Author's Notes: Okay. This is my very first fic, so please, no flames! I definitely don't mind criticism, just not flames! Thanks!

One other thing: I don't know if my OC character seems mary sue-ish or not (personally I don't see what the big deal is about them...) but if you think she is, with all due respect just stop reading or ignore it if you don't like Mary sues because I am already WAY past like 5 chapters or whatever, so even if you were to complain, it's not like anything could be done.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fushigi Yugi. Yu Watase does, so please don't sue me!

Eighth Star

Chapter one: The Warrior of Legends

A young girl slowly walked the streets of Tokyo, the cool night air caressing her face. She slowly walked to her apartment, sighing as she opened the door. She carelessly leaned against the elevator door, watching with little interest at the things around her.

The girl slowly opened the door to her room, collapsing onto the bed with a sigh.

"Another stupid day at work…" The girl muttered. She grimly recalled the day's events, remembering how her boss had screamed at her for being late.

Flashback

"Chihiro! You're late again! This is the third time this week!"

"Oh, screw off, would you? I got here, didn't I? That's all that matters!" Her boss heaved an aggravated sigh.

"You know, if you weren't the only person who came to work here, I'd fire you!"

"Oh, believe me, I know."

"Nani! Why you…"

End of Flashback

Things had always been tough for her, for Chihiro Sekai. Not too long ago, her parents and her little brother died in an accident. Because of that, Chihiro was left to fend for herself, not having any other family to turn to. She was able to get job at a dojo, where she worked to help out students who trained there. Her father had taught her sword fighting, and she had caught on at an amazing pace.

Unfortunately, the money she earned wasn't enough to pay for an apartment and schooling, so, this was where she was now. A high school dropout, fighting to pay for her new home. Chihiro quickly shook her head, ridding it of its depressing memories.

"God… I'm sounding like such a sap right now… what am I thinking?" With that, she undid her hair from its high ponytail, and slid into bed, instantly drifting off to sleep.

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Chihiro groggily opened her eyes, checking the clock.

"9:45… geez…" She muttered. She got up, stretching a bit. "Ah, hell! It's Saturday, I can do what I want." She walked to her bathroom, taking a quick shower. When she was done she briskly combed her long black hair. As she tied it up in its usual high ponytail, she noticed her appearance in the mirror. She slowed her quick pace, staring at the face that calmly stared back at her.

She had changed so much, and in so little time, too. Instead of her once cheerful deep blue eyes, serious hard ones coolly gazed back at her. She touched the smooth surface of the glass, feeling it's coolness beneath her fingertips. Chihiro shook her head, removing her hand from the mirror. She suddenly glanced at the calendar. It was May 5, her birthday. She was now officially 16 years old.

"I didn't even remember my own birthday was coming up…" Chihiro thought, shaking her head in amazement. "But…" She thought aloud. "It's not like I have anyone… to spend it with…" Her hard blue eyes changed to ones of sadness, and then the emotions hidden within them disappeared as quickly as they came.

"Well, since it's my birthday, may as well do something special." She said as she cheerfully stuffed a backpack with some books and headed out the door.

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The Emperor of Konan sat before several people. One was a beautiful woman with long violet hair and who wore men's clothes. Near her was a monk with blue hair. He strangely never seemed to change his facial expression, always having a smile on his face. Lastly, was a girl wearing strange clothes and had her hair up in twin buns. Her name was Miaka, and she was the Priestess of Suzaku.

"Hotohori," Miaka said, addressing him quite formally, despite the fact that he was the Emperor. "What is it? Why have you called us here?" The beautiful Emperor stared kindly at his fellow Celestial Warriors and Priestess.

"Gomen nasai to trouble you all like this, especially when Tamahome has just left for Kuto, but I have something very important to inform you about." The four looked at him, urging him to go on. The Emperor took a deep breath and began.

"Last night, I had a strange dream, a vision, if you will. In it, I was looking at the sky. In it, all the seven constellations of Suzaku were assembled. However, as I continued to watch the sky, another constellation appeared. It was the symbol for Tokaki." Miaka looked at everyone's surprised looks with curiosity, not understanding what had made everyone so uneasy. Hotohori waited for the gasps to subside and continued.

"What I believe this means is that there could possibly be eight Celestial Warriors, instead of seven."

"So what do you think we should do your majesty?" The woman asked whose name was Nuriko.

"Anou…" Thought the monk, Chichiri, "Perhaps we should simply look out for an eighth warrior, but in the meantime continue with our search for the other ones as well. Once we do find seven and we still haven't found this 'Tokaki' yet, we could search for him. After all, if there really are eight warriors, the summoning ceremony won't work without him."

"Hai. That does sound reasonable," Hotohori replied, nodding. "You should also see if you can find him in the city, before you leave to find the fifth, sixth, and seventh warriors. The four nodded, all thinking about the information that had just been passed to them.

Chihiro casually walked down the crowded streets, stopping to look at stuff here and there. She suddenly spotted the National Library.

"'National Library'…? What a crappy name. It's just a library! Sheesh…" She thought, staring at the huge building with little interest. "Still… not like I've got anything better to do…" With that, she slowly walked up the steps and let herself in.

"Woah… this place is huge…" she thought to herself, aimlessly wandering along the rows of books. Suddenly, she spotted some stairs. Chihiro grinned mischievously, glancing around before dashing up and disappearing from sight.

"So I might get caught and get kicked out of the stupid place. BFD. Not like they're gonna arrest me or something." A door suddenly caught her attention.

"'Restricted Section. No unauthorized personnel'…" The evil grin once again graced Chihiro's face. Before she knew it, she was in the room and digging through books like there was no tomorrow.

"Man, this stuff is so rare! I could get rich sellin' this stuff!" She said, smirking as she flipped through random books. She continued to look, when suddenly…

"'The Universe of the Four Gods'." Chihiro read the title of a strange old book, raising a brow. "Weird… heck, may as well read it…" She slowly opened the book and began to read.

Herein contains the tale of a young girl who became one of the eight stars of Suzaku, and changed her life forever.

"What the heck! What kinda bullcrap is this?" Nonetheless, she continued to read.

And if you, the esteemed reader, should read to the story's end, the spell within this book shall bestow upon you the powers of this girl, and like her, your life shall also turn a completely different direction.

"Bull." Chihiro whispered, still reading.

For indeed, the moment the page is turned, the story will become reality.

Chihiro waited. And waited. Nothing. She sighed. "I knew this book was a rip off" Suddenly, Chihiro looked down to see her hands engulfed in a bright red light. Her vision became blinded by red, and suddenly, she was gone.

And thus, the young girl opened the door to another world, and likewise, the story before her began to unfold.

Heh… cliffy. Sorry! I couldn't resist! PleasePleasePleasePleasePlease review! PLEASE! If you do, I'll post up more chapters! Promise!

Oh, and just some stuff that you all might want to know. As you might have noticed, the words in "The Universe of the Four Gods" were changed around a bit. I did this because if all the priestesses, like Genbu and Byakko's, read the book and got sucked into it, they obviously wouldn't have read about the Priestess of Suzaku. So, I figured that the words to the story probably changed so they could fit whoever was reading it.

One last thing! Here are any Japanese words used in this fic that you might not have understood. ;

Nani what

Gomen nasai I'm very sorry

Anou I think it's supposed to mean something like "um" or "uh", but don't quote me on that!

Hai Yes

Oh! And one more thing! In case you don't know where the setting is for Miaka and the gang, Tamahome just left for Kuto and Miaka was about to search for the other warriors. Sorry for all the Author notes! Once again, please review! I need to know if anyone likes this crap! Lol.