Sorry for the wait. My teachers just suddenly had an obsession with projects, essays, and tests, so yeah, took me a little. It sin't as long as the previous chapter, but you should like it.

Enjoy!


Botan flew out of the castle on her oar and saw Inazuma leap onto her balcony with a person. Consumed with wonder, she flew up to them.

"Ohayo gozaimasu. Ogenki desu ka, Inazuma-chan?" (Good morning. How are you, Inazuma?)

"Hai, okagesama de, Botan." (I'm fine/Yes, I am good, Botan.)

"Ano kata wa, donata desu ka?" (Who is that?)

"Baka, Botan. It's me, Kori."

"Gomennasai, Ko-chan." (I'm sorry, Kori.)

"It's ok."

"Where are two going?" Botan asked, eyeing the them suspiciously.

"Vacation at Kori's" Inazuma sighed and continued into her room.

Removing a bag from her wardrobe, she began packing clothes into it, all the while Botan and Kori were engaged in a discussion on cute boys and fashion.

"So have you seen Touya lately?" Botan questioned the ice demon.

"Touya? No...why?"

"He's here."

"WHAT?" She spun around and faced Inazuma. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I did not if you would be happy about it."

"Of course I would be happy. I haven't seen in years."

Inazuma shrugged and closed her bag, shouldering it and strapping a belt around her waist. Six metal fans rested on her right hip, 3 pouches with throwing stars and healing herbs on her left hip, and a katana strapped to her back, perpendicular to a 2 foot metal fan. She walked over to the two girls.

"We should get a move on, Kori. The others will begin to wonder where I went to...actually, Botan?"

"Yeah?"

"If it is okay with Kori, why don't you bring the others?"

They looked at the light-blue haired woman (Kori, kind of confusing, with Botan and all...gomennasai.).

"No problem with me."

"Alright. Botan, will you tell them and bring them there?"

"Aye-aye, captain." The ferry girl mounted her oar and hovered in the air. "I have to go check in with Koenma real quick. I shall inform them when I return." With a blast of air, Botan shot out of the window and into the sky.

"Shall we?" Inazuma suggested.

"By all means."

Inazuma pulled out her teleportation pendant, sliced her hand with one of her fans, and smeared the blood on the pendant, creating a portal before her. The two women walked through it and landed in front of a small, pagoda-style home complete with a traditional Zen garden. A familiar person was sitting on a rock in the garden, meditating. Inazuma walked over to them.

"Chi."

The figure looked up with blank eyes and Inazuma sat next to her, a small light surrounding the two.


Botan waltzed into the living room of the castle. Everyone was sitting there, talking, reading, writing, and what not.

"Hello Botan." said Kurama, nodding at the ferry girl.

"Hello Kurama. Hey everybody." they mummbled hellos. "I just got back from Reikai and was wondering if you all want a vacation?"

"Yeah!" was the overall response.

"Where?" Yusuke asked.

"The Okinawa prefecture, particularly the Tarama Island. Kori has a house there."

"Kori?" questioned Touya.

"Yes."

"I'm going." he said sternly as he made his way to his room to pack.

"That means i'm going, too." announced Jin, following his friend.

One by one, the others made there way to their rooms, save for Yusuke, Kazuma, Kurama, Atsuko, Keiko, Shizuru, and Shiori.

"We need to go to Ningenkai."

"Of course." she pulled out a little compact mirror, opened it, and pressed one of the many buttons. "Koenma, we need a portal."

"What happened to the wards?" asked the toddler prince.

"Ohh, Inazuma altered them so Reikai portals can be created."

"Got it."

A swirling blue vortex appeared and they filed through it.

Botan sat on one of the couches and waited for a good half-hour for the others to return. When they did, she had Koenma create another portal to Kori's home and they went through. When they arrived, they found Kori and Inazuma sitting in the grass and Chi sitting on a branch in the tree above them. Inazuma was humming to herself and Chi picked up on the beat. Kori, knowing what they were doing, waved the others over and had them sit down.

"We are going to be entertained."
They looked at her with a confused look but there questions were answered when siging began. (This song is property of me so no one steal it. It is call "The Dreamlands".)

Chi

Tell me a story

About the wide blue sky

Sing me a song

A calming lullaby

Tell me of a world

Quite unlike our own

Where all the people live

Happy and not alone

Both

Paint an image within my mind

The colors of the rainbow

A place both strange and unique

Where the rivers strongly flow

Where the beings live in peace

Away from evil hands

Paint an image in my mind

Of The Dreamlands

Inazuma

High above within the sky

Clouds silently float on

Reflecting the colors of the falling sun

Perfect as though it were drawn

Rolling hill of luscious green

Waters a dazzling blue

Flowers bright and colorful

Tell me this world is true

Both

Paint an image within my mind

The colors of the rainbow

A place both strange and unique

Where the rivers strongly flow

Where the beings live in peace

Away from evil hands

Paint an image in my mind

Of The Dreamlands

Chi

Fly high in the sky

Free like a giant falcon

Bound not by any rules

Feel the rush of the wind

Glide along the oceans

Swim amongst the stars

Wanting to be free

Travel to places far

Inazuma

Tell me a story

About the wide blue sky

Sing me a song

An enchanting lullaby

Tell me of a place

Quiet and serene

Nestled in a world

Like one from a dream

Both

Paint an image within my mind

The colors of the rainbow

A place both strange and unique

Where the rivers strongly flow

Where the beings live in peace

Away from evil hands

Paint an image in my mind

Of The Dreamlands

Paint an image in my mind

Of The Dreamlands

They finished on a soft note and gazed at each other, a small smile on both their lips. The others clapped for them loudly.

"That was beautiful." Kurama said (Shiori had stayed in Ningenkai).

"Thank you. Chi and myself wrote it a while ago."

"That is true. It's my most favorite song." stated Kori, who turned to face Touya.

The Ice Master made a gesture for her to follow him and they went into the forest. Inazuma rose from her seat and made her way to the Pagoda.

"I will show you where you will be staying."

Yusuke, Keiko, Atsuko, Kazuma, Shizuru, Yukina, Hiei, Kurama, Botan, Jin, Rinku, Chuu, Suzuki, and Shishi followed after, while Chi lept her way into the forest.

"Where is she going in such a hurry?" Hiei asked.

"To the springs. She wants to meditate. Since it will be kind of loud around here, she went out that way. She must also want to bathe. The springs are hot springs because we sit near a volcanic rift." Inazuma replied.

Sliding open the door, she moved so they could enter. It was a large house with many rooms.

"The washroom is in the very back, in it's own separate building. There is no electricity or indoor plumbing. Candles are in every room, along with flints. If you are thirsty, the kitchen is down this hall, last door on the your current right. The is also a vast fireplace in the family room, through the door on my right, your left. There is a shrine in the back of the house, so it is sacred back there. The stairs are across from the kitchen and this is a five-story Pagoda. Guest rooms are on the second and third floor. Chi's, Kori's, and my room are on the fourth floor and the armory and supply room is on the fifth. Any questions?" They shook their heads. "Good. I will be starting on dinner and all of you can get settled in in which ever rooms you prefer."

Turning around, she headed to the kitchen and entered it, the others following but going upstairs instead.


I have no idea when I will have the next chapter posted. I am working on another story (no, not a fanfic) and I have my stupid schoolwork. Gomennasai!

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-UtsukushiiCho