The Wife of Four The Wife of Four
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Ch19
The gods didn't understand what was going on at first. The last thing that they could recall was that they were picking out possible names for Usagi's baby or babies and then Seiryuu vanished. Moments later, Suzaku also vanished, sending Byakko and Genbu off into a frenzy.
"What the hell happened?" Genbu shouted, demanding to know what happened to his brothers.
"Seiryuu and Suzaku are gone! How can two gods vanish off into thin air like that? It's not possible!" Byakko shouted, grabbing his head with both his hands.
Here, my precious readers, is one of the few rare moments of the gods acting like humans. Those first times were mentioned in earlier chapters by Usagi of the phoenix and dragon gods' reactions to her in labor and giving birth. Over here, we have the other two gods acting like overprotective mother hens hyperventilating.
"Byakko, calm down. Take a deep breath," Genbu shouted, grabbing his brother by the shoulders. They inhaled and exhaled deeply. "All right. Let's go over the things that we know. The gods can't just vanish like that unless there are two reasons. One, he did it on his own free will, or two, he was summoned."
"Well, we do know that he didn't leave on his own free will, so the only option is that he was summoned, "Byakko said in a serious tone, "Knowing that spoiled brat of a miko, she probably either sealed Suzaku away or possibly, he was summoned as well."
"But the Seiryuu seishis got the items to summon the gods first so that means…" Genbu stopped in his tracks and stared at the white-haired god, who looked deathly pale. "Byakko?" he whispered carefully. He slowly walked away backwards in fear of him exploding once more. When he noticed that nothing was happening, he inched towards him cautiously.
Byakko just stood there, frozen, as his brain overloaded with rambling sentences continuing Seiryuu being summoned, Suzaku being sealed, and his poor wife suffering. As he continued to be shocked, he didn't notice Genbu walking towards him carefully and without any warning, the tiger god screamed at the top of his lungs. "Oh my gods! We're doomed! One brother got summoned, another god sealed, and m poor wife is in pain when she shouldn't be!" Screaming once more at the top of his lungs, he ran around the room like a chicken who had just lost its head.
"My gods, this is like déjà vu with Suzaku again," Genbu thought as he watched Byakko keep running around, only to stop when he ran into a pillar. "It's a good thing Usa's not here to witness this or she'll have another embarrassing story to tell the kids."
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It hurts
Everything surrounding the area was just plain darkness. There was a throbbing pain in her heart, almost as if something close to her was forcefully torn away from her.
Why? Why does it hurt so much?
This pain was so unbearable and it felt like the darkness was closing in on her, no matter where she looked.
Suzaku? Byakko? Genbu? Seiryuu? Where are you guys?
It's frightening being alone by yourself. She hasn't been this alone with the day of her mother's death and everybody was too busy mourning to notice the abandoned princess until they realized that she had gone missing, hiding in one of the many areas of the palace.
Where is everybody? Please don't leave me alone. Hate me, love me, anything, but don't leave me by myself.
"Usagi!"
Who? Who is that?
"Usa-chan!"
Who's calling me? Why does it sound familiar?
"Koneko, please wake up!"
Wake up? Am I sleeping?
"Usagi-hime, open your eyes!"
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Usagi's eyes blinked open as her irregular breathing was followed by the quick movement of her chest. She stared up at a familiar looking ceiling as she tried to figure out what had just happened.
"Usagi-chan." The pregnant princess turned her head to see her brother looking at her with worried eyes. "Usagi-chan, are you all right?" he asked, helping her sit up.
"What happened, onii-chan?" She looked at Hotohori, hoping for some answers.
"That brat of a miko summoned Seiryuu and sealed Suzaku away," Tasuki shouted. He was too busy being upset about his powers being sealed off to notice the pained expression on Usagi's face.
Without Nuriko around to beat some sense into Tasuki, Haruka took the pleasure. "You dumbass!" she shouted, punching the redhead, sending him flying in to the wall. For the first time, Hotohori didn't care about the wall needing renovations.
Ignoring the flying seishi, everybody just stared at Usagi, who was frozen from shock, worriedly. "Seiryuu sealed Suzaku?' she whispered softly.
"It can't be," her heart cried out as she ignored the concerned cries of her name. "The two are like brothers, the best of friends and rivals, they would never do something like that. Especially Seiryuu, he values honor more than anything."
"Seiryuu might not, but Yui would," her mind argued, "Once Seiryuu or the other gods are summoned, they lose all recognition of everything, including their families."
"Maybe he'll realize what he did wrong and unseal Suzaku," her heart said, trying to keep the hope up.
"But the two gods were never summoned at the same time before," her mind continued pessimistically, "Chances are Suzaku will be summoned some how and the two will tear each other apart. Or Suzaku will regain his consciousness, but he can't unseal Suzaku without the wish of his priestess."
The thought of losing two of her husbands caused Usagi to fall unconscious once more. Everybody screamed out her name as they watched her head hit the bed.
TBC