AN: Here's the next installment of the story. I had to go in and add some stuff to the chapter which will appear in the next posting.

Review responses (since most people reviewed twice since my last set of responses, I'm going to respond to both reviews in the order they were written):

Donamarine- Can't wait to see the gang's responses? Don't fret, its in the next chapter (and I don't mean part!) / Thanks! I wrote Dance by Crystal Light for this story, glad my efforts weren't ignored.

slave2anime- I forgot to explain that in that chapter, ergo I added the part after this one to explain it. About the accent thing, what are you talking about? I'm confused…. / cries People like my songs! I'm so touched. They are really poems I put to music (I even wrote that!). Hiei's job is revealed in the next part.

SamiKismet- Wow, you figured it out (I guess I didn't make his job so oblivious….). I spent multiple weeks thinking out the crazy twists and turns of this story before I started writing it. I'm glad people besides myself are enjoying the fruits of that laborious task. / I know, I know! Everyone's gonna kill me but their meeting isn't until the next chapter! I have to get there and that's going to take a bit more time! I beg you to not kill me until then!

Ryu-Pyro- I'm getting there as soon as I can! Beware the evil cliffhangers I have in store for you!

Something is not quiet right...

Chapter 3: Nothing is as it Seems (part 2)

Keiko woke up. Somehow she couldn't stay asleep, it wasn't bad dreams that got her, it was simply waking up.

"I can't take her up on that offer she made me…." Kairos had told her that if she had any problems, that she should go see her. Kairos was nice and genital, with a mother's love that she gave anybody. She acted differently than the other Galen, though why was beyond Keiko.

Suddenly Keiko felt as though she was being watched. She heard the sound of a flute. Getting up, Keiko pulled a robe over her body. She began to follow the sound of the flute.

After a while she found herself at the door to Kairos' room.

Hiei set down the Brecy Flute[1]. Playing himself to sleep didn't help tonight ether. Kairos opened her eyes.

"Love…." She became filled with misery. She hated watching him suffer.

"Just go to sleep. I can take care of myself." Hiei laid down next to her. She cuddled against his body. Hiei shut his eyes; if he couldn't sleep he could at least relax.

"Hmm…." Keiko went back to bed. 'Who was watching me?'

"Well, Suichi, she sure is a strange one." Keiko whispered to her twin brother.

"I wonder if she's from the place Daddy came from…." Suichi and Keiko had been spying on the envoys from Spirit Realm with their Jagans. They had waited until their father was asleep so that he won't find them out. Though Hiei would know if they were doing such things in his sleep[2], he let them get away with it because children need to be able to think they can outwit their parents. If he didn't let them do such things, they'd probably pull a more harmful prank.

"What are the chances of that?" Keiko had learned that the outside world was a huge place, from her father of course.

"I don't know, but she looks like she's the same race as Daddy." Suichi explained.

"Her ki is different than his." Keiko pointed out.

"Well, it is a girl we're talking about!"

"But what about her companion? Her ki's really weird." Keiko wondered.

"Maybe she's from a different country? Daddy told me that the Spirit Realm is more of a rendezvous point than a country. They have people working there from all over the Demon Realm and even some people from the Human Realm." Suichi suggested.

"Do you think that Daddy's old friends are coming to take him away? Daddy did work for the Spirit Realm leader-guy before he was brought here." Keiko was suddenly frightened, "Maybe they want him back!"

"That's impossible, its been twenty years! Besides he won't leave us or Mommy, he loves us too much!" Suichi assured her.

"Its been two minutes, I'm going in!" If there's one thing Yusuke really, really hated, it was waiting.

"We have to walk in together, bonehead!" Genkai snapped at him. The four marched in a line through the transporter. They found themselves surrounded by massive crystals.

"Wow…!" Kurama remarked.

"Good day!" All the eyes fell one the lady wearing a yellow robe with a black sash around her waist. Her robe glittered like the crystals around them. Next to her Keiko and Botan looked bland. She spoke to them in slightly accented Japanese.

"I am Kairos Skyeyes of Crystila, I shall be acting as a second translator and as a cultural bridge between yourselves and my people." She gave a formal bow. "Before I gave you a tour of the place, I'd like to tell you boys a few things about myself. I am 44 years old, I'm married, and I have two children. And I would rather you not talk about my appearance at all, thank you. I will now show you to your rooms." She signaled the boys to follow her.

As she showed them about the huge expanse of crystal, she explained the Galen culture and pointed out things of interest, along with practical places such as the bathrooms. After a while she showed them to her room.

"This is my room. If you need anything you can come here and wait for me or my husband. He is as willing to help you as I am." She paused to take out a sheet of paper. "This is your schedule for tomorrow. I do hope you can make it on time to all your destinations." She leaned closer to them. "It's best that you'd be early to your meeting with the Prince. His schedule does not have any buffer what so ever." She pointed to the appointment.

"It says right here that we're to be briefed by you before we go in, I'm certain we'll be able to make it early." Kurama pointed out.

"Silly me! I should study my own schedule more often." She laughed at her own stupidity.

"Oh, and could you please lead us back to our rooms, my grasp of the building is not yet good enough to find my way without getting lost." Yusuke asked humbly, using his lessons in manners to his fullest.

"Certainly!"

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[1]- Kairos had taught Hiei how to play the tin whistle. The Galen call them Brecy Flutes and they are made of Crystal.

[2]- Hiei sleeps with his Jagan open, making him aware of the world and Spirit use.

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AN: I promise to update this thing sometime tomorrow or the day after! Hold your horses until then!