And here is the continuation on the previous chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango or any of its characters.
word meanings are at the bottom of the page but they are spoilers so I would wait til after you read chapter
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Strangers Fantasy: Power Play
"Let see what's to happen to our little 'prince and princess'."
Tsukushi felt a shiver run down her spine. She had been the one that requested they stop. They had been traveling nonstop and her bladder was not a happy camper.
When she returned back to stream they'd taken a break she noticed that they were all on high alert. Tsukasa was the first to see her and quickly grabbed her arm dragging her to the rest of their companions.
"What's the problem?" his hand on her arm was vice like as she tried to pull it out of his grasp.
"We will have an attack soon." Tsukasa almost growled his eyes darting toward the sky.
Another shiver ran down Tsukushi's spine as she quickly turned toward the woods. She stopped struggling for him to release her arm and instead held onto his arm with her other hand.
He turned back to her shocked and she blushed slightly.
"Don't take this as anything I just feel a little safer when I'm with you."
Tsukasa grinned slightly.
"As you should feel."
They reached their companions and Tsukasa had Tsukushi stand in the middle of them.
They each had their back to her a weapon drawn with the exception of Tsukasa.
"Where is your weapon?"
"I'll summon it if I need it."
"Summon?"
"Yeah at the time I'm sure I can handle anything that comes at me with my fists."
Tsukushi stared at this guy whom she was sure might be a little daft. But she didn't dwell on it too long because a deafening scream rang out. Tsukushi clasped her hands to hear ears but that didn't cut the sound out. She felt as if her ears would bleed. Then slowly the sound died down.
She removed her hands from her ears and reached down lifting up one of the pant legs, she'd changed into earlier, and retrieved her small dagger she always s kept with her.
Her four companions hadn't even flinched when the horrid sound filled the air. She turned to Akira and realized that he'd begun singing a soothing melody cancelling the scream out.
"Akira…"
"Wait Tsukushi he needs to concentrate. Whoever is going to attack us is trying to confuse us with this sound."
"Will he have to sing the entire fight? What if it last a while how long will he be able to keep it up?" Tsukushi looked at the beautiful man that always seemed to be the most reasonable of the group. A faint green glow emanated from him. The same she remembered from BijinOhane.
Akira's song grew louder as he raised his hands forward his eyes closed. He closed his hands cupping them as if he held a blade in front of him.
Tiny green lights gathered around his hands and slowly traveled up forming a pale green blade.
Akira opened his eyes and grinned at a shocked Tsukushi.
"I'd like you to meet my friend HanoUta." He moved it gently through the air and it sang as it sliced through it.
"I'm actually pretty impressed."
"I aim to please." Akira bowed slightly.
"Let's not get side tracted hmmm." Soujirou said testily as five harpies descended from the air.
Akira rushed forward his sword aimed at the heart of one poor creature. The harpy moved just barely out of the way as the other four rushed passed her. Their feet quickly touching the ground for but a second and catapulting their bodies forward.
Akira thrust again and quickly sidestepped back as the harpy countered his blades attack. HanoUta sing softly as it moved through the air. The harpie thrust forward one clawed arm extended for a kill. The HanoUta never moved but the harpy's arm was severed from its body. Black blood oozed from the wound with a foul stench.
It released a blood curdling scream which was quickly cancelled and overpowered by HanoUta's song as the wind surrounding it quickly sliced through the harpy's wings. It barley managed to dodge out of the way with one wing somewhat still in tack.
Its face transformed to its maiden form tears streaming down her face.
Akira paused.
"You have been defeated I don't want to cause you any more harm." He turned his back on her and headed back toward Tsukushi as two other harpies appeared.
Once he turned the harpy took a final lunge at him her face distorted once again.
She never reached him as a defensive wind sliced through the already batted body leaving an ugly body yet beautiful face, with the look of one that died with a content song ushering them from this life.
"The blades of wind extend further then the hilt young miss."
Soujirou quickly blocked a harpy's attack. He parried with the bamboo katana he originally furnished. The harpie seeing that it had a chance quickly moved into a leg sweep. He jumped backward as the harpie rushed forward slashing at him rapidly. He blocked each attack and stabbed low quickly drawing his katana back bending backwards to avoid a claw aimed at his face, immediately countering with a upward slash which grazed the harpy's wing.
The harpy grinned, her face going from an ugly sharp toothed to creature to a beautiful girl's.
"What's wrong pretty boy? I would think that the brethren of OheinChi would be much better then this."
"How do you know about that?" He retracted his katana slowly walking backward. They each circled the other looking for an opening.
"You would be surprised at what may be revealed when one meets another under more pleasant circumstances." The harpie cackled as she took another strike for Soujirou.
"I'll be sure to talk to Ohein about that. Who else knows about him being my 'brother'?" He blacked her talon attack with the katana pushing her backward.
"Only me for now, I just wanted to see if you were as vigorous as he." She cackled again.
"If that's the case then you will be the last of your kind to know." He made a high backward leap on top of a rock. He reached into the folds of his shirt and pulled out a small flute. He closed his eyes and began to play a rapid tune.
"A serenade before your death, how fitting pretty one."
Soujirou smirked.
"Tsukushi if you think Akira's HanoUta was pretty watch my MoeruHanasaku."
The harpy cackled more which irked Soujirou. She moved toward him quickly then stopped. Small red lights began to dance around Soujirou and his bamboo katana floated in front of him. He began playing faster and the lights moved in accord with his temp until he stopped and opened his eyes. They glowed a fiery red the same color as the now still lights. Which encompassed the katana in a bright red flame, as the silent flute floated into the flames.
Soujirou thrust his hand forward grabbing the hilt within the flames, which pulled back and floated away like small red cherry blossom petals revealing a wooden katana filled with small holes punctured through.
The harpy stared at him then let out a roar of laughter.
"I was almost scared for a moment. You had a chance with the previous katana. Now you have one filled with holes. I can see straight to you through the holes. It is a shame I truly am disappointed." She lifted her head to cackle once again but was cut short by Soujiour's MoeruHanasaku at her throat.
"Urk…"
"I hate your laugh." His eyes, which had returned to their normal brown reverted again to their fiery red. He blew through the holes which caused red daggers to come out the other end puncturing her body as he removed the head from its owner.
Tsukushi had turned to Soujirou's voice while at the same time dodging attacks from one of the harpies. The speed at which Soujirou moved was uncanny. His MoeruHanasaku was certainly impressive.
Akira joined Tsukasa and Rui in defending Tsukushi while Soujirou headed in their direction, taking on one of the remaining two harpies, Tsukasa made short work of two already while Rui and Akira fought the other.
A black bolt descended from the sky and raked through their protective circle. They looked up as it made another swoop down.
Rui sighed.
"I guess it's my turn. I'll leave this harpy to you it seems a banshee has appeared."
Thunder rumbled in the back ground as the sky darkened.
The banshee screamed as it made a swoop down toward Rui who stood calmly awaiting its attack. Small droplets of water fell down around him but not touching. The rain quickly gained in power as the banshee moved in closer. Right as it reached him Rui whispered.
"Kaminari raru."
A shot of lightning filled the space in between them causing the banshee to draw back feathers singed.
The lighting bolt remained glowing in front of Rui moving like a snake, the power emanating from it caused his hair to blow back as the glow from its light illuminated his face.
Swirls of water gathered into the bolt until Rui finally reached into the potentially fatal mix of electricity and water. He pulled out a long whip like sword which glowed and crackled with the lightning's power but held together with water, which flowed within the whip blade.
"Ekitairaimei."
He flicked his wrist and Ekitairaimei stuck out taking one of the banshee's wings. The banshee feel from the sky in a nose dive but as it touched down it spring forward barely dodging the Ekitairaimei whip like attacks.
"Why is Rui playing with this guy? Is he trying to show off?" Soujirou cut his opponent and half and joined Akira who had already dispatched his.
"The same reason you were playing with that harpy chick earlier. You waited till you had a good moment to pull out MoeruHanasaku. You're just as much a show off as he is."
"He's showing off?" Tsukushi tore her eyes away from Rui's battle for a moment.
"Yeah, Rui could have taken him out without even calling on Ekitairaimei."
Tsukushi turned back toward Rui in amazement. Mizu's other half was more interesting then she had initially thought.
Tsukasa snorted.
"Oh yeah and lets not forget the king of showoff himself has yet to display his talents. All he's been doing is fighting with his fists."
"Shut up we still have two more to go?"
"Two more?" Tsukushi turned to Tsukasa who pointed up into the sky. There was a banshee and a rather beautiful but angry harpy watching them.
"There was originally three left but it seems another banshee decided to join in the fight against Rui."
"What?" Tsukushi turned again toward Rui who was now fighting two banshee's one was a little slower then the other but they couldn't seem to get to close to Rui. Ekitairaimei seemed to be everywhere they went to attack.
"Come on Rui finish it."
Rui grinned slightly. A sight that startled Tsukushi.
The downpour increased around them but still not touching either Rui or the other four.
Rui flicked his wrist slightly and Ekitairaimei stiffened into a normal blade. He held the sword out and ran a hand up the slick surface his eyes focused on the two banshees that prepared for a simultaneous attack.
When the started their attack Rui smirked.
"Kaminari raru."
Yellow lightning bolts issued from his sword as white lightning descended from the sky.
The power from both strikes filled the air with electricity. Tsukushi covered her face from the light.
When it died down she uncovered her face slowly looking in Rui's direction. He walked back as calmly as he left. The sky cleared up and the sun was shinning once again.
"Complete over kill."
Rui just yawned as he joined his friends.
"Wha-what happened to the banshee?"
Akira pointed to the dust floating slowly to the ground.
Tsukushi stared at the dust then at Rui then at the dust and then at Rui again and shiver ran up her spine. Its always the quiet ones.
"Nice job there Rui. I appreciate you keeping us from getting wet."
"Yeah I wondered about that how is it that it was pouring and yet we weren't getting wet at all…
"…wait Rui was doing that also?"
"Rui is the son of the water king Tsukushi so he can control water." Akira informed her with a wave.
"So he was fighting and at the same time controlling the water…"
"Yeah but it was a waste of energy, all that takes a lot out of him so we can expect him to fall asleep soon."
Rui yawned.
"I might be able to hang a bit longer."
"Looks like out harpy friend wants to talk to us." Tsukasa pointed to Asai as she approached them.
Each of them stood in a defensive mood.
Asai held up her hands.
"I came here to talk."
Sorry if this is kinda Ronin Warriorsish but I've begun to see them kinda like samurai/knights/Yojimbos (another name for guardian). I hope you enjoyed the action sequence. I tried my best to put what was in my head into words but its hard at times . . If it was a play type story then it would be I think better to write.
And you will have to wait til next or maybe even later chapters to see Tsukasa's full power and how he calls on his weapon whose name shall remain a secret.
R and R.
To recap for all that might get confused with all the names:
BijinOhane other half of Akira
OheinChi Soujirou's
Mizu Rui's
BijinOhane actually means "Beautiful woman's feather or wing" I always thought that Akira was beautiful like a woman not only that but he loves older women so I thought this was a good name for him.
OheinChi is a bit of a mix "hei" can mean army, soldiers or wall. The "O" in front usually denotes when something belongs to someone else. And Chi means a lot of different things such as earth, ground, blood, intellect, wisdom. But the way I made it means "Another soldier's blood" I didn't make it the OheiNoChi because it was so obvious. And just in case you didn't know. "No" usually means something belongs or is the possession of something else. Its like the " 's" after some ones name. It's a little more involved then that but you get the idea.
Mizu means water
"HanoUta" is Akira's blade and it means "Blade's song"
"MoeruHanasaku" is Soujirou's wooden katana and it means "Flaming Blossom"
"Kaminari raru" means give forth thunder
"Ekitairaimei" is the Rui's whip blade and it means "Liquid Thunder"
