4-The New Universe - By Lovely-chan

The Genbu warriors were finally all gather in Hokkan.

"We are all gathered, now we must go find the other seishis. Where should we start?" -Hikitsu

"I suggested we go to Konan. I liked the Suzaku warriors." ^_^ -Tomite

"Sounds good to me" - Takiko

"Let's get going then." -Hatsui

The Genbu seishis were on their way to Konan to find the Suzaku seishi. Soon the battle will begin.

"You don't have to worry so much Takibi, I am ok, really." Mirei was more than well treated by Takibi and Kaze.

"Ok, if you say so." -Takibi

"Looks like someone is too worried for the priestess. Is he trying to win her over you?" Jimen murmured into Kaze's ear.

"I am in no competition, he can have her if he wants!" He turned into an owl and fly.

"Sure, that's why you have such a bad temper this days." Kaze flied very close to Jimen's head and hit him with his beak. "Ouch, that hurts! Baka!"

"He said he heard that." Seiryoku smiled.

"Is that a smile???? O.o" Takibi was shocked. "I though you didn't have any teeth!"

"I do have teeth." –Seiryoku _

"You look real cute smiling Seiryoku." ^_^ Mirei like seeing them smiling.

"You think everything is cute Lady Mirei." Seiryoku turned his eyes to the back.

"I do not." Mirei replied.

"Oh yes!" All.

"Ok, where are we heading anyway?" Mirei asked lost.

"To Sairou." Seiryoku said.

"Why do you always decide where to go? I want to go to Konan." -Takibi

"We are going to Sairou, and I didn't decide. Ask your friend, the owl." -Seiryoku

"Fine, I will. Hey Kaze! Where the hell is he?" –Takibi yelled as always.

"He is much farther." -Jimen

"Always ahead of us, can't he stay with the group?" -Takibi

"I wish he did, but since our fight with the Seiryu he is always ahead." -Mirei

"He said he like being an owl better than a man. So let him be." -Seiryoku.

"I wish he share more with us." -Mirei.

"If you ask him, I am sure he will." Jimen said with a devilish simile.

"I will." Many nights went by before they reach Sairou, and still Kaze didn't stayed with them, he stayed up in the trees till morning light, and flying with the wind all day long. They finally reach Sairou and were having some lunch. "I wonder if Kaze ever eats."

"I guess he does, or else he will be a dead owl." (LOL) -Takibi

"It is not funny Takibi, I think it is your fault he don't share with us." Mirei was so angry because Kaze wasn't there.

"My fault, and what did I do?" -Takibi

"You are always arguing with him. Seiryoku, ask him to come. Did he eat something?" -Mirei

"Yes, he did Mirei, he says not to worry." -Seiryoku

"He is not coming?" -Mirei

"No." -Seiryoku

"Then I'll go up that tree!" Mirei step in front of the tree and started climbing it. "Huh, this is harder than it looks."

"Be careful Mirei, you can fall. Hey owl! Come down or Mirei can get hurt!" Takibi was so mad.

"Lady Mirei, please come down." Seiyoku asked.

"No, I have to talk to Kaze!" -Mirei

"I am right here Lady Mirei, what is it that you want." -Kaze

"How did you? Never mind. I want you to stay with us." -Mirei

"I am with you all the time." -Kaze

She jumped from the tree but fell on the floor. "Oops! Clumsy me!" She stood up. "What was I saying? Oh yeah! I mean like this, in the flesh, not in the feather."

"What is that anyway, does that make sense? In the feather?" Kaze smiled. "As you wish Lady Mirei, but I will be an owl when needed."

"Fine. I am thirsty from that climb, I am going to get some water, come with me Kaze!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him along with her.

Takibi's face turned red. _ "What is it about the bird anyway!"

"Relax, she just wants to cheer him up. Kaze is a lonely soul and I can sense sadness in his heart." Seiryoku was really sensitive to animal feelings.

"I can see him smiling very often." -Takibi

"That is only to cover his real sadness." -Seiryoku

"Takibi, why don't you help me catch something to eat. I am starving and I am quite sure Lady Mirei must be too." -Jimen

"Well, that is not strange. Ok, I'll catch something really good for her." ^__^ Takibi left with Jimen to hunt something to eat.

Mirei drank the water of the river and decides to go for a swim. "Kaze, want to swim?"

"Swim? I've never swim before." -Kaze

"Don't you bath?" -Mirei

"In the rain." -Kaze

"What if it doesn't rain?" -Mirei

"Owls don't need to bath every day, and since I was always an owl." -Kaze

"Ohh…well come on!" -Mirei

"I shouldn't…" -Kaze

"I won't take no for an answer." She started pulling him to the water.

"Wait, let me take off my shirt." He took it off. "Ok, now I am ready."

[So beautiful…] (Drooling)

"Are you ok? You are staring with a weird look on your face. Never seen that look before."

"I am fine." They get inside the river. "Kaze…don't you ever have contact with humans at all…like family, or a girlfriend." She wanted to know if he was in love with someone.

"Family…my family was killed when I was a child, then I was changed into an owl, till I figured how to change back and forward. But no, I haven't talk to people for too long till I met you. I wasn't going to show my true form, but I had no other choice. To have total control of my powers I must be a human."

"How did you learn how to use your powers?" [He didn't say anything about the girlfriend!]

"The reason I was transform to an owl in the first place was because I was evil, well that's what they say. When they saw my Kamii mark, they wanted to kill me, but instead they curse me forever. After I figured how to change back into my human form, I learn how to control my powers of the winds. I've been waiting long to get revenge for what they did to me. Now it is the time."

"I am sorry Kaze. I wish I could help."

"No one can, there is no way for me to change back, besides I already get used to it. I will get back at this world for cursing me. Together we will."

"I will help you, I swear. No one will ever hurt you again…maybe we can ask Kamii how to change you back."

"I know how, but is impossible for me…they make sure it was."

"How?"

"I can't tell." The water changed its color from crystal clear to deep blue, almost black. "Mirei, get out of the water!"

"Why?" She looked at the water. "Huh!" Suddenly the water turned into a whirlpool and Mirei and Kaze were drowning. "Help! Kaze, help me."

"I can't move." He concentrates his mind on Seiryoku and asks for help.

"Lady Mirei!" Seiryoku started running to the river when he saw the huge eddy. "How in the world?" He looked trying to locate Mirei and Kaze, but couldn't find them. "Mirei! Kaze! Where are you?"

Kaze heard his voice. "Save Mirei!" Kaze managed to hold her inside the whirlpool but couldn't last any longer.

Jimen and Takibi felt the danger and made it there as well. "What can we do?" Jimen yelled.

"We need to get there so we can save her!" Seiryoku said.

"I will make a bridge so we can go through!" Jimen made a bridge with the ground and they go through. "It is useless we can't get inside!"

"I will!" Takibi yelled.

"Takibi you stay here, I will save her." Seiryoku jumped inside the whirlpool and tried to take her out. Kaze let her go so Seiryoku could take her out, but as he let go of her he loose the will to fight and the whirlpool swallowed him. Seiryoku gave Mirei to Takibi and Jimen who were waiting on the bridge. Takibi took Mirei away and Seiryoku went inside again searching for Kaze.

"Seiryoku! Don't go! Seiryoku! Let him, we can't sacrifice you as well!" Jimen yelled, but Seiryoku went after him. "He is insane! I will try something." Jimen made the bottom of the river to erupt like a volcano; all the water came out of the riverbed. Kaze and Seiryoku were in the ground now, but Kaze was unconscious. The water attacked Jimen this time trying to hold him in a wall of water. Takibi saw it all and decide to make the water evaporate with the heat of his fire.

"I hope I won't hurt Jimen!" Takibi let his fire heat the water till it was all gone. Jimen fell on the ground almost drown. "Jimen!" Takibi give him artificial respiration and make him react. "Jimen, are you ok?"

"Thanks Takibi. I am fine. How about Mirei?" -Jimen

"She is breathing well, she is just unconscious." -Takibi

"Where are Seiryoku and Kaze?" Jimen asked worried.

They both turned around and saw Seiryoku sharing the surroundings energy with Kaze's energy. "What's wrong, is he dead?" Takibi asked really worried.

"He is still alive, but his life force has decrease too much. We can lost him in any minute." Seiryoku was weak, but he was giving Kaze energy from nature. "I hope his life force increase with this energy."

Kaze turned into an owl, he was still unconscious, but his energy increased enough to make him change to his true form. "Why is he changing to a bird?" Jimen asked.

"This is his natural form." Seiryoku said. "He born a man, but the spell his under makes his true form to be an owl and not a man. His body is stronger as a bird."

"I see. Mirei is opening her eyes." Jimen informed Seiryoku.

"Takibi…where is Kaze?" -Mirei

"He is unconscious. He is very delicate Mirei, Seiryoku is doing all he can." -Takibi

"Kaze! Save him, please save him." A tear rolled down her cheek.

"I swear we'll do all we can." -Seiryoku

"What was that anyway?" Jimen asked.

"This was made by someone, that's for sure. Whomever it was, has a special power over water." -Takibi

"Yes…we almost die in there." -Jimen

"We won't loose as long as we are a team, that's how we beat it." -Seiryoku

"We must rest, I will take care of Kaze; you guys go to bed. You are all hurt." Takibi offered himself.

"Thanks Takibi." Both Jimen and Seiryoku went to sleep.

In the morning Takibi was trying to feed Kaze, but he wouldn't eat. "Does anyone know what owls eat?"

"Kaze, eat something please, be ok." Mirei caress his wings. "Takibi rest for a while, I will take care of him."

"Ok." -Takibi

"We have to go, if we stay…we can be found and we are in no condition to fight right now." Jimen suggest.

"I know, but Takibi needs to rest and Kaze can't move. We can't leave him." Mirei was almost crying. "I won't leave Kaze, I won't."

"No one is leaving him Mirei, we are taking him. While Takibi sleeps Jimen and I will prepare a transport for Kaze. You take care of him." -Seiryoku

"Ok." -Mirei

"I will make him a nice bed of ground." ^_^ -Jimen

"I will gather some leaves and wood." -Seiryoku

Hours later they left. "What was that thing, do you think it was a Byakko seishi?" -Takibi

"I don't know Takibi, but whatever it was, is still after us." -Seiryoku

"Don't scare me, that water freak me out." -Takibi

"Why, you managed it very well, I am proud. You see you are important too." -Jimen.

"I am? Well...I did save you didn't I? Yes!" Takibi felt happy for his help.

"Kaze moved! Let's stop one second, let me check him. Maybe he is hungry or thirsty."

"Ok." Seiryoku stopped for a moment. "Did he eat something?"

"No, he just opened his eyes and blink. Kaze, what do you want, tell Seiryoku, come on."

"He wants us to leave him." Seiryoku said with a sad face.

"No, we won't leave you, never!" Mirei caress him again. "I won't turn my back on you or any of you. You are my friend; we are on this together. I will protect you while you are sick, just like you protect me from drowning."

"He says thank you, but not to worry much. He says he can survive alone." -Seiryoku

"Kaze, you are not alone anymore. You have us now." -Mirei

"Let's go Lady Mirei, we have a long way to go." -Seiryoku.

"We are all gathered, we must go find the others." - Subaru.

"We shall protect the Shinzajo." - Tatara.

"If we are all together it will be harder to take the Shinzajo from us." - Tokaki.

"Fine, let's go to Konan. I want to see my Suzaku friends." - Subaru.

"I will carry the Shinzajo." - Tatara.

"You are the protector after all." ^_^ - Suzono.

"Soi!" Nakago was surprised to see her. He though she was dead.

"Nakago-sama, you leave me behind." -Soi

"I had to save Lady Yui and the Shinzajo." -Nakago

"Did you save the Shinzajo?" -Soi

"He didn't, and he called me incompetent." -Suboshi.

"I see you are recovered." Nakago hated his comment, but couldn't argue.

"So do you." - Suboshi

"Did you locate Tomo? Miboshi died suffocated." Soi assure them.

"I cannot believe he died so soon." -Amiboshi.

"You did a great job Amiboshi. You hold them down and saved Suboshi." -Yui

"Too bad Nakago-sama lost the Shinzajo!" Suboshi keep picking on Nakago.

"Stop it; we will recover it." -Yui

"Maybe with the help of the other seishis. We can team up with the Suzaku Seven, I know they will help." -Amiboshi

"Yes, Miaka and the others are great." -Yui ^_^

"I don't need help from them, specially Tamahome." -Nakago

"Nakago-sama, with all your respect…we just loose to them, we need reinforcements." –Amiboshi tried to convince him.

"I didn't loose to them, we just loose a battle, not the war." Nakago stood up and left.

"He haven't changed that much after all." -Yui

"I will comfort him." Soi went after him. "Nakago-sama, do you want we to build up your life force?"

"Yes, I will need it to fight against that Kamii Warrior next time." Nakago was extremely mad that Seiryoku almost win to him and most of all that Kaze took the Shinzajo from him so easily. "Next time, I won't loose."

"It's raining! It is so cold." -Mirei

"Let's find a warm place for Lady Mirei." They went inside a cave a little further from where they were. "This should do." Seiryoku as always decides where to go and where to stay.

"I will check the place out, but first…let's make some fire!!" Takibi left to see if there were anyone or anything dangerous for Lady Mirei. "All clear! Hey Kaze is walking!" ^_^

"Yes…isn't he cute." Mirei ^__^

"It is a beautiful owl, I said it since I first saw him." -Seiryoku

"He only eats from Mirei's hand. He won't take my food." _ -Jimen.

"If I were him, I'll do the same. He is a smart owl." -Takibi ^_^

"I am glad to see you change from your previous attitude Takibi." -Seiryoku

"Yeah, I was wrong. He is ok." Takibi tried giving him food, but Kaze ignored him. "I see what you mean Jimen."

"I am going to sleep now. I am tired. Want to sleep Kaze? Come on." Mirei let him sleep below her covers.

"What, he is sleeping with her?!" -_- "I want to be a pet too." -Takibi

All laugh. The water of the rain was getting inside the cave, it was really strong and the ground was saturated. All of them were resting except for Seiryoku, who was on guard. The current of water getting inside the cave was going straight to where Mirei was laying. "No you won't." Seiryoku took her in his arms and move her away, then saw Kaze was still there. "Oh no!" It was too late the water lift up Kaze with a wave and took him away.

"If you want your bird, fight me!" A voice yelled form outside.

"Who are you?" Seiryoku asked angry.

"I am Hosuiho, master of the seas and all water sources. No one escape my power, you won't be the only one."

Name: Hosuiho

Age: 15

Hair Color: Blue-violet

Eye Color: Black

Location of Character: Left Cheek

Abilities: Can control all water sources and change their pressure at will. Can make cubes, pools, and walls of water with the water from the surroundings or vapor.

Hobies: Swimming, making jokes, and fighting.

Dwelling: Lives behind a cascade of a river in the Sairou Empire.

[Hosuiho…a Kamii warrior!] "Hosuiho, I am your friend. We are the Kamii seishis, and you are one of us."

"Kamii seishi? I have no idea what are you talking about! Now fight!" Hosuiho trapped Kaze in a cage of water, but he didn't know that he was the same man he tried to drown before.

"What's going on!" Jimen and Takibi went outside.

"He is Hosuiho, one of us, but won't accept us as his fellow seishis." -Seiryoku

"So you were the one trying to drown lady Mirei!" Now Takibi was angry.

"Yes, and if it wasn't for you; your other friend will be in the other side right now. Now die!" Water arrows chase them but Seiryoku create a barrier of energy around them using all the energy from nature and his own to protect them.

"You finally show your face, this time we won't loose!" Seiryoku attacked him with one of his energy blast, but he reflected it with a water shield. "You have very interesting tricks."

"Fire Spirits!!!" Takibi called his spirits and transformed his body to fire and his Kamii character glowed in his throat. All of their characters glowed, Seiryoku in his forehead, Jimen in the back of his right ear and Kaze in his left wing. With this Hosuiho's character also glow in deep purple light. The left side of his cheek gave the same purple light the other characters were giving. Kaze escape his cage using his wind powers that helped him open the bars to freedom. He changed into a human and stepped before Hosuiho.

"You…you are the owl?!" -Hosuiho

"Yes, I am also one of the Kamii seven Celestial Warriors. I don't wish to fight you, but if I have no other choice I will. I won't let you lay a finger on Lady Mirei!" His eyes glowed like they never did before; the deep purple light was now a black light. "You decide, live or die!"

"Kaze… Mirei was looking from the cave; she was frightened but so worried about her friends.

"I can see you all love her, and are willing to protect her even if you have to kill one of your side. Ok, I give up, but let me make myself clear. I am not giving up because I can't win, but because I was testing your loyalty to our priestess."

"You what?!" You hurt Lady Mirei and you almost kill me you bastard!!!" _ Kaze's anger had almost taken over him.

"Kaze, calm down. He is one of us, and we all test each other." -Seiryoku

"I never hurt anyone." Kaze said with a low voice.

"I know, we are all different and have a different nature, you observed us, because that is your nature as an owl. He fight us because that is his way of surviving, just like Jimen and Takibi did."

His eyes turned back to normal and the evil look on his face was also gone. "I am sorry." He fainted.

"Kaze!" Lady Mirei ran as she saw him pass out.

"Let's take him inside, he used to much of his energy and he was still in delicate conditions." Seiyoku took him inside the cave.

"I will light up the fire again, we are all wet." -Takibi

"I am sorry, it is my fault." -Hosuiho.

"Help me to dry his wings." -Seiryoku.

"Ok." -Hosuiho

"He is weak…he cannot fight again till he is fully recovered. We must go on without him or we will loose him." -Seiryoku.

"No!" Mirei was beside him. "I will stay with him."

"You can't, Jimen you stay with him. Tomorrow we are leaving very early." –Seiryoku was always in a hurry.

"I can stay, it is my fault after all." -Hosuiho

"He won't trust you, he barely knows you. For him it takes time for trust." -Seiryoku.

"I can do it, I know deep down he trusts me." -Takibi

"No, we will need you." -Seiryoku.

"You do?" -Takibi

"Yes." -Seiryoku

"You are the boss." -Takibi

"No one should stay with me. I will be fine. Just go." -Kaze

"No Kaze, we won't leave you alone." -Mirei

"All of you are needed to protect Lady Mirei, because of me I won't let her be unprotected." -Kaze

"I won't be unprotected. Seiryoku will be beside me, and Takibi, and also Hosuiho. I want you to be ok." -Mirei

"I will be ok." -Kaze

In the morning Kaze was gone. "He doesn't want to stop us. He is gone for now, he will be in contact with me." Seiryoku explained to Mirei.

"You let him go Seiryoku? How could you!" Mirei cried.

"He will survived, he is strong and no one will hurt him. He will hide in a safe place."

"He flied away?" -Mirei

"Yes." -Seiryoku

"Kaze…please be safe." Mirei looked up to the sky as she pray to Kamii to keep him safe.

"We'll get the Byakko's Shinzajo?" –Jimen asked.

"No. We need to find all of our warriors. That way we'll give time to Kaze to recover." -Seiryoku

"We only have one!" -Takibi

"We will get the rest after, starting with the Suzaku's Shinzajo." Seiryoku said firmly.

"Why the Suzaku?" -Jimen

"The last warrior is in the South." Seiryoku replied.

"How do you know all that anyway?" -Takibi

"I feel their energy flowing." -Seiryoku

"From here? Isn't it a bit further?" -Takibi

"Yes, but I do know where we are going. We are heading now to a cemetery in the outsides of this land. Our next warrior is there. Read the scroll, dead and cemetery." -Seiryoku

"How do you know is that cemetery?" -Hosuiho

"I already said that. Pay more attention." -Seiryoku

"You are too serious." -Hosuiho

"What is his name Seiryoku? Is it this one, Shinda?" Takibi asked as he reads the scroll.

"Yes." –Seiryoku answered.

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