The Black Rose
By: Lady Harle
A Yu Yu Hakusho Fanfic
DISCLAIMER: Yu Yu Hakusho is not mine. It is the intellectual property of all those who own it (meaning, not me). I am not making any money from this, so don't sue me.
EMAIL: ladyharley@hotmail.com
NOTE: All words in colored text denote telepathic dialogue. The color of the text indicates who is talking. Words in '' are telepathic dialogue. Italics are thoughts. Words in "" is dialogue. Paragraphs separated with (~ ~ ~) indicate flashbacks, while paragraphs separated by (* * *) indicate a change in P.O.V or a shift in scenery. The asterisks may occur even within a (~ ~ ~); just try to figure out where they go ^_^.
Prologue: Memories Long Gone'Twas many a long gone night when I first arrived here, in this world called Ningenkai. I am not from this world, but from another-I am from Makai, the Land of Demons.
I was born in that land over two hundred years ago. My parents were youko, or what are known as demon foxes. But out of the entire litter-I was the second to the first with seven other siblings-I alone had black fur.
Yes, my coloring is the exact opposite of my brothers and sisters, and it was this difference that was the beginning of my unhappy life.
According to legends told amongst the demon foxes, a black pup is impure, thus, a curse upon the family. The offending pup must therefore be killed immediately; otherwise it shall bring great disasters and misfortunes to whoever allow it to live.
My father was the one who desired to have me murdered. His wish would have come true, had my mother not interfered. Leave me in the forest, she begged. I would die there, for she had no desire to see her own child put to death by her husband's hands.
And that is where I begin my life. I have been a solitary, wandering soul, a loner as I stalk the forests of Makai. And even here, in Ningenkai, I am still quite alone.
Solitude has its comforts, but I cannot help but wonder about what these ningens call: love.
-Taken from Uchida Kyayorin's journal
