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Ch14
Minako, Makoto, Ami, and Rei watched from above the rooftops as Tamahome ran after Yui. They watched with calm eyes as Yui shouted something about Tamahome being nothing but a character in a storybook. Minako and Ami in pity watched as the Seiryuu no miko ran off, leaving the blue-haired warrior dazed for a few seconds, before chasing after her again. Makoto and Rei just scoffed at how pathetic the warrior was by being baited so easily by the priestess of his enemy.
"I can't believe she would actually stoop so low and tell him that," Minako said, shaking her head at the priestess's actions.
Rei rolled her eyes and turned away, muttering, "I can't believe he serves Suzaku-sama."
Makoto laughed and leaned over Rei's shoulder. "That's why they trust us more to protect Usagi-chan," she said, still laughing, "I say we ditch these guys and go back to her."
"We can't do that, Mako-chan," Ami said, glancing at her friend worriedly, "You know we were told to watch over the Suzaku seishis while the others will be watching over Usagi-chan."
"Oh I'll look after them all right, but don't expect me to go and save them when they're in trouble," Rei said angrily, frustrated at the fact that they have to baby-sit.
"We're not expected to, Rei-chan," Minako said, "If they're attacked, we don't do our part to help. After all, we're not to interfere with their fates."
"Hallelujah to that," Rei and Makoto said at the same time, causing Ami to shake her head at them.
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Usagi was sitting on top of her cot, reading a book as her children fell asleep on the covered ground. She heard the covers over the entrance of the tent open and glanced up to see Setsuna waiting for permission to enter; she nodded her head with a small smile. "Is there something you want, Setsuna?" she asked, closing the book.
Setsuna's red eyes noticed the napping children. "Do you want me to take them back into their tent?" she asked. She glanced up and revealed a sad look in her eyes. "The first death of the Suzaku seishi will occur soon," she said, hating to be the bearer of bad news.
Usagi stared at the book on her lap. "I know," she said, "Ko-kun will be the first to fall."
"Usagi-hime?" Hotaru said, peeking into the tent, "Nakago wanted me to tell you that we would be traveling soon." She glared at the blonde general outside of the tent. "I don't know why we should be doing anything they say. According to Seriyuu-sama, they're complete incompetent fools."
"Unless the gods said otherwise to them, then we will do as they wish," Setsuna said, "Except helping them in their quest to call Seiryuu-sama. I'm quite positive that the others will refuse to help the Suzaku seishis as well."
"Who could blame them, after all, they are complete imbeciles," Haruka said, walking into the tent. "Except for Hotohori and Nuriko," she added quickly when she caught sight of Michiru's disapproving stare. She scratched the back of her head and wondered out loud, "What are we going to do now?"
"Well, first we will start packing everything and get ready to leave," Michiru told her girlfriend, grabbing her arm and then dragging her out of the tent. Hotaru giggled and followed after the two who treated her like their own daughter at times, leaving Setsuna alone with Usagi and three sleeping children.
Setsuna made sure that no one from the dragon god's seishis was around as she let the curtain drop behind her. She turned to Usagi, who closed the book and was staring at her curiously. "Nakago is planning to use another cheap trick against the Suzaku warriors," she told her princess, "And it involves the priestess."
Usagi rested her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand. "In order for a priestess to summon a god, she must be a virgin," Usagi said, "He must planning on taking away her virginity then, that's pretty rude of him."
"Perhaps we can ask Suzaku-sama to interfere with his plan," Setsuna suggested.
Usagi shook he head. "We can't do that," she said, glancing to the side, "We can't do anything to interfere with them."
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The four gods were watching their wife through the crystal ball levitating in the air. They could tell that she was greatly displeased with Nakago's plan of raping the priestess for the phoenix, in hope that she won't be able to summon him. Seiryuu, Byakko, and Genbu all stared at Suzaku with arched eyebrows. "So what are you going to do?" they asked at the same time.
Suzaku smiled at his brothers. "I suppose I can grant her wish to interfere as a congratulation present for being pregnant," he said.
"I thought that night we all had together was the present?" Genbu asked, looking confused, "As it was for the past two years."
"No, that was just a way to show that we're happy," Seiryuu said with a smirk on his face as he remembered the way Usagi had held onto them tightly, almost as if she was afraid of them leaving her in the middle.
Genbu shook his head and said, "All that did was tire her out for almost half the day."
The other three laughed as they all could recall how after spending the night with her on the nights when she discovered that she was pregnant, no matter how hard they tried, nobody could wake her up. It took almost twelve hours for her to wake up once and that was when she was pregnant with the twins, and only six when she was pregnant with Sakura and her present child.
Suzaku held his hand up and revealed the priestess taking a test to prove she was worthy to the two Genbu seishis. His hand glowed red and gave a bit of his power to her to triumph against her enemies. "This is my gift to you, my love," he whispered.
AN: I haven't really focused too much on the adventures the seishis went on through the two counties because all my attention is mainly on Usagi's relationship with the gods, her kids, guardians, and the seishis when they meet and how her wishes or actions are often used to lead them in a certain path.