DESTRUCTION OF SHIJINTENCHISHO
Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. Yuu Watase owns them.
A/N: New daggers to play with! YAY! Anyway, check out "Mikos vs Seishis". It's also a Fushigi Yuugi fanfic. I also updated my profile! YAY! Okay, I'm getting too hyper. Here goes chapter six.
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Chapter Six: Red Scroll
Finally, they arrived at Kounan Palace. They first bought food for the next journey. However, they didn't find the Suzaku Shrine so they asked around for the shrine. They soon found out that the shrine was built right in the middle of the Kounan Empire which was five miles away from the palace.
"Are you sure this the way, Miaka?" Yui asked.
"Uhm, I don't know. I'm just following Tamahome." Miaka said as she smiled at Tamahome, who sweat dropped. "Let's hurry, Tamahome…I'm hungry…"
"I think we're here." Tamahome said, looking at a hut-size red-colored shrine.
"This is the shrine!" Takiko asked.
"Look, there's an inscription." Suzuno said as she pointed at the red stone with white colored engravings.
"What does it say?" Mikaru asked.
"Suzaku." Suboshi said.
"So this is it." Tatara said.
"Shall we enter?" Amiboshi asked.
"Ikou." Tamahome said as he and the others followed Miaka who broke through the protection surrounding the shrine.
It was completely different inside. The shrine was spacious that it's almost as big as the palaces. Right in the middle was a statue of Suzaku, surrounded by its seishis. The seishis had their names written on the feet of their statues. Tamahome approached the seishi sculpture of his.
"Aa! That doesn't look a thing like me!" Tamahome exclaimed.
"Yes it does!" Miaka said as Mikaru walked towards Hotohori's statue.
"Wah! This is Emperor Saihitei! …kirei…!" Mikaru exclaimed.
"I'm more beautiful than that!" a voice roared fiercely.
"Hotohori-sama!" Tamahome asked, recognizing the voice.
Then suddenly out of the stone sculptures came the Suzaku seishis' spirits.
"Nuriko!" Miaka exclaimed as she rushed to hug Nuriko. However, Miaka only went through Nuriko.
"Miaka!" Nuriko exclaimed.
"Yui-san?" Chichiri asked, recognizing Yui.
"Hai, sou desu." Yui replied. "I have come with the priestesses and seishis of Genbu and Byakko: Takiko-san, Suzuno-san, Rimudo-san and Tatara-san. My seishis Nakago and Suboshi also came along with my former seishi: Amiboshi. This is Mikaru, Miaka and Tamahome's great-granddaughter."
"Yui! You made it sound as though we're that old!" Tamahome said, blushing.
"Former seishi?" Chiriko asked.
"I sorta wished to be a Suzaku seishi a long time ago and now the wish is fulfilled." Amiboshi said, showing them his seishi sign.
"Hotohori, our grandson married one of your descendants…so Mikaru is also your descendant." Miaka explained.
"She is!" Tasuki asked, unable to believe.
"Yeah, oh by the way. My fellow Suzaku seishis: Hotohori-sama, former Emperor of Kounan Empire, Tasuki, Nuriko, Chihiri, Mitsukake and Chiriko." Tamahome said.
They stayed in the shrine for the night. The shrine was big enough for all of them. The next morning, they ate the food they bought for breakfast. Tamahome and Miaka had lots of fun talking to the other Suzaku seishis. Takiko and Suzuno asked the Suzaku seishis about their seishi powers. Rimudo, Tatara, Amiboshi and Suboshi joined the conversation while Nakago stayed outside the shrine.
"My seishis powers lie on my sword." Hotohori said.
"Sou da! Hotohori-sama, Mikaru is good at swords too." Yui said.
"You really are my descendant." Hotohori said. "May I have the honor to see you skills, Mikaru-san?"
Mikaru nodded and the others spread out to give Hotohori and Mikaru some space. Hotohori swished his sword and Mikaru blocked it with her own sword…attack, block, attack, dodge, attack, block, attack dodge. Then Mikaru attacked Hotohori but Hotohori was able to block it. As he did so, he noticed Mikaru's nails and saw her seishi sign glowing.
"What is that!" Hotohori asked as Mikaru stopped though still holding onto her sword.
"We forgot to tell you: She's a seishi." Suboshi explained.
"Seishi! Of what!" Chiriko asked.
"We don't know, but all of us are her mikos according to Taiitsukun." Takiko said.
After a couple of hours, the four priestesses agreed that it was time to go. The spirits of the seishis returned to their statues and Tamahome touched his seishi sculpture. Miaka asked Amiboshi to touch Suzaku's statue because he was now a Suzaku seishi. The statue of Suzaku glowed red and there on its foot appeared the Suzaku scroll.
"Arigatou, Minna, but we have to get going and collect the other scrolls." Miaka said.
They all bid goodbye and they went off on their way to Kutou. Once again they stopped by the market to buy food.
"Three more scrolls left." Tatara said.
It was a long journey and they had a couple of stops on the way. During those stops, the seishis practiced their skills. Takiko and Rimudo practiced using the naginata. Amiboshi played music for Miaka, Yui and Tamahome. Tatara and Suzuno chatted while Nakago just sat under the tree, watching all of them. Suboshi and Mikaru agreed to practice their seishi power together. Since Mikaru was going to practice with her daggers, Suboshi and Mikaru agreed that they will not use the Ryuuseisui for the practice. Suboshi would throw crumpled papers up in the air and Mikaru would try to sense it and throw a dagger at it. They practiced until they got tired. They chatted and Suboshi became friendlier towards Mikaru. Suboshi never intended to talk to Tamahome again or to any of his relatives. But here he is, talking to Tamahome's great granddaughter. It's probably not that bad to try to talk to them again. After all, Amiboshi seemed to enjoy talk to Mikaru.
They continued traveling again. When they got into one of Kutou Empire's village, Yui asked Nakago about the shrine but Nakago said he doesn't know where it is. He said he went straight to the palace as was informed that no one but the miko could enter the shrine. So they decided to split up and start looking for the Seiryuu Shrine. Takiko went with Rimudo; Tamahome went with Miaka and Mikaru; Yui stuck with Nakago; Tatara went with Suzuno while Amiboshi stayed with his brother. They agreed that they will all meet up at the entrance of Kutou, where they split up. Takiko and Rimudo decided to ask around the market. It was there when they found an old abandoned hut.
"Are we still gonna go in there? It seems like no one lives there." Takiko said.
"Wait out here, Takiko." Rimudo said.
"Okay." Takiko said as Rimudo entered the hut.
Suddenly a man bumped into Takiko, causing her to fall over, and snatched the manuscript away.
"Give that back!" Takiko called as she chased the man, holding onto her Naginata tightly.
The man turned around the corner, followed by Takiko. Suddenly the man slowed down. He looked as though he was still trying to run faster and yet he was slowing down every second. Then out of blue, a naginata came flying towards the man, pinning his clothes to the wall.
"Naginata!" Takiko exclaimed.
From the corner appeared a guy. He was looking straight at the man. He pulled his Naginata from the man's clothes and grabbed the manuscripts from him. The scared-to-death-man looked at Takiko and the guy then ran away.
"Is this yours?" the guy asked.
"Yes." Takiko replied as the guy handed the manuscript back.
"You should be careful. It is not safe to wander around here. There are thieves everywhere." The guy said.
"Takiko!" a voice called. It was Rimudo's voice and he was running towards Takiko. "Where did you go!"
"A man snatched manuscript from me and I ran after him. Luckily this guy came and took the manuscript back for me." Takiko said.
Rimudo looked at the guy and said, "Thanks, the manuscript is very important to us."
"Don't mention it." The guy said.
"Ano…do you know where the Seiryuu Shrine is?" Takiko asked.
"Shuji!" a woman's voice called.
"Hahaue!" the guy said as a women came approaching them.
"Where have you been?" the woman asked.
"Been helping people around." Shuji answered. Shuji explained to his mother about Takiko.
"I see, Kutou has never been safe. You must always be alert." The woman said.
"Hahaue, they are looking for the Seiryuu Shrine." Shuji said.
"But you won't be able to enter the shrine. No one has ever entered that shrine. Seiryuu has put a protection around it." The woman said.
"We came here with the Priestess of Seiryuu." Rimudo said and then rested his hand on Takiko's shoulder. "This is the Priestess of Genbu, protecting diety of Hokkan Empire."
"Very well, we'll take you to the shrine." The woman said.
Shuji and his mother led the way as Rimudo and Takiko followed. The shrine looked exactly like the Suzaku one except that it's blue and it says, "Seiryuu." on the blue stone.
"This is as far as we can take you. We are not allowed to enter the shrine. I'm sorry but Shuji and I have to go back now." The woman said.
"Arigatou gozaimashita." Takiko said as the woman and Shuji left.
"Takiko, we better go back to the entrance now. They're probably there, waiting for us." Rimudo said.
"Okay." Takiko said.
Rimudo enveloped Takiko in his arms and disappeared in thin air with Takiko. They reappeared at the entrance of Kutou. Their companions were already there, waiting for them just as Rimudo had predicted. They surprised when Rimudo and Takiko suddenly appeared out of blue. It was not long when Takiko and Rimudo realized that everyone was staring at them (still in each other's arms). Takiko and Rimudo quickly released each other.
"Sorry we took forever." Takiko apologized. Her face was boiling red.
"We found the shrine." Rimudo said.
The only ones who found the shrine were: Nakago, Yui, Takiko, Rimudo, Suboshi and Amiboshi. These six people led the way to the shrine, followed by Tatara, Suzuno, Tamahome, Miaka and Mikaru. Yui entered the shrine first, followed by the others.
"Nakago! Amiboshi! Suboshi!" Soi's voice exclaimed as her spirit appeared before them.
One by one, Soi, Ashitare, Tomo and Miboshi appeared. Miaka and Tamahome were trying to remain calm. 'That seishi killed Nuriko!' Tamahome thought. 'Tomo! How disgusting!' Miaka thought. Even Suboshi and Amiboshi loathed Tomo. Yui seemed to have felt the cold atmosphere around them and decided not to stay in the shrine too long.
"We won't stay long but we have to get the Seiryuu scroll." Yui said.
Upon hearing this, all six Seiryuu seishis touched their seishi statues along with former Seiryuu seishi Amiboshi. However, the statue of Seiryuu didn't glow at all.
"It's not working." Yui said.
"We're not complete." Nakago said as he looked at Amiboshi.
"What do you mean by that?" Tomo asked.
"Amiboshi is no longer a Seiryuu seishi. Unfortunately we need seven Seiryuu seishis to be able to get the scroll." Nakago said calmly.
"How come? Amiboshi is no longer a seishi!" Miboshi asked.
"He's still a seishi but of Suzaku now." Nakago explained.
"You, traitor!" Ashitare growled.
"Enough!" Yui said.
"Yui-sama, if I try to give my brother some of my powers, it might work." Suboshi said.
"Very well." Yui said.
Suboshi touched his brother and gave some of his seishi power to him. In an instant, Amiboshi's seishi sign glowed blue and the Seiryuu scroll appeared. Yui took the scroll and Amiboshi's sign changed back from blue to red.
"Minna arigatou." Yui said and turned towards her companions. "Ikou."
The priestesses and seishis turned around and headed out of the shrine. Nakago whose statue stood behind the statue of Seiryuu, noticed something behind the statue of Seiryuu. He knelt down and picked it up. It was a red-colored scroll with the mark of Seiryuu and Suzaku.
"Nakago?" Yui asked. "Is there something in there?"
"No, nothing." Nakago said as he put the scroll into his pocket.
Dictionary:
Ikou: let's go
Kirei: pretty/beautiful
San/kun/chan/sama: used after people's names
Hai: yes
Sou desu: that is so
Sou da: oh yeah (I remember)
Miko: priestess
Arigatou gozaimashita: thank you
Minna: everyone
Naginata: A spear with a blade at the end; used by Takiko
Ryuuseisui: Suboshi's weapon
Ja na: see ya (sorta)
Hahaue: mother
A/N: Haha! Seiryuu seishis loathe Seiryuu seishis! 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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