Part Eleven: Battle in the streets of Tokyo.hey this sounds familiar!

A/n: Wahhhh! Sorry to leave it off like that but I just couldn't resist. Don't worry, things will get worse, then better at the end.But you'll be relieved to know this is a long chapter with action and romance.quite mushy ^^ I have been so busy lately! So sorry! Thank you so much for the advice and stuff, I have it all planned out, but I haven't decided whether or not to put priestesses in. If I do they won't have really big parts..hmmmm.what thinks ya'll. Oh!!! It snowed! It hasn't snowed in the central Texas hill country since I was like 10!! Wow!!! It is very pretty, but it will be all gone by midday, because the ground is so hot. Luckly, my brothers woke me up at 8 this morning (a Saturday!) so I could see it! _ But I hate the cold so much..I dunno if snow is worth being cold. Oh well, here's the story.

Disclaimer: grrr.getting tired of these.not mine, but I did invent the kids.



"Dammit I'm lost." Jielain stood in the middle of a crowded downtown street, surveying her surroundings. It looked like every other street she had been on so far. After Chuei hugged her, she felt bad about just leaving, but she didn't want him to see her cry and it was the first thing she thought of. Poor Chuei, she really did like him too. It was just not the right time for them to get romantic. After it was over, she could ask him to stay with her at the bandit hideout, but first she had to make sure she could even get to the hideout. Luckily, she sensed a familiar chi. A bad chi, but a familiar one. Kazuo.

"You." The girl spat. "Where is the girl with the mark of Tamahome?"

Jielain faced the girl they had seen that afternoon, tessen in hand, preparing for her attack and with absolutely no desire to answer her question.

"Where is the book?" she asked. Kazuo smiled evilly.

"Shin had it and took it to Masami. You'll never get it back. All I want is to kill the Tamahome girl and get my brother back. Don't make me kill you."

Jielain smiled. "You make it sound so easy." She charged at her nemesis, but another figure was in the way.

"Tasuki." The new person said. She was scary looking, with long white- blonde hair and small, cold blue eyes. She smiled at the warrior and motioned for Kazuo to get behind her. Jielain sensed that this chi was stronger than anyone she knew. It wouldn't do any good to fight this girl by herself.

"You are weaker than when we last met, you and I." The girl said. Jielain glared. She wouldn't give into her desire to attack, since that was what the stranger wanted. Instead, she slipped her dagger into her free hand from her waist and stood up tall.

"Who are you?" she asked. The person was definitely a Seriyuu warrior, but which one? She had never seen any of them, and only recognized Kazuo by the yo-yo's.

"I am Masami, but Nakago is the power inside me. I'm sorry we don't have more time to get to know each other. Pity." She raised her left hand and prepared to fire an energy attack, but Jielain was too fast, she slipped up and slashed at her chest with the hidden dagger.

"Noooo!" Kazuo yelled, watching her leader fall. Masami stepped away from the bandit and clutched at the wound.

"Clever. So you have learned to be more patient, little bandit. I'm afraid that isn't enough to kill me." Masami straightened in spite of the blood covering her front. Jielain backed away, but forgot about Kazuo behind her.

"Auuuggghhh!" she yelled as the girl grabbed her ponytail and swung her head into the concrete.

"Ugh. You fight dirty, goin' two against one." Jielain picked herself up off of the street and wiped the blood off her forehead. Kazuo still held her though, and kicked her in the side. Jielain was prepared for that and grabbed her foot mid kick, bending it the wrong way and causing Kazuo to cry out in pain. Released of Kazuo's grasp, Jielain took a swing at Masami and almost reached her. Masami had teleported away from her, causing the punch to go wide.

"Coward!" Jielain yelled, grabbing her tessen and taking another swing. Masami teleported to directly behind her and put the tip of Jielain's dagger to her throat. She had dropped it when she reached for the tessen. Careless.

"Kill me then, I don't care." She said.

"Oh, but you do. If I kill you, then how do you think your father will feel when I kill him? And your little lover boy?"

"You wouldn't!" Jielain clenched her jaw, then swung around and caught the dagger on the side of the face, knocking it away from her enemy. Tessen ready, she plunged it into Masami's gut, forcing her to her knees.

"You.I will kill you." She smiled and teleported away, leaving Kazuo to fend for herself.

"Look at that fight!"

"Someone call the police."

"Kids these days!"

Jielain noticed the crowd and turned, rushing off. Kazuo did the same, hurrying on her hurt leg in the opposite direction.

"Dammit, now I'm hurt and lost." She walked a little ways, but soon had to stop and catch her breath. She was still attracting a lot of attention, with the blood spilling down the right side of her face and forehead. Not to mention her clothes, stained from both her and Masami's wounds.

"Do you need a doctor?"

"The hospital's right there you know,"

"Do you want me to call an ambulance?"

Jielain glared at the passerby's, but finally felt too weak to argue. Within moments, she blacked out, and was somehow transported to a hospital.

Jielain awoke to hear two people arguing in the hall outside her room. She tried to get up, but found herself too weak. She shivered, looking around.

The room was white, and smelled strangely. She wrinkled her nose, concentrating on the voices.

"You deliberately disobeyed the orders given by your superior! I should fire you!"

"I saved her didn't I?! Isn't that what this is all about anyway? Does it really matter how I do it!?"

"Yes, it does matter. You need to follow the protocol. You're too young to make decisions like this. She could have died."

"I save people, that's why I came to this place. Not to mess things up, or to hurt anyone, but to save lives! Why won't you just let me!?"

"I just can't."

Then she heard the sound of a door slamming, and someone stalking away. Someone opened the door to her room.

"Hello?" The speaker was a boy of about 17 or 18, with black hair spiked up tall. He was very big and muscular, and he had on a black leather jacket over his scrubs and lab coat.

Jielain didn't answer him, but stared for a minute. He looked familiar.but she was too weak to test his chi.

"What was that racket about?" she asked. He sighed.

"Oh, nothing. My name is Myojuan. I'm an assistant nurse, and the doctor wants to fire me because I saved you without using a single antibiotic."

"I'm Jielain. Thank you." He shrugged.

"Just doing my job. No one seems to appreciate it, but you are welcome. I just came back to see that you made it ok. Might I ask how you came about those injuries?"

Jielain nodded. "Two dammed evil bastards attacked me two on one and beat the bloody shit outta me. I got one of them pretty good though."

Myojuan looked a bit bewildered. That wasn't the explanation he had expected. Most people got concussions and slash wounds like that from car accidents.

"And where the hell are my clothes and weapons?" she demanded. Myojuan blinked.

"Well, the clothes were taken to get washed, and the weapons were confiscated. Patients aren't allowed to have knives."

"Dammit! My pictures were in there! And I lose the tessen I'll be kicked out of the mountain!" She attempted to get out of the bed, but found that she was sore all over, and bandaged up good.

"Don't worry, I'll get your things for you, I just saw the nurse go by with your cart." He got up and exited quickly, leaving Jielain to tear off the bandages on her own.

Twenty minutes later, Myojuan reappeared with her pile of stained clothes and the tessen, but not the daggers.

"They weren't going to let me take them, but I said that the patient was attempting suicide unless she had her things. I couldn't get the daggers though. The security guard had them locked up." Jielain nodded and sifted through her belongings for the picture of her father and all the other warriors.

"You!" she said, when she saw it. "You are Mitsukake, of the Suzaku seven!" Myojuan sighed.

"So, you are insane." He said, smiling. "I'll be whoever you want until you get better." Jielain laughed.

"You don't remember do you? You don't remember anything about your past life! This is great." She glared at him, wondering how to convince him she was telling the truth. "Look." She showed him the picture and addressed him like a small child.

"This was you in your past life! Don't you remember?!" He looked at her strangely. "Tasuki, you really are crazy. I knew it all along, and stop asking, cause I don't have any medicine for hangovers or seasickness." He gasped.

"What the.?!" He looked at Jielain fearfully. "Am I insane?" he rubbed his head.

"Grrr! Remember Chiriko! And Shoka! And the priestess!" Myojuan tried to ignore her, but she was very insistent.

"You have t' remember my dad! And the emperor! And Chichiri! And Nuriko!" Myojuan shook his head.

"I died to save those people, and all they did was fight each other again!" Jielain shook her head.

"No, they didn't, Chichiri didn't let them. They all went home. The baby lived too. Chichiri always talked about how caring and brave ya were. And how ya' took almost a week to heal Tasuki after he fought Tamahome because Miaka kept getting all hurt." Jielain noticed that she was about to fall off of the hospital bed and scooted back over.

"Thanks fer healin' me too. I appreciate it." He nodded.

"So, are you Tasuki?" Jielain sighed, and tried to explain everything that they told Chiriko, and what happened on the street with the Seriyuu people.

When she was done, Myojuan insisted on calling Miaka and telling her what happened. Only Jielain didn't know the number.

"Well, you aren't even registered in this world are you? I'll look up Taka in the phone book." He got the big book out and looked him up. Dialing, he let Jielain talk.

"Hello?" said the voice on the other end.

"Hi. Chuei?" she said.

"Jielain! Where are you! We've been worried sick! Mom and Chiharu went out looking in the neighborhood and Ryuuen went in his car to see if you wandered to the city. Where are you?"

"I'm in.err what is this place?"

"The Tokyo north Hospital." Myojuan said.

"The Tokyo north hospital." On the other end, Chuei jumped, panicky.

"The Hospital!? Are you ok?" he sounded worried. Jielain nodded.

"Yes, Myojuan, err.Mitsukake healed me. I met him here; he's the last warrior. But we still don't have the book."

"That doesn't matter. What happened? How hurt were you? I have to get to you, as soon as Ryuuen gets back I'll have him take us there to see you."

"No, stay there." Jielain ordered. "Mitsukake said he can give me a ride on his motorcycle back to the house."

"Do you know where it is?"

"."

"We'll go get you. Don't leave the hospital you hear me?"

"Yes. See you Chuei."

"See you. And Jielain."

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"."

Click

Jielain hung up the phone and waited with Myojuan. The clothes were too blood soaked to wear, but she had gotten her important items anyway. Helped her get cleaned up a little bit, brushing her hair and washing off a little.

When she was done, she slipped under the sheets and pulled the blanket up over her bare chest and sighed, wishing she were at the bandit hideout. She should have told Chuei to bring her some clean clothes.

Later, Chuei arrived with Taka, Ryuuen, and Miaka. They all rushed over to her.

"Are you alright?"

"What happened?"

"Did you get the crap beat out of you?"

"You are so hasty!"

"Did you beat the crap out of them?"

"What were you thinking!?" Jielain sighed. So many questions, so many people. At least she knew they cared about her.

"I'm fine," she said, pushing them away. "Go harass Mitsukake!" Miaka, Taka and Ryuuen all turned to see Myojuan at the same time.

"Mitsukake?" they asked. Myojuan waved meekly.

"That's me!" Suddenly, they all attacked him with questions, then ushered him into the hallway.

"Whew." Jielain gave a sigh of relief. "I thought they were gonna finish me off." Chuei smiled, sitting in the chair Myojuan previously occupied.

"They were just worried about you. We all were." He looked at her sharply, but smiling. "Did you learn a lesson?" she shook her head.

"All I learned is that they don't serve sake in hospitals." Chuei face faulted. She was still the same old Jielain.

"Well, I'm glad you're alright now. Chiharu and Kourin wanted to come, but dad made Chiharu go with Chiriko, Mako, and Kourin to walk the boys to the bus stop. And besides, not so many people could fit into Ryuuen's car." He put his hand on hers, carefully observing to make sure that she didn't object.

"What happened with them? I want to know all the details, if you want to talk about it." Jielain sighed.

"I don't but I will. Then you can tell the others cause I don't much like repeating myself." Chuei nodded and listened carefully. She was obviously uncomfortable telling about the fight since she lost, and was a bit embarrassed about it. Chuei was slightly shocked by the whole thing, having never been in a real fight. Jielain was so frank, and so utterly open about how she stabbed the Nakago girl. He clutched her hand.

"You could have died you know. Masami could have killed you easily."

"Easily?! What do you think I am? I'm a bandit and I have every right to fight Masami as anyone else!" She pushed Chuei's hand away, but he just smiled.

"I know you are. And I trust that if the positions were even you could have killed Masami. I would trust you to defend my life Jielain, and I would give up my life for yours." She felt tears come to her eyes, but turned away so he wouldn't see. Instead she put her hand back on his. In a shaking voice, Jielain whispered.

"I'm sorry Chuei."

"No need." He leaned forward and wiped her tears from her cheek. With his face so close to hers, the bandit girl felt her heart beat increase rapidly.

"I love you." She said, leaning towards him for their lips to meet. He complied, still holding her hand.

Outside the door, Miaka and Ryuuen were fighting Taka for a space to look into the window. Mitsukake stood nearby, suggesting that they leave them alone for a while and not spy, but was hushed by a whap on the head by Miaka.

"That's our son! He better not- OH SUZAKU THEIR KISSING!" Miaka and Taka face faulted, but Ryuuen remained calm.

"Who would have thought that your son would fall in love with Tasuki's daughter?" Taka whapped him on the head.

"At least they make a cute couple." Miaka said, receiving a whap from Taka.

"That is my son. My only son. Boy have me and Tasuki got a lot to discuss about this arrangement." Suddenly he went very pale. "If they get married, we'll be in-laws with Tasuki!" The circle of whapping was completed.

"Taka, if they truly love each other, it isn't for us to interfere. In fact, we should encourage them to stay together."

Ryuuen looked thoughtful, then sad. "But where will they stay? Can Jielain stay in this world? Can Chuei ever really stay in the book?" The others became solemn immediately, thinking of the consequences of the children's love.

Miaka hugged her husband. "No matter what, it isn't useless. They can and will be together. Look at me and Taka."

Taka nodded. "We'll think of something. Even if it means forcing Tasuki to let his little girl go."

Ryuuen sweat dropped. "What about you? Why can't you let your little boy go?"

Just then, the door opened and Chuei appeared. "Mom, Dad? What are you guys doing?" They all laughed and began chattering nonsense, until Chuei tapped his mother on the shoulder.

"Mother, Jielain was wondering if you brought her some clothes. Then we have to sign her out as a legal guardian and get her back to the house." Miaka nodded and went to help her dress, and Taka and Mitsukake went to take care of the paperwork. Chuei and Ryuuen waited outside the room.

"So Chuei, are you two and item or what?"

"What?!" Chuei exclaimed, blushing deeply.

"You know, when are you announcing to the world that you two are in love. I take it the 'what' was an exclamation and not an answer to my question." Chuei was normally very calm, but found himself nervous.

"How do you know about the two of us?" he asked, hoping to sound like he didn't care. It didn't work.

"Well, it was a bit obvious, and then the way you smooched was very romantic, holding her hand and all."

"You spied on us!" Chuei was furious. The most romantic moment of his life and Ryuuen had been watching!?

"Your mom and dad did too." The purple haired man shrugged and offered his defense, but Chuei was pale.

"Oh my god. They watched my first kiss." Ryuuen lifted an eyebrow.

"Your first? A guy like you never had a girlfriend before?" Chuei blanked. "Of course I did, I just never kissed them. They never liked me enough." He was blushing and staring at the floor, so Ryuuen decided to stop teasing. (For now anyway.)

Miaka helped Jielain into the extra clothes she had brought, and decided that this girl was good enough for Chuei after all. The bandit gave no complaints as she stretched the sore muscles that had been healed so recently. Her curly orange locks were even pretty when she had them down, giving her a cuteness Tasuki never had. But then again, she was so like Tasuki in her non-complaining, fanged frown, that Miaka was surprised when she saw her breasts and remembered that it wasn't really Tasuki after all.

Jielain tied her own ponytail and thanked Miaka, joining the others in the hallway to go home. Mitsukake would ride his motorcycle behind them and would stay at the house for the night. Ryuuen still had to take Kourin home, since it was late. He volunteered to help Jielain to the car, but was refused. She said she felt well enough, thanks to Mitsukake, but clutched Chuei's hand anyway.