Sigh. FY isn't mine :'(

"Come on! Let's go!"
Ashitare dislodged Nuriko from being impaled on his gigantic claws, letting the broken seishi fall to the ground, landing in a bloody heap. "Ugh. Blood all under my nails," Ashitare commented as he jogged off, Suboshi following closely behind. Amiboshi still stood, unmoving, staring at Nuriko.
"Aniki," Suboshi called, turning around and walking back over to his brother, misinterpreting his motionlessness, "Don't worry. He won't last long. Come on. We have to tell Nakago where the Shinzaho is before the other Suzaku seishi get here!"
Amiboshi kept staring at Nuriko, who was slowly, feebly lifting himself up, his arms shaking pathetically as he kneeled on all fours, blood dripping steadily onto the snow.
"Huh..." Suboshi marveled as his endurance before sending the ryuuseisui flying through his small chest one last time. Nuriko dropped back limply to the ground. "There. Now let's go, aniki!"

Nuriko shuddered as he lay there on his stomach. The pain was too great. He couldn't even think. He was going to die. He was going to die. He wished he would hurry up and get on with it... pain was just too great. But... he couldn't. He had to do something. He struggled to remember what. He opened his eyes, blinded by the brightness. He managed to make out a large boulder sitting within his vicinity. Oh yeah. He had to move that. He shuddered involuntarily just thinking about it. He got up very slowly, very weakly. He stood up, though he was almost doubled over in pain. He swayed, falling back to his knees. He put a hand to his stomach to try to ease the pain, quickly jerking it away. He stared at his hand, which was dripping with blood. He shook his head slightly, and stood back up. This time, he was able to stumble over to the boulder, grasping it for support and letting out a gurgling wheeze before setting to trying to move it.
He wrapped his arms around the boulder, his violently shaking fingers struggling to find a hold. He could feel himself flickering in and out of consciousness as he strained to lift the massive boulder. The blinding white snow faded into things and images that he didn't understand. All he knew was that he liked wherever he suddenly was. There was no rock, no blood, no pain... he was just enjoying life. It was nighttime and he and.... A wave of dizziness and pain jolted him back to reality. He could feel his flesh tearing, his blood spilling out, filling his lungs. He suddenly noticed someone was standing a ways in front of him. He dropped the boulder, staring, gasping for breath, each growing more painful than the last.
In disbelief, he strained to focus his eyes. After a few seconds he made out who it was standing there. "Kourin..." he smiled, wondering if he had lost consciousness again. No, he thought, the pain was too great. But... that didn't matter. Using every bit of his quickly vanishing strength, he murmured, "How long have you been there...?" He looked at the snow beneath him, a surge of fear heightening his pain. It was all red.

His eyes flickered open, the blurred brightness stinging his eyes. He saw someone hovering over him. "Kourin..." he breathed, feeling the blood gurgle in his lungs.
"Nuriko!" Tamahome's face slowly came into focus. Nuriko was lying on his back, his head in Tamahome's lap. Tamahome was holding a cloth to the other seishi's wound. Nuriko vaguely heard the crackling of a small fire. "Don't worry... The others'll be here soon, so just... just try to hold on."
"Tamahome..." it came out weaker sounding than he had planned. "The shinzaho... I think... it's behind those doors," he took a labored breath, amazed at the intensity of the pain. "I didn't-"
"Shh... Just lay still. Mitsukake will be here in a minute to heal you and then you can tell us everything, alright?" He brushed the hair out of Nuriko's face, wiping off some of the blood with his shirt sleeve. They waited silently for the other seishi to arrive.
Suddenly, "Tamahome?"
Nuriko tried to turn his head toward the sound of Tasuki's voice, opening his eyes slowly. Everything looked hazy. He blinked several times. Everything still looked dim and blurred.
"Tamahome," Tasuki sounded strange, like he was underwater or he there was a wall between them, "What's wrong with Nuriko?" He sounded worried. Nuriko wished he wouldn't sound so worried. It made him worried to hear him like that. Nuriko could hear the slow crunch of his footsteps as he approached. "Holy shit..." the footsteps accelerated to a run as Tasuki caught sight of the red patches of snow that seemed to cover the entire area. He fell to his knees in front of Nuriko, his jaw dropped, a wave of panic surging over him. He'd seen badly wounded people before and the sight hadn't bothered him, but now he suddenly felt very sick to his stomach. "Oh god..." Hot tears started to leak down his chilled face.
"Tasuki-chan... Don't cry," Nuriko smiled. Tasuki grabbed both of Nuriko's hands, squeezing them tighter than he meant to.
Tasuki shook his head, the tears subsiding a little as he turned to Tamahome. "How long ago did you light the fire?"
"About fifteen minutes ago..." Tamahome's voice sounded shaky, unstable.
"Alright... so... if they're hurrying they should be here in another ten. Nuriko, you hear that? Hold on for ten more minutes, ok? Please, just don't die..."
Nuriko shut his eyes. Everything looked worse than it had only a minute or so ago. He could barely make out Tasuki's face, even though it was only a few feet from his. Other than that, he was actually feeling better. The pain wasn't as severe as it had been, and he wasn't nearly as cold. In fact, he barely felt anything when he was shifted from Tamahome's lap to Tasuki's. Maybe the snow was helping to stop the bleeding. He touched his hand to his wound to see if the bleeding had stopped. He frowned as he looked at his hand. It was drenched in blood. The bleeding wasn't slowing at all.
"Nuriko... just lay still," came Tamahome's voice.
"Shit... He's bleeding pretty bad," Tasuki started to sound more worried. "Please don't die, Nuriko... please."
"Don't worry, Tasuki... I told you, remember? That I didn't plan on dying..." He had to use all his strength to get out every word. Everything seemed to have faded to grey. "Tasuki?"
Tasuki squeezed Nuriko's hands in his.

Nuriko frowned slightly, hearing Tasuki's silent sobs, "After we get the shinzaho... and we summon Suzaku... I want to go to Mount Leikaku." Nuriko laughed slightly, coughing up blood, "I remember you said it wouldn't suit me there..."
Tasuki gave a choked laugh, remembering that night when he had comforted Nuriko after Hotohori's death, "Yeah..."
"You were wrong..." Nuriko felt his head start to swim.
Tasuki stared at Nuriko's exposed wounds, unable to hold in the sobs. "It does suit me..."
"Nuriko..." Tasuki whispered, stroking Nuriko's soft hands.
"Because... that's where you'll be. So that's where I have to be..."
"Nuriko..." Tasuki said, his throat seemed to be clenched shut, his heart racing and his stomach sinking as he stared at Nuriko's dark red hands. "Ok... That's a promise, then."
"I promise..."
Tamahome looked confused and panicked. "Nuriko, just lay still and don't talk. Everyone will be here in just a minute. Just stay still."
"Tasuki... I love you."
"No. Don't say that," Tasuki shut his eyes tightly.
"But I do."
"No. That sounds too much like goodbye. And we're not saying goodbye, you hear me?" He shook Nuriko's deathly cold hands slightly.
"Tamahome... tell Miaka and the others-"
"No! He's not telling them shit! You're going to tell them yourself," Tasuki bent down over him, wrapping his arms gently around Nuriko to draw him closer. Tasuki shakily placed a kiss on his cold lips, his tears dropping onto Nuriko's pallid, bloodstained cheeks. Nuriko had felt neither the kiss nor the tears.

--------------------------- omg. I'm awful. :'(

Big thank you's to everyone who's stuck with reading to the very end :D you win. And a HUGE thank you to everyone who's reviewed... sigh. I live for reviews. I've written a little like.. post-story thing. :-\ I'll post it if enough people ask me to lol (mwahaha I'll trick you into reviewing)