Quicksilver and Lyra Stormrider Present: Seishi Sugar Shock Part Three Standard disclaimer applies. mbsilvana@yahoo.com "MIBOSHI!?" Tomo exclaimed, unable to believe it. Mitsukake continued to throw jelly beans to Ashitare, as he looked impassively at Chichiri and Miboshi. Nuriko blinked, putting his hands on his hips. "What a waste of good candy! I can't believe you did that, Chichiri!" It was all too much for Tasuki, and he fell to the floor laughing like a hyena. He was laughing so hard that tears were beginning to leak out of his eyes. "Too funny! Too @%$#* funny!!" he gasped. "What's wrong with you. Miboshi?" Soi finally dared asked, ignoring the glares that the usually sweet Chiriko was giving the psycho baby. "I forgot how much smaller children's stomachs are," he groaned sickly. "I'm going to need to find a new body soon, or else I'll get VERY fat," he said, and then started glancing around before his eyes alighted on Hotohori. "I always wanted to be an Emperor," he mused. Hotohori's golden eyes blazed at that comment. "Don't even think about it." he growled softly, hand going to the hilt of his sword. Nuriko heard this and cracked his knuckles. "Even if Hotohori-sama doesn't love me, I will defend him from all evil beings, and that means you!" Everyone promptly sweatdropped, and turned to look at the cross-dresser. Tasuki snickered softly. "I think Nuriko's been watching too much Sailor Moon." Chichiri didn't notice and climbed back to the top of his self-made ski slop. "Exactly what gave him that brilliant idea?" Soi wondered, then sniffed the air. "I think I smell.... peppermint." Hotohori noticed a silver foil wrapper laying on the ground, and bending, he picked it up. Taking a delicate sniff, he held it out to Soi. "I believe you were smelling this...." Now that he thought about it, the ground was littered with similar wrappers. "York Peppermint Patties," Chiriko read, raising an eyebrow as Chichiri took another life-threatening trip down the make-ship snow. "What *I* Wanna know is how he got snow in here and why it isn't making those weird skis of his melt." "Magic. What *I* want to know is how you learned to read English, Chiriko-chan," Nuriko said. Mitsukake watched Chichiri once again make his way down the 'ski slope' while he threw jelly beans to Ashitare. The monk was certainly in his own little world. Chiriko giggled as he smiled kawaiily up at Nuriko. "That's simple! English is easy to learn when you have as much time as I do on your hands." "WHAT time?" Nuriko wanted to ask, remembering the chaos since the miko's arrival, but wisely kept his mouth shut for a change. "Someone grab the monk and let's go," he sighed. "Miboshi, much as I'd LOVE to leave you here, I'm afraid we're going to have to take you along as well." Miboshi looked green as he levitated himself up, and Tasuki almost snickered as he noticed that the psycho child was floating at an angle. Hotohori rolled his eyes inconspicuously and went over to Chichiri, tapping the blue haired man on the shoulder. "Chichiri-san, come along, we must find our mikos." Chichiri stopped what he was doing, turning to face Hotohori. "Daaaa....but I'm in first place, no da! I have to be here to accept my medal, na no da!" "They'll wait for you," Nuriko said reassuringly. "Right now, we have a Suboshi on the loose, two missing seishi and our mikos are Taiitsukun knows where. We had better get moving." Chichiri pouted in the cute fashion only he could, and the others started to drag him away, though Soi and Tomo were more concerned with making sure Miboshi was ok. The last time he'd been sick, he'd decided the best cure was to possess another body. Tasuki gave Miboshi another glance, and seeing that glint in the freaky little monk's eyes, edged away from him. Stepping closer to Mitsukake, he frowned. "I don't like the way that freak keeps lookin' at me!" he hissed, watching the big man feed Ashitare more jelly beans. Amiboshi turned around to look at the group, frowning as he saw how much they were lagging. "Come on! We've got to find my brother!" When no one looked really enthused by that prospect, he raised his flute towards his mouth. "And we have to find him NOW!!!" Tomo arched a silver eyebrow at Amiboshi's outburst. "We're coming, we're coming. It's not like he's going to go anywhere but to find 'his' Yui-sama." The tall man gagged a little after that. The group trotted off together, glaring uneasily at each other now and them, though Soi and Chiriko were, by now, so drunk on sugar they were cooing at each other. "OOOOOOOHHHHHH!" Soi exclaimed giddily as they passed by a particular stack, "Liquor chocolates!" Hotohori watched in amazement as Soi and Chiriko stopped long enough to grab a few boxes of the chocolates Soi had spotted. //I don't want to know....I really don't want to know...// he thought, feeling rather ill as he watched the two feeding chocolate to one another. //Please don't let that give Nuriko any ideas...// Tasuki hadn't been paying attention when the two made there discovery, but it was inevitable the bandit would see them. "What's that?" he asked curiously. "Liquor chocolates!" Chiriko giggled happily, licking Soi's fingers. The bandits eyes widened. "Hey! Gimme Gimme Gimme!" Soi glared at him. "No." Tasuki scowled and pointed at Chiriko. "That isn't kid's food!" Chiriko blinked once, then began to laugh. "That's why YOU aren't getting any of it!!" Soi chuckled softly at that, and leaned down to kiss Chiriko's cheek before feeding him yet another chocolate. Tomo rolled his eyes, and deciding that he couldn't handle all that mush anymore, moved up front. He found himself next to Nuriko, and for several long moments, stared at the other man. "You're very pretty," he said after a moment, looking over the slender male with interest. "I'm Hotohori-sama's!" Nuriko immediately answered, latching onto the Emperor with all of his considerable strength. Hotohori was just about to rebut when the group was stopped a curious noise. Ker-pleuy! Plonk.... Amiboshi looked towards the area the noise had to have come from, and then dashed towards it. "Maybe it's Shun-chan!" he called back over his shoulder. Hotohori didn't even really notice what was going on around him, he was too busy trying to pry Nuriko's fingers off of him. Finally, he decided there was only one way that Nuriko would let go of him. "Nuriko...I can't breathe..." Tasuki continued to pout as he watched Soi and Chiriko feeding each other the liquor chocolates. He could smell how great they must be, and his mouth watered. //Wait a second! I'm a bandit...bandit chief, actually...I shouldn't be asking for them to give me the chocolates...I should just TAKE them! Yeah!// The red- head started to laugh maniacally. Mitsukake looked at him with a raised eyebrow, and Nuriko and Hotohori paused in their struggle with their affections (or lack there of) to stare at the bandit who seemed to have just lost what little bit of his mind he had remaining. "Um, Tasuki?" Chichiri asked cautiously, sensing the tense atmosphere. There was no way he wanted to accept his medal with such bad karma in the air. Tasuki turned to look at Chichiri, a wide grin on his face. "Yessss?" he replied, his fangs showing. He rubbed his hands together in delight at the thought of getting a hold of the chocolates. After watching Tasuki for a few more seconds, Hotohori went back to trying to pry Nuriko off of him. Soi and Chiriko had paused when Tasuki had started laughing, then shrugged and went back to what they were doing....getting drunk off of the chocolates. Tasuki decided it was time to make his move. Whipping out his tessen, he aimed it at Soi. "Alright, lady, hand over the chocolates!" "She's no lady," Tomo snickered. Soi barely spared him a glance, raising her fist upwards and summoning her lightning. One fried bandit later..... Ker-plunk..... "What IS that?" Nuriko wondered. Hotohori shrugged as best as he could. "Who knows." he muttered softly. "Now will you please let go of me?" Chichiri looked around, wondering when he would get to accept his medal. "Hey, no da...where is Amiboshi? He should be here to see me win my medal, na no da..." "We're checking out that sound," Hotohori said. "Perhaps it's Suboshi." "No, that isn't Suboshi," Tasuki said with an evilly grin, though he was still slightly charred. "Suboshi is YUIIIIIIII-SAAAAAMMMMMMAAAAAA!" "Saa," Nuriko said, laughing a little. Chiriko and Soi followed the Emperor and his unwanted escort, staggering slightly. The little boy's cheeks were flushed, and it was obvious that the alcohol had hit him. Tomo and Miboshi floated behind, with Tasuki, Mitsukake, Amiboshi and Ashitare bringing up the end of the long procession. Tasuki was mumbling under his breath about the waste of good alcohol on Chiriko and flashing dirty glares at Soi. Hotohori had long since given up on trying to pry Nuriko off of him, and finally accepted that he'd have to put up with his arm going permanently numb. Amiboshi, who was impatient to find his twin, looked around him, frowning at the slow pace of the group. "Pootoey! Beat that, you Seiryuu bastard!" The others looked up in amazement. "That's Tamahome!" Nuriko said. "Seiryuu bastard?" Tomo said. "That means Tamahome caught up with Suboshi...." The group finished the thought on their own. Everyone started to run towards where Tamahome's voice had come from. Amiboshi burst into the room where Tamahome's voice had come from, yelling "Shun-chan!!!" at the top of his lungs, only to pause as a pair of bright blue eyes and a pair of blue-gray eyes turned his way. "Uh...um...Nakago...." he stammered, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "You haven't seen Suboshi around here...have you?" Hotohori found himself being pulled along by Nuriko, and thought to himself that it wasn't very dignified. //I'm sure my hair is messed up beyond repair! Only a nice, long bath is going to cure this...// "He's right there," Tamahome said, pointing at Suboshi. "We needed a judge." A very unhappy Suboshi had been tied to a crate via one of Nakago's chi spells. He looked up at them. "Aniki!" he said. Tasuki's eyes narrowed. "Something is wrong here! Nakago and Tamahome aren't trying to kill each other?" Nakago tossed his hair back over his shoulder. "We decided to settle our differences in a more civilized fashion," he said. He stuck a peanut in his mouth and spat it out, projecting it as far as he could. "A Peanut shooting contest!" Tamahome declared gleefully. Nuriko blinked. "This just got WAYYYYYY to weird for me," he said. Soi just stood there, blinking at Nakago in shock as she held onto Chiriko. //Nakago-sama spitting peanuts in a contest against Tamahome? What in the world is going on here?// Tomo pushed his way past Soi, a sneer curling his lips. "Outta my way, woman. I've got to cheer for Nakago-sama." Standing on the side, the silver-haired seishi immediately set about cheering on the man he loved. Tasuki watched this and gagged, a disgusted expression on his face. "He's worse than OUR fruitcake over here!" he grumbled, jerking a thumb in Nuriko's direction. "I thought you were suppose to shoot watermelon seeds?" An inebriated Chiriko said. "Da... apparently you can use peanuts as well," Chichiri said, looking down at the boy's flushed face. Mitsukake just shoved more jellybeans at Ashitare, who hadn't gotten tired of them yet. Nakago glared at Tomo, his blue eyes intense. "Shut up, Tomo. You're breaking my concentration." he growled, before turning to spit another peanut. Chiriko snuggled up against Soi's side again, the alcohol making him feel a bit dizzy and tired. He smiled up at the woman, before shutting his eyes for a little while. Hotohori was hoping that if Nuriko's attention was focused enough on the competition between Tamahome and Nakago, he might let go of his arm. The numb feeling was driving him insane. Amiboshi was on the verge of having an apoplexy. He was tired, annoyed, his brother was tied up in a rather painful way (which he could feel through their thrice-cursed bond), and they still were stuck in a strange place. A vein in his forehead started to twitch, and then it happened. Amiboshi lost his temper. Everyone turned to look at the blonde haired boy as he lost it. The Seiryuu seishi were quite shocked about it. Amiboshi had been the quiet one of the bunch, and no one had ever seen him lose his temper before. The Suzaku seishi just kind of stood there and blinked at him, unsure of what to do. "THAT'S IT! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CRAZINESS!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Nakago, release Suboshi AT ONCE. Mitsukake, see if there's something you can do to sober those two-" and he pointed at Chiriko and Soi, "-up. Tomo, keep Ashitare busy. We're going to go find the mikos, and then we're going to get out of here. IS THAT CLEAR?" He raised his flute threateningly to his lips. Surprisingly, everyone started to do what Amiboshi had ordered, even Nakago. They were all still stunned by his display of temper. Suboshi, on the other hand, was beaming at his twin. "Aniki! I knew you would rescue me!" Amiboshi gave him a death glare. "Do. Not. Talk. To. Me," he said, and Suboshi's face fell. Once everyone had completed the tasks that Amiboshi had told them to do, they all looked at him again. Suboshi stood and stretched, then yelled at the top of his lungs, "YUUUUUUUIIIII-SAAAAAAAMMMMMAAAA!!!!" as he prepared to take off running again. Six seishi dive-tackled him. Soi removed his yo yos and used them to tie him up with. Wordlessly she hand it to Amiboshi, who started to walk off in the opposite direction they came in. "Geez, how big IS this place?" Tasuki wondered. "Who knows? Hopefully after we find the mikos, we can figure a way out of here..." Hotohori sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. He had a supreme headache now, and would love nothing more than to just collapse into bed and sleep for a very long time. Even though his twin was pulling him along behind him, Suboshi was still yelling for his Yui-sama. Tomo growled and glared over at him. "Will you shut him up?!" he screamed at Amiboshi finally. "If you carry him," he snapped. A voice yelled from the darkness ahead. "SUBOSHI?!?!" It sounded astonished. "YUUUUUUUUUIIIIIII-SAAAAAMMMMMAAA!!!" came the answering scream from Suboshi. He immediately began to struggle to get away from Amiboshi so that he could go and find his beloved miko. "I'm coming Yui-sama!!!" Tomo glared at Amiboshi, snorted, and tossed his hair before turning away from the twins. The seishi picked up their pace, and soon came to a small, dimly-lit area. Yui was sitting on the floor, looking at Miaka, whose face was smudged with chocolate. Both of the girls were calmly munching away at Hershey's bars. "Hi, Suboshi!" Yui said chipperly. Everyone face-faulted. "Yui-sama!" Suboshi cried ecstatically, and pulling away from his twin, ran over to glomp his miko. "Are you alright? You're not hurt or anything are you?" Tamahome immediately rushed over to Miaka, taking her hands and starting the litany that made everyone yearn to smack them both. "Miaka..." "Tamahome...." "Miaka." "Tamahome." Yui surprised everyone by leaning forward and planting a kiss on Suboshi's cheek. "You were worried about me? That's so sweet." She smiled at him, and he dissolved into one big pile of goo. "This is so weird," Nuriko murmured. "Catch me, heika-sama, I'm going to faint." Hotohori blinked at Nuriko, arching his eyebrow. "I don't think so, Nuriko." he mumbled, still trying to get feeling back into his arm. He rolled his eyes at Miaka and Tamahome's endless droning. That was all they would do if left alone. Tasuki scowled at the two girls sitting on the floor in front of them. "Do you know how much trouble we've been through just lookin' for th' two of ya?!" They blinked at him, Miaka breaking eye contact with Tamahome long enough to say, "Well, Yui and I had a chance to talk, and everything is ok! We're friends again!" "Besides," Yui filled in, "everything in the world looks better when you have chocolate." She playfully fed Suboshi a piece. He looked like he had died and gone to heaven. "I just remembered," Mitsukake said, as he looked at Yui and Suboshi, Soi and Chiriko, and Tamahome and Miaka, "that chocolate is said to be an aphrodisiac." Hotohori winced at the predatory look Nuriko gave him after hearing Mitsukake's announcement. "Now I'm glad I stuck to other candy instead of chocolate..." he mumbled. Tomo looked around, his hands on his hips. Nakago was still ignoring him, and Soi was still latched onto Chiriko, and vice versa. "Well, what are we supposed to do now? We have everyone here...but we still don't know the way out." "I know!" Miaka said. "Remember the Wizard of Oz, Yui-chan?" she asked. Yui rolled her eyes. "Only you would think that would work," Yui said. "It can't hurt to TRY," Miaka insisted. "Try what?" Nuriko asked curiously, turning his eyes from Hotohori for a moment. His mind was filled with all sorts of wicked ideas for when he got Hotohori plied with plenty of chocolate. Hotohori, meanwhile, was studiously ignoring Nuriko's glances. He chose to remain focused on his hair, sensing that it was the best thing to do in this case. Yui sighed and got to her feet, unwrapping Suboshi from her waist. "Later, dear," she said patiently. Miaka stood up as well, and Yui looked at her. "I feel stupid," the blonde muttered. "Ok, everyone!" Miaka chirped. "Click your heels and say 'There's no place like home' three times!" "This is insane!" Tasuki grumbled, taking up a position near Mitsukake. Hotohori looked vaguely amused, as if thinking that this would never work, while Nuriko pondered glomping back onto Hotohori's arm. Chiriko still held onto Soi's hand as they stood near the mikos. Yui looked around and sighed a bit. "Alright minna, on the count of 3. 1....2....3!" They all stood together and started to click their heels, muttering, "'There's no place like home." Ashitare somehow managed to stumble through the process, and Miboshi looked thoroughly unamused. Tomo rolled his eyes skyward. "There's no place like home..." //This isn't working....I wonder if I could glomp Nakago....after all, the Suzaku's cross- dresser is glomped onto their Emperor!// Hotohori felt very stupid doing this, but to keep Miaka happy, he continued to follow their lead. On the third repetition, there was a bright flare of light, then the warehouse was empty. ~~~~ Hotohori sat up in bed. "What a nightmare!" he said, gasping for breath. Nuriko opened his eyes, and turned his head, a startled exclamation of joy erupting from his mouth as he spotted Hotohori next to him. "Heika-sama!!!!" he trilled gleefully. "AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" came the loud scream echoing through the air. ~~~~ Chiriko opened his eyes, surprised to feel the gentle breathing of someone beside him. Smiling slightly, he reached out a hand, sure that it was his mother or Mitsukake. That had been one bizarre dream. Him and a woman six years older? Soi's eyes opened at the gentle touch on her arm, and she turned her head, blinking in surprise. "Chiriko?! It...wasn't a dream?" she stammered, sitting up. Her long hair fell down her back, the clip lost somewhere in the sheets. "I guess not," he said. She looked at him, smiling slightly. "Doesn't Subaru have the power to age people?" she asked. ~~~~ Mitsukake sat up with a yawn, stretching before he decided to open his eyes. He was startled to hear Tama-neko yowling loudly from the other room. Standing, he headed in that direction, not expecting to find what he did. Beside the cat was the wolf-man Ashitare. Ashitare was glaring at the cat jealously. Mitsukake felt his pockets and was surprised that he still had a large bad of jelly beans in it. "Well," he mused to himself, "looks like I got a new pet.... I just wonder what I should do when I run out of jelly beans." ~~~~ Nakago woke, his eyes narrowing as he came face to face with the sleeping Tomo. He roughly shook the other man, scowling. "Just ~what~ do you think you are doing, Tomo?" he growled. Tomo opened his eyes to sheer bliss. "Nakago-sama!" he said, pushing the other man down onto the bed. Nakago barely managed an eep of horror before Tomo gave him the lip lock of his life. ~~~~ Miaka and Tamahome sat in the dining room, where she was stuffing her face. When her mouth wasn't full, a litany of "Tamahome" "Miaka" filled the air. ~~~~ Suboshi opened his eyes, blinking as he felt arms wrapped around his waist. Looking down, he saw the blonde hair and figured his aniki had just grabbed a hold of him during the night. It wasn't until he shifted that he realized it was most definitely NOT his brother. "Yui-sama!" he gasped, his eyes going wide. She mumbled sleepily. "Go back to sleep, Suboshi," she said, snuggling closer. ~~~~ Amiboshi rolled over, opened his eyes, and smiled a little at the peace in quiet in his room before snuggling back down into the pillows and going back to sleep. ~~~~ Chichiri looked over at the floating priest. "Looks like you're the only one who gets to see my medal, no da!" he said, conjuring a huge gold medal and silver ribbon. Miboshi glanced at Chichiri, frowning at the monk. "Why am I stuck here with you? And do you have any more candy on you? I'm hungry," he muttered ~~~~ Up in the Heavens, two of the Gods were laughing, and two others were sulking. Taiitsukun shook her head a little, and laughed softly as she watched the end of the seishi's little adventure play out in her mirror. "Taiitsukun's scary when she laughs!" piped up a little Nyan-Nyan, appearing out of nowhere. Several seconds later, she was flying through the air. Suzaku looked at Taiitsukun, a pout on his beautiful features. "MUST you have so much fun at my expense?" he demanded. "YEAH!" Seiryuu agreed. Byakko and Genbu fell onto the floor, unable to restrain their laughter any longer. Taiitsukun smiled again, transforming into her real state, that of a bishounen young man. "It's too fun teasing you, my children." he grinned, laughing softly. "And it's fun teasing your seishi as well." Seiryuu and Suzaku, for once in complete agreement, starting bellowing and screaming like three year olds. Taiitsukun rolled his eyes, and folded his arms across his chest. "Honestly, grow up you two. It's not as if you had never teased anyone else." The two Gods looked at each other. "Soi and CHIRIKO?" Suzaku said in horror. "You're TWISTED!" Taiitsukun sighed, his hands on his hips as he looked at the two in front of him. "They'll be good for each other. Soi needed to get away from that twit Nakago....and Chiriko needed some time away from his books." "How can you turn Ashitare into a common PET?!?!" Seiryuu demanded, his flashed flushed. Byakko snickered. "It's giving him more attention than Nakago ever gave him, right? Mitsukake will take good care of him....he just has to watch out for the cat, he can be vicious if crossed." Taiitsukun replied levelly. Genbu laughed. "Just be glad Taiitsukun didn't give him to the Nyan Nyans!" A few Nyan-Nyans popped up at the mention of their name. "Nasou Nasou?" one inquired solicitously of Genbu. The others, spotting Seiryuu's red face, bounced around him, chanting "Heal heal, Fix fix!!" Seiryuu screamed in terror. ~~~~ Tasuki looked around, scratching his head. "Hey! Where did everyone go? Come on! This isn't funny!! Minna!" he called, wandering around the room. "Che," he muttered, sinking down onto an empty crate. Soi and Chiriko had dropped the liquor chocolates when they disappeared, so he picked up the half- empty box and sunk his fangs into them. "This is so not fair. Least I got the chocolate," he murmured. END Author's Notes: Now, that wasn't that scary, was it? Aside from- well, nevermind. None of these characters belong to us, though Lyra would like Hotohori and Quicksilver would like Chiriko so she could do her homework. This is a Xmas present to Moonsong-neesan, with much love. Hope it makes you laugh. This borrows the basic idea (characters in a candy factory) from Jaelle and Orla's CANDY CANDY GUNDAM WING. If you're a GW fan, it's absolutely hysterical. Seishi Sugar Shock is a TWT (Timeline? What Timeline?) piece for FY.