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Authoress Note: Someone brought up the fact that they haven't seen Fushigi Yuugi, and are lost. For those of you in the same situation, Quick, Spoiler-Free Summary:

Two girls: Miaka and Yui, and sucked into a book call The Universe of the Four Gods and have to summon one of those Gods. They become the Priestess of their God, and get 3 wishes once they summon their God. (Suzaku no miko= Priestess of Suzaku) These lucky girls have to gather 7 bishounen (well...one is a bishoujo) who are the 7 Celestial Warriors (Sichiseishi). Each seishi has a chinese character on their body, which glows the color of their god.

Suzaku no Miko - Miaka (good guys)

Suzaku Sichiseishi -
Tamahome (One word: Bishounen.)
Chichiri (Blue haired smiling guy, no da!)
Hotohori (Emperor of Konan, a little...ahh..obsessed with himself)
Nuriko (Ahh...Nuriko is...Nuriko.)
Mitsukake (Healer dude)
Tasuki (Pyro guy with a fan...ahh...I mean tessen...)
Chiriko (Cute little kid with brains)

Seiryuu no Miko - Yui (baddies -well, in FY, not here)

Seiryuu Sichiseishi -
Nakago (E-V-I-L)
Soi (doesn't care about summoning Seiryuu, just follows Nakago)
Amiboshi (flute boy)
Suboshi (flute boy's twin brother, yo-yo boy)
Miboshi (evil mage guy)
Tomo (the painted cackling homo freak)
Ashitare (wolf-man dude)

FY is HIGHLY recommended for everyone to watch, especially for hopeless romantics, like me! ^_^

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Reborn, Again and Again: Chapter 2

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Heero had already prepared for the long trip. He bought shuttle tickets to L4 for everyone, because he knew they wouldn't let Relena go without them. Besides, these was always the possibility that one of them could be a reborn seishi as well.

As soon as the others arrived back he got them packing their bags.

"Uhh...Heero...where are we going?" Duo asked.

"L4." was all he got back.

"Oh. Umm....where on L4?"

"A safe place."

"Umm....OK, whatever you say." he said, noticing Heero's glare.

"Yuy."

Heero jumped a little at the sound of Zechs' voice. Now that he knew who Zechs was, or rather, had been, he couldn't help but be a little unnerved around him.

"I'm ready to go, Heero." Relena walked up behind Zechs, with a duffel bag slung over her shoulder. "Zechs, lay off Heero, he's only trying to keep me safe." she made a face at her brother, and his face softened. He settled for a small glare in Heero's direction.

Wow...Nakago has changed...and to think, I lived in the same house with him for three years... Heero allowed himself a small, wry grin. I hope the other Seiryuu seishi have changed as well.

"OK, we're all ready to go." Quatre said, dropping his bag in the pile with all the rest. "Now, to the spaceport." They all loaded the bags in the van and set off.

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Quatre was wandering around the gift shops at the spaceport, waiting for their private shuttle to be prepared. Security was very tight, even though it didn't seem like it. Barely anyone besides his group was in the terminal.

His eyes fell upon a strange object. It was two balls, with razor sharp blades on the top, attached to each other by a thick rope. He called the clerk over.

"What is that?" he asked, pointing at the object.

"Oh, that's are an ancient weapon called ryuseisui. Few people have been able to master it." he said. "It costs $550, but I'd be willing to lower the price a bit for you..."

"That's OK, I want it." Quatre, his eyes fixed on the ryuseisui, quickly wrote a check, and handed it to the man.

They were carefully packed into a box, and Quatre thanked the man, and left. He walked over to where the others where waiting, and set the box down.

"Oi, Quatre, what's in the box?" Duo, hyper as ever, bounced up and asked.

"Just something from the gift shop." he answered, and opened it, to show them. He didn't miss the glare he was getting from Heero. He must see how weird I feel right now.

As the box opened, Heero's eyes widened and he took a step back. It...it can't be.

Quatre reached out to pick it up, and as he did, a blue glow enveloped his shoulder, showing through his shirt, not that he noticed.

As soon as he touched the ryuseisui, he gasped, and closed his eyes. "I...I..." he stuttered, as he received all the memories of past lives.

"Suboshi!" Heero hissed, and everyone glanced at him, noticing the very hostile look which had found it's way onto his face. His body was tensed, ready to fight.

Quatre took on a similar pose, ready to fight, or flee if he could not. "Tamahome!" The ryuseisui rose up behind him, ready to attack. The fabric of his shirt ripped, exposing his shoulder, where the kanji meaning 'horn' glowed in blue. In response, it seemed, the character 'oni' flashed to life on Tamahome's forehead. (1)

They stood like that for a moment, glaring at each other, until Suboshi relaxed, and let his ryuseisui fall to the ground. "We really shouldn't be fighting each other, you know." he said, as the character faded from his shoulder. Heero smiled, and relaxed himself. Everyone else was very, very confused.

"You've changed, Suboshi." Tamahome said, sitting down, as Quatre began to put his ryuseisui back in the box.

"You too, Tamahome. Not for the better, I might add. I think I prefer a money-grubbing poor kid to the perfect soldier."

"Hn. We've all changed, even if we don't all remember yet. You've changed more than anyone, save Nakago, I think." Heero replied.

"Nakago?" Quatre's eyes widened. He followed Heero's gaze/glare to Zechs, and his eyes widened further. "You've got to be kidding me."

"Do I kid?" Heero asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Point." Quatre stared at Zechs. "I never would have guessed, how'd you figure it out?" he asked Heero, leaving Zechs very confused.

"Yuy, what the hell is going on?" Zechs demanded, but Heero ignored him.

"I-- I think it's time to go. The plane's ready." he said. he didn't mean to avoid the question, he simply stated that it was time to go. As they pick up their bags, he said, so Zechs couldn't hear, "I saw his kanji."

They all boarded the shuttle. "By the way, Tama, where are we going?" Quatre asked.

"Chichiri's place. Call me Tama again, and I will kill you." he assured Quatre.

"Why?"

"Tama is a cat's name." he growled.

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(1) I know we never saw his kanji in the series, but it makes sense that it would be in the same place as Amiboshi's, and I found out which kanji it was by looking it up on a Japanese astronomy webpage. Yes, the constellations are real, and have the same names as the seishi. http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/charts.htm is the site I used.

I have a small challenge for ya'll. You know that Zechs is Nakago, Relena is Yui, Quatre is Suboshi, and Heero is Tamahome. Miaka and Chichiri don't have a corresponding Gundam character. Now, extra hugs for those who guess any more pairs gets extra hugs!!

*hugs for all*

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-Ayanami_Chan
ayanami_rei@softhome.net