Alatáriël: Yeah! Chapter 3 already!!! Booya!MWA HA HA.

Chichiri and Kate: *clap happily*

Alatáriël: *grins* Let's see what kinda mayhem we can cause today! Ok guys, disclaimer please.

Chichiri: Alatáriël has never owned me or any of my friends, no da. She is simply writing this for her own twisted purposes.... Suzaku help us all, no da.

Kate: She owns me though! So... *hits a button on the CD player and sings* Can't touch this. Da da da da! Can't touch this! (ps. She doesn't own that song either)

Alatáriël: On with the show! *everyone turns chibi and runs off stage*

Chapter 3: To Grandma's house we go! A festival and an adventure!

Kate HAD been sleeping peacefully. She HAD finally gotten to sleep after listening to Chichiri's song Mizu Kagami a billon times at the un-godly 2ish hours in the morning, but that was all about to change. She had left her door cracked open slightly during the night and unknown to her she was being stocked!

Carefully, slowly, her soon-to-be attacker reached her bed and being ever so quite and focused on his pray. He got ready, got set, and ...pounced! Kate shrieked and began trying to get it off! It wouldn't let go. She let out a long stream of very creative cursing before she was able to shake her attacker. She held him off as he reached for her. He had only one thing in mind... and that was... to be played with! Yes, it was true! Kate growled and pushed him away from her.

"TAMA-NEKO! YOU STUPID CAT!!!", Kate yelled and held her face, which had claw marks running down it. She saw red. Tama-neko purred and rolled over on his stomach. Kate sighed and reached over to him, scratching his tummy, giving in to his cuteness. "What time is it?", she asked in a tired voice and threw her feet out of bed. Tama meowed and jumped on her shoulder.

She took a minute to straighten out her shirt, re-tie her hair, and locate her glasses before opening the door and coming face to face with... guess who? It was Chichiri! (His room just happened to be right down the hall. ^_~)"Kate? Was that you screaming, no da?", Chichiri asked. He looked panicked and Kate felt kinda guilty for having him worry. "Yeah... Ano... Sorry about that... I had an unexpected visitor", she said pointing to Tama- neko.

Chichiri visibly seemed to relax a little and was looking at her confused, "What was with all the screaming I thought some one was getting tortured, na no da!". "Look", Kate said simply. Chichiri walked closer to get a good look at her face. Upon inspection Chichiri noticed the long red claw marks going across her face. "Owie", Chichiri said and put his hand on her chin moving her head back and forth to get a good view of the marks.

Kate felt a blush coming on. She couldn't help but think of the fan girlish thoughts going threw her mind. "You should wash them out so they don't scar, no da", Chichiri said and put a hand on her shoulder, directing her to the wash room. Kate couldn't help but feel sad when Chichiri mentioned scaring.

She wasn't afraid of her face scaring, but hers would heal. Chichiri's may never heal. She sighed recalling what happened to him six years ago. If only he knew his friend was still alive. It might make a difference.

Chichiri noticed her aura change from irritated to saddened extremely fast and looked at her confused. "Don't worry, no da! I'm sure it won't scar!", Chichiri said going chibi. Kate looked at him confused before smiling. "I know. Thanks, Chichiri... I'm sorry to bother you like this. I mean, I just got here and i'm already being a burden!", she said with a small laugh. 'Is that what is bothering her, no da?', Chichiri thought. "Daaa! You're no burden! I was up already anyway, no da! Plus, I think everyone needs someone to be there for them, ne no da?", he asked and she smiled. "Thanks, Chichiri. You're one heck of a great guy", she said and he smiled.

"Here we are, no da!", Chichiri said as they reached the wash room. "Arigato, Chichiri", Kate said with a smile and opened the door. It was mainly a medicine room with a bowl of water and a wash cloth. She walked over and splashed some water on her face. The scratch marks didn't look too deep, but they sure did sting. After washing them out to the point she was satisfied. She was surprised to see Chichiri was still standing there when she left the room.

"Daaa... Everyone should be up soon, no da. The suns starting to rise. Would you like to go outside with me, no da?", Chichiri asked with a smile. 'Maybe this will cheer her up, no da!', He thought. "Sure! I'd love to. Thanks!", she said happily. 'Score!!!', she thought and did a mental evil laugh. Chichiri noticed her aura pick up and smiled. 'That worked, no da!', he thought and they headed outside.

Kate hummed to herself as she sat on the rail of the gazebo. It was the same place Nuriko had tied Tamahome up at early in the story. Kate smiled to herself remembering on how shocked she was when she found out Nuriko was a guy. She was in denial for about two hours. She grinned and looked at the lake below. "Don't fall in, no da", Chichiri advised and leaned over the rail next to her. It looked like it might rain and had a sleepy feel to it.

Once again she was unlucky in the romantic department. She almost laughed at the irony. She didn't think she had a good chance to even get close to Chichiri, but any nice fluffy stuff seemed like it would never happen. 'Hey! You should be happy you are even here!', she thought wistfully. Nuriko's voice suddenly entered her thought "We only have a day or two left in Konan, so come on!!".

Kate knew she heard that dialogue somewhere and listened in. "Tamahome, let's go to the Star Gazing festival together, ok?", Miaka said and Kate gasped. 'N-no... Tamahome... What do I do?!', Kate thought. "I gotta go Chichiri. Cya later!", Kate said really fast and ran back into the palace. 'That was strange, no da', Chichiri thought.

Kate ran around the halls for about ten minutes before admitting she was lost. She felt so confused. One half of her wanted to let the story unfold itself and the other half wanted to do everything it could to prevent any death. "What do I do?", she asked herself and felt tears start to form in her eyes. "Hello? Miss Kate?", a voice asked. Kate looked up and saw Chiriko leaning over her. "Hai?", Kate asked. "Ummm... I just noticed you were sitting here and looked kind of saddened. Is something the matter?", he asked.

Kate gave him a smile,"No. I'm ok, Chiriko... Just feeling a little lost... Do you know where the rooms are?", she asked with a grin. "You're sitting next to them...", Chiriko said with a small sweatdrop. "Errr... Arigato, Chiriko", Kate said with a laugh. Chirko nodded and handed her a piece of string. "Tie it to your door so you'll find it easily", he said then paused.

"Oh my goodness! I'm late for my meeting with Hotohori-sama! Ah! Gomen ne, Kate... I gotta go!", he said then ran off, looking super cute. He reminded her of the rabbit that weird story about that girl that falls down a rabbits hole and almost gets eaten by a Queen... or something like that.

Kate smiled as she watched him leave and then realized she still didn't know where her room was. Sweatdroping she ended up walking outside, finding her window, and climbing in. The guards were looking at her strangely all the way.

Finally in her room she rushed over to the bed and pulled out her backpack. Looking threw volume eight repeatedly she felt helpless. All of a sudden something fell out of the book. It was the brown envelope she found with the hat!!!

She opened it and took out the feather. "Suzaku-sama... What do I do? Please give me a sign... I can't make this kind of decision on my own", she prayed and half expected him to show up in a cloud of smoke, but he didn't. Thinking her prayer would go unanswered she flopped down on the bed and sighed.

"You shouldn't meddle... You were brought here for a different purpose...". Kate jumped up, hitting her head on the frame of her bed in the process. "Kuso!", she mumbled rubbing the now forming bump on her head. "Suzaku?!", Kate asked in awe as the (human form) Suzaku smiled at her. He was sitting on the window frame with his legs crossed.

"Hello", he greeted with a wave. "Hey! Bird-man!... Uh... Should I call you God or something?", she asked. Suzaku shrugged,"I am called many things... just don't call me bird-man... or a chicken... I'm a FRIKEN Phoenix, damnit!!!", he ranted and Kate sweatdroped. "Who in their right mind would want to be named after a child's reading program?", she asked and grinned. He went chibi and glared at her. "You'll hear from my lawyer!", he said and vanished.

Kate sweatdroped and pondered over her conversation. 'So... i'm not supposed to meddle, eh?... but... Those kids... I'm supposed to let them die?', she thought and got up. Suddenly her stomach growled and she groaned. "Must... eat!", she said and took off down the hallway after leaving the little ribbon Chiriko gave her in her door. She followed her nose to the kitchen and peeked into the room.

"Hello?", she whispered into the room. Upon not getting a reply she stepped into the room. She carefully stepped into the next room. 'Please, don't let any crazy people try to kill me with sausage', she thought as she entered the main part of the kitchen. Where was everyone? She sighed and looked around.

Spotting a bowl full of fruit she hummed the theme song to Jaws and jumped the fruit, sending many flying in all directions. She froze seeing what she did and quickly stuffed two strange looking fruits into her pockets and ran out of the room, chibi, and into the hall shouting "SAFE!".

Afraid that someone would somehow lead the crime to her, Kate went outside and hid in the stables. The horses looked at her hungrily when she pulled out the fruit and she grinned. Eating one, she saved the other and held it over she head.

"I'll give this to which ever of you takes me to Tamahome's family!". Suddenly she was surrounded by horses. She laughed evilly. "Good ponies... yesss... Let me just go get my things", she said and ran out of the staples.

She climbed threw her window again, this time getting strange looks from Tasuki and Nuriko, who were walking around. "Are we sure we want her traveling with us?", Nuriko asked. Tasuki shrugged," I don't think we have a say in the matter", he said and they continued down the hall.

Kate grabbed her backpack and made sure everything was ready. 'Maybe I can't do anything, but I have to try...', she thought and jumped back out the window. She got stuck in the window and hung there for a moment. 'Ok... That was smart', she thought.

Suddenly seven or so horses galloped up and pulled her free. "Thank you my mighty stallions! Now we are off!", she said in a manly voice and picked the best one to ride. After watching Fushigi Yuugi she noticed many horses died in the show so she made sure to give him the odd looking fruit before they left. "Hiya! On Rudolf! On Donner.. and Joe!... Bob.... Steve... and Billy!", she yelled as they ran off. The other "reindeer" neighed and took off to only Suzaku knows where.

On the road Kate tried to think if the name of Tamahome's village had ever been mentioned, but she couldn't think of it. If she had looked in volume 3 she would have found it in Chinese, but she wasn't having one of her best days. She sighed and decided to let the horse do the driving. Within two hours Kate was begining to feel extremely sore... and she had to pee like REALLY bad. She was still pretty hungry too.

Just when she was about to give up all hope and return to the palace she came across a village. Getting off Bob (the horse) she walked into the town. Soon enough she saw a small boy carrying water up a hill. She walked up to him and smiled sweetly. "You wouldn't happen to be Chuei, would you?", she asked.

The boy nodded. She laughed evilly, scaring the poor boy. "Great! I'm a friend of Miaka and Tamahome's! I've been sent with good news from Hotohori- sama! Take me to your leader!... And show me to you're nearest bathroom!", she said doing the potty dance.

At Tamahome's house she thought of a way to get them out. "Rats?", Tamahome's father asked. "Yes, Rats... and rabid chipmunks... You must leave the house as soon as possible and head to the palace... Everything has been set", Kate said with a serious look on her face.

"But what would rabid chipmunks and rats want with our house?", He asked and Kate felt her eye twitch. "They are evil things... They want to start an illegal gambling casino", she said and Tamahome's father raised an eyebrow. "Believe me... They are evil... Now, i'll help you pack", she said, "We should leave tomorrow!"

That night Kate stayed up keeping a close watch over Tamahome's family. Her dagger lay in her lap and kept her eyes on the door and windows. All the children had fallen asleep. "Miss Kate?", Tamahome's father asked. "Hai?", she asked. "Tell me what is going on... Why are you here?", he asked seriously.

She turned to him straining to keep a straight face. "Someone is after you and your children... I came to try to help you", she answered truthfully. "Why you and not Tamahome or his friends?", He asked. "They don't know... I know many things they do not... That I can't tell them", she answered sadly.

"Can you tell me what will happen to us?", he asked. Kate looked at him with pain in her eyes. "I can tell you this much... I will do whatever I can to save you all... My future isn't decided... and I wish to change yours", he nodded and turned as if to walk away but instead said, "There is someone you love, isn't there?", he asked and she looked at him questionably.

"You should return to him. I don't want anyone risking their lives for us... Life goes on and people grow... You will see with time that everything happens for a reason", he said and gave her a smile. "Good night, Miss Kate", he said and left. She watched him leave in total shock. "Sir?", she called and he turned around. "Umm... Good night", she said and smiled at him. He nodded and left the room. Confused, she thought over what he had said and cursed.

Alatáriël: Oh my! I wonder what is going to happen! (As if I don't know) *grins*

Kate: -_-;; This is evil.

Chichiri: Poor Kate, no da. *gives her a chibi hug*

Alatáriël: Ok! Time to write to my reviewers! I love you guys!

chibichibi386: Ha ha ha. It seems you stole my name too! ^__^ Sorry, but I don't know you. Thank you for reviewing though! I hope you keep on reading and reviewing!

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chiri26: *grins* I'll have to keep that in mind for future references... but hey! What can I say? I'd be blushing too if I ran into Chichiri... *giggles* That part of her personality is purely me. ha ha ha. Hope you like this chapter. Cya later!

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Alatáriël: *glares at Kate*

Kate:... *cries and gives them to their owners*

Chichiri: *smiles* Next chapter coming to a computer near you! Review, please, no da!