Disclaimer: Fushigi Yugi and all its characters are the rightful property of Yuu Watase.

Rating: M

Chapter: 6 (Bar Fight)

Tasuki was seeing red. He was locked into a staring contest with some drunk idiot in a corner filled with gorgeous women and he had no intention of backing down. He was just thinking about how fast he could put his "Rekka Shin" to the test on this guys smug ass face when he heard a meek voice from behind him.

"Um...your drinks sir."

Tasuki turned around and saw the same girl he had bumped into earlier.

"Thank God she was still wearing his jacket." he thought. "That body of hers is distracting."

He pointed to the table signaling her to put the drinks down. He was trying to concentrate on the bastard in the back but she got in between his line of vision.

He let out a growl of pure annoyance and pent up hostility. The bar girl jumped back from his table dropping his five cups of wine from her tray.

With quick reflexes he swiftly placed each cup on the table one after another as they fell mid-air.

He looked at her and shrugged his shoulders.

"What can I say? I am a man with fast hands." he grinned.

Her face was terrified and she pointed to his face while backing up ever so slowly.

"What's wrong with you! You've got fangs and your hands...how did you-"

Within an instant she collided with another serving girl. The collision sent the two girls flying in the opposite direction causing them to fall into a large table. The table was filled with drunken farmers who were all to happy to see them. Teira's jacket had fallen open and her breasts were on full display. The other serving girl kicked at the old men while trying to pull Teira to her feet. It was ten against two as the girls tried to wiggle themselves free from their lecherous grasps.

"Now sweeties we don't bite!" replied one old man with three teeth.

"I've got some coins left and there all yours if you just let me feel those wonderful young perky breasts!" said another with a wheeze.

"I love this one's eyes! You don't see girls today with green eyes! Are those real?" croaked another man as her reached for Teira's face.

Missing her by inches he instead pulled off her mask revealing her face.

The other girl gave her last shove on her own attacker causing him to land backwards into the farmer's table and what remained of their drinks.

Wiping her hands together she eyed them in disgust while barking.

"I don't want to hear any shit from you guys for the rest of the night! Twenty extra coins for putting up with your perverted groping. You know the rules here and serving girls are off limits!"

"Twenty coins! That's almost as much as we paid in drinks," the men grumbled in meek protest.

"Take it up with Big MaMa!," she replied.

Turning on her heels she narrowed her eyes at Juri.

"Get it together girl and pay attention to what you are doing!"

Seeing her face riddled with fear she calmed down.

"Look I was new here too once...," she sighed picking up her broken tray.

"It's not easy but you get used to it."

Pulling Teira in close she whispered, "Grow a spine and act like you've got a pair of nuts bigger than there's or they'll walk all over you. Big MaMa can't be everywhere at once."

Shaking her head in annoyance she continued.

"Damn men! Now we need to get you a new mask. The jewels on the mask's reflection made your brown eyes look green and exotic. Exotic equals more money around here. Oh well...get back to your customers before something else starts."

Looking down at her once again she noticed her trying to put the jacket back on over her chest.

"Keep that jacket off too. I'll return it to the guy who gave it to you. He probably doesn't know your not for sale and besides this is a topless bar."

Teira watched her disappear back into the crowd with the jacket as if what just happened was nothing.

Thinking to herself she should now avoid both the fanged red haired man and the warrior she wasn't quite sure what to do with herself in the middle of the bar. Suddenly a cold voice echoed into her ear giving her shivers.

"Hello again sweetheart, did you miss me?"

Spinning around she came face with the green eyed warrior who looked a little to happy to see her. He placed a hand around her waist and pulled her closer.

"I hate to lose things that belong to me. But it's nice to know my suspicions are confirmed. Whores tend to go back to their whore houses."

Teira raised a hand as she wiggled from his grasp.

"He must be drunk!" she thought. "Got to get away from him."

She tried to slap his face. But he caught her hand easily and applied pressure. Enjoying her face slowly starting to wince with pain.

"LET ME GO!" Teira wailed.

"Don't struggle," he smiled cruelly, "Or I'll really start to enjoy this."

Teira was going to faint from the pain. The man didn't know his own strength and his armor was cutting into her skin. She felt her legs give out and her vision blur as she heard someones name being called in the distance.

"MIAKA!"

Yensi heard a voice in the bar calling a name and to him it sounded like a war cry.

The red haired man he had been watching for quite some time had finally decided to make his move. With the force of a raging bull, the man was pushing past people towards him with a look of fire in his eyes. Yensi surveyed his position and enjoying the look of fear on people's faces he spoke with a commanding tone.

"Anyone foolish enough to get in my way will be sent to the Gods they so dearly worship."

Yensi watched as people hurt each other to clear out of the bar. He took this opportunity to quickly place the girl in a open back room. Deciding she was secure enough he muttered to himself, "Hopefully this time she'll stay unconscious."

Yensi stepped out of the room and found his face inches within Tasuki's tessen. Unimpressed with his enemies weapon of choice he smiled.

"Did you steal that from one of the prostitutes down here? What will I ever do to defend myself from such a powerful weapon."

Tasuki started screaming, "REKKA-"

Yensi gracefully used the hilt of his sword as he removed it from its holster to thrust it upwards into Tasuki's chin.

Tasuki stubbled backwards losing his balance while sputtering, "Bastard!"

Yensi took the opening and swung his sword coming into direct contact with the tessen.

Tasuki and Yensi were using every ounce of their strength to push one another back.

Yensi kicked out with his left leg and connected with Tasuki's stomach sending him backwards into a chair.

Tasuki pulled himself up only to see Yensi directly above him flying towards him.

Using his speed he called out the all to familiar words.

"REKKA-SHIN!"

Yensi felt flames hotter than Hell lick his armour creating an oven within his own skin as he cried out in pure pain.

Tasuki watched in deep satisfaction as the force of the flames pushed his enemy out along with what used to be the bar's back wall. With a spin of his tessen he put it back into it's holster and proclaimed proudly.

"This ain't no woman's toy idiot! Mess with the powers of Suzaku and you won't live to talk about it!"

Tasuki blood pressure lowered and he remembered what he had said before he lost his control.

"Miaka!"

His mind started to race as he ran through the hole he had created.