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OVA 2: Child Of Silence

Tasuki and Jade landed in a pond. His head breaking the surface, the bandit somehow got the unconcious Celeste Warrior to shore. "Jade?! Jade, speak t' me!" he said, shaking her. "C'mon, don' do this! Please wake up!!! Damn, she isn't breathing!" he cried frantically. Then he remembered something Mitsukake had shown him one time. What was it called? CPR, that was it. He picked up her head gently and placed his mouth over hers, breathing into her mouth. She still wasn't breathing, so he tried again, this time, much deeper and slower. He gave a sigh of relief when she coughed up water weakly. He gently stroked her cheek as she gasped and took in air. "I was worried, but ya didn' swollow too much water. That's good..." he said as she slowly became concious. A hand rested on his, and he looked up to see a grinning Chichiri. "AHHHHHHHHH!!! Don' do that!!!" he cried, toppling back into the water. The monk helped Jade into a sitting position. "What's that moron doing in the water?" she asked, rolling her eyes. "I wouldn't call him that, no da. He just saved your life..." Her eyes got big. "He did?" "Yes. You two fell into the water, and he gave you mouth-to-mouth rescessitation because you weren't breathing, no da." She smiled at the dripping wet bandit. "Damnit Chichiri, don' scare me like that!" Miaka and Taka came running up. "Oh, thank goodness you two are okay! I was so worried!" the concerned Priestess managed to gasp. Jade stood up, with help from Chichiri, and asked the monk about the other seishi. He told her that they had scattered, but they were all okay. "We should start looking at the palace for the memory jewels. Let's go and get them before some demon does." Miaka said. Tasuki raised his fist and grinned. "Good idea! Let's go already, we won't solve anythin' standing around here all day!" "Loser, since when have you been able to swim?!" He looked at Jade after she said that snide comment, and he began to sink. She sighed and jumped in to get him out.

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They arrived later at the palace. Jade smirked as the others discussed how long it had been. "Oh, I come to the palace quite often. Her Majesty, Lady Houki, has me do certain tasks that she cannot, being as sick as she is..." the Celeste Warrior trailed off, looking sad. "Lady Houki is sick?! We have to see her!" Miaka cried and began pulling Taka down the hall. A Nyan-Nayn came out of nowhere and hugged Jade. "Jade, you're okay!" the little girl cried happily. Jade hugged her back, smiling. "Well, I see you're fine!" A group of men came down the hallway. The man in front saw the little group and smiled. "Lady Kokyu, Lord Chichiri! And I see you brought Lord Tamahome and the Priestess with you!" he said happily. The men began chatting amiably with them, Tasuki glowering in the back. "Hmph. I guess I don't count." The Prime Minister finally saw him. "Oh, Lord Tasuki! When did you show up?" The redhead scowled even more and didn't respond. The men led them to the banquet hall, where there was an exquisite (Spelling?) feast set up. Miaka explained the situation to the Prime Minister while the others ate. "Stones, you say? Well, I'll have an organized search set up immediately. Lord Chichiri, Lady Kokyu, if it's not too much to ask, are the two of you willing to stay here? I'm afraid that since we don't have a true leader, we need your help with certain matters." The two warriors nodded. "Wait, what about Lady Houki?" Miaka asked. "Ever since the birth of the Prince, she has not spoken a word. It troubled her greatly when His Majesty died..." The Priestess looked sad. "May we see her?" He nodded and led them to Houki's room.

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Inside, a purple haired woman lay, asleep. Hotohori sat beside her and tried to stroke her cheek, but his hand kept going right through. "I can't comfort her..." he said quietly. "She must have been so heartbroken...she loved him so much..." Jade said, her eyes sad. They continued down the hall. "We're gonna have t' check every room to find those stones..." Tasuki said, smiling at his fiance to cheer her up. They heard someone calling, but they ignored it until the bandit cried out as somthing hit his leg. Worried, Jade looked down and started laughing at what she saw. "You baka, it's a little baby!" she chuckled. The baby that had run into Tasuki had a large round head and golden eyes, just like Hotohori's. The bandit started yelling at it when a man came up and said "Prince Boushin, what are you doing out of your quarters?!" Tasuki immediately became nice, putting on a false grin as he patted the Prince's head. "Aren't you just so cute! Don' tell your father what I just said, okay?" Miaka was estactic about the baby, and she was fawning all over it. She noticed that the teddy bear Boushin was holding was the same one that she had given Hotohori before they had set out for Hokkan. "I gave your father that doll a long time ago! Don'r worry, I won't take it! What's your name?" The baby just looked up at her. "See? Don' ya wanna smack him?" Tasuki whispered to her, but not low enough. Jade had heard, and her face darked. "Kou Shun'u, how dare you say that about a baby?! Don't you want kids someday?! I'm not going through labor for nothing!" she growled, and the bandit sweatdropped. "Sorry, aisai..." he mumbled. The Prime Minister explained that Boushin had not said a word since he was born. Hotohori popped up. "Look at him! He looks just as I did when I was an infant...the warm, intelligent eyes...obvious wit...and such deep character..." The others started gagging behind him. Suddenly, Nyan-Nyan yelled "Everyone get away from that doll!!!" The teddy bear split open to reveal a huge, tentacled demon. The tentacles wrapped around everyone, most of them around Jade so she could not transform. The Celeste Warrior cried out as the bonds tightened around her throat. No one could move at all to use their weapons. Hotohori, thinking fast, slipped inside of Boushin and grabbed his holy sword. The Emporer dove at the monster and stabbed it. The tentacles disappeared, and Jade fell onto Tasuki, who had used his speed to break her fall. She immediately got off of him and helped him up. "You're such a wonderful fiance..." she said happily, hugging him. The bandit acted annoyed, but was secretly pleased with her praise. "No prob, koishii..." he said nonchalantly as he hugged her back. Chichiri smiled. "I must admit, he has been exceedingly kind to you lately, no da." Hotohori looked down at the sword in his hand. "Well, we're all safe for right now..." he said before freezing in thought. Then, he took off to Houki's room.

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They arrived just in time to see Houki embrace Boushin/Hotohori. After the two had had their happy moment, Miaka, Taka, and Chichiri explained their mission while Tasuki and Jade got cuddily on the porch railing. All of the couple reunion stuff was making them feel really cozy at this point. (lol) "Come to think of it...I thought it was just an illusion, but maybe it wasn't..." Houki said softly. "What was?" Miaka asked. "Well, it was right before I gave birth to my son...A big blue stone appeared before me, and somehow, it entered my womb. It was warm, if I remember...And when I gave birth to our son, the warmth left me. I didn't think anything of it, I just thought it was an illusion..." Miaka's eyes grew wide. "So that means... The jewel is inside Boushin?!" Tasuki grinned evilly and began shaking Boushin upside down. "C'mon, spit it out! 'Chiri, hit him in th' head with your staff!" Hotohori, from inside of the baby, kicked Tasuki hard in the jaw. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY SON?!" Jade hopped down off of the railing and tried to break up the fiercly arguing bandit and Emporer, and even Taka had joined in. "SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" she screeched, her aura glowing a bright red around her. It was said, in times of great anger, Celeste Warriors took on the forms of their Gods, and here was living proof. Her hair had turned a brilliant red, and pheonix wings sprouted out of her back. Taka looked confused, as well as Hotohori and Miaka, but Tasuki and Chichiri mono sweatdropped. "Everybody, stay back, no da! She gets violent when she turns into Suzaku, daaaaaaaa..." cried the monk as he stood in front of the others. Meanwhile, Tasuki had the unfortunate task of calming her down. "J-Jade-sama, please calm down...last time you did this, you nearly killed yourself, remember?!" She glared at him, and the aura flared even brighter. "Excuse me, but the Prince's meal is here..." said a woman as she meekly set down a tray. Hotohori slid out of his son to let him eat, looking at the glowing Jade fearfully. Boushin stepped towards the woman, but the Celeste Warrior, still in Suzaku form, grabbed him and took the woman's sword thrust that was ment for the Prince. She gasped out in pain and returned to her original state, shielding Boushin. "It's another monster, no da!" Chichiri cried. Tasuki whipped out his tessan and yelled "I'll kill you for hurting her!!! REKKA SHIN'EN!!!" The monster was hit by a blast of fire, somehow staying alive. Nyan-Nyan fired some blasts at it, but it still wasn't enough. Then, Hotohori summoned all of his power and destroyed the beast. Houki's eyes widened. "Your Majesty?!" she gasped. Hotohori turned. "Houki, you can see me?" She nodded happily, her eyes full of tears. Boushin, who was sitting on her lap, saw his father and his eyes lit up. He toddled over to Hotohori, arms outstreached and an adorable smile on his face. (A.N. My best friend and I Boushin-bash a lot, but we created this evil version of him that we conviently never remember his name. Is it Burgandy or Bolivia? lol, personally, I find the Boushin here really cute.) Hotohori kneeled down to recieve his son, but when Boushin got to him, he fell right through. Confused and heartbroken, the little Prince began to cry. His parents began to cry as well, saddened that they could not be together.

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Taka seemed deep in thought for a moment before walking over to Hotohori. "Come into me. Use my body...after all, I only have about half of my memories, so I don't mind. There's plenty of room, you see?" The Emporer thanked him deeply before sliding into his body. Then, he picked up his son and held him close, whispering apologies for being such a terrible father. He told him to grow up strong and well, so that he could take care of all of the people in Konan and Houki. The baby looked up adoringly at his father. "Pa...pa..." Hotohori's eyes grew wide, as well as Houki's. "Boushin, what did you say?" he asked, astonished. "Papaaaaaaa..." Boushin said, smiling. Hotohori began to cry as he hugged his son tightly. Tasuki, who had been bandaging Jade's wound, turned away so that no one could see his tears. The Celeste Warrior felt them fall onto her bare skin, and she looked over at him. "Tasuki?" she asked weakly. He met her eyes with his, and she was surprised to see the love radiating from them. "Jade...my beautiful, sweet Jade..." he said softly, pulling her into his arms. She was even more surprised by this. "T-Tasuki, what is it?" He held her close to him. "Look at Hotohori an' Houki...look how happy they are...I want that. I love you more than anything on this earth or anywhere else, and I want t' please you and make ya happy. I don' feel that I even deserve you sometimes, that I can't live up to ya, but then I remember, you were the one who chose t' stay, t' marry me when you could be with yer family right now, and I feel blessed. I want us to stay together, to start a family...most of all, I want you. I know ya think I'm silly, tellin' ya this now, but I felt the need to..." She looked up at him and kissed him gently. "I don't think that at all...and Tasuki, I promise I'll give you a son...I know you didn't ask for one, but I want to give you one...just as you want to please me...I want to make you happy too..." she said, her eyes shimmering with tears. He kissed her forehead and smiled at her. Hotohori's jewel went out of Boushin and into Taka, who looked surprised as his memories of Hotohori came flooding back. The Emporer left his body and sat next to Houki and Boushin. "Thank you, Tamahome, for letting me use you body. It ment so much to me..." The man nodded and smiled at Miaka. Suddenly, a red light wrapped around them. (Time for the cool theme music!) "What now?!" Tasuki cried as they both disappeared into the light.

That one was longer than the first one. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know. Anyway, let me know how I'm doing with the OVAs, because I have less to work with than the series! Sayonara for now!