I don't think it's that short... but it's a good chapter I think
Chichiri smiled, and held her tightly. "You remember! I can't believe you remember! Of all the things I've taught you and told you, you remember!" tears of joy were coming freely from his eye as he smiled and held her close.

Chichiri sighed after a few minutes of crying, smiling and holding. Still smiling, he let go of Sahori and grabbed her hand as they began to walk off. "Come on Tasuki-kun. Let's get going no da." He had slipped on another mask.

"Right." Tasuki nodded and walked next to Sahori also smiling. Well why you ask? He was just happy that Chichiri was happy. Somehow, he was always happy when the others were happy. Tasuki never understood this. But, for the most part, everyone seemed to be happy most of the time.

Chichiri held Sahori's hand lovingly, as if he had found something of his past that he had found once more. But by this time, by taking Lai Lai's advice, he had tried to forget about his fiancée and his friend. But Sahori had reminded him of that… but she was different from her… she was a Suzuku warrior… her hair was black like a ravens' feathers… her eyes sparkled like two rubies… her complexion was tanned for what her family was known for… she was tall for a woman, but she was extremely thin. She was shorter than Chichiri, but still tall.

Sahori's grip was loosened, but held onto Chichiri's hand securely. She had a smile, and her eyes were fading back into their regular color. You could start to see her pupils, but that didn't really mean anything. The eyes could have been fully normal looking, however she could have been completely out of it still. There was a slight chance that she may not get her life back to where she could walk and talk she could before. Although, she might be able to go though therapy and get something's back. Not everything, but some. Chichiri knew it, but had hope. 'if you have hope… miracles can happen… and I love her… so… anything can be as it was…' Chichiri once said to Lai Lai.

Everything was glorious on the long way back. The flowers seemed to give off a stronger sent, the birds sang a soft tune, the sky was bluer, the water glimmered with the look of a diamond and there was few people.

"Chiri, I thought ya said we should head back ta the palace as soon as we could." Tasuki brought up a good point.

"Where fewer the people are, the fewer the disease, Tasuki-kun. So, the fewer the people, the less chance Sahori has to get sick no da!" he laughed smiling.

"Nice logic, but is it true?" he asked feeling cunning, catching Chichiri off guard

"Hai, it is no da." Chichiri laughed

"Stupid monk…" Tasuki thought looking over to the river next to him.

Minutes passed, and they came up against a ravine. "Oh no…" Chichiri looked down it. "My teleportation is too risky with Sahori as she is! And there's no bridge either, no da!" Chichiri was suddenly in heartache.

"COMIN' UP!" Tasuki laughed running to a nearby tree and pulling out his fan. "REKKA… SHIN'EN!" the fan spat out a clear cut at the trunk of the tree, causing it to fall over, making a makeshift bridge, and also catching the tree trunk on fire.

"TASUKI!" Chichiri shouted containing the fire with a magic barrier. "THAT'S DANGEROUS NO DA!" he shouted, the small hairs on his nape standing on end.

"It worked right?" he laughed putting the fan on his back again.

Chichiri sighed a loud sigh as he picked up Sahori wedding style and hopped up on the tree, carefully making his way to the other side. He was wobbly on this unsteady tree, but it was a way of getting across the rift. Nearly loosing his balance, he gripped onto Sahori, and Sahori wrapped her arms around Chichiri's neck tighter. Keeping his head high, and straight he eventually got across it safely. Shaken up, but safely. "Ok Tasuki! Come on over, no da!" Chichiri shouted over to his friend cupping one hand over his mouth to project the sound

"Right!" Tasuki jumped on the tree and carefully made his way over to Chichiri and Sahori. Jumping off the tree, he sighed patting his chest making sure he was alive and well. "Movin' on?"

"Hai, Tasuki." Chichiri nodded. "Sahori, give me your hand, no da." He smiled at her holding out his arm.

Sahori smiled and practically pounced his hand with her own. Giggling, she held Chichiri's arm and held it close to her, virtually cuddling with it. "Fang-Zhun!" she laughed

Chichiri smiled and laughed back, walking down the winding road to the palace. Sneaking into the palace was easy, it was getting into Mitsukake's room that would be hard. After all, most of the warriors were now up, dazed, but would notice the three sneaking around. But what Chichiri didn't know was if Mitsukake was up. And if we were, he was in trouble. So far, he and Tasuki had only seen Tamahome, Miaka, Chiriko, and Hotohori. He sighed he wasn't going to get in trouble after all!

"TASUKI! CHICHIRI! THERE YOU TWO ARE!" Tamahome announced, as he sounded drunk, or at the least drowsily happily

"NO, NO DA!" Chichiri froze and then ran off with Sahori to Mitsukake's room leaving Tasuki with the things they went shopping for. Chichiri nearly burst open the door and stumbled to the bed to put Sahori under the covers.

"Fang-Zhun?" she asked sitting up looking at Chichiri, who was sitting on the floor much like he was when Tasuki went looking for him

"No, lay down, Sahori no da!" he whispered, gently pushing her back down on the bedding

"CHICHIRI!" Mitsukake's voice boomed thought out the palace with an added roar

"OH NO!" he thought, butphysically he was shaking in his baby form, crunched in the corner at the foot of the bed


Well that was that, limmie know what you thought, so review. Adios!