Disclaimers: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi.

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Narrator's POV

Takiko walked down the rows of her seishi. Finally, they were performing the ceremony!

First was Namame, then Uruki, Hikitsu, Iname, Tomite, Hatsui, and lastly Umiyame. As she passed them, each one smiled at her and she did the same for them. She walked slowly, her head high and her eyes directly ahead, just as she had been told. Each of her seishi was bursting with pride for their beloved miko. At the end of the isle, there where some stairs and then the huge fire in which Takiko was to through the scroll that the emperor had given her at the beginning of her adventure when she had first come to the palace with Tomite. Takiko, even though she was scared out of her wits, bravely walked up the stairs and in a loud clear voice, she began to recite the incantation, that she had learned only that morning, so that all could hear.


The four palaces of the heavens
the four corners of the earth
In the name of sacred law, faith, and virtue,
I summon thee, Genbu, Guardian of the North

I beseech you to appear on earth
From the palaces of heaven
For the sake of those here who adore you, and await your presence.

Come to us!
And with your mighty power
Destroy all that is evil which threatens us...
Save us, and grant us our wishes

Be sent to us now, from the heavens above!



With each word, more and more power seemed to fill the room. Takiko threw the scroll into the fire and waited, trembling from fear. As she and her seishi watched, the flames turned green and a shadow began to form in the middle of it. Genbu?' thought Takiko as she watched it. Is that shadow Genbu?' Slowly, a blinding, green light shot out of the fire and surrounded the Genbu no Miko. Her seishi could hear her frightened scream, cut short for a reason that nobody knew.

Inside the sphere of bright green light, Takiko watched as the tortoise god appear before her eyes.

I am Genbu Seikun... are you the priestess who summoned me?" asked Genbu. He looked like a mortal man with straight, obsidian black hair that was tied up in a loop on the top of his head and piercing, dark green eyes. He was wearing black armor and had a strange snake, that was so dark of a green that it almost looked black, wrapped around his neck staring at her; to Takiko it seemed as if the snake was staring a hole through her. In the center on the god's forehead, in the same place as Umiyame's, was a glowing, green symbol, like a glowing birthmark. His mouth was narrow and above it was a small black mustache that matched his hair. (Not in the style. In the way that it was black.) Over all, he looked very handsome. But his looks were wasted on Takiko. She had already given her heart to Tomite, and to her, the god looked just like any other man. That is, if you forget about the glowing symbol on his head. But he didn't feel like any other man. Power was flowing from him, like light comes from a light bulb. He was also much taller than a normal person; he was nearly seven feet tall. When she looked at him, Takiko shivered and backed away a few steps. The light coming from him was blinding, but she forced herself to look him in the eye despite that and her fear. She was no coward!

Yes. I am, she answered.

I will now merge with you and we will become one. In exchange, you will be able to use my power three times. When you're ready, say the word "kaijin". Do you understand?"

Takiko was scared. She didn't know what the god meant by merge'. But then she thought of her seishi, who where willing to risk everything to help her summon Genbu and save their country, even if it meant losing their own lives. Of the emperor, who had accepted her when there was basically no proof that she was the Genbu no Miko and had helped her on her quest. Of Uruki's grandfather, who had willingly let them take his granddaughter with them, even though he may never see her again, because he believed in them and their cause. Of Namame's parents, who had given them shelter and who had healed Tomite when he was badly burned. Of Kuro, who was not of Hokkan, but at the end had still believed what they where doing was right. Of her father, who was reading her story from outside the book, praying for her to be okay. Of Suzuno, who was worried about her even though she didn't know what was happening to her. Of many men who had fought for their country when Kutou was first attacking and had ended up in the infirmary or dead. Of the famine and disease that Kutou was creating in her new home. Of all the people that she had seen on her journey throughout this strange and new nation. Of everyone who believed in her.

Y-yes."

With that, Takiko's clothes flew off to reveal her bare body. On it, she watched as seven symbols glowed to life. On for each of her seishi. She identified them, one by one, in her mind. Void, or Xu, was on the lower part of her back; Tomite's symbol. On her eye, blinding her, was To, which meant Ladle; Hikitsu's symbol. And the Kanji symbol for female or girl, Nu, had appeared on her left shoulder; Uruki's symbol. On her left wrist was the the green symbol Bi, or Wall; Namame's symbol. On her right buttock was the symbol Niu, or Ox; Iname's symbol. On her right abdomen glowed the symbol Shi, or House; Hatsui's symbol. And lastly, in the center of the girls forehead glowed Wei, that translated to Danger or Roof; Umiyame's symbol. Suddenly, all of the symbols faded and a new one appeared in the center of her forehead, where Umiyame's symbol had been only seconds before. The new symbol was the same one that was on Genbu's forehead. Genbu then thrust his hands inside of Takiko's breast, making her gasp in pain. And then... Everything was gone. Genbu disappeared and the green light began to fade. Her clothes were even back. The only thing that stayed was the green symbol on her forehead and the horrible pain in her chest...

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Tomite's POV

The other seishi and I watched as Takiko was surrounded by the horribly bright green light. Try as we might, we could not penetrate it to get to her and make sure that she was okay. It was the work of the god. Finally, we settled down to wait; there was nothing else we could do. Finally, the light faded and there stood Takiko, looking exactly the same besides the green symbol glowing on her forehead and the fact that she was a bit paler. We watched in horror as she began to fall backwards from exhaustion, down the stairs. I ran up to her as fast as I could and just caught her in time.

Takiko! Takiko! Are you all right? I asked frantically as the other seishi ran up to us. She looked up at me, her eyes glossy with pain, and it seemed to take a moment for her to realize who I was.

T-T-T-Tomite? I-is that y-you? She asked in a small voice.

Yes, Takiko. It's me. You're safe now.

Takiko tried to reach up to me with a shaking finger, but stopped, wincing in pain.

What is it Takiko?! I asked, alarmed.

Oh, Tomite.... It's so painful... Help me, Tomite... Help me... It was something that Takiko never would have asked me to do if she was in her right mind. As it was, she was begging me to help her, to take away the horrible pain, and I could do nothing as she lay there in my arms. Her eyes, still glassy and unfocused because of the pain, slowly slid closed, as she fainted. What could be happening to her? Why was she in so much pain? I did not know. I only knew that someone, or something, was hurting her, maybe even killing her, while all I could do was hold her in my arms and watch her suffer. I picked her up and began to take her to her room, when something caught my eye. It was the necklace that I had given her just that morning. It was.... Different, although I can't say how. It shimmered, almost glowing with power. What could have happened to it? It's different, but still the same...' I thought, but paid no heed to it. Instead, I carried her to her room, with the other seishi following solemnly. I laid her on her bed and we all waited, for what I do not know. I only know that we were waiting for something...

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~End of Chapter 31~

Yay! I've finally made the summoning! That was a lot of work, too. I'd like to say a big thanks to otaku-no-miko, my baita, for adding in what Seiryuu says to Yui as what Genbu says to Takiko because it couldn't find it anywhere. Also, I just realized that I haven't been giving her much credit. A while ago, my other baita, Juggalette, stopped e-mailing me my edited chapters back to me, I don't know why. I waited for about a month for her to get them back to me, but finally gave up and started to post the unedited chapters up. That's when otaku-no-miko asked me if I needed a baita. I happily said yes and she has been wonderful I couldn't ask for a better baita. Lets all give her a hand for all of her great work! *Claps and cheers insanely* Anyway, please review. More coming soon.