A/N: This is the first real chapter of Tokyo Rose. Amaya is disabled but
her personality isn't. She's cheerful and happy and takes life as it comes.
Disclaimer: I wish I did. But I don't. So don't sue me.
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Akemi and Akane giggled softly as Rin and Kaorinu walked by calling their names. Amaya smiled to show that she found it funny too. The three sisters were hiding from their brother and their cousin to cause trouble. Normally they wouldn't go out of their way to annoy them, but this month was special.
Their mother, father, uncle, aunt, and older cousins were away settling an argument with another taiyoukai.
Since Rin was human, she was left. She and Kaorinu were left in charge of the rest of the demons. So Amaya and her other six sisters had split into groups of three to annoy their hanyou brother and human half-cousin.
Kaorinu looked in their direction after hearing them giggle. They then realized their mistake because, in the moment of a blink, he was in front of the three.
"Whatcha doin,' Amaya, Akemi, Akane?" He smirked.
"Uh, um, nothing?" Akemi said in fake perkiness.
"Amaya will explain for us!" Akane said. She pushed Amaya to the front and received an angry growl from the female hanyou.
"Don't think so." His hands shot out and grabbed the three. He threw Akemi and Akane over one shoulder and Amaya on the other. Rin came running over.
"You found them! Good, good!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, but only for you." Akane and Akemi echoed. Amaya nodded her agreement. Kaorinu continued walking to the palace with Rin by his side. They soon reached it and he found Midoriko, Emiko, and Keiko too.
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Next Day
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Amaya emerged from her room as the sun rose. She tiredly walked to the stairs, wondering if Naraku had put a 'wake up at the crack of dawn' spell on her also. She sat down on the banister and slid down the spiral staircase. Jumping off, she walked into the parlor where Kaorinu sat with his girlfriend.
"Amaya! How are you?" Kiyoko asked cheerfully. Amaya signed the words for 'fine' and smiled.
"Good. Well see, I was just visiting because me and Kaori-kun were wondering if you could do something for us." Amaya nodded, and signed for her to go on.
"Well, my sister Yuki is sick. She has a rare disease that can be caught by any human. She has to be isolated or we'll all die from it. But there is one cure. It's a plant in the forest that only grows in Tokyo. The forest behind your palace. It's called a Tokyo Rose and it looks like a Tiger Lily except it's pure white. Only one person knows her way around the forest more than anyone here does. That's you. Will you do it?" Amaya nodded.
"Arigato!" Kiyoko nearly yelled. She grabbed the hanyou's hand and nearly dragged her up the stairs to Amaya's room. She threw all of the girl's clothes in a bag and her brushes and hair bows. Smiling, she shoved the bag into Amaya's arms and smiled.
"There! You're all set, now let's go!" The human ran down the stairs excitedly with Amaya close behind. They both faced Kaorinu, Akemi, Akane, Midoriko, Emiko, and Keiko.
"Don't say you're leaving, Amaya-chan!" The twins, Emiko and Keiko, echoed. She nodded sadly and signed the word for yes. They ran over to her and latched around her waist.
"We'll miss you." They said simultaneously after letting go of her. Midoriko smiled at her.
"Well Amaya, you get to go on that adventure that you've been wanting." She said in her mysterious voice. Amaya nearly face-faulted.
'How did she know?' She wondered. Midoriko grinned.
"You forget I am part miko." Amaya slapped her forehead.
'Oh yeah...' She remembered. Akemi and Akane, who adored her the most, walked up.
"Amaya-chan..." Akane said.
"Do ya hafta leave?" Akemi questioned. Amaya signed for the words sorry, yes.
Kaorinu was the last to walk up to her.
"See ya, sis. I'll walk you to the edge of the forest as an escort, 'kay?" She nodded, and he linked his elbow into hers. "Oh, Amaya. I've got a present for you." Kaorinu smirked as he pulled out a puppy for her. Amaya touched it and, after realizing what it was, smiled from ear to ear.
"What will you name him?" Emiko asked excitedly. Amaya set the Border Collie puppy down and thought it over. Then she raised her hands and formed the word:
Sasuke.
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A Week Later...
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Amaya held onto Sasuke's lead as she sniffed the air for this 'Tokyo Rose.' She had been told that it smelled like an ocean breeze, a smell that Amaya was all too familiar with. She had been out there for a full week, and was starting to wish that she hadn't gone. Yuki was getting sicker by the day, and the longer Amaya was away, the more of a chance she would have of dying. Amaya hurried down the path. She came to a clearing, knowing this because she smelled the open air. She paused cautiously after hearing Sasuke's bark. It sounded like a warning and Amaya was taking no risks. She dropped to the ground and swiveled her ears to hear voices. Strange male voices that she didn't recognize. To her they didn't sound threatening, but they were coming closer. She caught their scent and nearly panicked when she found out what it was.
A full-blooded youkai.
She shivered a little, realizing that she could be in danger if she were caught. She pulled Sasuke closer to her so that he would not bark and give their hiding place away. Unfortunately, when she did, she came down on Sasuke's tail, causing him to yelp. The two male demons looked in her direction, and Amaya could hear the wind swishing as they turned.
"Hey, Koichi, what was that? One asked. The one called Koichi shook his head.
"I don't know, Kotaro, but it came from that direction. Let's go check it out." Amaya cursed them out in her mind. They slowly advanced to her and when they were ten feet away, Amaya leapt up with Sasuke in her arms. She glared at them, even though she was blind, and showed her teeth in the fiercest possible way. Koichi and Kotaro stared at her. They began walking closer again. Amaya tried snarling but no sound came out. She sniffed the air to see if anything was behind her as she backed away. Kotaro held his hand out towards her and she slashed it, causing blood to pour from it. He began cursing at her. Amaya's expression changed to fear.
"Kotaro, chill out. We don't want to scare her." Koichi said calmly. He turned to face the shivering Amaya, who was backed up against a tree. Her golden eyes seemed to pierce through him, and that's when he realized she was blind.
"Whoa... no wonder she's scared, Kotaro. She's blind." He advanced slowly and cautiously towards her again as his partner watched from the sidelines.
"Now, now, hanyou girl. We're not going to hurt you, okay? You're gonna have to come with us because you are in our territory." Amaya paused carefully, wondering if she should trust him or not. She decided to drop her guard some, but still stood rigid beside the tree. She let Sasuke down for a moment.
'I need a Tokyo Rose. But I have to go with him. He could easily kill me if he chose to. But Yuki-chan is sick. I don't want her to die. NO! I won't go with him.' Amaya thought. She began baring her teeth again. Koichi backed away some, wondering what he did to set her off. She began signing furiously, hoping that he understood sign language. Kotaro took it the wrong way, however, and freaked out.
"Whoa! She's trying to put a spell on us! Stop her Koichi, stop her!" He rushed forward and tackled her. She passed out from the weight. Koichi walked over to his foolish, ignorant brother.
"Kotaro, you baka, she was using sign language." The teen sighed.
"Oops?" He said. Koichi had walked over to her and lifted her over his shoulders.
"Let's go. The least we can do is take her back to our palace and keep her 'til we find out who she is." He began walking out of the forest, with his brother following close behind, walking to their palace.
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A/N: Hai, hai, that was short. You can expect the next chapter to be longer. But I've been writing all day and my fingers are cramping. OUCH! That always hurts.
Signing off!
Kawaii Kagome-chan 4 Eva!
Disclaimer: I wish I did. But I don't. So don't sue me.
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Akemi and Akane giggled softly as Rin and Kaorinu walked by calling their names. Amaya smiled to show that she found it funny too. The three sisters were hiding from their brother and their cousin to cause trouble. Normally they wouldn't go out of their way to annoy them, but this month was special.
Their mother, father, uncle, aunt, and older cousins were away settling an argument with another taiyoukai.
Since Rin was human, she was left. She and Kaorinu were left in charge of the rest of the demons. So Amaya and her other six sisters had split into groups of three to annoy their hanyou brother and human half-cousin.
Kaorinu looked in their direction after hearing them giggle. They then realized their mistake because, in the moment of a blink, he was in front of the three.
"Whatcha doin,' Amaya, Akemi, Akane?" He smirked.
"Uh, um, nothing?" Akemi said in fake perkiness.
"Amaya will explain for us!" Akane said. She pushed Amaya to the front and received an angry growl from the female hanyou.
"Don't think so." His hands shot out and grabbed the three. He threw Akemi and Akane over one shoulder and Amaya on the other. Rin came running over.
"You found them! Good, good!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, but only for you." Akane and Akemi echoed. Amaya nodded her agreement. Kaorinu continued walking to the palace with Rin by his side. They soon reached it and he found Midoriko, Emiko, and Keiko too.
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Next Day
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Amaya emerged from her room as the sun rose. She tiredly walked to the stairs, wondering if Naraku had put a 'wake up at the crack of dawn' spell on her also. She sat down on the banister and slid down the spiral staircase. Jumping off, she walked into the parlor where Kaorinu sat with his girlfriend.
"Amaya! How are you?" Kiyoko asked cheerfully. Amaya signed the words for 'fine' and smiled.
"Good. Well see, I was just visiting because me and Kaori-kun were wondering if you could do something for us." Amaya nodded, and signed for her to go on.
"Well, my sister Yuki is sick. She has a rare disease that can be caught by any human. She has to be isolated or we'll all die from it. But there is one cure. It's a plant in the forest that only grows in Tokyo. The forest behind your palace. It's called a Tokyo Rose and it looks like a Tiger Lily except it's pure white. Only one person knows her way around the forest more than anyone here does. That's you. Will you do it?" Amaya nodded.
"Arigato!" Kiyoko nearly yelled. She grabbed the hanyou's hand and nearly dragged her up the stairs to Amaya's room. She threw all of the girl's clothes in a bag and her brushes and hair bows. Smiling, she shoved the bag into Amaya's arms and smiled.
"There! You're all set, now let's go!" The human ran down the stairs excitedly with Amaya close behind. They both faced Kaorinu, Akemi, Akane, Midoriko, Emiko, and Keiko.
"Don't say you're leaving, Amaya-chan!" The twins, Emiko and Keiko, echoed. She nodded sadly and signed the word for yes. They ran over to her and latched around her waist.
"We'll miss you." They said simultaneously after letting go of her. Midoriko smiled at her.
"Well Amaya, you get to go on that adventure that you've been wanting." She said in her mysterious voice. Amaya nearly face-faulted.
'How did she know?' She wondered. Midoriko grinned.
"You forget I am part miko." Amaya slapped her forehead.
'Oh yeah...' She remembered. Akemi and Akane, who adored her the most, walked up.
"Amaya-chan..." Akane said.
"Do ya hafta leave?" Akemi questioned. Amaya signed for the words sorry, yes.
Kaorinu was the last to walk up to her.
"See ya, sis. I'll walk you to the edge of the forest as an escort, 'kay?" She nodded, and he linked his elbow into hers. "Oh, Amaya. I've got a present for you." Kaorinu smirked as he pulled out a puppy for her. Amaya touched it and, after realizing what it was, smiled from ear to ear.
"What will you name him?" Emiko asked excitedly. Amaya set the Border Collie puppy down and thought it over. Then she raised her hands and formed the word:
Sasuke.
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A Week Later...
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Amaya held onto Sasuke's lead as she sniffed the air for this 'Tokyo Rose.' She had been told that it smelled like an ocean breeze, a smell that Amaya was all too familiar with. She had been out there for a full week, and was starting to wish that she hadn't gone. Yuki was getting sicker by the day, and the longer Amaya was away, the more of a chance she would have of dying. Amaya hurried down the path. She came to a clearing, knowing this because she smelled the open air. She paused cautiously after hearing Sasuke's bark. It sounded like a warning and Amaya was taking no risks. She dropped to the ground and swiveled her ears to hear voices. Strange male voices that she didn't recognize. To her they didn't sound threatening, but they were coming closer. She caught their scent and nearly panicked when she found out what it was.
A full-blooded youkai.
She shivered a little, realizing that she could be in danger if she were caught. She pulled Sasuke closer to her so that he would not bark and give their hiding place away. Unfortunately, when she did, she came down on Sasuke's tail, causing him to yelp. The two male demons looked in her direction, and Amaya could hear the wind swishing as they turned.
"Hey, Koichi, what was that? One asked. The one called Koichi shook his head.
"I don't know, Kotaro, but it came from that direction. Let's go check it out." Amaya cursed them out in her mind. They slowly advanced to her and when they were ten feet away, Amaya leapt up with Sasuke in her arms. She glared at them, even though she was blind, and showed her teeth in the fiercest possible way. Koichi and Kotaro stared at her. They began walking closer again. Amaya tried snarling but no sound came out. She sniffed the air to see if anything was behind her as she backed away. Kotaro held his hand out towards her and she slashed it, causing blood to pour from it. He began cursing at her. Amaya's expression changed to fear.
"Kotaro, chill out. We don't want to scare her." Koichi said calmly. He turned to face the shivering Amaya, who was backed up against a tree. Her golden eyes seemed to pierce through him, and that's when he realized she was blind.
"Whoa... no wonder she's scared, Kotaro. She's blind." He advanced slowly and cautiously towards her again as his partner watched from the sidelines.
"Now, now, hanyou girl. We're not going to hurt you, okay? You're gonna have to come with us because you are in our territory." Amaya paused carefully, wondering if she should trust him or not. She decided to drop her guard some, but still stood rigid beside the tree. She let Sasuke down for a moment.
'I need a Tokyo Rose. But I have to go with him. He could easily kill me if he chose to. But Yuki-chan is sick. I don't want her to die. NO! I won't go with him.' Amaya thought. She began baring her teeth again. Koichi backed away some, wondering what he did to set her off. She began signing furiously, hoping that he understood sign language. Kotaro took it the wrong way, however, and freaked out.
"Whoa! She's trying to put a spell on us! Stop her Koichi, stop her!" He rushed forward and tackled her. She passed out from the weight. Koichi walked over to his foolish, ignorant brother.
"Kotaro, you baka, she was using sign language." The teen sighed.
"Oops?" He said. Koichi had walked over to her and lifted her over his shoulders.
"Let's go. The least we can do is take her back to our palace and keep her 'til we find out who she is." He began walking out of the forest, with his brother following close behind, walking to their palace.
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A/N: Hai, hai, that was short. You can expect the next chapter to be longer. But I've been writing all day and my fingers are cramping. OUCH! That always hurts.
Signing off!
Kawaii Kagome-chan 4 Eva!