A/N: Hello! Thank you all for the nice reviews...except for a little "Hahaha" that lives w/me...if you've read my reviews for this fic, and for Preschool....the ones who were like complaining to me, were my little sister...TT, she complained that I didn't give her credit for her story, but she didn't read that I did give her credit...she needs to get her eyes checked again...-.-...ANYWHO...I'm updating the fic and I apologize for not updating Preschool yet....it's still in the works...right after my sis finishes what she wants to happen, she'll write down what would happen, and I'll write the story. Anywho...what was I going to say...hmm...can't remember...So I'll just write this, have any of you seen that movie, the chronicles of Riddick? It's that one movie w/Vin Diesel in it and he's this one dude in that movie...okay, by that, when my parents dragged me along to watch the movie w/them (I wanted to watch the Garfield movie...but then I did....it wasn't that good....disappointed me...a lot...) Anyway, they mentioned "Elementals being witches" and "prophecies" and that sorta stuff...I wasn't like paying attention for a while, until I heard that and I was like "?! That's like my story!!" I told my mom that and she went to my dad and laughed and told my dad what I told her....-...-....so please, if you've watched that movie first, and then read my fic, please please please! Do not think that I copied that movie!! Well, I guess that's all I have to say right now... so I'll be starting the fic... and thank you again to those who've reviewed!

P.S. I'm not an action-type of writer here...so this chappie might get confusing or odd...-.-...don't forget to review when you're done, kudasai! ;

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts own!! And so will the new sequel coming out soon!! XD wait, is that a disclaimer? O.o

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[CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE ELEMENTALS...]

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Kagome blinked twice at what Kaede had said. "One of them? One of who?" she asked. She looked at Kaede's face; she had a pleased look. Kagome was confused; just a few minutes ago, she almost died! She would've been dead by now if she hadn't put her hands in front of her face and stopped the arrow that was coming straight at her. But she stopped it, by how exactly? By fire? Did she stop it by using fire?

"Kagome...How did you just do that?" asked Miroku as he was holding onto Sango. "You would've been dead, b-but – "

"What is going on?!" asked Kagome. "Kaede, tell me! Someone please tell me now!"

Kaede remained silent, as well did everyone else in that room, until Inya spoke up. "So, does that mean that Kagome is an Elemental?"

Kagome looked at Inya, and then to Kaede; both were looking at her. "An Elemental? What is that?"

"Elemental?" Botan asked as she heard the word 'elemental'. What happened earlier that day came back into her mind; the dream that she had the other night and her figuring out the four main elements among the Elemental Witches... "What's going on, what are the Elemental Witches?" she asked out loud.

Kaede walked towards the door, not hearing Botan's question. "Why are they here?"

Inya walked over to Kaede's side. "It might be a Kurokiba...Spies..."

Kaede nodded her head. "Can you get him, Inuyasha?"

"You bet," he answered. "I'm getting tired of being this human form any longer."

The transformation from human to demon occurred; what happened once in the school is happening again. His nails became claws, his mouth grew canines and his black hair became white. Inuyasha was no longer in his ningen body, but in his youkai form.

"Inya?"

Inuyasha turned around and saw Kagome standing behind him, confused at what she was seeing. "Inya? What happened to you? You look...you look...different..." The hanyou smirked and ran off through the door that Kaede had just opened. "Inya!"

"His name is not Inya..." Kaede said quietly. "His real name is Inuyasha. He's half-demon, the hybrid of a human mother and a demonic father..."

"Demons? Demons exist?" asked Sango. She stood beside Kagome, who was in a small state of shock.

"Demons do exist, as well as angels, vampires, ghosts, witches," she said as she looked out the door. "And so much more as well...Anything you thought that wasn't real...is...What you feared as a child – the boogie man, the tooth fairy and etc – are all real..."

"Kaede, move away!" Inuyasha yelled out. "Move away!"

"Lady Kaede!" Botan cried out as she ran towards Kaede. She saw a dagger coming towards Kaede, and she needed to save the old woman. Botan stood in front of the old woman and crossed her arms in front of her face. "Don't take Kaede's life!"

A blast of wind surrounded the area, causing the dagger to fly back away from Botan and Kaede. Kaede was surprised, she didn't sense that weapon coming towards her; however, Botan had. The old woman looked at the back of Botan's neck; the symbol for "kaze" had appeared. 'The Elemental Witch of the Wind!' The symbol had then disappeared.

"What?" Botan wondered when she didn't feel any cold metal within her body. The girl turned around to make sure that Kaede wasn't hurt. "Are you alright, Kaede?"

"Yes, I'm alright," was the reply.

"Kaede, you're not hurt are you?" Inuyasha asked as he came through the door, he was out of breath.

Kaede nodded. "Did you get him?"

"Yeah, he's lying on the ground right now, the dagger he threw landed in him..." he pointed towards Botan, "if it wasn't for you."

"Me?" asked Botan.

"What's going on? Is someone trying to kill you, Lady Kaede?" Kagome demanded. Kagome looked at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha's ear twitched, not Kagome's voice, but to a sound that came from outside. "What? There's another one?!" Inuyasha left again.

Kagome ran after him. "Inuyasha!"

"Please stay here, Kagome!" Sango called out, but her friend was already gone. "Kagome!" She too then followed after her.

Miroku saw Sango follow her friend out through the door. The weather outside was still dangerous, rain was still pouring down like hail. "Sango!" He was about to follow the girl as well, but Koenma held him back. "Let me go!"

"The weather out there would kill you if you're not careful!" said Koenma as he was trying to keep a hold onto Miroku.

"But Sango's out there and so is Kagome!"

"That demon is out there right now, he can help them!"

"But," Miroku stared on ahead, "Let me GO!" With his elbow, Miroku punched Koenma in the stomach. Koenma's eyes became wide and his grip on Miroku loosened, he crouched down from the sudden pain. "Gomen nasai," said Miroku. He then turned around and ran off.

Botan saw her brother on the ground. "Onii-chan!" She ran to her brother.

"It's chaos here and the fire is out, we can't see!" Yukina cried out.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Keiko asked. "Someone's trying kill Kaede, and probably us too!"

"I-I don't know!" Botan yelled back. She looked down at that ground and closed her eyes. 'What? More are coming?!" She had sensed more beings coming, two or more at the least. She saw Kagome and Sango being surrounded and Miroku lying down on the ground, unconscious. "Kuwabara, Keiko, Yukina, stay here!" Botan ordered, and then left.

"Botan, wait for me!"

"Yukina!" Keiko called out as she stayed behind with Kuwabara and Koenma. She didn't want to leave Koenma by himself when he's defenseless at the moment. "Kazuma!"

Kuwabara nodded and went after Yukina and Botan.

Keiko looked around for Kaede; she wasn't in the room anymore. "Where's Kaede?"

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{Outside}

The rain was still pouring down heavily, worst than how it is described as "Raining like cats and dogs." The wind was still howling, becoming stronger and stronger than ever. Up on a tree, Inuyasha watched below. 'Two more are coming?' He looked over to where the dead body lied (the one that threw its dagger, but came back and stabbed him). "What the?" The body was gone.

"Inuyasha!"

The demon turned around and saw Kaede below the tree. "Kaede, be careful – he's not dead."

"Inya! Inya!"

Inuyasha heard his name being called by Kagome. "What is she doing here?" He saw Kagome and Sango near each other. Inuyasha looked on ahead, a shimmer of silver glowed in the darkness. He ran towards Kagome and Sango when he saw two knives coming straight towards them. "Kagome!"

The girls heard Inuyasha coming to them. Inuyasha brought his Tetsusaiga. "Kagome!"

Kagome saw knives heading towards them. Her eyes widened with fear. She was frightened, as well as Sango; she didn't see Inuyasha in front of her, stopping the knives with his sword. "Inuyasha?"

"Be careful next time!" Inuyasha yelled at them. "There are creatures out that want your heads!"

"What?" asked Sango. "Who's trying to kill us and why are they?"

"They're after the Elemental Witches," Inuyasha answered. "Four of you girls, are the elementals."

"Who the heck are these Elemental Witches?!" she asked.

Inuyasha didn't hear her, instead, he ran over to where the dead body was supposed to be.

The hanyou ran until he found the area. He growled. "Damn...Where – How the hell did he get away?!" Inuyasha paused, he remembered something from earlier. He didn't smell the spies scent...The scent was neither of human nor demon...Can it be a Kurokiba? He looked around, lightning flashed and thunder boomed.

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"Sango! Kagome!!" Miroku called out through the pouring rain. "Sango!" He searched for her, but the rain was coming down hard and the wind made it worse. The sun wasn't out and the moon was covered with thick clouds. "Sango!" A bolt of lightning flashed and Miroku looked ahead...he saw a white shirt and dark black hair, a person almost in front of him. "Sango?" He walked on. Closer and closer he moved towards that person. "Sango!"

He ran all the way towards her. "Thank Buddha, she's all right," he said. "Sango! Where's Kagome? Let's go." He tapped her shoulder, but she didn't turn around. "Sango?"

She turned around, Miroku gasped. "You're...You're not Sango!"

"And who else would I be?"

The girl that stood before him had red eyes, eyes that resemble the color of a blood-stained setting sun (a/n: eh?). The girl laughed. "Soon the girls in this temple will all die!"

"Who are you?"

The girl laughed again. "My name is Kagura; I am the Wind Sorceress. I can control the wind in any way that I want." Kagura grinned as she saw Miroku's frightened expression. "Soon you and everyone here will perish!"

Miroku tightened his fists as Kagura was still laughing; he looked at her, how can she be saying this? Does she even know Sango, Kagome or any of those girls in the temple?

Kagura stopped laughing when she felt a sharp pain on her face. Miroku had punched her left cheek; Kagura had taken a step back, she touched her lip, blood dripped down and she tasted her own blood. "How dare you hit my face, human?!" she yelled. "You'll pay for this!"

She brought out a fan that she hid behind her back and opened it. She waved it up and down, causing strong gusts of wind towards Miroku. The wind was strong and so was the already howling wind that poured down with the rain. Miroku had to close his eyes and block the wind with his arms in front of him.

"Die, human!" Kagura pulled down her fan once again, harder than the last few times. Miroku gulped and hoped for a miracle to happen.

"Miroku!!"

Miroku opened his eyes – his eyes became wide. A mass of gravel and earth were in front of him, holding back the force of the strong wind. "What?"

"Miroku, get away now!"

He turned around; Sango was there, arms in front of her. Did she do this to save him? "Sango?"

"Now, Miroku!"

Miroku ran over to Kagome and Sango.

On the other side of the wall of earth, Kagura tried to bring the earth down with all her strength, but it wouldn't budge. "Damn it! I've had enough of this!" she said, defeated. "I'll end it here for now, but I will be back!"

Sango began to hold back until she let her arms down. The mass of earth that blocked Kagura from the three teens was gone. Kagura smiled wickedly at them. "I will be back; there will be more of us. Just don't get too comfortable while I'm gone. You will all surely –- "She got cut off. She turned around and saw Inuyasha was standing there, out of breath and holding nothing in his hands. Kagura looked down. "...Die..." she said, collapsing onto the floor. Her eyes began to close slowly.

Kagome, Sango and Miroku remained silent, until Inuyasha pulled his sword out of Kagura's chest. "Her voice began to piss me off; just by hearing her talk annoyed me."

Kagome tried to read the demon's expression through the rain; obviously it was hard to see his face, but the way he talked just now...was different...

"Kagome! Sango! Miroku! Are you okay?"

Sango and Kagome saw Botan across from them, running and out of breath. Behind her was Yukina – she too was out of breath.

"We're okay!" Kagome answered back.

"Wait," Inuyasha said quickly. "There's one left around here."

"One left?"

"Yeah."

"Where's Kaede?" Yukina asked as she and Botan caught up to them.

"She went back inside, she said that the ones left inside would need her help," Inuyasha replied.

Everyone then returned to the temple.

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"Koenma!"

Koenma began to moan when he heard his name.

"Onii-chan! Koenma, please wake up! Kudasai!"

"Mother?" he asked as he slowly opened his eyes. A blurred image of a woman was in front of him, speaking to him; she had a worried expression on her beautiful face, tears of sadness slid down her flustered cheeks. His vision began to clear up. It wasn't his mother, instead it was his sister – she was holding her close to him. "Botan?"

"Koenma! You're awake!" She began to cry and she held him tightly against her body. "I thought you were going to die!"

Koenma looked around; he was lying upon a spread-out futon in another room. The rain was still pouring, but not as hard as it was a while ago, and the wind had died down as well.

"What happened? Where is everyone?" he asked.

Botan looked at her brother. "You don't remember?" Koenma shook his head. "We came back in and found you knocked out," she began to explain. "You were bleeding from the neck..."

Koenma looked down and had remembered Keiko, she was with him; he began to remember what happened now, he remembered crouching down upon the floor, holding his stomach because of Miroku punching him. He remembered Keiko staying with him after Botan and Yukina went after those girls and Miroku and Kuwabara following after Yukina...Keiko stayed with him but soon the fire went out again and it became dark. Koenma heard an amused laughter. The person that stood before him had long silvery-white hair and golden-brown eyes that shown through the darkness.

Koenma got up slowly. "Who are you?" he asked.

The man smirked. "I'm here to take her." He pointed at Keiko as she stood behind Koenma. He started to walk towards her, but Koenma blocked him.

"Don't take another step," he warned him. Koenma's heart began to beat uncontrollably – he was terrified, terrified for what might happen if he stays in front of this man any longer. Keiko stood close to the wall, Koenma between the man and her. "Keiko, get out now. Go to Kuwabara!"

"No! I can't leave you here!" she cried.

"Keiko!"

"Aah!" Keiko screamed.

Koenma turned around and gasped. "Keiko!"

Keiko screamed as someone began to lift her off the ground. "Let me GO!"

"Stop the whining, wench!"

"Let me GO!!"

"How about a no?"

"What are you?!"

"My name is Hiten, we've come here to get you and that big lug that's knocked out at the front, away from here," he said.

"What? Kuwabara?" Keiko tried to wriggle herself free, but it was of no use. "Let me GO!!!" She slapped him. Hiten paused, a hand-shaped red mark appeared on his cheek. Keiko's hand began to throb from pain. "Ow!"

"Alright, we're going," said Hiten. "We'll be seeing you at the tower, boss."

"Keiko!" yelled Koenma. "Kei –" Koenma felt a sharp pain in his neck as his head was pulled back and his neck became exposed. Two sharp fangs pierced his neck and he went limp.

"You won't be going anywhere for a while," the man said as he held Koenma. He licked his lips and fresh young blood filled his mouth.

"Let him go, now."

The man felt another presence within the room. He knew this person; he met her so many years ago. He let loose of Koenma, dropping him onto the ground; blood began to spread across the floor. Koenma's eyes were closed; his body was weak, due to the loss of blood.

"Lady Kaede," the main said. "It has been so many centuries since we've last seen each other. I can see how much you've changed throughout the centuries." He grinned.

Kaede remained silent until she spoke. "I see that you haven't changed as much throughout these years. Not a wrinkle on your skin. Although. After you've left, I thought you had died of grief over him...Now you're here, all alive and well...but different. You're one of them now, aren't you?"

The man turned around and smirked. He disappeared, but reappeared behind Kaede. Kaede didn't panic; she was calm, as though she had nothing to fear.

"I've never tasted the blood of an old witch before," he said. "I've heard that their blood tasted just a bit sweeter, like wine, as they get older. They're a bit sweeter than younger witches."

"Enough," said Kaede. She began to recite a spell quickly, a spell that would make intruders leave, vanish, disappear away from the surrounding areas.

"It won't be that easy, Kaede; not how it used to be," said the man. He grabbed Kaede by the throat. "Oh how the years withered your body."

Kaede couldn't breathe as he lifted her off the ground while he was still holding her by the throat. "It's now time for your nap, witch," he said as he threw her against the wall, causing her to wince from the pain. She slowly landed on the ground; she felt dizzy.

The man started to laugh silently. "Tell those witches and that sorry excuse for a demon, that I'll be seeing them one-by-one very soon," he told her, as he slowly vanished. Kaede stared on ahead...

"Kaede!"

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"Koenma?"

Koenma blinked twice as he heard his name being called. He remembered what had happened earlier; Keiko was taken away, kidnapped by this other creature...but Kuwabara...What happened to him?

"Kuwabara! What happened to him? Have you seen him?!" he asked, but he winced from the pain on the side of his neck. The bite on his neck was beginning to throb from the pain.

"Koenma?" Botan was becoming worried.

Koenma began to talk through clenched teeth. "Kazuma...Have you seen Kazuma?"

Botan shook his head. "I haven't seen him," she began to cry, "or Keiko..."

Koenma lied back down. "Kuwabara...Keiko...Where did they take you?"

"What?"

"Those people...They took Keiko and Kuwabara with them...somewhere..."

"Botan!" yelled Yukina, "Kaede wants you and Koenma to come down to the temple. She has something she wants to tell us...she says it's important..."

Botan nodded and helped Koenma get up. He groaned in pain. "It's okay, Koenma," she said.

Yukina went over to help Botan walk Koenma down towards the temple.

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"Kaede, what is going on?! Keiko and Kuwabara were kidnapped; all of us were nearly killed tonight...What in the world is going on?!" Sango demanded as she stood before a quiet Kaede.

"Please sit down," replied Kaede. "As soon as Yukina, Botan and Koenma come in, I will tell you."

Sango did as she was asked and sat down between Kagome and Miroku. Inuyasha was sitting close to the door, looking out the window with an unemotional expression upon his face. The storm was beginning to die down...slowly until it was only a light shower.

The door behind Sango opened and Yukina, Botan and Koenma walked through. Sango got up and tried to help the three; she then closed the door.

"Kaede, now will you tell us what's going on and why we're being targeted?" asked Kagome.

"Yes," Kaede answered, "I will." The old woman walked towards the fire that was in the center of the room. "One millennium ago, a different race of vampire was created...They are powerful and merciless...Showing no emotion, no remorse to anything that they have killed. They are fast, strong and deceitful...You can't tell if they're human or not; they look so much like humans, that once you're trapped like a mouse caught by a cat, you'll have no way of escaping, unless you're clever enough to get away from their clutches." Kaede paused for a moment then went on. "They are hard to detect, hard to sense if they were near you..." She looked at Inuyasha; he was still looking on ahead....

"There was a king," she went on, "the first creation of the new race of kyuketsuki, created by genes of certain animals and abilities from other creatures that had once existed...But as all vampires share...they all have the urge for blood. This first creation was then born – as a vampire – and had killed his creator shortly after his first few hours of life. He was already full grown and already he had his full power. He soon walked out to roam the world, calling himself a Kurokiba – by the end of the his century of life, there were at least three Kurokiba in every country on the whole plane and more are being created throughout the years. However, the Kurokiba do not just randomly bring in a human into their clan...the human must have abilities or characteristics that will prove essential to the Kurokibas' needs."

"So they're the strongest race of vampire in the whole world?" asked Kagome.

Kaede nodded her head and continued. "The king of the Kurokibas decides what should be done or not, he reigned supreme; many demons, witches, humans and other vampire races feared him...until one day...The Kurokiba king went to visit an Oracle of great knowledge. The Oracle told to him of the great power that he will gain in the near future, and soon that his life will finally perish from the hands of the four Elemental witches. The king became horrified and soon his search of finding the Elementals began, hoping to kill them before receiving their full powers to defend themselves. His search for the Elementals had continued for centuries. For centuries no one knew who the Elementals could be...Until now..."

Silence...

"Elemental Witches?" asked Yukina.

"Yes, there are four Elemental witches: Fire, wind –"

"Water and Earth..." Botan whispered. Memories of the dream she had the other night came into her mind. The man that held her by the wrists, calling her the Elemental Witch of the Wind and him killing....Kurama... "Kaede, how do you know if someone is an Elemental or not?"

"When the four chosen girls gather in a sacred area, like this temple, their powers will come to them, without them knowing so until they use their powers unexpectedly. As well as using their magic, whenever an Elemental Witch uses her magic, her symbol will appear somewhere on her body. The kanji for their Element will appear: Kaze, Hi, Mizu and Chi...So far, Kagome, Botan and Sango have received their powers...Fire, Wind, and Earth...Water still remains among Keiko and Yukina..."

"If Keiko was the Witch of the Water," Koenma spoke up, "wouldn't she have been able to get away from that Hiten person?"

Kaede was silent, and remember what would have happened. "Yes, that's true. She would've been able to escape by using her magic when she was scared."

"So then that means," everyone said in unison as they turned their heads toward Yukina. Yukina became nervous.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? Do I have something on my face or something?" she asked nervously. She looked at Kaede and gasped. Kaede had a bow and arrow in hands again, ready to shoot at Yukina. "Kaede? Wait, you guys think that I'm the Witch of the Water?!" Everyone nodded. "But what if I'm not?!"

Kaede shot her arrow once again. Botan crossed her fingers, hoping that what she thinks is true; she doesn't want to lose another best friend!

Yukina covered her eyes with her hands. She was scared; she kept asking herself what if she isn't the witch that they're looking for? What if she dies right now because of their mistake?

But...

Yukina opened her eyes one by one and lowered down her arms. She looked at everyone, they were all wet, even Kaede. She began to laugh, but tears came from her crimson-colored eyes...She was crying. Botan got up, relieved, from where she was sitting and went over to Yukina's side. She sat down and held the crying Yukina within her arms.

"It's okay, Yukina," Botan comforted. "All is okay...You don't have to be afraid anymore..."

"I was scared! I thought I was going to die...at that moment..."

Botan kept holding Yukina until she calmed down a bit from the fear of dying...

"We have finally found all four Elemental Witches," said Kaede, "after so many centuries..."

"Kaede?"

"Yes, Kagome?"

"Where's Shippou?"

Kaede's eyes widened as the remembrance of Shippou came into her mind. "Shippou?" She had completely forgotten about her only grandchild. "Shippou!" She quickly walked to Shippou's room as fast as she could. "Shippou!"

Everyone tried to follow the old woman. Koenma stayed behind with Inuyasha, for he was too weak to walk again. Yukina and Botan followed Kaede after Koenma told the two to go on without him.

"Shippou-chan!"

"Shippou!" Kaede cried out as she opened Shippou's door. His room was dark, his window-curtains blocked the dimmed moonlight from entering the room. "Shippou?" She walked over to his bedside slowly. "Are you alright, Shippou?" She removed the blankets that covered the bed. Kaede sighed at what she saw. Shippou was there, in his bed, soundly asleep and dreaming away...

Kagome and the rest of the group (except Koenma and Inuyasha) came into the room. Kaede put a finger before her mouth, indicating to the group that they should keep quiet. They all nodded and left the room quietly. Kaede stayed behind to tuck in Shippou. "Good night, Shippou...it's been a long night...Sleep well..." She kissed his forehead and had soon left.

"So, Shippou's okay? Was there anything wrong?" asked Botan.

"He's okay...I didn't feel any evil within the room," Kaede responded. "Rest up, you can spend the night here tonight. Tomorrow, I will tell you more..."

Miroku and the girls followed Kaede back towards the temple and back to Koenma.

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After she closed his door, he heard them talk. He heard them ask about him; he heard that they'll be spending the night in his home tonight...good...

Shippou opened his eyes, and they shown a bright golden-brown color.

"Keep an eye on them Shippou. I'll be counting on you."

"Yes...Master..."

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A/N: Okay, so how was that chappie? I'm not the kind to write this sorta 'action' stuff...'Twas kinda hard...-.-...but anywho....how was it?

anywho, you're right SK...out of every place in Tokyo, they all end up in Kaede's....heh hmm...what else...I thank again for the reviews Now don't forget to review this when you're done, please..and I'll be updating this as soon as I can once I get 5 reviews again!! And ooh....what's going on with Shippou? Why is Inuyasha all of a sudden...quiet? Hmm.... Well, gotta go now!! Ja ne!

oh yeah...some meanings here...

Onii-chan means Big/older brother
Hi (pronounced like "hee") means Fire
Chi is Earth
Kaze is Wind
Mizu is Water
and Kudasai is another way of saying please...