Cushla sat down looking rather tired. She had just sung right through the
whole of 'Over the Rainbow'. She looked at Tasuki, who was next to her and
smiled. She thought 'He is pretty cute, in his own screwed up way'. He
turned and looked towards her and she just stayed there, staring at him.
Finally he said something.
"What the fuck are you looking at?" he said as he frowned.
"Oh, I thought there was a lump on your neck. Then I noticed it was only your head." She said and stared back at him with an evil grin.
He looked pissed at this comment and he turned to watch some ugly girl dance around the stage like a stripper, she looked so bad that the emperor himself was looking away. At last all the whores, sluts, pretty or ditzy girls had left the stage. Everyone sat there in silence as some old man walked up to the stage. Cushla sighed, hoping that she might be able to go home again. The man began to speak.
"The Emperor has decided on 10 girls to go to the final stage of this ordeal."
She thought he made it sound like a test of some kind, she hated tests. She thought that she would rather sit through her worst subject, which was science, and do a long boring end of topic test as Mr Jamison, her teacher just loved to give her. She kept thinking about this in till she started hearing the names of who had gone to the next stage.
"Cushla, Grace, Liana, Mary, Joanne, Cassandra, Anya, Gina, Sakura and last of all, Nuriko. You will all get to have a talk with the Emperor tomorrow. We have arranged rooms for you all to spend the night in. Please follow me."
Cushla looked around and then noticed that she was the only person standing in the room and panicked. She saw the end of someone's long purple braid and remembered that one of the other people that had made it this far had the coloured hair and chased after it. She ran as fast as she could to catch up to everyone. When her foot hit something hard and she ended up flying into the women with the purple braid. She stared down at her and she stared back. She realised that she was on top of this women and stood up quickly.
"Um, Sorry." Cushla said as a sweat drop appeared behind her head.
"I'm Nuriko, Who are you?" She said and looked at Cushla with her rose- violet eyes.
"I'm Cushla, -err- I think that they are trying to show you your room." She said and pointed at someone who was standing there trying to get Nuriko to go into the room.
Finally they came to her room and she rushed inside, slamming the door rudely. She just wanted to get away after the long day. She looked around her room. It was all in red, Her favourite colour. She saw a set of something that looked like a nightdress and she put it on. She jumped into the bed and suddenly went to sleep.
Cushla woke up to what sounded like a bang from outside. She got up and looked around and realised that the sound was coming from outside. She opened the door to find Tasuki standing there, swearing his head off.
"Do you know what fucking time it is?" he yelled.
"Huh? What about the time?" Cushla said as she sleepily rubbed her eyes.
"It's fucking 12 O'clock! Everyone has talked to the fucking Emperor and everyone is waiting for you to get your fucking ass in there," he continued to yell.
"Huh? Emperor? What? Is that you, Mr puffy man?" Cushla said and nearly fell over.
"Oh my Fucking god! I can't believe that you're the Suzaku no Miko." He said, pushing Cushla back into her room. "Get dressed!" he shouted in her ear.
"Ok Ok and what is this Suzaku no Miko? Is that a swear word?" she said as she went behind the dressing screen and began to put a red dress on.
"Oh my fucking god, you are so fucking dumb!" he said as he frowned and turned his back. "You will find out later"
"Oh ok then, do you like my dress?" she said and walked out from behind the screen.
"You look," he whispered as his mouth dropped. "Revealing?"
"I am not revealing, you asshole" she shouted and whacked Tasuki with a fan.
She walked over to the Mirror and began to do her hair. Tasuki watched her carefully and scanned her up and down, he thought for a moment. 'No no! I don't like women! I don't, I don't! But she looks so.No! Bad Tasuki! I'm going crazy, talking to myself like this.' It was true; she did look pretty in that dress. Her red dress swooped down over her tiny feet. Cushla's dress had no sleaves, but it was v necked and happened to show a lot of her breast. Cushla just brushed her hair quickly, but it still looked quite pretty. It wasn't her fault about the dress; the maid had given it to her. She looked down.
"I hate this dress" She said and tried to cover what the dress was revealing. "Well let's go!" she yelled from outside the door.
Cushla sat down on a pink patterned sofa and laid her hands polity on her lap. She looked down and brushed her hair back. The emperor entered the room and sat down on the sofa opposite her. She smiled sweetly at him as he began to speak.
"Hello my dear, how are you?" He said and smiled back.
"I'm fine and yourself?" she replied and smiled, flashing her eyes.
"I'm good. I hope you're not to tired" he grinned and began to laugh.
"Oh no, I'm fine" she said and laughed along with the emperor, half raising an eyebrow when he wasn't looking.
"So tell me about yourself, Young Lady." He said and looked at her with interest.
"Well there isn't that much to tell since no-one around here seems to know about where I'm from" she said and looked up, seeing that the emperors face looked shocked.
"Suzaku No Miko?" he said and looked at Cushla.
"Suz.huh? What?" she said and looked at him, puzzled.
"I'll explain," He said looking serious. "There are four Gods representing each country. God Genbu of the place is called Hokkan, which is the Northern Country. God Byakko of Sairo of the Western Country. Seiryuu of Kutou of the Eastern Country and last of all, Suzaku of Konan, which is the Southern Country. Each of these countries represent 7 Seishis who will protect their Priestess and summon the God to be able to grant 3 wishes but the Priestess must gather all the seishis first. You will know that you have found a seishi when you see a sign on a person. You, my dear, are the priestess, the Suzaku No Miko."
Cushla looked shocked and stayed silent for a while. She finally stood up and looked at the Emperor.
"Well then, Where can I find these seishi?" she asked as he smiled at her and stood up as well.
"I am one," he replied.
"Where is the sign then?" she questioned him with a puzzled face, hoping that she wasn't being rude.
He brushed his long brown hair back and showed her the sign, sei for star on his neck. She blinked.
"Wow. I see, do they all look like this? And how am I meant to find other seishis, Will it always be this easy and do I get one of these wishes?" she blurted all this out.
"So many questions!" he said in amazement before her continued. "You will find the seishis. They might be anywhere in this world, but we shall find them. It might be hard and yes, you may have the wishes left over." He looked up at her with his big brown eyes and continued once again. "Well you better go to your room and have a think about this while I cancel this thing to do with me getting a wife."
Cushla blinked and followed the emperor towards the door. He opened the door and suddenly in front of him crashed Tasuki and he had no top on.
"Were you listening, Young Man!" the emperor said in a calm, but angry voice. Tasuki nodded and when the emperor was just about to call the guards, Tasuki began to blurt out something.
"You can't do that! I'm a seishi to!" he said and showed the emperor his right forearm with the character 'Yoku' on it. The emperor looked shocked and speechless.
"You're a seishi?" Cushla questioned, but continued on. "Wow. Well two seishi down and five more to go!" Cushla said and winked at Tasuki and did the classic peace sign, which made the emperor and Tasuki sweat drop.
[Ok so far? R&R! Tell me what you think!]
"What the fuck are you looking at?" he said as he frowned.
"Oh, I thought there was a lump on your neck. Then I noticed it was only your head." She said and stared back at him with an evil grin.
He looked pissed at this comment and he turned to watch some ugly girl dance around the stage like a stripper, she looked so bad that the emperor himself was looking away. At last all the whores, sluts, pretty or ditzy girls had left the stage. Everyone sat there in silence as some old man walked up to the stage. Cushla sighed, hoping that she might be able to go home again. The man began to speak.
"The Emperor has decided on 10 girls to go to the final stage of this ordeal."
She thought he made it sound like a test of some kind, she hated tests. She thought that she would rather sit through her worst subject, which was science, and do a long boring end of topic test as Mr Jamison, her teacher just loved to give her. She kept thinking about this in till she started hearing the names of who had gone to the next stage.
"Cushla, Grace, Liana, Mary, Joanne, Cassandra, Anya, Gina, Sakura and last of all, Nuriko. You will all get to have a talk with the Emperor tomorrow. We have arranged rooms for you all to spend the night in. Please follow me."
Cushla looked around and then noticed that she was the only person standing in the room and panicked. She saw the end of someone's long purple braid and remembered that one of the other people that had made it this far had the coloured hair and chased after it. She ran as fast as she could to catch up to everyone. When her foot hit something hard and she ended up flying into the women with the purple braid. She stared down at her and she stared back. She realised that she was on top of this women and stood up quickly.
"Um, Sorry." Cushla said as a sweat drop appeared behind her head.
"I'm Nuriko, Who are you?" She said and looked at Cushla with her rose- violet eyes.
"I'm Cushla, -err- I think that they are trying to show you your room." She said and pointed at someone who was standing there trying to get Nuriko to go into the room.
Finally they came to her room and she rushed inside, slamming the door rudely. She just wanted to get away after the long day. She looked around her room. It was all in red, Her favourite colour. She saw a set of something that looked like a nightdress and she put it on. She jumped into the bed and suddenly went to sleep.
Cushla woke up to what sounded like a bang from outside. She got up and looked around and realised that the sound was coming from outside. She opened the door to find Tasuki standing there, swearing his head off.
"Do you know what fucking time it is?" he yelled.
"Huh? What about the time?" Cushla said as she sleepily rubbed her eyes.
"It's fucking 12 O'clock! Everyone has talked to the fucking Emperor and everyone is waiting for you to get your fucking ass in there," he continued to yell.
"Huh? Emperor? What? Is that you, Mr puffy man?" Cushla said and nearly fell over.
"Oh my Fucking god! I can't believe that you're the Suzaku no Miko." He said, pushing Cushla back into her room. "Get dressed!" he shouted in her ear.
"Ok Ok and what is this Suzaku no Miko? Is that a swear word?" she said as she went behind the dressing screen and began to put a red dress on.
"Oh my fucking god, you are so fucking dumb!" he said as he frowned and turned his back. "You will find out later"
"Oh ok then, do you like my dress?" she said and walked out from behind the screen.
"You look," he whispered as his mouth dropped. "Revealing?"
"I am not revealing, you asshole" she shouted and whacked Tasuki with a fan.
She walked over to the Mirror and began to do her hair. Tasuki watched her carefully and scanned her up and down, he thought for a moment. 'No no! I don't like women! I don't, I don't! But she looks so.No! Bad Tasuki! I'm going crazy, talking to myself like this.' It was true; she did look pretty in that dress. Her red dress swooped down over her tiny feet. Cushla's dress had no sleaves, but it was v necked and happened to show a lot of her breast. Cushla just brushed her hair quickly, but it still looked quite pretty. It wasn't her fault about the dress; the maid had given it to her. She looked down.
"I hate this dress" She said and tried to cover what the dress was revealing. "Well let's go!" she yelled from outside the door.
Cushla sat down on a pink patterned sofa and laid her hands polity on her lap. She looked down and brushed her hair back. The emperor entered the room and sat down on the sofa opposite her. She smiled sweetly at him as he began to speak.
"Hello my dear, how are you?" He said and smiled back.
"I'm fine and yourself?" she replied and smiled, flashing her eyes.
"I'm good. I hope you're not to tired" he grinned and began to laugh.
"Oh no, I'm fine" she said and laughed along with the emperor, half raising an eyebrow when he wasn't looking.
"So tell me about yourself, Young Lady." He said and looked at her with interest.
"Well there isn't that much to tell since no-one around here seems to know about where I'm from" she said and looked up, seeing that the emperors face looked shocked.
"Suzaku No Miko?" he said and looked at Cushla.
"Suz.huh? What?" she said and looked at him, puzzled.
"I'll explain," He said looking serious. "There are four Gods representing each country. God Genbu of the place is called Hokkan, which is the Northern Country. God Byakko of Sairo of the Western Country. Seiryuu of Kutou of the Eastern Country and last of all, Suzaku of Konan, which is the Southern Country. Each of these countries represent 7 Seishis who will protect their Priestess and summon the God to be able to grant 3 wishes but the Priestess must gather all the seishis first. You will know that you have found a seishi when you see a sign on a person. You, my dear, are the priestess, the Suzaku No Miko."
Cushla looked shocked and stayed silent for a while. She finally stood up and looked at the Emperor.
"Well then, Where can I find these seishi?" she asked as he smiled at her and stood up as well.
"I am one," he replied.
"Where is the sign then?" she questioned him with a puzzled face, hoping that she wasn't being rude.
He brushed his long brown hair back and showed her the sign, sei for star on his neck. She blinked.
"Wow. I see, do they all look like this? And how am I meant to find other seishis, Will it always be this easy and do I get one of these wishes?" she blurted all this out.
"So many questions!" he said in amazement before her continued. "You will find the seishis. They might be anywhere in this world, but we shall find them. It might be hard and yes, you may have the wishes left over." He looked up at her with his big brown eyes and continued once again. "Well you better go to your room and have a think about this while I cancel this thing to do with me getting a wife."
Cushla blinked and followed the emperor towards the door. He opened the door and suddenly in front of him crashed Tasuki and he had no top on.
"Were you listening, Young Man!" the emperor said in a calm, but angry voice. Tasuki nodded and when the emperor was just about to call the guards, Tasuki began to blurt out something.
"You can't do that! I'm a seishi to!" he said and showed the emperor his right forearm with the character 'Yoku' on it. The emperor looked shocked and speechless.
"You're a seishi?" Cushla questioned, but continued on. "Wow. Well two seishi down and five more to go!" Cushla said and winked at Tasuki and did the classic peace sign, which made the emperor and Tasuki sweat drop.
[Ok so far? R&R! Tell me what you think!]