Fushigi Yuugi - The Next Generation: Part 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. It belongs to Yuu Watase. She's cool.
Author's Note: There is going to be a large cast. If you thought, that there was a large cast before, then you're going to be surprised. So, keep up. Maybe, I'll give a cast list later. Now there is a big time jump. Some of you may not be happy with some of it, but it's good for the story. I'll make it a point to put in some silly stuff, like Watase does in Fushigi Yuugi.
Seventeen Years Later
Sukunami Mariko was in the hall of her high school. She had to get away from the student council president, Kinomoto Miwa. Mariko and Miwa were rivals over many things for many years. Mariko just didn't want to listen to the rants of the power hungry president. At least, it was Mariko who thought that Miwa was power hungry.
Miwa thought that Mariko was a prime candidate to join Yukaza in the future. Miwa wasn't that far off from that assumption. Mariko was the school's head bookie. Mariko was smart enough not to really gamble, and also smart enough to allow for others to do it. Miwa thought that Mariko was aiding and abetting all of the gamblers of the school.
What made matters worse was the fact that the student council treasurer was a compulsive gambler who was using school funds for his obsession. On top of that, to avoid scandal for the student council, Miwa had to deal with his problems. Miwa made it her mission to shut down Mariko's gambling ring. As far as Miwa was concerned, Mariko was a money grubbing freak who was pushing her luck. Mariko was downright smart, and had the good cover of being an honors student.
The school principle didn't have much luck catching Mariko. Miwa knew about the ring, but there was nothing she could do about it. She couldn't do anything without evidence. And there was evidence, but the red book that Mariko used was coded. So, it made no sense to anyone, save Mariko.
"Sukunami! You can't run away from me!" shouted Miwa as she saw Mariko attempt to get away from her. Mariko wasn't really worried about Miwa, but she was annoyed by her constant nagging and questioning.
"What?!" yelled back Mariko.
"We need to talk," ordered Miwa.
"About what?" asked Mariko who was looking really innocent.
"You know what! Don't pretend you don't know!" shouted Miwa in frustration.
Mariko tried to make an escape, but Miwa had her cornered behind the stairs that lead to the second floor of their school.
"I'll shut down your gambling operation if it's the last thing I do!" cried Miwa.
Mariko looked very calm. She knew how to deal with Miwa. The game was to act like she knew nothing, and she loved it when Miwa starts to rave and rant.
"What gambling operation?" asked Mariko with a smirk on her face.
"Give back the money that Asaiya Tei used from the class treasury to bet on the American baseball game last week!" ordered Miwa frantically. She was used to having people follow her without any trouble.
"Oh. That money. Sorry no refunds, Ms. Student Council President " Mariko informed Miwa. Miwa was losing patience fast.
"I'll have to pay out of my own pocket because of you and Tei," said Miwa.
"Do you need a loan?" asked Mariko "I have low interests rates."
"NO! I don't need a loan from you, you future King Pin!" shouted Miwa as she stalked off.
"That's Queen Pin to you, Kinomoto!" called Mariko.
When Miwa was angry, she didn't think clearly. The oddest thing was she got along with everyone else, but Mariko had a way of getting to her. So, as Miwa walked she ran into a petite girl with long black hair, and glasses. The girl fell on the ground.
"Get out of my way!" ordered Miwa.
Mariko shook her head, and went to go help the other girl up. She offered her hand, and the girl smiled at her. She allowed Mariko to help her up.
"Are you alright?" asked Mariko with concerned.
"Yes. I am fine. I guess Miss Kinomoto didn't see me," said the girl.
"She can be so inconsiderate. I am Sukunami Mariko. What's your name? I don't think I've seen you before," said Mariko as she introduced herself.
"My name is Okano Amai, and I am in your Math class. I don't say much, so you probably didn't see me," said Amai in a small voice.
"Oh. Of course, you're in my Math class. Sorry, about that," said Mariko.
"That's alright," insisted Amai as she walked off to class.
* * *
Kajiwara Seijitsu was at the school's track. He was one of the school's fastest runners. He was a very popular student. When he was running, it seemed as if he was flying. He had speed and agility. He was done for the day and was exiting the locker room.
Sei ran into someone. It was reigning class genius, Sasaki Yoshi.
"I'm sorry, Yoshi," said Sei as he rubbed the back of his head.
"That's alright. I should have known. I saw it coming," said Yoshi in mysterious voice.
Sei just looked at him as Yoshi walked past him. Sei thought that Yoshi was sort of strange. He watched Yoshi do homework with ease. It was as if he could see the answer without looking at the homework problems.
Sei shook it off and went to class.
* * *
Asaiya Tei and Soohoo Yoko were lab partners in biology. Tei was the student council treasurer. He was good at math. This was the reason why he was elected to be a treasurer. However, he had a gambling problem. One wouldn't believe it looking at him. He had light brown hair and blue-gray eyes. He was good-looking and average height.
His lab partner was Yoko. She had already gone through more than a dozen lab partners this year. Every one of her lab partners quit the class rather than deal with her. She was tall, blond, and blue-eyed. Yoko was very pretty. Tei couldn't stand her. He was assigned her as his lab partner. Yoko constantly messed up on the experiments they did because she wasn't too smart. In fact, if it weren't for her looks, one would believe that she didn't have a future. But, Yoko was always cheerful.
Their biology teacher was looking at the plant they grew with a perplexing look on his face.
"What's wrong Sensei?" asked Tei.
"I don't know how this is possible. The seeds that we were given were from bad stock. None of the other students grew their plants this well," said the Sensei as he looked underneath some of the leaves to see the soil. He wanted to make sure that they didn't put anything in it, but found nothing wrong with the soil.
"I just put it in the soil and covered it," said Tei he was wondering why their plant had grown so lush.
"Gee. It is strange considering that I forgot to water the plant last week," said Yoko with a puzzled look on her face.
"What?!" shouted Tei, "Gods! You are stupid. How could you forget? How did you get this far?"
"It's a good thing that it still grew. You are lucky. You both passed the experiment," the Sensei informed them as he moved on to another group.
"Well, it grew didn't it," said Yoko in a small voice.
Tei glared at her and moved on to do the next experiment. Tei decided to ignore her, so that he wouldn't have to listen to her talk. Yoko contented herself by drawing chibi pictures on her lab notebook. Tei did all the work in silence.
* * *
School was over for the day. Sei waved at Sukunami Hoshi who was waiting for his little sister. Sei didn't really know Sukunami Mariko very well. He knew her by association. All three met regularly during some events. Sei knew that his mother was Mariko's godmother. That their mothers were best friends.
Sei admired Hoshi very much. He was like an older brother to him. Hoshi was three years older than Sei and Mariko. Sei had a younger brother, Soki. But, he liked Hoshi as role model. Hoshi was a national champion at one of the best dojos in all of Tokyo. Hoshi was tall and had dark hair. Sei once saw a picture of Hoshi's father, and Hoshi looked just like him.
Sei saw Mariko come to her brother's car and they went home. Sei walked home to his house.
* * *
Mariko and Hoshi lived with their uncle, Keisuke. Their parents died a long time ago in a car accident that was the fault of another driver. When Mariko was only a baby, and Hoshi was only three. Hoshi had memories of both their parents, while Mariko had to rely on other people.
Mariko wasn't really lonely. She was a happy girl. She didn't miss her parents very much. It's hard to miss something that one can't even remember having. Their Uncle Keisuke was a good parent. He adored both of them. He raised them without having any doubts, since he was the first one listed as their guardian. For a female influence, Mariko had her beautiful, elegant godmother, Yui. Yui had a job as magazine editor-in-chief for one of the most popular magazines in Japan. Before, Yui had her son, she traveled all over the world as an investigative reporter. Mariko was very interested in becoming a reporter just like that. Mariko didn't really want to be a fiction writer like her uncle. It seemed so hard to make up the stuff he wrote about.
Hoshi was going to the same university as their Uncle Keisuke and Uncle Tetsuya went to. He was currently majoring in English, and was planning to eventually study in either the United States or Great Britain. Both children knew how to speak and read Chinese. Hoshi wasn't sure what career he wanted.
All three of them lived together in a high-rise penthouse apartment in a nice neighborhood in Tokyo. Keisuke wasn't married because he was always too busy to pursue a relationship too long, and he had his nephew and niece to care of. He never felt the need to marry.
Some might have assumed that Keisuke was an over indulgent and lenient parent. The children never acted spoiled. Keisuke allowed them to become whatever they wanted to be. He was easygoing, and the children didn't want to disappoint him. Keisuke loved them very much because they were Miaka's children. They were also Taka's children.
Keisuke, Yui, and Tetsuya never mentioned the events that took place in the Universe of the Four Gods. They never saw a need to after Miaka and Taka died. So, Seijitsu, Mariko, and Hoshi never knew about their parents' strange past.
But, all of that would change soon enough.
Author's Note: Don't throw tomatoes at me. Yes. Miaka and Taka are dead. It makes the story easier to write. Plus, it allows someone to comment on the story as it goes. So, here's the special feature of the series. Something that Watase would do. For my purposes, Taka will be called Tamahome.
~*ClareBear's Omake*~
The spirits who were dead at the end of the series are going to comment on things that take place: Hotohori, Nuriko, Mitsukake, and Chiriko. Also including the spirits of Tamahome and Miaka. With some guest appearances from the Seiryuu group.
Tamahome: I think there's some thing wrong with the way Keisuke is raising the children.
Miaka: What do you mean?
Tamahome: Mariko has a gambling ring. She is really money grubbing. Where did she get that from? (Tamahome looks innocent and perplexed.)
Hotohori, Nuriko, Mitsukake, Chiriko, and Miaka look at Tamahome with large eyes. They go superdeform and fall over.
Tamahome: What? (Superdeformed and puzzled)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. It belongs to Yuu Watase. She's cool.
Author's Note: There is going to be a large cast. If you thought, that there was a large cast before, then you're going to be surprised. So, keep up. Maybe, I'll give a cast list later. Now there is a big time jump. Some of you may not be happy with some of it, but it's good for the story. I'll make it a point to put in some silly stuff, like Watase does in Fushigi Yuugi.
Seventeen Years Later
Sukunami Mariko was in the hall of her high school. She had to get away from the student council president, Kinomoto Miwa. Mariko and Miwa were rivals over many things for many years. Mariko just didn't want to listen to the rants of the power hungry president. At least, it was Mariko who thought that Miwa was power hungry.
Miwa thought that Mariko was a prime candidate to join Yukaza in the future. Miwa wasn't that far off from that assumption. Mariko was the school's head bookie. Mariko was smart enough not to really gamble, and also smart enough to allow for others to do it. Miwa thought that Mariko was aiding and abetting all of the gamblers of the school.
What made matters worse was the fact that the student council treasurer was a compulsive gambler who was using school funds for his obsession. On top of that, to avoid scandal for the student council, Miwa had to deal with his problems. Miwa made it her mission to shut down Mariko's gambling ring. As far as Miwa was concerned, Mariko was a money grubbing freak who was pushing her luck. Mariko was downright smart, and had the good cover of being an honors student.
The school principle didn't have much luck catching Mariko. Miwa knew about the ring, but there was nothing she could do about it. She couldn't do anything without evidence. And there was evidence, but the red book that Mariko used was coded. So, it made no sense to anyone, save Mariko.
"Sukunami! You can't run away from me!" shouted Miwa as she saw Mariko attempt to get away from her. Mariko wasn't really worried about Miwa, but she was annoyed by her constant nagging and questioning.
"What?!" yelled back Mariko.
"We need to talk," ordered Miwa.
"About what?" asked Mariko who was looking really innocent.
"You know what! Don't pretend you don't know!" shouted Miwa in frustration.
Mariko tried to make an escape, but Miwa had her cornered behind the stairs that lead to the second floor of their school.
"I'll shut down your gambling operation if it's the last thing I do!" cried Miwa.
Mariko looked very calm. She knew how to deal with Miwa. The game was to act like she knew nothing, and she loved it when Miwa starts to rave and rant.
"What gambling operation?" asked Mariko with a smirk on her face.
"Give back the money that Asaiya Tei used from the class treasury to bet on the American baseball game last week!" ordered Miwa frantically. She was used to having people follow her without any trouble.
"Oh. That money. Sorry no refunds, Ms. Student Council President " Mariko informed Miwa. Miwa was losing patience fast.
"I'll have to pay out of my own pocket because of you and Tei," said Miwa.
"Do you need a loan?" asked Mariko "I have low interests rates."
"NO! I don't need a loan from you, you future King Pin!" shouted Miwa as she stalked off.
"That's Queen Pin to you, Kinomoto!" called Mariko.
When Miwa was angry, she didn't think clearly. The oddest thing was she got along with everyone else, but Mariko had a way of getting to her. So, as Miwa walked she ran into a petite girl with long black hair, and glasses. The girl fell on the ground.
"Get out of my way!" ordered Miwa.
Mariko shook her head, and went to go help the other girl up. She offered her hand, and the girl smiled at her. She allowed Mariko to help her up.
"Are you alright?" asked Mariko with concerned.
"Yes. I am fine. I guess Miss Kinomoto didn't see me," said the girl.
"She can be so inconsiderate. I am Sukunami Mariko. What's your name? I don't think I've seen you before," said Mariko as she introduced herself.
"My name is Okano Amai, and I am in your Math class. I don't say much, so you probably didn't see me," said Amai in a small voice.
"Oh. Of course, you're in my Math class. Sorry, about that," said Mariko.
"That's alright," insisted Amai as she walked off to class.
* * *
Kajiwara Seijitsu was at the school's track. He was one of the school's fastest runners. He was a very popular student. When he was running, it seemed as if he was flying. He had speed and agility. He was done for the day and was exiting the locker room.
Sei ran into someone. It was reigning class genius, Sasaki Yoshi.
"I'm sorry, Yoshi," said Sei as he rubbed the back of his head.
"That's alright. I should have known. I saw it coming," said Yoshi in mysterious voice.
Sei just looked at him as Yoshi walked past him. Sei thought that Yoshi was sort of strange. He watched Yoshi do homework with ease. It was as if he could see the answer without looking at the homework problems.
Sei shook it off and went to class.
* * *
Asaiya Tei and Soohoo Yoko were lab partners in biology. Tei was the student council treasurer. He was good at math. This was the reason why he was elected to be a treasurer. However, he had a gambling problem. One wouldn't believe it looking at him. He had light brown hair and blue-gray eyes. He was good-looking and average height.
His lab partner was Yoko. She had already gone through more than a dozen lab partners this year. Every one of her lab partners quit the class rather than deal with her. She was tall, blond, and blue-eyed. Yoko was very pretty. Tei couldn't stand her. He was assigned her as his lab partner. Yoko constantly messed up on the experiments they did because she wasn't too smart. In fact, if it weren't for her looks, one would believe that she didn't have a future. But, Yoko was always cheerful.
Their biology teacher was looking at the plant they grew with a perplexing look on his face.
"What's wrong Sensei?" asked Tei.
"I don't know how this is possible. The seeds that we were given were from bad stock. None of the other students grew their plants this well," said the Sensei as he looked underneath some of the leaves to see the soil. He wanted to make sure that they didn't put anything in it, but found nothing wrong with the soil.
"I just put it in the soil and covered it," said Tei he was wondering why their plant had grown so lush.
"Gee. It is strange considering that I forgot to water the plant last week," said Yoko with a puzzled look on her face.
"What?!" shouted Tei, "Gods! You are stupid. How could you forget? How did you get this far?"
"It's a good thing that it still grew. You are lucky. You both passed the experiment," the Sensei informed them as he moved on to another group.
"Well, it grew didn't it," said Yoko in a small voice.
Tei glared at her and moved on to do the next experiment. Tei decided to ignore her, so that he wouldn't have to listen to her talk. Yoko contented herself by drawing chibi pictures on her lab notebook. Tei did all the work in silence.
* * *
School was over for the day. Sei waved at Sukunami Hoshi who was waiting for his little sister. Sei didn't really know Sukunami Mariko very well. He knew her by association. All three met regularly during some events. Sei knew that his mother was Mariko's godmother. That their mothers were best friends.
Sei admired Hoshi very much. He was like an older brother to him. Hoshi was three years older than Sei and Mariko. Sei had a younger brother, Soki. But, he liked Hoshi as role model. Hoshi was a national champion at one of the best dojos in all of Tokyo. Hoshi was tall and had dark hair. Sei once saw a picture of Hoshi's father, and Hoshi looked just like him.
Sei saw Mariko come to her brother's car and they went home. Sei walked home to his house.
* * *
Mariko and Hoshi lived with their uncle, Keisuke. Their parents died a long time ago in a car accident that was the fault of another driver. When Mariko was only a baby, and Hoshi was only three. Hoshi had memories of both their parents, while Mariko had to rely on other people.
Mariko wasn't really lonely. She was a happy girl. She didn't miss her parents very much. It's hard to miss something that one can't even remember having. Their Uncle Keisuke was a good parent. He adored both of them. He raised them without having any doubts, since he was the first one listed as their guardian. For a female influence, Mariko had her beautiful, elegant godmother, Yui. Yui had a job as magazine editor-in-chief for one of the most popular magazines in Japan. Before, Yui had her son, she traveled all over the world as an investigative reporter. Mariko was very interested in becoming a reporter just like that. Mariko didn't really want to be a fiction writer like her uncle. It seemed so hard to make up the stuff he wrote about.
Hoshi was going to the same university as their Uncle Keisuke and Uncle Tetsuya went to. He was currently majoring in English, and was planning to eventually study in either the United States or Great Britain. Both children knew how to speak and read Chinese. Hoshi wasn't sure what career he wanted.
All three of them lived together in a high-rise penthouse apartment in a nice neighborhood in Tokyo. Keisuke wasn't married because he was always too busy to pursue a relationship too long, and he had his nephew and niece to care of. He never felt the need to marry.
Some might have assumed that Keisuke was an over indulgent and lenient parent. The children never acted spoiled. Keisuke allowed them to become whatever they wanted to be. He was easygoing, and the children didn't want to disappoint him. Keisuke loved them very much because they were Miaka's children. They were also Taka's children.
Keisuke, Yui, and Tetsuya never mentioned the events that took place in the Universe of the Four Gods. They never saw a need to after Miaka and Taka died. So, Seijitsu, Mariko, and Hoshi never knew about their parents' strange past.
But, all of that would change soon enough.
Author's Note: Don't throw tomatoes at me. Yes. Miaka and Taka are dead. It makes the story easier to write. Plus, it allows someone to comment on the story as it goes. So, here's the special feature of the series. Something that Watase would do. For my purposes, Taka will be called Tamahome.
~*ClareBear's Omake*~
The spirits who were dead at the end of the series are going to comment on things that take place: Hotohori, Nuriko, Mitsukake, and Chiriko. Also including the spirits of Tamahome and Miaka. With some guest appearances from the Seiryuu group.
Tamahome: I think there's some thing wrong with the way Keisuke is raising the children.
Miaka: What do you mean?
Tamahome: Mariko has a gambling ring. She is really money grubbing. Where did she get that from? (Tamahome looks innocent and perplexed.)
Hotohori, Nuriko, Mitsukake, Chiriko, and Miaka look at Tamahome with large eyes. They go superdeform and fall over.
Tamahome: What? (Superdeformed and puzzled)
