Disclaimer: I wanna lie...I wanna say I own it......but I can't...
Nain looked at Yui over the little coffee table they were seated at. Yui looked shocked and slightly disbelieving. It was after school and they were talking at the café that they always ate at.
"How do we know that she isn't just lying to us?" Yui questioned Nain. Nain shook her head.
"Salre has never lied to me..she has no reason to...her past made her a very compassionate person.." Nain didn't say anything else, and Yui didn't press further. They finished eating and Nain stood to leave. She dropped a couple bills on the table for her tea and snack and Yui just sat there.
"What if..Miaka is there..." Nain stopped walking and turned back to Yui.
"Oh my.." Nain whispered with her mouth hanging wide open in shock. Nain grabbed Yui by the hand who was putting yet more bills on the table before rushing out behind Nain.
Nain and Yui came close to the library and walked inside slowly. Neither of them said anything about where to go..it was obvious.
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Miaka saw Tamahome lying beside her with no top on, and his skin was a perfect smooth tan. Miaka shook her head from the thoughts and tried to get up. Her head wouldn't allow her to sit up, but she couldn't because Tamahome was partially on top of her.
"Tamahome?" Miaka whispered. She couldn't raise her voice much louder than that at the moment. He rustled but showed no signs of waking up. Yui...what are you doing now? Miaka tried to push Tamahome away, but she was weak and he was too strong anyway.
Miaka had no choice but to sleep again. In Miaka's dream, she saw Yui, Nain, and two other strange boys. It looked like they were in this world too. Then Yui was alone. Miaka called to her in her dream, but Yui couldn't hear her. 'Miaka...I tried to save you..but you betrayed me.' Miaka looked at Yui in surprise and tried to move toward her. But Yui disappeared and Miaka could see Nain and one of the boys from before. But Miaka didn't think him to be a boy with the scene they were putting on. Miaka called to Nain too, but she didn't hear her. Miaka gave up..neither of them could hear her. Miaka walked away from the vision this time and came face to face with a white tiger. She looked at it questioningly and walked on by. She saw Yui, again, but now she was in the distance. Yui had a blue dragon hovering over her. Miaka looked around in confusion and saw behind herself Suzaku as a bird. Miaka began to ask about this dream, but Suzaku hushed her and touched her cheek. His touch wasn't as hot and he apologized. 'It was my fault you became sick..' Suzaku caressed her cheek. 'My passion sometimes makes things too hot..' Miaka looked at him in confusion as Suzaku lightly kissed her forehead and disappeared along with the dream.
Miaka awoke again and Tamahome was now waking and he gazed at her. He saw that she was awake and smiled. Miaka was confused. "Why are you smiling?" Miaka asked Tamahome.
"You look like your all better.. you don't have a fever anymore." Miaka stood up from the bed slowly, and knew why she was better. It had been Suzaku that had made her feverish, and it had been Suzaku who had healed her. "Hotohori and I will take you, today, to the palace where Hotohori lives and the shrine for Suzaku is." Miaka nodded and followed Tamahome from the room.
Hotohori had three two horses outside, and Miaka knew without being told that she had to share. Tamahome boosted her up on a bay horse and swung himself up. I guess I'm riding with Tamahome. Hotohori led the way and about two hours after setting out, they hadn't said anything. They all three sat in silence while they rode through a small grove of trees.
"We are almost there," Hotohori said causing Miaka to come back to reality and stay awake. Miaka took in her surroundings. Trees surrounded them, but Miaka could see a city in the distance before them. The trees were a luscious green, but beyond them, no light shone. Only this lone path went through these trees and it was the only place here that light shone in. Miaka saw a glimmer in the woods beside her.
"Tamahome?" Miaka whispered as she looked up at him. He looked at her worried expression and seemed to understand immediately. He sped his horse up slightly and caught up with Hotohori.
"I don't think we're..." Tamahome's sentence was cut off as an arrow shot right before him. Miaka ducked and it barely missed her head.
"Go!" Hotohori said as he kicked his horse. Tamahome did the same and he did his best too hold onto Miaka also. An arrow hit the horse's leg and it went crashing down. The symbol appeared on Tamahome's forehead and Miaka hardly noticed it, but her memory registered it. Tamahome jumped up and ran, pulling Miaka with him. Miaka tried her best to keep up with Tamahome, but she couldn't do it. Tamahome didn't notice that Miaka had fallen back and he got outside the forest and turned around.
"Miaka?" Tamahome looked around in confusion.
Miaka was still running, but her foot caught a root and she tripped and fell. A shower of arrows fell around her and came really close to her arms and legs. Miaka began to get up, but and arrow fell before her. Miaka's eyes were wide and she looked for a way out. "Yui help!" Miaka cried out of impulse.
A crunch sounded through the forest and a man dressed in black fell from above. Another sound resonated through the wood, and Miaka saw another man in black fall from the side of a path. Soon, no arrows fell at all, and a woman stood before her.
"Are you okay?" Miaka exhaled and realized her heart was in her throat. "Are you?" Miaka nodded and this new stranger helped her to stand.
"I'm Nuriko," the stranger said. "Who are you, dressed so strangely?"
"I'm Miaka.." Hotohori and Tamahome ran up behind Nuriko. Hotohori looked agitated with Tamahome, but at the sight of Nuriko, he smiled.
"I see you've met our Miko," Hotohori said to Nuriko. "And, you, my dear, have met my loving friend, Nuriko," he said to Miaka as Nuriko helped Miaka to stand.
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Yui looked at the book strangely. She had heard it. She had heard Miaka cry for her help. And her voice had come from the book.
"She's in there, Nain." Yui was confident. She knew that's where Miaka's voice had come from. Nain merely nodded.
"We probably won't be able to come out.."
"Yes we will, we'll find Miaka and come back out." Nain said nothing but took the book. She flopped through the pages and found flipped to the entry of Seiryu. She translated the Chinese as she read and said what it did in English so Yui could understand. It was much like the entry Miaka had read, but it focused on the blue dragon, Seiryu. Nain finished reading it and looked to Yui.
"Ohmigod!" Nain gasped. "You're glowing!" Yui looked down at her hands and her eyes became wide.
A blue light encompassed Yui and she disappeared as the light engulfed her. Nain now knew what she had to find to get to the world. But only if she was the one...one of the priestesses..Nain found the entry on Genbu and read it. A green light began to come over Nain.
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Yui looked about her, and found that she was now in the same little town she had been in before. A group of bandits approached her. They grabbed Yui and covered her mouth with a dirty palm before she could even register in her mind what was happening. Yui felt a hand come to her shirt and she passed out after a few moments.
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Nain looked at Yui over the little coffee table they were seated at. Yui looked shocked and slightly disbelieving. It was after school and they were talking at the café that they always ate at.
"How do we know that she isn't just lying to us?" Yui questioned Nain. Nain shook her head.
"Salre has never lied to me..she has no reason to...her past made her a very compassionate person.." Nain didn't say anything else, and Yui didn't press further. They finished eating and Nain stood to leave. She dropped a couple bills on the table for her tea and snack and Yui just sat there.
"What if..Miaka is there..." Nain stopped walking and turned back to Yui.
"Oh my.." Nain whispered with her mouth hanging wide open in shock. Nain grabbed Yui by the hand who was putting yet more bills on the table before rushing out behind Nain.
Nain and Yui came close to the library and walked inside slowly. Neither of them said anything about where to go..it was obvious.
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Miaka saw Tamahome lying beside her with no top on, and his skin was a perfect smooth tan. Miaka shook her head from the thoughts and tried to get up. Her head wouldn't allow her to sit up, but she couldn't because Tamahome was partially on top of her.
"Tamahome?" Miaka whispered. She couldn't raise her voice much louder than that at the moment. He rustled but showed no signs of waking up. Yui...what are you doing now? Miaka tried to push Tamahome away, but she was weak and he was too strong anyway.
Miaka had no choice but to sleep again. In Miaka's dream, she saw Yui, Nain, and two other strange boys. It looked like they were in this world too. Then Yui was alone. Miaka called to her in her dream, but Yui couldn't hear her. 'Miaka...I tried to save you..but you betrayed me.' Miaka looked at Yui in surprise and tried to move toward her. But Yui disappeared and Miaka could see Nain and one of the boys from before. But Miaka didn't think him to be a boy with the scene they were putting on. Miaka called to Nain too, but she didn't hear her. Miaka gave up..neither of them could hear her. Miaka walked away from the vision this time and came face to face with a white tiger. She looked at it questioningly and walked on by. She saw Yui, again, but now she was in the distance. Yui had a blue dragon hovering over her. Miaka looked around in confusion and saw behind herself Suzaku as a bird. Miaka began to ask about this dream, but Suzaku hushed her and touched her cheek. His touch wasn't as hot and he apologized. 'It was my fault you became sick..' Suzaku caressed her cheek. 'My passion sometimes makes things too hot..' Miaka looked at him in confusion as Suzaku lightly kissed her forehead and disappeared along with the dream.
Miaka awoke again and Tamahome was now waking and he gazed at her. He saw that she was awake and smiled. Miaka was confused. "Why are you smiling?" Miaka asked Tamahome.
"You look like your all better.. you don't have a fever anymore." Miaka stood up from the bed slowly, and knew why she was better. It had been Suzaku that had made her feverish, and it had been Suzaku who had healed her. "Hotohori and I will take you, today, to the palace where Hotohori lives and the shrine for Suzaku is." Miaka nodded and followed Tamahome from the room.
Hotohori had three two horses outside, and Miaka knew without being told that she had to share. Tamahome boosted her up on a bay horse and swung himself up. I guess I'm riding with Tamahome. Hotohori led the way and about two hours after setting out, they hadn't said anything. They all three sat in silence while they rode through a small grove of trees.
"We are almost there," Hotohori said causing Miaka to come back to reality and stay awake. Miaka took in her surroundings. Trees surrounded them, but Miaka could see a city in the distance before them. The trees were a luscious green, but beyond them, no light shone. Only this lone path went through these trees and it was the only place here that light shone in. Miaka saw a glimmer in the woods beside her.
"Tamahome?" Miaka whispered as she looked up at him. He looked at her worried expression and seemed to understand immediately. He sped his horse up slightly and caught up with Hotohori.
"I don't think we're..." Tamahome's sentence was cut off as an arrow shot right before him. Miaka ducked and it barely missed her head.
"Go!" Hotohori said as he kicked his horse. Tamahome did the same and he did his best too hold onto Miaka also. An arrow hit the horse's leg and it went crashing down. The symbol appeared on Tamahome's forehead and Miaka hardly noticed it, but her memory registered it. Tamahome jumped up and ran, pulling Miaka with him. Miaka tried her best to keep up with Tamahome, but she couldn't do it. Tamahome didn't notice that Miaka had fallen back and he got outside the forest and turned around.
"Miaka?" Tamahome looked around in confusion.
Miaka was still running, but her foot caught a root and she tripped and fell. A shower of arrows fell around her and came really close to her arms and legs. Miaka began to get up, but and arrow fell before her. Miaka's eyes were wide and she looked for a way out. "Yui help!" Miaka cried out of impulse.
A crunch sounded through the forest and a man dressed in black fell from above. Another sound resonated through the wood, and Miaka saw another man in black fall from the side of a path. Soon, no arrows fell at all, and a woman stood before her.
"Are you okay?" Miaka exhaled and realized her heart was in her throat. "Are you?" Miaka nodded and this new stranger helped her to stand.
"I'm Nuriko," the stranger said. "Who are you, dressed so strangely?"
"I'm Miaka.." Hotohori and Tamahome ran up behind Nuriko. Hotohori looked agitated with Tamahome, but at the sight of Nuriko, he smiled.
"I see you've met our Miko," Hotohori said to Nuriko. "And, you, my dear, have met my loving friend, Nuriko," he said to Miaka as Nuriko helped Miaka to stand.
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Yui looked at the book strangely. She had heard it. She had heard Miaka cry for her help. And her voice had come from the book.
"She's in there, Nain." Yui was confident. She knew that's where Miaka's voice had come from. Nain merely nodded.
"We probably won't be able to come out.."
"Yes we will, we'll find Miaka and come back out." Nain said nothing but took the book. She flopped through the pages and found flipped to the entry of Seiryu. She translated the Chinese as she read and said what it did in English so Yui could understand. It was much like the entry Miaka had read, but it focused on the blue dragon, Seiryu. Nain finished reading it and looked to Yui.
"Ohmigod!" Nain gasped. "You're glowing!" Yui looked down at her hands and her eyes became wide.
A blue light encompassed Yui and she disappeared as the light engulfed her. Nain now knew what she had to find to get to the world. But only if she was the one...one of the priestesses..Nain found the entry on Genbu and read it. A green light began to come over Nain.
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Yui looked about her, and found that she was now in the same little town she had been in before. A group of bandits approached her. They grabbed Yui and covered her mouth with a dirty palm before she could even register in her mind what was happening. Yui felt a hand come to her shirt and she passed out after a few moments.
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