Disclaimer: I don't own the original FY characters; I own Kei, Taki, Lily, Jason, their kids and any other person who isn't a FY character.
Thoughts
Memories
Summary: The book was supposed to be sealed forever, never to trouble the real world again. But when the child of a seishi and descendant of a miko finds it 20 years later, there's no telling what could happen. When 17-year-old Akane finds the book, she understands what her parents tried to teach her through out her life. When she meets the son of her father's best friend, old ideals clash with modern thinking and sparks will fly. She and her cousins will learn about their parents' past and why they had hoped to leave it behind.
~*~Review Response~*~
~Jamie - How ya feelin' now? Any better than last time? I just love waiting for your comments about what I do with Kimiko and Hiroshi. It's so much fun. ^_^
~Cat - Good to see you again. I was just wondering, back when I did the other story, you were the one who asked about Nakago, right? I have plans for him in this one too, but I couldn't remember if you were the one or not.
~Cortney - Babbling is perfectly fine. I do it all the time. It makes the world go round. I got sad while I was writing Kanako's part. It's hard to write death scenes.
~Skye-lark913 - Glad you're liking it. I just started spring break so there will probably be a lot to read over the next week or so.
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Kano woke up before Akane did. It was raining outside, not too much but enough to keep everyone inside. He looked down at her. She was sleeping peacefully next to him. His back was stiff from the awkward way he slept. 'Man…that wasn't smart…' He slid out of the bed and stood next to her. His mind buzzed. He was thinking about his feelings for the younger bandit girl. He constantly tried to hide his feelings because he thought they couldn't be together. But now…things had changed. He wasn't an average guy like he figured himself for.
She woke up slowly. "Kano?"
"Morning." He smiled and cracked his back attempting to get rid of the stiffness.
She smiled back. "How are you feeling, Tamahome?"
He rolled his eyes. "Don't call me that. I don't really like the sound of it. Besides, I'm not to thrilled with having to tell everyone…"
"Why?" She kicked off the blanket Kano put over her during the night.
"I don't want people to expect more out of me than I'm capable of…I'm not looking forward to being some member of a mythical group of warriors I didn't ask to be part of."
"Not liking the whole 'destiny' thing, are you?"
"Not particularly…" He stared out the window at the falling rain. "I guess I just never expected it. As far as I knew, seishi always knew they were seishi pretty early. Why didn't I know till now?"
"Maybe 'cause there was no need for you to know until now…" She got up and stood next to him.
"Maybe…" His hand brushed against hers. "How are you feeling?"
"Better." She leaned her head on his shoulder and smiled when she felt his arm around her waist. "Do you think Reizo's dead?"
"No…I don't think so…I have a feeling he's gonna make our lives hell very soon."
"He hasn't already?"
"I mean even more so."
"I know…" Akane watched the rain fall to the ground. "So…where do we go from here?" Kano held her closer. She wrapped her arms around his upper body.
"I wish I knew…" They stood in silence as the rain fell softly outside.
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Kimiko woke up to the sound of the falling rain. Hiroshi was still asleep. She sat up, pulled her hair back and watched him sleep. 'Why would Hiroshi like me? I mean…that is if he does…it seems like he does…but why? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?!?!?' She sighed deeply and turned to the window.
Her sigh was a little too deep. Hiroshi opened his eyes to see Kimiko sitting with her back to him. "You okay?"
"Huh?" She turned around quickly. "Yeah…sure." She gave him a small smile.
"You sure?" He got up joined her on that side of the bed.
"Yeah. It's just that it's raining. That's all." She tried her best shake him off.
"Oh, okay…" Hiroshi didn't like her answer, but he let it go. There was no sense in forcing something out of her. He watched her get up and walk to the other side of the room to get her clothes. He couldn't understand himself. Why, if he liked her so much, couldn't he tell her how he felt? Why did he choose to bottle it up?
"Hiroshi?" Her voice broke the silence.
"Yeah?" He looked up.
"Last night…um…what did you mean by what you asked me?" She played with the sleeve of the shirt she was holding.
"Asked you about what?" He wanted to avoid the subject and played with the collar of his shirt.
"About what's gonna happen to us after we get home…why'd you ask if we'd just be friends?" She was scared to hear the answer.
"Why do you think?" He stood up.
"I…I don't know…that's why I'm asking. Is there more you want?" Her throat began to tighten as she got more nervous.
"Kimiko…I've always wanted to be more than friends…you know that…" His voice was soft.
"Why would you want that? I think I'm a little average for you, don't you?" She tried to sound cold. Her mind buzzed with possible reasons for why he wanted more.
"No…no, I don't. I never have." He stood behind her and made her face him.
"Why? You can have any girl you want. Why me?"
"I could have any girl, yeah…but none of them know me…none of them care." He took her hand. "Kimiko…I've liked you for 4 years. I've always wanted for there to be something more between us…"
"4 years? Hiroshi, we've only known each other for 3…" She looked confused. Her mind flashed back to the bandit stronghold. 'Akane did say Hiroshi liked me before he knew me…I didn't think she was telling the truth though…'
"I know. I liked you before I knew you…I used to see you with your friends at school and just wish I had to guts to say something…anything to you…" He felt his face burning. He might as well be telling her he loved her, but it was too soon for that. He might scare her if he was too blunt. It was better, in his mind, to start with liking and slowly move to loving.
"Really?" She blushed. 'The cutest, richest, sweetest guy in school likes me? The average one? He must see something in me I don't…'
"Really." He cupped her cheek in his other hand.
She leaned into his touch slightly. "Tell me something…"
"What?"
"What makes me different for someone like, let's say Ayame or Yoshi, even Kyoko?"
"Everything. They're all the same. You stand out. You don't let anyone tell you what to do…you have everything that those other girls have…you have this beauty that no other girl has…"
"Beauty? Me?"
"Yeah." He leaned in closer to her. "You."
She blushed furiously. "I…I don't know what to say…"
"Then don't say anything." He smiled and kissed her deeply, holding her close.
The magnitude of Kimiko's situation was finally becoming clear to her. Not only did their school's most popular guy like, maybe even love, her but an emperor liked her. And she was getting married to him on top of it.
She dropped her shirt on the floor and wrapped her arms around his neck, curling her fingers into his long hair. He pulled back after a few minutes to look into her eyes. After a moment, he took something off his neck and slid it around her neck.
She looked at it. A beautifully crafted silver phoenix hung from her neck. "Hiroshi?"
"Shhh…just take it." He quieted her by kissing her softly. Her eyes fluttered shut.
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Reizo stared at his reflection. Two black eyes, countless gashes on his body, bruised arms and upper body, a broken upper arm, he barely came out of Kano's onslaught alive. He was surprised he was still alive. Kano certainly had the strength to kill him, so why hadn't he? Perhaps Kano's strength had been too far gone to finish him off.
Reizo frowned. 'I have to come up with another way to get that girl…even if it takes ever ounce of what it have to do it…I'll avenge my father…her whole family will regret ever hearing my name…and I'll kill that bastard brother of mine…I made my attempt to give my mother what she wanted…she died protecting him…why would she choose him over me? I was the one who accepted her as a mother…not him…' He snarled at his reflection. 'They'll all pay…I'll kill them all…' He tossed a royal blue robe over his shoulder and left the room. "I wish none of those damn children had ever been born…never been born…hmmm…"
In a corner, a shadowed figure shook its head. "Reizo…you are a fool. You do not understand the consequences of your ideas. I can only hope you will not succeed…" The figure melted into the shadows as mysteriously as it had appeared.
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"Kano is what?!?!?!?!" The entire throne room stared at Akane and Kano. Kano had just told the story of every thing that happened in Kutou, including him being Tamahome.
"Yeah…I'm Tamahome…nothing I like admitting, but I don't have much of a choice…" Kano rubbed his forehead slightly.
The others were silent while this set in. No one was sure of what to say. Kouji stared at the floor. First, his best friend had been a seishi and had to leave, now his own son would have to leave. Why did people around him keep leaving? What next?
"Dad? Are you okay?" Kano was worried by his father's silence. Kouji was usually the most vocal of all the bandits he knew. And Kano knew them all. It wasn't like him to be silent about anything.
"I'm fine…" He waved off his son's concern. "There's just a lot to think about…."
"Oh…" Kano didn't like the answer but accepted it.
"What should be our next course of action, Heika?" The advisors that constantly followed Hiroshi were standing in a small group around the young, reluctant emperor.
"I think…ah…" He took a deep breath and looked at the ceiling. "I believe that…we should…ah…" 'Oh boy…I need emperor lessons or something…' "I think we should let this all settle in and talk about our next course of action later today…it's a lot to take in so I thin we should just wait a few hours before continuing this discussion."
Everyone nodded in silent agreement and dispersed from the room. Kano and Kouji were the last ones to leave.
"So Kano, what do you want to do now?"
"I dunno…I want to go home, but that's not really an option, is it?"
"No…it isn't…" They walked down the hall.
"Dad, tell me the truth…what made you so quiet in there? You aren't usually that way…"
"I'm not a big fan of finding out you're a seishi…"
"I'm not either…but I don't have a choice…why aren't you?" He sighed.
"My best friend was a seishi…he lives in the mikos' world with the woman he loves…he has a family now…even Miaka and the original Tamahome …you're in love with Akane and you're a seishi…history follows patterns, Kano…" The older bandit kept his eyes straight ahead.
"But Dad, I'm not in love with…" He protested.
"Yes, you are. No sense in arguing otherwise. You've never had such an interest in anyone before. You'd risk your own life to save her…you already did…"
Kano was silenced. His father was right. There really was no arguing it. "Uh…right…"
The two continued down the hall silently.
Akane sat in the palace shrine. The giant, golden idol dwarfed her. She lit the candles and incense around her. She was looking for the amethyst-eyed goddess who had protected her. "Nozomi…can I talk to you?"
"What is it, Akane?" A brief shimmer of light produced the translucent form of the goddess.
"What's going on? Everything is happening so fast…" She dropped to her knees.
Nozomi felt bad for the young girl. Things were happening to fast. In a matter of days, Akane found Konan, learned more about her parents history than they ever told her, got kidnapped, tortured, and rescued, all while falling in love with a boy who just learned how important he is to his country. "I can't disagree with you there…"
"Is Reizo dead or not?"
"No, he isn't…he's trying to come up with a new plan to get rid of you…or so my agent tells me."
"Agent? You have people working for you?"
"A select few. My agent told me that Reizo's newest plan could very well succeed."
"What is it? How could anything he comes up with actually work?"
"He wants to prevent you and your cousins from being born. Most likely kill Kano as well…"
"We never get a day off, do we? If it's not one thing, it's another…" Akane ran her hands through her hair. "How does he plan to do this? That seems like it would be impossible…"
"In a world like this, nothing is impossible. He plans to go into the past of the book and make sure your parents never get together…"
"No way…and Kano?"
"Kano was a year old or so when your parents met, give or take a few months…Reizo will probably kill Kano as a child…" Nozomi murmured somberly.
"Wh…what? Reizo would…he'd kill a defenseless kid? How could he? That's sick!" Akane couldn't, nor did she want to, believe what the goddess just told her.
"That's the type of person he's become…he also thinks what he's doing is what his father wants…"
"I…I can't believe he'd do that…" She shook her head in disbelief.
"You should never question what that mad man is capable of…it's never safe to assume anything about a zealot…" Nozomi sighed.
"When does he plan to do this? What does your agent say?" Akane suddenly stood up.
"If everything goes the way Reizo plans, a week. Why?"
"We're going to stop him. I doubt we could plan any big attack in a week, so we'll just have to go to the past and stop him." Her voice was set. She was dead serious.
"I don't like the idea, but it's probably the only way…"
"Why don't you like it?"
"There are a lot of dangers in doing that. Aside from facing Reizo again, you'll be overlapping Circles…"
"Circles? What kind of circles?"
"Mystical Circles formed when people are born. They are placed in a Circle and will eventually meet the others in that Circle and form life long bonds with them. Then there are some who just never fit into a Circle, like Reizo…"
"Whose would be overlapping?"
"Your parents' and yours. Since your Circle barely exists at that point in time, it's hard to say what might happen."
"Barely?"
"Kano was the start of your Circle. Yours is made up of Kano, you, Hiroshi, Kimiko, Nyoko, Naoko, Toru and Toshiro."
"But we live in different worlds…"
"I said they'd eventually meet, not that they were born close."
"Oh…so whose in my parents'?"
"Your parents, Taki, Hotohori, Lily, Chichiri, Nuriko, Jason, and Kouji."
"But I thought Jason wasn't there when my parents met…"
"I said eventually…" Nozomi looked exasperated.
"Oh, right…" Akane scratched her head. "So…anyway…how can we get into the past?"
"You better ask the others first. It will have to be a group decision. I think it will be easier if the whole Circle was in agreement with this outrageous plan."
"Yeah…and I know about this plan because? They're really gonna think I'm sane when I say a goddess told me."
"They all know I exist. I was the one who brought them here."
"Oh, sorry…I was in here at that time. No one sent me the memo." She snorted.
"I'm not liking your attitude, Akane…"
"I get it from my mom." Akane had a smug smile plastered on her face.
"I noticed." The goddess rolled her eyes. "Just tell them and figure out what you're going to do from here. Tell me later." Before Akane could speak again, a gust of wind blew through the room, blowing out Nozomi's image, the candles and incense and leaving Akane in the dark.
She snorted again. "Ha ha…can I get some light here? I can't find the door."
Akane faintly heard the light laughter of the goddess before a line of small white lights appeared to guide her. 'A goddess with a sense of humor…why the hell not?' She rolled her eyes and followed the lights out.
It was still raining out side. Her boots lightly clicked against the stone floor. As she walked down the hall she noticed two people running around in the rain. She was pretty sure it was Naoko and Nyoko. They were the same size, and that size was pretty small. To her, it didn't even seem fair to make them risk their lives for this. Yes, it did concern them too, but were they old enough to handle the hell that Reizo would, no doubt, put them through?
'I've already seen more of hell than I would have preferred…why make them go through it, too?' While Akane watched the two, they noticed her.
"What's Akane doing?" Naoko pulled her short, soaked hair from her face and smoothed it back.
"Dunno." Nyoko pulled her hair into a long, loose, wet ponytail. "Let's go see…"
They ran through the mud back to the hall that Akane was watching them from. Akane laughed when she saw her two wet cousins.
"Why were you two out there?"
"'Cause it's fun!" Naoko smiled widely. "You should try it."
"Maybe later…" The taller, black haired girl murmured.
"What's wrong?" Nyoko looked up at Akane.
"Nothing…just thinking…"
"'Bout what? You look worried…" Naoko spoke quietly, which was very uncharacteristic of the normally extremely energetic girl.
"Yeah…"
"I…I uh…" She scratched her head.
"What is it? Spit it out!" Naoko reverted back to her blunt self.
"Well, Reizo came up with another plan to get rid of me…"
"How do you know?" Nyoko stared at her questioningly.
"The goddess told me." She sighed.
The twins gave each other looks that said 'shoulda figured'. Naoko grabbed Akane's arm. "Well then, we'll have to stop him. What's he planning?"
"He wants to go into the past and stop us from being born."
"Wow…he's crazier than I thought…" Nyoko shook her head.
"Maybe…but Nozomi said it was possible…"
"So how do we stop him?"
"We'll have to go after him…"
"Why do you sound so reluctant?" Her cousin's quiet demeanor surprised Nyoko.
"Because…it'll be dangerous…I don't want you girls to get hurt or anything…"
"Oh come on, Akane! You're not the only one with seishi parents. We can take care of ourselves too, ya know!" Naoko took a defiant stance in front of her older cousin. "We have to defend our family too!"
Akane smiled. "Well, I guess there's no arguing with that. We'll have to get the others to agree with that too."
The twins smiled widely. "When do we bring it up?"
"Well, we have a week before all Hell breaks loose, so I think as soon as possible."
"Sounds good."
"Now go on and get dried off. You look like a couple of drowned rats." She shook her head at the twins.
"Rats can swim, it's your dad that can't." They giggled.
"Oh shut up. Neither can your dad!" Akane chased after the two girls. They squealed and ran.
Akane laughed and made her way down to her own room. Her cheerful façade disappeared as she closed her door. Thoughts zoomed through her mind before she even had a chance to recognize them. She lay on the bed, face down and exhausted. Everything was moving to fast for her. This was nothing like she ever imagined. Now she understood how her parents felt and why they ever went into detail about this world. There was so much that was good about it, but Akane debated in her mind whether or not the good outweighed the bad. One the one hand, she was in love, on the other, she was being stalked by a man who wanted her dead.
She forced herself to get up and sit at her mirror. While gritting her teeth, she ripped a bandage off her arm. The gash underneath it was healing fine. She rebandaged her arm and put her head down. Going into the past wand seeing her parents before she was born? Seeing Kano as an infant? It was all too weird. Eventually she fell into an restless sleep.
'Akane? Can you hear me?'
'Mommy? Is that you?'
'How are you Akane?'
'Okay…a little beat up, but alive…how are you talking to me?'
'Deep, deep meditation. How is every one?'
'Okay. We're going to have to stop Reizo…'
'Reizo…the one after you?'
'Uh-huh…he's gonna try and make it so I'm never born…'
'Then I guess you'll have to stop him.'
'What if we screw up the past?'
'And Reizo's not about to do that any way?'
'I guess…so you won't be mad?'
'No. Just stop him. That's what important.'
'Okay. Will do. Mom?'
'Yeah?'
'I love you.'
'I love you too dear. Two more things.'
'Yeah?'
'Kick Reizo's ass.'
'Sure. And the other?'
'Tell Kano you love him.'
'Someday…'
'You sound like me before your father and I were together.'
'So? I'll tell him…I know I will someday.'
'Good. Now get into the past A.S.A.P'
'Right.'
Akane woke with a start. 'Ugh…' She shook off the light-headedness of talking to her mother. "I'll tell them about it later…I'm too tired now…" She fell asleep again.
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"So we have more work to do?" Toshiro said after listening to Akane's story. "We never get any rest, do we?"
"Where would the fun be in that?" Toru chuckled. "Besides, with a psycho killer on the loose, what the hell did you expect?"
"I suppose." He glanced at his brother.
"How soon do we go?" Hiroshi asked.
"Well, the sooner the better…" Akane shrugged.
Hiroshi glanced at his advisors. 'The sooner the better, indeed…one more day with them and I'll crack…' "Why not tonight? It would be better to beat him there, wouldn't it?"
They all nodded. "So how do we get there?" Kimiko asked.
"I'm guessing Nozomi will be in charge of that." Akane murmured. "So we're all agreed then? We get there before Reizo and kick his ass when he gets there?"
"Are you two feeling well enough?" Kouji looked at Akane and Kano. They were both still banged up from their trip to Kutou.
"Dad, we don't have time to worry about that. It's nothing life threatening and we'll be fine in a day or two. It's really just cuts and bruises."
Akane nodded. "I'm sure we can kick Reizo's ass just the same."
"Yeah!" Naoko was ready to run out the door. "We're perfectly capable of stopping him without breaking a sweat. He can't stand up to all 8 of us."
"8? You all want to go?" Kouji questioned letting 13 and 14 year olds fight a 20-year-old killer.
"They're our parents too." Nyoko stood up. "We have every right to protect our own lives. We can't sit here and wait to see if we'll suddenly cease to exist."
Kouji considered this, the nodded. "Fine, get over there tonight."
"Kouji-san, we can't send out young emperor and his wife somewhere where they could be killed." The advisors were shocked.
"Would you rather wait until they never exist? If they don't go, Hiroshi won't be born and Kimiko will never have a reason to come here." Kouji frowned. "They all have to go."
The advisors were quieted by Kouji's defense of the children.
Later that night, the kids were prepared and waiting in the garden.
When the moon high in the sky, the translucent goddess appeared before them. Knowing full well the decision the kids had made, she began to cast the spell that would send them to meet their parents.
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"Eek!"
"Whoa!
"Holy shit!"
"What the hell?!"
"Ow!"
"Ack!"
"Oh jeez!"
"Crap!"
The 8 teens lay in a large clearing. Beyond the treetops, Kano saw Mt. Reikaku. Akane rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself up. "Are we there yet? What a trip…" She rubbed her head.
"Yeah…we're here. Depending on where 'here' is." Toshiro stood up.
"We're not to far from the stronghold. The forest hasn't changed much and I know this clearing." Kano was looking around trying to get his bearings.
"So where do we go now?" Kimiko asked and then looked at the ground. She caught sight of her shoes. Something was wrong. These weren't the shoes she was wearing before they'd left. "What the hell?"
"What's wrong?" Hiroshi looked at her. "Oh…" Kimiko wasn't wearing the jeans and t-shirt she had on two minutes ago. She was wearing their school uniform. A short sleeve white polo shirt, a navy tie, a knee length navy skirt, and a red and gold school crest on the right sleeve. "Now I see…"
Everyone began noticing the clothes they were wearing. Akane was in Tasuki's shirt, pants and coat. The tessen was hidden under the coat, Kano's knives were still strapped to her belt and a small pouch carried her father's spell cards. She ripped off the sleeves saying it was more her style. Naoko and Nyoko wore Nuriko's red and light blue robe. They also wore Nuriko's bracelets/gauntlets. Toru and Toshiro were dressed exactly like Chichiri, staff, hat, cape and all, though they didn't wear masks. Hiroshi stood in Hotohori's red traveling shirt and black pants. The jeweled hilt of his father's sword sat at his hip. Kimiko thought he looked really cute. Kano wore Kouji's mostly open shirt and wrist guards. He had the headband too, but he took it off.
"If you guys get to were cool clothes, why do I have to wear a skirt?" Kimiko pouted.
They all thought for a moment. Toshiro crossed his arms. "I wonder…"
"What?" They all asked.
"Well, most of us are standing here in clothes of people we're related to, Kimiko doesn't have any relations here. Also, we're sorta playing seishi here. Kimiko could be playing the part of the miko. I mean, girls in foreigner clothes tend to be in school uniforms. I was reading about the mikos of the past before we came here."
"Thank you, human brain. I think it's the best explanation we're going to get for now." Toru nodded to his brother.
"Don't call me 'human brain'." Toshiro growled.
"I will if I feel like it. I always have." Toru shrugged.
Just as Toshiro was about to attack Toru, Hiroshi stepped between them. "Come on guys. We don't have time to fight with ourselves. You can beat each other's brains out once we're sure we exist."
The twins glared at each other but nodded to Hiroshi. "Sure…"
"So where do we go?" Akane pulled her hair back into a ponytail.
"Well, the town where your parents are supposed to meet isn't far. We should go there and find out the exact point in the past we're in. Come on." Kano led them east to the small town.
"What do you think mom's like?" Nyoko asked her sister.
"Dunno…it'll be cool to see our mom where she grew up though." They both smiled.
Kano did his best to ignore the two little girls. 'Mother? I thought they were Nuriko's daughters…all the stories say Nuriko was a man…they must be confused…it's the only way…'
"Something wrong?" Akane touched Kano's shoulder.
"Aside from the fact we're fighting for our own futures, no…" He smirked.
"Please don't remind me…" Akane smiled. "Doesn't your shoulder hurt? I thought you had a bruise where I just touched you."
Kano realized she was right. He looked inside the shirt. There was no bruise. "I thought I did…it's not there now…how's you arm?"
She rolled up the long sleeve shirt. Not a scratch there. "Weird…we're fine…"
"Gotta love magical travel, huh?"
"Yep. Well, that means it'll be even easier to get Reizo."
"We can only hope. No doubt he'll run to his father and tell him everything. Who knows what they could do together?"
"I guess you're right…" Akane solemnly nodded. Without saying anything else the whole group quickened their pace to the small town that would soon be home to big events.
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So, how will Reizo's plan play out?
What will Naoko and Nuriko think of their 'mother'?
How long can they keep from telling their parents who they really are?
Wow…that was really, really long…my hands…*cries* Ow…I hate it when I can't find a place to break a chapter. Ah well, I am happily and finally on spring break. Yeah…after every other high school and college in the country has already had it. I will spend it typing. Until…I dunno…a day or two…happy reading.
~*~Shadow Hawk~*~
4/17/03