Bishonen Beware
(Was listening to "Tears in the Rain", "Rammstein-Engel", "One Winged Angel" and "Simple and Clean" ;) Heya everybody! This is Lana of course, for the next couple of chapters we're going to be writing the personal thoughts of all the chars in BB. Enjoy!
Chapter 15
"In the Mind of a Read-Headed, Female Kamikaze" or "Lana's Thoughts"
Lana's P.O.V.
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Riina, Chisuko, Chichiri, Tasuki and I had been on the road for about a day when I started getting REALLY tired of the scenery. Nothing but mountains, trees, and a horses head in front of me. I've never been really patient to begin with, and this was drivin' me nuts!! And Tasuki.... I love the man with all I've got, but we all have to face it. He just CAN'T ride a damn horse!
"Oi, why're you looking at me all funny, Red?" Tasuki asked me. Gah. Hadn't realized I'd zoned out staring at him.
"I'm boreeddd." I whined, pulling the most pathetic face that I could.
"How about playing a game, Kittling?" Riina suggested, smiling at me understandingly. I grinned back at her. Thank God she came too when I got sent to this place. I wouldn't have been able to make it without her. And she's SEEN what happens when I get bored. Long story. Involves a movie theater, a SERIOUSLY boring movie, and about four pounds of whip cream. But it brought up the entertainment value of the movie by tenfold! Guess she's just trying to cut off the chaos before it starts. Thank you so much sis!
"Ok! What kind of game?" I said, grinning and bouncing in my saddle. Ouch. Reminder to self. Never do that again.
"Hmmm, do you guys know what 'Free Association' is?" Riina asked Tasuki and Chichiri innocently. Ohhhh yes, THIS was going to be fun, I grinned widely. Let the games begin!
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"Ok, this is a really easy game. I just say a word, and you say the first thing that pops into your head." Riina told us cheerfully.
"I think I'll sit this one out, no da." Chichiri decided, smiling at us a little nervously. I pouted, then turned towards Tasuki.
"You're going to play, right? Or is it too scary?" I teased.
"This is gonna be an easy game..." Riina smirked "Just imagine that you're on your therapist." she grinned widely and dodged what she could of my blow. Grrrr, I DID NOT need that psychiatrist, darn it! Hearing things is perfectly normal, it was the neighbors, damn it!
"Alright, for our first word....hmmm... How about flute?" Riina said
"Music?" Lana answered, shrugging.
"D f traitor." Tasuki mumbled angrily. Meaning Amiboshi of course I thought, rolling my eyes.
"No comment." Riina said with a grin. "Ooookay, next word. Suzaku!"
"coughdeadturkeycough" I smiled innocently at Tasuki's glare. "Must be something in my throat."
"Tenkou?" Riina said next, with a predatory grin. I heard a soft growl from Chichiri's direction, but he was smiling when I looked over.
"Disillusioned moron." Tasuki spat hatefully, hands tightening around his reins and causing the horse to jerk a bit. "Whoah! Calm down!"
I grinned back at Riina and chirped, "It's what's for supper!"
"What? Tenkou or morons?" she laughed. "Don't want to have to go cannibal on you and Tasuki." I growled at her and lightly (coughyeahrightcough) hit her upside the head, but she just laughed again.
"Hmm, okay, what do you guys think of when I say 'money'?" Riina stated.
"Cash." I said clasping my hands together as if in prayer with dollar signs in my eyes.
"Looks like we've got our new Tama."
"Hey!" I looked around for whoever said that, but they all looked at me innocently. Grrrrr...
"Money huh? Greedy-blue haired sonnuvabitch. What does he have that I don't, huh?" Tasuki complained.
Riina sighed. "That's actually a good question."
Oh no. We are NOT going into depression! This trip is boring enough as it is without him moping about. "Nothing, Tasuki. You're loads better than he is!" I stated cheerfully, patting him on the back, getting a small smile for my trouble. Yay!
"Welll, maybe he holds his temper better, no da." Chichiri teased.
"I can too hold my temper!!!!" Tasuki roared, making us all laugh.
"And won't hate women!" Riina added with a smirk in my direction. I flipped her the one fingered salute but grinned anyway. We'll see how long THAT lasts. I grinned evilly. Suddenly I frowned.
"He's a damn pervert."
"Tasuki or Tama?" Riina asked out of the corner of her mouth, and Chichiri snorted with laughter. "I personally vote for both."
Tasuki glared at Riina and barked, "TAMAHOME'S the perv! He tried to sleep with Miaka before they were even married!"
I stared at him for a second, then shook my head and looked at Riina. "Okay, I think I'm with you on this one." I mean come on! Tasuki tried to do that too! Wait a minute... was that in the OVA's? I think it might have been. Which makes him an even BIGGER perv because Miaka was MARRIED at the time! But Miaka's not here now, so he won't go after her or whatever, but- Ohhhh, my head hurts!
"You okay Kitten?" Riina asked in concern when I groaned and put my head in my hands.
"Yeah, just thinking too much." I replied with a grin.
"The point is, I'm not no hentai!" Tasuki interrupted, looking miffed. "I mean I hate women!"
Immediately Riina and I both turned around in our saddles to glare at him directly in the eyes. Chichiri had moved away from Tasuki the minute he'd talked.
"Oh really?" Riina said sweetly, but with the kind of smile that makes you want to go run to your mommy screaming about monsters under the bed.
Tasuki gulped, and stammered, "Well, I mean-"
"Hmph. Racist chauvinistic bastard." I muttered angrily, then went into full rant mode. "What the fuck do you have against women anyway? I mean it's not like we can overthrow your government, in this time women don't have ANY rights unless they're gorgeous or stinkin' rich!" I was about to go into my full speech about how women didn't even get the right to vote until the 19th amendment in the United States (it's five pages long! Seriously!), but Riina cut me off by putting a hand over my mouth.
"Better watch what you say around this one, fry boy. She's a bit of a feminist." she warned, with a sweatdrop.
"Er, right…." Tasuki said, nodding quickly and looking a little nervous. He then blinked and leaned over Chichiri "…What's a feminist?" the bandit boy whispered and I saw Chichiri shrug, but he decided not to ask about it right now.
Damn straight he'd better be nervous! Equal rights, dammit! I mean, having all those sisters might get you a little scared of them, but deciding to hate all women just because of a select few?! GRRRR!!!! And I'M A WOMAN! I took a few deeps breaths. Okay... go to your happy place... too bad they don't have malls back in this time. Usually some serious shopping calms me down fast.
"Okay, I'm fine now." I stated, pulling away from Riina
"Good. Let's get on with the game, shall we? We got a bit off track. Next word is... loyalty." she decided.
"Er, a dog?" I guessed, still coming down from my adrenaline rush. "Man's best friend and all..."
"Loyalty, every one of Suzaku's seishi were loyal to the end..." Tasuki muttered, eyes saddening.
Riina sighed, and said softly, "True. Very true."
Damn. Not the depression again. "Dun worry honey, they all fought for what they believed in." I said sympathetically, patting Tasuki's back.
Riina arched an eyebrow and grinned, repeating, "Honey?" Tasuki coughed, a light flush crossing his cheeks.
"It was just a friendly term!" I cried, embarrassed.
Riina laughed and grinned. "Okay, okay. Brick?" Then she grinned even wider and answered her own question. "Tasuki!" Chichiri and I both laughed, but Tasuki was fuming at her, demanding she take that back.
"In reference to his intelligence or stubbornness?" I asked, sticking my tongue out at Tasuki when he glared at me as well.
"Hey! What is this?! Tease the bandit day and everybody forgot to tell me about it?!" he complained. Riina and I both grinned and looked at each other, exclaiming 'Yes!' at the same time. Riina was laughing so hard she nearly fell off her horse. I smiled and took a second to just look at my companions. Chichiri seemed so much like a big brother to me. I absolutely adored him. Riina, well, I can't imagine what life would have been like if I had never met her. She really does seem like my big sis, and I'm very glad we got sent to this world together. If it had been anyone else I probably would have killed them a long time ago. I sighed, thinking of all the girls back in the US who would have died from being apart from their credit cards so long. I tried to think of Riina as one of those girls and giggled at the ridiculous image. Nope, not happening. My big sis is tough. Not like those bitches.
On impulse I leaned over and gave her a tight hug. "What was that for kittling?" she asked, turning away from Tasuki for a moment to smile at me, patting at my head. She always did that.
I grinned back happily. "Eh, no reason." Then I sat back in my saddle and looked at my little baby. Chisuko had been sleeping in front of me in the saddle nearly the entire way. Well, he WAS a newborn I suppose. It's going to be Hell when he wakes back up and we have to feed him again though. I'm glad the old grandma gave him to me though. He's so cute!!! Wonder how big he'll get though... Man... having my own full size dragon would be awesome! But how the heck would I feed him?!?! I grimaced. The thought of how much food a Chisuko the size of the palace would eat nearly scared me. I take that back. I hope he stays tiny. Forever.
"Magic!" I suddenly exclaimed, making Riina turn and stare at me. I laughed, and tried to clear it up for her. "What do you think of when someone says magic? First word that comes to my mind is Chichiri!"
"Hey Red, ya took mine!" Tasuki cried indignantly, but he was grinning.
"You have a real obsession with your teammates, you know that? Wonder if there's a support group for that kind of thing?" Riina taunted. "Hm, for magic... possibilities!"
"You decide the next word Tasuki." I suggested.
"Ok... How about fire?"
Riina grinned wickedly and let out a soft, but scary chuckle. "Fire..."
We all guided our horses just a little bit further away from her.
"Hmm..." Fire... I grinned maniacally. "Fun! Pyromaniac! School!" Oops. Didn't mean for that last one to come out. That was an electrical fire! I swear, I had nothing to do with it!
"Again?" Riina asked with a wide grin. I scowled and slumped down. How did she know!?
"Oh come on. They can't prove that was me! There were no witnesses!" I argued.
"Riiiggghhhtttt." she replied with a smirk. If she's using that mind reading thing of hers I'll never forgive her.
Tasuki rolled his eyes and stated, "They've gone insane."
"They were never sane to begin with, no da." Chichiri muttered back, but put on an innocent look when we glared at him. That monk is gonna get it one of these days... If I can ever stay mad at him long enough.
"Next word! Spoon!" I told them. I grinned. Ah, a spoon. Could be used for so many things, from assassination to- (::authoress hits other authoress:: Riina you hentai! Not THAT!) everyday eating.
"Dhere ish no shpoon ... mwehehe." Riina said in a spooky voice, grinning widely. I grinned back. Poor Tasuki and Chichiri, the amount of jokes and they have no idea of the punch line could make you cry.
Tasuki stared at us, and said suspiciously, "This one of those 'other world' things, right?"
Riina simply smirked and Tasuki shivered. "Right, uh, food?" I sighed and shook my head. Absolutely no imagination.
Tasuki hurriedly moved us away from the topic of the spoon for some strange reason, (Now a spork, THERE'S something terrifying.) and said, "Er, next word, how's about castle?"
"Damn big... " Riina shrugged, trying to avoid traumatizing the red-haired man any more.
"Where the princess waits in the highest room, in the tallest tower for her prince to come." I sighed, then giggled.
"Hmmm, someone's seen Shrek lately?" Riina observed with a chuckle.
"And when he finally shows up it's an ogre with a donkey." I added, then laughed out loud.
"Ain't that always the case?" Riina sighed dramatically. "You wait forever for the perfect man, and he ends up being exactly the opposite of what you've expected."
"Well, the princess DID end up falling in love with him anyway, and they lived happily ever after!" I reminded her.
"True, true." she replied, happier.
"A princess fell in love with an ogre?" Tasuki yelped, looking astonished.
"Well, it was a movie, erm... a story, but still, it's what's on the inside that counts." I said, with a half-smile.
"So even if a guy is ugly and cruel, you'd still fall in love with him?" Chichiri asked slowly, looking at Riina out of the corner of his eye.
"Well, yeah. I mean, it's the person behind the looks you love, right?" Riina said with a little smile and then gestured. "You know the saying 'many cake pretty on the top'?" as Chichiri and Tasuki shook their heads, she sighed and continued "I means that a cake can look good from outside, but inside it's all rotten. Think of Nakago for instance. It goes the other way round too. A dinner looking like with attitude issues might be the best you've ever tasted. Mmm... Like Amiboshi! Behind all the act he pulled, he was a really good kid." She stopped, looking like a worm had just fallen into the back of her shirt.
"Did you have to talk of food? Now I'd want some spicy pasta... or Ramens..." I whined, rubbing my growling stomach.
"You in love with anyone?" Tasuki asked from her with a smirk. Riina turned red, and fiddled with her fingers.
"Uh, well, um..."
"Hey! What about a shapeshifter?!" I said quickly, distracting the boys.
"Blob, a big blob!" Riina replied a little too quickly, shooting me a thankful glance.
"Hey, lookit me!" I cried, turning into Tasuki.
Riina laughed, then looked at Chichiri and said, "That's a depressing sight. Now we're having two of fools instead of one." Chichiri chuckled back, but didn't agree out loud.
"I'm not a baka, wench!" Tasuki cried.
"What did you say?!" Riina growled and Tasuki 'eeped'.
"Hmph." I stuck out my tongue at her and instead changed into Nuriko. Kya! Such pretty hair!
Riina grinned and stated, "Wow Kitten, you actually look like a lady for once!"
"Why you-!!!" I ranted on for a bit, but then noticed no one was listening to me and sulked. After a while my legs started to hurt so I stopped the horse and jumped down stretching a bit. "I think I'm gonna walk. Need to get some feeling back into my legs." I told them. Seriously, I was wobbling a bit with absolutely no feeling from the knees down!
Rinna grimaced and nodding, she got off her horse as well. "True. Walking a bit would be nice."
"Perhaps it would be all right to take a break now, no da." Chichiri agreed, dismounting.
"Thank God. I'm starving. Where's the food?" I asked, rubbing my growling stomach.
"Uh oh..." Riina muttered.
"What?" I asked, then turned around. "CHISUKO!!!" I screeched. There the little bugger was, peacefully sleeping in what USED to be the bag containing all of our food! He must have sneaked into it while I wasn't looking and eaten every last scrap! Chisuko awoke with a start and gave a little yelp when he saw me. I've never seen a beast learn to fly so fast before in my life.
"GET BACK HERE YA SCALEY BOTTOMLESS PIT!" Tasuki yelled after him, fuming.
Riina groaned. "Looks like it's fishing and hunting for lunch." she complained.
Chichiri was quiet for a minute, before telling us all, "There's a river a little way into the forest, no da. I'll go for fishing, no da."
Riina perked up and said, "I'll come with you! It's been a while since I've gone fishing."
I groaned and sent a silent prayer to Suzaku. "Just great. I can freakin' hear the animals now, this is going to feel like eating relatives." I shuddered. "Uh, you guys can do that, I'll go get the firewood." I trotted off towards the forest, trying to avoid having to clean or cook any of the animals.
Riina frowned and nudged Tasuki a bit. "Keep an eye on her will ya? Wouldn't want her to go nuts with all the animals out there. She might not come back for hours."
Tasuki nodded and said, "Right." Then he jogged after me and grinned. "Mind some company Kittling?"
"How many times do I have to tell ya not to call me that?!" I growled, but smiled inwardly. Good. This'll give Riina and 'Chiri some time alone. Course I'll also be alone with bandit boy, which could or could not be a good thing... siiigggghhhhh. It's a good thing he's cute. "Sure, come along. But do try to keep up." I then grinned and took off into the woods with him trailing right behind me, laughing.
'Life is good.'
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Long time no see! –eh heh- Well, we've been having a small creative pause here, and I hope that you had as fun as we did while sketching this out and me reading Lana's work! This chap was a sneak peak into your favourite redheads' (and no, I'm not talking of Tasuki) train of thoughts. –smiles- I believe you know the little 'review' etc. buttons, so please! Do leave a comment and suggestion of who should be next?
Before you go, chapter 16 has been re-posted. I fixed some messes and missing parts… go and check it out!
And now into what you have been waiting for: The feedbacks! Thank you for everybody, new and old readers.
Ooparu Tsuki - -laughs- Hello there! Nice to see that you forgave us… well, me, since I'm adding the replies, and decided to stick around! ;) Don't worry, the fluff isn't dead and buried. I'm sure I saw it to limp somewhere to suffer a bit… -holds out a katana- … Anywho, thank you for yer comments and I hope that ya liked of the chap. –wide grin-
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Songwind – Chichiri acting like a bit thick is cliché, but it IS part of his character, ne? Personally, I like of the little conflict it causes. If we'd have a bigger time frame, we'd have a lot longer and more complex dance for those two.. ;p But that's just Chiri. Lana and Tasuki are also quite amusing and contrast couple. Doesn't they say that differences fulfills each others?
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DragonSpine - -blinks- Sex? I wrote a sex scene for them?? Where??? –looks frantically around- Lana would probably kill me for that… hmmm. If this was a real story, you bet that I'd have some INTERESTING livejournal notes. Heh. –grins and sweeps a bow- Thank you for your compliments! I hope that you enjoyed of this chappy. Stick around for the next one, if ya wanna see who's mind we peak next! Oh yes, Faia! We noticed the same thing and have been throwing some ideas into air. (originally, her going 'poof' was an accident)
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