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Chapter 6: Steal Away
Alicia sat sobbing in her room, she knew that Tamara and Deirdre would come soon, but she didn't care.
"I just want to leave!" She murmured, looking at the clothes they had given her. She was struck with the desire to leave and finally packed up the things in one of the bags Nuriko had said was for the journeys they had been on.
Quietly she walked outside and ran down the palace steps, up to the huge gates at the entrance. Alicia felt her heart beat in her throat but went ahead outside anyway. 'I'm going alone...' She thought as her feet carried her East.
Deirdre and Tamara sneaked into the room and saw that Alicia was gone, but just as soon as they had realized this, they were back in the temple. Taiitsukun was glaring at them slightly, her wrinkles making her look angry, though she was probably only annoyed.
"You two have come here because of that spell you performed? The third girl, where is she?" Taiitsukun questioned calmly. Deirdre only shook her head in response, trying to hold back tears at the absence of her friend.
"I see, I expected as much. Until then..." Taiitsukun snapped her fingers and Deirdre was enveloped in white light, as Tamara was in green.
When it disappeared they had seishi symbols glowing on their thighs and in Tamara's hands were a bow and arrow set. In Deirdre's was a glaive, but also a ball of yarn. She looked questioningly at it and then turned to Taiitsukun.
"The yarn?" Deirdre asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"You will learn how to use it on your own. Now, everyone leave us, I need to speak with the Priestess." The doors slammed after the seishi and the two girls walked out.
"What was that about? What's happening?" Tamara questioned, though her mind wasn't really concentrating on it.
"We're going to Hokkan. The land of Genbu." Nuriko replied, staring off into the distance.
Deirdre sighed and then turned, walking off, half examining the symbol upon her thigh. From what she could read it said: 'Friendship', it was then that she recalled the spell Elena had wrote, the one that had brought them there.
"To befriend as the I, the Sylph should be able too..." She trailed off as she sat down on some railing, thinking about it. Everything that was happening now was so confusing.
'Even though I love the seishi, I love being with them... I'm starting to think that I would rather go home than be here. My sister, my mother's grave and everything I had back in my world is gone now. I'm left with the fairy tales I used to dream of being in, and I can't stand it!!'
Deirdre furrowed her eyebrows together and rubbed her arms, pushing away the chill.
"To take it back, woah, woah..." She laughed, melancholy in her voice as she shivered once again. 'If only...'
Suddenly the memories of what Faye had said were called back into her mind. 'Soulmate...' Was it even possible that Deirdre's soulmate was one of the anime characters she had dreamed of?
A dream come true, to any fan-girl, but Deirdre was understanding why some of the seishi would not open up to women. True, they loved Miaka, but Miaka was a different soul entirely.
Obviously Tamahome had lost his mother, but he loved Miaka, Hotohori had been ruled over by his mother... Tasuki had his horrible sisters, Mitsukake lost Shoka, Nuriko's sister Kourin died and Chichiri's love Kouran had died. What was it with women being the bad people?!
Deirdre grew frustrated, thinking of Yui, Elena and Faye as well. Weren't they the enemies now at this time?
A/N: Okay, very short, but, anyway... I'm so tired and I couldn't remember exactly what I had written cause the stuff was deleted! So tired... Talking to somebody I really like too, so yeah! Now, review please and maybe I'll get the inspiration to write more! I'm thinking about getting a beta-editor, because I want to revise these chapters... Got to go, later!