Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yuugi or any of its characters.

A/n: Yosh, I'm finally back from the long break, sad thing is my previous story- "The Companions" got deleted and I'm too disheartened to continue it so now I'm starting a new one. Hopefully this one doesn't end up having the same fate as the previous one.

Notes: This story took place 150 years (in the book) after the war, the last of the four gods' seishis (as in all 28 of them), except for one had given their lives to stop the destruction of the book world. Both Miaka and Yui returned home without any memories of what had happened in the book.

The New Legend

Prologue

"Tasuki take Miaka and run!" Tamahome shouted as he draped a cloak over his beloved priestess before pushing her towards the bandit.

"No! TAMAHOME!" Tasuki winced when the girl screamed beside his ear, he did not want to look back, he knew what had happened to his friend. Tears began to flow down his cheeks but the red hair man knew better than to run back into the battlefield and try to fry the bastard who had killed yet another one of his comrades. He had to get the priestess to safety, with a new resolution in mind Tasuki sprinted towards the mountains with Miaka on his shoulder.

Tasuki watched Miaka from the corner of his eyes and cursed inwardly when he saw a blank expression on her face with team streaming down her face endlessly.

"This can't be happening…" Miaka started to mutter to herself while shaking her as if to doubt the reality, now that all was left were Tasuki, Chichiri and herself. Suddenly a body flew into the cave.

"Chichiri, SHIT! Those bitches did this to you didn't they!" Tasuki shouted as he attended to the limp body of his friend.

A yell from the entrance caught the bandit's attention, "Over here!" Tasuki looked up to see a group of demons gathering outside the cave, their eyes narrowed into slits, blood dripped of their claws. The bandits quickly moved in front of his friends who were currently not able to defend themselves and held out his tessen.

"Ya bastards, I fry yer fucking asses! REKKEN SHIEN!" At his command, the entrance of the cave was engulfed in flames; Tasuki smirked as the smell of burning flesh reached his nose. Just as he was about to return to his friends, a cracking sound caused him to jerk his head towards the charred entrance again.

Tasuki's eyes widened in horror when he saw the unburned demons rising again and continued to make their way towards the group. The bandit quickly positioned himself in front of his friends and readied his tessen.

'Damn it my fire had no effect on them, I can't let us die here.' Tasuki thought angrily and sprinted towards the demons but out of a sudden he found that his body wouldn't move. Tasuki's eyes widened as he looked up and saw the demons hitting on a barrier that separated them from their prey. Instantly the bandit knew Chichiri had done this.

"Damnnit Chichiri, let me go!"

Behind him he could hear a barely audible whisper, "Sorry Tasuki, do it now, Suzaku-sama." The last word was added after a pause like an afterthought.

"Arigatou, Chichiri my son you've served me well." Miaka said and stood up except that her looks had changed. The priestess once reddish-brown hair was now crimson red and a pair of folded wings sprouted from her back.

"What the hell is going on!" The loudmouth bandit tried to turn around but couldn't.

Suddenly from the corner of his eye Tasuki saw Miaka approaching him but her appearance had drastically changed. Before Tasuki could even open his mouth to speak, Miaka was already standing in front of her warrior with her eyes closed.

"I sorry that after all those things that you have been through, it had to come down to this." Miaka said calmly while holding out her hands.

"Mia… no you're not Miaka, who are you?" Now Miaka's hands were glowing a bright red.

"I am Suzaku." Tasuki's gasped at his god's revelation, "I wasn't strong enough, even after all of you fought so hard for me. I'm sorry my son, I can't win." With that Suzaku moved his hands over Tasuki's forehead.

The bandit yelled in pain when a burning sensation suddenly flowed through his body, it felt as if someone was using a piece of hot metal to mark his forehead.

"You're our only hope now, I've sealed my powers in you, now it all depends on you." That was the last thing Tasuki heard before he blacked out.

A/n: Yes I know this is confusing, so I'll just sum up some things here.

1. The story itself takes place 150 years after the Konan-Kutou war so none of the OVAs actually happened.

2. The seishis were fighting against demons not the Seiryuu seishis, in order to save the book from destruction.

3. Miaka and Yui went back to the real world without any memories of the book, though Keisuke and Tetsuya still know about it.

4. 50 years had passed in the real world.

5. There may be some parts of the story that may seem somewhat familiar to other animes, please forgive me on that.

Ok, I guess that's about it, but if there is still anything you're unsure about, feel free to ask me in your reviews (:

25.03.2005

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