Ah,finally,the 3rd chapter!I hope I am writing well.Oh and I will be adding the Character Bios and trems used in this fic soon.Too bad all of the anime characters ran away from me ever since so,Oy!Sugino,do the disclamer while I get myself some cookies.
Sugino:Why me?
the writer holds up mu-chan while eating cookies
Sugino: sighs Tsuki and co. do NOT have any money to even buy cheeseburger so forget about them buying Tactics.
throws mu-chan to Sugino and continues eating.
The unveiling truth(Part 1)
"Ummm... your tea, Miss Rei," Youko said politely as she handed the cup of hot green tea to Rei.
Why thank you, Youko, I see that Kantarou sure has some fine youkais by his side," smiled the lady.
Youko and Haruka gave a jolt as the sentence 'How did she know' kept on repeating in their mind s.
"Did my ears show!"the frantic Youko asked. "Did my wings show!"Haruka asked her too at the same time.
They stared at Rei. Rei giggled and replied , " No, its just that I can sense your youkai aura. After all I'm from a family of shrine maidens and the long line of priest and priestesses."
"Souka ... so –er ... what was it that kan –chan wants to tell us that you know as well?" "Hmm ..."Rei gave a thought before answering,"never mind ,I think that judging by his tone of voice, he probably wants to keep this past deep in his heart."
"Huh?" Haruka could not understand 'Could it be possible that it has something with what Mu-chan saw?'
Just then, Kantarou returned from the editing office and quietly returned to his room only coming out to have dinner. The atmosphere was tense during dinner that no one spoke. But then...
" Kantarou! Where is Mu-chan!"Sugino the mountain god asked as he descended from the sky with his white wings.
"Eh? A shiroi tengu ? Is he your friend, Kan?"Rei asked happily.Kantarou merely nodded and told Sugino that Mu-chan was not in any corner of the house .However,Mu-chan immediately jump onto Kantarou's lap from the top of the ceiling and said a 'mu'before giving a weird kind of "I hope you did not tell anyone about me"look to Haruka which kind of frighten him a little.
The tense atmosphere came back again after the commotion, even Sugino kept quiet and made no fuss.
After dinner, as Youko was clearing up,Kantarou made an anoucement.
"Youko,Haruka,pack your stuff as we are setting off the first thing the next morning to Kyoto.I've agreed to help out at the Ritual of Calming with Rei's plea for help.
The folklorist then stood up and left the room but not before turning back to tell the fellow youkai servants , "Don't worry ,I'm fine,honest." With that he gave a feeble smile and left.
"WA…Kyoto is so beautiful and we're in a first class train carriage!" The happy and yet money faced fox youkai squealed in delight.
"Of course, Rei is after all married to the wealthy boss of that major shipping company. I think that was three years ago?" Kantarou replied in a rather true but sarcastic tone.
"Yeah and for all we yokai servants do for our poor master we get to eat only rice, soup and fish." Haruka mocked his master whom gave his servant a glare which Haruka ignored while Rei and Youko laughed.
They later arrived in Kyoto along with an unexpected group as well, Mu, Sugino and Rosalie.
"Sugino, what are you doing with a kid and a 'youkai'" Haruka asked the mountain god along the way.
"Mu and Rosalie wanted to come so I had no choice but to tag along."
"But Rosalie…did you tell Ryokan?" Youko asked worriedly.
At Kantarou' s empty house -----
Ryokan was cursing Kantarou as read the note on his door; we will be away for a while
, do not send milk and newspaper for the time being.
"ICHINOMIYA!"
Back to Kantarou and group -----
Kantarou sneezed a couple of times till they reached the shrine, the largest shrine in the whole of Kyoto, the Shrine of the Sacred Tancho Tsuru.
"Come on in, Reika is waiting." Rei told the group as they entered the magnificent shrine of the Tachibana family.
"Kan! You came back at last!" a girl in her late teens, miko clothing and short black hair shouted as she pounced onto Kantarou.
"Long time no see, Reika!" Kantarou replied as he tried to get her off him.
Rei and Reika then showed the group where they would be staying in the shrine compound and explained how Kantarou's help would be needed in the ritual that would be taking a few days later since the head priest who was Rei and Reika's father had passed away the autumn before.
"Youko and Rosalie shall have a room on the left, Haruka and Sugino-sama the next, and Kantarou you know which room yours is." Said the young miko and her elder sister before leaving them to settle in their rooms while Youko was still asking, "Why does Kantarou have a room of his own?"
"So.. Kan has not forgotten about her?" Reika asked Rei.
"Yes.. and to him, it seems it has happened only yesterday."
While they were unpacking, at Raikou's mansion, he was planning something..
"Hmm.. so I see." Raikou told himself as he placed his sword back into his sheathe.
"Ibaragi.. get ready to set off to Kyoto." He told the woman who simply nodded while the giant bodyguard of Raikou was about to prepare for the 'trip' but Raikou stopped him.
"Not you this time ok? And.. pack all those aradamas for me, I will be needing all of them to destroy both master and servant once and for all.."
An evil laughter then echoed through the night.
MANY THX TO MY REVIEWERS AND READERS !
Oh and here is a cookie to Gwynhafra for being my first reviewer and the answer to your question Gwynhafra:I actually thought of Rei's name first as I was thinking about the latest Fatal Frame 3.Heh.Thx for your support!
