Fushigi Yuugi

(Chapter 11: The Father Of A God)

Once they all got outside the horses were standing right there waiting for them. "Hey you two love birds come one hurry get settled! Your luggage packs are already here, so hurry!" Yelled Nuriko as Chichiri and Chorie walked out of the palace onto the palace grounds. "Let's go Chorie." Said Chichiri looking back at Chorie who was still embarrassed by his words back there, she was still all red. Chichiri smiled and tugged her to follow him. Man… I actually might get pregnant I never thought about it at the time… this is scary… She thought as she followed him down the large steps into the courtyard where the others were waiting with the horses.

"Hey Chichiri! There are not enough horses! Guess you got to share with Chorie!" Said Tasuki with a snicker as he got on his horse. "Hotohori, did you forget Chorie was coming?" Asked Nuriko turning to Hotohori waiting for an answer. "Oops…" Hotohori said as he got on his horse and Nuriko just glared at him with an angry look as He hopped on his horse as well. "Share? Wait what do they mean Chichiri-?" She turned to look at him but he wasn't there, he was already on his horse and looking at Chorie with an annoyed look. "Come on Chorie we haven't got all day!" He shouted to her as he tried to settle his horse down. "Oh… ok." She said as she walked over to Chichiri who was holding his hand out to her. Chorie grabbed his hand and hopped on sitting in front of him. Chorie blushed a little and then looked up at him. Oddly enough he wasn't wearing his mask anymore. "Kay! LET'S GO YOU GUYS!" She yelled as she took the rains from Chichiri's grasp and kicked her feet which made the horse start running fast. "Whoa!" Yelped Chichiri as the others just watched for a moment a little annoyed. "I'm going to catch you Chorie!" Yelled Tasuki as he gripped his rains tighter and kicked his horse making it run after her and Chichiri catching up quickly. "Come on Hotohori! LET'S GO!" Yelled Nuriko with a happy smile at she kicked her hose a little too hard which made it run super fast making it catch up quickly to Tasuki and them. Hotohori just shrugged and galloped after them.

"Chorie slow down! Remember we need to wait for the others because I don't have any powers!" Chichiri yelped as he almost fell of the horse, so he grabbed her around the waist tightly which made her blush. "Wait up you two!" Yelled Nuriko and Tasuki at the same time while they were catching up on their horses. "I said, wait Chorie!" Yelled Chichiri as he took the rains and stopped the horse letting the others pass them up a bit before they stopped and backed up. "Hey Chichiri?" Chorie whispered quietly to Chichiri who was right behind her. "Yeah?" He asked as Nuriko and Tasuki trotted up beside them. "Did you mean what you said back there?" Chorie asked in a quiet whispered and Chichiri blushed with a slight nod of his head. "Hey you two before we go any further there is a stream up ahead." Said Tasuki as he got next to their horse.

"Yeah don't you think we should wash off first?" Asked Nuriko as Hotohori came up behind them with his horse. "Yeah… I guess you're right Tasuki." Said Chorie as she hopped off the horse and walked over to Nuriko's horse and patted its side and looked up at Nuriko. "I'll need a body guard though… Nuriko will you be able to do it?" Chorie asked as she looked over Chichiri. "Chichiri can't do it… he lost his powers. So I'm depending on you." Chorie exclaimed as she looked back at Nuriko who hopped down on the other side of the horse. "Tasuki, Hotohori and Chichiri. I'll need you to guard the stream from a few yards away, and no peeking!" Chorie demanded and they all nodded. "I'll guard the south!" Yelled Tasuki as hopped off his horse and raised his hand, Chorie nodded. "I'll be a look out then because I know I can still teleport…" Said Chichiri while hopping off his horse and walking over to Chorie and Nuriko. "Fine, then I'll get the rest of the perimeter." Hotohori said with annoyed face as he got off his horse and walked over to the woods entrance.

"Ok then, let's go!" Yelled Hotohori as he started off into the woods. "Ok, I'm going to go get in place too…" Chichiri said softly as he threw hit big cone-hat on the ground and jumped in it and dispread. Chorie picked up the cone hat and looked inside and saw nothing so she examined every angle of the hat. "Where did he-…?" She stopped as she felt a hand set on her shoulder. It was Nuriko who gave a little giggle and then took his hand off and walked to the woods entrance. "Chorie hurry up!" He yelled as he turned to see if she was coming. "OK! Oh hey, can I have a piggy-back ride?" She asked and Nuriko nodded in agreement to her request, so Chorie hopped on Nuriko's back and wrapped her arms around Nuriko's neck tightly. Nuriko who was holding her up walked into the dark woods.

When Nuriko and Chorie finally got to the stream Chorie hopped of and ran over to it. "Be careful ok?" Nuriko yelled and nodded then started taking off her clothes. "Hey don't lose them this time! Ok? Because I had to get the other ones in the woods!" Nuriko yelled as he watched her take off her panties, bra and the ribbons in her hair and hop into the water. "Oh! IT'S COLD!" she shrieked as she wrapped her arms around herself and went underwater. When she finally came out of the water she heard Chichiri yell from far away. "Nuriko, Tasuki and Hotohori! Protect the priestess! There are robbers in the woods!" Chorie turned to look around and there was no one there to guard her because Nuriko left to go aid Hotohori who was already fighting. "REALLY! Really NURIKO!" She yelled as she got out to get her clothes that where sitting on a rock that was a few feet away on the ground. She ran over and got her bra and panties on when something grabbed her from behind. They were hands! There was one hand wrapped around her upper arms and another over her mouth.

"Ha-ha! So little girl, are you all alone?" Asked a man's voice behind her as she struggled to break free. She bit his hands and screamed 'HELP!' at the top of her lungs before she got thrown to the ground by the strange man. "Gahhh you little BITCH! You're going to pay…huh?" He stopped because he got hit with a rock from behind. As the man fell to the ground she saw Hotohori standing behind him a few yards away. "Are you ok priestess?" Hotohori said running over to the half naked girl. "Yeah I'm ok now. But where is Nuriko?" Chorie asked as she rubbed her head. "He's back there fighting some of the robbers. Here take this…" He said as he took off his gown. Underneath his royal gown was knight's armor with a long sword attached to the left side of his hip in a holder. He then threw her the gown and helped her up. She put on his kings gown and picked up her skirt. She slid it on under the gown and then took her shirt and pulled it into the gown and put it on. "Come on we must help the others!" Chorie yelled as she threw off the gown and put on her shoes as well as fixed her hair. "Let's go!" Yelled Hotohori who ran into the dark forest and Chorie followed after.

When they finally arrived where Chichiri, Nuriko and Tasuki where there was a huge fight going on between a lot of bandits and the three men. Hotohori ran into the fight and Tasuki jumped in front of Chorie blocking an arrow that was shot at her with his body. "Tasuki!" Chorie yelled as she tried to approach him, but he stopped her. "No! Go hide in a tree or something Chorie! NOW!" Tasuki yelled as he pulled the arrow out of his shoulder and drew his weapon that looked like an ordinary fan. "Tasuki look out!" yelled Nuriko as he blocked a punch from the left as bandit tried to it at direct Tasuki. "Nuriko move!" Tasuki yelled and Nuriko moved quickly as a burst of flames hit the bandits to his left. Chorie was in total shock and she couldn't feel her leg. She couldn't move at all as terror filled her body. Another arrow came from the right directed at Chorie who couldn't move. Suddenly she was teleported into a tree above the battle ground below her.

She could see everyone fighting for her. Hotohori was slashing people with his sword and Tasuki was burning people to a crisp as Nuriko was throwing people around. Chorie looked around to see how she got up in the tree when she spotted Chichiri. "The war is going to start soon priestess… This if the first sign." Chichiri mumbled to himself as he held his right shoulder and looked down at the fighting beneath him. "Oh my god you're hurt too!" Chorie shrieked as looked at him with a worried face. "It's ok. I did it for you, just like the others are." Chichiri said as he looked over at her for a moment then back at the fighting. "Why? Why all this just to save me?" She said as tears ran down her face as she looked back at all the fighting below her. Chichiri looked at her with a dead serious face. "Because if you die… our world ends." He said which shocked her a bit. "I'll be back, ok?" Chichiri said as he jumped down onto a bandit back making him face plant into the ground. "You guys…" Chorie mumbled as she started crying lightly. Her tears turned into a stream of tears that felt unstoppable to stop. "STOP!" Chorie screamed loudly which made everyone look up at her. "Chorie…" Nuriko said quietly as the other including the bandits looked up at her quietly. "I WANT THIS ALL TO STOP!" She yelled as she stood up on the branch as a light behind her tuned a glowing red. "It's happening…" Chichiri said quietly as he looked over his shoulder at her.

Suddenly there was a big flash and a young man about her age stood next to her. He was wearing a white shirt and black slacks. He had black hair and the 'Oger' symbol on his forehead. "Chorie you can settle down now…" Side the man's voice that came from next to her. The red light from behind her went away as she fell but was caught by the man before she could hit the ground. "Tamahome…" Nuriko said and Tasuki said a second after as they looked in shock. Chichiri and Hotohori watched as the man looked at the girl in his arms.

The bandits were totally freaked out by this and retreated from the area. "Chorie… wake up." Said the man who held her as the others watched in shocked. "…Who? Who are you?" She mumbled with a sleepy voice as she looked up at the man. Everyone one walked over to the man who held their priestess in his arms like a princess. "…Dad? Is that you?" She said as she looked at the young man who was holding her. "Yes Chorie… it's me." Said the man as he gave her a sweet smile then looked at the others with a smile. "Hello you guys, long time no see." Said the young man known as her dad. "Are you really my father? You look so young" She asked as she looked up at his face. "Yes… I am." He said as he looked at her again with a smile. "Why do you look so young again Tamahome?" Asked Tasuki still in shock from who he was seeing before him. The others just looked at him with amazement in their eyes. "Because the book started over… and if it didn't then Nuriko, Chiriko and Mitsukake wouldn't be here. Also Chichiri, Hotohori and Tasuki would've been older. Well that's my guess anyway…" He said with a slight laugh as the other looked over at Nuriko. Nuriko was clueless and didn't know what to think as well as the others. "Wait are you saying I died before?" Nuriko asked with a scared voice. "Hey umm can you put me down now dad?" Chorie said as she looked up at him while blushing a little. "Oh yeah! Sorry about that Chorie." She said as he put her down on her feet. Chorie was oddly enough not convinced at all about him being her father, when 'really' he was.

"Well, well who do we have here? So Tamahome how've you been?" Hotohori asked with a smile which made everyone forget about the fact that Nuriko, Chiriko and Mitsukake had died once before. "I've been good just wondering how I got back here." Said Tamahome with a friendly smile which made Nuriko blush a little as she stood next to Chichiri. But Chichiri was getting worried and decided to go get the horses and bring them back to where they were. "Hey Chichiri where are you going?" Asked Tamahome with a confused face. "I'm going to go get the horses." He said with a smile which made Chorie suspects something. "I'll go with him, ok? Be back soon!" She yelled as she followed him into the forest. The others watched in confusion. Once they were a cretin distance away she heard them talking about something as their voices faded out of hearing range.

(End of Chapter 11)