Sekowari: Real short chappie here. Guess who finds the lotto ticket? You got it -- little miss Lirin. Hehehe...

Chapter 11 -- Look What I Found!

Somewhere far, far away (in Neverland…or not), a happy little youkai named Lirin was bouncing around in the forest. Stopping for a rest, she sat down in front of a large tree. Just as she was about to doze off, she spotted something white in the corner of her eyes. Lirin turned to see a piece of paper hanging on a twig (Sekowari: What? I couldn't think of anything else!)

"Hn? What's this?" She gently pried the paper off, and peered at it. It looked quite strange to her indeed, with numbers and words typed out on the surface. Lirin shrugged and said, "Whatever. I'll go show the others."

"Onnniii-chhaaan!" Kougaiji stopped after hearing his sister call him. A moment later, he saw her racing towards him.

"What is it?"

"Kougaiji onii-chan, look what I found!" Lirin happily showed him the 'white piece of paper', or lotto ticket, as we all know. The youkai prince stared at it, and handed it to Doku and Yaone, who were standing beside him.

"Any idea of what this is?"

Yaone observed it carefully. "What's…a 6-49?"

"Beats me."

Lirin's eyes lit up. "Can I eat it? AHAHA!"

Kougaiji didn't really seem to care. "It's not important. Just throw it away." Doku was about to do so when Lirin stopped him.

"Ie! I found it, so I should keep it!"

Yaone objected. "Lirin-sama, you shouldn't be collecting things that won't be of any use!" Lirin whined at them. Sighing, Kougaiji said, "It's alright, Yaone, she can keep it."

"…Hai."

"YAYZ! WHOOHOO!" And so, the lotto ticket of the Ichiban-ikkou was now in the hands of the Kougaiji-tachi. Lirin has no idea how precious the 'paper' is…teehee…Let's all pray she doesn't lose it.

Back in the village inn…

Yasuko was sitting and staring out the window of her room. The weather was pleasant. Closing her eyes, she said to herself, "Wonder where that ticket could be…I miss home…"

Sekowari: R/R! I can't believe that only a few people have reviewed. This is so sad...