Kida: 34 more chapters to go until I get to the OVAs!

Naruto: You seem pretty excited.

Kida: Of course! But I'm not liking the next chapter...Damn Yui.

Tasuki: How come I had a feeling it had to do with her?

Kida: Oh! You'll see why I hate that girl so much! Anyways, I, Kida Tenshi, do not own Naruto or Fushigi Yuugi, no matter how much I wish I did. I only own Aika Hitsubasa and any other future OCs. Please enjoy!

Hearing from Myou Juan Shoka was no longer living, Hotohori and the others raced back to rescue the Lady Aika. Shoka had died of a terrible disease a year earlier while waiting for her love, Myou Juan to return. She became possessed by the Shinkonki demon and cultivated the epidemic that plagued the city. After destroying the demon, who was once his love, Myou Juan revealed that he was Mitsukake of the Suzaku Seven.

"I am the Suzaku Warrior known as Mitsukake. That was my healing power," Mitsukake told them. A week passed and now they were at a shack that had a water mill. Aika was making a list of what she would need for her shop.

"Okay, one hundred individual kunais, two hundred individual shuriken, five hundred paper bombs, one hundred copies of Jiraiya's book, two hundred compacts of healing and disinfectant ointment, one hundred rolls of bandages, and one hundred bottles of peroxide," Aika quietly listed to herself. Kurama growled.

"Just because you're whispering doesn't mean I can't hear you!?" He hissed quietly.

"Look, I'm sorry okay. I just need to make sure I have the list I need for opening my shop. I didn't even realize I was reading them out loud. I want to be prepared for when I open my shop and I wanted to make sure I had everything on the list that I planned to sell," Aika said to him.

"Look, I get it, it's important to you because of your father, but we're all exhausted here! Ever since we found Mitsukake at Choko we've been wondering around these last four or five days searching for the final member. The mirror hasn't give us so much as a glimmer. Are you sure you didn't break it?" Kurama asked her with a look.

"Will you quit your complaining? We just have one more Warrior to find. Never give up! You should know that better than anybody seeing as Naruto was your freaking host!" Aika snapped quietly.

"Okay! I get it! We won't give up! Just let me lie down some more first! I need sleep!" Kurama said quietly as he laid down. Aika suddenly heard a flute playing and looked out the window.

'That's a flute. Who could be playing it this early in the morning? It…it sounds just like how mom used to play,' she frowned as she thought of her mother. She laid down after packing her list away. She listened to the flute playing and it seemed to sooth her. 'Mama…I miss you and papa so much,' she thought sadly. The next morning they were all walking down the path, Hotohori having Aika ride with him on his horse while the others had no choice but to walk. "Guys, I swear I heard a flute playing," she said to the Warriors.

"Mitsukake, did you hear anything?" Tasuki asked.

"No," Mitsukake replied.

"It was probably just some stupid bugs chirping," Nuriko said.

"Maybe you're just hearing things, Kit," Kurama muttered while Aika gave an irritated sigh.

"If Aika says she heard a flute then I believe there was one there," Hotohori said defending Aika.

"Hey, look, I can see a village in the distance," Tasuki announced making Aika looked over. Her eyes widened.

"That's Tamahome's village!" She smiled.

"You're right! But we were here quite a while ago now," Nuriko said.

"And this is where we found Chichiri," Aika said as she remembered the monk. "And Tamahome's family too, his little brothers and sisters and his father who's sick," she said before her eyes widened and she looked at Mitsukake. "Mitsukake, please come with me, quickly!" She said getting off the horse.

"Of course," Mitsukake nodded. They then ran to Tamahome's house.

"H-have you seen the doctor anywhere!" A boy asked two women. The women shook their heads and he looked at the two people running. "Priestess?" He asked making Aika stop. She looked over and saw Chuei. "Priestess, it really is you!"

"Chuei!" Aika frowned seeing how out of breath he was. Chuei got down on his hands and knees. Aika ran over with Mitsukake and knelt beside Tamahome's little brother. "What's wrong?"

"P-papa's gotten a lot worse. I went to the doctor but he's not there. No one knows where-oh Priestess, please help us," Chuei pleaded. Aika looked at Mitsukake pleadingly.

"Where's your home, son?" Mitsukake asked right when Aika looked at him. With that, Chuei led them to the house, staying close to Aika. At the house, Mitsukake looked over Tamahome's father. "He's very weak."

"Can you help? Please, doctor?" Chuei begged while Aika wrapped her arms around Chuei's and Gyokuran's shoulders.

"Don't worry, Chuei. He'll be fine," Mitsukake assured before looking back at the father. "Healing forces!" He said placing his hand over the father's chest. His hand glowed green while his mark glowed. Soon it ended and the mark faded for the time being. They all waited until the man opened his eyes and looked at Mitsukake.

"Papa!" Chuei said.

"What's all this?" Tamahome's father asked.

"It's all right now. You've been completely cured of your illness," Mitsukake assured him.

"I can feel it also. How can we ever thank you for your kindness?" The man smiled. He then looked at Aika. "And Lady Aika, it's wonderful to see you again."

"As it is to see you, sir. And please, just call me Aika," she smiled back at him. She heard Mitsukake groan and frowned as she rushed to his side while Tamahome's father sat up. "Mitsukake, are you all right?" She asked concerned.

"I'll recover with some rest. I only have enough strength in me to heal with this power once in a day," Mitsukake replied. Chuei came over.

"Here, take this money as payment for-"

"I don't want that. Use the money to buy a nice fresh fish for your father's supper," Mitsukake said to the boy. Niko meowed and popped out of his jacket. Mitsukake chuckled and pet Niko. "And for him too." Aika giggled softly at her feline.

"Niko, always has to have a fish," she mused shaking her head.

"Right, I'll go get one now!" Chuei smiled before running off. Aika smiled as she watched him leave.

'Tamahome would be so happy if he were here right now with them,' she thought. Outside the house, Hotohori, Tasuki, and Nuriko were making their way over to the house when they saw the boy run by. Aika looked at Gyokuran, Shunkei, and Yuiren who grabbed her hands.

"Priestess, why isn't our brother here with you?" Gyokuran asked. Aika gave a small smile to them.

"He needed to get away for a little while," she said to them. 'I can't tell them he's in Kutou as a prisoner. I know Tamahome wouldn't want them to worry…I don't want them to worry either,' she thought to herself as they others walked in.

"This is Tamahome's dwelling?" Hotohori asked looking around. "I didn't think families living in this kind of utter poverty really existed. In my Empire the Emperor should rule so his subjects never have to be exposed to this kind of life." Yuiren tugged on his tunic. Hotohori smiled at her and knelt down to her level. "What is it, child?"

"Are you my big brother's wife, miss?" Yuiren asked innocently which made Aika giggled softly thinking it was cute.

"No, I'm a man," Hotohori replied, finding it adorable as well.

"But you're so beautiful," Yuiren said to him. Hotohori hugged her.

"Even though they're poor, they're so bright and honest," he said making Aika and Tasuki sweat-drop.

"Hey! Just because someone is poor doesn't mean they get a poor education!" Kurama exclaimed. Yuiren looked at him and grinned.

"A cute fox!" She said before hugging Kurama. Kurama blushed a bit.

"Uh…h-hey, kid….I-I'm not too used to hugging…" Kurama said while Aika laughed softly.

"Come on, Kurama. She's a little girl. Just make her happy and hug her back," she said making Kurama grumbled before he nuzzled Yuiren making her giggle. Gyokuran and Yuiren played with Kurama who seemed to be okay with it.

"Doctor! Doctor! I brought the fish!" Chuei said running back with a fish in his hands. His hair was down and he looked so much like Tamahome. You'd think they were almost twins. "I'll cook it up right away!" Aika smiled a bit and walked over to him. She placed a hand on his head.

"Thank you, Chuei. How about I help you cook some dinner?" She suggested. Chuei smiled at her.

"Okay. Thank you, Priestess!" He said to her.

"Hey, just call me Aika, okay?" Aika smiled as she ruffled his hair a little. Chuei chuckled and nodded.

"One can tell that they are brothers. He does look a lot like Tamahome," Hotohori said seeing it as well. The two began making dinner then.

"You caught this fish in the river, so where's Tamahome's money?" Aika asked curious as she chopped the fish.

"I'm saving it. Before I spend one small coin, I think it through and through and through!" Chuei replied as he got the pot ready. Aika smiled.

"You're just like your brother where money's concerned," Nuriko smiled as he walked up. Aika looked at Chuei again.

'He really is like him,' she mused before going back to chopping. 'Where is Chiriko, the last one? I have to find him fast so that I can see Tamahome again and then bring Yui home,' she thought as she and Chuei cooked. Soon it was finished. "Guys, dinner's ready," she called.

"Whoa! Smells good, Kits!" Kurama said from Gyokuran's head as they came to the table.

"Heh, thanks, Kurama. I couldn't have done it without Chuei's help though," Aika smiled as she patted the said boy's shoulder. Chuei smiled and they all began eating. What they didn't know was that they were being watched by a Kutou assassin.

"I have found you, Priestess of Suzaku," he said quietly.

~0~

Back in Kutou, it was very windy outside and it could be heard from Tamahome's room where Yui was attending to his wounds. Tamahome slowly woke up and opened his eyes making Yui gasp a bit.

"Tamahome?" She asked softly.

"I…ugh!" Tamahome groaned as he tried to sit up until he felt his wounds.

"Don't move! You've been hurt very badly," Yui said as she helped him lay back down. "You were sound asleep for the last five days," she said before going to clean the cloth.

"You mean you've been here all that time taking care of me?" Tamahome asked her. He smiled a bit. "Thank you, Yui." Yui smiled back and placed a cool cloth on his forehead. "Five days, huh? I wonder how Aika is," he said holding the cloth to his head. "I hope that they got her help and that she's out of danger. That bully! That impulsive good for nothing Nakago! If he hadn't beaten me so bad I coulda-!"

"Why?" Yui asked softly.

"Huh?"

"Why do you still worry about Aika?! After all that's happened to you! Why can't you just forget about her and all her little games?!" Yui exclaimed.

"Yu-." Tamahome was cut off by Yui kissing him which made his eyes widen. She pulled back and he frowned. "Yui…" Yui gently rested her head on his should.

"I love you, so much," Yui said to him.

"And Yui…she's in love with you too," Aika had told him.

"Please, as long as you're here, don't talk about Aika. I'll do anything for you. Let me show you. I will," Yui said before the lights went out from the wind that burst in through the window. They both sat up.

"Yui, you shouldn't…." Tamahome trailed off. Yui took off running. "Yui!"

~0~

Aika was brushing her teeth, thinking to herself as she looked out the window.

"Aika, hurry up and go to bed. We'll start our search again first thing tomorrow morning, early," Nuriko called.

"Um…do bats attack people?" Aika said curious as she looked out and saw bats on the tree.

"Bats? No, healthy bats don't normally attack you. They send out ultra-sonic waves in the dark and can hear when the waves hit up against object so that they steer clear of them. Steering with their hearing. It's at a high frequency that people never hear," Nuriko said with a yawn.

'Sounds that people can't hear, like that flute this morning,' Aika thought to herself.

"Come on, Kit. We need to get some sleep," Kurama said before Aika came over.

"I'm coming, don't get your tails in a twist," Aika muttered climbing into bed. She soon fell asleep until she suddenly heard the flute again. 'The flute. It's that flute again.' She looked over her bonk at Nuriko. "Nuriko, wake up. Do you hear it now? The flute?" She asked.

"What now?" Nuriko asked before staying quiet. "I don't hear anything," he said before going back to sleep. Aika's eyes narrowed a bit.

'Only I hear it? If it weren't for the fact that I'm human, I would swear I had bat ears,' she thought until she didn't hear the flute anymore. "It stopped," she whispered. She grabbed her kunai and went to the door before opening it. She walked out of the house and gasped a bit when she saw a whole tree filled with bats. Suddenly the swarm of bats went to attack her and she screamed. They bats kept attacking her. 'Something's wrong! Bats don't normally attack! Is someone after me again?! That means Chuei and the others could be in danger too!' She thought before she took off running to the woods to make sure no one else got hurt.

"Aika!" Hotohori called as he and Tasuki ran out. They then started running after Aika.

'I have to get far away from them!' She thought before she tripped on a tree root, landing on the ground. She then screamed as the bats attacked her again. "Get off me!" Aika shouted hitting some off with her kunai.

"Aika!" Hotohori said trying to get the bats off. "Tasuki! Do it!" He called.

"Together!" Aika shouted at Tasuki who nodded. She did hand seals. "Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

"Rekka Shinen!" Tasuki shouted as well before their fires combined and got rid of the bats. But more showed up. "Again!" He shouted trying to get rid of those bats until more came. "Where are they all coming from?! So many of them!" He shouted before he and Hotohori were suddenly attacked by bats. Hotohori grabbed Aika and tried to protect her from the bats. Tasuki even tried to block her from being attacked.

'Someone is definitely after me. No doubt from Kutou,' she thought. In the tree was a Kutou assassin, watching and smirking as the three were attacked.

"Yes, my lovelies, devour the Priestess of Suzaku," he said. Suddenly the flute started playing making the bats fly away and crash into threes.

"They're crashing into the trees," Aika said with surprise.

"What is happening to them all?" The assassin asked as a young man with short blondish green hair played the flute. He wore a dark blue head band, a light blue shirt, dark blue pants, and a dark blue sash. The assassin held his head. "My head! Stop that noise!" He shouted. The boy kept going, opening his blue eyes as he made the noise louder. The assassin suddenly died and fell to the ground. The three stood up and looked over at the teenage boy who began walking over.

"So, you're the one who's been playing the flute," Aika mused a little surprised.

"I projected my life force out through the sound of this flute and confused their radar systems. You'll be fine now," he said before suddenly collapsing.

"Oh my!" Aika rushed over to him and help him sit up. "Are you all right?" She asked concerned as Hotohori knelt down beside her.

"Hang on, lad," Hotohori said to him. Aika then saw a red mark on his side.

"A mark on his body!" She said to them. Hotohori and Tasuki were shocked to see it. "So you're a Suzaku Warrior?"

"My name is Chiriko. I used to live in a village near here, but the Kutou army attacked and only I…"

"You alone escaped the burning of the village?" Hotohori asked.

"Well, you're safe now," Tasuki said to him. "Let's get back to Tamahome's place and reconvene." Aika smiled.

"At last, we found the final Warrior. We finally have all seven now," she said while he smiled back. 'Now we can get Tamahome back. Once we do, we'll summon Suzaku. Yui can go back to the way she was and we'll all be together again.'

~0~

"So, the Suzaku Seven have gathered. I imagine they must be very happy, but that won't last. I swear," Nakago said as he reached into a cage and grabbed the bird. HE then killed it in his hand. "The game is just beginning, Priestess of Suzaku."

~0~

"The next morning, the Priestess of Suzaku and her friends soon 'goodbye' to Tamahome's family and set out for Konan."

~0~

"Goodbye, everybody. Take care of yourself," Aika smiled at Tamahome's family.

"My children and I will never forget your great kindness. Thank you all," Tamahome's father' smiled back.

"Boy, we actually found all the Suzaku Seven. I can hardly believe it, your Highness," Nuriko said.

"We have been favored," Hotohori smiled.

"Please don't go yet, miss," Yuiren frowned as she held the tail of Aika's red coat.

"Yuiren," Aika frowned.

"Yuiren! Cut it out. You show the Priestess some respect," Chuei scolded his little sister.

"But she's big brother's wife so she should stay with us forever, right? She has to stay here!" Yuiren whimpered.

"Yuiren, let go of her," Chuei said to his sister.

"No, no, no, no!" Yuiren through a tantrum. Chiriko started playing his flute.

"Chiriko!" Tasuki hissed. Yuiren started calming down until Aika gave the signal to Chiriko. "Are you nuts?! Scrambling some little kid's brain like that!" He shouted at the shocked Chiriko.

"Tasuki, it's okay. He's just made Yuiren a little sleepy to calm her down," Aika said to her friend. She knelt down to Yuiren's level and cupped her cheek. "Yuiren, I will come back to see you all, but I have some things I have to take care. Just like your big brother does when he has to go. I promise I'll be back to see you and your family, okay?" She said before softly kissing her forehead. "Just to seal this promise, I made something for you," she said before pulling out a necklace. It was a rose stone with a Hidden Leaf symbol on it. "I made it just for you, Yuiren, so you would know I would be back," she said putting it around Yuiren's neck.

"Pinky promise?" Yuiren asked holding her pinky out.

"Pinky promise," Aika smiled softly as she hooked her pinky with Yuiren's. "Be good and listen to your father and Chuei." Aika stood up before the rest of the children hugged her and she left. 'Don't worry, Yuiren. Your big brother will be home with you soon. With all Seven Warriors, Suzaku can be summoned and my wishes will be granted. I can save this Empire, Yui can return with me, then we can open that shop together.'

~0~

Chichiri was in Hotohori's chair, hanging upside down with boredom.

"This job gets pretty lonely and I'm stir crazy!" He said to himself.

"Sire," a man said as Chichiri quickly sat up straight and acted like Hotohori.

"Yes, what?" Chichiri asked.

"We've been informed the Priestess of Suzaku has returned to the city with quite an entourage," the councilor said. Chichiri suddenly disappeared. "S-Sire?!" Chichiri ran to the gate and turned back. Aika giggled when she saw he was pretending to be the Emperor

"Welcome back, ya know!"

"We made it!" Aika smiled and hugged him which he replied to.

"What is that?!" Tasuki asked spazzing out as he looked at Chichiri.

"It's Chichiri, one of the Suzaku Seven, like us," Nuriko said amused.

"Magnificent, I can't believe we got into the palace," Chiriko smiled. Oh yeah, Chiriko, Mitsukake, and Tasuki don't know about Hotohori!

"Hotohori's missing. He's gotten lost already," Mitsukake said with an urgent tone.

"Oh, you're right. Where'd he run off to now?" Tasuki asked.

"You guys still haven't figured out who he is?" Nuriko asked them. Aika was snickering a bit when Chichiri, excited to see their reactions. "He's none other than the-!"

"That's all right, Nuriko," Hotohori replied arriving in his royal robes.

"Your Highness, I'm glad you're back safely, ya know!" Chichiri said to him. Chichiri, Mitsukake, and Tasuki stood there dumbfounded.

"He's the Emperor?!" Tasuki spazzed. They all soon went in and had a feast.

"Now, how do we return Tamahome back to Konan?" Hotohori asked.

'I hit the Emperor and yelled at him!' Tasuki freaked.

"It's all right, my friends. I'm still the man you traveled with, one of the Suzaku Seven. The main problem is we must also retrieve Suzaku's scroll Universe of the Four Gods as well as Tamahome from the enemy. The scroll contains the details of the complex ritual for summoning Suzaku. I can only remember a bit of it. We must find some way of retrieving it without triggering a war," Hotohori said to everyone.

"I'll go and get it," Aika piped up making everyone look at her. "I'll go to Kutou and free Tamahome, then I'll figure out how to get Suzaku's scroll back too. I also want to give Nakago a good beating he'll never forget," she said remembering what Nakago's done to them so far.

"I'll even go with you, Kit. I wanna hit Tamahome for leaving then I wanna beat Nakago for influencing Yui against you," Kurama said.

"Aika, what are you saying?" Hotohori said not liking where this was going. Aika sighed with a frown.

"It's my fault the Universe of the Four Gods was taken in the first place. I must take responsibility for that," she replied.

"But…"

"I can go with her and Kurama, ya know!" Chichiri told Hotohori. "However, before we leave, I think we should discuss the operation with Tamahome himself, ya know," he said to Aika.

"That's good idea, Chichiri. But one question…just how can we do that?" She asked him.

"You'll just have to wait and see, ya know!" Chichiri smiled.

~0~

Tamahome was standing at his window, looking at the night sky that held the full moon and the bright stars.

"I love you very much," Yui said to him.

'Oh man, I can't believe this. Girls from this other world are so aggressive,' Tamahome to himself.

"Why can't you just forget about her and her little games?!" Yui asked him.

'Even though her best friend is very sick, how can she be so cold like that? Girls are so mysterious,' he thought.

"Tamahome! Come in, Tamahome! Can you hear me?" Chichiri's voice rang out making Tamahome look behind him.

~0~

Nakago was walking around the palace, on his patrol until he stopped and sighed.

'The energy of a Suzaku Warrior, have they begun to make their move?'

~0~

Aika took a bath to get herself all cleaned up before drying off and getting dressed. She put one a dark red dress that tied around her neck and went to her upper thigh. Over it was a strapless light red shirt and a red skirt that ended mid-thigh. She also wore her black over the knee boots. She then started brushing her hair before putting in her hair clip that held her bangs to the side.

"So, I'll actually be with Tamahome?" Aika asked curious.

"Well, sort of. It's like a spell, ya know. You can see him and he can see you and you can talk to each other, ya know. Discuss the operation, the plan, ya know!" Chichiri replied. Aika smiled with those thoughts. She then ran out of her room to run to Chichiri's.

"Hey, Aika!" Tasuki called.

"No, Tasuki, don't call her," Hotohori said to him. "She will finally be with Tamahome, so let's leave them both alone."

"Huh?!" Tasuki freaked as he looked at the Emperor. He was suddenly on his knees, holding his head. "What's going on?! I figured you and Aika were going together! Ah! I get it! A love triangle!" He said before he was punched into a wall. Beside Hotohori was an annoyed Nuriko dusting off his hands.

"I had to do it. He's an insensitive country clod, your Majesty," Nuriko said while Hotohori sweat-dropped. Hotohori looked over at where Aika had been running.

'I'm happy for you, Aika,' he thought.

~0~

"To recover both Tamahome and the Universe of the Four Gods, the Priestess prepares to use Chichiri's magic to meet with her beloved," Naruto read.

~0~

Chichiri was next to a screen as Aika walked in and knelt down in front of it.

"Why do girls have to be late so much? Tamahome has been waiting a long time, ya know!" Chichiri said to her.

"Sorry, Chichiri," Aika said with a sheepish smile.

"Here we go!" Chichiri said putting a talisman on the screen. "Look into this screen. You won't have a lot of time, ya know! So don't waste any words." He then began chanting a spell. The leaves on the screen disappeared as Tamahome's began to appeared making Aika's eyes widen slightly. She then smiled when she saw him completely, kneeling down right across from her.

"Tamahome…"

Kida: Finally! Aika and Tamahome get to see each other again!

Kido: Too bad that won't get to last.

Kida: *Sulks*Dammit, I know...

Kido: Uh...sorry?

Chichiri: That wasn't a good thing to say, ya know!

Kido: No duh, monk boy.

Kida: Anyways! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please favorite and comment! If you can, tell your friends! Please! I desperate for more viewers!...It's why I have this on two freaking sites.