Love
Written by: HoshiHikari4ever
ADVANCE \d 5Disclaimer: I do not own Fy. I wish I did.
Parings: H/M
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Chapter 9
Moonlight shone down, slightly lighting up the room in which the emperor rested. The stars glowed. All was quiet. A small breeze entered through the open window. A man stood outside watching the sleeping emperor as if hypnotize by his beauty.
The emperor groaned and shook on his bed. He was restless. Once in a while he would mumble "Miaka….Gomen Miaka, forgive me….Miaka….I'm so sorry….." Then he would become quiet.
He was crawling, crawling as fast as he could. He watch, slow motion as Nagako disappeared and his sword piercing through his beloved. "Miaka!!!" he yelled. There was no reply. He shook her, but there was no movement. "Miaka!!!!" he yelled as the body was his beloved disappeared through his fingertips.
"MIAKA!!!!!!!!!! SUZAKU WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!!" He sat up with a start, sweating all over. "MIAKA!!!!!!!" he screamed again. "Miaka….no…Miaka…no what have I done? Suzaku! What have I done!!!! Miaka….what have I done to you!!!!"
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Tasuki, and Chriko both awoke with a start. Hotohori's scream was still echoing through the mountain. The two exchanged a glance before heading for the emperor's room. At that moment Kojin also showed up.
"Dam! It want budge" Tasuki cursed under his breath. "Man, who locked this door anyway." "Any other way to get in…." "No only through this door…." "Well then, get it open"
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"Hmm….no use screaming her name….She's dead….you killed her. You killed the Suzaku no Miko…" "Nagako…." His fist clenched as he saw the shogun standing before him. "It's too late Saihitei, you killed her, you killed the Suzaku no Miko…." He paused, before adding. "I should Thank you for that…" Hotohori stood up, and grab the sword, which lay on the table. "Admit it…she's gone…." Hotohori went up and grabbed the shogun's collar, lifting him up above the ground, surprised that he was able to do so. "You can kill me now…." Nagako laughed softly, "but then again you're friends will never see the light of another day." "What?" he spat. "You heard correctly…after all last meeting, I sent a group and captured two of the Seishi. At first I thought I captured you, but it turned out to be Chirichi…." "the other…" "Mitsukake…." "Liar!!!!" "Believe me…it's true, as true as the Suzaku no Miko being dead!" "I'll kill you!" "Kill me and they'll die!" Nagako laughed seeing the defeated face of his enemy. "Of course, I can bargain with you. I'll release them, if you die now…." Silence. "I think you'll agree. You're friends are freed and you get to be with your beloved…." Hotohori looked up at his face. "I can't trust you…." "Very well I'll kill you now…either way, your friends are as good as dead." Hotohori pointed his sword at the neck of the shogun. "We'll see…" then he disappeared once again.
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Tasuki finally kicked the door open. The three dashed in. Hotohori held his sword at thin air. "Hotohori-sama!" "Nagako! Nagako!"
"Easy…there…easy….Nagako's not here….Nagako's not here…Hotohori-sama….it's all right….everything is alright." Hotohori turned to see Tasuki. "Tasuki…he mumbled in recognized who it was. "Yes…yes…it's me….Hotohori-sama….everything's alright." "Nagako….Nagako was here…he just left…he just disappeared….." Tasuki frowned, but then smiled. "You probably had mistaken this blond bandit as him…." He pointed at a bandit standing by the door, blushing slightly.
Hotohori looked at him, but shook his head. "No, I'm surer he was here…I swear he was here….." "No, really sire, we'll know it the enemy is here…" Koujin spoke up. "Yeah, it must have been an aftershock of what ever happened to you…." Chiriko added. Hotohori looked from one to another. They all didn't seem to believe him. "Yeah besides, you were near death when we found you at the forest. You would have healed quicker, if Mitsukake was here…" "He's not, you can search the whole empire and you won't find him. Nagako he just came and said he captured both Chichiri and Mitsukake." There was silence. "You don't have proof! I'm sure they're both at the palace. Maybe we couldn't find them but it doesn't mean that they aren't there." Chiriko spoke up. "You too aren't at the palace." "We all left to find you. Chirichi he, well he told us what happened, and we, all of us except him, left to chase both of you. Besides, we said we'll return once we have information on either one of you or in three days if we are unsuccessful." "You don't understand! Miaka is dead! Chichiri and Mitsukake is captured! There aren't any Seishi at the palace!" "Mi….Mi…Miaka….did you just say she died…." Tasuki's voice was shaking. "Yes!" "There now! You can't say that! You have proof. Just because Nagako has her, doesn't mean she's dead." "Yes she is….I know, because…" he heaved in a deep sigh. "because I killed her…."
They all exchange dark glances. "Hotohori-sama…what happened….tell us what happened. Tell us what your story is…." "It's not a story it really happened! I can't believe you guys don't believe me!" With that he lunched into telling them his sad tale of how Miaka died and Nagako's visit.
Hotohori clutched his sword tightly. "I killed her you see. I killed her with my sword, I didn't mean it. I hoped to kill Nagako. It was a mistake. I killed Miaka. I'm so sorry I killed her. I killed the one I love, I killed my beloved, kill the one that I hoped would one day be my wife. It's all my fault. I'm sorry." He felt a hand touch his shoulder. "and now, it's my fault that Chichiri and Mitsukake is captured."
"You know what I think. I don't believe a word you said. Miaka isn't dead. She can't be." "It makes sense Tasuki. You said you found Hotohori-sama with an arrow pierced through him." "Yes, but…." "It's true Tasuki, like it or not, I killed Miaka. I swear she's dead. There's no way she could have survived that." "Yet, I think both of you could be correct." "How?" They turned to look at Chiriko. "Hotohori-sama you said you were injured. You said she had stopped moving, but you never took the time to check if she was truly dead. You were half unconscious. Probably hallucinating mixing reality with illusions." "You don't believe me…." Chiriko ignored his comment. "Second, this mysterious person shows up, we don't know who it is, but whoever, it is, it isn't an enemy, you owe your life to him/her. S/he takes Miaka away, since Tasuki never found Miaka nearby." Hotohori remained silent. "I still believe Miaka's dead. I know Miaka's dead. I killed her. There is no other explanation. Everything makes sense to me. I killed Miaka, and Nagako has two prisoners. I saw everything with my own eyes. I witnessed everything." "Hallucinations makes better sense. I don't believe Miaka to be dead. No matter what you say! We would have felt it!" Tasuki and Hotohori glared at each other. "Fine Baka! Fine! I'm going back to the palace! No point staying here!" He stood up. "Get my horse." Koujin was half out when he was called back by Tasuki. "You aren't going anywhere sire until you recover!" Tasuki stood by the door. "Move…." "No…." "Move aside now!" Chiriko tugged Tasuki. "Here…here…Tasuki, come move. It's been rough for Hotohori-sama, don't stand in his way. He's the emperor remember…remember that…." Tasuki gritted his teeth, but moved aside. Hotohori took one last look at them before leaving for the palace.