http://clampfix.fanworks.net/x-overs/shiroi3.txt </head><body><pre>Falling into darkness, Shiroi Hime Chapter 3 We ran to the town center which the scream came from. The scream was from my heart, Yumemi was calling for me! "Where are going? Hoshimi!" I turned "Yumemi, she calls for me." I carried on running until I reached the end of the street. There I saw a whole hoard of ninjas around a girl, she was injured, her shoulder was bleeding. "Yume!" I shouted as I managed to get all the ninja's attention to me. "She's Yumemi?" Nuriko asked. "Yes!" I said in my usual relaxed voice, I'm not relaxed at all. Yumemi gave me a faint smile. "Okay now boys! Want a fight?" Tasuki called taking his iron fan out in a swift moment. I clapped, "What are you clapping for?" he asked in an impatient voice. I smiled as I carried on clapping my handsa in a certain rhythm. Something white appeared in front of our eyes. White bird wings, they were wings of doves. The doves flew in all directions to attack the ninjas "Good chance! Tasuki!" Nuriko said as Tasuki and he ran to the ninjas. I didn't expect someone like Nuriko would have this sort of strength. Then there was fire busting out from Tasuki's iron fan. Nuriko shouted "Careful on where you're burning." Yumemi was fainting as the two was fighting verbally. Tasuki felt something on his back, he turned and saw a girl collapsing. He hate female, but it doesn't mean that he could just let her slide onto the floor. His arm got her waist instinctively, let her head rest on his shoulder as he continued to fight. There was only a few people left standing. Soon another hoard of doves came flopping over. Tasuki carried Yumemi, walking out of the battle field back to me, "Your sister?" he asked rather roughly. "No, not sister, she's my half cousin." Nuriko said as he wiped his hands on to his shirt. "I hate all this dirty business!" I smiled as he looked at me "You're clean! And pale!" I stared at my cream colored kimono, then I realized that he wanted to play a game with me by putting all the dirt he had onto my kimono! I giggled as I ran away. We carried on with this game with a very impatient Tasuki frowning in the middle. "I heard a lot of noise outside, Hoshimi, are you causing our guests trouble?" Shiroi hime asked when we entered the sitting room. "Is Yumemi hurt?" she asked in an icy voice, but there was concern in that voice. "Yes, hime" I replied. Tasuki put her down. Yumemi stirred as she saw a guy bending over her, he had orange hair and he was quite good looking in a wild sort of way. She blushed as she tried to sit up. Hoshimi was sitting beside Shiroi hime, looked as if she was being scolded gently. But looked as if she was too tired. "Are you all right?" the guy asked as he held her. She blushed, as a girl with brown hair with a blond one got nearer to her. "Feeling better Yumemi-san?" the blond asked. "Yes, thank-you." Shiroi hime asked "Yumemi, come and see me when you felt better. Have you got any wounds?" She winced slightly, her shoulder was still bleeding. "Hoshimi..." Shiroi Hime motioned to Hoshimi. She nodded as she got near to Yumemi. "I could do that!" said Mitsukake. "But that would tire you." Tamahome said "It doesn't matter now." As the kanji came more visible in Mitsukake's hand. The shoulder healed just as quickly as the Pegasus's scratches. But soon Mitsukake became tired and dizzy. "Will you all please stay here as long as we have found the way to get you all back to your real time." They nodded, that's the only thing they can do at the moment. "When could we get married?" whined Miaka to Tamahome as they were alone that night. "I don't know, I suppose when Shiroi hime found the way to get us back to the real world." Miaka leaned on Tamahome. "Why did we always get into such a thing when we were about to be together?" Tamahome smiled gently at her, stroked her cheek as he said "This is just a test to see if our relations were secure enough, we have passed all those ones in the past and surely we would be able to past this one." "Why are there so much tests then?" she moaned softly. "That makes our love more colorful and full don't you think so?" "Our love would be full as long as we're together." Miaka said as she snuggled closer to his chest as both of them stared at the Mansion in the underground. Yui was studying hard when a tap on her shoulder made her jump. "Nuriko..." she gasped softly as Nuriko handed her a cup of tea. They were in the first compartment of Hoshimi's room, there were really a whole tunnel of compartments in that house. None of them really know where the tunnels led to without guides telling them. All the girls stayed in Hoshimi's room so that they won't get lost. Yumemi had gotten better and was discussing something with Shiroi hime right now. "Yui, don't you think you're studying a bit too hard?" Yui shook her head. "Studying is the only way to beat the two geniuses. You have just met Hououji Fuu, what do you think of her?" Nuriko smiled "Pretty nice! Good looking and polite, soft voiced, seemed to be easily flushed. I think she got a nice boyfriend also. I like her, I wish that you two were not really competing that hard to get that University place." Yui said "We're not competing, we were just trying our best." "Make sure you have some sleep, okay?" She smiled and nodded at him. "Chiriko!" Tasuki shouted in Chiriko's ear, that made him jump. "Hai?" he replied shakily. "Glad that you're out of your trance! You have been looking like this the whole afternoon." Tasuki said as he rolled his eyes "Sorry." Chiriko said as he lowered his head. Chiriko was seventeen now and had got a male look. "I saw you staring at Shiroi hime in a sort of gaze that I can't figure out." Chiriko opened his eyes real wide. "I...I" he sputtered. "Hey, don't have to look like that, we were all gaping at Shiroi hime, that girl certainly looked strange, Hoshimi that brat was strange looking. All these people here act weird." "Admit the fact that the three females here are pretty good looking. They all looked so different from each other. Chiriko, everyone could see that you're drooling over the beauty of shiroi hime. She's certainly very beautiful." Chichiri said a matter of factly. Chiriko blushed "I'm not this kind of guy that would just fall for beautiful girls." Chiriko said "Listen to me, you're only seventeen when I'm twenty eight now, I have more experience than you. Like and love is different and like something that is beautiful is not a crime. While Tasuki, you never showed that you really hate female, you held Yumemi-san today." Tasuki flushed "could I just let her fall?" Chichiri whistled. "But I had a personal liking to Hoshimi, she was weird like me. I would like her for a daughter." "Chichiri, I have heard that you have a lover before..." Chiriko said in a quiet voice. "Yes, I have wished that we could get married but she...I have once told her that I wished for a daughter that was weird yet quick and smart." "Chichiri..." Mitsukake whispered. They turned as Mitsukake walked into their compartment. "I have this thought also. But none of our wished really come true. It's kind of bitter." "But there are sweetness in bitter." They saw their door opening and Hoshimi stepped in holding more pillows, they were not soft ones but had one that were stuffed with rags. Hoshimi smiled innocently. "The sweetness in bitter is always more precious " she said in a more innocent way that they can't believe that this girl now looking so innocent would say such a deep thing. "Goodnight!" she called in a sing song voice then danced out of the room after delivering the pillows. "This girl is weird!" Tasuki muttered. I went on to Chibiusa- chan's room, she sees me as a real friend once I saved the Pegasus, the young man seemed to be her lover. "Do you feel any better now?" Chibi usa said. "I'm fine, thank you." The young man with the name Herios said. "You did worry me when you collapsed with Pegasus beside you. What happened?" she asked worriedly. "Do you mind if I tell you I don't know it myself?" Herios said with a wan smile. Chibiusa felt uneasy "Is there attack again?" she asked. "Well, no! Not that kind of attack. We fell into that tunnel of time suddenly just as I was taking Pegasus for a ride. And the wounds actually came from the fall." Chibi usa touched his arm. "I should have told Hoshi-chan to cure your wound first before letting her hop away." "I didn't know you were friends with her now." Herios laughed. "She cured Pegasus, and she really cared about people though she express it in a weird way, she liked action more than words that's all." Herios touched her face "You have grown since the day I left you." Chibi-usa smiled "I'm practicing to be a real lady and a real princess. I wish I would grow out like Mother or Shiroi hime, both of them were so beautiful..." "You're not bad, you're also beautiful..." he held her closer as their lips were just about to meet. I somehow manage to swung the door right open and hop in. "You have called for me! And I'm here to grant you one wish!" I sang. I realized that I have committed a sin. Herios seemed to be flushed and Chibi Usa was furious. "I guess its better to get out of the way now since its late. Good night!" I called as I wanted to crept out of the room. "Hoshi-chan, can you help Herios?" I said "I thought you just want me out of here!" She said "Since you're here though in the wrong time, I might as well ask you." I sighed "And I might as well agree." I touched Herio's forehead, as I started to cast the spell. Herios closed his eyes as the magic was healing his wounds. I took my hand back when the wounds were healed. "Carry on doing what you're doing! I'll disappear now." I jumped out of the room. "But remember! I'll come back any minute!" I sang before closing the door shut. "Yuusuke?" Kurama called as he saw Yuusuke sitting beside the little artificial lake. They didn't expect that this underground palace would have so much things. Though it was underground first an old princess with the body of a shoujo. Then her strange yet amusing servant Hoshimi and the sweet and gentle Yumemi. Later they discovered that the backyard of the palace was even bigger that the palace. There were Soft wood trees and artificial lakes. Most amusing was that they could see the Moon's light streaming through though there was suppose to be all dark. "Kurama?" Yuusuke looked back. "Still thinking about Keiko?" he asked gently. "Sure, we're suppose to be married next month, and this would get delayed because of this all so bogus business." Yuusuke said hotly. "I understand your feelings. But you don't want your wife to suffer do you? You want to live in peace right?" Yuusuke sighed "Why does it have to be me all the time? I'm dreading that Botan might appear from the thin air and tell me that I have some other cases to work on. Though I'm fired, I still had to do jobs for Koenma for free! Do you know that?" Kurama asked "You wished for this to happen secretly." Yuusuke glared at him "How could you know so much?" Kurama just smiled and said "From your eyes, I could see that you're not sick of fights yet, but still you want to marry Keiko first before this because she still meant important to you." Yuusuke nodded "quite true. Kurama, what have you found out about this case then?" Kurama shook his head. "I can't read anything from Shiroi hime's eyes since her eyes were dull and usually cold. Can't read from Yumemi because I seldom seen her. Can't read Hoshimi's because she refused to be read." Yuusuke asked "refused?" Kurama nodded "Her green eyes were clear as if you could see everything in them and yet they were deep with no bottom at all. I just know that there was a past about her, a past that was so mystified that she didn't understand it. Looked as she knew nothing about this business, but might as well she does, she knows more than she wants to tell." Yuusuke said "Is this a hard case?" Kurama smiled "might be and it might not be." Yuusuke seemed to be mystified as well, but Kurama always had his very own plans. Kuwabara was pacing in the room with a disgusted Hiei sitting behind him. "Stop pacing and making a noise! You jerk!" he grunted. "What did you just called me?" Kuwabara shouted at him. "Aren't you worried about Yukina-san?" Hiei shifted uncomfortably as the mention of the name Yukina. But Kuwabara happened to be dumb enough not to notice the color of Hiei's face changes. "Why should you care about her by the way?" he asked himself. "You're not her boyfriend..." Kuwabara continued to talk to himself. "And you're not either!" Hiei spitted out. "What am I then?" Kuwabara asked in an angry voice. "A jerk! Simple minded stupid jerk!" Hiei said in a matter of fact voice. "But some how Yukina happened to fall for me!" Kuwabara said happily. How could my sister had this kind of taste! She can't really be in love with this guy right? Kurama was a whole lot better than him! Hiei said to himself yet he knew that what Kuwabara said was right, Yukina did have a special liking to this stupid idiot silly low IQ jerk. "Shut up both of you! What's the use of two brothers in law arguing..." Yuusuke stopped as he realized what he had said. He covered his mouth. Kurama laughed uneasily as he walked stiffly to his bed. He didn't want to get into a fight now. Yuusuke said "Good night!" as he flopped on to his bed as if nothing had happened. Hiei glared at him "Yuusuke what did you just said?" Kuwabara asked bewildered. "Nothing!" Yuusuke said quickly, he had enough troubles already, he didn't anymore from his friends. "Hiei! You're Yukina-san's brother?" Hiei laughed evilly "So what? I have the power to tell her who to marry and who do not!" Kuwabara stared back at him with fire burning in his eyes. But suddenly he got down onto his knees! Kurama turned opening his mouth real wide while Yuusuke was gapping. "Please Hiei let me stay with Yukina!" Kuwabara said sincerely and pleadingly. Hiei surely expect that there would be a fight and not Kuwabara getting to his knees. Hiei coughed, didn't really want to start a fight right now when Yuusuke was stifling a laugh and Kurama had turned his face to the wall, which means that he had a certain expression that he didn't want people to look at. Hiei coughed again. "Good night!" as he too flopped onto his bed and started his started snoring gently. Kurama and Yuusuke burst into full scale laughter. Kuwabara remained solemn that stopped the two of them immediately "I meant what I said, so shut up!" Kurama apologized. Yuusuke just smiled hopelessly, he still thought that scene was painfully hilarious. Umi was staring at the artificial waterfall her legs were dipping into the cool water, the water was cool, comforting since its in the summer now. The palace was not hot infact quite cool, but not natural enough. She liked the outside, the beautiful artificial scenery, Shiroi hime must be really important when people still knew her. She was still a little scared, she was afraid that this might be the same case at Cefiro, she still remembered how hard they had to fight in the first battle. She was tired, not in the body but in the mind. She still regrets killing Zagato and princess Emeraude though they knew that they were happy now. She hates to do it again. Ascott's looking for Umi, she had disappeared since after dinner. She was very quiet. Then he saw a shadow near the artificial waterfall, Hoshimi had given them maps of the castle so he had searched everywhere. He heard sighs. "Umi..." he approached her. "Ascott," she stood up in the water with moonlight streaming down on her. She was so beautiful, like a water lily blooming the water was so clear that he could see her reflections in them. He went nearer to her. Then he saw that she was not cheerful, in fact she was in low spirits her cheeks were pale. But that only made her more beautiful. "You're trembling." Ascott said as he took his coat off and wrap it around her. Umi threw her arms around him and said weakly "Ascott. I'm scared! I don't want what happened in Cefiro in the first battle to happen here! I already like the people here though I know little of them! Why am I called here?" Ascott put his arm around her "We know nothing about here except the fact that there was some evil force! Nothing sad will happen again we have suffered enough! And we would live through it." Umi held on to him. "I'll protect you." Ascott said softly. Ferio was sitting on one of the Soft wood trees in the backyard, he had nothing to do at the moment, he had nothing to do at the minute. He wanted to think things out. His proposal had to wait. He had planned that he would propose to Fuu as soon as she graduates from university and made her dream as a computer engineer come true. But since this had happened everything had to wait. "Ferio!" he noticed that voice as Fuu's he looked at his pager. "Ferio..." the voice was there again. Looked as if Fuu was not talking to him, she was just holding it and talking to it. "You notice this?" she asked. He remained silent "We have long relationships. Is it because we were really that devoted to each other? I do, I mean...I am fond of you in a very personal way. In a way that I want to be with you most of the time. Even though you're not listening to me and joke about my university ideas, but I still like you to be with me." Ferio can't believe with his ears, she was actually confessing to him! Not meant for him, but meant for the pager. Maybe she thought that the thing was off or that he was sleeping. "Have you ever thought of me when you're in Cefiro?" Ferio was blushing, he was thinking of her every night, staring at the moon thinking about her smile. "I have been thinking about you! I love you!" came the last words. Ferio clutched the pager really tightly, he stared around suddenly feeling that even though a battle was waiting in front of them, life was so beautiful. He stared down, planning to find Fuu and confess to her. They were lovers that had never confessed, they have confessed before but it was four years ago. Just as he stared down he saw Fuu, clutching the pager to her chest tightly, she was looking at him, the other hand covering her mouth. Blushing, but he saw that her blushing only made her more cute, more pretty. She was stuck on the ground, can't move, can't breath, just blushing when Ferio jumped down from the tree. He wrapped her in his arms "Thank you for telling me this." He whispered to her ear, her skin was so soft, so hot. "Sorry...I didn't mean to embarrass you...I thought you're sleeping..." Fuu manage to say. He held her more tightly. "Just glad that I can't sleep with all that noise from Tasuki and Kuwabara." He smiled as he touched her lip. "I love you also. I want you too." A tear rolled down her cheek. He wiped it away with the back of his hand. "Why are you crying?" he asked gently though he knew the answer. "Nothing, too sudden yet happy!" she hugged him back. As he stroked her hair. Both of them felt that heaven was near. Note: This chapter is so sloppy! I hate to put sloppy stuff and its so long! I can't help it though, I have no experience with relationships. 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