(Right. ummm. Girl gets sucked into universe of the four gods, I shouldn't really write this many fic's at once. so says my personal organiser. I threw it in the bin last week. I got it back but I haven't looked in it since then. Hehehe ^_~)

Kou Shun'u groaned as she washed herself in the shower, she stared at the bruises covering her body and got out. Carefully drying herself off, she stared in the mirror. The black eye was a beauty, it ran from the side of her left eye over the bridge of her nose, stopping just short of her right eye. She could still see through it though, her golden eye showing up sharply in the blackish blue. Her father must have been really drunk last night, he usually didn't hit her where the bruises would show, but last night he had hit her hard in the eye and she'd woken up this morning to see this in the mirror. Hopefully she could make up some excuse for the eye, no one knew about the beatings except her father and her older sister Kaen. Not even Shun'u's best friend Kouji knew about it. Pulling on her sailor uniform she sighed, then brushed her long vermilion hair. Tying it back into a braid that reached the floor when un-braided and not tied in a loop on her back. She scowled at the hair that had escaped. It didn't really matter though, her hair was cut so that it looked short unless you saw the back and the braid. Kouji and her had worn their hair like that since primary. She went downstairs and got out her breakfast. Kaen stormed into the kitchen and sat down, her cranberry red hair and silver eyes extremely different to her younger sisters fiery locks and golden orbs, no one knew how the Kou sisters could look so different but they didn't comment on it. Shun'u knew better than to annoy her. Kaen was still pissed off because her archenemy from school had managed to get a date with the boy that Kaen had been competing for since Junior High school. Personally Shun'u felt that Chuin and Ayuru were a wonderful couple, they had, had crushes on one another since primary and had been good friends since that time, and the fact that it had been Shun'u that had played match maker between the two was not going to sit well with her sister if she ever found out. So as Kaen sulked about Chuin getting Ayuru, Shun'u crept upstairs.

Brushing her teeth, Shun'u repressed a sigh as her toothbrush caught on her oddly protruding canines. It wasn't that she hated her sister, in fact she loved Kaen a lot. Kaen and Shun'u had been left with their alcoholic father when their mother died, and had relied on one another for support and love, the age difference between them only two years, Shun'u now being 16 and Kaen 18. It was just that lately Shun'u had, had some very odd dreams involving her killing Kaen accidentally when she threw a sword at Ayuru, which confused her immensely because she and Ayuru were good friends and she didn't see why she had to kill him. She shook her head and grabbed her bag, rushing out the door with a speed most people couldn't match. She pelted down the path and into the school yard in record time, sprinting into the changing rooms and getting into her track gear, she made it onto the field just before Coach Subaru walked on. Subaru Doulin Lanva was a nice twenty-something years old lady who took P.E. for the girls of the Shi Ten Chi Sho high school, she was also married to the head of the sports department and had got her job through that. Shun'u stretched with the other girls, ignoring their worried inquiries about the bruise "I tripped on the front porch and hit my eye on a rock." She answered when Hakurou- senpai, a older student who was like an older brother to Shun'u asked about it. As usual Shun'u was undefeated in her running, unhuman speed seemed to be her element. Having showered and dressed in one of the private cubicles so that no one would see the bruises she went to her homeroom. "Genrou old buddy" Shun'u gave a fanged grin at the greeting from her best friend Kouji, who was sitting a few desks over. Kouji tossed her cobalt plait over her shoulder and studied her friend "Sh*t Genrou, what the hell happened" she addressed Genrou by her nickname, given to her by Hakurou-senpai when he had looked after the girls at the start of their education in senior high. "fell of the front porch and hit my eye on a stone" Shun'u answered flippantly before sitting down an surveying the pairs in the classroom. It had become a bit of a legend, Genrou was a matchmaker, knowing what a person needed and matching them perfectly. Today Genrou felt pleased, she'd finally matched up the shy girl Chou Ryuen with Saihitei Seishuku, a boy that had been eyeing her for two years now. Then there was Ayuru and Chuin over in the far corner, Bu Koutoku and Ou Dokun by the window, Chen Emato and Takiko Okuda whispering by the door and finally Tsuonie Kasaru and Suzano Oosugi who were talking by the blackboard. The bell rang and everyone settled into class.

Walking down the hallway during lunch, Kouji and Shun'u talked, rounding a corner they were greeted with two older students walking towards them "hello Hikou-senpai, hello Houjun-senpai, how are you?" both girl chorused, grinning at the two blue haired boys. "hello Kouji-san, hello Shun'u-san, we're fine" Hikou answered and Kouji blushed faintly. Genrou nudged her friend and smirked faintly. Kouji had, had a crush on Hikou since Primary school, but had never found the courage to approach the midnight haired teen. "Shun'u-san what happened to your eye? This is the fifth bruise this month on you face" Shun'u winced, her father was less careful then usual, Houjun was missing his usual 'no da's' which meant the he was serious "I fell of the porch and landed on a rock" Houjun shook his head "you should see a doctor, with all these falls your balance must be out or something" Hikou smirked at his friend, no matter what Houjun protested about being true to his girl friend Kouran, Hikou knew that Houjun was attracted to the fiery headed girl, he hated it that he was called -senpai by Shun'u, they had been good friends in primary school, and it showed with the fact that Shun'u often used Houjun's lap as a seat during lunch, much to the amusement of their many shared friends and the annoyance of Kouran. Hikou and Houjun both noticed the unease in Shun'u's eyes and Houjun went forward and grasped her arm.

Shun'u yelped as Houjun's hand closed on a bruise, she felt a wetness and knew that the fragile skin had burst, this was confirmed when Houjun drew back, staring at his bloody palm horrified. What she didn't expect was for Houjun to suddenly pull her shirt off, revealing the masses of bruises covering her torso and the bloody bruise that stood out on her arm. She smiled weakly at the horrified gazes of Kouji, Hikou and Houjun. Before she knew what was happening Houjun had picked her up and had run with her to the library. Inside only two people were studying, Hakurou-senpai and Juan- senpai, a beautiful black-haired, black eyed girl who was studying to be a doctor. Both of them were horrified at the bruises that covered Shun'u's body, and as Hakurou helped Juan bandage Shun'u he went back, seeing in his memories the fact that Shun'u winced whenever a male lifted his hand, the fact that she never invited anyone over, and the fact that she and her sister Kaen both come into school sometimes with bruises. He shook his head, how could they have been so blind? Finally Shun'u was left sitting with bandages all over her arms and waist, she pulled her shirt back on, and shifted feeling relief from the nagging pain for the first time. Then Genrou appeared as she saw that she had the perfect opportunity for some matchmaking "Kouji-chan, did ya know that in that cupboard there are a whole lot of Manga?" Kouji went into the cupboard "Hikou-senpai did you know that there is a first aid kit in that cupboard?" Hikou went into the cupboard, Genrou closed and locked the door behind them "HEHEHE" she cackled to herself feeling a little tired from the pain. She went back to her seat and smirked at the shocked Houjun "they've been eyeballing each other for years, I just gave them a little push in the direction needed" Houjun nodded.

Shun'u sighed and walked over to a stack of old books, taking one at random, she sat back down and began to read "this is the story of the maiden of Suzaku, who gathered the seven stars of Suzaku and achieved omnipotent power. This story is a incantation in itself and as soon as the page is turned the story will become reality" Shun'u turned the page and was engulfed in a red light "HOUJUN!!" she screamed before she was sucked into the book.