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Assisted by Chichiri's magical mysterious powers, the Priestess of Suzaku was able to communicate with the imprisoned Tamahome and the arrangement from Kutou. However, Nakago of the Seiryuu Seven executed a wicked plot designed to fort their plans. And so when Lady Aika along with Chichiri, Kurama, and Tasuki showed up at the scheduled meeting place to wait for Tamahome, their wait was a long one.
"Yui," Aika said before glaring at Nakago.
"It's been a while, Aika," Yui greeted with a cold tone. General Nakago appeared before them with a regiment of soldiers as well as Lady Yui, the Priestess of Seiryuu. "It seems like such a long time, Aika. You are looking well."
"I wish I could say the same now about you, Yui," Aika replied. She may still consider her a best friend, but with Yui's attitude, there was no talking her out of it.
"You idiots. You made so much noise, you announced your own arrival," Nakago said stepping up.
"I don't remember talking to you," Aika said coldly to him making him smirk at her.
"Aika, get back!" Tasuki said stepping in front of her. "Rekka Shinen!" He waved his fan, but no flames came out. Only a spark did anyway and that made Tasuki go bug eyed.
"Why am I not surprised? A spell of your own I presume?" Aika glared at Nakago.
"Pretty smart, aren't you, Aika? So, you're Tasuki. It's unfortunate that none of you can use your powers within the barrier I summoned," Nakago said as his hand glowed, pointing it at them. Kurama growled at him.
"Bastard," he snarled.
"Kurama…" Yui said surprised.
"Don't talk to me, scum!" Kurama growled at her making her flinch back. "You not only betrayed Aika, but you betrayed Naruto. I can tell he's angry with you," he stated making sadness appear in Yui's blue eyes.
"Kurama, enough," Aika said to him.
"Now then, whom shall be the first to die? Or will you leave the decision to me?" Nakago asked pointing his glowing at them.
"Nakago, wait," Yui said making a flicker of hope appear in Aika. "Where's the fun in killing them right away? We have guests so very rarely, why not entertain them?" Yui asked, sounding cold again.
"As you wish," Nakago replied. "Take them to the dungeon." Aika glared.
"You wish!" She retorted as she ran forward.
"No! Don't!" Tasuki and Chichiri shouted. Aika focused chakra into her fist and punched one of the soldiers, making him fly back. Aika smirked.
"Chichiri! Kurama! Tasuki! Run for it!" She ordered.
"No! We won't leave you!" Tasuki shouted.
"Forget it, Kit!" Kurama told her.
"Go! Now!" Aika shouted with a firm tone as she punched and kicked other soldiers. Chichiri placed his hand on Tasuki's shoulder before they disappeared. Kurama had also vanished. Aika was then grabbed.
"Fools, they can't escape the barrier. They're here somewhere on the palace grounds. Find them. Bring them back dead or alive. Rear guard, take the girl to the dungeon," Nakago ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The guards replied.
"Yui, where's Tamahome? Where is he?" Aika asked the blonde girl, doing her best not to glare.
"I don't know. In his room sleeping, I guess," Yui replied coldly. Aika glared a bit.
"Why do I find that hard to believe? You always sucked at lying, Yui. Also, I know Tamahome. When he makes a promise, he keeps it. He promised to meet me under that tree. You did something to him. Just wait, Yui, when I summon Suzaku, I'll get you back home," Aika promised. Her brown eyes showed that determination that Yui knew all too well. Aika was then taken away. 'At least the others got away from here. I just wish I knew where they were hiding now. Doesn't matter, soon I'll be out of here. I'll bring Tamahome home, summon Suzaku, get my wishes, and Yui and I will finally be able to go home,' she thought to herself.
"Nakago, what really did happen to Tamahome?" Yui asked the General. "That pill was poisonous, wasn't it?!" Nakago smirked.
"There is no need to worry, Lady Yui. He is being treated with the greatest of care. The greatest of care."
~0~
Aika was pushed into the cell and fell to the ground before glaring at the guard who threw her in.
"Behave yourself in there," he told her.
"Bite me!" She retorted.
"Keep your mouth shut or I'll shut it for you," the man glared at her.
"Oh, I'd like to see you try. How about I give you a hard punch to the face before you even reach me?" Aika smirked at him. The man growled and stomped away. "Watch her," he ordered the other guard as he left.
"Yes, sir," the other guard replied. Aika sighed and sat down on the ground, leaning against the wooden bars.
'Tamahome isn't in his room so he has to be locked up around here somewhere, right? I'll have to look for him. But I need Chichiri, Kurama, and Tasuki for that,' she thought.
"It's been a while," Yui said coldly. Aika frowned deeply.
'Yui…her voice was so flat and cold and her eyes were dull. Dead eyes. There has to be some way that it can go back to how it used to be,' she thought as she remembered her and Yui smiling and having a good time with Naruto. She suddenly felt something japing her. "What the hell-?" She turned and saw Kurama there.
"Heya, Kit. Ya miss me?" Kurama smiled slightly.
"Kurama," Aika smiled a bit before hugging him.
"We need to get out of here, Kit. Got a plan?" He asked as he nuzzled her a bit to comfort her. Aika thought for a second before smirking a she set him down.
"Oh yeah, I have a plan," she replied making the fox smirk as well. "Guard! Hey, guard! Hey, Mister! Guard!" She called before the guard came in.
"What is it? Keep quiet" He spat before gasping at what he saw. Aika had slipped on arm out of her vest and brought down her tank top and bra straps to make her cleavage show. She then hiked up her skirt.
"Hey, big strong soldier man. Ow, I think I hurt my leg. Can you rub it for me?" She asked seductively as she rubbed her upper thigh.
"Me?" The guard stammered with a blush.
"Please, I just can't stand it," Aika said with a lustful tone.
"Let me get this thing open!" The guard said unlocking the door quickly. Aika smirked.
'Operation: Seduction Trap; complete!' She thought happily. Kurama was watching her and blushing a bit.
'I'll be damned, where did she learn something so good?' He thought to himself as the guard came in.
"Now, Kurama!" Aika smirked.
"Got it!" Kurama said before pouncing at the guard. The man screamed bloody murder as Kurama clawed his eyes out.
"Remind me to thank Kurenai-Sensei for giving me a lesson in seducing the enemy," Aika said as she fixed her clothes.
"Oh trust me, I will!" Kurama told her.
~0~
The guards heard the man's blood curdling scream.
"Where'd that scream come from?" A guard asked.
"I don't know! Let's go see!" Another said before they all ran to go check it out.
"They're finally gone," Chichiri whispered before looking at a sulking Tasuki. "Oh, uh, what are you so happy about over there, Tasuki?"
"I'm pissed off!" Tasuki exclaimed from the other branch. "I can't believe we just abandoned Aika like that!"
"What else could we do? With the barrier sealed tight and our powers knocked out, there's no way we could've won that fight," Chichiri said with a serious tone.
"So what do you suggest we do now?" Tasuki asked.
"We wait here, suppress our life force, and move on when the time is right, ya know."
"We can't wait! Are you nuts or something?! We're here to help and if anything happened to her, I'll never forgive myself! What kind of Warrior-!" Tasuki freaked until Chichiri interrupted him.
"Don't worry!" Chichiri told him as he removed his mask to reveal his scarred face. "They will not kill Aika, ya know. I mean, no, I'm sure of it. The other girl will not let it happen, especially after what Kurama said to her," he stated.
~0~
Yui was looking out the window at the night sky before looking at the guards.
"Aika has escaped?" She asked.
"Yes, um, the cell was discovered empty except for one soldier left unconscious inside," one guard said remembering the guard. "I beg your pardon, my Lady?"
"Alright, I think I've got an idea," Yui smirked.
~0~
"This way!"
"Right!" The guards ran by. Aika peaked out from behind a pillar, holding Kurama.
'Tamahome, just where are you?' She wondered with worry before she began sneaking around. She soon made it outside and looked around. 'This place is so big, there's a chance I'll never find him. No, stop thinking like that, Aika,' she thought as she began walking. She soon stopped for a moment.
"D-do I smell…fish?" Kurama's mouth water. He jumped out of her arms and sniffed. "T-that sweet smell of fish…" he drooled. He took off running towards the smell.
"Kurama! Stop! Control your body, would ya?!" Aika scolded as she chased after him. She found him in a room and Kurama was drooling.
"It's…it's a wonderful feast! Can I eat it before we go?!" Kurama asked.
"No!" Aika replied before the door shut making Aika stiffen.
"Welcome, Aika and Kurama," Yui said making the two turn to see her. Yui chuckled with a smirk.
"Yui…" Aika glared a bit. She knew there was a trap and Kurama fell for it.
"Same old Kurama. You could never resist the smell of a freshly cooked meal, could you?" Yui smirked at the fox.
"I outta scalp you with my claws," Kurama growled as Aika picked him up.
"Well, don't just stand there. Let's sit down. After all, I had this food especially made for you two," Yui said to them as she took a seat. Aika and Kurama took a seat, eyes narrowed at Yui. "Go on. Eat. It's not poisoned or anything like that," Yui said before taking a drink. "In fact, it's good." Aika pushed her plate away.
"You of all people should know I don't trust the enemies cooking. Even if it was your idea, I don't trust it because of the ones who made it," she stated. Yui smirked a bit.
"I'm not surprised. I'll just say this, I will never let Tamahome go back to a rotten traitor like you. I could have killed you at any time, but that would be boring so I'm allowing you to live," Yui said with that cold and flat tone making Aika narrow her eyes again.
"You could have killed me? Yui, you refused to learn how to fight while I trained. Plus, the only one who would stand a chance at fighting me is Nakago," she stated making Yui glare. "You know it's true. Yui, I don't know how many more times I have to apologize for that terrible thing that happened to you, but-!" Water was thrown in Aika's face.
"There's nothing you can say that can do me any good now! You didn't even try to come and save me, did you?! So while I was taking all that abuse all you could think about was Tamahome and how to get him back again!" Yui glared at her. Aika wiped her face off before staring at Yui with a calm gaze while Kurama was growling at the blonde.
"Yui, while I do love Tamahome and yes, he was part of the reason I came back here, it just doesn't even matter if Tamahome were here or not. I still would have come back through the book. I would have still come back here because you are my best friend, Yui," Aika stated surprising Yui. Yui stood quickly.
"Just stop it right now! It's much too late for that kind of talk!" Yui revealing her scar. "As long as I have this scar, I will never forgive you. You won't get Tamahome," she said before going to leave.
"Yui, stop!" Aika said standing. She ran over and grabbed Yui's arm. "Will you just stop being an idiot and listen to me?! Tell me where Tamahome is and we can all go home!"
"No way!" Yui ripped her arm away.
"Yui, please! Think about our friends back home! Please, Yui!" Aika said to her as the door opened.
"I said 'let go'!" Yui shouted before shoving her into Tamahome. Aika turned and her eyes widened when she saw Tamahome. He was wearing a black shirt that had gold accents, black pants, black boots, a blush sash, and had a blue band on his forehead. He even had a blue stud earring in his left ear.
"Tamahome…" Aika murmured.
"Aika," Tamahome said to her. Aika smiled a bit and rested her head on his chest.
"I missed you. I missed you so much," she whispered.
"Aika, I did too," Tamahome said placing a hand on her shoulder. He then grabbed his nun-chucks from his belt.
"Aika, look out!" Kurama shouted before Tamahome smirked and pushed her away.
"I missed you so much!" Tamahome sneered before going to attack the stunned Aika with his weapon. It hit her in the arm, drawing blood which made her go back in to the table. Aika winced and held her arm.
"You son of a bitch!" Kurama growled at Tamahome as he stood in front of Aika.
"What makes you think you had the right to speak to me that way, obnoxious brat?!" Tamahome snarled at Aika. Aika leaned against the wall, her dark hair covering her eyes, shadowing them.
"It…can't be…" she whispered.
"Aika, soon we'll be together again," Tamahome smiled at her. The sound of the music box was playing after it had hit the flood. It then stopped and Tamahome walked up to her. "I don't want you talking to me like that ever again." A tear fell from Aika's cheek.
"No…t-this can't be happening," Aika whispered.
"Aika, I love you. I love you," Tamahome kissed her. Tamahome then went to attack her again.
"I refuse to believe it!" Aika exclaimed with a glare. Before she could catch it, it hit her hair making her black and purple hair clip fall out of her hair. The weapon had hit the wall beside her and Aika slid down the wall slowly as her bangs covered her right eye.
"I missed," Tamahome hissed.
"Tamahome, are you okay?" Yui asked concerned as Kurama ran over to Aika. Tamahome's eyes softened and he smiled at Yui.
"What's that, Yui?" He asked. Kurama glared at him with a growl. "Guard!" Tamahome called. Two guards walked in. "Get this disgusting girl out of here! Your little beast too!" He ordered. Aika was grabbed and led away with Kurama Aika looked back at Tamahome, hurt and betrayal in her eyes.
'Why? How could he do this?' She thought. "Tamahome! Tell me why! Why the hell did you betray me?! Tamahome!" She screamed as she was led out.
"Tamahome, why are you doing this? Have you changed your feelings about Aika?" Yui asked the Suzaku Warrior.
"What do you mean, Yui? That girl is your rival and enemy, isn't she?" Tamahome smiled at her before walking away.
"Tamahome, what happened?" Yui whispered as Tamahome took his weapon out of the wall. He saw the hair clip on the ground and suddenly saw Aika's sad face. He picked it up and looked at it.
"Lady Yui, Lord Tamahome, the General requests your presence," A guard said as Tamahome stood.
"Of course, I'll be right there," Tamahome replied putting the clip in his belt.
~0~
"Let go of me! Let go! Let me go, you bastards!" Aika shouted as she and Kurama struggled.
"Shut up and move!" A guard shouted at her.
"I told you to let me go! When I say 'let go', I mean LET GO!" She shouted before stomping on one of the guards' feet. The guard yelping in pain before Aika's injured arm was grabbed making her scream in pain.
"Leave her alone, you bastards!" Kurama growled as he struggles.
"Obnoxious brat!" Tamahome spat.
'I can't believe it…that was not my Tamahome,' Aika thought as she held her arm.
"Soon we'll be together again," Tamahome said before they kissed with the screen between them.
'He promised to meet me under that tree. Something happened to him and I have to find out what. I have to talk to him, snap him out of it,' Aika thought.
"Walk!" A guard ordered her.
"What are you doing there?" Nakago said making Aika look to see him.
"General," the guard said as Nakago looked at Aika.
"Do you really need all these men to attend to one young girl and a fox?" Nakago asked. Kurama caught the scent of him and smirked. He knew that scent well. "Well, my preference would be to simply kill you right here. You are the Priestess of Suzaku. A public execution would be a lot more useful to us," Nakago said before grabbing her other wrist and pulling her along before grabbing Kurama as well.
"Let go of me!" Aika shouted. She then suddenly realized, his grip wasn't harsh. It was gentle. Why would he care about being gentle with her?
"You may all return to your positions. I will take them to their chamber," Nakago said.
"Yes, sir!" The men replied. Aika glanced at Nakago and didn't see any hate in his eyes.
'Who is he really?' She thought to herself until her eyes widened. Nakago gave a slight smile to confirm what she thought. Aika hid her smile. 'I should have known.'
~0~
Chiriko was playing his flute while Nuriko was irritated.
"They're not back! They're late! Something must have gone wrong! They had more than enough time to do this!" Nuriko ranted. Hotohori was sitting in a chair, his hand cupping his chin.
'I was naïve to assume she would be safe with only Kurama, Chichiri, and Tasuki,' he thought with worry.
"Your Majesty…" Nuriko frowned. He then growled when it came to the flute. He then kicked Chiriko. "Chiriko! How can you play that at a time like this?! Don't you care at all?!" Chiriko got up with a groan.
"Don't interrupt me! I'm only trying to provide comfort to his Majesty's troubled heart!" Chiriko told him.
"Give me that flute!" Nuriko growled before the two started wrestling.
"No! I won't!"
"I can comfort him myself!"
"Obviously you can't!"
"Your Highness," Mitsukake piped up. "You seem to have a way with men." Hotohori sighed as he rubbed his forehead.
'Still, they are late. What has happened to you? Aika, Tamahome…' Hotohori thought worried.
~0~
'Nakago' was currently pulling Aika along while she looked around.
"I said let me go and I mean it!" She exclaimed as she put up an act. "I have to go back and see Tamahome!"
"Go back? You still think he'll be waiting under the tree like he said he would? If you don't behave, there's no telling what might become of your companions as well as yourself," 'Nakago' said to her.
"Speak for yourself, ya bastard!" Kurama shouted also putting up an act.
"Look there," 'Nakago' pointed to a tied up Chichiri and Tasuki.
"I think we can drop the act now," Aika smiled.
"And ruin all the fun?" 'Nakago' smiled at her.
"Please stop smiling like that. It looks weird when it comes to that bastard's face," Kurama muttered.
"Got a point, ya know," 'Nakago' said before turning into Chichiri. Tasuki shook off his gag while the other Chichiri disappeared.
"Chichiri! How dare you just leave me here tied up to a pole?!" Tasuki shouted.
"Well, you needed to believe in order to pull the whole thing off," Chichiri said before turning into Nakago, keeping the smiling face. "I look like him, don't I-?" Aika was on the ground laughing with Kurama. "Maybe too much, ya know. I made her laugh," Chichiri muttered.
"The day when Nakago acts like you is the day the worlds going to end," Aika giggled as she started to calm down.
"It'll be an apocalypse. That's why it's so funny!" Kurama chuckled. "Now, when did Kurenai teach you that seduction act?"
"Oh…when I was thirteen actually," Aika replied as she got up.
"Well, I'm glad she taught you that. It came in handy," Kurama smirked.
"What seduction act?!" Tasuki asked suddenly sounding like a protective brother.
"Just something that got me out of the prison cell," Aika replied.
~0~
Yui was walking, following behind Tamahome. It was quiet as she thought to herself. She suddenly stopped making Tamahome look at her.
"What's the matter, Yui?" He asked her.
"It's just that…it's so hard to believe, that's all," Yui replied.
"And what's that?" Tamahome inquired.
"That you would treat Aika so unkindly after all she meant to you in the past," she said to him. Tamahome smiled and walked up to her. He then wrapped his arms around her waist, surprising her.
"Don't you see? I belong to you," he said softly to her. Yui's eyes softened completely.
"I'm afraid this isn't the time or place," Nakago said making Tamahome let her go and look at him. "We have work to do first."
"Nakago," Yui said.
"Tamahome, come here to me," Nakago ordered.
"Yes, sir," Tamahome replied before going over to him.
"Remember, the followers of Suzaku are Lady Yui's enemies so they're yours too," Nakago stated.
"Yes, sir."
"It is your duty to dispose of the Priestess of Suzaku, that fox, and those two weakling Warriors as well."
"Yes, sir."
'Tamahome once hated Nakago and now look at them!' Yui thought stunned.
"If they catch sight of you, I'm sure they'll approach you immediately. Now go," Nakago ordered.
"Yes, sir," Tamahome replied before going to leave.
"T-Tamahome," Yui said making him stop.
"Yui, I'll finish them all off right away. Wait for me," Tamahome smiled at her before walking off.
"Tamahome?" She asked. She glared at Nakago. "Nakago, just what's going on here?! What has happened to Tamahome?! Is he like this because of the potion I gave him?!"
"Please calm down, Lady Yui. That potion has not harmed Tamahome's physical health in no way whatsoever. And besides, we now have quite a spectacle to look forward to," Nakago smirked.
~0~
"You know, you almost had me worried there for a second! When I first saw Nakago, I was freaking out! If it weren't for the fact that you had gently grabbed my wrist, I wouldn't have known!" Aika scolded Chichiri.
"Yeah, sorry about that, but that disguise did help me walk into the palace without any trouble, ya know," Chichiri said as he rubbed the back of his head. He then turned back into Nakago. "Can you forgive me, ya know?" He asked, looking and sounding like Nakago…except for the 'ya know'.
"Uh…yeah, just don't act like him around me. It makes want to beat you to a pulp," Aika muttered sweat-dropping.
"Stop clownin' around, would ya?" Tasuki asked Chichiri before looking at Aika's arm. "Hey, what happened to your arm?" He asked as he placed his hand gently on her arm. Aika winced harshly, biting her lip to hold back a scream of pain and placed her hand on her wound. "What did they do? Break your arm?! It's been hurt really bad!" He said actually sounding worried.
"Aika, who did this to you?" Chichiri demanded. Aika frowned and looked down.
'I can't tell them,' she thought. "N-nobody! I just fell when I was escaping from the dungeon! Anyway, we have to find Tamahome!" She said.
"Aika…" Kurama frowned.
"Kurama, who really did this?" Tasuki asked. Aika gave Kurama a pleading look.
"Tamahome did it. There's something wrong with him and I don't know what," Kurama said while the two men growled a bit in anger.
"We should head back and have Mitsukake heal you at once, ya know," Chichiri said to Aika. He stood up. "But I'll go look for Tamahome," he said turning back into Nakago. Tasuki placed his hands on Aika's shoulders gently.
"Chichiri will find Tamahome. In that disguise he can go anywhere. I'd go with him, but you need help. We need to stop this bleeding and anyway, Nakago's spell has wiped me out," Tasuki said as Aika looked down.
'Nakago's spell…could he have put a spell on Tamahome too?' Aika thought. She pulled out her handkerchief, accidently bringing out Tamahome's note that read 'I love you'. Aika looked at the note with sad eyes.
"I swear that I'll come back," Tamahome's voice rang in her head.
'The letter. Maybe if Tamahome sees it, he'll become himself again! I have to try!' She thought as Tasuki tied the handkerchief around her wound.
"Okay, this should do it for a little while at least," Tasuki said looking at his handy work.
"Ah! Nakago's doing a strip tease for the troops!" Aika pointed. Tasuki looked and Aika suddenly tied him back up against the pole, this time with Kurama tied up as well.
"What are ya doin'?! Why tie me up now?! If I said that I liked it, I was just jokin'!" Tasuki spazzed out.
"Let me go, Kit! I hate being tied up! You know that!" Kurama spazzed as well. Aika frowned as she held her injured armed.
"Kurama, Tasuki, I'm so sorry," she said before kissing Tasuki's cheek and running off.
"Aika!" The two called. Aika just kept running, holding her arm.
'I have to see Tamahome again,' Aika thought.
"I love you," Tamahome said to her.
'If he sees this letter….if he can just see this…' Aika thought, gripping the letter in her hand as Tamahome was out looking for the Suzaku Warriors.
~0~
"The Priestess of Suzaku headed for the meeting place under the giant tree, her arm in excruciating pain," Naruto read as he winced from the pain in his arm. Sakura tried to heal it, but nothing worked.
~0~
Aika grunted and fell to her knees before looking at her arm.
'I have to make it. I have to get to that tree again. If I wait under the tree one more time, I know Tamahome will be there,' she thought before standing up. 'I know Tamahome will come,' she thought before she took off running to the tree once again.
Kida: Tamahome...YOU JERK!
Tamahome: It's not my fault! I was under a spell!
Kida: That mean nothing to me, ya weakling! You hurt my OC! My poor Aika!
Naruto: I should kill you! Believe it!
Kida: Go for it, Naruto!
Naruto: *Attacks Tamahome*
Kida: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Please favorite and comment!