Fushigi Yugi -The New Universe
by Lovely-chan
It was a new year in the life of the now fifteen years old Mirei Sukunami. Her life was full of people who loved her, but somehow she always felt alone. Her parents, Taka Sukunami and Miaka Yuki were always there for her. She loved them more than anything, but somehow she was growing apart from them, not because they pushed her away, but because she pushed herself away. Her older brother left Tokyo and went to a school in Germany and she felt so lonely since then. Every day after school she went over her uncle's house to read. She loves reading, specially all the weird books he collected. One day looking at the books she found one scroll below a few other books, it was all dusty and smelly, but she was curious to know what it was about. "Now this is new for me…it looks old." Cough. "Very old. Humm, it says something here…it is written in Chinese. Let's see…The New Universe. Now I am curious!" Mirei sit on the floor surrounded by a bunch of books that fell when she took the scroll.
"Mirei are you going to eat something?" -Keisuke
"Eat! Yes, I am coming Uncle Keisuke!" Mirei, like her mother, had a great appetite. "Umm smells good!"
"I hope you like what I made." (Blink, blink) O_O "Mirei!! You finished it all!"
"Thank you Uncle, it was delicious!" She ran back to the library.
"She is just like her mother. I will have to ask Taka for more money, Mirei is getting me broke!" The doorbell ringed. "Coming!" He opened the door; it was Taka and Miaka. "Hello you two…Taka, I need more money for Mirei's food."
"Again! I need another job to sustain this two. Here." Taka give Keisuke some money.
"Don't complain Taka, you know Keisuke is unemployed this days." -Miaka
"I know, I know. Where is she?" -Taka
"Where she is always." Keisuke eat a piece of bread.
"Is that all your eating? I think your economical situation is worse than I though. Did you really feed Mirei?" Taka asked.
"Of course I did, she ate it all!"
In the library…
"Mirei, time to go!" Miaka said to her daughter.
"Already! I was going to read a nice book. Can I take it?" -Mirei
"Ask Keisuke." -Miaka
"Can I take one book Uncle?" -Mirei
"Sure Mirei, you give it back next week." –Keisuke yelled from the kitchen.
"Ok ^_^ Where's daddy?" -Mirei
"Outside, let's go sweetie." Miaka walked outside before Mirei did.
"Yes." After she put the scroll in her bag the three of them left to their home, Mirei was anxious to read the weird scroll. So far all she did was read the title and untie the knot of the leather around the script.
"You guys hungry?" Taka asked as he drives home.
"Yes!" Both Miaka and Mirei yelled.
"Mirei, Keisuke said you eat it all." -Taka
"It was only a little bit, I swear daddy." -Mirei
"Don't lie to your father. Oh well, let's go eat outside."-Taka
"YES!!!" After dinner, Mirei took a bath and put some pajamas. Suddenly she saw a purple light surrounding the scroll. "Huh? What is that?" She came closer to it and it fell on the floor opening slightly. "Huh! It moves! I must be dreaming." She took it in her hands and closed it; she was a little scared now. She decides to play some video games till her father told her to go the bed.
"Mirei, it is time for bed, you play tomorrow." -Taka
"Ok daddy. Good night." Mirei kissed Taka and turned off the tv.
"Don't forget to turn off the lights." -Taka
"I won't." Taka left to his room and she turned off the lights, at that instance a purple light illuminate the stairway that goes to her room. "Is that light again." She started walking softly upstairs. "I'm not scared, I'm not scared. Yes I am…daddy!!!" She screamed loud.
Taka ran outside fast and turned on the light. "What's wrong?"
"A light, I saw a light!" -Mirei
"Calm down, there is no light, but the one I turned on." -Taka
"It was a purple light, I saw it; it came from my room." -Mirei
"I'll check it out." He went to her room and saw nothing. "There is nothing there Mirei, come I'll put you in bed."
"I am not a baby." -Mirei
"I know, but I'll be there, just in case the light comes back." -Taka
"Ok." She went to bed and Taka turned the light off.
"Good night Mirei." He went to his room. "Weird, she said she saw a purple light."
"Purple light? She is feeling sad since her brother left, that's all." Miaka caressed his face.
"Yes that must be it…I am tired. I am getting old Miaka." -Taka
"No, your not." Taka fell asleep and so did Miaka. While she was sleeping she dream about Suzaku and her friends from the book world. Many years have passed since she last dream about them, but now danger was interfering in their world once again.
"Suzaku no Miko, please save my world. Suzaku no Miko…" Miaka could hear and see Suzaku Seikun asking for help from far away inside her dreams.
"I can't sleep…I had a weird dream about a snake and that light…" She looked at the scroll. "I will open it." She took the scroll and turned on her night-light. "Let's see…" Reading. "Herein contains the tale of a young lady and her quest to gather the seven Constellations of Kamii together. And if you, the esteemed reader, should read to the story's end, the spell contained within this script shall bestow upon you the powers of the heroine, and grant you your wish. For indeed the moment the scroll is open, the story will become reality." She thinks for a moment. "This sounds so weird…let's see." She kept reading. "Kamii is the God of the New Universe, a Universe where she rules all and all is what she desires. In the New Universe no other God exists, no other power exists but her own power but to be all and do all, her power must be released." Mirei stopped reading. "Hey, and how is this power released?" Mirei asked herself; she tried to keep reading but the purple light came out of the scroll and took her inside the world to be changed; The Universe of the Four Gods. "Ahh!" Mirei screamed as she was taken away into the Universe of the Four Gods. "Where am I?" Mirei appeared in a dark place with nothing around, suddenly a voice was heard.
"Welcome, I've been waiting for you."
"For me? Who are you, where am I?" She looked around and found no one. O.o
"I am Kamii, God of the New Universe. This is the New Universe."
"But, there is nothing here." -Mirei
"That is why, I need your help. If you accept my proposition, this Universe will be newly created and you will have your wishes grated."
"My wishes granted? Why and how can I do this?" -Mirei
"Why, because if you help me gain my power you will receive any wish you desire, how is what I must explain, but first you have to agree to be the Kamii no Miko."
"Kamii no Miko?" -Mirei
"My priestess." -Kamii
"So, if I agree you will grant me any wish?" -Mirei
"Yes." -Kamii
"Ok, I'll do it." -Mirei
"Good. You have to find your seven Celestial Warriors, they will help you on the search of the Shinzajo and will protect you from anyone who tries to stop you or hurt you." -Kamii
"Seven warriors…Shinzajo, what is that?" -Mirei
"The Shinzajo is a jewel used by past priestess to gain their wishes just like you, they will grant me the power to build our new Universe." -Kamii
"Why do you want this new Universe?" -Mirei
"Look around, there is nothing here." -Kamii
"I see. So you want mountains and rivers and all that stuff, right?" -Mirei
"Right. Listen carefully, you must find your celestial warriors before searching for the Shinzajo; that can be really dangerous. I must warned you, there are four groups of warriors that will try to stop you, you will have to fight them along with your warriors to get the Shinzajo."
"Why they want to stop me?"
"They don't want me to create a better world, they want to be the only Gods in this world and won't let me out. That is why I need you to grant me the power, but only using their Shinzajo I can escape and grant you your wishes and create my new Universe. Please hurry and help me. I am sealed away, that is why my universe is empty."
"I will help you! They won't get away with it. Those Gods are selfish if they won't let you have your own side, so…where do I start looking for those warriors?"
"Use the scroll to locate them." A scroll floated in the air and Mirei grabbed it.
"Huh? It looks just like the one I found on my Uncle's library! O_O" She opened the scroll and began to read. The seven Celestial Warriors for a New Universe are Kangae, Seiryoku, Takibi, Kaze, Jimen, Hosuiho, and Shinda. Wow those are hard to learn names!"
"They all have my mark, it is a character symbol located in their bodies. They gave a purple light. You most find them all, before is too late." -Kamii
"Too late for what?" Mirei didn't have it all clear.
"To survive." -Kamii
"You mean, you are dying?" -Mirei
"If I don't get freed soon, I will loose all my powers and die." -Kamii
"I though Gods couldn't die." -Mirei
"I won't die of flesh, like humans, but my spirit will be vanished." -Kamii
"That's terrible! Don't worry, I will find my warriors and save you from those evil Gods! By the way, who are those Gods?"
"The name of the Gods are: Seiryu, Genbu, Byakko, and Suzaku. They belong to this world East, North, West, and South respectively. Beware of them, they are very powerful…go on…help me Kamii no Miko, help me." The voice vanished and she appeared in the Northern Kingdom.
"Huh? This method of transportation is driving me crazy. Now, where am I and where can I start looking for those warriors? I know, I'll ask where I am." She walked till she found a crowded area. "Excuse me sir, where am I?"
The man looked at her from head to toes and then said. "You are not from around here right?"
She remembered she was wearing her pajamas. Blushed. "No, I am not, he, he."
"You are in the Hokkan Empire young girl."
"Thank you." She walked away. "Let's see what this scroll says…energy and rocks. What that supposed to mean! -_- This scroll doesn't help me at all. I better go find something to wear. Look, that woman is selling clothes. Excuse me can I have one of those?"
"Sure, that will be two silver mon."
"Ok, here." She left before she figure out that was not money but subway coins."
"You little brat, come back here!" Mirei ran faster.
"Sorry...but I don't have that money you say." After a while…"Where am I? I must find a place to sleep, it is getting dark." Suddenly a voice of men was heard. "I am scared." She hides behind a rock waiting for them to leave.
"That was ok, for today. Let's sleep for now, tomorrow we do some more digging."
"Whatever you say boss." The three men lay on the floor near the rock Mirei was hiding.
[Now what? I must go without them noticing, but where can I go, it is so dark already and I have no idea where can I go.] She decides to walk away to the forest even though the idea frightened her. "Here goes." She walked slowly but she stepped on a branch making a loud noise. "Darn."
"Who's there?" One of the men asked, but she said nothing, she didn't move or breathe. "Boss, someone is there."
"I know. Leave this to me." He closed his eyes and concentrate. "I know where he is." He walked slowly to where she was standing and grabbed her. "Gotcha!"
"Yiahhh!!!!!!! Let me go!" Mirei scream extremely scared.
"Huh? A Girl." He turned on a torch. "What are you doing in here little girl, this is no place for a girl like you to be in."
"I am lost." -Mirei
"I see…where are you from?"
"Tokyo." -Mirei
"Tokyo? Where is that anyway."
"Boss, I say we have some fun with her." He smiled.
"Do as you please, I am not interest in little girls." Seiryoku was the name of this 21 years old man.
"I am not a little girl, I am 15 years old and I know how to cook!" Mirei hated being called a little girl.
"Good, then make something for us." -Seiryoku
"Humm, what do you have there?" -Mirei
"Just this snake." -Seiryoku
"Yiahhh!!!" She tries to run away when she saw the snake, but Seiryoku grabbed her.
"I knew this wouldn't work. Take her." The man sit on the floor making a fire while the other two start taking her clothes off.
"No! Let me go! Let me go! Help! Help!" Her eyes filled with tears as a purple light shined and blinded the man harassing her.
The boss saw the light and felt warm. "That light is making my blood warm."
"Help boss, the girl is a witch, she blinded us. I can't see!" One of the men yelled scared of Mirei.
"Me neither. Kill her."
"I won't kill her. You…who are you." Seiryoku had a feeling about her.
"I am Mirei Sukunami, Kamii no Miko." -Mirei
"Kamii no Miko? I though that was impossible." He kneeled before her. "Im at your service my lady. I am Seiryoku one of your Celestial Warriors." He looked up at her and his eyes shinned in a deep purple light for just a second, and then his forehead shinned with a character giving a purple light.
[That thing on his head…a Kamii mark! That is what Kamii told me, all of them have a chracter in their body.] "You are? Great! I am searching for all my seishis and I didn't expect to find one so soon! Cool, so six more to go. Humm…Seiryoku right?" He nodded. "Can you tell those two to stop crying."
"The light you gave blinded them my lady." -Seiryoku
"Oh! It is their fault for trying to rape me! Now…I am hungry!" -Mirei
"You can eat the snake Lady Mirei." -Seiryoku
"No thanks, I pass." Her face turned green. "I will sleep now…will this guys hurt me?"
"They won't lay a finger on you, I will protect you." -Seiryoku
"Cool!" She fell asleep.
| Name: Seiryoku
Age: 21 Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Dark Gray Abilities: Can control all kinds of energy, can communicate with animals, can transmit energy to other life forces. Location of Character: Forehead Hobbies: Mining Dwelling: He is a miner in a hidden place in Hokkan known for beautiful rocks and minerals. |
"Taka, I can't find Mirei anywhere." -Miaka
"Are you sure she is not in her room?" -Taka
"No, all I found was this scroll. Look." -Miaka
Taka read. "Do you think she is…" -Taka
"Yes, she is inside of it." -Miaka
A red light took both Miaka and Taka inside the Universe of the Four Gods World leaving the scroll on the floor. They appeared in the Konan Empire smashing themselves into some bushes. "Ouch that hurts."
"Are you ok Miaka?"
"I am fine. Huh?! Tasuki?!" -Miaka
"He he, the same you missed so much." -Tasuki
"Tasuki!!!" She hugged him. "So long…you look so old." -Miaka
"Thanks a lot." -Tasuki
"Hey what about me no da! L" -Chichiri
"Chichiri, you too! I am so happy to see you." –Miaka was excited.
"No one is happy to see me?" -Taka
"Tamahome, I mean Taka what are you doing here?" Tasuki asked his old friend.
"What do you mean by that! _" -Taka
"Tamahome and Miaka are here, that means something is wrong no da!" -Chichiri
Taiitsukun appeared. "Waaa!!!! An old hag!" Taka and Tasuki yelled and hugged each other frightened.
"Tamahome, Tasuki you haven't change a bit."
"Taiitsukun, you scared the hell out of me, you have to warn when you're going to show your face." Tasuki suggested.
"If you can call that a face" Taka smiled.
"I didn't came here to discuss my face, I came here to warn you of a new evil taking over this world. The four Gods must come together to fight this evil. It is stronger than Tenkou and you are not so young anymore."
"Are you calling us old?! Look who is talking!" Tasuki laughed at her.
"Tasuki, I will make you mute if you keep yelling. There is a God who wants to create a New Universe, but to create her new Universe she must destroy this one. There are seven Celestial Warriors just like you to fight against you and the rest of the warriors from this world. You may think they don't have a chance against us since they are less, but they are powerful, and the only way to defeat them is getting all 28 Celestial warriors together."
"What you mean, I have to work along with the Seiryu seishis!! No way!!!" Tasuki yelled once more.
"I warned you Tasuki." Suddenly Tasuki couldn't speak and he tried to scream again and again but couldn't. He put an angry face and sat on the floor. "Now, first you must gather the rest of the Suzaku seishis and then you must look for the other warriors, but be careful, the Kamii warriors will come in search of the Shinzajo very soon."
"Kamii warriors?" Miaka asked.
"That's the name of the God no da!" -Chichiri
"I see, Miaka I will protect you." Taka said as always overprotecting Miaka.
"We'll find those warriors and won't let them take my Shinzajo, I promised Taiitsukun." Miaka said firmly.
"Miaka, Taka…I must warn you, this will be your strongest battle." Taiitsukun disappear.
"Don't worry Miaka, we'll save this world." Taka held her in his arms.
"You know, if they destroy this world, they will destroy all of us as well no da."
"That's true. What about Mirei Taka? She is here; do you think she is involved somehow?" -Miaka
"I have no idea, but we'll find out." Taka looked at Tasuki who was jumping and kicking everything around him. "What's with him?"
"He can't talk no da. ^_^"
"Ha, ha ,ha" All laugh but Tasuki. He tried burning them with his fan, but he couldn't say the spell. -_-
"Do you think we'll find him here? I mean, fire and land. What is that?"
"I think the meaning is that he is in some land and his power is fire. Just like mine: energy and rock. I was in a place known for his rocks and my power is controlling energy."
"Oh, I see. So this place is famous because it has a lot of land? O.o" –Mirei still didn't get it.
"No, this Tribe's name is The Land, so I guess he could be here." -Seiryoku
"But, what about the others? If they are all around the Four Gods World, how are we going to find them! I don't know a thing about this world."
"Don't worry, Kamii will guide us." They notice on their way to the Tribe there was a fight going on and that the forest was on fire. "We have to change direction, that fire is going to burn all out!" He turned around the horse and start riding away fast. "There is no use, it will trap us…only if." He concentrates and called on the nature's life force, he called the clouds and asked them for rain using his energy to communicate with his surroundings. A few seconds later the sky turned gray and a hard rain fall on top of the forest. "I hope that helps, or we will be dead soon."
"I am scared Seiryoku. I can't breath anymore."
"Hold on Lady Mirei." Once more he concentrate his energy and create a shield around them so the heat and smoke won't harm his priestess or himself. Minutes later the fire stopped but all around them was destroyed.
"Huh, it is so awful! Everything is dead." Mirei said looking around the forest.
"Not everything…I can still feel some living things around us, though they are very delicate." From far they saw a man on top of a horse looking straight at them, but the smoke won't let them visualize him well. "Who are you?" Seriyoku asked in a strong voice.
"So you survived my fire. I am surprised…but I won't loose that easily." The man said furious.
"What is it that you want?" Seiryoku asked.
"I am protecting my Tribe, and you are one of my enemies. Now die!" A sea of flames came out of his hands surrounding them inmediately. "Now try to escape from that."
"I can't stand the heat!" Mirei faints in Seiryoku's arms.
"No, I will protect you!" He created another barrier around them, but it wouldn't last long, it will only protect them for a few minutes. "I have to get out." He ran through the flames and throws himself on the floor with Mirei. "I am not attacking your Tribe, I am just a traveler. Now fight me, and leave the girl alone!"
"As you wish." The man lifted his hands and once again flames came out of his hands.
Seiryoku also lifted his hands connecting with all his surroundings and sending right at his opponent a huge energy blast. "Ahhh!"
"What?" The energy knocked the man on the floor; he was hurt but still strong enough to fight. "So you have a nice trick in there." He stood up. "I am still good as new. Now take this!" His eyes glow in a purple light as Seiryoku find himself on fire.
"Ahh! Don't loose control, concentrate on the fire…" He concentrates on the fire and the fire stopped.
"Impossible!"
"Give up, fire boy…you are no match for me." He started sending small energy blast at him; little by little his clothes were tearing apart.
"Ahh, no way I will loose to you. Ahhh!!!" His whole body exploded on fire, now his complete body was made of fire.
"What the hell is that?" –Seiryoku was shocked with the change of the man.
"I told you, I wouldn't loose to you." Once again his eyes shinned with a deep purple light and a symbol of the same color glowed from his throat. "Ready to die?"
"Huh, Kamii's mark!!" His own character glowed in purple light on his forehead. "I won't fight you anymore, come with us to save our God Kamii."
His body went back to normal. "You are a Kamii seishi?"
"Yes, and this girl is our priestess, we came to this Tribe looking for you. I suppose you are Takibi, lord of fire."
"Yes, I am Takibi, and you are?"
"Seiryoku. She is Lady Mirei. We need to help her, she is unconscious." They took her to his Tribe and took care of her wounds.
| Name: Takibi
Age: 17 Hair Color: Red Eye Color: Orange Abilities: Can control fire at his own will, his body can became fire as well. Location of Character: Throat Hobbies: Fighting, protecting his Tribe, and making fires. Dwelling: Lives in a tribe named The Land in the Hokkan Empire. |
When she finally opened her eyes she saw Takibi looking at her. "You will be ok Lady Mirei, forgive me for hurting you."
"You…are you one of…" -Mirei
"Yes, I am Takibi, at your service."
"Can I have something to eat, I am starving!" Mirei asked energetic.
"She is ok!" ^_^ Takibi was happy to see her well.
Next