Chapter 1: Establishing the Mikos

Alex stood in front of a very tall and very old man. i He's the Emperor? /i she thought. When she thought of emperor's she always saw a handsome man with beautiful eyes, sexy as the heavens, YOUNG! and that had hair. Not a dull, old balding man that was defentily not sexy as.. Well anything! His name was San Lung-Chin and he was UGLY and he didn't have an excuse for it either. When he smiled at her and showed his teeth she saw quite a few where missing.

"Well Alex-San," He began. Alex also noticed he had very bad breath, "where are you from?"
"Umm, well you see, that is aaaaaa......." She didn't know how to tell him. Maybe he did know where it was. " I'm from New Brunswick, Canada." She tired to smile and look inccent but it didn't work.
"Is that far from here?" He questioned. "Is it near Hokkon, Kouto, or Koano?"
Those words stung her ears and hurt her head. i Where are they? Not on earth./i Then it hit her.....i I'M IN THE BOOK!!!/i She looked at the Emperor. "No, actually I could explain it.. But I don't think you'd believe me." Her words came out so fast she could hardly understand them... i Will he believe me?/i
"Tell me boy." He barked. His general stepped beside him.
The general was a tall man with long flowing black hair and beautiful brown eyes. From what she could tell he was quite built. i He should be the Emperor!/i She thought to herself.
"Well I bought my best friend this unique looking book for her birthday. We read the first page and it said like "Turn the next page and unlock the power." so us being stupid turned the next page. Then next thing I knew I was here." She paused and then added. "By the way, I'm a female." After saying that she grinned.

(In the Genbu Palace)
"Emperor Wang, I have brought the girl as requested." Keiko announced once they entered "the throne room". Hinatana looked him over and thought he was average looking. He was in his early 20's with short black hair and easy eyes. She liked him.
"I understand you are from another place far from here. Am I correct?" He said in a hypnotic tone. Hinatana sort of swayed to it.
"Yes I am." She replied and tried not to let the drool leave her mouth.
"I have a proposal for you then Miss??"
"Kagumi."
"Well then Kagumi-San, I wish for you to become Genbu no miko." He said very simply and plainly.
She looked at him strangely. "What?"
He quickly filled her in on what her job was all about. He told her about her responablities and the requierments and restrictions. She nodded as he went along and agreed to it all. She needed to get home some how so she'd use her last wish to take her home. i Please, let this work./i

(In the Suzaku palace.)

The guards shoved Annie to the ground in front of the Emperor and the tall and uglier one put his foot on the small of her back to keep her down. She screamed in pain and got the Emperors attention. A tall man with stright blond hair and blue eyes stood next to the Emperor and smiled at the pain she was going threw.
"HEY BIG AND UGLY!!! GET YOUR GOD DAMNED FOOT OFF MY FUCKING BACK!!" She screamed. Her voice was choras and rough. i ALEX!!!!!!!!!/i She need her best friend to help her now. If Alex was there, this wouldn't happen.
"Young lady, what business do you have here in Koano?" He asked with enjoyment on his face about her suffering.
She did something very on like herself, she put aside her pain and pulled an Alex. She lifted the hands that suported her off the ground while keeping her back arched so she wouldn't fall on her face, wrapped her arms around his left leg and moved her body and him to the right, knocking him down. After about a moment she stood up. "Well your highness. I was with Alex and then the next thing I knew I woke up here in some grass. Now that I know where I am I will leave to find Alex. BYE!" She turned her back to him and started to walk away. Before she got to the door the guards stopped her with their swords.
"You will not leave. You will stay here and become our Miko or you will die." His voice was full of enjoyment. "This is Tamahome or Sosuke Dosetesu. He's one of your senshi. You have six more to find."
Annie felt her stomach turn. She looked him in the eyes and saw he was a prisoner to. Her eyes shifted to the Emperor. "As long as I have no FUCKING chose I guess I'll stay." She folded her arms across her chest and eyed him up. Not giving him any ground for rudeness or sly remarks. She didn't want to be here at all and she was going to make it very clear to him.

"Tamahome will take you to your room." He said, dismissing her rudeness and anger.

The man he called Tamahome walked up to her. He was sexy! He had calm brown eyes and long raven black hair that's pulled back and laid flat on his back. He wore no top and a pair of faded blue paints. "Come with me." He said smoothly and coolly. She wanted to melt but didn't let it show. i Alex would love this guy./i She followed him out into the corridor and down the hall to her room. It was RED, the curtains, walls, bedspreads, pillow cases, carpets, the only things that weren't red were the golden statues and the green vine plants. She spun around and looked at Tamahome.

"Why is this room all red?" Her words came out calmly, but her eyes were filled with anger at the color.
"It belonged to the Miko before you..." His words trailed off. "I'll leave you alone here. So you can rest and all that nice stuff." He said as he walked to the door.
"Can you answer something for me please Sir?" Her words were abit frantic.
"I can try."
"My friend Alex was brought here when I was ... Can ... Can you please find her??"
"We can try .. No promises. Why is she so important to you? " He questioned.
"Alex," She thought for a moment, "is just like my little sister. If something bad happened to her... I would just.. I would just die." She looked so sad now.
"Well I can try." After uttering those words he left her room.
Annie layed back and looked at the mural on the ceiling. It was of the previous miko and her seven celestial warriors. She closed her eyes and feel asleep. She slept the sleep of the damed.

(Seiryuu Palace)

Yohko's eyes stayed on his face. "I..I will serve you." The tears started to well up. His grip tightend as she cried. Her eyes widened. i He loves this./i "YAMERU!!" Her words flew out and so did the tears. Her voice was peicing to the mans ears. She never felt so angered in her life.. "YAMERU!!!" She screamed until he let her arm go. "I told you I'd be your subservient slave and serve this god of yours. You don't have to hurt me anymore!!!" She fell to the floor and cried.
Suprized by her actions, Feilong stepped back and looked at her in shock. He was suprized she still had the strength to scream. For the first time in his life he felt bad for what he did and knelt beside her. He put his animal like arms around her and held her close to cry into his shoulder. "I am sorry, Jubi-San." He kissed her forehead. "Can you forgive me?"