Narrator: This is the story of a girl who made her dreams come true after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku and many powers were bestowed upon her. The story itself is a spell. The one who reads it through will be given the powers and granted a wish just like the girl in the story. Because the story begins and becomes real the moment the first page is turned.
EPISODE 1 - THE GIRL OF THE LEGEND
Miaka: Double cheeseburger! A triple-scoop of choco-mint, vanilla with raisins, and strawberry ice cream, and amoura's pork cutlet rice bowl! It looks delicious! Those and those and THOSE! I love cheesecake, and sushi! Even veggies and rice! And I can eat it all! *food starts to disappear* Huh? Huh!? Wait! Where'd it go?
Shadow Guy : Give it up Miaka Yuki.
Miaka : Huh?
Shadow Guy 2 : You're in Jr. High School preparing for an exam. It's not time to eat.
Shadow Guys : It's time to study. You should be studying. Why aren't you studying? Study harder, Miaka! That's right, study. Study harder! 4 times x multiplied by 3 times y is? Who wrote War and Peace? Study, study, STUDY!
Teacher : El libro esta en la biblioteca. Translate that into English. Miss Yuki, are you listening? Miaka?
Miaka : I WANT IT ALL! I'M HUNGRY!*lifts up the desk she was sleeping on*
Yui : Miaka? Do you realize who you just hit with that desk?
Miaka : Would that be, the teacher?
Yui : Bingo.
Teacher : Miaka?
Miaka : Yes?
Teacher : Take it out in the hallway now and call that boss. *shows Miaka in the hall holding up the desk* El libro esta en la biblioteca.
*bells ring*
Miaka : Ow! My arms hurt.
Yui : Hey, Miaka, are you coming?
Miaka : Yeah, wait up!
*switches to a street scene*
Friend 1 : I can't believe anyone could sleep in class while reviewing for exams.
Friend 2 : They won't let you into Yotsubadai.
Miaka : So, I don't want to go to Yotsubadai.
Friend 1 : Oh, really? What school is your first choice?
Miaka : Jonan.
Friends : What!?
Friend 2 : You mean Jonanzakin?
Miaka : What else could it mean?
Friend 1 : Have you consulted your brain about this?
Miaka : What about Yui? She wants to go there too.
Friend 2 : Well, that's a whole different story altogether.
Miaka : Why is it different? Yui, why?
Yui : Because I'm a genius and you're stupid.
Miaka : Are you really my best friend?
Yui : I think I am. Come on, Miaka, come with me.
Miaka : Where are you going?
Yui : To the National Library.
Miaka : That sounds like you. Okay, I admit it, you are the most intelligent student in our school, Yui Hongo.
*outside the library*
Miaka : Wow! It looks so official. Is the National Library national? ...Don't ignore my joke, Yui! Okay, it wasn't funny. *runs through the library door*
Yui : *holds up a book* Just a return so I won't be long!
Miaka : Okay, good. Hmm... I don't know why but the fact that it's national makes me a little nervous. Oh, come on! I'm part of the nation! Oh! They even sell juices here! As if I've never seen a vending machine before. The country's full of them. Let's see. *digs in her pocket, drops her coin* Opps! *bends down to get it* Oh dear. *a red bird flies out of the juice machine behind her* Huh? What's that?*walks after the bird, reads the sign on the door* Reference only, important literature. *hears flapping* Oh! *opens the door*
Yui : Miaka?
Miaka : Huh!?
Yui : What are you doing here inside this room? *switches to a scene of them sitting in the room* A bird?
Miaka : Yes! I heard it! Urrr... I mean the flapping.
Yui : Birds flapping in the national library? Right...
*a book falls from the shelf*
Both : Huh!
Yui : *reads the title* The Book of the Universe of the Four Gods.
Miaka : What is it?
Yui : It looks like it's the story of ancient China I guess.
Miaka : I wish we knew what it said.
Yui : *starts reading* There by, the girl of legend opened the door which lead to another world.
Miaka : Wow! You're amazing, Yui! I never dreamed that you could read old Chinese! *Yui turns the page, there is a picture of the red bird* Huh!? There it is! This is what I saw!
Yui : *continues reading* This is the story of a girl who made her dreams come true after she came to possess the seven stars of Suzaku and many powers were bestowed upon her. The story itself is a spell, the one who reads it through will be given the powers and granted a wish just like the girl in the story. Because the story begins and becomes real the moment the first page is turned. *looks at Miaka*What does it mean?
Miaka : Don't ask me. How the heck should I know?
*a red light engulfs them*
Both : Aaaa!
*shows the red bird, then both of them all alone in a desert*
Yui : What was that all about?
Miaka : Yui, what happened? Are you all right? Huh!?
Yui : What is this place?
Miaka : *in a trembling voice* Yui...
Yui : *hits Miaka with her elbow* Hey does this hurt much?
Miaka : Yeah it hurt! Check it out!*punches Yui*
Yui : Ow! This hurts too much to be a dream.
Miaka : A dream without ice cream, no double cheeseburgers, or triples scoops with choco-mint? It's a night mare!
Yui : All you can ever think about is eating, Miaka!
*a guy grabs Yui*
Miaka : Oh no! There's no food anywhere! Oh, Yui, what are we going to do!? *sees that Yui has been captured* Yui?
Yui : Miaka!
Man 1 : This woman is something!
Man 2 : We can sell her at top price.
Miaka : Wow. Chinese. Oh, are you a Chinese acrobatic troop?
Man 1 : Are you stupid!? We are human slave traders!
Man 2 : And today is our lucky day.
Miaka : Charge!
*Miaka charges at the guy holding Yui while yelling, she hits his stomach with her head*
Yui : Miaka!
Miaka : Run, Yui! Go now!
Man 1 : *pulls back his sword, preparing to swing* You, stop resisting or I swear I'll... *a man (Tamahome) grabs his wrist and bends it backwards*
Tamahome : Stop it now.
*Tamahome proceeds to fight the two men*
Miaka : <Who is he? He's got a symbol on his forehead.>
*Tamahome beats the two men*
Man 1 : Oh! Ow! My arm, my arm! Let's get outta here.
Man 2 : I'm right behind you.
*the two men run away*
Tamahome : *turns to the two girls*Hello, there. Are you both all right?
Yui : Yeah, thank you for helping us out.
Tamahome : Well, I prefer money to any thank yous.
Both Girls : Huh!?
Tamahome : Oh man. Don't tell me I rescued a couple of losers. Come on now girls, money makes the world go round. Tsk! Won't even pay me for my help. How rude!
Yui : We didn't ask you for your help in the first place!
Miaka : Maybe I have some...
*Tamahome begins to walk off*
Tamahome : Good luck on your own, penny pinchers!
*Yui runs after him*
Yui : No! Wait! We're lost! Tell us where we are!? *a red glow appears below Yui*Huh!? <This... This is the same red light.> Miaka! *Yui disappears in the red light*
Miaka : *finds some money* Tada! I found some! Oh! Yui's gone! Where'd she go? Yui!! Where are you?
*shows Yui back in the library*
Yui : What happened? Miaka!? Miaka!!?*goes to the book and starts to read* The girl tried with all her might to rescue her friend from slave traders, but she was overpowered and all seemed lost when a boy with the symbol of the ogre on his forehead appeared and helped them out.*thinks about the guy that rescued them*Ogre symbol on his forehead? Impossible! That's exactly what happened to us! But wasn't that just a dream?
~*comercial break*~
Yui : *continues reading* And so the girl left for the city on the back of a wagon to look for her friend and the boy.
Miaka : *looks at the people alongside the road giving her weird looks* Stop staring, weirdoes. Hmm... never mind them, that cute guy though, he helped us but then he kidnapped Yui. It's criminal! It's unforgivable! Hmm... Where am I anyway? It looks like ancient China like in the book. Ah, could it be? Am I in that book? *looks to the right and sees a city*Ah! Beautiful! Like a painting, or a film set! It's extraordinary! With a city full of people, I'm sure I can find him here! *sees Tamahome* Oh! That's him! Got'cha!*turns to the wagon driver* Thanks again for the ride!
Wagon Driver : Huh? Who was that?
*Miaka runs into the city*
Miaka : Sorry. Let me through please. Pardon me. Oh good, the people all look happy. Wait! I've lost him! Where'd he go? Oh, no! *her stomach grumbles*Uhhh... Oh. I haven't had any supper.*sees a food vender* Oh!
Food Vender : Hey girlie, keep you eyes in your head and that tongue of yours in your mouth.
Miaka : Maybe you can help me, have you seen a good looking guy with an ogre symbol on his forehead?
Food Vender : Ogre symbol? No, but you can call me good looking if you want to.
Miaka : *mumbles* Don't think so.
Food Vender : *after looking at the coins Miaka used to pay with* Hey you little thief! This isn't money!
Miaka : *while running away* But it is money! Japanese coins from the 20th century!
*shows Miaka looking for Tamahome*
Miaka : Excuse me, please, do you know a guy with the ogre symbol on his forehead? The ogre symbol on his fore head? Doesn't anybody know? *sits down on a box* Oh... I'm exhausted. Yui, where are you?
Strange Guy : Excuse me, miss, I couldn't help watching you. And since I'm on my own here too I was wondering to know if I could show you around the Konan Empire.
Miaka : Konan Empire?
Strange Guy : Yeah.
Miaka : So that's what this place is called. The Konan Empire. <Oh! Is he asking me for a date!? Ah, I think he really must be. I've never had a boyfriend before. In all my 15 years, have I finally made myself into the woman of all men's dreams!? I'll play it cool, like the popular girls, and I won't answer him right away. I don't want him to think I'm easy. So I'll keep him guessing and that way he's sure to want me!>
Strange Guy : Hello?
Miaka : I'd love to, but I can't. I'm looking for someone actually.
Strange Guy : Oh, I see. *starts to walk away*
Miaka : *grabs the guy's shirt* Wait a minute.
Strange Guy : You mean the guy with the ogre symbol.
Miaka : Oh, do you really know him?
Strange Guy : The guy's a friend of mine as a matter of fact.
Miaka : Really!
Strange Guy : Do you want to meet him?
Miaka : Oh yes! I do!
*switches to what could be a bar or a restaurant*
Gossiping Man 1 : Have you heard?
Gossiping Man 2 : Heard what?
Gossiping Man 1 : They say a young girl in strange clothing has been hanging around town and no one knows what to make of it.
Gossiping Guy 2 : Oh yeah. I heard about her, she's looking for a guy with some kind of symbol on his forehead, right?
Gossiping Guy 1 : They say she paid for some food with foreign currency and then ran away.
Gossiping Guy 2 : A young foreign girl here all alone. Where did she come from?
Tamahome : Excuse me, but can I ask you something?
Gossiping Guy 1 : Yeah.
Gossiping Guy 2 : What?
Tamahome : Was the girl you were talking about with someone else?
Gossiping Guy 1 : Well, I don't know all the details, but I heard she was alone when she stole the food.
Tamahome : Alone, huh? Well I guess she's not one of the girls I met earlier.
*switches back to Miaka and the strange guy in an alleyway*
Miaka : S'cuse me? How much longer before I meet your friend?
Strange Guy : We're here.
*3 guys come out of the neighboring building*
Gang Member : Well, well, well. Look what he brought us this time. Something a little different too!
Strange Guy (Gang Leader): Different isn't she? Her clothes alone will bring a good price.
Gang Member : Is it true that women traveling alone are looking for excitement?
Miaka : You tricked me, didn't you?
Gang Member : It's your own fault. You shouldn't have followed him. *looks up Miaka's skirt*
Miaka : *punches him* Back off!
Gang Member : I think she likes me!
*shows Miaka backed up against a wall with the gang members surrounding her*
Miaka : <It's unbelievable to find punks in old China, and I fell for it. Wait a minute, I'm in ancient China now, that means no teachers or bad behavior reports. So I can't get demerits here!> Oh right! *takes off her jacket and pulls up her sleeve to show a vaccination mark* Listen up you sleesebags, 'cause this vaccination mark has been watching you in your transgressions, and even though the sun may decide to forgive you but I, Miaka Yuki, will not! I will punish you in the name of heaven, and demonstrate on you thugs the fatal blow I saw on the pay-per-view satellite program 3 days ago! Oh, yeah! The female professional wrestling challenge! *starts to attack the gang members* Attack mode Miakalariet! Hip attack!
Gang Leader : What the hell is she?
Gang Member : I've never seen martial arts like this!
Miaka : Aaa! Neck drop! Splash Mountain 95! I'm not bad. If I tried, maybe I could compete.
Gang Leader : *knocks Miaka down*You're gonna get it now. *pins her to the ground*
Miaka : Oh no! Help me!
*a rock flies through the air and hits the gang leader in the back of the head*
Gang Leader : Ow! Hey! Who's there?
Tamahome : You need four men to handle one girl? Come on! *the symbol on his fore head glows* Let's make the odds more even.
Yui : *reading* When the girl was in immanent danger the boy with the ogre symbol on his fore head appeared on the scene and defeated all the villains.
Gang Members : *as Tamahome kicks their asses* Aaa! Oww! Ugg! I've had enough of this. I know when I'm beat. Me too. I'm outta here.
