Kida: I'm so freaking tired.

Naruto: Oh yeah, you had exams this week, didn't you?

Kida: Yes! And I freakin' hated every last second of it!

Tamahome: Glad I don't have to go through that.

Kida: Silence! I kill you, infidel!

Kido: *Sweat-drops* You need to lay of the Jeff Dunham shows. Kida Tenshi does not own Naruto and Fushigi Yuugi. She only owns Aika Hitsubasa and future OCs. Enjoy!

The Lady Aika, Priestess of Suzaku, traveled to the village of her beloved Tamahome. There she met his family and helped care for the children. But soon Aika was attacked by a ruthless Kutou assassin who held Tamahome's family hostage to force her to surrender. She defeated him and was assisted by a strange fellow called Chichiri who was revealed to be one of the Suzaku Seven by the symbol by which appeared on his knee when she took a look. Lady Aika began to realize that whoever she called 'friend' would soon meet with trouble.

"I'm sorry. I've gotta go," Aika said to them before running out of the house. And so the Lady Aika set out alone for Kutou to find her best friend Yui.

~0~

"Hotohori, the young and powerful Emperor of Konan, devoted himself every day to praying for the safety of the Priestess of Suzaku," Naruto read while Sasuke listened.

~0~

Hotohori was at the statue of Suzaku, his hands together as he prayed to it. He soon opened his eyes and looked at the statue.

"My heart is filled with foreboding. I must pray that Aika remains safe. Suzaku, great God of our proud land, protect us all and watch over the Priestess of Suzaku who is destined to gain your powers and save all of Konan. If I were free of my burdens, a commoner like Tamahome and Nuriko, I would never leave your side, Aika. I would do anything to protect you. Even risk my own life. Please, Aika…be safe."

~0~

Tamahome's fist hit the table.

"She's been gone way too long! Why would Aika wanna run off alone like that?" He asked glaring a bit.

"It might be something personal," Nuriko replied.

"Like?" Chichiri inquired.

"You know, a girl thing."

"A girl thing?"

"Wait, I remember. Before she took off, I heard her saying the name Yui," Nuriko remembered.

"Yui is her friend," Tamahome stated, remembering when Aika mentioned Yui and Naruto.

"We were talking about Kutou's search for the Priestess of Seiryuu when she said it. I wonder, did she see a connection?" Chichiri asked.

"Yui? I've never even met the girl, but from what Aika told me, she wouldn't do such a thing. But if she came to our world…" Tamahome started before his eyes widened and he stood. "I know where she went!" He said going to the door.

"Tamahome?" Nuriko asked.

"Nuriko, watch over my family," Tamahome said to him before leaving.

"Tamahome!" He called before the door closed. "How come we get left behind?"

"Speak for yourself, ya know. See ya!" Chichiri said before disappearing through his hat.

~0~

"So, you're looking for the land of Kutou," a man said to her.

"Yes," Aika smiled kindly.

"Head that way," he pointed right. "There's a short cut through the woods that will get you there in no time."

'I have to cover as much ground as I can before Tamahome comes after me,' Aika thought before looking at the man with a smile. "Thank you, sir," she said before she started walking.

~0~

"Aika!" Tamahome shouted as he ran. "Aika!" He called hoping she would answer. He soon made it to a bridge and saw a man who told him he had seen Aika. "What? You told her to go through the forest?"

"That's right."

"That forest is dangerous!" Tamahome exclaimed before heading the forest.

"Oh…yeah," the man muttered.

~0~

Aika kept walking until she saw she was in a clearing area of the forest, looking around. She stretched a little and looked up at the trees that clouded the sky a bit.

"This place is beautiful," she said, having liked nature places like this. She began walking again, stopping when she heard something. She looked over and saw a tiger. It was male and looked annoyed that she was in his territory. Aika stayed calm and kept a level eye with the tiger. "Hey now, big fella, I'm just passing through. You don't need to worry about me hurting any of your friends here. I promise, my friend," she said calmly to him. The tiger growled a bit and went to jump down by her. Suddenly Tamahome appeared and kicked the tiger away. Tamahome then grabbed a stick and hit it away. "Tamahome, stop!" Aika shouted surprising the blue haired man. She walked around him and started making her way over to the tiger.

"Aika, don't!" Tamahome protested. Aika didn't listen to him. She knelt down in front of the tiger and started gently petting the tiger's head. Aika smiled softly when the tiger began purring, eyes closed and ears back in comfort.

"There we go. Now, go home to your family, my friend," she said calmly. The tiger licked her cheek making her giggle before it ran off. Aika stood and walked over to Tamahome who was flabbergasted.

"What the hell-?!"

"Animals are no different than humans. He was trying to protect his home. What do you do to someone when they think you're trespassing on their territory? You assure them that you're not and show that you mean peace. The tiger was just going to jump down until you kicked him," Aika said with a deadpanned tone. He was a little embarrassed until he sighed.

"Are you all right, Aika?" He asked me.

"You have to stop this," she said making him look at her. "You have to stop putting your life in danger to save me all the time."

"What are you talking about? You're the one person I've got to keep safe no matter what the cost," Tamahome protested. "What if no one was around to hear you scream if that tiger did attack? You'd be tiger food by now!"

"If you didn't, innocent people would suffer on your account," Chichiri told her. Aika frowned and turned her back to him.

"I left to keep you and your family safe. I've already lost too much, Tamahome. My parents, friends. If you were hurt…I would just die," she stated knowing the pain of heart break. Tamahome's eyes widened. He then wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind, pulling her back to his chest. Aika's eyes widened as she blushed a bit. Tamahome buried his face in her apple scented raven hair.

"Please let me stay with you, Aika. In the three months since you left, I've missed you every minute of every day. I never realized how I truly felt about you until you were gone. But now I can't imagine going back to living my life without you. I swear that I'll protect you, no matter what," he vowed, his voice sincere and true. Aika turned to him before burying her face in his chest as he held her, her arms wrapped around his torso. "Don't worry about me, just don't ever leave my side again." Aika listened to his heart beat.

'Tamahome, you are truly the only one who has ever made me feel this safe. Just by listening to you say this, I know you would die for me. I know because I've seen this with Hinata and Naruto…..but you have a family you need to take care of. I-I can't take that away from you. I can't let your family suffer the loss of a brother and son just I suffered the loss of a mother and father. I can't…I'm so sorry, Tamahome. Just know that I love you and once this is over I'll be back,' she thought to herself. She pulled back a bit and gave a sad smile to him. "I'm so sorry, Tamahome," she murmured.

"What are you talking about, Aika?" Tamahome asked confused. Aika took something off from around her neck. It was a black wired necklace that had a ruby shaped like a flame, on it was the Hidden Leaf symbol. She tied it around his neck.

"I can't let you get hurt and let your family suffer like I have…." She softly cupped his cheek. "Just know that I'll be back before you know it," she said before standing on her tip toes and softly kissing his forehead surprising him. "I'm sorry," she whispered before touching a pressure point on the back of his neck. Tamahome then slumped against her. Aika held him and took him over to a nearby tree, sitting him against it so he could rest. She gently moved some hair from his eyes. "I was too weak to save everyone back home before…but I'm strong enough to save you now," she said softly before standing with her bag. She then took off running out of the forest. She found a wagon rolling by and ran after it before jumping and softly landing in the hay. She looked back at the forest with sad brown eyes. 'I'm sorry, Tamahome, but I have to find Yui. I got her into this and I owe it to her to get her out of it. Forgive me, Tamahome.' What she didn't know was that Chichiri had watched the whole thing.

~0~

Now it was night out now and Tamahome was back home, getting his horse set up to go after her.

"Of all the idiotic things! She has gone to Kutou by herself! I have to find her," he said getting on his horse.

"Tamahome!" Nuriko called. "What am I supposed to tell your family?" He demanded. Chuei looked at his elder brother.

"Brother?" He asked. Tamahome remained silent and gave a small smile before subconsciously clutching the necklace around his neck. Chuei smiled at him. "Don't worry. See you when you get back." Tamahome smiled and nodded.

"Tamahome…" Nuriko stepped up.

"Nuriko, go back to the capitol and tell Hotohori what's happened," Tamahome said.

"You're not going after her by yourself, are you?"

"You know, up until now, everything I've ever done has been for my family. I didn't worry about making myself happy because my family's happiness came first and along the way I denied myself so many things. That's why I've never had a girlfriend. But then Aika suddenly appeared in my life and now she's…she's worked her way so deep into my heart I could live without her. I love her and that's why I'll risk my life for her," Tamahome said honestly with determination in his eyes as he held the ruby flame of the necklace in his hand.

"Tama…Tama…" Nuriko said surprised and touched by his speech.

"What? You think you're never gonna see me again?! Have a little faith, would ya!" Tamahome told her. Nuriko chuckled.

~0~

Aika sighed as she hugged her knees to her chest.

'I knocked him out. I knocked him out and ran off. Tamahome but be furious with me. But I have to find Yui no matter what…and I can't let his family suffer because of me,' she thought. Soon the wagon stopped.

"Hold up, old girl," the wagon driver said to his horse as he got off. He went to the back of the wagon and gasped a bit when he saw the sleeping girl there in the hay. "What-?" He soon woke up the girl up and had her stay with him and his wife. They were all having dinner.

"Can I have another please?" Aika asked politely.

"Wow, what an appetite!" The man said surprised and amused.

"Sorry, I haven't eaten since yesterday," Aika said with a sheepish smile. The man nodded in understanding.

"So you traveled a whole day. Don't you know you could get hurt?" He asked her almost like he was scolding her.

"Oh! No worries, I know how to fight," Aika smiled.

"Good, then we have no need to worry," the woman smiled back as stayed next to her husband.

"You two seem so in love," Aika mused as she was handed the rice bowl.

"We got married two months ago," the man and woman smiled. Aika kept a smile, but was inwardly frowning.

'Tamahome…' she thought to herself as she remembered back to the forest when Tamahome was holding her. The next morning, the man had asked a friend to take Aika to where she needed to go. Aika was currently sitting in the front.

"Take good care of her, alright?" The man asked. Aika smiled, grateful that the guy was nice enough to care even after one night.

"Sure thing," the driver replied.

"Lucky for you this man was on his way to the border," the woman said to Aika.

"Yeah. Thank you so much for everything," Aika smiled with a bow.

"Our pleasure," the man replied smiling back.

"I wonder, may I ask you to do one more favor for me?" Aika asked them.

"Of course," the woman smiled warmly.

"If a boy named Tamahome comes looking for me, there's something I'd like you to tell him," Aika said before telling them the message. What she didn't know was the Chichiri was following her, hiding in the tree.

~0~

"What?! Aika went to Kutou by herself?!" Hotohori asked anxious and worried. Nuriko was kneeling in front of him with a frown.

"Your Highness, forgive me, but it's true. We were with her, but she snuck out," Nuriko told him. Hotohori's eyes widened a bit before narrowing.

"Bring a horse at once!" He ordered.

"Highness, may I ask what it is you're planning to do?" The councilor asked.

"I intend to bring her back!" Hotohori nearly snapped as he started to walk.

"Not an option. We can't have our Emperor running off to an enemy nation on his own," the councilor stated.

"But what if something terrible were to happen to Aika?"

"Please, Sire! Give this some thought! Your presence could ignite a war and that won't help the Priestess!" The councilor reasoned making Hotohori's eyes widen. He then looked down with a frown.

"Point taken…I don't know what I was thinking," he sighed before sitting back down in his chair.

"Send the fastest scouts on the fastest horses! The Priestess must be found! Quickly!" The councilor ordered the guards. Nuriko saw that Hotohori was distraught and worried, even he felt the same.

~0~

Tamahome rode his horse and soon made it to the house where Aika had stayed the night. There was a woman saw him and gasped.

"Wait! You're Tamahome, aren't you?" She asked making him stop. He nodded a little surprised. "Great, a girl gave me a message for you a few days ago."

"This girl, was she…was her name Aika?" He asked. The woman smiled and nodded.

"Aika said she'd be fine by herself and not to follow her."

"I'll be fine by myself, Tamahome. Don't follow me." Tamahome could just hear Aika saying that. He thanked the woman and had his horse started running.

'Why, Aika? Why are you running away from me?' He thought as his horse ran.

~0~

"This is the border," the man said to Aika as they pulled up

"Whoa…" Aika whispered looking at it.

"Just through that gate and you're in Kutou."

"Really? Thanks, sir," Aika smiled at him in thanks before looking at the gate. 'I'm finally here,' she thought as she got off the wagon. 'I don't even know if Yui is in Kutou, but I've come this far and I'm not going to turn back. Here goes nothing,' she thought as she began walking in. Some Guards saw her. "Good morning, good sirs," she said politely.

"Hey, we can't let you in without a passport," one of the guards said.

"Um, well, you see, about that…." Aika let out a nervous giggle.

"Strange outfit she's wearing," the other guard said.

"Hm? You're right."

"The General mention something about a girl from another world with strange clothe."

"Could she be the legendary Priestess of Seiryuu?"

'They're still looking for the Priestess. That means they haven't found Yui!' Aika thought. She smirked at them. "Yeah, I just might be that Priestess. What's it to you, hm?" She asked.

"You have any proof?" The guard asked.

"How about the fact that if you don't let me pass then I'll kick your ass so hard your grandchildren will feel it?" Aika asked sounding like a smart-ass. This girl is stressed. You don't like her when she's stressed. The guards looked at her disbelievingly. Aika rolled her eyes and did a hand seal. "Sorry, I'm not in the mood," she muttered. She knew they had their eyes on her hand and then were stuck in a Genjutsu. "See ya, suckers!" She grinned before going to go ahead. Chichiri had watched the whole thing.

"Whoa, not too bad, ya know. She's quite the fire cracker, ya know," he whispered to himself. Aika then stopped when she saw a guy in blue armor with a purple wrap covering the lower half of his face walk up, sitting on his horse. She saw his blond hair and…

'What blue eyes…almost the same blue as Naruto's. Who is this guy?' Aika thought.

"G-General!"

"General?" Aika whispered with narrowed eyes.

"Sir, we're frozen like this!" One of the guards said.

"By a simple spell? How pathetic," the General said. Aika will admit, his deep voice was making her heart swoon a bit.

"Actually, more like a Genjutsu," Aika stated making the General look at her. She sighed a bit and did a hand seal a she looked at the guards. "Release!" She exclaimed before the guards were free. "See? Genjutsu," she told the General.

"Now tell me who the girl is," the General ordered the guards.

'Um yeah, I'm right here,' Aika thought.

"Sir, she's claiming to be the Priestess of Seiryuu, Milord." That got the General to look at her with slight surprise.

"The Priestess of Seiryuu?"

"That's what she says, sir," the guard replied.

"Yeah, and she can still hear you seeing as she's standing right here. Sheesh, people have no respect anymore," Aika mumbled making the General smirk under his wrap.

"Then at last, our prayers have been answered. We found you at last," he said to her before looking at one of the guards. "You, ride to the capitol and inform his Highness. Tell him we're approaching with the Priestess of Seiryuu in escort," he ordered.

"Well, you see, I'm kind of looking for a friend of mine so…" Aika trailed off until she saw Tamahome being stopped by a couple guards.

"Hold it! Where's your passport?"

"I don't have one! Let me through!" Tamahome told them.

"Tamahome?" Aika whispered shocked.

"I said 'get out of my way'! Let me through!" Tamahome demanded of the guards.

'You came all this way for me, didn't you, Tamahome?' Aika thought with a slight blush. She inwardly sighed a bit before looking at the General. "I've changed my mind. Let's go, right away," she told him. 'If I call out to Tamahome now, it'll only cause trouble. Not just for me, but for him and his family. It could get him killed! I don't have a choice.'

"Stand aside! I'm just looking for someone!" Tamahome shouted before Chichiri grabbed him.

"My buddy here's been at the bottle, ya know! He's drunk! He's babbling! A little messed up, ya know! And he owes a bar tab!" Chichiri said as he dragged Tamahome away. Aika watched them as she sat in front of the General on his horse.

"Milady, what's your name?" The General asked.

"A-Aika," Aika replied.

"Aika…a beautiful name. Love Song, yes?" He asked making Aika blush slightly.

"Yes," she replied. She had not been expecting that compliment from him.

"Chichiri, what are you doing?!" Tamahome demanded until Chichiri shushed him.

"I believe Aika's being taken to the Emperor of Kutou. She was just escorted away by soldiers."

"What?!"

"It's too dangerous to just walk in looking for her, ya know. Let me handle it," Chichiri said to him.

~0~

Aika made her way up to where the Emperor of Kutou is and inwardly groaned.

'Aika, you've really done it this time,' she thought before looking at the Emperor who smirked.

"Well, what an honor it is to meet the Priestess of Seiryuu from the Universe of the Four Gods," he said to her. Aika sweat-dropped.

'He may be an Emperor, but he's way different from Hotohori,' she thought.

"Nakago, do you believe she is the Priestess of Seiryuu?" The Emperor asked making Aika look at the General. She then saw Nakago remove his helmet and she blushed as she saw his golden blond hair.

"I think it is quite possible," he replied with a small smile. That made Aika blush more.

'Hot damn! Pun intended! I've never seen a blond so beautiful and handsome!' She thought to herself.

"When I found her, she was having trouble at the gate so I brought her here myself," Nakago stated.

"I see. Well done, Nakago! Now our kingdom has nothing to fear from Konan's Priestess of Suzaku! The youngster who rules Konan will soon kneel down in defeat before the Kutou thrown!" The Emperor smirked. Aika was now angered at that comment.

"Okay, listen here! Just because he's younger doesn't mean you should underestimate him! That's the first rule about anything! Never underestimate your opponent! What are ya, an amateur?! Sheesh!" She exclaimed. Hey, may as well look like she's helping him. Nakago smirked a bit at her spunk while the Emperor blinked in shock.

"Your Highness, I've brought someone else for you to meet. I'm sure you'll find her interesting," Nakago said before waving to the guard to let the person in. Aika looked over with interest and suddenly saw a girl with short blond hair and blue eyes wearing a dark blue kimono with a light blue sash, white thigh-high leggings and black knee high boots. Aika gasped.

"Y-Yui…Yui!"

"Aika?" Yui asked surprised.

"Yui, is that really you?" Aika asked her, worry in her warm brown eyes. She walked up before hugging the girl. "You're okay! I was so worried," she said as her bag feel. Nakago then saw a red scroll in her bag. Yui had tears running down her cheeks as she smiled, hugging her best friend back.

"Aika, how can you be here? You went back to our world," she said.

"I came back to look for you. I made it home thanks to you. When Naruto and I saw that you weren't there, we knew what must have happened. And there's no way I'm going to leave my best friend alone in this place. I really missed you," Aika said as tears formed in her eyes.

"You came back just for me?" Yui asked her sister figure. Aika pulled back with a smile.

"We're best friends, aren't we?"

"Yeah, the best friends ever. Thank you, Aika," Yui smiled before hugging her friend again.

"Which one of them is the Priestess of Seiryuu?" The Emperor asked Nakago. Nakago opened the red scroll and read it.

"Highness, she was carrying Suzaku's Universe of the Four Gods," Nakago stated making Aika frown.

'Shit! Cover's been blown,' Aika thought.

"What?!" Emperor roared.

~0~

"The handsome General opened the scroll and began to read from it," Naruto read feeling worried.

"Aika…" Sasuke whispered hoping she would be safe.

Kida: Shit, Aika's been caught.

Tamahome: That's your own fault! You wrote this thing!

Kida: Nope! Yuu Watase did! She wrote that Miaka would be caught so Aika had to be caught!

Naruto: *Sweat-drops* Got a point there.

Kida: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Please favorite and comment! Those comments fuel me up. And if I wanna win the race then I need gasoline, people!