Shirin frowned watching Akuram stare at his bowl of water. He smiled. Shirin glared. She knew what he was doing, he was watching the Ryuujin no Miko. She hated the young Miko. In truth she was jealous of the attention Akuram gave her, but she hide behind saying the Miko was weak.

Akuram smiled and turned to Ikutidaru as he walked in. He bowed to Akuram on his knee. "Yes Master?"

"I have a mission for you…. I have found that there is another key I need…"

"Master?" Ikutidaru blinked confused.

"I need the Ryuujin no Miko for this…. Bring her to me…."

"Akane!" Tenma yelled running over to her.

"Oh… Hi Tenma-kun." She smiled perfectly fine. She sat next to Shimon, both of them eating breakfast.

"Hi Tenma-Senpai." Shimon offered him some food.

"Hi Shimon… Akane are you okay?"

"Yeah… Why what's wrong?" She got up worried.

"Tomamasa said you were in danger."

They all paused hearing a laugh from behind them. "Wow Tenma-san, I didn't think you'd go that fast."

"Why you!" Tenma glared as Tomamasa stepped up. He snapped his fan shut smiling at the young orange haired Hachiyou's anger.

"Tenma-san calm down."

He grumbled then stormed off.

Tomamasa laughed sitting next to Shimon. "I'm sorry Miko-dono. I thought I would try lightening the mood but all I did was increase his anger."

"It's not your fault Tomamasa-san." Shimon sighed. "Tenma-Sempai is just on edge."

"I'm going to go talk to him." Akane hurried off in search of her good friend. "Tenma-kun!"

She froze as Ikutidaru stood in front of her. "Ryuujin no Miko." He said calmly looking at her. "You need to come with me. My master wants to meet with you."

Akane stared in shock and confusion but jerked as he stepped towards her. She shivered starting to feel weak. She doubled over into his arms.

"Tenma did Akane talk to you?" Shimon asked as Tenma walked up a while later.

"Huh?" He blinked.

"She didn't talk to you?"

"No…." He blinked.

"Where is the Miko?" Fuji-hime said suddenly running up. "I have a bad feeling!"

"I don't know…." Shimon blinked. "I last saw her chasing after Tenma… But she never found him."

Yorihisa froze. What if something happened to her?!

"Let's go look!" Shimon said jumping up.

"Master." Ikutidaru said calmly as Akuram laid Akane down on a table on a hill not far from the capital.

"This is the spot that is needed for the summoning."

Ikutidaru nodded silently. He stepped back and looked around. "If the Hachiyou arrive?"

"Take care of them. I can't be disturbed."

"Yes Master." He nodded and backed up as Akuram leaned over Akane.

"Miko…. I need your powers to summon…. Bring her…. Bring the Hime…." He whispered into her ear and watched as her eyes fluttered slightly, as if she was dreaming. "Good. Now call her."

"….Hime…." Akane whispered still asleep.

Akane blinked waking up and looked around. Her surroundings looked familiar but she couldn't name where she had seen the path with the cheery blossom trees. What is this place? Why does it feel so familiar? Wait! It couldn't be! No… It's not possible! Akane was staring at a path leading to her school, back in the world her, Tenma, and Shimon had come from. She didn't understand what was going on, but she was still in her Miko kimono and the guys weren't with her. Why am I here?

Miko….. Find her….. The Hime….

Hime? What was that voice? What is he talking about? She looked around and froze as she caught sight of a girl walking by herself. She looked to be about Tenma's age and wore the school outfit. There was nothing special about the long brown hair girl. Her back was to Akane so she didn't know what kind of eyes she had, or if she had something strange about her face. But Akane felt drawn to her.

Yes! Go to her! Bring her with you! Draw her in!

Akane didn't understand, but she found herself running towards the girl. She reached out to grab the girl's arm, but froze an inch away.

"AKANE!"

Tenma-kun? She looked off and closed her eyes. Tenma-kun…. She felt a strange new feeling coming over her and somehow knew she was going back to where Tenma and the others were.

The last thing Akane heard was a startled, "Huh?" Then everything blackened.

"AKANE!"

Akane blinked waking up and looked up to see Tenma looking down at her. "Tenma… Kun…."

He smiled. "You're okay."

She sat up and looked around seeing the eight guardians. "Everyone?"

"Hey Akane, you okay?" Inori asked.

"Yeah… What happened?"

"You were unconscious and Akuram was leaning over you. We took him and the other demons down, but they escaped." Tenma growled.

"Miko-dono are you alright? Did they hurt you?" Yorihisa asked.

"I'm fine." Akane nodded. That girl? Was it all a dream? What did it mean?

"Let's go back." Yatsuaki nodded.

"Right." Akane nodded.