Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi or any of the characters related to it. I am only writing a fictional story of what I believe might have happened with the legend of Byakko. Anything and everything Fushigi Yuugi belongs to Yuu Watase.

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Quick references for the chapter:

Tatara introduces himself as "Tatara" because it is the name that his father called him when he was younger because they both knew that he would eventually grow up to be the Byakko seishi, Tatara. It was just habit of him to introduce himself as so. His real name is Tsuonie Kasaru.

When I use "KD" in front of a name, it means that they are Kawaii Deformed at the time the abbreviation is being used.

The "Fushigi Yuugi Ending Theme" is not officially created for this specific story. But I think the origional Fushigi Yuugi Ending Theme works for the story. And when I say "[Insert Fushigi Yuugi Ending Theme]" it means imagine the music playing at the end of the episode like in the Anime series.

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The Legend of Byakko: Chapter 1

It was late in the afternoon and the sun was soon to set. A girl roamed the streets with her textbooks in hand. She clutched them as if they were the only things she had left in the world. Her long brown flowing locks blew behind her and her bangs flew wildly in front of her face, revealing her glowing green eyes. She began to slow her pace when she arrived at a small house. She sighed, then walked inside her home.

"Suzuno! Dear! Where have you been? I haven't seen you all afternoon," A tall stern man said. He had short brown hair, and matching brown eyes. His hair was much darker than Suzuno's.

"Oh, just walking, father. I'm sorry. I should have told you I was coming home late," Suzuno paused for a moment, then moved her bangs from her face and began to walk towards her room.

Her father watched her for a moment, then chuckled, "It's alright, dear. I understand." As Suzuno reached the door, her father sighed, then spoke again, "I understand how it feels to lose a friend."

Suzuno stopped and stood in her doorway, clutching the door knob. Her father could see her hands shaking, and the silence in the room was so erking, that you could almost her the tear drop running down Suzuno's soft skin.

Only days before, Suzuno and her father heard horrible news of a close family's death. It was her father's close friend, and his daughter, one of Suzuno's close friends as well. Shortly after, the entire town was speaking of it. The father, Okuda Einosuke, killed his daughter, Takiko. It was said to be a "crime of love" because Takiko became suddenly ill and was suffering terribly. She was missing for a few days during school, so Suzuno and her father, Oosugi Takago, went to visit her and her father. While Takago and Einosuke spoke of the matter, Suzuno sat by Takiko's bed side.

-Takiko's face was pale and her veins were impulsing through her flesh. She groaned of pain, and Suzuno tried to comfort her, but she didn't know how.

"Suzu-chan...," Takiko coughed, "I have so much to tell you."

Suzuno's eyes widened and she leaned closer to Takiko. She didn't understand how she could grow so sick so fast. As Suzuno got closer to Takiko, she saw that her flesh was almost a scaley texture.

"There was..... this book, Suzuno."

"A book?" Suzuno asked.

"Yes. A book... to ancient China," Takiko paused to cough. Then turned back at Suzuno. "I was a priestess. And I called upon one of the four Gods to grant 3 wishes. Genbu..."

"Genbu, the God?" Suzuno pondered. 'The sickness must be making her delirious,' she thought.

"But, I wasn't strong enough...... I couldn't control Genbu..."

Suzuno stood over Takiko and didn't know what to think about what Takiko was telling her. Then, Takiko's eyes widened, and then she gasped for breath.

Suzuno jumped in fear. "Okuda-san! Takiko-chan!!" She pointed. Einosuke turned from his conversation and flew down to her bedside. Takiko began breathing deeply, and then it started to slow down. She soon closed her eyes, and fainted.

"I think it's time to go, Suzuno. We need to let Takiko rest a while." Takago grabbed Suzuno's arm, and pulled her out the door, but she was still trembling. She looked forward at her father's hand grapsed around her arm. She looked into his other hand to see a book, sealed in newspaper.-

Suzuno quietly turned the door knob as she closed her door. She layed her school jacket on her bed, and turned towards her desk. She layed her books down and stared at them for a moment, wondering why it had to happen. As she began to sit at her desk chair, a knock came to her door.

"Suzu-chan!" came from outside the door.

Suzuno stopped in mid sit, and stood again. "Yes, Yuren-chan?"

The door slowly cracked open, and Yuren, Suzuno's 14 year old little sister, popped her head in. "Suzu-chan, dinner is ready."

Suzuno faked a smile and nodded, "Thank you, Yuren-chan." Yuren smiled back and closed the door. As soon as the door shut, Suzuno let out a big sigh and sat slumply in her chair. She rubbed her eyes and then layed her head down on her arm. She soon fell asleep.

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Suzuno's door banged louder than drums, and Suzuno's head finally jetted up from her position at her desk from the night before.

"Suzuno-chan! It's time to go to school!!" Her father said as he pounded her door some more. He had been pounding on it for a while, hoping it would wake her up. It's inpolite to go inside someone's room without their consent.

Suzuno stuttered for a moment, then stood quickly and ran for clean clothes. "I'm up, father! I'm awake!" She yelled back at him. The pounding ceist and her father replied, "You have 10 minutes. I'm late for work now, so I will see you when I get home."

Suzuno's began moving more quickly when she heard she had only 10 minutes. Once she was dressed and all her school books were in a bundle, she jetted out her room door, but almost tripped over a box that was in the hallway outside of the door. "What's this doing here?" she asked impatiently.

"Some box dad moved from his room this morning. I don't know why he moved in front of your room," Yuren snapped back.

Suzuno stood there for a moment, and then took a deep breath. She looked down the hall way out of habit and saw something strange. The door leading to her storage room was always locked by her father, but when she looked at it just then, there was a key sticking from the hole, where it had been left from someone visiting inside it. Suzuno stood there for a moment, debating whether she'd hurry to school with Yuren, or take a few moments to see what was inside there. Of course, Suzuno being the curious type she was, she had to go see what was in the storage room which her father always kept her out of. She walked in the door and the entire room was dark. She looked for a lantern or some sort of lighting utensil, but there was none in sight, so she continued looking without one. She then saw a bright white light coming from behind some boxes. "Ah, there's one!" she said aloud, heading towards the light. She gently moved the boxes until she came upon a book, wrapped in newspaper. It was glowing from within the thick paper. But why would this book be glowing? She picked it up, tore the paper from around it, and looked closer at the writing on the front. "The Universe of the Four Gods," she said aloud. "Hmm, it must be one of my father's books." Then she thought back to seeing this book when she left Takiko's house the day before she died. She payed no mind to the note that slipped out from the inside cover. She opened the book to the first page, and read it aloud, "Herein contains the tale of a young lady and her quest to gather the seven constellations of Byakko together. And if you, the esteemed reader, should read to the storie's end, the spell contained within this book shall bestow upon you the powers of the heroine, and grant you your wish. For indeed, the moment the page is turned, the story will become reality." She stared at the book for a moment. She wondered if maybe it was true. Maybe this was the book Takiko was talking about. Then she sighed and started to put the book back down, but, before she completely let go, she stared at it once more. "What harm could it cause?" she thought. So, she turned the page. At first, nothing happened. Then a bright white light began to surround her. The room began to fade into the white light. What was once her old storage room was now a bright white portal. She vanished into the light, and the book dropped to the floor. Yuren, who had been standing at the door for the past few seconds, stood in shock. She slowly walked to the book and carefully picked it up.

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Suzuno slowly opened her eyes and then, realizing what had happened, she sat up quickly. She was in the middle of a big crowd, all staring at her.

"Did you see that??" One man asked to the other beside him.

"Yeah! She just appeared out of nowhere!"

One woman with her 2 daughters took a step back when Suzuno looked up at her. One of the girls jetted forward and gave Suzuno her hand. The mother cried out to her. "Don't go near her, Azusa! You don't know her!" But the girl didn't turn back towards her mother. She looked deep into Suzuno's eyes, and immidiatly trusted her. Suzuno looked at the young girl's hand, then took a hold of it and stood. Everyone in the crowd gasped, then began to murmur again.

A young man from back of the crowd tried to see what was happening. He had long brown hair pulled into a loose pony tail, and beautiful glowing blue eyes. He jumped higher, and higher, trying to see what was in the middle of the crowd. He heard talk of a girl with strange clothes, and he wanted to see the freak of nature. He jumped higher and higher, but still, no luck. He stood in dismay for a moment. But then, the crowd started to walk back, and it started to split a path down the middle. The young man was now face to face with Suzuno, the girl from another world. She stared at him for a moment, wondering why he was not trying to get away from her. He stared into her eyes for a moment, and then swallowed loudly. He awaited strange words to come out of her mouth.

"Ex-excuse me," She quietly, and politely asked him.

The boy sweat dropped. And did not move. Just as he was about to speak, Suzuno just walked around him. He watched her walk wearily away. The crowd soon dispersed and found interest in something else, but the handsom young man did not. He quietly followed her in the shadows, so not to frighten her.

"Excuse me, sir. Where am I?" Suzuno asked a man at a booth set up in the middle of the city.

He looked at her funny, then replied, "You are in Sairou. The country of the God Byakko."

"Byakko!" she thought. She knew that from the beginning of the book. "Arigatou!" she waved to the man as she ran off towards the palace. "I'll talk to the emperor about it," she thought, "He'll tell me what to do!" She ran to the gate and began trying to open it. No luck. So she began shaking it violently. "Ahhheeehhhh!!" She gritted her teeth. "It was a perfect plan!!" she yelled as she shook the emperial gate more. KD Suzuno began biting at the gate with her teeth, and when that failed, she started jerking at it quickly.

A guard who was watching from near by tapped his partner who was sleeping against a wall. The partner woke up and the guard pointed at Suzuno, "What's that crazy looking girl doing??"

"Looks like she's trying to break into the palace! Maybe she's an assasin from another country!"

"We better stop her!" The two guards ran for her.

KD Suzuno was still pulling at the bars, not paying attention to the guards charging for her. "Ahheehh!! Why won't you come open!! I have to get to the emperor!" What she had just said didn't help reassure the guards that she was not an assasin. KD Suzuno finally heard trotting foot steps towards her, so she looked over and saw the guards with big swords coming at her. She squeeled at the top of her lungs and began running away. They were chasing after her, but Suzuno was very fit and gave them a good run for their money. She saw a hole in the brick wall ahead of her, so she stopped quickly and slid into it. When the guards approached it, they realized it was too small for them to fit in, so they ran around to get in a different way.

Suzuno, out of breath, walked around wondering where she had just slipped in. She saw a big and beautiful brick building in front of her and realized she had slipped into the palace. Her eyes lit up and she clasped her hands together. "I made it inside!" she said with optimism. She took a few steps forward and gazed at the amazing sight.

A girl from a far watched her from inside one of the palace rooms. She had a robe on and draped cloth around her head and face, but her eyes were showing, and they were a bright grey.

Suzuno stood there for a moment, staring at the palace, but then heard something to her right.

"Hey! There she is!" Suzuno turned and saw the guards after her again. She began running. As she turned a corner, she tripped over a railroad tie and fell forward. As she scrambled to get up, the guards cornered her. She began tearing up at the sight of their sharp swords. She had never been in real danger before. The guards mumbled about what they should do, and Suzuno closed her eyes tightly. She soon felt pressure around her hips and she felt like she had been lifted up in the air. She could hear the guards cursing, and it sounding further and further away. And she could now feel a breeze. She squeezed her eyes tighter, but then slowly opened them to see that someone was carrying her and running. She looked up to see the young man from the city. "Y-you.." she muttered.

He looked down at her and realized she had opened her eyes. "Tatara."

"Tatara??"

"It's my name."

"Ohhh.." she sweat dropped and looked forward again. But only for a moment before she looked back up at him. "So... where are we going?"

He looked back down at her and gave her a pondering look. "Hmm... I don't know." He looked back up.

They were still running (well, he was, and he was still carrying her).

Suzuno looked back up at him again, but this time just stared at him. He was a very handsom boy and the more she looked at him, the more she wanted to just hug him. She looked forward again, blushing.

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Suzuno stood quietly behind Tatara as he ordered 2 warm drinks for him and her. She stared at him for a while, then stared at her feet the moment he turned around. He stood there, holding her drink for a moment, until she looked up and noticed him handing it to her. "Oh. Gomen ne.." she said quietly, looking back to the ground. He cocked his head to the side for a moment, wondering why she was acting that way. He shrugged and began leading her to a quiet alley where he sat against a wall. She looked at the ground, and hesitated, but then sat directly across from him against the other wall. They sat there in silence for a moment, them both taking sips from their hot tea. Tatara paused, then looked up at Suzuno. She could see him looking at her from her perethial vision, and she blushed.

"So..." he paused for a moment, "What's your name?"

She looked up at him, and realized she had yet to give her name. "Oosugi Suzuno." Her voice was becoming louder, and more normal. She seemed to be getting calmer around him. "Thanks... for uh, saving me." She finally looked him in the eyes.

"No problem. It seemed like I should. Anyone decent would have," he smiled, "right?"

She smiled back and took another sip of her tea.

"So where are you from?" Tatara asked, before taking another sip of his tea.

"Tokyo, Japan."

"Hmm," Tatara thought for a moment. "That must be far away. I've never even heard of a place with that name."

"Well, yeah. I didn't think so."

"Why have you come here, Suzuno?" He scooted closer to her.

She paused and then stared into her drink. "I don't know."

Tatara stared at her, and he saw how beautiful she was. Her eyes were like pure emeralds, and her lips looked rosy and soft. Her nose was small and cute, and her long brown hair was in two long braids, and her bangs fell in front of her face whenever she looked down. The more he stared at her, the more he lost focus on the conversation. He shook his head and spoke again, "You don't know?" he asked.

"Well, I don't know. I was reading about something that had to do with Byakko."

"Byakko??" Tatara came back quickly.

Suzuno looked up from her drink because of Tatara's quick interest. "Yes. Something about being Byakko no miko."

Tatara thought back to when he was younger.

-"Tatara," Tatara's father stared down on him, and spoke with a serious voice. "When you are older, there will come a time when you will be chosen to guard Byakko no miko--"

"Byakko no miko?" Young Tatara asked.

"Yes. Byakko no miko will come from another world and you, my son, are one of the seven Byakko seishi."

"I am?"

His father kneeled down and grabbed his right hand. He pointed to it, and looked into Tatara's eyes. "Because you have this symbol on your hand, you are a Byakko warrior. Your soul purpose is to protect Byakko no miko during her quest to call upon the God, Byakko."

Tatara's eyes widened as he listened to his father.

"The story has been told for many generations. A girl from another world will come and save Sairou's people, and will collect the seven Byakko seishi. You are one of them, Tatara. You will protect Byakko no miko."-

Tatara stared at Suzuno, as she looked back at him confused. He stood quickly and grabbed her hand.

"Eh... na ne--?" Suzuno mumbled.

Tatara jetted out of the alley and pulled her behind him, both of them dropping their tea. He ran quickly with her hand in his. She tried to keep up with his pace. He ran up the steps of a memorial just outside of the palace gates. People began to look up and stare at Tatara and Suzuno.

"People of Sairou!" Tatara shouted to the crowd.

More and more people gathered at the foot of the steps. The woman who watched Suzuno at the palace before, now stood just inside the emperial wall, listening to Tatara.

"We have been waiting for our savior. We have been waiting for someone to end the war on Sairou, and bring peace to it's people." The crowd had grown enormous, and even servants and guards from inside the palace were standing before him. The woman had now walked outside of the gates just to hear him. "We heard legend of a girl from another world coming and saving us. It brought us comfort knowing that one day, we will have peace. And now, I have standing before you, Byakko no miko!"

[Insert Fushigi Yuugi Ending Theme]

The crowd began to cheer and celebrate. Suzuno stood, motionless, not knowing what to do or say. It had happened so fast. The woman in the robe ran back into the palace. Suzuno, in shock, looked up at Tatara, who was smiling at her with complete happiness. Everything around her began to get blurry.

"Suzuno?" Tatara cocked his head back in confusion. "Suzuno??"

Everything around her got darker.

Suzuno then fainted into Tatara's arms.