I'll Never Tell

by ilukaiba

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Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi or any of its characters. But if I did, the pairing would be Nuriko x Miaka.

THIS FIC HAS A SPOILER WARNING!

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Chapter 1 : Don't forget me

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"Everyone, make sure you come to cram school tomorrow! Eight o' clock sharp! And Yuuki! GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"

Miaka rolled her eyes with annoyance. She trudged over to Mr. Kaminoke's desk.

"Yessir?" she asked sleepily.

"You, Yuuki, are still at the bottom of this class. If you still have any hope of getting into Jonan, you are one optimistic young lady. Improve your abilities, and you just might make it into Himura High. That's the second best highschool here. But you'll be lucky to get into there."

Miaka glared back at the teacher. "So you're basically trying to discourage me from going to Jonan?"

"No," replied the teacher cooly, "I'm trying to discourage you from making the wrong decision. Good day Ms. Yuuki."

He picked up his briefcase and walked out of the classroom, leaving her staring with hatred at the desk he had sat in a few seconds ago.

'I'm getting into Jonan.' she told herself. 'And he isn't gonna stop me!'

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He turned on the tap water and let the warm liquid flow over his smooth skin. Rubbing his prominent eyes, he thought about his dream.

"Crazy," he muttered to himself, shaking his head. "Suzaku? Heh... that's that weird god-thing... Chinese culture... but that girl in my dreams... she was pretty."

He thought more about her chocolate hair and rosy cheeks and kissable lips. The thought of this beautiful fair maiden send a shiver down his spine.

"She was wearing a school uniform too. In a place filled with ancient people... what a dream... and that emperor guy... what a narcissist... hah... sorta like me."

As he stepped out of the shower, the droplets of water remained clinging to his well-toned chest, until he wiped them away with a towel. He looked in the mirror at himself, and couldn't help but stare into the eyes of his reflection and wonder.

"It'd be kind of cool if I could be that... warrior guy... in my dream."

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"Yuuki Yuuki Yuuki. Study Study Study." Miaka frowned as she imitated her cram school teacher. "Hmph, I'll show him who get's into Jonan."

Her thoughts were interrupted by the persistent beeps emitted from within her pocket. With a sigh, she removed her Motorola cell phone, a welcome-back present from her brother, Keisuke.

"Hello, Miaka Yuuki speaking. Who is this?"

"Hey darling. It's me, Taka."

Miaka groaned inwardly. Just great. They had a date planned for that night, and she was almost positive what he was going to say next.

"I can't make it tonight, Mia. I am needed at my work place. You know, Magasuki Enterprises has asked me to represent them at next month's meeting and-"

"Maga-what?!" asked the former Suzaku no miko.

"Magasuki Enterprises. The company I work for."

Miaka frowned. "I see."

There was an awkward silence, broken seconds later by Taka.

"I'll see you some other time."

"Yeah." said Miaka, before noticing that he had already hung up.

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The Nuriko look-a-like stepped into his shiny prized possesion, his beautiful violet Mercedes Benz. Pushing his foot on the pedal, he drove off to his workplace, thoughts racing through his head much faster than his car raced down the highway.

He was distracted from his thoughts by a battered Oldsmobile, which swerved dangerously close to him.

"GET OFF THE ROAD YOU FRIGGIN' POTHEAD!" he yelled.

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"Mi! Hey girl!"

Miaka turned around and smiled. "Yui! How are you?"

The slim girl with shoulder-length blonde hair smiled. "I'm good, you?"

"Not too good." said Miaka with another frown.

"Why? What's the prob?"

Miaka remained silent, not wanting to look up at her friend and tell her that the man she was destined to love had cancelled a date once again.

However she didn't need to.

"MI?! Did Taka do something?"

Miaka closed her eyes, trying to prevent tears from escaping them.

"He cancelled another date, didn't he?"

Miaka nodded, and promptly began to sob on her best friends shoulder, ignoring the strange glances she was getting from passer-bys.

"Oh Mi."

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Minutes later, Miaka and Yui sat on a comfortable couch in Yui's small apartment.

"Mi, you shouldn't let that guy push you around. Tell him that you don't give a shit about destiny and if he rejects you again you'll break off the relationship!"

Miaka looked alarmed suddenly. "But Yui, I can't a say that to Taka after he's done so much to try and make our lives better!"

"You call blowing off dates to meet with some business associate making your life better?"

Miaka stared at Yui, lost deep in thought. Yui smiled sadly at her friend.

"Think about it Mi. Is this really what you want?"

Miaka found herself shaking her head. "I-I-I just want him to... love me..."

Yui hugged her friend. "Mi, talk to him about it. If he's the same Taka that swore to protect you and reunited with you after we left The Universe of the Four Gods, then he'll listen."

Miaka nodded. "You're right, Yui. I shouldn't dwell on the past. If he's changed, he's changed, and there's nothing I can do about it. I mean, he's been in a totally different world for a month, with all these great opportunities coming his way. He just might not want a real relationship right now."

Yui smiled. "That's the voice of the Miaka I know."

Miaka wiped away her tears with the sleeve of her sweatshirt. "Thanks Yui."

"Hey," said Yui suddenly, "let's do a little shopping! I mean, I'm sure it'll make you feel better!"

Miaka grinned cheekily. "Only if we get some food to eat too."

"Of course we will!"

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Author's Note:

Yay! First chapter... (feels proud of self) Um, do any of you guys know how to center the stories (as far as alignment) or change colors and fonts? On fanfiction.net I mean. Because the normal HTML tags don't work...

As for the story itself, you might notice I am treating Taka like a jerk. *glomps him* I actually love Tamahome/Taka! You see, it's just that he's such a great guy that Miaka would never want to break up with him! So I have to make him seem like a jerk, otherwise they'll never break up and leave the mysterious purple-haired boy *cough*Nuriko*cough* to be with Miaka!

It's so hard to do make a non-TakaxMia story without making Taka a selfish jerk! *cries* It's sort of funny, really, like every single Miakaxsomeone-who-isn't-Taka story on this site starts with Taka being a jerk and doing something stupid involving business and Miaka getting upset. And I feel horrible that I'm sorta leaning into that path, but I'm just too stupid to think about anything else!

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