Chapter 5
The five timidly made their way out of the moon-jump, watching the
guests of the party slowly come to their senses. Justin immidiately
spotted Kristin, Caitlin, and Martha standing around the two strangely
dressed men.
"What's going on?" Justin said. "Who are those guys? Did you have
any clue what Andrew was raving about?" He walked over to them, ignoring
his family groaning in the grass below him.
"Uh, no," Kristin said, but Kevin was quick, as he came jogging up to
them.
"You were hiding from him, weren't you?" Kevin said. "I'll bet
you're one of those 'priestesses' he was talking about. Who else would he
bring to. what ever he said about wolves."
"The Wolf-dom?" Justin said, rolling his eyes.
"Listen," Caitlin said, "It's been a wonderful party, but I'm afraid
we've got to go."
Kevin smiled. "Don't worry, we won't tell."
"Yeah," Justin said. "Just take it away from my house, okay?"
The girls nodded emabrassingly at Justin. Nakago stopped over
Martha, and whispered harshly, "Ask him for cheez its."
"Uh." Martha squeaked, "can we have a spare box of cheez its while we
run away?"
Justin reached into his pants back pocket and pulled out a big box of
cheez its. Nakago noticed with glee that the box read, "BIG cheez its."
He took it from Justin's hands, who stood looking stupefied at the general.
As the strange group made their way out the garage and back to the
park where it all began, Kevin shook his head. "I wonder which one is the
other priestess, Martha or Caitlin?"
"Neither," Justin said, "probably the tall woman with dark hair and
the music box on her head."
"I think that was a guy."
"Oh. then it's probably Martha."
"Why?"
" 'cause she's dumb enough to fall for a trick like that."
Back in the park, the group stared at the woods surrounding them. "It looks as though we may become allies for the sake that we share an enemy," Hotohori sighed, talking to Nakago, who ripped open the box, and started to eat. "May I have one?" Hotohori asked. They were really big and tasty- looking. "No," Nakago said through a cheez-it filled mouth. Martha skipped merrily at his side, and sang, "I'm gonna be a priestess for NA KA GO!!! La, la, la, la, la." Kristin walked at Hotohori's side, explaining to Caitlin about the wonderful coincidence that they had summoned the men before Miaka Yuki, the true priestess of Suzaku, could. Now, Kristin was the priestess, and Martha was the priestess of Seiyru. Caitin whispered to Kristin, "But what about Me?! Don't I get Tasuki?" "I haven't * collected * the seven stars of Suzaku. You know, that's what the priestess has to do in order to summon the god Suzaku and have her wishes made." Caitlin whimpered, "But Tasuki." "Don't worry," Kristin whispered back, as they neared the edge of the forest, "when we find, then he's all yours. I have a plan, you see. My first wish is for Hotohori's empire, of course. Then, I'll make a wish of my own, which you don't need to know about right now, and the third wish I'm gonna ask that everyone be granted one wish of whom I choose." "Wow, what a plan!" Caitlin said. "Why didn't Miaka ever think of that one, huh?" " 'cause it's Miaka." They entered the woods, and Martha drew close to Nakago. In the distance, Andrew gave his call, followed by a similar sounding Ashitare call. "They're calling to one another," Nakago observed. "It's making me sick. Why can't Ashitare have normal friends?" Martha smiled up and Nakago, and pretended to be oblivious by asking, "Oh, who is Ashitare, really?" She couldn't let him know that she really knew all about what was supposed to happen to him, and that she wasn't really supposed to be the priestess of Seiyru. "Hm," Nakago said, "He's one of the seven celestial warriors born to protect the priestess -- that is you." Martha cowered into Nakago's side. "How scary!" she cried, her voice muffled in his long, blue cloak. "That is the same with you, dear Kristin," Hotohori said. "As I am a celestial warrior, bound to protect you, you must find seven others like me. Perhaps you already know of this, you seem rather educated on the matter." Kristin blushed. Then, a noise was heard in the forest.
KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA!!!!!!
Everyone except for Nakago yelped in surprise as a figure dressed wildly in a gold crown with feathers, face paint and outrageous red, gold and black outfit jumped down in front of them out of nowhere. Kristin and Caitlin both tumbled back, knocking Hotohori to the ground with them. Martha pushed herself tighter into Nakago, then peeked out her head to exclaim in surprise, "T -- OH!" "Tomo," Nakago said in his deep voice. "What are you doing here, scaring your priestess?" "Priestess?" the strange man said, grinning at the people laying on the ground looking at him in utter bewilderment. From somewhere above, a female responded, "MARTHA?!?! PRIESTESS?!" A girl dressed in the same manner as him jumped down from the trees, and stared at the girl peeking around Nakago's cloak. The girls stared at each other, and then, Martha gave a squeal of delight. "I knew it!" she cried. "Ha, ha! Kailein!!" "Martha!" Kailein cried, and the two girls embraced one another, in front of the confused general. "Tomo. who is this?" Tomo smiled. "She summoned me here. How did you get here?" Nakago frowned. "I was summoned here. But this one is the priestess. How did that. girl summon you?" "The power of Naiidoska," Tomo said. (Now, Taiitskun is the controller of the world. But she is the Yang Principle. The Yin Principle never had a name in the anime, so I've named him Naiidoska. He is partially mine and partially not.) "The power of Naiidoska." Nakago mused, as Kristin and Caitlin slowly got to their feet, helping out the Emperor they had fallen upon. "Could it be.?!" "Kristin!" Kailein cried, and hugged the priestess of Suzaku. "Long time, no see!" "We thought you were simply working too much," Kristin said, "Now I know why you're never home when we need you to be, right Martha?" Martha giggled, tugging at her friend's feathers. Hotohori stood behind Nakago, his face very serious. He whispered in the general's ear, "Could this Naiidoska. send us back with the priestesses?" Tomo sneered at the Emperor. "Nakago. what's this? Don't tell me you've made friends with the Emperor of Konan?!" "We're not friends," Nakago growled. "Stop being so jealous." "I'm not being jealous!" Tomo said. "I have another question," Hotohori said, his voice getting grave. The girls suddenly stopped, feeling the tension in the air. The Emperor breathed slowly, then said, "How is it you've already found the other celestial warriors of Seiyru?" Nakago turned and gave an evil smile. "Looks like I'm ahead of you, afterall. Seiyru 1, Suzaku 0."
Back in the park, the group stared at the woods surrounding them. "It looks as though we may become allies for the sake that we share an enemy," Hotohori sighed, talking to Nakago, who ripped open the box, and started to eat. "May I have one?" Hotohori asked. They were really big and tasty- looking. "No," Nakago said through a cheez-it filled mouth. Martha skipped merrily at his side, and sang, "I'm gonna be a priestess for NA KA GO!!! La, la, la, la, la." Kristin walked at Hotohori's side, explaining to Caitlin about the wonderful coincidence that they had summoned the men before Miaka Yuki, the true priestess of Suzaku, could. Now, Kristin was the priestess, and Martha was the priestess of Seiyru. Caitin whispered to Kristin, "But what about Me?! Don't I get Tasuki?" "I haven't * collected * the seven stars of Suzaku. You know, that's what the priestess has to do in order to summon the god Suzaku and have her wishes made." Caitlin whimpered, "But Tasuki." "Don't worry," Kristin whispered back, as they neared the edge of the forest, "when we find, then he's all yours. I have a plan, you see. My first wish is for Hotohori's empire, of course. Then, I'll make a wish of my own, which you don't need to know about right now, and the third wish I'm gonna ask that everyone be granted one wish of whom I choose." "Wow, what a plan!" Caitlin said. "Why didn't Miaka ever think of that one, huh?" " 'cause it's Miaka." They entered the woods, and Martha drew close to Nakago. In the distance, Andrew gave his call, followed by a similar sounding Ashitare call. "They're calling to one another," Nakago observed. "It's making me sick. Why can't Ashitare have normal friends?" Martha smiled up and Nakago, and pretended to be oblivious by asking, "Oh, who is Ashitare, really?" She couldn't let him know that she really knew all about what was supposed to happen to him, and that she wasn't really supposed to be the priestess of Seiyru. "Hm," Nakago said, "He's one of the seven celestial warriors born to protect the priestess -- that is you." Martha cowered into Nakago's side. "How scary!" she cried, her voice muffled in his long, blue cloak. "That is the same with you, dear Kristin," Hotohori said. "As I am a celestial warrior, bound to protect you, you must find seven others like me. Perhaps you already know of this, you seem rather educated on the matter." Kristin blushed. Then, a noise was heard in the forest.
KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA!!!!!!
Everyone except for Nakago yelped in surprise as a figure dressed wildly in a gold crown with feathers, face paint and outrageous red, gold and black outfit jumped down in front of them out of nowhere. Kristin and Caitlin both tumbled back, knocking Hotohori to the ground with them. Martha pushed herself tighter into Nakago, then peeked out her head to exclaim in surprise, "T -- OH!" "Tomo," Nakago said in his deep voice. "What are you doing here, scaring your priestess?" "Priestess?" the strange man said, grinning at the people laying on the ground looking at him in utter bewilderment. From somewhere above, a female responded, "MARTHA?!?! PRIESTESS?!" A girl dressed in the same manner as him jumped down from the trees, and stared at the girl peeking around Nakago's cloak. The girls stared at each other, and then, Martha gave a squeal of delight. "I knew it!" she cried. "Ha, ha! Kailein!!" "Martha!" Kailein cried, and the two girls embraced one another, in front of the confused general. "Tomo. who is this?" Tomo smiled. "She summoned me here. How did you get here?" Nakago frowned. "I was summoned here. But this one is the priestess. How did that. girl summon you?" "The power of Naiidoska," Tomo said. (Now, Taiitskun is the controller of the world. But she is the Yang Principle. The Yin Principle never had a name in the anime, so I've named him Naiidoska. He is partially mine and partially not.) "The power of Naiidoska." Nakago mused, as Kristin and Caitlin slowly got to their feet, helping out the Emperor they had fallen upon. "Could it be.?!" "Kristin!" Kailein cried, and hugged the priestess of Suzaku. "Long time, no see!" "We thought you were simply working too much," Kristin said, "Now I know why you're never home when we need you to be, right Martha?" Martha giggled, tugging at her friend's feathers. Hotohori stood behind Nakago, his face very serious. He whispered in the general's ear, "Could this Naiidoska. send us back with the priestesses?" Tomo sneered at the Emperor. "Nakago. what's this? Don't tell me you've made friends with the Emperor of Konan?!" "We're not friends," Nakago growled. "Stop being so jealous." "I'm not being jealous!" Tomo said. "I have another question," Hotohori said, his voice getting grave. The girls suddenly stopped, feeling the tension in the air. The Emperor breathed slowly, then said, "How is it you've already found the other celestial warriors of Seiyru?" Nakago turned and gave an evil smile. "Looks like I'm ahead of you, afterall. Seiyru 1, Suzaku 0."