(A/n: Livna: Hey everybody. This is a fun fan-fic the me and my best friend, Malinconia, decided to write to help cure our obsession with Fushigi Tasuki, I mean Yuugi. Malinconia: (laughs) Silly, silly Livna… anyway, yeah, what she said. And we don't own any of the Fushigi Yuugi characters - I only own Serena, I created her character, Tim as well. Livna: And I only own Emily and Joe. Well hope you all enjoy the fic, update will come soon. Oh and any and all flames will be ignored or be used to help Tasuki's tessen in battles.)

Emily Sue Graves sat on her bed, her golden hair falling around her shoulders. Her legs were crossed under her and she was staring at her best friend Serena Aretha Pattan.

Serena also sat on the bed, her greenish-eyes glaring at her friend; her coppery hair that in the back was cut boy-short and gradually got longer towards the front, (To her chin, maybe a bit past), and was naturally curly fell into her eyes making her brush it away with her slightly pale hand. Her red-velvety pants clad legs crossed underneath her as well. Her arms crossed over her chest, her upper half covered in a quarter sleeved v-neck shirt, with a black and white horizontal striped design on it, and at the bottom corner there was a tie from the shirt.

Emily picked up Sabriel ( her stuffed cat) after turning her radio on to KORD. Emily distractedly stroked Sabriel while shaking her hair out of her face. "My nose is getting tickled by my hair." she stated.

Serena laughed, picking up Sirius and Whiska, her stuffed tabby cat and stuffed black puppy, and plopped them down in her lap. "Mine often does that." she said shaking her head.

Emily's eyes widened. " I just realized…I'M A BAKASARU!" steams glaring at her wall of Japanese.

Serena raised and eyebrow at her friend, and soon snorted , and burst out laughing. "You just figured that out?" she joked. "Naw, just kidding, What are you talking about? You're not a stupid monkey."

Emily snorted, " According to Talitha I am stupid and I was born in the year of the monkey, so I must be a stupid monkey."

" Oh shut-up, at least you aren't 'Dorky'." Serena stuck her tongue out at Emily.

Emily smiles and laughs. " Atleast neither of us are Nakago." Picks up a little twig. " I could beat him so easily with this… don't you think?"

Serena burst into evil snickers. "Very easily. I mean, I could probably even beat him with…" she looked around, and spotted something, picking it up - it happening to be an empty water bottle, "this. Or, better yet, the lid. Smother him! Ha." she snorted.

Emily laughs till she is coughing. " Those are to kind. We should cause him pain when killing him. Let's do it with…"picks up pillow" This!"

Serena grinned, and laughed in her strange, twisted, deep evil laugh that she does only when she is hyper. "Hwahahahah… yesssh! Pain… pain for the evil annoying guy that has blond hair! How about… a trunk of books toppling on his head? Oh, that's so nice. I can see that…" she began to picture a SD Nakago standing under a trunk of books that is falling towards him.

Emily glowers. " Why does he have to have blond hair? And it is almost the same length as mine! Also we have both ears pierced!" glowers about it.

Serena shrugged, and shook her head, a half smile on her face. "You really are bugged by that fact, ne? Well… not that I blame you…" she stated, rolling her eyes. "It's like they're saying blond's are evil. You're not evil."

Emily twitches trying not to punch something (namely Serena). " Having anything in common with that incompetent baka makes me feel sick." gags and takes a drink of water. " And that comment you made earlier about my earrings didn't help my opinion…." glares.( flash back: Serena gasps staring at Emily. Emily stares at Serena, " What is it?" Serena replied "You earrings just glowed blue like Nakago's. And when I looked at you out of the corner of my eye you almost looked like him….")

Serena just grinned at her friend, "Well, it was true. Which, the fact that I can't see all that great doesn't help, so you don't really look at all like 'im. But, I still can't blame you."

Emily glares. " If I ever meet….." suddenly she was interrupted by loud hissing noise and her room was filled with sleeping gas. Emily fell back and onto her bed as did Serena.

Suddenly her door opened and a figure walked in with long golden hair and two black earrings. He snickered and said in a deep evil voice, " That will teach you to talk about my brother that way. Shall we meet again… priestesses." He smiled evilly as he melted into the wall.

The Next Day

Serena stared strangely around the large, empty party room in the library. "… Are we early? There's no one waiting for chairs…" she stated, in a confused tone. She looked to Em with a questioning gaze. "It's empty, except for the stage - which is always there - and the piano. Which is also always there. And the door… to the storage room…"

Emily pointed at the door." We're not early. We're here to set up the chairs from that storage room. So let's get to it!" Emily smiled and walked toward the storage room door.

Serena walked over as well, grabbed the door handle, and turned it. They walked into the room, and looked around, seeing chairs stacked up, lining the walls in a room big enough to be a small bedroom. And, in the middle of the floor, lay a red leather book, which they thought to be quite out of place, because, for one thing, all the books were kept in a completely different area in the library. Serena looked at the book, then at Emily, with an eyebrow raised. "Where the heck did that come from?"

Emily walked over to the book and picked it up. "Who knows." Reads the title and laughs. " Universe of The Four Gods. So pathetic. Alright whoever's there can come-out now.."

Serena raised an eyebrow when she heard Emily read the name of the book. Amd strode over beside her, glancing at the title, which was, indeed, 'the Universe of the Four gods'. She laughed, and shook her head, glancing around at all the chairs. "Hey, Talitha, or whoever it is that is playin' this joke on us, what are you doin'? April fools passed a while ago. This joke's a bit out of date."

Emily snickered. " Yeah. Oh well since you aren't coming we'll humor you a little bit." Emily smiled at Serap and opened the book to the first page and handed it to Serap. " You do the honors of reading the first word. Wait a sec.. It's in English!" Bursts out laughing.

Serena looked down at it, and saw automatically that it was in English. She snickered, and shook her head. "Talitha, this is a really lame joke, y'know? Because, it was in Ancient Chinese, not modern English. Baka cousin…" she then turned the cover, and began to read the first page. "'This is a story of a girl, who made her wishes come true.' Well, that's right. 'Just like the girl in the story, a girl finds the book, and will read it. The book itself is a spell. The story becomes real the moment the first page is turned.'" she snorted, and turned the first page.

Suddenly a light green light engulfed Serena and Emily and everything around them began to dissappear. " What's going on? What's happening?" Emily exclaimed clinging to Serena. Just as the last of the storage room disappeared from their vision Tim and Joe, Serena's older cousins on her mom's side, walked into the room.

Tim's eyes widened, and he gasped. "What the heck? Is that Serena and Emily? They're disappearing! Hey, get back here! Quit fading!" he ran forward to stop them from fading, but instead of grabbing them, he grabbed thin air, and nearly fell onto his face. He heard a thump behind him, and looked around, and down, to see a book. A red leather book.

Joe gasped. " Serena and Emily are disappearing… My wish has been granted!" Dances around in a circle then stops as Tim falls down. " Tim what the heck are you doing? It is just a stupid pra..ank." Joe stuttered as he read the title. "The Universe of the Four Gods. That stupid book from Fushigi Yuugi! Oh how pathetic and immature. Come on Emily…. Serena… where are you guys?" Walks around the room searching.

Tim glared at his brother momentarily, before rolling his eyes, and picking up the book, to open it to the page the girls left off at (the SECOND page). He read it a few lines, and frowned deeply. "Hey… Joe? I… I think that they might've… uh… gone into this book…" he said, finding it unbelievable even to his own ears, even after seeing what happened and reading what happened.

Joe laughed and looked at his older brother like he was crazy. " Oh no don't tell me that you think that stupid anime is happening to our little sisters cousin and best friend? You baka!" Joe shook his head walking over. " Now stop this idiotic-ness so that we can find then." Joe snickered and started jumping up and down trying to find a trap door.

Tim scowled at his little brother, and aimed the book at his head. "Don't believe me? Then just read this! It might clear it up." he then threw the book, and it hit Joe directly in the head.

"Oww! That hurt!" Joe scowled rubbing his head and picked up the book. He cursed under his breath still rubbing his head as he began to read the second page but as he read the book fell from his hands. " Tim… I believe you now…."

Tim reached over, and took the book away from Joe, and began to read it once more.

Emily groaned and slowly sat up rubbing her head. " That really hurt. Serena? Are you alive?"

Serena lie beside her, completely spread out, flat on her face. "Ugh… I think so…" her slightly muffled voice said. She slowly pushed herself from the ground, and gasped slightly, reaching around and grabbing her back. "My back!"

Emily crossed her legs under her and began to look at her. " Uh… Serena… We aren't in Kansas anymore."

Serena looked at Emily with an eyebrow raised. "I know that is a quote, but we weren't even in Kansas in the first place." she said, and then looked around at their surroundings, which so happened to be a forest. "Since when did a library storage room have trees?"

Emily looked at Serena. " You don't think…… The book couldn't…… Is there any chance we are in the book?"

Serena's eyes widened, and she stared, agape, at a tall tree. "Uh… I wouldn't THINK so… but… that would explain it, I s'ppose…" she stated.

Emily smiled lightly. " Well this is a better place to land then where Yui and Miaka landed right? But they were able to figure out where they were. Where do you think we are?"

Serena completely sat up, and sat back down, with her legs crossed, and a thoughtful look on her face. "Hmm… well, this is obviously a forest… forest… there's the forest on Mt. Reikaku, so we might be there, y'know…"

Emily sighed and stood up. " Well if that is indeed where we are then we should try to find Tasuki and his bandits before they find us." Emily was about to step forward when she suddenly her the snapping of a twig. " What was that?"

Serena looked into the forest nervously, also standing up, and looking to her best friend. "Uh… whatever it is, I hope it doesn't try to eat us, or… do… something else…"

Emily inched closer to Serena. " Or do something else. Who's there?"

Suddenly, out of the bushes burst… Tasuki, holding the tessen out towards the girls, with a frown. "What're ya' doin' 'ere? Who are ya'? What's with tha clothes?" he poked Serena with the fan, to which she scowled at him. He poked her again, and she swatted at him. He poked her once more, and she growled at him. "I've only seen things like 'at once 'fore."

Emily glared at Tasuki as he poked at Serena. " What am I, bantha fodder? I mean my clothes are a lot weirder than hers!" She looked at Serena. " No offense."

Serena looked at Emily with an eyebrow raised. "Why would I take offence when you were saying my clothes aren't as weird as yours?" she inquired, before looking to Tasuki, who was staring at Emily with a confused expression on his face. "Uh… we… uh…"

Tasuki interrupted her. "What's wit' the Nakago wannabe? Wit' that 'air and…" he didn't get his sentence completely out.

The reason he didn't get it out was that Emily had, as soon as he called her a Nakago wannabe she had picked up a large stick with pokey parts and had begun beating living life out of him. " Never…NEVER CALL ME A NAKAGO WANNABE!" Emily yelled as she hit at him.

Serena stared at the spectacle with a slightly exasperated look on her face. "Tasuki, sir, can you please never say anything to do with Nakago with Emily? That's my job." she stated, quite plainly, as if it was the most obvious thing.

Emily finally stopped attacking Tasuki and stepped away from him. " I think I would give your past horse a run for his money on hurting you." Drops the stick on Tasuki's head and turns so that her back is facing him.

Tasuki, who had been crouched down, protecting his head, with his arms, winced, and looked up to make sure it was safe, before he stood up, with a frown on his face. "Past horse? Whatcha tralkin' about! I mean talkin'… ya're one'a the weirdest people I've ever met! And ya're really damn annoying!"

Emily smiles and turns to face him. "Being called the weirdest person you've ever met is one of the biggest complements you could give me. As is calling me annoying." Beams and pats him on the head.

Tasuki frowned at her, and momentarily thought about 'REKKA SHINEN'ing her. Before he had the chance to a floating hat appeared beside him.

And, out of the hat, a 'DAAA!' was heard, soon followed by a chibi Chichiri, who fell to the ground, quite painfully. "That hurt, no da…" he whimpered, rubbing his head.

Tasuki jumped slightly and then picked up the chibi hugging him. "Chichiri! Finally you're here. Will you please punish twerp number one right there!" He pointed at Emily with a shaking hand. " She nearly killed me when I called her Nakago wannabe which is what she is. "

Only after he spoke did he realize what he had said and what would happen next. Emily twitched and tried desperately not to rip him limb from limb….mainly because he was standing behind Chichiri and she did not want to hurt him. "Tasuki….you better know that if it weren't Chichiri standing between me and you you'd be all over the ground."

Chichiri sweat dropped, and stared at the girl strangely, although you couldn't really tell, because of the mask. Oh, by now he had popped back to normal, so he was no longer chibi. He looked at Tasuki, who was behind him with a fearful look on his face, and then he looked to Emily, who looked threatening. "Uh… what's going on here, no da? I sensed two life-forces that were not from this world, no da, so I came here to find out who they were, no da."

Emily smiled, "You needn't be afraid Chichiri. I won't hurt you. We're not sure what's going on ourselves. One minute we're setting up chairs the next we're laying on the ground here and I'm being called a Nakago wannabe by Tasuki."

Serena nodded her head, in agreement to what her best friend had said. Chichiri placed a hand to his mouth in thought, glanced down briefly, then looked back up at the two girls. "It sounds to me like you got sent here for a reason, no da. What is the last thing you remember, no da? How did you get here, do you remember, no da?" he asked.

Emily bit her lip in thought. " I remember we were setting up chairs for a party. Suddenly there was a light green light around us and everything began to dissappear and then next thing I knew I was laying on the ground after falling through the trees and I was in great pain."

"Light green light, no da?" Chichiri asked the golden haired girl.

Emily nodded. " Yeah.. It was eerie." Emily shivered slightly looking at Serap. " Right?"

Serena nodded vigorously, wrapping her arms around herself, as she felt a chilly wind blow through the trees. "Yeah. It was really, really weird. Kinda... scary, I guess. I mean, I've never been completely engulfed by any light before - it's not like it's a daily occurrence in my everyday life." she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

Emily chuckled lightly then shivered. " What do you think happened Chichiri?"

Tasuki laughed. " Oh my a green light soooo scary." Tasuki laughed but stopped as everyone glared at him.

Serena balled her hands into fists, and stalked up to Tasuki, narrowing her eyes threateningly. "Say that again?" she asked, her voice low. She stood there, before trying to make herself taller by standing on her tiptoes, which really didn't add much to her height of 5'4".

Chichiri looked at the two red heads (well, Serena's hair has a lot of red in it, so you could basically call her a red-head), then shook his head, and looked back to Emily. "Hm... well, it sounds to me like Genbu has chose one of you as his Priestess, no da... but, that doesn't make sense, because Genbu has already had his priestess, and all of his seishi are dead, no da..."

Emily's eyes widened. " Priestess… of Genbu! But how? It doesn't make sense…"

Chichiri nodded his head in agreement, his eyebrows furrowing under the mask, but still showing the slight frown on his mask. "No, it doesn't, no da..."

Serena backed up from Tasuki, having not succeeded in her goal of making him nervous, and walked over next to Emily, to whisper in her ear, "Uh, Em? Wouldn't you think they'd wonder how we know of Genbu?"

Emily shook her head and whispered back. " Would you be wondering how we knew if you were them? Here we are to strange girls from another land suddenly here, talking of green lights and attacking one of them," smiles at the thought," do you think you'd be caring if they knew about Genbu?"

Serena blinked, then laughed slightly, shrugging, and turning around to face Chichiri and Tasuki. "Right... that makes sense..." she whispered to her friend, before realizing something. "Oh! You know, before we get any further into any conversation or anything, we should probably introduce ourselves to you guys, huh? I'm Serena."

Emily nodded slightly. " And I'm Emily. Not, " glares at Tasuki," Nakago."

Tasuki laughed, " I'm Tasuki one of the Suzaku seven."

Chichiri turned chibi, and made a victory sign with his right hand, "And I'm Chichiri of the Suzaku seven, no da!" he exclaimed, in his cute chibified voice, then he popped back to normal size.

Emily smiled at his chibi cuteness. " Well now that we know each other, I have another question. If one of is the Priestess of Genbu, then which one of is it. And if it is only one of us… Why did both of us come?"

The expression on the blue haired monk's mask changed from just plain hyper-happiness, to thoughtful-happiness. "I don't know, no da. Maybe it was because both of you were there, no da. And if that is the case, then one of you will most likely get sent back to your world pretty soon, no da."

Serena's eyes widened, and she looked over at her best friend. "What? One of us might get to stay and one might have to leave! Dag it! That can't happen!" she snapped, frowning fiercely, glancing from Chichiri, to Tasuki, to Emily, then back to the two warriors of Suzaku, who were looking at her strangely. "Uh... are you wondering what 'dag it' means? It means basically 'dammit', except 'dag' isn't really a cuss word..."

Emily looked from Serap then at the two warriors and back again. " But that would mean one of us would be here alone… without the other. And that would just be…. Not right." Emily ended the sentence unable to find a better word or phrase.

Tasuki looked at the golden haired girl and the red haired one, the amusment on his face dissipating. " You to wouldn't e 'lone. You'd 'ave us." He exclaimed wrapping one around Chichiri's shoulders as he spoke.

Chichiri nodded, looking from one girl to the other. "Yes, you'd have us, no da. Now, Serena, Emily, Tasuki, we should probably go somewhere, because it looks like it's getting close to night time, no da. Not to mention, it seems to be getting colder, na no da. How about I teleport us back to the palace, since Tasuki and I are supposed to be going back soon, anyway, no da?" he said, taking off his navy blue cloak (I guess you'd call it...) with the strange bubble patterns on it, spreading on the ground, then standing back up, and hitting it with his staff, which caused it to light up.

Emily looked at the cloak, unsure if she should step on it and then stepped forward on to it. Tasuki stepped on after her and looked at Serena. " Ya comin'?"

Serena stared at the cloak for a minute, then looked up at Tasuki and Emily. "Yes. I'm for sure not staying here, especially since I brought no coat." she stated, quite plainly, as she slowly stepped onto the cloak. As soon as she did, they began to sink into it. "Eep!" she cried, even though she knew it was coming. As soon as all of them had sunk into it, Chichiri stepped onto it, disappearing faster, and the cloak went with him.

Emily unconsciously pressed against Tasuki as they began to sink. When she realized what she was doing though she pulled away and shook herself pretending to gag.

As soon as they all disappeared from the forest, they all suddenly found themselves falling onto a hard palace floor, in a pile. Serena fell, once again, flat on her face, and a chibi Chichiri fell onto her back, not noticing that he had fallen on her.

Tasuki landed on the ground next to Serena and Emily fell on top of him. " That's the second time I've fallen due to magic today. At least this time I landed on something soft." Emily said then realized she was on Tasuki.

" GET OFF OF ME!" Tasuki yelled shoving Emily off of him an standing up.

Serena, being sprawled out on the ground, face down, with a weight that she had no clue what was, was irritated. "Whatever is on me, get off, would you please?" she grumbled, her voice muffled from the simple fact that her face was smushed into the floor.

Chichiri looked down at the soft thing he had landed on, and quickly got up, popping back to normal. "Oh, I'm sorry Serena, I didn't mean to land on you, no da."

Emily rubbed her side and stood up. " A simple please would have gotten me off fire head." Emily muttered to Tasuki glaring at him. Emily looked around the room then at Chichiri. " Where are we Chichiri?"

Tasuki glared at her. " Who you calling fire head sun brat?" Emily glared at him but resisted the urge to turn him into bantha fadder.

Chichiri shook his head at the exchange between the two, before answering the golden haired girl. "We're in the Konan palace, no da. I brought us here because I need to discuss with Empress Houki about you two, no da; plus, I didn't think you two'd want to stay in Tasuki's bandits' stronghold, no da."

Emily nodded and glared at Tasuki. " Nice palace this is. And we would most definitely not want to go to Tasuki's bandit's stronghold. Nothing could get me to go there."

Serena nodded, as she looked around the empty hallway they were in. "Yeah, this is a very nice palace... well, most palaces ARE nice, but... I've never been in a palace, so, this is the nicest palace I've ever been in..." she stated, chuckling slightly, as she looked back to the other three, with a smile on her face.

Emily hugged herself rubbing her arms." Is it just me, or is it freezing in here though?" Emily shivered then jumped out the way as Tasuki yelled, "REKKA SHINEN." Emily screamed as she hit the floor," Why did you do that!" Tasuki smiled and shrugged. " Just trying to warm you up."

Serena and Chichiri stared strangely at the two, and soon, the copper haired girl unwillingly found herself chuckling. Chichiri glanced at her, and noticed she was shivering, so he pulled his bubble-cloak off, draping it around her shoulders. "You're shivering, no da. Here, no da." he said to her, then turned to Tasuki with a slight frown, "Tasuki! Give Emily your overcoat, no da!"

Tasuki stared at Chichiri then growled not wanting to fight with him and handed his overcoat, well more like threw it down next to her. " There ya go." He muttered and stared outside. Emily stood up and pulled the overcoat around her shoulders. " Thank-you Tasuki." She said watching him.

Serena thanked Chichiri, to which he nodded, and then turned around, walking in that direction. "Follow me, no da! We need to go see the Empress, so we can get you two some rooms, no da." he said, and the older of the two girls (Serena: 19, Emily: 16) hurriedly began following him at the word 'rooms'.

Emily followed the other two and sighed when she saw Tasuki walking the other way. She hurried to catch up to them, enjoying the sound of 'rooms' as well.

The three walked up to a door, and as they did, two guards spotted Chichiri, and immediately opened the door for him. He nodded in thanks to them, then led the two girls into the room. Once they were in the throne room, he knelt before the Empress, motioning for the two girls to do the same. "Empress Houki, no da."

The violet haired Empress stood up from the throne, a smile on her face, and walked down the steps, to stop right in front of Chichiri and the girls. "Chichiri. You may stand up, you know that; you're a warrior of Suzaku, a friend. Your friends may stand as well." she said, politely, and the three did so. "What brings you to the palace? And who are these two?"

Emily watched the Empress in wonder, amazing at how beautiful she was. Emily looked away briefly as she realized she was staring, unsure if she should say something.

Chichiri smiled at her, glancing from Emily, to Serena, and then back to Houki. "Well, Highness, these two are the reason why we're here, no da. First of all, this is Serena," he motioned to the red head, who had her head slightly bowed, in respect, "and this is Emily, no da." he then motioned to Emily. "And, I have reason to believe that one of them is... well, surprisingly, one of them might be a Priestess of Genbu, no da."

Houki's eyes widened slightly in shock, and she looked to Serena, then to Emily. "What? But, Chichiri, you must be mistaken, Hokkan has already had their Priestess."

Emily bowed her head respectfully when he said her name. Emily glanced at Serena wondering what Chichiri would say next.

Chichiri shook his head, the expression on his mask slightly showing the confused look on his face underneath it. "Yes, they have, but, they're from another world. And they said that a light green light brought them here, no da. Genbu's color is green; but, even if it wasn't green, it would still be strange, because Byakko, Seiryuu, and Suzaku have all had their priestesses as well. I brought them here, because I wanted to discuss this with you." the Empress could tell that what he said was completely serious, because the cheerful 'no da's had been dropped from his speech pattern.

Houki nodded her head, then smiled, shaking her head slightly. "That should wait until tomorrow. It's nearly ten, and these two girls are obviously exhausted. Serena, Emily, would you like me to show you to your rooms?" she asked, politely.

Serena, not sure if she should lift her head, just nodded, and said in reply, "Yes please, Empress." her voice proved that she was uncomfortable being around royalty. "I am... uh... quite tired."

Emily nodded her head in agreement, " Thank you Empress, for giving us a place to stay and all." Emily smiled and yawned. " I didn't realize how tired I was…"

Tasuki walked around the grounds thinking about the two girls from another world. He shook his head and stopped on a bridge, (THE bridge), staring out over the wall. Why are they here? he kept thinking lost in thought.

After a few minutes, Chichiri popped up beside him, and greeted, "What are you doing here, Tasuki, no da?"

Tasuki jumped and almost fell into the water when Chichiri appeared. " Ya' know, I 'eally 'eally 'ate when you do 'at!" Tasuki glared then smiled. " I'm just 'alking around, not doing anything." He smiled unconvincingly.

Chichiri raised an eyebrow at the younger warrior, obviously not believing that he was 'just walking around not doing anything'. "I see, no da. Well, I just wanted to find you, and tell you that Emily is sleeping in the room next to your's, and Serena in the room next to mine, no da. And I wanted to see what you were doing, no da."

Tasuki smiled at the room arrangements and looked at Chichiri. "I think I'm going to go call it a night, maybe talk to sun head for a little… learn more about how they came here." Tasuki smiled and hopped off down the road toward the castle.

A shadow crept down slowly down a hall, glancing down it one way, then the other, before walking a ways more, and stopping in front of a door. The shadow reached out with one hand, and knocked on the door. "Em? You awake in there?" the shadow spoke, revealing itself to be Serena. She listened for a reply, and when none came, she slid open the door, and burst into the room. "Emily! I need to talk to you!" she said loudly, but only loud enough for it to reach the members of the room.

Emily jumped awake, her hair falling over her face, her bedcovers etc. getting twisted around her. " Wha…what's wrong! What time is it?" Emily replied groggily as she tried to untangle herself and get out of bed but only succeeded in falling down.

The older girl shook her head, trying not to chuckle at her friend's grogginess, since she, herself, was just as tired. She yawned slightly, and walked over to a chair, sitting down on it. "Nothing's wrong, per say... but... I wanted to talk to you about this whole thing. You know, the whole getting transported here, one of us being the Priestess of Genbu, and one of us getting sent back to our world... everything."

The younger girl sat up rubbing her head as she started to wake up more. " I'm scared Serap. I mean… It would awesome to be the Priestess of Genbu… if I am that is…but I don't want to be here without you. I'm afraid of what will happen to me or you when the other had gone." Emily sighed and hugged her knees watching her best friend.

Serena nodded her head bending forward, resting her elbows on her knees, and her head on her fists. "Yeah... we don't even know the seven that would have to protect us, whichever one of us is the Priestess of Genbu... well, I do, since I'm reading Fushigi Yuugi 2 Genbu Kaiden, but still." she said, shrugging her shoulders, and yawning once more. "But, of course, if one of us does get sent back to our world, we can always read about what happens to the other... but that would make us feel helpless, so, that would really just make us feel worse..."

" I need to read that after you. I don't want to go back, especially if I knew you were still here. I would feel so totally useless to you." Emily sighed and looked at Serena. " Which one of us do you think will be sent back? And what will happen to the one stays?"

"I really don't know... but, I have this feeling that I'm not the Priestess of Genbu... I don't know why, I just don't think I am." Serena said, with a shrug of her shoulders, and glanced down at the floor. "So, I'll probably get sent back. Heh, just, hopefully I won't get sent back out, then back in, and become a Priestess of a different god and your enemy..."

The younger girl shivered slightly. " We can't be enemies…. We're best friends." Emily sighed and closed her eyes shivering out of fear of what is to come.

Suddenly a shadow appeared in the doorway. " Now now Priestess of Genbu, you shouldn't be sulking." a deep voice said, one that sounded much like Nakago's. Suddenly Serena was surrounded by that same green light and was slowly disappearing. " SERENA!" Emily screamed but found she couldn't move when she tried to stop her friend from leaving. " NO!" She yelled as Serena disappeared. Then she felt a hand clasp around throat and felt a blade at the back of her neck. " Silence Priestess. I will not hurt you but…" Emily stifled a scream as she felt her hair being cut. " I will leave you this reminder of my presence." Then the voice and shadow disappeared and Emily collapsed to the floor asleep.

Joe's eyes widened as he read over Tim's shoulder in there bedroom. " Serena got sent back! But where to?" Joe exclaimed then read on.

Suddenly, a light green light flashed somewhere above them, grabbing their attention. They both looked that way, and saw Serena's form appearing directly above them. Before either of them could think to move, the light disappeared, and she fell onto both of them. "Oomph...!" she breathed as the air seemed to be knocked out of her. She lay on top of them for a minute, before rolling off them, and grabbing the book. "EMILY! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" she shouted into the book.

Joe grumbled trying to breathe even after Serena had rolled off of him. " Stop trying cous, we've already tried and we can't contact those in the book." Joe said moving to stand behind Serena.

Serena glanced back at her very-slightly-older cousin, with a confused expression on her face, stating clearly that she hadn't even noticed that they'd been there. She then looked back at the book, and scowled. "Oh yeah? Well, I just so happen to know how to contact her... first of all, I need to find something we both have..." she racked her mind for something, and soon, the blood red bead bracelet on her wrist came to mind, and she almost shouted in triumph, tugging it off her wrist. "EMILY! EM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ARE-YOU-OKAY?"

Emily jumped slightly at the sound of Serena's voice. " Serena? I can hear you…but how? Are you alright? I'm fine… Where are you?" Emily yelled.

Serena's voice echoed from somewhere around her, "It's our bracelets! You know, the metalic silver one, and the red one? I'm shouting into my bracelet as if it's a telephone, which feels really, really weird. Anyway, I'm fine - I'm glad you're okay! What happened! Who was that guy? Was it Nakago!"

Emily then understood and started to shout into her bracelet as well." I'm not sure. I never really saw him… but his voice wasn't quite Nakago's and his shadow definitely wasn't that of Nakago's. I don't know who it was… And Serena…. If you ever go somewhere without your bracelet while I'm in here…. You are going to die."

The older girl's voice laughed, then replied, "Yeah, I don't plan on taking it off at all. Well, unless it falls off, of course, then it would be off... but it wouldn't be my fault, so you couldn't blame me! Hm... so, it wasn't Nakago... then who could it have been?..." then, another voice was heard in the background, then Serena yelling at the other person,

"I'm going to try to get back, okay, Em! I'm not going to let you be in there by yourself! Besides, I want to hang out with Chichiri and Tasuki, too, it wouldn't be fair for you to get them all to yourself!"

Emily laughed lightly. " Serena… be careful. If you do come back come back prepared… take as long as you need…. As long as I have Tasuki and Chichiri I'll be alright. Don't worry about me. Also we shouldn't use our bracelets except for in time of greatest need… we don't know how much magic they have or how long they can connect us. And is there someone there with you?"

Serena's voice snorted slightly, and replied, "Yeah. Evidently, Joe and Tim have taken the roles of Keisuke and Tetsuya... I think they've been reading everything that's been happening... not that much HAS happened, but still. Anyway, yeah, Tim and Joe are here. I'm gonna make Tim drive me back to our houses, and I'll get a bunch of stuff that we'll need, okay? Can you give me a list of what you'll want and need?"

Emily laughed," I'm sure they play the roles perfectly. I'll need….um… my dad's sword… my pocket knives… my lipstick… a pen and noteboook…umm…and grab to of the phones from my house so you and I can keep contact in this world, or your group and my group if we get separated.. You might want to grab some food…. And that should do it. But Serena…. Don't try to hard to get back… I think you might be safer there… I mean it's oblivious that man will be back.. Who knows what he'll do next time…"

Once again, the older girl's voice snorted, "Yeah right. I'm not going to just leave you there by yourself. I personally don't feel like losing my best friend, any time soon - and don't worry, you won't lose me either.

I'll be perfectly safe... well, most likely... just in case, I'm gonna bring a weapon or two for myself as well. Well, I better go now, since the longer we talk, the fast time flies there - who knows, however long it takes me to get our stuff, it might take three months! Eek! Let's hope not! Well, bye until I get back. Or whenever we talk next."

Emily sighed. " You're right. Be careful," then Emily lowered her voice so only Serena could here," You might want to bring Tim or Joe with you as well…just one though.." Emily smiled and said in a normal voice, " Bye Serena.. See you soon." Emily smiled and removed her bracelet from her wrist severing the line, and putting it on the wrist .

Tim started, then nodded his head, standing up from his current position of sitting on the floor, watching his two and a half year younger cousin shout at her bracelet. "Okay, then. Come on, Joe, Serena, let's hurry... normally, I would find this really stupid, but strangely, I'm just worried..." he said, as they walked out the storage room door, and then out of the library.

Joe stood and followed them grabbing the book on his way out, continuing to read. He wanted to believe this was a stupid prank… and that it was stupid and he tried to show that he felt that way… when in reality he felt worry fill him every time he thought about Emily trapped in the book and that man after her. Oh Emily, he thought, please be careful and alright.Chichiri, as he was just getting to get into bed, felt an evil presence momentarily, coming from Emily's room. It went away shortly, and following it, Serena's life force seem to completely disappear. He gasped, and grabbed his staff, placing his mask back on his face, running from his room, towards the younger girl's room.

As he passed Tasuki's room, he hit it with the staff, exclaiming loudly, "Evil presence, no da! Get up, Tasuki, no DA!" He then ran passed, and into the blonde's room. "Emily, no da! What happened! A minute ago I felt an evil presence in this room, and then suddenly the malevolent presence seemed to disappear, along with Serena's life force, no da!"

Tasuki jumped up in bed and fell out. " 'Eres the ire?" He said as he stood up grabbing his fan and stumbling into Emily's room.

Emily looked up at Chichiri and Tasuki as she ended her conversation with Serena. "I'm not sure what happened. A man with a voice like Nakago's but his shadow wasn't like Nakago's. I never saw his face. His voice also wasn't quite Nakago's. A green light, much like the one that brought us here suddenly appeared and sent Serena home. Then he…" Emily said no more and gestured to her now short hair.

Chichiri's eyebrows furrowed at the description that Emily had given him of the man that had intruded. "Like Nakago, but not quite? Who could that possibly be?" he inquired, mostly just to himself, before closing his eyes, and searching the rest of the palace for the same evil life-force as before, luckily finding none. He reopened his eyes, and then stated, "Whoever it was is gone now. Emily, do you have any idea why that person came for you and Serena?"

Emily hesitated before replying. " I'm not positive… but I think it has to do with me being Priestess of Genbu. He called me that. He said he wouldn't hurt me this time." Emily stood and walked over to Tasuki Chichiri standing in front of them. " I'm scared."

Chichiri nodded at her, and tightened his grip on the staff. "I see. Well, just in case he decides to come back, you should probably stay with one of us tonight, no da." with that, he looked to Tasuki.

Tasuki looked from Chichiri to Emily. " Emily, you 'an stay in aye room. No one 'ill you harm you 'ere." Emily smiled and nodded. " Thanks Tasuki." Tasuki smiled and walked into his room, Emily following. "'Ere, you can 'ave the bed." Tasuki said as he sat down in a chair watching her. Emily smiled and laid down. " Thanks Tasuki." Emily closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

"Okay, she wanted her Dad's sword... got that... her pocket knives; got those... her lipstick, got those... got a few pens and notebooks - who knows how many we might lose... two of the phones, got 'em... and I got a bunch of food from both our houses. Now let's see what I got of my stuff... my metal baton, for a weapon, a screwdriver, a pocket knife for myself... some extra clothes, for extreme weather conditions, just in case, along with pajamas... a headphone with several CDs... some notebooks and pens, for back-up... chocolate... wait, that goes under food... several books... and that should probably... oh! Sunglasses, for in case we go to Sairo... better bring a couple pairs, one for me and one for her... and that should be it!" Serena exclaimed, surrounded by a large pile of boxes and such. She looked up from her gatherings, to look at Joe. "Joe! What's been happening in the book! After you tell me, give it to me so I can go back!"

Joe's eyes widened and he looked around Serena at the boxes and bags. " Serena… You can't take all that. And you don't want to overwhelm them with our technology!" Joe sighed. " Nothing is really happening. Tasuki and Chichiri rushed to Emily's room as fast as they could and now she's sleeping in Tasuki's room." Joe watched Serena but didn't give her the book.

"Hm..." Serena glanced through all the stuff, then shrugged, and proceeded to put some of it back. "I suppose you're right, for once. I'll put back several of the pens and notebooks, most of the clothes that I'm bringing, even though who KNOWS how long I'll be there, my headphones and CDs... I suppose... and I won't really need all these books, most likely. Maybe one or two. Okay, that works. Now, can you please hand me the book?" she reached out towards Joe, standing in the middle of her stuff, after she had put all the stuff she decided not to bring back.

Joe shook his head no. " I can't let you go back Serena. Though you are prepared… I can't let you." Joe backed away watching her. " I can't let you go into that danger."

Serena frowned, and placed her hands on her hips. "Now you decide to be a caring older cousin? I've got to go back in there, Joe! I'm not letting Emily stay in there by herself! Who knows what could happen?" she stated, stepping over her stuff, and trying to grab the book from him. "Come ON, Joe! Do you just want her to stay in there, practically by herself! I mean, Tasuki and Chichiri are there, but still..."

Joe being taller than her kept the book out of her reach easily. " Chichiri and Tasuki will protect her. But until they at least learn who that man is… I won't let you go back." Joe said firmly.

Serena growled at her cousin, and crossed her arms. "I knew I shouldn't have given the stupid book back to you. Fine! Would you feel better if... huh?" she was interrupted, as suddenly, her bracelet began to glow white. "Uh... what the heck?"

Joe gasped and jumped as the bracelet suddenly broke, the beads going all over the floor. "Serena what just happened? Did Emily break hers or something?"

The red haired girl shook her head, her eyes wide, as the white light that had been surrounding the bracelet spread around her, seeming to engulf her. "I don't know! But, whatever it is, it's surrounding me! Ack, I don't want to be broken like my bracelet!" she cried, jumping over to her stuff, and burying herself in it, hoping to hide from the white light.

"SERENA!" Joe cried running forward as Serena began to dissappear. He dropped the book in his haste and tried to grab her. Suddenly he felt himself begin to dissappear as well and everything around him disappeared.

Tim looked at his disappearing brother and cousin in surprise, and ran at them. "Serena! Joe!" he exclaimed, as he tried to grab on of them, but ended up grabbing nothing but thin air, and falling onto the ground, where there was now no sign of the two, or the luggage. "Darn it! Not again!" he shouted, standing back up, and grabbing the book from it's previous position on the floor.

Nakaka walked into his brothers room, his black leather jacket and pants, clinging to his body. His golden hair was pulled back in a ponytail so that everyone could see his black earrings. He walked over to his brother and smiled. "Mission accomplished."

Nakago leaned back in the chair he was sitting in, his arms crossed, with an evil smirk on his face. "Good, good. This should show those two Priestesses that I am not so easily beaten. Especially by simple girls." he said, in his deep monotone, as he turned his head to his brother. "Nakaka. Tell me. Do you think that either of these girls could be as easily manipulated as Lady Yui was?"

Nakaka furrowed his brow in thought. " No. There bond is stronger than Yui's was to Miaka. They are almost connected by blood it seems. It will be near impossible to manipulate either one them…." Nakaka said.

Nakago closed his eyes in thought, tilting his head downward. "Hm. Then, this might be more difficult than I first thought." he said, looking back up at his brother. "This could take longer than originally planned, but it's not impossible. Can you tell me any possible weakness of either of them that could prove useful to us?"

Nakaka closed his eyes thinking, then he slowly opened them. " I scared the younger one to the bone.. But I think that was only because she couldn't see me. Maybe the younger ones fear is being unable to see her enemy. I don't know much more. The older one is afraid of being surprised in the dark….."

Nakago nodded his head, and once more closed his eyes in thought. "I see." he said, as his long blond bangs fell into his eyes. "That could be to our advantage. But we need to find out more, Nakaka."

Nakaka nodded his head. "Yes brother. I will watch them more closely. Especially the younger one, she knows more than she is aware… and the older one has more power.. Very odd they are… and foolish."

Just at that moment, a scantily clad woman with long chestnut hair, and silver eyes, entered the room, pushing a cart, bowing to the two brothers. "Excuse me, Sir Nakago, Sir Nakaka. I was requested to bring you your dinner."

Nakago looked to the woman, and stood up from his position at on the chair. " Thank you, Euiko. You're excused. Let's continue this conversation after dinner, shall we, brother?" he said, his voice, as always, in a monotone. The woman bowed, and left the room.

Emily suddenly sat up in bed barely containing a scream, her eyes wide, mouth agape. Her blue bracelet was glowing and she could hear Tim yelling after Joe and Serena then suddenly her bracelet shattered and her connection was shattered. "No!" Emily screamed as she stared the broken bracelet.

Tasuki jumped awake as soon as Emily screamed and ran over to her. " Emily what's wrong!" Emily stared at him trying to speak with no sound coming out.

Tasuki stared at her and at a lost of words, wondering what to do wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Are you ok? What 's wrong." He said in a calm voice. Emily opened her mouth then closed it and opened it again," I could talk to Serena through that bracelet. Her bracelet broke and I could hear that something was wrong in our world just before mine broke….. She's either in trouble or…. Or she's come back to this world just not here…" Emily leaned against Tasuki shaking slightly.

Just then, a knock came on the door, and then Chichiri's voice followed it, "Anyone awake in there, no da?" before the door was slid open, and his head poked around the corner. "Oh! I didn't mean to disturb anything, no da... I'll just leave now... Sorry for the interruption, na no da!" he said, and slid the door back closed.

Tasuki jumped away from Emily so fast that she fell out of the bed. Emily glared at him as he walked over to the door and pulled it open. " Chichiri get 'ack in 'ere! Nothin' was happening." Tasuki glared at Chichiri. Emily sighed and stood up walking over to the door. "Tasuki's right, nothing was happening."

Chichiri stopped, and glanced over his shoulder, back at the two. "Oh, I see, no da. Well, I was just coming to inform you two that breakfast should be ready, in case you were hungry, no da." he said, turning his head to face back forwards, and continued on his way.

Tasuki looked at Emily and walked out of his room down the hall after Chichiri. Emily watched Tasuki and Chichiri and waited for a few minutes before following them to the breakfast room.

They arrived to the breakfast room, to see Empress Houki sitting at the head of the table, with little Boushin sitting beside her in an ancient Chinese equivalent to a highchair. Chichiri bowed politely to the Empress, and future Emperor, then sat down, followed by the other two. Houki looked between the two strangely, before voicing her question, "Chichiri? Tasuki? Emily? Where's Serena? She can't still be asleep..."

Emily bowed her head silently. " Serena was sent back to our world. I don't know how. A man appeared at the same time she disappeared.. I think there might be a connection…"

Houki gasped, and her gaze switched to the blonde. "Oh, my..." she breathed, then looked to Chichiri, who nodded, in agreement to what she said.

"I'm afraid she's right, no da. Last night, she said that a strange man that looked and sounded a bit like Nakago, but was not, came into their room, as Serena was taken away by a green light. She is now in her world, which proves the fact that Emily must be a new Priestess of Genbu. It seems that the process is starting anew, Highness. Because of this, we will need to escort her to Hokkan."

Emily bit her lip then spoke," Actually I'm not positive that she's still in our world. We had been able to talk once she went back to our world through our braclets… but when her's broke I heard her cousin screaming for her and her other cousin to stop disappearing. Then mine broke and I don't know what happened to them. They might have come back here but as someone else… another Priestess or something."

Chichiri jerked his head in Emily's direction, a startled look on his masked face. "What! Was that what that was about this morning?" he asked, before frowning, and looking back to the Empress. "Then, that must mean that she has become a Priestess of a different god. And since Suzaku and Seiryu had their's recently, it has to be... Byakko! And, if she has been transported back to our world, then where could she be...?"

Emily bit her lip worried about Serena. " She could be anywhere..but I know she's safe..her cousin is with her and he won't let any harm be-fall her..I hope.."

"Maybe we should send some search parties out for them." Houki suggested.

Emily nodded liking the idea. " I'm sorry that we're being such a burden and trouble Empress." Emily said and looked down at the floor.

Houki smiled, and shook her head, at Emily, indicating that she did not find them a burden. "Oh, it's no trouble, really, Emily. You!" she shouted towards one of the guards, who jumped slightly, and walked over to her. "Assemble a search party, and search everywhere possible for a teenage girl - she stands at 5'5", has short curly brownish reddish hair, greenish blue eyes, and is wearing strange clothes - and her cousin. And get to it as soon as possible!" And the guard bowed to her, before quickly leaving the room, to do as he was told.

"Thank-you Empress for all your help." Emily smiled then turned to look at Chichiri. "Chichiri.. Why do you think the Serena and I were brought here in the first place? I mean all the warriors of Genbu are dead, and few of Byakko are still alive. It doesn't make sense."

Chichiri looked to her, and shook his head slightly. "Well, the legends say that when the countries are threatened, that the Priestess of their god will come, no da. But, the warrior thing is something that highly confuses me... but, the thing is, maybe they've been reincarnated - and maybe, just maybe, Subaru and Tokaki were able to return to the age they were when their first Priestess came. Or maybe, new people have gotten the Genbu and Byakko warrior powers." he said, and then smiled slightly. "And if either of those are the case, then I volunteer Tasuki and I to help you and Serena - when and if we find her - find your warriors."

Tasuki choked on the bite of food he had in his mouth and stared at Chichiri. " 'Ey I 'ave to get 'ack to my bandits! I don't ;ave time to go on another quest of yours." Emily glared at Tasuki. " I am so happy to see that everyone here wants to help us so much."

Chichiri turned to the red haired bandit leader, and glared at him for a few moments, before shaking his head, with a sigh. "Fine then, Tasuki, no da. You don't have to come. But, I am still going with her, na no da." he then turned back to Emily, with a serious expression on his face. "Emily. We should leave soon, no da. You may choose when we leave, though, no da."

Tasuki sighed and frowned. " I'm going. How could I not go? Who would keep you to trouble makers out of danger? Hmmmm?" Emily rolled her eyes at Tasuki then looked at Chichiri. " Can we leave today?"

Chichiri smiled, and nodded his head, taking a bite of his breakfast. "Yes, we can, no da. In fact, I was going to mention that we should leave today, no da." he said, before putting down his chopsticks, and standing up. "If I may be excused, I am going to go prepare for our departure now, no da." he said, and at a nod from Houki, turned, and left the breakfast room.

Emily smiled lightly and stared at her foods, taking a few bites before standing up leaving it mostly untouched. Tasuki looked at her then nodded to Houki as he finished and left to go get his things. Emily watched him leave and stood bowing to Houki. " Empress thank-you again for all your help." Emily smiled and left the breakfast room.