"I'm never going to be able to read this stupid scroll!" Celestial said finally!

"Yeah, you're probably right. You're probably to stupid to know how to read that scroll!" Shiho mocked.

"I swearI've had enough you."

"Oh no! Why don't you go tell the emperor, I'm sure he'll make me disappear."

"You know what?"

"No. What?"

"I might just quite this priestess business because of you!"

"Be my guest. This isn't my empire!"

"You know how to read the scroll. Why don't you just tell me?"

"Because I love to see people suffer. Especially you."

Celestial looked at Shiho. " You must be the worst behaved person I have met."

"Okay. I doubt it though!"

Celestial was almost outraged. "I thought that royal brats were supposed to be polite and WELL! POLITE!"

Shiho and Celestial kept arguing with each other. Ishidoro walked past the door, peered in and shook his head as he walked away. Children', he thought.

"You'll never be able to read the scroll because you're too impatient. Maybe if you were more patient and actually thought about it more carefully you would be able to read the scroll. So don't blame anything on me. I haven't done anything to harm you YOUR EMINENCE!" Shiho just blew up and walked away. He was trying to retain himself. That skinny little brat, showing up out of nowhere and thinking that she's suddenly queen of the universe. Well she's not. She probably isn't the real priestess of Tenkyoku! God she's such a pain in the ass.' Shiho was thinking.

Celestial frowned, then walked to her room. Why am I acting like this?' She thought. I'm usually so calm and registered. I'm being such a bitch. I can't help it though. I'm so scared that I won't be able to return. I must return. I have to. Celestial, you have to be calm.' Celestial said to herself. Don't fight anymore. It isn't getting me anywhere.' Celestial sighed and closed her eyes. Trying to remember everyone. Her mom and dad, that was never there. Her parents who she had hardly known before she got caught up in the book. Etsuko and Yue, her two best friends. Without realizing it, Celestial began to cry. Softly and gently, quietly so no one could hear her. Yes. I must go home again. So I can be with my parents, and heal up all of the misunderstandings. So I can be with my friends.' Celestial took out the scroll again. The moon was full, pale and ghastly. Celestial walked outside where she could see the bright moon. Still crying a little, Celestial unrolled the creamy old parchment and held the scroll up towards the moon. The moonbeam danced on the creamy parchment. And there, on the parchment, slender characters were forming, slowly until the whole parchment was covered in black graceful letters. Celestial sat down on the grass and started to read The Universe of the Five Gods.

Ishidoro watched her sitting there and reading. She was the Priestess of Tenkyoku. He knew right then and there that this girl would bring his empire peace. And. Without him knowing it, Ishidoro, the emperor, fell in love with this girl named Celestial, the Priestess.

"Have you found out how to read the scroll yet?" Shiho asked.

"Yes. I have." Celestial replied, calmly. Shiho knew something had changed in her. She seemed older, wiser, and more priestess-like. Shiho frowned and thought, does reading the scroll make people more civilized? Wow I never thought that the day Celestial Daikoku would be... calm.' Shiho looked at Celestial again. The scroll in her hand, her head held up, the determined looked in her eyes. Wow! She has changed.' Shiho thought.

" Celestial! You finally learned how to read the scroll! That's really good, because we have to go Like now or at least today." Koukyuu panted, she was holding her belongings in one hand and three stirrups in the other hand. " I'm going to get our horses while you two pack."

"WaitWhat? Did you say horses" Celestial asked.

"There's no time for questions. I'll answer them later. Please hurry." Koukyuu scurried toward the stables. Celestial and Shiho walked towards their room. They exchanged glances of confusion. A moment later, Celestial and Shiho reappeared with their belongings. Koukyuu held three horses. Koukyuu mounted her horse handing Celestial and Shiho their horses' stirrups. Shiho mounted his horse. Celestial just stood their. " What's wrong Celestial?" Koukyuu asked urgently.

"Nothing." Celestial replied. She mounted her horse. She hated horses. Shiho and Koukyuu looked at each other. "Oh boy!" Shiho said. "Do you know how to ride a horse?" Celestial nodded.

" What's wrong then?"

"I can't ride horses." Celestial said dismounting. She shook her head and looked away.

"Fine then. Get on my horse." Celestial shook her head.

"I can't. I can't ride a horse." Shiho and Koukyuu looked at each other.

"What do you mean you can't ride a horse?" Shiho asked.

"I simply hate horses. I can't ride one." Shiho looked at her. He dismounted his horse, picked her up and remounted his horse again. Shiho put Celestial behind himself kicked his horse and Shiho, Celestial and Koukyuu were off. "What do you think your doing?" Celestial asked. She was gripping Shiho tightly around the waist. "Celestial." Koukyuu said gently, " We just figured out that this empire is going to be attacked by Hokkan."

"Okay. And why are they attacking this empire."

"Because they want power you dumb ass!" Shiho concluded. Celestial glared at him, but slowly retained herself.

A few hours later they began to slow down into a trot. " Where may I ask are we going?" Celestial said. She herself was getting tired of running around on a horse. " I don't know. Somewhere, anywhere."

"What so you mean you don't know?" Celestial was starting to get irritated.

"She doesn't know where we're going ok!" Shiho said crossly.

"Well excuse me your highness." Celestial said.

"What happened to that priestess this morning?"

"She's right here!"

"You are definitely not a priestess."

"What do you know of a priestess?"

"I know that you are not one, that's for sure!"

"Well excuse me if I have a horse stuck up my ass!"

"WOULD YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP! GOD YOU'RE LIKE CHILDREN!" Koukyuu yelled. Celestial and Shiho became quiet. "Koukyuu. We don't need your help!" Shiho said finally. Koukyuu glared at Shiho. Shiho glared at her back. There was silence. Until Celestial said, " Hey um Koukyuu?"

"WHAT?"

"Why are we heading towards Hokkan? The country who's attacking us?"

"We're heading towards Hokkan?" Koukyuu asked.

"Uh huh." Celestial and Shiho replied.

"Oops." Koukyuu said embarrassed. Shiho turned his horse around.

"From now on, I'm leading." Shiho said, Koukyuu nodded and followed him.

They made camp later that night. " Okay." Shiho said, " I'm in this tent, you two are in the other tent." Shiho said irritated, he then went into his tent. "I think he's annoyed." Koukyuu concluded after awhile.

"Why would he be annoyed?" Celestial asked absently.

"Because he's with two girls who are no use to him. Even though I'm a celestial warrior sworn to protect you, I can't fight. So that means that Shiho has to protect two damsels in distress."

"If you can't fightWhat is your power then?"

"I'm a dream seer. I can go inside of someone's dreams and see what he or she is dreaming about. I can also locate people while in my dreams. I see things that aren't pleasant even though they're dreams. You knowPeople have such weird dreams!"

"Right. And what's his name again? Well what's his power?"

"Shiho's name is actually Nyorai Yakushi. I have no idea what his power is. I've never seen him use it to tell you the truth. Even though I'm his half sister I still don't know much about him!"

"Whoa! Wait what? You're that bitch's little sister?"

"Shiho isn't usually this bitchy. He's usually very calm and doesn't show much emotion. But, the emperor, Ishidoro, he didn't want Shiho to fight as a general in this war. So Shiho is mad and upset. I don't blame him, though."

"SoYour on his side?"

"No I just pity him. SeeShiho wants to avenge his father's death, but Ishidoro didn't let him. The former emperor died in the last battle against Kutou. Peking is in the midst of a Civil War because people think that Ishidoro should be overthrown. They're all against us, except for the few loyal people we still have."

"OhIs that another reason you want me to become your priestess?"

"Yes."

Shiho came back out some moments later. "I'm going to get us some food. Stay hereand, KoukyuuIf anything happens, just yell."

"Okay." Koukyuu replied. Shiho went off into the forest, disappearing. He seemed angry and a little irritated. "I think he heard us." Celestial said.

"Yeah. I think he heard us too." Koukyuu replied slowly.

Shiho came back a few minutes later with some fish in his hand. "Here." He said, handing them to Koukyuu. Koukyuu took them and started tout the fishes heads off. "I'm going to be in my tent." Celestial said looking at the mutated fish without its head. Celestial went into her tent. "Koukyuu, why did you have to tell that bitch about my personal life?" Shiho said annoyed.

"WellShe's the priestess. She should have the right to know. Shouldn't she?"

"Just because she's the priestess, that doesn't mean we have to tell her everything!"

"I'm sorry, but she's the divine priestess from the another world, so she should have the right to know. I mean, she is going to deliver us from the attacks is she not?"

"How do we know that? We don't. For all we know she's a just a girl sent to spy on us from Hokkan, Kotou, Konan or Sairou."

"Oh, of course she's from one of those countries." Koukyuu said sarcastically. "She isn't. When she fell out of the sky and landed in the bushes. I saw the mark of Tenkyoku on her head. She's the priestess. Be optimistic for once."

"Fine!"

"Celestial, come on out. The fish are done." There was silence. "Celestial? CELESTIAL!" No one answered. Shiho went into the tent. It was empty except for a small piece of paper. On the piece of paper was written