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"Tamahome, having regained the memories taken by Tenkou, had enough power to return to his original world and aid his fellow warriors in their fight against the demonic god," Keisuke read, then paused. "We switched places. Just like how Miaka and Yui did."

"It looks that way. Is he going to be able to come back, though?" responded Tetsuya. He had located his sunglasses under the broken chair and was putting them back on. They were huddled on the floor together with the book, having not even bothered to set the room back in order.

"I don't want to think about that until after Tenkou's dealt with. But since Taka's back as Tamahome, they shouldn't have too much trouble, I hope."

They continued reading silently as the pages described the fight. It certainly wasn't the most impressive they had ever had, but they weren't winning yet, either. "I'm really sorry about all this."

"Yeah, I know."

"I was an idiot."

"I know."

"Thanks for coming to get me."

"Sure."

They kept reading, but the air still felt heavy to Tetsuya. "You know, you were right all along."

"About what?" he finally picked his eyes up from the page.

"Yui. How she's only dating me because I'm normal."

"Now, I'm sure that's not the only--"

"I heard it from her myself," he seemed like he was pained to smiling. "It's not as if she's stringing me along or anything. Still, now that we've been in the book ourselves, our normal-meters are a little lower. Don't tell her anything I did, okay?"

"Oh, sure, first you have me save your ass and now you want me to keep secrets? Ha ha, sure, no problem. And Miaka shouldn't hear anything about this, either. So long as Taka comes back safely, anyway."

They fell silent again and continued reading. The warriors were still giving it their all. Keisuke stayed glued to the page, but Tetsuya got up to pick through some of the things that had fallen off the table and shelves. He couldn't handle the suspense, Keisuke thought, and continued keeping an eye on the words. "Ah ha, here it is," Tetsuya held up a notebook, and returned to Keisuke's side to flip through it.

"What?" the other finally asked and looked over. "Are those your notes on the Universe of the Four Gods?"

"I want to at least do something right. Now, what's this you were saying about Suzaku calling Miaka in?"

"When I was half-dead, I met Him. Suzaku."

"You were half-dead? When?"

"One of Miisu's demons almost did me in. It's a shame, she was really into me."

"She was incestuous, you know."

"What?"

"So what did Suzaku say?"

"He said that if things were getting any worse with Tenkou, He would have to have Miaka summon Him again so he could take care of it. Guess it's just a job big enough for a real god to do."

"Did Seiryuu say the same thing? Will Yui get dragged in?"

"I don't know. I didn't meet Seiryuu. Miaka sealed him away, remember?"

"That's right!" he flipped more eagerly through the notebook. "In Chiriko's scroll. They have a god in their possession and they don't even know it!"

"You don't think…?"

"Sure as hell I'm thinking that. If they unlock Seiryuu, they'll just have him get rid of Tenkou! They probably haven't thought of anything like this, we should tell them!"

"Um… He's been sealed for a long time. Don't you think He'll be a little bit mad and won't want to listen to them?"

"Even Nakago wanted to get rid of Tenkou, Seiryuu will, too."

"It's making me really nervous how confident you sound."

Tetsuya dialed Taka's phone again and put it on speaker so they could both listen while reading the warrior's actions in the book.

Tasuki jumped. "What's that noise?"

"That's Tetsuya's ring tone," Taka looked over his shoulder. "Shoot, I dropped it over there. Answer it, would you?"

"This thing? What do I do with it?"

"Open it and put it to your ear."

"It's still making that noi--ow! It bit me!"

"You didn't open it wide enough, and you need to push the green button on the inside. Hurry up and figure it out!"

Tasuki did so. "Now what!?"

"Say 'Hello'!"

"Hello."

"Tasuki! It's me, Tetsuya!"

"I don't want to talk to him!" Tasuki shouted back to Tamahome. "Now what do I do with it? Break it?"

"Don't break it!"

"Nyan-Nyan will talk!" she took it from him. "This is Priestess-Brother's friend, right? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, thanks to you. We're back in our world."

"I'm here, too. Thanks, Nyan-Nyan. Can you put this on speaker-phone and get everybody to listen?"

"Okay!" she answered and figured out how to put it on speaker-phone like a natural cell phone user. She then turned herself into a large orb again to get everyone gathered inside to listen.

"It's like that time with Tamaneko," Mitsukake stared widely at the floating phone. He couldn't figure out what this device was and how else to compare it with a live cat.

"This is beyond any of my abilities," added Chichiri, "To be able to speak across worlds, that's amazing na no da!"

"I've got an idea… but before that, I'm really sorry!" Tetsuya's voice came through the phone. "But you have to hear me out on this!"

"Keisuke," Hotohori spoke up to it, still not sure if he should trust this other person. "What do you think of it?"

"Me? Ah… all I know is that it might be better than then the alternative." (No one was sure what this alternative was, and if they knew it meant they'd get to see Miaka again they probably would have been more likely to favor the alternative.)

"Keisuke has special powers, so we should listen to him on this," advised Chiriko.

"Chiriko," Tetsuya addressed him, "do you still have Seiryuu sealed in your scroll?"

That seemed like an irrelevant question. "Yes…"

"Can you let him out? He might be able to do away with Tenkou."

The warriors were quiet for a moment. "So, even though we're the Suzaku warriors, you want us to call on Seiryuu for help?" Taka wrinkled his nose. "Isn't that sacrilege in some way?"

"Yes… No. Help, Tetsuya?"

"No, it should work! You're not fighting against the Seiryuu warriors anymore, and Tenkou being there threatens Kutou as well." (He resisted adding 'I think' to that.) "Besides, Suzaku told Keisuke that a god needs to do this."

"Now, don't go putting words in my mouth, Tetsuya, I don't know if that was exactly it…"

The warriors were silently resistant to the idea, until Taka spoke up. "I think we should try it." He, after all, knew what the alternative was and wasn't eager to put Miaka in any danger.

Keisuke and Tetsuya kept reading, now trading off reading aloud to each other. "The holy scroll from Taiitsukun was unraveled, and Chiriko summoned forth the blue dragon, Seiryuu."

"Hey, Chiriko stole Yui's job!"

"Shut up, Keisuke! The sky darkened as the dragon took shape around them, and where none of their eyes could follow, Seiryuu Seikun stood before Tenkou."

"…and?"

"It works. Seiryuu gets rid of Tenkou, plain and simple. The worlds are never to collide again."

"But what about Taka? He's part of this world now, he should stay--"

"I'm here."

They jumped, but breathed a sigh of relief as he materialized in the room. They tidied back up, turned off the lights, locked the door and left. There was something in Taka's step. Now instead of being only Taka, he was also Tamahome.

"So, do you feel like a whole person again, or what?"

"Well, there's still supposed to be one more memory jewel," he said. Despite how late it had gotten, they all headed over to Keisuke's place (mostly by Taka's request).

"There you are!" Miaka shouted at them when they got in. "All out drinking all together, I see!"

"It's a good thing we all downed a beer before we left so she can smell it," Keisuke whispered to Tetsuya.

"I was so worried about you," she made a bee-line for her boyfriend. "I kept trying to call, but you wouldn't answer."

"So she called me and I came over to wait with her," Yui added from where she was on the couch with her arms folded. "Nice to see you were part of this party too, Tetsuya."

"Yeah, but I was just watching over these two," he lied, but couldn't keep from smiling to see her again.

"Miaka," Taka took her into his arms and held her for a tight hug the priestess was not expecting. During that long moment, it somehow became clear to the other two that Taka had found the last jewel now that he was with Miaka again.

A love enough to make one whole. Both of the normal young men were touched, as much as they knew they'd be too sappy to admit it. Keisuke promised himself that some day, in whichever world, he would find someone to care about that much. Likewise Tetsuya swore to always hold Yui just as preciously, without needing to be a celestial warrior or anything else, but as a simple man.

To each their own conclusions, and to each their acceptance of their own limits. Always being compared to celestial warriors and priestesses was bound to make any human look insignificant. Though perhaps the extent of their normality had been compromised due to the extraordinary people they had surrounded themselves with.

"Your phone," Miaka finally pushed away. "Why weren't you answering?"

"Ah ha ha. That? Well…"

They could read the devious look on his face, but Keisuke saw the hole in his plot. "You didn't leave a charger with them, did you?"

"…crap!"