AN: Thanks to all who reviewed.
This is my first fanfic, so it shall we say bites? Anyways, thanks again
and oh, Miaka and all characters except Zakago and Kegani, belong to their
wonderful creator.
The Next Page Has Been Turned
By: Neptune Princess
Chapter 10: Chiriko!
Hotohori was the first to wake, feeling warm and well refreshed. The answer to why he felt this way was snuggled comfortably against his chest. He smiled and brushed back her hair, looking at her luscious lips. "Tasuki…" Miaka mumbled the fire seishi's name. Hotohori frowned slightly but understood completely.
Tasuki was in her life now and no one was going to replace him anytime soon. He sat up and tucked Miaka in more for the lack of warmth she suddenly found. Hotohori walked out of the small tent and stretched, somehow the night with Miaka had calmed his raging hormones. He still loved her, but now he felt he could be truly happy for her and Tasuki.
The snap of a twig made him jump and he turned to see a vicious Tamahome. "Why did you come out of Miaka's tent?" his voice deadly with each uttered word. "Nothing happened Tamahome, if that's what you're asking," Hotohori replied calmly. "Besides, she needed comfort."
"You weren't the one that had to give it to her." Tamahome's eyes shone with malice as he said it. Just then Nuriko popped out of nowhere, "Hi guys! What's going on?" Nuriko swore he could've seen fire spark between the two men. "Ooohkay, let's get camp cleared up. Hotohori-sama why don't you collect all the sleeping things, Tamahome you should get the fire and wood cleaned up. I'll wake Chichiri and Miaka."
Tamahome and Hotohori only nodded and went on their ways. "*sigh* What am I going to do with those two?"
*On the way to Jozenski
"Yeah! We're going to see Chiriko!" Miaka exclaimed from in front of Hotohori. "Look there's the village!" Nuriko shouted only adding to Miaka's excitement. "Yeah let's go!" Miaka spurred the horse, which galloped at her request. "Miaka, wait for us ya know!" Miaka was too far ahead to hear though. The others just sweat dropped and galloped after her.
***At the Village***
"Chiriko! Chiriko! Doko!" By the time the other three seishi caught up with Miaka, she was already calling out for Chiriko. "Miaka, it's not easy to find a seishi that just came back ya know. He might have left."
"I found you guys," she said indignantly as she spotted a familiar pink hairstyle. "Look that's him," Miaka said poking Nuriko. "Hey, I think you're right, let's go greet him." From their distance, it was hard to tell if that was their Chiriko. It had, after all been five years since last he was seen alive. Miaka timidly went behind him.
"Uh, Chiriko?" The pink haired man's head snapped up and turned around. "M…Miaka?"
"Oh, It is you! Chiriko! You've grown!" Miaka threw her arms around Chiriko and hugged him. "It's so good to see you. How have you been?"
"Well, Tasuki and I are a couple now."
"Yeah, I heard, even as a ghost, I hear stuff. I'm so sorry but at least you now have Tasuki." Nuriko was sick of being ignored and said, "Well come on Chiriko! We'll explain our mission to you while we eat." At this Miaka yelled and jumped for joy. "Yeah! Food!" *everyone else sweat dropped. * "I see Miaka's still the same." Chiriko commented.
Night
Here's the sleeping arrangement: Chiriko, Nuriko, and Miaka in one room and Tamahome, Hotohori, and Chichiri in the other.
"So now we have to re-summon Suzaku?"
"Yeah, and this time I don't go back, I have to stay here." Miaka looked down at her pillow and sighed. "Cheer up Miaka," Nuriko said putting his arm around her, "It's not that bad is it?"
"Nuriko, what about my family? I'll barely ever see them!"
"I'm sorry Miaka. Here let's get some sleep. The faster we get to Sairou the faster you can see Tasuki." Miaka wiped her watery eyes and looked at Chiriko, "I'm sorry Chiriko, I know we haven't talked much."
"That's okay Miaka. We'll talk later. I'm just happy you're back." Chiriko rolled over on his futon and quickly drifted of to sleep. As Miaka lay there she thought about her unknown future. "What am I gonna do?" She thought aloud. She heard a ruffle of blankets and then Nuriko's voice. "You'll be a fine empress Miaka, don't worry."
"Oh, you're still awake?"
"Uh…" 'Well might as well tell her now' "Miaka, there's something I'd like to tell you." Suddenly curious, Miaka sat up and looked at her purple-haired seishi. "What is it Nuriko?"
"Remember our journey to Hokkan? Remember what I said at the inn? I know you were eaves-dropping so I know you heard everything." Miaka gulped, "Kinda."
"Since then, my feelings haven't changed. I still love you. I would've made you mine at the festival, but I knew you and Tasuki belonged together. You and Tamahome were just having too many problems for it to be destiny. That's why I have kept back, Tasuki is perfect for you."
Miaka's heart felt like a thousand butterflies were flying around in it. It was nice when someone admitted they loved you, but this was too much. "Nuriko, I'm not unfaithful to Tasuki, I just want you to know that I love you too, more than a friend but less than Tasuki. I'm sorry." Nuriko smiled. She was always thinking about other people first.
"Don't be sorry, 'Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.' But can I get one kiss?" He crawled his way over to Miaka and smirked. He leaned in and brushed her lips with his. Miaka shivered from the contact and took a sharp breath. Then quickly laid down, turned the other way and closed her eyes.
"Good night Nuriko." Nuriko smirked again and went back to his futon. "Sleep well my priestess."
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AN: Thanks to all the people who reviewed, but my motivation for this story is gone. If you want me to continue this e-mail me. Otherwise this is all I'm writing. For me to continue I need at least 10 requests from ten different people. I will soon post another story up so look for it in the Inuyasha section.
Till I write again, "Sayonara!"
The Next Page Has Been Turned
By: Neptune Princess
Chapter 10: Chiriko!
Hotohori was the first to wake, feeling warm and well refreshed. The answer to why he felt this way was snuggled comfortably against his chest. He smiled and brushed back her hair, looking at her luscious lips. "Tasuki…" Miaka mumbled the fire seishi's name. Hotohori frowned slightly but understood completely.
Tasuki was in her life now and no one was going to replace him anytime soon. He sat up and tucked Miaka in more for the lack of warmth she suddenly found. Hotohori walked out of the small tent and stretched, somehow the night with Miaka had calmed his raging hormones. He still loved her, but now he felt he could be truly happy for her and Tasuki.
The snap of a twig made him jump and he turned to see a vicious Tamahome. "Why did you come out of Miaka's tent?" his voice deadly with each uttered word. "Nothing happened Tamahome, if that's what you're asking," Hotohori replied calmly. "Besides, she needed comfort."
"You weren't the one that had to give it to her." Tamahome's eyes shone with malice as he said it. Just then Nuriko popped out of nowhere, "Hi guys! What's going on?" Nuriko swore he could've seen fire spark between the two men. "Ooohkay, let's get camp cleared up. Hotohori-sama why don't you collect all the sleeping things, Tamahome you should get the fire and wood cleaned up. I'll wake Chichiri and Miaka."
Tamahome and Hotohori only nodded and went on their ways. "*sigh* What am I going to do with those two?"
*On the way to Jozenski
"Yeah! We're going to see Chiriko!" Miaka exclaimed from in front of Hotohori. "Look there's the village!" Nuriko shouted only adding to Miaka's excitement. "Yeah let's go!" Miaka spurred the horse, which galloped at her request. "Miaka, wait for us ya know!" Miaka was too far ahead to hear though. The others just sweat dropped and galloped after her.
***At the Village***
"Chiriko! Chiriko! Doko!" By the time the other three seishi caught up with Miaka, she was already calling out for Chiriko. "Miaka, it's not easy to find a seishi that just came back ya know. He might have left."
"I found you guys," she said indignantly as she spotted a familiar pink hairstyle. "Look that's him," Miaka said poking Nuriko. "Hey, I think you're right, let's go greet him." From their distance, it was hard to tell if that was their Chiriko. It had, after all been five years since last he was seen alive. Miaka timidly went behind him.
"Uh, Chiriko?" The pink haired man's head snapped up and turned around. "M…Miaka?"
"Oh, It is you! Chiriko! You've grown!" Miaka threw her arms around Chiriko and hugged him. "It's so good to see you. How have you been?"
"Well, Tasuki and I are a couple now."
"Yeah, I heard, even as a ghost, I hear stuff. I'm so sorry but at least you now have Tasuki." Nuriko was sick of being ignored and said, "Well come on Chiriko! We'll explain our mission to you while we eat." At this Miaka yelled and jumped for joy. "Yeah! Food!" *everyone else sweat dropped. * "I see Miaka's still the same." Chiriko commented.
Night
Here's the sleeping arrangement: Chiriko, Nuriko, and Miaka in one room and Tamahome, Hotohori, and Chichiri in the other.
"So now we have to re-summon Suzaku?"
"Yeah, and this time I don't go back, I have to stay here." Miaka looked down at her pillow and sighed. "Cheer up Miaka," Nuriko said putting his arm around her, "It's not that bad is it?"
"Nuriko, what about my family? I'll barely ever see them!"
"I'm sorry Miaka. Here let's get some sleep. The faster we get to Sairou the faster you can see Tasuki." Miaka wiped her watery eyes and looked at Chiriko, "I'm sorry Chiriko, I know we haven't talked much."
"That's okay Miaka. We'll talk later. I'm just happy you're back." Chiriko rolled over on his futon and quickly drifted of to sleep. As Miaka lay there she thought about her unknown future. "What am I gonna do?" She thought aloud. She heard a ruffle of blankets and then Nuriko's voice. "You'll be a fine empress Miaka, don't worry."
"Oh, you're still awake?"
"Uh…" 'Well might as well tell her now' "Miaka, there's something I'd like to tell you." Suddenly curious, Miaka sat up and looked at her purple-haired seishi. "What is it Nuriko?"
"Remember our journey to Hokkan? Remember what I said at the inn? I know you were eaves-dropping so I know you heard everything." Miaka gulped, "Kinda."
"Since then, my feelings haven't changed. I still love you. I would've made you mine at the festival, but I knew you and Tasuki belonged together. You and Tamahome were just having too many problems for it to be destiny. That's why I have kept back, Tasuki is perfect for you."
Miaka's heart felt like a thousand butterflies were flying around in it. It was nice when someone admitted they loved you, but this was too much. "Nuriko, I'm not unfaithful to Tasuki, I just want you to know that I love you too, more than a friend but less than Tasuki. I'm sorry." Nuriko smiled. She was always thinking about other people first.
"Don't be sorry, 'Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.' But can I get one kiss?" He crawled his way over to Miaka and smirked. He leaned in and brushed her lips with his. Miaka shivered from the contact and took a sharp breath. Then quickly laid down, turned the other way and closed her eyes.
"Good night Nuriko." Nuriko smirked again and went back to his futon. "Sleep well my priestess."
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AN: Thanks to all the people who reviewed, but my motivation for this story is gone. If you want me to continue this e-mail me. Otherwise this is all I'm writing. For me to continue I need at least 10 requests from ten different people. I will soon post another story up so look for it in the Inuyasha section.
Till I write again, "Sayonara!"
