Althe: So sleepy....-_____________-;;;Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...Homework load
is lighter....but that's probably 'cause the teachers are giving us more
tests and exams . All in all, I can't complain. ^^In fact, I'm
happy!....But nonetheless, sleepy.
:::Ayashi No Ceres Entering the World of Angels and Hell:::
11. Horse Ride
*****
"Where are we going?" Aya asked curiously as she mounted onto the new horses Hotohori bought.
She patted the horse's brown mane. He shook his head as if to wipe off something infected on his face. Aya smiled. Aside from it having leather coloured skin, the white crescent on its forehead gave the horse much beauty. He huffed from his nostrils and stomped on the floor with his hooves.
Tasuki hopped onto the saddle along side with Aya.
"We're going to Kentaro. There's some business I have to attend there," Tasuki replied as he ignored the confused face he got from his companion.
Tasuki looked at his horse worriedly. He looked up at Hotohori and frowned.
"They're safe to ride, right?"
Hotohori nodded as he mounted on his horse along side with Nuriko. His nod was convincing to a point, but they was some uncertainty in his look. Tasuki quirked his eyebrow at him, but Hotohori ignored it and grabbed the rein.
The others hopped onto their saddle and clomped off on the dirt road.
Miaka gave Aya another big smile as she secured herself in Tamahome's arms.
"Do you know how you got here?" she asked as Tasuki's horse trotted along side Tamahome's.
Aya closed her eyes in confusion. It was all vivid now. She could barely remember where she was before she had gotten here. Aya opened her eyes again and shook her head lightly.
"I'm not sure. I was on this boat....with my brother and friends. I think I fell overboard. That's about all I remember."
Miaka placed her fingertip on her chin and looked heavenward, lost in thought. She looked back at Aya sympathetically.
"Did you ever hear about, 'The Book Of The Four Gods'?"
"No."
Miaka shrugged.
"Then you couldn't have come the same way I did. I got here by the book."
Aya quirked up her eyebrow in question at Miaka.
"You got here from a book?" she said in a disbelief tone of voice.
"Yep."
Aya shook her head and sighed.
"I think I need aspirin," she said as she placed her hand on her forehead to stop the black dots dancing in front of her vision.
Tasuki gave out one of his dazzling smiles.
"You can take a nap. It's gonna be a long trip."
Aya nodded and closed her eyes, resting her head on Tasuki's chest. Miaka gave the group a curious look.
"You know, we could have stayed at Mikinto. Night's already coming."
Tamahome ruffled her hair. "Nah, the villagers kept on giving Nuriko and Hotohori the evil eye."
"Shut up," Nuriko said agitatedly. "It wasn't my fault."
Tamahome shrugged.
There was a long pause before Chichiri looked up at Tasuki.
"Why are we going to Kentaro Tasuki-kun?" Chichiri asked as he raised his eyebrow at Tasuki.
Tamahome shifted his eyes to Tasuki. "Yeah, why are we going there for? The place is a dump. Even the mayor doesn't support that village anymore. They by anarchy now."
Tasuki shook his head in disgust at Tamahome. "Not entirely true....besides, I need to go see someone over there."
"You mean Chien?" Chichiri asked.
Tasuki looked at him curiously. "How did you know?"
"Chien's well known to all monks in this area."
"There's a monk living in Kentaro?" Tamahome asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, you have a problem with that?" Tasuki asked, raising his eyebrows.
Tamahome shrugged.
"It's just hard to believe. What, did people rob him blind or something? Kentaro is the worst place to be in."
Tasuki narrowed his eyes at him. Tamahome gave him a palm up, but quickly placed his hands back on the reins because his horse started to go off course.
"Tasuki-san, isn't Chien-san related to you?" Chiriko said, looking up at him from his book.
"He's my cousin. The little bastard has something of mine and I want it back."
Tamahome barked with laughter.
"Your related to a monk? Boy, you sure are full of surprises Tasuki," Tamahome said, grinning down at the peeved fang mouthed boy.
"Quit being an ass Tamahome. It's not like your family was any better."
Tamahome narrowed his eyes at him. (Quick note. This took place after Tamahome's family got..er..how can I put it in a horrible way? Decapitated maybe. Though, I don't recall them getting decapitated. More like slaughtered.-[author's note])
"Watch that stupid mouth of yours Tasuki. You might find it off your head one day. My family was perfectly normal."
"Too bad it wasn't hereditary."
"Hey, I'm much more normal than you'd ever be."
"You couldn't be normal for a whole day even if it smacked you in the face."
"Speak for yourself. You probably drink from a water bowl."
"Like you don't."
Chiriko looked at them worriedly.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" he asked, nudging Mitsukake to move over, away from the babbling fight.
Nuriko waved his hand lazily.
"Nah. Let them fight. We only get entertainment like this once in a while."
Chiriko frowned at Nuriko, but gave out a huge sigh and continued reading his book.
"I'm going to burn you to a crisp if you don't shut up Tamahome!" Tasuki roared waving his right hand at Tamahome in disgust.
"Make me," Tamahome mocked, sticking his tongue out at him.
Miaka looked sternly at the two bickering boys.
"Stop it Tama!"
*****
Althe: Don't worry! This is just intermission. Just to let you know, I just came back from watching a movie called, 'Bad Santa'...other than that, I just drank cola.
Now, if I drink cola, then I get sugar high. When I get sugar high, I need to jump around and go crazy for a while....which I didn't do.
Dang.
Okay, ^___________________________^ ..^_____________^;...^_____^;;;
@)#$(*$%&*#$*@#$*#@$*(#@$*&@#$*&#@$
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
^_______________________________________________^
PINK ELEPHANT RULES!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEY
Maybe I should shut up and get on with the program.....--;;;
BTW the characters will be definitely OOC. Don't blame me. Blame the dang forsaken man that found sugar...and invented sooooooooooda^^
Remember, OOC. Don't blame me. Blame the person who rushed me on this chapter...*coughcoughcoughayacoughcoughcoughaya*
.......okay...I just woke up. And now it's morning. Don't ask any questions....damn I had the strangest dream last night. Damn. I think it was because of watching Bad Santa...lord doesn't even know how strange it is...
Anyways...on with the show....(I feel as if I have a hangover....--;;;Too much sugar)
*****
After many hours of non-stop argument, the group finally quieted down...to some extent.
"I wonder," Miaka said, looking up at the starry sky in thought, "how are we gonna get her home?"
Tamahome looked down at Miaka in confusion.
"What do you mean?" he asked, ruffling her hair playfully.
"Well, I came from the book while Aya just popped out of nowhere. Wouldn't that mean that she has to go home from another way and not mine?"
Tasuki and Nuriko stared at Miaka for a while before exchanging glances.
"You actually thought about this?" Tasuki said, surprised that Miaka would think about something else other than food.
"Yeah."
"You know, I'm not sure anymore. Maybe she's meant to stay here. I mean, for all we know, she could be living in different time periods than you," Nuriko said, eyeing Aya's sleeping form with concern in his eyes.
The group was silent for a moment as they thought things over to themselves.
The sky had darkened into pure blackness except for the many stars that lined it. There was no moon in site, which made the scenery more mysterious and beautiful.
Nuriko yawned lazily as he stretched his arms. He rested his head on Hotohori's shoulder, but he didn't sleep. His head was too busy thinking of the situation they had gotten themselves into. How they now had two girls from another world. Not to mention having the Seiyuu on their behinds every once in a while.
Two eyes locked their vision on Nuriko and he shivered. Nuriko opened his eyes to see who was watching him in such an irritating way. His eyes widened as he was looking straight into Aya's blue piercing eyes.
They looked at each other like that for a long time, no one saying anything.
Finally, Aya mouthed out some words at Nuriko, too choked to say them out loud. 'I can't go home, can I?'
Nuriko widened his eyes at her once more, his mouth slightly opened in shock. She had heard every word they had said.
Aya repeated her words once more, blinking back tears. Nuriko said nothing. He couldn't. There was nothing he could say to make the girl anymore happier.
"Hm?" Tasuki said, realizing that his horse companion was awake. "What are you looking at?"
Tasuki looked up at Nuriko, then back to Aya.
"She talking to you Nuriko?" he asked, catching the others attention almost instantly.
Nuriko looked away. He couldn't bear looking at her at the moment.
Tears streamed down Aya's cheeks as she stared at Nuriko silently.
"Look at me Nuriko!" she shouted, almost pushing Tasuki off the horse in frustration.
Nuriko didn't budge. He just kept on staring at the dark dusty road.
"Tell me!"
Nuriko took in some air and stared directly at Aya unblinkingly. She too stared back at him, but with more anger in her eyes.
He closed his eyes and sighed before jumping down from the horse. Nuriko then grabbed the reins gently and began leading it towards its destination.
Aya kept on staring at him, too lost to know what to say. They were silent for a beat before she spoke again.
"Well?" she said, emotion now running in her voice.
Nuriko didn't look at her. He just kept on walking silently on the road.
"Go to sleep....Aya."
*****
Althe: Yepee!!! Done! Ummmm...to answer some of your questions....Ceres is the miko with the turtle thingy...yeah, I suck at remembering names--;;;
Don't know what else to say...um.....Yo yo yo! Wassssuuuuuuup???
Ummmm...like, Nuri and Aya are heading up for a bad start, neh?
^________________^
Hope ya enjoyed it!
R+R~!
Ja ne!
BTW:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (I'll update double 'cause of the New Year^^)
:::Ayashi No Ceres Entering the World of Angels and Hell:::
11. Horse Ride
*****
"Where are we going?" Aya asked curiously as she mounted onto the new horses Hotohori bought.
She patted the horse's brown mane. He shook his head as if to wipe off something infected on his face. Aya smiled. Aside from it having leather coloured skin, the white crescent on its forehead gave the horse much beauty. He huffed from his nostrils and stomped on the floor with his hooves.
Tasuki hopped onto the saddle along side with Aya.
"We're going to Kentaro. There's some business I have to attend there," Tasuki replied as he ignored the confused face he got from his companion.
Tasuki looked at his horse worriedly. He looked up at Hotohori and frowned.
"They're safe to ride, right?"
Hotohori nodded as he mounted on his horse along side with Nuriko. His nod was convincing to a point, but they was some uncertainty in his look. Tasuki quirked his eyebrow at him, but Hotohori ignored it and grabbed the rein.
The others hopped onto their saddle and clomped off on the dirt road.
Miaka gave Aya another big smile as she secured herself in Tamahome's arms.
"Do you know how you got here?" she asked as Tasuki's horse trotted along side Tamahome's.
Aya closed her eyes in confusion. It was all vivid now. She could barely remember where she was before she had gotten here. Aya opened her eyes again and shook her head lightly.
"I'm not sure. I was on this boat....with my brother and friends. I think I fell overboard. That's about all I remember."
Miaka placed her fingertip on her chin and looked heavenward, lost in thought. She looked back at Aya sympathetically.
"Did you ever hear about, 'The Book Of The Four Gods'?"
"No."
Miaka shrugged.
"Then you couldn't have come the same way I did. I got here by the book."
Aya quirked up her eyebrow in question at Miaka.
"You got here from a book?" she said in a disbelief tone of voice.
"Yep."
Aya shook her head and sighed.
"I think I need aspirin," she said as she placed her hand on her forehead to stop the black dots dancing in front of her vision.
Tasuki gave out one of his dazzling smiles.
"You can take a nap. It's gonna be a long trip."
Aya nodded and closed her eyes, resting her head on Tasuki's chest. Miaka gave the group a curious look.
"You know, we could have stayed at Mikinto. Night's already coming."
Tamahome ruffled her hair. "Nah, the villagers kept on giving Nuriko and Hotohori the evil eye."
"Shut up," Nuriko said agitatedly. "It wasn't my fault."
Tamahome shrugged.
There was a long pause before Chichiri looked up at Tasuki.
"Why are we going to Kentaro Tasuki-kun?" Chichiri asked as he raised his eyebrow at Tasuki.
Tamahome shifted his eyes to Tasuki. "Yeah, why are we going there for? The place is a dump. Even the mayor doesn't support that village anymore. They by anarchy now."
Tasuki shook his head in disgust at Tamahome. "Not entirely true....besides, I need to go see someone over there."
"You mean Chien?" Chichiri asked.
Tasuki looked at him curiously. "How did you know?"
"Chien's well known to all monks in this area."
"There's a monk living in Kentaro?" Tamahome asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, you have a problem with that?" Tasuki asked, raising his eyebrows.
Tamahome shrugged.
"It's just hard to believe. What, did people rob him blind or something? Kentaro is the worst place to be in."
Tasuki narrowed his eyes at him. Tamahome gave him a palm up, but quickly placed his hands back on the reins because his horse started to go off course.
"Tasuki-san, isn't Chien-san related to you?" Chiriko said, looking up at him from his book.
"He's my cousin. The little bastard has something of mine and I want it back."
Tamahome barked with laughter.
"Your related to a monk? Boy, you sure are full of surprises Tasuki," Tamahome said, grinning down at the peeved fang mouthed boy.
"Quit being an ass Tamahome. It's not like your family was any better."
Tamahome narrowed his eyes at him. (Quick note. This took place after Tamahome's family got..er..how can I put it in a horrible way? Decapitated maybe. Though, I don't recall them getting decapitated. More like slaughtered.-[author's note])
"Watch that stupid mouth of yours Tasuki. You might find it off your head one day. My family was perfectly normal."
"Too bad it wasn't hereditary."
"Hey, I'm much more normal than you'd ever be."
"You couldn't be normal for a whole day even if it smacked you in the face."
"Speak for yourself. You probably drink from a water bowl."
"Like you don't."
Chiriko looked at them worriedly.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" he asked, nudging Mitsukake to move over, away from the babbling fight.
Nuriko waved his hand lazily.
"Nah. Let them fight. We only get entertainment like this once in a while."
Chiriko frowned at Nuriko, but gave out a huge sigh and continued reading his book.
"I'm going to burn you to a crisp if you don't shut up Tamahome!" Tasuki roared waving his right hand at Tamahome in disgust.
"Make me," Tamahome mocked, sticking his tongue out at him.
Miaka looked sternly at the two bickering boys.
"Stop it Tama!"
*****
Althe: Don't worry! This is just intermission. Just to let you know, I just came back from watching a movie called, 'Bad Santa'...other than that, I just drank cola.
Now, if I drink cola, then I get sugar high. When I get sugar high, I need to jump around and go crazy for a while....which I didn't do.
Dang.
Okay, ^___________________________^ ..^_____________^;...^_____^;;;
@)#$(*$%&*#$*@#$*#@$*(#@$*&@#$*&#@$
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
^_______________________________________________^
PINK ELEPHANT RULES!!!
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEY
Maybe I should shut up and get on with the program.....--;;;
BTW the characters will be definitely OOC. Don't blame me. Blame the dang forsaken man that found sugar...and invented sooooooooooda^^
Remember, OOC. Don't blame me. Blame the person who rushed me on this chapter...*coughcoughcoughayacoughcoughcoughaya*
.......okay...I just woke up. And now it's morning. Don't ask any questions....damn I had the strangest dream last night. Damn. I think it was because of watching Bad Santa...lord doesn't even know how strange it is...
Anyways...on with the show....(I feel as if I have a hangover....--;;;Too much sugar)
*****
After many hours of non-stop argument, the group finally quieted down...to some extent.
"I wonder," Miaka said, looking up at the starry sky in thought, "how are we gonna get her home?"
Tamahome looked down at Miaka in confusion.
"What do you mean?" he asked, ruffling her hair playfully.
"Well, I came from the book while Aya just popped out of nowhere. Wouldn't that mean that she has to go home from another way and not mine?"
Tasuki and Nuriko stared at Miaka for a while before exchanging glances.
"You actually thought about this?" Tasuki said, surprised that Miaka would think about something else other than food.
"Yeah."
"You know, I'm not sure anymore. Maybe she's meant to stay here. I mean, for all we know, she could be living in different time periods than you," Nuriko said, eyeing Aya's sleeping form with concern in his eyes.
The group was silent for a moment as they thought things over to themselves.
The sky had darkened into pure blackness except for the many stars that lined it. There was no moon in site, which made the scenery more mysterious and beautiful.
Nuriko yawned lazily as he stretched his arms. He rested his head on Hotohori's shoulder, but he didn't sleep. His head was too busy thinking of the situation they had gotten themselves into. How they now had two girls from another world. Not to mention having the Seiyuu on their behinds every once in a while.
Two eyes locked their vision on Nuriko and he shivered. Nuriko opened his eyes to see who was watching him in such an irritating way. His eyes widened as he was looking straight into Aya's blue piercing eyes.
They looked at each other like that for a long time, no one saying anything.
Finally, Aya mouthed out some words at Nuriko, too choked to say them out loud. 'I can't go home, can I?'
Nuriko widened his eyes at her once more, his mouth slightly opened in shock. She had heard every word they had said.
Aya repeated her words once more, blinking back tears. Nuriko said nothing. He couldn't. There was nothing he could say to make the girl anymore happier.
"Hm?" Tasuki said, realizing that his horse companion was awake. "What are you looking at?"
Tasuki looked up at Nuriko, then back to Aya.
"She talking to you Nuriko?" he asked, catching the others attention almost instantly.
Nuriko looked away. He couldn't bear looking at her at the moment.
Tears streamed down Aya's cheeks as she stared at Nuriko silently.
"Look at me Nuriko!" she shouted, almost pushing Tasuki off the horse in frustration.
Nuriko didn't budge. He just kept on staring at the dark dusty road.
"Tell me!"
Nuriko took in some air and stared directly at Aya unblinkingly. She too stared back at him, but with more anger in her eyes.
He closed his eyes and sighed before jumping down from the horse. Nuriko then grabbed the reins gently and began leading it towards its destination.
Aya kept on staring at him, too lost to know what to say. They were silent for a beat before she spoke again.
"Well?" she said, emotion now running in her voice.
Nuriko didn't look at her. He just kept on walking silently on the road.
"Go to sleep....Aya."
*****
Althe: Yepee!!! Done! Ummmm...to answer some of your questions....Ceres is the miko with the turtle thingy...yeah, I suck at remembering names--;;;
Don't know what else to say...um.....Yo yo yo! Wassssuuuuuuup???
Ummmm...like, Nuri and Aya are heading up for a bad start, neh?
^________________^
Hope ya enjoyed it!
R+R~!
Ja ne!
BTW:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! (I'll update double 'cause of the New Year^^)