Note: All names but mine and Keeley's have been changed to protect us from the people we are making fun of. All Fushigi Yuugi characters belong to the people they belong to. Anyone that gets offended by anything in this story…uh…too bad ^_^
"He's WHAT?" Keeley and I dropped our chopsticks.
To bring you up to speed, we'd been rescued by an ok sort of guy with a magic laptop…who happened to be the emperor of the dumpy ass little country we'd found ourselves in.
"He's the emperor." The servant guy smiled nervously.
"Oh. Ok." Keeley picked her chopsticks up and started shovelling food into her mouth again.
The servant stared at me, as if asking me to explain her behavior. I shrugged. "So…Now that we've been fed, clothed, and momentairily shocked, what do we do?"
He thought for a moment. "Well, you're the Miko, correct? I suppose that you now need to go find the rest of your seishi."
I nodded. "There's seven, right?"
The man nodded back.
"Ok…so, we have the emperor, that's one. And we know what one of the other six looks like, but we can't find him." I sighed. "So that leaves five unknowns. Do you have a scroll that tells us how to find the others?"
The servant looked embarassed. "The emperor's father lost it in a round of poker."
"You're kidding, right? No? Shit. Well then, I guess that makes our first stop Taiitsu-kun's mountain. She'll help, I bet."
The man nodded. "Very well. What provisions do you need?"
"Food…"I glanced at Keeley. "A LOT of food. And I need a sword."
"A sword? But no Miko has ever…"
I let a hint of murder creep into my eye. "A sword. I am well-versed in protecting myself."
The man blanched.
"Yeah, and the emperor stays here. He nees to rule this country, I DON'T need a seishi to protect me, and he'd only be in the way. We travel light and fast."
Well, I travel light, anyway. I still can't understand how Keeley can lug that backpack around, and still be able to move. Steroids? Nah…other than the bag, she's not much of a weightlifter.
I slung my own light pack a little higher on my shoulders, and patted the sword at my waist, grinning. When I set my mind on something, no one gets in my way.
"Rach…how much longer do we have to keep going?"
"Keeley, the journey to the mountain is almost a week long, according to this map. PROVIDED we make good time, that is. Why? Tired already? There's a village we can stop at for the night about three hours down the road."
"Rach…is there one that's nearer?"
"Not unless we want to go way off course. Why?" I was beginning to get impatient.
"I have to go to the bathroom."
I rolled my eyes. "You should have thought of that before we left."
"Rach…"
"Hold it. We'll be at the village in three hours."
"I don't think I can hold it nearly that long."
I rolled my eyes once more. "Then go cop a squat. There's plenty of room."
Keeley eyed the surrounding scenic view, a nice flat plain without a leaf of covering vegetation, with something akin to disgust. "You're kidding, right?"
I grinned evilly. "It seems to me that you're facing a decision here, Keeley…"
"Go to hell."
"No, I think it more runs along the lines of 'go potty'" I laughed. Iturned my back…and Keeley hit me over the head with her backpack, knocking me instantly unconscious.
Did I mention that she fights dirty? Must've gotten it from me.
For the second time in as many days, I woke up, laying down, with a huge headache.
"Ungh." I blinked slowly, then went right for the gusto. "Keeley, when my bones knit, you're a dead woman."
"I'm sorry, Rach! I didn't mean to hit you so hard!"
I sat up gingerly, and glared at Keeley, who sat in front of me. My head pounded in time with my pulse. "You hit me with your freaking backpack! What do you expect?"
She smiled innocently and shrugeed.
"Well, I hope you at least went to the bathroom, so I don't have to hear your whining any more." I let a not of supreme nastiness creep into my voice.
Keeley's smile just got bigger. "Yep. Right after I knocked you out, a lady with a horse and cart found us. She took us to the village we were headed for. This is her home. AND she let me use her outhouse."
I snarled. "Sounds like you got the good end of this deal."
The smile got almost impossibly big. "Oh, I wouldn't say that. Racht, you've only been out for five minutes."
"What??? The village was a three hour walk! No way a cart could make it in five minutes!"
I heard a door behind me slide open and shut, but I was too busy glaring at Keeley to turn and look.
"Rach, I'd like you to meet Tass." Keeley pointed behind me.
I turned. Behind me stood a short, pretty woman. She had blue eyes and long, light brown hair. She smiled and nodded in a polite greeting.
"Tass is one of the Bob no Seishi. She can control time."
Tass smiled and pulled up her robes. On her knee glowed a silver symbol: pentium.
I raised an eyebrow.
"I add up the time it takes to do something, then round it off. That allows me to manipulate time in interesting ways."
"Hooo boy." I smiled.
"Oh, Rach, it gets better."
"How can it get better? We found one of the seishi." I grinned, despite my headache. "Or rather, she found us, thanks to your weak bladder and boneheadedness."
Keeley stuck out her tongue, and Tass giggled. "Your funny friend has already explained the situation to me. I would be happy to help you find the other seishi. In fact…are you well enough to stand?"
I nodded and got up unsteadily to my feet.
"If you'll follow me…"
I did so. We exited the room we had been in, walked down a short hall, and stopped at the door to another room.
"I believe I've already helped you in your search. You see, you and your amusing friend weren't the only travelers I found on the plains today." Tass slid the door open.
A set of eyes glared sullenly out of the room at me. They belonged to the violent guy from the first day, Vaol.
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