Disclaimers Notice: No, not yet. (yet is the big key word here) ` ` ` Authors Beginning Note: Gak! I have writers block! Forgive me. I will find this chapters inspiration, maybe I should do it tomorrow? Well anyways, here's your chapter, that I had to practically chisel out of my brain.

Kohaku is in a danger that not even he can get himself out of, and being used as a tool to coincide the existence of two worlds to bring utter chaos and pandemonium abroad so that his two evil captors may rule the newly combined world, of coarse believing that this is their true plan, but is it truly? Or is their a more sinister thought afoot? And what of Chihiro? IS she really dead? Will it be up to her two companions to save the worlds, and her beloved Kohaku?

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Chapter 10

Pheonix

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Disgusting. I hate this place. Dungeons make me sick. If someone did something irritable enough to be thrown away and be forgotten, than he should be killed. Ah, but then again, dungeons such as these truly do hide the most fascinating people.

I stopped in front of a certain cell and smirked as I saw a pale shadowed figure inside.

"Ah Cina`ed. What's with the sour look? Hasn't the lowlife village been treating you fairly?" I taunted.

"What do you want Aikia." He growled.

"Is that anyway to greet an old friend?" He laughed a harsh bitter laugh.

"Friend ay? Is it true that friends not only strip their partner of his power and hand him over to the villagers whose relatives you killed, but blamed on me, leaving me helpless, and then stranding me here for fifteen years?"

"Tsk, tsk. Such anger. I did come here with a proposition for you, but you seem to be having a bad day, perhaps I will just leave you here." I said. He laughed a sailors harty laugh.

"Alright Aikia. You win. So talk." I smirked even more. He is even more pathetic than before. Amazing what a cage underground can do to an immortal.

"Ahrima has another plan."

"Not another one. That woman is crazy." He said, of course with a few bitter sweet nicknames for my sister. Ah yes, now I remember why I like this man.

"Yes, another plan, but much bigger than any other."

"How big?"

"Collosal."

"Is this one of those take over the world gigs? How childish can you get?"

"No, more of takeing over two worlds with one stone." Cina`ed laughed for a good while at this. I'm surprised that the gaurds didn't wake up, even though they were drugged.

"You must be joking? I've partaken my fair share of crazy scemes, but this...this is just ludicris. How do you plan on doing this?" I smirked even more. Such a simple mind he has.

"By joining the Human world with Kamikakushi." HE stopped laughing and silence seemed to follow.

"You're really serious about this aren't you?"

"Well, are you going to help, or should I just leave you here?"

"I'll help, but I'll need to see it to believe it, this hair brained sceme. I suppose you came up with it."

"No actually, Ahrima came up with it all on her own, surprisingly enough." I said. He whistled.

"No kidding, so the cold hearted cutie actually has some brains to back up her words."

"I'll giver her the benefit of doubt."

"So, does she know what we're planning to do?"

"Nope, but she'll find out sooner or later." I said and unlocked his cell. A grungy old looking man stepped forward, he sounded and talked like a mere thirty year old but looked ninety. Hmm, so that's what happens when you strip an immortal of most of their powers. I wonder what Kohaku would look like.

"So what is it exactly that I'll be doing?"

"Entertaining two feisty women of course."

"Really? No kidden?"

"No kidding. They're all yours, just make sure that they can't free a certain prisoner of Ahrima's." Cina'ed whistled.

"Hot Diggedy dog, man. I always knew you weren't no fool. You sure you don't want one?"

"I'm sure." I said irritably. We walked up the stone steps and out into the village where everyone slept, Nearby a fire had been going to heat the sentries, but they had curled up and fallen asleep.

"Ah, fire. I haven't seen a good blaze in ages. Do you mind if I played with an ol friend?" I nodded for him to go and he crouched down. His hand placed within the center, not even being scorched, and shapes being formed with the fire. I stepped up right behind him.

"Hey Aikia, I..." His words were muddled into screams as I pushed him in and his flesh began to peel away. The fire licked his body angrily...hungrily and consumed the air in his lungs and still he screamed. It wasn't until he slumped down unconscious that the air was still again. I waited, and waited till the sun had risen before I stood up. By now that fire had completely diminished and the body within did not move.

"Oh well, it was entertaining at least." I sighed and turned.

"Aikia...(caugh, caugh) you...bastard." I turned back and looked at the barely conscious figure.

"Feeling better I hope?" He didn't answer instead he stood up, all the ash falling from his body like silken linen from a woman's curves. It revealed instead of an old man a young spry lad with bronze skin and muscles thick and hard. His hair a blond color and his eyes a flashy red. I tossed him a brown peasants tunic and loose pants, along with other items. Soon he was dressed and looking just like his old self.

"I take it that I have my powers back than?"

"That was the whole purpose of pushing you in."

"Are you mad? What if I hadn't regained my powers and died." I shrugged. No skin off my back. He growled.

"Be grateful I even came. Now I believe you have a date with a few soon to be admirers?" He smirked and crossed his arms. His one weakness. Women. Gets him in more trouble than out, and has been in and out of love more times than the moon has been full.

"Shall we be on our way?" He said still grinning. I nodded and began walking, but stopped when I realized he wasn't following.

"What?"

"Come on? You don't really expect me to walk do you?" No, I expected you to sprout wings out of your head and fly.

"Of course." I said indignately and continued walking.

"Ah man. So much for t his being and easy trip. Can't even go in class. We should have a dragon to ride on. The lady's love a guy who can manage a dragon, or maybe..." I turned and glared.

"Shut up!" I yelled agitated.

"Someone looked in the mirror today." He smirked and I chucked a rock at him, which barely even missed his head. Too bad. And we continued walking.

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Authors Ending Note: Whew! That was interesting, Yay, a new evil character! Well, a new evil maybe slightly perverted character, but evil none the less.

So what new threat does this Cina'ed (pronounced with the stress on the 'a' that's what's with the ` thingy) posses and are his powers more that Enuresis and Rin; two average human like spirits; can handle? What of the wrath that Ahrima will let loose once she finds out about Aikia's 'new friend'?