2nd Gen Suzaku
Chapter Two
Priestess

Later that evening, Mei-Hua stood on a stage being introduced and congratulated. When Shou-Tamahome saw her on the stage he ran forward to apologize to her before he was killed when from out of the sky a girl dressed in foreign pants and shirt right onto the stage in front of the princess. Mei-Hua stared at the foreigner and then sighed as she was carried away half dazed.

Mei-Hua stepped down from the stage and said she was tired. As she walked along the corridors to her room away from the festivities Shou-Tamahome ran up to her. Panting for breath he then said, "Excuse me princess," he fell to his knees and bowed, "I am sorry for hitting you earlier…please forgive me I did not realize who you were…" Mei-Hua paused and then slapped him hard across the face. She glared at him and began to walk as he followed.

"Please I am sorry…I most likely deserved that slap," He said meekly, "But I am so…."

"Shut up you idiot…I don't want to hear your pitiful apologies. You're not sorry…even if I were not the princess I will make you pay justice. You hit a girl…and for that you do not care. You hit a princess and the you fear…but do not care." Mei-Hua sneered as she drew her sword. She took the sword and went to Shou-Tamahome's throat and made a slight cut. She then smirked and put her sword away.

"No, I can't kill you, not when the priestess of Suzaku has reappeared. And do not think I fear you for being Tamahome…I am Hotohori. It took a lot of convincing to get my fathers old sword…but I am Hotohori and now it is mine. You may address me as HotoHua." She said with a polite tone. In reply all Shou-Tamahome said was, "Yes…and you can call me TamaShou…but whatever suits you is alright of course."

For a long while TamaShou followed HotoHua when she finally asked, "Why will you not leave me?" and all he said was, "Because I want to see the priestess too…" At that HotoHua drew her sword and then screamed for guards. When the guards arrived she told them that this boy hit her. TamaShou was completely amazed at how she was capable of getting him in trouble without telling a single lie…he was immediately thrown into the dungeon and was knocked unconscious.

Time went by in the cells when he awoke there was a girl lying down with a pencil in her hand. She wrote on a piece of paper furiously and he wondered what she wrote. She looked up from her piece of paper and bobbed her head at him in acknowledgment. He waved at her and sat up rubbing his head when he heard a sound within the shadows. He and the girl in the cell with him looked to where the sound seemed to come from.

Out from the shadows stepped a girl properly dressed in a kimono. She had a ponytail tied up in an awkward position and was seemingly tall for her age.

"Welcome to our world Priestess of Suzaku." The girl began, "I am Shuang-Yuu, the second Chiriko. Please simply call me Chiko, Priestess…" Shuang-Yuu stopped and listened. Instinct told her that someone was coming but there was no sound and her brain said she was hallucinating. Some one was there, "Show yourself…silent you are but I am Chiriko of the Suzaku seven I know you are there…" Chiko said threateningly. She looked back and forth when no one stepped out. TamaShou and the out worlder looked around worried. Once more out of the shadows Mei-Hua, HotoHua showed herself. She looked with a curious look at the out worlder.

"I'm not a circus freak ya know?" She quickly scribbled down something and then seemed to check it off, "Hotohori, Chiriko, and Tamahome on my first night. Pretty good…hi my name is Kaiwei." At Kaiwei's words everyone seemed aghast. She smiled and then said, "I know all about The Universe Of The Four Gods…I wasn't sure if it was real…Miaka, Yui, Nakago…I thought all of you were just a television series. But hey, I was wrong…so I gotta find Nuriko, Tasuki, Chichiri, and Mitsukake right?" Kaiwei said slightly upset. HotoHua exhaled and then said, "Welcome Kaiwei, I am Mei-Hua but you can call me HotoHua. Follow me…I also know why you are here…" HotoHua finished as she unlocked the cell door and lead everyone up the stairs and through long corridors.

She lead them to a room that was larger and more lavished then the others, and on the bed was the empress Houki. HotoHua gave a small smile and then introduced the Priestess of Suzaku. At that the Empress' face turned bitter and she gave an icy glare…