The Wife of Four
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AN: Sorry for not updating anytime soon. I had to study and take my finals, so I wasn't able to continue for a while. Also I want to thank the reviewers who sent in their ideas of their own child. If you have more ideas, then you can send your ideas. The form is on the bottom, just in case you forgot:
Ch4
All the seishi, other than Hotohori and Nuriko, sighed in defeat. "We did say so," they thought silently.
"Anyway, do you remember an important even from two years ago?" Usagi asked, grabbing her cup.
"Two years ago?" Chichiri repeated, trying to remember anything significant that happened. Then it hit him; a contest was issued two years ago between the four countries. "Wasn't there a competition issued by the four gods to Konan, Kotou, Hokkan, and Sairou?"
Usagi nodded her head. "Of course, but it wasn't really a competition. It was more like a mission to bring honor to our country," she replied, "One princess from Konan, Kotou, Hokkan, and Sairou was sent to Mt. Taikyoku."
"Why?" Miaka asked, "What did you guys do when you got there?"
"Did you meet the gods?" Tamahome asked.
"What were they like?" Tasuki asked.
Usagi just stared at them and watched as the three continued to bombard her with questions. Usagi decided to wait for the questions to cease before replying, but the children were relentlessly begging her to answer.
Getting annoyed with the noise level rising, Rei and Haruka stood up with a mind to kill the Suzaku seishi when Nuriko beat them to it again. "Why don't you three shut the hell up so the rest of us can hear the story?" he shouted, hitting each of them on the head.
Usagi giggled gently as she listened to the whining and complaining from Miaka, Tasuki, and Tamahome. When she heard Makoto complain about the increasing noise level and Minako's opinion of the palace being a daycare center for babies, laughter escaped from Usagi's lips, catching everyone's attention.
"Good to know that someone finds this amusing," Haruka muttered, annoyed with the headache pounding in her mind from the persisting questions.
Michiru rammed her elbow into her side. "As long as she's happy, then that's what matters."
"She should be enjoying herself," Hotaru added, "It's been a while since she saw her brother." A smile crept up on her face as she watched Usagi try to stop laughing.
"So, Usagi-chan, did you see the gods?" Nuriko asked, sitting back down.
Usagi shook her head. "I didn't get to see them until the very end. Not to mention, we weren't exactly told what were aiming for, except the gods' favor," she said, "We stayed in Mt. Taikyoku with Taiitsu-kun for a few days. She then sent each of us to four separate houses to serve four different men for a week each. Our status of princess of an empire was tossed aside for a month."
"That must've been difficult for you," Miaka pointed out, "You had to be a servant for a whole month. Did those men make you do horrible things?"
Nuriko rolled his eyes. "You make it sound like Usagi-chan was just a pampered princess," he snorted, "This Usagi-chan, the same one who goes out of her way to help everyone, especially the poor. The same girl who tends the sick in villages who can't afford to get a doctor."
"Wow," Chichiri said in awe, "You really must've gotten your hands dirty, no da."
"You had no idea," Hotohori said, eyeing his younger sister, who blushed under his gaze, "Especially with how many times she had managed to disguise herself and got over the wall to the other side."
Chiriko started coughing as he choked on the food. He stared in shock at Usagi and exclaimed, "You snuck out of the palace with no guards! Weren't you afraid that you'll get kidnapped, sold, or…or…" His face flushed red as he though of the word he had in mind.
"Well, actually most of the time Ko-kun would sneak out with me as a guy to make sure that no harm would come to me," Usagi said, as though Chiriko's exclamation made sense for the first time, "And sometimes when I snuck out by myself, it always seems like there's someone up there keeping watch over me."
"And even after heating that, I still get nervous whenever you do that," Hotohori said, "I would freak out whenever I found out that you're missing until you come back."
"You know, Hotohori, you are the emperor, couldn't you just keep her room completely guarded and had her followed around?" Tamahome asked.
Usagi and Nuriko looked at each other and giggled as Hotohori glared at his friend. The blue-haired warrior grew confused as he caught the young princess's bodyguards smirking in silence as if they knew something he doesn't.
"Did you think I didn't do that?" Hotohori muttered, glaring angrily at Tamahome, "I had soldiers surrounding her room several times with her in it and she still managed to get out without us knowing!"
"Is there a way for hime-sama to finish her story before nightfall?" Setsuna asked out loud, mostly to herself. Suzaku's miko and seishis turned to her and saw the eight soldiers of the four gods were waiting around restlessly and impatiently.
Usgai sat back against her seat and smiled at her friends. "Why don't you guys take a walk around the palace and go exploring? I'm sure that onii-chan can have rooms for you prepared," she said, glancing at her brother, silently begging.
"Preferably a room close to koneko-chan," Haruka injected.
"Hai, hai," Usagi said, "You guys are going to be guarding me even in your sleep."
"We don't have to go to that extreme, but if it's what'll keep you safe," Makoto said, smiling.
Ami stood up and bowed to Usagi. "We'll be taking our leave now," she said, looking at her friends as they each stood up slowly to leave the room.
"If there's even one hair missing on her," Rei threatened.
Haruka pulled out her sword and faced the sharp blade to the Suzaku's seishis. "I'm going to ram my sword through you so many times that the only thing that would be left can't even be visible," came yet another threat from the boy-like soldier.
Usagi got up and quickly ushered her friends out of the room. "Hai, hai, I'm pretty sure that after hearing you trying to kill Tasuki-san, they know better," she said, "I'll see you guys later."
She closed the doors behind them and sighed in relief. Usagi glared at Hotohori, as if it was his entire fault. "It never seems like I left here. Those guys are so overprotective over me that sometimes they remind me of you, onii-chan."
Hotohori laughed at his sister's pouting face. He patted down on the seat beside him, signaling her to sit down. "So, who were those guys?" Hotohori asked, silently upset about the fact that someone had the gall to order his sister around.
"Well…after the month passed, we went back to Taiitsu-kun in Mt. Taikyoku where we found out that the men who we stayed with were actually the four gods in disguise," Usagi replied as she walked back to the table, "Even then we didn't get to see them in their true form."
Usagi sat down as her blue eyes glazed over and a slight blush appeared on her cheeks, causing everyone to look at her curiously. "Taiitsu-kun then told us that I was the one who won the gods' favor and the other three princesses were sent home. Taiitsu-kun told them that even though that they didn't win, they still help bring honor to their country by coming. When they were gone and I was the only one left, Taiitsu-kun asked me a question…"
"Do you love the god your country serve, Usagi?" Taiitsu-kun asked, looking down at the girl seated in front of her.
Fifteen-year-old Usagi bowed her head and replied softly, "Yes, I love our god." She looked back up and said seriously, "If it would please my god and country, I will do it."
Taiitsu-kun nodded her head and began to float towards the large window overlooking the massive land below. "Did you know that even before this contest was issued, we had a pretty good idea on who was going to win?" she asked. She saw Usagi's shocked face and chuckled a bit. "The four gods had been keeping a close eye on everyone here in this world, hoping to find someone who was pure and strong enough to take this position they had hoped to give."
"If you don't mind me asking, Taiitsu-kun, but what is it exactly that we were competing for?" Usagi asked, "I have this feeling that there's something else that you didn't tell us."
Taiitsu-kun chuckled again. "The four gods…would you mind naming them and the country they serve for me?" she asked.
Usagi looked back down to her folded hands on her lap. "Suzaku-Konan, Seiryuu-Kotou, Genbu-Hokkan, Byakko-Sairou," she replied, remembering what her tutors had told her during her studies.
"That is correct." Taiitsu-kun turned to Usagi and saw that her head was still bowed down and her eyes were closed. The ancient one also saw that there were four more shadows in the room. She nodded her head to them and kept silent as they each took a step towards Usagi.
"Princess Usagi of Konan, are you willing to do whatever is asked of you by the four gods?" they asked at the same time.
Usagi wondered who else was in the room, but kept her curiosity in check. "Yes, I'll do anything if it means my family and country are to be safe and honored."
The shadows glanced at each other and nodded their heads. "Then do you, Princess Usagi of Konan, accept to be the one and only wife of the four gods?" they asked once more.
Usagi's body froze up as she went over the question in her head. Her…this one girl who may have the beauty of a princess, but not the grace of one…they want her to be the wife of the four supreme rulers of this world. She felt her hands tighten around each other, not sure of what to expect exactly.
"Do you accept?" they asked again.
Pretty sure that this was the destiny she has just as her brother and advisors had told her, Usagi knew that in her heart, perhaps this is what she must do for the rest of her life. "I accept," she replied surely.
"Then look up," came the order.
Usagi slowly lifted her head and gasped to see four huge animals: a fiery red phoenix, a majestic blue dragon, a fierce white tiger, and a age-wise black tortoise(1) with white snakes wrapped around its body. "The four gods of universe," she whispered, staring at them in shock. Then she remembered who they were and quickly bowed her head back down to show her respect.
A bright glow emitted around the four animals as they began to change form. The phoenix now was a tall man with red hair that ended shortly behind his neck and two strands framed his face with dull red eyes and on his back were two big red feathered wings. The dragon was now a man a bit taller than the phoenix with long bluish hair and dark blue eyes with two dragon-like ears instead of normal human ears. The man, who was white tiger, was a bit shorter than the first two with pure white hair that was pushed up away from his face except for two strands that framed his face he had piercing golden-brown eyes. The turtle was now a wise man with glistening black hair and sharp black eyes, he was about the phoenix's height. (2)
No longer in their animal forms, the four gods became human as no one but their respected miko can see. The phoenix is Suzaku, the dragon is Seiryuu, the tiger is Byakko, and the turtle is Genbu. They looked at the girl and were silently amused by her shyness when she's trying to show them respect.
Suzaku walked up to the girl and knelt down in front of her. He gently grasped her chin and lifted her head. "You are now ours, so there's no need for you to shy away from us," he said, softly.
"But why me out of everyone else?" Usagi couldn't help but ask.
"We've been observing you since the day you were born, Usagi," Byakko said, "And you were the only one who was deemed worthy."
"Your kindness towards others, whether they were rich or poor, and hope for peace and harmony has touched many and gave them a future to look forward to," Genbu said.
Seiryuu nodded his head and said, "You alone have managed to lift the hearts of not just the emperor, your brother, but the entire country in times of despair."
Usagi looked at each of the gods and could see the sincerity and adoration in their eyes. She stood up and smiled at them. "I, Princess Usagi of Konan, accept the job you had given to me," she said.
Suzaku grinned and held out his hand, waiting for her to take it. The minute her hand touched his, the young princess and the four gods vanished back into the heavens, leaving Taiitsu-kun alone with a knowing smile on her face.
"And that was what happened two years ago," Usagi concluded with a smile on her face. She looked around the table to see everyone staring at her with their jaws dropped all the way down to the table. Her eyes were narrowed as she tilted her head to the side. "What?" she asked, with a confused tone.
(1) I know that in the prologue I made the tortoise a dark green color. But when I looked up on-line about the four gods, I found out that the tortoise is actually black. Sorry for the confusion.
(2) I only saw pictures of the four gods. The only ones I saw entirely was Suzaku and Seiryuu. I only saw the heads of Byakko and Genbu, so I wasn;t sure exactly what characteristic they had in their human form as well as their animal form. Suzaku had his wings and Seiryuu has his ears, I wasn't sure about the tiger and the toritoise.
Well, how is this chapter? It might seem a little weird and confusing. The italicized words are actually a flashback to two years ago. Send in your reviews and your own suggestions on the child being born.
Name of child:
Father: (one of the four gods)
Gender: (male/female)
Age: (must be between a newborn and a two year old) (personally I'll go for a two year old, because a newborn or a one year old can't really drive the Suzaku seishi crazy)
Eye color:
Hair color:
Personality: