After everyone had packed up the tents and everything they were on their way. Emily this time, upon Joe annoying insistent, was riding with Karasuki while Joe road with Serena. Tasuki and Chichiri road together, but other than that it was the normal riding partners.
They rode for a few hours, a few of the group in small conversations, until they began to get close to a village that they could just barely see. Kokie squinted in the village's direction, and upon seeing that it was, indeed, what she thought it was, grinned and threw her arms up into the air. "YES! Finally! A possibility to find another warrior, and a good place to take a rest and eat."
Emily looked over at her raising an eyebrow slightly at her outburst. " Karasuki, Who's the warriors she says we might find here?" Emily asked.
Karasuki glanced over at Kokie, and then turned forward again with a shrug. "I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's either Tatara or Amefuri, because, the last I heard, Tokaki and Subaru were still living in the capital." she said.
" Ah ok." Emily said, about to add that it was probably Amefuri since Tatara had died where Tokaki and Subaru were, stopping herself just in time as she remembered she wasn't supposed to know that.
Tasuki looked over at Karasuki. " 'Robably Amefuri since 'Atara died in 'ront of Tokaki 'nd Subaru in the 'apital." Tomite and Hikitsu looked over at him, Hikitsu raising an eyebrow. " How do you know that?" Tomite asked before Hikitsu could. "I was 'here." Tasuki replied.
Chichiri nodded at that, glancing over at Tomite and Hikitsu. "Yes, as was I, no da." he added.
Tomite and Hikitsu looked at the two Suzaku warriors. " Wow." Tomite said simply before looking forward toward the approaching town again.
They rode for a while longer, and since everyone else seemed to have found a form of keeping themselves occupied, Serena let her mind wander. This is so weird... I've been here for three days now (if I remember right, at least...) and I still can't believe I'm actually here... wait... Em and I've only been here for three days (well, she's been here for four), and already she's found two of her warriors, I've found three of mine, we've had two encounters with Nakago (well, Em has), Joe's fallen in love, and people think Tasuki and Em, and Chichiri and I have feelings for each other... this seems too... well, like too much, in only a few days...
Emily found herself falling quiet, and not paying attention to the conversations of the others. She stared at the vast dessert around her. As she watched the mirages, she thought she saw one of them take the form of her uncle, who had been murdered when she was young. She watched that mirage, smiling softly as memories of him invaded her thoughts, until she was unaware of anything around her but his smile.
Serena shook her head, snapping herself out of her thoughts, and looked up, to see that they were only a little ways from the village now. She smiled at that, and would have said something about it, but she was trying to break out of her habit of stating the obvious, so she instead just said, "Oh, look..."
Emily didn't hear Serena as she watched his smile, suddenly seeing him asleep. She watched as she thought she saw her cousin enter his room, gun in hand. She was no longer seeing the mirages, but seeing them in the flesh. " Uncle Steve…LOOK OUT!" She suddenly screamed as her cousin raised the gun and pointed it at her sleeping uncle. Emily tried to lunge to save him when it all disappeared and she was on the ground, having fallen from the horse. Emily groaned as she sat up, holding her arm in pain, her face bright with embarrassment.
Tomite and Hikitsu leaped off their horse and ran over to their Priestess. " Emily! What was that all about!" Tomite asked while Hikitsu knelt next to her checking over her arm. " Are you ok?" Hikitsu asked. Emily nodded her head and stood up. " Long story, Tomite. Tell you later."
Serena stared in the direction of her best friend in shock, having heard and seen her best friend do that. She knew she must have been seeing a mirage, and from what Em had shouted, she thought might have an idea of what it could be. "Em! Are you okay!" she called, a concerned look on her face.
Emily, with Hikitsu and Tomites help, climbed back onto the horse, sitting behind Karasuki. " Yeah, just a sore arm." Emily replied to Serena. Joe looked over at her, raising an eyebrow as if asking if she really was ok. Emily curtly nodded, holding her sore arm to her chest as Tomite and Hikitsu climbed back on their horse.
Serena just raised an eyebrow, and shook her head. "Okay, if you say so." she said, turning her head forward.
Emily stared at her lap as they rode, until she sensed someone was watching her. She looked up and saw Tasuki watching her. As soon as he saw her watching him he looked away. Emily raised and eyebrow slightly then shrugged looking forward, noticing they were almost to the town.
Little did Tasuki and Emily know, but someone else had noticed the bandit staring at her. Serena smirked slightly to herself, very glad she was observant - now, she could tease Em to get back at her. Her and Tasuki do go well together, I do admit. I mean, they argue like bitter enemies - they're perfect for each other. She chuckled to herself, shaking her head at her thoughts.
Tomite and Hikitsu were carrying on a conversation with themselves, while Emily watched the approaching town. Her thoughts wandered as she absently fiddled with her earring. Tasuki looked at Chichiri with a grin. " 'Njoying the 'rip?"
Chichiri looked back at him, with a small shrug. "I suppose you could say I'm enjoying it, no da." he said, before asking, "What about you? Enjoying the trip, no da?"
Tasuki grinned, showing off his fangs. " 'Ell, it is 'etter than the 'ast time."
Chichiri laughed slightly, with a nod of his head. "Yeah. I suppose it is, no da." he stated, glancing around at the others, not really knowing how to continue the conversation. He noticed that Toroki and Kokie were deep in conversation, as were Tomite and Hikitsu, and Karasuki and Joe seemed to be involved in some sort of silent communication. Serena was singing quietly to herself to an unfamiliar to him song, and Emily was boredly playing with an earring.
Tasuki watched Emily for a little bit then looked at the town as they reached it's borders. Tomite and Hikitsu finished their conversation and watched the townspeople.
As they rode through the town, Emily watched Kokie, Karasuki, and Toroki, wondering if they recognized any of the many people walking down the rode around them. Tasuki was watching the towns people, grinning at one little boy showing his fangs, causing the boy to start crying.
Serena tried her hardest not to laugh as the boy started crying because of Tasuki's fangs, but instead ended up just laughing behind her hand. After her giggle fit ended, she glanced around at the people as well, and jumped when she heard two voices calling after them. "Toroki? Kokie? Karasuki? Is that you! It can't be! You're dead!" she turned her head, to see two elderly women walked quickly up behind them, gazing at the three Byakko warriors.
Emily watched the elderly women, as well as the Byakko warriors, awaiting their reactions.
The Byakko warriors turned to look at the women, confusion written plainly on their faces. "Yeah, it's us…. And… who're you two?" Karasuki said, and the women grinned brightly at them. "I know it's been at least 90 years, but it's us, Mai and Chun, Tatara's much-younger sisters!" Shock crossed the Byakko warriors' faces.
Tomite blinked, trying not to laugh at the expressions on the Byakko warriors faces. Emily smirked. " Only 90 years? Yeah that's a real short time." Emily snorted as she watched.
"Mai! Chun? The last time I saw you two was when you were about five! No wonder I didn't recognize you! Wow, you two still look identical… and pretty, too… Must be because you're the younger sisters of a seishi, right?" Toroki said, not noticing the glare that Kokie gave him at the 'pretty' remark.
Tasuki rolled his eyes at them. " Geez…'etting worked up 'ver such a 'ittle thing!"
"Little thing! Ha! Meeting old friends' younger siblings after 90 years is something you consider a little thing?" Kokie asked, raising an eyebrow at the red haired Suzaku seishi.
Tasuki thought for a moment. " Uh…….YEAH!" Tasuki grinned, though the grin slowly lessened at the glares from the group. " Okay…'aybe it isn't 'hat small of a 'hing." Tasuki muttered.
Kokie smirked at him, then turned back to look at Mai and Chun. "So, how you doin'? Have families now, right? Home's 'n' stuff." she said, and the two women nodded at her. "Yeah, we have families and homes. Although both of our husbands are dead, unfortunately, and our children have moved out." Chun, the one who seemed to be a bit shorter, answered.
Emily smiled. So sad…and happy at the same time. Amazing that they recognized them…since they were so young when they last saw him. Emily thought.
Karasuki smiled at them, and glanced around at the others. "We should probably introduce you guys to each other, either that or get going. Well, I'll just quickly introduce you. Mai, Chun, this is Serena, the new Byakko no Miko, Emily, her best friend and the new Genbu no Miko, Joe, Serena's cousin, Tasuki, one of the last two Suzaku seishi, Chichiri, the other of the remaining Suzaku seishi, and finally Tomite and Hikitsu, two of Emily's warriors."
Emily, and Joe nodded slightly when their names were said.Tomite and Hikitsu raised a hand. Tasuki, being the odd duck, smiled threateningly, showing his fangs.
Mai and Chun stared at Tasuki slightly, backing a couple of steps back. "Nice to meet you. Say, this is quite an odd group, isn't it? All you need is a Seiryuu seishi. Where are you going, anyway?"
"We're working on gathering all our warriors. Going through Sairo then Hokkan. And Seiryuu warriors can stay in Kutou…FAR from us." Emily answered their question.
"I see… that must mean that the countries are in danger again… not good." Mai said, furrowing her eyebrows. Then she smiled slightly, and offered, "If you feel like searching the whole city, and since that would take quite a while, you may stay at our houses tonight if you wish."
Emily smiled. " Thank-you so much. That's very kind." Tomite and Hikitsu nodded their agreement.
Mai smiled brighter, and waved a hand in dismissal. "You're welcome. Now, our houses are on the opposite end of the village, they're right next to each other, you can't miss them. They kind of stand out. Now, you better run along and search. We'll be waiting for you." she said, grabbing her sister's arm, and dragging her off. Serena waved and called 'bye' to them as they left, as well as Karasuki, Kokie, and Toroki.
Emily pops chibi and waves her arm. " Ja ne no da!" Tomite stared in fear at his Preistess before walking away. " Bye people that know my companions but not I!"
Chichiri gave Emily a look at her using 'no da', before looking around at the others. "So, where do we search first, no da?" he asked, and Serena looked over at him, giving him a shrug.
"I dunno. Um..." before she could continue, a very happy, SD Kokie danced in front of her, and gripped the front of Chichiri's shirt, giving him a look that could very easily be called any out of the following four: darling/adorable/cute/kawaii. "I need food. We need food. We must get food. You must listen. Or gravity-defying blue hair goes 'bai-bai'. Food. Then search."
Chichiri looked down at Kokie, obviously creeped out. "Ano... alright, no da!"
Emily goes into an 'aw' attack for a brief moment before laughing and saying, " Look like she's been reading the Nonsense that never made sense fic." Tasuki looked from Kokie, to Emily, to Chichiri, to Serena, and back again before sighing. "Women..." (Malinconia: The "nonsense that never made sense" fic is an inside joke. We have a link to the fic if you want to understand it, and if so say so in a review.)
Karasuki looks to Tasuki, and sends a squirt of water at him. "I resent that."
Tasuki growls and backs up, glaring at Karasuki. " Why? It 'idn't have 'nything to do 'ith you."
Karasuki glares back at Tasuki. "Are you saying I'm not a woman?"
Tasuki looked over Karasuki. " Yes, 'eeing as 'ow you 'ook much 'ike 'Mily and 'he is in 'ow was a 'irl." Emily growled and walked up behind him."Excuse me?" Tasuki jumped slightly and glared at the young blonde. "'Ou heard 'e."
Karasuki bristled at the fiery young Suzaku seishi, and while he was distracted, snuck up behind him, put her hands over his head, and let loose a gigantic wave, completely soaking him. Serena clasped a hand to her mouth to keep from sniggering.
Joe, Tomite, Hikitsu, and Emily erupt in laughter, and applause. "Encore! Encore!" Emily yells, smirking soaked Tasuki. Tasuki screamed and spluttered, acting like he was drowning.
Karasuki smirked slightly, and patted the freaking-out bandit's head. "You can continue to say that I'm not female, but whenever you do, you will get a nice, lovely shower such as this." she purred, sugar-coating her words.
"Yes, ma'am!" Tasuki saluted before thwacking the laughing Emily. "OW!" Emily glared at Tasuki and stepped, but didn't see the mud. She slipped and fell, tripping Tasuki as she did, causing him to land on top of her.
Serena stared, and tried her hardest not to grin at this sight. "Heheheh..." she chuckled evilly, not saying anything, for fear of interrupting the hilariously romantic scene in front of her.
Tasuki stared down at Emily, not really getting off yet. He never noticed the gold around her pupils before. Emily looked at Tasuki, noticing that their faces were getting close, but not doing anything. Joe cleared his throat. "You can get off her now."
Emily and Tasuki both sighed and glared at Joe. It was then Emily noticed where Tasuki's hands were. "PERVERT!" she yelled, and roughly got his hands off her chest. "'M not a 'ervert!" Tasuki growled.
At this, Serena could no longer hold it in, and burst out laughing, hysterically. "Of c-course you are, Ta...Tasuki!" she laughed, holding her stomach, finding it hard to breathe. Chichiri looked to her, and momentarily wondered if she was alright.
Tasuki growled and suddenly, unsurprisingly the ground at Serena's feet was on fire. Emily simply clapped, a Nakago-ish clap.
"AAAH! HOT, HOT, HOT!" Serena cried out, and began trying to keep from letting her feet get burned. She looked like she was attempting to march, do the bunny hop, and do the Irish step all at the same time. Kokie and Toroki burst out laughing at her predicament.
Emily laughed even harder and impersonated her. "Oh no, my shoes, please, these are my newest ugly shoes, you can't burn them!" Tasuki quickly used his power to put out the flames, sensing a fight.
Serena stopped moving, completely still, giving Emily a look that, if Em were anyone else, would scare the wits out of the one receiving it. "... That was not about my shoes; it was painful. I am not obsessed with my shoes. And. They. Are. Not. Ugly." she hissed.
"You've been getting styling tips from Ryan. Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Everything cool to you must be ugly. And it was so about your shoes, you're too stupid to understand pain! Even your taste in guys is ugly!" Emily shouted.
Serena gave Em a startled look at that, before she stepped towards Emily dangerously, a very irritated expression on her face. "You... you..." she looked like she was going to hurt something, before making a muffled scream/growl under her breath while looking up at the sky. She then looked back down, thwacked Em, and began storming in a random direction as fast as she could walk.
Emily growled and glared, before turning and running in the opposite direction, which happened to be a rocky mound, perfect for hiding.
Chichiri, Kokie, Karasuki, and Toroki looked in the directions that the best friends had stormed off in, wondering what they should do. Kokie scowled, and placed her hands on her hips. "Grrr... bakas! Now we're not gonna get food until they make up! I thought they were supposed to be really close best friends? Yeesh!"
Chichiri sighed, and began walking in the direction that Serena had gone in. "Well, we better go find them. I'll go this way, no da." he stated, and Karasuki began following him. "Me too." she stated, and received a glare in the back from Kokie. "I'm staying here." Kokie snapped.
Joe, Tomite, and Hikitsu looked in the direction Emily had gone. "I'm not going." Tomite stated, knowing it would be painful if he did. "She's too much like my sister. Leave her alone, it'll blow over and she'll find us." Joe commented, like Kokie very hungry. Tasuki stood still. "That has got to be the greatest fight I've ever seen."
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Emily meanwhile reached the rocks and climbed up, sitting down in a small, hidden crevice. "I hate them... I hate them all..."
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Karasuki stopped walking after a bit, and turned back, deciding to let Chichiri take care of Serena by himself. She smiled secretly to herself, allowing herself a giggle, as she walked back to the others. Oh Karasuki, you're playing matchmaker again... well, these two would be so cute together! She thought to herself, reaching the others.
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"Serena! Serena, where are you, no da? I'm sure Emily didn't mean those things, no da!" Chichiri called, searching little places around that she could've possibly hid in.
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Joe glared at Karasuki, having a sense of what she was doing. Tomite sat down, deciding to get comfy as he waited. Meanwhile, Emily was still hidden in the rocks grumbling.
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Chichiri continued to search, eventually coming across a box that was tilted on it's side, a shaky sigh coming from inside of it. He blinked, and knelt down next to it, crawling around the edge to peer in. "AH!" Was the response he got from inside the box, and the curly haired girl inside it jumped in surprise, backing up away from the entrance. "... Ch...Chichiri? What're you doing here?" she asked, wiping at her cheeks obviously trying to hide the fact that she had been crying.
"I came to find you, no da. Are you alright?" he asked, and got a sigh in response, Serena drooping her head slightly, looking towards the side of the box, away from Chichiri. "She was right... everything about me is ugly... and I am stupid..."
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Joe slowly began to walk around, waiting for someone to do something. He knew he should go get Emily, but simply couldn't.
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Emily started to softly cry. "I hate them, they hate me. There's no point for us to work together or be on the same side. They don't care what happens to me..."
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Chichiri frowned, and reached in, putting his hand under Serena's chin, lifting her head to look him in the face. "What? You are not, no da. She didn't mean any of that, I'm sure, na no da. It is not true." he stated, and Serena just stared at him, startled at what he had said. She blushed slightly at their closeness, and pulled back, shaking her head violently.
"No, no, no! It is true! I am unattractive, and have terrible taste! And my intelligence matches my awful looks. I'm too stupid to be the Byakko no Miko; he chose the wrong girl... he should've chosen my cousin Talitha, she's much smarter than me... and beautiful, too!" she stated, looking away from Chichiri, who was now giving her a look that clearly stated that he disagreed.
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Joe sighed and started to slowly towards the rocks, having a feeling he should just leave her alone but at the same time he should go get her.
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The young blonde rambled things about running away that night and going to Kutou.
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Chichiri reached into the box again, with both arms this time, grabbed her shoulders, and shook her slightly. "Serena, you are not ugly, you are quite the opposite, no da! Very much the opposite, really... And from what I can tell, you are highly intelligent as well, no da! She is your best friend, she did not mean those things, no da. You know her much better than I do, I shouldn't be telling you this, no da." he chided, and Serena just stared at him in shock, her blush from before returning ten-fold.
"You... called me beautiful..." she stated, and upon this statement, Chichiri seemed to realize what he said, and blushed slightly as well. "Um... well, yes, I did, no da..." he stuttered, and Serena continued to stare at him, startled. Basically, it was just a long, awkward few minutes.
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Joe stopped halfway there, staring at the rocks. "I'm halfway. That's good enough." he stated before sitting down.
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Emily stared ahead, slowly drying her tears. I wonder if Nakago is hearing any of this... he kept saying he had something he wanted to talk about... now would be a great time. She thought.
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Serena blinked, before clearing her throat, and looking up, embarrassed at this whole thing. "I suppose you're right... she probably didn't... but, my taste is terrible - except in guys, I don't agree with her on that - and I'm not that great looking and I'm not that intelligent..." she said, shrugging, before beginning to crawl out of the box. "Um... Can you... move? Please..." she asked, and Chichiri nodded, backing out of the box, and standing up, preparing to help her up.
She crawled out of the box, and took his offered hand, standing up slowly, then letting go and brushing herself off. "Can we not go back yet...? I don't want them to know I was crying..." she mumbled, looking down at the ground. Chichiri gave her a smile, and patted her shoulder. "Sure, no da. Understandable."
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Meanwhile, somewhere else, Nakago was, indeed, listening to what was happening. Smirking as he listened, he decided that he would visit the Genbu no Miko, as soon as he was finished with what he was currently occupied with.
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The Genbu No Miko stared at the rock a few feet infront of her. She knew everyone was waiting her but she wasn't ready to go back yet. She didn't really want to apologize just yet. " I just want to be mad for awhile." The young blonde quoted one of her favorite songs.
Suddenly, a muffled 'thump' was heard from somewhere outside the crevice, and then slow, quiet footsteps echoed, getting louder, as if they were walking towards the entrance of the crevice she was in. Then, the sun was blocked by a tall, dark silhouette. "Genbu no Miko. We meet again."
Emily glared at the silhouette, her past ramblings forgotten. She slid away from him as far as she could, before speaking. "So it would seem. Stop blocking my sunlight."
The figure knelt down, letting in some of the sunlight - just enough to light the room up so they could see each other, revealing that the figure was Nakago (of course). He smirked slightly at her, and shook his head slowly from side to side. "I can finally speak with you, and no one can intrude upon us. What I have been wanting to talk about, is that I am very perturbed with the way you and the Byakko no Miko talk about me. I wish to inform you that I plan on making you pay for what you have said."
Emily couldn't help but smirk. "I can hardly wait, Nakago-sama." the young blonde smirked as she said 'sama' in a mocking voice.
Nakago's smirk dropped off his face, and he raised an eyebrow at her, looking slightly irritated about the 'sama'. "You are one foolish young girl." he stated, before raising his hand, and from it slowly extended light blue chi that looked perfectly harmless. It reached Em, and wound around her, before touching her; as soon as it came in contact with her, she felt excruciating pain.
The young blonde glared at being called foolish, then screamed a loud echoing scream as the chi touched her skin, thrashing and trying to get away.
Nakago smirked once more, and after a little bit, retracted the painful chi, letting it dissolve into thin air. "That is just a sample of what is going to be happening to you." he stated, before getting back to his feet, and walking away from the rocks, disappearing. (Malinconia: Yeah, he's gotten some new powers. ((sweatdrop)) When he got brought back he got them, I'd say.)
Emily lay limp against the rocks, her face contorted in pain as she cried. Suddenly, the sun was blocked once more, this time by a child only ten or so. "Are you okay?" he asked in a little boy voice.
Emily slowly shook her head before passing out, the aftermath of the pain chi too much. The young boy blinked then sighed. "Namame, I think she needs our help." The rock slowly started to move, and slowly changed into a younger, cuter, nicer looking Nakago, Emily ending up in his lap. "For once Hatsui... I think you're right."
Karasuki, Kokie, and Toroki, even though they hadn't been paying as rapt attention to the rocks as Joe, all noticed when it disappeared. They turned their heads in that direction, and stared at the blond young man, blonde young woman, and little boy strangely. "Okay... I think either I'm going crazy, or that rock just turned into a person." Kokie remarked, blinking, as the other two Byakko warriors nodded.
Tomite stared at the blonde, who he now had perfect view of since Joe had just fainted. "Hikitsu... is that.." but he was cut off by his best friends shout of "NAMAME! HATSUI!" and received a nice bit of sand in his mouth as Hikitsu took off running toward the three people. As soon as Tomite spit out the sand he followed. As Hikitsu reached them he stared at Emily. " What happened to her! Why didn't you protect her you imbeciles!" Hatsui pouted and hid behind Namame who had slowly stood up, the limp Emily in his arms. " Long story Hik." Namame muttered and started to walk towards the camp, Hatsui close behind. Tomite and Hikitsu looked at each other before following, picking up Joe as they went.
Karasuki blinked slightly in surprise, her jaw dropping the slightest bit at the fact that the people that had randomly appeared from the rock were actually people, and people that the Genbu warriors knew. "Well, this is confusing..." she observed, Kokie loudly and colorfully proclaiming her agreement, while Toroki just nodded.
Tasuki stares before basically saying the same thing as Kokie. As Namame got close to the others he called out, " Doctor! Get a Doctor! She's wounded and needs medical treatment Now." Hikitsu glared. " She wouldn't be hurt if you and Hatsui has done your job and protected her."
"Well forgive me, not my fault I was up all night with the kid and we were sleeping, waking only when she started screaming. God forbid I get any credit for the past 200 years watching him in heaven." Namame said nodding at Hatsui.
"WHAT the HELL? How'd she get hurt? Who are you? Genbu seishi! In SAIRO? Why the hell are all these Genbu seishi in SAIRO! Two hundred years? Wha-!" Kokie rambled, getting cut off only when Toroki sighed, deciding he would go get the doctor, grabbed her around the collar, and began pulling her off in the general direction of the doctor.
"We'll go get the doctor. You guys should probably wait for Serena and Chichiri then head to Mai and Chun's place. We'll meet you there." Toroki stated as he dragged a struggling and cursing SD Kokie off.
Tomite sighed and knelt down hugging the frantic and crying Hatsui. " I didn't mean to let her get hurt! It was so sudden and done by t-t-tall b-b-blonde and scary!" Tasuki growled as he looked over at Emily. "Nakago did this?" Hikitsu sighed as he looked over Emily closely. " Only chi could leave these marks." Joe slowly sat up, a deep scowl on his face. " Damn him to hell."
Karasuki sighed, frowning slightly as she walked over, looking between all the others. "You should get her to Mai and Chun's now. I'll wait here for Serena and Chichiri. She needs a comfortable bed, and to be out of this terrible heat. It can't be helping her." she said in a somewhat commanding, motherly tone of voice.
Namame nodded and started to walk away before stopping. "Where is that?" Hikitsu sighed and started to walk away, Tomite and Hatsui behind him. "I'll lead the way you imbecile." Namame frowned and followed, Joe at his heels. Tasuki stayed put. "I'll wait for Chichiri and Serena."
Karasuki nodded at Tasuki, before sighing, and sitting down on the ground, expecting the two they were waiting for to take quite a while. "I hope those two hurry." she stated, surrounding her hand in water, before running it through her hair, washing the dirt from her hair and cooling herself off.
Tasuki also sat down, watching the others walk away. " 'Hey'll 'robably be 'while."
Karasuki nodded slightly, keeping her gaze in the direction that Serena and Chichiri had gone off in. "Yeah, since Chichiri had to search for Serena, and she probably hid, so she'd probably be hard to find... and once he did find her, it'd probably be hard to calm her down..."
Tasuki nodded and sighed before flopping down. They better hurry... Emily is in trouble. He thought to himself. Meanwhile, Hikitsu and them where coming up on their destination. "Should we just go in or knock or what?" Tomite asked as they reached the door. Hikitsu grinned and pounded on the door. " It's Kokie, Karasuki, and Toroki's friends!" Hikitsu shouted before saying quietly. " Mix Tomite. Mix."
There came a shout from inside, before the sound of running, and then the door slid open, revealing Mai, smudges from some type of sauce on her face and the front of her dress. "You're here earlier than we thought. Where are the others?" she asked, glancing around, before catching sight of Emily, and gasping in shock, bringing a hand to her mouth. "Oh, the poor dear... quick, bring her in! We already have the other rooms ready. Quick, quick." she ushered them in hurriedly, closing the door behind them.
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Serena and Chichiri were walking back to where they remembered the others being, in a somewhat awkward silence, having never been alone with each other before - and add the fact that they were both embarrassed about the whole scene back at the box. The copper haired girl almost jumped for joy when they spotted Karasuki and Tasuki, but immediately her happiness seeped away when she saw the looks on their faces, and that there was no one else around. In worry, she ran the rest of the way to the others, and stopped in front of them, looking between the two. "Where... where are the others? What happened?" she asked frantically.
Karasuki bit her lip, and looked to Tasuki, before looking back up at Serena. "Emily stormed off in anger to hide somewhere, and while she was hiding, Nakago attacked her..."
"Wh...WHAT?"
LivnaMalinconia: End chapter four!