When two perfectly ordinary middle school students...
...Miaka Yuki and Yui Hongo, encountered a strange book...
...both of their destinies were altered irrevocably.
The book, which lay deep in the library...
...as though hiding from the sight of men...
...contained the story of the advent of a legendary priestess.
What's that supposed to mean?
If you can't understand it, how am I supposed to--
As though led by the red light, the doorway to another world was opened...
...and Miaka Yuki and Yui Hongo were thrust into the story...
...of''The Universe of the Four Gods'' within the book.
''The Universe of the Four Gods''...
It is a story of a girl who gathered the Seven Stars of Suzaku...
...and who gained the power to make all her dreams come true.
I'll do it! I'll do it! I'll be the Priestess of Suzaku!
I've been waiting for this role!
Listen to me, all of you!
This girl is the one who shall gain the power of Suzaku!
She who shall save our empire, the Priestess of Suzaku!
The Konan Empire, within the book of''The Universe of the Four Gods.''
The Lady Miaka, encouraged by Emperor Hotohori...
...became the legendary Priestess of Suzaku.
Lady Miaka may have become the Priestess of Suzaku...
...but in order to summon Suzaku and have her wishes granted...
...she had to first find the seven Celestial Warriors of Suzaku.
The names of the seven constellations are:
Chichiri.
Tamahome.
Nuriko.
Hotohori.
Chiriko.
Tasuki.
Mitsukake.
They're called the seven constellations of Suzaku.
Tamahome was the name of the boy who saved the Lady Miaka from danger...
Four guys... Against one girl?
And you call yourselves men?
A boy with the character for ''ogre'' on his forehead...
The first of the Suzaku Seven the Lady Miaka would meet.
A meeting that would prove fateful for the both of them...
Miaka! Miaka, where are you?!
MIAKA!
Miaka!
The Emperor Hotohori, who wished for the Lady Miaka...
...to become the Priestess of Suzaku.
MIAKA!!!
Hotohori, too, was destined to be one of the Suzaku Seven.
The third of the Suzaku Seven, Nuriko...
...appeared to be a young woman.
My name is Korin, but I am also known as Nuriko.
Nuriko carried secret feelings for Hotohori...
...which caused Nuriko to resent the Lady Miaka.
Don't make a fool of me! Aren't you even a little angry?!
Or are you that forgiving?!
Back at you!
Nuriko eventually opened her heart to the Lady Miaka.
However, Nuriko was also hiding a secret...
N- Nothing...
You're...a...guy?!
Oh, well, the cat's out of the bag.
Yeah, I'm a guy. What are you gonna say about that?
You're a guy, and you're in love with Hotohori?!
And you even kissed Tamahome!
I've abandoned the path of manhood for the sake of love!
While on the journey to search for the Suzaku Seven...
...the Lady Miaka was twice saved from...
...attacking Kutou Empire agents by someone.
That hurts, you know?!
I don't mind that you bit me, Priestess of Suzaku...
...but there are guys from Kutou who are after you.
Well, then, farewell!
You... You're the fox guy from before!
You're the one who told Miaka people were after her?
Who are you?
Never mind that. Are you human?
That's rude, you know? I'm just a wandering traveler.
The name of this young wanderer was Chichiri...
...the fourth member of the Suzaku Seven.
Continuing the search for the Suzaku Seven...
...the Lady Miaka and her companions travelled to Mt. Reikaku.
There, the Lady Miaka was kidnapped by a young man named Genro.
It's been a while, Eiken.
So, after I come back from my trip, I see you've taken over, huh?
I'll take this girl.
No, you won't!
GEN-J UTSU! SHI EN-GAROU!
No way!
Well, bye for now.
MIAKA!!!
Miaka!
Hotohori! Nuriko!
Yes. The one known as Genro was actually Tasuki...
...the fifth of the Suzaku Seven.
I'm coming in! Get down on the ground!
REKKA SHI NEN!
To tell you the truth, I wasn't gonna come...
...but I figured you couldn't do this alone.
Looks like I was right to come and check on you.
Genro...
We talked it over and made Koji the new boss.
We figure our old boss would forgive us.
But why?
You idiot. Haven't you figured it out yet?
Genro's my nickname.
I'M Tasuki. Sorry for tricking you.
I don't give a damn about people! Now leave!
Myojuan, a man who aspired to be a physician.
Myojuan had once sworn his affection to his lover, Shoka.
Wh- Who the hell are you?
It is! It's Mr. Myojuan!
You mean that guy's THIS young?!
Shoka... Are you the one spreading the disease through the city?
Juan, please! Your power can destroy this monster!
If you don't, it'll kill Miaka!
Shoka... You...
That's a sickness demon!
You've been possessed by a sickness demon?!
Forgive me...!
We'll kill that demon!
Juan, hurry! Kill me now and the demon will vanish!
If you do that, the demon's spell will be broken...
...and the people in town will be saved! Hurry...!
Hurry and kill me now!
Farewell...
Great healing power!
DEMON, BEGONE!!!
Juan was unable to save Shoka.
It was all an illusion!
Miaka!
What's wrong?
She'll be all right.
She just spent too much time being close to the demon.
I feel warm...
The mark of Suzaku?!
I'd say she's better now.
Are you...?
I am...the member of the Suzaku Seven known as Mitsukake.
The young man, Myojuan, was actually Mitsukake...
...the sixth member of the Suzaku Seven.
A boy who had a premonition of danger for the Lady Miaka and the others...
The stars... The stars are moving so chaotically.
Those are the Seven Stars of Suzaku...
The boy raced to the Lady Miaka and the others...
...who were performing the ceremony to summon Suzaku.
I could tell by the stars.
If nothing is done soon, the Suzaku Seven...
...as well as the Priestess of Suzaku...
...will be killed!
Miaka, stop!
Damn it! Isn't there some way to defend against this sound?!
Amiboshi, sent to stop the ceremony to summon Suzaku...
...cast a spell on the Suzaku Seven...
What?! I can faintly hear another flute.
What is this sound? It's disrupting the sound waves.
Yes. I disrupted the sound of his song with this leaf whistle.
And then I was able to partially confuse his own life force.
What's your name?
What?!
You mean, YOU'RE...?!
Yes. I am Ou Doukun, but my Celestial Warrior name is Chiriko.
The Priestess of Suzaku had finally gathered...
...all of the Suzaku Seven together.
Just as there are the seven stars of Suzaku in the south...
...there are also the seven stars of Seiryu in the east.
There, in the eastern empire of Kutou...
...lived a general named Nakago, the leader of the Seiryu Seven.
One of the Suzaku Seven, I presume?
Where's Miaka?
The mark of ogre. Tamahome.
He barely touched me!
This guy's STRONG!
Nakago.
That was pretty close.
A servant of Suzaku who can break the barrier and enter here...
Miaka!
What did you do to Miaka?!
Now, while I delay this guy here!
Hurry!
This was the beginning of the duel to the death...
...with Kutou's Seiryu Seven.
The Lady Miaka and Tamahome...
Theirs was a miraculous love...
...which crossed time and different worlds.
Even their destinies as the Priestess of Suzaku...
...and a member of the Suzaku Seven...
...could not keep them apart in the face of the feelings they shared.
About before... I'm sorry for being such a jerk.
It was the first time a girl's ever said she loved me.
Led on by their hearts' strong feelings...
A throbbing neither could ignore.
I've hated having it ever since I was a little kid.
But now I understand...
It's proof that I live to protect you!
That I live only for you!
Tamahome...
Miaka...
The two had begun to understand what it meant...
...for two people to love each other.
But Hotohori also possessed a deep love for the Lady Miaka...
I've had my ideal woman pictured in my mind ever since I was a child.
The Priestess of Suzaku...
A girl who will appear from another world...
Maybe she will be able to save me from the loneliness I feel.
Hotohori, stop it!
I love Miaka!
And that's why I won't let anyone else have her!
You show great courage in the face of your country's leader.
Don't worry. You're one of the Suzaku Seven.
I can't kill you.
However...
If you weren't one of the Suzaku Seven anymore...
If you became an ordinary man...
...then I, too, would become an ordinary man.
Miaka! Only one man can ever love you.
The Lady Miaka knew very well how Hotohori felt about her.
But she was unable to return Hotohori's love.
While the Lady Miaka was in the '' Universe of the Four Gods''...
...the Lady Yui watched over her.
Come back! Miaka!
Yui...
The Lady Yui was taken into the '' Universe of the Four Gods''...
...in the Lady Miaka's place.
But the pain and grief the Lady Yui felt there...
...never reached the Lady Miaka.
Check out that girl.
She's dressed weird, but she looks like a real prize.
Wanna have some fun with us?
Come on! Come over here!
Stop!
Grab her!
Miaka! Miaka, help me!
Miaka! Why won't you answer me?! MIAKA!!!
Yui, where have you gone?!
I finally made it back, and now...
The Lady Miaka followed the Lady Yui...
...back into the '' Universe of the Four Gods.''
Y- Yui... I still don't know how I can apologize...
...for that terrible thing that happened to you, but...
Nothing you say can do any good now!
You didn't come and save me!
While I was going through hell...
...all you could think about was Tamahome!
I just couldn't forget about you!
Miaka...
I wanted to be with you! That's why I came back!
Miaka...
However... Does that girl really feel...
...as strongly about you as you think she does?
You should think back to the condition you were in...
...when I found you three months ago.
If you change your mind...
...then please go to the shrine hall of Seiryu...
...Priestess of Seiryu.
Yui, I... I love Tamahome...
It's true that he was half the reason I came back here.
But... Even if Tamahome weren't here...
...I still would have come back!
I came back to look for you because you're my best friend!
Stop that right now! It's much too late for it!
I give myself to you! I love you, Tamahome!
I've loved you since the first moment we met!
Let go, Yui.
Why?! You met me at the same time you met Miaka!
I can't hold you that way.
Because there's only one person I love...
Only one person I want to protect with all my body and soul...
It's Miaka!
Miaka... If this is how you feel, then I won't take one step back!
If you want to fight now, then I'll fight!
Forgive me, Yui...
Even if it means I have to fight Yui...
...I swear I won't let those people summon Seiryu!
Because I am the Priestess of Suzaku!
One event after another has irrevocably...
...made enemies of the Lady Miaka and the Lady Yui.
The ancient path of the '' Universe of the Four Gods''...
Love and friendship. Joy and sorrow.
Hope and despair. And meetings and partings.
With these intricate emotions continuing to punctuate it...
...the story now leads the Ladies Miaka and Yui onto the next path.
The ancient book ''The Universe of the Four Gods''...
...contains many mysteries.
What still awaits the Lady Miaka and the Lady Yui...
...within its pages is yet to be known.
Next time, '' Mysteries Afoot.''
A destiny fulfilled, a destiny that still awaits...