Any other people here like the world cup? I've been watching it recently…and so far who ever I predict will win wins! HA!
*3-ton pile of homework magically appears from ceiling and crushes her*
I hate holiday homework…
Plus FFN is being mean to meeeeeeee…..
I can't review!!! *Pout*
And as a final note, no, this is NOT a self-insertion fic.
I just base them on real people… it's easier that way… saves brain cells…
And nobody reviews at alllllllllllllllllllllll…….
Tell ya what. You review mine, and I'll review all your fics which I have an interest in. ^_^ Ne?
~Draconsis
P.S.: THAT happy happy note was written sometime during June…now it's July. Oops. ^_^;;;; Gomen ne, minna. Kinda got sidetracked by school… and homework. I hate homework. AND YAY!!! BRAZIL WON!!! It's such a shame I'm not allowed to bet…hehe…could have won a lot of money…
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[Fushigi Yuugi Belongs to Watase Yuu]
[Anastasia the movie and its soundtrack belong to some other lucky bloke.]
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Draconsis Presents:
A Draconsis Fanfiction
The Great Wars of The World
~ Flowers of the Sands Arc / Sabure no Hana Enko ~
[Chapter 05 – Dramatic Entrance]
"BOOM."
- FIFA World Cup™ Song 2002
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[Excerpt from "A History of Hokkan", Junichi Hiroaki, 1589, required reading for Sairo students, edition 1.]
In the year 1586, Hokkan was torn apart by a civil war. The two sides were Nobunaga Mitsuo, a renegade general and his troops; versus the imperial house of Hokkan. This would be the Suppon Dynasty, which have been in place since 1268. The king's advisor, Gakui Rombun, also supported Nobunaga.
Many soldiers and some peasants supported Nobunaga, due to the fact that Hokkan had been unsuccessful in its previous war attempts. These mistakes were blamed on Suppon Hakucho, the king, as he was at that time more concerned with the agricultural industry.
Nobunaga broke into the palace with his troops in the wee hours of the morning of the 5th month and 18th day. By dawn the palace was completely under his control, and all members of the royal family had been slain.
Contrary to Hokkan information, certain Hokkan refuges claimed that King Suppon had had children. However, Hokkan official records show that no such thing had happened.
Nobunaga has since taken over as Emperor of Hokkan, with Gakui Rombun serving as his advisor. It is rumored that Gakui could be a seishi; although this fact has been dismissed as being impossible due to the fact that Genbu has already been summoned.
Official records do show that the imperial sword of the house of Suppon has disappeared from sight. The sword was considered a national treasure, and further information can be found in the book, Treasures of Hokkan, Yanagisawa Koji, year 512, edition 7 published in 579.
[Sairo imperial records show that the last 3 paragraphs were omitted from later editions.]
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Namame looked up as his room door was opened. Urumiya stood there, the dark night barely visible behind him.
"Yo, ice block. What'cha want?" he snickered. Urumiya's reputation as an emotionless, silent, and mysterious person was well known by all the Genbu seishi.
Urumiya's only response was to draw a scroll out of his black robes. As Namame watched, Urumiya gave the scroll a flick of his wrist and sent it flying across the room. It hit Namame squarely in the chest.
"Ow! Why in Genbu didja hafta do that for?" Namame shot back.
Read it. was the curt answer the restless seishi received.
Namame unfurled the scroll, and as he read through it his face lit up with a maniacal smile.
"Well, well, well! There's finally gonna be some action in this graveyard!" He cackled gleefully. He tossed the scroll back to Urumiya, who caught it in one fluid motion.
Namame crossed the room to retrieve his bou staff.
"Huo1."
The whisper from nowhere startled Namame. He spun around, clutching his bou staff.
The sight of his fellow seishi holding a now burning scroll greeted Namame. The firelight glinted eerily off the ice-blue eyes and white hair of his fellow seishi, and he felt as if the temperature of the room had dropped a few degrees.
[But that's impossible.] He chided himself. [The palace rooms are always impeccably heated.]
Namame eyed Urumiya again, and was struck by another fact: How had Urumiya lit the scroll? There wasn't a single match or flame-starting device near him, neither were there any exposed flames.
"Whoa, how'd you-"
Iku. The emotionless seishi turned and began walking off, leaving a confused Namame behind.
"Hey man! Wait up!"
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The sun was barely peeking over the eastern side of Sairo city as Kokie and Amefuri saddled up their horses and prepared themselves for their journey to Hanasaru Village. Kokie was wearing a set of brown riding clothes kindly provided by the palace. Her hair, as per normal, was braided up neatly into two ponytails. Amefuri was wearing a high-necked white top, with sleeves that came to her elbows. She was also wearing loose camel trousers and a white overcoat that reached to her knees. A single bladed sword hung about her waist, which she repositioned using another strap, leaving the sword strapped to her waist instead of hanging.
The Empress of Sairo stood on the palace steps, silently surveying the two seishi.
[For two people who just met a few hours ago, they're getting along very well.]
She raised one elegant eyebrow as Kokie twitched her horses reigns a bit too hard, causing the animal to make a mad dash across the palace courtyard. Kokie finally brought the renegade horse to a halt, while Amefuri continued laughing in the background.
The Empress regally made her walked towards the two seishi, both of which immediately dismounted and bowed to her. She handed them two letters, both of which were only to be opened in Hanasaru Village. One was addressed to the seishi, the other, to one Tora Byakuya.
"Ganbattle, Byakko seishi."
"Hai!"
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The door to Inami's room was rudely flung open, and a heavily built man stormed into the room.
"Gakui, what is the meaning of this?"
Inami surveyed the current emperor of Hokkan with a slight touch of distain.
"Well, Nobunaga-sama, are you referring to the recent secret expedition to Sairo, or to the reports of Byakko seishi being discovered in Sairo?" Inami didn't even bother to rise. It was far too early in the morning for the usually drunk general to notice anything.
"Both." Nobunaga sank gratefully into a chair that Inami had pointed to. "And, Gakui, don't skip on any details."
"For our assassination attempt, it was unsuccessful. A girl that we now have confirmed as a Byakko seishi stopped Hatsui. He was able to escape from the scene, and Urumiya safely vacated him out of Hokkan. A commoner or two tried to give chase, but were impeded by our disappearance. However, Hatsui reports that the girl seemed inexperience using her seishi powers, and would be easily destroyed if he hadn't fell prey to her seishi power." Inami paused to pour out some tea for himself, and presented another cup to the general.
"Well? What power does she have?" The emperor rubbed his temples, mentally noting to himself to consume less sake if he had to talk to his advisor before midday.
"The girl seem to be able to absorb the ki of a person, then reuse it to her own satisfaction at whim. This also justifies reports from spies that Byakko has selected another group of seishi. None of the original Byakko seishi possessed this power."
"Are there anymore Byakko seishi?" The tea had worked its intended effect on Nobunaga, and his hangover was dissipating slightly.
"None reported so far."
Nobunaga Mitsuo rose to his feet, and was about to leave. He paused to say a sentence over his shoulder. "Get rid of her Inami."
Inami rose to his feet. "Already arranged."
The carved wooden doors slammed to a shut as Nobunaga exited Inami's private study. Inami's eyes glinted dangerously.
"The day will come though, Nobunaga, when Hokkan will recognised me, Gakui Rombun, as its leader." His seishi symbol flared an ominous green in the semi-darkness of the room. "And when that day comes, I, Genbu no Shichi Seishi Inami, will finally reclaim what's rightfully mine."
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Kokie and Amefuri had finally arrived at their first stop on the way to Hanasaru village, a quaint, out of the way place by the name of Yoake Village. It was already well into dusk, and night was beginning to fall.
The seishi soon located the only Inn in the entire village, a small affair consisting of two villas side by side, with the rather interesting name of Yoake Momo Inn, or Dawn Peach Inn. An old man opened the door.
"Welcome, welcome!" he ushered them into the Inn. After determining the price and their length of stay, the old man went off to stable their horses, yelling to his wife to prepare a meal for the seishi.
The plump old woman soon had a steaming mean before them. She beamed as the seishi tucked into the food, before turning to holler at a figure that had just entered the villa.
"Kuirai! Girl, where have you been!? It's past nightfall already!" She mock scolded the teenaged girl that had arrived.
"Huh? Oh, I went to buy more paint." The girl hung her cloak onto a peg behind the door.
"Kuirai…" The old lady continued.
Meanwhile, Kokie's jaw had gone slack. She kicked Amefuri under the table.
"OWIE! Ko-chan! That hurt!"
Amefuri was silenced by another kick in the shins.
Kokie turned to her. "Do you see what I see?"
"Kui-chan? Yeah." Amefuri continued eating.
"Do you think she remembers?" Kokie asked.
"Nope."
"Why not?"
"If she did, she'd freak out. But since she's seen us, and hasn't freaked out yet, I'm guessing not. You want the last friend tofu?"
Kokie looked at Amefuri in horror. "You mean you finished the whole plate?!"
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A few more dishes later, Kuirai showed Amefuri and Kokie to the room they would share.
Amefuri pushed the door opened and gave out a strangled gasp. A full-grown white tiger stood on the far sight of the room, fixing her with a steady gaze.
Kuirai walked into the room, holding the lantern high above her head. "Oh, that. It's just a painting."
Now with the room brightly lit, the seishi could see that the tiger was indeed a painting. A small red seal at the bottom of the painting said that it was painted by a Nirei Kuirai.
"You painted this?" Kokie pointed to the painting in amazement.
"Huh? Oh yes. There are a few more around the place, and all are up for sale." Kuirai put the lantern down on a nightstand between the two beds. "Now, if you need any help, my room is three doors down on your right. Oyasumi."
Kuirai half-bowed to them, then left the room. Amefuri immediately hopped onto the bed on the left side of the room.
"I'm taking this one!"
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Dancing bears, painted wings,
Things I almost remember.
And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm.
Figures dancing gracefully,
Across my memory…
(Once Upon a December, Anastasia Soundtrack.)
A girl of about fifteen stood at the window of her room. The snowflakes fell softly from the grey Hokkan sky, and a chill breeze swirled around her room. Somewhere in the palace, someone was playing on a Qin, the tune mournful, yet still full of hope for the future.
[Why does the tune seen so familiar? As if… I've heard it before… Why is the palace itself so familiar? Could I have lived here in a past life?]
The snow continued to fall softly, blanketing everything with white. The bare Hokkan trees stood in the palace courtyard, their leaves long fallen during the short summer and autumn the Hokkan had. The girls deep purple eyes wandered over the landscape.
[So strange…yet…so familiar…]
Presently there was a knock on her door, and a lady wearing a long red kimono entered.
"Hikitsu? There is a meeting that you need to attend. Come on, everyone's waiting." The lady called out.
The girl left her position by the window and reluctantly shut it.
"Hai, Uruki-sama. I'm coming."
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Urumiya and Namame stood on the hilltop nearest to Yoake Village.
"So…the lil' victims are down there…he. Piece 'a cake." Namame said.
Urumiya did not respond.
"So da plan is that I'll do da fireworks, an' ya'll fix da gunpowder, right?" Namame continued. [Can the guy talk in the first place?]
Urumiya gave a slight nod of the head.
"Okay then. Meet'cha back up here when we're done." Thus said, he hefted his bou staff and loped off towards Yoake Village.
Urumiya waited for Namame to get out of sight before silently disappearing into the shadows of the night.
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Uruki and Hikitsu entered the room where all the other Genbu seishi, except Urumiya and Namame, and Nobunaga were waiting. Hikitsu took her place with the audience, while Uruki crossed the room to a paper screen that had been erected there.
Uruki's seishi symbol flared up, and the paper screen became filled with a dim light. The light soon sorted itself into an image with many colours, depicting a scene outside an inn somewhere in a warmer climate. A young man with a bou staff on his shoulder soon appeared, and his left ankle began to glow Genbu green.
Inami laughed sadistically to himself. "Minna-san, the show is about to begin!"
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((BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM))
A loud boom shook the very foundations of the inn itself, and the outer wall to the seishi's room collapse. Kokie and Amefuri were jolted awake by the blast, but couldn't seen anything as the dust cloud from the explosion was still there.
"Konbanwa, Byakko Seishi." Namame stepped into the room, his bou staff balanced on one shoulder. "Ore wa Namame, Genbu no shichi seishi."
Amefuri leaned over to reach for her sword under her bed. However, Namame noticed her movements and cocked a smile at her.
"I don't think ya wanna do that girl." He removed a dagger from his robes, and with a flick of his wrested embedded it up to the hilt in Amefuri's bedpost.
Kokie and Amefuri looked at the tortoiseshell dagger, both stunned.
"What do you want?" Asked Kokie. Her gaze darted over to his ankle, still glowing green, and her eyes widened.
"Both o' ya will meet me in an hour on the wooded hill ou'side Yoake Village."
"And if we don't?" Amefuri asked. The tortoiseshell dagger flew back to its owner.
Namame pointed to a boulder outside. He slammed the tip of his bou staff into the ground, and a thin crack appeared, travelling to the boulder. There was a flash of green light, the boulder shattered into a million fragments.
"Now, pretend tha' that's Yoake Village…" Namame left his sentence hanging as he exited through the ruined wall.
"R'member. One hour. Jus 'bout gives ya nuff time ta write a letter to the capital ta tell 'em bout yer demise." With that parting shot, he disappeared into the woods surrounding the inn.
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BWAHAHAHHA…evil cliff hanger!
Anyway, I'm going to see Men in Black two later tonight!!! Yay!!!
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Inami: *evil laughter* Minna-san, the show is about to begin!
Screen: *shows Namame*
Uruki: Huh? Wrong channel. *changes channel to World Cup Final match, Brazil versus Germany*
Inami: GO GERMANY!
Uruki: Traitor! GO BRAZILLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
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Japanese Guide
Iku – means "go" or "let's go".
Oyasumi – Good night
Chinese Guide
Huo3 – Huo with the third sound, hence the 3. Means fire.
Qin – Stringed Chinese musical instrument. Rectangular in shape and mounted on legs. Plays sit on a chair to play it. Can be used for both fast and slow tunes.
Weapon Guide
Bou Staff – Like a normal wooden staff, but made from a special type of wood that will bend when swished through the air, making it more durable. Also increases pain inflicted, rather than using a normal staff.