DESTRUCTION OF SHIJINTENCHISHO
Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. Yuu Watase owns them.
A/N: I'm calling everyone by their seishi names except for Rimudo and Mikaru so I'll call Rimudo by his seishi name: Uruki. I'll type Rimudo if he's in his male form and Uruki if he's in his female form. Mikaru's seishi name will remain secret until the next chapter or so.
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BlueMeteorGirl – thanks…well anyway here's the continuation…oh and thanks for reviewing:)
Lavender Wings – I'm lucky didn't get a memory like yours, sis! Oh no you don't know…haha! You'll find out Mikaru's real identity by the end of the chapter:)
Frostbite Wings – Shijintenchisho is the Book of the Four Gods of Heaven and Earth
Chapter Five: Nyosei Island
"Taihen! There are too many of them! They might attack us all at the same time!" Mikaru exclaimed as she and Suboshi held onto their weapons tightly.
"Suboshi, Mikaru, leave them to me." Amiboshi said as he began to play his flute and one by one the wolves disappeared.
When the last wolf disappeared, Miaka rushed to Mikaru.
"Mikaru! Are you alright?" Miaka asked.
"Un, I just used too much of my seishi power…" Mikaru said.
"Kaika, Suboshi, arigatou…" Miaka said.
"Don't mention it." Suboshi said.
"If the forest is this dangerous then we better hurry out of this forest." Suzuno said.
"Rest for tonight and I will keep watch of any danger that might come." Amiboshi said.
Amiboshi and Suboshi kept in watch for the night. Mikaru was half-sleeping and half-awake for the whole night. The thought that danger could come any moment kept her awake. The next day, they continued their journey again. The four mikos led the way and the three seishis followed behind them. Amiboshi and Suboshi were obviously tired and sleepy, so was Mikaru.
"You didn't sleep last night, did you?" Amiboshi whispered lifelessly.
"I couldn't sleep…" Mikaru answered.
"Don't worry, we're almost here." Suboshi muttered, sounding as lifeless as Amiboshi.
After a couple of hours, they reached Nyosei island.
"Kaika, Suboshi…do you want to dress up as a woman or would you rather follow us secretly?" Miaka asked.
"I will never dress up as a woman." Suboshi said, unable to imagine how he would look like if he dressed up as a woman.
"We'll just follow you." Amiboshi said.
"Mikaru…" Suboshi said unable to find words.
As though reading Suboshi's thoughts, Mikaru said, "I'll protect them as much as I can."
So they entered the main place and were welcomed by the women.
"May we talk to your leader?" Suzuno asked.
"We are currently having a seven-day feast and we are on the third day today. You may not do anything during the feast however you may stay here until the feast is over." One of the women said.
The five girls stayed and took turns in delivering food to Amiboshi and Suboshi, who stayed in the forest. On the sixth day Rimudo came to Nyosei Island and found Amiboshi and Suboshi.
"Uruki?" Suboshi asked.
"I couldn't get into the Genbu shrine. I need Takiko to get in. Tatara, Tamahome and Nakago will probably appear any moment now. Where are the mikos and Mikaru?" Rimudo asked.
"In the main place. They're having a seven-day feast. Today is the sixth day. After the feast they will be able to talk to the leader." Amiboshi said.
"I'll go there then." Rimudo said.
"They'll kill you!" Suboshi exclaimed.
Rimudo changed into his woman form and said, "Who knows what kind of danger lies ahead? Mikaru might not – I mean yes, she is strong but she might not be able to protect four priestesses at once. It took seven seishis to protect a miko and now there's only one seishi protecting four mikos…" Uruki said.
"Oh yeah…you can be yeah…"Amiboshi said.
Uruki left and headed for the main place. He was welcomed by the Nyosei women and was given a room. Then he decided to look for the mikos and Mikaru. While walking by the the corridors, he heard women laughing. He recognized one of the women's voice immediately: Takiko. He then entered the room and found all five girls eating.
"Kyah!" the mikos cried in surprise.
"Uruki!" Takiko exclaimed.
"You're Rimudo!" Suzuno asked as Takiko pulled him in the room and closed the door.
"Yes, I am. I couldn't enter the Genbu shrine. I need the priestess of Genbu to get in." Uruki said.
"So Nakago, Tamahome and Tatara will be the same too…" Yui said.
"Rimudo-san…kirei…"Mikaru said.
"HA!" Uruki asked.
"Iya…gomen nasai…" Mikaru said apologetically.
After two days, the feast was over. Indeed, Rimudo spoke true. In a couple of days, Tamahome and Tatara came to Nyosei Island. Nakago didn't come though. It soon became Rimudo's duty to bring food to the seishis since he can become both male and female. Finally, they were given a chance to talk to the women's leader.
"I was told that you wanted to talk to me. What is it?" The leader said.
"We came to ask about the Scepters of Fire and Ice." Takiko began.
"We know nothing of it. It is not on this island." The leader said in a dismissing tone.
For the next couple of days, they thought about what to do. One night, Suzuno couldn't sleep so she decided to walk around the place. As she was walking by corridors she heard voices coming from the main hall. She quietly peeked in and saw the leader of the women talking to one of her assistants.
"What is this?" asked the assistant.
"Keep it somewhere safe or bring it somewhere – away from this island. They're after those. Those are the scepters of fire and ice. It is a treasure my ancestors treasured." The leader said as her assistant looked at the two glimmering scepters.
"I shall leave now then." The assistant said.
Suzuno gasped and rushed back to her room.
"Takiko, Miaka, Yui, Mikaru, wake up!" Suzuno cried.
All four sat up sleepily and looked at Suzuno.
"Suzuno-san…?" Yui asked sleepily.
"I saw the Scepter of Fire and Ice! It is in here but the leader is sending it away so we won't be able to get it!" Suzuno explained.
"What!" Takiko exclaimed as she and the others began dressing up.
"Hurry, let's pack our things!" Yui said.
"I'll call Rimudo." Takiko said as she rushed out of their room and into Rimudo's room.
She knelt by Rimudo's side and tapped him. "Rimudo!"
Suddenly, Rimudo unconsciously pulled her into a hug.
"Ow…Rimudo…!" Takiko called, blushing.
Rimudo woke up and found himself hugging Takiko. "Takiko?"
"Suzuno-chan found out that the scepters are in here but the leader is sending them away so we won't be able to find it." Takiko said urgently.
"It is in here?" Rimudo asked, now fully awake.
"Yes, we have to leave now or we'll lose the scepter!"
Rimudo immediately stood up as Takiko left the room to call the others. After quickly packing up, they rushed to find the assistant.
"There she is!" Mikaru said as she spotted a woman holding two scepters half-covered with cloth.
The woman started running and the women of Nyosei Island came out from every corner, trying to block their way.
"Oh shoot! I don't want to kill women!" Rimudo said in frustration.
The Nyosei women, however, didn't care if they kill them. One of them slashed Yui's forearm with a sharp knife.
"Ah!" Yui cried in pain.
"Yui-chan!" Miaka said as she rushed to Yui.
A woman came running to them, prepared to slash Miaka's head with a chopper. Miaka closed her eyes.
"Miaka-san!" Takiko exclaimed as she and Rimudo gasped in alarm.
CLANK!
It was Mikaru, she blocked the woman's attack with her sword.
"Rimudo! They will kill us!" Takiko said.
"I feel ruthless doing this, but I'll never forgive you if you hurt these mikos again." Rimudo said as he slashed the women with his wind. "Takiko, go, run after the woman with the scepters before you lose sight of her."
"Un, wakatta." Takiko said as she and the other mikos followed the woman with the scepters.
They chased the woman out of the main place and into the forest. Amiboshi, Suboshi, Tamahome and Tatara saw them and quickly rushed towards the running mikos.
"Tamahome!" Miaka exclaimed.
"Tatara! That woman is taking the scepters away!" Suzuno cried.
"Yui-sama, you're wounded!" Suboshi exclaimed.
"Rimudo and Mikaru are left in the main place, fighting the women!" Takiko said.
So they split ways: Takiko, Suzuno and Tatara went after the woman with the scepter while Suboshi, Yui and Miaka stayed together to treat Yui's wound. Amiboshi and Tamahome headed for the main place to help Rimudo and Mikaru. When they reached the main place, Amiboshi played his flute, putting all the women to sleep. Rimudo covered his ears when he heard the music playing.
"Mikaru! Cover your ears!" Rimudo said.
Mikaru did so and they watch the women one by one fell into deep sleep. Tamahome rushed to Mikaru, followed by Amiboshi.
"Mikaru, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Tamahome asked.
"Yes, but Yui-san isn't…" Mikaru said.
"Let's go back." Rimudo said.
All four of them headed back to the forest and found Takiko, Suzuno and Tatara with the scepters of fire and ice.
"Takiko, were you able to get the scepters?" Rimudo asked.
"Un, the woman ran away though." Takiko answered.
"Now we have the manuscript, Shinjintenchisho and scepters. All we need are the scrolls." Amiboshi said.
"Yes, let's head to one of the cities. Let's start with Kounan." Tatara said.
Suddenly Taiitsukun popped out of blue.
"Taiitsukun!" Miaka exclaimed.
"Taiitsukun, is Nakago alive?" Yui asked.
"Yes, he is on his way actually." Taiitsukun said.
"I see…" Yui said.
"I came to tell you that the shrine was made in a way that no one can enter it except for its own priestess." Taiitsukun said.
"I noticed. A powerful force sent me flying miles away." Rimudo said.
"Mikaru?" Taiitsukun said, calling Mikaru's attention.
"Ah hai?" Mikaru replied.
"You are indeed very good at using your sword but you seishi power lies with this kind of weapon." Taiitsukun said as she opened a box. In the box laid seven daggers with black hilts and violet sheaths. "Take them."
Mikaru obeyed and took all seven daggers. She attached two around her ankles, two around her legs, two on her waist and one around her wrist, inside her sleeve. They traveled to Kounan and met Nakago on they way.
"Miaka-neesama, now that I know that the story that you are a miko is true I wonder…" Mikaru said.
"You wonder…?" Miaka asked.
"Is it true that you really met Emperor Saihitei and that he was one of the legendary seishi…?" Mikaru asked.
"Yes, we are on our way to his palace now…Why do you ask? How did you know Hotohori?" Miaka asked.
"I am half-Chinese. My mother is a descendant of Emperor Saihitei so yeah he is my ancestor." Mikaru said.
"He is! That explains your sword skills!" Miaka exclaimed.
Dictionary:
Taihen: terrible
Un: yes
Arigatou: thank you
Kirei: pretty/beautiful
Gomen nasai: sorry
San/kun/chan/sama: used after people's names
Wakatta: I got it
Hai: yes
Miko: priestess
neesama: older sister
A/N: Haha! Hotohori's descendant married Tamahome's descendant! Oh yeah, if I forgot to translate any Japanese words included in any of my chapters, please tell me. Anyway, the next chapter will follow if I receive reviews.
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