Alatáriël: Flails arms about in distress I'm so sorry everyone! I never meant to show Amiboshi as a "turn coat". To me the only real bad guy in FY is Nakago... My reasons in Amiboshi telling his brother about Kate is simply this: What would you do if your loved brother's life was in danger?

Kate: I don't have a brother...

Alatáriël: Glares That's not the point...

Kate: Yes it is!

Alatáriël: Shut up, Kate. --

Kate: Make me!

Chichiri:... Ahem... Alatáriël doesn't own me, the boshi twins, nor anything else that could earn a buck,
no da. Stares at Kate & Alatáriël, whom are now in a full out fist fight... Er...

Chapter 25: Lemonade, anyone?

Kate stared in horror at the object in her hands, completely still. She didn't even breath. Her investigation had started out fine. She found a tooth brush, an extra pair of clothes, and some granola bars before she came across what was in her hands now.

At first she thought it was a normal printed off story, boy was she wrong. No, my friends, this wasn't just ANY story. In fact, this story was rated NC-17 and MUCH too inappropriate to mentioned in detail by our authoress. I'll just tell you this... One of the main characters was a certain blue haired monk.

Every so slowly her mind processed two pieces of information. A:) She had a very unattractive trail of drool hanging out of her mouth. B:) NO ONE could EVER see this! NEVER EVER EVER! Then a third piece of info made itself known. She wasn't the only person in the room.

Reacting completely on instinct she threw her body on top the the (rather large) stack of paper before screaming, "Oh my god! GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!" Josh, however, being a human male from modern America got his vocabulary switched around to where 'no' means 'yes'... In other words, he promptly walked right over to her.

"What'cha got there?", he asked curiously as he tried to look around her. "IT'S NOTHING! GET OUT!", came Kate's reply. Now, Josh wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he could put two and two together... now what he got for an answer was completely another story, "Is that what I think it is"
Kate growled, fear being over taken by agitation and protection over the possibly "deadly" material under her. Josh rose an eyebrow, "You wanna keep your secrets?... Fine." Saying this Josh slowly turned and walked from the door, "I'll just get it when you're asleep."

Just as he was about to reach for the door knob he turned on his heel and full out body slammed Kate,
who shrieked and then laughed. "I'll scream rape!", she threatened while the older teen crawled to where he was above her, trying to get the papers she now held to her chest as if her life depended on it.

"I dare you to!", Josh laughed as his hand finally grasped the paper, the other hand held him up in a half push-up, and since both hands were occupied he couldn't do anything but look on in fear as Kate grinned up at him before taking in a deep breath. "You wouldn't...", Josh said.

"RAPE!", Kate screamed and Josh cringed, unable to cover his ears. "Shut up! You're going to get me in trouble!", he hissed as he pulled even harder onto the paper. "All is fair in love and war", Kate said sweetly just as the door to the room opened.

Chichiri stared, blinking rapidly, at the sight before him. He had been walking up to the room to make sure everything was ok when he heard Kate scream. He hadn't really expected the sight before him.
Kate and Josh were sprawled out on the ground. In between the two was a stack of weird looking.
cloth?

"Um... What's going on in here, no da?", he asked. "It's not what it looks like", Josh said awkwardly.
If one could look under Chichiri's mask at that moment they would have seen an evil smile forming.
"You don't say, no da? So... this isn't a WRESTLING MATCH!", saying that Chichiri did a very er... surprising maneuver... He jumped into the human pile belly-flop style.

"ACK!", came Kate's reply... while Josh's can't be written for its obscene nature. The now chibi Chichiri was flailing about on his human mattress, much to that mattress's disdain. "What's this, no da,
he asked after his mattress had stopped struggling. This just happened to be the 'stack of weird looking cloth.'

Kate tensed under the pile. 'Hell NO!', she thought in a panic as the monk picked up the first page of the story and slowly brought it up to his face. Everyone was silent for a moment (except for Josh who was yelling, "WHAT IS IT? LET ME SEE!"). "Um... I can explia--", Kate began, but was cut off as Chichiri turned to look at her straight in the eye.

She couldn't read his emotions. His face gave away no hints or clues, but she could feel his eyes boring into her. She couldn't speak as she stared right back at him, her mind working in overdrive, '
Oh, no!Is he mad! That paper... He must feel insulted! Oh, How he must see me now! GOD! He's just STARING at me... and, damn, my leg's asleep...'

"Kate-chan?", Chichiri asked, breaking the silence. Kate's heart beat sped up, 'Earth, if you wanna swallow me up now... I wouldn't complain...' "Uh huh?", she replied.

He looked down at the paper in his hands again. An awkward silence. "What are these weird symbols,
he asked as he handed the paper toward her. As if the Gods would be as merciful for it to be back in her hands, however. Nope... Josh snatched it right out of Chichiri's hands.

"Woo hoo!", came the teenager's reply as his eyes rapidly scanned the page as Kate shrieked and tried to get it back, not an easy task with he and another man laying on her. "Josh! No! Give it back,
Kate yelled in distress.

The damage had been done, however. As Kate watched in dismay, Josh's eyes began to slow down and his eyes widened with each word. A grin was now spreading across his face. Kate groaned in agony and hid her head in her hands.

A minute or so went by in complete silence before Josh spoke up, "Kate, why do you have a porno of Chichiri?" Kate wished she could just die. "It's not a porno! It's a lemon...", she tried to defend herself. Josh looked at her strangely, "Kate... This is no fruit. This has Chichiri and some girl doing---." Kate interrupted him, screaming, "PLEASE JOSH! DON'T! I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT! I'LL DO ANYTHING! JUST SHUT UP!"

Poor Chichiri had no clue what was going on, "Porno... lemon, no da?" Kate, if it was possible, blushed harder. Josh smiled evilly, "Anything?" Kate nodded, "Anything!" Josh's smile widened, "Well... if you put it that way..."

Two minutes later Chichiri had been expelled from the room, and Josh and Kate were debating in heated words inside the room. "That's illegal!", Kate complained. "Never stopped you before...", Commented Josh, "Plus, you said ANYTHING. If you want I could have you do something else to him." Kate didn't like the look his was giving her. It was a look of pure and total sadism.

"Still... How would I get it?", Kate asked, trying to ignore his last comment. "Oh, you'll think of a way.
I'll be waiting in the tavern down stairs. Come there when you get it... or else I'll tell Chichiri all about this", Josh instructed, holding the stack of papers. Kate eyed the papers nervously, "Ok, Fine."

"You have an hour", Josh commented then left the room. Chichiri was sulking in the hallway, "Will some one PLEASE tell me what's going on, no da?" Kate just gave him a guilty smile as she met him in the hallway, "I'll tell you when you're older." Chichiri just frowned in response. "Now... Chichiri... Would you like to go for a walk?", Kate asked, slowly forming a plan in her mind.

And so began operation: Steal Chichiri's Bubble Cape...Thing... plan A.

Chichiri and Kate walked around the town for a bit until Kate found what she was looking for, a river.
"Can we stay here a bit?", Kate asked nervously. Chichiri nodded and sat under a tree near the bank.
'Damn Damn Damn', Kate chanted to herself. Her hands were trembling slightly. 'Is it really worth it,
She asked herself.

Then she thought of what could happen if she defied Josh. Chichiri would stare at her with the utmost disgust, his eyes burning with revulsion. He'd be angry that she had carried something with such disrespect for him... even more so that she had tried to keep it secret. Then he'd not like her, avoid her, and stop speaking to her! She'd be miserable! She was a HUGE Chichiri fan, and for him to hate her... She had to do something! (AN: Can you say "worst case scenario"?)

But that something was wrong in itself: Stealing one of Chichiri's most prized (and only) possessions!
She contemplated telling him everything right then and their, hoping he'd forgive her... but she couldn't bring herself to say anything (Plus, she wasn't that mature). He had taken off his cape (AN: I can't recall what it's called. --;;), and pulled out his fishing poll. She bit into her lip.

Chichiri wasn't born just yesterday. He knew something was bothering Kate. He could feel her Chi behind him, and it was going haywire. Nervousness, fear, determination, and shame were the most active emotions. If it where just nervousness and fear he could understand... but why was she ashamed? There was only one way to find out. "What's wrong, Kate-chan, no da?", he asked, making sure to sound as comforting as possible.

Kate looked at Chichiri with deer-in-the-headlights look. "N-nothing", came her immediate response as she walked over to him and sat down. 'I don't think I can do it', she thought as she watched him. He smiled pleasantly at her, "How's fish sound for lunch, no da?" Kate smiled forcefully, "Sounds great."

(AN: I'd like to mention here this is in the Suzaku warrior's POV. They don't know they are trapped in a spell in the desert that was made by Tomo, ok?... If you haven't read the manga this might be confusing, but just stick with me.)

Tasuki sat in the tavern of the inn he, Mitsukake, and Chiriko had gotten to in Sairo just days ago. The place was great! They were being fed like Kings, and there was absolutely nothing to complain about.
Chiriko was glued to the books that were kept downstairs, Mitsukake was studying herbs, and they were ahead of schedule! Things couldn't have been better.

Although Tasuki loved this place he really wished Chichiri, Miaka, Tamahome, and that girl Kate would hurry up and get here, but in the meantime he was happy to just relax. He swirled the sake around in his cup as he let himself think about his friends. He was mostly worried for Miaka and Chichiri. Miaka was kami-knows-where, Tamahome had gone to look for her with Chichiri after Miaka and Kate had run off after Ashitare, whom had stolen the shinzaho and left.

He downed another cup of sake when he thought of Nuriko. 'Damn that bastard Nakago and his tricks,
Tasuki thought angrily. Miaka had better be ok or else! He wasn't too worried about Tamahome. He could take care of himself, and so could Chichiri, but something about that girl got to him.

He didn't like Kate so much. Something just didn't seem right about her. She seemed to know something the rest of them didn't. Tasuki didn't like secrets. He disliked them almost as much as he disliked woman... both of them together just equaled trouble.

Chiriko seemed to like her, but no matter how smart the kid is any man can be deceived by a woman.
Mitsukake didn't seem to care one way or another, though he did heal her once. Tamahome was too wrapped up in Miaka to notice anything else. Nuriko was... Tasuki downed another cup of sake.

'Enough of this', he thought as he drank another cup, 'I'm gonna go see what Chiriko's up ta. Maybe he's found somethin' interesting.' With that Tasuki got up and walked toward the stairs.

Outside of the illusion city, Tomo sighed. It really was boring watching the Suzaku warriors slowly die of the elements. They burnt in the day, and froze at night... after the first few days it was just boring.
The Suzaku warrior's horses had died just the day before, and were beginning to smell...

Suboshi stood next to him on the hill, watching the Suzaku warriors with interest. "What are they doing,
he asked. "I used my shen shell to create an illusion of Sairo for the Suzaku warriors. They'll die of exposure stranded in the desert like this", he said. Suboshi nodded, "Good."

"This is only a pit stop. Let's get going. You need to get that girl and I must find Miaka and Tamahome.
They'll be in the real Sario this evening if I don't hurry... Come, Suboshi", Tomo said and turned his back on the Suzaku warriors. Suboshi glanced at the Suzaku warriors once more before following Tomo. "Hey, where is the Suzaku Warrior, Chichiri?", he asked.

"He's with the girl you're after. Don't worry too much about him, though. His magic is a joke compared to Nakago's", Tomo sneered. Suboshi rolled his eyes.

Kate sighed as she looked over the water. The river had a very calming effect on her that was only intensified by warm rays of the sun. Under the shade of the tree, Kate let her feet linger in the river.

She was sure Josh was getting bored by now, but she was enjoying herself and really didn't feel like getting up just yet. Plus, she had forty minutes left.

She tried to push her objectives out of her mind as she eyed Chichiri's fishing line. She sighed to herself as she look out to around her surrounding. It was hard to believe they were in the desert right now. It was actually not all that hot and, due to the river, everything was green around them.

Kate fiddled with a piece of grass near her hand. Out of the corner of her eye she caught sight of a certain blue and bubble patterned piece of cloth, which was sitting near its owner. Kate ripped the blade of grass out of the ground and began to tare it into itty-bitty pieces.

"I caught one, no da!", Chichiri suddenly shouted, scaring Kate so bad she jumped a foot into the air.
Looking over to her companion, Kate watched as he began to reel in his catch. 'His busy now... You'd have an head start', the logical side of her brain commented. Kate's eyes widened at her own thoughts.
'No, I don't want to!', the guilty side of her brain declared. 'Tough cookies. It's that or reproduction 101 with Josh and Chichiri', her logical side said.

Before Kate could comprehend what she was doing she had already had Chichiri's cape in her hands and was running like her life depended on it.

Everything happened so fast she wasn't able to keep up with what was taking place. Her body went into Auto- Pilot mode and she was in the tavern. Josh wasn't there. She rushed up to the room they were sharing. As soon as she was inside the room the door slammed shut and was locked.

Kate spun, and looked at the door... but she didn't see the door because a human body was blocking her view, and it wasn't Josh. It took a moment for Kate's brain to catch up. "Amiboshi", she said,
confused as to why he was in her room. "Hello, Kate", a voice said behind her. Spinning once again,
Kate saw Suboshi... or at least she thought it was Suboshi... She could never tell the twins apart.

Either way she knew she was in trouble. Suboshi had Josh by the throat, whom was unconscious.
"Josh! Oh my God! What did you do to him!", Kate gasped and began to hurry to his side. "Stop,
Suboshi ordered calmly, his grasp tightening on Josh's throat. Kate froze, "Why are you doing this?"

Just then a loud pounding resounded threw the room followed by, "Kate! Kate! What's going on! Open the door!" Kate's arm tightened around the cape in her hands. Amiboshi braced the door, "Hurry! He's going to break threw!"

The next thing Kate knew she was falling to the floor.

Something was VERY wrong. Kate had just ran off, without warning, back to the inn. Chichiri had immediately let go of his fishing pole and took off after her. When he had finally caught up to her the door to their room had been locked, and he heard voices inside the room. He yelled at her to open the door... When she failed to do so he lifted his staff and began to chant...

The door exploded from its hinges.

Chichiri didn't hesitate as he ran threw the door way, but his eyes were only met with the sight of Josh's prone body laying on the floor. The window was wide open; He ran to it and looked out. At the same time he tried to locate Kate's chi... It was very faint and moving fast. Two Seiryu warrior's chi were with hers.

They were heading toward the desert.

Chichiri then looked down to where Josh was laying and bent down, touching the side of his neck... He was alive. 'Good', he thought as he picked up the younger man and placed him on the bed.

He was just unconscious. He'd wake up soon. Now all he had to do was wait.

Chichiri let his mask fall into his hands and glared into the floor boards.

Kate felt her heart beat echo inside her head. Thump... Thump... Thump. It was painful. It seemed the deer-in-the-headlights had finally gotten hit head on by the semi. Kate attempted to bring her hands to her face, but realized she couldn't. Her eyes snapped open.

She was in a dark room, laying on the...sand? Her hands were tied behind her back and her ankles were bound together by a thick brown rope. 'What the hell?', she wondered. When had THIS happened?

Kate paused to think on this, but was interrupted when the door suddenly opened.

The bright light made her squint, but when her eyes cleared she just wanted to close them again and pretend to be unconscious. Nakaho-- I mean Nakago-- stood in the door way... or should I say he leaned suggestively against the door way? Kate's first surprise was that he wasn't wearing his armor.

He was smirking at her. All in all, the whole picture would have made her spit out some kind of beverage if she had any at the moment. "Uh... Hi?", Kate offered. She wasn't exactly sure what to make of this. Had she just gotten kidnapped?... She couldn't believe this!

Nakago stared at her, his smirk widening as he saw her struggling to understand. He loved his job.
He didn't reply to her greeting, and just stared, wanting her to get scared. He wanted to see her afraid of him. Fear always made getting answers easier.

Kate had to admit, despite totally HATING Nakago with a passion, that he looked really pretty... but as the saying goes," Even the sweetest of roses has thorns". The blonde general looked her over and for the first time she was feeling a twinge of fear in the pit of her stomach... not only that but she was now aware that in her squirming around her shirt had rode up, and now her stomach was visible for the whole world to see.

Even worse... Nakago was staring at her up and down. 'Ewwww! Nakaho (AN: I think you should all get the inside joke... This is how you pronounce it KNOCK-A-HO... get it?) is checking me out. Someone get me a barf bag', she thought. She would have said something cheeky, but...well... she didn't feel too brave with her hands tied behind her back.

"Not bad", he commented and FINALLY walked into the room, which Kate noticed, was actually a tent. 'Wait a minute! How did he--? Ah, forget it', she thought as he got down on one knee. He was still smirking. She wanted to bite his nose off... If only he'd lean in a little more...

Kate was surprised to get her wish as he grabbed her chin and lifted his face close to hers. She really didn't know why. She had been looking him in the eye the whole time. "Did you have a nice nap?", he asked, breathing into her face... and oh boy did his breath stink!

Kate pulled a face. Nakago didn't seem to notice that her cringe was for his breath. She rose an eyebrow, "Oh yeah. Naps do wonders for the complexion, you know." He was now in range for her to bite him, and she would have if it wasn't for the unexpected contact: ie. His free hand touched her stomach. "Whoa, there cowboy! Out of my bubble!", Kate hissed.

She knew very well he was trying to get under her skin, but there was no way she was going to let him go ahead and pull the whole 'fear me, mortal' thing on her... Now if he started pulling the whole 'I want you to have my baby' thing on her... Well, she didn't wanna go there. This guy had a bad reputation when it came to stuff like that.

Her worries weren't put to rest, however, because he didn't move an inch. She frowned and gave off a mental growl, 'Where's pepper spray when you need it?' "You could make this very easy for yourself , or you could make it difficult. I'll get what I want either way",Nakago commented, his hand resting on her side suddenly taking a violent turn as she felt his nails dig into her.

She gasped slightly before stopping herself and glaring at him. "You are one sick puppy, you know that!", she practically hissed threw her teeth. His smirk lessened slightly and his fingers sunk deeper into her stomach which, she was beginning to discover, was actually very sensitive. Who'da thought it?

"I'm sorry. I don't think I heard that", Nakago said a little too sweetly. "I said... OW! Do you MIND,
she responded. She could almost feel his nails in her ribs. That's when things got a little interesting.

Yui entered the tent, and she wasn't a happy camper when she saw her warrior, "Nakago! What do you think you're doing?" Kate couldn't help but mentally grin as Yui practically dragged Nakago out of the tent by his ear. Only then did Kate actually let herself sink into the sand. 'Damn it, guys... Where are you?', she wondered just as the flap to the tent opened again and Yui entered. Boy did she look like something crawled up her--- eh... She didn't look too happy, let's say.

Alatáriël: Heh... Sorry guys, but... I HAD TO DO IT! I think it's kind of Mary-Sueish, but... I really can't help myself...

Kate:... Have I told you resently that I hate you?

Chichiri:... Glares at Nakago

Alatáriël: Uh... Looks at Chichiri Dude?... It's not for real... Chichiri?

Kate: Oo;; Oh boy...

Alatáriël: Er... Reviews, anyone?

Queenie: Of course she'll get her memory back!... If she didn't you all would kill me. OO.
but it's going to be a while yet. ;; I really haven't thought of HOW I'm going to do it yet, exactly.
Coughs

Bishiglomper: Ha ha ha. Glad to be of help! XDD I have teachers staring weird at me too as I sit at my desk daydreaming with a grin on my face... You're really getting a Chiri costume! OO That's soooo cool. LOL.

Erailea Evenstar: Yeah, writers block sucks... I just hope I didn't just ruin the fic now. coughs
;; Amiboshi isn't all he seems, I'll just tell ya that. Hope you liked this chappie too.

Wolfdemon191: You'll just have to wait and seeee. LOL. Thanks a lot.

The Fire Youkai Paige: Thanks!

Holly: Grins Ya know it! ;; Thanks... but... I didn't mean to make Amiboshi a bad guy, but I HAD to get Kate abducted SOMEHOW... I mean... It has to happen. Oo;; She knows the future.
What enemy wouldn't want that info? Don't worry, though. Everyone will be together soon!

Jedi of Oro: Randomness is good. Don't worry about Amiboshi... I have a plan up my sleeve.
Oo;; Tell me the truth, though... Is the story taking a bad turn?

Opaaru Tsuki: Heh heh. Ok, I wont kill Kate whispers yet... ;; Being deranged is what makes life worth living, if ya ask me. ;; How's this for deranged? coughs OC tourture... It's so common.
sighs...

Mistress Manga: I'm doing my best! Hope you liked this chappie too! Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing, ne?

Kate: That's all for now!

Alatáriël: --;; Only nine reviews...

Kate: Get over yourself.

Alatáriël: OO I can't help it! I have low self-esteem. --

Chichiri:... Glares at Nakago

Kate: Coughs Well... uh... Hey look! I reviewer! Points

Alatáriël: WHERE! Watches as reviewer hits the pretty blue button Yay!