Ken woke up and looked around the room she was in. "W-Where am I?!" She cried. She rubbed
her head then laid back down. "Oh yea. I'm in the Hokkan palace. Last night there was a
small celebration cuz I decided to be the Genbu no Miko..." She thought, staring at the
ceiling. She reached up and stared at her hand. "I wonder how hard this will be..."

"KEN! KENNY!!!!!"

Ken jumped out of bed and ran to the door. "What?! What's wrong?!" She asked. She sweatdropped
as she heard Uruki burst out laughing. She opened the door and narrowed her eyes. "Next time ya
scream for me, there had better be somethin` wrong." She grumbled, slamming the door. Uruki
continued to laugh, LOUD. Ken walked over to the door. Opened it, and threw water at the laughing
Genbu seishi.

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"AHA!! I am soooo ready for this." Uruki said happily, stretching his arms. He helped Ken onto their
horse, then got on himself. "Sayonara, Emperor. We'll return with the rest of the seishi." Uruki told
him. The Emperor nodded, then looked at Ken. He held up a sheathed sword. "Take this. It'll protect you."
He told her. Ken nodded. "Hai. Arigato." She replied, taking it.

Uruki turned semi-sd. "What?! Don't you think I'm strong enough to protect her?! I'm the one who found her,
ya know!" Uruki stated. The Emperor nodded. "Oh yes. I can't forget about you." He replied, smiling. Uruki
turned back to normal and looked away grumbling.

The Emperor chuckled. "Well, you two please be safe and have a nice journey. Return when you find them all,
or someone gets injured." The Emperor said. Uruki nodded and nudged the horse to move. "SEE YA!" Uruki yelled,
waving. Ken waved back. She looked down. "So...this is it. I'm the Genbu no Miko." She thought.

(Wow!! This is like, weird! But, Uruki's with me!! He's so sweet to be taking me! I hope that we can find the
other seishi, and quickly! I wonder if they are all men. Or if its coed. Oh well. I just hope they're nice, and
not stubborn.)

*****

They rode for about two hours before stopping in a small village. Ken hopped off the horse and went to an old man.
"Excuse me! But, do you know if there are any people here with symbals on their body?" She asked. The man looked at
her strangely. "No, not that I am aware of. Sorry." He replied.

Uruki came over to Ken. "So, any seishi here?" He asked. Ken shook her head. "Not that these people are aware of."
Ken told him. Uruki nodded, then turned his attention to a small child. He watched the child as she looked around, and
snatched a pouch of money from someone's sash, without them noticing. "HEY!" He ran over and grabbed the child.

"Lemmie go! Aneki!!" The girl cried, strugglin to get away from Uruki. Another child came out of nowhere, weilding a
spear as long as herself. "Leave my sister alone!" The girl threatened, raising the spear towards Uruki. Uruki blinked,
then laughed. "If you are gonna make threats, maybe you should learn how to weild that thing first." He told her, easily
taking it from her.

The girl Uruki was holding chomped down on his hand. "OW! HEY!" Uruki rubbed his hand. "Why you little..." He growled.
The older girl stepped in front of her little sister. The character 'cow' appeared on her left cheek. "Don't touch my
little sister!" Ken stepped forward. "You're a Genbu Seishi?" Ken asked.

The girl nodded. "Hai! My name is Iname. What's it t` ya?!" Inami snapped. Ken sweatdropped. "Oh great. A smart mouth."
She said. Iname's little sister stepped forward, the character 'wall' appeared on her right cheek. "Hai! I'm also a Genbu
seishi! I'm Namane!" She giggled.

Uruki got on his knees so he was face-to-face with Namane. "You realize you bit my hand, right." He said cooly. Namane
nodded. "Hai. I did. You need to bathe more often." She told him, sounding and looking very adorable. Ken grinned. "You
two are so cute!" She exclaimed, grinning.

Iname and Namane gave Ken cute looks. "So, are you the Genbu no Miko or somethin`??" They both asked. Ken nodded. "Hai, I
am." She said.
"A-hem?"
Ken turned around and saw a rather ticked off Uruki. "What about me? Am I just manure or somethin`??" He grumbled. Namane
nodded. "Hai, Mr. Woman!" She said happily.

Uruki's symbol flashed. "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME??!" He yelled, clenching his fist. All three girls turned sd. "EEP!" They
cried. "Big evil scary seishi!" Ken grumbled, whacking him on the head. Namane and Iname looked at each other, then looked
at the two. "Are you two married?" Iname asked.

Ken and Uruki sloooowly turned and looked at her. They slooooowly got down low enough so they were both face-to-face with
Iname. "NO!" They both replied.
Namane got into the annoying act.
"Ya sure?"
"YES!"
"We don't believe you!"
"Believe us!"

******