Fushigi Yuugi: The Next Generation - Part 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi nor its characters. Yuu Watase does.

Author's Note: You may have noticed that there were a lot of people introduced in the first part. Don't worry all will be revealed soon. Like I said I have some ideas from the OVAs, but it only deals with the TV series. There are a couple scene changes that occur. I hope it's not too confusing.

Kajiwara Seijitsu was in the bathroom getting ready for school. Soki was banging on the door. Soki was twelve years old, and his favorite hobby was annoying his older brother.

"Stop that you little gaki!" shouted Sei.

"You are spending too much time in there. I was wondering if you were stuck!" Soki yelled back.

"GO AWAY!" barked Sei. After that, Sei heard the running steps of retreat away from the bathroom door.

Sei looked at himself one last time. There was something strange going on. Sei looked into the mirror more closely. Something red was glowing on his forehead. It was a character. It was the character that represented his name.

"What is this?" Sei whispered. He touched the symbol with his right hand. Then, the glowing stopped. 'This is weird. Maybe, my eyes are playing tricks on me,' thought Sei.

"Sei, it's time for you to go to school," called his mother from downstairs. Sei let out a sigh, and went to pick up his things.

He went downstairs. Yui was watching her son. She smiled at him. Sei kissed her cheek. His father was already at the university. Soki had left with some of his friends already.

"Bye, Mom. See you later," said Sei as he left.

"Bye, Sei," said Yui as she waved him off to school.

* * *

Professor Kajiwara was in his offices in the languages department at the University. He was going over his mail. There was a plain package on his desk. It had on return address, and no postage. This was strange. How did it get to his office?

Tetsuya opened the package. He ripped off the brown paper. As soon as he saw what it was he dropped it. There was a shock look on his face.

"It can't be. It's impossible," said Tetsuya out loud.

It was THE BOOK.

SHI JIN TEN CHI SHO.

Tetsuya picked it back up with shaking hands. There was something different. It wasn't the exact same book. That book was burned. Tetsuya, Yui, Miaka, Taka, and Keisuke saw it burn completely. It was suppose to be over. That's why the book was able to burn.

There was a preface this version of the book. More like an author's note:

"This is the second draft of this book. I have made it because I did not know the true power of this book. I pray that this will correct the fatal errors I have made. This is for the sake of two worlds that I have made this."

Tetsuya carefully flipped the pages of the book. He notices that the words were smaller from the last draft. He also noticed that everything that happened to Yui and Miaka was still in the book. Nothing had changed in the story. It had remained the same. Tetsuya continued flipping he found out that there were extra pages in the book. There were far too many extra pages. Half the book wasn't filled. Tetsuya realized that all the extra room was for the story to continue.

Suddenly, there words being written right in front of him.

"A messenger will come from the barriers of the Universe of the Four Gods. There will be four Mikos. These new four will be joined by their first four seishi. The first four seishi for each of the Mikos will be of this world. Time is of the essence."

The words had stopped writing. Tetsuya blinked. He had no doubt in his mind the power of the book. He had decided to leave his office and go to Keisuke's apartment. He had to tell his wife later.

"Where are you going Dr. Kajiwara?" asked his secretary.

"I have some business to take care of. I am canceling class today," answered Tetsuya as he made a quick exit before he was asked anymore questions.

This was strange to his secretary. Dr. Kajiwara never missed or canceled a class.

* * *

Tetsuya arrived at Keisuke's apartment. Since Keisuke was an author, he worked out of his home office. Keisuke was always avoiding his editor. Because he was a procrastinator and he also wanted to torture the poor woman. However, she had to tolerate it because Yuki Keisuke was an international best selling author.

Tetsuya knocked at Keisuke's door. He knew that Keisuke was there because Keisuke only got to work once Hoshi and Mariko were at their schools. Keisuke didn't open the door right away.

"Who is it? If you're my editor, I don't have my draft done yet," said Keisuke in a teasing tone.

"No. It's Tetsuya," answered Tetsuya.

"Oh. No, I won't pay you. Let go. It's been more than fifteen years," said Keisuke with a grin on his face.

"Just open the door, Keisuke," said Tetsuya with a sigh.

"Okay."

Keisuke opened the door. He realized that Tetsuya was supposed to be at work.

"What are you doing here? Are you ditching class today?" asked Keisuke.

"I had to cancel my lectures for today. I have some thing important to show you. I got it in the mail," said Tetsuya with a solemn tone.

"What is it?" asked Keisuke. Just because Keisuke didn't have a doctorate in the subject that Tetsuya taught, didn't mean that he didn't sought out Keisuke's opinion.

Tetsuya closed the door behind him, and handed him the book. Keisuke looked the cover with disbelief. Keisuke had it in his hands. He opened the front of the book. He read the preface, and immediately dropped the book. He was in complete shock. Tetsuya calmly picked up the book.

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" shouted Keisuke.

"That's what I thought. Then, I saw the book write a passage out," said Tetsuya as he turned to the last part of the story written. He handed the book back to Keisuke to read. Keisuke read the book.

"But…but we burned it! We saw it. All of us. You. Yui. Taka. My sister. We saw it burn!" exclaimed Keisuke.

"I know. I know," said Tetsuya who started to pace around the living room.

"I need to sit down," said Keisuke.

"What are we going to do?" asked Tetsuya. He knew that Keisuke would know what do to.

"What can we do? Wait for the book to write some more," said Keisuke in a quite voice from his favorite armchair.

* * *

Sei was at the school track. It was the middle of the day. The sun was high, but it wasn't too hot. Sei had to run the 100 meter in a few minutes. He was busy psyching himself up for his run.

He was walking back and forth. Calming his breathing. Checking his pulse.

Sei felt hot. He felt like he was flying. More like floating. Sei started to feel weak.

The symbol started to glow on his forehead. Sei's breathing became deeper. He started to gulp. He needed some water.

It was so hot.

He was wet with sweat.

He didn't even start running, and he was already out of breath.

Sei's eyes felt heavy.

Then, he collapsed to the ground.

All was dark.

* * *

Mariko was waiting for Hoshi to pick her up from school. The day was over. Mariko felt strange. Hazy. She was in a daze. Mariko walked away from the spot where she usually waited for her brother. She just felt like taking a walk.

Miwa spotted her, and decided to follow her. Maybe to catch her in the act. There was a gambler in every click of the school. Miwa was hoping she could shut down Mariko's operation.

The principle had no luck. Mariko did the same thing she did with Miwa, which was pretending to know nothing. There was nothing he could do about Mariko.

Miwa mentally kicked herself for not having a camera with her. However, Miwa could maybe see where the deal went down.

* * *

Yoko was coming out her favorite manga store in downtown Tokyo, and was on the way home. She was reading as walked. So, she pretty much didn't notice anything around her.

Yoko almost got hit by cars as she read as walked across the streets. She ignored them. She was too engrossed in her latest purchase that she didn't care.

She took a wrong turn, and ended up going the wrong way.

* * *

"Look, Keisuke! It's writing again," exclaimed Tetsuya.

Keisuke got up from his seat to see what the book was writing.

"Come to the Holiest Shrine. The Four are gathered there," read Tetsuya out loud.

"Which shrine is that?" asked Keisuke.

"I think it's the shrine for the temple that's near the market. It's one of the most sacred temples here," answered Tetsuya.

"Well, let's go," said Keisuke. He was already up and running down to the garage to pick up the car.

* * *

Sei came to at the hospital. He had expected to be at the infirmary at school. He saw his mother looking at him with concerned eyes.

"What am I doing here, Mom?" inquired Sei in raspy voice. He needed some water. His mouth was dry. Yui handed her son some water.

"You're in the hospital. They brought you here because at the infirmary they couldn't figure out what was exactly wrong with you. Witnesses said one moment you were standing and the next you were on the ground. You were burning up. But, when you got the infirmary it had dropped back down immediately. They thought that it was heat exhaustion. But, other than the fact that you have a dry mouth, there's nothing wrong," said Yui.

"There was something strange. I was standing at the track getting ready to run, Mom. Then, I felt warm. Too warm. I felt light headed. Like I was floating. I know that it sounds stupid, but I saw something strange when I looked at my face this morning," Sei said in a calm voice.

"What?" asked Yui fearing the worst.

"There was a red symbol on my head. It was glowing than it went away. It was the character of my name. Loyalty."

Sei shook his head to get some of the cobwebs out. He noticed that his mother had gotten pale all of a sudden. She had a stricken look on her face.

"What's wrong, Mom? Do you think I have gone crazy? Maybe, I was just seeing things," said Sei trying to reassure his mother.

"I have to go call your father. The reception isn't so good in here. I'll be right back," Yui whispered in a hurry. As she left the room so suddenly, Sei gave his mother a puzzled look.

* * *

Yoko had finally lifted her eyes off her manga, and found out where she was.

"This isn't my house," said Yoko simply.

Yoko saw another girl. It was Amai.

"Hey! I know you! You go to my school," exclaimed Yoko rather loudly.

"Shh. Can't you see you're at the temple?" hushed Amai.

Yoko looked around.

"Oh. What are you doing here all by yourself?" asked Yoko in a whisper.

"I am here to offer a prayer for my father. He's going on a business trip," answered Amai.

"Gee. That's nice of you," said Yoko in a happy whisper.

The doors on the other side opened. Mariko stood at the entrance. She was still in a trance-like state. Miwa finally caught up with her.

"How dare you perform your illegal actives in a temple?!" Miwa said out loud. She snapped Mariko out of her daze.

"Miwa?" asked Mariko. Miwa looked at her. She realized that Mariko was truly in a daze.

"Hi Amai," greeted Mariko when she saw Amai.

"Hello Mariko" said Amai with a smile on her face.

"Aren't you Soohoo Yoko?" asked Miwa.

"Yes. You're Kinomoto Miwa," said Yoko.

"This is strange. Why are we all here? I know that I am here to pray, but all four of us," said Amai in a quiet observant voice.

* * *

Tetsuya was actually stupid enough to take Keisuke's car with Keisuke. Keisuke was driving recklessly to find the temple. Tetsuya understood that Keisuke was worried about the book's powers, and was rushing to find the new Mikos. The book gave directions as to where they had to go.

"Slow down! The page hasn't gotten anything new written in it yet!" shouted Tetsuya as he tried to keep himself closer to his seat as he felt his body being hurled forward when Keisuke pressed hard on the accelerator at a stop.

"We have to find them before the move out of the one location where they all are at, at the same time!" hollered Keisuke.

When they got to the temple, Keisuke parked the car messy, and both of them got out of the car without locking it. They ran up the steps to the inside.

Keisuke and Tetsuya frozen when he saw all the four girls together at the temple.

One of them was Mariko.

All the girls stopped having whatever conversation they were having and looked at the two men who had stumbled in.

"Uncle Keisuke? What are you doing here?" asked Mariko in an amazed voice.

"Mariko. I was coming here to look for someone," admitted Keisuke in so many words.

"Are you that writer Yuki Keisuke?" asked Miwa. She couldn't believe. Did Mariko just call him "Uncle?"

"Allow me to introduce my uncle, Yuki Keisuke, and my godfather, Dr. Kajiwara Tetsuya," said Mariko as she waved a gestured of viola at the two men.

"Your uncle. Is Yuki Keisuke? He's my favorite author," said Miwa in soft voice of awe. Keisuke smiled at her compliment.

"I love your stories, too. They always seem so realistic. Like the characters and the places you write about really exist," said Amai.

"I heard of your books. My mother loves them, too. She keeps getting me to read them. But, they're just too long!" exclaimed Yoko.

Everyone else sweatdropped.

"Wait. Are you her guardian?" asked Miwa. She could tell him about his niece's actives and the disband that gambling ring.

"Yes. We don't have the same family name because she is my sister's daughter," explained Keisuke.

"Well, do you know what she does in school? Have you a clue?" started Miwa.

"Don't listen to her, Uncle Keisuke," said Mariko. She was hoping that would make Miwa mad. It worked.

"Don't stop me, Mariko. You've stopped me for the last time. I'll tell him everything," said Miwa.

"Who do you think my uncle is going to believe? His niece or some stranger?" asked Mariko with a smirk on her face.

Keisuke looked at both the girls. This was very strange to him.

Tetsuya noticed that the other two girls weren't getting into the argument. Yoko went back to reading her manga. Amai was just watching everyone.

"What's your name?" asked Keisuke.

"My name is Okano Amai," said Amai. She gave a slight bow.

"What's her name?" asked Tetsuya.

"Her name is Soohoo Yoko." Said Amai.

Just then, Yoko burst out laughing. Apparently, there was something funny in her manga. A monk came when he heard all the noise.

"What is going on in here?" demanded the monk.

Yoko looked at him and left the temple as quickly as possible. Miwa was the only one talking, but stopped when she saw the monk.

"We'll settle this later, Sukunami," said Miwa in a low tone as she left the temple.

Amai managed to talk to the monk, and convince him that nothing was wrong. The monk was satisfied and went back to his chores.

"I have to go home now. It was nice meeting all of you," said Amai with a smile, and she left.

"How did you get here? Weren't you suppose to wait for your brother to come?" asked Keisuke.

"I don't know. I was standing at the side entrance of the school, and then I just started to walk. That's how I got here. I don't know how I even got here. I can't remember any of it, Uncle Keisuke," said Mariko as she rubbed her forehead.

Keisuke rubbed her shoulder reassuringly. Tetsuya had the book open and was reading of it.

"The Four have now been located. The first seishi for Miko of the South is at this location…" the book said. The next location was at the hospital. That was strange thought Tetsuya. Then his cell phone went off. All three of them left the inside of the temple. They were now outside, and Mariko had to sit down in the backseat. She was tired. Keisuke was standing outside with Tetsuya.

"Hello," said Tetsuya.

"Hello Tetsuya. It's Yui. Look I have something to tell you," said Yui from her cell phone.

"Yui. I have some thing to tell you. The book. It came to my office today," said Tetsuya fearing her reaction.

Yui didn't say a word. She was completely shocked. Yui made the call out of her son's room because she didn't want to alarm him.

"Yui? Are you there?" asked her husband.

"Yes. What do you mean you have another copy of the book?" asked Yui in a soft whisper.

"It's actually a second draft of the book. It's different. There are more pages. It's writing all by itself still. It guided us to the new Mikos. There are going to be all four present this time," Tetsuya said in a soft voice.

"Four. I don't believe it. That means that there will have to be twenty-eight seishi in all," said Yui in an astounded voice.

"Why did you call, honey?" asked Tetsuya when he realized that his wife was usually at her office.

"I got a call from the office. Sei passed out at the track," said Yui. She didn't want to think about it. Sei was one of the seishi.

"We saw all the girls at one place. One of the girls is…" started Tetsuya.

"Who?" demanded Yui. She knew her husband well enough to know that whenever he had to deliver news that he knew would make her unhappy, he would skip around it before he'd say it.

"Mariko. She's one of the new Mikos," said Tetsuya who was bracing himself. Keisuke was reading the book, and was now tapping Tetsuya's shoulder to show him something the book just wrote.

"She can't be. This can't happen again. It's suppose to be over," said Yui in a shaky voice. While she was saying this, Tetsuya was reading the book. His eyes widened when the book was done with its current sentence.

"By any chance, Yui, are you calling from the hospital?" asked Tetsuya

"Yes. How did you know? I didn't tell you where I was," said Yui.

"Because the book just wrote down where the first seishi for the Suzaku group is, 'The first seishi of the Crimson South will be located at Toyko General. He is the symbol of Loyalty. Seijitsu," said Tetsuya.

~*ClareBear's Omake*~

Hotohori: Looks like the first seishi for our god has been found.

Miaka (smiling): It's Yui's son.

Tamahome: Wait. There's something wrong about that. Shouldn't he be a Seiryuu seishi? His mother was the Seiryuu no Miko.

Nuriko: That's right! Besides, what about the Mikos? Which god do each of them represent? Where are the other seishi? ClareBear, you're messing up the story!

Me: I AM THE GREAT MOKONA! Wait, wrong series. Either way I am the CREATOR. Of this story anyway. After all, you guys still belong to Watase. But, this is my story. SO, QUIT YOUR WHINING ALL OF YOU!

Tamahome and Nuriko: Sorry, oh might creator. (both bow down to ClareBear)