Hey guys! Yes!! Chappie four is here!! Lol…I know you guys just love that. ^.^' So how is it so far? O.o; I know 5 people like it so far and that ((even as small amount of people that is )) encourages me to continue it...so...yeah...I figure this will be done in...maybe 14 or 15 chappies. How knows? Maybe more than that. ^_~ Well on with the story! ((OMG! I AM SO SORRY FOR MISSPELLING HOTOHORI!! My beta reader caught that in the last chappie after I posted it. ^.^ So sorry! It's spelled right here!))


Chapter 4-Mission

Kia sat in her room, staring at the wall. She had just got out of a meeting with Hotohori and Chichiri, which left her mentally wore out. They had discussed how she was going to find the Constellations and the clues on where she can find them. Hotohori said they should start with Nuriko, who's clues were palace and strength.

"I don't know! Nuriko could be anywhere on the palace grounds!" Kia moaned, banging her head on the table.

This morning in a matter of seconds after meeting the emperor, Hotohori, she was the priestess who had this mission to summon a god! Kia was glad she could help out but she had this nagging feeling that she would disappoint them somehow, like she did her dad.

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"Hello?" Kia slurred into her cell phone, it was nearly one in the morning and she was still at the party.

"Kia? Where are you?"

It was her dad, Kia rolled her eyes, "I'm still at the party, dad!"

"You should have been home an hour ago! And are you drunk!?" her dad yelled.

Kia winced, her head was pounding, "No, I'm n-not. I've only had coke to drink all night!"

"They could have spiked it, Kia."

"Oh, get real, dad. No one does that anymore! And I would taste it if they had." Kia protested, taking a long drink from the cup she held in her other hand.

"I'm coming to get you." her dad stated, hanging up.

Kia grumbled as she shoved her cell phone into her pocket and grabbed her jacket, going to wait outside. She sat on the stone edging of the sidewalk, watching for her dad's '00 Saturn to pull up. Kia turned her head to look up the road and saw him coming.

Then everything turned into chaos. A truck sped out of her friends driveway, ramming into her dad's front end. Making his car flip into the woods on the opposite side of the road. Kia stood frozen to her place on the sidewalk watching her dad's car flip once, twice, three times down the hill then finally coming to rest up against a tree on its roof. Kia did the only thing she could do at the time. Scream.

Hours later at the emergency room they had pronounced her dad dead. Dead. The two boys in the other car got away with scrapes, bruises, and one a concussion. Dead.

A few days later they buried him in the graveyard where his family was buried. Kia's mom cried the whole time. Kia just sat there, unmoving. After all, it was her fault, or so she blamed herself for it. Even though her mom didn't blame her and her therapist told her is wasn't, Kia still took the blame.

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"Dad...," Kia whispered, "I'm sorry. I'll try not to disappoint them either."

"Um, Priestess?"

Kia looked up at the two attendants that had appeared in the door way, "Yes?"

"His majesty has sent us to help you with your bath."

Kia smacked her hand to her forehead. She had forgotten that she was eating dinner with him and Chichiri.

"Okay, let's go."

The two attendants nodded and lead Kia to the bathhouse.

While Kia bathed she thought about how she was going to find the other four of her warriors. 'Chichiri can go with me since Hotohori can't leave the throne for a long period of time and maybe if we find this Nuriko guy he can go, too.'

"Priestess, are you done?"

Kia looked at her attendants and nodded. They ushered her over to a chair and began to fix her shoulder length blondish-brown hair. After that they fussed over which kimono she should wear for dinner that suited her creamy skin color or, more preferably, which one displayed Suzaku the best.

"This one! It has Suzaku on the back!"

"No, this one! It has Suzaku on the front!"

Kia rolled her eyes, she figured she better settle this herself or she'll be sitting here half naked all day, "I like them both, either is fine."

The attendants nodded, picking the one with Suzaku on the back of it. The rich blood red brought her smooth, pale, skin and the gold brought out both her brilliant green eyes and hair.

As Kia followed the attendants to the throne room she felt like she had eye's following her the whole way.

Kia stopped and looked around, "Ugh, paranoid are we? Also nervous..."

The attendants bowed then left Kia standing in front of the throne room doors. Kia felt a little faint and walked over to the hand rails to balance herself. She noticed a young man running from several guards, then the guards running from him.

Kia walked down the steps and hid behind a column, she could now hear what the young man was saying.

"I didn't steal that horse! It's mine! Hey, back off!"

Kia nearly screamed when a guard flew by the column she was standing behind. The four others soon followed.

Kia leaned back against the column for support, she put her hand over her heart to clam its beating. She screamed when a hand yanked her out from behind her hiding place. The hand went from her wrist to her mouth.

"Shh! I won't hurt you."

Kia realized her eyes were squeezed shut, she opened them slowly to find she was being held by the young man who had beat up the guards. She looked up slowly and mentally noted that he was very handsome.

Kia also noticed a faint red glow from the young man's forehead. She slowly reached up and moved his bluish-black bangs. Kia's eyes widened when she saw the character for 'ogre' on the center of his forehead.

"Are you a Suzaku warrior?!" Kia asked, but since his hand was over her mouth it sounded more like, 'Arf woo uh sushi womuf!?'.

The young man blinked and moved his hand, Kia tried again, "Are you a--"

"Let go of the Priestess of Suzaku!"

Both Kia and the young man looked up to find Hotohori standing there, along with several guards.

"Priestess?" the young man asked, his voice full of wonder and hope.

"Tamahome?" Kia countered, her voice also full of hope but for a different reason. Hope that she had found her fourth warrior.



Okie! You are now done with chappie four! Now…go and click that little button on the left side of your screen that says 'Go'. ^.^ Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for more!


Note: I have also realized that I have not made Kia give any of the warriors her name. My goof. So sorry…u.u' But you have to admit...She's only been there for one day...ONE! In the books time. That's like not even 2 minutes in our time. ((Remember Miaka went back for 1 day and it was 3 months in the book.I kind of guess-imated at how long it has been in our time.)) So, she will give them her name in the other chappie…And you'll see why. Lol!

Toodles! ^.~