This is the last one, I promise! ^^ Just two quick things.

About the Names: Kimina is my own character, and her name means roughly 'empress' or 'queen'. This explains Hiei's comment in chapter 8. Wokou and Garuda, though not my characters, were lacking names and I needed them. Garuda sounded so familiar I was convinced there was another character with that name, but my sister proved me wrong and therefore we went with it. lol My sister also put in a suggestion that, seeing as my writing is often funny and ironic, the leader of the thieves be named Wokou, which roughly translates to 'thief' or 'bandit'.

About the Delay: I have the story completely finished and saved to my computer! *holds up 'applause' card* Thought I'd let you all know that. However, the reason I took such a long break from posting chapters was not actually a break at all. I was out of town a few days, and then my internet connection went stupid for two or three days, and now college has officially started. I will get the rest of the chapters up as soon as I am able. I don't want to stick 'em all up at once, but I promise I will not leave you in the dark until graduation. XD rofl

OK. That's all I have. The finale's coming up! :D Stay tuned.