Chapter 4: Mi no Himitsu, Kakusei (Beauty of Secrets, Kakusei)
A Song Carries a Shaking Heart's Hope
"I tried my best, to find the way back..." Kakusei sang out loud to the wonderous audience. The four of them all shared a common bond that went beyond friendship, it was a passion of music. Therefore they were a band known as Unmei or Destiny. They were a new band but they had huge potential and were famous throughout Eastern Asia and were focused on being heard throughout the world. Densetsu was well noticed on an old Chinese drum set and Daikonsen played a pure silver flute that she always carried with her. Kakusei could play a variety of instruments and Mirakuru was the lead singer but the other girls sang as well. "But I couldn't figure out which way to go."
Densetsu closed her eyes and sang out a beautiful high note, "I'm gonna get lost if you don't come and get me."
"But if your confused on which path to take..." Daikonsen's hair swept with the wind.
The seishi watched with intent interest at the foreign music. The crowd just stood with puzzled looks on their faces. "I'll teach--" Mirakuru stood bright and strong with a smile on her face. "You just how to find me." She turned around and blew out a kiss to the sky. Turning back she sung with all of her heart as the others joined in the chorus.
"Please, come and find me..." They were united in one voice and the people of Konan's ears picked up the sweet sound and began cheering. Hotohori almost thought Mirakuru might be singing to him because of the way she glared her blue eyes on him. Tasuki and Chichiri were both mesmerized by the voices they heard. Tamahome's desire flooded his senses and he dared to hold Miaka in his arms but only for a brief moment, whispering into her ears, 'I love you.'
"Tamahome," she said, "I love you, too, and I always will." Forcing herself back from his arms she let out a sigh that Mirakuru noticed immediatly and sang twice as beautifully.
*This one's for you guys... You'll be together soon, I promise.* "I"ll be here waiting... I only wanna be with you. Just love me through the darkness, in your arms. I want to say I love you, but I can only stay the night. 'Cause when morning comes, I will disappear." Tears streamed down Nuriko face as the angelic voices touched his very soul.
*Mirakuru, your voice is so beauiful, just like an angel.*
"I don't wanna go, but I have no choice. I'll hurt you if I stay, but I don't wanna go away."
"Maybe we can find another way, so I can stay for one more day." Daikonsen's eyes closed and she sung with all that she had.
"Don't let go of me, or I'm gonna slip away. I wanna stay for one more day." Densetsu beat the drums and matched the beat.
"Stay for one more day!" Kakusei cried.
"Stay for one more day..." Mirakuru had found Hotohori's gazed and now sang only to him. "Stay for more than a day............. Stay for more day--just a day. Only a day. I wish you'd stay one more day... Just one more day........................." *I love you, Hotohori...*
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"Excuse me, Lady Mirakuru, Lady Daikonsen, Lady Daikonsen, Lady Kakusei. You are all wonderful musicians. Could you please sign this for my daughter?" People crowded all around them and they laughed amongst themselves.
"Geez! We have more fans here than back home!" Daikonsen giggled and the 16 year old turned to Mirakuru. "What's wrong, Mirak-chan?" Her tone changed and she approached her friend of a year younger.
"Nothing!" She stood alone in the shadows and refused to tell her the truth. Rubbing her eyes she glanced at her friend's violet eyes. "I'm fine, really." She smiled and then slipped away from the group.
"I really doubt that, Mirakuru." Her violet eyes turned towards the moon. *Please, Suzaku, let Mirakuru be happy.*
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Tasuki had finally pinned Kakusei to a wall. Her long green hair pressed against the building. Her heart stood still in fear as Tasuki came ever closer to her. "Tasuki, what do you want?" The 17 year only looked at him with a fear that he might discover all her secrets.
"I want to know you." His usual teasing attitude had disappeared and he seemed content to stay were he was, his face no more than 5 or 6 inches away from hers. "I want to know all about you and everything you feel." *So that way I can please you and make you so happy.* Tasuki had never been in love and didn't realize it, but he had fallen for her, actually at first sight.
"why?" She asked him shyly and quietly. Her brown eyes searched his, for an answer, for an explaination, for anything. And all she saw was a fire burning, which was more then the bon fire that glowed in the street, where the others were enjoying themselves after one last night at the palace. Tasuki's breath sent a chill down her body as it touched her bare skin, right above her low cut shirt. *I can't let you know everything Tasuki!* Kakusei felt so uncomfortable and squirmed beneath him.
"Why?..." He repeated the words to himself. *Why do I?* His heart raced and raced until he could feel it beating beneath his skin. *Why do I?... Her eyes are so distant and sad, almost like she is hurting inside.* He'd give anything to see a smile crease her lushious lips, to see her happiness be more than just an act, to have her flirtatiousness become a passionate desire for him, to have her in his arms. "Because, I want to take away the pain from your heart..."
"Tasuki..." His lips came closer to hers and she trembled but almost wanted to--Tasuki's mouth brushed hers and she could no longer refuse the desire surging within her. His hand gently caressed her cheek and whispered to her.
"Don't be afraid of me, Kakusei..." The weight of his lips was all to perfect and she found herself giving into him more and more. "Please don't pretend."
"I'm not." Holding him there for those few precious moments made everything that had happened previously dissolve. She forgot that she was no longer a virgin. She forgot that she'd lost her innocence in a fithly way. She forgot she had been raped and the others had been spared. "Why did it have to be me?"
"Kakusei?!" he asked as she fell to her knees and began to cry. "What's wrong?" She couldn't speak. "Kakusei." He tried to hold her, but she pushed him away. "Kakusei..."
"Leave me alone, Tasuki..." She shuddered under his view.
"But!" His eyes widened as he looked at her with a helplessness that he was afraid of.
"Leave me be!" She looked back up at him, her green hair shifting and tossing as she cried. Her dress became soiled with the dirt from beneath her. Her cheeks were reddened and she forced herself to stand up.
"Kakusei!" His eyes filled with tears, for the first time in a long time. He was shaking but didn't know why. "I haven't cried for so long..."
"Huh?!" Kakusei's brown eyes met his. "Tasuki..." She pulled him into her arms and they held each other. "Please don't cry," she begged of him
"I can't help it." He confessed to her, everything, every desire, every thought, every passion, every dream, every hope, every wish, all the love he had in his heart for her. Moments went by, further and further into the night and there was only silence, except for the beating of their hearts. Two small gems began glowing between her breasts and shoulders. Like Densetsu she possessed the proof of Suzaku, which as two red gems on some part of their body. Densetsu's were on her the back of her hands, one on each, Daikonsens were on her forehead, side by side, Mirakuru's on her wrists, one on each, and finally Kakusei's side by side on her upper chest, right above her beating heart, that at this very moment was thumping uncontrollably.
"You love me?" She asked him in a shy whisper.
"Yes I do, Kakusei." He smiled slightly as his lips parted. "With all of my heart." And then she surrendered to him. She let go of the sadness in her heart and through her arms around the one she loved as much as he loved her. Tasuki found himself holding her as the festival was almost over, but he still had no way of knowing how to take away her pain. "Can't you tell me?..."
"Not yet..." she sighed,"I don't won't to ruin this moment." She held him tighter to her. "Promise you won't let go of me."
After a few minutes he looked down at her,"I promise, I won't ever let you go."
A Song Carries a Shaking Heart's Hope
"I tried my best, to find the way back..." Kakusei sang out loud to the wonderous audience. The four of them all shared a common bond that went beyond friendship, it was a passion of music. Therefore they were a band known as Unmei or Destiny. They were a new band but they had huge potential and were famous throughout Eastern Asia and were focused on being heard throughout the world. Densetsu was well noticed on an old Chinese drum set and Daikonsen played a pure silver flute that she always carried with her. Kakusei could play a variety of instruments and Mirakuru was the lead singer but the other girls sang as well. "But I couldn't figure out which way to go."
Densetsu closed her eyes and sang out a beautiful high note, "I'm gonna get lost if you don't come and get me."
"But if your confused on which path to take..." Daikonsen's hair swept with the wind.
The seishi watched with intent interest at the foreign music. The crowd just stood with puzzled looks on their faces. "I'll teach--" Mirakuru stood bright and strong with a smile on her face. "You just how to find me." She turned around and blew out a kiss to the sky. Turning back she sung with all of her heart as the others joined in the chorus.
"Please, come and find me..." They were united in one voice and the people of Konan's ears picked up the sweet sound and began cheering. Hotohori almost thought Mirakuru might be singing to him because of the way she glared her blue eyes on him. Tasuki and Chichiri were both mesmerized by the voices they heard. Tamahome's desire flooded his senses and he dared to hold Miaka in his arms but only for a brief moment, whispering into her ears, 'I love you.'
"Tamahome," she said, "I love you, too, and I always will." Forcing herself back from his arms she let out a sigh that Mirakuru noticed immediatly and sang twice as beautifully.
*This one's for you guys... You'll be together soon, I promise.* "I"ll be here waiting... I only wanna be with you. Just love me through the darkness, in your arms. I want to say I love you, but I can only stay the night. 'Cause when morning comes, I will disappear." Tears streamed down Nuriko face as the angelic voices touched his very soul.
*Mirakuru, your voice is so beauiful, just like an angel.*
"I don't wanna go, but I have no choice. I'll hurt you if I stay, but I don't wanna go away."
"Maybe we can find another way, so I can stay for one more day." Daikonsen's eyes closed and she sung with all that she had.
"Don't let go of me, or I'm gonna slip away. I wanna stay for one more day." Densetsu beat the drums and matched the beat.
"Stay for one more day!" Kakusei cried.
"Stay for one more day..." Mirakuru had found Hotohori's gazed and now sang only to him. "Stay for more than a day............. Stay for more day--just a day. Only a day. I wish you'd stay one more day... Just one more day........................." *I love you, Hotohori...*
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"Excuse me, Lady Mirakuru, Lady Daikonsen, Lady Daikonsen, Lady Kakusei. You are all wonderful musicians. Could you please sign this for my daughter?" People crowded all around them and they laughed amongst themselves.
"Geez! We have more fans here than back home!" Daikonsen giggled and the 16 year old turned to Mirakuru. "What's wrong, Mirak-chan?" Her tone changed and she approached her friend of a year younger.
"Nothing!" She stood alone in the shadows and refused to tell her the truth. Rubbing her eyes she glanced at her friend's violet eyes. "I'm fine, really." She smiled and then slipped away from the group.
"I really doubt that, Mirakuru." Her violet eyes turned towards the moon. *Please, Suzaku, let Mirakuru be happy.*
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Tasuki had finally pinned Kakusei to a wall. Her long green hair pressed against the building. Her heart stood still in fear as Tasuki came ever closer to her. "Tasuki, what do you want?" The 17 year only looked at him with a fear that he might discover all her secrets.
"I want to know you." His usual teasing attitude had disappeared and he seemed content to stay were he was, his face no more than 5 or 6 inches away from hers. "I want to know all about you and everything you feel." *So that way I can please you and make you so happy.* Tasuki had never been in love and didn't realize it, but he had fallen for her, actually at first sight.
"why?" She asked him shyly and quietly. Her brown eyes searched his, for an answer, for an explaination, for anything. And all she saw was a fire burning, which was more then the bon fire that glowed in the street, where the others were enjoying themselves after one last night at the palace. Tasuki's breath sent a chill down her body as it touched her bare skin, right above her low cut shirt. *I can't let you know everything Tasuki!* Kakusei felt so uncomfortable and squirmed beneath him.
"Why?..." He repeated the words to himself. *Why do I?* His heart raced and raced until he could feel it beating beneath his skin. *Why do I?... Her eyes are so distant and sad, almost like she is hurting inside.* He'd give anything to see a smile crease her lushious lips, to see her happiness be more than just an act, to have her flirtatiousness become a passionate desire for him, to have her in his arms. "Because, I want to take away the pain from your heart..."
"Tasuki..." His lips came closer to hers and she trembled but almost wanted to--Tasuki's mouth brushed hers and she could no longer refuse the desire surging within her. His hand gently caressed her cheek and whispered to her.
"Don't be afraid of me, Kakusei..." The weight of his lips was all to perfect and she found herself giving into him more and more. "Please don't pretend."
"I'm not." Holding him there for those few precious moments made everything that had happened previously dissolve. She forgot that she was no longer a virgin. She forgot that she'd lost her innocence in a fithly way. She forgot she had been raped and the others had been spared. "Why did it have to be me?"
"Kakusei?!" he asked as she fell to her knees and began to cry. "What's wrong?" She couldn't speak. "Kakusei." He tried to hold her, but she pushed him away. "Kakusei..."
"Leave me alone, Tasuki..." She shuddered under his view.
"But!" His eyes widened as he looked at her with a helplessness that he was afraid of.
"Leave me be!" She looked back up at him, her green hair shifting and tossing as she cried. Her dress became soiled with the dirt from beneath her. Her cheeks were reddened and she forced herself to stand up.
"Kakusei!" His eyes filled with tears, for the first time in a long time. He was shaking but didn't know why. "I haven't cried for so long..."
"Huh?!" Kakusei's brown eyes met his. "Tasuki..." She pulled him into her arms and they held each other. "Please don't cry," she begged of him
"I can't help it." He confessed to her, everything, every desire, every thought, every passion, every dream, every hope, every wish, all the love he had in his heart for her. Moments went by, further and further into the night and there was only silence, except for the beating of their hearts. Two small gems began glowing between her breasts and shoulders. Like Densetsu she possessed the proof of Suzaku, which as two red gems on some part of their body. Densetsu's were on her the back of her hands, one on each, Daikonsens were on her forehead, side by side, Mirakuru's on her wrists, one on each, and finally Kakusei's side by side on her upper chest, right above her beating heart, that at this very moment was thumping uncontrollably.
"You love me?" She asked him in a shy whisper.
"Yes I do, Kakusei." He smiled slightly as his lips parted. "With all of my heart." And then she surrendered to him. She let go of the sadness in her heart and through her arms around the one she loved as much as he loved her. Tasuki found himself holding her as the festival was almost over, but he still had no way of knowing how to take away her pain. "Can't you tell me?..."
"Not yet..." she sighed,"I don't won't to ruin this moment." She held him tighter to her. "Promise you won't let go of me."
After a few minutes he looked down at her,"I promise, I won't ever let you go."