Fandom: Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden

Pairing: Roun Rimudo x Okuda Takiko

Theme set: Alpha

Rating: I'll give it a PG-13 rating to be safe. Nothing too graphic here.

#01 - Comfort

Takiko couldn't help but feel safe just to have him near her--his presence meant more than words.

#02 - Kiss

"Why...did you kiss me that time?" she'd asked, expecting a more eloquent answer than what she received: "Because I felt like it, stupid!"

#03 - Soft

Rimudo's hair was so soft, it was like how Takiko expected a cloud to feel.

#04 - Pain

There was blood, and just a little bit of pain, but in the end, Rimudo was there and his beautiful body flooded Takiko's vision.

#05 - Potatoes

Potatoes were cheap and easy to feed a bunch of seishi with, and even though His Highness Rimudo didn't seem to like them much, Takiko cooked them every night anyway.

#06 - Rain

Rain fell, Rimudo's blood soaking into the ground and turning the water around them a terrible crimson color.

#07 - Chocolate

It was a pity that the ancient Chinese didn't have chocolate--or Valentine's Day, for that matter, Takiko lamented this fact, and Rimudo was still clueless.

#08 - Happiness

"Do you...want to go back to your home? Would that make you happy?"

#09 - Telephone

Takiko started with the phrase "The emperor wears baggy silk pants" and by the time it went all the way down the 'telephone line' to Rimudo, he recited it as "Pearls have lots of gas".

#10 - Ears

Rimudo nipped at Takiko's ear, and a ripple of ecstacy went through her as she thought Stop teasing me and go...

#11 - Name

"So what am supposed to call you? Prince? Rimudo-sama? Uruki the Seishi? What?" Takiko asked, but Rimudo just shook his head and rolled his eyes before snapping, "Just RIMUDO will do, thanks."

#12 - Sensual

It seemed like just the slightest breeze of wind was enough to excite Takiko--Rimudo had really ruined her.

#13 - Death

They had been around death for so long that it was no matter to them; if they died, at least they'd die together.

#14 - Sex

"What do you mean I can't make love to her?!" Rimudo demanded of the annoyed Taitsukun as soon as they were in another room alone.

#15 - Touch

(continuation of 14)

And she answered "Do you want all of her efforts to be in vain? If you love her, don't touch her."

#16 - Weakness

She was a liability and he knew that she made it easy for his father to find them time after time, but if they ever separated, then his reason for living will have been taken away.

#17 - Tears

Nothing annoyed Rimudo more than seeing Takiko cry--not because he didn't like her tears, but because he knew he could do nothing to stop them.

#18 - Speed

She only had to blink and in a flash--he was gone.

#19 - Wind

Takiko knew that Rimudo was just like the wind, impossible to hold down and keep forever.

#20 - Freedom

All he had ever wanted in his life was freedom, and yet practically shackled to this girl with the red strings, Rimudo felt more liberated than ever.

#21 - Life

He was high on life, high on happiness, and positively drunk on the Genbu no miko.

#22 - Jealousy

Rimudo angrily pulled Takiko from Tomite and glared at the younger boy, growling "Don't touch my woman, you hear?"

#23 - Hands

He had fast hands like the wind, too, and yet they were gentle and acted with all the emotions and feelings that only Rimudo could have.

#24 - Taste

Rimudo could taste the salt from Takiko's tears as he kissed her, which only made him more desperate.

#25 - Devotion

"Takiko. I will never leave you." he pleaded on a particularly rocky episode, and Takiko dove into his arms.

#26 - Forever

The gondola of so long ago carried them on up to heaven, and Rimudo thought that forever wasn't nearly long enough.

#27 - Blood

The blood was so red and Rimudo felt his consciousness fade, but the only thing he cared about was that Takiko was there, and Takiko would meet him on the other side.

#28 - Sickness

The motion sickness hit her like a tempest, but Rimudo held her close and when she closed her eyes, it didn't seem so bad after all.

#29 - Melody

"It's a short life." Takiko commented, and Rimudo was reminded of her song.

#30 - Star

Even though there were 7 seishi, the Uruki star was Takiko's favorite by far.

#31 - Home

At first, she had merely wanted to go home and bring her mother back, but eventually Takiko realized that home was merely where Rimudo was.

#32 - Confusion

There was always a sort of confusion about Rimudo whenever Takiko tried to talk about her home.

#33 - Fear

Yet she knew that when he was there, she had nothing to fear but the fear of losing him.

#34 - Lightning/Thunder

It still amused Rimudo to no end that his tough, strong woman was afraid of something as idiotic as thunderstorms, but she looked even cuter when she was afraid--maybe he was just a little bit twisted that way.

#35 - Bonds

Nothing could break the red string that existed between them, nothing could break the bond that had been forged by fate.

#36 - Market

Going to the market as they were was too risky, but nothing beat the sight of Rimudo in woman form and a Chinese dress when one was bored.

#37 - Technology

"I used to have a lot of fun using the record player back home..." Takiko would sigh, and she would always be rewarded with a blank stare from Rimudo.

#38 - Gift

Nothing mattered but Takiko, and Rimudo would always believe that she was the greatest gift he had ever received.

#39 - Smile

Takiko caught Rimudo's smile and pocketed it; the times were rough and smiles were hard to come by.

#40 - Innocence

Sometimes he was annoyed at her naivete, but most of the time, Rimudo thought it one of Takiko's more loveable quirks.

#41 - Completion

All his life, he'd been searching for that extra something and now that he'd found it, he knew that it was Takiko that completed him.

#42 - Clouds

The clouds in the sky were a bad, sullen thing on such a day, but Rimudo covered Takiko's eyes and whispered in her ear that the sun was shining.

#43 - Sky

His spirit floated into the sky with hers beside it, a pair that even death could not part.

#44 - Heaven

Takiko stepped into the gondola and sat next to Rimudo, and knew then that it was the vessel that would take them to paradise.

#45 - Hell

If it meant having Takiko, Rimudo would travel to hell and back just for her sake.

#46 - Sun

The sun streamed through the windows, illuminating Takiko's fragile, naked form, and Rimudo thought then and there that she had to be the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.

#47 - Moon

They danced in the moonlight, their happy voices traveling through the air and mingling with the cool night air.

#48 - Waves

The waves made the gondola bob up and down, and Takiko was so afraid that she and Rimudo would fall, but Rimudo conjured up a wind and stopped the waves, easing her.

#49 - Hair

Takiko's hair was so long and straight and, Rimudo soon realized, soft to the touch.

#50 - Supernova

He entered her, and suddenly there was a supernova of senses; Takiko could barely remember where she was, but such was life with Rimudo: in one moment, assured, confident and predictable and in the next, crazy and spontaneous and yet always full of love and joy.