Everyone; time to congratulate me! I finally got chapter 4 up!...and yet, it STILL sucks! (sigh) Oh well…
I'll be answering reviews from now on…I DON'T CARE if they take it down again…this time, I have it SAVED and there's no kid to mess it up by deleting everything AGAIN.
Okay; this chapter kinda jumps. I explain somewhere down there in the reader's response to one of you reviewers about the appearance of two seishi. Well, these are the two seishi who kept their memories, like Hotohori, so it wouldn't be too fun looking for someone who knew you were looking for them, so I just explained how they were found and stuff, and…yeah…
assassin 4: It's okay; the rewrite it better though, right?
Mtgranola: …o.0…okay, that really IS strange. COFFEEEEEE!
Yukishiro Tomoe-chan: Yes, the return of the Tam-thing…CANNNNNNNDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYY!
Fallenstar89: Pink is evil. And well, you get Tatara don't you? BE HAPPY! (shoves a whole mound of sugary substances toward you) Haven't heard from you in a while. WRITE ME!
Metal Chopsticks: It's okay; you didn't review THAT late. Yes, you have a great pen name. Too hyper to write a complete reply without making it overdramatic…and you started school by now, right? I hate school SO MUCH.
Chichiri's Wanderer: yes, the tam-thing again. CANDY!(grabs for it and sends Chichiri flying your way) Catch the Chichiri 'bouquet' and you get to marry him!
Xo Kurai oX: Well…very likely, but I prefer not to think of the chicken's…um…antics. I'm ashamed to admit that he's my creation….or am I? I got the inspiration when my friends were talking about this guy they speak to on msn that lives in another country and they called him 'Fluffy' or something and it's supposed to annoy him and he stopped getting annoyed by it, so one of them suggested calling him 'Tampon' and that's when Akai's obsession was born…in my very strange, and insane, mind.
Golden Dawn: Oooh…okay; I get it now and you have a nice name. And Hotohori is still young so he has advisors who like to make decisions for him, thinking that they know best, but of course, we all know that the handsome, wise, and every compliment imaginable Hotohori, knows better than all of them put together! Um…did I review your story yet? I don't' remember; I haven't checked the stories in the Fushigi Yuugi section for a long time…about one or two months.
Obsessed Dreamers: Was it that confusing? Well, I'll try my best to clear it up. Saihitei is one of the three seishi who didn't lose their memories when they were reborn, because that's how they chose it. The other two are revealed here, and they're found already by this chapter. I figured it's only fun when they don't have their memories so I put the ones who ALREADY have their memories in. Don't worry; Seiryuu will come soon…I think…And it's okay; I have patience…well…sometimes…but I'll try to explain if you get confused!
Mari Youma: Tam-thing! Glad you liked it the chapter!
Saturnsaturn: Of course Akai is obsessed; it's an essential part of his character. Pink IS evil…well, I hate it. Not sure about everyone else. Black, red or silver is the best in my opinion.
Chibi-face: Yep…of course, I wouldn't cut that out. Akai NEEDS the Tam-thing! And Ryuujin needs to torment Akai about it when they meet up!
It was a place of mystery. The mountain that deceived many, stood tall and proud and each person that looked at the mountain saw something different atop the mountain. Some claimed there was a beast that hunted there, others claimed that a reclusive lord lived on there, severely punishing those who ventured in. Each was different, that was for sure and nobody ever saw the same thing.
In reality, the mountain was nothing that special. Well, maybe to a few, it was; for on that mountain was a special object that Taiitsu-kun used to see over events in other worlds. Anybody could use it, but most were quickly fooled by the illusions of the mountain.
The object was why Taiitsu-kun was there today…
Taiitsu-kun stood in front of a large round mirror which was rippling like the water in a pond and threw in a couple of beautiful, but strange flowers. The water began to glow and a scene began to emerge.
"I hope I'm wrong" she said grimly, as the scene played itself out…
Meanwhile, in the modern world, the very modern world compared to the world of the Four Countries, Keisuke was looking worried as he sat at his desk at home, marking papers. These papers were not ordinary papers, oh no; it was a very important report about the importance of saving trees and conserving paper, minimum five pages long. Keisuke shook his head, "Why did I assign five pages?" he wondered aloud, "Now I'll be up all night reading the same thing"
Remarkably, this was not the worrisome thought that was on Keisuke's mind. A month had passed since that basketball game which they had won beautifully and he had not seen Keikomi Fujiwara at school or at practice since. There had been no notification of her moving away and it seemed not even her guardians knew where she was and they didn't seem to care too much about it. Damn it! He needed his best player!
He decided that all this thinking was getting him nowhere and turned on the television. A cartoon show that was popular in North America was playing and Keisuke, though he understood only a bit of what they were saying, had to laugh at the pure stupidity of the program.
After fifteen minutes and during commercials, however, Keisuke began to peer interestedly at the television. He could have imagined it, but was it…rippling?
Keisuke gave his head a good whack and looked at the television again. No, he was not imagining it. The image on the TV changed and revealed an incredibly old and ugly woman who was scowling at him.
"HOLY - !" Keisuke shouted, stopping himself from swearing just in time.
The scowl grew, "Just like your sister, aren't you?"
Keisuke immediately began to count the beers he had drunken, "I can't be that drunk, can I? I'm imagining a TV talking to me!"
"I'm not a TV and you are not drunk" the woman snapped, "I am Taiitsu-kun"
"Really?"
"No" the woman said sarcastically and then started to grumble to herself, "Less than an hour with Keikomi and I start sounding like her"
Keisuke, however, only acknowledged the name of his student, "Keikomi? Keikomi Fujiwara?" he asked.
"Yes" Taiitsu-kun said, rolling her eyes, "You know anyone else named Keikomi?"
"No"
"Alright then; now that that's cleared up, how many days has it been since you saw her?"
"About a month"
Taiitsu-kun frowned and sighed, "Alright; I need you to do something for me"
"Yeah?" Keisuke asked.
"But don't include your sister in this; we don't need her in here again"
Keisuke nodded, knowing all the trouble and mistakes his sister had made when she was in the other world.
"I need you to use this" Taiitsu-kun snapped her fingers and a red crystal appeared in front of Keisuke, "Suzaku's crystal to find the new priestess of Suzaku; don't let Miaka or Taka find out; they'll want to go in and our world can't take that much damage at the moment" Taiitsu-kun said; her image was starting to fade, "Well, I must go and find the former Seiryuu no miko's television and scare her into finding the new Seiryuu no miko now"
Keisuke blinked, "I am never going to look at television the same way again…"
"Wake up Keikomi" a voice shouted into the raven haired girl's hair and she groaned, pulling a pillow over her head, "Go awaaayyyyy" she murmured sleepily, turning her back to the one trying to wake her up.
A hand grabbed her shoulder and she muttered curses around her breath and flung her arm out, successfully punching the one disturbing her sleep's face. The perpetrator in question also began cursing and glared at her, "Well, if you're going to be that way" he said huffily, shaking her.
"I said GO AWAY!" she yelled, jumping up and sent a wave of flames at him.
"FUCKING –"
"No swearing at Keikomi, Tasuki" a purple haired man walked in, looking amused at the scene, "Unless you want her to kill you first or me to sent you flying at a wall"
"You wouldn't dare…" Tasuki glared at the two.
"Would too" Keikomi muttered.
"Told you so"
"Shut up, Nuriko!"
Two flaming pillows hit the two of them, "WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LET ME SLEEP; IT ISN'T MY FAULT YOU TWO WERE UP ALL NIGHT PLAYING CARDS AND WAKING ME UP EVERYONE FUCKING TIME ONE OF YOU WON, WHICH WAS EVERY TEN MINUTES! YOU RETARDS!"
Nuriko and Tasuki both backed out of the room, "Yep; she's mad" the door closed quietly as the two men left the only female in their group in the room to fume.
Two months had passed since Keikomi had arrived and according to Taiitsu-kun, who had graciously appeared in Hotohori's mirror, giving the beautiful emperor a heart attack, the damage done to this world was worse than she first thought. It was so bad that the time balance was deteriorating so much that the time passed in this world almost matched the one in the modern world exactly. Taiitsu-kun was convinced that it wouldn't deteriorate anymore, but she was keeping an eye on it just in case and Keikomi had set off to find the rest of the seishi.
Tasuki had been the easier one to find; he was one of the three that those to keep his memories and wasn't hard to convince to come along, especially after Keikomi stole his personal supply of sake and rode off with it. Yes, the raven haired teenager's way of persuasion were definitely very effective.
Although Nuriko also chose to keep his memories, he was a bit harder to find. They had found him after long hours of searching in an overly crowded town in an arena, very effectively beating the crap out of all his opponents. Aside from the obvious one of him remembering his duties, Nuriko joined without much persuasion needed seeing as Keikomi promised to let him chase Akai with a mallet.
Hotohori came out of the other room, "You two woke her up again?"
"Well, I was just so excited 'cause I kept winning!" Nuriko said, biting his lip.
Hotohori sighed, "You two will never learn"
"We didn't really plan on learning, actually" Tasuki said sounding rather dumb. Nuriko rolled his eyes, "I don't know why you get a room to yourself" he complained to Hotohori, "Okay, so you're the Emperor, but you'd think the guys would share a room together"
"Yes, but it's not like Keikomi actually cares. Should you try anything, she'd just set you on fire and beat you to a bloody pulp, or so she puts it"
Tasuki paled, "I forgot about that threat…"
"Well then…" Hotohori knocked on the door, "Keikomi, are you calm now?"
They got no answer and Nuriko pushed the door opened forcefully. Keikomi was conversing to the mirror which had Taiitsu-kun's face in it with a serious expression.
"What's the matter?" Hotohori asked.
"Well, it seems oh, lovely, dear Miaka found out about the new priestess and wants to 'help', which means she'll try to come into this world, which will mess it up even more so I have to go back to my world, get the crystal from Keisuke, and get the girl myself" Keikomi sighed, "Stupid fat ass bitch" she swore.
Taiitsu-kun nodded, "I'll send you back now…"
Keikomi grinned and turned to the guys, "Any requests on what I bring back?"
Well then...review, please...or I will put Miaka and Taka IN THE STORY! And they WILL be annoying!