Fushigi Yuugi – Before The Light

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A/N: Greetings. Yes, I know. I'm doing it again. I'm letting myself get carried away with my ideas and writing another fic. Well, hopefully this one will be better…

Anyway, the idea behind this fic was inspired by something I stumbled upon on the site "The Fire Of Suzaku's Wings":

"The star chart that names all twenty-eight Seishi is split into five separate areas. Four of them are the directional quadrants (North, West, South, and East) that are ruled by the four gods (Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryuu). The fifth area is the Center, which governs the Void A/N: or Earth, in China elements. This Center, on the star chart, is named "Tenkyoku". This is the area that is dedicated to Taiitsu-kun, the overseer of the world. In the story, the mountain where Taiitsu-kun lives is called "Taikyoku", an obvious adaption from that area of the star chart.

In the center of the star chart, "Tenkyoku", there are six more constellations ("Seishi")! They are Taishi, Tei, Shoshi, Koukyuu, Kyoku, and Shiho."

And so FY: Before The Light was born. This tells the story of these six seishi and the forgotten beast god, Huang Long, and is set after the first two OVAs, but before Eikou Den. Yes, that's why it's titled, "Before The Light". :) I shall try to keep it canon.

And yes, I know there isn't a display on ancient China in the Tokyo National Museum. I made it up, just for the prologue. Please, don't review or send emails saying I'm a fraud; there's no such display. I know there isn't. What the hey… creative liberties, no? And who's to say there won't ever be such a display there in the future?

On with the fic!

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Prologue

The story of seven is over,

The story of six shall be told,

This story itself is a spell,

Which in the telling shall unfold.


Dare you to open the cover,

And enter the world of the book?

This time you'll be more than a Priestess,

And you'll need more than just looks.


Danger and magic and adventure,

Await once you turn the page,

A bandit you shall discover,

And one wise, masked, smiling mage.


I cannot promise your survival,

Or that you will ever return,

But you must live out your story,

And your own lessons you must learn.


Time now to make a decision,

One choice shall determine it all,

Yes – to love and adventure,

Or no, and ignore destiny's call?


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The prologue and first chapter are actually together, but I separated them because I felt it was better that way, though it makes it much shorter.