Part Five: Hello Warriors of Suzaku
A/N sorry it's been so long but I have been soooo busy with school and everything. Thank you so much for the reviews although I am sorry to say that there isn't much softball in the actual fic, only references (sorry otaku pitcher!) I really like softball thou it is fun. That is why Chiharu plays! Yay! And to answer other questions, there will be a lot of romance in later chapters (they are already written-I just gotta find time to post them) And it is really sweet. ^_^
Disclaimer: Fushigi Yugi is the property of Yu Watase who is not me. (Sadness)
The family and their guest were sitting around arguing over why Miaka and Taka had never told their kids about the universe of the four gods, when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Chuei yelled, running to answer it. He opened the door to see Kourin standing under an umbrella, her big red-violet eyes grinning. A storm had blown in after supper and it had begun to rain. "Oh, come in." he said, a bit nervously. Kourin was wearing a yellow raincoat and boots, the end of a red cotton dress peaking out the bottom. "I can only stay a minute, I still have to walk home." She had short purple hair just lower than her chin and was extremely thin. Extremely pretty is what Chuei was thinking, as his sister poked her head over his shoulder. "Hey Kourin, What's up?" Kourin grinned. "Not much. And you?" Chiharu shoved her brother out of the way, who was still struggling to close the umbrella, and led Kourin to the living room. "Well actually my parents just told me that they spent a greater part of their lives in another world and some weird dude to see us from that world supposedly, and-" Kourin looked at Chiharu strangely. "That's funny, my brother talks about that too." As the girls entered the living room, Jielain jumped up and stared at Kourin. "You! Take off your shirt for a minute!" Kourin blinked, then blushed. "Excuse you?" Jielain walked over and whipped out her picture. "You match the description of the warrior of Suzaku Nuriko and I need to see if you have the mark of Suzaku on your chest." Chiharu's jaw dropped. "You have no right to ask that of some one you have never met! You totally need to learn some stinkin' manners!" Her aura glowed with anger at the bandit. "You're askin for it!" Jielain exclaimed, pulling the tessen from her back. Her own aura was burning orangely, and she prepared to burn her opponent to a crisp. "Stop!" Chuei yelled. He stood between them, but Kourin pulled him away. Miaka and Taka watched, curious. Neither of them was worried about the house catching fire, but they were a little concerned for their daughter's sake. It was apparent that the fighting spirit of each of the girl's fathers was passed on to them, and their tempers as well. Just then, in the midst of her rage, Chiharu felt a sudden power flow through her and her parents gasped as a symbol flared to life on her forehead. "Rekka Shienen!" Jielain yelled, and just as Chiharu was about to get fried, Chuei stepped between them, and the flame disappeared. Chuei fainted.
"What the heck?!" Jielain asked, leaning over the unconscious boy. A symbol flared also on his forehead, then faded. Chiharu touched her own forehead curiously. Was she some kind of freak? Why the heck hadn't she been burned to a crisp by the fire? Why hadn't Chuei? Jielain stood up and glared at the priestess and her husband. "Why didn't you tell me that your kids were warriors of Suzaku?" Miaka shrugged. "We didn't know." She said. Jielain took this as the truth and abandoned her anger. "Oh then. I guess they can help me look for the others. That's three down." Chiharu leapt to her feet. "What did you do to my brother?!" she yelled angrily. "I was tryin' to fry YOU and he got in the way!" Jielain retorted. Kourin knelt down beside Chuei and examined him closely. "He's alright, just stunned I guess." Chiharu gave a sigh of relief and rushed to his side as he began to stir. "Oh, Chuei what happened?" The boy blinked at his twin and shook his head. "I dunno sis, I used my power to stop the fire from hurting anyone.Wait, what power do I have?" Everyone turned to look at Miaka and Taka. Miaka smiled mysteriously. "I don't want to involve myself in this too much, but you should know that each warrior has a special power. It seems that Chuei's is something psychic, and Chiharu's is physical. Both marks appear on the forehead, but are different. Like the Seriyuu twins, but also like Tamahome." No one knew what to make of that, so they stayed silent. Jielain especially was confused. She knew the legend of the Seriyuu twins Suboshi and Amiboshi, who fought on different sides and loved different priestesses, and in the end was only tragedy. Why did the priestess say that? What was her own power? Would it appear before her father died or not? She looked at the tessen in her hand and frowned. What would Tasuki have done? "Excuse me priestess, do you have any sake? My head is pounding."
A bit later, after Jielain was.err.satisfied, Chuei walked the frazzled Kourin home and the others semi-settled in. Miaka showed Jielain to the extra bedroom and Chiharu retired grumpily to her own room. When Chuei got home he slipped into Jielain's room for a chat and was surprised to see her on the floor with her head under the bed. "Uh, hello? Am I interrupting?" Chuei asked. Jielain popped out from under the bed quickly, slightly embarrassed. "Oh, no come in." She was still dressed in her bandit clothes. Large, baggy tan pants tucked into clunky boots, with a loose undershirt and a larger red leather lace up vest, put together with a brown belt. Her necklaces and earrings were just like her fathers, and the tessen was still strapped to her back. She sat up on her heels and studied Chuei. He was in his boxers and a muscle shirt for bed, and his hair wasn't combed, but he had a gracefulness about him that would have made him a great bandit. His honey colored hair and gray eyes gave him a calm look, easy to talk to. "Might I ask what you were doing under the bed?" he asked, grinning. Jielain bushed slightly under his calm gaze. "I was trying to fit my clothes under there but there was no room." She felt silly talking to this boy from another world. "You can put them in the closet, here." He took the small pile of clothes and opened the closet door. "There are shelves or you can hang them up." He took the top shirt and showed her. "How long are you going to stay here, in this world I mean?" "Until I find the rest of the warriors." She said. "Then I'm going back to be the bandit leader." "Bandits?" Chuei asked uncertainly. He wasn't so sure about bandits. "That's it." She replied tartly. "Do you.steal stuff? And kidnap people?" Chuei was worried that she might try something. "Steal from the rich and keep it, kidnap the jerks and teach 'em." She recited the lyric Kouji taught her when she was little, smiling at the look on Chuei's face. "Don't worry, we don't raid friends." She added. Chuei went back to hanging up Jielain's clothes. He stopped suddenly though, and dropped the rest of the clothes. He had seen too much. Jielain's face burned crimson as she saw the thing he had dropped. Her underclothes. "I.uh.well.you can dress however.bandits do." He quickly picked up the item and put it on the shelf. Jielain realized his mistake. "Oh, no, I'm a girl.so I need that.err.ya." There was an embarrassed silence, and then Chuei smiled. "I thought you were too pretty to be a guy." he said. Jielain was genuinely surprised. No one ever had commented on her looking like a girl before. Even the priestess had thought she was a boy. Boshin still (even though they had been swimming together before) considered her a guy, after all that time. Being tall and dressing like a bandit certainly didn't help her reputation, but she had never really cared before. "Th-thank you." She said. "No one ever noticed I was a girl before." Chuei smiled. "Then they must be missing out." He finished in the closet and walked over to the door. "I guess I'll leave you now, the bathrooms down the hall, you can ask my mom if you have any troubles. Goodnight." "Goodnight." Jielain answered. She stared after him as he walked across the hall and closed the door to his room. A few minutes later his room went dark, and Jielain sat alone with her thoughts. **********************
A/N sorry it's been so long but I have been soooo busy with school and everything. Thank you so much for the reviews although I am sorry to say that there isn't much softball in the actual fic, only references (sorry otaku pitcher!) I really like softball thou it is fun. That is why Chiharu plays! Yay! And to answer other questions, there will be a lot of romance in later chapters (they are already written-I just gotta find time to post them) And it is really sweet. ^_^
Disclaimer: Fushigi Yugi is the property of Yu Watase who is not me. (Sadness)
The family and their guest were sitting around arguing over why Miaka and Taka had never told their kids about the universe of the four gods, when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Chuei yelled, running to answer it. He opened the door to see Kourin standing under an umbrella, her big red-violet eyes grinning. A storm had blown in after supper and it had begun to rain. "Oh, come in." he said, a bit nervously. Kourin was wearing a yellow raincoat and boots, the end of a red cotton dress peaking out the bottom. "I can only stay a minute, I still have to walk home." She had short purple hair just lower than her chin and was extremely thin. Extremely pretty is what Chuei was thinking, as his sister poked her head over his shoulder. "Hey Kourin, What's up?" Kourin grinned. "Not much. And you?" Chiharu shoved her brother out of the way, who was still struggling to close the umbrella, and led Kourin to the living room. "Well actually my parents just told me that they spent a greater part of their lives in another world and some weird dude to see us from that world supposedly, and-" Kourin looked at Chiharu strangely. "That's funny, my brother talks about that too." As the girls entered the living room, Jielain jumped up and stared at Kourin. "You! Take off your shirt for a minute!" Kourin blinked, then blushed. "Excuse you?" Jielain walked over and whipped out her picture. "You match the description of the warrior of Suzaku Nuriko and I need to see if you have the mark of Suzaku on your chest." Chiharu's jaw dropped. "You have no right to ask that of some one you have never met! You totally need to learn some stinkin' manners!" Her aura glowed with anger at the bandit. "You're askin for it!" Jielain exclaimed, pulling the tessen from her back. Her own aura was burning orangely, and she prepared to burn her opponent to a crisp. "Stop!" Chuei yelled. He stood between them, but Kourin pulled him away. Miaka and Taka watched, curious. Neither of them was worried about the house catching fire, but they were a little concerned for their daughter's sake. It was apparent that the fighting spirit of each of the girl's fathers was passed on to them, and their tempers as well. Just then, in the midst of her rage, Chiharu felt a sudden power flow through her and her parents gasped as a symbol flared to life on her forehead. "Rekka Shienen!" Jielain yelled, and just as Chiharu was about to get fried, Chuei stepped between them, and the flame disappeared. Chuei fainted.
"What the heck?!" Jielain asked, leaning over the unconscious boy. A symbol flared also on his forehead, then faded. Chiharu touched her own forehead curiously. Was she some kind of freak? Why the heck hadn't she been burned to a crisp by the fire? Why hadn't Chuei? Jielain stood up and glared at the priestess and her husband. "Why didn't you tell me that your kids were warriors of Suzaku?" Miaka shrugged. "We didn't know." She said. Jielain took this as the truth and abandoned her anger. "Oh then. I guess they can help me look for the others. That's three down." Chiharu leapt to her feet. "What did you do to my brother?!" she yelled angrily. "I was tryin' to fry YOU and he got in the way!" Jielain retorted. Kourin knelt down beside Chuei and examined him closely. "He's alright, just stunned I guess." Chiharu gave a sigh of relief and rushed to his side as he began to stir. "Oh, Chuei what happened?" The boy blinked at his twin and shook his head. "I dunno sis, I used my power to stop the fire from hurting anyone.Wait, what power do I have?" Everyone turned to look at Miaka and Taka. Miaka smiled mysteriously. "I don't want to involve myself in this too much, but you should know that each warrior has a special power. It seems that Chuei's is something psychic, and Chiharu's is physical. Both marks appear on the forehead, but are different. Like the Seriyuu twins, but also like Tamahome." No one knew what to make of that, so they stayed silent. Jielain especially was confused. She knew the legend of the Seriyuu twins Suboshi and Amiboshi, who fought on different sides and loved different priestesses, and in the end was only tragedy. Why did the priestess say that? What was her own power? Would it appear before her father died or not? She looked at the tessen in her hand and frowned. What would Tasuki have done? "Excuse me priestess, do you have any sake? My head is pounding."
A bit later, after Jielain was.err.satisfied, Chuei walked the frazzled Kourin home and the others semi-settled in. Miaka showed Jielain to the extra bedroom and Chiharu retired grumpily to her own room. When Chuei got home he slipped into Jielain's room for a chat and was surprised to see her on the floor with her head under the bed. "Uh, hello? Am I interrupting?" Chuei asked. Jielain popped out from under the bed quickly, slightly embarrassed. "Oh, no come in." She was still dressed in her bandit clothes. Large, baggy tan pants tucked into clunky boots, with a loose undershirt and a larger red leather lace up vest, put together with a brown belt. Her necklaces and earrings were just like her fathers, and the tessen was still strapped to her back. She sat up on her heels and studied Chuei. He was in his boxers and a muscle shirt for bed, and his hair wasn't combed, but he had a gracefulness about him that would have made him a great bandit. His honey colored hair and gray eyes gave him a calm look, easy to talk to. "Might I ask what you were doing under the bed?" he asked, grinning. Jielain bushed slightly under his calm gaze. "I was trying to fit my clothes under there but there was no room." She felt silly talking to this boy from another world. "You can put them in the closet, here." He took the small pile of clothes and opened the closet door. "There are shelves or you can hang them up." He took the top shirt and showed her. "How long are you going to stay here, in this world I mean?" "Until I find the rest of the warriors." She said. "Then I'm going back to be the bandit leader." "Bandits?" Chuei asked uncertainly. He wasn't so sure about bandits. "That's it." She replied tartly. "Do you.steal stuff? And kidnap people?" Chuei was worried that she might try something. "Steal from the rich and keep it, kidnap the jerks and teach 'em." She recited the lyric Kouji taught her when she was little, smiling at the look on Chuei's face. "Don't worry, we don't raid friends." She added. Chuei went back to hanging up Jielain's clothes. He stopped suddenly though, and dropped the rest of the clothes. He had seen too much. Jielain's face burned crimson as she saw the thing he had dropped. Her underclothes. "I.uh.well.you can dress however.bandits do." He quickly picked up the item and put it on the shelf. Jielain realized his mistake. "Oh, no, I'm a girl.so I need that.err.ya." There was an embarrassed silence, and then Chuei smiled. "I thought you were too pretty to be a guy." he said. Jielain was genuinely surprised. No one ever had commented on her looking like a girl before. Even the priestess had thought she was a boy. Boshin still (even though they had been swimming together before) considered her a guy, after all that time. Being tall and dressing like a bandit certainly didn't help her reputation, but she had never really cared before. "Th-thank you." She said. "No one ever noticed I was a girl before." Chuei smiled. "Then they must be missing out." He finished in the closet and walked over to the door. "I guess I'll leave you now, the bathrooms down the hall, you can ask my mom if you have any troubles. Goodnight." "Goodnight." Jielain answered. She stared after him as he walked across the hall and closed the door to his room. A few minutes later his room went dark, and Jielain sat alone with her thoughts. **********************
