Warnings and Disclaimers on Chapter one!!
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Willow's Heart-- The Uncovering~Tasuki's POV~
We got closer to the place where we would fight the Seiryuu and some impending doom is resting tightly on my shoulders. Something is wrong about this, but it's too late to turn back now. I have to save the one person I love. The deadly figures of the Seiryuu are getting closer as we ride. I just hope we get out of this fight with our lives and with Nuriko, hopefully.
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Nakago ran his eyes over the approaching Suzaku seishi and smiled slowly. Soon his plan would be in action and he could destroy the Suzaku and their miko. They didn't have any idea what they were going to face in this battle. It was the battle to end all battles between the Seiryuu and Suzaku.
Tamahome was the first to reach the area as he swung off his stallion. "We are here. What do you want?" He demanded. His violet eyes bore into Nakago's cold blue ones. The Kutou general didn't reply as the other seishi rode up and took attacking positions.
"Do not worry, Suzaku seishi. You will get what you want soon enough, now, coming to the matter of the fight. I say we have a one-on-one fight for now. Your chosen against mine. Are we in agreement?" Nakago smiled slyly.
"What's the catch, you bastard?" Tasuki asked.
"No catch. If my chosen proves to be invincible against all of your chosen ones, you can use more than one, we will come to our agreement of calling the god and a certain prize is at stake here." Nakago's blue eyes flashed. "If we win, I get to keep the prize and you relinquish your position to call Suzaku."
"And if we win?" Tamahome was careful in searching Nakago for any signs of betrayal to his own word. He found none surprisingly.
"If you win, you can have your lost seishi back because without him, you cannot call Suzaku anyways."
"You have Nuriko! Where is he?" Miaka cried. "Where is he? If you've hurt him…" She was cut off mid-sentence by a voice like a knife.
"You'll what, little miko? You cannot hurt me." The blonde general stood there with an air of arrogance. He caught Tamahome's glare and returned it with a cold look of his own. Suddenly, Tamahome charged at Nakago, but before any of the Seiryuu seishi could move to protect their leader, a blur of black knocked Tamahome to the side. The fallen seishi looked up with blood trickling from his mouth at the power that was used to knock him aside.
"You can't hurt him." A strangely familiar voice floated to all their ears. The Suzaku all looked up and they met the image of their lost seishi.
"Nuriko!" Miaka ran towards her friend, not caring about how he had just acted or the way he was blazing with an undeniable blue aura.
"Silence, little girl. You people tried to attack Nakago-sama and for that you will… pay!" Nuriko lowered his right arm until it was parallel to the ground and a blue ball of chi blasted towards Miaka. In Miaka's haste to get to Nuriko, she had no time to turn back. She closed her eyes tightly praying for all of this to be just a dream until she realized she was standing in a different area. Tasuki stood beside her. He had used his speed to get the miko out of harm's way.
"Tasuki-kun, no da, Nuriko is… different. He is radiating Seiryuu power, no da!" Chichiri called to his friend. "Just look at him, Miaka! He is not our Nuriko, no da!" Miaka stared at the violet-haired seishi. Everything was the same, except for the dark eyeliner around his rose eyes and the redness of his lips. That, and the fact that he was wearing complete black and had a blue, visible aura.
"He can't be Nuriko then. He must be a fake!" Miaka was distraught.
"No, he is real. Now, about the fight… choose your first chosen." Nakago smiled as Nuriko fell back and took his position close to him.
"I'll do it." Hotohori stepped forward. "I can beat any of you Seiryuu seishi."
"Alright then. Nuriko, now's your chance to prove yourself." Nakago leaned close to the violet-haired seishi. "Show me what you can do. Crush them."
"Gladly, Nakago-sama." Everyone's eyes were wide as Nuriko turned his head and caught Nakago's lips in a bruising kiss. "Let us begin shall we." He stepped forward to meet Hotohori's challenge. "No one will hurt Nakago-sama without going through me first." He drew his sword and flipped it into the air before catching it again by the handle. His ease and precision with the sword made his true identity be questioned.
"No, I know you are not Nuriko. He was never that good with a sword." Hotohori drew his sword.
"Right, one rule only. No interference by your friends." Nuriko practically spat the word from his mouth. "Anything else is legal."
The fight started. Swords clanged and bodies switched position as the battle went on. Suddenly, Nuriko dropped his sword and neatly dodged each of Hotohori's attacks. He's toying with me. Hotohori thought. This cannot be Nuriko. He is not, he cannot. He is too cold, too indifferent, and too different. His mind was sidetracked and the next thing he saw was a tree trunk heading straight for his body. The emperor tried his best to dodge it, but a branch caught his left arm, ripping a large wound through it. This was it; it had to be Nuriko. There was no other explanation to the lithe body there holding a large tree with his arms and the empty hole beside him. Nobody had strength like that except for Nuriko.
"This can't be happening." Hotohori winced as he got up. This wasn't the Nuriko he had known, the one he had fallen in love with, or the one he had broken the heart of. He was a shell of the former Nuriko or some strong magic. "I won't believe it." The emperor pointed his sword hesitantly at the smirking rose-eyed seishi before charging.
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Oooh! Cliffhanger! Even I don't know wut's gonna happen next! God, I am so sorri about the long wait. It's been forever, but I'm back! I'm too lazy because right now, I'm writing this with a really bad cold in my system! Thanks for sticking around ppl! Luv you all!! Realli! R&R to appreciate! I eat reviews for lunch! ^. ~
~Nuriko no Tenshi~