Fushigi Yuugi Fan Fiction ❯ The Mysterious Play: Legend of the Moon and Sun ❯ Before the Book was Re-Opened ( Prologue )

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The Mysterious Play: Legend of the Moon and Sun
Prologue: Before the Book was Re-Opened

Written by: Scandalous Behavior

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Before the Legend of the Two Priestesses from a different world came to pass for the remaining countries of Konan and Kutou another legend started with the birth of infants from two old countries. Born on the same day at the same time but were to be each other's worst enemy.

In the land of Hokkan, that lived the god of Genbu, a small cry arose from the palace hallway in the royal wing. No one could mistake the cry as anything else but a baby's newborn cry of life. Shouting of celebration came then as the heir to the throne of Hokkan was born, his name would be Yosuke, which meant 'support of the sun'. The birth was so hard on the Queen, that her life force gave out so while the land celebrated the King wept as his son was born but he had lost his wife all in the same instant.

To the west was the country of Sailo, protected by the god Byakko and in the bedchamber of the Queen Mayumi also rose an infant's sounding cry of being born. In the gold and white room were three other people besides the Queen and infant. The King had demanded to be allowed in the room when his second son was born and beside the king was the first-born son, Satoru. His violet-gray eyes taking everything in as only a two year old could. The nursemaid, pushing aside the straying gray hair that escaped her bun, wrapped the infant in a silk blanket and handed the crying child to the sweat covered Majesty. The Queen held the child to her breast and then noticed the features of the child and then astonished looked to her husband.

"It's a girl." The Queen spoke, her voice low and the King's violet eyes looked to the infant in amazement.

"A daughter, but how can that be?" the King of Sailo asked, his eyes looking to the symbol of the god Byakko on the walls on the bedchamber the gold eyes of the White Tiger only stared back at him.

"She is the prophecy!" the nursemaid's shocked voice rose in the room and she quickly ran to tell the rest of the palace.

Interested in why a girl would cause such a stir, the young heir to the throne moved to next to his mother and pulled the blanket to see the baby girl open her eyes, clear violet-gray peered back at the boy. Mayumi saw the expression of kindness and protectiveness in the face of her son at his first glance at his baby sister.

"What is her name, Mother?" he asked, trying to sound all the grown-up prince that he would someday be.
Mayumi glanced to her husband, who tearing his eyes away from his family mumbled the girl's name as it was in the prophecy.

"Kamaria."

"Oh," Satoru saw the sad expression in her mom's face and wondered why that was.

The doors that still stood wide open from the nursemaid's disappearance let the bright sunshine in from the courtyard and a shadow entered the room.

"So, the prophecy has come true," the chilly voice of the King Zhuang's brother, Dinh, came, "the girl has been born. News from Hokkan is the birth of the heir, Yosuke."

The king only kept his eyes trained on the wall as if to ask the great god for answers to why the prophecy was coming true now.

"We can not let it happen," maternal instinct entered Mayumi's voice, "My daughter will never have to go through that horrible prophecy."

Dinh only sneered at the great young beauty lying in the bed, with the aftermath of childbirth on her face, which did not take away from the beauty of her raven-blue hair that laid around her like a shroud. To think that she had chosen his brother over him opened all the old wounds. Turning his head to the side, taking note of the weariness in his brother's stance and the questioning look in his nephew's eyes he locked his eyes with Mayumi's.

"You might have a hard time keeping it from happening, Mayumi. Everyone knows about the girl's birth and since she is the only female born to our family in over ninety years it can only be the prophecy," Dinh looked almost smug, "besides even if she dies, you'll still have Satoru to have the throne."

"Dinh!" the King's voice was harsh and scolding, "how dare you say such things or think them. Were you not my brother I would strike you down for that."

Mayumi only looked on helplessly at the two brothers and then to her son and daughter.

"Speak no more nonsense right now," Mayumi commanded, "it is the birth of our daughter, Kamaria and I want to have it rejoiced not turned into a battle between you two."

Dinh bowed as if to apologize to Mayumi and then walked out of the room. The king came to his wife's bedside and touched the forehead of their daughter, then with a sigh he looked to his young son.

"You must protect your sister, Satoru," the King instructed, "you are the only one that can."
Mayumi held her husband's hand as Satoru nodded.

"I promise, Father."

With that the royal family could only hope and pray that the prophecy would not come to pass.

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It was two years later before the starting of the prophecy began with the king of Hokkan demanding that Sailo bring the Princess Kamaria to Hokkan to his son, Prince Yosuke. Mayumi was afraid of this and sat in the solar room, made entirely of glass praying on her knees to the god Byakko for a reason for all of this and a strange gold light filled the room. Mayumi felt warm all over, opening her eyes she stared into those golden ones of the great White Tiger God.

"If you wish to save the Princess you must take her away, back to the land of which you came."

Amazement showed on the young Queen's face.

"I can not. When I came here I swore I would never return to my world. How can I? The scroll will not let me return and without it I can not go back."

The White Tiger stared at her and his eyes seemed to see into her soul.

"You are all that is good, Mayumi. You did not mean to harm or hurt either of the Princes of Hokkan when you came here, falling in love with Zhuang who would never love another which was why it was allowed for you to stay here in this world as Dinh will not have the heir this land needs. For the good of the future of this land you must return to the land of which you came, taking the girl child with you. For it is written in the stars that in order for any of you to survive you must leave your son and husband behind, never to see them again."

"No!! I can not do that, I will not live without Zhuang and I will not leave my son!"

The White Tiger's eyes drew in more light and a hidden fire burned in them lighting the room the colors of red and gold.

"Do not question the will of the Stars!! Zhuang will die this very night and your son must live in a land south of here. It is preordained and you can not fight it."

"Why are you telling me this?! That Zhuang will die, I can not bare it!!" Mayumi wept.

The god faded out to the white sunlight of the day and she only put her hands to her face.

"How can I? Leave this land I love and the people I love more than anything to a fate that I cannot stop. Why?" she sobbed into her hands.

"Your majesty! Hokkan has raised an army at our gates demanding to be let to have Princess Kamaria." Came one of the handmaidens to the Queen.

Standing up and wiping the tears from her eyes, Mayumi only nodded.

"Tell the King that I will be with him." Her true meaning lost on the girl.

Without another word, she walked out to the nursery where her two children played. Her young son, with her hair and his father's eyes only glanced up at her from playing with his sister.

"Come, Satoru and bring Kamaria. We have to take a trip right now."

"But Mother…."

"Please do not question me, Satoru. Come now!"

Sensing something that his mother was hiding but would not tell him four-year-old Satoru grabbed his two-year-old sister's hand and followed their mother.

As Mayumi got them into one of the carriages, she only blew a kiss to her husband.

"I will love you always, Zhuang. Please take care, my love."

Closing the carriage and taking the three royals out the back of the palace, fate told the King inside that he would not live to see them again as if the Great God had whispered it to him.

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Making their way to the peaceful land of Konan to the South, it came to Mayumi's mind that her husband's half-brother by the dowager Queen lived in the village of Hakukou in Jusou-ken. As they came to the village and to the door of her husband's other brother, Mayumi climbed out and the door opened to the cottage where he lived.

"Mayumi! What are you…."

Seeing the tears in her eyes, and the sleeping Satoru in her arms she handed him to her brother-in-law's wife, who smiled sadly at her.

"Please watch over my precious son, he will need your strength to go on and to not remember me nor his destiny as the Prince until the time comes," Mayumi felt Byakko's power go into her hand as she touched her lips to her son's forehead that caused a symbol to appear belonging to this land's own god, Suzaku, "live in peace my Tamahome."

With that she got into the carriage where a sleepy Kamaria looked at her mother with innocent eyes.

"Mama, where is brother?"

Mayumi only smiled at her daughter, swallowing back tears.

"He is visiting relatives, my daughter. You will see him again."

Satisfied with the answer the trusting girl fell asleep against her mother. Mayumi felt the power of Byakko come around the two and they disappeared.

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If you guys got confused about this, that's okay. It's a prologue so it's supposed to have holes. Feel free to tell me what you think. The next chapter will be up soon.

~Scandal~
October 2, 2001