Disclaimer: The Fushigi Yuugi characters do not belong to me. They belong to Yuu Watase. Though I wish I did

Summary: Miaka and the rest of the Suzaku Seishis have reincarnated into the real world 100 years later. Now Ayume Nakazaki is being summoned to be the next Priestess Of Suzaku.

A Whole New World

Chapter 1:The New Priestess

Ayume Nakazaki yawned loudly as she stared at her History teacher in the stuffy classroom. To Ayume, History was the easily most boring subjects of all that she was learning. In the heat of the classroom, Ayume soon dozed off to sleep, her long brown hair falling all over her face.

A picture of a man appeared in front of her. He had long teal coloured hair tied up in a long ponytail. He gave her a warm smile and faded and her dream faded. It changed in a flash of red and voices could be heard in the background. "Save our world Priestess Of Suzaku! Summon Suzaku and save us all!" A phoenix appeared, gave a soft musical cry and disappeared.

"Ayume! Ayume Nakazaki! Wake Up!" a voice called out to her. She groggily opened her eyes and saw her best friend, Miyako staring at her amusingly. Ayume turned to look at the teacher, who was shooting daggers at her.

"Gomen" Ayume apologized, feeling rather ashamed. It was her first time sleeping in class and she hoped that it would be her last.

"As I was saying," her teacher said, "we have a special guest with us today. All of you should know him. He is the Minister of Education, Haruki Hoshiwa." Gesturing at the back of the classroom

Ayume gaped at Haruki when she saw him sitting comfortably on a chair with a muscular bodyguard by his side. He was quite handsome, his light brown hair tied up in a tight bun with an aura of warmth surrounding him. She was not the only one staring at him, all the other girls were staring dreamily at him. Of course, Ayume had seen Haruki many times on national television, but it was her first time seeing him face to face. Haruki caught Ayume's gaze and smiled at her. Blushing slightly, she turned away, thinking about her dream. The dream of that man had occurring to her many times since she was a small child. Seeing him so often, Ayume felt that she had actually known him before and fell in love with that mystery man. But the voices, it was all new. 'Who is Suzaku?',she thought. She looked at the blank paper on her desk and started to sketch her mystery man.

"Drawing your dream guy again?" Miyako whispered to her when she saw Ayume sketching, "what on earth is Suzaku? You said it so loudly that Haruki nearly fell off his chair."

"I don't know Miyako," Ayume said softly, "I don't know."

When the bell signaling the end of the school rang, everyone made a mad dash to the exit.

"Miss Nakazaki!" she heard someone calling her over the din, "Miss Nakazaki!" She turned to see Haruki waving his hand for her to come over. Feeling dreadful, she slowly made her way towards the Minister of Education.

"I'm not here to scold you Miss Nakazaki," Haruki told her with a laugh when he saw her expression, "I heard about your dream and wanted to talk to you about it."

"What do you know about it?" Ayume asked in surprise.

"Everything," Haruki said, looking rather serious, "As I am sure that you learnt about Chinese astrology, the sky is divided into four, North, South, East and West , each ruled by a god. Suzaku is the god for the South, Seiryuu is for the East, Byakko for the west and Genbu is the god of the North. The 28 constellations of the heavens is therefore divided into four, each god having 7 stars each. Each star is a warrior sworn to protect the Priestess of their god when she appears. You, Miss Nakazaki is the priestess of Suzaku. It is your duty to find all the seven warriors of Suzaku, Tamahome, Hotohoi, Nuriko, Chichiri, Tasuki, Mitsukake and Chiriko to summon him to make three wishes. As you know, Japan is on the verge of going to war. If you want to save Japan and prevent any bloodshed, become the Priestess and summon Suzaku."

"How can I believe you?" Ayume retorted.

Haruki lowered his collar where she saw the Chinese symbol of 'star' shining red on his neck. "I am Hotohori of the Suzaku Seven and I have to sworn to protect the new Priestess. Do you accept being the Priestess?"

Ayume kept quiet for a few seconds in deep thought. Finally, she looked up at Haruki with a smile. "Alright," she said with a small smile, "when do I start?"