Okay; this is chapter #2! Yay! And I'd like to thank Chichiri's Wanderer, the first reviewer for this story!

And if anyone else reviewed, then I probably posted this chapter up before I could read your review, so don't feel hurt if I don't thank you too…


There were eight people standing in her room, all looking at each other with different expressions on their faces

"What the hell is this?" one of them asked. Saiyami glanced at him. It was a boy with fiery red hair, brilliant amber eyes and a tan and angry face. She let her gaze roam to each one of the strange people in her room. The next one was an incredibly beautiful girl with violet hair and rose colored eyes that seemed to always be laughing. Then there was a man with a serious expression of his face; he had snow white hair and over one of his eyes was an eye patch. Next was a seemingly older boy with sky blue bangs that seemed to defy gravity and he had a strange face…

Her eyes roamed to the remaining four. Two of them were twins with dark blonde hair. She could see no difference between them, except that one was holding a flute and another was, well, looking very angry. The next person was a boy with silver hair and a handsome tanned face. He had golden brown eyes and was grinning at everyone. The last one was a girl with silver hair tied up into two loops at the top of her head and it curled down all the way to her waist.

"Who are you people?" she asked finally.

"The question is who are you?" one of the twins asked.

Saiyami raised an eyebrow, "No; my question should be answered first, considering that you are standing in my room…in my home"

The group looked around and sure enough, they didn't recognize anything. It was all decorated with strange things; and the view from the window…what were all those big buildings?

Finally one of them spoke, "I'm Amiboshi" the other one of the twins said. He pulled his brother forward, "And this is Suboshi"

This started a round of introductions. Saiyami tried to remember all the names and match them up with the faces.

"Nuriko" said the violet haired girl.

"Hikitsu"

"Chichiri"

"Tasuki"

"Tokaki"

"Subaru"

Saiyami tried to think, "How did you guys get into my room? And why are you dressed like that?" she pointed.

"Like what?" Tokaki asked. He glanced down at himself. He was dressed normally…it was the girl who was dressed strange, "Wait a minute! I'm young again"

Everyone shot him strange looks and he quieted down.

"Would someone mind explaining?" Saiyami asked.

"Hm…" Hikitsu said, "We can't really explain…one minute I was dead and the next, I'm here…alive…"

Nuriko and the twins nodded in agreement, "Same here"

Subaru looked thoughtful, "That's like us…we were in our home, in our older forms and now, we're here, in our younger bodies without me using my powers…"

"I was at the bandit stronghold and then I'm here"

"Same here, no da" Chichiri said concentrating, "But Tasuki; our ki…it's like we haven't aged since the battle with Nakago years ago…" he paused, "At least not aged much…I'd say our bodies are about around the same, give or take one or two years"

"Nani! What the hell is going on here!"

Saiyami stared. Could this have been caused by her wish? But how…these people…they didn't seem to be from this world. Dead? Powers?

"Wait a minute; this place looks familiar doesn't it, Chichiri?" Tasuki asked, looking out the window, "The buildings, the moving chariots…"

"This is…" Chichiri started.

"The miko's world!" Nuriko finished. Everyone else stared at the scenery in amazement. Then all talk broke out.

Saiyami couldn't take it anymore, "Could someone please explain what's going on!" she asked loudly.

Everyone stopped as if just remembering that she was there, "I'll explain" Subaru said gently, "Um…you help me out Nuriko; I think you know more than I do"

Saiyami nodded and sat down, waiting for the two to explain.

"First of all, you should know that we come from another world…" Subaru started, "It's what people from this world might call 'Ancient China'?...but not exactly. It's like it, but it's in a completely different world where there are Gods and magic"

Saiyami was shocked at those words, but as the explanation continued, her shock became greater and greater.

"That's what we know…" Nuriko finished, "Now…who are you?"

Saiyami hugged her knees to her chest, "My name is Saiyami Suzumi; Sai, if you please"

"Alright, Sai…do you know anything?" Hikitsu asked.

Sai shook her head, "No…all I was doing was looking at and wishing on the stars and then you guys came…"

The seishi looked at each other confused, "Well, it looks like we're stuck here for now…"

Sai looked up, "You can stay here"

"Here? Doesn't anyone else live here?" Suboshi asked.

"No…only I come here…so no one will bother you"

The seishi nodded.

"But you'll have to get jobs or something and you need new clothes"

"What's wrong with the ones we're wearing?"

"You can't go out wearing those!" Sai laughed despite the state of confusion she was still in. These people were really clueless weren't they?

"Hm…I know!" she said, "The girls come with me…at least some of you will look somewhat normal"

Subaru walked up to her. Sai looked at Nuriko expectantly and stared in a stupor when the rest of the seishi burst into laughter, including Nuriko.

"I'm a guy" he explained.

Sai flushed in embarrassment at her mistake, "Sorry; it's just you look so much like…"

"I know" Nuriko laughed. Sai joined in the laughter to her surprise. It was weird...she hadn't felt happy in years and here she was, laughing with these strange people...

"So it's just me?" Subaru laughed, "Okay; fine then"

Sai pulled the guys into the living room, where she turned on the TV for them to watch, "Don't touch anything" she warned. Then she grabbed her bag and pulled Subaru back into her bedroom. She threw a set of clothes at Subaru, "Put these on" she said before leaving to join the guys in watching television.

Fifteen minutes later, Subaru came out wearing a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, "I figured it out!" she exclaimed happily. Tokaki's jaw dropped at the site of his wife in modern day clothing, "Wow…" he said.

Sai laughed, "C'mon…let's see…" she dug around in her bag and took out a bunch of knee-length trench coats. She threw one at Nuriko, one at Chichiri, and another at Hikitsu. Tasuki was already wearing a trench coat, so all she had to do was make him hide that 'tessen' of his. And the rest of them…well…she couldn't really do anything about them.

"It's okay; we can figure it out" Tokaki winked at the rest of the seishi, indicating he was going to use his powers.

"Okay…we're going" Sai said, "Don't touch anything you don't know how to use…um…actually…don't touch anything…"

With that, the six of them left.


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