Wish me luck. Heh heh. Things will get confusing soon enough I'm sure, so just flame me if I lose you.
Kate: Don't tell them that! You'll scare 'em off!
Alatáriël: What'da ya mean! These are my FANS, my followers. They wouldn't do that to me!
Fans/Readers:...
Chichiri: I'm pretty sexy, no da!
Fans/Readers: Yay!
Alatáriël:... Fine then, be that way... I disown you Chichiri! You hear that! You're not mine, and will never be again!
Chichiri: I was never yours to begin with, no da...
Kate: Bummber...
Alatáriël: Don't make me disown you too, Kate! Now get into make-up! The curtain's up in five!
Everyone rushes off stage
Chapter 29: How shocking!
Kate stared, dumb-struck, at where Chichiri had been moments before. Josh, being the curious ape that he was, walked over to where Chichiri disipeared and carefully placed his foot down ,as if fearful that the floor might bite off his foot, where the monk had been not twenty seconds ago.
"He's gone!", Josh exclaimed. "No duh, Shirlock...", Kate looked like she was fighting back a really nasty sneeze as she grabbed her bag and turned to him, "I can see that."
"So, what's the plan?", Josh asked, nervious at the thought of being alone in this new world with his pysco compainion. "We follow him, idiot. I'm giving him a piece of my mind!", Kate growled, grabed his hand, and led him out the door. Someone who hadn't been around Kate for very long might have taken the malice in her voice as being dirrected toward them, but others would know she only spoke like that when she was planing to do something very very stupid. This was magnified times ten if feelings directed toward a certain monk were involved.
Josh let himself be have dragged out of the room, but not before he grabbed his own bag, and not without his worries. What was Kate thinking? Wanting to travel across the desert, alone, and to do what? Try to kill a guy, who could in turn kill them. Not to mention Kate's boyfriend was now running off to do just that! What kind of crowd was he running with?
When they reached the stables to get some fresh horses Josh grabbed onto Kate's wrist, halting her from unlocking a stale. "Josh, what are you doing!", Kate asked. "I'm stopping you from making a mistake. Have you thought this out? Your boyfriend is out there trying to murder someone."
"Why do you want this man dead so bad?", Josh asked, confused and irritated. Kate sighed, "No, it's not like that... It's just... Damnit Josh! If he doesn't die, if he DOES live the others will still be trapped in that illusion of a city. If we don't kill him, he'll kill our friends. I don't want to have that on my concience, that I could have saved someone, but didn't. Tomo is the enemy. He's like... like... a Charles Manson, or Adof Hitler, or Jake the Ripper. He has to be stopped or he'll only kill more people; he might even kill us if he gets the chance. To me, I'd rather kill him myself than know he's still out there killing others."
"You don't have to go with me if you don't want to. I wouldn't hold it against you", Kate added softly as an after thought, "We're going to have to kill others too. Not just Tomo, but all of the remaining enemies of Miaka and Suzaku... Maybe Amiboshi's parents would let you stay with them."
Josh looked offended, and took a step forward, "Kate, I couldn't do that. You know that. I'll help you, but I can't promise you any results. I don't want to kill ANYONE if I don't have to." Kate smiled slightly and enveloped him in a hug, "Thanks... Promise me you'll be careful, though... I don't want to lose you either. I wish no one had to die in wars."
Josh was taken back by that remark, and he knew why. What if Kate died too? "I promise, but you have to be careful also. No playing hero and getting yourself killed for the Greater Good, ok?" Kate nodded into his shoulder, "Ok"
The ride threw the desert had gone by smoothly, but six hours of traveling was hard on them both. Riding on a horse was torure, but walking on the sand was even worse. Ever try running on a beach? It was like that.
The only real benifit was that since they left as the sun set it was cool out. Kate and Josh had managed to pack plenty of water, and were wearing extra shirts like cloaks over their faces due to the strong winds that kept throwing sand at them. Because of the pain of riding and the onslot of the sands little was said on the journey, and they only stopped every other hour to water the horse, but when the Buddah's statue came into their sites over the horizen as a big black spot Kate spoke up.
"Josh! We made it!", she yelled over the roar of the wind. "You sure?", Josh called back. "Pretty sure,
Kate replied. The brightness of the moon and stars was so magnificent it was acually pretty bright out.
Not bright, bright, but just enough to be able to make out hills in the distance, plants in their path, and the Buddah statue.
As they grew closer the desert seemed to resead some, and trees (alothough small, about 6'8") began to appear as if from no where. They were near the boarder. Kate licked her lips, which were chapped and broken, as they grew even closer. Her heart began to beat faster in intisipation. Josh's breathing had quickened conciderably, if it was out of nerviousness or something else Kate couldn't tell.
They could now hear shouting, and movement on the wind. "That's Chichiri's voice!", Kate stated, and looked for him. She couldn't see anything, but if she had to guess she'd say they were on top of the statue. Suddenly the horse began to buck, and sent it's riders flying. "What the helll!", Josh cursed as he got to his feet. "Ow", was Kate's reaction as she also got up, fearful from just getting the scare of a lifetime, but things had just gotten worse.
For right in front of them was a cloaked figure. "Die, Susaku skum!", the person yelled, and suddenly an onslot of lightning bolts flashed around them. "AHHH!", Kate screamed in fright as she ducted into a ball. Josh, near her, got knocked to his knees and was screaming, "What do you think you're doing!"
The figure pulled back her hood, "I am Soi, and have been ordered to kill whoever stands in my way.
Are you two with the monk?" Kate felt her stomach rench in fear. Soi. Soi was bad luck, indeed. As Nakago's lover, and fellow warrior she had alot going for her. To fight such a woman who was fueled both by her heart, her love for Nakago, and her want to please him, and the power of a God. They didn't have a chance. "Yes, we're with Chichiri", Kate answered, not sure what else to say.
"Where are Miaka and Tamahome?", Soi asked again. "I don't know", Kate lied. She knew right where they were. They were in the desert, but she had no clue as to the distance. "Liar!", Soi shouted and another rage of lightning bolts surrounded them. Kate understood now, they were being interogated.
If they didn't give her the answers she wanted, or if she finished questioning them... it was the end.
She looked at Josh, who had seemed to catch on as well. Why else hadn't any of the lightning bolts hit them yet? They came within feet of them, the electricity was in the air, which made an awkward feeling mixed with fear and a instintive warning in the almost tickling sensation. Ever fiber of her being at that moment wanted nothing more than to be back at the Inn, miles away from Soi, and miles away from her seemingly inevitable demise.
Josh, however, seemed to have an inner strangth that he hadn't had before. He looked into Kate's eyes before rising again to his feet, "We're not lying. Tell us what you want." Soi gave him a wicked smile and walked up to him. The sky seemed to calm down as she drew closer.
"I want three things: The location of Miaka and Tamahome, the location of the shinzaho your party has in their possesion, and the sealing of Suzaku", she stated. "If we give you what you want will you let us live?", Josh asked. Chichiri's voice was still being carried to them, he was angry, but Kate couldn't make out the words. Soi smiled at Josh, "I will let you two live if you give me what I want."
"Swear on everything you hold sacred", Josh ordered. "I swear on my love for Nakago I'll let you live if you give me what I want." Satisfied, but not trusting, Josh nodded. He looked to Kate, who's eyes were wide as she stood up. Was it possible? Were they going to survive?
"Kate...", Josh addressed her. She nodded. Right now survival was all that mattered to her, and she wasn't ashamed of it. However, what she was about to do would haunt her for months to come. " I have the shinzaho, and can find Miaka and Tamahome for you", Kate said. Soi's smile changed into one of pleasure, "Give me the shinzaho. Slowly."
Doing as she was told, Kate reached into her bag slowly just as she heard new voices on the wind.
"Chichiri!", Miaka called out to her warrior, whom she had just ran up to during an unexpected battle.
She and Tamahome had been heading for the boarder when they felt Tomo and Soi's presence. They were equally suprised to see Chichiri with him.
Tamahome was close behind Miaka, "Miaka, don't run off like that!" She smiled at him, "Sorry, Tamahome." Around the make-shirt battle-ground thorn vines had reached out of the ground, and had been severed with ki, Chichiri had obviously gotten caught in one or two of them and was bleeding badly from his shoulder. "You're just in time, no da!", Chichiri greeted them.
Tomo was in even worse shape than his opponit. His headdress had been blasted off as well as a good portion of his hair, and he was obviously the real Tomo. His double was no where to be seen however, but a scorch mark to the left of the real Tomo showed where he had been vanquished.
"Soi's here too, no da. She's been attacking something... We need to hurry and finish this fight", he added, and Miaka and Tamahome could clearly make out extreamly low lightning in the distance.
"Where is Kate?", Miaka asked worriedly. Chichiri hesitated, "I think that might be her down there..."
"Right! Let's finish this!", Tamahome called and charged at Tomo with a round house kick. The former jumped back, but still caught the edge of the blow. He struck out with a punch to Tamahome's solar plexes while Chichiri sent a shockwave into Tomo's path. Tamahome caught Tomo's punch as it connected and held on, bracing him to take on the magical attack full force. "No!", Tomo bellowed as he saw threw the trick.
It was too late, and his back half was completly destoyed. He feel to the floor, dead. Everyone paused for a moment to see if any doubles would apprear, or if one of the others would appear. Tamahome reached down to Tomo's corpse where he found a small shell. It had a crack running down it's length and as Tamahome touched it, shattered in his hand. "Well, that's that", Tamahome said as he rubbed his hands off on his pants.
"Let's hurry, no da! I fear the worst", Chichiri said. Ever since the arrival of Miaka and Tamahome he hadn't seen any lightning. At least if their was lighting he knew there must be something alive to attack.
"Right!", Miaka cheered.
"EEP!", came a feminine voice just before a pile of bodies feel from the sky. Kate gasped, and jumped away from the unexpected arrival which had just landed behind Soi. In Kate's hands she still held the shinzaho. Soi, having been distracted by the entrance of three more people, spun around to face the intruders. The air crackled once again with energy, and Josh, acting fast, punched Soi across the face with all his mite as she was distracted by the arrival. She collapsed onto the sandy floor ungracefully.
Everything slowed as Chichiri landed onto the sandy ground, chanting a spell. Soi turned to look at her attacker, hate and rage filled her eyes as she raised her right hand to face him: palm spread. Kate gasped, Josh's eyes widened as a bright flash issued forth out of Soi's hand and into his chest.
"Josh! No!", Kate screamed as he soared threw the air only to land feet away, motionless. "Josh,
Kate screamed again as she ran over to him. Just as Soi was rising to her feet Chichiri's spell hit her,
and she was paralized. Tamahome finished the job by hitting her neck from behind, redering her unconsious. He caught her before she hit the ground, and made a face, not sure what to do with her.
"Josh! Josh! Please, God, no!", Kate yelled frantically as she took his hand in her own. Miaka stood near Tamahome, her hands over her mouth in suprise. Chichiri rushed over to Kate, and pulled her away from her friend. "Pull yourself together, Kate. Josh'll be ok."
While Chichiri consuled Kate, Tamahome set out to helping the injured stranger, laying Soi next to him. He grabbed Chichiri's cape off of the ground and used it to prop up the boy's head just as a familar voice called out, "Guys! Are you all alright?"
"Tasuki! Everyone!", Miaka called out to her warriors before getting an idea, "Mitsukake!" It would seem the docter was one step ahead of her as he took in the damage. "What happened?", he asked Tamahome as he crouched down next to Josh. As Tamahome explained what had taken place Mitsukake inspected his pacient.
"I don't any medicine to help with the nervious system trama that should show in a week or two... We can't take him with us to find the shinzaho", Mitsukake said in monotone. "Can't you help him with your powers?", Kate asked. "The damage, if there is any, is mental more than physical. It will affect his mind, maybe even his memory or personality. If it does end up to effect his body in anyway, and that is only if Soi's lightning is like natural lightning, we wont be able to tell for a while yet", Mitsukake informed her with a docter's professionality as he turned to examine Soi.
Everyone grew silent as they thought of what they could possibly do when Kate spoke up again. "There is a house near the bottom of the Buddah statue", she informed them. "We should move him there. With the sun down soon the animals will grow curious of our actions", Chiriko informed them all.
With little more to be said, and Kate finding herself suddenly numb of all emotions, trailed behind Tasuki and Mitskake (whom were carrying Josh) until Tamahome spoke up (whom was carrying Soi). "Where is this house?", he asked over the roar of the wind. "It should be near here", Kate answered. Tamahome made a face that showed he wasn't happy with that answer, but kept quite as he moved on.
Soon enough a home did come into their sights, complete with a whole town around it. It was acually quite intimidating from the outside in the dark. It towered over everyone and almost seemed to groan as everyone paused. "Which house is it?", Tamahome asked, and Kate paused. She didn't remember reading about a whole town... It was too dark to look at her books. If she remembered correctly it had double doors, and a wall like compound. "One moment", Kate whispered and pulled out her mirror.
Still whispering so no one could hear she said, "Show me a bird's eye view of Tamahome's Master's house with us in the image, and with the house in the middle of that image." She wasn't sure if it would work, giving the mirror a complicated set of directions, but she had to try. The sudden calmness that came with the horror an emergancy; the shock of it all numbed the senses.
She got lucky, however, when she first looked down at the mirror she had expected it hadn't worked,
but then she could make out small black square like shapes with brown/gray outlines: a street and homes. Looking for themselves, and not finding them, she waved her hand in the air and jumped up and down. She didn't see anything. "What's the matter? You're make-up out of place?", Tasuki asked with irritation.
Kate snorted slightly before his voice made her think of something, "Hey, Tasuki! Can you Rekka Shien? I need some light to see the image." "What the hell! What are you doing! You're friend is hurt, and you're admiring yourself?", Tasuki yelled. "NO! This mirror shows what I want it to show,
and right now I want it to show us in this town. Can you just help me? I'll show how it works later,
Kate said with a slight edge to her voice. Favorite bandit or not, she didn't like to be mocked.
Without saying anything else, but mummbling to himself, Tasuki frowned as he flicked his wrist. A small flame came forth from the top of the fan. Satisfied, Kate turned back to her mirror. There they were!... But what was this shape moving near them?
Too tansfixed to say anything as she watched, she ended up almost jumping out of her socks when she heard threatening voices call out to them, "Hey! Who are you? What are you doing here?" It was a young man in a group of other men whom varied in age. "We're travelers. One of our friends got hurt, and we need shelter, no da", Chichiri answered them good naturedly.
The men viewed their intuders suspiciously. Then all of their eyes seperated into two groups, and went to both of the girls. Kate mentally groaned. Not this Fushigi Yuugi cliche! Gods! "You have women in your group?", one of the men sneered, "and only three in a group of five men? In the slave trade maybe, or something else?"
Miaka and Kate looked at eachother with disgusted looks. What exactly were they implying? Looking back at the men uneasily, Kate now noticed their eyes resting somewhere they didn't normally in situations such as this: Her feet.
"Can't be upper class", Another sneered. Kate stared at her shoes. Huh?
"Look, you guys get outta our way! A man's injured here. Go to the tavern if ya want women", Tasuki ordered. The men didn't seem to care, "Look, ya leave the girls and we'll be more than happy to let the rest of you go. The girls'll catch up with ya sooner or later." This was from a middle-aged man.
Miaka was sudden grabbed by one of the men and held at knife-point. No one had seen the concealed weapon, but now it shimered in the light of Tasuki's fan. Tamahome and the rest of the warriors froze,
not wanting to handle the situation without knowing their opponit's abilities first. If their Pristess got hurt they'd never forgive themselves.
Kate, however, instead of freezing up, was more intent on watching the men closest to her. Said men had now shown their own conciled wepons, which varied from daggers to garden tools. Kate cursed, they didn't have time for this! Ready to fight if provoked, she raised her fists and took a fighting stance. It wasn't perfect; it had been a long time since she had needed to fight. She was more than a little sloopy.
Suprisingly enough, when the fight seemed head-on as Tamahome eyed Miaka's captor, suddenly two of the men screamed out in pain and collapsed. They were soon followed by the rest as mysteriously as the first. Tamahome took down Miaka's tormenter with ease, almost slinging Soi into Kate in the process, and the group was left facing the party that desided to give them a hand.
"I thought I felt a God's chi out here", a man's voice said from the shaddows, "It's been a long-time,
Tamahome."
Everyone turned to Tamahome in suprise except for Kate, who's eyes were on Chichiri. The monk was slumped over, as if he had a stomach ache. In the light of Tasuki's fan she could make out beads of sweat just before Tasuki put his fan away to greet the newcomer. Tamahome greeted the man as, "Master!"
"Chichiri, are you alright?", Kate whispered to her compainion, whom Kate now noticed was breathing in slight gasps as if he had been running all this time. Chichiri gave out a forced, "I'm fine, Kate-chan. Just tired, no da." Kate reached out to touch his sholder, and felt a sticky wetness. She drew back as if she had just touched a hot stove, "You're bleeding!"
Everyone who had been paying attention to Tamahome's reunion were now focused on the monk and the girl next to him. "We'd better get to my house fast; it seems you and your company has been threw alot this night, Tamahome", the elder Byakko warrior adviced.
Without further conversation (at least for the moment) the group walked down the dark roads until they reached a house with a young woman standing outside. "Is everything alright? Oh my!", the woman gasped as her eyes rested on Josh and Soi. Behind her an elder woman spoke up, "What's going on?"
"We have a few visiters. Xi-Fang, come with us, You'll watch over the young man and woman. Subaru, help the monk", Tokaki, the old man, ordered with the kind of confidence only a warrior could. "Of course!", Xi-fang replied and trailed along behind her guardian. Subaru, meanwhile, ushed Chichiri inside a different part of the house. This left Kate with a awkward feeling. She didn't know if she should follow Chichiri or not. He'd make no acknowledgement of her as he entered the room.
Tokaki made up her mind for her when he turned around and called out to her, "Hey, girl, you coming?
" Kate glanced at the door Chichiri had disipeared behind momentarily before following the other warriors. The house in which these people lived was huge. It was made up of three buildings that were seperated by gravel sidewalks that couldn't really been made out in the darkness.
Under her shoes Kate could hear the crunching of stones as the group walked upto the second building. After taking off their shoes, the group entered. Tokaki lit a latern, and the rooms inside came to light. It was a calm tan, and as Josh was brought into one of the rooms Kate couldn't help but think everything would be alright.
Josh was set down on a small one-person bed near an open window the let in a warm breeze. Xi-Fang pulled up a stool that was sitting near a writting desk next to the bed. "I'll send Subaru in here after she's done with the monk. Until then keep an eye on him, alright?", Tokaki said. Xi-Fang nodded, and with out further to take care of, Tokaki turned to the rest of his more healthy guests, "Unfortunitly we only have one extra room other than this one so you will all have to share. I hope that wont be a problem?"
"That's not a problem, Master, but this woman is Soi, one of our enemies. She could prove to be trouble. Do you have any rope, or anything?", Tamahome asked. Tokaki eyed the woman on Tamahome's shoulder with a sad look, "Too beautiful to be evil... I'll get the rope." The old man sighed, but as he left the room it was clear his mind wasn't on noble intentions as he eyed Soi's rump while he walked out of the room. Kate made a face; she wasn't fond of lecherous old men.
"We thank you for your hospotality, Tokaki-san", Chiriko replied timidly. "Thanks for the help, Master,
Tamahome replied with a greatful smile when suddenly Miaka's stomache grummbled to life. Tamahome hit his girlfriend upside the head affectionatly and the other Suzaku warriors laughed. Kate had never felt so left out of such a heart-warming moment.
Forcing on a smile, Kate excused herself. Suddenly, she wanted nothing more than to be alone. She did not want to think about her unconcious friend, Chichiri being hurt, or the gap she felt between her and the Suzaku warriors. But she couldn't help herself, she felt selfish for her thoughts.
Sitting down on the porch that surrounded the building, she sighed and rested her head in her hands.
She still had that still numbness, not wanting to give into hope that Josh would recover, and although she was frustrated by Chichiri's failier to point out he was hurt she was hurt more by the fact he just hadn't said anything to her... and she hadn't realized it on her own until the last minute.
He must have been angry that she followed him, and she didn't blame him. As her... uh... suiter/ wooer/
he had every right to be mad; she would be too if she'd been him... if he didn't have magickal powers that is. She just hoped he wasn't too mad, and that his injury was under contol. How had he gotten it anyway? Had one of Tomo's feathers punctured his shoulder?
She bit her lower lip. Was it even mendable? Feeling a shiver go threw her as she immeditly thought of a certain form of fixing such wounds in the Olden Days: a red-hot poker. She had to go to him.
Standing up, she was alerted to the sound of the floorboards creaking behind her. "Hey, how ya doin?
I thought you'd be with Chiri", the bandit greeted.
"I was just going to go see him. Want to come along?", Kate asked. "Sure", Tasuki replied and stepped off the porch. "So, who's the guy? Your lover?", he asked and Kate laughed, a comforting feeling after the night she'd had. "No no no! He's Josh, one of my best friends. He's from my world", Kate explained with a smile. "Your world? How'd he end up here?", he asked.
"Long story. Basically he just followed me here unwillingly", she explained. She didn't want to go threw the details. After all, it was kind of unbeieveable. "I think this is where they went", Tasuki pointed out as he stopped by a familar looking door. Kate nodded her two cents and he knocked.
"Come in!", came Subaru's voice from the other side of the door.
Tasuki practically ripped the door off its hinges to get in, "Chichiri!" Kate followed up with, "How are you feeling?" Chichiri smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes, "I'm feeling fine, no da. Just a little tired. How are you, Tasuki-kun?"
"Thirsty", Tasuki replied with a smirk, causing them to laugh. "I'm sure you were after being caught in the desert for so long, no da", Chichiri said, and the two shared a smile. "You can't drink too much water too fast. It's possible to die if you've not had anything to drink for a while", Subaru informed them as she washed out a rag at her feet in a bucket.
Chichiri's shirt was half undone. In a gi-like fasion, he wore it like a robe, but with the injured half of his sholder showing. Kate couldn't help but look at the red stain that was bleeding threw the wash cloth he was holding there, and then her eyes moved by themselves to look at the rest of what she could see.
Blushing heatedly, having not seen many men without their shirts on, she looked away with a geeky grin on her face. No matter how many times she'd seen him without it she doubted she'd ever stop smirking like the fangirl she was when the monk desided to (well, had to acually) show off his mustles.
Chichiri, having seen her looking, blushed also, and Tasuki, seeing him noticing her staring, rose an eyebrow. Then he grinned. Of course! Chichiri was a monk! He'd never had a girl see him, the poor guy, and what about Kate? She had an pretty big grin on her face for a virgin. Hmm.
Smiling to himself, and oblivious to the already present attraction between the two, he desided he'd have to torment--- I mean talk to the monk later. "You get stiched up?", Tasuki asked as if letting everything slide.
Kate's eyes widened slightly as all of her attention was imeditly focused on the monk's injury again.
Chichiri waved them off with a few flicks of his free hand, "No, I'm going to have Mitsukake look at it first, no da. I think he'll do a much better job than any modern docter, no da."
"Is it deep? How'd you get it?", Kate asked worriedly and hurried over to sit by him. Tasuki sit in an extra chair near his friend, also curious about his friend's wound. "It's not too bad. It's not life-threatening at least, if it doesn't get infected", Subaru comented as she wiped off her hands and went to the door,
"I'm going to go get Mitsuake-san. I'll just be a moment."
The group nodded in her direction, each giving their thanks. When she left Chichiri spoke up again, "I was underestimated, no da." Tasuki and Kate waited to hear more, but the monk just turned his attention back to his wound by adding more pressure.
"Well? What else?", Tasuki asked. "He had aimed for my chest while I was attempting to cast a spell. I had to break the spell to move; I just hadn't been able to get away fast enough, it seems, no da", Chichiri said with obvious reluctance.
Tasuki and Kate sat in prolonged silence. Tasuki's face twitched as he varied threw emotions and thoughts. The image of Nuriko flew threw his mind, and he found it hard to imagine Chichiri in the cross-dresser's place. Kate bowed her head and dug her nails into the silk of her pants. She had almost lost both her bestfriend and Chichiri in one night.
She felt anger, anger at Tomo and Soi, and angry for the events taking place. She had to get out of here incase she misdirected her anger. "I'm glad you are alright, Chichiri", Kate said as she fought back the earge to add to it. Tasuki, however, was much more tempermental than she was, "The hell?
Why are you so frickin' laid back about this?"
Chichiri reached up to take off his mask, desiding this was a serious situation. "Tasuki-kun, calm down.
We won, and everyone is alive. If I hadn't fought him you and the others could have died just as easily as I could have", Chichiri replied. Tasuki, still angry, crossed his arms over his chest and looked away.
He was perhaps the most sentalmental of the group when it came to death.
"We all have to be careful, Chiri. Nakago and his goons aren't people to be fooled with", Tasuki said,
looking perposly at both of the occupents of the room. Kate let out a shuddering sigh, and suddenly thought of something very improper for the situation. How many Tasuki/Chichiri fanfictions had she read that resulted in the warriors declaring their love for eachother in simular situations such as this?
She fought against her face mustles, that suddenly wanted to smile. This wasn't a smiling matter! Chichiri dying was not funny! Luckily, she didn't have to fight back her smile for long as Mitsukake made his entrance. "Has it stopped bleeding?", was the docter's version of 'hi'.
"Almost, no da", Chichiri said as he placed his mask back on. "Good. Let me have a look", Mitsukake said as he walked toward him. Nodding his consent, Chichiri lowered the cloth. Kate felt a sudden jolt of guilt leap up in the pit of her stomache. If things had worked out the way they should have.
Chichiri would never gotten hurt.
She couldn't understand why her best friend and the person she loved were hurt and suffering while she was without a scratch, and the only thing near suffering she experianced was her soar legs from riding on a horse. Looking away in guilt, she only listened to Chichiri's examination.
Chichiri made no sign that he was in any pain, not even a hiss, and even laughed as Mitsukake comented on how careless he was. All lauging continued even after Kate left, and she didn't know if it was just her imagination but she could have swore that the laughing had gotten even louder.
Alatáriël: Hey, you all thought I was dead, didn't you? Well, to tell the truth I'm suprised I'm not. LOL.
Mom's boy-toy threatened my life & I had to leave for a while, I got a job, and am now a Senior. I'll try my best to up-date soon, so keep faith and review, ok?
Ps: How do you double-space? R&R!
