Nuriko and Steward were surprised when Emi-chan and Chichiri walked into teh house.
Nuriko became even MORE concerned when Emi-chan quietly walked downstairs without even a small wave or something. "Okay... What did you do?" teh cross-dresser asked teh monk.
Chichiri glared at Nuriko. "I didn't do anything. But we did get some unexpected visitors today... and something they said shook her up to how she is now. You know her, she'll bounce back with a vengence," Chichiri said adding "I hope" to teh end in his mind. He purposly left out what was said and Nuriko didn't ask.
After a few minutes there was a thud and a yell from teh basement and Chichiri went rushing down to see what had happened.
He gave a sigh of relief when he saw Emi-chan standing there in her red leather punching at teh wall yelling at herself for reacting teh way she had. teh monk walked up behind her and put his arms around her.
Emi-chan nearly attacked teh monk when she suddenly felt his arms go around her, but a split second before she attacked she realized who it was and relaxed.
"So, you feeling better?" teh monk asked softly.
Emi-chan nodded. "I'm scared," she admitted after a few minutes of silence.
Chichiri tightened his arms around her. "Don't be. I'll be right by your side no matter what," he told her.
Emi-chan nodded and smiled, but teh smile faded quickly. "They'll be back. I know Tempy well, he's not gonna give up that easily. I know what he's capable of... I... he..."
Chichiri turned Emi-chan around and looked down at her and shook his head. "Don't force yourself to explain... Everything in time, noda. Right now you just need to calm down and not think about it."
Emi took a step back away from him and shook her head. "No. You need to know... you need to understand. I... I am teh one they were talking about. I am teh Exhiled One."
Chichiri nodded, he had figured it out from her reaction.
Emi-chan smiled at teh monk weakly before continuing, "They aren't even supposed to be here... I'm not supposed to exhist to them any more. And teh fact that they so openly spoke about me has me worried. What could Tempest want that he would risk Majesty's wrath and try to find me. Rosey I can understand, but not me."
Chichiri took a step forward and tried to put his hand on Emi-chan's shoulder but she moved outta his reach. "What did you do that got you exhiled?" he suddenly asked, he immediately kicked himself for it.
Emi-chan stood up straight and stared at teh monk. "I defied Majesty... for one thing... and I was born without any traits or magic of teh griffin clan for another. I'm nothing more than a simple human born into that damn clan, and for that I was always looked down upon... but when I defied teh leader of teh clan I became an exhile. I lost my name and my family and was forced to survive on my own. They thought... and hoped... I would die because I had no magical skill, they are THAT dependant on their magic."
Chichiri's mind reeled with this new information. "If Rosey is your sister, and Tempest is her brother... that would make him..."
"My brother... he was. But no more. In all truth it is a risk for Rosey to have admitted I am... was... her sister. But with her powers who's gonna oppose her, she'll send her demons on them in a flash. When I was exhiled all record of me was erased, they took away my name and rights and told me I had a month to leave teh griffin lands. Now Tempy is heir to teh griffin throne and I am nothing," she explained softly.
"Then Majesty is your..."
"Father."
"But then... HOW...?" teh monk was getting angry.
Emi-chan shook her head. "Truth be told... I'm glad I was exhiled. I hated what it was like being in teh royal court of teh griffins... teh only people who gave me teh light of day were my siblings. Everyone else ignored me either because I was a girl or because I had NO griffin attributes. Even though I was older, because I was born a girl Tempy became teh heir."
Chichiri sat on one of teh couches and punched teh arm of it.
"Calm down... you're giving me a headache," Emi-chan said looking at teh very upset monk.
"Why did you own FATHER exhile you? What did you do that was so wrong? How could he just turn his back on you?" Chichiri asked more harshly than he ment to.
Emi-chan sat down. "Because... I refused to get married to some pompus ass he picked out for me. Because I was teh oldest girl... and had no powers to take into account, he tried to marry me off to forge an alliance with some clan that would help raise teh griffin clan up a notch. But I've always been very stuborn and REFUSED flat out to get married to someone I would never meet until teh wedding. When teh day came... I hid where no one could find me."
"And THAT was his reason to send you into exhile and whatnot?!" Chichiri nearly yelled. His face was red with anger.
"I'm glad I was sent away. I never wanted to be dragged into teh politics of teh clans... I never wanted to get involved with teh clan wars or anything like that. I was born like a normal human, without magic or anything special about her, and thats how I wanted to live. Fate it seems had another plan," Emi-chan said, sitting next to teh monk and putting her hand over his.
From upstairs Nuriko called down, "Uh... I don't know whats going on down there but we've got guests and they wanna talk to you, Emi-chan."
Emi-chan closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she stood up and headed for teh stairs.
Chichiri put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. "No, I'll send them away, noda. You don't hafta face them." With that he rushed up teh stairs.
Emi-chan shook her head. "I wish it were that easy, Hojoun," She thought.
To be continued