They found a small clearing and made camp. Nuriko went off to catch some fish for their lunch and Miaka volunteered to go and gather firewood. Alexisa's leg was feeling better so she decided to go and join Miaka. As they gathered wood Alexisa could sense something in the woods watching them. She stayed close to Miaka in case anyone came to attack her since she was told that people would be after her, to stop her from summoning Suzaku. As they made their way back to the camp Alexisa could vaguely sense a trap up ahead.

"Miaka, watch out," cried Alexisa as she lunged forward to push Miaka out of the way of the falling spikes from above. "Run Miaka. Don't worry about me. Just get away," yelled Alexisa as she lay on the forest ground.

"Well look what we have here boys," said a voice behind Alexisa.

"Looks, like we caught a lovely prize."

A group of five men walked out from the forest behind her and proceed to bind her feel and arms behind her.

"Hey, get off of me. Leave me alone," shouted Alexisa as she tried to struggle free of the hands of the men that tried to tie her up.

"She's feisty, I like them feisty."

Alexisa struggled some more trying to get free from the men but she was just not strong enough and one of the men hit her on the back of the neck knocking her unconscious.

Alexisa woke to unfamiliar surroundings and a dull pain in her head, She was on the ground with her hands and feet bound behind her, she tried to move her wrists but she could feel the rope slowing beginning to cut her. So looked around the room, it had no windows just one door in and out of where ever she was being held. 'Way to go, first you get stab in the leg by some random dude, then you go and get yourself kidnapped by a bunch of stupid bandits. You are on a roll honey.' She thought to herself. Alexisa tried sitting up but her legs were tied behind her and the cut in her leg starting to throb in pain the only thing she could do was lay in the floor hoping for that door to open. Alexisa did not have to wait much longer since after she finished looking around the room for the second time the door opened. In walked three bandits each carrying three people. Alexisa recognized one of them as Miaka, so knew that the other two were Nuriko, and Hotohori. The men placed them on the floor close to Alexisa and far enough away from the door to prevent any possible escape. Alexisa tried again to move closer to Miaka, to see if she was all right. She did not know why but she had this feeling that she needed to protect this girl that she hardily even knew. The tightness of the ropes again prevented her from moving but a few inches, so she settled on trying to talk to them to get them to wake up.

"Hey Miaka, wake up. Hotohori, Nuriko, someone please wake up."

Alexisa continued to try to wake them up and she finally got some results. Miaka was slowly beginning to wake up.

"Hey, Miaka, bout time you woke up."

"Hey, where am I? Hey Alexisa. What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean what am I doing here. What the hell are you guys here?"

"Well as I was running back to warn Nuriko and Hotohori, when I was hit from behind and then I woke up here."

"Great, now what the hell are we going to do?" said Alexisa as Nuriko and Hotohori began to stir.

"Miaka, are you ok?"

"Yea, I am fine. What about you to?"

"Just perfect, besides the big headache that I have," said Nuriko as he tried to move his arms and legs.

"It's no use, I've tried but they are tied way to tight," said Alexisa as she watched Nuriko struggle with his ropes.

"How long have you been here?"

"Not long. Maybe about five minutes before you guys came along. The only way in and out of this room is through that door, and I don't think they are to keen in leaving it unguarded. So I have no clue how the hell to get of here."

"So all we can do is wait for an opportunity to present itself."

An opportunity presented itself within the next few minutes; a guard walked into the room and looked down at the prisoners.

"The boss said he wanted to see one of the prisoners. Now which one will it be?"

He looked at the four people tied up on the floor and his gaze fell on Miaka, and Alexisa.

"Now it looks like one of you will do just fine," he said as he walked closer to them.

As the man walked towards both of them Hotohori and Nuriko yelled out in protest. The man did not take any head to what the other two people were yelling and grabbed Alexisa by the arms.

"Looks like you are the lucky winner today. You get to go see the boss," said the man as he pulled her out of the door and out of sight as the door closed behind them.

"Alexisa'"

"Miaka don't worry about her. We have our own troubles to deal with," said Nuriko

"What do you mean?"

"Look, will ya?"

Miaka turned to head towards the door once more and saw three more men standing in the frame of the door.

"Now, if you girls behave, will keep these ropes off," said a man walking towards them with a dagger in his hands. He walked behind Miaka, and cuts lose her feet and hands. He then proceeded to cut the bonds of both Nuriko and Hototnori. The group of men lead the three out of the door and down the hall to a big room, filled with tables, chairs, and other bandits.

"Hey, girls. I need a refill," called one of the men from inside the room shaking his glass in the air.

"What is this?" asked Hotohori

"Sire, they think that we are all women," said Nuriko to his ear in a quite whisper.

"Well, then we should not disappoint them then shall we?" asked Hotohori as he swung his hair over his shoulder and proceed to the men with a bottle of sake in his hands. "Here you are big boy." Miaka, and Nuriko both heard him say when he sat down next to them.

"I think that His Highness is enjoying this way to much," said Nuriko in a whisper again, this time to Miaka.

"Yea, I think you are right," said Miaka as she looked towards Hotohori laughing and serving the bandits drinks. "But we have to get out of here and help Alexisa."

"I know that, play along for now though," said Nuriko as he to walked off to serve some bandits more drinks.

The bandit proceeded to drag Alexisa along the halls and around several turns until they reached another door. The man stopped and knocked on the door; he waited a few minutes and then opened the door. Inside the room was a man that made Alexisa's stomach turn. He was fat, disgusting, and smelt of booze.

"Hey boss, I bought one of the girls."

The man looked at Alexisa and eyed her up and down. "This one has all the right curves in all the right places. Go and join the rest of the men," said the man as he dismissed the man. The man turned and walked towards the door. Alexisa looked towards him, her eyes pleading not t be left alone with this man. She knew that nothing good could come of this situation that she was in. She again tried to struggle with the ropes that bond her but still with no luck. She turned back around to face the man in front of her.

"Now, be a good little girl, and this will be over fast," said the man as he got to his feet and walked towards Alexisa.

'Not good at all, how the hell am I going to get out of this one?' though Alexisa, as she looked around the room trying to find an escape route, but not finding any. By this time the man had made his way in front of Alexisa and turned here head toward his with his finger n her chin.

"My, my you are a pretty thing," said the man as he pushed his lips against Alexisa's. Alexisa tried to move away from him, but he had bought his arm up behind her back and was pulling her towards him. He forced his tongue into her mouth and finally broke the kiss. He pulled back and looked at Alexisa again.

"Yes, you are the one that I want."

The man threw Alexisa behind him towards a bed that he was sitting on when she had walked through the door. Alexisa fell back onto the bed and tried to back away from the man that walked towards her and then he proceeded to climb onto the bed crawling towards Alexisa. Alexisa continued to back up until she no longer could. She had reached the head of the bed and had run out of room. She closed her eyes waiting for the man to reach her; she could feel his breath on her skin, when a cool breeze washed over her. She opened to eyes to see a dark figure standing in the doorway.

"Genrou, what are you doing here?"

"Hey there, Eiken. Nice bride you got there."

"I'm not his bride you idiot."

A swift breeze flew over the two and then Alexisa was on the other side of the room on the new comers' shoulders.

"Hey, let me go," yelled Alexisa as she moved and struggled against his hold.

"Stop, squirming will ya."

"Not until you let me go," said Alexisa as she kicked her legs harder trying to get the man to let go of her, but the only thing that happened was that the man held on tighter to her.

"LET ME GO!!" screamed Alexisa at the top of her lungs, she kicked her legs and tried once again to get out of the man's arms, but this time she managed to kicked the man in the chest and he dropped her to the ground below. She hit the ground harder than expected as well as on her injured leg, she hissed in pain that shot up through her leg and tried to back away from the man once again but the pain in her leg was too much. So she lay there in pain and hoped for a rescue when she heard a loud noise coming from the hallway. All three occupants in the room turned their heads towards the door to see what the noise was, and within a few seconds the noise had ceased but it was replaced with a loud booming noise, and the door shook.

"What the hell is going on out there?" asked the man that was on his knees on the bed.

Not long after the man had asked the question the door flew into the door reveling Nuriko, Hotohori, and Miaka.

"Who are these chicks?" asked the man that stood in the window.

"Alexisa, are you ok?" asked the girl in the far back.

"Um, yea, I'm fine," said Alexisa looking at the three in shock.

"Well, looks like this party is getting a little to crowded for me, RISE WOLVES," yelled the man in the window as three wolves appeared and started to attack the man on the bed and Hotohori and Nuriko. Nuriko and Hotohori stood and protected Miaka while the other man turned and crawled towards a box that was beside the bed.

"Genrou, you will pay for this," yelled the man as he opened the box and took its contents out and turned to face the wolf running towards him. "Rekka Shin'en." Flames shoot out from the fan engulfing the room in its flame. Hotohori grabbed Miaka, and raced down the hall out of the fires reach and Nuriko leaped for the window that was now open. When the flames died the only part of the room that was not charred black from the flames was the area behind the man that had casted the spell to call forth the flames. Once the flames had ceased Miaka slowly made her way back towards the room. The only thing that she saw was that man standing at the open window waving the fan above his head and yelling, she looked towards the spot that Alexisa had been only to see a burned pile of wood.

"No, it can't be."

"What just happened?" asked Nuriko as he made his way back from the window towards Miaka.

"Somehow that man made fire come out of that fan that he wields," said Hotohori as he came up behind Miaka.

"Where did that other guy get to? Where is Alexisa?" asked Nuriko as he looked around the room.

"There is no way that she could have gotten out, not with that leg injured the way it was."

"So, Alexisa is…"

"No, there is no way she could be, I don't see a charred body any where. She could still be alive," said Nuriko

"You really think so Nuriko. You mean she's alive somewhere?"

"Nuriko, I think we should leave while we can, we can't do anything to help Alexisa if we are captured again."

"Your right, Sire. Let's go Miaka," said Nuriko taking Miaka's arm and leading her down the hall to what they all hoped was the exit to this place.

Alexisa woke to yet another unfamiliar ceiling. She tried to sit up but a sharp pain ran up her left side of her body. 'Great you are not in this world for two days and this is the second time I find myself in an unfamiliar place with injures. I think I am doing great.' Thought Alexisa sarcastically. She turned her head to look around her and saw that man that had saved her from that bandit leader. He was sitting with his back towards her and it looked like he had started a small fire. Alexisa watched the man as he sat, he did not move just sat staring deep into the fire as if deep in thought over something. Alexisa decided to make her presence know to the man.

"So who the hell are you? And where in the hell am I now?"

The man turned around and faced her. He had a smirk on his face reveling two pointed teeth by the corners of his mouth. His red hair almost matched the flame that burned behind him, and he had on a white shirt that hung a little bit loose on him.

"Now what kind of sympathy is that for a guy that saved your life? Huh?"

"If you call that saving my life, you kidnap me."

"Sorry then missy, but I will be more than willing to take you back to Eiken and let him have his fun with you."

"So are you going to answer my question then are not?" asked Alexisa again trying to sit up, biting her lip through the pain.

"You really should not be moving, on top of that cut in your leg, you also got some burns from that traitor," said the man moving closer to her

Alexisa sat up and she noticed that there was a dark blue trench style coat laying over her, all expect her injured leg that it looked like it had been attended to yet again.

"Burns?"

"Yea, that man that I saved you from was Eiken, he was a bandit that followed the old leader, and when I left to go get some medicine from him, it looks like he took over the joint. He even has the leaders fan," said the man as he looked down at her leg. "Name's Genrou."

"Genrou, well thanks for helping me out. Just have not had the best of luck the past few days," said Alexisa smiling and rubbing the back of her head.

"So that guy Eiken is a traitor you say?"

"Yea, the last boss was sick so I left to go and get some medicine, but on my way back my horse was stolen and I did not make it in time. Then Eiken named himself leader, and took a hold of that fan. The only reason that he did it was because he knew that I was supposed to replace the old leader, but now that he has that fan…"

"So I get it, the leader has the fan. Well if it was supposed to be yours then I'll help you get it back."

"What? You serious?"

"Why not, it's the least I can do for saving my ass."

"But with that leg of yours, you would just get in the way."

"Don't worry about me, I am stronger than I look," said Alexisa standing up but using the wall as a support.

"Yea, sure you are," said Genrou as he turned his back to her once again and faced the fire.

"So, what are you thinking about?" asked Alexisa as she hobbled up beside him.

"I am trying to figure out how to get that fan back without hurting the men to much. Since that is the only reason that they follow Eiken is because of that fan."

"The fan?"

"Yea, that fan that he waves around shoots out fire and is supposed to be the possession of the leader of Mt. Reikaku bandits."

"So that is why the men fear him, since he holds that fan," said Alexisa as she sat down on the other side of the fire.

Genrou looked up as she sat down, he could tell that she was not fine and that leg of hers was causing her pain, but he got the impression that she would not sit still, as he sat and though a knock broke him from his trance.

"Knock."

Genrou and Alexisa turned their heads to the door as it opened to reveal the man that had bought Alexisa to see that man Eiken.

"Kouji?"

"Who else would it be? You big idiot. Who else knows about this secret hideout," said the man as he joined arms with Genrou and did a little dance.

Alexisa just stared at this greeting and waited until the tow men stopped what they were doing and looked at her.

"Who's the chick?" asked the newcomer

"I am not a chick, and my name is Alexisa," said Alexisa, as she looked the man in the eyes. "And weren't you the one that bought me to see that pig?"

"Uh yea, sorry bout that, but I had to follow orders. So Genrou what are you going to do to get that fan back?"

"I have no clue, I know there is a tunnel that I can use to sneak into the base but what I don't know how to do is to get that fan back.

"What about those wolves?"

"What about them? Oh you means these," said Genrou holding up the pieces of paper. "These are just illusions that some wondering mage taught me."

"How do they work?"

"Well you put what you want to appear on these pieces of paper, then you just cal on them when you need them."

"So how are we going to get that fan back?" asked Alexisa

"We?"

"Yea remember I told you that I would help you out remember?" said Alexisa standing up again only winching a little from the pain.

"And I said no, your leg is in bad shape you would only get in the way."

"I am helping you out whether you like it or not, so get used to it pal," said Alexisa as she walked around the room. "And besides my leg is fine. You don't need to worry about a thing."

"So…" said Alexisa as she turned to face the two once again.

"Well Eiken is probably pissed now that he knows your back Genrou, so he won't be drinking like he usual does. That only leaves one thing. To sneak in and take back the fan from him," said Kouji

"Well then let's get going, we won't do anything just sitting around here," said Alexisa standing up and walking towards the door.

"Where do you think your going?"

"I told you. I am going to help you get that fan back," said Alexisa turning around to face Genrou.

"With that leg," said Kouji pointing down to her leg.

"What, it's fine, I mean it hurts a little. Don't worry about it too much I have always healed fast. Now are we going," said Alexisa walking to the door and walking out into the night.

"Hey Genrou, where did you pick up this girl. She's nuts, thinking she can help out," said Kouji looking at his friend.

"Tell me about it man. Well we better get going," said Genrou getting up and walking out the door to follow Alexisa.

"Hey, do you even know where the hell you goin?"

"Hum, now that you mention it no, but it got you to follow me right?"

"Do us a favor and stay out of the way. Ok?"

Alexisa watched as Genrou and Kouji walked past her in walked down the path. She followed behind them trying not trip over the roots or rocks that were in the path. They walked for a bout five minutes until they came to a stop. Genrou and Kouji crouched own behind some bushes and looked towards a building that appeared on the mountain above them, Alexisa came up from behind them and listen to what they were saying.

"All the boys are following him, cuz he has that damn fan."

"So all we need to do is to sneak in there and take that fan back."

"Yea, but what is your plan Genrou, Eiken is going to be expecting something like this."

"Well, then we will just need to figure out something he won't be expecting."

The group sat there for a little over an hour. Alexisa sat and watched the bandits, she tried to talk to them but every time they just shrugged her off and paid little attention to her.

"Well, boys this has been fun, but I have a fan to return to it rightful owner," said Alexisa as she got up and walked towards the fortress that stood in the hillside.

Genrou and Kouji just watched in shock as this girl was just going to walk right into the stronghold and demand that fan.

"She has to have a better plan right?" asked Genrou as he watched her walk to the front door. "I guess not," as he leaped up started to run towards the door.