CAN:
Riina: *pops up with a chibi grin* Guess who's back behind the keyboard?
Vash: (her muse) *lightly bonks her over her head with a mischief grin* Now lets cut the crap and lets get on with the show! ^^.
*stuffs a donut in his mouth to quiet him down* You've spent too much time with Tasuki, luv... *smirks amusedly* Oh, almost forgot the claimers. Now everybody say with me; We. Own. No one. *snaps* *mutters* damn... Got it folks? Good! ^^
Tasuki: (also her muse) So does that mean we can go? *lopside smirk and starts to walk away*
*yanks Tasuki back from his necklaces* Oh no ya don't... Come back here red....
Tasuki: Yipe!...*gack* @@
Chichiri: (yes, he too is my muse) *holds up a sign* And this stands for mind talk no da! ^#
sign: [ ~......~ ]
That should be all folks! Now, on with the fic! ^^
Vash: *through the donut* 'Bout time missie! ^~.
Oh, I forgot! There's also music episode.... (yeah, got carried away) Mizu Kagami by Chichiri.
Chapter 10
In Riina's Point of View *Run for Your Lives*
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Kouji was ending his late check rounds as he walked by Chichiri's room door. He paused for a moment before knocking at his door and poking his head in with a friendly smile. He hadn't know the seishi for long, but any friend Genrou's was friend of his. He saw the monk sitting on his bed, reading a scroll in the light of a couple of candles he had lit to the small table that was pulled next to his bed. Kouji had no idea where he had gotten the scroll, since there was only couple of map scrolls on the whole fortress...
"Ne, Chichiri. Wana come to check on Lana's sis if there's any change on her condition?" he asked.
Chichiri looked up from his scroll. "What happened to "kittling" no da?" he asked amusedly, his mask smiling.
"She'll probably beat the living daylight outa me if she hears me using that pet name again." Kouji winced.
"A very wise choice no da." Chichiri agreed.
"So ya coming or what?" Kouji stated by the door.
"Hai. I need to check something about of her anyway no da." Chichiri nodded putting aside his scroll and following Kouji to the hall.
Soon they reached the girls room door that was still firmly closed. Kouji carefully opened it, trying not to make too much of a noise. The room was dark and quiet. Chichiri lit up the candles on top if the drawer as they stepped in. The warm golden light revealed Riina's still sleeping form lying on the bed, covers pulled to her shoulder. She hadn't as much as twitched her nose since Chichiri had teleported them back to the room.
"This is creepy." Kouji muttered as he looked around, listening the steady breathing of the girl.
Chichiri ignored him and walked calmly to the bed's side and leaned a little closer, reaching his left hand few inches above Riina's relaxed face to take a closer look at her chi. Her chi was now strong enough that she should have already woke up. Chichiri frowned behind of his mask at this. Her chi had turned into total opposite of the caring cheerful and light hearted patterns he had sensed on the first time he had met her into a dark, almost black swirls of pained sorrow and hatred. But still deep underneath of all this he noticed a pulse of a faint crimson red glow like Lana had.
'This is bad no da.' he thought to himself as he straightened himself and tilted his head with a thoughtful look.
"So?" Kouji asked from behind of Chichiri. He had been quietly waiting for him to say something. "Is she gona wake up anytime soon?"
"There's something else into this no da." Chichiri muttered, tapping his chin with his index finger. "It's more like something is holding her back, as if she wouldn't want to wake up no da. And the longer she stays that way, the harder it is for her to return no da" 'That is, until she reaches the point where she can't turn back anymore no da.' he added to himself.
"So will I go and get the water bucket?" Kouji joked and smirked.
"No, no da." Chichiri sighed and turned around with a thoughtful look. "I'm going to try something. Would you please leave the room and make sure I won't be distracted no da?" he asked.
Kouji blinked at this and stared at the monk standing in front of him. "HENTAI!!" He shouted "She unconscious. Helpless! Ya can't.." he exclaimed and was cut off by the hot 'Nothing-like-that.-Get-a-life,-why-don't-cha.' glare Chichiri shot at him that even through his mask made Kouji to take a step back. "I'll just shut up now." he waved his hands in defense.
Chichiri rubbed his temples and sincerely wished that he hadn't left his staff to his room, so that he could hit Kouji over his head right now or that Tasuki would be here to flame his friend. To think of that he would ever...
"I'm going to do a sort of spell to see if I could reach her and see what's going on no da. The thing is, that I've never tried it before, so I need to fully concentrate into it to make sure nothing won't go wrong no da." he patiently explained to Kouji.
Kouji slightly paled. He had once heard of a mage who's spell had back fired because of an interference. Let's just say that they had been able to sweep what had been left of the mansion into a mach box. Not a nice thought. And he was looking at a mage, who was a surviving Suzaku Seishi on top of that. Kouji twitched as he imagined of what could happen to the mountain itself. Definitely not a nice thought. "Why don't I just make sure that no one won't come bothering ya." Kouji swallowed and backed out of the door, slamming it close behind of him.
Chichiri smiled amusedly behind of his mask. He had only tricked Kouji on the part of a spell. What he was going to try was actually just some telepathy. But he hadn't actually ever tried to enter into a mind of an unconscious and angry person before. The trick could hurt someone badly. Namely, himself.
Chichiri walked to Lana's bed and sat down on it. 'I hope she won't mind no da...' he thought as he lied down on his back and relaxed. Out of habit he reached to brush his Seishi mark on his knee to quickly reach for Tasuki to check on him. Chichiri blinked and smiled when he sensed Tasuki's relaxed chi and Lana's chi next to him. Apparently the two of them had lost into a conversation and it seemed to his surprise that Tasuki was enjoying of her company. He cut the light connection and pulled back. He had a job to do. Chichiri cleared his mind and slowly reached towards the girl lying next bed.
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He opened both of his eyes just to find himself to be surrounded by darkness. He had expected this much. As he started to walk deeper on the darkness something started to push against him, trying to turn him away.
'So she's aware in some level.' Chichiri nodded in approval and continued his way onward in what felt like a strong current against him. Soon the invisible current turned into ripping thorns that were cutting his cloak and pants, stinging at him, but not drawing blood. He gritted his teeth and still pushed onward, determined to reach the part of girl that was still awake. As the thorns grew thicker and started to scratch him seriously through his shredded shirt, as if warning that the next thing would hurt him, Chichiri clenched his fist, gathering his powers and his seishi symbol started to glow over his heart, surrounding him with a warm red glow. He gently pushed the invisible thorns aside and stepped into something that felt like an empty clearing.
Chichiri looked around, trying to decide where to head next when something big started to form from the black emptiness. The white with shades of grey slowly took a form of big monster for a tiger. It snarled to him, ears flat and bared it's fangs to him. It's eyes were burning with rage. For some reason it reminded Chichiri of a royally pissed off Byakko.
Chichiri swallowed as he watched the tiger to crouch with a hiss and ready to hit him with his huge paw. Suddenly he blinked as he realized something. 'It looks dangerous and ready to kill, but I can't sense any anger na no da.' he looked closer at the growling beast. 'It's just like a wounded cat. Making it self to look big and threatening, trying to hide its fright no da. Perhaps...' he swallowed and stepped closer of the tiger, spreading his arms and smiling calmingly.
~Now now there no da. There's no need to raise your hackles little one no da. See? I'm not gona harm you.~ he decided to risk it and opened his mind to send reassuring and soothing thoughts to it to show that he wasn't going to do anything.
Slowly the tiger reached toward him as if to take a whiff of him. As Chichiri watched it shrank down and turned into a tiger striped cat that reached to his shoulder.
~There we go no da.~ he gently smiled to it and reached to touch the big cat. It suddenly flinched away and gave him a long thoughtful look. Then the cat started to slowly walk around him and turn into a grey fog that wrapped itself around him.
~What?...~ Chichiri blinked when the fog turned into scenery. 'So it was kind of her line of defense turned into a gate.' he thought.
He looked around of what seemed to be steep, smooth rocks on the shore of a raging sea. Everything was made of black and white with shades of grey. There was gathering dark storm clouds over the black sea, where the big waves were hitting the shore.
Curiously Chichiri looked down at himself and blinked again. His prayer beads were gone and his shirt and cloak had merged into a loose shirt that had long sleeves which flapped on the wind. The left side of the shirt was blue with shimmering white bubble pattern where the right side had stayed creamy white. He still had his forest green pants and flat black shoes, but his leggings were missing and the loosely flapping legs of his pants reached to his ankles. His short, light blue hair had turned into a thick and long one pulled into a ponytail that reached half way to his back. Chichiri reached to wipe few long bangs away from his face when his hand froze to his face. His mask was also gone. He reached to touch his left eye. The eye was open, but the scar was still there. Suddenly he noticed a perhaps 19 or 20 year old girl sitting on the rocks, her knees tightly pulled to her chest and arms wrapped around the legs. She was outlined with faintly glowing golden light.
'That must be her.' Chichiri thought and walked to her side and quietly sat down next to her.
~Long time no see, Riina-chan no da~ he stated calmly, looking at the raging sea. There was no answer. She was staring at the sea through half closed eyes.
~Where are we?~ Chichiri asked in a conversation like tone.
There was a long silence.
~It's Nauvo. An islands area on the coast near Turku.~ she finally answered with a voice barely above a whisper. ~I love the place.~
There was another long silence.
~Who are you?~ Riina suddenly asked, never turning her gaze off the sea. Chichiri got the feeling that she didn't just mean his name.
~I'm...~ he paused to think and then gave a small smile. ~I am Houjun.~ his seishi sign faintly glowed through his shirt.
~Nice to meet ya Houjun.~ He could sense her to smile faintly back.
~Why don't you come back Riina-kun? You are missed.~ he finally asked.
~-Kun?~ she asked with bitter amuse. ~Hardly deserve that.~
There was another pause.
~I can't come back. It hurts too much.... Why? Why does it hurt? I can't remember...~ she trailed off.
After a few moments Houjun turned to look at her. She was frowning now instead of the empty look she had had. The wind was rising and turning cold.
~You have to come back. It hurts Lana-chan to see you like this.~
~Lana?...~ Riina asked. Her head suddenly snapped up her eyes wide. ~Lana! I rember!~ she mind screamed as a black lightning hit the sea few yards away from them. Then she turned to look at Houjun for the first time. There were tears falling down her cheek.
~I can't! I don't want nor deserve to get back.~ she sobbed to him and closed her eyes, turning away from him.
~You are still alive! You can't throw that away.~ Houjun snapped, grasping her shoulder and turned her to look at him. He had come too close of her to let her slip away. If she would decide to let go of her life now, she would pull him with her. ~Do you want to hurt your sister by dying after saving her life?~
~But how can I? How can I go on after such a horrible thing I did?~ she choked and showed him at her palms that were blooded. She bit her lower lip and looked down, clenching her hand into a fist. It started raining, but the dark grey drops didn't touch the two of them.
Houjun gently tilted her head to look at her eyes. ~You will.~ he assured softly with a small smile. He hesitated for a moment before he showed his own hand and slowly opened his fingers, revealing deep open scars on his palm that were still slightly bleeding. ~I hurts but with time, you'll survive. Trust me.~ he said quietly to Riina, who was looking sadly at his hand.
Houjun twitched on surprise when she took his hand to hers and carefully traced the edges of the scars. He felt a tickling sensation, when the slow bleeding on his palm stopped, though the scars still stayed open. 'She's trying to heal me... Comforting me...' Houjun looked at the girl in front of him. 'Though it should be I, who should be healing her.'
~I'm scared.~ Riina whispered, not looking up from his hand.
~Daijubou. You won't be alone. I'll be there to help you.~ Houjun grinned cheerfully to her.
~Promise?~ she looked up and first time noticed him smiling. She gave a small smile and a chocked chuckle escaped from her lips.
~Y'know...~ she stated slowly as she started to disappear. ~You're really cute when you smile, Chiri-kun.~
Houjun blushed and ran his fingers through his now long hair embarrassedly.
~Eh?.. Wha-Wait!~ he shouted when she disappeared, leaving him alone to the dark shores. Before Houjun had the chance to react, a pulse of chi hit him, feeling like as if he had run with full speed into a soft wall. A bit roughly but determinedly he was being pushed away from Riina's mind and everything turned black once again. He was still gathering speed when his mind returned to his body with a jolt, making him to gasp for air.
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Chichiri opened his eye and slowly stretched his every limb.
'How long have I been out no da?' he thought as he carefully sat up, rubbing his face and glanced at the candles over the drawer. The shortest one had already burned out. 'Longer than I thought.' he mused and turned to look at the sleeping figure on the next bed. He crossed his legs and waited. He idly wondered what Tasuki and Lana were doing, and how badly would Lana kill him if Riina wouldn't decide to wake up.
Soon Riina sighed and stretched dedicatedly, turning to her side, her eyes still closed and her features sleepy relaxed.
"Good evening, Riina-kun no da" Chichiri greeted cheerfully, using his chibi voice. He inwardly sighed with relief.
Riina wrinkled her nose annoyedly and quickly pulled the covers over her head with a snarl, not saying a word.
"You had a long sleep no da." Chichiri continued.
The only answer he got was a muffled mix of snarl and growl coming from under the blankets. Chichiri could sense the frustration and anger glowing from her.
"Are you feeling any better?" he tried, not wanting to give up.
"Why don't cha stuff it and climb up to a spruce." * Riina quietly muttered from under the covers, still not looking up.
* CAN: A Finnish phrase "painu kuuseen", which is not so polite suggestion for someone to go away / take a hike, is literally translated as "climb up to a spruce" or "go to spruce" ^^;
Chichiri winced at this. Though he didn't understand what she was saying, but the sharp tone told more than clearly to him that it certainly was no compliment.
'Ignore it. She doesn't mean it.' Chichiri sighed. 'She's just hurt and angry, and you just happen to be there to take it on you.' but he couldn't help feeling hurt. After few moments he could hear her sigh from under the covers. The colour of her chi changed from deep red angry into a blue, almost violet of regret and depression.
"I'm sorry." Riina said, pulling the blanket off and pushing it to her legs. "I shouldn't have snapped to you like that Chiri." she said ashamedly and hung her head as she pushed herself into half sitting position, leaning to elbow. "I didn't mean it."
"That's okay no da." Chichiri waved his hand reassuringly. "You get used to it around Tasuki-kun no da." he chuckled.
"*che*" Riina snorted heartedly. She took a deep breath and climbed to sit up, legs crossed, shoulders hunched sleepily and leaned her chin to her hand. "Ne, Chiri... How come..." she trailed off as she looked up to Chichiri and something triggered a chain of memories flooding to her mind uncontrollably.
* CAN: Start playing Chichiri's song Mizu Kagami here folks.
"Oh my Gods." she whispered with wide eyes and reached her badly shaking fingers to her lips. "What did I do?" she choked, grasping her pillow and pulling it to her arms, hugging it tightly.
Chichiri watched as her shoulders started shaking with a held up cry and she reached to rub her nose and tried to unnoticeably whip tears away from the corner of her eye. He quietly stood up and sat down next to Riina on her bed and put his hand to her shoulder. Riina flinched and pulled away from his touch. She looked up, wringing the pillow on her hands.
"Why?" she started "And... And.. How... Just..." she choked, gesturing around and a tear trailed down her cheek. "And and how can.. "she sniffled and gestured to Chichiri "Just.... Everything's..." she trailed off and sobbed, burying her face into the pillow.
Chichiri looked at her for a second, his mask curled up into a sad frown. Slowly he reached up, taking off his mask and then reached to the sobbing, curled up figure next to him, putting his arm around Riina's shoulders and gently pulled her into a hug. Whitout a word Riina wrapped her arms around his slim waist, burying her face to his chest and started to sob into his shirt.
"Hush hush. It'll turn out all right." Chichiri said soothingly as he leaned his chin on top of her head and ran his long fingers through her hair. 'Why do I have a feeling of dejá vu?' he thought as he closed his eye. Suddenly he remembered. 'Oh yes. Once I comforted Kouran like this when her parents once considered of moving out of the village. We got engaged soon after that.' a small smile flickered on his lips on this memory but soon faded as he remembered what had happened soon after that.
"N-no… no it... won't." Riina hiccupped shaking her head and wiped her tears into his kesa. "I.. I... I hurted people. And worse." she sniffled and took a shivering breath. "So wrong." she whispered. "You can't understand...." she started and suddenly stopped when she realized of what she was doing and to whom she was talking to. Riina suddenly let go and leaned back, noticing the pained look that passed on Chichiri's face, and held her hands up in apology. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to latch into ya like that." she sniffed once more, grinning sheepishly and rubbed her neck. "They probably have some rules for that or something...." she muttered.
"Actually, I'm not really a monk. More like of a novice no da. So I don't think those rules consider me so strictly na no da." Chichiri sifted and leaned back into a more comfortable position, and tilting his head away little to hide his scar.
Riina took this in the wrong way and flopped to her side on the bed. "Man... I'm just hell of a bunch of trouble on your hair..." she sighed depressed, feeling like piece of the worst crap on the whole two worlds.
Chichiri looked at her, cocking his brows. "It's a short hair no da...." he smiled lightly, running his fingers through his long bangs. This earned a choked laughter from the bed on his side.
Riina climbed back up with a small smile and reached to gently tug his long, silky bangs. "One could say so." she smirked and curiously studied his face.
Chichiri was surprised that she didn't as much as flinch by the sight of the scar closing his left eye. Suddenly Riina frowned and grasped his right hand, turning it to see his palm. Chichiri turned SD and sweat dropped at this.
"Anou..." he started.
Riina just shook her head and let go of his hand. "Just a freaky dream I saw.... It felt so real that for a moment I thought that it was real. Stupid, ne?"
Chichiri sifted again to sit next to Riina and both of them leaned to the wall that was on behind of the bed. He was surprised that she could remember anything at all of their conversation and reached to rustle her hair.
"I wouldn't say so no da." he smiled.
After a few moments as Chichiri rested his hand calmly on top of her head, Riina slowly leaned her head to his shoulder and closed her eyes with a sigh.
Another quiet moments went and Chichiri felt as her breath started to get calmer and her thoughts sleepier.
~Why are you being so nice?~ Riina suddenly asked with a sleepy voice on his mind. Chichiri blinked at this and then smiled.
~Let's just say there's a promise I made.~ he answered on his mind.
There was silence where Chichiri could sense Riina lightly smiling amusedly. Then, as she was on the verge of falling to sleep.
~Will you guard my sleep, Houjun?~
Chichiri mentally jumped out of his skin and shouted NANI?! for her using his actual name.
~I will.~ he ran his fingers soothingly through her hair, and was about to fall asleep himself to join Riina on her dreams when there was shouting heard from behind the room's door.
"WHAT DO YA MEAN I CAN'T GO IN?!"
There was more voices coming from the corridor behind the door, starting to raise into a shouting with cursing and obvious life threats. Then there was an audible wham and you could almost cut the silence that followed it. The door almost flew out of its place when it was whammed open and fuming Lana stamped in. She saw maskles Chichiri and Riina sitting side by side in sleep, Riina curled comfortably in Chichiri's arms.
"*hnh*?" Riina stirred, yawning and reached to rub her eyes. Chichiri also blinked sleepily and slowly waked up.
"RIIIIINAAA!!!" Lana squealed and launched herself onto her sister, tackling both Riina and Chichiri into a bear hug with such a force that the two of them slid onto their backs.
Chichiri blushed and Riina giggled as the madly grinning redhead took a better position on top of the two of them to hug both of them on the same time.
"Hi!" Lana smirked to Riina "Missed ya." and then looked at Chichiri. "Y'know Chichiri, if I'd found anyone else on this room than you, I'd probably beaten the living daylights outa him." Lana grinned.
"Actually..." Riina started and grinned. "This is pretty nice." she pulled both Chichiri and Lana into a hug, snuggling to bury her face between the two of them, making Lana to laugh and Chichiri to blush even more. "But one thing is missing to make the world perfect again..."
"Da..." Chichiri sweat dropped as Riina grinned even more.
Riina let go of Lana and reached her hand towards the door, where Tasuki was standing and trying to decide whether to laugh his head off, sweat drop, or die in embarrassment.
"Tasuki! Care to join us?" Riina held her hand for the bandit. "I think there's still room for you..." she smiled to Tasuki, who facefaulted.
Lana turned to grin to Tasuki and sifted to lie on top of Chichiri, who was blushing deep red.
"Yeah, Taaa-su-ki-CHAN! C'me on and join the fun!" Lana laughed.
"You're crazy, red." Tasuki gave a smug smirk and couldn't help for playful mood that took over him. He walked by the bed and sat down behind Riina, leaning to his side over her, putting his elbow on Lana's back and leaning his chin to his hand. "Now ain't this cosy" he flashed his trademark fanged smirk.
Riina gave a happy sigh, being so close of her friends and snuggled to get more comfortable position, trying to hold all three on the same time and leaned her cheek onto Chichiri's crook of neck, her nose brushing teasingly his left ear, and closed her eyes.
"Now I just wish that the time would stop." Riina sighed and smiled.
"Me too!" Lana grinned and leaned closer to Tasuki, who blinked and sifted his elbow better on her back.
"*che* Hate to admit it but... I've missed of feeling the others. It's nice to feel Suzaku seishi's chi again." Tasuki smiled crookedly and closed his eyes relaxedly.
"No...Da..." Chichiri choked looking unease and sifted uncomfortably.
~Afraid of you might enjoy of this?~ Riina asked on his mind, teasing gently, but giving him some space what possible.
~No... They're heavy...~ Chichiri answered back annoyedly and then shouted out loud. "Now get off of me no DA!" fighting for air.
"Why, Chichiri, are you suggesting that we should move?" Lana asked from the monk, nose to nose, with wide eyes and smirked.
"No, he's saying that you're heavy!" Tasuki smirked and leaned to lie fully across Riina and Lana, adding his weight to Lana's on top of Chichiri.
"Ow! Tasuki! You're heavy!" Riina complained laughing.
"DA!" Chichiri gacked "That's it no da." He quickly closed his eye on concentration and disappeared with a pulse of a red light, appearing again to fall on Lana's bed. The stunt left Lana and Tasuki hanging in the air for a second with huge eyes before they came down to the bed with a crash.
"Ne, Tasuki. What were you talking about of feeling Suzaku chi again?" Riina asked when Tasuki climbed up from the messed heap they had landed.
"Well.... It seems that we've got some Seishi powers." Lana explained, looking at Riina nervously as Tasuki stood up to sit down to Lana's bed with Chichiri, who had slipped his mask back.
"What?" Riina asked dangerously with a blank look. "What are you talking about of? That's not possible."
"Don't look at me. It's not MY fault!...." Lana's ears suddenly turned into a anime styled cat ears and she flattened them back nervously.
"*er* Lana... What just happened to your ears?" Riina blinked, pointing at Lana's head as Lana scratched her right shoulder blade in unease.
"The both of you have a trace of Suzaku Seishi's chi on you no da. Apparently Lana can sift shape and is able to talk with animals. And it seems that your gift is being able of move things through chi no da. And I suspect the telepath you've shown is a one side of that power na no da." Chichiri explained from Lana's bed.
"Telekinesis? Like you do Chiri?" Riina asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, just like I do no da." Chichiri nodded and demonstrated, shutting the room door with twist of his wrist.
"But... That's not possible!.... And I haven't ever talked through minds. *argh* Will someone just tell me what's going on here?!" Riina threw her hands to the air in frustration.
Soon Chichiri, Tasuki and Lana had told her what had happened since the fight with the bandits. Riina rubbed her temple with her left hand, looking annoyed. Chichiri could feel her chi gathering, ready to break something, ready to hit anything or anyone who'd finally tick her off.
"Hunting? What else...." Riina shot an disproving glance to Lana, who actually shrank under the look.
"It was more like a tracking. Nothing happened." Tasuki interrupted, trying to save Lana's skin.
~Mou... You need to calm down Riina-kun, before something happens.~ Chichiri send a soothing thought to her.
~If I ever get my hands on him, I'm SO gona fry him...~ Riina growled back and then looked surprised at Chichiri. ~I didn't say that just out loud.~ She said to him in awe, forgetting her anger.
~No, you didn't.~ Chichiri smiled to her. He received a delighted bubbling laughter from the girl, which pleasantly tickled at his mind.
~You've dropped you "no da's".~ Riina suddenly commented, raising her brows to Chichiri.
~No I haven't.~ Chichiri mentally smiled ~If I use them on my speech, it doesn't mean I think like that no da.~
~Good point. Forgot that.~ Riina commented thoughtfully.
Tasuki and Lana blinked at the sudden silence and change of look on Riina's face. They looked at between Riina and Chichiri, sensing that something was passing between the two of them.
"Earth calling for Riina, do you read me?" Lana snapped her fingers in front of the older girl's face, who blinked and looked at her.
"*huh*? What?" She blinked.
"And on what solar system where you? *sheesh*" Lana sweat dropped.
"Nothing. I was just thinking." Riina answered.
"No kidding." Tasuki snorted.
"*che* I was just pondering of the thing of Lana understanding animals and her shape sifting powers. If I recall anything, every seishi has just one power, right? Like your speed, Nuriko's strength, Mits healing and so on." Chichiri nodded at this, wondering how she could know such things.
"Except some have more talents as a sort of a side effect of their powers, like your teleportation and stuff are actually part of your magic, Chichiri, right?"
"That's true no da." Chichiri agreed again. Now Lana and Tasuki were also listening to her.
"So everything basically depends of the gift and how talented are you. Or how much have you trained your power. On Lana's case when she changes a shape, she truly comes a, say, a wolf, because she absorbs the essence of the wolf, it's instincts and stuff. That a way she also can communicate with them." Riina frowned and sighed. "Damn this is so difficult to explain...'Specially on English."
~Then do it the different way.~ Chichiri suggested.
~Can I do that?~ Riina asked surprised.
~It's simple. Just show us what are you seeing.~ he nodded encouragingly.
~Okay guys. I'll try to show you something.~ Riina now directed her thoughts to all three.
"What?!" Lana blinked.
Suddenly images briefly flashed on Lanas', Tasukis' and Chichiris' minds, showing what Riina was trying to explain, and what she thought could be going on.
"Wow!" Tasuki stated blinking and then rubbed his temples.
"No kidding! But that's somewhat exactly what I feel when I'm around the animals." Lana agreed.
Riina groaned and fell on her side to the bed, holding her head.
"Hey sis! Are you okay Riina?" Lana asked, looking worried.
"*nnnh* Just my head is killing me." she grimaced, looking up. The corner of her left eye was turning angry red. Chichiri kneeled next to her on the bedside and lightly put his fingers on her forehead.
~I can feel them. I can feel them all. And I can't turn it off. I'm losing it.~ Riina whispered painedly to Chichiri
~It'll be okay. I'll just put up few wards for now.~ he quietly stated to Riina.
~I think I have a lot to learn.~
~Don't worry about it. I'll teach you.~ Chichiri smiled on her mind ~I kind of have to, don't I.~
"Hey! No mind talking on company! It's rude." Tasuki complained loudly and Lana crossed her arms in agreement as Riina pushed herself into a upper position, lying on her side and leaning to her elbow, a pillow under her arm.
"But since ya look better now, how's about ya two tell us of who you really are and where ya come from?" Tasuki asked in a calm way, that didn't accept any arguments as Chichiri sat back to Lana's bed.
Riina raised her brow questioningly to Lana.
"Is there something I should know kittling?" she asked.
"Wellllll.... I kinda promised that we'd explain everything when you'd wake up sis...." Lana winced, looking guilty.
Riina sighed and climbed sitting up, leaning to the wall.
"May as well." she agreed and then looked at the two Seishi calmly. "We'll try to tell you what we can, whitout lies. It's up to you whether you decide to believe us or not."
"Why not telling everything while you're at it?" Tasuki asked suspiciously, crossing his arms over his chest.
"'Cuz we know things that you don't. And we don't afford to change of what will happen." Lana snapped to Tasuki.
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Yess! Finally! The long waited confrontations! So stay tuned for the next chapter! ^^ *mweh* I'm so evil… So how was it folks? Was the chappy okay? Should go crumble under my bed? Push the little button down there and tell me! ^^ Not THAT ONE!! The review one!! -_-;;
paws-bells – Hi ya sweetie! ^^ *grins and gives a Tasuki plushie* Well, I hope that he can keep you some company while waiting for the next chapter. If you liked of how long the last chapter was, what do you think of this one? ^~ Dun worry. There'll be more screen time for everybody on the next chappy.
chiri26 - *huggz* Hi Angela and welcome back! ^^ *gives a Chichiri plushie* Long time no see! I almost thought that you had totally deserted us. *smile* If you looked this chapter carefully, you can notice that I had made tiny fixations to it, since the last time you saw it. *smiles* *nah* Tasuki and Chichiri won't be afraid of Lana…. But wouldn't you be afraid if some mad redhead would suddenly attack you, throttling you and slam you to the wall? ^~
neokosazume – Hi! ^^ Thank you for your review and I'm glad that you have enjoyed of our fic this far and I hope that you didn't disappoint to this chappy. *blushes for the compliments* Arigato! =^^= *smiles and gives a cute Tasuki plushie*
Kyoko Misami – Hello! ^^ I'm glad that you enjoyed of the fic. *hugs her head* I know, I know…. I think all the FY characters are more or less OOC… But I'll try to avoid that on the future, ne? ^^; *gives a cute Tasuki plushie to cuddle* *winks* I hope that he makes it up… ^~