Good evening fellow readers!
I again wrote two new chapters in one day whoot!
Anyway Nakago shows up in this chapter as does Yui. Hope you guys like how Aurora reacts with Nakago. XD

Aurora's POV

I don't know how long I had been running towards the direction of Kutou. But by now I bet Tamahome, Nuriko, and Chichiri knew I wasn't just getting fresh air. I wanted to bring my mare but doing so could have aroused attention from more Kutou assassins and I couldn't risk that. I finally stopped in the middle of clearing so I could catch my breath. If I was lucky I would make it across the Kutou border without being seen. I narrowed my eyes as I looked into the sky. The sun would be setting soon and my best chance was to find a local village and spend the night at an inn. I suddenly heard a growl and I turned to meet face to face with a tiger.

The tiger was most likely a male and it was probably just annoyed I trespassed onto its territory. It growled before it jumped off the work and leapt towards me. Tama then suddenly came out of nowhere and kicked the poor thing in its chest. The big cat gave a growl in pain as it landed on the ground gracefully.

"Tama you idiot!" I scolded my warrior as I approached the tiger.

"Aurora don't!" Tamahome protested as I walked up the tiger. I held my hand out to it and stroked its head. The big cat bent its ears back letting me know it wouldn't hurt me.

"Go home my friend" I told the striped beast as I removed my hand from its head. As the tiger left Tamahome ran to me.

"How in the hell?" he began but I interrupted him.

"I can sort of communicate with animals because I am one myself with my werewolf blood" I answered Tama. It was true with any animal I could communicate with them however it was through emotions not telepathy. Mom and my sisters also could do the same thing. Tama suddenly folded his arms across his chest.

"Why are you going to Kutou Aurora it's dangerous?" he demanded.

"Because I need to get my sword back you baka" I replied to him as I walked past him. "Besides if I'm not around your family they won't get hurt" as I said this Tama suddenly wrapped an arm from behind me and pulled me backwards. My back met with his chest as he held me from behind. I felt my face turn red as he held me like this.

"Uh Tama what are you doing?"

Tama didn't hold me long because he quickly let me go and I turned to look at him confused.

"Sorry Aurora I just wanted to hug you because as I said before I really do care about you deeply I know you may not love me but I wanted you to know I'll be there for you no matter what" I smiled as he said this to me. However I couldn't let Tama follow me so which is why I pulled something out from my pocket.

"What the heck a black feather?" Tama said confused.

"I'm sorry Tama but I must do this alone" I then mentally called to the spell in the black feather I held. The feather glowed blue and Tamahome suddenly looked tired and he quickly fell asleep. I was quick to catch his unconscious form. I gently laid him down against a nearby boulder, he would wake back up in an hour or so and I would be gone by the time he would wake up. I kissed his forehead before I pocketed the black feather and began to run back towards the direction of Kutou. I continued my running until I came upon a village. I was grateful Hotohori gave me some money to use; the innkeeper had no problem with letting me have a room for the night.

After I had dinner I immediately went to bed. It felt as though my hit the pillow when sunlight filled my eyes from the window. Once I had a quick bite of breakfast I left the inn and continued my running once more. The innkeeper had told me there was a big gate that was Kutou's border. Once I crossed it I would be within the city of Seiryu. I smirked when I saw the gate but cursed mentally when I saw two guards.

Crap what do I do now? I growled in my mind. I noticed other people were going in and out of the gate so I decided to try and get passed the guards.

"Morning ya'll!" I greeted the guards.

"Wait miss you need a passport" one of the guards said to me. This got me to stop. Freaking great how the hell I get a damned passport.

"That's a strange outfit she's wearing" the guard who stopped me said to his partner.

"Your right the commander mentioned something about a girl from another world with strange clothes"

Hello you two nimrods I'm right here! I growled in my mind.

"Could she be the legendary Priestess of Seiryu?"

So they haven't gotten their priestess yet huh? Humph maybe if I pretended to be her I smirked at the idea.

"Seiryu's a dragon right?" I asked to the guards who looked back to me.

"Yes miss"

"Well you're looking at her" as I said this I had my feather behind my back. I used its magic to freeze the guards. Now was my chance as I began to enter Kutou I suddenly went bug eyed at two men approaching on horses. The man dressed in blue armor had blonde bangs underneath his helmet and his eyes were the prettiest blue I ever seen.

"General!"

"We're stuck like this!" the guards said to their leader. So this guy was a general huh?
I wondered if he was hot. I suddenly felt my face turn red I was in love with Hotohori for Suzaku's sake not this guy!

"By a simple spell how pathetic" my heart began to go crazy at his voice. Okay this guy was really making me want to swoon.

"Now tell me who the girl is" the general said to the guards.

"Sir she claims to the be the Priestess of Seiryu milord" the general looked to me with those beautiful eyes of his.

"The Priestess of Seiryu?"

"That's what she says sir" the guard replied. Then the general suddenly spoke directly at me.

"Then at last our prayers have been answered we found you at last" then the general commanded the guy behind him that I was coming in to Kutou and to let the emperor know. Then the general got off of his horse and approached me.

"What is your name milady?" I couldn't help the blush coming onto my face as he asked me this.

"Aurora my name is Aurora"

"Dawn whoever named you Aurora did well" I felt my face go even redder at his compliment. My eyes suddenly went bug eyed when I saw Tama at the gate.

F**k this wasn't good I thought.

"Lady Aurora is something wrong?" the general asked me while I shook my head no. He then helped me onto his horse before he got from behind me. He wrapped a strong muscular arm around my waist before he kicked the sides of his horse.

Inside the Palace

The ride to the palace didn't take long. The general was a gentleman and helped me off of his horse as we entered the palace. The general gave me an encouraging nod and I walked up to where the emperor of Kutou was.

"Well it's finally an honor to meet the Priestess of Seiryu" I nearly did an anime fall this guy was definitely older than Hotohori. A flicker of red suddenly caught my eye. Next to the emperor was my sword!

"Nakago do you believe she is the Priestess of Seiryu?" I turned to the man he addressed and it was the general. Nakago removed his helmet.

HOT DAMN HE'S HOTTER THAN I THOUGHT! My mind screamed as I literally had hearts coming into my eyes.

"I believe it is quite possible" Nakago replied before he looked to me. I wish my face didn't turn red at his appearance.

"When I found her she was having trouble at the gate I brought her here myself"

"I see well done Nakago, now our kingdom has nothing to fear from Konan's Priestess of Suzaku the youngster in Konan will soon bow down in defeat" this got my fangs to elongate in anger. I couldn't wait to show this emperor who I really was. I was so busy fuming I didn't hear Nakago mention something of another girl. From out of the shadows came a girl with short blonde hair. My heart almost stopped. In front of me was Yui Hongo, at the beginning of the school year Yui came to Azumano to take a semester. She and I became good friends and still wrote to each other. How she came into this realm was a question I needed answering. Yui's eyes widened at the sight of me.

"Aurora is that you?" she asked. I suddenly walked forward towards her and then I literally ran to her. I threw my arms around her neck.

"What the hell are you doing here Yui?!" I demanded at her.

"I was in the library in Tokyo and I heard something like a dragon's roar I followed the roar and it led me to a restricted room, there I found this red book"

"The Universe of the Four Gods?" I asked removing myself from her.

"How did?"

"I was brought here by the same exact book perhaps there are more copies and I promise I will get you out of here"

"Aurora thank you" Yui hugged me again.

"Nakago which one of these two girls is the Priestess of Seiryu?" the emperor inquired at Nakago. I guess I had to blow my cover here. As I turned around my sword suddenly lifted up from next to the emperor's chair and it burst into a ball of fire. The sword then flew straight towards me and I caught it with my right hand.

"She's the Priestess of Suzaku!" the emperor protested as he stood up. The flames from my sword didn't go out as I drew the blade out of its scabbard.

"Damn right I am how dare you contain the sword Suzaku gave me" I hissed at the emperor. I then turned to Nakago who had a smirk on his face. My hair suddenly came out its braid as I felt the flames of my sword surround me. Everyone in the room watched in awe as my whole body was engulfed in fire the flames didn't hurt me. I then let out a yell and swung my sword out in front of sending a spiral of flames to nearby guards. The guards all yelled and ducked to avoid getting scorched while I used that chance to grab Yui and run for it.

YAY!
Aurora got her sword back!
Next chapter will be a little more interesting. That feather thing she does with the guards and Tama is something she learned from her father XD