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Chapter 4: Hackey sacks of doom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The plate in Amiboshi's hand crashed on the floor. A sudden surge of familiar ki flowed through his body.

"What th...Shun? It can't be!" He tried to convince himself that it was not real but failed. He knew that only one person in the whole world could be the possessor of that energy.

Kaika made his mind up and took off out of the door in hopes of finding his "dead" brother.

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Aiko dodged one of the balls that flew past her head. "Would you put those hacky sacks down and tell me why the hell you're fighting me?!" she screamed at him, nearly out of breath.

The boy scoffed. "You make me sick, Miaka! You don't remember me huh? Well, I'll make sure to make a...lasting impression."

"Damn it! I am not this Miaka-baka!! How many times do I have to say it?" She stopped running and turned to face her attacker. "And why do you look so much like Ami-kun?"

The boy gave her a disdainful look. "My name is Suboshi! Seiryuu seishi! You still don't remember?!"

Aiko gave him a "well duh" look. "You're a seishi? Why are you fighting me? I'm supposed to be your...Something or other according to Amiboshi."

Suboshi was getting tired of this. "Enough! Shut up!!" His weapon flew towards Aiko. She tried to jump out of the way, but a root in the ground tripped her up and she fell backward.

'Kuso!' she thought as she saw the distance between the yo-yo thing and her shrinking. She covered her eyes with her hand and waited for the impact of the killer yo-yos. It never came.

Aiko heard the sound of the spinning balls die down. 'Huh?'

She looked over her arm and saw Amiboshi standing in front of her. 'He's protecting *me*? Why-'

"Suboshi...If that is really you then stop this! I don't know what the heck is going on, but stop!"

'Oh...That's why...' Aiko thought ruefully.

Suboshi caught his weapon. "Aniki...Miaka! There! Why-"

Amiboshi let out an indignant sigh. "That's not Miaka, otouto! That's Aiko! She's the new priestess of Seiryuu!"

Suboshi's face fell. "...Of...Seiryuu..."

Aiko stood up and got in front of Amiboshi. "That's right and you are a big...big---big...Uh.meanie!" With that said, she turned around and ran all the way back home in a flustered state of mind.

Amiboshi raised his hand in protest but almost fell from the force of his brother. "Aniki! I've missed you so much! Damn it, I've missed you!" he said through red-hot tears. Amiboshi put his hand on his brother's back. "I've missed you too, 'touto."

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He knew his brother had been through a lot but not to such an extent! It had been two hours since their reunion and his twin was still crying, though not as badly. He had stayed for the most part of the day away from Aiko. Amiboshi sighed. 'How on Earth could Suboshi gotten Aiko confused with Miaka? They don't even look alike! Aiko has much softer hair and...' He blushed at that thought. 'Baka! Why did I think THAT?!'

Almost as if on cue Aiko came in with Suboshi's Ryuuseisui in her arms with an evil grin.

"What are you doing with those? They're dangerous..."

Aiko didn't answer but just walked off out of the kitchen.

Amiboshi furrowed his brows. 'This is not gonna turn out good...'

Again as if on cue, Suboshi came running in the kitchen. Tear trails were still visible.

"Have you seen that girl?" He looked very flustered.

Amiboshi closed his eyes and pointed to the open kitchen door.

His twin brother almost ran out of the kitchen muttering inaudible words.

"Don't cuss Shun! Onegai?" Amiboshi started, but Suboshi had already left.

He put a lid on the noodles he was making and went outside. He immediately saw Suboshi trying to climb a tree and Aiko making indignant faces and sticking her tongue out at him.

"What? Poor little Suboshi can't get his hackey sacks of doom?"

"What the heck is a hackey sack?! Give me back my Ryuuseisui!"

"Oh, so that's what they're called?"

Amiboshi laughed at the situation. His brother was staring into a tree. Aiko was laughing her head off from a branch high up in the tree holding the Ryuuseisui for ransom.

Aiko gingerly started swinging the Ryuuseisui around in circles in the tree. "Hey! This is fun! Neat!"

Suboshi looked horror stricken. "Stop! Those are mine! Give them back!"

Aiko snorted. "Fat chance! You need to apologize first!"

"No! Not till I have my Ryuuseisui!"

Aiko stopped twirling them and looked over the striped cloth spindle. "How did you make these things fly anyways?"

Suboshi huffed. "Damned if I'm telling you!" He slid off the trunk of the tree and plopped down on the grass.

Amiboshi stepped up underneath the tree and whapped Suboshi in the head. "You're never getting them back by cussing at her!" He looked up at Aiko.

"Well, Shun's power is telekinesis. He uses those "ho-key-sacks" as you call them through his power."

Aiko nodded slightly. "How come I don't have a power? Aren't I the miko?"

"Um, miko's don't have...that kind of power..."

Aiko pouted. "That's not very fair! Well, I've still got your weapon Subo- chan!" She stood up on the branch and started swinging the weapon around in different patterns.

"Watch it! Your gonna fall if you do that!" Amiboshi screamed at her from the ground.

"Nuh uh! Just watch this!" She tossed the weapon in the air and caught it with her right hand but lost her footing. "Ahh!"

Amiboshi jumped over to where she was headed and tried to catch her.

Aiko closed her eyes. Amazingly enough, she hardly felt the ground. 'I must be dead or something. It's so warm and soft, and.

Her thoughts were interrupted by something poking her shoulder. 'Huh? Dead people can't feel stuff...right...?'

She slowly tried to open her eyes.

Her eyes went big and she turned crimson. A pair of bright violet eyes was looking into hers.

"Um...Could you please get off of me...Uh.." Amiboshi stammered.

Suboshi burst out laughing.

"I..Um, sorry!" Aiko got off of Amiboshi blushing furiously. Amiboshi was an even deeper shade of red.

Suboshi stood up holding his stomach. "That was soooo fun-!"

Aiko hit him in the head with the forgotten Ryuuseisui and ran into the house. "Idiot!" She stuck her tongue out at him and slammed the door.

Suboshi grabbed his ryuuseisui and huffed. "What's wrong with her?!"

Amiboshi rolled his eyes. 'That's my brother' is all he could think of to say about the situation.

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"Did she really just hit Suboshi?" All three girls were laughing.

That's our Aiko!" Saiyuri boasted. "Going around and hitting guys from foreign lands!"

Miyuki looked at the one page picture appearing in the book. She wished that she could have seen it. "Well, I guess we should hope that she doesn't end up killing her. what were they called? Shichiseishi?"

"Later that night, the eldest of the twins explained everything to his foster parents..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"We..we understand Kaika.¦Amiboshi...Please protect the country for us." His father held his shaking mother in his strong arms. "Please take care of yourself and Seiryuu no miko."

Kaika could feel tears threatening. He took in a deep breath. "We will leave tomorrow. The sooner we start this traverse, the sooner I can return to you."

He gently hugged his crying mother but she clung to him for her dear life.

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Aiko watched the scene from the hallway. The shadows could tell all even if she couldn't hear. She slid down the wall. Suboshi had been in Amiboshi''s room but came out with a towel in hand. "See ya! I'm gonna take a dip in the lake!" He turned to leave but Aiko grabbed his sleeve.

"You idiot! Your brother's trying to talk to his parents!"

Suboshi narrowed his eyes and scoffed. "Those are NOT his parents!" Aiko let go of his sleeve.

"Damn it! Just wait, please?!"

Suboshi kept walking. "Why?"

"Because...I said so!"

"La la la! I can't hear you!" Suboshi put his fingers in his ears.

"What are you doing?!" Amiboshi walked in on the scene. "Shun...I told you to stay in my room!"

His brother pouted." It's boring Aniki! Plus, I kinda need a bath after traveling so long ya' know!"

"I couldn't agree better!" Aiko chimed in.

"Just what does *that* infer?!"

"That you stink."

Suboshi huffed. "I can't believe you're Yui-sama's replacement! What a disgrace."

'Yui...sama? Who...' She looked up at Amiboshi. "What's a yui-sama?"

"Well, otouto was in love with the former priestess...It's gonna take him a while to get used to this idea."

Aiko jumped up. "Oi, where is the bath around here? I've looked all over and I still can't find one."

"Um...it's not in the house..." Amiboshi trailed off. 'Who does she think I am? The emperor?'

Aiko gave him a very puzzled look. "You mean you have a bath house? Sugoi!"

"Um, no."

"Then take me to it please." She smiled sweetly.

"Um...Okay..."

They heeded out of the house.

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"No friggen' way!!" Aiko looked at the cold stream and Amiboshi told her that if she wanted to bath she could either jump in or heat up some water over a fire.

Aiko just gawked at him. 'A stream? Is he nuts?!' "There is no way that I'm getting in there!" She folded her arms determined not to.

"It's not really that big of a deal. We are in the desert you know. It's never that cold even in the winter."

"No way! I'm not taking one step in that!"

"Suit yourself then." Amiboshi sighed.

A hand clasped onto Aiko shoulder and she screeched and fell backwards in the stream.

"Suboshi you baka yarou!!!!!" She splashed some water at Suboshi who was rolling with laughter.

"And you were saying?" He pointed at the water.

Aiko got up and pulled Suboshi in with her.

"Aaah! What the? You!!!"

He splashed her in the face.

"Serves you right!" She threw a dirt clod at his shoulder and it splattered.

Soon there was a water war.

"Stop it you two!" Amiboshi shouted from the bank. The two looked at each other then at Amiboshi with evil looks. Amiboshi gulped hard and tried to run for it but didn't make it.

*Kersplash*

"Hey!!!" He started laughing about the situation. "Why'd you do that?!" The only answer he got was two waves of water. His hair was limp and wet over his closed eyes and he gently blew his bangs away from his face.

Aiko and Suboshi liked to have died laughing.

"Oh, so this is funny?" Aiko nodded through her acute attempt to stop laughing.

"I think it's...HilarioUS!!!" Amiboshi knocked her down into the water.

"Why you!" She kicked water all over the twins and they fell backwards into the stream too.

The water melee went on for almost an hour after dark set in.

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~~~~~~~~Amiboshi~~~~~~~~

'What a way to spend my last night here.' He threw his bag over his shoulder. It contained all his cherished possessions from this village. I'd better double check on everything. Everything is going to seem so empty with out me here. What's that? There's a black box in the corner. 'This is that thing I found after Aiko.Um...Fell.' A knock gently breaks my conversation. "Um.can I come in? It's Aiko."

"Sure. I think I have something of yours." I hand her the box and her face lights up. 'All this over that?' "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!!" I give her a small smile. "Finally!!! Oh yeah! Do you know what this means?!" She was almost hopping with joy.

"Um...no." "This is my music of the soul! Thank you Ami-kun!" She wraps her arms around me tightly. I blush felling her breast push up to my skin. 'I like her hair. It's smells like...Begonias. Ack! What am I thinking?!' Aiko smiled happily and bounded out of the room.

From in the hall I could hear my otouto's voice. "What are you so happy about? Uff!"

"Ami-kun found my CD player!! He even found the extra batteries!!"

Otouto walked in blushing and looking like Aiko was a mad woman. "What the hell is a CD player?" "Baka! Don't cuss!"

"Sorry. Old habit." My brother is such an idiot. I wouldn't have him any other way though. 'Thank you Seiryuu for letting him come back.'

"Um...Aniki, daijoubu desu ka?"

I smile again and put my arm around him. "Diajoubu! I'm just glad that you're back."

Shun hugs me tight. "I'm not leaving if Nakago were to ki blast the heck out of me!" Suddenly, a very beautiful song comes from the kitchen. 'Funny...I can't even remotely name those instruments...' I look at my otouto and apparently he's thinking the same thing. "I'll go check it out..." I get up. "Why don't you finish packing? Okay?" I leave before he can retort.

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Amiboshi walked into the kitchen. Aiko had taken the earphones off her headset and turned up the volume to full blow. Aiko was in the middle of the kitchen dancing and singing into a spoon. "Every heart beat bears your name! It's clear and states my claim! Ask anyone and they'll tell you it's true! Every heart beat belongs to you!"

Aiko twirled around and pretended she was a rock star dancing on stage. Her eyes were closed shut and she just missed the table in mid-twirl. "Every heart beat bears your name! It's so clear and states my claim! My red blood runs true blue. Every heartbeat belongs to--"

She twirled again to point and opened her eyes. She turned Suzaku red.

"Amibsohi! What.What are you looking at?!" She turned off her CD player and wiped her bangs from her face. "Well?"

Amiboshi blinked a few times trying to understand what had just happened. "What..What was that?" He didn't dare come any closer.

"Um, sorry. I like listening to this. It's an oldie I know but...You're still gawking." Amiboshi blinked again and broke his stare. "Sorry. I've never heard any kind of song like.THAT before!"

"Um...Oh yeah.Different world." She thought a minute. "I'll show you later. I have to finish packing." She dashed out of the kitchen right as Suboshi came in.

"Did you find out what that howling noise was?" He stated even though he knew the answer. A book came hurtling down the hallway and hit him in the neck. "Itai!!!" He broke down on the floor.

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Well! That's another chapter!! It really didn't explain that much...Gomen nasai! - -'' If you guys have any questions about this chapter please don't hesitate to ask. I know it was confusing. Okay! Letter time!

ShadowHawk: Whoo! ^o^p New chappie!! Yeah! Go me! Thanks for helping with some things.^^''' Ps: I have your picture!^^ Yeah! You'll like it I think. KT: Well, I want to tell you right now that I really did try not to use as much Japanese in this one. Also, I know I changed the tenses around. I couldn't think of a way to do it without screwing up Ami's thoughts though. Gomen ne. I hope you liked it though!^^ Oh! And I got my web page up! Whoo! It's Please visit my site!^^ It's my first attempt. It's still not all up yet though. Sorry.

Well, gotta go! Ja!

~Aiko~