Water, Water Everywhere...

Disclaimer: I dont the characters of Fushigi Yugi even if I wanted to, but Tara is my character, thus making her mine.

Tara opened her eyes suddenly as the memory ended and the clouds were straight above the boat, thunder and lightning snapping at the fragile sails of the boat, now shaking violently under the waves of the massive ocean. She could feel her head band starting to loosen, just slightly. She scooted a little closer to the edge, to see if the ocean waves were starting to calm down.

"Nope... at this rate, thestorm is gonna tear the ship apart, and then, I don't even want to think about it..." Her head slumped down a little, and the ferocious wind swept around her, and her headband came loose, falling into the ocean.

"NO! Not my headband!" Her face filled with shock, she got ready to go retrieve her lost item, but was pulled back by someone.

"I'll go get it, you stay here..." A voice said to her, and they tossed their jacket at her. "Wear it, or you'll catch cold."

"Tasuki... you can't swim either, so why?"

"I can tell It's important to you, so I'll go get it." He replied, jumping off the deck. Tara's face was fozen with shock, he had gone to go get it even though he couldn't swim, he could die...

"What an airhead, but I can tell his heart is in the right place...," Tamahome said. "I'll go get him, no doubt by now he regrets doing that." Miaka ran up to both of them, but then tripped on a piece of wood that wasn't properly nailed in, and fell overboard. Tamahome jumped in after her, and to go get Tasuki as well.

Tasuki saw the red headband falling to the bottom of the ocean. He grabbed onto it and smiled to himself as he held into it, but then realized something vital. He couldn't swim...

'Dammit! Now how do I get back to the boat?' Just as he could feel the air leave him, he felt someone grab his arm and pull him to the surface. He gasped and breathed in the precious air.

"Lucky you I found you." Tamahome said, proud of himself for saving Miaka and Tasuki.

"Oh shut up, I coulda gotten back up if I wanted to..." Tasuki said, lowering his head a little bit.

Chichiri and Chiriko lowered a rope as Nuriko jumped in to catch it since Tamahome had his hands full. Tasuki was able to get up before a huge wave swept through the water and started pushing Nuriko, Miaka, and Tamahome away.

"My poor friends, but alas they're dead..." Tasuki said as he held onto the rope.

"We're not dead, you idiot!" Tamahome retorted as the water pulled him through the strong current. Tasuki looked in their direction, and felt bad for having Tamahome jump in after him. Chichiri called down to him as they pulled the rope up and he was safely on deck. Tara looked up from the spot she was sitting on the deck and ran over to him.

"Are you okay?" She was definately concerned.

"Heh, yeah, I'm fine, and I got your headband back." He handed it out to her.

"You got it? Thank you so much!" There was a big smile on her face and she hugged him for a moment and took her headband, rung it out, and tied it around her head.

"It wasn't a problem at all." He said while Tara gave him back his jacket and he put it on.

"Do you think that they'll be okay?" Tara asked, talking about Tamahome, Nuriko, and Miaka.

"We'll just have to follow them. No Da." Chichiri replied. Tara nodded her head slwoly and a wave hit the boat. She dropped to the deck to so if she got dizzy, she wouldn't hurt herself. She scooted over to where Tasuki was to see how he was doing.

"Feeling any better?" She asked.

"A little, but I still feel sick..." He trailed off as he headed for the railing of the boat. She quietly laughed to herself as he sat down on the deck, looking like he was gonna puke again.

That's Chpater 6, sorry I didn't get this up sooner, I was away all weekend! Enjoy!