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Chapter 17
"Come girl, no more of your foolish games," Nakago smirked. "If you do follow my command you'll have the death of your 'friend' forever on your conscience."
Keara closed her eyes and hugged Chichiri's unconscious form tightly as her mind screamed, 'Suzaku!'
Whether it was a reaction from her fright or because Nakago had finally given up on waiting Keara's mind went blank.
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Tasuki evaded a lightening assault from Soi with relative ease, sending a fire attack back in response. He growled as it missed its target and raised his tessen into the air again, "Rekka shien." Another jet of flame flew from the metal fan at the Seiryuu seshi.
Soi laughed as she evaded the attack. When her feet were back on the ground she rose her hand to the sky. A stream of lightning streamed from the clouds to greet the extended body part, causing a surge of energy to take shape there. Brining her hand down she sent the energy forward, but the target was not the bandit leader, it was Chiriko.
"Chiriko!" Tasuki yelled.
Wide eyed, the child was rooted to his spot. He only managed to evade the assault because Mitsukake threw them both the ground, causing small jolts of electricity to run through his own body, but it did little more than cause sharp prickles on his skin.
"Mitsukake," Chiriko gasped as he came to sit on his knees, "Are you alright?"
The healer nodded, "I'm alright. Are you?"
Nodding the child said, "Yes, thank you." The only response he received in turn was a nod as the older man got to his feet.
Tasuki growled at the opposing seshi he raised his tessen once again, "Reika shi-"
A sudden explosion from somewhere behind them caught everyone's attention. Turning in the direction of it they saw dust rising high into the air, it was as if a dust storm had suddenly appeared and caused a huge updraft.
"Isn't that the direction Chichiri and Keara went in?" Chiriko asked in worry.
"Nakago," Soi gasped and took off, forgetting that she had been present for a reason.
"Nakago!" Tasuki yelled, "What the 'ell is he doin' here!"
"Let's go," Mitsukake said with haste as he ran after Soi, knowing she was heading to the same place they wanted to.
What was found upon arrival was something truly amazing, yet extremely confusing. Where there had once been trees was a moderate sized clearing, yet no tree's lay on their sides as they should have been if they had been knocked over to created the area. It was almost as if the trees ceased to exist all together.
"What trickery is this?" Mitsukake found himself asking. None of it made any sense. Things did not just disappear, especially large trees.
Nakago lay on the other end of the clearing, resting on his front. A large indentation was in the trunk of the tree at his feet having likely been created when he smashed. His armor was damaged from the impact and parts of his blond hair had a reddish tinge to them. Not far away from him lay Suboshi on his back, his deadly weapon broken beside him, blood leaking from between his lips. The boy looked in better condition than the general, but not by much.
Standing in the middle of the newly made clearing was Keara. Her gaze was turned upwards, towards the sun, whose rays flickered through the cloud that hid it to play upon her face. Her short brown hair lay free of its clip and danced in a breeze that did not feel to be present.
"There's Keara," Tasuki said with a pleased look before moving towards her, paying no heed at all to her odd behavior.
"Look, it's Chichiri," Chiriko pointed out the monk. He still lay unconscious where he had been thrown by Nakago's power.
Mitsukake took a look at Keara and judged that she was alright before quickly making off towards the fallen monk. Amazingly his condition turned out to be no worse than it had been before the explosion, not that the three conscious Suzaku seshi's would have known that.
Chiriko gasped as the monk's current state, "Will he be alright?"
"Do not worry Chiriko, he will be fine," Mitsukake told the child as he removed the torn mask from the unconscious mans face. "It doesn't seem that anything is too substantial." He quickly looked him over, "A few broken ribs, many cuts and bruises. He is fortunate that this is all he received."
"But what did this to him?" the child asked. "Was it the explosion or the Seiryuu seshi's?"
Mitsukake shook his head, "I'm not sure." He placed his hand over the monk's chest. Not a second later did a soft yellow light begin to emerge from the character upon his palm. Before their eyes Chichiri's wounds began to heal. Within moments the process was finished and he looked as if he had never been dealt the injuries in the first place.
A yelp from Tasuki brought their attention to him. Keara had apparently collapsed, falling into the bandit leader, startling him greatly. One way for another the bandit had remained on his feet and had kept a firm grasp on the girl all the while.
"Bring her over here Tasuki," Mitsukake called.
Picking the now unconscious girl up Tasuki carefully carried her over to the healer. Laying her down on the grass he frowned, "What was that about?"
"What happened?" Chiriko asked.
"I just asked if she was alrigh' and touched her arm an' she fell on me," Tasuki told him. "One minute she was awake the next she passed out."
Mitsukake nodded and looked over the girl properly now that she was in front of him. Frowning he turned her face from one side to the other, as if looking for something. "Amazingly she seems perfectly alright."
Tasuki sighed in relief before he suddenly stood and took out his fan, causing the two other seshi's to look up at him. "Soi," he growled. Sure enough the lightning Seiryuu was in the clearing and was fretting over the unconscious general's condition.
"Let her be Tasuki," Mitsukake said calmly, "We have our own to worry about." The bandit leader growled, but put his tessen away, knowing his friend was right. "Why don't you take Chichiri Tasuki. Chiriko can you grab his staff?"
The child nodded and quickly ran to retrieve the staff from where it had been thrown. Mitsukake gently picked up Keara, her hands now resting upon her stomach, an ever calm expression on her face. Tasuki placed Chichiri over his shoulder before standing upright once again.
With everything set they made off at a hastened pace, knowing that they should put as much distance between them and the clearing before the Seiryuu awoke. The last thing they needed was another battle to break out while they had to watch over two unconscious people.
Well that was very strange to say the least. What happened?
Find out next time.
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