1Till death do us part

Chapter One: Deal with the gods: Suzaku v.s. Seiryuu

Rating: M

Summary: After the violent deaths of the remaining seishi, Suzaku has granted his children a new life...But is it that much different from the first? Chichiri has found Tasuki again- but its up to the former monk to get the other to fall in love with him once again. But there are those who would stop that from happening...

Disclaimer: Not mine. The evil girl is tho.

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Taitskun bowed low to the four gods, each sitting at attention at their respective cardinal points- Genbu in the north, Byakko in the west, Seiryuu in the west, and Suzaku in the south. The room they stood in, if you could call it that, was lighted by thousands of glittering stars, yes, real stars, in which a certain quadrant was behind a certain god. The shichiseishi stars glowed brighter than any of the others, filling up each of the four areas with a different light.

Suzaku sat on his black throne, reaching out to touch the stars on his side that were shimmering red. In sorrow he counted them. Seven, there were seven, yet one of them...one of his beloved seishi's stars was slowly going out.

Taitskun cleared her throat, gaining all their attention. She herself stood in the exact center, where a depiction of their earth was inlaid on the floor. She was a delegate for Mt. Taikyoku in a sense, as it, in all its glory, kept watch over the heavens and the world. Her eyes roamed over all those present, her hands holding tightly to a leather bound book in which all the names of those dead resided. It was called simply the 'book of life' and recorded all that the person did or did not do, this petitioning them for reincarnation or eternal hell.

"Is it that time again?" Byakko drawled, slouching in his seat, white and black hair flowing over his shoulder. "Honestly, why is this so important? Its not like we haven't seen all this before."

"Peace, brother. Our warriors have gotten their turn. It is now time for the others to join them." Genbu declined his head, green hair falling about his face, "Please begin, Taitskun."

"Thank you, Genbu-sama." The creator then turned to the last two brothers who had not yet spoken- Suzaku and Seiryuu. "My lords, between the two of you there are 14 shichiseishi who need to be reborn, but only 13 of them are actually eligible for it. As you know, Suzaku no Seishi Tasuki is still under the law you yourselves set down so long ago and now he must either face the consequences or be pardoned for his good and many deed for his country."

Suzaku bit his lip, fighting the urge to turn and take a glance at the star blinking out just behind his head. "He has served me faithfully, is it too much to ask for him to pardoned?"

"YES!" Seiryuu yelled, "You annoying whelp broke the law and must be punished! I will not stand for the rules to be broken this way!"

"And wasn't it YOUR Nakago who helped to murder thousands of innocent people not only of your own country but all of ours as well? HE will be granted reincarnation- why not my Tasuki!"

The two youngest of the beast gods snarled at each other, rising from their seats. Fire flickered in both their eyes and a fight would have broken out, surely, had it not been for the quick-thinking Byakko and Genbu.

"ENOUGH!" They roared, voices melding into one, a crack of thunder that froze the other two where they stood. "A season of change is upon us. Our time has come and went, and now out children are beginning to be ferried to live on earth. Would we willingly let even one of our dear creations suffer the fate of utter and complete destruction just as we ourselves do?"

Taitskun cleared her throat, "There may be a solution. May I remind you of the laws regarding soul mates? Now, correct me If I am wrong, but those proven to be soul mates are the sacred treasures of this realm, and are to protected even by the gods themselves. Am I wrong?"

"Not in the slightest." Genbu spoke up, a smile on his face. "You are correct on every account. Soul mates are to be cherished and revered, no matter who or what, they are."

"The soul mates that derived from the chose are as follows: In Byakko's quadrant not only are Suzuno and Tattara soul mates but Subaru and Tokaki as well. Genbu the sacred bonds for you lie in Takiko and Uruki. Seiryuu you have Nakago and Soi and Yui and Suboshi." Here she stopped to look softly at Suzaku. "And Suzaku-sama has Miaka and Tamahome...And Chichiri and Tasuki."

"WHAT!" One guess to who that was.

Suzaku sighed in relief, sagging in his chair. Seiryuu could shout all he wanted to, but it was over. Soul mates could never be separated...Tasuki was saved. However, next thing he knew, Seiryuu was accusing him of breaking the rules. "Excuse me?"

"YOU broke the rules! You helped your warriors repeatedly behind everyone's back! How else would they be able to obtain the shinzahoes or even know what they were!"

"Brother, is this true?" Byakko asked.

"Actually, Byakko-sama, the blame lies with me." The creator bowed to the tiger god. "I told the Suzaku seishi were to find the shinzahoes and exactly what they needed to do. I even helped them in finding all seven of the seishi. AND," Here she spoke loud enough to cut the dragon off, something she was immensely pleased with, "I was justified by doing so, because I believe you consulted the dark one on matters to help yourself, because, to coin your phrase, how did YOUR seishi know where to look?"

Genbu hid a smirk, "Too true, that."

"I-I-I-I did not such thing!" He flushed.

"You, little one, are in denial." Byakko was enjoying himself now.

Seiryuu eventually got himself under control, an evil gleam in his eye. "Answer me this then- How do we know for SURE they are soul mate? If I remember correctly, there has never been a bonded same sex pair ever, PLUS there has never been enough to proof beside the fact they were involved to suggest they are true soul mates. May I remind you, there have been false mates over the centuries."

Genbu sighed, "This is true. I regret to say there might not-"

"How about this then?" Suzaku cut in, his fingers steepled in front of him as he spoke. "A deal. My seishi are reborn- all of them, under the statement that if Tasuki and Chichiri are indeed, soul mates, as I know they are, they will seek each other out no matter the cost. If they do then we shall erase the sentance on Tasuki and let them live in peace like they deserve."

"And if they don't?" Taitskun wanted to make sure she covered all the angles. So Seiryuu couldn't pull another miracle out of his hat.

"If they don't then Tasuki is to be thrown into the abyss head-first and forced to restart his sentance and face complete destruction, just as we do!" The dragon's eyes were shining in triumph.

"But-"

"Its only fair, Suzaku." Genbu said gently. It took a good moment or two in which the phoenix-god finally turned around to look at his seishi stars in silence. Finally, he nodded.

Taitskun looked around at all of them again, "That settles it- Tasuki shall be reincarnated with the rest. Now, what about their memories?"

For the first time, Seiryuu showed compassion toward his warriors and he spoke softly, "I don't want them to remember. No one should have to remember the pasts they had and what they went through."

"Wise-choice, Seiryuu-sama. And you?"

Suzaku shook his head, crimson hair flying. "Leave it up to them. If they wish to remember then let them have the ability to do so, but if they wish to live in ignorance, allow that as well."

The elder's murmured their agreements in surprise. Suzaku had been the only one to think up such a thing, whereas both Byakko and Genbu had chosen to bestow full remembrance upon their shichiseishi and miko.

"If all is settled I must be going. It'll take some searching to locate Suzaku no shichiseishi Tasuki." The creator bowed once more before turning, book held tightly to her chest. "To answer your question, kami-sama, the Suzaku seishi were able to obtain the shinzahoes through no meddling of mine. The guardians would only allow those of pure-hearted and full of compassion to lay hands upon the most sacred relics of the old world, and your seishi, however strong and fierce, were neither of those things." .

And with a flash she was gone, leaving behind three very amused beast gods and one, very, very irritated dragon god.

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-whistlewhistle- hehehe, I love annoying Sei-chan, cant you tell!

Anyway, next chapter is almost done and is titled: The birth of Genrou.

Wonder who THATS about. -smile-

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