I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. This is a Tas/Chiri fic, although Chiri has been reincarnated as a girl. Anyways, off we go. Everqueen.

Back to Houjun/Holly's PoV. It picks up where the last one ended, with Holly leaving the room to check out Hikou's room.

Holly entered her little brother's room and gave a quick cursory glance. Everything seemed to be in order, but she had heard alot of giggling carry down the stairs and she stooped slightly and looked under the bed. Sure enough, half the toys were under there. She glanced back at Hikou, one blue eyebrow raised. At her look the little boy sighed. "I just want to see what's going on downstairs."

She gave a nod. "It is understandable to be curious, but you can not do half your chore when I ask, Hikou, no da. Besides, Kouji is working on a school project. We shouldn't disturb them."

Hikou frowned and opened his mouth but Holly correctly guessed what he was going to say and beat him too it. "And I know something about what their project is about and was telling them what I know, no da." She gestured under the bed. "Pull it all out and I will help you put it away."

The little boy sighed but did as he asked and Holly seperated his toys, handing them to him one at a time so that he could put them in their appropriate place. Then Holly vacuumed his floor while Hikou escaped to the bed. Once the room was clean she smiled to her little brother.

"So, until the pizza gets here, what do you want to do?" Hikou smiled and scrambled for his bookcase, pulling out a raggedy copy of "Who wants an old teddy bear."

She smiled to him and took the book, sitting on his bed, leaning against the wall, Hikou cuddled at her side. Both were so engrossed in the book that they didn't hear the doorbell ring, signalling the arrival of the pizza.

Genrou's PoV

After Chichiri left to check on Hikou's room the group sat down and began to recall the facts of the land of the Universe of the Four Gods, what they had drawn from their memory. Chiriko, being the scholar of the group, was the one writting all the ideas down. Some serious brainstorming was being finished and they all blinked when the door bell rang, not realizing that 45 minutes had flown by yet. Kouji and Genrou answered the door and Genrou took the pizza's to the kitchen while Kouji paid for them.

Genrou was just setting them down when Kouran came running in, cheering. "PIZZA"

"GAH, I think ya should wait for Kouji or Holly before ya get some."

Kouji, coming in behind Kouran spoke as his sister pouted. "I'll get ya and Hikou some pizza. Genrou, why don't ya go upstairs and get Jun and Hikou for supper. They probably didn't hear the doorbell or Hikou would already be down here by now."

Genrou smiled and bolted for the stairs, using his celestial speed to run up there. He paused at the landing and heard Chichiri's soft voice coming from a room down the hall and he walked softly there, pausing at the door to smile at the sight.

Holly was leaning against the wall, sitting on Hikou's bed, the little boy cuddled against her side, reading him a story. He didn't take too long to get sappy over the cute scene and after Holly read the end of the book and closed it, he cleared his throat, causing both to look up at him.

"Pizza's here."

Hikou cheered and bolted from the bed with all the energy of a four year old and ran downstairs towards the kitchen. Chichiri chuckled and climbed off the bed much slower, stooping to put the book back on the bottom shelf. She rose and found Tasuki still gazing at her.

"Hi."

She smiled even more and walked over to him, glancing up to look into his face. "Hi yourself."

He lifted a hand to run it over her hair and then tucked it around the nape of her neck, him slowly decending his lips to hers. There lips met softly, before he pulled back slowly and smiled down at her, fangs showing. "Sorry."

She shook her head and raised a hand to pull him back down. "You will be if you don't kiss me again, no da." He chuckled and pressed his lips to hers once more. The scent of her filled his senses and all he could do was taste the sweetness of his Chichiri's mouth as she opened her lips to his gentle instance. The moment their tongues met, he lowered his arms to her waist, pulling her flush against his body, molding her to him.

Chichiri groaned slightly and met his passion with one of her own. She felt his desire for her clearly with as close as he held her and her memories of being a man did not prepare her for the way her female body would react to him. She finally broke the kiss, lack of oxygen being the prime reason for such and gasped softly, staring up into his eyes. He smiled slightly, one hand rising from her waist to stroke her back. "It's been so long."

She gave a nod "Hai, that it has no da. But we can't do that yet." A look of confusion crossed his face before she blushed. "We didn't have to worry about birth control before, no da." Tasuki blushed deeply. "Why did ya come back a woman anyways?" His voice had taken on a slight whine. She giggled and kissed his chin. "Cause I asked Taiitsukun to be one when I was reincarnated, na no da."

"WHAT?"

She pulled away from him slightly with a nod. "Hai, it was before Miaka came into the book, early in my study. I thought it would be interesting to know what it felt like to be a woman, no da." Tasuki groaned and kissed her forehead, a smirk once again showing his canines. "Yer just lucky I love ya so much, ya know that?"

"Hai, I know."

Both were smiling at each other and Tasuki's head was lowering back to her lips when Kouji's voice carried up the stairs.

"Hey, Pizza is getting cold, hurry up ya two." Both heads turned towards the stairway and she groaned, dropping her head onto his chest. Tasuki chuckled and kissed the top of her head before pulling away from her altogether. "Come on, let's go eat."

She smiled and followed him down to the kitchen where she was pleased to note her younger siblings were eating nicely as Kouji made sure they had what they wanted. Kouran looked to her sister as she entered. "Holly, why can't we eat in the den like you and Kouji?"

Holly's gaze swung to Kouji who was frowning at his youngest sister and Holly caught his gaze and shook her head before answering her sister.

"Did Kouji tell you that you had to eat in here?" Both nodded. "And why do you think he told you that?"

"Cause we're messy?" Was Hikou's honest reply. Genrou choked back a laugh, getting a dirty look from Kouji, Chichiri ignored it and continued.

"That's right. You guys are not the cleanest when it comes to eating pizza, na no da. But I tell you what. You eat in here, and behave, then after you have your baths and are ready to go to bed, I'll let you eat some popcorn in the living room and watch a movie before bed, no da." She raised a blue eyebrow at her siblings who both nodded, pleased with the idea.

Nodding once, she reminded them to behave and followed the two guys out of the kitchen, grabbing another drink tray as she left.

She followed Kouji and Tasuki back into the den and settled the drink tray on the low table on the back wall before sitting back down between Tasuki and Kouji. Nuriko was smiling at her, watching as she cuddled against Tasuki, who handed her a slice of cheese pizza.

The purple haired seishi grinned at his friends and said, "As much as I want to see her, it's a good thing Miaka is not here, or we would need more pizza." The group burst into laughter at the thought of their gluttonous miko.

Conversation settled for a few minutes, letting the group satisfy their hunger. Holly left after two slices to check on the children, and then returned. "So, what do you have so far?"

The group blinked at her, forgetting for a moment that she had been the one to travel most extensively in their past lives. "I did see more of the Universe of the Four Gods lands, no da." The rest of the group nodded and Chiriko pulled the paper back out and started to take notes and they listened to Chichiri relate what she knew about the lands.

Holly relayed what she could remember off the top of her head and then told the others to think on other subjects and she would return to help their research, but she had two kids to get ready for bed.

Leaving the room, she went upstairs and ran the water in her bathroom and then in the hall bath. She put Hikou in the hall bath and let Kouran play in hers. Hikou, who didn't like baths all that much was in and out as soon as he washed up. She quickly dressed him, stepped into her room to check on Kouran's progress, who was finally starting to wash and then went downstairs. Hikou, in his footy pajama's, followed her into the kitchen and chatted away as his sister cleaned up the table and then dishes, straightening the kitchen as she went.

When Kouran came downstairs, she ushered both siblings into the living room and helped them pick a movie they both wanted to watch before she went back to make popcorn. She stopped off in the den and asked if they would like some too, which they said they did.

She was standing at the stove, reaching into the cabinets above it to pull out the popcorn popper when she felt Tasuki's ki come up behind her. She gave a small smile and blinked as his hands covered hers and he grabbed the popper effortlessly. "Yer short this time too."

She glanced over her shoulder at him and he smiled down at her, kissing her lips lightly before moving away and setting the popper on the counter. "Doin' it the hard way?"

She gave a nod, grabbing the popcorn and oil from the cabinet after he moved. "Yeah, I don't like microwave popcorn, no da."

Once the popcorn and oil was in the machine and it was on, Chichiri turned back to Tasuki, who pulled her close to him, his mouth decending on hers again. They kissed long and hard, their bodies pressed together. For a moment she forgot where she was and then the popcorn popping sound caught her attention.

She broke the kiss, licking his lower lip as she pulled away. "We should stop doing that, no da."

"Why?"

She smiled at him and rubbed her body against his, causing him to moan softly in desire and grind back. "That's why, no da." He smiled at her. "Alright" She smiled at him and leaned against the counter, his body still close enough they were touching still. "So, what do we do now?"

He smiled down and brought a hand to her hair, running it down her cheek. "Well, we could date for now." She smiled "And then?"

His look was matter of fact as he spoke. "Well, would you marry me?" She giggled and nodded "Do you really have to ask? I do want to wait till I'm out of college though, no da." He gave a nod, kissing her forehead softly. "Anything you want, Chichiri. I just want to be with you like before." She gave a nod and smiled, knowing in her heart that once again they would be together and this was just the start of another beautiful life with him.