Lekka Yuugi

"Damn! Where is that 9th Seishi!!" Kristi complained.

A month and a half had passed and no more Seishi had been found. The group was getting very frustrated at their progress.

"Good thing our bodies are still on real world time otherwise at this rate we'll be older than Taiitsukun by the time we summon Tasuki." Cat said.

"Look! Up ahead!" Rence shouted as they reached the top of a hill. Before them stood an extravagant palace.

"Ah! Hotohori-samaaaaaa~~~~~~!" Miko and several of the Seishi cried out as they made a bee-line for the palace.

"Momomori-mamaaaa!" Miaka mumbled through her gag as she followed them.

As they rushed up the steps leading to the palace, they were stopped by several guards.

"Stop! Who goes there!?"

"Tasuki no Miko and a number of the Tasuki Seishi. We'd like to see the Emperor and maybe get a decent meal, a hot bath, a warm bed..." Tasuki no Miko answered.

"Tasuki no Miko?" The guards looked at her as if she were some kind of escaped mental patient and burst out laughing. "Yeah right! And I'm Suzaku no Miko. Where's your proof?"

"I've got your proof right here buster!!!" Priya, fed up with forever camping outside and fighting hentai bandits and slave traders, grabbed one of the guards by the chest. Her character brightly glowed orange.

One of the guards noticed the character and cried out. "A Tasuki Seishi! They're telling the truth! Quickly, take them to the Emperor!"

Priya flicked back her long hair with a smirk. "I figured you'd listen to reason."

They were lead to a large beautiful throne room. A boy about 13 years old sat on the throne and a woman looking a lot like Nuriko stood beside him.

Darn! Looks like our Emperor stud muffin Hotohori is already dead. Tasuki no Miko thought.

"Your Majesty, this is Tasuki no Miko and her Seishi." The guards said after bowing to their young Emperor.

"Tasuki no Miko?" The women inquired. "Ah~ I haven't seen Tasuki-sama in so long. Boushin, you remember your uncle Tasuki, don't you?"

The young boy nodded regally. I remember alright. He thought bitterly. That loud mouth moran who called me hard-headed and turned me upside-down to try and shake some stupid stone out of me!

"Then, would you help us find the rest of the Tasuki Seishi so we can summon Tasuki?" Tasuki no Miko asked hopefully.

"Of course we will." Houki answered happily. "It will be so good to see Tasuki-sama again."

"Guards, show our guest to some rooms. We will begin the search tomorrow after they have rested." Boushin commanded. Inside he smirked. Yes, let's summon that jerk Tasuki so I can at last exact my revenge upon him!

As the guards lead the group away, one of them noticed the bound and gagged Miaka. "Is she a prisoner?" He asked.

Priya, seeing a chance to rid themselves of Miaka for awhile, grinned. "Uh...kind of. Do you have a cell where we can lock her up for a bit?"

"No problem. Hyouno, take her to the prison."

"Yes sir!"

A girl, sitting on the floor of her prison cell, looked up as a guard came in, opened the cell door, shoved a bound and gagged girl in, locked the cell, and left.

"Ah! Those clothes!" She exclaimed. "Were you brought here by that strange orange light too? I've been festering in this cell ever since they caught me stealing some food and then attacked the guards that arrested me."

Miaka mumbled something through her gag so the girl loosen Miaka's ropes and gag.

Freed at last from her gag, Miaka tossed it out of the cell, took a deep breath and...

"TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE TAMAHOMEEEEEEEEEEE...... "

"ARGH! Stop! Please for the love of Tasuki stop!!!" The girl put her hands to her ears trying to muffle the annoying whine. What did she ever do to deserve this torture she wondered.

The next morning.

"Do we have to? Can't we leave her in there 'til we find the rest of the Seishi?" Priya grumbled.

"She may be annoying at times but she doesn't deserve to rot in some prison." Tasuki no Miko defended Miaka.

"I don't know about that." Priya mumbled.

As the Miko and Seishi entered the prison to fetch Miaka they heard an agonized scream accompanied by Miaka's shrieks of "Tamahome".

"Quick! Open the cell!" Nobara cried out as she picked up the gag from off the floor.

But before the guards could get to the cell...

"ARGH! I can't stand it anymore!!!" The other girl in the cell screamed.

To everyone's surprise she started floating in the air. She plucked a black feather out of her hair and several large orange glowing birds came out of it and flew at the prison bars, knocking them over with a loud THUD. Even Miaka found herself in a rare stunned silence. On the right side of the girl's neck, the orange character "feather" glowed brightly.

"You're a Tasuki Seishi!" Tasuki no Miko exclaimed.

"I'm Cassiel. Tasuki Seishi Yonjuuichi. What's it to you?"

"I'm Tasuki no Miko. If I find all 23 of the Seishi we can summon Tasuki." She smiled at Cassiel.

"Hmph." She gave Tasuki no Miko a look of disdain and then stormed out of the prison.

"Huh? Hey wait!" Tasuki no Miko chased after the girl with the Tasuki Seishi in tow.

"Hey! What are you doing!? You're a prisoner!" One of the guards stupidly called out after the girl.

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