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"Just lovely! Now even Miaka's daughter's doing us damage!" Nuriko hissed angrily. Chichiri looked shocked at her outburst.
"That beautiful woman floating there is Miaka's daughter?" he asked. Nuriko nodded, taking out her hairpins and letting her long hair fall down her shoulders. She braided her hair and threw it over her shoulders quickly. Hikari laughed.
"I am not your miko's daughter. Really, I am a Curse. This would attack all the seishis' children, and it would have a greater impact if the child was from the miko and her seishi. Boushin had one curse and Hikari had another. Luckily for us, the seishi with the extraordinary strength did not play a part in giving birth to either of them and that is you, Nuriko. If you had gotten Miaka instead of Taka, Hikari would never be touched by us, because of her strength. However, you chose to let those two marry and die for their sake, leaving the way clear for us Curses."
"Now, now, Hikari. Your lecture is getting on Ko Reishun's nerves. However, you've thoroughly enraged Nuriko through your accusations. Let Nuriko show you what he can do!" Nuriko yelled, unlacing her kimono and letting it fall to the ground, revealing the bandit clothes she borrowed from Tasuki.
Chichiri had to say something. "Nuriko, she is floating, no da. She can avoid your punches easily, no da. And she had a lot of armies here, no da. Hikari, do we hurt Miaka's baby if we kill you?" Great, what a lame question…
"She could dodge my strength, but she could not hide from your magic! You take the air and I take the rest!"
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Boushin was breathing heavily. He felt as though a ki blast had blasted through him. Suddenly, after a moment of torture, the sensation cleared and he heaved a sigh of relief. "That Curse was finally dead. Now I will have a few days free before the next one comes along. I hate being the source of all the demons. I wish father was here. However, I will take care of the court in his absence. That's my wish and my will."
Houki stood worriedly outside her son's room. "Boushin, are you alright? Your officials are looking all over for you. They wanted to discuss about…" Houki turned red when she remembered the same thing that happened to Emperor Hotohori.
"No, Mother, send them away. If they still persist in finding me, I shall stay in my room forever!" Boushin threatened with a child-like innocence. Houki had to bite back a smile. "I want to fall in love, not pushed into marriage so uselessly! If there's one girl I will find, it will not be from the harem! Those there are power-hungry and scary ladies!"
"Hotohori…is this how you felt when Kourin and I first stepped into the harem with the other court women? Are you actually aware about the competition and rivalry in there?" Houki shook her head. "Hotohori has a new life to spend. He shall spend it peacefully with the woman he really loves…and I hope he finds her. Ever since the Suzaku no Miko rejected him and ever since Kourin died, I've never seen a sincere smile on his beautiful face…right until his death…when I was not there for him."
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Soi was fidgeting with a hairpin when Tomo came in. "So, where did Nakago go? Got any information?"
Tomo shrugged. "I can only do so much as a woman now. And please remember that I am an illusionist, not a general. Neither am I someone who knows Nakago inside out." Soi made a face and pouted.
"I thought we agreed on sharing him this time! What's with keeping all the information to yourself? Come on, share! Please?"
"Sometimes I cannot understand why you lost this stunning personality in your previous lifetime…okay, from the father, he said that Nakago was going to set wrongs to rights, so that means…"
Soi's eyes lit up like a light bulb. "He remembers something already!"
"Yup, and since our whole lifetimes were dedicated to fighting the Suzaku warriors, then he must have gone after them. After that, then…maybe he would go back to Kutou and we'll never find him forever there."
"Ask Chichiri," Soi suggested. "But it's better to strike when the fire's hot, don't you think?"
"I agree."
"You know, you look so much better without that face paint on your face. It distorts everything, you know."
"And I say that I like your personality so much better. You are not going to be that easy to hook up, would you?" Tomo asked, grinning.
"The only one who could do that would be Nakago."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
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They arrived at the scene just minutes after the chaos broke out. "I damned hate zombies!" Tasuki muttered. He raised his tessen. "Reika shien!"
"Kai ha! Mutter mutter mutter HA!" Chichiri was scoring points on Hikari. Nuriko was right; magic was her weakest point. Nakago raised a hand and sent a ki ball in Hikari's direction, just when she barely dodged Chichiri's lightning. It hit her square in her heart and she crumpled to the ground.
"Precision and strategy wins the day," Nakago smirked. "That's something you suzaku warriors should learn."
"You should learn how to love! It would do you good too!" Miaka chirped, tugging on his arm. It was obvious that along the way, she had forgotten about the ruthless, cold Nakago and had replaced it with this one. She had unconsciously forgiven him and a small part of his memories came rushing back.
"It seems like we all could learn something."
"I'll teach you something, Nakago! Stop talking and help me! These zombies come in thousands!"
Suddenly, a bright blue light appeared. "Wow, we've got a lot to slaughter, don't we, Miiru?"
"We do, Ren."
"Kamishiro Miiru and Shigyou Ren!" Miaka shouted in recognition. "What are you doing here?"
"We are trying to help, Miaka," Ren said, in that soft mocking voice of his. "Miiru and I are feeling bored with our married life, so we decided to get some action, and, hopefully, some reactions too."
"That's right. We are sorry for our past mistakes and want to help you. Ren, you will try your best, won't you?"
"That's only human, Miiru."
That was when Nuriko, Chichiri and Tasuki knew of their presense. "You are that girl with no clothes on! You blocked the sword meant for Tenkou!" Nuriko blurted out, throwing aside one zombie.
"She really is Miiru, no da. Who's that boy there?"
"I'll be god DAMNED if they are gonna manipulate us and go against us again!"
"Well, that would be fun," Ren said, chuckling. He turned to the situation at hand. "Brace yourself, Miiru. We are going in!"
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If you don't know who Ren and Miiru are, then you've not seen the second OVA. Sighs…