Chapter 2
Authors Notes!!!!!!
Well I've got a new chapter up.finally. It's longer than the first one (thank God) and it's better too. Well please read and review. And don't be too mean with the reviews.PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay. well here we go. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Taiitsukun was looking in her mirror at the seishi down on the soft earth. She saw everything that happened to her former student, Chichiri. She could see his pain, she could hear his questions. She could also hear Kouran's cries of sadness, her longings. She knew Kouran wanted with all her existence to be with him right now. For one of the first time in her life she felt she had to help them. She then started to gather everything she would need.
"Chichiri?" Chichiri felt a light touch on his shoulder and he turned around. Nuriko was looking back at him, his eyes seemed like they were asking what was wrong. Tasuki stood next to the purple haired seishi, with the same expression of worry. "Yes?" Chichiri replied. "Is something wrong Chichiri? You seem so distant, like your body is here, but not your mind," said Nuriko. Chichiri didn't know how to answer this. He really wasn't okay, he was scared and confused, but he didn't want to worry his friends. "I was just thinking, no da! I'm okay, don't worry about me, no da! There are other things you should worry about though, no da. Like if Miaka is cooking tonight, no da." Everyone grimaced at the thought of Miaka's "wonderful" meals, if you could even call them meals. It's more like trash. "Ya sure yer 'kay Chiri?" Tasuki asked. "Fine, fine. Now go make sure Miaka isn't near the kitchen, no da!" As the two seishi ran off Chichiri looked up at the sky and prayed to the gods for an answer to his questions. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Kouran watched this all. She knew he didn't want his friends to worry, but she still wished he had told them what was wrong. Suddenly she heard a rustle behind her ghostly figure. She turned around and screamed. Behind her was Taiitsukun, the creator of the universe. "Taiitsukun-sama", she said while bowing. The only other time she had seen the old woman was when she had first died. Kouran, do you really want to be with him right now?" Taiitsukun asked the ghost. "Yes, ma'am. Right now, I wish I were still alive, so he wouldn't have even had that dream. And he'd be okay, not scared. But nothing can be done." Kouran looked down at him and hated herself for making him sad. "I could change that, temporarily that is." Taiitsukun told her. Kouran quickly looked up at the woman. She couldn't really make her human, she was a ghost. Or could she, she was the creator of the universe after all. "Taiitsukun-sama could you really make me alive again?" "I could put you in the body of a dying girl. But you would no longer be Kouran. You would be that girl. Like I said, it would only be temporarily." Kouran was shocked. She might be able to be alive again! "How long would I be alive?" she asked Taiitsukun. "Two weeks. But if you get him to truly fall in love with you I might be able to arrange it so you would be like that for a while." "Thank you so much, Taiitsukun-sama!" the girl cried. "Yes, yes. Well you must only be the girl who's body I put you in. Do you want this chance?" "YES! Yes, I do! Please can we start now?" "Yes, follow me." the old woman replied. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
In a small cottage in Konan.
A girl of about twenty-two lays in bed, dead. Although she was pale and sickly you could see she was a beautiful girl. Kouran had a strange feeling as she was pulled toward the girl. She saw a bright light, then went into sudden blackness. She suddenly knew everything about the girl whose body she was in. No, the girl she now was. Her eyes fluttered open, as she looked up at the face of a young man. "Onii-chan?" she whispered. He hugged her tightly, then got up and ran through the house. "Mother! Father!" he yelled, "She's awake! She's still alive!" All of a sudden a middle-aged couple ran in crying, along with the boy who had been there earlier. They all ran to her and held her closely. "You're alive, my Michiko is really alive." The woman said while she sobbed. "Yes mother, I'm alive. I'm fine." she said to them. They sat there for a few minutes crying and holding each other.
A few minutes after watching the embrace Taiisukun decided to leave them. She went to check on Chichiri. He was sitting in the same place staring into the water. Suddenly Tasuki's loud voice cut through the silence. "CHIRI! DINNER'S READY! ME 'N NURIKO MADE SURE MIAKA DIN' GO NEAR DA KITCHN'!" "I'm coming, no da!" Chichiri replied. He quickly put his mask back on and started running toward the palace. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
The next day.
When Chichiri awoke he had a strange, but familiar, feeling that today something special was going to happen, but he didn't know why. He shrugged off the nagging feeling and got up. He went down to the dining room for breakfast. Then he started down the road towards the market place.
When Kouran awoke in her new body she ran to the mirror to make sure it wasn't just a dream. She saw the reflection of a gorgeous raven-haired girl. She brushed her long hair and put it back in a few braids, then put those braids into a high ponytail. Then she went to the closet and picked out a simple, yet pretty, pinkish-red dress. She slipped it on and tried to remember the last time she had actually put on a dress. Then she sat down and put on a little make-up. Then she went to the kitchen and ate a bit of breakfast. Her mother asked her to run down to the store and pick up some fruit and fish. (A/N Not together!!!) As her mother handed her the money for the food she gave her a small pouch with a little bit of money in it. She told her to get something for herself. Then the young girl headed down the road to the market. Not knowing that she was also headed towards Chichiri, her love.
Well I've got a new chapter up.finally. It's longer than the first one (thank God) and it's better too. Well please read and review. And don't be too mean with the reviews.PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay. well here we go. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Taiitsukun was looking in her mirror at the seishi down on the soft earth. She saw everything that happened to her former student, Chichiri. She could see his pain, she could hear his questions. She could also hear Kouran's cries of sadness, her longings. She knew Kouran wanted with all her existence to be with him right now. For one of the first time in her life she felt she had to help them. She then started to gather everything she would need.
"Chichiri?" Chichiri felt a light touch on his shoulder and he turned around. Nuriko was looking back at him, his eyes seemed like they were asking what was wrong. Tasuki stood next to the purple haired seishi, with the same expression of worry. "Yes?" Chichiri replied. "Is something wrong Chichiri? You seem so distant, like your body is here, but not your mind," said Nuriko. Chichiri didn't know how to answer this. He really wasn't okay, he was scared and confused, but he didn't want to worry his friends. "I was just thinking, no da! I'm okay, don't worry about me, no da! There are other things you should worry about though, no da. Like if Miaka is cooking tonight, no da." Everyone grimaced at the thought of Miaka's "wonderful" meals, if you could even call them meals. It's more like trash. "Ya sure yer 'kay Chiri?" Tasuki asked. "Fine, fine. Now go make sure Miaka isn't near the kitchen, no da!" As the two seishi ran off Chichiri looked up at the sky and prayed to the gods for an answer to his questions. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Kouran watched this all. She knew he didn't want his friends to worry, but she still wished he had told them what was wrong. Suddenly she heard a rustle behind her ghostly figure. She turned around and screamed. Behind her was Taiitsukun, the creator of the universe. "Taiitsukun-sama", she said while bowing. The only other time she had seen the old woman was when she had first died. Kouran, do you really want to be with him right now?" Taiitsukun asked the ghost. "Yes, ma'am. Right now, I wish I were still alive, so he wouldn't have even had that dream. And he'd be okay, not scared. But nothing can be done." Kouran looked down at him and hated herself for making him sad. "I could change that, temporarily that is." Taiitsukun told her. Kouran quickly looked up at the woman. She couldn't really make her human, she was a ghost. Or could she, she was the creator of the universe after all. "Taiitsukun-sama could you really make me alive again?" "I could put you in the body of a dying girl. But you would no longer be Kouran. You would be that girl. Like I said, it would only be temporarily." Kouran was shocked. She might be able to be alive again! "How long would I be alive?" she asked Taiitsukun. "Two weeks. But if you get him to truly fall in love with you I might be able to arrange it so you would be like that for a while." "Thank you so much, Taiitsukun-sama!" the girl cried. "Yes, yes. Well you must only be the girl who's body I put you in. Do you want this chance?" "YES! Yes, I do! Please can we start now?" "Yes, follow me." the old woman replied. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
In a small cottage in Konan.
A girl of about twenty-two lays in bed, dead. Although she was pale and sickly you could see she was a beautiful girl. Kouran had a strange feeling as she was pulled toward the girl. She saw a bright light, then went into sudden blackness. She suddenly knew everything about the girl whose body she was in. No, the girl she now was. Her eyes fluttered open, as she looked up at the face of a young man. "Onii-chan?" she whispered. He hugged her tightly, then got up and ran through the house. "Mother! Father!" he yelled, "She's awake! She's still alive!" All of a sudden a middle-aged couple ran in crying, along with the boy who had been there earlier. They all ran to her and held her closely. "You're alive, my Michiko is really alive." The woman said while she sobbed. "Yes mother, I'm alive. I'm fine." she said to them. They sat there for a few minutes crying and holding each other.
A few minutes after watching the embrace Taiisukun decided to leave them. She went to check on Chichiri. He was sitting in the same place staring into the water. Suddenly Tasuki's loud voice cut through the silence. "CHIRI! DINNER'S READY! ME 'N NURIKO MADE SURE MIAKA DIN' GO NEAR DA KITCHN'!" "I'm coming, no da!" Chichiri replied. He quickly put his mask back on and started running toward the palace. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
The next day.
When Chichiri awoke he had a strange, but familiar, feeling that today something special was going to happen, but he didn't know why. He shrugged off the nagging feeling and got up. He went down to the dining room for breakfast. Then he started down the road towards the market place.
When Kouran awoke in her new body she ran to the mirror to make sure it wasn't just a dream. She saw the reflection of a gorgeous raven-haired girl. She brushed her long hair and put it back in a few braids, then put those braids into a high ponytail. Then she went to the closet and picked out a simple, yet pretty, pinkish-red dress. She slipped it on and tried to remember the last time she had actually put on a dress. Then she sat down and put on a little make-up. Then she went to the kitchen and ate a bit of breakfast. Her mother asked her to run down to the store and pick up some fruit and fish. (A/N Not together!!!) As her mother handed her the money for the food she gave her a small pouch with a little bit of money in it. She told her to get something for herself. Then the young girl headed down the road to the market. Not knowing that she was also headed towards Chichiri, her love.
