The Never Aging Darkness
By: Rika Hitoshi
Chapter 5 -Vow.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in relation to Fushigi Yuugi so therefore with this disclaimer you cannot sue me, happy now? Good!
Kiki opened her eyes and sat up. It was the first time in two years that she had slept without dreaming. It felt nice waking up without feeling. She stood up and noticed that the wounds were gone. "Mitsukake must have healed me after I blacked out." She walked out and looked out into the distance. "Someone doesn't want us to reach that village. Nevertheless, if we don't, this world will be destroyed, with everything in it. I won't let that happen." Kiki started walking down the main corridor when she heard something rustling in the bushes.
Stopping she leaned over the railing and looked down at them. The rustling stopped. Kiki reached her hand into the bushes and something jumped out. "Aie!!" she fell backwards and the creature landed on the railing. Sitting up she saw it was like a giant puffball. It jumped from the railing onto her lap. Kiki gulped, and two green eyes appeared. It made a small squeak and Kiki jumped up screaming.
She started running down the corridor with the giant puffball following behind. Kiki made a quick glance behind her and ran into something, but before she could fall someone grabbed her hand and pulled her up. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you. Aie!!!!!" the puffball had rubbed up against her leg and Kiki hid behind the person. The puffball squeaked again. "You don't have to be afraid of it Kiki no da." Chichiri bent down and picked up the puffball. "It's not an enemy, no da." He turned around and held it up. Kiki blinked and stuck out her finger and lightly touched it; it was very soft.
"What is it?" he smiled, "It's well a puffball no da." Kiki stared at him blankly, "It's called a puffball." he nodded and the puffball jumped onto Kiki's shoulder and rubbed up against her neck, making a purring type noise. "Where did it come from?" she patted the fluffy orb. "They appeared with the darkness no da." "But they're not evil?" "No, they are very friendly no da." Kiki smiled, "It is cute. Could I keep it?" she looked at Chichiri like a little five-year-old girl asking for a puppy. "Please?" he nodded. "Yes, I don't think it would be a problem no da."
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Kiki and Chichiri walked into the main chamber. Nuriko was the first to notice the white puffball. "Hey, Kiki has a puffball!" she walked over and peered at the white puffball and it purred at being noticed. "Wow, your lucky Kiki, they are supposed to afraid of people." "Really? When it jumped at me I thought it was going to attack me." Nuriko laughed, "It's so cute. Did you give it a name?" Kiki nodded, "Tsuki."
"Everyone, listen please." They all turned towards Hotohori. "It seems that the trap you encountered was set by the enemy." Tasuki stared blankly at him, "Obviously." "Excuse me Tasuki, do you have a comment you would wish to state?" "No." "Very well then, I shall continue. Therefore the enemy must know we are heading towards them." Tasuki sighed, "Well yeah, that's obvious too." Hotohori glared at Tasuki. "Something on you mind?" "Well you highness, I just think instead of wastin' time statin' obvious stuff we should be headin' back towards the enemy. The more time we waste here, the shorter 'mount of time we have 'til the world is destroyed. So I say we head out now."
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So they left again. Nuriko and Kiki rode their horses close together so Tsuki could jump back and forth between the two. Tasuki and Tamahome were arguing in the front while Mitsukake rode alongside with Nuriko and Kiki watching the puffball with an interest. Chichiri rode in the back as usual. Tsuki jumped onto Kiki's head and purred loudly. "It's such an odd creature. I have never seen anything like it before. It's so cute." Kiki said with schoolgirl type voice making both Nuriko and her laugh. "It's such a shame that this world is covered in darkness. I bet it's really pretty." Kiki looked ahead with dreamy type eyes. "Yeah it is, hey I know! When it clears up you'll be able to see. I mean you'll probably have some time before you have to leave. I'll show you around Konan, it's a beautiful empire." Kiki smiled and nodded, "I'd like that Nuriko."
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After traveling for hours they stopped and made camp. To a great surprise Kiki and Nuriko found out that puffballs have a great love for bon bon's. Tasuki walked over and picked it up. It began to squeak loudly. "Hey, Tasuki, put it down. Your big head is freakin' it out." Tasuki loomed over Nuriko, "What was that?" Nuriko fell over growling at him. "I don' git it, why do you two find it so cute? I mean Nuriko must like it cause he's the gay guy. Wahhhaha!" Nuriko had taken hold of Tasuki's arm. The puffball hit the ground and jumped onto Kiki's head. "Hey stop it Nuriko, yer gonna break it!" "That's the whole point!" "Wahhh!! Stop it Nuriko, I was just joking!!" "It'll be your last one too!" "Knock it off both of you no da. If you get any louder you might attract something no da." The two seishi became quiet, but glared at one another. Kiki laughed softly and fed another bon bon to the puffball.
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As they continued on their journey they encountered many destroyed villages and cities. "It's so sad, that something would actually want to cause so much destruction." Nuriko nodded, "Yeah, but they don't have this kind of thing in your world do they?" Kiki shook her head, "When we have wars, there is a lot of destruction. However they don't happen often, but if there is an earthquake, or a tsunami, they're can be lots of destruction then." Nuriko and Tasuki blinked, "Tsunami??" Kiki smiled at them both, "It's like huge wave of water that is taller than buildings and such. It is sometimes caused by earthquakes." The two stared at one another then back at Kiki. "Do they happen often?" Kiki shook her head at Nuriko, "No, it's only once in a great amount of time. Hey what's that noise?" Kiki moved her horse up in the front next to Tamahome and Mitsukake, who had stopped their horses. "Whoa, what is that?" "Genbu no da."
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Down below in a small town there stood the giant tortoise, destroying everything in sight. "Isn't Genbu one of the four gods?" Kiki looked over at Chichiri who nodded. "Then why is he attacking innocent people? Shouldn't he be protecting them or something?" "I don't really understand it myself no da. Sure the gods can do whatever they wish, but they would have to be summoned by the priestess first no da. It confused me when Seiryu attacked us no da." Tasuki and Nuriko joined the three. "Whoa! It's Genbu!" "Shhh Tasuki, you don't want it to notice us do you?" Nuriko glared at him then turned to the others, "Isn't there a way around it or something?" "The only way would be to go out far enough where it wouldn't be able to sense our life forces, but we don't have that kind of time no da." "Does this mean we're going to have to try and fight it?" "Yes no da." Nuriko sighed. Tasuki grinned, "Alright, bring it on stupid turtle! I'm ready for ya!" Tasuki got off his horse and began to run down the hill. "Wait Tasuki!" Nuriko ran after him. "Hey you guys!!" Tamahome was next. "Kiki stay here, Mitsukake, watch over her no da." Mitsukake nodded and Chichiri followed the others.
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During the battle Mitsukake had to take hold of Kiki several times. "Let me go! I'm your miko, I command you! Obey me!" Mitsukake stared at her, "Chichiri told me to watch over you, which means it's dangerous down there." "I've been through tons of danger, I have Niko as a best friend! Now let me go!!" Kiki struggled, but Mitsukake was stronger than her and his force was enough to keep her down. Meanwhile on the battlefield, the others were having a tough time getting Genbu to fall.
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"REKKA SHINEN!!!!!!" Tasuki fired the flames at the tortoise's eyes and it roared out in pain. Nuriko found a large boulder nearby and tossed it at the beast gods head, forcing it down a little. One of the snakes on it's back, lashed at them knocking Tasuki and Nuriko to the ground. The tortoise fired at beam at them. Chichiri got in front of them and put up his barrier. When the attack subsided, he kneeled down breathing heavily. "Chichiri are you ok?" Nuriko kneeled down next to him, "I'm fine, don't worry about me no da." Tamahome walked over, "I have an idea. Tasuki, aim your fire at the snake's heads and then Nuriko, you tie them together. I'll distract the head while you two attack the snakes." They nodded and ran up closer. "Chichiri, are you able to fight?" he nodded and stood up. "I'll help you keep the head distracted no da." The two ran up in front of the head and Chichiri launched a Ki blast at its eyes. It roared and before Tasuki could fry the snakes one of them rammed into Chichiri's stomach and sent him flying into one of the abandoned houses. "Chichiri!" Tamahome turned around and started running over to him.
Tasuki aimed the fan at the snakes and fired at them. Nuriko then jumped up and quickly tied them up tightly. "Tamahome, quick, rip them off!" Tamahome stopped and quickly ran back and dashed by the tortoise, ripping the snakes off one by one. Genbu's cries of pain's ringed throughout the small valley and filled the night air like a horrid song. Kiki finally managed to wiggle out of Mitsukake's grip and ran down the small hill. She skidded to a stop as the giant tortoise hit the ground in defeat.
Mitsukake made it down as the god vanished into nothing. Kiki ran over to her dad who was breathing hard, "Are you ok?" he nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine." Kiki smiled. Tasuki and Nuriko had kneeled down to the ground and were also breathing hard. Kiki looked around. "Hey, where's Chichiri?" Tamahome stood up and ran over to the now collapsed house. Kiki and the others behind him. Nuriko began throwing huge chunks over their heads. The others were digging around calling for him. There was a squeak from a corner. "Tsuki?" Kiki hopped over pieces of wall and saw Chichiri. "He's over here!" she knelt down.
Mitsukake joined her. Tsuki jumped up onto Kiki's head. "Mitsukake, can you heal him?" Tasuki looked down at him, concerned. "I can't yet, it hasn't been over twenty-four hours since I last used my powers." Kiki looked up at Mitsukake, "How much longer do you think until you can?" "Probably just another half hour, but I don't know how much longer he'll last. I can't tell if there is anything seriously wrong without the proper items." Tamahome poked Nuriko then nodded towards the horses. He nodded and the two left to go get them. Tasuki knelt down next to Kiki and the puffball jumped onto his head and nestled itself between the strands of orange.
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It seemed that the minutes were taking hours. Tamahome and Nuriko started a fire and joined the others. Nuriko looked over at Kiki who looked the most worried, next to Tasuki. Her expression reminded her of Miaka in a way. "Kiki," the girl looked up. "Come take a walk with me for a few minutes. Ok?" she nodded slowly and stood up following Nuriko. "Don't worry Tama-kins, I'll protect your daughter." The two left and headed out towards the edge of the town. Nuriko sat down and motioned for Kiki to join him. She sat down and looked at the ground. "What's wrong Kiki?" Kiki looked up at Nuriko. "What do you mean?" "Well, it's just that I couldn't help noticing that you looked sad." "I-I looked sad? I didn't realize that." Nuriko smiled at her, "Something is bothering you, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone else or make any comments either. I'm a really good listener too."
Kiki looked down for a minute and then began to talk. "About two years ago, there, there was an accident. My fiancée was killed when a car hit him. The car was actually supposed to hit me, but Hori shoved me onto the curb and was hit instead. He died while all I suffered from was a large gash on my side. The driver was a drunk guy from a party we were at earlier. Someone who I thought was my friend sent him. For some reason she just started to hate me. Afterwards, I made a vow. One that I knew I couldn't break." Nuriko tilted his head, "What was it?" Kiki plucked a blade of grass. "I vowed I would never fall in love with another person." Nuriko remained silent for a moment and stood up. "Come on, we should head back. It's probably about time now. He held out his hand and helped Kiki up. "You won't tell anyone what I told you right?" Nuriko smiled, "I promise." Kiki smiled and began to walk down, "Thanks Nuriko."
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Rika - ::is silent::
Tasuki - ::side glances at Rika and faces her:: What's wrong with you? Rika - ::looks up at Tasuki:: Nothing. ::looks at him in a weird creepy way:: Tasuki - ::backs off a little:: Whoa, creepy. Rika - ::Grins:: Hee. Tasuki - ::backs off more:: Really creepy! Rika - :: Makes a motion to tackle him: WOO!! Tasuki - Aya!! :: runs off::
Rika - Please review my story, flame if you wish! See you! ::Poof sound and she vanishes::
By: Rika Hitoshi
Chapter 5 -Vow.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in relation to Fushigi Yuugi so therefore with this disclaimer you cannot sue me, happy now? Good!
Kiki opened her eyes and sat up. It was the first time in two years that she had slept without dreaming. It felt nice waking up without feeling. She stood up and noticed that the wounds were gone. "Mitsukake must have healed me after I blacked out." She walked out and looked out into the distance. "Someone doesn't want us to reach that village. Nevertheless, if we don't, this world will be destroyed, with everything in it. I won't let that happen." Kiki started walking down the main corridor when she heard something rustling in the bushes.
Stopping she leaned over the railing and looked down at them. The rustling stopped. Kiki reached her hand into the bushes and something jumped out. "Aie!!" she fell backwards and the creature landed on the railing. Sitting up she saw it was like a giant puffball. It jumped from the railing onto her lap. Kiki gulped, and two green eyes appeared. It made a small squeak and Kiki jumped up screaming.
She started running down the corridor with the giant puffball following behind. Kiki made a quick glance behind her and ran into something, but before she could fall someone grabbed her hand and pulled her up. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you. Aie!!!!!" the puffball had rubbed up against her leg and Kiki hid behind the person. The puffball squeaked again. "You don't have to be afraid of it Kiki no da." Chichiri bent down and picked up the puffball. "It's not an enemy, no da." He turned around and held it up. Kiki blinked and stuck out her finger and lightly touched it; it was very soft.
"What is it?" he smiled, "It's well a puffball no da." Kiki stared at him blankly, "It's called a puffball." he nodded and the puffball jumped onto Kiki's shoulder and rubbed up against her neck, making a purring type noise. "Where did it come from?" she patted the fluffy orb. "They appeared with the darkness no da." "But they're not evil?" "No, they are very friendly no da." Kiki smiled, "It is cute. Could I keep it?" she looked at Chichiri like a little five-year-old girl asking for a puppy. "Please?" he nodded. "Yes, I don't think it would be a problem no da."
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Kiki and Chichiri walked into the main chamber. Nuriko was the first to notice the white puffball. "Hey, Kiki has a puffball!" she walked over and peered at the white puffball and it purred at being noticed. "Wow, your lucky Kiki, they are supposed to afraid of people." "Really? When it jumped at me I thought it was going to attack me." Nuriko laughed, "It's so cute. Did you give it a name?" Kiki nodded, "Tsuki."
"Everyone, listen please." They all turned towards Hotohori. "It seems that the trap you encountered was set by the enemy." Tasuki stared blankly at him, "Obviously." "Excuse me Tasuki, do you have a comment you would wish to state?" "No." "Very well then, I shall continue. Therefore the enemy must know we are heading towards them." Tasuki sighed, "Well yeah, that's obvious too." Hotohori glared at Tasuki. "Something on you mind?" "Well you highness, I just think instead of wastin' time statin' obvious stuff we should be headin' back towards the enemy. The more time we waste here, the shorter 'mount of time we have 'til the world is destroyed. So I say we head out now."
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So they left again. Nuriko and Kiki rode their horses close together so Tsuki could jump back and forth between the two. Tasuki and Tamahome were arguing in the front while Mitsukake rode alongside with Nuriko and Kiki watching the puffball with an interest. Chichiri rode in the back as usual. Tsuki jumped onto Kiki's head and purred loudly. "It's such an odd creature. I have never seen anything like it before. It's so cute." Kiki said with schoolgirl type voice making both Nuriko and her laugh. "It's such a shame that this world is covered in darkness. I bet it's really pretty." Kiki looked ahead with dreamy type eyes. "Yeah it is, hey I know! When it clears up you'll be able to see. I mean you'll probably have some time before you have to leave. I'll show you around Konan, it's a beautiful empire." Kiki smiled and nodded, "I'd like that Nuriko."
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After traveling for hours they stopped and made camp. To a great surprise Kiki and Nuriko found out that puffballs have a great love for bon bon's. Tasuki walked over and picked it up. It began to squeak loudly. "Hey, Tasuki, put it down. Your big head is freakin' it out." Tasuki loomed over Nuriko, "What was that?" Nuriko fell over growling at him. "I don' git it, why do you two find it so cute? I mean Nuriko must like it cause he's the gay guy. Wahhhaha!" Nuriko had taken hold of Tasuki's arm. The puffball hit the ground and jumped onto Kiki's head. "Hey stop it Nuriko, yer gonna break it!" "That's the whole point!" "Wahhh!! Stop it Nuriko, I was just joking!!" "It'll be your last one too!" "Knock it off both of you no da. If you get any louder you might attract something no da." The two seishi became quiet, but glared at one another. Kiki laughed softly and fed another bon bon to the puffball.
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As they continued on their journey they encountered many destroyed villages and cities. "It's so sad, that something would actually want to cause so much destruction." Nuriko nodded, "Yeah, but they don't have this kind of thing in your world do they?" Kiki shook her head, "When we have wars, there is a lot of destruction. However they don't happen often, but if there is an earthquake, or a tsunami, they're can be lots of destruction then." Nuriko and Tasuki blinked, "Tsunami??" Kiki smiled at them both, "It's like huge wave of water that is taller than buildings and such. It is sometimes caused by earthquakes." The two stared at one another then back at Kiki. "Do they happen often?" Kiki shook her head at Nuriko, "No, it's only once in a great amount of time. Hey what's that noise?" Kiki moved her horse up in the front next to Tamahome and Mitsukake, who had stopped their horses. "Whoa, what is that?" "Genbu no da."
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Down below in a small town there stood the giant tortoise, destroying everything in sight. "Isn't Genbu one of the four gods?" Kiki looked over at Chichiri who nodded. "Then why is he attacking innocent people? Shouldn't he be protecting them or something?" "I don't really understand it myself no da. Sure the gods can do whatever they wish, but they would have to be summoned by the priestess first no da. It confused me when Seiryu attacked us no da." Tasuki and Nuriko joined the three. "Whoa! It's Genbu!" "Shhh Tasuki, you don't want it to notice us do you?" Nuriko glared at him then turned to the others, "Isn't there a way around it or something?" "The only way would be to go out far enough where it wouldn't be able to sense our life forces, but we don't have that kind of time no da." "Does this mean we're going to have to try and fight it?" "Yes no da." Nuriko sighed. Tasuki grinned, "Alright, bring it on stupid turtle! I'm ready for ya!" Tasuki got off his horse and began to run down the hill. "Wait Tasuki!" Nuriko ran after him. "Hey you guys!!" Tamahome was next. "Kiki stay here, Mitsukake, watch over her no da." Mitsukake nodded and Chichiri followed the others.
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During the battle Mitsukake had to take hold of Kiki several times. "Let me go! I'm your miko, I command you! Obey me!" Mitsukake stared at her, "Chichiri told me to watch over you, which means it's dangerous down there." "I've been through tons of danger, I have Niko as a best friend! Now let me go!!" Kiki struggled, but Mitsukake was stronger than her and his force was enough to keep her down. Meanwhile on the battlefield, the others were having a tough time getting Genbu to fall.
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"REKKA SHINEN!!!!!!" Tasuki fired the flames at the tortoise's eyes and it roared out in pain. Nuriko found a large boulder nearby and tossed it at the beast gods head, forcing it down a little. One of the snakes on it's back, lashed at them knocking Tasuki and Nuriko to the ground. The tortoise fired at beam at them. Chichiri got in front of them and put up his barrier. When the attack subsided, he kneeled down breathing heavily. "Chichiri are you ok?" Nuriko kneeled down next to him, "I'm fine, don't worry about me no da." Tamahome walked over, "I have an idea. Tasuki, aim your fire at the snake's heads and then Nuriko, you tie them together. I'll distract the head while you two attack the snakes." They nodded and ran up closer. "Chichiri, are you able to fight?" he nodded and stood up. "I'll help you keep the head distracted no da." The two ran up in front of the head and Chichiri launched a Ki blast at its eyes. It roared and before Tasuki could fry the snakes one of them rammed into Chichiri's stomach and sent him flying into one of the abandoned houses. "Chichiri!" Tamahome turned around and started running over to him.
Tasuki aimed the fan at the snakes and fired at them. Nuriko then jumped up and quickly tied them up tightly. "Tamahome, quick, rip them off!" Tamahome stopped and quickly ran back and dashed by the tortoise, ripping the snakes off one by one. Genbu's cries of pain's ringed throughout the small valley and filled the night air like a horrid song. Kiki finally managed to wiggle out of Mitsukake's grip and ran down the small hill. She skidded to a stop as the giant tortoise hit the ground in defeat.
Mitsukake made it down as the god vanished into nothing. Kiki ran over to her dad who was breathing hard, "Are you ok?" he nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine." Kiki smiled. Tasuki and Nuriko had kneeled down to the ground and were also breathing hard. Kiki looked around. "Hey, where's Chichiri?" Tamahome stood up and ran over to the now collapsed house. Kiki and the others behind him. Nuriko began throwing huge chunks over their heads. The others were digging around calling for him. There was a squeak from a corner. "Tsuki?" Kiki hopped over pieces of wall and saw Chichiri. "He's over here!" she knelt down.
Mitsukake joined her. Tsuki jumped up onto Kiki's head. "Mitsukake, can you heal him?" Tasuki looked down at him, concerned. "I can't yet, it hasn't been over twenty-four hours since I last used my powers." Kiki looked up at Mitsukake, "How much longer do you think until you can?" "Probably just another half hour, but I don't know how much longer he'll last. I can't tell if there is anything seriously wrong without the proper items." Tamahome poked Nuriko then nodded towards the horses. He nodded and the two left to go get them. Tasuki knelt down next to Kiki and the puffball jumped onto his head and nestled itself between the strands of orange.
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It seemed that the minutes were taking hours. Tamahome and Nuriko started a fire and joined the others. Nuriko looked over at Kiki who looked the most worried, next to Tasuki. Her expression reminded her of Miaka in a way. "Kiki," the girl looked up. "Come take a walk with me for a few minutes. Ok?" she nodded slowly and stood up following Nuriko. "Don't worry Tama-kins, I'll protect your daughter." The two left and headed out towards the edge of the town. Nuriko sat down and motioned for Kiki to join him. She sat down and looked at the ground. "What's wrong Kiki?" Kiki looked up at Nuriko. "What do you mean?" "Well, it's just that I couldn't help noticing that you looked sad." "I-I looked sad? I didn't realize that." Nuriko smiled at her, "Something is bothering you, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone else or make any comments either. I'm a really good listener too."
Kiki looked down for a minute and then began to talk. "About two years ago, there, there was an accident. My fiancée was killed when a car hit him. The car was actually supposed to hit me, but Hori shoved me onto the curb and was hit instead. He died while all I suffered from was a large gash on my side. The driver was a drunk guy from a party we were at earlier. Someone who I thought was my friend sent him. For some reason she just started to hate me. Afterwards, I made a vow. One that I knew I couldn't break." Nuriko tilted his head, "What was it?" Kiki plucked a blade of grass. "I vowed I would never fall in love with another person." Nuriko remained silent for a moment and stood up. "Come on, we should head back. It's probably about time now. He held out his hand and helped Kiki up. "You won't tell anyone what I told you right?" Nuriko smiled, "I promise." Kiki smiled and began to walk down, "Thanks Nuriko."
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Rika - ::is silent::
Tasuki - ::side glances at Rika and faces her:: What's wrong with you? Rika - ::looks up at Tasuki:: Nothing. ::looks at him in a weird creepy way:: Tasuki - ::backs off a little:: Whoa, creepy. Rika - ::Grins:: Hee. Tasuki - ::backs off more:: Really creepy! Rika - :: Makes a motion to tackle him: WOO!! Tasuki - Aya!! :: runs off::
Rika - Please review my story, flame if you wish! See you! ::Poof sound and she vanishes::