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Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Fushigi Yuugi, but Tara is my character
The Dreaded Woman's Island
The boat sailed along the sea and something could be spotted on the horizon. An island. Chiriko looked at the island, something triggered in his brain.
"Um you guys, maybe we shouldn't stop there." He protested. Tamahome smiled.
"Nonsense, we'll just walk through like tourists!" Tamahome grinned and looked at the others. Tara was sitting near the side of the boat, looking a little green, Tasuki was being paranoid and looking around the boat.
"Whatever we do, can we get off the boat soon?" Tara asked, her head hanging low as they went over another wave. Miaka walked over to her and sat with her.
"I wanna get off soon too Tamahome." Miaka looked at him.
"Then it's settled! We get off on the island!" Tamahome said, helping Mitsukake set the sails to go to the island.
Within the hour they were at the shoreline. Chiriko ran up to Tamahome.
"Tamahome, men aren't allowed on this island!" Chiriko said, waving his hand around in the air. Tamahome looked at him, then looked at himself. Silence.
"Well then, us guys, I guess, are going to have to dress up as...girls." His head hung low and Tasuki started yelling out profanity. Chichiri hit him in the back of the head.
"Quiet Tasuki, they don't know that we're here yet!" Chichiri frowed. Miaka looked at the guys, while Tara was thinking.
"This I can't wait to see!" Tara and Miaka said in unison, big smiles on their faces. The guys looked at them, scared.
After dressing them up, and themselves.
"I HATE this! Why do we gotta do this!" Tasuki shouted, while he was wearing the dress, with flowers in his hair. Tamahome grimaced.
"Do you know how emberrassing it is for the one you love to see you in a dress?" Miaka and Tara couldn't stop laughing at them.
"Stop laughing!" Tasuki yelled, his face starting to turn red. Mitsukake didn't look anything like a girl, and Chiriko seemed to fit it perfectly. Chichiri used his magic to make himself look like a girl, he would be fine, Miaka put flowers in her hair and wore her school uniform, Nuriko dressed up like he used to when he pretended to be a girl, and Tara wore a dress and tied her already short hair into the bandana. Most of them looked the part, but Mitsukake was basically a lost cause... a group of people talking could be heard as they walked closer.
"Oh! Look everybody, visitors!" One said, then saw Mitsukake. Two other women walked up to him and grabbed his arms.
"Nice try buddy, but we can tell you're a guy." Mitsukake looked back at them as he was taken away. They all looked at Chiriko.
"So what exactly happens to guys?" Tamahome asked. Chiriko looked at him.
"I'm sorry you guys, when the character on my foot dissapears, I'm no longer a genius." Tamahome looked at him, then everyone else.
"Well, I guess we're just going to have to hope they don't kill him..." Tara said.
Some of the other women walked up to them.
"Welcome to our island travelors, do you need a place to stay?" Miaka looked at them then nodded.
"Then follow us, we'll pair you up and show you to your rooms." Another woman said. They followed the women to a small village and then to a huge house.
"Alright, you, you and you will go in one room, you and you will go in another, and then you two will go in one. They were lead to their rooms then the women left. Miaka looked at Tamahome.
"I have to be roomed with you? Just don't sneak up on me in the middle of the night!" She said.
"I wasn't planning to!" He retorted, turning away from her.
Meanwhile, Tara, Chichiri and Tasuki were a card game with some cards Miaka had.
"Uno." Tara said, holding onto her one card. Tasuki had ahuge pile of cards, obviously doing the worst.
"I swear you are cheating, dammit!" Tasuki said, trying to hold onto the massive pile.
"Or maybe you're just losing, no da." Chichiri said, putting down a blue card on the pile. Tasuki picked up another card and added it to his pile.
"God dammit!" He yelled as his pile of cards fell ontothe floor, going all over the place. Chichiri and Tara ignored him and she placed her last card down onto the pile.
"I win!" She said jumping up and landing on Tasuki's hand which was reaching for a card.
"Ouch! Bloody hell woman! You stepped on my hand!" He hit her on the head with his tessen which was sitting on his bed.
"Hey, don't hit me!" She smacked him back and they got into a fight. Chichiri sat there picking up cards as a dust cloud with them fighting could be seen behind him.
"Be quiet no da!" Chichiri hitting them both on the head with his staff. They both sat back down, rubbing their heads. Tara smiled.
"Let's play again!" She said. Chichiri had finished picking up the cards and put them in front of her and she started shuffling.
Nuriko and Chiriko were talking when he stalled.
"I remember about this place again! I remember what they do to men!" He stood up. Nuriko looked at him.
"Well what do they do to them?" He asked.
"They either kill them or gouge their eyes out and use them." Chiriko replied. Nuriko jumped up and smacked a hole in the wall. Tara, Chichiri and Tasuki looked at the wall and Nuriko.
"Well hi there Nuriko, Chiriko, wanna playcards?" She asked.
"No time for that, we have to save Mitsukake!" Nuriko explained the situation to them and they all got up, Tara put the cards in her pocket. Nuriko smashed a hole in the wall that was connected to Tamahome and Miaka's room and explained to them too. Soon enough, they had all split up into groups to look for Mitsukake. Tamahome and Tasuki, Tara and Chichiri, and Miaka, Nuriko and Chiriko.
Chichiri and Tara ran down a hallway and were spotted by a woman.
"There are some men!" Tara clenched her fists.
"Excuse me? I'm a girl!" Chichiri grabbed her and yanked her in the other direction as they were followed by some women.
Tasuki looked around the corner, then at Tamahome.
"The coast is clear, this way." They jogged quietly down the hallway and some of the women saw them.
"Get them!" They turned around and ran the other way.
Nuriko, Miaka and Chiriko had better luck and weren't spotted. They noticed a cell up ahead and inside Mitsukake was sitting on a bench. Nuriko pulled he bars off and Mitsukake walked outside.
"Thank you for saving me, I wasn't sure what they were planning to do to me." Mitsukake said. They were silent as they noticed he was still wearing the dress. They waited for him to change before looking for the others.
Chichiri and Tara rounded a corner and smacked right into Tamahome and Tasuki.
"Hey you guys, did you find him?" Tamahome asked, standing up.
"Nope, did you?" Tara replied, and he shook his head. They all walked down another hallway and saw the others.
"Way to go you guys, you found him. Now let's get out of here!" Tamahome said, and they all ran for the exit.
"My god, more water?" Tasuki said.
"Hey, there's a boat, no da!" Chichiri said. They all ran for it as a group of the women chased after them with bows and arrows. As the ran, the arrows just missed them and they set the sails on the boat. The boat sailed towards the continent that had the shinzahou and they were safe for the time being. They all breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. Tara looked at them.
"Anyone for a game of cards?" She said, smiling.
Okay! Another chapter done! choir sings I hope you all like this one.