Chapter 6

The trip continued on for a few hours, with no luck of spotting Clare. Soon, they entered a small village, with rundown shacks and little children running all over the place. Some of them ran over to the horses.
"VISITORS!!" one shouted, running into one of the houses. An old woman hurried into the street, and hurried to a horse.
"TAMAHOME!!!" she screamed, hugging the young man so hard he almost fell off his horse.
"booooomm...I cbant..breabe." choked Tamahome, trying to pull the woman off of him. Finally she let go, and he toppled from the horse into a mud puddle. Standing, he looked at his now soaked and muddy clothes.
"Oh great," he said, "Thanks a LOT." The woman disregarded him, and turned to the others.
"How kind of you to come, please, come inside." She said cheerily. They all dismounted, and walked inside the small home. Several small children ran up to Nuriko and started to pull on her clothes.
"WOW TAMAHOME IS THIS YOUR WIFE??" one asked.
"She's.weird looking." the other said.
"Ewww!!" Nuriko squealed, "Get off me you little snotbags!! Get away! You'll mess up my clothes!!" Tamahome shot her a look of pure evil.
"THOSE are my BROTHERS," he growled. Nuriko turned five different shades of red. (Are there 5 different shades of red??)
"Oh I mean," she said, bending down, "Come here, little kids!! Let's play dolly!!" Hotohori smiled at the couple.
"I'm so glad that you could offer us hospitality," said Hotohori calmly, "It's really kind of you."
"Well, it's wonderful that you brought our son by. You see, his father is sick and he's glad that he can see his son again." The woman said. One of the young boys ran over to Molly.
"You look weird," he said, "Your hair is the color of pee." Molly turned red.
"SHUTTUP YOU HAIRBALL," growled Molly.
"You're mean," the little boy said, hurrying off to see his brother.

After a meager meal of miso soup and salad, Hotohori called the group outside.
"We still need to find the other priestess," he said quickly.
"Ah well maybe she died," said Ginni.
"THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD," roared Hotohori.
"I love a man when he's angry!!" squealed Nuriko, grasping onto Hotohori's arm.
"Get off me," he said, pushing Nuriko aside.
"Maybe Clare is nearby," said Courtney, "After all, she can't be THAT far from Hong-Nan."
"Maybe she's back.in New York," said Liana. There was a rustling of leaves.
"Pssst," someone called from behind some trees.
"Who's there?" asked Tamahome.
"Come over here no da," the person whispered. Cautiously they inched forward into the trees, until suddenly they were face to face with someone who looked REALLY happy.
"What's with your face??" asked Ginni, "You look abnormal."
"And your hair?? Hair doesn't go like that." Said Molly. The man stared down at them, and frowned.
"Shut up you gits," hissed Nuriko.
"What is it?" asked Hotohori.
"You shouldn't be out here at night no da," the man said, "The priestesses and the constellations are in danger.someone could attack at any time no da."
"How did you know that we were those certain people??" asked Liana.
"I could see your chi no da," the man said simply.
"MY CHI?? WHAT THE- HOW DARE YOU LOOK AT THAT??" roared Molly. The man turned pink.
"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT NO DA," he hissed, "GEEZ.YOUR CHI IS YOUR ENERGY." A wind blew past, and from somewhere, Courtney thought she heard someone yelling.
"What's that??" she asked. Soon enough, the others could hear it too.
"Yeah, what is that?" asked Tamahome. The man looked up at the sky. It came quietly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Suddenly, Clare came flailing out of the sky and landed right on top of the "happy" man. WHAM!
"It's Clare!!" said Ginni, "She's not dead!!"
"Woah, nice landing," said Molly. Clare sat up, and noticed she was sitting on someone else.
"Who the heck are you?" she asked, looking down at the man who had his face pressed in the mud.
"wichiwi." He said, voice muffled by the dirt. Clare stretched, and stood up. Everyone looked at her.
"You're short," said Nuriko plainly. Clare glared. The man she had landed on peeled himself off of the ground. A stick had ripped his pants at the knee, and they could see a kanji mark there.
"Wow another celestial warrior!!" said Liana. He peeled off his face, and wiped it with his sleeve. Everyone stared, eyes wide, at the man. All at once.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! OH MY GOOOOODDD!!! AHHHHHHH!!" they screamed. The man blinked a few times with his one eye, and frowned.
"What??" he asked, putting the clean mask back on.
"Uh.so.WHO are you again?" asked Courtney cautiously.
"Didn't you hear?? He's Wichiwi." Said Molly.
"I'm not Wichiwi." the man said.
"Of course you are!! You just said you WERE," said Ginni.
"No, I said-"
"You know, you shouldn't LIE," said Courtney, "That makes people DISTRUST you."
"I didn't lie!!" the man said.
"Then you ARE Wichiwi?!" asked Molly.
"NO!"
"THEN YOU'RE LYING!!" yelled Liana.
"STOP THE MADNESS!!!!" screamed Nuriko. The man sighed.
"I'm CHICHIRI not WICHIWI," he said coldly.
"Chichiri? Dude, you've got to many I's in your name. I think we should just call you Cheech or something." Said Liana.
"CHEECH??" asked the man, dumbfounded.
"Sure okay that's your name.since we've found the last priestess, maybe we should go and look for the other warriors," said Tamahome.
"Cheech?? I am not CHEECH!! I'm CHICHIRI!! GOT THAT?? C-H-I-C-H-I-R- I!!" the man yelled.
"Whatever," said Courtney. They walked back to the horses.
"And YOU," Chichiri said, running up behind Clare, "You just LAND on me and I don't get an apology no da??"
"I didn't MEAN to land on you!! I can't control where I FALL," she hissed.
"Oh yeah?? Why didn't you say 'look out below' or something no da??" asked Chichiri.
"Well I kinda couldn't because it's night and everything is pretty much BLACK," said Clare.
"You should watch where you're going no da," said Chichiri.
"Yeah, I'll do that next time," said Clare. Chichiri whipped out his staff, and turned Clare into a Japanese beetle. Then, he grabbed a small jar from someone's window ledge, and scooped the beetle up, and put it in his pocket. No one could hear the cries..MWWHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH.

!!!!! End of Chapter 6 I know that Tamahome's mother died in the show, however, this isn't the show. So, she's still alive!! Very happy mom, at that... I've been turned into a Japanese Beetle!! HEEELPPP! Next up...going to the Hot Springs!! .Until next time *runs off to talk to Liana and Ginni*