Ceridwen: Hey ren'ai, glad you liked the performance and the baby pictures... took me forever to think of those <_< Also, yes, Misaki was teasing the girls. I love writing her and Funaho, they're so fun...
WillowRulez: Here ya go.. ^_^
Oni or Tenshi?
Pairing: W/T, B/F
Rating: PG-13-R
Disclaimer: Don't own anything but my games... I'll fight over them too... <_<
Chapter Forty Six: The King of Jurai
Down at the house…
From left to right stood, Miss Kitty -in her child form-, Hallie, Misaki, Anya, Xander, Tara and Willow. They were all watching the ship slowly creep towards the dock. Misaki turned around and smiled, “My love.” she spoke softly as Funaho and Dawn approached.
“Mother Funaho!” Hallie shouted as she hurried over to the first queen, with Miss Kitty at her side. The small princess quickly wrapped the queen in an embrace/
“Hallie, you look great.” Funaho smiled as she returned the hug.
Dawn should have kept her eyes forward, then she would have at least had a warning, “You must be Dawn.” Misaki said as she leaned down face to face with the small scientist.
“Hm?” Dawn leaned back, noticing those tear-filled eyes staring at her, “Ah,” she stepped back, “how you doing, Lady Misaki?” she asked and faster than she could see, found herself in Misaki’s arms.
“You’re taking such good care of Anya and Hallie! I just don’t know how to thank you.” she said tightening her hold on Dawn.
The scientist sighed, then she caught site of a small twinkle falling from the ship. Soon the twinkle lowered to the dock, and formed into the king of Jurai stood as the light died down. He floated a foot off the ground before finally lowering to the dock. The king’s ground length dark purple hair, tied back in braids hung over his shoulder, along with his long purple beard -also braided. Flipping his long brown cloak; the king placed his left hand on his hip, and looked forward. “Father!” Hallie shouted as she ran towards her sister, with Miss Kitty right behind her.
“Why, you look fine, Anya, Hallie.” The king spoke in a deep voice as his dark purplish eyes settled on his daughters. Turning his head to the right, his eyes went wide at seeing his wife with her arms wrapped around Dawn. He calmed his anger, she was his no longer; the king took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth as Dawn waved, and he turned back to his daughters.
“Father.” Anya spoke as she stepped forward, “This is Xander and Tara,” the crown princess motioned to the siblings as Funaho stepped behind her.
The brother and sister began to bow, only to see the king turn from them, “Is that right?” he asked, his voice deep and gruff, “Now, Anya, Hallie, we are going home.
“What?!” Anya and Xander spoke at the same time.
“What?” Hallie asked only a second later, her eyes were wide as she stared at her father’s back.
“But father, they are Kairi’s grandchildren!” Anya shouted.
Azusa kept his back to the group, “Kairi acted against my wishes, and got married to that Earthling. I don’t need her grandchildren around.”
“I am also one of those Earthlings!” Funaho spoke, stepping behind the king, causing him to turn.
Funaho’s deep brown eyes stared a hole through the king, “But you…” he began speaking, his eyes growing wide as he held his hand out towards the woman. He had to do something, and fast, “You are different.” he finally said, smiling inside, that had to get him on her better side, right?
Narrowing her eyes, Funaho continued staring at the king, “And just how am I different from all the others? Hmm?” she asked, her voice soft, he knew she was holding back her anger.
Azusa stepped back, taking a deep sigh, and glanced to his right. There stood Misaki, her hands grasping a small kerchief as she bit into it with her teeth -giving the man a total look of death. His left eye began twitching, dear Tsunami, he was in it deep now. Instead of trying to talk his way out of the trouble, he ignored the queens, “Anya, I have already chosen a fiancé for you, one that is suited for the crown Princess of Jurai.”
Anya’s face turned red as she grabbed Xander’s hand, “No! I cannot! Xander is my-”
“No!” The king shouted.
Willow narrowed her eyes, she did not like the king, --Let’s fight.-- she concentrated her power, and sent it towards Anya. The princess cut her eyes towards the demon, and grinned with a slight nod. “Don’t worry, Tara.” she whispered before teleporting over, and draping herself on Xander’s shoulders, “Yeah, go home, Anya, you’re daddy’s right.”
“You keep your big mouth shut, space pirate!” Anya shouted.
“Little girls should always listen to their daddy.”
The king watched with widened eyes, his second daughter turned out like her mother, Tsunami help him. Anya straightened up and smirked, “Don’t you remember, demon, both Tara and Xander said I could stay as like I wanted.”
Willow rolled her eyes, “They just took pity on you, they knew you couldn’t get home without your ship. Right, Tara? Xander?”
“What about you?!” Anya half shouted, the girls never saw Azusa’s right eye begin twitching, “Leave Xander alone!” the princess pulled the unknowing boy her way.
Willow pulled him back, causing his shirt to rip in Anya’s grasp, “No, I won’t!”
“I said to leave him alone!” Anya growled as she began a tug-a-war with the young man.
Azusa squeezed his eyes shut, and gritted his teeth, “HEY! ANYA!” the king screamed, then deflated as the princess continued fighting with the demon.
“He won’t be yours! I’ll never allow it!”
Azusa sighed and smiled at his youngest daughter, “Hallie, you are coming home with us, aren’t you, dear?”
Hallie smiled up at her father, “I would like to stay here with Tara and Xander also.”
“Hallie!” The king’s voice became disappointed.
The youngest princess narrowed her eyes, “And if you force me to go,” Hallie spoke in a forceful voice, causing the kitten-child to glance at her, “I’ll hate you forever! So there.” the princess turned her head.
Miss Kitty meowed sadly as she looked between Hallie and the king, her large golden eyes tearing up. She let out a low mournful meow as a little fang poked out of her mouth, and over her bottom lip. A thought came to mind, and she walked over to the king and stopped in front of him. Looking up, Miss Kitty began doing the same little performance that she had done for Misaki. “Huh?” The king looked down at the kitten-girl, raising his left eyebrow. Miss Kitty meowed softly, and once more, performed for the king. “What is this?” Azusa asked, confused, causing the kitten to cry. “Dear Tsunami, what’s wrong now?”
Funaho rolled her eyes; the king could not deal with children. “Here little one, dry your eyes.” she said kneeling down, and wiping the little kitten-girl’s eyes, “That was a wonderful performance, thank you.” she cut her eyes to the king.
Seeing the woman glaring at him, Azusa kneeled down, and placed his hand on Miss Kitty’s shoulder, “You’re a great performer, that was the best dance I’ve ever seen.” he said, softly patting the kitten’s shoulder, causing her to smile.
With several happy meows, Miss Kitty ran towards Tara and Hallie, and with a jump, she landed in the blonde’s arms, “That was great, he liked it!” Tara hugged the small kitten-girl.
“So,” Funaho began, keeping her eyes on Willow and Anya -who were still fighting-, “are you really going to force them to come home?”
With a grunt the king stood up, “Anya, Hallie.” He spoke, causing the two girls to look at him, “Is this what you really want? Your wish is to remain here? Would you really choose this planet over me?”
Anya stared at Azusa, “Come on, Anya, don’t you like your daddy better, little princess?”
“You stay out of this! This is none of your business!”
“What!?”
As the demon and princess glared at each other, Misaki stepped over, and pushed them apart, “Hallie, what about you?” she asked.
Hallie smiled at her mother, “If I leave who’s going to cook the meals?” she said, surprising the queens.
Willow and Anya blushed, and turned away from the queen, “It would seem that the girls wish to stay here.” Misaki looked at the king.
Azusa’s shoulder’s shook as he reined in his anger, “Well, there isn’t much we can do about it, now can we?” a smirk crossed his lips, “Alright, you can do as you wish.” Anya began to thank him, only to be cut off, “”But only under one condition!” he shouted, causing both princesses to stare at him, “You may stay here if and only if that boy or girl can win a duel with the man I chose as your fiancé!”
“WHAT!?” Tara and Xander shouted at the exact same time. The sky darkened, as if something was blocking out the sun, and a soft humming music began playing, “What’s going on?” the siblings glanced around.
“Well, finally the time has come for Seiryo.” A voice spoke with a slight lisp, and sounded like one of those stereotyped gay men, or so Xander thought. “I’ve been waiting,” The voice continued as Azusa closed his eyes with a deep sigh and a slight eye twitch, “for this moment to come.” A teleportation light shined down from the ship, and with it came pink flower petals, and a man, a man with pink hair and a silver, blue and yellow robe. Seiryo pulled out a fan, and covered his face, “I think you’ll find, they saved the best for last.” Azusa waved his hand, causing the light to go out and the music to stop, “What?” the pink haired man blinked, “But it was just coming to the best part.”
Xander laughed, “That’s who we’ve gotta fight?” he asked in a low voice so only Tara could hear.
Everyone but Azusa and Xander -who was too busy laughing- stared in shock. The queens had no idea what the king had planned, “Oops.” Seiryo squeaked, “I haven’t introduced myself.” he waved his fan, “Princess Anya, you look just fabulous.” Funaho blinked, actually everyone blinked, Xander only laughed harder.
The king cleared his throat, “Now listen, and listen good. If that girl, or boy, can defeat him, then you may have your wish.”
Hallie giggled, “I’m counting you!” the princess said to Tara, she knew it would be Tara fighting him, Xander was still laughing.
“Oh, Tara,” Anya said, glancing at Xander, who finally contained his laughter, “you will fight for me, won’t you?”
“Hey! What about me?” Xander asked, slightly put off, why didn’t she ask him to fight?
“You know neither of you have to fight.” Willow said, fazing over, “You don’t have to.” she soon found a sheet of paper in front of her face, “What?” she watched as Misaki waved the paper around, “What’s that?”
Misaki smiled sweetly, “This is a bill for you, for all those parts of Jurai you destroyed.”
Willow read over the full page, and widened her eyes, “Seventy million Juraian dollars!” she shouted, “What the hell!?” She snatched the paper from Misaki, crumbled it up, and tossed it over her shoulder, “Tara, I love you, I really love you, fight to save me from my debt.” Tara hung her head, “Tara will fight, pretty young lady.”
“Good girl.” Misaki pat Willow’s head, then slowly moved her hand downward, “Yes, you are a good girl.” with a fast move, the queen squeezed Willow’s ass.
“Hey!” Willow, Tara, and Anya shouted.
Misaki giggled, “Good luck, Tara.” she said.
If it would have been an anime, Azusa’s eyes would have been very small dots with a sweat drop at the side of his face. Seiryo laughed as Tara sighed and ran inside to get the Juraian sword. Xander crossed his arm, no one wanted him to fight? He wanted to fight.
The group sat down on the porch, Hallie hurried inside with Willow to get some popcorn and drinks. Azusa stepped to the edge of the dock. Those girls, they wanted to stay on Earth, but why? What was so great about the backwater planet? It surely couldn’t be Kairi’s grandchildren, could it? Were they really that special?
Seiryo stepped to the middle of the dock as Tara ran out of the house, just as Hallie and Willow brought out the popcorn and drinks, “Really,” the pink haired man placed his right hand on his hip, “it’s just a waste for you to fight me. I will win, I never lose. But, I must fulfill the wish of my future father-in-law.”
Miss Kitty began eating a carrot as Hallie sat down next to her mothers, “Father, would you like some tea?”
“No, thank you!” Azusa shouted back. Tea? Really now, the fight wouldn’t last that long.
“I can’t believe this!” Seiryo shouted as Tara stepped on to the dock, ten-foot away. “The beautiful princess Anya and pretty princess Hallie are… Living in this Hellhole! This dingy and miserable dump! And the princesses are force into hard labor here! This is much worse than a cell! I can’t stand it! I can’t stand to see them confined in this hellish dump any longer! I have to save the beautiful princess Anya from this jail!”
“HUH!?” Tara’s head jerked back, “What are you calling a dump!? A hellhole? A jail?!”
“So,” Misaki walked over to the king, holding some popcorn, “how long do you think it will take Tara to defeat Seiryo?” she asked with a smile, only to piss the king off -which was her intention.
The king shoved the popcorn away, “Just you watch, Seiryo will win in less than a minute.”
Misaki ate a handful of popcorn, “So, you’re betting on Seiryo, then.” she nodded, and turned around, “I bet fifty-thousand Juraian dollars on Tara.” she said walking away, “What about you, ren’ai (my love)?”
“I am betting on Tara, also.” Funaho spoke sipping her tea.
“I’m on Tara, too!” Hallie shouted, causing Miss Kitty to meow in agreement.
Anya nodded, “Of course, Tara will win.”
“Hell yeah, princess!” Willow raised a glass filled with sake.
Funaho glanced over, “What about you, Dawn?”
The small scientist munched on her popcorn and look out towards Tara, and shrugged, “Me, I’m betting on Buffy and Faith.”
“What?!” Willow, Anya, and Hallie looked at the scientist just as a loud whistling sound grew louder, everyone looked up.
Out on the dock, Seiryo snorted, “Ignorance is a horror. You don’t seem to understand that you will be no match for me. I just know you don’t want to go through with this, it’s for your own good you know.” Tara stared at the sky, “I don’t want to bully the weak and stupid, you know.”
“Umm, excuse me-” Tara began, only to be cut off.
“You want to concede?” Seiryo interrupted, “That is a wise idea for an ignorant barbarian like you.”
“I think it’s dangerous, and--”
Seiryo, once more, interrupted, “It certainly is, isn’t it? But don’t worry. I won’t use my full power, and will be merciful towards you.”
Tara pointed towards the sky, “What I mean is…” The whistling grew louder.
“Here father.” Hallie hurried over to Azusa with an umbrella.
The pink haired man spread his arms out, “Now, if you’re ready, I’m ready!”
Tara shook her head and groaned. Everyone on the porch held an umbrella, and at once, opened them and raised them above their heads. The whistling grew louder, and very close as Azusa opened his umbrella and raised it over his head just as the Yukinojo crashed down into the lake. A ten-foot tall wave of water washed over the dock as the splash raised into the air, causing a rain to fall down. It was over within fifteen seconds, but it was enough to have watered the front lawn, and wash the dust off of Adam and Oz.
Out on the dock stood a soaking wet Tara, still holding her sword, and there was no sign of Seiryo, “Tara, are you alright?” Hallie asked as she ran past the king just as Willow fazed over.
Tara wiped the water from her face and looked into the lake, “Huh?” she blinked, Seiryo was floating face-up and unconscious in the water.
“You did it Tara!” Willow kissed the blonde’s cheek, and fazed herself, Tara, Hallie and Miss Kitty back to the porch -where a soaking wet Buffy and Faith stood.
Faith shook the water from her hair, and sighed, “Damn, B, what the hell!?”
“Excuse me,” Buffy whined, water dripping from her uniform, and her eyes filling with tears, “our ship is broken down again, Dawn. Could you fix it for us?”
An hour later, after retrieving Seiryo from the lake, and getting him aboard the king’s ship; the sun began sitting. A large subspace portal opened, allowing the queen’s ship to float down.
Everyone stood on the dock, both queens in front of them, Misaki with a sad look on her face, “I’m very sorry about all this, Tara. We had no idea as to what he was thinking, or even up to. We didn’t mean to cause you any trouble.
“That’s alright,” Tara grinned, “I apologize for not being a better host.”
Misaki’s eyes filled with tears, “Tara, Xander, Willow,” Willow slightly stepped back, “Buffy.”
“Yes?” Buffy asked, beginning to cry.
“Faith, Dawn and Miss Kitty.”
“Oh, mommy.” Hallie cried as the queen kneeled down, hugging her daughter.
“Anya.” The queen stood and embraced her oldest daughter.
“Mommy.” Anya whined.
Misaki reached for, and hugged everyone in the group, giving both Tara and Willow a butt-squeeze as she did, “My offer still stands, you know.” she winked at the girls.
“Father.” Nikko spoke from behind Azusa.
The king never turned around, “Kairi, please take care of Anya and Hallie.”
Nikko nodded, “There is no need for you to worry. I have left them in Tara and Xander’s hands, they will take good care of them, as will Willow, Buffy, Faith, and Dawn.”
“Kairi,” The king began, a smirk crossing his face, “I can wait another 2,000 years for you to decide.” he said and walked off, leaving Kairi to lower her head. Azusa was stubborn, and she had no intention on going back to Jurai, why couldn’t he see that? In a bright flash of light, Azusa teleported to his ship, and was gone.
Funaho and Misaki waved as the teleporter on their ship activated. “Thank you for everything, and take care.” Funaho spoke with a smile.
“You too, Lady Funaho.” Tara waved as Xander nodded.
“We’ll come visit you again!” Misaki shouted, “Xander, Tara, take care of our girls.”
“We will.” Xander nodded.
Goodbye Anya, be good!” Misaki said with that demon look on her face.
Anya’s eyes went wide, why, oh why did she have to do it? Taking a deep breath she waved, “I will, mommy! Goodbye!”
The queens were then teleported to their ship, and several large boxes were teleported down. Several items from Jurai lay in the boxes, clothes, jewelry, and food. The swirling green, blue and black portal swallowed their ship.
A new day dawned on the Maclay home as birds flew down from the trees and landed on Adam and Oz, “Good morning.” Oz said as Adam yawned.
“It’s a splendid morning.”
If he could, Oz would have nodded, “I guess we will be staying here for a while.”
“Very peaceful, but very boring!”
At the house, Tara opened the sliding door, and stepped out on to the porch with a yawn. “Good morning, little brother.” she said and leaned against the railing beside Xander.
“Morning.” Xander stared out over the lake, “It’s a beautiful morning, isn’t it?”
“Indeed.” Tara nodded, and felt a pair of arms warp around her from behind, “Good morning, Willow.”
“Good morning.” The demon lay her head on Tara’s shoulder, “Hey princess.” she said, alerting the siblings as to the arrival of Anya.
“Good morning.” Anya spoke as she slipped her left arm around Xander’s waist, and leaned into him.
Up in space…
The Juraian queens’ ship cruised through space; the queens standing in front of a large screen, and began zooming down on Earth. Misaki continued to zoom in until she could see the Maclay home, and smiled, “Look, ren’ai (my love).”
Funaho smiled as she looked at the screen and saw Tara and Willow standing side by side, and Xander and Anya side by side, “They look so happy, don’t they, koi (love)?”
“Yes, they do.”
Inside the king’s ship, Azusa was also staring at the same scene as the queens were, “Tara, Xander,” he chuckled as he narrowed his eyes, “Don’t either of you think I’ve given up, that was just the beginning.” the king’s laugh could be heard all over his ship.
Back inside the queens’ ship Misaki pulled Funaho into her lap, “Love, next time we visit, let’s stay for a few days.” she kissed Funaho’s neck.
The dark haired queen moaned, “I think that’s a great idea.” she leaned her head back and sighed as Misaki kissed up her neck, “Oh, yes, that’s a very good idea.”
You don't have to swim faster than the shark, just faster than the guy next to you.
Everytime someone asks why a character is Silenced because of the Nethicite; The Gods kill a Moogle! Save the Moogles!
by ceridwen » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:37 pm 
