Chapter 7
The group were sucked through the vortex, Tamara nudged Cheresa and pointed behind them where they saw Asshina and Shadowfang waving goodbye thank you Asshina… for everything Tamara thought and looked ahead to see them coming towards the next world, she could see people for a few seconds before she felt herself impact with the ground "shit, I forgot about that" she moaned as she sat up.
"Wow! Timmy look at the castle!" Cheresa said happily "what about it" Tamara replied with a frown "uh… nothing" Cheresa said sadly as she looked at Tamara's back.
"Eh? Where are we now?" Kurogane asked "wah! Everyone is looking at us! Mokona is the center of the attention" Mokona cheered "another weird place" Kurogane decided "who the hell are you?" a voice demanded, Tamara looked around with wide eyes at the fat man who stood next to Sakura "answer me! Where did you come from?" he shouted grabbing Sakura's arm "Let go of her you barbarian!" she shouted at the same moment Syaoran kicked the man in the face, Kurogane and Fai smiled (Kurogane smirked, he doesn't smile (yet)) "woohoo!" Cheresa cheered while Tamara slightly smiled "you! Do you realize who you just kicked?" someone shouted, Tamara frowned "forgive us!" she shouted making everyone look at her in surprise "these people have no idea who you are" she told the fat man "if I had told them you were a fat corrupt bastard earlier, I'm sure he would have kicked harder" she said with a sweet smile "why you-!"
"STOP!"
Everyone looked over at one of the far rooftops where a girl was standing on one "don't mess around with people you don't know! You dumbass!" she shouted "Chunyang!" the fat man growled "who did you just call 'dumb'?!"
"Besides you… who else is dumb around here?" Chunyang asked looking left and right to piss the guy off, Tamara smirked already liking the girl.
"You little!" the fat guy growled shaking with anger "How rude!" one of the soldiers shouted "he is the son of Ryanban-sama, ruler of Koryo!"
"Even though he is the Ryanban, he was just a homeless magician one year ago" Chunyang said "how dare you say something like that about my aboji! You should know what will happen if you say something against the Ryanban Chunyang!" the fat man shouted.
"How rude" Cheresa said and turned to see Tamara shaking "Timmy?" she wondered drawing the others attention, Tamara walked forward "you are a scumbag!" she shouted angrily drawing the attention of everyone "what did you say?!" the fat man yelled "you have no heart, all you care about is power. You don't deserve to live unless it's in hell, you only care about bringing other people misfortune!" Tamara screamed at the fat man "How dare you?! I'll come back for revenge! So watch out!" the fat man shouted as he ran off with the soldiers, Cheresa took a couple of small steps towards Tamara "Timmy?"
"What?!" Tamara snapped harshly making her flinch "a-are you alright?" she asked, Tamara sighed "no… but I will be" she said as she crouched down and started picking up the food they dropped when they arrived.
Cheresa turned around when she heard Syaoran talk "are you hurt?" he asked Sakura "I'm fine. Thank you" she said with a kind smile "same" Cheresa added rubbing her sore arm that she landed on "wow, just a moment ago everyone was looking at us" Fai commented "Syaoran's amazing!" Mokona cheered, Syaoran looked around and noticed the broken crates and food "oh! I'm sorry! These are for sale!" he said picking up one of the crates "Mokona will help too!" Mokona said happily while he and Sakura began to pick up the food "oh! Kuro-pin, help pick these up" Fai said happily "what?! You are so annoying!" Kurogane growled as he stomped over to them, Syaoran looked over when the girl from before started speaking "those idiots… doing all kinds of evil things around the market place" she had said "when the Amenosa arrive, then this town will be saved" one of the lady's near her said, Chunyang sighed then looked at the group as though she just noticed them "you look weird!" she stated bluntly.
"That's rude" Tamara said placing the three crates she filled next to the stall as Fai laughed "then it must be Kuro-rin who looks weird" he said pointing to Kurogane who shouted "if I'm weird… then you are too!"
"Are you… come with me!" Chunyang said then grabbed Sakura's hand and ran off "please wait" Syaoran shouted placing a crate on Tamara's stack before running after them "where is she going?" Fai asked "I'm sick of this!" Kurogane growled as the two older men went after the kids.
Cheresa was about to go after them when she noticed Tamara hadn't moved "Timmy?" she inquired "what?" Tamara asked "aren't you coming?" Cheresa asked, Tamara sighed "in a couple of minutes, I'm going to help finish cleaning up… I need sometime alone, I know the way" she said, Cheresa gave a sad look but nodded and left.
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Tamara's POV
I sighed as I heard Cheresa walk off "is there something wrong?" I looked up to see Arashi oh yes, this world has an Arashi and Sorata in the anime I thought as I nodded my head "I had a fight with my friend and I don't know if I can ever trust her again, I know what she was trying to do was right but she took my stuff that's precious to me to do it without asking" I told her, she knelt down beside me and began helping me pick up the fruit "well do you love your friend, in a non-romantic way, but love none the less?" Arashi asked, I nodded "she is the closest thing I have to family right now" I replied "does she feel the same?" I nodded again "yeah, I guess so"
Arashi smiled "does she trust you?" she asked, I froze "um… I think so yes" I said "well there's a reason to trust her, if she trusts you shouldn't you respect that by giving her a little trust in return?" Arashi wondered, I nodded slowly "I guess so" I said and stood up "thank you for listening, I have to go now"
"That's fine thank you for helping clean up" Arashi replied, I nodded and ran off.
When I arrived I nearly jumped when I heard Mokona shout "its Kumon Mito!" with a small smile I quietly slipped inside "uhh… he's our mascot…" I heard Fai tell Chunyang, I walked down the hall following the voices to tell me which room they were in "I see, you thought that we are the Amenosa er…"
"Chunyang" Chunyang replied, I stopped at the door I heard the voices coming from, I quietly slipped in not alerting anyone to my presence "I'm Fai and this is Syaoran, this is Sakura and also, that's Kuro-puu" Fai said pointing to each person in turn "it's Kurogane!" Kurogane shouted making me smile "right, and over there is Cheresa" Fai added, I looked over to see Cheresa standing next to the window "oi" Kurogane called out making them look at him "what about her?" he asked pointing to me I guess he did notice my arrival I thought as everyone turned to me "who are you and when did you get there?" Chunyang asked, I gave her a small smile "hello Chunyang, my names Tamara, nice to meet you" I said to her giving a slight bow "nice to meet you" she replied a bit surprised "I'm with them" I added motioning to the group.
"So… anyway, the ruler of this place is evil; therefore, people here are waiting for the Amenosa to show up and save them?" Fai asked getting them back on track "he's the worst! And he… my omoni…" Chunyang struggled to speak, suddenly the house started rattling "is that wind?" Fai asked, my eyes widened as Chunyang shouted "don't go outside!"
"Cheresa down!" I shouted and tackled her to the floor only a few seconds before the window burst open and harsh winds wiped through it, I kept her head down as part of the roof was destroyed as the wind ripped through the room for a couple of minutes before suddenly disappearing "that wasn't the normal wind, was is?" Fai asked looking up at the part of the roof that was missing "it's the Ryanban" Chunyang said shaking "that guy! He did this!" she shouted angrily as I sat up properly allowing Cheresa to get up "Timmy, your bleeding" she exclaimed as I felt something wet run down my face, I placed my hand on my cheek then looked at it to see blood. I froze staring at it "Timmy? Timmy!" Cheresa called out slightly shaking me, I snapped out of it and slapped her hands away "I'm fine" I snapped and walked over to near where Chunyang was, looking up at the sky "is that the best you got you fat bastard! That was nothing!" I shouted sticking my finger up at the sky "Timmy?" Cheresa wondered, I turned around and walked towards her "what? I wanted to show the bastard what I thought of him seeing as how he's watching us"
"What?!" everyone but Sakura exclaimed "he has some sort of weird crystal ball that he's watching us through" I told them as I sat down trying my hardest not to shake and ignore the blood running down my face. I visibly jumped when I felt a hand on my chin, I looked up to see Fai looking at my forehead "it's not that deep, but you should get it cleaned" he told me, I nodded and stood up "can I borrow your bathroom please?" I asked Chunyang who nodded "I'll show you where it is" she replied and I followed her out of the room.
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Cheresa's POV
"Shit" I cursed kicking a piece of broken wood after Tamara left the room "is something wrong, Cheresa-san?" Syaoran asked "I can't believe that she would even think that I don't know" I growled stomping on the wood, sighing I stopped "where's I punching bag when you need one" I said rubbing my forehead "Cheresa-san, what's wrong?" Fai asked, I looked over at him "Timmy lied to me" I told them "when?" Syaoran asked as he helped Sakura up "just then, she's not fine hell she's anything but fine… Tamara's afraid of her own blood. Does she think I don't know?" I asked angrily as I kicked the wood again "maybe she's doesn't want you worrying?" Syaoran suggested "or she's still angry with me?" Cheresa countered as she slumped down on the floor.
Suddenly Chunyang burst through the door "something's wrong with Tamara" she said, I jumped up "what do you mean?" I asked "when we got to the bathroom she looked in the mirror and completely froze up, she's not responding to me" Chunyang explained, I clenched my hand "see this is what I meant" I said as I ran out of the room towards the bathroom.
When I reached the door I saw Tamara standing in front of the sink looking into the mirror on the wall "Timmy!" I shouted grabbing her head and turning towards me, my eyes widened when I saw her face properly. She looked so scared I was beyond worried, I pulled her down so she was sitting and grabbed a cloth "it's okay, nothing to worry about, it's alright" I said as I wet the cloth in the already filled sink, I carefully placed the cloth on the wound. As soon as it touched the skin Tamara jerked away "stay away from me" she snapped trying to scramble away from me "Timmy stop, I'm only trying to help" I told her "you'll help by staying away" she replied, I was about to reply when a hand grabbed the back of Tamara's neck making her freeze before she slumped on the floor, I looked up to see Kurogane standing there "what did you do?" I asked, he shrugged "put her to sleep, now clean her up before she wakes and we have a repeat of this" he said and walked out of the room, I spotted Fai in the doorway "she'll be fine, I think she just has a lot to think about and with her seeing all the blood on her face, I think that sent her mind into overload mode" I told him, he nodded "if you need help, just ask" he replied, I nodded "thanks"
"I have a room you can place her in when you're finished" Chunyang said as she entered the bathroom "thank you" I told her as I wiped away some of the blood on her forehead "can I please have some bandages?"
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Tamara awoke a couple of hours later to the sound of banging "what the hell is that noise?" she complained after a little while the banging stopped but she couldn't go back to sleep "great" she sighed and got up, she winced when she felt a sharp pain in her forehead, she placed her hand on it to feel the bandages "Cheresa" she said sighing, she walked out of the room and stopped in the doorway of the room Fai and Kurogane was in when she heard Fai speak "she doesn't have the thoughts of herself, that's why she came with us without even asking why…" he said Sakura Tamara thought "even if all the feathers return, the memories she had with Syaoran won't return" Fai said "…" Tamara gave a small sigh and walked outside, she saw a hammer and a bag of nails on the ground and decided to help Kurogane, standing near the window she listened as Fai spoke "he will still look for them, Syaoran will, to find the feathers and to go to different worlds. Even though there are many challenges ahead, at least, let's wait for the people while repairing the house" Tamara sighed and climbed up to the roof just as Kurogane threw his hammer at Fai and shout "why are you relaxed and drinking tea?! Do something too!"
Tamara put a hand over her mouth at the angry look on Kurogane's face as Fai replied "well… I wanted to see blacky working" at that Tamara gave a light snort making Kurogane notice her "what are you doing up here?" he asked "I'm helping" she replied "I don't need your help" he said, Tamara puffed her cheeks out on anger "well I don't see you being able to do anything seeing as how you just threw your hammer at Fai so nnnn" she stuck her tongue out at him, he frowned "your injured" he stated "so?" Tamara inquired "so you shouldn't be working" he told her "fine" she huffed sitting on the roof "here then" she said handing him the hammer she picked up, Kurogane looked at the hammer in her hand then at the one on the floor next to Fai "I picked up the spare" she said waving it in front of him, he took it "thanks" he mumbled "that's fine" she said looking over at the castle "did Cheresa go with Syaoran and Sakura?" she asked, Kurogane nodded "yeah"
"Hmm, I think there was something I needed to tell them, but I can't remember what" she mumbled to herself "shit" Kurogane cursed "out of nails" Tamara grinned and grabbed a couple out on the bag she had grabbed "here you go" she said handing them over, Kurogane grumbled but took them. Tamara gasped "the fight" she said suddenly remembering then sighing, she stuck her head in the hole "Fai, can you do me a favor and get the first aid kit ready for when the others come back" she asked him "is something going to happen?" Fai asked as he stood up "nothing major they just get into another fight with the fat bastard from before" she said as she sat back down on the roof.
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Cheresa grinned as Sakura took the dice from the game "here, here try some fortune" the old man said "oh come on" Chunyang said with a funny look on her face "who's got the highest right now?" she asked "it's me, 11" said one of the other men "that's not fair for an amateur! She has to get a 6 and 6!" Chunyang complained, Sakura rolled the dice and got… a 6 and 6! Cheresa burst out laughing as everyone watching (except Syaoran) did an anime version of 'the scream' "yay! Sakura wins!" Mokona cheered "well, that's kind of lucky. Well, roll the dice again" the old man said laughing nervously, Sakura rolled again getting another double 6. Cheresa was trying to hold it in at the looks on everyone's faces as Sakura kept rolling and everytime got double 6's "stop getting doubles of 6" the old man cried with anime tears falling down his face, Cheresa also had tears rolling down her face but they were tears of laughter.
Later on they were sitting down as Chunyang explain what the beloved daughter of the god was "it's a person with a lot of luck, omoni taught me. God loves her and gives her a lot of luck, were you like this before?" she asked "I don't know" Sakura replied "why?" Chunyang asked "I only remember… my name and a town in the desert, it's mostly sand… but they love the little water and nature there is... that place… that's all I can remember" Sakura told her "I'm sorry I asked something bad" Chunyang said, Cheresa sighed as Sakura shook her head "we are on a journey to find my memories. I don't remember them, but he told me… Syaoran-kun did" Sakura explained as they looked at Syaoran, Cheresa noticed the look on his face probably remembering the past she thought as she watched him smile "yes Sakura-hime" he said, Cheresa was about to speak up when they heard a crash, they ran towards the noise to see the Rayanban's son terrorizing a store "stop it please!" the woman pleaded "this store did not pay tax to Ryanban, did it?" the fat son asked "Haraboji needs medicine for his illness! Please wait!" the lady pleaded "no way! Pay all the taxes you need to pay!" the son commanded "I can't pay taxes that are 20 times more than the last Ryanban!" the lady replied "then I'll hit him more! 100 times!" the son shouted raising his whip "no!" the lady screamed the same time Chunyang shouted "no way!"
Suddenly as the son brought his whip down Sakura appeared in front of the two covering them, then is the next second Syaoran was holding the cord of the whip with his foot in the son's face and Cheresa was in front of the soldiers holding a silver and gold spear with the soldiers on the floor in pain wow Cheresa thought as she looked at the weapon in her hand "this must be what Yuuko meant" she said to herself "You! From yesterday! Get out of my way!" the son growled "I won't" Syaoran replied emotionlessly "I'll teach you a lesson of what happens when you mess with Ryonfei's Ryanban!" the son shouted "you are his son, stupid one!" Chunyang shouted back "and on your own" Cheresa added angrily "shut up!" the son shouted grabbing and fan on his back "that fan!" Chunyang exclaimed as a huge golem soldier came out of the fan "it came out of the fan?" Sakura asked "that belonged to my omoni! Omoni was a mage!" Chunyang shouted "she made medicines and made spells bad she never used them for evil! That was the pride of a mage! But those idiots! They came here as traveling mages one year ago, and suddenly got stronger. They pushed the Ryanban to get his place! Omoni fought to stop them, but she was killed!" Chunyang explained crying "sounds like a feather to me" Cheresa said from beside Chunyang watching as Syaoran destroyed the golem but instead of disappearing the golem multiplied "what? That's low, looks like I'm joining the fight" Cheresa said stepping forward.
All the golems went for Syaoran "watch out!" Chunyang shouted, Syaoran kicked the golem in from of him then went bouncing between golems destroying them with kicks. Cheresa watched as the son laughed looking like he was mad, Syaoran landed and the golems disintegrated "nice job!" Chunyang cheered "don't get too cocky!" the son shouted as a whistling sound filled the air "this sound… the wind is coming!" Chunyang shouted as Syaoran got caught in the wind and landed harshly on the ground, Sakura went over to him as the Ryanban's son gloated "you know what's wrong and right! This is the Ryanban's secret weapon-"
"That's no secret weapon! You're just using Sakura's feather for your evil need!" Cheresa yelled launching herself at the son with her spear, she was almost next to him when the wind smacked her back "it's a son's fight and parents are getting dragged in! You guys do have a bad relationship between parent and son!" Chunyang shouted as Sakura helped Syaoran up "Shut up! If you're mad, why don't you beat up my aboji Chunyang! Although you probably couldn't even lay a finger" the son shouted while laughing "keep on barking! If the Amanosa comes, your evil crimes will be tried!" Chunyang shouted "as if they'll come" the son said then pointed to the lady "since you failed to pay, I'll double the taxes!"
"What?!" the lady cried.
"If you can't pay that, your shop will be confiscated! You and your grandpa will be hit 300 times!" he shouted at them and began to walk off laughing "hey you fat bastard! Live in fear because I know for a fact that the Amenosa are close to this town, you won't live to see the end of the end of the week!" Cheresa shouted after him, Chunyang slumped on the ground "DAMN IT!" she screamed to the sky, Cheresa sighed and her spear disappeared "let's go back" she said sadly "is it true what you said about the Amenosa?" she asked, Cheresa nodded "it is but they can't get in the town because of the Ryanban's power" she whispered "but they can make it, they are stronger than he is" Chunyang nodded.
When they arrived back at the house they had lapsed into silence "welcome back! How was it?" Fai asked from where they were sitting on the ground "something… happened, I guess" he said, Tamara watched looked Cheresa over noticing a few scraps and cuts "I'll get the first aid" she said moving back to the room where they left it.