KT: OK I decided to rework the seishi names...I think...I don't know. I like making new names for them! ;-; *cries at the injustice of it all* I might just call them Kyougen-Nakago, Taiko-Amiboshi, and Yunika-Suboshi! SO THERE! But I probably won't do that...

NE ways, I want to thank all my faithful reviewers!

Wanderlily - Luv your work, dear! It's beautiful! Can't wait till I get that far along with this workload! XD! It's so great to get so many reviews from you! *buys her a bag of yummy sugar cookies from the dollar store* Here *hands them to her* For you! ^_^ Anyone who hasn't read Lily's story Suzaku no Hikari (WOW I almost wrote 'Hikaru no Go' for the title! o_o) should go and read it! It really is wonderful! Her "Monday Night Football" story is good too (though it's not what it seems, I SWEAR! Caught me completely off guard! o_o) Thanks again, Wanderlily!

Pseudomask - You have been there for me since the third chapter (I almost said third reviewer, but I changed my mine)! I have enjoyed and cherished reading all of your comments and will continue to appreciate them when given! And I know I need to learn when to shut up about my thoughts on how long or not long a review is *whaps her head for ever mentioning it* And in a review I wrote to you I said that it was ironic that I sounded insane (or maybe I put crazy down...). It's ironic, because, I go around telling people that I'm crazy, and when I see someone comment on me like that and think that makes me sound crazy, I feel offended! XD! And I shouldn't, because I already knew I was insane and have told everyone important that I am! XD! Don't worry I would never think of shooting you for your funny comments *hides her shotgun* See? NEVER! *sees Pseudo's line arrow following her around to stare at the hidden gun* What? Hey...no...don't look at that! Stop it! *pulls the shotgun out from behind her back* I would never...*stares at Pseudo staring at her gun* Oh this? This isn't...it's not what you think! I SWEAR! *stares at Pseudo's retreating form* Oh well...there goes another reviewer! Anyways, I'm reading her story called Understanding right now (and I'm not going to read the other one, because I don't like Mits that much, sorry!) and it's pretty good! She's getting there as an author! And I'm sure if she chooses to pursue this as a career, she'll make a fine writer!

Rhapsody: Daughter of the Sky - Thanks for being there for me. You were my very first reviewer! And I love what you're writing right now! But, you need to update! And I totally understand your situation with your parents. Mine aren't divorced, but a lot of my friends have divorced parents, so I know what it's like to not be in contact for a while because you're at your dad's house! I hope to be hearing more from you, though! (haha, yeah right! I've scared most of my reviewers away with my shotgun now...^^;) *listens to Poor Unfortunate Souls on her computer* Hehe, I like this song! ^^ Anyways, you have to update your story! I want to read MORE MORE MORE!

Slayers Otaku Girl - Sorry I had to mention this for a minute! I want to thank you for your review, but you have got to be my best and worst reviewer! You got me to write a new chapter in my Slayers story, but you stalled the writing of THIS story! XD! But that's OK! ^^ hehe. Now I have to stay up late and write this so I can post it for all of my poor unfortunate souls that make up my reviewers! Maybe that's what I'll call all of my reviewer's...heh heh heh. I am truly high on Clear American substitute and Goldfish. XD!

Thanks also to Joe (TransVamp and the designer and thinker-up of all the bad guys in my story!) and Venus-reina! And sorry this took so long! (this is a whole page long! OMG!)

It took our "heroes" three days to get to Kutou, and once they got there, they went immediately to find an inn to stay in. It was relatively late, and their funds were miniscule. They rented two rooms: one for Shelby and Taiko, and the other one for Kyougen and Yunika. After settling in, they all sat down in the restaurant downstairs, ate dinner, went back up to their rooms, and went to bed. OK so most of them went to bed. Shelby and Kyougen were still up, but neither of them knew the other was still awake.

:: I wonder how I'm going to find the rest of my warriors... :: Shelby opened her window and stared outside. :: I know the tale of this world, and I know what it's like here, but...the last UotFG scroll was burned when the last Priestess came here... :: Shelby sighed, turned around and looked at Jaren's sleeping form. :: And he's not much help... :: Shelby stared at her brother, annoyed. :: Can't his power be of more use? It's not very helpful! All he does is destroy anything he gets his hands on...next time he might go for people... :: Shelby sighed again and looked out the window. :: But maybe...maybe if we have some opposition at the palace... :: Shelby laughed at her own scheme. :: Maybe his destructive powers can 'convince' the royals to help us! :: Shelby kept on laughing as she closed the window and got under her covers, remembering some song lyrics she had heard when she was little.

The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself!

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Kyougen stared at Yunika's small form, sleeping on the bed. Yunika came from Konan. She was a Seiryuu seishi. This confused Kyougen, until Yunika explained it to her.

**flashback**

:: It's been 90 years since the last Seiryuu and Suzaku Miko's had been in the book, and about 3 years after they had left, the new Qu-Dong emperor, Kan Tomi, had a daughter. 14 years later, Qu-Dong's economy was failing, and Hong-Nan decided to help them out. Hong-Nan's emperor, Shu Boushin, was a very generous man. He was a peaceful ruler as well, and many called him Boushin the Good. Boushin wanted peace with Qu-Dong, because they had seemed to be enemies even before he was born. So Boushin made a trip to Qu-Dong. He met with the emperor, and brought many gifts from Hong-Nan. This included a chest of gold, given to Qu-Dong by the people of Hong-Nan. It was clear to Tomi that Boushin had the support and love of his people, and that, is what truly makes an emperor a great emperor. So after all of Boushin's gifts were given out, Tomi decided to give Boushin a gift, to keep their peace pact together. Tomi gave his only daughter to Boushin, for a wife. Tomi's daughter was very beautiful, and her beauty easily swayed Boushin. In the summer of 978 AD, Shu Boushin, and Kan Zetian married. Five years later, Zetian gave birth to a son, whom they named Shu Ryoku. At the moment, Boushin's great-grandson, Keikan, is ruling Hong-Nan. He has a sister, Shu Riyu that will rule after him (if she rules at all), and a stepsister, Suen Sukunai, who could also take the throne. I am Suen Sukunai. Since I am not a true heir to the throne, though, my stepsiblings had me go and live with monks. I've been living with them ever since I was two. (When I come and visit, though, my siblings seem to adore me, so I do not see why I was made to live apart from them, and it was only this year that one of the seishi told me that I was probably forced out of my home on account of Keikan's advisors.) So, you see it is possible for me to be a Seiryuu seishi, because both of my parents come from Qu-Dong! :: Yunika smiled and hopped around the room. After her explanation, she seemed happy that she told someone all her information. :: Anyways... :: Yunika went over to her bed and crawled in. :: I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning, OK?! :: Yunika smiled again, not waiting for Kyougen's response, as she cut off her telepathic link, so she could sleep.

**end flashback**

:: I wonder if it bothers Yunika to know that she's the last of the Suen Dynasty... :: Kyougen was thinking back on all her Chinese history. There had been a lot of dynasties back then, and this Dynasty, she was guessing, was somewhere around the Sung Dynasty. :: So what if she's the last? It just means she's special, because she's the only Suen left! That should make her feel proud! Yet, at times, I'm guessing, sad, because that means her parents and ancestors are dead... :: Kyougen grabbed a blanket and stepped outside her room. :: I need to take a walk... :: She walked down the stairs of the inn, seeing some late night drinkers at the bar, opened the inn door, and stepped outside into the semi-cold air. ::If Yunika's right, then Kutou has already had a change in dynasties four times! As far as I know, that is. I don't know how many dynasties there were before the one when Miaka and Yui were last here... :: Kyougen walked around the corner of the inn, noticed some street sleepers, and continued walking. :: What I can't figure out, is why Shelby had to be here, if everything seems fine in Kutou...maybe there's something happening that we just can't see. Something...oh hell with it. It's too late to be thinking of stuff like this! It'll fry my brain! :: Kyougen raked her fingers through her hair. :: OK maybe not fry it, but...I don't know. I'll be tired tomorrow, if I don't get back to the inn and back into bed. :: As Kyougen walked back to the inn, she left a few coins by each street sleeper that she found. ::At least they can buy breakfast when they wake up... :: Kyougen actually made it back to her room, unharmed. Walking the streets at night wasn't safe at all, especially alone, but nothing had happened to her that night, and for that she was thankful.

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That morning, Shelby made two cups of coffee. They needed to watch their food rations, because Kyougen and Taiko were going to need them while they were here! So she decided she could give up her morning coffee for them. :: I guess... :: Kyougen laughed as she watched Shelby staring at the coffee. :: Why should she be laughing at me? She got coffee! I WANT MY COFFEE! :: Shelby pouted, puffing out her cheeks.

"Would you like some?" Kyougen held out her mug, as she stifled her laughter. Shelby grabbed the mug, gratefully, and took three sips.

"Thank you very much!" Shelby handed the mug back, and watched Kyougen down the rest of the warm, brown liquid. (KT: Yick! Coffee! *spits at the awful stuff* Why do my characters like it so much?) At that point Yunika came in Shelby's room, to show the others that she was awake.

:: You think WAY too loudly, Shelby-chan. I was just waking up and I hear this screaming in my head! @_@ :: Yunika swirled around the room, faking dizziness, to emphasize her point.

"Yeah? Well...well...you should try and not listen from now on!" Shelby knew there was nothing Yunika could do about hearing other people's thoughts, :: But...I don't like being made fun of; or at least not this early in the morning. :: Shelby cleaned up the coffee pot and packed hers and Taiko's things. They needed to get going to the palace today. "Kyougen...are your things packed?" Shelby turned her head in Kyougen's direction.

"Yeah, and I packed Yunika's things as well. I got up early," Kyougen cleaned out the mug she was drinking from and handed it to Shelby. A couple minutes later, Taiko came into the room, a towel draped around his waist. He noted all the people in the room, grabbed his clothes and accessories, left the room, and went to change in Kyougen and Yunika's room. Yunika and Kyougen just stared at the door.

:: That was... :: Yunika blinked.

"Unexpected..." Kyougen and Yunika nodded.

"Not really. You get used to it after living with him for a while," Shelby finished packing, stood up, and dusted off her hands.

"I guess..." Kyougen said, turning her attention to the packed bags. She shape shifted into someone with strength comparable to the late Suzaku warrior, Nuriko, picked up the bags with one hand, kicked the door open, and headed to the other room they checked out.

Before Kyougen knocked the door down with her own strength, Yunika ran up to the door and knocked on it. A few seconds later, Taiko came out, "Room's all yours," He padded along the floor and back to his room, while Kyougen ran into the room and scooped up the remaining luggage.

"Can I ride on your back, Kyougen?" Yunika asked sweetly. She was young enough to be cute and innocent when she asked for things, which made it impossible to say 'no'.

Kyougen sighed, "Sure, hop on," She adjusted the bags as she added Yunika's extra weight to her load.

KT - SO...what do you think? Good for now? Will it tide you all over till I think of something else to write? I've decided on a group name for all of you who are reading this! I'll call you all my "Poor Unfortunate Souls"! XD! (even if you aren't poor unfortunate souls) So if my friend calls and asks if I can talk, I'll tell her, "No, I have to write another chapter for my Poor Unfortunate Souls," XD! What do you think?! Lol. You all probably think I'm nuts. Well anyways, the long silence has been because I was on vacation. I went to Branson, MO. It was pretty fun too. There were theme parks and swimming pools, lots of shows, and tons of food. There was a restaurant that gave out free rolls, and they threw you the rolls, instead of putting them in baskets and setting them down on your table! It was great! D! But I couldn't wait to get back here after the first week. After a while, we ran out of things to do (since my dad said we could only go to a total of two shows while we were there, and we wanted to go and see like 6). We went to the IMAX theater, and we watched China: The Panda Adventure. It had great footage of China. It wasn't modern china, but it wasn't set in the 960's either. It was probably around 1930, I think; if I remember it. It was about a woman who came to China, because her husband had died there. She went to get his ashes, but after reading his journal, and meeting a Panda hunter, she decided to stay and look for some Panda's, to prove to the world that the Giant Panda wasn't vicious or a killer (most people thought panda's were like ravenous bears back in the 1930's, I guess *shrug*) It's based on the book The Panda Lady. I think that's the book that it was based on. Again, I saw it a while ago and I don't remember every specific detail. Also while we were in Branson, we went to see Kirby Vanburch, The Prince of Magic. His show was kewl, but he didn't do the trick that I like most of all. I saw it on TV once where this lady was doing the trick. She had this drill, and it went through her stomach, picked her up out of the chains, and spun her around. Then it set her back on the ground (and had it not been magic, she would've been dead) and she got up. Everyone clapped, and I haven't forgotten that trick sense. It inspired me a lot. Then on the last day we were in Branson, we went to see another IMAX movie, called Legend of the Ozarks (I think that's the name of it...). And it told the story of a family growing up in the Ozarks, starting with this little girl's great-great-great-great grandfather (I think that's how far back they went...). It was really interesting too! I'm really happy, because I got a letter today from my BFF at Danish camp! She wrote to me, and drew me some pictures. She writes that she misses me, but she's having fun and she loves the food. She also wrote my name in Viking runes!!! How KEWL! She used Card Captor Sakura stationary that I gave her for x-mas! I was so happy! ^_^! I'll shut up now so you all can get on to writing a review and reading other stories. Have a good day (or perhaps night)! - KT