Shi Jin Hi Tsuki Sho

By: Artemis Maxwell artemismaxwell@magicgirl.com

Prologue

A/n--Konnichiwa minna-san! Seeing as it's been like, a year since I've actually written something, I figured I might try it. I spent an entire day just trying to think of something that hasn't been done yet--hope this'll work! Anyways, this is totally AU for fushigi yuugi and set about a year after the eve wars in GW. They're maybe about 17-18. oh and all the suzaku seven have been re-incarnated in Miaka's world and know about their past lives. Relena-lovers should be aware that I hate her. I'll try not to kill her right off the bat. Other things you should know is my blatant use of a "Mary Sue"--I needed a miko (priestess). Feel free to help me evolve her into a character we all can love. Final warning about this story is vocabulary. I'm trying to learn Japanese, so if it fits, I'll use it. If you don't know any, get a dictionary or buq me 'til I write some footnotes. If you already know Japanese, feel free to correct me. Also apologizes to any Chinese speakers--I know "nihao" and "wo ai ni". Most of the names I had to make up using online dictionaries! If the names I came up with mean something bad, please write me. Anywho, on with the story!

Disclaimer: Any name you recognize doesn't belong to me. Except maybe Heero *hugs him possessively*
Heero: Shouldn't you be disclaiming?
*author snuggles closer*
Heero:-_-0 anoo, Fushigi Yuugi and Gundam Wing belong to their respective owners. Don't sue or omae wo korosu.
Art: oooh--threats from a fictional character--kowai...



***Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho***

"Fire! There's a fire at the Elder's house!!!" yelled out an inhabitant of the tiny village of Taklan in Sailou.
"Please, someone help me get my grandfather out!" cries the granddaughter, a certain Yin Fei Li. She was already covered in scorch marks from her own escape. "I can't get him by myself!" she growls. She sights someone in the growing crowd and drags him towards the burning house. "C'mon Wei! Help me get grandfather out."
He runs under his own power after hearing that. Barring the door, he starts, "This isn't a place for gir-hey! Wait for me Yin Fei!"
"You should know better by now cousin!" she says as she pulls Wei through the thick smoke. They search the burning house for a minute before finding the elder Li and carrying him out. All three are sent to the healer's house while the townspeople put their house out.

***The next day***

Yin Fei had suffered minor burns, her grandfather, no burns but bad smoke inhalation. Wei got out without any problem whatsoever and made sure his cousin knew it. "I'm surprised you left your books and scrolls! I would have thought you wanted to burn with them…"
"Shut-up Wei!!" But she couldn't deny it. She loved to read. She learned foreign languages just so that she could read their books. That's why she had been at her grandfather's house that late at night--he owned a sizable collection of ancient books. Many chronicled the family's school of martial arts. They practiced a tai chi like style that relied on knowing various pressure points and using an opponent's force against them. Yin Fei practiced when she felt like it, but her burns irritated her too much right now. 'I wonder if anything survived the fire,' she thought as she got up and left for the burnt up structure…

*** Our World, A.C. 197 ***

Sun shined brightly in the peaceful meadow where a small picnic was going on. That is, if you consider 11 people small. And a cat. A lot had changed since the end of the Eve wars. For instance, six more reincarnated seishi were allowed to remember their past lives. Along with Taka, Miaka, Yui, Keisuke, and Tetsuya, they were the eleven picnicking people. Tama was the cat. They hadn't a care in the world except maybe, for finals. Speaking of which, not everyone had to take them. Miaka and Yui did, of course, being juniors in high school. Hotohori (A/N-I'm keeping their seishi names because A.-I can't think of new names for them-B.-It helps avoid confusion. And for those of you who haven't seen the 2nd OVA, Taka Sukunami is Tamahome's reincarnated identity. "Tama" is what Mitsukake's cat, at some point, is named. Err...back to the story) *ahem* Hotohori was in his freshman year of college while Nuriko and Chichiri were high school seniors and Tasuki was in the same grade as Miaka. Chiriko was in classes with Taka at the junior college year. Mitsukake was already a doctor and had a little clinic in the outskirts of Tokyo. So really, the only people that got out of finals were Nuriko, Chichiri, Mitsukake, and Tama-chan. Finals, however, should have been the least of their worries.


***Elsewhere***

It had taken her days to track the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho to the little apartment she had just broken into. Relena Darlin was not the type to go breaking into people's homes with no reason--after being removed from her job as the Head of Colony Affairs because of her slight obsessive tendencies, she sought power wherever she could get it. Even if it was an old Chinese fairytale told to put children to sleep. She finally tracked the book to the National Library only to find that the book had been sold to this private investor. Relena thought that there would be some kind of defense for the powerful book against the elements, but it just sat in the bookshelf with the rest of them. She stole to book and ran to her limo before Yui and her boyfriend returned from their sunny little outing. As the limo drove to her upscale penthouse, she opened the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho and began to read.

***The Picnic***

The fun and eating immediately stopped when Miaka and her seishi keeled in pain. Yui could almost see through them for half a second. They blinked as their pain suddenly subsided, and they were all left with a feeling of dread.

***Relena's Limo***

She was still trying to read the first character. Relena never thought to add a good understanding of Chinese to her repertoire. "KUSO!!!"

to be continued...

Closing author's note: I think I got hyper around the part in AC 197...I had just spent 3 hours studying and this is the first chance I've had to edit&upload. Anyways! What will our Mary Sue find in the burnt ruins? How will our heroes save the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho from the kowai Relena Darlin? Is anyone even reading? Review--remember: Your input helps me make Yin Fei not so disgustingly cliché.