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Middle-school student Miaka Yūki feels a lot of pressure to pass the entrance exam for the competitive Jonan Academy.

Her friends do not believe she will get in, but she is determined to because her mom expects her to.

Her best friend, Yui Hongo, is smart and has also applied to the Jonan Academy.

While at the library one day, Miaka and Yui encounter a strange book known as The Universe of the Four Gods.

Reading this book transports them into the novel's universe.

However, Yui is transported back to the real world almost immediately.

Inside the novel, Miaka finds herself the Priestess of Suzaku, destined to gather the seven Celestial Warriors of the god Suzaku in order to summon Suzaku and obtain three wishes.

She falls in love with the Celestial Warrior Tamahome, who eventually reciprocates and Miaka's desire to use a wish to enter the high school of her choice begins to shift towards finding a way to be with Tamahome.

Yui, who is also drawn into the book when she was trying to help Miaka to come back to the real world, becomes the Priestess of Seiryuu, working against Miaka out of jealousy over Tamahome and revenge for the humiliation and pain she had suffered when she first came to the book world.