Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi OR any celestial beings. However, all the charecters in this story that are original are MINE. if you wanna use 'em, just ask me. Also, here is a list of all the Japenese I will be using in this fic, just so you know what I'm saying. ^_^; Please read and review, if you want me to send you updates, say so in your review, and leave an address.

Okaasan= mother Oniisan= big brother Oneesan= big sister Imooto= Little sister Hai= Yes Arigato= Thank you Gomen= Sorry No da= You know Itai= Ouch Baka= Idiot ***************************************************************TO YOURSELF BE TRUE

By: LanaPanther

Chapter 1

Two girls are running down the street at breakneck speed, knocking people over and shouting, "Gomen!" every five seconds. One has dark, marron colored hair, done up in a high ponytail, and brown, intense eyes. The other girl has pitch black hair, done up in two buns on either side of her head with navy blue ribbons, also with brown eyes, that looked panicked at the moment. Both are wearing what appear to be school uniforms with navy blue, pleated skirts, white blouses, navy blue vests, and white dress shoes. "Marisa! How much time left 'till school starts?!" The girl with a ponytail gasped, jumping over a baby carriage in her hurry not to be late for school. The girl with buns in her hair quickly glanced at her watch, and cried, " Twenty seconds! And we still have two blocks to go! We'll never make it, Lana!"

True to her word, we next see Marisa and her bestfriend Lana sitting in the principal's office, waiting to be chastised. "Mercy! Are you two here AGAIN?!" the secretary said, coming into the office to look for their files. She flips through their files, and sees they have been reported for being tardy many, MANY times. "Land-oh-goshen, what are we going to DO with you two?! Is it so hard just to wake up with enough time to throw on some clothes and get to school TWO SECONDS before the bell rings?!" the secretary said, wagging her finger in the young teens' faces. Lana and Marisa cringed, and Lana mumbled, "It would help if it wasn't so dang BORING here, and they gave less homework so we wouldn't have to stay up the whole NIGHT doing it!" The secretary looked at the two girls in sympathy, and gave a small smile. "Aww, get out of here, you two." she said, and jerked her thumb towards the door. Marisa looked confused. "Aren't you going to send us into the office?" The secretary shook her head, and said lowly, "Not THIS time. Believe it or not, I was a kid once too, and I remember how much I HATED school, so I can understand having too much homework and thinking it's boring. But don't you go telling anyone." She gave the two shocked girls a wink, and went back to her paper work. "Thank you SO much!" Lana grinned, and hurridely got out of the office, right after her friend.

"MAN! I thought we were toast!" Lana said in suprise, putting her books in her locker. The inside was decorated with pictures of mountians, forests, and animal photos. It also so had a small magnetic notepad attached to one side, that had, "Get new alarm clock!" written in big, bold letters on it. "Well, we'd better make sure to be on time TOMORROW, or I bet the principal's gonna give us detention for the rest of our lives." Marisa sighed, opening her locker with a spin of the dial, and shoving in her purse. The inside was decorated with various pictures of differant TV shows, Harry Potter pictures, cartoons of some of her favorite video games, and a family picture with her and her older brother, older sister, and parents, who are both doctors. Her's also has a notepad inside, which has what looks like one of those non-smoking signs at the top, only with a megaphone and pom-poms in the center. On it is written, "Major sale Tuesday, get advance on allowance!" "I'm more worried about what Gran's gonna say. She swore that if she got one more call from the school she was going to call Mom and tell her what's going on." Lana sighed, leaning her forehead on the cool metal of her locker. "Don't worry about it, Lana. Miaka-san's a wonderful woman. Everything'll work out." Marisa said reasuringly, and started walking towards their homeroom. "I hope you're right." Lana groaned, and followed her.

"A REPORT!!!! Can you BELIEVE it?! And on Ancient China too! What the heck are they THINKING?!?!" Lana cried later, walking out of the school with Marisa, looking ready to break down. "We can do it anyway we want though, you could write a story about China, then turn THAT in." Marisa pointed out, knowing about her friends love of writing. Lana instantly perked up, and exclaimed, "Hey! You're right! What're we waiting for!? Let's get to the library! I need to look up some information for an AWSOME report!" Marisa just chuckled, and chased after her friend as she dashed off for the library. "She's so predictable!" she thought, and quickly caught up.

*********************************************************************** Author's notes: If you have any suggestions, you can e-mail me at lanapanther@yahoo.com!