Disclaimer: Fushigi Yuugi doesn't belong to me!!!……..wish it did……..but it doesn't.

Authors Note: I was just looking over Ch. 2 and found so many mistakes.-- Sowwie, this is what happens when your spell-check doesn't work. Also sowwie this chapter is so late, but my internet got disconnected.--;;;; But as you can see I reinstalled it. That was the scariest week of my life since I didn't have the internet, I can't even remember not having it. Also I wanted to thank Shy Girl, Luvyuyu, ChibiNuriko310, Alexeo Moonlight, Galrulezz, and lulu0000000000 for reviewing, you're the best. Anyways here's Ch. 3, enjoy and review please!!!…….

Ch. 3: Nuriko You're A Girl!!!

As Willow started to come around, the first thing she noticed was the throbbing pain. Her head felt like she'd just ran head first in to a brick wall. She slowly opened her eyes and stared straight ahead as she tried to remember what had happened.

She'd been about to leave the Café when she'd heard Nuriko's name being called from behind her. She turned and came face to face with the people from her dreams. Miaka, Tamahome, Chichiri, Mitsukake, Chiriko and……Hotohori.

She froze, she couldn't have moved even if she had wanted to. It was him; he looked just like he did in her dreams, beautiful. Willow's heart had sped up, it was him, it was really Hotohori!!!

Before she could have said or done anything, she'd been hit from behind with something hard, causing her to fall. As she had fallen, she hit her head on a table. Before hitting the floor, a pair of strong warm arms had caught her.

Just as everything had started to fade out, she heard Nuriko being called again. "Nuriko, speak to me!!!" It had been his voice. She looked up, with unfocused eyes, to find herself in Hotohori's arms, looking into his beautiful face. She'd called out to him before the darkness had claimed her.

Slowly, Willow brought her hand to her head, to feel a bandage there; she softly prodded the right side, causing her to gasp in pain, confirming that it had all happened. She checked her hand to find no blood, this was good. She started to sit up, very slowly, because of the pain at her right shoulder.

Sitting, she waited a few seconds for her head to stop spinning. Looking around, she felt a stab of panic. She was on a big bed, in a room she had never seen before. Where was she? Why wasn't she in a hospital or something? And more impotently, who had brought her here?

She looked over to the window to find the sun rising. How long had she been here? When she'd started to leave the Café, it had been around 9 p.m. Had she been out cold that long?

Ok, the first thing she needed to do was find a way out of here, then she would worry about the rest later.

She was about to get off the bed, when a cat ran into the room and jumped on to the bed. They stared at each other for a few seconds before the cat slowly moved closer to Willow. Reaching her leg, it started to rub up against it. Willow reached out and petted its head, it started to purr loudly.

"Hello kitty," Willow started to talk to it. "Aren't you cute." The cat started to purr louder. Willow could have sworn she had seen this cat before, but where? Then it hit her, she knew who this was.

"Tama?" she asked, picking him up and looking into his eyes. "Is it really you?"

"Meowww."

"Is that a yes or no?"

"Purrr."

Willow smiled as she continued to pet Tama. If he was here, did that mean that the others were here as well? Was he here? What should she do? Wait here till someone came to check on her, or find a way out of this house and leave. If she waited, there was a chance she could find out more about her dreams. If she left…..What would happen if she left? She would properly go crazy trying to figure out all this out on her own.

Looking down at Tama, she found him regarding her with hopeful eyes. Hope for what though? Sighing, she gave up. " Ok boy, take me to the others." his eyes seemed to light up at this. Jumping from her lap, he stretched and jumped off the bed. Looking back at her, he seemed to say, "Come on then," before making his way to the door.

Getting off the bed, Willow noticed that her head still spinned a little, she would have to be careful not to make any sudden movements. She followed Tama out the room into the hall. Looking around, she found three closed door on this floor as well. Looking to her left, she found a case of stairs that when down and continued up, Tama was waiting for her there. Walking over, she looked up to find another closed door. Looking back down at Tama, she found him making his way down the stairs already and followed.

Reaching the bottom, she found herself at a corridor. She didn't have time to look around because Tama had already gone into another room. Following, she entered the room to find a man with light blue hair sitting crossed legged on the floor. She knew him as well, Chichiri. He was meditating, she had seen him do this many times in her dreams. She had been about to step out of the room to let him continue in peace, when he opened his eyes and smiled.

"Nuriko, good morning, no da," he said, in his cheerful voice she knew as well.

"Ummm……good morning, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you, I…"

"It's ok," he interrupted. "I was done no da. Why don't you come in and take seat, na no da."

Not wanting to walk all the way across the room to the chair, she just sat down on the floor in front of Chichiri. Looking at him, she could see that he looked just like he did in her dreams. Smiling face, brown eyes, light blue hair, with those cool funky bangs that defied gravity, the only difference was that he had both of his eyes, not just one like in the dreams.

"There was no accident this time, no da," he spoke up, noticing her staring at his face.

"Sorry," Willow replied, blushing. "I didn't mean to stare."

"It's ok no da. How's your head, na no da?"

"Ok I guess, still hurt a little though," she answered, bring her hand to the side of her head.

"You should let Myojuan look at that later, he'll know what to do, no da."

Willow was about to ask who Myojuan was, when there came a loud crash from somewhere in the house, followed by a familiar voice swearing loudly. Chichiri got to his feet and sighed.

"It seems that Genrou's awake no da, come lets go and see who else is up, we have lots to talk about na no da."

As soon as Willow got to her feet, everything started to spin again.

Seeing this Houjun took a hold of her arm. "Are you sure your ok no da?" he asked as Nuriko leaned on him. "Maybe you should go back upstairs and rest na no da."

"No no, I'm ok," Willow reassured him, as the spinning stopped. "I just got up too fast. I wanna see the others. Please," she gave him her best puppy-eye look.

Houjun chuckled and nodded. "You haven't changed much from the last time I saw you, no da. Still as playful as ever," he remarked.

Willow opened her mouth to ask when exactly was the last time they had met, when the door in front of them swung open and a red blur shot out of it, right in to them. They all went down. Chichiri had tried to come between her and the other person, so the end result was that they both ended up on top of Willow.

Willow moaned in pain.

Hearing this, Houjun glared at Genrou. "This is the second time Genrou," no 'no da's' were used since he was mad. "You have to start being more careful or else Sai is going to kill you!!!"

"Hey!!! Why are you mad at me for? It's not my fault you people like to stand in front of doors." This was just met with another glare. "Fine, I'll be more careful. Jeez, ya fucking happy now." But he made a mental note to really be careful in the future. Sai had actually been close to murdering him last night.

Willow listened to this exchange with her eyes closed, waiting for the pain to stop. "Hey do you mind getting off, you're kinda heavy."

"Oh sorry, no da," came Chichiri's voice.

"Great, nice going Houjun, forget we're on top of him," came that familiar voice again…. Wait a minute, what did he mean by 'him?' Willow's eye's snapped open to correct Tasuki, it was obviously him, but found herself face-to-face with a face she would never forget, and wished she could.

Instead of finding the brown eyes and fiery red hair she was expecting, she only saw a pale white face, unsympathetic, degrading, mocking blue eyes and long flowing blond hair. He had that smile on, the one that told you he was after something he wanted, and would stop at nothing to get it.

"No," she whispered. "Never again, I won't let you."

As Genrou got to his feet, Houjun looked at the young men beside him, only to find him trembling, with fear in his eyes. "Nuriko?" he asked with concern. "Are you ok, no da?"

Willow snapped out of her memory to find Chichiri kneeling beside her, with a worried look on his face, and a fiery red head looking at her over his shoulder.

"I'm fine," she quickly said. Setting up, she whimpered in pain. "Does this happen a lot around here? Cause if it does I'd like it to stop, I don't know how much more pain I can take before my head splits in two."

"Don't worry, it won't happen again, no da," Chichiri answered, helping her to her feet. "Right Genrou?"

"Ya ya, don't worry, Houjun and Sai will protect you," Tasuki replied.

"Ummm……who are Genrou, Houjun, and Sai?" Willow asked, have no idea what they were talking about.

Tasuki looked at her like she was crazy. "What do you mean 'who are Genrou and Houjun?' their us of course, and don't say that in front of Sai, he'll have a heart attack if he hears it. 'Who's Sai?'" He laughed when he said this. "He's only the guy your head over heels in love with."

"What!?!? How can I be in love with this Sai guy when I don't even know who he is?"

Genrou was about to reply, when Houjun stopped him. "Genrou he doesn't know who we are in this life time, no da. We're going to have to get the others to explain this to him, are they up, na no da?"

"Ya, their in the kitchen, except for Miaka," he smiled, with that cute fang poking out, when he saw Nuriko perk up at the sound of Miaka's name. "At least you remember Miaka, let me go get her, I'll be right back." With that he turned and headed to the stairs.

Willow forgot all about them mistaking her for a guy as Chichiri took her arm and guided her towards the kitchen.

"Let's get you something to eat, no da. You need your strength and you can meet the others, na no da."

Willow's heart sped up double time as they neared the door in front of them. They where in there, all the people from her dreams.

"Are you ready?" Houjun asked Nuriko, seeing his uncertainty. "Don't worry, there's nothing to be scared of, no da."

"I'm not scared," Willow replied, as they stopped in front of the door. She turned to Chichiri. "What if….what if I'm not what their expecting? What if they don't like me as I am today?"

Houjun look Nuriko straight in the eyes and answered in a serious tone. "We're all not the same as we were before; we've changed in many ways." He smiled as he continued. "And they will like you."

"How can you be so sure?" Willow asked, doubt evident in her voice.

"Because, in the little time I have spent with you, it feels like I've finally found my lost long friend. Even if you are different now, I would still like to befriend you, as well the others," he finished with a small reassuring squeeze to her arm. "now come, it's time, no da."

He opened the door and waited for her to walk through it. Willow took a deep breath , gave Chichiri a small smile, and walked forward, only to stop in her tracks. They were all here. Tamahome, Chiriko, Mitsukake, and…Hotohori!!! Willows knees went weak just looking at him.

They hadn't noticed her and Chichiri yet. Tamahome and Chiriko were currently fighting over something, Willow couldn't see what though.

"It's mine I tell you. I got it first."

"No it's mine, it's the last chocolate one and I want it!!! You can have a regular one or even a blueberry one!!!"

"No it's mine!!!"

"No, mine!!!"

Just then Chiriko moved to the side and Willow got a clear view of what they were fighting over. It was a…..waffle? Willow frowned, they were fighting over a waffle? She looked up at Chichiri in confusion, he just shook his head.

Looking over at Mitsukake, Willow found him crouching on the floor with a small brush and a dust ban cleaning up what looked like a broken cup, and muttering something that sounded like:

"Always braking everything and I'm the one that gets stuck cleaning up after him…"

Looking over to Hotohori, Willow gave a small, silent sigh. He was just so…..beautiful in all his glory. He was leaning on the counter, with his back to them all. He was looking at something. Willow tilted her head to the side to see what it was. Her eyes widen as she saw the cover of the book in his hands. It was her sketch book!!! Where had he gotten that from? She then remembered what was inside it. 'Oh no,' she thought. 'He's going to think I'm some kind of stalker or something.' She had to get that book away from him.

"Hey, you're not supposed to be looking at that, it's private!!!"

They all turned toward her at the sound of her voice and stared, she just stared back, mostly at Hotohori. In the inside she was jumping up and down, chanting his name over and over again. 'Hotohori, Hotohori, Hotohori!!!'

The first one to snap out of it was Hotohori. Putting down the book in his hands, he walked toward her. Actually it was more like he glided toward her. He was just like he was in her dreams. He carried himself with a confidence that was imposable to ignore, as if you wanted to.

He stopped right in front of her, taking her face in his hands, he looked deep into her eyes, searching. What he was looking for, Willow did have the slightest idea, but he must have found it because he smiled and said, "Nuriko, it really is you."

They just stood there, staring into each others eyes. Lost in their own little world, that they didn't notice the knowing look that they other 4 occupants in the room shared.

As Hotohori caressed her cheek, Willow heard a faint voice of reason in her head, 'Why are you letting him get so near? Can you really trust him not to hurt you?' Willow was about to consider this, when Hotohori's hand moved a bit higher, softly grazing the bandage there. Even though it was softly, it still hurt, causing her to whimper in pain.

Upon hearing this, Sai frowned. Nuriko was still in pain, he had to fix this some how.

"Your still in pain," it was more of a statement then a question. Before Nuriko could answer, he turned to Myojuan. "Do something about it." This came out as a command. Myojuan just raised an eyebrow. This reminded Sai that he was no longer The Emperor, so he added a, "Please." Plus his infamous smile. Myojuan smiled and shook his head as he stepped towards Nuriko.

An awkward silence descended upon the room while Mitsukake checked her bandages. All Willow could do was stare at the 5 men in the room, and they in turn stared at her.

"Your fine," Mitsukake stated. "There's a small cut but you didn't need stitches. Just make sure you don't apply pressure to it or hit your head again, we don't want to risk you getting a concussion. If you experience any pain just take some Tylenol."

"Don't worry though," Tamahome spoke up, with a smile. "Sai here will keep you safe."

Sai glared back to him as he walked back to where Nuriko was sitting. "That's enough, its time for you to go back upstairs and get some rest."

As he helped her out of the chair, Willow took a step back. "It's ok, I'm fine. Just keep Tasuki away from me and everything will be fine."

As she said this, there came a pounding noise coming toward the kitchen, getting louder as it neared.

Tamahome's face lit up. "Miaka!!!"

Miaka? The priestess? Willow was about to ask when the door flew open. There stood Miaka, the priestess from her dreams. Willow noticed that her eyes were searching the room, when they landed on her, Miaka's face lit up. "Nuriko!!!" she yelled before she charged.

'Oh no,' she thought. 'Not again.' she wasn't fast enough to get behind Hotohori before Miaka jumped her, they both went down.

The others had tried to intervene but hadn't been fast enough either. As they went down they all yelled, "No!!!!" along with Nuriko's, "Ahhhh," and Miaka's, "Nuriko!!!!!"

They landed hard. Luckily Willow had lifted her head just in time to prevent another injury, but the jolt still caused her to see bright spots before her. Miaka was still on top of her, talking away.

"Nuriko it's really you. We found you. I really missed you. Where have you been? Why didn't you come earlier?"

She was talking too fast for Willow to answer any of her questions, plus the fact that she was still on top of her bothered Willow. Miaka wasn't that big, but nether was Willow, so she was kinda heavy. Maybe if she sat up she would get off. This only caused Miaka to end up sitting on her lap.

"Umm……do you mind getting off me please?" Willow tried to move away, but this only caused Miaka to start falling back. Willow took a hold of her shoulders to prevent her from falling.

This would have worked if Miaka hadn't tried to the same thing, but she missed and her hands landed on Willow's well endowed chest.

They both froze

"Miaka get off him," came Tamahome's voice from across the room. "You're going to hurt him."

Miaka ignored this comment and said, "Nuriko……you're a girl!!!"

A.N.: so that all for this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it. If any of you are confused about the changing of names, I did it deliberately. With the seishi names, it when Willows thinking of them, she doesn't know their real names yet. And when the others refer to Willow as Nuriko it's cuz they think she's a guy.

And if your wondering how the others didn't notice that Willow's a girl, don't ask cuz I don't either, they just didn't.

I'm working on the next chapter right now; hopefully I'll be done by next week, but I'm not promising anything cuz I have to work on 3 Chemistry labs, an English essay, and my I.S.U.--;;;; About pairing Tasuki and Chichiri in this fic, I've decided not to. I don't think too many of you were happy about that idea, but that's ok. thanks for reading and please review, I'm begging you!!!!!!!

See ya later.