Shi Jin Hi Tsuki Sho

By: Artemis Maxwell artemismaxwell@magicgirl.com

Chapter 2

Dissi-claimer: I own nothing but Heero and some model Gundams I built. Don't sue me 'cuz I'm saving for car insurance and a new palm pilot. That and Heero already said 'omae wo korosu' in the prologue.

A/n: What happened to chapter 1 you may ask? Good question. I don't know. The little bar at the top of the page calls this chapter 2 though, so I'll just go with it. This chapter, too, will probably end in a cliffhanger. And thank you to the one person that apparently read. Fushigi Yuugi comes in 3 nice DVD box sets or, if you're not willing to spend the approximately 25 or so hours watching, check out http://www.ex.org/1.5/09-fy1.html for a good introduction and bios on characters, in case you get confused. Well! Onwards to the story!

***Still in 'Our World' A.C. 197***

Miaka and her sizable party rushed back to Yui and Tetsuya's apartment, only to find it, for once in its little apartment life, clean!

"Someone stole all your stuff, Tetsuya," Tasuki elbowed his friend jokingly.

"We cleaned yesterday, baka" Yui pokes him. Tasuki put on a hurt face for her, grinning as soon as she turned around to continue surveying her apartment.

"Yui," Tetsuya called, "'The Universe of the Four Gods' is missing." It was just as they had feared. Someone had taken it specifically, most likely with evil intentions. The door didn't even have any damage to prove someone had been in. Luckily, the young couple was friendly with their landlord. "Let's see if anyone showed up on the security cameras. So the party ran back down the steps to the landlord's apartment.

"Tabito-san!" Yui knocked. The middle-aged man looked like he was in the middle of making lunch, judging from the humming rice steamer in the background. "Sorry to interrupt your lunch, Tabito-san, but there's been a robbery in our apartment."

"A robbery! Oh, I'm so sorry! You've come to see the security video, haven't you?"

"Hai, Tabito-san," Miaka bowed to him.

"Miaka, right? I remember you…" he trailed off in memory. "Oh! Yes, the video. If you all will follow me." He led them to another apartment next door where there was a pair of security guards watching banks of monitors. "Hey boys."

"Konnichiwa, Tabito-san," one says. "What can we do for you?"

"Can you bring up Camera #6 and rewind it until Hongo-san says to stop."

"Sure, boss." He keys in the commands and Yui takes Tabito's place near the monitor.

She watches her group's reverse departure and entrance at the comical speed. "Keep going," she urges the guard. A few rewound minutes later, they see the culprit entering their apartment. "Stop, stop! That's the one!" The video slows down to its proper speed and order as they watch the cocky blonde slip in and out of their apartment.

"Is this anyone from school you guys may know?" The guard asks.

"No," the party answers after each looking at the picture paused on the screen.

"She's not one of my tenants," Tabito says.

Finally, the other guard decided to get involved with the investigation. He looks at the screen a few seconds. "I think I saw her on the news. Darlin, I think. Some psycho-politician from the colonies. What did she take?"

"A very rare and expensive book of ours. We must get it back," Yui says.

"Well, police won't work. She's still a politician from the colonies. That means here on Earth, she has diplomatic immunity. The police can't touch her," the guard informs them.

"Damn!" Tetsuya growls. Calming down, he sighs, "Thanks for looking, guys." They exit the security room with Mr. Tabito.

"I'm so sorry this happened," Tabito reiterated. "I hope that book was insured. Who knows what Darlin wants with it."

The senshi each thanked Tabito-san and returned to Yui and Tetsuya's apartment. "What are we going to do now," Miaka asked the question that was on everyone's minds.

"Simple," Taka started. "We'll infiltrate Darlin's place, steal 'The Universe of the Four Gods' back and hide it where Darlin will never find it. We're still the Suzaku no Seishi, right? We can do this!"

"Right!" the other senshi agreed. Chiriko rushed to the computer to search the Internet (of course scholar boy would love computers...). Mitsukake used his many connections to get any official records the girl had. Each person helped in their own way to prepare for the upcoming raid.

***Elsewhere***

Relena was stuck. Hardly anyone could read the ancient Chinese characters within the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho. She didn't really know anyone that could speak the language. Except..."Wu Fei! It's Relena! I know you put caller block on me and all but I really need you to come translate this Chinese book I have! I'll pay you, Chang! We'll do lunch!" She makes a kissing noise to the phone and hangs up.

***Further Elsewhere***

Heero Yuy, known as the 'Perfect Solider' to some, had fought wars all his life. He was strong, smart, and fast; a nearly unbeatable opponent. The poor boy had been forced to fight at a young age and would never admit any weakness. Luckily, none of his friends were around the outdoor café to see him taking a leisurely coffee break. Duo would have probably fainted at the sight. The traffic on the nearby street was in its five o'clock rush hour, many people trying to get home and enjoy the outdoors before the cold front came in a few days. Heero had a night job to go to in a few minutes with the Preventers. He used his skills from the wars to test and help improve their security systems. His friends were in quite different occupations, however. Duo, who is not actually that prone to fainting, ran his scrapyard with his girlfriend Hilde on L2 while Trowa was still with his traveling circus. Quatre ran his father's business that was currently doing a contract construction job for the Preventers about two blocks away. Wu Fei, well, Heero didn't really know *what* Wu Fei was doing. Probably yelling at the animals in the zoo or something. (***Wu Fei's Apartment*** "ACHOO!!") Umm, Actually Heero thought he was shacked up with Sally Po. He did know that Wu Fei sometimes worked with the Preventers, especially since his 'girlfriend' ran it. Another female Heero considered his friend was Lucrezia Noin, another Preventer, and her now fiancée, Zechs. Or Milliardo. Either way, they had put their differences behind them and learned much from each other. Anyways, while all this catching up has been happening, Heero has finished his coffee.

***Even Further Elsewhere***

Sailou, to be exact. Yin Fei Li was searching the burnt up remains of her grandfather's house. She found her favorite teacup, the wide gold bracelets she had taken off that night and some half burned parchments all around the place. She found one old book that seemed completely undamaged and a heavy locked metal case that she dragged back to her and Wei's home. The healer there changed her bandages and scolded her for going out. Yin Fei told him that she couldn't care less, so he gave her one of his more horrible tasting concoctions to make her feel better. Once the healer had left, she set about to finding out exactly what she had scavenged. After polishing the soot off the bracelets, Yin Fei put them on. The parchments turned out to be about martial arts and none of them gave her hints on how to open the chest through force; she couldn't find the key. Yin Fei decided that she'd leave it alone for now and picked up the book. She brushed all the soot and ashes off of the weathered cover.

"Hmmm….'Shi Jin Hi Tsuki Sho'…Four gods sun moon book. Well, that's a weird title," Yin Fei opened it up and read. "'Thus, the girl of the legend opened the door of another world. This is the story of a girl who gathered the final Seven Seishi of Byakko in a world where the four gods were all but forgotten. She obtained omnipotent power, and changed two worlds. The story itself is an incantation. Whoever finishes reading it will receive this power. As soon as the page is turned, the story will become truth and being.'" She paused, "What the heck is that supposed to mean?" Just then, the book emits a silvery flash, filling the entire room.

And the Shi Jin Hi Tsuki Sho falls to the ground, its reader a shower of sparks.

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Took me an entire free day to write this! Review or my Hee-chan will shoot at you. Any input would be nice. At least I would know that people are reading. The more reviews I get the more inspired I am to get the next chapter out. You see, I also write for an e-mail based RPG. They reply. They get my next installment ASAP. I could spend all my time on that. But I chose to write a fic too. Everyday I have to pick which one to work on. No reviewies, no ficcies! . SO! Review! I might post my Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe next time if at least 5 people review......Err...also, does anyone know the powers of the Byakko Seven (Besides Tokaki, Tatara, and Subaru). Someone who read the mangas maybe....If I can't find the real ones, I'll have to start making things up...