A/N : First, I would like to apologize to everyone who is reading this fic for the long waiting time of this update, so sorry. I have been very busy with school and stuff, cause im just a 14 year old teenager, lol.

a/n2 : umm, this is a major plot error, they are currently in the human world.

Chapter 5 – God of Wealth

"No… " Chihiro whispered, tears gently rolling off her cheeks.

Reaching forward, Haku hugged his wife, comforting her although his own heart ached. "Chi… its alright, I'll find him, I promise you that."

Looking up into his eyes, Chihiro nodded, breaking away from their embrace to pick up a tissue and dry her eyes. "Haku, will he be alright?"

"He should be fine… he knows some magic to protect himself, and he's a smart boy, he will be fine. Don't worry Chi, I'll go look for him now." Haku finished as he dashed out of the door into the rain.

"Taiki, please be alright…." Chihiro prayed as she looked at his picture on the table.

"Kaonashi, how much further?" Taiki asked wearily as he dragged his legs onwards.

"Its just in front, and please stop wining, you're supposed to be the son of the lord of the Spirit World?" Kaonashi snapped angrily.

"Fine! Its just because I didn't have to do much walking in the Spirit World." Taiki snapped back in return.

Walking onwards, they arrived at a town filled with structures that Taiki had never seen before, but would have been oddly familiar to Chihiro.

"Kaonashi… is this… a human town?" Taiki asked softly, as they walked through the silent street.

"Yes, apparently it is." Kaonashi replied without much emotion.

" Will they be surprised to see us? Do they look different from us?" Taiki asked excitedly as his imagination started to picture how humans looked liked.

"if you are so worried about them noticing us, why don't you cast some invisibility spell over us?" Kaonashi said, "Or isit that you can't even cast one of the most basic spells?" he continued slowly, attempting to antagonize Taiki.

"Fine, and so I shall." Taiki said with a hint of anger in his voice.

Placing his arms onto his temple, Taiki muttered the words of invisibility, temporarily turning him and Kaonashi invisible.

"Happy now?" Taiki asked.

"Fine, now let us continue your search for these gods that you speak of." Kaonashi replied.

Sulking, Taiki stuffed his hands into his pockets and strolled down the street, reaching out as his father had taught him to the spirits of the land, asking if any god that they knew of lived here.

After getting negative responses, Taiki stopped and angrily kicked a rock, shouting, " Why me? Stupid God of Knowledge, sending me on a quest that I don't even find any fun in going on."

"Ouch!" a girl's voice came from the bushes where Taiki had kicked the rock into. "Who kicked that damn stone?" she shouted as she clambered out of the bushes, with twigs and grass tangled in her hair.

Relax Taiki, she cant see you… she cant see you… Taiki thought to himself as he walked on slowly.

"Hey you!" the girl shouted.

Ignoring her, Taiki walked on, hoping that his invisibility spell was as effective as his teachers said it was.

"Hey, boy with the cloaked figure beside him!" she shouted.

Knowing he was busted, Taiki turned around and said in disbelief, "You… you can see me?"

"Of course I can see you, did you think you were invisible or something?" she said, shaking her head.

"Kaonashi… any idea why she can see us? My spell is still on you know?" Taiki whispered.

"No, there is no reason why a mere human can see through our spells." Kaonashi replied almost immediately.

"What should we do now?" Taiki asked nervously as the girl started walking towards them.

"Not many, one would be to knock her out and make a run for it." Kaonashi said with a hint of humour.

"Kaonashi! Now is not the time for jokes." Taiki snapped.

"Ok, then we tell her the truth why we are here." Kaonashi said.

Walking over to the duo, she placed a hand on Kaonashi's mask and asked, " Are you 2 from a performing troop? What are you doing in this town?"

"This… this may seem to be a little hard to believe, but… we are from another world." Taiki said nervously.

"What?" the girl choked, starting to laugh. "Another world? You expect me to believe that?"

"Yes." Taiki said, without a flicker of amusement on his face.

"Reina-chan, what are you doing here?" a man suddenly walked over from the nearby shop.

So her name is Reina… Taiki thought.

"Takaya-san, these 2 people are suspicious, can you bring them to the police?" asdf said.

Turning around, the man stared at them. Taiki gulped, this man had a powerful aura around him.

"Its ok Reina-chan, lets go to my house." Takaya said, turning to Kaonashi and Taiki, he said coldly, "You 2 come along too."

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"Taiki-kun, welcome to my home, feel free to look around while I get you a drink." Takaya said after closing the door.

"Wait a minute… how… how do you…" Taiki stammered.

"How do I know your name? I'll tell you in a minute, Taiki-kun."

Entering the living room, a bright light blinded Taiki. Opening his eyes, Taiki gasped. In front of his eyes were heaps and heaps of gold and diamonds.

"Taiki… do you see all this? Its all yours… take it…" a ghostly voice drifted through the room which had suddenly become misty.

"Take it all Taiki… its yours…

Reaching out in a daze, Taiki's hand nearly grazed one of the gold pieces when a hard slap on his cheek brought him back to reality.

"Taiki! What the hell was wrong with you?" Reina asked.

"I… I was in a daze, saw lots of gold and diamonds…" Taiki replied in a confused voice.

"Heres tea for everyone… Taiki-kun? What happened?" Takaya asked.

"Takaya-san, Taiki says he saw lots of gold and diamonds, but he must have been hallucinating…" Reina began.

"Taiki-kun, you didn't take anything?" Takaya said, cutting Reina short.

Shaking his head, Taiki replied, "No… Reina slapped me awake before I could reach any of the gold. What happened to me then? Takaya-san."

" Well done Taiki-kun, your father would be proud of you." Takaya said.

"What!" Taiki shouted, "you cant be…"

"Yes, I am, the God of Wealth and greed. And you have successfully passed my test thus earning you the right to wield my power." Takaya said calmly.

"Takaya-san? What in the world are you saying?" Reina gasped.

"Reina… this may be hard for you to believe straight away, but Taiki-kun was telling you the truth, he is from another world." Takaya said calmly, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Right now you may be rejecting this information, but…. Deep in your heart you know its true, because your mother lost her best friend all those years ago too, and that friend went off to another world to live."

Turning to Taiki, Takaya said, " Stay here for the night, Reina you too. Tomorrow I will explain all this in greater detail."

"God of Knowledge… he has passed my test. He does not succumb to the greed of the humans." Takaya said.

"That may be so, but who knows about the other tests, according to the rest, they seem to have more… interesting tests for our young friend…" the God of Knowledge smirked.