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Chapter Twelve - Onwards to the Frozen Realm

Yui sighed as she leaned back into Nakago's chest. They had been traveling for nearly two hours now, and her butt was killing from the saddle. She then sighed as she tried to come up with a plan, but their departure from the palace stuck in her head.

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"WHAT?" Yui and Nakago stared the smiling emperor.

"I've known from the day you stepped foot in the palace. Call it intuition. Do not worry. I am pleased to know that the man who was responsible for my father's death is nothing like what some people said of him. You are just as human as I am. I can live with the fact that my father gave his life for Konan because he was a warrior as well." Nakago then bowed his head towards Boushin. The young man smiled. "Now go. Our worlds need you." Nodding, Nakago and Soi kicked the horses into a fast gallop. Boushin stared, watching as the figures faded away.

"They will be fine." Boushin turned to his mother, and smiled.

"I know."

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"Ahh... Nakago-san?" Both blondes looked over at the male riding next to him.

"Yes?" Nakago finally asked. The Kiiroi seishi fidgeted nervously.

"What's wrong, Soi?" Yui asked, disturbed by his behavior.

"I'm sens..." His words stopped short as Soi pulled his horse to halt. In front of them stood a waiting platoon of demons, captained by a dark seishi.

"Tomite," Soi growled, as he jumped off his horse. The dark seishi smirked.

"Well, well. Look who it is. Kiiroi seishi Soi. Are you so pathetic that you're siding with the humans now?" Soi growled, golden energy crackling around him. Nakago also jumped off, leaving Yui in control of both horses. He had taken the talisman and was now holding the sword in the loose grip.

"Why isn't he female?" Nakago asked mockingly. "I mean, aren't dark seishi supposed to be opposites of us? Well, if I remember correctly, Tomite was male." The dark seishi growled at the blonde ex-shogun.

"How dare you? Pathetic human, I will tear you apart limb from LIMB!" Whipping his blade out the sheath, he lunged at Nakago. Predicting his movements, Nakago easily evaded the seishi and turned, kicking him in the back. The seishi hit the ground and growled. Immediately jumping to his feet, Tomite rushed at Nakago again. Nakago watched his blade and easily parried his first attack and swung back at him.

Meanwhile, Soi jumped up, releasing golden lightning at the platoon of demons. The attack separated them, as Soi landed in the middle of them. Taking out a pair of nunchaku, Soi struck one in the face as it approached him. Kicking the same demon, he pushed himself off the creature, vaulting up into the air to summon another lightning storm.

"Stand still!" Nakago ducked and dodged another swipe from Tomite. He came up with his own blade and performed a fencing lunge. Tomite evaded the lunge, but was still nicked on the side by Nakago. Nakago then corrected his movement and slashed at Tomite's side. The seishi growled and jumped back and then charged at the blonde. Nakago simply vaulted into the air and landed behind Tomite, once again kicking him in the back. "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST DIE!" The dark seishi screamed in rage as he picked himself off the ground and turned around, blindly swiping at the blonde. Nakago cursed. The seishi had just gotten faster. Hastily, Nakago began dodging and parrying the strikes until he heard a very familiar female scream.

"Shitta!" Yui cursed as she jumped away from the horses. The metal tip of sword then came into her vision. A dark seishi, this time female, smirked down at her.

"Hpmh. So this is what is going to stop Kuroi-sama," she began cockily. "What a waste of flesh." She nicked Yui's pale neck softly, drawing a thin line of blood. Yui glared, looking up at her darkly. The female leaned down, smiling coldly. "What are you going to do, little girl? There's no big strong man to save you. So what are you going to do?" Yui straightened then.

"Kick your ass," she answered as she jumped up, kicking the woman in the stomach. The female flew back, landing ungracefully on her butt while the blade flew out of her hand. She got up then, spitting out the ground.

"Looks like the kitten has some claws after all," she remarked coldly. Yui smirked, mimicking a fighting stance she had seen Nakago use.

"Kitten, huh? Let me introduce the lioness, then." The woman scoffed, jumping towards Yui. She launched a one-two punch combo, hitting the blonde square in the chest. The blonde, however, retaliated with a harsh left hook and then a snap kick in the gut. She capped the combo with a ki blast. The woman went flying back, her head hitting against the ground. She groaned, getting back to her feet. "Like my new trick? I just learned it!" Yui cheered as the woman glared at her. She then lunged at Yui, kicking her in the shoulder. Yui fell back with the force of the kick. The female seishi, however, wasn't finished. She jumped up, trying to kick Yui in the face. The blonde rolled over violently, barely dodging the hit. She kicked, hitting the woman in the lower abdomen, and then jumped to her feet. She then jumped at the seishi, hitting her with a spin kick and then with an elbow in the face. Yui smirked coldly at the sound of a broken nose.

"Why you little brat!" the seishi shrieked. "ARRGH!" She released a barrage of metal spikes. Yui's eyes widened, as she just bolted.

"AIIEEE! NAKAGO!" she screamed as she dodged.

Nakago cursed as he heard Yui scream. Immediately, he tried to reach the blonde, but a sword struck in his way.

"I don't think so, Na-ka-go!" The blonde man cursed as he slashed Tomite's chest. However, the dark seishi didn't seem to care. "Your little miko's going to die!" he sang, gleefully. He then lunged at Nakago, grinning madly. "And then nothing will stop us!" Nakago growled and struck down at Tomite's arm.

Meanwhile, Soi was running out of energy as he punched another demon in the face. He jumped and fired a mediocre lightning storm. He then landed heavily on his feet. Cursing, he jumped up again to avoid getting tackled. All of a sudden, a wave of golden ki spread crashed through everything. Soi landed on his feet, his eyes wide as he recognized the power.

"Woah." Yui looked up slightly at the lady that stood there. She had released that ki wave.

"Call me?" she asked, turning to face Yui.

"Nakago-chan!" Yui turned to see Soi run up to the lady, throwing his arms around her. She smiled, hugging him back as he swung her around. Nakago, meanwhile, ran up to stand behind Yui.

"Who's she?" he asked quietly.

"Nakago," Yui answered absently. The ex-shogun raised an eyebrow.

"What?" Shogun and miko watched as the two seishi laughed, talking animatedly. Yui then gasped.

"His name is Soi. And she said 'call me'..." The blonde miko paused to stare at her companion. "She's Nakago. She's your opposite."

Taka swallowed thickly as he read the next sentence. Miaka stared at her boyfriend worriedly.

"What's wrong Taka?"

"This new seishi is Nakago, I mean, his opposite."

"His what!" Tetsuya took off his glasses, leaning over Taka's shoulder to read. Keisuke meanwhile watched his imouto carefully.

"Mi-chan?" She smiled, 'king' burning brightly on her forehead.

"They'll be fine. Don't worry about it."

"Damn it." The hiss came out strangled as Seiryuu closed his eyes, concentrating on his hold over Hokkan.

"Seiryuu-sama?" He opened his seiren eyes to stare down at a young water sprite.

"Nan desu ka?" Without answering, the naiad took his hand into its own, holding it up against its cheek. A blue glow surrounded the sprite as energy flowed into the eastern god. "Little one!" Immediately, the water god snatched his hand back. Guiltily, the child looked up at him. Seiryuu sighed, patting the sprite's head as he kneeled down. "I know you mean well, Little one. But not at your own expense." With tears whelming in its eyes, the child hugged him.

"Hurry Yui-sama. Hurry."

"Come in." Dautono Aki looked up back to see a little girl with a black kitten walk in, a tall and lanky teenage boy. behind her. He ushered her in quickly, and finally looked up. Navy met chestnut. "Shun?" The boy stared at him closely, trying to place his face. His eyes widened suddenly.

A breathless whisper. "Ashitare?"

Yui yawned as she curled back into Nakago's chest. They had traveled to find a village, but no luck. So now, they were camped out by a small stream. The shogun had sat down against a tree, and Yui was now sleeping on him.

"Why am I so tired?" she asked, rubbing her eyes. Nakago looked down at her and sighed.

"Just as you are connected to Seiryuu, he is connected to you." The girl nodded absently, hovering in the abyss between wakefulness and sleep. Reaching over, Nakago grabbed his coat, tucking it around her. He sat back then, staring absently as the dying sun. A soft snap shattered the silence. Automatically, his hand fell to the jewel pendant, it transforming at his touch.

"It is just I," a female voice called softly as Kiiroi seishi Nakago stepped out of the brush. I'm sorry to have startled you." She kneeled, sitting before him. Seiren and amber clashed as the two finally reached a cross grounds. "There is still a chance. All hope is not yet lost." She smiled then as the shogun nodded and pulled the miko closer in as he too entered the abyss.

Yui yawned as he eyes fluttered open. A fire was burning near by, and Soi stood over it, looking tired and gaunt in the flickering light.

"What did you dream of?" Yui smiled softly, turning over to have her back fully pressed against the shogun's chest.

"What did you?"

"I asked first." She nodded, staring deeply into the flames.

"Snow. I dreamed of snow." Nakago exhaled, leaning his head back.

"So to Hokkan next."

"Hmm."

"Go to sleep, Yui. I will wake you when the time comes," he murmured, as the girl closed her eyes, once again losing herself to the abstract world.

"How long has it been for you?" Shun gratefully accepted the steaming cup from Aki.

"A year, I think. What about you?"

"Four," the vet replied back. Shun put down his cup then, and watched Yuiren play with the kitten. "It feels like we've lived forever, doesn't it?" The boy closed his eyes.

"Sometimes ever longer."

Cold.

The first thing Yui noticed as she came to wakefulness was the coldness she felt in her legs. She opened her eyes to see white specks falling.

"It's snowing!" the blonde miko incredulously announced as she sat up. Nakago chuckled.

"It has been for a while, sleepy head." He watched as the miko outstretched her hand, catching the white dust and watching it melt on her skin.

"How long have I been sleeping?"

"A day or so," Soi replied as he brought his horse closer to theirs.

"How you feel, Yui?" The girl stared at the woman and smiled. 'I feel like I can trust her.' She smiled then.

"Ready to take on the world."

(A/N): A short chapter. I know, but I needed to write this in order to get into writing itself. I've been on hiatus for so long.

The chapter is strange I think, the beginning up till the appearance of Kiiroi seishi Nakago written at some point and the rest written later. It goes from this adventure to sort of standstill.

However, you do get an identity! So here's the revised character list:

1 - Hongo Yui (our heroine!) I do refer to her as "blonde girl" or "blonde miko" at times.

2- Nakago (the hero?) His real name was "Gi Ayuru", but it's also "Tsukiniyo Kei", since he's been reincarnated. And yes, he's a blonde too.

3 - Yuki Miaka (Supporting female lead) I refer to her sometimes as "Suzaku no Miko" or brunette.

4 - Yuki Keisuke (Would he be considered a supporting male?) I just refer to him by his name, nothing else.

5 - Tetsuya (Does he have a last name?) Just Tetsuya, nothing else.

6 - Taka (Supporting male lead) I think I might refer to him as Tamahome at some time, but I'm not sure.

7 - Taiitsukun (The elderly person that knows everything. Every movie has one...) I something refer to her as "the creator" or "Tai-yi-jun", which is the Chinese pronunciation.

8 - Seiryuu (Another one of those people who know everything.) I refer to him as "seiren eyed god", and that's it.

9 - Adia (Just a one scener.) He's not going to show again. At least, I don't think he will.

10 - Subaru (A one scener) I have no plans at the moment to go back to her.

11 - Toroki (Another one scener) The same with him.

12 - Dark Seishi (The villain's henchmen?) You will see these guys a lot. And yes, I know their name is kind of corny...

13 - Houki (The regal person that everyone likes.) Houki is sometimes referred as the "Dowager Empress" which I think means mother of the emperor. Well, that's how they used it in "Anastasia".

14 - Boushin (The regal person that everyone likes.) Boushin is referred as his name, "heika-sama", and I think that's it.

15 - Soi (Kiiroi seishi) Soi is just going to be referred as Soi, because I can't think of any other thing.

16 - Nakago (Kiiroi seishi) Nakago's name might be shortened, just to avoid confusion. Maybe to Naka-chan?

17 - Aki (supporting male) Aki is Ashitare re-incarnated. He's also a vet.

18 - Sai (One of those people whose identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

19 - Brunette Female (One of those people who's identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

20 - Ebony haired, amber eyed Male (One of those people who's identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

21 - Shun (One of those people whose identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

22 - Yuiren (One of those people whose identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

23 - Hitonaka (One of those people whose identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

24 - Ra Ken (One of those people who's identity is a big part of the story) You'll find out...?

I think that's it.

Ja ne and review!