disclaimer: see ch1

Ok, from here on out, some of the more goofy stuff I would do but there is stuff in this that it's not so much I would do as it is I wouldn't. So in less confusing Shelby-Talk, this story no longer revolves around specifically what I would do, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't do anything Kyoree does. At least that's what I think I said, cuz I don't really understand Shelby-Talk either. That's why I made the character's name Kyoree ;)

I decided to make the bandit's accent's heavier on this story, by the way.

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Clambering up and dusting herself off, Kyoree, although amazed at what lay before her, mumbled, "If he's feeling so generous could he have at least not have made me do a faceplant? Now, he promised that I would be near Konan, which I'm guessing is those bunch of lights right there," She gestured towards the large city to nobody in particular. "And he said I could be close to the Seishi, I think. Gawd, everything is happening so frikin' fast I hardly even remember what happened less than ten minutes ago. Now let's just pretend he did say I would be close to the Suzaku Seishi an-" A sword to her back and a voice from behind her stopped Kyoree from talking to herself.

"An' 'zac'ly what do ya want with tha Seishi? An' who sent ya here fer 'em?"

Kyoree sucked in a sharp breath from her nose. "Um, okay, where should I start?" When the sword was jabbed into her back a little more, the now green-haired woman realized how cocky she had sounded. "I mean, whaddaya wanna hear more? Not trying to sound snobby or anything, just curious."

"Let's start with tha first questi'n. Dontcha think I asked ya that one first fer a reason?"

"Um, okay, I just wanted to meet the Seishi, I swear. Not an assasin mission or anything," She said needlessly, making her sound more suspicous to the person behind her. She quickly realized this and continued, "And to answer the second question, Seiyru sent me here because I wished for it." Gawd, Seiryu sent me here to find the Suzaku Seishi. After I wished for it. And the people here only think a Miko can make wishes. I would've killed me by now if I was- whoever's behind me.

"Tern an' face me. Now," Kyoree felt the tip of the sword release it's invisible hold on her back, along with a sheathing sound. Still frozen in place, Kyoree didn't move.

"I said tern an' face me, kid." The use of the word 'kid' angered the eighteen year old. Spinning suddenly on one heel, she couldn't help but blurt out, hands on hips and all, "Listen asshole, I'm eighteen years old, I'm no kid. You have no right at all to call me one when you've never even met me."

The tall, navy-haired man jumped at the oppurtunity to bite back. "Well, seein' as how I jest happin' ta be nineteen an' ya jest happin' ta be eighteen, yer jest a kid ta me, ain't ya now? An' as fer my 'rights', which one of us has tha sword? An' tha bow an' arrows? An' tha daggers? An' tha experience? An' tha devastatin' good looks? I got's all tha damn rights I need, so shut up," He snarled.

Kyoree stood speechless, gaping at the huge scar on the man's left cheek. "K-Kouji?"

"I said shu-how tha hell do ya know my name?"

"Oh, I read the book."

"What er ya talkin' 'bout? What book? This ain't got nothin' ta do with no damn book. Now answer my questi'n with tha truth er yer gonna be tastin' blood," The man, now recognized as Kouji of the Mt. Reikaku bandits, pulled out two daggers in a threatening way. "Well?"

"Um, okay-"

"Would ya stop that? That's tha th'rd time ya've said 'Um, okay' in 'bout five min'its."

"Um-fine, then. Let's see, how can I explain this without hurting your high-and-mighty-nineteen-year-old-brain?"

"Take yer best shot."

"I come from the same world as the Suzaku no Miko, Miaka-OH MY GOD!"

"What tha fuck? What's yer probl'm now? An' do ya gotta scream like that?" Kouji remarked, rubbing his ears.

Kyoree started pacing back and forth before the bandit, "Miaka-she's gotta be Kourin's mom. Because I know that Kourin's dad's name is Taka, but sometimes Miaka calls him Tamahome-"

"Okay, now yer startin' ta creep me out. What's yer problem? An' don't scream halfway through explainin' this time," Kouji put his daggers securly back into his belt and gave them a small pat.

The female took a deep breath and resumed talking, "I come from the same world that Miaka -the Suzaku no Miko- came from. I know everything about everything that happened here, and it's my fault that yer nineteen again, because that's what one of my wishes was. I also got this awesome hair-"

"I thought there was somethin' weird 'bout ya. So yer tha Seiryu no Miko?"

"Aww hell no. Ain't no way I would ever be the Seiryu no Miko. I read the book that told me what happened, and then when I was done I got three wishes. One: This hair. Two: That all of the Seishi were reincarnated and brought back to the ages they were at when they met Miaka..." She looked the now nineteen year old Kouji up and down, "...And I guess you just got lucky. Three: That I could be here, close to Konan and near at least one Seishi. So here I am, stuck with you. Of course I don't get how my wishes affected you, cuz you're not a Seishi at all-"

"BAKA!"

"Hey, what did I do?"

"Did ya tell 'im specifics er did ya jest say 'Seishi' fer all o' yer wishes?"

"I just said 'Seishi', what's it to ya?"

"FUCKIN' BAKA! DO YA KNOW WHAT YA'VE DONE?"

"No, could you explain please?"

"IF ALL YA SAID WAS 'SEISHI', ALL OF THE SEISHI GOT REINCARNATED!"

"And...? So?"

"INCLUDIN' NAKAGO! AN' THAT BITCH THAT LOVED 'IM! AN' ALL THA GENBU AN' BYAKKO SEISHI!"

"Oh, shit," Kyoree pounded her fist into her forehead untill you could see the red mark despite the darkness. "But I still don't get how you were affected, would you happen to know?"

"An' ya brought Tamahome back here too, I bet. Ya tore 'im away from his love an' family, jest so ya could-I dun even know what ya were gonna do here. Wait, maybe that's it! Aww fuck, but that would mean that...No way in hell," Kouji glared daggers at the green-haired woman standing before him with a confused expression on her face.

"What?" She shrugged her shoulders.

"I hate you," Kouji stated point-blank.

"Fine then. You can't expect everybody in your life to like you."

"I know why yer wishes affected me."

"Oh?"

"Okay, assumin' that ya know all there is ta know 'bout this world, ya would know that Tamahome an' Miaka broke univers'l bound'ries jest ta be t'gether, right?"

"Uh, yeah, lot's of times."

"Well, what if Tamahome rejected yer wish ta bring 'im back here?"

"Then he wouldn't be a Seishi-" Kyoree started.

"An' someone else would have ta take his place, an' it had ta be someone semi-close ta tha or'ginal Miko, too, I bet. So I'm one o' tha Seishi too now, I bet. Plus, I do look jest a li'l like Tamahome did, with tha blue hair an' all. So I'm prob'ly tha new Seishi ta take 'is place. Damn," Kouji finished.

"Well, to find out for sure, we could ask Taitskun. She knows everything, too."

"Ya mean tha old hag?"

Taitskun popped up right then and there and smacked Kouji over the head.

"Yeah, pretty much," Kyoree gasped for breath while taking a break from laughing.

"What do you want, I was about to take a bath," Taitskun glared at Kouji, who screamed, "Ah! Fuckin' mental image!" Resulting in another blow to the head, sending him about ten yards away.

The young woman cleared her throat, "Actually, we were just wondering why my wishes to Seiryu for the Seishi affected Kouji over there as well," She stated, fighting back the urge to laugh out any more than she had already.

"Well, your previous guess was correct. Tamahome's love for Miaka is too strong to tear by magic, so Seiryu let him stay there and made Kouji a Seishi in his place."

"So- Kouji is a Seishi?"

"Is that not what I just said? Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go bathe."

"ANOTHER FUCKIN' MENTAL IMAGE!" Bang. Ouch. Poof. Enough said.

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Notes:

I was up for like an hour and a half trying to find out how old Kouji was in the series. Hear me roar.

I like this chapter, and the reason I had Kouji get a main part in this story is because I felt like he needed a main part after reading Dark Hearts, which I still love, by the way. Check it out it'san awesomestory. but yeah, so whatever.