Disclaimer- FUSHIGI YUUGI GEHOERT MIR NICHT!!!!!!!! (That was German, just so you know.)

AN- Here is shadow priestess, ticked off that she couldn't update sooner thanks to the wonderful server that died right before she returned from a strings camp with the intention of updating both of her stories. She is happi today. Of course. Anyways… This story is definitely taking a strange turn. I have no clue what I'm doing, but whatever it is, it's scary. The clue, chibigreenwizardmon, may not make sense even if I explain it. Great, ne? It should be mostly cleared up this chapter, but it's so stupidly pointless… WHAT. EVER.

MORE AN- OK, I'm writing this about a week after the thing SHOULD have come up. I wanted to comment that I can't review anybody's stories, and it ticks me off SO MUCH!! Nobody'll know how good their stories are this way… *sniffle*  I'm so depressed.

//flashback//

// "We're in a book?" Kiboku asked curiously. "We're just characters on paper that anyone could read about? Who makes this crap up? I don't wanna be a book character!! I mean, what if I don't _want_ people to find out what I do every day? What if I do something stupid and it's recorded for all to see?" He had by now retreated into a little world of his own. "WHAT IF MY MOTHER GETS HER HANDS ON IT?!"

"Well it's true," Miaka confirmed. "It's this old book thingy I found in a library in my world called 'The Universe of the Four Gods Sky and Earth'. It freaked me out at first because it was writing down all the things I did…"

"Waitasec! Sky and Earth?"

"Yeah…" she said, a little startled. "Why?"

"I hate this world I hate this world…" he muttered. "Every last stupid thing is rigged why oh why? Can't anything be an accident? Oh no, they even have to fix the title of the PORTAL to this world so that eventually you can learn something from it! What is WRONG with the gods these days?"

Miaka just sort of sat on the side and sweatdropped. Sure, he was powerful and helpful, but did he have to rant quite so much? //

"Don't you see?" the miko whispered. "Somehow, the book title is a clue. We were going to learn something from the fact that the sky is mentioned in the title. Yet… how?"

Chichiri concentrated. "This whole thing is really really stupid na no da…. She told me one time what she thought this should be called! I bet it correlates to this if only I could _remember_ no da… There's logic to this, I know it!" (Or not, Chichiri-chan.)

"She knew."

The other seishi blinked. Tasuki had been unnaturally silent up until that point.

"She knew, didn't she? That's why she planned all that out. She knew that whoever th' person is would find her. She figured that she couldn't hide so long."

"You're perceptive," Chichiri observed dryly. "I seem to remember now… Oh! It was something along the lines of 'The Universe of Heaven, Sea and Earth'. I think, at least. The sea is the sky, so heaven is the four gods no da. But what could that possibly have to do with where she is?"

****

"Very clever, dear Atsuna." The speaker was a strange man, though it would be obvious to anyone with basic magic skills that he was too powerful to be safely told so. He was taller than average, and had short silver hair. Pale gray eyes stared out of a thin face that had not seen the sun in many years. "I see now that it was a stroke of luck to allow Hibari's whim to go through. You are more important than even I suspected, giving that clue. But I know your type. There is no way that you would have given the necessary information to them."

"There are other ways of spreading knowledge than simply telling someone," she replied demurely. "I merely helped them draw their conclusions by stringing them along and finding opportunities in the strangest places. It is a useful art, Kanite."

The man's temper flared. "If you know my name, then surely you also know to call me by my full title. It's Kanite-seikun to you."

****

"The four gods are the sky," Chiriko reasoned. "Therefore, are there four gods of the sea in addition? Surely there was a better way to present the clue. What of the earth? Are there four gods for it too?"

"Just one each," Hotohori stated thoughtfully. "She told me in relation to some dispute that six was by far a better number than four, especially in this world. I thought she had it mixed up, perhaps."

Tasuki whistled. "She thought of every detail, ne? It's so unfair."

"In that case," Chiriko continued pointedly, ignoring the bandit completely. "Since she said that the sea was the sky as opposed to maybe 'The gods are heaven', she is held by the sea god, presumably at his temple. But where is it? What country do they worship him in? Is it here in Konan? Hokkan?"

"The sea is the sky," Chichiri mused. "This, given what I know of her personality, must serve another purpose no da. In this situation, I think it's safe to assume it's to describe the location na no da. So we must conclude that the temple is under water!"

"Water?!" Tasuki asked, paling. "No way… I hate water… And I don' like women either! There's nothin' in it fer me! Why'd I even leave th' bandits…?"

****

"Why did you allow me to give my friends a clue?" Atsuna demanded. "Surely you know the risks of letting _me_ assist the Suzaku no shichiseishi. I know too much, you said so yourself. Even if I'm half mortal, I am trusted with secrets otherwise known only to the immortals of this world and in some cases, not even all of them."

"My brothers may have cast me out to this place, to be deity of endless expanses of water and shellfish, but I am still a god!" Kanite raged. "Your so-called friends cannot reach me. Even if they did manage to get in, Suzaku's creatures would not keep their powers, as you demonstrated nicely."

"I have some powers remaining!" she protested sulkily. "You've just killed my communication and teleporting skills and other things of the sort so I'm stuck here unless I learn to cut off _your_ powers or maybe to swim."

"That's you." Kanite waved his hand dismissively. "You're practically a god. Those other fools are merely the chosen of a god whose powers have been sealed by yours truly and the earth god Misari. Suzaku is weak indeed. I'm not sure you have the ideal father in him…"

"Awfully mean of you to say so, Kanite. It's not like you're the greatest parent this universe has ever seen.  My father tells me that you virtually disowned your daughter." She suddenly stared up at him. "Wait a second…. If he's my father, and you're his brother…"

"Yes," the god said, smirking. "Does it surprise you in the least that I, the sadistical kidnapper who would kill you and all of your friends in a heartbeat, am your uncle?"

So Atsuna's Suzaku's daughter? Wow, is that overused or what? I can't even remember why I did that, as usual. Am I pathetic or what? Oh, and thanks to all you… *counts on fingers* two reviewers who took the time to click the "Click here to submit review" button and type something! Chibigreenwizardmon, I know the review number's OK, but I've been spoiled by my humor ficcie thing that is almost at sixty reviews!! *proud* BTW, I loved your HP crossover fic. Sansele, I went on a reviewing spree for you, right? And I'm not sure why you're reading my fic. You should be updating all your cool fics out there!!

And, other people, it came to my attention recently that the reason I feel review-deprived is not because nobody reads, but because nobody reviews! I for one make it a point to review every fic I read, but apparently some people don't share that sentiment. (coughAsamicough). I mean, I know that reviewing mediocre fics is hard, because they're not that good and you don't want to disillusion the poor mediocre writer but just try please please please?