Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction ❯ The Girl Who Didn't Believe ❯ Meeting ( Chapter 2 )

The Girl Who Didn't Believe

Konichi wa!! I'm back with chapter two! Dammit, but I am obsessed with Fushigi Yuugi! Anyway, please pardon me for the usual grammar and spelling mistakes! And is Taitsukun's place, Mt. Taikyoku, spelt like this? Please review! ^__^

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the FY characters. They belong to Yuu Watase. I do own Kitten and Sable, though.

`thoughts'=thoughts of character

##########=at another place

Well, that's all for now! Enjoy!

Chapter Two- Meeting

"Chichiri, damn it! When are we gonna reach there? My legs are killing me!"

Chichiri ignored Tasuki's annoying whine and looked straight ahead, between his steed's ears.

"CHICHIRI! I mean it! When are we gonna reach there?!! I'm not gonna walk until I get the answer."

At that, Chichiri heard a loud thump behind him. Sighing, he shook his head and halted the horse.

"Tasuki, no da. You can't be tired, no da. We just stopped an hour ago, no da. Come on, we have another day's worth of traveling, no da."

"Nani!" Tasuki shrieked, jumping back to his feet. "You must be joking. Another day of walking! We, or rather, I, have been walking for three days already! Three motherfucking days! You think it's so easy, sitting on a horse and all, well, let me tell you it's not!"

Having endured the younger man's constant whining since early morning, Chichiri finally snapped. He pulled off his smiling mask and glared down as Tasuki.

"Please remember WHO was it who refused to travel by horseback? WHO was it that wanted to follow me to Mt. Taikyoku? And WHO was it who declined the offer of ridding double with me?"

Tasuki was so surprised by Chichiri's sudden temper that he sat back down again.

"Well, you know that I do not like horses, ever since the last one I was on took out boxing gloves from it's saddle bag and hit the bejeezus outta me. And I decided to follow you since Kouji was having such fun leading the pack, and I sure as hell can't be sharing a horse with you! If people saw us, they'd think that we're a pair of flaming okamas!"

Chichiri glowered at Tasuki for a few moments before exhaling noisily. He slapped his mask back on, led his mount to the side, and dismounted. Immediately, Tasuki hurried over to his side.

"So, what are we gonna do now, huh? He asked.

"I see that we have no choice but to rest here anyway, on the account that you are not going to budge and that the sun has almost set, no da. Might as well set camp here for the night, no da."

Tasuki flushed brightly and quickly changed the topic. He was inwardly relieved that his friend had started his `no das' again, which meant that he was not angry anymore.

"Why are we going to Mt. Taikyoku anyway? To visit the Nyan Nyans, or dear old Sunakake Baba?" Tasuki snickered.

Chichiri frowned at Tasuki.

"Don't say that about Taitsukun, you are not so great looking yourself, Uncle Scary-face," Chichiri said, referring to the nickname which Boushin, son of the late emperor, Hotohori, had given to Tasuki.

At that reminder, Tasuki's face darkened and he was about to come out with an angry retort when Chichiri interrupted.

"Oi, I was just joking, no da. Anyway, regarding the question that you asked, Taitsukun had requested for me to go to find her, saying that she has something that requires my help, no da. Come to think of it, no da, I think that she wanted me to bring you to Mt. Taikyoku too. I wonder why…"

Tasuki lay on the soft springy grass. "Well, I guess we won't know until we reach there, won't we?"

Which immediately reminded Chichiri of the reason of their delay and that caused him to frown again.

"Tasuki, I hope that this does not happen again tomorrow, no da. I want to get there as soon as possible and if you become unreasonable again, by Suzaku's wings (A/N:I don't know if they swear like that or not.) I swear that I will leave you and you can walk to Taitsukun all by yourself."

`Uh-oh,' thought Tasuki, `the `no das' disappeared again. I supposed that he means business now. Better agree or he is really gonna leave me behind.'

Tasuki grumbled a little before agreeing, and both men settled down for the night.

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"…No more FY for you, old woman. I'm gonna throw the…" was the last sentence Kitten uttered before a red light appeared in Sable's room and engulfed them, suitcases and all…

Kitten squeezed her eyes shut. She had tried screaming but no sound came out. She felt as though she was being dropped headfirst from a tall, tall building. She wondered what happened and if Sable was caught in this horrifying fall too.

Sable, on the other hand, had kept her eyes open and what she saw amazed her. She and Kitten, together with an assortment of suitcases, were traveling in space! And surrounding them was reddish glow!

`Sugoi, I can't believe it! This is the same as when Miaka was being pulled into the Universe of the Four Gods!' Sable thought.

Suddenly she saw a flash of red. It was a phoenix, and it emitted a trilling cry.

`Suzaku...is that you?' Sable asked.

`Yes, it is. I was held up by my annoying snake of a brother.'

`Where are we going now, Suzaku?'

`Taitsukun's place. Brace yourself, for we are reaching.'

As soon as the words transmitted themselves into Sable's mind, everyone hit the ground with a jarring thud.

"Ouchie. Get the luggage offa me." Kitten groaned.

Sable sat up.

She was, surprisingly, not hit by any debris. She stood up and looked around.

`So this is Taitsukun's retreat, Mt. Taikyoku, if I'm not wrong.'

Mt. Taikyoku could only be described by one word.

Breathtaking.

The scenery looked as if it belonged in a Chinese painting and the weather was wonderful. Sable took a deep breath of fresh mountain air.

"SAB! HELLO? I need a little help here? I'm squashed."

With a sigh, Sable turned and started towards the mountain of bags that buried Kitten. She pushed away a few suitcases and unveiled Kitten.

Kitten was obviously very pissed off and she looked as if she was going to explode.

And Sable was right.

Kitten immediately jumped to her feet and started waving her fists at no one in particular.

"Suzaku! You great, moronic bird! How dare you do this to me! Do you thing this is fun?! I will let you know that I do not appreciate you dropping me on my head and purposely piling all my stuff on me. Oh, I know you are laughing somewhere, you…you baka bird!"

"Are you quite done with insulting my children, young lady?" a gravelly voiced asked suddenly.

Sable quit laughing at Kit's antics and together both girls turned in the direction of the sound.

And saw Taitsukun.

"You…you…really exist." Said Kit faintly. "Oh my god…this can't be true…I'm in an anime!"

"Iie, you are not. The Universe of the Four Gods is real. It might look like anime but it's not."

"If that is the case, then…then why are we here for?"

"Young lady, if you remember, you did not believe in the existence of this world, and thus Suzaku, upon hearing this, insisted that you and your friend are to be allowed to come into this world. As people in your world will say, what is better than seeing and believing?"

Sable stared thoughtfully at Taitsukun.

"Taitsukun, in that case, do you mean that we are sort of here for a holiday?"

The Creator nodded.

Sable stared at a still dazed Kitten with excitement.

"Taitsukun, does this also means that we can join Miaka and the Suzaku shichi seishi on their adventures?"

"Iie, you can't. You see, Suzaku has been summoned two years ago. And as you know, most of the Suzaku shichi seishi have either perished or left for the other world, except…"

"Except Tasuki and Chichiri, right?"

"Hai."

"Ohhh…"

Sable looked thoughtful. So, Chichiri and Tasuki are still alive. Which means that they are both…Sable quickly did a mental calculation…nineteen and twenty-six years old respectively.

Kitten squinted at Taitsukun.

"That's it? You guys brought my friend and I into this world just because I do not believe in this bloody place? Whoo boy, now that I know, I gotta start disbelieving in all the places I'd like to go!"

Taitsukun glared at a now recovered Kitten.

"This is no laughing matter, girl. I only said that the six months here are KIND OF like a holiday," Taitsukun emphasized.

"KIND OF?!!" the girls echoed, "what is that supposed to mean?"

"Never mind about that, girls. I will tell you later when everyone is here. No use repeating my instructions anyway. You two just rest for the time being. Teleporting from one place to another must have been exhausting. Nyan Nyans!!"

The girls stared in amazement as four little girls popped out of thin air.

"Nyan Nyan! Nyan Nyan! We fix! We fix! We heal! We heal!" the Nyan Nyans squealed.

Sable smiled at them. They were so adorable. Kitten, on the other hand, winced and scowled, those tiny little tykes are so damn annoying with their high-pitched voices.

"These Nyan Nyans will bring you two to the spring and pretty much do what you request. So if you need anything, just tell them." Taitsukun called after the two girls who were rapidly being ushered away by the chattering Nyan Nyans.

"Hmm," Taitsukun muttered to herself, "now where are Tasuki and Chichiri? They are taking far too long to reach here…"

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"Chichiri!! Why can't you use your kasa and pop us over there! Since Taitsukun wants you to reach there as soon as possible and all, huh?"

Chichiri glared at the space in between his horse's ears.

Again.

He seemed to be doing that all the time nowadays.

`So much for promising not to make so much noise,' he thought.

Tasuki was, in fact, making enough noise for an entire crowd.

It started well enough. At first, that is. Both of them were eager to reach Mt. Taikyoku, thus ending their journey.

However, by mid morning, a bored Tasuki, for lack of anything better to do, decided to try walking without opening his eyes. Of course, he failed as usual, and fell into a "deep sea" or so he calls it, when in actual fact, the "deep sea" that almost did him in was just a knee-deep pond.

When that happened, Chichiri was torn between laughing and bashing his own head against a nearby tree in exasperation. He did neither; settling for frowning instead and calling out for Tasuki to stand up and stop squealing like a baby.

Tasuki, making as much noise as he was, splashing and screaming away, of course, did not hear Chichiri. At last it was Chichiri who had to personally step in and fish Tasuki out of the water, which, of course resulted in two very wet men, one of whom is very embarrassed, the other very annoyed.

Sure enough, it all went downhill from there. Tasuki started demanding for Chichiri to teleport their wet selves to Mt. Taikyoku. Chichiri refused because he thought that Tasuki should not have everything done his way. As a result, Tasuki resorted to asking Chichiri the same question every five minutes, which needless to say, annoyed the heck out of the blue-haired monk.

"Chichiri, why can't we telepo…" Tasuki started again, for the ten thousandth time.

"Grrrrrrr…okay! Okay! We will teleport! You are so irritating, you know?"

"Really?!! All right! Let's go!"

Tasuki hurried towards Chichiri.

"Chichiri, whatcha waiting for? Get off the bloody horse and let's go!"

"Tasuki, I have a certain responsibility to look after the horse, no da. It has served me so well, and I can't just leave it to fend for itself in the wild, no da."

"What ddya mean? There's so many nice fresh grass for the horsie here! Come on, just leave it here and let's go!"

"Iie, no da. I cannot do this, no da."

Suddenly, Chichiri swooped down and pulled Tasuki up on the horse behind him.

"Arrrrgh…Chichiri! Put me down! What are you doing?!! Put me down! OH SHIT!!! Please DON'T tell me you are going to bring the HORSE along too!"

Chichiri nodded grimly and threw his kasa into the air. The kasa immediately enlarged to encompass all of them.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! CHICHIRI!!!!!!!!!! Don't do it!!!!! Your landing is so lousy!!!!!!! I don't wanna die under a horse!!!!!!!! I don't wanna!!!!!!! I changed my mind!!!!! I wanna walk!!!!!! I don't wanna teleport anymore!!!!!!! HEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!"

"Too late, no da. You want to teleport, you get it." That were the last words Chichiri said before everyone, including the horse, disappeared into the kasa.

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"Ahhh…Sable, this is the life, ne?"

Kitten and Sable were currently relaxing in a hot spring bath. The Nyan Nyans had stripped them of their clothes and insisted that they take a soak in the hot spring. In fact, they were so eager to get the girls clean that they themselves would have jumped in and help wash the girls. However, Kitten put a stop to it by threatening to pop the Nyan Nyans one if they even attempt to step into the water.

"Kit, you shouldn't be so fierce to the Nyan Nyans just now, you know. They were merely trying to help." Sable frowned.

"Yeah right, trying to help. I know what those perverted little things were trying to do and it wasn't that."

Sable shook her head and smiled. Kitten had disliked the cheerful Nyan Nyans on sight when she first saw them on TV, saying that something so cheerful is downright unnatural.

"Come on, Kitten, let's get out of here. I'm hungry, aren't you?"

"Yeah. Let's get outta here."

As if on cue, the Nyan Nyans popped out just as the girls stepped out of the water. Sable meekly allowed the little girls to dry her whereas Kitten, to Sable's chagrin, snatched the towel from a Nyan Nyan approaching her and warned the little girl not to come near her.

After the girls were dry and clothed, the Nyan Nyans led the both of them to the kitchen.

The kitchen was a very wonderful place, cozy, with delicious smells wafting out of it. Inside the kitchen was yet another Nyan Nyan. This Nyan Nyan was wearing an apron that says, "We fix! We fix! We heal! We heal!" (A/N: So what else is new?) Kitten and Sable seated themselves on the chairs by the table as the Nyan Nyan with the apron set trays upon trays of mouthwatering food on the table.

Kitten and Sable dug in with gusto, complementing the beaming Nyan Nyan between bites. They were midway through the delicious fare when they heard a thump and a lot of noise outside. Curious, both girls abandoned their food and rushed outside to see what the commotion was about.

The girls skidded out of the kitchen just in time to see…

"A horse?!! There is a horse in the hallway?" Kitten asked with disbelief.

Sable, on the other hand, was looking at what, no, who was atop the horse.

"Tasuki…Chichiri…"

Kitten saw them too.

"Oi! What are you two doing hugging on top of the horse?!! You two okamas are so disgusting!! Get a room, will you?!! You just ruined my appetite! You guys are the remaining Suzaku seishi, right? Jeez, so all that internet rumors about you two being gay is true after all…"

At that remark, the two guys looked down at a smirking Kitten, and then looked back up at each other again.

They eeped as Kitten's words reached them, then turned SD and sprung away from each other.

Sable sweatdropped.

Kitten, being the animal lover that she was, walked over to the horse and cooed to it.

"Oh you poor, poor, horsie. You have to endure the two okamas and their hankie panky…poor horsie, I betcha emotionally scarred by now…"

Tasuki turned a dull red and immediately popped back to his original size.

"Oi, woman! Watch whatcha saying okay?!! Chiri and I just teleported here with the fucking horse. Ain't our fault that we're in that position. At least we aren't under the horse!"

"SURE it isn't your fault…" Kitten taunted.

Tasuki was turning tomato-red from hyperventilating now whereas Chichiri and Sable sweatdropped.

Tasuki was about to use his tessen and his trademark quote to convince Kitten when Chichiri decided to step in.

"Enough, no da. Tasuki was right. We teleported here and just landed this way."

"I agree with Chichiri. For god's sake Kitten, Chichiri is a monk. He wouldn't do something like that. And even if they were, I'm sure that they won't do it in such an undignified position and in Taitsukun's place either. Either way, it is none of your business." Sable put in.

"Aw…Sab, you always spoil my fun," Kitten complained as she stroked the horse.

"You have fun by being sadistic?" Tasuki cut in.

Kitten scowled at Tasuki.

"You shut up! No one is asking you, okama!"

"Why you little…"

"Little…little what? Huh, CARROT TOP!"

"That's it! You're gonna pay! You bakayarou! REKKA SHIN…"

Tasuki was about to flame Kitten when his tessen was abruptly snatched away.

"That's enough from both of you. Fancy seeing you two acting so childish."

Tasuki turned to see who is the baka who took away his tessen.

"Kisama! Return my tess………ARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME DUMBASS?!!!!!"

"NO…NO…Taitsukun! Sorry! I didn't know that it was you! Please don't hit me with my tessen!!"

Kitten smirked as a SD Tasuki cowered before a XXL sized Taitsukun brandishing the said tessen.

Chichiri and Sable's sweatdrops grew bigger.

"Hmmm………impertinent youngsters."

Taitsukun bopped SD Tasuki on the head with the tessen before dropping the weapon on his head. SD Tasuki immediately sported a large goose egg, much to the amusement of Kitten, who was still glued to the horse.

Taitsukun then turned toward her former disciple and Sable.

"I see that you two are still the more mature ones."

Chichiri and Sable looked awkwardly at each other.

"Anou…Taitsukun, why did you call me and Tasuki to come to Mt. Taikyoku, no da?"

"Oh, regarding that matter, I'd appreciate it if both of you were to lead your juvenile counterparts to the meditating room (A/N: I do not know if there is such a room as that) first and wait for me there. I will tell you what to do then."

Thus said, Taitsukun floated down the hallway and disappeared.

Chichiri and Sable stared at each other.

"Okay," Sable said, " let's bring the two of them to the meditating room, then."

Chichiri nodded. Both of them turned to see Kitten and Tasuki going at each other again.

"Kit!" Sable yelled. "Stop it! We are going to meet Taitsukun now. Come on, let's go!"

Similarly, Chichiri called out to Tasuki.

"Tasuki, no da, we have to go see Taitsukun now, so stop it, or Taitsukun is gonna hit you again, no da!"

At last, with great difficulty, the quarrelsome duo was separated and the foursome, with Chichiri and Sable in between, of course, set off for the meditating room.

Okie dokie! That's all for chapter two! How is the storyline so far? Hope it isn't too boring for all of you! Oh, and for those who had read the first chapter before I edited it, you'd realize that I have changed the ages of the girls. Yep, I have made them younger! Originally, I've wanted them to come in five years after the summoning of Suzaku, after the all the OVA series. However, by then, our Chichiri would be a ripe old age of twenty-nine, ne? Much too old for most of us fangirls, don't you think? So, I changed the ages of the girls to make them more or less compatible with the two bishies. Gomen for confusing you guys! Please review anyway to comment on how to improve this fic. Flames accepted! Arrigato gozaimasu!