Authors Note: Please remember this is a role play type of story so that means there are some mistakes. I will go over it later but right now I will post what I have.
"Since you haven't eaten yet I'll go get you something from the kitchen." Hotohori says.
Samantha tries to protest but Hotohori disappears into the kitchen and back out with a big plate of food, before she could say anything. Samantha's eye's turn as big as plates as she sits in front of the big plate of food and says," Um Hotohori, I can't eat all of this food."
"Well I figured you would eat as much as Jessica. Well the servants will clean up the mess, just eat what you want." Hotohori replies.
Hotohori and Chichiri then walk out of the room and Nuriko sits next to Samantha and grabs a plate of his own. Samantha grabs a few things off of her plate and eats it before she stands up happily saying, "Well, I'm full."
Nuriko looks up at her in shock as he replies, "Is that all you're going to eat?"
Samantha nods and replies, "Yeah, I don't eat as much as Jessica."
She then waves good-bye before exiting the dining room and heading for her room. A few minutes later Samantha is still walking around, looking for her room.
"Oh, where is my room. Great, don't tell me I'm lost!"
(Jessica bumps into Tasuki)
A few minutes later Jessica runs into Nuriko who looks at her and asks, "Where is Samantha?"
"I don't know, why?" Jessica replies.
"Well, I thought she was with you." Nuriko says.
"No, maybe she's with Tamahome and Miaka. If she's not then she's probably lost."
Samantha has been walking now for an hour and she is more lost than when she started out. Samantha looks around to try to figure out where she is as she says, "Where am I. I don't see anybody. Now what am I going to do?"
Samantha keeps walking until she finally decides to sit down under a tree and rest. As she does she continues to look around for anybody to come by. In the distance she sees a pond with a bridge over it; she stands up and walks over to it. As Samantha stands on the bridge she looks down at the pond and smiles as she watches a duck and her baby's swim under the bridge. Samantha quickly walks to the other side to watch the ducks swim out and to the other side of the pond. She sighs as she walks over to the other side of the bridge and sits down tucking her legs to her and laying her head down in defeat.
Nuriko and Jessica finally find Miaka and Tamahome.
" Hey, is Samantha with you or have you seen her?" Nuriko asks.
Miaka and Tamahome look at each other before Miaka replies, "No we haven't seen her since this morning when Jessica woke her up and she ran by us."
"Well then I guess she is lost." Jessica says.
"Then we should split up and find her." Nuriko replies.
"Ok, me and Miaka will go looks on the left side." Tamahome says.
"Then I'll search the right side." Nuriko continues.
"I'll search everywhere else." Jessica says.
Another hour later Samantha is sitting in the same place she has been when she hears Nuriko's voice, "Samantha, Samantha where are you!"
Samantha lifts her head up and listens once more as she hears, "Samantha, Samantha where are you."
Samantha stands up and looks around to try to find Nuriko but she doesn't see him.
"Nuriko, I'm here! Nuriko where are you!" Samantha yells.
She listens for five minutes before she sits back down thinking he had walked off in the wrong direction or something. Samantha puts her head back down on her knees as she sighs sadly, " I'm never going to be found."
Nuriko hears Samantha's voice and starts running to see her at the pond on the bridge with her head down and begins to worry.
"There you are! Are you ok?" Nuriko says.
"Yeah, for a minute I thought I was lost again. Can you take me back to my room?" Samantha says.
Nuriko nods as he takes her hand and leads her back to her room. Jessica watches and smirks before she heads back to her room.
" I want to take a walk through the town. I bet Samantha would like to come with me." Jessica says back in her room before she goes to her closet and puts on her priestess outfit. Jessica goes over to Samantha's room and walks in to see Samantha and Nuriko sitting on the bed talking. Once she enters the room Samantha looks up at her and greets her.
"Hey Sam, do you want to go walking with me in the town?" Jessica asks.
"Yeah that would be great. Let me change into my outfit and I'll be out." Samantha replies
Jessica nods as her and Nuriko walk outside to give Samantha some privacy. Samantha gets dressed in her priestess outfit and comes out to have Nuriko stare at her.
"Why are you staring at me?" Samantha asks.
"It's just you look more like a priestess instead of a normal girl." Nuriko replies.
"This has to do with you staring at me why again?" Samantha says with sarcasm.
Jessica smirks as she replies," Someone has a crush!"
Nuriko's face turns red as he turns from them and says, " No, I don't."
"Oh well, come on Sammy. Let's go walking." Jessica says.
"Wait, you have to have one of the Suzaku 7 with you to get back into the palace. I'll come with you." Nuriko replies quickly.
They walk outside the palace and into the town. Walking through town they pass a gift shop.
Samantha stops in front of the window as she says, " Oh look at that purse! It's so beautiful!"
Samantha then looks at the price before she lets her head drop and says, " Oh man look at that price! That is a lot, not to mention I have no money."
Nuriko looks at the purse before he replies, " well lets go inside to just look."
Samantha and Jessica smiles as they both nod in agreement before they all head inside the store.
As the girls look around Nuriko walks up to the clerk and quietly started to talk to him.
"Hey, I want to purchase that purse in the window."
The man nods before he heads into the back room and comes back out with a black tote bag purse. He lays it down in front of Nuriko before asking, " is this you want?"
Nuriko nods before pulling a few coins out of his pocket and laying them down in front of the clerk and receiving the purse. He then asks the clerk for something to put it in so that Samantha wouldn't see it. Once he places the purse in the bag, he turns to see Jessica right behind him.
Jessica smirks as she looks down at the bag and back up at Nuriko before saying, " Hey Nuriko, what yah doing? Isn't that the purse Samantha wanted?"
Nuriko begins to get nervous as he replies," Oh, I bought this purse for me, what are you talking about?!"
Jessica looks at him with disbelief as she replies, " Huh? We both know that you like her! So why wouldn't you buy it?"
Nuriko's entire face turns red as he replies, " what you are talking about, I really like the color purple. It matches my hair!"
Jessica narrows her eyes as she replies," Huh… sure!"
Nuriko waves his hands in front of him defensively as he says," Its true!"
Before Jessica can reply Samantha walks up beside them saying," What's true?"
Nuriko begins to get nervous and starts to sweat and rubs the back of his neck as he says in a stutter, " Well we were… we were…"
Jessica interrupts him by saying," Just talking about what we're going to do next".
Samantha shrugs ok before she sees the purse in his hands and says," Why are you holding a purse?"
Samantha point to where he was hiding the purse before saying," That purse, your hiding there".
Jessica interrupts the conversation by saying"; He's hiding the purse because he's embarrassed
Samantha looks back at Nuriko as she replies," Alright…"
Jessica begins to get bored of the conversation, so she say, " who cares! Let's find a place and get some FOOD!"
Nuriko smiles happy to have a change of subject as he replies, " well, lunch should be ready back at the palace, so let's head back."
Both girls nod in agreement, before they start to head back.
As they were close to the palace, they stopped walking to watch a bunch of people practice their archery.
Samantha's eyes light up as she rushes over to them, with Nuriko and Jessica following right behind her.
Samantha walks up to the men saying," Hey, can I try?"
A man with long black hair and brown eye's walks up to her with bow and arrow saying, " Are you any good?"
Samantha takes the bow and arrow from the man and aims for the target, hitting it right on the bull's-eye.
She then turns to the man before saying," Maybe…"
She then takes another arrow and hits the other arrow, splitting it down the middle.
She then turns back to the man, who's mouth had now dropped from the shock, as she continues, "Maybe not."
She looks around to see everyone's mouth dropped, even Nuriko.
Jessica shakes her head in disagreement before saying, "Quit showing off! I'm starving!"
Samantha smiles as she walks past Jessica, grabbing Nuriko's hand as she says, " Ok, let's go!"
After walking a few feet, Nuriko snatches his hand back saying, " What are you doing?"
Samantha turns to him saying, " what does it look like? I'm pulling you!"
Nuriko replies, " I can do it myself!"
Samantha just shrugs as she says, " Ok!
She then turns and starts walking once more.
Authors Note: Well this is the end of Chapter 4. I hope you all like this story. I love the humor and love in this story! Please rate and comment.