I saw the first part of 'Anchorman' yesterday. I didn't like it.
I still don't own FY. Go figure. Seriously. Go. Or you can stay and read.
"They went to Kutou by themselves?!"
"The idiots went to Kutou alone. I'm going to go bring them back," Tamahome said.
"You're not going by yourself, are you?" Nuriko asked anxiously.
"Tamahome," Zhong-Rong said. He stood with Yu-Lun. Their father listened from inside the house. Zhong-Rong smiled. "Come back safely!"
"But Tamahome!" Nuriko protested.
"Nuriko, you have to go back to the palace to inform His Majesty.
"You shouldn't go after them alone!"
"Y'know," Tamahome said. For a minute, everyone was afraid he would begin to sound like Chichiri. "All my life, I cared about nothing except my family. I suppressed my own desires to make sure everyone else was happy, so I never thought about women. But then Miyoko dropped into my life, and gradually my heart… I love her. And it's worth more than my life to make sure she's safe!"
Nuriko's eyes watered. "T… Tama-baby…"
"Tamahome!" he yelled. " I have a full name, and 'baby' is not part of it!"
"Can I please have some more?" chibi- Miyoko asked, holding out her bowl. She and Hamatsu sat opposite the farmer and his wife. The cart they had hidden in belonged to them, and the wife had invited them in. They were both very young.
"Hey… Are you really the Priestess of Suzaku? You sure eat a lot," the man said suspiciously.
"I am! I even have the 'Universe of the Four Gods," Miyo said, taking out the scroll.
"Oh, let them have some more, dear!" the woman said.
"If you say so…"
"You two are sure a great couple," Hamatsu said, gulping down the rice.
"It's our three month anniversary!" the two replied.
The other two girls looked down at their rice, both thinking about certain people.
The next morning, they stood outside the farmer's small house. They had let Miyoko and Hamatsu stay the night there.
"Look after these girls," the woman told the cart driver. "Isn't it great we found someone going straight to the border?"
"Take care!" the man said, smiling.
"Thank you, we will!" the two girls replied.
"Um, there's just one more thing…" Miyoko said. "If a guy named Tamahome comes by here, could you please give him a message for me?"
"What?! They went to Kutou on their own?!" Hotohori yelped.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I must apologize for my incompetence," Nuriko said, kneeling.
"Get my horse! I'll return them to Konan!" Hotohori declared.
"Please, sire, do not be rash!" his adviser cried. "You must not do this! You would be putting your head in the lion's mouth!"
"I'm going to find Hamatsu," Hotohori said determinedly. "I mean, and the Priestess of Suzaku."
The adviser grabbed the sleeve of his robe. "Your Majesty, remember yourself! Is it your intention to start a war?" he said angrily.
Hotohori sighed. "Release us," he said in a monotone voice. "We regret our words."
"Dispatch the soldiers!" the advisers cried, walking off. "The Priestess of Suzaku must be returned!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry," Nuriko said. "Chichiri and Tamahome went after them. They'll be fine."
"Yes…" he said, his voice trailing off.
'You'd have to pass through this village to reach Kutou…" Tamahome thought, riding quickly. 'The two of them couldn't have gotten too far.'
As he was passing the houses, a door creaked open. "HEY! YOU!!" a scary voice yelled, pointing at him. Tamahome stopped abruptly, sweatdrops appearing. "I've found him! This guy's gotta be Tamahome! This time for sure!" the woman yelled inside the house. A man came out.
"What, again?" he said. "I'm sorry, sir. My wife's been at this for two days since a girl asked us to pass on a message. Now, every young man has to be this Tamahome character."
"A girl? You saw Miyoko and Hamatsu?!"
"You're kidding! You are him?!" the two asked in unison, eyes wide.
"What was the message?" he asked impatiently.
"She said to tell you," the woman said importantly, " 'Don't come after me; we'll be fine by ourselves.'"
After thanking them, he rode on.
"The idiots. Why doesn't she trust me to help her?!"