| Chapter # 3 |
| Tasuki eased himself into the soothing hot springwater, letting out a small moan as it worked wonders for his tight muscles. "Ahhh, now this I truly missed." he murmered as he layed back against the rocky side. "I wonder is Chichiri is up yet?" a chill raced down his spine, "I hope he didn't see me staring at him... naaa, that blue haired monk was out like a light! I'm sure of it." Then he thought about it a bit more... "Damn it, I hope he doesn't think I left because I found out he was in the same room. Suzaku, why am I so jumpy about it anyway, I'll just tell him I felt sick andended up unable to sleep is all! Besides, Kouji could back that one up for me! He did say I looked pretty bad this morning." A dark fanged smile descended onto his face, "Man I wonder what he would say if he knew the real reason why I didn't get any sleep... HEY, maybe he wouldn't have been so quick to reject me this morning!" He drifted off in thought... 'There better not be anyone else!!' the smile faded and all that was left were two threatening fangs, and two eyes glaring through his flame colored, wet hair. _________________________________________________________________________ 'Her????' Chichiri turned red as he came to realize that he was entirely wrong to have thought Kouji had been coupled with his Tasuki, or Genrou as he put it... 'What an awful mistake, no da.... He must use chan symbolically for how long they have known each other, like family I'd suppose na no da..' He thought to himself, neglecting to cut off his gaze at Kouji. "Well..." he started hesitantly, "A long time ago, I met this girl, but she was unlike any other I had ever met before. She was tall, with short blond hair, emerald green eyes, and a beautiful narrow face complimented by a small nose. But her looks couldn't fool you, she was a hard core bandit! Even her revealing way of dressing was all part of her manipulative ways of getting what she desired, and that bitch would do anything to get what she wants. Knowing this, the boss thought she may be a danger to the organization, so he had me try to get close to her and break her cover..." He looked down ashamed, knowing that the whole time he had Genrou completely unaware of his part time love... 'Genrou... the man who would give his life for me at the drop of a hat..' he sighed, "But I believed she loved me, and allowed her to find out that The boss had fallen ill, and wasn't expected to be with us after more than a few months... After that information, she left in a hurry, the same night to be exact... I haven't seen her since! well, that is... until she arrives this evening with the Shinzen bandits." Seeing the pain written clearly along Kouji's face, Chichiri tried to offer his sympathies, along with some truth in the matter, "You can't blame yourself for anything that happened, Kouji, you trusted her no da! She tricked you into giving her your heart, and from there, it is impossible to keep secrets from the one you love with or without consiquence--" That statement nearly brought Kouji to tears again, how could he have kept that from Genrou all this time! It was horrible, a crime! It wasn't that woman that he loved, it was that flame haired, wise cracking, fang toothed Genrou that always held his heart... he wondered how it was that he could have done such a thing... "The information she knows, how important is it no da? Perhaps you are worried over something that isn't as bad as you think it may be?" "NO, she knows way too much!! With the old Boss gone, we lost our steel edge!! Genrou and I are no match for the evil bunch they have trained specifically for these days! We just don't have the fighting power we used to, and SHE knows it!" he crumpled down clenching his stomach sick with fear. "We can't let them assimilate the Leikaku bandits into the Shinzen!! I won't let it happen!" The thought of all their protected villages being plundered, killed, kidnapped, and even raped brought more than enough suppressed anger to rip a mortal man to pieces... _______________________________________________________________________ Nearing the end of his soothing soak, Tasuki was still deep in thought until... "CRACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A whip encircled his neck, laboring his breathing! He reached up to try and untangle it as he saw a familiar face... Kaula... "Did you know you are trespassing on Leikaku bandit land BOY?" She spoke in a seductive mannor... "There's punishment for that, you know..." "Would you like me to tighten the whip Lady Kaula?" spoke a man from behind, though Tasuki was unable to see him, his voice also sounded distantly familiar... "No," she said abruptly, "I want to play with this one." she curled a hand around his near blue face, gently tracing his lips with her finger. She nearly fell back as he made a last effort to punch and bite her, fangs bared, a raspy, breathless voice could be heard, "You.... don't.....want .... to .. mess with... me... BITCH!" having used the last of his air supply, he gasped, starting to faint from lack of oxygen. "I'm going to kill him!" said the man holding the whip as he drew out a small knife... "NO, leave him be, Shinji" the man cringed at the use of his name. She took her sleeve and wiped away the blood that dripped from her lip. "I don't want to see such a perfect body spoiled, especially one with so much spirit!" ______________________________________________________________________ Suddenly interrupting their silence, Chichiri felt Tasuki's life force growing dimmer and dimmer. "TASUKI!!" he yelled out loud, leaving Kouji completely clueless as to what he was talking about. "Quickly, we have no time to spare!!" he yelled as he pulled out his kesa, "Jump in, we have to go, NOW!" momentarily stunned by the urgency in the usually so happy monk's tone, Chichiri threw him backward into the cape, then quickly followed behind with a few chants. Knowing the landing would be a hard one, Chichiri positioned himself for it no problem, this time sparing no time to play around as he usualy did. He quickly took in the scene, and with his limited power, increased and used his limited life force to blow the rivals away. Before they could even guess what was going on, Chichiri had plucked the naked Tasuki out of the spring and transported him back to the hideout, along with a VERY confused Kouji. ___________________________________________________________________ "Wha.. What in the HELL was that Genrou!!?? where in the HELL did you find that guy!?" Kouji screamed until he noticed his lover coughing up blood beside him. "Ge--Genrou!! What's wrong? what did he do to you??" the raspy voice came again from the nearly choked Tasuki, "He just saved my life!! That bitch Kaula and her gang tried to kill me! They didn't recognise me.... thought I was a trespasser." It obviously strained him to talk. "I... I didn't realize!! I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you Gen-chan, I'm so sorry!!" In tears at the mere thought of almost losing his only family, he wrapped his arms around Genrou and squeezed for all he was worth, again almost choking him. He knew it was going to be a rough road to get through this, but he never once thought about losing Genrou, and never has he come so close. Tasuki tried to pry Kouji off him enough to get some cool air in, "Look, you can't get rid of me that easily!! We'll take 'em down, don't worry!" wiping away his tears, he agreed with Genrou, and they began to plan out what they would do once the Shinzen bandit's reached the hideout. 'I just hope Chichiri can take care of his own around those slime balls!' Tasuki thought to himself as Kouji began to fill him in on the dispute. ___________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile, the Shinzen bandits starting coming to, each immediately clutching their heads as if they had just taken a severe blow to it. "Good morning everyone no da! I trust we all had a wonderful little nap?" Chichiri stood in the center of the knocked down crowd, doing his best to size them up. 'A MAGE' thought Kaula as she began to stand up, 'I never knew them to have such a powerful being under their control. I should have been more prepared! but no worry, he will be no match, and if played correctly--' she stared through the mage's mask and into the deep brown eye beneath. 'Yes, played correctly I can see this will be a very fun and easy task.' Chichiri smiled widely and welcomed the bandits to the territory of the Leikaku, "My name is Houjin, but everyone calls me Chichiri, and I will be your guide this evening no da! So if you please all gather over here, I will lead you the way to our estate." pleased with his speach he proceded to walk off in the wrong direction, hopefully stalling the lot of them in order to leave Kouji and Tasuki more time to think. But as he began to move, something was wrong... terribly wrong! Chichiri tried moving forward, but felt his entire body engulfed in another's lifeforce.. no, not another person's.... another mage!! Realizing this, he immediately began chanting a spell to increase his own power, but was cut short by the bone shilling cackle comming from behind him. "Ohhhh Chichiri was it? Ohh you do so make me laugh!" stated Kaula, "Did you think we came unprepared for such an event? I must say though, I never expected it, but we did prepare for it!" she closed in on him slowly. "Are you scared of me Chichiri?" she whispered, her warm breath raising the hairs on his neck. "Nothing you could ever do would scare me no da!" he yelled at her. Feeling a sudden blast of energy, half his clothes ripped, and he fell to one knee gasping for breath. "I'm surprised he survived that Lady Kaula! No mere mage has ever stood up to my life force attack before, and lived to tell about it." a small figure appeared out of the bushes and began walking towards Chichiri. "I sense something about him, perhaps I should end his life now." "Wait, if he is more than an average mage, I want to know why!" she demanded, "He isn't to be touched until I know." "Whatever you wish, Lady Kaula." he said with a bow, "But please allow me to inspect him, perhaps I can tell you right now." Kaula nodded approvingly as the young boy calmly approached Chichiri. "The rest of you I want to move on, get within viewing distance and wait there for us, there is to be NO fighting what so ever! am I understood?" a chorus of hai came from the angry mob, "I mean it, if anyone from the Leikaku bandits has a single hair taken off their head, there will be hell to pay! Now leave at once!" And having said that, they all picked up and left, no questions asked. Ten minutes later, Kaula decided that it was safe to continue whatever it was that they were up to, and signaled the young mage to begin. The young boy started by carefully removing Chichiri's mask, "It is impolite to hide from the Lady Kaula, show your respect!" Chichiri looked away, tightly closing his good eye in embarassment from being caught. Slowly, the young mage began to strip him of his shirt, taking time to undo every button in an orderly fashion. Chichiri turned a dark red, sensing the eyes on his half bare body, he had never allowed anyone to see so much. Kaula was thouroughly enjoying herself, though she wished she were the one doing the stripping, she didn't want to belittle herself by touching some mere commoner. She would take him later if she found him worth it. So for now, the fun was just in watching. Knowing his Lady enjoyed shows such as these, he was careful to make sure it lasted a while, besides, he needed the time in order to study his new specimen. The tiniest detail could quite possibly be the root of his worth! Finally, as he slowly stripped Chichiri of his pants, he was shocked at what he found upon his right knee! "Lady Kaula!!! We have a rare one here, you should be pleased!" he eyed her proudly. "Rare? how so?" she asked, though she found such a beautiful body to be very rare in and of itself, not to mention how adorably shy he was. Watching the pain it caused him to be in the spotlight was the type of reaction she loved most! "This boy is a celestial warrior of Suzaku!" one of seven, his rare abilities are ampli-" "What?? I know very well who and what Suzaku is! You're telling me he is one of them, and we have him?" She could almost drool at the thought.. She would most definately take him, UNHARMED! "Better yet, Lady Kaula!" he yelled over to her, as if his words wouldn't penetrate her thoughts at the moment. "Better?" she asked in question, thinking, 'How does it get better than this?' Chichiri cringed at the touch of the young mage holding his length, then laughing. The young mage continued to touch and poke him as if he were an animal up for auction. "Enough!" irritated with the young mage's behavior, "what is there that is better than a Suzaku warrior?" Again, he gave a small laugh, this time followed by the reasoning, "Lady Kaula, this warrior has never been taken!" He laughed, staring at Chichiri, who could no longer bear to hear such things exchanged about him. Her eyes lit up at the statement, and she turned all her attention to the light blue haired ex-monk in front of her, and walked toward him. "Never been taken? Is it true my dear, sweet Chichiri?" she reached out and turned his head toward her. He squeezed his good eye shut, and ignored her advances on him. Noticing the que from his Lady, he used his magic to force Chichiri to look at her, eye open. "A virgin? Is that true?" she began to trace her finger around his muscular chest, "Answer me, don't be shy." His unwillingness to comply with her made it frustrating, but also added to her fun. It had been a long time since he had been touched this way, and Chichiri did everything he could to fight off arousal, though he mentally didn't want it, his body told him otherwise! He felt as if he were tearing into two different people, and he didn't know what to do or which one was right! But using what little streangth he had, he could keep his body from responding to the stimulation she caused it. Noticing his hard work on the subject, Kaula turned to her young, entertained mage watching from afar, "Give me a capsule!" she yelled, seduction in her tone. "I will make you want this, Boy!" "You may be able to hold my body captive, no da, but you can't make me submit to you! No matter how you try!!" he managed to yell in her face, though it took a lot of strain to do it. "So you think, little boy, so you think..." her voice even more seductive this time around! She kept right on touching him as her mage handed her a small capsule. "I made it myself for Lady Kaula, I hope you enjoy it as much as I know she will!" snarled the other mage sarcastically. Chichiri watched her as she placed the pill into her mouth. Relieved that she took it herself, he let his guard down as he waited for her inevitable response. But it was something he never had expected!! She leaned forward and kissed him, deeply! "the immediate thought that came to mind was of Miaka talking of a "Good, deep kiss" Though she never told him what it was like or explained it, he figured that what he was recieveing right now, had to be it. Still in some shock, he was able to do nothing as she used her toungue to push the capsule down his throat... __________________________________________________________________- Tasuki Paced back and forth through the elaborately decorated banquet hall, "Where are they Gods Damn it! what could possible be taking them this long!!" "Calm down, I'm sure your friend can handle a couple of thieves if he is able to transport from one place to another! He seems like he could be our best bargaining chip, don't you think, Genrou??" Tasuki looked at Kouji gravely, "Only if he makes it back here alive!" ______________________________________________________________________ Still locked into a kiss with the woman, Chichiri could feel himself losing his grip on reality. Losing conciousness, he fell to both knees at the end of the kiss... 'Is this the end? Am I dying?' he thought to himself as he struggled to remain concious. "I guess I really was destined to be alone, save others.. and die alone---" his voice trailed off to a whisper as he lost conciousness. His body fell limp onto the dirt trail in which he once stood. "Destined to live and die alone??" she repeated to herself, 'he may have a strong will, but was his spirit already broken by another?' Able to hear her thoughts, the mage responded, "No, Lady Kaula, I know what he refers to. It is something from his past, his spirit was once broken by it's pain, the scar is testament to that, since it is within his power to heal it. But since that fateful day, it has grown MUCH stronger! His spirit now lies within another... It is unbearably strong, but take it away, and he will be easily broken!" When the ex-monk fainted, the young mage was able to access his thoughts, completely unguarded since he was under the impression he was dying. "Perrrrfect, take him back and shakle him down, I have some unatended business to take care of." she turned to look at him, "Make sure he's comfortable, I'll be back for him later... He better be prepared for me." She said with a wink as she started towards the hideout. "Meet me further up, be quick about it, we can't show up without their dear little mage now can we?" Quickly changing into the monk's clothes, he changed his appearance to match that of the fainted blue haired mage. A spell easily fixed his voice. The new body was pleasing for the 20 year old practitioner of magic. 'Lady Kaula is bound to like this' He thought to himself as he dragged the unconcious mage through a small portal he made in the spring. _________________________________________________________________________- Tasuki strained to see through the window down the trail. He was still tensed from the thought that Chichiri might have been left with more than he could handle. Suddenly he could feel everything relax as the happy blue haired monk led a pack of disgusting cut-throats towards the hideout. He wasn't happy to see the pack of thugs, but overjoyed to find that Chichiri was alright! 'I have to hand it to ya, no one could have done it better!' he thought as he helped Kouji prepare for the initial meeting. He was still a bit peeved when he found out that "Shinji" the former leader of the Lone wolf pack of bandits, was among the crowd. The only bandits that had ever tried to go against the old Boss's regime was the Lone Wolf pack, and now they teamed up with the trader Kaula! The two of them together made him cringe with anger and frustration! "Calm down Genrou!" said Kouji as he watched the anger within his lover overboil. "We have to play this cool if we want to get through it!" Tasuki nodded, though he didn't want to give in to it, he knew Kouji was right, and that he would have to play it cool now, then strike later if they were going to have a chance at this. 'But believe me Suzaku,' he thought to himself, 'I will show no mercy to them when we do strike!' Kouji shuddered when he saw that look come over his lover's face.. 'This is not going to be good!' ____________________________________________________________________ Take me to Chapter # 4 no da! Take me back to chapter # 3 no da! |
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