YEAH!! I got 2 reviews. ^_^ *does a little happy dance well n e ways here's the next part. Now lets chant "I hope our varsity wins state I hope our varsity wins state" j/k I can't believe this I got another 72 in algebra -_- and a 73 I geometry. I hate math. And it sucks more when they make you take 2 math classes. O and I was going to make it miaka/tamahome fiction n e ways. well n e ways here's the next part. Standard disclaimers apply blah blah blah o yeah and sorry about the spelling mistakes and everything. I barely have enough time to write let alone edit.
The suzaku seishi ran towards the castle. As they approached the beautiful castle they saw no one there. "Hey guys are you sure this is the right place I mean no one is here." Kimiko said, breathing heavily. "Welcome Suzaku seishi. I see you came for your miko." Soi said, appearing before them suddenly. "This must be one of Tomo's illusions, since Soi doesn't have the power to teleport or appear." Tamahome shouted to the rest of the group. "How very observant." Soi said laughing slightly. "Though I don't think you'll get through this illusion alive, with your miko." She said as she disappeared. "We have to be extra careful since this is all illusion." Tamahome said turning around. "Kimiko I want you to stay here." he said as he turned towards his sister. "NANI?! Where'd she go?!" he yelled as he saw that his sister had disappeared somewhere. "O great now we have to look for the brat and Miaka and make sure both of them don't get hurt." Tasuki muttered. "Chichiri do you think we should split up or go in one group." Hotohori asked the older seishi. "Umm I think we should split into 2 groups no da. Me, Hotohori, Nuriko, and Chiriko will go in one group, and Tasuki, Tamahome, and Mitsukake in the other group no da." He said thoughtfully. "Hai." The seishi complied.
Kimiko walked through the corridors of the old castle curiously. "Hmm lets see if I can locate Miaka's chi. Though she has a weak chi compared to the seishi she should be ok to find." She said to herself. It was strange. She could see the illusion but also strangely enough she could distinguish between what was real and what was illusion. The lustrous floor seemed to have rugs on them but she could see and feel the rough stone. Finally she found Miaka's chi and started walking towards it.
"I think we should kill the girl that was with the seishi, right now." Tomo said to Soi. "Well Nakago-sama didn't put you in charge here, he put me in charge. I think we should turn the seishi against that girl." Soi said, stroking her chin. "How?" Tomo asked curiously. "Well you could cover me with an illusion and I'll pretend to be her. And if it doesn't work, we'll just act like I was her always and was just trying to kill them, then when they find her they'll try and kill her." "But Soi, why don't we just kill them all right now." Tomo whined. "Because it's not as fun. If they kill her and we show them that she was actually good then think of how sad and distressed they'll be. Plus if my first plan works then I get to kill them all with my bare hands and Nakago-sama will be so happy." Soi said, grinning. "Why do you get all the fun." Tomo muttered. "What was that?!" Soi yelled, zapping him with a lightning bolt. "Nothing." Tomo replied, a little burned.
Chichiri and his group walked through the wide passages of the castle. "Now where could Kimiko-san and Miaka be?" Hotohori wondered allowed. "Chichiri, Hotohori tasukete." A weak voice called out from further down the passageway. The 4 seishi ran down the hall and saw Ashitare with Miboshi, standing over a frightened and beat up Kimiko. "Kimiko-san!" Hotohori shouted as he rushed forward with his sword. Chichiri ran forward too, with Nuriko. Miboshi and Ashitare looked up, surprised at seeing the 4 seishi, and ran away. "Kimiko-san daijoubu no da?" Chichiri asked as he gently picked her up to inspect her wounds. "Well actually yes" Kimiko said as she suddenly pulled a knife out and slashed at Chichiri. Chichiri backed away quickly, but the knife cut through his sleeve and cut his arm. The cut started to bleed, but it was shallow, thanks to the blue haired man's reflexes. "Kimiko what's wrong." Hothori asked, holding the deity sword in front of him and the rest of the seishi. Chichiri concentrated for a moment and shouted, "It's not Kimiko, it's Soi." "You are all too tenderhearted. Rushing to save little Kimiko in trouble, and couldn't even tell the difference in our chi's. You're pathetic." Soi sneered. "Soi through a lightning bolt at Nuriko but Hotohori blocked it with his sword and hurled it back at her. Soi dodged it but barely. "O shit I miscalculated the fact that you had that sword." She cursed. Nuriko made an attempt to punch Soi, but as he ran at her his feet gave way underneath him. Chiriko caught him just in time. "Hehe. This castle is rotted away. I'd be careful about where you step." Soi said as she disappeared.
"Nice one Soi. You blew it big time. If you had waited a little bit you could have gotten all of them." Tomo sneered. "Well if u remember, as much as I am good at concealing my chi, they have that magician with them, and he'd be hard to fool so I had to act quick before he could sense the difference." Soi said, a bit miffed at losing. "But this other group probably won't have the brains to try and sense my chi. Besides if I lose this time, at least I can turn them against one of their own friends, though I don't know why they would have some regular girl with them anyways considering how softhearted they are about people getting hurt. O and I think I'll take Miboshi and Ashitare with me just in case. You umm just stay here and make sure your illusion isi perfect." She said as she moved towards Tamahome's group. "Bitch." Tomo muttered under his breath, and was suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning. "I heard that." Soi called over her shoulder.
"Tasukete minna" a voice called out from the empty halls. Tamahome's ears perked up and he started to run towards the voice. "Kimi-chan!" He yelled. Tasuki and Mitsukake ran after the worried brother. The 3 seishi skidded to a halt as they came face to face with Ashitare, Miboshi, and Kimiko. "Kimiko come here. They're very dangerous." Tamahome said in a low voice. "Why should I come over there. You are really stupid. You actually thought I was, what was that again? Kimi-chan?" Soi said with a laugh. "Actually it's always been me. You guys were so easy to fool." Soi continued, and the illusion around her shimmered and left. "Soi?!" Tasuki shouted. "Yup." She said grinning. "Wait till you see what I did with your miko." Soi said, still grinning. An aura started to build around Tamahome and his ogre sign started to glow. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MIAKA?!" he asked angrily. Soi seemed taken aback by his sudden growth in power. "You should see her. If you beat us you can see her, though I don't think you want too." She sneered. "Tamahome's power kept growing and parts of the wall around him were starting to shake and break off. "Tamahome go after Soi I'll take Ashitare." Tasuki yelled. "But what about Chiriko and Miboshi?" Tamahome called over his shoulder. "I'll think of something, but now just fight." Tasuki shouted as he took his tessen out and fired it at Ashitare. Ashitare's fur caught on fire and he started rolling on the ground. Tamahome lashed out and kicked at Soi but she evaded it. Miboshi meanwhile, teleported over to Chiriko and tried to take over his body. Tasuki fired his tessen at Miboshi and the stream of fire coming at the seiryuu seishi distracted him and allowed Chiriko to tackle him. A well aimed kick from Chiriko made Miboshi's stick (I don't know what it's called. I was going to call it a rattle but that sounds babyish. It's the thing he concentrates on when he does stuff.) fly out of his hands and dissapear into the floor. Chiriko and Miboshi grappled on the floor. Chiriko then shoved Miboshi to where his stick had rolled and Miboshi disappeared. "Hey kid where'd the bald guy go?" Tasuki asked, holding off Ashitare with his tessen. "Well his stick disappeared in the floor right there, so naturally I calculated there to be a hole and—" "Ok ok we get the point." Tasuki said, kicking Ashitare off of him, and flaming him with his tessen. He then jumped behind Ashitare and fired the tessen again. "Kid get out of there." He yelled and a look of concentration appeared. A huge stream of fire came out of the tessen and straight at Ashitare. The flames, burning him and pushing him towards the same hole that Miboshi had fallen in. Tamahome finally landed another blow on Soi and she started to bleed at the mouth. Soi quickly assessed the situation and decided to make a run for it. She ran down the hallway and disappeared from sight.
"Hehe I see you lost again." Tomo snickered. Soi shoved him out of the way and watched the 2 shells that were focused on the seishi. "Urusai." She said. "Geez wait till I tell Nakago-sama how much you failed. I mean they only have 5 seishi that can actually fight, and we should have been able to take them on." Tomo said, pressing on. Suddenly he found himself dancing with little lightning bolts striking at his feet. "Didn't I tell you to shut up already." Soi replied sharply. She returned to watching the seishi. They were getting closer to Miaka.
Kimiko found her way down to the dungeons where Miaka was being held. She picked the lock and the rusted old door and it swung open. "Miaka" she called. She gasped at the sight in front of her. Miaka was chained to the wall with whip marks all over her, and unconscious. Kimiko quickly ran over and picked the locks and Miaka fell down. "Kimi-chan?" Miaka asked groggily. "Hai." Kimiko replied. She took off her coat and covered Miaka with it, knowing that it was chilly in the damp dungeon. "It's ok Miaka, oniichan will find us and then Mitsukake will heal you." Kimiko said encouragingly. "Arigatou Kimi-chan." Miaka said. The door burst open. "Get your hands off of her Soi." Tamahome shouted. "Huh?" Kimiko asked surprised. "I SAID GET AWAY FROM HER!" Tamahome shouted. He burst forward and caught Kimiko in the gut. "Oniichan" she said weakly, falling to the ground. "Don't oniichan me. You're not my sister!" he shouted and punched her in the stomach again. Kimiko flew across the room and crashed into the wall. The impact of her hit shattered the wall and debris fell on top of her covering herself up almost totally, except for a small pool of blood coming out. Chichiri and the others burst into the door. "Tamahome!" Chichiri exclaimed looking at the broken wall in disbelief. "What happened no da?" he asked incredulously. "I just took care of a seiryuu seishi that's all. Now lets get Miaka out of here." Tamahome replied. "Hai." They all replied and Nuriko picked up Miaka and they all left through the opening in the wall.
"Where's Kimiko-chan?" Chichiri asked worriedly as they neared their inn. Mitsukake had already healed Miaka's injuries on the way and she was now sleeping safely in Nurko's arms. "There is no Kimiko. It was a illusion made up by Tomo." Tamahome said coldly. "I should have known better than to hope that she was still alive. I mean there's only so long that a 6 yr old kid can survive by herself. Especially if she was a girl." Tamahome said without feeling. "Six? She left when she was 6 years old?" The seishi asked incredulously. "Yeah. And even if she still was alive this world is so big and it would be too much of a coincidence just to meet like that." Tamahome continued. "Ano Tamahome. I think that really was Kimiko." Chichiri said. "No it was Soi, Chichiri. We saw her drop the illusion." Tasuki said. "Umm did you try to sense her ki?" Chichiri asked. "Well no but--." Tasuki started. "But nothing. Kimiko has a strange ki. It's stronger than an average person but not nearly as strong as a seishi's. Soi was trying to conceal her ki but when I did sense it I knew they were totally different." Chichiri explained. Tamahome's face paled. "You guys go ahead I umm need to go check something out." He said. "Wait Tamahome I'll go with you." Tasuki said. "Nuriko, I'll carry Miaka the rest of the way. They might need your strength with some of the blocks." Mitsukake offered. "Hai." Nuriko said, handing over Miaka and then running after the 2 guys.
Tamahome, Nuriko, and Tasuki arrived at the castle at the same time. This time the castle had no illusion and looked like a run down abandoned castle. Tamahome rushed over to the wall which had fallen on Kimiko and started to dig through it. Tasuki and Nuriko helped, but they found nothing. "Ano Tamahome look here." Nuriko said pointing to a line of blood. There from the small pool of blood were some bloody footprints and a trail of blood leading away from the castle into the forest behind it. "She's still alive!" He exclaimed gratefully. They followed the trail of blood until they reached the forest, then they couldn't follow it any longer. The blood had mixed in with the dirt and it was getting harder to tell the difference because it was getting darker. "Let's come back in the morning." Nuriko said, pulling Tamahome away from the trail of blood. "B-b-but she might be still in there and you don't know what will happen to her and –" he protested. "Mah mah I 'm sure the brat will be fine." Tasuki said. The 2 seishi dragged the protesting brother back to the inn.
"Ne did you find kimi-oneechan?" Chiriko asked. "Iie." Nuriko replied sadly. "But we did find a trail of blood." He continued. "Blood?" Chiriko asked, paling. Tamahome went into his room without a word. "Tamahome?" Miaka asked, knocking on his door. She got no response. She opened the door and found him crying into his pillow. "Tamahome" she cried worriedly and ran and hugged him. He turned around and cried onto her. "I almost killed my sister today. She could have really died. I-I-I-I mean even a seishi could have been killed by that." He said sobbing into her shirt. "A-a-and she's my last relative. I should've known it was her." He said crying. "Tamahome it's ok. You didn't know. You were trying to protect me." Miaka said trying to soothe him. She rocked him back and forth till he fell asleep. The rain outside started pouring down just like his tears and didn't subside until morning.
A cold shivering figure walked into a bar. Water streamed down her face and her clothes were totally soaked, showing her curves off beautifully to every man in there. The oversized pants and shirt that she wore were torn and bloody. She went straight to the barkeeper. "Do you have a-a-a first aid kit I can borrow." She asked with chattering teeth. The barkeeper, a kind hearted man nodded and pointed to a box on the other side of the room. "Why don't you sit yourself by the fire and I'll give you a drink on the house, anything you want." He said kindly. "Arigatou." She replied. As she passed the various tables loud whistles and hoots could be heard around the room. She took the first aid kit and ripped the bottom part of her pants off. The men stared at her. She glared back at them. Putting some cream and whatever else there was in the kit onto her wounds she used the part of her pants that she had ripped off as a bandage. One man swaggered over to her. His breath smelling strongly of ale. "You want me to doctor you up?" he leered. "Not if my life depended on it." she replied icily. "Well why don't I show you your place wench." He said angrily and lifted her into the air. Men from all sides of the room started advancing. The bartender moved as if to stop it but some men moved to block his path and he stopped. The girl kicked the man in the groin and she landed on the ground on her feet, though clearly favoring her right leg. "Teme!" he yelled and moved towards her. Several other men, obviously his buddies, moved with him. In the corner a young boy stood up angrily, but a blond man motioned for him to sit down. Clenching his hands he sat down. The girl beat at least 3 of the men unconscious but there were too many and soon she was being held. The man who had originally approached her came up and backhanded her. "Who do you think you are?!" he said angrily. "None of your business." She said in a icy voice. He backhanded her again. "What's this?" he asked, eyeing the girl's necklace and ring. He ripped them off her neck. "Give that back!" the girl cried frantically. The boy in the corner stood up again, and moved over to the man. "Let her go." He said. "Who do you think you are kid?" the man asked drunkenly. "Someone you don't want to mess with." The boy replied in a steady tone. The girl looked worried. "I don't need you helping me. These men might hurt you." She said worriedly. "It's ok miss." The boy replied. The ryuessei (I'm sorry I don't know how to spell it) came out and started circling the men, cutting them. "Why you little bastard." The first man said angrily but then was caught in the stomach by the flying object, which passed through him. He landed on the floor dead, the necklace and ring skidded to a halt in front of the boy's partner, the blond haired man. He stooped to pick the 2 objects up and froze, turning around to see the girl. He got up and shot a ki ball at the nearest man. He blasted all the remaining men until they all were laying on the floor dead. "Give me back my things." The girl said stumbling forward. She moved to hit the blonde man but then collapsed on top of him. "Nakago-sama why did you help?" the boy asked. "Because I felt like it Suboshi. If you want we can bring her to our inn and get her a doctor." Nakago said as he exited the door. On the way he took a bag of money and placed it on the counter. "This is for helping the girl." He said. The barkeeper looked in awe at the money and bowed. "Hai." Suboshi picked the girl up and followed after Nakago.