Twin Rivalry
Disclaimer: I do not own any Sailor Moon or Fushigi Yuugi.
Last Chapter: After entering the book, Minako goes looking for her twin sister, Usagi. But instead encounters a very hungry lion. Being saved by a very attractive boy, Amiboshi, they are still in a tight pickle with the lion again. There, Minako and Amiboshi meet the five Suzaku Seishi Warriors. Usagi, on the other hand, doesn't get it off that easily. She encounters trouble as well but with four men ready to do wrong to her. She is saved by Suboshi and meets Nakago who was with the charming boy. There, the two girls are shocked by the word 'Priestess'
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Chapter 3: The Beautiful Flute Song
Minako looked strangely at the five boys. They had fallen on their knees and were bowing for her. She heard Amiboshi gasped with shock.
"Priestess?" she asked a bit stunned.
"Yes, you are the Miko of Suzaku." Chichiri said, after the boys had gotten back up to their feet.
Amiboshi never took his shock dark blue eyes away from the blonde girl that he had just saved.
'She's the Miko of Suzaku?' Amiboshi then turned to the Suzaku Warriors. 'And I bet they're the seishi of Suzaku' the boy said silently. He was happy in a way that his search for them was over. Now he could get down to business.
"My name is Hotohori, the emperor of Konan. This is Nuriko, Chichiri, Chiriko, and Mitsukake. We are all part of the Suzaku warriors." Hotohori introduced as they all showed her the glowing symbol on their body, making Minako a bit astonished.
"How... how did you...? Are they real?" Minako asked, feeling Mitsukake's symbol on his open palm.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Well, after being sucked inside a small red book, almost being eaten by a lion, and meeting very cute boys, anyone would have suspected something as bizarre as to this.
"Yup, they're real alright, priestess" Nuriko answered.
"Call me Minako." Minako said with a smile and held out her hand to shake the purple haired boy's hand.
Not used to the tradition of hand shaking, Nuriko did the only thing he knew when girl would stick out their hand in front of them. He took her hand and kissed it lightly.
"Uh... ok" Minako said a bit shakily. She had to admit, Nuriko and Hotohori were pretty good looking.
"Who would you be?" Chiriko asked Amiboshi, making the other four boys turned to him.
"My name is Amiboshi. I am also a Suzaku Warrior" the oldest twin claimed, showing them his symbol.
"Wow, Amiboshi's has one of those weird looking things too" Minako noted, feeling his symbol on his right shoulder.
The boys all sweat dropped.
"I see we need to fill you in on your duty here, no da" Chichiri observed.
"Come on. It is not safe for the Suzaku Miko to stand in the middle of the forest too long. We shall go back to the palace." Hotohori suggested.
He motioned his hand to his side as six horses trotted towards them. Since the five Suzaku Warriors had not intended on finding another Suzaku member, they had only brought one horse for their Miko. Minako looked at Amiboshi after seeing their situation.
"I guess we ride together." he said smiling. He got up on the brown steed and held his hand out to help her.
Once everyone was settled on their horses, the emperor of Konan led the way as Minako grip tightened around Amiboshi's waist.
On the way to Konan, the real Suzaku Warriors explained to Minako what the Priestess of Suzaku's job was. The blonde would get confused easily and asked many questions. But to her surprises, they just laughed. She had no idea how much they needed her in their country.
"Wait a second, so if I find all the Suzaku Warriors and call forth a red bird god, Suzaku, I can have three wishes?" Minako asked stunned.
Chiriko nodded as he turned to look at his priestess. He could only see her head for Amiboshi was in front.
"Yes. But we need you to use one of those wishes in helping us in this war. No da" Chichiri noted.
Amiboshi looked at the monk bewildered. 'Does that guy always have to say No da?' the Seiryuu Warrior asked himself.
Minako was thinking diverse. 'If I can call upon this... Suzaku, I can have a wish asking for Usagi and I to go back home.'
After some thinking, Minako spoke up. "Alright then, I'll help you. I'll be willing to be your Miko." Minako announced.
"Great! No da" Chichiri rejoiced.
"Thank you priestess." Hotohori said when Minako's and Amiboshi's horse caught up to his.
"Alright everyone, now since we have our Miko, keep your eyes open for any assassins." Nuriko instructed.
"Assassins??" Minako asked wide eyed.
"Oh yes, Seiryuu is our enemy. If they find out about us finding our Miko they'll stop it nothing to have you murdered." Nuriko said with a wide grin. He liked the shocked look on Minako's face.
"Oh my god" Minako gasped, not noticing that her grip on Amiboshi's shoulder tensed.
"Stop it Nuriko. You're scaring her" Mitsukake spoke softly.
"What? It's the truth" the purple haired magical warrior explained.
Minako worriedly look around her surroundings. Spotting no one around, she relaxed a bit.
'Oh god, what am I getting myself into now?' slipped in her mind when setting her eyes back on the path ahead of them.
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Usagi didn't know what was worst. Weird boys saying she was their priestess or four men brutally attacking her. She of course chose the brutal attack from the four men but she thought the two boys standing in front of her were drunk. Although... they had steady voices and she didn't smell a hint of alcohol coming from them.
"You are our priestess. The Miko of Seiryuu." Nakago exclaimed.
Suboshi quickly fell to his knees with respect. He received a puzzled look from the pigtailed girl.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've never been here before. Maybe you have me as the wrong girl." Usagi suggested.
"You are not from this world are you? If you are not then it proves it even more that you are our Miko. Come priestess of Seiryuu. We shall discus this in the palace. I'm pretty sure the emperor of Seiryuu would be delighted to meet you." Nakago moved his horse closer to Usagi as he held out a hand to get on the horse.
"Palace?" Usagi asked.
She was not very sure if to trust this Nakago. Who knows, maybe he was an insane guy ready to take her to his place and brutally attack her as well. But when meeting Suboshi's eyes as he got off the floor, she wanted to make herself trust the two. After all, the boy did save her life and his eyes just made her believe them.
"A... all right I guess..." Usagi said softly, taking Nakago's hand and getting on the horse.
She made quick glances at Suboshi who was walking ahead of them on foot. The rain was still pouring heavily and she was certain she would get a fierce cold in the morning.
Their journey to the palace was silent as Usagi was in her own world. Her mind was thinking of Minako and hopping that they'd be reunited again. That is, if her beloved sister was still alive.
Usagi felt her heart ache, thinking of her sister dieing. She shook her head a bit to get the thought out of her head. How could she think of such dreadful things? Minako would be alright, right? She prayed to god hoping that she was correct.
Moments later, the palace came into view. It was gigantic with blue roofs. With the setting of the rain and the dark clouds, it kinda looked dreary. But she knew when the sun would come out the palace would look beautiful.
Nakago steered his horse into the stable as a stable boy took the white stallion and made it steady so the blonde general could get off with no problem. He helped Usagi down who had sat in front of him sideways.
"Suboshi. Take..."
"Usagi" the blonde informed her name to the general as he nodded.
"Yes, take Miss. Usagi to her chamber and get her out of these wet clothes. Report back to the thrown room when she is settled." Nakago ordered.
The young boy nodded as he and Usagi left the stable and went into the pouring rain again. But they were close to the palace entrance, getting nearer and nearer.
"Come on priestess" Suboshi said gently when she almost stumbled. Usagi would have fallen in the mud but Suboshi had quick reflexes and saved her from the brown mess.
"Thank you" Usagi blushed.
He gave her a warm smile before leading her to the palace again. They entered it with no problem with the guards when they saw Suboshi. Usagi examined the palace as she looked at every single thing that was insight.
After going through a long hallway, going up many steps and passing many rooms, Usagi saw her room up ahead. It was a gigantic brown door with gold outlines. Suboshi opened it and entered after his Miko.
"Wow, this is my room?" Usagi asked. She was dumbfounded with the size of it. It was bigger than her room and her sister's room put together. And they each had their own immense room.
"Yeah, pretty cool huh" Suboshi said. He put a dry towel over her to keep her warm. "If you want to take a shower you can go in there." Suboshi pointed to a room close by.
Usagi nodded as she entered it. Her mouth dropped wide open when she saw another gigantic room. Her bathtub was the size of her school's swimming pool! And on the side were towels, shampoo and everything you need when taking a bath.
"Oh my god."
Suboshi looked at her strangely. He was a bit puzzled by her sudden surprises of her room's sizes. It wasn't as big as general Nakago's, or the emperor's chamber.
"I'll... um... call the maids to come and help you with your bath." Suboshi reported as he left. Usagi watched him leave but stopped him before he left her room.
"Suboshi, wait. I um... wanted to say thank you." Usagi said, thanking him again for his rescue from the four men and the mud.
She actually owed him her life for he had done so many things for her. He even gave her a roof to get out of the rain.
She received his warm smile again. "You welcome priestess." He said.
"Please, can you call me Usagi?"
"Usagi." Suboshi gave her one last glance before fully exiting the room.
Usagi kept his face in her mind as she blushed. She knew what she was feeling. The warm comfortable feeling in her body. It was love... love that she hadn't felt for years after braking up with her boyfriend Mamoru. The blonde went into her room and plopped on her enormous bed. She knew when she slept that night; his image would still be in her mind.
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Minako was speechless. Konan's palace was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. It reminded her of fairytales she and her sister read and fell in love with when they were young.
At the thought of her lost sister, Minako's smile faded. Amiboshi noticed this right away.
They had already gotten off their horses and were heading inside the Japanese looking palace.
'What's the matter with her?' he asked himself, keeping his eyes on her.
Hotohori, receiving many bows on the way, led Minako and the gang to the balcony of the palace.
"This is one of the best views in Konan. You can see many things up here" the emperor said.
"Wow" Minako breathed.
She indeed could see many things. In fact, all of Konan. She looked below her to see a small lake near the lower palace balcony. Flowers grew everywhere in the garden and the sun shined brightly, making Konan look as if it were all a dream.
"Come, I bet you're exhausted. I shall show you to your rooms." Chiriko offered to the two new arrivals of the country.
Minako agreed as the rest of the four Suzaku Warriors bowed to her.
"We shall see you later tonight for dinner Priestess." Hotohori said.
Minako gave them all smiles. "Oh come on. I may be the Miko of Konan but I don't have to have this much respect from you. None of this bowing ok?" she said, shocking everyone.
"And I would really like it if you could call me Minako. We're all going to be friends here right?"
She got smiles from her warriors. "Yes, we are friends. Then we shall see you for dinner, Minako" Hotohori corrected himself.
"Great, see you then." Minako gave them a wave before disappearing from the halls of the palace with the small Chiriko and Amiboshi.
"I like her" Nuriko said out of nowhere after laughing lightly about his priestess's behavior.
"Me too" Hotohori agreed before the four boys headed to the thrown room.
Minako looked around the palace as the small Suzaku Warrior led her to her room. Minako was trying to act normal but could not hide the sadness in her eyes from a particular boy.
Amiboshi was walking behind her and would get a good look at her eyes when she would turn to look at things.
"This would be your room priestess, I mean Minako" Chiriko spoke, opening a beautiful Japanese designed door. On the door was a hand carved writing in Japanese.
"Suzaku" Minako read out loud when seeing the writing.
"Yup, we had it carved on when hearing we were to have our Miko appear to us." Chiriko explained. "I am truly glade you are our Miko" he said before saying goodbye.
"Come on Amiboshi. Your room is just this way."
Amiboshi nodded but didn't fallow yet. He turned to Minako.
"What's the matter?" he asked, making Minako slightly stunned.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Amiboshi studied her for a moment with his soft cobalt eyes. "Is it ok if I come to your room later on to cheer you up?" he asked, making a slight red color creep up the Miko of Suzaku's face.
"Uh... sure. Why not?" Minako said, laughing nervously.
"Good, see ya later." He then dashed after Chiriko, leaving Minako to her room.
Minako waited until she couldn't see Amiboshi anymore before entering her room.
"OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS HUGE!!" her loud comment rang out of her room.
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Tama's, Mitsukake's companion cat, sensitive ears picked up Minako's loud yell. He crawled on his master's broad shoulder to get a comfortable spot.
"We have finally found one of our Suzaku. Now we need to find one more and our country will be safe with Suzaku's power." Hotohori said.
Chiriko came in to join them on their conversation.
"Did you bring them to their rooms? No da" Chichiri asked when seeing the smallest out of all of them join them.
"Yeah" Chiriko answered the monk before standing beside Mitsukake.
"When will we leave to go in search for him?" Nuriko asked his emperor once everyone was settled.
"Tomorrow, that is if our Miko is ready." Hotohori answered before thinking. He didn't want Minako to go on a long journey in search for her last Suzaku Warrior if she wasn't up to it yet.
"Come, we will go and see what food they are preparing for our Miko." The tallest out of all the five boys suggested to his cat before turning away and heading to the hall.
"Wait, I'll come with you" Chiriko ran after Mitsukake until he was close behind before going to normal tempo.
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A knock was heard from the gigantic door as Minako went to open it. She was greeted by Amiboshi standing at the entrance with a flute in his hands.
"Oh, hey Amiboshi" the blonde priestess greeted as she stepped away from the doorway to let the boy in.
"Hello Minako. I came to play a song for you" Amiboshi informed, making Minako looked down at the flute.
"It always cheered people up when they were down. I was hoping you would too." He explained.
'Aww, how sweet. He wants me to be happy' Minako thought. She smiled saying, "Go ahead. I would love to hear you play" with a smile.
Amiboshi took a seat on a chair near the bed as he held the flute near his lips, closed his eyes, and began to create beautiful music. It flowed in the air and traveled to Minako ears. She watched the talented boy play for her as she was lost in her own world. Everything around her disappeared and the only thing in her sight was Amiboshi.
She felt warm inside and she couldn't help feel a rush of happiness overpower her depression. Minako slowly took a seat on her soft king-size bed and laid her chin on her hands. She wouldn't mind hearing the beautiful flute song the rest of her life. It made her forget about everything. Her troubles, her feelings......... she didn't even realize it... her twin sister.
When the music stopped, Amiboshi opened his eyes to look up at Minako. She also had her eyes close as she was listening to the music that was once played. When hearing the end of the melody, she opened her eyes to reveled dreamy blue orbs.
"That was so beautiful" she commented, causing a smile and light blush to spread across the flute player's face.
"Thank you" she added.
"Anytime. Whenever you feel down, let me know so I can help relieve it." Amiboshi spoke.
They were interrupted by a knock at the door. It was Nuriko notifying that dinner was ready.
"Shall we go?" Minako asked, extending her hand out to help Amiboshi off the chair.
Seeing her smile, Amiboshi took her hand. He unwillingly let go when on his feet, and went to join Nuriko outside. Seeing the young boy in his priestess's room, Nuriko got a bit suspicious. He completely forgot about though when Minako started a conversation with him.
To Be Continued...
A/N: That's all for now! I already have the next chapter done but I think I'm going to hold it off for now. And I since summer vacation is coming real soon for me, I'll be updating regularly with all my fics! Thanks to all my reviewers!
And also, thanks to Silver Moon Princess for the e-mail!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own any Sailor Moon or Fushigi Yuugi.
Last Chapter: After entering the book, Minako goes looking for her twin sister, Usagi. But instead encounters a very hungry lion. Being saved by a very attractive boy, Amiboshi, they are still in a tight pickle with the lion again. There, Minako and Amiboshi meet the five Suzaku Seishi Warriors. Usagi, on the other hand, doesn't get it off that easily. She encounters trouble as well but with four men ready to do wrong to her. She is saved by Suboshi and meets Nakago who was with the charming boy. There, the two girls are shocked by the word 'Priestess'
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Chapter 3: The Beautiful Flute Song
Minako looked strangely at the five boys. They had fallen on their knees and were bowing for her. She heard Amiboshi gasped with shock.
"Priestess?" she asked a bit stunned.
"Yes, you are the Miko of Suzaku." Chichiri said, after the boys had gotten back up to their feet.
Amiboshi never took his shock dark blue eyes away from the blonde girl that he had just saved.
'She's the Miko of Suzaku?' Amiboshi then turned to the Suzaku Warriors. 'And I bet they're the seishi of Suzaku' the boy said silently. He was happy in a way that his search for them was over. Now he could get down to business.
"My name is Hotohori, the emperor of Konan. This is Nuriko, Chichiri, Chiriko, and Mitsukake. We are all part of the Suzaku warriors." Hotohori introduced as they all showed her the glowing symbol on their body, making Minako a bit astonished.
"How... how did you...? Are they real?" Minako asked, feeling Mitsukake's symbol on his open palm.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Well, after being sucked inside a small red book, almost being eaten by a lion, and meeting very cute boys, anyone would have suspected something as bizarre as to this.
"Yup, they're real alright, priestess" Nuriko answered.
"Call me Minako." Minako said with a smile and held out her hand to shake the purple haired boy's hand.
Not used to the tradition of hand shaking, Nuriko did the only thing he knew when girl would stick out their hand in front of them. He took her hand and kissed it lightly.
"Uh... ok" Minako said a bit shakily. She had to admit, Nuriko and Hotohori were pretty good looking.
"Who would you be?" Chiriko asked Amiboshi, making the other four boys turned to him.
"My name is Amiboshi. I am also a Suzaku Warrior" the oldest twin claimed, showing them his symbol.
"Wow, Amiboshi's has one of those weird looking things too" Minako noted, feeling his symbol on his right shoulder.
The boys all sweat dropped.
"I see we need to fill you in on your duty here, no da" Chichiri observed.
"Come on. It is not safe for the Suzaku Miko to stand in the middle of the forest too long. We shall go back to the palace." Hotohori suggested.
He motioned his hand to his side as six horses trotted towards them. Since the five Suzaku Warriors had not intended on finding another Suzaku member, they had only brought one horse for their Miko. Minako looked at Amiboshi after seeing their situation.
"I guess we ride together." he said smiling. He got up on the brown steed and held his hand out to help her.
Once everyone was settled on their horses, the emperor of Konan led the way as Minako grip tightened around Amiboshi's waist.
On the way to Konan, the real Suzaku Warriors explained to Minako what the Priestess of Suzaku's job was. The blonde would get confused easily and asked many questions. But to her surprises, they just laughed. She had no idea how much they needed her in their country.
"Wait a second, so if I find all the Suzaku Warriors and call forth a red bird god, Suzaku, I can have three wishes?" Minako asked stunned.
Chiriko nodded as he turned to look at his priestess. He could only see her head for Amiboshi was in front.
"Yes. But we need you to use one of those wishes in helping us in this war. No da" Chichiri noted.
Amiboshi looked at the monk bewildered. 'Does that guy always have to say No da?' the Seiryuu Warrior asked himself.
Minako was thinking diverse. 'If I can call upon this... Suzaku, I can have a wish asking for Usagi and I to go back home.'
After some thinking, Minako spoke up. "Alright then, I'll help you. I'll be willing to be your Miko." Minako announced.
"Great! No da" Chichiri rejoiced.
"Thank you priestess." Hotohori said when Minako's and Amiboshi's horse caught up to his.
"Alright everyone, now since we have our Miko, keep your eyes open for any assassins." Nuriko instructed.
"Assassins??" Minako asked wide eyed.
"Oh yes, Seiryuu is our enemy. If they find out about us finding our Miko they'll stop it nothing to have you murdered." Nuriko said with a wide grin. He liked the shocked look on Minako's face.
"Oh my god" Minako gasped, not noticing that her grip on Amiboshi's shoulder tensed.
"Stop it Nuriko. You're scaring her" Mitsukake spoke softly.
"What? It's the truth" the purple haired magical warrior explained.
Minako worriedly look around her surroundings. Spotting no one around, she relaxed a bit.
'Oh god, what am I getting myself into now?' slipped in her mind when setting her eyes back on the path ahead of them.
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Usagi didn't know what was worst. Weird boys saying she was their priestess or four men brutally attacking her. She of course chose the brutal attack from the four men but she thought the two boys standing in front of her were drunk. Although... they had steady voices and she didn't smell a hint of alcohol coming from them.
"You are our priestess. The Miko of Seiryuu." Nakago exclaimed.
Suboshi quickly fell to his knees with respect. He received a puzzled look from the pigtailed girl.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've never been here before. Maybe you have me as the wrong girl." Usagi suggested.
"You are not from this world are you? If you are not then it proves it even more that you are our Miko. Come priestess of Seiryuu. We shall discus this in the palace. I'm pretty sure the emperor of Seiryuu would be delighted to meet you." Nakago moved his horse closer to Usagi as he held out a hand to get on the horse.
"Palace?" Usagi asked.
She was not very sure if to trust this Nakago. Who knows, maybe he was an insane guy ready to take her to his place and brutally attack her as well. But when meeting Suboshi's eyes as he got off the floor, she wanted to make herself trust the two. After all, the boy did save her life and his eyes just made her believe them.
"A... all right I guess..." Usagi said softly, taking Nakago's hand and getting on the horse.
She made quick glances at Suboshi who was walking ahead of them on foot. The rain was still pouring heavily and she was certain she would get a fierce cold in the morning.
Their journey to the palace was silent as Usagi was in her own world. Her mind was thinking of Minako and hopping that they'd be reunited again. That is, if her beloved sister was still alive.
Usagi felt her heart ache, thinking of her sister dieing. She shook her head a bit to get the thought out of her head. How could she think of such dreadful things? Minako would be alright, right? She prayed to god hoping that she was correct.
Moments later, the palace came into view. It was gigantic with blue roofs. With the setting of the rain and the dark clouds, it kinda looked dreary. But she knew when the sun would come out the palace would look beautiful.
Nakago steered his horse into the stable as a stable boy took the white stallion and made it steady so the blonde general could get off with no problem. He helped Usagi down who had sat in front of him sideways.
"Suboshi. Take..."
"Usagi" the blonde informed her name to the general as he nodded.
"Yes, take Miss. Usagi to her chamber and get her out of these wet clothes. Report back to the thrown room when she is settled." Nakago ordered.
The young boy nodded as he and Usagi left the stable and went into the pouring rain again. But they were close to the palace entrance, getting nearer and nearer.
"Come on priestess" Suboshi said gently when she almost stumbled. Usagi would have fallen in the mud but Suboshi had quick reflexes and saved her from the brown mess.
"Thank you" Usagi blushed.
He gave her a warm smile before leading her to the palace again. They entered it with no problem with the guards when they saw Suboshi. Usagi examined the palace as she looked at every single thing that was insight.
After going through a long hallway, going up many steps and passing many rooms, Usagi saw her room up ahead. It was a gigantic brown door with gold outlines. Suboshi opened it and entered after his Miko.
"Wow, this is my room?" Usagi asked. She was dumbfounded with the size of it. It was bigger than her room and her sister's room put together. And they each had their own immense room.
"Yeah, pretty cool huh" Suboshi said. He put a dry towel over her to keep her warm. "If you want to take a shower you can go in there." Suboshi pointed to a room close by.
Usagi nodded as she entered it. Her mouth dropped wide open when she saw another gigantic room. Her bathtub was the size of her school's swimming pool! And on the side were towels, shampoo and everything you need when taking a bath.
"Oh my god."
Suboshi looked at her strangely. He was a bit puzzled by her sudden surprises of her room's sizes. It wasn't as big as general Nakago's, or the emperor's chamber.
"I'll... um... call the maids to come and help you with your bath." Suboshi reported as he left. Usagi watched him leave but stopped him before he left her room.
"Suboshi, wait. I um... wanted to say thank you." Usagi said, thanking him again for his rescue from the four men and the mud.
She actually owed him her life for he had done so many things for her. He even gave her a roof to get out of the rain.
She received his warm smile again. "You welcome priestess." He said.
"Please, can you call me Usagi?"
"Usagi." Suboshi gave her one last glance before fully exiting the room.
Usagi kept his face in her mind as she blushed. She knew what she was feeling. The warm comfortable feeling in her body. It was love... love that she hadn't felt for years after braking up with her boyfriend Mamoru. The blonde went into her room and plopped on her enormous bed. She knew when she slept that night; his image would still be in her mind.
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Minako was speechless. Konan's palace was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. It reminded her of fairytales she and her sister read and fell in love with when they were young.
At the thought of her lost sister, Minako's smile faded. Amiboshi noticed this right away.
They had already gotten off their horses and were heading inside the Japanese looking palace.
'What's the matter with her?' he asked himself, keeping his eyes on her.
Hotohori, receiving many bows on the way, led Minako and the gang to the balcony of the palace.
"This is one of the best views in Konan. You can see many things up here" the emperor said.
"Wow" Minako breathed.
She indeed could see many things. In fact, all of Konan. She looked below her to see a small lake near the lower palace balcony. Flowers grew everywhere in the garden and the sun shined brightly, making Konan look as if it were all a dream.
"Come, I bet you're exhausted. I shall show you to your rooms." Chiriko offered to the two new arrivals of the country.
Minako agreed as the rest of the four Suzaku Warriors bowed to her.
"We shall see you later tonight for dinner Priestess." Hotohori said.
Minako gave them all smiles. "Oh come on. I may be the Miko of Konan but I don't have to have this much respect from you. None of this bowing ok?" she said, shocking everyone.
"And I would really like it if you could call me Minako. We're all going to be friends here right?"
She got smiles from her warriors. "Yes, we are friends. Then we shall see you for dinner, Minako" Hotohori corrected himself.
"Great, see you then." Minako gave them a wave before disappearing from the halls of the palace with the small Chiriko and Amiboshi.
"I like her" Nuriko said out of nowhere after laughing lightly about his priestess's behavior.
"Me too" Hotohori agreed before the four boys headed to the thrown room.
Minako looked around the palace as the small Suzaku Warrior led her to her room. Minako was trying to act normal but could not hide the sadness in her eyes from a particular boy.
Amiboshi was walking behind her and would get a good look at her eyes when she would turn to look at things.
"This would be your room priestess, I mean Minako" Chiriko spoke, opening a beautiful Japanese designed door. On the door was a hand carved writing in Japanese.
"Suzaku" Minako read out loud when seeing the writing.
"Yup, we had it carved on when hearing we were to have our Miko appear to us." Chiriko explained. "I am truly glade you are our Miko" he said before saying goodbye.
"Come on Amiboshi. Your room is just this way."
Amiboshi nodded but didn't fallow yet. He turned to Minako.
"What's the matter?" he asked, making Minako slightly stunned.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Amiboshi studied her for a moment with his soft cobalt eyes. "Is it ok if I come to your room later on to cheer you up?" he asked, making a slight red color creep up the Miko of Suzaku's face.
"Uh... sure. Why not?" Minako said, laughing nervously.
"Good, see ya later." He then dashed after Chiriko, leaving Minako to her room.
Minako waited until she couldn't see Amiboshi anymore before entering her room.
"OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS HUGE!!" her loud comment rang out of her room.
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Tama's, Mitsukake's companion cat, sensitive ears picked up Minako's loud yell. He crawled on his master's broad shoulder to get a comfortable spot.
"We have finally found one of our Suzaku. Now we need to find one more and our country will be safe with Suzaku's power." Hotohori said.
Chiriko came in to join them on their conversation.
"Did you bring them to their rooms? No da" Chichiri asked when seeing the smallest out of all of them join them.
"Yeah" Chiriko answered the monk before standing beside Mitsukake.
"When will we leave to go in search for him?" Nuriko asked his emperor once everyone was settled.
"Tomorrow, that is if our Miko is ready." Hotohori answered before thinking. He didn't want Minako to go on a long journey in search for her last Suzaku Warrior if she wasn't up to it yet.
"Come, we will go and see what food they are preparing for our Miko." The tallest out of all the five boys suggested to his cat before turning away and heading to the hall.
"Wait, I'll come with you" Chiriko ran after Mitsukake until he was close behind before going to normal tempo.
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A knock was heard from the gigantic door as Minako went to open it. She was greeted by Amiboshi standing at the entrance with a flute in his hands.
"Oh, hey Amiboshi" the blonde priestess greeted as she stepped away from the doorway to let the boy in.
"Hello Minako. I came to play a song for you" Amiboshi informed, making Minako looked down at the flute.
"It always cheered people up when they were down. I was hoping you would too." He explained.
'Aww, how sweet. He wants me to be happy' Minako thought. She smiled saying, "Go ahead. I would love to hear you play" with a smile.
Amiboshi took a seat on a chair near the bed as he held the flute near his lips, closed his eyes, and began to create beautiful music. It flowed in the air and traveled to Minako ears. She watched the talented boy play for her as she was lost in her own world. Everything around her disappeared and the only thing in her sight was Amiboshi.
She felt warm inside and she couldn't help feel a rush of happiness overpower her depression. Minako slowly took a seat on her soft king-size bed and laid her chin on her hands. She wouldn't mind hearing the beautiful flute song the rest of her life. It made her forget about everything. Her troubles, her feelings......... she didn't even realize it... her twin sister.
When the music stopped, Amiboshi opened his eyes to look up at Minako. She also had her eyes close as she was listening to the music that was once played. When hearing the end of the melody, she opened her eyes to reveled dreamy blue orbs.
"That was so beautiful" she commented, causing a smile and light blush to spread across the flute player's face.
"Thank you" she added.
"Anytime. Whenever you feel down, let me know so I can help relieve it." Amiboshi spoke.
They were interrupted by a knock at the door. It was Nuriko notifying that dinner was ready.
"Shall we go?" Minako asked, extending her hand out to help Amiboshi off the chair.
Seeing her smile, Amiboshi took her hand. He unwillingly let go when on his feet, and went to join Nuriko outside. Seeing the young boy in his priestess's room, Nuriko got a bit suspicious. He completely forgot about though when Minako started a conversation with him.
To Be Continued...
A/N: That's all for now! I already have the next chapter done but I think I'm going to hold it off for now. And I since summer vacation is coming real soon for me, I'll be updating regularly with all my fics! Thanks to all my reviewers!
And also, thanks to Silver Moon Princess for the e-mail!!!