Eternal White Flame

(A Fushigi Yuugi Fanfiction)

A/N: Good day to y'all, it's been awhile but I never really disappeared; I happened to watch Magic Knight Rayearth recently and seeing the episode of Selece two things came to mind: 1) Selece reminded me of Seiryu 2) What if Yui becomes a magic knight? - it totally fits if she'll be but I think our dragon God will be jealous if Selece will come anywhere near his priestess xD Anyway, with that inspiration I decided to slowly put it to life so here it is! A shoutout again to my fave slavedriver2008 who is surely doing her best to give us updates with her stories, we'll just be surprised xD and to y'all who continue to love and support our beloved miko, cheers!

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Disclaimer: I own Fushigi Yuugi NOT.

Chapter 1 - Surprise surprise

'I need a Champion…'

'Someone with a big heart, hard like a steel to withstand any form of enemies, yet soft and warm…that knows what love really means…'

'The Champion cannot be anyone…'

'It is not measure by the means of physical looks or stamp of power inside the person…'

'It will feel right…'

'My Champion will stand before me…'

'And I know it's going to be you…'

Light blue eyes slowly opened and in an instant she was greeted by the warm rays of sunlight that passed through the part of the glass window uncovered by the curtain of her room. Yui Hongo got up in a sitting position and pulled the pale blue curtain further to cover that portion of the window then she swung her legs to the side as she rubbed her eyes.

"Oh my I feel good." She could not help but voice out, after all she had a good full 8 hours sleep last night which she normally does not do with the load of school works that she has. After staring at the opposite wall for a few minutes, Yui finally rose up from her bed and stretched her stiff arms, the oversized daffodils printed shirt she wore hiking up a bit in the process.

The blonde reached out for her white towel hanging on the wall and she was about to go for the bathroom when her eyes caught the picture frame on the small table drawer near her study desk and shelves, she walked towards the drawer and picked up the frame, a small smile forming on her lips. It was a picture of her, Miaka and Taka taken many months ago, a mini celebration they had in an amusement park and it was fun. Seeing Taka made her automatically remember a particular memory she didn't normally dwell in everyday. It couldn't be help knowing he's the former Celestial Warrior inside that book, Tamahome and the strong power of love he and Miaka had for each other made it miraculously possible for him to be here permanently.

Yui no longer felt anything romantic for him but sometimes, envy popped its ugly head and she found it hard to kick it back down. Letting out a heavy sigh, she shook her head and went to the bathroom; year already passed since their adventures inside the book of the Four Gods, yet the amount of normalcy and daily happenings in her life is still not enough to make her completely move on from it.

What if Nakago was not power hungry and crazy the way he was, would there be a chance for them to live together like Miaka and Taka? The former dragon priestess could not help but thought of that while taking off her shirt and black short shorts and put it in the dirty clothes hamper. Or maybe she should have just went with Suboshi then? She realized her Celestial Warriors weren't just as good and heavenly as Miaka's.

I shouldn't be having these kind of thoughts now, get a grip Yui, that was last year, get your mind out of the gutter! She reprimanded herself internally, stepping in the shower area she turned it on and welcomed the cold drops of water from above hoping it will rid of the negative thoughts she was having now.

After the bath, Yui stepped out of the bathroom feeling fresh and sparkly, she was able to bury all nasty past thoughts aside and while humming a random tune she started fixing herself, putting on a dark black tank top and high waist dark blue denim shorts and a denim blue long sleeves polo to complete the overall look. When she was done with the clothing, she stood in front of the tall mirror and began brushing her blonde locks that now reached past her shoulders, as she did so, her right ear came to view where a small blue earring was.

The blue earring that she have gotten from her beloved shogun.

Her train of thoughts was halted upon the loud ringtone she specifically assigned for her best friend's contact number. Placing the comb down, she took her phone from the desk and pressed the green button.

"Good Morning, Miaka, I am about to finish, I will be there in 20 or 30 minutes max." It was her best friend's birthday and Miaka planned a party that freaking morning for them in the cafe where Taka takes a part time job, the manager knew Taka for awhile now since he applied right after the first semester of college began and he let the couple had their celebration set up on the second floor of the cafe.

"YUI-CHAN!" came the loud, amplifier-like voice of her best friend, "I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU! YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME! GET YOUR BUTT HERE ASAP!" And the call ended.

Yui stared at the device on her hand for a minute, comprehending just what in Seiryu happened and Miaka was freaking out like that. She knew how wild and hyper Miaka could get but the tone in her voice earlier was different.

She took her dark blue combat boots out and wore it while thinking about the quick call…hmmm, what if something really happened? Only one way for her to find out?

Get her ass there quickly.

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Something really happened.

Like to the point of being literal.

And this was not an episode that normally happens in her life.

Scratch that, there's NOTHING normal about it at all.

"Oh my God."

In a span of 15 minutes, she arrived in the cafe and quickly entered inside, giving the Manager a hasty greeting then ascended the flight of stair that led to the second floor of the cafe and THERE, in the midst all the decorations, food and low volume music playing, there huddled a bit in the middle of the floor was a tall handsome guy with flaming red hair styled up.

His red eyes met her blue ones in an instant and Yui felt like being splashed a bucket of ice-cold water.

"Which one do you pertain to?" The redhead asked, obviously amused with her shocked reaction. "I mean there's four of us here so I am uncertain which God you are talking about your statement earlier."

After he said that, a tall figure came closer to the redhead; Yui was so concentrated in him that the entire surrounding went blurry and missed the other figures inside.

"If it isn't my priestess…" A deep, sultry and masculine voice. "You look different now from the last time I saw you."

Yui averted her gaze to the one now standing beside the redhead, the wave of electric shock inside her doubled and aside from an ice cold water being splashed on her, she also felt lightning hit her metaphorically. No way…This can't be…

Long ocean blue hair, sapphire blue eyes, tall and gorgeous built…this man is…WAIT, stop, did she just thought of the dragon God as GORGEOUS?!

"Y…you…N..no..." The blonde shook her head while her voice quivered, she slowly took steps back, unable to acknowledge the reality before her.

"Yui-chan you are here! Yay!" Miaka Yuuki finally showed up, coming from the stairs below, wearing a pastel pink dress that reaches her mid thighs with a brown belt wrapped around her waist. She jumped in excitement and pulled her still-shock best friend in a tight hug. "I wanted to tell you on the phone that Suzaku and his brothers are here but I wanted to surprise you!"

Surprise is totally an understatement.

Yui turned to the brunette with a confused look on her face, "Miaka, what are they doing here?!" She pointed a shaky finger on the two tall guys. "How is this possible?!"

Miaka smiled sheepishly, scratching her right temple, "Well Yui-chan, actually we also don't know." Yui internally facepalmed. "They just showed up in Taka and I's apartment this early morning, looking good and casual, they brought presents so I could not really send them away. And I know we have a past with them but let's just put that behind and enjoy this day please?"

Taka also came, carrying a handful of paper bags and placed it down on a vacant table nearby, "Sorry for the weird surprise, Yui but we were in shock too this morning, but since the rest of the gang are also coming I guess it's not entirely impossible for them to be here too."

"What gang are you talking about, Taka?" Just how many series of strange things are going to happen in this day?

"Our friends inside the book, the rest of the celestial warriors." Taka blinked. "They want to celebrate Miaka's birthday too, they are already on their way."

"It seems that you are not happy seeing us here, my priestess." Seiryu spoke in that deep voice of his with a mixture of amusement.

"The name is Yui and I am no longer YOUR priestess, stop calling me that!" Yui exclaimed out loud, pouting and seething in annoyance; she doesn't normally explode out of impulse but the entire situation was irrational itself.

"We do not intend to cause you any heart attack," spoke the one sitting on the back, drinking from a coffee mug-this one has long hair too but in deep velvet black and tied in a pony tail and his eyes are of the same shade. He looks handsome in a mature way. "I hope you will not mind at all, we really only want to spend some time with you and we thought this is the perfect opportunity to do so."

"Even Gods like us need breaks from our godly works, honestly speaking it also gets boring you know." says the one with silver white hair and pleasing amber eyes.

Yui was never properly introduced to the other Gods but with them up close, she realized how freaking handsome they all look! Yes even her god was really good but of course she would not say that out loud, never, nu-uh.

"I am sorry for my outburst," She sighed heavily, "I was really just taken aback is all, but this is Miaka's birthday party so yeah…we all have our rights to have fun and enjoy it." She's gonna have fun with otherworldly people, yes, that's so normal. But her best friend was right, whatever happened to them in the book is long done, and it did not necessarily mean as well that Seiryu is evil or something.

Maybe it's time for her to move on from that particular memory.

"I really look forward in having fun and get to know you more, Yui." Seiryu smiled that reached his ears, yet there's a mischief underneath.

But it was enough to send a pink blush on her cheeks, damn this creature for looking so undeniably attractive.

"Whatever."

~ TO BE CONTINUED ~

Just a curious and quick question from yours truly, would you wanna have Yui end up with Seiryu only or Suzaku? Or make them share? XD How about Byakko and Genbu? Will it be a good idea to make them fall for our Miko as well?! XD See you on the next episode!