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Gemini: ........

Cancer: (Looks at Gemini as if expecting something)

Gemini:.........

Cancer: (Gets impatient for waiting) WELL?

Gemini:.....Well what?

Cancer: Aren't you going to complain about how it's so sad that we don't own Fushigi Yuugi and that we'll never will for the rest of our lives and the next life and so on. Aren't you even going to start crying like there is no tomorrow or something!!? (Gets hysterical)

Gemini: (Still calm).....ummm.... no, why?

Cancer: I can't believe this!! (Falls on the floor unconscious)

Gemini: (sweatdrops) O...K.... what's wrong with her? Oh well.... Enjoy the fic everyone!!

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Chapter 5: Unexpected Saviour

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Kayla groaned as her mind slowly returned back to the real world, for after what seemed to be an eternity long. She was lying down on some hard cold surface and found that she couldn't move as fluently. She soon realized that the reason for this was because her hands were bounded tightly together with a coarse rope that cut deeply into her wrists behind her back.

"Wh... what happened?" she moaned as she tried to sit up as best as she could with her hands tied. She instantly regretted doing so and fell back to the floor. For the minute she succeeded in getting up, her head had begun to throb painfully, especially the back part. "Owowowow.... bad idea...." she moaned as she fought back the tears that were threatening to fall because of the immense pain.

I feel like a dozen hammers had been hitting on my head repetitively for the last hour. She thought as she lay there. After a few more minutes passed, the pain had subsided a little and she tried her best to sit back up, slowly this time.

When she was finally able to sit up without inflicting too much pain to her head, she looked around. She found that she was in a room with worn wooden flooring and plain white wall. There was only a single set of furniture that turned out to be a small table with a single chair at each side of it and a lit candle providing the only light in the room. The rest of the room was bare and with only one window that was too small for her to climb through if she wanted to escape. Judging the sky from looking out the window, it told her that the night had fallen.

Damn!!... How long had I've been unconscious? She thought as the memories of what happened before she was unconscious flowed back to her mind as if it was some sort or dream or nightmare.

She tried to loosen the tight bound on her hands, but stopped when she found that she only succeeded in letting the coarse rope cut more deeply into her wrists. Her wrists both stung and are no doubt bruising.

Frustration overwhelmed Kayla at how things were turning out for her. First, she couldn't even get a decent quiet meal because of some loud-mouth, flame-haired man, second; she got attacked by two bandits who chased her, which led her to third; she ended up hiding under a table only to be revealed again, thanks once again to the loud-mouth, flame-haired baka!! Then came the fourth; where she had to borrow the man's horse to escape only to be attacked again by a group of men whose identities still remained a mystery at the moment.

All in all it had not been a good day, she experienced enough danger and excitement to last her a lifetime. It's just all that flame-haired baka's fault!! She thought angrily. If it weren't for him and his obnoxious and loud mouth attitude, I wouldn't be in this mess. It was true, if it wasn't for him and his complaint about his stupid sake, then she wouldn't have left, which led to all the previous events and leading to where she was right now. That guy is like my curse or something, wait till I get my hands on him!! IF I get out that is.... She thought grimly at the last thought. But then again, if that guy is really my curse, then maybe it would be better if I NEVER see him again as long as I live!!

She couldn't understand how the heck could she, as a single girl attracted so much trouble in less then a day's worth?!?! She was definitely one very pissed off girl. Just who were those guys who kidnapped me anyway?! They couldn't be from my uncle could they? No it can't be or else I wouldn't be here right now.... could I?!? She panicked at the thought. She really had no idea where she was right now, and all she could really do now was to wait as much as she hated it.

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Kayla didn't have to wait long alone in the dark with only the candle on the table to provide her with some source of light. The door to her room suddenly opened to reveal a group of men, four to be exact.

All men were rugged in appearances. Three of them were about the same age as her uncle while the last one was about two or three years older than her.

"So you're finally awake, we're so glad" said one of the older men although his voice was far from pleasant and caring. The other men laughed as if they heard some funny inside joke.

"Who are you? Where am I? And WHY HAVE YOU TAKEN ME?!?!" Kayla demanded, she wanted answers and she wanted them NOW!

"So you never heard of us? Well let me tell you. We are the Mount Leikaku Bandits known and feared all over Konan," answered another one of the older men obviously proud of their title.

Bandits?... Again?... This is beginning to get old really fast. Kayla thought, as she grew more frustrated by the minute. "You don't look so tough!!... I don't see why they feared you!!" Kayla knew it was a stupid thing to say, especially in her position but can they blame them if she was MAD? However she instantly regretted saying it when she saw the angry looks on the men's faces.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU LITTLE RUNT?!" one of the older men roared as he went over and picked Kayla up by the collar, causing her head and wrist to hurt more than ever from the force. She found herself dangling from the ground with only the man's hand on her collar holding her up. Kayla choked a little.

"HOW DARE YOU INSULT US MOUNT LEIKAKU BANDITS!!" He continued to shout in Kayla face. Kayla could tell he was extremely pissed off with that crazed glare in his eyes.

"Let go of me you thug!!" Kayla shouted and she began to struggle, but couldn't really do much since her hands were tied and her legs were dangling off the ground.

Then the youngest man out of the group who had remained silent the whole time suddenly came over and put a hand on the man's shoulder. "Awwww... Calm down Roshi. Let him go. Don't get yourself all worked up at what this guy said." He said in good humour, and was it Kayla's imagination? Or did he just wink at her? She couldn't be sure, it was still a little too dark in the room to tell.

The man who was holding her seemed to calm down after and unceremoniously dropped her onto the ground. Kayla gritted her teeth in pain as she landed on her back. She glared at the man who dropped her but the man didn't seem to notice. The young man who saved her just gave a smirk and bent to lift her up to stand quickly but not as rough as the other man.

"I'm supposed to take you to the boss now under his orders, he's been waiting for you to wake up, wanting to see the little guy who injured a couple of his men," the young man explained with a hint of amusement.

"Kuso!... He didn't hurt us that bad, he just got lucky!!" protested one of the older men with a snort of disgust.

The young man laughed and began to lead Kayla out of the room while the other men glared at their backs.

The man led Kayla who was walking behind him with his hands holding on to the rope that was attached to the bound on Kayla's wrist. Kayla tried to keep up with his pace but it wasn't easy, because her head and wrists were still hurting. Sometimes when the man walked a little too fast, he pulled on the rope causing her to stumble a little.

The man noticed Kayla's struggle and didn't comment. However he did slowed down his pace so that Kayla could keep up. This somewhat considerate gesture did not go unnoticed by Kayla. Now under some better light from the hallway, she was able to study her captor's face more clearly.

He had dark blue hair tied with a yellow bandana around his head. He was taller than Kayla who only reached him by the chin. He is considerably handsome, even though there was a long scar on the left side of his face. His eyes, Kayla could see were a dark greyish-blue colour that seemed to hold much pride, yet good humour all at the same time. Kayla couldn't help but to be a little curious of whom this man was even though he was her captor.

"Uummm.... What's your name?" Kayla asked the man out of curiosity. The man looked at her, clearly surprised not expecting the boy to talk to him, let alone asked him for his name. A couple of minutes passed without anyone said anything.

Thinking that he may not hear her, Kayla was about to ask him again when he spoke.

"Kouji" the man said.

"What?..." replied Kayla confused.

"My name's Kouji" the man said, giving her a smirk. Kayla nodded.

A few more moments passed in silence as they walked. Then Kouji spoke again, "What's your name?" Kayla looked up surprised and was about to answer his question but paused when they stopped in front of a pair of doors. They finally reached the leader.

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Kouji went up to the two doors and knocked. "Excuse me please. Who's there? It's Kouji, here to bring the prisoner from the last heist under the boss's orders. Good, come in please. Thank you." He said this all on his own as he opened the doors.

Kayla stood there with her eyes widened and her mouth forming a perfect 'O'. Did that guy just knocked AND answered the door all on his own?!?! That is just plain weird. Kayla thought as she sweatdropped. She then recovered and followed Kouji into the room reluctantly.

The leader inside was sitting in the room while feasting and he was UGLY. Kayla cowered away from the leader's evil gaze when he looked at her. He was fat and looked like a big oaf. He's the leader whom everyone around here respected?! Kayla thought as she looked back at Kouji who seemed to give her a look of pity.

"So, this is the little guy who was giving us all the troubles during your last heist?!? Funny, he don't look that tough," the leader said as he glared at Kayla with a nasty look causing Kayla to wish that she could run and hide. She really didn't like the way that the leader was looking at her even though she knew that they all think she was a guy.

"Beats me Eiken, I wasn't there but he may be tougher than he looks," Kouji replied, addressing the leader by his name. Kayla gave Kouji a silent plea Please don't leave, I don't want to be in the same room alone with this guy. Kouji looked back at her with almost a look of regret before he left the room, closing the doors behind and leaving Kayla alone with Eiken.

Kayla gulped as she looked back at Eiken. Eiken gave her a perverted grin and walked around her, inspecting her like a tiger ready to pounce on a prey. Or at least a very fat tiger ready to crush his prey with his massive weight, Kayla thought.

Then all of the sudden, Eiken grabbed her by the chin roughly to face him. "It's really interesting how you, a little runt can beat all my men, however as the leader of this pathetic group of bandits, it is my duty to teach you a lesson," he hissed.

Kayla glared back at him with disgust. It's hard to believe that someone like him knows anything about duty. Without any warning, Eiken brought up his right fist and punched Kayla in the stomach. Although it wasn't as hard, it was enough to knock the air out of Kayla's lungs and she fell on the floor in pain.

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Kouji stood outside the leader's room, disgusted that he had to follow Eiken's orders. If it weren't for the Tessan, he and the other loyal bandits would form a mutiny and beat the bastard, Eiken to the other side of the country. Unfortunately there was little he could do with the Tessan in Eiken's dirty possession.

Kouji was also disgusted with himself that he had to leave the boy in the room with Eiken. He didn't know why the hell he would care, but it just hadn't felt right to leave him there. He didn't even have a chance to know the boy's name when he had asked him for his. It was a lucky thing that the boy wasn't a girl or else there would be nothing left of her when Eiken was done with him. However, the boy still wasn't that much better off. Eiken was not only a perverted bastard but also cruel and merciless.

Kouji just hoped that the boy could hold out. Kuso! I really hate this, he thought as he reluctantly walked away.

He had just turned a corner mumbling to himself when he heard a voice, "Kouji, is that you? Long time no see buddy!!!"

Kouji instantly turned around. "Who's there?!?!" He demanded before he realized that the voice sounded hauntingly familiar.

A figure stepped out of the shadows and Kouji's eyes widened in surprise. "G....Genrou?!"

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Kayla lay on the floor panting. Kayla had been beaten up relentlessly by Eiken and there was not a damn thing she could do about it, while her hands were tied up. She was feeling a little distorted from her beatings and her previous headache. Kayla tried to sit up but found the ground strangely comforting.

Eiken grinned maliciously as he stood above Kayla. Then something caught his eyes when he saw something hanging around the boy's chest. It was a necklace with a red stone that came out from underneath the folds of the boy's clothes. Greedily, he bent down and yanked the necklace off the boy's neck.

Kayla's eyes flew opened when she felt something yanked off her neck. She realized that the bastard had taken her necklace!! Her mother's necklace!!!

"Give that back you bastard or you'll regret it!!" She threatened as she forced herself to sit up despite the pain.

Eiken just laughed cruelly. "You and what army?" He said mocking her.

Kayla was raging MAD!! Using his distraction to her advantage, she used what was left of her strength and charged toward Eiken, slamming her whole body against his. Even though he was way bigger than she was, she had caught him off guard and was able to knock him to the ground. She then used her leg and kicked him hard on the shin.

Eiken led out a howl of pain and dropped her necklace. Kayla quickly made her way to pick it up but found it hard to do with her hands tied. Unfortunately, she had her back towards Eiken, who recovered from his pain quickly. The next thing Kayla knew was that she was hit in the head, causing her to be flung across the room.

"You son of a b*tch, you are going to pay for that EVEN IF IT'S GOING COST YOU YOUR LIFE!!" Eiken yelled as he picked up her necklace and hid it beneath the folds of his clothes.

Kayla was horrified... Not only that he had stolen her necklace but also Eiken had said the exact same words her aunt had said before, promising a slow and painful death. Before she had been lucky to be able run away to save herself. But now she wasn't even sure if she was going to escape this time. Her vision began to blur from the abuse inflicted upon her head.

All of a sudden, she heard Eiken screamed and another male voice came within her hearing, and it was much more pleasant than Eiken's screeching voice. She tried to open her eyes to see what was going on but the light was too bright and she only saw the shadows of two figures in the room. One she recognized as Eiken's, but the other she couldn't make out from her blurry vision. She couldn't even follow a little bit of the conversation that was going on.

"G...G...Genrou," Kayla could make out from Eiken's voice

"So you're the traitorous bastard..… pay for that!!!" She couldn't make out the rest from the other voice that had spoken.

Then she opened to her eyes again to see the shadows of Eiken, who was picking up something she couldn't distinguish.

"LEKKA...SHINEN!!" Kayla heard Eiken cried before she felt a burst of heat that was spreading across the room. Where did the sudden heat come from? She thought as she closed her eyes tightly from the blinding light that had spread in the room. She felt herself slowly losing her consciousness and she began to fall into another deep sleep.

"Kuso!!... Genjitsu.... SHINZAROU!!" She heard the other voice cried before she felt another burst of heat. The hot sensation creeping much closer to her this time causing some mild sort of pain to her right side. She slowly detached herself from reality.

"Damn!! Better take ya with me... Time to leave.... I'll be seeing ya later you bastard!!"

Kayla felt herself being lifted up by someone. Surprised, she forced herself to open her eyes once more, only to see a blur of reddish-orange and golden-brown. That voice... She thought. Then she closed her eyes and finally slipped into unconsciousness. Everything became black once more.

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Authors' Note:

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Gemini: (Stares at Cancer)..................

Cancer: (Stares back at Gemini)..................

Gemini: (Still staring at Cancer)...................

Cancer: (Still staring back at Gemini)...................

Gemini: (Keeps staring at Cancer without blinking her eyes)...................

Cancer: (Swallows hard)..................Uh Gemini............can you STOP STARING at me please, you're giving me goosebumps here.....

Gemini: (Still didn't take her eyes off Cancer).................

Cancer: Uh.......If you really wanna know how I think about this chapter, I can tell ya that it's..................TERRIBLY WRITTEN!!! AND YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST INCLUDED SOME MORE FIGHTING SCENES BETWEEN TASUKI AND EIKEN IN HERE YOU KNOW!!!.....(Quickly hides under the table to avoid the explosion from Gemini).

Gemini:.....................

Cancer: (Comes out and sits beside Gemini, tabbing her gently on her shoulder).......Gemini?????

Gemini:...........zZzZ................

Cancer: (Sweatdrops) When did Gemini learn to sleep with her eyes OPEN?!?!?!? Well, I guess that's what happens if you sit in front of the computer too long, (sighs).....I feel sorry for ya man..... Tsk, tsk....

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