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AN: ... I was bored one day and had posted a few chapters on all the other fics, so I was content. The only one missing- Tasuki and the THING, but I had a writer's block there. I mean, how do you get MITSUKAKE to be scared!?!? Oh rite... well... Jana hasn't been on lately and Grace- never mind her. This is just for Otaku pitcher then. Maybe sadaf. Yes I KNOW you're reading, just not reviewing! ^.^

Chapter 15: Escape from Death...

By: fire demoness

Grace winced as the blue blast came closer... and closer... she could feel the energy...she heard herself scream...and then, time stood still. She blinked and slowly opened one eye. Everything around her... unmoving. The man that had shot the blast at her... the birds in the air and the clouds even, were still.

*silence*

"SCORE!!"

grace cackled at her brush with death. ( near-by death experience, time stops, hey, ya GOTTA crack up) she was pratically in hysterics when she remembered that she was supposed to SAVE the MONK. Slowly, she pushed herself into a standing postion and went over to the monk, occasionally still getting a wild maniac look in her eyes and cracking up.

The monk ( she dunno chichiri yet) looked unconsious and had a bump on his head. Grace groaned as she tried to pick him up. She stood there for a minute, toppling forward... then backwards... then...

"OH FUCK!!!"

Grace fell over just by the pure weight of Chichiri's body. She screamed in frustration and started to lagg his body towards safety. He sure was heavy... grace looked down at the monk, whom she was pulling by the arms. There was something shiny... an orb? She picked it up. It was shiny, perfectly circular, and had many swirling colors inside. She was INSTANTLY amused. Grace pocketed it and kept lagging and lagging until she reached the border.

*flash *

a ripple passed over the whole clearing and suddenly, to Grace's surprise, everything started moving again.

"CRAP!!!"

she shoved Chichiri through the whole in the border and clambred after it. The whole disappeared right after she got through. The man blinked as his blast shot through a tree. What? The girl... *gasp * the monk was gone.

"ARRAGH!!!!!!!"

birds flew off and away from the scream that echoed throughout the forest.

*to Melissa no da! ^.^*

Melissa rode through the dark forest, thinking about Tasuki... then Hotohori...then Tasuki... and so on. There was a gurgle of water nearby and just then, her thrist began to dawn on her and she rushed to the source of the water. As she jumped over a fallen log, she felt a spark of energy (chi) go through her but didn't put much thought to it.

The water was so refreshing...clear and clean... soo... empty?? Melissa stopped drinking as the water dissapeared from her very hands. She got up and started to run back to the horse... almost there. I see the log...

*doing! *

she hit the invisible chi wall and bounced back. She groaned as she hit the hard forest floor and... a body. A body that hadnt been there before. Tasuki. Melissa helped h9im into a sitting postion and looked him over. Cut leg, bruise on arm, bump on forehead. Nothing serious.

"I see you've stumbled into my trap."

A voice sneered behind her. A man stood there. The shogun.

"welcome... Suzaku no miko." He spat out the last words.

TBC?

O.o" I aint even gonna say anything... review if your nice.. if ya don't want me to continue, just don't flame me. Leave and don't review. If you wanna see more, REVIEW

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