Okay; yes! It's finally up! Chapter 14! And be sure to answer the question at the bottom!

Reader's response:

Mint Drop: I hope you have a good time in Boston….yes; email me! And yes, HD SHOULD burn; I hate her with the burning intensity of a thousand suns. And…yeah, I guess so…priestesses...not too fond of one of them…I'll give you three guesses which one and the first two don't count.

Lyssah: Coffee can be food. Only sometimes though; and yeah, you DO read fast. I'm so proud! (takes cue and blushes) Saiyuki is a good anime too; haven't finished watching all of it though…

Xo Kurai oX: Glad you liked it.

Mtgranola: Caffeine; caffeine. I remember reading your review in class and I burst out laughing at the idea of the Tasuki popsicle; now known as a Tas-sicle. Well…good luck with that responsibility of yours…(looks at the thought of children apprehensively)

Chichiri's Wanderer: That would work…but I figured something even better out! Yes…plushies…

Saturnsaturn: Sugar is good. I dunno if Taka is…I don't like Tamahome too much, and Taka is the reincarnation. I dunno…CANDY! (jumps for the candy)…awww; it's all gone…

Pil-Z: Yay; another person I can recruit for my I hate HD angry mob…with pitchforks and torches of course! Yeah, I know; I can too, but unfortunately, if he gets a cavity…(looks off with a maniacal grin as the thought becomes funnier and funnier)

Enjoy!


Miaka bit back a laugh, "So…um…you set the girl on fire, did you…Tasuki?" she asked, trying to gain self control. The seishi had just relayed to her the story of their first day in the school, "And…Chichiri?...a basketball?"

"Daa…" Chichiri said, grinning sheepishly.

Yui also had to work hard not to laugh out loud, "Suboshi, Amiboshi; I never knew you two could cause that much trouble" she commented after hearing Sai tell her about Suboshi being chased by an angry gym student after an unfinished tennis match and when the twins had started a paint war.

Tetsuya and Keisuke, however, were rolling on the floor laughing like there was no tomorrow.

"You know…it's not that funny!" Tasuki grumbled, crossing his arms.

"Yes…it is!" Keisuke gasped, "A paint war! And…Hahahahaha!" he burst out laughing again.

Miaka sweatdropped, "Yeah…ignore him. Besides, Taka should be home from work soon"

"Good" Tokaki said, "I wanna see how Obake-chan is doing"

"WHAT'D I SAY ABOUT CALLING ME THAT!" They heard Taka yell from the living room, "You never listen, do you?"

"Obake-chan!" Nuriko, Tasuki, Sai and Yukari burst out laughing.

"I said not to call me that!" Taka said, apparently very angry.

"Calm down, Taka; they're just kidding" Miaka said, grinning widely herself. Taka sank down in a nearby couch, "The treatment I get in my own house" he said, but grinning at the sight of his friends, alive. He blinked as he looked around again, "Hey; you're young!" he said rather rudely to Tokaki, "Great; now you're gonna be even more of a pervert…if that's possible"

"Not if I can help it" Subaru said, sending a watchful glare at her husband, almost daring him to do something.

"Well, I guess we should start looking for the book; it's important" Keisuke said, interrupting this conversation. Miaka looked reluctant to do so, but nodded.

"Well…um…how 'bout you stay the night or something and we look for the book tomorrow?" Miaka asked, "I haven't seen you all in so long and I just…"

Chichiri nodded understandably, "How does that sound to everyone no da?"

"I have no problem with it" Hikitsu said, "But we could always go back to Sai's apartment for the night; it'd be much roomier that way"

"No no!" Miaka said, "I want to talk to you guys"

"Miaka; he's right. If they all stayed, there'd be no room"

"Hey; how 'bout this?" Subaru asked, "The ones that aren't Suzaku seishi go back to the apartment and we come back in the morning. I'm sure the priestess wants to spend her time with her seishi" she smiled.

"No no; you can stay too!" Miaka said, but Subaru's guess had been right on target. She actually just wanted to talk to her seishi; after all, she hadn't seen them in so long…and she had to admit, she sometimes wished to go into the book to see how they were doing, but never spoke that wish aloud.

"We'll see ya tomorrow then" Sai said. She turned to the rest of the seishi, "Who wants to go out for dinner tonight?"

"Oh; I wanna!" Suboshi said, his eyes getting wide, "last time I got a toy with my meal. Can you believe it?"

Miaka and Yui tried to stifle a laugh.

"Hey Miaka; why don't we go with them to dinner and then come back here?" Taka asked, "This sounds like it could be interesting"

That would be how they spent the next five minutes arguing about what to eat.

"Let's see…who's paying for this again?" Yui asked, "I think it should be Taka" she teased. Taka paled, "Uh…no; I…uh"

"Still a cheapskate, huh?" Nuriko asked.

"Damn it; I'll pay, but I get to choose the restaurant" Sai snapped, "And I choose Italian food"

"Mmm…" Yukari said, "I'm so hungry"

"Me too!" Miaka shouted.

"You're always hungry"

They laughed and figured a way of transportation to the restaurant which Sai wanted to go to.


Dinner was not very eventful; sure, they found out that there was a large fish tank in the restaurant and Nuriko found it suitable to throw Tasuki in after Tasuki had called him a pretty boy again. Of course, Tasuki still did not like water, and still could not swim, so he spent the next fifteen moments flailing his arms around. Finally, one of the cooks found a fishing rod and hooked him out with Nuriko's help.

Tasuki spluttered as he coughed out water, "Don't…do…that!" he said, "I can't swim!"

"Don't call me a pretty boy then" Nuriko said with a huff.

"I'll keep that in mind"

With that, the rest of dinner was uneventful and they headed to where they were staying. Sai headed back to her apartment with the rest of the seishi, including Amiboshi and Suboshi in tow. Yui's apartment was not big enough for four people to share so they had decided to follow Sai.

It was in the middle of the night when something happened. Sai was sleeping in her room and was jolted awake by a call on her cell phone. Grumbling about insensitive telemarketers, she pressed the 'yes' button to accept the call. To her surprise, it wasn't a telemarketer.

"Saiyami Shimizu?"

"Yeah" she answered groggily.

"Meet me in the lobby of your apartment building in five minutes. Alone. I have something for you"

Sai shrugged as whoever it was hung up. She quickly slipped on a pair of jeans and boots. She was wearing a tank top already so she decided not to change. She headed down to the lobby, quietly sneaking past the seishi so she wouldn't have to make an excuse to the seishi.

Hikitsu cracked an eye open when he saw Sai leave the apartment and decided to follow her.

"Where're you going, Hikitsu?" one of the twins mumbled, waking up. It was Suboshi and he was now wide awake, "It's too late to go anywhere"

"Sai just left the apartment; we have to make she she's safe" Hikitsu said, "You keep sleeping or you can come with me"

"Uh-huh…" Suboshi said, standing up and following the older seishi to the elevators. The only one moving was heading down to the lobby, so they got into the second one and pressed the button for lobby.


Sai hugged her body for a moment when she felt the cool night wind drift into the lobby. Standing there was a boy, about her age, with platinum blonde hair. Confident that this was the one who had called her, she stepped forward and he took her by the arm and led her somewhere, a corner in the lobby.

"What do you have?" Sai asked.

The boy gave her a small smirk and within' a second, had a gun to her head, but of course, no one saw because there was no one around…or so she thought. He stared at her for a few moments, "I work for Dr. Maeda; and Saiyami, this is the night I kill you and…Yukari"

Sai didn't move. She didn't even blink and her eyes didn't widen in terror or shock. He looked in curiosity at her for a few moments and then turned off the safety. Still, there was no reaction.

"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you scared?"

"You didn't come to kill me…or Yukari…or anyone else" Sai said calmly.

"How do you know that?" he scoffed.

"First of all, that's not even a real gun" Sai raised an eyebrow at his shocked expression, "What? Think I can't tell the difference between a custom fake gun and a real one?" she asked, "My 'father'" she spit out the title spitefully, "…runs a weapon shop; I spent my life learning about weapons. I would know"

"Well, well…you saw through it" he said, laughing and putting down the gun.

"Now, you know me; tell me who you are"

"I'm Tyler" he said, laughing.

"What? No last name?"

"Nope" he said. She couldn't tell if he was serious or not but shrugged it off, "I really do have something for you; I was just testing you"

"Uh-huh"

She watched as he reached into his coat and pulled out a package wrapped in brown parcel paper, "Good luck" he said, "Say hi to Yukari for me" With that, he left the apartment building.

Hikitsu and Suboshi exchanged a look and wondered whether to go up to Sai or go back to the apartment before she did. They decided to go up to her; she looked a bit taken back to see them, but not too surprised, as if she had known they were there.

"What's in the package?" Suboshi asked. Sai opened it and pulled out a worn leather bound book. Writing was etched in, "Universe of the Four Gods" she said, reading it. She grinned, "Looks like our search is over"

"Great…" Hikitsu said.

"Now, let's go up to get some sleep"


The next morning, all the seishi gathered when they found out Sai had the book. They were all standing in Miaka and Taka's home; Yukari and Sai both had a duffel bag on their shoulder. The seishi had thrown things in, in case they needed these things in the book, and they wanted to be prepared.

"Well…" Sai said, opening the book…


Should Taka, Miaka and Yui go into the book? I'm still thinking about that. On one hand, I don't like Taka and Miaka…on the other, if they go, I can torture them…it's a tough decision so help me out!

And...which seishi should Sai end up with?...I have SOME ideas, but... yeah...