The Preist...ess of Suzaku?
By: Tainted Halo A.k.a Luna
Disclaimer: ^_^ I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. ::NodNod:: Or any of it's beautiful characters... I wish I did though... ::Sigh::
A/N: Oiiii! ^_^ This was an odd little idea I had while sitting on the plane on the way to Washington. ^-^ What if our beloved Nuriko where infact the Priestess of Suzaku? If he and Miaka switched places. Weeeeellllll.... I had to write this. ^-^ It's gonna be a long AU, kinda thinger. ^^;; And I'm kinda usin' the stuff from the English Manga books. ::NodNod:: So, it's almost the same so far... But later things are gonna be pretty different. ::NodNod:: ^_^ So enjoy and tell me Whatcha thinketh. Oh. And before I forget. ^_^ If you don't liketh Shounen Ai, you shouldn't readeth this. ::Nod:: Ohh... And I know "Nuriko" is a Constellation and "Miaka" well ain't... ^-^ Soo... To not cause any confusion, and for my own sake, Miaka is gonna stay Miaka, and I'm gonna use Nuriko's real name Ryuuen.
Chapter One: Quality Family Time
POV: Ryuuen
I looked up, swearing I heard my name... Studying for my math finals had probably, driven me crazy, I concluded sighing and turning my focus back to the study sheet. I'd put off studying for the finals until the week before they were to occur... Of course my friend Yui had been studying for weeks... Now I wish I'd been studying with her, as it wasn't as if I had been doing anything el.. And there it was again... I could swear my name was being called from the back room of the library. I'd never been in there, the big 'Do not enter' sign was kinda intimidating.
I'm not sure what compelled me to get up and stride over towards the door, while the logical part of my mind reminded me, that I shouldn't enter the room, especially since I seemed to be losing it and hearing voices call my name...
"Ryyuuuueen! Whatcha doing?" I sighed turning to Yui. She was pretty, with short blonde hair... When we were younger she'd sheared it all off because all the boys paid her a lot of attention... Although recently I think she'd began to reconsider that decision... We weren't the closest of friends but.. Well she was the only one I had. Or even trusted in the least. "Ohh.. Nothi-"
"It's fine! We should check it out.. I've always heard they had the most interesting things in there." She smiled tucking her short hair behind her ear... This was totally unlike smart rule abiding Yui.. But I really wanted to get at whatever was calling my name or whatever it was so I nodded. And opened the door after scooping out the area for anyone who might spot us.
We entered a small slightly dusty room, as I fumbled along the wall for the light, yet it was Yui who actually found the switch, causing light to flood into the dimly lit room. I skimmed through the various titles, finding most of them in Japanese or Chinese, and not many in English... I'd taken a Japanese class in High School so I could read a few of them, yet not many. Yet one caught my eye. An old red book written in ancient Chinese characters... Yet oddly enough I could understand them. "The Universe of the Four Gods". And I plucked the book right off the shelf, only to have the book slip right through my fingers and land open on the floor. Yui and myself both leant down to pick up the book, which resulted in our head colliding, and knocking us both off balance. As I sat beside the book, I began to read the words aloud...
//Herein contains the tale of a young lady and her quest to gather the seven constellations of Suzaku together. And if you the esteemed reader, should read to the story's end the spell contained within this book shall bestow upon you the powers of the heroine and grant you your wish. For indeed the moment the page is turned the story will become reality...//
Yui looked at the words in the book rather startled, "You can actually read that, Ryuuen?" She asked eyeing the characters suspiciously. I shrugged slightly stunned, "I didn't know I could until now.." I mumbled still thinking about the words I had read aloud... A wish, wouldn't that be nice? "That would be a super cool book, if that were-" Yui's words were sliced short, when a red light emerged from within the pages of the book and the ground began to shake. "An earthquake!" Yui exclaimed, as the red light took over my senses blocking my sight.
When it was returned to me however, I was not in the back room of the library but... In the middle of an almost barren forest type place, this was desolate except for the skeleton like trees. "Where are we?" I asked as more of a reflex than an actual question... I mean Yui had the answer to almost everything. Somehow, I doubted that she knew exactly why a red light filled the room and suddenly we were in some foreign place...
I looked at her trying to be solemn before whacking her over the head rather lightly, "Did that hurt?" Yui glared at me rubbing her head, "Of course it did you idiot!" She yelled. "Well at least we know it's not a dream! ...Unless it's an extremely realalistically painful one."
I turned away looking around the area for some type of clue to where we could be when, I heard Yui let out a slight scream. I quickly turned back to her, to find my friend in the grasp of a big extremely ugly man.
"We'll make a big profit of the girl," The man said eyeing Yui and her clothes appraisingly. I glared at the man who was watching me, before lunging at the man who held Yui in his grasp. It wasn't the brightest idea I'd had in a while, but it was the only one I had. I mean I couldn't let this guy get at Yui. "Get outta here!" I yelled, as the man released her purely out of shock. Yet as Yui had scrambled away, the man turned his gaze on me and grabbed me instead, raising his fist to strike me. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact yet it didn't happen. "Let her go." A male voice said calmly, causing my eyes to flicker open. A young man no older than myself with long hair done back in a ponytail stood there, a symbol... The character for demon glowing brightly in the same red on his forehead.
He threw the man to the ground where he twisted in pain, "You broke my freakin'arm you....." the man yelled as the man who had accompanied him ran off. The boy turned his attention back to us, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah! Thank you so much!" Yui said smiling at him brightly.
"Skip that, you got any money?" He said holding out his hands greedily.
"College students don't have any money. We're broke." I informed him bluntly.
"You're broke?! Broke people piss me off... Don't you ladies know that money makes the world go round?! I didn't save you for free you know!" He said scowling.
"We never asked you to save us," I informed him as he ran off.
Then the earth began to shake and the same red light shrouded my vision... And we were back in the room. "Well... That was trippy. " I said blinking.
"Maybe we were knocked out..." Yui suggested helping me off the ground. As she did so, the librarian barged in eyes flashing dangerously, "What are you girls doing here?! Can't you read?!" Neither of us responded quickly running out of the room. "See ya tomorrow, Ryuu!" Yui called as she ran out.
"I'm late I'm late!" I mumbled looking at the clock... I was supposed to have dinner back home tonight... I lived in a college apartment by the school, as did my brother Rokou.. So our parents wanted us to get together every once and a while to catch up. And conveniently enough, dinner had started ten minutes ago. I quickly grabbed all my things stuffing them into a bag, while I decided on the more believable if not exactly true excuse of getting to absorbed in studying that time just flew... So very believable, I thought rolling my eyes, as I unlocked the doors to my yellow convertible. It was a small car, perfect for two people, with more squishy seats in the back. It had been a 'sweet sixteen' present from the entir... My parents and Rokou. I drove home quickly, as the house was only fifteen minutes away if you drove fast. And I was pretty sure I was close to speeding, which wasn't exactly the most comforting thought.
Only when I arrived did I realize that I had intended to go home first and change... My clothes.. Woulsn't exactly please my father. I was wearing a jean skirt, which was cut to show the high boots I was wearing. I also had on a white collared dress shirt, which was buttoned up to the top.. Something that wasn't usually seen with girls near my age. Of course, on top of that I wore a black jacket... I really should have changed or at least fixed my hair,, so it wasn't so... Girly... I sighed, preparing myself for the worst, before I unlocked the door, with the key I'd had all through high school. I stepped in walking towards the dining room, when something caught my eyes. It hadn't been there the last time I had come here...
It was a photograph in a lovely purple frame that matched the hair of the two children in the picture. The taller of the two was a boy about eight or so with bright happy violet eyes, that gleamed down on his little sister, who was giggling towards the camera, a beautiful smile on her tiny lips. And I felt tears try and break through. However, I turned away from the photo, refusing to let the tears come. It was bad enough that I was late; I didn't need to walk in there with tears in my eyes... The questions would be endless.
I entered the dining room smiling dramatically at my family. My older brother smiled at my entrance, "Hey Ryuuen! We thought you'd forgotten or something!" He said, motioning to the plate that had been set out for me. I smiled and took the seat, not helping but notice the empty seat... However, I couldn't think about that now. Not now. "Oh! I was studying and well the time just flew by..." I said grinning, slyly.
I could feel his eyes on me. My father. His gaze struck me; the disapproval in my clothes was evident, as I looked up towards his displeased face. Our eyes met for a brief second, before he abruptly tore them away, and returned to his food. But I didn't have time to think about that either, as my mother turned towards me smiling, "So Ryuuen, how's Yui, and all your other friends? College life treating you well so far?" I rolled my eyes, "Of course it is, and they're fine!" I launched into tales about my friends and how much I had to worry, about spending time on my homework rather than with them and what a pain it was. But then my brother looked at me, and I knew he saw right through me. He knew. That pretty much everything I was saying was a lie. I wasn't happy, as I said I was. Sure, I guess I was kind of happy. I mean I had better than a lot of other kids who wound up dead for... They just wound up dead. And I was fortunate enough to be alive, breathing and in a good college... So why couldn't I make the rest up?
When dinner had finished, I volunteered to do dishes simply because, I didn't want to be bothered into telling more false things about my life... "Ryuuen?" His voice brought me out of my thoughts. I looked up at my father, sighing inwardly. "Yeah Dad?"
"Ryuuen... About you cl-"
"Don't even start..." I said turning back to the dishes I had been scrubbing.
"Ryuuen! When are you going to be yourself again? It's bad enough Kourin's gone.. However, we've allowed this for ten years. And you aren't her."
"Don't you think I know that by now?" I replied nonchalantly, stealing a glance his way. He wouldn't even look at me, he was so ashamed.
"Then why do you dress like that?" He persisted. I didn't respond. I didn't need this. I shouldn't have even come... "No matter how long you grow out your hair, Ryuuen... Under your makeup, your girlish clothes.. Underneath everything, you're a man, don't you realize that? And you aren't her." His words stung... And I couldn't help it. I dropped the dish I had been drying a bit to forcefully, allowing it to shatter on the tile of the kitchen. And then I bolted, the tears I'd been trying to hold back since I entered the kitchen spilling over. However, I didn't run because I was angry with my father. I ran because I knew... That he was right.
By: Tainted Halo A.k.a Luna
Disclaimer: ^_^ I don't own Fushigi Yuugi. ::NodNod:: Or any of it's beautiful characters... I wish I did though... ::Sigh::
A/N: Oiiii! ^_^ This was an odd little idea I had while sitting on the plane on the way to Washington. ^-^ What if our beloved Nuriko where infact the Priestess of Suzaku? If he and Miaka switched places. Weeeeellllll.... I had to write this. ^-^ It's gonna be a long AU, kinda thinger. ^^;; And I'm kinda usin' the stuff from the English Manga books. ::NodNod:: So, it's almost the same so far... But later things are gonna be pretty different. ::NodNod:: ^_^ So enjoy and tell me Whatcha thinketh. Oh. And before I forget. ^_^ If you don't liketh Shounen Ai, you shouldn't readeth this. ::Nod:: Ohh... And I know "Nuriko" is a Constellation and "Miaka" well ain't... ^-^ Soo... To not cause any confusion, and for my own sake, Miaka is gonna stay Miaka, and I'm gonna use Nuriko's real name Ryuuen.
Chapter One: Quality Family Time
POV: Ryuuen
I looked up, swearing I heard my name... Studying for my math finals had probably, driven me crazy, I concluded sighing and turning my focus back to the study sheet. I'd put off studying for the finals until the week before they were to occur... Of course my friend Yui had been studying for weeks... Now I wish I'd been studying with her, as it wasn't as if I had been doing anything el.. And there it was again... I could swear my name was being called from the back room of the library. I'd never been in there, the big 'Do not enter' sign was kinda intimidating.
I'm not sure what compelled me to get up and stride over towards the door, while the logical part of my mind reminded me, that I shouldn't enter the room, especially since I seemed to be losing it and hearing voices call my name...
"Ryyuuuueen! Whatcha doing?" I sighed turning to Yui. She was pretty, with short blonde hair... When we were younger she'd sheared it all off because all the boys paid her a lot of attention... Although recently I think she'd began to reconsider that decision... We weren't the closest of friends but.. Well she was the only one I had. Or even trusted in the least. "Ohh.. Nothi-"
"It's fine! We should check it out.. I've always heard they had the most interesting things in there." She smiled tucking her short hair behind her ear... This was totally unlike smart rule abiding Yui.. But I really wanted to get at whatever was calling my name or whatever it was so I nodded. And opened the door after scooping out the area for anyone who might spot us.
We entered a small slightly dusty room, as I fumbled along the wall for the light, yet it was Yui who actually found the switch, causing light to flood into the dimly lit room. I skimmed through the various titles, finding most of them in Japanese or Chinese, and not many in English... I'd taken a Japanese class in High School so I could read a few of them, yet not many. Yet one caught my eye. An old red book written in ancient Chinese characters... Yet oddly enough I could understand them. "The Universe of the Four Gods". And I plucked the book right off the shelf, only to have the book slip right through my fingers and land open on the floor. Yui and myself both leant down to pick up the book, which resulted in our head colliding, and knocking us both off balance. As I sat beside the book, I began to read the words aloud...
//Herein contains the tale of a young lady and her quest to gather the seven constellations of Suzaku together. And if you the esteemed reader, should read to the story's end the spell contained within this book shall bestow upon you the powers of the heroine and grant you your wish. For indeed the moment the page is turned the story will become reality...//
Yui looked at the words in the book rather startled, "You can actually read that, Ryuuen?" She asked eyeing the characters suspiciously. I shrugged slightly stunned, "I didn't know I could until now.." I mumbled still thinking about the words I had read aloud... A wish, wouldn't that be nice? "That would be a super cool book, if that were-" Yui's words were sliced short, when a red light emerged from within the pages of the book and the ground began to shake. "An earthquake!" Yui exclaimed, as the red light took over my senses blocking my sight.
When it was returned to me however, I was not in the back room of the library but... In the middle of an almost barren forest type place, this was desolate except for the skeleton like trees. "Where are we?" I asked as more of a reflex than an actual question... I mean Yui had the answer to almost everything. Somehow, I doubted that she knew exactly why a red light filled the room and suddenly we were in some foreign place...
I looked at her trying to be solemn before whacking her over the head rather lightly, "Did that hurt?" Yui glared at me rubbing her head, "Of course it did you idiot!" She yelled. "Well at least we know it's not a dream! ...Unless it's an extremely realalistically painful one."
I turned away looking around the area for some type of clue to where we could be when, I heard Yui let out a slight scream. I quickly turned back to her, to find my friend in the grasp of a big extremely ugly man.
"We'll make a big profit of the girl," The man said eyeing Yui and her clothes appraisingly. I glared at the man who was watching me, before lunging at the man who held Yui in his grasp. It wasn't the brightest idea I'd had in a while, but it was the only one I had. I mean I couldn't let this guy get at Yui. "Get outta here!" I yelled, as the man released her purely out of shock. Yet as Yui had scrambled away, the man turned his gaze on me and grabbed me instead, raising his fist to strike me. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact yet it didn't happen. "Let her go." A male voice said calmly, causing my eyes to flicker open. A young man no older than myself with long hair done back in a ponytail stood there, a symbol... The character for demon glowing brightly in the same red on his forehead.
He threw the man to the ground where he twisted in pain, "You broke my freakin'arm you....." the man yelled as the man who had accompanied him ran off. The boy turned his attention back to us, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah! Thank you so much!" Yui said smiling at him brightly.
"Skip that, you got any money?" He said holding out his hands greedily.
"College students don't have any money. We're broke." I informed him bluntly.
"You're broke?! Broke people piss me off... Don't you ladies know that money makes the world go round?! I didn't save you for free you know!" He said scowling.
"We never asked you to save us," I informed him as he ran off.
Then the earth began to shake and the same red light shrouded my vision... And we were back in the room. "Well... That was trippy. " I said blinking.
"Maybe we were knocked out..." Yui suggested helping me off the ground. As she did so, the librarian barged in eyes flashing dangerously, "What are you girls doing here?! Can't you read?!" Neither of us responded quickly running out of the room. "See ya tomorrow, Ryuu!" Yui called as she ran out.
"I'm late I'm late!" I mumbled looking at the clock... I was supposed to have dinner back home tonight... I lived in a college apartment by the school, as did my brother Rokou.. So our parents wanted us to get together every once and a while to catch up. And conveniently enough, dinner had started ten minutes ago. I quickly grabbed all my things stuffing them into a bag, while I decided on the more believable if not exactly true excuse of getting to absorbed in studying that time just flew... So very believable, I thought rolling my eyes, as I unlocked the doors to my yellow convertible. It was a small car, perfect for two people, with more squishy seats in the back. It had been a 'sweet sixteen' present from the entir... My parents and Rokou. I drove home quickly, as the house was only fifteen minutes away if you drove fast. And I was pretty sure I was close to speeding, which wasn't exactly the most comforting thought.
Only when I arrived did I realize that I had intended to go home first and change... My clothes.. Woulsn't exactly please my father. I was wearing a jean skirt, which was cut to show the high boots I was wearing. I also had on a white collared dress shirt, which was buttoned up to the top.. Something that wasn't usually seen with girls near my age. Of course, on top of that I wore a black jacket... I really should have changed or at least fixed my hair,, so it wasn't so... Girly... I sighed, preparing myself for the worst, before I unlocked the door, with the key I'd had all through high school. I stepped in walking towards the dining room, when something caught my eyes. It hadn't been there the last time I had come here...
It was a photograph in a lovely purple frame that matched the hair of the two children in the picture. The taller of the two was a boy about eight or so with bright happy violet eyes, that gleamed down on his little sister, who was giggling towards the camera, a beautiful smile on her tiny lips. And I felt tears try and break through. However, I turned away from the photo, refusing to let the tears come. It was bad enough that I was late; I didn't need to walk in there with tears in my eyes... The questions would be endless.
I entered the dining room smiling dramatically at my family. My older brother smiled at my entrance, "Hey Ryuuen! We thought you'd forgotten or something!" He said, motioning to the plate that had been set out for me. I smiled and took the seat, not helping but notice the empty seat... However, I couldn't think about that now. Not now. "Oh! I was studying and well the time just flew by..." I said grinning, slyly.
I could feel his eyes on me. My father. His gaze struck me; the disapproval in my clothes was evident, as I looked up towards his displeased face. Our eyes met for a brief second, before he abruptly tore them away, and returned to his food. But I didn't have time to think about that either, as my mother turned towards me smiling, "So Ryuuen, how's Yui, and all your other friends? College life treating you well so far?" I rolled my eyes, "Of course it is, and they're fine!" I launched into tales about my friends and how much I had to worry, about spending time on my homework rather than with them and what a pain it was. But then my brother looked at me, and I knew he saw right through me. He knew. That pretty much everything I was saying was a lie. I wasn't happy, as I said I was. Sure, I guess I was kind of happy. I mean I had better than a lot of other kids who wound up dead for... They just wound up dead. And I was fortunate enough to be alive, breathing and in a good college... So why couldn't I make the rest up?
When dinner had finished, I volunteered to do dishes simply because, I didn't want to be bothered into telling more false things about my life... "Ryuuen?" His voice brought me out of my thoughts. I looked up at my father, sighing inwardly. "Yeah Dad?"
"Ryuuen... About you cl-"
"Don't even start..." I said turning back to the dishes I had been scrubbing.
"Ryuuen! When are you going to be yourself again? It's bad enough Kourin's gone.. However, we've allowed this for ten years. And you aren't her."
"Don't you think I know that by now?" I replied nonchalantly, stealing a glance his way. He wouldn't even look at me, he was so ashamed.
"Then why do you dress like that?" He persisted. I didn't respond. I didn't need this. I shouldn't have even come... "No matter how long you grow out your hair, Ryuuen... Under your makeup, your girlish clothes.. Underneath everything, you're a man, don't you realize that? And you aren't her." His words stung... And I couldn't help it. I dropped the dish I had been drying a bit to forcefully, allowing it to shatter on the tile of the kitchen. And then I bolted, the tears I'd been trying to hold back since I entered the kitchen spilling over. However, I didn't run because I was angry with my father. I ran because I knew... That he was right.