thinking s'all."
"Mind if I join you?" the girl asked.
The bandit shook his head and the pair kept on, each with their own thoughts.
***************Well here's chapter eight finally. Sorry it's so short I'm very stuck at the moment but I promise the story'll pick up real soon.
~Tenshi Kitsune~ **************************************************
