Kida: Okay, I love this chapter...but I kinda hate it too.

Kido: Why?

Kida: *Glares at Yui* Oh, you're about to find out.

Naruto: It has to do with why you hate Yui, right?

Kida: Ding ding ding, we have a winner, ya know!

Chichiri: Hey! That's my catch phrase, ya know!

Kida: *Grins* Please do the disclaimer please!

Chichiri: Okay! Kida Tenshi doesn't own Naruto or Fushigi Yuugi, ya know. She only owns Aika Hitsubasa and any future OCs. Enjoy, ya know!

The Priestess of Suzaku, Lady Aika, traveled to the enemy land of Kutou on her lone quest to find her closest friend, the Lady Yui. After meeting the handsome, but mysterious Kutou General, Nakago, along the way, the Lady Aika was taken to the Kutou Palace. There, as though guided by divine luck of Suzaku, she was at last safely reunited with the Lady Yui.

"Yui!" Aika hugged her best friend as her bag fell. But in that moment, Nakago made a discovery.

"Highness, she was carrying Suzaku's Universe of the Four Gods," Nakago stated making Aika frown. The General had discovered the Lady Aika's identity as the Priestess of Suzaku. "I suspected as much when I saw what she was wearing."

"Guards, seize the imposter!" The Emperor ordered. The guards brought their spears up and Aika held Yui behind her with a kunai in hand.

"Aika!" Yui gasped seeing this side of Aika that was ready to fight.

"Just stay close to me, Yui," Aika said to her. A soldier ran up and kneeled.

"Forgive my intrusion, Emperor, but strangers have broken through the main gate and are loose inside the palace! Your command, sir?" He asked. Aika smirked.

'Hotohori, I should have known,' she said getting the feeling it was his soldiers. "It's time to go, Yui," she said before kicking two of the soldiers down. She grabbed Yui's hand and ran.

"Go after them and make sure the Lady Yui comes to no harm," Nakago ordered.

"Yes, sir!" The men said before going after the girls.

"I really need to work on my endurance," Yui panted.

"Trust me, being here will help," Aika said to her friend before they hid in a storage room. Aika kept a look out.

"Any sign of them?" A soldier asked.

"No, they could be hiding anywhere," another said as Aika closed the door quietly. Yui looked around and found a small box, picking it up.

"Aika, what do we do now?" She asked.

"We have to make it out of this palace and make it to Konan," Aika replied looking at her friend.

"Konan?"

"Yes, Yui. If you become the Priestess of Seiryuu for the kingdom of Kutou, it will make us enemies," Aika stated while her friend turned the handle on the box.

"Aika…" Yui set the box down and Aika grabbed her hand.

"Tamahome and the others would be glad to welcome you into their homes," she said trying to persuade her friend.

"Tamahome…" Yui smiled a bit. Aika frowned when she saw a scar on Yui's wrist.

"What's this? Yui, where did this scar come from?" She asked. Yui took her hand back and held her own wrist.

"Don't worry, it was only a minor cut. Not as bad as it looks. It was three months ago when a blue light came out of the Book of the Universe of the Four Gods at the library. I think that's when I got hurt."

"Are you sure that General guy…?" Aika raised an eyebrow.

"No! He helped me a lot. I was so confused. Nakago saved me," Yui told her.

"I see. I take it his blonde hair and blue eyes means he's a foreigner, right?" Aika asked.

"Yup! He's a foreigner from the far west, a kingdom no one's ever been too," Yui explained.

"Huh, you know, if he were a knuckle head, I could swear he and Naruto could be brothers! Hell, I sometimes think you and Naruto are siblings," Aika muttered. Yui giggled and nodded in agreement. The blond hair and blue eyes were close to the same. They suddenly hear noise outside. Aika's eyes narrowed and she moved Yui to hide with her. She kept a kunai close in case she needed to attack and protect them. She heard the door open and knew a soldier was looking inside.

"They in there?"

"No," he replied before closing the door. Aika let out a small sigh of relief.

~0~

Tamahome punched one guard and then another before using his elbow and kicking. Tamahome then let a slow breath out before seeing the blonde haired General walk up.

"You're one of the Suzaku Seven," Nakago mused seeing the ogre mark on Tamahome's forehead.

"What have you done with Aika?" Tamahome glared.

"You bear the mark of the ogre. Coming here by yourself to find the Priestess is very brave, Tamahome, but when fools get brave they end up dead."

"I asked what you did with Aika," Tamahome said trying to stay calm.

"You did, you may as well give up because you're not getting her back," Nakago told him.

"Too bad…for you," Tamahome jumping up. He went to kick him until Nakago smirked and slapped his ankle away. Tamahome landed behind him and hissed when his ankle throbbed. "He hardly even connected. This guy is good," he said under his breath. Chichiri showed up on the roof of the gate.

"I better help!" He said before doing a seal with his hands to freeze Nakago. "Tamahome, I froze him! Get out of there!"

"Thanks, Chichiri!" Tamahome said standing before running into the palace. Nakago smirked.

"Oh, you brought a friend with you I see," he mused before closing his eyes. Once he opened them, he was free of the spell and Chichiri disappeared. "The Suzaku Seven, how very amusing."

~0~

"Aika, what are we doing? We're not going to accomplish anything by hiding," Yui said to her best friend who was looking through her bag.

"The scroll! The Universe of the Four Gods!" Aika said not seeing it.

"Yes, what about it? And why are you yelling?" Yui asked her.

"Yui, without Suzaku's Universe of the Four Gods, I'll never find all the Suzaku Seven. I have to get it back!" Aika said standing up.

"Wait, we can't let them capture you!" Yui said grabbing her wrist.

"But if I don't have the scroll then I'll never find the other three Suzaku Warriors and we'll never get out of here," Aika stated as she opened the door. She then sighed. "Well, I can get that after I get you out of here. Come on, and stay close," she told her friend. She opened the door and found no one there. She took Yui's hand and ran out.

"There they are!" A guard said seeing them. Aika glared and had her kunai ready to attack. Suddenly the guard was knocked out and fell down revealing Tamahome.

"Crap! Tamahome!" Aika squeaked and hid behind Yui knowing she was in big trouble. Tamahome walked up and Yui blushed.

"You, you must the girl Aika is always talking about. Your name's Yui, am I right?" Tamahome smiled kindly at her.

"Y-you know me?" Yui asked blushing with a smile.

"We better get out of here," Tamahome said. He started to run until he grunt and fell to his knees, holding his ankle.

"What's wrong?" Aika asked worried.

"Are you hurt?" Yui asked equally worried.

"Not bad considering how that foreigner hit on me," Tamahome replied. Aika knelt down beside him.

"There must be a way to solve this. I'll find him and have a word with him," Yui said before going to leave. Aika grabbed her hand.

"Yui-!"

"I'll make sure you guys go back to Konan safely with the Universe of the Four Gods and me as well!" Yui smiled before running off.

"Yui, wait!" Tamahome called.

"Don't worry! I think he'll do what I ask!" Yui called back.

"Yui…" Aika frowned.

"Aika, why did you knock me out and run off?" Tamahome demanded gently as Aika frowned at him.

"Because…"

~0~

"You haven't found the Lady Yui and the Priestess of Suzaku? Fools, search again!" Nakago ordered.

"Sir!" The guards said before running of to find the two girls.

"Nakago?" Yui asked making Nakago turn to see her.

"Lady Yui, we've been looking for you," Nakago said, almost sounding a bit relieved. "Helping the Priestess of Suzaku escape is not something we expected out of you. You are the Priestess of Seiryuu after all."

"I'm not the Priestess of Seiryuu, Nakago! I never agreed to it and I won't now! Aika is my friend! I believed you when you said Aika forgot about me, but find out it's a lie! All this time, she's been looking for me in another kingdom! Give me Suzaku's Universe of the Four Gods! I'm going to Konan with my friend Aika!" Yui shouted at him. The blonde man wasn't fazed a bit.

"Very well, you're free to do as you please, Priestess. Take it," Nakago said calmly as he handed it to her. As soon as she grabbed it, he grabbed her scared wrist. "However, I don't believe your friend cares about you as deeply as you seem to care about her. Do you remember the violence and brutality you suffered when she left you in this world three months ago?" He asked. Yui remembered men ripping her clothes off and smacking her. She ripped her wrist out of his grip. "I took care of you and I always will. Go to the shrine hall if you change your mind, Priestess of Seiryuu." Yui ran away from him.

~0~

Aika had helped Tamahome into the storage room and were now standing in an uncomfortable silence.

"Why wouldn't you let me come along just to protect you? You knocked me out cold," Tamahome told her as he traced the designs on a music box.

"I can take care of myself, Tamahome. And besides, this was something between me and my friend and nobody else," Aika told him as she avoided his gaze.

"So it was basically none of my business," Tamahome said in an angered tone before opening the music box that began to play. Aika frowned. "Do you want me to leave you alone from now on?"

~0~

Yui smiled as she made her way back to Tamahome and Aika, holding the scroll.

'At last, I can go back to Konan with Aika and be closer to Tamahome.'

~0~

Tamahome grabbed Aika by the shoulders and made her look at him. What he did surprised her. He kissed her. What they didn't know was that Yui saw them. Tamahome pulled away and looked Aika in the eye.

"Tamahome…"

"Don't you realize the reason I wanna protect you so badly is because I'm in love with you?" Tamahome asked her. Aika felt her heart warm and beat even faster.

"Of course I know that. It's the whole reason I came back from my world. I couldn't forget about you. I knew no matter what, I had to be with you. And that's why I knocked you out in the forest. I couldn't bear it if you got hurt just because of me," she said to him. Yui listened and her eyes widened, feeling hurt and betrayed thinking her friend didn't care about her. Tamahome pulled Aika into his arms.

"You little fool," he chuckled slightly.

'Tamahome…' Yui thought hurt.

"Do you remember the violence and brutality you suffered when she left you in this world three months ago?" Nakago asked. Yui looked at the scar on her wrist. She suddenly heard the rain and thunder from outside as she gripped the scroll. Aika cupped Tamahome's cheeks gently making him smile softly before they shared a soft, loving kiss. They pulled away when they heard Yui.

"Aika, I did it! I-I got Suzaku's Universe of the Four Gods!" Yui said running in to make it look like she hadn't heard them. "We got everything we need. Come on! I'll come with you to Konan!" They left the storage room and Aika linked her arm with Yui's, smiling.

"This is so great. Finally back together again. Too bad Naruto couldn't be here with us, huh?" She asked her best friend. Yui smiled at her.

"Yeah," she said before looking ahead.

"Do you remember the violence and brutality you suffered when she left you in this world three months ago?" Nakago asked.

"I love you. That's why I came back here," Aika told Tamahome. Those two voices just echoed in Yui's head. "Yui, what's the matter?" Aika asked concerned, snapping her out of thought.

"Huh? Oh, don't worry about me. It's nothing."

"You know, this seems way too easy," Tamahome said to the girls.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. It's weird that golden boy is causally letting us walk out of the Kutou Palace like this. But yet he saved Yui and gave back the scroll. Maybe he's not all bad," Aika figured.

"Yeah, well, he seemed nasty enough to me," Tamahome retorted. They then made it to a blue gate.

"Is this the way out?" Aika asked her friend.

"No, but there's something I wanna show you. Will you wait outside, Tamahome?" Yui asked as Aika opened the door.

"I guess," Tamahome replied. Aika walked in and suddenly lightning and thunder roared as the dragon Seiryuu was revealed. Aika let out a small scream. "Aika! What's going on?!" Tamahome asked before going to run inside. He was suddenly thrown back by a barrier. "What was that?!" He asked seeing the doors close as Chichiri appeared beside him. "Chichiri."

"Oh shut!" Chichiri exclaimed.

"That's a pun, right?" Tamahome asked before Chichiri kicked him.

"It's a warded barrier of Seiryuu, ya know! None of Suzaku's Warriors will be able to get in!"

"What?!"

~0~

Aika looked at the large gold dragon statue as the water fountains kept running. She stayed close by Yui.

"I don't even know why I got freaked out there for a second. I was never good with thunder…" Aika said with a sheepish and embarrassed laugh.

"You were the only one who was scared," Yui said to her.

"I wasn't scared! What makes you think I was scared?" Aika asked looking away embarrassed and stubborn.

"It's funny," Yui said looking away.

"Huh?" Aika looked at her.

"I was just wondering, what would have happened if I had been the come here instead of you the first time. What if it was me instead of you? I would have ended up as the Priestess of Suzaku, wouldn't I? And I'm sure Tamahome would have ended up falling in love with me instead of you," Yui said with a bitter tone that surprised Aika.

"You mean…but I-!" Aika suddenly gasped and fell to her hands and knees, feeling a searing pain throughout her body. "I-I feel numb. This can't…"

"Does it hurt? This place is a shrine of Seiryuu in case you were wondering. Now your beloved Tamahome won't be able to help you."

"I-it's a trick. Yui, what are you doing? How could you?" Aika chocked out before groaning when Yui grabbed her hair in a tight fist to make her look up.

"You tricked me, didn't you?! You didn't come back here for me! It's only your desire for Tamahome that made you return! Isn't that right? You've had it easy from the beginning! You had someone who cared about you! For me it was just the opposite! Do you have any idea of what I went through when I first got to this nightmare world?!" Yui asked as tears flood down her cheeks. "What kind of pain I went through?!" She asked as a drop landed on Aika's cheek. Aika opened her eyes to see the tears.

"Yui…"

"Everything that happened to me was your fault!" Yui shouted before throwing her down, Aika's head hitting the ground. "I love Tamahome far more than you do, Aika! And now, I'm going to take him for myself!" She said before Aika grunted as she got up, trying to ignore the pain.

"Yui, what happened to you?" She asked looking up at the girl she thought was her best friend. She suddenly felt Nakago's presence and took out her kunai, ready to attack.

"Pretty impressive for a Priestess, Aika," a familiar male's voice said.

"You son of a bitch, you tricked her!" Aika growled with a glare.

"Nakago," Yui said before the shadow figure came into the light.

"I'm here, Priestess of Seiryuu," Nakago said.

"Aika, my servant, may I present the great General Nakago, one of the Seiryuu Seven. No need to pout," Yui smirked.

"Yui!" Aika exclaimed.

"See you around, Aika," Yui said before walking away.

"Yui, wait!" Aika shouted to her friend before Nakago blocked her way.

"Until the summoning of Seiryuu is finished here, no one must interfere here," Nakago said before the mark on his forehead glowed blue. Aika screamed and was blown back as she got some cuts on her. "Your presence is a threat to the ceremonial summoning of Seiryuu by the Priestess. You pose a threat to my country as well. You will never return to Konan." Aika just glared at him.

"Suddenly your voice annoys me," she said sounding like a smart ass. She looked at her friend. "Why did you betray me, Yui?"

"'Why' she asks? That takes a lot of nerve. I know you never really considered me your best friend. Those were just hollow, empty words. I know the truth now. Even after what happen, I waited faithfully for three long months for you to come back and get me out of here!" Yui shouted. "Now what? Will you betray Naruto next if he came here?! Huh?!"

"This'll be a first the first I ever called you this, but you're a god damn idiot, Yui!" Aika shouted surprising the girl. "I did come here for you! When Naruto and I learned you were gone, we were worried! I told him I thought you went into the book and packed all I needed before coming back! I looked for you in Konan, but you weren't there! I went to Tamahome to get help! I then practically ditched him to come look for you here as soon as I heard about the Priestess of Seiryuu! I came to enemy lands to look for you knowing I would be risking my own life for the Sage of the Six Path's sake!"

~0~

Tamahome ran and hit the door with his shoulder only to be thrown back by the barrier, Chichiri catching him.

"Dammit! There's no way I can bust that door down myself! What about you, Chichiri? Can you get us in?" Tamahome asked.

"I'll give it a try, ya know," Chichiri said determined.

~0~

Aika stood up, ignoring the stinging from her cuts.

"Yui, tell me what happened. What could have made you so angry and bitter that you'd betray your own best friend?" Aika asked her friend.

"Nakago!" Yui commanded. The mark on his forehead glowed again. Aika screamed as she received more injuries and was thrown at the door. Something invisible caught her before she reached impact. Chichiri revealed himself and Aika looked at him.

"That was pretty close. If I had let you hit the wall at that speed, you would have cracked it, ya know."

"Chichiri…." Aika whispered. Nakago saw a piece of cloth was ripped from Chichiri's knee.

"So, a servant of Suzaku who can enter a protected shrine through a warded barrier. Ah, you're the one who cast that spell on me before," he said.

"I'm tricky that way, ya know!" Chichiri told him. He set Aika down and held her close as he used a magic attack that looked like an explosion around them. The area was destroyed as Nakago protected Yui. Nakago looked over to see Chichiri protecting Aika. The door had broken open as well and it revealed Tamahome.

"Tamahome," Yui said.

"Very impressive, but there's still no way a Warrior of Suzaku can breach the warded barrier," Nakago said as Chichiri held Aika.

"Aika!" Tamahome called. Tamahome's ogre mark glowed and he tried to force his way through the barrier, getting electrocuted.

"Tamahome!" Chichiri called worried as Tamahome kept forcing his way.

"Tamahome…" Yui said surprised.

"Stand back, Priestess," Nakago said as he stood in front of her protectively, glaring at Tamahome.

"What did…you do…to…Aika?!" Tamahome roared as his shirt was ripped off from the lighting. "I asked you a question, dammit!" Tamahome growled as he ran through and punching the surprised blonde. Tamahome panted as some of his knew cuts bled. He then ran over to Aika and Chichiri. "Aika, I'm here. Speak to me," Tamahome said worried.

"Tamahome…" Aika whispered before leaning against him. Tamahome wrapped his arms around her, holding her close but gently.

"Tamahome, get into this hat with Aika. It'll take you to them, ya know! Hurry!" Chichiri said handing Tamahome his straw hat. Tamahome took it.

"Take us to who?" Tamahome asked. Nakago stood and Chichiri stood protectively in front of Tamahome and Aika.

"Beat it while I got pretty boy occupied!" Chichiri shouted. Nakago's mark glowed and attacked Chichiri who used his magic to block it. "Hurry!"

"You got it," Tamahome said.

"Wait, what about Yui?" Aika asked looking at her best friend.

"We are leaving, come on!" Tamahome shouted at Yui, holding his hand out to her. Yui just frowned. "Come on!"

"No, Priestess!" Nakago said standing in front of her. He then sent another attack to Tamahome and Aika until Chichiri blocked it again.

"Chichiri!" Tamahome shouted.

"You two get out of here! I'll be right behind you!" Chichiri yelled.

"Get inside the hat!" Tamahome told Aika.

"Not without Yui!" Aika argued. There was another attack and Chichiri blocked it before falling to his hands and knees.

"Chichiri!" Tamahome and Aika shouted. Chichiri looked at them to reveal the scar on his face.

"Get goin'!" Chichiri yelled at them.

"Chichiri…" Aika whispered.

"Get going," Tamahome gently ordered before encouragingly pushing her in. "Yui, I promise I'll be back to save you," he said stunning the blonde girl. He then disappeared into the hate before Chichiri picked up the hate with a smirk.

"Play time is over, ya know," he said before disappearing under the hat.

~0~

"The Suzaku Seven were unable to triumph over Seiryuu, but they weren't defeated either. They had saved their Priestess. What now?! This guy Nakago is powerful enough to take them all on!" Naruto exclaimed.

"You're telling me. But they don't have all the Warriors yet. Maybe all Seven are needed in order to defeat him," Sasuke said to him.

"I don't know….Yui…" Naruto frowned sadly. Sasuke frowned a bit and placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "H-how could she do this? She's normally very reasonable…"

"I don't know, Naruto. That I don't know."

~0~

"Priestess, I apologize. I don't know how they broke through the barrier," Nakago said as the area was flooded with water.

'Tamahome did it. The barrier could not keep him from Aika.'

"I will be more careful the next time," Nakago added before Yui looked at the scar on her wrist.

"It's okay, Nakago. They won't fall easily. What fun would that be?"

Kida: Yui...get out of my laboratory!

Kido: You watched Dexter's Lab too much.

Kida: And I'll kill her in ways Dexter could never imagine if she doesn't get out! This is where I conduct my writing experiments!

Yui: *Gulps a bit* I-I'll be back...when she's less upset. *Runs*

Kida: DON'T EVEN COME BACK THEN! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Tamahome finally kissed Aika! *Fan girl screams* Please favorite and comment!