"Pervert!" Reiko growled as she walked away from a dizzy Ryo. She looked down at her clothes and found that she was still wearing her dress from the party. Seeing the ring on her hand she remembered the gift she didn't give to Ryo. Walking upstairs she got his present and went back to the lecher lying on the couch. A few steps away from reaching Ryo the present triggered the memory of last night. The vivid memory of Ryo pressing his lips against hers...
"Ow! What was that for?! What's this..?" Ryo stared confused at the gift Reiko just threw at him. He glanced back and forth from the retreating form of a furious Reiko back to the present. He shrugged and started unwrapping the gift. He blinked and held up the black shirt with the words, 'I'm a Lecher and Proud too!' written in English. His right eye twitched.
Alex had woken up when Reiko had stormed into her room. She stratched the back of her head as she heard a bout of grumbles and complaints about perverts and kissing lechers.
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Ryo yawned as he stretched on the couch.
"Son." He blinked and turned to the source of the comment. His eyes widened and he almost fell off the couch.
"Mom!"
The same woman as the night before grinned and a mischievous glint entered her eyes. "Living in the same house with that beautiful redhead son, what a bright idea!"
"It's really nothing mom, don't get any ideas."
Misao Sazaki laughed. "Who are you trying to kid, Ryo-kun? You are attracted to her!" She rubbed her chin as Ryo protested. "My son is growing up! Devilishly handsome too and even taking the initiative with Reiko!" The raven-haired mother of Ryo turned serious abruptly. "Son."
Ryo recognized her tone of voice. He didn't know which personality of his mother he hated the most, her childish ways or her serious attitude. "Yeah?"
"I noticed that you're not as naive as you used to be. With Miyuki you always seemed to ignore her obvious love for you. Why?"
Ryo frowned slightly. "I've changed mother."
"I know. You would have never flirted with a female and kissed her. You were always more into fighting, training, and war plans." Misao stated as a matter of factly. She glanced at her son worried. "Is it because of what happened with Miyuki?" Her assumption was confirmed when Ryo nodded.
He spoke softly, more to himself than to his mother. "I was a fool. Always ignoring Miyuki and yelling at her. When I finally realized her love for me, it was too late." He laughed bitterly. "I mean, just how much does a girl have to take before she finally gives up? Who wouldn't give up on me with the way I was always naive about her attraction to me."
Misao remained quiet for a moment as Ryo sighed. "Ryo-kun.."
Ryo smiled faintly. "Well, maybe the change is for the better. With Miyuki married to another person I realized that I couldn't be that ignorant about the opposite sex. If I felt any attraction toward someone I shouldn't make her do all the courting."
"So that's why you've been so forward with Reiko?" Misao sighed happy. "My son, finally starting to show some interest in the opposite sex! Such a big boy now kissing girls and teasing them."
Ryo sweatdropped as his mother rambled on. "I definitely approve of that Reiko. She's beautiful and smart. She can fight and cook. With her figure she is the best example of a good childbearing mother!" With stars in her eyes Misao didn't notice Ryo fade and disappear. "Ryo?" She turned around and shrugged.
She heard a sigh and turned to see her husband sitting on the couch. "Misao, must you always do that? You're scaring our son away." The middle aged raven-haired man said. He had a mustache and a lean body.
"Koga! I don't scare him!" Misao whined to her husband.
"Sure, sure." Misao frowned as her husband laughed. "I think that Reiko may be the one."
Misao nodded her head. "I think so too. I have a hunch that Ryo's attitude with Reiko isn't entirely due to Miyuki. He may have learned from the incident with Miyuki that he shouldn't be careless but it doesn't explain the constant pranks and teasing he does with Reiko. There's something about Reiko that makes him so.."
"Uninhibited."
"Yeah." She nodded in agreement serious for a brief moment. "Which means...I'm going to have a daughter-in-law soon!" Koga sighed as his wife danced around the room.
"The pains."
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Reiko sighed as she turned on the shower. The warm water felt like heaven to her as she cleaned herself.
Ryo appeared in her bedroom and grinned mischievously when he heard the running water. He closed his eyes and glowed red for several moments.
"Ahh! Cold!!" Reiko screamed as she jumped out of the shower. She shivered as she wrapped her towel around her. She heard someone laughing from inside her bedroom and growled. "Ryo."
"HAHAHAHA--urp!" Ryo stared as an angry Reiko stormed out of the shower. His mouth opened slightly as his face reddened. Reiko had been so furious that she forgot that she had just gotten out of the shower. Her body was still wet and she only had a small towel wrapped around her body. He turned his head away as Reiko yelled, "Ack!" and ran back into the bathroom.
Several minutes later a fully dressed Reiko left the bathroom and stalked up to Ryo. "You...you..Jerk!" She slapped him.
He held his cheek. "It was just a joke." He grumbled softly.
"Don't you ever know when to be serious?" She frowned. "Why can't you just stop it!"
He stiffened. "Sorry." Reiko blinked as he turned around and left.
"R-ryo?" She stared pensive at the spot Ryo had been before hiding her chi and following Ryo invisible.
She followed Ryo onto the roof of her house. She stealthily sat on the roof without Ryo noticing.
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Ryo stared solemnly at the stars as he lay on his back. Reiko's angry words struck something in his heart. 'Don't you ever know when to be serious?'
"I should be serious, but I'm almost never serious. Why can't I ever stay serious? If I had been serious and thoughtful then mother wouldn't have died. She wouldn't have had to die from that damn wolf's poison. If I had been more thoughtful then my parents wouldn't have been shamed when I killed the stupid dragon prince. If I had been serious, I wouldn't have lost...Miyuki.."
Reiko felt guilty as she listened in on Ryo's mutterings to himself. She had just said those words out of anger for his constant pranks. She stifled a gasp as a man appeared out of no where.
"Son." Ryo looked up. "There's evil and you are needed to fight it. This time it is very serious. Not little magical creatures messing around, but big ones. It's even bigger than our fight those centuries ago against that Atsuko who tried to take over the empire."
Ryo's eyes widened. "What? Even more serious?! So many people had died because of that war with Atsuko!" Koga nodded. "Then I must leave now."
Koga snapped his fingers as a portal suddenly appeared under them. Ryo and Koga fell into the portal unafraid. Once they were transported into the dimension of the Gods the two Sazaki's clothes changed into their battle armor. They landed on their feet softly and were about to leave when they heard a shout.
"Ow!" Ryo recognized that voice. No it couldn't be her. He turned around just as Reiko uncloaked herself. She rubbed her bottom as she stood up. She looked around her confused.
"Where are we?" Reiko asked Ryo.
Ryo's shock face changed into one of anger and desperation. "How-? You! You were on the roof weren't you?"
Reiko nodded her head. "Yeah, I was worried about you. I mean you acted so..serious."
Ryo frowned. "Isn't that what you wanted?"
"I wasn't serious." She said frowning herself. "Where is this place?"
Ryo threw his arms up in the air in exasperation. "REIKO!"
"What?!"
"You shouldn't be here! This place isn't safe you need to go back to Earth." Ryo walked over to Reiko and grabbed her arm.
"No." Ryo stared at Reiko but pulled her anyway to his father. "Let me go!"
"Ain't gonna." He growled as he reached his father. "Father, take her back."
"I would love to but.." Koga glanced away sheepishly. "But..that was a one way thing that Kami-sama gave me. We can go back once the evil is vanished. It was a safe guard in case we didn't win. The evil wouldn't be able to reach the Earth and terrorize its people."
Ryo sighed as Reiko grinned triumphantly. "Guess I'm here to stay. So..what's this evil we are fighting?"
Ryo shook his head. "It's the evil that I am fighting not YOU." Reiko shrugged.
"Whatever."
Ryo felt like pulling his hair at the moment. It was like Miyuki here being in his way but Reiko was a lot more stubborn. "Reiko.."
"I can handle myself."
Koga sighed and tried his best to calm the two down. "Now, now. Why don't we just meet the others and talk it over. How does that sound?" Ryo and Reiko nodded rather grudgingly.
Reiko stared as a large cloud appeared and Ryo's father jumped on top of it. "Come on, this way." Ryo's father was flying on a cloud, Reiko thought startled.
Ryo grinned slightly as he whistled and a pair of phoenixes appeared. They immediately turned into two flaming wheels and Ryo jumped on top of it. "Looks like you have to let me carry you."
Reiko bit her lip unwilling to show her obvious disadvantage between them. She gave a shout of protest when Ryo just grabbed her and started flying. Sure she had gone roofhopping often and jumped very high in the sky. Flying at a speed that seemed impossible up a thousand feet is very different. Reiko wasn't totally unused to the air so she didn't faint or scream like a little girl. She stared down at the unknown place she had fallen into and grabbed Ryo tighter.
Ryo and Koga slowed down as they saw their friends and family waiting on a flying mountain.
A strange man with wings and face very much like a that of a bird's said something to his tall companion wearing an armor similar to his and Ryo's. The man turned around and Reiko saw that he had three eyes, an extra one on his forehead. A large black dog seemed to belong to the three-eyed man sat next to him. The two grinned and waved when they saw Ryo and Koga.
Ryo jumped off of the fire wheels and landed several feet away from the group of people. Two other young men turned around and walked over to them, they looked normal and were even rather handsome. They blinked and the taller one asked, "Who's she brother?"
Reiko glared at Ryo as he let go of her sheepishly. Ryo grinned as he hugged his brothers. "Oh, her? She's Reiko Sakura and she is a very annoying girl."
Reiko stomped on Ryo's foot and he yelled out in pain. She 'hmphed' and turned around. "Who are you guys?"
The bird man whispered into the three-eyed man's ears, "Tien, it seems that Ryo finally got over your sister."
Tien nodded his head. "I'm glad that he is. It's about time that he got over Miyuki."
"He was pretty angry and disappointed then. Who wouldn't with the way Miyuki just dumped him like that."
"Kaze!" Tien yelled giving somewhat of a glare to the birdman. "Don't talk like that about my sister. She couldn't help but fall in love with someone else."
Kaze waved his hands around in a warding gesture. "Okay, okay!"
Reiko grew impatient when the group of people gathered continued to ignore her question. She was about to do something drastic when a middle age woman appeared right next to her wearing the same armor as Ryo.
"Oh! I finally get to meet Reiko!" Reiko stared at the woman.
"Who are you, and how do you know my name?"
The woman grinned. "I'm Misao Sazaki, Ryo's mother!" Ryo waved his hand around wildly trying to get his mother to be quiet. All his attempts were purely moot. "I'm the goddess of childbirth and children!"
Ryo hung his head as he waited for the inevitable. "Goddess..?" Reiko asked shocked. She glanced around the people around her. "Are you guys all gods?"
They all nodded their heads except for Ryo. Ryo's taller brother blinked as he asked her, "You didn't know?"
Reiko shook her head and turned to Ryo pointing at him. "YOU are a GOD?" He nodded his head. Reiko frowned. "If all gods are perverted and insensitive like you then I'm not sure we should worship you guys."
Ryo frowned. "Hey! I'm not perverted!"
Reiko smirked triumphantly. "Then you are saying that you are insensitive?"
He shook his head. "No!"
Reiko shrugged. "You all know my name but who are you?"
Tien grinned as he walked up to her shaking her hand. "I'm Tien, God of Justice."
"I'm Kaze, God of Lightning!" Reiko sweatdropped as Kaze stood dramatically with thunder flashing behind him. There was something about that scene that made her shiver for no reason.
Ryo's tall brother smiled at her. "I'm Kyo." Ryo's other brother spoke after Kyo. "I'm Siyo."
"So what's this great evil that is threatening the Kami Realm?" Reiko asked, pointedly ignoring the frowning Ryo.
"The one person that is the cause for all the trouble and is threatening to rule over the Kami AND Earth Realms is Zenki, a powerful half God/half Demon." Misao stated worriedly.
Reiko frowned. "And just where is this Zenki?"
Misao glanced at her son, still signaling her for her to be quiet and replied, "In the Forbidden Forest."
"Forbidden? What for?" She asked confused.
"Kami-sama uncleverly expelled all the fallen angels and kamis along with the good-turned-evil magical creatures."
Reiko stared at her in disbelief. "No offense to Kami-sama but that is just plain asking for trouble and helping some evil villain grow the army he/she needs to conquer the Realms!" Reiko shook her head and then smirked so confidently that she reminded Misao of Ryo. "Well, that's no problem because I will help you guys take Zenki down!"
Ryo shook his head and crossed his arms over his chest. "There is no way I'm going to let you do that!" He frowned at his mother. "Mom! Why did you tell her everything?! Now she's going to stupidly go after Zenki and get hurt. Why can't you just listen to me for once?"
Reiko stepped in front of Ryo's sad mother. "Don't you yell at her you jerk! I would give up everything to get my mother back! You have a caring mother, father, and even two older brothers! What more do you want?"
Ryo bit back his retort at Reiko's pained face. Misao grinned trying to ease the tension that grew. "Now, now. Reiko why don't you just call me mother? I'll be just like your real mother from now on. How about that? Besides, we're practically family!" She grinned sheepishly at the glare Ryo gave her for her last comment.
Reiko was too overwhelmed to notice the meaning implied by Misao's last comment. "Really?" Misao nodded her head blinking at Reiko's tone of voice, heavily filled with love, longing, and hope. Reiko grabbed her hugging her tightly, her eyes filled with tears of joy. "Thank you so much! Sazak..mother!" Misao patted Reiko's back as she continued to hug her and mumble words of thanks.
Everyone remained quiet, respecting the exchange between the two 'mother and daughter.'
Ryo was especially silent. He knew how she felt because he hadn't met his mom until he was eighteen. Regrettably he hadn't learned to appreciate her until she had been poisoned to death. He regretted all his angry words and words of irritation that he had thrown at her.
Reiko smiled as she stepped away from her 'mother.' "So, when are we going to kick that Zenki's behind?"
Ryo growled. "I said NO!!!"
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Reiko, Tien, Kaze, and the Sazaki family walked through the Forbidden forest. Reiko giggled slightly as she glanced at the grumbling Ryo.
Ryo frowned as he turned to his friends. "Just how was Reiko able to come with us to kill that Zenki?"
Tien shrugged. "Well, you know how your mother is. She just has a knack for convincing you."
Ryo sighed. "She is my mother...I can't treat her horribly like before she died."
Kaze nodded his head and Misao suddenly stopped walking. Reiko glanced at Misao worriedly. "What's wrong?"
Everyone but her started pulling out their swords and various weapons. Ryo growled. "Looks like Zenki's minions."
Reiko's eyes hardened as she got into a ready stance. She frowned when Ryo stood in front of her protectively. "I told you I can handle myself." He ignored her and her frown deepened.
Suddenly a large group of demons appeared along with two very familiar figures. Siyo gasped. "Hung, Ha?!"
"Hung." The taller ox-like man said.
"Ha." The shorter one snorted out his name.
The two figures looked awfully like oxen! "Who are they?" Reiko questioned.
"They are semi-gods who can't say anything other than their names. Once they yell, they can cause earthquakes and huge tremors in the ground. We defeated them before by the combining yell of the word 'yo' which the three of our brothers have in our name. 'Yo' is the first incantation a god had said to defeat the demons." Siyo explained to Reiko.
A tall woman appeared next to the two oxmen. "You won't be able to defeat Hung and Ha again because they are much stronger than you are." Hung and Ha snorted in agreement.
"What are you saying?" Ryo growled.
The dark haired woman smirked. "What I'm saying is that I have amplified Hung and Ha's voice to make their shouts overwhelm your pathetic 'yo.'"
Kyo stared at her. "Impossible."
Her smirk widened. "Let's see. Go Hung and Ha!"
They both grinned and yelled in unison. "HUNG, HA!!!"
Siyo, Kyo, and Ryo stepped away from their group and yelled back, "YO!!" They stared in shock as Hung and Ha's shout not only canceled theirs but also went through and caused the ground to shake.
Reiko just blinked as everyone struggled to stay on his or her feet. "How come I don't feel a thing?" She asked. They shook their heads not knowing the reason why.
Despite the fact that the three Sazaki brothers' shout didn't stop Hung and Ha's shout they still continued to yell out, "YO!!"
It didn't help them any if only she was immune to Hung and Ha's shout. She needed to do something but what? Her eyes went blank as an image of a woman, looking exactly like her except with silver hair, appeared in her mind. "Ryoko?"
Ryo and his brothers blinked as a small 'yo' combined with their shout. They turned to stare at Reiko in shock. "How?"
Misao jumped in joy. "That's great daughter-in-law! You can help Ryo!"
Reiko stared at her mother. "What did you just call me, mother?"
Her eyes wide she lied, "Daughter of course!"
She nodded her head still suspicious but stood next to Ryo. "Guess, I'm helping. YO!!"
Ryo, Siyo, and Kyo combined their shout with Reiko and totally canceled out Hung and Ha's shout.
The evil woman growled as she shouted to the large group of demons behind her, "Kill them!"
"Yes, Brie!" They shouted in unison before charging at the gods.
The only people capable of fighting were Tien, Kaze, Misao, and Koga. Siyo, Ryo, Kyo, and Reiko were busy canceling out Hung and Ha's earthshaking shouts.
Kaze took flight as he started hammering out lightning at the demons. Koga took out his sword as he plowed through the demons destroying them left and right. Tien fired beams of energy from his third eye on his forehead as he waved his large sword at the demons.
Reiko stared worried for her mother. She was the goddess of childbirth. If there was anyone who needed protection, it was her! Of course, Reiko barely managed to stop herself from facefaulting when Misao pointed her hand up and shouted, "Unsheathe!" The sword that she carried on her back shot out of its cover and became a dozen identical swords flying at high speeds at the charging demons, killing them with fast and precise slashes.
Even with their powerful attacks, the four of them would not be able to defeat all of the demons. There were just too many to finish off. Her new parents and Ryo's friends were in trouble. What could she do though? She needed to continue yelling out 'yo' so that Hung and Ha's own devastating shout didn't cause anymore damage. If only there was two of her, but there wasn't. Cologne's Splitting Cat Hairs technique wouldn't work since it only made chi images of her. Her body needed to split in two and be able to cause physical damage. But how? She continued to shout out 'yo' as she contemplated what to do. She snapped her fingers. "That's it!" She shouted before remembering to shout out 'yo' again.
"YO!!! What?" Ryo asked her.
"YO!!! Watch and see what a master of the art can do." He blinked at her as she brought her hands together and shouted, "SPLITTING CAT HAIRS TECHNIQUE REVISED, TWIN DRAGONS SPLIT!!"
Ryo stared shocked as Reiko split into two. The two Reikos turned to smirk at him before one jumped away to kill demons. The remaining Reiko gave him a 'I'm the best!' look before starting to shout 'yo' again.
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Misao was hard pressed as demons surrounded her. Why were there so many? Her eyes widened as she tried to dodge from a demon's attack from behind. She knew that she was going to get wounded on that one since she wasn't as agile as her son was. She heard a shout of, "MOKO TAKABISHA!" and the expected pain didn't arrive. She opened her eyes to see her 'daughter' smiling at her and giving her the thumbs up.
Misao nodded as she continued to slash away at the swarming demons. Reiko jumped through the air and threw chi blasts left and right. She growled slightly as she punched the demon behind her. The demons seemed to realize what a threat she was because they all started to surround her. She smirked and shouted, "HIRYUU SHOUTEN HA!!" as she did a revised version of the Dragon Ascension technique. Instead of having to run around in circles she just punched upward causing a tornado to form. She jumped up in joy as the surrounding demons were swept up in the devastating tornado.
Brie glared at the redhead before motioning for the remaining demons, Hung, and Ha to retreat. "We'll meet again, Red!"
Reiko just blew her a raspberry. The two Reikos turned to each other and merged back into one. Misao grinned as she gave Reiko a high five. "Without my strong daughter then we would be dead!" They all nodded in agreement. Before Ryo could yell at the redhead, Reiko's eyes rolled inward and fell unconscious.
"Reiko!" He caught her before she fell. "What's wrong?" He asked his mother.
Misao gave him an assuring look. "She's fine, just exhausted." He nodded his head.
Ten minutes later Reiko woke up to see everyone surrounding her in worry. "Sorry about that." She said.
Ryo growled. "You better be, idiot." Reiko glared at him. "You interfered and look what happened? You exhausted yourself! I told you to stay out!"
Reiko frowned. "If it weren't for me then you could be dead! I'm fine, just a bit tired."
He stared at her in irritation. He knew that she was right but he was too worried and irritated to acknowledge it to her. "I don't know what kind of martial artist you are! You're pathetic!"
Reiko growled softly. "Well, I don't know what kind of god you are! You're a jerk, PATHETIC, and can't do a thing correctly!"
"You are such an uncute tomboy who can't get a date! You're so sexless that even if you managed to get married, he would leave you for another woman!" He retorted without even thinking about what he said.
Reiko stared at him hurt. She kept seeing images of Tomo kissing that woman. She clutched her chest as she slumped to her knees. Tears streamed down her cheek. It began to drizzle again but stopped abruptly when Reiko stood up wiping her face.
Ryo flinched at the betrayed look Reiko shot him. Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "I..I hate you."
"Reiko!" He shouted to the redhead but she had already disappeared. "What did I do." He mumbled to himself.
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She stumbled as she walked into an unfamiliar part of the Forbidden Forest. Not that anywhere in the Realm was familiar. She blinked as she saw a tall blonde man in front of her. She glared at him suspicious. "Who are you?"
A small smirk formed on his face. "Zenki."
Her eyes widened. She pulled her sword out of her subspace. "You're the enemy." His smirk just widened. She growled in irritation and charged at him. She blinked when he disappeared. "Where?" She felt his presence behind her but turned around too late. She saw darkness as pain flared on her neck.
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When she regained consciousness all she saw was darkness. "Where am I?" She felt a presence behind her and turned around. "Who's there?"
"Your friend." She recognized that voice. Zenki. "You're hurt. I know it. I know how you feel. Betrayed. Angry."
Reiko growled. "You don't know anything. Stay away from me you bastard." She heard him chuckling and her growl grew louder.
"You really don't want me away. I'm your friend. At least I won't harm you with insults like Ryo." Her face grew darker as he continued to speak.
"I'm not like your real mom, who abandoned you with your father. She didn't want you and left you with him." Reiko hung her head as depression and betrayal overcame her.
"I'm not like your father. I wouldn't have harmed you with dangerous techniques and leave you when you needed him the most."
"Jusenkyou. Nekoken." Her eyes widened as hatred started seeping into her visage.
"I won't betray you. I won't insult you. I won't leave you for another bimbo."
Zenki grinned as Reiko began to fall to her knees, clutching her head in pain. He wrapped his arms around her and grinned in satisfaction when she didn't push him back or flinch away. "I'll be on your side forever. Will you be on mine?" She nodded her head as she started to get dizzy and fall unconscious again.
The blonde half-demon grinned and chuckled.
"You're mine."
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