Nuriko (柳宿?)  first appears disguised as &quot;Kōrin&quot; in Emperor Hotohori&#039;s harem, which Hotohori never visits except to welcome new maidens. &quot;Kōrin&quot; was in fact Nuriko&#039;s younger sister, who died at a young age; he began behaving and dressing like her to keep her memory alive. Born in Eiyō, the capital of Konan, Nuriko possesses superhuman strength and is later granted a pair of bracelets that transform into strength-increasing armbands by Taiitsukun. He is 18 years old. His true name is Ryuuen Chou (迢 柳娟, Chō Ryūen?), based on the star Willow (柳).    While prone to jealousy, quick to anger, and possessing a calculating tendency, Nuriko is very level-headed and compassionate and shows the most concern regarding Miaka and Tamahome&#039;s relationship. As a &quot;woman&quot;, Nuriko is infatuated with his fellow warrior, Hotohori, but as a man, he also loves Miaka Yūki. While initially jealous of Hotohori&#039;s love for Miaka, Nuriko and Miaka become close friends. 

~!After Nuriko comes to terms with the fact that his cross-dressing resulted from the unyielding pain of losing his sister Kourin, he concludes that he had been trying to live his life as Kourin would have, not as he would have. This revelation allows him to finally allow himself to experience life as a man. He cuts his hair, which once hung down to his waist in a braid, and admits to Tamahome that he loves Miaka as more than a friend. While he maintains his feelings for Hotohori, Nuriko eventually chooses to stop dressing as a woman in order to better protect Miaka. Throughout the rest of the series, even after his death from Ashitare, one of the Seiryū-seishi, the friendship between Nuriko and Miaka remains strong. Nuriko is the first of the seven Suzaku warriors to die.!~     In Fushigi Y&ucirc;gi Eikoden ~!Nuriko was &quot;reborn&quot; at a local marketplace as a young girl named Ko Keishun . She also steals the magic ball Tasuki has, and breaks it. Despite the young girl&#039;s size, she is able to lift a heavy rock much like Nuriko, revealing that she is indeed Nuriko&#039;s reincarnation.    In the last few episodes before he died, he revealed that he fell in love with Miaka...!~  (Source: Wikipedia)

While visiting the National Library, junior-high students Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo are transported into the world of a mysterious book set in ancient China, &ldquo;The Universe of The Four Gods.&rdquo; Miaka suddenly finds herself with the responsibility of being the priestess of Suzaku, and must find all of her celestial warriors for the purpose of summoning Suzaku for three wishes. However, the enemy nation of the god Seiryuu has manipulated Yui into becoming the priestess of Seiryuu. As enemies, the former best friends begin their long struggle to summon their respective gods and obtain their wishes&hellip; 
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Miaka Yuuki is an ordinary junior-high student who is suddenly spirited into the world of a book, The Universe of the Four Gods. There she becomes the priestess of the god Suzaku, and is charged with finding all seven of her Celestial-Warrior protectors.
 
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A year after the events of Fushigi Yuugi, Tamahome is pulled back into the book and is sent on a complicated ride through illusion, confusion, and betrayal. Meanwhile, Yui is acting oddly and Miaka is heartbroken over the loss of Tamahome, while Keisuke and Tetsuya try to discover what is going on with the book.
 
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Taka (technically Tamahome) and Miaka are now happily married and only six months before their new family would be born, but an obessed girl named Mayo would do anything to make Taka hers. She enters the world of the Four Gods, determined to win Taka's heart and be the new priestess.

Over a series of five years, Megumi Nishizaki wrote thirteen Japanese, light novels based on Fushigi Y&ucirc;gi. With illustrations by Yuu Watase, Fushigi Y&ucirc;gi Gaiden primarily explores the lives the various Celestial Warriors before they are seen in the manga. The only two novels to be set after the manga, Eik&#333; Den (J&#333;kan) and Eik&#333; Den (Gekan), later became the basis for the third Fushigi Y&ucirc;gi original video animation, Fushigi Y&ucirc;gi Eikoden. Originally published by Shogakukan, none of the novels have been licensed for English release. (wiki) 
Each book has around 10 chapters