Chapter 26

Miaka stood outside of tamahomes chamber door. Debating if she should knock or not. It was something that is needed to be done for the greater good for the mission.

"Why did I decide to come here for?" Asked Miaka

Before miaka could think on it anymore she felt someone poking her shoulder. Miaka turned around only to see tamahome with some kind of freaky face, as she started to stomp all over tamahomes face.

"Ok! Ok! I give up!" Cried Tamahome

Miaka stomped on him for a few more time and stuck he nose in the air. While tamahome offered her in his chambers to have a talk something he wanted to get off his chest for a long time.

Meanwhile a little while later

Tamahome and miaka was sitting in his chambers while sipping on tea. Tamahome was lost in his own thoughts that he didn't realize he was thinking out loud. Until it was to llate.

"If you where a normal girl you would have screamed or squeaked." Said Tamahome

"Did you say something?" Asked Miaka

Tamahome blushed deep red he didn't realize he was speaking out load. He waved his hands to show he didn't mean nothing by what he had just said. While miaka wasn't acting like her normal self.

"Well anyway what brings you head at this time of night?" Asked Tamahome

"Oh nothing really special. I just wanted to see you that's all." Said Miaka

Tamahome leaned back in his chair there was a party going on tonight. They just didn't know that they where being listen into from that room. Tamahome leaned his head on the back of his hand smugly.

"Well darn. I hoped you would enjoyed to stay the night with me." Said Tamahome

Miaka blushed deeply from what he had just said. She grabbed the steaming pit of tea and was about to pour it over tamahomes dick for what he had just said. Being a perverted at this time of night.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" Growled Miaka

"Oh I didn't say anything at all. So chill," rambled Tamahome

After miaka calmed down they went back in the silence. While tamahome atarted to look at miaka longingly. Just like how all the other mated couples do in the palace. Miaka looked up and realized that he was looking at her.

"Um, do I have something on my face?" Asked Miaka

Tamahome only smiled adoringly. And he was going to let his thoughts out for once and for all. He knew that there was going to be some meeting with the lord of the under world again tomorrow before the yull ball.

"I was only thinking that if you would come and see me like this all the time." Said Tamahome smoothly

Tamahome gotten out of his seat and went over to his dresser. He seemed to be nervous about something since he was twiddled his thumbs together while miaka was drinking all the tea to herself.

"Miaka, I have managed to save some money. You see after all this I think I have grown up a lot. And I was thinking of moving out of my own. And bulma has already made a house for me. And well I would like to start a family as well. I would like to have a son one day. So I just thought. Well I guess what I am trying to say is. That is that I wish to live that life with you." Said Tamahome

Miaka dropped her huge cup of tea to the floor she was in shock at what he had just blurted out to so the people who where listening in to the conversation wondered how long it would take miaka to realize it would be something about sex and not breaking up with him.

"You mean me?" Asked Miaka

Tamahome turned around and slammed his hands on the table with the stupid question she had just said. What the hell did he just say to her and she had to go off and act all dumb again.

"Of course I mean you! Who else do you think I am talking to? If we would live through this and I know we all will. I want to do everything correctly. And I know we wont be back for quite some time. I would like to ask my father. And of course your father and mother to have a sit down and talk if you don't refuse me that's all. I wish to marry you Miaka." Said Tamahome

Maiak looked up at tamahome dumbly. While everyone gasped even the ones who is listening even the stoic ones as well. this was not going to go well and they knew it by the way miaka was acting.

"Please miaka. Please marry me,." Said Tamahome

Miaka finally snapped out of her shock and gotten out of her seat. She needed to see what she could do to respond to this. It was something that she had to do for the greater good and the mission.

"Oh its all to sudden. I cant I'm only 16 years old." Said Miaka

Tamahome walked over to miaka and sighed he could understand her worries about he was not going to back down from this she will marry him if it was the last thing he does in this world.

"That's a perfect age to get married. I'm the right age as well." said Tamahome

Miaka turned around not wanting to look into his eyes for what she was going to do to him. And what she was going to do to his heart she was going to break it for the mission.

"I have been thinking about this for a while now. I will promise you I will work hard. I will never let you suffer. Plus the portal will remain open." Said Tamahome

Tamahome his hands on miaka shoulders and he started to massage them to show he meant every word he had said was all true. He would die with out her in his life. And he knew they where soul mates.

"It's not that." Said Miaka

"I will protect you and love you for long as I live. I promise to make you happy miaka." Said Tamahome

Miaka knew what she had to do to get out of this one. And she was going to use some stupid crap that inside of her mid to squeeze out of this, and she took a deep breath and hoped that no one was listning.

"Well we can't because of pillow pants." Said Miaka

"What is pillow pants and what does it have to do with what I asked." Said Tamahome

Tamahome arched a brow this was not the time for her to be playing stupid. And she knew that she was playing stupid to so he was going to play along to see where this goes. He wondered what a bloody pillow pants was.

"You see pillow pants is a little troll who lives in my pussy." Said Miaka

Tamahome was stock still this was the most funniest thing he had heard but he was unable to laugh about it maybe its because of the timing it didn't sound funny at all. While he was still waiting.

"Soooo a pussy troll then?" Asked Tamahome

"Duh, you know every girls mother parents put a pussy troll in them when they are yound. To keep them from having premarital sex." Said Miaka

Everyone who was listing to this was lauging their asses off this was the best conversation that was ever heard. And the pillow pants was complete genius they had to think that one.

"Well my mother names my pillow pants. And so even to I totally want to go that far with you and marry you in all. My mother says if you place your thing in me. Pillow pants will bite it off. We gotta wait until pillow pants gets peed out on my 21st birthday before we could have anything of the sort." Said Miaka

Miaka crossed her fingers mentally and hoped he was going to fall for this. But it seemed her luck was not in the stars tonight. It was something that she knew it wouldn't work since it was her.

"Tell me the truth miaka and not some cock and bull story." Said Tamahome

"Oh my god. Your not being serious are you. All what you are talking about sounds so ridiculous. And really I thought you would of fell for that story." Said miaka coldly

Tamahome was wondering where the hell this was coming from. Why is she acting the way she is. He just didn't know what to think she was turning him down but is more of a bitch way.

"Miaka?" Asked Tamahome

"Oh tamahome. I think you got the wrong idea about me somehow. Oh geez wow asking me to marry you like I would marry a commoner like you. You have to be shitting me on that one. Hahahah. Im the priestess of suzaku and grand daughter to the ox king. And your one of the suzaku warriors and a lowly one at that. Oh come on it doesn't mean since im being affectionate with you doesn't mean I want you. That's just laughable in its self. Im only messing with your head tamahome. Oh all men are always thinking with their dick it's a man thing." Said Miaka

Miaka tried to walk away, but tamahome was not having none of this. She was spouteing a bunch of crap and he wanted to know the damn truth. While he grabbed her wrist tightly to make sure she didn't go no where.

"Your not serious are you? At a time like this your not being serious? Answer me right now miaka!" Demanded Tamahome

Miaka looked up at tamahome remaining the mask that she set in place. She mustered the straight face so she was able to lie to the man she loved to his face so she was able to go and get this mission done and over with.

"Yes tamahome. Thing have changed. I don't feel the same about you no more. Come on this is jus sad. Its all puppy love. All we wwhere gonna do is had a night of sex and ever speak again. so don't take is that what I can to tell you. Well night night tamahome." Said Miaka

Miaka left his chamber feeling bad for what she had just didn. While tamahome was left in shock he didn't realize miaka left his chambers with the amount of shock he was feeling.

"Why miaka? TELL ME WHY MIAKA!" Cried Tamahome

Tamahome cried could be heard from his chambers and he fell to his knees with the broken heart miaka ran away with. He knows that this was something that she was not going to do. So someone made her do this.

Meanwhile with Miaka

Miaka walked down the halls. Her heart was breaking for what she had just done to the only man she loved. She felt so guilty on what she had said. Miaka stopped walking and fell to her knees and cried her sorrow what she just had done. She was two doors down from her own chambers.

"Oh its no use! We cant have each other anymore! Forgive me tamahome! Forgive me." Thought Miaka

Miaka sat there crying her broken heart out until she was ready to go inside of her chambers to think about what she had done. Until her mother came back and picked her up since she fell asleep.

Meanwhile the fallowing morning

Miaka looked over the gardens of the palace she was lost in her own thought about last night. She still felt bad for what she had done. While tasuki. Nuriko. And kagome waked over to them.

"Well morning miaka!" Chirped Kagome

Kagome just finished the meeting with her oldest friend and she made a deal with the people and shocking enough she made killian live with tensagia and pounded into their heads that they where not hero's if that what they where going to be like and it seemed she gave them a place to stay here her other old friend the one was here as well.

"Hey all! How are you this morning?" Chirped Miaka

Kagome only shrugged at the thought of this. She knew well they all knew what is going on with her and tamahome but they didn't want to let them know that they where indeed listening to them last night.

Well where having a ball tonight so why don't we all go and have fun! What do you say? Asked nuriko

Miaka looked over to see tamahome standing here with a dark cloud of depress floating about him. While kagome and tasuki along with nuriko looked over to what she was looking at and remembered what the thing happened last night.

"Good morning Tamahome!" Chirped Miaka

Miaka walked over to tamahome with out a care in the world. Everyone looked at her like she was bonkers. Really last night was funny and sad and heartbreaking but they wanted to stay out of this one.

"Where is a ball tonight. All of us are going. So why don't you join us as well. you have a suit on your bed." Said Miaka

Miaka walked away not even caring about his emotions. So the others watched and felt kinda uncomfortable. So this would mean that tamahome was not taking this all to well he was already to far on the soul mate bond.

"This is the best for the both of us. I have to stop thinking about tamahome and start thinking of the mission." Thought Miaka

Nuriko, tasuki and kagome huddled together even hook joined in he was enjoying his time here plus she was the only one who he knew of that was ablet o make the dark one piss himself and was her friend and the lord of the underworld as well.

"Hey you see that nuriko. She just blew him off .." said Tasuki

"Yeah I did see it tasuki with my very own two eyes." Said Nuriko

Kagome and hook now regina nodded to what she had said. While hades stops in here and there to see his mate. But she was getting to know everyone so they knew why zelena was the way she was. As tasuki and nuriko went on either side of tamahome.

"We can only imagine that he said all the wrong tings again like he always does." Said Nuriko

Nuriko patted tamahomes chest. While kagome and her two new friend started to take bets on how long this was going to last. Henry was standing there since he finished eating his breakfast.

"Yeah man! What did you do this time? Come on dude you can tell us," said a all to cheerful Tasuki

Tamahome looked up darkly and growled the next thing you knew nuriko and tasuki was twitching on the floor. While he went over and kissed kagome deeply. In returned she kicked him in the gut. As she walked off with her nose in the air.

"I like her." Said Regina and Hook

They looked at each other and laughed they really did while henry walked off shaking his head but he came back and started to poke at the three twitching bodies on the floor and laughed.

Meanwhile in the meeting room

Everyone who was going on this mission was in the meeting hell the new people was here wanted to join in so why not. More people the merrier they always say. But there was some going to be staying behind to train and protect the kingdom.

"You see here Hokkan is a mountainous country. So we must be prepared for the weather." Said Bulma

Everyone nodded and had the supplies all capsulized while they all needed to think of what they had to do once they gotten there. So they just ended the meeting so they would be able to go and prepare for the party.

Meanwhile in Kuto

Yui was reading one of her bookd agains and felt someone watching her. She peered over the novel to see suboshi standing there as if he wanted to say something. So she snapped the book shut.

"Suboshi how are you feeling?" Asked Yui

"Lady yui. About yesterday. I wanted to apologize for being so rude to you. And your words helped me a lot." Said Suboshi

Yui smiled brightly at what he had said. She was happy that they did help him. And that the wisdom that she learned from kagome helped a new friend when he was in one of his funks.

"Oh its all good my friend. Don't worry about it. I had to help a friend with grief so its always to know that you are never alone. Im just happy you look a lot better today. Did what I give you help you out much?" Asked Yui

"Why yes thank you. And the meds you have me helped me out a lot thank you. Well anyways lord nakago sent me to come and get you and to tell you to come to the shrine hall right away." Said Suboshi

Yui only nodded as suboshi fallowed the priestess out of her chambers to the shrine hall of seiryuu. He was thinking on her words it seemed the shikion miko was full of wisdom and he wanted to meet her.

Meanwhile in the shrine hall

When they walked in they saw nakago bowing down to the statue of seiryuu and looked like he was deep in thought or either he was praying. It seemed that they flames where lit as well.

"What in the world are you doing nakago? I thought you bow and kissed the emperors ass only. Or did seiryuu show up even after our failure and asked you to go on a hot date." Joked Yui

"You must looked very closely lady Yui." Said Nakago

Yui did what she was told until two bright eyes flashed before her. Wondered where the hell they came from. And who the hell did nakago conjure up in the shrine hall. As she gulped down her fear from what she was seeing.

"Eyes? Do you know what it means?" Asked Yui

"I am sure you heard of taiitsukun. She represents the yang. This one represents the yin. I have conjured him here on your behalf." Said Nakago

"Yui Hongo. If you wish to summon seiryuu. You must listen carefully. I'm about to tell you how to summon seiryuu."

Yui was shocked but she wanted the information badly so she listened closely and waited to get the information that is needed for them to be able to get their summoned beast go here

Meanwhile with Miaka and Chichiri

Chichiri was sitting on a rock and fishing while looking relaxed. Miaka made her way over to him and sat down next to him to see if he even catch;s anything in the pond or not.

"Are there any fish in that pond?" Asked Miaka

"Eh who knows. No da." Said Chichiri

Miaka gave chichiri a look as if she though he was being a smart ass. While she let out a sigh and took her shoes off and placed her feet into the water to feel the nice cool water splash on her feet.

"I been kinda wondering for some time now. Why do you where that mask? Oh sorry! I wish I had something like that like you and everyone else. For awhile now I am forced to cut off two people from my life that I love most in the world. At least I still have my frends and family here. But this may be the best thing tamahome." Said Miaka

Chichiri looked over at miaka and listened to her vent out what she needed to vent out. It seemed she had a lot on her mind and she wanted to vent it out to someone and he was happy she was doing the healthy way about it.

"When I found out that yui was in love with tamahome. I thought I could distance myself away to be respectful. And step to the side from them. Then tamahome was so blunt about his feelings for me. And so was yui. And that's why I ran away at first. And kagome and the others help me through that even my father. But what good did that do for me to hide the truth? Huh? I just wanted to be truthful with them both because I love them." Said Miaka

"Your belessed to have family and friends like the ones here. And for yui she doesn't know what she wants she jus having a hard time choosing between you love and your friend I should know I had to do it the hard way." said Chichiri

Chichiri took off his mask and sighed he was about to tell miaka more about himself. The only others who knew about him was kagome and the others, miaka is the last to find out about what he had done in his own past.

"Even though which one you choose. You will lose one in the end. No da. I had to learn that the hard way as well. no da," said Chichiri

Miaka looked over at chichiri he was going to tell her about himself and this was something she needed to listen to. She always wanted to know more about himself and now she was getting that chance.

"This is how I have gotten this scar. No da. It happened when I was 18 years old. I was just a kid back them like tamahome, I had a fiancée and a best friend that I loved dearly. All three of us where vary close. We where all friends and very happy. But then one day the person I thought who was my best friend stole my fiancée." Explained Chichiri

"What did you do?" Asked Miaka

Miaka was all teary eyes at what she wwas hearing. It was so sad the story but it seemed that there was more to the story. So she made sure to listen to every word that he had told her in this.

"I completely lost my head. I was so angry and hurt at the same time it clouded my vision. I didn't realize what I was doing. I know I didn't wish to do that. It was a horrible accident. My best friend had died. Crying hard at that moment I realized how much I really loved him. That's how and when I gotten this scar no da. Even though it haven't healed. I know people would get all upset and grossed out by my disfigured face. No da." Said Chichiri

Chichiri put his mask back on and sighed while miaka wiped the tears away. The story was so sad and tragic. it made her cry now she knew his story and why he became what and who he was.

"That's why I always wear a smiling face over the wound. No da." Said Chichiri

"What should I do? WHAT SHOULD I DO CHICHIRI!\ AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FIGHT YUI LIKE THAT! AND DON'T THINK IT WILL SOLVE ANYTHING!" Cried Miaka

Chichiri sighed miaka will lose if she thinked the way she did. When you deal with a vengeful person you never know what they will do and what they had planned they are to predictable.

"Well ther is the only thing I could tell you. Which is the same thing the others tell you." Said Chichiri

Chichiri was not able to say more that's when nuriko was looking for miaka. Snow and haruhi was with her as they looked over to the girl they only met this morning. While nuriko was waving his hands in the air.

"OOOOOOOHHHHH MIIIAAAAAKKKKKAAA!" Yelled Nuriko

They looked over to see the overly dramatic drag queen waving his arms with snow and haruhi with him. While miaka only smiled at what he was doing it was so silly and funny when he was being dramatic.

"MIAKA! POOKA KAKA!" Yelled Nuriko

"OH SHUT IT YOU OVERLY DRAMATIC QUEEN!" Yelled Miaka

Miaka stood up and put her hands on her hips and huffed. Chichiri wanted to say something before he to had to leave to prepare himself for the ball tonight. The first ever ball that he will ever attend to so he was kinda happy about it.

"I'm sure Yui still loves you. No da." Said Chichiri

That caught miaka by surprise as she turned to look at him with a shocked look on her face. While chichiri sighed he wanted her to have hope by atleast they didn't have to worry about her killing yui like he did to his best friend.

"She loved you more than she puts on. She is just lost at this point in time. And don't know how to find her way back. But in the end she will". Said Chichiri

"Well I don't understand what you just said. Thank you for paying attention to me." Chirped Miaka

Miaka ran over to where nuriko was waiting she was gonna be dealt with by rose and alice to get her ready for the nights ball. It was going to be loads of fun and some people was going to be introduced to new dances.

Meanwhile later that night.

Everyone gathered in the ball room of the palace while kagome stood between hotohori and tasuki her two mates while they took turns dancing. They where sitting down for the a bit to talk about things on their minds.

"This is rather lovely." Said Snow

Kagome smiled at her and knew that they had changed their views on things as well. they where not used to seeing people like them yet so they where in a treat but then again the seemed to be comfortable.

Meanwhile with Tamahome

Tamahome watched everyone from the area he was at. He saw the ball was going on for the past three hours. And he was jealous everyone was all happy and enjoying themselves.

Meanwhile back at the mall.

Everyone was taking turns dancing kagome and jasper did the dance they did when they where back in the southern vampire was when he and her was together before maria screwed it all up. The virgian reel.

"Oh its like the old days isn't it darlin?" Asked Jasper

Kagome only giggled they had to show them how to do this well most of the room. While they enjoyed themselves while they had this chance. While they did that dance over and over again since everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Meanwhile with Tamahome

Tamahome continued to watch everyone do some odd dance that looked like loads of fun,. He never even heard of the dance before or the song that way played. But oh well he thought it looked fun, he started to freak out while in chibi form,

"I DON'T GET IT! I DON'T GET IT!" Cried Tamahome

Tamahome finally thought of what he was going to do. He went in and put his suit on while he rushed over to the ball so he would have a word or two from kagome to see what was going on.

Meanwhile back at the ball

Kagome felt someone tap her shoulder only to see tamahome standing there. As she took his offered hand and was lead to the dance floor. As they waltzed around and she knew why he was here.

I know why you're here tamahome. You want to know what happened with miaka with taiitskun. It was something that she said but she mistunderstood. So go now and get your woman man. Ordered kagome.

Tamahome hugged her and left to find miaka. While hotohori and tasuki and herself all left to the rose garden that was set up for the ball. And looked up at the stars with the other mated couples.

To be continued