For the Sake of Bonds
Disclaimer: All the characters from Fushigi Yuugi belong to Yuu Watase.
Time frame: This takes place after the summoning of Suzaku and acts like an alternate timeline for Tenkou's arc.
Summary: Now that all four gods of the "Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho" has been summoned, the seal holding the demon king Tenkou has weakened. Seeing the powers bestowed upon the celestial warriors that protected each of the four priestesses, he creates his own from 5 of the fallen Seiryuu warriors. A 6th is needed and he takes it upon himself to create a 6th from one of the last living Suzaku warriors. The quest to find the 4 shinzaho and the battle for the two worlds begins as old enemies and friends are pitted against each other for the right to rule the universe.
Author's Note: Miaka's shinzaho is her and Taka's child (a physical manifestation of her and Tamahome's love) but in this fic, I will be changing it to something else.
-Prologue-
The four deities of the four corners of earth have been summoned. The priestesses meant to have been sacrificed to allow the summoned beasts to regain their powers, one by one escaped their fate for worse or better. Now that the last of the beast deities has used a substantial amount of power to grant the wishes of their respective priestesses, a long forgotten seal has began to weaken.
Within the endless abyss of a darkened void in time, the demon king Tenkou rises from his sleep as he feels the ever waning seal begin to waver. The time for his freedom was near.
"Have I been forgotten I wonder?" Tenkou muses, "for them to weaken the barrier this much must mean that they are weak and desperate."
Shifting his eyes up to the heavens, Tenkou smiles to himself as an idea arises from within his mind.
"Why, the four deities of this world each have such loyal servants to do their bidding. It seems only fair that I, the demon king too should call upon my own servants. My own 'Celestial Warriors'."
Pleased with this thought, Tenkou set to work. Drawing upon himself the powers of darkness that were his to command, he drew 6 pairs of characters and bestowed upon each a gift.
欺瞞 (Giman): The warrior of deceit.
渓壑 (Keigaku): The warrior of insatiable desire.
偽性 (Gisei): The warrior of fabrications.
怨む (Uramu): The warrior of curses.
癲狂 (Tenkyou): The warrior of insanity.
惨死 (Zanshi): The warrior of cruel death.
"The warriors of Seiryuu that died so meaninglessly. I shall make them my own. Give them a mortal body once more so that their powers will be mine to use. But alas, the twins are of little use. For the younger returned to the elder and the elder is living a life of forgotten content. No matter, these 5 will do."
Giman I will prize to the ever deceitful Nakago. The child who deceived everyone around him, even himself.
Keigaku I will give to Soi. The child who can never be satisfied.
Gisei I will give to the illusionist Tomo. The child who draws on fantasies that can never become reality.
Uramu I will give to Miboshi. The child who lives by cursing others.
Tenkyou I will give to Ashitare. The child who lives within the insanity created by his appearance.
"One more. I need one more for the warrior Zanshi. But I will craft him myself. Since it is only fitting that the body of "Zanshi" die a death crueler then any before it is reborn into my 6th warrior."
Looking once again to the stars as if for inspiration, Tenkou smiled.
"Yes. The last two remaining stars of Suzaku. The warriors of wing and well. I will take one of them for my own. The powers that Suzaku bestowed upon them, which shall I take? Which power shall I snatch from Suzaku of the south?"
After pondering and weighing out the decision in his mind, Tenkou drew his powers once more, drawing a circle as he chanted an incantation. A mirror to the outside world formed. Within the surface of the reflected glass were the two last celestial warriors of Suzaku: Wing and Well.
~TBC~