K this is the first of the re-loaded chapters, and you will (those of you that have read it before), probably notice a few small changes. Thank the Queen. I own nothing except the girls.(And it REALLY bites.)



*Slice* Another tuft of cotton stuck to the end of her snow-white blade as the last of the dummies joined the massive ranks of split mannequins. Solei stood up out of her swing, her eyes blazing silver in anger, surveying the destruction she had wrought upon her grandfather's training grounds. She shook her head and sighed, knowing she would clean it later.

"Kamai?" Solei had thrown her knife at the first sound of a single leaf being crushed, before she knew who spoke, and was forced to shift its perfect flight with her chi when she saw that it was her close friend Amber that stood behind her. Amber took one good look at the carnage around her and her friend's silver eyes before she spoke again, this time with fear and awe.

"What happened to you?" Solei fixed her with an annoyed glare before answering.

"Jaime broke up with me this morning in the halls; I've had to contain my rage all day." Jaime and Solei had been going out since ninth grade; to have them break up was the most surprising thing to have happened all year. Of course it was only the first of December, but they were the picture perfect couple. Solei brushed a few strands of her blond hair that had come loose from her ponytail out of her face before she pulled her knife out of the tree it had imbedded itself in.

"Well Chi," she said, grinning at a particularly evil idea, "Since you're here you can help me clean up the training field." Amber groaned, but began to pile the shredded mannequins.



Nakago finished his prayer to Seiryu, but before he left the temple he felt his god call him back. Apparently Amiboshi had felt the call as well, for he now sat just beneath the altar. Nakago knelt down beside him and bowed his head in respect as the dragon god appeared before them.

"Nakago, Amiboshi," the god acknowledged that it was they who knelt before him. "I have another task for you." Amiboshi looked up in surprise.

"A task, my lord?" He asked.

"Yes, you are to find two young women." Nakago raised an eyebrow. This was their task, to find a couple women? A waste of time at best. Seiryu continued speaking.

"I do not know their names, yet they are known to me as the Goddess Protector and the Daughter of the God." Nakago silently apologized for doubting Lord Seiryu. The dragon god continued. "They come from another world, not Yui's world, Amiboshi, but another one, less accustomed to magic, although they are similar. They have little knowledge of power, yet they can fight. Your task is to find these two women and bring them here, to our world, where they will complete the prophecy writ in the heavens." Nakago and Amiboshi bowed their heads once more. They replied in unison.

"As you wish." Then they were gone in a brilliant flash of blue.



Tasuki was shocked out of his sleep by Suzaku's silent voice.

"Tasuki" Suzaku said, "Awaken your brother Nuriko and come out into the lily garden." Tasuki did as he was asked. Nuriko did not protest, but followed eagerly to the garden. Awaiting them was the red firebird they knew as Suzaku. Immediately they both kneeled.

"My sons," Suzaku's voice was quiet, yet they both heard it clearly. "I have for you both an important task." Tasuki rolled his eyes while Nuriko waited patiently for Suzaku to explain. "You are to enter another world and find two women. Now-" Tasuki cut him off before he could continue.

"Wait one minute. Ya want us ta go inta another world, and find couple o' WOMEN!!!" Suzaku waited, Tasuki wasn't through quite yet. "Another thing, Suzaku, ya said ya had an important task. WHAT IS SO DAMN IMPORTANT THAT YA DRAG US OUTA BED FOR IT, EH? THEY'RE FUCKING WOMEN!!!" Suzaku looked at his fiery seishi before continuing.

"As I was about to say," he said, continuing his speech, "they are known as the Goddess Protector and the Daughter of the God. They are the keys to an eternal prophecy. You are to find them, and bring them here so they may complete their purpose." Tasuki was shocked into silence.

"Daughter of the God?" he asked.

"Goddess Protector?" Nuriko followed.

"Yes. Now my sons. I wish you luck." With that, they disappeared in a flash of red light.



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