OVA 2: To Be With You Tomorrow
Miaka watched, wide eyed, as the seishi appeared, glowing with red chi. "Tamahome..." she whispered in disbelief. Everything about him flooded back to her, all of the memories they shared together. The others stood, slack jawed. "I-It can't be! Who's that in the room then?!" Chiriko asked, confused. They tried to figure that out for themselves; which one was Tamahome?
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In the bedroom, Taka found himself shoved off the bed with a loud THUMP. His head darting up, he saw Jade curled up protectively in Tasuki's arms. Somehow, they had both pushed him off. "Damnit...move over, will ya?!" he muttered, climbing back into the bed. As he looked up, he saw the mirror and froze. Tasuki yawned and sat up, Jade still dead to the world. (A.N. When she sleeps, she sleeps HARD) "Hey Tama, what do ya say t' raiding the kitchen, huh? Tama?" He crawled over to the other man, surprised to see him so terrified. "Yo Tama, what's wrong?" Then, he saw that Taka had no reflection in the mirror. The redhead watched as he freaked out, trying desprately to get the mirror to reflect him. "No...C'mon, reflect me!!!" he cried, shaking it. Tasuki walked over to him, to try and help him calm down, and the dark haired man grabbed his shoulders. "Don't mention this to anyone, got it?! Not even Miaka or Jade! Especially not them!" The redhead nodded and patted his back. "Don' worry, Tama..." Suddenly, Chichiri burst in. "C'mon you three! We've got trouble, no da!!!" Taka followed the monk shakily, while Tasuki attempted to wake up Jade. Finally, he just carried her out, her head resting on his shoulder.
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Tamahome sat on a chair and explained that he had been awoken by Suzaku a few days ago to help them. Taka, his phantom replacement, would not last through the hardships, so he came to relieve him of that duty. The others were thinking deeply about what he had just told them. Taka was taking it all very hard. "I-I'm just a phantom? A replacement?! After all we've done, Suzaku does this to me?!" He stood and walked out angrily. Miaka rushed over to the door. "Taka!!!" Tamahome stood up behind her. "Miaka! You believe me...don't you?" he said harshly, his voice becoming softer as he asked her the question. She froze, unsure of what to say. "I-I...I don't know..." she whispered before fainting. Jade, who was still in Tasuki's arms, finally woke up. "Hi everybody! What's going on? What did I miss?" she asked sleepily, managing a smile. The others glared at her, causing her to blush in shame. "S-Sorry..." Tasuki, the only one to not glare at her, helped her to her feet and explained everything. She nodded slightly, looking over the supposed Tamahome. "Hmmmmm..." Then, she helped carry Miaka to a bed, still thinking.
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Taka and Tamahome stood next to Miaka's bed, where the Priestess was still unconcious. Taka took off the chain around his nack and removed the wedding ring, handing it to Tama. (I love the song in the backround! It's "Moonless Night" by Akemi Satou.) "I-I guess you should have this..." he said quietly. The seishi took it. "Thanks for looking out for Miaka when I couldn't be there. I really appreciate it"
"N-No problem..." the young man replied faintly. Then, he stood. "I'm going back...to the other world...I have no purpose here anymore...t-take care of Miaka..." He left, shutting the door softly. They were unaware that a third set of eyes witnessed the whole thing. Jade's face fell as Taka left. She was sure that he was the real one! At least, if he wasn't, then he was better than the old Tama. Taka had something extra about him, something that Tamahome never had. The fact that he loved Miaka so much, that he was willing to give in to another man having her, if it ment she was happy. That was true love. Sighing, she turned and went back to her room, slightly guilty that she hadn't followed him.
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Taka walked into a deserted clearing. "Tama!" He turned to see Tasuki, Jade, and the other seishi approaching. "What th' hell are ya doin'? Where are ya goin' at a time like this?!" the bandit asked. The young man sighed. "I'm going back home, where I belong..." Chiriko tried to convince him not to, but he laughed bitterly. "Why? You have the real warrior with you, why would you need me? I'm just a replacement, a phantom. I'm not Tamahome." Nuriko snorted. "So, you're just running away! I didn't think you were that kind of man, Taka." "Nuriko, it's hurting Miaka most if I stay. Then, she's torn between the two of us, and I don't want to do that to her. Tasuki, you saw it. I don't even have a reflection in the mirror. I'm not even real. It's for the best, and I'm just trying to look out for Miaka. Suzaku's power is free now that Tamahome is here, so I'm unnessisary..." Chiriko's eyes filled with furious tears. "Do you actually believe that?!" he cried. Taka apologized to the little seishi, saying that he didn't even remember everything about him. The seishi started reminding him everything that he had done for them. He still ignored it, saying that he wasn't the real Tamahome. His body started to glow red. Jade started crying, shocking everyone present. "B-But Taka, I believe that you're the real Tamahome! I don't trust that other guy, please don't leave! I know Miaka would choose you over him any time, just don't go!!!" she sobbed. Tasuki, startled by her crying, started yelling at Taka. "You told me you would always love Miaka! Now you're just being selfish! Do you want to just disappear?!" The dark haired man apologized again before disappearing into the red light. The bandit lunged forward, but it was too late. "TAKA!!!!" He slumped to the ground in disbelief. The others watched as the red light faded away, Taka nowhere to be seen.
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Miaka ran around the deserted streets, calling for Taka. Behind her, a tiger plodded sadly. It hurt her deeply to see her Priestess like this. She transformed into her pheonix form (remember, Celeste Warriors can change into their God's human and beast forms) and flew back to the palace. She landed beside Tasuki, who was sitting by Tamahome's window. She transformed back and sat on his lap with a sigh. "She's still out there looking for him..." she said quietly. He nodded, and they both looked at the seishi inside. "Someone has t' tell her..." the bandit mumbled. Tamahome looked at the floor. "I'll tell her..." he said quietly. The couple nodded and got up, going back to their own room, not noticing the evil smirk on their fellow warrior's face.
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Tamahome stormed into the room where the other seishi were talking. They looked up to see his furious face. "H-Hey Tama, where's Miaka?" Tasuki asked. The seishi turned away. "She's gone...she left me..." They all looked at him oddly. "Left you? Why?" Chiriko asked, puzzled. "Apparently...she decided to go back to him..." Tamahome said, Tenkou slowly appearing behind him. They gasped. "Those memory jewels that you were going to use for him to be reborn...all that trouble you went through to get them...it was amusing." Tasuki started to draw his tessan, but Chichiri stopped him. "Heh. The one you call Tamahome...your supposed friend...you would never kill him...but, as you now realize, he is Yousui, the last of the Great Kings. All of the memory jewels are inside of him. And since I have him under my power, there is nothing that will stop me from taking the one thing I need to become an everlasting god..." he said, smirking. "And what would that be?!" asked Hotohori angrily. Tenkou's eyes narrowed slightly. "This." Jade suddenly screamed out, her body glowing a fierce red. Her clothes ripped off as the energy around her body grew too strong. A bubble formed around her, and she fell unconcious as the bubble floated over to Tenkou. Tasuki faught Nuriko's grip fiercly. "JADE!!! LET HER GO, YOU BASTARD!!!" he cried. "Your precious Kokyu is all I needed to complete my power. I already obtained Shoshi, Tei, and Taishi, so now I can be a god! If you want Tamahome and Kokyu back, try to defeat me. I can assure you, without those two, you can't do it, but you're welcome to try..." he said as he disappeared with Tamahome and Jade. Tasuki slumped onto the floor, crying. "No...Jade..."
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Taka and Miaka reappeared inside the book. Suddenly, the Priestess was struck with the odd threads Yousui had used on the other seishi. She screamed out in pain as they went through her body. Taka was struck by a chi blast form Tamahome. "Agh!" he cried as he fell to the floor. The seishi approached him, glowing purple. "It's between you and me now, Taka..." he said in a cold, harsh voice. He hit the young man with another chi blast. "This is all your fault, Miaka...you should have chosen me!" He hit Taka with a rapid fire of chi blasts.
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The other seishi, who were outside, felt the energy levels change drastically. They turned to see a purple light glowing from in the forest. They heard Tenkou's voice. "Very perceptive of you all. Yes, the Priestess and Taka have returned. What are you going to do now? After all, I'll soon have control of both worlds...and that Kokyu of yours is quite an interesting woman. Maybe I'll keep her for my own amusement..." Tasuki clenched his fists. "You'll burn in hell before that can happen!!! I'll make sure of it! Jade is mine!" he snarled. Tenkou chuckled coldy. "I look forward to seeing you try..." he said softly before disappearing again.
Nuriko smirked. "Well, I guess we better go collect our friends, huh?" he asked Hotohori. The Emporer nodded. "This is the final battle. Our adventure will end here..." Chichiri removed his mask. Tasuki, who was still pissed at the fact that Tenkou had his fiance, drew his tessan. "Hey 'Chiri! When we get in there, can I open the show?" he growled. "No, that's my job!" said Nyan-Nyan as she floated down. Nuriko laughed. "You always wait for the most dramatic moments, don't you?" She nodded happily. "Nyan!"
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Taka was getting the shit beat out of him by Tamahome. The young man lay on the ground in front of the seishi. "No way in hell that I'll let you take Miaka..." he snarled softly. He picked up Taka's head by his hair. The man smirked. "What are you so afraid of? Only little kids get this jeleous. Do you lack THAT much confidence?" He punched the seishi and sent him flying. "There's no way I'm going to lose this battle...not to you, or myself either!" he said softly. Tamahome stood up. "DAMN YOU!!! DIE!!!" he cried, firing a chi blast. As the dust around him cleared, the seishi laughed coldly. "And you thought you could defeat me..." His eyes widened. Miaka stood in front of Taka, blocking him from the blast. Her eyes clouded as she collapsed. "T-Ta...ka" Her body began to glow with a red light as she said one last goodbye to her beloved. Nuriko punched through the door, and the seishi peered in through the doorway. Tasuki's eyes, as well as everyone elses', widened at the sight of Miaka's body. "What's wrong with Miaka?!" the bandit gasped. They tried to rush forward, but a purple barrier stopped them. Tenkou could be heard, yet again. "Heh. You destroyed yourself and the one you love, all for the pitiful thing you call love, Priestess of Suzaku. In the crimson clothes your lover dressed you in, accompanied by his shattered heart, you now wed the darkness. It was so it be, prehaps, destiny?" Chichiri's eye widened. "This was your plan all along?!" he asked, stunned. "I only guided them along this path, it was not me who destroyed them. Same with Kokyu. Her selfless heart led her to be so easy to capture, but it was not my doing. I have waited so long for this moment to come...in The Universe Of The Four Gods...I fed off of people's negative feelings towards me...and you all were the obvious choices...taking Kokyu and using Tamahome were the last pieces to fit. I am returning now...to the world I have always dreamed of...as well as this world! Taka Sukunami...Miaka Yuuki...Kokyu Kou...I thank you all...for once I smash the gate of Suzaku, nothing will stop me from leaving this place forever!!!" he cackled, disappearing.
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The seishi tried furiously to break the barrier, but nothing worked. Finally, they stopped trying. "I wonder...why did he call Jade Kokyu Kou? The given last name of all of the Celeste Warriors is Kyoku, because that is the name of the central point in heaven, no da..." said Chichiri. Tasuki had grown silent. "My last name is Kou...Kou Shun'u..." he said softly. The others looked at him, shocked. "S-So Tenkou thought you two were married?" Chiriko managed to sputter. The bandit shrugged slightly. "No clue." The turned to see Taka stare upward, his eyes wide, but they didn't see anything above him. He stood up and looked at Tamahome. "I understand now...I might not be special, and I may be weak, but I was living my life for the sake of another...I can believe in myself now. As long as I know that at least one person cares about me, I can do anything..." He embraced the seishi, and they merged into one. Then, he picked up Miaka's body and returned to the other world.
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Tenkou watched Taka/Tama (I will refer to him now as Taka) in fury, not noticing that the other seishi had broken through the barrier. "Yo dumbass, forget we're here?" Tasuki asked, smirking. Nuriko was smirking also. "Yeah, you failed to notice we broke through your stupid barrier!" "And we won't allow you to hurt either one of them!" Tenkou narrowed his eyes. "You are forgetting the power I still hold..." Four bubbles formed around him, a green one, a blue one, a white one, and a red one. They could see the four Celeste Warriors in them. The spheres began glowing with a purple light, but before Tenkou could use them, they all heard Miaka's voice. "The four palaces of the heavens, the four corners of the earth. In the name of sacred law, faith, and virtue, I summon Thee, Suzaku, Guardian of the South!" The seishi gasped. "T-That spell!" Nuriko whispered. Taka's voice joined the Priestess's. "I beseech you, to appear on Earth for the sake of those who here adore you and await your presence! Come to us, and with your mighty power, destroy all that is evil that threatens us. Save us, and grant us our wishes. Decend to us now, from the heavens above!!!" Suzaku appeared, glowing red. Seiryu reared up out of the sea, roaring. Byakko stepped out from the mountains, also roaring. Genbu rose up out of the ground in Hokkan. The four spheres seperated from Tenkou, and all but the red one returned to their god. The red bubble glowed brightly beside the pheonix God. "My holy power has returned...it is time for you to be destroyed, Tenkou." Suzaku said. "Those two were able to revive you by sacrificing their lives?! But I am a God!!!" Tenkou snarled. "You are not a god. Think back to your original form...you were born in this land of the rising sun long ago...you were killed for your practice of sorcery. The vengeful ghost of a greed-consumed man, you only became a god inside of your insane mind. A phantom who had forgotten that he had ever been a man. Yet again, we four gods shall banish you forever, sending you back into the darkness!" From inside of their bubbles, the Celeste Warrior's eyes glowed, and a beam of light shot from each one. "BEGONE!!!" They hit Tenkou, and everything was surrounded by a blinding white light.
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Tasuki finally regained conciousness. "Heh. I musta bought it back there. I always thought the afterlife would be prettier, though. This just looks like Mt. Taikyoku..." Chichiri popped up beside him. "That's because it IS Mt. Taikyoku, no da." the monk told him. The redhead rolled onto his side. "So, you died too, Chichiri?"
"We're not dead"
"How come you still have yer mask on if we're dead?"
"Very well done, all of you." Tasuki whirled around to see the face he always dreaded. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I MUST BE IN HELL!!!" he screamed. She shot a small blast at him, causing him to cry out in pain. The other seishi began to ask her questions all at once. "Raise your hand if you have a question!" Tasuki's hand shot up immediately. "Ooooooh, pick me!!!" She snorted. "Any questions about my face and you'll wish you hadn't. Nuriko, smack him." The purple haired seishi did eagerly, and yet again, the bandit cried out in pain. They noticed that Miaka, Taka, and Jade's bodies were floating behind her, being tended to by Nyan-Nyans. "Are they okay?!" Chichiri asked, worry evident in his voice. Tai-Itskun nodded. "Yes, they'll be fine. Taka and Miaka's bodies couldn't handle that much power, but their life forces are stronger than ever. They had to seperate from their bodies in the other world to awaken Suzaku's power." Miaka and Taka's voices could be heard above them. "Hi guys!" Miaka said happily. "Can you hear us?" They all nodded. "You did it! You beat the demon!" Nuriko said happily. Tasuki's eyes fell onto Jade's body. "W-What about Jade?!" he asked. The Creator smiled. "She is fine, her body and life force are still together. She just suffered large energy losses and will need to rest. Those three showed amazing courage. The principles of fighting are: know yourself, believe in yourself, and overcome yourself. You all did that. Tenkou has vanished completely and for eternity, so both worlds are safe. The spell on all of you has been broken, and those that Tenkou turned into monsters will be saved. The only thing left is to let you two decide where you will live. Since you are presently spirits, you can live anywhere you wish." Miaka's voice trembled. "A-Anywhere?" Tai-Itskun nodded. "You may live in either world. You can even live here if you wish." The Priestess grew quiet in thought. Hotohori smiled. "Go home, you two." he said in his soft, gentle voice. Nuriko laughed and told them to go back also. Tasuki's eyes shone. "Exactly. There's nothing better than returning to where you were born. Except, I think Jade wants to stay here. Of course, that's because we're gettin' married and all, but you two should go back. Be happy together there." he said, flushing slightly. Chichiri grinned. "Taka, make Miaka as happy as she can be! And you too, of course. We'll all meet again someday, no da!" Tama-Neko mewed in agreement. The couple faded away, saying final goodbyes. Miaka said one final thing. "Tasuki...I hope you and Jade find happiness together. May your love for each other never fade..." The redhead smiled. "We will, Miaka. Thank you." Then, they disappeared to the other world.
Phew! OVA 2 done! Now, for the wedding...the next couple of chapters will be devoted to the preperation, Bachelor and Bachelorette parties, (those are gonna be awesome!) wedding, and honeymoon for Jade and Tasuki. (Hey, they are the main characters after all! They should get some time in the spotlight too!) So, see ya later! Ja ne!