Chapter 2 Hmmm what is this?

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~Sora~

We stopped at an inn on the outskirts of Konan's capital after a day of hard riding. Miaka and I were sharing a room... Oh joy! No not really, I needed to get away, I love people but I need some peace especially from that food-hogging sap.(Miaka) I stepped outside silently after we ate... I thought no one was watching...

~Chichiri~

I watched Sora carefully... She was so mysterious...and beautiful. When she slipped out after dinner I was very concerned and left the others to discuss the her loyalties quietly and plan. I watched from the porch as she walked to the creek nearby and sat down promptly. She stuck her hand in the water and sighed. I walked up behind her as she stuck her bare feet into the water.

"You shouldn't be out here alone no da..." I told her softly. She stood up in a fighting stance as if it were a reflex. She looked at me for a moment before flopping back on to the ground with a soft thump. I smiled down at her asking,

"Mind if I join you?" She shook her head softly eyes glued to the water. I sat down beside her gently before looking at her again. Her face was a cream shade with a slightly rosy tint to her cheeks. Her eyes sparkled with a strange light, she seemed... shielded from the reality of the sieshi's problems due to her speechlessness. She looked at me slowly from the corner of her eye and I flushed looking away, of course she couldn't see it with the mask but I think she knew. She pulled a stick from the bush beside her and began to...draw in the dirt? It took me a moment to realize she was writing... That never occured to me. I turned to read the writing and found it amazingly clear,

Why do you wear a mask? I looked up eyes widened. How did she know??? She wrote again,

I'm sorry if I'm offending you I just... Was curious.

"No... it's Ok...But how did you know no da?" I asked.

Well... You were peeling on the edge. I brushed my hand across my face fixing it before asking,

" Why do you want to know?no da..."

Forget about it. She turned away from me back to the stream as the stars began to appear above us. I watched her silently before speaking,

" How come you didn't tell us you could write no da?"

Never asked. And please don't tell them. I prefer to be considered a vegtable. I couldn't help laughing.

"Why no da???"

I left your mask alone, leave my writing alone.

"Fine... We better go back... no da," She nodded and stood up slowly.

"C'mon...no da, Miaka wants to talk to you.... " I explained softly watching her brush the dirt where she had written.

~Sora~

I liked talking to Chichiri, he reminded me of Ashel... I know to him I probably came off as cold and distant, I wasn't always like that... Once I had a heart... A long time ago, ten years actually, then Suzaku asked for my help. I reluctantly agreed... I watched Chichiri as we walked back to the Inn, His mahogany eyes reminded me even more of home... my Matt... my friends, family, home... As we entered the Inn I headed to the seshi who were in quiet discussion,

"She's harmless..." Said Nuriko simply before Tasuki popped up,

"Yup, gay-boy for once you're right. A harmless vegtable." I walked up to Tasuki before bashing his face into the table.

"Owowowow... That hurt damnit!" He complained. I shrugged before sitting beside Miaka.

"See, she can keep Fang-boy in line!" Tamahome said happily.

"Nuriko! Stop talking like Sora's not here!" Miaka reprimanded after a moment of silence. I ignored them looking out the window, I really didn't mind... I tapped Miaka on the shoulder and pointed upstairs to the room we were sharing. I then laid my head on my hands as if asleep, Miaka nodded.

"Night Sora," I nodded my lips curled so slightly as I went upstairs quietly snd shut the door.

Miaka would hopefully be a while... I removed my journal from my pocket and grabbed a pen from her bag... she wouldn't mind(I hope). I began to write in perfect kanji what had happened that day. I started with the Doctor and the dream before moving on to Amiboshi and the Seishi, I even wrote about calling Hotohori Hoto-chan and described each of the seishi with delicate detail. I fell asleep hunched over my journal half on my bed, half on the floor. ~Miaka~

I felt my eyes droop wearily after our long discusion about Sora and where she was from and such...AND the seishi...

"G'night..." I told the others before sleepily heading up the stairs to find Sora hunched over a book? No, a journal! A journal... We could figure out who she was! I gently tugged on the book and sighed with relief as it popped into my hands. I rushed downstairs to my seishi quietly as possible leaving Sora asleep still.

" Guys look at this! I found her sleeping on it! I think it's her journal... See?" I flashed the very large book triumphantly before Chichiri disheartengly told me,

"Isn't that invading her privacy...? No da..." The others, excluding Hotohori who was polite and all glared at him making him go chibi giving an 'eep'.

"What does it say???" Asked Nuriko eagerly grabbing the book from Miaka flipping to the first page to find scribbles... letters he couldn't understand.

"What is it Nuriko?" Asked Tamahome eagerly waiting.

"I can't read a word it's all gibberish..."

"WHAT?!" Screeched Miaka grabbing it looking at the book with amazement.

"Oh my god." Was all she said as she flipped to the next page. Hotohori looked up in suprise,

"You can read it?" He asked slowly looking over her shoulder at the 'gibberish' as Nuriko called it.

"Not much of it... This girl is a genius! It's all english. I understand the simpler sentences but she's so advanced... Look at this... She began changing to kanji here see? It slowly went from English to Kanji... How weird... In the begining however there's one kanji poem... Listen,

Do you see me? My pain, my hurt...

I cry yet no one hears, I feel like dirt.

The feeling of tears...

My face I hide, Burning with shame.

My heart dead, forever lame.



I see the poeple shake their heads...

If only I could take my life,

By a silver knife, I could lie dead... .

No one would know, no one would care...

See my pain, my hurt, see my face crusted with dirt?

I watch the stars with care,

They protect me, keep me safe.

Suzaku promised... But is it too late?

Home I miss, Family too,

God, Suzaku I hate you.

See my pain, my hurt, see my face crusted with dirt?

I lie in bed scared and afraid,

I know he will hurt me again.

He says be quiet, just shut up...

Then he says it's not enough.

See my pain, my hurt, see my face crusted with dirt?

Why do I lose feeling inside?

Because if I run I can't hide.

Why do I want to tear him apart?

He took me with no heart.

See my pain, my hurt, see my face crusted with dirt?



I tried to die, Suzaku stop.

I hate this life like it or not.

If I suceed, let me be.

The Suzaku no miko can live without me.

See my pain, my hurt, see my face crusted with dirt?

See me leave this and die.

See Suzaku you can try.

But I can't lie.

If I don't end my life my heart will be gone.

With the next flying bright dawn.............." I ended the poem as another tear slid down my cheek. I looked up from the journal to see Hotohori, Nuriko, and Chichiri also with tears in their eyes... The others hid their tears behind masks of silence.

"She wanted to die because her hurt was so great... So great she lost hope... She didn't want to lose her heart so she tried to...to..." Hotohori began before his tears fell. I watched the seishi with one emotion, sympathy, for them and Sora...

"We can look... at it some more tomorrow... I better put it up... We better act like we never saw this..." I told them slowly. Nods concurred and I headed silently upstairs replacing the book beneath Sora's head. I went back downstairs and began to say what I thought before Hotohori finished,

"Sora stays." I nodded and hear a chorus of goodnights before heading to my bed to rest and contemplate Sora. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Hotohori~

I laid in my bed listening to Tasuki's snoring... I wondered about Sora's poem, only one thing could make her so pained. She had been hurt the way no woman should be. (A/N: Please don't make me say what it is, it's quite obvious and sad) I sighed rolling onto my stomach to look out the window. Sora was intriuging, she was so beautiful and mysterious. When I first saw her in that clearing, only our problems made me take my eyes off of her. Her eyes were certainly more captivating than even Miaka's, so clear but so deep... Like her personality, her image was clear but her true self was hidden deep inside her pain... Poor girl... I fell asleep her image in my head... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Sora~

I woke up two hours before dawn as usual... I looked up remembering where I was, free... hmm, so nice... I lifted the blanketss off before I realized I was on the floor... Miaka must have put them there... I reached down to find my journal fallen on the floor, I tucked it safely back in my pocket along with Miaka's pen before silently heading downstairs to find the lobby completely empty. I looked around for anything to practice my morning routine with but saw nothing... I saw a cane by the door and grabbed it on my way out. It would do. I began with my breathing exercises, breathing in 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, breath out, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, breath in... I continued that for a few minutes before stretching and doing some warm ups. I then took up the cane placing my feet side by side, shoulder-width apart... I began my form by sinking to my knees sending my chi with it. I sped up my form as the moves became more sword than martial arts. I did the form a few times more before I realized I was being watched...

~Hotohori~

I woke up maybe an hour before dawn and since I never could go back to sleep I stood up and stretched, I glanced out the window expecting to see it bare and desolate... Instead I saw Sora... She looked beautiful, I sighed heavily, Her long straight pale gold hair streamed around her in the breeze, her cheeks were lightly flushed and glowed, her eyes were crystal clear in their sparkling brilliant blue... I watched her movements, she was excersising? With a cane... or a 'sword', her movements weren't of brute strenght but yielding and flowing, I felt the chi pulsating through her body as she struck her 'foe' in a practiced dance of strenght and perseverence... Suddenly she stopped and looked up to my window... like she knew I was watching. I stepped back into the shadows watching her, her lips twitched upward in what seemed like her only form of hapiness... then she walked inside... I heard the door shut quietly and her feet moving around downstairs before heading to her room where another door was opened, but not shut. I then heard her walk back downstairs... then silence. ~Sora~

Why had Hoto-chan been watching me? I stopped and watched his beautiful face fall back into the shadows of his room. My lips curled in amusement before I headed inside, replacing the cane of course. I headed to my room, I would do some herbology reading from the book Dr.Kajin gave me. I took my two precious books from under my bed, yes I had hidden them... What can I say? Old habits die hard. I like my privacy as do my books. I replaced my other book, I wrote it... I headed back downstairs silently as I began to read carefully keeping the words in my head, herbology is extremely useful in my opinion. I was sitting on one of the worn chairs for a while not even noticing the innkeeper, or the serving maid who slowly headed to me a drink in hand. She coughed abruptly to gain my attention... I looked up suprised as she set the drink in front of me carefully and told me her message,

"Miss, the gentleman in the corner wanted you to have this and asks you to speak with him..." I nodded in appretiation before looking to the stranger in the corner. I don't know what possesed me but I stood and headed towards him and seated myself before him trying to look under his indigo hood. I was startled as he looked up,

"AmiBOSHI!!!" I didn't realize I was nearly shrieking till he muffled the last boshi by clapping his hand over my mouth.

"Shhhhhhh! Do you want them to recognize me??? They'll kill me." He stated withdrawing his hand from my mouth slowly lest I scream again. The maid looked at me with concern then shook her head.

"W-WHYY???" I stuttered out amazed at my own voice. Amiboshi looked suprised by my answer but looked down in...SHAME?! What was he ashamed about??? He looked like a prince, what was he doing chasing after me of all poeple...?

"I felt bad leaving you and... Nakago was enraged, and I thought if I brought you back maybe he would forgive me..." I spoke yet again, so many words were annoying me,

"Forgive you?" I asked hesitantly. Amiboshi's face paled then flushed very brightly, I practically felt the heat coming from him.

"H-he...h-he s-said you... y-you were h-hi-his... only..." He looked away as he finished. My heart had sped up as he spoke and my face burned with... RAGE. Pure simple rage, how dare he??? HOW. DARE. NAKAGO.? I felt the heat rush through me. I wanted to explain quickly to Amiboshi I drew my journal from my pocket and ripped out a page before I began to write angrily,

I. was. NEVER. his. EVER. He took me,from everything I loved. Do you understand? I pushed the paper to Amiboshi as he read slowly.

"Yes... Did he...Did he h-hurt you?"

No. He killed me

"W-what???" Amiboshi was confused to no end and the seishi would wake soon...

Don't worry about it. Leave, the seishi will wake up. I MUST stay. Amiboshi looked up seriously,

"I can't."

WHY???

"I... I... I want you." He bent forward then pulling me to him as he kissed me, the heat flowed from him freely as I keeled back screaming. I had seen Nakago there pushing me roughly... My anger returned, then worry... For Amiboshi...

"GO!" I picked him up shoving him out the door. He looked at me sad, I then pointed to the waking seishi and he ran.

"Goodbye Amiboshi..." I whispered under my breath. The seishi were soon assembled, still sleeping by the looks of it. And protective...? I was touched deeply, I didn't know they cared...

"What in the bloody hell just happened???" Screamed a very annoyed Tasuki. I looked to the barmaid who was startled by the scene that had just happened. Nuriko began to speak then,

"Miss, did you see? Our friend she..." The maid knew I was mute and began to relate the story from her perspective.

"Well... I came down here ta fin' the miss readin' as a stranger came in and beckoned ta me, he asked me ta give her a drink an' ask her ta talk ta him... She went over there an' he was talking quietly an' all... I turned away for a while but when I looked back he was... erm...holding her? An' well she screamed and quite literally threw 'im out the door... Then ya'll came rushin' down here..." I was overjoyed she hadn't heard me talk OR seen Amiboshi and I kissing...

"Are you alright?" Asked Hotohori. I nodded, he seemed happy I was Ok... How...sweet.......

"Is that right Sora? "Asked Chichiri concerned. I nodded solemnly looking away.

"Sora you can't just talk to strangers!" Said Miaka a more than concerned look on her face... more like distaste. And fear.

"What a damn nusiance..." Spit out Tasuki to no one in particular.

"Sora who was this man that talked to you...?" Asked Hotohori in his usual stately way. I shrugged nervously before retaking my seat and looking to my book as the others talked quietly so I couldn't hear. ~Tasuki~

That damn beautiful mute. Damn, damn, damn... Did I just call her BEAUTIFUL. Suzaku! What the hell is wrong with me?! Argh! I HATE women!!! Kuso, especially that damn mute, she woke us up at dawn for some stupid godamn reason! Man... I wanna go back to bed... wait a sec... Something just occured to me, if this guy was messin' with Sora why did she even go over there... He probably knew she was mute too... But how???

"It's not her fault!" Miaka exclaimed in Sora's defense.

"But she should know not to talk to strangers... You said so yourself Miaka, no da..." Chichiri trailed off seeming annoyed at his own realization.

"It could have been a seiryuu seishi! What if she wrote them a letter telling them, our plaaan!" Whined Nuriko quietly, they had long since moved away from the damn mute so she wouldn't hear.

"No she couldn't. She knows exactly who their seishi are. She wouldn't betray us I'm sure of it, she used to work at the palace..." Miaka trailed off realizing she had said something she shouldn't have.

"WHAT?" I nearly hollored upset.

"She not only lives in damn Kutou but she lived and worked in the imperial palace???" I asked nervous as hell.

"Yes...But..."Miaka trailed off looking away as her eyes locked on something behind me. Suddenly I heard a very loud slam and looked to see the door closed, the hinges were broken as the door fell over... I realized what had happened then, Sora heard us and slammed the door so hard the impact smashed it... Damn...

~Miaka~

I watched Sora's face as she stood up, she didn't look angry but... emotionless... She stood slowly then walked totally in control to the door, I saw her grip the edge as she left... Then it suddenly slammed shut as if by some unseen force before toppling over broken. The innkeeper immediately ran out shouting after her,

"MISS! You're gonna hav' ta pay for that!" Even before he finished shouting, I saw something flying into the doorpoust and saw several coins perfectly embedded into the wood. The innkeeper was shocked but he took the coins from the wood after a slight struggle... Good thing no one else was up yet I thought hesitantly. The others watched in what seemed like shock, I couldn't blame them... Poor Sora...

"She broke the goddamned door by barely touching it..." Exhaled Tasuki his eyes widened.

"Somebody better go after her..." Began Tamahome nervously... He was right, she was too mad to be in her right mind. I began to stand, Chichiri however stood and walked through the doorway silently.

"Grrr, Fang-boy why were you so loud??? She didn't leave till you started screaming!" Tamahome shouted angrily. I glared at him, fighting was not good for the seishi...

"Well it's not my fault! You all are soo~ blind! She obviously knew that guy! Think about it, why would a mute go to 'talk' to a stranger???"

"I don't know but we can finish this discussion later, we must prepare to leave, I have been from my post quite long enough." Hotohori ended the conversation abruptly.

"Wait! We haven't had breakfast yet! I'm STARVING!" I whined, I was sooooooooo~ hungry! The sieshi sweat-dropped and Nuriko began taking orders, then went to pay for the food as the others headed upstairs to pack. I however waited for the food with much urging to the cook. I did however wonder about Tasuki's last statement... Had Sora lied?

(A/n: BE VERY PROUD! I could have made this section on Miaka based only on her hunger but I was VERY gracious. ^_^V Yay for me!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Chichiri~

I felt the need to follow Sora, she would only 'speak' to me... I found her farther downstream at the creek from yesterday. I stood behind her silently watching her fiddle with her braid. (she had braided it after coming back, while reading) She didn't hold herself as if she was angry more like sadness... She turned to look at me and I almost jumped. She began to write softly in the dirt,

What do you want Chichiri?

"To talk no da." I answered sitting on her right side but leaving room for her writing. Her lips curled ever so slightly again as she wrote,

Very funny Chichiri. Ironic actually. I chuckled softly mostly to myself, she still had humor.

"Well... Why did you get angry and leave no da?" She looked down and brushed her hand in the clear water before writing,

I wasn't mad. Just- She looked up at the trees overhanging above us, Sakura trees, the tree's light flowers matched the dawn almost perfectly...

Confused? Or upset? Hmm... Both. She finished.

"Oh, no da..."

Chichiri can you keep a secret? I nodded softly, I had the strange sensation she would tell me something very important.

Good, I thought I could trust you because we both share secrets . She started and stared hesitantly before stopping. She looked at me seeing my response, I sat silently not giving any hints about the fact that she, a complete stranger, knew I had secrets... Only Miaka knew.

I'm not from Kutou, not Konan or the other lands... I don't know where I'm from. I think I'm from a place far, far away but I don't know... I want your help. I watched her carefully before replying, she seemed so burdened, I wanted to hug her and tell her I'd help but... The fact that Nakago had hurt her... Well I don't know if Nakago himself had hurt her but he seemed the most likely canidate... She seemed scared of touch, of men anyways. And I don't know all that much.

"I-I don't know...daaaaaaaaaaaaa! I want to help, I do but I can't..." I trailed off looking away quietly.

Because you don't know who Sora is. You don't know me. That's OK, Thank you for 'speaking' with me Chichiri I nodded and stood up, she looked like she wanted to be alone, her face was clear as stone... no emotion... I turned to walk away before speaking a final time,

"If you get hungry hurry up, I bet we're leaving after breakfast no da..." She nodded and as I walked away I swear I heard her say 'Arigatou Chiri-chan' but that's impossible... Right?

~Sora~

Poor Chiri-chan, yeah I was calling everyone something chan these days... Sooo~ not me! It's sad... He does want to help... So sad. I wish I had brought my other book... My poems and songs out here, all in kanji too! Anyone could read them... I could sing... I looked around hesitantly, no one in sight but I was in a semi-bush area, poeple could be hiding... I felt no like forces beside animals as I began to sing, in english,

"Desperate for cha-anging, starving for truth...

I'm closer to where I started at, chasing after you,

I'm falling even more love with you.

Letting go of all I've held on to,

I'm standing here until you make me-e move.

Hanging by a moment here with you.

Theres nothing else to do,

There's nothing else to try~y .

There's nothing in the world, that can change my min~nd.

There's nohing in the woooooooooorld...

To tryyyyy..."

End of Chapter 2 A/N Yes it is long for such little action... Sorry about that...*sigh* The fight and stuffs necessary, I was extremely bored during this chapter mind you, except when Amiboshi showed up, he's just so cute. I know Amiboshi isn't exactly, well... like Amiboshi but oh well... Thats all... Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi, no matter how well I draw them, so sad so sad .-_-. ... Q:

-Will Amiboshi come back for her?

- What is up with Tasuki and the word beautiful???

-What does Hotohori think?

-Chichiri feels...?

-Nuriko doesn't know...?

-Nuriko thinks Sora might be......?

-Sora is a what???

Ok I think thats all... Oh yeah,

-Sora likes.......?

Oh by the way who do you think Sora should end up with??? Please tell? Chichiri's nice, Hotohori's cute, Tasuki's a badboy, Tamohome's Miaka's, Chiriko's a little young for her later..., Mitsukake is too hurt by Shouka, and Nuriko is gay but that could be changed...