Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yugi; the fabulous Yu Watase does and
continues to do so along with other big people who have lots of money.
A/N: I'm so sorry that it took so long in getting up this chapter. This replaces the original chapter 4 and I hope you guys like this one better. I really got stuck in a rut on this one, so I would like to thank KittyLynne and my best friend for helping me and giving me the nudge that I needed to fix this chapter. ^_^ Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 4: Flames of Suzaku
Suzaku-sekun opened his eyes quickly; something was terribly wrong. He hoped nothing was wrong with his precious miko; a faint smile curved his lips as he imagined their coupling. He had spied on his miko, dying to get even the tiniest glimpse.
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Nakago smirked as he sent the first chi blast towards Nina, stricken by fear she could not move a muscle. Nuriko was yelling for Nina to move quickly out of the way.
Ryuen could stand it no longer, he pushed his way in front of Nina and took the chi blast for her.
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Flames shot up around Suzaku, he uncrossed his arms and let his wings unfurl. Something was defiantly amiss with his miko. He opened his mind and heart.
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Ryuen landed with a dull thud to the floor. The sound brought Nina back to reality quickly. She stood there looking at Ryuen as a whirlwind of emotions started to spin through her. Surprise. A rush of gratitude. Worry. Hatred. Concern. Puzzlement. Yet there was one other nudging its way gently to the forefront of her senses. A look of confusion was stuck on her face as Nakago began to wind up again and Nuriko was yelling at her to get down. Love! That was it! That's what was nudging its way ever so gently, but in a rush there it was.
Nina was by Ryuen's body in a flash.
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Yes! That's where the disturbance was coming from. Suzaku saw his miko by a body. It was somebody she obviously cared about. He could read her thoughts, 'Ryuen, you baka! Why did you do that? Why!' That last syllable held a note of anguish. He could see Nuriko in the background barred from Nina. He frowned in concentration. Nuriko was basically useless, there was no way that he could disrupt Nakago's chi from here. So using the power of Nina's love for her friend and his love for her as his miko, he sent her the power to defend herself.
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Kneeling by Ryuen's body she felt a warm feeling overwhelm her body. It was like the feeling was being diffused through her body. Nina looked up from Ryuen's body and glared at Nakago. In her mind she felt a surreal calm as every action she did was done deliberately. Nina lifter her hands as she began to form a chi blast from the power within her.
As the chi formed in her hand, her body lifted off the ground. Nakago's smirk left his face as he noticed Nina's growing power. Nina's chi blast was about the size of a fist and she was a foot off the ground. She hovered there for a few minutes and then pushed her chi blast towards Nakago, with incredible strength. He sent a blast towards her, but Nina's was quicker and melted his armor, disrupting his chi. Nina fell to the ground near Ryuen's body. Nuriko was able to run to his priestess and grab her before Nakago had a chance to recover.
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"Come on Ni-chan, please wake up," Nuriko pleaded with an unconscious Nina. He slapped her lightly on the cheek. Her eyelids fluttered softly. Nuriko smiled as she opened her eyes fully and was surprised when she let out a tiny squeak.
"Nuriko...uhm...do you think you could give me some breathing space?"
It took Nuriko a minute to realize that he was almost nose-to-nose with her. He backed quickly away, "Can you walk?"
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Suzaku bit back a smile as he watched his seishi interact with his miko. Only he knew of his seishi's feelings, both Hotohori and Nuriko felt something other than friendship for their miko. He thought back to when he had given her the power to defend herself, she is a strong young woman. His heart grew even more with the love he felt for his miko.
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As Nuriko and Nina traveled back to Konan, she asked about Ryuen, " How come you didn't take him with us?"
"There was no time."
"Oh." Nina looked crestfallen.
Nuriko didn't like they way Nina had gone all silent on him. "Come on Ni-chan, out with it, what's on your mind?"
Nina sighed before she started talking, " You know something, and Nuri-chan, and I didn't even realize I had feelings for him – "
"He who, Ni-chan?"
"Ryuen. We've been close for years and I never realized how I felt about him until he took that blast thingy –"
"Chi blast, Ni-chan."
"Right, chi blast. I felt love, but I was angry at him because he did something so stupid."
"Stupid?"
"Well, not stupid, you know what I mean, right?"
"Sure Ni-chan, I do." Nuriko looked over at Nina and grinned. 'So, she's in love with Ryuen, that would break Hotohori-sama's heart, and who better to comfort him than me!'
Nina and Nuriko fell into an easy silence as they rode along back to the palace. Nuriko this time broke the silence. "Nina, do you realize you're more powerful than you think?"
"Huh? Nuri-chan what are you talking about?" Nina asked, twisting around so she could look at Nuriko.
"I'm talking about that chi-blast you sent towards Nakago, you injured him didn't you?"
"I only remember the one chi-blast that Nakago sent towards me and Ryuen blocked it."
"So you don't remember, looking at Nakago and glaring at him and floating and forming this chi-blast?"
"No...why did I do that?"
"Yup. You did, but you also had this red aura about you, so maybe...I don't know really I'll have to talk to Hotohori-sama about this one."
"Hey wait! Don't I get to talk to Hotohori-sama too?? I mean it is about me, so I need to be present obviously."
Nuriko sighed and rolled his eyes; "Of course you can Ni-chan"
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It had taken them an additional two more days to get back to the palace. Nina had come to terms with Ryuen being the Seiryuu no Miko and her love for him. As a result of this journey Nuriko and Nina would become the closest of her seishi.
When they finally arrived at the palace, travel weary and dusty; they were ushered into the private quarters of Hotohori-sama. Nina soberly told him of the events that took place in her brief meeting with Ryuen. She left out the part of her encounter with Nakago. She didn't intentionally leave it out, she didn't know it occurred.
Nuriko requested a private audience with Hotohori after Nina would leave. He had many puzzling things to talk about with the emperor and wanted to do so in private. Luckily he wouldn't have long to wait. Nina was already looking like she would fall asleep in her chair so she gave Hotohori a hug and said she wanted to be back in her room.
As she did so, she looked over Hotohori's shoulder. She saw a dark shadow looming in the doorway; yelling and footsteps could be heard in the background. "Hotohori who's that?" she questioned as both Nuriko and Hotohori looked in the direction of the doorway.
A/N: Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Gomen ne for taking so long. This defiantly has a different feel to the story. Don't get me wrong it's a positive direction, more of what I envisioned when I started to write it (well maybe not quite but close) I hope to get chapter 5 up sooner than this one and maybe finish that chapter for Ayla & Shim ne? I wonder if there is a phrase for a priest...you know like Suzaku no Miko means Priestess of Suzaku...I wonder would it still be the same for Priest of Seiryuu...any thoughts let me know!
A/N: I'm so sorry that it took so long in getting up this chapter. This replaces the original chapter 4 and I hope you guys like this one better. I really got stuck in a rut on this one, so I would like to thank KittyLynne and my best friend for helping me and giving me the nudge that I needed to fix this chapter. ^_^ Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 4: Flames of Suzaku
Suzaku-sekun opened his eyes quickly; something was terribly wrong. He hoped nothing was wrong with his precious miko; a faint smile curved his lips as he imagined their coupling. He had spied on his miko, dying to get even the tiniest glimpse.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nakago smirked as he sent the first chi blast towards Nina, stricken by fear she could not move a muscle. Nuriko was yelling for Nina to move quickly out of the way.
Ryuen could stand it no longer, he pushed his way in front of Nina and took the chi blast for her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Flames shot up around Suzaku, he uncrossed his arms and let his wings unfurl. Something was defiantly amiss with his miko. He opened his mind and heart.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ryuen landed with a dull thud to the floor. The sound brought Nina back to reality quickly. She stood there looking at Ryuen as a whirlwind of emotions started to spin through her. Surprise. A rush of gratitude. Worry. Hatred. Concern. Puzzlement. Yet there was one other nudging its way gently to the forefront of her senses. A look of confusion was stuck on her face as Nakago began to wind up again and Nuriko was yelling at her to get down. Love! That was it! That's what was nudging its way ever so gently, but in a rush there it was.
Nina was by Ryuen's body in a flash.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Yes! That's where the disturbance was coming from. Suzaku saw his miko by a body. It was somebody she obviously cared about. He could read her thoughts, 'Ryuen, you baka! Why did you do that? Why!' That last syllable held a note of anguish. He could see Nuriko in the background barred from Nina. He frowned in concentration. Nuriko was basically useless, there was no way that he could disrupt Nakago's chi from here. So using the power of Nina's love for her friend and his love for her as his miko, he sent her the power to defend herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
Kneeling by Ryuen's body she felt a warm feeling overwhelm her body. It was like the feeling was being diffused through her body. Nina looked up from Ryuen's body and glared at Nakago. In her mind she felt a surreal calm as every action she did was done deliberately. Nina lifter her hands as she began to form a chi blast from the power within her.
As the chi formed in her hand, her body lifted off the ground. Nakago's smirk left his face as he noticed Nina's growing power. Nina's chi blast was about the size of a fist and she was a foot off the ground. She hovered there for a few minutes and then pushed her chi blast towards Nakago, with incredible strength. He sent a blast towards her, but Nina's was quicker and melted his armor, disrupting his chi. Nina fell to the ground near Ryuen's body. Nuriko was able to run to his priestess and grab her before Nakago had a chance to recover.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
"Come on Ni-chan, please wake up," Nuriko pleaded with an unconscious Nina. He slapped her lightly on the cheek. Her eyelids fluttered softly. Nuriko smiled as she opened her eyes fully and was surprised when she let out a tiny squeak.
"Nuriko...uhm...do you think you could give me some breathing space?"
It took Nuriko a minute to realize that he was almost nose-to-nose with her. He backed quickly away, "Can you walk?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
Suzaku bit back a smile as he watched his seishi interact with his miko. Only he knew of his seishi's feelings, both Hotohori and Nuriko felt something other than friendship for their miko. He thought back to when he had given her the power to defend herself, she is a strong young woman. His heart grew even more with the love he felt for his miko.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
As Nuriko and Nina traveled back to Konan, she asked about Ryuen, " How come you didn't take him with us?"
"There was no time."
"Oh." Nina looked crestfallen.
Nuriko didn't like they way Nina had gone all silent on him. "Come on Ni-chan, out with it, what's on your mind?"
Nina sighed before she started talking, " You know something, and Nuri-chan, and I didn't even realize I had feelings for him – "
"He who, Ni-chan?"
"Ryuen. We've been close for years and I never realized how I felt about him until he took that blast thingy –"
"Chi blast, Ni-chan."
"Right, chi blast. I felt love, but I was angry at him because he did something so stupid."
"Stupid?"
"Well, not stupid, you know what I mean, right?"
"Sure Ni-chan, I do." Nuriko looked over at Nina and grinned. 'So, she's in love with Ryuen, that would break Hotohori-sama's heart, and who better to comfort him than me!'
Nina and Nuriko fell into an easy silence as they rode along back to the palace. Nuriko this time broke the silence. "Nina, do you realize you're more powerful than you think?"
"Huh? Nuri-chan what are you talking about?" Nina asked, twisting around so she could look at Nuriko.
"I'm talking about that chi-blast you sent towards Nakago, you injured him didn't you?"
"I only remember the one chi-blast that Nakago sent towards me and Ryuen blocked it."
"So you don't remember, looking at Nakago and glaring at him and floating and forming this chi-blast?"
"No...why did I do that?"
"Yup. You did, but you also had this red aura about you, so maybe...I don't know really I'll have to talk to Hotohori-sama about this one."
"Hey wait! Don't I get to talk to Hotohori-sama too?? I mean it is about me, so I need to be present obviously."
Nuriko sighed and rolled his eyes; "Of course you can Ni-chan"
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It had taken them an additional two more days to get back to the palace. Nina had come to terms with Ryuen being the Seiryuu no Miko and her love for him. As a result of this journey Nuriko and Nina would become the closest of her seishi.
When they finally arrived at the palace, travel weary and dusty; they were ushered into the private quarters of Hotohori-sama. Nina soberly told him of the events that took place in her brief meeting with Ryuen. She left out the part of her encounter with Nakago. She didn't intentionally leave it out, she didn't know it occurred.
Nuriko requested a private audience with Hotohori after Nina would leave. He had many puzzling things to talk about with the emperor and wanted to do so in private. Luckily he wouldn't have long to wait. Nina was already looking like she would fall asleep in her chair so she gave Hotohori a hug and said she wanted to be back in her room.
As she did so, she looked over Hotohori's shoulder. She saw a dark shadow looming in the doorway; yelling and footsteps could be heard in the background. "Hotohori who's that?" she questioned as both Nuriko and Hotohori looked in the direction of the doorway.
A/N: Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Gomen ne for taking so long. This defiantly has a different feel to the story. Don't get me wrong it's a positive direction, more of what I envisioned when I started to write it (well maybe not quite but close) I hope to get chapter 5 up sooner than this one and maybe finish that chapter for Ayla & Shim ne? I wonder if there is a phrase for a priest...you know like Suzaku no Miko means Priestess of Suzaku...I wonder would it still be the same for Priest of Seiryuu...any thoughts let me know!