Forbidden: SMFY(Pure Snow)
Chapter 6
loupgarou7(loupgarou72@gurlmail.com)

YAY!~ This is my apology for being inactive for so long. I'M SORRY!!! For this chapter's
song...ummm...try downloading Strange Feeling from the Saber Marionette Mp3 Horde at
http://phoechan.animeplanets.net/saber/index.html. Please note that in case you didn't know
Koyasu Takehito the man who sings the song is also the voice actor of Hotohori. The next
chapter should be out shortly after this. Shortly as in I have it done already and I'm
waiting for my great wonderful editor to get back to me.

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"YOU IDIOT YOU MISSED THE DEADLINE!!!" The hag screeched from the fire.
Screams echoed through the palace and those outside the palace walls stopped their work

"T-TAIISUKUN!!!" Miaka exclaimed from the floor.

Tamahome picked himself off the floor, "Don't scare us like that, Obaba!"

"OBABA? WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OBABA????" Taiisukun screeched, her horrifying face
looming over Tamahome.

"Myself! Myself!" Tamahome screamed quickly.

"Hmph! That's more like it!" Taiisukun snorted and with her glare averted from him,
Tamahome turned away to breathe.

Usagi who had been staring the whole time at Taiisukun, immobilized, began to stir.
She pushed the hair out her eyes and walked slowly towards Taiisukun. "Do we..." she stopped,
"know each other?"

Taiisukun stared at her scrutinizing her face. After several intense moments of
evaluation, she spoke, "I.......will tell you after you come back from your journey."

Usagi, who seconds before had been so graceful, fell to the floor. She quickly
sprang up. "B-b-but!" she sputtered out indignantly.

Taiisukun ignored her and turned to Miaka, "Suzaku no miko, the calling ceremony will
be unable to proceed accordingly until the let's see...12 years!" When she saw Miaka open her
mouth to protest, Taiisukun raised her hand commanding silence. "Yes, I know what you
want to ask. The reason is because this girl," she glared at Usagi, "with her arrival into
the past has created a disturbance in the stars. Now naturally whenever the stars align
themselves in the correct position, the miko and her seishi are ready to call Suzaku.
HOWEVER because of this girls influence on the stars, they won't be properly
aligned until 12 years."

The color drained from Miaka's face as she registered the information. "But...we
worked so hard! I-I'll be 27 when we do the ceremony..." she looked helplessly on.

"Gomen nasai," Usagi spoke softly, "Gomen nasai, gomen nasai, gomen nasai!!!" A sob
escaped her. "It's my fault.." she launched herself at Miaka crying, "GOMEN!!"

Miaka comforted her friend, "Shh...you didn't know. It was Nakago who brought you
here, not yourself."

"Princess Serenity! Get a hold of yourself!" Taiisukun ordered sternly.

Usagi raised her red-rimmed eyes to her in shock. "H-how did-?"

Taiisukun once again ignored her and went on, "Just because I said it would naturally
take 12 years to call Suzaku doesn't mean we can't get them to align faster. If Usagi leaves
this place the stars will be in their proper positions. I have a magic palette at
home...I doubt it would work now, it's so rusty from use. But if I fixed it up it surely
would. It'll take about a month to fix it. But until then KEEP THAT GIRL AWAY FROM NAKAGO!!!
If Nakago should get his hands on her disaster will befall upon you! We shall meet again in
a month." And with that Taiisukun disappeared into the fire.

A silence lingered until, "Puh-rin-ses-suh? What's that?" Tasuki shouted.

Usagi and Miaka looked at each other for a second before giggling. God forbid that
anyone should describe either of the girls as fluent in English, but they still knew enough
of it to know what Princess meant. But after their giggling subdued, Usagi shot Miaka
a look. 'Don't tell anyone,' she pleaded with her eyes. Miaka smiled and put her finger to
her lips indicating she wouldn't. 'But,' she silently told Usagi with her eyes, 'You will
tell me afterwards!' Usagi nodded vigorously.

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Hotohori growled and rubbed his head in frustration. "If she can't stay here in
the capital then where can she go???"

Usagi lowered her eyes, "Gomen nasai. I'm causing so much trouble..."

Miaka shook her head, "No your not! We're glad to have you!"

Chichiri offered advice, "Hotohori-sama, if she's not in the capital, Usagi-san
would certainly need protection in case Nakago found her[no da]. And if it was Nakago then
the person would have to be strong enough to hold Nakago off until we could arrive to help
[no da]. And of course it can't be Tamahome[no da]."

"Chichiri!" Miaka exclaimed, "What about you?"

"I'd need to stay here to concentrated on the Seiryuu seishi[no da]. And if Nakago
did come I'd have to be here to warn you guys of Nakago's presence and if I was with Usagi
no one here would know[no da]."

"Oh.." Miaka scratched her head sheepishly, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Hotohori thought aloud, "So the seishi we choose should have a remote home to take
her to and preferably powerful friends to help him in his fighting..."

Miaka giggled and got starry eyed, "It sounds like your talking about a handsome
groom taking his lovely bride to his beautiful home."

Usagi turned red, "No! It's not going to be like that!" But after a moment or two
of thinking she giggled, too. "Lovely? Me? Why thank you, dear!" The two girls giggled
together and spoke in hushed voices, Tamahome's name coming up now and then.

"Tasuki! Tasuki should do it[no da]!" Chichiri shouted. "NANI?!?!?!?!?!?!" A muffled
but still loud voice shouted outside. Hotohori sighed and commenced rubbing his head again.
Chichiri echoed Hotohori's sigh before opening the door magically and spilling out onto the
floor Nuriko, Tasuki, Tamahome, and Chiriko.



In the next chapter of Pure Snow: Usagi and Tasuki set out on their journey! But what's
'kago-chan doing meanwhile? And what trouble(if any) do the duo encounter on their way
to Tasuki's bandit hideout thing?