I don't own Fushigi Yuugi or Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

Captain Sisko sat in his office, the baseball once again shifting from hand to hand. His mind was not currently on the work waiting before him, but upon the battle between Worf and the Celestial Warrior, Tasuki. The fight had started off easily enough.

They had sat down on seating along the wall and watched as Worf chose his weapon before Tasuki had unsheathed the metal fan from his back and settled it comfortably on his shoulder. Worf has expressed surprise at Tasuki use of a weapon and the redhead had just smirked in amusement and told the Klingon to attack.

Worf's first attacks were easily countered by the tessen, the metal of it clearly strong enough to resist the attacks and then the battle had begun in earnest. Chichiri had lifted his prayer beads and chanted something before the battle and Kira had claimed to see an aura surrounding the spectator's, almost like a shield. Sisko was inclined to agree with the Major after what happened.

Worf had attacked Tasuki into a corner and it appeared as if the warrior was going to call defeat when he smirked and Chichiri had raised his hands to his prayer beads and chanted softly. The Major had said at this point the barrier had glowed and suddenly Tasuki had shouted out "Rekka Shin'en" and fire had errupted from the Tessen, not burning Worf, but causing him to back off in a small retreat, giving Tasuki the opportunity to move from his confined area and the battle had continued.

Beside him, Chichiri had hummed in approval and Sisko had glanced at him. "You knew he could do that?"

The monk had nodded "Hai, no da. I protected us, just in case, but Tasuki knew to not use the full power of it. He controlled it very well, just enough fire to get his opponent to retreat a little, but not enough to scorch him."

There was pride in the monk's voice and he had continued to watch the fight the whole while. The battle continued for a bit, the Tessen not being used to spit fire again until suddenly the two contestants had conceeded that they were evenly matched. Worf and Tasuki had both worked up a sweat and were panting slightly as the weapon Worf held was lowered and the Tessen was returned to it's holster.

Worf's rough voice reached the spectator's as he spoke. "You are a worthy opponent. That was a nice trick to get me to back off. You almost burnt me though."

The bandit smirked as they approached the others. "Yeah, but I didn't. Ya should be greatful, my ole buddy Tamahome use to get scorched on a daily basis." Chichiri shook his head "The fights between you and Tamahome are legendary, Tasuki, no da. Good show, nice use of control with the Tessen."

Sisko was pulled from his musings by the alarms going off. He rose in alarm and was out in Ops within moments. "What is going on?"

O'Brian looked up. "We have an intruder in quarters. It's in Chichiri and Tasuki's quarters."

Worf and Sisko left, the Major following from a higher station in Ops, moving towards the guest quarters. They were running towards them, Odo and his security coming from the other end when Chichiri and Tasuki popped up out of nowhere, landing on the ground in a small heap. "Someone is in our room, no da."

They rose as the starfleet officers gaped at them, as well as Odo and the Major. "Where did you come from?"

"Quark's, I was drinking when Chichiri sensed a presence in our quarters and popped us over here."

Sisko sighed and gestured farther down the hall. "Well, please stay back." Tasuki looked ready to argue, but Chichiri mearly nodded and dragged his friend down the hall, where they were directed. Sisko turned to Odo, satisfied that the two would be out of harms way and the security officer opened the door to the room. The sight that greeted them was strange indeed. A young looking girl, with long braids on either side and pink hair was floating off the ground, looking around the room. Odo enterred and she turned and smiled brightly. "Hello"

He paused and then greeted her, the Captain coming in next. "Who are you and what are you doing on my station?"

She turned eyes from the changeling to Sisko and smiled even more. "I'm Nyan-Nyan. I am looking for Chichiri-sama. I believe he has Tasuki-sama with him."

Sisko frowned and Odo moved to the door to have the two warriors brought in. "How do you know Chichiri and Tasuki?"

She giggled, bobbing softly in the air. "I'm a helper of Taiitsukun. Chichiri-sama."

She exclaimed this last bit happily as the monk enterred, followed by a now grumbling Tasuki. "Nyan-Nyan. What are you doing here, no da?"

She giggled and swooped towards him, phasers now out and pointed at her, she ignored them. "I came for you two, of course." The monk frowned and Tasuki rubbed his head and muttered about overly hyper demi-deities. "I tried to contact Taiitsukun last night and couldn't get through to her."

Nyan-Nyan nodded "That is because you are not allowed to talk to her in this time, Chichiri-sama. In fact it was a great mistake that you even were brought here now. This problem is not your own and you should not have even been aware of it."

Tasuki growled "Then why were we brought here?" Nyan-Nyan sighed "I can't reveal that to you, but Taiitsukun will tell you what you need to know and then she will return you to Konan and your original time." The girl told them this happily and then looked around. "Are you ready to go?"

Tasuki looked down and made sure all his items were on him and then nodded while Chichiri also nodded, but turned to Captain Sisko and bowed low. "Thank you for your hospitality, Sisko-sama. It was greatly appreciated."

Sisko returned the bow and bid them both a safe journey as the personel from the space station moved back out the door, leaving only the Major, O'Brian, Odo and Captain Sisko left. Tasuki and Chichiri bid swift farewell's to those present and sent along goodbye's to the others they had met, both realizing Nyan Nyan wanted them to come with her as soon as possible.

She smiled at Chichiri and Tasuki before, to the amazement of the two Celestial Warriors, bowing to Sisko and spoke to him in Bajoran, for some reason the words not translating on translators. "Emissary-sama."

With that, in a flash of red, the three were gone. Kira came up beside Sisko and looked at him. "How did she know you were the Emissary?" Sisko shrugged and sighed "I don't know, but for some reason I have a feeling we will be seeing them again." She gave a nod.

Meanwhile at Mt. Taikyoku, Taiitsukun was irritated and trying to not take it out on the seishi. "You were never meant to go there and it's not your fault, Chichiri, no matter what you think, you don't have the powers to cross time and space like that. In that time, there is a threat to Suzaku and the other God's, as well as the God's that the people of Bajor worship."

Tasuki frowned "Why weren't we allowed to stay and help then, if Suzaku is in trouble." Taiitsukun sighed "You will be helping, or rather your reincarnated forms. That distress signal was suppose to go out to your unawakened selves in that time, but instead pulled the two of you from your present lives into that one. It's a big mess, now we have to wait another year before we can awaken everyone." Chichiri opened his mouth to question her again, but she shook her head. "No more questions, you will forget this conversation when you leave here until your reincarnated versions are awakened, can't have you going around with this knowledge. In fact, you will forget this little experience until then also."

Tasuki and Chichiri shared a look and Taiitsukun smiled, reading their thoughts. "Don't worry, you won't really forget that you admitted you love each other, which is about time." Chichiri blushed at this and Tasuki smiled, fangs peeking out. "Now, off you go, back to Konan." She waved her hand and they disappeared from her sight and she sighed, rubbing her forehead. "What a mess!"

Chichiri was surprised to find that his teleportation worked and he and Tasuki tumbled to the ground, next to the lake. For some reason he and Tasuki were both dry and the bandit was staring up at him in shock. "Wha the hell? Didn't we just fall into the water?"

Chichiri sat up and untangled himself from the bandit. "I thought we did, this is very strange. Also how do I have my items on me? I didn't have them in the water?"

The two stared at each other, puzzling these clues that don't match before sighing. "I think that this is just one of those cosmic things that we will never figure out, no da."

Tasuki nodded and began to light the cold campfire and Chichiri caught them supper. Once the rabbit was cooking, the monk settled back and used the safety of his mask to watch Tasuki closely, one of his favorite activities.

Before too long, the bandit was handing him supper and the two settled into a comfortable silence as they ate. Sleep was coming swiftly after that and the night was cold, so they slept near each other for warmth.

In the middle of the night, Tasuki woke up to the warm body of Chichiri curled up against him. He smiled slightly and pulled the monk closer as Chichiri stirred. "Tasuki?"

"Hai, Chichiri?"

The monk sighed softly "I just had the strangest dream, no da."

Tasuki froze at this and then spoke, voice strained. "Me too."

Chichiri rose, his mask off, eye watching his friend. "What was your dream?"

Tasuki blushed, but knew now was the time to reveal his feelings for his friend. Something deep within him told him that his feelings would not be rejected. "It was about me confessing my love for you."

The mahoghanny eye of Chichiri widened in shock and then the monk burst into laughter. "Is it possible for us to have the same dream? In my dream I confessed my love for you." Tasuki grinned at the man in his arms. "Was it a dream, or truth, Chichiri?"

The monk caught the hope in the bandit's voice and smirked. "Definately truth" was what he got out before their lips met for the first time.

(And that is how Chichiri and Tasuki got together in this story line. I couldn't have Holly and Genrou remembering the future in their second life, could I? So, their memories are locked away from this experience until they are reawakened in the next story, Gods of the Wormhole. Everqueen)