Fushigi Yuugi

(Chapter 12: The Journey part 4)

(Adult content!)

Tasuki couldn't sleep through the night and was awake so he went for a walk and Chichiri couldn't sleep as well so he went for a walk as well and soon enough they bumped into each other. "Hey… why are you up?" Asked Tasuki as he glanced away from Chichiri's face. "I couldn't sleep to tell you the truth…" Chichiri replied as he walked over to Tasuki who was looking guilty of something. "I know what you did Tasuki… don't look guilty…" Chichiri said as he looked at Tasuki with a sweet smile, when really all he knew was, that she got scared. "You- you do!" Tasuki said with a scared face as he backed away which made Chichiri laugh a bit. "Why are you laughing? I almost raped Chorie, how is that funny!" Tasuki shouted with his hands in fists at his side. The laughing stopped and there was silence everywhere until Chichiri spoke. "You did what?" Chichiri asked with a dumbstruck face as his tone grew very angry. "I thought you knew…" Tasuki said softly as he started backing away slowly. "She only told me that you scared her… She didn't tell me you tried to rape her." Chichiri explained as he took a long look at Tasuki who was now getting even more scared.

Chichiri shook his head and put his palm on his face. "Stop, stop, stop just come here. I won't hurt you, I'm too confused…" Chichiri said as he waved him to come closer as he sat down on the damp grass. "Umm… sure." Tasuki mumbled as he came closer and cautiously sat next to Chichiri who was speechless. "Please tell me what happened… I'm really confused right now…" Chichiri asked as he pulled his hand away from his face and looked at it for a moment before looking at Tasuki who was unsure of this. "Are you sure you want to know? It's sort of an awkward story…" Tasuki said trying not to aggravate Chichiri anymore then he already was. "Yes I'm very sure!" Chichiri shouted as he looked at the ground between his legs with an angry face that was deadly. Tasuki looked at him for a moment then looked at the grass between his legs as well. He took a big gulp and opened his mouth to explain. "Well you see… I heard a loud noise and I went to check it out. When I saw it was Chorie I decided to hide in the trees and follow her to make sure she was going to be safe. But apparently that wasn't going to happen." Tasuki started to explain with confidence in himself.

He looked up at the sky for its support and continued. "Well she went into the woods and so I followed in the trees to make sure she would be safe as I said before. But, then she went behind a bush out of my sight. So I jumped to a different tree to see what she was doing and saw something I wasn't suppose to…" Tasuki said and Chichiri looked up at him with a curious face in what he was about to hear. "What did you see?" Chichiri asked impatiently so Tasuki continued. "She was getting undressed and as a teenaged guy, I watched…" Tasuki said as he started blushing rapidly which made Chichiri a little angry but he still listened quietly. "Well you see she had to go pee and so I was starting to leave when I slipped…" Tasuki mumbled quietly and Chichiri did the palm-face action. "Well of course, you slipped… You had to slip…" Chichiri said as he shook his head with his palm on his face. He took a big sigh then stopped to listen to the rest of the story.

Tasuki was annoyed now because he didn't need the stupid comment and so again he continued in an annoyed manner. "SHE was about to scream when I knocked her to the ground and restrained her by pinning her one hand down and covered her mouth with the other. But there was a problem…" Tasuki said his tone got softer near the end of his sentence and Chichiri looked at him with an annoyed face. "What was the problem Tasuki?" Chichiri said with a snooty voice like he was mocking him, when really he was and Tasuki knew that. "Well, I got hard from seeing her pee…" Tasuki said softly and Chichiri did the palm-face action again. "Aww Tasuki…" Chichiri said as he slid his hand down his face and looked at him with an annoyed yet understanding face. Tasuki sat up and covered his mouth with his one hand and held himself up with the other. He started blushing wildly as he thought about what happened.

He removed his hand then looked at Chichiri with tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry… I feel so guilty..." Tasuki said with a sad voice filled with a pleading hope of forgiveness. "Finish Tasuki…" Chichiri said softly as he looked up at the starry sky for comfort. Tasuki nodded as he looked straight ahead into the brush. "Well it was touching her where it shouldn't have and she was struggling to get free. But she also liked the feeling of it so she didn't scream when she had the chance. Instead she cried and waited for the right moment to stop me. I did those things to her…" Tasuki said as tears ran down his face and Chichiri looked over at him and edged him on to speak. "So I slid my fingers down her body and into her as I forced a kiss on her. When I pulled off the kiss she told me to stop. So I did and asked her why she didn't like it. She said these exact words… 'I am… but I promised Chichiri I wouldn't do this. So please Tasuki stop… I really don't want everyone to hate you…' so I stopped and let her go." Tasuki said as his tears became more violent.

Chichiri stared at Tasuki in amazement by the words he just heard. "She also said, 'I do like you Tasuki… but as a brother… so please respect and protect me… ok?' So I completely stopped and got off of her." Tasuki said as he got into the fetal position and wrapped his arms around his legs and buried his face into them. "Chichiri, she really loves you… I know that now and I'm sorry I hurt her." Tasuki said while sobbing and choking on his tears. "Tasuki… I'm sorry…" Chichiri said as he scooted closer and wrapped his arm around Tasuki and brought him close under his wing. "I'm sorry you go through so much…" Chichiri said softly but he was still filled with anger as he tried to comfort him. "Thank you Chichiri for act like you're my older brother…" Tasuki gave a stop to the crying as he sighed with relief and looked up at Chichiri who just gave him a sweet smile. "Tasuki… I forgive you. I was told this by someone I love very much and they said, 'I'll forgive you once you forgive yourself.' So until then I can't forgive you." Chichiri said as he looked back up at the sun that was coming over the mountains before them. Tasuki gave off a little laugh and nodded. "I forgive myself Chichiri, I forgive myself…" Tasuki said softly as he started to smile and his eyes started to swell up. "Good, then I forgive you…" Chichiri said and looked at Tasuki with a smile.

Tasuki buried his face in Chichiri's side and cried a little more until he was out of tears. Chichiri was feeling awkward but let him do it anyway. "We should go back to camp and wake up the others." Chichiri said as he patted Tasuki's shoulder. "Ok, let us go." Tasuki said with a sigh as he got off Chichiri and stood up next to him. "I'm ready to face everyone now!" Tasuki said with a freaky laugh. Chichiri was concerned but he got up and walked back with Tasuki as the sunrise shined on them.

When they finally arrived back everyone was still asleep. "Hey everyone WAKE UP!" Tasuki cupped his mouth and yelled at the top of his lungs. Nuriko, Hotohori and Tamahome were rudely awakened and Chorie was scared half to death as she fell out of the tree into Chichiri's arms. "Hello princess… have a nice sleep?" Chichiri asked and Chorie nodded turning bright red. "Hey what's wrong?" Tamahome yelled and stood up quickly looking around for any danger. Nuriko and Hotohori were still half asleep. Nuriko was next to Hotohori with his head in Hotohori's lap. Hotohori was looking at Nuriko like What the fuck? Is he doing on me? "There isn't any danger and I'm just happy!" Shouted Tasuki and everyone except Nuriko looked at him like he was going crazy.

Nuriko finally got up and looked around at everyone who was glaring at Tasuki. "What's happening?" Nuriko asked as he took a big yawn. "That's what we'd like to know… What's going on Tasuki?" Chorie asked with a sleepy voice and she took a big yawn as well. Tasuki was just about to answer when Tamahome butted in. "Yeah! Why'd you have you have to scare the Bah-Jesus out of us?" Tamahome shouted as he sat back down taking a big sigh.

Tasuki laughed and surprised them all. "Well how about me and Chichiri make you guys breakfast?" Tasuki said with a smirk as he looked at Chichiri with an evil grin. "Hey I didn't volunteer for that you know!" Chichiri wined as he looked at Tasuki with an annoyed face. "I know! MWAHAHAH!" Tasuki said as he gave an evil laugh and they all were looking at him strange. "…Can I help too?" Chorie asked sweetly with a cute smile. They all looked at her and gave an odd look. "Umm… sure. But why?" Tasuki said as he looked over his shoulder at her. "Because… I love helping people, is there a problem with that?" Chorie asked and Chichiri gave a giggle and then they shook their heads no. "I'll help too! I'll get a fire going!" Nuriko raised his hand and shouted with a smile. "Ok, I guess I'll help too… I'll get the wood for the fire, well because I've got a sword to chop up wood." Hotohori said as he stood up and pulled out his sword and was showing it to everyone. They nodded then looked at Tamahome who was still confused and startled from earlier. "Umm I'll stay with my daughter, Chichiri and Tasuki…" Tamahome said as they all nodded. So they all went off to get the supplies and start making breakfast before they went to get the luggage and horses from the bandits.

Chichiri was fishing in the lake and Tasuki was looking for rabbits and Chorie was helping him. "Gotcha!" Chorie yelled as she jumped at a rabbit and missed, face-planting into the dirt. "Did she miss again?" Chichiri yelled to Tasuki who was getting annoyed with Chorie. "Yup!" Tasuki yelled as he walked over and helped her up to her feet. "Hey not my fault he was fast!" She shouted and Chichiri just smiled. "Chichiri you really shouldn't wear your mask! It's bad for you! It's going to turn into a habit!" She yelled to him as she tried to change the subject. "…Huh?" Tasuki and Chichiri said as they looked over at her. "Now that's is called birdwalking!" Chichiri shouted and Tasuki just nodded. Chichiri went back to fishing and Tasuki went back to hunting as Chorie just sat there in embarrassment while Tamahome just watched them.

"Chorie come here! I got a few fish I need you to take back to camp!" Chichiri hollered and so Chorie skipped over to where he was. "Whoa! That's a lot!" She said with excitement as she stared at them. "Yup… come-on let's get them back to camp." Chichiri said to her as he got up and grabbed three by the tail in each hand and started walking away. "Tasuki bring your catch and come back to camp!" Chichiri yelled as they left Tamahome and Tasuki there. Tasuki sighed and grabbed some of his catch and threw some to Tamahome who was sitting there next to it. "Take some. I can't do it by myself you know?" Tasuki said with a huge grin and Tamahome nodded as he got up and took some. They walked back to and when they finally arrived everyone was waiting for them.

Nuriko waved them over to the camp fire circle. "Why isn't it started Nuriko?" Tamahome asked as he put the catches down. "We're waiting for Tasuki to light it." Nuriko said with a huge smile as they all turned to look at Tasuki. "Ok! LETS GET THINGS STARTED!" Tasuki yelled at he pulled out his flame-fan and put it near the wood. Then there was a little 'poof' and the fire was lit. "Now me and Papa can help!" Chorie said as she got up and walked over to Tamahome with a smile. She grabbed his hand and took some of the uncooked food and fixed it up to be cooked and her father helped.

Finally the food was on the fire and everyone was talking to each other and having a goodtime. There was laughing and giggling and a lot of happiness coming from everyone except Tamahome. "Hey papa what's wrong?" Chorie asked and he got up with his hands in fists. "Nothing!" He shouted and everyone stopped to look at him. Everyone was confused except Hotohori who thought he knew what was going on. "Daddy? Are you ok? What's wrong?" Chorie asked confusedly as she got up and reached for his hand. But her hand got slapped away and everyone was puzzled and she didn't know what to do. "I'm of no use to you people if I don't know how to fight!" He shouted as he started walking away when suddenly he was stopped by Hotohori. "They deserve to know Tamahome… Tell them or I will." Hotohori said with a stern voice.

(End of Chapter 12 part 4)