Disclaimer: I do not own Fushigi Yuugi or any of its characters. Fushigi Yuugi belongs to Yuu Watase and respective companies.
Author's Note: I have quite a bit of this story written on paper... I will be spending the next few days typing it all up.
Chapter 1 – Fated Meeting
Miaka hated Mondays. She lay in bed, waiting for her alarm clock to remind her that it was 6:30 in the morning. After a long weekend with her family, all she wanted to do was lay in bed and sleep. School was the last thing on her mind. However, she had to go. She sat up in her bed, stretched and yawned. Pulling her comforter and sheets off of herself, she slid out of bed, making sure to turn off the alarm clock on her way. She took a shower, wrapped a magenta colored towel around her body, and walked to her closet to pick out some clothes.
Miaka was in her second year of college at Konan University. She lives in a tiny one bedroom apartment by herself, and loves it. Once she was accepted in to one of the best schools in the US, she was eager to get out into the world, away from her parents. Her cramped apartment consists of a tiny kitchen, an even smaller bathroom, a good sized bedroom, and a small living room. Though small, she loved how close it was to the university. It was just a short 15 minute walk to the campus.
Once she chose her clothing for the day, she brushed her damp red hair, pulled it back with a ribbon, grabbed her backpack, and headed out the door. She walked to campus, not noticing how early it was. She reached the school an hour early to class. Not knowing what to do with the spare time, she headed to the cafeteria to get a quick, sugar-filled breakfast. She bought a small bag of barbecue potato chips and sat down at an empty table. Since it was still early, the cafeteria was relatively empty. She scanned the room until her eyes fell on an attractive guy sitting two tables away from hers. Ignoring him, she opened her bag of chips, and began eating them one at a time. Though she tried not to look at the mysterious stranger two tables away, her eyes were somehow drawn to him. She had never seen such a handsome guy in her life. He was sitting, eating the same flavor of chips as she was, and working on something on a laptop that sat in front of him. She was startled when he looked up from his computer and locked eyes with her. As if he knew he was be stared at, he smiled at her. Embarrassed, she frantically looked back down at the bag of chips in her hand. She turned red and hoped he hadn't of noticed.
She finished her chips while sneaking glances at him. She sat for a few minutes until she decided to go to class. She got up, threw her chip bag away, and glanced back at the mysterious man as she walked out the doors. To her surprise, he was looking right back at her with beautiful blue eyes. Embarrassed once again, she put her head down and continued to walk out the cafeteria doors.
Her day was relatively uneventful. She didn't have any close friends in any of her classes, but she always looked forward to after classes, when she got the chance to meet up with her best friend, Yui. They were usually always studying, or hanging out with each other. They met in their first year at Konan University and had been inseparable ever since. At school, time only allows them to see each other as Miaka is heading home, and Yui was on her way to her English class. Yui lives down the street from Miaka's lonely apartment in a two-story home with her mother. The two girls talked for their usual ten minutes until Yui had to go to class. They both said their goodbyes, exchanged hugs, and the Miaka set on her way to walk home.
Miaka always hated the time her last class was dismissed. If she had planned her schedule better, she wouldn't have her final class of the day ending at 9:30 at night. It was always dark out at the time she had to walk home, but this night was exceptionally dark. As she was walking to her apartment that night, she accidentally bumped shoulders with two men, who were apparently having a bad day that day. She quickly apologized to both of them, but that had no effect on them. They called her vile names, and violently pushed her down to the ground. Because it was dark, she couldn't see them very well. All she was able to see were their outlines. However, she could see that they were both muscular, athletic men. As she pleaded with them, begging them not to harm her, she felt one of the man's feet make contact with the right side of her ribs. Hard. All the wind escaped from her lungs. As she tried desperately to gasp for air, she rolled over, now huddled in a fetal position. It was at that she saw another foot coming toward her - this time, it was coming to her face. Helpless, she scrunched her eyelids together, preparing herself for the worst. However, after several seconds of anticipation, the kick never came. From her position on the ground, she opened her eyes, only to see something totally unexpected. The two men were laying face down on the ground, and a third figure standing over them. The third man extended his had to her.
"Are you alright?" A deep, yet gentle voice asked her. Surprisingly, those words were coming from the third figure.
"Yes, I am fine, thank you," she managed to get out in between gasps. She hurt where they had kicked her, but she wasn't about to tell a complete stranger that. Not taking the had he had offered to her, she slowly got to her feet and dusted herself off, being careful of her right side. She took off running in the direction of her apartment, unaware that she left her backpack laying on the ground in front of the third man's feet.
She ran with all her might to her lonely apartment. Once she got there, she hurriedly unlocked and fell through the door. She was physically hurt, in shock, and exhausted. Without wanting to go another stop, she collapsed on the floor in the walkway, closed her eyes, and quickly fell asleep.