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

Authors Note: hey everyone!!!! Sorry this chapter took so long, but I had so much homework last week , add to that writers block and it really sucks!!! I really don't find this chapter eventful, but I was told it was shrug so I'll make sure to finish the next chapter soon, it going to get really good soon, I swear!!! Also, I kinda forgot to mention that Willow is wearing a sweater so that's why the others didn't really notice that she was a girl, it kinda hides the fact that she is one, sorry. Thanks to everyone who read and review the last chapter. Any who, here's Ch. 4, enjoy…..

Ch. 4: Explain Please.

'Ok,' thought Willow, closing her eyes. 'Please let this be some weird dream. I'm back in my dorm, in my bed having a weird dream. I'm not sitting on the kitchen floor of some stranger's house, with a girl sitting on my lap feeling me up!!!!!

Willow almost had herself convinced, but just then Miaka moved her hands again. This was the final straw, Willow scooted away from Miaka with a squeak, not caring if she fell this time, and crossed her arms in front of herself, just in case.

"Ok that's it, I've had enough!!!" Willow stated, starting to freak out, not that you could blame her. "First I'm knocked out with doors and tables, then I'm being tackled to the ground, and now I'm being felt up, throw in some weird dreams and a voice in my head telling me I'm it's reincarnation and I'm officially freaked out!!!"

The others just stood there not knowing what to say. Willow stared at them expecting them to do something, when they didn't she snapped.

"Fine," getting up, with her arms still crossed, she made her way to the door, avoiding coming too close to the others. "I'm leaving. Have a nice live or whatever."

'Oh this is nice,' she thought. 'I finally find them and their just going to let me walk away…..but whatever, I don't care.'

So why are you so disappointed?

'Shut up Nuriko, you're not helping.'

She was about the door, when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked up to find Hotohori.

"Please wait, we're sorry, it's just that you tool us by surprised. Please stay, we'll explain everything," he smiled then.

That's what got Willow, his smile. Before she knew it she was answering. "Ok!!" Damn it, damn him and his sexy smile, and beautiful eyes and….he's just so beautiful. Sigh.

Ahhhh, stop it, she told herself, snap out of it. I bet he know what that smile of his does. The gleam in his eyes confirmed it. Damn him!!!

Ok, not really.

Taking her hand, he led her back to the table. Ignore the tingling feeling, she told herself. Just then Tasuki spoke up."

"I have a question."

"Yes," she asked.

"Did you get a sex change?"

Willow detangled her hand form a stunned Sai, walked up to Tasuki and punched him in the face.

"What the fuck!!!" he held his nose. "Why the…" He stopped as he saw Willows fist in front of his face again.

"Care to ask that again?" she asked in a dangerous tone.

Genrou shook his head and said, "Well you could have just answered the question."

Willow just glared back at him and took a step closer.

"Fine, fine I get it!!! Fuck, now my nose is bleeding. Thank you so fucking very much," he turned and took a seat as far away from her as possible.

Willow turned back to her seat, to find everyone else staring at her.

"Ummm…what?"

"Why didn't he go flying?"

Willow stared at Tamahome before she answered. "Was he supposed to?" She really didn't know what was going on."

Everyone just nodded.

"Ummm….ok," Taking a seat she thought, there was something seriously wrong with these people.

Well you one to talk, you the one that hears a voice in her head that tells you you're its reincarnation, Nuriko said, sarcastically.

'I mean it Nuriko, your really not helping!!!'

Everyone took a sit around the table. Miaka sat on one side of Willow, and Chiriko took the other side. Willow crossed her arms in front of herself again and moved away a little, just in case. Upon seeing this Miaka blushed.

"I'm really sorry about what happen," she apologized. "It was an accident, I've never done anything like that before……well there was that time I had to make sure if Hotohori was a woman or not…."

Willow just stared at her with a freaked out look and pulled her arms closer to her chest.

"But don't worry, it won't happen again," Miaka hurried on. "Please forgive me!!!"

Willow could see that she really was sorry. Ok so maybe it had been a weird, freaky accident, she shouldn't hold it against her. Dropping her arms from in front of herself, she folded them on top of the table and said, "Ok I believe you, it wasn't really your fault anyways, so let's forget about it."

Miaka smiled, "Thank you."

Willow smiled back. Just then Tamahome cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Now that we're all together finally, I think it's time for some explaining. Nuriko would you like to start?"

"Ummm…" Where was she supposed to start? What exactly did they want to know?

"Earlier you said something about dreams, why don't you start there, Nuriko." Sai could see that she was nerves, so he decided to help. He knew that he had succeeded when she smiled back to him.

Thank you Hotohori, Willow thought. "Well to start my name's not Nuriko, its Willow Chou. I'm a girl not a guy," she emphasized the word to get her point across. "I moved here a few months ago and ever since then I've been having this repetitive, puzzling dreams about this place called Konan, and this priestess and her seishi, who summon the God Suzaku."

"Their only dreams?" Chiriko asked. "This only happens when you sleep?"

"Actually, their not dreams. Their Nuriko's memories."

"Nuriko's memories?" Tamahome inquired. "How do you know this?"

"Oh….ummm….he kinda told me…"

Everyone just stared at her.

"Ahhh…. Ya about that. Last night before I went to the café, I had another dream only it wasn't a dream, I'm not exactly sure what it was," the others leaned forward encouragingly, they were all intrigued. "I was in this really nice field, wondering where I was, when Nuriko pops up out of nowhere. He said we where in my subconscious. He then proceeded to tell me that all these dreams I was having were really his memories he chooses to show me, at least the ones he thinks I can handle. He said it was better if I remembered the rest on my own. He also said that when the time came I would need you as much as you all need me," she stopped out of breathe.

The others sat quietly, digesting all they had just heard.

"That's all," Houjun asked. "There was nothing else, no da?"

"Well there was this part where he said: 'If you trust, you can beat it.'"

"Beat what?" Sai inquired.

"He wouldn't tell me, he said we would have to wait till it came. Then this really old and very ugly, floating women showed up, I don't remember her name thought."

"Taiitsukun?" Miaka asked.

"Ya that was it, how did you know?"

"She isn't someone you can easily forget," Taka said, with a shudder. "She happens to be the creator of the

ShiJinTenChiSho world and writer of the ShiJinTenChiSho book."

"The whaty who now?" Willow hadn't the faintest idea of what he was talking about.

"The Four God's world and book of the Four God's."

"Oh I see. Well she told Nuriko that it was time for me to meet the others, after that I woke up."

"It seems that you were meant to meet up with us in this life time after all," Dokun stated. "I wonder why it took so long though."

"What do you mean so long?" Willow asked. "How long have you all been together?"

"We all met through our families, who know each other in some way. We all later met Miaka and Taka about a year ago."

"Ahhh….who?"

"Sorry I forgot about that," spoke up Houjun. "She only knows us by our seishi names, no da. In order from your left is Dokun Oh."

Chiriko

"Myojuan Fung"

Mitsukake

"I'm Houjun Ri."

Chichiri

"Shun'u Kou, aka Genrou."

Tasuki

"Saihitei Seishuku, aka Sai."

Hotohori

"Kishuku Sou, aka Taka."

Tamahome

"And of course, Miaka Yuuki."

Looking over at Miaka, Willow didn't find her. She turned to find her standing at the counter eating the chocolate waffle Taka and Dokun had been fighting over earlier.

"Hey Genrou," she called. "I have a question for you."

"Wat?"

"How did you know you ran into a girl yesterday morning, but didn't know it was Nuriko?" she lifted Willow's sketch book Sai had left at the counter.

"Ahhh….I….umm…." Genrou could feel himself starting to blush.

"Hey where did you get that from!?!?" Willow really needed to hide that book, where had they gotten it from any ways? "Can I have it back?"

"But I wanna finish looking at it," Miaka pleaded. "Please…"

"Finish looking at it? You looked inside it?!?!"

"Well ya, we all did."

Willow closed her eyes and groaned. Why? Why me?

"Why?"

"You don't think it's kinda weird. Finding some book with drawing of you in it? Having no idea who drew them?"

"Well Genrou did think we had a stalker when he found it."

"Where did he find it?" Willow glared at Genrou. "Did you look through my stuff?"

"No," Genrou shouted. "You ran into me yesterday morning and left it behind."

"Yesterday?" Willow tried to remember, it took a while. "You're the guy I ran into yesterday?!?!"

"So Genrou," Miaka spoke up again. "Answer my question." Everyone's questioning eyes turned toward Genrou, who turned red.

"Ahhh….Well I didn't really see who it was cuz she left as soon as she was on her feet again, and I knew it was a girl cuz," his face turned even redder. "I kinda…ahhh….felt that she was a girl," he rushed through the last part.

"What!!!"

Both Willow and Sai shot to their feet. Sai pissed and Willow embarrassed and surprised by Sai's out burst. The others watched silently, laughing.

"What do you mean you felt it?!?!? Genrou you're treading on thin ice here…"

"Hey," Genrou shot to his feet, now he was pissed. "It was a fucking accident. I hate girls, always have, and always will. Stupid bitches!!!

"Are you calling her a bitch now?!?!" Sai shot back.

Willow was speechless. Sai was….standing up for her? She stared to slowly smile, a dreamy look coming on her face, that didn't go unnoticed by the other onlookers.

"Awww," Nuriko said. "He's defending my honour!!! Hey Willow go over there and give Hotohori-sama a hug for me."

'No!!!'

"Come on, please…."

'No!!!'

"Please, please, please, please…."

Willow tied to ignore Nuriko's annoying pleading voice, but it starting to get to her.

"Please, please, please…."

"Shut up!!!" Willow shouted out loud, forgetting she was in a room full of people. Everyone stopped laughing and arguing and stared at her. "Oh….ahhh….not you guys."

"Who then?" asked Miaka cautiously.

"Umm….nobody." Damn you Nuriko, this is entirely your fault!!!

"Haha, that's what you get for not hugging Hotohori-sama for me…."

Just then Houjun's voice intruded into their argument, "Is it Nuriko, no da?"

"How did you know," Willow asked surprised.

"Well didn't you say that there was a voice in your head telling you your its reincarnation, na no da?"

"Wow you remember that?" Houjun just smiled back at her. "Ya it was Nuriko. He kinda talks to me some times. Not all the times!!!" she added as the others looked at her like she was out of her mind. "Just when I need help or guidance."

"And how long as this been going on, na no da?"

"About as long as I can remember, I just never told anyone before because then they would think I was crazy or something."

"Well it makes sense, no da."

"It does?" the others where just as lost as Willow, well everyone but Dokun who was following Houjun's train of thought.

"Well ya, Willow and Nuriko haven't come together yet, so Nuriko and his memories have to go somewhere, no da. What better place then within Willow, with Nuriko guarding the memories, na no da. The only thing I don't understand is why they haven't joined yet. We all have had all our memories from the book since we where born and have been together just as long, but Willow here hasn't, no da." Everyone, except for Dokun, was stunned, that did make sense.

"What if it has something to do with her childhood?" Dokun asked. Everyone turned questioning eyes toward Willow.

"I had a normal childhood," she said. "Except for the fact that my whole family died in a car crash and I was raised by my grandfather," this was said with her eyes downcast. Even though she didn't remember them, Willow still missed them very much. Especially her sister for some reason…… She felt someone take her hand, looking up she found Miaka and the others regarding her with sympathy.

"So it's almost like the last time," Sai stated.

"What?"

"In the pastKourin died as well, don't you remember?"

"No, I told you, it's only certain things. I only remember some of Nuriko's time spent at the palace after Miaka came, when he searched for the others, and when he died, also some of the final battle, but even that isn't very clear."

"So that means that you don't remember about your little dressing problem?" Genrou asked.

"What dressing problem?"

The other shifted in their seats and shared a look. Genrou just got a grin on his face, this was too good to be true, it was time for revenge for that punch from earlier. "Well you see," he said, with a not so innocent look on his face. "After your sister died, you didn't take it so well, so to keep her memory alive you started to dress like a girl." He couldn't keep from laughing, Willow's expression was priceless. The others just glared at him, not finding this funny.

Willow sat there with her mouth open in shock. "I was….a….a….cross-dresser?!?!?!?!"

"A gay cross-dresser!!!" Genrou was doubling over with laughter.

Willow didn't have a problem with the gay thing; Hotohori properly had that effect on many people, but….a cross-dresser?!?!?!?

"Hey!!! It was a phase I went through, I'm over it now, I even cut my hair!!!"

'But a cross-dresser……and did you just say you cut your hair?!?! Why would you do that, just stop dressing like a girl, but leave the hair alone!!!'

"…."

'Nuriko?'

Silence…..

'Oh I get it, you giving me the silent treatment. Thanks!!!' If he thought that this was a form of punishment maybe she should start doing this more often, he could be very annoying sometimes. Willow noticed a hand being waved in front of her face just then, it was Miaka. Damn she spaced out again.

"Hey you ok? Was it Nuriko again?"

"Ya."

Miaka smiled and said, "Well I'm going to upstairs to change, can't stay in my PJ's all day. I'll be back."

As she got up to leave, Willow looked down at herself. She was still wearing the same clothes she had been wearing yesterday and had slept in. She really need a shower and clean clothes. Time to go back to her dorm. Getting up she said, "I think I'll be going now."

Miaka turned from the door, ran over to her, and latched on to her. "No!!! You can't leave yet. We just found each other!!!" The others agreed with her.

"But I need clean clothes and I need to wash my hair!!!" The one thing that Willow really loved about herself was her hair. No one messed with her hair, not if they wanted to live.

"You can shower here," suggested Sai. She couldn't leave yet, not if he could help it. Sai wasn't going to lose his second chance, not with out a fight.

"I still need clothes." Does he really want me to stay? Could it be that he did fell something? Willow was going to dig deeper into this.

"You can borrow some of mine!!!" Miaka was not letting her leave. This was Nuriko's reincarnation. Not only had she just found one of her best friends again, now she wasn't the only girl any more. "We're about the same size." They really were, Nuriko had been a petite for a man and so was his reincarnation.

"Fine I'll stay."

"Yay!!!" Miaka starting jumping up and down, for some reason Willow felt like doing it too but she didn't. The others smiled in relive, they really did want her to stay.

Miaka grabbed Willow's hand and started to drag her out of the room. Looking at the others for help, they just smiled back. Miaka stated to explain where everything was as they made their way to the stairs. "The living room is through there, the entrance is over there. That room there is Genrou's, that one is Houjun's." Going up the stairs they came to the second floor. "Sai, Myojuan, and Dokun sleep up here." They continued to the last door at the top of the stairs. "Taka and I sleep here." Walking in, Willow saw that it was just like the room she had waken up in, except there were was tons of stuff everywhere, pictures, clothes, books.

"Sorry about the mess," Miaka said as Willow looked around.

"It's ok. So….you and Taka sleep here together?" Willow laughed as Miaka blushed. "Don't worry, I find it cute the way you both so obviously love each other."

"You remember that?"

"Ya, I remember a lot, but not enough at the same time."

"Don't worry, it will come."

Willow just nodded. She wasn't sure but for some reason she had this feeling that she wasn't going to like what was to come. Shaking it off, she turned back to Miaka, "Now about that shower."

"Oh ya, there are three of them in the house. I use one and the guys share the other two. You can use mine, it's on the second floor, let me just find something for you to wear. "

As Miaka looked, Willow removed her sweater, brushing her hair out of her face, Willow turned to find Miaka staring at her.

"What?"

Pointing at Willow chest, she said, "I see it now."

Willow groaned, "Why me!?!?"

A.N.: Yay, I finished the chapter!!!!!! Hurry for me!!! Ok, there are something's I would like to say.

1) It was pointed out me that Willow seemed out of character compared to Nuriko. I have to agree, but there is a perfectly good explanation for that. Since Willow and Nuriko aren't "joined" yet, Willow is a bit different.

2) About the part where I said that Nuriko was petite, im not 100 sure, but that's the way I'm leaving it.

3) And last, about Mitsukake's last name, I have no idea what it is so I made it up. If anyone knows what it is please let me know.

So that's it, I hope you enjoyed it and sorry again that's it was so late. I'll try to finish the next chapter soon.

Also, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Can you believe it Chritmas next week, can't wait.