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A Shadowed Priestess
Cara Hall: The New Priestess of Genbu
"Attention, the National Library will be closing in 10 minutes."
I sighed in relief as I took the last book from my cart and put it in its respective place on the shelf.
"Finally I get to go home and relax." I thought to myself as I maneuvered my way through the book cases.
It had been a long day for me and I had been working diligently as well. When I signed up to study abroad in Tokyo, Japan, I knew it would be a lot of work but I never thought it would be this exhausting! Add studying for exams to the job I took as a librarian at the National Library to help pay for some of my expenses, it was fair enough to say that I was fast reaching my breaking point.
As I went to the back to punch out for the day, I noticed two young men huddled over a book, making no move to leave. I approached them and cleared my throat to get their attention.
"AH! Uh….um…yes can we help you?" the one with the sunglasses asked me.
"Yes you can. In case you missed the announcement the library is closing soon. So if you will kindly make your way to the check out desk or return that book to where you found it…." I stopped short, looking over the books condition.
It was an old book that was tattered and worn. It looked like one of the books in the restricted section of the National Library where I had been assigned to retrieve a book a few weeks ago.
"Where did you get that book? Did you take it from the restricted room upstairs? You did didn't you?" I questioned, pointing an accusing finger at the both of them.
The one without shades on looked at me pleadingly.
"We really need to take this book with us. Please don't tell anyone about it." he asked me, a tone of urgency in his voice.
"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to take that book." I said, a little more firmly.
The one with the shades came up to me and placed his hand on my shoulder.
"Please. Someone's life could be at stake here!" he whispered fervently.
I gulped nervously. Someone's life could be at stake? What on earth was he talking about?
"F-fine," I stated hesitantly, "but on one condition. You must tell me what's going on here."
After shooting glances at each other they both nodded in unison.
"Alright. We'll tell you everything."
Ten minutes later, I found myself in a car with Yuki Keisuke and Kajiwara Tetsuya. They told me about Keisuke's sister Miaka and her best friend Hongo Yui, who had been sucked into the book, The Universe of the Four Gods. Now they were trying to figure out a way to get them back or at least do something besides sitting around and reading about everything that was happening to the girls.
I ran a hand through my shoulder-length, dark brown hair and shook my head.
"Wow. This is….so…..unbelievable, not to mention confusing as hell." I sighed, as I sat in the backseat of Tetsuya's car.
Keisuke turned around from the passenger's seat to face me.
"I know this is a little hard to believe but it's the truth. Here, perhaps the best way to understand this is to read the book." he said, passing me the Universe of the Four Gods.
Taking the book from him, I carefully opened it to the first page and realized that the book was written entirely in Chinese characters.
"Oh that's right. It doesn't look like your from here, are you able to read that?" Keisuke asked me.
I nodded. Thankfully before I decided to study abroad and now, I took many language courses including Japanese and I even took a course on writing/reading Chinese characters.
My eyes found the first line and I began to read.
This is the story of a girl who gathered the Seven Guardians of Suzaku. She obtained omnipotent power and made every wish come true. The story itself is an incantation. Whoever finishes reading it shall receive this power. As soon as the page is turned, the story will become the truth and begin………
Miaka with all the Suzaku warriors besides Hotohori, arrive in Tolan, a city in Hokkan.
"Uh, Cara? This is your apartment building right?" Tetsuya asked as he pulled to the side.
I tore my eyes away from the pages of the book and looked out the window. Sure enough, we were parked outside of my apartment complex.
"My god….and you say that this is what your sister is going through?" I asked Keisuke.
He nodded gravely.
So what do you guys plan to do now?" I questioned the pair of them.
"Well we found something interesting about the author of the Universe of the Four Gods, so we're going to look into that more." replied Tetsuya.
I stepped out of the car, not realizing that I still had the book in my arms.
"Hey Cara, we kind of need to keep the book with us." stated Tetsuya.
"Oh, sorry. Hold on I just have one line left to read." I said as I found the line of characters where I had left off.
Meanwhile as the Priestess of Suzaku and her warriors began their search for the Shenzhen a mysterious girl from another world was about to appear……
Suddenly a blinding flash of green light emanated from the book and I screamed out in surprise before my world went black.
A/N: Hey hope you liked it and please review. The next chapter should be out sometime soon I hope.