A/N: Now, I know this is really radical and I understand that many may not like it. But, it took a booger of a time trying to think and form this so please please please read. I know that you probably don't want to read an introduction; those always bore me to death, but just for my sake, read. A review would be nice too, if it isn't too much trouble. Please? I'll give your own personal set of living seishi.
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Prologue
Since the beginning of time, it is said that there have been four saint gods: Suzaku the red phoenix, Seiryuu the blue dragon, Byakko the white tiger, and Genbu the black tortoise. After the creation of the world they were sent to the four corners of the world and established the four main directions, north, south, east and west, also becoming protectors of the four seasons. A balance remained present between them for their power was equal and it was so for many years hence. A book was written in holy script to honor these four gods but the words on its pages were more than mere fairy tale. Many read the book but the few chosen ones were given the highest honor; they were taken into the book to become the priestess, or protector, of one of the four beast gods. Each god had seven seishi, or warriors, and when all seven including the priestess were assmebled in the shrine of their beast god, the priestess could ask the god for three wishes and by the power of the gods, the wishes would become reality. Once the wishes were completed, some priestesses were devoured by the god as an offering, others left to wander in eternal lonliness. Some of the young girls became emotionally attatched to one inparticular of the seishi, but only the lucky one was given the chance to remain with her true love forever. Miaka Yuuki, priestess of Suzaku, and her lover Tamahome, one of Suzaku's seven warriors, traveled back to Miaka's world of modern day Tokyo. After this, the book was said to be closed forever and it lay dormant in the wide world, meant to never again be opened.
Little did the past priestesses know that within the book, the holy balance was being lost. The gods, however powerful, were slowly becoming weak due to the imbalance of power in the lands they protected. They needed to regain their power or the world would crumble into oblivion, therefore affecting the future itself. It became apparent that the spiritual system was in need of a new balance. The four gods knew that the ultimate sacrifice was to be made but it was necessary by any means possible. Using almost all of their remaining power, they created a fifth beast god, Taikon the silver stallion. While the land began to renew its hold on life and prosperity, the fact remained that Taikon was in need of seishi and priestess. The book underwent a dangerous change; its pages were the same but the message was not; little did the unsuspecting girl and warriors know that the five saint gods had already chosen them to become the new seishi and priestess of Taikon. The book was to be opened again. But this time, a different balance would be in order. For that to stand, the old priestesses were to reenter. Only this time, they would be fighting against a much greater evil, an evil like the world had never seen. An evil so powerful that it could murder the saint gods. The seishi and priestess would have one year. Then the world would take its own control. Nothing was sacred and naught was holy. The only prospect was to come out alive.
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R&R if you have the time! -Nanashi
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Prologue
Since the beginning of time, it is said that there have been four saint gods: Suzaku the red phoenix, Seiryuu the blue dragon, Byakko the white tiger, and Genbu the black tortoise. After the creation of the world they were sent to the four corners of the world and established the four main directions, north, south, east and west, also becoming protectors of the four seasons. A balance remained present between them for their power was equal and it was so for many years hence. A book was written in holy script to honor these four gods but the words on its pages were more than mere fairy tale. Many read the book but the few chosen ones were given the highest honor; they were taken into the book to become the priestess, or protector, of one of the four beast gods. Each god had seven seishi, or warriors, and when all seven including the priestess were assmebled in the shrine of their beast god, the priestess could ask the god for three wishes and by the power of the gods, the wishes would become reality. Once the wishes were completed, some priestesses were devoured by the god as an offering, others left to wander in eternal lonliness. Some of the young girls became emotionally attatched to one inparticular of the seishi, but only the lucky one was given the chance to remain with her true love forever. Miaka Yuuki, priestess of Suzaku, and her lover Tamahome, one of Suzaku's seven warriors, traveled back to Miaka's world of modern day Tokyo. After this, the book was said to be closed forever and it lay dormant in the wide world, meant to never again be opened.
Little did the past priestesses know that within the book, the holy balance was being lost. The gods, however powerful, were slowly becoming weak due to the imbalance of power in the lands they protected. They needed to regain their power or the world would crumble into oblivion, therefore affecting the future itself. It became apparent that the spiritual system was in need of a new balance. The four gods knew that the ultimate sacrifice was to be made but it was necessary by any means possible. Using almost all of their remaining power, they created a fifth beast god, Taikon the silver stallion. While the land began to renew its hold on life and prosperity, the fact remained that Taikon was in need of seishi and priestess. The book underwent a dangerous change; its pages were the same but the message was not; little did the unsuspecting girl and warriors know that the five saint gods had already chosen them to become the new seishi and priestess of Taikon. The book was to be opened again. But this time, a different balance would be in order. For that to stand, the old priestesses were to reenter. Only this time, they would be fighting against a much greater evil, an evil like the world had never seen. An evil so powerful that it could murder the saint gods. The seishi and priestess would have one year. Then the world would take its own control. Nothing was sacred and naught was holy. The only prospect was to come out alive.
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R&R if you have the time! -Nanashi