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December 3 Month Two 4:48 p.m.

Chapter 3: Kouji

I made a deal with Chichiri-sama.

That I can see Genrou-sama today and maybe tomorrow if I am lucky.

Now here I am on the "Real" world holding a peice of paper that held
Genrou-sama's location and the wench who held him hostage! Okay
maybe that sounded a little cruel, but it's true! What kind of woman
would keep Genrou-sama in a temple? This woman probably forced him
to stay at the Suzaku no Miko's world and do hard labor!
I gotta stay focused! I can't-I shouldn't think of that!

"Hikawa Temple." I spoke. I was lucky that it was in Chinese characters
and not in "Engrish" or some other language that Miaka-sama told me
about.

I froze.

I made eye contact with the raven haired amythist beauty in front of me.
I couldn't think. All I could think about is the beauty in front of me.

"Konnichi wa." she spoke. "Welcome to the Hikawa Temple."

"Konni-chi wa." I said, hesitantly. This can't be the woman
Chichiri spoke of! I expected the woman to be cruel, mean, ugly
and evil! "Is Tasuki here?"

"You're Kouji-san?" she asked, she had an amused look on her face.
"How rude of me, I'm Rei Hino."

Rei. Funny, I'm falling for another girl whose name sounds like
hers. ReiRei, she fell for Genrou-sama and not me. Rei-san
noticed the sad look on my face.

"You can go in with Tasuki, he's in the second room." Rei-san
said and began sweeping the floor.

I went through the sliding door and into the other room on the
left. There was two futon beds, one was neat and the other was
not. Genrou-sama is in here? Did Rei-san hide him? I checked
under the bed--

"Who are you?" a voice asked, scaring the shit outta me. I slowly
turned to see a beautiful blonde with a big red bow on top, big
baby blue eyes, and those beautiful strawberry lips.

"For the last time, Who are you?" she asks again, getting impatient.

"Kouji."

She looked surprised. Then, she had a dreamy look on her face I
could actually see light pastel colors and bubbles in the
background. Was she happy to see me?

"Nee, You're Tasuki's best friend aren'tcha?" she nudged my elbow
and had a sly look on her face. I nodded. I was so confused.
What the hell was going on?

"Uh...Yea. Who're you?"

"Gomen! I'm Minako Aino." she apologized, making a cute face. I
feel my cheeks going warm. This girl is really cute. I turned to the
right and noticed Genrou-sama!

"Kouji! Man am I glad to see ya!" he replied. We did our little
dance. "Kouji ya have to get me outta here!" Genrou-sama said,
he sounded a little desperate.

I didn't see what was so bad. It was actually kind of peaceful
here in the "Suzaku no Miko's"world and two hot chicks here.
Then again, Genrou-sama hates women.

"Are ya sure Genrou-sama?" I whispered, making sure Minako
isn't listening to our conversation. He nodded slowly and was
clinging on to me.

"TASUKI!" I hear a scream. Genrou-sama, Minako and me
turned to the owner of the voice. It was Rei-san. "How many
cups did you fed Phobos and Deimos?" her voice was oddly
quiet. I saw a scary aura that surrounded Rei-san.

"I dunno... I kinda threw the whole bag in."

"Whole...Bag?" The scary aura that surrounded Rei grew larger.

"You fed them the whole bag..."

Genrou-sama's eyes grew large as she pulled out an ofuda scroll
alot similar to Genrou-sama's scroll.

"AKU RYO TAI SAN!" she cried as she placed the ofuda
scrolls on his forehead. "You jerk! You're supposed to feed them
2 cups every 4 hours! You can't even do a simple task!"

"Tasuki!" I pulled the ofuda scroll on his head. "Ya all right?"

He grinned and turned to Rei-san. He was really close to Rei-san
almost nose to nose. I could see Rei-san turning slightly red.

"It's yer fault fer not tellin' me in th' first place." he said and flicked
Rei-san's forehead.

"I already told you...THREE WEEKS AGO!"

"Oh THREE weeks ago! Like I'm suppose to remember that long!"

"What? Are you that stupid that I need to remind you everyday."
Rei-san huffed, acting superior to Genrou-sama. I noticed Minako
going behind Genrou-sama.

"You shut the fuc--"

Holy Suzaku.

I glanced at Minako with a satisfied look on her face. Genrou-sama
and Rei-san were...kissing. Both of them had a surprised look on
their face and pulled away from each other. Rei-san and Tasuki
glared at Minako.

"I couldn't resist." Minako simply said. "You guys looked so cute
together." Both Rei-san and Genrou-sama turned red.

I laughed out loud. Minako joined me. Both Rei-san and Genrou-sama
kicked us out. We looked at each other both of us had a surprise look
on our face.

"I was wondering Kouji-kun..." Minako asked, she had a scary look
on her face. It reminded me of Nuriko-sama. "If you could help me get
Tasuki and Rei-chan together?" she had her hand out getting ready
for me to shake it.

"Why should I get them together?" I asked. "Tasuki doesn't like women."

"Rei-chan hates men."

"He has a really bad temper."

"Rei-chan can handle it, she met worse."

"What makes ya think they could be together?" I asked, Minako had smiled
wistfully. Her hands clamped together, I could see her breath on the winter
snow.

"Because... I believe Tasuki will do anything to make Rei-chan happy." she
said. "I believe that he is the one that will break her cold personality and
make her smile again."

"What makes ya think he is the one?"

"You can tell the way Rei-chan acts." Minako explained.
"She never acts like that! Usually she just ignores guys and acts all snooty."
Minako placed her hands on her hips and place her nose up high pretending
to act arrogant.

"But when she's around Tasuki... She acts.."

"Human." Minako paused. "Like she has her own personality... So are you
going to help me or not?" She pulled out her hand waiting for me to shake it.
"Sure." I shook her hand and smiled.

"Tell me what you know about Tasuki..." she drawled.

Author's Note: Heh heh. Sorry I took so long. (Gets killed)

No Diana, Chibi-usa, and Mamoru. I hate them. And NO NAKAGO, ASHITARE, MIBOSHI, SOI, and TOMO! I hate them. Oh yea,

I 'm re-writing Chapter 2. : )

Will Rei ever forgive Tasuki for making her precious birds bloated? Will our precious Fang-boy
ever get out of the Hikawa Temple? What in the world is Minako and Kouji planning?

TUNE IN NEXT TIME IN KINDRED SPIRITS!

NEXT CHAPTER: NURIKO!