Chichiri: Welcome back, no da! Alatáriël doesn't own me or any part of FY. It all belongs to the great and talented Yu Watase! All hail the great Watase-sama!

Alatáriël: Thank you Chichiri!

Kate: On with the story! Get some popcorn and some soda and get comfy! Time for the chapter 2! *everyone runs off stage*

Chapter 2:Hello really big house!

Walking into Konan was unlike anything Kate had done before. 'I wonder if this is what Renaissance festivals are like', she pondered as she took in as much as possible. The manga wasn't too clear on what Konan's streets were like.

It seemed like something you might see on the discovery channel. Weaving threw the crowd wasn't too hard. Her high school's hallways were extremely small and she found it easy to dart around humming the mission impossible theme under her breath. Chichiri raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

Upon reaching the palace Kate just stared and stared and stared some more. It was HUGE! It was a really big... like BIG big. 'I'm so going to get lost in there', she thought. She blushed when she noticed Chichiri looking at her. "Coming, no da?", he asked and she nodded, running after him.

The guards looked at her strangely and she was beginning to wonder if they were going to throw those pointy stick spear things at her. She quickly ran past them and latched herself to Chichiri's sleeve (AN:which means la manga in Spanish! XD). Chichiri smiled down at her. You could tell if he was smiling if you looked really hard because his mask would seem almost chibi happy. She almost let out a sigh but stopped it at the last second.

Finally they reached two huge doors. "Should we knock?", Kate asked quietly as if it was a life or death decision. Chichiri just went chibi in response and began banging on the door like a mad man. "Eek!!!", Kate exclaimed when the door flew open with Hotohori standing there looking confused and alarmed. 'Lizzie's going to kill me when she hears about this', Kate thought.

Lizzie was totally ga ga over Hotohori and plotted new ways to kill Houki every seven and a half minutes. She came up with some interesting ideas; like covering her with walnuts and throwing her into a cage filled with rabid chipmunks. Chipmunks are evil little creatures... almost as much so as poodles. Kate involuntarily shivered at the thought.

"Hello?", Hotohori greeted her with a small smile. "Huh? Oh! Hello", Kate said suddenly having a very strong impulse to hide behind Chichiri. Hotohori was scary in person! He has this intimidating air about him... or maybe it was his hat and elf shoes that scared her. It could have been either... Was that a dress he was wearing?! She raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. She didn't feel like seeing what the jail cells looked like at the moment.

"She's the girl I was telling you about, no da! The one Tai Itsukun granted the wish of", Chichiri said. 'They knew I was coming?', Kate thought curiously. "I see... Well, dinner is going to be served soon. Chichiri, why don't you show her around until then?", Hotohori said and Chichiri nodded "Of course! See you later, no da!". Chichiri took Kate by the arm and lead her down the hall. Kate wanted to melt into a puddle of fan girlishness bliss right there.

Walking down the different halls Chichiri pointed out spots of interest. Kate had the strangest feeling of being watched and could have sworn she heard foot steps, but whenever she turned around noting was there. 'Hmmm... interesting', Kate thought and looked at Chichiri to see if he noticed anything. He was smiling slightly and trying to hide it. "Is there a library here?", Kate asked. She knew there was... knowing things and having to ask about them felt very strange. She knew she was bound to slip up sooner or later.

"Hai! It's a ways away though... I'll show it to you later, no da?", Chichiri said and she nodded. "Ano. I think dinner should be about ready,no da. Want to head back now?", Chichiri asked. "Ok", Kate answered and they headed back down the hall. "I'm surprised you don't get lost in these halls! I would need road signs or something to guide me around!", Kate said with a grin. Chichiri chuckled slightly at her over exaggerated comment.

Kate wished Chichiri would laugh more. She never thought making one person laugh would mean so much to her. She laughed at herself and brushed a hand threw her hair. 'I need help', she thought and followed Chichiri to the dinning hall. She thanked the Gods that no one had arrived yet. She really didn't want to be the center of attention the second she walked threw a door.

Chichiri sat down and motioned for her to sit next to him. She smiled and sat down. "I'm kinda nervous, Chichiri", She whispered to him. "That explains why your face is red", he said in his normal voice causing her to get even redder. She covered her face with her hands and felt her face get warmer by the second. "Relax, no da. They are all really nice, I promise!", he whispered.

Just then the door opened and Miaka poked her head threw. Suddenly she was shoved threw by Nuriko, who was followed by Tasuki. Behind him was Chiriko, who had Mitsukake behind him. No one had seemed to notice Kate yet and she was sure she was about to stare a hole into her plate. These were them! THE Suzaku seven (five minus Chichiri who was next to her and Hotohori who had yet to show up).

Now she had some idea as to what time in the show it was. Chiriko was here and Tamahome. That meant Tamahome wasn't evil anymore, but that's all she could tell. She only has 3 books and hadn't seen the show in a long time. She was so caught up in her thoughts she hadn't noticed that she had been noticed.

"Hi! What's your name? I'm Miaka!", Kate jumped at the voice. She thanked the All- Mighty Chicken of Doom that they were speaking with their Japanese voices or she felt she would have died right then and there (AN:I hate Miaka's dubbed voice). "Huh?!... Oh gomen ne. I'm Kate. Nice to meet you", Kate said, blushing slightly and extended her hand for a hand shake.

Miaka grabbed it happily and smiled at her. "You're from America huh? Think you can help me with my English homework?", Miaka said... or more like begged. "... Are you telling me we aren't speaking English?", Kate asked. Miaka looked at her like she was crazy. "No. We are speaking Japanese...", Miaka said confused.

Kate rubbed her temples gingerly. 'Ok... Let me see... If this is the Japanese version but we are talking in English to me then....uhhhh.. ow... brain hurts'. She was brought out of her thoughts by Hotohori entering the room and announcing everyone that they should eat before the food got cold. 'Lizzie was right... He needs to lose the hat', she thought and looked over the food. There was a lot to choose from but she strangely wasn't hungry. Her stomach was doing flips for some reason. Stress she decided.

On top of all that she couldn't take her eyes off of Miaka when she put a whole bird of some sort into her mouth and pulled out the bones. 'Wow... impressive... I wonder if she can eat an apple whole... I saw a guy do that one time at camp', she thought and felt someone staring at her. She looked across that table and saw Chiriko blush when he noticed she was looking at him and looked away. She giggled behind her hand but stopped suddenly when the thought of him dying crossed her mind and she swallowed the lump that had formed in the back of her thought. Looking around she realized none of them knew that they were going to die.

She was brought out of her angsty thoughts by Chichiri taping her on the shoulder. "You aren't hungry?", he asked. She gave him the best smile she could muster and shrugged "I guess not. I've got a lot on my mind", she said and went back to watching everyone. Tasuki was drinking sake like no tomorrow and she was amazed to see him chug a whole bottle down. He noticed her staring at him but didn't seem to care one way or the other.

She saw Hotohori talking in soft tones with one of his advisers. Chiriko was munching on some rice, looking way too kawaii. Mitsukake was drinking something, she hoped wasn't sake.... Drunk Mitsukake... scary... Tamahome was looking at Miaka with a lovey dovey look in his eyes that made Kate roll her eyes. Nuriko was doing the same to Hotohori.

Chichiri wasn't eating... Why wasn't he eating? Kate looked at him cautiously not wanting to seem rude. He was staring off into space and looked daydreamy. She blushed and looked away. She noticed Miaka was staring at her with a grin on her face. Kate blinked and looked away, blushing bright red.

After dinner a maid showed Kate to her room, which she was sure she would get lost a few times before she could locate it on her own. She took a minute to memorize the room. It had a window that faced a garden and seemed very modern considering it was supposed to be thousands of years before paper was to be invented. She sat on her bed and opened her backpack. She pulled out her manga and began skipping threw them.

A knock on her door caused her to jump. She quickly put the books in her backpack and hid it under the bed. She opened the door and saw Miaka standing there with her English book in hand. Kate sweatdroped. 'This should be... interesting', she thought. "Come on in", Kate said and moved so Miaka could enter. "Thanks... So... What do you think of Konan so far?", Miaka asked. "I like it. Everyone seems really nice... Would you like some help on your homework? I take it that's why you're here, ne?", Kate asked.

Kate noticed Miaka had a "I know something" look on her face and Kate raised an eyebrow. She glanced around the room once then turned toward Miaka. "W-what?!", Kate asked. "I saw you looking at Chhhichhhhirrriii", Miaka said and poked her in the side with her elbow. "Ow... If you hadn't noticed I was staring at everyone", Kate said and felt a blush appearing.

Miaka began humming "Kate and Chichiri sitting under a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G". "Stop that!!!" Kate yelled a little louder than she would have liked and covered her mouth with her hands. Miaka wiggled her eyebrows suggestively causing Kate to involuntarily laugh. "Oh! Shut up! Do you want me to help you on your English or not?!", Kate said and whacked Miaka with a pillow. Miaka pouted but gave in.

Two hours later Kate could feel her left eye begin to twitch. To her she was writing things like "Cat means Cat and Tree means Tree". To Miaka it seemed complicated and she kept commenting on how smart Kate was. Kate repeatedly asked if she was sure this was Japanese to English and not the other way around. Miaka said she was sure and Kate shrugged, "It's your homework", she said.

After three hours of English Miaka was satisfied and left saying something along the lines of midnight snack and Tamahome that Kate didn't catch. Kate groaned and looked at her watch. It was 10 o'clock and she was wide awake. 'Wish I had my laptop', she thought and got up. "Ow! I feel like a stiff board!!!", she said to herself and made various movements followed by cracking sounds.

"Homework on Winter vacation... There should be a law", she said to herself and leaned against the window. Outside there were crickets chirping and looking up she noticed the stars. "Oh my", she whispered to the stars. They looked like nothing she had ever seen before. It looked kind of like the sky she was used to, but the start patterns were wrong and it was like a veil had been lifted from her eyes. There were thousands of stars that in her time you would never see. She sighed and sank to her knees.

Chichiri: It's over? Already, no da?!

Alatáriël: What do you mean "already"? We'll have more soon!

Chichiri: But... I wasn't even in that chapter very much, no da! I only have 17 lines...

Alatáriël: -_-;;; Fine! You'll say more in the next chapter! Happy?

Chichiri: Hai! *chibi smile*

Alatáriël & Kate: *melts*

Alatáriël: I would like to thank ::

Holly: Thank you for the great review! I try to keeps things as interesting as I can so I hope you keep reading! Isn't Chichiri just the best?! I don't mind Tasuki/ Chichiri, but I think there is only so much any fan girl can take before she wants to know she's not the only person who doesn't think her anime crush isn't a homosexual... I like to think if I somehow went to FY i'd have a fighting chance. *grins* A girl can dream, ne???

chiri26: Thank you!!!! Happy Hoildays to you too! I love your stories! Is this soon enough for ya?

Songwind:I'll try to space out the paragraphs a bit. Thanks for the advice! *hugs* Is this better??? I'm so gladed it! Hope you review again!

Riverwood:I try to keep things original.. Heh heh. I had to write my own! I just HAD to! You'll just have to read along to see if she has a Tragic Past, my friend. ^_~ But as some reasureance... I think that's the easy way out... Kate's going to have to be creaitive to win Chichiri's heart. ^_~

Kate: Stay tuned for the next action packed episode of Dragon Ball Z! (~~~Don't own it!)

Alatáriël: -_-;; Wrong show, Kate.