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Note: Italics mean thoughts (except at the very beginning where the author is playing around).
Suzaku no Miko and her seven loyal seishi were enjoying a much needed break from their hard work. It was a warm day and they all lounged about on the lake shore.
The seishi are nowhere to be seen.
I said,"They all lounged about on the lake shore!!
Miaka and the seishi suddenly appear and begin lounging.
Now that's more like it.
They all lounged about on the lake shore, enjoying the warm weather and the chance to relax.
Nuriko yawned and rubbed his eyes, "I must have dozed off..." He glanced around and noticed Hotohori, who was gazing raptly at his own reflection in the lake. "Emperor.." Nuriko sighed. Then he giggled when Miaka dashed by and accidently splashed water on Hotohori.
Nuriko looked to the left and saw Tamahome counting his money. Oh-ka-ne, Nuriko thought, smirking. His gaze traveled farther and he saw Chiriko poring over the scroll Taiitskun had given him. Close to the cabin, Mitsukake was feeding Tama-chan. Chichiri was fishing... again.
He'll never catch anything...
Nuriko blinked, someone's missing...He did another quick check. Where's Tasuki? Nuriko was curious, he knew Tasuki hated water, so where had he gone? He couldn't be out swimming...could he?
Nuriko got up and dusted himself off. Hotohori noticed him, about time! and stood up too. "Where are you going Nuriko?"
"I'm going to go look for Tasuki."
Hotohori frowned, "Where could he have gone off to?" He checked to make sure he had his sword. "I'll help you look."
They wandered off into the woods and Nuriko's head was spinning. I wonder why he decided to come... Nuriko glanced over at the emperor, wondering what the other seishi was thinking.
both of them froze when they heard a noise from the bushes. Hotohori pulled out his sword, "Who's there?"
"DAA!!!" Nuriko and Hotohori both gaped as Chichiri popped out of the bushes in SD-mode. "Konnichiwa, no da!"
Nuriko sweat-dropped,"Ano, Chichiri, what are you doing here?"
"I came to help you find Tasuki, no da!"
Nuriko looked at Hotohori, who seemed a bit upset by this turn of events, but did not comment.
Sigh. I was hoping to spend some time alone with the emperor. I was sure I could get him to come around.
The three seishi walked a bit further and entered a clearing. In the center was a small spring. Beside it was a sign. "Warning," Nuriko read, puzzled. He glanced at the others, "A warning about what?"
"#$@$!"
Nuriko, startled, stumbled forward and landed knee deep in the spring. "Yahh!!" There's something wrong with my voice, could I be coming down with something?
He looked up and saw an orange-haired kid, who looked vaguely familiar. Could it be... "Tasuki?" Nuriko's voice was a squeak.
"$%@* right" Tasuki snarled.
"What happened to you?"
"The same thing that happened to you %$#%!"
"Huh?" Nuriko looked at himself, "Che! I'm a kid!"
Nuriko looked behind him and saw two other kids, he recognized the blue-haired one, Chichiri..., but the other... Oh my, Hotohori was adorable as a kid.
"Daa..."Chichiri sighed, "you splashed water on us no da."
Nuriko looked back at the sign and noticed the small print. "Youth Spring."
This can't be!
to be continued...