Second Summonings

Summary: Aika Yuuki, Natsumi Kajiwara, Kori Izuno, and Mika Arai are
accidentally transported to the world in the Universe of the
Four Gods when they open the second edition of the book at
the National Library. There they find out they have to find
the seven seishi of their gods and summon the gods to bring
back the balance of the book world. In their way are the six
warriors of the void element, each with their own extremely
strong powers, who are trying to destroy the book world.

Disclaimers: Some of the characters and the entire concept of Fushigi Yugi
in general all belong to Yuu Watase. Of course, some of the
characters are mine.

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Chapter 1

"Hey Natsumi, Kori, do you two want to go to the library with us?" Aika
asked her two good friends as she walked besides Mika, another close friend,
"We really need to start studying for the history exam!"
Natsumi's bright blue eyes glinted mischieviously as she smiled an evil
smile, "I would say yes, but Kori needs to practice her cheerleading routine
before the game on Saturday!" she laughed, then turned serious again for
just a moment, "We have a history exam coming up?!"
Kori shit Natsumi an icy glare, "Well, I've improved a lot this week you
know! Also, we're definitely having a huge history exam tomorrow, or did you
forget?!" Kori and Natsumi acted like they detested each other, but both Aika
and Mika knew very well that they were the best of friends.
Natsumi laughed cheerfully again, "Yep, Kori has improved! Now, Instead of
dropping the baton, she catches it with her head!"
Mika and Aika sweatdropped as Kori whacked Natsumi upside the head. Kori's
normally soft brown eyes contained an inner fire of rage that was obvious
to them all.
Kori, Aika, Natsumi, and Mika were very close friends, and all four girls
were in the same class at Jonan High School. Besides that one similarity,
though, the girls were actually very different from each other, in both
appearance and character. Aika lived with her father, Keisuke Yuuki, who was
a history professor at a local university. Fifteen-year-old Aika had never
met her mother, and Keisuke never talked about her either, but Aika was sure
that she had black hair like her own, as Keisuke's hair was light brown. Aika
was at the top of her class, and her grades were excellent. Unfortunately, the
same could not be said of her athletic skills. Sixteen-year-old Natsumi, on
the other hand, could only manage borderline grades, but was an athlete. She
lived with her two parents, Yui and Tetsuya Kajiwara. Aika's father was good
friends with Tetsuya, and he had said before that Aika's deceased aunt was a
good friend of Natsumi's mother. Mika and Kori were both sixteen, and both
received decent grades in both athletics and the rest of their subjects. Kori
was a natural leader, as she was often the one raising her three younger
siblings. Mika was very gentle and shy, but she was definitely very strong
at heart.
When it came to physical appearance, their differences ran on and on. Aika
was not very tall, but she was slim and athletic-looking. Of course, you only
had to see her in gym to see that she was not athletic in the least. Aika had
long black hair and sweet brown eyes. Natsumi was a bit taller than Aika was,
and she had brilliant blue eyes and long golden hair, like her mother. Mika had
short, slightly curly brown hair, and hazel eyes that showed her emotions
clearly. Kori had straight, dark brown hair and soft brown eyes like Aika's.
"Anyway, why don't we all go. Natsumi obviously has to study- she probably
didn't remember tomorrow's exam!" Kori said acidly as she began walking ahead,
"Let's go!"
"Great then, come on!" Mika grabbed Natsumi's and Aika's hands, and began
half-dragging them along.
Aika had to smile, though she bit back her giggles. Mika easily got sick,
and had the outward appearance of being frail and weak, but she was actually
stronger than Aika herself was. It was very hard to see why Mika or Aika was
worrying, both of them had excellent grades. In fact, Aika was pratically the
class genius. Still, it wasn't a difficult task to see why Natsumi was worrying.
The gorgeous blond girl was the Jonan's female track star- and one of the worst
students in their class. Natsumi's intelligent mother, Yui, could be heard
constantly griping about Natsumi's grades.

When the four girl's finally got to the library, it was half an hour later-
partially because of their continuous arguments, which delayed them. Aika
especially was worried about the wasted time, that, according to her, could
have been better spent studying for the exam.
"Oh don't worry, you're the class genius!" Natsumi exclaimed cheerfully,
"Now, I, on the other hand, have to worry about studying. I'm willing to
bet they're going to kick me off the track team if I fail this one." she
frowned thoughtfully as she realised this.
"Oh, Natsumi..." Mika sighed, "You don't have to worry! All of us know
that you're a very intelligent person, even Kori! You just don't try. I
can assure you, if you study hard, you'll pass with flying colors!" she
smiled gently.
"Actually..." Kori said darkly, a devious expression on her normally
nice face, "I think she wil utterly fail! MWAHAHAHA!" Kori laughed evilly.
Natsumi tried to surge toward Kori, but Aika and Mika held her back, even
if they knew that Natsumi wouldn't really hit Kori. Kori was still laughing
evilly, and Mika and Aika were also getting a little annoyed.
"Oh! Just stop that, Natsumi! Let's go in and STUDY! You do need to pass,
you know, or you can count on failing this semester!" Aika said angrily.
"Hmph, well I have a second-degree black belt! Make sure Kori doesn't
forget that!" Natsumi roared.
"We all know that, Natsumi..." Mika sighed, before dragging the still-
laughing Kori up the steps and into the National Library.
When they went into the entrance hall, they started heading toward the
main rooms of the library, but then Aika turned toward the juice machines
at the other end of the entrance hall. "Wait a minute, guys, I'm just about
dying of thirst, and I didn't get anything for lunch either." she fumbled
about in her wallet for a coin as she headed toward the juice machines.
Kori sighed slowly, going back to normal, her brown eyes filling with
concern for Aika, "You know, you never have lunch, and I can tell you, you
don't need to diet either!" she announced, as Mika and Natsumi nodded,
agreeing.
"I'm not dieting! I'm just extremely forgetful!" Aika complained, but
she turned a little red.
"That's so not true..." Natsumi mumbled, but she was silenced by a cold
glare from Aika.
"Oh!" Aika gasped as the coin slipped from her fingers and rolled into
a dark shadowy hallway. "Damn! That was my last coin too..." she muttered
as she headed down the hallway to find the coin.
After a short period of about five seconds, Kori, Mika, and Natsumi
followed their friend down the hallway. It was a little hard to see clearly
here, the lights that normally adorned the hallways seemed to be broken,
and it made them nervous.
"Aika?! Where are you?!" Mika cried out, not seeing her.
"In here!" Aika's voice appeared to be coming out of a room at the end
of the hallway.
As Mika, Kori, and Natsumi walked slowly into that room, they barely
noticed the sign on the door. The sign read, in clear, ominous lettering,
"Impotant Documents Contained Within; For Reference Only!". In slightly
smaller print, the words, "Access Restricted" were written. For some reason
they would never know, it was as if the sign was completely invisible to
their eyes.

Commentary: (Where the souls of the dead seishi and Miaka tell us what they
think of the chapter's happenings)

Tamahome- Hmph, your brother Keisuke still hasn't told our daughter that
we're her true parents! Why in the world would he do that, Miaka?!
Miaka- I really think he's tried. *sigh* Still, Aika doesn't know us at
all. We died when she was a month old or so!
Chiriko- It's a hard thing to tell anyone. Personally, it would have been
easier if your brother had told Aika early on.
Nuriko- That's the least of my worries! What's going to happen next?! Aika's
friends- and Aika too, are such idiots! Couldn't they see the "Access
Restricted" sigh?!
Miaka- Well, Yui and I ignored that sign too! I still don't think I regret
that!
Mitsukake- If Miaka hadn't ignored that sign, then we would never had
gotten to meet each other!
Hotohori- I would never have met Miaka or any of you, and I would have just
gone on being so lonely.
Tamahome- Also, I would never have met Miaka, so I guess that her ignoring
that sign was not a bad thing!
Nuriko, while chuckling softly- I thought your daughter was the class genius,
Tamahome!
Tamahome, while getting angry- She is, of course, even I have to admit that
her common sense takes flight sometimes...

End Chapter 1

Notes: So what do you think of this! Please review! I really want to know
if this is, in your thinking, really bad, or if it's actually reasonably
decent!