"Why do I have to be the sidekick?" Yui complained.

Miaka gloated. "I am the main character, that's why. Besides, I look better in the ashtrays."

Tamahome nodded, his eyes wide and blank. His armor rattled as he stumbled, landing on top of Yui.

"Get off of me, you big oaf!" she cried, smacking him with her staff.

"Ow...." he whined, rubbing where she had hit him.

(HAHAHA! I LOVE WATCHING TAMAHOME GET BEAT UP!)

(Violence! Hahahahahahahahahaha! Ahem, anyway...)

(HIKARU-CHAN, YOU'RE JUST PLAIN WEIRD. AND WHEN'S AMIBOSHI COMING INTO THIS PARODY?)

(He's afraid right now. I can't imagine why...)

"I can!" Tamahome shouted gleefully, rubbing his head.

(Did we ask for your opinion? I think not.)

Yui suddenly smacked him again.

"Ow! What was that for?"

She stared at her hand in amazement. "I don't know how that happened."

(Bwahahahahahhahahahhahaha! I made her do it!)

(SO YOU'D BETTER BE NICE. ESPECIALLY TO AMIBOSHI......)

"Do I sense some favoritism?" Tamahome asked pitifully.

(YES! NOW SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO THE STORY!)

Yui dragged Tamahome to his feet. He started singing.

"Tama the mighty roams through the country side. Never needs a place to hide, with Yui as his side kick, fighting with her little stick-"

Miaka joins in. "Miaka, Warrior Miko's there! She has dumplings in her hair!"

Tamahome continued. "And really nice underwear!"

Miaka glared at him, but he still went on. "Righting wrongs and singing songs-"

"Stop that!" Yui yelled, hitting Tamahome with her staff once again. He flopped face first into the ground.

"Owwwwwwwwwwww!" Tamahome whined again.

(Gee, he sure whines a lot.)

(IT'S FROM BEING AROUND MIAKA. THAT WILL DO IT TO YOU.)

(Well, it hasn't affected Keisuke, but he's just far too cool to whine.)

(UH............. OH.)

(Hey! It takes an awful lot to live with Miaka and stay sane!)

"Why are you guys picking on me?" Miaka whined.

(ICK. BECAUSE WE HATE YOU, THAT'S WHY. HOW COME YOU GET ALL THE BISHOUNENS? EXCEPT AMIBOSHI, OF COURSE. HE'S MINE.)

(Yeah, I don't get it. You're short, whiny, a cry baby, irritating, a pig, and a klutz! Where's the attraction?)

Miaka sobbed. "Why are you so meeeeeeaaaaaaannnnnnnnn?"

(WHY NOT? YOU DESERVE THE VERY BEST....)

(Well, it's a gift. Happy birthday!)

Miaka began pounding the ground with her fists. Tamahome rushed to comfort her, but just before he reached her, Yui's stick caught his foot and he fell.

On top of the Warrior Miko.

Randomly, Tamahome exploded.

(Hey! You can't do that! He's the blundering idiot sidekick. Where are we going to find a new one?)

(HEH HEH HEH. ALREADY WORKED THAT OUT.)

Suddenly, a green-haired boy fell out of the sky.

On top of the Warrior Miko.

"Suboshi!" Yui exclaimed.

"Yui-sama..." he said, looking up, his eyes wide and dreamy. "I like your outfit...."

She inched away.

Miaka was wailing.

"TAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOMETAMAHOME TAMAHOME!"

(HEH. SUBOSHI'S MUCH COOLER.)

(True, but I had plans for him later on. Do you really want to use him now?)

(WELL... IF IT WILL MAKE MIAKA SHUT UP....)

Suboshi looked nervous. "Are you going to blow me up, too?"

(No, you're too cool to be blown up. We're going to send you to some place where you can play with your Yo-Yo thingies and some Legos...)

(RYUUSEISUI?)

(Whatever.)

He still looked nervous. "Legos?"

(TRUST ME. YOU'LL ENJOY THEM.)

There was a flash of blue light and Suboshi was gone. Yui breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you sooooo much! I owe you guys big time!"

(WHAT'S WRONG WITH SUBOSHI? HE'S REALLY GOOD LOOKING. NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS HIS BROTHER, BUT...)

(Anyway, enjoy it while you can, Yui. He's coming back soon...)

Yui swallowed hard. "But now we don't have a blundering idiot sidekick."

(Oops, yeah.)

Tamahome fell out of the sky.

On top of the Warrior Miko.

(WHY? WHY DID HE HAVE TO COME BACK? I LIKE HIM BETTER DEAD!)

(We were low on blundering idiots. He was the only other one available...)

"Hi! I'm back!" he yelled cheerfully.

"What the heck are you so happy about? You just got blown up!" Yui said, hitting him with her stick. He fell backwards.

On top of the Warrior Miko.

(OKAY, ENOUGH WITH THE "ON TOP OF THE WARRIOR MIKO!" WHEN DOES MY AMIBOSHI GET TO COME IN?!?)

(Soon, soon, soon, now shut up.)

Tamahome looked at Yui to answer her question. "I liked getting blown up. It felt funny."

Yui looked scared. "Kowai. Even Suboshi was better!"

(SEE? I TOLD YOU SO.)

(Live with "Tama the Mighty" for now, okay?)

(HMPH.)

Miaka shoved Tamahome off of her. "Well, let's go!" she said, very happy that her Tamahome was back, in one piece.

(For now.)

Miaka put her fingers in her mouth to whistle for her horse, but only a "fffffpppmmn" came out.

"Baka!" said Yui. She put her fingers to her mouth and whistled.

Argo came running up.

Miaka's eyes glimmered evilly. No more walking.

(That's what she thinks.)

(WOW. YOU'RE BEING EVEN MEANER THAN ME. IMPRESSIVE.)

(Well, thanks, I'm trying.)

Miaka walked toward the horse. Argo eyed the girl suspiciously. Miaka reached for the horse. This was all that Argo could take. The horse bolted so fast that one of the saddle bags became dislodged and flew through the air, landing ...

On top of the Warrior Miko.

(ARGH!!!! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE! I'LL FIX THIS!)

Suddenly, a blond girl appeared beside Yui.

(What are you doing? Makoto!!??)

The girl smirked. "It's more fun out here. Amiboshi's here. Or will be." She aimed a meaningful glare up toward the sky.

(Sure, sure, whatever. Hey! Can I come down?)

"No."

(Tough!)

Another girl fell from the sky.

On top of the Warrior Miko.

The first girl leapt over to her, picked her up, and started berating her. "ENOUGH WITH THE FALLING ON MIAKA BIT! IT'S OLD! IT'S LAME! IT'S DUMB!"

"It was your idea," the brown haired girl said calmly.

"Was it?" The first girl dropped her back down- on top of the Warrior Miko- and walked away, pondering to herself. "Hmmm.... must be good, then."

Yui was terrified. "Wh-wh-who are you... people?"

The first girl turned from her musings. "Oh, yeah. I'm Makoto. Amiboshi's mine."

Yui sweat-dropped.

The second girl picked herself up from- on top of the Warrior Miko- and walked over to the terrified sidekick. "I'm Hikaru. Don't mind Makoto. She's obsessed. Smile and nod."

Yui smiled... and nodded.

Makoto's eyebrows were twitching. "What was that?"

Hikaru shrugged and then smiled... and nodded.

Makoto wished there was a nearby kasa to hide under. "I feel very patronized."

"Oh well!" Hikaru said as she walked over and helped Tamahome peel the Warrior Miko off of the ground. "We should get going."

"Where?" Makoto asked curiously.

"Uh... to find the other characters. They're around here... somewhere..." she trailed off.

"Uh-huh."

The group began walking down the dirt path. They had not gone far when a figure jumped out of the foliage on the side of the road. It turned and looked at them.

"People! Thank Suzaku! I'm sooo lost! The !#$%@ people here are *%#@$ scary! Help me! I need to %^&$# find my $%^#@#$ way *&*^$%#$ home! For the love of %^$#!"

"Tasuki-san," Makoto said.

"How do you @#$!% know my ^&$%* name?"

Makoto winked. "We have our ways."

"I'll get it out of you! LEKKA-"

Makoto dodged behind Tamahome.

"SHINEN!"

There was a little squeak from Tamahome as his molecules were fried and he dissipated into the air.

"No! You can't do that!" Hikaru and Miaka screamed in unison.

"Why not?" Makoto looked truly nonplused.

"Arrrrgghhhh!" Hikaru growled. "I told you! He's the bumbling idiot!" She snapped and Tamahome appeared in the air overhead. He fell to the ground. NOT on top of the Warrior Miko.

"Tasuki-san," Hikaru began walking towards him. "Calm down."

Tasuki looked at all of them. His eyes eventually falling on Miaka and Yui. "What the @#%@!!?? Yui? Miaka? What the @*% have they #%^@ done to you?"

Miaka struck a pose, her hands on her hips. "I'm Miaka, Warrior Miko! Yui's my sidekick. Tamahome's my bungling idiot."

"I'm Makoto. Amiboshi's mine," the girl with the obsession with Amiboshi said.

"I'm Hikaru."

Everyone turned towards her. "You're sparkling?"

"No! My name is Hikaru!" She looked around at the morons she was stuck with. "We'd better get going."

Are you all scared yet? This is what happens when they give us a day off from school...

Confused about Hikaru and why she sparkles? Then go Here.

Hikaru noticed his staring. "What's wrong, Tasuki?"

"I'm #*&@ scared," he said, inching away from the tall girl.

"I don't blame you. Don't worry though! You're safe enough," Makoto said, entering into the conversation.

He smiled back at them weakly.

"For now," Hikaru added under her breath when he looked away.

Tamahome clattered along behind, humming to himself.

Out of the blue, he keeled over and died-

On top of the Warrior Miko.

"Taaammmaaaahhhooooommmmeeeee!" Miaka squealed, pushing his corpse off of her.

"Makoto!" Hikaru shouted. "That's getting very repetitive!"

"Sorry. Old habits die hard..."

Hikaru snapped, and Tamahome's lifeless body became re-animated.

"Wow! That felt almost as good as blowing up..."

Yui hit him with her stick.

"Hey! Did they make you do that?" Tamahome demanded, trying to steady himself.

"No. You were being a moron and deserved it," she answered.

He looked at her, his eyes starry. "Wow, Yui, you're so... forceful." He sighed.

Miaka's head swung from Yui to Tamahome to Yui to Tamahome while her brain worked its hardest to figure out what was going on.

"Tamahome!" she shrieked as realization sunk in. "You can't... you can't..."

"That's right, you can't!" a voice from the treetops came. "My accountant wouldn't like it." A tall blond man jumped down from the trees pulling a dark-haired guy in sunglasses after him.

"Keeeeeeiiiiisssssssuuuuukkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate heeeeiiiiiggggghhhtttsss!!!!!!!" Tetsuya yelled as they plummeted towards the ground.

"Onnniiiiichhhaaaaaannnnn!" Miaka yelled running towards Keisuke, as he and Tetsuya landed. "What are you doing here?"

He looked at her, his face growing scared as he saw her Warrior Miko outfit. "I have no idea. I'm supposed to be the King of Thieves. Tetsuya's my accountant."

He turned to Tamahome. "As for you, stick with Miaka! Yui is taken, right, Tetsuya?"

Tetsuya looked up from where he had been losing his lunch. "Yeah, that's right!" He crawled a few feet away and lay down until the world stopped spinning.

Miaka looked around. "Oh, yeah! This is my brother, Keisuke."

"That's never been proven..." Hikaru muttered under her breath. She cleared her throat. "I'm... second thought... my name is Hikaru."

"I'm Makoto. Amiboshi's mine."

"My friend, the acrobat over there, is Tetsuya," Keisuke said, gesturing to the fallen accountant.

Tetsuya raised one arm and waved.

"Well, if you can rouse you friend, we should go find the rest of the characters," Makoto said anxiously.

Keisuke and Tasuki walked over and hoisted the woozy Tetsuya off the ground.

"Take your time, guys. She's just anxious to find Amiboshi. Personally, I think the only really important characters are here," Hikaru said, leaning against a rock.

"Really? Who's the most important character?" Tetsuya asked, lurching and falling forward-

On top of the Warrior Miko.

Makoto's eyes turned red. She seized Hikaru by the shoulders and began to shake her violently. "STOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOP! One more time and I break you- no, wait. I blow Keisuke up!"

"Okay, okay, okay! I give! No more 'On top of the Warrior Miko' I swear! Don't hurt Keisuke!" Hikaru said frantically.

Keisuke looked on, bewildered and blushing. Why was one of them threatening his life? Why was the other so adamantly defending him? What was the big deal with "On top of the Warrior Miko"?

Makoto nodded. "Okay, I won't hurt him for now. But once more... that's once more, Hikaru, and he gets it!" She dropped Hikaru to the ground.

Keisuke rushed to her side. "Are you okay?" he asked, concerned.

She nodded. "Makoto won't be mad for long. Besides, I can usually undo the damage she does."

Keisuke still looked worried.

Hikaru stood up and smiled. "Anyway, she'll be too happy to notice anything when Amiboshi shows up."

"Are we going any time soon?" Yui asked, impatiently tapping her foot. Tetsuya, who could stand now, was next to her.

"Yup!" Makoto said. She started down the path; the others followed her.

Actually, Hikaru-chan did most of this herself. I just edited and added stuff that I thought was necessary. ^_^

The ever-growing group was on the very outskirts of a fair-sized town.

"Now where?" Tamahome asked.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDD!" Miaka was drooling.

Hikaru laughed. "I think we ought to feed the Warrior Miko before she eats one of us..."

Yui nodded.

They walked into a tavern on the side of the road. They scored very strange looks from the people inside.

"Oh!" Makoto gasped.

"What?" Hikaru asked.

"We forgot something!" Makoto said, indicating her shirt.

Hikaru looked around. Except for Miaka, Yui, and Tamahome, no one was in costume.

"Small oversight, easily fixed." She turned and called out to the others. "Keisuke, Tasuki Tetsuya! Outside!"

They followed her and Makoto out, leaving Yui and Tamahome trying to keep their own food from the ravenous Warrior Miko.

"What the #%^@ is &%$# wrong?" Tasuki asked.

"We're out of costume," Makoto said.

Hikaru nodded in agreement. She raised her left hand above her head and snapped. Instantly they were all enveloped in a bright light, and when it faded, they were all in costume.

"What the @#%$ is this?!?" Tasuki yelled, pulling at his clothes, now a fur tunic over tight (this is for you, Azaria!) leather pants.

"It's your costume!" Makoto informed him, smoothing her green tunic and blue pants.

"Live with it!" Hikaru snapped, her long navy skirt blowing back. She straightened the sleeves of her off-white blouse.

Tetsuya had turned a bright shade of red. Both he and Keisuke were dressed in green tights and darker green tunics.

"Keisuke, I don't like this," Tetsuya whimpered.

Keisuke looked at his friend and then around at the female audience. "Me neither."

Hikaru giggled. "I don't know, I think the tights look good."

Tetsuya glared and Keisuke blushed.

"Hikaru-chan, how come your hunkster is here and mine isn't?" Makoto hissed to her, sidling up alongside her. "I'm getting impatient..."

"Hey!" Tetsuya yelled. "Where're my sunglasses?"

"Ooops, sorry! Didn't mean for those to disappear. They're your trademark." Hikaru snapped her fingers, glad for the interruption, and the sunglasses fell out of the sky into Tetsuya's hand. "Happy now?"

"Why don't we go back inside, then?" Makoto asked as she began walking into the inn.

Everyone else followed after her. Tasuki was having a hard time walking. The leather pants were a little bit tight. Tetsuya could walk fine, but if his face got any redder, his head would explode.

"Nice legs, Tetsuya!" Yui said as he entered the inn.

"Oniichan, I had no idea..." Miaka trailed off.

Keisuke and Tetsuya glared at the Warrior Miko and her sidekick.

"Tasuki..." Tamahome began.

"Stop right there!!!" Tasuki yelled. "Not one more word!" He raised his tessen menacingly.

"Awwwwww, why not?" Tamahome whined.

"All right! Stop that train of thought right there!" Hikaru held up her hands.

"Why don't we all sit down? I think they're going to have a musician or a clown or something," Tetsuya said, changing the subject.

Everyone did, except Tasuki.

"Tasuki, why aren't you sitting?" Miaka asked.

"My @$#% pants are too #$%@ tight!" he said, glaring at Hikaru.

"Tasuki, you have two choices. Grow up or blow up. So, which one? Do you stop whining or do you stop breathing?" Hikaru asked in a bright and cheerful voice.

Makoto looked very eager.

Tasuki's mouth clamped shut. He'd seen what these girls could do...

"Oh, don't worry, Tasuki! I would've brought you back!" Hikaru said reassuringly.

Makoto's face immediately fell.

Tasuki still didn't say anything.

From behind them, music began to play, a soft flute melody that wafted around the room. Suddenly, everything in the room was silent. The only sound was the flute song. Makoto was sitting with her back to the stage, but Hikaru was not. She could see the musician. She elbowed Yui.

"I give it ten seconds," she said, checking her watch. "10...9...8...7..."

Makoto began to turn around.

"6...5...4...3...2...1..."

Makoto caught sight of the musician.

"0!" concluded Hikaru.

"Amiboshi!" she whispered.

The flute player looked up, without slowing or stopping his song. His eyes met Makoto's. There was a questioning look in them. Then he caught sight of Miaka and Yui. A glimmer of recognition flashed in his eyes, and then fear, as he caught sight of what Miaka was wearing. He finished his song bowed, and smiled nervously at the Warrior Miko and company.

Makoto got up to go closer to the stage; everyone else followed her.

"Do I know you?" Amiboshi asked the half-drooling Makoto.

She couldn't manage to talk so she just shook her head no.

Hikaru took this as her cue to speak up. "My name is Hikaru. She's Makoto. I trust you already know Yui, Miaka, Tamahome, and Tasuki. This is Keisuke and Tetsuya."

Amiboshi looked slightly frightened.

"Don't be afraid. We needed to find you. So as soon as your act is done, we need you to come with us to find the rest of the characters. Don't mind Makoto. She just thinks you're wonderful," Hikaru said, indicating the speechless Makoto.

Amiboshi looked to his number-one fan. Makoto nodded vehemently.

"I can't leave without Suboshi," he said.

"Suboshi is here?" Yui asked, twitching.

Amiboshi nodded as he jumped off of the stage and sat down with the others. "Here he comes now."

Suboshi walked onto the stage juggling four balls. "Duh duh duh da duh da duh duh daaa duh!" he sang. Suddenly he saw them. His eyes landed on Yui. "Yui-sama..." he breathed.

The balls, now that his attention was riveted on Yui, left the control of his hands and flew through the air, landing-

On top of...

"Hikaru!" Makoto warned, glaring darkly.

On top of the shelf near the wall.

"Uh, hi, Suboshi," Yui began. Tetsuya moved protectively closer to her.

Suboshi jumped down and the group repeated the introduction process. Makoto rested her chin in her hands and gazed dreamily at Amiboshi, very content.

All of a sudden, an arrow came out of nowhere and pushed through Tamahome's back.

"Makoto!" Hikaru yelled. She snapped, the arrow disappeared, and Tamahome's head jerked up. "Stop doing that!"

Makoto shrugged, smirked, and smiled at Amiboshi. He smiled back. He thought it had been funny, too.

Tamahome giggled girlishly. "Tee-hee, that tingled."

Yui went to hit him, but Hikaru stopped her. "It's not worth it. He'd enjoy it too much."

Yui nodded and moved her chair further away from Tama the Mighty.

"And now what's next?" asked Makoto, not taking her eyes away from her beloved.

Hikaru sighed. "You'll have to wait and find out."

Oooh, Hikaru-chan is so kind... Not that I didn't add in any myself... ^___^ He's SUCH a HUNKSTER... And so sweet, too... sigh...


Seeing how many people enjoy insanity...

Now! I want the next part!

Kowai! Take me back! Tokyo Tower