No author's note or reader's response this time 'cause I'm too damn tired to do anything but post it. Read and enjoy.

Kristen glared threateningly at the innkeeper, who just had to ask where the five teenagers were from and why they were travelling in a group like that. Not for the first time that week – no, that night, Kristen and Seiriko had been forced to adopt perfectly angelic and gullible expressions and step behind the boys to further their image of three brothers and two sisters and since most girls (excluding Tasuki and Chiriko's sisters) were typically very timid in this world, they had been forced to act as such.

Once getting to their room, Seiriko landed on her bed, face down and used the pillow to stifle a scream of frustration. When she was done, she looked up and saw that the males were looking with amusement as Kristen was screaming into her pillow.

Kouji raised an eyebrow, "I know you hate it, but I didn't think it was that bad?"

"Let's see you get leered at by some old perverted man and not punch him!" Kristen snarled, "That happened fifteen times to me already!"

Tasuki winced at the glare from the silent Seiriko, which indicated that she had also had an urge to punch someone, possibly from one of the perverted men Kristen talked about. Tasuki coughed, "Er…well…"

Seiriko floated up from the bed and lay on thin air, "Next time, if we don't get to act as ourselves as girls, I'm going as a guy" she told them firmly, leaving no room for arguing. Kristen pondered this, "Same here" she finally conceded.

"How would you disguise yourselves like that?" Kouji asked incredulously.

"We'll manage" Kristen waved it off, "But that's only a last resort" she glared pointedly.

Chiriko sighed, "Fine…you don't have to act like timid girls"

"THANK YOU!" Seiriko jumped and cheered, then, as if forgetting she had been floating, fell onto the bed with a large thump. She scowled at the laughter that followed the fall, "I'll kill you" she muttered.

"I'll kill you first"

"Not if I kill you first"

"…let's not get into this again…" Kouji interrupted, "Knowing you, it'll last the entire night"

"He's catching on" Seiriko muttered to Kristen.

"What do we do?" Kristen muttered back.

"Quick; into the air!"

Both girls floated, laughing insanely as they did so and the three teenage boys rolled their eyes simultaneously at the two.

Suddenly, Kristen noticed something…

"Fang boy" she suddenly said, "What are you three doing in our room?"

Tasuki shot her a fanged grin, "What do you mean your room? You didn't really expect us to leave you alone with those psychotic people waiting to kidnap you, did you?"

"Actually…yes"

"Think again" Tasuki told her, "It's either we share a large room…or we camp out in the forest"

Kristen gave it a moment's thought before jumping onto the bed that was not occupied by Seiriko and sprawled herself on it, leaving no room on the thin bed should the three boys decide to get ideas and made her and Seiriko share beds. She was not giving up her only chance for a good night's sleep in a bed all to herself just because the boys were feeling overly protective.

Tasuki scowled, "Move" he ordered.

"No"

"Kristen!"

"You'll have to sleep on the ground!"

"MOVE!"

"NO!"

"WHY NOT!"

"Because."

"MOVE!"

"I WON'T!"

Seiriko was giving Kouji the same problems, although in a different way. She was grinning maniacally up at him as he tried to bodily remove her from the bed, but was unsuccessful due to her using her powers to create a practically invisible barrier of ice every time he came near.

"Seiriko!" Chiriko whined, "Get off…"

"No way"

"Please?"

"No"

"Why?"

"Because it's comfy…besides, it's your fault for not getting a separate room. If you want to stay in the same room as us, you'll have to pay the consequences"

"Why are you two being so difficult?"

The two girls exchanged a look before answering together, "Revenge"

"What?" Chiriko balked, "For what?"

"Making us sleep outside"

"Making us act like 'ladies'"

"Taking away my shiny!" Seiriko glared at Tasuki.

The boys groaned, knowing that no way in hell would they ever win this argument; there was just too many excuses the girls could come up with. Kouji suddenly looked at the two beds, "…well, we could always just see if Taiitsu-kun can pop a few beds in here for us…" he suggested, "If she comes that is…"

Before he even finished that sentence, three beds appeared, and to the five's horror, pink in colour. Kristen and Seiriko screamed before diving under their covers for the safety of…well, their covers. Tasuki, Chiriko and Kouji eyed it tentatively before just shrugging and jumping on the bed.

Kristen suddenly shot back up and with a flick of her head, created a wall of fire between their beds and the boys' beds, "If you even think of waking us up early tomorrow, you'll pay by being fried to death" she warned.

Tasuki glared.

Kouji shrugged.

Chiriko sighed.

Seiriko…was asleep.

"Are you sure?" came a whisper from the shadows of the trees.

"Dead sure…"

A shudder was heard, "Don't say that"

"Yeah…" a fourth voice agreed, "It's not…"

"Don't tell me you believe two measly girls will defeat us – they're asleep for Enma's sake!"

"So, Liu told the Council of Lords that one of the girls wasn't even trying when she killed the first assassin sent after them; they found his body…a knife wound, right through the heart"

"Shut up; you're such a coward. I don't even know why you're one of us. Nobody else is scared"

"I can't help it…"

"Toughen up idiot"

"Shut up you two and let's go"

The inn loomed in front of them and they quietly snuck in through the back door and up the creaky staircases to where the rooms were. Upon reaching room twenty-nine, the four figures dressed all in black crept into the room, barely escaping being burned by a strange line of fire. They quickly went over to where the two girls were sleeping, which was easily recognizable as the side that did not snore – or at least, if they did, their snores could not be heard over the seishi's – for that was the obvious identity of the three – snores.

Two figures went to each girl and while one made sure the girl could not move, the other clamped a hand over the girl's mouth and then quick as lightning, gagged them, leading to the opinion that these were not just ordinary men, but expert kidnappers – either that, or they had children at home.

Then, just as quick as the gags were put on place, the four figures disappeared from the room, leaving not a single trace that anyone had been there at all.

So, that was what the boys had woken up to the next morning, when realizing that the girls were gone and the fire had been brought down, typically when Kristen no longer willed it to be there and knowing Kristen and Seiriko, they would never get up this early in the morning willingly, so that left them to the conclusion that…

"Captured" Kristen muttered angrily, "Captured from our beds and now held captive in this place!"

She shot a scathing look at Seiriko who had her eyes closed, and for some odd reason, looked calm, "And you're just sitting there, doing nothing!" she shouted angrily.

"I'm trying to concoct a plan to escape" Seiriko answered, "But nothing seems like it'll work"

"That's 'cause we're trapped in a glowing purple sphere made of magic!" Kristen shouted indignantly, "Or at least I think it's magic" she growled, glaring at the sphere as if threatening it to disagree with her opinion that it was magic.

"True…but…" Seiriko sighed in frustration, "Alright, okay, it's no use…and the others don't even know where we are!"

"ARGH!" Kristen shouted, kicking the sphere, only to be hurled backwards upon trying to inflict harm on it.

"Death…upon you all" Seiriko muttered to herself, now looking murderous at the lack of escape, glaring solely at the person guarding them, although there was really no need.

"Patience" said the man, "Lord Liu will be here soon"

"Yeah, you can stick your patience up your ass" Kristen retorted. Seiriko glared at the man, "And I suppose we're supposed to bow to this idiot, or something?"

"That's the general idea upon meeting a lord, yes"

"Don't count on it"

"He will punish you"

"THE FACT THAT I CAN'T RUN AROUND IS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH!" suddenly, Kristen knew why she had been so quiet; deprived of the freedom to walk around or to do as she pleased wherever, Seiriko had become frustrated, which led to being quiet, and a quiet Seiriko was a dangerous-pissed off Seiriko, as was proven by the crackling of ice surrounding the girl's angry form.

"TELL YOUR DAMN LORD THAT UNLESS HE LETS ME OUT, I'M GONNA MAKE YOU ALL GO INSANE!"

"What can you possibly do?" the man scoffed, underestimating the power of an enraged teenage girl. Especially an insane and violent one…and when there were two insane, violent and enraged teenage girls…

Seiriko opened her mouth and Kristen grimaced. She knew it…

"Do di do do do do di di do do…"

The circus song.

And then, "…song that never ends; it just goes on and on my friends…"

"…bottles of beer on the wall…"

"…little lamb, little lamb, little lamb"

Well, Kristen thought to herself, trying to be optimistic, At least she doesn't sound like a dying cat when singing kid songs...

"…fa la la la la la la la"

"…a pirate's life for me…"

"ALRIGHT! STOP IT! STOP IT!" the man sobbed, "No more…no…more!"

"Let us out then" Seiriko told him.

"I can't – "

"This is the song that never ends; it just goes on and on – "

"STOP! I-I'll go talk to the Lord…" he said, quickly retreating.

Kristen turned to Seiriko, "Well, at least you were in tune this time" she commented.

Seiriko shrugged, "These songs are easier…"

"And more annoying, right?"

Seiriko nodded, "If he doesn't come back in and let me out, I'm going to start singing REALLY loud!"

"How long until then…?" Kristen asked, grinning.

"…ten seconds" Seiriko decided, "Let's see how desperate he really is"

"Evil" Kristen told her, "Pure evil"

"You're one to talk" Seiriko retorted.

"Shut up…three seconds"

"Well you are evil"

"one second"

One second passed and then…

"…came to town, riding on a donkey…!"

"You're extremely evil"

"Do di do do di di do di do do!"

From the hallway, they heard a, "Hurry Lord Liu; I can hear the singing!" came the horrified scream.

"…song that NEVER ENDS!"

The door slammed open and a important looking man walked in – or at least, he would have looked important if he were not panting from running, red faced and looking around wildly. Seiriko smiled sweetly at the lord, "About time"

Liu had never realized exactly how evil one person could be until…

Song that never ends…

Oh no…it was in his head now…

"Let us out" Seiriko ordered.

Liu, while he did value his sanity, valued his life even more and should he let these two out, he knew very well what the master would do to him. So he did it…he shook his head and said, "No…"

Seiriko glowered and then opened her mouth, as if preparing to launch into song again. Then there was a scream of fear before both men took off running. Kristen raised an eyebrow at Seiriko, "Think it'll work on Taka?" she wondered.

"…possibly…" Seiriko looked pensive, "But I wouldn't want to risk getting near him…"

"Too true"

"There's a problem now…" Seiriko said suddenly.

"Yes?"

"…we're stuck in here…"

"Yes?"

"Liu just ran away…"

"Yes…"

"So no one's here to let us out…"

"…shit!"

"Crap"

"Fuck"

"Damn"

"Hey…your necklace is glowing" Seiriko pointed out suddenly, noticing the bright red aura emanating from the crystal and the symbol suddenly inscribed on, a weird shape that was unlike any of the Chinese characters she had seen.

"Hm…so it is…"

Suddenly, they heard voices from outside the room and before either could wonder if Liu was back again, two men walked in. They were probably still in their late teens; both were around the same height, although there were major differences in appearance.

One had long dark haired tied loosely and his face lightly tanned, as though he had spent more time in shadows and confined within buildings than out in the sun. He was dressed in a cloak of dark red which had its hood lowered. A sword hung from his belt, sheathed and there was a multitude of weapons on the man; what caught their attention the most was his face itself, which had a majestic beauty found only in aristocrats and drew attention to incredible golden eyes.

His companion looked also to be of noble birth; he himself was wearing a cloak of dark green, the hood still up but the girls could see traces of pale skin and the glint of rose coloured eyes. He had no specific weapon on him – in plain sight that is, but he seemed to be capable of fighting should the need arise.

"Oh, look what we have here, Ryuuen" said the first man, "Two lovely young girls, and one is even emanating the light of Suzaku"

"I don't know, Saihitei…they could be from Liu and his fellow lords" the comment was said with an undertone of amusement and mischief.

"Come now…and to what purpose would driving Liu away from his base screaming bring?"

"…I'd do it just to see him scream"

"Yes…it is quite amusing, isn't it?"

The two men laughed and then turned their attention back to the gaping two girls, "Hello" the first man greeted, "I am Saihitei, but…" he shrugged suddenly and pulled down the collar of his cloak, which revealed a glowing red rune: star. Hotohori. Kristen clapped her hands together joyfully; a seishi!

"I am Ryuuen" the second man said, pulling down his hood to reveal his features: violet hair that reached his shoulders and a definite aristocratic face like Hotohori's. He pulled down the neckline of the shirt that he wore under the cloak and revealed a second glowing rune: willow. Nuriko.

Kristen grinned and Seiriko poked her, "Two seishi!" she said excitedly.

"I know" Kristen nodded.

"Now, while you tell me how you got trapped into that magic prison…we will let you out" Hotohori said, smiling kindly.

"Thank you!" Kristen said happily.

They watched as Hotohori was suddenly bathed in a sphere of red light that looked warm and protecting, unlike the way the purple sphere they were trapped in felt, and watched as the purple sphere broke when the red light made contact. They were too shocked at this display to really notice they were falling…until they noticed that each of them had landed on the shoulders of Nuriko, who really did not seem to mind…as if a feather had landed instead of two sixteen year old girls.

Nuriko shot them a grin, "Well, now…tell us about what you two so ingeniously did to that bastard Liu"

Seiriko grinned back and Kristen quickly got off the shoulder of Nuriko, who just kept grinning as the story of Liu's insanity progressed and did not even seem to mind that he was walking out of the base with Seiriko still perched on his shoulder. Of course, he explained later that he had super strength so that explained it. Kristen was happy though; two more seishi! She looked at Hotohori. Good looking seishi.

(yawns) damn walking all day in the sun. Fun though. Amusement parks are always fun.