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"It's good to be home, no da?" Chichiri said walking into the dinning hall, followed by the other seishe.
"Welcome back!" I grinned. I was so happy to have someone to talk to besides Korin and Tasuki. Korin was nice, but she kept trying to get Tasuki and me together. She said she was sure she saw sparks flying between us the other day. I informed her that what she saw was the sparks from the friction Tasuki made while shoving his foot in his mouth.
"You look cheerful. Did we miss anything?" Chiriko asked, reaching for some breakfast.
"Nothing." I sighed, "It was so boring. I was stuck here with him." I jerked my thumb at Tasuki.
"It wasn't fun for me either." Tasuki retorted.
"OHHHHH HOW PRETTY!!!!!" Nuriko jumped out of his seat, and ran to me. He gazed down at my chest, smiling widely.
"Wow, I never knew you had a thing for breasts Nuriko." I said cocking one eyebrow. All the males turned red, while Korin laughed, and Nuriko looked at me dryly.
"Very funny, but I was talking about the necklace." He poked at the amber.
"Thanks. I got it yesterday." I slipped the necklace into my shirt, where it should have been in the first place.
"YOU didn't get it. I did. Women always want the guy to pay, and since I was forced into accompanying her, I HAD to get it for her." Tasuki said smirking at all the guys.
"That's a god damn lie!" I said angrily.
"Suuuure it is. You know I only did it because you had to drag me along."
"Whatever." I got up, and stormed out. He didn't HAVE to buy anything. It's not like I even asked him to tag along. He did need to do anything. That absolute ass. Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks. Why am I so angry? This is normal Tasuki behavior. So why do I feel so hurt that he said he was forced into buying the necklace instead of buying it on his own free will? Does it matter? Yes... it does, but why? I sighed, and walked to my room. I was going to go in, but it seemed too lonely all of a sudden, so I stayed outside, sitting on the railing, and staring off into space.
"Are you ok?" Hime asked, walking along the railing.
"Sure." I answered.
"You're lying." He purred worriedly.
"And?" I asked dryly.
"You're hurt; on the inside. Mitsukake cannot fix that. I'm sorry."
"It's not you fault."
"I guess you really can talk to animals." Someone said from behind me. I jumped off the railing and into a fighting stance, but it was only Korin.
"Yeah, I can." I straightened. I was so out of it. If it had been an enemy...
"Come. Hotohori is going to tell us of his meeting with Nakago. Later you will tell me why you got so angry at Tasuki." Korin winked at me, and walked off.
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When we arrived Hotohori was seated quietly in his throne. Tasuki leaned against the wall. I sent him a minor glare, and he looked at me in confusion. Stupid bastard.
"We're here, so let's get this over with." I said, and sat Indian style on the cold marble floor. Korin went to sit in the throne next to Hotohori's. "What happened?"
"Nakago is having some troubles in Kotou. As you probably know, he has only been emperor for the past couple of months. He has been trying to re-build his army, but he simply doesn't have enough skilled men to be officers. He has a lot of soldiers, but no one trained well enough to lead them. He has asked me for my assistance." Hotohori explained.
"That's it? That is what was so urgent?" I said.
"He said that he thought it would be best if he said it was urgent. That way we'd be able to meet earlier." Hotohori said calmly, but you could clearly see the anger burning in his eyes.
"We're not going to help that Bastard are we?" Tasuki asked, no longer leaning against the wall, but standing straight; looking just as angry as Hotohori.
"Unfortunately, yes. We have a treaty now, and I would hate for a request this small to break that." Hotohori sighed.
"God damn it!" I cursed quietly.
"Sayu..."
"Yeah?"
"You are the person I have chosen to go."
"Excuse me?"
"You know you heard him, so don't play dumb." Tasuki snorted.
"Screw you! Can't you just shut up for a second!" I growled, and turned to glare at him. He looked like he was going to retort something, but the words seemed to die in his mouth, and he looked away.
"Sayu," Hotohori brought my attention back to him, "I'm sorry but I can't send the seishe. They are here to protect the palace, and since you're not seishe..."
"I understand." I nodded, "May I go?"
"Yes you may."
I slowly got up, and made my way for the door. Kotou. Why the hell am I going there away from these people, and towards a man that tried to take over not only this world, but also Miaka's world? Of course no one remembered it except the seishi, but that was because of Miaka's wish. If Taiitsukun hadn't shown me on her mirror I wouldn't have known. How the hell am I going to live with this guy?
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I was walking around the palace, looking for Naru so I could tell him the horrible news when my sight disappeared. All I could see was black. It was an empty space of black. I felt around me, but I didn't feel any walls. I didn't feel anything. It was all empty space. My heart raced as I thought of my possibilities of surviving in this void. Would anyone hear me if I scream? Would anyone be able to find me? Would anyone even care? My body felt cold and numb as I started to shake violently. This can't be the end! I have a destiny, a prophecy to fulfill. I can't end like this! No! I got scared and ran and ran and ran. Nothing. I stopped moving, not understanding what was happening. Out of nowhere I heard a faint voice. I moved towards it, but it didn't get any louder. I moved faster till I was going at a good pace, but it still wasn't getting louder. There was no sign that I was getting any closer to it. I had to get to it! I had to get out of this place!
"I can't hear you." I heard my voice squeak, "Louder, please. Say it louder." I begged, half jogging to the sound. But the sound remained quiet, a hush that whispered things in the dark. Whispered to you trying to entrance you. Seeing if it can convince you to do it's bidding. Telling you to hurt someone, telling you to kill someone, telling you... to kill yourself. Those sweet whispering that tell you the joys of death; of the peacefulness it brings. Tempting you to the very edge.
I shut my eyes tightly, knowing that whatever those sounds were, they wouldn't intimidate me. The sound was the way out! I didn't care if I had to go through hell to get to the voice; to this exit, but damnit I'd get out of here! However, even as my courage raged inside my head, my heart was weak and scared. What was supposed to be a demand came out as a soft call for help, "I don't understand, say it louder." I had broken into a light run. Stretching my hands forward searching the empty space for an opening... for something... for anything!
"HELP ME! PLEASE! LOUDER! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" I yelled, now sprinting into the never ending void of darkness. I was so afraid. I felt the courage I had built up inside me vanishing, and vanishing quickly. Where was I? How was I going to get home when I didn't understand? Why can't it just say it louder? It needs to speak louder, louder! "LOUDER!!!!!!!!!!!"
"CHOOSE, KIREI! YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE! EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON YOU! IF ALL GOES WRONG THE BLAME IS YOURS ALONE!" The voice screeched at me. The sound stung my ears, and I ran into something like a wall. I fell down into the darkness, screaming for help, and struggling as something was smothering me, pushing me down into the darkness. I wasn't sure If I was falling, or if I was being pulled down into the void, but either way my body filled with fear, filled with fear that this pit of darkness ended, and I was falling to my doom, but even worse was the thought that the fall didn't end, that forever I would be kept in this eternal darkness.
"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" I yelled over and over, shutting my eyes tight. I kept struggling, and pushing until I felt a breeze blow, and all of a sudden the falling feeling was gone. The feeling of impending doom was gone. I stopped struggling, and opened my eyes. Straddling my waist; holding my hands down was Nuriko. "What... What the fuck ... just happened?" I said, totally out of breath.
"You tell us." Nuriko moved away from me. I propped myself off of the floor with my elbow, and saw the whole gang staring at me, wide eyed. I looked around and noticed that I was in the gardens, beside the lake. In fact, my pants legs, from the knee down, were wet.
"I'm tired." I stated, pathetically trying to stand on my own, when my legs wouldn't allow it.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Tasuki moved to my side, holding my up because without his to help me my body would have slid to the floor. The annoyance of needing any help was flashing in my eyes.
"Get off!" I pulled away from him, falling into a heap on the floor.
"Get up on your own then." Tasuki snorted, folding his arms.
"I know you're not one to ask for help, but you can't stand on your own Sayu. Let him help you to your room so you can rest. Then when you've got the energy, can you tell us what happened?" Korin said gently, as if trying to sooth a kid.
"Fine." I said. If I had energy I would've argued, and said I'm a grown woman, and I can get my damn self up by myself, but that was a lie. I needed help, and if I cling to my pride I'll be stuck out here, unable to walk, for hours. Tasuki offered me his hand, with his usual smirk in place, and I took it. He put his arm around me, so that he could support a good deal of my weight, and we went wobbling off towards my room.
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"Thanks." I mumbled, as he sat me down on my bed.
"No problem." Tasuki went to leave, but then stopped.
"What?" I questioned.
"Why were you so angry earlier?" He inquired, turning around.
"I'm always angry." I said dryly.
"You were more bitchy then you usually are." He smiled awkwardly, a fang poking out from behind his lips.
"I am not bitchy." I retorted.
"You just said you were!"
"I said I was angry; not bitchy."
"You were BOTH today."
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Forget it. Fell better, or whatever." Tasuki said frustrated. He was moving through the door, when I finally got the courage to say something. "What?" He asked, poking his head back in.
"I didn't make you buy me the necklace." I said, barely audible.
"Is that all?" Tasuki started to scratch his thick red hair. "Then I'm sorry. Better?"
"No. Not better." I scowled at him.
"Whaddaya want then? It's not like I hurt ya or anything. It's just a stupid necklace."
"Fuck you." I spat out. Just a stupid necklace! How dare he!
"Women, I can never understand them!" He threw up his hands angrily.
"You are such a prick." I stood, trying to move towards him so I could throttle him, but my legs failed me again, and soon after I fell.
"Damn it." I heard Tasuki curse as he came to my rescue. As his hands touched me, I slapped them away. "You can't stand on your own!"
"I don't need your freaking help! I'll stand on my own; I don't care if it takes me all god damn day!"
"Why can't I help you?" He asked quietly.
"Because I don't like it. I don't like being this weak. I don't like being this vulnerable. I hate it! I HATE IT!"I pounded the floor with my fist.
"Calm down, will ya?" He grabbed my fist before I could hit the ground again.
"I can't. I don't like feeling this way."
"No one does, but everyone needs help at some time. Plus, if ya get better now then you won't need me to pick ya up all the time." He smirked. I smiled at him a little, and let him help me onto my bed again. How had I just gone from being pissed at him to smiling at him? When the hell did this all happen? Tasuki left without saying anything else, and for some reason I couldn't help but feel the need to tell him to come back. I... I don't understand.
Preview: My fists clenched, and I blinked rapidly, trying to stop tears from pouring down my cheek. "Give him back." I said through clenched teeth.
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"It's good to be home, no da?" Chichiri said walking into the dinning hall, followed by the other seishe.
"Welcome back!" I grinned. I was so happy to have someone to talk to besides Korin and Tasuki. Korin was nice, but she kept trying to get Tasuki and me together. She said she was sure she saw sparks flying between us the other day. I informed her that what she saw was the sparks from the friction Tasuki made while shoving his foot in his mouth.
"You look cheerful. Did we miss anything?" Chiriko asked, reaching for some breakfast.
"Nothing." I sighed, "It was so boring. I was stuck here with him." I jerked my thumb at Tasuki.
"It wasn't fun for me either." Tasuki retorted.
"OHHHHH HOW PRETTY!!!!!" Nuriko jumped out of his seat, and ran to me. He gazed down at my chest, smiling widely.
"Wow, I never knew you had a thing for breasts Nuriko." I said cocking one eyebrow. All the males turned red, while Korin laughed, and Nuriko looked at me dryly.
"Very funny, but I was talking about the necklace." He poked at the amber.
"Thanks. I got it yesterday." I slipped the necklace into my shirt, where it should have been in the first place.
"YOU didn't get it. I did. Women always want the guy to pay, and since I was forced into accompanying her, I HAD to get it for her." Tasuki said smirking at all the guys.
"That's a god damn lie!" I said angrily.
"Suuuure it is. You know I only did it because you had to drag me along."
"Whatever." I got up, and stormed out. He didn't HAVE to buy anything. It's not like I even asked him to tag along. He did need to do anything. That absolute ass. Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks. Why am I so angry? This is normal Tasuki behavior. So why do I feel so hurt that he said he was forced into buying the necklace instead of buying it on his own free will? Does it matter? Yes... it does, but why? I sighed, and walked to my room. I was going to go in, but it seemed too lonely all of a sudden, so I stayed outside, sitting on the railing, and staring off into space.
"Are you ok?" Hime asked, walking along the railing.
"Sure." I answered.
"You're lying." He purred worriedly.
"And?" I asked dryly.
"You're hurt; on the inside. Mitsukake cannot fix that. I'm sorry."
"It's not you fault."
"I guess you really can talk to animals." Someone said from behind me. I jumped off the railing and into a fighting stance, but it was only Korin.
"Yeah, I can." I straightened. I was so out of it. If it had been an enemy...
"Come. Hotohori is going to tell us of his meeting with Nakago. Later you will tell me why you got so angry at Tasuki." Korin winked at me, and walked off.
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When we arrived Hotohori was seated quietly in his throne. Tasuki leaned against the wall. I sent him a minor glare, and he looked at me in confusion. Stupid bastard.
"We're here, so let's get this over with." I said, and sat Indian style on the cold marble floor. Korin went to sit in the throne next to Hotohori's. "What happened?"
"Nakago is having some troubles in Kotou. As you probably know, he has only been emperor for the past couple of months. He has been trying to re-build his army, but he simply doesn't have enough skilled men to be officers. He has a lot of soldiers, but no one trained well enough to lead them. He has asked me for my assistance." Hotohori explained.
"That's it? That is what was so urgent?" I said.
"He said that he thought it would be best if he said it was urgent. That way we'd be able to meet earlier." Hotohori said calmly, but you could clearly see the anger burning in his eyes.
"We're not going to help that Bastard are we?" Tasuki asked, no longer leaning against the wall, but standing straight; looking just as angry as Hotohori.
"Unfortunately, yes. We have a treaty now, and I would hate for a request this small to break that." Hotohori sighed.
"God damn it!" I cursed quietly.
"Sayu..."
"Yeah?"
"You are the person I have chosen to go."
"Excuse me?"
"You know you heard him, so don't play dumb." Tasuki snorted.
"Screw you! Can't you just shut up for a second!" I growled, and turned to glare at him. He looked like he was going to retort something, but the words seemed to die in his mouth, and he looked away.
"Sayu," Hotohori brought my attention back to him, "I'm sorry but I can't send the seishe. They are here to protect the palace, and since you're not seishe..."
"I understand." I nodded, "May I go?"
"Yes you may."
I slowly got up, and made my way for the door. Kotou. Why the hell am I going there away from these people, and towards a man that tried to take over not only this world, but also Miaka's world? Of course no one remembered it except the seishi, but that was because of Miaka's wish. If Taiitsukun hadn't shown me on her mirror I wouldn't have known. How the hell am I going to live with this guy?
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I was walking around the palace, looking for Naru so I could tell him the horrible news when my sight disappeared. All I could see was black. It was an empty space of black. I felt around me, but I didn't feel any walls. I didn't feel anything. It was all empty space. My heart raced as I thought of my possibilities of surviving in this void. Would anyone hear me if I scream? Would anyone be able to find me? Would anyone even care? My body felt cold and numb as I started to shake violently. This can't be the end! I have a destiny, a prophecy to fulfill. I can't end like this! No! I got scared and ran and ran and ran. Nothing. I stopped moving, not understanding what was happening. Out of nowhere I heard a faint voice. I moved towards it, but it didn't get any louder. I moved faster till I was going at a good pace, but it still wasn't getting louder. There was no sign that I was getting any closer to it. I had to get to it! I had to get out of this place!
"I can't hear you." I heard my voice squeak, "Louder, please. Say it louder." I begged, half jogging to the sound. But the sound remained quiet, a hush that whispered things in the dark. Whispered to you trying to entrance you. Seeing if it can convince you to do it's bidding. Telling you to hurt someone, telling you to kill someone, telling you... to kill yourself. Those sweet whispering that tell you the joys of death; of the peacefulness it brings. Tempting you to the very edge.
I shut my eyes tightly, knowing that whatever those sounds were, they wouldn't intimidate me. The sound was the way out! I didn't care if I had to go through hell to get to the voice; to this exit, but damnit I'd get out of here! However, even as my courage raged inside my head, my heart was weak and scared. What was supposed to be a demand came out as a soft call for help, "I don't understand, say it louder." I had broken into a light run. Stretching my hands forward searching the empty space for an opening... for something... for anything!
"HELP ME! PLEASE! LOUDER! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" I yelled, now sprinting into the never ending void of darkness. I was so afraid. I felt the courage I had built up inside me vanishing, and vanishing quickly. Where was I? How was I going to get home when I didn't understand? Why can't it just say it louder? It needs to speak louder, louder! "LOUDER!!!!!!!!!!!"
"CHOOSE, KIREI! YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE! EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON YOU! IF ALL GOES WRONG THE BLAME IS YOURS ALONE!" The voice screeched at me. The sound stung my ears, and I ran into something like a wall. I fell down into the darkness, screaming for help, and struggling as something was smothering me, pushing me down into the darkness. I wasn't sure If I was falling, or if I was being pulled down into the void, but either way my body filled with fear, filled with fear that this pit of darkness ended, and I was falling to my doom, but even worse was the thought that the fall didn't end, that forever I would be kept in this eternal darkness.
"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" I yelled over and over, shutting my eyes tight. I kept struggling, and pushing until I felt a breeze blow, and all of a sudden the falling feeling was gone. The feeling of impending doom was gone. I stopped struggling, and opened my eyes. Straddling my waist; holding my hands down was Nuriko. "What... What the fuck ... just happened?" I said, totally out of breath.
"You tell us." Nuriko moved away from me. I propped myself off of the floor with my elbow, and saw the whole gang staring at me, wide eyed. I looked around and noticed that I was in the gardens, beside the lake. In fact, my pants legs, from the knee down, were wet.
"I'm tired." I stated, pathetically trying to stand on my own, when my legs wouldn't allow it.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Tasuki moved to my side, holding my up because without his to help me my body would have slid to the floor. The annoyance of needing any help was flashing in my eyes.
"Get off!" I pulled away from him, falling into a heap on the floor.
"Get up on your own then." Tasuki snorted, folding his arms.
"I know you're not one to ask for help, but you can't stand on your own Sayu. Let him help you to your room so you can rest. Then when you've got the energy, can you tell us what happened?" Korin said gently, as if trying to sooth a kid.
"Fine." I said. If I had energy I would've argued, and said I'm a grown woman, and I can get my damn self up by myself, but that was a lie. I needed help, and if I cling to my pride I'll be stuck out here, unable to walk, for hours. Tasuki offered me his hand, with his usual smirk in place, and I took it. He put his arm around me, so that he could support a good deal of my weight, and we went wobbling off towards my room.
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"Thanks." I mumbled, as he sat me down on my bed.
"No problem." Tasuki went to leave, but then stopped.
"What?" I questioned.
"Why were you so angry earlier?" He inquired, turning around.
"I'm always angry." I said dryly.
"You were more bitchy then you usually are." He smiled awkwardly, a fang poking out from behind his lips.
"I am not bitchy." I retorted.
"You just said you were!"
"I said I was angry; not bitchy."
"You were BOTH today."
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Was to!"
"Was not!"
"Forget it. Fell better, or whatever." Tasuki said frustrated. He was moving through the door, when I finally got the courage to say something. "What?" He asked, poking his head back in.
"I didn't make you buy me the necklace." I said, barely audible.
"Is that all?" Tasuki started to scratch his thick red hair. "Then I'm sorry. Better?"
"No. Not better." I scowled at him.
"Whaddaya want then? It's not like I hurt ya or anything. It's just a stupid necklace."
"Fuck you." I spat out. Just a stupid necklace! How dare he!
"Women, I can never understand them!" He threw up his hands angrily.
"You are such a prick." I stood, trying to move towards him so I could throttle him, but my legs failed me again, and soon after I fell.
"Damn it." I heard Tasuki curse as he came to my rescue. As his hands touched me, I slapped them away. "You can't stand on your own!"
"I don't need your freaking help! I'll stand on my own; I don't care if it takes me all god damn day!"
"Why can't I help you?" He asked quietly.
"Because I don't like it. I don't like being this weak. I don't like being this vulnerable. I hate it! I HATE IT!"I pounded the floor with my fist.
"Calm down, will ya?" He grabbed my fist before I could hit the ground again.
"I can't. I don't like feeling this way."
"No one does, but everyone needs help at some time. Plus, if ya get better now then you won't need me to pick ya up all the time." He smirked. I smiled at him a little, and let him help me onto my bed again. How had I just gone from being pissed at him to smiling at him? When the hell did this all happen? Tasuki left without saying anything else, and for some reason I couldn't help but feel the need to tell him to come back. I... I don't understand.
Preview: My fists clenched, and I blinked rapidly, trying to stop tears from pouring down my cheek. "Give him back." I said through clenched teeth.