Disclaimer: I still don't own Fushigi Yugi....but I do own Nain and Salre
still!!!!Wait..U don't know who Salre is yet...
Miaka once again awoke, but she was again in her room. A dream? Miaka stood up. That's what it was. a dream. Miaka looked at her reflection in the mirror and found her uniform to be covered in sand. What? Miaka looked at her reflection in confusion. Was it a dream.but what.how did it happen. Miaka had no time to dwell on the matter, however, because she was planned to meet her friends to hang out. She needed to change and clean up. She wouldn't bother her friends with the matter.
Yui was already waiting for Miaka. She rushed over to meet her. "She's not here yet?" Miaka asked as she came. Yui shook her head. A black haired girl ran up to them.
"Sorry I'm late!" she yelled to them. She was the newest girl to attend Yui and Miaka's school and the two had taken a special liking to her. She came within steps of them and tripped over the curb. She fell flat on her face and lay there a moment. "Oops."
"Nain." Yui said putting her hand to her forehead in slight embarrassment. Miaka suppressed laughter as she helped Nain up. Nain was always tripping, falling, and dropping things, so this was nothing unusual. Nain stood up next to Miaka and came up to only her chin. Nain was Chinese and her whole family was short. She had a childish sort of look and wore her hair in various Chinese styles and wore a lot of Chinese clothes.
"Let's go." Nain said turning slightly red. They went to a park and sat down. They talked for hours upon end. Yui left and Nain sat with Miaka.
"Hey, Nain?"
"Hmm.?"
"In China do they ever talk about Suzaku? Or the constellations." Nain looked at Miaka in surprise.
"How.?"
"I found a book and it had an entry on it that said it was from the book the "Universe of the Four Gods." Nain cut Miaka off.
"So you found something on the Priestess.?" Miaka nodded. "No one is supposed to know about it. except people in that line." Nain looked down at the ground."People in my line." Miaka looked at Nain questioningly. "That book was in Hong-Nan.and should still be there..unless after I moved.it was stolen."
"But it was a fairly old book."
"Then.." Nain paused to think for a long moment. "Someone in my family fed the information to some book. Someone..but who.?"
"What is in this book.?"
"Stuff like what you read.and a bunch of other stuff. I've never read from it.so I don't know.but it is said by some to be cursed.You can't find it to read it anyway, so I don't have to worry about you getting in trouble.The book is held sacred in my family and passed down to the most responsible in the family line."
"So the book has some special power.?" Nain nodded. "What about stuff taken from the book.?"
Nain looked at Miaka with a confused and worried look on her face. "Why? What happened to you Miaka?" Miaka looked down and thought for a moment. Did she really want to confide in someone besides Yui? Especially to someone she doesn't know as well? No, she didn't.
"Nothing happened.I was just curious." Nain looked relieved and turned her attention to putting her light jacket on.
"Anyway, stay out of trouble, Miaka." Miaka smiled and nodded as Nain walked away. Miaka picked up her things and began to walk home. She passed by the library on her way home and lingered a bit. Her book crossed her mind and she walked into the library with no further hesitation.
She walked slowly through the rows of books and tried to locate where she had found the previous book. It took her a while, but she found where her book had been, in the back of the library on a shelf that had begun to collect dust. She browsed a bit through the books and pulled out a couple randomly. She flipped through them and looked for things on the Constellations or the Four Gods. She found nothing. She pulled out more random books and looked. It was as if an unseen force was driving her to find something else on the book. Something that could explain what had happened to her.
She finally found a small book on the bottom shelf practically hidden. Miaka pulled it out and traced a finger over the gold written Chinese characters. It was covered in dust and grime, so Miaka carefully wiped it off. This is the book! Miaka couldn't read Chinese, but she knew. She knew that the binding read "The Universe of the Four Gods" and she knew that this was the real book. She hesitated slightly before opening the book to the first page. She couldn't read anything in Chinese, but she somehow recognized the entry she had found in the other book.
Her eyes scanned the entry and she found another copy of the same book she had found. Was it coincidence that a copy of it happened to be in the library or that there was a copy anyway? Or was it a twisted type of fate? Miaka turned to the same page she was looking at in Chinese and once again read the incantation.
"I summon all the great forces of justice, faith, and goodwill from the four corners of heaven and from the four quarters of the Earth to call you, the divine Suzaku. We ask that you descend from the seven constellations to the earth, to protect us and destroy all evil with your divine powers, for the sake of the people who worship you. We summon you thus! Descend upon us from the heavens." Miaka finished reading aloud and something began to create a light. She looked back to "The Universe of the Four Gods" and saw it was glowing brightly. The glow was a red color and soon Miaka had to shut her eyes to avoid the blinding light.
Miaka opened her eyes after a few moments and found the library gone. She saw desert before her and she turned around slowly. A small village was behind her and she looked at it strangely. At least there's somewhere to go this time. Miaka thought. She began to make her way towards the small village, which was a lot farther than she thought it was. She finally reached the village and began to walk through crowded streets. People pushed and shoved at her, until a group of three bandits grabbed her.
"How much money you got?" One guy grabbed Miaka's shoulder and began to search her for money.
"What kind of money is this?" the searching man asked. He held up Miaka's bills and flipped them around.
"Don't know.let's make her pay another way." Miaka cowered against the wall. One of the guys held her against the wall and as the other guy reached toward her, a guy came from the shadows behind them. He quickly beat them up without saying a word, and was done with merely four or five punches. The three bandits ran off after their money was taken.
"Thank you." Miaka said after she was sure he really had rescued her and wasn't just like those previous guys.
"Tamahome," he said almost automatically. He was going through the money he had taken from the bandits.
"Thank you Tamahome," Miaka said again.
"Money." Tamahome ignored Miaka.
"Excuse me. Tamahome?"
"Money."
"Where am I?" Tamahome was brought to his senses.
"Oh.you're in China. Hong-Nan."
"Hong-Nan." Ancient China.How did I get here.? **************************************************************************** ***** TBC
Miaka once again awoke, but she was again in her room. A dream? Miaka stood up. That's what it was. a dream. Miaka looked at her reflection in the mirror and found her uniform to be covered in sand. What? Miaka looked at her reflection in confusion. Was it a dream.but what.how did it happen. Miaka had no time to dwell on the matter, however, because she was planned to meet her friends to hang out. She needed to change and clean up. She wouldn't bother her friends with the matter.
Yui was already waiting for Miaka. She rushed over to meet her. "She's not here yet?" Miaka asked as she came. Yui shook her head. A black haired girl ran up to them.
"Sorry I'm late!" she yelled to them. She was the newest girl to attend Yui and Miaka's school and the two had taken a special liking to her. She came within steps of them and tripped over the curb. She fell flat on her face and lay there a moment. "Oops."
"Nain." Yui said putting her hand to her forehead in slight embarrassment. Miaka suppressed laughter as she helped Nain up. Nain was always tripping, falling, and dropping things, so this was nothing unusual. Nain stood up next to Miaka and came up to only her chin. Nain was Chinese and her whole family was short. She had a childish sort of look and wore her hair in various Chinese styles and wore a lot of Chinese clothes.
"Let's go." Nain said turning slightly red. They went to a park and sat down. They talked for hours upon end. Yui left and Nain sat with Miaka.
"Hey, Nain?"
"Hmm.?"
"In China do they ever talk about Suzaku? Or the constellations." Nain looked at Miaka in surprise.
"How.?"
"I found a book and it had an entry on it that said it was from the book the "Universe of the Four Gods." Nain cut Miaka off.
"So you found something on the Priestess.?" Miaka nodded. "No one is supposed to know about it. except people in that line." Nain looked down at the ground."People in my line." Miaka looked at Nain questioningly. "That book was in Hong-Nan.and should still be there..unless after I moved.it was stolen."
"But it was a fairly old book."
"Then.." Nain paused to think for a long moment. "Someone in my family fed the information to some book. Someone..but who.?"
"What is in this book.?"
"Stuff like what you read.and a bunch of other stuff. I've never read from it.so I don't know.but it is said by some to be cursed.You can't find it to read it anyway, so I don't have to worry about you getting in trouble.The book is held sacred in my family and passed down to the most responsible in the family line."
"So the book has some special power.?" Nain nodded. "What about stuff taken from the book.?"
Nain looked at Miaka with a confused and worried look on her face. "Why? What happened to you Miaka?" Miaka looked down and thought for a moment. Did she really want to confide in someone besides Yui? Especially to someone she doesn't know as well? No, she didn't.
"Nothing happened.I was just curious." Nain looked relieved and turned her attention to putting her light jacket on.
"Anyway, stay out of trouble, Miaka." Miaka smiled and nodded as Nain walked away. Miaka picked up her things and began to walk home. She passed by the library on her way home and lingered a bit. Her book crossed her mind and she walked into the library with no further hesitation.
She walked slowly through the rows of books and tried to locate where she had found the previous book. It took her a while, but she found where her book had been, in the back of the library on a shelf that had begun to collect dust. She browsed a bit through the books and pulled out a couple randomly. She flipped through them and looked for things on the Constellations or the Four Gods. She found nothing. She pulled out more random books and looked. It was as if an unseen force was driving her to find something else on the book. Something that could explain what had happened to her.
She finally found a small book on the bottom shelf practically hidden. Miaka pulled it out and traced a finger over the gold written Chinese characters. It was covered in dust and grime, so Miaka carefully wiped it off. This is the book! Miaka couldn't read Chinese, but she knew. She knew that the binding read "The Universe of the Four Gods" and she knew that this was the real book. She hesitated slightly before opening the book to the first page. She couldn't read anything in Chinese, but she somehow recognized the entry she had found in the other book.
Her eyes scanned the entry and she found another copy of the same book she had found. Was it coincidence that a copy of it happened to be in the library or that there was a copy anyway? Or was it a twisted type of fate? Miaka turned to the same page she was looking at in Chinese and once again read the incantation.
"I summon all the great forces of justice, faith, and goodwill from the four corners of heaven and from the four quarters of the Earth to call you, the divine Suzaku. We ask that you descend from the seven constellations to the earth, to protect us and destroy all evil with your divine powers, for the sake of the people who worship you. We summon you thus! Descend upon us from the heavens." Miaka finished reading aloud and something began to create a light. She looked back to "The Universe of the Four Gods" and saw it was glowing brightly. The glow was a red color and soon Miaka had to shut her eyes to avoid the blinding light.
Miaka opened her eyes after a few moments and found the library gone. She saw desert before her and she turned around slowly. A small village was behind her and she looked at it strangely. At least there's somewhere to go this time. Miaka thought. She began to make her way towards the small village, which was a lot farther than she thought it was. She finally reached the village and began to walk through crowded streets. People pushed and shoved at her, until a group of three bandits grabbed her.
"How much money you got?" One guy grabbed Miaka's shoulder and began to search her for money.
"What kind of money is this?" the searching man asked. He held up Miaka's bills and flipped them around.
"Don't know.let's make her pay another way." Miaka cowered against the wall. One of the guys held her against the wall and as the other guy reached toward her, a guy came from the shadows behind them. He quickly beat them up without saying a word, and was done with merely four or five punches. The three bandits ran off after their money was taken.
"Thank you." Miaka said after she was sure he really had rescued her and wasn't just like those previous guys.
"Tamahome," he said almost automatically. He was going through the money he had taken from the bandits.
"Thank you Tamahome," Miaka said again.
"Money." Tamahome ignored Miaka.
"Excuse me. Tamahome?"
"Money."
"Where am I?" Tamahome was brought to his senses.
"Oh.you're in China. Hong-Nan."
"Hong-Nan." Ancient China.How did I get here.? **************************************************************************** ***** TBC