Fushigi Yugi, Vol. 9 (Paperback, Sh ojo ed)

A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shojo (""girls"") comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from. Lover Miaka Yuki is an ordinary middle school student who is suddenly whisked away into the world of a book, The Universe of the Four Gods. In this alternate world, she must summon the god Suzaku by retrieving the Shentso-Pao. But, in order to get the treasure, Miaka must choose between her love for Tamahome and protecting the nation of Hong-Nan.