Our Cursed Gift [Chapter 47: Our Final Promise][COMPLETE]

[Saikami]

-squeals- I love this chapter! It is so cute! :ONwriggly: I love the story how they met, I could picture that happen perfectly. :baa60776: And then part where they kissed even though Miki was going to turn into a snake, they just wanted that small moment. :ONluvluv2: Great chapter! Oh, and the pictures are great! I love the Reina and Maki one.

[KrazyForKamei]

LMAO love the warning at the bottom of the pictures. Thatll stop anyone from stealing em. The last picture is my favorite ^_^ so cool...and naughty as rndmn said

U have talent my friend <3

[Owaranai_sLaVe]

You know Yuu that warning on the bottom does no good if you already posted pics of yourself. Why? Because Im sure there are plently of people out there who wouldnt mind YOUR foot up their bootAy.

The last one... Yossui and Rika . YoCharmy <3
And the second to last, awesome awesome awesome. although, I really thought I missed something. I thought, "Wait, did they do it yet or something???"

Other than that, the other piccies are still as awesome as when i first saw.
I see you like bondage in your art... only one conclusion : You like S&M. *haha~ i kid I kid*
but your art style reminds me of someone from Yanime.com....

-Owaranai_sLaVe

[Yuuyami]

Are you accusing me of stealing other people's art? o_O I was sure my artstyle is one of a kind o_o; It's not often you find someone who draws things so disastrously sketchy like me :<

[Owaranai_sLaVe]

No silly! remember, you showed them to me already? And if you are reffering to my similarity statement, I meant that your art reminds me of someones from Yanime. They liked using bondage... but their girls were falling from the sky. Yours looks more realistic because they are standing
Haha dude, dont worry~ Your art is still hella gangsta.

And for that confusion, I gathered my translating skills and found a song that reminded me of your story. *well atleast some parts of the song did*
And a bonus : Its subbed, yay~
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FwG-b49Kejw&mode=related&search=
(oh and PTA grants you some free cookies... or wahtever...) forgiven?

-Owaranai_sLaVe

[raspberrygashes]

Great, great, great art!! I wish I could draw like that:cry:

Awww AyaxMiki = so cute

Though I'm usually a fan of Rika, she really pisses me off in this story :evil:

[YoukaiChica]

Ah. Aya and Miki lovin'. The classic H!P couple. I was surprised with Miki's response but I was so happy she didn't just yell screw you. Good for Miki. And Aya. Now, they can be happy. But what about Ai??? And this permanent scar??? I read that and I swear my jaw hit the ground with a thud. No joke! Damn. Suspense, suspense....

[Mikan]

This would make an awesome anime. The way you write it seems more like a script

[glcorps2002]

Now I wonder if that scar is real or metaphorical.

[Yuuyami]

Rndmnweird: Gam looooove <3

KrazyforKamei: Awww! I wanted to make my readers teary eyed or cry at this chapter on purpose ^^; Sorry, but thanks for the compliment :] Gam rules!

Wordsworth: No no no no! Thank YOU for choosing to be a loyal reader! <3

JFC: Got teary-eyed/cried too? :]

Cheesesticks: I'm thinking how it would've been if it was a manga, so yeah, the last scene is love <3 Glad to know you're the first to pick up the Ai hint :]

Ferrar1: Another teary-eyed/cried person :]~! Haha, well we'll just have to see if those chapters will come :]

Len.Chan: Another one to the club :]

Ren: Yaaaay~! Yeah, Kanno's awesome too~! Loved the work in Cowboy Bebop. Though, Kajiura's work in the Dot hack series was the best! Favorite is Say Goodbye, Cyber-slum, Kiss, and Fake Wings (all versions) :] Glad to know you look like you're dedicating your only posts to this story too~! I'm now a happy and giddy authoress :]

Black Velvet: <3~! Haha, yeah, it's probably because they haven't transformed in the recent chapters for awhile that we'd forget that they're cursed.

Shunjunsweden: She did I drew her with the wings a long time ago.

Rokun: I love reading your analysis <3~! But you're right on the ball. The main emphasis is relationship. And there's different expressions of love displayed in the forms of the types of relationships these people share :] Keep that in mind in the future, y'all!

Drako60: You think you see the plot? I'd like to hear it :] But if you think it might ruin it for the fans, PM me with it or something

Slave: Of course, I also wanted to make this story as real as it could be. So that's why I didn't make it overly dramatic or overly funny: Because stuff like that is too rare or uncommon in real-life.

Saikami: <3

Raspberrygashes: Well, maybe later on, she might not piss you off anymore

Youkaichica: Yeah, people often portray Miki as the badass character who's always misinterpreting or something. When you really get to know Miki or Aya (sources: their Futarigoto or radio shows) it turns out that they almost NEVER fight. That they are very tolerant of each other and whatnot. Best friends ever <3

Mikan: Of course, but I'd rather draw it was a manga

Glcorps2002: I wonder too -whistles-

[Yuuyami]

<3









Chapter 29: Our Cursed Gift








Reina dialed a certain number on her cellphone and listened intently to the repetitive ringing on the other end of the phone. Instead of the familiar voice she was accustomed to, a female voice answered.

“May I schedule a small but slightly important appointment then?” Reina finally said, listening to the secretary’s irrevelant rambles, “Can it be today or tomorrow?”

“This afternoon? Seriously? Thank you,” And with that, Reina hung up and sighed.

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“Ah…Refreshing…” Megumi stared at the ceiling slightly, but still eyeing the path she walked from the bathroom. She looked at the empty made bed, missing the presence that was usually at her side.

“Ah… Masae-kun isn’t back from visiting her parents?” the eldest Melon Kinenbi member sighed painfully, “Perhaps… I shall bombard the first person I see with my presence…”

Megumi walked out into the hallway, diverting her eyes left and right down the red and gold long rug that extended from one end of the hallway to the next. Seeing no one, she went down the stairs, and found someone walking away from her. She immediately scooted towards the person, with shifty eyes, and was now walking next to the person.

“Eh?” Yossie looked at her new company, “What brings Megumi-san here?”

“Ah… Bombarding you, the first person I see, with my presence.”

Yossie chuckled, “Well, have fun with that… I’m just going to do a few papers in my room.”

“Ah…”

And they both entered the Morning Musume leader’s room, with Yossie heading for her comfortable leather chair with Megumi left sitting on the bed, bored.

“What are the papers for?”

“A speech, I’m going to Waseda university this Friday to deliver this to the sports business folk. This is probably the 14th draft I've written, and I still find mistakes all over it.”

“Ah… Must be fun…” Megumi laid backwards on the bed.

“The way you say ‘ah’ reminds me of an old man.”

“Ah…The way you stare at youth like you are about to jump them is like an old man.”

“Haha, I’m not that obvious, I’m pretty sure I’m controlled.”

“Ah… But you seem very precise at control.”

“Am I? That’s good to hear.”

“Just like the stunt you pulled last week. Yuko wasn’t the one who planned to bring us to her vacation homes, it was you, wasn’t it?”

“Hmm? What of it?” Yossie looked up from her small stack of paperwork.

“You talk like you are testing me, at this very moment.”

“It’s my nature,” Yossie waved her hand dismissively.

“Ah… Your nature to treat human beings like things…”

“Hitomi. Reina’s arms were bandaged, and Miki has a patch on her cheek. What happened at the homes?” The woman said in a slow but controlled voice, sitting behind Yossie’s chair in a curled position, her legs pulled into her chest with her head leaning on her knees.

“Ojou-sama simply hurt them, that’s all, Ai,” Yossie chuckled as she leaned back on her leather chair.

“People like Reina… Are they simply ‘things’ to you? Like tools for your own personal gain?” Ai asked in a contemptuous voice, enough to even cause Yossie to reconsider letting her visit often.

“Well…”

“That’s the second time someone’s told me that today,” Yossie smiled, getting back to her paperwork. “And I honestly have no reply to whatever lead you to say that either.”

“Ah… I sense a battlefield coming soon… I wonder if it has something to do with you?” Megumi sat back up, readjusting her glasses.

“A battle you say?” Yossie looked at Megumi and chuckled yet again, “No no no my dear Muracchi, it definitely isn’t a battle,” she said, then grinned her scheming look, “It’s war.”

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“I shouldn’t be nervous, but still…” Reina bent over to brush off anything unwanted on her tan skirt. After feeling she was presentable enough, she knocked on the door. After hearing the voice claiming she could come in, she turned the knob and entered.

“I wonder what this small but important business you have is about, but I’m glad you came.”

“Thank you, Tsunku-san,” Reina said as she walked briskly to a chair near her producer, “I hope I’m not taking away any time.”

“Not at all, I just needed a break from watching all the auditions, that’s all,” Tsunku smiled and waved dismissively.

“I’m going straight to the point but…” Reina gripped her hands tighter, “you are aware of the curse, yes?”

“Yes, I’m well aware of it,” the edges of Tsunku’s lips flatten, knowing where the conversation might lead to.

“The curse… Do you know how to break it?”

Tsunku was silent.

“Rika told me… Well she said that everyone will stay together for eternity, that they won’t be apart… And that she harbors the burden of carrying all their souls… That she’s the current descendant of Susanoo…”

“And in the end, they, the Orochi, will all return to me… A never-ending paradise… A happy paradise…”

“In the end, they will all be at my side, we cannot be apart…”

“Don’t you dare try to destroy our happiness…”

“If that really is supposed to happen… Then I’d like to defy that destiny… And break that curse… I should be very guilty to think I’d try to break something so sacred, but please… Give me all the information you can…” Reina said inaudibly near the end, and then bowed her head. “Please… I’ll never be troublesome again…”

“…Is it necessary to bow your head as if you’re being inferior?” Tsunku finally said.

“Answer my question,” Reina looked up, a glint of seriousness in her eyes.

“I’ll tell you what I know. I don’t know how to break the curse, but I can give you information, whether it is useful or not, I’m not sure, but I’ll tell you anyway…”

Reina listened intently.

“The future Rika describes is a very high possibility. I, a normal human, can’t let that slide by me… However those cursed don’t have a strong enough will.”

“Explain.”

“They all have...” Tsunku fought for words, “…A special regard for Rika, intense feelings towards her.”

“Is that why no one could defy her? Miki explained this a bit similarly.”

“Precisely. Reina, I am not afraid of what causes their fear, I’m not afraid of Rika. She is very much like a small child. She only has temper tantrums. She is a very weak, unstable, and emotional child. But for the Orochi, she has a god’s blood in her, and like one, she is to be feared and respected. When someone normal says something hurtful, the orochi aren’t affected that much; however, when the same words come from the mouth of Susanoo’s descendant…”

“…It’s like they are being stabbed in the heart…” Reina connected immediately.

“It is difficult for outsiders like us to understand the world they exist in. It’s their own ‘paradise’ as Rika calls it. The connections they have for each other pulsing readily in their blood… A bond of blood…”

“I see… So the bond is the curse?”

“I don’t have any specific evidence to hold that theory. But such ‘bonds’ are sacred, just as you described it earlier.”

“To break something so sacred…It will be natural that there will be some kind of retribution… It might even be impossible to break it…”

“Reina…”

“But I ain’t giving up. I want to think there’s something I can do.”

“Haha, you’re living up to your stubborn reputation as a yankii, eh?”

Reina glared at Tsunku. She stood up and walked away.

“Eh? Did I upset you?” Tsunku rubbed the back of his head and chuckled.

“I don’t need such a flaky father figure to support me!” Reina raised her voice, looking back. “But I still have to thank you for what information you gave me. You’re a cool flaky father figure.”

“Haha, believe in yourself, and good luck,” Tsunku waved, and Reina left.

The wonky-eyed teen walked with haste down the halls. Her meeting with her producer was supposed to be a secret, for she feared that those cursed might find out and probably discourage her from taking any further action. Reina was sure she was going to break it, though it will be tough, since even intelligent people like Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa could not solve it without losing their minds.

Amidst her thoughts, she accidentally bumped into someone.

“Damn…” Reina rubbed her shoulder and looked behind her.

“You. Quit hanging around the Orochi,” came a scowling voice, not even bothering to look back, but continued walking.

Watching Ai Takahashi’s fleeting figure, Reina hmmph’d and continued her way of exiting the building. “She’s been bitchy lately… I wonder why…” and with that, she left the building.

Ai slammed the door open, to which the inhabitant of the room turned his head lazily, “My my, I’ve been getting visitors lately,” Tsunku smiled. “To what do I owe the pleasure of your growling?”

“I saw Reina leaving here. What did she come here for? Did something happen?”

Tsunku only smiled serenely, like the father figure he is, and said, “Well… She came here asking the same question you did.”

Ai looked of to the side, frowning, “I won’t allow her to interfere… I’m not letting her get involved…”

“Because you don’t want her to hurt the way you did?”

Ai glared at Tsunku.

“I’m sure UFA can’t cover that scar forever. The fans are probably dying to see you expose some back flesh.”

“UFA could still keep covering that physical scar. But they can do nothing to help this scar,” Ai said, pointing to her heart.

“For now, believe in yourself, and good luck, I have work to do. Don’t over exert yourself, you and I, and everyone else, knows that you tend to get sick fairly easy, and when you are struck with sickness, you’re seriously down for the count.”

“I don’t need to hear that from you too. Hitomi keeps telling me that.”

“Haha, leaders think alike.”

But Ai had already left.

Please…

“Eh? You saw Ai? Where?” Maki raised a brow, standing in front of Reina’s room’s door.

OH SHIT! It was supposed to be a secret that I visited Tsunku! “IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY! SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY!”

“No need to scream your answer,” Maki chuckled while rotating her pinky in her ear to clear out the sound.

“But why are you here?”

“I was thinking we’d go out to eat somewhere. Maybe yakiniku?”

“Seriously? Yay~!” Reina jumped for joy, “Thanks! Waaait…”

“Eh?”

“Is this to get back at the thief who ate my yakiniku?”

“Kind of, haha, but whoever stole your yakiniku should pay.”

“Yeah! Whoever did it will have our revenge!”

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ATCHOO! ATCHOO!

“Jeez! Is it a cold? Or maybe two people are talking bad about you?” Miki laughed, patting Aya on the back.

“Kinda ruined the moment too, really…” Aya looked off to the side.

“…I could still keep going,” Miki smirked, before continuing to leave wet trails on her lover’s body, thus leaving Aya to only yearn for more.

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“Revenge is going to be so sweet once we find out…” Reina grinned mischievously.

“But revenge isn’t going to happen without our doing, so let’s go! There’s this new place that opened not too far from here. I was thinking we should try it out.”

“Haha, yeah, I’m ready anyway,” Reina stepped out of her room and locked it, before allowing Maki the liberty of leading.

Reina thought about the conversation she had with Tsunku earlier. How was she supposed to break the curse? How would she break something that has been in effect for maybe thousands of years? Hell, she didn’t have the vaguest clue on what aspect she is to break the curse under.

Then, she thought about Rika’s conversation again, but at the same time, making sure she was following Maki all right.

“And in the end, they, the Orochi, will all return to me… A never-ending paradise… A happy paradise…”

“In the end, they will all be at my side, we cannot be apart…”

“Don’t you dare try to destroy our happiness…”

Reina bit her lower lip in anxiety of that future. Looking at Maki’s back as she walked, she could not help but run a little bit and with her left hand, tugged on Maki’s jacket. The aforementioned person turned around, and grabbed Reina’s hand.

“What’s wrong?” Maki gave again, one of those rare serene smiles.

Reina felt her face grow increasingly hot, blushing, as she looked into Maki’s comprehending eyes.

“We’re getting closer, it’s probably another five minutes until we get there,” Maki turned her head again, and continued walking; though, as she walked, she still kept her hold on Reina’s hand.

I wonder… Reina thought as she stared at their hands, Is she ready to open the door yet? Bah, rhetorical question… That door must be shut very tightly… But I feel like… I feel like it’s very much loosened now… But still a little tight… How much longer will she keep it closed?

Hold my hand tightly…

Reina’s eyes drooped a bit slightly, now a little sad, now that she recalled one of Rika’s sentences yet again.

“And in the end, they, the orochi will all return to me…”

Reina still watched their hands, and imagined that they let go, and then when she might have looked up, Maki might not be there. She imagined that she might be gone forever, that no matter where she looked, she might have never found her again… What a scary imagination…

Reina looked at the back of Maki’s head, but since she was slightly at the side, she looked at the bit of Maki’s face too.

To imagine that beautiful face… Gone…

Please don’t go.










<3

[Saikami]

AWW!!!! Reina wants to break the curse! That's so cute/nice/just...AWSOME!!! :ROFL Great chapter yet again! And Ai is getting more creepy :ON@_@: But it's cute how she wants to break the curse too! :baa60776: And then the AyaxMiki part!!! :ONkekeke: :ONluvluv2: And then what do you do to top it all off? Have Maki and Reina hold hands is what!!! :baa60776: :ONluvluv2: :ONwriggly:

[raspberrygashes]

Ahh!!  For some reason, I love this part to death This just gets better and better, yay!

Keep up the good work, Yuuyami!!

[glcorps2002]

Man, I'm betting Rika gave Ai that scar when she tried to break that curse. To make matters worse, she pribably convinced Risa to do it.
That damn Rika:ONangry1: I knew she was evil!!

[rndmnwierd]

Maybe she should kill Rika. I really want her to die today, for some reason....

[raspberrygashes]

Or maybe Yuuyami should make Rika turn nice again :ONluvluv2:



...:ONsweat:

[Aioros]

Ayaya'a a yakiniku snatcher?!
More importatnlty, what was she and Miki doing...:ONglasses:

Yeah, I really need to see more of Ai-chan's back. I'd like to take a glimpse of it even if it has a scar.:ONbigdeal:

A battle? Like Reina X Rika Turn Dori Chicken Battle Super Special Championship Winner-gets-to-Sleep-with-Gocchin edition?:ONglasses: :ONkekeke:

[Owaranai_sLaVe]

A battle? Like Reina X Rika Turn Dori Chicken Battle Super Special Championship Winner-gets-to-Sleep-with-Gocchin edition?

I very much likey that idea... It sounds like it should be PTA Approved~

Originally, my post just consisted of a bunch of smileys i felt through out the story... but i decided it was 1) spam 2) a waste and i should just take a breather.

The whole time I was reading about Ai and Reina tryin to break the curse, only one thing came in mind : KILL. either kill  Rika or kill someone in the curse so that they aren't a whole. But I love Rika no matter what *lots of Charmy Brainwashing has affected me* so SOMEONE else mmust be sacrificed
Reina made me laugh... THIS STORY IS TOO SMART! reina gave me a flashback of reality when she started to get smart with Tsunku, but changed her mind and said thanks

Yay~ your story is dirty enough for me to PTA A. it... I wanted to before, but it would be against the rules since its too "light"... But I'm CEO and stamping/declaring things is fun :ONwhistle: Aya and Miki doin' the dirty? As hot as that is, Im still bitter. So I shall do my :pen_walk:

Aww, I thought Reina was gonna pull another "slight drastic" measure (does that even make sense?!). I thought she would hug Gotou... But then again, that would have been a start on a whole new story, and it might change the plot and the future chapters *which is stupid of me to even say, since you're the author and you're writing this... I should stop talking now:ONhee: *

-Owaranai_sLaVe

[Shoko]

I giggled at the Reina/Tsunku convo but I don't know why

[Yuuyami]

Nah, killing anyone won't do. In the past, there HAS been times where someone of cursed status was missing from the generation, so killing someone won't be any different.

In this story, this is pretty much one of the few rare times where everyone's gathered :].