Disclaimer: I don't own Tasuki and FY even though I want to.

       But Kei is my character and no one can use her unless I'm asked.

Notes:       "Talking."       'Thoughts.'      Any speaking with a star (*) in front of it is in

                    English. All other speech is in Japanese.

        Also, none of the seishi have died. All seven are in this story and it is after

        the series ended. All the Tasuki is about 21, Kouji is 23, and Kei is 19.

Summary:         The mikos weren't the only girls from another world. What happens when

another girl from our world falls into Konan? She's hidding something and Tasuki doesn't know what. She has strange friends, who seem to have the same knowledge of the book that Kei does. Why do they know about what happened in the book when Miaka was there? Set after the set after the series, but A/U because it doesn't quite work with the series. Other OCs will be added later. Romances possibly w/ Hotohori and Chichiri. Rated PG-13 for language because of Kei and Tasuki. Tas/OC, plus others in later chapters.

~*~Purple and Amber~*~

In a back room of a small library, a young black-haired girl dusted the books in the Important Documents Reference Room. She was bored but she needed the money for shopping.

"I swear, this is the worst summer job ever," Kei muttered as she went from shelf to shelf dusting the books no one used. "What's the point to dusting these shelves if no one is ever back here?"

She slid a pair of headphones on and switched on her CD player. It helped pass the time, though not much. Even though her headphones were turned up to the max, she heard a faint bird calling.

'What the hell was that? How could a bird get in the library?' Kei wandered around the room to find herself next to a small window. She found two small birds sitting on the windowsill. They didn't fly away as she walked closer to them. 'What strange birds…I've never seen anything like them before.'

She bent down to eye level to have a closer look at the birds. They were small and both colored differently. One was a brilliant red with amber colored eyes and the other was a midnight black with vibrant violet eyes. 'These are the strangest birds I've ever seen.' She reached out to touch them, they flew away in the blink of and eye. The only thing that was left was one red and one black feather. 'Well…that was different…'

Kei turned around to find one of the books on the ground and bent to pick it up. 'How did this get here?' She looked over the book and couldn't find a title or author.

'Great, how do I reshelf this?'  She flipped open the book only to be shown Chinese characters she was only slightly familiar with.

"Shi… Jin… Ten… something…  Sho… What is this?" She flipped through a few pages only to find a few words on some of the pages. "How weird… Is this unfinished? Maybe I'll just look into this myself…" Kei slid the book into her bag and looked at her watch. "Finally, I can go…"

Kei walked back downstairs to pick up her check for the week and left with the book. As she walked away from the library, her friend Chizuru caught up with her.

"Hey, Kei-chan! How ya doin'?" Chizuru popped up behind her.

"Oh hi Chi-chan! Not bad. Finally got out of that hellhole some people call the library… I cannot wait to get another job so I can get out of there…" Kei sighed as Chizuru's boyfriend joined them. "Hi Takeru-kun…" 'Why can't I have a guy like him…I want a boyfriend… Too bad I hate guys so much… Hmmm…maybe someday I'll find that one guy for me…'

"Hey, ya thinkin' 'bout somethin'?" Chizuru waved her hand in front of Kei's face while she hung on to her boy friend's neck.

"Huh? Oh no, just spacing off. You know me." Kei laughed a little and the turned the corner. "I gotta go. See ya later, guys."

"Bye!" Chizuru and Takeru waved as Kei disappeared down the sidewalk. "Think she'll ever get a boy friend, Takeru?"

"I dunno. Hope so. She needs to get laid." Chizuru smacked him lightly in the head. "Ow! You know I'm right!"

"Maybe so, but you don't need to say it." Chizuru sighed and shook her head.

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Kei sat up in her room looking at the strange book she'd found. 'What is this thing? I've never seen any Chinese books at work before… Maybe they just got it…But then again, it's kinda beaten up…How odd…'

Kei set the book down on her desk and opened it. It was all in Chinese. "Great… I can't read this…" As she stared at the characters they seemed to all swirl around and start to make sense. "Wha… What just happened?" Kei began to read the book. It seemed like a fairy tale to her, but she wasn't sure. As she continued the book glowed red and burned her hand.

"Ow! What the hell is this thing?" Kei reached out to close it, but before she could, she felt her self enveloped in the red light. Then she lost consciousness.

She suddenly felt like she was in a dream world. Everything was spinning and she was falling. When she landed, she found herself in a forest, somewhere she'd never seen.

She heard running water. "Well, might as well find out where that's comeing from. Maybe I can find some one and ask where I am." She spoke out loud, knowing no one was around.

As she walked, various chaines on her leather pants and jacket clinked together. She quickly tried to silence them, but it was too late. Some one had heard and jumped out in front of her. He had blue hair and a scar across one side of his face. In a flash she felt cold metal against her neck. The man had pulled a dagger on her.

The man spoke, "Who are you?"

Kei opened her mouth to speak, but found she couldn't speak. "I… ummm… I don't mean any harm." She finally squeaked.

"That wasn't what I asked. Didn't you understand me? Or am I not making sense to the stupid little woman?" He sneered at her.

'Stupid little woman?! Who does he think I am?' The man's question made hert frown. She had gotten her nerve back "Well, it isn't easy to talk when there's a dagger to one's neck. If you want any information out of me, take the knife away." She pointed to his dagger.

He pulled it away and slid it into a sheath. "One wrong move and it'll back."

"Right. Gotcha." Kei sighed and kept her eyes on her assailent.

"So are you gonna give me a damn answer now?"

"Hmmm…I guess you scared the stupid little woman so much, she forgot the question. Mind repeating it?"

He scowled. "I asked; who are you?"

"My name is Kei." Kei crossed her arms over her chest. "How 'bout you?"

"Kouji." Kouji eyed her carefully. She was an odd one. "What are you doing hear?"

"I dunno. I woke up here."

"Liar!" Kouji pulled out his knife again. "You're from Mt. Kaou, aren't you?"

"What? What are you talking about?" Kei took a few steps back.

"Don't act dumb woman. You may be cute, but you won't lie to me!" Kouji grabed her arms and pushed her through to forest to a campsite where other men were sitting eatting. "Hey, boys! Look what I found!" He shoved her forward into the dirt. Some men laughed and others whistled at her. Kei felt ill.

One of the men walked over to her. "She's a cute one. We'll have fun tonight." He smiled evily.

"Fun, my ass." She turned over and spat in the guys face. "Don't even think about touching me." She scooted back and stood up.

The other men stood up from the places and advanced towards her. One of the men steped closer to her. "You'll pay for that."

"That'll be the day." Kei muttered, as she got ready to fight.

"Stop right there." Another man stepped between them. "I'll take care of her." He turned and grabed Kei and draged her to a tent. He pushed her through and she landed one the bed.

The men out side laughed. "Now that girls in for it! Genrou'll take the bit outta her." The men nodded and went back to drinking. Kouji glanced at Genrou's tent and shrugged off the feeling that maybe he should have let her go.

Kei slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position. "What are you gonna do with me?" She was nervous. The strange man wouldn't take his eyes off her.

"I haven't decided yet." He sat on the bed next to her and looked her over. "Did they hurt you?" He looked at the palms of her hands. They were cutt and slightly bleeding.

"Not really." She looked at her hands. There was a burn from the book and several scratches from her fall. "Except for thoses cuts." Kei looked at him again. She didn't feel like explaining the burn. "Who are you?"

"Name's Genrou. You?" Genrou walked across the tent and picked up a bowl of water and some bandages. "Come 'ere."

"My name's Kei. And no, I won't. I'll sit here, thank you very much."

"Fine." Genrou took his supplies and sat next to her again. "That may be a good thing. You don't trust everyone you meet. Gimme your hands." Genrou slipped off his coat and tossed it on the other side of the bed.

Kei took a deep breath and slowly put out her hands to him. He gently took them and rinsed them in the bowl of water. She was a bit confused. All the other men wanted to hurt her, but Genrou was helping her. The cuts stung and she winced a bit. Genrou noticed.
            "Sorry." He let go.

"No. It wasn't you. It just stings a little." Kei smiled a little. "Ummm… If you don't mind me asking, why are you helping me? All your "friends" seemed to want to hurt me." Kei looked at him again.

"You'll have to excuse them. They haven't seen a cute girl in a while." Genrou chuckled a little. He finished wrapping her hands.

"Thanks." Kei raised an eyebrow at Genrou's last comment. "Whatever… So have you figured out what you're gonna do with me?"

"Once I find out what you were doing in this part of the woods. I think then I'll decide."

Kei sighed. 'What do I tell him? Would he belive me if I told him the truth? Ohhhh…What the hell? I might as well try. If he thinks I'm nuts maybe he'll let me go.' "Ummm… It's a kinda a long story."

"I got time." Genrou picked up a bottle of water and took a sip. "Take your time."

"Well… I guess first I have to say I'm from very far away. I was working in our town library and I found this book. It was called the Shi Jin Ten Chi Shou. I took it home and started to read it. It started to glow red and it burned my hand." Kei stopped for a bit. " I think I passed out 'cause the next thing I knew, I woke up in a forest. I heard running water and I started to walk towards it. I had a few chains on my clothes that rattled while I walked and Kouji found me. He thought I was from Mt. Kaou and he draged me here. And then I guess you know the rest." Kei looked up and expected to hear Genrou laugh in her face, but he didn't.

"You're not from this world, are you?"

"What? H...h…how did you know?" Kei couldn't believe her ears. Did he actually believe her?

"Well, it ain't hard to tell. The way you talk, act, dress…" He motioned to her leather clothes. "You're not like other women here. And there have been other girls from different worlds here, too."

Kei stared at him in disbelief. "*So that's why you helped me…" She whispered.

"What did you say?" Genrou looked at her again.

"Nothing. Never mind. It isn't important." She sighed. "So, make any decisions 'bout me yet?"

Genrou sighed. "I should take you to the capital, but I'm not sure. I don't think it would be a good idea to keep you hear 'cause of all the guys, but then again, I could just leave it up to you." Genrou glanced between her and the tent flaps where the other bandits were. He didn't want to let her go, but he learned from Miaka that girls from other worlds were always special and had to be taken care of. But, Kei wasn't like Miaka or Yui. It just didn't make sense to him.

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~*~TBC~*~

Preview of later stuff:

Will Tasuki let Kei decide or will he take her to the capital forcefully? I will write more about Kei in other chapters if I get enough feedback. If I get more feed back for one than the other, I'll write it that way.

Author's notes:

So, any suggestions? Should I continue or not? I won't write any more unless I get some feed back of any kind. Flames I guess are welcome though not appreciated. This is my first story and I'd like something positive.

~Shadow Dancer~