Oh my god I'm alive! lol. Sorry it has taken me so long to update! It's because I was camping with a computer but no internet...so I actaully have some good news from this. I have finished this story! Although I'm not gonna tell you how many chapters it is. Well enough about this read the chapter!

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Chapter 6

Keiko's POV…

I know him! I screamed in my head. I looked up at him. I had to know him. He started coming towards us his eyes never left mine. I wanted to scream his name…for some reason I wanted this man to save me. I saw images of me and him…younger and older. We were always together laughing smiling. The little girl in the vision kept calling him something. Suddenly before I realized what I was doing I screamed something and reached for him with one hand. "ONI-CHAN!" Everyone paused.

"Knew ya couldn't forget…" He said looking a little happier and now came closer quickly during the silent moment. I was stunned, still crying, as my head pounded and memories of the two of us flooded my head all at once. I was probably only standing because of my 'husband'.

Amiboshi went to take off seeing my 'oni-chan' coming for me. But Tasuki grabbed him roughly by the back of the shirt collar. He then took me away from Amiboshi and I clung to this man's shirt. I was still crying and couldn't seem to stop. My head was pounding. All I knew was this was my oni-chan. It was the only thing I knew in this world at the moment and it was all that mattered to me. The other man who hadn't said anything grabbed Amiboshi and held him firmly so my oni-chan could hold me. He held me tight and rested his head on top of mine as I buried my face in his shirt.

"Sh…its okay now…yer safe I promise." He said soothingly as he held me unyielding as if to reassure me. Tasuki started heading out of the town to be followed by the two other men and Amiboshi being dragged along protesting. After a few minutes I couldn't move anymore. My headache was consuming me. I grabbed my head tightly.

"It hurts! Make it stop!" I cried dropping to my knees suddenly. Oni-chan looked panicked as he dropped next to me. The monk came too but I didn't care at the second. My head felt like it would just rip open at any moment. "Oni-chan…" I sobbed wondering what the hell was going on. He looked at me alarmed. I knew he had no idea on how to help me so he held me tightly. He kept saying something to me but I couldn't concentrate on him. He looked into my eyes.

"Stay awake!" He said almost demandingly. He was becoming out of focus. And it was twice as hard to hear things. I closed my eyes despite his pleas for me not too.

Tasuki's POV…

She fell limp in my arms as she passed out. I felt her forehead and she was burning up. I cradled her up in my arms and brought her beneath a tree to lay her gently down. I turned to Amiboshi who by now was just being dragged. He had given up the whole running away gig. "What the hell did you do!" I yelled furious. I wanted to know what was wrong with my sister. And I wanted answers.

"It was the elderly couple!" He yelled at me covering his face with his hands to block himself if needed.

"What!" I snapped back.

"She-she made me promise to pretend to be her son and then they would give her the potion. It made her forget everything!" He explained.

I glanced back at my sister who Chichiri was tending. I glared back at Amiboshi, "Forget everything!" I asked.

"Yes! So we could tell her she was my wife! Okay! We were going to stay there! They didn't tell me what it was! Just what it did!" He cried.

I hit him once. Not as hard as Tamahome but enough to shut him up. "Well good going! You might have just poisoned her!" I yelled the first part sarcastic then whipped around heading back to the other two. I looked at Chichiri wondering if he could give me any answers.

"I think she's just sick from the river. That's what the symptoms show anyway. I guess he was right. It just made her forget…" Chichiri answered trailing off slightly. I could tell this was bothering him. It did me too but then again…she fought through that to remember me. I realized how late it was getting.

"Let's just stay here tonight." I said getting up and grabbing some wood then easily with some help from my fan made a fire. Amiboshi was tied to a tree and Tamahome sat next to him watching him to be sure nothing else went wrong.

I sat next to the fire for a while. I was drowning in my own thoughts as I watched the fire dance in front of me…it seemed like she was in there…and I couldn't tear my gaze.

Chichiri's POV…

I sat next to her removing my mask and I saw her shiver with the fever she had. So I removed my kesa and let her use it as a blanket. I stroked some of the fallen strands out of her face. It was hard to believe that yesterday I had made out with the woman who jumped into a river to save a boy who poisoned her and now lay sick in front of him. But that was nothing…that part that killed him…was how she didn't know me. She didn't know my name…face…anything. I knew it wasn't her fault…but it still ached. I saw her eyes shut tight. She started muttering slightly in her sleep. I figured it was a nightmare. Her muttering became audible for me.

Dream…

I was in the dark. I couldn't see anything. I saw the figure of my brother a little farther away. I ran to him. "Oni-chan!" I said happily. He picked me up and twirled me around smiling. Then he put me down.

"I have to go." He said walking off.

"No! Oni-chan! Don't go!" I called running after him but he disappeared into the darkness. I fell to my knees my hands covering my sobbing face. "Don't leave me here…" I cried shivering.

"Keiko…" I heard a young man call my voice. I looked up. He was a handsome man. He had blue hair and pale skin. He had only one eye but it didn't matter to me. Not at all. His voice was so calming I felt at peace and happy at the same time. "Chichiri…?" I asked in a whisper wondering if he was about to disappear too.

Chichiri's POV...

"No…oni-chan don't….leave me here…" She whispered and choked on a sob. What she said next though shocked me to the point I couldn't move. "Chichiri…" She breathed helplessly as if calling my name into the dark.

"I'm here." I whispered to her, grabbing her hand in mine and leaning closer to her as I tried to wake her up slowly from her nightmare. She let out a small cry from the sudden shock of waking up but it was so quiet I only heard it. She blinked up at me with her Amber colored eyes. "I'm here." I repeated for her as if to reassure her.

She smiled up at me. Again even with out my mask she didn't flinch. She sighed content seeing my face and with her free hand traced the edge of my face. I leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips and she kissed back just as sweet.

"I don't wanna wake up…" She whispered to me as I was close to her. I was confused for a second.

"You're not sleeping…" I whispered to her realizing what she was thinking.

"It's a wonderful dream…" She continued as if I hadn't said that.

I kissed her deeply and a little more forcefully, "I'm not a dream." I repeated to her smiling. She was silent for a moment just looking up at me as if debating what I had said was true or not. "I'm not…?" She asked blinking.

"No…you're going to get better…it's all okay I'm here." I told her soothingly as I stroked a hand through her hair after she passed another shiver.

"Why…can't I remember?" She asked me sadly. I keep seeing somebody…and it's you…but there's nothing else but oni-chan…" She whispered. She sounded close to tears from frustration at not knowing anything.

"It's okay…it'll come back." I told her. "It'll come to you…" I repeated in an even softer voice. I could feel her warm breath on my skin from the closeness.

Keiko's POV…

He told me it would come back. He then kissed me again. Deeper than the previous kisses. For some reason I didn't mind. I even returned the kiss. I felt so safe…with him so close to me. I didn't understand…why did I love him? I barely remember his name. But those words were stuck in my head. 'I love you Chichiri' although I wouldn't say the words out loud. I held them dearly. I guess whatever happened to me my love for him stayed, funny. I guess that's true love. I told myself as he continued to kiss me and I kissed back. After I don't even know how long I returned from my paradise of our kisses and he laid down beside me. I rested my head on his chest as he snaked his hand across my waist pulling me closer to him. He rested his head upon mine both of our hearts were in rhythm with the fast pace. I closed my eyes resting in his warm embrace. I began to have dreams…things did come back. Just like he said they would.

Tasuki's POV…

Damn that man! Doing something like that…my hands clenched together but I didn't do anything. Keiko was returning his affection…although she shouldn't be. I'll probably talk to her about that later. But him! Right in front of me! Even after I told him to stay away from her…damn.

I lifted my head to look over at Amiboshi. I hated him right now…why the hell did he think it was a good reason to poison my sister! To the point she didn't even know us! I was still debating what to do with him.

I ended up falling asleep later that night. I'm not sure exactly when but my sister seemed perfectly normal as she jumped me to wake me up the next morning.

"Oni-chan!" She said happily shaking me awake.

"Back off we'll leave when we leave…" I grumbled trying to roll over. I knew with out looking she gave me that disapproving mischievous look. I suddenly felt ice cold water poured all over me. "KEIKO!" I screamed shooting up. She dropped the canteen she was holding and took off with me right after her. We continued running through the woods. Suddenly she continued and I had to stop. I stared at her like she was nuts and started yelling at her to come back. Only because she was 'running' over a cliff. There was a straight drop beneath her but she was flying above it and laughing at me.

"No. Only if you promise not to kill me!" She yelled back tauntingly.

I shook my head in disbelief, "Okay! Okay! Will you get back here now?" I yelled impatiently. She giggled and came back landing on the ground. I gave her a long chastising the whole way back to camp although she wasn't paying attention. It ended with me saying, "So you won't do it again?" I asked still angry.

Although before she could answer Chichiri interrupted, "Not do what again no da?" He asked.

"Oh oni-chan just doesn't want me to run off cliffs anymore…" Keiko said as if she were bored.

"You ran off a cliff no da!" He asked alarmed.

"That's pretty cool," Tamahome butted in to be glared at by everyone for his unwanted remarks.

"What's the big deal?" Keiko asked shrugging, "I can fly so…it's not like I'm going to fall…" she said waving a hand around as if that were obvious. "Now!" She said much more interested and smiling. "Can we head back to the palace? I want to go find Miaka!" She said happily.

Tamahome gawked, "Why does she want to see Miaka?" He asked.

"What business is it of yours to know?" She snapped back at him. Guess she wasn't completely over everything in Kuto. I was chuckling at Tamahome's blank expression. He mumbled something and then went to get Amiboshi.

"What are you doing with him?" Keiko asked blinking confused.

"Ugh…we can't just let him go…" Tamahome said now giving her a look like he was confused.

"And why not?" She asked challengingly. Now it was everyone's turn to look at her like she was crazy.

"Keiko…first off he pretended to be a Suzaku seishi….he tried to commit suicide….he attacked us…and he poisoned you? What reason is there to let him go?" I asked.

"Did you even ask him why he had to be pretend to be a Suzaku seishi?" She asked.

We all blinked and mumbled a 'no'.

"Well it isn't my place to tell so I won't." She said stubbornly. "And." She added staring at the three of us, "It was me he poisoned. So…it will be me who picks his punishment." She said giving us the look of 'I dare you to question that.' "And his punishment is to go back to his brother." She said. We all looked questioningly. None of us wanted to let him go. "Tamahome." She said sharply. We all looked attentively at her. She obviously meant business if she spoke his name. Tamahome didn't know whether to be happy she used his name or be afraid of the reason she was using it for. "Let him go." She said flatly. Tamahome either out of confusion of sudden change of events or just plain shock obeyed and released Amiboshi. "Amiboshi…I want you to get your brother and leave." Amiboshi stared shocked at her.

"H-how did you…?" He stuttered.

"Psh Please…as if I didn't see him in the trees a few feet away." She sighed as if he should have known her better than that which made absolutely no sense to me. "Now go." She said with a smile.

He blinked for a second as if still in as much shock as us, "Thanks…Aiko." He said with a smile as he ran off to find his brother.

Now I was dumb founded. She then turned and began walking towards the palace. We followed after her. After a few minutes it ended up with her and I in the back a few feet away, "How does he know your name?" I asked looking at her odd as we walked.

"I met him and his brother before…" She said as if it almost brought up bad memories which added to the puzzle.

"When?" I quizzed.

She didn't look happy talking about it, "When you abandoned me…I went to…." She paused to think about it. "…look for you. I ended up going from town to town…well these identical twin brothers were in one…and they…" She paused again as if choosing her words carefully, "Helped me out." She said as if she wasn't sure those were the right words.

"Helped you out how?" I asked now worried.

"Nothing important." She replied shrugging.

"Well it was obviously important." I said persistently.

She glared at me, "Fine Tasuki you win!" She threw up her arms in frustration. "Because you left me I was harassed anywhere I went and who the hell do you think ever helped me out huh!" She said harshly at me although the others had stopped they didn't hear what she was saying. "They helped me once when I wouldn't have been able to get away. They're not all bad!" She glared a final time at me and I saw the tears in the corners of her eyes as she did all but ran away from me to be ahead.

It wasn't until after she was gone did I realize how much that hurt. I abandoned my sister to be harassed by god knows who…and here I thought she was perfectly fine because she was always so happy…although it looked like everyone kept upsetting her lately. Damn…she even called me Tasuki…I think that hurt the most. She never used my real name…especially saying it like that. Tamahome paused to wait for me while Chichiri ran after the quickly leaving and now crying Keiko.

After a while we continued on our way again this time I hung farther back left to my own thoughts. About half an hour later Keiko came back and walked silently next to me. We were silent for a few minutes before she spoke, "Oni-chan…" She started really softly. "I'm so sorry." She said so apologetically I was confused. "I shouldn't have exploded like that. First off you didn't know. You were just worried…and being my oni-chan that you are you were a little over protective but…I think you have reasons for that. Look at the trouble I get myself into when I'm alone." She said laughing lightly. "So…I'm sorry oni-chan." She said again now looking up at me as we walked.

"You didn't have to apologize to me Keiko." I told her. "But…I would like to ask you something while were still on the serious note here."

"Yeah…?" She asked cautiously biting her bottom lip as if worried about the question.

"About you and Chichiri…" I started trailing off waiting to see how she would respond.

"Oh!" She started with a smile. Damn it. "Oni-chan he's so great!" She whispered happily. "He…he really understands me oni-chan. He's really special."

"But Keiko!" I said snapping back to my senses now seeing how far they were bringing this already in such a short time. My sister was now in love with him. Damn. "He left you in Kuto! He won't be a good husband of any sorts!" I told her in the kindest voice I could find while still saying it firmly. I was stunned when she slapped me.

"Oni-chan!" She said kindly. "Need I remind you that you left me too!"

Now my stomach sank…I never thought about it that way. Why does she have to be right?

"Oni-chan…I love him. And I want you to be happy for me. Not telling me that I can't be with him. Even though he left me doesn't mean he doesn't care about me. You love me and you left me right? And besides…there's a difference between you two. You ran away from me…and I made him go back. Oni-chan I forced him back into the portal. He wouldn't have left me…I made him leave me." She said more maturely than I had ever seen or heard from her before.

"Okay…" I whispered back. "Sorry…it's just…that brother thing again." I said running a hand through my hair as she smiled. Man she never could stay angry or upset could she? I smiled too ruffling her hair as she cried in protest and tried to fix it as I laughed. We ended up laughing and running back to the palace while the other two exchanged confused glances as they ran after us.

Alright so what did ya think? Let me know in a review please! I'm gonna post the next one as soon as you demand it lol. Since it's done and all...lol. Hey I also want to know your oppinion on a sequel? I'm mean you'll probably want to read the end of this first...but still let me know if your interested. Cuz I have lots of ideas ready for it so it wont be like a repeat with new charecters. It'll have it's own plot and story line completely different from this one...yeah let me know!

Reviews:

caspercat22: Yeah I actually liked Amiboshi too...although in this story he's different. But duh...the stories gonna be different lol. Well I hope you liked this chapter! Ad I'll update soon! Just tell me when ya want the next chapter!

DevoTheMadCashCow: I'm sorry it took so long to update! I even had the chapter ready! But I didnt have an internet connection! So im SOOOO sorry. But about Tasuki attacking him...yeah he was pissed but wouldnt yoube shocked if ur sister forgot you?

kristal: Yay! You finally looked at this story! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

See ya! miraclebutterfly